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Carbs at Night?
What's happening everyone? Hope the world is treating you good. If not, who cares? Keep walking on. Happiness is a state of mind, make your own circumstances, life is too short not to smile along the way, etc. In other words, yes I have been reading a lot of Bruce Lee. "Be like water my friends."
I've also been hammering away on the new book project — how to make fat loss eating more functional for busy, working professionals.
I realized that one of the key concepts, perhaps the KEY CONCEPT, of all my plans is to structure the diet in a way that the majority of calories and carbs are eaten at night. I know that goes against everything you hear in the fitness industry. But guess what? If everything you heard in the fitness industry worked, the majority of the population would be ripped. Obviously, this is not the case, and we need to explore alternative methods to get the job done.
And this alternative works, trust me, and it is a sustainable plan for the LONG-TERM because it goes with, not against, social patterns and evolutionary-engrained, natural instincts.
Should I leave you hanging and tell you to wait for the new book? Nah, I don't roll like that. I actually wrote about this topic in my first book: The Samurai Diet: The Science & Strategy of Winning the Fat Loss War. So for this blog post, I've decided to include a few chapters.
The new book actually will have a bunch more theory and science behind this process, but these excerpts are a good start for now. And of course the practical application, as always, should be simple. Which it is, and if you've read any of my previous work, I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record:
1. Eat a protein only breakfast
2. Eat a Paleo-style lunch (lean protein, non-starchy vegetables, and a piece of whole fruit).
3. Eat a Japanese Village-style dinner (lean protein, vegetables, and some low sugar, gluten free starch = sweet potatoes, potatoes, or rice).
Without further ado, here are the chapters from the book:
5 Lessons & 10 Practical Tips from Paleo Nutrition
"If it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it." That's a quote from famous strength coach Charles Poliquin. Well, I can think of one more "delectable delight" that should be on that list, but we're talking more about the bedroom than the kitchen at that point.
Can you smell what "Miyak" is cooking?
Or maybe you've heard the late, great Jack Lalanne's simple dietary prescription: "If man made it, don't eat it."
Cumulatively, that pretty much sums up the practical application side of Caveman Eating.
My nutritional approach has been accurately described as a Paleo/Caveman-meets-Sports Nutrition hybrid. So I figured we'd start with the Paleo side of that coin first.
As seen above, the practical application strategy is simple, but I do think it's a worthy endeavor to dive a little deeper, and learn some of the details behind why the "eat what your ancestors ate" philosophy can be so effective.
Otherwise, after a day of exposure to internet health blurbs and the infinite amount of misinformation spread via various mainstream channels, you'll be coming back asking, "But wait, aren't fruit juices, wheat breads, low-fat mayo, and cardboard, fiber-twig cereals good for you?"
Sure, maybe if you are Tony the Tiger and are sponsored by Kellogg's.


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- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Jul 17, 2009
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A funny, seductive, and surprisingly honest dramatization of the ways we snooker ourselves into incompatible love.
The whole movie aspires to set an Annie Hall vibe, especially when Tom keeps trying to re-create, first with her and then with someone else.
It's an "Annie Hall" for the iPod generation: über-designed, pleasing to the touch, making up in generic sweetness what it lacks in bite.
Visually witty, flawlessly played romantic comedy.
Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why.
The film has an easygoing, inquisitive spirit, heightened by Webb's visual conceits
Because we know almost from the get-go that things will turn out bad-to-bittersweet for them, the movie is like one long autopsy of what went wrong, starting with Day No. 488.
Perfectly played, simultaneously serious and light, endlessly inventive, this is a strong contender for the most original date movie of the year. (Terrific) stuff.
It's a feat of star acting, and it helps make (500) Days not just bitter or sweet but everything in between.
You're going to hear a lot about 500 Days of Summer over the next few months. All of the good stuff is true. Any bad stuff you hear is not.
Something seldom seen: an original romantic comedy.
This is a romantic comedy that makes the concept of romantic comedies appealing again -- that reminds you how resonant and transporting they can be when they're done right.
You know how people say that they don't make romantic comedies like they used to? Turns out they do. At least, director Marc Webb does -- and has -- with his clever and sweet debut, 500 Days of Summer.
A romantic comedy that feels like real life.
The film is, finally, a brilliant tap dance over a void: There's no real drama when the inner life of the female lead is so shrouded, even if that's the point.
It's the oldest bittersweet story in the book, of course, but music-video director Marc Webb approaches his feature debut with great confidence, flair and a minimum of schmaltz.
For all its rhetorical whimsy and hipster dressings, (500) Days of Summer is a thoroughly conservative affair, as culturally and romantically status quo as any Jennifer Aniston vehicle.
Deschanel does what she does seemingly without effort, managing to convey Summer's mixed-up messed-upness.
