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Posted on 10/15/2005 12:20:23 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
No, this is not about the Rev. Louis Farrakhan and his march in D.C. Instead, its about an article today (15 October) in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer entitled, 'Slave syndrome' may still affect black behavior. The thesis of the professor appears in the early paragraphs:
The troubling images of African Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans' impoverished neighborhoods didn't startle researcher Joy DeGruy-Leary. All Katrina did was reveal what was already there. I wasn't confused, wasn't surprised, she said....
DeGruy-Leary, an assistant professor in Portland State University's Graduate School of Social Work, will discuss her theory of the relationship between race, culture, poverty and history today at the third Seattle Race Conference and tonight in a separate talk. Her theory of "post-traumatic slave syndrome" concludes that African Americans needed to adapt to survive more than two centuries of slavery, and that those adaptations are reflected in their behaviors today.
Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/244686_seattlerace15.html
There are two problems with this professors slave thesis, neither of them noticed or mentioned in this article. The first is that emotional reactions are not biologically inherited by children, much less great-great-great-great-grandchildren. If you go back far enough, all Americans are descended from humans who bashed in the brains of other humans, and had no aversion to cooking and eating them for dinner. Those traits are exceptionally rare among modern Americans.
The second error in the article is this: the history of race relations in Seattle itself demonstrates that the professors theory is a vat of snake oil, designed to deceive rather than inform. Washington State was one of the areas from which Japanese-Americans were rounded up and put in prison camps without charges or trials, at the beginning of World War II. The specific story about Puget Sound was told in the book, Snow Falling on Cedars.
Surely this reporter was aware of that. The broader story is told in the book, Manzanar, about the imprisonment of approximately 110,000 Japanese-Americans for no crime, for racial reasons only. These people, most of them American citizens, lost all or most of their property and remained in prison until 1944-1945. They were treated no better than slaves for the time of their imprisonment.
And yet, Japanese-Americans today are among the highest of all demographic groups in their achievements and success, measured by any standard. If the professors theory about a slave syndrome had an ounce of truth to it, damaging effects should appear in the Japanese-American community in Seattle itself. But they dont. That strongly suggests that the professors thesis is false, and that the reporter and his editor missed the story that was right in front of them
John / Billybob
Facts are to a liberal, what salt is to a garden snail - death.
I guess "slave syndrome" sounded better than "welfare syndrome."
This is being discussed here:
I do not deny that there might be something like a post-slavery syndrome. There has to be. No other group of people, even Africans from other nations who immigrate here, don't act in the same way. It is clearly not biological but sociological. That being said, the solution to the problem is not with more "programs" hand-outs, western civilization bashing re-education, but with internal change in the black community itself. No one except them can change it. However, this appears unlikely given the "keeping it real" crowd. This explains why most of us, almost all of us who have had family members who were slaves (think Rome) got over it. Because we did not want to "keep it real", not because we had a government program help us. (To date, Rome has not asked for forgivness or paid reparations for their conquest and subjugaton of Spanish peoples after the Punic Wars).
That poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action. So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality.
George W. Bush ( Katrina aftermath address to America )
In poverty, the correct quote would be, "give everyone a fair opportunity, encourage everyone to take advantage of it." As my all-so-brief article notes, failure is not a racial matter. It is a matter of family, and commitment, and hard work.
John / Billybob
Although I must say the whole agenda was given away by the first sentence::
DeGruy-Leary, an assistant professor in Portland State University's Graduate School of Social Work, will discuss her theory
There's no way an assistant professor in the "graduate" field of "social work," with the foresight to hyphenate her name, in Portland (of all places!) is going to produce anything scholarly. Maybe scatological, but certainly nothing of intellectual substance.
Why didn't you respond to my post of the article...and your views more important than anyone else's?
...and did you do a search to see if it was posted???
Well, it is true that the "hillbillys " of Appalachia exhibit much the same behavior. My wife's sister-in-law , who is from West Virginia, has very little contact with her family, who are caught in the same cycle of poverty as urban blacks. But one can see still see the same lethargy in white families who migrated to the iindustrial areas of the north. A culture can be a prison.
But one can see still see the same lethargy in white families who migrated to the iindustrial areas of the north.
Yeah and unfortunately these poor whites aren't given the same assistance such as affirmative action, business loans, etc. because their skin isn't the right color.
