"Yes, it has been given to us," said the young wife, "but this
life is nothing more than one long scene of trial and hardship to many
thousands. How many have been cast into this world only to endure
poverty, shame, illness, and misfortune? If there were no future life,
everything here would be too unequally divided, and God would not be
the personification of justice."
"The beggar there," said her husband, "has joys of his own which
seem to him great, and cause him as much pleasure as a king would find
in the magnificence of his palace. And then do you not think that
the beast of burden, which suffers blows and hunger, and works
itself to death, suffers just as much from its miserable fate? The
dumb creature might demand a future life also, and declare the law
unjust that excludes it from the advantages of the higher creation."
"Christ said: 'In my father's house are many mansions,'" she
answered. "Heaven is as boundless as the love of our Creator; the dumb
animal is also His creature, and I firmly believe that no life will be
lost, but each will receive as much happiness as he can enjoy, which
will be sufficient for him."
"This world is sufficient for me," said the husband, throwing
his arm round his beautiful, sweet-tempered wife. He sat by her side
on the open balcony, smoking a cigarette in the cool air, which was
loaded with the sweet scent of carnations and orange blossoms.
Sounds of music and the clatter of castanets came from the road
beneath, the stars shone above then, and two eyes full of affection-
those of his wife- looked upon him with the expression of undying
love. "Such a moment," he said, "makes it worth while to be born, to
die, and to be annihilated!" He smiled- the young wife raised her hand
in gentle reproof, and the shadow passed away from her mind, and
they were happy- quite happy.
Everything seemed to work together for their good. They advanced
in honour, in prosperity, and in happiness. A change came certainly,
but it was only a change of place and not of circumstances.
The young man was sent by his Sovereign as ambassador to the
Russian Court. This was an office of high dignity, but his birth and
his acquirements entitled him to the honour. He possessed a large
fortune, and his wife had brought him wealth equal to his own, for she
was the daughter of a rich and respected merchant. One of this
merchant's largest and finest ships was to be sent that year to
Stockholm, and it was arranged that the dear young couple, the
daughter and the son-in-law, should travel in it to St. Petersburg.
All the arrangements on board were princely and silk and luxury on
every side.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Chapter 7
But, after spending two months alone in the country, he was convinced that this was not one of those passions of which he had had experience in his early youth; that this feeling gave him not an instant's rest; that he could not live without deciding the question as to whether she would or would not be his wife; that his despair had arisen only from his own imaginings, and that he had no sort of proof that he would be rejected. So he had now come to Moscow with a firm determination to make a proposal, and get married if he were accepted. Or... he could not conceive what would become of him if he were rejected.
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On arriving in Moscow by a morning train, Levin had put up at the house of his elder half-brother, Koznishev. After changing his clothes he went down to his brother's study, intending to talk to him at once about the object of his visit, and to ask his advice; but his brother was not alone. With him there was a well-known professor of philosophy, who had come from Charkov expressly to clear up a difference that had arisen between them on a very important philosophical question. The professor was carrying on a hot crusade against materialists. Sergei Koznishev had been following this crusade with interest, and after reading the professor's last article had written him a letter stating his objections. He accused the professor of making too great concessions to the materialists. And the professor had promptly appeared to argue the matter out. The point in discussion was the question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn between psychical and physiological phenomena in man? And if so, where?
Sergei Ivanovich met his brother with the smile of chilly friendliness he always had for everyone, and, introducing him to the professor, went on with the conversation.
A little man in spectacles, with a narrow forehead, tore himself from the discussion for an instant to greet Levin, and then went on talking without paying any further attention to him. Levin sat down to wait till the professor should go, but he soon began to get interested in the subject under discussion.
Levin had come across the magazine articles about which they were disputing, and had read them, interested in them as a development of the first principles of science, familiar to him when a natural science student at the university. But he had never connected these scientific deductions as to the origin of man as an animal, as to reflex action, biology and sociology, with those questions as to the meaning to himself of life and death, which had of late been more and more often in his mind.
As he listened to his brother's argument with the professor, he noticed that they connected these scientific questions with those spiritual problems - that at times they almost touched on the latter; but every time they were close upon what seemed to him the chief point they promptly beat a hasty retreat, and plunged again into a sea of subtle distinctions, reservations, quotations, allusions and appeals to authorities, and it was with difficulty that he understood what they were talking about.
`I cannot admit it,' said Sergei Ivanovich, with his habitual clearness and distinctness of expression, and elegance of diction. `I cannot in any case agree with Keiss that my whole conception of the external world has been derived from impressions. The most fundamental idea - the idea of existence - has not been received by me through sensation; indeed, there is no special sense organ for the transmission of such an idea.'
`Yes, but they - Wurst, and Knaust, and Pripassov - would answer that your consciousness of existence is derived from the conjunction of all your sensations, that that consciousness of existence is the result of your sensations. Wurst, indeed, says plainly that, assuming there are no sensations, it follows that there is no idea of existence.'
`I maintain the contrary,' began Sergei Ivanovich.
But here it seemed again to Levin that, just as they were close upon the real point of the matter, they were again retreating, and he made up his mind to put a question to the professor.
`According to that, if my senses are annihilated, if my body is dead, I can have no existence of any sort?' he queried.
The professor, in annoyance, and, as it were, mental suffering at the interruption, looked round at the strange inquirer, more like a hauler of a barge than a philosopher, and turned his eyes upon Sergei Ivanovich, as though to ask: What's one to say to him? But Sergei Ivanovich, who had been talking with far less stress and one-sidedness than the professor, and who had sufficient breadth of mind to answer the professor, and at the same time to comprehend the simple and natural point of view from which the question was put, smiled and said:
`That question we have no right to answer as yet....'
`We have not the requisite data,' confirmed the professor, and he went back to his argument. `No,' he said; `I would point out the fact that if, as Pripassov directly asserts, sensation is based on impression, then we are bound to distinguish sharply between these two conceptions.'
Levin listened no more, and simply waited for the professor to go.
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On arriving in Moscow by a morning train, Levin had put up at the house of his elder half-brother, Koznishev. After changing his clothes he went down to his brother's study, intending to talk to him at once about the object of his visit, and to ask his advice; but his brother was not alone. With him there was a well-known professor of philosophy, who had come from Charkov expressly to clear up a difference that had arisen between them on a very important philosophical question. The professor was carrying on a hot crusade against materialists. Sergei Koznishev had been following this crusade with interest, and after reading the professor's last article had written him a letter stating his objections. He accused the professor of making too great concessions to the materialists. And the professor had promptly appeared to argue the matter out. The point in discussion was the question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn between psychical and physiological phenomena in man? And if so, where?
Sergei Ivanovich met his brother with the smile of chilly friendliness he always had for everyone, and, introducing him to the professor, went on with the conversation.
A little man in spectacles, with a narrow forehead, tore himself from the discussion for an instant to greet Levin, and then went on talking without paying any further attention to him. Levin sat down to wait till the professor should go, but he soon began to get interested in the subject under discussion.
Levin had come across the magazine articles about which they were disputing, and had read them, interested in them as a development of the first principles of science, familiar to him when a natural science student at the university. But he had never connected these scientific deductions as to the origin of man as an animal, as to reflex action, biology and sociology, with those questions as to the meaning to himself of life and death, which had of late been more and more often in his mind.
As he listened to his brother's argument with the professor, he noticed that they connected these scientific questions with those spiritual problems - that at times they almost touched on the latter; but every time they were close upon what seemed to him the chief point they promptly beat a hasty retreat, and plunged again into a sea of subtle distinctions, reservations, quotations, allusions and appeals to authorities, and it was with difficulty that he understood what they were talking about.
`I cannot admit it,' said Sergei Ivanovich, with his habitual clearness and distinctness of expression, and elegance of diction. `I cannot in any case agree with Keiss that my whole conception of the external world has been derived from impressions. The most fundamental idea - the idea of existence - has not been received by me through sensation; indeed, there is no special sense organ for the transmission of such an idea.'
`Yes, but they - Wurst, and Knaust, and Pripassov - would answer that your consciousness of existence is derived from the conjunction of all your sensations, that that consciousness of existence is the result of your sensations. Wurst, indeed, says plainly that, assuming there are no sensations, it follows that there is no idea of existence.'
`I maintain the contrary,' began Sergei Ivanovich.
But here it seemed again to Levin that, just as they were close upon the real point of the matter, they were again retreating, and he made up his mind to put a question to the professor.
`According to that, if my senses are annihilated, if my body is dead, I can have no existence of any sort?' he queried.
The professor, in annoyance, and, as it were, mental suffering at the interruption, looked round at the strange inquirer, more like a hauler of a barge than a philosopher, and turned his eyes upon Sergei Ivanovich, as though to ask: What's one to say to him? But Sergei Ivanovich, who had been talking with far less stress and one-sidedness than the professor, and who had sufficient breadth of mind to answer the professor, and at the same time to comprehend the simple and natural point of view from which the question was put, smiled and said:
`That question we have no right to answer as yet....'
`We have not the requisite data,' confirmed the professor, and he went back to his argument. `No,' he said; `I would point out the fact that if, as Pripassov directly asserts, sensation is based on impression, then we are bound to distinguish sharply between these two conceptions.'
Levin listened no more, and simply waited for the professor to go.
Chapter 6
When Oblonsky asked Levin what had brought him to town, Levin blushed, and was furious with himself for blushing, because he could not answer: `I have come to make your sister-in-law a proposal,' though that was solely what he had come for.
The families of the Levins and the Shcherbatskys were old, noble Moscow families, and had always been on intimate and friendly terms. This intimacy had grown still closer during Levin's student days. He had both prepared for the university with the young Prince Shcherbatsky, the brother of Kitty and Dolly, and had entered at the same time with him. In those days Levin was a frequent visitor at the house of the Shcherbatskys, and he was in love with the Shcherbatsky household. Strange as it may appear, it was with the household, the family that Constantin Levin was in love, especially with the feminine half of the household. Levin did not remember his own mother, and his only sister was older than he was, so that it was in the Shcherbatsky's house that he saw for the first time that inner life of an old, noble, cultured and honorable family of which he had been deprived by the death of his father and mother. All the members of that family, especially the feminine half, were pictured by him, as it were, wrapped about with a mysterious poetical veil, and he not only perceived no defects whatever in them, but, under the poetical veil that shrouded them, he assumed the existence of the loftiest sentiments and every possible perfection. Why it was the three young ladies had one day to speak French, and the next English; why it was that at certain hours they played by turns on the piano, the sounds of which were audible in their brother's room above, where the students used to work; why they were visited by those professors of French literature, of music, of drawing, of dancing; why at certain hours all the three young ladies, with Mademoiselle Linon, drove in the coach to the Tverskoy boulevard, dressed in their satin cloaks, Dolly in a long one, Natalie in a half-long one, and Kitty in one so short that her shapely legs in tightly-drawn red stockings were visible to all beholders; why it was they had to walk about the Tverskoy boulevard escorted by a footman with a gold cockade in his hat - all this and much more that was done in their mysterious world he did not understand, but he was sure that everything that was done there was very good, and he was in love precisely with the mystery of the proceedings.
In his student days he had all but been in love with the eldest, Dolly, but she was soon married to Oblonsky. Then he began being in love with the second. He felt, as it were, that he had to be in love with one of the sisters, only he could not quite make out which. But Natalie, too, had hardly made her appearance in the world when she married the diplomat Lvov. Kitty was still a child when Levin left the university. Young Shcherbatsky went into the navy, was drowned in the Baltic and Levin's visits to the Shcherbatskys, despite his friendship with Oblonsky, became less frequent. But when early in the winter of this year Levin came to Moscow, after a year in the country, and saw the Shcherbatskys, he realized which of the three sisters he was indeed destined to love.
One would have thought that nothing could be simpler than for him, a man of good family, rather rich than poor, and thirty-two years old, to make the young Princess Shcherbatskaia an offer of marriage; in all likelihood he would at once have been looked upon as a good match. But Levin was in love, and so it seemed to him that Kitty was so perfect in every respect, a creature so far above everything earthly, while he was a creature so low and so earthly that it could not even be conceived that other people and she herself could regard him as worthy of her.
After spending two months in Moscow in a state of befuddlement, seeing Kitty almost every day in society, into which he went so as to meet her, he abruptly decided that it could not be, and went back to the country.
Levin's conviction that it could not be was founded on the idea that in the eyes of her family he was a disadvantageous and worthless match for the charming Kitty, and that Kitty herself could not love him. In her family's eyes he had no ordinary, definite career and position in society, while his comrades by this time, when he was thirty-two, were already one a colonel, and another a professor, another director of a bank and railways, or chairman of a board, like Oblonsky. But he (he knew very well how he must appear to others) was a country gentleman, occupied in breeding cattle, shooting game and building barns; in other words, a fellow of no ability, who had not turned out well, and who was doing just what, according to the ideas of the world, is done by people fit for nothing else.
The mysterious, enchanting Kitty herself could not love such an ugly person as he conceived himself to be, and, above all, such an ordinary, in no way striking person. Moreover, his attitude to Kitty in the past - the attitude of a grown-up person to a child, arising from his friendship with her brother - seemed to him yet another obstacle to love. An ugly, good-natured man, as he considered himself, might, he supposed, be liked as a friend; but to be loved with such a love as that with which he loved Kitty, one would need to be handsome and, still more, a distinguished man.
He had heard that women often did care for ugly and ordinary men, but he did not believe it, for he judged by himself, and he could not himself have loved any but beautiful, mysterious and exceptional women.
The families of the Levins and the Shcherbatskys were old, noble Moscow families, and had always been on intimate and friendly terms. This intimacy had grown still closer during Levin's student days. He had both prepared for the university with the young Prince Shcherbatsky, the brother of Kitty and Dolly, and had entered at the same time with him. In those days Levin was a frequent visitor at the house of the Shcherbatskys, and he was in love with the Shcherbatsky household. Strange as it may appear, it was with the household, the family that Constantin Levin was in love, especially with the feminine half of the household. Levin did not remember his own mother, and his only sister was older than he was, so that it was in the Shcherbatsky's house that he saw for the first time that inner life of an old, noble, cultured and honorable family of which he had been deprived by the death of his father and mother. All the members of that family, especially the feminine half, were pictured by him, as it were, wrapped about with a mysterious poetical veil, and he not only perceived no defects whatever in them, but, under the poetical veil that shrouded them, he assumed the existence of the loftiest sentiments and every possible perfection. Why it was the three young ladies had one day to speak French, and the next English; why it was that at certain hours they played by turns on the piano, the sounds of which were audible in their brother's room above, where the students used to work; why they were visited by those professors of French literature, of music, of drawing, of dancing; why at certain hours all the three young ladies, with Mademoiselle Linon, drove in the coach to the Tverskoy boulevard, dressed in their satin cloaks, Dolly in a long one, Natalie in a half-long one, and Kitty in one so short that her shapely legs in tightly-drawn red stockings were visible to all beholders; why it was they had to walk about the Tverskoy boulevard escorted by a footman with a gold cockade in his hat - all this and much more that was done in their mysterious world he did not understand, but he was sure that everything that was done there was very good, and he was in love precisely with the mystery of the proceedings.
In his student days he had all but been in love with the eldest, Dolly, but she was soon married to Oblonsky. Then he began being in love with the second. He felt, as it were, that he had to be in love with one of the sisters, only he could not quite make out which. But Natalie, too, had hardly made her appearance in the world when she married the diplomat Lvov. Kitty was still a child when Levin left the university. Young Shcherbatsky went into the navy, was drowned in the Baltic and Levin's visits to the Shcherbatskys, despite his friendship with Oblonsky, became less frequent. But when early in the winter of this year Levin came to Moscow, after a year in the country, and saw the Shcherbatskys, he realized which of the three sisters he was indeed destined to love.
