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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Social Bookmarking Sites That Give Link Value
Jack has analyzed about 250 social media sites for link back value and offers a list of about 20 that get at least 4 points on his rating of 1-10. The top 10 are:
Check out the full article here: Social Bookmark Links that are Worth Building and Pass PageRank
Thursday, January 31, 2008
SEO for Wordpress Posts
clipped from www.rickhendershot.com
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
This Site Features Social Networking Resources
Another does a profile of a site called 30daytags.com - a site which lets you post your stuff where it will remain live for 30 days.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Free Video Upload and Distribution Site
clipped from www.tubemogul.com
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
350 Social Networking Sites
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Using "NoFollow" to Sculpt Flow of Page Rank
clipped from searchengineland.com
Thursday, December 20, 2007
I'm Starting a New Blog
So I'm starting a new blog that will let me concentrate my marketing thoughts and experiments as well as serve as the "newsletter" for our company marketing efforts. It will be called The Linknet SEO Strategy Report (or something like that), and it will be found at an old domain I registered a couple of years ago and did nothing with, namely rickhendershot.com
As one of several case studies I'll be conducting over the next few months, we'll see how quickly I can get it up to speed and start getting traffic. I will be pulling out all the stops (time permitting of course) to make an impact quickly.
On the content side I intend to create an ongoing series of tightly themed articles and turn them into videos and audio presentations. Then I will use every distribution and bookmarking technique I am aware of to get exposure and drive traffic.
If it works (and why shouldn't it!) I will publish the step by step process we went through to get it going and make it successful.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Another Awesome Web 2.0 Marketing Tool
For just $29/mo you get access to a ton of information about all the major social networking sites such as Digg, StumpleUpon, Clipmarks, and many others.
The initial rush of materials includes a series of .pdfs introducing you to some of the more important sites. For instance, I read the introduction to StumbleUpon and feel I have a much better idea of how it works, what to do and what not to do, how to make connections, etc., etc. I might never have gotten around to it without that intro.
And that's just one of several. Others cover Squidoo, Propeller, Digg, Delicious, and I'm sure there will be others coming as well.
The package also includes a lot of other material.
I highly recommend this package: Social Power Linking.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Auto Poster for Bookmarking Sites
A couple of days I found just such a tool called Bookmarker Demon. This little program will help you register for about 30 sites and then walks you through the quick process of submitting a URL to all of them at once. It even randomizes the information - Title, Description, and tags - so you're not submitting the same information to all the sites.
So far this seems like a really nice program and I highly recommend it.
Bookmarker Demon.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
This site walks you through becoming a Web 2.0 initiate
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
OK, So Digg Sucks - Now What?
"19 Overlooked But Powerful Resources For Niche And Blog Marketers". The link he refers to is below. Since Digg will only generate garbage traffic (according to many), where can you post to get the kind of traffic you want?
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Monday, December 03, 2007
Using Facebook to Start a Web 2.0 Posting Cycle
Ed Dale's Web 2.0 Leverage Machine
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Use Narrowly Focused Sites to Optimize for Web 2.0
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Using Web 2.0 Sites to Dominate Google for Keywords
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Web 2.0 Marketing
If you are interested in online marketing, the old strategies focusing around SEO and static linking are no longer enough. Today, being an aggressive online marketer means using Web 2.0 tactics. What are these tactics? There's so many it tends to make your head spin.
In case you are not aware, Web 2.0 is about interactive media where readers (members) are also the publishers. Given the democratic and interactive nature of the web this shift (in retrospect) was inevitable.
One of the most obvious examples is Youtube.com - anybody with a free account can post videos about just about anything. Other people watch them, and comment on them. The number of times particular videos get viewed pushes the popular ones to the top of the list and so they'll get even more views.
Wikipedia is another interesting example (although not friendly to marketers at all.) Anybody can start a page on virtually anything at Wikipedia. For instance, if you consider yourself an expert on 19th century Romanian folk music, go ahead and create a page (although there may already be one there). Then anybody else can just add to or edit your work.
Craigslist is another, more marketing friendly example. Anyone can post free classified ads in major cities across North America and around the world. Your ad stays in circulation for usually about 45 days. If your ads pass the automated CL filters and if nobody else tags it as spam or inappropriate you've got your message in front of millions of potential viewers. And it doesn't cost a cent.
There are many other sites like this, and I'll try to look at and experiment with several of them - always from the online marketing perspective - as time goes by.
We will also be offering Web 2.0 online marketing services for clients serious about using these media to reach millions of people.
Online Marketing with CraigsList
You would think CL would be ideal for people trying to sell stuff online. That's what online marketing is about, right? After all, these are ads for stuff that, presumably people want to buy. So there are millions of people crawling and searching through the CL listings every day.
For some reason CL has not gotten a lot of buzz in the internet marketing community. Maybe because CL itself does not encourage the kind of rah rah overhyping and quasi-spamming that internet marketers are fond of doing.
But there are a few online marketing guys who have produced guides and helpful products for those of us interested in legitimate ways of reaching people with our messages. One of them is Jeremy Lawrence. Jeremy has done extensive testing with CL and uses it to generate signups for his newsletter and find buyers for his product called Craigs List Videos. I have links to three of his products and reports on the Advertising Opps page at the Linknet Forum.
Another product that might be helpful to automate Craigs List postings is called AdBomber. This may sound like a spammers tool. But it is not. Anyone who starts placing ads in Craigslist pretty soon starts thinking, "Hey wouldn't it be nice if I could automatically post these ads to a bunch of locations?" That's the urge Adbomber was created to address. I'm still not convinced it is the answer, but I'll let you know after I've tried it a few times.
I will be reporting back on my Craigslist success or lack of success as time goes on.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Promote Your Website with Articles
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The best advice you can get is to offload your article marketing to an article marketing service where the impact of your article marketing efforts is fully realized.
You should also make use of techniques that will help you avoid the duplicate content filter. This is a filter used by the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN to determine if articles are simply duplicate copies of each other. When they find hundreds of duplicates of your articles you will not get full credit for the links on most of the articles and this will severely impact the effectiveness of your article marketing.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Getting Something Out of Social Networking
A recent article in WebProNews suggests a number of "social marketing strategies" that should be used by marketers who want to make a positive impact with this rapidly developing marketing approach. They include such things as "Fish Where the Fish Are", "Promote Yourself Not Your Product", "Get Experience In Social Media Before Trying to Use it to Market Yourself" - in all, about 10 different nuggets of wisdom from several experts in the field.
Each of these points is linked to a video interview with the tipster. For example, here is an interview with Joshua Schachter, founder of del.icio.us where he describes how del.icio.us started and where he wants the company to go.
This is well worth looking at.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Take Link Building Up a Notch
These people are building links by using link exchange. Pretty boring, right. Lots of would be experts say link exchange or "reciprocal linking" is dead, worthless, has no value.
Even though I don't completely agree, I stopped doing link exchange quite a few years ago. Why? Because exchanging links seems like a really inefficient way to spend your time.
Why is it inefficient? First because link pages have no inherent value. You can compare link building to putting up election signs. Putting links on link pages is just like putting your signs in special plots reserved just for collections of election signs. Imagine how it would go. You go down the street knocking on doors and you ask "Do you mind if I put up one of my signs on you lawn? I'd really appreciate it." People respond by saying, "Sure that would be fine. We have a special place for signs around back." And they lead you to their little fenced in area out behind the tool shed reseserved for election signs.
Of course nobody except other sign pounders ever looks at the signs in the special plot behind the tool shed. Just like nobody ever looks at your links on link pages.
So why bother doing it?
Well, you might argue that the Search Engines have made even these links worth something by making a website's inbound links one of the important factors in determining who gets to the top of the search engine rankings. Yes, that may be true. As I said earlier, I am not convinced that reciprocal links are always completely worthless.
But there are much easier ways to get links. Ways that make much more sense.
Why spend your time (or your valuable money hiring someone to spend their valuable time) approaching people to trade links when you could just be creating your own links? Yes, that's right. Creating links - actual "one way links" - the kind that virtually all the experts says are so important?
So that brings me to my second point. Trading links is incredibly labor intensive and inefficient. There are many better ways to do your link building. Take that same time (or money) and create a couple of targeted blogs, author some articles, or do some posting on high traffic forums or sites like linkedin. Place your links in these places and presto, you've got instant inbound links.
Well, maybe they're not "instant". You have to actually create posts in your blogs, write and submit your articles, visit the forums and make comments. But doesn't that seem like a better way to spread the word about your product or service than spending your time trading links?
