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Transcript of the live chat session that took place Tuesday, May 13, 1997. These sessions are normally scheduled for noon-1 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4) every Thursday.
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For transcripts of previous sessions and a list of future topics, click here.
For an article on how to make "business chat" work (based on this experience), click here.
Since the chat itself happens at a rapid pace, it's often difficult to note interesting facts in particular URLs as they appear on-line. Here's a place to take a more leisurely look. I've rearranged some of the pieces to try to capture the various threads of discussion (which sometimes get lost in the rush of live chat).
Please send email with your follow-on quions and comments, and suggions for topics we should focus on in future sessions. So long as the volume of email responses is manageable, I'll post the most pertinent ones here for all to see.
Threads (reconstructed after the fact):
We're here to share experiences about doing business on the Internet -- particularly the World Wide Web. What works? What doesn't work? Why? What are the trends that matter? How can you/should you adapt to the Internet culture and environment?
I work for the Internet Business Group at Digital Equipment in Marlboro, MA. In that capacity, I end up talking to people from large companies about how they can use the Web for business.
I also have my own personal Web page -- which is content rich and no frills -- which I do for practically nothing and draws a fair amount of traffic and attention.
Richard Seltzer -- Hello, all those of you who are here for the chat session about business on the World Wide Web, please identify yourselves.
Richard Seltzer -- hello dsfsdf, Let's all identify ourselves
and our interests so we can
get the discussion going. We're here to talk about Business on the WWW, and in particular, this time, about serving customers on line.
Richard Seltzer -- This is unusual doing this on a Tuesday --
we've always been.
on Thursdays at this time. But a power failure last Thursday wiped that session out and we have rescheduled. I'm hoping we get a good enough turnout for an active discussion.
Jay -- I see you on the "occupants" list. Where are you?
What's you area of interest?
Richard Seltzer -- Welcome, Ed, glad you could join us. (It's difficult changing the time like we had -- you get used to the rhythm of doing this on Thursdays [at least I do])
Ed Jaros -- Hello all. Ed Jaros... glad to be here.
Richard Seltzer -- Hello, Kaye, and waw and Sudha -- Good to see everyone is connecting. Let's introduce ourselves.
Kaye Vivian -- Hi! Kaye Vivian, communications consultant from New York here...lagging a lot, but here. :)
Sudha Jamthe -- Hi Richard, How are you doing?
Sudha Jamthe -- I am software
Engineer working on intranets and volunteer at
Web-Net Group to learn and practice new web technology
waw -- Hi all - I'm a web page designer in Durham, NC
Kaye Vivian -- I note a screen change on the buttons...that helps :)
Richard Seltzer -- Kaye- yes, I, too like the change in the "buttons".
Richard Seltzer -- I'm hoping we'll be able to continue the discussion we were having in the last two sessions -- we had three good threads going. One centered around Groceries to Go and their unique business model. Another discussion centered around the study that Jim Ho had done of commercial Web sites. And a third thread was on Face to Face -- some new technology at Digital's Cambridge Research Labs.
Richard Seltzer -- Waw, are you working independently as a consultant? Or for a single company? What kinds of pages are you doing? Anything interactive -- for connecting sites to customers and customers to one another?
Kaye Vivian -- I'm a communications consultant in the New York City area (actually in Westchester County). Primarily I work with professional services firms--accountants and lawyers, though I have also worked with some small high tech businesses. Marketing and communications strategies, primarily web communications consulting in the last two years. And I'm also (about to be) a Guide for the Mining Company's web site on Accounting/Legal Services (http://www.miningco.com). A new venture...for them and for me. :)
Jay -- Hi! I'm Jay Anderson, just getting into database development for the Internet using Access and Cold Fusion. New to this Chat and trying to get acclimated.
Kaye Vivian -- waw..what is your name? :) Seems awkward to call you by initials. :) Do you know Ellen Zimmerman in Durham? Nice small communications agency that is expanding in the web services area.
waw -- I'm new to this chat and not familar with the threads;
Kaye Vivian -- waw, this chat room is a little awkward and hard to get used to. Just hang in there..we are seeing your messages just fine and you will get Richard's transcript afterwards with everything nicely organized so you can follow if you miss something. :)
Richard Seltzer -- All -- yes, as Kaye says, I'll edit the transcript and post it afterwards. Check http://www.samizdat.com/#chat Don't worry if messages seem to rush by in a flurry. It will all make sense in the end :^)
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- Hello, I finally made it. I'm just trying to catch up with the discussion.
Richard Seltzer -- A couple of thoughts are uppermost on my mind right now -- I'll throw them out and see if they matter to others. 1) a report I heard on NPR about research indicating that people hear and understand better when they see lip movements. 2) pricing trends for Web hosting services and other issues that come into play when you are "hosted" rather than running your own site.
Richard Seltzer -- Ed -- I didn't see any followup regarding the outage. I don't know how long it lasted. Of course the impact for online operations could last much longer than the acutal outage -- taking time to get back on-line and reboot systems and get everything back in synch. Did anyone else hear anything about that.
Sudha Jamthe -- Ed: I heard that entire College Park lost power due to an accident. Heard of many complaints from others hosted on digiweb. Its interesting, but when we plan a major promotion initiative for a site, such a delay can cost lots for a commercial site.
Richard Seltzer -- Chat rooms is a favorite topic of mine and we have returned to it often. There's an article at my Web site on how to "make business chat work". I believe the url is http://www.samizdat.com/events.html Having an open chat room alone accomplishes little. It's the people work -- scheduling, planning, inviting, followingup, posting transcripts, etc. that makes for a valuable experience. There ought to be places on the Web where you could for a reasonable fee schedule a chat room for a particular time. There is a good free forum/bulletin board space intended for education. Check out http://www.nicenet.org I guess this is another case of razor and razor blade, but one way or another I'd like to see this kind of service widely available. And it looks for a natural direction for ISPs to expand in.
Kaye Vivian -- I'm a bulldog on the chat room topic, too. I have a programmer working on my own version of ideal right now because I have not yet found the right solution for business purposes. I have to say, though, for all around general usefulness and availability and accessibility, you can't beat CU-See Me (http://www.whitepine.com...I think). It's a free download from many shareware sites, it's available for Mac and for PC, and it has audio and video capabilities as well as white board. I have a group I have been working with to try to get to the heart of this online chat issue and Microsoft's NetMeeting is the best for PC only (Mac available this year they say), but since in my business I deal with a lot of Mac networks, CU-SeeMe is a piece of cake to work with. And they have a lot of reflector sites that are not busy, so you can easily schedule a business meeting and not get a lot of drop-ins who want to scream and shout obscenities and be a nuisance...as we have had in this chat group from time to time. :)
waw -- Re Chat: I see we're using Selena Sols chat cgi - any comments?
Sudha Jamthe -- waw: We like the Chat. We've modified it to customize as we want. We also use it for online classes on Web-Net. Our webmaster get inquiries asking about the source of the chat. In short we like it and all credit goes to Selene Sol.
