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Radiation-Tainted Beef Spreads Through Japan’s Markets via The New York Times

MINAMISOMA, Japan — Even after explosions rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kuniaki Sato, who raises cattle here about 20 miles from the crippled complex, said he had received no clear warning from the government about the possible dangers of radiation to his herd.

So six weeks after the accident, on April 23, he shipped 12 of his prized cattle from his farm to market.

Now Japanese agricultural officials say meat from more than 500 cattle that were likely to have been contaminated with radioactive cesium has made its way to supermarkets and restaurants across Japan in recent weeks. Officials say the cattle ate hay that had been stored outside and exposed to radiation.

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Figs and pizza!

I didn’t get a chance to post some simple and tasty things I had on Sunday that were inspired by fellow vegan bloggers, so here they are. Breakfast, ripe black figs dropped in a bowl of vanilla soygurt, was inspired by this (the soygurt) and this (the figs). So simple, yet so beautiful and yummy!

Also, I’ve been seeing a lot of this (from Lelly’s Vegan Kitchen) and this (from Where’s the Revolution?), so we finally made a couple of these.

That’s right, a vegan pizza! We topped it with fresh spinach and basil leaves, sliced tomatoes and baby portabella mushrooms, tempeh bacon crumbles, kalamata olives and tofu ricotta (a pound of firm tofu mashed with lemon juice, nutritional yeast, minced garlic and basil, salt and pepper). Hsauce made the pizza sauce, a mixture of canned diced tomatoes, tomato paste and barbecue sauce (sounds strange, but the bbq sauce gave it a zing!). The whole wheat dough was pre-made from the farmer’s market. It was good. Really good! Lately, I find that my best meals are ones that require the littlest amount of effort.

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Fidel Castro: A Traditionalist?

This is from yesterday’s Washington Post:

After the Mass [in Havana] the pope met with Fidel Castro at the Vatican Embassy, where the ailing former leader quizzed Benedict about the changes in the Catholic liturgy since the long-ago days when Fidel was an altar boy, educated by Jesuits.

One assumes that Castro, now an atheist, has not been to a Mass since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s. He must have got some shock! Let this be a reminder of how important good liturgy really is in witnessing to non-Catholics and those raised in the faith but who have subsequently lapsed. Unfortunately that is something Benedict’s three predecessors never realized, with disastrous results. It is also the reason why the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin this year will be a failure, and why I would encourage you not to waste your money donating to it.

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  1. Fascinating post. You’re quite right: I wouldn’t give a cent to any collection for the Congress. You’d only be paying the salaries of bureaucratic fat-cats and promoting the propagation of heresy.

  2. I would encourage anyone to go to the Eucharistic Congress and contribute to it’s cost. I agree with you that the liturgy must be well prepared and celebrated. But since 1962 I have witnessed well prepared and celebrated liturgy.

    If people have not been to Mass since before Vatican 2, and if they attend Mass now they will notice changes.

    I wonder how you can see into the future and tell that the Eucharistic Congress will be a failure. I will pray for it’s success, and wait and see how it develops, I cannot read the future, and I am happy with such a limitation!

  3. Personally, and taking into account my own love for the Extraordinary form and traditional devotions, I wouldn’t want to put myself in the position of predicting a “failure” of anything involving Christ in the Holy Eucharist. I get that you posess the full inner intentions and lives of “Benedict’s three predecessors”, but what brand of crystal ball do you use to predict the permissive and providential wills of God?

  4. Castro does not understand the changes in the liturgy? Me too. But that does not mean that I’m an revolutionist or communist :D

  5. I honestly think the Congress will not live up to the hopes of those who think it will do something-anything- to revitalise the current moribund state of the Church in Ireland. It will be an event that will pass barely unnoticed, quite honestly, in the public consciousness, since it will be of passing import, significant only to those who are practising Catholics and, dare I say, to few enough even of them.

    How many Mass-going people could even say exactly what a Eucharistic Congress even is? How many in the average parish could even say when was the last time they saw a Benediction, or adoration of the Blessed Sacrament? Or heard these devotions preached about? Damn few in my parish, I can say. Ok, we can have our Congress (and I wish it all success) but if the actual groundwork is not put in on the basics of the Eucharist, including a sense of sin and the need for confession, then we are truly trying to build on sand.

    So we can have our big (and it won’t be so big in relative terms) hoop-la, but we are fooling ourselves if we think that it’s going to be some sort of turning point. You need to put in the basic spade-work for that. And that is still not being done. Holy Week coming up: how many will be in the average church at 3pm next Friday? Or Saturday night? Compared to even 20 years ago? Res ipsa loquitur.

    This event is not going to stem the decline. It will not be another 1979, although much of the mentality of that awful time seems still to be around, judging by the poster in our church addressed to young people with its “Go! Be Church”. Even in 1979 when I was 19 I would have retched at that.

  6. @ jaykay:

    Heh heh, I was considering attending the Congress until I too saw the dreaded words “Go! Be Church . . .”!

    Then, browsing the Congress website, I encountered the utterly terrifying words “Liturgical dance”.

    ‘Nuff said.