That's what building links is all about these days.
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Monday, October 15, 2007
We've Got New Link Building Programs
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Monday, October 08, 2007
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Monday, September 17, 2007
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Build a Plan Before You Build Your Website
Building your first website can be very difficult. It looks fairly easy, but usually ends up being more difficult than you expected.
One problem is, building a website requires technical skills that you can't possibly have until somebody shares the secrets with you. And technical people are often pretty bad at explaining things.
If you've ever built a website you've probably discovered that you can't do it right until you work your way through all the techno-jargon and start to understand what you are doing. Building a website is like constructing a house. You can't put the upper parts of the house on until you have the foundation in place. And you can't build the walls and foundation without knowing what the upper part is going to look like.
You need a master plan.
But you can't have a useful plan until you have an good idea...
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Monday, October 02, 2006
New Travel Sites Added to Linknet Network
A number of new travel websites have been added to the Linknet Network to enhance the promotional impact of Linknet services for Travel websites and services. That means that owners of travel sites can now get greater coverage, more traffic and more links within the Linknet network.
Approximately 50 new travel sites will be added within the next two months starting with travel websites for Canada and the U.S. These will be followed by sites for travel destinations in Europe, Australia, South America and other travel hotspots around the world.
New travel sites include: Visit-Toronto.info, Visit-Ontario.info, Visit-PEI.info, Visit-Mississauga.info
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Starting Your Own Business
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There are at least two obvious ways you can go about starting your own business. The first way is to quit your day job and launch right into your new business. We'll call this the "all or nothing approach". The second way is to keep working at your current job and develop a business on the side, in your spare time. We'll call this the "spare time approach".
Unless you are independently wealthy, planning and timing are very important with the "all or nothing" approach. That's because once you leave your previous employment your source of income will be gone. You will be surprised how quickly your savings disappear. With the all or nothing approach you have a very limited amount of time to make your business work. It is "sink or swim". And you can sink pretty quickly without a source of income.
So that means you should plan the changeover to self-employment very carefully. Every situation will be different. An acquantance of mine was able to step from his quasi-government job into a private consulting business because he spent the last few months of his employment developing leads and contacts within his industry. When he went on his own he had customers waiting in the wings and was able to more than double his income in his very first year.
But most of us are not so lucky. We do not have the quality leads, the specialized skills, nor the opportunity to use our present employment to build a launching pad of potential customers before we take off into the wild blue yonder of self-employment. Most of us are starting from scratch with a few vague ideas, a questionable set of yet-to-be-defined skills, and severly limited income. So our venture into self-employment had better take off within a few months or we're likely to crash and burn.
That is why the Spare Time Approach is best for most new self-employed entrepreneurs. The spare time approach lets you test your ideas, develop your skills, and build your business slowly. If you are unsure about the products or services you intend to sell, the spare time approach lets you try out different product lines and see how well they fit in with your overall objectives. Often new entrepreneurs find their first ideas are not realistic, or there is no market for the services they want to provide. Or they find they cannot charge enough to make any money providing the products or services they have chosen.
But when you take the Spare Time Approach it is also necessary to have an "exit strategey" -- a way of turning it into a full time business. Without such a strategy you will probably find you are working harder than ever, and the returns may be questionable because you just don't have the time and resources to do everything yourself.
Rick Hendershot - Promote Your Online Business
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Amazon.com Starts Selling Groceries Online
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Now you can order a can of tuna along with any other purchase from Amazon.com and shipping can be bundled with your other goods -- in other words, shipping will be free.
Customers who order $25 or more or are members of the "Amazon Prime" free shipping program can get free standard shipping. Shoppers can buy items in single serving portions, but many offerings are in larger quantities.
This means Amazon.com is going head to head with online grocery retailers like FreshDirect.com and Peapod LLC
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Online Health Network Launched
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NEW YORK ChoiceMedia, Inc. has announced that the company has changed its name to The HealthCentral Network. The President and CEO of the company, Christopher M. Schroeder, was formerly the top executive at Washingtonpost.com.
The new network has launched 25 new health specific websites and is aiming to be a top Web desitination for medical- and health-related information. The company's award-winning content combines medically-reviewed original content from doctors, researchers, and expert patients, as well as news, information, video and other multi-media.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Trade Show Booth Strategy
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Create a Trade Show Booth That Generates Buzz
by Dick Wheeler
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January 2006 was a blow-out four-day trade show attracting some 150,000 guests and 2,500 exhibitors. The trade show floor was 28 football field's worth of space and exhibits spanned 1.6 billion square feet of convention space. This dynamic trade show gave us a peek into the future of a plug and play lifestyle where we can work, play, and keep in touch when we want, where we want.
"The incredible momentum around these new products and services shows that the digital lifestyle has truly gone mainstream this year," Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said in his opening keynote address. "Now it's time to bring together the devices, software, and services in people's lives and take all these experiences to the next level."
To introduce the latest technologies, the most effective trade show displays combined drama, creativity and design to broadcast their message and pound home their brand awareness. On the other hand, there were trade show exhibits that lacked creativity and pizzazz and went virtually unnoticed by the milling show floor throng.
Read the rest of Create a Trade Show Booth That Generates Buzz
Monday, July 10, 2006
Vonage Hit With Another Law Suit
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Vonage Hit With Another Law Suit
Vonage has turned into an easy target for competitors and rival technology companies. Previously sued by Verizon over alleged patent infringement, the company is now being sued by ET Klausner Technologies Inc. over its Internet voicemail services, alleging patent infringement and seeking damages and royalties of $180 million.
Klausner, controls patents covering Voice over Internet voicemail -- an important feature of the Vonage service. It reportedly has recently granted AOL a license under the same patent for Internet voicemail services.
Vonage has proven to be quite vulnerable since its initial success and its subsequent disappointing public share offering.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Arby's Ad Campaign Mocks Chicken Rivals
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According to a report in Wall Street Journal the fast food chain Arby's has unveiled a new series of ads that mocks the quality of chicken served by rivals McDonald's and Wendy's.
The ads, claim their chicken is 100% all natural chicken while their competitors are using chicken that is only 70% "pure". The report says the ads show a young man standing before the executive board of the rivals' companies, appealing to them to use all natural chicken. The young man is then laughed out of or thrown out of the room depending on the ad.
According to the WSJ Arby's is the 12th largest fast-food operator by sales. McDonald's is the biggest market player while Wendy's is the third biggest. Arby's advertising budget is $98.6 million compared to $770 million for McDonalds and $383.1 million for Wendy's.


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When your side is meant to be battling it out for a Premier League title, but are 13 points off the pace with a club that were supposed to get relegated and your fiercest rivals above you, the last thing you want to see is your key players pratting about, right?
That's why we're going to assume Arsenal fans will be fuming when they watch the clip above.
Francis Coquelin, Hector Bellerin, Mikel Arteta and Calum Chambers can all be seen playing the game 'Headis'.
The love-child between heading and table tennis does, in all fairness, look like fun - the video is actually pretty damn cool. It's just a shame many combustible Gooners will no doubt claim this is the wrong time for Arsenal players to look like they're just loafing around.
Spoiler Alert! What's possibly even more strange is that Mikel Arteta wins!
With the form Bellerin and Coquelin have been in this season, you would expect them to brush aside the Spaniard and Chambers. Alas, the opposite happens, setting up a final in which Arteta wins 6-3.
At least he knows where his talents now lie. Perhaps he can represent what will be a newly formed Arsenal Headis Club... Sigh.
The mind boggles.

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Federal charges will not be filed against a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun that resembled an assault rifle in 2013.
The Department of Justice determined there was insufficient evidence to prove Deputy Erick Gelhaus willfully used excessive force that resulted in Andy Lopez's death, U.S. attorney's spokesman Abraham Simmons confirmed Thursday. Because there wasn't enough evidence, federal authorities have closed their file against Gelhaus.
Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas said in a statement the decision reaffirmed his support and confidence in Gelhaus.
The sheriff's office announced Wednesday that the FBI conducted an independent review of Gelhaus' actions and concluded that no civil rights were violated.
The decisions come nearly a year after Sonoma County Dist. Atty. Jill Ravitch announced that the deputy would not face charges. Ravitch said Gelhaus shot Andy in response to what "he honestly and reasonably believed was an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or others."
Andy was carrying a replica AK-47 on Oct. 22, 2013, when he was approached by Gelhaus in response to a call about a suspicious person.