The film does a lovely job of balancing emotional clarity, formal trickery, pop sweetness, and heartfelt narrative. It is, yes, cute, and it is, yes, quirky. And it is entirely justified, estimable and loveable in being those things.
Much like the actual summer (the season, not the character), we never wanted it to end.
The casting is perfect. Webb has chosen leads who are familiar but not overexposed, and who are on equal footing (neither overshadows the other).
A different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel charm the pants off us -- and each other! -- in this irresistible comedy.
An irresistible feel-good movie about love gone bad.
It's fun both to watch and to talk about afterward, and it possesses the elusive rom-com sine qua non: two equally appealing leads who bounce wonderfully off each other.
A movie that will be discovered, embraced and shared with friends like a favorite record album.
It goes down smoothly, thanks in large part to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's grounded lead performance and Marc Webb's slick direction, but it seems like every other scene coughs up a dispiriting cliché.
Ultimately, the best thing about (500) Days of Summer isn't its gimmicky script. It's the constant performance of Gordon-Levitt, who shifts, scene-by-scene, from moments of ebullience to abject dejection.
The writing is often clever and the overall production playful and intelligent.
Slight, charming and refreshingly candid little picture.
Because the emotional drama is so one-sided, I just can't love you.
Much like Annie Hall did for a previous generation, (500) Days of Summer may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility.
Boy gets girl and boy loses girl in convoluted, sometimes cloying but ultimately winning fashion in 500 Days of Summer.
It's more like a love story in a blender. What is unexpected is the sincerity beneath the modest conceit that, yup, love hurts.
An exhaustive and exhausting dissection of a relationship that was never all that promising in the first place.
And what makes this autopsy of a love affair funny is Tom's ironic, morose commentary as he revisits what happened.
User score distribution:
Positive: 173 out of 205
Mixed: 7 out of 205
Negative: 25 out of 205
NilesHJan 22, 2010Loved everything about this film.
JillS.Apr 18, 2010Awesome movie,my favourite of all time.Better than Avatar!(In my opinion).
ShaunQJan 30, 2010It's a travesty that this movie has a lower score on metacritic than District 9. You won't be disappointed by seeing it.

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I'm Suneet from Wolverhampton (UK) and I am now going to be studying for the Networking 98-366 certification. Please feel free to message me.
Has anyone on here done the 98-366 and if so how was it? Suneet
what practice test did you use and how close were they
Hi Suneet, am a Nigerian and would also like to take the exam, can you like kind of be a guide on what i should do.
Hi All… thanks for checking out this forum and sharing! You will find lots of useful resources online to help you study these certifications. Try youtube and also Microsoft's own Virtual Academy which contains powerpoint slides and videos for you to watch and download. Besides this I would look at www.measureup.com and also buying the books from Amazon or Waterstones.
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MeasureUp are very good for practices tests… very close to the real thing
First of all, congrats! What were your learning materials sir? Really having problems finding good ones
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EAST HARTFORD — The U.S. men's national soccer team home will host Ecuador on Friday night, Oct. 10, at Rentschler Field. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
Tickets for the contest, which will air on ESPN, go on sale next Friday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. through ussoccer.com or by calling 1-877-522-8499 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Visa purchases can be made starting Thursday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. at usssoccer.com).
In addition, the XL Center will have tickets available starting Monday, Aug. 25, at noon. Tickets will not be sold at Rentschler Field except on the day of the event.
Both teams are coming off appearances at the Brazil World Cup. Ecuador holds a 5-2-4 advantage over the U.S. in a series that dates back to 1984. The U.S. beat Ecuador 1-0 on March 10, 2002, in Birmingham, Alabama, a game in which American goalkeeper Tim Howard earned his first cap and first shutout.
Overall, this will be the U.S. national team's fifth game at Rentschler Field. The squad is 3-1-0 at the venue.


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By Tony Kushner; Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
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Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp


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4.16 / 5.00 4,390 ViewsThis is my O&A contest entry. Just know that if you're not familiar with O&A you'll be asking questions like "who's that meaty breasted guy jizzing on the other guys face?"
Also, let me clarify...the sound byte is from the O&A show. I only added a music track. So all the credit for being a dick to their listeners goes to them.
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1) It's poorly written. Stephen King can back me up on SMeyer being a horrible writer.
2) Those are not vampires, they're sparkly fags. And by fag, I don't mean gay, I mean fag.
3) Edward is a 107 year old virgin. Can you say pathetic?
4) Bella has no redeeming qualities; she's a very weak main character. Physically she isn't strong. She can't run away right even; she trips too much. She's not smart, either, she's almost brain dead (come on, how long did it take her to figure out Edward was a vampire again?). She's not very pretty. She's not nice; she treats her friends horribly, and wants nothing to do with normal boys who aren't monsters. Somehow, everyone loves her, despite all this, which only makes her even more dislikable.
5) There is no plot. Or, if there is, it was so small I missed it.
6) Edward is abusive and a stalker.
7) Bella has absolutely no opposition to Edward stalking her. (In Buffy the Vampire slayer, Buffy tells Angel that girls don't like being stalked. She actually had brain and knew that stalking isn't hot, even though Angel is. She doesn't like it when Spike stalks her, either. She's a slayer and even she's normal enough to know that stalking isn't a turn on.)
8) Love at first sight isn't real. I know a lot of other stories use this, but you can't know a person's soul, who they really are, by just looking at them. Sure, you can get some idea's that may or may not be right, but you can't actually know deep into that person.
9) Jacob never had a chance. There was no second in the books when I thought she might have possibly picked him.
10) The book contradicts itself. First, vampires can't have children because the sperm is dead or something. Then, Bella ends up pregnant. Okay, pick a story and stick to it, Smeyer! Either they can or can't have children, not both!
11) She almost kills herself after they break up after going out for like a month. Great family values you're teaching there, Smeyer.
12) Bella's a little brat to her father.
13) It's extremely boring. I don't know how I even got through them
14) The entire idea for the series, a vampire and human in love, is extremely cliché.
15) The fan girls of the series are ridiculous.
16) The movies are just talking heads. They're, if possible, as boring as the books.
17) The movies cast terrible actors/actresses. Kristen Stewart never smiles and always wears the same expression, Robert Pattinson is ugly with all that horrible make up on, Taylor Lautner has spray on abs.
18) When Bella becomes a vampire she's basically invincible with her super shield. There's no real battle or challenge.
19) It approves of pedophilia.
20) There's a Disney ending. Everyone's happy, no one's suffering, and everything works out for everyone. (Both Jacob and Edward get someone, along with all the original couples still being together and alive.) All the bad guys are gone, and good wins at no real cost.


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In Islam there are separate rules for divorce for men and women under the terms of Islamic law (sharia). When a man has initiated a divorce the procedure is called ṭalāq (Arabic: الطلاق). When a woman has initiated a divorce it is called khula (Arabic: خلع).
The rules for Islamic divorce vary among the major Islamic schools of jurisprudence. Most importantly Shia and Sunni Muslims have different rules for performing an Islamic divorce. Sunni practice requires no witnesses, and allows a husband to end a relationship by saying the one, two or triple talaq. Shi'a scholars view the triple talaq (in one sitting or at one time) as a pagan pre-Islamic custom,[1] forbidden by Muhammad, but reinstated by Umar ibn al-Khattab, and thus sinful (haraam).
In some Sunni schools of jurisprudence, for example Shafi'i, it is possible for a woman to petition a qadi ("judge of Muslim jurisprudence") for a divorce under certain conditions.[clarification needed]
Shi'a practice requires two witnesses[2] followed by a waiting period[3] where the couple are supposed to try to reconcile with the help of mediators from each family. If the couple breaks the waiting period, the divorce is voided.
Since Shi'a view Islamic divorce as a procedure stemming from a conflict rather than a decision, they do not use the procedure to end a temporary marriage.[4] The Shi'a annul the temporary marriage at the end of the period, without any divorce being involved, since there is not necessarily a conflict to resolve.
After the waiting period is over, the couple is divorced and the husband is no longer responsible for the wife's expenses.
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The husband may initiate the divorce process by pronouncing the talaq, the formula of repudiation, three times. The first two times the talaq is pronounced, it may be withdrawn. But the third time it is pronounced, the divorce is irrevocable. There are a range of systems specifying the requisite formalities to complete an irrevocable divorce, i.e., whether some period of time must elapse between each pronouncement of talaq, whether there must be mediation, or the need for witnesses. In countries where polygamy is permitted, there is no waiting period before the husband can remarry. The wife must usually wait three months after the third talaq has been spoken before remarrying (this period is known as iddah).[5][6][7][8]
The Talaq is endorsed by several scholars of the Sunni theology, and some in the Zaydi theology. It consists of the husband saying the phrase "I divorce you" (in Arabic talaq) to his wife, three times.[9]
Shīʻa and Sunnī have different rules to engage a talāq. The talāq has three steps:
This is the stage where the talāq process is initiated.
According to most Sunnī scholars it consists of:
According to most Shīʻa scholars:
The Triple Talaq in one sitting doesn't find any place in Quran and is termed as unIslamic.
