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I was recently introduced to an interesting game developed by the Urban Ministries of Durham called Spent. Spent allows you, for just a little while, to step into the shoes of a person on the verge of having nothing. You’ve lost your house, your job, and all of your savings. You’re down to your last $1000 dollars, and you need to find a job, a place to live, and make it through a month as a working poor class individual. You have a child to support, and the game throws a lot of curveballs at you, as life does. It’s not fair, just as life as a working poor individual isn’t fair. You never end the month with an amount equal to when you started. Sometimes you end with under $100 to your name. Sometimes you end in $1300 of debt.
I played this game in a class. The reactions of my fellow classmates to this game were… disheartening, to say the least. Many of the freshmen I observed did not take this game seriously at all. After taking $800 in rent from our $1000, there was an uproar of laughing and cries of “WE’RE SCREWED ALREADY, WE’LL NEVER MAKE IT.” People had no idea what to do with this situation. They were theorizing about money that they weren’t going to make with the job they had chosen. They assumed that a waitressing job for a working poor person would definitely lead them to connections that would lead them into a middle class life. They were counting on handouts of free food from their potential workplace. The entire game trivialized the experience of working poor people to a really frustrating amount. The number of times I heard, “Well we only have to make it to the end of the month,” “Well we only have three more days,” “C’mon we’re almost done,” was infuriating. Because it seemed like my classmates didn’t understand that a lot of people don’t get to just walk away. That’s their entire life experience.
Here’s where things become intensely racialized. In the article The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, George Lipsitz details the many ways, through policy and prejudice, that we have prevented people of color from gaining status or wealth. We invest in white comfort. We make white the default, the good, the morally correct. We refuse to pass laws that make discrimination in financial situations illegal. We treat crimes more harshly for people of color (furthering the immorality that people of color apparently possess). When confronted with these policy issues, we turn the tables so that we focus on moral issues. We say that these people don’t deserve to have it better, because they’re not like us [the white middle class]. So people of color are backed into a corner. They’re forced into working poor status, because the circumstances that our society has thrust upon them doesn’t allow them much, or any, movement into other classes. People of color are looked at as having a different set of morals from whites… a set of morals that makes them undeserving… a set of morals that leaves them with no other place but underneath whites. Perhaps it isn’t simply due to culture as so many people argue. It is due to the way that working poor people lead extremely different lives from the lives of middle class people.
Seeing the way middle class students reacted to this game, the general opinion on poor people, especially of color, is further set into place as something that makes sense. Between racial and class differences, the sense of otherness middle class whites must feel toward working poor people of color is absolutely astounding.
I urge you to think about this the next time you hear whispers in the grocery store about the Hispanic woman with foodstamps being financially irresponsible for having an iPhone.
This post made me think about when I was working at my Aunt’s elementary school in Queens, NY. The elementary school was public, and it was in a neighborhood of mostly Latinex people who were part of the lower-middle class. One day while my Aunt was telling me stories of the hardships the parents and the children had to go through, I said something like, “But the woman who you were talking to had an iPhone, so she couldn’t be that poor.” I thought this was a logical statement because it costs money to pay for a phone plan, etc. Right after I said that my Aunt told me, “Hannah, everyone has an iPhone, that doesn’t mean anything.” That conversation made me think about what I said, coming to the conclusion that you cannot judge someone by the way they dress, or by what phone they have. Thinking about the conversation I had with my Aunt today makes me think about if there was some colorblind ideology being thrown around in my head or the belief that everyone is equal with equal opportunities. Interesting topic!
This is a great application of White comfort. When we played Spent in class, there certainly was a certain amount of veiled DIScomfort in the room, moderated by humor.
I don’t think spent does a good job of bringing everyone along for the ride it wants to take you on. It’s hard to take seriously unless you have been introduced to these concepts before, and not everyone in that room had taken a class on privilege or race before. It was a rough class period, I agree.
When I read this post, I immediately think of our class discussions of the “American Dream” and protestant work ethic that are so deeply ingrained in our master narrative. I think those beliefs that as long as you work hard and pull yourself up by your bootstraps you can rise through the ranks and be successful could be a big reason why these students had this reaction. That last statement you make is very powerful. Definitely a lot to think about!

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I was recently introduced to an interesting game developed by the Urban Ministries of Durham called Spent . Spent allows you , for just a little while , to step into the shoes of a person on the verge of having nothing . You ’ve lost your house , your job , and all of your savings . You ’re down to your last $ 1000 dollars , and you need to find a job , a place to live , and make it through a month as a working poor class individual . You have a child to support , and the game throws a lot of curveballs at you , as life does . It ’s not fair , just as life as a working poor individual is n’t fair . You never end the month with an amount equal to when you started . Sometimes you end with under $ 100 to your name . Sometimes you end in $ 1300 of debt .
 I played this game in a class . The reactions of my fellow classmates to this game were … disheartening , to say the least . Many of the freshmen I observed did not take this game seriously at all . After taking $ 800 in rent from our $ 1000 , there was an uproar of laughing and cries of “ WE’RE SCREWED ALREADY , WE’LL NEVER MAKE IT . ” People had no idea what to do with this situation . They were theorizing about money that they were n’t going to make with the job they had chosen . They assumed that a waitressing job for a working poor person would definitely lead them to connections that would lead them into a middle class life . They were counting on handouts of free food from their potential workplace . The entire game trivialized the experience of working poor people to a really frustrating amount . The number of times I heard , “ Well we only have to make it to the end of the month , ” “ Well we only have three more days , ” “ C’m on we ’re almost done , ” was infuriating . Because it seemed like my classmates did n’t understand that a lot of people do n’t get to just walk away . That ’s their entire life experience .
