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It’s very easy to forget to relax during our hectic days and nights, during the time when we’re constantly trying to get things done. So many of us are spending so much time on our jobs and our extra tasks in life that we tend to forget to slow down and reassess what we’re doing and why.
So take a deep, slow breath. No, really–go ahead. Take a deep, slow breath, taking in as much air as you can as slowly as you can. Feel your lungs fill, and then hold the breath for five to ten seconds.
Let your breath out slowly, feeling the stress leave your body as you exhale. The hurry and the stress can ride out of your body and mind in the air that you breathe out, and if you can allow your mind to focus on the breathing, you can slow down those thoughts that are running around in your mind at about a million miles an hour.
Take in another deep breath, slowly and surely. Hold it for five to ten seconds, and then exhale slowly…slowly…slowly…
There are many important things in your life that you need to take care of, but if you take the time to relax and treat yourself well, you will find that these few minutes of relaxation can provide a huge benefit for you.
So take another deep breath, very slowly, and hold it in. Release it slowly and feel the tension leave your body with the air. If you do this ten to fifteen times, you’ll find yourself feeling energized, relaxed, and in a more positive state of mind.
Learning to relax is the greatest gift we can give ourselves, the benefits of taking a few minutes of our busy day to relax are many, relaxation brings us peace of mind, a calm emotional state of being, improved health, increased energy, and far less stress held within the body.
gums – the soft tissue that surrounds the base of the teeth.
incisor – a type of tooth with a narrow edge (in humans, the front teeth). Incisors are used to cut food. An incisor has 1 root. Adult humans have 8 incisors (4 in the top jaw and 4 in the bottom jaw).
molar – a wide, flat tooth found in the back of mammal’s mouths. Molars grind food during chewing. Molars in the top jaw have 3 roots; molars in the lower jaw have 2 roots. Adults have 12 molars (6 in the top jaw and 6 in the bottom jaw).
nerves – nerves transmit signals (conveying messages like hot, cold, or pain) to and from the brain.
periodontal membrane/ligament – the fleshy tissue between tooth and the tooth socket; it holds the tooth in place. The fibers of the periodontal membrane are embedded within the cementum.
premolar (also called bicuspid) – the type of tooth located between the canine and the molars in humans. A bicuspid tooth has 1 root. Bicuspids have two points (cusps) at the top. Adults have 8 premolars (4 in the top jaw and 4 in the bottom jaw).
pulp – the soft center of the tooth. The pulp contains blood vessels and nerves; it nourishes the dentin.
root – the anchor of a tooth that extends into the jawbone. The number of roots ranges from one to four.
Auch wenn am 25. M?rz erst einmal die Er?ffnung des neuen Gesch?ftshauses ?die Mitte“ ansteht, tr?umt Investor Hines schon vom n?chsten Projekt am Alex. Gleich neben dem neuen Shopping-Tempel erstreckt sich eine freie Fl?che, für die Hines wirklich Gro?es vorhat – und zwar 150 Meter gro?.
Das US-Amerikanische Immobilien-Unternehmen feilt derzeit an Konzepten für ein 150 Meter hohes Geb?ude, das, wenn es in der geplanten Form entsteht, immerhin das H?chste in Berlin w?re. Der Glasturm soll nach Vorstellung der Investoren m?glichst ein Hotel mit darübergelegenen Luxus-Appartements beherbergen.
Berlins h?chstes Haus soll am Alexanderplatz entstehen
Gro?e Pl?ne für den Alexanderplatz gibt es schon lange: Seit nicht weniger als 16 Jahren ist von einem ganzen Hochhausviertel die Rede, das in der Nachbarschaft des Fernsehturmes entstehen soll. Gebaut wurde allerdings noch nichts – was sich aber bald ?ndern k?nnte. Im Zuge der anstehenden Er?ffnung des Gesch?ftshauses ?die Mitte“ stellt ein Investor seine Pl?ne vor, ab 2011 k?nnten die Bagger anrollen.
