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Dear OSSG member
Just received my July 2010 edition of ITNow and note that there are many pages devoted to Open Source. Unfortunately the BCS Open Source SG (OSSG) were not made aware that ITNow would be covering Open Source.
Therefore I would be interested to know your thoughts on the articles in the July edition of ITNow be they good, bad, or indifferent.
Mark Elkins
Comments received
"First, it was great to see such a focus. However, the articles are quite light-weight but they do make many key points relating to the generic advantages and considerations of embracing open source. Overall they provide a reasonable introduction to the topic however there are clearly many specific topics relating to the exploitation of open source in relation to virtualisation, cloud, satellite server, licensing, support etc that would probably be of much more interest and value to the typical reader.
"I did not find the articles particularly informative, bit of a wasted opportunity in my view.
"A Quiet Revolution"? There's not much that is quiet about Richard Stallman, or any other FOSS advocate, in fact its hard to shut them up! The quiet revolution was not Open Source, it was Closed Source, some time around the late '70s to early '80s. Before then everyone shared code.
Not one mention of the ideological and political reasons for using FOSS. Those are major motivators behind many uses of FOSS. "I like Linux because it is not Microsoft", how many times have you heard that? Any discussion about the adoption of FOSS is incomplete without it.
Worse was the article on Open Source Software Licenses, clearly Rachel Burnett does not have a clue. It contains phrases like "the OSS license", as if there is only one! There was not much detail, but it appeared that the GPL was the target license of the article, although that did not get named (the fact that there are several GPL versions is probably over her head). How many OSS licenses are there? Over 300? I have lost track.
Open Source licenses are a minefield, and I would have liked to have seen an informed comparison. I know that the FSF do a comparison, but they tend to be rather biased towards GPLâ€.
"It is always good to publish the news regarding opensource. that is very much helpful.
Best regardsâ€
"Haven't received mine yet, but I'll feed back to you when I do. I have to say I don't have a lot of hope that it will be inspired articlesâ€.
"I had intended on commenting via the membership LinkedIn group that I thought the BCS magazine was particularly vacuous this month. The OSS articles I felt were extremely shallow and although they put the case for OSS adoption there was no real analysis or justification. To be perfectly honest July's ITNow looks more like a glossy brochure for private dental care than a computer society's members magazineâ€.
"My thoughts were, is there any open source software that BCS could usefully be using?â€
"Did the BCS put any effort at all into contacting the OSSG membership about the latest issue of IT-NOW?
No. Thought not.
I'm not sure I'll renew my membership. Not happy!
Best wishesâ€
H made a comment with regard to the article "Can Open Source Be Secure†that appeared on pages 18-19 of the July edition of ITNow and also at : http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.36428
"I wondered if the OSSG was approached to comment on this article?
Working with OSS in many small and medium businesses, I find many of the
points unfounded and somewhat misleadingâ€.
""Like most IT Now issues/articles, I'm afraid it's rather feeble. They seem to write assuming the technical knowledge of a 4th-form GCSE IT student. Mostly harmless vanilla waffle. But the legal article on OSS licenses by "Past BCS President and IT lawyer" Rachel Burnett is appalling – she states without qualification that when you create a derivative work, it must be licensed on the same terms as the original: "This means that any investment in creating commercial software products
which use the OSS source code cannot be realised by charging for use of those products". How can someone with that level of ignorance become an IT lawyer, let alone BCS President?
But perhaps it was bad sub-editing: since the intro says that she 'discusses the Open Source Initiative', but the article only mentions it very briefly in the last paragraph, one suspects that a lot has been cut to make room for a large irrelevant picture of a penguin.""
Quoted from http://network.bcs.org/group/179/discussions/580
"I appreciate…comments on the recent ITNow article on Open Source . It is normal practice for the BCS publishing team to consult with our Specialist Groups or other expert members about the topics we cover in the magazine but unfortunately this time a mistake was made and this step was missed , and I apologise for this.
However, this and other recent comments about the content of the magazine have been taken on board and we are reviewing our approach to the magazine to ensure it meets the needs of our members. We are keen that members contribute to this process and have set up a group in the member network to begin discussion on what they want the magazine to be. I hope you will get involved, the group is called ITNow Evolution.
Best wishes.
Elaine Boyes
Head of Publishing and Information Products
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT"
"I rarely find any article of interest in IT Now since they usually consist of lightly modified corporate marketing pieces, all fluff and no substance. The Open Source issue was equally disappointing because although they did not feel like sales pitches, the articles were vague and anecdotal rather than informative and analytical. For example, the "Cracking the Desktop" article fails to mention Firefox, one of the most successful open source desktop applications. A case study of the challenges faced in deploying this faster and more secure alternative to older versions of IE would have been informative, yet the article looks at the cost benefits of switching to OpenOffice an obsolete technology compared to online office tools such as Google Docs.
"Can Open Source Be Secure?" also exhibits the lack of editorial rigour in IT Now. The phrase "Experts do not agree" should not be allowed without referencing at least two sources (i.e. the "experts" on either side of the argument) yet the article contains no citations at all. The label 'Journalist hiding their own opinions by using phrases…'Â from http://www.tomscott.com/warnings/ should perhaps be applied here.
I have renewed my BCS membership for another year on the basis that my local branch and Specialist Groups provides some value, and I will give the new Academy of Computing project a chance, but my opinion of IT Now is that it is not worth reading.
Best wishes"


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P.A. Parenteau had to wait a while to make his return to Nassau Coliseum, but the time finally came Saturday night when his Avalanche made its first trip to Long Island since Oct. 16, 2010.
Parenteau broke through with the Islanders, producing 120 points in two seasons, 2010-11 and 2011-12, while playing primarily with John Tavares and Matt Moulson on the team's top line.
"I'm really grateful for what [general manager Garth Snow] and [coach Jack Capuano] did for me. It's something I'll never forget. They pretty much put me on the map," Parenteau said before the game. "I had two great years here, I got to play with some awesome players and it was an important time for me."
Important enough to earn a four-year, $16-million contract from the Avalanche in July 2012. Playing with a larger pool of quality young talent, Parenteau is still holding up his end as he nears 31 years of age. He has 10 goals and 18 assists in 46 games after tying for the team lead with 43 points in the shortened 2012-13 season.
Parenteau was the subject of recent trade rumors after returning a bit prematurely from a knee injury. He wasn't feeling quite 100 percent and Avalanche coach Patrick Roy benched him for two games. But Parenteau played Saturday with Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly and said he has felt much stronger the last few games.
Donovan sent down
Matt Donovan was sent down to Bridgeport Saturday and Travis Hamonic returned. Donovan was the only Islander left on the roster eligible to play for the Sound Tigers during the Olympic break; Calvin de Haan played too many games during the last 20 before the break to be eligible.
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"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27
Michael, Tucker, and I like to watch the world go by on our screened-in porch.
Tucker in particular likes to watch people walk to and fro on our street – bonus points if those people are walking a dog and making a lot of noise. In Tucker's world, those are the best kinds of people.
Today, kitten's ears pricked and his paws cupped his chin as he lowered his head to stalk the nearest movement. I looked up to see what grabbed kitten's attention this time.
It was a toddler wearing plaid and his dad following him with careful hands always at the ready to catch a tumble.
The toddler chose his points of interest and without hesitation followed his tiny little heart's desire to each new moment: the grass, the sidewalk, a small, flat boulder.
The toddler and his dad stopped at the boulder. The toddler slapped it and looked at his dad. The dad slapped it too and smiled and showed how to climb on. Toddler stared in determination and climbed, but cautiously stayed crouched down on all fours. The dad held out his hands and encouraged Toddler to stand on his own on top of the boulder he'd just conquered.
Boldly, the toddler stood on shaky legs, thrilled to pieces. But the cute thing was, he wasn't really standing on his own. His dad was holding him with careful arms but Toddler didn't notice. Toddler was too excited and pleased with life at the moment to notice. He smiled at his dad, and his dad smiled back. The toddler delighted in his boulder victory, and the dad delighted in his son.
It stirred in my heart: they are made in the image of God – the baby and the dad.