 Here ’s where things become intensely racialized . In the article The Possessive Investment in Whiteness , George Lipsitz details the many ways , through policy and prejudice , that we have prevented people of color from gaining status or wealth . We invest in white comfort . We make white the default , the good , the morally correct . We refuse to pass laws that make discrimination in financial situations illegal . We treat crimes more harshly for people of color ( furthering the immorality that people of color apparently possess ) . When confronted with these policy issues , we turn the tables so that we focus on moral issues . We say that these people do n’t deserve to have it better , because they ’re not like us [ the white middle class ] . So people of color are backed into a corner . They ’re forced into working poor status , because the circumstances that our society has thrust upon them does n’t allow them much , or any , movement into other classes . People of color are looked at as having a different set of morals from whites … a set of morals that makes them undeserving … a set of morals that leaves them with no other place but underneath whites . Perhaps it is n’t simply due to culture as so many people argue . It is due to the way that working poor people lead extremely different lives from the lives of middle class people .
 Seeing the way middle class students reacted to this game , the general opinion on poor people , especially of color , is further set into place as something that makes sense . Between racial and class differences , the sense of otherness middle class whites must feel toward working poor people of color is absolutely astounding .
 I urge you to think about this the next time you hear whispers in the grocery store about the Hispanic woman with foodstamps being financially irresponsible for having an iPhone .
 This post made me think about when I was working at my Aunt ’s elementary school in Queens , NY . The elementary school was public , and it was in a neighborhood of mostly Latinex people who were part of the lower - middle class . One day while my Aunt was telling me stories of the hardships the parents and the children had to go through , I said something like , “ But the woman who you were talking to had an iPhone , so she could n’t be that poor . ” I thought this was a logical statement because it costs money to pay for a phone plan , etc . Right after I said that my Aunt told me , “ Hannah , everyone has an iPhone , that does n’t mean anything . ” That conversation made me think about what I said , coming to the conclusion that you can not judge someone by the way they dress , or by what phone they have . Thinking about the conversation I had with my Aunt today makes me think about if there was some colorblind ideology being thrown around in my head or the belief that everyone is equal with equal opportunities . Interesting topic !
 This is a great application of White comfort . When we played Spent in class , there certainly was a certain amount of veiled DIScomfort in the room , moderated by humor .
 I do n’t think spent does a good job of bringing everyone along for the ride it wants to take you on . It ’s hard to take seriously unless you have been introduced to these concepts before , and not everyone in that room had taken a class on privilege or race before . It was a rough class period , I agree .
 When I read this post , I immediately think of our class discussions of the “ American Dream ” and protestant work ethic that are so deeply ingrained in our master narrative . I think those beliefs that as long as you work hard and pull yourself up by your bootstraps you can rise through the ranks and be successful could be a big reason why these students had this reaction . That last statement you make is very powerful . Definitely a lot to think about !


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When Dateline Houston reported on Harris County’s deeply flawed “dead” voter purge, in which the county—under state instruction and then duress—risked disenfranchising thousands of legitimate voters in the interest of election integrity, the Houston Chronicle had already pointed out that a disproportionate number of those affected were minorities. At the time, Dateline Houston wasn’t aware of anyone coming out and saying the purge was motivated by racial or partisan bias. Well, now someone has.
First, the quick-and-dirty history. (Long snarky version here.) The state regularly uses various data to determine if a voter has died and should have her registration canceled. Last session, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that dramatically expanded (and, it seems, polluted) that list. About 77,000 Texans got letters in the mail asking if they were dead, and saying their voter registration would be canceled if they didn’t write back. Harris County residents got 9,000 of those letters. When Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Don Sumners heard immediate complaints from living voters, he said no one here would be purged until after the election and more investigation. To coerce Harris County into compliance, the state froze the county’s voter registration funding. Four not-dead-yet voters sued, and the whole affair was dropped until after the election.
To Dateline Houston, it seemed Sumners was defending all voters by stopping the operation as soon as it proved defective. But not to LULAC.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) joined seven voters Thursday in filing a federal lawsuit against Harris County and Sumners, alleging that he “targets the Latino and black communities in his voter purging by ZIP code,” said Attorney Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., LULAC’s general counsel, to the Houston Chronicle.
That makes LULAC’s accusation sound like a straightforward, moustache-twisting deletion of Garcias. Actually, what the suit alleges are a few piecemeal forms of discrimination only loosely tied to the recent voter purge, plus the overarching observation that the voter application rejection rate from 2009 to 2012 was higher for Latinos and black voters than for Anglos, and higher in majority Latino and black neighborhoods than majority Anglo neighborhoods.
LULAC alleges that Sumners is denying voter applications because the voter’s residential address might be a commercial address, despite a 2009 settlement with the Texas Democratic Party where Harris County specifically promised that they wouldn’t do that. Sumners also allegedly rejected hundreds of applications for failing to include “all the required information,” despite the fact that the 2009 settlement included a fairly short list of basic information that had to be “legibly [provided]” for registration. LULAC also says that “all the required information” is too vague a grounds for rejection, and that Sumners’ decision not to send his staff to collect the voter registrations from new citizens at Houston Area Naturalization Ceremonies constituted a change in procedures that required federal pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Finally, LULAC objects to Sumners’ failure to notify the 9000 Harris County residents who got “Are you dead?” letters that their registrations would not be canceled even if they failed to confirm their perpetuance.
It’s worth noting that House Bill 174, which expanded the perhaps-dead voter list by requiring the secretary of state to incorporate data from the Social Security “death master list,” passed with only one opposing vote and did get federal pre-clearance.
The release, written in the first person apparently by Sumners, says LULAC’s accusations are a retread of the previous suit, baseless and politically motivated. He’s obviously not rejecting voters for commercial addresses, he says, because a True the Voter recently sent him a “challenge” list of hundreds of registered voters with commercial address whom she wanted removed. Of course, this isn’t as strong a defense as it initially seems, because LULAC is not alleging that Sumners is cancelling all voter registrations from commercial addresses. They allege that Sumners is cancelling more commercial-address registrations from minority neighborhoods than Anglo ones. So the fact that a True-the-Voter can come up with hundreds of commercial-address voter registrations doesn’t prove that LULAC is wrong. If those addresses turned out to be in predominantly Anglo neighborhoods, it could prove them right.