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In den letzten Jahren konnte sich der Alex durch die Sanierung der Galeria Kaufhof und den Neubau der Einkaufszentren immerhin schon etwas von seinem Schmuddel-Image befreien. Ein Hochhaus würde den Platz ganz sicher weiter aufwerten, auch wenn einige kritische Stimmen am Vorhaben laut werden. So befürchtet eine Mitarbeiterin aus dem gegenüberliegenden Bürogeb?ude, dass der Bau eines Hochhauses weiteren L?rm und Schmutz bedeuten würde. Auf der ewigen Baustelle Alexanderplatz ist man das aber inzwischen schon fast gewohnt. Viel schlimmer sei deswegen auch, dass der Turm die Aussicht auf die Stadt versperre und wohl einen Schatten auf die umliegenden Geb?ude und den Alex werfe.
Der geplante Hinesturm am Alexanderplatz. Simulation: ? buenck + fehse
Konkret ist freilich noch nichts und es bleibt abzuwarten, ob das Projekt wirklich realisiert wird, schlie?lich tr?umt die Stadt schon seit über einem Jahrzehnt von einer ganzen Skyline am Alexanderplatz. Architekt Hans Kollhoff entwarf eigens dazu einen Bebauungsplan, der nicht weniger als 13 bis zu 150 Meter hohe Geb?ude vorsah – gebaut wurde bis jetzt allerdings noch kein Einziges.
The problem
This may seem like a small change, but it’s a big knock on Digg’s shortening service, and for Digg’s credibility at maintaining features.
The easiest option is interstitial ads–the kind users need to wait through, or click a certain link to bypass on their way to the source content. Digg has effectively done that by forcing users to come through Digg on their way to the content. The big difference in Digg’s case is that users who might have gone to Digg for shortening can simply go elsewhere that does not put advertising on the page, or require an extra click from users.
Despite the bevvy of features compared to some competing URL-shortening services, both users and publishers alike found fault in the DiggBar. Users had problems with the service since it drastically hid information about the site they were on, including the URL in their browser’s address bar, and any bookmarks they saved, which would retain the DiggBar. For publishers, there was the worry that users would choose to comment back on Digg instead of on their own pages, as well as SEO damage from search engines not properly indexing and attributing traffic since Digg.com was the redirector.
Introduced in early April, the DiggBar was originally intended as a service that did three things: one was to shorten links and act as a redirection tool. The second was to bring Digg features along for the ride with a framed bar that would appear on the top of the page and provide a simple way to view user comments, related stories, as well as other Dugg items from that same site. The third was to provide a simpler way for users to publish content, either to Digg itself, or places like Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail. This included giving users the capability to shorten a URL by dropping a Digg.com/ in front of the site’s address.
In effect this left the DiggBar as something power users could take advantage of, but that casual users would never see–reducing the entire DiggBar feature down to URL shortening.
So is Digg’s shortening service now just a way to shorten links to Digg.com pages? Digg founder Kevin Rose went on to say as much in a Sunday night appearance on Leo Laporte’s This Week in Tech, citing that the company was having to internally juggle certain shortened-URLs that had become popular from outside sources. Particularly, ones from Twitter where the source site would be on the receiving end of an increasing amount of traffic, but because of the lack of a Digg frame bar on the top of the page, it wasn’t easy for users to Digg the story without having to make their way back to Digg.com.
So could this mean Digg is working on a paid variant on its shortening service that gives either users or content owners the option to pay to get that direct-level of service? Possibly. It could also mean Digg simply realized it was footing the bill for a service that was bypassing the very pages that were keeping it afloat.
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Making big money on small URLs
Digg’s departure from providing parts of its shortening service could be a good signal of where the URL-shortening service is headed. Turning big URLs into small ones is not difficult, however maintaining these services indefinitely, and at no cost, is a challenge.
The bigger problem, it seems, is that Digg listens too closely to its users and critics instead of staying on course. Digg URLs should have always come with a frame bar on top. It may have been annoying to some, but that was the price of admission. If users wanted a straight-up URL-shortener, there were hundreds available at the time when Digg unveiled its own. The one killer feature was the fact that it took the Digg community along for the ride, which is so clearly far removed from people using it that Digg has chosen to go this route instead.
