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I have been writing about the Web since it was nearly invented in the early 1990s and one of my continued sources of amusement is the snake oil search engine optimization vendors. Repeat after me: content is king. Everything else is just a shell game.
In our rush to better our rankings, we tend to forget why people are using search engines to begin with: to find the best content. Those search sites that don't deliver (remember Altavista? Or Yahoo, for that matter?) are going to find out really quickly that their users will go elsewhere.
What does that mean for you as a Web site owner that is trying to move up in the charts? It means you first have to focus on your content, and deliver what your visitors want. It is a matter of managing expectations, but also about making sure that your content is continually tuned and adjusted to meet the needs of your ever-evolving audience.
What it doesn't mean is hiring some SEO firm to tweak your meta tags, flog your links, and hire a bunch of offshore keyboard pushers to promote your pages.
I got a PR pitch for an SEO company that I would rather not promote here, but the essence of their existence is that charge their clients only after the desired rankings have been achieved, with a sliding scale depending on whether you end up higher or lower than your goals. This is just utter nonsense, although the company is growing by leaps and bounds.
I coincidentally was meeting with a young entrepreneur here in St. Louis last week who runs a real business that is based on carefully tweaking search engine results. His name is Mark Sawyier ([email protected]), and his business is in listing apartments near major colleges around the country. (Movingoffcampus.com is just one of dozens of domains that he owns.) He is the cyberspace version of a major urban real estate developer: he understands SEO, Google Analytics, and how to play in a game where you live and die by your rankings and page views. He has managed to up his pay-per-click rates from his sponsors because:
a. He has tons of content – in this case apartment listings,
b. He has tons of relevant content – the apartments are listed by proximity to campus and other things that students are searching for, and
c. Results – because the people searching actually end up as renters more often from his site than his competitors.
He told me: "The fact is that the combination of the constantly changing algorithms search engines use to calculate rankings with increased competition from other websites, guaranteeing someone a rank and still playing by the rules, to me, is almost impossible. They would need infinite resources and time and have to have a ridiculous amount of startup capital to get it going."
I offer my own modest example to buttress what Mark says. I have a page on my Web site that I have maintained for more than a decade. It is a simple list of dozens of Web conferencing vendors, with some basics on what they cost and what client platforms they support. I spend about an hour a year on maintaining this listing.
A few years ago, I started getting unsolicited emails from vendors of conferencing products who wanted me to list them on my list. Then I realized why: a quick Google search on the term "web conferencing services" has me in the top ten results. Did I stuff my page full of keywords? Did I abuse my meta-tags? Did I hire a bunch of third-world keyboarders to hit my page? Did I pay some SEO firm to work their magic? Did I have some special insight into how Google ranks my page?
No, no, and no. I just doggedly set out to provide good content, week after week. And gradually, this got results. It may take years, but eventually, as Mark says, the best content will win.
So instead of gaming SEO or hiring someone to push you up the page charts, think about making a quality website with tons of content. Mark reminds me: "search engines are ALWAYS trying to connect people that use them to search for information online with the absolute best websites to provide it – the minute any of them lose sight of this objective, they will stop being a good search engine. This is the core concept behind all of the variables and algorithms that go into calculating search engine rankings. And while external links and proper SEO coding are certainly important elements in the battle, at the end of the day, the most important thing is having a website that provides the right answers and information to the searchers."
And if you really must hire someone to do your SEO, think of hiring Mark. Off Campus Media offers campus, social media and search engine marketing services using his own experience with building his own Web sites.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 11:27
Ok, to be honest..I was afraid of even posting this because the last time I saw a post on here similar to this one...a girl practically got her head bit off from die-hard low carbers. I just want a bit more information on a good and healthy lifestyle. So please..pretty please be nice...I get no support from home so I need to make friends on here.
