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Accounting Assumptions
Assumptions are traditions and customs, which have been developed over a period of time and well-accepted by the profession. Basic accounting assumptions provide a foundation for recording the transactions and preparing the financial statements there from. There are four basic assumptions that are considered as cornerstones of the foundation of accounting.
These are:
- Accounting entity,
- Money measurement,
- Going concern and
- Accounting period.
Accounting Entity Assumption
Accounting entity assumption states that the activities of a business entity be kept separate from its owners and all other entities. In other words, according to this assumption business unit is considered a distinct entity from its owners and all other entities having transactions with it. For example, in the case of proprietorship, the law does not make any distinction between the proprietorship firm and the proprietor in the event of firm's inability to pay its debts. Hence, in this situation, to meet the deficit, law requires the proprietor to pay firm's debts from his/ her personal assets. But, these two are treated as separate entities while recording business transactions and preparing the financial statements.
This assumption enables the accountant to distinguish between the transactions of the business and those of the owners. Consequently, the capital brought into the business and withdrawals from the business by the owners will also be recorded in the same manner as that of transaction with other entities. For example, if the owner brings in cash or any other asset, it will result in increase in assets of the business and capital of the firm. This capital represents firm's liability to the owner. The expenses of the owner paid by the firm assets are recorded as withdrawals from the business. This means the profit and loss account will show the revenues and expenses related to the business entity only. Consequently, balance sheet will show the assets and liabilities of the business entity only. This assumption is followed in all organizations irrespective of their form, i.e., sole proprietorship, partnership, cooperative, or company.
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Money Measurement Assumption
This assumption requires use of monetary unit as a basis of measurement, i.e., the currency of the country where the organization is to report its operations. This implies that those transactions which can not be measured by monetary unit will not be recorded in the books of accounts. Monetary unit is supposed to provide a common yardstick to measure the assets, liabilities and equity of the business. The different items, expressed in varied basis of measurement, like area, volume, numbers, cannot be added together because of heterogeneity of scales of measurement. But, once all these are converted into a homogeneous unit of money, they can be added together or subjected to any arithmetical calculations. It also indicates that certain information; howsoever important it may be to state the true and fair picture of the entity, will not be recorded in the financial accounting books if it can not be expressed in terms of money. For example, the union-management relations, health of the key manager, quality of its manufacturing facilities, etc. can not be expressed in monetary value, and hence, are not recorded in books of accounts.
It is clear from the above that money measurement assumption makes the accounting records clear, simple, comparable and understandable. The acceptability of money as a unit of measurement is not free from problems when we compare the financial statement over a period of time or integrate the financial statements of an entity having operations in more than one nation. This is to be noted that the assumption implies stability of measuring unit over a period of time. This may not be true over a period of time because prices of goods and services may change, hence, the purchasing power (value) of money may undergo changes. But these changes are not usually recorded. This affects the comparability of the financial statements prepared at different time periods.
Going Concern Assumption
The financial statements are prepared assuming that the business will have an indefinite life unless there is evidence to the contrary. The business is called 'going concern' thereby implying that it will remain in operation in the foreseeable future unless it is to be liquidated in the near future. Since, this assumption believes in continuity of the business over indefinite period, it is also known as continuity assumption. The going concern assumption facilitates that distinction made between:
- fixed assets and current assets,
- Short term and long term liabilities, and
- Capital and revenue expenditure.
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Accounting Period Assumption
We have stated in the previous paragraph that accountants assume business to be in activities in the foreseeable future. Therefore, results of business operations cannot be truly ascertained before the closure of the business operations. But this period is too long and the users of the accounting information cannot wait for such a long period of time. Hence, the accountants make the assumption of accounting period (also known as periodicity assumption). This assumption permits the accountant to divide the lifespan of the business enterprise into different time periods known as 'accounting period' (quarterly, half-yearly, annually) for the purpose of preparing financial statements. Hence, financial statements are prepared for an accounting period and results thereof are reported on periodic basis.
This assumption requires that the distinction be made between the expenditure incurred and consumed in the period, and the expenditure, which is to be carried forward to the future period. The cut off period for reporting the financial results is usually considered to be twelve months. Usually the same is true for tax purpose. However, in some cases accounting period may be more or less than 12 months depending on the needs of business enterprises. For example, a company can prepare its first financial statements for a period of more than or less than one year. Currently, the interim reports issued by the company, though un-audited are not less reliable. Such information is considered to be more relevant for decision-makers because of timeliness and certainty of information.
This assumption requires deferring of costs that are not related to the revenues of the current period. The assumption of continuity allows depreciation on fixed assets to be charged in the profit & loss account and show the assets in the balance sheet at net book value (cost of acquisition less depreciation). The income measurement is done on the basis of continuity assumption whereby unexpired costs are carried to next period as assets and not charged to current years' income. In those cases, where, it is reasonably certain that the business will be liquidated in the near future, the resources may be reported on the basis of current realizable values (or liquidation value). Also, in such a case, this fact needs to be clearly reported in the financial statements.
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Perhaps it could be said, in the very foundation of accounting it's important to understand the basic assumptions that are made first, else you may misunderstand at the higher level.
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Frank Sinatra Says to My Father – Tom Daley
Chum, a woman is an elaboration, not
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Remember the Veuve in that champagne
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Polish sculptor Marek Tomasik has done his part to keep old computers out of with his art installation 'You Sometimes Have To Be Open.' The installation is actually a room made entirely out of wood and old computer parts.
The room is 16-feet-long and 13-feet-wide with a 15-foot ceiling. Every inch of the room, save for the floor, is covered with old computer cases and parts. The meaning behind the installation is unknown to those who don't speak Polish, but I can imagine that the artist was tired of hearing about landfills clogged with old tech and decided to take a stand. Regardless of his reason, Marek Tomasik has created something truly unique. You can check out stills or a video of 'You Sometimes Have To Be Open' here.
Marek Tomasik Covers an Entire Room in Old Computer Parts
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Why not? :) We love games, lately.
Today we received Foam Magnetic Fraction Strips from Educational Insights.
It's not a game, rather just fraction strips.
No matter.
We'll make one up!
I'm sure many of you have created this same sort of game with or for your children, but here's how I did it.
I just used dice and made cards.
Since our pieces contain 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5/, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, and 1/12, I made our cards accordingly.
Two each of:
and 5/6
and we put together what our card says.
The first point must be made with the fraction the card reads.
