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Have you heard about Saishu Ryu Karate Jitsu? It's a very modern system developed out of Ryuei Ryu karate, Shotokai, Shorinji Ryu, and Jujitsu. Check out www.saishuryu.com if you'd like to find out more info.
Thanks for the link. Saishu Ryu appears to be just another "new" stew recipe.
In a stew, a cook takes a little of this and a little of that and mixes them in a pot to make a new dish. The resulting taste of the stew depends on the quality and quantity of each ingredient used to make the stew. The stew may taste good to some people and some people may be able to tolerate an ingredient used in the stew that they otherwise would not like, but better health benefits may be gained from eating the individual ingredients than from eating them after they have been combined into a stew. The resulting stew is nothing original; it is just a different combination of original ingredients.
The martial arts world is full of "masters" who founded "new" arts by combining the "best" qualities of other arts into a "better" art. The resulting arts may be new in that they have just been combined and cooked, but they are nothing new. Yoga is an original creation that did not exist before it was founded.The numerous variations of Yoga are not anything new, they are merely attempts to repackage Yoga to please the changing tastes of the public and to boost the egos and bank accounts of the "founders."
There are few original martial arts, for example, pressure point fighting is original, boxing is original, archery is original, grappling is original, and Savate and Capoeria are original in their methods of kicking. However, repackaged or remixed martial arts are not original, for example, Taekwondo is not original, it is a mixture of traditional Korean martial arts and Shotokan, and Shotokan is a repackaged version of Okinawan Kara-te.
If a master wants to found a new martial art, then he or she should invent an original art instead of merely combining other arts. Maybe a master could found an art based on eating certain herbs and then using well-aimed belches and farts to fire the resulting indigestion gases at opponents to incapacitate them. Merely changing the position of the fist when punching or adding grappling to a striking martial art does not make the result a new art.
Sometimes the public likes the taste of a "new" martial art stew; sometimes they do not. Saishu Ryu is new on the market; it may succeed, it may fail as a many martial art stews do, or it may just linger on the fringes of success and barely survive, as most do; time will tell.
If Saishu Ryu prospers, I will add it to the TKDTutor.com list of martial art styles.
NOTE: Scott Mertz the "founder" of Saishu Ryu was proven a fraud, so he "dropped" his Saishu Ryu "project" and has moved on to other martial art "projects."=

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THE HEARTBROKEN family of a father-of-four who died after collapsing in the street have spoken out to warn of the perils of so-called legal highs.
Danny Davies used substances including Eric 3, a powder described as hazardous by experts after being linked to a series of illnesses among users, and while the cause of his death remains a mystery he had become locked in a downward spiral.
The 45-year-old, who had battled an addiction to drink and drugs, collapsed while walking along Manchester Road in November and died two days later in Great Western Hospital.
His family accept his death could have been caused by a heart attack or another medical problem, but say the substances had a devastating effect in the months before the tragedy.
Danny's partner Sarah Sherwood, 40, said: "Danny turned to legal highs and it destroyed him.
"When we spoke it was hard to cope with the trauma it was causing and I had to think of our children to handle it. It's not just the physical effects, it's the paranoia it creates in your mind.
"Danny thought people were after him and he heard voices in his head.
"He set fire to himself because he thought people wanted to kill him and he didn't want to give them the satisfaction. The chemicals really messed his head up."
Anecdotal evidence suggests at least half a dozen deaths on Swindon's streets over the past year have been linked to legal highs. Dealers peddling the substances told users they were safer than heroin but the highs turned out to contain unstable cocktails of chemicals, including some Class B substances. Wiltshire Police then spearheaded a crackdown resulting in several convictions.
"Danny started on heroin and then he went over to legal highs," Sarah said. "We are still waiting to find out how he died as the post-mortem didn't find anything.
"But we do know that anyone tempted to try these drugs should steer well clear. They are destroying people's lives and destroying families.
"People are dying not just from the physical effects but also from the effects they have on your mind. Too many people have died already and it's time this was stopped."