O Prophet! When ye do divorce women, divorce them at their prescribed periods, and count (accurately), their prescribed periods: And fear Allah your Lord: and turn them not out of their houses, nor shall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open lewdness, those are limits set by Allah: and any who transgresses the limits of Allah, does verily wrong his (own) soul: thou knowest not if perchance Allah will bring about thereafter some new situation. "
"And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint judge from his people and a judge from her people; if they both desire agreement, Allah will effect harmony between them, surely Allah is Knowing, Aware."
"O you who believe! when you marry the believing women, then divorce them before you touch them, you have in their case no term which you should reckon; so make some provision for them and send them forth a goodly sending forth."
It is also said in the Quran that during that waiting period the wife must not be forced to leave her husband's home nor should she leave it herself unless the wife has committed indecency of some sort, in which case it is permitted for her to leave the house.
"O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for~ their prescribed time, and calculate the number of the days prescribed, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they themselves go forth, unless they commit an open indecency; and these are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond the limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own soul. You do not know that Allah may after that bring about reunion. "
After the completion of the talāq procedure, the couple are divorced, the husband is no longer responsible for the wife's expenses and she becomes non-mahram for him and so they must observe the hijāb rules.
The relevant parts of the Qur'an are:
Thus when they fulfil their term appointed, either take them back on equitable terms or part with them on equitable terms; and take for witness two persons from among you, endued with justice, and establish the evidence (as) before Allah. Such is the admonition given to him who believes in Allah and the Last Day. And for those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out."
"And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you exceed the limits, and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to his own soul; and do not take Allah's communications for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah upon you, and that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the Wisdom, admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to) Allah, and know that Allah is the Knower of all things."
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And when you have divorced women and they have ended-- their term (of waiting), then do not prevent them from re-marrying their husbands when they agree among themselves in a lawful manner; with this is admonished he among you who believes in Allah and the last day, this is more profitable and purer for you; and Allah knows while you do not know."
"And there is no blame on you respecting that which you speak indirectly in the asking of (such) women in marriage or keep (the proposal) concealed within your minds; Allah knows that you win mention them, but do not give them a promise in secret unless you speak in a lawful manner, and do not confirm the marriage tie until the writing is fulfilled, and know that Allah knows what is in your minds, therefore beware of Him, and know that Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing. "
"For divorced women Maintenance (should be provided) on a reasonable (scale). This is a duty on the righteous."
After divorce, Qur'an specifies responsibilities on divorcee and divorcer on behalf of their children.[20][21] Qur'an also prohibits interventions from the previous husband in the divorced woman's life.[22]
Following are some of the cases regarding child custody decided by Muhammad:
Khula is the right of a woman in Islam to seek a divorce or separation from her husband. A Muslim woman may petition a qadi to grant her divorce if the husband refuses. The waiting period (iddah) of a woman who seeks a divorce is one menstrual cycle or one month if she is post-menopause i.e. ceased menstruating. This is to ensure she is not pregnant.[23] If the woman is pregnant, then the waiting period is until she gives birth. There is still the need for witnesses when seeking a khula as in a talaq.


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In this time-line, Mark Antony is successful in his invasion against Parthia and has a more secure power base to challenge Octavian and wins the battle of Actium. Octavian is brought down but instead of declaring himself supreme ruler, Mark Antony instead floods the Senate with his supporters and maintains the status quo. Cleopatra's Egypt remains a fairly influential client and allied state and Cleopatra continues to invite and integrate the Egyptian and Greek populations.
Despite butterflies, a man is born in Egyptian Judea who claims he is the Son of God and preaches tolerance, peace, acceptance and absolution. Jeshua of Nazareth travels across Judea, preaching as he goes before he is attacked and mortally wounded by a group of bandits. He is in a death like state (we call it a coma) for three days before he comes to life once again. It is interpreted as a true sign from God and his popularity increases further. His sect becomes very popular across Judea and spreads into Egypt where it is picked up by the scholarly classes and becomes very popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa. However it never becomes popular in Europe.
Rome remains a republic for longer before the corruption of the Senate eventually leads to an ambitious military leader usurping them and proclaiming himself Imperator. With a stable partner in North Africa, Rome spreads further into Germania and Dacia. Whilst "Christianity" becomes popular in Egypt and their sphere of influence, the Roman Emperor endorses the cult of Sol Invictus instead. This religion evolves further until the Emperor is declared a living god as the spiritual son of the Sun God. This new religion is supported by the empire and most other religions are persecuted against.
The Roman Empire eventually collapsed due to corruption, corpulence, barbarian invasions and poor leadership. The tribes were shuffled in different directions to OTL and new states appeared. The Invictine religion was largely picked up by most of these successor states along with certain Roman traditions due to the spread of Roman culture into northern Europe.
