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All VKC animals allow you to pet them. Simply right-click on the animal and choose "Pet me". The traditional (Series I)pets have one petting animation and each breed has a unique animation.
There are at least three petting animations for each of the Pathfinding-enabled (Series II). When you use the setpet command, the petting animations will change accordingly. One of the following words should follow the setpet command:
Try them all. I am pretty sure you will find at least one you like. Remember, different animals have different petting animations. The animations for the Bloodhound II, for example, are different from those for the Yorkshire Terrier II.
With most of the VKC petting animations, you pet the animal for a while and then automatically stand up at the end of the animation. Selecting cuddle (available for some Series II pets) allows you to snuggle and caress your pet until you decide it is time to stand up and get on with your day.
Special Names for People
You can have a lot of fun just using the Direct Commands that I described in the last section. Fido has other commands which are either more complicated or especially used in training your dog (see the Training section). For example, there are five "special" people-names you can use with the movement commands which are especially useful in training:
Controlling Movement
If you want finer control over how Fido moves, you can use the moveto command instead of go, run, or on. You follow the moveto command with a name and two numbers. These numbers define the range and speed of the movement of the dog. For example, 'fido moveto enrico 3 6' means that Fido will move to within 3 meters of a person, place or thing called "enrico' at a speed of 6 meters per second. In fact, the commands go, run, and on are just instrincts that use the moveto command. More on that later.
When we use this command, we must add at least three parameters to the command: target, range, and speed. The target is a person, place (mark or vector) or thing. The range is how close we want the dog to come to the target. And the speed is how fast we want the dog to go there. Here is a another example:
fido moveto redball 1.5 7
I made a variation of the moveto command mainly for dog accessories designers and professional trainers. Most people will never have need for it. But, if you're interested, you can add a fourth numeric parameter called "flags." Here are the basic values "flags" can contain:
2 = Do not turn toward target
4 = No animation while moving
8 = Move non-physically (llSetPos)
16 = Use position offset (see "position" command)
32 = Do not avoid obstacles
You can add these values up to get various combinations of behavior. For example, 14 means the dog will move non-physically, without animation, and without turning. I also supported vectors in the first parameter. So for example, let's say you want to move Fido to a specific point non-physically and without turning or walking. Say:
fido moveto <182,98,23> 0 0 14
First, notice there are no spaces in the vector. You cannot have spaces within the vector or the dog will interpret them as separate parameters. Since you are moving the dog non-physically, you can use zeroes for the range and speed parameters. The fourth parameter is the sum of 2 + 4 + 8, which means no turning, no animation and move non-physically. See? No? :)
Another useful movement command is tp. This tells your pet to teleport to a person, mark, or active object that you name when you give the command. This command works only within a region, not from one region to the next.
For example:
fido tp owner — the pet, if he hears the command, promptly appears by his owner's side.
Forward and turn
Fido also has some simple movement commands that are mostly used in training:
You can make Fido turn to any of eight compass points. Use your mini-map as a reference.
In addition, you can have Fido turn 45 degrees to the right or the left, or turn around 180 degrees.
To have your dog face you, say "turn toward" and to have your dog face away from you, say "turn away."
You can tell Fido to move forward a set distance. Say:
fido fwd 10
He'll walk forward 10 meters. You can also make Fido turn relative to his current rotation by saying
fido turn l
fido turn r
With these commands, Fido will turn left or right by 45 degrees.
Additional options for the turn command — The pathfinding-enabled dogs have some more options — they can turn to face avatars, other dogs, left, right, and angles in degrees!
For example:
fido turn enrico — fido turns to face enrico (an avatar)
fido turn rex — fido turns to face rex (another dog)
fido turn left — fido turns 90 degrees left
fido turn right — fido turns 90 degrees right
fido turn 130 — fido turns 130 degrees clockwise
fido turn -20 — fido turns 20 degrees counter-clockwise
Controlling Position for Heeling
You can also tell Fido to "heel" to a different position than on your left side with the command "position." (You may want to do this if you have more than one dog, for instance.)
fido position 270 1
If you want Fido on your right instead, say:
fido position 90 1
If you say,
fido position 0 4
Fido will walk out in front of you.
To restore the original position settings, say:
fido position -1 -1
Water Commands
You can also choose how you want Fido to handle water with the command water. One of the following words must follow the water command:
If you spend any time near the water, you'll really enjoy this new feature. My favorite is swim. Let's say you want Fido to swim behind you while you sail. Give him a command like this:
fido position 180 2
fido water swim
fido heel
Fido will swim along the surface of the water behind you!
Note: due to the contraints of pathfinding, your pet will not be able to enter the SL water, let alone swim, when he is in pathfinding mode. If you want your pet to enter the water, you must set him to traditional mode first. To set your pet to traditional mode, say,
fido pf off
When your pet is finished playing in the water, return him to pathfinding mode. Say,
fido pf on
Carrying Objects
Use those commands followed by the special item you want Fido to take or drop. For example, say:
fido go redball take redball come drop redball
The redball and several other free toys are available from the Information Kiosk at any VKC Park. Additionally, you can also find other toys for Fido for sale by various vendors at the VKC Parks.
With the original VKC Dogs, it is perfectly normal for the toy to be in the dog's mouth when he is standing but to follow along behind the dog as he moves about.
New Toy Handling
Beginning with the dogs released in 2011, the VKC offers the most lifelike toy handling yet. The dog really does carry the toy in his mouth. VKC Toy System 2 toys are backward compatible so they work with the early VKC Dogs, too.
You can get a selection of new-system toys from the Information Kiosks in every VKC Dog Park and on the Marketplace. You'll find that some of the nearby shops that specialize in accessories for VKC Dogs also have free toys in stock in addition to a variety of excellent toys, bowls, houses, and games.
To design the new toy system, I got together with Chiva Vavoom who has coded her own VKC Toys for years. Among other things, we agreed upon a protocol for a Lost Toy Remover system that will clean up VKC Toy System 2 toys at the touch of a button. The Lost Toy Remover is available for free from all the same locations that offer the free VKC System 2 Toys.
Carrying Your Pet
There are several VKC Pets who will leap into your arms or onto your shoulders so you can teleport with them and carry them with you wherever you go. The Chihuahua, the Bichon Frise, the Jack Russell Terrier, the Dachshunds, the Puppies, the Polar Bear Cub, the Cats, and the Rabbits currently have this trick. The command for the trick is here.
Before you can give your VKC Pet the here command, you have to give them permission to animate your avatar. So, assuming in this example that Fido is one of the pets that can be held in your arms, you would first say:
fido attach
A dialog box will appear in your SL window to ask you for permission to animate your avatar. You should give this permission (you can revoke it later). After you click yes, you can then say:
fido here
Fido will coming running over to you and leap into your arms (or onto your shoulders, if he is a Jack Russell). To place your pet on the ground again, you simply right-click on Fido and select "drop." He will appear on the ground near you. You also can select "detach" to place him directly into inventory.
