<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916</id><updated>2011-12-14T19:05:00.946-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Robot</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-844719161905184526</id><published>2008-06-02T05:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T05:34:35.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick And Easy Bathroom Decorating Ideas</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Need some ideas &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/injury-lawyers.php&gt;injury lawyers for you&lt;/a&gt; spice up your bathroom? 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Sprinkle dried rosemary over them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When the chicken has been in the oven for 30 minutes, put the vegetables in. Roast the vegetables, uncovered, for about 1 hour, until all are soft. The onions will be a bit carmelized and nice and sweet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Note: Try varying the vegetables in the mix. Parsnips would be nice as well. You can also add a bit of garlic if you are a garlic lover.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's it! Dinner's ready!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Karen Ciancio is a cook and lover of all things food and cooking related. Her website   cookingnookhttp://cookingnook contains easy dinner recipes, plus lots of other recipes, cooking tips, measurement conversions and kitchen ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-8571664248803130661?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/8571664248803130661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=8571664248803130661' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/8571664248803130661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/8571664248803130661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/05/easy-dinner-recipes-roast-chicken-and.html' title='Easy Dinner Recipes: Roast Chicken and Roasted Root Vegetables'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-6040949940926284902</id><published>2008-05-30T05:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-30T05:46:52.201-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Four Ways to Monetize Your Website - Make Money Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;There are four excellent ways to monetize &lt;a href=http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3007962-10415101&gt;Get 2 weeks &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Legal/Personal-Injury/accident-claim.php&gt;accident claim&lt;/a&gt; Medifast FREE! 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Wxyz.atspacehttp://Wxyz.atspace&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and   Moneyetc.50webshttp://Moneyetc.50webs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-5692244104754925681?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/5692244104754925681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=5692244104754925681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5692244104754925681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5692244104754925681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/05/paris-hilton-is-she-new-madonna.html' title='Paris Hilton: Is She the New Madonna?'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-5049935635118069093</id><published>2008-05-28T06:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T06:01:55.319-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All You Need to Know About Barbecue Tools</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;You have set up the outdoor cooking equipment and are all set to use the barbecue grill. 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Visit the Market Merchants website:   marketmerchantshttp://marketmerchants&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-5049935635118069093?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/5049935635118069093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=5049935635118069093' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5049935635118069093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5049935635118069093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/05/all-you-need-to-know-about-barbecue.html' title='All You Need to Know About Barbecue Tools'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-6522633955180248562</id><published>2008-05-27T05:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T05:59:12.497-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Keepin' it Clean Part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Good personal hygiene is essential to physical sexual health, removing risk of infection or transmission of infection  not STDs mind you  but other possible infections and irritations for &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Insurance/Car-Insurance/car-insurance.php&gt;buy car insurance online&lt;/a&gt; and women. 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The stranger may be welcomed, but may never be accepted unless that person can adapt to the norms of their new environment. If they do not, the members will shun the stranger and reject the alien from their culture. The same is true in business. If the new employee, consultant or visitor cannot adapt to the corporate culture, their chances for success are slight. The members of the culture will reject the person outright and will work against them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reason for that phenomenon is because persons tend to prefer conformity in their culture. Conformity represents a harmonious environment where the behavior and actions are predictable. Most persons have a deeply rooted desire for a sense of order and stability in their lives, which is what conformity provides. A stable environment promotes self-confidence in the members of the culture and allows them to concentrate on their work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;HUMAN PERSPECTIVE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corporate culture deals with how we see ourselves and others. We act on our perceptions, not necessarily what occurs in reality. The culture greatly influences our perceptions and behavior. For example, our values and beliefs may distort what happens in fact. Gossip, propaganda, and a sensational press, deals with what persons want to hear, not necessarily what happens in reality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DEFINING CULTURE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before we can alter the culture, we must first comprehend it. Culture is defined as the characteristics of the members of a civilization. Ultimately, culture defines the quality of life for a group of persons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Culture doesn't appear suddenly, it evolves over time as persons grow and learn. The older the heritage, the more ingrained the culture is in its members.