Just look at the wide-eyed curiosity and enthusiasm the toddler enjoys. I like to think that the God who made fluffy clouds and macaroni and cheese and slinkies and giraffes with long necks and ticklish spots is a creative and curious and enthusiastic God, just like the hopeful toddler.
When Jesus's disciples asked Him who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven, Jesus responded this way:
"And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:2-4).
But my favorite part to watch might have been the toddler's dad. While the toddler delighted in the world around him, in the flat boulder and the green grass, the dad delighted in his son. I like to think that's how our Heavenly Father feels about us. The toddler's dad was protective. He encouraged. He played. He smiled and he laughed along with Toddler's squeals with kind eyes and when his son tried to run at top speed down a hill, the dad was there to run with him and slow him down because the short toddler legs were tying up in knots.
It reminded me of how sometimes all of us get tied up in knots. And Jesus tells us we have a Father "Our Father in heaven, Holy is your name…" (Matthew 6:9), who, David reminds us, is there with us in both the tangled knots and the victorious heights:
"Oh Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar…If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, 'surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me be night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well" (Psalm 139:1-14).
So the dad delighting in his son is an image of our Heavenly Father. And the son smiling with delight is the image of our powerful, good, exciting God.
How God can reveal Himself through both the unashamed joy of a toddler and the unconditional love and security of a dad all at the same time is a mystery and a comfort. I like to think God has loving eyes and careful hands for His children like this dad on our street. And at the same time, I like to think God has excitement, adventure, and joy like the toddler exploring the land.
So if we are made in His image as sinful (but forgiven, my friends!) humans, how much greater, then, is this perfect God we serve? Mm. So good.


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Yet I go much further. It is not only Bolshevism, Marxism, and Governmentalism which are fatal to revolution as well as to all vital human progress. The main cause of the defeat of the Russian Revolution lies much deeper. It is to be found in the whole Socialist conception of revolution itself.
The dominant, almost general, idea of revolution – particularly the Socialist idea – is that revolution is a violent change of social conditions through which one social class, the working class, becomes dominant over another class, the capitalist class. It is the conception of a purely physical change, and as such it involves only political scene shifting and institutional rearrangements. Bourgeois dictatorship is replaced by the "dictatorship of the proletariat" – or by that of its "advance guard," the Communist Party. Lenin takes the seat of the Romanovs, the Imperial Cabinet is rechristened Soviet of People's Commissars, Trotsky is appointed Minister of War, and a labourer becomes the Military Governor General of Moscow. That is, in essence, the Bolshevik conception of revolution, as translated into actual practice. And with a few minor alterations it is also the idea of revolution held by all other Socialist parties.
This conception is inherently and fatally false. Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of names and political personalities, then it is hardly worth while. It is surely not worth all the struggle and sacrifice, the stupendous loss in human life and cultural values that result from every revolution. If such a revolution were even to bring greater social well being (which has not been the case in Russia) then it would also not be worth the terrific price paid: mere improvement can be brought about without bloody revolution. It is not palliatives or reforms that are the real aim and purpose of revolution, as I conceive it.
In my opinion – a thousandfold strengthened by the Russian experience – the great mission of revolution, of the SOCIAL REVOLUTION, is a fundamental transvaluation of values. A transvaluation not only of social, but also of human values. The latter are even preeminent, for they are the basis of all social values. Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.
It is at once the great failure and the great tragedy of the Russian Revolution that it attempted (in the leadership of the ruling political party) to change only institutions and conditions while ignoring entirely the human and social values involved in the Revolution. Worse yet, in its mad passion for power, the Communist State even sought to strengthen and deepen the very ideas and conceptions which the Revolution had come to destroy. It supported and encouraged all the worst antisocial qualities and systematically destroyed the already awakened conception of the new revolutionary values.
The sense of justice and equality, the love of liberty and of human brotherhood – these fundamentals of the real regeneration of society – the Communist State suppressed to the point of extermination. Man's instinctive sense of equity was branded as weak sentimentality; human dignity and liberty became a bourgeois superstition; the sanctity of life, which is the very essence of social reconstruction, was condemned as unrevolutionary, almost counter-revolutionary. This fearful perversion of fundamental values bore within itself the seed of destruction.
With the conception that the Revolution was only a means of securing political power, it was inevitable that all revolutionary values should be subordinated to the needs of the Socialist State; indeed, exploited to further the security of the newly acquired governmental power. "Reasons of State," masked as the "interests of the Revolution and of the People," became the sole criterion of action, even of feeling. Violence, the tragic inevitability of revolutionary upheavals, became an established custom, a habit, and was presently enthroned as the most powerful and "ideal" institution. Did not Zinoviev himself canonize Dzerzhinsky, the head of the bloody Tcheka, as the "saint of the Revolution"? Were not the greatest public honours paid by the State to Uritsky, the founder and sadistic chief of the Petrograd Tcheka?
This perversion of the ethical values soon crystallized into the all-dominating slogan of the Communist Party: THE END JUSTIFIES ALL MEANS. Similarly in the past the Inquisition and the Jesuits adopted this motto and subordinated to it all morality. It avenged itself upon the Jesuits as it did upon the Russian Revolution. In the wake of this slogan followed lying, deceit, hypocrisy and treachery, murder, open and secret. It should be of utmost interest to students of social psychology that two movements as widely separated in time and ideas as Jesuitism and Bolshevism reached exactly similar results in the evolution of the principle that the end justifies all means. The historic parallel, almost entirely ignored so far, contains a most important lesson for all coming revolutions and for the whole future of mankind.
There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another, This conception is a potent menace to social regeneration. All human experience teaches that methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim. The means employed become, through individual habit and social practice, part and parcel of the final purpose; they influence it, modify it, and presently the aims and means become identical. From the day of my arrival in Russia I felt it, at first vaguely, then ever more consciously and clearly. The great and inspiring aims of the Revolution became so clouded with and obscured by the methods used by the ruling political power that it was hard to distinguish what was temporary means and what final purpose. Psychologically and socially the means necessarily influence and alter the aims. The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one's methods of ethical concepts means to sink into the depths of utter demoralization. In that lies the real tragedy of the Bolshevik philosophy as applied to the Russian Revolution. May this lesson not be in vain.
No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the PURPOSES to be achieved. Revolution is the negation of the existing, a violent protest against man's inhumanity to man with all the thousand and one slaveries it involves. It is the destroyer of dominant values upon which a complex system of injustice, oppression, and wrong has been built up by ignorance and brutality. It is the herald of NEW VALUES, ushering in a transformation of the basic relations of man to man, and of man to society. It is not a mere reformer, patching up some social evils; not a mere changer of forms and institutions; not only a re-distributor of social wellbeing. It is all that, yet more, much more. It is, first and foremost, the TRANSVALUATOR, the bearer of new values. It is the great TEACHER of the NEW ETHICS, inspiring man with a new concept of life and its manifestations in social relationships. It is the mental and spiritual regenerator.
Its first ethical precept is the identity of means used and aims sought. The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and wellbeing. Unless this be the essential aim of revolution, violent social changes would have no justification. For external social alterations can be, and have been, accomplished by the normal processes of evolution. Revolution, on the contrary, signifies not mere external change, but internal, basic, fundamental change. That internal change of concepts and ideas, permeating ever-larger social strata, finally culminates in the violent upheaval known as revolution. Shall that climax reverse the process of transvaluation, turn against it, betray it? That is what happened in Russia. On the contrary, the revolution itself must quicken and further the process of which it is the cumulative expression; its main mission is to inspire it, to carry it to greater heights, give it fullest scope for expression. Only thus is revolution true to itself. Applied in practice it means that the period of the actual revolution, the so-called transitory stage, must be the introduction, the prelude to the new social conditions. It is the threshold to the NEW LIFE, the new HOUSE OF MAN AND HUMANITY. As such it must be of the spirit of the new life, harmonious with the construction of the new edifice.
To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone. Witness the tragic condition of Russia. The methods of State centralization have paralysed individual initiative and effort; the tyranny of the dictatorship has cowed the people into slavish submission and all but extinguished the fires of liberty; organized terrorism has depraved and brutalized the masses and stifled every idealistic aspiration; institutionalized murder has cheapened human life, and all sense of the dignity of man and the value of life has been eliminated; coercion at every step has made effort bitter, labour a punishment, has turned the whole of existence into a scheme of mutual deceit, and has revived the lowest and most brutal instincts of man. A sorry heritage to begin a new life of freedom and brotherhood.
It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal. Revolutionary methods must be in tune with revolutionary aims. The means used to further the revolution must harmonize with its purposes. In short, the ethical values which the revolution is to establish in the new society must be initiated with the revolutionary activities of the so-called transitional period. The latter can serve as a real and dependable bridge to the better life only if built of the same material as the life to be achieved. Revolution is the mirror of the coming day; it is the child that is to be the Man of To-morrow.


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Female musicians earn their wings in Canada and abroad
James W. Wood
The media can be full of stereotypes wherever we look: from the beatnik jazz poet with dark glasses and beret to some sultry R&B vixen showing out on the video for her latest track. Indeed, female musicians are often more susceptible to stereotyping than males in an industry guilty of concentrating on image more than substance, particularly when it comes to selling units.
Happily, there's a new generation of female musicians emerging across Canada that challenges preconceptions about musical genres, and the way women are portrayed by the music business. They're also forging international reputations with major recording labels. For all that these young women are on the path to international success, they're adamant that hailing from the Great White North has made them what they are today.
Bria Skonberg, a native of Chiliwack and winner of the 2017 Juno award for outstanding vocal jazz album, now lives in Manhattan and tours across the United States, having just released her second album, With a Twist, on Sony Masterworks. Despite her touring schedule and teaching commitments, she retains a strong sense of her Canadian identity — as she puts it with a laugh, "I always tell my audiences I'm from the jazz metropolis of Chiliwack, B.C.!"
Skonberg returns to B.C.'s Fraser Valley at least twice a year to visit family and undertake educational outreach work in local schools. "I left Canada to live in New York because I wanted to feel uncomfortable, and to keep growing creatively," Skonberg reveals. "New York is the best place for me right now for so many reasons — but I still feel grounded and connected to my roots in Canada."
As for being a woman in the traditionally male-dominated world of jazz, Skonberg says, "A lot of women have worked hard for a long time to get female musicians' respect. By the time I came on the scene, my teachers were always treating me as an equal. You know, if you can play and hang out, the gender thing is just a side issue. I'm not pretending there aren't challenges to being a woman in jazz, but when you look at what early pioneers like (1940s trumpeter) Valaida Snow went through, I feel really comfortable with the scene now."
Another emerging artist who praises Canada for creating opportunities for her career is soul singer Tanika Charles. Born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton, Charles returned to Toronto to further her musical career, and credits her Canadian background with creating "a more open and welcoming environment" for her to explore her talents. Charles specifies: "Being a Canadian does not influence my music – but it does allow me not to be put in a box compared to artists from other backgrounds."
The last five years have seen Charles' profile rise quickly, both in Canada and internationally. A Juno nomination in 2010 "got more people listening to my music and enabled me to start performing at bigger venues," such as London's famed 100 Club on Oxford Street, and other locations in the U.K. and France. A record deal with Italian soul label Record Kicks followed, and the last three months have been something of a whirlwind, with a second Juno nomination in February followed by the release of her new album, Soul Run, in April and a new single, Endless Chain, in May.
She also got to support one of her musical heroes, Lauryn Hill, at Toronto's Massey Hall, an experience she describes as "a dream. This last year has been wonderful and a blessing for me, managing to balance the workload and a personal life."
And that workload shows no signs of being reduced any time soon, with appearances on the festival circuit across North America planned for this summer, and a second European tour in December 2017, followed by further European dates in early 2018.
Relocation is not on the agenda right now for Nova Scotia-based R&B artist Reeny Smith, whose family and background have played a huge part in forming her identity as an artist and in forging her career: "My Dad was in a gospel group for 20 years and travelled all over Canada and the U.S. My mother was a singer who played in a band with (renowned Nova Scotia blues artist) Carson Downey," Smith reveals. "So music was a real part of our family when I was growing up."
Smith's work has been garlanded with many awards in her native Nova Scotia, and like Tanika Charles, she credits these awards for opening up opportunities for her to play to wider audiences and record with different artists. Her burgeoning career notwithstanding, Smith says she has no plans to leave her native province just yet: "Right now, I'm staying in Nova Scotia. You know, Atlantic Canada has this rep for folk or singer-songwriters, but there is a great R&B scene in Halifax!"


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by Dave Mindeman
In another example of the difference between Democratic and Republican economic policies, the Fitch rating system has restored Minnesota's AAA bond rating.
We lost that rating under the Pawlenty administration.
Minnesota has prospered under Mark Dayton. Our business climate is getting national recognition. Our economy is bustling. And all of this in stark contrast to our neighbor to the east, Wisconsin.
Mark Dayton did the unthinkable - he used tax increases on the wealthy to balance the budget while working to improve the lives of the middle class.
It worked. Let me repeat. It worked.
And the Fitch rating shows us the difference. The Pawlenty administration used gimmick after gimmick to balance budgets without new revenue. It showed up in our financial stablility - and Fitch took the unprecedented step to lower our bond rating. We have paid more interest on our bonds because of that. It was fiscal malpractice.
Dayton boldly took the opposite approach and the nation has noticed. While conservative legislatures in Wisconsin and Kansas doubled down on "trickle down" economics, Minnesota stayed true to Democratic economic principles.
Fitch noticed. The country noticed.
Thank you Dayton. Thank you Democrats.


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20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain [a]in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
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Sep 03, 2019
This has to be the most informative and useful SEO course on the internet. The instructor has provided so much value. I highly recommend this course for anyone seeking in-depth value of SEO.
Jan 17, 2017
This course provides the essential fundamentals for optimizing a website for search. The course was a refresher in certain areas as well as helped fill in the gaps on things I didnt know.
By Edwin S L I•
Jan 08, 2019
The material has at least 3 years old and the assignments need to be improved in the review model by 3 peers.
By Clair H•
Jul 21, 2016
If this class is truly designed and welcomes beginners who have no knowledge in SEO as it is described in course introduction, assignment instructions should be provided with sample writings or rubrics. The writing assignment instruction reads,for example, "Identify headers, alt-text, and etc. and recommend how to improve them for optimization." Where does it say provide alt-text images for recommendation, make a tie to the recommendation, and list references for the images recommend, if not 3 points off? The lectures are short, doesn't show much details of what is expected for audit writing or analysis writing, but my 2 page analysis or audit is not enough because a thorough rubric expects to see this and that that is not even mentioned in instruction? It is a common sense that a writer has to be detail-oriented with recommendations? Then the course SHOULD not encourage SEO beginners who has never seen SEO audits or analysis paper. If not, assignment instruction should be listed thoroughly as rubric, so that a beginner SEO student can pass the writing and take it as a learning experiences. Endless flunking mal-grading system, is this Coursera's education method?
By Andreas H•
May 24, 2019
The local SEO part is outdated (no more Google+).
You should add restaurants for the local SEO audit.
By Jill W•
Dec 12, 2019
Information is old (ex. Google+) and the peer reviewed assignment caused a lot of frustration because what the students were supposed to audit was (and is) not available to the public, but the grading criteria was based on this being available. I don't like my time being wasted, and it was in this course because I was learning information that is no longer relevant or barely relevant and with regard to the assignment, I spent a long time trying to access something which in the end I couldn't unless that company gave me access. Really disappointing...
By Anthony K C•
Jun 18, 2019
Peer to Peer review ruined everything. They do not even read properly and just give bad scores without second thoughts. The comment they give is horrible, and is not true if they read properly.
By Elean M•
Nov 15, 2018
This was a good course with a lot of meat to it. The second and third course are packed full of meat that honestly help you improve your site by implementing what you learned in those two classes. Currently taking the 4th class in the series so we'll see how that turned out. 1st class in the series was a waste of time. All fluff to get you to pay more I assume.
By Syed B H•
Sep 03, 2019
This has to be the most informative and useful SEO course on the internet. The instructor has provided so much value. I highly recommend this course for anyone seeking in-depth value of SEO.
By Sean R•
Jan 17, 2017
This course provides the essential fundamentals for optimizing a website for search. The course was a refresher in certain areas as well as helped fill in the gaps on things I didnt know.
By A. T H•
May 23, 2017
Excellent course. There is always new and exciting information available in the ever changing world of SEO. Great insights on Google's ever-changing algorithms and methods. Thanks!
By Teresa F•
Sep 11, 2019
The intention and overall instruction may be on course, but the visuals do not give a concrete idea of where data is being derived in the examples. This makes it very hard to replicate the process for assessments. More staff involvement would be helpful, and information about Google should be updated as often as the Google interface and structure does. Also, more resources and citations would be appreciated to supplement the lectures.
By A•
May 28, 2020
Outdated and rather general course. I found helpful the section of how to actually work with customer. Otherwise doesn't really provide much more practical resources than a lot of Excel worksheets. I'd recommend to dive into courses by Semrush instead, these are free, full of information and there is no bother of writing assignment. There is no guidance on how to write the assignment and it's not taught in the course what form it should have. On top of that, I've found my assignment instantly copied and plagiarised by two peers. I am just hoping there is a system in place to deal with plagiarisation, but I'm afraid there isn't.
By Alessandro P•
Jun 04, 2020
Optimizing a Website for Search is an excellent course. If you do this after you have completed Search Engine Optimization Fundamental, you have all the information to do SEO for your own website or as an affiliate marketer or even start a career as SEO analyst freelance on UpWork or Fiverr.
You will get also a variety of links to keep learning, and ready-made Excel templates for various tasks, such as keyword research, SEO audit and many others. Last but not least, the instructor delivers. Thank you
By Deleted A•
Nov 26, 2016
I signed up to audit the first 5 courses in this specialization. This review is for the first 3 of these courses taught by Rebekah May.
I don't know that SEO is truly simple and logical or if it just appears this way because of how clear and easy to listen to Ms. May is. I do feel she has supplied a lot of very useful information, pointed to a lot of great tools and websites., and am already making improvements as a result of her classes.
By Fulton L•
Jan 31, 2017
All of Rebecca's courses are very good. However, for Course 3 (this one), I was surprised after submitting my paper (and as I began reviewing another student's paper), that the assignment required additional information than previously described. I had to cancel my submission and add the stuff in. I wish you would tell us this before we write the paper.
By Oliver R•
May 09, 2020
Estoy satisfecha de los cursos que se pueden encontrar en esta plataforma. Este curso de Search Engine Optimization, ha sido perfecto para actualizar muchas cosas en desarrollo web, es ameno y la facilitadora comunica perfectamente el conocimiento que se requiere para esta carrera de gran demanda actualmente.
By Gulnar B•
Dec 08, 2019
I finishing the Optimizing a Website for Search course by UC Davis! Fantastic Training, well done, keep it up. The all methods of the training is nice. Special thanks for Rebekah May mam and coursera.I hope the knowledge I've gained will have a powerful and positive impact on my life and career.
By Ulrich W•
Oct 31, 2016
This course gave a comprehensive overview of what is going on, and where the rules come from, in SEO. It also makes clear, however, that one should take this course once a year since so many aspects are changing permanently. I learned a lot, and I will sure take it again in a year or so.
By Rayan A•
Aug 21, 2019
This course was helped me to gain additional skills on-page SEO, content strategy, keyword research, competitive analysis, Reporting and how to deal with new clients, and much more.
I am so happy to gain skills that related to SEO, to achieve better result in future upcoming jobs
By Dima A•
Aug 20, 2017
This course is specialized in Websites and social media optimization. Again, great content and a lot of useful information. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone, especially for those who are looking to learn general SEO optimization that are not related to coding.
By Inga A•
Jan 17, 2018
Excellent content! I do feel much better equipped to analyze content, design an effective strategy, and develop a great content for sites. Also having a long list of different useful software tools for SEO. Thanks to those who had put altogether this course!
By nader m a•
Apr 09, 2020
A great intensive course that solved the dilemma I had about keyword research, competitive analysis, content audit& analysis and finally it goes to the detailed process of dealing with actual clients as an SEO specialist and what how should you start.
By Jennifer C•
Jul 09, 2018
Learned so much! I really liked the course and I feel prepared to meet potential clients. I also so appreciate the resources like the reporting dashboard and the project timeline .xls REALLY GREAT! Those are tools I will use immediately.
By Noriko K•
Jan 15, 2020
The course ıs very organised and very practical examples as well. I am not directly working in the SEO field, so it was a very valuable experience to practice, review others work in the assignments. Thank you for this opportunity!
By agnan z•
Dec 04, 2016
I've lot studied, Thanks to Coursera allow me to tried this course, This is great Course for everyone who want dedicated their self into SEO thing more professional.
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Nov 23, 2017
Very good course over all.
I think the last exercise in Local SEO wasn't optimized as what was requested and the evaluation criteria differed quite a bit.


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I'll assume you know by now that June 21 will be the first International Day of Yoga.
You may not have heard that the day could be Aum-less.
In what sounds very much like the Encinitas yoga-in-schools issue, concerns about making the worldwide yoga celebration too religious apparently is behind the idea. From the Economic Times (which has since doubled-down on the veracity of the story):
To make yoga an aam lifestyle choice in a country where religious symbolism often attracts high-voltage political controversies, Modi Sarkar is dropping all references to 'aum' — the traditional mystical invocation related to Hindu spirituality and yoga practice — in its coming high-powered promotion of this ancient discipline.
Senior officials involved in the government's extensive preparations to celebrate the June 21 International Yoga Day told ET that the brief is to keep the effort "free of controversy".
Therefore, there will be no reference to 'aum' in the 33-minute Common Yoga Protocol that's been prepared by the department of AYUSH ( ayurveda, yoga & naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy), as well as all literature and video being prepared for the June 21 celebration.
Even more in line with the Encinitas story — where Surya Namaskara was seen as the offending religious act — that pose might be stripped away from the event, as well.
To balance that news off for you, it does look like thousands of Indian schools could get yoga — and at a familiar time of day for Ashtanga practitioners:
The minister said rules were being framed to ensure that the first period in the schools is dedicated to yoga teaching.
"The state government has decided to set up 'Yogshalas' in about 6,500 villages. Rules will be framed to ensure that yoga is taught during the first period in government and private schools," he said at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the 'Acharyakulam' school being set up at Dikadala near Panipat. Vij said Acharyakulam is a residential educational institute that would combine traditional and modern educational system.
So there's that.
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text: Dell Comics published from 1929 to 1973, and claimed by 1953 to have the highest sales of any comics label in the world. It was renowned for licensing movie and TV works by Disney, Warner Bros, MGM and Walter Lantz Studios amongst others. Here is a slideshow of just one example, Columbia Pictures' much-loved Jason and the Argonauts, justly famed for the peerless animation work of Ray Harryhausen. Click images below for a larger view.


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About microwave oven that one has to take note of before purchasing
Home is the best place on earth. That is why the phrase 'home sweet home' continues to be invented and broadly referred. Aside from sitting on my desk, I devote big bulk of my time at residence, in the kitchen and that is why kitchen is to me, my most important segment of the home. But it nevertheless depends upon your lifestyle and passion in life and I am sure some of you would have another notion than mine. I wouldn't be surprised even if you tell me that kitchen is the last place in the house which you would need to spend time at but I assume that you don't belong to that team of individuals. Should you spend tons of energy in the kitchen, I am sure you'd agree that it is crucial that you consistently get just the best kitchen appliances. In this post, I'm going to share one or two items that I adore most in the kitchen and the procedure presumed that went on my thoughts before making my buys.
If there is any item in the kitchen that excites me the most, it would be my oven. For those that can relate well with what I'm obsessed about, I am certain you know how important it really is to get the finest quality appliance and the best oven is only one of them. Be sure you understand definitely what your cooking taste demands as there are various kinds of oven to appeal to the different cooking needs. For people who adore preparing roasted chicken or turkey, you would certainly need to consider obtaining the best toaster oven with convection feature. But regardless them you are trying to find, it's always advisable to do your research beforehand and get your self a good idea on the best versions for the oven type that you're seeking. When you are looking for a smoke oven, be sure to have in hand the list of best smoke oven for 2014 and not last yr. I hope you've got a great idea on the matter that matters the most when it comes to oven purchases and best of luck!.


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Is this the beginning of a fundamental change in the way we receive and watch programming?
BSkyB link with Microsoft on X-Box
Ohhh, this could be interesting!
"Rapid TV News understands that the long-awaited link up between BSkyB and Microsoft's X-Box is at last going to happen. Full details will be announced tomorrow (Friday, May 29). The unveiling "Experience the Vision' press event will explain more." – RapidTVNews.com
Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertainment Service to New Platform and Markets; Confirms New Zune HD Portable Media Player: Premium Zune digital entertainment service to be available internationally on Xbox LIVE.
From microsoft.com: "REDMOND, Wash. — May 26, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the evolution of Zune, the company's end-to-end music and entertainment service, to a new platform and new markets. Zune will extend its video service to Xbox LIVE internationally this fall. This marks an important development in the Zune strategy and brings the Zune brand to more than 17 million international Xbox LIVE subscribers. In addition, Microsoft confirmed the next generation of the Zune portable media player, Zune HD. Available in the U.S. this fall, Zune HD is the first portable media player that combines a built-in HD Radio receiver, high-definition (HD) video output capabilities, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen, Wi-Fi and an Internet browser."
e-Accident: Fax dead, e-mail seriously injured…middle-aged people confused
Have you any views on the introduction of a general ban on sending faxes in the enterprise? In this day and age, I feel it's perfectly acceptable to expect someone to be able to receive an e-mail. As an enterprise, we obviously still need to receive faxes, but that can be handled by Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging as it stands. Sending outgoing faxes from PCs would require unnecessary expenditure, and I just feel that we should bite the bullet on this, do away with the actual machines, the analogue telephone lines they need, the toner and paper they use, and put this ancient technology out of our misery. If someone needs to send a piece of paper or a signed document to someone, they can scan it and e-mail it.
<start of rant>To be perfectly honest, e-mail is on the way out too. It's a middle-aged, middle-class way of communicating, equivalent to our parents writing letters. My kids all have e-mail, but they only use it to register on web sites, and never for communicating. In ten years time, how will we communicate with the next generation of customers? Twitter? Facebook? Bebo? TwitFace? It won't be by e-mail anyway.
And as for that noise the kids call music…<end of rant>
Answers on a postcard, please…
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2
From the Windows Home Server Team Blog:
"We are pleased to announce Windows Home Server Power Pack 2. Power Pack 2 fixes known issues and adds new features to improve the Windows Home Server experience. Enhancements include: Improvements to remote access configuration, enhanced functionality for computers running Windows Media Center, and content streaming support for Windows Media Center Extenders. Power Pack 2 adds Italian language support on new home servers.
Power Pack 2 will be made available via Windows Update. Users need to have Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1 already installed on their home server. Power Pack 2 will automatically install as part of Windows Update if Automatic Updates is enabled on the home server. (How to turn on automatic updates.) The English version release date is March 24th. Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish is currently scheduled to be available before the end of April."
Full details of the updates can be found here.
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Now available from the AppStore (and if you're reading this, then it also works!).
2008 Global Cellphone Sales Stats
Thanks to ABI Research, we now know the breakdown of global mobile device sales for 2008. Out of a total of 1.21 billion devices sold, the market shares are:
- Nokia – 38.6%
- Samsung – 16.2%
- Motorola – 8.3%
- Sony Ericsson – 8%
- Apple – 1.1%


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Story of the Song – Merlin am I
There are certain folk from the mythology of this little island that fill my heart. Taliesin, Arthur, Gwydion, Rhiannon to name just a few. Another is the figure of Merlin. I guess my first encounter with Merlin was in Disney's Sword in the Stone back when I


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I had never heard of the phrase 'A Mother's Milk' and then someone used it at work and explained to me that it meant pure, fresh, organic. This pretty much sums up A Mother's Milk from the food to the decor and overall setup.
To me, this place seemed to have popped up out of nowhere. I had not heard about it and then all of a sudden, it seemed like it was the place to be, and everyone (but me) had been there.
For brunch I had a BRT (bacon, rocket and tomato) on sourdough. This was a tasty dish which I would try again. Usually, I am not a massive fan of having a half a tomato placed on my dish, but the tomato with its dressing was sweet and made a great addition to the rest of the dish.
I also tried my friends dish which was the crushed banana with pistachio and dates on sourdough. I am not a massive fan of banana but really enjoyed this dish. The sourdough stayed firm and the combination of banana, pistachio's and sliced dates was good. I think that this dish could get a little boring however the different textures - the crushed bananas, crunch and the pistachios and chewiness of the dates made the dish.
This is definitely a place that I will go back to again!
Mirko gives A Mother's Milk 4/5 chopping boards.
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Education in Germany
The education in Germany is worldwide recognized for it's high quality. German universities focus on research and provide world-class research-oriented education. The German government monitors and accredits universities so that students can be certain that their education is of a high standard. Germany is considered as the technology giant and engineering in Germany is one of the best in the world. German Universities are recognized worldwide for their outstanding choices of courses for higher education in Germany.
Studying in Germany requires the graduate degree for all the international students.In Germany there are three different kinds of colleges or Universities.Arts, film or music advanced colleges offer practical education in the artistic subjects. Advanced technical colleges however, cover the scientific and social subjects. They also set value on practical experiences in their education. The third category is the so called university. They offer all different kinds of subjects. Practical experience is an important point as well but the universities are especially famous for their firm theoretical education.
German law says that education should be offered to everyone and everyone should be able to afford adequate education.This is the reason why the public universities do not charge tution fees from the students only a nominal amount of as compared to the private universities which are quite expensive.It is the state government who look after the educational programs and they only organize and as well as finance them.As Germany has state funded educational system they provide free education to thousands of students from all over the world. Students however have to arrange for living expenses & some other miscellaneous expenses.
Students who want to apply for free study in Germany need to meet tough criteria. Due to free education, competition is very high so only serious and competent students get this chance. Almost all main German universities offer courses in both English and German languages.Even though if the students are not fluent in German language then also they can opt for many courses which are in English.There is no barrier of language for education in Germany.We assist all the students with the right to select their own field of interest and for that the German language does not act as a bar.
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text: MOVIES Mark Burnett and Roma Downey Joining MGM and Paramount's 'Ben-Hur' 7:23 AM PDT 4/25/2014 by Hilary Lewis FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Getty Images Mark Burnett and Roma Downey UPDATED: The Christian couple produced the hit History miniseries "The Bible" and big-screen adaptation "Son of God," mobilizing faith-based audiences to flood theaters for the latter. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are bringing their experience with faith-based content to MGM and Paramount's Ben-Hur. Burnett is joining as a producer while Downey joins as an executive producer. The Paramount and MGM co-production is being directed by Wanted helmer Timur Bekmambetov. PHOTOS: Jesus in Film and TV The film is based on Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ about the nature of faith. The story focuses on a falsely accused nobleman who survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him, but both have to choose between retribution and forgiveness. Keith Clarke (The Way Back) wrote the screenplay with 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley revising the script. "We are thrilled to have Mark and Roma join the production team to bring such an indelible classic story to the big screen," MGM CEO Gary Barber said in a statement. "Their unrivaled passion, creativity and success in the faith-based content space will be a huge asset to the film, and we look forward to working together." Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore added: "A timeless film of this scale and scope requires an incredibly dedicated team of filmmakers, and the opportunity to have visionary talents like Mark and Roma be a part of the making of the film, and knowing their incredible dedication to their own faith, made them the ideal partners to help bring this story authentically to life." STORY: How 'The Bible' Power Couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey Work Together Burnett and Downey co-produced History's hit miniseries The Bible, which also became the best-selling miniseries DVD of all time, and repackaged the parts about the life of Jesus for the 20th Century Fox-distributed film Son of God. With the latter, the pair reached out extensively to churches and religious groups, many of whom bought out entire theaters for showings of the film. Prior to the film's release, nearly half-a-million tickets had been purchased by churches and religious groups. The two are currently producing A.D., a new drama series for NBC, and The Dovekeepers, a four-hour miniseries on the story of Masada for CBS, both set to air in 2015. "What an honor it will be to help bring this epic film back to the big screen" said Burnett and Downey. "When Gary Barber allowed us to read John Ridley's amazing script, we immediately knew we had to join this team. We are thrilled to be able work with Timur, Sean, John and the entire MGM and Paramount teams. General Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur is one of the most important Christian works of fiction ever written and this script is astounding. It will be the most anticipated movie release of 2016." The movie is set for release on Feb. 26, 2016. Burnett joins producers Sean Daniel and Joni Levin and Downey joins Ridley, Clarke and Jason F. Brown as executive producers. Paramount will distribute the film worldwide with MGM handling select international territories and all television distribution. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Hilary Lewis email@example.com hilarylewis


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So, for those of you interested in Gigaclear's new broadband service, there have recently been a few changes you may not know about.
There has been some confusion among customers ordering the installation service with Gigaclear to date. Although the company has always stated this service is from £95, the actual cost is often higher as the trunking and length of cable used is charged extra.
To avoid misunderstandings, Gigaclear is now operating a more transparent pricing structure so customers will know upfront the whole price they will pay. This is not an increase but a clearer way of informing customers.
The self-install option is still available.
There are 4 pricing bands for installation, which are now fixed, and you can find out more about what's included in each band here: http://www.gigaclear.com/our-broadband-products/for-home/home-broadband-packages/ – bottom
The activation fee of £100 remains the same and once you have ordered this they will take care of that for you. An independent installer will then make contact to arrange a date to do your installation. It is at this point, when your service is live, that you will start paying for the Gigaclear service.
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93.3 WMMR Preston and Steve's 5th Annual Cardboard Classic 2010
Every year thousands of people ascend to Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos for Preston and Steve's annual cardboard classic. The cardboard classic is the kick-off to 93.3 WMMR's day off at the slopes.
The 5th annual cardboard classic greeted the participants and the crowd with great weather and plenty of thrills for 75 minutes.
The cardboard classic is a race amongst Preston and Steve fans who concoct sleds of all shapes and sizes from two components-cardboard and duct tape.
The sledders then race each other down the hill in groups of four. The designs were wide-ranging. Some designs were simple, maybe the size of a canoe.
And, others were quite audacious. One such design featured a boom box that was about 10 feet high and 20 feet in length. The sled, which took the cake and ultimately won the 5th annual cardboard classic was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man sled. This sled was a 20 foot high version of the monster from Ghostbusters that blew away the competition by flying down the hill as if it was just a few feet high.
Other crowd favorites included a shopping card sled and the "Looney Tunes" sled, which was a sled composed of various Looney Tunes characters, that finished as the runner-up to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man sled.
The atmosphere of the cardboard classic resembled that of an Eagles tailgate. Many of the fans there were drunk and rowdy. According to many people I spoke to, the 2009 cardboard classic lasted four hours last year. Suffice it to say, Preston and Steve limited the entries this year so as to keep the duration in check.
This year they started promptly at 10:00 and the final sleds descended down the course at 11:15. The 2010 cardboard classic may have been just over an hour in length, but there was enough action jammed in there for three hours.
Having seen the cardboard classic for the first time this year I was blown away by the level of thought and preparation that went into all of the sleds. Some of the sleds had to have taken weeks to construct. Others only took a few hours believe it or not, like this sled made by these guys in South Jersey. Dave, John, Ken, and Blake (pictured on the right) managed to put together the "WTF is that?" sled in four hours.
Many security guards were on hand as well because last year things got really out of hand. People I spoke to said there was a lot of tomfoolerly taking place last year. Many snowballs were thrown at people in the crowd. Added to that, there were even fights that broke out. Based on what I saw, the crowd while loud and at times rowdy was well behaved.
One thing that's evident at this event is that the fans come from all over to support Preston and Steve. It speaks to the loyalty of Philadelphia fans in general. We are loyal sports fans and the same can be said for Preston and Steve's fans. I spoke to these folks pictured on the left and they made the hike from Philly to take in the event. All of them except for Michelle (pictured on the left) have been coming to the cardboard classic for five years now.
Immediately after the conclusion things got crazy as the participants were loading their sleds onto the garbage truck so the cardboard could be recycled. The drunken debauchery rivaled the 2005 NFC Championship Game tailgate.
All in all I give two thumbs up to the cardboard classic and suggest to anybody who hasn't seen it to go. There's something for everybody. You don't have to get loaded to have a good time. But, there's nothing wrong if you want to. Beer and snow go hand in hand like ham and cheese.
For links to all of our youtube clips, go to the Philly2Philly youtube page here.
For all of Dennis Bakay's photos from the cardboard classic go to the Lens gallery.


text: The largest protests took place in Hamburg, where ten thousand took part, and in Cologne where a further three thousand demonstrators took to the streets.The higher education system in Germany has undergone massive reforms following the Bologna Accords, an EU agreement which strives to standardise higher education throughout Europe. Among the agreement's aims are to make higher education "more compatible and comparable, more competitive and more attractive for Europeans and for students and scholars from other continents."Many students have complained that condensing longer study programmes, which in Germany traditionally span seven or eight semesters, to a standardised duration of three years has increased the academic workload and pressure on students. They have complained of intensified timetables, and some fear that the combination programme might lead to the devaluation of the newly reformed Bachelor's degree in the eyes of employers when compared to previous qualifications.Furthermore, while Bologna aims to integrate higher education across the European Union, protestors also feel that the new combined system may make it more difficult for students to spend a semester abroad. German students already experience difficulty in this regard as the German university calendar does not perfectly align with those of other EU member states, with semesters running from October to February and from April to July.The third-level protestors were joined by secondary school pupils, who attended in protest at what they referred to as the "economising of education", citing a vast increase in average class sizes. Another protest calling for "democratic educational politics" was scheduled to take place today (Tuesday) in Leipzig, timed to coincide with a meeting of national university executives.


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Ruby is an intense Heart crystal, which brings joy, vigour and love of life. Some crystal therapists associate it with the Root Chakra, and therefore libido as well as grounding and protection, and the denser, magenta-tinted stones align with the Upper Crown Chakra in some colour therapy systems. Combining these qualities, ruby creates a powerful Heart connection with the Divine, while helping us to keep our feet on the ground, and is very good for working from the Heart, on a spiritual level. Ruby can support our energy levels when we are run down, but on its own may be a little too powerful in the treatment of ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), However, potency may vary considerably, and some crystals may be fine for such use. Alternatively, a specimen with a matrix of green zoisite or fuchsite can help to balance this potency, and is also extremely balancing for the immune system, so aiding recovery.
Mica is an excellent protection mineral, as it is not only insulating, but its reflective surface deflects negative energy and 'psychic attack'. Because of its non-conductivity, it is very helpful in creating a shield against electromagnetic radiation, and can be placed on a desk between the user and a computer. When held, it earths electromagnetic radiation through the feet. Mica's mirror-like quality also facilitates self-reflection and deep inner work. It can help us to recognise when our thoughts or behaviour are being mirrored back to us by others, and when it is appropriate as a practitioner to mirror back to our clients. Sheets of mica are surprisingly flexible, and the mineral teaches us to be strong and organised, whilst at the same time pliant – especially with issues involving our relationship and interaction with others. Mica of any variety clears stagnation, and stimulates and balances the body's electrical system. It does the same for the energy pathways or meridians; different micas may each have a strong connection with a specific meridian. Mica can be over-stimulating for some people. This in itself is not dangerous, but might lead to a mild headache, and some gentle caution is recommended when working with clients who have pacemakers. Melody suggests that mica can bring clarity in psychic visions, and allows us to see and recognise the flaws in humanity (and individuals), and still remain in a state of love, acceptance and compassion with humankind. In addition to the general properties of muscovite mica, the green colour makes fuchsite even more heart-centred than ordinary muscovite, and amplifies its quality of acceptance. It helps us to see the flaws in humanity while still allowing us to feel love and compassion. In this capacity, it can assist us in finding solutions to problems during interaction with others. The included chromium lifts the spirits, balances, boosts the immune system, and is particularly helpful in treating skin conditions.
- Chemical Formula for Ruby: Al2O3 – aluminium oxide
- Chemical Formula for Fuchsite: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 – fuchsite contains chromium
- Birthstone: Ruby is birthstone for Leo (previously Capricorn); Fuchsite is secondary birthstone for Aquarius
- Chakra: Heart and Upper Heart
- Ruby in chromium mica
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Monday, February 8, 2010
The leaders and large sections of the people of Pakistan tend to live in a self-created world of illusions. They have always lived in such a world ever since the birth of the country in 1947.
2. They teach their children in school that civilization was brought to the sub-continent by Islam. They grow up not knowing the history of the sub-continent before the advent of Islam
3.They have always believed that one Muslim is equal to two Hindus. They teach their soldiers that Hindus cannot fight. They believed that their alliance with the US and the US military equipment supplied to them had made them invincible and that India would never be able to defeat them. They invaded Kashmir in 1965 thinking that Kashmir was theirs for the taking.
4. After a few days of fighting they realized that it was not. They realised too that Hindus can fight-----like hell. They found that all the Patton tanks and other modern equipment given to them by the US could not save them from the counter-attacks by the Indian Army. They fled from battle at Khem Karan after abandoning their Pattons.
5. But, they teach their children and soldiers that they won the 1965 war and that they forced India to sue for peace.
6. They looked down with contempt upon the Muslims of the then East Pakistan because most of them were descendents of converts from Hinduism. They convinced themselves that like the Hindus, the Bengali Muslims cannot fight.
7.They treated them like second class citizens of the country and suppressed them thinking that the Bengalis will not rise against their suppression.
8. They did and threw them out in 1971. The Bengali freedom-fighters and the Indian Army fought hand in hand in putting an end to the colonization of East Pakistan. Bangladesh was born. Over 90000 of the officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Army surrendered without a fight when the Indian Army and the Bengali freedom-fighters entered Dhaka. Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto came crawling to Shimla to get them released.
9. They teach their children and soldiers that through his clever diplomacy Bhutto forced Indira Gandhi to release the prisoners of war.
10. When Gen.Zia-ul-Haq overthrew Bhutto in 1977 and assumed power, many of their political leaders appealed frantically to the leaders of India and Afghanistan to help them escape from the country. If the authorities of India and Afghanistan had not helped them to escape to Europe, they would have landed in the gallows as Bhutto did.
11. When they returned to Pakistan from political exile after the death of Zia in 1988, they projected themselves as national heroes, who had hoodwinked the Army, gone into political exile and kept up the fight against the Army and for the return of democracy. They never spoke a word about the help rendered by India and Afghanistan. If India and Afghanistan had not helped, many of the political leaders of Pakistan may not be alive today.
12. In 1989, the very same political leaders who owed their survival to India colluded with their Army in sending a large number of terrorists trained by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) into J&K. They thought that Kashmir was ripe for picking. Twenty-one years later, they are nowhere near the realization of their illusory dreams.
13.In 1994, they created the Taliban and helped it to capture Kabul in September 1996It occupied large parts of Afghanistan with the help of the ISI and the Pakistan Army. The Pakistanis thought that was the end of the Indian influence in Afghanistan. They realized with a shock that it was not. Secular elements in Afghanistan, helped by India, Iran and Russia, hit back at the Taliban and its ISI patrons and facilitated the liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban rule post-9/11There was an anti-Pakistan uprising in Kabul and many Pakistanis, who were working for the Taliban in Kabul, were hunted down, caught, killed and their dead bodies thrown into the gutters of Kabul by the local population.
14.In 1999, the Pakistan Army under Gen.Pervez Musharraf occupied Indian territory in the Kargil Heights by taking advantage of the withdrawal of the Indian Army posts during winter. They had wild dreams of "liberating" the Siachen Glacier and the Kargil area of J&K. The Indian Army hit back and inflicted heavy casualties on the Pakistan Army. The US insisted that the Pakistan Army should withdraw from the territory occupied by it. Musharraf and after him, Mr.Nawaz Sharif, the then Prime Minister, flew to Beijing and sought China's support for their occupation. To their shock, China refused to support them. M.Nawaz Sharif flew to Washington DC to plead with the US for a face-saving formula so that they can withdraw without humiliation. The US declined to provide any. They were forced to withdraw unconditionally. They projected their Kargil humiliation to their people and soldiers as a great military victory by awarding a large number of gallantry medals to each other.
15. After the attack on the Indian Parliament in December,2001, India mobilized its troops and moved them to the border. Unnerved by the threat of war, Musharraf banned the terrorist organizations operating against India, closed their offices and arrested their leaders. When India withdrew the troops from the border, Musharraf claimed it as a great victory for Pakistan. "We forced India to blink," he said. He removed all the ban orders and allowed the terrorists to operate again against India.
16. After the raid by the Pakistan Army Commandoes in the Lal Masjid of Islamabad in July, 2007, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) went on the offensive against the Pakistani Armed Forces, the ISI and the Police. Suicide acts of terrorism, commando style attacks and other kinds of attacks were reported not only from the tribal areas, but also from non-tribal areas, including Islamabad, the capital, Rawalpindi, where the General Headquarters of the Army are located, Lahore, Sargodha, Peshawar, Kohat and even Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. The TTP even raided the GHQ and occupied it for some hours----- the only instance in the history of terrorism anywhere in the world where a terrorist group had occupied the headquarters of the Army----even it be for a few hours. The TTP also attacked the offices of the ISI and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the capital, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Peshawar.
17. Unable to cope with the TTP offensive, they quietly allowed the USA's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to hunt for the TTP leaders through its Drone (unmanned) planes. They allowed US ground forces personnel to operate in different areas under the cover of employees of Blackwater, a US security company, which works in close co-ordination with the CIA.
18. The Pakistani leaders, who are adept in charades, enacted one more and continue to enact it. They pretended to be opposed to the Drone strikes and the operation of Blackwater in Pakistani territory. They called in public for their stoppage, but allowed the US in private to continue with them.
19. The TTP allegedly assassinated Mrs.Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on December 27,2007. They did not have the courage to investigate it lest the TTP target President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. They were also worried that a thorough investigation might expose the involvement of some army officers in the assassination. They ordered the Police not to investigate and asked the UN to take over the responsibility for the investigation. More than two years after her assassination, the Pakistani people do not know who killed her. There has been no prosecution.
20. They found themselves unable to counter the Baloch freedom struggle, which continues to pick up momentum. They were embarrassed by the repeated successes of the Baloch freedom-fighters. Instead of addressing the grievances of the Baloch people, they accused India of helping the freedom-fighters. Before the elections of 2008, they had promised the Baloch people that they would investigate and prosecute the officers of the security forces who were responsible for the murder of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the legendary Baloch leader. They have not carried out their promise after coming to power. The security forces continue to kill more and more Baloch freedom activists. Balochistan today resembles East Pakistan in 1970 before the birth of Bangladesh.
21.They were unable to protect the Shias, who constitute about 20 per cent of the population. Sunni extremists continue to kill Shias in their hundreds all over Pakistan. They imposed an iron curtain in the Kurram Agency of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which has been the scene of anti-Shia violence for over two years now. The Shias allege that a genocide of the Shias has been going on in Kurram without the world knowing about it. The Army has no time or inclination to protect the Shias.
22. When the George Bush Administration asked its famous question "are you with us or against us" after 9/11, Musharraf lost his nerve and did whatever the US wanted him to do. He placed the bases of the Pakistan Air Force in Balochistan at the disposal of the US for use against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. He rounded up a number of Pakistani citizens, including two retired nuclear scientists, and handed them over to the US agencies for interrogation in return for cash payment. Musharraf had mentioned in the first edition of his book as to how the CIA was paying for every person handed over by the ISI to the US agencies. When his admission caused embarrassment to the CIA he deleted this admission from the subsequent editions. His troubles with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhury, which ultimately led to his humiliating exit from power, started when the Chief Justice began looking into the cases of a large number of missing persons, who had been allegedly rounded up by the ISI and "sold" to the CIA for money. A large number of innocent Pakistanis and Arabs were branded by the ISI as Al Qaeda suspects and thus "sold" to the CIA. Musharraf allowed the US intelligence agencies to operate all over Pakistan in search of Al Qaeda leaders.
23. At the same time, he quietly allowed the Afghan Taliban leadership to set up its rear base in the Quetta area of Balochistan and Osama bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri and other operatives of Al Qaeda to operate from the North Waziristan area of FATA. When the Bush Administration got preoccupied with Iraq from 2003 and diverted its attention from Afghanistan, the Pakistan army took advantage of it for relaxing its supposed hunt for Al Qaeda and for retraining the Afghan Taliban and helping it to re-launch its offensive in Afghanistan.
24. Till 9/11, all major terrorist acts in different parts of the world by Al Qaeda and its associates were planned and orchestrated from Afghan territory under the control of the Afghan Taliban. Since 9/11, all such acts are being planned and orchestrated from Pakistani territory in the FATA. Every terrorist act unearthed in the UK has had a Pakistani hand in it. The planned terrorist strike in Copenhagen by the LET's Chicago cell and the 313 Brigade of Ilyas Kashmiri was being orchestrated from Pakistan before the FBI got scent of it and quashed it. The brutal murder of seven CIA officers and an officer of the Jordanian intelligence in Afghan territory was carried out by the TTP from Pakistani territory. The planned terrorist strikes in Germany by associates of the Islamic Jihad Union were being orchestrated from the FATA. The terrorist attacks in China's Xinjiang province before the Beijing Olympics of August 2008, including an abortive attempt to blow up a plane, were orchestrated from the FATA. Acts of terrorism in Uzbekistan and in the Chechnya and Dagestan areas of Russia are planned and guided from the FATA. Even Teheran alleges that the acts of terrorism in its territory by the so-called Jundullah are being carried out from Pakistani territory in Balochistan.
25. Before 9/11, only India was the victim of acts of terrorism mounted from Pakistani territory. After 9/11, the whole world has become the target of Pakistan-based terrorists. The world's attention is on Pakistan because it has become the GHQ of global jihadi terrorism. But the Pakistani political and military leaders live in such an unbelievable world of illusions that they have convinced themselves and they are trying to convince their people that the world's attention is on Pakistan because of its geopolitical importance and its successful diplomacy.
26.Peshawar is bleeding. Karachi is bleeding. Balochistan is bleeding. The FATA is out of control. There is a new Great Game on in Pakistani territory with the US intelligence agencies on the one side and Al Qaeda and its associates on the other hunting each other, with the Pakistan Army and the ISI helping both sides in their attempts to kill each other and making money in the process.
27. While playing this treacherous game, the Pakistani leaders have the cheek to project themselves to their own people and to the rest of the world as playing an important role in bringing about peace in Afghanistan. They are unable to bring about peace in their own country. They are patting themselves thinking that they are going to help the NATO forces in bringing about peace in Afghanistan.
28. Pakistan's penchant to live in a self-created world of illusions is known to us. We are not surprised. But we are surprised by the inability of the US and the rest of the world to see through the games which Pakistani political and military leaders have always played. They are letting themselves be sucked into Pakistan's world of illusions. ( 9-2-10)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-mail: email@example.com )
18 comments:
- Sunil Karkera said...
Very good write Sir.
- February 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- Vijay said...
Ramanji, very nice compilation of examples of Pakistani delusion. here is another - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2IL-6YaCk0&feature=related
Paki cricketer Sohail Tanvir blames Hindus for leaving him out of IPL. This poor fellow lined up last season to be bought by the hindus whose culture he despises. Shahrukh Khan supported this fellows shocking statement.
- February 8, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- Unknown said...
excellent..one of your best articles ever..
- February 8, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- February 8, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- ambi said...
well said sir. there seems to be no end of the love affair between US and pak. 'love makes u blind' as they say. let these love birds live in illusion. we can hardly afford it.
i am afraid, if this love affair does not end pretty soon, US navy will get its USS Newyork II & III pretty soon.
- February 9, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Wiki said...
Nice to see aggression in this article, Sir. I think the time has come to call a spade a spade vis-a-vis Pakistan. India must realize that in the current scenario, Peace with Pakistan is not achievable...no matter how many 'Aman ki Asha' India initiates. Pakistan has gone down the wrong road too far and cannot be cajoled into returning. It needs a shock! A shock of dismemberment, similar to 1971. Pakistan must be made to realize that every time it messes with India, it will be cut in half! Also, I feel India can no longer rely on the West. The West has neither the will nor the common sense to put Pakistan into its place. India has to clean this mess on its own, for safeguarding India's own future...otherwise its Mahmud Ghazni (1000AD) all over again!
- February 9, 2010 at 2:36 AM
- Chanakya said...
You forgot the Bangladeshi genocide in this post, about 3 million Bengalis were killed in this episode by the Pakistani Army.
I think we should focus on better ties with Malaysia, Bangladesh etc.
Dialogue with the Pakistanis is like building sandcastles near the seashore
- February 9, 2010 at 2:41 AM
- Vaibhav said...
Even the chinese liked it, Awesome write-up
- February 9, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- nri2008 said...
Dear Ramanji,
I agree with the gist of your article. But has the government of India -politicians and bureaucrats learnt there lessons or not?-it does not appear so when India proposes secretary talks and boastful and uncultured foreign minister of Pakistan bombastically claims India has bent die to American pressure??
Should not India clean its own house first and not appear to wilt at slightest hint American pressure !!!Why should there be a dioffernt set of rules for 9/11 American victims and Indian martyrs of 26/11, Pak inflicted terror victims since 1990s????
Warm Regards
- February 9, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Respected Sir ,
I am seriously concerned about a threat to the Swalkot and the Baglihar dams either by a coordinated Air attack by Pakistan or by a land-based infiltration unit by our west-based neighbours. Though i may be delusional, it is better to be safe than sorry is all i can say now. I hope you take this comment of mine seriously and intimate our establishment of such concerns too.
- February 10, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Unknown said...
Very good article. These details need to be drummed into heads of every body, not just Indians
- February 10, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Dr Satya Saraswat said...
Dear Sir,
Is is true that Musharraf was once forewarned & saved from possible terrorist attack by Indian Intelligence agencies?
- February 10, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Unknown said...
Excellent article. Pakistan need fitting reply and it is time to act tough with Pakistan.
- February 13, 2010 at 6:34 AM
- Old man Satish said...
Dear Sir
I am a great admirer and a regular reader. Your observations are always perceptive and you have again made an excellent bullet point summary of the Pakistan situation. But I'd humbly suggest you missed three key points:
1. The master that holds and pulls the strings is China. As part of their greater strategy to build a string of pearls around their arch enemy they have nurtured the Pakistani Army through supply of nuclear and ballistic know how. By keeping India tied up Pakistan plays a big role pushing China's grand design.
2. The Pakistani Army has huge commercial interests that it wants to protect at any cost. By playing up the India threat it has built an impregnable position of unlimited access to funds, power and no accountability. The last thing they want is lose this position and the second last thing they want is actual war. Hence the strategy of 'low intensity warfare' through surrogate jehadis to keep the India threat alive.
3. Much as we may lament the sad state of affairs, let's face it the Pakistan Army is right on track. The NATO forces will sooner rather than later declare victory and leave Afghanistan. The Pakistani Army will move right back with its Talibani arm, throw Karzai out, gain the strategic depth they always wanted.....but most importantly demonstrate to the Muslim world that they have defeated two superpowers in 3 decades. And then turn their strategic assets towards India.
The Americans are too naive to realize the Pakistani Army's game but we are going to face a long drawn, continuing episodes of terrorist attacks. The one on German Bakery is just in the series
- February 14, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- ispomyju said...
Many thanks have your share..................................................
- March 8, 2010 at 6:02 AM
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- March 16, 2010 at 8:50 AM
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