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40 years ago, Coke made their legendary "Hilltop" commercial, featuring a chorus of young people singing "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)." You can watch it here:
And 40 years later, Coke made this commercial, titled "Chorus," featuring another chorus of young people, this time singing a small section of the Oasis song, "Whatever." It's another brilliant ad, that's startingly different from "Hilltop" despite the superficial similarities. Check it out:
So what are these startling differences?
There Are 3 Diffences in Content
1) Ignoring vs. Admiting the Gritty Reality/Downside
"Hilltop" is sort of a fantasy world of "appletrees and honey bees / and snow white turtle doves," with not a cloud in site or so much as an evil or greedy thought to be found.
The "Chorus" ad on the other hand, continuously acknowledges the existence of tanks, greed, corruption, weapon systems, defensive and xenophobic walls, etc. And yet, the optimism of the ad is strengthened rather than harmed for the acknowledgement. More on this later!
2) Sentimentality vs. Data
The "Hilltop" ad is all about the emotional moment, with no text on the screen or factual anything to get in the way. They believe in world piece and are symbolically representing it by singing in unison within their multicultural youth chorus. It's a sentimental piece purely in step with the zeitgeist of 1971.
The "Chorus" ad has an overall positive sentiment — there are reasons to believe in a better world — but the text on the screen provides those very reasons for believing. Reasons which take the form of hard math and statistics: for every X bad things, there are 10x good things."
3) Wishes vs. Action
The "Hilltop" ad literally sings of what these young people "would like" to do — "I'd like to build the world a home and furnish it with love" — regardless of how difficult or just plain impossible the feat or of how little these people are actually doing to make this candy-coated sentiment a reality.
In contrast, when the "Chorus" ad champions the reasons to believe in a better world, they consist of actions that people are taking: making teddy bears, donating blood, baking a cake, having a baby. Forget what you'd like to do, tell me what you've done.
So What Does Coke Know That You Don't?
Whether Coke consciously understands this or whether they're just able to hire talented artists who grok it subconsciously, our culture radically changes it's overall worldview every 40 years. The spirit of the times changes on a profound level, and if you're left out of step with those times, you and your message will get dismissed and ignored, if not riducled outright.
So what are these 40 year cycles I'm talking about?
I learned about them from my partner Roy H. Williams, and to understand them, you first need to re-frame the way you think about a "generation."
We typically think of a generation as a set of birth cohorts: people born within 5-10 years of each other. But for this model, it helps to think of a generation as a general world outlook that kids develop and then upsell to their parents. And there are really only two templates for this outlook:
- Idealist
- Civic
So every 40 years we swap from an Idealist Generational outlook to a Civic Generational outlook. 1963 represented a swap from Civic to Idealist, and 2003 represented the shift back from Idealist to Civic. And from that you might have a pretty good idea of what the two generational outlooks are like, but let's expand on that a bit…
Idealist Generations
Idealist generational outlooks create spiritual awakenings. And sure enough, we've had a "Great Awakening" in this country every 80 years or so, pretty much like clockwork, starting from the first Great Awakening in 1720 and continuing onto the "Fourth Great Awakening" in the early 1960s.
Idealists, or what Roy terms "Me Generations" prrimarily engage the culture through:
- A Beautiful Dream of Freedom from Restraint
- A Hunger for Self Expression
- A Search for Individuality
That sort of sounds like the 60s and 70s, doesn't it? Of course, take these values too far and you get the phony posing, conspicuous consumption, and alienation of the 80s. Reacting to exactly that excess, you get a gradually rising Civic Generational outlook, first expressed by Gen-Xers, and brought into the mainstream by Millenials…
Civic Generations
Civic Generations are generally known for coming together in the face of a crisis, usually through military action. Think "The Greatest Generation" in WWII. And, yes, you can take that same basic 80 year cycle and track major wars by that same cycle, Revolutionary, Civil, and WWII.
As opposed to an Idealist generation, the Civic outlook includes:
- A Beautiful Dream of Working Together for the Common Good
- A Hunger for Acceptance as a Member of a Team
- A Search for Significance
If the Boomers of the sixties rejected conformity, the Gen-Xers and Millenials of the aughts rejected pretense — they wanted the truth, even if it was ugly. The didn't want to "sell out," but sought to do something "real" that "mattered."
This is how "Being cool" become "Keeping it Real." And why the preternaturally cool, living large, and totally in charge James Bond became the damaged and flawed Jason Bourne, dealing with a seriously messed up situation that's bigger than him and that he didn't create, but that he's forced to solve anyway.
Idealist = "Hilltop" and Civic = "Chorus"
So ultimately, what Coke knows that you don't is how to stay in-step with the spirit of the age in order to ensure your marketing message is as effective as possible.
So where can you learn more about Idealist and Civic generations, and specifically what to expect and how to succeed as this current Civic generation rises to a peak? Fortunately, Roy H. William's new book, Pendulum, explains exactly that. It's an eye-opening fascinating read, from an intellectual standpoint, and also one of the more practical books you'll buy this year.
Now, while you certainly can go buy the book from Amazon, you can also get that same hardover book for the discounted rate of $7 over at PendulumInAction while also getting some extra "immediately actionable" goodies thrown in as a bonus. The extra goodies were created by the co-author of the book, Michael Drew, and they include some great stuff.
P.S. As a sort of guarantee, if you buy it on my recommendation (and for the record, I've purposely chosen NOT to get any kind of affiliate payment for this) and you don't end up finding the book useful and important, let me know and I'll paypal you a refund.
P.P.S. In case you didn't catch my mention of it earlier, and in the interest of full disclosure, I am a business partner with Roy Williams and a friend of Michael Drew's.
Fact: most of our decisions aren't made on a straight cost-benefit analysis.
Instead, the majority of us decide based on context and self-image: what kind of person am I, and what should a person like that do in a situation like this.
And that's what's so great about the signage pictured on the left.
