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An efficient mathematical model to virtually generate woven metal wire meshes is presented. The accuracy of this model is verified by the comparison of virtual structures with three-dimensional images of real meshes, which are produced via computer tomography. Virtual structures are generated for three types of metal wire meshes using only easy to measure parameters. For these geometries the velocity-dependent pressure drop is simulated and compared with measurements performed by the GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG. The simulation results lie within the tolerances of the measurements. The generation of the structures and the numerical simulations were done at GKD using the Fraunhofer GeoDict software.
Bei der Erprobung sicherheitsrelevanter Bauteile von Nutzfahrzeugen steht man vor der Aufgabe, die sehr vielfältige Belastung durch die Kunden abschätzen zu müssen und daraus ein Prüfprogramm für die Bauteile abzuleiten, das mehreren gegenläufigen Anforderungen gerecht werden muss: Das Programm muss scharf genug sein, damit bei erfolgreicher Prüfung ein Ausfall im Feld im Rahmen eines bestimmungsgemäßen Gebrauchs ausgeschlossen werden kann, es soll aber nicht zu einer Überdimensionierung der Bauteile führen, und es soll mit relativ wenigen Bauteilversuchen eine ausreichende Aussagesicherheit erreicht werden. Wegen der hohen Anforderungen bzgl. Sicherheit müssen bei der klassischen statistischen Vorgehensweise – Schätzen der Verteilung der Kundenbeanspruchung aus Messdaten, Schätzen der Verteilung der Bauteilfestigkeit aus Versuchsergebnissen und Ableiten einer Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeit – die Verteilungen in den extremen Rändern bekannt sein. Dazu reicht aber das Datenmaterial in der Regel bei weitem nicht aus. Bei der klassischen "empirischen" Vorgehensweise werden Kennwerte der Beanspruchung und der Festigkeit verglichen und ein ausreichender Sicherheitsabstand gefordert. Das hier vorgeschlagene Verfahren kombiniert beide Methoden, setzt dabei die Möglichkeiten der statistischen Modellierung soweit aufgrund der Datenlage vertretbar ein und ergänzt die Ergebnisse durch empirisch begründete Sicherheitsfaktoren. Dabei werden bei der Lastfestlegung die im Versuch vorhandenen Möglichkeiten berücksichtigt. Hauptvorteile dieses Verfahrens sind a) die Transparenz bzgl. der mit statistischen Mitteln erreichbaren Aussagen und des Zusammenspiels zwischen Lastermittlung und Versuch und b) die Möglichkeit durch entsprechenden Aufwand bei Messungen und Erprobung die empirischen zugunsten der statistischen Anteile zu reduzieren.
Classical geometrically exact Kirchhoff and Cosserat models are used to study the nonlinear deformation of rods. Extension, bending and torsion of the rod may be represented by the Kirchhoff model. The Cosserat model additionally takes into account shearing effects. Second order finite differences on a staggered grid define discrete viscoelastic versions of these classical models. Since the rotations are parametrised by unit quaternions, the space discretisation results in differential-algebraic equations that are solved numerically by standard techniques like index reduction and projection methods. Using absolute coordinates, the mass and constraint matrices are sparse and this sparsity may be exploited to speed-up time integration. Further improvements are possible in the Cosserat model, because the constraints are just the normalisation conditions for unit quaternions such that the null space of the constraint matrix can be given analytically. The results of the theoretical investigations are illustrated by numerical tests.
This paper discusses the possibility to use and apply the ideas of theWave BasedMethod, which has been developed especially for the steady–state acoustic areas, i.e. to solve the Helmholtz type boundary value problems in a bounded domain, in non–acoustics areas such as steady–state temperature propagation, calculation of the velocity potential function of a liquid flux, calculation of the light irradience in a liver tissue/tumor, etc.
In this paper we investigate the use of the sharp function known from functional analysis in image processing. The sharp function gives a measure of the variations of a function and can be used as an edge detector. We extend the classical notion of the sharp function for measuring anisotropic behaviour and give a fast anisotropic edge detection variant inspired by the sharp function. We show that these edge detection results are useful to steer isotropic and anisotropic nonlinear diffusion filters for image enhancement.
This contribution presents a model reduction method for nonlinear problems in structural mechanics. Emanating from a Finite Element model of the structure, a subspace and a lookup table are generated which do not require a linearisation of the equations. The method is applied to a model created with commercial FEM software. In this case, the terms describing geometrical and material nonlinearities are not explicitly known.
We present a parsimonious multi-asset Heston model. All single-asset submodels follow the well-known Heston dynamics and their parameters are typically calibrated on implied market volatilities. We focus on the calibration of the correlation structure between the single-asset marginals in the absence of sucient liquid cross-asset option price data. The presented model is parsimonious in the sense that d(d􀀀1)=2 asset-asset cross-correlations are required for a d-asset Heston model. In order to calibrate the model, we present two general setups corresponding to relevant practical situations: (1) when the empirical cross-asset correlations in the risk neutral world are given by the user and we need to calibrate the correlations between the driving Brownian motions or (2) when they have to be estimated from the historical time series. The theoretical background, including the ergodicity of the multidimensional CIR process, for the proposed estimators is also studied.
The understanding of the motion of long slender elastic fibers in turbulent flows is of great interest to research, development and production in technical textiles manufacturing. The fiber dynamics depend on the drag forces that are imposed on the fiber by the fluid. Their computation requires in principle a coupling of fiber and flow with no-slip interface conditions. However, theneeded high resolution and adaptive grid refinement make the direct numerical simulation of the three-dimensional fluid-solid-problem for slender fibers and turbulent flows not only extremely costly and complex, but also still impossible for practically relevant applications. Embedded in a slender body theory, an aerodynamic force concept for a general drag model was therefore derived on basis of a stochastic k-o; description for a turbulent flow field in [23]. The turbulence effects on the fiber dynamics were modeled by a correlated random Gaussian force and its asymptotic limit on a macroscopic fiber scale by Gaussian white noise with flow-dependent amplitude. The concept was numerically studied under the conditions of a melt-spinning process for nonwoven materials in [24] – for the specific choice of a non-linear Taylor drag model. Taylor [35] suggested the heuristic model for high Reynolds number flows, Re in [20, 3 · 105], around inclined slender objects under an angle of attack of alpha in (pi/36, pi/2] between flow and object tangent. Since the Reynolds number is considered with respect to the relative velocity between flow and fiber, the numerical results lackaccuracy evidently for small Re that occur in cases of flexible light fibers moving occasionally with the flow velocity. In such a regime (Re << 1), linear Stokes drag forces were successfully applied for the prediction of small particles immersed in turbulent flows, see e.g. [25, 26, 32, 39], a modifiedStokes force taking also into account the particle oscillations was presented in [14]. The linear drag relation was also conferred to longer filaments by imposing free-draining assumptions [29, 8]. Apart from this, the Taylor drag suffers from its non-applicability to tangential incident flow situations (alpha = 0) that often occur in fiber and nonwoven production processes.
