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If you have been following our weekly video tips series "Tuesday's Tips in Online Marketing", you'll know that I've been doing the tips, however I did mention that other SMG writers would be pitching in from time to time, especially when I'm traveling for work.
This week is one of those weeks. Brian Cosgrove decided to step up to the plate and take a swing at making a Tuesday's Tips in Online Marketing video. This is is first time, so I'd like to give him a round of applause for trying this out.
Brian's tips focus in on web analytics. He's got three tips that focus on Separating Clicks, Conversions & Site Search. Take a few minutes and listen to Brian, he's got some interesting tips!
Full video transcript after the jump.
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Hi, welcome back to Tuesday's Tips in Online Marketing. I'm Brian Cosgove of Avenue A Razorfish and www.searchmarktinggurus.com.
Today I'll be covering the topic of web analytics and how to use it to improve your site search. The three topics for today are: Separate Clicks, Site Search and Conversion.
Separate Clicks: Web analytics programs will usually bucket clicks on search results pages as organic search. By using custom parameters in the URLs of your landing pages you may use javascript or analytics settings to let you know if those clicks come from paid search, paid inclusions, shopping engines or other sources. You have quite a bit of control over the landing pages of many systems that feed into the search engine results pages.
Today's tip: Separating Clicks provides control over landing pages when using parameters to separate searches.
Site Search: Site search is one of the best sources of information about your audience. By looking at the terms that users type with the search you may be able to answer several questions. Do they prefer plural or singular versions of that term. Would they prefer to call it for example, a hat or a cap. Is there a product you should be more actively within search. Keep in mind context to help you better translate those terms into your search marketing campaigns. For example a user who types the word tires in a site about tractors could probably qualify that term as "tractor tires" in the internet search.
Today's tip: Site Search provides context rich analytics for your users.
Conversion: If you haven't defined success for a visit to your site, you wont' be able to tell what terms are are most beneficial for you. Be proactive and set up these goals. Also, try picking some easier intermediary goals that will help you understand terms that may be in the more investigative portion of a users internet surfing experience. Visits from these terms may feed a number of returning visits, so they are valuable to you even if they don't lead directly to sales, page views or what ever metrics define your most valuable visits.
Today's tip: Set up primary and secondary conversions to help you understand what these terms mean to your business.
As always you can find a transcript of this video at www.searchmarketinggurus.com. For Avenue A Razorfish and Search Marketing Gurus, I'm Brian Cosgrove, see you next time.

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PUBLISHED: 23 Apr 2012 00:02:28 | UPDATED: 27 Jul 2012 14:21:02PUBLISHED: 23 Apr 2012 PRINT EDITION: 23 Apr 2012There are fears Wayne Swan has retirement savings in his budget sights. Photo: Andrew Meares
These are taxing times for the superannuation industry. On Friday a report presumed to have its origins in the bowels of the Department of Treasury suggested the government was considering taking the knife to any one – or more – of a plethora of tax breaks on retirement savings.
There are suggestions that Treasurer Wayne Swan has the contributions and the earnings taxes in his sights. Raising these would represent a departure from recent budgets.
The 15 per cent levies on the contributions tax and the earnings tax are by now almost sacred cows, despite recommendations by the Henry tax review, since taken up by the Greens, that contributions should be taxed at the marginal rate, with savers then given a 15 per cent rebate.
The industry is up in arms at the suggestion that these sacred cows may be tipped over. The timing is indeed poor, given that the government has just succeeded in raising the super guarantee to 12 per cent from 9 per cent.
Then there is the (highly unfortunate) long-standing issue of constant tinkering with the super regime and the undermining of consumer confidence this causes.
Any thought the government has of limiting the tax increases to the highly paid may not appease industry executives. Mr Swan and Finance Minister Penny Wong might consider targeting the rich palatable to the electorate, but many industry types are likely to see it is as the thin edge of the proverbial wedge.
The next meeting of the so-called superannuation round table, which brings together industry and government representatives so they can talk big picture about tax and retirement, is in Melbourne tomorrow.
The budget is not the only looming issue for the super industry. On Thursday the Tax Office is expected to announce its final ruling on when a pension starts and finishes. This might seem arcane, but it will be less arcane when fund members start receiving large capital gains tax bills on the death of a partner or parent.
For the uninitiated in this area of pensions tax, the Tax Office last July issued a draft ruling that meant spouses and children could face six-figure tax bills on the death of a parent or partner.
The extra taxes would be paid on top of the 16.5 per cent death benefits tax in cases where the beneficiary was an adult child. The Tax Office was in effect saying private pensions are no longer tax-free once the pensioner dies, which means beneficiaries must pay capital gains and income tax on the assets of the deceased.
The final ruling is expected later this week. The impact may not be pretty for beneficiaries of funds that have owned shares or property for many years.
Under the new rules, the sale of any assets to pay death benefits will be subjected to 10 per cent capital gains tax, while any dividend income or interest earnings that flow into the fund will be subjected to 15 per cent income tax immediately upon the death of the member. The ATO is unlikely to have changed its mind and there are fears that the ruling could be backdated to 2007.
It was in 2007 when the Tax Office first released an "interpretative decision" on the subject. In its eyes, it is appropriate to backdate the ruling on the grounds that super funds and their members have been given ample warning.
Not so, says the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia.
"We think there is a clear need for a delayed start to give superannuation fund administrators sufficient time to make the necessary changes to software, administration processes and member disclosure material," says the association's technical director, Peter Burgess, arguing that the start date should be 12 months after the ruling has been finalised.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says the ruling is "misconceived".
