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Next year's ban on pre-1994 model trucks is part of a multistep program to reduce air pollution. Trucks with engines that don't meet federal emissions standards for 2007 models will be banned after 2016.
Along with these sticks, the port authority is offering drayage operators a carrot: a previously announced program to provide $28 million, including $7 million in federal grants, to replace up to 636 pre-1994 model trucks.
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"There's nothing offensive, there's no profanity, it doesn't hamper public safety, it doesn't block any view of traffic. It really doesn't bother anybody," Zawierucha said.
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"We will make a motion in the new court to dismiss on the grounds that the ordinance in unconstitutional as a violation of the First Amendment," Zawierucha's attorney James Ostrowski said.
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Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne is the CEO of an adventure and ecotravel company. He is also a self-professed naturalist, geographer, writer, and tourism personality for Sri Lanka. After the tsunami, he spent four days working with search teams looking for survivors and bodies.
Did you find any dead animals during your search?
What was astonishing was that we didn't come across any dead bodies of animals, except one fish. It's remarkable that with so many human casualties, the wildlife could have escaped unscathed.
Why do you think there were no dead animals? How do you think they escaped?
It was very clear that there were no dead animals because some of the bigger mammals that go there, the wild pig, the water buffalo … [their] corpses would have been very evident visually. Also, as you progress to the fourth day, if there were dead animals, the bad smell from the carcasses would have wafted into the breeze and would have been picked up. So it is very much a confirmed fact that the animals escaped the tsunami.
To move to your next question, how did they escape? There were a number of reasons. First, of course, the density of animals on the coastline was low. That doesn't mean there weren't any when the tsunami struck, because we know when one of the naturalists of the game lodge was fleeing, intuitively followed a group of a kind of leaf monkeys. He knew that if he ran behind the monkeys, they would lead him to safety. It seemed like they had an extra warning period of anything from a few seconds to a few minutes or more. And this could be underlain by scientific bases; one could simply be that animals' hearing is so much more sensitive [than humans']. An animal can hear a dry leaf rustle at 100 meters (328 feet). … As the wave rode into the shore, it is possible that they had just a few seconds of extra warning. The leaf monkeys, the giant squirrels, the lizards, and snakes just had that extra few seconds to run away to safety.
For the other mammals, like elephants, it becomes more interesting. Did they perhaps have several hours of prior notice? We know that elephants communicate using infrasounds. They can communicate by using special nerve centers. … They will stamp on the ground and send seismic waves, and other elephants can pick this up because the soles of their feet have passing corpuscles that are arranged like layers of an onion. These then act like ground listening antennae or receptors. So they take these signals in, and they have a sophisticated neural apparatus for filtering out background noise and filtering what they need to hear, and they amplify that.
One possibility is when the earthquake happened off Sumatra, some of those ground waves were detected by them, giving them a forewarning. Another possibility is as a tsunami wave came in, there would have been some wave energy carried as seismic waves, some as infrasounds, either groundborne or airborne. Animals like elephants could have picked it up. And it's possible that they gradually moved away. This could be why there weren't many reports of animals fleeing in a hurry. Other animals like the water monitor — a kind of reptile — and the giant squirrels, who don't have this sophisticated communication apparatus, would have listened to wavelengths that we hear. But [their hearing] intensity is so accurate that it could have given them that extra five seconds to race up a tree or flee an extra 50 meters (164 feet) inland. At the time [of] the tsunami, that was the difference between life and death.
Do you think animals have a "sixth sense"?
Well, I think unfortunately this sixth sense has been portrayed as some kind of psychic sense or extrasensory perception. I've watched elephants using infrasounds. I've seen elephants in Yala standing motionless with their trunks on the ground. I've seen people coming up to the water hole saying, "It's just an elephant standing still and motionless," and they will pass. I've realized what the elephant is doing is actually communicating, and I've stayed to see what that elephant is communicating with. Five minutes later, I've sometimes seen a family herd arriving, and in one case I saw one bull elephant and the two were clearly communicating with each other, because as soon as the other bull emerged out of the forest, there was violent confrontation.
So there's a lot of field evidence, scientifically proven, that elephants communicate using infrasounds over distances over 40 kilometers (25 miles). It doesn't mean that [the animal is] psychic, and it could be this kind of thing outside our perception that allows animals to detect danger before we do. There's a lot of evidence documented that when an elephant is shot in one area, especially in South Africa, elephant herds 30 to 40 kilometers (18 to 25 miles) away have responded with a lot of distress. Just as we will communicate orally in some wavelengths, which you and I can hear, the elephants are communicating in a normal way, but using infrasounds that we can't hear.
Mammals such as lions are also known to have very sensitive nerve receptors on their feet. So clearly mammals have adaptations for detecting groundborne vibrations. It could be to help them detect prey, or it could be that when one mammal groans and claims its territory, some of the groundborne vibrations travel long distances. Infrasounds do travel long distances and curve around the earth. So we may think its psychic and something to be scoffed [at]. But there probably are very practical, scientific reasons to explain why animals survived the tsunami and humans didn't.
Perhaps you just didn't find dead animals? They may have washed out to sea.