Sumners also points out that nobody, dead or undead, is getting purged before the November elections, which also sounds like a strong defense at first. But that’s not what LULAC’s suit is about. It’s about, in part, the failure of Sumners’ office to notify people that they won’t be purged in the same official capacity as he told them they would be. Sumners’ retort also focuses only on the last two months, and doesn’t address the LULAC claim that racially disproportionate purges have been occurring since 2009.
Finally, Sumners says that the naturalization ceremony claim is “totally wrong and easily disproven,” though he doesn’t say how.
If the system works, the courts will establish who’s right in this he-said-they-said conflict. Place your bets in the comments section. But to Dateline Houston, the most important player in the Harris County zombie voter scandal is only mentioned in passing the in the dispatches from these two sides.
In the second paragraph of Sumners’ “pfft, check out this guy” press release, he notes, “The Secretary of State is not named as a defendant” in LULAC’s suit. The Texas legislature, after all, found time to pass into law the big changes that risked so much disenfranchisement, all to stop the four dead-voter-impersonators that cast ballots in this year’s run-offs. But the Secretary of State’s office is the one that froze Harris County voter registration funding for refusing to purge voters even after it became obvious to all involved that the new dead list was fatally flawed.
While LULAC mud-wrestles Harris County, who will point fingers at the state?

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When Dateline Houston reported on Harris County ’s deeply flawed “ dead ” voter purge , in which the county — under state instruction and then duress — risked disenfranchising thousands of legitimate voters in the interest of election integrity , the Houston Chronicle had already pointed out that a disproportionate number of those affected were minorities . At the time , Dateline Houston was n’t aware of anyone coming out and saying the purge was motivated by racial or partisan bias . Well , now someone has .
 First , the quick - and - dirty history . ( Long snarky version here . ) The state regularly uses various data to determine if a voter has died and should have her registration canceled . Last session , the Texas Legislature passed a bill that dramatically expanded ( and , it seems , polluted ) that list . About 77,000 Texans got letters in the mail asking if they were dead , and saying their voter registration would be canceled if they did n’t write back . Harris County residents got 9,000 of those letters . When Harris County Tax Assessor - Collector Don Sumners heard immediate complaints from living voters , he said no one here would be purged until after the election and more investigation . To coerce Harris County into compliance , the state froze the county ’s voter registration funding . Four not - dead - yet voters sued , and the whole affair was dropped until after the election .
 To Dateline Houston , it seemed Sumners was defending all voters by stopping the operation as soon as it proved defective . But not to LULAC .
 The League of United Latin American Citizens ( LULAC ) joined seven voters Thursday in filing a federal lawsuit against Harris County and Sumners , alleging that he “ targets the Latino and black communities in his voter purging by ZIP code , ” said Attorney Luis Roberto Vera , Jr. , LULAC ’s general counsel , to the Houston Chronicle .
 That makes LULAC ’s accusation sound like a straightforward , moustache - twisting deletion of Garcias . Actually , what the suit alleges are a few piecemeal forms of discrimination only loosely tied to the recent voter purge , plus the overarching observation that the voter application rejection rate from 2009 to 2012 was higher for Latinos and black voters than for Anglos , and higher in majority Latino and black neighborhoods than majority Anglo neighborhoods .
 LULAC alleges that Sumners is denying voter applications because the voter ’s residential address might be a commercial address , despite a 2009 settlement with the Texas Democratic Party where Harris County specifically promised that they would n’t do that . Sumners also allegedly rejected hundreds of applications for failing to include “ all the required information , ” despite the fact that the 2009 settlement included a fairly short list of basic information that had to be “ legibly [ provided ] ” for registration . LULAC also says that “ all the required information ” is too vague a grounds for rejection , and that Sumners ’ decision not to send his staff to collect the voter registrations from new citizens at Houston Area Naturalization Ceremonies constituted a change in procedures that required federal pre - clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act .
 Finally , LULAC objects to Sumners ’ failure to notify the 9000 Harris County residents who got “ Are you dead ? ” letters that their registrations would not be canceled even if they failed to confirm their perpetuance .
 It ’s worth noting that House Bill 174 , which expanded the perhaps - dead voter list by requiring the secretary of state to incorporate data from the Social Security “ death master list , ” passed with only one opposing vote and did get federal pre - clearance .
 The release , written in the first person apparently by Sumners , says LULAC ’s accusations are a retread of the previous suit , baseless and politically motivated . He ’s obviously not rejecting voters for commercial addresses , he says , because a True the Voter recently sent him a “ challenge ” list of hundreds of registered voters with commercial address whom she wanted removed . Of course , this is n’t as strong a defense as it initially seems , because LULAC is not alleging that Sumners is cancelling all voter registrations from commercial addresses . They allege that Sumners is cancelling more commercial - address registrations from minority neighborhoods than Anglo ones . So the fact that a True - the - Voter can come up with hundreds of commercial - address voter registrations does n’t prove that LULAC is wrong . If those addresses turned out to be in predominantly Anglo neighborhoods , it could prove them right .
 Sumners also points out that nobody , dead or undead , is getting purged before the November elections , which also sounds like a strong defense at first . But that ’s not what LULAC ’s suit is about . It ’s about , in part , the failure of Sumners ’ office to notify people that they wo n’t be purged in the same official capacity as he told them they would be . Sumners ’ retort also focuses only on the last two months , and does n’t address the LULAC claim that racially disproportionate purges have been occurring since 2009 .
 Finally , Sumners says that the naturalization ceremony claim is “ totally wrong and easily disproven , ” though he does n’t say how .
