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"Remember, meditation will bring you more and more intelligence, infinite intelligence, a radial intelligence. Meditation will make you more alive and sensitive; your life will become richer.
"Look at the ascetics: their life has become almost as if it is not life. These people are not meditators. They may be masochists, torturing themselves and enjoying the torture... The mind is very cunning, it goes on doing things and rationalizing them.
"Ordinarily you are violent towards others but the mind is very cunning – it can learn non-violence, it can preach nonviolence, then it becomes violent towards itself. And the violence that you do on your own self is respected by people because they have an idea that to be an ascetic is to be religious. That is sheer nonsense. God is not an ascetic, otherwise there would be no flowers, there would be no green trees, only deserts. God is not an ascetic, otherwise there would be no song in life, no dance in life – only cemeteries and cemeteries. God is not an ascetic: God enjoys life. God is more Epicurean than you can imagine. If you think about God, think in terms of Epicurus. God is a constant search for more and more happiness, joy, ecstasy. Remember that.
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RE[2]: IE is doomed
by bibe on Sat 13th Jun 2009 09:34 UTC in reply to "RE: IE is doomed"
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If Micrsoft want IE to have a future, they need to get in the standards game and realise that it's no longer 'my way or the highway', because we developers have decided to take the highway and do things on our terms now.
Supporting and making open standards is great if you have small market share but standardizing OS if you are on the top is strategically very dangerous because it levels the play field and makes other alternatives easier to use. I don't see why Microsoft would want that, having their own interest in mind.
Walking the thin line between the necessary interoperability and exclusive features that tie users to their platform, that's the way MS and Apple too do it. Not a moral issue, just business.
And DirectX and OpenGl may do some same stuff but are fundamentally different approaches.
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"Can I ask what "more ideologically developped"
It means someone don't know what they're talking about.
Might want to also quote the bit that followed.
It means that the BSDs tend to be more conservative, developing along the lines of what they believe is the best long-term option to deliver a smooth developing path - even if that means not always having the latest and greatest features. Linux, on the other hand, takes a more pragmatic approach, and will happily settle for a less ideal option just to get the latest and greatest feature, even if that means having to do it all again shortly after. This is pretty basic stuff.
It had nothing to do with licenses. Settle down, people. Dear lord.
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Of course!
by bornagainenguin on Wed 18th Apr 2012 14:40 UTC
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Microsoft is trying an innovative approach called "Insulting Your Customers" as a marketing scheme, hasn't anyone been paying attention?
First they do the whole "Smoked by Windows Phone 7" thing where they try to compete in a rigged competition and insult prospective buyers.
Then they have their Nokia division run adverts on TV claiming that everyone who was using a mobile phone was a sucker and an idiot paying to do beta testing for the Lumia 900.
What could possibly backfire with this approach?
EDIT: Actually this is nothing new, anyone else remember "The Mojave Experiment" they did where they pretended Vista was a new operating system? Yeah, when your marketing campaign relies on telling people "You're too stupid to know this is good!" the product and the company that spawned it is dead, it just doesn't know it yet...
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Windows Since its introduction at Microsoft's BUILD conference last September, Windows 8 has garnered a large measure of attention, especially with regards to the new Metro interface. The feature that intrigued me the most, however, was the inclusion of Hyper-V.
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by sgtarky on Fri 29th Jun 2012 19:50 UTC in reply to "Why is it there? "
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yes hyper-v killed off virtualpc. I wish they would implement hyper-v like xenclient...basically it boots to a light desktop with all your virtual machines running on is a bare metal hypervisor as well.
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RE[2]: Stop whining!
by jello on Tue 30th Jul 2013 00:31 UTC in reply to "RE: Stop whining!"
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The problem is not that they didn't have much luck creating their own OS. They could have hired the right people in order to fix that. (development, marketing etc.)
The problem is that they gave up control to another company. Now they are like peasants that gave up farming - depending on someone else to feed them. (...but they had enough money to buy seeds on their own and be self sustainable)
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RE[3]: Stop whining!
by lucas_maximus on Tue 30th Jul 2013 07:11 in reply to "RE[2]: Stop whining!"
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It depends what the company culture is. I work as a web dev in a large gambling company, but I work in "operations" and I don't have any clout with IT Infrastructure so basically any request I want sorted takes weeks of negotiation.
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RE[4]: Stop whining!
by Fergy on Tue 30th Jul 2013 11:50 in reply to "RE[3]: Stop whining!"
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I work as a web dev in a large gambling company
You could still be talking about Nokia ;)
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Re: Oly-improvements
Greg Lindahl ([email protected])
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 23:21:21 GMT
In article <3teddh$>,
Scott Turner <> wrote:
>Well, I see your point, but I think it would still be of benefit to
>most players. I'm not empire building (well, not at the moment :-),
>and I'd be happy to have 5 second-class nobles to run stuff around.
Yeah, but you're using up your noble points SOMEHOW -- perhaps you're
concentrating on magic (I dunno, I haven't run across any of your
nobles in ages...) Someone doing magic (which costs 1 noble point per
magical area studied by a character) also shouldn't have free trade.
>Alternatively, you could tie the charge structure to noble points.
As you know, there were proposals like that, and the alpha test had a
progressively increasing cost for nobles, but Rich finally gave up and
went back to a fixed cost. I think that it would be nice to have
players with many existing nobles have to pay extra to form new ones.
This would push empire builders into doing more magic and religion,
because making more recruiters etc would be plain too expensive.
Also, someone who got nearly wiped out would grow faster when they
were small. I would appreciate that ;-)
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I need a little help from you...
I have a problem with makeing back-up to our database.
We work with MY SQL in PhpMyAdmin, and we have a db large than 25 M. (This db was created by a Vtiger CRM, and he increase permanently.)
Is not to big but enought to create problems to us.
Problems apear when we want to make a back-up because mysql don't let us to make it.
I try to export (460 tables) and it export only 190 (I think that back-up never pass 6.5 M). When I export archived it give me all the time something with 0k.
I try to save it like plain text and to move it with copy paste in another place...but he never get me all my database. The text apear to be cuted somewhere in the middle. ( doesn't help).
I also try to make mysqldump from command prompt, and it seems it work...but actualy nothing happend. No back-up is created in the place where I tell to create...and it don't get me an error.
After some researchs I belive that the problem came from my.ini where I have an unwanted limit. Another probleme apear here because I don't know which one.
This is my "my.ini"
# Example MySQL config file for small systems.
# from time to time and it's important that the mysqld daemon
# doesn't use much resources.
# You can copy this file to
# E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/bin/my.cnf to set global options,
# installation this directory is E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data) or
# ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options.
# with the "--help" option.
# The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients
# password = your_password
port = 3306
socket = "E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"
# Here follows entries for some specific programs
# The MySQL server
port= 3306
basedir="E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql"
tmpdir="E:/Program Files/xampp/tmp"
datadir="E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data"
key_buffer = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 512K
net_buffer_length = 8K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M
# Note that using this option without enabling named pipes on Windows
# commented in by lampp security
# Replication Master Server (default)
# binary logging is required for replication
# log-bin deactivated by default since XAMPP 1.4.11
# required unique id between 1 and 2^32 - 1
# defaults to 1 if master-host is not set
# but will not function as a master if omitted
server-id = 1
# Replication Slave (comment out master section to use this)
# two methods :
# the syntax is:
# where you replace , , by quoted strings and
# by the master's port number (3306 by default).
# Example:
# CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='125.564.12.1', MASTER_PORT=3306,
# OR
# overridden by the content of the file, unless you shutdown
# the slave server, delete and restart the slaver server.
# required unique id between 2 and 2^32 - 1
# (and different from the master)
# defaults to 2 if master-host is set
# but will not function as a slave if omitted
#server-id = 2
# The replication master for this slave - required
#master-host =
# The username the slave will use for authentication when connecting
# to the master - required
#master-user =
# The password the slave will authenticate with when connecting to
# the master - required
#master-password =
# The port the master is listening on.
# optional - defaults to 3306
#master-port =
# binary logging - not required for slaves, but recommended
# Point the following paths to different dedicated disks
#tmpdir = "E:/Program Files/xampp/tmp"
# Uncomment the following if you are using BDB tables
#bdb_cache_size = 4M
#bdb_max_lock = 10000
# Comment the following if you are using InnoDB tables
innodb_data_home_dir = "E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data"
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir = "E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data"
#innodb_log_arch_dir = "E:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data"
## You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
## of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M
## Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
innodb_log_file_size = 5M
innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1
innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50
max_allowed_packet = 60M
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M
key_buffer = 20M
sort_buffer_size = 20M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M
Thenk you in advance and sorry for my poor english! I wish you a good day!
• #2
What command do you use to create the backup?
• #3
I try in phpmyqdmin...with save as doesn't work, also...I try to do not save, just to take as plain text also from gives me just a part of my db.
And I also try with command prompt where I wrote "mysqldump -uroot -pvtiger....."
• #4
I think it's going to be difficult to help you diagnose this, but you should start by checking server error logs and output from mysqldump. There is probably an error message somewhere, unless you are just issuing the wrong command somehow. I can't help you at all with phpmyadmin, I don't know it and don't use it. I work from the command-line only.
• #5
I don't know to many thinks about command prompt...but I find the right command on internet, and it gives me no error.
the command..when I export from tha error..
What I am interested about is which ono from all the variables from my.ini is abot this problem.
On my computer where I have wamp installed I have 3 another files witch can be replased with my.ini for the situations when I work with medium, large, or very large databases. On the work...where I have another computer and where is xamp installed..I don't have those 3 another files to can configure my mysql for large databases. I want to know..because I didn't succed alone..witch one from all variables from my.ini don.t let me to make this back-up.
I want to mantion that this Vtiger CRM, in the past...he made back-up every time one of my colegs (with all privileges) log out from him. Suddently...he didn't made that....and I believe that is because database increase more than my.ini permit.
And I don't find on the internet those variables explained well to help me....thenks for your help!
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Hello Again
WWW::Mechanize does seem to be the right medicine but I've already hit a snag on the road; I'm only interested in following the 'motion.cgi' links and extracting these links as text documents however the regex I've used only finds the first 2 links? Any ideas on whats going on?
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use WWW::Mechanize; use Storable; my $mech_cgi = WWW::Mechanize->new; $mech_cgi->get( '' ); my @cgi_links = $mech_cgi->find_all_links( url_regex => qr/motion.cgi? +/ ); for(my $i = 0; $i < @cgi_links; $i++) { print "following link: ", $cgi_links[$i]->url, "\n"; $mech_cgi->follow_link( url => $cgi_links[$i]->url ) or die "Error following link ", $cgi_links[$i]->url; }
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that's because after the first "follow_link" action, $mech_cgi is now on a different page (it behaves like a browser) and then you issue the next follow_link command but that links doesn't actually exist on the page you are on now. Add "$mech_cgi->back" before teh end of the loop and you will iterate through all the links.
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What do you think is the best way to go about random imagemaps. Basically what I'm working on is having a random imagemap load when the page is loaded.
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Random imagemaps.....
Depends on exactly what you want to have randomized...
You may need two programs (or halves of one program), the first which decides on the placement of the items you want linked, and returns the html to make the image map ie <MAP> tags, including a image tag which references the same or another perl script, telling it through cgi parameters how the items are set out. The second program can then draw the image (with GD) and return it to the client.
Another way instead of using <MAP> tags you can include an image as part of a cgi form and that cgi will recieve the x and y coordinates where the click occured and you can decide what to do based on those coordinates related to the contents of the image.
I've got a perl program which already does what I first described. If you really want I'll post it to snippets or something. But I really suggest you have a try at making it yourself.
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A post-hypnotic suggestion is a command you give to your subject which is intended to be triggered sometime after the trance, usually by a phrase you say or by some other signal. It can also given to your subject in such a way that it automatically triggers either at a specific time or in certain circumstances.
There are a few factors which determine how effective a post-hypnotic suggestion will be. Firstly, how deeply hypnotised the person is at the time the post-hypnotic suggestion is given will be very significant. Someone who is only lightly hypnotised may not take the suggestion on board at all, though even if they do its effect won't necessarily be very strong and any resistance they feel to the command might overwhelm the effect of the hypnosis so that the command ends up not doing anything at all.
Someone who is deeply hypnotised is more likely to respond to a post-hypnotic suggestion. Regardless of the depth of the trance, how much the command or suggestion goes against the person's own beliefs and morals is going to also play a significant part.
In particular, the person will evaluate how confronting the commands would be if they followed them. This can happen completely unconsciously. For example, if you give them a post-hypnotic suggestion to remove their clothes and dance naked at work, this is likely to be resisted more than, say, a post-hypnotic suggestion to make to telephone you at a particular time.
An important thing to note here is that not everyone is going to have the same resistance to certain ideas and commands as you might expect. Not all people will have a problem with stripping at work. Professional strip-tease dancers, for example, will probably have no difficulty at all. Indeed, one well-known report of a college professor attempting to give a demonstration of this resistance to post-hypnotic suggestion was surprised when his young female student volunteer actually did start to take her clothes off in front of the class he was teaching. It turned out that she worked as a part-time striptease dancer to supplement her income and so taking off her clothes for an audience was something she felt comfortable doing.
Because of potential resistance, not all post-hypnotic suggestions go as planned. Sometimes the person who has been hypnotised will try to follow the command while still conforming to their own values and beliefs. For example, a person who has received the strip-and-dance-at-work post-hypnotic suggestion may actually follow it but go to the bathroom first and do the striptease there. In this way they still follow the command, but manage to do so in a way that is perhaps uncomfortable, rather than actually confronting.
Finally, if you have a post-hypnotic suggestion for your subject or partner which you want to be effective in the longer-term, such as being able to put them in a trance at any time using a trigger, it will be more effective if you repeat it to them over a number of sessions rather than just giving it to them once.
Instant trance
"... you'll go straight into a deep trance."
When you're planning on exploring hypnosis and sex with your partner then it's likely you're going to be hypnotising them a number of times. One of the very useful post-hypnotic suggestions you can give to them is one which will put them in a trance instantly, rather than you having to do a full induction each time.
The way you do this is that you first think of a trigger phrase, action or a combination of the two which won't ever happen unintentionally. The choice of trigger is important because if you give your partner a post-hypnotic suggestion to go into a trance and they get triggered at the wrong time, in the wrong place, or with the wrong person then it can be awkward for them.
Secondly, while your partner is hypnotised you instruct them that when you do or say this trigger that they'll go into a trance. It's that simple.
Here's an example of an instant trance post-hypnotic suggestion you can give your partner. It's useful to repeat this to them over a number of sessions to increase its effectiveness:
In future, any time I say to you, "Three, two, one, trance!," you'll stop whatever you're doing, you'll close your eyes, and you'll go straight into a deep trance. You won't even think about what's happening. You'll just go straight into a trance whenever I say, "Three, two, one, trance!," to you. As soon as you hear me say that phrase you'll stop what you're doing, close your eyes and go into a deep trance.
Below I talk a little more about ensuring that any post-hypnotic suggestions you give your partner aren't triggered at an inappropriate time, and there I have another instant trance example.
Literal-minded subjects
Post-hypnotic suggestions are difficult to get 100% right. When you don't have a lot of experience it's easy for you to end up with something that is triggered in more situations than you actually thought or hoped it would, or in which your subject does something other than what you wanted.
Part of the problem is that someone in a trance tends to be very literal-minded. This is something most of us aren't used to dealing with. When we're talking to people normally they tend to fill in the gaps or work out what we mean on their own. Someone in a trance will tend to do exactly what you say and only what you say. This means that you need to spell out far more in your instructions to someone in a trance.
Here are some hints and ideas to help you get the desired result first time.
Unambiguous triggers
The triggers to which your subject is going to respond should be carefully thought out. They should be completely unambiguous and specific. For example, don't tell them that they'll do some particular thing whenever they hear the word, "hello," because lots of people say, "hello," frequently during the day and they're going to hear it at work, on the telephone, as they walk past people greeting each other and so on.
Simple triggers are best and one of the tricks that I use is to combine a physical action and a word or phrase to create the trigger. For example:
In future when I touch either one of your shoulders and say the word "conniption" you will go straight into a trance. If I just touch your shoulder this won't cause you to go into a trance. If someone else touches your shoulder and says "conniption" it won't have any effect on you either. It will only be when _I_ touch your shoulder and say "conniption" that you'll go straight into a very deep trance.
Note how I define when I want this post-hypnotic suggestion to work, when I don't want it to work and what I want to happen.
You can also give post-hypnotic suggestions which trigger at a particular time, and when you do you also need to be carefully precise. For example, if it's first thing in the morning and you are planning a sexy evening with your partner at home you don't hypnotise your partner and say something such as: "At 9pm tonight you'll start feeling incredibly sexy and horny and you'll be very hungry for sex with me." The problem with this is that something might happen and your partner isn't home at 9pm or you might have unexpected family visitors who stay until late. If so then your partner is likely to start feeling very horny in totally inappropriate circumstances. Also, if they're late coming home and are in the car alone at 9pm then you could actually create a dangerous situation with them being totally distracted by horniness and unable to concentrate on their driving.
A safer and more responsible post-hypnotic suggestion to give them might be:
A soon as we're alone at home tonight after 9pm you'll start feeling incredibly sexy and horny and you'll be very hungry for sex with me.
Limit the scope of the triggers
"... you will remove all of your clothes and show me your butt."
Sometimes you do want a post-hypnotic suggestion to be effective each time you trigger it, for example when you want to speed things up be able to put your subject into a trance without having to go through a full induction each time. Sometimes you only want a post-hypnotic suggestion to work once, often just the first time you trigger it after the trance. Sometimes you only want it to work when you alone trigger it. Sometimes you want it only to be effective in certain locations--like in your bedroom.
When you are giving your partner a post-hypnotic suggestion consider these things and limit when the post-hypnotic suggestion will be triggered. You might do it like this:
The first time I say the word, "rabbit," after I wake you from this trance you will remove all of your clothes and show me your butt. This post-hypnotic suggestion will be completely effective only the first time I say the word "rabbit" after I wake you. After this first time it won't be effective any more.
In this example you're making sure that your partner won't keep popping into a trance every time you say, "rabbit," from now on. This is important because common words like, "rabbit," can come up in conversation at any time and you might unintentionally trigger your partner at an inconvenient or embarrassing time.
The 9pm example above is also a good example. If you left the word, "tonight," out of that post-hypnotic suggestion you might find your partner feeling horny every night at 9pm. While this might be fun and sexy for the first few nights, after a while it starts to wear thin because---if nothing else---the spontaneity and novelty quickly fade.
Give them enough detail about what they are to do when triggered
When you give your subject a post-hypnotic suggestion don't be vague. Don't tell them just to "to feel sexy" or "to kiss you". Be explicit. Don't leave them any room to interpret what you mean. Spell it out just as you would if you were telling them what to do while they are hypnotised.
If you don't spell it out then your partner may do less than you expect or want. Just saying, "to kiss you," for example, doesn't say what sort of kiss. You might just get a quick peck on the cheek. If you want a serious kiss then you should be explicit like this:
In future, when I say the phrase, "keep kissing coming," to you you'll stop what you're doing and give me a long, deep French kiss which will make you feel quite sensual and affectionate.
Likewise, just saying, "to feel sexy," doesn't suggest that anything more will happen. If you're looking for some action in bed then try something like this:
In future, when I say the phrase, "time for bed action," to you you'll immediately start feeling very sexy and will make passionate love to me.
Define when the post-hypnotic suggestion's effect stops
"... you will start to sing."
It's very, very important to tell your subject when a post-hypnotic suggestion stops. Telling them, for example, that they'll feel thirsty when you say the word, "icicle," or telling them that they'll start singing when you say the word, "piano," might work to start them feeling thirsty or start them singing, but when do they stop?
Remember that your subject won't be in a trance any more when the post-hypnotic suggestion is triggered so it might not be too easy to do any fine-tuning (like getting them to stop). It's best to to get it right first-time by telling them something like this:
Just after I wake you from this trance I will say the word, "piano,". When I do you will start to sing. It won't matter what you sing, you will just start singing, and you will keep singing until I touch you on the shoulder. Once I touch you on the shoulder you will stop singing and then this post-hypnotic suggestion won't have any effect on you any more.
Post-hypnotic suggestion by association
If you want your subject to feel a certain way as a result of a post-hypnotic suggestion you'll get much better results if you tell them what to feel like rather than just telling them what to feel. In other words instead of saying something like:
In future, when I say the phrase, "cold as an ice-cube," you'll feel very cold.
you would say:
In future, when I say the phrase, "cold as an ice-cube," you'll feel as cold as you felt when we were in the mountains last winter and you feel in the river.
By using this approach you make it easier for your subject to reach into their mind and bring out the feelings that you want them to have because they've already had them and they know what they're like. Note that you should, in this example, also tell them when they'll stop feeling that cold as I mentioned earlier.
If it's sexual feelings that you want them to have then it's even easier. If your partner is a guy, for example, what you could do is hypnotise him, have him undress and then start stroking and touching him:
Feel my fingers and hand stroking your penis. I want you to enjoy the way I'm touching you now and I want you to respond to it by feeling very, very sexy and sexually aroused. In future when I say the word, "caterpillar," to you while we're alone you will feel and respond the way you are right now, as if I were actually touching you and caressing you the way I am now. Even though I probably won't be touching you at the time, in future when I say the word "caterpillar" to you while we're alone you will become very sexually aroused, like you are now, as if I were touching you and stroking you at the time.
By associating the sexual feelings he has during the trance as a result of you touching him with the post-hypnotic suggestion you are telling him exactly how you want him to feel when triggered.
Finally, a reminder and two more examples
If you use post-hypnotic suggestions with your partner, remember to be sensible with them. This means making sure they will trigger only when you want them to. For example, telling your partner to feel horny when they hear a certain song, and then playing that song from time to time in the comfort of your shared accommodation can be jolly good. But they may quickly find that they end up feeling horny all over the place, such as in shopping centres when that song plays, or when they hear the song on the radio when driving or at work. This can be distracting or even dangerous.
So, here are a couple of quick scripts for post-hypnotic suggestions with built-in safety limitations. I have underlined some important words and phrases:
The first time I say the word "hippopotamus" after waking you up from this trance, you will suddenly feel incredibly horny, get a powerful erection, and feel an overwhelming desire to fuck me.
Whenever you hear the song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" playing here at home when we are alone, you will get an irresistible desire to pull down your panties and get me to spank you. When you hear the song in other circumstances it won't have any effect on you.
Post-hypnotic amnesia
Post-hypnotic amnesia is the phenomenon where someone who has recently been hypnotised is unable to remember either:
1. Some or all of what occurred during their hypnosis session, or
2. Something which their hypnotist directed them not to remember
Post-hypnotic amnesia can occur spontaneously. That is, after a hypnosis session the subject may have vague or no memories of some of what happened during the trance. This may happen, for example, after a therapy session where something objectionable from the person's past was explored and they aren't yet ready to accept it while awake.
It can also occur spontaneously after a recreational hypnosis session, such as a private session with a partner, or after hypnosis stage shows. In these cases it is frequently related to post-hypnotic suggestions which the person has received during the trance which would have less impact if they were able to be remembered. For example, someone told to behave like a dog when they hear the word "bone" would be forewarned if they could remember having received the command.
Not forgotten. Just unable to remember
"... you won't be able to remember your name."
Although some hypnotists will give post-hypnotic suggestions such as, "You will forget XYZ when you wake up," to deliberately cause their subject or partner to not remember something, in reality the memories are not forgotten. Instead, the hypnotised person is merely unable to remember them. Put another way, they're ability to remember these particular things is blocked. This block is temporary.
The consequence of this is that their memories of what happened while they were hypnotised can return. This can happen in two ways:
1. They are hypnotised again and told to remember, or
2. They remember spontaneously, either as a result of the post-hypnotic command wearing off, or due to something happening which triggers the memory.
Demonstrations of post-hypnotic amnesia
In stage shows and hypnosis demonstrations there are two common amnesia scenarios:
1. The subject is told that they are unable to remember their own name,
2. The subject is told to have no memory of a certain number (commonly "7").
Here's a YouTube search which should yield some examples of each.
No name
In this scenario the subject is told something like this:
When I wake you up you won't be able to remember your name. No matter hard you try you won't have any idea what your name is. If someone mentions your name to you, you won't even recognise it.
The typical result is that when the person is asked their name they look confused and will even say they have no idea what it is, or that they have it on the tip of their tongue but can't get it out.
More than ten fingers
"... you'll have no memory of the number 'seven'."
When someone is told not to remember a certain number (like "7"), they are usually woken up and then asked to count their fingers. Typically, because they miss one number, they arrive at the unexpected and confusing result that they have eleven fingers when they know they should have ten.
It can go like this:
When I wake you up from this trance you'll have no memory of the number "seven". You'll have never heard of it. As far as you're concerned "eight" will come straight after "six".
Like all post-hypnotic suggestions, even something simple like the above can go astray. I once hypnotised a partner and gave her the above suggestion. I then woke her and asked her to count her fingers. She was bilingual and instead of skipping "seven", she switched to her other language for that particular number and then switched back to English for "eight", "nine", and "ten". Thus, she still had ten fingers.
Post-hypnotic amnesia and sex
Deliberate amnesia for post-hypnotic suggestions given to your partner, particularly those which are either sexual and/or possibly lightly embarrassing can be useful to ultimately enhance the experience you and your partner have.
For example, for some people the experience of being hypnotised gives them an opportunity to surrender (including sexually) to the will of their partner. They may then find it surprising and arousing to later find themselves unexpectedly doing a striptease in front of you in response to a trigger from you. Similarly, you may find it exciting to have the power to trigger these sorts of responses from your partner. These will both be more effective when your partner can't remember you giving them the post-hypnotic suggestion.
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Rave New World
As a veteran of the Love Parade in Berlin (the yearly techno party/protest that hosted more than 750,000 advocates of PLUR in 1998), I saw a glimmer of hope for Phoenix's atrophied rave scene in David Holthouse's column "Rave Rivals" (April 8).
In many ways, Europe is inherently more adapted to the rave culture, having richer, more dense city centers. But Arizona's conservative mentality is more to blame than anything else in stinting the growth of rave.
This conservative mentality can certainly be challenged with the protest suggested by Swell's management. But such a protest should follow the Berlin model. The Love Parade began in the early 1980s by a handful of people who danced around their VW minivan in a protest "for love" on Berlin's major walking street. Last year, the promoters convinced a reluctant German parliament that the parade was a political action in favor of love, and not just a bauchus.
The Phoenix rave scene should plan to rally in this way; strictly organizing as a demonstration on behalf of an idea, and then allowing it to grow every year as a legal civil action, to the chagrin of the paternalistic Phoenix authorities.
Sure, PLUR can sound as goofy and idealistic as any hippie mantra, but it has an ability to restrain violent acts like those described in Holthouse's column, and to focus people on the reasons we rave. And if the Wise Guys care at all for rave, they would join with Swell in organizing such a protest.
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Thank you for David Holthouse's column "Rave Rivals." This is a chance for the Arizona scene to catch a glimpse of what Swell Records is all about.
I've been going to raves for years, and I have always given mad recognition and respect to Swell because they've been doing their thing for such a long time. March 27, 1999, was my birthday and also the annual electronic Musik festival. I was so excited because I knew that my birthday was going to be amazing this year. I feel really bad about what happened to Swell's window; I can't believe someone could be so disrespectful. If it weren't for Swell Records, half the talent and half the big events would never have occurred or even exist in Arizona.