It's certainly a possibility, but it's just as likely that if animals did die in the tidal wave a portion of those bodies would stay on land. And what we found with humans was that most bodies remained on land and got snagged on bushes and trees and so on. At the Yala Safari Game Lodge, for example, of the 55 people who died, all were eventually recovered. So it's unlikely that all animals would have been swept offshore.
Do you think reptiles have the ability to sense that danger is coming?
With reptiles, I don't think much work would suggest that they communicate using infrasounds, not airborne infrasounds, but it's very clear that they detect seismic or groundborne waves, some of which may be traveling at infrasound wavelengths. One of the naturalists at the game range told me that when he climbed up one of the trees, together with those who were fleeing were snakes and lizards. That's very interesting, because if they tried to flee from the source of the sound, if it [had been] just a point source of danger, they would have attempted to just run along the ground and then they would have got caught up in the tsunami and we would have found bodies of land monitors that were quite prevalent there. But we didn't. So it suggests that they could [have] listened three-dimensionally, and gauged that [the danger was] not coming from a point source but … from a very broad front. And of severe magnitude, which meant their best bet for safety was to go straight up.
Why do you think humans don't have the ability to hear infrasounds?
The evolutionary process worked in such a way that the primates who had binocular vision, who had a greater area of cerebral cortex unit, who had high brain power to use tools and learn agriculture, and who could reproduce very well were able to colonize new habitats and face danger using intelligence as the key tool for survival and as a colonizing tool. The intelligence was so powerful that it meant any losses you made in terms of not having the same auditory range … also not hearing the ultrasound wavelengths, not hearing the infrasound wavelengths … and in terms of our optical apparatus, not seeing in ultraviolet and not seeing in infrared … the advantage of using the brain for three-dimensional thinking, for lateral thinking, for being able to store memories, for being able to anticipate, to be able to premeditate actions — the advantages far offset the disadvantages of using brain power for other resources, and I think this is why the human mammal has evolved as it is. …. As for other mammals, due to various environmental pressures, [they] based their bets on other sensors, perhaps seeing ultraviolet, hearing infrasound, and then they went on a particular evolutionary pathway.
How do you explain the fact that some elephants that were carrying tracking devices did not move great distances prior to the tsunami?
Well, if you were an elephant and you heard these energy waves coming from the sea, and you were a few hundred meters away from the sea, the chances are you thought you were safe where you were. Only the mammals who were able to detect it, who were right on the shoreline, who felt possibly vulnerable, moved away. And if they had a prior warning they would have moved away gradually. I think the data would have been more interesting if the elephant was picked up right on the shoreline than [if] … it actually moved away. It is unusual for elephants to be right on the shoreline. For a large mammal like an elephant, however large it is, the fight-or-flight zone could be just a few tens of meters, so even if the elephants heard the tsunami coming and they were 200 to 300 meters (656 to 984 feet) inland, they wouldn't have felt threatened because they know it's coming from the sea and they feel they have 200 to 300 meters between them and the sea. … Chances are that they were on higher ground and had some sort of vantage looking down and they would have felt safe there because they had enough time to react to danger.
So how do elephants figure out that a tsunami or some seismic event is creating a burst of infrasound energy? How do they realize something out of the ordinary is happening?
Well, in terms of the filtering mechanism, it has to do with the brain being highly evolved for listening and sound. … Imagine you and I are in a very crowded park. Music is blaring, there are 100 conversations going on. Not only can I keep a conversation between us going, I can suddenly tune into a conversation at that table or at that table. … If you're driving through traffic or walking through traffic, if an unfamiliar vehicle toots its horn, you know it's danger. So it's much the same thing; we don't realize we are good at filtering out the noise we don't want to hear, but still keeping the channel open for something unusual that spikes up, something that potentially warns us of danger. I think for elephants it's the same way. They can cut out the mundane noise, but listen to something unusual and say, "Hey, what's that?"
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Interesting but that IS NOT how it's working in our household right now.
My hub and I are both pretty evenly matched on keeping good trrack of the monies we earn.
It's completely the opposite in my house but I am not too surprised that men think they are generally better with money. =0)
Definately not our home. DH has his own account simply because he handles his money in his head. He deposits so much money into the family fund which pays the bills and keeps just what he needs to get thru a couple of weeks as well as pay for farm items.
I'm the better money manager in our house.
My ex husband was rubbish, I definitely am better with money.
Steve is much better but I'm pretty good too.
I think in most households, women are more frugal. DH is a numbers guy, so he is constantly figuring out the best deals and which credit cards offer the most rewards (we pay them off every month) and reads every bit of fine print on contracts, etc. I've always been good with budgets and keeping track of the money, so we work well together, but in most people I know, the man is constantly buying impulse items and the wife is the one who is budgeting.


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Is it true that addictions keep people away from true love ?
Tags: relationships, entertainment, true love
Asked by commonsense, 22 Dec '09 12:20 pm
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Yeah, lust for easy money rides over all other considerations, be it love, humanity or etiquettes. The MD of the company I work in, has been searching for a bride to his good looking, Australia educated Son since quite some time. I guess, at least hundreds of well-groomed proposals came and still pouring in. But I assume that they are in the quest of "Lush Green Ground", rather than the merits of the girl.Answered by Siachen, 22 Dec '09 12:29 pm
YesAnswered by anil garg, 06 May '11 02:36 am
Not really, sometimes addictions, both good & bad like smoking, drinking, reading, cinema, travelling...etc help in leading a cool life without longing & running after so called "true Love".Answered by incredible creature, 22 Dec '09 12:26 pm
It is a true statement to an extentAnswered by rajnikant raiyarela, 22 Dec '09 12:25 pm
Love is also an addictionAnswered by Sumit Basu, 22 Dec '09 12:23 pm
Yes.if you are addicted to Q & A you gona lose your lover.Answered by Vidya, 22 Dec '09 12:22 pm


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From: Aram Falsafi <falsafi () EE WPI EDU>
Speaking of conspiracies, the Feb. 6 issue of The Nation had a very good piece
by David Corn, titled "CyberNewt". Here's an excerpt;
"There is nothing particularly futuristic about the funding sources behind
the P.F.F. and its conference. Telecommunications firms subsidize the group:
AT&T, BellSouth, Turner Broadcasting System, Cox Cable Communications. Other
donors to the P.F.F.'s $1.9 million bank account include conservative
foundations, Wired Magazine, high-tech firms, military contractors, and drug
companies (another foundation passion is attacking the Food and Drug
"When Senator Phil Gramm spoke at the conference luncheon, the tables closest
to the podium were reserved for corporate benefactors: Eli Lilly, Seagram's,
Phillip Morris, S.B.C. Communications (formerly Southwestern Bell) ...
Highly recommended.
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I love Ariadne. I don't think 4 syllables is too much at all. I love the sound, look and feel of it. And its not popular at all so you can rest assured that your kid isn't going to come across many others with the same name.
The problems with it is that I could see people having trouble with spelling or pronunciation. As long as that doesn't bother you, then go for it. It's a beautiful name that is rich in history and has a story behind it.
As for nicknames, Addie, Ari, Nene, Ree, Ria...those could all work.
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I love it; the only reason I wouldn't use it myself is because it is too rhymey with our surname :-)
July 27th, 2013 09:56 PM #12
I love Ariadne! If I didn't adore the French Arianne so much, I'd probably consider it to my own list, although I'm usually leery about a mythology connection. I don't find it as appealing as a lot of people do. I love the nn Ari for it, although Addie or Annie would be seriously cute, too. There's also Ria, and maybe even Dia.
I don't think it's too much name--it's unusual, but it's been in a couple movies in the past few years, so I don't think it's unusable. I agree with some of the others--Isabella, Penelope, Seraphina, Alexandra/Alexandria, etc. are just as long, if not longer.
I like the suggestions of Daphne and Eleni.Ashley
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- Pearl Dive Oyster Palace
- Bangkok Golden (Lao menu only)
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I believe that the argument for the continuation of room service has to involve some mix of drugs and sex.
At least in theory. Today's conservatives want to change quite a bit, and today's liberals want to keep quite a lot pretty much the same. Crap. Did I just ruin this?
Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Great Gatsby. On the other hand, the book is 88-years-old. Perhaps it's time to get on that.
I can't go quite as far as Kathryn Schulz. I don't "despise" the Great Gatsby. I don't mind Fitzgerald's moralism. I'm comfortable with the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy being something of a black box. I love the writing and, for that matter most of the book. What I can't stand is the finale.
The book's denouement is a series of ever-more insane coincidences. Gatsby and Daisy hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian proves to be Tom's mistress. Tom persuades her husband that Gatsby was driving the car. The husband kills Gatsby then kills himself.
That's fine for fiction. Dark Knight Rises wasn't very believable, either. But it's a problem for a book with Something To Say. The end of the Great Gatsby doesn't feel inevitable. It feels unlikely. And thus its lessons don't mean much.
Reenter the world of the book. Gatsby and Daisy are driving home after the confrontation with Tom. Imagine Myrtle doesn't run into the street. Gatsby and Daisy just arrive after an emotional, but otherwise uneventful, car ride. Perhaps Gatsby apologizes for trying to persuade Daisy to say she never loved Tom. Perhaps he doesn't. Maybe Daisy waffles for a few days and leaves Tom and all ends happily for Gatsby. Maybe she doesn't leave Tom, but Gatsby gets some closure and moves on with his life, luxuriating in being an insanely rich dude who throws great parties. Maybe he meets someone he ends up loving more than Daisy. Maybe he ends up with Daisy but then he goes to jail for bootlegging.
All of these endings are vastly likelier than the ending we actually get. And so the ending we get actually doesn't tell us that much about America in 1925, or about the conflict between old and new money, or about the decadence of wealth. The book is held up as saying something universal. For me, the unbelievable coincidences that drive the ending means it can only ever say something specific. All things being equal, it's better to avoid being in the car when your love runs over a pedestrian who happens to be the mistress of the guy you're cuckolding. That's good life advice, but rarely applicable.
The counterargument here is obvious: Plenty of other famed books rely on coincidence, or deus ex machinas, to reach their inevitable conclusion. But that's precisely my problem with the Great Gatsby: Absent its ending, its conclusion is very different. The ending doesn't repeat the book. It contradicts it.