It's not race, it's culture, stupid. I wish this dirty little secret would get out so we could stop hearing about racism. And maybe even fix the problem.
That coul also go a long way in explaining it, I agree.
Black people are oblivious to the problems of the white poor.
Oh yeah that book is awesome. I higly recommend it! I learned more in the first 25 pages about the South than I ever did in AP American History!
That was Lincoln's plan (though maybe not his reason), but he was assassinated before he could implement it.
On a parallel note; I'd offer instead that a submissive, quiet, "accept authority", fear freedom, fear economic risk, live silently and passively tolerate ANYTHING that the government does IS an in-bred trait in societies like Soviet Russia, an perhaps, by extension, to the slave trade beginnings in Africa and Muslim Sahara.
A passive, non-rebellious figure survives. Has the potential for children, even if under slavery or socialism. A rebellious, or freedom-seeking, or ANY individual who stands out gets sent to Siberia, killed, outright, or forced into poverty and prison. Loss of jobs, food, travel, education means less (or no) breeding.
So, over the years beginning in Czarist Russia in the 1600's, rather than a Renaissance and explosion of economic freedom, the Soviet people get bred into submissive, passive, freedom-fearing people.
And slave descendent's (those who were survivors of slaves in taken from Africa to the US) are the ones who were NOT killed, actively resisting, or who were taking slaves themselves in Africa.
Or "break the window and steal the flat-screen TV syndrome".
Has to be. I remember reading an article about the book a while ago. Definitely will check it out.
Bush makes his case for nationwide reparations. After all, there are millions and millions of those who fit his special-needs-due-to-discrimination theory, in other cities besides New Orleans.
What determines that those in New Orleans receive these better living conditions? Destruction of their community? What then is to stop those eligible from burning down their cities and having them rebuilt bigger and better?
Except when they get attacked by Chechen terrorists. Then they get MAD!!!!!!!
Blacks are capable of being as competent as any race, but until they throw off the yoke of slavery fostered upon them by the lies their "leaders" tell them, and so-called "social welfare" programs that only foster increased dependency on government, then unfortunately, Blacks will continue to live in a form of self-imposed slavery no government program can ever cure.
Nice column!
"Blacks are capable of being as competent as any race"
True, in theory.
So, I did both. I responded to the post of the original article here on FR. But I also wrote a separate piece for Newsbusters. Despite the size and success of FR, the reach of Newsbusters is even greater.
John / Billybob
That's not true of the Scots-Irish and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for making those kinds of generalizations.
The overwhelming migration of the Scots-Irish to American came between 1720 and about 1760 and from that group came the majority of American presidents and generals.
They were the poorest group to immigrate here from the British Isles and they did very well. Aside from material considerations, (they weren't wearing velvet and jewels) they were the ones who took the brunt of the Indian Wars of all kinds.
If there are pockets of lassitude and white poverty in Appalachia, these pockets exist in every culture. But maybe they like the country life.
Shame on you!
Minnesota Vikings?
The problem is that people accept this notion that the whole World is against them. The World is neutral. Unless a person achieves fame or notoriety, the World isn't taking notice of what anyone does.
read latter.
Already tried previous to the Civil War....
Huh? I assume you're being sarcastic? I was talking about a backward group from that area, not all Scots/English?
"If there are pockets of lassitude and white poverty in Appalachia, these pockets exist in every culture. "
Yeah you are right. The success of a group of people is less tied to their culture than their adherence to a couple of values, including a strong work ethic, moral values, respect for life, etc.
A simplified version of this is reflected in the fact that is something like if you (1) finish high school (2) don't be a teenage mother and (3) don't have a baby out of wedlock they you will have some high chance of not living in poverty. Does anyone around here know the exact statistic?
Wait a minute. It does sound better!
And since I'm of Slavic heritage, last of the peons in Europe to be freed from slavery, and from whence the term 'slave' come from....
WooHoo! I'm owed reparations!!!!
Isn't that something many of us know, and the Liberals want to hide? I forget the exact numbers, but among people who get at least a high school education, get a job (even minimum wage), stay off drugs, and get married before having children, only 15% are poor (regardless of race). Of those who don't, 85% are poor.
And more African-Americans than whites or Asians fail to do those things.
The facts don't suit the Liberal agenda - they put the responsibility on the individual. The Liberals need to have a "downtrodden" class, otherwise they have no claim to power. And African-Americans are willing to fill that role.