I, for one, do not criticize Swell because they have done so much for the Arizona scene. They seriously don't care if they make money on parties; they are there to expose good music to Arizona. I've been called a "Swell Whore" for sticking up for my friends at Swell, but I'll be known as the biggest Swell Whore in Arizona because these are people I love and respect, and I seriously don't give a s*%# if you all hate Swell. I know what they have done for me, and that's what it is about. Thank you, Swell, for being who you are whether or not people respect it. And thank you, David Holthouse, for actually taking your time to find out what really happened.
Elizabeth Michelson
Arms Way
Yeah, you sucked me (and many) in with your cute little Arm the Homeless story ("Give Piece a Chance," April 1). It at least crossed my mind that it could be a fake story, since, after all, it was April Fool's Day, but it seemed so real, with the Web site and all.
Sort of makes one understand why The War of the Worlds was so realistic. At least that was a classic radio broadcast. Your story was a classic joke that truly represents what your paper is all about in the first place. What was the real point of your sick joke, anyway? Why would you screw around with one of the most controversial subjects in the country--guns? Why raise more concern and create more focus on the subject of guns and gun shows? Why cause so many people, other journalists, and law enforcement agencies so much concern? Let me guess. Of course, how stupid of me. It's your liberal viewpoint in subject reversal format suggesting that guns can be bought at gun shows "cash and carry" by anyone (oh my God!), and, let's see, uh, then they can be given or sold to anyone without any real trace (oh my God again!). Yeah, that's it. You liberals at New Times are against the Second Amendment.
You people in the dark fringes of journalism (this is where the fungus spores of New Times grow) really like to abuse and manipulate the right of free speech and the press to the fullest extent, don't you? It's okay for you to hide behind your rights while you monkey with the rights and freedoms of others. I'll bet your staff had one hell of a good laugh abusing your journalistic privileges while doing this little gig.
Gee, I sure hope you are not insulted with my few words. You shouldn't be, because thousands of us are insulted by your irresponsible journalism and total lack of taste in reporting. Hey, keep up the tasteless work. This is America. You have the right and you know it. Right?
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Re: Forms of address
Posted by ESC on October 25, 2003
In Reply to: Re: His Excellency and His Honorable posted by ESC on October 25, 2003
: : What is the difference between His Excellency and His Honorable? how to use both words?
: : Does the word "Right Honorable" have the same meaning as His Excellency and His Honorable?
: : Thanks in advance
: RE: the U.S. newspaper usage. My Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual says: "The Honorable often appears before the names of sons of earls, viscounts and barons who do not have titles. Their names should stand alone in news stories, however. The Honorable also appears frequently before the names of unmarried daughters of viscounts and barons. In news stories, however, use a full name on first reference, a last name preceded by Miss on second."
: In the U.S. we used The Honorable for judges (I think) etc., but I don't know the rule.
This site has a long list of examples of "Forms of Address" including Honorable and Excellency. regarding U.S. judges, ambassadors, members of Congress, etc.
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If A is singular; solution space of Ax=b
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Suppose it is known that A is singular. Then the system Ax=0 has infinitely many solutions by the Invertible Matrix theorem.
I am curious about the system Ax=b, for any column vector b. In general, i.e. for all vectors b, will this system be inconsistent, or will it have infinitely many solutions?
Surely there exists a vector b for which this system is inconsistent. For otherwise, if it were consistent for every vector b, it would necessarily be invertible (again by the IM theorem), but by assumption it is not.
So here are a few questions I have begun to think about, but not fully able to explain:
Given that A is a singular square matrix:
1) Does there necessarily exist a vector b for which Ax=b has infinitely many solutions?
2) Does there necessarily exist a vector b for which Ax=b has a unique solution?
3) If b is a certain column vector, can one determine simply by inspection whether Ax=b is inconsistent, has a unique solution, or has infinitely many solutions?
I would appreciation an answer to these questions. I prefer to do the "proofs" myself, so don't give anything away. Thanks much!
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1) Yes.
2) No.
3) Yes.
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"simply" - yes
"by inspection" - try it on a 100 x 100 matrix and see if you still think the answer is still "yes".
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If A is singular; solution space of Ax=b
Think of what happends when Gauss-Jordan elimination is applied to the augmented matrix of the system, and compare with the coefficient matrix. What happends with pivot positions, free variables, etc.?
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Hey all, I have been able to figure out why the answer to the second question is "No".
Also, I have been able to figure out how you can determine whether the solution set is null or whether it is infinite once the matrix A has been reduced to row-echelon form.
But is it possible to determine the solution space of Ax=b without applying Gaussian elimination?
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May, Princess Marie of Hesse and by the Rhine
Marie Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine / Youngest daughter and child of Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and Princess Alice of Great Britain / died at the age of four of diphtheria
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Princess Marie, aka May, with her older sister Princess Alix, later Empress of Russia. It's interesting to ponder whom May would've married, if she carried hemophilia, and what her life would've been like had she lived.
Little May in her boat. She looked so much like her sister Alix.
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Recipes- change one ingredient at a time
« on: September 23, 2008, 10:58:11 PM »
After many years, my pizzas come out just the way I want them. I use the same ingredients and weigh. This week I needed to use up some All-Purpose flour since I rarely use it. I mixed my usual batch but made it with half AP flour, less water, less time rising and it produced a poor to mediocre pizza. What was wrong? Beats me. I changed more than one variable.
Lesson: to keep things scientific and reliable: weigh, record, and change only one variable at a time.
Seems obvious. Seems like an old dog can get tricked up.
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How to Escape a Sinking Helicopter
Thousands of oil-rig workers, military personnel and aviation crews go through HUET, or "dunker," training each year to learn to survive a helicopter ditching in the ocean. Here's how it works.
By Jerry Beilinson
Sarah Shatz
December 5, 2012 4:00 PM Text Size: A . A . A
They turned off the lights before the helicopter airframe hit the surface of the pool. In the dark, the churn of the water that tried to pull me from the four-point harness was the main indication that the helo's cabin was rotating. When it came to rest I was upside down in the water, strapped into a seat, eyes closed, holding my breath. There was a locked window by my shoulder. My job: Perform some minor Houdini-ism to escape the helicopter and find my way back to the surface. Then I'd breathe. And then we'd reset the equipment and do it again.
Helicopter underwater escape egress training, or HUET, is commonly called dunker training in the military. Many helicopter pilots and crews, Drug Enforcement Agency personnel, Special Forces units, and offshore oil-rig workers go through similar programs each year. I enrolled in a modified version of the program called Cold-Environs HUET as a prerequisite for flying to Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk offshore oil rig, which was working in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. During my four-day visit in late October to the rig, I would be learning about the future of offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean. This HUET training was the same program that Shell requires of many of its employees and contractors. I went through the training at Survival Systems USA in Groton, Conn., a facility located a short distance from the Naval Submarine Base New London and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Being dunked wasn't the scariest part of my two-day HUET training. The adrenaline really cranked up during the classroom sessions, as my classmates and I sat in a drab conference room viewing 83 PowerPoint slides and several disturbing videos. We watched as a helicopter carrying Marines crashed into the sea during a training exercise gone wrong in 1999. Seven men died. In another video a survivor of the crash described slowly groping his way to a window, encumbered by his combat gear. He eventually reached the surface, despite a broken back. Two British videos demonstrated the effects of cold water on performance: In water chilled to 50 degrees F, an Olympic swimmer was able to hold his breath for only 10 seconds. Another Olympian, this one a silver medalist, was able to breast stroke for about 7 minutes before she lost all muscle control and devolved into a slowly undulating tangle of limbs. Message received.
After lunch, we walked up some metal stairs to a pool inside what looked like a small aircraft hangar. I zipped myself tightly into a cold-water Mustang Survival suit, then added an oversize personal flotation device and, on the second day, a rebreathing apparatus, which was all equipment required by Shell. (I glanced in a mirror and thought the reflection had Apollo 11 overtones, if Buzz Aldrin had been a dork in a banana-colored Muppets costume.) My two classmates were former Army men, a test pilot and a flight engineer, who now worked for a military contractor. They wore standard flightsuits, which looked very comfortable in comparison. We practiced skills such as righting an overturned life raft and climbing into it from the water, linking arms and legs with other survivors in the water, and clearing an air-bottle regulator while hanging upside down in the pool. We also took a number of trips in the dunker.
At first, I found it easier to escape the helicopter by simply holding my breath, rather than fumbling with the breathing device. Jon Ehm, the facility's chief instructor, reminded me that it's much harder to hold your breath in frigid water—and that in the simulator I was in shallow water and uninjured. You've got to learn to use the breathing device in an emergency. According to Ehm and my classmates, U.S. helicopter crews typically carry small bottles of compressed air, good for about two minutes, that work much like standard SCUBA gear. Shell uses the Air Pocket, made by a British company called Shark Survival, that you fill with air from your own lungs in the moments before submersion. You can then rebreathe the air for a limited time. (A small canister of air built into the device helps fill the pocket.) One problem I thought I saw with the system is that you can't clear the mouthpiece underwater, an easy operation with an air-bottle regulator. And I worried that if I didn't manage to get a lungful of air before submersion, the supply would be limited. But obviously I'm no expert, and the system is used extensively in the North Sea.
By the end of the second afternoon, I thought I'd learned what Ehm was trying to teach me, and hoped to heck I'd never get to try out my new skills. The following is the complete, real-world scenario you'd be preparing for if you took the same course.
Ditching, Ditching...
You're flying out to work on one of Shell's new offshore rigs in the Arctic Ocean, and the pilot announces that the helicopter is in trouble and going down. You adopt a ditch position to protect your limbs and head as the machine hits the surface of the ocean. It's a controlled emergency landing—not a crash, which is much harder to survive. You pull open the Air Pocket, which is strapped to your chest, and insert the mouthpiece. If there's time, you apply the nose plug that's attached. As the cabin begins to fill with frigid water, you take a deep breath, click a control valve into the closed position, and breathe out into the Air Pocket.
Most of a helicopter's weight—the engine, transmission, rotors—are on top of the craft, so it tends to roll immediately and begin to sink. Flotation devices that inflate automatically when the helicopter hits the water may prevent this from happening. But in this case it does invert. You are facing danger from hypothermia and suffocation, which may be exacerbated by panic, disorientation, and darkness.
The violent rush of water tries to rip the mouthpiece out, but you clamp down on it with your teeth. When you can think again, you are strapped tightly into a seat, unsure which way is up, trying to breathe calmly through your mouth. Your feet are flat on the floor: In many helicopters the seats are designed to "stroke," or collapse on impact; if your feet had been tucked beneath the seat it could have broken your legs and trapped you. You keep your eyes closed. In all likelihood, you are in blackness anyway, and the water may be clouded with hydraulic fluid and fuel that would cause chemical burns. You'll need your eyes later, if you manage to escape the airframe and reach the surface.
Before the flight, you noted that the latch to the emergency window was positioned next to your hip. You bring your hand down to the hip, and then straight out to find the latch. Let's make it easy: The latch is still working, and the window pops off, as it's supposed to. You grasp the window frame with one hand. You don't let go. With the other hand, you undo the harness, opening the buckle and pulling it sharply toward your feet to disengage all four straps. You had to wait until this moment; if you had escaped the harness any earlier, you'd be floating through the interior of the helicopter, groping for an exit, your chances of survival drastically reduced. You now grasp the window opening with both hands, and pull yourself through. You don't know which way is up, but your Mustang Survival suit is buoyant and it pulls you toward the surface.
Since completing the HUET training, I've met several people who said they found it fun. That was humbling. But what struck me at the time was how many thousands of people fly helicopters over dangerous waters each year, and not just hardened hero types such as Navy SEALS. Those of us who use gasoline owe our lifestyles in part to crane operators, mechanics, and roughnecks who commute to work by helicopter and face some real risk to do it. This year, two helicopters ditched in the North Sea: one in May that was carrying 14 oil rig workers and another in October that carried 19 workers. (Neither helicopter rolled, and there were no serious injuries.) Such incidents are certainly rare, but I was convinced: HUET training is for real. I was going to the Arctic in a couple of weeks. And when Jon Ehm asked me to take one more ride in the dunker, I didn't argue.
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Obama Gave A Speech: We’re Saved!
One of the remarkable things about modern liberalism is its confusion of the Word and the Deed. For many liberals, if they speak about a problem purposively, that problem is tantamount to being solved! So when it comes to climate change, we can relax, the problem is solved because Obama has given a speech!
This thought comes to mind because none other than Al Gore has said that yesterday’s speech was “the best presidential address on climate change ever.” Ever! Well, that settles it, doesn’t it? Of course, when you think about it, this is perhaps the only presidential speech on climate change ever. Sure, lots of presidential speeches have mentioned the issue (even George W. Bush talked about it at some length on a couple of occasions), but this may have been the first speech on the subject with the huge buildup and the large policy scope.
I wonder if it will also be the last. Will Obama now barnstorm the nation giving variations of this speech to persuade skeptical Americans who rank climate change at or near the bottom of every survey of important issues? President Bush, remember, spent the greater part of 2005 traveling the country giving the same speech over and over again to push his second term priority of entitlement reform. (It got derailed, recall, by Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing difficulties in Iraq.) That’s what a president does with a real priority. But if Obama hardly mentions this again, it will suggest this speech was as much about politics—placating the greens—as it was about the actual issue.
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Aborted Baby Funeral
On July 27, 2008 at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL, Fr. Frank Pavone and hundreds of the faithful, honored and buried the bodies of three children who were killed by abortion. These babies were found in the garbage dumpster of the Women's Advisory Abortion Clinic in Livonia, Michigan by members of Citizens for a Prolife Society (www.prolifesociety.org).
The babies have been named Enoch, Karen-Esther and Rebekah. By honoring them in public, and by having large numbers of people pay their respects to them, we wanted to make up in some small way for the dishonor shown them by abortion. Moreover, by having a large funeral service, we bore public witness to society that these are real children, and that all the unborn deserve protection.
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On the Third Hand: Trap
By Allison Bell
I think Republicans in Congress (and Democrats, independents and footnote party members who hate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)) are putting themselves in their own version of the trap that trapped President Obama.
Obama, who is usually pretty wily about adding disclaimers to what he's saying, trapped himself by promising over and over again that, "If you like your coverage, you can keep it."
Especially once the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed the reglations explaining what it thought the promise meant, Obama should either have knocked heads at HHS or proactively explained the real-world constraints on that promise.
He used a message that probably worked great in focus-group sessions but didn't accommodate changes in understanding and conditions in the real world.
I think PPACA health insurance exchange program critics are walking into the same trap by hyperventilating over problems, especially technical problems, at HealthCare.gov and state-based exchange enrollment systems.
On the one hand, the problems at the enrollment sites, and the problems some exchange managers (including HHS) have had with talking about the problems in a clear, detailed manner that makes it sound as if they recognize that we out here in laypeople land are grownups, may be a sign of deeper managment problems.
But on the other hand, lots of organizations have problems with getting big information technology projects to work exactly as planned exactly on time. Plenty also have security concerns. HHS should probably send a thank-you note to whoever it is that's been hacking payment card information at the big department stores lately.
Today, in response to attacks on HealthCare.gov data security, people who are sympathetic to PPACA can say, "But, yeah, if Target and LinkedIn and all those other sites are vulnerable to crooks, how can you expect HealthCare.gov to be perfect? We can't go live in vaults to avoid robbers, and we can't shut down the Internet because of identity thieves."
And if, in six months, the enrollment systems and other administrative systems work reasonably well, by new big-government systems standards, then PPACA defenders can point to obsession with exchange program data security as a bunch of hot air.
And, meanwhile, on the third hand: the plans seem to be full of expensive, politically oriented benefits that drive coverage prices into the stratosphere.
Concerns about Web problems that could well be temporary may be distracting everyone away from PPACA exchange plan design problems that might last as long as congressional gridlock lasts, or as long as exchanges let the voices of interest groups drown out the voices of people who would rather pay $100 per month for coverage with a $2 million annual cap and some holes in it than $500 for richer coverage with no annual cap.
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WOW vs. SecondLife
Posted by avatarOmar last updated September 29, 2007 at 10:06 pm
You know, that Boss battle does sound pretty darn cool. Long and intense, but still very cool. I guess I'll just have to chalk it up to a difference of tastes. I appreciate why people enjoy WoW, but it'll never be for me. The reward is definitely there if you're willing to put in the time, I just don't have the time to dedicate towards one game like that. I don't have to mention all the addicts and everything... but hell, if Blizzard can make something so engaging that people are literally starving to death while playing, they definitely tapped into some voodoo magic of entertainment.
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When I taught 2nd grade, I went to a nearby, (Well, actually about an hour away!) dairy factory where they generously supplied me with new, empty pint and quart containers. I collected some used half-pint cartons from the cafeteria, cleaned them out, and taped them shut. I also cleaned out one of my empty gallon jugs. I attached them all together with yarn so that they looked like the "Gallon Guy" the others have attached to their posts. I added a face and we called him the Measurement Man. I hung him up as a display that we could continue to refer to when we discussed liquid measure. I also sent home a Measurement Man page so the students and their parents could see the relationships. I actually had some parents thank me for this because they said it even made seeing the relationships easier for them to remember!
I kept him stored in a locker for future use. The kids really benefitted from this hands-on 3-D model.
With my 5th graders (Your second graders could even use this too, though), I use the giant "G" (for gallon) that has 1 "Q" (for quart) filling up each corner of the "G". Then there are 2 "P"s (for pints) that fill up the "Q". Next, there are 2 "C"s (for cups) inside each "P". This is a quick thing the students can memorize and write onto their worksheets, quizzes, or test papers to help them remember the relationships. (Sorry--This is much easier to understand visually than written out like I have!)
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I must comment on this. When I first took a job I had dreadlocks. The boss at that time did not see me as being attractive so he thought I eas better to transform the problems. I definitely transformed the office; however, in time I cut my dreads and all of a sudden he saw more physical attractiveness. Now I was the same person who transformed the office. My point is that was his issue not mine.
Let me twist that around and fix it for you.
Politics in the age of show business means we hate the celebrity industrial complex so much that we punish other good-looking people by making politicians out of them.
Take any generic politician, transport then back centuries to any generic village. What would the people make of them? Would they immediately recognize them as being superior? I kinda doubt it.
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Rage3D.com : ATI Stream Computing Unleashed [ ATI Stream Computing ]
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Date: November 13th, 2008
ATI Stream Computing
The new ATI Stream SDK - GPGPU for everyone (sort of...)
GPGPU is one of those trendy buzz-words that gets thrown around a lot these days ... and for good reason. With the latest GPUs, the potential for accelerating a large array of algorithms (some would argue that there's some degree of parallelism hidden everywhere) is rather staggering. However, in order to tap into the parallel processing muscle of a GPU (and there's quite a bit of muscle there), proper tools are needed - and so we have arrived at today's topic.
ATI Stream Computing
Few may recall that a while back, think around the R520/580 period, ATI was the first to promote the GPU as more than a pixel pushing machine - speaking of things like Physics or general purpose processing on the GPU. Sadly, whilst sounding quite good, the outcome was less than spectacular: a Folding@Home GPU-accelerated client and a number of promises that didn't quite materialize during the cards' lifetimes. With the R6xx and subsequent parts, the ATI's GPGPU initiative seemed to gain some slight traction, but it remained something outside of the marketing forefront, being primarily dedicated to developers, with the end-users knowing little about the existence of the Stream SDK or Brook+, for example, whilst nVidia was trumpeting CUDA quite seriously, to such an extent that nowadays the perception is that nV is THE choice for GPGPU. Finally, ATI has decided to start promoting itself better in this field - enter the Stream SDK 1.3 update.
Stream SDK 1.3
The focus of this update is to bring ATI Stream Computing into the eye of the consumers, to give everyone who has a recent Radeon card (from R6xx onwards) the possibility to leverage it by including CAL (Compute Abstraction Layer) into the Catalyst driver suite (in the December release), to ease developers' jobs by improving the available toolset and to show the benefits of Stream computing through a free to use, consumer-interesting application: the AVIVO Video Transcoder. Let's go through these one at a time.
As you may know, AMD has this “wacky” idea that the Future is Fusion. Instead of thinking about ways of supplanting the CPU with their GPUs, or claiming that the GPUs are dead(ish) and that the future is in CPUs, they envision a complementary relationship between the two: there are certain tasks that for which the CPU will be better suited, just like there are tasks where the GPU will rip. Fusion, as a corporate initiative, is about creating a coherent eco-system where each is assigned the job it's best at, with the tag-team providing the best results:
Moving Toward Open Standards
Whilst development tools for the CPU are rather ubiquitous (having years upon years of history does help there), tools for developing non-graphics applications on the GPU are still in their growth phase, as illustrated by the fact that an industry standard is yet to emerge, with both AMD and nVidia having proprietary solutions, at this point in time. AMD's viewpoint is that the industry should focus on open standards, that allow for developing one time for many target-platforms, instead of having to use a custom tool for each. As such, Brook+ (and similar proprietary solutions) is regarded as a tool for those that want to start developing now, but going forward AMD expects OpenCL and DX11 (and beyond) Compute Shaders to be the preferred tools for development:
Now, most of this hubris may not be all that important for the average guy who isn't that preoccupied with writing code. What he will undoubtedly care about is applications that can benefit from GPU acceleration. He may never download the Stream SDK itself, but he sure would appreciate it is his videos encoded faster or his perky presentations rendered more rapidly, for example. Luckily, AMD finally decided to also push the benefits that the typical users can experience, making it interesting not only for the developers, but also to the masses:
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MRA logic, distilled
By Amanda Marcotte
Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:36 EDT
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MRA logic, taken to its natural conclusions:
1) Women don't want to have sex with me, often to the point of laughing uproariously at the very suggestion.
2) It is intolerable to believe that I am anything less than perfect and deserving of sex with any woman I desire.
3) Therefore the problem isn't me, but women.
4) It's not that women don't like sex with me so much as women just don't like sex! Perfect explanation.
5) Problem is that women actually do have sex.
6) And it's often with men who have something I don't have: good looks, a good job, an ability to carry on a conversation, an unwillingness to rant endlessly about how feminists need to be smacked around until they get into the kitchen to make you a sandwich, a living room that isn't a temple to their favorite porn stars.
7) Women must therefore see something in those men that has nothing to do with sexual desire.
8) Clearly, they're just out to get money and social status from them. Theory that women just don't like sex? Saved!
9) Oh wait, lesbians. If women are only motivated to have sex to extract resources from a man, then why do they have sex with each other?
10) Well, clearly a woman sleeps with another woman for the same reason: to extract resources.
11) Wait, but why would the resource-heavy lesbian want to have sex back? Someone has to feel some actual sexual desire in this exchange in order for exploitation to occur, and it's already been determined that it is impossible for women to feel sexual desire, or else they would clearly be ready to sleep with anyone who asked, even MRAs.
12) Conclusion: lesbians can't exist
13) Any evidence provided for the existence of lesbians is no doubt part of some grand feminist conspiracy to conceal the Truth About Bitches from MRAs.
Thanks to Man Boobz for answering a question that's always bothered me, which is, for men who simply don't believe that women like sex, how on earth do they explain lesbians? The answer is, they don't.
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Calculation of Corneal Scar Depth
What should 1 consider as corneal scar depth in ant. oct report- scar in total or scar left after 5 months healing(thining). While doing surgery what should be consider? Some docs take total n other take left scar on cornea for doing any surgery. If some1 asks what is my scar depth what should be my ans. For ex. in my case total scar depth is 626microns n left scar in ant. part is 62microns.Sending my oct report of affected eye as well.Need help to take right decision.
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It is best to discuss corneal scar depth with conrenal specialist
Best to discuss this with your corneal specialist. Different technologies require specific paradigms to analyze.
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To sign a player for up to 4 million who is not currently under contract
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Now or in the offseason?
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Now (for a trade) or the rest of this season for a free agent, it's strictly for Anderson's injury this season. Brooklyn has one too for Brook, which is why they're also rumored to be going after him
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Dannyl is a main character in Trudi Canavan's highly acclaimed "The Black Magician Trilogy" (Book 1 "The Magicians' Guild", Book 2 "The Novice", Book 3 "The High Lord").
He is often described by Canavan as very tall, even for a magician, and has an intimidating presence which does not reflect his kind nature. It is assumed he is handsome as there are many references to surprise that he is unmarried.
He is seen as a kind and caring person, with a troubled past when he was a novice at the magician's guild. His sexual orientation is not indicated as heterosexual in the first book, Magicians' Guild, but he only realises himself he is in fact homosexual in book two, Novice. His friend and 'assumed' lover, Tayend, keep secret their affair but it is widely known that Tayend is in fact a 'lad' (slang for gay in the novel).
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Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax can be used to determine distances. In astronomy, parallax is the only direct method by which distances to objects (typically stars) beyond the Solar System can be measured. The Hipparcos satellite has used the technique for over 100,000 nearby stars. This provides the basis for all other distance measurements in astronomy, the cosmic distance ladder. Here, the term "parallax" is the angle or semi-angle of inclination between two sightlines to the star.
Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras which view objects from slightly different angles. Many animals, including humans, have two eyes with overlapping visual fields to use parallax to gain depth perception; this process is known as stereopsis.
Distance measurement in astronomy
Stellar parallax
On an interstellar scale, parallax created by the different orbital positions of the Earth causes nearby stars to appear to move relative to more distant stars. By observing parallax, measuring angles and using geometry, one can determine the distance to various objects. When the object in question is a star, the effect is known as stellar parallax.
The angles involved in these calculations are very small and thus difficult to measure. The nearest star to the Sun (and thus the star with the largest parallax), Proxima Centauri, has a parallax of 0.77233 ± 0.00242 arcsec. This angle is approximately the angle subtended by an object about 2 centimeters in diameter (roughly the size of a U.S. quarter dollar) located about 5.3 kilometers away.
In 1989, the satellite Hipparcos was launched primarily for obtaining parallaxes and proper motions of nearby stars, increasing the reach of the method tenfold. Even so, Hipparcos is only able to measure parallax angles for stars up to about 1,600 light-years away, a little more than one percent of the diameter of our galaxy. The European Space Agency's Gaia mission, due to launch in 2011 and come online in 2012, will be able to measure parallax angles to an accuracy of 1 microarcsecond, thus mapping nearby stars (and potentially planets) up to a distance of tens of thousands of light-years from earth.
Assuming the angle is small (see derivation below), the distance to an object (measured in parsecs) is the reciprocal of the parallax (measured in arcseconds): d (mathrm{pc}) = 1 / p (mathrm{arcsec}). For example, the distance to Proxima Centauri is 1/0.772=.
Lunar parallax
One way to determine the lunar parallax from one location is by using a lunar eclipse. A full shadow of the Earth on the Moon has an apparent radius of curvature equal to the difference between the apparent radii of the Earth and the Sun as seen from the Moon. This radius can be seen to be equal to 0.75 degree, from which (with the solar apparent radius 0.25 degree) we get an Earth apparent radius of 1 degree. This yields for the Earth-Moon distance 60 Earth radii or 384,000 km. This procedure was first used by Aristarchus of Samos and Hipparchus, and later found its way into the work of Ptolemy. The diagram at right shows how daily lunar parallax arises on the geocentric and geostatic planetary model in which the Earth is at the centre of the planetary system and does not rotate. It also illustrates the important point that parallax need not be caused by any motion of the observer, contrary to some definitions of parallax that say it is, but may arise purely from motion of the observed.
mathrm{distance}_{textrm{moon}} = frac {mathrm{distance}_{mathrm{observerbase}}} {tan (mathrm{angle})}
Solar parallax
The fact that stellar parallax was so small that it was unobservable at the time was used as the main scientific argument against heliocentrism during the early modern age. It is clear from Euclid's geometry that the effect would be undetectable if the stars were far enough away; but for various reasons such a gigantic size seemed entirely implausible.