Kaye Vivian have been looking for very good chat room software to install on three sites I manage, two are fairly high volume business sites, and the third is my own, which is quite different in tone and focus. I have to say, it does seem a little pretentious of most organizations and businesses to set up chat sites as if people will actually come there and use them. It's like the latest fad in online services...if you don't have a chat room on your site (used or not!) then you aren't doing it "right". Yet I have seen *very* few sites that actually do it right! FireFly does, HotWired does, probably some of the organizations and businesses with highly specialized and targeted audiences do...but most are pretty laughable, IMO. I've almost gotten cynical now about going to a new web site, seeing rather amateurish design, outdated materials, and a "chat" room. I forgot to mention Active Worlds and the Palace. I think (perhaps tied in to the Face to Face concept) that these two 3-D interactive meeting places are two of the neatest concepts on the web. The virtual worlds are bizarre and lovely and interesting, and the individualized and lifelike avatars can be very detailed and unique and do all kinds of interesting actions to help convey meaning. I was thinking one day just how far out on the edge of cool a company would have to be to get a business meeting together in Active Worlds, have everyone bring their own avatar and meet at a set of coordinates (which happens to appear like a 3-D conference room with windows out on a garden and everything) and conduct their online meeting there. That's a company where I'd like to work. :)
waw -- Kaye - It sounds like Richard said the business has to commit to the setup and followup; a chat room by itself does little good.
waw -- Most of the small businesses for which I design just look at the Web as advertising - and not how they could actually interact more with their customer base - a la chat
Sudha Jamthe -- Kaye: thats a good point. I think scheduled chats that have a good, dedicated host are only succeessful. There are many chats setup on sites but we never know who we'll meet and what they'd talk about. So the most common message in unscheduled chat is "Is anyone there".
Sudha Jamthe -- waw: Using the web only for ads is an initial stage. It is an attitude to recover the costs by saving on some ad costs. Interaction comes when at the next stage
Kaye Vivian -- WAW, from a business standpoint, you are absolutely right. The right use of chat on business sites is to interact more with the customer base...and to foster communities of practice or interest. And most companies are woefully inadequate at that.
Richard Seltzer -- Kaye and Sudha -- Yes, I think we've seen from our experience here that it takes a while to get used to this medium. And maybe some folks are a little faster at typing, and a little more comfortable with the environment. Part of it is "host". I also could imagine another kind of role which is "facilitator." If you are planning an important on-line meeting, you want speaker(s), you might want an on-line host to act as MC, and you also might want a facilitator who gets to work long before the meeting goes live -- contacting people, finding out what's important to them, engaging them, getting them thinking about the topics that will be discussed. And then afterwards, following up with the participants and drawing as much value as possible out of the experience. A chat room alone is no more valuable than a blank sheet of paper. What matters is the content you put into it. And that takes people and work (not technology).
Sudha Jamthe -- Richard: Well said (about the chat)! I've tried some other unscheduled chats and we have to intiative conversation. In a chat like this , there is a topic and a moderator to keep up the momentum, thats the life of a chat sesson.
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- Rich, Is it difficult to be the moderator of a chat?
Kaye Vivian -- Barbara, I have moderated quite a few chats myself...I do most of my volunteer committe work via chats and conference calls...and it does require organization, attention to detail, preparation, laying out the ground rules, and then a lot of work afterwards to feed back the information in a useable form. Richard does a very good job of it. :)
waw -- Re Chat: Part of the appeal of chat seems to be the anonymity of the participants. Would a chat room for a local community lose its appeal if you were likely to run into a chatter at the local grocery store?
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- waw, after a while, if you keep coming back to the same chat, you feel you know the people. They don't seem as anonymous. The local grocery store guy might have a lot to say.
Sudha Jamthe -- Taking about Chats, I have a question. If you meet someone in person, you believe you know them. When you meet a person on a chat regularly, how different is it? Do you 'know' them as you know them in a face-to-face meeting. Any thoughts?
Kaye Vivian -- Su, hold that thought...I'd love to discuss it with you some time...I have some very interesting experiences along that line! :)
Richard Seltzer -- Sudha -- I think that there's a lot of variety in how people express themselves, in their strengths and weaknesses. Some people actually come across better in a text-only chat environment than they would face-to-face and vice versa. Just like some people are great on the telephone or great in front of a television camera or great at writing letters. Meeting folks face to face afterwards is sometimes a surprise, and sometimes the people are just as natural and candid and direct on-line and in person.
Kaye Vivian -- Richard, I'm sorry to say this, but while the Face to Face concept sounds very interesting...and it's probably a sound concept...as long as it is a concept and not a demo I can see, I have great difficulty discussing that topic at all. How could animated faces (or live faces) *not* be more interesting or more engaging (or aid retention), when animations and videos are demonstrably more memorable than printed words. :) I am very interested to learn more about this Face to Face stuff, since I'm a people person, but I just can't contribute anything to the discussion without having first seen the concept in action. Sorry. :(
Richard Seltzer -- Kaye and Sudha -- Re: the research and Face
to Face.
Researchers at Georgetown U. determined that if you can't hear anything but see lip movements, the hearing centers of your brain are activated. And seeing lip movements at the same time as hearing makes a significant different in how well you hear (retain/understand). To me that makes it all the more attractive to try to have a "talking head" as part of a Web site -- and especially to use that kind of technology for on-line meetings and distance education. What matters isn't seeing a video image -- blurred and from angles. That just gives you a sense of immediacy. But seeing the lip movements aids comprehension.
waw -- Re: Face to Face: Sounds like the old show - Max Headroom! (if anyone remembers)
Kaye Vivian -- waw, yes..that is exactly how I envision Face to Face...Max Headroom!
Richard Seltzer -- Waw -- Yes, a bit like MaxHeadrom. What they have done is created a way to translate phonemes into movements of the facial muscles of a three-D image on the screen. They can feed live voice (in any language) or use text-to-voice conversion. Any head. (I saw a demo with a squirrel's face. Made me think of "chat in a hat.") Very realistic. And low-bandwidth because you aren't transmitting any video.
Sudha Jamthe -- Richard: Thats interesting. Do you see this replace the videos online? Also, can you give a URL where I can see a demo. I missed it last week.
Richard Seltzer -- Sudha -- I don't have a URL for a demo yet, though I hear that they are getting close to that. I was hoping that the developers would join us here today. You might want to reach them by email -- Mike Essig is the business development manager -- firstname.lastname@example.com They are located near MIT, and it would make a great talk/demo for a future Web-net meeting.
Richard Seltzer -- Sudha -- I don't see Face-to-Face replacing videos on-line. Rather, I see it as a complement. I visited Vivo last week and talked to them about that. Imagine a language teaching service where a talking head does the speaking (in French) while a vivo video in a separate window shows street scenes in Paris. Let video show things that need to be shown that way -- not talking heads. And let Face-to-Face do the talking head part. Anyway, that's my personal speculation.
Sudha Jamthe -- Richard: There are videos used for presentation recordings. Those can be replaced by face-to-face. It can help reduce the load compared to a video stream
Sudha Jamthe -- Richard: Thanks. I 'll follow up with Mike
Ed Jaros -- I think one of the beautiful things about the internet is that you are the words you use (typo's hopefully excluded) and there is really no room for prejudice. I fear that pictures or video will take away from that to some extent.
Richard Seltzer -- Sudha -- Yes, it would be natural for presentation
If you just need someone talking, that doesn't require video. But if you need to show a building or equipment or a panorama or people and things in action -- that's video. This new approach gives you a choice. Decide what you want to show, what you want to say and then decide the best way to do it.
Richard Seltzer -- Ed -- I too love the typed word. Face to Face is more personal -- you do see a face. But it doesn't go to the exteme of video, which deals with live image. I don't have to shave or comb my hair, but I can take part in an on-line meeting, have my face there, representing me by speaking my words. It has its niche.
Ed Jaros -- I agree that the niche is there. Enough to be profitable though? Especially as technology gets more and more capable to handle the live video at lower bandwidths.