When the pet is picked up, it is necessary to suspend both his active behavior and his body script. Otherwise, he gets in a terrible mess while the avatar is carrying him. When you drop Fido again, he has no easy way of knowing how far he has travelled since you picked him up, so he assumes that he has moved outside of any stay or settle range you may have set. Based on these assumptions, Fido sets his mode to roaming when you drop him. If he didn't do this, it would cause unexpected and undesirable behavior when he was dropped somewhere outside the settle parcel or stay area
Similarly, Fido doesn't have an easy way to tell if he was active or passive before you picked him up, so he goes with active, that being the most likely setting for him to have had previously.
If you do not want your pet to be in active roaming mode when you put him down, be sure to tell him promptly what you want.
NOTE: It is a limitation of SL that only the owner can carry a pet.
If you decide you no longer want your pet to be able to leap into your arms, say,
fido attach no
After this, Fido no longer will perform the "here" trick. You, of course can later say "Fido attach" again and he will then be able to leap into your arms once more when you give him the "here" command. Remember, the only way to let go of your pet after he is in your arms is to right-click on him and select "Drop" from the menu. Some parcels do not allow this command, in which case, you must select "Detach" to return your pet to your inventory if you no longer wish to carry him.
You also can carry the larger pets, if you wish. Many people create a trick that tells the pet to assume a pose (like rest, for example) and to attach to a specific attachment point on the avatar. Once the pet is attached, they edit the pet until it is in a suitable position.
Creating such a trick makes it easy to teleport with your pet or to engage in sports such a motorcycling or horseback riding with your pet. Of course, you may just tell your pet what to do without creating a trick by saying something like,
fido down attach 9
This command tells your pet to assume the down pose and then attach himself to your back.
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Smart Move, Bills
A one-year contract with Terrell Owens is the perfect scenario for the Bills, or any other team who might have wished to take a shot on the Mercurial Man without suffering the long-term consequences. T.O. tends to be a model citizen early on in any situation. In San Francisco, he was an insecure youngster who dropped too many balls until a late playoff touchdown against the Packers in the 1998 wild card round brought him a first taste of stardom -- and the world a first taste of the alter ego. Soon enough, he was screaming at coaches on the sideline and throwing quarterbacks under the bus.
First year in Philly? He makes a miracle comeback from a broken leg and shreds New England's defense in the Super Bowl, in what would have been an MVP performance had Philly wound up with the three-point win instead of the Pats. The next year? Total nightmare. He blew the team apart.
There were very few problems in Dallas his first year -- he knew that Bill Parcells wasn't going to put up with his garbage. Parcells, who referred to Owens as "the player", kept him in line with the same psychiatric genius and acidic personality he's used to mold teams for three decades. As soon as Parcells was out the door and Wade Phillips was inserted as a more malleable mouthpiece, all hell broke loose again.
There's a pattern here -- T.O. is a great first date and a rotten partner.
It was smart of the Bills to step in with the one-year deal. Owens has to know that if even Jerry Jones -- a man who will accept just about any character flaw as long as the rings keep coming -- lets him go, he's damaged goods... possibly beyond repair. He will be on his best behavior, and he will add greatly to the production of an offense that finished 26th in Football Outsiders' Offensive Passing DVOA statistic in 2008. He won't do it for the team giving him another chance, or the teammates who are no doubt already on edge, or the reputation he's just about destroyed despite his incendiary talent. No, he'll do it for the possibility that another franchise will take the bait after the Good T.O. shows up for another year.
Now, he's playing for time -- and time's running out. That's why the Bills made the smart play.
Doug Farrar
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Hon. JAMES W. MOTT, of Oregon
The life of the United States as a nation began and has continued under the particular form of government which we now have. It is a form of government which obtains nowhere else on earth. Although it is less than 150 years old, it has endured longer without change in form than any other government in the world. Under it the people of the United States have grown to be the richest, the most powerful, the freest and the most secure of all people of the earth. If there are those who have been inclined to doubt this during the recent years of the depression the most unfortunate of them need only to compare their lot with that of the people of other countries during the same period.
Under our form of government the people themselves, who are the real rulers and from whom all governmental authority is derived, have always been able to meet and solve every problem and every crisis that has risen in our Nation's life. They will continue to do this, in my opinion, so long as they maintain the form of government which has enabled them to do it in the past, and they will solve our present problems if only they will not depart from that theory and that system of government which for 150 years has been distinctly and uniquely their own.____________________


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Microsoft First Notified Of .ANI Bug In December
Microsoft was first alerted to the .ANI vulnerability back in December, but a patch for it didn't come before exploits began hitting the wild last week.
Mark Miller, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, said in an interview Monday with InformationWeek that the company needed the three-plus months to work on building and testing a good patch. Since the exploit hit last week, he said slightly less than 100 Microsoft technicians have been working "around the clock" to ready the patch.
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The biography of a Catholic nun who was murdered while trying to help those in need.
Raised in an Irish Catholic family in Queens, New York, Maura Clarke's decision to join the Maryknoll sisters and dedicate her life to working as a missionary for God came as no real surprise to her family and friends. "What drove Maura toward the convent was not a desire for safety or rigidity," writes investigative journalist Markey, "but a sense of purpose, a desire to do practical good in the world and to lead a life that was big, significant, meaningful." In 1959, Clarke accepted her first posting in Siuna, Nicaragua, where the locals were fighting against abject poverty under the Somoza regime. After several years there, Clarke had a short stint back in the United States before being reassigned to El Salvador, another country whose residents were battling for freedom under a strict government. The author ably blends the personal story of Clarke's life and dedication to her belief in God and her work with the changes in procedures that have taken place in the Catholic Church in the past 60 years as well as the political, cultural, and societal upheavals that Clarke experienced in the foreign countries to which she was assigned. The combination of elements brings excitement, tension, and compassion to an overlooked story that illuminates the courage and dedication of the sisters toward their fellow humans while highlighting the cruelty and senseless violence that have plagued Latin America for decades. For anyone interested in learning more about the multiple civil wars in Central America and the roles the American government and these Catholic sisters have had in encouraging change, this book is a great choice.
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Nazareth Borough Council last week approved an ordinance that will prohibit parking on the east side of S. Broad Street at the intersection of the Nazareth Vigilance Fire Co. driveway and sidewalk, 128 feet north of Belvidere Street. Only authorized personnel will be allowed to use the area.
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Some of us might dream of having an intimate wedding among the rolling hills of Ireland and some of us might dream of celebrating on the cobblestone streets of France. Few of us would ever even imagine that both could be possible but that was the case for this lucky couple. We featured this sweet duo's nuptials in their hometown of Cork, Ireland back in April and now we get to show off their beautiful wedding celebration in the South of France. Both affairs were full of adorable details and lots of love all magically captured by Brosnan Photographic. Give into your wanderlust heart and check out the full gallery!
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From Brosnan Photographic...Ciara and Rian chose to have a second wedding celebration in the South of France shortly after their first celebration in Ireland. This time they invited more friends and family rather than just their parents for a big celebration. Ciara and Rian chose to meet before the ceremony this time for some photos around the old walled city of Carcassonne before heading to Domaine Gayda. After the outdoor ceremony in the pool house we headed into the vineyard for more photos. The vines were just starting to come up. After dinner we had a private tour and more opportunity for photos in the wine cellar, a special treat!
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A baby blanket I designed and made for a young woman at our church expecting her first baby. Caron Simply Soft yarn was used. The weight, sheen, and overall texture of this yarn is simply beautiful. I recently bought a book of shell stitches from Leisure Arts, as well as a book on boarders. Indispensable for make your own projects. The inspiration never ends.


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There are a total of five centers in the NHL I'd want on my team ahead of Patrice Bergeron.
David Krejci is not one of them.
This thought came to mind last night when I first heard that the Bruins had given Krejci a six-year, $43.5 million extension that set up the 28-year-old to become the highest-paid player on the team starting with the 2015–16 campaign. And the thought circled around again on Thursday after hearing one too many people I respect prattling on about what a great deal this is.
A great deal? Sure ... for Krejci. He now stands to become the only No. 2 center in the league who'll take home more than his team's No. 1. And make no mistake: He is Boston's second-best pivot.
Sure, he averaged more ice time than the Selke Trophy-winning Bergeron last year, (19:07 to 17:59). Krejci also had had the edge on the score sheet (69 points to 62). But Bergeron is, and has long been, the more effective player at even strength.
Last season the gulf between the two was staggering. Comparing their prorated numbers per 60-minute increments, Bergeron outproduced Krejci in goals and points. Bergeron's Corsi relative to quality of competition was .934, compared to Krejci's .515, extending a trend that goes back to the 2008–09 season ... and this was while Bergeron was starting only 46% of his shifts in the offensive zone, compared to 53.9% for Krejci.
And when it mattered most, it was Bergeron's shoulder that coach Claude Julien tapped most often. Bergeron took more draws on both the power play (178 to 128) and the penalty kill (236 to 56) than did Krejci. In total, Bergeron stood in for 1,732 face-offs. That was 500 more than Krejci.
It is pretty clear who's No. 1 in Boston. So why pay Krejci like he's top dog? Inflation has something to do with it. During the cap-crunched summer of 2013, Bergeron signed an eight-year, $52 million deal that will kick in this season. That contract looked like a bargain then. It's a steal worthy of Ronnie Biggs now.
But the bigger factor was that GM Peter Chiarelli had painted himself into a corner last summer with the Tyler Seguin trade.
I'll continue to take the bullet for Chiarelli on that swap—it made sense for a lot of different reasons—but it left him with no options and Krejci with all the leverage. And so here we are.
None of this is to suggest that Krejci is a bad player. He's a solid two-way pivot whose offensive numbers would likely look better if he played in any system other than Claude Julien's. And even though he was a total flop in last spring's playoffs (four assists in 12 games), he led the postseason in scoring in two of the three previous years. His ability to excel under pressure merits a raise.
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Fahrenheit 451
Why does Bradbury compare the Hound to autumn? What other mention of autumn have we seen in the book?
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I think that Ray Bradbury compared the Hound to Autumn because the season is known for creeping up on people. The summer wanes and Autumn begins to show quickly,
"He could feel the Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift, like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't jar windows or disturb leaf-shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed. The Hound did not touch the world."
Here is another quote about autumn:
"The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward."


text: I'm now moving into my 2nd complex in a row (apt and a house) that REQUIRE me to pay, included in my rent, a "technology package" with a monopoly cable company. It includes basic cable and "high speed" internet. There is no option to opt out of the technology package, since they have a contract with the cable company. It seems this would be illegal since the FCC is supposed to allow consumers to pick their own cable company.


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text: Harry-O was one of the greatest shows on television. One of the few detective shows with narration by the character. I've always liked that Philip Marlowe type narration. David Janssen plays the average ex-cop private eye Harry Orwell. He has a bullet lodged in his back, so he has to supplement his pension with an occasional case. Orwell's style was unique, and during the flashy days of fast cars, and gun fights. When his car wouldn't start, and that was a lot in the first year, Harry got to appointments by using cabs, buses and sometimes walking. Janssen took this role and made Harry Orwell and understandable and believable character. It had a superb cast of Anthony Zerbe as Lt. K.C. Trench, Henry Darrow as Manny Quinlan, and sometimes Farrah Fawcett as his next door neighbor. The show lasted two years and was cancelled. Harry O was unique and people are starting to look at it again on some of the cable networks.


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EVERY BREATH WE TAKE, EVERY MOVE WE MAKE seem to finish with "?"
It seems to have been so since time immemorial.
(TO QUESTION might be a motto engraved in every step covering our university campus. But many seem to thread over it without realising it.)
One great-grandfather asked: How am I going to be fore-father of millions if my wife is barren?
A childless couple argues about God's reaction to their plight. Is there a push-button for true healing?
Is there such a behaviour which can be called: CLEAN politics?
Is the other side of the HOSANNAH coin: CRUCIFY HIM?
Does the splattering blood of the scourged blemish the face of the one who is scourging?Is the cross some form of 'ladder' towards maturity?
Is man's inhumanity to man insurmountable?
Are our everyday life rituals (at home, along our streets, in our churches, 'fuq iz-zuntier') truly rituals, or just 'business as usual'?
Is the Madonna only a lucky charm around our necks or can she accompany her Son's "com-passion"?
Is all this another carnival or April's fool joke?
In life there rarely is a clear-cut EITHER/OR. Therefore a question within a question crops up: Why does God (is He here-there-everywhere?) sometimes demand it?How can the cross which mirrors our questions shed light leading to inner peace?
Are suffering and joy intrinsically intertwined?
Is life boring without questions?
Can searching for answers in itself be fulfilling?


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The next Xbox console will get its big reveal May 21, Microsoft's Major Nelson confirmed and announced today.
The event is being held at the Xbox Campus in Redmond, Washington on Tuesday, May 21 at 1PM ET/10AM PT. A live global stream will be broadcast on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and Spike TV for the U.S. and Canada.
Hryb also teased more Xbox-y goodness at this year's E3 early June. Which, honestly, is no surprise. If not for this very, very late reveal, Microsoft would have no choice but to showcase their next console at E3.
Note: The photo used in the header is not an official shot of the next Xbox console?just enthusiast concept mock-ups.


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Our People
We all have a need to belong. One healthy way that needs can be met is through belonging to a group. Jesus understood that need when He founded the Church, a group of people who follow Jesus. In Jesus' eyes, church is people, not a building.
The Church is also understood to be the body of Christ, functioning to continue the work of Christ in the world. That definition captures the attitude of the members of Inman First Baptist Church.
We try to keep Jesus' definition of church in mind in all we do. We strive to keep our focus on people, those already part of the Church, and those who are yet to become part of Jesus' Church. Our primary task is to help people build a relationship with Jesus. One very important part of building that relationship comes through being part of Jesus' family. We believe this is in keeping with continuing the work of Jesus in this world.
Inman First Baptist Church is not a perfect representation of Jesus' family because we are all flawed human beings. However, we are in touch with the perfect love of Jesus and want to share that love with others. If you would like to be part of such a group, please join us.
I hope to meet you soon!
Paul G. Moore, Pastor
Why should we be a regular part of worship and Bible study with our church family?
A very significant reason for being a regularly part of worship and Bible study is that these spiritual exercises play major roles in advancing our spiritual growth. The Bible is clear that the people of God were created for community. There is no idea in the Bible of a privatized faith. Biblical faith always grows best in the atmosphere of a healthy Christian community. One piece of evidence of our spiritual growth will be our personal involvement in ministry inside or outside the organized church.
Worship and Bible study with our church family are also important because of the example we set for our family. Parents teach more about important things by example than by their words. Tell a child eating a well balanced diet is important but take them through the drive through every day and guess what lesson they will learn. Parents do well to participate in Bible study and worship for the sake of the children, but if that is the only reason for parents' participation, when the children are grown the parents are likely gone from church life. Personal spiritual growth, as described above, is a major driving force in our participation in the life of the church.
I can list other good reasons to be part of worship and Bible study with your church family but the most compelling reason comes from the writer of Hebrews. He was addressing a church made up of Christians who were not as strong in their faith as he felt they needed to be. To them (and to us) he says,
"...let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
Inside Out [PG]
Parents need to know that Inside Out is mostly told from the perspective of the emotions inside the mind of a young girl named Riley, whose family moves from Minnesota when her dad starts a new job in San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) -- live in Headquarters, the control center of her mind. When the emotions have conflicting ideas about the best way for Riley to transition into her new life, Joy -- Riley's most important emotion -- does her best to keep things positive. Like the rest of Pixar's movies, this looks like an original story that's fun for the whole family, with some poignant moments and a few tense, emotional scenes. (Read the review at www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/inside-out)
Need to Breathe - http://www.needtobreathe.com/
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Do you have trouble balancing the outward world of work, relationships, and life with your inner world of thoughts and feelings? Does the former constantly outpace the latter, sweeping your sense of self away in a barrage of responsibilities and busyness? Are you desperately unhappy, but can never quite figure out why?
It may be time to tread the Sufi path to mindfulness.
Sufism is the mystical Islamic practice of seeking to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through a personal experience with God. 14th-century Arab historian, Ibn Khaldun, described Sufism as "…dedication to worship, total dedication to Allah most High, disregard for the finery and ornament of the world, abstinence from the pleasure, wealth, and prestige sought by most men, and retiring from others to worship alone."
The Sufi movement developed out of early Islamic self-discipline that served to balance out the increasing materialism of the growing Muslim community. Kabir Helminski, in his book, "Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self," shows readers how to use elements of Sufism as a "spiritual training system" that can help us navigate our similarly chaotic and materialistic contemporary world.
If you're interested in taking this journey in examining the elements of Sufism that can help you both know and transform yourself in a positive way, let's take a look at a few lessons from Helminski's book.
Defragment Your Worldview
Our postmodern age struggles with meaninglessness. Because we've cast aside the grand narratives that describe reality in favor of our own individual stories, our reality—and thus, our worldviews—are often fragmented.
"The world," as Helminski writes," is seen as a panorama of things that have somehow assembled themselves through an entirely random process." The idea that reality is united into a spiritual whole is no longer widely accepted, and even those who do believe in an underlying spiritual order often see it "as a concept, not as an experience," as Helminski says.
Because our ideas shape our worldview, which, in turn, defines how we see reality and react to it, a fragmented worldview means a fragmented life.
So what does this mean for you? It means that you'll miss out on the beauty of what reality is really like. It also means that you'll lack the intrinsic hope that comes from believing that there is a purpose to life.
When you realize that there is order to the universe, you realize that you have a purpose. You realize that you, above all, have value. You become complete.
Whatever your beliefs are, focus on the unity of the world around you. We're all a part of the same, big story, and we all have a part to play. Life is not meaningless, and you are not insignificant.
Realizing your own value in a purposeful world is one of the most important steps you can take if you want to regain your happiness and sense of self. Try to get past the surface and get in contact with the deeper reality of the world in order to defragment your worldview.
Balance Your Outer and Inner Worlds
"The personality is our superficial identity," writes Helminski,"our learned behavior and attitudes; it is tied to the conditions of outer life, to approval and disapproval, like and dislike, praise and blame…the personality, which is absorbed in the external world and forgetful of the possibility of an inner life, is governed by the external world."
This disconnect between your inner and outer worlds, as described by Helminski, is a major source of unhappiness and self-neglect.
As a remedy, he recommends exchanging your multitude of daily care for one overarching one: the care for simply being present.
This simply means that you free your inner thoughts and emotions from your external circumstances. When you gain independence from comparison, craving for material possessions, and wishful thinking, you will be liberated from your own compulsions.
Imagine a life where you aren't worried about having as big a house as your neighbor, or where you can simply let go of the negative events you cannot control. This life is, according to Helmiski, at your fingertips.
Balance your inner and outer worlds, and you'll be able to become your most authentic self.
Pay Attention
"How difficult it can be to simply pay attention," writes Helmiski. "The moment we notice something, our attention is captured; there is no effort. Effort enters when we try to sustain attention."
We are that which we pay attention to, and so it's vital that we don't' simply drift through life allowing our attention to roam and wander. We must take control and direct it.


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Downloads: 72 Updated: December 31, 2015
Maya the Bee: Flowerparty Lite Description
This is a light version of the App – play for 15 minutes and buy the full version if you like what you see.
The full version provides the following features:
It's Maya the Bee's birthday and you're invited to help her prepare the party. Decorations, food, guests – everything that a great party needs can be played for in 6 categories that are both fun and valuable for child development. Bit by bit, Maya's interactive party fills up with paper lanterns, dancing guests, a lavish buffet and much more.
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* Help Willy correctly serve the food
* Play hide-and-seek with Lara
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* Find the matching pairs in Ben's game of memory
* Draw new party decorations
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Great game, very beautiful game, it is strongly recommended.
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There's no denying that owning an Audi has its own unique appeal. With a reputation for luxury, it's certainly a bit of a status car. And yet, an Audi is more than simply classic looks and a comfortable driving experience. At heart, Audis are performance cars, packing quite a bit of horsepower under the hood.
If you're in the market for a luxury sedan or SUV, an Audi is a solid choice. But what sets the brand apart as a great choice for genuine car enthusiasts? Here are 5 solid reasons to consider an Audi for your next car.
1) Value
Audi's are far from being an economy car, but with their higher cost comes considerable value. As long as it fits your price range, choosing an Audi can get you quite a bit for your money. Aside from the purchase price, their gas mileage is surprisingly efficient. If you're dealing with a long commute, that's an important place to save.
2) Dependability
Audis are relatively dependable, as far as cars go. The last thing you want is a car that breaks down constantly, leaving you stranded on the way to the office. Constant repairs to a subpar vehicle can become more expensive than what you would have spent on a nicer car in the first place. You can rely on your Audi to get you where you need to go, with minimal downtime.
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Audis are a luxury sedan, and the interior reflects that. Comfortable seating, great climate control, and convenient monitor-based control panels make driving, a pleasure. The leather used in Audi interiors is known for its quality, and passes over 40 different tests for durability and comfort. The Audi MMI multimedia interface is considered one of the best on the market, making driving easy, comfortable, convenient, and even entertaining.
If you have a long commute, this can be a godsend. The average American spends over 100 minutes a day in the car. Why spend that time in a space that's cramped, uncomfortable, and downright unpleasant?
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Audi is renowned for its design and engineering. No one wants to drive a car that's downright ugly– we're looking at you, PT Cruiser. Audi vehicles look good, and that's definitely a selling point. They have a pleasant form factor, and even the least expensive Audis on the market employ the same high standards for beautiful design.
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i got this recipe of a vogue forum who had got it off the side of a can or something, i have eaten it for lunch every day its really nice (the whole family love it too)
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Serves 4
2 teaspoons oil
4 spring onions, chopped
2 rashers bacon, chopped (weight watchers or 97% fat free kind)
1 chicken breast, cut into 2cm dice
420g can Edgell Creamed Corn
3 cups liquid salt reduced chicken stock (you could probably substitute a cup with water if your salt conscious)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley for garnish
Salt reduced soy sauce - about 2 table-spoons to taste
Optional : day says a couple of drops of sesame oil would be good in this recipe too.
1. Heat oil in a saucepan. Add spring onions, bacon and chicken and cook for 3 minutes.
2. Stir in chicken stock and Edgell Creamed Corn and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
3. Gradually whisk in beaten egg and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
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I am writing in regard to Childs Walker's excellent article ("Campus visionaries," Aug. 9) that described some of the planning work our firm did for the Johns Hopkins University. While we certainly appreciate the kudos our firm received in the article, we would be remiss if we did not point out that the evolution of the campus has been a team effort which included many other talented consultants including RK&K Engineers, Mahan Rykiel Landscape Architects, and Michael Vergason Landscape Architects.
Most importantly, many members of the Hopkins administration — particularly their design and construction staff — played a pivotal role in all the work that was completed. None of the Homewood campus improvements could have happened without their leadership and guidance.
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Reconditioning? Take it slow.
My name is Laura Francis, and I am currently preparing to start to bring my 16.1 thoroughbred gelding "Spider" back in to work for a three day event competition in four months time.Spider has been off work for about six months, due to school exams which prevented me from working him every day, so is really only "grass" fit.
Dear Madam,
I would really appreciate any tips that you could give me about bringing a "grass" fit horse back up to eventing fitness.
Thank you for your time,
Yours Faithfully,
Laura Francis
Leighton Buzzard, England
Hello Laura,
Let me apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail about your horse "Spider." Now lets see if I can give you some exercises that your horse will find both enjoyable which are somewhat easy on him. I can appreciate that due to the length of time that has passed since you e-mailed, you've been doing just fine and he has come along nicely. For cardiovascular you know that the best way is to do hydro workouts, but if you can't then alternative ways must be found.
Before any re-conditioning program is initiated, two evaluations should be done.The horse should be examined to determine what sort of conditioning will produce the optimum result. Since there is the three-step program of round pen work, treadmill work or a horse walker. On a five day schedule of four days of conditioning followed by one day off. Remember each horse is an individual and the program must be planned to the tolerance for work your horse can handle.
Round pen conditioning differs from round pen training. It introduces the horse back to patience and the idea of work outs. Each session should be last no longer that 30 – 45 minutes at the start and be increased by 5 – 10 minutes after a few days. Because round pen work is beneficial for taking weight off a horse, a horse that is slightly over weight or out of condition will only need to spend three days a week in the round pen. If the horse needs to gain weight or just simply maintain the weight but get rid of a grass belly, such as yours, will only need to spend a day or two a week in the round pen.
Treadmill work is slow, intense work and is excellent for adding muscle and bulk. It may be used every fourth day for horses that thrive on it and less for those that don't. Introduce treadmill work slowly. The is always the possibility of frightening or injuring a horse. Spend the first two or three days simply walking he horse onto and off of the treadmill. When he is comfortable with looks of the machine and the feel of the belt under his hooves, turn it on at the slowest setting. Let the horse become familiar with the feel of the treadmill belt starting and stopping. After the horse learns to walk with the motion and is relaxed with its operations, set the machine at a fast walk for three or four minutes. Increase the session gradually, adding one to two minutes each time until the horse walks 15- 20 minutes per treadmill session. Fifteen to twenty minutes does not sound like much exercise, but treadmill work requires a lot of exertion and can be stressful to some horses. When you have worked your horse for 15 – 20 minutes this is equivalent to a 1 3/4 to 2 hour workout. And remember you are making the horse keep the same pace for the entire time.
The third method, horse walker, I only recommend it as a warm up preceding the workouts or as a cool down after work outs or for rehabilitating an injured horse. I personally don't think it very beneficial for a horse that is in good health and needs to get back in shape. It is also good for teaching an young horse patience and to establish the need to work and be handled.
Other than the above mentioned, the other best way is to do ride out placing the horse through the various paces and maneuvers you would normally encounter during your three day event. However, don't attempt to jump your horse until you have worked his impulsion or hind quarters to strengthen his muscle to execute the needed push and lift require for a safe jump.
Your ally is your common sense, use it relay on it and don't ignore it. Sometime our common sense and the gut feeling one gets from time to time is the best judge of all our action. Trust your horse's senses too. He should be the best judge of what he can, will and capable of doing or delivering. Done under estimate him and his power of decision making.
Good luck in your upcoming three day event. Let us all know how you did.
Maggie Flowers
HorseCity.com Training Director


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- • Pal-Mac Aqueduct County Park
- • Seneca Lake State Park
- • Sportworks Family Fun Park
- • Bristol Mountain Ski Resort (4.8 mi/7.7 km from the city center)
- • Hill Cumorah Visitors Center (5.5 mi/8.8 km from the city center)
- • Canandaigua Motorsports Park (6.7 mi/10.8 km from the city center)
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We've already referenced content delivery networks or CDNs, a few times now. The way these solutions work is that they host a version of your site on their server, and then loads the content from another server that is closest to that individual's location. More and more site owners and bloggers are using CDNs not only to improve page load speed but to provide users with a great experience to make them stay longer on the website. Also mentioned earlier, this can help with how well a site ranks in Google, while also moving your site above the competition. Moreover, if one of your server locations is overloaded due to huge traffic and visitors, then users can automatically be switched to a new server location to enjoy fast loading website experience.
Improve Your Hosting Plan
If you have a slow loading website or blog, it's likely due to your hosting plan. If you are pushing a lot of traffic through your site and making money in the process, you should definitely upgrade from a shared server. Shared hosting is often fine for new site owners and bloggers, but as your site gains more attention, backlinks, and traffic, it will also likely be using more server resource. On a shared server, your site is also sharing the server resources with many other sites — sometimes hundreds, or even thousands! Upgrading your hosting plan to a VPS or dedicated hosting package can greatly improve the performance of your site as well. So, if you are still using a cheap web hosting plan with an average price below $5/mo and receiving massive traffic from search engines, then it would be the right time for you to upgrade your hosting plan with a better one to speed up your website loading speed.
Use Optimized Images
Big images take up a lot of space and resources when it comes to loading data from your site. This is especially true with very high-quality images. While these images are going to play a big role in the beauty and engagement on your site, there are still ways to optimize such large images so they load faster and put less stress on your server. There are many plugins are available that can drastically reduce the file size of an image without reducing the quality. Image optimization will not only help you boost website load time but will also save disk space for more files and media. If you really don't want to overload your website with plugins, then you can also use online image reducer apps and software to optimize image before uploading to the media library of the site.
Minimize HTTP Redirects Requests
How and where content is being loaded on your site can also affect its overall performance. You may need to use redirect requests to redirect the web browser from one URL to another. There are a variety of reasons as to why you might want to do this, such as to specify a new URL location, to track visits and clicks on the site or to connect different elements of the website with each other. Since redirects might be necessary to enhance overall UX of the website, you should only be using the redirect requests that are most important because excessive redirect requests can have an ultimate impact on the loading speed of your website/blog.
Don't Leave Your Audience Hanging
When browsing the internet, few things are more annoying than accessing a slow loading website. It's hard enough to get someone to visit your site, let alone stay for a few seconds. Don't give them a reason to leave right away because your site isn't loading as fast as it should be.
Follow each of the simple and effective site speed optimization tips above to make sure your site loads as fast as possible, ranks higher than the competition and also doesn't disappoint your audience when they hit your site.
7 Examples of How to Rank Higher in Google for Your Name
Your name is important and when someone searches for it online, you want to make sure they find your correct information. This isn't just about reputation management, it's also about looking your best and delivering a great first impression.
The key thing to remember here is no matter what someone is searching for online, they are likely going to start with a simple Google search. Since most people share their name with hundreds or even thousands of people in the world, having your content rank for your name might be quite a challenge. This is especially the case if you share a name with a popular celebrity, politician or well-known personality.
The good news is that when it comes to ranking for your name in Google, anything is possible. Implement each of the seven methods below into your content creation and marketing efforts to see your own site and content start ranking higher for your personal name.
Create a Website or Blog with YourName.com
The most effective way to rank in Google for your name is to simply create a website or blog and have the domain as your personal name. ZacJohnson.com is a perfect example of this.
It's not just about creating a site and putting it out there, it's also about making sure the site acts as your main hub for everything you do online. This means you should be creating original content for the site, linking to your social media profiles and also referencing back to your site when contributing to other sites or getting quoted/referenced.
Once you have a platform in place, it's something that will continue grow and develop with your personal brand over time — while also gaining in authority and SEO power as well.
Promote Your Social Profiles
Speaking of social profiles, Google loves to rank sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter right at the top of their search results. Depending on the competition around your name, your social profiles might already be ranking at the top of Google, even above your own websites.
You can see an example of what currently ranks in Google should you search for "Taylor Swift" below.
With millions of sites and new content pieces covering Taylor Swift every single day, it's her social profiles (Twitter, Instagram and YouTube) that continue to dominate the search rankings.
This same method works for all names and not just celebrities. If you want your social profiles to rank higher, just keep sending more links to them using a variation of your name as the anchor text.
Boost Profiles and Authority Sites
As mentioned in the beginning of the article, ranking at the top of Google for your name is important if you want to deliver the best and most accurate information. If you are having trouble ranking your own site or want to focus on ranking other high authority content in addition to your own, this is a perfect option to explore.
For example, let's take a look at Warren Stephens, who is an entrepreneur and has multiple bios and articles written about him online. His Wikipedia profile ranks first, then a bio on Forbes and another based around "Warren Stephens net-worth" on TheRichest. While Wikipedia and Forbes are both mega-huge outlets, TheRichest is still quite powerful to be ranking number three for his name.
Celebrity networth sites have quickly been gaining more and more attention lately as they continue to ramp up the number of celebrities, entrepreneurs, and well-known personalities they continue to cover. Even if you don't think your one of the most famous people in the world, your profile could soon quickly be picked up by their platforms and covered in the media.
Just while doing a quick search through their Google listings I was able to easily find thousands of entrepreneurs including Kevin Harrington and Gary Vaynerchuck.
How long before we see these "networth" sites ranking on the first page for many average individuals, YouTube stars and entrepreneurs?
Guest Blogging and Author Profiles on Other Sites
While you might already have a site of your own that is ranking well for your name, it's always a good idea to try and rank for multiple positions with other relevant content. If you are an expert in your industry, a great way to secure even more page one rankings for your name is to contribute content to other high-authority sites.
We can see this working extremely well for Neil Patel, who is a well-known entrepreneur and marketer through his blogs at QuickSprout.com and NeilPatel.com.
Not only does Neil have his own sites, he is also a contributor to many big media outlets like Entrepreneur.com and HubSpot.com. Doing a quick search for his name in Google will result in not only his main sites and social profiles ranking for his name, but also each of these contributing bios on other sites as well.
Once again, a perfect example of how you can deliver a great first impression (and your best content) when someone searches for your name on Google.
Rank with Other Content Sharing Sites
As covered in a few of the examples above, a great way to quickly rank at the top of Google for your name is to do so with other well-established sites. In this example, we are going to look at Jeff Bullas, who is one of the most well-known bloggers and social media influencers in the world today.
His site at JeffBullas.com already ranks number one for his name, then his social profiles follow afterward. However, when you move further down the list you will see his profiles with SlideShare.net and WordPress.com also make it on the first page of Google.
Even though Slideshare and WordPress.com are two extremely popular sites, not many people consider them when trying to rank for multiple positions for their name. These are definitely two free options everyone should consider when trying to dominate the whole first page of Google for their name.
Do Interviews and Media Outreach
A common theme in this article has been the power of using authority sites and media outlets to quickly rank at the top of Google. One of the best ways to accomplish this is through interviews and getting mentioned or covered by relevant industry sites that rank well.
A quick example of this can be seen if you search for my name in Google. A few years ago I was interviewed for IncomeDiary.com, and that post still ranks extremely well for my name today.
The same holds true for even big name celebrities or entrepreneurs who do interviews or get covered for stories based around their success and fame. If you do a search for "Lori Greiner" of Shark Tank, you will see interview-based stories from BusinessInsider.com, Inc. and Entrepreneur.com all ranking on the first page for her name.
Not sure how to get media coverage on sites like Entrepreneur or Inc? Simple… just look for the author bio section in each article. Share their content, build up a relationship and maybe your story is a perfect fit for their next article.
Don't Forget About the Power of Video
Video is a fascinating beast in itself, yet one that is often overlooked by content creators that mainly focus on "text" based articles.
Here's two quick things you need to know about video.
- People love to share and reference videos
- Google loves to rank video since they own YouTube
Now that you know that, you should definitely be using video in your content outreach and SEO practices.
It's also not just YouTube video that ranks well either. Sites like Vimeo and DailyMotion rank very nicely as well.
Still not sure how effective video ranking can be? Richard Branson is one of the most well-known and successful entrepreneurs in the world, with billions of searches for his name annually. With all of that competition in play, do you think a video would rank for his name on Google? — The answer is yes, and even more surprising… it's not even a YouTube video!
Don't Just Rank #1 — Rank for All Ten!
The ultimate goal for everyone trying to rank in Google for their name shouldn't be to just grab that elusive number one position, but instead to rank for multiple (if not all) page one locations.
Run through the above seven working methods again and see what type of content you may already have ranking in Google. It's much easier to improve your rankings with any existing content that you already have ranking on page 2 or 3 pushed to page 1, versus trying to come up with new and original content of your own.
In the world of SEO and ranking at the top of Google, it's all about getting your content in the right places and building authority links and references around them
Expert Roundup Posts: 21 Examples in Different Niche Markets
Expert roundups are getting a lot of attention lately. If you haven't participated in one, I'm sure you've at least seen them being passed around through social media or even found on your favorite site. The main reason why expert roundups are such a hot content creation method these days is that not only are you creating new content and value for your audience, your site is also getting a ton of social media shares, expert exposure, and authority in the process.
This is also one of the main reasons why I decided to launch my Rise of the Entrepreneur podcast, with the focus on interviewing experts within our industry.
Here's a typical 5-step formula for how to create and find success with an expert roundup.
- Choose a hot topic or question relevant to your niche
- Email/outreach experts the question within your space
- Once you get enough answers, publish them all to your site
- Send outreach again to your experts and ask them to share your post
- Repeat the process and continue to promote previous roundups on your site
The formula works extremely well and it one of the best ways to get expert names within your niche on your site. Since the experts who contribute content back to your site are getting free exposure and a link back to their site, it's no problem for them to spend a few minutes answering your question and getting back to you.
If you are currently in need of an expert round-up for your own brand or blog, contact me and let's make it happen! We'll put together an action plan and outreach strategy that works best for your niche and target audience.
Examples of Expert Roundups in Different Markets
What's even more exciting about this type of content creation, is that it works in really any niche market. Sports, business, entertainment, finance… they all have hot topics and talking points that can easily be covered.
Let's take a look at several examples of different successful expert roundups in various industries today.
21 Branding Experts Love Using Infographics
The actual value in expert roundups is always a big question. Sure, you will likely get a lot of engagement, backlinks and social shares to your article, but how are you generating new business or money from it? In this infographic roundup, the question asked was how to use infographics within your outreach and marketing. This is perfect for the site, as they are an infographic design service. No matter what type of roundup you are creating, always try to have a monetization play in effect as well.
80 Blogging Experts Share their Tips on How to Start a Blog
Expert round ups are all about creating content for your existing audience, while also helping you reach new audiences and further establish yourself as an authority. Below you will find a perfect example of this in motion, through my how to start a blog expert round up. As with most expert round ups, the concept was simple… as a bunch of site owners one question that they could provide a great answer for. The end result was over 80 different ways to find success with blogging — all from proven experts who already put their recommended tip into action.
22 Nutrition Experts Want to Keep You Healthy
The health and weight loss space is flourishing with content that is read, shared and viewed millions of times daily. In short, there is a never ending need for creating new content in this space. An excellent way to accomplish this, while bringing a new feeling into this mix, is through expert roundups. In this nutrition expert roundup post, Nutrition Fox was able to share numerous tips with their audiences, while creating an effective new way to increase backlinks, views and social activity in the process.
75 Relationship Experts Share their Advice
When you think about expert roundups, you probably don't think about some of the best niche markets and industries that they could be used in. This relationship roundup is a perfect example. What makes it even more exciting is that over 75 different experts were able to contribute to it!
How 27 PR Experts Handle A Media Crisis
Something like reputation management and PR is huge for any existing personal brand, business or organization on the internet today. We all know that once something goes online, not only is it there forever… it also has the potential to go viral and cause problems quick! So what would some of the smartest minds in PR do to protect themselves? You will just have to check out this expert roundup to find out.
17 Top Bloggers Discuss Common Blogging Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Blogging Mistakes. Who doesn't make or have made their own fair share of them? Mistakes are a part of learning, and for bloggers and internet marketers they happen daily! Every blogger makes mistakes while blogging but the smartest bloggers review their mistakes and avoid them and move forward. That's exactly what these 17 bloggers did and today they are the shining stars of the blogging sphere. In this blogging mistakes roundup, experts from around the world have shared common mistakes they have made, and also how they avoid them and continue to sketch out their success. From this roundup, you will have a list of 50+ blogging mistakes that you must avoid to find continued success in your blogging journey.
12 Foodie Expert Share their #1 Tip for Health Eating
No matter what type of blogger or expert you might be, healthy eating is something everyone can relate with. While most bloggers are focusing on creating roundups that are extremely niche focused, bringing together a collection of food bloggers to contribute to a great generic topic like healthy eating is a perfect way to reach new audiences around the world. Wondering what these food bloggers recommend for cooking fast and easy healthy meals? You'll just have to check out each of their answers in the foodie roundup.
30 Expert Opinions on Why Men Cheat in Relationships
If you want to have one of the most read and well-respected relationship sites on the internet, you are going to need to have some expert advice for your audience as well. That is exactly what you will find at Marriage.com. Not only does their site have thousands of articles on relationship, love, and dating, they also have expert roundups as well. One of the more popular ones on the site focuses on why men cheat and highlights the opinion of thirty different relationships experts and their own unique reasoning.
Gardening Experts Trying to Save Your Garden
If you have a question about your home garden or even how to grow one… where do you go? For most people, it's probably the local Home Dept or Lowes. Instead of trekking out to the store, why not search online and see what you can find. An excellent way to provide a useful resource to your audience while also answering commonly asked questions is through gardening roundups like the one featured below. Not only is this roundup niche specific, it's also evergreen content — as it will be useful year after year whenever gardening is in season.
25 Experts Discuss the Future of SEO
In the world of online marketing and branding, expert roundups seem to take place on a daily basis. A few of the most common reasons for this is that so many people in our industry are willing to help each other out with information, while there also being a wide range of sites and resources always looking to create valuable content through such roundups. A perfect example of this can be seen at RankWatch, where they compiled answers from 25 different marketing experts to help us all better understand how to rank in Google and what the future of SEO might hold.
16 Cycling Bloggers Want You To Go Biking
When it comes to creating content for a niche focus blog, it's all about knowing what your audience is looking for. For example… if you had a biking blog, how much could you possibly write about on biking? I'm sure there is plenty if you are in expert in this space. Another option is to simply interview other biking experts within your industry as well. Here's a perfect example of a roundup in the cycling space.
10 SEO Experts Want to Expand Your Site Reach
Yes, I've even featured a few expert roundups of my own on a few of my sites. Some people like to go with super long roundups and will try to get as many people as they can to contribute. On this one, I simply went with 10 and it worked out extremely well. All it took was a few minutes to send out emails to a few SEO experts, send them a question and then compile all of the answers into a nice looking roundup post.
90 SEO Experts Discuss Effective Link Building
When being in a competitive niche industry like SEO or online marketing, associating big name experts with your site can be a huge deal. Tim Soulo did a great job with in this in his ahrefs roundup which featured 90 different SEO experts within the industry. Not only did this result in massive shares and branding for the site, it was also hitting their target audience as well — people wanting to do more with their SEO.
Beauty Experts Discuss Personal Looks
If you search around Google long enough, you will probably find expert roundups on just about anything. I was able to come across this one on a lesser known beauty blog, but it was still enough to grab my attention. The goal of this site is to review hair straightening products. Through the use of this personal looks roundup, I'm sure they were about to creep their way higher in the search results and move passed a lot of their competition.
48 Experts Share their Preferred eCommerce Platform
In the world of online marketing and business, it's always important to choose the right hosting, advertising, and ecommerce platforms. With so many different solutions to choose from, what better way to get an idea of what's working best, than through the use of asking experts what they are using. That is exactly what you will find in this ecommerce software round up. This round up was yet another one, completed by Minuca Elena.
16 Experts Look into the Future of Virtual Reality
When you have access to a lot of experts (which is something we all have), sometimes you just need to get creative. Don't feel that you need to always ask the same SEO or marketing questions. Some of the best roundups or conversations happen when you step away and get more personal. A great example of this is seen in the virtual reality roundup with experts in the mobile application space. Let's check back on this post in a few years and see how many of them were on the right track!
17 Marketing Experts Share Their Favorite Logo
When you see a logo design from the likes of McDonalds, Starbucks or Disney… how does it make you feel? Some of the most famous logo designs in the world today don't even have names associated with them, yet people know who/what they are. Some people will a lot of money just to have a brand name logo on something, versus getting a generic version. Logos make people feel differently about brands around the world and this logo design expert roundup is a perfect example of why and how. Not only is this roundup focused on the thought process of different marketers and why logos make us think the way they do, it's also a great promotion tactic for the site to push their logo design services.
39 Companies Share their Key Methods for Retaining Talent
Running a business in the world on the internet today is hard enough. Keeping your best employees and staff is even harder. This is often referred to as 'employee retention' and is something that every business will need to go through and something that some are betters with than others. In this expert round-up from TimeDoctor, we can learn from 39 different businesses and tech-companies on what they are doing to grow their business, while also keeping their best employees
50+ Internet Security Tips from the Experts
The more focused your expert roundup is to the core of your business, the more likely you are to find success. Internet security probably isn't one of the most exciting topics to read or write about, but when you bring in a lot of expert opinions, it instantly becomes more interesting. This is also a great example of how to create content that helps with backlinking and social activity.
28 Parenting Bloggers Share their Buying Mistakes
Mommy and parenting bloggers are some of the most powerful people on the internet. While most of them won't have a massive reach or following, the following that they do have is usually quite loyal. The same holds true for many of the shopping and coupon bloggers out there as well. When they aren't saving money or dishing the dirt on the latest parenting tips, you might just find some of them on parenting expert roundups like this one.
25+ Industry Veterans Reflect Back on Affiliate Summit
To bring this "expert" expert roundup series to a close, I wanted to bring us back to one of my best and most favorite roundups on the internet — which also happens to be right on this very blog. This round up is from Affiliate Summit attendees (mainly industry veterans), who were all asked what their favorite / most memorable story or event was over the past 15 years of Affiliate Summit events. This round up was perfect for many reasons, but mainly because they were all genuine stories that related not only with other Affiliate Summit attendees but also the person telling the story.
As mentioned in one of the earlier roundup examples… don't feel obligated to always just ask a single question. Feel free to make it more open ended to bring more conversation and engagement to the table.
Creating Your Own Expert Roundups
Now that you've seen what's possible with expert roundups, it's time to start creating one of your own. The most time-consuming part of this whole process is the outreach process, as you will need to individually email each of the experts you would like to include within your roundup. What takes even longer is the process of actually finding the contact information for each person. To help with this process, I highly recommend using a solution like Outreach Ninja (14 day free trial).
Once the outreach process has taken place, then it's a waiting game to see who is getting back to you. Again, a tool like Outreach Ninja can help with this, as you can build contact lists and see how is getting back to you — which is useful for future roundups. After going live with your roundup, be sure to then contact everyone who contributed, to let them know it's live. Tell them you will be promoting it through social media and you'd appreciate if they could do the same.
Follow the example expert roundups above and the quick action guide above to start creating similar high-quality posts for your own site!
Don't forget — If you are currently in need of an expert round-up for your own brand or blog, contact me and let's make it happen! We'll put together an action plan and outreach strategy that works best for your niche and target audience.
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The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri and Haruki Danjiri Matsuri are held during the weekend before Respect for Aged Day (national holiday) which is the third Mon. in Sept. Hundreds of people pull and run with wooden danjiri floats around the central streets near Nankai Kishiwada Station and Haruki Station in Kishiwada, Osaka. They also light up the floats at night. One of Japan's most famous festivals. These photos were taken on Sept. 19-20, 2009. Also see my video at YouTube.
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Imamiya Ebisu Shrine is dedicated to Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, representing business prosperity. On Jan. 9-11 (centering on the 10th), the shrine holds one of Japan's largest Toka Ebisu festivals to pray for good business. The festival is perhaps Japan's most commercial festival where souvenirs and trinkets for business prosperity are sold.
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