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Title: Amidst All The Voices of Controversy About "Dividing" Jerusalem, The Real Plan Actually Calls For Unifying The Holy City!
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Love For Jerusalem -- Overview
In order to preserve the Jewish heritage and bloodline throughout the nearly 2,000 years of Diaspora (Dispersion), God placed a love for Jerusalem within the hearts of the Jewish people which is nearly unbelievable. Listen to some of the love expressed in the Bible for the Holy City, Jerusalem. "Jerusalem" is mention 860 times in the Bible, so it is a city after God's own heart, also.
"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill with the harp. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!" (Psalms 137:5-6; Parallel Bible, Amplified Bible Commentary)
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
(Psalms 122:6-7; Ibid.)
"Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her..."
(Isaiah 66:10; Ibid.)
"For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; then you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and trotted [lovingly bounced up and down] on her [God's maternal] knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. When you see this, your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like green and tender grass. And the powerful hand of the Lord shall be revealed and known to be with His servants." (Isaiah 66:12-14a; Parallel Bible, Amplified Bible Commentary)
This is the love for Jerusalem which beats in the hearts of Jews everywhere around the world in every era of time. In fact, at the end of every Passover Seder, Jews would express this longing: "Next year, in Jerusalem". Let us examine this particular expression, for it is rich with meaning pertinent to our time.
"What, then, does it mean for today's Jew to utter the words 'next year in Jerusalem' at the end of every Passover seder? The most straightforward answer is that 'Jerusalem' refers to the future city--and its Temple--rebuilt when the Messiah comes. Most traditional Jews feel quite comfortable expressing this messianic longing at the end of the seder, just as at the end of each Shabbat Jews recite the hope that the Messiah should come 'speedily in our day'. And to clarify for Israelis, some traditional Haggadot indicate that those in the Jewish state should replace the phrase with 'next year in Jerusalem, the rebuilt', implying a rebuilt Temple." ("Next Year in Jerusalem", My Jewish Learning.com)
Therefore, this yearning for Jerusalem which God placed in the hearts of most Jews of the last 2,000 years is inexplicably interwoven with the yearning for the Jewish Messiah and for the Temple which prophecy foretells he shall build! Make no mistake about the fact that, today, this yearning for Jerusalem is still very strong within the heart of all Bible-believing Jews.
"Dividing Jerusalem" -- Current Topic of Debate
Therefore, when secular Israeli leaders -- led by Prime Minister Olmert -- speak of dividing Jerusalem between Israeli and Palestinian forces during this upcoming Peace Conference in Annapolis, the reaction from Bible-believing Jews is instantaneous and severe. Let us examine this current debate now.
NEWS BRIEF: "Palestinians offered Jerusalem olive branch: Israel is willing to hand over Arab east Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a new peace initiative", Times On Line, October 9, 2007
"Israel is willing to hand over Arab east Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a new peace initiative, the Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday ... Haim Ramon, the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, said that handing over parts of the predominantly Arab east Jerusalem could be on the table during a regional conference to be held in the United States next month. The Israeli Right has opposed transferring parts of Jerusalem, which both sides consider to be their capital. 'We must make concessions on the Jerusalem issue ... Mr Ramon said that he hoped a special administration could be set up to manage the disputed holy centre of the Old City, the site of the destroyed Jewish temple and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque."
Other Israeli leaders denied that any leader was even contemplating dividing Jerusalem into an Arab section and a Jewish section.
" 'The issue of the division of Jerusalem is an inalienable asset of the state of Israel. Palestinian refugees will not be returned to Israel and Jerusalem will not be divided', Shaul Mofaz, the Transport Minister, added."
Still, this issue refuses to go away -- probably because Israeli leadership finds it in their best interest to keep the controversy pot boiling.
NEWS BRIEF: "Academics wrestle with ramifications of dividing Jerusalem", By Stan Goodenough, Jerusalem Newswire, October 21, 2007
"A think-tank whose earlier recommendations underpinned the offer made by at least one leftist Israeli leader to 'share' Jerusalem with the as yet non-existent "Palestine" is reportedly drafting a document identifying some of the enormous complexities that will have to be dealt with if Israel's capital is truly to be put on the chopping block. The Olmert government and other politicians who have expressed a willingness to consider dividing up Jerusalem in recent months have also been encouraged on this course by recommendations of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS)."
When the Illuminati wants to convince a population to accept a radical change, they always seem to conjure up a "Think Tank" study which trumpets to the whole world what a wonderful idea this radical change represents. Of course, the Think Tank is wholly owned and operated by the Elite, but few people ever understand this reality!
However, this issue of dividing Jerusalem between Arab and Jew is a lot more complicated than it seems on the surface.
"How to separate or cut in half a city the Bible describes as having been made into an 'immovable rock'– these are the thoughts currently occupying the JIIS ... health benefits, unemployment benefits, pensions and welfare stipends - are throwing spanners in the works. JIIS Director-General Ora Ahimeir explained that "Jerusalem functions as a united city for 40 years, twice as long as the period when it was divided between Israel and Jordan. 'Separating from the Arab neighborhoods, even with an agreement, will not be easy. It involves complex issues of international and Israeli law, questions of rights and practical problems with regard to both the separated areas and the city from which they will separate'."
"Hundreds of thousands of Arabs living in those parts of the city that are now on the table have been enjoying most of the constitutional rights of regular Israeli citizens. However, 'the sweeping cancellation of social services, allowances, the right to receive health services and other rights associated with the withdrawal of permanent residency status [from these Arabs] will provide strong grounds for a claim of violation of the right to an honorable livelihood'." (Ibid.)
Before you jump to the conclusion that the difficulties of dividing Jerusalem and her inhabitants are so severe that it could never be done, listen to this last sentence.
"The JIIS, which describes its role as being to 'illuminate the difficulties and to put all the information on the table so that all the implications are clear' to Israel's decision makers, goes so far as to suggest they indeed prepare to pay such compensation." (Ibid.)
Therefore, JIIS intends that, before Israel's leaders fly off to attend the Peace Conference in Annapolis in late November, they shall be armed with all the facts and statistics they would need to make an informed decision.
In the meanwhile, the controversy continues to rage, between Jews of varying religious persuasions, as to whether it would be in Israel's interests to divide Jerusalem between Arab and Israeli. Even many secular Jews possess their doubts.
NEWS BRIEF: "Most Israelis say no to sharing Jerusalem", Khaleej Times, 9 October 2007
"JERUSALEM - Most Israelis oppose sharing Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a final peace deal, an opinion poll said on Tuesday after an Israeli minister sparked uproar by suggesting the idea. Asked whether Israel should agree to 'any sort of compromise on Jerusalem' as part of a final deal to end the decades-old Middle East conflict, 63 percent said no, according to the survey in the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot. Sixty-eight percent oppose transferring Arab neighbourhoods in occupied east Jerusalem to Palestinian control and 61 percent said Israel alone should have sovereignty over the holy places in the Old City, revered by the world's three leading monotheistic religions."
Those are very strong poll numbers and suggest that any suggestion that Jerusalem be divided would be "D.O.A." ("Dead On Arrival").
Don't be so sure.
Palestinians, on the other hand, are equally vociferous in demanding that they be given East Jerusalem as the capital of their new Palestinian State. President Abbas (who is a Freemason) is being repeatedly warned that he cannot cede control of the Temple Mount and the Islamic holy places, especially the "Dome of the Rock" temple.
Therefore, in this intense debate and jockeying for position, you apparently have the proverbial "Irresistible Force" meeting the "Immovable Object". While the Bush White House has declared that "now is the time" for a Palestinian State ("Irresistible Force"), Jews from both the secular and religious camp are opposing the whole idea ("Immovable Object").
What is the Illuminati to do?
"The New Jerusalem Covenant Project"
They play the old shell game, getting you to believe that their plan is really to divide Jerusalem! You see, their plan is not to divide, but to unify, under international leadership! To side-step all the problems created by either dividing control between Jews and Arabs, or by allowing Jordan to control Islamic holy sites, the Illuminati has another plan -- one which they had created almost 20 years ago! All this nonsense about Jerusalem being divided and control of the Holy Sites passing to another party is just the old shell game, designed to get you looking at the wrong shell.
Let us examine the genuine plan of the Illuminati -- it is called "The New Jerusalem Covenant Project"!
We shall quote pertinent portions of the House of Theosophy Seminar into which I was sneaked on August 18, 1991. This seminar was for members and their guest only and since John -- a Theosophist who had recently been saved -- was still officially a member, he took me as his guest. This seminar provided me some of the finest insights I have ever received into the New World Order Plan.
The Illuminati had just made some major decisions, and Bill Lambert, the Director of the New England House of Theosophy wanted to tell his members and their invited guests. Oh, yes, and by the way, Lambert had been in Jerusalem for the previous three years, serving on a committee called "The New Jerusalem Covenant Project".
Some aspects of this Plan have already been fulfilled (NEWS1395, "THREE GLOBAL MEETINGS TO PRODUCE ANTICHRIST ARE NOW!"), and I believe this Peace Conference in Annapolis in late November might fulfill more parts of this plan. Listen now to pertinent excerpts of NEWS1052, the notes I took at this House of Theosophy Seminar.
The name of this seminar was most interesting: "Possible and Probable Events In The Future"
Of course, events are "possible and probable" when they occur because a preconceived plan dictates that they will occur! Remember, Lambert is revealing details of a human plan, created in cooperation with supernatural 'Guiding Spirits' to establish the New World Order. They have no idea that their Plan simply and accurately fulfills Bible prophecy.
Listen as Lambert describes the ultimate Illuminati plan for Jerusalem, and determine if you can see this plan possibly being fulfilled in this Peace Conference.
First, Lambert sets the stage by talking about prophecy fulfillment:
"Prophecy -- Self-fulfilling nature of:
"What a person thinks, he creates. Occult law states that energy follows thought. Therefore, collective belief in wrong prophecy by millions of people can cause an immense unconscious level of negative feelings that can lead to fulfilling prophecy."
"Armageddon is a good case in point. People believe in the Armageddon concept, which is that this present world must be destroyed before the new can be created ... Therefore, massive collective belief in this concept leads toward a self-fulfillment of that concept. Belief in Armageddon is intertwined around Israel and the Middle East, and is causing nations toward this region, possibly setting the stage for massive, even nuclear, war."
This belief is standard New Age thinking. They believe that, when a person utters a Bible prophecy, that prophecy takes on a life and an energy all its own. As the years go by, the force created by this prophecy demands fulfillment. When a person "fulfills" this particular prophecy, he is only doing so as part of a "self-fulfilling nature". If a particular prophecy is not fulfilled, then its force hangs over the head of mankind, until someone steps forward to fulfill it.
Therefore, the Illuminati believes that "fulfillment" of all Messiah prophecies must be deliberately staged so that mankind can relieve itself from the force of these old prophecies, whose force is threatening all peoples of the earth until it is harmlessly "discharged", like a lightening bolt is harmlessly discharged into the ground by a lightening rod.
Getting back to Lambert:
"New Jerusalem Covenant Project"
"Sometime between 1985-2010, the following scenario will unfold, depending only on the right set of circumstances:
* Moslem and Jewish areas in Jerusalem will be combined with Christian to create the New Jerusalem Covenant
* All religions will convene to celebrate three (3) religious festivals simultaneously:
1. Festival of Goodwill -- normally in May-June
2. Festival of Easter -- normally in April
(Celebrates new birth, as exemplified by
the Christ -- Jesus Christ to Christians)
3. Festival of Wesak -- normally in March
(Celebrates birth of the Buddha)
"This celebration of these three combined Festivals will create the New World Order"
"Religion and will be the spiritual equivalent to the political United Nations."
"When the religious communities of the world are thus merged, political governments to simultaneously hold the following political/business conferences:
1. Planetary Goodwill Congress
2. Planetary Human Resource and Disarmament Congress
3. Planetary Environmental Resource and Space Congress"
Please note that these three interlinking conferences -- religious, political government, and business -- were held during a 13-day period between August 28 - September 10, 2000 (NEWS1395). We believe that the New World Order was officially and quietly established on September 10, 2000. One year, one day later, the attacks of 9/11 were carried out. When you understand the witchcraft significance of "one year, one day", you will never doubt again that the Illuminati deliberately carried out the attacks in order to overthrow the Old World Order (Read NEWS1789 for the unbelievable explanation of this "one year, one day" period).
Now, let us return to the notes of this Theosophy seminar. Note that Lambert suddenly shifts gears and vaults directly into a discussion of Jerusalem:
"Thus, when the three religious conferences and the three political/business conferences are simultaneously held, a grand merger of all forces will occur world-wide that will move the world in any desired direction. Then, and only then, will it be possible to build a combination Temple/Church/Mosque in Jerusalem." (Ibid.)
How did we get from the August-September, 2000, time period when the three conferences were actually held, to a "combination Temple/Church/Mosque in Jerusalem" which has yet to occur? The fact of the matter is that the Illuminati apparently planned for a lengthy time period to follow the "grand merger of all forces will occur world-wide" which shall maneuver the parties in the Middle East to reach agreement to build this combination religious building in Jerusalem which shall be comprised of all three Monotheistic religions - Jewish/Christian/Islamic.
This is the direction which this long-awaited Peace Conference may lead us! Rather than trying to divide Jerusalem, the Illuminati plans to unify Jerusalem into one combined Monotheistic worship city, to be administered by an international body. Bill Lambert refused to say that this combination church building would be built on the Temple Mount, as I directly questioned him. But, note that the specific part of the New World Order Plan, called the New Jerusalem Covenant Project, envisions the establishment of a combination religious Jerusalem -- Islam, Christianity, Judaism.
However, Lambert took another surprising leap when he said: "Any purely political settlement in the Middle East would not, by itself, bring peace. In other words, a purely political settlement would leave the religious nature of the problem unsolved. Any permanent solution to the Middle East conflict would also have to see the religious portion of the problem solved. Once this religious problem is solved, then the power and influence of the Orthodox Jews in Israel would permanently decline."