Gelhaus saw the eighth-grader walking in the area with the replica rifle at his side and asked him to drop the weapon.
But prosecutors said Andy turned toward Gelhaus and his partner and began walking toward them.
Prosecutors said Gelhaus feared for his life and shot Andy seven times, striking him in the chest and abdomen.
Freitas said he and "members of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office are pleased that all the investigations into the matter have been completed."
Andy's parents have filed a federal lawsuit against Gelhaus and Sonoma County, calling the shooting unjustified and a "senseless and unwarranted act of police abuse."
"Andy Lopez was a kind and charismatic boy who was loved by his family and friends," the suit said.
His death was a "profound and unimaginable loss" to his parents, the suit said.
A settlement hearing is set for Oct. 16 in Oakland.
For breaking news in California, follow @VeronicaRochaLA.


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Chapter 1. London to Zanzibar, 1859
The design — The Preparations — Departure — The Cape — The Zulu Kafirs — Turtle–Turning — Capture of a Slaver — Arrive at Zanzibar — Local Politics and News Since Last Visit — Organisation of the Expedition.
The Nature of the Country — The Order of March — The Beginning of our Taxation — Sultan Lion's Claw, and Sultan Monkey's Tail — The Kingani — Jealousies and Difficulties in the Camp — The Murderer of M. Maizan.
Nature of the Country — Resumption of the March — A Hunt — Bombay and Baraka — The Slave–Hunters — The Ivory–Merchants — Collection of Natural–History Specimens — A Frightened Village — Tracking a Mule.
Ugogo, and the Wilderness of Mgunda Mkhali
The Lie of the Country — Rhinoceros–Stalking — Scuffle of Villagers over a Carcass — Chief "Short–Legs" and His Successors — Buffalo–Shooting — Getting Lost — A Troublesome Sultan — Desertions from the Camp — Getting Plundered — Wilderness March — Diplomatic Relations with the Local Powers — Manua Sera's Story — Christmas — The Relief from Kaze
The Country and People of U-n-ya-muezi — Kaze, the Capital — Old Musa — The Naked Wakidi — The N'yanza, and the Question of the River Running in or out — The Contest between Mohinna and "Short-legs"— Famine — The Arabs and Local Wars — The Sultana of Unyambewa — Ungurue "The Pig"— Pillage.
The Politics of Uzinza — The Wahuma —"The Pig's" Trick — First Taste of Usui Taxation — Pillaged by Mfumbi — Pillaged by Makaka — Pillaged by Lumeresi — Grant Stripped by M'Yonga — Stripped Again by Ruhe — Terrors and Defections in the Camp — Driven back to Kaze with new Tribulations and Impediments.
Taxation recommenced — A Great Doctor — Suwarora pillaging — The Arabs — Conference with an Ambassador from Uganda — Disputes in Camp — Rivalry of Bombay and Baraka — Departure from the Inhospitable Districts.
Relief from Protectors and Pillagers — The Scenery and Geology — Meeting with the Friendly King Rumanika — His Hospitalities and Attention — His Services to the Expedition — Philosophical and Theological Inquiries — The Royal Family of Karague — The M-Fumbiro Mountain — Navigation of "The Little Windermere"— The New–Moon Levee — Rhinoceros and Hippopotamus Hunting — Measurement of a Fattened Queen — Political Polygamy — Christmas — Rumours of Petherick's Expedition — Arrangements to meet it — March to Uganda.
The Abyssinians and Gallas — Theory of Conquest of Inferior by Superior Races — The Wahuma and the Kingdom of Kittara — Legendary History of the Kingdom of Uganda — Its Constitution, and the Ceremonials of the Court.
Escape from Protectors — Cross the Kitangule, the First Affluent of the Nile — Enter Uddu — Uganda — A Rich Country — Driving away the Devil — A Conflict in the Camp — A Pretending Prince — Three Pages with a Diplomatic Message from the King of Uganda — Crime in Uganda.
Preparations for the Reception at the Court of Mtesa, King of Uganda — The Ceremonial — African Diplomacy and Dignity — Feats with the Rifle — Cruelty, and Wastefulness of Life — The Pages — The Queen–Dowager of Uganda — Her Court Reception — I negotiate for a Palace — Conversations with the King and Queen — The Queen's grand Entertainment — Royal Dissipation.
Continued Diplomatic Difficulties — Negro Chaffing — The King in a New Costume — Adjutant and Heron Shooting at Court — My Residence Changed — Scenes at Court — The Kamraviona, or Commander-in-Chief — Quarrels — Confidential Communications with the King — Court Executions and Executioners — Another Day with the Queen.
A Visit to a Distinguished Statesman — A Visit from the King — Royal Sport — The Queen's Present of Wives — The Court Beauties and their Reverses — Judicial Procedure in Uganda — Buffalo–Hunting — A Musical Party — My Medical Practice — A Royal Excursion on the N'yanza — The Canoes of Uganda — A Regatta — Rifle Practice — Domestic Difficulties — Interference of a Magician — The King's Brothers.
Reception of a Victorious Army at Court — Royal Sport — A Review of the Troops — Negotiations for the Opening of the Road along the Nile — Grant's Return — Pillagings — Court Marriages — The King's Brothers — Divinations and Sacrifices — The Road granted at last — The Preparations for continuing the Expedition — The Departure.
March Down the Northern Slopes of Africa
Kari — Tragic Incident there — Renewals of Troubles — Quarrels with the Natives — Reach the Nile — Description of the Scene there — Sport — Church Estate — Ascend the River to the Junction with the Lake — Ripon Falls — General Account of the Source of the Nile — Descend again to Urondogani — The Truculent Sakibobo.
First Voyage on the Nile — The Starting — Description of the River and the Country — Meet a Hostile Vessel — A Naval Engagement — Difficulties and Dangers — Judicial Procedure — Messages from the King of Uganda — His Efforts to get us back — Desertion — The Wanyoro Troops — Kamrasi — Elephant–Stalking — Diabolical Possessions.
Invitation to the Palace at last — Journey to it — Bombay's Visit to King Kamrasi — Our Reputation as Cannibals — Reception at Court — Acting the Physician again — Royal Mendicancy.
The Ceremonies of the New Moon — Kamrasi's Rule and Discipline — An Embassy from Uganda, and its Results — The Rebellious Brothers — An African Sorcerer and his Incantations — The Kamraviona of Unyoro — Burial Customs — Ethiopian Legends — Complicated Diplomacy for our Detention — Proposal to send Princes to England — We get away.
Sail down the Kafu — The Navigable Nile — Fishing and Sporting Population — The Scenery on the River — An Inhospitable Governor — Karuma Falls — Native Superstitions — Thieveries — Hospitable Reception at Koki by Chongi.
Junction of the Two Hemispheres — The First Contact with Persons Acquainted with European Habits — Interruptions and Plots — The Mysterious Mahamed — Native Revelries — The Plundering and Tyranny of the Turks — The Rascalities of the Ivory Trade — Feeling for the Nile — Taken to see a Mark left by a European — Buffalo, Eland, and Rhinoceros Stalking — Meet Baker — Petherick's Arrival at Gondokoro.
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Until I saw them on the Kristin Knit a Long and I had to have them. More than that, I had to knit them - NOW! So, I went on Ravelry, and tried to find the pattern. Nothing. I tried to find a pattern for another mukluk, but only bootlike mukluks came up, not slipper-like mukluks. Argh! I googled. Zip. No one had ever knit them? Couldn't be. At one time, they were kitted up by Classic Elite - no one knit them? Huh.
On Saturday, at Rosie's, I flipped through every loose pattern we had - I looked on the shelves, in the back, in the office, under the seat covers - everywhere - and, success! I found them! I had visions of dancing around my living room in my mukluks, burrying my feet under my bedcovers in my mukluks, cooking dinner with my new wok in my mukluks.
And then I read the pattern.
Completely and totally incomprehensible.
Between my Friday internet search frenzy, and my Saturday discovery, I had settled on a compromise pattern - , the Caspian Sea Socks by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts. I Raveled it, and other Gibson-Roberts patterns came up. I tried to find the book, Ethnic Socks and Stockings online, and chuckled when I saw the book listed for $200 on Amazon. I didn't need vendor mukluks for $100 per sock. But wouldn't you know it - Rosie's had a copy on the shelf - not so burried treasure! So I bought a copy, and read it.
And read it.
