What will enterprise architecture look like in 5 years?
When we look back from 2020 how will the world view enterprise architects? They're currently some of the most senior and well paid IT professionals, but will they have a seat at the strategy management table for the business as a whole?
I believe in 5 years' time the hype over the IoT (Internet of things) and big data and even, dare I say, the "basic" business intelligence that is derived from that data will have morphed into twin concerns.
First, how to keep on top of continual business transformation. Second, how to refine the best algorithms to manage business ecosystems well (or at least better than your competitors are doing!).
Gartner's Peter Sondergaard makes a great point when he says: "The next digital gold rush will be focused on how you do something with data, not just what you do with it. This is the promise of the algorithm economy."
The question I've been asking myself is, where does EA (enterprise architecture) fit in all of this? And the answer I've come to believe is, right at the center if it plays its cards right!
At the moment, on one side of the table we're seeing a consolidation of the EPM (Enterprise Portfolio Management) offerings. The ITSM (IT Service Management), ITPM (IT Portfolio Management) and PPM (Project Portfolio Management) markets are merging. PPM tool vendors are acquiring ITPM tool vendors, and ITSM tool vendors are climbing up the stack by starting to capture the "how" not just "what" in their repositories.
On the other side of the table lives BI (business intelligence), with its glossy user interface and focus on the aggregation and trending of business data -- sales per product line per region per quarter, customer satisfaction trends etc. BI is trying to find the forest for the trees by moving into descriptive models and predictive and prescriptive analytics.
EPM and BI can tell you how your business is performing and might perform in the future. But they can't capture a business substructure or reason with deterministic confidence about how to re-engineer your business for digital transformation -- and that's where EA shines.
Without structure, the vastness of the data we'll be dealing with (at least 25 Billion connected devices by 2020) will make it impossible to identify a mission-critical system from a nice-to-have one, to prioritize them, and ultimately to have a strong conviction about which path will be best to take for each.
EA is a discipline focused on capturing structural relationships within a business. That is the horizontal relationships, such as owns and uses, not just the vertical ones, such as aggregates and decomposes. EA allows us to understand and analyze the interconnected nature of a business -- the organizational structure, the process structure, right down to the infra-structure. It's not just about drawing pretty box and line diagrams.
This is also where algorithms come in. A structural model is exactly what you need to be able to run meaningful analysis on a complex business ecosystem. EA models can be analyzed using a whole variety of equational and structural algorithms for KPIs, such as TCO, ROI, compliance, risk, re-use, complexity, and availability.
CIOs -- particularly CIOs of consumer-focused digital businesses -- are also finding that they need to be able to build up and tear down new architectures at pace as business ecosystems evolve. Five-year plans have become two-year plans and are morphing to a system of rolling updates.
Without a forecasting process which imagines and selects the best future business structure according to the priorities set by the business, this rapid change descends quickly into chaos.
The eyes of the team building the enterprise roadmaps that guide this process will need to be trained on a continually-evolving set of future state options. Enterprise Architects will demonstrate -- at speed -- how they can crunch the data, build models, roadmap future states and present the transformation process clearly.
Enterprise Architects will be in demand to engineer and re-engineer the increasingly complex systems that in 2020 deliver power to run your hybrid vehicle (will they be driverless yet?), manage the complexity behind the IoT-connected office and home, and ensure the smooth running of communications, banking, and an increasingly digitally-based health infrastructure.
Job titles might change, but the core "model and analyze" skills required for EA will be in demand. EAs might become Digital Transformation Specialists, Enterprise Change Agents, or Enterprise Options Analysts. And they will reporting to the Chief Digital Officer .
But their advice will be central to well-informed planning. Without it, executives risk playing Kerplunk or Jenga with critical systems -- and that will never be a good strategy!
Dr Tim O'Neill is a recognized authority and strategic advisor to numerous Global-2000 companies on enterprise architecture. He is a founder of Avolution which provides the enterprise modeling and IT strategy toolset, ABACUS. He is also a research fellow at Sydney's University of Technology.


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Тапанульский орангутан (лат. Pongo tapanuliensis) — вид человекообразных обезьян рода орангутанов (Pongo) семейства гоминид; эндемик Суматры. Один из трёх существующих видов рода наряду с Pongo abelii и Pongo pygmaeus. Выделен в отдельный вид в 2017 году, став первым живущим представителем гоминид, описанным как новый вид с 1929 года, когда был описан Pan paniscus.

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Изолированная популяция орангутанов в лесу Батанг-Тору, Южное Тапанули, впервые была описана в 1997 году, но тогда не была признана как отдельный вид. Pongo tapanuliensis был определён как отдельный вид орангутанов в 2017 году после детального филогенетического исследования. В исследовании собраны генетические образцы 37 особей и проведён морфологический анализ 33 взрослых самцов орангутанов. Ключевым компонентом исследования был скелет взрослого самца, погибшего после ранения местными жителями в 2013 году; этот скелет позже был обозначен как голотип этого вида. Образец имеет отличительные физические свойства по сравнению с основной группой образцов, особенно с определёнными характеристиками черепа и зубов, и хранится в Зоологическом музее Богора. Генетическое исследование также показало, что популяцию Батанг-Тору следует рассматривать как отдельный вид, причём два образца, взятые из популяции, демонстрируют существенные отличия от других двух видов орангутанов.

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Pongo tapanuliensis, по строению тела и цвету шерсти, больше напоминают суматранских орангутанов, чем калимантанских. Они отличаются более вьющимися волосами, меньшей головой и более плоским лицом. У них заметные усы и плоские нащечные наросты, которые у доминантых самцов покрыты пушистой шерстью. Самки также имеют бороду в отличие от калимантанского орангутана. «Долгий рёв» самцов более высокий, чем у суматранских орангутанов, больше длится и содержит больше пульсаций, чем у калимантанских орангутанов. Их питание также уникально, они едят такую необычную пищу, как гусеницы и шишки.

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Генетические исследования показали, что дивергенция Pongo tapanuliensis и Pongo abelii (суматранский орангутан) началась около 3 миллионов лет назад. Популяция стала более изолированной после извержения вулкана Тоба, которое произошло около 75 000 лет назад. Они продолжали спорадический контакт, который прекратился не менее 10—20 тысяч лет назад. Дивергенция Pongo tapanuliensis и Pongo pygmaeus (калимантанский орангутан) состоялась 670 тысяч лет назад. Орангутаны мигрировали по Сундаланду из Суматры на Калимантан во время четвертичного оледенения, когда уровень моря был ниже и острова были соединены сухопутным мостом. Считается, что нынешний ареал Pongo tapanuliensis максимально близок к тем территориям современной Индонезии, на которые предки орангутанов изначально вышли из материковой Азии.