Yes there is, however I would think the linkage is more culturally based than genetic if that's where you were going.
PS As my sainted Great-Granny used to say;"Die Welt ein besserer Platz würde mit deutschen Weisen sein."
This is along the same lines of the so called "black rage" defence.Remember the man who killed white pasangers on a bus(?)several yrs ago?His attorney claimed an uncontrolable rage against whites(because he felt opressed)drove him to kill.I don't think the jury bought it.IMO,people who believe this tripe simply want to believe it.As far as Katrina is concerned,the press went out of their way to MAKE Katrina a racial issue.They propagated the unfounded rumors of wholesale rape and murder.
The ex-slave immigrants from the Caribbean Islands now in New York don't act this way. They also have a higher average income in NY than the average white income. One immigrant was quoted as saying: "Isn't America great, all you have to do to get rich is work."
The ex-slave BS is for the birds and intended to elicit another level of give aways for people who refuse to work and be responsible for themselves.
Yeah, and how about post Potato Famine syndrome. It makes me want to have a drink.
Nice. Thanks for the pointer.
The terrorist quote bothers me because it is annoyingly euphemistic. The poverty quote is an insidious talking point for reparationists.
Come on; How can you demand reparations for welfare syndrome???? Sarcasm / wide and deep
You are so very correct however a word to the wise I made the same point about three weeks ago and congressman billybob lit me up as a racist.
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Article: 109 ERYTHROPOIETIN TREATMENT INHIBITED NADPH OXIDASE-DERIVED SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION AND ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR-TREATED RAT AORTA[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Objectives: We and other researchers reported that nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in pleiotropic tissue-protective effects of erythropoietin (ISH 2010, Vancouver). This study was aimed to investigate the other mechanisms of erythropoietin-induced vasoprotection using NO synthase inhibitor-treated rats. Design and methods: Erythropoietin (75 U/kg, s.c.) was administered to NO synthase inhibitor (L-NAME, 0.7 mg/ml in drinking water)-treated rats for 2 weeks. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and hematocrit was measured, and aorta was excised for the following investigations. Acetylcholine-induced relaxation was determined. Cryosections were prepared to detect macrophages and osteopontin by immunohistochemistry and to stain with hematoxylin-eosin. Immunoblotting was performed to assay the phospho-Akt, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) and suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) proteins. NADPH oxidase was measured by a luminescence assay. In addition, erythropoietin was administered to angiotensinII-treated cultured vascular endothelial cells with/without STAT5 inhibitor. Results: There was no significant difference in hematocrit among all groups. Erythropoietin had no effect on the increased SBP in L-NAME-treated rats. Erythropoietin improved endothelium-dependent vasodilatation. Macrophage infiltration, overexpression of osteopontin, and hyperplasia in L-NAME-treated rats were reduced by erythropoietin. Erythropoietin enhanced the levels of phospho-Akt, HO-1 and Cu/Zn-SOD protein. The increased NADPH oxidase activity in L-NAME-treated rat was suppressed by erythropoietin. Erythropoietin also induced SOCS1 overexpression. Cotreatment with STAT5 inhibitor canceled erythropoietin-induced suppression in NADPH oxidase activation in angiotensinII-treated endothelial cells. 1. Simopoulos AP, Cleland LG, editors. Omega-6/Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid Ratio: The Scientific Evidence in World Rev Nutr Diet, Basel, Karger, 2003: 92:1-22. 2. Na S, Collin O, Chowddury F, Tay B, Ouyang M, Wang Y, Wang N. Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2008; 105: 186626-186631. 3. Hoffman BD, Grashoff C, Schwartz MA. Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction. Nature 2011; 475(7356): 316-323.