Example : 1/3.
The bonus points would then be made with two 1/6's, and/or four 1/12's - whatever is equal value to your card.
You may keep your extra pieces to stockpile and save for the next time, so if you roll a four, and your card reads 1/6, you may choose three extra tiles to use in the future (you can keep them until they've been used) -
and you may also take pieces from others if someone else is holding the piece you need!
When the pieces are used (bonus pieces included) you place them back into the initial pile for re-use.
You could alternatively have score sheets with circles, and the first one who uses up at least one of each denominator wins - halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, etc, wins.
I liked this game - it's a tangible way to see how numbers and sizes fit together - ie common denominators and similar (but different) proportions.
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A "rich Arab" politician who wrote an agreement to pay his estranged wife £60,000 a month has told a court he had not been wearing his reading glasses and did not know what he was signing.
The unnamed polygamous man, who has four wives, signed the paperwork when the pair met in a Chinese restaurant, a High Court judge heard.
However, Mr Justice Mostyn said he believed the former government minister was not naive and said he found the explanation hard to accept.
Details of the case emerged in a written ruling by the judge, who said there was evidence of "serious wealth", following a hearing in the Family Division in the High Court in London.
The politician is embroiled in a divorce cash fight after his marriage to his fourth wife broke down. Mr Justice Mostyn had been asked to make decisions about how much maintenance the man should pay pending final rulings on the dispute.
The judge said the politician was in his 60s and had multiple wives because polygamy was permitted in his home country.
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"The husband and the wife met in a Chinese restaurant," said Mr Justice Mostyn, in his ruling.
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"In his witness statement the husband says that he was emotionally disturbed at the time. He was missing his children whom the wife was not allowing him to see.
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The judge said the politician was "no ingenue" and added: "He is a former minister in the government of his home country.
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He said he would make "robust assumptions" about the man's ability to pay.
But he also said the woman's initial "budget" had been "absurd".
Mr Justice Mostyn concluded that monthly payments of about £33,000 a month for the woman and the children were "reasonable".


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Reviewby Theron Martin,
DVD Part 1
On any given day, a million people traverse the streets of Ikebukero. Some are purely ordinary, such as color gang members, "gal" girls, illegal immigrants, anime/manga otaku, kidnappers, an underground doctor, pervert teachers, and a girl seeking to make a meet for a suicide pact. Others are decidedly not, such as a black Russian working at a sushi shop, an apparent bartender who tosses vending machines and uses street signs to fling foes aside, a seemingly supernatural slasher, and a decidedly supernatural headless biker/transporter, who is actually a type of Irish fairy who has come to Japan to seek her head, which may or may not be walking around on its own. Mikado Ryugamine, a young man who has come to Ikebukero to attend high school with his best friend from elementary school, either hears about or encounters all of these eccentrics and more as his friend introduces him to the district, but he also has adventures of his own when he tentatively makes friends with a shy, busty classmate whose best friend went missing while stalking a guy. He also meets Izaya Orihara, a notorious information broker who seems to relish stirring up trouble and messing with people's heads and has taken a noted interest in Mikado. Lingering in the background are the Dollars, a near-legendary Internet-based gang about which much is rumored but little concrete information is actually known.
Every so often anime spawns one of these quirky series primarily about collections of eccentric characters doing eccentric things against a backdrop of normality. Durarara!! is the latest entry, a series which bears structural similarities to predecessors Baccano! and, to a lesser extent, Boogiepop Phantom. Like its predecessors, it spins out a seemingly disjointed collection of overlapping plot threads and background stories while developing a broad cast of characters and flavoring itself with more than just a hint of the supernatural. Perhaps not surprisingly, it also joins its predecessors in being based on a successful lite novel series; manga and game-based series which display this level of charming quirkiness are increasingly rare these days.
The success of the first nine episodes as entertainment value depends largely on how wrapped up the viewer gets in the individual stories of its broad ensemble cast, as this part of the series focuses far more on establishing characters than constructing a plot that is more than vaguely coherent. In fact, to claim that there even is a definable plot at this point might be overstating the case, although clearly Izaya Orihara and the lady in charge at the pharmaceutical company are independently up to something and the whole business with the missing head, which looks like it's becoming a uniting factor for multiple story lines as this set ends, clearly speaks to a deeper mystery. Even so, the persistence with which the series concentrates on its back stories and shifting perspectives, while it can be an attracting factor, is also the series' greatest weakness; there is simply too much of it for such a limited time frame, and that will not sit well with viewers who want more than a character study.
Others, though, will find plenty enough riches in those character and perspective studies to keep them fully involved. The notion of a sexy, headless woman romping around on a motorcycle (which sounds like a horse) looking for her head while communicating with an iPod-like device is an intriguing one which certainly does not come up every day in anime, while Izaya Orihara certainly earns his honors as co-Bastard of the Year; his conversation with the suicidal girl on the roof in episode 1 is a masterpiece of low-key cruelty. The otaku couple which merrily offers to use certain manga as torture guides puts a different spin on the standard fanboy/girl shtick and the vending machine-hurling guy feels a bit fresher than the typical "always pissed off and violent" character. The Russian sushi guy is just plain weird, but in a good way, and the mysterious slasher offers a suitable taste of quirky menace distinctly reminiscent of Baccano's Rail Tracer. On the downside, the incest angle which comes up late in this set falls flat and the school-based elements have yet to show much that is special, but so far there is more than enough potential elsewhere to make up for that.
Durarara!! is also an otaku funfest. The first few episodes liberally sprinkle nods to other anime and manga titles throughout their content, including Darker than BLACK, Le Portrait de Petite Cosette, Shakugan no Shana, Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan, Spice and Wolf, Yozakura Quartet, Ladies vs. Butlers, Hell Girl, Baccano! (of course), and Cencoroll. One episode has a brief scene of nudity, though prurient fan service is otherwise sparse, and these episodes do deliver some occasional bloody violence.
Durarara!! is a product of Brains Base, the same studio responsible for Baccano!. That the two series have a common Director and Character Designer is quite evident in the visual style and composition of the series; character designs, animation, and especially the design and execution for the opener are all very similar between the two, though this one makes better use of CG effects. Backgrounds are rich in detail and authentic feel, but the series takes the curious move of portraying background crowds as undefined gray outlines, which may seem odd until one realizes how effectively that draws attention to the main characters. The best-looking scenes typically feature Celty, but considering that she is the series' signature character that is to be expected.