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Обитает в тропических и субтропических влажных широколиственных лесах, расположенных к югу от озера Тоба, Суматра. Площадь ареала около 1000 км² на высоте от 300 до 1300 метров над уровнем моря. Расстояние между ареалами Pongo tapanuliensis и Pongo abelii всего 100 км.

Угроза выживанию
При численности в менее 800 особей, популяция тапанульских орангутанов является самой маленькой среди всех больших человекообразных обезьян. В связи с этим вид находятся под угрозой исчезновения, хотя Международный союз охраны природы ещё не давал свою оценку. Угрозами для существования вида являются вырубка леса, охота, , торговля дикими животными, гидроэнергетический проект в пределах их обитания. Инбредная депрессия также вероятна ввиду небольшого размера популяции и фрагментированного ареала, признаки инбридинга очевидны.

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Thanks to the actions of Los Medanos College's own photography and graphic design Professor Curtis Corlew, BART, the Contra Costa Transit Authority and CalTrans will be collaborating with Antioch city authorities to 'fix' a problematic intersection near Hillcrest Avenue and make it safer for bicyclists.
Corlew uploaded a two-minute-and-17-second video to his self-titled YouTube channel Aug. 19 that was passed around by Contra Costa County residents and officials before ultimately ending up in the inboxes of officials from BART and the CCTA.
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"Here I am riding northbound on Hillcrest [Avenue]," states Corlew's voice in the video, played over GoPro footage of him riding down said street on his bike. "And when I get to the turn for BART, it seems that the cars have to cross the bike lane to get on the freeway."
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Archive for the 'Nils Lofgren' Category
Reading Festival 24th – 26th August 1979
Posted by vintagerock in Bite the Pillow, Bram Tchaikovsky, Cheap Trick, Climax Blues Band, Cobbers, Cure, Doll by Doll, Fame, Gillan, Inner Circle, Jags, Little Bo Bitch, Members, Molly Hatchett, Motorhead, Movies, Nils Lofgren, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Police, Punishment of Luxury, Reading festival, Root Boy Slim, Scorpions, Speedometors, Steve Hackett, Terra Nova, Tourists, Whitesnake, Wild Horses, Wilko Johnson, Yachts, Zaine Griff.	Tagged: classic rock, concert, concerts, festival, gig, gigs, heavy metal, heavy rock, music, new wave, pop, rock, rock n roll.	3 comments
This was my 8th visit to Reading. The line-up was a predictable mix of new wave and heavy rock. It was also a year of line-up changes. Two of the main bands who were billed to play: Thin Lizzy and The Ramones did not appear. Thin Lizzy pulled out at a few days notice due to Gary Moore's departure from the band. Lizzy were replaced by Scorpions and The Ramones by Nils Lofgren. Both of these changes were major disappointments. The weather wasn't bad and the event was well-attended, but didn't sell out. My recollections of the weekend are below:
Friday line-up: Bite the Pillow, The Jags, Punishment of Luxury, Doll by Doll, The Cure, Wilko Johnson, Motorhead, The Tourists, The Police.
Friday was the "new wave" day. I watched all of the bands from Punilux onwards. Highlights were The Cure who impressed me even though the only song I had heard before was "Killing an Arab", and Wilko and Motorhead, both acts going down a storm with the crowd, who preferred their rock heavier and more traditional. The Police were riding on the crest of a wave of success, and were amazing, Sting had the crowd in the palm of his hand, and the entire field sang along to the hits. It was great to witness a band at their peak.
The Police setlist: Deathwish; Next To You; So Lonely; Truth Hits Everybody; Walking On The Moon; Hole In My Life; Fall Out; Message In A Bottle; The Bed's Too Big Without You; Peanuts; Roxanne; Can't Stand Losing You; Landlord; Born In The 60s
Saturday line-up: Root Boy Slim; Fame; The Yachts; Little Bo Bitch (not sure that they played?); The Movies; Bram Tchaikovsky; Gillan; Steve Hackett; Cheap Trick; Inner Circle; Scorpions
We spent much of Saturday enjoying the delights of local hostelries and didn't venture into the arena until later in the day. To be honest, looking at the line-up now, it was pretty uninspiring. We made it into the festival for Gillan onwards. Gillan seemed to play everywhere at the time, and were always good fun. I'd seen them so many times that I was getting to know the new songs, but I also always looked forward to hearing Purple classics, which they did including 'Smoke on the Water". Steve Hackett played "I Know What I Like" which prompted a mass crowd singalong. The highlight was Cheap Trick with crazy antics from Rick Nielson and an exquisite performance by Robin Zander. A video of their performance that night is on YouTube. You can find "I Want You To Want Me" here, a bit rough, but still amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLEYcO2VnE
For the encore Cheap Trick were joined onstage by Dave Edmunds and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs for a rendition of The Beatles' "Day Tripper". Classic 😄
Inner Circle's reggae rhythms went down well. Scorpions were great (I really liked "Loving You Sunday Morning" at the time), but we were disappointed that we weren't seeing Lizzy who had become a Reading favourite and were massive at the time.
Sunday line-up: The Cobbers; Terra Nova; Speedometers; Zaine Griff; Wild Horses; The Members; Molly Hatchett; Climax Blues Band; Nils Lofgren; Peter Gabriel; Whitesnake.
Sunday highlights for me were The Members who were in the charts with "Sounds of the Suburbs" and got a mixed reaction from the crowds with some people liking them, and others lobbing cans, and Peter Gabriel who started with "Biko" and played classic solo tracks like "Moribund The Burgermeister", "Solsbury Hill" and "Here Comes The Flood". Phil Collins joined Gabriel for the end of his set for "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". Whitesnake closed the evening and were worthy headliners (although they weren't billed as so, with Peter Gabriel and non-showers The Ramones having shared top billing in the pre-festival publicity). They started with an amazing new song "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" which set the tone for the evening. Ian Paice had just joined on drums and Whitesnake now had three former Purple members (Coverdale, Lord and Paice).
Whitesnake setlist: Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues; Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City; Steal Away; Belgian Tom's Hat Trick; Mistreated; Soldier Of Fortune; Love Hunter; Breakdown; Whitesnake Boogie.
An enjoyable Reading weekend, if not one of the strongest line-ups.
Posted by vintagerock in AC/DC, Nils Lofgren, Stranglers, The Who.	Tagged: classic rock, concert, concerts, gig, gigs, mod, rock, rock n roll.	5 comments
Support from AC/DC, The Stranglers and Nils Lofgren.
This was The Who's first big gig with Kenney Jones as drummer. It was also the first time that the band were accompanied by a horn section, for some songs. A capacity crowd of 80,000 fans crammed into the old Wembley Stadium to see the 'Orrible 'Oo; accompanied by a strong support line-up. I went down to London with a group of mates on an early train. When we arrived in the capital some mates went off to Chelsea, as Sunderland were playing there that day. Those of us who weren't football fans made our way to Wembley, in time to catch the support acts. Nils Lofgren was first on; I recall he had his small trampoline and did somersaults across the stage. AC/DC were great; this was the Bon Scott era band, who were just breaking big at the time. They started with "Live Wire" and played great classics like "The Jack", "Highway to Hell" and "Whole Lotta Rosie". Great stuff; really got the crowd going and, other than the Who, were the highlight of the day. The Stranglers were ok, but decided to make the brave move of playing mostly new material from "The Raven" album. This didn't go down too well with the crowd. A big fight broke out on the pitch during their performance.