Swindon has been cited in other parts of the UK as a national example of how to tackle legal highs after a series of successful convictions for dealing.
But Danny's family, from Pinehurst, want more done to clamp down on the supply and sales of the substances, many of which are simply tweaked so they can continue to be sold online once a certain formula is banned.
"They can be bought quickly and they've been around for a while, but nobody seems to be doing anything about it," Sarah said.
"It only takes one dealer to supply 100 people and they are too easy to get hold of.
"The people who sell it don't care about destroying people's lives, they are just after the money. The police are not doing enough and they should delve deeper and stop the people who are selling it before it does damage to anyone else.
"If I could stop it I would, but I'm just one person. I want people to know these drugs are killing people and I want the police to do much more to stop them being sold."
Danny's son Robert, 19, also wants to see efforts stepped up to stem supplies of legal highs.
"These drugs are as bad as crack or heroin," he said. "They are too easy to get hold of and they need to become a priority that's dealt with straight away like dealing with people who are drunk and disorderly. It's something that should be stopped."
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You can tell just by looking at the Smart Forstars Concept that Smart is diving out of the box with their recent concept offerings. Just like the For-Us Concept that we saw at Geneva, the Forstars Concept is a take on a future urban sports utility coupe that has a chance to appeal to a wide market.
Combining a new style that's far removed from the conservative nature of Smart with cutting edge technology that we don't normally see on a Smart, the Forstars Concept is the kind of concept that we'd love to see Smart build as a production model in the future.
Power's not that much, but Smart has never been one to rely on an excess of horsepower, so it's not that much of a big deal. In any case, the Forstars Concept is headed to the 2012 Paris Motor Show, at which we'll see and know more about it.
UPDATE 12/07/12: Smart has released the first official video of the Forstars Concept. We wish they'd release more than just a promo video - we want to see this bad boy in production! - but we'll take it for now. Click the photo above to check it out!
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Posted on 08.28.2012 09:00 by Simona
It's been a few years since Paramore showed up to the MTV Video Music Awards in a Smart car, and the hype surrounding the city cay has died down a bit since then. The company provided a facelift for the 2012 Fortwo and a slew of special editions to ramp up sales, but that was only in preparation for the new and improved generation currently being tested.
Few details are known about the next Fortwo at this point, even with our latest spy shots, but what we do know is that the new city car will be developed in cooperation with Renault as a result of a previous agreement signed between Daimler, Renault, and Nissan in April 2010. This agreement includes a new platform - known as Project Edison - that will placed under three models: Smart ForTwo, the next ForFour, and the Renault Twingo. Nissan is also expected to develop a new city car featuring a rear-wheel-drive system.
As for the engine line-up, expect both petrol and diesel engines, with a new 1.2-liter four-cylinder petrol power plant developed especially for this project.
The new generation Smart ForTwo is set to go on sale in 2014.
Posted on 07.28.2012 03:00 by Simona
Brabus and Smart are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a unique and exclusively equipped "10th anniversary" ForTwo special model. The model will be limited to only 100 units and will be offered in both coupe and cabrio body versions.
This special edition is based on the current Smart Fortwo Brabus, but gets a few distinctive features which will help the clients to further identify it. On the exterior, the the tridion safety cell, the front grille, front spoiler, side skirts, and the door mirrors are painted in liquid silver which contrasts with titanium-coloured headlamps and red Brabus logos at the front and rear.
The interior is wrapped in black leather contrasting with trim parts painted in an exclusive red and a black seat console. There is also a Brabus sports steering wheel, a starter button integrated in the gear shift lever knob, and a badge with the model's serial number (xx/100).
Under the hood, the Smart ForTwo Brabus 10th Anniversary gets a 102 HP engine which can go up to a top speed of 155 km/h (96 mph).
Posted on 07.24.2012 18:00 by Kirby Garlitos +
The Dark Knight Rises has been heating up cinemas for the past few days, so it seems only fitting that with the last part of the trilogy in cinemas today, we take a look at one of the most enduring stars of the famed DC super hero movie franchise. No, we're not talking about Alicia Silverstone's Batgirl character from Batman and Robin. What we're referring to is the Batmobile, the Dark Knight's very own ride-of-choice.