One would have thought that nothing could be simpler than for him, a man of good family, rather rich than poor, and thirty-two years old, to make the young Princess Shcherbatskaia an offer of marriage; in all likelihood he would at once have been looked upon as a good match. But Levin was in love, and so it seemed to him that Kitty was so perfect in every respect, a creature so far above everything earthly, while he was a creature so low and so earthly that it could not even be conceived that other people and she herself could regard him as worthy of her.
After spending two months in Moscow in a state of befuddlement, seeing Kitty almost every day in society, into which he went so as to meet her, he abruptly decided that it could not be, and went back to the country.
Levin's conviction that it could not be was founded on the idea that in the eyes of her family he was a disadvantageous and worthless match for the charming Kitty, and that Kitty herself could not love him. In her family's eyes he had no ordinary, definite career and position in society, while his comrades by this time, when he was thirty-two, were already one a colonel, and another a professor, another director of a bank and railways, or chairman of a board, like Oblonsky. But he (he knew very well how he must appear to others) was a country gentleman, occupied in breeding cattle, shooting game and building barns; in other words, a fellow of no ability, who had not turned out well, and who was doing just what, according to the ideas of the world, is done by people fit for nothing else.
The mysterious, enchanting Kitty herself could not love such an ugly person as he conceived himself to be, and, above all, such an ordinary, in no way striking person. Moreover, his attitude to Kitty in the past - the attitude of a grown-up person to a child, arising from his friendship with her brother - seemed to him yet another obstacle to love. An ugly, good-natured man, as he considered himself, might, he supposed, be liked as a friend; but to be loved with such a love as that with which he loved Kitty, one would need to be handsome and, still more, a distinguished man.
He had heard that women often did care for ugly and ordinary men, but he did not believe it, for he judged by himself, and he could not himself have loved any but beautiful, mysterious and exceptional women.
A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS
by Hans Christian Andersen
THIS story is from the sand-dunes or sand-hills of Jutland, but it
does not begin there in the North, but far away in the South, in
Spain. The wide sea is the highroad from nation to nation; journey
in thought; then, to sunny Spain. It is warm and beautiful there;
the fiery pomegranate flowers peep from among dark laurels; a cool
refreshing breeze from the mountains blows over the orange gardens,
over the Moorish halls with their golden cupolas and coloured walls.
Children go through the streets in procession with candles and
waving banners, and the sky, lofty and clear with its glittering
stars, rises above them. Sounds of singing and castanets can be heard,
and youths and maidens dance upon the flowering acacia trees, while
even the beggar sits upon a block of marble, refreshing himself with a
juicy melon, and dreamily enjoying life. It all seems like a beautiful
dream.
Here dwelt a newly married couple who completely gave themselves
up to the charm of life; indeed they possessed every good thing they
could desire- health and happiness, riches and honour.
We are as happy as human beings can be," said the young couple
from the depths of their hearts. They had indeed only one step
higher to mount on the ladder of happiness- they hoped that God
would give them a child, a son like them in form and spirit. The happy
little one was to be welcomed with rejoicing, to be cared for with
love and tenderness, and enjoy every advantage of wealth and luxury
that a rich and influential family can give. So the days went by
like a joyous festival.
"Life is a gracious gift from God, almost too great a gift for
us to appreciate!" said the young wife. "Yet they say that fulness
of joy for ever and ever can only be found in the future life. I
cannot realise it!"
"The thought arises, perhaps, from the arrogance of men," said the
husband. "It seems a great pride to believe that we shall live for
ever, that we shall be as gods! Were not these the words of the
serpent, the father of lies?"
"Surely you do not doubt the existence of a future life?"
exclaimed the young wife. It seemed as if one of the first shadows
passed over her sunny thoughts.
"Faith realises it, and the priests tell us so," replied her
husband; "but amid all my happiness I feel that it is arrogant to
demand a continuation of it- another life after this. Has not so
much been given us in this world that we ought to be, we must be,
contented with it?"
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS
by Hans Christian Andersen
THIS story is from the sand-dunes or sand-hills of Jutland, but it
does not begin there in the North, but far away in the South, in
Spain. The wide sea is the highroad from nation to nation; journey
in thought; then, to sunny Spain. It is warm and beautiful there;
the fiery pomegranate flowers peep from among dark laurels; a cool
refreshing breeze from the mountains blows over the orange gardens,
over the Moorish halls with their golden cupolas and coloured walls.
Children go through the streets in procession with candles and
waving banners, and the sky, lofty and clear with its glittering
stars, rises above them. Sounds of singing and castanets can be heard,
and youths and maidens dance upon the flowering acacia trees, while
even the beggar sits upon a block of marble, refreshing himself with a
juicy melon, and dreamily enjoying life. It all seems like a beautiful
dream.
Here dwelt a newly married couple who completely gave themselves
up to the charm of life; indeed they possessed every good thing they
could desire- health and happiness, riches and honour.
We are as happy as human beings can be," said the young couple
from the depths of their hearts. They had indeed only one step
higher to mount on the ladder of happiness- they hoped that God
would give them a child, a son like them in form and spirit. The happy
little one was to be welcomed with rejoicing, to be cared for with
love and tenderness, and enjoy every advantage of wealth and luxury
that a rich and influential family can give. So the days went by
like a joyous festival.
"Life is a gracious gift from God, almost too great a gift for
us to appreciate!" said the young wife. "Yet they say that fulness
of joy for ever and ever can only be found in the future life. I
cannot realise it!"
"The thought arises, perhaps, from the arrogance of men," said the
husband. "It seems a great pride to believe that we shall live for
ever, that we shall be as gods! Were not these the words of the
serpent, the father of lies?"
"Surely you do not doubt the existence of a future life?"
exclaimed the young wife. It seemed as if one of the first shadows
passed over her sunny thoughts.
"Faith realises it, and the priests tell us so," replied her
husband; "but amid all my happiness I feel that it is arrogant to
demand a continuation of it- another life after this. Has not so
much been given us in this world that we ought to be, we must be,
contented with it?"
To Miss - CHARADE.
His good friend Perry, too, whom he had spoken to on the subject, did not at present recollect any thing of the riddle kind; but he had desired Perry to be upon the watch, and as he went about so much, something, he thought, might come from that quarter.
It was by no means his daughter's wish that the intellects of Highbury in general should be put under requisition. Mr. Elton was the only one whose assistance she asked. He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, charades, or conundrums that he might recollect; and she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, nothing that did not breathe a compliment to the sex should pass his lips. They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade,
My first doth affliction denote,
Which my second is destin'd to feel
And my whole is the best antidote
That affliction to soften and heal. -
made her quite sorry to acknowledge that they had transcribed it some pages ago already.
`Why will not you write one yourself for us, Mr. Elton?' said she; `that is the only security for its freshness; and nothing could be easier to you.'
`Oh no! he had never written, hardly ever, any thing of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow! He was afraid not even Miss Woodhouse' - he stopt a moment - `or Miss Smith could inspire him.'
The very next day however produced some proof of inspiration. He called for a few moments, just to leave a piece of paper on the table containing, as he said, a charade, which a friend of his had addressed to a young lady, the object of his admiration, but which, from his manner, Emma was immediately convinced must be his own.
`I do not offer it for Miss Smith's collection,' said he. `Being my friend's, I have no right to expose it in any degree to the public eye, but perhaps you may not dislike looking at it.'
The speech was more to Emma than to Harriet, which Emma could understand. There was deep consciousness about him, and he found it easier to meet her eye than her friend's. He was gone the next moment: - after another moment's pause,
`Take it,' said Emma, smiling, and pushing the paper towards Harriet - `it is for you. Take your own.'
But Harriet was in a tremor, and could not touch it; and Emma, never loth to be first, was obliged to examine it herself.
To Miss - CHARADE.
My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,
Lords of the earth! their luxury and ease.
Another view of man, my second brings,
Behold him there, the monarch of the seas!,p> But ah! united, what reverse we have!
Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown;
Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave,
And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone.
Thy ready wit the word will soon supply,
May its approval beam in that soft eye!
It was by no means his daughter's wish that the intellects of Highbury in general should be put under requisition. Mr. Elton was the only one whose assistance she asked. He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, charades, or conundrums that he might recollect; and she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, nothing that did not breathe a compliment to the sex should pass his lips. They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade,
My first doth affliction denote,
Which my second is destin'd to feel
And my whole is the best antidote
That affliction to soften and heal. -
made her quite sorry to acknowledge that they had transcribed it some pages ago already.
`Why will not you write one yourself for us, Mr. Elton?' said she; `that is the only security for its freshness; and nothing could be easier to you.'
`Oh no! he had never written, hardly ever, any thing of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow! He was afraid not even Miss Woodhouse' - he stopt a moment - `or Miss Smith could inspire him.'
The very next day however produced some proof of inspiration. He called for a few moments, just to leave a piece of paper on the table containing, as he said, a charade, which a friend of his had addressed to a young lady, the object of his admiration, but which, from his manner, Emma was immediately convinced must be his own.
`I do not offer it for Miss Smith's collection,' said he. `Being my friend's, I have no right to expose it in any degree to the public eye, but perhaps you may not dislike looking at it.'
The speech was more to Emma than to Harriet, which Emma could understand. There was deep consciousness about him, and he found it easier to meet her eye than her friend's. He was gone the next moment: - after another moment's pause,
`Take it,' said Emma, smiling, and pushing the paper towards Harriet - `it is for you. Take your own.'
But Harriet was in a tremor, and could not touch it; and Emma, never loth to be first, was obliged to examine it herself.
To Miss - CHARADE.
My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,
Lords of the earth! their luxury and ease.
Another view of man, my second brings,
Behold him there, the monarch of the seas!,p> But ah! united, what reverse we have!
Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown;
Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave,
And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone.
Thy ready wit the word will soon supply,
May its approval beam in that soft eye!
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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IN the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom. They had
hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in
the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it
basked in the sun and licked the sunshine from its own paws. And
when one looked at the fields, how beautifully the corn stood and
how green it shone, without comparison! and there was a twittering and
a fluttering of all the little birds, as if the day were a great
festival; and so it was, for it was Sunday. All the bells were
ringing, and all the people went to church, looking cheerful, and
dressed in their best clothes. There was a look of cheerfulness on
everything. The day was so warm and beautiful that one might well have
said: "God's kindness to us men is beyond all limits." But inside
the church the pastor stood in the pulpit, and spoke very loudly and
angrily. He said that all men were wicked, and God would punish them
for their sins, and that the wicked, when they died, would be cast
into hell, to burn for ever and ever. He spoke very excitedly,
saying that their evil propensities would not be destroyed, nor
would the fire be extinguished, and they should never find rest.
That was terrible to hear, and he said it in such a tone of
conviction; he described hell to them as a miserable hole where all
the refuse of the world gathers. There was no air beside the hot
burning sulphur flame, and there was no ground under their feet; they,
the wicked ones, sank deeper and deeper, while eternal silence
surrounded them! It was dreadful to hear all that, for the preacher
spoke from his heart, and all the people in the church were terrified.
Meanwhile, the birds sang merrily outside, and the sun was shining
so beautifully warm, it seemed as though every little flower said:
"God, Thy kindness towards us all is without limits." Indeed,
outside it was not at all like the pastor's sermon.
The same evening, upon going to bed, the pastor noticed his wife
sitting there quiet and pensive.
"What is the matter with you?" he asked her.
"Well, the matter with me is," she said, "that I cannot collect my
thoughts, and am unable to grasp the meaning of what you said to-day
in church- that there are so many wicked people, and that they
should burn eternally. Alas! eternally- how long! I am only a woman
and a sinner before God, but I should not have the heart to let even
the worst sinner burn for ever, and how could our Lord to do so, who
is so infinitely good, and who knows how the wickedness comes from
without and within? No, I am unable to imagine that, although you
say so."
It was autumn; the trees dropped their leaves, the earnest and
severe pastor sat at the bedside of a dying person. A pious,
faithful soul closed her eyes for ever; she was the pastor's wife.
..."If any one shall find rest in the grave and mercy before our
Lord you shall certainly do so," said the pastor. He folded her
hands and read a psalm over the dead woman.
She was buried; two large tears rolled over the cheeks of the
earnest man, and in the parsonage it was empty and still, for its
sun had set for ever. She had gone home.
It was night. A cold wind swept over the pastor's head; he
opened his eyes, and it seemed to him as if the moon was shining
into his room. It was not so, however; there was a being standing
before his bed, and looking like the ghost of his deceased wife. She
fixed her eyes upon him with such a kind and sad expression, just as
if she wished to say something to him. The pastor raised himself in
bed and stretched his arms towards her, saying, "Not even you can find
eternal rest! You suffer, you best and most pious woman?"
The dead woman nodded her head as if to say "Yes," and put her
hand on her breast.
"And can I not obtain rest in the grave for you?"
"Yes," was the answer.
"And how?"
"Give me one hair- only one single hair- from the head of the
sinner for whom the fire shall never be extinguished, of the sinner
whom God will condemn to eternal punishment in hell."
"Yes, one ought to be able to redeem you so easily, you pure,
pious woman," he said.
"Follow me," said the dead woman. "It is thus granted to us. By my
side you will be able to fly wherever your thoughts wish to go.
Invisible to men, we shall penetrate into their most secret
chambers; but with sure hand you must find out him who is destined
to eternal torture, and before the cock crows he must be found!" As
quickly as if carried by the winged thoughts they were in the great
city, and from the walls the names of the deadly sins shone in flaming
letters: pride, avarice, drunkenness, wantonness- in short, the
whole seven-coloured bow of sin.
"Yes, therein, as I believed, as I knew it," said the pastor, "are
living those who are abandoned to the eternal fire." And they were
standing before the magnificently illuminated gate; the broad steps
were adorned with carpets and flowers, and dance music was sounding
through the festive halls. A footman dressed in silk and velvet
stood with a large silver-mounted rod near the entrance.
"Our ball can compare favourably with the king's," he said, and
turned with contempt towards the gazing crowd in the street. What he
thought was sufficiently expressed in his features and movements:
"Miserable beggars, who are looking in, you are nothing in
comparison to me."
"Pride," said the dead woman; "do you see him?"
"The footman?" asked the pastor. "He is but a poor fool, and not
doomed to be tortured eternally by fire!"
"Only a fool!" It sounded through the whole house of pride: they
were all fools there.
Then they flew within the four naked walls of the miser. Lean as a
skeleton, trembling with cold, and hunger, the old man was clinging
with all his thoughts to his money. They saw him jump up feverishly
from his miserable couch and take a loose stone out of the wall; there
lay gold coins in an old stocking. They saw him anxiously feeling over
an old ragged coat in which pieces of gold were sewn, and his clammy
fingers trembled.
"He is ill! That is madness- a joyless madness- besieged by fear
and dreadful dreams!"
They quickly went away and came before the beds of the
criminals; these unfortunate people slept side by side, in long
rows. Like a ferocious animal, one of them rose out of his sleep and
uttered a horrible cry, and gave his comrade a violent dig in the ribs
with his pointed elbow, and this one turned round in his sleep:
"Be quiet, monster- sleep! This happens every night!"
"Every night!" repeated the other. "Yes, every night he comes
and tortures me! In my violence I have done this and that. I was
born with an evil mind, which has brought me hither for the second
time; but if I have done wrong I suffer punishment for it. One
thing, however, I have not yet confessed. When I came out a little
while ago, and passed by the yard of my former master, evil thoughts
rose within me when I remembered this and that. I struck a match a
little bit on the wall; probably it came a little too close to the
thatched roof. All burnt down- a great heat rose, such as sometimes
overcomes me. I myself helped to rescue cattle and things, nothing
alive burnt, except a flight of pigeons, which flew into the fire, and
the yard dog, of which I had not thought; one could hear him howl
out of the fire, and this howling I still hear when I wish to sleep;
and when I have fallen asleep, the great rough dog comes and places
himself upon me, and howls, presses, and tortures me. Now listen to
what I tell you! You can snore; you are snoring the whole night, and I
hardly a quarter of an hour!" And the blood rose to the head of the
excited criminal; he threw himself upon his comrade, and beat him with
his clenced fist in the face.