Music Director Makoto Yoshimori also carries over from Baccano!, though he gives this one a decidedly different sound filled more with a wide range of quirky themes which play up the eccentric flavor of the content. Rockin' opener "Betrayal of the Sunset" shares with its predecessor the habit of including review clips from previous episodes, while more rap-themed closer "Trust Me" offers a different but still appealing sound.
Aniplex only included clean opener and closer as Extras, with English credits also given separately and full Japanese credits retained in the opener and closer. The nine episodes are split across two disks in a slipcase which includes bonus art and postcards featuring series characters. Aniplex did, however, call on Bang Zoom! for the English dub, and BZ responded by bringing in a lot of prominent names. The results are quite impressive, as nearly all roles are exceptionally well-cast (both for fitting the roles and for how they compare in vocal style to the Japanese originals) and performances sound smooth and natural. Bryce Papenbrook (son of the late Bob Papenbrook) sets the tone from the earliest scenes with a wonderful job as Mikado's best friend Masaomi, Kari Wahlgren may be an improvement as the voice of Celty, and even Spike Spencer pops up in a role where he doesn't sound like Shinji. The likes of Steven Blum, Crispin Freeman, Michelle Ruff, Yuri Lowenthal, and Patrick Seitz also populate this one, but the other most notable performance belongs to Johnny Yong Bosch as Izaya; he has never really voiced a total bastard role before (the closest is probably Lelouch), but he attacks this role with gusto and produces a satisfyingly slimy result. The script stays fairly close except where using more English-appropriate slang.
The first third of Durarara!! is not quite as crisp or intensely involved as its predecessors, partly because of a more casual style and partly because it takes much longer to get itself established. That fault cannot be explained away just by its greater length than its predecessors, although that may, perhaps, indicate that 24 episodes is a running time just a bit too broad for a series like this. Still, there is a lot here to build interesting stories from, and the last couple of episodes give the definite impression that things are just beginning to heat up.
Overall (dub) : B+
Overall (sub) : B+
Story : B+
Animation : B+
Art : B
Music : B+
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The Insurance Sector is much endowed with some of the major corporates of the world. Most of these insurance companies function in various countries through forming Joint Ventures taking advantage of the local establishments while some also function on an independent level. The list of top insurance companies in world includes big names like Berkshire Hathaway, AXA and Ping AN. MetLife, ING Group, Japan Post Holdings & Prudential Financial are some of the other prominent insurance companies along with Generali, Prudential PLC and Nippon Life Insurance, which complete the list. Here is the list of the top 10 insurance companies in world 2016 which is based on revenues and assets.
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The Top Insurance Companies in World 2016 are:
1st Berkshire Hathaway
2nd AXA
3rd Ping AN
4th Metlife Insurance
5th ING Group
6th Japan Post Holdings
7th Prudential Financial
8th Generali
9th Prudential PLC
10th Nippon Life Insurance
For More details about parameters and rankings, read on.
10. Nippon Life Insurance
The organization was established in Japan on July 4, 1889 as Nippon Life Insurance Co Ltd & is one of the most recognized names in the insurance industry.
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Nippon Life Insurance is just the second biggest life coverage organization in Japan just behind Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd. It is likewise referred to by different names, for example, Nissay or Nihon Seimei and the present CEO is Kunie Okamoto, who sits at the organization home office situated at Osaka, Japan.
It representatives 70,783 individuals. Nippon Life Insurance is the greatest shareholder on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is driven by the witticism "To be a Company that Customers Continue to Trust and Choose".
It is a privately owned business which guarantees and offers life coverage giving a scope of speculation choices to its clients to look over. The offerings to people and additionally organizations incorporate entire life, term life, hospitalization, medicinal, growth, enrichment, adolescent protection furthermore altered sum annuities. It goes past the protection business by giving speculation alternatives as well as gives monetary administrations, for example, credits, securities and land venture. The organization experienced major basic redesign in 1947 when it turned into Japan's first Life Insurance organization to wind up a shared life organization. It was likewise one of the most punctual to acquaint the idea of make-with request to protection items by offering the client the alternatives to look over installment on development or on death of the life guaranteed which conveyed to it enormous development amid the 1960s.
Nippon Life Insurance just as of late in March 2016 caught a noteworthy stake (49%) in an Indian protection huge player Reliance Life. The organization from this time forward being known as Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company. Aside from that the organization has additionally gained generous stake in Reliance Capital Management subsequently giving its always expanding arrangement of items to individuals over the world. The organization has comparative arrangements to build stake in different nations also including Australia, in this manner advancing on the way of inorganic development nearby significant natural development.
Total Assets: $521 Bn
Revenue: $61 Bn
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I have been trying to find a decent carrot cake recipe but haven't found one that blows my socks off yet. The one in the pictures was one I made recently. Yes it was nice, but not overly delicious. So I wont bother sharing the recipe. I love me a good moist carrot cake with the right hit of spice, but for some reason none I've found have hit the spot. So I guess I'll have to start experimenting and hopefully can eventually create my ideal carrot cake. So watch this space.
On the upside, my adventures in finding the perfect carrot cake meant that I had an abundance of cream cheese frosting. Which came in handy, as I just had my wisdom teeth out.
I can not truly describe how amazing it felt to scour the fridge for something I could attempt to eat without the need for chewing, getting discouraged and feeling sorry for myself but then spotting a whole tub of leftover frosting hiding in the corner of the fridge. I swear I could hear a chorus of angels.
So yeah I pretty much downed that whole tub. No guilt. Thankfully it has now been 8 days and I can finally chew again, it's crazy how much you can miss the mere texture of food, let alone the taste, when you've been living on baby food for a week. So ermm today's post is not exactly innovative, nor is it even a meal. However, if you ever find yourself without the ability to chew then I figure it counts. You need to have this recipe in your arsenal. You never know when a little spare pot of cream cheese can save your life. Okay I exaggerate, but getting your wisdom teeth out can be a really horrible miserable experience, so why not have something to look forward to. For me this was the highlight of my week.
This recipe makes enough to cover a cake, which I suppose could be another practical use. If you must. (It's a decent amount though so you'll still have some leftover.)