Kaye Vivian -- (Ed, your comment reminds me of those commercials on TV where the two people are meeting to videoconference, and the guy has a photographer's background screen of a city skyline behind him...video conferencing does permit a certain amount of trickery and illusion (as well as shatter a few illusions!). I'm really only using keyboard and audio myself at the moment, because I've been reluctant to make that leap of face-to-face...plus none of my clients use it so I haven't been forced to...yet
Richard Seltzer -- Ed -- Have you read Infinite Jest? A recent novel. Looks backwards at the future (from a point farther out in the future). Along the way to tells about the time when videophone briefly flourished and then died -- because people didn't want to be seen live. They preferred a level of privacy, a level of control over how they were seen/perceived. Face to face is an interesting compromise. It provides videophone effects, but you aren't actually seen. I would prefer that to video and I think a lot of other folks would to.
Ed Jaros -- Richard -- Possibly a tie between the two. Video phone with a virtual image image option button. I see your point on the privacy issues. Kind of a "you show me yours I'll show you mine" delema.
Kaye Vivian -- Richard, I had to laugh again...your point is spot on...people do prefer a level of privacy and control over how they are perceived. For example, I could tell you that I am sitting here in my office, barefoot with my hair up and papers spread in a wide arc around me, or I could tell you that I put on my makeup and walked into my carefully ordered office fully dressed for business...and you wouldn't know which was true or false or partially true or false. And it doesn't really matter. It would be useful for me to have a formal and perhaps a casual persona that I could use for video chats that might not give you all the gorey details (assuming, of course, there are any ).
waw -- Pricing of Web Hosting
in the Triangle area of NC are
all over the board, from $25/mo to $150/mo for 5Mb
waw -- Web Hosting can entail a lot of support (costs) as hosts compete both on price and service features.
Sudha Jamthe --Waw: ISPs are trying to become Web hosters also to differentiate themselves. Did anyone hear about the FCC ruling where ISPs escape Per-Minute Fees but their Line Charges are increased. Its a tug-of-war with the phone companies but the consumer pays in the end.
Ed Jaros -- The phone companies have a lot to lose. Netphone, faster modems decreasing the need for ISDN (and their tarriffs). Its an interesting battle.
Ed Jaros -- Richard... Portability=your own domain name on your site and for your e-mail. So many ISP's want to keep their name on your e-mail address to lock you in to them. Also up-time on your ISP's server is extremely important as I read that average is around 90%. I kep mine at 99.5% guatanteed.
waw -- It would be harder for me to transfer domains, as clever.net offers use of NT (for Cold Fusion); and that's not available everywhere.
waw -- I meant they offer
use of Cold Fusion on their NT server and
access to CF is not available from a lot of other Hosts.
Richard Seltzer -- Portability = own domain name, relative addressing,
applications that run on both UNIX and NT. Pehaps all of what you do doesn't have to be on the same server with the same provider. For instance, you chat sessions could be one place. Forums could be somewhere else. RealAudio files could be somewhere else. And your main text pages in another place. I could imagine building a very modular site -- with lots of pieces that play together. And if I have to move my chat somewhere else, fine, everything else remains the same. Etc.
Richard Seltzer -- Ed -- Over the last few months I've been sort of forced to think in terms of modular sites. Remember this chat used to take place at boston.com When they said they no longer could provide raw transcripts, Sudha stepped forward and volunteered this great space here at web-net, and we picked up the tent and moved. Meanwhile my on little web site stayed put at TIAC. Now TIAC raised its prices, and Acunet stepped forward and offered me great space. So I'm moving to there. So that's two major changes, but my "site" has basically remained in tact. It's easy to see expanding that concept. e.g., if your service provider doesn't make it easy for you to do on-line secure ecommerce or to do RealAudio, you ought to be able to make deals with providers that do and smoothly link the pieces of your Web presence together. You can't expect to find all the capabilities you want from one host-provider. And you don't want to limit your business choices to just what one provider has.
waw -- Richard - Come to think of it, I have helped my customers cross Host boundaries already. I have an association whose calendar script (cgi) is run on another host. This may be a business opportunity - to be a "Host Integrator"
Kaye Vivian -- Richard, would a modular site be a possibility across platforms, though? For example, if my own system is running Win95 and I had my chat rooms there, and my ISP is a Unix system and I have my web site and threaded message board there, and I found a provider that would let me use Cold Fusion on their NT system for my database applications, would I actually be able to tie all those together seamlessly somehow? (I'm assuming here that I have my own domain name)
waw -- Kaye - I would definitely think so. Running each program on it's required OS and then porting the results back via TCIP and HTML is a major part of what we can do, I would think.
Sudha Jamthe -- Kaye: We are
trying a modular approach in Web-Net. Our main
site in hosted on a UNIX machine in MD. We have our online class hosted on a NT machine in Mass by a diff provider. Now , we are trying to setup a database with Virtuflex at another provider in CA to be linked from the class site. Whether you ahve your own domain name doesn't really matter as you just link to the other site as a URL or CGI
Richard Seltzer -- Kaye -- For some applications, you should be able to run them on a remote site that is using a different operating system than your home one. Hyperlinks back and forth make it a single "site." All browsers work in both places. You don't want to feel trapped having made a decision to use one operating system or another, one set of software vs. another. You want to add value-added capabilities as your on-line community realizes it needs them. (There's probably a software opportunity -- maybe services too -- making dispersed modular sites work smoothly as single entities. -- just brainstorming.) This feels like an extension of the concept of open systems and also the concept of distributed computing. Distributed Web sites. (Make it fancy and have some pieces of your distributed Web site provided by or done in partnership with other companies...)
waw -- I also am using Cold Fusion and MS Access
Kaye Vivian -- Hi Jay, nice to have you here. Do you actually work with existing databases or help companies to build them and/or connect them into their web site marketing activities?
Richard Seltzer -- Jay -- I'm hoping to focus on database issues in our next session, which will be Thursday May 29. Meanwhile, have you checked out Maxsol? They are in Acton, MA http://www.maxsol.com Their brand new product looks very interesting. There's a demo at their site. Makes it easy to access database info with any Web browser (no need for a plug-in) and to generate reports. Also makes it easy to take an existing database and make it Web accessible.
Kaye Vivian -- Sudha, I downloaded Allaire's (makers of Cold Fusion) threaded message board software this week...it's a *lovely* program (http://www.allaire.com). The problem is, it requires Cold Fusion to run. And I couldn't install Cold Fusion either. I forget why now...a systems guru told me that Cold Fusion only runs on a Unix system or something...I forget. But I'm on Win95 and didn't want to install it on my ISP to work with it so I just deleted the Cold Fusion and the Forum (which made me sad..it's the best I've seen). Speaking of Allaire, they bought out HomeSite (http://www.dexman.com...I think). I just discovered HomeSite 2.5 from a discussion forum last week, and it's an amazing and wonderful HTML editor. Not WYSIWYG, but it will fire up your browser of choice in a view mode which I don't find all that inconvenient. If anyone's been looking for a very good HTML editor, I've tried 7 of them and know all of their limitations (at least for my work!) and this one is the best. :) My two cents.
waw -- Offering access to products like Cold Fusion is one way Web Hosting Services compete. CF runs on NT
Jay -- I have Cold Fusion installed on my PC with WinNT. (I did have some trouble installing it, though.) It is a very nice program for integrating databases on the Internet (for those of us who don't want to learn SQL or other programming languages.
Richard Seltzer -- Keep in mind -- I'll be speaking at the monthly Web-net meeting tonight at MIT -- see the introductory screeen at Web-net.org for the details. Our next chat session will be Thursday May 29 at our usual time, focusing on Web-access to databases and related issues. Please join us then. (I'll be off speaking in Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina in the meantime. My first time in that part of the world. I hope I'll have some interesting tidbits from that trip to share in chats as well).
waw -- Richard - How long is this chat scheduled to run?