I took the photo with my phone after dropping my kids off at school the other day, just because the sign was so devastatingly effective. Honestly, how much more effective do you think that speed limit sign is at actually reducing unsafe driving speeds due to the added verbiage?
Forget percentages — I'd say it's more effective by a matter of multiples! Like 2x or 3x more effective.
Why? Because it reframes how drivers interpret the sign, moving it from a governmental imposition that's no big deal to flout to a community standard that would be bad manners to disregard.
How does it do all that?
By redefining the the speed limit as a "Neighborhood" speed Limit — i.e., a standard agreed upon by the local community — and by adding in the normative "Nice neighbors don't speed."
If you consider yourself a respectable, decent neighbor and you pass that signing going 30 mph, you feel like a heel, as if you were purposefully or carelessly endangering your neighbors' kids and pets.
And so you slow down!
This does not often happen with just regular old speed limits.
The point is that marketers frequently fail to take this decision-making process into account, relying instead on pure self-interest, as embodied in the WIIFM acronym.
Marketers rarely consider HOW the prospect sees herself and how we can bring our desired action into alignment with her self image. We don't emotioneer our persuasive messages. But we should…
The basics are not basic because they are easy, but because they are fundamental. And when it comes to Website optimization, the three fundamental questions pretty much never change:
- Who is coming to the site? How did they arrive? And what are their goals?
- What's the next step forward for them both in terms of their goals and your conversion funnel?
- What do they need to understand, believe, and feel in order to confidently take those next steps
The beauty of these questions are that they help you understand WHY web visitors do what they do. Analytics can tell you what visitors are doing, but you'll never really figure out WHY they're doing it until you get a grasp on these questions.
I was reminded of this when looking at this week's Which Test Won column. Now, I like Which Test Won, but my usual pet peave with their columns is that they often fail to give readers enough context around the tests and the user experience and clickstream in order to make a fully informed guess as to which of the two variants won.
At best you have to sort of make educated guesses regarding the three basic questions. Here's an example:
The contest explanation/headline is: "Does Adding a 'Refine Your Search' Toolbar Help Clickthroughs on a Category Page with 99+ Products?" And then they just present you with the two pages, one with and one without the 'refine your search' toolbar. I've screenshot the images and pasted them below:
So… it sort of matters how people got to this page and what they're shopping for, or if they are shopping vs. just getting information, and WHY they are shopping. But no one tells you this, so you're sort of left to imagine or "make up" the visitor's intentions/goals and path to this page. Here's how I pictured it, based on the information provided in the breadcrumbs up at the top of the page:
- The visitors came to buy some sort of wood finish for a home improvement project, I'm guessing some kind of deck finish
- They came in from the home page, went to "Decorating," selecting "Woodcare,"
- Finally clicking on "Cuprinol," OR
- The visitor searched on "Cuprinol Wood Finish" (or similar) and this page represents the search results.
- Is it easier to refine by price or do you really just want to look and see what the price is? Probably the latter.
- Does it help to refine by brand? No, because you've already done that by specifying Cuprinol.
- What about refining by product type? Meh, what if you're looking for a combination stain and preservative? Or maybe you want to see all your options?
- Might it help to refine by application? Yes, but would you even have seen that or would you already have dismissed the refining tool as useless by now?
Bryan Eisenberg Still Kicking CRO Butt w/ the 3 Questions
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Matthew Hutson's journalism on Magical Thinking has been inspiring my thoughts on advertising for a few years now, so when his book on the subject came out, I made it a point to pester his publisher for a review copy of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking.
But rather than write a traditional review, I'm going to:
- Just come right out and recommend the book. If you're reading this blog, you'll love the book — go grab a copy. And also…
- Provide a quick summary of the 7 Laws as described in the book.
Follow up posts will focus on the Q&A's with the author and advertising applications. So now it's onto those titular 7 Laws.
Matthew Hutson's 7 Laws of Magical Thinking are:
1) Objects Carry Essences
Think sports memorabilia, Catholic relics, historical artifacts. The former owners of these objects, former acts that they took part in, and so on have imbued them with greater meaning and weight that go beyond the merely symbolic — they have essences. Jackie O's fake pearl necklace sold for over $200K at auction, not because the lacquered marbles had any intrinsic value, but because they had some of Jackie's essence in them.
A quote from the book says it all:
"There are many layers of belief," psychologist Carol Nemeroff says. "And the answer for many people, especially with regard to magic, is, 'Most of me doesn't believe but some of me does.'" People will often acknowledge their gut reaction and say it makes no sense to act on it—but do it anyway."
We may not consciously believe in essences, but our actions prove otherwise. That's why people recoil from a laundered article of clothing if they are told it was worn by a serial killer. It's why you don't want an exact replica of your wedding ring, but would insist on the actual ring, instead.
2) Symbols Have Power
Why did you know you where in trouble when your parents called you by your full name? And why, as a parent, do you fully name your child when exerting authority over her? There's something powerful about a name-giver fully pronouncing a named entity and we instinctively recognize it; symbols have power.
I can't help thinking of the famous Monty Python and the Holy Grail skit where the peasant has his political rant about how "strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." Yeah, it's the election and not the ceremony that matters. And yet, the President of the United States doesn't become president after the election. The President-Elect only becomes President after the swearing in ceremony.
And marketing symbols have tremendous power — the power to make luxury brand wearers feel better about themselves, and sporty-brand wearers to feel more athletic, and to make wine taste better. And let's not forget Apple icon's ability to make buyers open up their wallets. Those symbols have power, indeed.
3) Actions Have Distant Consequences
What happens to the voodoo doll also happens to the targeted person, despite the physical separation of doll and target. But that's conscious belief in Magic. So what about cheering on your favorite team while watching the game in your living room? Does your mental support of the team matter?
What about pre-game or pre-Big Day rituals? Most of us have them, and most of us believe, at least on some level, that they help, that they have an effect on the results we achieve, or else why would we do them, right?