Cream Cheese Frosting:
· 450g cream cheese, softened
· 170g unsalted butter, at room temperature
· 3 cups icing (confectioners) sugar
· 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
First make sure your cream cheese and butter are soft, and not straight out of the fridge, this helps prevents lumps. Then combine everything in a mixer, or by hand, and beat until fluffy and smooth. If you've still got pesky lump, just gently heat in microwave for a really short time to melt the lumps. Then, if you need to, chill the frosting for 15 minutes, until it has set to the consistency you need for spreading or pipping.


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One of the best ways to engage readers is to provide compelling content. However who defines what good content creation is, because it can be a very subjective and reader specific topic. So if that is the case are there still rules of writing that all content writers should be following?
This article explores some of the rules of content writing and presents 16 different strategies that could improve your own content creation process, which are summarised in the infographic created for websearchseo.co.uk at the bottom of this page.
This article however has divided the 16 strategies into three broader categories looking at
- Content Creation
- Content Research
- Content Presentation
Content Creation
One of the key indicators of good quality content creation is that it offers readers valuable information on the topic, preferably delivered by an expert in the field. In order to show you are an expert within your niche area you need to be able to convince your audience of the following three things;
- Your content is current and relevant
- You know from experience what you are talking about
- You have stats and figures to back up your statements.
In order to develop good quality content you need a plan. One which enables you to target specific keywords and build, easy to understand, content around this theme. The first stage in this process is research.
Content Research
Writing compelling and informative content will nearly always require some level of research and reading on the topic. Your sources of information can be varied, but the more reliable they are and recognised within your niche industry the stronger your own expertise will become.
Wikipedia is not really seen as a credible source because anyone can add anything to the site, although it can often point you in the right direction. Instead try to quote from recognised reports and industries within your niche area.
Managing all the reading and notes can be challenging so some important pointers to remember, that can make life easier are.
- Save and store or bookmark all your sources, this will make it easier when trying to link back to sources or check at a later date that they are still relevant and/or that the website is still active.
- Link to sources within your own writing, so that readers can see the research you have done and if they are interested it will also help them to access further information on the topic.
- Be honest in your writing, if you have used a product or read other reviews on it state that clearly so that readers know.
Style of Writing & Presentation
The way in which your content is presented is often key to keeping visitors engaged with your article. If there is too much text, or the writing is filled with grammar errors then readers can quickly lose interest.
Headlines are a vital part of attracting readers attention, and also headings on the page that engage and attract the readers eye, especially those readers that skim through articles looking for something interesting to stand out.
The rest of the content needs to make the reader feel as if they are having a conversation with you. Some bloggers make the mistake of thinking that as an expert, they have to lecture their reader, or assume that the reader knows nothing about the topic already. At the same time you also have to write assuming that some readers don't know anything about your subject matter because they have come to you to learn.
Using images is an important part of communicating your ideas, since the human brain processes images up to 6000x faster than written text.
Images also help to break up the often bleak appearance of too much text, and can draw readers into topics that they would have missed otherwise. Especially since the average reader only reads about 20% of the overall content.
Linking Topics
The third area which is important to consider when writing compelling content, is to establish your expertise, of the subject matter that you have written about. This way readers will have confidence in what you are saying and will enjoy the content more.
Expertise can be achieved through a number of ways, one that I have already mentioned is about referencing other recognised experts and citing articles from within your own industry or niche area. This is important because readers will also be looking at other sources so if they can relate to names you mention then they know they are in the right place and this will fit with what else they have read on the topic.
However there are other ways in which you can be seen as really knowing your 'stuff'.
- Support your statements with graphs or charts showing the data.
- Make sure your data is up to date – or clarify your reasons for using older data, for e.g. 'these were the latest figures from 2013, but there have been no new developments since this date.'
Finally it is also important to remember to link your current article to previous work you have written. Older posts can get lost in the blog roll, and many readers don't have time to start searching your site.
Use links within your post when you see it could be relevant, and at the bottom of your article, as I have done in this piece. This will hopefully keep readers on your website longer and also ensures that they are reading content that is relevant to their current interest.
Using Comments to expand your conversation
One of the greatest opportunities that you have on blog and websites is the comments feature. Here readers can actively engage with you and contribute to the conversation. It is also a valuable opportunity to explain topics that may be presenting difficulties and to highlight your own level of expertise.
Not every comment you receive might appear to be that useful at first sight, but I created a brief training programme for wealthy affiliate on this topic, which provides practical tips and tricks for dealing with comments that might appear to be a waste of time. The responses you give are vitally important for showing your expertise and continuing to engage with your audience, so rather than delete instead learn the skills to make sure you can reply like a professional. You can read it at this link Managing Website Comments.
16 Strategies for Compelling Content Creation
All of the strategies that I have mentioned so far also form part of the following info graphic, which is reproduced courtesy of WebsearchSEO and lists 16 different strategies that can be used to create more compelling content. They all fall into the three main categories that I have mentioned above but give some further examples of tips and tricks in content creation.
I hope you enjoyed reading this article and I would love to hear any other tips you might have for developing quality content and wish to share with the readers here.
If you are interested in further reading on this website these are some other articles that are linked to this topic and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter so that you stay up to date with new articles and ideas for content writing.


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Listen to the Monkey Sounds! (and Turn Up the volume)
What Is It About Monkeys?
They intrigue us, delight and entertain us, make us wonder about our evolutionary connections, or common ancestors. They are fierce, powerful, dominating, and aggressive. And they're silly, cuddly, docile, playful, and very often downright cute.
There are places around the world where monkeys are more common than dogs, running loose in the streets and left to their own devices. They're often mischievous and cunning, and adept at stealing, but with no malicious intent - they just want what you got! They are impulsive like children, instinctual to satisfy their every want and need. And they make quick getaways, never to be seen again (so guard your belongings).
Southeast Asia is famous for their monkeys that fascinate tourists in public parks and temples, carousing with each other day and night to the delight of onlookers.
Monkeys in Asia are unique to the Old World: Langurs in India and Malaysia; Macaques in India, Thailand, and Indonesia: Gibbons in Thailand; Orangutans in Borneo; and Proboscis in Borneo and Malaysia.
Then there are the New World monkeys of Central and South America, the only monkeys with prehensile tails - an adaptation that enables tree-dwelling animals to hold themselves by the tail, allowing them to forage, grasp and eat food in the trees - in comparison with the shorter, non-grasping tails of Old World monkeys.
But let's get to the point of this post - have you ever really heard monkeys in the wild?
Take a listen!