 If the system works , the courts will establish who ’s right in this he - said - they - said conflict . Place your bets in the comments section . But to Dateline Houston , the most important player in the Harris County zombie voter scandal is only mentioned in passing the in the dispatches from these two sides .
 In the second paragraph of Sumners ’ “ pfft , check out this guy ” press release , he notes , “ The Secretary of State is not named as a defendant ” in LULAC ’s suit . The Texas legislature , after all , found time to pass into law the big changes that risked so much disenfranchisement , all to stop the four dead - voter - impersonators that cast ballots in this year ’s run - offs . But the Secretary of State ’s office is the one that froze Harris County voter registration funding for refusing to purge voters even after it became obvious to all involved that the new dead list was fatally flawed .
 While LULAC mud - wrestles Harris County , who will point fingers at the state ?


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Trying out a new sound feature here on the blog. From my old Runner’s Digest radio show days in Boston I have untold hours of interviews and race calls from the first Running Boom era. The show ran weekly from 1977 to 1988.
In this selection 1974 NCAA Cross Country champion Nick Rose of England discusses the use of fartlek training in a 1981 interview with me and Runner’s World editor Amby Burfoot.
Let me hear if you’d like more “Blasts from the Past”.
Toni – the first time I ever met you was to do an interview for the radio show. Would love to see more posted.
I am enthused by your responses. I have been culling the Runner’s Digest library this afternoon, and have found one nugget after another. Walt, pics from Jeff J. would be invaluable. I’ll let you know what I’m working on, and see what you might have in a supporting role. Thanks for all the comments.
Excellent! I have thousands of Jeff’s pictures digitized if they might help add to a program.
Keep them coming.Passion and wisdom never gets old.Runners Digest still has a lot to offer. THANKS.
Yup. Please post more. You had a great show.
Toni- I loved this!! These should be a must for all coaches and aspiring coaches.
Hey Toni, I hope that you keep these coming I know that you have a treasure trove from the show.
You chose the perfect photo to accompany this audio memory. This NCAA race contained a breathtaking number of surges between Nick and Craig. I think if forced to pick the most amazing running battle I’ve ever witnessed live I would choose this NCAA XC race. Unforgettable.
I certainly would love to hear more of these, Tony!

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Trying out a new sound feature here on the blog . From my old Runner ’s Digest radio show days in Boston I have untold hours of interviews and race calls from the first Running Boom era . The show ran weekly from 1977 to 1988 .
 In this selection 1974 NCAA Cross Country champion Nick Rose of England discusses the use of fartlek training in a 1981 interview with me and Runner ’s World editor Amby Burfoot .
 Let me hear if you ’d like more “ Blasts from the Past ” .
 Toni – the first time I ever met you was to do an interview for the radio show . Would love to see more posted .
 I am enthused by your responses . I have been culling the Runner ’s Digest library this afternoon , and have found one nugget after another . Walt , pics from Jeff J. would be invaluable . I ’ll let you know what I ’m working on , and see what you might have in a supporting role . Thanks for all the comments .
 Excellent ! I have thousands of Jeff ’s pictures digitized if they might help add to a program .
 Keep them coming . Passion and wisdom never gets old . Runners Digest still has a lot to offer . THANKS .
 Yup . Please post more . You had a great show .
 Toni- I loved this ! ! These should be a must for all coaches and aspiring coaches .
 Hey Toni , I hope that you keep these coming I know that you have a treasure trove from the show .
 You chose the perfect photo to accompany this audio memory . This NCAA race contained a breathtaking number of surges between Nick and Craig . I think if forced to pick the most amazing running battle I ’ve ever witnessed live I would choose this NCAA XC race . Unforgettable .
 I certainly would love to hear more of these , Tony !


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You are here: Home / Blog / SEO & Content Strategy / Are the Internet and the World Wide Web (www) the Same Thing?
The Internet is a communications infrastructure that lets millions of computers worldwide communicate with each other. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a hyper-media information retrieval system providing universal access to documents worldwide. In other words, the WWW is a service operating over the Internet. As a comparison, other (older) services operating over the Internet include Email and File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
The WWW connects computers called servers that provide information, as services, with computers requesting the service, e.g., your browser. The WWW delivers its payload (a Web page) using the Internet.
Using an analogy from the physical world , a transportation network (1) is very much like a digital network (2), both consist of physical infrastructure and software. In the case of a transportation network there are signalized intersections for controlling the flow of vehicles, while the Internet use routers to control the flow of data packets.
The Internet is like a road system.
These networks were built in order that various types of services could be provided over them. In both cases you can think of them as a request-response architecture – a request for a service is made and a resource is returned in the form of a response. In the physical world think of a logistics company delivering a package over a transportation network, and in the digital world a browser requesting a Webpage. In the case of the transportation network, an e-commerce request is made and a package delivery is fulfilled over the transportation network.
It is no exaggeration to say that the World Wide Web has had as profound an effect on human communication as the printing press. One key difference is that operation of the printing press was limited to a few select tradesmen but on the web everyone has his or her own printing press; everyone can be a publisher of a website. Before creating your first website, you’ll examine a short history of the web because that history impacts the way you write code for your web pages. You’ll start by exploring the basic terminology of computer networks.
A network is a structure in which information and services are shared among devices known as nodes or hosts. A host can be any device that is capable of sending and/or receiving data electronically. The most common hosts that you will work with are desktop computers, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and printers.A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network is called a server. For example, a print server is a network host that provides printing services and a file server is a host that provides storage space for saving and retrieving files. The device that receives these services is called a client. A common network design is the client-server network, in which the clients access information provided by one or more servers. You might be using such a network to access your data files for this tutorial.