As Nick Gillespie writes, most of the Great Gatsby perceptively sketches a moment in which new money, new immigrants, a new economy, and new social mores were overwhelming the old order. The old order triumphs in the book, but only with the help of authorial providence. Absent that car ride, Gatsby's story might have proven a happy one. And 88-years-later, when the film is being made by a guy named Baz Luhrmann in a country run by a guy named Barack Hussein Obama, we know who really won, and it isn't Tom. F. Scott Fitzgerald had it right, at least up until the end.
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You might imagine that an administration preparing for a war of choice would be gripped by self-questioning and hot debate. There was certainly plenty to discuss: unlike the 1991 Gulf War, there was no immediate crisis demanding a rapid response; unlike Vietnam, the U.S. entered the war fully aware that it was commencing a major commitment.
Yet that discussion never really happened, not the way that most people would have imagined anyway. For a long time, war with Iraq was discussed inside the Bush administration as something that would be decided at some point in the future; then, somewhere along the way, war with Iraq was discussed as something that had already been decided long ago in the past."—The Speechwriter: Inside the Bush Administration During the Iraq War - Newsweek and The Daily Beast


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Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist had nothing good to say about Gov. Rick Scott while another Democrat, former state Sen. Nan Rich, didn't have anything complimentary to say about either.
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729 South Taylor Avenue is an eight minute walk from the Blue Line at the Austin-Blue stop.
This location is in Oak Park. Nearby parks include Longfellow Park, Barrie Park and Columbus Park.
Nearby schools include Longfellow Elementary School, Little Folks Cottage Kindergarten & Nursery and Percy Julian Middle School.
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This location is in Columbia. Nearby parks include Hopewell Park, Hopewell Park and Kings Contrivance Park.
The closest school is Guilford Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are Pars Market, Eastland Food Corporation and NAZAR MARKET.
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"I'm just one part of the big war. That's all, one little part. And I'm proud to be apart of it. And sometimes, it makes me cry."
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I'm already playing DoTA with wine... Let me in with a beta key !
Beware that installing a binary driver from an untrusted source could be featured with a nice rootkit !
9/10 for a card that didn't work at all with wine. That's just 75% of my linux gaming... phoronix ? are you here ?
GeForce 8 & 9 + 173 drivers = regression with XRander
It affects FF 3, KDE and openoffice to name a few.
This is already fixed for the next release.
I've got no such problems with my 7600GT but I'm going to buy a 9600GT... is it affected by this regression ?
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[ The Man Who Grew To Love Nature ] New ideas are blooming :)
[Anteater]One of my favourite animals.
[Deer]One of my favourite animals.
[Gorilla]I've always liked the structure of a gorilla's face. Similar to our own.
[David Attenborough]My love for him shall never end.
A typical site I see while walking my dog in the drizzle.
[Lloyds Building: London]
I love this building so.
[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]Most definitely one of my recent favourite films.
[Face Masks]
It is impossible to pull faces while wearing a face mask.
Always moving forward.
[ Triangular]
I love making repetitive patterns.
One of my favourite things about Christmas is seeing everyone's trees.
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How my mind is based right now.
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Recently we've seen some sinful uses of social media; from clueless users to pointless tweeters. Already this year we've witnessed an array of social media blunders, not to mention those who've been prosecuted for their comments on social media.
So why all the sinning? With social media use at an all time high and as competition increases between social businesses, people are stretching the social media boundaries to stand out online. Some businesses have lost sight of social media etiquette, business etiquette and common sense as they "borrow" content and spy on their competitors.
But businesses that abuse social media are only damaging their own reputations and jeopardising their business opportunities.
So what are the 11 social media sins?:
Although you can delete posts, people can also screen grab and anything you post can remain in the social media realm forever. This is particularly relevant with Twitter — you can never be certain who is monitoring what you tweet. Never post anything on social media that you wouldn't be happy for the whole world to see.
Treat social media as one and be consistent across your social media profiles. Your social media profiles should not be competing for your attention, do not favour one over the other; you should post content consistently over all sites. But keep in mind though that each has its own rules and purposes.
Use Twitter to signpost, ensure LinkedIn is B2B focused, Facebook B2C and Google+ should be a mixture of the two. You may need to alter the language of your posts based on the target audience of that platform. Ensure that your presence is consistent and truly represents you. Your social media profiles are usually the first place people go to find out about you, if you've got a mismatched, jumbled and inconsistent presence, people will be less likely to trust you and what you post.
There are thousands of fake social media users posing as celebrities and everyday users, with many of these being controlled by internet trolls. These are people who trawl social media sites posting derogatory comments and abusing users and should be reported to the social networking site in which they are operating on.
You must ensure that those influencers you follow are verified (have a little blue tick). If you're an infamous user yourself, consider getting your own account verified.
You need to be careful what you tweet, even on your personal social media profiles. If your employer is mentioned on your profile, they can be liable for any offensive comments you make through Vicarious Liability.
Mind your social media Ps & Qs, watch your language and do not swear — especially if you're posting from your business account. Your tweets represent your brand so ensure they reflect your target market and avoid offending anyone with your language.
There are proven best and worst times to post on social media and constantly broadcasting brand messages can be a waste of time. Check out the best times to post and ensure your posting is targeted.
Mix up scheduled tweets with timely posts throughout the week so you'll create a great balance for your social media profiles and save yourself a lot of time.