  7. I have to say Shane, Sheila and Jaykay that I share your pessimism about the Eucharistic Congress.
    More and more in these days it is hard to avoid thinking of the little boat on the storm-tossed Sea of Galilee. It doesn’t help that some of the present day crew and passengers in the barque of Peter seem at times to be enthusiastically drilling holes in the boat.
    I wonder how many of your readers have experienced mounting concern about the upcoming Eucharistic Congress. I expect recent weeks have seen foreboding replaced by rather stronger sentiments.
    The opportunity for a desperately needed fortification of the Faith in this country looks like being shamefully squandered. The written material available to date gives reason to fear that this might just turn out to be something far worse than a missed opportunity. Rosaries are well and truly needed.
    Father Kevin Doran, as Secretary General of the Congress, is, I’m sure, only following instructions from on high. But really, if the Congress turns out to be a cross between a U2 concert, an All-Ireland and the Horse Show, God help us. In previous times a Eucharistic Congress was intended to be an international gathering of the faithful for the purpose of encouraging devotion to the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. How is the June gathering going to achieve that? And if that is not the intention, why exactly isn’t it?
    If you think I’m being harsh, just take a look at the red booklet available in your local Church. I counted 113 workshops (don’t you just hate that term), talks, and films on the programme for the week. Topics include the following:
    The Monk and the Lama- A Dialogue
    Selection of Radharc Films
    Four Models of Church
    Celtic Prayer and Wisdom
    Building Communion through Sport
    Movements in the Church
    Monasteries without Walls
    Spirituality of Communion
    Towards a Living Eucharist
    The Economy of Communion
    Remaining Catholic
    Kitty’s Folly
    Ancient Celtic Spirituality Heritage
    Communion in our Common Baptism
    Celtic Prayer and Wisdom
    Becoming the Eucharist we celebrate
    Spirituality in the writings of Patrick Kavanagh
    Job’s Questions and Contemporary Challenges
    James Joyce and the Structure of the Mass
    Visitors will be treated to, amongst other things, cultural exhibitions, gospel music, traditional Irish music, liturgical dance and Christian rock bands.
    Maybe the content will be edifying orthodox Catholic theology. Yeah, right. Titles are only titles, but the signs do no look good. Our Lady is mentioned only once in the programme. The Saints seem to be a bit of an embarrassment; none are mentioned except St. Paul twice and St. Columbanus.
    The only title I noticed that might offer a glimmer of hope to those who adhere to traditional piety is a talk on Eucharist and Devotion to the Sacred Heart. There is no mention of Eucharistic Adoration among the topics for discussion. Did anyone at all read the Pope’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland? I couldn’t find any mention of the Real Presence or the doctrine of Transubstantiation anywhere in the programme. I wonder why? No mention either of the Mass as a propitiatory Sacrifice, or mention of the ordained priest as an Alter Christus. There is no mention of Summorum Pontificum or Universae Ecclesiae.
    The more I think I think about all this the more I suspect that one of Bugnini’s disciples, not an Irish man, is playing a big role in the event.
    Surely, an international gathering presents yet one more reason, one of many, for the promotion and full restoration of the Latin Mass: pilgrims from the four corners of the world praying in the language of the Church, as the saints and martyrs did throughout the ages, with no particular vernacular given preference. What better way to prevent Babel like confusion? What better way to promote communion in the worship of God? And the Latin Mass is very much worship of God, not Man.
    The fact that the organisers have deemed it necessary to have Masses in 17 different vernaculars on 11 June, with each group going their own way to different Churches makes the point in rather stark fashion. Better if they all went instead to St Kevin’s, Harrington Street on the same day, to participate in the Mass of All Time.
    It just shows the state we’re in when there has been barely a whimper about what is going to happen on the first full day of the Congress. The principle liturgy we are told is going to be an Ecumenical Liturgy of the Word and Water, to be presided over by the Anglican archbishop of Dublin. Speakers will include representatives of the Taize Community in France, Focolare, and the Russian Orthodox. And how is this going to promote devotion to the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar? Anybody? More like the promotion of some sort of masonic pan religion.
    Are the prophecies of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich to be fulfilled?
    “I saw many pastors cherishing dangerous ideas against the Church…They built a large, singular, extravagant church which was to embrace all creeds with equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, and all denominations, a true communion of the unholy with one shepherd and one flock. There was to be Pope, a salaried Pope, without possessions. All was made ready, many things finished; but, in place of an altar, were only abomination and desolation. Such was the new church to be, and it was for it that he had set fire to the old one, but God designed otherwise.” Form Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol 2, pp 352-353
    Of course expressing critical reservations leaves one open to the charge of being a raging bigot. I sincerely hope I’m not in that camp. I am not being glib and patronising when I say that any protestants that I know are fine people. But do we really think so little of our Catholic Faith that we don’t want others to share that Faith? Should we really tell those on the other side of the Tiber that they are fine just where they are? Is anyone going to suggest that Blessed John Henry Newman, G. K. Chesterton, or Monsignor Ronald Knox should have stayed where they were?
    The words of Fr. Frederick Faber might serve as an answer- “The crowning disloyalty to God is heresy. It is the sin of sins, the very loathsomest of things which God looks down upon in this malignant world….Our charity is untruthful, because it is not severe; and it is unpersuasive, because it is untruthful…Where there is no hatred of heresy there is no holiness…A man, who might be an apostle, becomes a fester in the Church for want of this righteous indignation.” The Precious Blood, 1860
    Are Catholics who adhere to traditional Church teaching to be labelled intolerant, uncharitable and unchristian? Before anyone rushes to pass judgement or say that things are different now, they might carefully read the following and consider the implications of such a judgement. At the risk of losing readers’ attention, the length and number of the following quotes will hopefully demonstrate the constancy and consistency of traditional Catholic teaching on the matter in question. They all express the same teaching in unambiguous terms.
    “With regard especially to mixed assemblies and Conferences of Catholics with non-Catholics, which in recent times have begun to be held in many places to promote “union” in the faith, there is need of quite peculiar vigilance and control on the part of Ordinaries. For if on the one hand these meetings afford the desired opportunity to spread among non-Catholics the knowledge of Catholic doctrine, which is generally not sufficiently known to them, yet on the other hand they easily involve no slight danger of indifferentism for Catholics…Where there is no apparent hope of good results, or where the affair involves special dangers on other grounds, the faithful are to be prudently kept away from the meetings, and the meetings themselves are to be ended or gradually suppressed. As experience teaches that larger meetings of this sort usually bear little fruit and involve greater danger, these should be permitted only after very careful consideration…
    “In all these meetings and conferences any communication whatsoever in worship must be avoided…
    “All should be reminded that nothing more effectively paves the way for the erring to find the truth and to embrace the Church than the faith of Catholics, when it is confirmed by the example of upright living.” – Instruction of the Holy Office the “Ecumenical Movement”, 20 December 1949
    “To be Christian one must be Roman. One must recognize the oneness of Christ’s Church that is governed by one successor of the Prince of the Apostles who is the Bishop of Rome, Christ’s Vicar on earth” – Pope Pius XII Allocution to Irish pilgrims, 8 October, 1957.
    “We desire this unceasing prayer to rise to God from the whole Mystical Body, that all the straying sheep may hasten to enter the one fold of Jesus Christ.” Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Mystici Corporis, p 62

    “Knowing perfectly well that there exist few men who are entirely devoid of the religious sense, they (the men who are trying to introduce a sentiment of fraternity into the Church) nourish the hope that all the peoples, despite their religious differences, may yet, without great difficulty, be united in the profession of certain doctrines admitted as a common basis of the spiritual life.
    “With this object, they promote congresses, meetings, and conferences, attended by a considerable number of hearers. To join in the discussion they invite all, without distinction, unbelievers of every kind as well as the faithful, and even those who have disgracefully separated themselves from Christ or rudely and obstinately denied the divinity of His nature and mission. Such attempts can nowise be approved by Catholics, founded as they are on that false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy, since they all in different ways manifest and signify that sense which is inborn in us all, and by which we are led to God and to the obedient acknowledgement of His rule. Not only are those who hold this opinion in error and deceived, but also in distorting the idea of true religion they reject it, and little by little, turn aside to naturalism and atheism, as it is called; from which it clearly follows that one who supports those who hold these theories and attempt to realise them, is altogether abandoning the divinely revealed religion”- Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Mortalium Animos, par 2, January 6, 1928
    “The union of Christians can only be furthered by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it”. Ibid, p 13

    “Who can accept the spouse of Christ, and not His mystical bride the Church? Who can separate the Head, the only begotten Son of God, from the body, which is His Church?” – Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical, Satis cognitum 29 June 1896
    “Whoever leaves her (the Catholic Church) departs form the will and command of Our Lord Jesus Christ; leaving the path of salvation, he enters that of perdition. Whoever is separated from The Church is united to an adulteress” – ibid
    “For they contend that it is opportune, in order to work in a more attractive way upon the wills of those who are not in accord with us, to pass over certain heads of doctrine, as if of lesser moment, or to so soften them that they may not have the same meaning which the Church has invariably held…Few words are needed to show how reprehensible is the plan that is thus conceived.” Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Testem Benevolentiae, 22 January 1899