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Article: Telmisartan inhibits vascular dysfunction and inflammation via activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in subtotal nephrectomized rat[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Telmisartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, reportedly exhibits a partial peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ agonistic action. To test whether telmisartan ameliorates vascular injury in the chronic kidney disease model rat through the PPAR-γ pathway, telmisartan (5 mg/kg per day, orally), losartan (5 mg/kg per day, orally) or telmisartan plus PPAR-γ antagonist, GW9662 (1 mg/kg/day, i.p.), was administered for 14 days to subtotal nephrectomized rats (Nx). There was no significant difference in systolic blood pressure or fasting blood glucose values among all groups. Subtotal nephrectomy significantly aggravated the levels of urinary protein excretion, blood urea nitrogen and plasma malondialdehyde concentration, which were attenuated by telmisartan or losartan treatment. Vasodilation in response to acetylcholine in the aortic ring was impaired in the Nx, and improved by treatment with telmisartan. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the infiltration of adventitial areas by macrophages and expression of osteopontin and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were enhanced in the Nx aorta and the overexpression was suppressed by telmisartan. The increased NADPH oxidase-derived superoxide production in the aorta from the Nx rat was suppressed by telmisartan. Cotreatment with GW9662 partly blunted the normalization of vascular dysfunction and inflammation. While losartan also attenuated these vascular changes in the Nx rats, the extent of the attenuation was significantly greater in the telmisartan-treated group than in the losartan-treated group. These results suggest that, in addition to a class effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers, telmisartan exerted vasoprotective effects through its PPAR-γ agonistic property in rats with renal failure.
Article: Recombinant human erythropoietin ameliorated endothelial dysfunction and macrophage infiltration by increasing nitric oxide in hypertensive 5/6 nephrectomized rat aorta[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO), used clinically for renal anemia, reportedly exhibits pleiotropic properties in various tissues. To test whether it ameliorates vascular injury, rHuEPO (75U/kg) was administered subcutaneously every 3days for 10days to 5/6 nephrectomized hypertensive rats (5/6Nx) treated with 1% NaCl. rHuEPO had no effect on increased systolic blood pressure or decreased hematocrit values, but normalized levels of proteinuria and creatinine clearance. Vasodilation in response to acetylcholine in the aortic ring was impaired in the 5/6Nx, and improved by treatment with rHuEPO. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the infiltration of adventitial areas by macrophages and expression of osteopontin were enhanced in the 5/6Nx aorta and the overexpression was suppressed by rHuEPO. rHuEPO also attenuated medial hyperplasia. Akt signaling was activated by the increased expression of phosphorylated Akt and GSK-3β in aorta from rHuEPO-treated 5/6Nx. rHuEPO restored plasma NOx (NO(2)(-)+NO(3)(-)) levels and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) content in the 5/6Nx aorta. Treatment with an eNOS substrate, l-arginine, which caused a similar increase in plasma NOx levels as the rHuEPO treatment, resulted in a normalization of endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation. These results suggest that a low dose of rHuEPO exerted vasoprotective effects in rats with hypertensive renal failure.
Article: L/N-type calcium channel blocker cilnidipine ameliorates proteinuria and inhibits the renal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats. Hypertens Res[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Cilnidipine, an N/L-type calcium channel blocker, has been reported to inhibit sympathetic nerve activity and has a greater renoprotective effect than L-type calcium channel blockers. To investigate the hypothesis that cilnidipine might ameliorate advanced hypertensive nephropathy and inhibit the renal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, cilnidipine (1 mg per kg per day) or amlodipine (1 mg per kg per day) was administered to uninephrectomized deoxycorticosterone (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats (DOCA-salt) for 4 weeks by gavage. Although the blood pressure in the DOCA-salt group was higher than that of control, neither cilnidipine nor amlodipine had any effect on the increase in blood pressure in the DOCA-salt group. The DOCA (40 mg per kg per week, subcutaneously (s.c.)) and salt (1% NaCl in drinking water) treatment significantly aggravated the levels of urinary protein excretion and creatinine clearance and increased glomerulosclerosis and collagen deposition in the tubulointerstitial area of the kidney. These effects were attenuated by cilnidipine treatment. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that the renal expression of mRNA for collagen I/IV and transforming growth factor-β was enhanced in the DOCA-salt group and that the overexpression of these molecules was suppressed by cilnidipine. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase-derived superoxide production in the kidney and urinary norepinephrine excretion, which were enhanced in the DOCA-salt group, were suppressed by cilnidipine. Cilnidipine also decreased the activity and expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and the aldosterone concentration in the renal homogenate. Although neither cilnidipine nor amlodipine had any effect on the increased blood pressure in the DOCA-salt group, these renal changes were not induced by treatment with amlodipine. In conclusion, cilnidipine inhibited renal dysfunction, sympathetic nerve activity and renal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the DOCA-salt group.