Networks are classified based on the range of devices they cover. A network confined to a small geographic area, such as within a building or department, is referred to as a local area network or LAN. A network that covers a wider area, such as several buildings or cities, is called a wide area network or WAN. Wide area networks typically consist of two or more interconnected local area networks. The largest WAN in existence is the internet, which incorporates an almost uncountable number of networks and hosts involving computers, mobile devices (such as phones, tablets, and so forth), MP3 players, and gaming systems.
The biggest obstacle to effectively using the Internet is the network’s sheer scope and size. Most of the early Internet tools required users to master a bewildering array of terms, acronyms, and commands. Because network users had to be well versed in computers and network technology, Internet use was largely limited to programmers and computer specialists working for universities, large businesses, and the government.The solution to this problem was developed in 1989 by Timothy Berners-Lee and other researchers at the CERN nuclear research facility near Geneva, Switzerland.
They needed an information system that would make it easy for their researchers to locate and share data on the CERN network. To meet this need, they developed a system of hypertext documents. Hypertext is a method of organization in which data sources are interconnected through a series of links or hyperlinks that users activate to jump from one data source to another. Hypertext is ideally suited for the Internet because end users don’t need to know where a particular document, information source, or service is located—they only need to know how to activate the link. The effectiveness of this technique quickly spread beyond Geneva and was adopted with other networks across the Internet. The totality of these interconnected hypertext documents became known as the World Wide Web. The fact that the Internet and the World Wide Web are synonymous in many users’ minds is a testament to the success of the hypertext approach.
Documents on the web are stored on web servers in the form of web pages and accessed through a software program called a web browser. The browser retrieves the document from the web server and renders it locally in a form that is readable on a client device. However, because there is a wide selection of client devices ranging from desktop computers to mobile phones to screen readers that relay data aurally, each web page must be written in code that is compatible with every device. How does the same document work with so many different devices? To understand, you need to look at how web pages are created.
A web page is a simple text file written in HtML (Hypertext Markup Language). You’ve already read about hypertext, but what is a markup language? A markup language is a language that describes the content and structure of a document by “marking up” or tagging, different document elements. For example, this tutorial contains several document elements such as the tutorial title, main headings, subheadings, paragraphs, figures, figure captions, and so forth. Using a markup language, each of these elements could be tagged as a distinct item within the “tutorial document.” Thus, a Hypertext Markup Language is a language that supports both the tagging of distinct document elements and connecting documents through hypertext links.
In the early years, no single organization defined the rules or syntax of HTML. Browser developers were free to define and modify the language in different ways which, of course, led to problems as different browsers supported different “flavors” of HTML and a web page that was written based on one browser’s standard might appear totally different when rendered by another browser. Ultimately, a group of web designers and programmers called the World Wide Web consortium, or the W3c, settled on a set of standards or specifications for all browser manufacturers to follow.
The W3C has no enforcement power, but, because using a uniform language is in everyone’s best interest, the W3C’s recommendations are usually followed, though not always immediately. Each new version of HTML goes through years of discussion and testing before it is formally adopted as the accepted standard. For more information on the W3C and its services, see its website at www.w3.org.By 1999, HTML had progressed to the fourth version of the language, HtML 4.01, which provided support for multimedia, online commerce, and interactive scripts running within the web page.
However, there were still many incompatibilities in how HTML was implemented across different browsers and how HTML code was written by web developers. The W3C sought to take control of what had been a haphazard process and enforce a stricter set of standards in a different version of the language called XHtML (extensible Hypertext Markup Language). By 2002, the W3C had released the specifications for XHTML 1.1. But XHTML 1.1 was intended to be only a minor upgrade on the way to XHTML 2.0, which would correct many of the deficiencies found in HTML 4.01 and become the future language of the web.
One problem was that XHTML 2.0 would not be backward compatible with HTML and, as a result, older websites could not be easily brought into the new standard.Web designers rebelled at this development and, in response, the Web Hypertext Application technology Working Group (WHAtWG) was formed in 2004 with the mission to develop a rival version to XHTML 2.0, called HtML5. Unlike XHTML 2.0, HTML5 would be compatible with earlier versions of HTML and would not apply the same strict standards that XHTML demanded. For several years, it was unclear which specification would win out; but by 2006, work on XHTML 2.0 had completely stalled.

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You are here : Home / Blog / SEO & Content Strategy / Are the Internet and the World Wide Web ( www ) the Same Thing ?
 The Internet is a communications infrastructure that lets millions of computers worldwide communicate with each other . The World Wide Web ( WWW ) is a hyper - media information retrieval system providing universal access to documents worldwide . In other words , the WWW is a service operating over the Internet . As a comparison , other ( older ) services operating over the Internet include Email and File Transfer Protocol ( FTP ) .
 The WWW connects computers called servers that provide information , as services , with computers requesting the service , e.g. , your browser . The WWW delivers its payload ( a Web page ) using the Internet .
 Using an analogy from the physical world , a transportation network ( 1 ) is very much like a digital network ( 2 ) , both consist of physical infrastructure and software . In the case of a transportation network there are signalized intersections for controlling the flow of vehicles , while the Internet use routers to control the flow of data packets .
 The Internet is like a road system .
 These networks were built in order that various types of services could be provided over them . In both cases you can think of them as a request - response architecture – a request for a service is made and a resource is returned in the form of a response . In the physical world think of a logistics company delivering a package over a transportation network , and in the digital world a browser requesting a Webpage . In the case of the transportation network , an e - commerce request is made and a package delivery is fulfilled over the transportation network .
 It is no exaggeration to say that the World Wide Web has had as profound an effect on human communication as the printing press . One key difference is that operation of the printing press was limited to a few select tradesmen but on the web everyone has his or her own printing press ; everyone can be a publisher of a website . Before creating your first website , you ’ll examine a short history of the web because that history impacts the way you write code for your web pages . You ’ll start by exploring the basic terminology of computer networks .