I'd arranged to meet my mates who had been to the match, at around 7pm at the back of the stadium. They arrived, quite drunk, full of stories of how the police had directed them into the Chelsea "Shed" section of the ground, where all the home supporters were standing. They stood through the entire match, surrounding by hard men Chelsea skinheads, not daring to speak in case anyone recognised their Mackem accent. If Sunderland got the ball they had to stop themselves from cheering, lest they revealed themselves to the skins. They seemed pretty shaken by the whole experience, but quite proud that they had survived and lived to tell the tale.
The crowd was very mixed; a collection of rock fans, a smattering of Hells Angels who were camped on the pitch just in front of where we were all sitting, and groups of "new mods" in parkas (this was the beginning of the mod revival and around the time of the release of the "Quadrophenia" movie). One of my mates, who had been to the match and was a little worse for wear, insisted on taunting the Hells Angels in front of us. Luckily they started to joke along with him, taking it all in good spirit.
The Who started with "Substitute" and "I Can't Explain" and played well, although the sound wasn't good at all. The crowd loved them, and gave them a "returning heroes" type welcome. I enjoyed the gig, but it wasn't the best time I have seen the Who. We left during the encore ot be sure to catch our train home to the north, which was just as well, as there were massive delays getting to the tubes. The police diverted us away from Wembley Park tube station and round to Wembley Central. Although we left around 10pm, we arrived at Kings Cross just in time to catch the midnight train back to Newcastle.
Setlist: Substitute; I Can't Explain; Baba O'Riley; The Punk and the Godfather; Behind Blue Eyes; Boris the Spider; Sister Disco; Drowned; Music Must Change; Magic Bus; Pinball Wizard; See Me, Feel Me; Trick of the Light; 5:15; Long Live Rock; Who Are You; My Generation; Dreaming From the Waist; Won't Get Fooled Again.
Encore: Summertime Blues; The Real Me
Nils Lofgren Newcastle City Hall 1979
Posted by vintagerock in Live Wire, Nils Lofgren.	Tagged: classic rock, concert, concerts, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll.	2 comments
The last time I attended a Nils Lofgren concert at Newcastle City Hall was in September 1979. I have seen Nils since, as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band, but this was the last time I saw him in concert as a solo artist. Support came from Live Wire, a London pub rock band led by guitarist/vocalist Mike Edwards. Their music resembled Kilburn and the High Roads, or early Dire Straits. The tour was in support of Lofgren's sixth solo album, simply called "Nils". The strongest memory that I have of Nils concerts, is of Nils and his stage antics which were quite theatrical at the time and included a trampoline. For some crazy reason he had taken to having the trampoline on stage so that he could do body flips, while playing his guitar, ay various points in the show. He was obviously a pretty fit guy, but I remember thinking that it was a pretty bizarre thing to do. The trampoline gimmick stayed with Nils during his early days with Bruce and the E Street band. I'm not sure when he stopped using it, but I am pretty sure that he hasn't done so in the recent Springsteen concerts that I have attended.
Nils Lofgren and Tom Petty Newcastle City Hall 1977
Posted by vintagerock in Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty.	Tagged: classic rock, concert, concerts, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll.	5 comments
On a few occasions I have seen the support act clearly outshine the headliner. Lynyrd Skynyrd as support act for Golden Earring is one example. This pairing, of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers supporting Nils Lofgren in 1977 is another. We'd read a lot about this new upcoming band who combined classic rock with the energy of punk, the Byrds' jangling guitars, and a cool blonde-haired guy singing. I'd seen them on TV, probably on the Old Grey Whistle Test, and was blown away by the song "American Girl". I remember being a little confused by the name, as I had just seen Johnny Thunders and his Heartbreakers in concert! So we made sure we were in the City Hall early that night to see Petty and his band. They certainly didn't disappoint, and gave the crowd a set which Nils found difficult to follow. This was one of the rare occasions that I have seen the hall full for the first band, and the support act having to return for an encore. I saw Petty again the following year supporting Jefferson Starship and Genesis at Knewborth, but haven't managed to see him since. I had a ticket to see him at the Albert Hall last year but couldn't make it on the day, which is a big regret for me. I hope Tom returns to the UK sometime soon so I can have another chance to catch him in concert. The tour programme proclaims "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is purely and simply the best mainstream rock debut by any American band this year…" and that Tom is a " grey-eyed offspring of Speedy Keene and Mick Ronson" :). This album, the single "American Girl", the tour, and their appearances on UK TV broke Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the UK, and enabled them to go on to success in their home country and across the world. The UK dates with Nils were so successful that Petty and the guys were back a few weeks later to headline their own series of dates. From the Melody Maker at the time: "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers end their breakthrough British tour with Nils Lofgren this week — but the band return for their own concert series next month. The band's phenomenal rise to headlining status has taken just three weeks. They came to Britain at the beginning of this month to play as support band on the Lofgren tour. Petty and the Heartbreakers, however, are ending the tour as one of the most in-demand bands currently playing in this country." Nils was promoting his new album "I Came to Dance" and played an excellent gig, but was simply outclassed by the young guys who preceded him on stage that night. "I'm not Bob Dylan, but I never miss a beat. I ain't no philosopher, I dance in the street. I came to dance…..". The Lofgren set list at Newcastle City Hall 24th May 1977 was: Rock 'n' Roll Crook; Keith Don't Go; Like Rain; Incidentally It's Over; Goin' Back; Code of the Road; Cry Tough; It's Not A Crime; You're The Weight; Moon Tears; I Don't Want To Talk About It; Back It Up. Encores – Beggars Day; I Came To Dance.
The Tom Petty set list was: Surrender; Jaguar And Thunderbird; American Girl; Fooled Again; Breakdown; Listen To Her Heart; Strangered In The Night; I Need To Know; Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll; Dog On The Run. Encore: Route 66.
"I Need To Know" was a big favourite of mine at the time, and brings back happy memories. This was one of those gigs that still sticks in my memory and that I would love to relive if I could.
Many thanks to Mitch for the two setlists, which helped bring back some of the memories.
Posted by vintagerock in Nils Lofgren, Unicorn.	Tagged: classic rock, concert, concerts, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll.	5 comments
Nils Lofgren had a serious pedigree when he appeared on the scene as a solo artist in 1976. This guy had played with Neil Young on After the Goldrush, he'd been a member of Crazy Horse, and fronted his own ban Grin. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I went to see him in 1976. I'd seen Springsteen for the first time the year before, and I thought that Nils could be of a similar musical bent, with the added attraction of his excellent guitar playing. Nils had just released his second solo album "Cry Tough". The set featured songs from his first two records. I remember the song "Cry Tough" itself, a great version of Goffin and King's "Going Back" and my own favourite, which was "Keith Don't Go" a song about the stones' Keith Richards and his drug bust in Toronto. Nils would wear bright Hawaiian style shirts and scarfs would be hanging from the head of his guitar. I went to see Nils a few times over those years in the late 70s, my mates and I were quite into him at the time. Support on the 1976 tour was a British band called Unicorn, whose music was reminiscent of Buffalo Springfiled, The Byrds, Poco, The Eagles and many other Country Rock bands of the 70. They released four albums with the help of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.