Article: Erythropoietin prevents vascular inflammation and oxidative stress in subtotal nephrectomized rat aorta beyond haematopoiesis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: 1. Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) has been used for the management of renal anaemia. Recent studies suggest pleiotropic properties of rHuEPO in various tissues. The aim of the present study was to investigate the vasoprotective effects of rHuEPO in renal failure rats. 2. Rats subjected to 5/6 and 17/18 nephrectomy (5/6Nx and 17/18Nx rats, respectively) were treated with rHuEPO (75 U/kg, s.c.) three times a week for 2 weeks. 3. Administration of rHuEPO to 5/6Nx or 17/18Nx rats had no effect on systolic blood pressure or decreased haematocrit. However, rHuEPO treatment normalized proteinuria and creatinine clearance in 5/6Nx, but not in 17/18Nx, rats. 4. Vasodilation in response to acetylcholine in aortic rings was impaired in 5/6Nx and 17/18Nx rats and improved by rHuEPO in both groups. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that macrophage infiltration into adventitial areas and the expression of osteopontin were enhanced in aortas from 5/6Nx and 17/18Nx rats, but that rHuEPO suppressed these effects. In addition, rHuEPO attenuated medial hyperplasia and NADPH oxidase-derived superoxide production in 5/6Nx and 17/18Nx rats. 5. Activation of the Akt signalling pathway was evident in rHuEPO-treated rats as the increased expression of phosphorylated Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3β. Treatment with rHuEPO restored the expression of phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the aorta and urinary excretion of NOx in nephrectomized rats. 6. These results suggest that a low dose of rHuEPO results in the normalization of endothelial function, vascular inflammation and oxidative stress in rats with renal ablation beyond haematopoiesis. In addition, these vasoprotective effects are observed even in a state of deteriorating renal dysfunction.
Article: Inhibition of the renal renin‐angiotensin system and renoprotection by pitavastatin in type 1 diabetes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: 1. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether or not pitavastatin ameliorates diabetic nephropathy and if inhibition of the rennin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is associated with any renoprotective effects. Pitavastatin (10 mg/ kg/day) and/or spironolactone (100 mg/kg/day) were given by gavage for 3 weeks to uninephrectomized rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. 2. Pitavastatin or spironolactone significantly reduced proteinuria and collagen deposition, and normalized creatinine clearance, serum creatinine levels and blood urea nitrogen concentrations. 3. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that the renal expression of collagen I, transforming growth factor-β and monocyte chemoattractant-1 were increased in diabetic rats and reduced by the pitavastatin and/or spironolactone treatment. 4. These agents also decreased angiotensin converting enzyme expression and aldosterone concentrations in the renal homogenate, but had no effect on blood glucose, haemoglobinA1c, and plasma total cholesterol, Na+, K+, aldosterone and NOx levels, or on systolic blood pressure measured by the tail-cuff method. Interestingly, cotreatment with pitavastatin and spironolactone did not result in additional normalization. 5. These results suggest that pitavastatin shows renoprotective effects against diabetic nephropathy mediated in part by inhibition of the renal RAAS, including the suppression of angiotensin-converting enzyme expression and aldosterone production.
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Charles Shelby Sr., 79, a native and resident of Raceland, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. today at Kennedy Funeral Home in Raceland and from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Bell Baptist Church in Raceland. Wake services will be at 8 p.m. today at the church. Dismissal services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with burial in Benevolent Society Cemetery in Brooklyn.
He is survived by his wife, Carrie Triggs Shelby of Raceland; nine children, Charles Shelby Jr., Eric Triggs and Carolyn T. Every, all of Raceland, Geraldine S. Cole and Debbie Triggs, both of Thibodaux, Jerry McDonald of North Carolina, Kim D. Curtis of Marrero, Sheryl P. Bolden of Des Allemands, and Patricia P. Saulsberry of Houma; one sister, Ruby S. Robinson of Raceland; 27 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth Jones Shelby; his parents, John Sr. and Arzelia Robinson Shelby; one daughter, Francis Triggs; and five brothers, Earl, James Sr., Herald Sr., Howard and Wilmer Shelby Sr.
He was on Deacon Board and a member of Bell Baptist Church.
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One of the most useful and underutilized tools offered from Google is Google Plus Hangouts. Hangouts are free and easy to access from a Google account, making it a versatile and flexible tool for businesses. While some companies are using Google Plus Hangouts for conducting meetings, here are five additional ways any business can benefit from Hangouts:
Use Google Plus Hangouts for Mobile Meetings
Smart phones, tablets, and other new tools such as NFC business cards are changing the way we do business on the move, and Google Plus takes full advantage of the benefits of mobile technology. When a colleague has an unexpected layover or a team member has to step away from her computer unexpectedly, meetings conducted on Hangouts can still happen on schedule thanks to its mobile options.