 A network is a structure in which information and services are shared among devices known as nodes or hosts . A host can be any device that is capable of sending and/or receiving data electronically . The most common hosts that you will work with are desktop computers , laptops , tablets , mobile phones , and printers . A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network is called a server . For example , a print server is a network host that provides printing services and a file server is a host that provides storage space for saving and retrieving files . The device that receives these services is called a client . A common network design is the client - server network , in which the clients access information provided by one or more servers . You might be using such a network to access your data files for this tutorial .
 Networks are classified based on the range of devices they cover . A network confined to a small geographic area , such as within a building or department , is referred to as a local area network or LAN . A network that covers a wider area , such as several buildings or cities , is called a wide area network or WAN . Wide area networks typically consist of two or more interconnected local area networks . The largest WAN in existence is the internet , which incorporates an almost uncountable number of networks and hosts involving computers , mobile devices ( such as phones , tablets , and so forth ) , MP3 players , and gaming systems .
 The biggest obstacle to effectively using the Internet is the network ’s sheer scope and size . Most of the early Internet tools required users to master a bewildering array of terms , acronyms , and commands . Because network users had to be well versed in computers and network technology , Internet use was largely limited to programmers and computer specialists working for universities , large businesses , and the government . The solution to this problem was developed in 1989 by Timothy Berners - Lee and other researchers at the CERN nuclear research facility near Geneva , Switzerland .
 They needed an information system that would make it easy for their researchers to locate and share data on the CERN network . To meet this need , they developed a system of hypertext documents . Hypertext is a method of organization in which data sources are interconnected through a series of links or hyperlinks that users activate to jump from one data source to another . Hypertext is ideally suited for the Internet because end users do n’t need to know where a particular document , information source , or service is located — they only need to know how to activate the link . The effectiveness of this technique quickly spread beyond Geneva and was adopted with other networks across the Internet . The totality of these interconnected hypertext documents became known as the World Wide Web . The fact that the Internet and the World Wide Web are synonymous in many users ’ minds is a testament to the success of the hypertext approach .
 Documents on the web are stored on web servers in the form of web pages and accessed through a software program called a web browser . The browser retrieves the document from the web server and renders it locally in a form that is readable on a client device . However , because there is a wide selection of client devices ranging from desktop computers to mobile phones to screen readers that relay data aurally , each web page must be written in code that is compatible with every device . How does the same document work with so many different devices ? To understand , you need to look at how web pages are created .
 A web page is a simple text file written in HtML ( Hypertext Markup Language ) . You ’ve already read about hypertext , but what is a markup language ? A markup language is a language that describes the content and structure of a document by “ marking up ” or tagging , different document elements . For example , this tutorial contains several document elements such as the tutorial title , main headings , subheadings , paragraphs , figures , figure captions , and so forth . Using a markup language , each of these elements could be tagged as a distinct item within the “ tutorial document . ” Thus , a Hypertext Markup Language is a language that supports both the tagging of distinct document elements and connecting documents through hypertext links .
 In the early years , no single organization defined the rules or syntax of HTML . Browser developers were free to define and modify the language in different ways which , of course , led to problems as different browsers supported different “ flavors ” of HTML and a web page that was written based on one browser ’s standard might appear totally different when rendered by another browser . Ultimately , a group of web designers and programmers called the World Wide Web consortium , or the W3c , settled on a set of standards or specifications for all browser manufacturers to follow .
 The W3C has no enforcement power , but , because using a uniform language is in everyone ’s best interest , the W3C ’s recommendations are usually followed , though not always immediately . Each new version of HTML goes through years of discussion and testing before it is formally adopted as the accepted standard . For more information on the W3C and its services , see its website at www.w3.org . By 1999 , HTML had progressed to the fourth version of the language , HtML 4.01 , which provided support for multimedia , online commerce , and interactive scripts running within the web page .
 However , there were still many incompatibilities in how HTML was implemented across different browsers and how HTML code was written by web developers . The W3C sought to take control of what had been a haphazard process and enforce a stricter set of standards in a different version of the language called XHtML ( extensible Hypertext Markup Language ) . By 2002 , the W3C had released the specifications for XHTML 1.1 . But XHTML 1.1 was intended to be only a minor upgrade on the way to XHTML 2.0 , which would correct many of the deficiencies found in HTML 4.01 and become the future language of the web .
 One problem was that XHTML 2.0 would not be backward compatible with HTML and , as a result , older websites could not be easily brought into the new standard . Web designers rebelled at this development and , in response , the Web Hypertext Application technology Working Group ( WHAtWG ) was formed in 2004 with the mission to develop a rival version to XHTML 2.0 , called HtML5 . Unlike XHTML 2.0 , HTML5 would be compatible with earlier versions of HTML and would not apply the same strict standards that XHTML demanded . For several years , it was unclear which specification would win out ; but by 2006 , work on XHTML 2.0 had completely stalled .


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Boosted by Citigroup’s announcement that it does not require any additional financial support from the government, the major markets rallied to their best week since November. Merck’s acquisition of Schering Plough gave the Dow an additional boost. The S&P enjoyed its third best week since World War II, according to Reuters. The Dow gained 9.14 percent to close the week at 7,170.06. The S&P rose 10.79 percent to end the week at 750.74, and the NASDAQ added 10.64 percent to finish the week at 1,426.10.
Deficit Drop – The nation’s trade deficit dropped in January to its lowest level since October 2002, falling 9.7 percent to $36 billion. If that trend continues for the rest of 2009, the U.S. would enter 2010 with a deficit of $432 billion, a drop of 36.5 percent from 2008 (Source: Commerce Department).
Out vs. In – In spite of the fact that the U.S. had a $677 billion trade deficit in 2008 (imports in excess of exports), we were able to offset much (but not all) of that outflow of dollars by attracting $515 billion of foreign capital into our stocks and bonds. Thus, for every $4 that left the U.S. to buy foreign imports, $3 came into the U.S. as foreigners bought American financial assets (Source: Commerce and Treasury Departments, BTN Research).
