King Tut’s Tomb was No Better - Found in America

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on September 16, 2007 @ 10:31 am

Between 603 and 702 AD. a truly marvelous temple was built by the Mayan people to honour a non-Mayan, non-Indian man. The firsthand account of Alberto Ruz from ‘Eyewitness to Discovery’ follows in part, as it was printed in ‘Illustrated London News’:

Four spells of work–each two and a half months long–were required before we were able to clear the filling from this mysterious staircase. {It has an important serpent figure on the walls all the way down.} After a flight of forty-five steps, we reached a landing with a U-turn. There followed another flight, of twenty-one steps, leading to a corridor, whose level is more or less the same as that on which the pyramid was built–i.e., some 22 metres under the temple flooring. In the vaulting of the landing two narrow galleries open out and allow air and a little light to enter from a near-by courtyard.

Above one of the first steps we reached we found a box-shaped construction of masonry containing a modest offering: two ear-plugs of jade placed on a river stone painted red {The colour of ochre and cinnabar that we have seen denotes spiritual things in the beginning of processes that adepthoods of the world are seen involved with.} On reaching the end of the flight of stairs we found another box of offerings, backing on to a wall which blocked the passage. This time it was a richer offering: three pottery dishes, two shells full of cinnabar, seven jade beads, a pair of circular ear-plugs also of jade, the plugs of which were shaped like a flower, and a beautiful tear-shaped pearl, with its ‘lustre’ pretty well preserved. An offering of this kind, at such a depth, told us without any doubt that we were approaching the object of our search.

And, in fact, on July 13, 1952, after demolishing a solid obstruction some metres thick, made of stone and lime–this was very hard and the wet lime burnt the hands of the workmen–there appeared on one side of the corridor a triangular slab, 2 metres high, set vertically to block an entrance. At the foot of this slab, in a rudimentary stone cut, there lay, mixed together, the largely destroyed skeletons of six young persons, of whom one at least was a female.

At noon on the 15th of the same month we opened the entrance, displacing the stone enough for a man to pass through sideways. It was a moment of indescribable emotion for me when I slipped behind the stone and found myself in an enormous crypt which seemed to have been cut out of the rock–or rather, out of the ice, thanks to the curtain of stalactites and the chalcite veiling deposited on the walls by the infiltration of rain-water during the centuries. This increased the marvellous quality of the spectacle and gave it a fairy-tale aspect. Great figures of priests modelled in stucco a little larger than life-size perhaps just ‘giants’. formed an impressive procession round the walls. The high vaulting was reinforced by great stone transoms, of dark colour with yellowish veins, giving an impression of polished wood.

Almost the whole crypt was occupied by a colossal monument, which we then supposed to be a ceremonial altar, composed of a stone of more than 8 square metres, resting on an enormous monolith of 6 cubic metres, supported in its turn by six great blocks of chiselled stone. All these elements carried beautiful reliefs.

Finest of all for its unsurpassable execution and perfect state of preservation was the great stone covering the whole and bearing on its four sides some hieroglyphic inscriptions with thirteen abbreviated dates corresponding to the beginning of the seventh century A.D., while its upper face shows a symbolic scene surrounded by astronomical signs.

I believed that I had found a ceremonial crypt, but I did not wish to make any definite assertions before I had finished exploring the chamber and, above all, before I had found out whether the base of the supposed altar was solid or not. On account of the rains and the exhausting of the funds available for this phase of the exploration, we had to wait until November before returning to Palenque… I then had the base bored horizontally at two of the corners, and it was not long before one of the drills reached a hollow space. I introduced a wire through the narrow aperture and, on withdrawing it, I saw that that some particles of red paint were adhering to it… This colour was associated in the Mayan and Aztec cosmogony with the East…

{This is true of the gateway arch at Tiahuanaco where they talk of the red lands to the east that went under the water. It likely relates to what is now found off the coast of Cuba at the 2200 foot depth.}

