The Control of the frequency of the brain waves – according to the Great Master Patañjali – the only and real historic coder of Yoga.
Yoga (which means to connect, bind, from its root Yuj - it is said Yudj) is an Integrated System of Total Development of the Human Being.
And this should always be done in harmony (without unbalancing; without any part assuming the main role over all other parts, causing a compromising delay or speeding).
2. Until it assumes an over bodily / Cosmic dimension, the (Nirbija) Samádhi – Enlightenment, the goal of Yoga – catapulting the Human Being to a Supra Human Lucidity (and leaving the billion years old genetic data of strong animal percentage behind it), and connecting it to the Base of all Memory and Cosmic Wisdom.
To achieve this, Yoga Sámkhya (in the beginning, when there was only one yoga – the Yoga – it was called Sámkhya) uses all the 14 Technical Disciplines, performed in each class. These Disciplines are called Anga (14 Anga), or parts, one for each discipline – the Mahá Sádhaná / Great Practice (there are 6 more Complementary Disciplines, in a total of 20). All of these prepare the last one, and the most important one: Dhyána/Samádhi – Real Meditation.
For instances, the Ásana – Psycho-bio-physic positions that offer an exceptional physical, muscular, energetic, emotional and neurological resilience, characteristic of Yoga prepare the mental evolution and the passage of high energies, without any secondary effect.Yoganidrá – Techniques of Physical, Emotional and Mental Relaxation – allow a total relaxation and a rapid recovery from the physical effort in just a few minutes. Besides, it also enables the untying of neuro-psychic knots and the self resolution of unsuspected and impenetrable situations in the complex human psych. The Mudrá – Reflexologic and Energetic Hand Postures – explore the anthropological connection between the Hand and the Brain and stimulate the dialogue between hands and brain in a direct and profound manner. The Kriyá – Organic Cleansing and Invigoration – along with a proper and careful diet, allow intense and complete processes of detoxification, originated in a unsuspected natural physiological human wisdom. The Mantra – Mastering of Sounds, Vibration and Harmony – enable one to deal with powerful sound forces, whose properties are very strong. The Bandha – Muscular and Neuro-Endocrinal Dinamizations – act directly upon nervous plexus and endocrinal glandules extremely invigorating taking the practitioner to a state of constant youth but with a great control and wise conduct. The Yama/Nyama – the basis of the self-discipline found in the Primordial Yoga, with a Matriarchal root and fraternal bounds, helps to conduct the very high energies gathered and handled, preventing an upsetting and possible lesions, not only in the physical level. They also stimulate self demand and Fraternity, and anti-deformed ego self work, maintaining clearly the purposes of Yoga and of the practitioner, without deviations. The Pránáyáma – Breathing Exercises of Neuro-Vegetative and Energetic Influence – allow exceptional energetic charges and the entrance in the Autonomous Nervous System and in the Neuro-vegetative functions, which in consequence brings the sensibility with the micro electro-nervous and electro-chemical currents and the Nádi (the lines mentioned in all the ethnic cultures of yellow skin, conducting energy from the Chakra [read Tchakra], its crossings and plexus, namely the 7 Main Chakra). In short, awakening, handling and conducting powerful body energies, namely the Kundalini - the Super Residual Energy of the DNA, that only millennia wisdom and the prudence of the Great Enlightened Masters of Yoga know how to handle.
All of this constitutes the basis for stability and the core of Yoga's pyramid, of which Dhyána - Meditation is its bright summit.
Without this, there is no true Meditation. Outside Yoga, there is no True Meditation.
Meditation was the "Western" way of defining/"translating" Dhyána, because it was a concept inexistent in this side of the Globe. So, it was necessary to adapt a word already existent, but it was done incorrectly and inappropriately. To meditate meant to think in something deeply. But Dhyána is the opposite of using the concrete mind (the top for western thinking). Although the Yogi [read yö'gë] explores the concrete mind in the beginning, followed by the abstract and then the artistic ones, in an intense, brilliant and unique way, he/she puts it aside once it begins to be a gross obstacle, many times ruled by ego, and ascends to vaster Dimensions until it reaches the Supra Cognitive Area of the Mind, the most powerful one. Known as – Overmind, behond the Concret Mind.
Each one of this Steps enables the efficient mastery of mind, reflected in the Control of the Frequency of Brain Waves in a way equivalent to the mounting of a stair, attaining enormous Height and Intensity, from the ordinary vigil state (β – beta) to α (alfa) and then deeply to θ (teta) and superiorly to Δ (delta).
1. Bhakti Shakti Dhyána / Samádhi – Profoundly Initiatic, almost inaccessible (it requires profound preparation and qualification).
To begin the mounting of these Stairs or Steps, the 5 levels of Consciousness, the Practitioner of Yoga begins by the 5th. Step – Prathyáhára – the abstraction from the senses, a dive in the interior micro cosmos (and its fantastic wisdoms) until total abstraction of the surroundings is achieved (like the turtle plucking its body, turning inwards, discovering treasures). A test to this phase, that takes many years to achieve, consists in turning on a sound sorce (a radio, for instances) and its noise does not distracts the practitioner not even slightly. Then, near an airport, with planes taking off and landing, to be really indifferent to these noises (in Yoga, and in Evolution, there is no pretending, as it is harmful to cheat oneself).
When the Practitioner achieves this state, it is ready to the last 4 steps, designated in its total as Samyama – to bind, as in the Origin.
The 4th.Step – Dháraná – Continuous Concentration will enable the practitioner to focus his/her entire mind, as if he/she had a lens to focus a single object of Concentration, without hesitating and without moving the mind or the attention not even for a second. A test to this stage will be to suggest the Practitioner several subjects to analyze and check if he/she can ignore them and keep a firm focus on the "object of concentration".
If so, this will be a total mastering of mind. Only then will the Practitioner be prepared toDhyána – True Meditation. The Practitioner will then hold a beam of mind which will enable him to experience the Supra Consciousness and the Supra Cognitive Mind (Over Mind), plus all the Lucidity and Vision arising as a consequence.
After mastering Dhyána, one opens the door to the SAMÁDHI (Enlightenment) – Supreme Human/Cosmic Intellective Consciousness (Buddhi).
Up to now, the Practitioner didn't confined the brain to the physical level, experiencing also the nervous, peripheral and autonomous system, and all the unused brain compartments increasing all the possible neuro conenctions, finding his/her better and brighter part, transforming the brain in an interface of the subtil cosmic surrounding.
Now, on the second stage – Sabíja (with seed) Samádhi, will give the great jump to access the Marvelous and Permanent Memory and Wisdom of the Universe. The Practitioner will mingle with Other Dimensions, besides the Human one, and will excel completely, assuming a Cosmic Greatness.
Finally, already as a Great Master (and Free), it will experience completely and totally theNirbíja (without seed) Samádhi – the Ultimate Yoga Goal, the 9th Stage according to Patañjali, breaking the Wheel of Samsára, seeing behind Illusion (Máyá) the Reality of All Cosmic Wisdom (beyond appearance). The Practitioner will feel and know that the All is a part of himself/herself and that He/She is also Everything. The small, petty and ridiculous ego will at last be discarded and the Being will be entirely devoted to the Service of the Great Universal Cause, "Completing the Work".
Nirbíja Samádhi is a Supreme State of the Unique Path of the Real Yoga. The Samádhi, because it is the Ultimate State of Being, it is not comparable to other states, such as Satori, Nirvana, etc. Do not be fooled by those.
Therefore, there is no Real Meditation outside Yoga. To the intense, disciplined and long training of the mind, until it reaches the Great Achievement and the Multi Dimensional Capacity, it is necessary to use all the Technical Disciplines of Yoga, and their complexity. These Disciplines will be the Great Support and Irreplaceable Aid to forge the Practitioner with discipline, cleanness, energetic rise, concentration, conduction, elevation and super-action. They all work as a pyramid where Dhyána/Samyama – Meditation/Samádhi are the enlightened top. Besides, it is also necessary to have as a Guide a True Great Master, who has already effectively walked this path himself.
All the other "meditations" from all the organizations of "meditation" outside Yoga will lead to nothing unless a serenity and well being – always welcomed in the society of stress, pollution and aggression to the Human Being and to Nature – but will only be but dry crumbles, dying flames of the Great Banquet of Wisdom and LIGHT, Power and Wisdom, that is inherent to it, and that, although not always promised to, it will always be denied to misinformed practitioners. (Over Mind) and the Consciousness and Vision that comes from it.
the Path is essential, leading to the Supreme Consciousness. This approach by the Practitioner-Philosopher must be constant and clear, otherwise it will be a waist of time and a deviation from the Practitioner's first intents. Even more, the Practitioner will not be able to accomplish the Yoga's proposal of constant non theoretical Evolution in a single direction, with Concentration (and not Dispersion), and with means identical to the Great Ending, without exception.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe 'omnibus::_user' do
  let(:chef_run) { ChefSpec::SoloRunner.converge(described_recipe) }

  it 'creates the omnibus build user' do
    expect(chef_run).to create_user('omnibus')
      .with_shell(%r{(\/opt\/.*?\/bin\/bash|\/usr\/local\/bin\/bash)})
  end

  it 'creates the home directory' do
    expect(chef_run).to create_directory('/home/omnibus')
      .with_owner('omnibus')
      .with_mode('0755')
  end
end