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On Fungi, Their Relation To Disease. Part 2
This I have proved by experiment; and 1 have recently obtained additional proof of the correctness of this view from the examination of spontaneous yeast of the tan-pits kindly forwarded to me from Kingston, Canada, by Professor Lawson. This in no way differs from brewer's yeast which has been long kept. The favorite fruit of the yeast-cell is sugar, upon which it acts in such a manner as to disturb the feeble combination of its chemical elements. This process, which is termed catalysis by chemists, causes decomposition of the sugar and a new arrangement of its particles, giving rise to carbonic acid and alcohol. Sugar is essential to the maintenance of yeast in its integrity. As soon as its requirements in this respect fail to he supplied, the plant turns for its prey upon the new element it has evoked, the alcohol, which is at once converted, by a similar process, into vinegar. Here the ceil becomes changed in form. It is now oval, and this condition, which has received the name of Torula, it may be made to retain indefinitely; but under ordinary circumstances, it proceeds to convert the acid into other compounds, and its development goes on rapidly until it has assumed the form of a filamentous mycelium.
In this stage, again, it can be retained at will, as the vinegar plant, or, as it is popularly termed, the "mother" of vinegar, which possesses the power of at once converting saccharine matter into add, apparently without the intermediate alcoholic fermentation. If now exposed to the air, it completes its growth by producing spores, which in their turn go through the same cycle.
With this slight sketch of the natural history of one of these minute beings, we will now notice some of the more important effects which they are reputed to produce. And, first, let us glance at their influence on the higher forms of vegetables.
It appears certain that before any great damage can be done by these parasites, there must pre-exist in the objects of their attack an unhealthy condition of structure, resulting partly from being deprived of some chemical element essential to healthy growth, and partly to atmospheric changes which tend to foster a too rapid formation of cellular tissue, at the same time that they favor the rapid development of the parasite. The result of these changes in the plant is a lowered vitality, rendering it prone to the attacks of the fungus, which, once having found a habitat, spreads with prodigious rapidity, and by setting in motion chemical changes similar to those already spoken of, soon involves the whole plant in decay. Examples of this will be familiar to you, as in the case of the potato disease, which not many years ago brought England to the verge of famine, and in Ireland, which depends almost solely on this crop, was the cause of untold misery and destitution.
The failure of the vine crops in Spain and Portugal was owing to the ravages of another species, Oidium Tuckeri; and in some seasons the wheat crops in this country are to a great extent damaged or destroyed by another of these minute pests, which, under the name of mildew, often in the course of a single night, converts whole fields of waving corn into black, useless rubbish. Dry-rot in timber is another example of the destructive power of this group. Nor are these the only commercial interests which thus suffer. The production of silk is often a complete failure, owing to the silk-worm being infested by a minute fungus, the Botrytis Bas-siana, which, entering, probably by the spiracles or breathing apertures, insinuates itself into the blood-vessels and destroys the insect. Damp and want of cleanliness are found to be the cause of the attack. Other species again have been found in flies, beetles, eggs, in the air sacs of birds, on fish, reptiles, and animals, the mention of which would encroach too much upon your time.
A great part of those which have received distinct names, as well as nearly the whole of those from the human subject, I have proved to be mere initial or imperfect forms of one or two common species of mould which occur every where upon decaying organic matter, as cheese, apples, oranges, etc. The number of plants thus degraded from the rank of species is about thirty-four, and I doubt not that many others might be placed in the same category.
The first discovery of a vegetable parasite on man was, as I have said, made by M. Schoenlein, of Berlin, while examining the crusts from the head of a person affected with favus, (Porrigo lupinosa, or scald head.) The plant has been since known under the name of Oidium Schoenleinii. Another parasite was subsequently discovered in the hairs of persons affected with the disease termed plica polonica; also a similar one in ulcer was found by Mr. Robin.
Others have been found in Tinea, Porrigo, Pityriasis, Lichen, and Sycosis, etc, etc. Others again in the lungs and on the mucous surfaces of the body. Now the whole of these are referable to a common origin; the characters which have caused them to be raised to the rank of species being due to the plant having been retained in a state of immaturity. So singular is this power of being so retained, that we might almost reduce it to a formula. Giving a certain quantity of sustenance, we might predicate the form which the parasite would exhibit, and thus we find no difficulty in accounting for the great variety which is met with on the human subject alone; difference in density and chemical constitution of textures, in degrees of warmth and moisture, in greater or less facility of access to external air, will readily account for these differences in form, and will render it no matter for surprise that microscopists should have given distinct specific names to upwards of thirty plants which are in truth referable to one or two.
There remains one very peculiar variety to be mentioned. This consists of minute, square-shaped cells arranged in fours. It was discovered by Professor Goodsir, in a disease of the stomach, and was named by him Sarcina ventriculi. A similar one has been observed by Dr. Gardner and others, from the kidney. There is now good reason to believe that both these are merely varieties of the common fungi of which we have been speaking, Penicillium and Aspergillus, for identical growths have been found by Mr. Stephens on bones from South America; by Dr. Fox on the human subject, in a case of skin disease; and by myself in a vial containing crystals of cholesterine.
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I am lucky to have such a phenomenal mentor and employer.
That's right! I have the pleasure of working for Dr. Eric White of Complete Family Vision Care in San Diego. During our first year in practice together he has taught me about doctor driven dispensing. This little piece of advice is what changed Eric's practice and profits. Eric has lectured on the topic for companies such as Alcon, Transitions, Essilor, Allergan and more. He is an expert and there is an art to his expertise.
Through Dr. White I have learned that those who practice doctor driven dispensing all go on to change their practices. On the other hand, those who laugh at it remain in the same rut. In order to enhance the point Eric is trying to make, I decided to film him speaking about doctor driven dispensing in his own words.
What is doctor driven dispensing?
Doctor driven dispensing is the act of prescribing specific ophthalmic products directly from the exam chair for a direct purpose. It is supplemented with a plethora of education as to why it fits the patient's life. Most new graduates I know will finish their exam and send the patient to the dispensary to have the staff instruct them on what to buy. This often leaves the patient feeling like they have been "sold". Many doctors feel that their patients want to spend the minimum on glasses and contact lenses. Why do doctors make this judgment of patients? I have found that most patients want maximum visual performance and are willing to spend the money.
In optometry school, I never learned how to prescribe specific frames, lenses, coatings, or contact lenses. I was just told to give the patient their prescription and let the optical dispensary handle it. This embedded really bad habits that are hard to break, even after doing doctor driven dispensing for an entire year! Since I started practicing doctor driven dispensing, here is what I have found.
Keep in mind this sounds very "staged" when written down. In real life, it is much more personal and informal.
"Your prescription has changed this year and it is time to take your vision to the next level. I want 2014 to be a year of maximum visual performance for you. I am prescribing you Varilux Physio Enhanced Progressive lenses with Crizal Avancé No-Glare in a digitally surfaced lens with Transitions Signature 7. As we mature, imperfections in our eyes develop and it is critical that we maximize useable vision with the most optically pure variable focus lens. In addition, the No-Glare lens is going to greatly improve your night time driving when you pick up the kids from basketball practice and it will fix any glare that might bother your eyes at work. As an added bonus to choosing that No-Glare lens, you get a 2 year warranty. Should anything happen to the lens, there is a no-questions-asked, free replacement here at the office. Even little scratches are a pain and you shouldn't have to deal with that!
Transitions are going to be so helpful for you as well. Now while your running in and out of the house babysitting your granddaughter, the Transitions Signature 7 is going to keep your eyes comfortable and protected from the sun. You will no longer need to dig through your purse for your sunglasses. I myself am wearing my own pair right now and I love them for how convenient they are. This lens just hit the market about 9 months ago and the technology is outstanding.
It is also really important that we update your sunglasses. I know how you love to run outside so, I am going to prescribe you a pair of Nike polarized sunglasses to help you focus on your run and not on discomfort. The Nike X2 Run sunglasses are amazing for runners and allow lots of air flow through the glasses. I'm going to save you money by not using a prescription for your sunglasses. Instead, I am going to have you try a daily disposable contact lens called "Acuvue True Eye". You can wear them outside while running with your non-prescription sunglasses or at the gym. I know how frustrating glasses can be at the gym. All of my patients using this lens say it is a life changer! You can also wear these on special occasions when you don't want to be in glasses. Just keep in mind, you aren't buying an entire year supply… Only a few months will last you the year.
Before you go, I want to break it down once more. We are doing your Varilux Physio Enhanced Progressive glasses with Crizal Avancé No-Glare and scratch resistant lenses with Transitions Signature 7. You will use your insurance for this pair. Next is your polarized Nike sunglasses, but because it is a second pair, I am giving you 20% off! As for your contacts, this will be an out of pocket expense, but these lenses are the same price at all retailers because of UPP.
Now to finish up, I want you to consider for next time a pair of single vision computer glasses with Crizal Prevencia lenses. These lenses have been shown in clinical research to decrease retinal cell death by 25% and that is important for healthy aging! I will e-mail you an article I wrote about this and you can consider it for next time.
That basically sums up what I say to my patients. I prescribe with confidence, authority and I know that if my patients invest in their eyes, they will have years of happiness and healthy vision. I also did some calculations of what this costs and it's not much for the patient… We are talking a few dollars per day!
One thing that helped me was using the ECP University free course on Essilor products. You can't prescribe unless you know your product and it was very helpful for me to learn about all the Essilor lenses.
I found this most valuable for the doctors and staff in the practice. We are really big on "Doctor Driven Dispensing" so it was really important that Dr. White and I knew everything possible about the latest in lens technology.
Have any doctor driven dispensing tips?