And what about tempting fate? Does switching checkout lines make the line you leave move faster? What about not "jinxing" a picknick by talking about the weather? Or "knocking on wood"? If you think about it, almost all superstition is based on "spooky action at a distance." And superstition is universal. You can't ignore it when modeling how people make decisions.
4) The Mind Knows No Bounds
Two words: The Secret. But again, that's an example of people consciously believing in Magic, rather than having their subconscious belief reveal itself through everyday behaviors, despite a conscious denial of said belief. So how about Synchronicity. Even if we don't believe in synchronicity, we see a causal connection between thinking about our spouses, only to have the call us at that very moment. A part of us believes that they called us because we were thinking about them.
Similarly, most of us have also held the notion that we can "feel it" when someone stares at us. We understand what it means to feel as if we're being watched. And how exactly would we be able to feel that if we didn't have some notion that the consciousness of one person can be picked up on by another without any sort of mediation or direct communication?
5) The Soul Lives On
Even those of us who don't believe in heaven or an afterlife, still act as if they do. They'll still go to a grave to pay their respects (to whom, exactly?), or hang on to contact information in their cell phones or computers. Or, in a more famous example that Hutson quotes from The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion realized why she had an emotional block against giving away her dead husband's shoes: she couldn't do it because, somewhere in her unconscious, she still felt that "he would need shoes if he returned."
And like most examples of Magical Thinking, the mere realization that one's thinking is magical doesn't release the spell. As Didion wrote of her he'll-need-shoes revelation: "The recognition of this thought by no means eradicated the thought." To re-quote Carol Numeroff: "Most of me doesn't believe, but part of me does."
6) The World Is Alive
If you've ever thrown a hammer after hitting your thumb, or kicked an inanimate object after bumping into it, or yelled at your car, you've acted as if the thing was alive and in possession of a conscious will, if not outright malice. Another great example of this comes from the movie Backdraft:
Again, this guy is willing to consciously square with his idea of living fire, but most of us, at some level, have similar beliefs. Or at least we act as if we do.
7) Everything Happens for a Reason
We are wired to find meaning, and especially to look for and find meaning in the events that befall us. As Matthew Hutson writes in the book:
"We compose our life stories using the data given — the somewhat random happenings of our pasts — but then we get the roles of the data and the interpretation confused: we stare in wonder at how well the events seem to fit the theme, forgetting that we custom fit the theme to the events. It's another example of the Texas sharpshooter fallacy, but instead of drawing a target around a cluster of bullet holes and gawking at the aim of a marksman, your constructing a story around a series of occurrences and marveling at the wisdom and insight of providence. One stray bullet and you wouldn't be who you are today"
You can see some of this magical thinking at work in the romantic comedy trope of "meeting cute." To arrange for your leads to meet cute is to arrange for them to accidentally bump into each other through chance or happenstance, so that when they later fall in love, it feels more like their coupling was fated rather than self-directed.
Why This Stuff Matters
In a word, you have to meet people where they are, and persuade them on their terms, not yours. People aren't rational little robots. They are irrational. Or, if you prefer, supra-rational. The good news is that they are, to borrow a phrase from Dan Ariely, predictably irrational.
Magical Thinking is one of the ways in which people are predictably irrational. And knowing the laws of magical thinking helps you make those predictions.
In other words, you really ought to go buy a copy of The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking if your job involves influencing decisions.
An images story appeal is its ability to cause viewers to imagine the story surrounding the captured moment. What happened before and after the moment depicted in the painting of photo, and, by extension, what's the meaning of the moment being captured?
The idea is for people to see the image and ask themselves, "What's the story here?" That's story appeal. And at least according to David Ogilvy, story appeal is crucial for advertising imagery, which makes it a skill worth studying.
And with that in mind, is there anybody in the world better at creating images with story appeal than Norman Rockwell?
Just take a look at the following:
Any chance you could look at any of those and NOT understand the story that's being told, not "picture" the immediate before and after moments belonging to these images?
How He Does It
Rockwell's depicts rituals.
It is the easily recognized and self-identifiable nature of these American rituals that give his paintings their emotional appeal. And because we recognize the ritual, we also instantly know what took place just before and after the moment captured in the picture. In our minds, we enter into the storyland Rockwell illustrates for us.
Without ritual it's much harder for an audience to have that reaction, or for an image to exert that kind of story appeal.
Show me a car driving down the road and I feel no automatic urge to enter into the story of that car and it's driver. There's no ritual there. Show me a car driving down the road that's dragging a bunch of shoes from the bumper and has a "Just Married" on the back window, and the story becomes clear — both of what happened before the couple got into the car and what'll most likely happen when they get out of the car at their destination.
That's the storytelling power of ritual. But ritual isn't just limited to sacraments and formalities. We all have our daily rituals, too. Show me a guy climbing into his car with his travel coffee mug and a briefcase, and I'll think "commute." Our take lunchtime for example:
Why This Matters
While the importance of story appeal is obvious for visual ads, it's important for radio (and TV) ads, too. Here's why:
Just as every writer has heard the advice to "Show, Don't Tell," every writer of drama has heard the adage to "enter late and leave early" when writing their scenes. Basically, skip the exposition at the beginning (enter late), and let the audience figure out the obvious conclusions while you move onto a new scene (leave early).
But that sort of begs the question: how do you do that?
Answer: tap into the power of ritual — show recognizable situations.
And how do I know this works and is sound advice?
- Famous, working screenwriters have offered it up as sound practice
- The two most famous directors of our era, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, see Norman Rockwell as a kindred spirit and brother storyteller, and
- Spielberg specifically mentions the importance of ritual when discussing the influence of legendary director John Ford on his work: "Ford's in my mind when I make a lot of my pictures. I grew up with John Ford movies and I know a lot about his work and have studied him. I think the thing that might resemble a John Ford movie more than anything else is that Ford celebrated rituals and traditions"
An Advertising Example
Want to see an interesting example of a commercial that taps into the power of ritual and both enters late and leaves early? Check this out:
So what about you? How are you harnessing into the power of ritual and story appeal with your ads?