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Robin Dale
Fitzgerald & Ford
Song O the Week
DANG! is a multi-purpose band with a single objective: To bring together a century's worth of musical styles in a stew of contemporary, original music ranging from Appalachian tunes to gut-bucket rock and roll to acoustic "singer-songwriter" styles. They've even been called "Stringband Rock", an allusion to the melding of these styles via fiddle, banjo, dobro, mandolin, electric and acoustic guitars and drums.
Although they are a band in their own right, they also serve as accompaniment to the contemporary acoustic songs of Robin Dale Ford and Pat Fitzgerald. They play songs from Robin's latest CD, "ain't that skippin' & flyin'" and the rest are songs of Fitzgerald's from his "Wild Harvest" CD, plus two upcoming CDs, a second solo project and a DANG! recording.
Hang on to your seats, Folks. DANG! is like a good ol' jalopy. Sometimes is runs smooth, sometimes it runs ragged, but it always runs right. This is music from the front porch at the end of a long, dirt road featuring Robin Dale Ford and Pat Fitzgerald with John Carnahan and Eric Graves.
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Nav System, Heated Leather Seats, Third Row Seat, Moonroof, 20 BLACK TRIPLE 5-SPOKE WHEELS, Hitch. 3.6L V6 SEL Premium trim. AND MORE!
Leather Seats, Third Row Seat, Navigation, Sunroof, Panoramic Roof, All Wheel Drive, Power Liftgate, Rear Air, Heated Driver Seat, Heated Rear Seat, Cooled Driver Seat, Back-Up Camera, Premium Sound System, Satellite Radio, iPod/MP3 Input. Rear Spoiler, MP3 Player, Rear Seat Audio Controls, Remote Trunk Release, Privacy Glass.
20 BLACK TRIPLE 5-SPOKE WHEELS Wheels: 20 Black Triple 5-Spoke Alloy. Volkswagen 3.6L V6 SEL Premium with DEEP BLACK PEARL EFFECT exterior and BLACK LEATHER interior features a V6 Cylinder Engine with 276 HP at 6200 RPM*.


Sakai Guides and DocumentationAssessments and Grading AssessmentsHow can an instructor retrieve assessments that were saved but not submitted?
When a student selects the Submit for Grading button on the last page of an assessment or the Table of Contents, they are taken to an Assessment Submission Warning screen to confirm their submission. If they do not select the final Submit for Grading button to confirm, and the assessment is NOT timed, their responses may be saved, but the assessment will remain In Progress.
Instructors do not have access to the content of In Progress assessments. On the Scores screen, students with incomplete submissions would be listed as having No Submission recorded.
However, if a student has not yet submitted a copy of an untimed assessment, an instructor will see the student's submission with the Automatic Submission (Autosubmit) feature in Tests & Quizzes.
Auto submit occurs automatically at 4:30 AM EST each day.
If all three conditions above are true, the system will automatically submit the students saved assessment. The submission data will be available to instructors on the Scores screen after the latest acceptance date passes each morning.
If you are currently editing the Working Copy of the assessment, select the Settings link at the top of the assessment editing screen.
When the assessment settings are ready, and the questions are in place, select Save Settings and Publish to publish the assessment so that your students can take it. See the article How do I publish an assessment (i.e. test or quiz)?
Alternatively, if you're not ready to publish the assessment, you can select Save to save your settings selections.
If Autosubmit has not run yet, some students' submissions remain In Progress, and those students have not already submitted a copy of the assessment, you can edit the Settings on the published assessment to trigger an automatic submission and access any responses they saved.
At the bottom of the screen, select Save to save changes.
Zoom: Confirm to Stop Accepting.
You'll be shown a warning indicating that the assessment will no longer be available for students to take. If you're sure you don't want to accept any more student submissions, select Stop Accepting to confirm.
Zoom: Wait for submissions to become available.
If your assessment's latest acceptance date is in the past OR if you've chosen to Stop Accepting Now, In Progress assessments will be automatically submitted the next time Automatic Submission process runs.
Why are some assessments still listed In Progress?
Zoom: I enabled Autosubmit; why are some assessments still listed In Progress?
Zoom: How do automatic submissions display?
On the Scores screen, automatic submissions are flagged with the text AUTO-SUBMIT. The time stamp that appears in the Submit Date column for automatic submissions indicates when the student last saved content in the assessment, NOT when it was actually submitted by the Automatic Submission feature.
When an instructor accesses the Scores creen to grade the assessment, automatic submissions are flagged with the text AUTO-SUBMIT.


I've wanted to add a panadapter every one of my rigs for a while. After my success at minor repairs and adjustments the other day, I decided to try to add one to my HF rig, an Icom IC-751A. I already had the SDR and some RG-316 cable with SMA connectors on it, so I went to work.
The IC-751A on its side with the RF board cover removed.
I took off the covers and found the IF tap point that I'd read about online (thanks to Gary Rondeau). I cut off one end of the RG-316 cable I had, leaving about 24 inches of RG-316 with a male SMA on the other end, perfect for my SDR. I stripped the end and prepped it to be soldered to the IF tap connector (I didn't have a 2-pin connector, so I just decided to brute force it).
The stripped RG-316, ready to be soldered to the IF tap.
The IC-751A service manual came in handy here to show me which pin was ground and which was the IF signal. Once I had the cable soldered to the connector, I put the RF shield back on and decided to test it before I put the whole rig back together.
The RF board cover replaced and the IF cable routed out an existing gap.
My 30-year-old rig now had a 21st century panadapter!
I played with it for a day or two like this: IF straight into the SDR. I noticed that I could listen to conversations on the radio itself that I could barely hear, if I could hear at all, on the SDR. I know that some people put buffer amps and IF amps on their panadapters, and I had planned ahead for this: I had bought a $10 10dB amp board on eBay months ago. I also bought AM broadcast (2.6MHz high pass) and FM broadcast (87MHz low pass) filters to clean up any potential RFI. I didn't have all the connectors needed, so I left the FM broadcast filter on (I get a lot of FM station noise here) and added the amp. I mounted the whole thing to the side of the rig with a bit of double-sided tape and called it good.
The SDR, FM broadcast filter, and 10dB amp mounted to the left side of the rig.
It's still a bit quiet; I think I need more amplification. But it's a big help when glancing at a band and deciding where to go.
For now, I'm not controlling the rig with HDSDR since I think I found a bug when doing so, but I can see the current IF passband while tuning the rig; that works for me. I read the frequency and mode from the radio, and that sets HDSDR correctly. I can tune around on the radio, and HDSDR follows.
It seems that people have added panadapters to all sorts of rigs of all ages and makes. So if you want to add one, a simple Google search might turn up a page telling you exactly what to do. And for $25-50, you can add this incredibly useful tool to your radio. I plan on doing this to my other radios, too. It's an amazing upgrade for any rig.


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Pre-poll budget offers cash, cheaper fuel
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has unveiled a pre-election budget spliced with billions of dollars worth of tax offsets, cash payments and fuel excise relief.
A one-off tax break of $420 will go to more than 10 million Australians earning up to $126,000 a year.
Their total tax relief at the end of this financial year will be bumped up to $1500 for individuals – and up to $3000 for couples – already benefiting from the low to middle income tax offset.
Six million welfare recipients, veterans, pensioners, eligible self-funded retirees and concession card holders will get a $250 cost of living payment in April.
The federal government will also cut the fuel excise in half to 22.1 cents for the next six months, projecting savings of around $30 a week – or $700 in total – for a family with two cars filling up once a week.
The competition watchdog will ensure the saving is passed on by retailers, and the government has guaranteed no cuts to roads spending, which is funded by the excise.
Mr Frydenberg said an unemployment rate heading below four per cent, lower taxes and programs helping 100,000 Australians into their own home were evidence of the government's economic plan working, urging voters to stick with the coalition.
He said the measures announced in the 2022/23 budget were "temporary, targeted and responsible" and address cost of living pressures.
"Practical measures that will make a difference."
Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michelle O'Neil says one-off payments do not make up for wage stagnation.
Australian Council of Social Service chief Cassandra Goldie says much of the assistance goes to people who don't need it.
"We've got people who are facing homelessness and hunger and we didn't get a budget that will tackle it in a permanent way," she said.
Treasury has forecast a budget black hole of $78 billion for 2022/23, before the deficit contracts to $43.1 billion in three years time, as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tax breaks will also flow through to small businesses that invest in technology and employers who upskill their employees.
A small business will get a $120 tax deduction for every $100 they spend on training employees or on digital technologies like cyber security and web design.
There will also be up to $5000 for new apprentices and $15,000 wage subsidies for employers who take them on.
Defence and cyber security are among the big winners with a multi-billion-dollar spend on new military personnel, equipment and cyber intelligence agency, the Australian Signals Directorate.
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry commended the budget's investment but raised concerns about the lack of a long-term agenda.
"Regrettably, this year's budget doesn't address some of the more pressing challenges facing the Australian economy, including a far-reaching agenda for tax reform, stronger focus on innovation, and building business investment, supply chain capability and productivity," chief executive Andrew McKellar said.
Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said if the budget wasn't "ruined by rorts and weighed down by waste and mismanagement" there would be more room in it to support families and pensioners and invest in the future.
"Scott Morrison is only pretending to care about the cost of living because he has to call an election in the next fortnight, and he's running out of time," Dr Chalmers said.
Almost $18 billion has been put aside for regional infrastructure, agriculture and energy mainly in regions being targeted by the coalition at the election including the NSW Hunter, north and central Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Pilbara.
The government has also committed to faster rail projects linking Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast and Sydney to Newcastle.
The budget contains a further $1.3 billion for a package to end violence against women and children, as well as new spending on breast and cervical cancer screening.
Dominic Giannini
Categories: Tax