In this section though, we're going to pay tribute - we use that word loosely - to the five worst Batmobile replicas we've ever seen. Some are more eye-cringing than the others, but rest assured, none of them would pass the standards of Bruce Wayne.
Heck, we don't even think the Joker would be caught dead riding in one of these so-called Batmobiles.
So here it is, folks. Prepare to cringe, laugh, or whatever emotion these pictures will do to you.
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Daimler's Smart lineup has been begging for an electric variant since its inception, due to its small stature and focus on being more "green" than other cars on the road. It took some time, but Smart finally did debut an electric variant and it is now due for an upgrade. Well, after much delay, the redesigned Smart electric drive – yes, it's all lowercase letters to stay true to the "smart" way – is finally set to hit the streets without hitting the filling station.
With the influx of EVs in the marketplace, can the puny smart fortwo really stand up to the challenge? The fortwo has always been a niche car and adding in the hum of an electric motor in the place of its three-pot gasoline power plant just places it into an even narrower niche.
Only time will truly tell whether this car will gain any traction in the EV market, but we are all set to dive into it and tell you what to expect. We will also let you know if this car is one for the ages or one that you can live without.
Click past the jump to read our full review.
Posted on 06.16.2012 03:00 by Simona
The Smart Fortwo has received yet another special edition. Orders for the new Fortwo Iceshine Edition will be taken starting this month, while the first deliveries will be made in October 2012. The model can be ordered in either white or exclusive azure blue and will be priced from €14,490 - about $18,200. Only 1800 units will be produced.
The white or the azure blue exterior paint of the Smart Fortwo Iceshine Edition will be combined with white tridion safety cell, white alloy wheels in new 3-double-spoke design, LED daytime driving lights, and a special logo on the mirror triangle.
For the interior, the model gets exclusive leather-effect seats with a white fabric insert on the backrest and white stitching, as well as a 3-spoke leather sports steering wheel with shift paddles and white stitching. The list of standard equipment will include automatic gear program, electric windows, air conditioning with automatic temperature control, and a panoramic roof with sun-blind.
UPDATE 09/04/12: Smart has officially launched the ForTwo Iceshine Edition in the UK. Of the 1,800 units of the Fortwo Iceshine that Smart built, 155 will be earmarked for UK customers, costing £10,500 - that's about $16,657 based one current exchange rates - a pop.
Posted on 03.7.2012 04:00 by Kirby Garlitos +
Mercedes-owned Smart and German tuning company Brabus make so many tuning projects its becoming hard to keep track of how many they've released together.
At the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the two are at it again with another iteration of the ForTwo Electric Drive. This time, the glossy black city car will come with a partner in the form of the Smart Brabus bike.
As for the ForTwo ED, Brabus dressed up the little urban dweller with the aforementioned glossy black finish that they matched with a green tridion safety cell and door mirror caps, exuding a sexy cool vibe that ForTwos aren't usually known for. Adding to the appeal of this program are other additions, including a new front spoiler, a new rear apron insert with double reflectors, dark headlamp housings, and a new set of Brabus' very own 16" and 17" Monoblock VII alloy wheels. Inside, there are plenty of other assortments, including trim upgrades on the instrument panel matched to a leather interior door trim. Speaking of leather, the program also consists of leather seats, further adding an edge to the ForTwo's otherwise conservative look. Brabus also added stainless steel sports pedals with rubber nubs and fitted their own hand-brake handle and dashboard instruments.
Under its hood, the Smart Brabus Electric Drive comes with a subtle increase in output, not too shabby for a car that doesn't really speak the language of speed. With a 30 kW magneto-electric motor, Brabus was able to bump up the output from the standard 75 horsepower to 82 horsepower while also improving the torque levels to 100 lb/ft. It isn't much, but at least it's something.