Once the stone left its seating and began to rise it could be seen that a cavity had been cut out of the enormous block which served it as a base. This cavity was of an unexpected shape, oblong and curvilinear, rather like the silhouette in schematised form of a fish or of the capital letter omega {Which we have seen regarding Teilhardism. Could this have been a man like Count Vlad of the Christian Dragon crusaders? Could it be the forerunner of the Jesuit/Illuminati knowledge including Teilhard?}, closed in its lower part. {My Stele details how at Chichen Itza I was able to see the Greek alphabet and what I believe was the Cara-Maya alphabet as well as mathematical, astrological and other symbols. I was threatened with being thrown in a Mexican jail and coerced to sign away my legal protection as a U.S. resident and Canadian citizen. This stele is not on the tour and was painted over the second time I was there. It was painted over more than once and difficult to photograph. The work of Churchward says the Greek alphabet [this was an early alphabet] tells the story of the destruction of Mu. The Mayan people know that is their origin. But the Greek and Mu tie-in may have something to do with Troy III which was named Aa-Mu. This kind of information would be sensitive to a lot of people. The Mexicans were negotiating [roadblocks and army goons with guns all over] with the Mayans in Chiapas at the time.} The cavity was sealed by a highly polished slab fitting exactly and provided with four perforations, each with a stone plug. On raising the slab which closed it we discovered the mortuary receptacle…

In the vermillion-coloured walls and base of the cavity which served as a coffin, the sight of the human remains–complete, although the bones were damaged–covered with jade jewels for the most part, was most impressive. It was possible to judge the form of the body which had been laid in this ‘tailored’ sarcophagus; and the jewels added a certain amount of life {There were probably metal knives and a staff which came from something other than the meteorites the Mayans made knives from. The Mayans weren’t encouraged by the Mexicans to take pride in their heritage. There was a time when they were even saying there were no Mayans left, as they tried to make it become the truth}, both from the sparkle of the jade and because they were so well ‘placed’ and because their form suggested the volume and contour of the flesh which originally covered the skeleton. It was easy also to imagine the high rank of the personage who could aspire to a mausoleum of such impressive richness.

We were struck by his stature, greater than that of the average Mayan of today; and by the fact that his teeth were not filed or provided with incrustations of pyrites or jade, since that practice (like that of artificially deforming the cranium) was usual in individuals of higher social ranks. The state of destruction of the skull did not allow us to establish precisely whether or not it had been deformed. In the end, we decided that the personage might have been of non-Mayan origin {N.B.}, though it is clear that he ended in being one of the kings of Palenque. The reliefs, which we have still to uncover on the sides of the sarcophagus and which are now hidden under lateral buttresses, may tell us before long something of the personality and identity of the glorious dead.

Even if he had not been buried in the most extraordinary tomb so far discovered in this continent of America, it would still be perfectly possible to assess the importance of this personage from the jewels which he wore–many of them already familiar in Mayan bas-reliefs {Therefore some not?} As shown in some reliefs, he was wearing a diadem made from tiny disks of jade and his hair was divided into separate strands by means of small jade tubes of appropriate shape; and we discovered a small jade plate of extraordinary quality cut in the shape of the head of Zotz, the vampire god of the underworld, and this may have been a final part of the diadem {Elsewhere reported as part of a necklace, by others.}. Around the neck were visible various threads of a collar composed of jade beads in many forms–spheres, cylinders, tri-lobed beads, floral buds, open flowers, pumpkins, melons, and a snake’s head (Chanes and Dragons}. The ear-plugs were composed of various elements, which together made up a curious flower.

The amount of jade and the meaning of each thing on the necklace or the crouched man on the ring of jade are all packed with meaning. You could say that each of the insignia represented a spirit that one of the tribes honoured or worked with, you could imagine they are like Boy Scout badges, and you could say they are just decoration. The jade and green vitreole is an interesting connection that might make me think of geopolymerization, but I doubt it was tested for that possibility. The crouched man is a position of many honored Kelts when buried.

The ear plugs of special flower design reminds me of the lotus chakra and the place where the ‘Third Eye’ rests inside the brain. Perhaps the energy of the crystals and stone were created to accentuate certain energy or direct it into specific forms. Maybe I am just guessing too much; but symbols always mean something. At his feet were jade beads so large as to be hollowed and they had a flower plug. Kukulcan/Quetzacoatl directed the natives to sacrifice flowers rather than people in the centuries that followed. It would surprise me if this person was not one of the heritage of those mythic heroes who came and went throughout the Americas. I think they acted like Ovates of the Druidic or Bardic Tradition from the writings I’ve seen.

It is entirely likely that they and their families were to become the Toltecs. They were most sought after as mates among the various people. Ruz draws a lot of inferential connections to the Egyptian symbology and practices. I agree with some but also repeat imitations of pyramids that house tombs in America does not make Giza Pyramids into funerary tombs. Here also is a ‘Tree of Life’ and a Cross that is part of many belief systems throughout the world. It amazes me to hear the scholars say things like there is no cultural impact from other continents on the Americas when I read things like this; perhaps I use too much intuition or common sense and would have learned the error of my ways if I had become an archaeologist.