The Alamo Drafthouse, pretty much the coolest movie theatre chain on the planet, came out with the following promotion for the summer of 2012:
Yup. That's pretty much PURE GENIUS.
They aren't playing up the tangibles of the movie business — the latest release, the availability of 3-D IMAX or dolby sound, or say the comfort of ultra-plush seating — they're tapping into the intangible draw that many or most 40 and 50-somethings have for the pop-culture milestones of their youth.
As a result of this emotional draw that they purposely tapped into, Alamo Drafthouse will likely pay less to show these movies and draw large crowds of very appreciative, excited audiences — crowds that likely wouldn't have come out for the latest and greatest summer blockbuster fare.
Why Not Your Business?
Sure, The Alamo Drafthouse is IN the entertainment business. It's probably easier for them to generate excitement around a night out at the movies than it might be for, say, a plumber to tap into the power of nostalgia. But it's not impossible for the plumber. How about selling claw-foot tubs big enough to let a 6-foot adult stretch out and float, the way you used to be able to when you were a little kid? Sort of a feel like a kid again, bathtub for the affluent type promotion…
Maybe you're rejecting that specific idea, and that's fine, the point isn't that that's a great idea, but that it's possible for most businesses to inject an element of sentiment and nostalgia and excitement into their business rather than resigning themselves to pushing nothing but tangibles.
Because when you're nothing but tangibles, you're a commodity, or on the road to commodity-ville.
So ask yourself this:
- What are your customers willing to re-call, commemorate, and celebrate with you?
- How can you help them do that?
- What kind of anniversary or connection or historical association could you choose to celebrate?
Most importantly, how could YOU use nostalgia and sentiment in your business?


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Hopefully this setback for Yuna is a minor one in the grand scheme of things.
Hopefully this setback for Yuna is a minor one in the grand scheme of things.
When the news of the injury broke, her team said they had contemplated on the possibility of skipping the first GP and making the second, even though it would have meant no GPF for her anyway, but ultimately decided to skip the whole series to allow enough time to heal. I think it was a sensible choice.
Yes, the injury seems minor. It was a bruise on the outer tissue of the bone, short of a hairline fracture, as the doctor confirmed. But the PAIN was severe enough to force her to stop practicing jumps altogether for a while. She could have entered TEB if she had pushed herself, but I don't think she was faking the injury as your earlier post implied. I don't doubt she planned to participate in GPs.
In Olympic season, there would not be things as less recommendable as skipping GPs, being advertised 'I am injured'.
And skateluvr, I think that you think too much.

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Writ by the hand of Abbot Sinclar, for the records of King Jeraziah, Queen Ophelia, and Arasunia.
On this day Sols blessed sun shone brightly above the Damwell Riparian Estate, a series of mud and stick beavrel lodges and dams along a tributary of the Istros River, which feeds the great Inner Sea. It was to be a day of celebration, with the young warrior Terrowin knighted and brought into the Lancer Brotherhood (Brotherhood seems a bit excessive for a group of two, but the name is not for me to choose).
It was also set to be a historic day, for Terrowin would be the first Lancer who was not a beavrel. It does not take more than a glance to establish this fact. With his green skin, burly shape, and large nose and ears, it is obvious Terrowin was bornand always will bea goblin. There is no law against a goblin joining the Brotherhood, though this may be due to the fact that no being other than a beavrel has attempted to become a Lancer.
I also had no intention of becoming involved in the proceedingsmy duty was to document the ceremony for the Arasunian Archivesbut the Lancers changed that when Sir Benzington and Sir Benzalot entered my small pavilion in full armor. Sir Benzington Damwell III is the eldest son of the Damwell clan and Commander of the Lancer Brotherhood. His brother, both in blood and battle, is Sir Benzalot, who serves as First Lancer Sergeant.
Their brusque entry was my first introduction to the Lancers, and to beavrels, and despite their small stature these warriors are both intimidating and fearsome. They bring with them a strong musk, a product of their groomed, oiled fur. Though it cannot be proven, I believe this aura is also due to their virility. I have met few Legion men who possess as much vigor as these Lancers.
Upon entering the pavilion, Sir Benzalot pointed a gauntleted finger at me and said, The holy man will bring sense to you.
Sir Benzington, who appeared quite calm, said, Sense has nothing to do with it, dear brother. We will tell Terrowin the truth and let him decide whether he will be a Lancer or not.
You will achieve nothing but cost us a great warrior, said Sir Benzalot, and grant one to the Hellbourne.
I looked between them. Thanks be to Sol they left their lances outside the pavilionnot that the enormous weapons would have fit in the cramped space.
Sir Benzington said, Brother, the fact that you dont want to tell Terrowin is proof that we must.
Sir Benzalot shook his head and stuck a short branch of black walnut in his mouth. He crossed his arms and stared at me, as if waiting for a statement.
Im sorry?
Sir Benzalot spat pulp onto the grass floor. You will address us by our proper titles!
Sirs, of course, many pardons.
The Lancer Sergeant looked at his brother. He seemed suspicious about the quality of my mind.
Sir Benzington said, You hail from the great city of Arasunia, where wisdom and devotion to Sol are prized above all else.
Yes, Commander Sir.
Then you shall hear our dilemma and consult your god, and your vote shall decide our actions.
Or inaction, Sir Benzalot added.
The Damwell Riparian Estate was not always this large. Sir Benzington removed his helm and placed it atop my luggage. He sat on a low stump I had assumed was part of the landscape, but was actually a beavrel chair. It used to be a single lodge and one dam downstream. It was enough to accommodate our family, along with a small grassland for our mounts. This was when my father rode the great war badger Brokko and I was still training my loyal fearet, Balric. Then the Second Corruption came, and the Hellbourne, and we knew the Lancers would need more Brothers. So we expanded our territory to include cousins.