P.J. Byrne turned a lot of heads as Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff in The Wolf Of Wall Street, yet that role followed more than a decade of appearances in big movies and television shows. With previous credits including Horrible Bosses, Final Destination 5, The Legend Of Korra and It's Always Sunny In Phildelphia, P.J. has been steadily working in both comedies and dramas. Not bad for a guy that nearly became an investment banker after finishing his undergraduate studies at Boston College.
Working with Martin Scorsese yet again, P.J. is now earning his acclaim for his portrayal of Scott Leavitt — the head of legal for fictional-yet-believable record label American Century – in the new HBO series Vinyl. Created by Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Rich Cohen and Terrence Winter, Vinyl is a single-camera drama rooted in the seedy 1970s music business. The rock-centric series premiered on Feb. 14, launching a 10-episode first season, and is rumored to have Andrew Dice Clay in a recurring role.
On behalf of Downtown, I had the opportunity to interview P.J., a native of Old Tappan, New Jersey who owns a home in Brooklyn. Aside from Vinyl, P.J. recent sold a script titled Brothers Of The Bride, which is on slate to be produced by Ben Stiller's Red Hour Productions. P.J. had some great "last words" within our Q&A. For more of that, you can follow him on Twitter via handle @PJ_Byrne.
P.J. Byrne: The Violent Femmes at the Beacon Theatre. I was a freshman in high school, and it was just me with four of the most beautiful girls in the sophomore class. We drove there in a stretch limo and I thought I was for sure the coolest man on the planet. I would happily have dated anyone of those girls. Subsequently, I never even held hands with any of them.
As the story goes, you nearly wound up as an investment banker after studying at Boston College. Bankers and lawyers aren't too far one when considering the work atmosphere, culture, and the financial expectations. Is there any of you in Scott Leavitt?
P: I have come to look at record men the same way I look at venture capitalists. We are all trying to find the next new thing, and when we do we lock it into a contract and throw money at it to help it succeed and pray to god it pays off. And having a finance degree, I instinctively understand how dire the situation our company is in on the show and I use it to help me get into character. It has literally made me sweat in scenes.
Did your working with Martin Scorsese in The Wolf Of Wall Street factor into your casting in Vinyl?
P: It had everything to do with it. Period. I think he knows if he asks me to run through a wall I would never second guess him, and on top of that, I would speedily calculate the exact dimensions of what materials were used and what time of day it was installed. I would also inquire if the carpenter was in a happy relationship and if he likes chewing gum. And then — without hesitation – I would strategically run through the wall in a interesting and humorous manner. And it certainly didn't hurt that our fantastic show-runner Terry Winter wrote Wolf, our legendary casting director Ellen Lewis cast Wolf, and my favorite producer, Emma Koskoff, produced both as well.
Prior to landing Vinyl, had you worked with any of the cast in other film or TV projects?
P: Yes. Emily [Tremaine] and Mackenzie [Meehan] and I were in similar scenes on Wolf together. And that's always nice to show up on set knowing some great actors who already happen to be your friends. But something very interesting happened with Bobby [Cannavale], Ray [Romano], J.C. [MacKenzie] and I on day one of shooting the pilot, even though we had never worked together. Right from the first shot we all settled in to our interactions with each other so incredibly fast. It was like we had been playing these characters for years together.
Does being a show called Vinyl bring you any pressure to listen to music on record? Or at least listen to more music from the 1970s?
P: It does. There is also something relaxing about the process of unsheathing a record, placing it on the record player and gently dropping the needle. Then that moment is immediately ruined by my two-year old, who has to touch anything that moves. But I'm genetically-programmed to love her, so it's all good.
A lot of people seem to be focusing in on who's producing Vinyl and that it's about the dirty end of the 1970s music business. Is there something that you wish more people knew about the show?
P: Some shows lean in to PLOT or STORY, Marty and Terry are about character, character, character. They aim to find the real human side of people and what makes them tick. Then it's our jobs as actors to bring that grounded, individual originality to the table and hopefully we met their expectations.
Many of the shows and movies you've appeared in have taken place on the East Coast. As a native of New Jersey, what brought about your move to Los Angeles?
P: After I received my MFA in Acting from DePaul [University], I wanted to get into the film and television business, and at the time there was a lot more opportunity in L.A. then NYC. Also after spending three winters in Chicago, moving to L.A. didn't sound like a bad idea.
Is there anything that you miss about living on the East Coast?
P: Yes, having the option to eat the Spedini at Angelo's in Little Italy at any moment. You can bury me in that sauce. Also, my dear friends just opened a place around the corner from me in Williamsburg called Lilia, and I dream about the Cacio De Pepe Fritelle. I also have my dentist on the East Coast, Dr. Frank DePaola in Hoboken. He's the best. He's also my cousin.
Do you have a professional accomplishment that you're most proud of?
P: I don't know if I would call it an accomplishment, but I'm definitely happy to be in a better financial position to help students get an education. My parents instilled in me how important it is to help others, and they always gave back to their alma maters. Now I certainly don't have enough money to name a building or an auditorium, but I think I named the next best thing.
So if you ever find yourself in Chicago and you need to relieve yourself, by all means swing by the Theatre School at DePaul University and hit up the P.J. and Jaime Byrne Restroom. No joke, it's real.
When you're not busy with your career, how do you like to spend your free time?
P: I'm a kid from New Jersey and my grandfather grew up on a farm in Sicily. So I'm at my happiest growing tomatoes in my garden or sharing what my Pop taught me with my daughter and nieces and nephews and making gravy and meatballs for my friends and family. Swing by, I'll cook for you. Also, if any of this can happen with a big screen TV playing a Clippers, Knicks or anything college basketball in the background, I've hit nirvana.
Finally, P.J., any last words for the kids?
P: Yeah. My Dad worked for IBM his whole career. I love IBM! And in 1975, a researcher named Benoit Mandelbrot conceived fractal geometry — the concept that seemingly irregular shapes can have identical structure at all scales. This new geometry makes it possible to describe mathematically the kinds of irregularities existing in nature. Fractals later made a great impact on engineering, economics, metallurgy, art and health sciences, and are also applied in the field of computer graphics and animation. So kids, if you are wondering why you have dope cartoons and video games, thank IBM and my man Benoit.