“The presence here, in a sepulchre slab, of motives which are repeated in other representations gives perhaps the key to interpret the famous panels of the Cross and the foliated Cross (in Palenque) and also some of the paintings in the codices. On the stone in question we see a man surrounded by astronomical signs symbolizing heaven–the spatial limit of man’s earth… But above the man rises the well-known cruciform motif, which in some representations is a tree, in others the stylised maize {Like in Rosslyn Castle of the Templar Stewarts.} plant, but it is always the symbol of life resurgent from the earth, life triumphing over death.” (2)

‘Astronomical’ should be astrological, in my mind. The Mayan (and Peruvian) ability to prophesize is legendary. They correctly knew the many key disasters of their history well in advance. The planet Venus plays a key role in their calendrical sky watching. There are many ways to report on these things, but I ask again; why not include other theories and related facts. When he wrote this he might have known about the Hopewell/Adena mound builders that many archaeologists see a relationship with. The serpent that rises up the stairs at a specific day each year through the shadows of a construction and placement so exact, might be of interest. The placement of all Mayan temples on a center point theory tied in to the earth energy grid could have been connected to the crystal ear plug receivers.

There, I go again! Just a lot of ‘possibilities’, but where are the facts? It was good that he drew connections to Egypt and omega could have a great deal of meaning as we said to make a connection with Greece. In Chichen Itza at the Villas Archaeologique I saw many Greek or Etruscan statues dated to the appropriate era. The more recent sculpted faces were totally Mayan/Aztec with the tongue and grotesque exaggerated features. It is hard to imagine that he would not have been there. It is the place where all the archaeologists stayed while uncovering the Mayan culture at the end of the 19th century. The editor of the book could have made notations about the breaking of the Mayan code that shows it has a phonetic as well as pictographic language, which wasn’t known to Ruz.

Author of Diverse Druids, COlumnist for The ES Press Magazine, Guest ‘expert’ at World-Mysteries.com

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Filed under:Education Resources — posted on September 7, 2007 @ 7:47 am

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My Poetic Portrait

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 28, 2007 @ 12:51 pm

It occurred in 82′ But would not happen til 83′ The recent
graduates Were parents-to-be.

Once as wild as monkey’s Now as busy as bees They were just 20
years older Then their baby-to-be.

On March 25th The doctor announced 6 pounds, 4 ounces She’s as
tiny as a mouse!

Named after my great-grandma An angel on earth The family
rejoiced Over my unplanned birth

I was the first grandchild To ever come around I was spoiled so
rotten That I rarely ever frowned

Good news came in 86′ When my parents announced I would be a big
sis!

I tried to imagine What it would be like All the things I would
teach her To dance, swim, and ride a bike.

Jessica came in the middle of November We became best friends
Having many fun times together.

6 years later, 6 years after Jess came the year 92′ we sat down
to talk and to my surprise… my mom housed another baby inside.

On 7-11 little Chelsey came to be My baby sister Was 10 years
younger than me.

She grew up so quick Right before my very eyes Unfortunately
life held yet another surprise.

In 1998 two worlds collided My parents divorced Our family
divided.

I lived with Dad, Mom took Jess and Chels. Only sadness erupted
from us not living in the same house.

Though things were very different, and not how we preferred. We
overcame our barriers, And did not let our friendship deter.

Now in 2004, My sisters are my best friends. I love, cherish,
and adore them, I will to the end.

I’m engaged to be married, To a wonderful man. My sisters love
him dearly, And show him all they can.

One thing I know for sure is, As I approach my wedding endeavor,
Those two beautiful girls will stand beside me On that day until
forever.

The Journey of a Dying Patient

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 23, 2007 @ 11:08 am

Hospice patients come to our care after being cut, burned, and
poisoned. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment are the
normative methods of care for most of the patients who enter a
life-threatening disease. Hospital staff members are trained to
be aggressive about curative care.

Hospice care is a phase of care whereby aggressive treatment is
no longer appropriate. Palliative care becomes the norm.
Patients have been probed physically, mentally, and emotionally.
In many ways, patients may be reluctant to any type of care
beyond the experiences that led to his/her doctor sharing that
no more can be done.

