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About Rune mods, and other addons - there are too many mods (good ones) to point out only one. PvP mods like spell alerter, afflicted etc etc are also worth mentioning.
Spec: no, unholy isn't BEST, it's good due to flexibility, few additional defensive cooldowns, offensive cooldown like gargoyle, imp unholy presence (no, not every DK runs around in blood, most in unholy, or at least half), but other specs also have tools that can be equal to unholy's or even better. Generally any tree is vialabe and really good if you can use it well, only thing that can raise Unholy above 2 other trees is Gnaw on 30sec cd (comparing to Hungering Cold on 1min cd in frost or no CC in blood).
But there are other factors that DK and his partner benefir from in blood or frost, other ways of snares, better burst dmg, better cooldowns when plaing with healer etc etc. you should say something more about specs, there are some viable specs in every tree.
Oh, and:You're speaking about unholy DK here, right? So how can VH sigil can be "best"? Ofcourse Awarness will be best choice for blood and unholy DKs, only frost will prefer VH for bursts and 8k Frost strikes.(Best) Sigil of the Vengeful Heart (Ulduar)
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VH is Frost-ONLY sigil, not blood, nor unholy will benefit from VH more than from awarness. Expecially Unholy, most of DKs use Scourge Strike glyph as a semi-reliable counter to dispeller teams, so most of outgoing dmg/skills are SS (like 50-60%), often CoI, and BS sometimes, DC is used often, yes, but it have much lower dmg and isn't worth buffing with sigil if you can use awarness 'cause you'll gain much more from awarness than VH.
To be honest: few paragraphs are interesting, rest is just about everything, and if something says little bit about everything it's about nothing overall, sorry.
edit:Work some more about this guide, delete this "skill list", just write more, and not only from your point of view. Say something about resilence, how much DK should have, 300, 500, depending on partner etc etc, how DK works in pvp, how resi can be lowered if cooldowns/presences are used well, don't say that mind freeze or other spells are cooldowns that prevent you from dying, those are used offensively, to prevent cc, or to burst someone. write something on some comps, how to play with healer, how to play with caster, melee dps.


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Each time one of them dies, the other one(s) heal to 100%.
In other news, thanks Cider for the well done explanation, we adopted the positioning for our 10 men kill. Two tries and the big one was done for.
For this hard mode it just requires killing steelbraker last.... Could you go about this normally and work on SB first geting him to 20%ish. Then kill the other 2 adds then finish the fight? Does he heal up? Or could you do this and still get the credit for hard mode
Each time one of them dies, the other one(s) heal to 100%.
In other news, thanks Cider for the well done explanation, we adopted the positioning for our 10 men kill. Two tries and the big one was done for.
I have a question exactly wich cooldowns were used,i mean for first fusion puch,second,and so on
1 Per fusion on tanks?,or a combination of 2 cds for 2th-3th-4th tank??
If u could answer me this please and thanks beforehand
Also, we killed Brundir first as we found it easier to deal with the interrupts and raid wide damage with me tanking him and Molgeim.
All in all it took us 5 total pulls to get it down.
Question about the encounter in general. As we found with our group, you can completely avoid the Fusion Punch via Anti-Magic Shield because it is considered a negative effect. Would a DK tank be able to pop this right before a meltdown to perhaps block the damage is applied at the end? or is it too supermassive to avoid/mit through those means?
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And seconding the following quote, the extra DPS seconds you get from this approach is a great help:
I would make a note that the range on meltdown is small enough that if the tank is at max melee range, and the dps are directly behind at max melee range, nobody has to move to avoid meltdown. Additionally, if the 2nd tank taunts Steelbreaker during P2, he'll already be 2nd on threat, so you can buy a few seconds extra seconds by just waiting out the first tanks meltdown, and not taunting that swap.
For cooldown usage, we've found that the 1st tank doesn't need any cooldowns at all, the 2nd tank needs cooldown coverage only for fusion punches, and the 3rd tank (and 4th if you're going that route) need cooldown coverage fulltime.
Slightly off-topic here, but I was wondering how your gemming was going Cider...even with DR and all.
What I don't understand is why you guys don't leave runemaster up for phase2, stop dps low, and wait for a blue rune?
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Have been said that the tank doesn't heal the boss. Is considered an exploit?
Follow the Moeko Principle.
Why does the ranged soaker with Static Disruption run into the raid after being debuffed?
Theres another thing you can do if you dont have 2 geared tanks and which is extremely powerful in the 10 man version:
As soon as you have killed both Brundir and Molgeim (we kill Molgem 2nd to get a blue rune), have a Moonkin switch to feral = bear. Then use "Barkskin", eventually get another external CD and taunt Steelbraker. You will get the "Meltdown"-Debuff and will hopefully survive this due to your higher HP and the use of Cooldowns.
The Maintank needs to taunt immidiately after this (if this fails your attempt is mostly over at this point) and there you go:
NO dead Tank after 60 seconds, healers dont need to switch targets, no CDs used till 60 seconds.
An extremely powerful Druid, as standing in the rune (50% more dmg), having the Meltdown (200% more dmg) and Bloodlust/Heroism ---> 16k DPS or even more.
This way we managed to kill him in 57 seconds with 2 Tanks, 2 Healers and 6 DDs, even though it took us like 20 tries because Phase 2 with both Steelbraker and Molgeim alive means heavy damage is dealt to your entire raid.
EDIT: A disc-priest is a must-have in this fight.
We did it no disc priest, Holy priest, druid and shaman healing.
!st tank get buff run away when 5secs left next tank taunt.
Battle res 1st tank, buff 1st tank, second tank run when 5secs left on buff.and 1st tank taunt. = Win . Make sure that the Punch spell is dispelled as quickly as possible becouse it hits for like 15-20k per .05 seconds
But u dont need extra people to get the buff, we did it just over 1min 10seconds
We did it in 10 man's by killing molgeim first, then a mage goes and gets decent aggro on steelbreaker, after Brundir dies, we wait for 1st tank to die, then make sure the mage stays at max range and 2nd on aggro, he then gets the meltdown and 2nd tank needs to taunt asap. Made it very easy.
Hey Cider, just wondering what the music is called you used for the video want to use it in a video of mine.