    “He who abandons the Chair of Peter on which the Church is founded, is falsely persuaded that he is in the Church of Christ”- Pope Pius IX, Quartus supra 6 January 1873
    “But God forbid that the sons of the Catholic Church ever in any way be hostile to those who are not joined with us in the same bonds of faith and love; but rather they should always be zealous to seek them out and aid them, whether poor, or sick, or afflicted with any other burdens, with all the office of Christian charity; and they should especially endeavour to snatch from the darkness of error in which they unhappily lie, and lead them back to Catholic truth and to the most loving Mother the Church, who never ceases to stretch out her maternal hands lovingly to them, and to call them back to her bosom so that, established and firm in faith, hope, and charity, and “being fruitful in every work”(Colossians 1:10), they may attain eternal salvation”- Pope Pius IX, Encyclical Quanto Moerore, par. 9, August 10 1863
    “Who can have God for Father and not accept the Church for Mother?” – Pope Pius IX, Encyclical Singulari quidem, 17 March 1856
    “Whoever carefully considers and studies the situation of the various religious communities, divided amongst themselves and separated from the Catholic Church…will be easily convinced that none of these associations-whether considered individually or taken as a whole- can in any way be seen as that One Catholic Church that Chris the Lord built and willed to exist. Neither can they in any way be considered members or part of this same Church, as long as they remain visibly separated from Catholic unity. It follows that such communities, lacking the living authority established by God to teach men- especially in Morals and matters of Faith and customs, directing and governing them in all that concerns eternal salvation- thus mutate in their doctrines and are constantly changing and unstable…For this reason, let all those who do not possess “the communion and truth of the Catholic Church” take advantage of this Council, in which she…offers a further demonstration of her profound unity and impregnable vital force; and responding to the demands of their hearts, let them strive to leave this state that does not guarantee for them the security of salvation.” Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Letter Iam vos omnes, 13 September 1868
    It is an error to believe, “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church”- Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of errors, 8 December 1864 n 18
    “There is only one true and holy religion, founded and instituted by Christ, Our Lord. Mother and cultivator of virtue, destroyer of vice, liberator of souls, guide to true happiness; her name is: Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman”. – Allocution to the Consistory, 18 July 1861

    “We now come to another and most fruitful cause of the evils which at present afflict the Church and which We so bitterly deplore; We mean Indifferentism or that wicked opinion which has grown up on all sides through the deceit of evil men. According to this opinion, the eternal salvation if the soul can be attained by any kind of profession of faith, as long as man’s morals are in line with the standard of justice and honesty.” Pope Gregory XVI, Encyclical Mirari vos arbitramur, 15 August 1832
    “Against these repeaters of ancient errors, the people must be assured, Venerable Brethren, that the profession of the Catholic Faith is alone the true one, since the Apostle tells us that there is one Lord and one Baptism. As Jerome says, the man who eats the Lamb outside of this house is profane”- Pope Pius VIII, Encyclical, Traditi humilitati nostrae, 24 May 1829

    Anyone inclined to think that I the above is only the thinking of a few reactionary Popes, whom we can safely ignore, might care to read Titus 3:10, or 2 Thessalonians 3:6, or Ephesians 5:6 or Romans 16:17 or 2 John 1:10 for starters.
    I mentioned earlier that it didn’t look like the Saints would get much a mention in June. What St. Augustine, St Cyprian, St. Pope Leo the Great, St. Catherine of Siena, St Ignatius Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Robert Bellarmine, St Alphonsus Liguori, St. John Eudes and St. Francis de Sales had to say about those who are separated from the Church might cause a bit of stir at the Congress. Or rather an embarrassed silence and shuffling of papers. I’ll confine myself to some words of the latter:
    “The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is denied…It is a work of charity to shout: “Here is the wolf!” when it enters the flock or anywhere else.”- Introduction to the Devout Life, part III, Chp. 29
    Who is prepared to come forward and say that the revered Doctor of the Church was an intolerant bigot, who put obstacles in the way of “full communion”?
    No doubt I’ll be accused of being narrow-minded, uncharitable and not being in communion with…whoever. Maybe we need to take seriously the words of Saint Thomas Aquinas:
    “Where there is an imminent danger to the Faith, Prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects”- Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part, q.33, a.4.
    Or those of St John Chrysostom:
    “The person who does not become irate when he has cause to be, sins.”
    A degree of anger is warranted. Despite all the scandal and shame, the abdication of leadership, the cultivation, toleration and dispersal of dissent and heresy many Irish men and women have remained steadfast and faithful in their faith. They do so because they love their Mother the Church very much and will never stray from her.
    I am thinking of the priests and religious who in the face of slander and scorn remain faithful to their vocation and tend heroically to the sheep. I am thinking of the laity who endure apathy, ridicule, argument, insult, and abuse from family, friends and work colleagues when they try to share their faith, defend the Church, or defend the unborn.
    Despite everything there are still many who cherish the Catholic faith of our fathers and are endeavouring to pass it on to the coming generations. And now, at a time of great and urgent need it appears that they are to be given stones instead of bread at the upcoming Eucharistic Congress.
    We all know Our Lord will be with His Church to end of time, that the Holy Ghost is in charge of everything, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph in the end.
    In the meantime, I suggest we attend the Mass of All Time as often as possible, keep up our adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, pray our Rosaries, and pray for our bishops and priests.
    Note to all modernist revolutionaries: Catholic Tradition is coming out of the catacombs. It will never be stifled, subdued and eliminated. We have Our Lord’s assurance of that.
    “They trusted in Thee and were not confounded”- Psalm 21:6

  8. Well, whatever the good intentions of those who introduced the host of changes in the wake of Vatican 2 – I feel sure that opening the Church to the modern world was intended to be a two way deal – the result was a near collapse in Mass attendance. In my local church in Cardiff the Mass attendance in the late 60s was 2,000 every Sunday. It is now about 600.
    Of course it cannot be proven that the changes caused this but they certainly did not prevent it.

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Proposal: split Chan and TChan into read and write ends

Brandon Simmons brandon.m.simmons at
Tue Oct 30 16:05:20 CET 2012

> On 10/27/12 12:28 PM, Johan Tibell wrote:
>> I think this makes for a great package or perhaps an extra
>> Unidirectional module nested inside the Chan module. Breaking the well
>> used Chan API doesn't seem necessary in this case.
> I agree. I like the idea, and I'd like to see it gain traction, but I'm
> not so keen on breaking the Chan/TChan API. Also, there seem to be some
> API issues to be ironed out (e.g., someone proposed
>      newBrodcastTChan :: STM (InTChan a, STM (OutTChan a))
> which has an obvious meaning, over
>      newInTChan :: STM (InTChan a)
> which is going to take some explaining.)

I assume you mixed those up? `newBroadcastTChan` naturally turns into
the (IMHO) much simpler `newInTChan` when the chan ends are split.

> It sounds like many people have implemented versions of this and
> uploaded them to Hackage already. Perhaps the best approach would be to
> (1) unify all those packages into a single "blessed" package, to reduce
> redundancy; (2) advertise that package as the way to go for new
> projects; (3) add it to the Platform if it gains traction; (4) maybe get
> around to deprecating the current Chan/TChan API some years down the
> road when it's no longer popular.

The best approach then for this route would be to go through the Chan
and TChan package and to turn it into a "split" version with minimum
edits (should only take a few minutes), perhaps changing a few names
where a better one obviously exists or the original no longer makes
sense (e.g. newBroadcastTChan). That way people can both see it's
correct, and easily port their code over.

I also wanted to link to in my original post, but couldn't find for
some reason, Leon P Smith's library:

It uses the name 'listen' for the equivalent function to the old
'dupTChan' which I think is an excellent choice.

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But SEO doesn’t have to be such a struggle. And let’s be honest, if you are a startup company, you have a hundred other things on your mind. You simply don’t have the time to dedicate hours to developing a complicated and time-consuming SEO strategy.