Consumers Gaining Confidence – The March reading of 56.6 on the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers exceeded both the February index reading of 56.3 and economists expectations of 55. The number of Americans giving President Obama a positive job rating rose to 23 percent, compared to 14 percent in February. The report concluded that the one-month confidence gain from February to March was the largest ever recorded. The Michigan index dates back to 1952.
Not Enough – Of more than 10,000 Americans surveyed early last summer, only 27 percent were confident that they had or were saving sufficient money for their retirement. Another 23 percent were not sure (Source: Retirement Made Simpler, BTN Research).
The Target Group – The top 1 percent of wage earners took home 22.1 percent of all national income in 2006, up from 8.5 percent in 1980. This same group paid 39.9 percent of all federal income tax in 2006, up from 19.1 percent in 1980 (Source: Tax Foundation, BTN Research).
Watching a parent becoming increasingly dependent on others for the normal activities of daily life can be difficult. It can be even harder for the parent to admit needing help. Creating a plan for how you, your parent, you family and your parent’s medical professionals will handle that possible scenario can alleviate misunderstanding and confusion when a crisis arises.
1. Pick a point of contact. One sibling or other close relative should be in charge of communicating with doctors. This person should have a health care power of attorney for the parent.
2. Find a family-friendly primary doctor. An elderly parent may receive care from multiple specialists. With your parent, decide on one doctor to be the primary medical resource. Make sure reports from specialists are sent to the primary doctor. If you are caring for your parent from a distance, consider asking your doctor if he or she is willing to communicate via email.
3. Create a central storage place for vital documents, including medical records, Social Security number and health insurance policy information. In an emergency, you don’t want to be digging through decades of files to find what you need. Hard copies should be duplicated and stored in at least two fire- and water-proof locations. Digital imaging and storage services offer a convenient place to access files remotely.
4. Talk to your parent about long term care insurance. Nursing home costs continue to rise faster than inflation and can quickly deplete your parent’s savings.
5. Create a care circle. Particularly if you live more than an hour or two away from your parent, a network of neighbors, church members and friends can give you some reassurance that others will keep in touch with your parent regularly and contact you in an emergency.
6. Discuss finances. The point-of-contact relative, or another relative equipped to deal with financial matters, should have a financial power of attorney. This person should know the location of key accounts and policies, and the names and phone numbers for key advisors.
A final word of advice: Don’t make promises you can’t keep. A parent who resists help can use emotional leverage to extract promises you’ll later find difficult to keep – like withholding information from other family members or vowing not to place the parent in a nursing facility. Discussing such issues ahead of time can help you and your family avoid these situations. If you would like help in creating a plan for caring for an aging parent, contact our office.

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Boosted by Citigroup ’s announcement that it does not require any additional financial support from the government , the major markets rallied to their best week since November . Merck ’s acquisition of Schering Plough gave the Dow an additional boost . The S&P enjoyed its third best week since World War II , according to Reuters . The Dow gained 9.14 percent to close the week at 7,170.06 . The S&P rose 10.79 percent to end the week at 750.74 , and the NASDAQ added 10.64 percent to finish the week at 1,426.10 .
 Deficit Drop – The nation ’s trade deficit dropped in January to its lowest level since October 2002 , falling 9.7 percent to $ 36 billion . If that trend continues for the rest of 2009 , the U.S. would enter 2010 with a deficit of $ 432 billion , a drop of 36.5 percent from 2008 ( Source : Commerce Department ) .
 Out vs. In – In spite of the fact that the U.S. had a $ 677 billion trade deficit in 2008 ( imports in excess of exports ) , we were able to offset much ( but not all ) of that outflow of dollars by attracting $ 515 billion of foreign capital into our stocks and bonds . Thus , for every $ 4 that left the U.S. to buy foreign imports , $ 3 came into the U.S. as foreigners bought American financial assets ( Source : Commerce and Treasury Departments , BTN Research ) .
 Consumers Gaining Confidence – The March reading of 56.6 on the Reuters / University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers exceeded both the February index reading of 56.3 and economists expectations of 55 . The number of Americans giving President Obama a positive job rating rose to 23 percent , compared to 14 percent in February . The report concluded that the one - month confidence gain from February to March was the largest ever recorded . The Michigan index dates back to 1952 .
 Not Enough – Of more than 10,000 Americans surveyed early last summer , only 27 percent were confident that they had or were saving sufficient money for their retirement . Another 23 percent were not sure ( Source : Retirement Made Simpler , BTN Research ) .
 The Target Group – The top 1 percent of wage earners took home 22.1 percent of all national income in 2006 , up from 8.5 percent in 1980 . This same group paid 39.9 percent of all federal income tax in 2006 , up from 19.1 percent in 1980 ( Source : Tax Foundation , BTN Research ) .
 Watching a parent becoming increasingly dependent on others for the normal activities of daily life can be difficult . It can be even harder for the parent to admit needing help . Creating a plan for how you , your parent , you family and your parent ’s medical professionals will handle that possible scenario can alleviate misunderstanding and confusion when a crisis arises .
 1 . Pick a point of contact . One sibling or other close relative should be in charge of communicating with doctors . This person should have a health care power of attorney for the parent .
 2 . Find a family - friendly primary doctor . An elderly parent may receive care from multiple specialists . With your parent , decide on one doctor to be the primary medical resource . Make sure reports from specialists are sent to the primary doctor . If you are caring for your parent from a distance , consider asking your doctor if he or she is willing to communicate via email .
 3 . Create a central storage place for vital documents , including medical records , Social Security number and health insurance policy information . In an emergency , you do n’t want to be digging through decades of files to find what you need . Hard copies should be duplicated and stored in at least two fire- and water - proof locations . Digital imaging and storage services offer a convenient place to access files remotely .
