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" | I am never gonna let you go again. | " |
— Jeremy to Bonnie in Death and the Maiden.
Jeremy Gilbert is the adoptive brother and biological cousin of Elena Gilbert and a medium. His best friends are Matt Donovan and Bonnie Bennett who is also his girlfriend. Since he came back to life, he lives in the Salvatore Boarding House with his sister (when she's not at college) and her boyfriend, Damon Salvatore since their house was destroyed by her after his death.
Prior to the beginning of the series, his parents died in a tragic car accident that Elena managed to survive thanks to a vampire, Stefan Salvatore. As a way of coping with the accident, he started dealing and using drugs but soon stopped after the death of his first girlfriend, Vicki Donovan, supposedly because of an overdose. He overdosed on pills after drinking vampire blood in the hope of becoming a vampire and being able to turn off his emotions. He did this following the death of his second girlfriend, Anna. However his attempt to become a vampire failed and the blood healed the damage the pills did.
He started a romantic relationship with Bonnie Bennett which ended after he kissed Anna. Jeremy was shot by Sheriff Forbes after Damon dodged the bullet and was revived by Bonnie, who is a witch and has connections to dead witches with the power to bring him back. However the spell that caused him to be revived gave him the power to see ghosts and he was haunted by Vicki and Anna. He later went to live with family friends in Denver, after being compelled by Klaus to stand in front of a speeding car. Elena feared for his safety and got Damon to compel him to leave. He returned to Mystic Falls after Elena and Damon went to get him once Klaus found out where he was. He was turned into a vampire hunter and became a member of The Five. After helping Shane free Silas, he was forced by Katherine Pierce to raise the immortal, who then drained him of his blood and snapped his neck. He was able to survive numerous deaths due to the Gilbert Ring, but since he turned into a supernatural being, this death would last. His body was burned inside the Gilbert House because Elena could no longer keep the house after losing the only family she had left. So she decided to burn the house down to make it a good cover story for Jeremy's death.
Jeremy was brought back to life by Bonnie in Graduation.
Jeremy is a member of the Gilbert Family and one of the members of The Five.
Early life
Jeremy was born to Grayson and Miranda Gilbert in Mystic Falls in 1994. The two had always wanted a child but adopted a baby girl, Elena, two years prior to that, believing it impossible. As a young teenager, Jeremy was gifted with the talent to draw, however after both of his parents died, Jeremy became severely depressed and started using drugs and drinking continuously. He briefly had a sexual relationship with Vicki Donovan, although she later broke up with him and started dating Tyler Lockwood.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series
Season Five
Since being resurrected three months earlier, Jeremy has been keeping Bonnie's death a secret, pretending to be her by forwarding e-mails, postcards and texts to Elena, Caroline and her father, and doing his best to return to his daily life. Elena goes off to college, leaving Jeremy under Damon's care, but things go awry when someone provokes him at school and a fight breaks out, resulting in him getting expelled. Damon fixes the situation by compelling the principal to give Jeremy a suspension instead. Supposedly, when "Stefan" returns back to Mystic Falls, Jeremy immediately gets a bad feeling about him and he and Bonnie realize that he is the immortal Silas and he wants a newly-human Katherine. Upon Damon's orders, Jeremy takes Katherine and drives her as far as he can away from Silas, but Damon later convinces Jeremy to take the former vampire back to town. Before this happens, Katherine causes an accident and flees the scene, leaving a badly-injured Jeremy to die. Damon finds him and gives Jeremy some of his blood, which successfully brings him back.
In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Jeremy doing shirtless push-ups on a rug at Salvatore Mansion. Bonnie likes to watch, too. "You working out is my main source of entertainment," she told him. He's just working off some extra adrenaline. "And every girl on the other side thanks you for it." Matt phoned Jeremy to come to his place. Matt who'd tried contacting Bonnie for help and she has not returned his calls to help figure out what Nadia has done but Jeremy cannot help.
Jeremy did his best to break Bonnie's death to Damon gently. "Don't you say it, Jeremy. Don't you dare," Damon pleaded. Damon didn't want to hear Jeremy say she was dead. "Bonnie's dead." Damon was pissed. When he walked toward Jeremy, it looked like he was going to punch Jeremy, instead, he embraced him.
Jeremy, Caroline, Damon, Matt, and Elena had a service for Bonnie in the woods. They all placed objects on her makeshift grave: Jeremy had a photo. Caroline had a pompom. Matt had the whistle. Elena had feathers. Damon had the grimoire. Bonnie was there. She said they needed this, and so did she. Jeremy picked up the bell. She told Jeremy to tell them that even though they couldn't see her, she's been there the whole time. She's watched them have the summer of their lives, and she's not going anywhere. Jeremy continued to relay her messages as she stood next to Elena, Matt, and Caroline and said goodbye. "This is good. This is all I wanted. I'll be okay. We'll all be okay," Bonnie told Jeremy. And they held hands.