The purpose of this article is to claim that much more can be
done. Our Doctors and Nurses are trained to help patients
receive medication that stabilizes and even diminishes pain and
suffering physically. Social Workers are trained to help
patients and families deal with emotional, practical, and legal
issues surrounding loss and grief. Spiritual Counselors help
with the integration of emotional well-being and a sense of
faith and hope beyond one’s self-awareness.

The Heart of Care

The heart of care centers it’s attention on the needs of the
patient who is dying. Any attempt to move a patient away from
his/her authentic character becomes a war of wills. As we listen
and care for a person just as he/she is, we are allowing a
person to die the way he/she lived. Our ability to meet a person
in unconditional love will draw out the desire to be fully known
by the patient. Here, we are given opportunities to meet him/her
in grace and mercy.

Patients are not a disease. Patients are awakening into soul.
Mary was a strong-willed person who did not want to die. She had
a strong personality. She had many roles she carried out in
life, and she wanted to hold on to them all. She was a mother,
friend, wife, among many other roles.

About two weeks before Mary died, she shared with me that she
became aware of two identities: one was her strong personality
and the other was a presence of peace she could not explain. The
closer Mary came to her dying, the more she could identify with
wanting peace over suffering. This identity with her soul became
more appealing to her than living in a body that was failing
her. She was awakening into her authentic self.

The Heart of Compassion

A dying patient gives up so much in their dying that he/she is
tempted to hold on to what is left in their life. Even if
holding on means more pain and suffering, some patients do try
to do so. As care givers, we need to be sensitive to this aspect
of a patient’s letting go process. A patient needs support and
guidance to simply learn to move from letting go (an act of the
will) to letting be (getting into harmony with one’s dying). A
person offering care will enter into the heart of compassion by
giving a patient space to enter into this process of moving from
“letting go” to “letting be.”

As a person dies, their personality will give way to their soul.
In the process, a heart is broken. This desire to escape a
painful body and embrace peace (one’s authentic-self) is
complicated by the desire to remain with those he or she has
loved. This built up tension creates a path one has to choose
inside them that transcends individual and collective conscious
awareness. In essence, this is a matter of survival for the
soul. This path moves a person’s soul forward.

Funeral services remind us, it is the soul of a person that draw
us to face death and not the deceased body. These services serve
as a symbol of transition for the loved one who has died and
those reflecting on the life of the deceased. A relationship
that once was created outside us and in the body of another
person no longer applies. Now, relationships with the deceased
are internal and completely within us creating an invisible bond
forever linking our awareness to a spacial quality within us
drawing those left behind deeper into soul.

An Awakened Heart

An awakened heart knows there is more to life than what appears
on the surface.

Dying people lead us to this place where eternal relationships
are forged into the deepest aspects of our nature. It is our
nature to love and feel love. Even grief has the capacity to
deepen our sense of sacredness toward those we love.

A year ago, I gave a talk for the National Hospice and
Palliative Care Organization in Los Angeles, CA. I was gone
about a week. When I returned, my youngest son gave me a big
hug. I missed him and he missed me. I could feel him literally
fill my heart with love. In a real way, my soul was touched by
my son’s soul. An awakened heart knows that this is the heart of
relationships.

In the landscape of the soul, what matters in life IS NOT
matter. When we begin to look through our eyes and not with
them, we enter into a view of life from the perspective of soul.
Insight, to see from within, enables us to encounter death with
hope, with faith, and with love.

As we grow in our capacity to see from within, we enter into the
heart of grief. This emergence into the nature of soul will
sustain us through death and into life - eternal. May the
Creator of us all give us strength for the journey.

Samuel Oliver, author of, “What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on
Living”

A Special Education Success Story With Add and ADHD

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 19, 2007 @ 8:46 am

The Problem

In our rapidly moving culture, special education students, diagnosed with ADD or ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are an ever-increasing challenge for teachers. Having taught in some capacity for nearly 40 years and being a parent of an active little boy, I have studied these conditions with immediate personal interest.

Holding Their Attention?

Early in my work with the attentionally challenged, I observed that if the learning activity were engaging enough, many of these students could hold attention for long periods. Special Education students diagnosed with ADD or ADHD often have the ability to attend for long periods working with computers or video games. I wondered, could the problem lie more in the pace of the learning activity?

Give Them What They Need

Subsequently, I began to provide activities in my classroom that had some of the same qualities of the immediate response achieved in those computerized attention-holders. One of the most successful of these was the excavation of fossils.