In this work we use the Parsimonious Multi–Asset Heston model recently developed in [Dimitroff et al., 2009] at Fraunhofer ITWM, Department Financial Mathematics, Kaiserslautern (Germany) and apply it to Quanto options. We give a summary of the model and its calibration scheme. A suitable transformation of the Quanto option payoff is explained and used to price Quantos within the new framework. Simulated prices are given and compared to market prices and Black–Scholes prices. We find that the new approach underprices the chosen options, but gives better results than the Black–Scholes approach, which is prevailing in the literature on Quanto options.
Home Health Care (HHC) services are becoming increasingly important in Europe's aging societies. Elderly people have varying degrees of need for assistance and medical treatment. It is advantageous to allow them to live in their own homes as long as possible, since a long-term stay in a nursing home can be much more costly for the social insurance system than a treatment at home providing assistance to the required level. Therefore, HHC services are a cost-effective and flexible instrument in the social system. In Germany, organizations providing HHC services are generally either larger charities with countrywide operations or small private companies offering services only in a city or a rural area. While the former have a hierarchical organizational structure and a large number of employees, the latter typically only have some ten to twenty nurses under contract. The relationship to the patients ("customers") is often long-term and can last for several years. Therefore acquiring and keeping satisfied customers is crucial for HHC service providers and intensive competition among them is observed.


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Here is one of the first Minecraft characters that I actually think is cool. Today we will tackle the task of drawing a Minecraft mob known as a Ghast. These Mobs look like a combination of ghosts and jellyfish. The have blocks for heads, and tentacle like legs or limbs. They are all white and float around through the air. One of the things that Ghasts do is shoot fireballs from their mouths. These ghost like beings are huge. To put it in perspective let me tell you what they are made out of. Their body is made up of four blocks for the height, four blocks for their width, and they have nine limbs that look like tentacles hanging from under. It should be pretty simple to complete this tutorial on "how to draw a Ghast" because all you will need is a ruler, pencil, eraser, and paper. I will be back in a bit with more tuts for you all to enjoy.
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As if splitting up from your spouse isn't already stressful enough, some Americans have to pay more than $400 to file for divorce, purely because of where they live. From least to most expensive filing fees, some people pay four times as much as others to initiate divorce proceedings.
Of course, that's only the beginning of the bills once you start dividing assets, paying legal fees and ponying up for other divorce-related expenses. Since finances are a frequent contributor to marital difficulties (sometimes the ultimate breaking point), it's a bit ironic that extricating yourself from a relationship plagued by money problems can cost so much. That shouldn't be a reason not to move forward with the split, but you should do everything you can to make sure divorce doesn't trash your credit.
States Where It Costs the Most to File for Divorce
There are also several ways you can rank the divorce experience by state — how long it takes to process the divorce, how easy it is to legally end the marriage and whether or not the state enforces community or equitable division of property — but when it comes to upfront expenses, 10 states charge people more than $300 to merely file for divorce. Here they are, in ascending order, according to comparison site FindTheBest.com:
10. Tennessee, $302
9. Utah, $310
8. Pennsylvania, $317
7. Arizona, $321
6. Louisiana, $324
5. New York, $335
4. Illinois, $337
3. California, $395
2. Minnesota, $402
1. Florida, $409
On the other end of the spectrum, it costs only $52 to file for divorce in Mississippi, $70 in Wyoming and $80 in the District of Columbia. There's not much of a cost pattern among states' median incomes or geographic locations.
Whether financial problems contributed to your split or not, pay close attention to your bank accounts and credit standing throughout the process. It can sometimes take a while to untangle shared finances, and it's in your best interest to protect your credit so you're not trying to start over with a credit score lower than when you were married. You should review your free annual credit reports (here's how to get yours), and you can also track changes to your credit by reviewing your credit scores, which you can get for free through Credit.com.
More on Credit Reports and Credit Scores:
- What's a Good Credit Score?
- How to Get Your Free Annual Credit Report
- How Credit Impacts Your Day-to-Day Life
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- ArticleBest storage products of the year
- FeatureSAN Newbie: Consolidation Easy, but Expensive
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San pioneer: start small, but smart
Building a SAN? Avoid hidden costs, unforeseen problems and unmanageable expansion by starting with a solid plan. That's one of the key lessons Intuit learned on its way to 200TB.
|Four tips for SAN scaling
That's what we learned at Intuit Inc. when we decided to implement a SAN three years ago. With business requirements and storage doubling - sometimes tripling - every year, the advantages of achieving greater storage resource utilization through centralization, consolidation and availability were incentive enough to go ahead and be one of the early adopters of SAN technology. As our SANs grew from around 20TB, 128 ports and 60 DLT tape drives to approximately 200TB, 900 switch ports and 140 DLT drives, we encountered unforeseen problems that can plague you if you're not prepared.
One of the challenges was sharing SAN resources and achieving 100% utilization while trying to avoid both high costs and a large team to manage the SAN. We also had to figure out how to protect our initial investment while expanding - you don't want to have to throw out the infrastructure you built when you were relatively small in order to expand.
You can avoid these landmines by not boxing yourself in with a SAN design that can't scale effectively. Understanding what that means concretely, however, is far from obvious.
|The right stuff
Avoid false economies
Our SAN implementation began as a few isolated monolithic and modular storage arrays with redundant fabrics made up of a few switches. We had mostly Unix servers of mixed operating systems connected to the monolithic arrays while Intel servers were connected to the modular arrays. While the modular arrays were less expensive, at the time they didn't yet have the availability, caching and ability for multiple mirror copies and therefore were mostly used for the smaller applications such as databases running on Intel platforms. Although this changed over time as the software for the modular arrays became competitive with the features of the monolithic arrays, we continued to use the monolithic arrays for the most critical applications.
Ultimately, decisions at a higher level forced us to move to a method for replicating data, which meant moving more apps to monolithic storage and scrapping some of the modular systems. Always try and anticipate your future needs when you chose your primary storage (see "Scaling backup,").
Some of our initial SAN implementations were performed by adding Fibre host bus adapters (HBAs) to the servers and then migrating the direct-attached servers from maxed arrays to new ones with Fibre switches placed in between. These isolated SAN islands were designed and laid out in a simple fashion. Management was manual, but relatively easy. A few Excel spreadsheets showed the switch and disk configurations for each of the servers. The infrastructure was nothing more than several strands of fiber laid throughout the data center under the floor in the network trays. Switches were racked and located centrally between the servers and storage. Backups were performed on a daily basis. Soft and hard zones were configured and our SAN implementations were a success.
This initial configuration worked well while things were relatively small and isolated. However, some of the benefits of a SAN weren't being fully utilized in this design. New servers were added to these SAN islands, but once we grew beyond the capacity of the switches or arrays in the initial design, the various components of the SAN started to become obstacles. One by one, each component needed to be addressed.
Design your SAN with a topology that scales regardless of how small you initially start out. Spending money up front will save you both soft and hard costs down the road.
The soft costs saved include the amount of time it takes to manage, redesign and then implement a core-edge topology later down the road. The hard costs are the longer investment protection over time of the initial hardware purchase.
You can protect your initial investment if you correctly anticipate faster hardware speeds for tape, switch, servers and storage. With speeds increasing and the ability to create trunks between your switches, you'll have more flexibility if you've designed an architecture that lets you move the older and slower technology out to the edge and implement the new faster hardware at the core. You'll also reduce the amount of downtime you experience in the future. With our SAN islands, we had to bring down the fabric in order to merge islands - and perhaps the servers as well - to bring firmware levels in sync, or upgrade them to the latest version to support more or newer drives.
We found that it was better to schedule downtime when making most major changes to a SAN. Due to the infancy of SAN technology at the time, interoperability along with older versions of software firmware and drivers could - and had - resulted in unplanned outages. Ensuring data integrity and uptime to our customers was the main objective, and therefore, scheduling the downtime for maintenance was sometimes necessary.
SAN maturity and issues with interoperability have improved, so you may not need to bring everything down to make changes now.
But without the right architecture, you may be forced into awkward configurations just to utilize all the available resources across multiple islands. In our case, we would sometimes end up with small switches linked in daisy-chain fashion to each other through a single ISL in order to achieve this. As a result, our SAN was vulnerable to single points of failure.
I don't recommend the daisy-chain approach in general. Spend the money, buy more switches and design an architecture that will allow the availability, performance and flexibility necessary when SANs become larger and need to scale. For us that meant trunking ISLs when possible as well as building out core-edge topologies that scaled. This also let us take advantage of storage resources by merging fabrics when necessary, without having to schedule downtime. This approach also allowed us to build on our earlier investment in smaller switches - we introduce newer, faster, larger switches at the core and push the older, smaller ones to the edge or to development environments in some cases.
|Scaling backup
While it is possible to build out a core-edge topology using smaller switches, it's more cost-effective to use bladed directors with a large port count if high availability and increased flexibility are the goal. However, whether using smaller switches or large director switches to build your core-edge topology, the key is to pick an architecture that will scale for your environment.
While architecture is crucial, you can also avoid future costs by building out the right SAN infrastructure and how you connect servers to storage resources.
Start out small, and run fiber under the floor for a few hosts. But as you grow and have to move, add, or retire servers, switches, tape libraries and storage arrays, maintaining the fiber under the floor can be cost prohibitive. Troubleshooting a connection problem can be difficult with so many strands running on top of each other in a spaghetti fashion. Labels can become inaccurate or removed altogether from handling and moving the cables so many times.
If you don't have an infrastructure in place, you could end up with a lot of wasted fiber under the floor that could involve downtime to pull. Build the storage network like any other network and include patch panels with bundled fiber running between and distributed throughout the data center(s) in a design where the anticipated length from any server, storage array, switch and tape library can be calculated and preordered.
Understand the soft costs
One of the biggest soft costs when implementing and administrating a SAN are the people. This is probably because companies such as Intuit are telling vendors that such a tool is needed, a number of vendors are working on ways to easily administer the SAN from a centralized location and eliminate the manual bookkeeping tasks.
As our SAN grew from 20TB to 50TB to 200TB and over 900 switch ports - the old ways of managing were no longer practical. The spreadsheets we started with that detailed how the zones and disks were configured to the hosts wouldn't scale effectively. Again, this worked initially but keeping the documents updated always seemed to take a back seat to keeping the trains running.
Choose a SAN management tool early in your SAN deployment to cope with future growth. Good tools have widespread benefits in the area of interoperability, planning, scaling, and space reclamation (see "The right stuff").
If there's one thing I've learned from our whole experience, it's that basic technologies change rapidly. Absorbing them while running a real environment means you have to have good policies, procedures, design and management tools - so don't wait too long until you do that.
Now that we've arrived at a scalable architecture and infrastructure, we know what we need for management tools, and implementation is our biggest challenge. We're currently focusing on three main pain points. Implementing an enterprise resource management tool, better and more efficient ways for data archiving and remote data facility replication for achieving ensuring higher levels of data integrity and usability in the event of a disaster.
Change is still the order of the day. But I believe that with the current state of the art and the lessons that pioneers such as Intuit have learned, many companies can start at a reasonable level and grow into the many terabyte range while preserving most of their initial investment.
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Online resources from SearchStorage.com: "The science of SANs," by M.C. Kinora.


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Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. In my former life I was a registered nurse working in critical care. I worked in the first paramedic base station West of the Mississippi and supervised a critical care unit where we trained firemen to be paramedics and supervised paramedics in the field.
because of all the ethical issues I encountered as a nurse in the 1970s. I was given permission to study and received an MA in theology from the University of San Francisco (my hometown) in 1979 and found that I was "smitten" with the study bug. So, rather than returning to nursing I continued my studies and received a Ph.D. in moral theology and medical ethics from the Catholic University of America in 1988.
on the faculty of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center where I taught ethics in all the schools on the medical center campus. I worked for 6 years at the Catholic Health Association where I was first an ethicist and later served as Vice-president for Mission and Sponsorship.
For the past 9 years I have been on the faculty of Aquinas Institute of Theology. In addition to teaching courses, I also serve as the director of the Master of Arts in Health Care Mission program. This program is designed to provide leaders in Catholic health care with a firm grounding in the Catholic theological tradition that is at the heart of and informs this ministry of the Church. The program began in 2000 and since that time we have graduated three groups of ministry leaders, have two currently in progress and will begin cohort six in July 2009.
on the board of Ascension Health on behalf of my congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. I also work with ethics committees for Cardinal Ritter Senior Services and Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis.
I am particularly interested in the ethical dimensions of end of life decision making; the effects of advancing technologies on the delivery of health care; environmental ethics and the future of Mother Earth; lay leadership formation and the evolution of sponsorship for Catholic health care and other ministries of the church.
on or thinking about ethical issues or teaching a class what I really like to do is work in our garden, play an occasional game of golf and tussle with Clancy, our goofy but lovable Border Collie.


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The Problem
While the early Church included Gentiles in its evangelistic mission, the Gospels present Jesus as primarily focused on Israel. Consider the following passages.
How does one reconcile such passages with the later practice of the early Christians of Gentile inclusion?