After Copernicus proposed his heliocentric system, with the Earth in revolution around the Sun, it was possible to build a model of the whole solar system without scale. To ascertain the scale, it is necessary only to measure one distance within the solar system, e.g., the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun (now called an astronomical unit, or AU). When found by triangulation, this is referred to as the solar parallax, the difference in position of the Sun as seen from the Earth's centre and a point one Earth radius away, i. e., the angle subtended at the Sun by the Earth's mean radius. Knowing the solar parallax and the mean Earth radius allows one to calculate the AU, the first, small step on the long road of establishing the size and expansion age of the visible Universe.
Much later, the Solar System was 'scaled' using the parallax of asteroids, some of which, like Eros, pass much closer to Earth than Venus. In a favourable opposition, Eros can approach the Earth to within 22 million kilometres. Both the opposition of 1901 and that of 1930/1931 were used for this purpose, the calculations of the latter determination being completed by Astronomer Royal Sir Harold Spencer Jones.
Dynamic or moving-cluster parallax
For a right triangle,
sin p = frac {1 AU} {d} ,
where p is the parallax, is approximately the average distance from the Sun to Earth, and d is the distance to the star. Using small-angle approximations (valid when the angle is small compared to 1 radian),
sin x approx xtextrm{ radians} = x cdot frac {180} {pi} textrm{ degrees} = x cdot 180 cdot frac {3600} {pi} textrm{ arcseconds} ,
so the parallax, measured in arcseconds, is
p'' approx frac {1 textrm{ AU}} {d} cdot 180 cdot frac{3600} {pi} .
If the parallax is 1", then the distance is
d = 1 textrm{ AU} cdot 180 cdot frac {3600} {pi} = 206,265 textrm{ AU} = 3.2616 textrm{ ly} equiv 1 textrm{ parsec} .
This defines the parsec, a convenient unit for measuring distance using parallax. Therefore, the distance, measured in parsecs, is simply d = 1 / p, when the parallax is given in arcseconds.
Parallax error
However, an approximation of the distance error can be computed by
delta d = delta left({1 over p} right) =left| {partial over partial p} left({1 over p} right) right| delta p ={delta p over p^2}
Visual perception
Because the eyes of humans and other highly evolved animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax due to the different views from the eye to gain depth perception and estimate distances to objects. Animals also use motion parallax, in which the animal (or just the head) moves to gain different viewpoints. For example, pigeons (whose eyes do not have overlapping fields of view and thus cannot use stereopsis) bob their heads up and down to see depth.
Parallax and measurement instruments
If an optical instrument — e.g., a telescope, microscope, or theodolite — is imprecisely focused, its cross-hairs will appear to move with respect to the object focused on if one moves one's head horizontally in front of the eyepiece. This is why it is important, especially when performing measurements, to focus carefully in order to eliminate the parallax, and to check by moving one's head.
Also, in non-optical measurements the thickness of a ruler can create parallax in fine measurements. To avoid parallax error, one should take measurements with one's eye on a line directly perpendicular to the ruler so that the thickness of the ruler does not create error in positioning for fine measurements. A similar error can occur when reading the position of a pointer against a scale in an instrument such as a galvanometer. To help the user avoid this problem, the scale is sometimes printed above a narrow strip of mirror, and the user positions his eye so that the pointer obscures its own reflection. This guarantees that the user's line of sight is perpendicular to the mirror and therefore to the scale.
Parallax can cause a speedometer reading to appear different to a car's passenger than to the driver.
Photogrammetric parallax
Parallax error in photography
In computer graphics
In many early graphical applications, such as video games, the scene was constructed of independent layers that were scrolled at different speeds when the player/cursor moved. Some hardware had explicit support for such layers, such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This gave some layers the appearance of being farther away than others and was useful for creating an illusion of depth, but only worked when the player was moving. Now, most games are based on much more comprehensive three-dimensional graphic models, although portable game systems (DS, PSP) still often use parallax.
As a metaphor
The word is also used in the title of Alan J. Pakula's 1974 movie The Parallax View, in which a reporter (Warren Beatty) investigates an assassination. The word in this case refers to a fictional corporation portrayed in the film.
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Meta-programs in general are programs that create, control or make decisions about programs, such as when and how to run them, preferred and unpreferred programs, and strategic choices of fall-back or alternative programs.
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) uses the term specifically to indicate the more general pervasive habitual patterns commonly used by an individual across a wide range of situations. Examples of NLP meta-programs include the preference for overview or detail, the preference for where to place one's attention during conversation, habitual linguistic patterns and body language, and so on.
Related concepts in other disciplines are known as cognitive styles or thinking styles.
The use of the term program when talking about the human mind originates from the cybernetics metaphor, which considers the human brain as a biocomputer to which one can apply all principles known in computing. The cybernetic model had been named by Norbert Wiener around 1946, and became influential through the Macy conferences, which were held between 1942 and 1953 and attended by prominent members as Gregory Bateson, Warren McCulloch, John von Neumann, Walter Pitts, Norbert Wiener et al. This metaphor has been inspired on the Universal Turing Machine, named after Alan Turing, who indicated that it is possible to program a machine to imitate the behavior of any other machine — and even that of a human with a pencil and paper following a set of rules. The metaphor got inverted, and a basic premise became that cognitive activity can be explained in terms of computation.
According to this mind-as-computer metaphor, the mind is constantly and continuously running a complex set of programs which are controlling all aspects of our existence, such as breathing, walking, talking, etc. Dr. John C. Lilly, who can be considered as the first person to define the term meta-programs, formally defined a program as: "a set of internally consistent instructions for the computation of signals, the formation of information, the storage of both, the preparation of messages, the logical processes being used, the selection processes, and the storage addresses all occurring within a biocomputer, a brain." And a meta-program as: "a set of instructions, descriptions, and means of control of a set of programs."
NLP use of the term
In NLP, the term programs is used as a synonym for strategy, which are specific sequences of mental steps, mostly indicated by their representational activity (using VAKOG), leading to a behavioral outcome. In the entry for the term strategy in their Encyclopedia, Robert Dilts & Judith Delozier explicitly refer to the mind as computer metaphor: "A strategy is like a program in a computer. It tells you what to do with the information you are getting, and like a computer program, you can use the same strategy to process a lot of different kinds of information." In their encyclopedia, Dilts and Delozier then define metaprograms as: "[programs] which guide and direct other thought processes. Specifically they define common or typical patterns in the strategies or thinking styles of a particular individual, group or culture."
While most NLP authors acknowledge that most of the domain's ideas, including the notions of representational systems and programs, are rather metaphorical, at the same time NLP acts as if the metaphor were true, much in line with the Anglo-American philosophical tradition . In their encyclopedia, Dilts & Delozier state: "NLP shares many philosophical underpinnings with pragmatism. [This] ... can be seen in the emphasis NLP places on outcomes and on the criterion of usefulness rather than objective truth and the perception of all models and distinctions as simply working hypothesis." And "In fact, all [NLP] models can be perceived as symbolic or metaphoric, as opposed to reflective of reality."
While, as Dilts & Delozier (2000) write, persons can apply the same meta-program regardless of the content and context of a situation, research shows that meta-programs can change over time and may be different in different contexts (e.g. home VS work) and at different times (e.g. under influence of training). While one might say that the research failed when one considers the personality explanation of the initial goal, the average changes in an individual's personality in terms of meta-programs over time and between contexts are comparable to findings measured in other personality theories. Indeed, in contrast to social psychologists who put emphasis on the power of the situation, many psychologists researching personality sometimes pay only little attention to the effect of culture and context.
Examples of meta-programs mentioned in NLP
Original NLP texts mention the following metaprograms (Dilts, Cameron 1980-1982)
• The preference for overview or detail (or generalization v. specificity)
• Reference System: Internal or external focus
• Modal properties:
• proactive or reactive
• Outcome preferences (towards/away)
• Processing
• Comparison: Making distinctions (more aware of sameness or differentness)
• Match/mismatch
• Time orientation (near/far past, present, near/far future)
• Sorting categories
• Self-other
• Filters: Preferential awareness of people, activities, location, things, information etc in others' communication
Independent of how meta-programs came into NLP, most of the distinctions used pre-date NLP, as can be read in the article Putting NLP Metaprograms Research in context
Several NLP authors have later extended the list, often including e.g.
• Rule structure: Preferred social styles (assertiveness, indifference, complacency, tolerance)
• Convincer patterns & learning preferences (learn by reading, by observing others, by doing, from own experience)
• Mc Clelland's motivational preferences (power, popularity, or performance)
Other uses of the NLP concept
The meta-program concepts have proven to be universal, but how a NLP meta-program questionnaire such as iWAM gets scored and interpreted is really culturally-distinct. The socio-cultural approach to psychology argues that, to predict individual behavior, it is necessary to take into account very broad influences, including cultural values and several aspects we call the individual's context (the environment, social organization, community, and family). Triandis, one of this field’s experts, developed a theory of subjective culture and its influence on the attitudes, norms and behaviors of individuals. His research has also examined the relationship between culture and work behavior, inter-group relations, social behavior, attributions, goal setting, motivation, social exchanges, personality, prejudice, and attitude change. In Triandis’ framework, individual patterns of responding and interacting with the environment are seen as part of personality.
History of the concept in NLP
Given NLP's oral tradition, there are several stories of how meta-programs came into existence in NLP and who should be acknowledged for which piece of work.
One explanation is that when one analyses the effects of a program, a similar sequence of steps may lead to a different outcome. Suppose that a person is taking a decision whether to stay in their current job. One person may say: "When I imagine how this place will be like two years from now, I don't see enough changes and I’m afraid I’ll be bored." In a same situation, another person might say: “When I imagine how this place will be like two years from now, I don’t see many changes and I’m glad I’ll get that stability.” Both sentences use a future reference frame consisting of Visual constructed image which is then evaluated Kinesthetically internally (NLP notation: Vc -> Ki). However, the first person gets a bad feeling, while the second person gets a good feeling. They have been executing the same program on the same context. All other elements being the same, the only difference between these 2 persons is that they apply a different sorting category: the first one prefers change and the second one prefers stability.
According to another plausible explanation, meta-programs arose when Leslie Cameron et al. did research in order to answer to the question whether patterns could be found which typified a person across different contexts and thus would point to the "stable core" of a person. They came up with a series of different thinking styles which they called meta-programs. These meta-programs indicate how people make sense of the world and predict how the person may react in a given context. Using meta-programs we can understand the characteristic ways in which people behave, and thus the model is as useful (if not more) than many theories of personality.
One set of meta-programs consisting of 13 distinct patterns effecting work-place motivation and performance was elicited by Rodger Bailey and Ross Steward from their work as HR consultants and developed as the Language and Behaviour Profile, commonly known as the 'LAB Profile'. Rodger's work was further extended and developed by Shelle Rose Charvet and published in her book 'Words that Change Minds'.
Criticisms of the concept
Lakoff & Johnson (2000) argue that these metaphors for the mind conflict with what cognitive science has discovered. However, viewed as a metaphor, the concept remains of value. Indeed as Lakoff & Johnson argue themselves, metaphors are the very means by which we can understand abstract domains and extend our knowledge into new areas, and the body of work that resulted from the meta-programs research-effort has proven its usefulness over the last 20 years.
These findings would not necessarily imply that NLP would argue against the mind as being embodied, which is one of the central properties of Lakoff and Johnson’s argument. The big difference between researchers working on Artificial Intelligence and those working on NLP is that the first use a computer as their laboratory, while the latter works with human subjects to test their theories.
Unpublished text extracted from the draft PhD dissertation of Patrick Merlevede
To learn more about NLP meta-programs, the following books can be recommended
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Gil Cates takes a long, deep breath before answering the question: Is producing the Academy Awards show the ultimate no-win situation? Cates has produced nine of the past 11 Oscar telecasts, and he returns March 25 after a year's layoff; for those scoring at home, Cates is not to blame for last year's epic, four-hours-plus show, which ran so long it stopped being a TV show and turned into a lifestyle choice. Once the 73rd annual Oscar shindig wraps, somewhere around 4:32 p.m. March 26, Cates will lay claim to the title of The Man Who's Produced More Oscar Shows Than Anyone Else. But, again, is it a moniker worth going to the trouble of possessing? It's a show that rarely receives much positive press the morning after, once it takes the money from the dresser and disappears into the sunrise. In the daylight, it's chided for being, among so many other things, too short or too long, too turgid or too reckless, too smarmy or too smug.
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His voice trails off, as Cates is interrupted by an assistant who hands him a note bearing bad news: "Someone we thought was going to be on the show is not," Cates says, in a tone of voice that suggests it's a problem he can deal with. "My colleague likes doing this to me in the middle of a conversation. Thank you very much."
Gil Cates returns for the 10th year as producer of the Oscar telecast. Is he a glutton or genius? Ah...yes?
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"It's Kate Winslet," he says, referring to the Titanicstar. "She couldn't come in from Europe."
Winslet's failure to appear is the least of Cates' concerns; Bob Dylan's inability to attend and perform "Things Have Changed," his best song nominee from Wonder Boys, is far more problematic. (Dylan will be on tour in Australia, and word is he will perform via satellite.) What most concerns Cates is putting on a show that congratulates Hollywood--indeed, one that revels in its sheer, galling fabulousness--without knocking it to the floor by patting it too hard on the back. To hear him talk about it, producing the Oscar telecast is an enormous responsibility, far more than just putting on the world's biggest variety show (which it is, complete, once more, with Debbie Allen-choreographed dance numbers).
Cates insists the Oscarcast is about reveling in tradition, respecting the medium, and regarding what he calls the "mythology" of Hollywood; it's about fun, without making fun. But it's no longer quite that simple: MTV and VH1's myriad teen-beat shows, the Emmy's giddy self-deprecation, and the Golden Globes' drunken bash have transformed our notion of an awards show into something far less dull and sanctimonious. We have little patience now for hour upon hour of film montages celebrating "Women in Film" or "Politics in Hollywood"; we have little interest in sitting through one more Saving Private Ryandance number (Normandy was, likely, less painful). We want fast and funny, bright and breezy--high drama cut with a knowing sense of humor.
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What is dysphagia?
What causes dysphagia?
To understand dysphagia, it helps to first understand how swallowing occurs.
Swallowing involves four stages. These stage are controlled by nerves that connect the digestive tract to the brain:
• Oral preparation stage. Food is chewed and moistened by saliva.
• Oral stage. The tongue pushes food and liquids to the back of the mouth toward the throat. (This phase is voluntary: people have control over chewing and beginning to swallow.)
• Pharyngeal stage. Food enters the pharynx (throat). A flap called the epiglottis closes off the passage to the windpipe so food cannot get into the lungs. Next, the muscles in the throat relax, and food and liquid are quickly passed down the pharynx (throat) into the esophagus. The epiglottis opens again to allow for breathing. (This phase starts under voluntary control, but then becomes an involuntary phase that can't be consciously controlled.)
• Esophageal stage. Liquids fall through the esophagus into the stomach partially by gravity. Muscles in the esophagus push food and liquid toward the stomach in wave-like movements known as peristalsis. A muscular band between the end of the esophagus and the upper portion of the stomach (known as the lower esophageal sphincter) relaxes in response to swallowing, allowing food and liquids to enter the stomach. (The events in this phase are involuntary.)
Children's health problems that can affect swallowing include:
• Cleft lip or cleft palate
• Large tongue
• Diseases that affect the nerves and muscles, such as a stroke, tumor, nerve injury, brain injury, or muscular dystrophy, and can cause paralysis or poor function of the tongue or the muscles in the throat and esophagus
• Large tonsils
• Tumors or masses in the throat
• Paralysis of the vocal cords
• Compression of the esophagus by other body parts, such as enlargements of the heart, thyroid gland, blood vessels, or lymph nodes
• Foreign bodies in the esophagus, such as a swallowed coin
• Developmental delays
• Prematurity
Why is dysphagia a concern?
Dysphagia can result in aspiration which occurs when food or liquids go into the windpipe and lungs. Aspiration of food and liquids may cause pneumonia and/or other serious lung conditions.
What are the symptoms of dysphagia?
The symptoms that children with dysphagia have may be obvious, or they can be difficult to associate with swallowing trouble. The following are the most common symptoms of dysphagia. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
• Eating slowly
• Trying to swallow a single mouthful of food several times
• Difficulty coordinating sucking and swallowing
• Gagging during feeding
• Drooling
• A feeling that food or liquids are sticking in the throat or esophagus, or that there is a lump in these areas
• Arching or stiffening of the body during feedings
• Congestion in the chest after eating or drinking
• Coughing or choking when eating or drinking (or very soon afterward)
• Wet or raspy sounding voice during or after eating
• Frequent respiratory infections
• Spitting up or vomiting frequently
• Irritability or lack of alertness during feedings
• Weight loss
Symptoms of dysphagia may look like other conditions or medical problems. Please consult your child's health care provider for a diagnosis.
How is dysphagia diagnosed?
A doctor or other health care provider will examine your child and get a medical history. You will be asked questions about how your child eats and any problems you notice during feeding.
Imaging tests may also be done to evaluate the mouth, throat, and esophagus. These tests can include:
• Oral-pharyngeal video swallow. Your child is given small amounts of a liquid containing barium to drink with a bottle, spoon, or cup, or spoon fed a solid food containing barium. Barium shows up well on an X-ray. A series of X-rays are taken to evaluate what happens as your child swallows the liquid.
• Barium swallow/upper GI series. Your child is given a liquid containing barium to drink. This is a metallic, chemical, chalky, liquid used to coat the inside of organs so that they will show up on an X-ray. A series of X-rays are then taken. The doctor can watch what happens as your child swallows the fluid, and note any problems that may occur in the throat, the esophagus, or the stomach.
• Endoscopy. This is a test that uses a small, flexible tube with a light and a camera lens at the end (endoscope) to examine the inside of part of the digestive tract. An endoscopy is done under anesthesia. Pictures are taken of the inside of the throat, the esophagus, and the stomach to look for abnormalities. Small tissue samples, called biopsies, can also be taken to look for problems.
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Other tests that may be done to evaluate dysphagia include the following:
• Esophageal manometry. Under sedation, a small tube containing a pressure gauge is guided through your child's mouth and into the esophagus. The pressure inside the esophagus is then measured to evaluate how well food moves through the esophagus.
• Laryngoscopy. Under anesthesia, a doctor places a tube into your child's throat and looks through it for narrowed areas and other problems.
What is the treatment for dysphagia?
Specific treatment for dysphagia will be determined by your child's health care provider based on the following:
• Your child's age, overall health, and medical history
• The extent of the disease
• The type of disease
• Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
• Expectations for the course of the disease
• Your opinion or preference
Speech or occupational therapy can be helpful for some children. These therapists can give your child exercises to help make swallowing more effective, or suggest techniques for feeding that may help improve swallowing problems.
Infants and children with dysphagia are often able to swallow thick fluids and soft foods, such as baby foods or pureed foods, better than thin liquids. Some infants who had trouble swallowing formula will do better when they are old enough to eat baby foods. The following suggestions should also be considered when caring for a child with dysphagia:
• Adding a small amount of rice cereal to infant formula or pumped breast milk may help dysphagia. Blending the formula or cereal mixture before adding it to a baby bottle can remove the lumps and make the mixture easier to suck through a nipple, as well as easier to swallow.
• Baby foods should not be offered to infants until they are at least 4 months old, since they do not have the proper coordination to swallow foods until this age.
• Vary the taste, texture, and temperature of soft foods for children older than 4 months.
• Remaining upright for at least an hour after eating and complete evening meal at least 3 hours before bedtime.
• Medications to decrease stomach acid production
• Medications to help food move through the digestive tract faster
Some children with dysphagia will have long-term problems. Children who have other health problems, especially those that affect the nerves and muscles, such as muscular dystrophy and brain injury, may not be able to experience much improvement with their swallowing difficulties. Other children may learn to eat and drink successfully. Many pediatric medical centers will have specialized feeding and/or swallowing teams.
Consult your child's health care provider regarding the prognosis for your child.
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This is the eazyest way to start out frenckin. ok first make shor u r in a quiet along location, a party is not a good spot, be along because this is between u and your girl and no one else. Just start off by puttin your arm around her (you should be sitting down)just talk about her day and stuff like that. but just look in her eyes and slowly go in for a kiss and when your lips meet just hold it for like 1 second and slowly open your mouth just a little. If she responds then you no you r doing good. when u r ready slow peek ur toung threw your teeth but just enough to let her no u want to if she responds she will slowly tuch her toung with yours then you should slowly rubb your toung aginst her. it helps to make out a few times just to get a feel for ur girl. but the bestest advices is just be cool and layed back when you start you will no what to do every body dose. i remeber was 13 im 14 now but i was so nervas my first time but when we started i new exactly what to do and you will to dont worry. And lastly make sure you really like the girl and your not just trying to get it over with because you will regret it in the long run. and plus there nuthin better then maken out with a girl you really like.
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Video Tutorials
This series of screen capture demos illustrates dialogue editing techniques described in the book.
Lesson 1: Organization (7:35)
If you start to edit too soon, before you’ve organized your workspace, you will undoubtedly run into trouble later down the line. This video addresses some of the issues you will face as you plan your editing universe. For much more on getting started see Chapters 7 and 10 of the book.
Lesson 2: Basic Transitions (16:52)
Making a scene smooth and believable is the first step in editing, and room tone is your primary tool. However, there’s more than smoothness to finding the truth in a scene. One must consider story and characters in order to build a proper scene. This is discussed in great detail in Chapter 11.
Lesson 3: Using Reverse Room Tone (4:59)
When one clip of a transition contains a sound that changes in pitch or volume, you may not be able to find the matching room tone needed to smooth the cut. Sometimes, you can solve this problem by reversing the room tone. Be careful that the clip you’re reversing contains no transient sounds such as birds, voices, or car horns. Learn more in Chapter 11 of the book.
Lesson 4: Aligning Shots (7:41)
It’s not unusual for a picture editor to give you an edit in which the sound and picture come from different shots, or to include an image that contains the same voice from different sources. As the dialogue editor, you must learn to figure out what the director intends to accomplish, and then how to go about executing it. More in Chapter 11.
Lesson 5: The Telephone Split (11:43)
In movies it’s possible to hear both sides of a telephone conversation—the person we see on screen and the person on the phone. There are all sorts of narrative reasons to do this (or not to), and it's the dialogue editor who must build the scene so that all options are open during the mix. This is discussed in much greater detail in Chapter 12.
Permission to use Ghost Month (2009, written and directed by Danny Draven) demo material granted by Cosmic Creations, Inc.
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THE inscriptions in Greek characters upon Gnostic talismans are frequently interspersed with mystic figures, formed out of straight lines set at right angles to each other, and intermingled with dots. These lines Bellermann plausibly enough supposes to represent the "sacred lots," of the same nature as the celebrated sortes Antiates, held in the hands of the much-consulted Fortuna of Antium. In their usual form these lots were only little sticks and balls, taken up by the handful from an urn, and thrown at random on the ground. The diviner examined the patterns thus produced by their casual collocation, and predicted the future from them according to the rules of his art. Bellermann goes on to suppose that the figures on our talismans represent certain configurations of the lots, regarded as peculiarly lucky to the consulter. This explanation is supported by the Geomancy of the modern Arabs, * where lines drawn at haphazard on the sand by a stick held between the fingers are interpreted by persons professing that method of divination. Our own divination, by means of tea-grounds, is carried on upon the same principle, the fortuitous arrangement of the
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particles producing to the experienced eye definite pictures and letters of the alphabet.
These Siglæ, however, may possibly have had another origin. The regular badge of the Magus, as prescribed in the Vendidad, is a bundle of divining-rods--three, seven, or nine in number. Hence the rebuke of Hosea: "My people ask counsel of sticks, and their staff declareth it unto them." These same divining-rods placed upon the altar are commonly represented upon the Magian signets, bearing for official type the Mobed at his devotions; and may therefore be supposed to have passed down to the talisman-makers of later times. *
That others amongst these angular forms are numerals is certain from the nature of the case, and from Horapollo's express declaration that the Egyptians represented 10 by the figure , and 100 by the same four times repeated in the form of a square, thus . Ten being the "perfect number" of the Valentinian creed (whose fountain-head was Alexandria), its frequent appearance amongst the religious formulæ of the sect is naturally to be looked for. The primitive Egyptian numerals were of the simplest kind, but their abbreviated combinations ultimately became distinct symbols for the different days of the month, and out of these the Arab astrologers concocted their own system. This circumstance affords reason for another solution--that some of these siglæ indicate the particular days connected with the astrological intention of the talisman.
And besides all these, there is every probability that these siglæ include actual cuneiform letters, belonging to the Assyrian alphabet, but their forms somewhat corrupted by the semi-
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[paragraph continues] Greek wizard, who employed them in ignorance of their true nature. The Assyrian language being considered as late as the times of Iamblichus peculiarly grateful to the heavenly Powers, what more reasonable than that some at least of these invocations should continue to be couched in their original cyphers? Be it remembered, the cuneiform character was the national one of the whole Persian empire down to the Macedonian conquest, and must have been preserved in religious usages long after that event by the Magi. They, at least, were a very unlikely class to trouble themselves about the Greek alphabet or Greek literature, professing, like the Talmudists, a pious horror for both. This is well exemplified on the restoration of the native dynasty under the Sassanians; Greek, employed for four centuries by the Parthian line, is at once expelled from the coins by the Pehlevi character, true daughter of the primitive cuneiform. There is moreover one all-sufficient reason for seeking the origin of these inexplicable siglæ at Babylon: they constituted a religious stenography. The Babylonians "attached to each god a certain numeral, which may be used in the place of his proper emblem, and may even stand for his name in an inscription" (Rawlinson, 'Anc. Monarchies,' iii., 466). To give those of the principal deities:
First Triad: Ann = 60; Bel = 50; Hoa = 40.
Second Triad: Moon = 30; Sun = 20; Air = 10.
Beltis, or Mylitta = 15; Nergal, or Mars = 12; Niu, or Saturn = 10.
Of the other planets the numerals have not been discovered; but their names are, Nebo, Mercury: Merodach, Jupiter; Ishtar, Venus.
The great gods are Anu, Pluto; Bel, Jupiter; Hoa, Neptune. Their consorts are, respectively, Anat, Beltis, Davkana. The minor gods are, Sin, or Hurke, answering to the later Lunus Deus; San, the Sun; Vid, the Æther. Their respective consorts are, "The Great Lady "; Gula, or Anahit; Tula, or Shula. The Pythagoreans had a symbolism of the same nature, denoting Minerva by an equilateral triangle, Apollo by unity; Strife, by the numeral two; Justice, by three, and the Supreme Being by four (Plat. De Is. et Os. 75). * I find a very strong confirmation
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of my belief that the Gnostic Powers were similarly designated by their numerals, in Raspe's gem, No. 601, where CΕΝΓΕΝ is inscribed in the exergue under a serpent coiled into a cartouche containing several of the siglæ under consideration. Now this legend (to be explained farther on) is, when written in full, always followed by the names of the Archangels, whence it may justly be inferred the same names are still here, but represented in their mystic form. *
"The Great Names" constitute the very essence of every Gnostic spell. To begin, therefore, with their consideration is obviously the most appropriate and propitious mode of approaching this part of our work--pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas. There are three titles perpetually occurring, and consequently to be supposed denoting beings of the highest importance in the Gnostic hierarchy of heaven. Their meaning was unknown until the fortunate discovery of the grand Valentinian gospels. The Pistis-Sophia informed us (§ 361) that they are the holy Names of the Three Τριδύναμεις, who are ΙΨΑΝΤΑΧΑΙΝΧΕΟϒΧ, a Power emanating from whom resides in the planet Mars; ΒΑΙΝΧΩΩΧ in Mercury; and ΠΙCΤΙC CΟΦΙΑ, in Venus. Above this Triad is one still higher, the "Three Unseen Gods," ΑΓΡΑΜΜΑΧΑΜΑΡΕΓ, ΒΑΡΒΗΛΩ (the Heavenly Mother of Jesus), and ΒΔΕΛΛΗ (§ 359).
