text:
CIS 3630 - Test 3a
Get App
Take Quiz
Organize data and page layout
XHTML by itself does not have these features such as "quick create" or "table draw" for creating tables
Until recently, XHTML tables were used both as a means for organizing data and for creating page layout
Although XHTML tables are still used to organize data, CSS is now the preferred method for creating page layout
To organize data, you create a data table, which is a table whose sole purpose is to align text and numbers in columns and rows, usually for a small section of the page
For page layout, you create a layout table, which is a table intended to occupy the entire page and align all of the text and images on the page
Any element can be placed inside a cell - text, images, and even another table, so a layout table can contain a data table
Nested table
Results when you place a table inside another table
A table placed within another cell in a table
Tracer lines
After the table has been created, you will switch to Code view to show the XHTML table code; Expression Web shows you table tracer lines
The dotted lines that outline each of the table cells
Creating a table
Click Table on the menu bar, and then click Insert Table
In the Insert Table dialog box, enter the number of rows and columns for the table
Optionally, make choices for layout, borders, and background
Alternatively, to create a table, click the Insert Table button on either the Common toolbar or the Standard toolbar. Click and drag the mouse to determine the rows and columns for the table. Click to create the table
Tables begin with the start [table] tag and end [/table] tag. Tables can be placed anywhere within the [body] [/body] tags. Table rows are created by entering the XHTML code for the start table row tag [tr] and the end table row tag [/tr]. The table cells are created by entering code for the start [td] table data tag and the end [/td] table data tag. XHTML also has [th] tag, which is a table header tag. The table header tag formats text to appear as both bold and centered hoizontally within a cell.
By default, Expression Web creates the table to be 100% of the screen width.
& n b s p
Special character used to create a space, in this instance, just a placeholder content in the cells
Table borders
The horizontal and vertical ruled lines both outside and inside the table
Often referred to as the table gridlines or the table grid
By default, a table does not show the gridlines
To see the table borders in the browser, you must add the border attribute to the start table tag and assign the border attribute a value of at least one pixel; ex.
: [table border="1" style="width: 100%"]
Eliminating the borders in a layout table is often referred to as giving the table a "seamless" appearance
Setting the Table Properties
Right click anywhere in the table and then click Table Properties from the shortcut menu
Alternatively, click Table on the menu bar, point to Table Properties and then click Table
In the Table Properties dialog box, make choices among the following groups:
* Size - The number of rows and column
* Layout - Choices for alignment, float, cell padding, cell spacing, width and height
* Borders - Choices for size, color, and collapsing the table border
* Background - Choices for color and background picture
* Layout tools - An option to enable layout tools
* Set - An option to make the selected settings the default choices for new tables
If the table were less than 100% of the screen width, you could set the alignment of the table to be either left, right, or center. You can enter a value of either Left or Right as the value for Float. Entering a value of Left will cause the table to appear at the left edge of the screen, and text will wrap around the table on the right; and vice versa. Of course, if the table has a width of 100%, there can be no wrapping. The value of Default will cause the table not to float either left or right.
It will help to see the inside borders of the table. When you set the table properties earlier and changed the border width, it changed the size of the outside borders and delete the border attribute in the code, so you no longer can see the interior borders. You can change the table cell properties to add a colored border to the interior cells.
Cell padding
White space that surrounds the contents of a table cell, will make the cell contents more readable if you have chosen to display the table gridlines
Cell spacing
Used to increase the distance between the table cells
Note that in addition to specifying a width for the table, you can also specify a height. The Specify height check box is not checked by default. Expression Web adjusts the height of the table so that none of the rows are truncated, which means the table would be shortened, and some rows at or near the end of the table might not appear in the browser
Collapse table border
If you check this check box, Expression Web will use the CSS border-collapse property to create a single ruled line, rather than a double ruled line, for the interior gridlines of the table
Insert a row or column
Click to position the insertion point where you want to insert a row or column
Click Table on the menu bar, point to Insert, and then choose one of the following
: (1) Column to the Left; (2) Column to the Right; (3) Row Above; or (4) Row Below
To insert more than one row or column, select multiple rows or multiple columns before clicking Table on the menu bar
To select the contents of a row or column, pass the pointer over the outside border of a row or column. When the selection arrow appears, click the left mouse button.
Alternatively, to insert a row above, press the Ctrl+Alt+up arrow keys; to insert a row below, press the Ctrl+Alt+down arrow keys
Alternatively, to delete a column, position the insertion point to the first cell, point to the top border until the downward-pointing arrow appears; click the top border of the column, and press the Delete key
To delete more than one column or row, just select the columns or rows before you click Table on the menu bar
Inserting an Excel worksheet
If you have data in an Excel worksheet, you can easily import that worksheet into Expression Web to create an XHTML table. An Excel spreadsheet can have multiple worksheets, so make sure the spreadsheet only has a single worksheet. You do not have to save the file in a different file format in Excel. Just save the file as you normally would, using the .xls format (Office 2003) or .xlsx format (Office 2007). In Expression Web, create a one-cell table. Click inside the cell, click Insert on the menu bar, and then Click File. Browse to the location of the Excel worksheet you want to import. Make sure you select All Files in the Files of type list box. Click Open. An alert will appear, stating the file is being converted from .rtf (rich text format) format. When the file opens in Expression Web, select the entire table and reduce the font sizes if necessary.
Table Fill feature
Quick way to fill in table cells with duplicate data
Click anywhere in the cell
Hold down the mouse button and drag until that cell and the other cells that you want to paste below it
Click the Table on the menu bar, point to Fill, and then click Down
Distribute Columns Evenly button
To adjust the columns to have a consistent width
Button is found in the Tables toolbar
Shift+Enter keys
Line break, a new line entered
Merging cells
Combining one or more table cells
Splitting cells
Dividing the cells of a table
Merging or splitting cells
To merge cells:
* Click anywhere inside the first cell to be merged
* Click and drag to select the cells to be merged
* Click Table on the menu bar, point to Modify, and then click Merge Cells
* Alternatively, select the cells to be merged and on the Tables toolbar, click the Merge Cells button
To split cells:
* Click anywhere in the cell to be split
* Click Table on the menu bar, point to Modify, and then click Split Cells
* Alternatively, click anywhere in the cell to be split, and on the Table toolbar, click the Split Cells button
* Click either the Split into columns option button or the Split into rows option button
* Enter a value in the text box for the number of rows or columns to be split
When selecting data for the last cell in the table, select text starting in that cell and then click and drag up or to the left.
In a data table, it's common to have alternating colors for rows, which is called "row striping."
Foreground color
Color for the text
A brief description of the table contents
A description of a table that can be positioned above or below the table
The caption text is displayed in the browser
A table caption is optional, but it helps to identify the data in a table, especially if the table is complex and has a great deal of numeric data
A caption is part of the table; if you have formatted the table to appear in the Arial font, the caption will have a similar appearance
By default, the caption appears above the table, but it is much more common to display the caption below the table (this choice will work well with the Internet Explorer browser, but not in the Firefox browser)
Creating a table caption
Click anywhere inside the table
Click Table on the menu bar point to Insert, and then click Caption
Enter the caption text
To position the caption - (1) Right-click anywhere within the caption, (2) click Caption Properties from the shortcut menu, (3) Click either the Top of table or Bottom of table option button
Using the caption-side property
CSS has a property called caption-side that you can use to position captions. Unfortunately, the caption-side property has little browser support. Until this property becomes widely supported, continue to position the caption above or below the table. The caption-side property takes the following values:
* left - The caption is displayed above the table at the left edge of the screen.
* right - The caption is displayed above the table at the right edge of the screen.
* top - The caption is displayed above the table and centered. This is the default choice.
* bottom - The caption is displayed below the table and centered.
Page layout
Today, Web developers typically use CSS for page layout
However, this was not true several years ago, and many Web sites still rely on tables for layout
Layout table
A table used to arrange objects on a page for a design layout
Expression Web has several means of creating a layout table
It has a table draw feature that allows you to sketch a design of the layout you want
Expression Web also has a template gallery of commonly used table layouts
Eliminating the borders in a layout table is often referred to as giving the table a "seamless" appearance
Creating a table layout
Create a blank Web page, Rename, and save the file
Click the Task Panes on the menu bar, and then click Layout Tables to display the Layout Tables task pane
Click the Maximize Window button to expand the Layout Tables task pane and view the Table layout style gallery
Choose one of the following - (1) Click the Insert Layout Table link to create a one-cell layout table; (2) Click the Draw Layout Table button then click and drag the pencil icon in the Editing window to create a one-cell table; or (3) Click any of the templates in the Table layout pane
Click in a cell and add content
Optionally, create a width and height for the layout table by entering values in the Width and Height text boxes
Although there isn't any content in the table, by changing the border value to 4, you will be able to see the table in the browser. It's always a good practice to confirm that the table layout is correct before you begin entering content into the table.
The table element is a block-level element. It can have padding, margins, and a border, and it can float left or right.
Valign attribute
Expression Web uses the XHTML valign attribute to align text at the top, the middle, or the bottom of a cell
The valign attribute is deprecated; use the CSS vertical-align property instead
Setting vertical alignment
Right click in a cell
Click Cell Properties from the shortcut menu
In the Cell Properties dialog box, click the Vertical alignment list arrow
Click either Top, Middle, Baseline, or Bottom
Edit the caption code so that it appears below the table in all browsers and versions
valign = "bottom" align = "bottom"
Footer cell
Will include e-mail link
The contact and copyright information usually appears in a smaller point size
Converting text to a table
If you have a text on a Web page, you may be able to convert that text into a table. Text that is separated by paragraphs should convert without problems. XHTML does not support the tab character as a data separator, so you might have trouble (or some reformatting to do) if the text has tabs. Similarly, you can use the comma as a separator. However, if the text contains numbers, such as 1,000,000, you again might have problems converting the "text" to a table. To convert text to a table, open the Web page with the text. Select the text you want to convert to a table. Click Table on the menu bar, point to Convert, and then click Text to Table. The Convert Text to Table dialog box will open. Click the option button for the character you want to use to separate text (paragraph, tab, or comma). Click the OK button. You can also convert a table to text by performing the following steps - Select the table data to be converted to text, click Table on the menu bar, point to Convert, and click Table to Text. The table data will be converted to paragraph text.
Table AutoFormat feature
The Expression Web feature that formats at table based on a template style
If you do not want to style table elements individually, you can use this feature
Can quickly apply formatting to a table
You choose a design template from those in the Table AutoFormat feature, which is similar to how you chose a design template from the Layout Tables task pane
Using the Table AutoFormat feature
Click anywhere in the table
Click Table on the menu bar, point to Modify, and then Click Table AutoFormat
In the Table AutoFormat dialog box, in the Formats list box, click the format you want to apply to the table
Optionally, click the check boxes to select or deselect Formats to apply and Apply special formats
Data table
A table used to align data horizontally and vertically in a grid pattern
Table draw feature
The Expression Web feature that allows you to manually draw a table
Table grid/gridline
The horizontal and vertical lines around and within a table
Template gallery
An image library of styles
Cut off or shortened
Card Set
CIS 3630 - Test 3a
Chapter 7 only
Show Answers