Matthew 10:5-6: "These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:24: [Jesus said]: "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Indeed, Bird carefully lays out six reasons why the early effort to bring Gentiles into the Church is surprising:
1. Jesus was Jewish
2. As mentioned above, the Gospels describe Jesus as restricting his ministry to Israel
3. The Gospels never report Jesus making disciples in Gentile districts, and there are only a few references to Jesus even having contact with Gentiles (and these are often deemed inauthentic)
4. All of the early leaders of the Christian movement were Jews
5. The movement began in Palestine, not in the Diaspora
6. There was considerable debate about the inclusion of Gentiles later on
Bird's Solution
After laying out the problem Bird lays out his proposed solution: "Jesus' intention was to renew and restore Israel, so that a restored Israel would extend God's salvation to the world. Since this restoration was already being realized in Jesus' ministry" (3).
I think Bird's answer to the puzzle is brilliant. What he in effect shows is that a careful analysis reveals that certain strands of Jewish eschatological hopes linked the restoration of Israel with Gentile inclusion. I will save a careful overview for the post on chapter 2, where Bird lays out his case more carefully―suffice it to say, if the Gospels are any indication about the prevalence of Isaianic eschatological traditions in Jesus' teaching, one could hardly expect Jesus to not expect an eventual inclusion of the Gentiles.
In a survey of the history of the work done in this area Bird demonstrates that scholars have often made the mistake of assuming Jesus must have either been a radical universalist or particularist. Jeremias is one notable exception. Discussing his contribution, Bird explains that any attempt to reduce Jesus' message to either of these two extremes "evaporates once Jesus is understood as operating within the story of Jewish eschatological hopes." However, Bird goes on to explain to discuss some very significant questions raised by Jeremias' work, describing issues that must be addressed further.
One important point Bird makes is that while he operated primarily within Israelite boundaries, given the state of affairs in the first century, Jesus could hardly avoid the issue. "Given that most of the Jewish populace was either living in Gentile lands or subjugated under Gentile hands, it would be strange if Jesus offered no answer to the 'Gentile question'" (20). Rabbinic traditions reveal that their role and fate was debated within Jewish circles. It is hard to imagine Jesus simply being aloof when it came to the controversy.
Bird goes on to lay out his method at the end of chapter one. Since this is an issue that I have been working on quite a bit myself I found this section especially interesting. He begins by addressing what "historical Jesus" means. He writes,
"The 'historical Jesus' is not a positivistic or objective history of Jesus, but it comprises a fallible portrait of Jesus that emerges from dialogue with the textual history of early Christianity and in partnership with other readers of this history" (23).Next, he explains a key problem: the primary purpose of the Gospels was to "convey the meaning and significance of Jesus for readers in the Graeco-Roman world, and not to write a life of Jesus which can cater to the interests of post-Enlightenment historiography" (23).
Yet, Bird is quick to point out that this should not lead us to conclude with the radical form critics that the Gospels were mere theological tracts devoid of contact with the historical Jesus. He writes, "the continued use of the name 'Jesus' and the absence (with a few exceptions) of the titles 'Christ' and 'Son of God' as terms of address for Jesus in the Gospels underscore the continued awareness of the pre-Easter history of Jesus."
Going on, Bird cites the work of James D. G. Dunn: "What we actually have in the earliest retellings of what is now the Synoptic tradition . . . are the memories of the first disciples―not Jesus himself, but the remembered Jesus" [Dunn, Jesus Remembered, 130-31]. Here's Bird's description of what the Gospels are: "The Gospels are the interpretation and application of the memory for Jesus in the Graeco-Roman world" (24).
The problem then is separating the "history" from the "interpretation". The problem is intensified by the fact of interdependence among the Gospel sources―i.e., which elements are attributable to Jesus and which are merely Mark's? Bird writes, "The danger is that one maps the contours of the Marcan Jesus' view of the Gentiles, and then attempts to pass this off as the perspective of the historical Jesus" (25).
Bird then states: "The primary way of off-setting this problem in Jesus scholarship is by employing the so-called criteria of authenticity" (25). Bird opts for multiple-attestation, embarrassment, historical plausibility, coherence and Palestinian context. However, Bird is quick to point out the problems of the criteria. He rightly comments that there is no agreed consensus on what they are or how they should be used. Likewise, he explains that calling them criteria of "authenticity" is problematic since their use can hardly prove anything is "authentic" or "inauthentic". Moreover, an "inauthentic" saying or deed may indeed reflect the actual authentic attitude or teaching of Jesus. The best we can hope for is likelihood: "…an 'authentic' saying or event is one which we have good reason to believe is close to something that Jesus said―as close as we could hope for" (25).
Bird's words here are telling? Why continue to speak of "authenticity" despite the limitations of the criteria? "With these caveats in mind, I shall continue to use the language of 'authenticity' for the reason that it is simply part of the grammar of historical Jesus research" (25).
Have we really come to the point where we have to continue to use virtually meaningless language simply because without it work would not be considered be other scholars in the field? It seems we have. For me, this assertion by Bird is almost as groundbreaking as the rest of the work in the book.
This book only confirmed the increasing sense I have that the use of the "criteria" of authenticity has nearly reached an impasse.
Elsewhere I have posted my own brief critique of the criteria—though my own thought has evolved quite a bit on the topic, I remain highly skeptical of their usefulness. In particular, I have been reading scholars such as Porter, Theissen and Winter who have leveled especially devastating critiques of the criteria.
The true problem however lies at a deeper level. Most scholars recognize that the criteria arose out of source-critical and form-critical assumptions about the Gospels. For one thing, form-critics viewed the Gospels through the lens of folkloric literature, concluding that the Gospels were actually the result of a long process of "traditioning." According to form-critical "dogma", the teachings of Christ had been fashioned and shaped over a long period of time so that the Gospels ended up reflecting the communal traditioning process much more than Jesus' teaching itself. Moreover, the early transmission process involved the creative invention of certain elements which because part of the Jesus tradition. The Gospels thus stand at the end of a long "traditioning" process through which the historical "core" of Jesus' identity and teaching was supplemented, adapted and according to some, even recast.
Yet, this view of the Gospels has increasingly come under fire of late. In fact, the recent SBL session on Richard Bauckham's new book, Jesus and the Eyewitness (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006) has underscored this point. Whatever one thinks about his conclusions, the recent work done by Bauckham has seriously undermined the old form-critical theories. The Gospels were written within the living memory of the eye-witnesses who saw Jesus. In fact, Bauckham marshalls powerful support from patristic sources that the early Christians resisted such creative tendencies in the transmission of the Jesus tradition.
Bauckham highlights the work of Papias, a writer who knew those who had been in contact with some of the disciples of Jesus himself recounts his insistence upon hearing the actual commandments of Jesus.
"I shall not hesitate also to put into properly ordered form for you [singular] everything I learned carefully in the past from the elders and noted down well, for the truth of which I vouch. For unlike most people I did not enjoy those who have a great deal to say, but those who teach the truth. Nor did I enjoy those who recall someone else's commandments, but those who remember the commandments given by the Lord to the faith and proceeding from the truth itself. And if by chance anyone who had been in attendance on the elders should come my way, I inquired about the words of the elder―[that is,] what [according to the elders] Andrew or Peter said, or Philip, or Thomas or James, or John or Matthew or any of the Lord's disciples, and whatever Aristion and the elder John the Lord's disciples, were saying. For I did not think that information from books would profit me as much as information from a living and surviving voice (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.39.3-4).Bauckham goes on to draw on other studies--in particular, that done by Samuel Byrskog--who have also drawn our attention to the fact that eye-witness testimony was a key part of ancient historiography. Luke, in particular, makes a point to mention his dependence on them in the introduction of his Gospel:
"Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, 2 just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent The-ophilus, 4 that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed" (Luke 1:1-4).And while Luke is the only one who mentions the use of eye-witnesses in his text, it is important to note that the Gospels themselves are linked with eye-witnesses via their titles. Matthew and John were understood by the early Church as being the apostles (pace Bauckham); Mark was believed to have recorded Peter's eye-witness testimony. While these titles are assumed to be later additions by most scholars today, Martin Hengel has made a persuasive case for their authenticity (cf. The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ [trans. lohn Bowden; London: SCM, 2000]). For one thing the universal attribution of the Gospels from the earliest times to these four figures--there is not a single case of one of them being associated with someone else!--is indeed difficult to explain.
It is also hard to imagine why Matthew, Mark and Luke would have been chosen as pseudonymous authors. Matthew had been a tax collector! Mark and Luke were not even apostles! If the titles are later additions one would have to assume that the early Church chose an odd set of names to authentic these works. Indeed, later pseudonymous works were written under the names of Peter, Philip and other more likely candidates.
Of course, it could be (and has been!) argued that Luke's reference to eye-witnesses (what the ancients referred to as "autopsy") was only included for rhetorical effect and does not reflect Luke's actual practice. Yet, given the recent work being done, it doesn't seem that we have any more certainty of that than the alternative! It would seem that simply approaching the Gospels in the manner of the form-critics is not any more "critical" than "pre-critical" assumptions based on Christian tradition. Or must "critical" scholarship avoid "critiquing" the "critical" assumptions of old?
What might also refer here to the work done by Berger Gerhardsson who has looked at the transmission of the Jesus tradition in light of the memorization and oral transmission of Rabbinic teaching (cf. The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition [Peabody: Hendrickson]. I neglected to read this until Brant recently pointed out to me that Gerhardson has made a very significant convert to his view: Jacob Neusner. Neusner originally opposed Gerhardson--now, however, it would seem that one of the world's foremost rabbinic scholars is convinced by Gerhardsson! Again, this hardly ever gets mentioned--and without good cause.
Moreover, beyond the form-critical assumptions of the past, source-critical assumptions are being challenged. Mark Goodacre has leveled an extremely powerful critique against Q. (Even Kloppenborg had to mention his influence during his paper at the Bauckham session at SBL this month). "Q-skepticism" is making serious inroads--especially among younger scholars who have less published and therefore less invested in the theory. Bird even writes in a footnote:
"In this study I will assume the four-source theory with Marcan priority and the existence of a hypothetical document called 'Q'. I confess, however, that although I continue to affirm the existence of Q I postulate its existence with far greater reserve than when I first started this study, due to several works, including Mark Goodacre, The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press 2002), and Mark Goodacre and Nicholas Perin (eds), Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005)" (23 n 138).Drawing portraits of the historical Jesus based on the traditional criteria of authenticity (especially of multiple attestation) would seem to be risky business.
Furthermore, in my opinion, historical Jesus research has also largely ignored the work being done in another very important related field: genre studies. While all historical Jesus scholars construct their arguments using the Gospels as sources, few even mention the critical question of the genre of the Gospels. I owe this critique to my friend Brant Pitre, who turned me on to the discussion. (I would have never have known the importance of this debate from simply reading historical Jesus scholars--how ironic is that?!) Reading authors such as Richard Burridge and Samuel Byrskog I have come to see how such work has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of the most important sources of the life of Jesus. Indeed, Burridge's work has been extremely well-received by the academic community.
What has Burridge argued? That contrary to the assumptions made by form critical analysts of New Testament the genre of the Gospels is not sui generis. In fact, comparing the Gospels with other ancient works (e.g., Plutarch, Seutonius, Lucian) it becomes strikingly apparent that they fit well within the genre of Graeco-Roman biography (bios).
The Gospels therefore are NOT written to simply reflect the theology of the early Church―they are meant to convey to us about what Jesus taught.
It has generally recognized that the "criteria" arose out of the form-critical theories about the formulation of the Gospels. Now, however, those assumptions are coming under increasing scrutiny and being viewed with growing suspicion. How can we build portraits of Jesus on such theories. "Assured results"? I think not!
Having said that, it seems that building a historical Jesus on the old form-critical assumptions may be akin to building a house on shifting sand.
But, I digress.
I should say, I don't mean any of this as a criticism of Bird's work--the implications of what I'm suggesting here is beyond the scope of his study.


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Members of online social networks may be more vulnerable to financial loss, identity theft and malware infection than they realize, according to a new survey from Webroot, a leading provider of Internet security software for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets.
Surveying over 1,100 members of Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and other popular social networks, Webroot uncovered numerous behaviors that put social networkers' identities and wallets at risk. Among the highlights:
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- One quarter accept "friend requests" from strangers
"The growth of social networks presents hackers with a huge target. The amount of time spent on communities like Facebook last year grew at three times the rate of overall Internet growth," said Mike Kronenberg, chief technology officer of Webroot's Consumer business. "Three in ten people Webroot polled experienced a security attack through a social network in the past year, including identity theft, malware infection, spam, unauthorized password changes and "friend in distress" money-stealing scams. The first step to staying protected is being aware of what the threats are and knowing how to help prevent them."
Social Networks Present New Opportunities for Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals employ various types of trickery and malware to capitalize on risky behaviors. One common tactic is phishing, which hackers use to entice victims into downloading an infected file, visiting a disreputable site outside the social network, or wiring money to a "friend in distress."
In recent months, Webroot has seen an increase in these types of attacks on social networks, including "Trojan-MyBlot," which targeted users of MyYearbook.com, and others targeting Facebook users including "Koobface" and several spread through the domains "mygener.im," "ponbon.im" and "hunro.im."
"Hackers lure users into taking actions they shouldn't by making it appear as if a friend within their social network has sent them a message – only the message is from a hacker who's hijacked the friend's account," continued Kronenberg. "We've seen instances where a salacious yet poorly worded message like, 'This video of u is evrywhere' includes a link that, when clicked, prompts the user to download a seemingly legitimate file which, once on your PC, can do a number of things -- spam your friends, monitor your online activity or record your personal information."
Hackers can also use less sophisticated means to execute attacks on social networks: The Webroot survey respondents who reported experiencing identity theft, a hijacked account and unauthorized username or password changes may have been victimized by hackers who were able to access their profiles and guess their passwords based on the personal information they included.
Results indicate a general lack of awareness of the security risks on social networks and the tools available to protect personal information, as well as higher rates of risky behaviors exhibited by younger social networkers.
Social networkers make private information public:
- 80 percent allow at least part of their profiles to be searchable through Google or other public search engines; 66 percent don't restrict any profile information from being visible through public search
- Over half (59 percent) of respondents aren't sure who can see their profile
- Over one quarter (28 percent) accept friend requests from strangers; of those, one third (36 percent) do not cloak any of their profile information
- About one third (32 percent) include at least three pieces of identifiable information
Privacy concerns outweigh protective actions:
- 78 percent expressed some concern over the privacy of the information they share in their profiles
- However, 36 percent use the same password across multiple sites
- And 30 percent do not have adequate protection against viruses and spyware
Younger users take more risks – 18-29 year olds are more likely to:
- Use the same password across multiple sites (51 percent, versus 36 percent overall)
- Accept a friend request from a stranger (40 percent, versus 28 percent overall)
- Share more personal information that may compromise online privacy (67 percent share birth date, versus 52 percent overall; 62 percent share home town, versus 50 percent overall; 45 percent share employer, versus 35 percent overall)
- Experience a security attack (nearly 40 percent, versus 30 percent overall)
Tips for Safe Social Networking
Webroot recommends the following actions to protect privacy and prevent threats on social networks.
- Guard your personal information – Use privacy settings to restrict who can see your sensitive information, or consider omitting all personal information from your profile
- Be skeptical -- E-mails, friend requests, Web site links and other items from sources you do not know could be laced with malware
- Choose passwords wisely -- Use different passwords for each of your sites; select a randomized combination of numbers and letters
- Have antivirus and antispyware protection – Even if you think you're not infected, scan your machine for dormant viruses with a free scan; and protect your PC with an Internet security suite that includes antivirus, antispyware, and firewall technologies
- Always install updates – If you're already using antimalware software, be sure to install updates which include the latest malware definitions; do the same with updates to your operating system
- Even with security in place, remain vigilant – Malware authors are continually writing new programs to avoid detection, so pay close attention to suspicious behavior
Webroot offers several comprehensive Internet security solutions for consumers including Webroot® AntiVirus with AntiSpyware, and Webroot Internet Security Essentials.


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The French manufacturer Ligne Roset presented 'Torn', designed by the German Christian Werner this year at the Milan fair. The armchair's shell is made of moulded polyester resin, available in matt black or matt white, the rotating base in brilliant-chromed steel.The seat and backrest cushions consist of polyurethane Bultex foam. The cover – microfibres or textile – is removable once detached from shell.
''The inspiration for the shell of this armchair sprang from a game with a bit of paper. Cut out like a stylised little paper person, the 'arms' (armrests) and 'skirt' folded forwards – the shell of the armchair was already complete in terms of its basic structure. From a two-dimensions surface came, with just three simple folds, a three-dimensional form'', says the designer.
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Upcoming events
All meetings are at St Mary's Room of Ringmer Village Hall, unless otherwise stated and are open to members of the public. To access the minutes of a meeting, click on the appropriate download link.
Events for 8 December 2018
Sorry we have no events for this date
Please note that notwithstanding the scheduled Planning Committee Meetings listed above, further Meetings of that Committee are also frequently held immediately following Council Meetings. Every effort is made to indicate this in advance on each Council agenda when publicised, both on this website and on the noticeboard outside the Village Hall, several days before the Meeting. An archive of historical minutes can be viewed at the Parish Office.


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Where Do We Pencil in Rodney's Name?
Photo: Rays Index
On paper, the signing of experienced closer and set-up man RHP Fernando Rodney seems like a solid investment for the right coinage to solidify the back-end of the Tampa Bay Rays Bullpen. Rodney's contract leaves the Rays 7-8 and 9th inning possible options with a combined commitment of just over $ 7 million and the clarity that they do not have a huge reliever contract lingering over their heads. Somehow I think Rodney is of the opinion the closer role is wide open and he wants toi take a huge step towards claiming it this Spring.
Rodney will take home $ 1.75 million for 2012 with a club option kicker of a $ 2.5 million dollar question mark for 2013 (with a $ 250K buy-out), which seems within the guidelines of what the Rays value their relievers. Current closer Kyle Farnsworth will pocket $ 3.3 million and the new contract by Joel Peralta will net him a cool $ 2 million. Just under $ 7.1 million for the Rays possible 7th, 8th and 9th inning slots, which is considerably less than the $11 million the Philadelphia Phillies will pay for just their new closer, Johnathan Papelbon.
Here is where this signing by the Rays can become a bit hazy and gray. Is Rodney being brought in as an insurance policy in case the elbow tenderness that wrecked havoc for Rays closer Kyle Farnsworth this past September rears its ugly head again and promotes an angst that will remind all of us of the 2008 Troy Percival debacle.
Do the Rays see Rodney possibly as a "situational closer", but more in tune with being a 8th inning set-up guy pushing Joel Peralta back to the 7th inning or into his own situational black hole. For some reason I have a sneaking suspicion the Rays are wanting a little competitive spirit and competition tossed into the Spring, and Rodney and Farnsworth have history as a pair of late inning guys. But there are still a few things that worry me about Rodney, and it is not the fire in his belly or his experience.
Sure Rodney has posted 87 career MLB saves, but only 17 of them have come over the past 2 seasons while he was with the Angels. 87 career saves over his 9 year MLB tenure with the Tigers (7 yrs) and Angels ( 2 years) doesn't leave me with a true air of confidence he could be the guy to set in if Farnsworth does have an elbow setback or is lost for a prolonged hiatus from the Rays. Rodney did post 26 K's in his 32 innings of work in 2011, but he also tacked on 28 walks and 26 hits during his 2012 Angels season.
Still there is a great similarity between Farnsworth and Rodney that they both take care of their bodies, and can throw some extremely hard stuff at times, but can this former duo who used to work together in Detroit find that magic again in Tampa Bay? For Rodney is dominant on the hill when he has control over his change-up.
Could the Rays be a great matching for Rodney considering Rays starter James Shields has one of the best change-up in the game and is constantly tinkering with his grips and release points. Possibly the two hurlers could get together and find a better change-up in the mix for Rodney and bring him back to the top of his game. Rodney also employ a decent slider that tops out at around 86 mph, which can be greatly effective when his fastball is sitting in the high 90's.
The problem I am having here is the inconsistency during 2011 of Rodney in his limited role and if the off season will produce amazing results or will he remain within his present flux state when it comes to his pitching. What effect could this have on Peralta considering he might have thought the 8th inning slot was his to lose, and now the Rays bring in competition. It could be a blessing or a curse for either player, but I still have a boatload of confidence in Peralta possibly pushing Rodney into a 7th inning slot by late March.
Some have already brought up the old baggage in regards to Rodney and his high and outside fastball up towards the Rays Press Box back in 2009 when he was a bit over excited during a save opportunity in Tropicana Field. Rodney ended up getting a 3-game suspension on the heels of a letter sent to MLB by Tampa Bay Times Rays writer Marc Topkin. I would love to be a fly on the wall on the first day of Pitchers and Catchers reporting and see if Topkin and Rodney shake hands. Still, as far as I'm concerned, he did the crime, the time and it is in the past.
Still, the signing of Rodney did not break the Rays piggy bank, and it filled a void left when they did not re-sign Juan Cruz. The final determination of the usage of Rodney has not been revealed yet, but you can definitely pencil in his name in the late hash marks of the game. It could end up being another blessing in disguise for the Rays in 2012 just like the unexpected signings of Joaquin Benoit in 2010 and Peralta in 2011. I have an odd feeling Rodney knows he has a chance to be with a contender and will come out fighting for his slot this Spring.
This signing of Rodney could end up being the huge exclamation point the Rays Bullpen need heading into the Spring, or a demise in waiting. My money is firmly on Topkin and Rodney burying the hatchet and Rodney throwing so much heat a few of the Rays catcher's mitt will need flame retardant materials sewn on them. In the end the Rays reliever corps will be a better unit with this competition, and who ever wins out and claims the closer role, well the other will probably be the first one to shake his hand. ….I hope.


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A female Marine was stabbed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County on Saturday, U.S. Marine Corps officials confirmed.
Public Information Officer Lt. Savannah Moyer said two Marines were involved in an incident with a deadly weapon on Saturday. Earlier, Marine Corps officials confirmed it was a stabbing and that the victim had been stabbed multiple times.
According to Moyer, the victim was flown to Scripps Mercy Hospital.
WAVY, the NBC affiliate in Norfolk, Va., confirmed that the victim is Lance Cpl. Emily Hammonds (pictured.) Hammonds is from the Virginia Beach area.
On Tuesday, Pentagon sources told NBC that a male Marine stabbed Hammonds during some kind of domestic dispute. The nature of their relationship is unclear.
The Pentagon said the suspect is in the brig, a military prison.
Moyer said the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has taken over the case.
All Camp Pendleton officials, including the base's commanding general Brig. Gen. John W. Bullard, have declined NBC 7's request for on-camera interviews.
Check back for updates on this developing story.


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Professor Harold Koh, the Legal Adviser of the US State Department had a keynote speech on Thursday at the ASIL conference in which he for the first time articulated the Obama administration's legal rationale for its policy of targeted killings, e.g. by drone attacks in Pakistan. As predicted in many quarters, he basically argued that (1) the US is in a state of armed conflict with Al-Qaeda, and that its power to target combatants/belligerents in that conflict (however defined) derives from the law of war; and (2) that the US has the inherent right to self-defense that allows it to target those individuals who engage in attacks against the US.
For reactions to Koh's speech, see these two posts at IntLawGrrls, here and here, and this post at OJ by Ken Anderson.
Though, like Ken, I think it is admirable that the Legal Adviser has now formally stated the US legal position, that position is in my view still seriously flawed, for one simple reason – it rests on the assumption that human rights law does not apply to the individual being targeted, either because it is displaced by IHL as lex specialis, or because human rights treaties do not apply extraterritorially. Both of these arguments are deeply problematic. As I've explained in an earlier post, if human rights law does in fact apply, then the jus ad bellum notion of self-defense in particular is unable to preclude the wrongfulness of any violation of the right to life of the individual in question, just as it would be unable to preclude the wrongfulness of a violation of IHL.
Don't take me wrong – I am not arguing that targeted killings can never be lawful. Human rights law does permit deprivations of life, so long as they are absolutely necessary. Just as a hostage taker could be shot dead by a SWAT unit, so could a US drone take out Osama bin Laden, if capture was not a feasible option. But human rights law does require a showing of necessity, and I am afraid that the legal justification offered by the Legal Adviser does not grapple with this question. If others are unpersuaded by the claim that human rights treaties don't apply, then a more meaningful justification will need to be offered to support the lawfulness of targeted killings.


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Southwest Healthcare Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality healthcare in southwest North Dakota and northwest South Dakota.
With your help we can make a difference. Our website furthers our mission by providing ways for you to learn more and get involved. Thanks for visiting. Your support is appreciated.


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Blogger Steve Rubel recently blew away his blog in what he called his "Scorched Earth Policy" on the notion that moving to Tumblr would be better and he didn't want to "confuse Google." (Did he talk to an search engine optimizer first?) During Memorial Day weekend, he deleted every post, every piece of written text – all gone, all redirected to Tumblr.
In his own words:
"Perhaps it's symbolic, but that's exactly the approach I took to my digital presence this past Memorial Day weekend. I started a fresh new site on the future of media over on Tumblr. Then I promptly turned around and slashed both my TypePad-powered blog, which I ran from 2004 to 2009, and my Posterous blog, which I started with some fanfare back in 2009. With just two clicks of a mouse I rid the web of literally thousands of blog posts, some of which I am proud of – others less so – and redirected the URLs to the new site."
While there are reasons to sometimes blow away a website (e.g., it got burned in the search engines, you took over a blog with irrelevant content), there are many more reasons to not approach a major blog change with a "Scorched Earth Policy" – no matter how much using a flamethrower on your blog site may appeal to you!
Let's look at the ramifications of Rubel's "scorch it" decision, and SEO takeaways for bloggers.
With Just Two Clicks of a Mouse…
"With just two clicks of a mouse" Steve took out "thousands of blog posts," meaning he wiped out the content. Flamethrower on, and whoosh, blog content gone, erased forever.
Well, from the web at least, he (hopefully) kept a copy somewhere, but wow, thousands of pages of content, content that Google had stored, valued, people had linked to, reposted, bookmarked, permalinked, stumbled upon, well you get the idea right? He blew away not just the content, but the links that told Google this content was valuable and the comments that users made, making the content even more important to Google than it was when it was posted.
But He Redirected the URLs, Right?
Sure, he says he redirected the URLs, but he didn't redirect the old URLs to the new stored version of the content – most likely just the homepage of his blog (he does not state, but given that the content is gone, this is the likely scenario). All the value, authority, and link value given to that content is diminished, depleted, or simply gone.
So what does this do to his site? What does this mean for his blog?
Well it means that the value that was built into all the previous content likely never found its way to the new site, that users who bookmarked, permalinked, or otherwise linked to Rubel's content will no longer find it and most importantly, Google will have devalued or eliminated the links to that content meaning Rubel lost up to five years of links and all that authority and value, by following his scorched earth policy.
In turn, he also lost all the searches that people would use to find that content. So if someone only knew to find his content by looking for keywords X, Y, and Z, the scorched earth policy means they will no longer find that content or that site using that method.
But, as Rubel stated, he wasn't worried about users locating his past content.
Tumblr's SEO Issues
Rubel's argument is that Tumblr is the next thing in blog platforms and might supersede a main platform such as Posterous or WordPress, so it's OK that these links and content are lost. The beauty of Tumblr will make it all OK.
Well, as a platform, Tumblr, is fraught with known search engine optimization (SEO) issues, including:
- A lack of an .htaccess file or URL rewrite capability (can only affect the end slug).
- Inability to write separate alt tags for images (inherent in the program).
- Content isn't hosted on your server, but on Tumblr, so no root file access & more.
- Inability to write homepage blog summaries, all content is indexed on the homepage and subpages.
- Inability to write proper descriptions, Tumblr or Google takes those from the page.
- Reblogging creates duplicate content.
But let's say you aren't worried about those pesky SEO issues. After all, Tumblr has about 65 million users a month globally and 27 million in the U.S., of which about 45 percent are regular users and Tumblr is a sharing platform? Will that sharing be enough to make the difference up?
(Note: For comparison sake, WordPress has 165 million global users and 47 million U.S. monthly users)
This is what Steve tells us about Tumblr:
"Tumblr is a truly unique hybrid. It sits squarely in the center of the Media Cloverleaf. It's highly social, with an incredibly engaged community and connective tissue to the aforementioned hubs."
Does this pan out? On Rubel's homepage the most highly interacted blog post has 44 "notes" (interactions) they look like this:
Most of his posts have 0 comments, and less than 10 "notes." If you're a blogger who values comments, Rubel's blog would suggest Tumblr isn't a site that invites that interaction.
While this screenshot shows a few reblogged posts (where the users reposts the blog –duplicate content anyone?) most of the 44 "notes" are likes and hold little hope for site traffic or future user engagement.
Site Value
With a lack of SEO value and a seemingly low number of interactions, how does this translate to site value?
Because the site isn't competing well in its overall, let's call it SEO "score," and the traffic it gets from the "highly engaged" Tumblr audience is seemingly low (Rubel has 59,000 Twitter followers, so it would seem he should have a higher engagement than most, yet the highest engagement level on the current homepage is 44 notes), what does this do to his site traffic?
Site Traffic
Quantcast data (and the same with Compete) shows that there isn't enough site traffic to register site visits. Now this doesn't mean there are no site visits, but that the site traffic is too low to measure. Unfortunately, no other blogs of his have any site traffic that is measurable except one, and that is at less than 30 visits a month, so being unable to measure traffic tells us much.
Using Rubel as an example, another site (I can't mention the name) followed this same policy. That site has lost 78 percent of their traffic in two months, so this doesn't appear to be an isolated incident.
Tumblr, while a sharing site, doesn't seem to have an active engagement of sharers and commenters, but more of likers like Facebook, which doesn't drive traffic to the site like a WordPress site that can be properly SEOd. However, this is preliminary and sites such as humor, where the affinity is much higher, might be enjoying a better experience.
Tumblr's Blog Value
It isn't that Tumblr has no value. It can be used to quickly share content when SEO value and traffic is less important, for a site that has limited life expectancy, or as a secondary platform it can be quite useful.
However, as a replacement for a site that has hundreds or thousands of pages of content, and that has an established authority and value with the search engines, it simply falls short as a primary platform and should possibly only be considered for secondary platforms or for sites with such well known brands that rankings and placement in the search engines is relatively unimportant.
10 Lessons We Can Learn From This
Rubel shows us how not to start a new blog for your website. Here are 10 quick things to keep in mind when you're starting a new blog, especially when you want to point that flamethrower at everything that came before.
- Choose a proper platform and make sure it is search engine friendly. This means you can do things like access the root folder, fully rewrite your URLs, write proper titles/descriptions and alt tags, as well as do full 301 redirects and have access to an htaccess or similar file. Note: When using 301 redirects on a new site, you will see a "dip" in your rankings while Google tries to reindex the new locations. This is normal and natural and usually the rankings will be regained over a few months.
- If you want to eliminate your old content, resist the urge to blow it away. Create an /archive/ folder on your new site and move the content there – this creates an easy redirect, a place where most people will never go to look and an easy way to retain your site value and links authority. Content is still king, especially after the Panda update!
- When you move your content, make sure you have 301 redirected your content from the old page to the new /archive/ page. Since you only added the /archive/ path to the URL string it will be easy to script the 301s and shouldn't take very long to do.
- Make sure your homepage allows summaries. Create those, and then link to your full post, so you aren't duplicating your own content on the site.
- Make sure to add canonical URLs to the new site, so as to establish this is where the content is originating.
- Launch your new site with at least 20-25 pages of new content. This is a somewhat arbitrary number, but will give you enough new content to get you started on the right foot.
- Make sure your archive link is available from the homepage, so Google can find it, but if hiding that content is your goal, make it less obvious visually. Then it won't be seen easily by users.
- Make sure you have proper social media buttons – for example, you need a retweet button as much or more than a follow us button for Twitter. The retweet button gives you SEO value, the follow button doesn't (in a direct way).
- Put Tumblr on a subdomain, so that you can keep the content separate. For example, Tumblr.OurSite.com (though try to be more creative than using the word Tumblr).
- Then to use Tumblr from a blog such as WordPress, simply add in the Tumblr plugin, then you can manage all content from one platform.
Though using flamethrowers can be fun, it's usually a dangerous activity! If you follow these simple steps you are well on your way to keeping your old site value, while making a new start with new content on your new (or even old) blog. Follow Steve Rubel though and you just might wind up playing the rube!
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The Kindertransport Association
The KTA is a not-for profit organization, headed by a membership-elected national Board of Directors with active chapters in Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Toronto, Washington DC, and New York. Informal Kinder networks exist in many other parts of the United States, Canada and in Israel. The KTA publishes a quarterly journal, Kinderlink, and the Speaker's Bureau provides materials and speakers for public forums. The KTA sponsors regional informal and social gatherings and holds national conventions, usually every second year, which feature prominent speakers and workshops on a variety of themes – historical, psychological, generational – suggested by the membership. The KTA also raises funds to help children in danger and need, as we once were.
The KTA provides an opportunity for its members to finally express and share feelings often long suppressed; to form new friendships; to enhance understanding between Kinder and their families; and to give meaning to a common historical experience – shaped by the comradeship of our own dramatic escape and by the inescapable sense of loss and trauma we share with all Jews of the Holocaust generation.
The Kindertransport Association