The "Five Words" written upon the shining vesture sent down to Jesus at His glorification (§ 16) were ΖΑΜΑ
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[paragraph continues] ΖΑΜΑ ΩΖΖΑ ΡΑΧΑΜΑ ΩΖΑΙ--"The robe, the glorious robe of my strength." The same revelation furthermore imparts to the faithful the mystic names of the planets. "Hearken now, I will tell unto you the Incorruptible Names of the Planets, which be ΩΡΙΜΟϒΘ, Saturn; ΜΟϒΝΙΧΟϒΑΦΩΡ, Mars; ΤΑΡΠΕΤΑΝΟϒΦ, Mercury; ΧΩΣΙ, Venus; ΧΩΝΒΑΛ, Jupiter. These be the incorruptible names of the same" (§ 362). Of these, the names from each Triad are to be recognised upon talismans, ΒΑΙΝΧΩΩΩΧ most commonly of all; but no example of these planetary appellations has hitherto come to my knowledge.
The Naaseni (says Hippolytus) taught that the universe could not hold together unless the names of the Great Ones (τὰ μεγέθη) were uttered. These were ΚΑϒΑΚΑϒ, ΣΑϒΑΑΣΑϒ, ΖΕΗΣΑΡ. "The first is the name of the Adamas who is above; the second, of him who is below; the third of the Jordan that floweth upwards." "Above are Mariamne the Sought-after, and Jothor the great and wise; and Sephora she that seeth; and Moses." According to the text-book of another sect, the Peratæ, ΧΩΖΖΑΡ is the Power whom the ignorant and profane call Neptune: ΚΑΡΦΑΚΟΣΗΜΟΧΕΡ is the Steward of the East: ΕΚΚΑΒΑΚΑΡΑ of the West; called by the vulgar the Curetes. ΑΡΙΒΑ is the Ruler of the Winds; ΣΩΚΛΑΜ, or Osiris, rules the twelve hours of the night; ΕΝϒΩ, or Isis, those of the day: her sign is the Dog-star. ΒΗΝΑ is Ceres, or the Left-hand Power of God, presiding over nutrition; ΜΗΝ is the Right-hand Power that presides over the fruits of the earth. In the same doctrine, chozzar, called by the ignorant Neptune, "who converts into a sphere the dodecagonal pyramid, and paints with many colours the gate of that pyramid," has Five Ministers, ΑΟϒ, ΑΟΑΙ, ΟϒΩ, ΟϒΩΑΒ; the name of the fifth being lost. Hence it is probable that the strings of vowels, so often found on these stones, may contain the names of elementary genii similarly expressed.
Origen (viii. 58) quotes Celsus to the effect, that the Egyptians made six-and-thirty (or more) dæmons or ætherial powers preside over the several parts of the body, giving some of their names, Chumis, Chuachumes, Knat, Sichat, Bou, Erou, Eribiou,
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[paragraph continues] Romanor, and Reianoor: "Whoever therefore prefers being in health to sickness, and happiness to trouble, ought to pay all possible honour to these Powers." Origen therefore accuses Celsus of attempting to divert men from the worship of the one God to that of six-and-thirty dæmons, only known to Egyptian magicians, because he cannot understand how "the Name of Jesus, pronounced by the truly faithful," can cure the sick and those possessed by devils; the evidence for which is far stronger than that of the effect of the names of Chnumis, Sichat, and the rest of the Egyptian catalogue. In another place (i. 22) he shows it was not Moses only that knew the name of Abraham and his friendship with God, for that others (pagans) use the words "the God of Abraham" when they are driving out devils. And again the Egyptians use in their rites, from which they promise wonderful effects, the names of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Israel. Also (iv. 33) Origen mentions the use of the form "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob" in incantations, and that the same is often to be met with in books of Magic. He adds that the formula "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, who didst overwhelm the Egyptians and the King of the Egyptians in the Red Sea," was in common use against demons and the Powers of Evil. All this goes to prove that the talismans inscribed with the name of Chnumis and the other thirty-five dæmons named (who now by this assistance may be hereafter recognised) were of a medicinal character, whereas those with "Abraham," equally common, were more properly of the nature of talismans.
In the Book of Enoch the Archangel Uriel gives us the mystic names of the two great luminaries: "The names of the Sun are these, one Aryares, the other Tomas. The Moon hath four names: the first, Asonga; the second, Ebla; the third, Benase; and the fourth, Erai."
The Pistis-Sophia (§ 125) furnishes the adept with the key to the most important of the numerical cyphers. "These be the Names that I will give unto thee, even from the Infinite One downwards. Write them with a sign (cypher?) that the sons of God may manifest (understand?) them out of this place. This is the Name of the Immortal One, ΑΑΑ ΩΩΩ. And this
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is the name of the Voice through whose means the Perfect Man is moved, ῙῙῙ These likewise are the interpretations of the names of the Mysteries. The first is ΑΑΑ, the interpretation thereof ΦΦΦ. The second which is ΜΜΜ, or which is ΩΩΩ; the interpretation whereof is ΑΑΑ. The third is ΨΨΨ, the interpretation whereof is ΟΟΟ. The fourth is ΦΦΦ, the interpretation whereof is ΝΝΝ. The fifth is ΔΔΔ, the interpretation whereof is ΑΑΑ, the which is over the throne ΑΑΑ. This is the interpretation of the second ΑΑΑΑ, which is ΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑ, and the same is the interpretation of the whole Name."
To pass from the cyphers, where all is guess work, to the actual inscriptions, engraved legibly enough in the Greek character, but presenting us with what Jerome aptly terms mere "tormenta verborum." Many of the more common formula, Bellermann, by the aid of Hebrew, Coptic, and Syriac, * has satisfactorily explained; of others his interpretations are manifestly absurd. ΑΜΑΡΓΕΑ seems to be the Chaldee Amarchel, a president. ΑΝΟΧ ΧΟΛ ΧΝΟϒΒΙC, "I am All the Good Spirit, or the Universal genius of good." ΑΙΝ ΘΑΡΡΑΙ, "The eye shall. behold." ΑΔΟΝΑΙ ΛΑΝΤΑΛΑ, "Lord! Thou art the Lamb." ΧΩCΑ ΜΙΛΑΩΘ exactly represents the Hebrew words signifying "He hath seen the Pleroma."
is rendered by Stiechel "Salama zebaam jatzael" = "Peace unto the army of these" (of the celestial Æons)! This agrees with
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the benediction pronounced by the Marcosians in administering the holy unction, "Peace be unto all upon whom this holy Name rests!"
Some of these inscriptions display an evident affectation of obscurity by their transposition of parts of the same word front one line to another, the only key to which is the observing the different sizes of the characters employed, and taking those of the same size as belonging to the "disjecta membra" of the same word. A most instructive example of this artifice is supplied by the legend cut on the reverse of a magnificent Serapis head (Wood), which reads thus:
[paragraph continues] This will only be translatable if transposed as follows: ΙΑΒΑΤΟΡ. ΘΟΝΑΤΗC. ΛΑΙΛΑΜ. ΑΡΒΑΘ. ΙΑΩ. "Jehovah, the Pure Æther, the Fire, * for ever, the Four, Iao," where "the Four" signifies the Tetrad, so conspicuous in the Theogony of Marcus. This legend seems much of the same nature as the Greek one cut on a piece of copper (communicated to me by Prof. Ch. Babington): ὁ διὰ πάντων Νοῦς αἰθὴρ, πὺρ, πνεῦμα, ἐλωεὶν ἐλωεὶν (Elohim). The only word in the first legend not reducible to Hebrew is Θονατ, but it seems to correspond to the "Æther" of the copper piece, ΑΡΛΑΝΑ ΘΑΜΑΚΑ ΣΑΛΒΑΝΑ ΧΑΜΚΙΜ, "Our Light, let thy goodness grant unto us a full lap": whence the object of such a talisman would seem to be the procuring of fecundity.
ΑΝΑΚΛΑ ΑΚΔΑΑΘΩΙΩΙ, "Pursue then (my foes) unto destruction, O Lord," is found very appropriately engraven on the reverse of a sphinx, the recognised emblem of power and slaughter.
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ΒΑΡΙΑ ΖΑΣΤΑ ΙΑΩ, "Jehovah the Creator, the Destroyer." Chaldee slightly corrupted.
ΙΑΘΑΙ, "The providence of God."
ΜΑΘΑΝΕ, "The honour of God."
ΡΕΟϒΗΛΕ, "The will of God."
ΧΩΜΙ, "The power of God."
ΣΒΩ "Wisdom."
These Coptic words thus designate the Five Emanations from the Godhead--viz., Phronesis, Logos, Nous, Dynamis, Sophia.
מֵאִיר עֵינִי
"enlightening mine eye,"
מְאִירֵנִי -- ii
"enlightening me,"
Meireni M’ireni
[paragraph continues] If ΗΝΑΜΕΡΩ and ΜΑΡΩΗΝΙ are really the same, it will be conclusive against ii, where the eni is an affix. The form then might be
עֵינִי מֵאִיר
Query what of the Ω?
ΙΘΙ placed on each side of the Chnuphis serpent engraved in green jade (S. S. Lewis) is correct Hebrew for "With me," which gives an appropriate sense if understood as a prayer for the constant presence of the protecting Spirit.
ΜΕΣ ΧΑΝΑΛΩ* "The Messiah be propitious unto me."
ΜΑΡΩΗΝΙ* "Enlighten mine eyes."
ΚΑϒΛΑΚΑϒ. The Basilidan name for the Saviour is written by Epiphanius ΚΑϒΛΑΚΑϒΧ, who ridicules it as an expression taken from Isaiah (xxviii. 10) without any regard to the
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real meaning of the words. Bellermann, however, thinks he has found a more sensible derivation for the title in Arabic, signifying "Strength upon strength," that is, the "All-powerful"; or else in the Coptic ΚΑΒ, "a lamp," and so implying "The burning and the shining Light."
ΜΟϒΘ, "Mother," Plutarch informs us (De Is. et Os.), was a title given to Isis. This word contains a plain allusion to the earth, "lutum Prometheum," whence Man was taken. ΜΟϒΘ and ΙΕΟϒΔ are translated by Sanconiathon as "Hades" and "Only-begotten," the offspring of the Phœnician Cronos.
ΝΟΟΤ for the Coptic ΝΟϒΤ, "God."
ΜΑΙ ΜϒΜ ϒΧΛϒΜ ΩΙ, "Being, Fount, Salvation, Food, Iao": implying that Iao is the source, food, life, and salvation of the soul.
ΟΡΩΡΙΟϒΘ, "Light of Light." *
ΤΑΛΑ ΑΡΑΙΩ ΩΑΡΑΟΡΟ ΝΤΟΚΟ ΝΒΑΙ, "Protector, Creator, rule, speak, O Lord," is a very common formula.
ΣΕΣΕΜΕΝ ΒΑΡΑΝΓΗΝ ΙΑΩ, written with many variations, and followed by the names of the great Angels, has been ingeniously deciphered by a learned Hebraist (Rev. R. Sinker) as representing the sound of "Shengab hor anje Jehevoh," "They that stand before the Mountain of God," that is, the Angels of the Presence.
ΧΑΙΑ, "Life," is seen on a field of the Roman gem bearing two figures of Providentia, with the Sun and Moon on the field overhead (Major Pearse).
Three Greek characters often occur in juxtaposition--viz., the Ε set on its back, a vertical line crossed by two horizontal strokes, and Ζ. They stand for the numerals 5, 3, and 7, the Triad, Pentad, Heptad--lucky and sacred numbers in the religious notions of the East. For the same reason the inscriptions on our gems will be found to be arranged for the most part in either three, five, or seven lines. This also accounts for the name Iao being often written with its elements repeated
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[paragraph continues] ΩΑΙΑΩ* for the sake of obtaining the venerated numeral, five. And, again, by introducing another vowel, Η, the Holy Name is repeated under five different forms, ΗΑΙ . ΑΙΗ . ΗΙΩ . ΑΙΩ . ΙΑΩ.
The Priest officiating, commonly figured in these designs, wears upon his head the "calantica," a square of purple cloth whence spring two flamingo feathers; a badge which made πτερόφορος a synonym for the Egyptian priesthood. The staff in his hand, emblem of his office, has the serpent coiled five times about it. This "sceptrum sacerdotale" furnishes the true explanation of the meaning of many ancient insignia, beginning with Moses’ wand, then the club of Æsculapius, and closing with its derivative the rod in the spiral of SSS that so constantly goes with the Agathodæmon serpent upon the Chnuphis gems.
As for the geometrical figures so often introduced, they may be supposed to have had much the same import here as in the formulæ of the Rosicrucians, who obtained these with other Gnostic paraphernalia probably by tradition from the Arabs; for their pretended founder, the Great Unknown A. S., is declared to have acquired his small learning at the College of Damascus. In their system the Square stands for the Four Elements; the Triangle for the body, the spirit, and the life: and also for Sun, Moon, and Mercury. The last Triad Paracelsus interprets by salt, sulphur, quicksilver--the three radical forces of Nature according to his system. The Rhombus represents the Orphic Egg, out of which issued the whole Creation.
Phœnician Numerals may, from the very nature of the case, be looked for amongst the marks that cannot be referred to the Greek alphabet. The notation was simplicity itself: one to nine being expressed by vertical strokes, so many times repeated; ten by a horizontal one; twenty by two such parallel to each other, sometimes slightly curving together. In the
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[paragraph continues] Palmyrene notation five has a special cypher, a sloping line upon which in the middle stands another at right angles.
It was to be expected that Samaritan characters should make their appearance upon the productions of a religion of which the reputed founder was a Samaritan, whose professed followers also formed an important sect as late as the times of Hippolytus. Stiechel interprets the reverse legend on his above-quoted gem as having its commencing words written in this alphabet: thus
qui tenet. / signum sat. / ejus sanat. / exorcista corpus. / facultates. / et vitam. / fiat! fiat!
He also points out that the important word "Auth"=sign or token, is written in these legends in four different ways: ΘVΟ, ΕVΟ, ΕΙW, VΙΕ.
It is possible that in certain legends the letters, taken in an order known to one having the key, would give a definite meaning; and this suspicion is supported by the reversing of some of the characters. Certain it is that the Donatists adopted such a device in order to disguise their proscribed war-cry from the victorious Catholics. A door-lintel at Tebessa exhibits the well-known formula thus--
to be read by the brethren "Deo laudes dicamus." A second lintel bears the same in monogram.
The most famous spell of all, ABRACADABRA, is first mentioned by Serenus Sammonicus, the most learned Roman of his times, and physician to Caracalla, to whom he dedicated his poetical 'Guide to Health,' entitled 'De Medicina præcepta saluberrima.' This work, remarks Spartian, was the favourite study of the unfortunate Cæsar, Geta, for attachment to whose cause this true son of Apollo was afterwards put to death by the imperial fratricide. Severus Alexander also, "who had known and loved Serenus," greatly admired his poetry, putting
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him on a level with Horace, as Lampridius’ expressions seem to intimate. This high authority orders the word to be written out in the form of an inverted cone, and declares it of virtue against all diseases.
"Thou shalt on paper write the spell divine,
Abracadabra called, in many a line;
Each under each in even order place,
But the last letter in each line efface.
As by degrees the elements grow few
Still take away, but fix the residue,
Till at the last one letter stands alone
And the whole dwindles to a tapering cone.
Tie this about the neck with flaxen string;
Mighty the good ’twill to the patient bring.
Its wondrous potency shall guard his head--
And drive disease and death far from his bed."
The belief in the virtue of this recipe flourished through the Middle Ages. It seems alluded to in the 'Dialogue on Masonry,' ascribed by Leland to Henry VI.; for amongst "the things that Masons conceal" is "the winnynge of the facultye of Abrac": perhaps signifying the possession of this mystical arrangement of letters: unless, indeed, one chooses to suspect in this "facultye" a deeper sense, some traditionary knowledge of the ancient Abraxas religion. Again, De Foe mentions how people commonly wore the word written in the manner above prescribed, as a safeguard against infection during the Great Plague of London.
As for the etymology of the word, the most satisfactory yet offered is the compound of the Hebrew Ha-Brachah, "blessing," and Dobara, "speak"; meaning the "Blessing of the Mystic Name"--that is, utter the Tetragrammaton, invoke the Holy Name of Jehovah, itself the mightiest of charms. *
It is very remarkable, considering its high repute, that no Gnostic stone bearing such an inscription should be known to exist. On the other hand that normal address to Iao, ΑΒΛΑΝΘΑΑΛΒΑ, "Thou art our Father!" is so found on talismanic jaspers arranged in the exact pattern recommended by
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[paragraph continues] Serenus for the paper spell, and probably so done in compliance with his directions. One is strongly tempted to discover in this same Ha-Brachah the real origin of the equally famous title "Abraxas." The Greek letters, constantly in use for numerals, at once presented their numeric value in every word to the practised eye of the Kabalist.
The celebrated letter of Christ to Abgarus was (according to Cedrenus) sealed with the initials of the seven Hebrew words, whose Greek interpretation was Θεὸς Θεοθὲν θαῦμα θεῖον. At the mere sight of the seal the king was healed of his gout and of his blade leprosy, all but a slight trace upon the face remaining to be cleansed by the waters of baptism. Cedrenus' Greek reads like a popular formula, and may serve to explain the legend on the reverse of an Abraxas gem in my possession, ΙΧΘΕΘΩΗΙΑΙΑΩ, as to be read Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸσ Θεὸς ἐκ Θεοῦ Ιαὼ, "Jesus Christ, God of God, Jehovah." This inscription encloses the letters ΙΗ placed conspicuously in 'the centre, and which probably represent, as nearly as the two discordant alphabets allow, the Hebrew letters Jod, He, the Kabalistic name of the Tikkan, "Express Image," or First Emanation of the Godhead.
The Crescent and Seven Stars, amongst which are scattered the mystical Seven Vowels, has for reverse this formula:--
Its first line, but written ΑΧΘΙΩΦΙ, is cut in beautiful characters on the reverse of a caduceus within a wreath. Sinker reads it as עקר יפי, Essence, Beauty: probably the rest are names of virtues. It is inconceivable that the Sephiroth--mightiest spell of all--should be omitted in these gems. It is made up of the Ten attributes of Jehovah--viz., The Crown, Wisdom, Prudence, Security, Magnificence, Goodness, Glory, Victory, Fortitude, Kingdom. There is consequently a probability that these Names often lurk in the phonetic Hebrew, enveloping all in darkness. We have for guide the analogy of the present Arab talismans, consisting of the ninety-nine epithets of Allah written on a scroll.
305:* "Each tribe either found or introduced in the Caaba their domestic worship; the temple was adorned or defiled with 360 idols of men, eagles, lions, and antelopes; and most conspicuous was the statue of Hebal, of red agate, holding in his hand seven arrows, without heads or feathers, the instruments and symbols of profane divination."--Gibbon, chap. 42.)
306:* The ancient Teutons practised the same method of divining future events. A shoot of a fruit tree was cut into pieces, each being distinguished by certain marks, notis quibusdam, probably meaning "Runes." The consulter threw them down at random on a white cloth, with eyes turned to heaven he took up three separately, and interpreted the response from the inscriptions upon them,--(Tacitus. Germ. x.)
306:† Some of these siglæ may be recognised in the inscriptions in an unknown character, cut in the hard sandstone rock, and very numerous about Silsilis, Upper Nubia, where they accompany figures of elephants, giraffes, and ostriches--all animals long since extinct in that country. Specimens were published by Greville Chester in the 'Archæological Journal' for 1861, p. 274.
307:* In the Egyptian Ritual papyrus, Thoth is addressed as "the second Hermes by his mystic name of the god A."
308:* The Turks represent the Great Name Allah by an oval crossed with intersecting lines, which is often seen stamped on their old armour, for an amulet. Now this very mark occurs in the Gnostic set, and it is more than probable that its true meaning is preserved in the Turkish tradition.
308:† In Goodwin's 'Magic Papyrus' the Serapean Divination (No. 1) names this Power: "Appear and give heed unto him who was manifested before Fire and Snow, Βαινχωωχ, for Thou art he that did make manifest Light and Snow, Terrible-eyed-thundering-and-lightning-swift-footed-one." This papyrus, now in the British Museum, was bought of Atanasi, Swedish Consul at Alexandria: who sold several others of the same nature to the Leyden Library. All are supposed to have been found together in a catacomb at Thebes, and to have formed the stock of some magician of the second century of our era, as the handwriting leads us to infer. Goodwin edited the Brit. Museum specimen for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in 1852, and enriched it with notes giving invaluable assistance to all who study Gnostic remains.
311:* Prof. Stiechel, in his essay 'De Gemma Abraxea nondum edita,' Jenae, 1848, hay acutely and satisfactorily elucidated some very important formulæ, giving a key to the whole class. The necessity for employing Oriental languages in spells is curiously illustrated by Hippolytus’ statement, that the magicians of his time used to write the answers to the questions proposed to their demons, partly in Hebrew, partly in Greek letters.
311:† ΑΡ ΩΡΙ, followed by the Greek words ΦΡΑCΙC, ΦΑCΙC, ΙΑCΙC, "Declaration," "Manifestation," "Healing," is always attached to a figure of Venus Anadyomene, and admits of the translation 'Mountain of Light." The Venus therefore seems adopted here for the "Virgin of Light," who holds so high a place in the celestial hierarchy of the Pistis-Sophia. At any rate the sense of ΑΡΩΡΙ, "Mountain of Light," strongly favours this acceptation.
312:* ΑΒΡΑΜ, which often occurs in these legends, may perhaps refer to the Rabbinical "Seir-Anpen," the Primitive Man, made up of 213 numbers, the numerical value of the Hebrew letters in the name.
312:† ΗC represents the Hebrew word for "Fire": and this explanation is confirmed by the ΤΟ ΦΩC ΠΥΡ ΦΛΟΞ accompanying a figure of Phre on a gem elucidated by Froehner in his 'Byrsa,' part i.
313:* The Syrian Alexander Severus expresses his indignation at the sight of a certain notorious rogue, Arabianus, coming to Court, by exclaiming "O Marna, O Jupiter," &c., where his native "Our Lord" he renders by "Jupiter," for the benefit of his Roman hearers. This word the monkish transcribers very naturally converted into "Maria." ΗΝΑΜΕΡΩ, which often accompanies the figure of the Cynocephalus, seems to be equivalent to the phrase in the text: and as that beast belongs to Thoth, god of knowledge, this interpretation has at least appropriateness in its favour.
314:* This legend always goes with the udder-shaped vase of the Isiac rites.
314:† Γαβριηλ, Μιχαηλ, Ραφαηλ σενγε(ν)β αρανγην Ιαω.
ג׳ מ׳ ר׳ שֶׁנֶּגֶב הַר עַנְגִין יְיָ
σεγεν βαρ ένχε
שׁנּגב הר ענג
315:* Stiechel has a very ingenious explanation of this permutation of vowels; he makes it express different tenses of the Hebrew verb to exist, thus--
ΙΕΩΑΙΗ = vivit existens.
ΑΙΩΟVΕV = isque est Iao.
ΑΙΗΑΗΙΩΗ = existens vivit.
ΩΑΙΗΟΨΕ = isque Iao.
317:* By the mere utterance whereof the philosopher Theosebins, though unacquainted with magic, was able to cast out devils from all who applied to him for aid.
Next: The Name ΙΑΩ
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127. Letter from Joseph Smith to the Saints at Nauvoo, Illinois, September 1, 1842.
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127:3 Let all the saints rejoice, therefore, and be exceedingly glad; for Israel's God is their God, and he will mete out a just recompense of reward upon the heads of all their oppressors.
127:4 And again, verily thus saith the Lord: Let the work of my temple, and all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not cease; and let your diligence, and your perseverance, and patience, and your works be redoubled, and you shall in nowise lose your reward, saith the Lord of Hosts. And if they persecute you, so persecuted they the prophets and righteous men that were before you. For all this there is a reward in heaven.
127:5 And again, I give unto you a word in relation to the baptism for your dead.
127:6 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of you are baptized for your dead, let there be a recorder, and let him be eye-witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth, saith the Lord;
127:7 That in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven;
127:8 For I am about to restore many things to the earth, pertaining to the priesthood, saith the Lord of Hosts.
127:11 I now close my letter for the present, for the want of more time; for the enemy is on the alert, and as the Savior said, the prince of this world cometh, but he hath nothing in me.
127:12 Behold, my prayer to God is that you all may be saved. And I subscribe myself your servant in the Lord, prophet and seer of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. JOSEPH SMITH.
Next: 128. Letter from Joseph Smith to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo, Illinois, September 6, 1842.
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Quick Productive Tasks
101 Useful Things You Can Do in 15 Minutes or Less
Make better use of your time by accomplishing one of the tasks mentioned by Wise Bread below. You'll feel productive in just 15 minutes!
Do you have 15 minutes to spare?
You can't tackle a long-term project or a complicated problem that requires deep concentration and uninterrupted thinking in the busyness of a typical day. But there are many things you can accomplish in 15 minutes or less. These can help boost your career, manage your finances, strengthen relationships, reduce clutter, save money, improve your health, and lots, lots more.
So the next time you have 15 minutes to fill, fill it with something productive.
RELATED: 25 Ways to Take Five Minutes for Yourself
1. Document recent career-related accomplishments for use in your LinkedIn profile, private resume, upcoming interview, or performance review.
2. Ask your boss if the company will pay fees for your professional development, such as the cost to attend an industry conference or a certification exam that will allow you to earn a professional designation.
3. Practice a speech or short presentation.
4. Get ready for a meeting instead of showing up unprepared. Define what you want to get accomplished, such as approval for a decision.
5. Offer yourself as a resource to a valued colleague or customer via a short email, LinkedIn message, or handwritten note, particularly if you are looking to expand your professional presence and build your portfolio.
6. Follow up with a colleague, vendor, employee, whoever to make sure a task has been completed. If yes, express gratitude; if no, make a note to troubleshoot obstacles soon.
7. Reserve a book from the library that will help you in your career. Ask your boss, mentor, coworkers, customers, and friends for recommendations if you don't have a list of must-read titles.
8. Design an online survey to assess satisfaction among customers, employees, or groups your team serves. Use free versions of Survey Monkey or a similar tool.
9. Ask a trusted and discriminating friend for input on ways that you can improve communications.
10. Sign up for and/or try a new automated tool to see if you can recruit and organize people more efficiently.
11. Join your college or university alumni network via LinkedIn or consider another one of these 25 career changes you can make today.
12. For job hunters, start or revitalize your search by naming 10 companies you admire.
13. Conduct research on a desirable employer by reading about their products, getting familiar with its history, identifying those in your network with ties to the company, or reading latest news so that you will be prepared when you conduct an informational interview or participate in a phone interview.