"We are concerned that the policy debate has not been had, particularly with the superannuation round table looking at tax in post-retirement," says ASFA chief Pauline Vamos.
"It pre-empts this discussion. The timing is disappointing, given the role of the round table."
Oh to be a fly on the wall in Melbourne tomorrow.
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The knottiest issue is how to balance risk between ratepayers and shareholders when you look at smart grid investments. [...] We're not going to let ratepayers bear this risk.
It's a conundrum for the industry as a whole. Traditional rate-making methodology is a cost-plus exercise in which the utility gets its investment back plus a rate of return set by regulators. It was established many decades ago and premised on investment in largely stable, known commodities (poles & wires as compared to digital switches and advanced IT).[...]
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If we can't plead stupidity, what else is there? How do we live with ourselves? Is it all the stuff we buy that manages to numb our brains and consciences? When I see a headline like this one at Bloomberg today, World Needs Record Saudi Oil Supply as OPEC Convenes, there's just one thought that pops into my head: what the world needs is for us to stop doing this thing we're doing. Even apart from peak oil concerns, it's obvious we're going to run out at some point or another, and it doesn't matter whether that's tomorrow or at some other point in the future, though we do know it's not going to take another 100 years, or even 50. And nothing will ever take the place of oil; once those unique carbons are gone, that's it, we'll have to find a completely different way of running our societies, and if we're not smart enough to prepare for that beforehand, we'll be cats fighting in a sack and use the last scraps to kill off each other. And our legacy won't be the Greek thinkers and Picasso and Dostoyevsky and Walt Whitman and Maria Callas, since there won't be the means for our children anymore to share what makes man great between them. Our main legacy will instead be bloodshed, we will have gone the exact same path that any non-thinking or even primitive organism would have taken, who don't have opera or philosophy or poetry to their name.
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We started exploring the emerging world of digital publishing since the pre-release of the Adobe DPS in April 2011. This was and actually is one of our main field of interest so for the next 6 months until today we keep searching and testing all the different tools and involved technologies that come up.
Now, we would like to publish a sum up of our experience to stimulate further ideas and thoughts.
To build a concise and useful review we had to make a main assumption defining** e-book versus interactive book / digital magazine**:
- With the term e-book we grouped all the known technologies that belong to the basic need of reading, limited in design and interactive capabilities.
- With the terms interactive book and digital magazine we grouped all the technologies and related tools which aims to produce high-interactive, graphically rich publications.
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Alzheimer's dementia is a progressive disease often embodied with behavioral and personality changes for the inflicted individual. It is a disease that directly affects families and caregivers. As behavior and cognition changes, caregivers must constantly adjust their approach. The stress associated with caregiving affects mood, personal relationships, and even morbidity (Okan 2012, Adams, 2008 ). Factors such as education, available resources, and the physical condition of the caregiver directlyaffect the outcomes of both the patient and the caregiver (Etters et al, 2008).
Negative repercussions for the patient can result from caregivers experiencing unmanageable stress. In addition, the unmet needs of the caregiver can negatively impact the quality of their lives (Vaubgabjar, J. et al 2013). There may be differences in factors related to burnout if the caregiving is considered informal, such as a family member, or someone hired specifically to caretake the patient. When the burden to care for a family member with dementia becomes too overwhelming, placement in a facility often results in guilt and anxiety (Sury, L. et al, 2013).
Nurses need to include family members in their approach to treatment of the patient with Alzheimer's disease. By understanding how to screen caregivers for evidence of burnout, students are better prepared to more holistically treat the patient. Early screening and multi-component interventions can improve outcomes both for the caregiver and the patient (Etters et al, 2008). This teaching strategy offers activities to help the student better understand the impact of stress on the caregiver, screen for this impact, and construct strategies to address the strain. It is a teaching strategy that can be adapted to both in-class and online settings.
Learning Objectives Students will: Develop an understanding of common symptoms of caregiver strain. Utilize standardized tools to evaluate caregiver strain. Recognize the encompassing implications of caregiver strain for both the caregiver and the patient. Develop interventions applicable to addressing caregiver strain. Investigate available specific community resources to support the person caring for the patient with Alzheimer's dementia. Articulate the impact of stress on the multidisciplinary team caring for a patient with Alzheimer's dementia. Better understand the transitional adjustment of all caregivers in coping with the insidious decline of the patient with Alzheimer's dementia. Aces Essential Knowledge Domains Complexity of Care Individualized Aging Vulnerability During Transitions Aces Essential Nursing Actions Assess Function and Expectations Use Evolving Knowledge Coordinate and Manage Care Make Situational Decisions Click here to go to the NLN Educational Competencies To begin, use the links below. Getting Started Additional Resources References Author Information BACK TO TOP | RETURN TO TEACHING STRATEGIES | RETURN TO ACES HOME Copyright © 2013 National League for Nursing
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The first question:
Osho,You have said that the Sufis are on the path of love. So why do they teach so many methods?
Because of the larvae, the camels. The camels need many methods. They can only trust in a method, they can only trust in technology. They are almost like machines, robots. They cannot have the vision of the beyond, and their hearts are not functioning yet. With the heart functioning they will become lions, and with the soul functioning they will become the child.
It is like this: larvae or camels need many methods; lions need only one method, either love or awareness; and the child needs no method at all. The child is already at home; he need not arrive, he need not go anywhere.
The Sufis are the people on the path of love. Love has no techniques, love is enough unto itself - but the heart has to function for it. And the camel has no heart. The larva has no idea of what heart is, what feeling is, what love is; he has never dreamt about it. The larva has never dreamt about being a caterpillar, just as the caterpillar has not dreamt about being a butterfly:
Two caterpillars were crawling across the grass when suddenly a butterfly flew over them. They looked up, and one nudged the other one and said, "You could not get me up in one of those things for a million dollars."