So my question is...Has anyone transitioned from Atkins to Weight Watchers? I've been on induction for probably 2 3/4 months..and I know..you're supposed to stop after 4 weeks but I have a crap ton of weight to lose. Like...150lbs+. So far I've lost about 27lbs which is great but I want to know if switching (Im just contemplating it and getting all the facts before I do so) will make me gain all the weight back. I just need to know which is better for me to lose that weight and keep it off legitimately. Im actually pretrified of getting off of atkins to try weight watchers and then having all of my hard work crumble. Everytime I go to a doctor before I even mention to them that Im on atkins they always suggest Weight Watchers.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 11:43
When you re-introduce carbohydrate into a diet, you will replenish the glycogen in your body that was depleted during the low-carb phase. This isn't a particularly good or bad thing, but because each molecule of glycogen will carry several water molecules with it, you are likely to regain anywhere from 3 to 8 pounds fairly quickly. This should not be confused with body fat, however. Once the glycogen is refilled, you'll continue gaining or losing weight as you did before, depending on whether you are in a calorie deficit or surplus.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 11:46
There is a lot of debate over whether low cal or low carbs is better with studies and tests supporting both sides. It boils down to what works for you, everyones body is different. If you keep your calories or points to a reasonable level that allows you to lose weight you shouldn't have any problems. There might be a slight weight gain as your body adjusts to more carbs but it shouldn't signifigant. Good luck whatever you choose.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 11:49
The only thing I can add is that I know personally folks who have had great success with Weight Watchers! However, it just didn't work at ALL for me, whereas Atkins did and does. I have had trouble with my doctor disapproving of low-carb as well, I hear this is a common occurence. You might take a look at the book Atkins For Life, which explains how to carry on with low-carb once you have gotten to your goal weight. In any case, this is just my own experience. Good luck, whatever you decide!
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 11:55
I'd love to be your Atkins buddy. I think thats what I need most of all. I'm very strict about my diets (I guess that comes from formerly having an eating disorder), but due to absolutely no support around me, I've had a few slip ups. Not horrible ones, but slip ups nonetheless. With actual support maybe it will be easier. I almost lost it the other day because my hubby ate freaking reeses cups right in front of me. The nerve!
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 13:43
I'll bee your Atkins buddy. I could use one also. I have been on the diet since 16th of April and this last weekend was the worse for me.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 14:15
If you are looking for a personal experience I can say that I switched to Weight Watchers from Atkins about 4 years ago. When I made the switch I was at a comfortable weight with only about 15 more pounds to loose, for me the transition did not go well. I ended up trying to stick to it, but the diet lets you eat bread and pasta and switches you to low fat everything... It is a so different from what I was doing that I GAINED 10 pounds. Keeping my portions down and adding the carbs and fruit I was hungry all the time. I ended up gaining back everything I lost on Atkins... then just went off the diet train completely because I became so discouraged. I'm not saying it doesn't work... I know people who have done Weight Watchers and it worked great, but it does not work for me. My body does not like carbohydrates... and I feel MY best when I don't eat them.
I'll be your Atkins buddy too... I need all the support I can get.
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 16:50
In my experience Atkins is the only way of losing weight without feeling hungry that I've found. I know people do well on Weight Watchers but once I add the carbs and "yummy" treats I'm hungry all the time and totally blow it. Sad to say but I can eat a dozen chocolate chip cookies at one sitting and still not be full. I do get full but not stuffed when I eat the low carb way AND I lose weight. I also have lots fewer cravings. It's all a matter of what works for you and how much you really want to lose weight and get healthier. Nothing works until you are ready for it to. Best of luck and I'll be happy to support you in whatever you choose. I just like seeing us all succeed!
I'd rather be thin!
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Posted: 06 Jun 2012, 08:16
Have to chime in a big Amen to mayormaynot's comment. I recently tried to go from the OWL phase of Atkins to pre-maintenance. Adding ANY kind of grain OR sugar back into my diet does not work for me at all, in no time I was eating six red velvet cupcakes and an entire mini lemon raspberry cake in one sitting. I may be one of those people who can never eat grains without that effect. And that's OK. There are plenty of foods I can enjoy and still lose the weight. And you will know what works best for you, just trust your body to tell you!
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Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 08:07
You all are so awesome. You've convinced me to stay on Atkins. I'm working against a medication that makes me hungry so I think switching to low cal will just screw me up big time. Im buddying all of you!!!!