Posted on 03.6.2012 05:00 by Simona
The 2012 Geneva Motor Show was a pretty busy show for Brabus, with them not only focusing on updates for high performance sports cars, but also for tiny models like the Smart Fortwo Cabrio. Their latest package is called the Brabus Ultimate 120 - and as its name suggests - it will increase the Fortwo's output to a total of 120 HP.
The car will be painted in an intense metallic red and will feature a pretty cool aerodynamic kit that includes new front spoiler, side sills, and Brabus Widestar fender flares in the front and back. It will sit on a new set of 18" "Platinum Edition" forged wheels combined with a height-adjustable Brabus coilover suspension kit.
The interior was covered in Mastik leather with red contrasting seams that match the outer skin. Brabus also added a new set of Recaro Sportster seats wrapped in the finest Brabus leather and their seat shells are painted in the same color as the car's exterior.
Under the hood, the three-cylinder turbocharged engine has been tricked to deliver a total of 120 HP at 6,000 rpm and a peak torque of 118 lb-ft available between 2,250 and 3,750 rpm, unparalleled in this vehicle class. As a result, the new Ultimate 120 will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 8.9 seconds and will be capable of a top speed of 106 mph.
Posted on 02.10.2012 03:00 by Simona
You may think there are plenty of special editions for the Smart ForTwo already, but it seems Mercedes does not agree as they have unveiled a new one for their lineup. Called the Smart Fortwo Sharpred, the new edition will be offered in both coupe and cabrio. Prices will start from €14,490 ($19,200 at the current exchange rates) and sales will begin in May. Only 1,800 units will be produced.
The new Smart Fortwo Sharpred will be distinguished by a striking contrast of elegant black and extravagant red used on the tridion safety cell and door mirrors. The front apron and rear trim panel are grained and the side skirts boast a high-gloss black finish. The model will be offered with a special set of 15" 3-double-spoke alloy wheels also painted in black.
The interior also combines black an the seats with red double stitching on the seats and the instrument panel. The standard equipment includes the audio system basic and exclusive floor mats.
Posted on 02.2.2012 06:00 by Simona
Smart has announced the first details on the facelift version for their ForTwo line-up that will go on sale at the beginning of April 2012. The model will be offered in Pure, Pulse, Passion, Brabus, and Brabus Xclusive versions with pricing starting at €10,275 (about $13,500 at the current exchange rates).
With the new model, Smart has focused on offering a more dynamic appearance for the car, thanks to a larger radiator grille with integrated logo, striking front aprons in a new design, horizontally arranged LED daytime driving lights, muscular side skirts, and modified rear aprons. The chrome-colored logo is now positioned directly in the black radiator grille, while the air inlets under the number plate have been combined into a single unit. Smart is also offering a choice of three new alloy wheels, three soft top colors for the smart cabrio and new exterior colors.
The interior has received a new, high-quality package in crystal grey, comprising a fresh leather/fabric combination for the seats, an imitation leather/fabric mix for the door trims and black imitation leather for the instrument panel in combination with a grey knee pad.
The engine line-up remained unchanged: a 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine for the petrol models, a 102 HP for Brabus version and one 0.8-liter cdi turbodiesel.
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What is your job on this show?
When did you know you wanted to work in the theater, and why?
I was studying Shakespeare in London at the Globe Theatre. I remember seeing "Merchant of Venice" (which starred Mark Rylance) and I remember watching the audience and the actors, back and forth. I remember thinking this is what I want to do. I want to share my experience of the world so that other people will share theirs.
Why do you do theater (as opposed to film, or TV, or something not in the entertainment field)?
Well, aside from the practical problems of scheduling...I love the communal aspect of theatre. We are there and you are there and there is no hiding that. The energy that we exchange is palpable. We become part of a small society when we enter the theatre together(which is why you should turn off your cell phone). I love that part and it's very much why "Working" is such a special show for me as well as the audience.
In your own words, what do you think this show is about? What will audiences take away with them after seeing it?