Howler Monkeys
The haunting call of the adult male is all about sounding the alarm - and boy is it alarming! Males call at dawn and dusk and throughout the day to warn others of their presence and territory, to run other troupes away, and to alert and guard females in their troupe. They are one of only a few nest-building monkeys.
In Central America (southern Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) you can see and hear howlers. I love the sounds of the howler in the morning and night. TAKE A LISTEN!
VIDEO (below): You'll hear several different troupes of howlers calling, and the male close by seems to tell everyone this is his territory.
Spider Monkeys
Spider monkeys are highly social creatures. We found out exactly how social they are one year when we rescued one from her illegal captivity in Costa Rica. Named for their long limbs and prehensile tails, they can produce a wide range of sounds. When threatened, they can bark similar to a yappy dog, vocalize a whinny similar to a horse, and utter loud, prolonged screams. Yeah, we heard that!
VIDEO (below): These sounds you'll hear sound like someone screaming! We were stopped dead in our tracks while hiking in the Osa peninsula of Costa Rica. Though we didn't know what they were at the time, the resident Naturalist at Bosque del Cabo identified the sounds as that of Spider Monkeys, probably in a heated territorial dispute or warning their troupe to the presence of a predator.
VIDEO (below): More Howlers, in their late afternoon feeding. You'll hear a few groups of the howlers moving through, and the cicadas coming through at the end.


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Hawaii Kitchen Remodeling
Hawaii kitchen remodeling projects in Honolulu and Hilo, HI sometimes involve a complete kitchen remodel from top to bottom and at other times are limited to a few items or even just one. The extent of work done in kitchens across the islands in Kailua, Kaneohe, and Waipahu, HI depends largely on the needs of the family and the budget they have to work with. There are plenty of kitchens that just need a little love and attention to bring them up to date in terms of their style; many others where just one major element is lacking, such as a wood floor or new countertops. But for every family looking for a small upgrade from a Hawaii kitchen remodeling company, there are probably just as many seeking to gut the room and start over.
Complete Kitchen Remodel
A complete tear out and replacement can create quite a bit of inconvenience for those living in the house. We probably do not even realize how much we use this room until we lose it temporarily. But all of the nights out for fast food for those few weeks are worth it when we get to enjoy the finished result. Really the key to surviving the tear out process is to go into it with realistic expectations.
If you hire a Hawaii kitchen remodeling company to do this type of work at this kind of scale, you should expect normal life to be somewhat disrupted. To stay on schedule and get the thing wrapped up as quickly as possible your Hawaii contractor may have to start somewhat early in the morning and may keep working somewhat late into the afternoon. Production may or may not go exactly according to plan. A sink that doesn't show up on time could hold up the whole job, for example. So homeowners should plan for minor snags and bumps in the road and factor takeout food into the budget.
This concept of mindset is very important really for any job of any scale. Even if your Hawaii kitchen remodeling task is small, it can still experience some setbacks. We need to think long term and focus on the many ways in which that brand new (tardy) sink or our wood kitchen cabinets will make our lives easier once the whole job is finished and the workers are packed up and gone.
The Perfect Kitchen Idea
Remodeling is different from new construction because those who take on this kind of project have to account for the workers behind them and the work they did, and because in some ways we're limited by the way the existing home is set up. Coming up with the perfect kitchen remodeling idea is no picnic sometimes. Often we know exactly what we do not like about our kitchens but have no idea what to do about it. This is why it is important for Hawaii homeowners to place their faith in the expertise and the creativity of Hawaii kitchen remodeling specialists. These folks spend every working day of their lives laboring in homes just like ours, scratching their heads at similar issues to the ones we're facing and coming up with solutions to those issues.
To come up with the perfect concept for your Hawaii remodeling project, get with a Hawaii kitchen remodeling expert and find out how much their wealth of knowledge and experience can come in handy in your situation. Benefit from their years of trial and error and skip that part on your job. Learn what to do about that spot of tile that keeps cracking under the kitchen table. Find out where to get the best prices on a new refrigerator and stove to match all of the other great appliances and accessories when the remodel is complete. Get in touch with a great Hawaii kitchen remodeling company and let them worry about the things they get paid to worry about.
Find Affordable Local Hawaii Remodelers
Hawaii homeowners interested in kitchen remodeling work can contact Hawaii remodeling specialists to get the process rolling. Talk to a Hawaii kitchen remodeling company about your goals and visions, and get all of your questions answered and concerns addressed. Get a plan together that combines an eye for the end result you are looking for as well as an acknowledgement of your budget and the limits it places upon the task.
Remodeling work can be very frustrating. Possibly the toughest place to work is in kitchens because here you might run into work suitable for every building trade. If you know how to do everything, have at it. If you are like the rest of us, get a professional in there and do it right. Locate an affordable and professional Hawaii kitchen remodeling specialist near you using our service.
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Inbound Marketing is the most efficient way of attracting new visitors to your online shop and converting them into loyal customers.
It involves turning the traditional marketing flow on its head, so that your potential clients are the ones who are themselves gradually attracted towards your company.
Their interest is captured by the information you provide them. Whether they are "ready-to-buy" or not, Inbound Marketing attracts and nurtures them until they are ready to convert into customers.
We achieve this by means of various automated processes.
The concept of Inbound Marketing Automation is based on a solid Inbound Marketing strategy, working in conjunction with a Marketing Automation Software Programme.
Find out how Inbound Marketing Automation can help you increase your Revenue
The aim of Inbound Marketing is to attract and convert the most profitable visitors to your website. Your conversion rate will improve greatly when your traffic is composed of visitors for whom your products and services are a perfect fit.
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This is the cornerstone of Inbound Marketing; the initial starting point from which simple visitors are converted into loyal customers of your e-commerce.