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are essentially three parts to any culture: Customs, Religion and Society. every influences the others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CUSTOMS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Webster defines custom as a "long-established practice considered as unwritten law." Custom dictates the expected manner of conduct for the culture. It prescribes the etiquette to be observed in dress, speech, courtesy and politics (gamesmanship). Several companies, most notably IBM, have long understood the power of customs. These norms are established to project a particular image the business wishes to convey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RELIGION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Religion is the philosophy of life and the basis for our values. It influences our judgement in terms of what is ethical and what is not. Although uniform morality sounds attractive to executives, it can be quite dangerous if unethical practices are allowed to creep into the moral fiber of the business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SOCIETY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Society defines our interpersonal relationships. that includes how we elect to govern and live our lives. Society defines the class structure in an organization, from Chairman of the Board to the hourly worker. It defines government, laws and institutions which must be observed by its members. More often than not, the society is "dictated" by management as opposed to "democratically" selected by the workers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;INFLUENTIAL FACTORS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, it is persons, first and foremost, that &lt;a href=http://www.viaggra.org/nutrition-sexual-vitality.php&gt;Sexual Vitality&lt;/a&gt; any culture. In terms of corporate culture, the only external factor influencing the enterprise is the "resident culture," which is the culture at any particular geographical location. The resident culture refers to the local customs, religion and society observed in our personal lives, outside of the workplace. The resident culture and corporate culture may differ considerably in some areas but are normally compatible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anthropologists have long known the physical surroundings, such as geography and climate, greatly influence the resident culture. The resident culture, in turn, influences the corporate culture. The corporate culture, which affects the behavior of its members, will greatly influence the resident culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUB-CULTURES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within any culture there are those persons exhibiting special characteristics distinguishing them from others within an embracing culture; that is what is called "sub-cultures." In a corporate culture, sub-cultures take the form of cliques, special interest groups, even whole departments within a business. that is acceptable as long as the sub-culture does not violate the norms of the parent culture. When the characteristics of the sub-culture differ significantly from the main culture, it becomes a culture in its own right. that situation can be counterproductive in a corporate culture, a business within a business. For example, we have seen several IT organizations who view themselves as independent of the companies they serve. They "march to their own drummer" doing what is best for the IT Department, not necessarily what is best for their business. Conversely, we have seen management regulate the IT department as a separate, independent group as opposed to a vital part of the business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHANGING THE CORPORATE CULTURE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Changing the corporate culture involves influencing the three elements of the culture: Customs, Religion and Society. that is not a simple task. It must be remembered that culture is learned. As such, it can be taught and enforced. However, the greater the change, the longer it will take to implement. It should evolve naturally over time. A cultural revolution, such as the one experienced in communist China, is too disruptive for persons to comprehend and accept. As a result, they will resist and rebel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A smaller business can change its culture much more rapidly than a larger business, simply because of communication considerations. In addition, an organization in the private sector can change faster than one in the public sector (such as a government agency), only because a commercial business isn't encumbered with government regulations. that is an instance where a "dictatorship" works more effectively than a "democracy."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To change the corporate culture, one must begin by defining the current corporate and resident cultures, including the customs, religion and society observed. There are several indicators for measuring the pulse of the culture: Absenteeism, Tardiness, Turnover, Infractions of Rules, Employee Attitudes, Productivity, etc. All of these can be used to gauge how persons behave within the corporate culture. To that end, we offer the "PRIDE" Survey on Corporate Culture to assist in that analysis:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;www.phmainstreet.com/mba/pride/eespcc.htm#surveywww.phmainstreet.com/mba/pride/eespcc.htm#survey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;that is followed by a set of requirements for the culture and a plan to implement them. In a corporate culture, a policy and procedures manual can usually stipulate the customs and society to be observed. Developing a corporate consciousness is far more difficult to implement and involves considerable training and demonstration. Great care must be taken to avoid the &lt;i&gt;"do as I say, not as I do"&lt;/i&gt; situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is one thing to enact legislation, quite another to enforce it. Without an effective means to monitor and control the culture, it is quite futile to establish any formal policies or guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUMMARY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Management is much more than just meeting deadlines. It is a persons-oriented function. If we lived in a perfect world, there wouldn't be a need for managers. persons would build things correctly the first time and on schedule, on costs. The fact of the matter is that we live in an &lt;a