The Key to Startup SEO

At ManageWP, we gain around 20% of our visitors and 25% of new users from organic search engine traffic. We have achieved this without any direct investment into SEO.

Broken Piggy Bank

You don't need to break the bank to invest in SEO.

As a startup, we believe that it is the indirect efforts we invest elsewhere that result in good search engine rankings. And best of all, not thinking about SEO is the best way for you to create a stable online presence that is far less likely to be punished by one of Google’s infamous updates. Because let’s face it – whilst some websites can afford to risk losing their rankings by investing heavily in “black hat” SEO tactics, you have a brand to promote and protect. Black hat SEO is not an option.

So for the most part, forget about SEO. Really! Focus instead on what you do best.

Link Building

The phrase “link building” typically conjures up images of black hat SEO. However, it works both ways – as much as you can build links to your own site in an unscrupulous manner, others can build links to your site as well. What you want to focus on is what we call “incidental link building”. The best thing is, it involves no additional work beyond what you will already be doing.

Attract Links

This process is simple. Create a great product, and work on getting the word out (traditional networking will never die). If you create something of true value, people will want to review it. If people review it, they will link to your site.

Free Publicity

Nothing beats free publicity.

At ManageWP we are extremely proud of our product, which has been reviewed by a huge number of websites (see for yourself). Simply by creating what we believe is a great product, we inadvertently attracted a number of links from authoritative domains.

Create Links

It is possible to build links back to your own site without it being considered black hat. Genuine social media accounts, forum profiles, guest posts and blog comments are all ways for you to build links to your site in an entirely natural and value-added way.

The point is that you are not primarily creating the link to increase your site’s authority – you are creating the link because people will want to click on it. You are adding value.

Social Signals

You don’t need to be concerned with SEO in order to understand how important social media is to any startup business. It is your primary means of engaging directly with your user base (both realized and potential), and can be of huge benefit for a number of reasons.

But as with attracting and creating links, social media can be a wonderful way of incidentally increasing your site’s authority in Google’s eyes. We all know that social signals are growing in importance, and a healthy presence on social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ can make a marked impact on your site’s rankings.

Keyword Research

The key thing to remember is that Google will only rank you for keywords if it considers you relevant. So make it easy for Google to understand what you are all about. This is achieved by paying attention to the keywords within your content – whether that be your website sales copy, your blog, or any other text that can be found on your site.

That's right...keywords are the key.

Full-blown keyword research is not necessary – leave that to the guys who are going to be making concerted link building efforts. Forget about how difficult a particular keyword is to rank for – concern yourself instead with what keywords you would most like to rank for.

If your chosen keywords are particularly competitive, you may never rank for them, but you will rank for plenty of related long tail keywords. And as your site’s authority develops and you rank for more and more keywords, the likelihood of you getting onto the first page of Google for your original chosen keywords increases.

Onsite Optimization

For the most part, there is no need to go beyond the absolute basics when it comes to onsite SEO. Adhering to a few simple fundamental rules can make all the difference.

First, bear your chosen keywords in mind when producing content for your site. Don’t attempt any form of keyword stuffing - just work in relevant keywords whenever it is appropriate. And don’t forget long tail keywords too, which collectively can be far more valuable than your primary choices.

Second, include keywords in the most important places – meta titles, descriptions, headers, and image alt texts. Google will prioritize these elements to a certain extent when it comes to figuring out the relevance of your site to any given keyword, so take advantage of that. It isn’t a case of “gaming” the system – it is a case of making it easy for Google to understand what your site is relevant to.

If Google loves anything, it is fresh content. Whilst blogging is practically a must for any startup business in terms of building awareness, its impact on your overall search engine rankings can be huge.

If you have a static site that is only updated when you happen to change the sales copy or promote a new product, Google isn’t likely to take a great deal of interest. If however your site is regularly producing fresh and unique content that is getting shared and discussed around the blogosphere, Google will be far more likely to take note. This can have beneficial knock-on effects in terms of your site ranking for relevant keywords, which in turn can of course lead to an increase in revenue.

Bottom Line

And let's be honest - your business is nothing without a healthy bottom line.

Although it is not the purpose of this article to advise on how to build a popular blog, the key is in producing content that is in some way unique and highly shareable. For instance, we produce our themes and plugins of the month posts. These posts are unique in that they pick out only the best new and newly updated plugins available – most readers discover something fresh when they check out our featured themes and plugins. Such content is highly sharable, which leads to social signals, which leads to higher rankings.

Focus on Building a Brand and the Rankings Will Come

You could take all of the advice above and phrase it in such a way that it had no relation to SEO, and it would still be valuable information in terms of building your business’ exposure. That in itself is the point – you don’t have to make a specific and concerted effort to optimize your site for SEO in order to rank in Google. When your available capital is already stretched to breaking point, coming to this key realization can be hugely beneficial in allowing you to allocate your resources more effectively.

Is your SEO strategy time-consuming and expensive? Have you considered taking a more hands-off and natural approach, as we have outlined above? It works for us – maybe it could work for you.

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Tuesday Art Day: Vosskah

I’ve been trying some different experiments with my art lately, mostly centered around getting away from so many lines. I have a bunch of stuff in the works that’s in this vein, but this is one of them I did of Voss a few weeks back. I’m pretty happy with it, as far as “experimental sketches” go! If you look closely, you can see there’s a Naaru-esque pattern on his tentacle rings, something perhaps Voss himself wouldn’t necessarily wear, but I thought they looked too plain otherwise and I’d always imagined draenei jewelery contains a fair amount of embellishment and personal meaning.

I’m sure our raid leader, Vosskah, could tell you that there are so many advantages to being bilingual. I can’t actually claim them, myself (while I do understand quite a bit of French, I wouldn’t call myself bilingual). You can live in different places, work in either language (or both) and also you have access to twice as much arts, culture, and history – in the original language!

It’s an advantage for Business Time that Voss is our raid leader, because 1) he’s great at it but also 2) he’s often inadvertently hilarious. Sometimes it’s a matter of a colloquialism he missed, our just a difference in translation, or a slip of the tongue in the heat of the moment. Fortunately for us, he’s a great sport about it. I’m sure that more than half of our “in” jokes have sprung up from some Voss-related misunderstanding. Voss jokes are so much a cornerstone of BT that back when we were working on heroic Lich King one of our members made this video.

The jokes:

  • Voss has a hard time with the word “horrors.” It tends to come out more like just plain old “whore.” Shambling Horrors takes on an all new-meaning, I’m sure you can imagine.
  • Our warlock, Dirtface, had a penchant for summoning mole machines smack in the middle of the raid.
  • Our mage, Fsob, is seldom content to remain in his natural form, leading to some confusion about just who or where he is at any given time.
  • Our erstwhile paladin, Noodlestein, constructed an elaborate fish feast art installation during one of the interminable RP sessions.

Please note: the following video has coarse language and references to gnomes. Viewer discretion is advised.

As it happens, <Shambling Horrors> is now the name of our Horde-side sister guild. Poor Voss’ hapless hilarity doesn’t end there, though. Other things of note:

Our hunter nearly died when we were killing Marrowgar and Voss shouted, “OK, now get Kayla off!”

I had to explain why he might want to choose different phrasing the next time. Similarly, you never know when he might tell us all, “OK, now everyone come on the gnome!”

For some reason, from the first time we fought Shannox, Voss couldn’t help but call him “Shannon.” He wasn’t trying to be funny, the boss was just “Shannon” to him. (Below image credit goes to Searing Shammy).

This image came up in a Google image search for Shannox and I couldn't resist using it. It's from Searing Shammy, it is not my image!

“OK, here she comes!” he’d say. Naturally, this most unfeminine of bosses started a trend. You may be fighting Shannox and Ragnaros in the Firelands. BT is fighting Alice, Beth, Margeurite, and Barbara. Or, as Adgamorix said, “How about – Baleroc as a substitution for Baleroc? It’s catchy, has a good ring to it, and is easy to remember.” (It never caught on, though.)

I can’t even describe to you how hard I laughed the other night when Voss yelled into Mumble as we were fighting Ragnaros, “Alright guys, SPLITTING BOWEL!”

He insists that the difference between “blow” and “bowel” in this case is minimal (after all, if you were hit by Ragnaros’ Hammer you might suffer that effect) but I have to beg to differ. Splitting Bowel is so much more evocative! Given the well-documented prevalence of poop quests in the game, I wouldn’t put it past them to include it as a real boss ability.

I’m really resisting making a “wipe” joke here, I swear. We keep it classy!

Let’s just say that when it comes to having Voss as a raid leader, there’s seldom a dull moment – especially since he himself is so focused and serious. He is the perfect straight man to our admittedly sometimes adolescent humour. Although, he insisted that I had to add in his response to our teasing: “Mangez donc tous un char de marde!”

It means, “I think you are all so hilarious!” (Please note: This is not an actual translation. Don’t repeat this to a French-speaking person unless you want to pick a fight with them. If so, then by all means!)

We love you too, Voss.

What are your raid’s funny (or not so funny) “in” jokes? Is your raid leader, much like Voss, apt to be super serious, or are they cracking jokes along with you? One day we were joking that Voss just tunes us out (“He probably doesn’t even hear us!”) and about thirty seconds later he said, “Huh?” It’s probably the only way he can stay sane.

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•August 7, 2013 • 2 Comments

This is not the baklava I brought home– the baklava from Güllüoğlu I’d wished to buy on that final day in Istanbul. Instead, my colleagues would have to settle for second best: a box of walnut and pistachio baklava from the baker up the street. They’d never know the difference.  I would cautiously secure  a kilo’s worth of sweetness in my bag to weather the long journey home with me.

My departure that day was met with rain and June gloom, a partial reflection of my mood upon leaving. Today marks my arrival at another destination: day 30 and the end of my post-trip journey of creating a travel journal to solidify the memories. The postcards of images gave me creative boundaries within which to think and reconstruct my trip, where the stories embedded themselves within my being. This little project was more for me than for you, but without your eyes reading on the other end, I probably wouldn’t have completed it. So thank you for traveling with me. It’s day 30 and like my departure, feels a bit bittersweet.

After 23 hours of travel I walked through my front door and anxiously unpacked the baklava to see if it had made it home intact. I peeled back a wet canvas flap on the suitcase.  Everything in my bag was soaked; the airline must have left my luggage out in the rain before loading. The bag of baklava and everything around it was covered in sticky syrup. The rain had melted the sugar and it had oozed out onto everything in the suitcase. Lucky for my colleagues, the baklava was still in tact. (There is so much sugar in that stuff that losing some was no set back.) My initial disappointment over the mess was then met with the realization that the trip had literally penetrated all of me, down to the objects I’d carried home. The sweetness would stick, long after the journey was complete.

A new moon has risen and marks the end of the month of Ramadan. May the fasters find their sweets!

Day 30 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

Music Man

•August 5, 2013 • 2 Comments

Hear him

Our dinner plates had been cleared but we weren’t finished dining just yet. After sitting out on the patio at Goreme Restaurant we were lured inside for dessert and drinks by the traditional Turkish living room set up: loungy low-lying tables and cushions covered in beautiful fabrics. There’s a no shoe policy on these carpets, and should you need to get up to use the restroom there are plastic sandals waiting for you at the entrance to the tiled hallway. The lights are set low, yellow tones hit the beige walls and make everything a bit more subdued.

What was really happening inside was what I’d been waiting for the whole trip: traditional Turkish music coming from an instrument I’d never see before: the saz. An older man with pristine white hair and a dark face was strumming it.  He’d been lost in the music for hours already. I recognized him from day one-he was almost a fixture at this place. Every day we passed by he’d be sitting out on the front patio during the off hours looping through a harmonious continuum, howling lyrics with the power  to conjure up spirits from the otherworld. But it was a beautiful howl, one that held you captive with its perfect repetition.

The saz is a guitar-like instrument from the lute family. It has a tear shaped bulbous base and a thin neck that produces arresting notes, high pitched notes, notes that we don’t have a language for in Western music. (Literally. The saz has extra frets that produce notes not found in Western music.) Music man knocks the base of the saz while he’s strumming. It adds a deep base beat and then he fills the space with lyrics in a haunting voice that echoes in the back of his throat and makes everything else echo: the saz, the base, his voice, my body. There really aren’t words to describe something like this. You have to listen. You have to be there. Here.

We were now in his living room. He effortlessly switched between the saz and violin- picking up a different instrument that was part of the same journey. The sound is hypnotic, trance-like, leaving you somewhere other than where you started.  It was a meditation and he was inviting us in. He motioned to me with an extended hand pointed towards the floor. He moved from his seated position to the middle of the room, plucking the violin while I danced next to him, unsure of how and what was appropriate. I slowly began to move, to feel it, to let my body do the singing. Someone gave me castanets to clack between my fingers, my friends joined in, and for a moment, the staff at the restaurant stopped what they were doing to partake. One of the waiters tapped out rhythms on a hand drum, another one sang vocals and floated through the dance circle. The ghost of a whirling dervish. His music had me whirling. It was the most beautiful conversation we never actually had.

Audio clip is of the music man on violin and MM on castanets.
Photo: Debarshi Das

Day 29 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

A little little in the middle…

•August 5, 2013 • Leave a Comment

What would Turkey be without its waiters? I can’t help but grin when I look at this photo. Somehow I only made away with one (photo, not waiter), but had I documented all of the waiters we encountered, I’d have enough content for an entirely new round of posts. Hannah and I were convinced the Turkish Board of Tourism required all restaurants to hire clever, attractive Turks to serve up the delectable mezes with their home grown hospitality. This one was particularly special, so special we came back twice for him. Or the gozleme. He’ll never know which.

We were in Goreme with our friends at “Köy Evi” (Village House), a restaurant recommended by a local contact. It could have just as well been a recommendation for Serdar himself. This sweet young thing- he wouldn’t tell us his age- was a soccer star studying tourism in Keyseri, the main city in the region, and making some cash on the side with his stand up comedic shtick fashioned as food service. Our banter batted back and forth across the field, through the multi-course meal of veggie appetizers, gozleme entrees, and baklava dessert. It was a team of four foreigners up against his solo show. Word play with bits of shared vocab, misunderstandings and mispronunciations, all mixed in between the delivery of freshly baked bread and lentil soup. He’d repeat back after us, botching “Maureen” for “boring” and throwing in his own nonsensical rhymes like “a little little in the middle,” followed by bouts of shameless laughter. The boy was ready to trade his tips for tricks to fuel his way onto mastering the art of customer satisfaction.