The larva cannot trust that something is possible; nothing is possible. The larva lives in a closed world, behind the walls. Those walls have to be broken. Methods are needed to break those walls, to destroy that prison. The larva has almost to be dragged outside the prison, freedom has almost to be imposed upon it. It is afraid of freedom, it is afraid of wings, it is afraid of the sky. It keeps its eyes closed. It remains within itself, it does not relate, it does not believe that relationship is possible. And the world is full of larvae and camels.
Out of compassion, out of love, Sufis talk about other methods. If you understand, then there is no need for any method. Then there is either awareness or love. One who follows awareness needs no other method - one is enough. One who follows love needs no method of awareness - one is enough. Awareness cleanses the mind, cleanses the thought process, cleanses your intelligence, and you arrive. Love cleanses your feelings, cleanses your heart, and you arrive.
The child needs no method at all. The child does not even need love or awareness; the child is love and awareness.


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Mineplex is a project by the creators of GreenViewData (GVD) and Alco to bring you the best Minecraft experience possible. Holding true to the roots of the game, Alancnet from Alco brings the rich, full, and enjoyable game play for the Survival Multi-Player (SMP) world. While at the same time, exploiting the infinite creativity Minecraft allows for, Bluetomb from GVD brings the colorful world of Minecraft art, creations, ride, and attractions for the Creative world.
Our survival world is full of all the challenges the game is designed for, but none of the pains that go along with it. Creepers will still kill you, but they won't destroy your home. You can claim your land so no one else can build on your property. You can lock your chests so no one can steal your stuff.
Player disputes may be handled by the Mineplex staff, or they may be not. Each incident is handled on a case-by-case basis, and there is one rule that stands above all else: Fairness. As such, our staff will not respond to requests that would give any player an advantage in the game that another player could not have. This means we will not hand out items, recover items lost in lava, set the time of day, assist in building, assist in PvP, offer "God" mode, creative mode in survival, or give players any operator powers. You may ask all you want. We'll just say no.
Please behave. Be fair, don't hack, and don't make the game unfun for anyone else. This means, only participate in PvP if the other player consents, or is trespassing on your property, no griefing other people's property, no offensive racial or sexist comments in chat, etc.. Use your best judgement.
If you feel you are being harassed by a player, a player is being overly offensive in chat, or you have otherwise been verifiably wronged by another player, take a screenshot of the incident (if you can) and email it, and your complaint to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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SNP conference 2012: Alex Salmond condemns UK government's 'Lord Snootys'
The SNP leader has told his party the time has come to vote for independence and rid Scotland of the UK government's "incompetent Lord Snootys".
Alex Salmond warned the Perth gathering that a "no" in the 2014 referendum would deliver "nothing" for Scotland.
He said only independence could protect key policies delivered under devolution and help Scotland prosper.
Earlier this week Mr Salmond agreed a deal paving the way for a referendum to take place.
He said the ballot would be a once-in-a-generation chance for Scotland to turn its potential into prosperity.
Mr Salmond was making his first big push for independence since signing the Edinburgh Agreement alongside Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. It includes;
- a statutory order to be legislated at Westminster, granting Holyrood powers to hold a single-question independence referendum by the end of 2014 and covering other issues including campaign broadcasts
- a "memorandum of agreement" signed by political leaders confirming that the details of the referendum would be settled at Holyrood
- and a significant role for the Electoral Commission watchdog in advising on the wording of the question, the running of the referendum and areas including campaign finance.
The first minister told delegates in Perth it was now "game on for Scotland".
"On display at this SNP conference, a selection of the strategies and narratives which will help form the Nationalist pitch in the referendum.
"Two from Alex Salmond in his thoughtful conference speech. Firstly, he depicted independence as part of a continuum from devolution - a narrative he has already essayed through his use of the formula "Home Rule road."
"Secondly, he sought to conflate the Conservatives and Labour, depicting them as a conjoined Hydra standing in the way of what he regards as the route to Scottish success.
"On the continuum point, Mr Salmond sought to reassemble the collective pitch which secured devolution in the 1997 referendum - albeit with different players."
Branding Westminster "beyond salvation", Mr Salmond told the conference: "Friends, our nation understands there is work to do if we are to make Scotland the place we know it can be.
"Work to build a fairer nation, to turn potential into prosperity."
He added: "Scotland can vote 'no' and secure nothing, or we can vote 'yes' to get the platform we need."
At the start of the 45-minute address, Mr Salmond made reference to former chief whip Andrew Mitchell's alleged use of the word "pleb" and Chancellor George Osborne's first class train ticket row.
The gathering heard him ask: "Why on earth do we allow this bunch of incompetent Lord Snootys to be in positions of authority over our country?"
He further questioned: "And why does the Labour Party believe that they can survive getting into bed with them in the no campaign?
Mr Salmond went on to outline a vision of an independent Scotland "united by ambition and confidence".
He said: "Over the next two years our task is clear - to tell the truth about Scotland and what we can achieve. To proclaim that we have, in ourselves, all we need to truly prosper.
"That, together we can rebuild our nation creating a Scotland that flourishes - in body and in spirit - once again.
"Standing alongside the other nations of these islands as as a new partner and true friend.
"That, delegates, is the platform on which we shall win independence for our country."
Turning to the independence 'no' campaign, Mr Salmond said: "Instead of telling people in Scotland what they can do, they tell us what we can't do."