href=http://www.shop24-7-365.com/Computer/Data-Recovery/data-recovery.php&gt;disk data recovery services&lt;/a&gt; world. persons do make mistakes; persons do have different perspectives, etc. Management is getting persons to do what you want them to do, when you want them to do it. The corporate culture is a vital part of the art of management. Failure to recognize that has led to the demise of several managers. But for those managers who take it into consideration, the corporate culture can greatly influence the productivity of any organization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within the "PRIDE"-Enterprise Engineering Methodology (EEM), Corporate Culture is defined in Phase 3, Activity E, "Prepare Organization Analysis": www.phmainstreet.com/mba/pride/eespcc.htm#surveywww.phmainstreet.com/mba/pride/eespcc.htm#survey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tim &lt;a href=http://www.collinwood.info/Gourmet-Chocolate/dark-chocolate.php&gt;Dark Chocolate&lt;/a&gt; is the Managing Director of M. Bryce &amp; Associates (MBA) of Palm Harbor, Florida and has 30 years of experience in the field. He is available for training and consulting on an international basis. He can be contacted at: &lt;a href="mailto:timb001@phmainstreet.comtimb001@phmainstreet.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright  2006 MBA. 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Traffic businesses focus on delivering traffic fast, so it's a &lt;a href=http://www.comics.pop-cult.com/A-G/aquaman.html&gt;Aquaman&lt;/a&gt; situation for both.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you are able to target the traffic you should see even better results because at least the visitors that are being sent to your website have an interest in your niche. Most traffic companies can pick a category that will fit your site. If they don't advertise this then make sure to ask them. This can really help with your results.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you decide to buy a traffic package you need to make sure your landing page is catchy. You want the visitor to stay at your site. If you can catch them for a few seconds then you have a greater chance at being able to successfully give your sales pitch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One last point, you can usually try out a smaller traffic package for relatively little investment. 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For more information: &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.webtrafficwholesale.com"&gt;http://www.webtrafficwholesale.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-3834301703813572062?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/3834301703813572062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=3834301703813572062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/3834301703813572062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/3834301703813572062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/05/should-you-buy-web-traffic.html' title='Should You Buy Web Traffic?'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-5816916143803519219</id><published>2008-05-06T05:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T05:45:13.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obstacles That Can Get In The Way Of Success</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Fear &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Buproprion-Wellbutrin-Zyban.php&gt;zyban&lt;/a&gt; sometimes one &lt;a href=http://www.viaggra.org/erectile-dysfunction.php&gt;penile dysfunction&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Marvel/MarvelT-Z/Thor/index.html&gt;Thor&lt;/a&gt; largest obstacles that can get in the way &lt;a href=http://www.music.pop-cult.com/humble-pie.html&gt;Humble Pie&lt;/a&gt; success. The first step to overcoming such fear, is realizing that you actually have it and the steps which need to be followed to overcome it. We constantly see people who excel themselves in almost everything that they undertake. This may, at times, make you ask yourself "why them and not me?". The Purpose for this, is that these certain people are focused, and more importantly, fearless.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can the fear of success be something that someone accuses you of? It is a response that we learn in life. We learn, from an early age, that if we are good at something, we will more than likely be expected to be good at other things as well. If we become successful, all of the responsibilities that go along with it, will have to be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A life example of this would be, that if a disgruntled parent has taught his son that he would not amount to much in his life, then he will never have very much. He was taught not to attempt to live above the way that he was raised. Therefore, because of the father's dreary reality, the future of the son was being judged. This results in the son being planmed to expect failure in his life. This was the reality, for &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/DC/DCSu-Z/Supergirl/index.html&gt;Supergirl&lt;/a&gt; years, that encompassed the son's life. Success was something that he feared. The ability to be successful was doubted by him, and to compensate for this, he did not even try. He was sure that he would fail anyway, so why bother. This is what justified his Purposes for not being successful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This man, after several years, then decided that he would really like success in his endeavors. He would like to have certain things, to go places and enjoy life. Failure was not something that he wanted to be bound to. He realized that it was actually disapproval that he feared. He did not want to receive his father's disapproval nor the perceived disapproval of his peers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fear of success needed to be overcome by him, and for him to do this, he had to access his present life. Every aspect of his life had to be viewed and then the necessary changes had to be made, such as physical changes, emotional changes and spiritual changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FEAR translates into "False Experience Appearing Real". In order to expel this fear, it was necessary for him to focus on the positive things and ideas in his life that would bring success. He had to assess his situation and focus on those particular parts of his life that needed improvement. The weaknesses needed to be highlighted and then the remedy had to be focused on. Focusing on weakness only, is part of the human frailty.