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This is the pre-publication version which was subsequently revised to appear in Creation 31(4):16.Question: Doesnt 2 Peter 3:8 indicate that the days of creation might not be literal, but thousands of years long?Answer: 2 Peter 3:89 reads:But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.The first thing to note that the context has nothing to do with the days of creation. Also, it is not defining a day because it doesnt say a day is a thousand years. The correct understanding is derived from the context the Apostle Peters readers should not lose heart because God seems slow at fulfilling His promises because He is patient, and also because He is not bound by time as we are.The text says one day is like [or as] a thousand yearsthe word like (or as) shows that it is a figure of speech, called a simile, to teach that God is outside of time (because He is the Creator of time itself). In fact, the figure of speech is so effective in its intended aim precisely because the day is literal and contrasts so vividly with 1000 yearsto the eternal Creator of time, a short period of time and a long period of time may as well be the same. The fact that the passage is actually contrasting a short and long period can be shown by the fact that Peter is quoting Psalm 90:4 (Peters statement do not forget implies that his readers were expected to recall something, and this passage has this very teaching). This reads:For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.This is synonymous parallelism, where a long period of a thousand years is contrasted with two short periods: a day, and a night watch. But those who try to use this verse to teach that the days of Genesis might be 1000 years long forget the additional part in bold. For if they were consistent, they would have to say that a watch in the night here also means 1000 years. Its difficult to imagine that a Psalmist (Psalm 63:6) is thinking on his bed for thousands of years or that his eyes stay open for thousands of years (Psalm 119:148). The immediate context of the Psalm is the frailty of mere mortal man in comparison to God. This verse amplifies the teaching, saying that no matter how long a time interval is from mans time-bound perspective, its like a twinkling of an eye from Gods eternal perspective.In any case, the meaning of day in Genesis 1 is defined by the context therethe Hebrew word for day, yôm יום , is used with the words evening and morning, and the days are numbered (first day, second day, etc.). Whenever yôm is used in such a context, it is always an ordinary day, never a long period of time. The meaning of the days of creation as ordinary days is also affirmed by Exodus 20:811, where God told the Israelites to work for six days and rest on the seventh because God had made all things in six days and rested on the seventh. For more information, see other articles in Q&A: Genesis under Days of Creation.(Available in Russian)Related ArticlesDistant starlight and the days of Genesis 1Further ReadingCreation at the academy Creation and Change" href="/book-review-creation-and-change" abp="524"Book review: Creation and Changehttp://creation.com/2-peter-38-one-day-is-like-a-thousand-years
Genesis 1:4-5And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:14-1514 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:16-1916 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:12-1312 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Thank you for your comment (see below) about the article on creation.com titled Do you really believe God?. Your objections are answered in detail on creation.com, which you could find by using the search engine. I suggest you read the following (but there is much more if you are still not convinced):How could the days be literal before the sun was created? and Six days: really?. But God's personal commentary on the creation week in Exodus 20 should have been sufficient for you. Kind regards, Don Batten
Your original comment: I also am a Christian and understand the difference between an assumption and Faith. You are clearly confusing the two. Yes, if you BELIEVE something, it follows that you will SUSEQUENTLY ASSUME it is true, but you are still left in exactly the same circular logic position as anyone claiming revelation from God. No the bible does NOT HAVE 100% ACCURACY.The moon (see Genesis) is not now, or ever was, a LAMP. The MOON produces NO LIGHT, it reflects solar light, period. And don't try to go to Hebrew for your own interpretation of the word "lamp". The sun IS a lamp, and it is ridiculous to put the sun and the moon in the same category unless you think (erroneously as Moses did) that they were both about the same size. Yes, I know you are going to bring up Exodus and the 6 day week, For what it's worth, Galatians makes it CLEAR that Exodus and the LAW was a response to a stiff necked, disobedient and rebellious people; it was given to PROVE TO MAN that he was incapable of keeping the LAW. Yet you seek to glorify the Law and the tradition of the six day week and the Sabbath day of rest as confirmation of Genesis days. You have it exactly backwards. The 6 day week and Sabbath was made for man, not because God was confirming Genesis. The rigidness of your position is testament to the Procrustean Bed logic you refuse to let go off. I can see you questioning some new dating method if it proves we have been here 8 thousand, four hundred and 24 years because it doesn't jive with your 6,000 interpretation. You are on as slippery slope as the evolutionists. They are wrong but you are wrong as well to fall into your rigid legalistic, tradition celebrating view of Christianity that SATAN so LOVES and the Apostle Paul clearly warned against in Galatians. I REBUKE YOU! I am not publishing your comment because it is not on the topic of the article. I started to write a detailed response to your claims, but I decided against it. The thing that disturbs me about your message is that you claim to be a Christian, but you sound like an atheist. I don't know if you're lying about being a Christian, or whether you simply didn't think very well about your message. I would love to hear where you think there is legalism on our site. If you read articles like the ones I'm going to put below, you'll see that creation is not just in Genesis and in the Ten Commandments, but literally woven into the fabric of Scripture. http://creation.com/genesis-new-testament http://creation.com/genesis-ot http://creation.com/yahweh-creator-god-israel Sincerely, Lita Cosner
Gary Bates responds I will publish your comments on this occasion so that readers can see for themselves the type of unbiblical arguments that you continually send to our site. It appears that you must have some sort of special revelation that God has not seen fit to also inform us about, moreover, stuff that also contradicts what is written in His Word. So, respectfully, with such a view it would be actually impossible to have a reasonable debate with you because your authority is just whatever you decide to come up with. As such, we would be arguing past each other. However, be aware that because of your insults and condemning attitude at the end, this will be the last comment to be posted by you on creation.com. :icon_mrgreen: BTW we are not obliged to answer every email point by point so your emotional manipulation with not gain any traction here. At the time of writing we have over 9,500 free articles on our site as a service to readers that can also deal with your unbiblical claims. The onus is upon you. For example, you should probably deal with the reasoning in articles like Did God create over billions of years?. The only reason you are trying to argue for long periods of time is because of secular science, but that shouldn't be surprising given your low view of Scripture.
Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.


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Welcome to The Safe Word blog tour!
Published: 14th January 2014 (Createspace)
Synopsis: There are rules that every player of every game must abide by, no matter how dangerous the sport.
Toronto has become the backdrop to a macabre set of artistic installations: women kidnapped, tortured and horrifically displayed by a killer with a vision.
Only someone capable of understanding the killer's creative desire will be able to stop the murders and D I Eleanor Raven is uniquely qualified. Driven by a complex personality she pursues only the facts, only the things she can see, but never casts a judgement.
But she also has a dark and dangerous secret – one that will threaten her very survival.
The Safe Word is the first book in the Eleanor Raven Series, followed by The Vault.