Not incomprehensible, not at all. The history lesson didn't tickle my fancy quite like mitten courtship rituals, and the detailed explanations of the gazillion different castons, heels, arches, legs, cuffs - really hurt my brain, but I'm definitely going to tackle something in the book - some day. Right now, I think I'll stick to the Caspian Sea Socks, where the instructions are written out line by line, and I can practice many of the techniques needed for a good go at one of the many socks in Ethnic Socks and Stockings, which seem to require a good grasp of Eastern sock construction, because while the charts look doable, the written instructions are more like a recipe than an actual pattern - throw in a Iranian cast-on, use a waste yarn heel - sort of.
Anyway, so I cast on the Caspian Sea Socks right?
Nope, I cast on a tam.
Huh? In my quest for the perfect ethnic slipper/sock at Rosie's on Saturday, Bridget came into the shop, and mentioned her finished Fair Isle Tam. I asked her if she could recommend a good Tam book, and she told me this one. Rosie's had one copy, and I got completely sucked in by the pretty pictures. Huh, wouldn't it be nice to have a tam that matches my mittens? Yes it would!
So, I cast on a tam, here's a blurry picture:
I used the same corrugated rib that's on the mitten, and the body is the pattern that is on the palm. I'm not sure about the wheel yet - I think I'm just going to do something from the book - I'm not sure if the swirlies from the mitten will do well in a decreasing pie wedge, but I may chart it out, and consider it.
And mukluk fever? It's calmed down. Although I did check the vendor outside Anthropology at the corner of 18th and Walnut to see if perhaps she had imported mukluks among her ethnic knitted goodies, but no soap. I'll just have to knit them . . . maybe next.
4 comments:
- gale (she shoots sheep shots) said...
So glad you wrote about these. What you call mukluks we used to call Afghani slippersocks, because that's where the ones the street vendors sold came from. They disappeared with the rise of the Taliban, then came back, then gone.... I miss them, a new pair was part of my standard chanukah present every year. I would kill to find a simplified pattern of them, sort of like the EZ mitered mitts in construction but with heels. Good luck with yours!
- Bridget said...
Your tam is looking good - I'm glad you are giving it a try! I can't wait to try an adult sized one.
The Caspian Sea Socks are promising, I'll be curious to see how yours turn out.
- WandaWoman said...
That cracks me up after all the mukluks fever, to start a fair isle tam. Tee hee! That happens to me sometimes too.
- ScrapHappy said...
what is a pollyanna?
I think EZ has a pattern for a slipper slock in one of her books. I find her patterns incomprehensible, but that just might be me. :)


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Facebook announced that it intends to crack down on "promotional content" from brands, citing feedback on Friday from users who complained about too much hucksterism in their News Feeds.
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National Framework for Reliability Standards
Publication date: Thursday, 11th December 2014.
Rising electricity prices have been and continue to be a major focus for customers and policy makers in the National Electricity Market (NEM). A fundamental driver has been the costs of electricity distribution and transmission network infrastructure, which accounts for a substantial proportion of customer electricity bills. A variety of factors have contributed to the escalating network costs. An important parameter affecting network costs is the standards to which network infrastructure must be planned, designed, built and maintained.
These standards, referred to broadly as "reliability standards", are intended to limit the impacts on customers of supply interruptions. Simply put, reliability standards, however they are set or expressed, are the determinant of the amounts of capital and operating expenditure a network business must undertake to avoid or manage outages.
Consumers of electricity, whether large or small, place a high value on being confident of a reliable supply of electricity, that is, experiencing a minimal number and length of blackouts.
To maintain or improve the level of reliability requires investment in powerlines and other network infrastructure, in order to meet growing demand (particularly during peak times) and for the replacement of ageing assets.
The costs associated with this investment get passed on to consumers through their electricity bills. Consequently, whether explicitly or implicitly, reliability standards involve a trade-off between the cost and inconvenience of supply interruptions and the cost of electricity supply.
Reliability standards for transmission and distribution networks have been the subject of review by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) since 2007.
The former Standing Council on Energy and Resources tasked the AEMC with providing advice to jurisdictions on common definitions for distribution reliability requirements as part of its 2012 Energy Market Reform package, and as set out in its final report for its Review of the National Framework for Distribution Reliability. The advice would also be used by the Australian Energy Regulator to establish values of customer reliability to be applied when setting reliability requirements for the next round of regulatory determinations commencing in mid-2019.
The AEMC provided this advice in November 2013. The Council's December 2014 response to the advice as well further background information is provided below.


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Xbox Music's web-based streaming version is now free
Also launches on iOS and Android.
Xbox Music, Microsoft's music distribution service on Xbox 360 and Windows 8 platforms, has launched on iOS and Android devices, as well as become available for free streaming on the web.
Previously, it was only subscribers who could use the browser-based streaming service, but now it's available to anyone running Windows 8 or later. Such users can stream up to 30 million songs from the service at no cost, though after six months streaming will be limited to 10 hours a month for non-subscribers. Those who purchase a Music Pass for $9.99 a month or $99.99 for a year will have unlimited access to their music on PC, tablets, Xbox 360, Windows Phone 8, iOS and Android.
Unfortunately, the iOS and Android apps only allow streaming music at the moment, though the option to download songs and play them offline will be added this autumn.
Additionally, Xbox Music will introduce a new Web Playlist feature that operates similar to Pandora and creates custom playlists for users based on their taste. This upcoming feature will launch along with Windows 8.1 on 18th October.
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We have another Devout Catholic™ sighting! That legendary creature, best known to reporters in mainstream media, is rarely spotted in real life, but they seem to show up in the news all the time. (See the attached photo.)
One appeared in a Los Angeles Times article about a campaign to loosen up laws in Oregon against same-sex marriage. This was a small herd in Portland that wanted to sport big white buttons for "marriage equality" while attending Ash Wednesday.
Brave move or childish stunt? That would be a subjective call. Almost as subjective as, say, this Times article.
More on that later. Right now, here are a couple of offending paragraphs -- the first two in the story, in fact:
When Jackie Yerby and a small band of devout Catholics go to the cathedral for Mass this Ash Wednesday, they will be sending an unmistakable message. Pinned to their lapels will be big white buttons that proclaim, "Catholic Oregonians for Marriage Equality."
The newly formed group wants to show that "just because we're Catholic doesn't mean we don't support same-sex marriage," said Yerby, who served on the board of Catholic Charities of Portland for six years. "We support same-sex marriage because we are Catholic."
It's a decidedly quirky species. For one, it always seems to differ with the leaders of the pack. Their own shepherd, Archbishop Andrew K. Sample of Portland, has urged his folks to prevent changing state law to allow gay marriage. Devout Catholics™ may not be more Catholic than the pope, but more Catholic than an archbishop ain't bad.
The new Devout Catholics™ are rare even in Portland. Yerby's organization first met last month and has a mere "few dozen members," according to the Los Angeles Times article. Significantly, those relevant facts are buried in the 26th paragraph of the 34-paragraph story -- after the reporter has gotten max mileage from their devout disagreement with Sample.
Longtime readers of tmatt, of course, know that he and GetReligion specialize in Devout Catholic™ spotting. Five years ago, he asked why a couple of odd characters -- a horoscope columnist and a voodoo high priest -- have gotten the label.
When Archbishop Donald Wuerl was made a cardinal, tmatt saw the label appended onto loud-mouthed TV commentator Chris Matthews. And late last year, tmatt observed that some media are using "practicing Catholic" in ways just as loose and fuzzy.
Therefore, tmatt fumes:
Of all the labels used by journalists to describe believers -- from "apostate" to "zealot" -- surely "devout" has become one of the most meaningless. While this is true in a variety of world religions, for some reason things get especially interesting when "devout" appears in front of "Catholic."
The bottom line: What's the difference between a "practicing" Catholic and a "devout" Catholic? Do journalists simply know one when they see one?
For myself, I think reporters use Devout Catholic™ in two ways: (1) "Doing more Catholic things than I do"; (2) "Claiming to be good Catholics while breaking with the Church over major doctrines."
The species arose early, perhaps in 1999. That's when director Kevin Smith turned out the movie Dogma, which at times seemed to be a catalog of ways to offend Catholics. Many news stories on the film blithely proclaimed him a Devout Catholic™ -- except for the Baltimore Sun, which went one better (or worse) and called him a "devout blasphemer." That story even bore a groveling subhead: "Kevin Smith's new film makes fun of the church, but the issue of his faith was never in question."