He went on: "Just think of it. Labour, the party which brought the country to its financial knees, unites with the Tories, the party of onmishambles, to tell Scotland that we are uniquely incapable as a nation."
Attacking his political opponents, Mr Salmond said the Tories had declared only 12% of Scots households were responsible for "generating Scotland's wealth".
And he said policies like free care for the elderly, concessionary bus travel and an end to university fees for Scots students were under threat by a review of universal services announced by Scottish Labour, which the first minister branded a "cuts commission".
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The first minister said such policies were part of the "social contract" between the parliament and its people, adding: "Some call it universality and say its time has passed.
"I call it human decency and its time is now."
Mr Salmond went on: "Friends, what was won could now be lost.
"Have no doubt, what was gained with devolution can only now be guaranteed with independence."
"And so Labour and Tory - the two great pillars of the Union - united in a death grip programme to sweep away concessionary travel, free prescriptions and education
Mr Salmond also used his speech to make a number of announcements, including;
- telecom firm THREE creating almost 400 new jobs in Glasgow
- a £11m family nurse partnership fund to support the future of children
- and legislation to guarantee all 16 and 17-year-olds would get a right to vote in the independence referendum.
The politician addressed the conference the day after delegates overturned the SNP's traditional anti-Nato stance.
Members spent nearly three hours debating the issue.
Angus Robertson MP put forward a resolution saying an independent Scotland should become a member of the pro-nuclear weapons organisation.
That was opposed by several MSPs and rank and file members, but the new policy was voted through 426 to 332.
Mr Robertson told the conference that the fresh approach was developed following discussions with other countries.
He added that a change of view was dependent on Trident nuclear weapons - which are currently based at Faslane Naval base on the Clyde - being removed from Scotland.


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DJ and producer specialising in the sub-genre of Full On Psychedelic Trance.
He was born in USSR in
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
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Tel Aviv
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The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
1992 as a Mountain Jew. He began recording music under the name Astrix in 1997, sometimes misconceived to be taken from the "
Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on October 29, 1959...
" comic books. An interview on UK clubbing website Harderfaster.net revealed the name was chosen for simply sounding good, and not directly influenced by anything in particular.
In 2006 Astrix reached #41 (+34 raise) in
DJ Mag is a British monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic dance music and DJs. Founded January 31, 1991, the magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese, Polish , Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Spanish, French, German and Italian.- DJ Blackbook :In January 2008, the magazine...
's "Top 100 DJs" yearly rank along with a rise of several other Israeli musicians (the highest being
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...
ranked #9) marking significant worldwide popularisation of Israeli electronic music scene.
In 2007 Astrix reached #18 on the list.
Early Career
Astrix started as a DJ in 1995 playing alternative and 1980s music. It was during this time that he learned about electronic music. In 1997 he began his first in-house studio recordings using a personal computer. He discovered trance in 1997 after being invited to a
Trance music
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party. "At first it was a very new and strange experience for me and I couldn't find myself, but I was impressed by the energy and the impact that the music had made on the people at the party." At the beginning of his career in the late 1990s he produced tracks in the "
Nitzhonot is a crossover between Goa trance and uplifting trance, emerged during the mid-late 1990s in Israel.-Genre:...
" style of trance, an uplifting, anthemic off-shoot of Goa trance. His first tracks were "In Peace" and "Eakhis World," which both appeared on the well-known nitzhonot compilation "Ptzatzot 3."
In a 2003 interview Astrix said that in fact he worked on 3 albums by Alien Project, but its maintainer Ari Linker did not give him credit.
Musical Style
Astrix's music is known for his solid, driving basslines and ascending melodies. It is very uplifting and, as far as psychedelic trance goes, fairly "hard" and is also usually played during sunrise and the morning at outdoor trance parties. Many would consider his style to be a crossover between "full-on" and the "clubbier" end of Trance, exemplfied by his Psychedelic Academy Mix.
Astrix is musically influenced by Infected Mushroom. "I look up to them for inspiration and for some kind of spiritual fuel as it were." Other influences include
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. "I also have a love for mainstream bands like Linkin Park, and for 'club personality' I like Tiësto, he inspires me very much to see how well you can mix business with music and how big you can become from something that was so small in the beginning."
Astrix has worked with
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Infected Mushroom
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Alien Project
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Eye To Eye (CD) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions)
Coolio (EP) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2004)
Artcore (CD) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2004)
Future Music (EP) ---------------- (Spiraltrax Label Group) (2007)
Future Music (CD) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2007)
Closer To Heaven (EP) ---------------- (Tokyo Productions) (2007)
One Step Ahead (CompactStick) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2008)
Acid Rocker (EP) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2010)
Red Means Distortion (CD) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2010)
Lost Inside (Outsiders Remix) (EP) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2011)
Reunion (EP) ---------------- (Plastik Park) (2011)
Discography Other
Compilation Psychedelic Academy Mixed By Astrix (2CD) ---------------- (Hit Mania) (2005)
Astrix The Red Sun Psy Man (CD) ---------------- (???) (2005)
Compilation The History Of Goa Trance Vol.2 Sound Of HOMmega (2CD) ---------------- (Yellow Sunshine Explosion) (2008)
Compilation Heat Seekers Israeli Trance Allstars (CD) ---------------- (HOM-Mega Productions) (2009)
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Chaos: Digital Oracle
Poison (Wrecked Machines rmx): Map Of Goa Vol.3
Future Music: Goa Neo Full On Vol.4
Closer To heaven: Compilation Neo Full ON
Video DVD Vision Quest
The Gathering Vision Quest 2002 (DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2002)
The Gathering Vision Quest 2003 (DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2003)
The Gathering Vision Quest 2004 (DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2004)
The Gathering Vision Quest 2005 (2DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2005)
The Gathering Vision Quest 2006 (2DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2006)
The Gathering Vision Quest 2007 (2DVD) ---------------- (Vision Quest Productions) (2007)
Video DVD Other
Compilation X-Mode Vol.6 Back To The Future (DVD) ---------------- (Tokyo X-Ray Studios Productions) (2004)
Compilation Supervision NTSC (DVD) ---------------- (Tip World Productions) (2006)
Compilation Supervision PAL (DVD) ---------------- (Tip World Productions) (2006)
Boom Festival 2008 We Are All - PAL (DVD) ---------------- (GoodMode Productions) (2009)
Boom Festival 2008 We Are All - NTSC (DVD) ---------------- (GoodMode Productions) (2009)
Compilation The Beach 2009 (DVD) ---------------- (FinePlay Records Productions) (2009)
Trance For Nations (CompactStick)
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The residents and staff at Kane Glen Hazel have a new, regular visitor who is proving to be delightfully entertaining. Mollie, a mixed breed who was rescued from the Humane Society, has been frequenting the Physical Therapy Department as of late. Mollie joins her canine pal, Artie, in spreading happiness throughout the halls of Glen Hazel.
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Many patients describe a rollercoaster of emotions during and after treatment for bowel cancer. Keeping strong for children and other family members can often be hard when you are going through ups and downs yourself. Talking to friends and partners can help, but you may also want to ask your doctor about specialist support available to you, such as counsellors.
Bowel cancer can have a major emotional impact, not only for the patient, but also their family, carers and friends. The following list of organisations that may be able to help:
- Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement
The Centre provides a range of education, counselling, research and clinical services for those affected by experiences of grief and bereavement.
- Carers Australia
Carers Australia provides advice, information and counselling to carers, through their website, helpline, booklets and factsheets.
- Family Relationship Advice Line
Professional counsellors assist individuals, couple and families, including separating families, to resolve relationship issues that arise at various stages of their relationships.
- Life Goes On
Life Goes On provides 24/7 telephone counselling for the seriously ill and their carers to help get more out of life.
- Lifeline
Lifeline is a confidential support service available for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Now What…? Dealing with your parent's cancer is a Canteen resource providing information, practical tips, support and advice across a whole range of areas that impact young people who have a parent with cancer.
- Palliative Care Australia
Palliative Care Australia provides a range of consumer and health professional brochures and booklets regarding quality care.
- Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia
The peak body for counsellors and psychotherapists in Australia. Details of local, professionally qualified practitioners are available from the PACFA.
- Young Carers
Young carers is a resource for people under the age of 26 who provide care in a family affected by illness, disability, mental health and/or drug or alcohol issues of one or more family members or friends.


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Ferraris second 248 F1 machine got its first outing on Monday when Felipe Massa shook down the new chassis at Fiorano. Although Ferrari's 2006 challenger debuted in mid January, until now they have been working with just the single example.
Massa covered 100 laps of the Italian track, three of them on its short layout, as he commenced a programme centred on development of the car. The Brazilians quickest time was a 58.242s, all but matching his recent best in the first 248 F1 chassis.
Ferrari continue testing the car at Fiorano on Tuesday, when Michael Schumacher will take over from Massa.


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Journal of Fuzzy Set Valued Analysis
The Journal of Fuzzy Set Valued Analysis is a peer-reviewed, open
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Original papers dealing with fuzzy set valued functions and numbers,
fuzzy set valued differential and integral, fuzzy measure, fuzzy
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set valued functions and related applications.
The audience consists of applied mathematicians, pure mathematicians
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What is a non-newtonian substance? Is this some fad that I've somehow been left out of?
I don't know about a "non-Newtonian substance" is in general, but a non-Newtonian fluid is one whose viscosity (resistance to flow) changes in response to some factor besides temperature. For example, a mixture of cornstarch in water flows like a regular liquid if you pour or stir it slowly, but if you stir it vigorously, it "sets" and acts more like a non-flowing solid until you stop stirring it. This is a phenomenon known as "shear thichening."
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A Newtonian substance behaves according to Isaac Newton's models of reality, Isaac Newton's Laws of motion. A non-Newtonian substance is extreme enough so as to require something such as relativity or quantum mechanics to describe how it acts. A substance made of gluons would qualify as non-Newtonian.
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A NEWTONIAN fluid is a fluid in which the rate of shear -- think of rate of shear as the motion of the body of fluid -- is proportional to the shear stress -- think of shear stress as the applied force. The reason for these rather abstract definitions is because there can be so many configurations of fluids and sources of force. The key is the proportionality of motion and force.
There are many kinds and combinations of non-Newtonian fluids. Some familiar examples are: WATER = newtonian. House paint = shear thinning. That is it is viscous when not stirred but flows smoothly on the brush with minimal "drag". Certain muds are shear thickening. You can run across them, but don't stop or you will sink in.
There is an enormous fascinating technology surrounding non-Newtonian behavior of fluids. I would suggest you try to find a copy of Surface Chemistry by Adamson in the library.
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Puzzlement (*Some Assembly Required) is a multi-player jigsaw puzzle game for the iPad. Choose from a library of puzzles including a brand new Puzzle of the Day every morning. Partner with your friends on Game Center to complete puzzles as a team, or let Game Center auto-match you with other players around the world. Make puzzles from the photos in your iPad Photo Library and share with your Game Center friends. And most of all, have fun!