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Fernando Laguda
About Fernando
Fernando Laguda has more than 28 years of collective business experience, in multiple industries, which include but are not limited to, medical supplies, publishing, direct and retail sales, corporate training, radio promotions, large event management, copywriting, digital marketing and mixed martial arts promotion. He is a serial entrepreneur having built and successfully ran multiple businesses impacting domestic and international markets.
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Fernando has extensive marketing and direct sales experience, having marketed products both domestically and internationally. He built an organization that put him in the top 10 among over 100,000 distributors and earned the position of Presidential Advisory Council. His expertise as a marketing, sales and training consultant was sought after by numerous direct sales companies, including NutriQuest, Future Vision, Boo Koo, Pure Power energy drinks and Metabolife where he generated more than a million in monthly sales.
Fernando took his direct sales expertise and opened and successfully ran nine Metabolife retail stores in Nevada, Ohio, and Kentucky. The stores collectively yielded $2.5 million in sales during the first twelve months of operation. His teamwork principles, duplicable system and aggressive radio campaign helped Metabolife grow from $600,000 to over $1 billion in annual sales in just 4 years.
Just for fun, in 2015, Fernando co-founded a Mix Martial Arts league. They produced 13 major events and 28 episodes on Pinoy Extreme Cable Channel, gaining international exposure and national television distribution as the fastest growing MMA league in the Philippines. Today, he is a partner in TribalTorogi MMA Academy, which has 5 professional fighters in One Championship MMA League and some of the top, up and coming MMA fighters in the Philippines.
Next, Fernando became the Founder and CEO of Social Sales Pro, a digital marketing, direct sales, web, and software development company. He provides strategic counsel for startups and existing companies looking to enter the Philippines, Asia, Russia and USA. He develops and executes customer acquisition campaigns, corporate registration, legal compliance, leadership acquisition, training, national and international expansion.
His philanthropic endeavors include community service with San Diego Youth at Risk, a nonprofit organization addressing the needs of "at risk" students. His volunteer work produced commendation from the Honorable Maureen O'Conner, Mayor of San Diego.


