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1990What's the difference between all these drawing and painting programs, image editing and photo editing programs?First, some distinction between the types of programs: * Photo Editing - (aka Raster or Bitmap Graphics) - Noise removal, Histogram, Brightening or Sharpening. For example, you can move a person into a picture or out of a picture, or change the color of your hair. * Image Drawing - (aka Vector Graphics) - for example, you make a 3D globe using ellipse, spiral gradient, lighting effect, and shadows. Often used for web graphics. Some have Animation features. The confusion starts with many programs having features that overlaps categories. Microsoft Paint is the most basic photo editing program. It only opens BMP files, not JPEG or other files from digital cameras. If you want to change the color of your hair, you'll spend hours selecting each one pixel by pixel. That's when you really appreciate the Magic Wand feature from GIMP or Paint.NET, both free, to select all of the hair at once. For ease of use, Ulead PhotoImact may be the best. Powerpoint, traditionally used for Presentations, has many image drawing features as well. Photoshop is the most widely-known, and has become a verb (ie, photoshoped) just like Google. It can do almost all imaginable drawing and painting features. Photoshop Elements is a lower-cost, stripped-down version. Photoshop has a very steep learning curve. Paint Shop Pro (PSP) started as a raster program like Photoshop, but now has all possible vector features. Since being bought by Corel, many users have been disappointed with the recent "upgrades" to X1 and X2 (ie, 11 and 12). Their favorite version remains PSP version 9. Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw were vector editors that now has many photo editing features. Adobe Illustrator version CS2 is revolutionary and worth a look. Serif DrawPlus focuses on vector features and is very easy to use. Finally, Real-DRAW Pro somehow seamlessly mixes vector drawing and bitmap painting, bringing the best of both worlds. http://tinyurl.com/2a7dkb2
1979How do they rank how popular a website is? How can a website's traffic be measured and compared?With 100 million websites, and billions of clicks per day, accuracy for website statistics estimation and ranking services are understandably questionable. The top ranking services are: 1. Quantcast - despite a recent hiccup, it provides very accurate up-to-date account of traffic. 2. Alexa - the oldest service, but traditionally dependent on their add-in to collect statistics. Recently changed algorithm may improve their accuracy. 3. Compete - the slowest changing ranking, Compete consolidates ranking data from other sites. Web site categorization is interesting, especially with the power of Web 2.0 sites in drawing large crowds and creating large user communities. These services, while not completely accurate to the last click, provide good estimates as to the popularity of web sites within these general categories. * Top 100 sites - including the 2 superpowers Yahoo and Google, these 100 sites command tens of millions netizens. (I define netizens as unique visitors per month) I call these sites "Net Nations" * Top 1,000 sites - these sites have 1 million or more netizens. I call these sites "Net Cities". These sites are well visited brands, like NYTimes.com or HP.com. * Top 10,000 sites - these sites have 100,000 or more netizens. I call these sites "Net Towns". Many multinational companies have sites that qualify, like IBM.com or GM.com * Top 100,000 sites (top 0.1%) - these sites have 10,000 or more netizens. I call these sites "Net organizations". Many multinational companies have sites that qualify, like EDS.com, Maryland.gov or Coca-Cola.com * Top 1,000,000 sites (top 1%) - these sites have 1,000 or more netizens. I call these sites "Net groups", for clubs or families. * Anything below 1,000,000 - 99% of the web sites out there have less than 1,000 netizens. These are fine for small businesses and personal publishing, but do not qualify as having a community of netizens in the Web 2.0 context.5
1939Does anyone know a good remedy for motion sickness?One common suggestion is to simply look out of the window of the moving vehicle and to gaze toward the horizon in the direction of travel. This helps to re-orient the inner sense of balance by providing a visual reaffirmation of motion. In the night, or in a ship without windows, it is helpful to simply close one's eyes, or if possible, take a nap. This resolves the input conflict between the eyes and the inner ear. Napping also helps prevent psychogenic effects (i.e. the effect of sickness being magnified by thinking about it). Fresh, cool air can also relieve motion sickness slightly, although it is likely this is related to avoiding foul odors which can worsen nausea.[10] A good alternative is wearing anti travel-sickness wristbands. These apply slight pressure to the inside of your wrist - and really work - but if you don't want to wear them, just apply the pressure yourself with your other thumb. Place two fingers across your inner wrist, and the pressure point is just below. This method is good for relieving any nausious moment, not just motion sickness. Over-the-counter and prescription medications are readily available, such as Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) and Bonine/Antivert (meclizine). Scopolamine is effective[11] and is sometimes used in the form of transdermal patches (1.5mg) or as a newer tablet form (0.4mg). Interestingly, many pharmacological treatments which are effective for nausea and vomiting in some medical conditions may not be effective for motion sickness. For example, metoclopramide and prochlorperazine, although widely used for nausea, are ineffective for motion-sickness prevention and treatment. The sedating anti-histamine medications such as promethazine, work quite well for motion sickness, although they can cause significant drowsiness. Ginger root is a mild anti-emetic and sucking on crystallized ginger or sipping ginger tea can help to relieve the nausea8
1935How do I learn to program in Javascript?Javascript is a programming language that manipulates HTML on the browser. So the first step is to learn HTML, and how HTML is used to create each user interface element on a web page. Here's a good reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/elements.html To program Javascript, all you need is a text editor to write Javascript. But the difference between a regular editor versus a good one is huge for productivity. NotePad++ is the best free editor for HTML and Javascript, with syntax colouring, code folding. Get it here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm. An even better choice is to get Microsoft's Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, also free. You can use VWD to create HTML pages with Javascript, or optionally ASPX pages with C#. It has code-completion, which means it can tell you what variables and element names are avaiable, plus what properties are available for each element. Expression Web is the best of all worlds. With code-completion (intellisense) for CSS Styles, and hover mouseover error messages and warnings, it makes all browser-side programming extremely simple. It even highlights mismatched html tags. (Note that Dreamweaver does not have Javascript code-completion.) User Firefox as your browser, and get the Firebug add-on. Firebug allows you to see the Document Object Model (DOM), showing the relationship of all elements in a page. It also has a full Javascript debugger, allowing you to add breakpoints and single-step F10 through the code and inspect variable values. Javascript is not a strongly-typed language. This means any variable can contain anything, including numbers, booleans, strings, null. The classical mistake is "2" + "3", which is "23", so beware. Other gotcha's include "55" < "100", and "55" == 55. To get started, try viewing a source with getElementByById, and use that example to write your first program. Have fun!5
1916How can I get very rich on Habbo Hotel?There are many ways to get "rich" in Habbo - however you must clarify "very rich" - "very rich" as in Attires rich or "very rich" as in about Touching rich? (as he was hacked and lost most of his stuff). The first two methods I will discuss are illegal - they are not recommended but this is how .bill- and ah- got rich. You scam. Buy rights to a big casino like Attires's, then scam everything you can at the same time. You can make maybe 50 - 60 HCs per day like this, if you can appear "trusted" for at least twenty minutes. You con. Using a script or a hack, you can put up a Dino Egg, and ask very low, maybe a DJ deck for it. Then purposely decline, and trade again - instead of putting in a Dino Egg, you quickly put up a pod chair (purple) then press accept. If they are stupid enough you can get a DJ deck for virtually nothing! These methods are not recommended as you can lose your reputation (whether or not you have one can be debate-able) and very quickly get banned. However, some slower, but more "legal" methods involve: - Coin trading (this can make maybe 5 - 10 coins per hour, if you know how) - this method requires some knowledge of the badly designed habbo coin economy. - HC sofas are 15 coins each, while Gold bars (50 coins) are 3 HCs each. If you play your cards right you can make a LOT of money (but slowly). - Supers trading. - This ALSO requires knowledge about the Habbo furniture value trends (websites are not recommended). - Buy supers when you believe they are at a very low price, then hold on to them (hide them, preferably, to stop the temptation of selling it) and wait until the rare value on them skyrockets - you can make about 10 - 50 HCs doing this. - Cons to this method: It's a gamble. The value may never go up. - Thus, you have to know your values before you try this.46
1911What are the new features in Visual Studios 2008?Visual Studio 2008 brings a new language feature, LINQ, new versions of C# and Visual Basic languages, a Windows Presentation Foundation visual designer, and improvements to the .NET Framework. It also features a new HTML/CSS editor influenced by Microsoft Expression Web. Visual Studio 2008 requires .NET Framework 3.5 but also supports multi-targeting which lets the developers choose the version of the .NET Framework (out of 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, Silverlight CoreCLR or .NET Compact Framework) Visual Studio 2008 includes new code analysis tools, including the new Code Metrics tool. Visual Studio 2008 features a XAML based designer, workflow designer, LINQ to SQL designer (for defining the type mappings and object encapsulation for SQL data), XSLT debugger, JavaScript Intellisense support, JavaScript Debugging support, support for UAC manifests, a concurrent build system, among others. It also ships with an enhanced set of UI widgets, both for WinForms and WPF. It also includes a multithreaded build engine to compile multiple source files (and build the executable file) in a project across different threads simultaneously. The Visual Studio debugger includes features targeting easier debugging of multi-threaded applications. In debugging mode, in the Threads window, which lists all the threads, hovering over a thread will display the stack trace of that thread in tooltips.. The threads can directly be named and flagged for easier identification from that window itself. In addition, in the code window, along with indicating the location of the currently executing instruction in the current thread, the currently executing instructions in other threads are also pointed out. The Visual Studio debugger supports integrated debugging of the .NET Framework 3.5 BCL. It can dynamically download the BCL source code and debug symbols and allow stepping into the BCL source during debugging.42
1893How do I capture in video my computer screen, for training or demo?Here are the top Demoware and screencasting software: (1) Camtasia Studio is very easy to use. You can use it for screen capturing not only still-images, but videos, and add sound. You just start the recording and then anything on the screen in the capture window will be recorded. If you are talking into a microphone, the audio will be recorded with the video. You can choose to record the audio seperately and mix the video and audio in the Studio editor. Here's an example of how to use it. http://video.techsmith.com/camtasia/latest/edu/showme/enu/cs_showme.html While Camtasia Studio is the most widely used, it's not free. Camtasia has an Open Source version, which is good as well. (2) ViewletBuilder creates Flash specifically for demos. The result is not a recorded lengthy movie file, but a series of screen captures that are then animated to produce a Flash simulation. If you have a very large demo, the Flash format can save on download time. (3) Captivate - started as RoboDemo, it creates SWF flash files also, but now has more features than ViewletBuilder. Beyond screencast presentation demos, you incorporate with screen captures, images, animations, and videos - to create multimedia eLearning prgrams, quizzes and surveys. (4) Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ is also free, and it's worth a try. Jing integrates the upload process so you can share your video quickly. (5) There are other solutions, such as Debut which is free. http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html (6) Wink - Which is free and works for Linux too. But the feature set is more limited. (7) Hypercam - which cost $40, but most people prefer Camtasia. (8) TurboDemo - Very easy to use, but cost $200. (9) Fraps - which is more for games. (10) BB FlashBack - Best for low-bandwidth, and only $40. http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ScreenCasting/36
1875Why do so many people hate Microsoft? And everybody loves Google?First of all, Bill Gates was the son of a very wealthy Seattle attorney, which is why he had the money to go to Harvard, start Microsoft, get involved with IBM. It is well-known that MS-DOS was vaporware, ie, it was sold to IBM before real work was even begun. Microsoft purchased QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), a ripoff of CP/M (proven in court) from Seattle Computers for next to nothing and set out to finish it up. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't have the skills required for operating systems, so IBM had to do much of the finish work just to get the PC out the door. Over the years, Microsoft became infamous at stealing ideas from and destoying a long list of victims, the largest include: * Netscape - by bundling Internet Explorer browser with the Windows 95 operating system. * Real Networks - by bundling Windows Media Player into Windows 98. * WordPerfect, Lotus, Ashton-Tate - with the collaboration of the Office and Windows group to make Word and Excel superior. * Digital Research - Windows 3.1 was made incompatible with DR-DOS 6.0 intentionally. * Borland - by enticing their star Delphi programmers to work for Microsoft. * Stac - by copying Stacker and bundling compression into MS-DOS. * Novell - by making NT connectivity simpler for Windows and DOS PC's. The birth of Linux and Open-Source are largely thanks to the technical communities opinions of Microsoft, as are the prevalence of computer viruses. In sharp contrast, Google, since its first search engine, has been providing solutions to users for free. The tremendous openess in the company, along with their motto "Don't be evil", has also given them a squeaky clean public image. With their massive cash and power, Google would easily crush any competition in any field. Yet Google's acqusition strategy has been to reward innovation, rather than destroy it.5
1873Which cities in the world has the best public transportation networks? The worst?162 cities have public transit railway systems, with 4900 miles of track covering 7000 stations. The "best" system would be measured by how well it serves the people so that they don't need a taxi or car. The top systems are: 1. London "Underground" - 254 miles of tracks, 268 stations, 976 million passengers per year. 2. New York City - 233 miles to 462 stations carrying 1.85 billion riders per year. 3. Paris Metro - 134 miles of track 380 stations. 1.365 billion passengers per year. 4. Moscow Metro - 178 miles of track. 172 stations. 3.2 billion riders annually. 5. Tokyo subway - 195 miles of track to 282 stations 2.8 billion riders per year. 6. Seoul Subway - 179.4 miles of track to 266 stations, carrying 1.6 billion riders. 7. Madrid Metro - 175 miles to 231 stations, carrying 649 million riders. 8. Mexico City - 110 miles to 175 stations for 1.4 billion riders 9. Osaka Muni - 86 mi to 101 stations, for 912 million riders 10 Shanghai Metro - 142 mi to 162 stations, 649 million riders. 11. Berlin "U-Bahn" - 94 miles to 170 stations, for 475 million riders 12. Beijing Subway - expanding to 300 miles for the 2008 Olympics, 765 million riders presently. 13. Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway - 56 miles to 150 stations carrying 916 million riders 14. Sao Paulo Metro - 187 miles of track to 55 stations 774 million riders 15. Vienna - 427 million riders to 85 stations Most North American cities are built to favour the automobile. So most of them can be listed as having the worst public transit networks, with the exception of high-ridership cities Chicago "L" (106mi), Philadelphia SEPTA (38mi), Washington Metrorail (106mi), Boston MBTA or T (38mi), Toronto TTC (42mi), San Francisco BART (104mi), Atlanta MARTA (48mi), Vancouver SkyTrain (31mi), Montreal Metro (41 mi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_transit_systems5
1863What is the absolutely funniest joke you have ever read, one that had you laughing uncontrollably until you're in tears?A lawyer sitting next to a blonde woman a long flight, is seeking some amusement. He asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde is tired and just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists, saying that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains how the game works: "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me, and visa-versa." Again, the blonde politely declines and closes her eyes. The lawyer keeps talking: "Okay, how about this, If you don't know the answer you pay me only $5, but if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500." This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, she agrees to play the game. The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer. Now, it's the blonde's turn. She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the Air-phone with his modem and searches the Net and even the National Library. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his co-workers and friends he knows. All to no avail. After over an hour of searching for the answer he finally gives up. He wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep. The lawyer, who is more than a little frustrated, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and, comes down with four?" Again without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep...43
1796What are hedge funds and how are they different from mutual funds?The two differ primarily in the degree of regulatory oversight each is subjected to. Mutual funds are highly regulated investment vehicles that are allowed to sell to the general public. Because they make representations to the general public, they are very, very closely watched by regulatory bodies to insure they are not making false assurances in terms of future performance. Because these vehicles are so highly regulated they are somewhat constrained in terms of what and how they can conduct business. A fund that at the outset, for example, promises to invest solely in the S&P 500, can not at a later date (easily) switch to short term corporate bonds. Hedge funds, by contrast, are very lightly regulated. Because of this, they can (in the United States) only market themselves to what are known as "Qualified Persons"; individuals or corporate entities that are assume to either have adequate market knowledge or liquidity enough to protect themselves. Hedge Funds can, by contrast, rapidly change investment objectives due to a lack of regulatory oversight. There is a misconception that hedge funds will consistently outperform mutual funds. In general this is not true, and one would have to take into account the business cycle as well as the aims of each vehicle to conclude which performed better and when. An interesting note - in the book 'Seeking Alpha' a negative correlation between size of the funds in terms of assets and overall performance was noted. When talking investment performance, size does matter and good things come in small packages. Larger funds have to take on an increasingly larger number of positions to remain properly diversified and this approach does not scale. No wonder Warren Buffett is sitting on $40B or so in cash.105
1794What a good media player that plays all formats - vlc, winamp, windows media player?Here's a list of the best media players available today. (All free, of course.) * GOM Player can play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player. GOM player can also play .flv files. * KMPlayer is an advanced player with features such as multifarious audio and video effects, playback speed, select parts of a video as favorites, do various A-B repeats, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. KMPlayer plays a large number of formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows one to capture audio, video, and screenshots. * VLC media player is the only one in this list that is cross-platform for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A highly portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer, VLC supports many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It is able to stream over networks and to transcode multimedia files and save them into various different formats. It gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library. * Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact ultra-fast media player for Microsoft Windows. The application mimics the look and feel of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4 but uses a completely different codebase, integrating most options and features found in modern media players. A large number of the codecs, readers, and splitters are also available for MPC.5
1776What do I do with my toddler's temper tantrums? How do I deal with the noisy fits they throw in public?Wow. Interesting answers. Most toddler's throw tantrums out of frustration. Most often before a major milestone. And primarily because they are frustrated with you, the parent and they want your attention. The best way to deal with temper tantrums is to ignore them. Not so simple you say because the kid is screaming bloody murder and you are in the shopping mall or other public place. I use to not respond in any way at all verbally except to say "ok, we need to go now so you can have your privacy for this". If we were in a restaurant--we would leave. I would get up and take the child by the hand or pick him up or sometimes if he would not come just get my coat on and pretend to start heading for the door. And yes, it was embarrassing---especially since I had 2 other kids with me, who had done nothing wrong. But they had all been there and knew the drill. Once in a shopping mall my 2 year old started having one of these tantrums and threw himself on the floor. My husband and I said, "ok, we have to go now so you can have your privacy". And we walked about 5 feet away.The kid took about a minute and realized we weren't watching anymore--so up he hopped and ran behind us, perfectly calm. Of course we congratulated him on showing such great control. Thing is with kids this age, they have all day to do this stuff to you. They don't have to do the laundry, go food shopping, cook dinner, go to work---they can make this the days mission. Some days its easy to stick to the plan, some days its hard. For you and for them. Equal parts of affection and correction is how you survive! If for any reason you believe your child is having exceptionally violent tantrums where he seems to be trying to hurt himself, please bring it to your pediatricians attention.136
1749Is bottled water really an issue in our modern society?Like every controversial issue, there are two sides to this story. The first side is that bottled water is superficial; it's hazardous to our long-term health and it damages our environment. Bottled water is actually no better than tap water; in fact, in most cases, the quality of bottled water, in comparison to municipal tap water, is worse than that of it's bottled water counterpart. The other side of the story involves convenience, seemingly low cost, availability. It's there for us when we need it; it's versatile - we can take it on road trips or the casual walk. We're able to find it almost anywhere; tap water can only be found through taps and fountains - which are rare in public places today. It's also a myth that bottled water is safer than tap water; that tap water has harmful chemicals that could damage our immune system; that it tastes funny and can make you go crazy. The myth is false. Tap water, especially in high-density areas like Toronto and Vancouver, have municipal water supplies with very strict standards. Comparably to bottled water companies, Toronto checks the quality of its water every six to twelve hours, in every section of the treatment facility. Bottled water companies are regulated every six to twelve years, in comparison. Unless something goes horribly wrong and somebody is killed because of a toxin contracted from the bottled water, no part of the bottling system is changed. There is much more to both sides of the story; however there is not nearly enough room to write it all out here. For more information, check out these links : http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/faqs_bottle_water-eau_embouteillee_e.html http://www.kairoscanada.org/e/ecology/water/index.asp46