He’d found fans in us at this Village House, a humble establishment with its patio dining and cozy blankets to keep the diners warm where local ladies rolled fresh dough onto their griddles to fill incoming orders of gozleme. We’d stuffed ourselves full with baskets of bread before our order had even arrived and still managed to make room for the freshly baked flatbread filled with sauteed spinach and indiscernible spices, grilled to mouth watering perfection. This meal was more than complete; it came with entertainment and a new friend, a çok güzel waiter: our local MVP.

Photo: Debarshi Das

Day 28 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

Postcard Perfect

•August 4, 2013 • Leave a Comment

This one is left to stand alone: the view atop Simena Castle.   A break from the sea provides a moment to snap this shot where I peer through this manmade frame and notice yesterday’s swim spot can be seen in the distance.  Postcard perfect.

Day 27 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

•August 3, 2013 • 2 Comments

I’m sure her husband wouldn’t be happy if we bestowed her with the title of Captain, but it didn’t really matter because everyone on board knew she steered the ship forward. Fatma seemed to be everywhere at once, from kitchen prep to dropping the anchor, moving about the boat with the steady ease of someone whose feet have walked a lot of decks in their lifetime. The scarf tied to her head plays a dual role here, keeping her hair tidy and tucked in, while also keeping to her Muslim culture. Her olive skin is marked with a lifetime of the sun’s stories. Long wrinkles extended from her eyes out to the horizon, as if her face is always smiling, but she’s more practical than that. She wears those lines as a reminder of the decks she’s walked, a mark of where she’s from.

Her affection is shared through the delicious meals she prepares, the kind where you wish your stomach was larger than it was.  My worries of white bread and pasta were put to rest with her fresh salads and vegetarian wonders: watercress with garlic yogurt sauce, bulgar with spices, fried cauliflower, zucchini patties, green beans in tomato sauce, rolled ‘cigarette’ pastries with cheese and parsley. I didn’t see one thing come from a can on this boat, and I was probably the happiest of the bunch, each meal spilling over with vegetables of every color.

She and Usef walked these decks day in and day out during the high season, welcoming new faces aboard each week and sharing life with them for four to seven days at a time before the cycle began anew. Neither her English nor my Turkish were good enough to have any substantial conversation, but we shared plenty through simple sentences and other ways of communicating.

During our last full day aboard after cruising next to a sunken city, Usef killed the engine and pumped some traditional Turkish music through the speakers. We were the only visible boat on the horizon- an island lay to our right, distant coastline to the left, and an open sea in front of us. Fatma came around to the bow. Her hips began to sway east to west, giving a double pulse in each direction. Her arms stretched up to the clouds, wrists rotated round, and a gentle smile emerged as she invited us to join in dance as we floated down her Mediterranean sea.

Day 26 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

Turkish Viagra

•August 2, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Who knows what kind of trouble I’m going to get in with a title like this. Let’s rewind a moment and review how I got here. It’s week three and I’m on my own. Hannah has left for home and up until a few days ago I had no idea how I’d be spending my solo week in Turkey. Sarah, my best friend from home had just returned from the V-Go boat cruise and we met up in Cappadocia where I waited for a full report so that I could then make my decision to book the same cruise or not. She and her man had a fabulous time, save for the drunk captain, the meals of bread and pasta, and the overbooking which had pushed the one solo traveler from his bunk to the upper deck to sleep under the stars and share a bathroom with the cabin crew. Maybe that’s what you get for $200. But they urged me to do it. Even I can stomach four days of white bread in return for four days of blue waters, gypsy dreams and misty Mediterranean mornings. My trusty friends at Tourdocia Travel in Goreme set the whole thing up for me and triple confirmed my vegetarian diet with the crew. This pisces was ready to set sail.

Captain Usef and I met before we even boarded the boat. He was seated in the main office in Fethiye, belly bulging a foot in front of him, chubby cheeks pushing his eyes into a squint even in the shade. A shiny bald head and burly mustache made for quite a caricature of a fat, middle-aged Turkish man- one who would hold my life in his hands for the next few days, the captain of “Little Mustafa.”  I tried to share simple pleasantries with him but he wasn’t having any of them. Nor did he speak any English. He just stared back at me like I was yet another needy white girl way too invested in the details of her own vacation.  Thank God I hadn’t told him I was vegan.

The belly was a clear clue into his world: this man loved to eat. Just a half day into our cruise, we’d docked at the St. Nicholas Island where we’d be spending the night. I’d heard about the ‘pancake lady’ who cruised around on a little dinghy and sold her treats to the big boats. Well hardly half way into our cruise she floated in, sweets in hand. Usef and his wife Fatma, our cook, were already starboard chatting  up these fellow cruisers. Years of sailing the Turkish Med meant they had friends in every bay. As they babbled way, I was still trying to digest the fact that a woman with a hot round griddle in between her legs had just sailed up in a boat and was offering us gözlemeTurkish pancake.

I cozied up to Fatma on the side of the boat trying to get a better look at what cooking. “Turkish viagra,” she said with a big smile. The lady was generously spooning Nutella all over the thin round of dough she had just rolled out onto the hot griddle.  She placed banana slices on top and in under five minutes, she had rolled the entire thing up into a thick triangle of sugary gooeyness and shoved it into a brown paper sleeve. Astonished and still marveling at this alternative water economy, I had hardly smiled back at Fatma in response to her comment before she had popped a piece of Turkish viagra directly into my mouth. Melted Nutella oozed out onto my lips and my smile spread wider, partly from the Turkish viagra, but more from the fact that Mama Fatma had just welcomed me into her clan. I knew I’d be in good hands from here on out. I proudly voiced ‘çok güzel ‘ (very good) during and after every single meal of her delectable cooking.  And of course I’d play with the Turkish viagra joke long after the viagra itself had run out.

Day 25 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

All aboard

•August 1, 2013 • 2 Comments

Finally…sandals! This is where the trip takes a true turn toward vacation. Hours before, I’d boarded the Küçük Mustafa, a wooden sail boat in the Turkish gulet fashion where the boats have retired their sails for motors that leisurely power tourists down the southwestern Mediterranean coast. After a rocky start to the trip where I’d been told that an additional passenger of either sex might be assigned as my cabin mate (there was only one double bed in the room), and despite my insistence that that was a ludicrous possibility I was not comfortable with- and anyway-wasn’t I in a Muslim country (?), the manager assured me one of us could sleep up on deck under the stars.  My soon-to-be new friend assured me that depending on who this potential cabin mate was, it might not be such a bad thing. Either way, I had found an ally in the cause who agreed to switch rooms with me- his bunks for my double.

That aside, we had set ‘sail’ and within hours had plunged into the crisp, clear waters of Butterfly Valley, cruised by Ölüdeniz, the most photographed beach in the Mediterranean, and had just docked next to St. Nicholas Island to watch the sunset. I can’t remember one bit of history about it- after all, I was now on “vacation,” but I do remember having a bite of “Turkish Viagra” (more on that later) before walking up the island hill to settle into this portal-perhaps ruins from the Lycian people. The setting sun gently hit my sunburned face, curls were tight with excitement, and my appetite was ready to enjoy our first dinner aboard the boat “Little Mustafa” with my ten fellow crew mates.

Photo credit: Paul Rubin

Day 24 of 30; Postcards from Turkey

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Hemmila visits in-state schools

Zach Hemmila stopped by Arizona's spring practice last week, he's supposed to watch a workout at Arizona State this week and then attend the Sun Devils' junior day this weekend all in an attempt to get a better feel for two of his top programs.

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Triggers on Views in SQLDeveloper

So, you’ve noticed that SQLDeveloper ( any version prior to 2.1.1) doesn’t show triggers on views. At the same time SQLDeveloper 2.1.1 doesn’t show package bodies unless you have a very highly privileged account.
If you’re determined to press-on with 2.1.1, you can see a workaround for the package body problem here.
If however, you’d prefer to wait until they’ve ironed out this particular kink before taking the plunge, but want a solution to the invisible triggers, read on …

One of the really cool things about SQLDeveloper is the relative ease with which you can extend it, even adding custom tabs to various views.
The good news is that you don’t need any 3GL expertise for this. You don’t even have to know that much about XML. You just need to work out the query you need to run and drop it into the relevant XML template.
First off, let’s find an illustration of the problem.

For the purposes of this article, I’m going to refer to two schemas that come pre-loaded with XE.
Let’s start by firing up SQLDeveloper and connecting as the HR user.

Now, let’s see if we can find the triggers on the PATH_VEIW view in the XDB schema :

SELECT trigger_name, trigger_type
FROM all_triggers
WHERE owner = 'XDB'
AND table_name = 'PATH_VIEW'

Yep, there’s the trigger XDB_PV_TRIG large as life. But if we now navigate the object tree to the same view in the XDB schema and click on the Triggers tab we see…nix, nada, nothing, not a sausage.

Fortunately, we can drop the appropriate query into the appropriate XML format and, hey presto, a Custom Extension which displays a tab with the missing trigger information.
First off, the XML :

<item type="editor" node="ViewNode" vertical="true">
<title><![CDATA[Triggers - Custom]]></title>
<sql><![CDATA[SELECT owner, trigger_name, trigger_type, triggering_event, status,
trigger_body as Body
FROM all_triggers
WHERE table_owner = :OBJECT_OWNER
AND table_name = :OBJECT_NAME
ORDER BY trigger_name]]></sql>

Three things to note here.
First, in the item tag, the node is specified as ViewNode, which means that this tab will appear when we’re looking at views in the navigator.
Next, the title of the tab will be Triggers – Custom.
Finally, the query tag is where we put the SQL. Note that :OBJECT_NAME and :OBJECT_OWNER are pre-defined variables that automatically pick up the name and owner of the object in context.

Of course, if you have the appropriate privileges, you could replace the trigger_body with a call to DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL. This has the advantage of retrieving the complete DDL to create the trigger, not just the body. However, you will run into problems – in the shape of ORA-31603 – if you don’t have the SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE role granted. Furthermore, you’ll only be able to see triggers owned by the user who also owns the view as the only SQL variables available in this XML file are :OBJECT_OWNER and :OBJECT_NAME. These refer to the object that you’re viewing at the time ( in this case, the view).
All in all, it’s probably safer not to use DBMS_METADATA in this instance.

Now it’s just a case of adding the file as a custom extension.
In the SQLDeveloper Tools menu, select Preferences.

Open up the Database node in the tree and click on User Defined Extensions.

Click Add Row

Select Editor from the drop-down.

Click the Browse button and select the location of the XML file.

Finally, click OK.

Close and re-start SQLDeveloper. The new tab should now show for all views. More to the point, you’ll be able to see details of the triggers on the views.

If you want to see the code of the trigger body, then the best way is probably to right-click on the trigger and select Single Record View from the pop-up menu.

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Romantic Ways to Treat your Girlfriend

surprise-for-herGirls love attention from their boyfriends. The fact is, for a romantic relationship to thrive, men should give the time that their ladies long for. As one saying goes, “Time is the best expression of love”. So if you want to make your girlfriend feel special and happy with you, think of ways on how to spend the time with her or make her time memorable even at a distance. There are romantic ideas listed below to help you treat your girlfriend and surprise her with things that can touch her heart and bring a smile to her face. Read on and get ready with that special treat just for her!

Candlelit Dinner

Though a romantic dinner is done by couples since time immemorial, it has never ceased charming a girl. Plan and prepare a romantic dinner for the woman of your life. Include a bouquet of her favorite flower and lighted candles to make the moment more romantic. You can even ask her to dance with you with a romantic song in the background.

Simple Things

For many women, the small and simple things matter very much. The simple things that you do with love for your girlfriend will be completely impressed upon her heart. Give her a teddy bear, a box of chocolate, a flower, a greeting card, a short love letter, a cologne or perfume, a sweet message in the morning, or a tight hug when she least expect it. These things can easily be bought and still others are free, yet when heartily given to your girlfriend, how much they cost do not matter much as long it is a romantic gift given with love. It is the thought that counts. The simple things become so dear in the eyes of your beloved when you take extra effort to notice those little things that she cares about. Most importantly, say I love you even at the most ordinary moments and say it often.

Expression of Passion

What you say is as important as how you say it. To be romantic, be passionate about your love for her. If you are truly passionate about her, it can be seen in how you look at her, how you talk to her, how you do things for her, and even how you hold and kiss her. Express your passion to your girlfriend by gazing at her lovingly, holding her hand even in front of your friends, hugging her, dedicating a love song for her in the radio, or you can sing your theme song when you are out on a date.

Lyrical Love

Unlike men, women are generally particular with words. Women are more auditory than men, and words can motivate them. So watch out what you say to your girl. Adorn your language with sweetness. You can record what you want to say in a CD for her to listen to or you can write a love note to her. You can also use poems to make your words romantic and unique. Or you can buy a greeting card or design it yourself and write down the things you love about her and thank her for the sweet gestures, care, and love she gives to you. You can even sing for her!

Camera Click

When you want to reminisce the special moments you had together, go back to your photos. Assemble your pictures together to form an album or souvenir book. Or you can create a slideshow of pictures and words that show how special those days have been to both of you. If you want to focus on the present, enjoy the time together by taking pictures of you together and create a story out of the assembly of the pictures taken. Express your appreciation of her by using a photo album, whether digital or the conventional one.

Love History

It is touching for a woman to relive your love story again and again. So, why not give her that surprise? Shop for good papers, notebook, or organizer, and a pen to start with. Write down a script that adequately tells your love story from the start of your romance until this day that she is with you. If this is not your thing, create a story using a compilation of your photos, love quotes for her, love songs, pictures of places you have been and things you enjoy doing together, and your own personal words. You can even style up your love history by using a timeline and icons of things you have shared.

Every woman’s heart will melt when her guy treats her special among the rest of the women in the world. This list enumerates sure ways of letting her feel that she is loved and appreciated by you.If you want your girl to stay with you and be consistently in love with you, shower her with romantic gifts and gestures.

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When fair use is not fair enough

By now, most of the science blogosphere is aware of Wiley’s legal threat to blogger Shelley Batts regarding the use of a figure from one of their journals in her blog.

Thus Spake Zuska, Respectful Insolence, Good Math, Bad Math, and Greedy, Greedy Algorithms have all commented on the issue; all these bloggers have found the action of Wiley unfair; almost all of them also feel that incidents like these are the strong motivation to move towards open access publishing.

Zuska notes the reluctance of Wiley–not wanting publicity for the paper that they have published, while Good Math, Bad Math speculates whether this reluctance is due to the fact that Shelley’s take on the issue is not in accordance with the spin in the newspapers.

Respectful Insolence makes another interesting observation: since the study in question was funded by a government organization, and since some of them maintain manuscript archives of their own which are publicly accessible, they might be the best documents for bloggers to quote from without getting into legal difficulties.