"Wicked Matz has become mad again!" they said amongst
themselves. The other criminals seized him, wrestled with him, and
bent him double, so that his head rested between his knees, and they
tied him, so that the blood almost came out of his eyes and out of all
his pores.
"You are killing the unfortunate man," said the pastor, and as
he stretched out his hand to protect him who already suffered too
much, the scene changed. They flew through rich halls and wretched
hovels; wantonness and envy, all the deadly sins, passed before
them. An angel of justice read their crimes and their defence; the
latter was not a brilliant one, but it was read before God, Who
reads the heart, Who knows everything, the wickedness that comes
from within and from without, Who is mercy and love personified. The
pastor's hand trembled; he dared not stretch it out, he did not
venture to pull a hair out of the sinner's head. And tears gushed from
his eyes like a stream of mercy and love, the cooling waters of
which extinguished the eternal fire of hell.
Just then the cock crowed.
"Father of all mercy, grant Thou to her the peace that I was
unable to procure for her!"
"I have it now!" said the dead woman. "It was your hard words,
your despair of mankind, your gloomy belief in God and His creation,
which drove me to you. Learn to know mankind! Even in the wicked one
lives a part of God- and this extinguishes and conquers the flame of
hell!"
The pastor felt a kiss on his lips; a gleam of light surrounded
him- God's bright sun shone into the room, and his wife, alive,
sweet and full of love, awoke him from a dream which God had sent him!
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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IN the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom. They had
hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in
the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it
basked in the sun and licked the sunshine from its own paws. And
when one looked at the fields, how beautifully the corn stood and
how green it shone, without comparison! and there was a twittering and
a fluttering of all the little birds, as if the day were a great
festival; and so it was, for it was Sunday. All the bells were
ringing, and all the people went to church, looking cheerful, and
dressed in their best clothes. There was a look of cheerfulness on
everything. The day was so warm and beautiful that one might well have
said: "God's kindness to us men is beyond all limits." But inside
the church the pastor stood in the pulpit, and spoke very loudly and
angrily. He said that all men were wicked, and God would punish them
for their sins, and that the wicked, when they died, would be cast
into hell, to burn for ever and ever. He spoke very excitedly,
saying that their evil propensities would not be destroyed, nor
would the fire be extinguished, and they should never find rest.
That was terrible to hear, and he said it in such a tone of
conviction; he described hell to them as a miserable hole where all
the refuse of the world gathers. There was no air beside the hot
burning sulphur flame, and there was no ground under their feet; they,
the wicked ones, sank deeper and deeper, while eternal silence
surrounded them! It was dreadful to hear all that, for the preacher
spoke from his heart, and all the people in the church were terrified.
Meanwhile, the birds sang merrily outside, and the sun was shining
so beautifully warm, it seemed as though every little flower said:
"God, Thy kindness towards us all is without limits." Indeed,
outside it was not at all like the pastor's sermon.
The same evening, upon going to bed, the pastor noticed his wife
sitting there quiet and pensive.
"What is the matter with you?" he asked her.
"Well, the matter with me is," she said, "that I cannot collect my
thoughts, and am unable to grasp the meaning of what you said to-day
in church- that there are so many wicked people, and that they
should burn eternally. Alas! eternally- how long! I am only a woman
and a sinner before God, but I should not have the heart to let even
the worst sinner burn for ever, and how could our Lord to do so, who
is so infinitely good, and who knows how the wickedness comes from
without and within? No, I am unable to imagine that, although you
say so."
It was autumn; the trees dropped their leaves, the earnest and
severe pastor sat at the bedside of a dying person. A pious,
faithful soul closed her eyes for ever; she was the pastor's wife.
..."If any one shall find rest in the grave and mercy before our
Lord you shall certainly do so," said the pastor. He folded her
hands and read a psalm over the dead woman.
She was buried; two large tears rolled over the cheeks of the
earnest man, and in the parsonage it was empty and still, for its
sun had set for ever. She had gone home.
It was night. A cold wind swept over the pastor's head; he
opened his eyes, and it seemed to him as if the moon was shining
into his room. It was not so, however; there was a being standing
before his bed, and looking like the ghost of his deceased wife. She
fixed her eyes upon him with such a kind and sad expression, just as
if she wished to say something to him. The pastor raised himself in
bed and stretched his arms towards her, saying, "Not even you can find
eternal rest! You suffer, you best and most pious woman?"
The dead woman nodded her head as if to say "Yes," and put her
hand on her breast.
"And can I not obtain rest in the grave for you?"
"Yes," was the answer.
"And how?"
"Give me one hair- only one single hair- from the head of the
sinner for whom the fire shall never be extinguished, of the sinner
whom God will condemn to eternal punishment in hell."
"Yes, one ought to be able to redeem you so easily, you pure,
pious woman," he said.
"Follow me," said the dead woman. "It is thus granted to us. By my
side you will be able to fly wherever your thoughts wish to go.
Invisible to men, we shall penetrate into their most secret
chambers; but with sure hand you must find out him who is destined
to eternal torture, and before the cock crows he must be found!" As
quickly as if carried by the winged thoughts they were in the great
city, and from the walls the names of the deadly sins shone in flaming
letters: pride, avarice, drunkenness, wantonness- in short, the
whole seven-coloured bow of sin.
"Yes, therein, as I believed, as I knew it," said the pastor, "are
living those who are abandoned to the eternal fire." And they were
standing before the magnificently illuminated gate; the broad steps
were adorned with carpets and flowers, and dance music was sounding
through the festive halls. A footman dressed in silk and velvet
stood with a large silver-mounted rod near the entrance.
"Our ball can compare favourably with the king's," he said, and
turned with contempt towards the gazing crowd in the street. What he
thought was sufficiently expressed in his features and movements:
"Miserable beggars, who are looking in, you are nothing in
comparison to me."
"Pride," said the dead woman; "do you see him?"
"The footman?" asked the pastor. "He is but a poor fool, and not
doomed to be tortured eternally by fire!"
"Only a fool!" It sounded through the whole house of pride: they
were all fools there.
Then they flew within the four naked walls of the miser. Lean as a
skeleton, trembling with cold, and hunger, the old man was clinging
with all his thoughts to his money. They saw him jump up feverishly
from his miserable couch and take a loose stone out of the wall; there
lay gold coins in an old stocking. They saw him anxiously feeling over
an old ragged coat in which pieces of gold were sewn, and his clammy
fingers trembled.
"He is ill! That is madness- a joyless madness- besieged by fear
and dreadful dreams!"
They quickly went away and came before the beds of the
criminals; these unfortunate people slept side by side, in long
rows. Like a ferocious animal, one of them rose out of his sleep and
uttered a horrible cry, and gave his comrade a violent dig in the ribs
with his pointed elbow, and this one turned round in his sleep:
"Be quiet, monster- sleep! This happens every night!"
"Every night!" repeated the other. "Yes, every night he comes
and tortures me! In my violence I have done this and that. I was
born with an evil mind, which has brought me hither for the second
time; but if I have done wrong I suffer punishment for it. One
thing, however, I have not yet confessed. When I came out a little
while ago, and passed by the yard of my former master, evil thoughts
rose within me when I remembered this and that. I struck a match a
little bit on the wall; probably it came a little too close to the
thatched roof. All burnt down- a great heat rose, such as sometimes
overcomes me. I myself helped to rescue cattle and things, nothing
alive burnt, except a flight of pigeons, which flew into the fire, and
the yard dog, of which I had not thought; one could hear him howl
out of the fire, and this howling I still hear when I wish to sleep;
and when I have fallen asleep, the great rough dog comes and places
himself upon me, and howls, presses, and tortures me. Now listen to
what I tell you! You can snore; you are snoring the whole night, and I
hardly a quarter of an hour!" And the blood rose to the head of the
excited criminal; he threw himself upon his comrade, and beat him with
his clenced fist in the face.
"Wicked Matz has become mad again!" they said amongst
themselves. The other criminals seized him, wrestled with him, and
bent him double, so that his head rested between his knees, and they
tied him, so that the blood almost came out of his eyes and out of all
his pores.
"You are killing the unfortunate man," said the pastor, and as
he stretched out his hand to protect him who already suffered too
much, the scene changed. They flew through rich halls and wretched
hovels; wantonness and envy, all the deadly sins, passed before
them. An angel of justice read their crimes and their defence; the
latter was not a brilliant one, but it was read before God, Who
reads the heart, Who knows everything, the wickedness that comes
from within and from without, Who is mercy and love personified. The
pastor's hand trembled; he dared not stretch it out, he did not
venture to pull a hair out of the sinner's head. And tears gushed from
his eyes like a stream of mercy and love, the cooling waters of
which extinguished the eternal fire of hell.
Just then the cock crowed.
"Father of all mercy, grant Thou to her the peace that I was
unable to procure for her!"
"I have it now!" said the dead woman. "It was your hard words,
your despair of mankind, your gloomy belief in God and His creation,
which drove me to you. Learn to know mankind! Even in the wicked one
lives a part of God- and this extinguishes and conquers the flame of
hell!"
The pastor felt a kiss on his lips; a gleam of light surrounded
him- God's bright sun shone into the room, and his wife, alive,
sweet and full of love, awoke him from a dream which God had sent him!
Emma remained in a state of vexation too;
`Good morning to you,' - said he, rising and walking off abruptly. He was very much vexed. He felt the disappointment of the young man, and was mortified to have been the means of promoting it, by the sanction he had given; and the part which he was persuaded Emma had taken in the affair, was provoking him exceedingly.
Emma remained in a state of vexation too; but there was more indistinctness in the causes of her's, than in his. She did not always feel so absolutely satisfied with herself, so entirely convinced that her opinions were right and her adversary's wrong, as Mr. Knightley. He walked off in more complete self-approbation than he left for her. She was not so materially cast down, however, but that a little time and the return of Harriet were very adequate restoratives. Harriet's staying away so long was beginning to make her uneasy. The possibility of the young man's coming to Mrs. Goddard's that morning, and meeting with Harriet and pleading his own cause, gave alarming ideas. The dread of such a failure after all became the prominent uneasiness; and when Harriet appeared, and in very good spirits, and without having any such reason to give for her long absence, she felt a satisfaction which settled her with her own mind, and convinced her, that let Mr. Knightley think or say what he would, she had done nothing which woman's friendship and woman's feelings would not justify.
He had frightened her a little about Mr. Elton; but when she considered that Mr. Knightley could not have observed him as she had done, neither with the interest, nor (she must be allowed to tell herself, in spite of Mr. Knightley's pretensions) with the skill of such an observer on such a question as herself, that he had spoken it hastily and in anger, she was able to believe, that he had rather said what he wished resentfully to be true, than what he knew any thing about. He certainly might have heard Mr. Elton speak with more unreserve than she had ever done, and Mr. Elton might not be of an imprudent, inconsiderate disposition as to money matters; he might naturally be rather attentive than otherwise to them; but then, Mr. Knightley did not make due allowance for the influence of a strong passion at war with all interested motives. Mr. Knightley saw no such passion, and of course thought nothing of its effects; but she saw too much of it to feel a doubt of its overcoming any hesitations that a reasonable prudence might originally suggest; and more than a reasonable, becoming degree of prudence, she was very sure did not belong to Mr. Elton.
Emma remained in a state of vexation too; but there was more indistinctness in the causes of her's, than in his. She did not always feel so absolutely satisfied with herself, so entirely convinced that her opinions were right and her adversary's wrong, as Mr. Knightley. He walked off in more complete self-approbation than he left for her. She was not so materially cast down, however, but that a little time and the return of Harriet were very adequate restoratives. Harriet's staying away so long was beginning to make her uneasy. The possibility of the young man's coming to Mrs. Goddard's that morning, and meeting with Harriet and pleading his own cause, gave alarming ideas. The dread of such a failure after all became the prominent uneasiness; and when Harriet appeared, and in very good spirits, and without having any such reason to give for her long absence, she felt a satisfaction which settled her with her own mind, and convinced her, that let Mr. Knightley think or say what he would, she had done nothing which woman's friendship and woman's feelings would not justify.
He had frightened her a little about Mr. Elton; but when she considered that Mr. Knightley could not have observed him as she had done, neither with the interest, nor (she must be allowed to tell herself, in spite of Mr. Knightley's pretensions) with the skill of such an observer on such a question as herself, that he had spoken it hastily and in anger, she was able to believe, that he had rather said what he wished resentfully to be true, than what he knew any thing about. He certainly might have heard Mr. Elton speak with more unreserve than she had ever done, and Mr. Elton might not be of an imprudent, inconsiderate disposition as to money matters; he might naturally be rather attentive than otherwise to them; but then, Mr. Knightley did not make due allowance for the influence of a strong passion at war with all interested motives. Mr. Knightley saw no such passion, and of course thought nothing of its effects; but she saw too much of it to feel a doubt of its overcoming any hesitations that a reasonable prudence might originally suggest; and more than a reasonable, becoming degree of prudence, she was very sure did not belong to Mr. Elton.
`Capital. So good-by till then.
The secretary retired in confusion. During the consultation with the secretary Levin had completely recovered from his embarrassment. He was standing with elbows on the back of a chair, and on his face was a look of ironical attention.
`I don't understand it - I don't understand it,' he said.
`What don't you understand?' said Oblonsky, smiling just as cheerfully, and picking up a cigarette. He expected some queer outburst from Levin.
`I don't understand what you are doing,' said Levin, shrugging his shoulders. `How can you be serious about it?'
`Why not?'
`Why, because there's nothing in it.'
`You think so - yet we're overwhelmed with work.'
`On paper. But, there, you've a gift for it,' added Levin.
`That's to say, you think there's a lack of something in me?'
`Perhaps so,' said Levin. `But all the same I admire your grandeur, and am proud to have such a great person as a friend. You've not answered my question, though,' he went on, with a desperate effort looking Oblonsky straight in the face.
`Oh, that's all very well. You wait a bit, and you'll come to this yourself. It's very nice for you to have three thousand dessiatinas in the Karazinsky district, and such muscles, and the freshness of a girl of twelve; still you'll be one of us one day. Yes, as to your question, there is no change, but it's a pity you've been away so long.'
`Oh, why so?' Levin queried, frightened.
`Oh, nothing,' responded Oblonsky. `We'll talk it over. But what's brought you up to town?'
`Oh, we'll talk about that, too, later on,' said Levin, reddening again up to his ears.
`All right. I see,' said Stepan Arkadyevich. `I should ask you to come to us, you know, but my wife's not quite well. But I'll tell you what: if you want to see them, they're sure now to be at the Zoological Gardens from four to five. Kitty skates. You drive along there, and I'll come and fetch you, and we'll go and dine somewhere together.'
`Capital. So good-by till then.'
`Now mind, you'll forget - I know you! - or rush off home to the country!' Stepan Arkadyevich called out laughing.
`No, truly!'
And Levin went out of the room, recalling only when he was in the doorway that he had forgotten to take leave of Oblonsky's colleagues.
`That gentleman must be a man of great energy,' said Grinevich, when Levin had gone away.
`Yes, my dear sir,' said Stepan Arkadyevich, nodding his head, `he's a lucky fellow! Three thousand dessiatinas in the Karazinsky district; everything before him; and what youth and vigor! Not like some of us.'
`But why are you complaining, Stepan Arkadyevich?'
`Why, it goes hard with me, very bad,' said Stepan Arkadyevich with a heavy sigh.
`I don't understand it - I don't understand it,' he said.
`What don't you understand?' said Oblonsky, smiling just as cheerfully, and picking up a cigarette. He expected some queer outburst from Levin.
`I don't understand what you are doing,' said Levin, shrugging his shoulders. `How can you be serious about it?'
`Why not?'
`Why, because there's nothing in it.'
`You think so - yet we're overwhelmed with work.'