How about that? This Monotheistic combination worship center in a Jerusalem controlled by international forces is really aimed toward reducing/eliminating the "power and influence of the Orthodox Jews in Israel". The Jewish Illuminati has always been disgusted by those Orthodox Jews, who cling to the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) as the only Absolute Rule in the world today; they believe this plan will permanently reduce and/or eliminate the influence of the Orthodox Jew in Israel, long a coveted plan.
But, now Lambert leaps again in a surprising direction: the Roman Catholic Pope!
"At the proper moment in history, the Pope will visit the combined Jewish/Christian/Moslem sector of Jerusalem to announce that all religions should be combined into one. This action will then finally break the Middle East logjam."
If this Peace Conference does, indeed, set up a combination Temple/Church/Mosque in Jerusalem, then we should soon hear of plans by the Roman Catholic Pontiff to visit Jerusalem to make this historic announcement, i.e., that "all religions should be combined into one". This announcement will establish the worldwide Ecumenical Religion of the False Prophet, which the Pontiff will lead. This Illuminati decision officially brands the Roman Catholic Pope as the False Prophet of Revelation 13:10-18.
Finally, Bill Lambert revealed the external force which had to be continually applied in Israel if this Plan were to be realized.
"The impetus toward this type of settlement is made possible only because of a general fear of war. This fear of war must be maintained until the desired political and religious changes have been instituted." (Ibid.)
Now you know why the world has been writhing in such a "fear of war" scenario since August-September, 2000! Ultimately, Joel 3 and other Scriptures tell us that genuine all-out war will break out in the Middle East, but until this Plan has fully matured, the hounds of war will be restrained, and only "fear of war" will reign.
Final Step = Antichrist!
The final step in this "New Jerusalem Covenant Project" is the appearance of Antichrist. Listen to Lambert explain:
"The Spirit of Peace is hovering close to humanity, seeking opportunity to make His Presence felt. The Spirit of Peace is not an abstract concept but a potent Individual, wielding forces hitherto unfamiliar to our planet. Great Forces are awaiting the hour when They can function as the Liberators and the Deliverers of mankind. But the door to Their entrance must be opened by humanity itself and it will be opened by a united act of the will, expressed through some formula of words and expressed in sound. It will be brought about by an activity performed simultaneously by all men and women of goodwill and by all the world aspirants and disciples. The door will not open unless the act of invocation is backed by the focused will. The directed determination of the man or the group who is using the suggested formula, prayer, or invocation is essential." (Alice A. Bailey, "The Externalisation of the Hierarchy", p. 173. Bailey was the global head of the House of Theosophy for nearly 40 years at the beginning of the 20th Century)
In other words, minutes before Antichrist arises, some supernatural sound will be heard, and spiritually felt, by everybody on the planet simultaneously. At no other moment in world history will so many people be impacted at once. This sound is designed to get everyone looking around and upward, trying to figure out what caused this sound. This sound will also "jar" people's souls, much like a bowl of jelly is jarred by a severe shaking. Then, with everyone's attention aroused and focused, images of Antichrist will appear simultaneously over the entire earth, speaking to mankind, each in his own language. The "signs and wonders" foretold of Antichrist will have begun.
Then, after speaking of the appearance of the New Age Christ (Antichrist), Lambert speaks of the Rapture of the Church!
Energies want to flow from the Hierarchy to earth to produce the physical manifestation of the Christ; but, such flow can only occur when humanity raises its collective consciousness to be properly awakened receptors." (Page 617-618, Externalisation of the Hierarchy, paraphrased by Mr. Lambert).
At this point, I raised my hand to ask Mr. Lambert, 'You spoke earlier about the Pope going to Jerusalem; when Lord Maitreya makes his appearance, there will be three types of people:
1. Those whose consciousness has been properly raised so they can readily accept him;
2. Those whose consciousness has been raised somewhat but not so high that they can readily
and immediately accept him, but they might be able to accept him after further enlightenment;
3. Those who will never accept him.'
Bill then explained the fate of those members of Group #3, those whose personal consciousness was not now, nor could ever be, raised sufficiently to accept the Christ. Bill likened them to a person who had spent his entire life in a totally darkened room. If a sudden, intense light were to shine into this room, the person's eyes would not be able to endure the light. The person would try to flee the light and go into another room which was dark. Persons of Group #3 will "elect to leave for another room". [Lambert's exact words]
At this point, I raised my hand and asked, 'How do these people do this, Bill? No one can simply declare his spirit to leave this world. Do these people commit suicide?' Bill answered emphatically, "NO". He said, "I do not know how it will happen, but these people will leave this dimension."
After much thought, I have concluded that Bill is talking about the Rapture of the Church. He refused to say that these people would be killed, and we know the Bible teaches that Anti-Christ will not begin killing Christians until the mid-point of the Great Tribulation. But, Bill is saying that the timing of the departure of the people of Group #3 is immediately after the appearance of the Christ; and the method of their leaving is mysteriously voluntary. I believe the Guiding Spirits of the New Age leaders have created this story as a means of explaining the world-wide Rapture of the Church. Thus, when the Rapture occurs, people will not credit God and will continue being deceived.
Therefore, Bill Lambert listed a sequence of events culminating in the appearance of Antichrist and the Rapture of the Church. These sequential steps are:
1) Three conferences to be held at once or overlapping -- Religious, Political and Business. These three conferences were held August 28 - September 10, 2000
2) Jerusalem unified as a Monotheistic city, with a combination Monotheistic worship center built.
3) The Roman Catholic Pope will travel to Jerusalem to declare all world's religion are ONE.
4) Antichrist appears on the world scene, amidst tremendous "signs and wonders".
5) Rapture of the Church
As you can see, this seminar contained such block-buster information about the Illuminati Plan and how it fit into Bible Prophecy, I could scarcely contain myself! Today, at long last, the impetus seems irresistible to a Peace Conference in which startling concessions will be made for peace, possibly including an internationalization of Jerusalem and the building of a combination worship center dedicated to the three Monotheistic religions of the world.
We can only wait to see how events turn out. Truly, mankind is at the End of the Age.
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Lets face it, the "social media revolution" has stalled
A few years ago, following the Murphy-Goode "A Really Goode Job" contest that the inimitable Hardy Wallace won, the Big News throughout wine country was wineries hiring Social Media Directors.
The idea, near as I could tell, was to bring someone onboard who was young, social media savvy, creative and hard-working, who would give the winery a strong presence on platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as the winery's own website. From there, the theory went, sales would soar as engagement with consumers took off.
Well, as far as theories go, it was all right–a good and necessary first step–but in retrospect I think we can all agree that the reach exceeded the grasp. Perhaps that's why we began hearing less and less about Social Media Directors, as that function was transitioned either upward, as a rather small part of the Technology Officer's or Human Relations manager's duties, or downward, to a mere intern's (or maybe a son's or daughter's) responsibilities.
The turnabout was to be expected. Social media arose so quickly in the U.S. that, not only did few see it coming, but even when it got here few knew how to use it. As usual, the adults thought it was just something for the kids. And the kids, well, they just liked it and didn't over-analyze it or try to figure out how they could make money off it. (Okay, Mark Zuckerberg did, but you know what I mean.) It was like the Internet itself: when it came of age, in the 1990s, nobody knew what to make of it. Everybody said it was revolutionary and would change the world–but exactly how that was supposed to happen, no one knew. If you go back to the early and mid-1990s, you'll remember the search for "the killer app." It turned out to be search engine (well, actually, it was porn, but we're not supposed to talk about that). And then after search it was social media. One-eighth of the population of the world has a Facebook account!
I suppose there could be even more "killer apps" in the future as the technology improves (keep in mind Moore's Law), but it's hard to wrap my mind around that, since we haven't fully absorbed the lessons of the social media we already have. The focus so far has been on what used to be called B2C: the business-to-consumer use of social media. Given the temporary (let us hope) hiatus that so many wineries are experiencing in this area, some companies are starting to think of social media in terms of B2B (business-to-business). For example, Brian Margolies, the CIO of Allied Beverage Group, New Jersey's largest distributor of wine and spirits, wrote last week that his company has spent the past year researching how to use social media to facilitate relationships with its clients ("liquor stores, bars, and restaurants"). As hard as they've worked it, Margolies writes, "[W]e've seen little discernible effect on sales, demand, brand awareness, usable business intelligence, or even facilitation of community." He's savvy enough to realize that this doesn't necessarily mean social media is useless for B2B purposes. Maybe it was something Allied did wrong, or didn't do right. "Have we missed something in our approach or not given the program sufficient time to evolve? Have we overlooked something obvious, or is our target community already too defined?" Good questions, and a good posture of self-examination.
That's where the wine industry is at: the bloom is off the social media rose, but it's impossible to shake off the feeling that it really, truly could be something incredible, if only…what? We still don't know, which is why Margolies's questions are so vital.
Steve, you've written several times on this general theme and I remain a little perplexed by it. I suppose to the extent that wineries simply expected social media to lead to an explosion of sales while using it much like they have other forms of promotion, that clearly has not come to pass. Did wineries really expect this to work? Did someone actually promise these results after using social media this way?
Social media does nothing for most businesses because they use it like businesses once used spam faxes. They just spam via Twitter or Facebook. No surprise really that this isn't effective. I do believe a subsection of wineries are successful at boosting their sales through social media because they get it. They acually engage with their constomers, not with generic ads, but with two-way conversation. The wineries that succeed with this strategy are perhaps too small and too few to show up in some industry-wide statistical analysis, but I think there are many that would social media has actually worked. The problem is, I suppose, it requires a quality or characteristic not everyone has. You have to be "social."
Am I the only one who has Facebook and Linked-In notifications going to Junk Mail? Avid Facebookers seem to like to provide TMI about themselves. And wineries seem to think the announcement that they have a new release is what everyone is on Facebook is dying to know. It's a little embarrassing, actually.
For me the key factor is that anything you do in business costs you money. Given limited resources what is the return on social media versus the return on other endeavors to build business? What is the return from interacting with facebook "friends" versus calling on a half dozen accounts or someone spending their day with a wholesaler rep? So far I would put my $ on the old fashioned, face to face method.
And if I were Zuckerberg I would be cashing in on all those options he is about to exercise.
Social media has been and always was overhyped. Social media, as you defined it, is a tool not a solution. As you surmised, once people learn how to use this tool, along with other marketing tools at ones disposal, will he see an impact.
Local and loyal are the keys. Regardless of the media or product or friend for that matter. That is why SM works for retailers because their loyal customers – and customers' friends – are local or loyal.
Also, many people use their phones and tablets, not their computers, to communicate all things (whether they mean to or not).
So, there is no direct link between a winery Tweet and fact the consumer immediately went to his wine app or called local store and discovered it was (or largely, was not) available locally. That consumer of a $10-25 bottle is not going to check with the winery or order direct etc. However, it will remind them to pick up a bottle for dinner. Industry wins, winery not so much.
Back to the winery side, check with Gallo. Hired first Social Marketing Mgr 2+ yrs ago. Two related jobs few months ago.
One of the factors affecting the B2B connection may be that many retail and wholesale accounts are not that tech savvy when one considers how wide the infrastructure for alcohol sales is nationally. Major urban or entertainment centers will have the staff, training and sophisticated tools and programs in place, but I imagine there are still lots of accounts who have a two year old copy of BIN underneath the cash register.
Social Media was never going to be a silver bullet for sales because it would instantly become just another channel for noise, but then again consistently doing something well and measuring results, regardless if they manifest into $ has always been the black hole. Developing effective campaigns, that engage people to talk about brands needs to be fun, arouse curiosity and not be overly intrusive. That is the Media part and is very challenging.
But how do you track effectivness? For wineries, I can't think of a better way to measure the 'pulse' of what is being said about their brand, allowing the staff person in charge of managing the social messaging to interact with the person making the comment than Social Connect, from VinTank. I monitor a VinTank Social Connect account (BTW, they are free) for a winery and it gives me an amazingly concise dashboard of every conversation on the internet where that brand is mentioned. It is the first thing I look at in the morning and if someone (even Robert Parker), tweets about one of the wines. I know it instantly and can send that person a prompt 'thank you' or any other appropriate response. It certainly makes the social component a lot easier to manage and reduces my SM responsibilities to about 15 minutes a day.
Obviously nobody is going to mention a brand they know nothing about so traditional marketing, placements of advertising and product in key accounts or hosted events help build the brand awareness. While not on the front burner constantly. A brand message will hopefully resonate with consumers when delivered in a social context.
Talk is very inexpensive, revenue generation that actually pays bills for a winery and be tricky and expensive.
I have asked every CRM software company and consultant in the social media space that has come across our path to show me from a data driven ROI standpoint how the time, effort and expense from whatever they propose actually makes financial sense.
Although many have made significant claims, to date, no one has been able to show me the money. Click.
has anyone ever heard a salesman say something happened on the street because of social media?
Your page views must be low, Steve. When in doubt attack social media and hope all the bloggers click and comment, eh? A bit obvious even for you.
I have tried Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn and Ping, blogs and old-fashioned advertising.
Of that list, only old-fashioned advertising works directly. There is no easy, measurable impact from the others unless one includes some kind of identified offer.
Smallish wineries that have accumulated a decent sized following can use SM for sales because all sales are important as a percentage of their business. Large wineries can only use SM for publicity purposes.
The problem with SM for most of us is the incessant chatter that gets in the way of real communication. I see folks like Steve and Joe Roberts and others speaking directly to each other, and it all reminds me of the issue related chat rooms that used to dot the Internet. On the AOL wine boards and chat rooms, we could go on for hours and hours–with a handful of folks.
The same is true of Twitter and Facebook–except it takes more effort is far more scattered. Do I really care how many people I have as Facebook friends like a picture posted by Joe Schmoe?
Social Media will have a role, and perhaps there will be an Internet 3.0 or 4.0 or some other point-0 that will be more direct, better directed and more useful. For the moment, the trees are so thick than ou cannot see find the one you want in the forest. And that makes social media about as useful in most cases as Morton has suggested that it is.
Too bad. I kind of liked my tweets. And so did others, but not enough and I had to wade through hundreds and hundreds a day to find any worth responding to-usually long after the poster had hung up and went back to real work.
Thanks for the post, Steve. I think two important aspects of the "failure" of social media were not discussed in the post, and are crucial to success.
EXPECTATIONS: Social media is advertising. Plain and simple. Really, it's more like Guerilla Advertising than anything else. Many people and companies in the wine industry got incredibly excited about social media as a silver sales bullet. It's not. Ask any winery and they'll pretty much tell you they haven't made a significant amount of money off of social media. It's brand recognition, relationship building, and brand communication. Plain and simple. Based on these elements, it's clearly a platform for advertising with a little customer relations built in. If you look at the latest Wine Market Council numbers, you'll see that a huge number of consumer decisions are based on "reviews and recommendations." Their definition includes reviews and recommendations from friends. Facebook especially is a hotbed for this. If a company is expecting increased direct sales through social media, then it's a failure. If a company is expecting effective (and mostly free) advertising, then it's a success.
CENSORSHIP: The companies hiring social media directors are also the companies that have the most restrictive "brand standards." Authenticity, images, and humor drive engagement on social media, particularly facebook. If you have an enormous company that will only allow the traditional corporate message on a social media platform, the only thing they'll be putting out is "Our vineyard is so pretty" "Our wines are on sale!" "Event tonight!" "It's Mother's Day!" or worse, the typical long-winded watered-down corporate value statement linking to a similar blog post. Facebook is "a place for friends." Meaning people. If a brand has no personality, no point of view, or nothing interesting to say to its consumers, it is absolutely a failure. Many of these social media directors you mention are smart, savvy individuals whose hands are tied by a corporate-driven fear of offending people or "cheapening the brand." Until the parent companies get on board with what these platforms are about, they'll continue to see failure.
Partially agree. But don't forget e-commerce in the late 90s. That was the killer app; back then we were laying the pipes at Cisco, then at Interwoven we were building the front-end stores. Hype ensued. Web masters were king, analogous perhaps to social media directors. And of course that bubble popped. But the pragmatic underpinnings – doing business via the web – is something we take for granted today. It was only in the last few years that Netflix crushed brick-and-mortar BlockBuster, and that was because of innovation that happened over a decade earlier. I think same will hold true for social media (but I'm hoping with the bubble crash part!).
oops: WITHOUT the bubble crash part. One is enough for this lifetime.
I look forward to this same exact post three months from now. It was just as enjoyable three months ago. Rinse, repeat.
Right on Steve, stick it to the man!
I think that the real effect of social media in wine is stall because the millenials are just emerging as a serious presence in wine (both as consumers and workers). I'd say in 5 years, you will see a huge not only impact but also dependence on social media becuase the demand of employees, consumers and younger business owners will force business to operate in that medium.
Evidence: http://www.libationlawblog.com/libationlawblogcom/2012/5/7/millennials-and-gen-xers-will-dominate-your-sales-by-2016.html
I have to agree there is a lot of social noise out there but SM is not going away, nor has it stalled. But on the flip side, and more importantly, whether it is B2C, B2B or a B2E model, analyzing the data in a way that can assist businesses to make informed decisions based on their big data is a hot topic today. I can guarantee there is some useful data amongst all that noise in the Allied Beverage Group model. They just have to find the right level of analytics/information to take their business to the next level.
Want to really see if social media works? Keep an eye on Visa for Olympics 2012 (ads etc start Monday).
NYT: Visa's Olympic campaign largest in 25 years. inclu…"comments, pix, video clips on Visa Facebook page…Twitter @teamvisa…#VisaGoWorld." Agency: TBWA/Chiat/Day Las Angeles. No $ in story (mistake).
Same with other major sponsors inclu Coke, McDo, P&G, Samsung.
As it is global, exporters should pay attention IMHO if you are adrift in SM.
Then, let Steve (and me) know.
Harvey, Steve… One could make many of the same questioning comments about advertising – especially re wine. Bad Social Media, like bad advertising is a waste of money. But it's probably a waste of rather LESS money!

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TechEd will be in Atlanta next year, May 16-19, 2011 at the Georgia World Conference Center. I went this year to the one in New Orleans and would like to go again in 2011, though the one wrinkle for me is that it's the week immediately following SQLRally. I'm expecting SQLRally to be an intense week for me, so I'm not sure whether heading off to TechEd would be a break or one thing too many!
I'm tempted though, Atlanta is an easy flight for me, and lots of people in the area that I know. I submitted two presentations (my first attempt at TechEd), one on Statistics (same as the one I delivered at PASS Summit with a few tweaks) and another on Professional Development Plans, but this one targeted at managers.
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Ever wonder what would happen if you mixed a hot air balloon with the massive figures in the Macy's Day Parade? While I would have thought the balloons pictured in this WebEcoist round-up would be too poorly balanced to fly and land correctly, they apparently have no trouble soaring through the air.
It does seem as though you'll need far more hot air to travel far with one of these fantastic flying structures, but isn't that a small price to pay to fly in a giant polar bear?
I've never been in a hot air balloon, but perhaps some high-flying Flossers can fill us in, would these be hard to control?


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I'm supposed to take the day off on Saturday, and I'm not supposed to post. But is a computer post really a post? It's both off- and on-topic.
Is this insubstantial sliver to be the new TOP Mothership?
I have to replace the iMac by February at the latest (when its AppleCare protection runs out). At this point I've had correspondence with Ctein and a conversation with an Apple expert (who actually works for Apple) at the local Best Buy. Currently I'm thinking about making a 13" MacBook Air or 13" MacBook Pro the hub of my entire system. At home, I'd use my regular ergonomic keyboard, a 27" display, a powered hub for peripherals, an outboard superdrive, a separate hard drive for music and picture storage, and a Time Capsule to back everything up through CCC. At home, the Air or Pro would be the main CPU and the screen for Photoshop palettes. When I travel, I'd just remove the "heart" of the system—the lapdog—er, -top—and take it along with me.
Seems feasible, and I know myself well enough to know I'd probably run into headaches keeping two separate machines up to date with each other.
Wondering about your thoughts on this*. Mainly: 13-inch Air or 13-inch Pro with Retina Display? Which would you choose? Doesn't seem like they're very far apart, to my untrained eye.
[UPDATE: For the benefit of any lurkers, several people in the comments have mentioned that the MacBook Pros will receive their next round of upgrades in the Fall, and advised that anyone contemplating buying one wait till then. —MJ]
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Prime spiral (Ulam spiral)
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Ulam Spiral
- The Ulam spiral, or prime spiral, is a plot in which prime numbers are marked among positive integers that are arranged in a counterclockwise spiral. The prime numbers show a pattern of diagonal lines.
Basic Description
The prime spiral was discovered by Stanislaw Ulam (1909-1984) in 1963 while he was doodling on a piece of paper during a science meeting. Starting with 1 in the middle, he wrote positive numbers in a grid as he spiraled out from the center, as shown in Image 1. He then circled the prime numbers, and the prime numbers showed patterns of diagonal lines as shown by the grid in Image 2. The grid in Image 2 is a close-up view of the center of the main image such that the green line segments and red boxes in the center of the main image line up with those in the grid.
A larger Ulam spiral with 160,000 integers and 14,683 primes is shown in the main image. Black dots indicate prime numbers. In addition to diagonal line segments formed by the black dots, we can see white vertical and horizontal line segments that cross the center of the spiral and do not contain any black dots, or prime numbers. There are also white diagonal line segments that do not contain any prime numbers. Ulam spiral implies that there is some order in the distribution of prime numbers.
A More Mathematical Explanation
From time immemorial, humans have tried to discover patterns among prime numbers. Currently, there is [...]
From time immemorial, humans have tried to discover patterns among prime numbers. Currently, there is no known simple formula that yields all the primes. The diagonal patterns in the Ulam spiral gives some hint for formulas of primes numbers.
Definition of Half-lines
Many half-lines in the Ulam spiral can be described using quadratic polynomials. A half-line is a line which starts at a point and continues infinitely in one direction. In this page, we only consider half-lines that are horizontal or vertical, or have a slope of -1 or +1. The half-lines that can be described using quadratic polynomials are the ones in which each entry of the diagonal is positioned on a different ring of the spiral.
The ring of a spiral can be considered as the outermost layer of a concentric square or a rectangle centered around the center of the spiral, 1, as defined by the blue line in the grid. Although there is no exact place where we can determine the beginning and end of a ring, we will assume that entries that are positioned on squares or rectangles of the same sizes to be on the same ring. For instance, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, which are shown in red boxes in Image 3, are on the same ring, whereas 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, as shown in blue boxes, are on a different ring because they are positioned on a bigger square.
The green lines in the Image 3 qualify as diagonal half-lines whereas the red lines do not because the red lines cross the corner of the grid in a way that two entries of the red diagonal line are positioned on the same ring.
Thus, diagonal line segments that are composed of prime numbers can also be expressed as outputs of quadratic polynomials. To learn more about the relation between the diagonal lines and quadratic polynomials, click below.
Half-lines and quadratic polynomialsFirst, we need to know the relation between quadratic polynomials and the difference table of sequences. Le [...]
Half-lines and quadratic polynomials
First, we need to know the relation between quadratic polynomials and the difference table of sequences. Let's choose the diagonal , the diagonal indicated with green dotted line in Image 3, as our original sequence and create a difference table.
As we can see from the table, the 2nd differences are constant, and this implies that the original sequence can be described by a second degree polynomial. For more information about difference tables and about finding specific polynomials for sequences, go to difference tables.
Now, we will see that the second differences are always constant for any segment of a diagonal half-line. Let's choose the same diagonal with entries . (For a better understanding of the following paragraphs, the reader should wait until the animation shows three different blue rings and then watch the rest of the animation.)
In Image 4, the number of the innermost light blue boxes, which is 14, indicate the distance from to , or the difference between these two numbers. The number of darker blue boxes in the middle indicate the difference between the numbers and . The darkest blue boxes on the outside indicate the difference between the entries and . The number of all these blue boxes correspond to the first differences in the difference table.
In Image 4, the light blue boxes are divided into pieces, and each piece is moved to on top of the darker blue boxes. We can see that there are more darker blue boxes than the innermost light blue boxes. Similarly, the blue boxes in the middle are divided into pieces and are moved to on top of the darkest blue boxes.
Indeed, as Image 4 illustrates, regardless of the exact number of the blue boxes, there are more boxes in any given ring than there are in the ring that is one layer inwards from it. This means that the the second differences, or the differences between the first differences is always going to be constant at . Thus, the sequence for any diagonal half-line can be described using a quadratic polynomial.
Examples of quadratic polynomials for half-lines
For instance, prime numbers , which are aligned in the same diagonal, can be described through the output of the polynomial for . Similarly, numbers , which are also aligned in a green diagonal in Image 5 starting from the center and continuing to the upper right corner, can be expressed by:
for . (We will refer back to this polynomial in a later section) In fact, the part of the green diagonal that starts from the center and continues to the bottom left corner can also be described through Eq. (1) for .
In fact, even horizontal and vertical line segment in the grid can be described by quadratic polynomials, as long as the lines satisfy the condition that no two entries are positioned on the same ring. For instance, the blue horizontal line segment in Image 5, can be described by a quadratic polynomial. However, the sequence on the same horizontal line cannot be described by a polynomial because the entries 9 and 10 are on the same ring.
Moreover, it is not hard to show that the green diagonal line from Image 5 that goes through the center and has a slope of +1 is the only line on which the Ulam numbers in both directions can be described by the same polynomial. Even the red diagonal line that goes through the center and has a slope of -1 cannot be described by one polynomial.
Half of the red diagonal, the segment going up from the center, can be described by for inputs that are even numbers, while the diagonal going down from the center, is a sequence of perfect squares of odd numbers. Thus we cannot find one polynomial that generates both all entries of the red diagonal.
Euler's Prime Generator
Many have come up with polynomials in one variable that generate prime numbers, although none of these polynomials can generate all the prime numbers. One of the most famous polynomials is the one discovered by Leonhard Euler(1707-1783), which is :
Euler's polynomial generates distinct prime numbers for each integer from to .
As we can see in Image 6, we can start an Ulam's spiral with 41 at the center of the grid and get a long, continuous diagonal with 40 prime numbers. One interesting fact is that the 40 numbers in the diagonal line segment are the first 40 prime numbers that are generated through Euler's polynomial. Moreover, the prime numbers are not aligned in order of increasing values. In fact, with 41 in the center, other prime numbers alternate in position between the upper right and lower left part of the diagonal.
We will show why an Ulam's spiral that starts with 41 generates entries aligned in a diagonal that can also be descried as outputs of Euler's polynomial.
First, we found out in the previous section that Eq. (1) is the polynomial for the diagonal that goes through the center 1 and has a slope of +1 in the [...]
First, we found out in the previous section that Eq. (1) is the polynomial for the diagonal that goes through the center 1 and has a slope of +1 in the Ulam's spiral. That is,
describes the upper half of the diagonal as we plug in and the lower half of the diagonal as we plug in . Thus, 's are positioned in the diagonal as if the diagonal was a number line that starts with 0 at the center, with positive integers on the upper right and negative integers on the lower left direction, as shown in Image 7.
Then, if we start the Ulam's spiral at 41 and thus make 41 the center, each entry on the grid, including the entries on the diagonal segment, will increase by 40. Then, the diagonal can be described by the polynomial :
- Eq. (2) .
In fact, we will see that this polynomial and Euler's polynomial are describing the same entries along the diagonal once we make some changes in numbering the position of 's. Euler's polynomial can be found by reassigning the position of the entries of the diagonals so that is at the center, are the positions up the diagonal line, are positions of entries down the diagonal line from the center, as shown in Image 8. Thus, starting with at the center, we alternate between the right and left of the center as we number the positions .
Then, for the upper half of the diagonal in Image 8, we can use instead of from Image 7. Then,
If we plug this value in to of Eq. (2), we get :
- ,
which has the same form as Euler's polynomial.
The same method works for the bottom half as well. We use in Image 8 while we used in Image 7. Then,
- .
By substituting the 's in the polynomial the same way we did above, we get:
Thus, we can see that Eq. (2), in fact, have the same output as Euler's polynomial after we reassign the position of 's. We have shown that Eq. (1), which describes the diagonal that goes through the center and has a slope of +1, can be transformed to Euler's polynomial that describes the same diagonal that has 41 as its center.
Sacks Spiral
Sacks spiral is a variation of the Ulam spiral that was devised by Robert Sacks in 1994. Sacks spiral places in the center and places nonnegative numbers on an Archimedean spiral, whereas the Ulam spiral places in the center and places other numbers on a square grid. Moreover, Sacks spiral makes one full counterclockwise rotation for each square number , as shown in Image 10. The darker dots indicate the prime numbers.
We can also see in Image 10 that numbers that have blue check marks and are aligned in the left side of the spiral are pronic numbers. For example, .
Moreover, these numbers are aligned in positions that are a little less than half of one full rotation from one perfect square to the next perfect square, for instance, from 4 to 9, or 9 to 16. Let the th perfect square be . Then, going from the th perfect square to the st perfect square, the difference between the two numbers will be . We can show this by calculating the difference between two consecutive perfect squares,
- .
Because the pronic numbers are positioned a little less than half of one full rotation from the perfect squares, their position is a little less than from the th perfect square as we go around the spiral. Indeed, any pronic number , and the pronic number with the form is aligned at the th position from the origin. From this, we can see that pronic number that has the form appears as the th number along the spiral from the th perfect square.
An interesting pattern can be discovered when we start the spiral at 41. As Image 11 shows, the red dots are the first 40 prime numbers generated by Euler's polynomial, and they are aligned in the center and positions where pronic numbers used to be in the original Sacks spiral.
Other Numbers and Patterns
Triangular Number
A number is a triangular number if number of dots can be arranged into an equilateral triangle evenly filled with the dots. As shown in theimage below, the sequence of triangular numbers continue as .
The triangular number, , is given by the formula :
When we mark the triangular numbers in a Ulam spiral, a set of spirals are formed as shown in the image below.
Prime numbers in lines
The Ulam spiral inspired the author of this page to create another table and find a pattern among prime numbers. First, we create a table that has 30 columns and write all the natural numbers starting from 1 as we go from left to right. Thus, each row will start with a multiple of 30 added by 1, such as 1, 31, 61, 91, 121, ... . When we mark the prime numbers in this table, we get Image 14.
We can see that prime numbers appear only on certain columns that had 1, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 on their first row. This image shows that all prime numbers have the form:
Note that not all numbers generated by this form are prime numbers. Another point to notice in the picture is that the nonprime numbers that appear on prime-concentrated columns are all multiples of prime numbers larger than or equal to 7. For instance, . In fact any combination of two prime numbers larger than or equal to 7 all appear on these prime-concentrated columns.
To learn more about the reason for such alignment of prime numbers, click below.
Image 15 shows the process of eliminating multiples of prime numbers from the table. First, we eliminate multiples of 2, and then we eliminate
Image 15 shows the process of eliminating multiples of prime numbers from the table. First, we eliminate multiples of 2, and then we eliminate multiples of 3. Since 4 is a multiple of 2, any multiple of 4 was already eliminated. Thus, we next eliminate multiples of 5. We continue this process until we eliminate multiples of 19. (We do not eliminate numbers bigger than 19 because we only have numbers up to 390 in this table.) Note that when we eliminate multiples of 2, 3 or 5, the entire column that comes below any multiple of 2, 3, 5 on the first row get eliminated as well.
We can see from Image 15 that eliminating multiples of 2, 3, 5 leaves us with columns where prime numbers appear. All of these multiples of 2, 3, and 5, or all the numbers that are not in the prime-concentrated column, have the form
- Eq. (3) ,
where .
Thus, for a given number with the form of Eq. (3) we are able to factor out 2 or 3 or 5, or any combination of the three, which means that this number is divisible by 2, 3, or 5.
However, we know that prime numbers are not multiples of 2 or 3 or 5. Then, these prime numbers will not have the same form as Eq. (3), or else the prime numbers will be divisible by 2 or 3 or 5. Indeed, we can see that the prime numbers are positioned at :
Thus, prime numbers have to be positioned on the blue columns that do not have the same form as Eq. (3).
Next, we look at nonprime numbers that are products of multiplication of two prime numbers or a perfect square of a prime number. These products will be divisible by the prime numbers they are composed of, but they will not be divisible by 2 or 3 or 5.
For instance, 77, which is a nonprime number that appears on the column of prime numbers 117, 47, 107, 137, ..., is a product of two prime numbers, 7 and 11. Because each of these prime numbers do not have any divisors other than 1 and themselves, 77 is not divisible by 2 or 3 or 5. Thus, 77 and all other products of prime numbers also cannot have the same form as Eq. (3), and they have to appear on the blue columns that are concentrated with prime numbers.
Why It's Interesting
Not much is discovered about the Ulam spiral. For instance, the reason for the diagonal alignment of prime numbers or the vertical and horizontal arrangement of non-prime numbers is not clear yet. Indeed, Ulam spiral is not heavily studied by mathematicians. However, Ulam spiral's importance lies on the fact that it shows a clear pattern among prime numbers.
Some might suspect that we are seeing diagonal lines in the Ulam spiral because the human eye seeks patterns and groups even among random cluster of dots. However, we can compare Image 16 and Image 17 and see that the prime numbers actually have a distinct pattern of diagonal lines that random numbers do not have. Image 16 is a Ulam spiral where the black dots denote for the prime numbers, and Image 17 is a Ulam spiral of random numbers.
People are interested in the pattern among prime numbers because the pattern might give enough information for us to discover a new polynomial that will generate more prime numbers than previously-discovered polynomials. The discovery of formula for prime numbers can lead us to have better understanding of other mysterious conjectures and theories involving prime numbers, such as twin prime conjecture or Goldbach's conjecture. For more information about the twin prime conjecture or Goldbach's conjecture, go to Wolfram Math World :Twin Prime Conjecture or Wolfram Math World :Goldbach Conjecture.
Teaching Materials
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Pickover, Clifford A. (2009). The Math Book : From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics. London : Sterling Publishing
Wikipedia (Ulam Spiral). (n.d.). Ulam Spiral. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral.
Wikipedia (Sacks Spiral). (n.d.). Sacks Spiral. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacks_spiral.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Prime Spiral." In MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. Retrieved from http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeSpiral.html.
Sacks, Robert. (2007) NumberSpiral.com. Retrieved from http://www.numberspiral.com/index.html.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Prime-Generating Polynomial." In MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. Retrieved from http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Prime-GeneratingPolynomial.html
Future Directions for this Page
- An explanation for the patterns appearing among triangular numbers in Triangular number section
- An helper page for Archimedean Spiral in Sacks Spiral section
- An explanation of why the vertical and horizontal lines through the center do not contain any prime numbers
- A dynamic development of the spiral with e.g. red = all products of 2; green = all products of 3; nextcolour = all products of nextprime (except for those that are already coloured). If we start with all numbers = black, then at the end, black=prime
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This audio, "Getting the Book Invented Properly," recorded in 1993, comes off as prophetic now. That's why the Literary Platform has invited animators to provide their own accompaniments to Adams' words. Above it Gavin Edwards' charming entry, and below is the winning, robot-fueled video, created by Eleanor Stokes:
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|Oracle® Call Interface Programmer's Guide,
11g Release 1 (11.1)
Part Number B28395-01
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This appendix describes only the features of OCI that apply to the Windows 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. Windows NT is no longer supported.
This chapter contains these topics:
The Oracle Call Interface for Windows package includes:
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Oracle Universal Installer
Header files for compiling OCI applications
Library files for linking OCI applications
Sample programs for demonstrating how to build OCI applications
The OCI for Windows package includes the additional libraries required for linking your OCI programs.
See Also:"OCI Instant Client" for a simplified OCI installation option.
OCI is included in the default Oracle Database installation. When you install Oracle Database, Oracle Universal Installer creates the OCI files in the
bin, and
precomp directories under the
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME directory. These files include the library files needed to link and run OCI applications, and link with other Oracle for Microsoft Windows products, such as Oracle Forms.
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME directory contains the following directories that are relevant to OCI:
Table D-1 ORACLE_HOME Directories and Contents
|Directory Name
Executable and help files
Oracle Call Interface directory for Windows files
Header files, such as
Sample programs
Object Type Translator utility and default configuration file
When OCI is installed, a set of sample programs and their corresponding project files are copied to the
\oci\samples subdirectory. Oracle recommends that you build and run these sample programs to verify that OCI has been successfully installed and to familiarize yourself with the steps involved in developing OCI applications.
To build a sample, run a batch file
(make.bat)at the command prompt. For example, to build the
cdemo1.c sample, enter the following command in the directory
C:> make cdemo1
After you finish using these sample programs, you can delete them if you choose.
ociucb.c should be compiled using
ociucb.bat. This batch file creates a DLL and places it in the
\bin directory. To load user callback functions, set the environment registry variable
ORA_OCI_UCBPKG to
When you compile an OCI application, you must include the appropriate OCI header files. The header files are located in the
\oci\include directory.
For Microsoft Visual C++, specify
\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\oci\lib\msvc in the libraries section of the Option dialog box. For the Borland compiler, specify
For example, if you are using Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0, you need to put in the appropriate path,
\oracle\ora10\oci\include, in the Directories page of the Options dialog in the Tools menu.
Note:The only Microsoft Visual C++ releases supported for the current OCI release are 7.1 or higher.
See Also:Your compiler's documentation for specific information about compiling your application and special compiler options
The OCI calls are implemented in dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that Oracle provides. The DLLs are located in the
\bin directory and are part of the Required Support Files (RSFs).
Oracle only provides the
oci.lib import library for use with the Microsoft Compiler. Borland compiler is also supported by Oracle for use with OCI. Oracle recommends that applications must always link with
oci.lib to avoid re-linking or compilation with every release.
When using
oci.lib with the Microsoft Compiler, you do not have to indicate any special link options.
Oracle recommends that applications be linked with
oci.lib, which takes care of loading the correct versions of the Oracle DLLs.
The following directories are searched in this order by
Directory from which the application is loaded or the directory where
oci.dll is located
Current directory
32-bit Windows system directory
(system32). Use the
GetWindowsDirectory() function to obtain the path of this directory.
16-bit Windows directory
(system). There is no Win32 function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.
Directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable
To run an OCI application, ensure that the entire corresponding set of Required Support Files (RSFs) is installed on the computer that is running your OCI application.
The XA Application Program Interface (API) is typically used to enable an Oracle database to interact with a transaction processing (TP) monitor, such as:
BEA Tuxedo
IBM Transarc Encina
You can also use TP monitor statements in your client programs. The use of the XA API is supported from OCI.
The Oracle XA Library is automatically installed as part of Enterprise Edition. Table D-2 lists the components created in your Oracle home directory.
oci.lib now contains the XA exports:
To compile and link an OCI program:
.c by using Microsoft Visual C++ or the Borland compiler, making sure to include
\rdbms\xa in your path.
.obj with the following libraries shown in Table D-3:
The database supports the use of XA dynamic registration. XA dynamic registration improves the performance of applications interfacing with XA-compliant TP monitors. For TP Monitors to use XA dynamic registration with an Oracle database on Windows, you must add either an environmental variable or a registry variable to the Windows computer on which your TP monitor is running. See either of the following sections for instructions:
Adding an environmental variable at the command prompt affects only the current session.
Adding an Environmental Variable:
From the computer where your TP monitor is installed, enter the following at the command prompt:
C:\> set ORA_XA_REG_DLL = vendor.dll
.dll is the TP monitor DLL provided by your vendor.
Adding a registry variable affects all sessions on your Windows computer. This is useful for computers where only one TP monitor is running.
Go to the computer where your TP monitor is installed.
Enter the following at the command prompt:
C:\> regedt32
The Registry Editor window appears.
Go to
Choose the Add Value option in the Edit menu. The Add Value dialog box appears.
ORA_XA_REG_DLL in the Value Name text box.
REG_EXPAND_SZ from the Datatype list box.
Choose OK. The String Editor dialog box appears.
.dll in the String field, where
.dll is the TP monitor DLL provided by your vendor.
Choose OK. The Registry Editor adds the parameter.
Choose Exit from the Registry menu.
The registry exits.
Refer to the following general information about XA and TP monitors:
Distributed TP: The XA Specification (C193) published by the Open Group. The Open Group, 1010 El Camino Real, Suite 380, Menlo Park, CA 94025, U.S.A.
See the Web site at:
Your specific TP monitor documentation
See Also:Oracle Database Advanced Application Developer's Guide "Developing Applications with Oracle XA", for more information about the Oracle XA Library and using XA dynamic registration
The Object Type Translator (OTT) is used to create C struct representations of objects that have been created and stored in a database.
To take advantage of objects run OTT against the database, and a header file is generated that includes the C structs. For example, if a
PERSON type has been created in the database, OTT can generate a C struct with elements corresponding to the attributes of
PERSON. In addition, a null indicator struct is created that represents null information for an instance of the C struct.
The INTYPE file tells the OTT which object types should be translated. This file also controls the naming of the generated structs.
Note:The INTYPE File Assistant is not available, starting with Oracle Database 10g Release 1.
Note that the
CASE specification inside the
INTYPE files, such as
CASE=LOWER, applies only to C identifiers that are not specifically listed, either through a
TYPE or
TRANSLATE statement in the INTYPE file. It is important to provide the type name with the appropriate cases, such as TYPE
Person and Type
PeRsOn, in the INTYPE file.
OTT on Windows can be invoked from the command line. Additionally, a configuration file may be named on the command line. For Windows, the configuration file is
ottcfg.cfg, located in


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