Share Documents During Google Plus Hangouts
Besides catching colleagues on the go, Google Plus makes it also possible to share documents during a hangout since it can easily sync with your shared Google Drive files. The document will appear on the large, top screen of the hangout where group members can collaborate on edits to a business plan, modifications to a budget, or last minute tweaks to an important presentation.
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If you don't have a storefront for your business where customers can wander in and ask questions or learn more about your products, Google Plus Hangouts is an ideal solution. By making a hangout open to anyone, you can have conversations with potential customers in a casual and relaxed setting.
Tim Gray at the Social Media Examiner suggests "Google+ Hangouts is an ideal forum to share ideas for new services, products and even your expertise to a wider audience. In fact, when you provide potential customers with expert and valuable advice, it often goes a long way in converting them into actual customers." Best yet, these new customers will need to add you to their circles in order to join your hangout, so you now have permission to contact them about future hangouts and promotions.
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Besides reaching new customers, Hangouts are ideal for connecting further with your latest prospects. For example, you could send a note to all of your latest email newsletter subscribers to let them know that you'll be hosting a Hangout at the end of the month where you'll be available to answer any of their questions or to provide a free consultation.
Mark Pitman at the Social Media Examiner is careful to point out that the purpose of this is "Not to put a high-pressure sales speech on them. Just to further the relationship."
Record Hangouts for Employees or Customers
A Hangout on Google Plus does not have to be a one-time event. You're also able to record your Hangouts in order to use them for a variety of other uses in the future.
Andy Havard at SitePoint notes, "This is one of the biggest plus points of Google+ Hangouts; it can help businesses reach all of their employees and even create content for their audiences and clients too. You can create product demos, tutorials, webinars and instructional videos with key members of your team to aid your clients with any problems or queries they may have." A Google Plus Hangout is also an ideal setting to conduct a product demonstration for a small group, especially since the current Hangout size is limited to 15 people.
If you're looking for a competitive edge in reaching your customers or if you simply need a more efficient online meeting and collaboration tool, Google Plus Hangouts are an ideal tool for any business to use.
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The third largest U.S. wireless network operator,
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), is teaming up with Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and
NetAmerica Alliance to accelerate 4G LTE deployment in rural
America. Apart from this new partnership, Sprint is also planning
to add 700 MHz Band 12 to its devices beginning next year.
The aforementioned partnership has been named as Small Market
Alliance for Rural Transformation (SMART). As per the deal, CCA
and NetAmerica Alliance subscribers will be able to roam on
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to 250 million people by mid-2014. Sprint's competitior Verizon
covers over 300 million customers under its LTE network.
Verizon Wireless started a program in 2010 called LTE Rural
America in order to widen its LTE network coverage in rural
areas. The company leases its 700 MHz spectrum to rural mobile
operators to build LTE network. However, CCA President and CEO,
Steven Berry feels that Sprint's program is better than Verizon's
as operators are not forced to use Sprint's spectrum but can use
their own spectrum as well.
Deployment of LTE network is rapidly gaining global momentum.
Recently, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) reported
that currently 274 LTE networks are commercially available in 101
countries. The GSA estimated that more than 350 LTE networks will
be commercially functional by the end of 2014.
Notably, in Nov 2013, the GSM Association's research wing,
GMSA Intelligence, forecasted the existence of over 1 billion
global LTE connections by 2017. It also reported that LTE users
consume more data and also generate 10-40% higher average revenue
per user (ARPU) than non-LTE consumers.
We believe that this new initiative taken by Sprint will help
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). Apart from this, the company's revenues and ARPU will also
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There's just something about making your kids' Halloween costumes. Growing up my mom always made ours (out of necessity — not because she enjoyed it!) and looking back at those photos, our costumes always just felt special.
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Every neighborhood I've lived in has rocked it out when it comes to Halloween. Each place feels like it was made for this time of the year and especially for trick-or-treating on Halloween night. First Brooklyn Heights, then Westmount in Montreal, and now West Hills in Lawrence, Kansas. All of these neighborhoods happen to be great places to trick-or-treat. And according to the trick-or-treat test, that means they're quite likely examples of good urban design:
The No-Time, No-Fuss Guide To Halloween
Halloween is so much fun! ...As long as you're not up 'til 2am the night before, sewing the finishing touches to a Chuggington costume. For the moms and dads who want to take it easy this year, this one's for you: how to still get together everything you need for a great Halloween — in about one tenth the time.