text:
Lady Claudette - Brunch Napkins - Set of 2
About Charming
c. 1774 | hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Vintage wear, grain, and cracking will be visible on this set of 2 printed napkins.
These ethereal works printed on linen convey the look and feel of art. The weave of the linen gives the print a more authentic luxury, as though it were canvas. Grain, cracking and wear will be visible on this European linen printed towel just as characteristic of original artwork retrieved from museum archives. Not only texturally intricate, these thirsty linen towels are inherently anti-microbial, absorbent, and quick-drying, making this textile a useful kitchen essential.
- Measures approx. 12" x 16"
- Art Printed Linen Fabric Weight: 240 g/sm or 7 oz/yd²
- Certification: OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 (including print inks)
- Fabric Origin: Woven and Printed in Lithuania
EASY CARE: Machine wash in cold water with a mild detergent (not Tide). Because it's plant-based and the company's values align with ours, we use Seventh Generation Laundry Detergent. Do not bleach or dry clean.
Tumble dry low or hang dry to enjoy the beauty of its complex texture. Simply mist with water to relax small wrinkles. If you prefer a crisp look to your linen, you can iron on steam setting for a few seconds.
Wool Dryer Balls work perfect for drying linen! We've used them for years in the studio which is why we decided to offer them here.
After several washings, linen will soften and become lighter with age and use. This is a normal characteristic of the textile - it's all in the beauty of nature!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Gospel of John 12
A timely anointing, a triumphal entry, the multiplication of seeds, a voice from heaven, the unbelieving Jews. The plot dramatically thickens as Jesus prepares to be glorified.
Weekly Memory Verse: John 12:23
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified."
Monday, December 26 Read John 12:1-19. Both of these stories are filled with irony. Both show expressions of gratitude and praise… or are they preparation for Jesus' death?
Tuesday, December 27 Read John 12:20-50. Glory = distinction bestowed by common consent. Jesus says he's about to be "glorified". How is Jesus' glory distinct? Bestowed? Recognized?
Wednesday, December 28 After reviewing John 12, read Leviticus 10:8-13 & Hebrews 9:11-14. The tabernacle and high priest were anointed for service to God. How is the great high priest anointed for his service? How does he serve?
Thursday, December 29 After reviewing John 12, read Revelation 7:9-17. Hosanna means "Save!" Palm branches celebrate victory. Compare and contrast Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem with the image from Rev. 7.
Friday, December 30 After reviewing John 12, read Matthew 16:13-28. The loss of life brings about the discovery of life. Whose life is to be lost? What kind of life will be found?
Saturday, December 31 After reviewing John 12, read Luke 12:1-12. We all have things we enjoy that are not consistent with Christianity. The believing Jewish leaders feared, and did not confess? What are you afraid of losing that keeps you silent?
Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN – bethelstpaul.com


text:
This beautiful lyrical dress is made from lycra with a fully sequinned bodice and super soft mesh for an extra flowy look. It has an inbuilt leotard and ruffles over the shoulder straps.
Available in children's and adult's sizes.
Approximate size guide:
Small child 4-6
Medium child 8-10
Large child 12-14
X Large child 14-16
X Small adult 6-8
Small adult 8-10
Medium adult 10-12
Large adult 12-14
X Large adult 14-16
|Flair Dancewear
Be The First To Review This Product!
Help other Flair Dancewear users shop smarter by writing reviews for products you have purchased.


text:
Height of Fashion Fundraiser
Join Maria Pinto, CS, and Très Awesome at Vertigo Skylounge at the Dana Hotel for a fundraiser to help award winning Chicago filmmaker Ky Dickens' documentary "Sole Survivor" take flight (learn more about the film here) The event is on May 29 and will feature craft cocktails and food from Farmhouse, delicious beer by Magic Hat, couture cake pops from Cocomori and a rad auction full of fashion and artistic delights. Purchase your tickets here before the event sells out!
Watch Ky Dickens Trailer for Sole Survivor.
Labels: Ky Dickens, Maria Pinto, Special Event, The Dana Hotel
2 comments:
Looks like fun! I'm inReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 30, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Nice pictures... wanna comeReplyDelete
Dating Free Sites
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Bowling parties are a fun and inexpensive way to celebrate your special occasion. Do you want a corporate outing that is fun and promotes team building? Do you want a birthday package for a child or an adult?
No matter what the weather may be, your party can go off without complications at Lariat Bowl. Groups both small and large can be accommodated with bowling and/or miniature golf packages and can even include custom catering.
Kids Birthday Parties
Company Parties
Team Parties


text:
Max Overacts 086
If an invisible man comes from your imagination, treatment does that make him an imaginary friend? Borderline psychosis, today on Max Overacts… 🙂
My imaginary friend was named Invisible Jones.
At this point I say let Max have his imaginary (or invisible) friend.
I always wanted an imaginary friend.
I remember I thought imaginary friends with top hat were the best. So when I was a child i created an imaginary friend called Top Hat Tip Toe.
My youngest brother had one named "Mymom", he'd be at the supermarket and ask my mother for candy and when she said no he'd say, "Mymom lets me have candy," it was frustrating having to explain that.
Well this one is funny because Max is very logical about the "invisibility" part but less amusing for me since I have this girl in one of my classes that have imaginary pets and is seriously deranged, to the point where she'll have to go to a specialized structure next year…
My imaginary friend was named Herbie, my sister's was named Herbina.
I'm late to the party (sent over by Comics Alliance) but I'm absolutely loving Max. I started with #1 and am getting throught them quite quick, though reaching the end will be bittersweet. Great work!