In Monster's Ball,
In Handle with Care,
Jeremy is deeply affected by the loss of his parents and he originally dealt with this through drinking and drugs, relying on them and his love for Vicki to keep him happy. Once Vicki was staked by Stefan, Elena told Damon to wipe his memory so he could forget about the pain of seeing Vicki's death. This drastically changed Jeremy's personality: he stopped using drugs and he is more focused on his work. Damon explained this as being an effect of him taking away his suffering. Thanks to his ancestor's journal, Jeremy grew very interested in local vampire legends, befriending Anna, who also seemed to share his passion. He gradually learned that she herself was a vampire and became obsessed with wanting her to turn him into one. However, his love for Vicki was still his primary focus as he thought he could live with her forever. However, he fell in love with Anna and was shattered yet again by grief when his Uncle John killed her.After discovering the existence of vampires, Jeremy became more involved in his sister's and the Salvatore's worlds. He would help them in their efforts against Katherine, always looking out for his friends, showing a vast and sudden maturity that Bonnie Bennett took notice of and grew attracted to. He started a relationship with Bonnie, citing how he wasn't a little boy anymore. His life was shaken yet again by personal loss at the deaths of his Uncle John and Aunt Jenna before he, himself, was accidentally killed, only being brought back by Bonnie's magic. The consequences of his resurrection, however, were far from pleasant. He was able to see ghosts of his dead girlfriends, Vicki and Anna, who he grew haunted by. Becoming secretive and turning to drugs yet again, Jeremy found himself confused on what to do.
When the ghosts were all sent away, Jeremy proved that he had grown quite accustomed to living the dangerous life he'd been living the past year, beheading a hybrid on his front step without a second thought. He also showed great disdain and annoyance at all vampires, even Stefan, blaming them for the troubles he'd had in life, going so far as to try and forcibly get his sister out of Mystic Falls. Once a member of The Five, Jeremy gained the hunter's instinct that all of the members has. It made him unconsciously cold and hateful toward all vampires, giving him the programmed mindset to be able to kill them with more efficiency. This made him dangerous to his friends and family, who worked on removing those instincts so he'd at least be able to avoid killing his friends. Jeremy is shown to struggle with this instinct prior to his death but managed to keep it mostly under control.
Jeremy has consistently shown himself to be very brave. Often, he took on difficult and dangerous tasks without complaint, and is extremely loyal to his friends and family. He is also a talented artist, but since the arrival of the vampires to Mystic Falls, that skill has been sidelined in exchange for his nature fighting talents.
Physical Appearance
- Main article: Jeremy Gilbert/Appearance
Jeremy is a handsome young man, standing at 6' foot tall, he has a well-built form and possesses dark brown hair and eyes to match. In the first two season's, Jeremy could be considered "cute" with a lean body, however as seen in the fourth season, his body is much more defined and muscular.
Jeremy's style over the seasons has changed somewhat.
During season one, due to the loss of his parents and his drug addiction, he usually was seen wearing black clothing, hoodies and dark jeans. Post-Season one, his clothing style became much more relaxed, seen wearing lighter colored clothing and wearing a tux for special occasions. His dark hair was originally short, slightly spiked which grew into long bangs, however in the later two seasons, has returned to it's original short brown cut.
Elena Gilbert
- Main article: Elena and Jeremy
Vicki Donovan
- Main article: Jeremy and Vicki
Jeremy dated Vicki Donovan before the start of the series. He and Vicki commonly smoked and did drugs together. Vicki, for her troubled home life and Jeremy, because of the pain of losing his parents. Not much is known about their relationship before the start of the series. In Haunted, Jeremy and Vicki's relationship takes a drastic turn when, after she gets turned into a vampire, and she is forced to be apart from Jeremy, though she misses him and when she gets the chance, she texts him and asks him to come to the Halloween party their school was throwing. When he gets there, he and Elena are attacked by her and Stefan is forced to stake Vicki to save Elena's life. Jeremy is devastated by her death and wonders why everyone has to die on him.
- Main article: Jeremy and Anna
Jeremy Gilbert and Anna had a sweet start before Jeremy's revelation that he wanted to become a vampire like her. Anna was hurt that he wanted this for Vicki Donovan. However, she and Jeremy made up and began a romantic relationship. This, like Jeremy's relationship with Vicki, ended when she died.
Bonnie Bennett
- Main article: Jeremy and Bonnie
Jeremy started having romantic feelings for Bonnie after he started getting involved with helping to go after and kill Katherine. After spending more time together, Bonnie also developed romantic feelings for him. Their relationship lasted for a while until Jeremy started seeing the ghosts of his past girlfriends, mainly Anna. After having found out about him kissing Anna, their romantic relationship ended. In Death and the Maiden, they confess their love for each other and kiss.
Damon Salvatore
- Main article: Damon and Jeremy
Other Relationships
- Jeremy (to Bonnie) : "That's how I feel a lot of the time, alone." -Rose
- Jeremy (to Elena) towards Anna : "I love her. I've always loved her."
- -Ghost World
- Jeremy (to Elena and Damon) : "None of us are going to make it out of this town alive."
- -The New Deal
- Damon (Compelling Jeremy to leave Mystic Falls) : "Here's the thing Jer. You're going to go out of town for awhile. A long while. You're going to stay with some nice family friends in Denver. You're going to be at a new school and meet new girls, living girls. You're going to drink a few beers, take an art class... you do whatever you want. You're going to leave Mystic Falls behind and never think twice about it. You're going to have a better life Jeremy."
- -The New Deal
- Jeremy (to Alaric) : "Don't give me some crap speech about how I have to be the man of the house."
- -Do Not Go Gentle
- Jeremy (to Damon) : "See, told you I could be a badass."
- -The Rager
Powers and Abilities
After being resurrected by Bonnie, Jeremy gained the ability to see ghosts. He is also able to see the 'invisible' tattoo on Connor's arm, which, according to Connor, means Jeremy is a potential vampire hunter (now fully a member of The Five).
- Spiritual Medium - Jeremy has the ability to see and communicate with dead supernatural spirits, though he cannot physically feel their presence without help. At first, this ability was random but he later learned to control it.
- Hunter's Mark - This symbol is related to the vampire hunters, this mark, revealed by Rebekah is a map of were the cure to vampirism lies. Only a potential hunter can see the symbol. In the episode The Five, Connor reveals to Jeremy that every time he kills a vampire/hybrid the mark/tattoo expands, this later is shown in the episode.
- Hunter's Curse - When a hunter who is part of The Five is killed by a vampire, the vampire will be struck by horrifying hallucinations that will cause the vampire in question to kill them self. The only way to undo it is for whichever potential that was awakened by the death of the hunter in questioned kills a vampiric creature (whether a vampire or a hybrid).
- Super Strength - A vampire hunter of the Brotherhood of the Five has superior strength to that of a human, but not the same level as an older vampire. That said, they can put up a serious challenge, as both Vaughn and Connor were able to rival Damon's strength (a powerful, nearly 200 hundred year old vampire) with the former subduing him by wrestling and snapping his neck. It is unknown if they are stronger than werewolves.
- Enhanced Reflexes - A member of The Five has enhanced reflexes that gives them great agility, enough to take vampires by surprise though not fast enough to contend with The Originals.
- Compulsion Resistant - Members of the Brotherhood of the Five can not be affected by Silas' mind control or vampire compulsion.
- Enhanced Speed - Connor Jordon displayed enhanced speed and relaxes, at one point saying; 'I'm faster than the normal hunter.' As a member of The Five, it is assumed that Jeremy too gained these abilities. This is demonstrated in 'O' Come, All Ye Faithful' when he moves very quickly to try and stake Elena. This is also seen when Vaughn tackles Damon, appearing almost from thin air.
- Combat Skills - Jeremy appeared to be a rare and talented fighter. He used stakes on both Katherine and Elena with relative skill, despite never having been trained in them before, and became a good shot with a crossbow after training with it for a while, killing several vampires with it. In addition, Jeremy proved to have good hand-to-hand combat abilities as he was able to put a decent fight to Vaughn, who has been hunting vampires for many years, despite only having a couple of days training with Damon. He was also capable of overpowering and outfighting Silas in a hand-to-hand fight.
Tools and Weapons
Jeremy has used a number of weapons since becoming involved in the world around him and even more, once he became a vampire hunter and a member of The Five.- Gilbert Ring - Jeremy Gilbert possessed a family Gilbert Ring that protects him from supernatural harm. Although, the ring has stopped working since he activated his Hunter Powers and became supernatural .
- Stakes - Jeremy has used wooden stakes quite often, starting when he attempted to kill Damon after Damon killed him, although his inexperience in whittling made this stake near useless. Since becoming a member of The Five, Jeremy instinctively carves the symbol of The Five into the stakes that he makes, growing much more proficient in using stakes against vampires. His enhanced reflexes allow him to draw a stake with startling agility.
- Crossbow - It's fair to say this is Jeremy's weapon of choice; since becoming a true Vampire Hunter, he is rarely seen without it. Along with stakes, Jeremy has also used a crossbow a number of times. He first began practicing with one when he hung out with Tyler and became a good enough shot to bring down Tony, one of Klaus' hybrids. During his attempt to grow his Hunter's Mark by killing a large number of vampires, he armed himself with his crossbow. Upon coming back from the dead, he shot at Kol with it and prepared to fight him with it.
- Axe - Jeremy killed the hybrid, Chris, by beheading him with an axe. It was this kill that made his Hunter's Mark grow for the first time.
- Arm Cuff Stake - He used this against Elena, and would have killed her easily if not for Stefan and Matt's intervention.
- Wooden Bullets - During his training with Damon, Jeremy would practice loading wooden bullets into a pistol. He used these to great effect when fighting against a compelled Damon.
- Wooden Stake Shotgun - Jeremy used this weapon during the fight against Kol at the Gilbert house, although Kol managed to catch the stakes and it only slowed him down a little.
- Hunter Instinct - When awakened, a hunter becomes filled with a supernatural urge to kill vampires. The more vampires a hunter kills, the stronger the urge becomes. This urge is purely subconscious, and forces a hunter to try to kill a vampire even if the he or she does not want to.
- Mortality - Despite their enhanced strength and stamina, hunters are still human and can be injured and killed in the same ways.
- Jeremy is a variation from the Hebrew name "Jeremiah", who is one of the prophets of the Old Testament. The name means "Yahweh has uplifted". Jeremy has returned from the dead several times.
- Jeremy is often called "Jer" by his family and friends.
- Vicki was his first love interest on the show.
- Though he is a primary character in the show, Jeremy does not exist in the novels. He is the only main character to exist on the show who does not exist in the books.
- In Season 1, Jeremy dated two vampires (Vicki and Anna) who were killed in the final episodes of a chapter (Haunted and Founder's Day). They both appear to him as ghosts at the end of season two.
- Alaric and Jeremy have had two couples who have become vampires and two have died.
- Jeremy with Vicki and Anna
- Alaric with Isobel and Jenna
- Interestingly, both Jeremy and his ancestor Johnathan Gilbert were killed by Salvatores and came back to life thanks to the rings. Jeremy was killed by Damon and Johnathan was killed by Stefan.
- Jeremy is the first human revived with magic and through the help of a witch (Bonnie).
- He was the last character seen in Season Two.
- Jeremy dies and is revived many times including in the second, third, and the fourth season.
- Season Two:
- (The Return) Damon kills Jeremy by snapping his neck and is revived by the Gilbert Ring.
- (The Sacrifice) Katherine drains Jeremy's blood when he tries to get the moonstone from the vampire's tomb.
- (As I Lay Dying) Jeremy dies from a gunshot and is revived with magic by Bonnie.
- Season Three:
- (The Reckoning) Katherine snapped his neck, but he was brought back with his ring.
- (Before Sunset) Bonnie uses his life to desiccate Klaus and brings him back with her magic.
- Season Four:
- (We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes) Elena stabbed Jeremy in the neck and was brought back to life with his Gilbert Ring.
- (Down The Rabbit Hole) Silas snapped Jeremy's neck after being fed his blood by Katherine.
- (Graduation) He was resurrected by Bonnie.
- Season Two:
- Jeremy was the first human to kill a hybrid.
- Jeremy was shown to have a dog in Denver, making him the first human on the show to have a pet.
- While in Denver, Jeremy thinks he is friends with Kol, but comes to know that he is an Original when Damon and Elena visit him and Kol tells Jeremy that they are not "buds."
- Jeremy can see every ghost on the planet if he concentrates. Not only Anna and Vicki.
- Although Alaric first felt the negative effects of the Gilbert Ring after his fourth death. Even though Jeremy has now died the same amount of times, he has not felt any negative effects.
- He and Matt are indirectly responsible for Elena becoming a vampire.
- Jeremy was, besides Stefan, the reason that Elena was on the way to Mystic Falls and Matt was the reason Elena drowned because she wanted Stefan to save Matt first.
- Apart from Elena, Damon and Stefan, he's the only character who appeared in every episode of Season One, except A Few Good Men. Once again during Season Four, he again appeared in every episode so far, except one episode, We'll Always Have Bourbon Street.
- Jeremy, along with Caroline, is the only character besides the main three who have appeared in the most episodes.
- Jeremy was the first human Elena healed with her vampire blood.
- About same time Connor died, Jeremy got his tattoo.
- Jeremy is the second human to kill an Original (Kol).
- Jeremy is the only member of the Five to kill an Original.
- Jeremy is the fourth main character to die in the series.
- He is the second main male character to die, the first being Alaric.
- Jeremy is the first major character to be killed without transitioning into a vampire.
- Jeremy is the first character from The Other Side to be resurrected.
- Jeremy is one of three main characters that killed an Original. The other two are Niklaus and Matt.
- He is the first character in the series to get expelled from school.
- Theoretically, he has been an orphan since the death of Grayson and Miranda Gilbert, thus orphan before Elena, who became one when his last parent alive (John Gilbert) also died.
- Jeremy Gilbert seems to have bad luck when it comes to love, as all three girls(Vicki, Anna and Bonnie) he was interested in died, thought Bonnie was later made anchor and exists on both sides now.
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Everything that has been said here can easily be done with MediaWiki, somehow no one has done it.
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I frequently visit th e tag reference, and tag listings for syntax check. ( Just did it yesterday, because I thought for some reason, that the linklist tak has an offset attribute, which it has not )
I find it is important, to guarantie some kind of (multilingual) permlink structure for these resources (without relying on cookies and such), that does not change.
Mediawiki allthough very robust, scares many Users off, due to this awkward bracket syntax. And the layout might be difficult to customize.
( Why didn't they use HTML in the first place ? )
On the other hand TXP might not be the best Tool for such a large amount of Users.
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Alright I have a fresh new 4.0.6 install up on Textbook is someone wants to take a stab at recreating Textbook using Textpattern. If it works awesome. I think it's not the right tool for the job, but I would love to be proven wrong.
This would require at the very least MLP and some sort of versioning. Preferably automatic, I'm sure md_versions could be modified to hook into the save event. It might just be a matter of modifying what event it's attached to.
Who wants to give it a shot?
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MLP is not yet compatible with v 4.0.6, and I think that hakjoon is right, that may be for this particular Case, TXP isn't right. What about scalability and support ? Can these be guaranteed ?
From what I've been reading, Mediawiki has good support.
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Oh and let me repeat this. "I HATE MEDIAWIKI". We are not staying with MediaWiki unless someone else wants to manage it.
DokuWiki was seen as at least slightly less of a Pain and it can use textile which is a plus. I would prefer to pursue adding the needed functionality to TXP vs having to leanr the ins and outs of another package that I don't use for anything else.
I see versioning and multi language support as the bigger gotchas but it could also be a workflow issue. The whole process of creating new pages and interliking them is much more cumbersome in TXP IMO.
I really feel that the main problem with Textbook is content so whatever gets more people writing the better.
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What are you referring to re scalability and support, marios? The number of editors? Are there limits on what txp can handle?
I was thinking about what Patrick just mentioned. That it is hard, timeconsuming und cumbersome, to do it at this stage, to get the multilingual IA structure right at this point. ( There is currently only one Developer on MLP ) Anyway, just my opinion.
( what I'd wish for the future, would be I tight Integration between MLP and TXP, but that didn't happen yet )
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MLP is beyond me, like most of the technical stuff is, but I will be happy to put a lot of work into Textbook in a month's time when I finish the work I've been forced to do. Patrick hates Mediawiki, nobody seems to want to take it over, nobody seems so keen to use Docuwiki, so it seems to me that Textpattern is the way to go. If you techies can sort it out between you, I'll do all the copying and pasting and take charge of the editing etc. I'm sure some of you will keep an eye on me and make sure I keep the standards high ;)
TXPQ Examples and discussion of Textpattern CMS quality.
Here a few things that DokuWiki has going for itself.
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There are a lot of different factors that have contributed to the three-game winning streak that has put the Cincinnati Bengals back in the AFC playoff race, but the emergence of rookie wide receiver Mohamed Sanu and fourth-year running back Cedric Peerman has been especially key.
Sanu was on the field for just 18 of 406 snaps and zero catches through the first six games, but he has11 catches for 98 yards and four touchdowns in the past three games — the last two of which he has started.
"He's been awesome in the red zone," offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said. "Against zones he has a great feel for finding the holes, and against man-to-man he's got a big body where he can create separation for himself. He's everything we hoped he would be, it just took us too long a time to figure it out I guess."
Peerman, who had six career carries prior to this year, has rushed 22 times for 157 yards in wins against the Giants, Chiefs and Raiders. Even without his 32-yard gain on a fake punt at Kansas City, Peerman is averaging 6.0 yards per carry while spelling starter BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and is a big reason why the Bengals have rushed for 410 yards in their last two games.
"When you show you're contributing and people are noticing that, it feels good," Peerman said. "(Green-Ellis) helps me out. He goes out there first, and he's telling me what he's seeing and what the defense is doing. He's a selfless player, and he's a team guy. He's been a great addition."
Double triple
Sunday's win against Oakland gave the Bengals a three-game winning streak for the second time this season. They also won three in a row against Cleveland, Washington and Jacksonville in September.
It's the seventh time in franchises history the Bengals have had multiple winning streaks of three games or more in the same year, although only three of those seasons led to playoff berths.
The most recent came in 2009 when the Bengals had win streaks of three and four games on the way to a 10-6 record and the AFC North championship. They had a pair of four-game streaks in 2005 en route to an 11-5 finish and the AFC North title. And they had win streaks of six and three in 1988 on the way to a 12-4 season that ended with a loss to San Francisco in Super Bowl XXIII.
The 2006 team had streaks of four and three and finished 8-8. The 1996 team had a pair of three-game streaks and finished 8-8. And the 1976 team had streaks of three and five on the way to a 10-4 finish.
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According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Sunday's Oakland-Cincinnati game was only the third in NFL history in which both teams had field goals of 55 yards or longer.
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KIRKSVILLE, MO -- Meet 19-year-old Alyssa Laudwig of Kirksville. She has been involved with raising hogs since she was a kid. She always has been interested in agriculture due to her long family history of taking care of swine dating all the way back to her great-grandfather. But it was her dad who got her into it.
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42. "Single Trial Probability Applications: Can Subjectivity Evade Frequency Limitations?"
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Abstract: Frequency probability theorists define an event's probability distribution as the limit of a repeated set of trials belonging to a homogeneous collective. The subsets of this collective are events which we have deficient knowledge about on an individual level, although for the larger collective we have knowledge its aggregate behavior. Hence, probabilities can only be achieved through repeated trials of these subsets arriving at the established frequencies that define the probabilities. Crovelli (2009) argues that this is a mistaken approach, and that a subjective assessment of individual trials should be used instead. Bifurcating between the two concepts of risk and uncertainty, Crovelli first asserts that probability is the tool used to manage uncertain situations, and then attempts to rebuild a definition of probability theory with this in mind. We show that such an attempt has little to gain, and results in an indeterminate application of entrepreneurial forecasting to uncertain decisions—a process far-removed from any application of probability theory.
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by Jochen Runde; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 54, 1996."A puzzling feature of the many contributions in economics that refer to Karl Popper's writings is how few of them mention his propensity interpretation of probability.(1) This may well be because this interpretation was initially proposed with physics in mind (Popper 1967). Yet by the end of his life it had become clear that his propensity theory had developed into something with much wider implications. As he puts in his last book, after he had first proposed it in the 1950s the "theory had further grown so that it was only in the last year that I realized its cosmological significance. I mean that we live in a worm of propensities, and that this fact makes our world both more interesting and more homely than the world as seen by earlier states of the sciences" (Popper 1990: 9). My aim in this paper is to document this development, to point out its affinities with Critical Realism (CR), and to raise some implications for two prominent Popperian themes in economics."
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Posted 27 October 2003 - 04:41 PM
I have to agree with Fredrick on this one. I can't stand getting RFPs (requests for proposals) when someone is interested in my services. I have a particular way I present what I can offer to my clients, and having to answer an RFP totally throws me off.
Generally when I get them, I simply ignore them or tell the potential client I'm too busy to answer it. If they would like my standard spiel instead, I'm happy to send them that.
So what do you guys think? Will you answer RFPs? Do you think they can work for SEM/SEO services? Or do SEM companies work too differently to really compare this way?
Posted 27 October 2003 - 04:54 PM
When i was a buyer for a civil engineering company i did everything face to face, the only time i asked for things in writing was when i was ready to order on the terms agreed.
This sort of thing is fine and dandy for buying nuts and bolts, but the web is not a nuts n bolts industry, its a people thing, isn't it?
Posted 27 October 2003 - 05:05 PM
- a guaranteed #1 ranking for the following keywords: (list of generic keywords)
- no changes be made to the current look, feel, or copy of the site
- a 200% increase in traffic over the next 3 months
People don't even understand what it is they want, much less how to write it up and get "comparitive bids" on it.
When my last firm was going through hard times with sales, we started responding to public RFP's. What a hoot! It's kind of like if I sat down and made a wish list for my public relations firm.
We require the successful candidate to:
- get our CEO on national TV at least once a month
- land us a feature article in every top trade organization this year
- guarantee that we will be mentioned in 3 local papers weekly
Who would respond to such outlandish requests? We actually did write up proposals based on reality... they were rarely accepted. Some charlatan would claim they could meet the demands... get the job, then say "it just didn't work out like we had hoped".
Posted 27 October 2003 - 05:11 PM
Thankfully only the agencies get rolled up in that doodah over here, and they are so pretentious that they will buy a paper bag over the head if it meant they got a gold star from their boss
Posted 27 October 2003 - 05:21 PM
We do not respond to formal RFPs but rather invite them to visit our site as it provides a wealth of information on who we are, what we do, what we have accomplished, client list, what SEM is, etc., etc. and then to fill out and submit our "RFQ" (request free quote) form.
Once they do this, we reply with a standard form email letter with some general guidelines on pricing and some custom verbiage as well related to what they submitted. With the form email letter, it is fairly easy to respond to the RFQs we receive and gets the ball rolling on selection of keywords and site analysis before a service plan is agreed upon.
The last RFP we got was from Delta Airlines which was laid out like an extensive employment application. We politely refused saying that we did not follow that format and followed the procedure I mentioned above. Never heard anything else from them. Oh well! It was tempting - Delta Airlines - but there are not enough hours in the day to respond to such requests no matter who it is and so few are actually landed.
That's our policy. to RFPs!
Posted 27 October 2003 - 06:18 PM
The professional ones I get don't ask for stuff like guarantees, and really do ask for reasonable stuff. But it would force me to deviate from my usual way of doing things, and therefore waste my precious time (which I can do just fine by myself, thank you very much!).
Interesting to hear other people have similar thoughts.
Does your mind change if the RFP says the budget is $100k?
Posted 27 October 2003 - 06:29 PM
Occasionally if I am a little interested I ask them how many other companies they are talking to, and who they are. They don't always answer, but if they do, it gives me a little better idea if its worth spending ANY time on at all.
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Posted 27 October 2003 - 07:24 PM
If it's someone like Delta Airlines - yes but if it's Joe's Airplane Service (meaning they are unheard of) then I'd dismiss it.Does your mind change if the RFP says the budget is $100k?
If it's a Fortune 500 or 1000 company and they are insistent on responding to an RFP, then we'd probably accommodate them but only after trying to get them to go though our process first.
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Posted 27 October 2003 - 08:30 PM
It should definitely be followed up with emails, discussions, possibly phone calls. I don't think I even give enough information in the proposal for them to make a final decision, unless they have no idea what they're doing.
Posted 28 October 2003 - 03:04 PM
I was discussing this with a colleague today. A guy called on the phone and gave a big spiel about how his company had been asked to 'investigate' the IT industry for govermental intranets in the NHS and how they were only contacting 'quality' companies like ours, and would we be interested in obtaining some of these lucrative projects..
I cut him short as Ive heard this line far too many times before, which incidentally, is usually closed with some advice to spend £1000 on an advert in a crappy wallplanner or diary that will never get used or seen
I began ranting to my colleague about how much people like him got up my nose, with their sales bullshit and lies. I then went on to say something around how these people should re-evaluate their lives and do something productive, instead of distracting people like us (don't worry I'm getting to the point ) which then lead me to talk about people wanting quotes via email etc.
Dear Sirs
Please tell me how much you will charge to get my website on the first page of Google.
Exactly, I dont even waste my fingers replying, which in many ways is the same for RFP'S . Whilst theyre certainly an improvement on the above email scenario, they are nonetheless, far too mechanistic and for me, lack any evidence of a commitment from the service enquirer to warrant a developed response from myself.
Don't get me wrong, if someone is prepared to take the time to tell me their aims and objectives, then on most occasions I afford them the courtesy of a brief response detailing the services I provide as well as any likely costs that would stem from their procurement. I make clear from the outset that any further work including phone calls, proposals, meetings etc will be charged at our standard rates.
If they're still interested then great, they may well be worth the effort, if they aren't then no big deal, Ive only wasted 5 minutes of my time.
Reading back, this may sound a little arrogant, its not intended that way, its just an approach I use, borne out of many hours of wasted time and effort, that works for me.
RFP? no ta.
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I tracked Tai Shan's development right from birth & fell in love with him! I just checked in today and saw that he left the zoo for China several months ago. Even tho I never saw him in person, I will miss him. He was so engaging and had such a personality!
Thanks so much to the zoo staff for letting us get to know this cute fella through your updates and photos!
Posted by Lisa Helwig on September 26,2010 | 07:59 PM
i am, once again on panda watch. there have been five pseudo pregnancies, no?
maybe this time.
please, beautiful mei, bring us a cubbie.
hugs to the pandas
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Posted by joan on April 27,2010 | 06:14 PM
You guys ROCKS.You just had a panda named Tai shan and I watched the movie when you guys had the baby panda.The movie was great.And if you guys have another panda at the zoo i'd be so happy.And I be happy if its a girl but if its not i don't care Ijust want you guys to have another panda.So I heard that in a few months or years you guys are going to send Tai shan and his mother,and father back to China.And then you guys will have to get more pands.
Posted by Caitlin on March 15,2010 | 11:42 PM
It feels like a lonely place without our Atlanta Panda and our Washington Panda.
Posted by Phyllis A. Cafarelli on February 7,2010 | 10:00 PM
As one of the few who caught Tai Shan's birth on the Panda Cam. I am so sad to watch him leave today. Hugs to all his Caretakers, I know how you feel. Haven't this good oa a cry in a long time. I am trying to remember he is leaving for China in hopes of producing offspring. I am cocerned about his destination, he will be going to a very difficult place.
Posted by Karen on February 4,2010 | 12:48 PM
We traveled from RI to see Tai when he was 7 months and he slept up in his favorite tree. We visited him a year later and he slept at the viewing window next to that vent he liked. We saw him, awake, romping daily on the live cam back home. He brightened our lives and I cry at his departure. Happy trails, Tai. May you enjoy the same wonderful care you received from your superior caretakers at the National Zoo!
Posted by Sharon Redinger on February 3,2010 | 09:55 PM
Sorry to read that Tai Shan is leaving for China this month. When he was born 4 years ago, my husband and I thought we had been given a great 50th wedding anniversary present. We were married on July 9, 1955. We really did enjoy watching this particular panda grow. Perhaps we'll see another cub born at the National Zoo. Thanks for all you do. Connie Mitchell
Posted by Constance L. Mitchell on January 8,2010 | 05:36 PM
Tai Shan has taught us a LOT, not only about Pandas, but also about people! He has brought out the best and the worst of people all over the world. Like any major "star", he's got people hanging onto his fuzzy little tail to grab attention for themselves (enough to make a person PUke); but at the same time his Major Cuteness has moved people to dig deep and support Giant Panda conservation efforts.
May Tai continue successful in his role as Ambassador for his species. With his personality and million dollar smile, he will go a long way! He's going to love his new home away from the maddening crowds, with lots of climbing trees and new places to explore. His new keepers will care for him very well. He will be just fine!
Now if only I can stop crying cuz he's leaving us...
Posted by Rae on December 5,2009 | 09:53 PM
I fell in love with Giant Pandas while watching Tai as a cub just learning to crawl and I fell in love with Tai Shan in a big way. Tai is very very special!!
I watched him a LOT through his first 2 yrs.
If you just can't get enough of him from the cam, or if you missed those early yrs, I highly suggest going to flickr.com and looking at the thousands of photos there.
Almost every moment of his life is there captured in brilliant photography. A great group with the best photos, I think, is Pandas Unlimited. You won't be disappointed with thier spectacular photos and videos.
Posted by Connie on October 31,2009 | 10:48 PM
I love those beautiful animals so much that I can't bear to think of them being sent into the wild after being taken care of so well by the great care takers there at the National Zoo, Lovingly, Mary F. Winke
Posted by Mary F. Winke on August 17,2009 | 05:18 PM
Tai's grandmother YongBa living miserablly in shenzhen zoo, guangdong , China, which has been a top new since the end of last year, hope someone in power could help her and change her life and send her back her homeland Sicuang, give her a decent respectful retirment that she deserved after so many years contrubition.
Posted by yongba on March 2,2009 | 11:46 PM
i came to the zoo last year and met the pandas. i love to watch the panda cam. i am 6 years old and want to be a panda doctor one day. thank you. clay
Posted by clay coleman on February 14,2009 | 10:00 PM
I too will grieve the day that you have to send precious Tai to China. Since the earthquake's disruption of the work at the Wolong site, it seems the best thing for him will be to stay in the US. I watched him for 2 years, from the day his was born and fell in love. Now I've decided I definitely want to go to China to see and hopefully work with the Pandas for my 70th birthday...only 7 years to save up! Please keep him here...I know there must be some way. Maybe the new President can help! Thanks for these wonderful past 3 years......
Posted by Mary Rafter on December 23,2008 | 06:46 PM
It is only another three more weeks for me to see the Pandas, and this is one of my big goals in life. I feel the same about Tai staying where he is, why move him as enough breeding is going on in China,and have they been able to release any Pandas back into the wild? I don't think they have. Please can you let me know if I am right or wrong. Susan Wells 2/11/08
Posted by Susan Wells on November 2,2008 | 06:50 AM
I don't think that they will mate Tai with the 3 year old in San Diego because they are cousins both mothers have the same grandfather. Tai, Su LIn and Chen Chen resemble each other, don't you think?
Posted by Marie on September 11,2008 | 02:59 PM
Thanks so much for those who don't get to travel but get to watch the cam. All 3 pandas are just wonders of the world. Tai Shan is 3 years old and I understad that the Chinese government has agreement to take him away to China. But if you'll just ask people every where you'll get the general consensus that it's only fair for Tai Shan to stay at the the national zoo in D. C. for longer time. I know you observe him and you'll know whether or not he'll have any indication for readiness to breed. Well, there's the female 3 years old in San Diego. Please plea to the Chinese government to let these two meet and see if they'll mate. Then when China gets this union of the panda family to China, it would be just so precious and a all Chinese American panda family. That should be an appearling proposition. Will the two zoos work up an arragement with the Chinese goverment? I know the 2 panda parents are from 2 different reserves in China, but since they are both from the same province the 2 breeding centers ought to work out an agreement for these pandas. Please let the Americans and visitors enjoy the pandas a little longer! When we have time and can afford it we'll make trips to China to see them too as I have done so to China and visit the Pandas. Will you please advise us where to write to the Chinese to plea this case, please? Much Thanks, Anita
Posted by Anita C. on September 9,2008 | 01:12 PM
My greatest pleasure is watching the Pandas on the cam, I was thirteen when I first fell in love with them, I am now sixty four and still in love with them, I will be going out to see them in November. How lucky I am to others But this may be my last chance to see them.
Posted by Susan Wells on September 5,2008 | 06:08 AM
What exactly is meant by the turm "paw licking?" In the daily log by the panda keeper they refer to Mel Xlang as doing a lot of paw licking. Is this a sign of confirmed pregnacy?
Posted by Amy on July 27,2008 | 04:46 PM
Elanore what you are asking sounds reasonable to me. But an agreement would have to be kept I would think. Tai Shan will be missed by all that have followed his growth. He will be the darling of China. I will continue to keep watching him on the cam until the day he will no longer be with us. I know that I will shed some tears as I am sure that his keepers will too and all the staff involved in the raising of Tai.
Posted by Marie on June 27,2008 | 03:08 PM
I am now only being introduced to the magical world of pandas. I hope Tai Shan will not be sent back to China, anyway, they were able to breed lots of baby pandas over there and giving Tai Shan to the US would not hurt them. Tai Shan now has a home and it would be a pity to send him back to China. I am appealing to the Chinese government to have a heart
Posted by Elanore Seeta on June 25,2008 | 08:46 AM
I love Panda because they are so cute (I think ,they are most lovely animal on the world)
Posted by Donchanok on June 20,2008 | 06:59 AM
A question. Do pandas in the wild eat during the night?
Posted by Sue on May 2,2008 | 07:54 PM
Wish Tai would never have to be sent to China. I am going to miss seeing him on the cam. I have seen him grow from being a baby to now going on 3 years old. He has been a joy to watch everyday. I love the way he circles round and round his yard looking for goodies. Wish I could visit the zoo someday and see him in person but I know that will never happen so he will continue to bring me much joy on the cam until he has to go to China. Hope you will be updating us on him while he is living in China. Thanks. It will be appreciated. I wish him the best while he makes his life in China. I love you, Tai. Boun Voyage to China. Happy BIrthday in July, sweetie.
Posted by Marie on March 28,2008 | 03:24 PM
I loved looking at the photos of Tai Shan. I love pandas and can't stand thinking about the problems they face. I hope they can find a mate for Tai shan and have a cub of their own
Posted by Madison Neil on February 21,2008 | 12:02 AM
hey im 12 and im doing a report on tai shan...does any1 know his exact weight when he was born? im havin trouble
Posted by darien on January 10,2008 | 06:58 PM
dear scientics,curators,and keepers i want to let you know what a good spot the panda cameras would like to celebrate in puerto rico i am crazy in love with mei xaing, tai shan and tian tain what fantastic job you,re were doing and what a difrence you were making thank you so much and make me a god bless you all and a merry chirstmas to you all love adriana p.s i want to adopt a giant panda
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