Nor does the Los Angeles Times article out of Oregon ask a lot of penetrating questions. Much of it, in fact, amounts to classic card stacking. One instance is quoting an LGBT historian that "there have been an estimated 35 ballot measures, local or statewide, that have attempted to circumscribe the rights of gays and lesbians." Note how it assumes the existence of such rights, despite the absence of laws in Oregon that establish them.
Yes, the story quotes an Oregon group that's trying to get a personal-freedom law passed like the one that was just vetoed in Arizona. But it also quotes the LGBT historian, a group called Oregonians for Marriage Equality, and another called Oregon United for Marriage. This is not exactly a model of balanced reporting.
The piece ends with a sympathetic look at a lone campaigner for same-sex marriage:
One recent, chilly afternoon, Lakia Davis tramped along tree-lined avenues near Reed College, knocking on doors and explaining the rapidly shifting landscape. Wrapped tightly in a scarf and wool coat, the 27-year-old outlined the ballot measures, the court cases, the optimism, the peril:
"Do you know anything about what's been going on in the past couple of weeks?"
"If you've heard about Arizona, our opposition is looking to replicate that."
"We're hoping you would be able to contribute."
How about a matching sympathetic passage about a Devout Catholic™ who happens to agree with the Catholic stance? Nope, not here. Or in many other mainstream media.
That would be an even rarer sighting.


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|Moving Day--Those eight pieces of luggage are all 50 pounds each, and are the sum total of what we brought with us...plus our carry-on luggage, which somehow expanded during our flight over. I really felt like an American with my many bags to carry through in the airport! At least the children had lots of books and toys to keep them quiet--they traveled so well.
|This picture was taken just before boarding our flight from Singapore to Kuching. After 38 hours in flight or in an airport Ethan and I were feeling like these two were looking. It was so good to get to the hotel!
|This is the view from our hotel window. We are staying here for a week, until our temporary housing is available.
|My first time driving in Kuching...its a little crazy driving on the left side of the road! This city is chock full of cars; there is no public transportation to speak of, which baffles me because cars are so expensive here.
|My Dorie girl checking out our drinks at a street-side cafe. This is the city of a thousands beverages.
|Two tired kiddos say goodnight.
Praise: Traveling was a good experience.
Praise: Our teammates are such dear and special people, we are so excited to get to know them better and to be a part of this team.
Praise: The housing seems like a little miracle, praise him.
Pray: For a car...it is such a necessity in this city, but I'm feeling a bit of whiplash at the difference in quality and price. We will be looking for a car tomorrow, so this is a fairly urgent request.
Pray: For long-term housing, that we would be led to the right neighborhood.
Thank you and goodnight (as I fairly drop from my chair)!


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ROCKVILLE, MD—September 19, 2017—Apex Companies, LLC—a leading water resources, environmental services, and industrial hygiene firm—welcomes Bill Fontenot as their new Texas Division Manager.
With over 20 years of experience supervising teams of engineers, geologists, and field technicians and managing complex programs and projects for multiple oil and gas clients in numerous regulatory jurisdictions, Bill's leadership is a natural fit for Apex. As Division Manager, he will strategically align Apex's teams within their Aztec, New Mexico; Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, and San Antonio, Texas offices; increase market traction; and drive future growth across the region.
Prior to joining Apex, Bill served as the East Texas and Oklahoma Regional Manager for ATC Group Services LLC, Senior Manager for AECOM, and Regional Manager for Cardno ERI. His extensive experience spans remediation/bioremediation, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), wetland restoration, oil spill investigations, construction management, legal claim analyses/litigation support, landfill gas services, construction oversight, permitting, and due diligence. Bill has extensively served the retail, upstream, and midstream sectors during his career with projects that include managing a large portfolio of sites requiring groundwater and soil assessments; providing petroleum hydrocarbon remedial strategies and clean-up; overseeing UST removal and demolition; managing the operations and maintenance of soil vapor extraction, air sparge, and pump and treat remediation systems; and assessing a chlorinated solvent plume for a divested asset with retained liability. He holds a BS degree in environmental and sustainable resources from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
John Glabach, PE, Apex's Central Regional Manager added, "Bill joined us in the middle of our Hurricane Harvey Response where he was able to see Team Apex at its best. He jumped right in with overall response coordination and added immediate value. As we strengthen our team and embrace both Bill's leadership and the impressive talent we have overall, we are as much of a force to be reckoned with in the environmental industry as Harvey was in the region."


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Apple has finally updated its dual-boot utility which now allows you to install and run Microsoft's Windows 7 natively on your Mac. An updated Boot Camp 3.1, available for both 32-bit (370.73MB download) and 64-bit (274.58MB download) Windows versions, has finally added support for Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate versions of Microsoft Windows 7. It doesn't, however, allow clean Windows 7 install – you are required to have Windows XP or Windows Vista SP2 beforeupgrading to Windows 7.
In addition, Apple said, Boot Camp 3.1 addresses issues with the Apple trackpad, turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used, and supports the Apple wireless keyboard and Apple Magic mouse. The company has also released the following related updates:
- Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade – Use before upgrading from Vista to Windows 7, it safely unmounts the read-only Macintosh volume on Microsoft Vista.
- iMac Late 2009 Windows 7 Drivers – The required Windows 7 drivers for owners of 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac models unveiled October 2009.
- Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 Update – Owners of an iMac with NVIDIA GeForce 7300 or 7600 GT or a Mac Pro with NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT or Quadro FX 4500 need to install this update in order to run Windows
7 using Boot Camp.
Boot Camp is a system tool that lets you install and run Windows natively on certain Intel-based Mac. The software creates a separate Windows partition, enabling dual-boot configurations that allow users to load either Mac OS X or Windows at system boot. Apple's operations chief Timothy Cook dubbed Boot Camp an "insurance policy that's removing the fear of switching, whether you use it or not."
Apple followed-up on the Snow Leopard release with a refreshed Boot Camp release late November. The updated software addressed 12 vulnerabilities and added refreshed Windows drivers for Apple's multi-touch Magic Mouse and the new wireless keyboard. Although the firm promised to support Microsoft Windows 7 before the end of 2009, Apple has missed its self-imposed deadline.
Read more at Apple's Boot Camp site.


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Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Just Like Heaven
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Plot & ThemesTime/era of movie: - 2000's+ (present) Romance/Love/Hugging - Yes Inner struggle or disability - Yes Struggle with - search for family/history Fantasy/Magic? - Yes Fantasy element: - Ghost Buddy Lover is... - magical being Coping with loss of loved one? - Yes Coping with loss of - Wife/girlfriend/squeeze
Main CharacterIdentity: - Female Profession/status: - doctor Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - White American Unusual characteristics: - Physically sick
SettingUnited States - Yes The US: - California City? - Yes City: - San Francisco
Writing StyleAccounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths Any profanity? - None - Occasional swearing Is this movie based on a - book
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Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Following back-to-back wins over the likes of WBA and Stoke City, Everton take on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on day 4 of the new Premier League campaign. The Toffees have been producing fine performances under new coach Ronald Koeman and they are certainly capable of beating the Black Cats on the road. Sunderland were more than fortunate not to drop to the Championship at the end of the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign and, as things stand now, they are likely to spend the entire season in the bottom half of the standings. The Black Cats are tough to beat at home, but considering that Everton have been in a fine form of late, we predict that the Toffees are going to record their third win of the season in Monday's football match. A man to watch in the away team will be Romelu Lukaku, who is eager to open his goal-scoring account.
Highlighted Player (Patrick van Aanholt):
Patrick van Aanholt is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left back for Sunderland. The left-footed player joined Chelsea at the age of 19, but he made no more than two appearances for the Stamford Bridge outfit. After spending five years on loan spells at Coventry City, Newcastle United, Leicester City, Wigan Athletic and Vitesse Arnhem, he signed a contract with Sunderland in 2014 for a fee in the region of £2 million. Patrick van Aanholt impressed in the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign with the Black Cats, scoring four goals in 33 appearances for Sam Allardyce's troops. Speaking of his international career, the pacey full back made his Netherlands debut on 19 November, 2013 in a friendly game against Colombia. The two teams played out a goalless draw in Amsterdam and Van Aanholt came on as a substitute to replace injured ace Memphis Depay. Patrick van Aanholt was born in Hertogenbosch, but his parents are from Curacao.
Highlighted Team (Everton):
Everton are one of the two Merseyside giants that were formed back in 1878, with the club holding a long-standing rivalry with Liverpool. Everton have participated in the English top flight for a record 113 seasons, with the team competing in the English second tier in just four campaigns.
The Toffees play their home matches at Goodison Park, the stadium that was opened in 1892. Everton have won the national championship nine times, with the team winning their last domestic trophy back in 1987.
The Toffees have clinched five FA Cup trophies as well and it has to be noted that a victory over Manchester United in the 1994/1995 FA Cup final helped the team win their last title in the prestigious competition. Everton and Liverpool face each other in the Merseyside derby and the clash between the two local rivals has been called the Merseyside derby since 1955.
In the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign Everton were hammered by Liverpool (0-4) at Anfield.


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Ooooh, I really like this - aquatic wallpapers always tickle my fancy.
The scene is so magic - her hair is so mystifying and serene.
+fav & I'm using it as my desktop. :D
Also, if music helped inspire this (assuming it did seeing how vocaloid is music-related), maybe you'd be interested in joining ? :)
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REUPLOAD! ok, this is a wall I made like 3 weeks ago and got deleted by Minitokyo because there were too many bugs and
it was undownloadable.. Well, I waited until MT was less buggy and I'm submitting this wall again :sweat:
And this is my seventh wall in Minitokyo.
I didn't knew what title should I put to this, and I have to say that the title was the last thing I thought in the wall. At first I decided to call it "Deep Ocean" only, but Miku is a vocaloid, and the vocaloids are programs that sing, so I decided to put a more apropiate title for Miku, she's not like anyother mermaid, so "Deep Songs in the distant Ocean" (ok, I didn't remove the "ocean" part) is the result. XD
The main character it's Hatsune Miku (again.. ^_^'), and, what I meant while doing this wall, I tried to make Miku look like she's a mermaid that enchants people with her voice, and lets them to go follow her deeper, and deeper and deeper in the ocean, until they die XD nah, not really *jokes*. So here we go explaining:
What I made first is the background.. it took me like three hours doing it, a mixture of diferent gradients and
duplicate layers and effects.. following a tutorial I found ramdomly on Google. Then the scan. I thought that it could
be good if she was in the center, but then I decided to put her in the right, and with her head down.
I converted the scan, extracted it and saved it in PNG. I merged in in the background and added some fish that are in fact a brush from Devintart. Ah, and also used some brushes for the little bubbles there.. that i found them ramdomly on Google. Duplicated layers, put the title, the rights, and other touches...
And finished it in five hours! Layers: 25+ ^^
Please enjoy and comment X-P
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dslassey Aug 10, 2008
Ooooh, I really like this - aquatic wallpapers always tickle my fancy.
Tidteeiiez Aug 10, 2008
I love Miku too ^-^ This is very nice!
YoruAngel866 Aug 10, 2008
this is really beautiful, i only wish it could be bigger...........:( cause i cant put it like desktop then :)
overall you did nice job on it :)
xKai Aug 10, 2008
This is really awesome~
The bubble and the light penetrating the water surface looks SOOO good~
The character can use some extra refining though =x
Overall it looks good keep it up!
xxKurumi Aug 11, 2008
So, I really think this is beautiful. The only thing that miffs me a bit is that the lovely character text of "Deep Songs" bleeds over onto "in the Distant Ocean", covering part of it. This is definately a favorite, and well done. I love the contrasting blues and the magical feeling.
CherryBlossom006 Aug 11, 2008
this is lovely!
i love the ocean and stuff related to it! (in real life)
so i love this wallie, lovely character :dD
DarthTofu Aug 11, 2008
Hello! :D
Pretty cool stuff, very flowy and pretty. :D
Galtrann Aug 12, 2008
It really seems that the girl is an ocean. It was a very good background and the text is also good. The extraction of the scan is great, the hair is very well extracted. Good job, Miku-chan *-*
HydeExile Mute Member Aug 12, 2008
Been waiting for it to be re-uploaded!
The background are very great,blending perfectly with Miku.Overall?Excellent :nya:
princessmeyrin023 Aug 13, 2008
Miku-chan, it's so nice! I've never seen any wallpapers like this before! This rocks! And the anime is Vocaloid2? I never heard of it... but anyways, I like it, hope you can post a 1152x86 version...
Go Miku-chan!
aozoraskies Aug 16, 2008
Ah, I was going to comment on this earlier but the download button wasn't working then, and I couldn't see the full size..
Well, anyway, I love the fantasy feel I get from your wall! It's extracted really well.. Must have been a pain extracting those tendrils of hair! And those strings of beads! X-O I recognise those bubbles.. they were rather popular last time. They didn't work on my computer though. XD The background is done rather well. Even though it's obvious that the bottom left corner is from a photo, and not made by you, the lighting gives it an ethereal feel..
Not sure if I remembered right, but it seems that you've fixed the lighting. Good, I was thinking that it was strange that the light was coming from only that sparkly bit. However.. I noticed that the light rays aren't going the same direction. Physics law being broken, dear? Just joking!
Loving the gleaming blue.. good job, Miku!
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I have a question! You say that the fishies were a brush but you got them to be dual coloured! How? Did you add a gradient effect to the brush or something?
satsuiidx Aug 24, 2008
it's gorgeous! no more words!
i really like miku since i discovered her last year, my boyfriend shows me the vocaloid2 app, and we get fans of her! can't believe how much videos are around youtube, and how much fanarts around the net! it's sooo great!
i really love this wall of yours, i put it as my actual wall ^^!
EuforiaAmuritaNatsumi Sep 06, 2008
This wallie is very beautiful and very good combination
I hope I can see it in large wallie(It's looks so small)
It's looks like ther real Ocean
^ ^
hauuu hauuu
want it
like it
love it
fav it
selemental Banned Member Oct 08, 2008
My eyes are tearing from the wonderfulness that is this wallie!
It's like watching tv on hi-def or something! Sooo Impressive!
You're wayyy more experienced than I am!
*favs* XD
vitaamin Oct 09, 2008
omg this wall is beautiful! i love the blue fish that are swimming around and she fits perfectly into the background. the only thing i dislike is the one orange finding nemo fish in the corner, for some reason it kinda looks out of place, maybe because the light isnt quite hitting it, but wow its so pretty.
i wish i had walling skills like you --"
lovelylayla Oct 18, 2008
love the blue!
email938 Nov 10, 2008
this has to be the most beautiful papers I have seen in a while. i wish it could have been a bigger paper.
MoonangelTsubasA Dec 11, 2008
miku is so opretty as a mermaid
Love the wallpaper
weird12u Apr 28, 2009
i love this to death.... my eyes can no longer bear the amazingness (must-put-in-fave)
ketsap May 15, 2009
the colors are incredible... thank you for sharing :)
thalia92e Oct 10, 2009
great work~~
Cecilia07 Nov 01, 2009
great scan. thank you for sharing :)
Nayoby Mute Member Dec 08, 2009
es muy hermosa, me gusto muchisimo.
Me encanta!
YunaHime1996 Dec 11, 2009
Really really really beautiful ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I luv this scan ^^
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When I was little my absolute favourite movie was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I could quote great tracts of it (much to my sister's annoyance) and I was fairly certain that if my X-Wing ever got stuck in a swamp I would be able to lift it out using the power of my intention. Now that I am a little older I have found that although I don't have a lightsaber (much to MY annoyance) that in some ways the power of intention to affect the physical world around us is very real. Thought becomes belief, belief becomes action and action is manifested in what we do. As Esther Hicks often says, a belief is just a thought we keep having. So changing our thoughts changes our reality. But where do these thoughts come from? What depths do they bubble up from to continuously disturb what we'd like to be the placid pool of our waking mind? For some people it is a constant struggle to "keep a lid" on their thoughts, some people are more like some Joycean stream of consciousness. I went to see a comedian once, Jason Byrne, who seems to be of the latter persuasion. He told us how every time he and his exasperated and pre-embarrassed wife go out she gives him a bag of words and tells him "Here, this is what your allowed to talk about tonight, if it isn't in the bag of words, you can't talk about it!" But where does this need for constant talking come from? I think it comes from fear.
Fear is a multi-faceted diamond. It may have some beautiful faces but may also have come at a heavy cost. For some of us fear is an inspiration to try harder, to push ourselves beyond what we perceive to be our limits, or love more passionately. Some people are afraid to admit that they have any fears, a contradiction really when as a human being it is our nature to have fear. We are born with two fears, loud noises and falling. All the rest are learned, some sensibly. I have learned not to grab hold of an iron to see if it is hot just after you switch it off. It is, by the way. Some fears are not so sensible or rational. The fear of silence, for example. Many people speak to fill this silence, asking how the weather is even when standing in it, or having the radio on so as to not feel lonely. Why would you feel lonely when you have your own incredible imagination to keep you company? The philosopher Pascal once said "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." So many of us are filled with anxiety when we have nothing to do. We may feel shame at being "lazy" or "stupid" or any number of labels we attach to ourselves. But where have these labels, these fears, come from?