The Newcastle Jets Youth equalled their best ever finish in the Foxtel National Youth League, with a second-placed finish in Conference B of the revamped competition.
The opening weekend of the season saw the Jets hit the ground running against a shell-shocked Western Sydney Wanderers side who were put under immense pressure in the opening exchanges. The pressure eventually told, as Nick Cowburn put the home side ahead with a seventh-minute free kick. Eventually, the Wanderers got a foothold and turned the match on its head by scoring twice to go into the break with the lead.
Brandon Lundy was the hero of the second half, scoring a scorching equaliser from an acute angle, before the Jets fell behind again. With second half stoppage time ticking away, centre-back Tom Whiteside was thrown forward and the move paid dividends, with the big defender setting up Lundy to finish from close range in the 93rd minute to rescue a point.
The Jets set off for Canberra on the longest road trip of the season, without Lundy and captain Andrew Pawiak, who were named on the A-League bench for the F3 derby on the same afternoon the Junior Jets travelled to the capital.
At half time, it appeared the duo were not required anyhow as the side went to the sheds 2-0 up thanks to an early goal from Kristian Brymora and a goal just before the break by Braedyn Crowley.
Unfortunately for Newcastle, it all went pear shaped as they found themselves 3-2 down just 15 minutes after the restart. There was to be late drama when Crowley levelled it up at 3-3 in the 93rd minute for the second week running, only to see the points snatched away with a 96th minute penalty to the CoE after a harsh handball call on Whiteside.
For the third match in a row, Newcastle's attack was firing on all cylinders with another three goals. This time, the defence was on-song, as the Jets collected their first clean sheet of the season and their first victory.
Once again, the Jets drew first blood early as Pawiak brought down a poor keeper clearance. With cries of 'shoot' in the air, he elected instead to thread Mitch Cooper into a better position to fire home.
Lundy and Josh Barresi added two quick goals midway through the second half to finish the Mariners off to round out a convincing win.
Newcastle travelled to Leichhardt to take on the undefeated Sydney FC Youth. Although only halfway through the competition, a win here for the Sky Blues in this six-pointer may well have already sealed the Conference B title. The task was made all the more difficult with the leaders naming a very strong line-up featuring Olyroo Brandon O'Neill and other first-team players Robert Stambolziev, Aaron Calver, Chris Naumoff and Alex Mullen.
Despite going behind to a Naumoff goal early on, Lundy restored parity with a quarter of an hour played, bravely sliding in at the far post to tap home, which saw several players end up in the net. Cody Carroll netted just before half time to take an unlikely lead to the break.
Sydney FC threw everything at the Jets and despite having them under siege in the second half, Newcastle defended heroically and held strong to pull off an upset which blew the title race wide open. Zane went on to say the performance was the best he had been involved in as youth coach.
With Sydney FC in their sights, the Jets needed to collect another three points against the FFA Centre of Excellence and avenge their late defeat in Canberra – and they did just that. A 15th minute Brymora goal proved to be the difference on the day.
Despite the CoE fielding a strong side with players who have since been snapped up by A-League clubs and having the vast majority of possession on the day, the Jets never really looked under threat and could have hit four or five, had it not been for the woodwork and some outstanding goalkeeping.
With the Wanderers already out of the title race, the best they could do on the day was to dent the Jets' title hopes, which they did.
Missing Lundy and Cooper for this one, Zane fielded a young forward line and young winger Finn Parris re-paid the coach's faith by opening the scoring in the sixth-minute. Despite the frantic pace of the game, just one goal was scored in the first half.
The comeback was complete for the Wanderers on the hour mark, with two quick goals putting the home side ahead.
The match continued to go end to end with both sides creating chances, but the Red-and-Black weathered the storm to send the Jets home empty handed and put their title hopes on life support.
This match was do-or-die for the Jets, as anything less than a win would effectively hand the Conference B title to Sydney FC.
Andy Brennan's fourth-minute goal got the vocal home crowd on board as the 12th man. Just as the Sky Blues were pressing hard for an equaliser in the second half, they were reduced to 10 men as they had a player dismissed for two yellow cards, his second for simulation as he tried winning a penalty under the referee's nose.
The result meant the Jets had to win the F3 derby the next week and hope that the CoE could spring the upset of the season by beating Sydney FC away from home.
The Jets entered their second do-or-die clash in six days as they travelled down the freeway to take on the Mariners. Parris opened the scoring with yet another early goal, before conceding twice before the half hour. Just four minutes later, the title hopefuls were ahead with two goals to Barresi in the space of 30 seconds. The Jets went to break 3-2 ahead and hung onto that scoreline in the second half to temporarily top the conference and pile all the pressure onto Sydney FC the following afternoon.
The Jets came within a whisker of the grand final when the CoE made it 2-2 in Sydney with 12 minutes left and pressed hard for the goal that would see the Jets qualify for the showpiece. With the CoE committing numbers forward to try and end their season on a high, a counter attack in the 86th minute saw the Sky Blues extinguish the Jets' season. Sydney FC went onto defeat Adelaide United 5-2 in the title decider the following week.
When asked about his standout players through the course of the season, coach Zane noted midfielder Pawiak, winger Parris and number 10 Carroll as his picks. Pawiak ably led his team around the park from the engine room and was a figure of consistency, while Parris and Carroll emerged as starting 11 players after not featuring at all in the early parts of the campaign.
Other honourable mentions must go to keeper Blake Tuxford and defenders Themba Muata-Marlow and Whiteside for their rock solid defence after conceding seven goals in the first two matches.
The team's success was not just built on having a solid defence, but the ability to score early goals and put the opposition under pressure. The Jets scored an early goal in every match, with the latest of their openers coming in the 16th minute of the game in Sydney.
Balance was another key factor in earning positive results. With the defence and engine room complimenting each other quite well, Barresi added extra physicality, ball winning ability and forward drive after being re-incarnated as a defensive midfielder and linking up well with Carroll and the frontline and was outstanding in the latter stages of the season.
The season proved to be a commendable effort with regular players occasionally missing due to A-League commitments and losing key players Antonee Burke and Tom Waller early in the season due to injury, who will return to strengthen the side this winter in the NPL.
Despite final day disappointment, Clayton Zane and his team have much to be proud of and can take many positives into the upcoming NPL season. With a reasonably young and at times, inexperienced side, they defied the odds and almost went all the way.


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est un daimyō et le frère cadet de Oda Nobunaga. Il se serait converti au christianisme en 1588. Il aide Ieyasu Tokugawa à la bataille de Sekigahara en 1600 mais prend plus tard le parti de Hideyori Toyotomi lors du siège d'Osaka en 1615. À la suite de la défaite, il abandonne la vie publique.

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Père : Oda Nobuhide (1510-1551)
Frères
Oda Nobuhiro (d. 1574)
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)
Oda Nobuyuki (1536-1557)
Oda Nobukane (1548-1614)
Oda Nobuharu (1549-1570)
Oda Nobutoki (d. 1556)
Oda Nobuoki
Oda Hidetaka (d. 1555)
Oda Hidenari
Oda Nobuteru
Oda Nagatoshi