My guild is having alot of trouble doing this hard-mode in 25-man. It seems like RNG is against us, because we've had a hunter, get static disruption and then the other 2 debuffs all at the same time. Currently we have 2 holy pallies, and 1 ret paladin in our 25-man, is it really THAT important to have 2 ret paladins, we can never seem to get both of them on at the same time.
We did it last night (2nd night of solid attempts) using the general strategy posted here. World of Logs report is linked below. Our raid comp was:2 Tanks (druid and DK)That comp is far from optimal, it's just what we had. Our enh shaman DC'd for the night so one DK had to get improved icy talons which dropped his dps for that fight. Also having 3 boomkins was far from optimal DPS.
6 healers (2x shaman, paladin, druid, disc priest, holy priest)
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11 ranged (3x warlock, 2x mage, spriest, 3x boomkin, elem sham)
The first key to this fight is the transitions and set ups to just get into phase 3. We first gave this a try weeks ago with no real plan, and bad positioning in phase 2 constantly wiped the raid with Static Disruption. We killed Runemaster first, and when he's at 10% we hold off and wait for an overload. Once that goes off, they are positioned together and everyone stacks in Steel's melee hitbox next to Stormcaller. We used 3 soakers (spriests are the best, otherwise warlocks) so they got out at range. Make sure they don't stand behind the Steelbreaker tank (for when he runs out), and make sure they don't stand too far out that they don't get healed.
Our phase 3 strategy was to use 2 soulstones or 2 battle rezzes (1 per tank) to give us 4 tank phases. The first night of attempts we had 3 tanks and 7 healers, and our dps was nowhere close to enough, while tank/raid healing didn't seem to be a problem. We figured that even with dropping a tank and a healer for 2 more dps, we still would need 4 tank phases. To kill him in 3 tank phases the raid needs 126k dps, and to do it in 4 the raid needs 108k dps.
With everyone stacking (melee at steel's back and ranged standing on the steel tank), keeping the raid and tank up was no problem. We never had tanks coming close to dying until the 3rd one. Both shamans just spammed chain heal on the tank, which would keep melee and ranged up. Judgement of light also covered about 30%-50% of the melee healing. I was the holy paladin and non-stop HL spam on the tank put out amazing AoE healing with Glyph of Holy Light. The glyph heal accounted for over 50% of my effective healing, which is huge considering how much damage i'm healing the tank for.
After the first night, we found out there were 2 things preventing us from sucess. First was that we didn't have enough DPS even if everyone survived. That's when we dropped a tank and healer and picked up 2 more dps (roughly a 10% raid dps increase). Second, we really struggled to keep the Static Charged soakers alive during the 3rd tank (and never made it with all of them into the 4th tank). After the 2nd tank dies, there will be 2 people at all times taking 9k-10k evey 3 seconds (after resistance) from the nature aura and Static Disruption will hit for12k when applied.
We saved all our big cooldowns for the transition into the 4th tank and then the duration of the 4th tank. Since we only had two tanks, our druid went first and didn't use any cooldowns (doesn't need them). The DK went 2nd and used IBF just before his taunt, and then AMS on the first Fusion Punch. Both of those are on short timers so they would be back up when he tanks in phase 4. It's also important that your tanks don't resurrect during high damage times. Have them watch for ticks of nature aoe dmg and res just after one. Also, rezzing a couple seconds after Fusion Punch goes out is helpful.
Once the 2nd tank died, we had 2 dedicated healers for the soakers (disc and holy priest). Still didn't use any raid cooldowns for the 3rd tank phase. Just before the taunt into the 4th tank, we popped bubble and divine sacrifice. When a second before that wore off the ret paladin popped his bubble and divine sacrifice. The DK was also using his own cooldowns, and he got pain supression. The 20 seconds of divine sacrifice were absolutely key to have in phase 4, otherwise our soakers would have died instantly. During the 4th tank, they took 14k-15k from Static Disruption when it was cast, and 9k-12k from High Voltage every 3 seconds.
We ended up with about 109k raid dps for all of phase 3, and killed him with 7 seconds to spare. Oh, one other thing, we always blew heroism as soon as the first tank got Overwhelming Power. On our kill, we decided to use heroism as soon after the 2nd tank rez (start of the 3rd tank phase). No reason not to do that, since one person dying is a wipe anyway and it gives heroism during the execute phase. It's also a huge healing boost when you need it the most.[20:04:27.187] Steelbreaker Static Disruption Esmèralda 14259 (R: 3675)
[20:04:27.187] Esmèralda afflicted by Static Disruption from Steelbreaker
[20:04:28.328] Steelbreaker High Voltage Esmèralda 4650 (A: 7381, R: 788)
[20:04:31.343] Steelbreaker High Voltage Esmèralda 12031 (R: 788)
[20:04:34.390] Steelbreaker High Voltage Esmèralda 9470 (A: 2561, R: 788)
[20:04:35.593] Priscylla's Static Disruption fades
[20:04:37.187] Steelbreaker High Voltage Esmèralda 12031 (R: 788)
[20:04:37.906] Steelbreaker Static Disruption Jimbogankedu 14259 (R: 3675)
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Entire Fight
Phase 3 Only
Keys to this fight:
1. Get a good transition/positioning going from phase 1->2 and from 2->3
2. Amazing raid dps (110k for 4 tank phases)
3. Keep the Static Disruption soakers alive during the 3rd and 4th tank phases.
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A recent article in The New York Times pointed out the current and continuing fascination that the public has with woo-woo – and how eagerly the media snap up every attractive possibility of using this delusion to provide entertainment and sell products. Perhaps the most naïve statement in the NYT article was this:
People used to believe in magic until science began proving them wrong.
No, people still believe in magic – even more than ever – because of the hyperbole, distortion, and bias provided by the media. And this sentence in the same article also got my attention:
A recent article in The New York Times pointed out the current and continuing fascination that the public has with woo-woo – and how eagerly the media snap up every attractive possibility of using this delusion to provide entertainment and sell products. Perhaps the most naïve statement in the NYT article is this:
No, people still believe in magic – even more than ever – because of the hyperbole, distortion, and bias provided by the media. And this sentence in the article also got my attention:
Even reality television is getting swept up in the surreal: On Oct. 24 NBC will unveil "Phenomenon," an "American Idol"-ish competition for illusionists and mentalists, with Uri Geller and Criss Angel as judges.
One press blurb describes "Phenomenon" as being hosted by
…mentalist Uri Geller and Mindfreak illusionist Criss Angel as they search for "the next great mentalist."