14. Visit the careers section of targeted employers, locate opportunities that match your qualifications, and apply for a position or identify new skills you can acquire to increase your market value.
15. Send a congratulatory note or acknowledge someone else's accomplishment as a kind gesture and way to show respect for a colleague.
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1. Determine how much life insurance you need. Remember to consider the economic value of a stay-at-home parent. Find an insurance calculator online or visit this one from LIFE Foundation.
2. Learn the rationale for getting an umbrella (insurance) policy and decide if you need personal liability coverage.
3. Figure out whether you still need collision coverage on your car, especially if you drive an older model.
4. Check your homeowners' policy to make sure that you have replacement insurance, which is coverage based on how much you would need to replace the home (not just get a payout on the depreciated value).
5. Contact your insurance agent to make adjustments to your coverage, if needed.
6. Set up and/or update alerts on your credit card and bank accounts. You might set up an alert to notify you when your credit card payment is due but yet unpaid or your checking account balance falls below a certain amount.
7. Gather coins from inside furniture cushions, junk drawers, or other places; store your coins in a sturdy canister for an upcoming trip to the bank, where you can cash in your change.
8. Transfer excess funds from PayPal to your bank account.
9. Set up automatic contributions to your Health Savings Account or transfer funds on a one-time basis for an upcoming visit, procedure, or prescription so you'll get a tax break for health expenses.
10. Cash in rewards from credit cards, claiming statement credits or requesting gift cards you know you'll spend quickly.
11. Clean out your wallet, find receipts that need reimbursement, and make plans to spend unused gift cards.
12. Set up an online savings account for recurring expenses, a large purchase, or emergency fund.
13. Improve control of your finances by a) identifying non-monthly but recurring expenses such as property taxes, car insurance, etc; and b) setting aside money in a savings account to pay these bills when they come due.
14. Set up electronic reminders to review free credit reports, one of many money management tasks that you can handle quickly.
15. Open an account with an online brokerage firm.
16. Contribute to a regular investment account or retirement account with your brokerage firm, making a one-time deposit or setting up automated monthly transfers.
17. Review your profiles on various financial accounts, verifying your email address, security questions, phone numbers, bank account information, and card numbers. Update or delete information to keep things current.
18. Update beneficiaries on your retirement accounts, making changes online or starting the process by completing and mailing forms.
19. Check on the status of an IRA rollover and take the next step to complete the move from your former employer's 401(k) plan to an IRA.
20. Create a file or folder (paper or electronic) for all of your tax information. You may need to accumulate records throughout the year as many organizations send reports after a tax-related event instead of mailing statements at tax time.
21. Document charitable activity that has happened recently. For example, note the cost of supplies for bake sales, value of items donated to Goodwill or yard sales benefiting non-profit organizations, and mileage associated with volunteer travel.
22. Review bank and bank card statements for items relating to tax deductions, which may include property taxes and freelance expenses, such as professional subscriptions.
23. Make a last-minute contribution to retirement and/or health savings accounts, lowering your tax bill.
24. Decide how you are going to spend or save your tax refund (if one is coming to you) before money is deposited into your bank account.
1. Respond to an invitation. Let the host or hostess know of your intentions, whether you can attend the event or not.
2. Send a note of encouragement to someone who has experienced turmoil in her life recently.
3. Take care of a chore that your spouse, roommate, or friend hates to do, such as arranging a babysitter for a date night, emptying out the dishwasher, or finding a movie that both of you will enjoy watching together.
4. Tell your beloved that you love him (or her) in person, through a handwritten note, or via text message.
5. Read a short book or a chapter of a longer book to your child.
6. Call a friend on the phone. You can make a genuine connection yet politely end the conversation within 15 minutes.
7. Take a moment to set a lunch date with a friend.
8. Say "no" to a request that doesn't sync with your personal or professional goals.
1. Mix up a breakfast smoothie before you head out the door for a busy day.
2. In the evening, get ready for mornings by making garlic cheese grits or breakfast burritos.
3. Toss dinner in the crock pot. Choose shredded buffalo chicken, pork roast, pot roast with vegetables, or another one of these cheap and easy dishes.
4. Fix veggie tortillas with black beans, tomatoes (in sauce, salsa, or diced form), taco seasoning, and chopped vegetables, topped with guacamole or sour cream; or choose another dish among these five-minute healthy dinners.
5. Prepare a hearty meal with lettuce, leftover chicken or meat, and other salad add-ins from your pantry or refrigerator.
6. Create an elegant appetizer with a few ingredients that you already have on hand, like cream cheese and salsa or similar recipes.
7. Make a family-sized or potluck-ready dessert in the oven using boxed cake mix and a few other items. Note that baking time takes longer, but you can put together the ingredients in just a few minutes if you have the items on hand.
8. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a made-for-one dessert on this list.
9. Make energy bars in the microwave. Try this recipe and make adjustments that work for your preferences (like substituting honey for corn syrup).
10. Prepare a side dish by cutting up vegetables and serving them raw with dip or roasting them in the oven at 450 degrees with olive oil and salt (roasting takes longer than 15 minutes, but the prep time should take about 5-10 minutes).
11. Put leftovers in a meal-sized container to take to work for lunch.
12. Start planning meals for the next week. Find new favorites in the Food and Drink section of Wise Bread or the "Top 20" in various categories (such as pasta, chicken, or "easy") at allrecipes.com.
13. Calculate your weekly expenses for groceries so that you can set a goal to control or reduce this amount. Also, note expenses for dining out so that you won't overspend in another food and drink category.
1. Empty out the dishwasher or load and run the dishwasher. You might include your kids' toys or other everyday items in one of your loads.
2. Time yourself when handling a household chore, such as putting up a load of newly laundered clothes, making coffee for the next morning, or taking out the trash. You'll probably find that the task doesn't take as long as you think.
3. Clean drains with baking soda and vinegar.
4. Polish your stainless steel appliances with olive oil.
5. Change sheets or towels or both.
6. Put away shoes, books, and anything else that unintentionally gets left on the living room floor.
7. Vacuum or sweep one room of your house, the outside steps, or the deck or patio.
8. Find missing socks (see tips on where to look).
9. Freeze food that will not be consumed but will go bad in a few days. For example, peel and freeze bananas for smoothies, toast and food-process bread for breadcrumbs, and save vegetables and beans for soup.
10. Clear a small surface in your house or office such as a bedside table or corner of your desk.
11. Read a chapter of classic books that you typically don't have time to read. Download titles (like "Anna Karenina" or "Moby Dick") for free.
12. Start or add to a list of books to read (I use Evernote to keep and maintain an electronic list that I won't misplace).
13. Clean out your car, or tidy at least one section.
14. Check out potential contractors on Angie's List or public review sites in addition to asking for referrals from friends.
15. Schedule an appointment to get a quote from a qualified professional on home repair projects that are out of your league.
16. Pull out cloth napkins and use them instead of paper ones for at-home meals.
17. Set aside old t-shirts and use them as rags, or consider up-cycling them into cloth napkins or other objects.
18. Prune trees or shrubbery.
19. Cut flowers and place in a vase.
20. Prepare your garden space by pulling weeds, tilling the soil, removing rocks, planting seeds, or watering plants.
21. Check trees, plants, etc. for growth and harvest fruit or vegetables from your garden.
22. Go through items in one closet, one drawer, one shelf, etc. to find things that you no longer need or want. Place usable but unwanted items in a bag or box.
23. Place bags or boxes of unwanted stuff in the car. If you have enough time left in this 15 minutes, carry stuff to a drop-off site. If not, remember to make a stop when you are commuting or running errands.
24. Finish reading an old magazine and toss in the recycling bin.
25. Tidy up your inbox for 15 minutes or less: archive emails, delete emails with expired offers, and/or place a filter on emails to make checking your inbox faster and easier.
Health and Fitness
1. Take a walk alone to help you relax and clear your mind.
2. Conduct a walking meeting with a coworker or step outside with your spouse and/or children for family time.
3. Jump rope or do bodyweight exercises from "15 Ways to Exercise in Under 5 Minutes."
4. Climb stairs instead of taking the elevator or escalator.
5. Run or walk a mile.
6. Train for the swim portion of a sprint triathlon.
7. Make an appointment to get a health screening according to your age or risk factor. Check out ways to find free or cheap health resources to get what you need if cost is a concern.
8. Do a self exam of whatever body part may need attention, including your skin.
9. Make a dentist appointment for yourself, your spouse, or your children if you are not yet on a regular schedule.
10. Stretch. If you don't have a routine already, consider these exercises to build flexibility.
11. Wrap a present with supplies you have on hand.
12. Post for vacation time and/or reserve time on your calendar to take time off, whether you are staying at home or taking a trip.
13. Poll your Facebook friends about must-do experiences in your choice of vacation spot or ask about favorite vacation places if you are undecided about where to go.
14. Ask a friend if you can borrow camping items or find out where you can acquire durable items cheaply so you won't blow your travel budget on equipment.
15. Set up alerts to find cheap airfare for your next trip.
16. Get ready for tomorrow, whether it's making a to-do list or packing a bag for a fun outing.
Even if you are super busy, you should have snippets of time throughout the day to get things done. Don't spend spare moments doing the same things, like checking game scores and stats, commenting on status updates, and reviewing emails. Use my list or think of things you can handle in 15 minutes or less. Then, you'll have time to contemplate more complex issues or simply enjoy blissful unproductivity whenever you want.
Check out these smart stories from Wise Bread:
Massive List of Things to Do While Watching TV
My Personal Productivity Rules...What Are Yours?
10 Ways to Save Time by Spending Time
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Strong Verbs Improve Great Stories
Help your child's writing to spring into action with fierce verbs! To improve your child’s story, change verbs like went to shuffled switch came to wandered, or plopped instead of a simple word like sat. Strong verbs create more meaning, give a clearer picture of the action, and make for a more interesting story.
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I recently ran into the most bizarre bug. It takes a 'perfect storm' to create – one that I hadn't created before in hundreds (thousands?) of HTML files I've worked on. To recreate you need an absolute positioned element – then an element that's floated right, then another element that is positioned relative. A little odd I know, but in a layout I was working on – this was the scenario I ended up with. The result: The absolute positioned element was just GONE from the page.
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The fix? Equally as stupid. A static DIV after the absolute positioned element and all is good. If you have IE7 you can see the fixed page here.
Many hairs were pulled in the discovery and fixing of this IE7 bug. Here's to hoping I can save you and your hair some pain. :)
2 Responses to "Disappearing absolute positioned elements in IE7"
1 | Joseph Scott
October 26th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
For browser versions being used in the wild I like which currently puts IE6 usage at 3.13% worldwide –
The good news is IE7 is only 5.1%, so it shouldn't be too far behind in getting kicked out the door.
2 | Balazs
November 1st, 2011 at 9:17 am
Not sure if this is along the same lines, but ie7 has some issues with "haslayout". I had a bug when I used jquery's slideDown() function to reveal a div… it would slide down and then immediately disappear in IE7..
The fix was to add the css rule:
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to the container, which essentially gives it "haslayout"
That may work here as well.
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SEO Chat » Web Directories Search Engine Optimization News and Talk Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:46:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Submitting to Directories Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:46 +0000 Ivan Strouchliak Submission to online directories still works. Contrary to the widespread rant that directories are dead, they are not. Good directories can still help you rank in Google; you just have to watch for signs of quality. You can still make a website rank for relatively competitive three-keyword-long terms with directory submissions.One of the best signs [...]
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One of the best signs of quality is whether a directory is found in search results. If it is, especially on Google, take it as a good sign. It’s usually worth the money to buy a link from that directory.
• Don’t submit to too many directories too fast. Space it out over several months.
• Avoid free directories.
Directory Description and Anchor Text
Search engines are well aware that SEOs use directories to promote websites, so they’ve developed technology to spot directory submissions designed to manipulate search results. One of the biggest clues is the use of similar anchor text and descriptions on many directory listings. Some SEOs simply copy and paste a paragraph from the website, which is never good. Try varying your anchors and descriptions.
Directories also watch for SEO submissions, so if your URL is and your anchor is “real estate agent,” then there’s a problem. Try varying that anchor to something like “white horse real estate agent” or “white horse real estate,” something that still has targeted keywords but is not as obvious.
Watch competing websites in a directory and see what behavior is accepted. If competing sites are pretty aggressive, it’s a sign that you can be aggressive as well.
Number of Links in a Category
The more links are on a page, the less PR is passed, so look for the number of links in each category. If the ”real estate” section has 150 links and “real estate agents” has 25 links, then the second section can pass more page rank. Watch for the inbounds to each section to judge whether or not the link is valuable. If “real estate agents” has 25 outbounds and 5 internal links, but the “real estate” section has 150 outbounds, but 50 internal links and 20 inbounds, then the latter link is better.
Also watch to see if the site fits in a specific category topically.
Directories used to be an easy and fast way to get Google rankings, so Google had to diffuse this manipulation issue. The problem with generic directories is they might have a high page rank, but no content or real value from the user’s perspective. If all a directory does is sell page rank for the sole purpose of manipulating search results, then the search engines will want to discount it.
It the past, it was pretty simple. For example, Bob the SEO dude got into SEO, and then realized he could make money from directories by charging for submission. He got directory scripts, built a database and rolled out a new directory. Then Bob ran into a problem…no one submitted.
"What’s going on?" Bob thought. Then he realized that he needed page rank, so he reciprocated, did free-for-all links and bought listings. Bob got his directory’s PR to 6 and started selling links for $40 apiece.
The problem with Bob’s model is that his directory is built solely for PR manipulation, without any value to the end user. Obviously Google does not like those tricks; it wants to provide its searchers with real value. It’s only natural that search engines want to reduce low quality directory link effects.
Many directory owners build multiple directories for nothing but SEO, which reduce their value.
Determining Quality of a Directory
A good way to determine the quality of a directory is to look at whether there are any good sites in that directory. If its listings lead mostly to low PR, low quality sites, then it’s not worth bothering to submit your site to it.
Also, if most listings are empty, this means that the directory is either new or abandoned. A new directory may become good later on, so submitting to it may be worth the effort. Save the link somewhere and come back a few months later.
Check the crawl date of the index page and of a specific page in a directory. If it’s over a month old, chances are the search engines don’t trust it. Google also makes a lot of manual adjustments, which can hit spammy directories.
General high quality directories like DMOZ and Yahoo Directory still pass value to websites. Yahoo costs $299, but it’s still a good buy.
• DMOZ
• Yahoo Directory
• Librarians Internet Index
• GoGuides
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DMOZ Directory
The Open Directory project is a free directory run by volunteers and enthusiasts. No editor is obliged to submit or review your website. DMOZ is one of the highest quality directories on the web, so make sure you build up your site a little before submitting, because it will go easier for you if you do.
Though DMOZ is free, there are some editors who accept “bribes” and may list a site for a fee. The danger is that the site may be removed by other, more authoritative members, so several hundred bucks can go to waste. If you intend to do this, watch out for quality flags.
Become an editor
You can also become a DMOZ editor. Make sure to state that you’re interested in helping and have no commercial relations in the industry, nor SEO (this last point is very important).
DMOZ is valued by all search engines.
Trust Rank and DMOZ
Google’s Trust Rank is an algorithm that helps Google fix some PR holes. Seed pages are high quality pages with links to other websites. A link from a seed page passes a trust score to the linked page, and then that trust score follows a pattern similar pattern to page rank. DMOZ is considered to be one of the seed pages (or more precisely a seed site), hence their link is valuable. Do not get upset, though, if you cannot get a link from there. There are many sites that rank high without DMOZ.
Yahoo Directory
The Yahoo Directory costs $299 per year. You don’t need to submit to it to show up in Yahoo search results, but your ranking will go up on Yahoo if you do. Google also trusts the Yahoo Directory.
Some websites may get accepted for free, but those have to be non-commercial.
Yahoo sorts its listings by link popularity instead of alphabetically. If a category has 200 sites, then the ones with the most links will show up at the top. If you have few links, it will take some time before your site shows up at the top.
Yahoo Directory editors have a reputation for being picky as to whom they submit, but with recent Yahoo financial troubles they may loosen up and accept anyone who pays. Also keep in mind that Yahoo may still end up being purchased by Microsoft, despite all the drama over the past year and more, so a link from the Yahoo Directory is worth the price.
You can search for a niche directory by using the format “keywords + directory” or “keywords + add URL.” Please note that some directories prevent the "add URL" part from being crawled.
• Also check out business partners, distributors and affiliates. Sometimes they have directories or a partners page.
• The Chamber of Commerce is a directory from which it is worth your while to get a link.
Auto Forms and Submission Software
At all costs, stay away from submission software. It has no value and you will end up penalized by the search engines. Also stay away from submission schemes priced at $1 per listing (or similar). Those hurt instead of helping.
If you do use an auto form filler, make sure to vary your information slightly and remove any trails that may indicate software was used. It’s generally a good idea to create different descriptions, but if you’re extra lazy at least vary them a bit.
On the topic of software, stay away from applications that claim they can help you gain top rankings on search engines. Those go for few hundred bucks, but never get you promised results. Search is a billion-dollar game. A $300 program from Joe the garage guru will not beat it.
On the other hand, there are plenty of useful apps that help with overall SEO tasks. Many can be found for free or at moderate prices.
Quality Game
If you have a quality site, with high PR, but few editorial links, the site may be lacking in trust and get flagged for review. Internally leaked Quality Rater guidelines showed that despite Google’s war on spam, it may tolerate some degree of spam as long as there’s quality content, aka the formula “quality site + PR only links (non-editorial) = Google tolerance.” I won’t suggest you follow this formula, since going for PR links can get a site penalized by algorithms first, before human raters, but it’s good to know.
Directories are good sources of links, but they are not the core of SEO rankings. You can still make a site rank on directories alone for relatively competitive terms, but it’s better to mix these with more editorial links.
Don’t make directory buys your primary link building strategy; it’s a risky game that can backfire. Focus more on editorial links through content development, and then submit to directories.
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Directory Submissions Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:00:47 +0000 Akinola Akintomide You can still get some mileage out of submitting your web site to directories. If you have been wondering which directories to submit to or how to get your site listed, this article will show you how.In this article I hope to give you a thorough and succinct brief on how to submit to directories, [...]
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In this article I hope to give you a thorough and succinct brief on how to submit to directories, when to submit to directories and which directories deserve your submissions. I have been hanging out with several pieces of directory software (which i will talk about briefly) and a great directory submissions and linking expert, Dave Fuentes. I will be drawing on our work together to write an explanatory piece about directory submissions.
Directory submission is one of the most important things to do when you are link building. It is an assured way to get solid one way links back to your desired domain or sub domain.
Before we go into the details
This next item is a major issue. I discovered that several of my clients waited until the last moment to renew their URLs, and the URLs had been back ordered by domain name resellers. These resellers are currently selling us our domains, which thanks to my clients’ inaction are longer ours, for an extremely ridiculous price, which we have little choice but to pay. Now why have these URLs become so dear? It is because the web sites were great resources.
As you embark on your linking program, please remember to make sure your hold on your URL is extremely tight. Now I pay enough for domain names to cover several years in advance. This is important; fail in this area and you will find that after submitting your URL to 800-1000 directories (free and paid) you have no control over that URL anymore. Now we can go into the details.
The biggest directory project is the open directory project. If you didn’t know about it…well, now you do. Its also called ODP or the "Google directory." It is supposed to be hard to get approval but if you follow the basic steps you should never have a problem with the ODP (or any other directory for that matter). Other big directories include the Yahoo Directory; we will go into the hundreds of others later.
Most directories have human editors and frown severely on multiple submissions, however if you have a big site with multiple categories, you can place your subcategories as sub domains and submit in different sections of the directory. For example, if you have a web site that has one category on Windows programming (software) and another on networking (hardware), if you divide both into different sub domains, you can put one sub domain under "software, Windows programming" and the other under "hardware, networking." It will not be considered spam since the two URLs cover separate topics. Note however that for branding purposes it is always best to have one web site which covers one topic, and in case you run into an overly strict "volunteer" editor (most of them are overworked and not paid anyway), it is sometimes better to submit just one URL to a directory from your site.
Directories want to offer a service. If they are good at listing, they get traffic; if they are bad, they don’t. They need relevant listings. This is why some people find it hard to get listed; a lot of sites try to get listed on unpaid directories without being relevant. This will definitely make directory submission hard.
Your directory submission should be done when your website is fully functional and ready for viewing. Some advise that it should be done once your domain name is registered, but then there will be nothing for the humans to review. You must have finished building the basics of your site before you submit your URL for approval.
Before submitting a website to be listed, your site has to be complete. All the pages should have content and all the links should be live. Even if it is only a one page site, everything should work. Once the site actually has content on it, even if it is drab copy, it will almost always get listed.
Note that the content on the site should be "relevant" to the section you are listing under. Check and double check, and if you can’t find a category that explicitly describes you, go for the nearest descriptive terms.
Once your site actually exists (and not just the domain name) and the content is relevant to the category you picked, all that is left is for you to use the right forms for describing your site and the right titles and voila! YOU ARE IN.
How to write descriptions
It is best to keep descriptions brief, cold and detached — no superlatives, no "best Windows programming site in the world!" Try instead: "offers Windows programming information, tutorials, and resources for beginners to advanced." This is a pretty good description. You are not selling on the directory (well at least not in SEO).
The point is that you are generating one way back links. And the editor looking through your application may not feel inclined to list you if you stuff spammy keywords into your description. The absolute best thing to do is read the guidelines of the very strictest directories out there and model ALL your work after that.
Note that it is a good idea to have several different descriptions and titles (anchor text) for the various directories to which you submit. If you do not want to overwork your imagination you could write five different descriptions and anchor texts; this could help with the amount of key words on which you are competing.
This is all general advice on submitting to a large volume of directories quickly. If you are interested in submitting to just one (like there are a few tutorials here on seochat. There is a list of other articles concerning directories here.
Linking is basic; you get as many people as possible to link to you, and you link to whoever you want to link to. You can never have enough one way links. The more directories that link to you, the better it is for you. Most SEO consultants submit to hundreds of directories, and there are free resources that can help you (in a semi automated fashion) submit to thousands of websites. Any software that guarantees full automation is probably lying, since most directories now use graphical images (captcha) to verify whether the entries are being made by humans.
Most submission software offer great lists (all free). I use however there is some very good software that gets great reviews over at the Seochat forums. It is called submiteaze and it ranks number one for "directory submission software." Here is the discussion thread. Submit helper ranks number two for the same keyword phrase. Both applications work great but submit helper is free. It is similar to Roboform in that it auto completes specific fields in forms.
Submit helper also has lists of niche directories and paid directories. If your budget covers it, submit to every single directory that will have you (including any niche directory in your specialty). Niche directories are especially good at bringing in targeted traffic. This is good because it ensures that only traffic which has been searching for your site via going through the directories will get there. Some good directories for sites that sell online medications include and These are the biggest directories for this niches; there are dozens of others.
You should always keep it in mind that you are submitting to directories in order to increase your back link count. Note that search engines consider links from directories to be very good, since the links have been vetted by the human editors on the directory. A great list for some of the other top directories can be fond here at Blue Pearl.
Note that you don’t have to use the software to help you submit links to hundreds of sites, but it is far more convenient than just searching for directories and adding your URL to them. However some of the directories listed on the software listings (especially Submithelper) are somewhat obscure, so here a list of top directories that should juice up your PR when you get them to link to you.
Yahoo Directory Express is found at They charge an exorbitant $299 a year, and there is no guarantee that you will rank highly on Yahoo’s SERPs anyway. I believe this directory should be done last (if you want to be listed on it at all). This is a paid directory, as are most top directories apart from DMOZ. Others are,, (these are all paid directories); also check out,, and
Paid versus free
When it comes to links, I will take volume over quality any day. Get all the free links you can, then start paying for paid directories from highest to lowest cost. You always have to look at it from a cost benefit basis, and a lot depends on the size of your budget. A few hundred directories charge less than $15 a year, while several others charge almost $300. However you look at it, it pays to "go with the free."
Directory submission
Submitting your URL to directories is the beginning of your linking program. It is the easiest way to start and an assured way of getting non-reciprocal one way links. After this you can start actively link trading (which is like dating). Hopefully you would have a backbone of several hundred backlinks and an appreciable PR before you start reciprocal linking.
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Increasing Your Traffic with Web Directories Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:00:47 +0000 Dan Wellman Are web directories worth the effort anymore? Why spend the time (and in some cases money) submitting your website to a directory if it seems like nobody uses them anymore? Well, web directories are more useful to attract visitors to your site than you might think. This article gives you the surprising reason why, describes [...]
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Web directories have been around for some time now. In fact this is how the ever growing Yahoo! began life on the Internet, as one the biggest and best organized web directories at the time (and even now too). Web directories were the de facto method that many people used to find the information and websites they were looking for before the search engines because so big, powerful, and popular, and while the directories have been a lot less popular in comparison to fully fledged search engines in recent years, they are still the next best thing to searching and can have an important effect on increasing your search engine results pages (SERPs) ranking. While some webmasters may question the relevancy of directory listings in today’s web, suggesting that they receive very little direct traffic in the form of surfers coming from directories, you have to remember that the web is used by crawlers and indexing bots too, and they love well-organized directories!
Directories are not search engines; directories do not send out spiders that index individual pages and nothing is added to the directory autonomously. Directories rely on websites being submitted to them; then a team of actual people looks at the site to categorize it and check its quality and relevancy before adding it to the directory in the appropriate categories and sub-categories. Web pages in directories are not found using keywords (although some directory sites, like Yahoo! and DMOZ will let you search the directory and Yahoo! also proves directory listings at the top of its search results pages), but by drilling down through relevant categories until they find the category that the site resides in.
Because humans check the relevancy and informational “worth” of a site before adding it to the directory, search engines can rely on this process being carried out for them and that the sites have been described correctly. Directories don’t contain any of your site’s content; they won’t pick out information from META tags or page content or cache your pages. All they provide is a link to your site and sometimes a very brief description that you as the submitting webmaster would write. But it’s this link that can be used to improve your SERPs listing.
Link popularity is still very much a big part of SEO, especially in the early days after a site goes live, and using web directories is an excellent way to build link popularity and increase your site’s SERPs listing, provided you steer clear of link farms, or directories that prevent the indexing of their links for some reason. While everyday people will generally not use overly generalized web directories (but will still use specialist or niche directories if necessary) to find specific web sites, spiders will still regularly index them and the links they contain (unless they are blocked from doing this by the directory they happen to be indexing).
The more directories your site is listed in, the more inbound links your site will be seen as having, which in turn will improve your link popularity. Link popularity isn’t the only thing to consider for SEO. It’s not even the single most important thing to consider. But it is still a highly contributing factor and should not be overlooked.
One of the best known and biggest directories in existence is probably the Open Directory Project (ODP), sometimes (most times in fact) known as DMOZ. This directory has been around for years and now lists over four million organized and categorized web sites. DMOZ has also been around for a very long time (in web terms). This directory is maintained by a huge number of volunteer editors that add new URLs of submitted sites to the relevant categories.
Many other directories on the Internet take content from the ODP, including Google, so getting your site into it can reap huge benefits as your URL will be shared with many other directories, which means that your site will have many more inbound links and therefore greater link popularity. There have been concerns in the past about volunteer editors maliciously not adding your site to the directory if it is in direct competition with a site of their own, but this was some time ago now and generally, as long as you’re not a reseller, florist or have a site that is in some way illegal, you should now get into the directory once you’ve submitted your site.