Ideas for Celebrating Halloween Abroad?
Just look at this kid. He loves Halloween. With dressing up and candy coming together in one glorious evening, it's his favorite holiday. But this Halloween we're overseas, and there's not a pumpkin in sight. Readers, help! How would you celebrate Halloween abroad?
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Maybe you've started to think about Halloween. Maybe your kids are begging you to make some elaborate costume for them and you can't image how you could possibly have time. But it doesn't have to be incredibly complicated. Maker John Gleeson Connoly has been making cardboard costumes for his kids for years, and he shares some of his strategies in the video below. Plus, find ideas for lots of other fun crafts to make with your kids.
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The older I get, the more I forget to take the time to celebrate the seasons and my favorite holidays by decorating my home. But this year I'm determined to squeeze every bit of fun out of this holiday season, and I'm looking for easy, not-too-cutesy craft projects to get my home into the Halloween spirit fast this weekend. I found six you might like to try, too! No glitter required.
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Reader Krys shows you how to make these Halloween-themed DIY pillar candles for the holiday. You choose your image, and use a simple technique to make your own festive (and inexpensive) tabletop decorations.
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There is only so much you can do with grimacing orange jack-o-lanterns. Instead, check out these 25 no-carve pumpkin ideas that are endlessly creative and varied, yet still suit the holiday. Even better: they are easy to pull off, and don't require the motor skills of a top chef.
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Sending love to my mother from Nigeria
Even though I am having the time of my life in Nigeria and wish to inform you all of my recent happenings, I have a very different agenda for today. Let me start off with a story ...
My sister and I did not have the most graceful entrance into the world of basketball. Growing up, Nneka and I were like two peas in a pod. We slept in the same room, fought for the same toys, split snacks, helped each other with homework -- the list goes on and on. Believe it or not, Nneka was the daring, adventurous one, always plotting new ways for us to have fun -- and end up in trouble. I was the cautious, relaxed little sister who followed her like I was her tail. By the time our two younger sisters joined the ranks, our parents knew they had to find a way to channel away our energy.
After we were dubbed by our instructors "too tall for gymnastics," (Too Tall I and Too Tall II are inscribed on our high school lettermen jackets as homage) my mom was referred by one of her co-workers (shout out to Mrs. Browning) to put her kids in basketball.
Our first basketball practice with our one and only AAU program, Cy-Fair Shock, was a moment I will never forget, unfortunately. I was 9 at the time. Nneka and I wore our favorite embroidered jean shorts, tank top and squinted behind our chunky-framed glasses. We lined up to do a two-ball dribbling drill -- granted we never really held a basketball before. We felt the other girls' -- with their Nike shoes, Sista Hoop T-shirts (yeah, that was the cool kind) and matching shorts -- eyes burn through us, chuckling as we failed miserably. I couldn't take it. I ran out of the gym saying I had to use the bathroom. I stayed there for the rest of practice.
Meanwhile, Nneka endured it all. Soon, she played her first game, and all I can remember from that is the muffed vision of it behind my hands, like how you watch a horror movie. But the next game was a little better because she listened to her teammates and coaches, and dang that girl can jump! My parents' trick worked -- she became a very rich girl quickly by chasing rebounds.
But that didn't ease her hunger. She would reject those incentives because she wanted to become not only a good player, but a complete player. And I am so fortunate today that she wanted to share that ambition with me.
The best thing about my big sister is her selflessness. She does not have a greedy bone in her body. Every day after practice for that first year, she would teach me what she learned in the driveway. We would play games, but nothing too competitive. She was my first coach. She taught me and still teaches me to this day, all she knows.
But this story is not about Nneka. It's about a certain lady who I wish I could say sits in the stands at all of our games. If you know her really well, she actually quivers at that idea.
At my games at Stanford today, she has befriended Maples Pavilion guards, concession-stand workers and game-day staff. She probably can't tell you what the triangle offense is (only the offense my sister and I have been playing the past six years) or maybe even what a zone press is or a crack screen. Don't be fooled though, she knows the ins and outs of the game, from amateur to collegiate to professional level. She knows just what to say to get me prepared for any opponent. She is my mother.