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Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 09:01
Hello all - this is my first posting and I am very new to this site and to Atkins. Everyone here sounds very supportive, knowledgable and friendly - I'd love to buddy up as well!
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Posted: 08 Jun 2012, 10:59
MFD1979 wrote:
If you are looking for a personal experience I can say that I switched to Weight Watchers from Atkins about 4 years ago. When I made the switch I was at a comfortable weight with only about 15 more pounds to loose, for me the transition did not go well. I ended up trying to stick to it, but the diet lets you eat bread and pasta and switches you to low fat everything... It is a so different from what I was doing that I GAINED 10 pounds. Keeping my portions down and adding the carbs and fruit I was hungry all the time. I ended up gaining back everything I lost on Atkins... then just went off the diet train completely because I became so discouraged. I'm not saying it doesn't work... I know people who have done Weight Watchers and it worked great, but it does not work for me. My body does not like carbohydrates... and I feel MY best when I don't eat them.
I'll be your Atkins buddy too... I need all the support I can get.
The sad thing is I did the exact same thing!! I went off Atkins thinking that WW would be easier socially, going out with friends, bf and such. I stayed the same weight as long as i watched my points. I never gained or lost, until I used the "extra" points they give you. I lost 25 lbs on atkins and have gained 35 lbs since going off. I'm back on low carb, maybe not induction to a "T" but as close to it as I can get without feeling so deprived that I cheat. Food is such an addictive thing. I'm open to any buddies for support, I know we all need as much as we can get.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2012, 23:18
I got to my goal weight a few years ago on Atkins, since then I have gained most back, I have tried various diets including WW but don't stick to them as I am always craving food.
On Atkins I don't crave at all, sometimes I have to remind myself to eat!
Good luck with your journey! Linda
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Posted: 18 Jun 2012, 09:01
There is a great book by Gary Taubes, "Why we Get Fat". He looks at all the science around nutrition for the last 50 years, when the government, etc. was telling us that fat is bad. Obesity and diabetes have soared. The science the idea that fat is bad is based upon is severely faulty. I had lost weight with Weight Watchers about 20 years ago, and struggled constantly against hunger, and could not keep it off. My more recent experiences with trying to lose weight using the moderation approach that Weight Watchers advocates were not terribly successful. After a slow loss of about 9 pounds, I was stuck at the same weight for 6 weeks. All the while I was cutting back on fats, increasing exercise, etc. I had already cut out sugars after watching the video on YouTube, Sugar: The Bitter Truth. That is where I found Gary Taubes. He has a website,
You need to choose what works for you. But if you are someone who craves carbs of any kind...bread, pasta, sweets....than Atkins will probably be the most successful diet for you. Your biochemistry gets to a point where the insulin is just packing away those glucose calories into fat cells as fast as you can eat them.
Do some reading, or check out some of the videos on YouTube. There is some good information out there, based on real science. It is hard to wrap your head around it, but Atkins really is much healthier than just about any other diet out there. Blood tests, weight loss results, and ability of people to maintain the weight loss are better on Atkins than other approaches.
A bad moment does not have to be a bad day, bad week, or a sign that you can't do this. It is a moment. Just that. Pause and go back to the person who really wants to be healthier and happier.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2012, 18:43
Sounds like you've decided to stay with Atkins. I wanted to throw my 2 cents in too. I lost #60 on Atkins 6-7 years ago. I tried WW and lost 10, but it was a CONSTANT battle to keep my portion sizes down. And because I'm a sugar addict, I was always craving. For me, Atkins works because there is basically no limit to food and I'm never hungry. Plus, since I'm nor eating sugar, I'm not fighting constant cravings. If you're not a carb/sugar addict, then it may be a good fit for you. It is a good program, just not for me.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2012, 22:21
I also tried WW... did not work for me. I wish it did.. but nope. I'm still on the Induction Phase, and will probably be on it till I feel comfortable moving on. See for me, (lol)in the beginning I had sugar/carb withdrawl symptoms for 3 weeks.. not the 3-4 days.. yes 3 LONG weeks. Continuous headaches, overall crappiness, and tiredness that drove me nuts. I'm a field employee and have to drive 4-6 hours a day for work... well long story short I kept moving through it.. lost 10# and 5-1/2" around my waist.. As I'm writing this my husband is eating a piece of Lemon Meringue Pie.. what a beast! lol.. but it doesn't bother me, nor do I want a piece.. kinda weird actually.