`On paper. But, there, you've a gift for it,' added Levin.
`That's to say, you think there's a lack of something in me?'
`Perhaps so,' said Levin. `But all the same I admire your grandeur, and am proud to have such a great person as a friend. You've not answered my question, though,' he went on, with a desperate effort looking Oblonsky straight in the face.
`Oh, that's all very well. You wait a bit, and you'll come to this yourself. It's very nice for you to have three thousand dessiatinas in the Karazinsky district, and such muscles, and the freshness of a girl of twelve; still you'll be one of us one day. Yes, as to your question, there is no change, but it's a pity you've been away so long.'
`Oh, why so?' Levin queried, frightened.
`Oh, nothing,' responded Oblonsky. `We'll talk it over. But what's brought you up to town?'
`Oh, we'll talk about that, too, later on,' said Levin, reddening again up to his ears.
`All right. I see,' said Stepan Arkadyevich. `I should ask you to come to us, you know, but my wife's not quite well. But I'll tell you what: if you want to see them, they're sure now to be at the Zoological Gardens from four to five. Kitty skates. You drive along there, and I'll come and fetch you, and we'll go and dine somewhere together.'
`Capital. So good-by till then.'
`Now mind, you'll forget - I know you! - or rush off home to the country!' Stepan Arkadyevich called out laughing.
`No, truly!'
And Levin went out of the room, recalling only when he was in the doorway that he had forgotten to take leave of Oblonsky's colleagues.
`That gentleman must be a man of great energy,' said Grinevich, when Levin had gone away.
`Yes, my dear sir,' said Stepan Arkadyevich, nodding his head, `he's a lucky fellow! Three thousand dessiatinas in the Karazinsky district; everything before him; and what youth and vigor! Not like some of us.'
`But why are you complaining, Stepan Arkadyevich?'
`Why, it goes hard with me, very bad,' said Stepan Arkadyevich with a heavy sigh.
Monday, February 20, 2012
10 Ways In Which To Raise Your Site In Google- And In Different Search Engines, Too_65277
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The order of the Massive Three is very debatable, but really they work as components of the full; not one amongst them can be unnoticed if the machine is to figure properly. In this case, you probably understand that content ought to be quality, but that's outlined, however it should conjointly be wealthy within the keywords you are targeting to drive search traffic. That does not mean just throwing them in there like you're cooking up a pot of SEO gumbo, though. Keyword use and keyword variation should be natural and not overstuffed. For the visual text half of the page, focus on working in the relevant words and phrases you would like individuals to seek out you for.
3. Quality Links
Or a lot of specifically, back links, links to your website from outside sources. Links are your letters of recommendation. If nobody's recommending you, or the recommendations seem phony, then it won't work. Authority links are weighted most heavily, after all, thus strive to induce business-connected authority sites to link to your site.
4. Amount Links
Authority (top quality) links are by nature additional difficult to get, so you'll have to start out somewhere else unless you have already got the complete recognition you need from square one. Several SEOers propose "link-swaps" to every alternative and it used to be common trade to shop for and sell links. However as Google demonstrated last Fall, you cannot obtain Google's love that way. Of course, you'll get the alternative of love. Therefore, attempt to get as several links as you can from trade peers the good old style method - by promoting. Submit links to respected directories like DMOZ and Yahoo, as well. A giant burst of low-quality, non-authoritative, or bad-neighborhood links, though, can do a heap a lot of harm than smart; therefore keep things natural.
5. URL
The importance of the URL is typically debated, but one argument looks to form additional sense than the others. Search engines don't like too many parameters within the URL (straightforward to confuse the spiders with & and ?) and folks can't scan those long URLs and tell what they mean at a look either. The people facet here is very necessary, as a result of they're those clicking and they need to understand where a link leads them at a millisecond glance. Lesson: keywords in the URL are a smart idea.
6. Spider Food
Search spiders eat HTML, not Flash. They eat text, not pictures. Create the spiders proud of HTML and tons of text to eat.
7. Web site Architecture
There is a lot to think about here, but the goal is making a site spiders can easily access, a site that tells them where to go and what to index. Sitemaps are important for this purpose, as is proper use of Robots.txt.
8. Frequently Updated Content
You could start a website, slap some content on it, and let it sit there in cyber space. It'll be indexed, most likely. However you actually expand your credibility as a devoted, relevant supply if you update regularly. Additionally to spiders, it gives people a reason to come back, too.
9. Start a Blog
A nice method to ascertain yourself as an authority voice on the Net is to begin a blog regarding the trade you are in. Maintaining a blog means that another entry purpose with often updated content that eventually with some authority helps pull up the most website via targeted links to the positioning, or specific pages within the site. It isn't a spam blog, which will be zapped eventually, if there's useful content on it and bonafide linking.
10. Don't Forget Humans
This can be thus necessary, it probably should be higher up on the list. There's an art to coming up with a web site that is friendly to each Google crawlers and therefore the people you ultimately need to convert. While not people, what is the purpose? Thus initial design for them, and then tweak to please the spiders, not the opposite means around. Jakob Nielsen could be a usability guru you will want to test out. He's been telling individuals how make user-centric websites since web directories were still phonebooks-you recognize, on paper.
That being said, there are masses of things webmasters can do to assist their sites perform higher in search, therefore this list is not by an extended shot finished. It is, though, what we assume are the prime ten strategies for better search engine by "search engine" I mean "Google" - placement.
1. Title tags
Listed by others mutually of the Massive Three (tags, links, and text), we have a tendency to're putting title tags at the top. The words within the title tag appear within the link that pops up within the search result. This is where you tell the search engine (and also the would-be visitor) as succinctly as potential what wants to be known: company or publication name; relevant, targeted keyword or keyword phrase taken from the text of the page. Each page ought to have a title tag as Google ranks every page individually, not the location in its entirety.
2. Content
The order of the Massive Three is very debatable, but really they work as components of the full; not one amongst them can be unnoticed if the machine is to figure properly. In this case, you probably understand that content ought to be quality, but that's outlined, however it should conjointly be wealthy within the keywords you are targeting to drive search traffic. That does not mean just throwing them in there like you're cooking up a pot of SEO gumbo, though. Keyword use and keyword variation should be natural and not overstuffed. For the visual text half of the page, focus on working in the relevant words and phrases you would like individuals to seek out you for.
3. Quality Links
Or a lot of specifically, back links, links to your website from outside sources. Links are your letters of recommendation. If nobody's recommending you, or the recommendations seem phony, then it won't work. Authority links are weighted most heavily, after all, thus strive to induce business-connected authority sites to link to your site.
4. Amount Links
Authority (top quality) links are by nature additional difficult to get, so you'll have to start out somewhere else unless you have already got the complete recognition you need from square one. Several SEOers propose "link-swaps" to every alternative and it used to be common trade to shop for and sell links. However as Google demonstrated last Fall, you cannot obtain Google's love that way. Of course, you'll get the alternative of love. Therefore, attempt to get as several links as you can from trade peers the good old style method - by promoting. Submit links to respected directories like DMOZ and Yahoo, as well. A giant burst of low-quality, non-authoritative, or bad-neighborhood links, though, can do a heap a lot of harm than smart; therefore keep things natural.
5. URL
The importance of the URL is typically debated, but one argument looks to form additional sense than the others. Search engines don't like too many parameters within the URL (straightforward to confuse the spiders with & and ?) and folks can't scan those long URLs and tell what they mean at a look either. The people facet here is very necessary, as a result of they're those clicking and they need to understand where a link leads them at a millisecond glance. Lesson: keywords in the URL are a smart idea.
6. Spider Food
Search spiders eat HTML, not Flash. They eat text, not pictures. Create the spiders proud of HTML and tons of text to eat.
7. Web site Architecture
There is a lot to think about here, but the goal is making a site spiders can easily access, a site that tells them where to go and what to index. Sitemaps are important for this purpose, as is proper use of Robots.txt.
8. Frequently Updated Content
You could start a website, slap some content on it, and let it sit there in cyber space. It'll be indexed, most likely. However you actually expand your credibility as a devoted, relevant supply if you update regularly. Additionally to spiders, it gives people a reason to come back, too.
9. Start a Blog
A nice method to ascertain yourself as an authority voice on the Net is to begin a blog regarding the trade you are in. Maintaining a blog means that another entry purpose with often updated content that eventually with some authority helps pull up the most website via targeted links to the positioning, or specific pages within the site. It isn't a spam blog, which will be zapped eventually, if there's useful content on it and bonafide linking.
10. Don't Forget Humans
This can be thus necessary, it probably should be higher up on the list. There's an art to coming up with a web site that is friendly to each Google crawlers and therefore the people you ultimately need to convert. While not people, what is the purpose? Thus initial design for them, and then tweak to please the spiders, not the opposite means around. Jakob Nielsen could be a usability guru you will want to test out. He's been telling individuals how make user-centric websites since web directories were still phonebooks-you recognize, on paper.
10 Video Creating And Editing Tool A Web Development Company Uses_61788
Video on a website of course looks good but have you ever thought from where all these videos come and are they real and make real sense. Most of the videos on the web are a mix of being real and fake thanks to various technologies used by a web development company which helps it create and edit videos.
Both paid and unpaid versions of video creating and editing tools are available. Unpaid versions help web developers save lot of money while using all the features to accomplish their video related tasks. Many video editing tools are used by different web development companies but it is difficult to say which one is the best as almost all have extra ordinary features however it is possible to list 10 best video editing software products as below:
1. Roxio Creator: With numerous media features like Disc Label Creating, burning, copying, Video Capture, DVD Creation, Playback, Organizing, Photo Editing, Music Rip and many more it is a fully loaded digital media guide.
2. Microsoft Movie Maker: This is the cheapest and easiest to use for any web development company as it comes preinstalled on all windows computers. It also ensures that videos created using Microsoft movie maker do not have any compatibility issues as 90% of world computers use windows. With the drag and drop feature even a novice can use it efficiently.
3. Adobe Premiere Pro: A complete video editing and creating solution from Adobe is Premiere Pro and includes capabilities to allow video creating, sharing and editing. It is a flexible editing solution because it is also compatible with Macs and PCs.
4. Pinnacle Studio: It is one of the best available in the market and supports HD editing as well as Blu-ray burner. Pinnacle Studio can be used for creating and editing real HD movies as well as for theme editing.
5. Sony Vegas: A web development company uses it for high density video and audio editing. It can make an edited video look as good as the one bought from a nearby DVD store. Other features of the product include support for professional Blu-Ray Disc authoring program, multi-media capabilities and drag-and-drop interface.
6. Power Director: One of the most powerful software for video editing used by a web development company is power director. A distinct feature of power director is that it allows import of various file formats and sharing of videos on Blu-ray Discs, Flickr and YouTube.
7. Corel VideoStudio: Using this you will be playing more than working while you edit and create videos and yes it also helps a web developer save lot of time.
8. Nero: It is popularly used on Windows PC and offers admirable editing options. It has an effective drop and drag feature that allows easy transitions. Nero also allows creation of special effects and inclusion of text in video.
9. AVS Video Editor: An excellent video editing tool which does not require you to have special skills at video creating and editing is AVS Video Editor.
10. Magix Movie Edit: The biggest benefit of using Magix Movie Edit is that it enables multi-cam editing for two live video channels at the same time. Also it is compatible with all Sony cell phones, PSPs and iPods.
Both paid and unpaid versions of video creating and editing tools are available. Unpaid versions help web developers save lot of money while using all the features to accomplish their video related tasks. Many video editing tools are used by different web development companies but it is difficult to say which one is the best as almost all have extra ordinary features however it is possible to list 10 best video editing software products as below:
1. Roxio Creator: With numerous media features like Disc Label Creating, burning, copying, Video Capture, DVD Creation, Playback, Organizing, Photo Editing, Music Rip and many more it is a fully loaded digital media guide.
2. Microsoft Movie Maker: This is the cheapest and easiest to use for any web development company as it comes preinstalled on all windows computers. It also ensures that videos created using Microsoft movie maker do not have any compatibility issues as 90% of world computers use windows. With the drag and drop feature even a novice can use it efficiently.
3. Adobe Premiere Pro: A complete video editing and creating solution from Adobe is Premiere Pro and includes capabilities to allow video creating, sharing and editing. It is a flexible editing solution because it is also compatible with Macs and PCs.
4. Pinnacle Studio: It is one of the best available in the market and supports HD editing as well as Blu-ray burner. Pinnacle Studio can be used for creating and editing real HD movies as well as for theme editing.
5. Sony Vegas: A web development company uses it for high density video and audio editing. It can make an edited video look as good as the one bought from a nearby DVD store. Other features of the product include support for professional Blu-Ray Disc authoring program, multi-media capabilities and drag-and-drop interface.
6. Power Director: One of the most powerful software for video editing used by a web development company is power director. A distinct feature of power director is that it allows import of various file formats and sharing of videos on Blu-ray Discs, Flickr and YouTube.
7. Corel VideoStudio: Using this you will be playing more than working while you edit and create videos and yes it also helps a web developer save lot of time.
8. Nero: It is popularly used on Windows PC and offers admirable editing options. It has an effective drop and drag feature that allows easy transitions. Nero also allows creation of special effects and inclusion of text in video.
9. AVS Video Editor: An excellent video editing tool which does not require you to have special skills at video creating and editing is AVS Video Editor.
10. Magix Movie Edit: The biggest benefit of using Magix Movie Edit is that it enables multi-cam editing for two live video channels at the same time. Also it is compatible with all Sony cell phones, PSPs and iPods.
10 Top Online Business Technologies For 2009_65170
With high-tech, it's nearly as hard to look back a year and figure out what went on as it is to look forward and make predictions. In both directions there is a lot of haze ?variously called hype, vaporware, PR and lying with statistics ?and, of course, it's rather a value judgment arriving at "the best," whether it's one, 10 or 1001. Then, too, putting all of the influential technologies in some kind of order is daunting, while the question remains ?What are we measuring? Buzz? Popularity? Results?
That just might be the most honest introduction to a "Top 10" article ever. The following items are in alphabetical order, may not include everything and are not exhaustively discussed. They were all making in headlines in 2009, and some still are. In fact, some have been on both the backward- and the forward-looking lists, last year and this year. So it goes in the high-tech universe ?and here's how some of it went in 2009:
1. Business intelligence: Business Intelligence (BI) was the top technology priority in a 2008 survey, and surged in 2009. Better information drives smarter decisions at every level of a business, from corporate mission to operational tactics. BI is a powerful, strategic tool to bring business managers and knowledge workers together to administer, grow and adapt business practices. Anything that helps managers make better, faster, more effective decisions is valuable in any business environment, and doubly so in tough economic times.
2. Cloud computing: This "computing model" buzzword took a solid step forward last year. Providers deliver IT capabilities as "services," use Internet technologies to deliver them, and make them scalable for (and by) the client. Small companies can benefit from lower costs and reduced barrier to entry, while larger firms can use cloud computing for services that are becoming lower-cost commodity items. A big move in 2010 could mean either accelerated adoption or another slew of variations.
3. Component-level server upgrades: Component-level upgrading makes it easier to expand capacity. Companies can now keep track of component resources separately so that when, say, additional disk capacity is needed, only that resource is upgraded. There is no longer the need to pay for all three of the resource components in a fixed bundle. Purchasing and inventory system workloads are lightened, and there is no waste as when "wrong" components are bundled with the "right" ones.
4. Enterprise mashups: A "mashup" - originally a term applied to two or more songs "remixed" together - is a web page or application that combines data or functionality from two or more discrete sources to create a new product, service, resource or process. Some firms used mashups in enterprise-class solutions for delivering and managing custom applications. Through 2009, IT managers and application developers investigated mashups for the potential to transform corporate operations, with results that were both anticipated and unexpected.