The Setup

Fossil excavation was a 6-week class - more of a club, really – in which students excavated a real fossil fish from a soft rock matrix. This time the class was made up of many special education students with various learning challenges, especially ADHD. The outcome of the class was remarkable.

Getting Their Interest and Attention

We started with a sort of guessing game involving fossils hidden in velvet bags and moved quickly into individual excavation of the fossils. Within minutes, my work was done; the students worked independently for the remainder of the two-hour class. My hardest work that day was to enforce clean-up-the students simply didn’t’ t want to stop working.

Tools And Supplies

The only tools needed for this activity were small screw drivers-the sort that are available from any hardware store in a set of increasing sizes beginning with an eye-glass tool . I also provided magnifiers of varying types. The most sought after were the dissecting microscopes, which gave the individual the best view of the fragile fossil. However, much of the work could be easily accomplished using the naked eye or a magnifier in a stand, just to leave the hands free.

And Then There Are the Behavioral Challenges

I was presented with a new challenge about halfway into the second class: a behaviorally disruptive student who had been removed from another class. I did what I could to introduce him to our work and bring him up to speed. His initial work was little more than digging a hole through his rock, paying little attention to the fossil it contained.

Success!

Then a wonderful thing happened. Another boy, a challenging special education student who generally had little academic success, began to teach. You see, this boy was enthralled with digging out the fossil and he was having incredible success. He single-handedly took over and my work was done.

Students Give Rave Reviews, Almost

The final endorsement came at the end of our 6-week class. Throughout the period, I had rarely interrupted their work, but I had shown a couple of videos to give the students some additional detail about fossil preservation and excavation, geologic history and so on. At the last class, I asked the students to verbally evaluate the class. When I asked how I could improve the class, all agreed: Only show the videos if we can continue excavating our fossils during it!

This is a true story of success. In this six-week project middle school children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD and receiving special education services enjoyed the same success, if not more than, the other students.

Even the most absorbing tool, the TV, was not high on these students’ list of significant work. As a teacher, I felt I had been given a great gift of learning about how to support these special students. I encourage you to try it!

Claudia Mann is a teacher and contributor to www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com where you will find fossil lesson plans and activities for your classroom or home school setting. She and her husband own www.fossilicious.com. This is the place to find all the fossils needed for the lessons at prices teachers can afford.

Meet Helen…your new online teacher

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 17, 2007 @ 8:44 pm

Stanley Kubrik’s HAL 9000 may have been smart enough to run the
spaceship Discovery, but HAL lacked one thing today’s computers
may soon have–a face. Computers, long plagued by the
impersonality of a box with speakers and programmer’s graphics,
will soon have a face and attitude compatible with their users.

A one-on-one teacher just for you

For simplicity’s sake, we’ll assign a name to our computer’s new
face and call her Helen (of course, you’ll be able to name
him/her anything you like). Helen will smile at you, move
around, even make you laugh. She’ll have an angelic voice,
calming hand gestures and more expressions than Marcel Marceu.
But most importantly, she’ll encourage you to learn–everything
and anything–from French to forensics.

Helen will have “soul”

Researchers in the areas of instructional technology,
human-computer interaction and psychology have determined that
computers can be more persuasive if they have a visual identity
and “soul.” Thus, they have designed what they call an effective
“pedagogical agent,” an animated, three- dimensional character
that serves as the “face” (and “interface”) of the computer, one
that can mimic human emotional expressions, nonverbal
communication and interactions.

You’ll want to bring her an apple

Helen will be the perfect teacher. She’ll interact with you,
adapt to your strengths and weaknesses, even provide emotional
and cognitive feedback. Far better than Microsoft Word’s
annoying and intrusive paperclip ‘Clippy,’ Helen will engage you
and help you focus on the task at hand. And unlike a human
mentor, Helen’s age, ethnicity, personality, mannerisms, and
interactive style will be matched to your preferences to
encourage learning. In short, you’ll have that “favorite
teacher” who got you through math or chemistry.

She’ll do everything but send you to detention

Helen will evaluate your understanding throughout your
“e-class,” just like a human teacher, and she’ll adapt the
lesson plan accordingly. She won’t move on to more sophisticated
concepts until it’s clear you’ve grasped the basics. If you
don’t, she’ll continue with the basics until you “get it.” And
if that means prompting you to ask questions, she’ll do that
too, offering encouragement, memorable examples, even a clever
joke or two to keep you interested. You’ll get to know Helen
much like you would a really interesting teacher. She’ll have a
colorful personality, reveal her life history and specific areas
of knowledge and skills–in short, she’ll be really cool. Best
of all, she’ll always be up to date on the subject at hand,
tirelessly absorbing the latest research or historic tomes on
the subject being taught.