Sœurs :
Oichi (1547-1583)
Oinu

Fils :
Oda Nagamasa (1587-1670)
Oda Hisanaga

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A squeeze page is a landing page designed to entice a person to subscribe to an email list. They are usually short and completely viewable without the need to scroll.
A squeeze page has one main purpose. That purpose is to get a person to enter his or her email address and opt-in to your email mailing list.
Let's explore what actually makes a high converting squeeze page.
Here are the elements that a great squeeze page should contain.
A squeeze page should be designed around some type of irresistible offer. It should solve a very specific problem and only be available from you.
The irresistible offer should also be highly targeted to your email lists market.
The headline should be powerful and get the reader's attention fast. It should be benefit loaded and form a connection with the target market. Take your best offer benefit and work it into your headline.
Make a list of all your offer's benefits. Now take the best ones and list them using bullet points on your squeeze page.
Use a strong call to action above your subscription box. It should further entice to reader to subscribe today and not wait. Work in some form of scarcity if possible.
Use page design or graphics to guide the reader's eyes to the subscription box.
A high converting squeeze page should be short and to the point. Since a readers attention span is very short, it needs to grab their attention in seconds and promise them that their problem will soon be solved.
The squeeze page is the start of the relationship building process. So keep that in mind when designing your perfect high converting squeeze page.
Welcome back! Today we will be adding a call to action text block to our nifty squeeze page.
We will be using a new HTML container tag. So let me introduce you to the paragraph

 tag. The paragraph tag is one of the most used HTML tags. It is used to contain a single paragraph of text. You simply enclose each paragraph in a beginning
 and ending
 paragraph tag. The browser will take care of the basic formatting and spacing of each paragraph.
OK, so load the page we have been building back into Notepad++. It should look like this.
Since we want our call to action text below the headline, we will add it just below the

 container tag div section. We will place the paragraph container inside a div container since this is a new section of the page. Go ahead and do that now.
Now let's add the actual text. We add the text between the starting
 and the ending
 tags.
Save the page now before you forget.
Remember how to view the page in your browser? Let's view it now.
I don't know about you, but I don't like the way the text just goes across the browser in one long line. Let's do something about that.
We will be using a new tag to break the long line into two shorter lines. The new tag we will be using is the line break
 tag. This one is unique as it is not a container tag. So it does not have a ending marker like the others we have used have.
We simply insert the line break
 tag where we want to break the line. Let's do this now.
Let's also center the call to action text the same way we centered the headline by adding style="text-align:center;" to it's div container tag.
Save your page and then view it in your browser.
Much better, don't you think? The text is a little small but we will make it bigger a little later in this tutorial.
Well our squeeze page is slowly starting to take shape. We will add more to it in the next part. See you then.
Are you ready to do something with that awesome blank HTML page you created? Let's add our very first visual element to the page. Let's add the headline.
First let me introduce you to the next HTML container tag you are going to use. It's the really boring DIV tag

.
A HTML page typically has multiple sections. For example, a squeeze page can have a headline, an introductory paragraph, a subscribe form and maybe a footer. The DIV tag can be used to contain each of these page sections.
A DIV tag also let's us easily change the look of each section easily. For example, you could change the text type, the text color, the background color and the text alignment all by making small modifications to the div tag. I'll show you more about this later in the tutorial.
OK, so load the page back in to Notepad++ that we have been working on. It should still look like this.
Got it loaded? Great! Let's dive in and add that headline to the page.
Add the DIV tags where we want the headline to display. Since we want it at the top of the page we are going to add them just below the  tag. Go ahead and add them. Your page should now look like this.
Remember to save the page so you don't lose the changes.
We want the headline to be big and stand out. So we are going to have to use a new tag. Let me introduce you to the heading tag! There are actually six heading tags but we are only going to use one of them. We will be using the

 tag. The H1 tag is used to define the most important heading on the page. In this case it's our headline.
The default formatting for the H1 tag is to make the text large and bold. This can actually be overridden but for now we are keeping things simple. So, we will just use the H1 tag without any format overriding.
You place the text of your headline between the starting
 and the ending
 tag.
So let's add that inside the DIV tag we just added.
Save your document and then view it in your favorite browser. Remember how to do that?
On the top menu bar in Notepad++ click on the "Run" drop down menu. See the menu entries that start with "Launch in?" Well click on the one that refers to your favorite browser.
Here is what you should see if you selected Firefox.
The headline does not look good left justified. Does it? Let's center it on the page.
We will do that by revisiting that really boring DIV tag and add a little code to style it's contents. WOW! We are just in part 2 and we are already going to learn a little CSS!
To center the headline in the div we are going to add the following to the starting
 tag.
What this code does is it tells the browser to center the text that is contained inside the opening
 and the closing
 tags.
Here is what your modified DIV tag line should look like when you add the above code to it.
So your document should now look like this.
Go ahead and save your changes and view it in your browser again.
Much better. Don't you think?
Well I think it's time to go grab another celebratory beverage and give yourself a round of applause. Your blank page now has a headline. We will add more to the page in the next part of this tutorial. See you there!
What I am going to show you today is how to create a blank page! Sounds exciting doesn't it? Don't worry, we will be adding stuff you can actually see in the next part of the tutorial.
You will need a plain text editor to create your page. Do not use Word or any other word processing type of software. It will cause you nothing but headaches. You can use any plain text editor you want. I will be using Notepad++. You can get a free copy of it by clicking the link below.
In fact, just go get a copy now. It will make it a lot easier for you to follow what I am doing in each step.
Got Notepad++ installed? Great! Let's move on.
Fire up Notepad++ and create a new blank text document. Now save it where you can find it and name it squeeze.html. You will have to click on the File menu and then Save As… since the text document is totally blank. Once you start adding something to the document you will be able to just click on the save icon in the tool bar instead.
The above line must be the very first line in the file. It is known as the doctype declaration. It tells the browser what type of document it is so it knows how to display it properly. In this case the doctype declaration is telling the browser that it is an HTML5 document.
You don't need to remember that, just start each HTML file you create with it.
HTML documents use tag containers to let the browser know what is contained on the page so it knows how to display the contents of each tag container. This is where most people start to freak out and quit trying to learn HTML. It's not difficult and most people expect it to be difficult so THEY make it difficult. Just keep saying to yourself, this is easy, this is easy, this is easy. Because it really is.
Each container uses two tags. A start tag and an end tag. Examples of containers are paragraphs, headlines and the entire page. They basically say for example… HEY browser! This is the start of a headline and the headline goes until you see the closing tag! This will become a lot more clear to you later on in this tutorial. So get ready for that light bulb to come on over your head and then explode.
Are you ready to meet your first tag? I sure hope so, because it's coming now whether you like it or not.
Meet the HTML tag  That's actually two tags. The starting HTML tag and the ending HTML tag. This tag tells your browser that everything between the starting  tag and the ending  tag should be treated as HTML code.
Now let's add the HTML tag to our document. Add the two tags below the doctype declaration you had already added. Your document should look like this now.
We will be adding everything else between the HTML tags.
The next tag I would like to introduce you to is the HEAD tag . Moat of the stuff that can go in the head tag area is for search engines, bots and the browser. Since we are keeping things simple, we are going to only place one item in the head tag area. I'll get to that in a minute.
Now add the head tags  just below the starting  tag in your document. It should now look like this.
Don't forget to save your document from time to time as you add additional lines and text to it.
Let's now add the very first thing a human eye can see. We are going to add the TITLE tag and the title of the page. You know, the text you see above the browser tool bar or in the browser page tab and in search engine results? That's what we are going to add next.
Meet the TITLE tag <title></title>. Let's add it to our document along with a title for this squeeze page we are creating. Add it just below the starting  tag. Your document should now look like this.
Now let's add the actual text for the title of the page. You add that between the starting <title> tag and the closing </title> tag. Your document should now look like this.
Did you save your document? Good! Now let's move on.
The next tag I want to introduce you to is the BODY tag . This is where all the magic happens. Your actual squeeze page that the person sees in his or her browser will reside inside this tag.
Let's add it to the document we are working on. It goes just below the ending  tag. Your document should now look like this.
Now save your document. We are going to see what it looks like in a browser next.
If you took my advice and downloaded Notepad++ and of course are actually using it, this next step is going to be easy.
Did you click it? Good!
Now you should see your brand spanking new blank page in your favorite browser. See the title of the page on your browser tool bar or page tab?
This is going to be a series of articles that shows you step by step how to build a squeeze page using just HTML and maybe a little CSS. It will be light and fast loading. You will not need WordPress or any expensive WordPress plug-ins. In fact, I am going to show you how to do this using nothing but free tools.
With that out of the way, this tutorial series will not read like a text book. It will be more like me sitting beside you and showing you each step.
Each part of this tutorial will build on the previous parts. So make sure you read it from the beginning and don't skip around. Also complete each part on your own before moving to the next part. Actually doing each small step will help you to learn and understand what I am showing you.
We will be using HTML5 to build our squeeze page since this is the latest and greatest version of HTML. You can do a lot of fancy stuff with HTML5 but we are going to keep it simple in the beginning. We will get fancy later.
The easiest way to get people to opt-in to your email list is to bribe them to do it. You need to offer them something that will be of value to them in exchange for their name and email address.
Let's discuss several bribe ideas that you can use to get people on your email list.
You could write an ebook that covers one or more aspects of your list niche. It does not have to be long. In fact it can be something as simple as an introduction to a subject.
Just keep in mind that it needs to be something someone would really want.
If you sell a larger product, why not create a smaller version of it and give that away as your bribe?
Not good at writing? You can purchase private label rights for a product that would be a good fit to your list and use that to bribe them to opt-in.
You could use it as is or re-write parts of it to make it better. Personally I would at least create a new ebook cover for the selected PLR product.
Don't like to write? How about creating a video? You can create an introduction video or one that teaches a specific subject. You could also create a training video that shows people how to use a specific software program or script.
The one thing really nice about videos is that they are easy and quick to create.
Like to talk? You can create a mp3 audio file explaining how to do something and give that away as your bribe. Lots of people like these since they can listen to them while they drive back and forth from work.
Does an affiliate program have an informational video sales page? You can offer access to it as your bribe to get someone to opt-in to your email list.
Just set your autoresponder to send the person to your affiliate link instead of a regular thank you page. Plus you have a chance at making an affiliate commission.
Want to get your email list subscribers use to looking out for your emails? You can offer a multi part mini course and send it out over several emails. Send the first lesson as soon as they opt-in and the rest at set intervals.
Can you provide several articles, ebooks, mp3 files and video files as a bribe? How about access to a forum where like minded people can meet and have discussions? You could put this all in a membership site and offer a free membership to it for opting in to your email list.
This method also gives you another way to engage with your subscribers.
I love using discount codes as a bribe. Take one of your older products you sell and offer a discount code for 100% off the purchase of it. Then later on you can upsell them to a newer edition or version of the product.
You can offer to giveaway a paid product each week or so to a random subscriber to your email list. If the product you are giving away has a high perceived value the random drawing should attract a lot of opt-ins to your email list.
Do you sell a high dollar consultation or course? You could offer short email consultations for free as your bribe.
Would your niche be well suited for having a Facebook group? You could give access to it as your opt-in bribe. Plus, this gives you an additional way to communicate with your subscribers.
Do you sell software or scripts? You can create light versions of them and give those away as your opt-in bribe. Then continue to upsell them to the full versions.
Do you have a list of resources that people in your niche would want? You can compile that list into a PDF and give it away for free to everyone that opts in to your email list.
I have given you several ideas you can use as bribes on your opt-in squeeze page. Just pick the one that is best for you. Or come up with your own twist on one of these ideas.
You may want to experiment with several different types of bribes and see what one works best for growing your email list.


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A086811 Average (scaled by a certain explicit factor) over all integers k of a_k(n), the n-th coefficient of the k-th cyclotomic polynomial. 0
0, 3, 6, 16, 45, 126, 224, 1344, 684, 1116, 4752, 23760, 56784, 286944, 164664, 281472, 2449224, 7371648, 27086400, 160392960, 49635936, 68277888, 1049956992, 6077306880, 1252224000, 3240801792, 2083408128, 4066530048, 35225729280, 142745587200, 717382656000, 6279166033920, 2442775449600, 2080906813440, 2251759104000 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
When n is odd the n-th term is an integer. If n is even then twice the n-th term is an integer. Conjecturally (Y. Gallot) the n-th term is always an integer. For n <= 128 this has been verified numerically by Yves Gallot. It is also an unproved conjecture due to H. Möller (1970) that no term of this sequence is negative.
Table of n, a(n) for n=1..35.
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Let M_k = k * Product_{prime p<=k} p. Let q be any prime > k. Then the k-th term (for k >= 2) is M_k * Sum_{d|M_k} ( a_d(k) + a_{d*q}(k) )/(2*d). The average of the k-th coefficient of the n-th cyclotomic polynomial is given by the k-th coefficient of this sequence divided by Zeta(2) * k * Product_{p<=k} (p+1). (Zeta(2) = Pi^2/6.) [See Section 8.3 in Moree and Hommerson (2003).]
with(numtheory):for k from 1 to 50 do; v := 1: w := 1:j := 1:z := 1:while ithprime(j)<=k do; v := v*ithprime(j); w := w*(1+1/ithprime(j)); z := z*(ithprime(j)+1); j := j+1; end do: v := v*k:z := z*k:q := ithprime(j):te := 0:for i from 1 to nops(divisors(v)) do; d := divisors(v)[i]; kl(x) := 1; for j from 1 to k do; if modp(d, j)=0 then kl(x) := taylor(kl(x)*(1-x^j)^mobius(d/j), x, k+1); end if; end do: te := te+coeff(kl(x), x, k)/d; kl(x) := 1; for j from 1 to k do; if modp(q*d, j)=0 then kl(x) := taylor(kl(x)*(1-x^j)^mobius(q*d/j), x, k+1); end if; end do: te := te+coeff(kl(x), x, k)/d; end do: zr := te/(2*w):print(k, zr*z):end do:
Cf. A013595, A013596, A054532, A054533, A054534, A054535.
frac,nonn
Pieter Moree (moree(AT)mpim-bonn.mpg.de), Aug 05 2003
More terms from Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 01 2019 using the author's Maple program


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