Sir Benzalot said, And quickly discovered that just because one adds quantity, quality does not necessarily follow.
My brother is correct. Although he was just a yearling at the time, his skills with a lance were far beyond those of our older kin. Some had never lifted one at all. So we built more dams and lodges to bring in our neighbors in the hopes they would fare better. They did not. But there was one unexpected benefit, tainted with tragedy. We found Terrowin.
Found, Sir Benzalot said. Interesting word choice.
Sir Benzington ignored him. Until that moment, we were unaware of the network of caves below our land, and of the goblins who dwelled within. They are a notoriously mischievous lot, and their presence explained many thefts and grievances that had been a mystery. When we dammed the river, the rising water flooded the chambers. As far as we know all of the goblins were drowned, all but Terrowin, who bobbed to the surface, sputtering and coughing, and was plucked from the current by my fathers hands.
Because of a stick, Sir Benzalot said. The little green creature barely had his eyes open, yet he clutched a branch in one hand. Why wouldnt he? He was drowning, and would have clutched at anything within reach.
Sir Benzington said, The rest of us took it as a sign. My father believed Terrowin was destined to become a Lancer, and adopted him into our family to be raised as one of us. And today he will be welcomed into the Brotherhood. And that brings us to the dilemma, Abbot. I say Terrowin should know his historyour historybefore he pledges his life to the Lancers.
And I say ignorance is bliss, Sir Benzalot said. Let the poor goblin live his life and pass into the next realm never knowing it was us, his brothers, who killed his entire family. He will know enough tragedy once we ride to face the daemons. Why add more corpses to the pit?
The beavrels looked at me then. I had no idea what to say, but I knew what Sol commanded. You will tell him the truth. The Blind Prophet sacrificed himself so that no soul shall be denied enlightenment. If you dont tell him, I will.
Not if you never leave this tent, Sir Benzalot said. His smile showed thick, sharp teeth, and not a hint of humor.
I told him, I am prepared to join the Blind Prophet at Sols side, if that is my fate. But I will free Terrowin from the fog of lies before I do.
The Lancer Sergeant held his stare, then he laughed as he left the pavilion, saying, You holy men are crazier than we are.
Trumpets sounded outside.
It is time, Sir Benzington said. He lifted his helm and I followed him into the sunlight.
Lancer banners as high as my waist rippled between thick posts along the riverbank. Dozens of beavrels had gathered to join the celebration, their tails slapping the ground to show appreciation as the goblin Terrowin rode his bunzi, the black battle hare named Lago. They were both in full armor, and Terrowin did indeed look imposing with the piercings through his forest green flesh, red warpaint, and mighty lance with its overlapping vamplates.
At risk of punishment from the archivists and bodily harm from the Lancers, I will add a personal observation. Once these beavrels and goblin reach the front lines, they may be able to cause tremendous harm to the Hellbourne. At first glance they appear to be harmless animalsperhaps even childrenplaying at being grandiose soldiers. But woe to the enemy who underestimates their valor and prowess with these deadly lances.
Sir Benzington and Sir Benzalot rode their mounts forward to meet Terrowin at waters edge. Sir Benzington was atop his stoic fearet weasel Balric, while Sir Benzalot rode a strange reptile from the Great Waste called a riptor. He had named it Velock, and the two of them seemed agitated, ready for battle.
Terrowin dismounted and knelt.
Terrowin, Sir Benzington said. I, Sir Benzington Damwell the Third, Commander of the Lancer Brotherhood, have summoned you to be knighted, and extend my hand and invite you to join us as Brother.
Terrowin opened his mouth.
Before you answer, Sir Benzington said, I will have you know the full truth.
The gathered beavrels began to edge into the river. Sir Benzalots barbed lance dipped a fraction, a tiny bit closer to being lowered for battle.
Sir Benzingtons voice was steady and loud. You are a goblin. You have never questioned how you came to be a member of our family, and we have never volunteered that information. Today I shall. When you were an infant, we unknowingly flooded the caves that you and your true family called home. All were killed except you, and while I wish none of your kin had perished, I am also eternally grateful that you, at least, survived. I am privileged to call you brother, and would be honored to ride next to you as a Lancer.
Terrowin slowly got to his feet. His brow was creased, his nostrils flared. Sir Benzalots lance dropped further.
How much do you know of goblins? Terrowin said, his voice a rasp.
Sir Benzington shot an unsure glance at his Sergeant, then said, Not much, Im afraid, but we will work to gain that knowledge. Here, this man from Arasunia ought to know much and more of goblins.
Id not even seen a beavrel before today, I said. Though Im sure there are books in the archives.
Sir Benzalot looked like hed enjoy skewering me.
There is no need for books, Terrowin said. You say I was an infant. I was, in fact, over two years old, and had been starving while the other goblins gorged themselves. They had devoured the food stores and made sure to let me know I was the next meal. My true family, as you call them, was going to eat me. They even gave me the stick on which they were going to spit and roast me. Then the water rushed in and swept me out of their clutches, and I found myself among you, who fed me, loved me, and raised me as one of your own.
The only sound was the river crawling past. The visiting beavrels were frozen with their tails in the water. Sir Benzalot lifted his lance until it pointed at the sky.
I have always known, Terrowin said. He smiled. And if I hadnt, you pompous beavrels are about as subtle as a Behemoth fart. I would have figured it out a hundred times this month alone. Benza. Benzi. You are my true family, and it is my greatest honor to join you as a Knight of the Lancer Brotherhood.
The cheers and tail slaps were deafening. Sir Terrowin leapt upon Lago and rode in formation with Sir Benzington and Sir Benzalot, the three of them racing across the meadows and charging back, their victory songs echoing. The beavrels began a feast of willow branches and honey-dipped cattails, which I politely declined. Then they opened small barrels of some sort of fermented lilypad wine, which I sampled. And with that my archive record comes to a close, for I remember nothing after that.