Helen won’t make you stand in the corner

Helen will let you learn at your own pace in a low-pressure
learning environment. She’ll project enthusiasm and support when
you get the right answer; yet, unlike a real classroom filled
with peers, you won’t be embarrassed if you fail to grasp a
concept or answer incorrectly. Finally, teachers like Helen can
be set up to act as coaches or disciplined instructors–teaching
everything from the history of art to advanced calculus.

So prepare yourself for the brave new world of computer
learning. Your favorite teacher will make sure you get an A in
class and an E for effort. And yes, you can chew gum in class,
as long as you give Helen your due attention.

Insider Tips to Quadruple Your Art Show Sales

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 13, 2007 @ 7:45 am

At a recent art show, I could not help but notice that not everyone’s day was going as well as mine! As I experienced a constant stream of people flooding into my booth and buying my artwork, my neighbors were sitting idle and waiting. Not only did I have people buzzing in and around my booth, but after they purchased my artwork, they told their friends to come to my booth and buy from me!

I had experienced too many art shows from the other side of the fence. I knew then that I needed to share my successful art show strategies with my fellow artists.

First, get rid of your director’s chair. Artists that avoid perspective customers always amaze me. You’ve spent so much time creating your art to sell. You’ve spent the time and money to exhibit at the show. Why hide? If you want to sell your work, you must interact with the public.

Put yourself out there! It’s very simple - you create additional value to your artwork when you interact with a perspective customer. Explain to them what makes your art work unique. Tell them how you came about conceiving and producing your artwork. Tell them the story, people are interested, and when they buy the piece they now own additional information about the piece to share with their friends.

It’s important to give a reason for someone to stop at your booth. Utilize a main focus piece on an easel or pedestal in order to draw interest from the crowd.

Using signage is an easy way to give someone a reason to stop at your booth. With signage, you can give suggestions for alternative uses of the artwork. For example, many of my sushi dishes sold as candle displays, soap holders, bread plates, etc.

Run a show special and use signage to promote the details. It’s important to give an added incentive to purchase something from you that day. Take one of your lower end products and create an easy way for people to purchase more of them – buy 2, get 1 free for example.

Invite people to sign up for a free drawing to win a piece of your artwork. This last step allows you to capture their name and email for future marketing purposes.

Finally, take a good look at your booth. The success of your next art show will increase when you create the successful booth. View your booth from the customer’s vantage point. Is it inviting? Does it create the “I gotta have that piece!” mindset? Attend an art show yourself. Go from booth to booth and see what draws you in to look further. See which booths the people flow to. What about those booths caused you to walk in? Keep notes, assemble that information, and apply it to your booth when you set up for your shows.

Keep your booth fresh throughout the entire show. Remember every time someone walks into your booth they are a customer meeting you for the first time and you always want to make a great first impression.

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The Original Nobility: Patricians and Knights

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 6, 2007 @ 9:15 pm

By “nobility” I refer to that class in society which once had hereditary political, financial and social privileges guaranteed by law. By “original nobility” I follow the German (and now internationally accepted) definition and refer to those families who were ennobled (or generally recognised as nobles) before the year 1400. With “patricians” I refer to those families who from time immemorial were recorded as local and regional leaders, and usually as a base for their power had vast landed properties. With “knight” I refer to the warrior class that emerged and developed during 900 - 1300 AD.

The original nobility was comprised of those two categories, the patricians and the knights. The patricians soon developed into the higher nobility, and were often granted land and titles by the king or ruler. To administer the vast and scattered estates they needed local commanders, who in their turn needed well armed warriors to defend the properties. During the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries the duties and privileges (e.g. to maintain an armed force and enjoy tax exemption) became formalised and hereditary.

Among the knights one could originally distinguish two classes: the nobiles (who belonged to the hereditary and wealthy higher nobility, usually derived from the patricians), and the milites (the lower nobility which served as officers in the castles of the higher nobility).

During the 12th and 13th centuries these two groups, the nobiles and the milites, were merged, as the milites gained priveleges, built their own castles and married the daughters of the nobiles.

Slowly a chivalric ideal developed, and chivalric virtues such as bravery and gallantry were praised.

As the military importance of the knights decreased during the 14th and 15th centuries, the chivalric system became more of a cultural institution. The knights became more closely attached to the royal and princely courts, and more importance was given to heraldry and various ceremonies. It became increasingly more common for the king or prince to create new nobles by means of letters patent, and soon this newly created titular nobility had by far outnumbered the original nobility. During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries the creation of new nobles in many countries became so extensive they were soon regarded as the “only” and the “real” nobility. The original nobility had by then in many cases lost their original landed properties, due to ward and seizures, and along with them the recognition they once enjoyed.

So it was that the exception became the rule (patent nobility) and substance was replaced by shadow (landed properties with honorific titles). But until this day it remains true that “Laws may be changed, privileges may expire. But the duties to the Fatherland remain. And once those duties are fulfilled, little does it worry the true nobility where its position in society is put” (Count Gustaf Lagerbjelke, 1866).

If you found this article about the original nobility interesting, you may wish to have a look at my book “Find Your Noble Ancestors!”, where I develop the subjects outlined above.

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dating back to its founder who was born around 1090 and
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Speed Reading - Getting The Main Idea

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on August 5, 2007 @ 1:28 am

Getting the main idea in reading is central to effective studying.

You must learn what the author’s central idea is, and understand it in your own way.

Every paragraph contains a main idea. Main ideas are perfect for outlining textbooks. Make it a habit to find the main idea in each paragraph you read.

Extracting Important Details

Extracting important details mean that you locate in your reading main and most significant ideas.

There is usually one important detail associated with every main idea. The more important details you can identify, the easier it will be to review for examinations because you have made a link between an idea and information that supports it.

The more links you can make between details and ideas, as well as ideas themselves, the more powerful will be the efforts of your study.

The first things to ask yourself are: “Why you are reading the text? Are you reading with a purpose or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after reading it?”

In other words, identify your purpose.

Once you know this, you can examine the text to see whether it is going to move you towards this goal.

An easy way of doing this is to look at the introduction and the chapter headings. The introduction should let you know whom the book is targeted at, and what it seeks to achieve.

Chapter headings will give you an overall view of the structure of the subject.

After grasping ideas from chapter introductions, ask yourself whether the book meets your needs.

Ask yourself if it assumes too much or too little knowledge.

If the book weren’t ideal, would it be better to find a better one?

Take 1-2 minutes to skim through the article to find the core idea. Know what is being expressed. Do you need more details? If not, find another article.

Read lightly and flexibly. Know what you need. Slow down to fulfill your purpose, answering questions that are most important to you.

Since very few words carry the meaning, speed up to pass redundant or useless information.

You can find out more on how to effectively double your reading speed and accelerate your learning abilities to the extreme on Rene Graeber´s website at www.speed-reading-online-training-course.com
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The indispensable qualities of professional copywriter

Filed under:Education Resources — posted on July 27, 2007 @ 8:15 pm

Whatever industry you operate in and whatever web site you have,
it indispensable that the content on your web site is written
easy-to read, appealing and attractive style. Your potential
customers will visit your web site and judge both you and your
company by the information presented on your web site. It might
be enough to have appealing content in offline advertisement,
but it is not enough just to have attracting content to be
successful in online environment. However, how can one make sure
that your web site will stand out from the numerous other
identical ones on the internet and it will attract the attention
not only of your visitors but the search engines as well? In
order to get high rankings the text of your web site should be
well optimized as well. Undoubtedly, this is where the skills of
experienced and skilled copywriter count.

It is widely known that the copywriter should be creative,
ingenious and must possess excellent writing skills. But apart
from these well-known facts, what qualities and experience
should professional copywriter > possess? First he should know how to perform keywords search
and keywords analysis. In my experience there are some
specialists in the company, who can perform this task for
copywriter; however it is imperative to find out whether the
copywriter can perform this task before hiring him. Second, he
should have good knowledge of modern marketing tools. He must
understand current online advertisement strategy and the
techniques that allow receiving high rankings on your web site.
He also should know how develop highly efficient marketing
program that will advertise the site and gain promotion of it
online. For instance such techniques as press release and
article writing that help to promote you as real professional
should be known to your copywriter.

Third, the text written by him should induce customers to take
some actions. One should remember that it is crucial to have
action -driven text on your web site to get high results.
Fourth, the copywriter should be custom-oriented and understand
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