text:
Double-Hinged 5x7
5"x7" - Double Frame
Comes Vertical or Horizontal (shown)
All 5"x7"
All Family and Friends
|View Larger Image
Home | Family and Friends | 5"x7"
Double-Hinged 5x7
How to Order
Handcrafted Oak Frames
Preserve your memories with a beautiful oak frame.Family and Friends
Custom orders welcome. Contact for details
|All of our products are proudly made in the USA.
|© 2006-2023 Martin Trading Company - Original Name Frames


text: Looking to bypass the mandatory June update? Click here for instructions! Proceed below for instructions on how to revert to old versions of messenger: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you haven't updated to the new 2011 MSN, don't. It sucks ass and everybody hates it. Also make sure you don't select "Windows Live Essentials 2011" in Windows Update because it includes the "upgraded" Windows Live Messenger. Why the new MSN fails: It's ugly Excessive use of ads Can't change display name Can't send messages when you're appearing offline They removed the handwriting function Bloated features that are useless to most of us Follow these steps to revert Windows Live to Version 2009 or any other older version: To uninstall the new version: Control Panel Programs and Features - Uninstall a Program Uninstall Windows Live Essentials - all of it (messenger, mail, writer, etc) Installing an older version of MSN / Windows Live Messenger: 1. Go to http://www.oldapps.com/msn_messenger.php2. Download Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8117.0416) or the older MSN versions if you prefer. The download link is easy to miss so use the direct one below if you have trouble.Name: Windows Live Messenger 2009 14.0.8117.416 (Offline Installer)File Size: 134.85 MBDate Released: 13 May, 2010 (5 months ago)MD5 Checksum: 4f079107f0d6fa1921f8a2f989864ac4http://www.oldapps.com/msn_messenger.php?old_msn=22?download(or) Direct from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=00ed0c6b-152f-49eb-88c8-278267802f573. Try to install the older version. If it works (most cases), proceed to step 4.If it spits an error out telling you that you have a newer version, then try downloading and running ZapMessenger before trying to install MSN again.http://messenger.jonathankay.com/redir/zapmsngr.asp4. Download the appropriate version of A-Patch to remove advertisements and add other tweaks: http://apatch.org/downloads.php5. Disable the mandatory update pop-up (toast) using these instructions with ResHacker.-------------------------------------------------- FYI - older versions of messenger are also available as portable versions: http://www.ncnblue.com/wlmportable/. These are meant to be placed on a USB key or any other portable storage device for use in places that don't allow you to install software (school, work, public libraries). No administrator privileges required. Application settings and user data such as display pictures and emoticons, are saved in the same location as the single EXE file. Versions are available for MSN Messenger 6.2 (6.2.0208) up until the latest build for Live Messenger 8.5 (8.5.1302.1018) and 2009 (14.0.8117.0416).


text:
JBRND is pleased to note that our new windows department, fresh off of the announcement of the new SyncDrive window shade unit has already won several new large jobs. JBRND is very proud to announce 8 aircraft window contracts. These contracts include a BBJ, two Boeing 777's, two Boeing 787's an Airbus A319 and an MI-17 helicopter. This is in addition to the ongoing Nextant 400 XTi and G90 Series.
At the heart of these contracts are the installation of JBRND's SyncDrive and SlideDrive window shade systems, which have virtually eliminated failures of older technology in window shade units, leading to fewer or even no repairs being necessary. So far in testing, these units have gone well over a million cycles without a failure. These are lightweight windows units. Electric SyncDrive Single units weigh just 5 lbs for a 787 Dreamliner, and just 8 lbs for an Airbus A319.
This is just the beginning for the JBRND Windows Department. There are more contracts in the pipeline. If you'd like to know more about our aircraft window systems at JBRND, visit our aircraft windows product page, or call 210.590.3133.


text:
Here are my thoughts on a recent video making the rounds. I do suggest you watch it as the guy has put a lot of effort into building his theory and then figuring out how to present it clearly. He's offering value and it is worth trying. However, I think he makes some serious miscues – mainly because of who he is and who he's talking to. Like Jack Nicholson's famous line to Tom Cruise: "You can't handle the truth!" It's a poster boy for the Purple Pill (a marketing ruse to use the credibility of red pill truths but water them down with blue pill illusions so that the listener isn't required to stare into the abyss)
So I'm going to skip over the stuff he gets right (which everyone reading this blog already knows and is already amply discussed in my own Personal Map Of The Sexual Marketplace talk with Tom Torero) and fisk the bits I think he gets wrong.
The 21 Convention has always been the Chump Convention. A room full of credible chumps lectured to by a stageful of posturing pseudo-intellectuals and PUA fakers. So, it's with a shivering unease that I considered giving ninety minutes of my life to watching one of their speakers following a recommendation in the comments. I first skimmed through, clicking along the ninety-minute bar to see if it looked interesting. I've been burned way too many times into wasting my time on rubbish PUA nonsense (the brown Wayne brothers, I'm looking at you).
On walks a fat bald guy with bad fashion against a David DeAngelo type background. "Hi, my name is Socrates."
I initially suspect he's identifying more with the philosopher than the footballer, and that it's hardly a modest start either way, but his bio says it's actually his birth name. Okay, can't hold that against him. Nonetheless he comes across rather pompous, like a Blue Pill Rollo – this will turn out to be closer to the truth than I first imagine. I'm not really against a bit of pomp in a public speaker (I do like irrationally confident people) but I do find myself asking "What's his credibility?" I don't actually know the answer to that. He just doesn't feel credible. An armchair philosopher.
Nick, don't jump to conclusions, I tell myself. Give him a chance. His ideas might be good enough to render such initial impressions meaningless. His first slide is a picture of some beta chump kissing some reasonably pretty girl, like the poster photo for a Hollywood rom-com. Right from one minute in he's setting the prize as a monogamous relationship. Okay, that's setting the bar low. "This isn't something easily acheived…. You have to find a partner willing to commit to this." O…..kay.
As I find over the remaining minutes, the purpose of his talk is to re-affirm to the audience what Rollo calls men's burden of performance. A man must work hard to earn his right to intimacy. Every day. Sustained every day as a process requiring agency.
We then begin on the meat of the talk, outlining the sexual marketplace and the language continues to confuse. I'm not against a bit of intellectual mind-wank but you've got to go somewhere with it. This starts off heavy with the mind-wank and needlessly verbose. He's just telling us the obvious, dressed up in latin-derived unusual words. It's just S&R value from Mystery Method made opaque. I can save you the first hour with one sentence: Figure out if you need to boost either your alpha or beta traits, and then do so.
Socrates defines alpha as the traits we players generally consider as "sexiness", which I agree with. However he wants to sell "provider" / sucker traits too because he's in the Chump Convention and that's what his audience wants to hear. So most of the next hour is spent finding ways to redefine the attractive men having sex with hotties as somehow limited or damaged, so his audience can feel superior with their chump traits.
For example he brings out the male-dom/fem-sub dynamic and the importance of conflict in nature as we all struggle to survive and replicate. Great, I agree. But then he poo-poos it as not being a nice place to be. Well, the world is struggle. He knows the chodes in the audience don't want conflict and dominance, they want to be told there's still a place for unicorns and rainbows. So he introduces the concept of virtue. This is a go-to throughout the talk to baby-talk the chumps.
"Nature's a bitch. Nature's a deadly violent place" he says and I agree. But I don't agree that "the people who live on this domain are equally brutish and violent." No. Human tribes co-operate into win-win behaviours in order to lift themselves out of it and create stability. That's also pretty well established in both the biology literature and the game theory literature. Pretty much everyone has these latter traits, except for the small number of people with outright behavioural disorders. He contrasts nature along the x axis with civilisation up his y axis. That's where virtue resides.
It's still very wordy. Simple anglo-derived words are not used when there's an unweildy latin-derived one that could replace it. I appreciate his wish to stablise language and be precise but it's sounding little different to the 1950s functionalist sociology – an empty structure of interconnected words devoid of real meaning. The power of the logic comes from it's tautological nature of carving up a chessboard that only dimly resembles the battlefield it's meant to represent.
He's pushing strongly that the "vertical domain" of civilisation is where you have to live, because it's virtuous. And here we are getting to the main limiting factor of the model – he's feeding the chodes' desire to use virtue as a cloak to disguise their low SMV and inability to compete.
Beta traits are NOT virtue. To say they are is a sleight of hand. Beta is SMV failure. Beta is sacrificing yourself for the team because you have to. Hot young women only care about alpha traits. Beta traits exist in another dimension entirely and only become useful in preparing the beta male as the parachute for a woman hitting the Wall. Presenting this vertical domain as a component of SMV is pushing water uphill, literally in his graph. More muddying of waters follows.
"Men and women equally display alpha traits." I know he is precisely defining his version of alpha for the purposes of the talk, but that's just misleading. There is no alpha in the female side. Just replication value, which is mostly youth and hotness. It's wrong to say Beta traits are what makes the world safe to raise families. Alphas are leaders who organise and bring the group together to pacify the land and defend it from outside invaders. Think Donald Trump and immigration. Alpha is inherently important to the whole tribe's ability to make the world safe to raise families, which is why the whole tribe doesn't just tolerate alphas but it follows them. Betas don't have a monopoly on it.
His high beta / low alpha guys have a strength per his formulation: teamwork, stablity, handling relationships etc. I think that's baby-talking his audience of chodes who reside here. Really, they aren't there due to strengths, these are just compensations for overall weakness. Team Beta pulls together. Really the beta traits he's describing as strengths are co-dependence and people-pleasing – weaknesses in the SMP (even if they can be strengths in nation building at times).
His advice is to build everything up so you move yourself towards the top-right quadrant. It's kinda true that if you're high in Y (beta) then shifting along right-wards with more X (alpha) is the path to success. What's not true is that people high in X need to add Y. If you're already strong it's bad advice to introduce weakness. I get to this in a minute.
17 minutes in he starts mapping familiar territories to their places on the graph, correctly identifying the friendzone. The problem is that this graph requires the friendzone to occupy one location. The reality is the friendzone is relative to the quality of the girl you're chasing, your competition, her preferences, and her position in the life cycle. It's more dynamic than a simple category. In his defence, that's bloody hard to represent on a graph so I'll give him a pass. While it's true that you can always stay out of the friendzone, it's also true that often you do so by never talking to the girl again rather than by fucking her.
19 minutes in he defines high SMV as "emptiness and charm" and puts it as fuck buddies. This is more sleight of hand, trying to bring virtue in to an SMV calculation. This is the centrepoint of selling his presentation to the weaselling chodes. Women really don't care about virtue. I'm reminded of Dalrock's post here:
"this paradigm is almost certainly crucial to his friendâs view of himself as a man with a high Sexual Market Value (SMV) and especially Marriage Market Value (MMV). The twisted thinking goes like this:
– Women are attracted to good and noble men.
– I am better and more noble than other men.
– Therefore I am more attractive than other men.
There is of course one small problem with this line of reasoning, which is that the women around Hankâs friend arenât acting in a way that would suggest that they find him attractive. At the same time, the women around Hankâs friend are demonstrating attraction for unworthy men. This must mean that less worthy men than Hankâs friend are tricking women, essentially impersonating him. These fakers are getting in the way of women realizing how attractive he really is."
I think this is where I really disagree. Socrates wants to make the real high-SMV men into sociopaths and psychopaths in order to clear them out the way of the mid-SMV men he wants to elevate into their position. "These are dangerous individuals. I'm not kidding." he warns.
Ok, I think, he's never fucked a hot girl. Men who fuck hot women don't feel the need to disparage the other men who do. They "get it". They know all women like sex and all will sometimes have casual sex.
The individualist Alphas are not pulling their weight for Team Beta and so he's calling them genetically damaged: "They can't help themselves." I think there's a tell here about not understanding Game. He's talking like men only get laid off the back of physical characteristics and dominance – Game is all dark triad and looks. After briefly saying the alphas are charming he later acts like they are socially awkward (putting the "awkardness zone" as the X-axis equivalent of the Y-axis "creepy zone")….. okay. He later says these people need to learn pro-social behaviours to move themselves further into success.
No, they just need to change objectives – they aren't lacking the skills.
So he's subtly letting his chump audience position themselves above these high-SMV alphas. How very gamma. As if getting casual sex with hot girls is evil. With those pesky alphas neutered Socrates can move on to describe his happy place, the dating zone. That's the happy place because ultimately he's selling try-hard monogamy to gamma chodes. "This is the natural position of mankind" he stastes and therefore he has to define everyone outside the happy place as damaged. He just doesn't get r/K as permanent and fluctuating strategies.
Up towards the top-right of the graph – high enough to be badass but not so high as to be unattainable – is the "marriage potential" zone. I wondered if the marriage potential area is so small, how come most people in the history of the West managed to get there? And why is he selling marriage as the goal to a room of men when surely it's women who are desperate for the ring? It's because in Socrates' world the man has a burden of performance and he's raising the next cohort of suckers.
"If you commit outside this range, you are betraying virtue."
I press on. I think fundamentally his problem is he's got a purity fantasy: "I'm here to shame". He doesn't get that casual sex is fun and consensual, that it can occur between emotionally balanced people who do it because they like it, rather than from personal dysfunction. That's not allowed because then the virtue sleight of hand loses it's power. If you want to tell people to be virtuous, great. Do so. But don't tell them being virtuous raised your SMV. It doesn't.
The talk is not all bad, mind. He's right about where creepy and awkward are located. He's half-right about creepy is an obstacle right at the beginning of your journey – yes, but only once you start hitting on girls or trying to be taken seriously. You can actually do the groundwork of gym / fashion and general social skills withouth encountering creepy. That only comes once you want to take some value back.
It's a conceit 29 minutes in that the people having lots of casual sex want to enter the dating zone but are frozen out by lack of beta traits. No, only the women might be frozen out. Men who are having sex can enter the relationship zone any time they damn well please. But he can't say that because that's admitting the central truth the chodes don't want to hear: the guys having sex have higher SMV in every way. All the stuff chodes have (money, listening skills etc) isn't relevant. The chodes don't have a single advantage. In the SMP they are simply lower value in every way.
"The work they [casual sex guys] have to do is the same as the other side [the chodes]". Really? C'mon let that sink in and ask if it sounds convincing or if it's just part of selling system to chumps.
You can't derive ought from is, but he's using ought to hamstring his model of is. He's smart to say nature locates narcissism in teenage because it's effective to breed and that's when you need it. So what's the obvious lesson? He wants you to fight it. Not harness it, but fight it. I disagree.
This talk is clearly to Team Beta on advising them how to be better betas.
33 minutes in he's wrong. Hot girls with limited beta traits can get relationships, they just have to revise expectations towards thirstier guys or seek out chumps. And really, "don't be a cunt" isn't such a high bar for their beta traits. There are also different niches of relationship, from intimate soul mates to kept woman that a hot-but-annoying girl can use.
Socrates needs to paint alphas with low-beta as damaged. Really he's talking about behaviour disorders rather than a lack of skill. He uses War Machine as an example – a total knacker (not a "world class MMA fighter") who is "banging porn stars left and right" – so a bottom feeder. That's not a guy with high-alpha. War Machine is just a roid monkey with issues. Ironically, he's right that War Machine had no ground game – but it's true literally, not in his sense. It's an enduring manosphere myth that jail is full of alphas. No, it's full of imbeciles.
By forty minutes I had to turn off. My impression is it's a half-decent exposition of manosphere truisms twisted to make the Chump Convention crowd feel good with a purple pill. Did I miss something in the rest of the talk? Really, maybe the second half resolves all my issues. I'd like to know, but can't be bothered to watch it.


text:
- All
- Deals
- Coupons
- Sales
- Expired
Furlenco Discount Coupons, Offers & Promo Codes For Today - December, 2023
Don't Buy, Just Rent With Furlenco!
A house or even office is incomplete without furniture and furnishings. However, a huge chunk of money is spent on buying furniture to make your house hospitable. Since it is a big investment, you not only end up spending a lot of money but also time trying to find the best possible stuff at amazing rates. Currently, there are options available wherein you can rent various appliances and furniture in the city you are living by simply logging on to Furlenco. Now shifting is made extremely easy as you don't have to worry about packing and unpacking stuff. All this comes with special pricing using Furlenco coupons while ordering anything on rent.
Never Worry About Your Furniture
Buying furniture for your home or office is a big investment. However, more often than not, what is in vogue today becomes outdated in a couple of years. Unlike the hospitality industry, you cannot keep on renovating your house at the drop of a hat. Quality stuff costs big money. When you can easily rent the best and latest furniture, why opt to invest your hard-earned money to buy it? Furlenco brings an amazing array of products from its wonderful collection that can be kept on rent for as long as your heart desires at extremely low prices using Furlenco promo codes!
The Best Collection At Amazing Prices With Furlenco Coupon Codes
More often than not, people do not wish to compromise on the quality of the furniture they buy. It is a long term investment which also has to be taken care of. However, with time, people's choices change and prioritize evolve. Renting furniture, in this case, seems a better option than investing your hard-earned money on it. Furlenco brings beautiful and stylish furniture at affordable rates using Furlenco coupon codes to create your dream home. Now you can have everything your heart desires without spending a bomb on any furniture.


text:
For Handpicked Flight Deals, Discount
Coupons & other offers, Subscribe with us!
Flights to Cedar Rapids
Book Now & Save!
Save up to $15.00** off our fee with promo code – FLIGHT15Discount is valid for all International Travel. Book by December 31, 2023
Facebook users like us
and so will you!
Facebook users like us
and so will you!
Sign up and get the latest deals - delivered right to your inbox.
Facebook users like us
and so will you!
For Handpicked Flight Deals, Discount
Coupons & other offers, Subscribe with us!
The capital of South Carolina and the largest city of the state, Columbia is considered one of the first planned cities in the nation. Rich in history, this city has many attractions to explore like museums, monuments, etc. The city is a perfect blend of modern buildings along with antebellum homes. It is also home to the main campus of the University of South Carolina as well as Army's Fort Jackson. Columbia is close to Lake Murray which is known for boating and jet skiing and Congaree National Park's which has fantastic hiking trails. Searching for cheap flights to Columbia? Then book airline tickets to Columbia well in advance.
Although Cedar Rapids is a year-round destination, summer months of June through August is the best season to visit the city as these months are the most comfortable months weather-wise with lots of fun and entertainment around. As summer months are the busiest season for tourism in Cedar Rapids, there is an extreme high in the cost of hotels and flights. Therefore visitors are advised to book their flights to Cedar Rapids well in advance.
The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library exhibit the history and culture of 19th-century immigrants shedding light on Czech and Slovak culture and heritage found in and around Iowa. The main highlight of the museum, "Faces of Freedom" is the permanent exhibition which shows an interactive multimedia experience that shows the Czech and Slovak Journey covering the World wars, life in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule and their journey to America for a better future. The museum also exhibits Slovak and Czech ethnic costumes, music, art, woodworking and a choice of concerts and events for the Czech, Slovak and American communities.
Brucemore is a splendid 19th-century mansion located on a historic 26-acre estate in Cedar Rapids and one of the best attractions to visit in Cedar Rapids. The magnificent building was built as a family mansion in the mid-to-late 19th century, and it had been the family mansion of different influential families over the next 100 years each one of them enhancing the property and leaving their touches in it. However, the last owner of the property has bestowed the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and since then Brucemore has been served as a public cultural hub drawing locals and tourists alike. Visitors can take a tour of the mansion, and its surrounding gardens or they can attend concerts, theater performances, and other social events.
Home to Orchestra Iowa, the Cedar Rapid Area Theatre Organ Society, Wurlitzer theater organ, Paramount Theatre is one of the best attractions to visit in the city. Famous for being hosts to some of the all-time great artists including Willie Nelson, B.B. King among many others, the magnificent building with its highlight "Hall of Mirrors", treasured oil paintings, sculptures, opulent furniture and others draw a great number of visitors. The theatre hosts concerts, corporate meetings, fundraisers, a Broadway Series and dance recitals.
Cedar Rapids is mainly served by the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) with flights connecting the city with the rest of the world. The airport served by a number of major airlines such as Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines connecting the region with important destinations such as Las Vegas, Orlando, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and many more. One of the busiest airports in the United States, travelers are recommended to book their cheap flight to Cedar Rapids Iowa well in advance as last minute flights to Cedar Rapids can be expensive.
Are you planning to book cheap flights to Cedar Rapids? Look no further as MyFlightSearch offers some exclusive Cedar Rapids flight deals which can help you save big on your flights to Cedar Rapids. In addition to our affordable Cedar Rapids Flight deals, following some simple tips can help you save more on your plane tickets to Cedar Rapids.
Fares are Round Trip, fares include all fuel surcharges, our service fees & taxes. Fares are subject to availability & may change without notice and cannot be guaranteed at the time of booking. Check all bookings Terms & Conditions.
* Fares are round trip, Fares incl. all fuel surcharges, our service fees and taxes. Book 21 days in advance. Displayed fares are based on historical data, are subject to change and cannot be guaranteed at the time of booking.
**Save up to $15.00** with promo code - FLIGHT15. Applicable - $5 per passenger. Maximum – 3 Passengers. Applicable on Domestic & International Flights. Book by December 31, 2023.
Our travel experts might have better deals for you
Call Now
If you are in USA, you can travel to or from Cuba only if your reason to Travel falls within a set of categories approved by the US Government.To Know the details and to book a flight to CUBACALL NOW 1-888-884-4555
Due to the restrictions by certain airlines, children / minors in the age group of 5 to 17 years are restricted to travel alone without the supervision of an adult. Please call on the number below to book your desired flight.1-888-884-4555Call Now
Else, please include an Adult in the selection &click "Search Flights" to proceed further.
Sorry, Currently We do not operate in
But We are working on it.
Thanks for visiting MyFlightSearchCall Now: 1-888-884-4555
Our Agents Are Ready for Your Call 24/7Call Now


text:
This is the last report from Africa for now. I had been looking forward to this last location of the trip to Malawi and Zambia. The last location is South Luangwa, Zambia. South Luangwa is one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries in the world. After seeing the African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in Liwonde National Park I really wanted to complete the 'Big Five' in South Luangwa. So the African Lion (Panthera leo) and Leopard (Panthera pardus) were on my wish list to see this trip. The chance of seeing lions and leopards in South Luangwa is high, but in nature nothing is certain.
Besides the 'Big Five' I also wanted to see more reptiles, especially more snakes. With less than 550 specimen left in the wild the Thornicrofts Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) was also on my wish list.
After a long drive and horrible border crossing (expensive and annoying) we arrived at the Marula Lodge. We arrived at dark and the naughty elephant family was at the lodge. It was time to flip the switch and be very alert again for big and dangerous wildlife again. We were only humble guests.
At night it was already time to look around at the Marula Lodge. Southern Foam Nest Frogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) were very present.
First game-drive
It was rise and shine in the early morning. There was a wakeup service and breakfast before the morning game-drive. After waiting at the entrance of the National Park, because we had to pay a $25 fee every day, we were ready to go. In South Luangwa I realized that travelling to Africa is really expensive. I hope they make good use of the money to protect this wildlife paradise in Zambia.
Sander and Dieuwertje were not with us during this first game-drive. Sander was the first to feel very sick. He went to bed very early and was not feeling better in the morning. Dieuwertje started to feel sick during the night and also did not join.
When crossing the river we saw a family of African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana) crossing the river.
Very soon we saw a family of elephants taking a dust bath in the early morning. This was a special moment, with the dust blowing and the young elephant having some trouble getting up his feet
After the elephants we heard that there was a call for a Leopard (Panthera pardus). It was very busy at the leopard and it was hard to get a good shot of the leopard. Seeing a leopard is special, but the moment was not as special as I had hoped.
During this game-drive I started to feel sick. Being in South Luangwa, and feeling sick, would be a disaster. I did not want to miss anything. On the way back I did not enjoy the game-drive. Back at the Marula Lodge I went to bed, feeling very sick.
'Sick going strong'
After sleeping the whole afternoon and seeing the toilet more often than my camera, I started to eat again in the late afternoon. I was determined to do all game-drives. I absolutely did not want to miss anything! Maybe my motivation kept me on my feet.
With less than 550 specimen left in the wild the Thornicrofts Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) is a very special sighting. It looked like the giraffe used a giant toothpick.
It looked like they were watching a tennis match together. At least there must be something interesting on their left side. A Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and Grey Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum) were standing next to each other and it looked like a symbiotic relationship with both keeping watch. It also could have been a coincidence. I am not sure, but it made a fantastic scene together.
Elephants are everywhere in South Luangwa. They are always beautiful and impressive. This time I think we came too close. They felt intimidated. Our guide read the signals right and nothing happened. I made a nice photo of a baby elephant that seems to be hiding a bit.
As I said before: "I absolutely did not want to miss anything!". I did not feel very well, but better than in the morning and early afternoon. It paid off, I saw my first lion ever!
It was a lioness wearing a GPS collar. One female in each pride has one to keep track of their numbers.
After photographing the lioness we drove away to see the other lions of the pride, but I saw this scene with a Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) standing in the river at dusk. I politely asked the driver to stop the car. He gave me a few seconds to make the photograph and then we had to move on. I did not have much time to think, but I am very happy with the result.
Walking around the camp
In the morning we decided to do a guided walk around the Marula Lodge. Our main goal was to find snakes. Unfortunately Bobby was next (I will spare you the details) and he did not join us. Jasper was the only one not being sick. I felt healthy again and Dieuwertje was recovering too.
We did find some skinks and frogs, but also this very hungry elephant.
When we had returned from the walk the technician had found a Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster) that was not green. During this trip we did not find many snakes, so this one was very welcome.
Self Safari, just outside the national park
In the afternoon we did not plan a game-drive. This time we went on a safari just outside the national park. This was a cheap alternative. We did not have to pay to get into the national park and we did not have to pay for a guide. The animals do not care about areas being a national park or not. There are also no fences, so all the animals could also be where we went. We had to be very careful.
Besides two elephant photos I also made a photo of a Puku (Kobus vardonii) in the beautiful golden light.
Happy morning
A happy morning it was in South Luangwa! Not only because I felt better after feeling sick, but also because this baby Thornicrofts Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) was a very happy encounter. This little calf kept on running. Thinking of this moment makes me very happy!
Within a few hours of birth, a calf can run around. I think the age of this giraffe was between a few hours and a week. You can even see the umbilical cord.
During this drive we saw more animals like Impalas (Aepyceros melampus), a Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) and a group of Zebras (Equus quagga).
The Southern Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) eat a lot of animals that I like, but I still wanted to see this iconic bird. The diet of the Southern Ground-hornbill consists of frogs and reptiles. I had seen one catching a snake.
This Impala running through the grass is a nice photo, but not the animal encounter that made this drive unforgettable.
The Yellow-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) were sitting on a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer). The birds are known for eating ticks and blood-sucking flies. Another benefit for the buffalo is that the birds alarm when there is danger. The birds are also accused of keeping wounds open, perhaps to feed on the blood.
I really love the photos, but also this was not "the" unforgettable moment.
The unforgettable moment was with this young male African Lion (Panthera leo). Our guide was driving like a rally driver to go to some lions. When we arrived we were not alone on the spot. A few young male lions were surrounded by tourists. We got quite close and I was in the front seat to photograph this beautiful animal that showed many expressions during this short photo session.
After a while he stood up and walked towards me and came very close. The last photo you see it the last photo that I dared to take. I know they do not attack you when you stay in the car, but having a lion a few meters away staring at you and walking towards you can be a little frightening. It was an unforgettable moment where I felt very humble.
One special morning
During our last game-drive in South Luangwa we were very lucky. We saw three Leopards (Panthera pardus) having a 'beef' with each other and with Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). We did not know where it was all about. Maybe a place to sleep during the day or a prey up in the tree? We could not see. We missed the voice of David Attenborough explaining it all.
The good thing about this Leopard sighting is that we were the only one there after the car in front of us drove away very soon. Another thing is that Jasper thought he saw Leopards in that same bush the night before. He was most likely right about that.
During the remaining time we saw more beautiful animals like giraffes and zebras. I enjoyed the moment, because I realized that it was the last time in the 'African bush' for now.
Last surprise
At the Marula Lodge Sander had another surprise, an Eastern Bark Snake (Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia). For snakes this trip was a bit disappointing, but this snake was a beauty!
South Luangwa was a great experience. As I said, we did not find many snakes. Reptiles and amphibians in general were hard to find. We did not find as much as we wanted. On the other hand I saw the 'big five' during this trip to Malawi and Zambia and many unforgettable moments. In my opinion the whole trip was a big success. I can not wait to return to Africa. Madagascar, Uganda, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, and South Africa are all on my wish list to visit.
This blog article is one of many articles on my website. If you want to read more, please go to the blog section of my website.
If you do not want to miss any of my new adventures you can follow me on social media. The links to my Facebook Page and other social media are at the bottom of this page.
Leaving a comment or giving a 'like' is always appreciated.


text:
I have listed a new property at 2157 OCEAN FOREST DR in Surrey.
A Lovely 2 storey home with a beautiful sunny back yard, quality renovated works by Professional. It's a rare find in this area, the family friendly and trendy neighbourhood-Ocean Cliff. Totally remodelled both inside and out in 2018, over 200K: new hdwood flooring, kitchen w/ all new S/S appl., all new 3 bathrm., ceiling works & light fixtures, fresh paint in/exterior. Large lot 7,209 SF. on a quiet street, open plan, 2,130 SF. 4 bdrm, 3 bthrm, Main boasts high ceiling-grand foyer, living, dining, open family rm adjoins new kitchen. Upper offers 3 bdrm incl. gorgeous mstbdrm w/new 4 ps ensuite. Close to all amenities, park, walking distance to Elementary school, 5 mins to Shopping/Elgin Second & only 10 mins to Ocean beach - White Rock city centre. Hurry on this offer, it won't last long!


text:
When I worked as an ecological consultant, a lot of my work revolved around one group of species, the bats. Partly due to its legal protection, but also due to the way it has adapted to live alongside humans. In many cases even taking to using our residences as their homes, often without the homeowners awareness.
I love this about bats; they quietly go about their business slipping off into the night and returning before we leave our beds to go to work. Even in the most urban settings it is actually more common than not to hear one on the bat detector.
One such place, where the lay person may not expect to see bats, is in urban Liverpool. A public house wanted to extend and after visiting in the daytime and finding the loft voids were inaccessible, it was decided we would need to return at dusk to see if any bats emerged.
It was the end of July and 4 of us arrived around 7:30pm to set up, knowing that sunset was around 8:20 and bats can start to emerge from their roosts as early as 30 minutes before this time. The pub seemed empty but the curtains were closed, a few people were sat in the beer garden but it was quiet, as expected on a Wednesday night.
My other colleagues took up positions and I found a perfectly placed table in the beer garden which gave a vantage point of the gable end of the building.
The sun set and as it got to 8:30, no bats had emerged, but it was still early. All of a sudden the rear doors of the pub burst open. A steady stream of around 50 large men covered in tattoos, sloshing lager whilst hurriedly lighting cigarettes emerged. I stood up, bat detector in hand, as all their eyes gradually fixated on me; stood there with a small black box staring at the building. It's hard not to look peculiar when doing a bat survey on a pub.
Then it clicked! It was Champions league qualifying night, it must be half time! I was usually quite switched on about these things but it was still August, football wasn't really on my radar yet.
I could hear them whispering and looking at me. I can't move though, if I avert my gaze from the building for even a split second I could miss a bat.
"What are you doing mate?!" a large man who could probably crush me in one hand shouts my way.
I'm about 30m away, am I really going to shout this to a crowd of drunk football fans?
"I'm doing a bat survey!" I reply, trying to make it sound manly, all the while not taking my eyes off the building.
There is a pause of a few seconds and then suddenly an eruption of laughter…..
About 10 of them scurried down and stood right beside me, gazing back towards the pub.
One announces "Bats!…. in a pub? You're having a laugh right? Rats maybe, definitely a few batty people! But I've never seen a bat here in my life."
I was about to launch into a rant about how bats do use buildings of this age and structure and with the gardens around…..why not. When suddenly right in front of these 10 burly men a bat drops out from behind a hanging tile and flies along a hedgerow right beside us and off into gardens to the south.
The mocking fell silent for a few seconds before all 10 of the men started cheering as if Liverpool had just scored a screamer into the top corner. A second bat quickly followed, then another and another. A figure popped out from the pub doors and shouted:
"The second half's startin'!"
But they didn't move, somehow this natural event was more interesting than football……and in Liverpool, that is saying something!
I was suddenly being asked endless questions about bats which I answered happily. Gone was the hostility and suddenly there was intrigue and fascination. 5 bats emerged in total and the men, almost reluctantly, walked back into the pub to catch what little was left of the football.
The building works didn't go ahead in the end, I don't know why, but I did speak to the landlady a few weeks later and she told me that everyone loves the bat residents and they've gathered a bit of a cult following amongst the pub's regulars.
"Sometimes people will be sat in the garden around sunset and someone will spot a bat appear and a cheer will go up around the garden."
Some people are won over by the wonder of wildlife at the most unexpected moments.
About the Entry
Robert Wreglesworth
After completing a degree in environmental science, I have been an ecologist for 7 years. I currently work with farmers and other landowners to help them restore land for long term conservation in the UK. During these years I have grown frustrated by an increasing number of people complaining about environmental issues but taking no or very little action. I'm now a firm believer that to tackle these environmental problems we must act in a more disruptive way, whether that be through new technologies, new ways of thinking and most importantly with open minds…..and hence why I started my blog and podcast.
- Site name | The Disruptive Environmentalist
- Site URL | www.disruptiveenvironmentalist.com
- Twitter | @environment_rob
- Why should someone visit your site? The Disruptive Environmentalist is a blog and podcast which aims to seek out examples of new solutions to old environmental problems. This could be through new innovations, new techniques or simply through different perspectives. In a time where we need to act quickly the website aims is to inspire direct action in readers through real life stories, but also to challenge how we look at these challenging issues.
- Entry Title | Liverpool's Hidden Nightlife
- Entry Number | 70
You can read our bloggers' full profiles on the Meet Our Bloggers page.
Vote for your Winner!
Did you enjoy the story? If you'd like this entry to win the Wildlife Blogger of the Year Reader's Choice Award (and get over £1,000 in prizes!) please use the following form and enter the number 70 as your chosen blog entry. Winners will be announced on December 31st 2018!
Please note: The competition is limited to one vote per person. We carefully check every vote for duplicate emails and votes.


text:
61-34 188th Street, Suite 201
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Fresh Meadows area restorative dentistry at Alan L. Rosenberg, D.D.S can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
If you're looking for denture repair in the Fresh Meadows area, our team at Alan L. Rosenberg, D.D.S offers friendly service. Dr. Rosenberg understands the importance of reliable dentures that fit properly.
We'll get your repairs done professionally and quickly. You'll be able to eat and smile again with confidence as soon as possible.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than Alan L. Rosenberg, D.D.S located in the Fresh Meadows, NY area. Alan Rosenberg, D.D.S. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
Fresh Meadows area teeth whitening dentist Alan Rosenberg, D.D.S. loves to help brides, grooms and wedding party members look their very best for that special day. We offer a Wedding Day Special for tooth whitening that will provide you with the dramatic results you desire.
You'll have a beautiful, dazzling smile to celebrate your wedding day. And your wedding pictures will show off your sparkling white teeth for years to come!
Dental bonding in the Fresh Meadows area is available from experienced dentist Alan Rosenberg, D.D.S.. If your teeth have unsightly cracks or discoloration, dental bonding can help.
It's a quick and non-invasive procedure that corrects minor cosmetic flaws and restores your natural smile. You'll feel great being able to show your natural again.
16-26 Bell Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11360
Bayside area restorative dentistry at Unique Dental Care can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
Don't let untreated dental problems get you down. Rebuild your confidence with a beautiful new smile. From simple treatments that make a big difference, to more extensive work, unveiling the smile you were meant to have can have profound life-changing effects. Serving the Bayside, NY area and offering cosmetic dentistry, Dr. Gold can help you develop an affordable treatment plan you'll feel good about.
A negative self image can be detrimental to many facets of your life. Bayside area dentist Dr. Alan Gold understands the positive life-changing power that a healthy and beautiful smile can bring to you. Here at Unique Dental Care, we don't want you to be embarrassed any longer. Why not take your smile - and even your life - to a new level of self-confidence and beauty?
A beautiful smile can brighten your life! If you are continuously hiding your chipped, stained, or cracked teeth from others, it's time for a change! Alan Gold, D.D.S., a trusted Bayside area dentist, can fix chips, cracks, and stains to reveal a great new smile - and a new you. You'll look so good you'll wonder why you waited so long!
Bayside area cosmetic dentist Alan Gold, D.D.S. has extensive experience creating beautiful smiles. They're one of the first things people notice about you.
Our professional team will be happy to discuss your aesthetic dentistry options. The attractive results you'll get from Unique Dental Care can change your life!
Danoff, Laura D.D.S.
4 Vista Dr
Great Neck, NY, 11021-1717
Shabtai, Yeranen D.D.S.
70 Middle Neck Rd # 3
Great Neck, NY, 11021-2303
Zuckerman, Heidi N D.D.S.
1010 Northern Blvd # 110
Great Neck, NY, 11021-5306
Chicvak, John E D.D.S.
15 Bond St # 201
Great Neck, NY, 11021-2002
It used to be that only movie stars had those dazzling brighter-than-bright teeth. But in recent years many new cosmetic dental techniques have sprung up.
Nowadays, there's no reason you can't have a pretty smile that's the equivalent of Marilyn's (or Tom Cruise's). Here are just a few of the ways a cosmetic dentist can improve the looks and appeal of normal teeth:
Teeth Whitening - Just over the past two to three years new and safe professional teeth whitening systems have been developed. The teeth are covered with gauze and the tooth bleaching (carbamide peroxide) solution carefully applied. After three or four half-hour sessions, you can really see the difference. There are also home tooth whitening products with step-by-step procedures that enhance tooth color over several weeks.
Dental Bonding - Tooth bonding is a simple, single-visit cosmetic dentistry procedure that closes unsightly gapped teeth. We polish and prepare the teeth with a fine etching, then cover them with a composite overlay. There's usually no anesthetic needed, little or no drilling, and the teeth are protected as well as being cosmetically enhanced.
Dental Veneers - Today we have exciting new biomaterials to straighten crooked teeth, as well as brighten and close gaps. We call them porcelain laminate veneers. They're microscopically thin ceramic shells that cover problem teeth - and leave you with something to smile about!
Everyone, even your dentist, knows that when we age, we see certain changes in our face (for example, wrinkled skin, less skin tone, shrunken appearance). The soft tissue in the lower one-third of the face is supported by the teeth and jawbone, and gives support to your smile. As we age, we lose support to our smile and we begin to appear older.
Anatomically, the face is divided into thirds: the upper, middle and lower one-third. The space between your nose and your chin is referred to as the lower one-third. The teeth support the vertical height of your lower face, and more specifically the back teeth support your lower face.
Most dentists agree that minimal and gradual wearing away of the top enamel of the teeth is considered normal during the lifespan of a patient. However, excessive wear on the top surfaces of the teeth can result in abscessed teeth, an irregular bite, decreased chewing capacity and esthetic disharmony. Patients with these types of problems often require extensive restorative cosmetic dentistry treatment.
Although the prevalence of tooth wear, or attrition, is not known, it is thought to be very common in adults over the age of 40. The wearing of the top surfaces of the teeth is most often attributed to attrition, which is the wearing away of one tooth surface by another tooth surface. Attrition is the result of bruxism, or the involuntary grinding of the teeth against each other.
Attrition can be the result of one or a combination of problems such as:
Depending on the severity of the tooth wear, teeth may be broken, shortened and unattractive. Having worn teeth can result in jaw joint pain (TMJ), a decreased ability to chew and a sunken appearance to the lower face. All of these results can make a person appear more wrinkled and older.
Generally, the worn teeth will have to have new fillings placed or redone. When severe wear occurs in the mouth, a dental crown or multiple crowns may be the only solution.
Yes, tooth wear can be prevented, but only if you make regular visits to the dentist. If detected early enough, your dentist may prescribe a plastic night guard to protect your teeth, much like an athletic mouth guard.
By Benjamin O. Watkins, III, DDS


text:
|Become an Amateur Radio Operator:
|Amateur Radio License Guides – From the ARRL Store
|Amateur Radio License Guides – From the Gordon West W5YI Group
|Ham Radio for Dummies – Ward Silver's Reference for the Rest of Us
|Plain-English Study Guide for the Technician Class License – Richard Clem, W0IS
|No Nonsense Guide to Ham Radio – Technician license manual (entry level) pdf
|No Nonsense Guide to Ham Radio – General license manual (intermediate) pdf
|No Nonsense Guide to Ham Radio – Extra Class license manual (highest level) pdf
|Practice Amateur Radio Exams – Free practice tests online at qrz.com
|Practice Amateur Radio Exams – Free practice tests online at eham.net
|Find a License Exam Session in Your Area – Courtesy of the ARRL
|Welcome! – You've passed the test, now what?
|National and International:
|ARRL – American Radio Relay League
|AC6V – Amateur Radio and DX Reference Guide
|AMSAT – The Amateur Radio Satellite Organization
|CQ Amateur Radio – The Active Ham's Magazine
|DX Zone – Categorical guide to Amateur Radio
|D-STAR – Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio
|EchoLink – Amateur Radio via the Internet
|IRLP – Internet Radio Linking Project
|State and Area:
|HPSNC – Ham Public Service North Carolina
|NC ARRL – North Carolina Section of the ARRL
|Carolina 440 – Linked UHF Repeaters
|PCRN – Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network
|SERA – South Eastern Repeater Association
|Neighboring Clubs:
|AARC – Alamance Amateur Radio Club
|CARC – Cary Amateur Radio Club
|DFMA – Durham FM Association
|FLARC – Falls Lake Amateur Radio Club
|GARA – Greensboro Amateur Radio Association
|JARS – Johnston Amateur Radio Society
|RARS – Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
|SWARC – South Wake Amateur Radio Club
|TATV – Triangle Amateur Television Association
|TEARA – Triangle East Amateur Radio Association
|North Carolina Amateur Radio Clubs – From the NC ARRL Section Website
|Informative Articles found by Young Aspiring Students and their Teachers:
|Communcations Historical Timeline – from Prehistoric to the Modern Era
|Disaster Preparedness on a Budget
|A Nurses Guide to First Aid & Emergency Preparedness
|Become a Storm Spotter from Home
|Hamspeak Glossary – An alphabetical listing of Amateur Radio lingo, in plain English
|FCC Part 97 – Regulations for Amateur Radio
|MVR35 Blank Form – The form to obtain a North Carolina callsign license plate (PDF)
|QTH.com – Ham Radio Classified Ads
|Timekeeping – Local and universal, 12 and 24-hour formats explained (PDF)
The Orange County Radio Amateurs, Inc, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (TIN# 58-2064632)


text:
BASKET: 0 items
His musical style and his role in the development of human consciousness
Brien Masters
October 2006;
23.5 x 15.5 cm;
On being introduced to the concept of evolving human consciousness, Brien Masters discovered that one could gain insight into the phenomenon by examining the musical styles of different composers. Following years of musical study and practice, he detected in the richness of Mozart's music a reflection of humanity's emerging consciousness of selfhood and individuality.
Two hundred and fifty years after his birth, Mozart continues to be acknowledged universally as a musical genius. But recognition of his work goes beyond the pleasure to be derived from listening to his music. In the 1990s psychologists discovered what has been called "The Mozart Effect", the notion that listening to Mozart enhances mental capacities and even health!
In this original study, Brien Masters considers Mozart in the light of the evolution of human consciousness. Could the "effect" of Mozart's music be connected to changes in human makeup? Masters studies Mozart's musical style and considers the nature of the human self, or - as Rudolf Steiner called it - the "ego". He shows how the laws of the self are particularly evident in Mozart's music, demonstrating this through analysis of his composition.
As the author comments, this book "...could be taken as an attempt as much to describe the self's journey towards the richness of Mozart's musical style as it is to shed Mozartean light onto the self as the central element in the human constitution. The former perspective is a comment on the significance of his genius appearing in the second half of the eighteenth century. The latter has relevance, among other things, for the debate on and understanding of the so-called Mozart Effect today..."
Full relevant musical scores are included for those who wish to study the various pieces in greater detail.
BRIEN MASTERS' songs (from his Waldorf Song Book) are known by children worldwide, and he is recognized for his lectures on "Music and the Development of Human Consciousness". He received the prestigious University Barber Scholar award in 1952, and his life-long passion for music has led him, among other things, to work as a music therapist and perform on many public stages. He has acted as an educational consultant up to government ministerial level and is the author of many books - his Doctoral thesis being in education. Brien Masters is currently Director of the London Waldorf Teacher Training Seminar.


text:
- Home
- People
- Projects
- Services
- Publications
- Funnel Trap
- Fauna Database
- Detection Dog
- Fauna Books
- Blog
- Contact
Western Australian freshwater turtles can be divided into two groups based on their geographical distribution: central and southern (Chelodina oblonga, C. steindachneri, Pseudemydura umbrina) and tropical (C. burrungandjii, C. rugosa, Elseya dentata, Emydura victoriae, E. australis) (Georges 2008). Temperate zone species mostly nest in spring, with hatchlings emerging in early summer (Legler and Georges 1993). These species generally lay their eggs in sand adjacent to the water ways they inhabit. Tropical species are more flexible when they lay their eggs and they generally select nest sites beyond those areas that will be flooded in the wet season (Legler and Georges 1993).
Chelodina steindachneri (Plate 1) is found in many of the ephemeral rivers of the mid-west, Murchison, Pilbara and Sandy Deserts from the Irwin River in the south to the De Grey River in the Pilbara. Like most Chelidae it lays white soft-shelled eggs in a burrow it digs in the ground. Baby turtles hatch and dig their way to the surface and are a replica of the adult form. Figure 1 below shows the data from the Department of Parks and Wildlife NatureMap website and shows the location of the Departments C. steindachneri records and the drainage systems in which they are found. It is apparent that are some stage in the past that these turtles have been able to move between drainage systems.
Plate 1. Dinner Plate Turtle
|Figure 1. Records of Dinner Plate Turtles from NatureMap showing drainage systems
We have recorded C. steindachneri in multiple locations across WA. Three are particularly interesting because of their remoteness. There is a tiny ephemeral creek midway between Paynes Find and Sandstone that crosses the gravel road. We encountered them in the creek after heavy rain. We also recorded them in a creek that runs east from a rocky breakaway about 80km north of Laverton. This creek holds water for an extended period after rain. Both of these creeks drain internally and are not connected to a major river system, so it is likely that they have persisted in these areas for a very long time. We also found one crossing the road that runs north from Wittenoom within a couple of kilometres of the Fortescue River. It was located in a barren open landscape with few trees and the grasses had dried and been burnt. It had clearly walked at least 1km from the water.
Dinner Plate Turtles aestivate in the ground during the dry periods and come to the surface after heavy rain. Like most freshwater turtles they forage on insects, small vertebrates and vegetation. They can be found in the ephemeral rivers, and are occasionally seen travelling overland, most probably from one water body to another. When picked up, particularly in a terrestrial environment, they will generally have a full bladder which they are happy to empty on the captor.
Turtles can be trapped (Iverson 1979, de Lathouder 2007) and caught with a net or grasp by hand (Chaney and Smith 1950, Ream and Ream 1966). Traps are generally classed as either underwater or basking traps. Underwater traps include hoop traps (Legler 1960, Iverson 1979, Kennett 1992), trammel nets (Vogt 1980), fyke nets and cathedral traps (Kuchling 2003). Basking traps are rarely used in WA. All traps have a section that remains above the water and most use a bait to attract turtles.
Kuchling's (2003) cathedral trap is collapsible, has two elongated entrances and can be adapted for any depth of water (see Plates 2 and 3), however, the vertical cylindrical netting has a propensity to become twisted when it catches numerous individuals; therefore in this circumstance it needs to be cleared more frequently (e.g. every 12 hrs). Entry slits to this trap can be adjusted to reduce the possibility of species known to escape traps from getting out.
Plate 2. Kuchlings cathedral turtle trap
| Plate 3. Float for Kuchlings cathedral
turtle trap
(Photo G. Kuchling)
Their tracks are often seen in the creek and river beds of the Gascoyne, Murchison and Pilbara drainage basins, as individuals move from one pond to the next. But because they are seldom seen, many observers confuse their tracks with other vertebrates because they forget that they are present in the landscape. Their track is reasonably distinctive as the rear foot is almost placed in the print of the front foot (Plate 4). They lift their body off the ground when walking, so there are two parallel lines of tracks with limited or no body or tail drag mark.
We have also used seine nets to catch freshwater turtles, but they are easily snagged, so you can spend more time untangling the net that you do catching turtles. In clear water, it is often possible to see C. steindachneri (Plate 5) and catch turtles by hand while walking or swimming in relatively shallow water.
Plate 4. Dinner Plate Turtle tracks
|Plate 5. Dinner Plate Turtle in an emphemeral pond
Chaney, A. H. and C. L. Smith. 1950. Methods for collecting map turtles. Copeia 1950:323-324.
de Lathouder, R. 2007. Assessing the abundance of freshwater turtles in an urban landscape: A comparison of trapping and observational techniques. Griffith University Brisbane, Queensland.
Georges, A. 2008. Freshwater Turtles of Tropical Australia Compilation of Distributional Data. Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra.
Iverson, J. B. 1979. Another inexpensive turtle trap. Herpetological Review 10:55.
Kennett, R. 1992. A new trap design for catching freshwater turtles. Wildlife Research 19:443-445.
Kuchling, G. 2003. A new underwater trap for catching turtles. Herpetological Review 34:126-128.
Legler, J. M. 1960. A simple and inexpensive device for trapping aquatic turtles. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 37:63-66.
Legler, J. M. and A. Georges. 1993. Family Chelidae.in C. J. Glasby, G. J. B. Ross, and P. L. Beesley, editors. Fauna of Australia. Vol 2A Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Ream, C. and R. Ream. 1966. The influence of sampling methods on the estimation of population structure in painted turtles. American Midland Naturalist 75:325-338.
Vogt, R. C. 1980. New method for trapping aquatic turtles. Copeia 1980:368-371.
Got something to say?


text:
Your cart is currently empty.
Vintage and Antique Costume Jewelry
Welcome, We Specialize in Miriam Haskell, Art Deco and Czech Glass.
$Sold Out
Old store stock in unused condition. Measures 20 " Beads measure approx. 10mm.
Copyright © 2023 Vintage Lane Jewelry •
Shopify Theme
by Underground Media •
This website runs on Shopify
Search our store


text:
When Kate (Jeannine Kaspar) and her 13-year old little sister Liz (Kseniya Pinch) are reunited on the Mediterranean island Cyprus, Kate meets Myrianthy (Marianna Rosset) and with a group of locals agrees to an exciting ride in a hot air balloon. The joyride takes a dangerous turn when it becomes untethered and the passengers ascend without a pilot. Their cell phones out of range and the balloon running out of gas, Kate and Myrianthy begin a desperate fight for their lives as the balloon is pushed out over the open ocean. Back on land, Liz has become an unwanted "material witness" to a robbery committed by Jack (William Baldwin) who happens to be Myrianthy's boyfriend. Matters take a dramatic twist, one that will mark their lives forever. While Liz may be their only hope of rescue, can she get to them in time?
The Vision Films action-thriller will release On-Demand and On-Digital on October 27th, 2020.
Stars William Baldwin (Backdraft), Jeannine Kaspar (Ironman, Freeheld), Marianna Rosset (Portrait of God), Zach Rose (Army of the Dead, Better Call Saul), Diljohn Singh (Boiling Point, Traced).
Roman Doronin directed the film, working from a script he co-wrote with Marcus Jerrome. Marina Doronina, Marianna Rosset, and Vitaly Rosset produce. Loris Curci executive produces.


text:
New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees and TE Jimmy Graham rank in the top 10 of NFL All-Stars in balloting for the 2014 Pro Bowl with three weeks left to vote, the NFL announced Wednesday.
Brees ranks second overall (793,685) and Graham ranks seventh (534,867).
Fan voting for the 2014 Pro Bowl, presented by McDonald's, will continue online and on web-enabled mobile phones by going here until 5 pm CT on Thursday, December 26.
Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning, with 926, 432 votes, currently leads Pro Bowl voting. Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (643,363), Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles (636,575) and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (634,819 votes) round out the top five in fan votes.
In 2013, Brees is once again enjoying a standout season, as he's completed 323-of-477 passes (67.7%) for 3,794 yards, 29 touchdowns, eight interceptions, one rushing TD and a 104.9 rating. He's ranked second in the NFL in touchdown passes, third in completions, TD passes and completion percentage, fifth in rating and second in third down passer rating (105.0)
Graham has enjoyed one of the most prolific campaigns for a tight end in 2013, leading the team in receiving with 69 receptions for 988 yards (14.5 avg.) with a team-record 12 touchdowns, tied for the league lead. Leading tight ends in virtually every receiving category, tied for tenth in the NFL in receptions, ranked tenth in receiving yardage, tied for sixth in third down receptions (21), first in touchdown receptions and 17th in first downs (49).
![](http://www.neworleanssaints.com/media-center/photo-gallery/Drew-Brees-at-Seattle-Seahawks/ab74c841-686f-4b45-9aa4-e0d0f488e997 "new orleans saints")
Pro Bowl balloting will conclude on Thursday, December 26, just three days prior to an exciting slate of Week 17 NFL games. The Pro Bowl players will be announced on Friday, December 27.
Players will later be assigned to teams through the first-ever Pro Bowl Draft, which will air on NFL Network during the week leading up to the game.
The 2014 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 26, 2014 and televised live on NBC at 7:00 PM ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
For the first time ever, the Pro Bowl will be "unconferenced."
Gone is the familiar AFC vs. NFC match-up that has existed since 1971. Instead, players will be selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches and players. For example, the top six quarterbacks following voting will earn distinction as All-Stars, regardless of how many are from AFC or NFC teams.
The Pro Bowl players are determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches. Each group's vote counts one-third toward determining the 88 All-Star players who will be eligible for the Pro Bowl Draft.
NFL players and coaches will cast their votes on December 23-26. The NFL is the only sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to determine its all-star teams. It was the first professional sports league to offer online all-star voting in 1995.
Continue to vote for your favorite Saints here!