I apologize, please let me continue my story ...
Thanks to Nneka, I was out of the driveway, confidently playing my first few years of AAU basketball with a team in my own age division team. Thanks to the tutelage of my sister, her teammates and our coaches, I was able to train with the "big girls," and it really helped me compete from a young age. My team had started making a name for itself, winning most of the local tournaments.
On this specific day, Nneka's team had played earlier so my mom and all my sisters were able to comfortably watch my game. Our team was en route to another win against a rival organization from across town. The other team was extremely frustrated to lose again to their rival, which is expected, and chose to resort to physicality, a ridiculous amount.
All my life, I have tried and failed countlessly (I will never quit) at being a point guard. Even to this date, Coach Tara keeps reminding me to that I better "make the right play" if I am going to take it coast to coast. That is just a very polite euphemism for "you better score or not turn it over or you're going to be sitting next to me." Nonetheless, this habit has been in my nature since I learned how to dribble a ball.
As I went for the layup, one of the other team's players, who was stronger than most her age, tackled me, using her arm to chop me at my neck with a punishing force, catapulting me into wall. It was a premeditated, high-velocity, life-threatening foul.
I am pretty sure I lost consciousness for a few seconds. I struggled to move. Nneka was down by my side in lightning time -- I am pretty sure my teammates hadn't even reached me yet.
During that time, my mother, whom I had no clue was even paying attention to the game, was in attack mode. She was storming down the bleachers, screaming at the other player, the other coach and -- how could I forget -- the other girl's parent. The only things holding her back were my little sisters and Nneka's teammates. They would not let her get too close to anybody because they knew it would be epic. Everyone in the gym knew that was a dirty move by a frustrated girl. She was kicked out of the gym, shoot, maybe even kicked out of the tournament.
If you try and envision my mom, she is a tiny woman (at least compared to the rest of my family). She is soft-spoken and pretty reserved in public, especially in basketball settings. She's not a social bee at such events because she knows she is only coming to watch her daughters play and make sure they are taken care of. But how she transforms! It was like I was trapped under a car and that "mother's adrenaline" allowed her to lift it and rain hell upon whoever treated her child with such disrespect. I could have most definitely been paralyzed or even killed by that foul, and she made everyone responsible in that moment remember that forever.
For this reason, I think my mom struggles sitting in the stands. Deep down I know she prefers watching from the cameraman's trailer or the concession stand corner because she knows if she sits in the stands, there is a high chance she will probably be on the court the minute there is a hard foul.
My mother is the strongest woman I have ever known. She did not teach me the game of basketball. She did not do the homework or pass the tests that provided me the opportunity to go to Stanford University. But she has protected me. She has always protected me and my sister's best interests with basketball, life and everything in between. She is the only one person in this world who is my mother, and she holds on to that with her life. She is tough when she needs to be, funny when she wants to be and caring all the time. She is my No. 1 fan.
So this is for all the moms out there who sit in gyms every weekend. The moms who chase their kids around the country from tournament to tournament. Even if they know their kids are probably not going to win the next game, they keep us positive, confident and hopeful. They always lend money to get those overpriced concession snacks. The moms who deal with sweaty jerseys and tired kids. The moms who cheer hard after wins and hug us harder after losses. The moms who see a superstar in all of us. To those moms, Happy Mother's Day!
From all the way in Nigeria, Mom, this is my Mother's Day gift to you! Love you to the moon and back!
Your daughter,


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"The goal is to help Wisconsin achieve some significant voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions," said Roy Thilly, who co-chaired the task force and chairs the board of directors of the climate initiative. "the more that we can get done voluntarily, the less we'll get into debates over legislation and the less costly any piece of legislation will be."
Thilly, chief executive of WPPI Energy in Sun Prairie, commented after legislative leaders declined to schedule a vote on the Clean Energy Jobs Act, citing concerns over the potential cost of the legislation. That bill incorporated recommendations of the task force aimed at helping position Wisconsin for eventual national regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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"There are a lot of people who want to do something and don't know what to do or how to do it, or how effective what they're doing is," Thilly said.
The program hopes to launch a social-marketing strategy for "inspiring changes in behavior in ways that don't affect comfort or productivity," he added.
The challenge can be summed up by the rising power usage in homes thanks to consumer electronics and other appliances, many of which are plugged in and drawing power around-the-clock.
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