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Dec 9, 2008I have recently been under the spell of an unreliable notebook, and it's put the brakes on productivity, big time. Unfortunately, with top-of-the-line gear, you can't just rush out and grab a new one when things go wrong - you have to go through the proper support procedures, which takes time.
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My old notebook, a Hewlett Packard HDX9108TX 20" notebook has been replaced with a HDX18-1013TX - the massive 20" models have been phased out in favour of smaller 16" and 18" units.
I'm in a unique position to be able to comment on both, so I thought I would share my thoughts.
Other reviewsIt's worth noting that I read extensive reviews on both notebooks - and pretty much all of them missed the mark. Reviewers get sidetracked by flashing lights and impressive specs, but miss those everyday finer touches that make or destroy the experience.
The 20" BeastLet's talk about the 20" monster. The HDX series is all about 'entertainment' - the big screen, big sound, and vast array of plugs that connect it to pretty much anything. I loved the double-hinged screen, the 5.1 output jacks, the dual hard drives, and the fairly decent graphics card. Overall though, I felt there were too many annoyances that should not have been there, and have largely been fixed in the newer model.
The 18" little sisterA bit smaller, a lot more portable, a bit more user-friendly about sums up this model. It lacks the impact of the big beast, but is better in basically every other aspect.
The ScreenThe 20" model has a double hinged screen - everyone is impressed by this, and they should be. The screen is big, bright, and you can pull it closer and tilt it to watever angle you like. There is so much to love about the screen. While the screen isn't full HD1080 like the 18" model, it's well decent at 1680x1050, and I'd take this screen anyday.
The 18" model is 16:9 ratio rather than 16:10 like most notebooks. On the plus side, you don't get black bands across the screen when watching 16:9 movies - but that's not really a biggie, and I'd prefer to have that extra screen real estate. Having full 1080p res is cool, especially considering the notebook incorporates a Blu-ray drive.
SoundThe sound on the big beast was both wonderful, and terrible at the same time. The laptop features 4 speakers plus a sub - which means 4.1 sound. While this is cool, every review I read failed to note that 4.1 sound is not the same as 5.1 sound. When you use the default DVD software to watch a 5.1 movie, you lose the center audio channel - the one that contains all the speech from the movie.
I worked around this by loading VLC media player onto the machine, and adjusting the settings to do plain-ol' stereo sound instead. How nobody noticed this at design time, production time, or review time is beyond me.
On the plus side, the notebook has 5.1 output jacks - meaning I can plug in my lovely 5.1 Logitech speakers, and the sound is a treat. Something I have been dreadfully missing since I traded my desktop for a notebook a few years back.
Notably missing from the 18" model is the 5.1 analogue outputs - meaning my fancy Logitechs are idly stuck on 2.1 output. The notebook itself has 2.1 speakers, but to be honest, this is no less useful than the 4.1 on the 20" HDX. It's not that this is bad, jsut that I was a bit spoiled having the full 5.1 output on the old notebook.
Keyboard, touchpadWe all love a full-sized keyboard, and you would expect one on any notebook 17" or larger. The 20" keyboard was good, but marred by a half-sized right hand shift key - the key was made smaller to accommodate the arrow keys. As a programmer, I use the shift key more often than the space bar, and found myself constantly hitting the up arrow and messing up my code. Forgiveable on a compact notebook, not on this one. There was also something hot underneath where your left hand rests - I found this a little annoying as well.
The 18" HDX doesn't have either of these issues. Even better, the 18" doesn't have a remote control sitting on the left hand side taking up space and forcing your hand into a slightly uncomfortable position. The action is nice, though some other reviewers have commented that the silver keys can be a bit reflective in bright light. I really like this keyboard.
One-touch media keysThese are fucking annoying on both models, period. Other reviews with use words such as 'innovative' or 'creative' when describing these one-touch keys, and I thought that too until I actually tried using them.
To start with, on the 20", model there was an unresolved bug with them - every time you hibernated Windows, the one-touch keys would cease to work. To resolve, you had to shut down, remove the AC power and battery, then restart. Which basically means these keys were responsible for not being able to hibernate. Tech support seemed to think this was a perfectly reasonable solution, and didn't release a fix in the 12 months I owned the notebook. Thankfully, this seems to be resolved on the 18" model.
The volume control exhibits even more annoying functionality on both models - if (heaven forbid) you want to adjust the volume in a full-screen game, pressing the one-touch volume control will alt-tab you back to the Windows desktop to show you the little on-screen volume popup, and you have to manually alt-tab back into your game. Again, how did someone not notice this?
Further to that, the volume controls don't work properly until Windows is fully loaded, so if you had your music loud last night you can't turn it down a bit while all your taskbar stuff loads and beeps at you.
I'll take a plain old hardware-based volume control anyday. Just like on my old no-frills HP notebook.
The touchpads are different on both models - however both have a button for disabling the touchpad, which is the best feature ever. I hate touchpads and will carry a mouse around with me, so having the touchpad disabled when you don't need it is very cool.
On the 20" model, the touchpad was made from the same stuff as the handrest - they melded together almost seamlessly. While this looked nice, I found there to be a little more resistance on the touchpad than I was used to, and would have preferred a normal touchpad.
On the 18", they have gone with a super smooth finish that incorporates design elements from the rest of the casing. Again, it's so smooth that if there is even a tiny bit of moisture on your finger, the resistance goes up. I'd prefer a normal touchpad over this as well, but then I use a mouse 95% of the time anyway so it's not a show-stopper for me.
GruntBoth have the same CPU. The 20" arrived with 2Gb of RAM, but I upgraded to 4Gb pretty quickly because Vista was running like a tortoise. The 18" has 4Gb as standard, good to see.
The 20" was using Vista Ultimate x64 whereas all new HP models are using 32 bit Vista - in this case Home Premium. I liked the 64 bit Windows - I had only one or 2 apps that wouldn't work for me so in my case, the problem people were complaining about wasn't really a problem.
The 18" has a better video card, and it is noticeable when gaming.
PlugsBoth models have lots of plugs. E-SATA, HDMI, Firewire, RJ-45, lots of USB, media card reader, jacks for 2x headphones, internal webcam and mic, TV tuner etc. Notably missing is a DVI output, but the HDMI plug will do this with a special adaptor. Both have a plug for a proper docking station, which I'd like to get at some stage.
PortabilityHey, guess what - the 18" model is better here! I'm big and strong, but I have to admit moving the big 20" thing around was getting a bit much. You can't buy bags for them either, and the power pack was 1.5kg by itself.
I think this is the reason why HP moved to more practical sizes - the 20" is basically a desktop without cables and I was actually finding myself moving it around more than I should have been.
I'm still having trouble finding a good bag for the 18" model, but at least I have options - I could go grab an average bag any time I liked, but I'm holding out for a good one (I like the ones where you drop the notebook in from the top rather than having to open the case right up).
OverallAll in all, I think I bought the 20" too early - HP just hadn't done enough testing to iron out the bugs, and it just didn't fulfill the promise of a top-end notebook. The 18" is more refined, and much more portable. Most of my original complaints are now gone, and in the 3 weeks I have had it, it's been nice and productive.
I'm happy to recommend the 18" model, it's a good machine for the mix of web development and light gaming that I use it for. But I won't be buying a 'first of the series' notebook again.


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We went here on a sunday afternoon and we were not dissapointed with the food. It was busy as there was a bday celebration going on. The buffet selections was good and the price reasonable for the quality. It was a nice cozy place and even a bit crowded getting to the buffet table and back. But good service all...
Had dinner here today. The place looked nice and the ambiance was great. There were also musicians who helped make the experience more memorable. Food was good, too. The cochinillo wasn't that crispy but it was good. Especially loved the paella. eating here made me forget all about my diet. The staff were also very attentive and always came to...
Once again a night of Spanish tapas, comidas, and postres! First time to dine here at night, ambiance was good, live musicians, the food of course was great, and excellent service. Choco flan was so good. A note for improvement though was that their roast beef was not that tender for me. Even if the place was a bit small,...
This is my go to place for great Spanish food in Manila. Old man Alba passed away recently, but his spirit lives on in the excellent service and food at his restaurant.
The lachon is excellent, but having it off the buffet, I ask the waiter to get me a fresh plate from the kitchen, it's freasher and they "crisp"...
Top of mind for authentic Spanish cuisine can only mean one name - Alba. Yes, this resto obviously needs a little upgrading in terms of interior design, plus the parking at the frontage could use a more inviting look, it's the taste of the food and the authenticity that you should really appreciate :) It's historical significance is also something...
I have beeen here twice. Food and service was excellent both times. Food is genuine Spanish-I live in Las Palmas Spain. Ordered from the menu, did not try the buffet.
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Depending on the details of how the property is defined, watchpoints on setter properties may not trigger. In particular, a watchpoint set on p.x does trigger:
var p = { set x(v) { setter(v); } };
But a watchpoint set on o.x does not:
var o = Object.defineProperty({}, 'x', { set:setter, enumerable:true, configurable:true });
The two should be identical, except for the specific setter function.
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Test case.
<jorendorff> jimb: In the second case, the property so defined is
<jorendorff> jimb: which i think is nonsense, and we rightly ignore it in most
places, but perhaps not in the watch_setter
Here's another lovely bit of behavior:
function watcher(id,old,newval) { print("assignment watched"); return newval; }
var o = { set x(v) { print("setting x"); } };
o.watch('x', watcher);
Object.defineProperty(o, 'x', { value:3,
configurable:true });
o.x = 3;
Both the watchpoint and the setter run!
Created attachment 527673 [details] [diff] [review]
This fix applies on top of bug 637985. Will request review once that one is ready.
Created attachment 595532 [details] [diff] [review]
Unbitrotted. Let's get this in.
Incidentally the tests pass even without the change to obj_watch, I think because that property is not JSPROP_READONLY anymore; but there is no point having a line of code in obj_watch that doesn't do anything.


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Central Catholic's Joe Michel heads toward the end zone during the Eagles' contest against Gueydan Friday. Michel scored on the play as the Eagles rolled past Gueydan, 50-0. Central Catholic, the No. 16 seed in the Division 4 playoffs will host No. 17 seed St. Martin's Episcopal Friday. (Photo credit: Valerie LeBlanc)
An overwhelmed, undermanned and winless Gueydan High School was held to 3 yards of total offense by Central Catholic as the Eagles bounced back from a disappointing loss the week before and look to build momentum going into the playoffs with a 50-0 victory here Friday night.
Despite having only three offensive plays in less than four minutes into the game, the Eagles (4-6 overall, 4-2 in District 7-1A) took a 21-0 lead with a 25-yard interception return by Charlie Barron. They added another touchdown four minutes later on a 22-yard reverse that Tyler Hoffpauir took down the right sidelines.
By halftime, the Eagles had a 50-0 lead and the defense had pushed the Bears, that were playing with only 21 players, backward for minus-8 yards in total offense.
In the second half, the game was played with a running clock that was not stopped even for an injured player.
There were only 20 plays in the second half. The Eagles let their second team play the final two periods with the game firmly in hand.
"We got to play a lot of kids and they got some experience in the game," CCHS head coach David Fuhrer said. "I am glad the game is over."
The victory will help remove the sting of the previous week when the Eagles lost to Metairie Park Country Day 41-7 and will allow Central Catholic to ride into the playoffs with a victory.
"This was a good win for us, and it will help get last week out of our system," Fuhrer said.
Central Catholic will play at home as a No. 16 seed against St. Martin's Episcopal, the No. 17 seed, Friday at 7 p.m.
As for Gueydan, the season has been difficult for the Bears, which head coach Jay Landry said won 11 games just three years ago.
"We are an extremely young football team this year," Landry said. "Not to take away from Central Catholic, which is a good football team, but we only had 21 players and were without four of our starters. We are one of the smallest schools that play football, so we have to be bigger and stronger than the teams we play."
Central Catholic scored on the first offensive play of the game with a pass from Nicholas Case to Hoffpauir (two receptions for 52 yards and one touchdown) that covered 46 yards.
The Eagles took two plays to score on their second possession. After a pass from Case (3-for-3 for 55 yards and one touchdown) to Stefano Guarisco, Hoffpauir scored again, running 50 yards down the left side. Hoffpauir rushed for 72 yards on two carries and finished the game with 124 yards of offense and three touchdowns on four touches.
Sydney Holder got the Eagles second interception off Cade Sonnier (0-for-3 with two interceptions) at the Eagles' 16 and gave CCHS a first-and-goal from the 6.
Eriq Blanchard ran it for a score on the next play. The point-after attempt by Matthew Barbier gave the Eagles a 35-0 lead with 2:33 left in the first quarter. Barbier was successful on each of the five first-quarter PATs.
A holding penalty stifled the Eagles' first possession in the second quarter and forced a 30-yard punt by Case.
Two plays later, a Gueydan fumble gave Central Catholic the football at the 12.
On the next play, Joe Michel took a handoff up the middle for the sixth Eagles' score. Barbier booted the PAT to give the Eagles a 42-0 lead with 7:31 left in the first half.
Later in the quarter, Guarisco scored the final touchdown on a 40-yard run. The snap for the PAT was botched, but Case improvised and threw the ball to Blanchard for a successful 2-point conversion.
The Eagles had 183 yards in offense in the first half even though it began to pull its starters before halftime.
Central Catholic finished the game with 228 yards of offense on 27 plays. Gueydan ran 25 plays in the game and had four turnovers.
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What happened to parry after the new patch?
Note: I'm not complaining or whining i made this thread to tell SSM that parry became broken after the new patch and asking them to fix it
After the new patch, parry became broken, and what happened is that sometimes after you parry your opponents attacks they don't turn blue and their attacks don't get interrupted and they continue attacking like you didn't even parry their move, please SSM fix it
Re: What happened to parry after the new patch?
Weird, I've never experienced it before the new patch, BTW you kicked my a** the last time we played, when can we play again, I'M READY
Re: What happened to parry after the new patch?
Well what I also hate about the parry is that not also it´s not always working and mostly failing,esp. when your´re playing pvp but also that some players are able to parry your´re special attack and imo you should not be able to parry them as actually they´re the "strongest" attacks in the game.


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The police were said to have intercepted the NLC members at Pastoral Centre along old Abakaliki-Enugu expressway and ordered them to move back to their office but they resisted and insisted on continuing the peaceful protest, a resistance which angered the police who used force on them.
Mr. Ikecchukwu was sighted rolling on the floor while Anti-robbery police Squad brutalized him and other members of NLC.
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132 Queens Quay East has once stood the 2.8 acre Guvernment and Koolhaus Entertainment Complex, Canada's largest nightclub which The Daniels Corporation purchased to build condos and commercial properties.
The club finally closed its doors on January 31st, 2015. Formerly the RPM nightclub for about 10 years which brought legends like the Beastie Boys and made former Jamaican born Canadian DJ Chris Sheppard into a superstar in the dance music world. Now currently the Guvernment nightclub which opened its doors in 1996 where superstars such as Lady Gaga and the Rolling Stones played and where DJ Deadmau5 got his start. Charles Khaboth, owner of INK Entertianment tried to buy the building with his partners but were unsuccessful as Daniels Corp. has bought it to turn the site at Queens Quay and Lower Jarvis into residential and commercial properties known as the Daniels Waterfront Condos.
This area situated near the Jack Layton and Queens Quay terminals close to Sugar Beach is a waterfront neighbourhood featuring new condo and commercial development all along Queens Quay close to Lake Shore boulevard and the Gardiner Expressway.
Daniels Waterfront City of The ArtsCondos will consist of 650,000 square feet of residential space, 280,000 square feet of office space, 240,000 square feet of major post-secondary space and 150,000 square feet for the creative industries hub. This development is bounded by Quees Quay, Jarvis Street, Lakeshore Boulevard and Richardson Street in Toronto. There are 516 proposed suites ranging in size from 347 square feet to 790 square feet and priced from $279,900. The suites will consists of bachelor units, 1 bedroom units, 1 bedroom + den units and 2 bedroom units. The top two floor will be reserved for the penthouse suites. Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. is the architect and the interior design will be by Cecconi Simone Inc.
There will be two outdoor zones. One is for the recreation zone and the other is for the entertainment zone. The recreation zone consists of a full size tennis court and community gardening plots which are located on the 9th floor. The entertainment zone is located on the 14th floor andconsists of the cocktail pool, landscaped terrace with lounge areas and the barbecue area. Indoor amenity space that is located on the 9th floor will consist of the fitness centre with change rooms, music studio, art studio, gardening prep studio and a home theatre. The 14th floor indoor amenity space will consist of a catering kitchen, lounge, party room, private dining room and a gathering zone.
The Lighthouse Tower will consist of a 48 storey condominium tower on top of a 5 storey podium which will house a "prominent academic institution". This tower will offer panoramic views of the city's skyline and has a 24 hour concierge and a "Resident Service Director will provide on-site customer service for residents".
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We are independent Realtors with Re/Max Ultimate Realty Inc., Brokerage in Toronto. We specialize in pre-construction sales.
If you are not currently working with a Realtor, we will provide you with a personal consultation to ensure your purchase is a smooth process. We will answer your questions and concerns and will provide you with all relevant information about the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, your rights as a Buyer and we will also assist you if needed until the closing date.
If this is your first time buying a pre-construction house/condo, we will give you professional guidance accordingly. If you are an investor, please contact us first for more details. We offer great advice and knowledge in this industry. You may contact our direct lines listed above for more information.