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Chapter One
Mountain Life
The Arapesh-speaking people occupy a wedge-shaped territory that stretches from the sea-coast across a triple range of steep mountains, and down on the grass plains of the Sepik watershed to the west. The people on the beach remain in spirit a bush people. They have borrowed the custom of canoe-building from the neighbouring islands, but they feel much happier fishing not in the sea, but in the ponds that lie sheltered among the sago-swamps. They hate the sea-sand and build little palm-leaf shelters against its invasion. Forked sticks are set up on which carrying-bags can be hung and so kept out of the sand, and many palm-leaf mats are woven so that the people will not have to sit upon the sand, which is regarded as filthy. No such precautions are taken by the mountain people, who sit habitually in the mud without any feeling that it is dirt to be avoided. The beach-dwelling Arapesh live in large houses, fifty to sixty feet in length, built upon piles, with specially enclosed verandahs and decorated gable-ends. They cluster together in large villages, and the people go daily to their gardens and sago-patches, which are situated at no great distance from the village. These beach people are plump and well fed. The rhythm of their lives is slow and peaceful; there is plenty of food; pots and baskets, shell ornaments, and new dance-forms can be purchased from the passing canoes of the coastal trading peoples.
But as one begins to climb up the narrow slippery trails that extend to definite networks over the precipitous mountains, the whole toneof life changes. There are no more large villages, but only tiny settlements in which three or four families live, clusters of ten to twelve houses, some built on piles, the others built on the ground and so slightly constructed as to be hardly worth the name of house. The land is barren and infertile, the sago rare and planted instead of growing uncultivated in great natural swamps. The streams yield little except a few prawns, which are only occasionally worth fishing for. There are great areas of bushland in which there are no gardens, areas that are set aside for hunting tree-kangaroo, wallaby, opossum, and cassowary. But in these same regions the ancestors of the Arapesh have hunted for many generations, and game is rare and not to be counted upon. The gardens perch precariously on the sides of hills, presenting an almost insoluble problem in fencing, a problem with which the natives hardly attempt to deal. They merely resign themselves to the ravages of the pigs that have run wild in the bush.
The village pigs are not plump like the pigs in the beach villages, but skinny and more razor-backed, and so ill fed that they often die. When a pig dies the woman who was raising it is blamed for her greediness in eating not only all the taro but all of the taro-skin also, and sharing none of it with her pig. Gardens, sago-patches, hunting-grounds, are farther afield than on the beach, and the people accentuate the difficulties by electing always to work in small co-operative groups, now in one man's garden, now in another's. This necessitates an endless amount of walking about on the slippery precipitous paths and a great amount of shouting from mountain peak to mountain peak to send messages from one member of a family to another.
Level land is so scarce that there is seldom space to build even a small village. The biggest village in the mountain region was Alitoa, the village in which we lived for many months. It had twenty-four houses, in which eighty-seven people had residence claims; but these claims were only sporadically exercised and there were only three families who made Alitoa their main residence. Even with so few houses, some of them were built jutting out over the steep declivity that sloped away from the village upon all sides. When a feast is held, the visitors overflow the capacity of the village, dogs and children spill over the edges, and people must sleep on the wet ground underneath the houses because there is not room enough within the houses. When an Arapesh refers oratorically to a feast, he says: "We were burned by the sun and washed by the rain. We were cold, we were hungry, but we came to see you."
Collecting enough food and firewood to maintain any number of people in one place is also difficult. The hills surrounding a village have been combed for firewood for generations; the gardens are far away, and the women must toil for days to carry in supplies for a single day's feasting. Men carry nothing on these occasions except pigs and other heavy loads of meat and the large logs that are used for cigarette-lighting fires in the centre of the village. When they carry pigs, many relays of men combine, because the carrying-pole chafes their unaccustomed shoulders. But the women plod up and down the mountain paths with loads of sixty and seventy pounds suspended from their foreheads, sometimes also with a suckling baby in a bark sling at the breast. Their jaws are shut like rat-traps beneath the pressure of the headbands, giving their faces a grim forbidding expression that is seen at no other time and which contrasts with the gay, festive pig-carrying of the men, who go whooping and singing through the bush. But then it is appropriate that women should carry heavier loads than the men do, because women's heads, they say, are so much harder and stronger.