Social media is not the place to air your dirty laundry and you will undoubtedly regret doing this so don't share your personal information, family disputes or private matters.
Do not mix your personal life with your business handles; ensure you create a different personal account to keep up to date with friends. Already this year we've seen a number of cases involving people being fired, and in some cases prosecuted, for what they've said on social media. Again, don't post anything that you wouldn't want the world to see — including friends, family, colleagues and employers.
Most of us have received negative or abusive comments on social media at some time. Don't delete these comments, instead reply to them promptly (not necessarily immediately) and appropriately (step back, compose yourself, don't reply in anger, deal with this in the same manner as you would through any other form of contact) to show you are dealing with this.
This is particularly true when it comes to social customer service; Twitter is now the first place many of us go to complain and if your company is brushing these comments under the carpet and removing them from your feed then this shows you in a terrible light. Show respect when replying and only use humour if appropriate.
So, don't kill comments (unless truly offensive, in which case report and block); start dealing with them confidently. Ultimately, you will be judged on the way with you deal with it.
Don't insult or mock people via social media; instead treat all your connections with respect. Ensure you get the tone of voice right, as well as the content you share — never position yourself online as something you are not.
Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. Forge new relationships, share content and that way your will gain respect, support and recognition.
Social media has made it harder than ever for individuals to keep a track of their comments, posts and articles; and it's now easier than ever for people to steal your content. Don't steal other people's tweets, arguments and opinions — it's wrong.
We all know that social media is great for getting content ideas and inspiration, but if you are to use someone else's articles, don't present them as your own and reference them correctly. Social media content can still be copyrighted and you may find yourself in trouble if you present ripped off content as your own.
Many people think social media gives you anonymity but this isn't always the case. Social media posts and comments are traceable so never use social media to slander people or businesses.
If you have a problem with a business or a brand, make sure you bring this, politely, to their attention and do not use social media as a way to broadcast your hate towards them. If you're a business, don't lie about other companies or mock them on Twitter.
Ensure that you have correct training and policies in place to monitor what your staff post and who has access to your accounts. After all, social media is an extension of your existing communications channels.
Love what your competitor is doing on social media? Well, don't just sit back green with envy, go and do it yourself. Social media has removed boundaries that were traditionally the realms of big brand, big budget names.
Social media has provided a glass wall into other businesses and If you like something they're doing, then think about doing something similar yourself. Not only has it allowed you to monitor competitors, social media has also allowed you to keep a track of your business targets, giving you an easy way to communicate and network with them.
© Emma Pauw, social media writer, We Talk Social.
Social media platforms such as Twitter give brands a free and invaluable way to connect with clients (both current and potential), spread brand warmth, monitor competitors, manage customer service, gain customer insights and drive website traffic — what's not to love?
Yet, many brands are jumping feet first into the social media realm without understanding the basics; in particular, how to post content. This may seem like a no-brainer to some, yet many brands still don't understand the fundamental rules of social media. Yes, social media is integral to your brand, but going out all guns blazing with no planning or strategy may do more harm than good.
And what's the biggest faux-pas of all? It's using social media channels to broadcast rather than engage.
If used in moderation, broadcast messages on social media can be effective. You can flag up new website content including blogs, news and articles. And you can attract more fans and followers by positioning yourself as an industry expert.
Yet, this must be done in moderation. If you continuously broadcast marketing messages via your social sites, people will soon switch off. Mix these messages with engaging third party content, network with customers and work to build strong lasting relationships with your followers. Social media is a long game but over time you will see results.
You wouldn't train your in-store staff to constantly shout out brand messages in an attempt to sell to customers — apart from looking unprofessional, it would drive people away. So why do brands do this on social? The best sales people get to know their customers, they engage them in conversations, find out what makes them tick and then provide a solution to match their needs. The same should go for social media.
A report from Brandwatch shows that 25% of top brands continue to use Twitter for broadcasting purposes only. If you're constantly broadcasting marketing messages, your content is without context, no trust is built and ultimately no sales. This can also make your brand look uncreative; your social media sites are supposed to show the human face of your organisation, to show your personality. If you're only pushing brand messages, your business looks dull and uninspiring.
The real value comes from engaging your followers in two-way conversations, interacting with them and showing them that you care. Over the years, many brands have created a huge sense of brand warmth via their humorous and engaging social media posts; and their messages are retweeted, spreading their brand messages much further than those brands who broadcast. So come on guys, get some personality.
We all know the saying; if a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? Well, the same goes for social; it's all well and good endlessly posting but if you're not engaging your followers then these posts will fall on deaf ears. If you're constantly pushing out messages, people will soon switch off. Instead start engaging in conversations, joining in with the chatter and building up a strong sense of brand warmth and rapport with your followers.
Copyright © 2014 Emma Pauw, social media writer, We Talk Social.
One of the most frequently asked questions I hear during my "What's the point?" series of social media talks is: "How do you find the time to do all this?"
My initial answer is, I'm abnormal. Don't expect to do what I do — I'm not an average social media user.
My daily routine involves switching off my alarm and checking Facebook, Sky News, LinkedIn and Twitter on my smartphone. I have the same routine before I go to sleep. A couple of times a week, I'll also look at Google+ and Pinterest. I might also look at Instagram at weekends.
I check in several times during the day — depending on where I am and what I'm doing — usually mid-morning and just after lunch, as my newsfeeds contain the most new content at these times.
But if I was a "normal" social media user, what would I recommend?
You need a plan. You need to know what you want to achieve and identify the best tools to enable you to achieve it. It's far better to use two or three tools really well than to attempt them all.
First, spend time planning your content. Using a calendar to plan evergreen content frees you up to focus on the real-time stuff.
Free tools such as TweetDeck, HootSuite or Buffer can help you schedule and manage your activity. Check out Nutshell Mail for a summary via email, and Crowdbooster for detailed analytics.
If you spend time planning, you can maintain an active and effective social media presence in just ten minutes a day.
This gives you time to check your newsfeed or timeline, share timely content, and engage with connections or followers — say thanks, like or add a comment.
Social media needs to become a habit, just as email use became a habit 10+ years ago. Technology is here to make our lives easier. It's not fundamentally changing what we do — just how we do it.
It takes just 21 days to form a habit. In three weeks, social networking can become a part of your daily life.
Research suggests the following posting frequencies work best:
Blogging: weekly
Facebook: three to four updates each week
Twitter: four to five times a day
Pinterest: weekly
Google+: two to three times a day
LinkedIn: two to three status updates each week
Once or twice a week you should check out who has viewed your profile on LinkedIn and participate in a group discussion. Regular participation will ensure you soon have a manageable habit to acquire news and information, and to engage in meaningful conversations.
If your timelines are filled with information that's not of value, you need to reset your filters. Don't be afraid to "unlike" and "unfollow". You can use Twitter lists to organise the accounts you follow into manageable groups, then select which lists you view and when. Your LinkedIn home page allows you to customise the updates you see regularly.
Start forming your social media habit today — the chances are you'll wonder how you managed without it.
Luan Wise is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and is a freelance marketing consultant.
It's all too easy to sit at your laptop and write something in the heat of the moment — a complaining email or even a tweet or Facebook update having a moan about something. But these online moments could land you and your business in court.
Just because you are writing something in the comfort of your office or sat on your sofa in front of the TV doesn't mean it might not have serious legal implications. It's all too easy to respond to something in an instant — post a comment here, have a rant on Twitter there — but you should consider whether your actions might be stepping outside the boundaries of the law.
One tiny comment can have far reaching effects in terms of who sees it and what it means for you or your business. Your tweets, status updates and reviews are out there in the public domain, for all the world to see, and unfortunately, some may come back to haunt you. If you think the internet offers a free rein to say whatever you want, you need to think again.
If you have written a comment on a social media site, on your own or a competitor's website or on a review site such as TripAdvisor or FreeIndex, you could be committing libel. Recently, there have been several high profile libel cases surrounding Twitter, including Sally Bercow's tweet referencing Lord McAlpine.
The fact that the UK High Court found that her tweet was libelous shows that you don't even have to explicitly defame someone for it to represent libel. Justice Tugendhat ruled that innuendo was equally damaging, carrying the "same effect" as the natural meaning of words.
Sally Bercow said: "Today's ruling should be seen as a warning to all social media users. Things can be held to be seriously defamatory, even when you do not intend them to be defamatory and do not make any express accusation. I have learned my own lesson the hard way."
It has been reported that online libel cases have doubled in recent years due to the social media explosion, so don't think that social media is still a grey area in the eyes of the law — it's really not. Your bite-sized tweets, status updates and comments on social networks (personal and business) are all covered by UK libel and defamation laws.
Even search giant Google has found to its cost that online defamation can take many forms. It has been sued several times because of its auto-complete feature, which whilst a useful tool for most of us, has been found to link people's names with offensive or misleading terms, resulting in expensive lawsuits.
UK law is very clear on libel: anyone who makes a defamatory comment in published material about an identifiable person (ie someone named, pictured, or otherwise alluded to) that causes loss to business or reputation has committed libel. As the Sally Bercow case shows, a person does not even have to make a direct allegation, as UK libel law equally covers insinuation and implication. All social media users need to be aware of this.
Unlike criminal law where the burden of proof lies with the accuser, with UK libel law a defamatory statement is presumed to be false, unless the defendant can prove it's the truth.
If you are in any doubt about what you can say online, take a look at this useful article Can I write whatever I want online? but my advice (and I'm not a lawyer I hasten to add) is never tweet or comment online in anger as it may land you (and your business) in a lawsuit!
Sarah Orchard is an expert contributor to Marketing Donut and a consultant at Orchard Marketing Associates.
Recently I've been hearing lots of people saying that Facebook has become their preferred choice of social network for promoting their business. Lots of people seem to be making use of Facebook, but are reluctant to start using Twitter or feel it's not the right social network for them.
So I thought I would share my top four reasons why Twitter is better than Facebook for marketing your business, to give you the inspiration to start using Twitter, or to re-ignite your passion if you've started feeling a bit "meh" about it recently.
So, in no particular order:
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Now I know to the newbie Twitter user, the first time you realise just how fast moving it is, you can feel a bit like you've suddenly found yourself at Victoria Station at 8am on a weekday!
But the pace of Twitter opens up plenty of opportunities for you to get in front of your ideal clients.
Because it moves so quickly, most people don't screen what they tweet in the way they do when posting on Facebook. Twitter users are much more likely to "brain dump" into a tweet — which means you get access to lots more detail on people than you ever will on Facebook.
On Twitter you're more likely to post the minutiae about your day; the train is delayed, the fact that you stopped for coffee en route, your immediate thoughts after the meeting, the quick whizz around the shops, the people on the train and so on.
So think about what your ideal client might be tweeting about during their day — and search for it on Twitter. They're right there.
It is actually miles easier to learn how to use Twitter than it is Facebook.
The reason is that Facebook changes the blooming rules every other day; so just when you think you know what you're doing, it all changes.
I can only think of two changes Twitter has made in the past six months, and one of those was about the way you report (and they deal with) abusive tweets. The other was the introduction of a new feature that allows you to accept direct messages from anyone who follows you — regardless of whether you follow them.
Both of those changes will make very little difference to how the majority of us use Twitter.
Conversely, Facebook have made about 98,516 changes to their platform in the last month — slight exaggeration but something changes in Facebook at least once a week. Grrr!
This week we've needed to find three types of businesses, and as we're new to the Isle of Wight, we don't have many contacts in the offline world. So instead of faffing around skimming through the Yellow Pages, Google etc, we decided to do what any Twitter fan would do — we waited for the IOW Twitter Chat.
So on Monday night , we hit #WightHour to look for the people we needed. By 9.30pm, we had sourced an electrician, IT person, and a cleaning company. Job done, easy.
Are you participating in your local Twitter Chat? Or in all the Twitter chats your ideal clients are? If not, you're very likely losing business.
I like to compare the social media world to a shopping mall; Facebook is the shops around the edge of the mall where they set out their window display, then have to wait for customers to come inside.
Twitter is the row of stands that sit down the aisles of the mall. The advantage the stands have over the shops is that they are right in the middle of the crowds of shoppers. So they can easily move into the crowds and talk to people to get their attention.
And that's exactly what you can do on Twitter. You don't have to wait for people to come and find your page; you can get yourself into the crowd and initiate conversations yourself. Who do you want to tweet with? Just do it.
Veronica Pullen is a social media expert and small business coach. She is the author of the free ebook, Unlock the 3 Best Kept Secrets to Skyrocket your Sales from Twitter.
No one anticipated just how popular social networking would be become. Once viewed with trepidation, small businesses wondered whether social media would ever be something they would incorporate into their marketing strategy. Now social networking has changed the way B2B businesses interact with prospective clients and partners and how they market their brand.
Social media has become a necessity for every business because with the right strategy, it has the power to positively impact the bottom line.
An obvious marketing technique is to go where your prospective clients are and market to them. Well, everyone is using social media and whether your business is engaging in social media or not, people are using it without you. They may be talking about your business — or they may be talking about your competitors! The fact is that they are talking and you're not there to interact.
An increasing number of businesses are engaging in social media every day and the only way to reach out to them about your brand is to make your online presence known. You can't run from social media any longer so you might as well embrace it.
Engagement is the key to trust, and conversation and social media gives your business a voice. A few years ago all you needed to do was create a product and market it to as many prospective buyers as possible. Now traditional marketing methods are gone because social media has changed the way B2B businesses market themselves. Many businesses are now using Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to engage with their audiences and some use it as their sole customer service function. People want to talk and interact with real people.
Social sharing now also impacts your SEO rankings. If you're absent from social media, search engines such as Google won't consider your website as important which makes your website harder to find. It's important to include social networking in your SEO efforts in order to be a leader on the SEO board.
Social media is no longer a trend, it's a necessity. It's a tool that fulfils a need — the need to communicate, interact and share. Interacting on social media platforms can significantly increase your brand visibility. While traditional marketing methods could increase your traffic, social media will bring you fans, friends and followers who are interested in your business and offerings. These can be turned into customer engagement and that will lead to increased sales.
No business can survive without customer and client feedback. Social media is a dialogue where people with similar interests can interact and share things they like and dislike. Consumers don't limit their online expressions and opinions to those businesses with a Facebook page or a Twitter account. Today, they have their own accounts and blogs for sharing their experiences and opinions about your business. By not engaging in social media, you're ignoring these discussions and limiting your ability to participate, apologise or defend. Social media is the best way to find out what your customers are saying about your brand.
B2B businesses that continue to conduct their marketing and PR the old fashioned way will undoubtedly find it more difficult to compete. Social media isn't going away. Businesses that want to engage their audiences need to seriously consider their social media marketing strategies for today, tomorrow and the foreseeable future.
So the key message is — don't get left behind. Social media is not just a passing trend, it can be a bonus for any company if the right strategy is implemented. For a B2B social media campaign to work, the campaign needs the same professionalism that businesses bring to every other aspect of their business.
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Summary: Samsung has given details of its first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, which will come with a 7-inch display, 1GHz processor and an as-yet unknown price tag
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch
Samsung has announced the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2, a follow-up to its 2010 tablet of the same size.
The Galaxy Tab 2, unveiled on Monday, will be the first Samsung tablet to run the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) build of the Google Android operating system. The tablet will include features such as a 1GHz processor, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options.
"Owners of the new device will benefit from faster performance and response times across multiple applications, such as embedded Google applications, so they can quickly launch sites and applications they use frequently as well as the innovative Face Unlock feature," the company said in a statement.
'Face Unlock' uses the forward-facing camera to recognise an individual and unlock the device if that person is the authorised user.
Pricing and availability of the device is "still to be confirmed", a Samsung spokeswoman told ZDNet UK.
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The Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch measures 193.7 by 122.4 by 10.5 mm and weighs in at 344g. The original 7-inch device measured 190.1 by 120.45mm by 11.98mm thick, and weighed a not inconsiderable 385g.
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The device will ship with bespoke Samsung services such as a new 'Video Hub' offering film rental and purchase options, and the new AllShare Play service, which allows people to stream content to the tablet from PCs, third-party web storage or from other Samsung devices that support the feature. Content can also be transferred between devices using the feature.
It will also arrive with dual cameras; a 3-megapixel on the rear, and a forward-facing VGA camera for video calling. Using the forward-facing camera, the device can support multi-user Google+ video 'hangouts', and will come pre-loaded with Samsung's multi-platform ChatON IM service.
Samsung is currently involved in a number of lawsuits against Apple for alleged infringement of patents held by the Californian company relating to Samsung's family of Galaxy Tab devices.
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Another political party fight has flared up over supposedly "nonpartisan" city elections, where candidates do not run under a party banner.
This time the spat is about whether the state Democratic chairman helped a Republican survive a Salt Lake City Council race, using party resources. It follows an earlier controversy in which Democrats blasted Republicans for listing online which municipal candidates in Salt Lake County are faithful GOP members, a party-labeling effort that appeared to help Republicans in sweeping all they hoped for in 16 of 23 primary races last week.
The latest bickering began when Bob Henline — head of the Salt Lake County Democratic Progressive Caucus and a legislative district chairman — blogged that Utah Democratic Party Chairman Jim Dabakis gave James Rogers, a candidate in Salt Lake City District 1 on the west side, access to the party's Votebuilder database.
Henline said the tool tracks voters, helps manage volunteers, plans walking routes for campaigns and helps set up phone banks, among other things.
He said that happened while Rogers' Facebook page listed him as a Republican, and Democrats helped him beat "established and supportive Democrats like Brad Bartholomew" in District 1, creating a stir on Democratic social media networks.
Rogers said in an interview that he was once registered as a Republican, which he listed on Facebook when he created his account years ago and forgot about. He removed the partisan designation recently after Henline's complaints.
Rogers said he thought he had been registered in voting records as "unaffiliated" for about the past five years, but was surprised to discover a few months ago that he was still registered as Republican — and formally changed it.
His website indicates he is endorsed by several prominent Democrats, including former state lawmaker and congressional candidate Jay Seegmiller and Salt Lake County Council members Jim Bradley and Randy Horiuchi. But his website also shows he is endorsed by Marco Diaz of the Utah Republican Hispanic Assembly.
Rogers, who faces registered Democrat Kevin S. Parke in November's election, praises help he received from Democrats. "They've really tried to stretch forth their hand and invite me into the party," he said. They also have helped him understand better how to be politically active, he said.
Dabakis said Democratic Party policy is clear and practical about who gets its voting data.
"One, no Republicans get it. Two, unaffiliated candidates and Democrats get the first level of Votebuilder. And the first level is basically what the county clerk gives that is public information," and is nothing that is very sensitive.
"Unlike the Republican Party," said Dabakis, "we don't have an ideology test where if people say they are not affiliated, we pull them in and waterboard them. We accept when people say that they are not affiliated, and their voter registration is unaffiliated."
Even in partisan elections for state and other offices in general election years, the Democratic Party allows unaffiliated voters to participate in its primary elections, unlike the Republican Party, which requires a person to register as a member of the GOP to participate.
But Henline said the Democratic Party should steer clear of nonpartisan races or, if it does step in, stick to helping Democrats.
"If the party believes that these races should be nonpartisan, then it should stay out of them. If they are going to provide any type of material assistance ... it should be to a Democratic candidate, not an unaffiliated or Republican or Libertarian or any other flavor candidate," Henline said in an interview. "My understanding of the mission of the Utah Democratic Party is to elect Democrats."
Dabakis defended the decision to help Rogers.
"There are some people in the Democratic Party who want to be the like the tea party and want to have some kind of ideological test. We're Democrats. We have an inclusive party," Dabakis said. "As long as they are not a Republican, we're happy to have them."


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This week's #TBT is dedicated to new Orange is the New Black castmember Lori Petty. This is from her 2003 gay role in Prey for Rock and Roll with Gina Gershon.
This mash-up of Orange is the New Black and Arrested Development is everything.
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Uzo Aduba looks stunning in this spread with Refinery 29.
Heather Peace talked about her new very gay album with The Skinny.
My own personal life is definitely less apparent in this album and more of my writing this time came from a place outside of my own self-indulgence! I think that's because during the writing and the recording of The Thin Line, I was really happy in my own life and that wasn't necessarily the case during the writing of a lot of Fairytales. Things that moved me this time were often other people's stories and things they were going through. Or things on a wider spectrum such as the lyrics for "We Can Change" or "The Thin Line," which deal with equal rights and the way we look at an international crisis on the news."
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For sale is my Epiphone BC30 guitar amplifier.
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