There are other rules and guidelines of course, but the DMOZ site lists these in full, so familiarize yourself with the submission process prior to actual submission. As the directory is maintained by humans (it is one of the biggest, most distributed human edited databases in existence), getting your site listed can take anything from a couple of weeks to several months, and filtering through to the hundreds of other sites will take even longer. But don’t let that put you off.
Another way of ensuring that you get into the directory could be to become a volunteer editor yourself in order to add your own site. While this may initially seem like a desirable scheme, don’t forget that as a volunteer editor you will be required to spend time researching sites and adding them to the directory, so unless you’re serious about being part of the DMOZ project, don’t waste your SEO time doing something else. Also, if you just add your own sites to the directory and nothing else, your activities may well become known and any listings you’ve added may be removed. Directories, just like search engines, don’t like being deceived! As with any form of SEO, honesty is always the best policy.
Another of the bigger directories that you should submit to if you can is of course the Yahoo! Directory. Yahoo! doesn’t feed other directories, but because of the way its search results can tie in with its directory listings (especially in its paid services), inclusion in the directory is still advisable. Yahoo is one of the easiest major directories to get listed in, and it actually guarantees that you’ll be in the directory within seven days (provided you meet its submission criteria of course).
Remember that commercial sites do have to pay a yearly fee for the privilege of being in the Yahoo! Directory, to the tune of $299 ($600 if you’re submitting a site that offers adult content and/or services). Whether or not this is worth it really depends on the search engine for which you are optimizing. If it’s just your ranking in the Google SERPs then forget about it, but if you are especially keen on rising to the top of Yahoo!’s results pages it may be something to consider. One way around paying the fee may be to submit the URL of a non-commercial page of your site, but whether this will work will probably depend on the editor reviewing your submission.
When submitting to directories, your choice of description of your site can have a huge effect on whether you even get added to the directory at all. Try to describe your site and service as honestly and descriptively as possible. Directory submission is not advertising! Do not try to promote yourself in the directory submission form, just describe yourself.
As I already said, DMOZ particularly feeds into a huge number of other smaller directories, so going around the web trying to find as many directories as you can to submit to will be a waste of time because theoretically you will already have indirectly submitted to most of them. What you can do is look for niche directories that describe your site or service very well. If these do not take information from DMOZ, think about submitting to these smaller directories also. Don’t waste money paying to be listed though; money can be better used in pay-per-click or paid submission listings than on paid directory submission.
One thing that webmasters have been noticing recently is that when searching for particular things, sites like Wikipedia will often be higher in the SERPs that directory sites. You can make use of the popularity of the wiki by adding an article describing your site or service and providing a link back to your site. Like submitting directories, this will provide spiders and crawlers with another route to your site, reinforcing link popularity. Because of the popularity of Wikipedia, you may also get increased traffic to your site. Again, try not to make it look like an advert; an honest description will go much further in the eyes of anyone viewing the wiki article.
So as you can see, the small amount of time and money that you will spend submitting your site to be added to directories, and the fact that for non-commercial sites this is free, make directory listings perhaps the easiest form of increasing link popularity. It’s a bit like link trading, without the hassle of negotiating with other webmasters or worrying about adding links to other sites in return.
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Link Directory Genocide Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:00:47 +0000 Jennifer Sullivan Cassidy In the wake of a lawsuit an online company named KinderStart filed against Google for dropping its placement in the search engine results pages (SERPs), one has to wonder just what these people are thinking; they’re suing a now-giant corporate web presence like Google when, ultimately, it is not really Google’s fault that the website [...]
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It is my professional opinion that the link directory has been dying a slow and painful death for many, many months now, as if it was inoculated with some terrible and terminal disease. Actually, I’ve been saying it for about a year, and like my opinion of reality TV shows, enough is enough! I understand that I might anger a few with this article, but because I feel strongly enough about what I am going to say, I am willing to risk angering some in order to hopefully enlighten others.
First of all, one has to initially wonder what made the link directory such a hot commodity in the first place. It was my honest opinion that the issues of link trading were vastly different than they are right now at this moment in time, and at one point the link directory was an important aspect of the Web. Gone are the days where one webmaster emailed another and said, “Hey, give me a link on your site, and I’ll give you a link on mine.” But then someone figured out that this was just taking way too long, and decided to automate the entire process, and spawned the dreaded link farms.
It didn’t take search engines like Google and Yahoo to figure out the main reason behind link farms was to inflate their link numbers and propel them to the top of the SERPs, so this practice was curbed pretty quickly. It soon became necessary for folks to then find another way around the link farm. But in the process of this, people forgot why they were doing it in the first place.
Let me pause here in my rhetoric to assure you that I don’t think all link directories are semblances of link farms, as I do not; nor do I believe that all link directories are evil creatures that deserve to die. However, the few of you out there that created link directories to give the web surfer many options to find what they are looking for are, unfortunately, unnecessary anymore. Let’s look at a few reasons why.
First, we have better search technology. Link directories were originally formulated online in order to give people a better way of finding what they needed on the web. But given that the technology of search algorithms has greatly improved, and is still improving nearly daily, it is no small thing that the directory would become one of the casualties of better search engines.
Second, people are far better at surfing the web than they used to be. Web users are more educated about the usefulness of the internet search engine, and most people with internet access use them. People who said they would never use the internet are now not only emailing their grandchildren in Nova Scotia, but are participating in discussion boards and chat rooms and playing Mah Jongg online; it is those same people that have found the usefulness of search engines delivering exactly what they need to find.
Third, it is getting easier for people to find what they need online through a search engine, because dial up connections are the fastest they’ve ever been, and with more and more people moving to broadband internet, people get to spend more time searching and less time waiting.
Perhaps you are following me up to this point and can see where my logic comes from; perhaps you can even understand that the link directory is fading away as a natural result of not being necessary anymore. So why am I calling it “Link Directory Genocide” if it seems to just be dying of natural causes?
While genocide is technically “the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group,” I apply it to the link directory loosely because, well, it is being euthanized, so to speak. I certainly do not wish to offend anyone, so bear with me during my analogy.
In the last Google update, many link directories got hit hard; hard enough where any traffic was essentially…well, killed off. In fact, it is my strong belief that Google terminated many of these non-essential directories in the SERPs with the latest filter purposely. For the most part, directories contain no content, many contain only a myriad of links for sites that in turn link to more sites, and basically take the visitor on a wild goose chase. Certainly, this is not what was intended for the Internet. And, unfortunately, link directories as an entire culture are going to find themselves wiped out and at the bottom of the dung-heap before too long. So why is Google fed up enough with the link directories to want to exterminate them?
Let’s try to think of this in perspective as Google perhaps may very well view it. The Internet is like a great big road map, with links being the roads, and websites being the towns, cities, landmarks, and great historical places to visit. Let’s say you decide you want to learn about the “women of World War II”, and you ask Google for directions by doing a search, because you want to be taken down the best road that will take you directly to the place these women reside so that you may hear their story. You click on a link that has been returned in the SERPs; you may find this link like a set of directions, and set out to find these heroic women you want to know so much about.
You would be exceedingly frustrated and irritated, however, to find that the place to where you had been directed not only doesn’t have what you are looking for, but also has a completely new set of directions for you to follow, like getting a scrap of paper found during a scavenger hunt with nothing more than a clue. This forces you to set out on the road again. Imagine your dismay when you finally reach your destination again only to find a sign that tells you that you’ll have to take another exasperating new course to your destination. It’s enough to make you throw your hands in the air in disgust and just give up and go home.
This is how people feel when they search the web only to find a set of sites with nothing more than a bunch of links. Then they have to scour around for the entirely new set of directions, which may in turn lead to a whole new site of nothing more than just more links. In Google’s eyes, this makes a site not relevant to what the searcher had in mind when they clicked on that link in Google’s SERPs, even though some might consider their collection a set of useful links. And who will the searcher blame when he or she cannot find what they are looking for in the SERPs? Why the person who gave them the original set of directions, of course.
It is those sites that have been getting the axe, burned at the stake and otherwise dispatched in the SERPs rather regularly, reminiscent of the Dark Ages, complete with morbid executions that seem nothing short of barbaric. Perhaps Google hoped they would simply fade away in the face of newer and better search technology, and when that didn’t work, felt they had no choice but to take a far more aggressive stance. I think that many of these link directories had been steadily losing ground for many months. Some of those webmasters had enough sense to evaluate why their sites were on the decline, and change their sites into something redeeming that may be what searchers really want. Those people are not to whom I am speaking.
It is to those KinderStarts of the Internet to whom I refer. You cannot expect to forever keep your 10 million viewers and never update your site, or not provide content for your visitors and still expect to be a valuable resource for long. If anyone is to blame, it is your selves. So while I can argue that Google may be performing Link Directory Genocide, it is really you, O Link Bearer, who is actually committing Link Directory Suicide. And the only crime here, ladies and gentlemen, is resting on your laurels in the Internet world. It is almost shameful to blame Google for your own lack of foresight.
“So now what should I do?” you ask. Well, that’s a difficult question to answer, and it would certainly depend on what you intend to offer to your audience. If you are truly about helping to collect information that will be valuable to surfers, then by all means do so, but make sure you add quality (and relevant) content to your pages, and not just a bunch of meaningless links. Further, concentrate heavily on achieving high quality inbound links from reputable websites. For those of you who have tried to get those precious links, then you know exactly how hard it is to do so. No one ever said it would be easy, and anything worth achieving usually isn’t.
I want to pause once again to give you a word of advice: this article is not intended to scare you away from sharing outbound links, or to keep you away from linking to other websites. After all, with the great roadmap of the internet, if you take away your ability to link to other relevant sites, then you remove the opportunity for a search engine spider to crawl among sites effectively. Search engine spiders need to be able to not only easily crawl from page to page on one website, but also from one website to another. (In another article, I will talk about why I feel being stingy with links may end up hurting you in the long run.)
I find it important to emphasize again and again how crucial it is to provide your website to people, and not try to please the search engines, or exist solely for the purpose of PageRank. Ultimately, Google is as fickle as my cat, and no one knows what Google wants next or which way it will choose to swing the Reaper’s sickle. You could spend your time running in circles, chasing your tail whenever Google makes a major change, or you can sit back, learn, and understand what Google really wants for the web: relevant sites with valuable content that will make people WANT to search for your site. My advice is not to try to please Google, but rather to please your audience instead. This is what divides the good marketers from those who haven’t a clue, and by catering to your audience you will keep your website away from the executioner’s axe.
These words may seem especially harsh to those who have great directories of great links to great sites, but there comes a time when the horse and buggy must be replaced by the automobile. Times are a-changin’, and either we roll with the punches, or we will get left behind; battered, broken, and trampled on the mat. My suggestion to you is to have valuable and unique content so that not only Google stays the execution, but so that your site visitors actually have something to read, and want to keep coming back to it. After all, it is the content to be read that makes the Internet a useful tool at all.
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The Link Directory: Just Another Form of Link Farm? Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:00:00 +0000 Jennifer Sullivan Cassidy Directories are everywhere, on any topic imaginable. As SEOs, we even promote submissions to link directories as a good method of getting backlinks. But with more and more link directories popping up all over the web, are we somehow helping to promote a new type of link farm? A few years ago, link farms were [...]
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In a time when it seems you cannot escape web spam, spammers are finding more and better ways at creating the unwanted junk. Search engine engineers work hard to filter out such garbage, so that the search engine results are relevant to a user’s query. And while spammers seem to always be either one step ahead of the search engines, or able to exploit holes in algorithms, search engines work hard at fixing these things so that we have a better search experience. However, we are still bombarded on every side with it. We get it in our email, in our blogs, in our forums, and even in our link exchanges. I want to examine a particular aspect of linking strategies that seems to be the target of spam filters lately: the link directory.
A link farm is a large group of web pages created that contain hyperlinks to one another or a specific other page. Link farms are normally created by programs, rather than by human beings. They can also be defined as sites created solely for search engine ranking purposes that consist almost entirely of a long list of unrelated links. These types of pages are penalized by almost all search engines.
While “link farm” is an older term used to describe those types of sites; the term can certainly apply to link directories. Some of these programs are nothing more than random links on a page and really do not help one’s popularity or backlink value. These most definitely can be considered spamming.
Many webmasters understand the importance of having backlinks. Yet some do not understand the difference between high quality links and poor quality links. I have to caution many clients about the importance of being able to decline a link exchange request. Why? There are several reasons for my caution.
1. You can receive penalties for linking to a site that is considered spam.
Think of it in terms of reputation. Google uses the Hilltop algorithmic principle. Hilltop emphasizes the voting power of what it considers “authority sites”; this involves analyzing the links between pages on the web on the assumption that pages on the topic link to each other, and authoritative pages tend to point to other authoritative pages. In order to build your good, you must not have associations with shady characters. Being linked with spam sites, or other sites that use black-hat SEO would probably inflict negative results upon your reputation.
The same can be true for websites. If your website is associated with poorly reputed sites, then their bad reputation can certainly reflect on you, and your search engine positioning.
2. Linking to irrelevant sites does not help you in any way, and in fact may hurt you.
No one is exactly sure how a search engine ranks relevancy, but you certainly don’t want to give them a reason to consider your site irrelevant. In an extreme case, linking to too many irrelevant sites might give search engines the impressions that your directory is nothing more than a link farm. The consequences of this are not worth the risk of being banned in the search engines, all for mere hope that it might bring you a little questionable value.
3. There seems to be little value in creating a link exchange with some websites.
There is much controversy among SEOs, webmasters, and designers over whether there is any value at all in reciprocal linking. It’s a lot of work and effort to maintain a link exchange, especially in a directory form, as well as trying to find good websites to link with. Some webmasters simply do not participate in reciprocal linking programs at all; instead focusing on receiving one-way links only. I think the jury is still out on this one, however. Still, the theory may be sound: creating link exchanges with blogs or forums (sites which are particularly open to spamming techniques) retain little value at all.
4. Too many irrelevant links can be seen as spam.
While you don’t see many link farms anymore, they do still exist. In fact, they can take the form of a link directory. If you don’t have organized, clear, and distinct categories of links, then your directory can easily be determined to be a link farm, especially if you have more than 50 links already on a page. Having a link farm on your website will be one of the fastest ways to get your website banned in the search engines.
5. You can lose PageRank or even be black-listed for linking to a spam site.
The consequences of linking to black-hat websites can be severe. “TrustRank” is a term recently trademarked by Google. In talking about TrustRank, Google says, “Web spam pages use various techniques to achieve higher-than-deserved rankings in a search engine’s results. While human experts can identify spam, it is too expensive to manually evaluate a large number of pages. Instead, we propose techniques to semi-automatically separate reputable, good pages from spam. We first select a small set of seed pages to be evaluated by an expert. Once we manually identify the reputable seed pages, we use the link structure of the web to discover other pages that are likely to be good. In this paper we discuss possible ways to implement the seed selection and the discovery of good pages. We present results of experiments run on the World Wide Web indexed by AltaVista and evaluate the performance of our techniques. Our results show that we can effectively filter out spam from a significant fraction of the web, based on a good seed set of less than 200 sites.”
In essence, TrustRank is a way to cut down on spam and filter out content that is not relevant to the searcher in order to bring them results they really want. What this could mean to you in the near future is that linking to a non-trusted site would deem your site untrustworthy as well. It is so important to be careful to whom you link. Even without TrustRank, which has yet to be used by Google, your PageRank can still be affected.
A company called Traffic Power was a notorious SEO firm that employed various black-hat SEO techniques, like doorway pages and JavaScript spam; so much so that the company and almost all of their clients were banned from the search engines. We have also seen sites that have linked to such banned sites lose their PageRank and positions in the results pages.
Directory Tips
There would be several instances where you might have a good reason to incorporate a link directory into your website. You should never have more than 50 outbound links on a page, as this dilutes the page’s value. If you have a variety of links and they are not all related, you will need to categorize them together so they are relevant to each other. A link directory might be the solution. Another reason you might have a directory on your website is to generate revenue. In these cases, it would be advisable for you to have a link directory, but there are some tips you should be aware of.
1. Use clear, concise titles and descriptions for your categories. This will not only help those who wish to submit their links to a category know exactly where they should suggest their URL; it also gives search engine spiders a fair understanding what that particular category is about, and how to measure the relevancy of the links in it. Use a directory script that utilizes title and description meta tags, or breadcrumb navigation.
2. Research sites that ask you for a link exchange. It is becoming more and more important to know just who you are linking to. Take note of the location of your reciprocal link, the site’s and the page’s PageRank, and scan the source code of the page to spot possible spam practices that could get the site into trouble in the future.
3. Be able to say “NO” to a link exchange request. If you cannot see the relevance of the site requesting the exchange to your site or you feel the site would not be a good representation of your values, then it is recommended that you decline the request.
4. Try to keep links and categories relevant to the content of your website. If your website is about race cars, then it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to have a category for bridal accessories in your link directory.
5. You can’t be all things to everyone. Don’t try to include a broad spectrum of categories in your directory. It is one thing for a directory like DMOZ’s Open Directory to have categories ranging from kids toys to barbecue supplies to furnace repair companies, because they’ve built their reputation as an all-encompassing type of directory: that’s all they are. If you have a website about the care of kittens, you can’t be DMOZ and try to keep your site relevant to kittens.
6. Clean out your link directory on occasion. Even if you’ve already approved a link exchange with a website in the past, it never hurts to follow up on these links. Many times, you’ll find that a site seems to be a good choice for a link exchange, only to find out in a few months that the site is no longer found in the search engines because they’ve been banned due to black-hat SEO practices. The site might have gone under, or moved, so it’s a good idea for you to remove these dead links as well.
As search engines implement more filters, there is greater risk that even links from legitimate directories are being filtered out, or not being credited to your backlink score. Many directories are link farms and additionally some search engines may even be filtering out some of the links from some of the legitimate directories, because those links appear random, and there is no way for a search engine to tell the difference between this new form of link farm and the old. There is no substitute for relevant, quality one-way links from well reputed sites.
Do I think the link farm has been replaced by the link directory? Yes and no. There are many great directories out there. The Open Directory, or DMOZ, is a good example of a directory that carries fairly heavy weight in the search engines. Google, especially, pulls a lot of information from the Open Directory. But even a link from this directory doesn’t carry as much weight as it used to.
Most search engines, which include Google, Yahoo, and MSN, use backlinks to calculate a website’s relevance. It makes complete sense that if links are that important, that you should be cautious about which sites you link to and which sites you choose to have linking to you. The link farm may look obsolete, but in many respects it has only changed its façade. The link directories are not bad things in all respects, but I think they are being more closely watched to make sure they don’t present opportunities for spam. All it takes is a few bad apples, and the search engines will throw out the whole bunch: yours included. Keep your links relevant, and be picky about who you link to, and your link directory may just hold some value; if not for search engines, then to bring qualified traffic to your website.
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Using Internet Directories as a Link Building Tool Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:00:02 +0000 seo_admin When most website owners think of Internet directories, if they even consider them at all, they think of them as a way to gain a one-way incoming link. Inclusion in the various Internet directories is rarely viewed as more than a one-time entry event. The goal is to get listed and gain the inbound link, [...]
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Traffic from some mainstream directories is often low and seldom considered as part of the equation. The potential of the directory listings as a source of potential link partners is rarely thought of as a strategy at all.
Directories have far more possibilities hidden within their listings than is generally thought. Many webmasters, and even some search engine optimization experts, ignore the less obvious value residing in the various categories.
By looking beyond the obvious single link and search capabilities of an Internet directory, a website owner has a wealth of potential link partners, waiting to be added. They are easily found in the leading Internet directories and in the many specialized minor directory listings as well.
Some of the very useful directories for link research include the Open Directory Project, better known as DMOZ; the Yahoo! Directory; the Google Directory; and the many specialty directories directly related to the searcher’s area of business.
By utilizing the appropriate strategies, directories are a gold mine of linking partners. They are simply begging to be mined by an enterprising and prospecting webmaster.
The most obvious Internet directory to start with when beginning a comprehensive link search is the well known DMOZ directory. With its complete category and sub-category classification system, any website owner can find numerous sites within their area of business.
If your website is already listed in the DMOZ directory, the first step is to go directly to your own site’s category. Within those pages of listings, whether you are in the global or regional category, will be some of your direct competitors.
There is no need to contact them for link exchanges if you are concerned about loss of visitor traffic to their sites. If you are not listed in the DMOZ directory, find the category where your site would probably be included. The process remains the same for finding link partners, whether your site is listed or not.
On the other hand, if your goal is to build what Google considers a “hub site”, link exchanges with competitors are a positive. For purposes of this discussion, however, the goal will be more straightforward link exchanges. We will focus on gaining additional incoming links for their search engine benefit, and on links for attracting extra visitor traffic.
Within the selected category, the listed websites are placed in alphabetical order, and the listings may include one, two, or even more than ten pages of sites. The important thing to remember is all of the listed sites are theme and topic related to yours.
The same concept can be used in the sub-categories and the higher categories in the same subject area. The listings are generally all related sites thematically. The same procedure can be used for businesses that are related and complementary to yours, like flowers are part of weddings, and therefore make sense for wedding dress sales.
The Yahoo! Directory provides a similar opportunity for the website owner. The Yahoo! Directory has many of the same sites listed as DMOZ. That is a given. There are, however, many more sites listed in Yahoo! that are not part of the Open Directory Project. That fact opens up many more possibilities for the webmaster.
When you go to the Yahoo! Directory, as with DMOZ, go first to your category if you are already listed. Select the most probable one, if your site is not included. Note that the listings are also in alphabetical order, and may have somewhat different descriptions than the DMOZ directory employs. Use the same procedure as before, and your list of potential linking partners will grow larger.
A third important Internet directory is the Google Directory. Using listings supplied by the Open Directory Project, the listings are very similar to those found in DMOZ. Google offers a major and important difference, however. Google orders the results from the highest PageRank listing to the lowest, making your sorting that much easier. Keep in mind that some of the PageRanks on display are possibly out of date, and may not reflect the site’s current PageRank.
If exchanges, for higher PageRank purposes are important to your site, then the Google directory offers what you seek. As a general rule, don’t let PageRank determine your linking partners. It is far more important to make your site helpful for your visitors and customers.
The major Internet directories are not the only game in town. In fact, because of their widespread popularity, they might not be the idea link partner hunting ground for everyone. A powerful alternative source of directory link leads is found in the sometimes overlooked specialty directories.
Often only representing one industry segment, these directories are populated with businesses possibly interested in links. In fact, many of the included companies might not have been contacted for link partnerships at all. The highly specialized directories for your industry and some small general ones might have the link partners your business seeks.
The first step is to search for the specialty and minor directories in the search engines. Enter combinations of “directories” and “your industry” and lists will appear. It won’t matter if the directories are paid or free for inclusion, as you are searching for link exchanges. If one of the newly discovered directories is free, however, be certain to get your own website included. After all, a directory is a valuable incoming link too.
Be cautious of possible link farms. Whatever you do, make sure your business is not part of one of them. Link farms and other so-called bad neighborhoods are specifically against the guidelines for the search engines. For inclusion of your site, choose only respectable directories. One way to determine a link farm is it will usually require many return links, and links for other sites. Don’t participate in such linking schemes.
Simply click on the links, one by one, and examine the sites carefully. Know something about the site. Look for contact information and find the webmaster’s name if possible. In your e-mail to the prospective exchange partner, be certain to offer some strong indication that you have actually visited the site in question.
Tell your prospective partner that you have already linked their site and you feel your site would be beneficial to their site visitors as well. A really good idea is to tell the webmaster of a part of their site that you found especially interesting and informative.
Place a link on your own site to the sites you have decided to contact first, prior to any requests. That is simply proper linking etiquette. It also displays your professionalism to the recipient who is probably tired of link exchange spam.
Be sure to always visit the site as well. It is never a good idea to link partner with a site you wouldn’t feel comfortable recommending to all of your customers. Your business and personal reputations are at stake.
Don’t threaten to remove the link to their site if they fail to reciprocate. If the site was interesting and helpful enough to offer a link partnership, it should be one you intend to keep, as a permanent link. Be sure to know your potential partner sites well.
As an additional policy, maintain a chart of all of the sites contacted for exchanges, and the dates and e-mail details of those requests and the results. Good records will also prevent you from constantly contacting the same webmaster, over and over, as a result of having forgotten their response.
Far too many people send e-mails without having visited the site at all. Don’t be part of that group. Know your potential partnership sites and their benefits to both your business and that of your visitor traffic.
The use of directories for finding linking partners will benefit your website and your online business more than employing the commonly used random approach. Most website owners do not have a plan for finding link exchanges that make sense for their site. A link only has real value to your visitors, if it has something in common with the overall theme and interest of your website.
The search engines, especially Google, reward incoming links more highly if they are related to the topic of the receiving web page. Links from similarly themed pages carry more weight with Google’s algorithm, than those which have little in common with the landing page.
Specialty directories that include your site within their listings are already themed for your topics. The other sites listed there will also be themed for your site. For more bang for the link buck, keep your links related to your web page’s topics and themes.
The page will receive a bit of a Google PageRank boost and a much higher level of incoming link popularity. Combined with a strong and properly focused anchor link text program, the added links will help to boost a site higher in the search engine rankings.
Directories are an excellent source of theme related link partners for any website. If the directory used for the search is a major one such as DMOZ, the Yahoo! Directory, or the Google Directory, sites with your main topics are readily categorized. Finding potential linking partners is very easy, using the major directories.
The smaller specialized directories provide unique link partnership opportunities, available mainly to those in your industry. Their included links are very closely themed to your site.
While searching the various directories, don’t forget to get your site included in their listings as well. And by using the many Internet directories, combined with professional link exchange requests, you can vastly increase the number of links to your website.
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Paid or Free Directory Inclusion Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:06:58 +0000 seo_admin Most business webmasters are aware of such high profile directories as the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) and the Yahoo! Directory. DMOZ is a free option, while the Yahoo! Directory offers paid inclusion for commercial sites. There are other directories that are well worth your consideration. Today, we’ll be looking at a couple of paid and [...]
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Alternative directories, whether offering free or paid inclusion, provide some highly visible promotion for your website. Many of the less popular directories offer added PageRank, in the form of a strong back-link. The directories also provide qualified referrals, which use the listings to find the goods and services offered by your business.
The potential offered by alternative directories is worthy of consideration. While the paid inclusion options may not fit your budget, you certainly want to be aware of whether your competitors are listed. One example of a good paid inclusion directory is the directory.If budgetary restrictions are a concern, you need to look seriously at some free directory options. A well-regarded free inclusion directory is the JoeAnt Directory. offers a multi-category paid inclusion business website directory. With a home page resembling a portal, the directory includes a large array of product and service providers. Inclusion in the Directory provides a great PageRank benefit: five deep links to your pages, helpful for referrals.
For additional referrals, the directory listings are also featured by such prestigious organizations as Business Week,,, C|Net,, and others. The Directory claims that 24 million business professionals are in the network.
If you are a new business, there is always a need to establish credibility as a reliable supplier of goods and services. Longer term companies require maintenance of that established credibility factor. If a business is searching for linking partners, a directory is an ideal location to find them. There are also many good sources of industry information within the directory listing categories.
How to Get Listed with
There are three ways to get listed in the directory. Each business needs to consider which one of the inclusion methods is most beneficial for it.
Standard Listing
To acquire a standard listing in the directory, simply go to the home page, and click on the “Get Your Site Listed Today” link found at the top of the page. This takes you to an options page, which provides information on the various paid inclusion methods.