Judaism has not had a fun time. Between the Invictines and the Christians they have been forced out into a new diaspora. Modern Judaism seems to share a collective martyr-complex concerning their mistreatment in history at the hands of most powers but they are happily accepted by the Oustrogotsks as long as they pay certain special taxes. They have flourished in Central Asia and Eastern Africa but the recent of arrival of colonial powers in the region is beginning to worry the African Jews.
It is now the year 1900 AD (by OTL calendar).
The Empire of Aegyptos is not what it used to be but still has some life in it. Cleopatra's dynasty eventually died out but her legacy continued and eventually the Pharaohs adopted Christianity and proclaimed that they were given their rule by Divine Right. Whilst their west African territories have passed in and out of control but they have always maintained their core territories around the River Nile, Libya and the Levant. Greek is a prestigious and holy language spoken by all official Christian denominations and taught to the upper classes as a prestigious language. Aegyptos' biggest claim to fame is their possession of the most significant Holy Sites along with the grave of Jeshua of Nazareth. The current Pharaoh is an avid reformer and is currently sponsoring a massive program of industrialisation and technological development and innovation. This has produced the world's most complex and advanced irrigation system in the world. The recent influx of Black Africans from their Nubian territories is beginning to worry the more conservative members of the Royal Court.
Aegyptos' major rival is the empire of Persia which has changed hands several times between different racial dynasties but has always remained Iranian at its core. Persia converted to Christianity during the great expansion of the faith and has competed with Aegyptos for centuries to be the centre of the faith. The current Shah is Turkic but his family were culturally assimilated long ago and now consider themselves Persian through and through. Several evolved religions descended from Zoroastrianism still exist in and around Persia. The most popular is an ATL form of Manicheanism that forms a large minority in the Kurdish regions and portions of Anatolia.
The Empire of Vrajasjiya is the largest and most backward Christian power. India has weathered several barbarian invasions over the centuries. The Indian states of the north were converted to Christianity and kept a better grasp of technology, especially due to their proximity to east Asia. Vrajasjiya is famously corrupt and still maintains their caste system which has been adapted into a different form, which says that the position one is born into is considered to be God's will and not to be questioned. This has allowed the ruling classes to maintain control over society.
Roman influence reached much further north than OTL and several ideas and techniques filtered into Scandinavia. It was the Scandians who first discovered the Hesperides and began a sort of ad hoc settlement of these new lands before the other powers noticed. Scandia failed to get as much land as they could have, but the Union of Westmarkland still survives. Westmarkland is a league of Scando-Amerindian kingdoms and jarldoms united through general culture, economics and xenophobia. The resident rulers of each individual member of the union elect a High King to represent them every 10 years. The High King has little real power and is merely a figure head these days but there are optional "emergency powers" in the event of a crisis. Despite be cold and generally uninviting, the Union has been getting some particularly nasty looks from Britannia.
Rome collapsed and numerous successor states have emerged over the centuries. The current and most successful so far is the Empire of Britannia. The British Isles received greater colonisation than OTL and despite the migrations of several Germanic tribes, they retained much of their Roman culture as well as their Invictine faith. Ireland was even unluckier than OTL. After the southern core of Roman settlers deflected most of the Germans, they moved onto Eire and displaced the local Irish. The Irish are now a culture on the verge of death and unfortunately creep closer all the time. Celtic culture does still survive in Cornwall and portions of Wales.
Britannia is the centre of the Invictine religion and considers itself the true heir to the Roman Empire. To that end it has attempted to reunite the empire on several occasions. It was not until the arrival of Asian technology, that they were able to make inroads into backward and war-torn Europe but they have reunited most of the Empire and beaten back the Aegyptians and Oustrogotsks. They have also built a significantly sized colonial empire overseas. Whilst they have traditionally been confined to the northern Hesperidean continent, they have begun to expand their territories in Africa and are working hard to convert the natives. The Britannian Emperor is a physical God, descended from Sol Invictus and rules as his representative on Earth. However, government is now run largely by the various noble military families. Britannian society is militant, as befits a faith based on victory and surprisingly inclusive at it is possible for anyone to rise in society regardless of their race so long as they are Invictine and speak Britannian (a Germanic/Latin melange).
The Empire of Kvetchu is the largest Amerindian nation. The local Quechan inhabitants of the Andes picked up a lot of technology and administrative techniques from the Asian and European colonists and even developed their writing technique in order to build a mighty empire. Already being sun worshippers they took to the ideas of the Invictine faith well and adapted it to their local religion. Kvetchu is also highly nationalistic, imperialistic and militant. They are also very enthusiastic in spreading their faith (largely indistinguishable to Invictinism) across the world, by force if necessary. Kvetchu is also famous for various flamboyant and exotic fashion ideas with a few even considered unorthodox or even obscene by the other nations. However Kvetchu art is becoming very popular amongst the Britannian and Yamato upper classes, even if it is very macabre.