As usual, the take of John Hawks (though he agrees with most of what other bloggers have to say on the issue)–is a bit different (and makes sense too):

Retrospectacle is a ScienceBlogs site, and they run advertising. In other words, somebody is taking money for running the ads. Now, whether the ScienceBlogs should be considered a part of Seed Magazine or merely a loss-leading subcompartment of the Seed Media Group, it is understandable that a scientific publisher might balk at the use of their copyrighted figures in that context without permission or royalty payments. I’m not saying that this particular case was not fair use; just that it isn’t an obvious conclusion.

In other words, though Shelley Batts’ use is fair use in spirit, the legal question might be a bit muddled.

Which leads to an interesting conclusion: if you are a science blogger, you are better off if you run your blog in an obviously non-commercial way–no advertisements, and no hosting on pages/services which run advertisements.

Further, in case you are worried about fair use, this fair use FAQ that John Hawks links to might also be useful.

Finally, I think that other journals should follow the example of Nature, and should have something similar to their RightsLink service, which might make things easier for bloggers while making decisions about what they quote, and what they decide not to quote.

PS:- If, in addition to blogging about the issue, you feel like doing something more, Respectful Insolence has some suggestions:

In the meantime, click on the link to the journal above–a lot. I’m hoping that Wiley & Sons notices that its action against one of my fellow ScienceBloggers has resulted in some negative publicity. Maybe PZ or Boing Boing will get on board. Then Wiley & Sons would really notice. While you’re at it, polite e-mails asking the publisher to justify why it thinks that Shelley’s use of the figure in her blog post did not fall under the auspices of fair use might make Wiley & Sons take notice.

Happy science blogging/reading.

Update 1: Afarensis goes one step further and asks for a boycott of Wiley journals.

Update 2: John Pieret collects the links to posts on the issue so far, and also disabuses us of the notion that scienceblogs generate revenue is relevant to the fair use issue.

Update 3: Janet at Adventures in Ethics and Science , for a moment, sets aside the legal issues, and instead tells how unethical the Wiley threat is; Rob Knop at Galactic Interactions puts the issue in perspective in terms of the threat of IP maximalism to science; Mike the mad biologist joins hands with Afarensis and gives a call to trash the impact factor of the Wiley journals; finally, as usual, probably the most comprehensive collection of links is by Coturnix at A Blog Around the Clock–in addition, he also indicates how Wiley dinosaurs are going to go extinct if they do not adapt to the changing open access publishing realities.

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    "Hopefully, they're not talking about you in a negative way. That could be an issue."

    I'm going to respectfully disagree with this statement. I've posted a link to a blog post in LinkedIn that got about 100 negative comments (not proud of this...) and that article ranked for hundreds of terms. Unless someone else has a similar case study I don't think Google is able to determine good vs. bad authority.

    Think about it, we could be talking about something important to a business in a negative context. However, the content is still helpful or vice verse. ie. If someone shared an article titled "Water is he Number One Cause of Death" and 100's of authority figures link to, comment and interact with the post in a negative context because it's a negative subject, how will Google determine the difference?

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Edward Porter, a plumber in 18th century Mile End

Last week I wrote about the will of my 5 x great grandmother, Elizabeth Holdsworth, and her burial in the family vault at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. Elizabeth’s will mentions a number of her children, including her daughter Sarah.

At the time of her mother’s death in 1809, Sarah was married to her second husband, William Parker, who is also mentioned in the will. They had married on 13 August 1803 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green. Sarah’s brother, my 4 x great grandfather William Holdsworth, was one of the witnesses.

We know very little about William Parker, except that he came from the parish of St Mary, Whitechapel. Similarly, we have had very little information – until now – about Sarah’s first husband, Edward Porter, whom she had married on 27 August 1786 at St Botolph Without Bishopsgate.

St Botolph Without Bishopsgate

Until recently, all we knew about Edward was that he (like Sarah) was ‘of the parish’ of St. Botolph’s. (We already knew about the Holdsworths’ links with the parish: Sarah’s brother William would marry Lydia Evans at the same church six years later, in 1792.) However, I have now found Edward’s will, which has provided important new information about him and at the same time suggested some intriguing new lines of inquiry concerning the Holdsworth family.

Searching for documents relating to Edward in the National Archives, I came across the will of Edward Porter, a plumber from Mile End. Taking a chance that this might be the right person, I  purchased it. Sure enough, the wife of this Edward Porter was named Sarah, and the will was dated 1799, four years before ‘our’ Sarah’s second marriage to William Parker.  The will must have been composed in expectation of imminent death, probably from a serious illness: it was signed and sealed on 11 September and proven on 29 September. I’ve also found a burial record that matches this information: Edward Porter of Mile End Old Town was buried at St Dunstan’s on 18 September 1799.

Besides Sarah, the will also mentions a child that we weren’t aware of before. Poignantly, in the light of what I later discovered, the writer of the will sets aside the sum of fifty pounds for his son Edward ‘as soon as he attains the age of twenty’. I’ve found a record of this child’s baptism, which took place on 19 March 1794 at St Dunstan, Stepney. The register confirms the parents’ names as Edward and Sarah, the former’s occupation as plumber, and their address as Mile End Old Town. Sadly, there is also a record of the same child’s burial, also at St Dunstan’s, on 25 January 1802, some two years after his father’s death and a year before his mother’s second marriage. Edward Porter junior would have been about five years old when he died. (My 4 x great grandfather, William Holdsworth – Sarah’s brother – would name one of his sons, born a year later in January 1803, Edward Porter Holdsworth: it now appears this could have been in memory of Sarah’s lost child rather than her departed husband.)

Interior of St Dunstan's, Stepney

But perhaps the most interesting thing about Edward Porter junior is his middle name. I found this difficult to read in his father’s will, but in the baptismal record it was crystal clear: Edward and Sarah Porter named their only child Edward Parker Porter. At the very least, this suggests that Sarah Holdsworth’s first and second husbands might have been related: perhaps Edward Porter’s mother was a Parker? But it also provides another possible twist in the longstanding connection between the Holdsworth and Parker families that I described in an earlier post.

Another Sarah Holdsworth, daughter of John Holdsworth (brother of the Sarah who married Edward Porter and William Parker), would marry silk weaver Thomas Parker in 1821. Their son, another Thomas Parker, would marry Eliza Roe, daughter of Daniel Roe and Eliza Holdsworth in 1853.

To add to this already complicated relationship between the Holdsworths and Parkers, it now looks as though the two marriages of the earlier Sarah Holdsworth might both have been to members of the Parker family. Whether (as I suspect) Edward Porter and William Parker were related to Thomas Parker, and if so, the precise nature of their relationship, remains to be determined.

St Mary, Whitechapel

Edward Porter’s marriage record describes him as being of the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate, and he would need to have been born before 1770 to have married Sarah Holdsworth in 1786. I haven’t found a matching birth in that parish, but there are several possibilities in neighbouring parishes, including St Mary’s Whitechapel, coincidentally the home parish of Sarah’s second husband William Parker. Plenty of material there for future research.

When I wrote the above, I had forgotten that Sarah Holdsworth’s younger brother, Godfrey, was also a plumber in Mile End Old Town. The earliest record mentioning this occupation is from 1796, when Godfrey’s first-born son John was christened, but it’s possible that he was working as a plumber before this date and that he worked with or for his brother-in-law Edward Porter. Godfrey worked as a plumber until at least 1811 (when his last child was born), and at least one record indicates that he combined this with work as a glazier.

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