1711Is it worth upgrading to Windows Vista?There's no benefit, unless you have specific (new) software which REQUIRES Vista (like a very few games). Con's of upgrading to Vista: -You need a fast and modern machine with at least 2GB of RAM (memory) if you want to run Vista smoothly. -Many peripherals/devices (in general) are not supported (yet). -Many somewhat older peripherals/devices will not get support (drivers) at all. -Many old peripherals/devices simply won't work on Vista. -Many somewhat older software will not work until a new version will be released (thus, you need to purchase a new version). -Many older software will not work at all. -Many things will run SLOWER. -Vista gobbles up MUCH more harddisk space. As a result, backing up the system state (creating an image), takes a lot more time. I use imaging a lot (google for 'Ghost image') - if i don't like software, i rather go back an image instead of uninstalling the software (because very often, the registry will not be cleaned thoroughly when just 'uninstalling'). -Don't 'fix' it (your WinXP) if it aint broken. Well, even if it WERE broken, i'd rather re-install XP than install Vista. Pro's: -If you like eyecandy, I guess Vista would be preferable over XP. However, with a number of tricks, you can have XP behave and look like Vista very similarly. -Hmmm... Right now, i can't think of any other pro. General: -Some people will say Vista is more secure than XP. In fact, currently there's little difference. My conclusion: As long if MS supports (security updates) XP, i can't recommend upgrading to Vista at all. The main idea of an Operating System is to support software and hardware. Currently, Vista doesn't do a better job with that than XP.188
1704How do you control an unreasonable client?The sales process is like the courting ritual between the sexes. Everybody's smiling and you can't possible even imagine anything going wrong. Everybody thinks everything will be easy. I have to assume you're in the consulting business, when there's enough confusion for everyone. During the sales process is when you have to detect potential problems, organizationally, technically, and personality-wise. As they will ask you to commit to budget and deadlines, you will need to sign a contract of with expectations. Of course, you can only have those expectations if you have the experience. In any relationship there will be give-and-take. You need to gauge reasonableness from their personalities. If they have a litigious history, then that will probably be indicative of the future. You need to have the experience to measure underlying complexity up-front, beyond the 'stated' complexity. What they say is what they know. To build a bridge, all they know is they want to cross it. You must understand the foundations and construction materials, with usage expecations. Finally engage in strict scope control with the client. Your delivery teams top priority is to track conformance to expectations as new learning is revealed. There cannot be any shyness from the project manager in communicating "I though you said" to the delivery team or the client. Those words are only effective in an open forum, not in emails nor behind the back. Even with the best of intentions, relationships will go bad. You can control what they expect of you by being upfront with what you CAN and CANNOT do. Because if you said you can forecast the future, they'll expect that of you.2
1682What do I do with my toddler's temper tantrums? How do I deal with the noisy fits they throw in public?For young children, you can't attend to them everytime they throw a fit, because they learn quickly that their tantrums have a payoff. You also can't ignore them while they throw a fit, because that sends the wrong messages of neglect and rejection. So what do you do? You have to regain control. Some of my favorite commands are "Hands up", and "Close your eyes". Adults are physically more imposing, so as long as you're serious about regaining control, they will listen to you. A booming male's voice may work better. If they've gotten used to you as a push-over, you may have to restrain him physically. You're built bigger for a reason. Do not hurt him, but do restrain him. I find that gravity helps, especially when you restrain him with you on top and his back to the ground. Do this EVERY TIME he throws a tantrum, even in public. Kiss him and love him, be calm, show no anger but do show understanding and empathy. You are teaching him control by showing him control, so never lose your temper. You'd be amazed at how fast his behavior changes. For the real violent little ones, they may fight and try to bite you or hit you. The headbutts can be really dangerous. I recommend using holding his arms down with your arms, and sitting on his stomach area. (Not with all your weight... of course) If they learns to kick, extend your sitting position lower to almost lying on him. If they spits, put your body over his face so the spit just ends up on his face. You have to be patient to ride out each storm. If they is "hot-headed", do him a favor and give their head a cold shower. Don't freeze the kid, just show him other strategies to control himself.9
1674What are the most important rules for successful trading?The old rules are the best rules. They're simple, they work, and have been tried and proven. Adherence to the rules is difficult. 1. In bull markets, you must be long. It's okay to short the first rally in a bull market, but you can't continue to short afterwards. 2. Drop the "buy low, sell high" rule. Even "buy higher and sell higher" is oversimplified. You must "buy new-high pullback, sell ridiculously high." 3. Enter each position with the vision as if it has the potential to be the biggest trade of the year. 4. Before trading, plan your entries, plan your exits. 5. On minor corrections against the major trend, add to trades. Use the 33-50% corrections level of the previous movement or the proper moving average as a first point in which to add. 6. Be patient. If a trade is missed, wait for a correction to occur before putting