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Praise for The Safe Word
Just read The Safe Word by Karen Long – an unputdownable serial killer tale. James Purefoy
For DS Eleanor Raven It's not so much who, what or when but 'why' that leads this powerful read to its conclusion and Karen Long reminds us that a brutal, vicious and destructive act is not something inherently 'Evil' or derived from Satan but is a rational choice made by a human being. The quirky, offbeat and endearing relationship between Eleanor and her partner Laurence Whitefoot shines a light on this dark compelling world of sexual intrigue and mystery. My imagination was certainly held captive! Robson Green
Most fictional detectives these days have to have a 'thing' to set them apart from the others, and Raven's is one of the most original for a long time. The plot moves in some unexpected directions, and builds to a genuinely exciting climax. The Safe Word is an impressive, confident debut. Convincing characters and some nice twists make for a compelling, satisfying thriller, and I look forward to seeing what's next for Eleanor Raven. Killing Time
About the author:
Karen Long was born and raised in the English Midlands, educated at Bangor University and taught English and Drama for fifteen years. During her teaching years she studied biology and neurology with the Open University and this interest in medicine, forensics and forensic psychology is reflected in her writing. She is an enthusiastic traveller and has spent time in Toronto, which became the backdrop and inspiration for The Safe Word.
She is a keen amateur naturalist with a deep and abiding love for the crow family. She has dedicated time, love and several fingers in an effort to rehabilitate crows, magpies, rooks and ravens.
Karen is happy to correspond with readers and can be contacted through her website, where she posts regular blogs.
The Safe Word is Karen's first novel and was an Amazon bestseller, soon to be joined by the second in the Eleanor Raven series, The Vault. Karen is working on the third novel in the series.
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Behind The Scenes : Steph's Home Tour
A few months back I finally got my act together and set a date for Apartment Therapy to come and visit our little 55 square metre Brooklyn home.
With so many little things to finish it was great to have a date in the diary that I needed to work towards. When working on someone else's project I am very clear on what I think will work best for the space and exercise my divisiveness without hesitation. When it comes to our home I love to keep things fluid, I change furniture and art around regularly and my thoughts are almost always sandwiched between almost done and wanting to try things differently.
When preparing for this shoot a few tips and tricks I always put in practice are:
1/ Floral and Greenery. This is probably the most important element that brings your shoot to life. I made a trip to the Chelsea Flower Markets the morning before the shoot with a wallet full of cash ready to get my hands on the freshest most picture perfect petals. I pre measured and noted down the vessels at home that I wanted to use to make sure I was collecting items that works well with what I had. I did a quick wiz around my three favorite stores then went back and made my selections. Something unexpected always makes it's way into my basket and this time it was a huge succulent head that I pictured sitting pretty on its own in a nice bowl.
2/ A Second ( and sometimes third ) Pair of Hands. I think styling a shoot by yourself would be next to impossible. Not only did I need help moving some furniture out of our apartment, but I wanted to swap our rugs around and this does take three people. My Husband Chris was on call to help move the heavy things and I enlisted my talented friend and ex- florist Emma to assist on the day. She wanted some more experience and I needed the help so it worked perfectly.
3/ Clean Angles. When it comes to shooting an interior space its all very straight up and down. No angles, no corners just clean straight images. This can be hard if you have any curved or uneven walls. Shoot with the lamps turned off as lamp light makes the image too warm and my aim is to always have the image looking as bright and white as possible.
4/ Shoot List. I am very organized on shoot days and love to have a run sheet and shoot list that is very detailed. I list the rooms and set ups I want to shoot in order of what will work best on the day. Most often, I shoot a space in two versions to make sure I have options when selecting our final images. I used to style homes for sale and learnt very quickly how to maximize a photographers time and be very quick when changing up a shot.
To check out the full home tour and all the imagery including where to shop our home look. READ the Apartment Therapy post. Imagery captured by the talented Judith Rae.
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NASA used cadavers to develop Orion landing systems
NASA used cadavers in Orion landing tests
Personnel working under contract for NASA used cadavers in tests to develop landing systems, spacesuits and seats in the new Orion moonship, space agency officials said Friday.
Three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center last summer and fall.
The tests provided the space agency's safety experts and engineers assessments of the forces that astronauts are expected to experience when the new spacecraft descends to Earth by parachute.
Cadavers, examined before and after the testing, offer insights into the forces on internal organs and the spinal cord that cannot be accurately obtained using automotive crash-test dummies and computer models.
"The testing with postmortem human subjects and mannequins is helping NASA to better define the human injury potential for the landing (forces) that we anticipate with Orion," said NASA seat engineer Dustin Gohmert, who was involved in the test planning.
Define and refine"The interface between the spacesuit and the seats is relatively complex, much more so than in an automobile — even one from the racing industry," Gohmert said.
"The (forces) we anticipate have never been studied before. We are using this research to help define and refine the suits and the seats."
The testing, which NASA said cost $40,000, was first disclosed by www.nasawatch.com, a Web page managed by a former space agency engineer.
David Steitz, a spokesman for NASA's medical division, said the agency has carefully followed widely accepted ethical standards for using cadavers donated for research.
"It's a socially awkward topic," Steitz said. "The bodies are all carefully handled through all of the tests. We follow ethical medical procedures with these bodies that have been donated for science."
The Orion capsule and its Ares 1 rocket are under development at NASA to replace the space shuttle, which is facing retirement in two years.
The new spacecraft is expected to begin flying by 2015, transporting six astronauts to and from the international space station. In combination with a larger rocket, Orion would return crews of four astronauts to the moon by 2020.
In some cases, the safety research conducted with crash-test dummies and computer models is insufficient for spaceflight, former astronaut Nancy Currie said.
As the chief engineer for NASA's Engineering and Safety Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Currie leads an effort to assess the potential for injuries on the moonship.
NASA is looking at the results of long-running studies from the military and auto-racing industry, but there are limitations to their use.
Pilots and race car drivers do not wear spacesuits, the bulky garments that Orion astronauts will don. Though life-saving, spacesuits restrict the ability of the astronauts to move around in their cramped quarters.
"If a crew member injured a shoulder and could not open a hatch after landing, that would be more significant than the same injury in your typical automobile crash," Currie said.


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Eating liquorice in pregnancy may affect a child's IQ and behavior:
Women who ate more than 500mg of glycyrrhizin per week – found in the equivalent of 100g of pure liquorice – were more likely to have children with lower intelligence levels and more behavioural problems.
Glycyrrhizin is 30-50 times sweeter than white sugar.
Twizzlers, the popular licorice-type candy, does not contain anything from the licorice plant, hence it contains no glycyrrhizin.