The inclusion fee for a Standard Listing in the directory is $99.00 US for the year. The charge is an annually recurring one. You may list as many businesses in the Directory as you choose. Each additional Standard Listing carries an annual charge of $99.00 US as well.
Included in the annual fee is the opportunity to use several keywords, suited to your listing. The listing provides a clean and direct URL right to the landing page of your choice. In addition, you receive an additional four links per listing. Inclusion within five business days is guaranteed by the editors of the directory.
Required information for each listing includes the full URL, the website title (official company or website name), and a description of fewer than 150 words (examples of suitable descriptions are provided). You may also list your city, region, country and e-mail address, although they are not required. You are given the choice of directory category.
Sponsored Links
Sponsored links are available on a pay per click basis. They appear only on the com website, on the right hand side of the page, and on Directory search results. You may create and write your own wording for the pay per click listings.
The charge for pay per click sponsored links includes a one time set-up fee of $25.00 US. It remains in good standing as long as your links remain in the directory. The price per click starts at $0.20 US, but can range higher, depending on the popularity of the keywords and category. You are always able to view your account online, to keep track of your pay per click balance, for budgeting purposes. A sponsored link appears in the directory, complete with live hot links, within one business day.
To create a sponsored link, click on the “Sponsored Link” option that appears with the standard listing. All of the listing choices are available on the same page. You will be asked to provide the complete URL for the chosen landing website landing page, the proper website title, and a brief description not exceeding 85 characters. For writing website descriptions, a link to directory guidelines is provided.
Featured Listings featured listings, according to the directory information, are for websites planning to budget $500.00 US per month or more, to enhanced directory listings.
Unlike the sponsored links, featured listings appear throughout the entire network, including the affiliated business websites. As with sponsored links, the results appear on the right hand side of the page and on directory search results. offers professional writers to help word your advertisement, should you require their services. The startup fee of $25.00 for sponsored listings is not required, but the pay per click starting fee is $0.40 per click. The directory offers a toll-free telephone number as well, where you can request a pricing proposal.
Along with your featured listing, you also receive an additional free listing, without the added $99.00 US annual charge.
To create a featured listing, go to the listing option page by clicking on the “Get Your Site Listed Today” link on the home page. You will be taken to a page that gives you two choices. You can contact the directory sales office and receive a pricing proposal, or you can fill out a short form.
The form requires your name, your telephone number, your e-mail address, your company’s name, and the website URL. They also want to know if you have purchased cost per click advertising in the past, and how much you paid. They also would like an estimated monthly amount budgeted for cost per click advertising. A directory representative will then make contact with you, and provide a proposal.
When you are faced with choosing between paid or free directory inclusion, the answer is dependant on your needs. You have to consider whether your business requires immediate exposure. If waiting on the free directories takes too long, you will have to seriously consider paid inclusion. Should your budget be unable to handle the financial requirements of paid inclusion, especially the unknown totals of pay per click, you will have to look seriously at free directories. If you lack the time to spend editing a directory category, you may have to choose paid inclusion as well.
There is no right answer for every business and website. The final answer is what is right for you and for your business.
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Teoma – The Superior Search Engine? Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:18:59 +0000 seo_admin One search engine that really caught my attention at the search engine strategies conference in Chicago was Teoma. Teoma is the search engine that powers Ask Jeeves, also known as Teoma has made several improvements to its engine over the past year, and has drastically increased its indexing and the quality of results generated. Teoma has a [...]
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One search engine that really caught my attention at the search engine strategies conference in Chicago was Teoma. Teoma is the search engine that powers Ask Jeeves, also known as Teoma has made several improvements to its engine over the past year, and has drastically increased its indexing and the quality of results generated. Teoma has a unique method of ranking sites, reffered to as “authority.” In addition, Teoma offers a toolbar and many of the advanced search features that other search engine have.
Teoma’s History and Background
Teoma’s founder and vice president of research and development, Apostolos Gerasoulis, Ph.D, is a Professor of computer science from Rutgers University. Professor Gerasoulis, along with his team of computer scientists founded Teoma in April of 2000. Their single goal was to build a search engine that looked “at the Web in terms of subject-specific communities.” Teoma had the advantage of joining the search engine wars late in the game. This allowed the Teoma team to look at what the current engines did right and – more importantly – what they. was not officially launched until a year later, in April 2001.
On September 18, 2001, Ask Jeeves, Inc. acquired Teoma, paying over USD $1.5 million. On January 9, 2002, Ask Jeeves announced its successful integration of the Teoma search technology into Ask Jeeves. Ask Jeeves reported an increase user satisfaction of 25% and a site abandonment rate of 15% less after this integration. In 2002 Nielsen/NetRatings reported that Teoma had grown 175%, making Teoma the third most popular search engine in the United States.
Teoma 2.0 was released on January 21, 2003. The new version boasts improvements to overall search result relevancy, additions to search tools, and more advanced search functions. Teoma currently powers Ask Jeeves’s primary organic results, and receives its paid search results from Google AdWords.
Teoma adds a new layer of “authority” to search results through something they call “Subject-Specific Popularity.” Google’s PageRank, simply explained, ranks pages based on the quality and the number of inbound links to a site. Teoma ranks sites based on related communities of sites that are “organically organized” and link to each other. It then determines which sites are most relevant based an authority factored, that is where Subject-Specific Popularity comes into play. Subject-Specific Popularity determines the authority of a site based on the number of pages that link to a page within the same subject. Teoma provides a nice analogy to why this is important. They write, “picture yourself in your garage, in front of the opened hood of your severely out-of-commission pick-up truck. You need help with this major repair, and you can either ask your uncle, who owns two cars but has never held a wrench in his life and happens to be visiting (similar to using other leading search technologies) or you could phone your best friend, who has a degree in applied mechanics and builds automobiles from the ground up in his spare time (similar to Subject-Specific Popularity). The choice is quite clear.”
When Teoma 2.0 was released it provided improved relevancy, more accurate communities, spell checking, “Dynamic Descriptions”, more advanced search tools and an expanded index. Ask Jeeves reports an increased “user pick-rate” of 22% and a site abandonment decrease of 28% since the upgrade. In addition, Teoma received a relevancy grade of “A” from Search Engine Watch, adding them to the elite group of search engines, which includes the likes of such others as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. By improving Teoma’s analysis of “Communities” they were able to increase the relevancy of pages by better evaluating authoritative pages. In addition, the “refine” search option found on enables searchers to easily narrow down their search results. Many search engines have Web-based spell check, and Teoma added this in its 2.0 version. Teoma 2.0 added other enhancements and features, as well as increasing its index by over 500 million URLs.
Teoma provides numerous methods to both refine your search and locate subject specific resources. Conduct a search on search technology and you will find on the right side a “Refine” option that presents you with useful “refinements” to your search query. In addition, you will find a collection of “Resources” directly below the refinements option that easily allows you to locate “expert” sites on search technology. You will also see that Search Engine Watch is one of those results. You will also see the sponsored listings at the top, provided by Google, and you will find the Web page results directly below. Google is the first result for that keyword (and we all know why).
In addition, allows you to search for anything and it attempts to provide exactly what you are looking for without the use of any “tabs.” For example, I did a search on “picture of chair” at Ask Jeeves, and – guess what? It gave me actual pictures of chairs! Ask Jeeves calles this technology Natural Language Processing (NLP). For a complete listing of technologies and features provided by Ask Jeeves, please visit: For advanced search tips from Teoma, please visit:
Teoma has come a long way since April 2000, and has achieved the rank of number three search technology. Its unique method of providing relevant and accurate results makes Teoma and its partners stand apart from the other search engine technologies. As the features and index improve, Teoma will continue to succeed by adding partners and a more satisfied user base. It will be interesting to follow Teoma and Ask Jeeves over this coming year, seeing how they compete with the other major search engines.
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eMarketing – Submitting To Directories ‘Done’ – Now What? Mon, 14 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 seo_admin Many know that the power of the link helps in search engine ranked positioning. A link is a vote that your website has something of value. Therefore, you have added a submission request in Open Directory Project, which may take some time to actual list, but immediately thereafter, you are also in Google Directory [...]
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Additionally, by inclusion into, you will automatically be included in many search engines’ exclusive directories such as:
> Lycos
> HotBot
> Teoma
> Inktomi
> Altavista
> Netscape
> Ask Jeeves In addition, an approximate 2,000 clone sites (simply a website that also uses directory information) will archive your listings. Only about 100 of these sites may offer any value but this is accomplished simply by being accepted in so not additional work on your part.Now what’ Well they are many other directories online that are worth the time to submit your information some are, general all encompassing directories like:
Ok so I did that, now what’ Well going through Google directory itself will help find more directories to list in including many content specific ones that may only allow submission of sites like yours. Ok I found many new places to submit and list and it did take some time but completed, now what’ Well (thus Google directory) only has a very small fraction of the total number of directories that are out there. Why not go to and type in ‘directory’ and ‘directories’. Hmmm’ while you are at it ‘ do not forget to type in your primary targeted keywords and/or keyphrases into and add +”directory” and
+”directories” after the primary word or phrase. You would be surprised at how many “submit your site” sites are out there totally on topic to your site, and with a listing waiting for you! Remember the simplicity of the web is being linked, the challenge, is making those links meaningful and finding the right balance between incoming and outgoing links.
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Fundamental Differences Between Search Engines And Web Directories Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0000 seo_admin “Search engine” and “Web directory” are two different search services available to the Web community; although they are often mistakenly confused. Search engines have indices that are built up by robots or crawlers; whereas Web directories build up their indices through human editors. Many search engines and directories contain both a computer-generated index and a [...]
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Google, Inktomi, AltaVista, AlltheWeb and the like are all forms of search engines. These search engines write programs known as robots, crawlers and/or spiders that have the following functions: (1) to locate Web pages, (2) to read the contents of the Web pages and (3) report its findings back to the search engine’s indices or databases. Many search engines update their index either on a bi-monthly or monthly basis. When Web searchers use a search engine to locate Web sites that are relevant to the keyword search, they are searching the search engine’s index. A search engine with a larger and more up-to-date index is a better representation of the information available in the Web.
Yahoo!, Open Directory Project (, Gimpsy and the like are all forms of Web directories. These directories use human editors to review sites that are submitted for submission to the directory. Directories, unlike search engines, use a hierarchical tree structure to organize their database. Another common distinction is that a directory tends to list Web sites (root directory of a site or homepage) whereas a search engine will list Web pages (individual pages of a Web site). Due to the manual process of adding sites to a directory, directories often have to supplement their search results with a search engine partner to increase the relevancy of the produced search results. Most users tend to use search engines by typing in keywords into a search box. It is a quick and easy way to find specific information. I use search engines to locate technical information quickly, and Web directories to locate a listing of sites that offer similar services. For example, I was in need of an office sign for my company. I went to the Yahoo! directory and located the most appropriate category for sign manufacturers and contacted a handful for quotes.
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Friday, June 12
For the Love of Letterpress.
Fellow blogger Jordan Ferney of Oh Happy Day, alerted me to some new summer letterpress classes she's teaching here in San Francisco. This sounds like great fun! Students send in a design themselves or choose one of the designs from here a week before the class and she makes you a plate. Then, the day of the class you can print 250 of your very own letterpress cards! The class costs $125 and is held in Jordan's art studio on Valencia Street in San Francisco. Attached are a couple of cards other students have printed. The classes are: Saturday, June 27th, Saturday, July 18th, and Saturday, August 8th. More information can be found right here.
k_in_sf said...
Letterpress = LOVE! Thank you for sharing this. If I get a job before then, I'm going to try to go.
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Thanks Victoria for the shout out.
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Stanza 5 Summary Page 1
Lines 17–18
Parking spaces luxuriate like civic
sandpiles in the heart of Boston.
• These soon-to-be parking spaces are now just piles of sand, chilling in the middle of Boston.
• Vocab brush up: "civic" means of or relating to a city, a citizenship, or community affairs. This makes sense when describing the sandpiles because they're in the middle of Boston.
• There is a little hint of criticism from the speaker about these inanimate objects. He makes them seem kind of lazy and showy.
Lines 19–20
A girdle of orange, Puritan-pumpkin colored girders
braces the tingling Statehouse,
• The critical tone continues. Comparing a woman's undergarments (girdle) to the girders (supporting beams) creates a silly visual and makes it hard to take the construction seriously. We definitely let out a giggle picturing this one.
• He states that the girders are orange right away. But he goes further to describe them as Puritan-pumpkin colored. Puritan refers to a specific religious population in Boston from its beginning, and though less so, still to this day. Why he uses pumpkin together with Puritan is anyone's guess. Maybe he's thinking of those clichéd early Thanksgiving images. Who knows?
• In any case, it's safe to say Lowell is trying to paint a ridiculous, not glamorous, picture.
• Lowell uses a form of "tingle" again, here to describe the statehouse (before to describe the young speaker's excitement). It's difficult to pinpoint if Lowell is trying to convey excitement this time or something else. Fear? Anticipation? Let's read on…
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Book of Genesis Chapter 18 Summary
All About Abe
• The Lord appears to Abraham at the hottest part of the day while Abraham's chilling on his porch.
• But Abraham sees three men. The three men switch in and out with God throughout this story. Try to keep track. And while you're at it, think about this: what are the implications of this regarding the modes of divine epiphany?
• Abraham shows some hospitality, bowing to them as a sign of respect, begging them to honor him with their presence, and serving up a feast.
• While they're eating, the three guests ask where his wife Sarah is. Abraham points to her tent.
• Then one of the guests declares that she will have a son. Hmmm, we've heard this before.
• Sarah eavesdrops on the conversation and chuckles to herself because—we mean, she's already gone through menopause. Abraham laughed about this too, but he wasn't quite as discreet as Sarah (compare 17:17-18).
• The Lord won't let it go. He interrogates Abraham for Sarah's laughter.
• Guess what? Sarah lies about laughing, but come on, who's fooling who? The Lord busts Sarah on her lie.
• The three men set out toward Sodom, and Abraham walks with them as he says goodbye.
• The Lord tells Abraham that the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is very loud, which means that their wickedness is serious stuff.
• The Lord's going to go check it out, and if things are as bad as they sound, there's going to be trouble.
• Abraham turns philosophical on us and starts questioning the nature of justice. He asks a fair question: will God destroy the righteous with the wicked?
• Even if there's fifty good people, isn't it unfair to destroy everyone? God should distinguish between the innocent and the guilty. He is, after all, the "Judge of all the earth" (18:26). Doesn't that mean he should act with justice?
• The Lord thinks Abraham has a good point. The deity didn't cut a bunch of deals with this guy for nothing.
• Abraham pushes harder and asks whether this holds true for forty-five innocent people.
• (Don't worry, he prefaces his remark by humbly admitting he is but dust and ashes. That's a smart thing to do when talking to authority figures, we guess.)
• God agrees. God will not destroy the cities if there are forty-five righteous people there.
• This continues until Abraham whittles the Lord down from fifty to ten righteous people.
• Yep, Abraham just bargained with God.
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Inflammation, a frontline defense against infection or disease, can help nurture skin cancer, researchers have found.
IDO, an enzyme that works like a firefighter to keep inflammation under control, can be commandeered to protect early malignant cells, say Medical College of Georgia researchers studying an animal model of chronic inflammation and skin cancer. "Inflammation should really help prevent a tumor," says Dr. Andrew Mellor, director of the MCG Immunotherapy Center and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Immunogenetics.
In fact, there is strong evidence that inflammation triggers the immune response. "You want a good immune response; this is what protects you from pathogens," he says. "In this case, it's an unfortunate exploitation by malignant cells."
In a study with Drs. George C. Prendergast and Alexander J. Muller at the Lankenau Institute of Medical Research in Philadelphia, researchers gave mice a single dose of a carcinogen at the same time they began painting a tiny portion of skin with a poison ivy derivative twice weekly for 20 weeks. IDO quickly became part of the mix, creating a "suppressive" immune response that helped resulting precancerous cells grow into tumors, according to research published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. When they used the same protocol in a mouse in which IDO had been genetically deleted, tumor development dropped off dramatically.
The scenario is analogous to chronic sun exposure and skin cancer, says Dr. Mellor, the study's corresponding author. Ultraviolet radiation in sunlight causes malignant skin cells to appear but sun exposure also causes skin inflammation, as evidenced by sunburn.
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Festo Bionic Handling Assistant Shows Humans and Machines Can Work Together [Video]
Apr 23, 2010
Until they become sentient and ultimately lead to the destruction of human kind. Oh, wait, that's a movie. Anyway, we'd love to introduce you to the Bionic Handling Assitant, and the crazy mechanical arms that they are. And yes, those are pincers at the end of those long metallic trunks. The company behind the pair of arms believes these will improve some integral pieces of the machine/human equation, but we think they may terrify some folks.
These bionic arms are designed from the inspiration of elephant trunks, and as you watch the video you'll understand where they may get that idea. The flexibility and movement of the arms definitely do elephant trunks justice. But it's those pincers that make us raise an eyebrow. Designed by Festo in Esslingen, Germany, the BHA was developed to study and improve the interaction between humans and machines. We weren't aware that needed to be studied or improved, but apparently it does.
According to a quote from the company's product page, the BHA is a stark improvement over the traditional heavy industrial robots, and proves that direct contact with the machines is now no longer hazardous. The FinGripper (those pincers) is adaptive as well, changing its grip accordingly to the objects it is holding in its grip. There's no word on when the BHA could ever be tested in an actual scenario, let alone implemented in an actual human environment (we could see the medical field capitalizing on creations such as this), but we know it's coming. It's just the future, ladies and gentlemen, there's no need to panic.
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A Socialist Labor Party Statement—
Why It’s Still With Us
Few problems demonstrate more graphically the vicious and antisocial characteristics that the present social system engenders and prolongs than racism. Moreover, that problem has, time and again, exposed the hypocrisy and opportunism of politicians and various reformers, both so-called liberal and reactionary. Decades of lip service to minority rights and legislative action at the local, state and federal level intended to extend and protect such rights have, at best, had only limited impact on some of the more overt effects of racism.
Taken as a whole, however, it is a grim and paradoxical fact that racial tensions, bigotry and intolerance are on the increase throughout the nation. Hate crimes are reportedly at an all-time high. Why? Unfortunately, as with many serious social issues and problems, the current increase in racial strife does not lend itself to an easy explanation or a simple one-dimensional answer. In fact, as the Socialist Labor Party has noted in earlier treatments of racism and related matters, issues connected to civil rights can seldom be readily answered with strictly theoretical arguments or abstract formulations unsupported by concrete material evidence and logical reasoning. Thus, a categorical answer to each of the increasing and varied number of racist incidents is not possible because individually and collectively those incidents stem from a more complex issue with many ramifications that need to be considered in their entire social context.
Specifically, to understand why virulent racism is still with us, one must take into account that while a great deal of effort has been made, particularly since the civil rights movement made its appearance in the 1950s, to minimize and alleviate the effects of racism, nothing whatever has been done to eliminate the cause, namely, the irrational, strife-ridden, class-divided capitalist system under which we live.
As the Socialist Labor Party, in its publication Capitalism: Breeder of Race Prejudice, noted: "Once one understands the nature of the strife-ridden capitalist system and the economic and material factors at work in this society one can readily see why the speciously attractive theory that prejudice may be overcome through education and scientific refutation of the race-haters’ lies is doomed to failure. For this theory is based on the fatuous premise that race prejudice may be overcome by reforming people’s minds while leaving untouched the social and economic conditions that breed [and feed] prejudice.”
This is not to say that there are none among the defenders of capitalism that realize that economic factors play a very significant part in determining racial attitudes. For example, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, in a recent column warning that “A generation of bigots is coming of age,” noted that recent data “strongly suggests that progress on racial attitudes is being reversed—with contributions from both races. Worse, this is happening at a time when the economic pie is shrinking [sic] and competition for jobs increasing. If the economic trend continues, racial intolerance is likely to grow.”
Cohen went on to note that those “programs” that resulted from the civil rights movement and may have tended to encourage attitudes of racial tolerance somewhat “were instituted during a period of [relatively] sustained economic growth, a boom time especially for college graduates, when jobs were plentiful. That’s no longer the case.”
It is significant that some of the most intense and sustained opposition to efforts to extend economic and social equality to black people has come from white workers whose economic and social positions are closest to those of black workers. Any improvement in the status of black workers is viewed as a “threat” by white workers in the job and housing markets where the two are in constant competition. The same is true in the field of education. Those fears are exacerbated by economic crises. Racism intensifies and spreads rapidly under the prod of sharpened competition for diminished job and housing availability.
More than a century ago, Frederick Engels observed, or rather explained, that “Competition is the completest expression of the battle...which rules in modern civil society. This battle, a battle for life, for existence, for everything, in case of need a battle of life and death, is fought not between the different classes of society only, but also between the individual members of those classes. Each is in the way of the other, and each seeks to crowd out all who are in his way, and to put himself in their place.” (Condition of the Working Class in England)
The efforts of black workers and their families to improve their conditions, particularly in the decaying urban ghettos, have led to another threatening development. Those efforts have been seized upon by racist groups and distorted into “explanations” of the worsening conditions in those disintegrating urban ghettos, thereby not only detracting attention from the real cause, but enticing white workers into their reactionary groups and activities. Whatever success the racist demagogues and reactionaries have had in doing so is due primarily to the blindness of the white workers so enticed to their own class interests. Instead of making the connection between the problems and concerns of black workers and the origins of their own problems and fears, those white workers have aligned themselves with their real enemies.
What makes all this even worse is the growing attachment of young people to the racist movement. As a column on the op-ed page of the Aug. 25,1993, New York Times noted: “The white supremacist movement in the United States wears a new and terrifying face. You could see it in the photographs that ran with the hundreds of newspaper articles in July about a plot foiled in Los Angeles to murder Rodney King [and a number of others]....
“The police say that this hellish scenario intended to ignite a race war was masterminded by a 20-year-old man...a former Eagle Scout turned neo-Nazi...[described by] one newspaper [as] ‘the epitome of the all-American boy.’”
One thing is certain. So long as the destructive competitive spirit generated by capitalism continues to permeate every aspect of society, racism will not only prevail, in many respects it will grow worse. For it is primarily a product of the conflicts generated among workers of all races as a result of the competition for jobs, housing and social services, all of which are steadily falling further below the need and the demand.
The record of failure that marks decades-long efforts to eliminate racism attests to the impossibility of overcoming that evil by a narrow and contrived approach to any or all of its manifestations. It illustrates the need to treat those manifestations, not in isolated frameworks, but in their full social context. Bluntly stated, the negative results to date are due to the fact that the basic cause of racism hasn’t been admitted, let alone addressed.
As Robert Coles, a Harvard psychologist, put it during the bitter conflict between blacks and whites over school busing in Boston almost 20 years ago: “The ultimate reality is the reality of class. Having and not having is the real issue. To talk only in terms of racism is to miss the point. Lower income whites and blacks are both competing for a very limited piece of the pie.”
If workers want to end that self-defeating competition, it is necessary that they realize that racial antagonisms are a tactical measure of capitalism to prevent working-class unity. A working class conscious of its political and economic potentials and of the means to achieve a livable world for all, can put an end to economic insecurity and the interracial distrust it breeds by putting an end to capitalism.
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Smogon University PO Statistics — April 2012
Discussion in 'BW Competitive Discussion' started by Antar, May 1, 2012.
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1. InfernoJesus
Sep 26, 2010
Seems like people are totally underrating bulk-up toxicroak and scrafty. So many teams are unable to deal with these threats, I'd like to see them get more usage.
2. FrostFire
is a Tiering Contributor
Mar 23, 2011
Eh, I kind of think they're about where they deserve to be. The problem with Scrafty is that it's base 90 Attack is really underwhelming, and even at +1, it's attacks are still pretty weak. Furthermore, I can't help but feel that BU Scrafty is just completely outclassed by BU Breloom, what with Poison Heal/ immunity to status, Spore, much more power, and arguably a better secondary typing.
As for Toxicroak, it's really completely dependent on rain - which means that if you lose the weather war, it's effectiveness is drastically reduced (though it is a menace inside rain). All things being equal though, I feel the same thing I said for Scrafty holds for Toxicroak too; I just feel that Breloom does the whole Bulk Up set better, which is one reason why I think DD Scrafty and SD Toxicroak are the better sets, respectively. Though, that really is just opinion.
Also... Latios at 11. I'm still not sure about this, either it's way too low, or way too high - and I haven't quite decided which. I've discovered when battling with it, that if your opponent does not have Scizor or Tyranitar, then Latios becomes insanely powerful; but while they're on the field, it's prowess is considerably neutered. I feel this statement holds true for the likes of Latias and Reuniclus as well - can be incredibly good, but there are some painfully highly used standards that hold them back. I guess this is just the bane of being a Psychic type.
And another thing. I find it interesting that Scizor is on 26.216% of teams, and yet Rotom-W is "only" on 18.957% of teams. Reason being, I thought these two were pretty much joined at the hip these days, what with Volt-Turn. I would have expected their usage to be closer, in terms of real percentage.
But meh.
3. The Silent Storm
The Silent Storm
Apr 24, 2010
Well yeah, Scizor is mostly used with Rotom-w usually, but it should be remembered that Scizor is perhaps, the best check for Terrakion, and quite frankly a great revengekiller with the powered Bullet Punch, add the Steel Type and the fact that U-turn hurts alot if you're not resistant to it and Scizor can be inserted in almost any teams
4. Arcticblast
Arcticblast Winner of the Biggest Dork Competition 2014
Nov 29, 2008
Is it just me, or has Forretress been getting less and less useful in the metagame? It seems like the physical attackers have been getting beefier, the special attackers more diverse, and the Spinners more prevalent. Forry used to be my go-to wall/spinner, but on my last couple teams it's lost its luster and been replaced. Maybe because it jumped 9 places in usage and people are considering it more often when building teams...
5. jrp
jrp wanker of the highest order
Jul 24, 2010
only use forry has is that it has sturdy imo. It's practically dead weight in most situations, and frankly Starmie is a much more attractive option when looking for a spinner unless you're running a sun team, which Donphan does a great job spinning for.
6. Jimera0
Jul 24, 2010
It's not a recent occurrence in my opinion; I came to realize pretty early in this generation that Forretress just can't keep up with the metagame this generation. Its total lack of reliable healing, difficulty in avoiding becoming set-up bait, and just plain not being as bulky as things like Ferrrothorn have all made it a worse and worse choice. I find myself better off packing hazards and rapid spin onto two different Pokemon these days than I do saving the slot and using Ferrothorn, primarily because Ferrothorn can't really do either successfully. Actually, as a suicide Toxic-Spikes lead it has some merit due to sturdy, but still. Sucks balls, not sure why it's hung on so long in the standings. Probably because on paper it just looks like it covers so many roles... while in practice it actually covers none of them particularly well.
7. /B/utterfree
Sep 3, 2010
Forry is still useful, albeit not as much as before. The buff of Sturdy certainly helped it maintain its niche in OU, not to mention the lack of really good setup-spinners (Donphan can only set up Stealth Rock, not all three - Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Stealth Rocks are all extremely valuable in OU) to take its place.
If you already have a hazard/spinner duo on your team, then you're fine without Forretress. Forry liberates a spot so something else can be a wall or simply sweep. Gen V Sturdy and Volt Switch still allow it to be valuable without compromising momentum.
8. Meru
is a Forum Moderatoris a Community Contributoris a Tiering Contributor
Aug 7, 2005
Forry is a lot harder to fit on a stall team than last gen, but it still EASILY has a niche in the OU metagame. Sturdy can be invaluable vs HO teams sometimes when you just need to get one last hit in.