This show is about people and their jobs. I think Americans struggle with identity and many of us identify ourselves with what we do for a living. How many times do you meet someone and one of their first questions is: "What do you do for a living?"
Deeper than that this show is about our shared humanity as Americans. I remember after reading this version of the show, I became so much more aware of everyone around me. It's became harder for me to ignore that I'm not the only one who could be having a hard day or might hate their job. I began to identify with people I'd never met, and treat them differently. I hope people have that experience too or just have a good time.
Which famous New Jerseyite would like your show the best: Snooki, Bruce Springsteen, Thomas Edison?
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How important is diversity to you in the theater you see/make?
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Adam's Rib was located near the office where we spent our days cursing the stock market and counting down the hours, where Robert, Peter, Wess and I no longer sold high-end real estate. Wess referred to the bar simply as "The Chain" although to my knowledge it belonged to no franchise.
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Despite the violent campaign against her, Egyptian activist Aliaa al-Mahdy's blog, Diaries of a Revolutionary, is reaching record page views with over 7,001,500 and increasing by the second.
People, who criticized her provocative body protest, also ogled her nude protest picture she uploaded to the blog.
Mahdy, a progressive young feminist, shook the ground from under the online community when she posted a nude picture of herself in protest of violence against women.
"Freedom is taken, not handed over," says the motto on the home page of her blog. However the form of protest backfired on her, causing her to be kidnapped and nearly raped.
Mahdy announced recently in a solidarity message to the Arab Women Uprising online campaign that collects messages of support from Arab women and men explaining why they support women revolting, she wrote that she is "with the uprising of women in the Arab world because they threatened to rape me, jail me, and kill me, they kidnapped me, harassed me and tried to rape me ... when I posted an artistic naked picture of myself and blogged about women's rights and had a relationship with my love and left my father's house."
Mahdy posted tens of death threats she received on her blog. Most use the words kill, whore and God. Many swore to kill her on sight and one man told her he is stalking her in between obscene words.
But it is not only in the Middle East where she faces hardship. On December 15, Mahdy was heading to Paris via Gothenburg, Sweden, when more frustration came her way. A member of Femen who describe themselves as the scandal famous organization of topless women activists, who defend with their breast sexual and social equality in the world - had purchased her a ticket to travel, but when she arrived at the airport to take the flight, the booking had been canceled. Instead of panicking, a second Femen activist intervened and made a second ticket purchase. Mahdy then passed through airport security with her boarding pass and was waiting to board the flight when she was stopped by the same ticketing agent who told her "she got a warning" about Mahdy and the Egyptian activist would not be allowed onto the plane. The Lufthansa agent told her that Mahdy was required to show her the credit card used to pay for the flight and that it had to be hers.
"I replied that thousands of people travel with tickets paid for by other people everyday," she wrote in a blog post. Mahdy is right. A simple call to the Lufthansa ticketing office in Sweden confirmed this, with the agent saying that "we make a note of any ticket purchased by a third-party and all that is required is a passport for identification of the passenger."
Digging further, a call to the Lufthansa office in Germany revealed that they would not talk about individual situations, citing "security" as their reason. She said she was treated in "not [a] nice way" by the airport agent when told she could not fly.
"I am disappointed that my freedom of expression is also oppressed in Europe," she added in her blog post on what happened at the airport.
Aliaa's post, dating back to October 23, 2011, exploded like a smoke bomb online, and many hid behind the anger to breath out hate against a woman, whose crime was to protest nude, and in a society where women's bodies are foremost not their property, but that of her father or husband, to those Mahdy had gone too far.
Many of the death threats called for capital punishment simply for her self-professed atheism.
Even women denied Aliaa the right to use her body as a protest tool, criticizing her. The liberal community's silence was as ever deafening.
Her blog message was as follows: "Put on trial the artists' models who posed nude for art schools until the early 70s, hide the art books and destroy the nude statues of antiquity, then undress and stand before a mirror and burn your bodies that you despise to forever rid yourselves of your sexual hang-ups before you direct your humiliation and chauvinism and dare to try to deny me my freedom of expression."