This clearly wasn’t good enough for Digg, since this move nets the site more ad impressions and unique user tracks than it would by acting as a redirection service alone. Back when it was originally introduced, the company was able to get by since the DiggBar displayed ads when people were using certain features such as viewing related content, Digg user comments, and other stories from that site’s particular source. But, without the DiggBar on top, and without any kind of recognition–other than in name, Digg was getting none of these benefits.
Update: A Digg representative has told me that we should be getting an update on the new link behavior sometime Tuesday.
Based on a long history of changing things its users do not like, it’s possible the company will revert to the old way of handling shortened links. However, Digg has made no mention of the change on either its public-facing blogs or on the company’s Twitter account. While this could just be a slow start after a big weekend of activity, it could also signal some internal debate on what’s best for the longevity of the service. I just hope Digg takes a step back and looks at what it offered to begin with, since the current service is such a shadow of its former self.
The solution, was to change the link to kick users to the Digg.com story page, as if they had found their way there naturally. However, this caused confusion for users since that page would only show up when clicking from Twitter, and not when clicking that link from another domain. Digg’s fix to that problem? Homogenization. All shortened Digg links simply go to Digg pages, as long as the story’s been submitted. Otherwise, the URLs send users to the source site, which prompts the question if it’s worth submitting a story to Digg, since it can rot a link that thousands of people may be using.
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Users of the site’s URL-shortening service noticed that if the Web address they had shortened had been submitted to Digg, the shortened URL would then take its visitors to the story’s page on Digg instead of the page it linked to. At least it was this way for users who were not logged into Digg; registered users who had turned off the DiggBar (and who had a recent log-in cookie from Digg) would not see the change in behavior.
A feature that was once quite controversial, the DiggBar is now a rarity, unless users are registered with Digg and have opted-in to see it on Digg story links. Digg’s solution, which came just two weeks after the DiggBar launch, was to make the whole DiggBar experience something users had to opt-in to see. This meant that registered users of the site would only see shortened Digg URLs, and the DiggBar by choice. Stray visitors of Digg wouldn’t see either. Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET’s blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh. |
Digg stops redirecting some URLs, links to self instead
Over the weekend, social news site Digg changed how its links work in a way that gives the site an increase in the number of users who visit.
I found no trace of: “Lord, what does it all mean?” Or even: “Is there a rap about the Rapture?” This is a pity, as there are some very fine church-related Web sites like Generationchurch.org, which offers excellent Twittering and Flickring options.
As I write, the day after this deeply worrying experience, I stare at the latest Google Trends, still concerned about the world’s direction. Marley and Me continues to ride high in Googlers’ cranial Top 20. The engagement of Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady is, naturally, creating worldwide giddiness. There seems to be massive outpouring of interest in the Sarah Palin calendar.
Did Mammon defeat God online this Xmas?
I wanted a quiet, spiritual Christmas.
But then I was struck by the hideous news that U.K. retailers were trying to launch their sales online on Christmas Day.
Perhaps they decided to concentrate their business online.
But there are only two entries in the whole of the Top 100 that reflect even a moment of self-reflection.
The morning began with the dominance of theiPod over the iGod. Clearly, there were still some people in the world who had never had one and were eager to explore all of the rites involved in virgin possession of Man’s portable jukebox.
As the NBA games lurched through the televisual day, Googlers’ enthusiasm for finding out more about Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and, um, the San Antonio Spurs’ Roger Mason was palpable.
Even more seemed insatiable on the subject of the movie Marley and Me, which, I understand, is another opus featuring Jennifer Aniston and an unsuitable dog.
The Top 100 searches, at least whenever I set eyes on Google Trends, avoided all matters of higher import. No one seemed keen to Google: “The world is going to hell in a handbasket and all I get is this infernalXbox?”
With a loud voice that I last remembered from my First Communion screaming in my head “Is nothing sacred?”, I decided to put humanity to the test. Are we still God-fearing people who understand the true meaning of life? Or is our belief in things truly beyond belief?
Many were simultaneously keen to discover what was showing at the local movie theaters, when Wal-Mart’s sale began, which restaurants were open on Christmas Day (many showed a great fascination for the International House of Pancakes), and so many seemed entranced to know more about the multitalented actress Josie Davis.
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I am not sure I will ever recover.
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET.