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Drive Traffic Using Medium
Without investing a lot of money, new websites struggle to get traffic. However, there are other demand techniques, such as social media and forums, where generating quality material can aid in increasing the number of people who follow you for more thought leadership and value.
Medium is a social media site that enables users to express their opinions on any subject they desire, and there are several methods to make use of this.
This post will look at how you can use Medium to drive traffic to your site, so let's start by discussing what Medium is and how it works!
What is Medium?
Medium is a blogging platform that enables users to publish articles on any subject they want. Readers of these articles may follow the writers and publishers to stay up to speed on their tales.
Medium is a terrific location for thought leaders to post longer-form pieces than you may see on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and it can be a great method to drive traffic back to your site.
How does Medium work?
When you produce an article for Medium, you may choose to publish it as a "story" or a "note." A tale is similar to a blog post, however notes are shorter pieces that may be used for brief recommendations on a certain subject.
How To Use Medium To Drive Traffic To Your Blog
Create High-Quality In-depth Content
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Connect with notable individuals in your industry and interact with their material to drive traffic back to your medium page.
One method to connect is to leave comments on other readers' articles. To establish a reputation in their community, invest in engaging other writers, showing interest in their journey, and encouraging thought-provoking debates.
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Include a Link to Your Blog in Your Bio
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People are more inclined to share content that is worth sharing, which may help drive traffic back to your site.
Be Consistent
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Final Thoughts
Bloggers may use Medium to drive traffic back to their website.
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Overall, Medium is an efficient technique to get visitors back to your site; all you have to do is figure out what works for you!
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10) St. Michael's Abbey hires MATT Construction, a company that has a reputation for large-scale, contemprorary urban projects. Rural/sprawl projects are met with opposition.
11) The family of Father Siegfried F. Widera, child sex offender, attend and donate substantially to St. Michael's Abbey.
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13) St. Michael's Abbey total income and gift summary for 2011-2012 is $2,662,967.
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Now when we first thought of a puzzle for the blind the term 'Braille' immediately jumped to mind. But this doesn't use it. That's great, because not all visually impaired people can understand Braille. Instead, this uses dimension and texture to identify each of the puzzle faces. There are mushroom-shaped knobs, Phillips screws, adhesive rubber bumpers, raised text label maker labels, and a few other items that go along with each color. This doesn't prevent those with sight from playing either. It's something of one Rubik's cube for all. Well, all except for the robots made to solve a stock cube.
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SSR 63-15: SECTION 202(d). -- TERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO CHILD'S INSURANCE BENEFITS -- ATTAINMENT OF AGE 18
20 CFR 404.2(c)(4)
- A girl, born December 1, 1944, became entitled in 1955 to child's insurance benefits and was still entitled to such benefits in October 1962. Held, she attained age 18 on November 30, 1962, the day before her 18th birthday; and since she was not then under a disability, her entitlement to child's insurance benefits terminated with October 1962, the month before the month in which she attained age 18.
In 1955, G, a girl born December 1, 1944, became entitled under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act to child's insurance benefits on the earnings record of her deceased father, a full insured worker.
Under the provisions of section 202(d), entitlement to child's insurance benefits (after being established) continues until termination is required by the occurrence of certain specified events. Among the events which can require termination is the child's attainment of age 18: his entitlement ends with the month before the month in which such attainment occurred unless the child is under a disability (as defined in section 223(c)(2), which began before he attained age 18.
In G's case, no event requiring termination of her entitlement occurred until she attained age 18. At no time prior to the attainment of age 18 was she under a disability. The question presented is whether she attained age 18 on December 1, 1962, her 18th birthday (i.e., the 18th anniversary of her birth) or on the preceding date, November 30, 1962. If she attained age 18 in December 1962, under section 202(d) her entitlement ends with the month of November 1962; if she attained age 18 in November 1962, her entitlement ends with October 1962.
Section 202(d) is only one of a number of provisions in the Act under which benefit rights are affected by attainment of a specified age. It is commonly necessary under other provisions in section 202 to decide in what month a claimant "has attained age 62," as required for entitlement to old-age, widow's, husband's, widower's, and parent's insurance benefits, and (subject to certain exceptions) wife's insurance benefits. Similarly, under section 203, benefits may be paid to a beneficiary beginning with the month he attains age 72 even though his work and earnings in such months would preclude payments if he had not attained age 72.
A person attains a given age on the day before his corresponding birthday, i.e., the anniversary of his birth corresponding to that age. (§ 404.2(c)(4) of Regulations No. 4.)[1] Accordingly, for purposes of benefits under the Act, a person born on the first day of a month attains any specified age in the month before the month in which occurs the corresponding birthdate. For example, a person born on May 1 attains age 62 on the day before his 62nd birthday, that is, April 30 of that year; and may become entitled to old-age insurance benefits beginning with that April. Similarly, he attains age 72 in April immediately preceding his 72nd birthdate, and may be paid benefits for that April and subsequent months regardless of the amount of his work and earnings. Under the same rule, he attains age 18 on April 30, immediately preceding his 18th birthday; and, where such attainment requires termination of entitlement to child's insurance benefits, entitlement ends with the preceding month.
Since G's 18th birthday was December 1, 1962, it is held, that she attained age 18 on the preceding day, November 30, 1962. Therefore, the last month for which she was entitled to child's insurance benefits is October 1962, the month preceding the month in which she attained age 18.
[1] This rule, which appears in Blackstone's Commentaries (Vol. I, p. 463) and in Kent's Commentaries (Vol. 2, p. 233) has been applied consistently by the courts in holding that an individual attains majority on the day before his 21st birthday. United States v. Wright, 197 Fed. 297 (1912). Nor is the rule confined to cases involving the attainment of majority; see, for example, Frost v. State, 45 So. 203 (1907) involving attainment of age 45.
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To tell the truth I don´t know who to fear more the Totalitarian Police or the Totalitarian Christians.
I am Christian by my own choice but I don´t have the right or authority in any sense to take away the God Given Right to Chose of anyone else.If someone chooses to go to hell who am I to stop them.
Choice has been Mankind's Greatest Blessing, and at the same time Mans biggest burden.
Now these LEO´s telling people that they are on Private Property when in fact it is Public State Property is just another example of ¨Only Ones Mentality¨. To bad it will come back and bite them in the ass some time in the not so distant future.
Texas - July 28, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Initially, I had some sympathy for the officers while they were simply removing unwanted and intentionally disruptive persons from private property at the request of the owners, but I knew it was going to come down to intimidation, abridgment of rights and kidnapping when the (admittedly obnoxious) protesters refused to submit to the holy priesthood of the State.
It all went south after Officer Goff stooped to their level and started antagonizing them. After that, it was inevitable that his buddies were going to start using violence to show the mundanes who's boss.
Incidentally, I feel compelled to comment that some of us atheists are lovers of liberty too. We aren't all vile collectivists. Just most. - July 28, 2010 at 4:18 PM
yeah Mike, the LE-thugs at the Dearborn-istan, Michigan, locked up Christians and stole their video, when they asked a few questions at a Muslim-fest.
It is really hard to be patient with all this heavy handed crap going on....but they will fire the first shot.... - July 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM
There is no tyranny like that of the lowliest bureaucrat. I am seething with rage!
III - July 28, 2010 at 5:03 PM
I am very tired.
So I pray the way he taught us to pray.
My Father, who art in Heaven...
Michael in MS
III - July 28, 2010 at 5:05 PM
I guess it just shows who their gods are.
- July 28, 2010 at 5:07 PM
The one who issued the "lawful order" to stop taping and then got physical with the cameraman? I hope he gets special attention.
- July 28, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Not to worry. We know how to deal with atheists.
- July 28, 2010 at 5:43 PM
At the end the officer said he issued a "lawful command".
I dont live in that state but it can't be a lawful command to tell someone to turn off a camera can it?
JL - July 28, 2010 at 5:48 PM
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- July 28, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Meh, they'll get some sensitivity training or some such.
I'd be interested to see if they'd take the same tack if the protestors were followers of the Religion of Peace (TM). Those guys tend not to turn the other cheek so much. - July 28, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Someone please post the contact info of those brave Christians. I'd love to congratulate them and offer any support and prayers they need. I have to do something.
- July 28, 2010 at 7:23 PM
I did not see much turning of cheeks, nor rendering unto Caesar what was Caesar's.
Sharing is always good, except when it is unwanted, and especially when it is opinions instead of bread and fish. - July 28, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- idahohunter said...
I have a badge, you will obey my authority! When citizens begin to make that authority a dangerous thing to apply perhaps attitudes will change. I have drawn lines in the sand. That officer crossed many of them. He should pray we never meet.
- July 28, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Dedicated_Dad said...
Sadly, NO.
Don't you know?
They are rendered omniscient and omnipotent by donning their magic suit/shield/tacticool gloves.
None of them will lose one day's pay, none of them will lose their job, none of them will suffer *ANYTHING* a non "only-one" might consider a "Consequence."
I truly hope that - following The Restoration - We The People punish those who abuse their authority suffer true penalty - fines and or imprisonment for lesser crimes, death for murder - for said abuse. Rightly - given that their actions have the color of "law" - I believe their penalty should be doubled.
DD - July 28, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Dedicated_Dad said...
Anon 15:48 -- ANYTHING ordered by an "Only One" is a "lawful order" -- if you follow their "logic"...
*I* am the law!
*I* gave _you_ an order!
Ergo, it was a "lawful" order!
Wrong, sparky!!
MedicDave said...
"Someone please post the contact info of those brave Christians. I'd love to congratulate them and offer any support and prayers they need. I have to do something."
See, we're thinking in opposite directions.
I was hoping someone would post the contact info of those brave "only ones." I'd love to "congratulate" *THEM* and offer the "support" *THEY* need, along with a little scripture.
In my happy little fantasy, something from Ezekiel would suffice...
DD - July 28, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Just remember those "totalitarian Christians" were once known as Puritans.
They were so awful hundreds of thousands of immigrants came here to glom on to their success.
Of course, most of them could not be bothered to adopt the life and religion of their hosts but ingrates are a part of life.
That's sarcasm.
You could do much worse in life than live by the straight and narrow and it's a heluva lot easier when your people are pulling you back on track. - July 28, 2010 at 10:23 PM
idahohunter said:
" He should pray we never meet."
Why? Are you going to call him names? Fart in his general direction? Post vague threats on the internet?
Perhaps less keyboard posturing and more thoughtful comments coupled with effective local communication would contribute to rolling back an obese overbearing government. - July 28, 2010 at 10:41 PM
@ Dennis
What you professed is NOT the proper Christian attitude. Your JOB is to preach the gospel at all times and use words if necessary. St Paul tells us that even if we move mountains, without charity we are nothing.
"And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."
Not speaking the truth to a soul and allowing him to "choose" Hell is not charitable. By your reason you would do nothing while your neighbor chose to commit suicide by jumping off the roof. Who wouldn't cry out "Stop! Nothing is so bad to do this. Let me help you!"? Your erroneous theology tells you that you don't have the "right or authority" to take away another's "right" to go to Hell. You not only have the right you have the obligation to speak to try to prevent him. Then if he still chooses Hell you are not culpable in his demise. Just as it would not be your fault if the man still jumped from the roof after you begged him to reconsider, you would not be culpable in the eternal demise of a soul who still chose Hell after hearing from you the words of truth. You don't have to hog tie a person and force feed them Holy Scripture every hour on the hour but you are to give him the truth in all things. - July 28, 2010 at 10:52 PM
you hit on what I wanted to..
"Lawful Order"...
Ignorance of the law is supposed to not be a defense...
We can't know what they mean by a "lawful order"
...so, we're screwed whenever they speak those magic words..
I wonder if baldy went in to see the concert afterward..... - July 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Jesus did tell his disciples if they refuse to accept my word, shake the dust from you feet and leave.
- July 28, 2010 at 11:01 PM
John Bad Elk vs US made it pretty clear that an LEO operating outside of the law (whether the law in question is the Constitution and/or other written law is an exercise left to the reader) is at risk of LAWFUL righteous self-defense from the intended victim(s).
- July 28, 2010 at 11:28 PM
On the flip side of this, ya gotta be pretty stupid to go to a heavy metal concert and antagonize patrons with billboards and condemning them with bible scriptures.
Handing out cold water and some kind words would have gone a lot further to getting your message out.
Another IIIper athiest. - July 28, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Well - apart from free speech issues, once that the protesters were on a public sidewalk, I think it would have been great if they had either (a) collapsed into fetal positions ( that is what you do when you refuse to move, you don't go stiff or tussle with the pig, lest you be defiled, you just fall and curl up) or better yet, (b) if they had put a shive between the ribs of some of these nazi bastards. Yes, that is what I said and it is exactly what I meant. The Gestapo, like the KGB, got away with doing whatever they wanted just because the sheep meekly did whatever they were told. As Oleg Volk says, so wisely, human beings may understand logic and discourse, but predators understand only strength.
There are some of us who have been diagnosed with things that do not indicate particularly long journeys on this mortal coil, and among such, there are many who feel that there is nothing to be lost by showing teeth and using them.
After Olofson, dare we delude ourselves into thinking that if WE just do whatever the nice officer says, WE will be left alone?
What did Solzhenitsyn say about that???? - July 28, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- Mac Bigelow said...
Anonymous said:"Not to worry. We know how to deal with atheists."
July 28, 2010 3:43 PM
What? Force them to love God or kill them? Sounds a lot like your in the same boat as the Muslims to me. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is only for devout christians or more to the point catholics?
Dennis308 said "To tell the truth I don´t know who to fear more the Totalitarian Police or the Totalitarian Christians." The rest of his post is spot on.
Proud infidel,
III - July 29, 2010 at 1:29 AM
- Dutchman6 said...
Anonymous said:"Not to worry. We know how to deal with atheists."
Mac Bigelow sez:
"What? Force them to love God or kill them? Sounds a lot like your in the same boat as the Muslims to me. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is only for devout christians or more to the point catholics?"
My preference is to annoy them to distraction until they come to Jesus. Tickling is sometimes permitted. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. -- Mike - July 29, 2010 at 1:33 AM
As my son who lives in NM (because my daughter in law wants to stay near her folks) always says "Welcome to New Mexico, land of entrapment. Set your clocks back 100 years." It's such an enlightened place. NM has completely abandoned the "sticks and stones" principle. You can be prosecuted for assault for publicly impugning a persons honor or ancestry. Yup! Call someone a bastard or an SOB and you can be prosecuted for ASSAULT!
This video is a perfect example of pigs in action. And as a couple of others have written, I seriously doubt anything will come of this for the officers involved - unless it is a pat on the back.
It is guys like that that will happily round up the guns when the 2nd amendment is interpreted out of existence. I hope the bald one is the one who shows up at my son's place. Local pigs stay off his property absent a DAMN good reason. - July 29, 2010 at 6:10 AM
Jesus did say that if people didn't receive the Gospel, his disciples were to shake the dust from their sandals and move on. That indicates that some people just won't receive Him. It's great to preach the Gospel, but I don't think signs and yelling that people are "going to hell" from a distance is going to accomplish that goal. It just makes people say "what a bunch of assholes".
Come on, ask yourself if these guys' goal was to convert non-believers or just to "test boundaries". I've got no problems with either, just that they should be done separately.
That said, it is SO tiring to watch this police state mentality of "you will obey my lawful command" bullshit. How much longer? How much more? When will people wake up? - July 29, 2010 at 7:36 AM
>>> As Oleg Volk says, so wisely, human beings may understand logic and discourse, but predators understand only strength. <<<
Exactly so! Which is why the Constitution and Bill of Right were written and the "authorities" ignore them as much as possible. Without prosecution or penalties, and I don't mean days off.
The reason this was done in this manner is because mister big time tough deputy/ies knew they could get away with it with a bunch of peaceful Christians. Believe me they are still laughing about it.
It also tells you a lot about the peace officer selection process in that jurisdiction. - July 29, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- idahobob said...
"A lawful order", eh?
Does this ass clown think that he is an orificer in the military?
Does he think that whatever he says is law?
Sadly, NOTHING will come of this. At most there will be an internal departmental investigation, and ALL of the JBT's will get a pass.....justifiable actions.
Seig Heil!!
III - July 29, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Thank You Randy
Jesus did tell his disciples if they refuse to accept my word, shake the dust from you feet and leave.
Anon 8:52
Sir or Madam which ever the case may be DO NOT TELL ME THAT I AM NOT CHRISTAIN!
It is not for me to waist my time converting people who WILL NOT see the light of god´s Love for us a Love so deep that He sent His Own Son To Die To For MY Sins.
I don´t profess to be A Good Christian, I cannot quote you Chapter and Verse but I have read in The Bible about ¨though they have ears they will not hear and though they have eyes they will not see¨ and it further goes on to say that Waisting the Word upon them is like casting your seed upon barren stone and NOT to to do so.
Your IDEA of what is A Christain and Mine Are Not the same. I am Christain because I Do Believe That Crist came to this World so that I could Find my way Into Heaven Because I nor any man before me could Obey Gods Law and we have all sined against him. And you do not agree then that is Your problem.
Texas - July 29, 2010 at 11:43 AM
"The reason this was done in this manner is because mister big time tough deputy/ies knew they could get away with it with a bunch of peaceful Christians. Believe me they are still laughing about it."
-Anon July 29, 2010 6:11 AM
You put me in mind of the old saw about the animal rights people who throw paint on old ladies wearing fur, but never on hairy bikers wearing leather.
Remember the good old days when they were 'peace officers' before they became LEOs ?
And I still thought that the standard was that the uniform has no religious or political opinions.
(but that would be professional behavior, wouldn't it?)
In any case (speaking as a pagan minister) I am fully prepared to defend my flock with force against anything smacking of forced conversion. For that matter, I (and most others of my sect) would defend with force the votaries of any religion from forced conversion.
While I recognize that many of the viewers of this board have wildly different views of the nature (or the existence) of the spiritual world, most of us can agree on what constitutes correct behavior of free men towards other free men and towards the helpless and innocent.
I think Dutchman6 has it down.
"My preference is to annoy them to distraction until they come to Jesus. Tickling is sometimes permitted. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. -- Mike"
That strikes me as reasonable and preferable to many of the alternatives.
And I still get you annoy you about the ways of the Great Dagda 8-)
-Bubba Man (One of the Bubbas of the Apocalypse) - July 29, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Do I hear faint whispers of jihad or inquisition by some commenters?
If any athiests need someone to cover their six against jihadists of any stripe, let me know.
III - July 30, 2010 at 2:39 AM
And if the (Slayer was it?0 fans decided to stomp these rude individuals would I be reading about the cops not protecting someone?
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Ingrid Newkirk (born July 11, 1949) is a British-born animal rights activist, and the co-founder and current president of PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization.
[edit]- We have to be aggressive when those we stick up for have no voice. I don't consider it radical to say cruelty is wrong and that animals should be respected. I consider it radical to eat corpses, put electrodes in animals' heads, make elephants live in chains in the circus, and poison animals we consider a nuisance.
- Veg Family, March, 2003 [1]
- Seriously, I think everybody needs to be more disciplined; nobody needs any meat. But from a perspective of how many animals suffer, it's probably better to kill and eat one whale than it is to eat fish, chickens, cows, lambs and eggs.
- Satya, November, 2000 [2]
- I think that's just a throwaway line, because most people don't really care if they are being true to their original nature. Otherwise, we wouldn't be wearing clothes and driving cars, but out picking berries and eating bark. If you study anthropology — which most people don't — and you start to learn about our intestinal structure, our teeth, our digestive system, our mouth structure, you begin to realize that maybe we aren't meant to be eating animals after all.
- Montreal Mirror [3]
- In response to people who say it is natural to eat meat
- Eating meat is primitive, barbaric, and arrogant.
- Washington City Paper, 1985 December 20
- There is no hidden agenda. If anybody wonders about — what's this with all these reforms — you can hear us clearly. Our goal is total animal liberation.
- Six million people died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses.
- The Washington Post, 1983 November 13
- That's what the Nazis did, isn't it? Treated those "others" they thought subhuman by making them lab subjects and so on. Even the Nazis didn't eat the objects of their derision.
- Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They are all mammals
- Vogue 1989 September 1
- Attributed variants:
- I am not a morose person, but I would rather not be here. I don't have any reverence for life, only for the entities themselves. I would rather see a blank space where I am. This will sound like fruitcake stuff again but at least I wouldn't be harming anything
- The Washington Post, 1983 November 13
- Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth.
- Washingtonian magazine, 1990 February 1
- Reader's Digest, June, 1990
- I'm not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity.
- If that hideousness came here, it wouldn't be any more hideous for the animals — they are all bound for a ghastly death anyway. But it would wake up consumers. … I openly hope it [hoof and mouth disease] comes here. It will bring economic harm only for those who profit from giving people heart attacks and giving animals a concentration camp-like existence. It would be good for animals, good for human health and good for the environment.
- While the final decision as to the use of my body remains with PETA, I make the following suggested directions:
- a) That the 'meat' of my body, or a portion thereof, be used for a human barbecue, to remind the world that the meat of a corpse is all flesh, regardless of whether it comes from a human being or another animal and that flesh foods are not needed.
- b) That my skin, or a portion thereof, be removed and made into leather products, such as purses, to remind the world that human skin and the skin of other animals is the same and that neither is 'fabric' or needed.
- c) That my feet be removed and umbrella stands or other ornamentation be made from them, as a reminder of the depravity of killing innocent animals, such as elephants, in order that we might use their body parts for household items and decorations.
- d) That my eyes be removed, mounted and delivered to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as a reminder that Peta will continue to be watching the agency until it stops poisoning and torturing animals in useless and cruel experiments.
- e) That my pointing finger be delivered to Kenneth Feld, the owner of Ringling Brothers or to a circus museum, to stand as the 'Greatest Accusation on Earth' on behalf of the countless animals who have been deprived of all that is natural and pleasant to them, abused and forced into involuntary servitude for the sake of cheap entertainment.
[edit]- In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.
- Newsday, 1988 February 21.
- Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.
- I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciesist language. I prefer 'companion animal.' For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship — enjoyment at a distance.
- The Harper's Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p. 223.
[edit]- You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
- When we build an attractive home, we raze land on which animals have already built their homes. They have nowhere to go.
- Reason, June, 1990
- Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth.
- Washingtonian magazine, 1990 February 1
- Reader's Digest, June, 1990
- Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt … we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line.
- USA Today, 1991 September 3
- The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind.
- I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].
- The New York Daily News, 1997 December 7.
- If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways.
[edit]- We are opposed to all cruelty, so as advocates of non-violence, opponents of oppression, people who abhor the cruelty inherent in slaughtering we say the only ethical way to consume flesh is to pick up the carcass of an animal who has died naturally or been killed accidentally, say by being hit by a car, and eat that.
- India Together, July, 2000 [6]
- In today's world of tabloid press and with so much competing for people's attention, it's a miracle to get their attention at all. And of course having to compete with the advertising budget of even one of our adversaries is impossible. If the whole movement pooled its resources and went after simply one thing, like the veal industry, we wouldn't make a dent, advertising dollar for advertising dollar. To me the greatest success is in catching the attention of the public and reminding them that there's an animal involved, and that that animal is believed not to have been treated properly by a segment of the population.
- Satya, November, 2000 [7].
[edit]- And I love walking someone else's dog. I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog. I just came back from the shelter today and they let me walk three dogs at lunchtime. It was great.
- Satya, January, 2001 [8].
- No one has to stand behind us; we've never asked anyone to defend the way we get attention. The fact is we are the biggest group because we succeed in getting attention. … The fact is we may be doing all sorts of things on a campaign but the one thing that gets attention is the outrageous thing. It simply goes to prove to us each time, that that is the thing that's going to work; and so we won't shirk from doing that facet — in addition to all the other things we do that you never hear about because no one cares.
- Satya, January, 2001 [9].
- If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer? If not, who cares? If you French kiss your dog and he or she thinks it's great, is it wrong? We believe all exploitation and abuse is wrong. If it isn't exploitation and abuse, it may not be wrong.
[edit]- More power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention.
- Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.
- Keynote address at the 2002 "Animal Rights" conference[12]
- If anyone did that, I absolutely apologize. … Because everything we do is based at adults. We're asking adults be responsible. You were telling me about giving your children meat and milk. They're going to be to grow up to be tubs of lard. They're getting heart attacks.
- Interview on CNN's Crossfire (2002); in response to Tucker Carlson's description of a PETA member campaigning directly to his four-year-old son outside a circus.
[edit]- I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.
- Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use [celebrities'] voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the use of animals. Celebrities can be great for our cause and can really make people sit up and think for the first time about animal abuse.
- Ingrid Newkirk — taking on the critics, Animal Liberation NSW.
[edit]- I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) … I plan to have handbags made from my skin … and an umbrella stand made from my seat.
- During the hoof and mouth disease outbreak in Europe
- speaking to onMilwaukee.com, 2005 February 1
[edit]- Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
- "Every Week There is More Reason to Feel Empathy for Animals", Huffington Post, 17 July 2009.
On animal research and activism against it
[edit]- If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.
- Washington Post, 1983 November 13.
- Even painless research is fascism, supremacism, because the act of confinement is traumatizing in itself.
- Washingtonian Magazine, August, 1986.
- I know it's illegal [trespassing], but I don't think it's wrong.
- Montgomery County, MD, Journal 1988 February 16.
- It [animal research] is immoral even if it's essential.
- Even if animal experiments did result in a cure for AIDS, of which there is no chance, I'd be against it on moral grounds.
- McGraw, Michael, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "PETA and AIDS research", Letters to the Editor, CNSNews.com, May 15, 2006.
- When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings.
- I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.
- Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
- New York Daily News, 1997 December 7.
- Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy careers. I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999 November 12.
- After The Justice Department mailed 87 razor blade–laced threats to medical researchers studying news drugs on primates.
- If it's anything that's going to result in suffering to animals or people, then I don't think [the end] justifies the means. … Yeah; but then again if you could hurt ten people to save 100 people and there was no option, what would you do? I can't really address that.
- Satya, January, 2001 [14].
- Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
- Well, it's not like this is anything we are trying to hide. About three times in our 21-year history we have thought it was a good idea — and still do — to defend some very good activists who have done some decent things for animals and who have happened to get into trouble. One of those people is Rodney Coronado, who is a very committed Native American animal rights activist and a decent person. He did something [firebombed a research facility at Michigan State University] that put him in prison for three-and-a-half years and I think that if we hadn't provided him with a good legal defence he wouldn't be back out doing productive things in the community again — like the good person that he is. We are very happy to have done that.
- Montreal Mirror [15].
On pets
[edit]- You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
- The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind.
- And I love walking someone else's dog. I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog. I just came back from the shelter today and they let me walk three dogs at lunchtime. It was great.
- Satya, January, 2001 [16].
- We do not advocate "right to life" for animals.
- On a postcard to Nathan Winograd, a neuter/release and no-kill shelter advocate[17].
Quotes about Newkirk
[edit]- Since co-founding People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 21 years ago, Ingrid Newkirk has emerged as one of the shining lights of the animal rights movement. Through the use of shock tactics and a continuing series of controversial media campaigns, Newkirk and PETA have been able to effect change where other animal rights activists have failed miserably. Although criticized at one point or another by seemingly everybody under the sun, PETA nevertheless has a world-wide membership of over 300,000 activists and continues to be one of the most visible animal rights organizations in the world.
- Chris Barry, Montreal Mirror [18].
- Fast-food chains, clothing designers and even U.S. presidential candidates know the bitterness of the long, hard P.R. winter that is a Newkirk-directed campaign. Tofu cream pies are thrown at CEOs, gruesome billboards go up near corporate headquarters and throngs of vocal protesters dog profit margins at the wave of Newkirk's hand. McDonald's, General Motors, Calvin Klein and, most recently, Burger King have all buckled under the strain in one way or another.
- Ingrid Newkirk is not only a thoughtful animal rights and environmental activist. She is an inspirational leader. A heroine. A woman upon whom so many depend, around the world, for information and guidance. In a world where all animals, everywhere, are more threatened than ever, Ingrid Newkirk is their champion.
- Alec Baldwin (attributed) [20].
- When we were in Savannah, she told me, in the most unequivocal terms, that the world would be an infinitely better place without humans in it at all.
External links
[edit]- Ingrid Newkirk's website
- Ingrid Newkirk quotes — Activistcash.com
- Quotes From Animal Rights Activists — AnimalRights.net
- Animal Rights … In the words of its leaders — huntfacts.com
- Anti–pet ownership quotes — Hunting vs Animal "Rights"
- Quotes — The Dumping Ground
- PETA's Major Victory Timeline


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Following the conference, People's Lobby endorsed funding the national initiative campaign with a series of additional loans. Those loans funded the Direct Democracy and Philadelphia II organizations, directed by former Senator Gravel, for use on the NI4D campaign. PLI's ($450,000 + interest) funded such undertakings as: an NI4 D dinner in Philadelphia, three month Maine NI4D campaign, NI4D's on-line voting and donations programs, staffing, administrative, and legal costs into 2003. In 2003 former Senator Gravel resigned from the PLI's Board, as did his appointed Treasurer and his other board member friend who served during Gravel's tenure as President of PLI's Board.
During the 2002 Maine National Initiative for Democracy Campaign and afterwards some former PLI workers expressed disagreement on Gravel's NI4D campaign strategy and management.
As of 2009 former Senator Gravel and his organizations have made no effort, despite repeated requests from PLI, to pay on their Promissory Notes.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
NIH funding boosts new Alzheimer's research on prevention, novel drug targets
$45 million in awards to test early interventions, explore new approaches.
Researchers will test promising drugs aimed at preventing Alzheimer's and identify and validate biological targets for novel therapies, with approximately $45 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health. The initiative will support innovative new studies as part of an intensified national effort to find effective interventions for this devastating degenerative brain disease.
The studies are among the first to be developed with direction from the 2012 NIH Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit: Path to Treatment and Prevention and reflect research goals in the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease. Of the funding, $40 million is from an allocation from the Office of the NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, with additional funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the lead Institute within NIH for Alzheimer's research.
"As many as 5 million Americans face the challenge of Alzheimer's disease, which robs them of their memories, their independence, and ultimately, their lives," Dr. Collins said. "We are determined, even in a time of constrained fiscal resources, to capitalize on exciting scientific opportunities to advance understanding of Alzheimer's biology and find effective therapies as quickly as possible."
The clinical trials investigate possible ways to stop the progression of the disease. The translational research study awards are focused on identifying, characterizing and validating novel therapeutic targets.
"We know that Alzheimer's-related brain changes take place years, even decades, before symptoms appear. That really may be the optimal window for drugs that delay progression or prevent the disease altogether," said NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes. "The clinical trials getting under way with these funds will test treatments in symptom-free volunteers at risk for the disease, or those in the very earliest stages — where we hope we can make the biggest difference."
Basic and genetic studies of the disease — from the abnormal proteins involved, to genetic influences, to inflammation and other Alzheimer's-related brain changes — have advanced our knowledge. This has given us new insights into the biological underpinnings of this extremely complex disorder, Dr. Hodes said.
Today's awards support the following clinical trials. (Individual investigators can be contacted about when these studies will recruit participants.):
The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) Trial — Dr. Randall Bateman, Washington University, St. Louis, and co-investigators. $1.5 million in fiscal 2013, with the potential for $6 million over four years
The trial is testing new anti-amyloid-beta drug treatments in volunteers who have an inherited form of Alzheimer's disease. While early-onset Alzheimer's is rare, the knowledge gained from this study will be highly relevant to both early- and late-onset forms of the disease. This rare form can occur in people as early as their 30s. Amyloid plaques in the brain are a hallmark of Alzheimer's and are thought to interfere with communication among brain cells, and anti-amyloid-beta therapies attempt to treat that process. Dr. Bateman will lead a team recruiting volunteers free of symptoms or in the earliest stages of the disorder.
The four-year trial, a multi-site international effort, will test three anti-amyloid-beta interventions: gantenerumab, solanezumab and a third, as yet undetermined, drug. This trial is also supported by the Alzheimer's Association® and the following companies: Roche, Lilly, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and CogState. (NIA support: AG042791-01A1)
The Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative APOE4 Trial — Drs. Eric Reiman and Pierre Tariot, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, and co-investigators. Fully funded in fiscal 2013 at $33.2 million
This five-year prevention trial proposes to test an anti-amyloid drug in cognitively normal older volunteers who are at increased risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's because they inherited two copies of the APOE4 allele, the best known genetic risk for late-onset disease. The treatment, which has not yet been selected, will be tested in this randomized, controlled clinical trial at multiple sites. Participants will be assessed through cognitive tests, brain imaging and cerebrospinal fluid measurements to evaluate whether the drug impacts amyloid, other biological measurements and the memory and thinking problems related to the disease. The study will test the role of amyloid in the development of Alzheimer's and will, through imaging and biomarker techniques, help identify faster ways to evaluate other promising prevention therapies in the future. It is anticipated that the study will also be supported with private funding. (NIA support: AG 046150-01)
Allopregnanolone Regenerative Therapeutic for MCI/Alzheimer's: Dose Finding Phase 1 — Drs. Roberta Brinton and Lon Schneider, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Fully funded in fiscal 2013 at $2.4 million
This early-phase clinical trial will evaluate over 12 weeks the safety and tolerability of increasing doses of allopregnanolone, a natural brain steroid, in treating mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. The drug has been shown to promote the generation of new brain cells, reduce amyloid levels, and restore cognitive function in pre-clinical animal testing. NIA has supported Dr. Brinton's research over many years, including basic science grants to understand allopregnanolone's mechanism of action in the brain, a drug development grant which included development of optimal dose and formulation, and support for pre-clinical toxicology studies. This support helped bring Dr. Brinton and colleagues to the stage of being able to go into a human Phase I trial. (NIA support: AG 046148-01)
Studies focused on the identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease include:
Pathway Discovery, Validation and Compound Identification for Alzheimer's Disease — Drs. Philip De Jager, of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Broad Institute, Harvard University, Boston, and David Bennett, of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. $1.7 million in fiscal 2013, with the potential of $7.9 million over five years
The study will discover, characterize and validate complex molecular networks and candidate genes that influence susceptibility to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. Using cutting-edge computational methods, this multi-disciplinary team will analyze rich clinical, pathological, genomic and other large-scale molecular data collected from over 1,000 volunteers from the Religious Order Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project.
Through a systems biology approach looking at biological interactions involved in the disease, the project ultimately seeks to identify compounds that normalize the activity of dysfunctional nodes in molecular networks and to identify drugs for several novel therapeutic targets. To accelerate the testing of promising therapies for future clinical trials, the researchers will focus on drugs that have already undergone Phase I testing in humans. (NIA support: AG 046152)
Integrative Biology Approach to Complexity of Alzheimer's Disease — Dr. Eric Schadt of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, and a team of investigators. $1.6 million in fiscal 2013, with the potential of $8.2 million over five years
This study will apply innovative analytical methods to large-scale molecular, cellular and clinical data from Alzheimer's patients to construct biological network models and gain new insights into the complex mechanisms of the disease. Several cellular and animal models will be used to validate the actions of individual genes, as well as entire molecular networks predicted to drive the disease. The team will also employ a computational approach to test whether any existing drugs currently used for other conditions are capable of modulating the Alzheimer's networks and can, therefore, be repurposed for Alzheimer's treatment or prevention. (NIA support: AG 046170-01)
A Systems Approach to Targeting Innate Immunity in Alzheimer's — Dr. Todd Golde, University of Florida, Gainesville, and colleagues. $1.6 million in fiscal 2013, with the potential of $7.7 million over five years
This study builds on the genetic and pathological evidence that the innate immune system, which provides immediate defense against infection, and brain inflammation have a significant role in Alzheimer's disease. To identify and characterize novel therapeutic targets within the innate immune system, this study will use a systems biology approach to integrate genomic, gene expression, and pathological data from Alzheimer's patients and Alzheimer's mouse models and analyze them in novel ways. The team will test in animal models of the disease the validity and therapeutic potential of the key factors predicted by the analysis. This has the potential to speed the discovery and testing of Alzheimer's disease prevention and treatment therapies by targeting the immune system. (NIA support: AG 046139-01)
One additional award made possible by this new funding is pending.