5. Green IT: Efficient, eco-friendly processes allow more equipment to "fit" a firm's "energy footprint." Multiplying regulations can put serious obstacles in the way of companies that need new data centers, as all manner of environmental impacts are being scrutinized - and, at the same time, energy costs are going to increase, and not in a predictable manner. Companies must consider alternative plans for increasing IT capacities and stay abreast of a range of evolving and emerging technologies.
6. Social software and networking: Social software and networking covers a wide array of technologies and activities, from social sites and Web collaborations to social media. Companies and organizations of all kinds added social dimensions to their Web sites and applications in 2009, as no one wanted to risk a failure to engage one of the largest audience trends of the decade.
7. Specialization: The "appliance" model took on greater momentum in 2009. Appliances previously prevailed in only a few functions, but "heterogeneous systems" are now emerging to take on specialized, repetitive and/or demanding workloads. Heterogeneous systems have a similar, single-purpose orientation like appliances, but are server systems on which users can install software to perform a particular function. This approach will soon reach the general-purpose computing market.
8. Unified communications: The number of different communications vendors serving the typical organization decreased in 2009, on the way to a 50 percent reduction by 2011. Formerly distinct markets with distinct vendors converged, resulting in consolidation in the communications sector. Organizations can reduce costs if managers create detailed deployment and maintenance plans, as they can now centralize all administrative functions.
9. Virtualization: Most of the focus was on virtual servers, but virtualization of storage and client devices made progress in 2009, as well. Virtualization eliminates duplicate files on physical devices while appearing to maintain them in their original state. Called "data deduplication," this saves a lot of money in storage costs. However, ambitious deployment plans fell short as just 40% of companies targeted as prime candidates for virtualization had made the move by Q4 2009. Still, it gained an important foothold and will continue to make progress.
10. Web-oriented architectures: The Web is without a doubt the premier example of interoperability and scalability in a service-oriented system. The central organizing principles of the Internet/Web approach, and ever-improving Web technologies and standards, give forward-looking firms good models for other "enterprise level" solutions. This approach cannot address every conceivable, future enterprise computing requirement, but the continued evolution of this approach should put it in play in a growing number of situations in the future.
That just might be the most honest introduction to a "Top 10" article ever. The following items are in alphabetical order, may not include everything and are not exhaustively discussed. They were all making in headlines in 2009, and some still are. In fact, some have been on both the backward- and the forward-looking lists, last year and this year. So it goes in the high-tech universe ?and here's how some of it went in 2009:
1. Business intelligence: Business Intelligence (BI) was the top technology priority in a 2008 survey, and surged in 2009. Better information drives smarter decisions at every level of a business, from corporate mission to operational tactics. BI is a powerful, strategic tool to bring business managers and knowledge workers together to administer, grow and adapt business practices. Anything that helps managers make better, faster, more effective decisions is valuable in any business environment, and doubly so in tough economic times.
2. Cloud computing: This "computing model" buzzword took a solid step forward last year. Providers deliver IT capabilities as "services," use Internet technologies to deliver them, and make them scalable for (and by) the client. Small companies can benefit from lower costs and reduced barrier to entry, while larger firms can use cloud computing for services that are becoming lower-cost commodity items. A big move in 2010 could mean either accelerated adoption or another slew of variations.
3. Component-level server upgrades: Component-level upgrading makes it easier to expand capacity. Companies can now keep track of component resources separately so that when, say, additional disk capacity is needed, only that resource is upgraded. There is no longer the need to pay for all three of the resource components in a fixed bundle. Purchasing and inventory system workloads are lightened, and there is no waste as when "wrong" components are bundled with the "right" ones.
4. Enterprise mashups: A "mashup" - originally a term applied to two or more songs "remixed" together - is a web page or application that combines data or functionality from two or more discrete sources to create a new product, service, resource or process. Some firms used mashups in enterprise-class solutions for delivering and managing custom applications. Through 2009, IT managers and application developers investigated mashups for the potential to transform corporate operations, with results that were both anticipated and unexpected.
5. Green IT: Efficient, eco-friendly processes allow more equipment to "fit" a firm's "energy footprint." Multiplying regulations can put serious obstacles in the way of companies that need new data centers, as all manner of environmental impacts are being scrutinized - and, at the same time, energy costs are going to increase, and not in a predictable manner. Companies must consider alternative plans for increasing IT capacities and stay abreast of a range of evolving and emerging technologies.
6. Social software and networking: Social software and networking covers a wide array of technologies and activities, from social sites and Web collaborations to social media. Companies and organizations of all kinds added social dimensions to their Web sites and applications in 2009, as no one wanted to risk a failure to engage one of the largest audience trends of the decade.
7. Specialization: The "appliance" model took on greater momentum in 2009. Appliances previously prevailed in only a few functions, but "heterogeneous systems" are now emerging to take on specialized, repetitive and/or demanding workloads. Heterogeneous systems have a similar, single-purpose orientation like appliances, but are server systems on which users can install software to perform a particular function. This approach will soon reach the general-purpose computing market.
8. Unified communications: The number of different communications vendors serving the typical organization decreased in 2009, on the way to a 50 percent reduction by 2011. Formerly distinct markets with distinct vendors converged, resulting in consolidation in the communications sector. Organizations can reduce costs if managers create detailed deployment and maintenance plans, as they can now centralize all administrative functions.
9. Virtualization: Most of the focus was on virtual servers, but virtualization of storage and client devices made progress in 2009, as well. Virtualization eliminates duplicate files on physical devices while appearing to maintain them in their original state. Called "data deduplication," this saves a lot of money in storage costs. However, ambitious deployment plans fell short as just 40% of companies targeted as prime candidates for virtualization had made the move by Q4 2009. Still, it gained an important foothold and will continue to make progress.
10. Web-oriented architectures: The Web is without a doubt the premier example of interoperability and scalability in a service-oriented system. The central organizing principles of the Internet/Web approach, and ever-improving Web technologies and standards, give forward-looking firms good models for other "enterprise level" solutions. This approach cannot address every conceivable, future enterprise computing requirement, but the continued evolution of this approach should put it in play in a growing number of situations in the future.
10 Tools To Create Traffic To A Website_68131
So you've built yourself a website, found an awesome product(s) to sell and now you have a boat load of expectation, but the one key ingredient for a successful online business is the one you are missing. Traffic; with out it your online endeavors are doomed to failure. There are many methods for creating traffic. Seems everyone has a story or two with the old clich?"a sure fire secret for getting tons of traffic to your website".
Getting traffic to your website can be a difficult task, if you acquire the wrong information (and trust me there's lots of it out there). But with the right knowledge, it can be a quite pleasant experience. There are many free and paid methods for creating website traffic, all effective if use properly. But it all starts with a well optimized keyword strategy.
An optimized website will not only save you time in the Organic SEO game, it will also save you piles of money in the Paid Search arena. Before developing a website, it is also good practice starts with keyword research and your implementation strategy.
With that said lets look at some traffic creating tools. Below are ten tools to create traffic to website.
1. Google Keyword Tool: One of the best keyword research tools out there. The Google keyword tool provides up to date stats of keyword word search volume. What better way to get keyword data than from worlds leading search engine, than to get it straight from the horse's mouth. This tool also allows you to check keyword pricing within the Google paid inclusion database Adwords. Great thing, as like many of the big g's suite of tools this one is also free.
2. SEO Book: A great resource for creating a foundation of understanding. Written by one of the few search engine optimization super powers Aaron Wall. The seobook.com website is a great resource to get you moving in the write right direction. You will definitely want to check out the tools tab, from keyword analysis to keyword search trends; there are tools for you to explore every facet of the game. Becoming a member of the community at seobook.com was an integral part of me becomes a better search engine marketer.
3. Submit Ease: semi-automated directory submission software that combines both web directory submission and article directory submission in an easy-to-use package. Great tool I've been Able to submit my website to over 1,000 (3,000 remaining) web directories with the all important human feel that the search engines love so much. Also article syndication is a breeze. You are able to submit to over 600 of the top article directories.
4. Bookmarking Demon: This is one of those tools that every online marketer should have in their arsenal whether you like automated tools or not. This is a fully automated social bookmarking and pinging software that will result in unlimited amounts of back links. How else will you be able to create over one hundred Social Bookmarking accounts with just a few clicks of your mouse? It was totally worth the $97 I paid for it back when it was new, it's a bit more now but I don't blame them free upgrades and all the benefits, its well worth the price. (Thank you Edwin Brian).
5. Google Insight Search and Trends: Want to know who is searching for a particular key term. What to know what country, what region, what city is a keyword search most popular. Want to see which search terms are on the rise. These free tools from Google are a great source of inspiration. Works wonders for paid search campaigns, allows you to target keywords by frequently searched country, regions, and city for maximum ROI. Both tools are similar with insight adding a bit more in-depth features. With these tools and a well optimized landing page you can clean up with your paid search campaigns.
6. Fast Blog Finder: Over the past few years SEO has transitioned from who can optimize a web page to reach closest to a 3% keyword density to more of a popularity contest. Meaning the more back links you have to your website the better chance you stand of out ranking your opponent. Just the share number of links is not the say all in this equation, the rank of the pages linking to you also plays a huge role appearing on the first page of Google. What way to get high quality links pointing to your website than a popular weblog (blog)? Not only are these site popular with surfers, they are also popular with the search engine and held in high regards. With Fast Blog Finder software you can find hundreds of themed blogs in minutes! Sure beats the alternative.
7. Animoto: So you need video for your website, but don't know how to use a video camera, so what! No excuse not to have video on the web, Animoto is an awesome tool that allows you to build movie style trailers videos with photos you upload from you computer. You can choose from a variety of music that is preloaded with the service or upload your own. The interface is quite simple, you upload the photos, write a few texts, select your music and they do the rest.
8. Tube Mogul: After you create your videos you want reach your target audience. Lets face it Video sharing is one of the top techniques to get targeted traffic to your website quickly and cost effectively. Tube Mogul is a free video syndication tool that allows you to distribute to multiple video sharing platforms (YouTube Viddler, etc...) How cool is that? For an alternative with more reach. Traffic Geyser includes features such as lead page generators, social bookmarking, advance scheduling, podcasting and more.
9. Keyword Elite: Great keyword research tool that save a ton of time, this tool scours the internet for keywords using variety of source. Instead of spending hours research keywords, let KE do it for you. Build a list of up to 10,000 keywords (of course this will take some time) without all the time spent in front of the computer. The fun doesn't stop there, KE interfaces with Word Tracker and Keyword Discovery to bring you a whole lot of keyword researching power. Find out what keywords your Adwords competitors are buying, spy on you competition, see how optimized their websites are. Keyword Elite is like having you personal all-in-one keyword research tool.
10. Social Media: The social networks are great source of targeted traffic, look at twitter for instance. Twitter's a media baby; everyone's doing it from celebs to ball players. Organize you message and tweet to your hearts content, just remember ad value not take away from it. Facebook is also a viable source of traffic. What are you waiting for? Create your profile, develop your fan page interacting with you audience is a great way to get targeted visitors.
Other Great Tools that missed the list
Traffic Travis
Web CEO
SEO Elite
Web links SEO
Getting traffic to your website can be a difficult task, if you acquire the wrong information (and trust me there's lots of it out there). But with the right knowledge, it can be a quite pleasant experience. There are many free and paid methods for creating website traffic, all effective if use properly. But it all starts with a well optimized keyword strategy.
An optimized website will not only save you time in the Organic SEO game, it will also save you piles of money in the Paid Search arena. Before developing a website, it is also good practice starts with keyword research and your implementation strategy.
With that said lets look at some traffic creating tools. Below are ten tools to create traffic to website.
1. Google Keyword Tool: One of the best keyword research tools out there. The Google keyword tool provides up to date stats of keyword word search volume. What better way to get keyword data than from worlds leading search engine, than to get it straight from the horse's mouth. This tool also allows you to check keyword pricing within the Google paid inclusion database Adwords. Great thing, as like many of the big g's suite of tools this one is also free.
2. SEO Book: A great resource for creating a foundation of understanding. Written by one of the few search engine optimization super powers Aaron Wall. The seobook.com website is a great resource to get you moving in the write right direction. You will definitely want to check out the tools tab, from keyword analysis to keyword search trends; there are tools for you to explore every facet of the game. Becoming a member of the community at seobook.com was an integral part of me becomes a better search engine marketer.
3. Submit Ease: semi-automated directory submission software that combines both web directory submission and article directory submission in an easy-to-use package. Great tool I've been Able to submit my website to over 1,000 (3,000 remaining) web directories with the all important human feel that the search engines love so much. Also article syndication is a breeze. You are able to submit to over 600 of the top article directories.
4. Bookmarking Demon: This is one of those tools that every online marketer should have in their arsenal whether you like automated tools or not. This is a fully automated social bookmarking and pinging software that will result in unlimited amounts of back links. How else will you be able to create over one hundred Social Bookmarking accounts with just a few clicks of your mouse? It was totally worth the $97 I paid for it back when it was new, it's a bit more now but I don't blame them free upgrades and all the benefits, its well worth the price. (Thank you Edwin Brian).
5. Google Insight Search and Trends: Want to know who is searching for a particular key term. What to know what country, what region, what city is a keyword search most popular. Want to see which search terms are on the rise. These free tools from Google are a great source of inspiration. Works wonders for paid search campaigns, allows you to target keywords by frequently searched country, regions, and city for maximum ROI. Both tools are similar with insight adding a bit more in-depth features. With these tools and a well optimized landing page you can clean up with your paid search campaigns.
6. Fast Blog Finder: Over the past few years SEO has transitioned from who can optimize a web page to reach closest to a 3% keyword density to more of a popularity contest. Meaning the more back links you have to your website the better chance you stand of out ranking your opponent. Just the share number of links is not the say all in this equation, the rank of the pages linking to you also plays a huge role appearing on the first page of Google. What way to get high quality links pointing to your website than a popular weblog (blog)? Not only are these site popular with surfers, they are also popular with the search engine and held in high regards. With Fast Blog Finder software you can find hundreds of themed blogs in minutes! Sure beats the alternative.
7. Animoto: So you need video for your website, but don't know how to use a video camera, so what! No excuse not to have video on the web, Animoto is an awesome tool that allows you to build movie style trailers videos with photos you upload from you computer. You can choose from a variety of music that is preloaded with the service or upload your own. The interface is quite simple, you upload the photos, write a few texts, select your music and they do the rest.
8. Tube Mogul: After you create your videos you want reach your target audience. Lets face it Video sharing is one of the top techniques to get targeted traffic to your website quickly and cost effectively. Tube Mogul is a free video syndication tool that allows you to distribute to multiple video sharing platforms (YouTube Viddler, etc...) How cool is that? For an alternative with more reach. Traffic Geyser includes features such as lead page generators, social bookmarking, advance scheduling, podcasting and more.
9. Keyword Elite: Great keyword research tool that save a ton of time, this tool scours the internet for keywords using variety of source. Instead of spending hours research keywords, let KE do it for you. Build a list of up to 10,000 keywords (of course this will take some time) without all the time spent in front of the computer. The fun doesn't stop there, KE interfaces with Word Tracker and Keyword Discovery to bring you a whole lot of keyword researching power. Find out what keywords your Adwords competitors are buying, spy on you competition, see how optimized their websites are. Keyword Elite is like having you personal all-in-one keyword research tool.
10. Social Media: The social networks are great source of targeted traffic, look at twitter for instance. Twitter's a media baby; everyone's doing it from celebs to ball players. Organize you message and tweet to your hearts content, just remember ad value not take away from it. Facebook is also a viable source of traffic. What are you waiting for? Create your profile, develop your fan page interacting with you audience is a great way to get targeted visitors.
Other Great Tools that missed the list
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Web CEO
SEO Elite
Web links SEO
10 Tips To Make Php Application Development Simple, Fast And Neat_61099
Skills of PHP developers differ when it is about PHP application development may be because they have less experience or have studied less or poorly that they lack the skills to write good code. What does good code refer to? Good code in PHP development refers to coding the application using minimum code and neatly.