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The College of William and Mary has posted an interview with Mitchell Reiss, Vice Provost for International Affairs, who explains the art of negotiation and describes his experience negotiating with North Korea in this short video.
One of the most important qualities a negotiator possesses is patience, according to Reiss, who observes that it "isn't just a virtue, it becomes a tactical advantage" at the negotiation table.
If you're interested in learning more about international negotiation or ADR in international contexts, don't forget about International Dispute Negotiation, the excellent podcast series by Michael McIlwrath, Senior Counsel, Litigation for GE Infrastructure - Oil & Gas, based at his company's headquarters in Florence, Italy.
Recent offerings include:
- Inside the ICC's Case Management Processes, Part I
- Dispute Resolution in Malaysia
- Arbitrator Bias - An Interview with Sophie Nappert
Michael plays engaging host in conversations with some of the best and the brightest from around the globe. You can view the archive of previous episodes to find more.


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The software running the nLab (instiki) can run more than one wiki simultaneously. Most aspects of these wikis are separate, allowing them to exist fairly independently, but a couple of features make it useful for some to have such a wiki alongside the nLab as opposed to on a separate instiki installation. The main one is the ability to create wikilinks to other webs, in particular to and from the nLab itself.
The wikis other than the nLab are referred to as personal webs, although one or two are not particularly connected with a person. Although a personal web, once granted, can be used for a wide range of things, the steering committee sees the personal webs as a part of the nLab as a whole and thus personal webs are intended to be used for the benefit on the nLab.
Thus as a guideline, personal webs are granted to those who have already shown a significant level of activity in the work on and of the nLab.
The procedure to apply for a personal web is to make a request to the steering committee. This can be via a posting on the nForum. The steering committee will then discuss the matter (this can take a few days) and respond privately. Once a request has been granted, there are certain choices to be made. When a web has been created, a brief announcement will be made on the nForum – the person to whom the web has been granted is encouraged to make a fuller announcement themselves to help the rest of the nLab workers understand the purpose of the new web – and an entry will be made in the directory of personal webs – again the person responsible is encouraged to expand on that entry.
Once a person has been granted a personal web, they automatically have the right to request up to three webs without the matter requiring the attention of the steering committee. To request a further web, simply ask a sufficiently powered lab elf to create it for you. The number of webs is the number of different types of web that are possible (see options for personal webs for more on the types) though there are no constraints on which type each of the three webs should be.
Last revised on May 4, 2011 at 22:21:37. See the history of this page for a list of all contributions to it.


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Relations between words and deeds are rarely straightforward. Some deeds are performed by affirmation of the deed itself. The marriage ceremony offers a familiar example. Imagine that Jennifer Smith and Stephen Jones after living together 'in sin', as some of their relatives see it, decide to step away from this sin by getting married. They organise a state and/or church-approved ceremony in the course of which an authorised person asserts 'I now declare you man and wife' (or another authorised form of words to the same effect). Instantaneously, where previously there had been two separate people, there is now a married couple and, unless she decides to hold on to her father's family name, Jennifer Smith becomes Jennifer Jones. Of course, Stephen might choose to change his last name instead, turning him into Stephen Smith, but he could not do so as part of the same ceremony. The point of this example is that the words are the deed: the pair are married if and only if an authorised person, in the course of a state/church-sanctioned ceremony, asserts that they are married.
In most other cases, relations between words and deeds are more complex. An undocumented immigrant does not suddenly become a law-breaker when, as often happens in Australia and the USA, an authorised person, declares him /her to be 'illegal'. And there are cases where deeds take the place of words, for example, when police, a criminal gang, IS or the US military employ violence to 'send a message' to their opponents
In the case of politics, which is my concern here, talking (and writing) are integral to its existence. At one level, political action by Governments of independent states are matters of interacting with their own populations (and with individuals and public or private organisations within them)which they do, in part, by issuing instructions such as 'No Dogs, Bikes or Skateboards', 'No parking' or 'No right turn'. Governments issue instructions on how to apply for a driver's licence, a visa or identity card, a sickness, unemployment or other benefit, along with appropriate forms for the applicant to complete. A Government's political action may involve interaction with the Governments of other states through diplomacy, declaring War or threatening them by asserting sovereignty over hitherto unclaimed areas of land or sea. Within their own jurisdiction, their political actions include declaring States of Emergency, Public Holidays, periods of national mourning or new policies.
At another level, an individual's active involvement in politics whether through political parties or social movements, involves participating in, and even organising, meetings, listening to others talk and sometimes having one's own say. Electoral competition between individuals and between parties invariably requires a lot of talk
Words are essential components of political life. Thus 'talking politics' may refer either to the talking (or writing) that goes on within politics or to talking, or writing, about it. Regarding the first, while the words used are often important, we should be careful not to judge political actions by the words that perform them. Treaties with 'free trade' as part of their names, for example, are not always concerned with freeing trade, while some have been more concerned with protecting the 'intellectual property' of large chemical, IT and other businesses.
Unfortunately, the compulsion to turn thinking into entertainment – through, for example, popular science shows, Q&A, TED talks, the Sydney Festival of (tired but once-) Dangerous Ideas and Writers Festivals all over the place – leaves little room for serious examination of political talk in Australia and other anglo 'democracies'.
There are times when the usage of words in political talk is worth treating seriously. My first two posts, from November and December 2015, are responses to wild talk by Australian politicians, security specialists and media commentators about the alleged threat of 'radicalisation'. 'Against radicalisation' is an angry rant about the concept of 'radicalisation', which is a seriously bad and destructive idea. I offered this piece to several Australian media outlets, both print and on-line, all of whom, with the notable exception of the AIM Network, rejected it, as I should have expected. The Folk Devils paper takes up two influential concepts, 'Folk Devils' and 'Moral Panics', from 1970s academic criminology to argue that, in spite of real limitations, these concepts can help us to understand the current 'radicalisation' scare. A third posting, 'Politically-Motivated Men' coming in December 2015, examines what else is going on when professional politicians and commentators use 'political' as a pejorative term in order to dismiss political views or actions with which they disagree. A good example is the Australian ex-Treasurer Joe Hockey's responses to Labor and Green criticism of his two budgets which he could only attack by clling them 'political'. Finally, if only for the moment, 'Whistling the Dog', written some time ago, criticises the use of the term 'dog-whistling' by commentators on the Left to condemn what they saw, not unreasonably, as the duplicitous 'racist' stance of some members of the Coalition.


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