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The RACV Drive School program is designed to promote safer, confident drivers. So, if you know a new or learner driver, or an older driver who would like to regain their confidence, contact one of our many instructors across Victoria. They are ready not only to help learners but also provide refresher courses for older drivers.
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BMW F 800 GS Adventure – Road Test
Oct 14, 2013 Dec 27, 2019 admin	0 Comments BMW F800GS Adventure, BMW Motorrad, F800GSA, gs, GS Adventure
It's the BMW F 800 GS in its adventure outfit. BMW Motorrad did the same when they turned the R 1200 GS into the R 1200 GS Adventure. The biggest difference between the F 800 GS Adventure and standard F 800 GS is the former's bigger fuel capacity. Therefore the tank at the rear end of the bike which is fitted underneath the seat has to be much bigger. Besides a few other tweaks and extras it's still an 800 GS, so it has the same engine and suspension as the standard bike.
Engine and drive
It's exactly the same engine as used in the F 800 GS for the past five years: that trusty 798cc parallel twin. This engine puts out 63 kW and 83 Nm of power. It does feel a bit dull between zero and 3 000 r/min, but then again feels great with the revs climbing over the 3 500 mark. So it's tricky to keep alive on technical terrain, but really flies with the throttle pinned.
Style, instruments and equipment
The 800 Adventure looks like a pregnant 800 GS. The bigger fuel tank's appearance (24 litres; 8 more than the 800 GS) at the back takes some getting used to. The tank makes the back substantially wider than the normal 800. To protect the wider tank, the Adventure comes with pannier racks as standard. The bigger fuel tank gives the Adventure a range of about 440 km. Much better than the 300 km range of the 800 GS.
There are protection bars around the engine too, as well as a bash plate and hand guards for extra protection. But the hand guards break like twigs when the bike falls over, so they're useless, really.
The front section of the Adventure is wider than that of the 800 GS and it has a much higher windscreen. These features help to shield the wind from the rider. Wide enduro foot pegs, a comfort seat and two LED fog lights in front make the Adventure a more comfortable and versatile ride than the 800 GS. As with all new BMW motorcycles, ABS is fitted as standard.
You have the option to fit Electronic Suspension Adjustment (ESA) on the Adventure. This gives you the luxury of setting the suspension damping at the rear, at the press of a button, choosing between Comfort, Normal And Sport. It only changes the damping at the rear and not the preload. So the differences between the settings are not significant. The WP forks can not be set in any way.
An optional Enduro Package is also available. With it comes Automatic Stability Control (ASC). The Enduro Package has an "Off Road" mode that can be selected by pushing a button. This optimises ABS and traction control for off-road use and allows some slip when braking or accelerating.
The Off Road mode only comes with the Enduro Package, but the ASC can be fitted on its own.
The ABS and ASC can be deactivated. The biggest pain with the electronic aids is that when the bike is switched off and on again, the ABS and ASC automatically engage.
It feels much like the F 800 GS. The extra 15 kg does not dampen acceleration. Top end is down to 193 km/h and fuel consumption is a bit higher at 5.7 litres/100km. More torque in the lower rev range would have been really useful, BMW Motorrad.
Ride and handling
Although the Adventure is heavier than the 800 GS, you won't feel it. It's still the 800 GS as we know it. It handles well and feels nimble through technical sections.
It feels great on open gravel roads and just that little more planted than the F 800 GS.
The suspension remains unchanged and doesn't feel as if it needed any tinkering. The bike runs smoothly on gravel, soaks up the rough stuff and only bottomed out once when landing after a nasty jump.
I tilted the handlebar over to the front and that made standing up on the bike much easier. (You'll need hex/allen keys to loosen the bolts on the handlebars if you want to tilt it.)
The wide foot pegs are really welcome, as is the wind protection offered by the high windscreen. The comfort seat is a little higher than the standard seat on the F 800 GS and certainly lives up to its name.
Like: The high windscreen, wide foot pegs and longer range with the bigger tank.
Dislike: The look of the bigger fuel tank and the limited torque under 3 000 r/min.
Verdict and rating
I like the standard F 800 GS more than the Adventure model, mainly because of its appearance. But the Adventure does make sense. It has the fuel range for touring, yet it's still light and nimble. It is the perfect bike for that overland tour to Namibia or into Africa. It is easier to ride than that tank of a R 1200 GS Adventure too. 9/10
There's no direct competitor. The Triumph Tiger 800 XC belongs with the (standard) F 800 GS and the KTM 990 is only available as a pre-owned these days.
Specifications of the BMW F 800 GS Adventure (2013)
Engine Water-cooled, four-stroke, parallel-twin 798 cc engine
Gearbox Constant mesh six-speed. Chain drive.
Power 63 kW @ 7 500 r/min
Torque 83 Nm @ 5 750 r/min
Weight 229 kg with oil and fully fuelled
Seat height 890 mm and 860 mm
Fuel consumption 4.3 l/100km at 100km/h and 5.7 l/100km at 120km/h
Tank range 420 km at 120 km/h average
Warranty and servicing Two-year warranty, unlimited kilometres. 10 000km service intervals. Three years road-side assistance included.
Price R 124 200 for the base model and R 139 500 with heated grips, ESA, Enduro Package and ASC included.
Review by Willem van der Berg, July 2013
Pictures by Willem van der Berg and Greg Beadle
More info from http://www.bmw-motorrad.co.za/
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Martin Luther King's Civility
By Doctor Cleveland on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 10:10pm | Politics, Social Justice, Religion
We've been talking a lot lately about civility, for obvious and painful reasons. And our public conversation on that topic tends to go astray pretty quickly, because we don't all mean the same thing when we say "civility," and often aren't even sure what we mean by the word ourselves.
If we mean by "civility" that our public debates should never get heated, and that no one should ever speak angrily about politics, then we're going to be disappointed. American politics has been a rough and tumble business since Jefferson and Adams, at least, and on balance the country is better for it. Inciting violence and inflaming listeners is clearly unacceptable, but we can't rein all of the negativity and name-calling, and we shouldn't. There have always been politicians who managed to be dangerous and inflammatory without breaking any of the superficial rules of polite debate, and some of the speech that breaks those rules is valuable.
Neither should "civility" mean ceasing to disagree. There will always be disagreements, and no amount of comity or bipartisanship will make them go away. Every democracy has to make choices about serious questions, and the answers to those questions are almost never unanimous. Disagreement isn't a flaw that ruins democracy; democracy is the process of working out disagreements. People who complain that partisan politics are too partisan or too political are basically expressing a discomfort with democracy itself.
What I was planning to write, and still view as at least 90% of the truth, is that the heart of civility is participating in the civil process of resolving disagreements, and committing to abide by it. We have disagreements, and will always have disagreements, and we don't believe that any king, high priest, generalissimo or Wise and Distinguished Op-Ed Columnist can be trusted as an infallible referee. So we have this system for resolving our arguments, a system of elections, legal proceedings, and government institutions that allows us to argue and resolve arguments peacefully. Staying with that system, and binding ourselves to the outcomes even when we dislike them, is what makes us civil. "Peaceful" doesn't mean quiet or amicable or even fair. Jefferson and Adams and their partisans could sling a prodigious amount of mud. But when there was an election, they accepted the results. When a court rendered a decision, everyone abided by that decision. The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans might have been enraged with each other on a regular basis, but they kept it in the courts and the voting booth and the Capitol building. The alternative, as one prominent member from each party demonstrated, was to take it outside the system like Hamilton and Burr. The rest of Jefferson's and Adams's supporters kept it vicious but not violent, and that's a pretty good result. If everybody gets their feelings hurt and nobody gets anything except their feelings hurt, I'd say the country is doing very, very well.
When someone declares that they will not be bound by the civil process, when they declare it illegitimate or announce that they will ignore outcomes that displease them, they are essentially refusing the civil peace. What they're saying is that their participation in our democracy, our justice system, and our national life is conditional on getting what they want. That's "We will honor all the laws and respect the courts, unless the courts try to integrate Ole Miss, in which case we will form a violent mob," or "We will honor the elections unless Aung San Suu Kyi does not win," or "We have a constitutional remedy here, and the framers said, if that don't work — revolution." These are refusals to accept the social contract, refusals to renounce force. They are expressions of lawlessness ad threats of civil violence. It doesn't matter what tone of voice they're said in.
If we're calling each other ugly names but still talking, that's a good thing. As long as we agree to resolve our differences peacefully, we can call each other scoundrels and shout until we turn red (or blue). Without that agreement, we're not in a civil relationship. We're just dealing with rival gangs.
I've been worried by a lot of political rhetoric for the last few years, and it's not the name-calling that bothers me. It's the repeated claims that the other side is illegitimate or tyrannical or otherwise outside the civil process, the kind of language that suggests that the speakers and their listeners shouldn't feel bound by the process. Claiming that the President was not lawfully elected and has no authority is not civil; it is an implied threat of political violence. Calling the federal government's most banal and everyday functions "tyrannical" is not civil; if it is not a rhetorical preparation for bloodshed, it is at least an attempt to keep bloodshed open as an option. No one who says such a thing should be trusted. Raving about "Second Amendment remedies" if an election does not go one's own way is a disqualification from public life. So is showing up with a mob when you've lost an election. And peddling obviously false conspiracy stories, claiming that grandmothers will be euthanized by the health care bill or that the President of the United States is trying to destroy the economy in order to impose a socialist system, is an obvious attempt to undermine and delegitimize the very systems that preserve civil peace. This is incivility, a threat to our domestic peace.
That was where I was going to leave things, when the holiday forced me to think about Martin Luther King, Jr., and his approach to our public life. Because Dr. King was profoundly dedicated to peace and civility, but also refused a system that he viewed as manifestly unjust. He did not always abide by the laws or the courts. He did not always obey lawful orders by police officers, and he counseled others to the same eminently civil disobedience. Dr. King did not work within the system, the way someone like Thurgood Marshall did; that does nothing to diminish Marshall's staggering achievements, but makes Dr. King's even more surprising. I have to admit that King, whom I admire, refused to accept the laws and the framework for resolving disputes that I otherwise view as essential to keeping the peace, and yet he made the world a less violent place.
The obvious difference is that King and his followers were willing to suffer, rather than to cause suffering, in order to achieve their goals. They could (and did) step outside the rules meant to prevent civil violence because when they stepped out side those rules they brought no violence and no threat with them. They could break the laws in service of a higher good because they were in a peculiar way the perfect citizens: harming no one and wishing no one harm. They didn't need the rules to preserve the peace because civil peace itself was their rule.
They were faced, all too often, with antagonists who had abandoned the framework of civil society in order to intimidate and threaten, and sometimes even to murder. That made the moral choice facing the nation very clear. And often too, King and the SPLC faced legal authorities who were so violent and coercive that they exposed the coercion and threats of violence hidden under the guise of the law. King's vision was successful in part because the radical change he advocated was in fact safer, more peaceful, and less physically threatening than the public order that the authorities decreed necessary.
Talking about revolution is cheap, and easily lapses into an expression of thuggery. Those who genuinely feel that our political system has become tyrannical could learn from Dr. King, who managed a truly revolutionary response to oppression, forcing the violent to lay down their own arms.
And perhaps the secret is that Dr. King never wrote his enemies off, never dehumanized them. Even when facing the worst of mobs, he was acutely aware that the people in that mob were human beings, with moral selves, deserving of love. In the clip below he talks about how non-violent resistance reaches out to the oppressor's conscience, even if sometimes people wrestling with their troubled conscience simply double down on their wicked behavior. But King talks about this as effective, even when its short-term results seemed counter-productive. It wasn't just about "winning" for King, but about reaching another human soul, even if he only nudged that soul on a journey it was still far, far from completing. Nothing can be less violent than that: to confront one's enemies without fear while attempting to hasten their redemption.
Martin Luther King taught us to confront our opponents' consciences, rather than our opponents, and that lesson is one we need tonight, more than we have in many years. I am grateful to Dr. King tonight.
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Very well done. Your post is inspiring and thought-provoking. And I enjoyed the clip of Dr. King talking about resistance and how he feels it is best to resist. I thought it was interesting what he said about people feeling shame. I have recently observed and had the thought that a lot of people support or do things that deep down they know are wrong but instead of addressing their wrong-doing they attempt to make it out that those who disagree with them are the ones doing something wrong. Seems to me that this makes a situation unnecessarily complicated and prolongs any conflict. If only people could own up to their transgressions easier then maybe we would spend less time arguing with one another.
I especially liked the following passages in your post:
And perhaps the secret is that Dr. King never wrote his enemies off, never dehumanized them. Even when facing the worst of mobs, he was acutely aware that the people in that mob were human beings, with moral selves, deserving of love.
I wish everyone a meaningful and peaceful Martin Luther King day. His legacy certainly lives on in all of us. And it is up to us to keep that legacy alive forever.
by emerson on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 12:08am
There is a time when idealism becomes self-defeating. What laissez-faire capitalism has done to the entire globe is unacceptable. Fire hoses and German Shepherds are unacceptable to me!
"Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows."
David Wolf
by chucktrotter on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 12:36am
Wow, great clip, great blog, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I only take issue with one thing you wrote, once people start to call me names, I totally don't hear what they are saying. However, while I was reading your blog, I couldn't help but think that Sarah Palin is actually the Anti-MLK.
Thanks for the great read.
by tmccarthy0 on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 1:00am
When I saw the title of your post the two points that came immediately to mind were ones you made--the unwillingness to inflict violence on others and the unwillingness to dehumanize another human being--the stubborn, insistent belief that all of us are capable of changing for the better no matter how impossible it might seem and that even where that is not destined to happen, we are obliged to love our fellow humans even if we also intensely dislike them or specific things they are doing.
Three other characteristics of Dr. King's approach to social change seem worth noting to me.
First, in challenging the existing order, he appealed not to some imagined utopia but rather to the beliefs stated in the country's founding documents, beliefs from documents whose validity and worth were nominally embraced by his persecutors. His were appeals deeply grounded in, not a rebuke to, the history of his country. He was calling for us to make real the promissory note reflected in some of those documents (he was selective in which ones he cited--wisely so! it seems like a simple point but the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, both treated as Holy Grail by some of our fellow citizens and assumed to reflect a common belief system, actually point to contradictory conclusions on some of the most important and fundamental issues in our history.) A very effective advocacy strategy. Today we see many on the far right appeal to the commitments reflected in our founding documents, often in ways that reflect partial or misunderstandings of those documents. A great speech by a public figure yet to be made will call out the falsehoods, identifying specific ones followed by a repeated rhythmic refrain of "But that isn't what it said..."
Second, he was peaceful and civil, but he was militant. Those are not a contradiction in terms. He was forceful, insistent. He confronted power directly, in just about the most open and assertive way imaginable. He didn't believe that it was possible to bring about fundamental change without doing that. He showed far greater physical and moral courage than some of his critics who engaged in vandalism or other mayhem when they thought themselves least likely to get caught. Whereas he performed his acts of civil disobedience in broad daylight for all to see--and explained and stood by the morality of those acts, sometimes from his jail cell.
Third, his rhetoric was powerful, inspirational, and effective without insulting or denigrating others. He was never to my knowledge publicly cynical or sarcastic about his adversaries. Yet no one could say he pulled his punches. To the contrary. One of the most powerful orators in our history showed deep restraint. Sometimes when it comes to appeals to move people, what seems like less turns out really to be more.
Thanks for your post. I saw a whole lot of references to Dr. King and his legacy yesterday and was pleased because sometimes with these holidays it doesn't always seem to be clear what or why we are celebrating or commemorating. I saw a good deal of effort put into that yesterday--during the Celtics-Magic basketball game, for example, the network even showed a clip of Celtics' coach Doc Rivers referencing King and Rivers' views about his legacy in his remarks to his team. I attribute this largely to the proximity of this year's holiday to the Tucson tragedy.
by AmericanDreamer on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 12:04pm
Thanks for the thoughtful post, doctor. It spurred me to read up a bit on MLK's philosophy and life. By the end of it, he'd evolved from a simple civil-rights activist to a full-fledged revolutionary who saw war, poverty, racism and (yes) capitalism as all links in a web of oppression.
He stuck to his non-violent strategy, but his vision of the societal changes needed was increasingly sweeping. In a way, he became what the FBI had long cast him as: the most dangerous Negro in America. And I mean that in the best possible sense.
by acanuck on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 2:44am
The Manchester Union-Leader, in New Hampshire, was denouncing MLK as a Communist well into the 1980s.
It's striking that we've limited our public memory of king to the period from roughly 1955-1964, from the bus boycott in Montgomery to the Civil Rights Act. People prefer to forget that Dr. King did not see the Civil Rights Act as the end of his struggle, and that he continued to champion social justice on many other fronts. But of course, that deliberate amnesia allows people to claim MLK for causes that he actively fought against.
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Cinnamon can be added to a wide variety of fall dishes. Get some fresh ideas for any meal of the day.
October 16, 2013, 12:02 a.m.
Cinnamon – it's one of those spices that somehow make anything better. Now that fall is in full swing, cinnamon is everywhere. We can find traces of it in our soups, baked goods, our desserts, and even in the air.
And really, cinnamon is worth celebrating this fall, as its spicy flavor is not only delicious, but it can also be very health-promoting. For example, cinnamon has been linked to lower blood sugar in diabetic patients (that is, as long as you don't consume it in the dessert recipes below!). Some studies even show that cinnamon could help fight tumors.
Whether you love it for its health-promoting attributes or simply its lovely taste, here are some recipes that use it well.
Wok Smoked Chicken: This dish sounds amazing, and yes, cinnamon is an important ingredient.
Chicken Curry with Cashews: This healthy main dish uses a cinnamon stick, broken into pieces for lots of flavor.
Curried Chicken: Cinnamon is a flavorful spice among many in this curry.
Vegan Pumpkin Ravioli: This recipes allows you to use two fall ingredients!
Tandoori Chicken Sandwiches: Cinnamon is used in a delicious spice combination to make this amazing sandwich.
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie: The cinnamon in the spice mixture is what helps this smoothie taste like pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin Butter: Spread this on your breakfast toast! (The cinnamon is in the pumpkin pie spice mix).
Spiced Muffins (Gluten/Dairy/Egg-free): These are a lovely way to enjoy cinnamon and a lovely start to the day.
Apple Crisp: A recipe so healthy you can eat it for breakfast!
Why not make pancakes with a cinnamon butter? It's a great way to start the day.
Creamy quinoa with coconut milk and spices: A hearty way to enjoy a spiced breakfast.
Why not try this cinnamon spiced, grain-free coffee cake?
Ginger Pumpkin Pie: Ginger, cinnamon and more spice make this delightful favorite.
Super Simple Apple Crisp and Apple Crisp: Two lovely takes on an easy, delicious, cinnamon-spiked dessert.
Spiced Crumb Apple Pie: Of course, apple pie is always good too.
This Pumpkin Bread and this Banana Bread make great gifts.
Pumpkin Bread Pudding: Pumpkin and cinnamon belong together in yet another delicious dessert.
Candied Walnut Recipe: These make a great gift!
Aztec Chocolate Bark: This recipe has spicy flavor and chocolate too.
Baked Apples: A healthy, easy way to enjoy apples and cinnamon.
Creamy Oolong Iced Tea: This healthy drink is great after a workout and includes several healthy spices.
Spiked Apple Cider: Cinnamon is hardly the only ingredient spiking this cider!
Pumpkin Liquor: Vanilla, pumpkin, cinnamon, maple syrup. Need I say more?
Hot Toddy: Cinnamon adds spicy flavor to an old fashioned hot drink.
Paleo Pumpkin Spice Latte: Because even coffee likes cinnamon!
Chai Egg Nog: Two favorites combined.
Chai Concentrate: Also a great gift, and uses cinnamon sticks!


How Much Am I Supposed to Sweat During a Workout?
Short answer: Don't worry about what's "right."
The average person sweats between 0.8 liters (27 ounces—about the size of a large Slurpee) and 1.4 liters (47 ounces) during an hour of exercise, says Mike Ryan, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Fairmont State University. That's equal to around one to three pounds of body weight per hour.
The longer answer: How much you sweat varies depending on a slew of factors like how many sweat glands you have—between 2 and 5 million; your resting body temp; the outdoor temperature; and the exercise you're doing. The highly trained among us could lose even more fluids, too, says Christopher Minson, co-director of the Exercise and Environmental Physiology Labs at the University of Oregon: about two to three liters per hour.
To understand why that is you have to understand why we sweat in the first place: and that's "because our muscles are actually very inefficient machines," says Ryan. "About 60 percent of the calories we burn during muscle contractions are lost to heat production." And the more calories we burn—by working out longer or harder—the more heat we produce.
When perspiration on the surface of the skin evaporates, heat is lost and the blood is cooled, thus cooling our core body temperature. So athletes sweat more because they've often become more efficient at lowering their core body temp, which keeps them from overheating, allowing them to workout out harder and longer.
As the mercury inches up, it takes your body somewhere around 10 to 14 days to acclimatize to new warmer temps, he says. Your heart will adapt and work to improve cardiac function—it'll increase plasma blood volume, so your body will have more water in the blood stream that it can be utilized by the sweat glands to produce more sweat. This will also decrease the thickness of the blood so it can more effectively transfer heat through the surface of the skin, Ryan says.
But if you feel like you're sweating buckets year-round, don't sweat it: Some people simply lose more fluids than others. Men perspire more than women, for example, because they are generally taller and bigger, Minson says. Some research suggests that testosterone can enhance sweating response, too. Certain meds can also leave you dripping: "Some anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds, allergy medications, decongestants, and weight loss medications can increase sweat rate," says Ryan. Caffeine has a similar effect—so while a little bit of Joe can help improve performance, it could also be to blame for your pit stains.


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Scott Pilgrim vs the World(2010)
Short version (Thanks James)
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), a meek, 22-year-old bassist madly in love with the striking Romona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), discovers that he must defeat her seven exes in combat. Though each challenger is progressively difficult, he finally defeats them all, and agrees to run away with Romona to start a new life.
Perfect sized version (Thanks Forger)
Scott fights his way through six of the seven exes, before learning that the seventh is the the music agent his band has been wanting to sign with. The rest of the band agrees to a contract, but Scott leaves, and Young Neil takes his place. Gideon also takes Ramona back with him.
Scott eventually confronts Gideon at his club twice–the first time, Scott dies when he hesitates in revealing to Ramona and Knives that he had been going out with both of them. However, the extra life he picked up from the previous battle allows him to try the events leading up to that again, and this time he confesses to Knives and Ramona immediately regarding his unfaithfulness. He also makes his peace with the rest of Sex Bob-omb, and concedes that Young Neil is a better bass player than he ever was. He and Knives then confront Gideon, and defeat him.
In the end, Ramona leaves Toronto, but Scott goes with her at Knives' urging.
Very, very long version: (Thaks Brian)
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is an average, quiet 22 year old from Toronto. He plays in a band called the Sex Bob-ombs with his talented friend and lead guitarist Stephen (Mark Webber), who longs for the dream of the band being signed to a major record label, and his somewhat morose and apathetic friend and drummer Kim (Allison Pill), who makes is a point to note their band's obvious shortcomings. Scott shares an apartment with his rather sarcastic gay roommate Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin) and at the film's start has a girlfriend named Knives Chau (Ellen Wong) who just happens to be a 17 year old high school student. Despite Scott enjoying his time with Knives, which amount to listening to her talk about 'high school drama' and play arcade games together (a game similar to DDR where movement translates to ninja attacks, important later), the obvious nature of the relationship comes to the delight/dismay of those who feel the need to drive this point home to Scott on a regular basis- namely Kim, Wallace, and Scott's social butterfly sister Stacey (Anna Kendrick). In an effort to warm his friends up to the idea of him dating her, Scott brings Knives to one of his band's practices. After an awkward introduction to Stephen's brother, "Young" Neil (Johnny Simmons), Knives hears the band play for the first time and becomes instantly hooked. The next day at the record store, Knives goes searching for CDs by The Clash at Demonhead, prompting an immediate dismissal by Scott of the band. We learn that the lead singer, Envy Adams (Brie Larson), was Scott's ex before Knives who left him to move away with someone and become a famous singer.
That night, Scott has a dream where he is wandering a desert when a mysterious girl with purple hair skates by on rollerblades. While at the library with Knives, Scott sees the mystery girl delivering a package to the librarian. At a party that night, Scott is informed that the girl is Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winsted), and after briefing nearly everyone at the party is warned to stay far away from her as she contains "baggage". Frantically believing that she is his 'dream girl', Scott arranges for a package to be delivered to his house. During this, he receives an email from a man named Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha) challenging him to a 'duel to the death', but dismisses it as spam and deletes it. Ramona promptly arrives at his house and reluctantly agrees to go out with Scott (he refuses to sign for the package unless she does). The two meet that night for their 'date', which despite Scott's awkward behavior and Ramona's cold demeanor ends with the two sleeping together (nothing happens, though). The next morning, Ramona gives Scott her phone number and agrees to attend a band gig that night. At the gig, Ramona meets Stacey, her boyfriend, Wallace (who flirts with Stacey's boyfriend all night, eventually winning him over), and Knives- forcing Scott to realize the conflict that he has yet to break up with Knives yet 'slept' with Ramona. During their performance, a man screams Scott's name and attempts to attack him. Scott evades the attacks and the man reveals himself to be Matthew Patel.
Ex #1: Scott Pilgrim vs. Matthew Patel
Scott realizes the email wasn't a hoax, but is confused who Patel is and why he's fighting him. Patel reveals that he is Ramona's ex-boyfriend and is on a mission to kill Scott Pilgrim. The two engage in an arcade game-esque battle together, but despite his ability to conjure fire, Patel is defeated when Scott delivers a 64-hit combo/flying uppercut that shatters him into a flurry of quarters and awarding Scott 1000 points. On their ride back home, Ramona informs Scott of "The League of Evil Exes", and that in order for her to be with him he must defeat all 7 exes to truly win her heart. Scott accepts the challenge, half in a daze over the fact that Ramona admitted the two were dating. The next night, Ramona is coming over to the apartment and Scott asks Wallace to step out for the night. Wallace agrees, saying he's heading to the set of his favorite movie actor (and crush) Lucas Lee (Chris Evans), who happens to be filming his next movie in Toronto. The date progresses as usual: awkward. Yet, as usual, the two end up making out until Scott becomes self-conscious of his hairstyle and takes Ramona for a walk as an excuse to wear his hat to cover his hair (it's explained that Envy used to love his hair short, and he subconsciously believes one of the reasons she dumped him is because it got too baggy). The two meet up with Wallace as Lucas walks onto the set, much to Ramona's disdain. Scott notices the number 2 on Lucas' trailer, jacket, shirt, etc. As he realizes the truth, Lucas (while filming) calls out Scott Pilgrim and knocks him out cold. As Scott gets up and tries to confront him, Lucas turns around and it's a stunt double. Suddenly several more appear and the fight begins….
Ex #2: Scott Pilgrim vs. Lucas Lee x 7
Scott engages Lucas' six body doubles, all armed with skateboards. Though he appears defeated, Scott emerges victorious and demands Lucas fight him one on one. Lucas agrees and proceeds to beat Scott senseless. Scott then challenges Lucas to do a 'grind thingy' down a steep rail covered in ice. Lucas accepts and grinds the rail successfully, but gains too much speed and- seen in a distance- collides into a brick wall at the bottom and explodes into more change, rewarding Scott 2000 more points. Scott goes to be with Ramona, but she left during the fight. Many days pass without hearing from her and during this Scott makes the decision to break up with Knives. This sends Knives into a frenzy, who blames Ramona for stealling Scott from her. Knives dyes her hair blue and starts going out with "Young" Neil to make Scott jealous, as well as becoming a die hard fan of The Clash at Demonhead. When Scott tries to explain his situation to his sister, he is attacked by a flying shadow. Scott punches the shadow hard, revealling herself to be a girl named Roxy (Mae Whitman). Roxy challenges Scott to battle, but Scott asks for her to come back another day because he's not in the mood. Roxy obliges and Scott ends up running into Envy. As it turns out, her band is in town and has decided to allow Sex Bob-omb to be her opening act for their performance. Ramona finally shows up and, after encouragement from Scott that he still wants to be with her despite the turmoil going on, goes with him to the show. During the performance, Scott points out to Ramona that the basist in The Clash at Demonhead is the "Todd guy" Envy left him for. Ramona once again gets upset and Scott starts to groan. Todd (Brandon Routh) has a #3 on his shirt. After the performance, Envy invites everyone backstage where tensions run high. Envy ridicules Ramona while Todd ridicules Scott. When Knives repeatedly interrupts Envy to tell her how much she idolizes her, Todd punches Knives and knocks her out. Enraged, Scott goes to attack Todd but his held back by an unknown force. Todd's eyes glow white and he telepathically shoves Scott through a brick wall. Todd explains that his power comes from being a pure Vegan, allowing him to use 100% of his brain (because the other 90% humans dont use is filled with curd). Scott continues to try to attack, but is thrown back again through another wall.
Ex #3: Scott Pilgrim vs. Todd Ingrim
Music chords begin appearing through the opening in the wall, and Scott challenges Todd to a "bass off". Scott puts up a fight, but Todd ends up victorious and destroys Scott's guitar. Before Todd delivers the finishing blow, Scott offers him a final latte for the two to share. Todd accepts and Scott reveals that he put half-and-half in the latte, breaking his "pure Vegan". A police car breaks through the wall and the Vegan Police (Thomas Jane) comes in and strips Todd of his powers since he violated the code of being a Vegan. Scott seizes the opportunity and headbutts Todd, shattering him into coins and rewarding him with 3000 points. Scott tells Natalie (Envy's real name) that since she broke his heart, that they're now even and leaves with Ramona. Both head to an after party where Scott and Ramona begin fighting over how many "ex-boyfriends" she has slept with and how many are coming to kill him, to which she keeps correcting him in saying "exes". When Scott asks why she keeps doing that, Roxy returns and attacks Scott. Sure enough, Roxy was an ex as well. Roxy is about to deal the finishing blow when Ramona stops her.
Ex #4: Ramona Flowers vs. Roxy Richter
Ramona produces a giant hammer from her purse, while Roxy removes the belt holding her clothing together to use as a razor sharp whip. The two battle fiercely before Roxy reminds Ramona that the rules state Scott has to be the one to defeat her and, as such, Ramona can't kill Roxy. Scott refuses to hit a girl, so Ramona grabs him from behind and uses him as a puppet to fight Roxy. The two gain the upper hand until Roxy teleports between the two, separating them. As Roxy is about to kill Scott, Ramona shouts to him her weak spot is behind her knee. Right before she can kill him with an axe kick, Scott pokes Roxy behind her knee, causing her to fall down in an orgasmic trance. She "climaxes" in an explosion of coins, rewarding Scott 4000 points. Ramona leaves the club, but before she does hands Scott a list of all the exes. He learns that #5 and #6 are the Katayanagi Twins, and incidentally are going to be at the next band gig. When the band arrives, they realize to their horror that they aren't opening for the Twins. They are battling them in an "Amp vs. Amp" band battle. As Stephen is freaking out about what's about to occur, Scott notices Ramona in the audience with a man. Stephen says that he is Gideon Graves (Jason Schwartzman), the "G-Man" that Stephen alluded to throughout the film as the record exec who would sign them. Scott recognizes the name Gideon as #7 on the list. This further encourages him to rally the band together for their fight.
Ex #5&6: Sex Bob-omb vs. the Katayanagi Twins
The battle is a music fight, and as Sex Bob-omb gains the lead in the battle the Twins turn their amps up to 11 and summon two large Chinese dragons made of pure music. The dragons blast Sex Bob-omb, knocking them backwards and seemingly ending the fight. Scott refuses to give up and, summoning everything they have, the band regroups and summons a large monster also made of music. The monster grabs both dragons and slams them together, the force of which causes the massive amps to fall on both Twins- killing them and rewarding Scott 11000 points and a 1-up. Scott meets up with Ramona and awkwardly tells her he loves her, to which she says she's leaving for New York City to be with Gideon again. Gideon signs Sex Bob-omb to his label (minus Scott, who is replaced by "Young" Neil) and drives off. Days later, Scott receives a call from Gideon who has decided to build one of his elaborate clubs in Toronto to deliberately taunt Scott in that he now has his band (who realize that in selling out, they are reduced to being a club band for life) and his girl. Scott suits up and arrives at the club, making it past both sets of guards all the way to Gideon. Scott tells him that he's doing all this because he's in love with Ramona, causing a large sword handle to protrude from his chest and him "levelling up". Scott uses the sword to battle the guards successfully.
Ex #7: Scott Pilgrim vs. Gideon Graves
Scott rushes at Gideon to attack him but is overpowered quickly. Knives shows up weilding two large daggers and begins fighting Ramona for stealling Scott. Scott subdues Gideon and breaks up the girls fighting, awkwardly revealling to both that he cheated on each of them (he slept with Ramona while with Knives and didn't tell Ramona he was dating Knives). Gideon uses the opportunity to stab Scott and kill him. Scott wakes up back in the desert, with Ramona appearing to him. She reveals that Gideon has a mind control chip implanted in her and that's why she left him, and that he needs to fight for a different reason than just for her. Scott has an epiphany and suddenly the 1-up takes effect, rewinding back before he enters the club and starting over. Enraged, Scott kills both guards. He then reassures the band that they're amazing, "Young" Neil that he's is truly worthy of replacing him, and apologizes to Kim for everything. He then tells Gideon that he's not fighting the League for Ramona, but for himself. A new, more powerful sword of "self-respect" appears and Scott levels up once again. Sex Bob-omb rally behind Scott as he destroys every guard without trying. Scott calls out to Knives knowing she's hiding and assures her that because he cheated on her, none of it is Ramona's fault. Knives forgives both of them and joins forces with Scott.
Ex #7: Scott Pilgrim & Knives Chau vs. Gideon Graves
The two severely weaken Gideon, but he continues to battle. The battle quickly shifts to a re-enactment of the ninja DDR game the two played and, using their skills as a duo, they successfully defeat and kill Gideon- rewarding both with 7,000,000 points. The chip in Ramona is deactivated but as the three go to leave, Gideon's image appears in the lens of his glasses telling Scott that there's one more challenge to defeat. A figure walks out from behind the three…
Final Battle: Scott Pilgrim vs. Nega Scott Pilgrim
Knives explains to Ramona that, like in their game, the final boss is the person's own 'negative version'- a personification of their violence and evil. Scott tells the two to leave and that he has to fight this on his own. As Knives and Ramona wait outside, the club door opens and both Scott and Nega Scott walk out talking to each other. Nega Scott walks away and Scott tells the two that because they have so much in common they decided to just become best friends instead. Ramona says goodbye to Scott and walks away, but Knives encourages him to go after her, saying that he's fought so hard for her. Scott catches up to Ramona and the two walk away hand in hand to start a new life together.
Actor: Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Kieran Culkin, Michael Cera
Director: Edgar Wright
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance


The promise I make to myself this Yule is to allow space for rest. To listen more deeply to the hearts of those I hold dear. To smile more; to hug more and to simply "be"; content – aware- and allow the Light of day to fill my cup of longing. Blessed Yule !


Knee-length dress made from fine, extra soft midnight blue and cobalt blue viscose. The dress has a special silhouette when in motion it flows around beautifully due to the material. In the front and back, it's pleated redefining the structure of the dress. A very unique and smart piece.


The installation is extremely simple and straightforward. It only takes a second.
Upload the whole calendar directory into your WordPress plugins directory.
the page you have edited or created. You should see your calendar in action.
when you first installed Calendar.
Support is primarily available on Kieran O'Shea's forum.
at the time the original plugin was authored, the WordPress support forums didn't provide an easy way to be notified of posts and manage things.
Recently things have changed in this regard and so the WordPress support forums for Calendar are also monitored from time to time.
I like it, can I make a donation?
This issue has been fixed in the new version. Please upgrade.
I can't add events in the admin panel. I use IE6.
.htaccess modifications are not required in the new version. Please upgrade.
How do I put upcoming/todays events in my sidebar? I've enabled them in the admin panel but I can't see them.
This is because you need to ensure they are visible in your theme first.
To do this under WordPress 2.8 there are a pair of widgets that you can add to your side bar in the admin panel. Position them how you want.
How do I place an instance of calendar in a post or page?
someplace in the post or page using the editor. This tag will be replaced with an instance of Calendar when the page is viewed.
The calendar doesn't look right with my theme. How can I fix this?
Unlike the days of version 1.1 you shouldn't find version 1.2 overflows your theme or anything like that, but you might find the font size unsuitable or that the colours aren't appropriate.
If this is the case you can use the Calendar options page to modify the CSS. Every element of Calendar has a CSS class, and different types of table cell (with a day, without etc) have their own CSS class also. These are detailed in the default CSS style sheet.
I cannot help you to make alterations to these yourself, but any online guide concerning CSS should be able to help you with this.
I've added the todays events and upcoming events widgets (or functions in the case of WordPress 2.0) to my sidebar and switched on the features in the config screen but still can't see them in my sidebar. What is going wrong?
Are you sure you have added any events or that ones you have added are in the future or today? The todays events widget only shows if there are events today and the upcoming events widget only shows if there are events in the number of future days as specified in the configuration screen.
I've allowed a user group other than admin to manage events but now they can see and modify the events created by admin.
This is intentional. Many people requested that they wanted users other than admin to be able to manage events and this is what this feature allows. You must of course trust the group of users you grant access to do sensible things. If they are not doing sensible things, you might want to review their ability to access the manage events screen by changing the user group that can do this.
I deleted a user but events they had added are still showing but as the admin user.
This is normal. It was reasoned during development that because events are usually useful to everyone, the deletion of a user doesn't mean that you necessarily want events they added to be deleted also. Because events now have to be associated with a user, deleting a user who added events causes their events to be allocated to the admin user. If you don't want these events anymore then you have to manually delete them. You might find it easier to do this while the user is still active because you will be able to see their events more clearly on the manage events screen.
I had nice pretty links on version 1.1 which were easy to navigate. Where have they gone in later versions?
Over 80% of support questions had to do with users not being able to setup their .htaccess file correctly to enable pretty links. Because only pretty links were allowed this prevented them from using Calendar.
I've taken a step in the opposite direction with the later releases and removed pretty links entirely. This permits a one-click install for users. Those with experience will be able to modify the plugin slightly and add .htaccess rules to re-enable pretty permalinks.
Sadly for those that liked the links but don't know how to re-enable them you are out of luck. I don't code this plugin for profit and so I had to think of the time I was spending on support questions rather than features in this particular case. I like pretty links and use them on all my sites, but they are non-trivial to setup and I don't want to be giving lessons every day on what to do rather than getting on with my own work. Sorry.
Can I remove the link to your website from underneath the calendar?
Yes. Calendar is released under the GPL which permits you to copy, modify and redistribute the plugin as you see fit after you have downloaded it. So long as credit to me, Kieran O'Shea, is maintained within the source then you can remove the link and make any other changes you want.
Please be aware however that I will only provide support to users who's calendar (or site footer) is sporting the link to my website.
How can I change the day the week starts on?
Calendar conforms to the main WordPress setting as to what day the week starts on. If you go to the settings area of the WordPress admin panel and change what day the week starts on in there, Calendar will change also.
I've enabled categories but am confused as to how they work. Can you help?
When you install Calendar you will note that there exists one category, entitled "General" into which all new events are placed. If you enable categories you will notice that events suddenly show up highlighted in the same colour that the "General" category is set to and that a key denoting the name of the category and its colour shows up below the calendar. This means that if you create a new category with a different name and colour and place event(s) into it they will show up in the new colour. This allows you to see easily what type of events are scheduled.
Why can't I delete the "General" category?
Since the introduction of categories each event must be placed in a category. For this reason you are prevented from deleting the "General" event category so that events always have at least one category in which to sit. You can however change the name and colour of the "General" category to suit your site or turn off categories completely. Note that turning off categories will not prevent the display of the category in which an event sits in the admin panel, it will merely obliterate all references to categories on public instances of Calendar.
Can I make event titles/mouse-overs links?
Yes. You simply need to fill in the full URL (including the http:// bit) in the field entitled "Event Link (Optional)". This will then turn the event title into a link to the URL of your choice. Leaving this field blank will disable the feature for the event.
Why are categories disabled by default?
This is mainly for people who are upgrading. Because there is only one category by default, enabling them immediately upon upgrade would result in upgraders suddenly seeing all their events (perhaps hundreds or even thousands) listed under the same type, which would look a bit silly. Disabling it by default allows non-interested parties to keep using Calendar the way they have and interested parties to put events in the right categories before enabling the category system.
I'm currently using [Event Calendar](http://wpcal.firetree.net/ "Event Calendar") and wish to change to Calendar. Why, when both plugins are activated (as I migrate), does only one plugin's upcoming events widget display?
The issue here is that there is a naming conflict between the functions in the two plugins. Due to the fact the aforementioned calendar is no longer developed or supported by the author and users are unlikely to want to use two types of calendar at once, I will not be working around this issue. You should simply be aware that showing both widgets at once while you are migrating is not possible.
My theme was designed using Artiseer and the mouse-overs on Calendar are partially hidden in the sidebar. How can I fix this?
I see mention of a development version of Calendar. Where can I download this?
I have no time on my events when I view them in the calendar, even though I entered one when I added my events. What is going on?
Check to make sure that the form field is not blank on WordPress/GeneralSettings/DateFormat if you have set it to custom.
I've upgraded Calendar and my mouse-overs have gone all funny. How do I fix this?
To bring Calendar into full compliance with W3C web standards, some changes were made to the HTML which in turn required some changes to the styles. In order to activate these new styles you will need to tick the box on the Calendar options page to repair the Calendar style. Be warned that if you have made style changes in the box, you will lose them – be sure to back them up so you can edit them back in after the restore.
I've authored a custom theme but when I include Calendar on a page the styles are missing and it looks odd.
You've not called wp_head() in your theme's header and/or wp_footer() in your theme's footer. Add these calls and the Calendar will spring to life.
When you create a title of events normally can not be edited and is severely limited in length. Then there is the question "are you sure you want to do it," and no buttons that say "Yes". At this point I stopped.
A very simple and easy to use calendar. Not many features, but exactly what I needed for my community website. Works smoothly.
I wanted a very simple calendar for church events, and this plugin is ideal. It is simple & flexible and has served us very well. Thank you, devsnake.
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English (US), Galician, German, Polish, and Spanish (Spain).


In keeping with the series of "what would you like to see on this site during the downtime" posts,in my final chart post, we're going to tackle another popular requested item. This time it's a list of every premium item in the game (at least I hope I got them all) and links to our Should I Buy posts. Consider this an index of TSTO premium items….
The list is sorted into two groups, Standard Items (as in available all the time) and Limited-Time (as in they're only available for a short period of time when released). Also, n/a indicates that we don't have a Should I Buy post available for that item.
What are your thoughts on the Premium Index? Make things easier to find for you? Ready to be done with charts and move into what's next? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
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Is there a post where we can see the best deal for a premium character/item? For example astronaut Barney at 150 donuts (not sure if that's the cheapest for Barney) or something in the like.
Cyborg Snake was just recently upgraded to a premium character this month, so he'll probably be added to the list soon.
The Aztec Theater is not on this list.
I wondered if anyone else has noticed or had this problem:. I don't seem to have any characters with a task at the Bad Dream House. I checked all if the usual ones (except Bart, he's busy). . . And no one has what I remember to be a 12 hour task (or any task)?
Just gotta say this: The one I disagree with the absolute most is the yellow submersible. I think that is a definite buy for anyone. It's one of my favorite items and the only item in the game that actually helps you increase space. I've gotten tons of tiles from it since I bought it. Otherwise I agree with most of them.
#2: Thank you so much for this posting….incredibly useful way to pull together all the incredibly useful posts you and the team have already made. THANK YOU!!!
That took an enormous amount of work to do! Thank you so much!!
Or you could go to the chart of bonus % OR you know just read the posts. This was strictly a post about quickly linking every should I buy post in one place. Not anything else.
Okay whoa whoa whoa. Take it down a level or two. No need to bite my head off. I was just kidding.
Can I ask a related question? On a previous post, it was mentioned that there were 210 characters available. Is there a list somewhere for all of them? I made my own list, but it's one short.
Wow. I think a thanks is in order for all these list posts you are making. They will be super handy.
Great! Thanks 🙂 I usually try to find the SIB first before I buy something, unless I've really fallen in love with something. This will really help in finding the right one.
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This is a fantastic list – thanks for the work putting it together. It would have been super helpful to have additional columns for Premium and Freemium where the bottom line Yes, No, or Maybe is indicated. Maybe next bit of downtime?
Nope. That's what the Should I Buy post is for. You guys can't expect me to do ALL the work for you. If you wanna know you've gotta go and look at the posts…otherwise why should I bother writing the posts?
Awesome list Alissa! I have been looking for something like this for awhile. I recently made the decision to go Premium and so your guides are becoming my go to place for information.
Off-topic: Really digging the retro 256-colors look to the banner!


A Riverhead man was arrested last week after he dragged his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, slapped her and threw her purse into the street, town police said. The woman was late meeting 36-year-old William Collins at their Osborn Avenue home about 9:30 p.m. Saturday and apologized. Mr. Collins allegedly became irate and attacked her, police said. He later told police he did it because she was "acting crazy." He was charged with second-degree harassment.
* A string of vehicle break-ins was reported in Aquebogue this week, town police said. Someone stole a GPS unit and several CDs from a car parked on Crystal Drive sometime before 7 a.m. last Wednesday. Two more car break-ins were reported on Trout Brook Lane about 10:30 a.m. that same day.
* Preston Washington, 39, of Riverhead was arrested last Tuesday at police headquarters by officers working with the East End Drug Task Force. He was charged with second-degree conspiracy. No additional information was available.
* Danielle Hall, 30, of Riverhead was arrested by town police on Lewis Street about 7:30 p.m. Monday and charged with disorderly conduct. No additional information was available.
* Elbert Godley, 38, was arrested by town police Saturday about 4 p.m. after they said he was observed sitting on a concrete wall near the Long Island Science Center on West Main Street in Riverhead and smoking a crack pipe. Mr. Godley, who is homeless, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
* Two men robbed another man who was on a bicycle near the intersection of Third Street and Roanoke Avenue in Riverhead about 2 a.m. Friday, town police said. The two men allegedly stole the bicycle and a wallet containing $60. No arrests have been made.
* Someone stole clothing from the Salvation Army drop box on East Main Street last Wednesday, town police said. The incident was reported about 9:15 a.m.


The page title and URL are two of only a small number of elements that are present for a user to view within the search engine results page. It's fair to say that they have a huge impact on click-through rate from the SERPs. Many moons have passed since search engines interpreted information solely on simple information like keyword density, but keyword stuffing is still prevalent on many sites. Content quality, content amount, and website information are all factors in your Page Quality Rating. Whenever possible, avoid changing URL structures. The easiest way to prevent broken redirects is to avoid creating the redirects in the first place.
Duplicate content is content that appears in more than one place online. When there are multiple pieces of identical content, it's difficult for search engines to decide which version is more relevant to a given search query. As of now, less than 50 percent of websites use local schema markup for local SEO, so there's tremendous advantage to be enjoyed by adopting it. In an SEO scenario, Google likes to trust sites that have links from high quality, relevant sources. For example, large news websites don't generally link to an untrusted source, nor do top quality industry blogs or university or .edu websites. Many website owners neglect to spend the time analyzing how their page structure actually looks and works for the visitor.
By providing clear, deep, easy to find content on your website, Google is more likely to index and show your content in search results. Websites that are thin on content, showing mostly ads or affiliate links, or that otherwise redirect visitors away to other sites quickly tend not to rank well. Including your target keyword within your page title positively correlated with higher search rankings. The recent statistics show that there are over 1.2 billion websites hosted on the internet today. And, there are also numerous websites that are competing for specific keywords on popular search engines. The world of search is a big one; even if you serve a niche industry, there are hundreds -- or even thousands -- of keywords and topics to choose from, and your choices could make or break your strategy.
Smart content improves the effectiveness and ROI of the material produced by making itself more discoverable and consumable. Content marketing has always been crucial but it is no longer enough to research several industry keywords, place them on your blog and rely on affiliate network to post links back to your site. If you have too many keywords stuffed into your domain, this can be viewed as a spammy tactic that Google can pick up on. Gaz Hall, a UK based SEO Specialist, commented: "It is not known how many users out there use the Google Toolbar, but the authors believe that they number in the millions. Google can track the entire web surfing behavior of these users."
Don't commit the cardinal sin of letting dots ruin your page descriptions Think of outreach as a brand awareness campaign for your most authoritative audience. f you are familiar with Google's algorithm, you are aware that it is predicated based off of backlinks. This is simply a hyperlink on an external website that links back to your website. Sometimes called curation blogging, content curation means posting collections of useful links, videos, podcasts, infographics, and other resources on a specific theme, along with a little informed commentary.


BH and I had a chance to visit the Deaf school in Sofia, Bulgaria where, hopefully, BH will be able to volunteer every once in a while. Our friend, Mitko, gave us a tour of the school and I had a chance to chat with the director to see if BH can help out. The school was not in great shape. Like other places in the world, Deaf students are choosing to go to speaking schools and relying on hearing aids and cochlear implants for their education. As the number of students drops in the Deaf residence schools, I assume government aid drops as well. The school was in worse shape than the school we saw in the Philippines. Students were going in and out of class, and it looked like nobody was following any schedule. The teachers didn't seem to mind that our friend wasn't in class, and just let him do what he wanted. The younger kids seemed to actually be sitting in class and not wandering around, but the high school students appeared to not have any restrictions.
What is the solution? If the student body continues to shrink, there is no way the school can get the necessary funding to be a viable option for Deaf students. The whole system needs to be re-thought out. Deaf students should be able to receive the same education that speaking students get in schools across the country. Of course, there own special needs should be catered to. Only if the school can attract more students will it have a chance to revitalize; however, the culturally Deaf world is shrinking, so how can this ever occur?