Next time you call yourself a negative name, or admonish yourself for something ask yourself this. Do I really believe that about myself? Is it really me that is calling me that name? Close your eyes and listen, whose voice is it? Someone else's thought that I have inherited. By continuing to have that thought, it may have become a belief. Are you stupid? No, of course not. But someone who was threatened by your intelligence when you were young could have called you that and it may have been during a formative period in your development. Just because it is someone's opinion doesn't mean it is true. I happen to believe that Orange and Lime Tic Tacs are the vilest "food" I have ever has the misfortune to taste. It doesn't mean that I'm correct. Although I am. But it also doesn't mean that my belief you are a lunatic for liking them is true. Although you are.
The point of all this is that although our fears are a natural part of us. We don't have to believe them although we do need to understand them. As Yoda (Star Wars again) says "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." While this is not always a pleasant path to tread it is the other foot of the path of light that we also walk down. We all have a shadow side, a dark side. Fear, anger, jealousy, hate, Tic Tacs. To deny it is to deny a part of ourselves. As James Ray says "to damn a part of ourselves is to dam a part of our existence".
Understanding where our motivation comes from is a powerful tool and it is through practicing awareness that this can be achieved. Constantly looking at whether our motivation is fear or love, pleasure or pain. The light and shadow are two sides of the same mountain, when one is is sunshine the other is in darkness. As ever, balance between the two is where peace will be found. Anyone who has tried the "just think happy thoughts and you'll be happy!!" approach will probably have found it to be flawed. Our shadow side rears up to smack us in the face, belittling us for not having the will power to be happy. Also dwelling in the shadow side for too long is unbalancing and challenging too. But it's all fine. All of it is an opportunity to learn about yourself. Try to remain aware of which side of the mountain you are on, and which side you maybe need to sit on for a while.
A very wise man once told me in order for roses to flourish you sometimes have to work through the shite at their roots. Life healing is a process so it takes all of your life. Let go of the conditioning that tells you to avoid your shadow side, to deny its existence. We will always move between shadow and light, that is what being human is about.


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The Bisexual is a painfully hilarious look at the difference of dating men and women from the perspective of a person who finds herself doing both. It's an honest look at the last taboo, bisexuality and what it means to refuse to compromise on what you want.
New Yorker Leila (Akhavan) is feeling lost in London. Recently part of an uber-cool power couple, she's now split from girlfriend Sadie and is struggling to adjust. Moving in with a 'stranger off the internet' she soon discovers she's swapped her luxe old life (think: high quality condiments, plus a girlfriend who sorted all of the Life Admin) for a house-share with Gabe, a British guy who's only ever other female 'flat-mate' was his mum. Gabe doesn't know any lesbians and Leila's not got too much experience of hanging out with heterosexuals – their worlds collide in deeply awkward and revealing ways as he becomes her unlikely wingman and helps her to navigate her new life dating men.
Offering an outsider's view of Britain, The Bisexual is brimming with weird and wonky slices of urban life only apparent to those living on a temporary work visa, struggling to keep up with the discrepancy between what the English say versus how they actually feel. Leila is part brave, part reckless, 100% shameless and is embarking on a romantic Choose Your Own Adventure, trudging through the hell of dating – gay and straight.
The Bisexual was commissioned for Channel 4 by Nerys Evans, Deputy Head of Comedy, who said: "We are thrilled to be working with Desiree on her series The Bisexual. She has such a brilliantly unique viewpoint on finding love in your 30s. We love her candid observations, both on being an outsider in a strange city as well as the sexual politics encountered when you are neither straight nor gay. She's honest, authentic and brilliantly funny in her delivery."
Desiree Akhavan said "Getting to play in the sandbox with such intelligent collaborators at Sister Pictures and Channel 4 is an absolute dream come true. They're the perfect partners in crime for a taboo sex comedy. And by that I mean they're all perverts."
Naomi de Pear, Executive Producer, said: "Desiree has got the kind of sureness of voice as a writer and director that's rare in its honesty and hilarity. The Bisexual will be a shamelessly raw and questioning look at how people are exposed through their sex and relationships and the new rules, pitfalls and prejudices around that."
The Bisexual is written by Desiree Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele (Appropriate Behaviour) and is being made by Naomi de Pear (Flowers) within Sister Pictures. It was commissioned by Nerys Evans, Deputy Head of Comedy and Phil Clarke, Acting Head of Drama & Head of Comedy for Channel 4.
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I just listened to a discussion between John Horgan and Madhusree Mukerjee, and the conversation ended on a moderately down note as Mukerjee seemed pessimistic about the prospects for the world's poor. Where do these people get the idea that things are getting worse? I recall the same sentiment from Massimo Pigliucci. These are people with advanced degrees in science (Mukerjee has a doctorate in physics from University of Chicago, and Pigliucci has multiple advanced degrees), but they seem totally immune to the empirical trendlines of our age.
Here is China's life expectancy over the past 50 years:
And below are a series of vital statistics for the world which are "looking up." I'm not arguing here that things will inevitability get better, I'm arguing to at least acknowledge that things have noticeably gotten better.


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A THIRD of Welsh students have considered dropping out of university as they battle with mounting financial pressures, according to new Assembly statistics.
The Student Income and Expenditure Survey found that three in 10 students – 33% of part-timers and 29% of full-timers – had considered quitting their courses, with most full-timers citing rising debts as the main reason.
Almost three in five full-time students (58%) felt financial stress had a negative effect on their academic progress.
And more than a quarter of students said concerns over debt nearly stopped them going to university altogether.
Student union body NUS Wales yesterday reiterated the need for a national bursary scheme for university students, more transparency on hidden course costs and more support for part-time students.
Almost 50% of part-time students indicated that issues over the availability of funding had led them to studying part-time, with 35% of full-time and 28% of part-time students admitting the availability of funding affected their decisions about higher education.
As borrowing levels increased by 5% for part-time students, average savings levels have fallen, showing that average net debt among part-time students has increased since the previous survey from an estimated surplus to a small debt.
NUS Wales president Ben Gray said: "In light of these results, it is not acceptable that a third of students have to choose which course to study based on the amount of financial support which will be available to them rather than on the quality of the course or their personal interest.
"We need a national bursary scheme so that all financial support is based on how much a student needs it, not where they happen to be studying. We cannot leave this in the hands of individual institutions.
"At a time when students are likely to find studying full-time more challenging, we need concrete measures to support part-time students further."
An Assembly Government spokesman said: "We are determined to ensure that financial barriers should not deter potential and existing students from entering higher education, that's why we recently announced enhanced maintenance grant support aimed to help students from lower income households.
"The enhanced means-tested Assembly learning grant, along with a package of debt relief and a national bursary scheme will help reduce the cost and debt associated with higher education for those students who need it most."
Cardiff Students' Union president Andy Button-Stephens said: "It's clearly a massive consideration for students as to whether higher education is worth the high financial burden whilst at university and for the years spent paying off the debt."


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Mongrel Signs With Unable Records To Release "Evolution"
The female-fronted hard rock band Mongrel has inked a deal with independent record label Unable Records, based in southern New Jersey, for the release of the "Evolution" EP in June. Unable Records comments:
"For Mongrel, noted as the hardest working band in Boston by Metal Edge Magazine, this signing represents the next logical step on their path forward. Since the addition of lead singer Jessica Sierra, Mongrel has been an unstoppable force, taking the bars and hard rock venues of the eastern U.S. by storm. Show after show, release after release, Mongrel has consistently proven that they are among the best bands active in the scene today.
"Dan Nelson, formerly of Anthrax, has said, 'Mongrel is more than punk, more than metal, they tread the line somewhere in between; a rare musical hybrid that brings the listener into their dangerous and heavy world, then keeps them there with beautiful and unapologetic force.'
"A professional and dedicated band that has already put out amazing records to wide critical acclaim, Mongrel and Unable Records are poised to raise the bar yet again with the June release of the five-song EP entitled 'Evolution.' Aptly named, this latest effort by Mongrel was recorded by Jim Foster (POD, Nullset, Sully Erna) and mixed by Dave Fortman (Slipknot, Evanescence, Godsmack). Famed engineer Howie Weinberg, who has worked with bands like Metallica, Nirvana, Sound Garden, and Pantera, mastered 'Evolution,' bringing huge production value to the outstanding song writing and musicianship that has made Mongrel fan-favorites everywhere they go.