The manners of the mountain people proclaim at once that this is no country accustomed to the raids of head-hunters. Women go about unattended; pairs of tiny children stray along the paths...


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Abortion and the News Media - Part II
By Mike Wade
Published February 1, 1991
What Should Be the Motive for Activism?
In the November Forerunner, we cited examples of news media bias against the pro-life movement, and promised a sequel that would discuss how to use that information to improve the odds of better treatment. The practices should be obvious: letters to the editor, visits to the newsroom and circulation of examples of such bias among other pro-life activists. What is crucial to any action of this kind, however, is not the action itself, but the motive of the heart within the activist.
Now to such a statement it is easy to imagine a lot of "amens" in response. But what exactly should the motive be? Is it to see abortion ended? A Christian journalist at Time magazine, a few years ago, discussed in print the problems of anti-Christian media bias. The examples he cited were interesting and relevant, but even more so were the corresponding problems he pointed out within the household of God itself.
What the Time correspondent pointed out was the way Christians – ministers especially – treat journalists: they view them as means of furthering our own interests and ministries. When journalists don't print what is expected, the Church is reduced into merely another special-interest group that demands to be heard, and treated "fairly."
I doubt that this article is revolutionary in doctrine to anyone. The solution, identified below, is something we should not only be able to agree on, but predict in advance. But since I, for one, have never seen it in print, please indulge me with my soapbox. We seem to be able to love prostitutes and beggars, but have a hard time with those who intimidate us in a more threatening manner.
Jesus Christ was never treated "fairly." Indeed, he even promised that those who obeyed him would be lied about and persecuted. To show us how to endure, He was our forerunner, and always managed to turn persecution in something that bore good fruit.
If nothing else, persecution will always bear fruits of the Holy Spirit within willing hearts of believers. But God also would like to turn media bias into something good: namely, the conversion of not only those who are throwing the stones today, but those who are holding the coats as well. No matter to what degree they oppose the Lordship of Christ, God is able to turn whatever unbelievers intend for evil into good. In fact, that's the whole idea.
The feminist radicals of the 60s and 70s understood this well, or at least they managed to somehow turn violent opposition into support. If you're over 30, you may remember fanatical drives to ban the bra, and beautiful women chopping their hair off in protest of what they perceived as sexism. You will also remember that they were the laughing stock of the nation – for a while. People, news writers and editors for instance, began to realize that these radicals were willing to suffer for what they sincerely believed in. This genuine faith turned the tide of public opinion.
Okay, I know. Much of the reason for this change was the fact that society was adrift from its biblical moorings, and the feminist victories such as Roe vs. Wade were simple matters of default. But remember, they moved in bitterness and selfishness. How much greater our weapons are if we move in love, with nothing to gain, but much to lose.
But one can only do this when one knows exactly what his or her mission is God isn't expecting us to shoulder the responsibility for ending abortion any more than he held Jeremiah responsible for the refusal of his countrymen to turn from their wickedness. In Jeremiah's situation God even told him, to paraphrase part of the first chapter, that his efforts would meet with no success.
Therefore, our faithfulness in doing what God puts on our hearts is determined by motive, not energy expended or activities pursued. And, since good intentions aren't worth much, does God have any requirements that determine motive? Does God even look at them as requirements?
Yes, He does. And the fulfillment of those requirements is summed up for us in Galatians 5:14, "for the whole Law is fulfilled in on word, in the statement, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
It is very liberating to understand that, no matter how vulnerable we might make ourselves in picket lines or letters to the editor – or anything in which we do for the Lord – that we are free to love people through it the whole time. This isn't to say we never offend them or directly, even harshly, confront them.
Love can take on a whole spectrum of emotions, but it always recognizes the dignity of everyone, whether it be an unborn child, a homosexual who spits on Christians and grotesquely mocks God, or even the reporter who portrays the hater of God as the basically good hero, and the Christian as the imposing, narrow-minded villain.
In Jesus' time the Sanhedrin had dispatched scribes throughout parts of Israel to be on the lookout for Jesus and the watch for anything that might be construed as an offense to the law. Jesus explains how He dealt with it in what is known today as the greatest sermon ever given: the Sermon on the Mount.
Here the persecutors were not atheists, agnostics or neo-pagans, as they are today. But in both situations they are people who assume they are doing everyone a big favor by opposing what they hate. One can find a lot to dislike about someone like this, until one realizes that the only difference between the persecutor and the persecutee is the grace of God. And if the Christian does not respond in love, he or she makes the statement that there really is no difference. Both are just seeking their own will.
The Christian who faced pagan Rome however, did suffer persecution much the same that we face, only ours is on a much smaller scale. It was not their great evangelism, logical teachings or wonderful press coverage that brought them results. It was sincere faith, genuine agapé, and complete dependence on God that ushered in a revival that has yet to be equaled.
There is nothing limp-wristed about this love. Jesus often responded harshly to the Pharisees. It's often said they are the only people he rebuked; but he also rebuked Peter. Jesus never came against the dignity that every man had, by virtue of being in the image of the Father, whether they were Mary, a prostitute; Levi, a tax-collector; Peter; as spiritual studmuffin; Nicodemus, a Pharisee; or Judas.
While the feminists were preparing to march in the streets, John Lennon told us to "Imagine" a world of peace, harmony and love. That is something everyone longs for and, of course, is only attainable by giving up a life of sin. Faith, however, hardly comes easily to the breast of Natural Man. Even Lennon's song calls for a world without religion (re: belief in a God of moral absolutes).
History, however, teaches that when Christians, by the grace of God, love their neighbors as themselves, revival is the result. The degree to which they are persecuted is the degree to which the Spirit of God is able to rest on them – and shine forth from them too.
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As the allusion to the film of over a decade ago suggests, the viewer may learn that things are not always as they appear to be. The Abortion Matrix reveals the reality of child-killing and strikes the proper moral chord to move hearts to fulfill the biblical responsibility to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves (Proverbs 24:11,12; 31:8,9).
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Legislations Seeking Cut In Pak Aid Rejected By US Lawmakers
World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 18, 2016
Two legislative amendments seeking a cut in the US aid to Pakistan have been defeated in the House of Representatives with most lawmakers arguing that it is essential to maintain ties with a nuclear armed country despite it not doing enough in the war against terrorism.
Former President Asif Ali Zardari Asks US To 'Trust' Pakistan
World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 11, 2016
Former president Asif Ali Zardari has asked the US to "trust" and "mend ties" with Pakistan to defeat terrorism, amid tension between the two countries over an American drone strike that killed the Afghan Taliban chief in Baluchistan.
India, Pak Need To Pursue Closer Ties On Security Front: US
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 11, 2016
India and Pakistan need to pursue closer relationship with each other on the security front, the US has said.
Ensure Your Territory Isn't Used For Planning Attacks In India: US To Pakistan
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The US has told Pakistan to ensure that its territory is not used for planning attacks in India, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said terrorism is being "incubated in India's neighbourhood".
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India News | Agencies | Thursday June 9, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not name Pakistan today but had a clear message in his speech to the US Congress: terrorism "is incubated in India's neighbourhood," he said, stressing that those who harbour, support or sponsor terrorists, and separate religion from terrorism must be "isolated".
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India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday June 4, 2016
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opened a window of goodwill and dialogue with Pakistan, it was now closing as doubts remained about its sincerity in tackling terrorism.
In PM Modi's Visit To Herat, A Message To Pak: We Stand By Partners
India News | Agencies | Friday June 3, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Trust In Pakistan On Fighting Terror 'Completely Shaken': Rajnath Singh
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 28, 2016
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said his trust in Pakistan on the issue of fighting terrorism has been "completely shaken" as the kind of support which India expected from it was not coming.
Pakistan Should Remove 'Self-Imposed' Obstacle Of Terrorism: PM Modi
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 27, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Pakistan needs to remove the "self-imposed" obstacle of terrorism which comes in the way of amicable ties between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Top Maharashtra Minister To Be Investigated Over Dawood Calls
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 26, 2016
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the Anti-Terrorism Squad to probe the allegation that Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse received phone calls from fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's house in Karachi.
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World News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 20, 2016
Pakistan has lost a staggering $57 billion due to terrorism in the past five years, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said today.
We Want To Normalise Ties, But India Only Talks About Terrorism: Pak Envoy
India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 29, 2016
Pakistan seeks to normalise relations with India, but New Delhi has "signalled" it is only interested in talking about terrorism which does not bode well for the prospects of diplomatic progress between the two nations, Islamabad's envoy to the UN has said.
At Crucial Talks, Pakistan Breaks Protocol, India Warns Against Terrorism
India News | NDTV | Tuesday April 26, 2016
In a new attempt to mend ties after the Pathankot terror attack in January, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan are meeting in Delhi. Issues dogging bilateral ties including Pathankot are expected to figure in the discussions.
Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries To Meet Today; Pathankot, NIA Visit To Be Discussed
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 26, 2016
In a sudden move, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet today during which the issues dogging the bilateral ties including the Pathankot terror strike will be discussed.
Declassified US Document Suggests Pak ISI Link To Attack On CIA Agents
World News | Reuters | Friday April 15, 2016
A Pakistani intelligence officer paid $200,000 to an extremist network to facilitate a deadly suicide bomb attack on CIA operatives at a base in Afghanistan in 2009, according to a declassified US government document obtained by an independent research group.
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Vocabulary Word
Word: fallacious
Definition: false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument
Definition: false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument
Sentences Containing 'fallacious'
``Alas,''said Edmond, smiling,``these are the treasures the cardinal has left; and the good abbe, seeing in a dream these glittering walls, has indulged in fallacious hopes.''
Being answered in the affirmative, he said he was sorry for me, because it was an expensive undertaking, and the expense would be lost; for Philadelphia was a sinking place, the people already half-bankrupts, or near being so; all appearances to the contrary, such as new buildings and the rise of rents, being to his certain knowledge fallacious; for they were, in fact, among the things that would soon ruin us.
Such comparisons, however, between the profit and expense of new projects are commonly very fallacious; and in nothing more so than in agriculture.
In examining those arguments, they were necessarily led to consider the difference between a probable and a demonstrative argument, between a fallacious and a conclusive one; and logic, or the science of the general principles of good and bad reasoning, necessarily arose out of the observations which a scrutiny of this kind gave occasion to; though, in its origin, posterior both to physics and to ethics, it was commonly taught, not indeed in all, but in the greater part of the ancient schools of philosophy, previously to either of those sciences.
I shall add, for a further confirmation of the foregoing theory, that, as this operation of the mind, by which we infer like effects from like causes, and _vice versa_, is so essential to the subsistence of all human creatures, it is not probable, that it could be trusted to the fallacious deductions of our reason, which is slow in its operations; appears not, in any degree, during the first years of infancy; and at best is, in every age and period of human life, extremely liable to error and mistake.
We comprehend in this case a hundred other experiences and observations, concerning the _usual_ figure and members of that species of animal, without which this method of argument must be considered as fallacious and sophistical.
It recommends an universal doubt, not only of all our former opinions and principles, but also of our very faculties; of whose veracity, say they, we must assure ourselves, by a chain of reasoning, deduced from some original principle, which cannot possibly be fallacious or deceitful.
Here he seems to have ample matter of triumph; while he justly insists, that all our evidence for any matter of fact, which lies beyond the testimony of sense or memory, is derived entirely from the relation of cause and effect; that we have no other idea of this relation than that of two objects, which have been frequently _conjoined_ together; that we have no argument to convince us, that objects, which have, in our experience, been frequently conjoined, will likewise, in other instances, be conjoined in the same manner; and that nothing leads us to this inference but custom or a certain instinct of our nature; which it is indeed difficult to resist, but which, like other instincts, may be fallacious and deceitful.
We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious.'
This was small consolation, but Miss Mills wouldn't encourage fallacious hopes.
'Madam,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'it was the dream of my youth, and the fallacious aspiration of my riper years.'
And equally fallacious seems the conceit, that because the so-called whale-bone whales no longer haunt many grounds in former years abounding with them, hence that species also is declining.
Thomas Sowell in his book "Knowledge and Decisions" presents several arguments as examples of the animistic fallacy: Sowell repeatedly dismisses the necessity that order comes from design, and notes that fallacious animistic arguments tend to provide explanations that require comparatively little time to implement.
More Vocab Words::: expatriate - exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country
::: brink - edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon
::: monetary - pertaining to money
::: forthcoming - happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.
::: obloquy - slander; disgrace; infamy
::: muster - gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.
::: graduate - arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler
::: interim - meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper
::: feature - distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent
::: fictitious - imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional


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Beginning Web Development at University of Central Arkansas
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Address: 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, AR 72034
Create your own personal or business website with this beginners' guide to web development. Learn the basics of HTML, CSS and graphic design web principles. Upon completion, you will have designed your very own website.
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Sony Bravia 55" Class LED-LCD 1080p 60Hz HDTV,1.62" ultra- slim, Internet-Connected, KDL-55EX620
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Get it all with this Sony 55" 1080p LED-LCD HDTV. Stream Internet favorites on your television. In addition to Qriocity, watch hit movies with Netflix, popular TV shows on Hulu Plus or user-generated video on YouTube. The ultra-thin backlight system allows for a slimmer, sleeker design. Conveniently operate and control other Bravia Sync compatible devices - including Bravia HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc Players, surround sound systems, Handycam camcorders and Cyber-shot digital still cameras, all with one remote control.
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Sony Bravia 55" Class LED 1080p 60Hz HDTV, KDL-55EX620:
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54.6" screen measured diagonally from corner to corner
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Analog Audio Input(s) (Total) 2 (Rear) Audio Out 1 (Side/Hybrid) Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Input(s) 1 (Rear/Hybrid) Composite Video Input(s) 2 (1 Rear/1 Hybrid) Digital Audio Output(s) 1 (Rear) Ethernet Connection(s) 1 (Rear) HDMI™ Connection(s) (Total) 4 (1 Side/3 Rear) HDMI™ PC Input Yes Headphone Output(s) 1 (Side/Hybrid) PC In (D-Sub) + Audio In (Stereo Mini) D-Sub 1(Side), Mini 1(Rear) RF Connection Input(s) 1 (Rear) USB 2.0 2 (Side)by SonyListens3/7/2012Written by a verified representative from SonyListensWas this answer helpful? (4) (0)Was this answer helpful?
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After calling 8 different stores last night, I found one that had it in stock an hour away. I drove down and picked it up, and I'm glad I did. It was only $1,498 in the store. I have a few month old Sony lcd in my bedroom and almost got an lcd for the living room, but decided I would try LED, boy am I glad I did. This TV has an amazing picture, after hooking up my hd cable box I turned it on a premium channel and the movie was so realistic looking. It looks like the people are in my living room, almost 3D ish. Features are perfect, I would recommend leaving the auto light sensor on just because at night it can be "too bright" with it off. Mounting was a breeze, the TV has the screws for mounting already in the TV, so I didn't have to search my "junk" drawer for the other size screws due to the ones that held my Samsung Plasma were too big. Overall I highly recommend this TV for anyone looking for a great mid level buy.
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In the process of moving so had to get a bigger TV for the living room. Went and looked at several TV's through the process. Walmart was the closest so we started there and ended back up there. Came down to this Sony and a Vizio. I compared the two side by side. Alot matched. BUT the SONY was so much thinner and had better overall appearance. So we we got the TV home. Excellent picture. So many different ways to adjust the picture, plus the internet ready portion is excellent. So far we love it. Picked it up for $1498.00 and was blown away. Have enough plugs for 4 HDMI products (PS3, BLU-RAY, X-BOX, CABLE BOX). TV shows and Movies look like they are being filmed live in the other room. The Super Bowl was excellent. NO MOTION BLUR, pixalization at all!!! Love it.
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