Yamato is the most industrialised nation, having been the centre of modern technological development (by adapting Chinese and European discoveries). The islands of Yamato are heavily industrialised and urbanised which has been used by several governmental leaders, to promote the colonisation of their overseas territories. Yamato's empire is vast and the Yamatoese have had to go to considerable lengths to keep order of their domains. The Yamatoese adopted Invictinism and added a few local characteristics after their first contact with Europeans. Yamatoese culture is very militant like the other Celestium nations. Yamatoese scholars still maintain their technological edge but they have begun to trade technological secrets with their allies.
These three empires make up the League of Celestium based on their imperialism, mutual sun worshipping and god king rule. The three imperial families have now begun to marry into one another to improve ties and maintain their power in the face of the other powers that have begun to industrialise.
The invasion and colonisation of Germania by the Romans, led to several Germanic tribes to migrate to the Ukraine. The civilization that developed there, managed to stave off the various Hunnic and Turkic migrations and beat the Slavs into submission. The Oustrogotsks have managed to replicate Yamatoese technology and successfully industrialised. They are fairly liberal by modern standards and are the home for several radical (by this TL's standards) ideologies and political theories due to the exchange of European and Asian ideas. The Kaiser is an enthusiastic moderniser and has endorsed a new liberal government by filling the court with several of these scholars and passed numerous reforms. The Oustrogotsks have not had a major war for a while now and their military is rather sluggish and backward. Unfortunately it is also lower down the Kaiser's priority list.
Africa is being properly colonised now that modern medicine has caught up. Unfortunately much like OTL, the west African kingdoms depopulated much of the interior by selling them as slaves.
Technology is roughly at turn of the 20th Century levels of development. Scientific racism never really developed due to so many different races building successful empires. However there are far less problems with political genocide amongst many nations. The Invictines (and other Celestial faiths) especially consider nearly anything acceptable if it expands the number of worshippers. Most religions, accept scientific development and all the discoveries it makes as part of their respective God's plans. The recent discoveries of other suns has been taken in stride by the Invictines and strung along by their propaganda. Governments are normally authoritarian and conservative by nature but often progressive with technology and industrialisation. Rail-roads criss-cross the nations of the world and keep communication between the cities and industrial centres. News and media are all controlled by their nations respective governments the world over. The Yamatoese navy is currently the most advanced but like OTL Britain, the Britannians have built the world's first dreadnought and are trying to build as many as possible.
With Britannia's new incursions, there are talks going on concerning the possible Scramble for Africa. Several talking heads have also been discussing the possibility of a mechanised war. As the League of Celestium centralises and consolidates their political union into a more coherent empire, they have also begun to make plans to expand their empires further and convert the rest of the world. In the next thirty years, the Scramble for Africa takes place, political competition intensifies and an Aegyptian prince will accidentally be killed by a routine gas bombing of one of Britannia's more troublesome border vassals setting the massive powder keg off.
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So a Romano-British Empire and a Japan that's more or less OTL with Latin? That's something.
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An interesting one...
"The recent influx of Black Africans from their Nubian territories is beginning to worry the more conservative members of the Royal Court."
One would think Nubians would be old news by now.
"The Indian states of the north were converted to Christianity and kept a better grasp of technology, especially due to their proximity to east Asia."
Hm? The Himalayas are in the way...
Vrajasjiya is famously corrupt and still maintains their caste system in order to keep certain people in their place.
I'd put it another way myself, since the Caste system was traditionally reinforced by Hindu religious ideas: "the caste system continues in a different form, as the position one is born into is considered to be God's will and not to be questioned."
"The current and most successful so far is the Empire of Britannia".
Why am I not surprised?
"Yamato is the most industrialised nation, having been the centre of modern technological development (by adapting Chinese and European)."
Adapting Chinese and European whats?
Here I must raise an objection: I know you are driven to wank the Brits, but must you wank the Japanese as well? Japan beating up on China in our history was the product of a rather specific set of historical circumstances: having it conquer/vassalize almost all of East Asia and _colonize_ China in the case of an indigenous Asian development of technology is...unlikely. Japan is, IMHO, overwanked in AH. You can always split China in two if you think a single superpower China is a bit too much...
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Once again thank you. I really need to think these through more. I'll be honest I was trying to go for a sort of emerging dystopia.
I used Nubia as a general term for Sudan. I kind of meant the southern portion of OTL Sudan and also about how many of them are moving north.
Sorry, that should have been India in general. The East Asians came by the sea and technology spread from South to North.
Thank you for noticing that. I really need to re-check that write up. I tend to write these long before I finish the maps and stuff gets missed out or misunderstood.
Never be surprised by my Britwanking, I try to discover as many new ways to do so as possible. However at least they're just one of several powers this time.
That's a typo. That should say "techniques". Thanks for noticing.
I'll do that. As far as colonize goes they're not really doing that. China is occupied by the Yamatoese but it's not a vassal or an exact colony. Maybe it should have it's own distinction. Great Moghulsthan was originally going to be a rump China but that seemed ridiculous.
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Sorry that should be "discoveries" not "techniques".
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I'll see what I can do. Heh heh heh (evil grin).
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Google brought joy and tears to webmasters across the globe last weekend with their Halloween 2010 update.
For me, this update rolled back about half the changes made in the June 2010 Update. This was very good for me, in that it undid a lot of damage that my sites took in that last update.
Not everyone is as happy as me with this update. I have spoken privately with several other webmasters who lost significant income due to this weekends change.
This change mostly hit this weekend, but some sites were affected as early as 20 October. PeterD wrote a scathing review of the results of this change in Who Benefits From Following Google's Guidelines? Google dropped one of his very old very whitehat sites. Being punished when you are innocent is a terrible feeling. In addition. One of my sites was punished the same day, but it is a newer site and it only dropped from 400 UV's/day to 200 UVs/day.
On the 29th, all hell broke loose. One of my medium sites was kicked out of the SERPs completely and another was damaged severely -- but at the same time one of my medium sites which had not been ranking was suddenly granted very reasonable rankings. At the same time, about 31 of my EMD (Exact Match Domains) were kicked out of the SERPS, but approximately 270 were added into the SERPs.
John Mu of Google claims that these changes are all part of the MayDay update. I did not believe this before, but John should be a fairly credible witness.
These are fairly massive changes and being able to watch changes of this magnitude is one advantage to having a portfolio of hundreds of thousands of pages across seventeen hundred sites. Unfortunately, although I am swamped with data, I have not been able to generate much actionable information from this data.
createaflyer.org and createaflyer.net provide a useful example to show just how little sense appears to result from these updates. Last week, the .net was ranking and the .org was not; this week the opposite is true. Both sites feature similar designs, content, and links. I have several dozen examples just like these and none have thus far yielded an answer to the question "What does Google want?"
- PeterD and I both lost old sites. I lost a couple of new sites also. But, dozens of my new sites were untouched by this update. Other people to whom I have spoken lost both old and new sites.
- I and others lost and gained both small and large sites.
- I and others lost sites which had recently added content without adding corresponding links to each new page. I lost a string of sites which I had recently grown from one page to eleven pages -- but a site where I recently grown from approximately 500 pages to over 1,000 pages without any additional link building was untouched.
- A few of my sites with no content at all are now ranking very nicely.
- Several of my EMD's with .biz and .us extensions are now ranking nicely.
- One of my domains with an extra word prepended to it's target keyword is now ranking nicely for that keyword.
There may be a pattern where sites that add a lot of pages, without adding new links to each page, do not fit into Google's target profile. Sites with lots of pages with few links and a few pages with lots of links may be at risk. I am going to spread my promotion efforts more broadly across the deep pages of my sites for the next few months.
The only word with which I can honestly describe these updates is "randomness." There appears to be no method to Google's madness. There is no discernible pattern amongst either the sites which do well or the sites which do poorly. To an SEO, this is frustrating. I can only imagine the pain this much cause to individuals with only one web site. To have Google randomly derank your only website could drive a person mad.
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Well I only have about 30 or so sites and the effects for me have been quite random as well!
Some of my new EMD's are ranking nicely, while older ones are being pushed down to below 100. Other new EMD's that were nicely ranking before have been pushed down as well. Some older EMD's that are ranking in 1-3 spot have not changed at all.
All of these sites have been built with pretty much the same exact structure, and promoted using the same link building techniques.
I, also, am unable to find any method in this madness.
There has to be some logic to the programming. I'm sure that we could figure it out if we could take a quick look at the code with a camera phone.
Seems kind of random to me, I have a few sites that are totally ROCKING now with traffic, one site used to get about 300 visitors a day and now it's like 5000 uniques a day. So much of a change in traffic that one site even exceeded its bandwidth limit.
I add a lot of unique articles and many are blogs that have been promoted on the social sites. So, Google may be putting a bit more weight now into certain types of links.
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Perhaps there was a bad data push similar to what happened during Halloween 2008? I'm going to speculate that the GooglePlex is testing the new caffeine infrastructure.
After the last infrastructure Jagger/Bigdaddy upgrade, there were some bigs changes. Here we go again
Isn't that business as usual, though, you have to kind of expect that? We're always going to be seeing those updates.After the last infrastructure Jagger/Bigdaddy upgrade, there were some bigs changes.
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I wish I did know more... or knew anything with a reasonable degree of certainty. I have a large number of data points, but am experiencing great difficulty turning that data into information.
I was thinking in terms of external links, but I suspect internal links work similarly. With a large volume of newly added pages, there just isn't enough link juice to spread to the new pages -- regardless of how thinly you spread it.
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I was afraid you were going to say that, the trouble seems to be that Google (is it my imagination) are placing a premium on larger sites with lots of content, but unless you have a team of writers churning out press releases, or article submissions, or guest blog posts, it is impossible to add content and get backlinks. It is almost as if Google are saying we don't want you to know how we assess the value of a website so we're going to throw a spanner in the works now and again and keep you guessing.
I somehow haven't noticed much fluctuations in my rankings. All of my EMDs have moved not more than 1 or two positions either ways for their primary exact-match keywords.
Traffic too is round about constant.
I'm unsure what exactly was the basis for this update. It can't be random.
@Bogart, i'm not too convinced this may have much relation with the new infrastructure(caffeine) update. But i can't be too sure either.
Probably an announcement from Google's side(if they come up with one) may shed some light on it.
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Don't Forget the Basics
For the last year my client work has been overwhelmingly digital. Aside from occasional on-site meetings, my day-to-day has consisted of creating content for the web and fostering online community.The content and communities have an offline end in strategy, but my role has been primarily in the digital startup phase.
Over the next few months, though, I'll be executing a series of offline events, and I ran across a great reminder in the preparation process.
Beyond human-to-human interaction, one of the most powerful tools at offline events is also the most simple: signage.
Admittedly, the churn of producing and distributing digital content, both in volume and in breadth of channels, makes the potential impact of one vinyl sign feel singular (and expensive). Some people interpret such media shifts to mean that marketing is dead (1), but that line of thought flirts with the danger of forgetting the basics. One of those basics is that traditional – offline – signage is really important.
Last year the University of Cincinnati surveyed 100,000 households inquiring about "the usefulness of various media." (2) Interestingly, "only television was ranked more highly than signage as the most useful source of new product information." Researcher J. Kellaris continues:
Although television was rated as the most useful source of new-product information, indoor signage (such as those at point-of sale, e.g., signage at the ends of store aisles or at check outs) tied with magazine ads as the second most useful source. And outdoor signage ranked third, followed by radio ads, Internet ads and finally, newspaper ads.
A great reminder that wielding what feels like the most primitive tool in our toolbox is also the most useful. Not surprisingly, marketing spends support this notion in at least one category. We spent a billion dollars more on outdoor advertising last year than we did in 2002. (3)
Kellaris summarizes well:
So, what we found was that signage, a basic form of technology and communication that evolved in antiquity still works even in today's Internet age.
• (1) – Some people claim that 'marketing is dead.'
• (2) – You can read more about the University of Cincinnati study here.
• (3) – Facts and Figures on outdoor advertising from the OAAA.
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Such a great reminder! I am in a constant cycle of having to remind clients–get back to the basics and get them right or you're missing opportunities that are right in front of your face.
What a great post! We so often get mired in our own world (I'm also in the digital space), that we often forget to think about the ACTUAL customer experience, and simple signage is a great reminder of that.
Let me also add that I've been a fan of Brains on Fire since I read the book. I share it with my students regularly
So many places / strategies are combining the digital / traditional outdoor advertising. High Definition monitors at the ends of aisles promoting a continuous stream of products. Electronic billboards that actually make a traffic jam more enjoyable. How does that increase of one billion dollars relate to these improved forms of marketing? Essentially, is there MORE outdoor marketing or is there an increased cost in these exotic forms of outdoor marketing. I love this post. Excellent as usual Eric.


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Rotten: Infuratingly lazy and insultingly smug. My choice for the worst film of 2004.
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Rotten: If a caper comedy can't sustain a narrative line, all the goofy set-pieces in the world will come to naught.
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while watching these guys on film together is fun, the movie was so riddled with flaws that it was practically non-sensical. one would think, with so much talent, they would have made sure the script made more sense.
- sanjurosamurai, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Definitely a step down from the first, but this is still a fun and entertaining caper film. I liked the general plot, that the crew has to pull off a job to pay off Benedict, but the writing needed a lot more work. Things were really convoluted, messy, and needed to be tweaked...a lot. However, the direction is still quite stylish and strong, the look and feel are slick, the performances are great, and I was never bored. So yeah, even though this was a bit of a disappointment, I still give it a slight recommendation.
- cosmo313, Monday, June 14, 2010
A good sequel that doesn't get enough credit. It is a very different movie from the first, changing the style and story. I actually found it to be more of a Steven Soderberg film this time around. It's a really good script and plays quite nicely with the characters.
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