The app is free to download and there is a free puzzle you can play to see if you like it. If you like Puzzlement, a subscription option gives you a new puzzle every day, access to the library of puzzles and the ability to make and share puzzles from your iPad photo library with your friends.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — Carole Walker with the blue team writes:
I really excited after the weigh in last week because I dropped another 7 pounds. I felt myself getting a little bored with my workout routines and diet so I decided to add a little more variety both. I started walking more at a local park, which gave me a different environment because I am a people watcher so I sort of get lost in that instead watching the clock. As for my meals I added a little more red meat to my diet along with a variety of spices to add more flavor. On top of the weight loss accomplishment I also took horse riding lessons last week and had a blast. It felt great and the horse and I both survived so it's something I plan on continuing.
James Newman with the orange team writes:
With the 8 pounds I lost over the month of June, that makes 28 lbs. since the start of the competition. I am very happy with the progress I have made so far, but I feel that I need to step things up in these final two months. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and support.
Kris Cusanza with the red team writes:
I can't wait until the Losing it in Louisiana games. It's been really fun getting to compete with the other contestants. They are all so supportive and as a group we're doing great. The games are meant to help us bond be silly and work up a sweat. Also, with the obnoxious heat I have maintained my weight loss. I have to carry lots of equipment going on stories and I definitely think it counts as part of my weight training for the day.
Anita Katzman with the yellow team writes:
We had a weigh-in last week and I lost 2 pounds. I didn't make my goal of 5 pounds, so I'll be trying to see what I can do differently. While giving my 3 year-old his snacks sometimes, I realized I'd take a small handful without realizing it. I'll do this a few times a week, and after a month, it's so many extra calories. So, I'll be cutting those out and trying to eat a better variety of foods.
James Henry with the green team writes:
I lost another 8 pounds this month, bringing my total to 52 pounds. I cannot believe that I've cracked the half-century mark! That's like carrying around 6 gallons of milk! I keep waiting to wake up from this dream, look in the mirror, and see the same guy I was in January. I honestly just assumed I would be the chubby guy the rest of my life, but now I'm staring down sub-200 pounds and working on six-pack abs! I could not have done this alone. Thank you NBC33, Bally's, Erik, and Kasey – you've changed my life. And to my fellow Losing it in Louisiana contestants you rock! Between the 6 of us, we have lost approximately 165 pounds – that's a whole person! I am so lucky to get to go through this experience with such a fun group of people!


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Singer-songwriter, musician, actor, talk show host
Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American rock musician and occasional actor. Wikipedia
Age: 58
Born: 26th June, 1956, Stockton, California, USA
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
Nationality: American
Claim to Fame: Wicked Game
Who can be romantically linked to Chris Isaak...and how closely?
Always Got Tonight (2002)
Always Got Tonight is the eighth studio album by Chris Isaak. It was released in 2002 on WEA/Warner Bros. Records.
Music video "Wicked Game" was ranked #13 on VH1`s 100 Greatest Videos.
Two music videos that made it on VH1`s 50 Sexiest Video Moments: "Wicked Game" was #4 and "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" was #28.
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I was leaning back on a fluffy white Tempur-Pedic mattress, sucking down a vodka tonic, and nibbling on a chocolate-covered strawberry. Past the overhead personal plasma screen TV and beyond the wall of bulletproof glass, I could make out the sexy silhouettes of gyrating partiers and hear the pulsating Daft Punk. A young man with flawless skin, clad in nothing but a loincloth, thigh-high boots, and a splash of body paint, wiggled by and offered me another drink.
And this time, my sexy fantasy wasn't interrupted by a buzzing alarm clock. I was actually sitting in the VIP section of the Living Room, a multilayered dance-club explosion of color, light, sound, and beautiful décor. It's a little like an acid trip, a lot like having sex with a strobe light, and kind of like being temporarily filthy stinkin' rich (or, what I imagine that would be like). So fucking awesome. And that's even before you realize there's an open bar until midnight.
Ambiance: After walking through the entrance and being greeted enthusiastically by men wearing only skimpy loincloths and excessive amounts of body paint, I darted into the seething crowd of free-booze-toting clubgoers and tried to find the most direct route to the bar.
It was a pleasant night for the outdoor patio area, which features white curtains hanging from the canopy ceilings, extravagant mirrors, dark wicker couches, glowing candles, tiki torches, and black egg-shaped chairs suspended from the ceiling.
I made a beeline for the bar, almost got hit by a swinging egg-chair, and managed to wrestle a cup of free bourbon from the hands of the broad-shouldered bartender, whose muscles had been outlined with black paint.
Drink in hand, I approached Yasmany, who was dark-complexioned with red paint on his face, feather earrings in his ears, and nothing covering his body except a tiny loincloth. He was accompanied by Angel.
"What's with the body paint?" I demand.
"We have a different theme every night," Yasmany said. "Tonight is bondage night." Yasmany's own body paint slightly resembled red and black lightning strikes; Angel's channeled leather strapped across his shoulders and chest. For that subtle "please dominate me" effect, he wore a black belt tied around his neck.
"Tonight is also 'alternative night,' " Yasmany said. "You come Saturday night, that's straight night. You'll see the girls all painted up and wearing pasties."
"Also, did you know this is an AOE club?" he continued. " 'Anything on Earth.' That means that if you want something, we'll get it for you, no matter what. We had a customer once who came in at 3 a.m. and wanted pizza, sushi, and a Coke. We got it for him."
"What if someone wants a pony?" I asked. Someone being me, of course.
"Well, then, they might have to wait until the next night to get it," Yasmany said. "It's hard to get a pony at 3 a.m. in the morning."
Living Room(s): The well-dressed, pouty-lipped blond man at the door clearly was maestro of the place and therefore the person responsible for all the near-seizures the strobe lights were causing.
"What's going on here?" I asked, gesturing to the entire club.
"Welcome to Living Room," Mark said. He kissed my cheeks, one and then the other. "This place is 12,000 square feet and completely green — no additives, nothing bad for the environment. Even our body paint is Earth-friendly."
I tapped the side of his plastic cup with a smug look.
"Even that's recyclable," he assured me. He grabbed my hand for a tour. With my free hand, I gave a finger-wave to the sexy body-painted boys.
As Mark pulled me along through the jam-packed club, he explained that Living Room is not just one room; it's several rooms, all with creative and/or complicated names. For instance, the outdoor patio area can't just be called "patio"; it's called Inverness (heaven).
We breezed through the Opal Room, a sparkling blue-and-white area full of flashing lights, drink-spinning bartenders, and beautiful people dancing on giant white blocks.
A massive and potentially dangerous mob of people had gathered around a closed door, and to get to it, Mark had to literally drag me through the mass of warm bodies. "This is the Meditation room," he said, pulling me through the doorway and locking the door behind us. The giant windows overlook Riverfront; the dark-wood walls, floors, and giant glass chandeliers are stylishly designed to perfection. "Everything in here is controlled by Angelina." He pointed to a giant flat-screened object hanging on a nearby wall, projecting the pretty face of a woman. "Called Angelina because she has Angelina Jolie's lips and eyes," he said. "She talks too; if you get close to her, she'll tell you you're sexy."
"But why is this part empty?" I asked.
"We don't open this part up until midnight," he said with a mysterious smile, like he's a sexy Willy Wonka and this giant-ass, acid-trippy club is his chocolate factory. At least that explains the overeager throngs of people gathered directly outside.
"This is called the Gate," he said when we arrived at a small room beyond the Meditation room. "This is the dance floor; we play house music here." I blinked as laser lights flashed overhead and a giant screen projected an image of Buddha. The red hues onscreen swirled and dissolved into green, then blue. I heard Mark throw around words like "mood space" and ridiculously high dollar amounts, but I was too mesmerized. When I snapped out of it, Sexy Willy Wonka was gesturing for me to put my hand on top of the dance room's bar.


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Taming the Beast
Rethink backups. More than likely, when confronted with a large Linux deployment, you're going to be dealing with massive amounts of data. Deciding what data to back up requires careful coordination with stakeholders. Communicate with users so they understand backup limitations. Obviously, written policies are a must, but the occasional e-mail reminder is a good idea as well. As a general rule, you want to back up only absolutely essential data, such as home directories, unless requirements dictate otherwise.
Although it may seem antiquated, do not underestimate the value of serial console access to your Linux systems. When you find yourself in a situation where you can't access a system via SSH or other remote-access protocol, a good-old serial console potentially could be a lifesaver, particularly if you manage systems in a remote data center. Equally important is the ability to power-cycle a machine remotely. Absolutely nothing is more frustrating than having to drive to the data center at 3am to push the power button on an unresponsive system.
Many hardware devices exist for power-cycling systems remotely. I've had good luck with Avocent and APC products, but your mileage may vary. Going back to our "keep it simple" mantra, no matter what solution you select, try to standardize one particular brand if possible. More than likely, you're going to write a wrapper script around your power-cycling utilities, so you can do things like powercycle node.example.com, and having just a single hardware type keeps implementation more straightforward.
No matter how good your tools are, a solid system administration team is essential to managing any large Linux environment effectively. The number of systems managed by my group has grown from about a dozen Linux nodes eight years ago to roughly 4,000 today. We currently operate with an approximate ratio of 500 Linux servers to every one system administrator, and we do this while maintaining a high level of user satisfaction. This simply wouldn't be possible without a skilled group of individuals.
When hiring new team members, I look for Linux professionals, not enthusiasts. What do I mean by that? Many people might view Linux as a hobby or as a source of entertainment, and that's great! But the people on my team see things a little differently. To them, Linux is an awesomely powerful tool—a giant hammer that can be used to solve massive problems. The professionals on my team are curious and always thinking about more efficient ways of doing things. In my opinion, the best large-scale sysadmin is someone who wants to automate any task that needs to be repeated more than once, and someone who constantly thinks about the big picture, not just the single piece of the puzzle that they happen to be working on. Of course, an intimate knowledge of Linux is mandatory, as is a wide range of other computing skills.
In any large Linux shop, there is going to be a certain amount of mundane, low-level work that needs to be performed on a daily basis: rebooting hung systems, replacing failed hard drives and creating new user accounts. The majority of the time, these routine tasks are better suited to your junior admins, but it's beneficial for more senior people to be involved from time to time as they serve as a fresh set of eyes, potentially identifying areas that can streamlined or automated entirely. Senior admins should focus on improving system management efficiency, solving difficult issues and mentoring other team members.
We've touched a few of the areas that make large-scale Linux system administration challenging. Node installing, configuration management and monitoring are all particularly important, but you still need reliable hardware and great people. Managing a large environment can be nerve-racking at times, but never lose sight of the fact that ultimately, it's just a bunch of Linux boxes.
Jason Allen is CD/SCF/FEF Department Head at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under Management and Operating Contract (DE-AC02-07CH11359) with the Department of Energy. He has been working with Linux professionally for the past 12 years and maintains a system administration blog at savvysysadmin.com.
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Icinga, an open source fork of the Nagios project
It's is a virtual drop-in replacement for the venerable Nagios project which seems to have stalled into legacy land. It also has a performant, distributed architecture that includes database support for Postgres and Oracle as well as MySQL. It's pretty sweet and easy to deploy too. Something to watch and try out.
Correction: Rock Clusters
Rocks is primarily for bringing up high-performance compute clusters (HPC/HPCC) quickly not internet applications.
However another open source project, Eucalyptus, is like running a private, on-site Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition, Eucalyptus can work with Rocks Clusters.
That website mentioned "savvysysadmin.com"
That website/url to savvy sysadmin ... http://savvysysadmin.com/
doesn't exist. And it's a new article. Maybe an overworked admin missed one of the 500 servers? :-) Just kidding...
nice article
Really a nice article!.
if you use zabbix please consider to use Orabbix to monitor Oracle with zabbix
As Linux continues to play an ever increasing role in corporate data centers and institutions, ensuring the integrity and protection of these systems must be a priority. With 60% of the world's websites and an increasing share of organization's mission-critical workloads running on Linux, failing to stop malware and other advanced threats on Linux can increasingly impact an organization's reputation and bottom line.
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Inebriated operators were disastrous for black clients, since heated combs were used on their hair. "I can't count the women who would come into Sunlight near tears, saying they had to go to their jobs with their hair burned by a salon owner who'd had one too many beers," says Summersett. "The first and strictest rule Mrs. Julius gave girls in class was no partying with customers. We were professionals." Students were required to wear white uniforms, white shoes polished daily, and stockings, even in summer.
Dorsey gave scholarships to women who couldn't pay Sunlight's $150 tuition for a seven-month, 1200-hour course. Graduation was complete with caps and gowns. David and Lurel's goal was grander than merely establishing a beauty school. They were carving out a new social class for black women and creating careers with far more potential and pay than other pink-collar jobs, and with almost as much cachet as a profession like law.
"My mother was a widowed Dade County schoolteacher who earned only $25 monthly due to race-based pay scales -- our family would not have survived without the cosmetology license she got from Sunlight," says Carmen Dean Jackson, whose public relations firm organized a gala honoring the Juliuses late this past October at Gusman Center (where her father had been a janitor).
David bought what constituted the cutting edge in supplies, including the Ultra-Violet Rod Treatment, a plastic comb attached to a wooden handle that, when raked across the scalp, was supposed to stimulate hair growth. Did it work? "Well, we assumed it did," smiles Sunlight graduate and retired salon owner Sybil Johnson. "And it glowed with a very pretty purple light."
Utility companies ran very few lines to Overtown; most homes and businesses had no electricity. At night the blocks of pale frame houses sank into the shadows. There were only a few islands of light: nightclubs, Dorsey's two-story house, a factory, a white-owned brothel, and the Sunlight Beauty Academy. David helped wire it. It had modern plumbing and was kept spotlessly clean, even when winds whipped the dirt roads. David allowed local merchants to showcase their wares -- floral bouquets, hats, handmade jewelry, plaster cakes decorated with a rainbow of icings -- in Sunlight's foyer.
Because of overcrowding, Overtown was periodically swept by smallpox, influenza, and TB. Lurel's first course was hygiene; she taught her students to wear gloves and wash with antibacterial soap, how to sterilize the equipment, how to recognize skin diseases. They studied anatomical charts, memorizing bones in the face and neck and the muscles of the hands and feet, in order to pamper their customers with massages.
Metal combs used for smoothing hair were heated on small stoves. The school had ceiling fans, but there was no air conditioning. To help ameliorate the summer heat, students loaded small neighborhood boys with nickels to buy what they dubbed "anti-fainting tonic." The children rattled around the corner to Cola Nip, a black-owned soda-pop plant housed in a scarlet-and-gold palace. They heaped their red wagons with icy peach, orange, coconut, and lime colas to revive ladies drooping near the hair dryers.
As word of Sunlight spread, celebrities came. Cab Calloway's entourage played Miami Beach nightclubs but had to sleep in Overtown because of Jim Crow laws. His chorus girls always had their hair done at Sunlight.
During World War II Madame La France was so swamped with clients that she asked the Juliuses if Sunlight students would be willing to make forays to Miami Beach to do socialites' hair in their homes. It was a perilous request; most white residents resented black women taking business away from Miami Beach's white salons. And Miami Beach was treacherous: fantastically rich, yet thuggishly bigoted. Dorothy Fields, who heads the Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida, has interviewed black women who worked as Miami Beach maids and who often had the task of ironing their employers' Klan robes. "When that was one of the day's tasks, they knew the Klan was making a horseback night ride, and they rushed home to warn all the men to get off Overtown's streets," says Fields.
Blacks and working-class whites had to carry work permits -- like temporary passports -- to enter Miami Beach, and they had to get out by dusk. The money was good; more than five times the amount Sunlight charged per hairdo. But the journey was terrifying. "And it reminded us that talent's no protection against morons with power," says Laverne Carter, who went to the Beach as an eighteen-year-old Sunlight student.
On one occasion Carter's client kept her waiting for an hour, then refused eye contact and uttered only commands. There was nothing unusual in that. But Carter was so delayed that she had to run to catch the last jitney, a hazardous ride. Miami Beach men had devised a barbarous evening sport: They would stop jitneys and randomly order black women out to be grilled about their patriotism. Sometimes they slapped or spat on a woman, even if she said all her male relatives were fighting overseas.
The night Carter was late, a security guard jumped aboard her jitney. "My boss wants to look at your niggers and foreigners," he shouted to the driver. His employer stumbled onto the jitney. He was not a happy drunk. Carter remembers that moment most clearly because the silent passengers, black and white, exchanged wary glances.