Duh! Can anyone tell me what Geller is supposed to be: a "mentalist" – that's defined as, a magician who appears to do tricks with the mind, but uses trickery – or a "psychic"? And just what does the reporter think is meant by the expression…
Just what does this reporter think is meant by the expression, "reality television"? That just means, "a little less than total fantasy," by present standards. Since Uri Geller has stated that he doesn't know how tricks are done, that he doesn't use any tricks, and that he has never used tricks, what kind of authority does he bring to this show? If Ben Silverman, a newly-appointed NBC chairman of both its entertainment division and its television studio, believes that Geller is still a hot personality here in the USA, he's not very up on faded stars. My experience has been that I now have to ask my lecture audiences to recall who the Israeli spoon-bender used to be… Criss Angel, on the other hand, is currently very familiar to TV audiences here, and has never claimed – unlike Geller – that he has any supernatural powers. In fact, he's denied that possibility. What's Geller doing in such company?
Says the NYT:
But the paranormal does have a pattern of springing up at times of deep pain or confusion.
Very true, and very perceptive. Encouraged and supported by the media, purveyors of woo-woo pursue the grieving, the vulnerable, the doubtful, and the uncertain members of society, and promise them magical solutions that have no basis in fact. Scam artists like Sylvia Browne, John Edward, and James Van Praagh, of course unchallenged by their sponsors and promoted by other TV colleagues, pretend to contact the dead and to give enchanted answers. Ouija boards are still trotted out to produce comforting pap, and séances are held around darkened tables to reach sources that the faithful choose to believe are just a layer away in a complicated universe that they don't understand.
This TV glamorization of the pursuit of the impossible by the irrational got started in the 1990s with "The X-Files," which featured two unlikely F.B.I. agents – one a skeptic, the other a believer – who investigated reports of weird happenings. The basic premise of all these shows is that the existence of supernatural, occult, and paranormal phenomena is – though sometimes slightly questionable – nonetheless very real and in place.
I'll announce right now that should any of the contestants who enter the NBC "Phenomenon" competition claim that the skills they display are supernatural or paranormal, I will hasten to issue a complete exposé of the tricks here on SWIFT and on YouTube, so that all of Geller's expected cooing and astonishment over a performance that he claims not to understand, will be thoroughly rained on. Geller himself cannot be expected to display any of his three standard tricks, because they've been thoroughly exposed as such.
It's time that honesty and responsibility in the conjuring art comes to the fore. No performer who simply allows the audience to judge the feat for themselves, without invoking a supernatural or paranormal cause, will be exposed by me; I have always respected and supported mentalists and illusionists who work responsibly. It's those "Gee, I just don't know where I get this power" types, who will be blushing…
As a further example of this same media irresponsibility, reader Jens-Wolfhard Schicke tells us of a current situation in his country:
Some weeks ago, the ZDF-TV aired a program about "Miracle Healers" authored by the widely-known science journalist Joachim Bublath. The program reported critically about mass preachers who purport to be "Spirit Healers," as well as about Shamans, dangerous natural poisons in German complementary health centers, quicksilver in ayurvedic elixirs – and also that homeopathy has never been scientifically proven.
As to be expected, the editor was flooded with letters and emails. This time, however, in an abundance which hinted at an organized action, believers and profiteers of paramedicine conducted quite a mass protest by phone and email. All that's not bad, but the scandal is another thing: The ZDF thereupon removed the program from its website, as well as accompanying materials!
This is the usual run-for-cover technique that we've grown accustomed to seeing in every part of the world. Rather than facing the woo-woo artists, networks and other media retreat…
And, still on this censorship theme, Andy Lewis of The Quackometer, at quackometer.net, refers to the extensive traffic re a threat to his group:
From the JREF forums, I note with thanks that you are monitoring the story of how the UK Society of Homeopaths (SoH) have been threatening my web site hosting company over a very critical blog post about how SoH do not appear to take enough action over the dangerous practices of their members.
At the moment, the post is still down and I have received no details about the nature of their concern. In fact, I have been pretty much told to keep out of it by the SoH lawyers. The complaint appears to be very homeopathic in nature in that it contains no specific points, but appears to be having maximum effect. However, it is ironic that good homeopaths should be aware that like-cures-like and that criticism and debate should be met with more criticism and debate. Instead, we have a very allopathic response of legal threats. As we are repeatedly told, allopathy always carries the risk on undesirable side effects and the legal threat appears to have generated a huge wave of interest amongst bloggers worldwide.
For me, what is important here, is not really the heavy-handed attempts to silence criticism from an unimportant blogger, but that the specific criticism is about life- threatening issues and is not being addressed in any meaningful way. Homeopaths appear to be widely under the belief that they can be an alternative to real medicine when dealing with dangerous diseases like malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. There appears to be little or no leadership in the homeopathic community that wants to tackle this. The fact that the Society of Homeopaths is holding a symposium on homeopathy and AIDS in London on the first of December is staggering. If my blog has gone some way to highlight the plight of extremely vulnerable people in Africa who are being told by homeopaths that sugar pills can prevent malaria and treat AIDS then this fuss has been worth it.
Andy, we all know that nothing will stop the homeopaths from promoting their zero-content, unproven, pseudoscientific nonsense, because their livelihood depends on the public investing in it. And the useless pills will continue to pass across the counters of pharmacies all over the world, into the medicine cabinets of the gullible and deceived…
Reader William Buck sends us to science blogs.com, and comments:
Recently Orac took apart the findings of another acupuncture study. Those who administer acupuncture typically insinuate that a mysterious vital energy known as "chi" travels along meridians in the body, and that normal flow of chi is necessary for good health. Orac pointed out that this recent study effectively disproved the notion of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine.
Randi comments: there are several excellent links in this text, but you may want to pass by the "clickable" one shown below, suggested by "Tara" – labeled, "Evil Monkey"… I found it very disturbing. Just a suggestion…
Similar woo also permeates the martial arts. If one's chi is properly aligned, supposedly the practitioner can make their body do amazing things such as selectively exploding an opponent's internal organs when struck, or sometimes inducing a time-delayed killing sickness. My old kung fu instructor even tried to demonstrate that chi existed by having us hold our hands right up next to a mirror after a workout, supposedly when our chi is flowing maximally. He claimed you could see the visible effects of chi which manifested as a mist traveling up the mirror away from our hands. He was right: the mirror did fog over. I imagine it had more to do with the mirror being at a significantly lower temperature than our hands, which were sweaty and radiating heat, which caused condensation to appear on the mirror and radiate upward away from our hands with our body heat. Oh, well.
So in the Philippines, which is home to one of the arts I currently train in, they don't necessarily believe in the Chinese concept of Chi but they do subscribe to just as much martial woo. From praying to anting anting, by aligning one's energy and going through ritualized moves, objects, chants, and breathing, one can prepare his or her mind and body to ward off blows. From swords. It works. Right.
Incidentally, if you don't like blood, don't watch. However, you'll also get a brief dose of Filipino martial history and one of its main figures, Lapu Lapu.
I think we can consider Chi and the like to be one more debunked philosophical construct. Just because you believe something, that doesn't make it so. Any nice sharp sword will demonstrate that concept. Interestingly, Tara at Aetiology finds that HIV denialists have the same mentality. Hopefully they'll learn a thing or two from this video; HIV can be every bit as dangerous.
Continue reading "A dose of woo: Martial Idiocy"
I received quite a few references to a video at CBS News referring to a Sacramento, California, high school freshman, 14-year-old Ben Underwood. Rather than describing the startling – but quite real – phenomenon, I'll first let you judge for yourself by watching the video.
Reader Dave Cassafer of the Sacramento Skeptics commented to me in an e-mail:
[Ben Underwood] can not only detect objects, but can identify them as well. I believe that the use of echolocation by a human being is a super power, similar to the ability to jump over tall buildings in a single bound. Most people can hear and most people can jump, but there are natural limits to how well we can hear and how high we can jump.
Abilities sufficiently beyond those previously documented, would have to be considered superhuman. I think that both of these examples "depart from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature" (quoting from your FAQ)
I would like to have the Sacramento Skeptics/SORT administer a preliminary test, but I believe we need to have the possibility of the $1,000,000 prize to make things "interesting."
Thank you, Dave, but I disagree. I must tell you that as a kid I experimented with my friends trying this echolocation effect, and to my surprise we all did rather well with it. I find no reason to doubt that Mr. Underwood can and does do this, seeing that he's had a decade of experience and rather sufficient need to develop the ability. Of course, if we – or the Sacramento Skeptics – were to test Ben, we'd have to be sure that no prompting device could be in use, and that he really is totally – optically! – blind. Mr. Blackstone's protocol was perhaps just a bit naïve, but ours would be somewhat tighter…
Yes, after you've done your tests, using the million-dollar JREF carrot to dangle before Mr. Underwood, we'd be more than willing to conduct the formal test. Just be sure that you consult us at JREF before getting involved.
Bottom line: the JREF recognizes that this ability as exhibited by Mr. Ben Underwood of Sacramento, California, can be quite genuine, but we do not designate it as a "super power" that is beyond the understanding of a careful observer.
But it's VERY remarkable, and – I believe – just another bit of evidence proving that we're a remarkable species! I'm touched and hugely edified by what his mother, Aquanetta Gordan, says. She insists that though Ben should have every opportunity, he should have no pity. She says:
…he's not blind. I mean, to society he's blind, but that doesn't make him handicapped. He just can't see.
Now, that's my Mom Of The Year!
Speaking of moms, our friend Linda Rosa – she's the mother of Emily Rosa, who you can look up in the SWIFT archives – sends us this disturbing evidence of further woo-woo in the nursing profession. From the Journal of Holistic Nursing, Vol. 23, No. 2, 191-207 (2005):
"Continued Encounters: The Experience of After-Death Communication" by Luann M. Daggett, D.S.N., R.N., University of Southern Mississippi.
Purpose: To analyze and categorize the various forms of after-death communication (ADC) and describe the effects on the bereaved.
Method: In this qualitative descriptive study of 9 men and 9 women, data were collected during in-depth interviews using the Grief and Mourning Status Interview and Inventory and semistructured interview questions. Transcripts of the interviews were analyzed and coded for content.
Findings: Four categories of ADCs were identified: (a) visions and dreams, (b) lost-things-found, (c) symbolic messages, and (d) sightings. Both men and women experience ADCs; however, women are more likely to discuss the events with others.
Conclusion: Although not everyone encounters or recognizes the phenomenon of ADC, it is a common aspect of the bereavement experience.
Implications: Nurses and other health care providers have an important role in supporting and educating the public, especially the bereaved, regarding the phenomenon of ADC.
Note: The "After-Death Communication" notion is treated here as if it were established. There is no trace of doubt shown, and it is handled only as a clinical reality. Here on SWIFT we've previously complained about the lack of critical thinking in the nursing profession; this is just another example, sadly.
The fur continues to fly re the current speaker-cables brouhaha. Many articles have appeared, such as the one at techdirt.com. Reader "François" comments:
BTW, lamp wire at $0.10 a foot is just fine for speakers. The speakers themselves produce around 5 to 10% distortion anyway. Randi should modify the offer and compare the $7250 speaker cables to plain lamp wire instead of the $80 scam cables.
Au contraire, François. The acceptance from Michael Fremer specifically involves the Pear cables vs. Monster cables, and we're presently negotiating this matter – but I won't be doing a running update, because some postings from Fremer amount to 600+ words, and we just don't have the room for all that. The possibility of including common zip cord in the tests, has been discussed, though I'm insisting on at least 14-guage wire… Ah, but I digress. François continues:
The skeptics have addressed the pseudoscience of high end audio in a past issue of skeptic magazine. For example, the superiority of vinyl records and vacuum tube amps are favorites of true believer audiophiles. Basically, anything that is difficult to detect and leaves a lot to interpretation gets the gullible out with their wallets. That goes for just about anything including alternative medicine and religion.
Personally, I wouldn't go too far in damning non-zip-cord speaker cables. Other parameters such as listening ambiance, presence of inductive or capacitive elements, actual electrical resistance and/or impedance, and the quality of the accompanying equipment, enter in here, so there can be differences. I've seen that non-gold-plated terminal leads can corrode over time, and cables draped over such equipment as speaker enclosures can pick up induced noises. I use high-gauge cables carefully placed, and I'm confident that I've come well within my range of performance perception.
There is a case to be made for having quality components, but the claims we're dealing with here result from the "audiophools" who prefer expensive toys over actual performance, and assume superior personal sensitivity that is simply not there – all of which is of course encouraged by the vendors of the toys and supported by the small army of self-appointed "experts" who turn out reams of dreamy text extolling such nonsense, safely snuggled away in their Ivory Towers.
The JREF has put its money where its Internet mouth is.
I must thank those concerned readers who sent me informed warnings about the possibilities of fakery and the actual parameters of audio performance – not wanting me to wander out of my sphere of expertise. As I've said before, I know two things with considerable authority: how people can be fooled, and how they can fool themselves. The latter of those is often the more important factor. In designing double-blind testing protocols, I have always seen to it that the security, randomization, isolation, statistical limits, and information-transfer elements are carefully set up and implemented. Designing an appropriate protocol is not outside of my abilities, and I feel quite secure with this. All my life, I've been involved in the fine art of deception – for purposes of entertainment – and I daresay that despite my advancing age, I can still do a few dandy card tricks and make a couple of innocent objects vanish from sight, if pressed sufficiently. When that acuity degrades, it will be time to call in appropriate assistance…
Continuing the Michael Fremer discussion from SWIFT 10/12/2007, we heard further from him:
You have yet to respond. I will not participate in any so-called "scientific" experiment where "paranormal" is used to describe an event that has explanations grounded in known, explainable phenomena. Please remove "paranormal" from the groundrules and let's see if we can move forward.
I promptly answered:
Well, Michael, knowing how sensitive you are – in more than one respect, it appears – I hereby issue to you the JREF million-dollar challenge with the word "paranormal" – or any similar expression – carefully removed. Mind you, I've already effectively done this by designating – for my own purposes – that I consider your claim to be paranormal, but I understand how desperate you are to avoid being actually tested, so I'll cater to this request. I note your phrase, "let's see if we can move forward." I assure you, I'm more than willing to move forward.
We will all await – with great interest! – your next attempt to obfuscate and squirm out of the challenge. If you can manage to invent the next alibis within the next few days, we can feature your responses on the upcoming SWIFT. Here are the opening clauses of the JREF challenge, with the changes that you have requested. These changes – there are only three – are indicated in red.
Application for Status of Claimant
This statement outlines the rules covering the offer made by this Foundation (JREF) concerning a yet-to-be-defined claim regarding audio speaker wires. Since claims vary greatly in character and scope, specific rules must be formulated for each applicant. All applicants must agree to the rules set forth herein before any formal agreement can be entered into. Completing this form is mandatory; there are no exceptions to this rule.
Application for Status of Claimant
This statement outlines the rules covering the offer made by this Foundation (JREF) concerning a yet-to-be-defined claim regarding audio speaker wires. Since claims vary greatly in character and scope, specific rules must be formulated for each applicant. All applicants must agree to the rules set forth herein before any formal agreement can be entered into. Completing this form is mandatory; there are no exceptions to this rule.
Another three paragraphs occur here, without the offensive wording. Continuing:
I, James Randi, through the JREF, will pay US$1,000,000 [One Million Dollars/US] to any person who can demonstrate the yet-to-be-defined ability under satisfactory observing conditions. Such demonstration must take place under the following rules and limitations:
1. This is the primary and most important of these rules: Applicant must state clearly in advance, and applicant and JREF will agree upon, what ability will be demonstrated, the limits of the proposed demonstration (so far as time, location and other variables are concerned) and what will constitute both a positive and a negative result…
I, James Randi, through the JREF, will pay US$1,000,000 [One Million Dollars/US] to any person who can demonstrate the yet-to-be-defined ability under satisfactory observing conditions. Such demonstration must take place under the following rules and limitations:
1. This is the primary and most important of these rules: Applicant must state clearly in advance, and applicant and JREF will agree upon, what ability will be demonstrated, the limits of the proposed demonstration (so far as time, location and other variables are concerned) and what will constitute both a positive and a negative result…
Mr. Fremer, for further clarity, here is the essence of what the JREF will accept as a response to our challenge: We are asking you – and/or Adam Blake – to significantly differentiate between a set of $7,250 Pear Anjou cables and a good set of Monster cables, or between a set of $43,000 Transparent Opus MM SC cables and the same Monster cables – your choice of these two possible scenarios. We will accept an ABX system test – if that is also acceptable to you. This would have to be done to a statistically significant degree, that degree to be decided.
I can see many more possible ways for you to continue balking, so let's get along with it, Mr. Fremer.
Reader Jim Howard of Medford, Oregon, reminds us:
I'm a long time fan of yours and I thank you for pointing our so many spurious gimmicks on your site (Pear Cables, "electronic dowsing rods, Ethos Eggs, ad infinitum.) I'm reminded of something comedian George Carlin said long ago, "Nail two things that have never been nailed together before and some schmuck will buy them from you." Keep up the great work!
As matters develop, we will report, and eventually the entire exchange will be accessible here via SWIFT…
Skeptics in the Pub (SitP) is the weekly meeting held in London to educate the public. Seeing their latest notice and recognizing how well this evening is put together, I have to wonder why we're not seeing more such get-togethers help in major American cities. Of course, SitP has a rich source of speakers and prominent attendees to draw on, it's true, but surely we have enough here, as well…? Just in this posting alone, we have Emma-Louise Rhodes, Prof. David Colquhoun, Dr. Brian Hughes, Prof. Chris French, Steve Parson, Dr. Ciaran O'Keeffe, and Richard Wiseman mentioned! Damn!
Just read this notice and then decide whether your group – wherever it may be – offers this sort of variety of talent and information:
Next weeks speaker is an investigator of Spiritualism and alleged psychics. Emma-Louise Rhodes' talk will examine the brief history of the Spiritualist movement and the growth of it as a mainstream faith in Britain. Phenomena inexorably linked with Spiritualism, such as materializations, apports and the spirit trumpet will be discussed, along with the functions of the Spiritualist church. The industry behind the movement will also be examined, and the "need" to believe in the unbelievable.
She is also a regular contributor and noted expert on the Bad Psychics website. You can read a catalogue of articles on her website emmalouiserhodes.com.
There are also another couple of lectures on the same afternoon that have a skeptical bent. Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Pharmacology) discusses "Science in an Age of Delusions" at the Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL Gower Street from 1pm. Dr Brian Hughes (School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway) will be giving a lecture on "Making Sense of Miracle Cures" at Goldsmiths College (UL), New Cross at 4pm as the first speaker in Prof. Chris French's invited lecture series (goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru)
Many apologies to all who came to last months inaugural meeting at The Penderel's Oak expecting to see a double-whammy talk by Steve Parson and Dr. Ciaran O'Keeffe. Due to a flight-timing error, they couldn't make it down. Luckily a very jet-lagged Prof. Richard Wiseman stepped in at the 11th hour, back from his US Quirkology tour, to save the day with a talk on investigating hauntings and dodgy Polaroid photo phenomena. Thank you Richard!
Steve and Ciaran have promised to give their talk in November and may have a few interesting goodies to auction for SitP on the night.
On another note, we're planning to tape our talks and make them available on the internet, possibly in video or audio, but as SitP is a labor of love, we were wondering if any of our readership would be willing to help out in this department. If so, please send us an email so we can put the ball in motion.
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you feel would be interested in coming along, or just turning up for a drink and banter with our friendly and intelligent crowd. They can subscribe to these mailings by either going to the Skeptics in the Pub website, or emailing pub at skeptic.org.uk with "Subscribe" in the subject header.
Hope to see you all on Tuesday,
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Talks start at 7.30pm.
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Our own John Atkinson – the one from the Isle of Man – sends us news about yet another highly doubtful product sold by the famous Boots Pharmacies in the UK. See SWIFT 4/28/06 for a previous reference. Says John:
Somerset tap water…
It promises to refresh and hydrate - a £3.99 bargain to help stop skin drying out. But it appears that Boots's "specially formulated" facial spray is not quite as special as it seems. In fact, it's plain-old water, from the tap at a factory in Wellington, Somerset. And although the chemist says it treats the product to remove impurities, it is hard to get away from the spray's very ordinary make up.
The facial spray is part of the Boots Expert Range, which is described as "the definitive answer to those everyday health and beauty problems we all suffer from, but keep putting off." On the back of the 150ml can, the manufacturer says that its product protects skin from "dryness." "Sensitive skin needs extra care throughout the day which is why this gentle facial spritz is specially formulated to refresh and hydrate," it reads. "Hypoallergenic and fragrance free" it instantly cools and freshens skin, helping to protect it from the drying effects of central heating and air conditioning."
But the consumer group "Which?" has urged shoppers to be cautious. "Customers should not get carried away by the promises made by products. Always check the ingredients to ensure you are getting what you think you are paying for," said a spokesman. Boots confirmed that its spray was made from tap water from the mains. But the chemist believes it is justified in describing the spray as "specially formulated," because it has been treated.
A spokesman said: "The ingredient contained in Boots Expert Sensitive Refreshing Facial Spritz is water. This is clearly stated on the packaging as "aqua." This is the case with most facial spritzes, as the benefit is derived from applying a fine mist of water and allowing it to evaporate quickly to refresh and invigorate the skin. 'While the product is water, the process it goes through is intense and includes removing impurities and bacteria."
Duh. Why doesn't Boots simply sell the sprayer, and instruct the purchaser to fill it with distilled water? Or am I oversimplifying an exceedingly simple problem…?
Reader Sandy Morris notifies us of yet another burden of woo-woo for which South Africa has to answer. Back at SWIFT 8/10/07 item 4 we covered the silly "Locator" thing for which miracles were being claimed by one "Colonel" Daniel Krugel. Well, it's back, and so is Krugel. Writes Sandy:
Krugel the Locator finds more publicity.
I thought I'd bring this to your attention. It looks like Colonel Krugel – whose Locator device you highlighted in SWIFT on Aug 10th – is in the news again over here in the UK, once again stirring things up in the case of missing Schoolgirl Madeleine McCann. From the News of the World, renowned purveyor of quality journalism, Oct 8th –
In their desperate bid to find Madeleine the McCanns called in South African Krugel after hearing of a string of remarkable successes in his homeland, where he earned his nickname The Locator. Krugel's hi-tech methods are a closely guarded secret and he refuses to give details of his techniques. But his method uses DNA fragments and Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology to find missing persons, alive and dead.
In their desperate bid to find Madeleine the McCanns called in South African Krugel after hearing of a string of remarkable successes in his homeland, where he earned his nickname The Locator. Krugel's hi-tech methods are a closely guarded secret and he refuses to give details of his techniques. But his method uses DNA fragments and Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology to find missing persons, alive and dead.
Randi comments: Oh no, it doesn't. There are no "hi-tech secrets" here to be "closely guarded," Krugel's "remarkable successes" are all in his head, and Sandy's reference to the News of the World as a "renowned purveyor of quality journalism" is presented by him quite mockingly, I assure you. Krugel wouldn't know a GPS if you put it in his hand, and DNA is as much a mystery to him as it is to an amoeba. To continue:
From the South African TV program "Carte Blanche":
Krugel: If you get a signature sample of something… let's call it organic or non-organic… a very small sample. I have developed a method to use that small sample and to create data that I use to search for its origin. So you transmit and you receive.
Krugel: If you get a signature sample of something… let's call it organic or non-organic… a very small sample. I have developed a method to use that small sample and to create data that I use to search for its origin. So you transmit and you receive.
Put simply – a person disappears, you find a few strands of hair left on a brush, you put those hairs into a gadget and that points out on a map where in the world that person may be.
Without examining the device – as if we could – it's hard to understand how it may work, but the article seems to suggest that the device analyzes a DNA sample, transmits a signal to an identical DNA sample (hidden away) and the hidden sample transmits a GPS signal to a satellite which pinpoints its position. It would seem, then, that DNA samples transmit data that can be picked up by satellites. The conspiracy nuts should have a field day with that one.
Krugel apparently developed this device in 2004, but has been reluctant to talk about exactly what it does or how it works (surprise), despite the lives it could have saved or – if he were so inclined – the moolah he could have made from it. When asked in an interview on Carte Blanche if it relied on any psychic phenomena, he replied, "This is science, science, science!"
I suspect its rubbish, rubbish, rubbish! Nice bit of free publicity, though.
Thank you, Sandy. My thoughts, exactly. From another article on this subject:
Allan Jamieson, director of the Forensic Institute in Edinburgh, challenged Krugel to submit his machine to controlled scientific testing. "If this is true, why not put it forward for testing?" he asks. "It's simple. Just give him a lock of hair and ask him to find which grave it comes from."
Jamieson also points out that there is a prize of one million dollars on offer from the well-known skeptic James Randi for anyone who can demonstrate evidence of paranormal ability. And, he adds, even putting money aside: "Think how famous you would be if you were the person who discovered a new force of nature. You would be as famous as Einstein or Newton."
Also, once again, my exact thoughts…!
Sir David Attenborough, lately referred to at SWIFT 8/10/07 Item 6, has now reacted appropriately to the recent censoring scandal involving the program broadcast as a BBC show, but chopped and re-written to the needs of the public broadcasting organization known as "Evangelical Broadcasting" [EO]. Though the series was presented as "written and presented by David Attenborough," all references to evolution, speciation, descent and timescales of millions of years, were removed. They were deleted by Christian creationists who are opposed to Darwin's ideas.
A DVD "The Life of Mammals" was also issued. It, too, is censored, and Episode 10 dealing with apes and humans, is simply not included. The DVD has all passages relevant to evolution cut out or rephrased to suit the creationist notions. Sir David has now called on the BBC to stop such deletion of references to evolution from his documentaries. Says he:
Instead of saying "70 million years ago, something happens," they say "a very long time ago something happens." They also omit paragraphs such as: "This is inherited from my warm-blooded ancestors…" I would much rather they kept to the letter, as far as that is possible, of what I said.
This has brought protests from Dutch scientists, led by Dr. Gerdien de Jong, an evolutionary biologist at Utrecht University. She and Dr. Hans Roskam of the University of Leiden, have fired off a petition signed by more than 300 biologists, including 50 professors, and letters of complaint, to the Director General of the BBC, the director of the BBC Natural History Unit, and Sir David. In this document, the biologists call on the BBC to insist that the programs be broadcast intact, or carry a warning notice they have been changed.
The EO is a fundamentalist Christian organization that denies all science that falsifies the literal text of the Bible. BBC documentaries have been made "compatible" with creationist views by replacing spoken English text with an adapted spoken Dutch text, or by simply cutting out whole scenes.
One would think that the BBC, as producer, copyright holder and maker of BBC documentaries, would have a responsibility towards the public to preserve the content of nature documentaries. However, the BBC has replied to this charge thus:
BBC Worldwide takes the protection of its brands and content very seriously. With thousands of hours being sold to hundreds of networks all over the world each year, BBC Worldwide allows local broadcasters to make edits but only up to a narrow margin of five minutes per hour. Their edits were less than the margin so did not involve BBC Worldwide on this occasion.
Is this really a serious comment? I ask: If the whole basis of a program is changed, bowdlerized, and censored so as to completely alter its content, and it has taken less than five minutes of the total duration of the program to do so, does that make it acceptable? Apparently, to the intellectual giants at the BBC, it does. Hey, I could change less than five words in the Bill of Rights, and change the whole history of civilization!
Have you ever heard of the "Wicked" edition of the King James version of the Bible? That was printed back in 1631 by Barker and Lucas, publishers who – we assume mistakenly – omitted an important "not" from Exodus 20:14, thus making the seventh commandment read, "Thou shalt commit adultery." Those printers were fined £300 – a lifetime's wages. Only 11 copies of this book are known to exist today, but if we could get it back in print, the BBC – well within their strange limits – just might do a special program…
Our friend Michael Feldman has asked us to make this announcement of the debut of his new group:
New York City Skeptics is proud to announce the first speaker in our public lecture series will be John Rennie of Scientific American magazine, discussing "Scientific American's Century and a Half of Skepticism." In its long history of reporting on discoveries and inventions, Scientific American has frequently been at odds with proponents of the paranormal, the technologically dubious, the weird, and the downright irrational. Editor-in-chief John Rennie will discuss some of the magazine's (and his own) brushes with figures as diverse as the Wright Brothers, Harry Houdini and the Unabomber, not to mention the creationists, cold fusion advocates and nanotechnology cultists
This will be on Saturday, October 27, 1:30 PM, at the New York Public Library, the Andrew Heiskell Branch, at 40 W. 20th St. – between 5th and 6th Avenues – in New York City. Admission is free and open to the public. Link: http://nycskeptics.org/node/55
Reader Bob Howell saw this interesting question on a web site:
If aliens are smart enough to travel through space, why do they keep abducting the dumbest people on Earth?
And as if you didn't have enough to giggle about in this week's SWIFT, look in at Objective Ministries.org and see the sort of thing the coo-coos in the creationist camp could be promoting. Read all the way to the bottom, so you won't miss any of the laughs, and remember as you're reading, that there are real voters out there who would actually believe this fantasy, and will send in money!
But look up the word "parody" before you get carried away…
And signing off with a smile: Uri Geller was recently the subject of a "celebrity interview" in the UK. Here are two Q&As that will make you chuckle…
It's difficult to say as I am so detached from that mentality. But there was a time, years and years ago, when I would buy 100 silk shirts. They would remain unwrapped and I would only ever wear five of them. Luckily they still fit me.
It's difficult to say as I am so detached from that mentality. But there was a time, years and years ago, when I would buy 100 silk shirts. They would remain unwrapped and I would only ever wear five of them. Luckily they still fit me.
I have no wallet. I don't even know if I have any credit cards. I stopped touching money around 25 years ago. I can't even remember paying for or buying anything in the last 20 years. My wife does that. Money does not matter to me at all for it is at odds with my wider world-view.
I have no wallet. I don't even know if I have any credit cards. I stopped touching money around 25 years ago. I can't even remember paying for or buying anything in the last 20 years. My wife does that. Money does not matter to me at all for it is at odds with my wider world-view.
It must be a dreadful burden, having such a saintly attitude… Uri, get a wider world-view.
A much wider one…


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Nov 22, 2011
Brand Against The Machine – John Morgan's New Book Redefines Branding
I had the great pleasure of interviewing John Morgan, author of the new book Brand Against the Machine: How to Build Your Brand, Cut Through the Marketing Noise, and Stand Out from the Competition (Amazon affiliate link). I got to know John through Twitter, and he was gracious enough to send me a pre-release copy of the book.
As I admit in the video, I am only about halfway through the book (I suck at finding time to read). However, just like Rework (affiliate link again), you can pick this book up and grab awesome nuggets of information without having to wade through 20-page chapters. It's written in my kind of style: short to-the-point chapters that don't ramble on.
In this interview, John reveals the road traveled from teenager with confidence issues to author and public speaker, what it took to get a book deal, and why companies need to think of branding in a much different way.
Thank you John for giving me an hour of your Sunday, and for being so open and honest during this interview. I hope this book goes huge for you. Finally, thank you for the advice you gave me. I hope to repeat your great success.
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Apr 12, 2010
Why I Don't Like The New Tiger Woods TV Ad From Nike
Thanksgiving 2009 was not your ordinary Thanksgiving weekend! It was around that time that we found out that formerly bulletproof, always laser-focused, all-time-best golfing luminary Tiger Woods was actually leading a double life. And the description "double life" is positively limp when trying to convey the depth and breadth of his dalliances. He was on a somehow-secret Olympic-caliber raging sex bender that blew TMZ's site metrics out of the water, disappointed his fans, and probably left a few guys secretly just a wee bit jealous.
Here's the problem from a consumer perspective. We're already fast-forwarding over TV commercials, using Firefox ad-blocker plug-ins to crush banner ads, and squinting to read all those tiny ads on the very bottom of the front quarter panels of NASCAR vehicles (unrelated in-post mini-rant: don't roll up on me and question the ROI of Social Media engagement, because the use of Social Media is infinitely more measurable than those clusters of tiny ads all over race cars. Even if you could read one of them as the car is approaching 200mph, they're all bunched together worse than a website's tag cloud. What a waste of money!).
Consumers are weary of advertising. At least we're trying to come up with new ways to advertise (Facebook targeted ads instead of crappy banner ads). I believe this is where Tiger actually does owe us all an apology. For years, we've been consuming his ads, and consuming the products he endorses. Companies are convincing us with highly-paid spokespeople and beautifully constructed ad campaigns that they are the go-to solution for shoes, razors, sports drinks, etc. When the branding tool turns out to be a 12x philanderer, we all feel a little betrayed. I don't feel the least bit guilty for feeling that way.
Granted, I think the general public has an unhealthy appetite for trash news like this. But The Basement Entrepreneur and a bunch of experts positing this theory is not going to change a damn thing. Hence, Tiger cheated with 12+ woman, and The National Enquirer and TMZ made sure that all 12 were extensively reported on. (people hate on The National Enquirer, but they rocked the John Edwards story, and now Tiger too.)
Post-scandal, we heard nothing from Tiger. Not a damn word. How did the guy avoid being photographed for 3-4 months? How in the hell did he pull that off? He was the #1 paparazzi target (Paris who?), and not a single shot of him? He would have had to keep every shade of every window in every room he was in drawn shut for 3 months straight. Simply amazing. This was a herculean effort to keep him out of sight. Then, his robotic performance back in February (uhhhh, I could not have done much better). Then his two 5-minute interviews, where he refused to answer some questions. And then his Masters news conference, where he was maybe 50% candid, but still pretty scripted – he was "on." While he did admit to doing "horrible" things, he still wouldn't say, "I was in sex rehab." Throw us a bone!
All the while, I think many people are wondering if he and Elin are going to stay together. We worry about his kids. Everyone has problems – we want to see if Tiger and Elin can work out this huge problem, because if they did, it would give all of us married people a little hope. However, we're not getting that side of the story from Tiger. That would be fine, except for……..
This ad, as read by Tiger's deceased father Earl:
"Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out what your feelings are. Did you learn anything?"
It's a well-made ad. I am impressed. Looks good, sounds good, makes you think. Nike always has great ads.
1. Nike and Tiger are raising Earl Woods from the dead to help them out of a jam. This isn't a dead Fred Astaire dancing with a Hoover vacuum (1997 Super Bowl ad). This is ten times worse! Dead Earl Woods has no say in the matter! He can't not participate, because he's dead! No choice, old man, my marketing buds at Wieden and Kennedy need to "re-engage" my audience, so start talking.
2. "Did you learn anything?" Tell me if I'm nuts, but Earl Woods is asking Tiger the question, but we are left to answer it. And the implicit answer is "yes." We are not left to think, "We'll see how the next few months go" Or "Nope, didn't learn a thing, I'm going to Hooters." We silently in our heads answer "yes" as the Nike symbol hits the screen, commercial over. And that leaves us feeling 10% better about Tiger. The ad worked! At least Tiger didn't nod "yes" to the question! I'll give him that. I don't want to answer this question for you, Tiger. You need to answer it by being faithful over time, and if you want to use this stuff as a marketing tool, then Elin is fair game – let's hear her side of the story.
3. Remember why we brand, why we market – to sell more stuff. That is what it comes down to. That is always what it comes down to. Nike, Tiger, and Wieden and Kennedy are throwing Tiger & Elin's problems directly in the mix here to, in the end, sell more stuff. Is that OK with Elin Woods? From Tiger's wife's perspective, she's in one of four places: 1.) She wants more money upon divorce, so go get back with Nike and get to work, and go win the Masters too, 2.) Elin is privately in anguish over Nike's ad and everything else too, 3.) she's already resolved to divorce him, but is still working out the details, so none of this really matters, or 4.) She has forgiven him and they're moving on. Wouldn't it really, really help Nike if the answer was #4? Yes it would. And isn't Tiger clearly willing to help Nike? Yes, and airing this ad now proves it. Therefore, if the answer truly was #4, we would know about it. That awesome bit of information would be made public, because it would be good business. However, we are hearing nothing about this from Tiger Inc. Therefore, the answer is not #4, so they still have problems (not a stretch to think). That makes this a really distasteful time to air an ad that alludes to his hyper-infidelity. (I made up a new word!)
4. "Well, that ad…… people are talking about it." I can go on a multi-state shooting spree and get talked about. Why is this the measure of success here? We're talking about a man's marriage – one in which husband and wife are ostensibly in the throes of trying to save. Is it really time to "re-engage" and "reposition?" I guess this is how marketing people have to think. You're paying Tiger Woods so much money – if you're not featuring him in ads, he's dead weight. I just feel the timing is off here – too soon.
So in a nutshell, using a dead father to reposition a philandering son during an extremely tumultuous time in the man's marriage is just weird and creepy. What do you guys think? Does the general public just not understand marketing well enough to see the genius here, or are Nike and Tiger pushing this repositioning and re-engagement on us a little too soon?


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Cities with the worst traffic
Published On: Sep 18 2012 07:08:27 AM PDT Updated On: Sep 18 2012 11:00:00 PM PDT
Which U.S. city has the worst traffic? The answer may surprise you.
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