9. Lee
Lee @ Thick Club
is a Team Rater Alumnusis a Forum Moderator Alumnus
Jan 2, 2007
So shit gets real in a mere 33 days - Keldeo is officially released.
How do you expect this to effect the usage statistics? It's hard to imagine CB Scizor continuing his dominance since Keldeo resists 3/4 of his moveset and you don't wanna give this dude a free turn. Heatran will likely become a bit less valuable, Ferrothorn will run Power Whip more often and Tyranitar usage will go up even higher to cockblock Rain. The Latis and Starmie might see more use given that they're such solid checks/revenge killers with Psyshock and we might even see a slight rise in stuff like Tornadus and Alakazam.
10. The QWAZ
The QWAZ
Jan 15, 2012
well, keldeo will force scizor to drop in usage but I really don't think it will change the metagame as much as everybody is hyping it up to, DW players can all deal with it and it is never getting past jelly or dragonite; however I predict that a double water strategy utilizing specs politoad/vaporeon and keldeo to blast holes in the opponents team, hell that combo can even beat the blobs and ferrorthorn with secret sword. My biggest fear is that keldeo will cause sun to have even more issues in OU, with its hugely powerful hydr pumps flying around sun players may have to resort to carrying a jellicent.
11. Saitsuofleaves
Apr 4, 2012
Oh no, Keldeo talk shall return.
Pretty much, initially the usage will skyrocket with a lot of people running CB Terrakion with Specs Keldeo in the rain to try and smash anything that dares stay in front of them.
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The Common Good
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The Bible's Better Half
by Ed Spivey Jr. | February 2004
The Bible has one problem: They left out half the good stuff.
The immensely popular book The Da Vinci Code is a groundbreaking work that causes the reader to ask a profoundly personal question: Who did I loan my copy to and when will the five people they loaned it to give it back?
And that’s not all. The book also challenges our basic understanding of biblical history and the theology that created the modern church. Even though The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction (much like the upcoming biography The Greatness of George W. Bush), its descriptions of early church history are purportedly true, leaving the reader with the disturbing notion that the creation of the Bible itself was compromised by one major problem: They left out the good stuff.
According to The Da Vinci Code (and LOTS of respected academic literature, which I would have read but for my longstanding principle of being 100-percent research-free), the Roman emperor Constantine conspired with the early church hierarchy—which may have included Karl Rove—to create a set of scriptures that emphasized Jesus’ divinity rather than his more accessible humanity. Whole parts of Jesus’ life and legacy have been left out, depriving us of a fuller sense of what it must have been like to be the Son of God during, say, snack time in kindergarten. (TEACHER: Goodness me, where’d all those extra cookies come from?)
Nor do we have a record of his teenage years, a typically difficult time that youngsters could better deal with had the biblical narrative included inspirational stories of an adolescent Jesus of Nazareth:
EDDIE OF HASKEL: Good morning, Mrs. Nazareth, is Jesus at home? And may I say you look lovely today. Having children at an early age certainly seems to have agreed with you.
JESUS: Cut it out, Eddie. And that reminds me, you are SO not going to be one of my disciples when I grow up.
EDDIE: Fine with me, Mr. Alpha and Omega Junior. Me and Lumpy have other plans anyway. We’re going to be—get this—fishers of fish. As opposed to that wacky idea of yours.
JESUS: Whatever. Hey, Dad, can we take the car?
JOSEPH: What is a "car," my son?
JESUS: Oops. Never mind.
And while the Bible dwells on the 40 days of temptation before Jesus starts his ministry, we read nothing about the arguments he must have had with his teachers who probably wanted him to go to grad school first.
BUT THE BIGGEST problem with the Bible, according to The Da Vinci Code, is that it only tells half the story of the early church—the guy half—and omits much of the legacy of women. It’s obvious the early church fathers didn’t run their ideas by the early church ladies, probably for fear of having Third Century crockery flung at them in disgust. (In fact, some scientists believe the broken bits of pottery found in archeological digs were not the result of millennial decay, but were caused by angry women trying to keep priests away from the office shredders.)
I don’t think I’m giving away the ending (since it’s obvious by Chapter Two) to say that a particularly controversial aspect of the book, if true, would add a second shortest verse to the Bible. Specifically, "Jesus dated."
Let’s face it, Constantine and his scribes couldn’t have included scripture recounting Jesus’ first social engagement with a girl (JESUS: Open thine eyes, and sin no more. GIRL: Look, I’m not really blind, okay? It’s just an expression...), much less have the Bible making reference to the more controversial possibility that Jesus may have been married. (And it would have been the perfect marriage, with minimal chores! Sigh.)
No, the state-sanctioned church wanted to keep Jesus above the people, so the church could be the go-between for their salvation. Had the full story been told of Jesus’ empowerment of his followers, today’s ecclesial hierarchy would be like the Maytag Repairman. There might be a phone, but it wouldn’t ring.
As it is, the deeper experience of community and gender inclusiveness within the early church is little mentioned by scripture, and few other documents have survived to fill in these sinful omissions. All we have is the official Bible, the still unreleased Dead Sea Scrolls (TRANSLATOR: What’s another word for "equal"? Oh, I know: "male headship."), and some bits of parchment containing the earliest known recipe for Jell-O with miniature marshmallows. (Some Christian sects may have added coconut to this ancient potluck dish, but again, the flawed biblical record is unable to debunk this egregious heresy.)
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This article is part of the Roamin' Dad series.
HELLO from your father aka the worlds newest Jake A. Rowling!!!!!!!! I have been up to something this morning and I think its going to pay off big. As you know I'm not the spry young man of our yesterdays. It's getting cold out now and being an older gentleman of advanced age and belly I have decided to stay in the car this week and write a novel for NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MOTH.
I have been kicking around an idea for a novel in my mind for over 15 years and only now have I finally started putting it on paper. I was first inspired in 1992 to write a novel about a future world with alternate fuel sources when one winter we realized the Horse Room was warmer than all the other rooms because the horse was in it and we renamed the horse to The Heater and brought it to the rooms we wanted to be warm in. Anyway My outline is coming along nicely and my story will have it all. My novel will be full of mystery, intrigue, action, sex, birthdays, murder, colorful characters, vandalism, petty theft, bad smells, a cyberforest, and more.... Here is what i have written:
Jack "Thirsty" Hardbody is a traveling gun salesman who rides across the desert in a post-apocalyptic four-dimensional hyperworld looking for love and guns to sell. "Man, I'm Thirsty," he remarked to himself as his dirtbike peeled out from a dusty desert gas station and endless sand dunes reflected off of his mirrored shades, "I Guess They Don't Call Me Thirsty For Nothing!" He used his free hand to direct drops of sweat into his mouth while he drove with the other hand, as future men often did, due to the destruction of everything in the world and the lack of water. Nobody was as good at getting all the sweat drops as he was though, which is why he gave himself the nickname Thirsty. Ordinarily another person would have given him a nickname, but almost everyone died in The Third Computer War. The Automatic Nickname Generator (known in its final minutes as Flamey) was also destroyed.
After a satisfying ride he went home to find his dear aunt close to death. Her medication was stolen and replaced with Space Poison. "Aunt, who did this to you. Who could possibly do this..." She was resting on her hover-deathbed nearly motionless but opened her eyes for just a moment. "I Think It Was... The Albino Teen..."
"THE Albino Teen...?"
"Yeah, Him..."
"Well That Tears It! Lets Peel Out"
With the wind whipping his face and dirtbike, Hardbody used a flick of his neck to bring his braided ponytail to the front of his torso, so that he could put the end of it in his mouth and the sweat from his head would slowly seep its way up to his mouth like that experiment back in school with the string and the colored water in the cups. He would need to drink a lot of his precious sweat if he was going to face off against The Albino Teen, who was likely also sweating
That is what i have so far but soon i will get to the part that shows the destruction of the Albino Teen but introduces the genderless antagonist Martin Gender who unearths the dream crystal and appears in peoples dreams doing things like going skydiving and shouting PULL THE RIPCORD!!! and the victims wake up pulling on their own armpit hair. (Based On A True Story That Happened To Me...) the book will be called Genderworlds: A Lust for Peace
GOODBY!!!!!!!!!! DAD
– Jon "@fart" Hendren (@fart)
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heic0822 - Photo Release
Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars
25 November 2008
Two of our Galaxy's most massive stars have been scrutinised in an impressive view by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They have, until recently, been shrouded in mystery, but the new image shows them in greater detail than ever before.
The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth. The Carina Nebula contains several ultra-hot stars, including these two star systems and the famous blue star Eta Carinae, which has the highest luminosity yet confirmed. As well as producing incredible amounts of heat, these stars are also very bright, emitting most of their radiation in the ultraviolet and appearing blue in colour. They are so powerful that they burn through their hydrogen fuel source faster than other types of stars, leading to a "live fast, die young" lifestyle.
WR 25 is the brightest, situated near the centre of the image. The neighbouring Tr16-244 is the third brightest, just to the upper left of WR 25. The second brightest, to the left of WR 25, is a low mass star located much closer to the Earth than the Carina Nebula. Stars like WR 25 and Tr16-244 are relatively rare compared to other, cooler types. They interest astronomers because they are associated with star-forming nebulae, and influence the structure and evolution of galaxies.
WR 25 is likely to be the most massive and interesting of the two. Its true nature was revealed two years ago when an international group of astronomers led by Roberto Gamen, then at the Universidad de La Serena in Chile, discovered that it is composed of at least two stars (see the separate image). The more massive is a Wolf-Rayet star and may weigh more than 50 times the mass of our Sun. It is losing mass rapidly through powerful stellar winds that have expelled the majority of its outermost hydrogen-rich layers, while its more mundane binary companion is probably about half as massive as the Wolf-Rayet star, and orbits around it once every 208 days.
Massive stars are usually formed in compact clusters. Often the individual stars are so physically close to each other that it is very difficult to resolve them in telescopes as separate objects. These Hubble observations have revealed that the Tr16-244 system is actually a triple star. Two of the stars are so close to each other that they look like a single object, but Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys shows them as two. The third star takes tens or hundreds of thousands of years to orbit the other two. The brightness and proximity of the components of such massive double and triple stars makes it particularly challenging to discover the properties of massive stars.
WR 25 and Tr16-244 are the likely sources of radiation that is causing a giant gas globule within the Carina Nebula to slowly evaporate away into space, while possibly inducing the formation of new stars within it . The radiation is also thought to be responsible for the globule's interesting shape, prominently featured in earlier Hubble images, which looks like a hand with a "defiant" finger pointing towards WR 25 and Tr16-244 (see separate image).
These new observations were obtained by a team including astronomers from US, Chilean, Spanish, and Argentine institutions and led by Jesús Maíz Apellániz from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Spain. They are using Hubble as well as ground-based observatories in Spain, Chile, and Argentina to build a comprehensive catalogue of observations of all the massive stars in the Galaxy that are detectable at visible wavelengths.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
Detailed view of the Carina Nebula
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A senator's unorthodox behavior gets him kicked out of office.
A romantic dispute turns two dancing gangs against each other.
A man undergoes a treatment that destroys his sense of right and wrong.
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Add-In for searching object in SSMS without touching mouse
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IDENTITY Property in SQL Server
Sometimes we need a column whose values can uniquely identifying the rows in the table. To achieve this purpose, this column should contains the unique values and it can’t contains the NULL or empty values. We can use this column in the “Where” clause of the Select statement to retrieve the data from the table quickly.
But as a human being we sometime forget to insert the data into this column or sometimes we insert the duplicate data into this column. So it will be very helpful if the SQL Server itself insert the value in this column whenever we try to insert any row into the table. SQL Server does this with the help of the identity column. We can set the initial value for this column and the value which the previous value is incremented to get the new value. We sometimes use this like the primary key of the table.
For example, suppose we want to create a table named student whose structure is given below
CREATE TABLE Student (Studentid int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL,Firstname nvarchar (200) NULL,Lastname nvarchar (200),Email nvarchar (100) NULL )
Here column Studentid is defined as the identity column. In the Identity column, the value of the first argument defined the initial value for this column and the value of the second argument defined the value used to add in the last value of this column for getting the next value.
Now if we want to insert the row in the table Student, we do not need to specify the value for the column Studentid. For Example,
insert into Student (Firstname,Lastname,Email)
Values('Vivek', 'Johari', ‘')
Here we do not specify the value for the studentid column in the Insert Statement.
Set Identity_insert Tablename Off
For Example if we want to keep the identity column (studentid) property off for the Student table, we need to use the following Sql Query:-
set identity_insert Student off
Set Identity_insert Tablename On
For Example,
set identity_insert Student on
dbcc checkident (Tablename, reseed, 10)
For example, to reset the value of the studentid column of the table Student we need to use the following Sql Command
dbcc checkident (Student, reseed, 10)
1) Only one Identity column is possible for a table.
2) In case of truncate command on a table the identity column value is reset to 0.
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Steve Cole wrote:
The fundametal issue here is that a ship is not a group of people. It's a vehicle, and it goes where the captain says it goes.
In a group of five people, or a brigade of five thousand people, if the commander says "go over there" then some will get ahead of the group, others will lag behind, still others will hide and not go at all, and some will get lost along the way.
On a starship (or a wet navy warship for the matter), the "bridge crew" are just functionaries. They do't make decisions, they just apply their skill to whtever the captain said to do. Gunners don't pick targets; they target what the captain wants killed. Really, RPG for a bridge crew has got to be the most boring form of gaming imaginable. You aren't playing the game at all, you're just a die rolling machine for the captain.
I'm just saying, that's how it is.
If you haven't tried it...
I have, my players enjoyed it. Because I made certain that the setup was such that they had meaningful decisions to make.
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aramis, that is why SVC has me to edit the RPGs for ADB. Smile He keeps the universe logical; I try to make sure the RPGers have fun.
And that is why my scenarios for FC (when they are accepted) are usually taken from transcribing Olivette Roche or Michelle Less trivideos (or more recently Jena Biblios's tales). There's no way they could really happen that way ... at least according the main Air Force tapes. But what I find ... well, it leaves the Steves -> Shocked
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All in all I pretty much got the answer of my question. My group is relatively small (6 people) so we could set up the GURPS RPG session without any trouble and keep the SFB for:
1) We are missing too many people;
2) To work out the outcome of space combat relevent to the RPG story, where players would be in control of 1 ship each...or 2 to a ship.
Giving a small change of pace from time to time and -since they are also boardgamers, wargamers and miniaturist- they will enjoy the occasional change of pace.
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To add to the voices:
When we play, we use a fairly mashed up system using various components from various versions of FATE. I do some writing for StarBlazer Adventures, so using FATE to run games set of spaceships is quite natural to us. We use background from several PD sources (the Gurps ones, generally), but all system elements are either from various FATE games or written by me.
When space combat occurs, we use something like the abstract system from Diaspora. Range is determined based on what's going on in the game's fiction, but is often modified by various characters making rolls, usually the helmsman. The helmsman is not always someone's main PC, so this might just be whoever happens to fancy controlling him for the moment.
Combat works fairly effectively. when you realise that it's the players (not the characters) who're deciding what their ship is going to do, it's fairly easy. Yes, within the fiction it's captain Jill Blakeman who's calling the shots, but in reality it's not just Claire (who mainly plays Captain Blakeman) who decides what their cruiser will do, it's everyone. Once they've decided (usually no more than a few seconds), the captain speaks her orders and the other characters go about carrying them out. The gunners gun, the helmsman manoeuvres etc. The players controlling the various bridge crew make the rolls, but FATE has an interesting way of making even that fun, with players narrating what they do and calling in various Aspects to help.
(Aspects are one of FATE's mechanics which helps make games more interesting for the players and for the GM, and helps make things work the way we want them to. That is, in combination with Fate Points give the player characters that edge which characters in fiction have which keeps them alive when it's not entirely realistic for them to survive. Like the lucky breaks characters on TV and in books often have.)
Overall, it's quick, effective and helps shape the stories of the game. Space combat is not really a staple of the game we play, but it's quite fun when it happens. A recent showdown between the players FED CA and a Klingon D7 lasted about 5 game turns, which was about 12 minutes? Most of that was the captains gloating and trying th psyche each other out to be honest.
FATE's very sort of "new school" (for want of a better phrase) and not going to be for everyone, but it suits what we want very well.
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What is a market? (a guide for hackers)
(This post was inspired by a conversation with Nivi from Venture Hacks, but is otherwise not his fault)
There has been a proliferation of frameworks and metaphors lately that are designed to help startups avoid the all-too-common fatal mistake of failing to find a market. To wit: achieving product/market fit, getting customer validation, making something people want, things that matter, and of course the many excellent books on the topic, of which I'll mention just two of the best, Crossing the Chasm and The Innovator's Dilemma.
Having worked with dozens of founders over the past few months, I think I can safely say, without naming any names, that most of us are not too clear on what we're talking about when it comes to markets. Is a market a set of paying customers? Are there different types, or are they all similar? If so, how do we think about successful companies that don't charge money for their product? Are advertisers customers, and are they part of a market? Founders are constantly being barraged by incoherent and contradictory advice. For example, focus on finding a big market, but also, don't try to compete against large incumbents who already have a large market. But also, remember that eBay started out with pez dispensers but also remember that Google never advertised and I've heard that Facebook got it right from the start.
Few people want to admit that they don't understand what other people are talking about. That's especially true when jargon is flying and the stakes are high. For people who went to business school, I don't really know what to say. But I work with a lot of hackers-turned-founders who I do relate to. There's no earthly reason we should expect a programmer will have picked up a good understanding of market dynamics along the way, while they were busy figuring out how to grok partial template specialization.
Here's my attempt to explain market types using a metaphor most of us should be able to understand. It takes advantage of the idea, which I owe to Clayton Christensen, that customers buying a product are really "hiring" it to do a specific "job" for them. It's as if every customer, whether they are an enterprise, a small business, or an individual consumer, is actually an employer who wants to get things done. "People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!"
So imagine you're applying for a programming job. You're smart and have l33t skills. And yet, depending on who you talk to and what jobs you apply for, you may find an easier or harder time getting the job. Those differences are actually predictable, and fall into categories, and those categories are called market types. There are four:
1. Existing market. This is applying for an open job req. An employer is trying to hire someone for a specific job, and they think they know what that job is. You might be smarter than the other applicants, but there are zillions of them. Because the employer has so many choices, they can afford to be very picky. This is the world of incomprehensible job postings, jargon, and HR keyword-based screening. It's important to understand how these companies see you: your resume looks like crap, your references are poor or nonexistent, and you don't have the mandated 10 years of experience in J2EE ERP CRM WTF. Tough sell. In the world of startups, this is like trying to sell a product to a very demanding customer who needs to see a lot of features before buying.
2. Resegmented market (low cost variety). Here's a situation where you offer to do the job for 1/10th the cost. Instead of being paid $120k/yr, you are willing to do it for $12k/yr. This is how outsourcers get jobs they aren't otherwise "qualified" for. Keep in mind that a moderate price savings won't get it done; you can't call up traditional HR and say "I'll do the job for $105k" because that's not a meaningful sum to most companies, especially compared to the cost of making the wrong hire. In fact, you can't go through traditional channels at all. Recruiters and HR departments rarely recommend outsourcing - more likely, someone inside the company needs to get work done cheaply and circumvents the established hiring process to use an outside (cheap) vendor.
Here your challenge is to convince that manager that you really can do the job at such low cost. Now your crappy resume and low-grade references become a strength: you're obviously not wasting money on marketing. Why do you think outsources have been happy to generate all this PR the past few years about people losing their jobs to India? Although it generates some political backlash, it establishes tremendous credibility among people who are desperately trying to save money. They must be thinking "if it's costing people their jobs, it must really work. Maybe I should try that..."
3. Resegmented market (niche variety). This involves changing the job description. If the company is looking for programmers, you convince them they absolutely need Ruby programmers. Now, there's nobody with 10 years experience in doing ETL QVC in Ruby, so now your 3 years is starting to look pretty good. And now all those "qualified" candidates who you were competing against in scenario #1 are starting to look unqualified, because although they may be experts in something, they don't know Ruby, and you've convinced the client that Ruby is the be-all-end-all of programming languages. Remember Java?
4. New market - this is like applying to a company that does not have an open req for programmers. Your challenge is to convince them to hire you anyway, even though they don't know what they need. Now even 10 years of experience is probably not good enough, because they have no idea how many years experience you ought to have. Without a basis for comparison, you first have to drive home the need, then you will have an easy time making the sale (after all, you're the person who they trust to bring it to their attention). A possible approach is to "steal" another job category. For example, "If you hire me you can free up 10 of your staff in department X, because I will write software that ..." Toughest part of the sale is to get agreement that you really can deliver benefits that they didn't previously know were possible.
Here's the good and the bad news about new markets: you don't have any competition. When you call on a customer to try and get th job, it's unlikely that somebody else got there first. Unfortunately, that also means the csutomer is unlikely to know what you're talking about. Be prepared for an extended slog.
Think back to the confusing and contradictory advice I mentioned earlier. The #1 best way to cope with advice like that is to know your market type. That way, when someone say something like "you only have a few niche customers, so you can't be in a very big market" you can reply and (as a bonus) know what you're talking about. How about something like "don't worry! We're busy resegmenting the XYZ market with a disruptive low-price offering. Although that currently means we only can serve these few low-end customers, as our product improves, we'll eventually move up-market and kick the incumbents out."
They may not understand what you're talking about, but - don't worry! - they'll probably be too embarrassed to say anything.
1. One definition of a market I like comes from Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm: "a high tech market is a set of actual or potential customers, for a given set of products or services, who have a common set of needs or wants, and who reference each other when making a buying decision."
I think the last line "reference each other when making a buying decision" is key to understanding the distinction between what's required in different markets.
2. If you're open to alternative metaphors with which to explain market-types, Porter's Five Forces, etc, try the video game console wars. Hackers tend to understand why one console trumps another. PS2? Trendy image, DVD and a successful pre-cursor. Wii? Innovative, Auntie-friendly controller, etc. Twenty years from now, operating systems might also work as a good metaphor.
However, attempting to slot a market stereotype matrix on to the environment in which your start-up operates isn't always going to be particularly fruitful. It's more important that you just understand why your product exists, and how it manages to do so in relation to those (unique) start-ups which would just love to take your customers. Simply learn about your competition, use their products, and track their activities - and don't worry too much about an apparent lack of business buzz word usage in the day-to-day running of your business. Every start-up is different, so no market opportunity is going to be the same.
3. great analogies. i'm three chapters into 4 steps to the epiphany and you've nicely described blank's four market types in more familiar terms.
4. I think it's critical technologists understand market segments, even more than market types. I recently took a stab at explaining segments, based on Moore's definition Sean mentions above.
One can see how it ripples through the entire business plan.
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st: RE: finding a mean with empty obs cells
From "Nick Cox" <>
To <>
Subject st: RE: finding a mean with empty obs cells
Date Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:07:50 +0100
It helps a lot if you use standard Stata
terminology. Failing that, an example
would help.
When you say empty, you could mean at least
two things:
1. No such cell exists as an observation
in your data.
2. The corresponding observation contains
a missing value.
Either way, Stata typically does the right thing
in calculating means. So you should need
to do nothing.
For example,
tab id, su(myvar)
egen mean = mean(myvar), by(id)
just calculate from what you have.
> I have a data set that has up to 30 observations for one ID.
> All the IDs go
> up to 30 observations but most have between 10 to 15
> observations. When I
> try to find the mean, how do I not take into account the
> empty cells for a
> particular ID?
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The components of the software to build R itself, and additional software to build packages.
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Ole Worm
From Cultures of Natural History edited by Jardine, Secord and Spary
Born in 1588, Ole Worm — also known as Ole Wurm or Olaus Worm — was a Danish savant who became a professor of Latin, Greek, medicine and physics. Growing up, he enjoyed an exceptional education, traveling to Germany, Italy, France, England, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. He studied under the famous taxonomist Caspar Bauhin, visited the famous cabinet of Ferrante Imperato, and modeled himself after the famous Aldrovandi.
From A History of Geology and Medicine edited by Moody, Duffin and Gardner-Thorpe
Worm's interests covered natural objects, human artifacts, mythical creatures and ancient inscriptions. He built one of the most well-known curiosity cabinets in Europe, and in 1655 posthumously published Museum Wormianum, or History of the Rarer Things both Natural and Artificial, Domestic and Exotic, which the author collected in his house in Copenhagen.
Worm passed along remarkable stories if he believed they came from reliable sources, describing the wondrous attributes of bezoar stones grown inside animal bodies, for instance. Yet he also advocated investigations of unusual objects where possible. Not surprisingly, he considered the authority of ancient "experts" a hindrance to clear thinking. Worm was among the first to establish that the "unicorn horn" and narwhal tusks were actually one and the same, as he explained in a dissertation he delivered in 1638. He also disproved the spontaneous generation of lemmings (thought to fall from the sky, perhaps), though he didn't doubt the spontaneous generation of some other organisms.
Beyond his contributions to natural history, Worm laid the foundations of modern archaeological surveys, recommending assiduous collection of information from every archaeological site. Some historians have argued that Worm's collection might have spurred the interest of the young Niels Stensen (Steno), who in turn laid the foundations for modern geology. Steno grew up just a few streets away from Worm's curiosity cabinet. Unfortunately, Worm's collection did not outlast him very long. His small museum was shuttered after his death, the specimens sent to other collections. Some of the objects likely landed in the Royal Danish Kunstkammer, which Steno did visit, probably more than once.
Although Worm's original museum is gone, a three-dimensional facsimile of it now exists, thanks to photographer Rosamond Purcell. After years of examining the engraving of his small museum, she opened a recreation of it in 2003 at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, in her exhibition Two Rooms. That show was temporary, but in 2011, the recreated museum took up permanent residence at the Natural History Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
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Merry Christmas YAY!
2006-12-25 3:21pm by Ann
4 Responses to “Merry Christmas YAY!”
1. Gene says:
ahahaha….merry xmas :)
so…what did scoopie get?
2. Steve says:
… and a Happy New Year!!
I’m back home at last. So my Wii and Miis are finally all alone! Hehe.
For once it doesn’t suck to live in Europe, game-console-wise! Looks like this inspiring lil device is much harder to get in the US and Nippon these days. :P
Lots of love and sucess in 2007, everyone!
3. ann says:
Doh! And I still don’t have one! Not-so-popular in Europe? Fewer console gamers there?
Anyway back to my taxes… argh!
4. Steve says:
Not-so-popular? Yesterday I read, the Wii has been the fastest selling game console in European history. They sold 700k Wiis in December in Europe. Not bad… But in Nippon they sold 1.1 million units and in the US 1.8 million. I guess Europe has always been more of a PC-oriented game market.
Estimated taxes? Yikes! Can be intimidating when all income has already been reasonably invested (in video game consoles, world travels and cool clothing).
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Overview of noun circular
The noun circular has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
(an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers")
Overview of adj circular
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1. (6) round, circular
(having a circular shape)
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Overview of verb interstratify
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Overview of verb invade
The verb invade has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) invade, occupy
(march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939")
2. (4) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
(to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy")
3. invade, overrun, infest
(occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North")
4. invade
(penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs")
Overview of adj invading
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Overview of noun irrigation
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1. (2) irrigation
(supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc)
2. irrigation
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1. Macao, Macau
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Overview of noun premises
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1. (1) premises
(land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises")
Overview of noun premise
The noun premise has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) premise, premiss, assumption
(a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play")
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1. premise
(set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand")
2. precede, preface, premise, introduce
3. premise, premiss
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