Richard Seltzer -- Waw -- we normally do these sessions for an hour -- from noon to 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4) It's good to have a focused time for everyone to gather.
Sudha Jamthe -- Waw: Just looked at your web site and noticed you do scanning. Where are you located. I know some people who are looking to convert some Mac videos. Do you do it?
waw -- Looks like we're leaving - Bye All!
Richard Seltzer -- Please be sure to check the transcript. I'll
get it up as quickly as I can. (Probably by tomorrow, Wed. morning). Check
And meanwhile send me email firstname.lastname@example.com with your followup comments, questions etc. for inclusion with the transcripts.
Ed Jaros -- Take care all. Richard have a great trip. Look forward to the stories. until next time..... Ed out.
Kaye Vivian -- Thanks everyone... Kaye Vivian (firstname.lastname@example.com) Have a great trip, Richard, and we'll look forward to all the good stories when you get back. :)
Sudha Jamthe -- Thanks Richard. Have a wonderful trip. Please tell us what is the date of the next chat here. Bye everyone. waw, please email me if you can do video conversion for someone in Boston.
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- Hey, I just got started. I guess I'll have to say goodbye. Will you still be talking about live chats next time?
Jay -- What a great chat! I really enjoyed the conversations. Hope to contribute more in the future. Jay (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Richard Seltzer -- Jay -- Glad you found it helpful. I certainly
enjoyed it.
Please come back again.
Richard Seltzer -- Thanks to all for joining us today. Hope you'll be able to join us again in a couple weeks on May 29. (And please send email with suggestions for future topics and people who would be good to talk about them. In particular, for next time, send suggestions related to database stuff.)
Yes, business benefits...
but also how to go about finding business solution providers for this service...
It's somewhat new and "general" web designers seem to be puzzled about IDC, HTX files, and ODBC,etc.
John Udel wrote the first article that I know of that treats the Web as a distributed object system-
You may also want to check out
Sean Brunnock
Thought this would be of interest to you and your friends at Groceries to Go. Hope all's well for you in the land down under.
** Online grocers hold customers' loyalty
Consumers who do their grocery shopping online are likely to be more loyal to their electronic supermarkets and spend more per store visit than traditional customers, according to a new study from researchers M/A/R/C Group and online grocery shopping service Peapod L.P. The companies say the study combined research gathered from 800 survey respondents and the purchasing activities of 20,000 electronic shoppers in San Francisco and Chicago. Among the findings: The average online shopper in the survey group spent $2,072 per year on groceries purchased electronically; heavy users spent $4,155; and online shoppers are "especially receptive to bargains."
Ed Jaros, Your Internet Strategist
> When we restart on May 29, I'd like to focus on Web access to databases, and database-driven Web-pages. What are the alternatives? What are the business benefits? Please let me know if that topic strikes a chord with you, and send me suggestions for new people to specially invite. (Tony Giroti from Maxsol in Acton has already agreed to join us.)
That is an interesting subject. I come to computers and the interent from an entrepreneurial point-of-view. I do not know about any of the commercial databases. I learned about computers from buying a 286 and upgrading (doing it all myself with a book handy).
I learned about the internet from books I read (reading). The only time I had anything to do with a computer prior my current internet experience was when I went to Brazil to open an English language bookstore. I brought a Zenith laptop that had 2 disk drives and no hard drive. I used Lotus 1,2,3 and MS Word - all in dos.
Anyhow, I think using data files, templates, and scripts to glue it all together is the way to go.
All my websites combine "databases" (or data files if you will) with templates and server-side-includes.
Here is an interesting example: http://www.memphisflyer.com/
Go there and look at their classifieds. Pretty bad really.
Go here and see what I did: http://www.germantown.net/classifieds/index.html
It took me 2 hours to take their static html page and create this "database" with search engine. All using Perl and ascii files. The only cost was in my time.
Here is another sample of using a database to keep pages alive:
Look for the gif above the counter on the lower left side. Click on it.
Go ahead and muck about. After doing this site I copied it all over to my "samples directory".
I have many, many more examples.
The biggest datafiles I have worked with have all been below 2 meg and speed was no problem. This may not be true above that; I don't know. But there are plenty of small businesses that will not have such big databases and do not need to pay a lot of money for commercial programs.
Peter J. Schoenster
To add to last weeks' transcript:
Kaye Vivian mentioned problems with conferencing software such as Allaire that require Unix rather than Windows 95. Some of Woolley's conference articles survey all the conferencing software available and indicate which platforms are required. Few are FREE and for WINDOWS 95 - Dialogue and Virtual Bulletin Systems are two which I hope to check out. Personally, since I have Windows 95 but not Unix (and limited funds), I am interesting in sharing experiences and suggestions with others who are also interested in free or inexpensive chat and messaging software for Windows 95.
At the end of this message I will post about twenty urls pertaining to conferencing on the Web.
Also, I've been thrilled to discover Nicenet's free Internet Classroom Assistant, and set up a demo classroom there for others interested in using its educational and message board capacities to check out. It only takes three minutes to createyour own...and if you have any questions etc. you can join the Nicenet's Administrator's Forum. If you'd like to check out my demo classroom, go to: http://www.nicenet.org and register then enter key g793w8 for the Windweaver classroom Feel free to leave your comments on one of the message boards.If you set up your own classroom, you can join the Administrator's Forum at key m320i87.
Now, here are some the conferencing urls...
*Computer Conferencing on the Web (Discussion Forums,Groupware-Woolley)
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/~drwool/wcchoice.html OR
Choosing Web Conferencing Software (Woolley 96)
OR http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/may/lalib.html
Presentation Features of Text-based Conferencing Systems (Woolley)
Building online communities is a challenge
Benefits of Collaboration Software for online classes
Online Collaboration Publications
Computer conferencing functions and terminology
Conferencing and Collaboration Tools
Email vs. Computer Conferencing
Instructor Guide to Computer-Mediated Conferencing
Software Needed for E-Mail Conferencing by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
Teleconferencing Resources
Web Project / Web Conferencing
http://www.allaire.com Allaire
Web Forum Server
The Forum News Gateway
http://www.nicenet.org Nicenet's ICA
http://software.sensenet.com/ SenseNet Java Chat Software
http://www.motet.com/index.html Motet
http://www.theforge.com/forge/ Inner-Board Threaded Discussions
Tracy Marks, M.A. email@example.com http://www.windweaver.com
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The competitions included balance beam, jump rope, spin chair shot-put, mini javelin, curling, and balloon volleyball. All efforts, including a raffle and bake sale, helped raise almost $1,000 towards the AOL Marathon team's contribution to the Ronald McDonald House. They are just a few dollars shy of their final goal so if you're interested in helping them out, you can donate here.
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NY Culture Club and AOL Marathon Celebrate the Olympics
The competitions included balance beam, jump rope, spin chair shot-put, mini javelin, curling, and balloon volleyball. All efforts, including a raffle and bake sale, helped raise almost $1,000 towards the AOL Marathon team's contribution to the Ronald McDonald House. They are just a few dollars shy of their final goal so if you're interested in helping them out, you can donate here.
Jul 18th 2012
Summer Interns Play Kickball for a Cause
The AOL Dulles summer interns and the NextGen business resource group (BRG), an Employee Interest Group established to empower and enrich young professionals at AOL through collaboration, social networking, and professional development, showed off their competitive spirit last Friday by hosting a kickball tournament on our Dulles campus. AOL competed against interns and NextGeners from local companies comScore and Raytheon.
The idea for the event kicked off when Dulles interns and the NextGen BRG thought it would be a great way to have fun getting to know one another. A few brainstorming sessions later, the Intern Social Ambassador Group and myself added a few local companies to the mix. After interest grew, it was decided to make the tournament a charitable event.
With the help of AOLers Blair Cobb and Sara Bennett, the tournament organizers teamed up with the Cause Marketing Team and the AOL Marathon Team to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House Music Room Project. Funds will be put toward renovating the music room at the Ronald McDonald House in New York City in honor of AOLer Rory Wheeler, who died last July. For every employee who participated in the kickball tournament, the Cause Marketing team donated money to the AOL Marathon Team fundraising page for the Ronald McDonald House. AOL recently donated a media room to the house in October.
The tournament kicked off with food, music, signs, cheering squads and round-robin games among the three teams to see who would take home bragging rights. In the end, the AOL interns' skills and teamwork landed them the most points of all three teams.
Learn more about interning at AOL by visiting our careers page.
Summer Interns Play Kickball for a Cause aol.it/Oar5ZW- AOL PR (@AOLPR) July 18, 2012
Mar 14th 2012
Christa Zambardino Talks AOL.com, America's Homepage and Giving Back
This is the second post in our series profiling incredible women at AOL in honor of "Women's History Month."
An AOLer for over fifteen years, Christa Zambardino, VP of Sales for AOL homepages, has seen it all. Over her long career at AOL, Christa has witnessed first-hand the evolution of AOL into a company and brand, but also the progression of the industry as a whole.
We sat down with Christa to discuss a wide variety of topics including advertising trends, the importance of volunteerism and her thoughts on what differentiates the AOL homepage from its competitors. "For our users, it all starts here. Our homepage is really America's homepage. By integrating our unique canvases, our video assets like the 'You've Got...' series and featuring heart-warming stories, the homepage has a more personal feel that users identify with and want to wake up to in the morning and end their days with in the evening."
When Christa came aboard AOL there was no sales strategy for the homepage and she quickly identified that a category focus was needed. By working with marketing, her team created sales materials and messaging that catered to brands in all industries.
Combined with continuing technological advancements and a focused editorial strategy, the AOL homepage has seen huge growth in revenue, and a substantial increase in video views and video content displayed since 2010.¹ Providing personalization for users with different tactics like an emphasis on local offerings has also led to growth. "We introduced the local page, which uses your zip code to pull relevant information, whether its news from your local Patch town, directions for your neighborhood from MapQuest or movie times and listings from Moviefone, we use geo-targeted data to make our users' lives easier."
Discussing advertising trends that will impact 2012, Christa cites the importance of mobile and video. "We're working with our mobile team to take advantage of these added advertising opportunities. Over the next quarter we will continue to integrate rich media into our mobile offerings and possibly incorporate targeting capabilities to create a more complete experience."
One of the things that sets Christa apart is her commitment to helping others. At AOL, "We are in the business of helping people. Period" and Christa lives this value every single day. After volunteering in 2009 at the Ronald McDonald House New York during AOL's day of service, Monster Help Day, Christa made a personal connection to the house and wanted to look for new ways to continue to support the organization. After spending more time at the house, it was clear to Christa that they needed a new media room. Suggesting demolishing the house's dated computer room and starting fresh, Christa presented her proposal to the executive team and immediately received support for her project, engaging 20 different departments from designers to engineers to assist her along the way.
One year later, AOLers celebrated the room's completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with patients, their families and Kevin Jonas. The new AOL Media Room now includes brand new computers and digital equipment set up for one-on-one tutoring, and group learning scenarios for children in treatment, as well as their siblings staying at the House. The house was so thankful to Christa for all of her hard work that they recently asked to join the house's board of associates.
This year, in an effort to raise money for her NY marathon run, Christa created an AOL team that will run under the Ronald McDonald House name. All donations will go toward enhancing the house's music room, on behalf of Rory Wheeler, Christa's AOL colleague and marathon runner, who passed away from cancer late last year.
Christa's amazing accomplishments have not gone unnoticed at AOL. At this year's sales conference, Christa was recognized in front of all of her peers when she was honored with the Rory Wheeler Courage Award for her tireless philanthropic work both professionally and personally. "Cancer has been such a big part of my life, and I love showing people that giving back is an easy thing to do and does not take a lot of time. Being acknowledged in front of my peers and the whole company was incredible. I was so honored and proud to be part of AOL."
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Christa Zambardino Talks AOL.com, America's Homepage and Giving Back aol.it/zQ4pnO- AOL PR (@AOLPR) March 14, 2012
Oct 10th 2011
AOL Unveils Media Room at Ronald McDonald House® New York
We are in the business of helping people. Period. To commemorate October's National Children's Health Month we're making a difference for children battling cancer by donating an AOL Media Room to the Ronald McDonald House® New York.
On October 7th, NY AOLers attended the ribbon cutting ceremony with patients and their families to witness the transformation of the donated room. Kevin Jonas, of the multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated artists, the Jonas Brothers, helped celebrate the unveiling of the new AOL Media Room which now includes brand new computers and digital equipment set up for one-on-one tutoring, and group learning scenarios for children in treatment, as well as their siblings staying at the House. The room was renovated to emulate happiness and designed to accommodate the users of the room – children, those in wheelchairs, and their siblings staying at the House.
During the event AOLers got the chance to interact with the kids as they learned about journalism from Lance Gould and played in the Music Studio with David Shing.
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Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE 39-51, 4th place I.L. North, 14 games behind
|Atahualpa Severino 1-0, 2.70 ERA in last 10G
|Ryan Tatusko 2.28WHIP
|Michael Aubrey .429/.455/.905 in July
HARRISBURG 54-36, 1st place E.L. West Division, 5½ games ahead
|Archie Gilbert .305/.387/.474
|Tanner Roark 6.45 ERA, 1.58 WHIP
|Pat Lehman 0.37WHIP, 4SV in 12G
POTOMAC 11-8, 1st place C.L. North Division, 1½ games ahead (40-48 overall)
|Hector Nelo 10SV, 22K in 23⅓ IP
|Sandy Leon .179/.294/.357 in July
|Justin Bloxom .320/.388/.547, 18RBI in 19G since All-Star Break
HAGERSTOWN 12-7, 2nd place Sally League Northern Division, 1 game behind (52-37 overall)
|David Freitas .300/.414/.473
|Dean Weaver 10.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP (9.37, 1.78 @ Potomac)
|Kevin Keyes .504 SLG (leads team)
AUBURN 15-12, 3rd place, Pinckney Division, New York-Penn League, 1 game behind
|Colin Bates 2-1, 1.93 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
|Hendry Jimenez, 8E in 22G
|Richie Mirowski 1.32 ERA, 13K in 13⅔ IP
GCL NATIONALS 8-13, 4th place, GCL East, 6 games back
|Estarlin Martinez .324/.420/.606 in 21G
|Inocencio Heredia 10.29 ERA, 2.86 WHIP
|Wes Schill 6SB in 17G
DSL NATIONALS 18-21, 5th place, Boca Chica South Division of Dominican Summer League, 6 games behind
|Gilberto Mendez 3-0, 2.32 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
|Diomedes Eusbio 12E in 32G
|Dionicio Rosario 5A, 3E, 2DP in 34G as an OF
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Adios Dean Weaver
Coming in a close second for BAD at Potomac is the 12 games that have been postponed this season.
If you count the complete series Potomac lost due to the field against Frederick there have been 14 rainouts. Thats 20% of the home schedule. There have been more rainouts since they installed the new drainage system than any of the previous years without the system. Also did you notice that while the start time of the game was being discussed on the field the P-Nats crack gound crew watered the infield 3 times. The problem is too much water and you continue to water, not too bright.
They can't play ball there but at least they could grow rice.
G,B,I is possibly my favorite part of the blog
Off topic, but the announcment of some more signings got me to thinking abouth Matthew Purke. What is the status with him arm and is he playing ball anywhere this summer? Someone in June thought he might be in the Cape Cod League but he is not on any roster. If his arm is good, will the NATS pay to entice him to sign (3-5 mil)? He turned down 5 mil from Rangers in '09.
Thanks Sue. I am not on twitter and no not tweet (in all senses of the word). It appears that the young lad is listening and that is arm is sound (else why the attention for ML and MR).
Have prospect news, gang.
Keith Law has his mid-season Top 50 out and the are 2 Nats there.
He says upfront that he rates highly by ceiling and there was a bit of a surprise.
Guess who is #1 and A.J. Cole is #36.He says Cole did the right thing by signing as he is already twice the pitcher he was in High School.
An Interesting Draft Factoid – the Nats have signed 22 players, including ALL 16 College Seniors they picked. The bonus savings on all those seniors should have you optimistic about signing Purke, et. al.
One would hope. Drafting all them Seniors leaves my milk curdled.
Vladi: I'd be more concerned if their top-5 were all college seniors, but Rizzo didn't take a Sr. until the 6th round this year. Drafting signable players & grabbing UFA's after the draft just assures that the Org. is fielding full teams in time to start the ss-A & rookie level teams, imo.


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Protect Against Frozen Pipes
It's the time of year again when we have to be concerned with frozen pipes in our homes. Perhaps more importantly, we need to consider how to thaw them without causing a fire.
Obviously, preventing the pipes from freezing in the first place is the best option, and there are many ways to do that.
ü Open cabinets beneath sinks to allow heat to circulate around the pipes.
ü Let faucets drip. Moving water freezes more slowly than still water.
ü Insulate pipes in your home's attic, basement, or crawl space.
ü Disconnect outside water hoses from spigots and drain the hoses. Then, shut off the outdoor spigot and drain it, leaving the spigot open.
ü Seal leaks in the foundation that allow cold air to infiltrate. Be sure not to cover vents for any fuel-fired equipment such as furnaces or hot water tanks.
ü Maintain heat in your home at a comfortable level, even if you will be away from home.
ü If you choose to drain piping when leaving for an extended period, close the shut-off valve while the faucets are running, to drain the pipes. Contact your gas or electric supplier for instructions on how to protect your water heater. If you have a fire protection system in your home, remember that shutting off the water will deactivate it.
If the pipes have frozen, don't try to thaw them yourself. Call a plumber and move combustible materials away from the area if he will be using a torch. Have a fire extinguisher handy, and observe the area for 30 minutes after the work is done, to be sure that no embers or overheated material remain.
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All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
Tools of Characterization
Character Analysis
We all know what a "burden" is, but it's difficult to see how this relates to Jack until all the stories have unfolded. In retrospect, it becomes clear that Jack carries the burden of the secrets of his family, and the secrets of history. He is a living reminder to the Judge, Mrs. Murrell, and Ellis Burden of their secret shames. By finding the truth and bringing it to light, Jack removes the burden, from himself, and from those who have been burdened by it. In the case of the Judge, the results are tragic. The burden of the secret is too great to bear. In spite of all the tragedy, the characters who do live are better off without the burden of the secrets.
Jack also bears the burden of Cass Mastern and his secrets. Those secrets written in Cass's accounting journals that draw Jack in like a magnet. Jack tries in vain to "walk out" on that burden. In the end he that realizes bringing historically significant truth to light is not a burden, but a privilege. This is evidenced by Jack's plan to write a book about what he has learned.
Jack thinks the clues to the characters around him, at least the male ones, lie in their occupations. He even replaces people's names with titles that refer to their occupations. Let's see, we have the Judge, the Governor (this can refer to several people), the Attorney General, the Scholarly Attorney, and the Young Executive. When people ask, he tells them he has no occupation. That's because he will always consider himself a "student of history." Being a student of history isn't a job, it's a talent, a calling. He knows also that Willie's oratory skills (as brought out by Jack's liquor) are a talent. He knows full well that Willie is called the Boss. By the end of the story Jack realizes that occupations only speak to the surface of the characters, while talents (like his for history) are defining. He also learns that talent can be both a gift and a curse.


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African American Hepatitis C Action Day – July 25th
July 25th is the second annual National African American Hepatitis C Action Day (NAAHCA). On this day, CDC and its public health partners will join the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA) to help promote the day in an effort to educate African Americans about the seriousness of Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is a silent epidemic in the United States, with around 3 million Americans living with chronic hepatitis C. Most are unaware they are infected.
Facts About Hepatitis C
- Can cause serious liver damage, liver disease and even liver cancer.
- Is a leading cause of liver transplants
- Blacks are twice as likely to have ever been infected with the Hepatitis C virus than whites and other racial and ethnic groups.
- More than 75% of adults with Hepatitis C are baby boomers (people born from 1945 to1965).
- Baby boomers are five times more likely to be infected with Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C-related deaths are almost double the rate for black Americans compared with non-Hispanic white Americans.
July 25th provides an opportunity to educate everyone about how to prevent Hepatitis C and the importance of getting tested if you belong to a risk group. To find out if you could be at risk for Hepatitis C (or other types of hepatitis) take CDC's 5 minute Hepatitis Risk Assessment.
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National African American Hepatitis C Action Day is a good reminder to learn about this serious disease. Numerous tools are available to help public health partners promote their events, including a toolkit. The NBLCA also developed an events section that allows people to view Hepatitis C testing events in their area. We encourage you to use and share the toolkit, events page, and the Risk Assessment as you plan your events for July 25th and throughout the year.
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Catherine Yungmann was inspired by the depth of the education Cabrini College students receive, and the manner in which faculty members are encouraged to connect with students to further their studies.
"I was attracted to Cabrini by the commitment of the Communication department to the personal and professional development of every student," says Yungmann.
"Students who major in communication value the personal attention that our faculty gives them. We take a real interest in each student's development and preparation for a post-graduation life."
Yungmann has been at Cabrini since 1986 and believes wholeheartedly in the College's promise of delivering an "education of the heart." She believes that Cabrini's rich service-learning tradition leaves students poised for a lifelong commitment to service that extends well beyond graduation.
"Our emphasis on social justice inspires students to work for the common good," Yungmann says.
Her classes are taught with a careful balance of support and self-reliance. Yungmann emphasizes the importance of creative independence in her classroom, but also is a firm believer in being available when students have questions or need guidance.
Mentoring and demonstration activities are essential to her courses, as they allow students to experiment on their own and generate ideas independently.
"Allowing students creative latitude helps them to develop critical thinking skills as they realize the effect their creations will have on their audience," Yungmann says. "It encourages them to take responsibility for their work as they concurrently develop teamwork and time management skills."
Above all, Yungmann gets the most satisfaction out of watching a student become a success through their journey at Cabrini.
"The best reward of teaching is watching students grow personally and professionally from their first communication class through graduation," she says.
Yungmann received a B.A. from Kent State University and an M.A. in radio and television management from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. She serves as the executive producer for Cabrini Video Studio programming, including productions for Comcast cable, broadcast television, and the web.
"My students have created professional-quality video productions, which have been shown regionally at SEPCHE conferences, integrated into websites, and screened on campus," Yungmann says proudly.
She also is the senior project manager and producer for the Communication department convergence websites. She regularly attends seminars on new communication technologies so that she may incorporate new methods into her curriculum.
Yungmann serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Haverford Township, where she helps plan and implement voter education activities and organizes candidate forums.
She also consults with the Haverford Township School District on video development. Between projects, she loves gardening and traveling. She has been a resident of Haverford township for more than 30 years.
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In 2011, the WGAW Activities Committee brought back the much-beloved Lake Arrowhead Retreat & Craft Conference, a Guild staple for twenty years. In pine-forested mountains just two hours east of Los Angeles, Guild members gather every other year at the UCLA Conference Center for a weekend of amazing, intimate talks with the best television and screen writers in the business. Members will have the opportunity again this May.
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"The weekend was at once too short and too long. Too short to hear even more great speakers, absorb more new ideas, make more new friends; too long for seducing us to stay in beautiful Arrowhead the entire weekend, wishing for more, incapable of immediately rushing back to our dark writing lairs to integrate what we learned into our own work." Ben Moses, 2011 attendee
"What I remember was the wonderful weather… while it would be hot as blazes down 'on the flat,' Arrowhead … would be sunny, cool, fresh-smelling and restful. In that lovely environment, the committee put up a ton of interesting panelists and presentations. It was great to be able to mingle with high- profile writers, directors and producers of the film and TV communities and to spend interesting and playful days up on the mountain." Dorothy Fontana, TV writer/showrunner
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Jan 11
Posts: 127
irb13 says:
I'd been looking forward to the hour's hack yesterday with my instructor, but while I've got my lesson booked for next Sat already I've been rather upset over night and I'm feeling rather reluctant to go back. I've coped well with an hour's hack but yesterday my energy levels went down really quickly. My instructor knows I've got M.E. and I did say a number of times that I was struggling to cope and couldn't keep up with her. I just got told to stick my horse in trot and 'keep up'. She seemed annoyed with me when I said I didn't want to canter when we got to a field, but by that time I'd got a stitch, was out of breath and was quite simply scared (I know my confidence and nerves are a big hurdle for me). It hadn't helped that her horse had recently gone blind in one eye and was skittish at best and while she was able to cope with her horse it was unnerving me, especially as her horse when it spooked went into reverse and was coming back towards me. By the end of the ride I was feeling sick, tired and just wanted to get off the horse I was on. I didn't enjoy the hack at all.
If that wasn't enough we got back to the yard only for her to yell across the yard to one of the staff to take her horse as I'd made her late for next lesson as I'd been 'slacking' and not keeping pace. I wouldn't mind but she knows the area and the fact that she'd got another lesson scheduled at 10 straight after the hour's hack we were on. We could have shortened the distance and headed back so we got there in time. In addition to which I've blistered my fingers on the reins. One of which was bad enough that I needed to do first aid on it before I could even get in my car to drive home. She'd seen the state of it and just cleared off to her next lesson. All I can say is good job I carry a first aid kit with me in my car.
So I don't know what to do now. I'll probably go back next Sat, provided my hands have healed enough that I can hold a set of reins and do at least one lesson but I'm not sure about the future. I don't particularly want to have to look for another school to ride at having only switched earlier this year to where I'm at currently, but at this point in time I'm not happy and am feeling rather offended as to how I've been spoken about infront of me with other staff.
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Sep 08
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brook says:
I'm so sorry that you had such a miserable hack, your instructor is out of order and has no empathy atall ! Do you have another stables nearby, maybe it's time for a change. If not ask if you can have a chat with her and explain again about your illness and you may need a bit more time set aside for your next hack. don't let this episode spoil your enjoyment and don't give up ! Is there anyone who needs their horse exercising, maybe you could part loan a private horse. Whereabouts are you ? I'm in Essex and you would always be welcome to hack out on my fab safe Welsh D. Good luck, let us know how you get on XX
Apr 10
Posts: 430
lauralou15 says:
I know you don't want to find another school but that might be the best idea...where you are now sounds incompitent to be very honest. The instructor should of been a lot more considerate of your needs and how you were feeling even without your medical condtiton there is absolutley no need for her to have such an appaling attitude towards you.
Is there another instructor on the same yard you could have lessons etc with instead of this woman? and have you thought about complaining to her boss?
or another option maybe you could find a share horse for you to ride for as long as you want when you want etc
Don't give up yet there is always another option :) Good Luck and let us know what you decide etc :)
Nov 09
Posts: 34
lcmcd says:
I'm so sorry you've had this sort of reaction from your riding instructor. My dad suffers from ME and some people's inability to recognise and sympathise with his illness (and the way it allows him to do certain things and not others and has good days and bad days) is something that I really struggle not to get angry at.
I would agree with the others that I think another riding school might be the way to go - there is no reason why your enjoyment of riding and hacking out should be in any way hampered by anyone making you uncomfortable and pressured. I definitely don't think you should allow your confidence to be dented and consider giving up on the basis of this. If you can physically manage a hack - be it an hour or a little less - and you enjoy it there should be a riding school / sharer / trekking centre where you can do this, build up your riding and confidence and enjoy the horses without any negatives.
Really hope you find this and enjoy your time with the horses, very best of luck. x
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Jul 11
Posts: 612
wagonsroll says:
Oh sweetie, I'm so upset for you. My mum has ME and though i would never tell her my met syndrome is complicated by ME symptoms and as you mnow stress WILL make you ill and send you into a decline. This woman is so unprofessional and YOU have been doing so well. I've been riding since i was 3 and because of my illness and my exhaustion i cant ride for more than 45 mins at a walk, let alone have a "real" lesson, and i think this silly cow is thinking the usual crap about "you're not really ill" just self indulgent until somebody has experienced not being able to walk, finds sitting is tiring (last night we were in bed at 6.13 because i was too tired to sit upright)they cannot understand.
Please change riding stables, i know i spend a lot of time pretending I'm "normal" but since i took up cycling its been the best experience and i think its because i had to sit and go through my illness with the instructor and how every little thing effects me and he had adapted a route for me and i'm doing really well and i think its the same for you. You have to make an appointment to visit a stables and then go and explain everything, right down to the negative experiences you've had.
I find with my horses that the love and care i have to give them is such that i find reserves of energy to keep them but have difficulty with enough energy to ride them! You are doing it the right way round and this should be fun and relaxing not stressful and giving you heartache.
The difference between me and the 70stone man winched out of his top floor flat? I have fought my illness all my life, seeking answers and listening to my body, starving myself and moving as much as possible always, but also it comes down to LUCK, intellect, reasoning, being able to understand its not your fault so not letting any person bully me, but stand up for myself (I quake in a cupboard afterwards lol) and carry on and get on with it.
I know how hard this is for you, i know how the stress of this one incident will set you back, but know that you're not on your own and i love knowing there's someone else out there who's fighting their illness to do this. So have a relaxing 24 hours and pick up the phone and ring round the stables and can i suggest you explain that you are a disabled rider. The only time i admit to having a dizzy badge is when it comes down to horses, they are too dangerous not to have everyone involved aware that i am less able!
Good luck and please let me know how you're getting on. xx
Thanks guys for your advice. My problem is that she's the owner. Its a small school. The other main teacher is the co-owner and there's a third teacher but she's not there that often. I'd switched and started going there in May this year after plateauing at my last school. Since starting there she'd put me in the lunge rein a few times to work on my canter. I'd since started cantering on my own. Not perfect but was getting there. Her personality is abit brusque and she demands hard work from her pupils but Sat last week I felt was out of order. I thought she understood especially when she said she taught another lady who's got M.E. although that lady can't do as much as I can. When you consider that in 2003/4 I spent four months where I could only walk for an hour a day to be working full time, studying part time and riding even if its only 30 mins once a week is a massive achievement for me. Yes I do get stressed and it does impact in to my M.E. which is why I don't have a riding lesson during the week days. By the time I've finished work I have no energy and am certainly in no position to be riding a horse so I save it for the weekend when my batteries have recharged and I know I can cope. My right hand's okay now, but one of my left hand fingers is still healing and has got quite a sizeable scar on it. I've also been feeling quite green with it since the weekend and feel sick at the thought of riding at this place on Sat. I want to go back and conquer this hurdle on Sat but at the moment I'm thinking I should cancel. There's pressure when I try and bend that finger, its the speed with which its healing. I've been practicing my rein hold position to see whether I could cope and am also v. aware of the 48 hr cancellation policy so if I'm going to make that call I need to do it by 9am at the latest on Thurs. At the moment I think I could cope with walk and trot but not canter.
I wouldn't have minded but while I've not been riding that long (only started last Mar) I am responsible enough to know that because of my medical condition I do carry a mobile on me when hacking. I would have happily given her it to use if she'd wanted to call the yard and let them know we were going to be late. I'm based in Bedfordshire and this is the third school I've been to since I started riding last Mar. The first which wasn't that far away from me I stopped going to after becoming concerned about the way they taught. The second I stopped going to after not progressing any further, which is why I'm where I'm at now. There is a place I've seen up at Buckden at Offord Cluny I think it is which I'm wondering whether to give a call and visit sometime. Its in the countryside, offers off road hacking and its got an indoor and outdoor menage. Its also registered with the RDA.
My aim when I started riding was to see how far I got and just enjoy it. While in my dreams I'd love to do cross country and jumps in reality just being able to canter confidently and do hacking is more than enough for me. Although I wouldn't mind trying jumping just once to say I'd had a go, if I ever got experienced to be in a position to try. I don't know if my M.E. will ever clear off but I'd really love to be able to build myself up where I could do hacks of 2 hours or more but at the moment I've managed to get myself up to an hour and I have coped with an hour 3 times no problems, last Sat was the exception and the first time I've felt really bad. I also love it when I get a 30 min action packed lesson when I've done walk, trot and canter with a mix of drills. But like you guys say, I need to find the right place for me x
I've phoned this place up I was thinking of this afternoon and had a chat with them. I explained I'd had a bad experience and that my confidence has taken a dent. I said I didn't want to give up riding but the thought of going back to the place I've been at is making me feel abit sick. I've mentioned about my M.E. and that I've been having a private lesson and usually ride at the weekends because I never know how I'm going to be during the week after work. They were lovely. It turns out the lady I spoke to knows of the place where I've been riding and used to be there herself. Anyway. She's said if I can visit them this Sat and go togged up for riding and have more of a chat with them. They've got a lesson slot currently available but she said if I have a look round first and decide whether its right for me. She's not booked me into the slot but its mine if its not been booked by Sat morning. At this stage I don't mind tbh, I just want to check the place out. If the slot is gone then they'll look at when I can get a lesson with them. It won't do me any harm to have a weekend off and besides, I've got YHL to look forward to on Sun. I've also cancelled the lesson I had booked at the other place.
Whee, you'll have a ball, honestly being "handled" by someone with experience in caring for the disabled, is so great for us. They know what to look for and how to stop us when we're pushing too hard.
When i went cycling yesterday I was having trouble walking in a straight line and there was none of this i'm in a hurry (he was running really late and dead busy!) jsut patiently lifted my feet into the things, strapped me in and then lectured me for the next 20 minutes on how i mustnt overdo it or i'd end up giving up! Ithink i said before to you i've never experienced professional care before i started cycling and its so different, i hope that as your new school is an RDA school that they really get "it" and give you all the help you need when you want it. I am a great believer in making a joke out of not asking for help "no, no get away, when you see me go green thats when i need you!" sort of thing but i find personally that this enables me to squeak and the help materialises before you're aware you've squeaked!
I truly hope that your next experience is as positive as my current one.
I'm being firm with my OH as well, told him his friend rides my horse on Sat, as i need a recovery day after cycling so cant ride until Sunday, so we'll be back in the forest again on Sunday with a saddle that works and hopefully i wont end up walking home again!!
Aug 11
Posts: 17
jinglejoys says:
I'm so glad to hear you're sorting things out my immediate reaction to reading your first post was "Sack the instructor!" ;)
I have to work things out on my own as I have no one to go out with.I've only once hacked ojut in company (and that was enough) but sometimes I have wished I could.I have suffered badly from the "What if's" and extreme lack of confidence in my ability along with SAD in the dark months,add to the fact that I have struggled with an unbacked young mule sent as a ride suitable for a novice, for 6yrs.Things changed a couple of years ago when I found people with the knowledge and support to help us and I was given my own time to get on or off as I felt fit.This boosted my confidence and I realised out hacking yesterday that I hadn't had a bout of the "what if's" for months.
I went to a lesson a couple of weeks ago with someone who was not of the same school of thought as I have been using and he said "Do you RIDE this?!"....maybe I'm not as bad as I think I am (or maybe I understand Mules better than he does:) Anyway I now have the confidence to disagree if an instructor tries to make me do something I don't want to....after all I'm supposed to be looking after my "partner" and I know now how a lesson should go.
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Went to the new stables this morning and got shown around; introduced to all the horses and ponies and where the indoor/outdoor school are. I had a long chat with the yard manager who was lovely. Turns out she used to be at the previous place so knows what it was like. She agreed that the instructor shouldn't have taken out the horse that she had last weekend especially on the road, plus we should have headed back to the stables when it became clear my health was affecting my riding. So after a good natter we've got a start point.
I've got a lesson booked for next Sat. I'm going to ride Spencer. I explained I'd ridden a range of ponies/horses from 14.2hh to 18.3hh that they've been a mix of breeds and ranged from dozy to forward going. The yard manager asked me what sort of temperament I would like to ride. I said I didn't mind as for me at the moment the biggest hurdle will be just getting back on a horse and not stressing. She completely agreed that at the moment what I need is a few sessions just 'getting time in the saddle' and then seeing where I go from there. While I'm not sure about my confidence at this stage I have to say I do feel happier after meeting Melissa (the yard manager) and having a look round Northbrook.
Northbrook itself is at the end of a road and has fields all around it, so v. little chance of doing a hack on the roads. One of the helpers said the usual route was to head out to the end of the road where the stables are (it's a single track road and the stables is at the end and it peters out). Then the hack continues out in the fields. Fab. The only downside at the minute is that there isn't a regular Sat instructor, but again Melissa said just see how it goes and we can review in a few weeks time and if I think I want the same instructor then we can look at the schedule as to when would be a good time for me to ride given my work and my health and the travelling to get to the stables. I did say about my M.E. and she said not a problem. There's someone there who has M.E. as well and Melissa's taught them, and said that there's been times when they've said they can ride but they're not up to much so Melissa's not pressurised them but just let them do what they're able to do which sometimes means just spending a lesson walking. Its good to know I wouldn't be pushed beyond what I'm capable of then.
At the moment, I have to give Northbrook 'two thumbs' up for making me feel welcome, for the meet and greet round the stables, for taking the time to talk to me and listen, and for coming up with a plan to start getting my confidence back and what I need for my first lesson.
Oh that's lovely news, the new yard sounds great and i hope that you will be very happy there, keep us updated with your progress, well done to you !!
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