For a nation to stand on its feet because one of its members protested nude, seems to be an exaggerated response, but in a country where the majority of women are sexually harassed everyday in the streets, it seems to be revealing more of the decay that continues to expose the dark sides of how we treat women.
On her blog Aliaa shares a photo of a nude man standing in water up to his ankles, trying to pull a donkey into the water, while cars and buses pass right by with no sense of wonder. Yes, men can do what they wish, that is not a secret, but women on the other hand must carry on the legacy of virtue and its close relationship to their bodies.
With very to no little control, Egyptian women are fearful of nudity, it goes against their religion, customs and often safety. Women cover their hair, shoulders and legs to avoid harm in public, but in the truly democratic sphere of blogging, the same rules are being defied and broken daily.
It seems that freedom of thought or expression is proven to be a costly practice for Egyptian activists and feminists. And you don't need to take off any of your clothes to be beaten, assaulted and nearly raped. On March 8, 2011 a group of female protesters were attacked by passersby in Cairo's Tahrir square, only a few weeks after the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak fell, and on the same land that saw the most courageous acts of defiance witnessed the most hostile acts of violence.
Activists were groped, beaten, their jewelry stolen following an argument that proposed that Islam had given women all their rights and they should be grateful to take it and shut up. One activist was taken to a hospital for stitches in her head, after a man threw her against the side walk.
In 2012, almost all anti-sexual harassment marches in Cairo were attacked and the women protesters sexually harassed.
We are becoming a society that is deeply troubled with its social roles. Women are taking off their submissive robes and are in fact in control in many households or offices around the country. Threatened by what they see as a fleeting grasp of power, men are hitting back, literally.
Yet collectively, we punish those who differ from us, ghettoize religious minorities and persecute them, but you cannot ghettoize women, they are everywhere, they are too many to be marginalized.
If we use violence against those who demand to be heard and respected, those who demand an end to violence against them, when we go ahead and use violence, what does that make us as a nation? If human rights organizations do not take an interest in Mahdy's personal safety and lobby that the government take serious those who assaulted and intimidated her, what does that say about our culture, our society and our future?
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"I can't, I can't" chanting in her head
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Here are a few more of the wonderful wildflowers I photographed in Texas last month. I always love photographing wildflowers in a new location – so nice to see new to me wildflowers growing in their native habitats.
Engelmann's Salvia – salvia engelmannii – salvia is a member of the mint family
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Purple Prairie Clover – dalea purpurea – a member of the Bean family
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Stiff Stem Flax – linum berlandieri – related to the Western Blue Flax I photographed in Colorado
Blanketflower – gailaardia pulchella – related to the Arizona Sun Blanket Flower I photographed in a local garden
Devil's Claw – proboscidea louisianica – a member of the sesame family
Texas vervain – verbena halei – a member of the vervain family. The flowers on Texas Vervain are very small – they are up to 1/4″ across.
I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the wildflowers I photographed in Texas. I'm already trying to figure out when the bluebonnets will bloom there next year. I'm hoping to see and photograph them some day.


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I was at an evangelism conference and mentioned a Prayer Survey that I've used to reach out to people doing a door-to-door survey about prayer. I used this in one church and a man in his seventies was sick and his wife had cancer. We prayed for him and followed up with him and he came to know Christ and I baptized him. He is still a committed member of that church.
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This paper moves forward, and focuses on issues of concern to those enterprises that decide to engage labour as contractors. In particular, we focus on two important questions. First, are your contractors really contractors? (If not, you face the risk of prosecution under new 'sham arrangements' provisions in the WR Act). Second, what do you need to know about terminating the engagement of contractors? It is not enough to put a harsh 'termination on one hour's notice' provision in a written contract. Contractors do have the benefit of new unfair contracts provisions, so we need to consider how those provisions, and other legal principles, may affect termination issues.
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Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Alessio FavarettoAPIs are a very important factor in the growth of social networks. They provide a set of procedures which developers all around the world can use to improve features, to make new applications, new graphic styles, to mash up with other social networks or to make social network working on different kind of devices. If a social network is a house, its APIs are the doors: they tell the developer how to enter. There are APIs for registration, authentication, posting a comment, seeing the list of friends and, in general, all the allowed operations. Social network provides documentation about its APIs to let the developers make applications.
Several applications have been developed for foursquare using APIs and they are available at foursquare.com/apps/. Their most important aspect is that they focus on social interaction. In particular, there are several applications for meeting new people. Gatsby, for example, is an application which introduces you to nearby people who share your interests. It could suggest you meeting a user 400 meters far because you both love cats or, if you like running, going to the park because there is a group of people who like it too.
Singles for Foursquare is a very attractive application which lets you view and chat with singles who are close to you. It could have a very fast growth, especially between young users.
Besides applications to meet new people, Friends Around is an application designed to meet friends around you and stay connected with them. Moreover, it allows sharing across other social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Mashing up with other social networks, especially Facebook, the most famous one, is a choice often taken by foursquare. And, in fact, several applications have been developed appropriately for this purpose. Footfeed, for example, is the first native iPhone application that makes it easy to check-in to Brightkite, foursquare and Gowalla simultaneously without the need to open multiple applications. More sophisticated applications, like TwentyThree, Myallo HotList and GeoLorean also let you see your friends on a radar map, where you can find the venues, too. TwentyThree, in particular, merges contacts recognized as identical and identical venues found on different networks. The aim is to give you the sensation of being connected to an only higher level social network.
But the strongest applications are designed to merge people who share the same interests. RunnersUnite!, for example, lets you invite your friends to run with you, find close popular running spots and find people who are running around you. Moreover, users who install this application will be able to receive special promotions from Dick's Sporting Goods.
Shakedown, instead, is an application designed just for Shake Shack line, a roadside burger stand
The possible applications for categories of users are countless. An application could be designed, for example, for people who love cinema. They would have the possibility to find the shows to attend, buy the tickets, see what people say about a film, see who has bought the ticket for a show, meet new people who like the same film. Another application could be designed for McDonald's chain. People would have the possibility to meet other people who like the same burger, see how many people there are in a particular moment in all the McDonald's shops and so on. This kind of applications can create lots of networks inside the whole network.
foursquare also takes care of important events. map.pr, for example, is an application designed expressly for the World Cup in South Africa. It lets users find on a map foursquare venues in the city there the matches take part and allows do check-ins as fun of a team, creating groups inside the users of the application. And it lets post to other social networks too.
There are also several applications which improve the basic features of foursquare. PhiSq scanner, for example, lets check-in just by scanning a barcode. It is one of the few applications which don't have effects on social interaction, but it is very useful anyway
foursquare's strategy derives from the common aspects of most of the applications. Their aim is to create a significant customer base. After that, the word of mouth will do the rest, as happened for Facebook. This strategy is focused on innovation and social interaction. Innovation is achieved thanks to new features, like multimedia check-in, or completely new applications, like Fourcash. Social interaction is followed in three ways. Firstly, giving the user the possibility to meet new people, with applications like Meet Gatsby and Singles for Foursquare. Secondly, creating groups of users who share the same interests, like RunnersUnite!, or who are interested in a particular event, like map.pr. Finally, mashing up with other social networks. This last aspect, in particular, is very important in the first years of life of a social network, because it is a way to get inside other strong social networks and exploit their strong word of mouth. Imagine the potential of entering the Facebook system, with its half billion of users.
Taking care to the design and update of APIs is very important, because only thanks to well designed APIs it is possible to develop such a countless number of applications. Considering the importance of mash up applications, it takes importance the concept of API adapter. It is an intermediate level between different APIs which let them communicate each other. Providing the developers a set of intermediate procedures to link different social networks will make their work easier and will reduce the probability of mistakes. Suppose a developer wants to create an application to link foursquare to Facebook. If he owns this set of intermediate procedures he has to concentrate only on new features and graphical aspects.


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