These and other public and private activities involving Alzheimer's disease are taking place under the 2011 National Alzheimer's Project Act, which calls for a stepped up national effort and coordination on research, care, and services for Alzheimer's and related dementias. The law mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services establish a National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease. The initial plan and its 2013 update call for the prevention and effective treatment of Alzheimer's disease by 2025. To meet the goal, one action called for was the hosting of an Alzheimer's Research Summit and to move forward with recommendations from that meeting. For more on research milestones and progress under the plan, visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/milestones/index.shtml.
The NIA leads the federal government effort conducting and supporting research on aging and the health and well-being of older people. It provides information on age-related cognitive change and neurodegenerative disease specifically at its Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center at http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers. For expanded information on Alzheimer's care and resources, please visit the federal government's portal website http://www.alzheimers.gov. Information on health and on aging generally can be found at http://www.nia.nih.gov. To sign up for e-mail alerts about new findings or publications, please visit either NIA website.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®


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Why you may ask am I posting a photo of an Asian Supermarket on a blog about Berlin? If you look a little closer you may see the reason. When I found out there was a plaque honouring the inventor of the Currywurst, Herta Heuwer (from a SugarHigh newsletter), with my love of the humble Berlin snack, it was only a matter of time before I went on a pilgrimage.
Tucked away on the side of a supermarket on the corner of Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse and Kantstrasse, the plaque is not likely to be seen by the casual observer.
When I was trying to find out more about the origins of the Currywurst for my Konnopke's Imbiss post I found the following excerpt on Wikipedia (you can read the full article here).
The invention of currywurst is attributed to Herta Heuwer in Berlin in 1949 after she obtained ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and curry powder from British soldiers. She mixed these ingredients with other spices and poured it over grilled pork sausage. Heuwer started selling the cheap but filling snack at a street stand in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin where it became popular with construction workers rebuilding the devastated city. She patented her sauce, called Chillup, in 1951. At its height the stand was selling 10,000 servings per week.
If you do check out the Herta Heuwer plaque you could get yourself another Berlin snack staple, a Döner Kebap (or Doner Kebab), from Efes Bistro, which is just a couple of hundred metres away.


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I'm running rooted stock Android 2.2 on a Motorola Droid. I was hoping other users of the app could give me some advice.
First question: whats the best underclock setting for a good balance between performance and longer battery life? How much longer battery life is it giving you on average?
Second question: I told it to autodetect the phone and I can seem to only overclock to 800mhz. How do I overclock to 1ghz. How high can I/should I overclock? I'm only overclocking when I play psx4droid.
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Criminal Kind
by Mary Anne Edwards
Series: A Charlie McClung Mystery, #3
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Publisher: Sellem Books
Cover Artist: Michael James Canales
Publisher: Sellem Books
Cover Artist: Michael James Canales
Release Date: June 30, 2015
It's the perfect setting for a romantic getaway at sea: Caribbean breezes, clear blue skies, passionate nights, and murder? Not exactly what Detective Charlie McClung and Marian had in mind for their honeymoon. When one of their fellow passengers is murdered on her 35th wedding anniversary, Charlie and Marian get pulled into the investigation. Who would want to kill poor Tammy Ferguson in such a brutal way? As Charlie uncovers more sordid details about Tammy and her husband, Peter, it becomes clear that someone else has found the same skeletons in the Ferguson's closet and Tammy has paid the price. Is Peter next?
Trapped on the ship with a killer, shadows seem more ominous and even the most innocent faces seem sinister. Has Charlie inadvertently put Marian in harm's way? How long does Charlie have before the hunter becomes the hunted?
Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty
Still the Same - Bob Seger
In My Life - The Beatles
At Last - Etta James
I'm A Believer - The Monkees
Criminal Kind - Tom Petty
My Girl - The Temptations
Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
I Have Dream - Matt Monro
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty
What Could Have Been Love - Aerosmith
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Book 1: Brilliant Disguise
Book 2: A Good Girl
Mary Anne has been married for nearly 35 years to the most practically perfect man. They have a newly adopted Tuxedo cat named Gertrude. They enjoy traveling and watching mysteries on TV. Mary Anne is active in Sisters in Crime Atlanta Chapter, Mystery Writers of America and sits on the advisory board of Rockdale Cares, Inc., a non-profit advocacy group for the developmentally challenged.
Although Mary Anne began writing in high school, she didn't get serious about it until 1999. She writes traditional mysteries that are influenced by some of her favorite authors: Agatha Christie, Anne Perry, Caroline Graham, and Elizabeth Peters.
Her first book in the Detective Charlie McClung mysteries, "Brilliant Disguise" was released on January 21, 2014. The next book in the series, "A Good Girl", was released on September 23, 2014. Mary Anne is currently working on the third book in the series, "Criminal Kind"; there are seven more to follow .


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Basics - Runners (cars)
Throughout Pandora, you'll find Catch-a-Ride stations, which look a lot like New-U terminals. These are free to use and will spawn a vehicle on the spot. There's no penalty for losing your ride or summoning a new one, so use them whenever. You select your ride's color and also its secondary weapon, the only meaningful customization you can make. The rockets are great at closer range and have powerful splash damage, but the slow projectile speed will make it tough to use at longer range. The machine guns have a very high bullet velocity and can be deadly at longer ranges.
The Runner itself has a shield system not unlike the one you have on foot. After a few seconds it recharges. Unlike being on foot, however, the Runner has no health after the shield is depleted, so if you sense impending destruction, bail out. The Runner also seats a second person, a gunner. In solo play, the gunner's seat can occasionally be useful at long range for its better range of motion, but is too risky to use up close.


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The other day, I was trying to get a spark going in our fire pit, when a friend of mine stopped me and said, "Here's what you're doing wrong…" I found myself stiffen a bit, a precursory defense, steadying myself for the blow. It turns out I wasn't pulling the butane lighter's saftey back while I was pressing the flame button. A simple fix. Too bad all of life isn't that easy, right—especially in dating. Well, maybe it is.
I realized after fixing my butane button issue that hearing "Here's what you're doing wrong" is enough to make anyone stop in their tracks and pay attention. This isn't easy for me to do that for you: I'm a dating optimist. My first book, Meeting Your Half-Orange, is all about loving who you are and being authentically, gloriously happy in your own skin while you focus all your energy on how you want to feel in your ideal relationship. Which is to say I believe every "single" person is uniquely awesome and that you're not doing anything "wrong."
But if you're killing yourself trying to come up with the end-all reason for why you're still frustratingly single, the fact is, you are doing something wrong. And to be all "meta" about it, here's what it is:
What you're doing wrong is that you're focusing on what you're doing wrong.
What you focus on, you see, is everything. And that's because what you choose to focus on actually affects the neuronal pathways in your brain, which affects how you perceive the world and how the world perceives you. The scientific term in play is neuroplasticity, and I explain how it all works in relation to dating and love in Half-Orange. It is utterly fascinating stuff and it's no joke!
If you're single and focusing on "what you're doing wrong," then it's all you'll see, and it's all your brain will store in its implicit memory. In other word, it's time to stop the cycle. Today, focus on what's right—and only what's right. Just for today, at least, don't think about how old you are, or how long you've been single, or what past boyfriends or girlfriends or spouses have said about you for a minute. That's all irrelevant. All that matters is who you are right now, this minute. And if you can look at what's right about your dating life, you can change what ensues from this minute on.
So do this for me: List three things that you're doing right, right this minute:
Visualize what you'd write in those blank spots—the awesome things you're doing that are spot-on. Maybe how you're giving it a shot with dates you're not 100% on, because you're open to seeing what might happen. Maybe how you've come to love a physical aspect about yourself—a mole, a height, a curve—and will settle for nothing less than a partner who loves you for it. Maybe how you've mastered making tapenade and can't wait to show it off.
Fill in those blanks your own way. If you don't, well, that's what you're doing wrong. You owe it to yourself and to your love life to give yourself positive props every single day. The more right you see, the less wrong your life will feel, and the better the energy you'll be putting out there for your wonderful other half to come find you. It's an easy fix: Pull back the safety and push the right button, and you'll light the spark you're working on, too.
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Ducati Caffè's innovative "concept restaurant and lounge bar" opened in the heart of Dubai on Friday, 25 May, 2012 with Ducati Team rider, Nicky Hayden, making a special guest appearance. Prominently situated in the Dubai Mall and set to become the desirable destination for breakfast, lunch, Italian-style "aperitivo" and dinner, the latest opening is the result of Ducati's partnership with United Arab Emirates-based, AD Group.
With Ducati Caffès already opened in Rome, Shanghai and Bangkok, Dubai now presents the perfect premium location for the latest opening, where the world of Ducati will combine with Italian gastronomy to deliver the same "Made in Italy" style that characterises the world-famous motorcycle manufacturer.
"We are very excited to expand the Ducati Caffè concept into the UAE with the AD Group and delighted that the first location is Dubai," said Lucio Attinà, Apparel & Brand Development Director at Ducati Motor Holding. "This city is vibrant and sophisticated and the perfect environment for a premium brand like Ducati. We are proud to be here as ambassadors of "Made in Italy" excellence, and very happy to launch this new adventure with such an accomplished partner."
Passion, excellence and Italian tradition are the values that contribute highly to Ducati's worldwide success, a simple, winning recipe now applied to a series of activities that further distinguish the sophisticated brand.
Capturing the raw passion that drives the Ducati community and applying it to an elegant and exciting lifestyle capable of uniting people from all backgrounds is the power behind the Ducati Caffè concept, and its world-wide appeal grants it an instant passport for international success.
"We are very excited about establishing the Ducati Caffè in Dubai, I am a huge fan of the brand myself and feel confident that it will be positively received here," said Abdul Aziz Al Dawihi, President of AD Group. "Ducati Caffè is designed for people who want to live every moment to the fullest and who enjoy a lifestyle which encompasses culture, work and leisure. It is an ideal destination for everyone from Ducati and sports (motorsports) fans as well as food and coffee loving individuals. Dubai Mall is just the beginning; we are planning to open several Ducati Caffès in the region within the next two years, within the major shopping destinations of Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Beirut, Riyadh and Jeddah."
Combining coffee and fine foods with Ducati clothing and merchandise, the stylish venue will create a unique blend of sophisticated dining and authentic Italian performance, powered by the passionate new Ducati / AD Group partnership. With these important ingredients for success, the Ducati Caffè in Dubai is sure to host a calendar of events that reflect Italian tradition at its best.
The new two-floor location covers 410 square metres and is decorated with "Ducati Art" paintings and LCD monitors that constantly deliver the Ducati lifestyle image. With a wall-mounted Ducati Superbike adding that extra special touch, diners are never far from Ducati's rich heritage of beautiful, hand-built motorcycles.
Former World Champion and official Ducati Team rider, Nicky Hayden, made a special guest appearance at the opening before moving on to his next Grand Prix: "This part of the world is important for the Ducati Team, considering that Qatar hosts the season-opening race and the championship's only night race, and it's a pleasure to get to visit in a more relaxed setting. I'm really impressed by the Ducati Caffè concept, and I think the one here in Dubai is a great example of the potential. Thanks to everyone who showed up for the opening, and of course thank you to Mr. Al Dawihi for the invitation, and good luck to AD Group for the other Ducati Caffès they have planned."
Italian style is also underlined in its culinary excellence and the Ducati Caffè will serve the finest Italian foods to provide a revelation of tastes. Famous cheeses, balsamic vinegars, olive oils and many other specialities are skilfully prepared to represent Italy's regional traditions and national creativity and taste, elements of an Italian lifestyle that Ducati now proudly share internationally.
Delicacies can be enjoyed daily "à la carte" or sampled in the dedicated "enogastronomia", gourmet food area, and purchased from the shop situated in the Caffè, where also the latest apparel line and Ducati gifts provide an ideal way of taking home a little of the Ducati spirit.
The Ducati Caffè concept was realised with the associations of a number of prestigious companies and, together with those prominently supporting the "Made in Italy" tradition, now help to bring a little piece of Italy to Ducati's international table.