"The partnership between Mongrel and Unable Records is a natural fit. Voted the Best Punk Band of 2014 by Pulse Magazine, Mongrel will be right at home on the Unable Records roster. Previous projects by these punk rock specialists include releases from The Bastard Suns, No Fuego, Murder Majesty, and Ransom Price."
The "Evolution" EP will be available exclusively through iTunes beginning May 20th, and will be released through all major online retailers and streaming services on June 3rd. Physical copies will be available in select U.S. stores as well as through Unable Records, Amazon, and Mongrel directly.
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When Grampa's started in 2011, our objective was, and continues still today, to bring to you, a unique, freshly made pasty, by way of local farmers markets.
We chose the name "Grampas" as an acronym for "The Great American Pasty & Pie Co" and most importantly because Chef Gerard (now retired) has taught all his grandchildren to cook.
With our English/South African heritage, we began this journey with our very own "English pot pie". However, in keeping with Michigan tradition, the "yooper pasty" has become our much-loved signature product.
We are very proud of our success through the years, having gone from "just the two of us", now to employing others, and in so realizing how important it is to helping others. What began with 1 market has now developed into 14 markets per week. What began with just 1 style of pasty has now developed into 14 varieties. What began with only "freshly baked" has now developed to "unbaked frozen" and "baked frozen".
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"When I write I have no preplanned outline or sense of story. I sit down at the computer and the movie starts."
Get to know the Author
The Prophecy
Interview by Darrell Haskell April 14 2018
Thanks for taking the time to do this interview. I've read all three books and find it interesting that most of your lead protagonists are strong women. Was that planned, like maybe in support of what's going on now in Hollywood and the professional world?
(Chuckle) No. I started these books long before Pig Power was finally called out.
Pig Power?
Yeah, that's what I call the actions of men who have to demean women or abuse them in order to facilitate their big egos and placate their small dicks…sorry hands.
These being fantasy novels, you've created some very interesting characters. Was it difficult coming up with them?
No, they just popped into the movie when the time came to make their entrance.
Popped into the movie?
Yes. When I write I have no preplanned outline or sense of story. I sit down at the computer and the movie starts. My job is simply trying to keep up with the dialogue…and of course put it in an acceptable format. My characters come complete with names and personalities. It's actually pretty cool. I hear other authors talk about the difficulties of finding names and then of course there are those that create impossible names like "sveulxzi, the lizardman" or something you can't phonetically pronounce. I have a few strange names but they are usually pretty easy to say.
That's interesting. You're books seem to flow in a consistent manner for having no preplanned outline. How do you make it all work out?
I'm totally character driven and typically have no idea where they're leading me but it all seems to come together in the end. At first, I was really concerned about that, the flow and where it was going, but when I finished The Prophecy, I was amazed at how it all ended by itself. A few people have asked me if I channel the information, and my answer is, "I don't know."
Where does the story or inspiration come from?
Again, I don't know. Sometimes it's in the middle of the night and I get all these scenes downloaded in my head. On a few occasions my characters get really insistent and I might get up and 2 am and start typing. Sometimes it's when I'm driving or whatever. I think as authors develop their styles, they know when and who is talking to them and a story unfolds. I usually tell those beginning, just sit down and type when you have that burst of inspiration. It's like working out. The more you do it, the stronger you get and the more it flows. It's called learning your craft and there's always more to learn.
As I was reading, I came to the conclusion that you have quite a dark side to you. Most of your bad guys are really evil, or maybe despicable is a better word.
Thank you, they thank you. It was the hardest part of writing for me. In the beginning I would let my personal bias interfere and my characters were about as bad as Barney Fife, if you remember him…you might be a little young for that one.
I've seen re-runs, (laughing). How did you get beyond that?
I read a lot and I've read some pretty grisly stuff by A-listers that was obviously acceptable. It finally sunk in, that I personally am not hurting anyone in the physical. It's fiction and people want a hero and a bad guy. I love a story where I get emotionally charged and have someone to root for and someone to despise. As an author, you get to play all the parts and you can be as sweet as you want or as evil. Take off the chains and let it rip. An actor typically plays one character, and sometimes gets type cast as that character making it difficult to play other roles in the future. An author plays them all. I had to learn to ask myself, in a given situation, what's the most despicable or heroic thing this character can do to evoke a response from the reader. Once you figure that out, then follow through with description. After a while it becomes easier.
Speaking of emotionally charged, there were several places throughout each book that really choked me up. Is it hard for you to write those scenes?
Nothing a box of Kleenex can't handle. (Chuckling) I'm a passionate person and I want to invoke passion in my writing. There are still scenes in each book that I can't read without a tissue, and believe me, I've read each one over and over and over…that part's called editing.
Some of the areas in the book I really enjoyed were the flying scenes, where your character discovers their dragon powers, like Leto and then learns to fly in the canyon. Those were really incredible. Was it hard creating those?
No, in fact those were the most fun to write. I'm very visual and it was like I was doing the flying. My shoulders would rock back and forth, and my head moving, I was the dragon.
Have you always wanted to be an author?
Never had thought about it. I was in Ft. Collins, Colorado one beautiful Colorado day, sitting in front of the computer, staring out the window. I had just finished an article for a small spiritual newsletter that I managed at the time about the magical power of energy healing, and I started getting images of a woman (renaissance period), tending a Prince who had been attacked by outlaws. It was crazy. She then turned into a blue dragon and hauled him off to some realm of elementals, fairies, who were healers and suddenly I couldn't stop writing. The movie had begun. I was compelled to write and it just kept flowing...every day.
You have a lot about healing in your books. I did read that you have a doctorate in Naturopathy, is that correct?
Yup. I'm also a reiki master teacher, certified in cranial sacral therapy and was a teacher of meditation for a number of years. I believe strongly in traditional chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, also aromatherapy and herbology. I like to incorporate that into the books when I can.
So why don't you put the title of Dr. in front of your name on the books?"
Why should I? I accomplished that for me, not to impress people or hang a shingle for the rest of my life. It was what I wanted to do at that time in my life. I worked with a couple of board certified MD's in Boulder and Ft. Collins for a while, but got burned out pretty early. People have been spoiled by allopathic medicine and are basically whiners looking for the quick fix. Natural medicine is about healing, not suppressing. It takes a lot longer to heal than it does to pop a pill and make the pain go away and that's what big Pharma is counting on to keep them in business. You don't want to get me started on that topic.
This has all been very interesting. I wish we had more time, maybe another interview soon. Before we go, do you have any advice for new authors or those desiring to write?
Yes, write and read!! Find a good mentor in the beginning. After I completed the manuscript and sent it out, I received a slew of "thank you but this is shit" letters. One was kind enough to say, "It sounds like a great story but you are sorely lacking in mechanics. I suggest using 2nd Draft Critique," which was a new service being offered by Writers Digest. For $3 a page, 50 page minimum, you could pick one of the authors on their list and send them your copies. They would in turn give you a professional critique. I did so. I chose an award winning romance author by the name of Terri Valentine. She sent back the material about a week later with numerous suggestions and tips. It was tough love at its best but also praised where I did good. I started going back through the book taking her suggestions. A week or so later, I received an email from her saying she was still thinking about the book and wanted to work with me on it to develop it. At first, I thought, "oh yeah, she's looking for a paycheck at $3 a page and I've got 600+ pages here. I asked her that point blank. She said, she had dozens of manuscripts coming across her desk each week but this one had stuck in her mind. It was more than I really wanted to spend but it all boiled down to another education. It was well worth the money. We worked together more than nine months. She was really special and I received a lot more than I paid for, in fact she gave me an endorsement when The Prophecy was finished. Find a good mentor and don't let them change your voice. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
(laughing) Thanks Mark, it's been a pleasure.
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Children of under 30s more at risk of dying in childhood
Babies born to mothers aged under 30 are at a higher risk of dying in childhood, says a report commissioned by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found.
Children with the same birth weight were more likely to die if they were born to women aged under 30 compared with those aged 30 to 34. "Young maternal age ... is associated with factors which increase risks," said Professor Ruth Gilbert, clinical lead for the research. Age was "becoming a marker of social disadvantage — women who have higher education and those with career prospects are more likely to postpone pregnancy until their 30s".
The study, which looked into the deaths of all children, excluding babies under 12 months, found that two-thirds had an…