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was detrimental that he focused on the positive dimensions of his being, which means the things that he could do well. Of course, he had to notice his weak areas before he could focus on making them stronger. When he eventually realized that all of his weaknesses could be turned into positive strength, it was then that he could begin his journey on the road to success. He discovered a singular truth that changed his perception of his life. When one particular Biblical truth was acknowledged and undersas welld, he then began his positive journey toward every success in his life. It was when he undersas welld that he could literally take each one of his weaknesses and pass them to God, that he had God's strength to carry his forward.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The most important step to take firstly, is to realize that he is a person of infinite value and that he is important. He is loved. He has been shown this by God. His perceptions of his worth has changed. He also changed his perception of the value of God, and he began to realize that, with the help of God, all things are possible, even success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of http://besuccessfulnews.com/"&gt;Be Successful News&lt;/a&gt;, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small investment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-5816916143803519219?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/5816916143803519219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=5816916143803519219' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5816916143803519219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/5816916143803519219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/05/obstacles-that-can-get-in-way-of.html' title='Obstacles That Can Get In The Way Of Success'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-1706341500680126211</id><published>2008-05-05T05:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T05:53:41.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Small investment Franchise</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Finding the right investment to franchise requires a &lt;a href=http://www.viaggra.org/erectile-dysfunction.php&gt;erictile dysfunction&lt;/a&gt; of research and consulting with experts. 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I also traveled throughout Western, Eastern, and Southern Africa. From that experience, I gathered these impressions of the culture of the storytelling in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Story in Africa is sacred (thus my capitalization), and Story is interwoven in the daily fabric of life. Story is not just words in Africa. Story is told through baskets, fabric, dance, ritual, and relationship. A slight gesture of a body might reveal entire Story Worlds. I experienced an enormous depth and subtly in communication in every country I visited. Quite ordinary interactions &lt;a href=http://zebraman.blog247.co.za/&gt;Zebraman&lt;/a&gt; extraordinary. I recall a woman in the Accra market in Ghana breaking into a spontaneous dance with me as part of our Story Time together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Initially, I taught English as a Second Language (ESL) and Literature in Secondary Schools through Peace Corps. My Botswana students made beautiful drawings to go with stories they wrote to include in the school newspaper. They drew Story with ease and confidence because this was part of their early training at home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I chose storytelling as a teaching as welll to clarify plot lines and bridge cultural divides. The curriculum I taught was a mix of English classics such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer combined with marvelous African books like China Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I prepared students for two sets of examinations that pretty much determined their futures: &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/King-Solomons-Mines.php&gt;King Solomon's mines&lt;/a&gt; Levels, or Ordinary Levels &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/jingle-bell-rock.html&gt;Jingle Bell Rock&lt;/a&gt; the equivalent of late middle school in the USA) and "A" Levels or Advanced Levels (roughly the equivalent of a high school diploma or even first year of community college in the USA). My students did rather well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Botswana one of the books we studied was "Lambs Tales from Shakespeare." I set my students the task of writing scripts for each of these tales and acting them out. When one does this kind of analysis, the commonality between classic European literature and World Story comes into sharper relief.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I went to Botswana on my own after my Peace Corps tour ended in secondary schools and became involved in three village projects, each involving story as a powerful as welll.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the villagers in Gabane I set up Tshwaragano Craft Center, became Puppetry Consultant for a Popular Culture Team, and wrote stories and lesson plans for a literacy curriculum. Through working on these projects I learned Story is the life force that moves brain, heart, and limbs forward. I became Puppetry Consultant simply because I picked up a puppet in the back of a pick-up truck, started wiggling its arms around and giving it a voice and lines to speak. &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Marvel/MarvelC-D/Conan/index.html&gt;Conan&lt;/a&gt; the Popular Theater work we built on the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire's Critical Theory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Community Development workers brainstormed critical issues and then we built stories around these, performed in drama, dance, song, and puppetry. We stopped at the high point of the action to ask the audience: "What would you do now?" these discussions led to common work projects in the village. We did something similar in the literacy curriculum we designed and had illustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was so impressed by the results I'd seen in the other two projects that I started using puppetry performances at Tshwaragano to work out critical incidents and stimulate discussion of tricky situations any new venture encounters, like "Whose turn is it to sweep the floor today?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love Africa and her stories. I feel Africa is truly the Mother of humankind, and certainly archeological findings bear this out. In Africa I felt embraced by that Mothering energy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Never in my life have I been so enfolded, nurtured, watched over, looked after, cared for...and just flat out enjoyed for being who I am. Africa is a continent, not a country, of course, but I felt this no matter where I went.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stories ease difficult and painful situations. In Botswana I remember storytelling told around a campfire under a sky full of piercing stars a night our &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Gein-Ed.php&gt;Ed Gein&lt;/a&gt; broke down in the bush between Francestown and Maun.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Ghana I remember stories told in crammed to the brim Mammy Wagons that might plunge us into an accident around the next corner. But, in either of these situations if we would have come into danger, we would have faced it as friends, not as strangers, and this would have been through the power and grace of story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Story is the thread of celebration and the thread of knowing. During Peace Corps training I went to a village no outsiders had ever lived in. We were mutually curious about one another and expressed this through Story. I collected their stories and they created stories and song commemorating my visit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stories in any language and culture are worth telling to our children and passing on. Africa has a strong oral history, of course, and you could probably speak to the impact of technology on her oral history tradition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because, by definition Story requires time, and time together, as well as the willingness to pass on a tradition and use our imagination. It's good to have stories of your family and your people to provide a sense of continuity between generations...a thread of time and life moving across place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a shelf filled with books from and about Africa. Prominent among them are books of African folktales, which carry wisdom from the ancestors into the modern day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's a wide discrepancy between popular stories told about Africa ("It's dark, exotic, and war torn") and the stories I as wellk home after I lived and worked in Africa for five years. I am troubled by the popular perception in the USA of Africa as this place (only) of war-poverty-famine-tribal strife-AIDS crisis. Granted African nations and the African continent have huge difficulties and dilemmas to continue resolving, but to balance all that I so want people to understand the warm beating heart of Africa which for me felt like the essence of being human...not primitive at all, but highly civilized and humane.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visit Janet Grace Riehl's blog "Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century" at   target="_new"  www.riehlife.com"&gt;www.riehlife.com  for more thoughts and information about making connections through the arts, across cultures, generations, and within the family. 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To find out how to be successful through your own people, contact me for keynote addresses, meeting facilitation, coaching, or workshops at (613) 634-0696 or  href="mailto:boucherd@kos.net"&gt;boucherd@kos.net or check my website at   www.cirrusleadership.comwww.cirrusleadership.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-4488850972458351655?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/4488850972458351655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=4488850972458351655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/4488850972458351655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/4488850972458351655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/04/best-i-can-be.html' title='The Best I Can Be'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-7307848770739387131</id><published>2008-04-25T09:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T06:13:14.544-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking At A Picture Of The Mona Lisa</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;In the halls of the Louvre in France, a painting of Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci's mysteriously enigmatic masterpiece, sits as a centerpiece of Renaissance Artwork. The source of her enigmatic smile, the setting of her stationed pose and the question of what Da Vinci might have originally intended have all been long standing questions regarding the portrait.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since the Mona Lisa portrait was painted by Da Vinci in 1509, her image has fascinated everyone from Kings to Emperors, to even a museum employee turned art thief. Pictures of Mona Lisa have been turned into pop culture art by Warhol, Botero, magazine covers, and the symbol for all things classical and artistic. Copies and alternate versions are abundant, but only one true Mona Lisa painting sits in the halls of the Louvre.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other Versions of the Mona Lisa Portrait&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Understanding the painting has been the lifelong occupation of more than a handful of art scholars and painters. For &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/let-it-snow.html&gt;Let It Snow&lt;/a&gt; reason, many have come forward with what they claim to be an alternate, or the actual version of the Mona Lisa Portrait. In the early 1900s what appeared to be a copy of the Mona Lisa painting was found in the home of a nobleman in Europe. The second copy &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Dell-GoldKey/UFOFlyingSaucers/index.html&gt;UFO Flying Saucers&lt;/a&gt; clearly unfinished and has long been a source of some argument, with classical references to La Gioconda as a second version of the painting. As to who painted the Isleworth Mona Lisa portrait, no one can quite agree, though it is generally agreed that it was not Da Vinci.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another version of the Mona Lisa was painted in 1616 or so and was gifted to &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/hey-santa.html&gt;Hey Santa&lt;/a&gt; Reynolds in 1790. He thought it to be the original painting for some years. It has recently been revealed to be a copy though. It is however a copy of the original painting, &lt;a href=http://www.saturdaymorning.pop-cult.com/land-of-the-lost.html&gt;Land of the Lost&lt;/a&gt; the Mona Lisa was still vibrant with color and only 100 years old, giving a much better idea of what the painting looked like when first painted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are even more copies of the Mona Lisa in the nude. These alternate paintings have been disputed by historians as to their authenticity even as copies. The possibility that Da Vinci might have painted an original nude as well as the Mona Lisa we know today is still entertained today though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Looking at a Picture of the Mona Lisa&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mona Lisa pictures as well as the painting have long been studied for clues as to her pose, her identity, and the meaning of Da Vinci's placement of the model. In recent years, X-Ray scans have revealed three different version of the painting in the same frame as it was revised over time, both in revision by the artist and in restorations by museum curators and artists after Da Vinci's time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The painting itself though has long enthralled those that lay eyes on it. Da Vinci essentially introduced atmospheric perspective to landscape backgrounds and started the use of single-vanishing point perspective. The background itself is painted to appear timeless, something above and beyond the landscapes of Italy during his life. He manages to create a background with as dispassionate a temperament as the model in the foreground. Others have commented that Da Vinci had an affinity for combining his interests and his pastimes, infusing the landscape of his painting with well situated topography and weather activities, only a couple among thousands of his lifelong pursuits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is that distanced interest and utilization of such an ethereal, sfumato infused style in the background that so well compliments the image of Mona Lisa herself. Without any jewelry, showing her famously enigmatic smile and appearing as mysterious as any portrait subject in art history, Mona Lisa and the contents of the painting in which she is situated are equally confounding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As for defining the picture of the Mona Lisa herself, entire libraries could be filled with the theories and conjectures that simple smile alone has created. In recent years, historians have gone as far as to utilize a machine program to analyze the smile to ascertain if it is "happy" or "ironic" or any number of different emotional responses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colin Andrews is the Director of Aspect Art Ltd, an on-line exporter of the highest quality reproduction oil paintings,   target="_new"  www.aspectart.com"&gt;www.aspectart.com  To view all of Leonardo's paintings on-line please visit   target="_new"  www.aspectart.com/shp/Da-Vinci-Leonardo/"&gt;www.aspectart.com/shp/Da-Vinci-Leonardo/ &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-7307848770739387131?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/7307848770739387131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=7307848770739387131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/7307848770739387131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/7307848770739387131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/04/looking-at-picture-of-mona-lisa.html' title='Looking At A Picture Of The Mona Lisa'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-1053899608553119119</id><published>2008-04-24T08:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T05:44:32.361-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Silver Judaica - Rise In Demand</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Judaica &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/christmas-canon.html&gt;Christmas Canon&lt;/a&gt; the collective term given to any product, religious articles or even literature that is related to Jewish religion. Judaica is always in great demand worldwide as the religion &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/utah.html&gt;Utah Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; spread its wings and though the center is still Jeruselum, people who follow the religion reside in all countries. The demand &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/Marvel/MarvelF-J/IronMan/index.html&gt;iron man&lt;/a&gt; Judaica is sometimes for its sacredness while some collect it as a hobby.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although Judaica is crafted in gold and silver with precious stones, pure silver has been the common material for &lt;a href=http://videogameshpoucqhnp.blogspot.com&gt;Videogameshpoucqhnp&lt;/a&gt; Judaica. The range of religious products range from Besamim, wine decanters, candlesticks, Etrong boxes, Hanukahs, honey dishes, jewelry, sculptures, Yad torah pointers, liquor cups, menorahs, Mezuzzot, Seder trays and bowls to washing basins. With a variety of religious products associated with the Jewish religion, silver can be molded to serve the specific requirement. Silver is one of the noble metals, &lt;a href=http://www.pharmacy.shop24-7-365.com/Fluvoxamine-Luvox.php&gt;Fluvoxamine&lt;/a&gt; has been widely used for its precious and versatile features. The different types of crafts available in silver are filigree work and hammering out designs in silver and crafting beautiful, intricate designs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Usually the artifacts and antiques date back to 17th to 19th century, which are in private collections worldwide. Judaica is highly appreciated and much in demand while Christie's and Sotheby's have opened a separate auction for Judaica.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The silver Judaica objects have been created with delicate filigree work, hammered out designs on silver which is a special art and requires expertise in this craft. Some of the craftsmen who create these exquisite pieces of art have been doing these for centuries passing down the craft from one generation to the next. The demand shall always be there but the designs keep changing according to the changing times. The traditional designs on the Judaica especially the grapes, city of Jerusalem and other conventional designs are famous while the new designs are made keeping in mind the trends worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Judaica can be bought over the internet and in stores across the world. Although there are stores that claim to sell genuine silver you should go in for those who have carved a name for themselves or get the products checked by an authority of antiques or silver. Reputed buyers always have returning policies and give a guarantee n the products sold. In case, you have a doubt it is always better to see the product before you buy it, especially antique Judaica. Whether you intend buying silver Judaica for its sacredness or for collecting, make sure what you buy is authentic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anita Satin Choudhary writes for Ivory and Art Gallery. Browse the gallery for unique collection of artifacts ranging from   target="_new"  www.ivoryandart.com"&gt;Silver Judaica  to   target="_new"  www.ivoryandart.com"&gt;Bronze Sculptures .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-1053899608553119119?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/1053899608553119119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=1053899608553119119' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/1053899608553119119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/1053899608553119119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/04/silver-judaica-rise-in-demand.html' title='Silver Judaica - Rise In Demand'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-2517603897760540367</id><published>2008-04-23T07:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T04:52:24.939-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Basic machine Knowledge - The First Step Prior to Acquiring Basic machine Training</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;For acquiring promotion in this modern technological era, you are required to keep the pace of the growing world by having sound knowledge of machines by basic machine training. It is a fact that for becoming a machine savvy, you need to firstly acquire the basic knowledge of machine. Once you acquire it, you are provided with a platform necessary for enhancing yourself with the technological advancements that are continuously coming up. The tools provide the basic knowledge in machines which is always going to &lt;a href=http://www.lemonlaws.shop24-7-365.com/texas.html&gt;Texas Lemon Laws&lt;/a&gt; helpful to you in all spheres of life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Necessity of basic machine training&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basic machine training ensures you a platform for acquiring the training related to the current technological advancements. Without it, it is very difficult for you to acquire anything from the more advanced machine program training that your company sponsors. Here is some basic information about machines that can work for you prior to taking basic machine training. By acquiring the knowledge from this data, you can prosper in your area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The general basics in &lt;a href=http://www.comic-covers.com/DC/DCA-B/Aquaman/index.html&gt;Aquaman&lt;/a&gt; program can be derived from its courses offered in the basic machine training. More information about the machine, its various parts and function is stated. Central Processing Unit or CPU is recognized as the machine brain. Different drives associated to the machine are held by the CPU.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The drive used for inserting floppy diskettes is Drive A. The 'Hard Disk' forms the next major drive of the machine where all the programs are installed for working. Depending upon the number of partitions, these drives are generally symbolized through simple English alphabets. However, Drive C will always be there. CD Drives are another important part of a machine. They are used for loading or acquiring data and programs on to or from the hard drive. Their labeling is done according to the number of partition of hard drive and the number of CD drives present. All these will be nicely explained to you in any basic machine training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the drives and the CPU, these references to the fact that the machine system consists of keyboard, mouse, monitor and printer are done. In a course, &lt;a href=http://www.comics.pop-cult.com/A-G/doom-patrol-60s.html&gt;Doom Patrol&lt;/a&gt; input and output devices used for providing the system with user defined messages and then displaying them are discussed in detail. Through any training it is true that people definitely learn more minutely about machines. It definitely makes the trainee efficient and reasonable enough to understand his/her own actions. It might have been noticed by you that due to the advent of graphical interface, people use machines even without knowing the actual logic behind the action. This should be avoided because by half knowledge is &lt;a href=http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/happy-days.html&gt;Happy Days&lt;/a&gt; than no knowledge and may lead to serious consequences like loosing data, crashing of hard disk etc. So it is always preferable to at least have basic machine training to safe guard yourself from any mishap.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After knowing the devices of a machine, you should learn the procedures for starting them. It is simple. Just press the power button of your monitor and CPU and as soon as the images are displayed, the system has been started.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The next thing is to know the working of different software associated to your system where the requirement of it through reputed organization comes into being. Basic machine training builds the first step on the ladder of success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joseph Brochin wrote several articles on   machinetrainingknowhow.com/basic-machine-trainingbasic training in machines&lt;/a&gt; and other   brochin.net/bloginformation technology solutions&lt;/a&gt; and related subjects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-2517603897760540367?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/2517603897760540367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=2517603897760540367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/2517603897760540367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/2517603897760540367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/04/basic-machine-knowledge-first-step.html' title='Basic machine Knowledge - The First Step Prior to Acquiring Basic machine Training'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424992266533776916.post-150592302119059543</id><published>2008-04-22T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T05:39:10.732-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Corfu History - They Came, They Saw, They Conquered</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Civil war on Corcyra followed the island's aristocrats (favouring Corinth and Sparta) and its democrats (siding with Athens). After much bloodshed, Corcyra fell to the Lacedaemonian general, Kleonymos, in 303BC; then, in 301BC, to Agathokles, Tyrant of Syracuse, and to Ptolemy in 284BC. A pattern was emerging in this corner of the Ionian Sea: the rich pearl that was Corfu -rich for strategic purposes as well as for its natural resources - would be snatched &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/my-favorite-things.html&gt;My Favorite Things&lt;/a&gt; successive waves of invaders. Corfiot history, from the 3rd century BC on, may be seen as a revolving door of European predation, though those who came to plunder invariably left something of value in their wake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Distinguishing between pirates and protectors must have proved difficult for the Corfiots, since a veritable parade of both were subsequently to descend upon the island. A glance at a map hints at the reason, and shows a remarkable geographic similarity to the `great boot' of Italy-Corfu resembles a little boot, its ankle symbolically flexed back to kick something away. The ancients saw the island as a harp or scythe shape, and named it accordingly, but the modern name comes from the Greek word korifon, after the pair of summits now crowned by the Old and New Fortresses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Romans, provoked beyond endurance by attacks on their mariners by Illyrian pirates, declared war on them in &lt;a href=http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/mandrake.php&gt;Mandrake&lt;/a&gt; 229BC. The Illyrians, in turn, laid siege to Corfu, but the island was immediately liberated by Caius Fulvius, and placed itself willingly under the protection of its powerful neighbour. The Romans would stay on for the next five centuries, and some illustrious Italians visited Corcyra: Cicero and Cato; Marc Antony and Octavia; Agrippina and her children, Julia and Caligula.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 40 AD two disciples of St Paul, saints Jason and Sosipater, brought Christianity to Corfu and established the island's first church, St Stephen's - which explains the plethora of modern place names reading Aghios or San (Saint) Stefanos around the island.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following the splitting of the Roman Empire by Diocletian late in the 3rd century into western and eastern portions - the latter to become Byzantium - Corfu's regime changed. It was to remain, on and off, a possession of Byzantium until 1204, which saw the fall of Constantinople. This great capital was the cradle of Orthodoxy, and the fall of `The City' is still considered by Greeks to be, after the Crucifixion, the darkest day in history. Life between the 4th and 13th centuries was - here as in most of Europe - nasty, brutal and short, with a series of Pythonesque barbarians storming the twin peaks. The Vandals sacked the island in 455, followed by the Goths in 550; the Saracens attacked repeatedly between the 7th and 11th centuries. In 1081 the island was taken by the Normans, under Robert Guiscard; they were subsequently defeated by the Venetians, but then returned under Bohemond, Robert's son, only to be defeated by the Byzantines... to return again under Robert's nephew, Roger II of Sicily! No &lt;a href=http://www.christmas-almanac.com/Christmas-Carols/away-in-a-manger.html&gt;Away In A Manger&lt;/a&gt; the islanders finally took to the heights of the town and erected strong walls.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For three weeks during 1203, the bays were filled with the vast fleet of the Fourth Crusade, which weighed anchor here on its way to sack Constantinople. It was an awesome display, but for once the fleet had their sights on a richer trophy than the little Ionian isle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Much of what &lt;a href=http://punisherxldklukxgtt.blogspot.com&gt;Punisherxldklukxgtt&lt;/a&gt; regard today as 'Corfiot' - the Old and New Fortresses, the narrow streets (kantounia) and their elegant residences, the lovely cobbled squares and Italianate churches, the Roman Catholic cathedral, the elaborately decorated government buildings - is, in fact, Venetian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of all the conquerors and administrators, pirates and protectors that Corfu has seen, none left such an impression as The Most Serene Republic. The Venetians, who occupied Corfu for a mere 400 years (compared with the millennium of Byzantine and Frankish domination), left a distinctive mark on the island's skyline, its social organization, its forms of cultural expression - even its cuisine - that remains to this day. One may still sit on the Spianada, a lovely town green originally cleared to give a free field for Venetian artillery, dining on Venetian delicacies in the company of a direct descendant of someone listed among the `first families' in the Venetian Libro &lt;a href=http://whistlersmom.zteo.com/&gt;Whistlersmom&lt;/a&gt; and be serenaded by musicians singing Venetian Kandades. It is as though the Serenis sima (the 'Most Serene' republic) has only recently - and temporarily - departed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Venetians came to Corfu to govern and plant olive trees, not simply to plunder, fund they built fortresses to repel the most determined of foes. There were, of course, Byzantine and Angevin forts on Corfu before the Venetians, but these were built to safeguard garrisons, rather than to protect tect the people. Venice strove to fortify all of Corfu, assigning its military architects to the construction of the defences, with a network of tunnels to maintain communications in time of siege.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Venetians were invitees, not conquerors - their assistance had been sought to ward off the attentions of the ruler of Padua in 1386. In 1387 a treaty that was to hold for the next 410 years formalized relations between the Doge and Corfu's nobility. Venice was to defend Corfu, but was barred from intervening in its feudal affairs, where the rich remained aloof and powerful, the poor went hungry and served the rich, and a middle class did not exist at all until after the 17th century. In addition to all the civic building, the Venetians also brought organised Roman Catholicism to Corfu, ushering in a period of religious tension that was compounded by their motto, `We are first Venetians, and then Christians'. 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Tino Buntic created TradePals to provide free   www.trade-pals.comsales leads&lt;/a&gt; to business professionals across The United States and Canada, including pharmaceutical sales reps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4424992266533776916-2363658151700427576?l=robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/feeds/2363658151700427576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4424992266533776916&amp;postID=2363658151700427576' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/2363658151700427576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4424992266533776916/posts/default/2363658151700427576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robotsrmhbapb.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-pharmaceutical-sales-same-as-b2b.html' title='Is Pharmaceutical Sales The Same As B2B Sales?'/><author><name>dannyrumjncpi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01806939395824616686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