Companies working towards PHP application development strive really hard to maintain the quality of the code in all their projects, here are a few more ways through which they can further enhance the code:
1) Replace strlen() with isset(): Replacing strlen() makes it possible to treat strings as arrays. It makes it easy for a PHP developer to ensure if the string is at least those many characters long as is required.
2) Use str_replace() instead of preg_replace() and ereg_replace(): A small change like this can significantly fasten the application. Use regular expression function to match a pattern and string function to match a string.
3) Extensively Use Framework: The time taken and quality of code in PHP application development is vastly affected by the use of frameworks. They make the PHP development process much fast as they include pre written codes as well as libraries from which it becomes easy to find anything without much effort.
4) Memcached: Fast and easy access to disc and network is very important for an application to run perfectly. Memcached which uses local cache helps speed access to the disc and network when used in any project for PHP application development. It is most effective when application uses multiple servers.
5) Use Ternary Operators: While many feel that use of Ternary operators is less beneficial there are few who advocate its use when the code is small and prototyped. It can also be used for templates.
6) Upgrade with Comparison Operators: Comparison operators are a huge part of PHP and it is very important that PHP developers are aware of all the different types of them to avoid any confusion while using them. Even a simple error in their use while working on any PHP application development project can change the purpose of the application.
7) Correctly Use Suppression Operator: Excessive use of suppression operator affects the quality of the application and coding thus making it a very slow process. Reason for this is that PHP is a dynamic platform which automatically changes error_reporting to 0 before it reciprocates to the suppressed operator and instantly changes it back in a PHP application. Hence it is best not to use or limit the use of suppression operator in PHP application development.
8) Use an SQL Injection Cheat Sheet: This is helpful to make the application much safer. Of course there are different ways to this, SQL injection cheat sheet is a better option.
9) Drop Those Brackets: This can be recommended if the PHP developer wants to reduce the characters in the code. Whether the brackets should be used or dropped in the application solely depends on the nature of the application and code.
10) Shortcut the else: Let me make it clear that this tip would require a PHP developer to compromise on the code readability. Hence its use will vary depending on the length of the code.
Companies working towards PHP application development strive really hard to maintain the quality of the code in all their projects, here are a few more ways through which they can further enhance the code:
1) Replace strlen() with isset(): Replacing strlen() makes it possible to treat strings as arrays. It makes it easy for a PHP developer to ensure if the string is at least those many characters long as is required.
2) Use str_replace() instead of preg_replace() and ereg_replace(): A small change like this can significantly fasten the application. Use regular expression function to match a pattern and string function to match a string.
3) Extensively Use Framework: The time taken and quality of code in PHP application development is vastly affected by the use of frameworks. They make the PHP development process much fast as they include pre written codes as well as libraries from which it becomes easy to find anything without much effort.
4) Memcached: Fast and easy access to disc and network is very important for an application to run perfectly. Memcached which uses local cache helps speed access to the disc and network when used in any project for PHP application development. It is most effective when application uses multiple servers.
5) Use Ternary Operators: While many feel that use of Ternary operators is less beneficial there are few who advocate its use when the code is small and prototyped. It can also be used for templates.
6) Upgrade with Comparison Operators: Comparison operators are a huge part of PHP and it is very important that PHP developers are aware of all the different types of them to avoid any confusion while using them. Even a simple error in their use while working on any PHP application development project can change the purpose of the application.
7) Correctly Use Suppression Operator: Excessive use of suppression operator affects the quality of the application and coding thus making it a very slow process. Reason for this is that PHP is a dynamic platform which automatically changes error_reporting to 0 before it reciprocates to the suppressed operator and instantly changes it back in a PHP application. Hence it is best not to use or limit the use of suppression operator in PHP application development.
8) Use an SQL Injection Cheat Sheet: This is helpful to make the application much safer. Of course there are different ways to this, SQL injection cheat sheet is a better option.
9) Drop Those Brackets: This can be recommended if the PHP developer wants to reduce the characters in the code. Whether the brackets should be used or dropped in the application solely depends on the nature of the application and code.
10) Shortcut the else: Let me make it clear that this tip would require a PHP developer to compromise on the code readability. Hence its use will vary depending on the length of the code.
10 Tips To Keep Visitors On Your Site Longer And Increase Conversions_72712
There are a number of ways to get visitors to your website but what can you do to keep them there? Below we are going to discuss 10 things you can implement to make your visitors stick around.
The number of visitors who land on a site and quickly move on is called the bounce rate. Most websites that have a high bounce rate are not currently using these techniques or have no clue as to what their market really wants and needs.
Here are 10 proven tips to keep visitors on your site longer.
1. Teach your visitors something. Visitors don't want loads of hype, they want to learn and increase their knowledge of your product or industry so they can make an informed decision.
Provide informational content about your product or services. Teach your visitors and this will help them create a good opinion about your site.
2. Keep the navigation simple. Navigation links should be large and clearly labeled. Have you ever been to a cultural restaurant but couldn't tell the men's restroom from the women's? While you may think themed titles are cute, your visitors may become confused and end up leaving your website. If in doubt, always go with the more common title.
3. Keep your content updated. Try to update times, dates, and news articles as much as possible. You don't want your website to sound like it was published in the stone age do you? If you're running an information based site than it is important to consistently add fresh and unique content.
4. Add a blog. Blogs can be added to your site with a few clicks if your web host includes the option within your hosting package. If not, you can always start a free blog at Blogger.com or Wordpress.com and link it back to your website.
Blogs are an easy way to add new content. It's a great way to add user-generated content and it's a amazing way to build a dedicated group of visitors who visit your blog everyday. Since blogs create interaction with your visitors it also builds trust and creates the feel that there is actually someone on the other side of the website.
Blogs that offer quality content always carry a loyal group of followers and often create a hefty income.
5. List and describe product benefits. Most site owners describe the product's features, example: Rubber coated speaker, 2-ohm total impedance , etc., Your visitors don't purchase features, they purchase the benefits that the product or service will provide for them. Is your product a time saver? Is it easier to use than most competing products? Make sure you describe how the product will make the visitors life more productive, more fun, easier, or better.
6. Provide product pictures and related images. People like to visualize things. Ever wonder where day dreaming came from? Websites with relevant images help stimulate the visitors emotions and emotions drive sales. Remember a picture is worth 1,000 words.
7. Make sure your visitor knows their purchase is secure. More than one-half of all buyers won't buy online because they're afraid of getting scammed.
Proudly display signs of trust like BBB Online and Verisign logos. Make sure your visitors know your site is secure or most will not feel comfortable making the purchase.
8. Make sure your informational content is accurate. Your visitors will stick around to read your message especially when you back it up with references and third party awards.
9. Ask for site feedback. Provide your visitor with a way of leaving feedback for you and other readers.
Testimonials are a powerful tool because they give your product credibility from a third party. Testimonials can be a trust builder, especially if you provide a reference (phone number, email address, ect. ) for them to contact the user that gave the testimonial. Most of the time your visitors will not contact the person that gave the testimonial but it helps build trust and provides a more authentic feel.
10. Test and Tweak. Not every site will be a home run the first time it steps to the plate. Use tools like Google Analytics to determine what makes your visitors stick around and what makes them "bounce". You then proceed to build on the good and drop the bad.
Tweaking your website will improve the performance of your sales funnel and link popularity over time. The difference between a site that generates 100% ROI (return-on-investment) and 500% ROI is usually a matter of split testing and tweaking.
Successful sites keep their visitors interested with easy-to-find information that fulfills the visitors wants and needs. That is what separates the beauty from the beast.
The number of visitors who land on a site and quickly move on is called the bounce rate. Most websites that have a high bounce rate are not currently using these techniques or have no clue as to what their market really wants and needs.
Here are 10 proven tips to keep visitors on your site longer.
1. Teach your visitors something. Visitors don't want loads of hype, they want to learn and increase their knowledge of your product or industry so they can make an informed decision.
Provide informational content about your product or services. Teach your visitors and this will help them create a good opinion about your site.
2. Keep the navigation simple. Navigation links should be large and clearly labeled. Have you ever been to a cultural restaurant but couldn't tell the men's restroom from the women's? While you may think themed titles are cute, your visitors may become confused and end up leaving your website. If in doubt, always go with the more common title.
3. Keep your content updated. Try to update times, dates, and news articles as much as possible. You don't want your website to sound like it was published in the stone age do you? If you're running an information based site than it is important to consistently add fresh and unique content.
4. Add a blog. Blogs can be added to your site with a few clicks if your web host includes the option within your hosting package. If not, you can always start a free blog at Blogger.com or Wordpress.com and link it back to your website.
Blogs are an easy way to add new content. It's a great way to add user-generated content and it's a amazing way to build a dedicated group of visitors who visit your blog everyday. Since blogs create interaction with your visitors it also builds trust and creates the feel that there is actually someone on the other side of the website.
Blogs that offer quality content always carry a loyal group of followers and often create a hefty income.
5. List and describe product benefits. Most site owners describe the product's features, example: Rubber coated speaker, 2-ohm total impedance , etc., Your visitors don't purchase features, they purchase the benefits that the product or service will provide for them. Is your product a time saver? Is it easier to use than most competing products? Make sure you describe how the product will make the visitors life more productive, more fun, easier, or better.
6. Provide product pictures and related images. People like to visualize things. Ever wonder where day dreaming came from? Websites with relevant images help stimulate the visitors emotions and emotions drive sales. Remember a picture is worth 1,000 words.
7. Make sure your visitor knows their purchase is secure. More than one-half of all buyers won't buy online because they're afraid of getting scammed.
Proudly display signs of trust like BBB Online and Verisign logos. Make sure your visitors know your site is secure or most will not feel comfortable making the purchase.
8. Make sure your informational content is accurate. Your visitors will stick around to read your message especially when you back it up with references and third party awards.
9. Ask for site feedback. Provide your visitor with a way of leaving feedback for you and other readers.
Testimonials are a powerful tool because they give your product credibility from a third party. Testimonials can be a trust builder, especially if you provide a reference (phone number, email address, ect. ) for them to contact the user that gave the testimonial. Most of the time your visitors will not contact the person that gave the testimonial but it helps build trust and provides a more authentic feel.
10. Test and Tweak. Not every site will be a home run the first time it steps to the plate. Use tools like Google Analytics to determine what makes your visitors stick around and what makes them "bounce". You then proceed to build on the good and drop the bad.
Tweaking your website will improve the performance of your sales funnel and link popularity over time. The difference between a site that generates 100% ROI (return-on-investment) and 500% ROI is usually a matter of split testing and tweaking.
Successful sites keep their visitors interested with easy-to-find information that fulfills the visitors wants and needs. That is what separates the beauty from the beast.
10 Tips To Increase Website Traffic_64744
If you have a website business on the net, you need understanding the importance of traffic generation. Your business relies on reliable and steady traffic coming to your website. There are many ways to get traffic to your website. However, most people are interested in realizing the most traffic for the least amount of cash, preferably free. While it is hard to get anything free these days, there are even a few good alternatives to help construct your web traffic and still pay nothing.
Here are the 10 ways, which help you in generating fast traffic to your website.
1. As part of fast traffic generation, you require to ensure that the content on your website is search engine optimized.
2. Furthermore, when it comes to fast generating traffic you require to have URL that competently draws people to your site.
3. More ever, in considering fast making traffic choices you require to begin a quality link building campaign.
4. In order to better your fast making traffic plans, you should look at using an advertisement program such as Google Adwords.
5. Articles that you write should be submit to as many sites that accept articles as possible. This is crucial because sites that accept and include your articles in their article banks resolve links for you and you are not obligated to give back.
6. Find a forum in your topic and look through the debates. Ask questions, contribute your expertise and get to know a few of the forum members. This is a great opportunity so you can meet others and introduce your website. It also helps construct trust while assisting you discovers how others have discovered success.
7. Submitting your website to directories is a cheap alternative to create back links. These back links will help develop your search engine ranking in the radical search engines.
8. Posting a blog about your service or product is a quick alternative to boost your search engine rankings. Furthermore, if you keep your content fresh you will have a better opportunity of having the search engines finding your site.
9. When it comes to fast generating traffic, you should construct strategic agreements with other businesses to enhance your own standing and status on the internet today and into the future.
10. Google search engine indexes pictures in your web pages. When somebody uses Google picture search to find pictures on the web, what opportunity does your website have to show up in the search results? If you know how to optimize pictures in your web pages, your pictures will have high rankings in the picture search results. You can achieve traffic with pictures. Use the methods described below for optimizing Google picture search for traffic.
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Use the alt characteristic in the html img tag
Use the headline attribute in the img tag
Use both the width and the height characteristics for the image
These are very few strategies you can utilize to develop your site's presence on the net without sacrificing the quality and salesmanship you require to get buyers! There are many more tactics for going up traffic on your site.
Here are the 10 ways, which help you in generating fast traffic to your website.
1. As part of fast traffic generation, you require to ensure that the content on your website is search engine optimized.
2. Furthermore, when it comes to fast generating traffic you require to have URL that competently draws people to your site.
3. More ever, in considering fast making traffic choices you require to begin a quality link building campaign.
4. In order to better your fast making traffic plans, you should look at using an advertisement program such as Google Adwords.
5. Articles that you write should be submit to as many sites that accept articles as possible. This is crucial because sites that accept and include your articles in their article banks resolve links for you and you are not obligated to give back.
6. Find a forum in your topic and look through the debates. Ask questions, contribute your expertise and get to know a few of the forum members. This is a great opportunity so you can meet others and introduce your website. It also helps construct trust while assisting you discovers how others have discovered success.
7. Submitting your website to directories is a cheap alternative to create back links. These back links will help develop your search engine ranking in the radical search engines.
8. Posting a blog about your service or product is a quick alternative to boost your search engine rankings. Furthermore, if you keep your content fresh you will have a better opportunity of having the search engines finding your site.
9. When it comes to fast generating traffic, you should construct strategic agreements with other businesses to enhance your own standing and status on the internet today and into the future.
10. Google search engine indexes pictures in your web pages. When somebody uses Google picture search to find pictures on the web, what opportunity does your website have to show up in the search results? If you know how to optimize pictures in your web pages, your pictures will have high rankings in the picture search results. You can achieve traffic with pictures. Use the methods described below for optimizing Google picture search for traffic.
replica hermes handbags
replica hermes bags
hermes kelly bags
Use the alt characteristic in the html img tag
Use the headline attribute in the img tag
Use both the width and the height characteristics for the image
These are very few strategies you can utilize to develop your site's presence on the net without sacrificing the quality and salesmanship you require to get buyers! There are many more tactics for going up traffic on your site.
10 Tips To Finding Freelance Writing Jobs_70130
Online activities have increased by numbers during the recent years defying the genuine purpose why the Internet was developed. But things just can抰 stop to get better and better. Through the Internet, people are able to earn decent cash while doing online writing jobs and staying at home. There is real money with freelance writing jobs and everyone is invented to witness how to make it real.
Let me share to you some tips useful in finding freelance writing jobs that can guarantee you good money. Just a precaution, be sure to prepare yourself to take little risks in order to gain more. Here are some tips:
Do a thorough research about making money online through freelance writing
This is the very basic thing that you need to do in order for you to find freelancing jobs. Replete yourself with enough knowledge on what the business is all about and grasp only the things that you need to learn. Also, by doing a research, you will be able to find legitimate sites that can offer you freelance writing jobs.
Join social networking sites
Some social networking sites have special sections for freelance writing jobs. You may find forums, ads listings, and even blogs that offer online writing opportunities that you can take advantage.
Visit legitimate and proven money making sites
Register and be an active member of money making sites that have sections for writers. Some of these sites include elance.com, getafreelancer.com, and hundreds of other sites that you may encounter.
Improve your membership profile
Being a member to these money making websites does not guarantee you an instant writing opportunity. You must remember that there are other people interested on a single client and you need to be competitive. Improving your membership profile can give a client an impression to what you are capable of producing.
Read Relevant Ebooks about Freelance Writings
Most ebooks about writing contain real life experiences from authors who have made their fortune of our writing. Reading their experiences and taking their advices will allow you to follow their footprints and guarantee yourself that you will be able to find writing jobs just like them.
Promote your service
Promoting your service does not necessarily mean paying or investing a lot of cash to advertise your offered service. Instead, you can use free ads listing on several websites. Site such as craigslist.org is a good place to start promoting your service.
Create a portfolio
A portfolio is very important when one decides to shift to a writing career. Every client requires a good portfolio for them to judge the quality of work that you can do. It is more than just a collection of your works, but will also serve as your voice to your clients.
Know how to bargain
Writing is a trial-and-error scheme. You are not guaranteed to produce the best quality product on your first writing assignment, but you can try. Offer review copies to your client in order to build confidence and gain their trust.
Familiarize yourself with the technology used
To be versatile, it is recommended that you accustomed yourself with the trend of making money online. Some clients prefer to provide assignments to people who are capable of doing other things aside from writing. You can study on how to create blogs and include that on your profile.
Provide a solid Curriculum Vitae (CV)
People who are in need of long term writers for their businesses require CV抯 from interested individuals. Provide them with an exceptional CV containing experiences and expertise that you can contribute to their success.
These are just simple tips on how to acquire freelance writing jobs the easy way. Implementing these techniques will give a boost to your writing career and will earn you more cash from writing.
Let me share to you some tips useful in finding freelance writing jobs that can guarantee you good money. Just a precaution, be sure to prepare yourself to take little risks in order to gain more. Here are some tips:
Do a thorough research about making money online through freelance writing
This is the very basic thing that you need to do in order for you to find freelancing jobs. Replete yourself with enough knowledge on what the business is all about and grasp only the things that you need to learn. Also, by doing a research, you will be able to find legitimate sites that can offer you freelance writing jobs.
Join social networking sites
Some social networking sites have special sections for freelance writing jobs. You may find forums, ads listings, and even blogs that offer online writing opportunities that you can take advantage.
Visit legitimate and proven money making sites
Register and be an active member of money making sites that have sections for writers. Some of these sites include elance.com, getafreelancer.com, and hundreds of other sites that you may encounter.
Improve your membership profile
Being a member to these money making websites does not guarantee you an instant writing opportunity. You must remember that there are other people interested on a single client and you need to be competitive. Improving your membership profile can give a client an impression to what you are capable of producing.
Read Relevant Ebooks about Freelance Writings
Most ebooks about writing contain real life experiences from authors who have made their fortune of our writing. Reading their experiences and taking their advices will allow you to follow their footprints and guarantee yourself that you will be able to find writing jobs just like them.
Promote your service
Promoting your service does not necessarily mean paying or investing a lot of cash to advertise your offered service. Instead, you can use free ads listing on several websites. Site such as craigslist.org is a good place to start promoting your service.
Create a portfolio
A portfolio is very important when one decides to shift to a writing career. Every client requires a good portfolio for them to judge the quality of work that you can do. It is more than just a collection of your works, but will also serve as your voice to your clients.
Know how to bargain
Writing is a trial-and-error scheme. You are not guaranteed to produce the best quality product on your first writing assignment, but you can try. Offer review copies to your client in order to build confidence and gain their trust.
Familiarize yourself with the technology used
To be versatile, it is recommended that you accustomed yourself with the trend of making money online. Some clients prefer to provide assignments to people who are capable of doing other things aside from writing. You can study on how to create blogs and include that on your profile.
Provide a solid Curriculum Vitae (CV)
People who are in need of long term writers for their businesses require CV抯 from interested individuals. Provide them with an exceptional CV containing experiences and expertise that you can contribute to their success.
These are just simple tips on how to acquire freelance writing jobs the easy way. Implementing these techniques will give a boost to your writing career and will earn you more cash from writing.
10 Tips To Find A Legal Web Site To Download Music_74899
1. Pay for use
This is one of the most effective ways to identify whether a site is legal or not. Look for download sites that charge you per song, or per month or per year.
If you see a site offering free music downloads for a certain trial period, then this doesnt necessarily mean that the site is legal. Many legal sites use this as an enticement, so do not be put off by that.
2. Size Limits
A legal music download site generally distributes music from reputable labels and artists. This means that you will not find a wide range of mixes and custom files that will almost certainly slow down your connection, and therefore take forever to download.
Moreover, if these files are small it assures the music retail industry that the music site is actually selling real legal music, and not the massive files associated with computer games and movies etc
3. Volume limits
Legal music download sites usually distribute their material on a per song basis. One of the major advantages of buying your music online is that you dont have to spend $17 for an entire album if you only want 3 or 4 songs.
Legal music sites will actually setup download limits as well as transfer rate limits. As a result, this prevents dishonest customers from setting up their computers to copy hundreds of files in a few hours.
4. Larger databases, Larger costs
The larger the databases that the legal download sites have, the more it will actually cost you. This can actually lead to paying a bit more than a normal CD in the shop IF the store has literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of songs because they could cost between $1 - $3.
Therefore, dont go for the exceptionally large databases. The reason why these sites are more expensive than the illegal music sites is because they are obliged to give a portion of their fees back to the recording industry.
5. Limited Choice
Most of the legal music download sites dont have the capacity or copyright authority to distribute hundreds of millions of songs. The songs are stored on servers with a finite amount of space unlike the tangled web of computer to computer file transfers from the illegal sites.
The other reason for the limited choice is that it is highly unlikely that they will get an agreement from every single record label to distribute their music online.
The quality of every online music catalog depends on the Music Studios that are providing the material. Established, and therefore popular artists usually switch labels at least once during their singing career. So you might have access to their newer materials, but not the older songs, or vice versa.
6. No Adware or Spyware
Legal music download sites like their offline retail counterparts are getting an actual fee for their service. They dont want to scam or upset their customers by placing dangerous and annoying spyware and adware programs on their computers.
7. Music Only
The fact is that a legal music download site will only have music on it to download. This means that you wont be able to download computer games, movies or anything else like this.
8. Copyright Notice
A clearly written copyright notice should be provided on the site stating:
a) The nature of the site owners authorization to distribute legal music files online
b) What you can do with the files once you have paid for them
c) Any limitations on either party as far as use and distribution of the files.
9. No file sharing allowed
You are only allowed to use the files for personal use. Unlike a CD (physical product) you cannot purchase songs, use them and then sell them to another party or distribute them free of charge to friends, family, web surfers etc.
10. Backed by a big label?
Most of the legal music download sites are backed by at least one major music label. People are looking for songs that are popular, on the radio, playing in the clubs or on MTV.
All of that commercial material comes out of the studio system. If the label does not provide the material, subject to fees, taxes and copyright notices, then the site cannot legally distribute them.
This is one of the most effective ways to identify whether a site is legal or not. Look for download sites that charge you per song, or per month or per year.
If you see a site offering free music downloads for a certain trial period, then this doesnt necessarily mean that the site is legal. Many legal sites use this as an enticement, so do not be put off by that.
2. Size Limits
A legal music download site generally distributes music from reputable labels and artists. This means that you will not find a wide range of mixes and custom files that will almost certainly slow down your connection, and therefore take forever to download.
Moreover, if these files are small it assures the music retail industry that the music site is actually selling real legal music, and not the massive files associated with computer games and movies etc
3. Volume limits
Legal music download sites usually distribute their material on a per song basis. One of the major advantages of buying your music online is that you dont have to spend $17 for an entire album if you only want 3 or 4 songs.
Legal music sites will actually setup download limits as well as transfer rate limits. As a result, this prevents dishonest customers from setting up their computers to copy hundreds of files in a few hours.
4. Larger databases, Larger costs
The larger the databases that the legal download sites have, the more it will actually cost you. This can actually lead to paying a bit more than a normal CD in the shop IF the store has literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of songs because they could cost between $1 - $3.
Therefore, dont go for the exceptionally large databases. The reason why these sites are more expensive than the illegal music sites is because they are obliged to give a portion of their fees back to the recording industry.
5. Limited Choice
Most of the legal music download sites dont have the capacity or copyright authority to distribute hundreds of millions of songs. The songs are stored on servers with a finite amount of space unlike the tangled web of computer to computer file transfers from the illegal sites.
The other reason for the limited choice is that it is highly unlikely that they will get an agreement from every single record label to distribute their music online.
The quality of every online music catalog depends on the Music Studios that are providing the material. Established, and therefore popular artists usually switch labels at least once during their singing career. So you might have access to their newer materials, but not the older songs, or vice versa.
6. No Adware or Spyware
Legal music download sites like their offline retail counterparts are getting an actual fee for their service. They dont want to scam or upset their customers by placing dangerous and annoying spyware and adware programs on their computers.
7. Music Only
The fact is that a legal music download site will only have music on it to download. This means that you wont be able to download computer games, movies or anything else like this.
8. Copyright Notice
A clearly written copyright notice should be provided on the site stating:
a) The nature of the site owners authorization to distribute legal music files online
b) What you can do with the files once you have paid for them
c) Any limitations on either party as far as use and distribution of the files.
9. No file sharing allowed
You are only allowed to use the files for personal use. Unlike a CD (physical product) you cannot purchase songs, use them and then sell them to another party or distribute them free of charge to friends, family, web surfers etc.
10. Backed by a big label?
Most of the legal music download sites are backed by at least one major music label. People are looking for songs that are popular, on the radio, playing in the clubs or on MTV.
All of that commercial material comes out of the studio system. If the label does not provide the material, subject to fees, taxes and copyright notices, then the site cannot legally distribute them.
Your Internet Marketing Strategy For Success_63752
Do you have your own internet marketing services? Executing an effective marketing strategy can be extremely difficult. For Internet marketing some people choose an internet based affiliate marketing program, others choose an internet marketing service with affiliate internet business marketing promotion online. Whether you are a newbie or quite experienced in this field, the world of Internet marketing can be a challenge. Initially you should know who your customers are going to be and how you are going to reach them with your product or services. This is when you will have all your costs as well as time requirements logged and itemized. The next step is to set your plan in motion and start making money.
The most important "secret" of all, relating to starting and building a profitable
home-based business is that you must have capital, and that is regardless of what kind of business you start up. It has to sustain your business through those crucial months in operation. It is important that you do not spend any of the money that you are receiving for the business on yourself or for your bills during those first initial six months. All the income from your business during those first six months should be reinvested in your business in order for it to grow and reach your planned first year potential.
Your Business
One of the most basic steps you should be taking when starting your Internet marketing campaign is to create a website that is well-designed to market your products with success. There are a number of software packages available for anyone interested in creating an established website. It is useful for those with no experience or some experience in websites. A suggestion would be to hire a professional web designer,cheap hermes birkin, who will create a website that is attractive and functional - suitable for all your products and other needs. They would also help you with more advanced features on your website if you wish such as optimising your website for search engines; this is a important for Internet marketing. Search engines always rank websites according to the quality and relevance of a particular search term. Many Internet users appreciate the efforts by search engines on the net,coach poppy bags, and use these search engines to find the best websites on a particular subject. This means that Internet users are likely to only visit websites which rank well on the search engines. Therefore if your website does not rank high, you are highly likely to generate a great deal of traffic from Internet users who use search engines to find relevant websites. You are hoping to achieve the best for your business - aim for top ranking websites that are likely to obtain the most traffic from search engines. This means your ambition is to have all your websites falling on the first page of the search engine; this result will make you happy as you are now improving your traffic status.
As success grows, you can set up a small monthly salary for yourself, and begin enjoying the fruits of your labour. But the first six months of operation for any business are critical, so again do not plan to use any of the money your business generates for yourself during that period.
If you have got your business plan properly organized, and have implemented the plan,replica rolex submariner, you should at the end of your first year be able to begin thinking about hiring other people to alleviate some of your workload,imitation rolex watches, and that would mean outsourcing. Starting a successful business is not a means towards either a job for yourself or away to keep busy. It should be regarded as the beginning of an enterprise that will grow and prosper, with you as the top dog. Eventually, you will have other people doing all the work for you - even running the entire operation, while you go on vacation, collecting or receiving regular income from your initial efforts.
Business Online Internet Promotion Affiliate Marketing
Finally, affiliate marketing is relatively inexpensive to set up as it is a home business. Apart from setting up the home office itself, there are more costs involved in setting it up and get it running smoothly.
What you are investing today is your investment into your future and your success. Continue investing with zeal and commitment, and there would be nothing stopping you from realizing your dreams through earning that extra income online.
As we all know, Rome wasn't built in a day; your extra income business takes time too. It takes time to succeed in everything and anything. Patience and perseverance are keys to building any business. Keep going and committed and others will approach you for advice and tips on how to be successful. Follow your passion.
The most important "secret" of all, relating to starting and building a profitable
home-based business is that you must have capital, and that is regardless of what kind of business you start up. It has to sustain your business through those crucial months in operation. It is important that you do not spend any of the money that you are receiving for the business on yourself or for your bills during those first initial six months. All the income from your business during those first six months should be reinvested in your business in order for it to grow and reach your planned first year potential.
Your Business
One of the most basic steps you should be taking when starting your Internet marketing campaign is to create a website that is well-designed to market your products with success. There are a number of software packages available for anyone interested in creating an established website. It is useful for those with no experience or some experience in websites. A suggestion would be to hire a professional web designer,cheap hermes birkin, who will create a website that is attractive and functional - suitable for all your products and other needs. They would also help you with more advanced features on your website if you wish such as optimising your website for search engines; this is a important for Internet marketing. Search engines always rank websites according to the quality and relevance of a particular search term. Many Internet users appreciate the efforts by search engines on the net,coach poppy bags, and use these search engines to find the best websites on a particular subject. This means that Internet users are likely to only visit websites which rank well on the search engines. Therefore if your website does not rank high, you are highly likely to generate a great deal of traffic from Internet users who use search engines to find relevant websites. You are hoping to achieve the best for your business - aim for top ranking websites that are likely to obtain the most traffic from search engines. This means your ambition is to have all your websites falling on the first page of the search engine; this result will make you happy as you are now improving your traffic status.
As success grows, you can set up a small monthly salary for yourself, and begin enjoying the fruits of your labour. But the first six months of operation for any business are critical, so again do not plan to use any of the money your business generates for yourself during that period.
If you have got your business plan properly organized, and have implemented the plan,replica rolex submariner, you should at the end of your first year be able to begin thinking about hiring other people to alleviate some of your workload,imitation rolex watches, and that would mean outsourcing. Starting a successful business is not a means towards either a job for yourself or away to keep busy. It should be regarded as the beginning of an enterprise that will grow and prosper, with you as the top dog. Eventually, you will have other people doing all the work for you - even running the entire operation, while you go on vacation, collecting or receiving regular income from your initial efforts.
Business Online Internet Promotion Affiliate Marketing
Finally, affiliate marketing is relatively inexpensive to set up as it is a home business. Apart from setting up the home office itself, there are more costs involved in setting it up and get it running smoothly.
What you are investing today is your investment into your future and your success. Continue investing with zeal and commitment, and there would be nothing stopping you from realizing your dreams through earning that extra income online.
As we all know, Rome wasn't built in a day; your extra income business takes time too. It takes time to succeed in everything and anything. Patience and perseverance are keys to building any business. Keep going and committed and others will approach you for advice and tips on how to be successful. Follow your passion.
Your Social Networking Identity_61252
More and more people are putting their own personal social profiles online now. Whether you are looking for romance, trying to re-connect with old friends, are staying in touch with family or are using a social networking site to find employment - there are a few simple things that you should keep in mind before posting your social profile online.
First, make sure you don't put too much information on your profile. You don't need to list you address, phone number or other information that identifies your location or that would make it easier for someone to locate you offline. Keep personal details in online profiles to a minimum.
Don't list information on your social profile that would make it easy for someone to steal your identity or access your financial information or accounts. You should never use your full name and full date of birth on any online profile, unless the information is kept restricted only to people that you choose to give the information to.
A very common mistake people make with posting their social profiles online is to use old pictures or to not be truthful about themselves in descriptions. Be real. False information or lack of information can be just as much of a problem online as too much information can.
Using caution and a little bit of common sense, there are many great reasons to have your social profile posted online - you can find new friends, re-connect with old friends, stay in touch with family and you can even find a new job or network in your existing industry.
First, make sure you don't put too much information on your profile. You don't need to list you address, phone number or other information that identifies your location or that would make it easier for someone to locate you offline. Keep personal details in online profiles to a minimum.
Don't list information on your social profile that would make it easy for someone to steal your identity or access your financial information or accounts. You should never use your full name and full date of birth on any online profile, unless the information is kept restricted only to people that you choose to give the information to.
A very common mistake people make with posting their social profiles online is to use old pictures or to not be truthful about themselves in descriptions. Be real. False information or lack of information can be just as much of a problem online as too much information can.
Using caution and a little bit of common sense, there are many great reasons to have your social profile posted online - you can find new friends, re-connect with old friends, stay in touch with family and you can even find a new job or network in your existing industry.
Your Website Could Be Making Money With Empowerism_73683
Empowerism is one of the newest buzz words involved with internet marketing and to some it offers another piece of the confusion in working from a home based business in marketing online. There are also companies out there that offer training courses to help you not only understand empowerism, but also how to use it to your advantage in making money with empowerism.
Empowerism is another piece of the multi level marketing puzzle, which helps companies give the members of their downline, the power to control their own business. Referred to as downline members, they are essentially distributors of a product or service working under the direction of the person who recruited them into the multi level marketing position. Many companies have developed self-replicating web sites that, when instructed to do so, will automatically develop a new website for the newest member of a person抯 downline.
This then empowers that new distributor, or sales associate, to recruit additional members and build their own downline from which to reap the financial rewards of their sales commissions. By using empowerism the line can continue to be recreated and duplicated to ensure that every offering is exactly the same regardless of whose name is on it, what web site sponsors it or which distributor promotes it.
Seemingly it will take time to fully understand the effects of empowerism, but once to proverbial light bulb comes on, you will then be able to share your knowledge with others, earning a percentage of their educational fee for offering your knowledge. Much the same way you earn their enrollment fee for joining your multi level marketing plan. This typically small fee is to help offset the costs of establishing the web site for the new person and supplying the training they need to become successful.
Time was, when the owner of a business wanted to spend more time spending all the money he was making, he would empower his management staff to make all the critical day-to-day business decisions and with that extra responsibility they were rewarded for their success. They had to operate the business on guidelines developed and mandated by the owner to be successful. Many managers can earn bonuses based on the quarterly or annual profits of the business they are empowered to operate.
Empowerism in a multi level marketing business operates on much the same principal as you are given the power to operate the business model you were handed and taught to operate. Your success and monetary rewards are based on how well you can operate that business under the founded principals of the company giving you the offer. You also have the power to recruit new members into the multi level marketing program, offering the same training and support to help them achieve success.
Empowerism is another piece of the multi level marketing puzzle, which helps companies give the members of their downline, the power to control their own business. Referred to as downline members, they are essentially distributors of a product or service working under the direction of the person who recruited them into the multi level marketing position. Many companies have developed self-replicating web sites that, when instructed to do so, will automatically develop a new website for the newest member of a person抯 downline.
This then empowers that new distributor, or sales associate, to recruit additional members and build their own downline from which to reap the financial rewards of their sales commissions. By using empowerism the line can continue to be recreated and duplicated to ensure that every offering is exactly the same regardless of whose name is on it, what web site sponsors it or which distributor promotes it.
Seemingly it will take time to fully understand the effects of empowerism, but once to proverbial light bulb comes on, you will then be able to share your knowledge with others, earning a percentage of their educational fee for offering your knowledge. Much the same way you earn their enrollment fee for joining your multi level marketing plan. This typically small fee is to help offset the costs of establishing the web site for the new person and supplying the training they need to become successful.
Time was, when the owner of a business wanted to spend more time spending all the money he was making, he would empower his management staff to make all the critical day-to-day business decisions and with that extra responsibility they were rewarded for their success. They had to operate the business on guidelines developed and mandated by the owner to be successful. Many managers can earn bonuses based on the quarterly or annual profits of the business they are empowered to operate.
Empowerism in a multi level marketing business operates on much the same principal as you are given the power to operate the business model you were handed and taught to operate. Your success and monetary rewards are based on how well you can operate that business under the founded principals of the company giving you the offer. You also have the power to recruit new members into the multi level marketing program, offering the same training and support to help them achieve success.
Your Site And Search Engine's Deep Crawling_75435
It was three years before when I started my SEO career, and as everybody else I went through SEO forums and Blogs and read a lot of stuff, and tried to implement any SEO technique that looks effective and recommended by experts, that time I was fond of this SEO statement that says "When it comes to search engine optimization, content is king", yes everybody believe that search engines are fresh obsessed.
So I put a plan to create a Blog for my site and feed it with fresh topics on daily basis, and I had been going through all pages on my sites and changeed them on monthly basis to make them look fresh in the eye of search engines, and also checked my keyword density in may pages and topics trying to make a perfect meal for search engines its recipes titles contain my keywords, optimized meta tags and optimized body with good keyword density (No keyword spamming).
I kept doing that for about sex months, while keep tracking the statistics of my sites on daily basis waiting the traffic to blast on my site, but six months without any significant changes in the traffic, in those six months I had added about two thousands unique content pages to my site all of them well optimized, hoped that search engines should reward me with some traffic, but that didn�t happen. I went back to forums asking and trying to get some new ideas, till some body told me that Google just indexed 200 pages of my site, yes he was right, I tried myself the command site:yoursite.com and it returned just 200 pages. Google PR for my site was 2 that time and I though it was enough to get Goolge to crawl deep in my site and index its entire pages, but the truth was that it was not enough especially with lacking of good internal linking and site map.
So now I need to tell you that in my point of view that "When it comes to search engine optimization, deep crawling is king" yes because all of your efforts adding content to your site will be blown if search engines don�t deeply crawl your site. So now let me tell you some good techniques those help your site to get the deep crawling: - Try to get a good page rank for your site, with Google you can check your page rank through Google tool bar try to get PR4+, other search engines don�t have way to know the page rank of your website but there is a good command you can use to know the inbound links for your website link:www.yoursite.com the more inbound links your site has the more good ranking it gets, so in other words get as much as you can inbound links from quality websites referring your website. - Create easy navigation scheme with as less levels as possible and try to link your main pages from your homepage, it is also good to have a site map for your site.
Remember always to check that search engines deeply go through your site and index its entire content before spend any extra time and money to create new content.
So I put a plan to create a Blog for my site and feed it with fresh topics on daily basis, and I had been going through all pages on my sites and changeed them on monthly basis to make them look fresh in the eye of search engines, and also checked my keyword density in may pages and topics trying to make a perfect meal for search engines its recipes titles contain my keywords, optimized meta tags and optimized body with good keyword density (No keyword spamming).
I kept doing that for about sex months, while keep tracking the statistics of my sites on daily basis waiting the traffic to blast on my site, but six months without any significant changes in the traffic, in those six months I had added about two thousands unique content pages to my site all of them well optimized, hoped that search engines should reward me with some traffic, but that didn�t happen. I went back to forums asking and trying to get some new ideas, till some body told me that Google just indexed 200 pages of my site, yes he was right, I tried myself the command site:yoursite.com and it returned just 200 pages. Google PR for my site was 2 that time and I though it was enough to get Goolge to crawl deep in my site and index its entire pages, but the truth was that it was not enough especially with lacking of good internal linking and site map.
So now I need to tell you that in my point of view that "When it comes to search engine optimization, deep crawling is king" yes because all of your efforts adding content to your site will be blown if search engines don�t deeply crawl your site. So now let me tell you some good techniques those help your site to get the deep crawling: - Try to get a good page rank for your site, with Google you can check your page rank through Google tool bar try to get PR4+, other search engines don�t have way to know the page rank of your website but there is a good command you can use to know the inbound links for your website link:www.yoursite.com the more inbound links your site has the more good ranking it gets, so in other words get as much as you can inbound links from quality websites referring your website. - Create easy navigation scheme with as less levels as possible and try to link your main pages from your homepage, it is also good to have a site map for your site.
Remember always to check that search engines deeply go through your site and index its entire content before spend any extra time and money to create new content.
Your Service Provider Just One Click Away_73457
The Internet is now the fastest way to transmit and receive information. The way people run their businesses has been revolutionized by the Internet. Nowadays we are just one click away from almost everything we desire. From shopping, to booking tickets to buying a house, it is all there. All you need now is where to search for what you want.
Considering this, we would also expect to find any service providers or businesses on the Internet. And luckily, thanks to people who had our best interest in mind, we can. A national advertising directory exists on the Internet and we no longer have to make long phone calls, or turn page after page until we finally find the service provider of our need. Now, thanks to this online national advertising directory, in just a few second, we can find all any business or service provider.
Furthermore, if we want to advertise our business or service, we can resort to an online national advertising directory. Of course, we can also list our service or business in magazines or other directories that do not use the Internet, but considering the number of people who use the Internet every day, it would be less profitable. Nowadays, when you want to find a piece of information or a number, an address or a certain service provider, you do not call information, search through old directories or call a friend, you search the net. It is a lot faster and easier. This is why, you can rest assure that if you have advertised your service or business using a national online advertising directory, changes are more people will see you.
This is not all. Besides the fact that using the Internet as a means of advertising is very profitable, there are also a lot of low cost directory advertising sites. You might be inclined to believe that if the Internet is such a gold treasure, then it surely will cost a fortune to advertise your business using an online advertising directory. This is not true. There are a lot of low cost directory advertising services. This is of course if you want to make your business known on the Internet. If you just want to search for a service provider or are interested in a specific business, then you can search for free, because there is no fee you have to pay.
If you are just interested in finding a service provider or if you are the one providing certain services, using an online national advertising directory is the wisest idea. People confide more in such directory services because they know that giving you the best service providers or businesses is their job and thus they are very good at it.
Nowadays when all information is just one click away, making yourself seen on the Internet can mean gold. Every business must have its place on the Internet and every service provider must have its ad on specialized sites in order to have success.
Considering this, we would also expect to find any service providers or businesses on the Internet. And luckily, thanks to people who had our best interest in mind, we can. A national advertising directory exists on the Internet and we no longer have to make long phone calls, or turn page after page until we finally find the service provider of our need. Now, thanks to this online national advertising directory, in just a few second, we can find all any business or service provider.
Furthermore, if we want to advertise our business or service, we can resort to an online national advertising directory. Of course, we can also list our service or business in magazines or other directories that do not use the Internet, but considering the number of people who use the Internet every day, it would be less profitable. Nowadays, when you want to find a piece of information or a number, an address or a certain service provider, you do not call information, search through old directories or call a friend, you search the net. It is a lot faster and easier. This is why, you can rest assure that if you have advertised your service or business using a national online advertising directory, changes are more people will see you.
This is not all. Besides the fact that using the Internet as a means of advertising is very profitable, there are also a lot of low cost directory advertising sites. You might be inclined to believe that if the Internet is such a gold treasure, then it surely will cost a fortune to advertise your business using an online advertising directory. This is not true. There are a lot of low cost directory advertising services. This is of course if you want to make your business known on the Internet. If you just want to search for a service provider or are interested in a specific business, then you can search for free, because there is no fee you have to pay.
If you are just interested in finding a service provider or if you are the one providing certain services, using an online national advertising directory is the wisest idea. People confide more in such directory services because they know that giving you the best service providers or businesses is their job and thus they are very good at it.
Nowadays when all information is just one click away, making yourself seen on the Internet can mean gold. Every business must have its place on the Internet and every service provider must have its ad on specialized sites in order to have success.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Will The Economic Slump Kill Solar Energy-_39707
This decade has seen a revolution in renewable energy and solar power has certainly been one of the platforms to benefit in a major way. From government incentives to net metering to much more money being thrown into research, the future is bright. Or is it? The economic slump has raised the issue of whether the solar energy revolution will peter out.
The Great Recession has done a number on millions of people. Homes and jobs have been lost in numbers not seen since the Great Depression. All this being said, this is a temporary set back. The issue we all want to know is just how long will 搕emporary?be, but things will turn around at some point in time as we move forward. We find out answer to the issue of whether solar will peter out in this simple fact.
What has caused us to really look at the viability of solar and all renewable energy policies? Many would suggest climate change, but humanity has not shown much foresight as a species to make changes because of something that takes a hundred years or more to actually occur. No, the real truth is the viability of fossil fuels as we move forward, particularly oil.
Look around you and think about your week. Practically everything has some element of oil used in it. Petrochemicals are the keys to the plastic around you. Oil lubricates everything. Gas is needed to get from here to there. Oil is used in the pesticides used to grow your food, the trucks to get it to the grocery store and so on. The simple fact is much of the 揺asy oil?in the world is running out. There is still plenty of oil for the future, but none of the new fields are easy to tap. This is going to drive the cost of oil through the roof in the near future. If you thought gas prices of $4 a gallon were bad, you are really going to be unhappy in another ten years when they are at least double that.
The word produces roughly 85 million barrels of oil world wide. Before the economic slump, we were using about 84.5 million a day, which meant we were right up against the ceiling of our resources. The slump has resulted in a drop in demand, but what do you think is going to happen when economies start moving forward again? Demand is going to go back up and continue to do so. This is going to drive prices higher. Any cessation in the renewable energy revolution because of the slump will be over and the charge towards renewable energy will be under way again. This includes solar.
How bad could it be? Well, ignore what everyone including me is saying and look at the facts. A Democrat President has the environmental movement as one of his strongest supporters. What do they hate? Nuclear energy. Yet what have we seen? President Obama stating we must expand nuclear energy and issuing loan guarantees to do just that. If that doesn't tell you everything, it certainly should.
The Great Recession has done a number on millions of people. Homes and jobs have been lost in numbers not seen since the Great Depression. All this being said, this is a temporary set back. The issue we all want to know is just how long will 搕emporary?be, but things will turn around at some point in time as we move forward. We find out answer to the issue of whether solar will peter out in this simple fact.
What has caused us to really look at the viability of solar and all renewable energy policies? Many would suggest climate change, but humanity has not shown much foresight as a species to make changes because of something that takes a hundred years or more to actually occur. No, the real truth is the viability of fossil fuels as we move forward, particularly oil.
Look around you and think about your week. Practically everything has some element of oil used in it. Petrochemicals are the keys to the plastic around you. Oil lubricates everything. Gas is needed to get from here to there. Oil is used in the pesticides used to grow your food, the trucks to get it to the grocery store and so on. The simple fact is much of the 揺asy oil?in the world is running out. There is still plenty of oil for the future, but none of the new fields are easy to tap. This is going to drive the cost of oil through the roof in the near future. If you thought gas prices of $4 a gallon were bad, you are really going to be unhappy in another ten years when they are at least double that.
The word produces roughly 85 million barrels of oil world wide. Before the economic slump, we were using about 84.5 million a day, which meant we were right up against the ceiling of our resources. The slump has resulted in a drop in demand, but what do you think is going to happen when economies start moving forward again? Demand is going to go back up and continue to do so. This is going to drive prices higher. Any cessation in the renewable energy revolution because of the slump will be over and the charge towards renewable energy will be under way again. This includes solar.
How bad could it be? Well, ignore what everyone including me is saying and look at the facts. A Democrat President has the environmental movement as one of his strongest supporters. What do they hate? Nuclear energy. Yet what have we seen? President Obama stating we must expand nuclear energy and issuing loan guarantees to do just that. If that doesn't tell you everything, it certainly should.
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