 4 . Talk to your parent about long term care insurance . Nursing home costs continue to rise faster than inflation and can quickly deplete your parent ’s savings .
 5 . Create a care circle . Particularly if you live more than an hour or two away from your parent , a network of neighbors , church members and friends can give you some reassurance that others will keep in touch with your parent regularly and contact you in an emergency .
 6 . Discuss finances . The point - of - contact relative , or another relative equipped to deal with financial matters , should have a financial power of attorney . This person should know the location of key accounts and policies , and the names and phone numbers for key advisors .
 A final word of advice : Do n’t make promises you ca n’t keep . A parent who resists help can use emotional leverage to extract promises you ’ll later find difficult to keep – like withholding information from other family members or vowing not to place the parent in a nursing facility . Discussing such issues ahead of time can help you and your family avoid these situations . If you would like help in creating a plan for caring for an aging parent , contact our office .


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Kasim works with clients to come up with an organization’s mission, vision, values, and voice.
Mission is what the organization does. Ask yourself: what do you want the world to look like when your organization is successful. Begin with the end in mind.
Vision is the strategy to meet your goals and stay on mission. Without a compelling vision, it’ll be difficult to find employees that are as passionate about your organization as you are.
Values can be the principles your organization demonstrates daily. Typically they have something to do with having insanely happy customers or caring about employees’ well being.
Voice is the style or personality your organization communicates to the world. Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra and bright color scheme expresses youthfulness and enthusiasm.
Create an avatar for your perfect customer. Who is your ideal customer or client? Know them well enough that you could play them in a movie.
Kasim also talks about making sure your marketing efforts are going towards something that will affect your bottom line. You may have many likes, comments, and shares on Facebook, but is that engagement translating to leads? Do those leads convert to paying customers? What are you getting for your money?
Kasim also shares that he needs to know the goals of the organization to see if he can help them. The easiest clients to work with have products with a short sales cycle and good margins.
He also talked about sales funnels. Kasim says you should begin at the bottom of the sales funnel, not the top. Find out what your customer needs now. For a plumber that would be, “my house is flooding,” not, “I’m thinking about upgrading my bath next year.” It’s better to spend time finding out that your product or service isn’t a good fit for the market early. Look for the ascension model after you have the customer. What other products and services do you offer that might make your customer’s life easier?
Technical SEO is a one-time thing. Don’t pay companies monthly to do this for you. If your website is set up correctly, you should only ever need minor changes.
Your content needs to be ten times better than your competition. Google’s mission is to give their customers the best results for their search. If your content isn’t as good as your competition, you won’t get seen.
Long-form content outranks short-form content. Aim for 2000+ words minimum.
Earn or buy high-value links. Earning a link involves reaching out to popular blogs or sites and asking to guest post or list your link on their website. Buying a link can mean getting a spot in a reputable publication like Entrepreneur, etc.
Be the best result to someone’s search if you want to rank on Google.
Well-written engaging content is worth its weight in gold.
You need to understand the nuance in the different social channels to use them effectively. Don’t just post the same thing on all of them.
Written content is the best way to reach your audience and also rank on Google, followed by podcasting and video. Video is hard to rank for because you need to constantly create content to stay relative.
Think about what else your avatar buys. See if there’s an overlap that you can use to your advantage.
Find out more at sol8.com. Kasim and Solutions 8 are also Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

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Kasim works with clients to come up with an organization ’s mission , vision , values , and voice .
 Mission is what the organization does . Ask yourself : what do you want the world to look like when your organization is successful . Begin with the end in mind .
 Vision is the strategy to meet your goals and stay on mission . Without a compelling vision , it ’ll be difficult to find employees that are as passionate about your organization as you are .
 Values can be the principles your organization demonstrates daily . Typically they have something to do with having insanely happy customers or caring about employees ’ well being .
 Voice is the style or personality your organization communicates to the world . Google ’s “ Do n’t be evil ” mantra and bright color scheme expresses youthfulness and enthusiasm .
 Create an avatar for your perfect customer . Who is your ideal customer or client ? Know them well enough that you could play them in a movie .
 Kasim also talks about making sure your marketing efforts are going towards something that will affect your bottom line . You may have many likes , comments , and shares on Facebook , but is that engagement translating to leads ? Do those leads convert to paying customers ? What are you getting for your money ?
 Kasim also shares that he needs to know the goals of the organization to see if he can help them . The easiest clients to work with have products with a short sales cycle and good margins .
 He also talked about sales funnels . Kasim says you should begin at the bottom of the sales funnel , not the top . Find out what your customer needs now . For a plumber that would be , “ my house is flooding , ” not , “ I ’m thinking about upgrading my bath next year . ” It ’s better to spend time finding out that your product or service is n’t a good fit for the market early . Look for the ascension model after you have the customer . What other products and services do you offer that might make your customer ’s life easier ?
 Technical SEO is a one - time thing . Do n’t pay companies monthly to do this for you . If your website is set up correctly , you should only ever need minor changes .
 Your content needs to be ten times better than your competition . Google ’s mission is to give their customers the best results for their search . If your content is n’t as good as your competition , you wo n’t get seen .
 Long - form content outranks short - form content . Aim for 2000 + words minimum .
 Earn or buy high - value links . Earning a link involves reaching out to popular blogs or sites and asking to guest post or list your link on their website . Buying a link can mean getting a spot in a reputable publication like Entrepreneur , etc .
 Be the best result to someone ’s search if you want to rank on Google .
 Well - written engaging content is worth its weight in gold .
 You need to understand the nuance in the different social channels to use them effectively . Do n’t just post the same thing on all of them .
 Written content is the best way to reach your audience and also rank on Google , followed by podcasting and video . Video is hard to rank for because you need to constantly create content to stay relative .
 Think about what else your avatar buys . See if there ’s an overlap that you can use to your advantage .
 Find out more at sol8.com . Kasim and Solutions 8 are also Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn .