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Luke Wright is hoping to nail down a place in England's World Cup team by impressing in the remaining two one-day internationals in Australia.
The 25-year-old all-rounder has been a regular part of England's limited-overs squad for the past couple of years and is part of the 15-man party that will look to secure glory on the sub-continent.
Wright has featured in just one game of the current series, but is likely to return for the sixth match at Sydney tomorrow following the mounting injury count to England's bowlers.
Ajmal Shahzad was today ruled out of the remainder of the series after scans showed he had suffered a minor hamstring tear in Sunday's defeat in Brisbane, while Chris Tremlett has a side strain and will be reassessed in the coming days.
With Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan having flown home early last week due to their own injuries, Wright, who bowled only two overs in his one outing in the series to date, is likely to be given a more significant role with the ball and is keen to grab his opportunity.
"Every time you play you give yourself an opportunity to make a statement and keep your spot," he said.
"It only takes one game, a big hundred or a five-for to get a spot down.
"I've played just the one game but I've trained hard and I'm hoping to get the nod for tomorrow.
"All you can do is work hard and when you get your chance take the opportunity.
"You've always got a lot to prove in international cricket. It doesn't take long for everyone to need a performance and you always want one."
England's memorable tour of Australia will end with two dead rubbers, with the final game in Perth on Sunday, after Australia took an unassailable 4-1 lead in the series following their 51-run win in Brisbane.
It has meant that England's proud recent record in 50-over cricket - they had won their previous six series - has been blemished less than a month out from the World Cup.
Wright believes the injury-ravaged team can rebuild some of the damage of a poor series though.
"We've played outstandingly well in one-day cricket for two years now," he said.
"Obviously it's been disappointing that we haven't been able to come here and get a good result, but we've still got a lot to look forward to.
"The next two games are very important for us going into the next World Cup.
"It's a massive confidence game and any momentum we can get going into that World Cup is going to be a help.
"If we can go home and it's 4-3 then we can take quite a lot from that. Australia are such a top opponent, especially here as well.
"You never want injuries but the morale is still very good in the camp, the boys feel like they are getting better and I'm sure that we will be raring to go for the World Cup."
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After six months of suffering from a strange rash, an unnamed 11-year-old boy's case is bringing to light a bigger concern for parents who allow their children to play on their electronic devices. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, July 14, that the boy's rash was caused by an allergic reaction to nickel found on his family's iPad.
The case, which appeared in the July 14 online issue of the medical journal, Pediatrics, revealed that after an increase in the use of a 2010 iPad the child came down with a rash. The adolescent who has a history of skin issues was said to not be responding to his usual rash medicine. He was treated at Rady Children's Hospital.
After doing a skin graph test on the boy, nickel was discovered to be the culprit. It was then found that the iPad contained nickel in its backing. Sharon E. Jacob, MD, a dermatologist at Rady Children's Hospital, and Shehla Admani, MD, the doctors that wrote the journal, call this skin irritation allergic contact dermatitis, which lists exposure to nickel as the cause for the reaction. Nickel is one of the most allergy-inducing metals.
"With the increasing prevalence of nickel allergy in the pediatric population, it is important for clinicians to continue to consider metallic-appearing electronics and personal effects as potential sources of nickel exposure," the report stated.
Jacob said that nickel allergies are showing up more and more, abcNews shared. Jacobs pointed out that a decade ago only 17 percent of children had nickel reactions. Today, national data shows 25 percent of children who are tested for skin allergies are allergic to nickel.
A spokeswoman from the Nickel Institute, Clare Richardson, said that about 17 percent of women and three percent of men have nickel allergies. Legislation from the European Union is said to be limiting the amount of nickel that is released from products, she added.
Nickel can be found in ear piercings, dental work, laptops, cellphones and video game controllers among other things. Although the rash is not life threatening, it can be very uncomfortable. If said rash becomes infected the patient would need to use steroids and antibiotics to treat it.
WebMD reports that in the case of the 11-year-old, after putting a protective case on the tablet his symptoms decreased dramatically. Both Apple spokesman, Chris Gaither, and Microsoft spokeswoman, Ryan Bartholomew, did not comment on the nickel discussion.

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Since neuron damage as a result of exercise remains a possible explanatory theory for the causes of PPS, you may be risking further loss of muscle function if you undertake vigorous exercise. I have been suffering for a couple of years now, and have radically reduced the amount of exercise I undertake,as well as investing in a couple of mobility scooters to cut out the need to walk. This appears to have halted the progress of the condition. However, it is all guesswork.....I am now of course risking my health through lack of exercise, howrver my personal calculation is that since I was very fit before the condition appeared (i did lots of exercise-which of course fits the exercise causing damage theory) I figure that Iwill run that risk if it means that i can retain the ability to walk (a little).


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Metro Boston, north shore and metro west: Winter is poised to deliver another one two punch to the area Tuesday and Wednesday. Part 1 is the much colder air overspreading the region tonight as the arctic front that moved through late Monday pushes offshore. Temperatures plummet through the teens overnight as we once again dive into the big chill and the mercury will make very little recovery Tuesday staying in the teens.
Part 2 is the potential for snow late Tuesday, Tuesday night and early on Wednesday. The question is how much can we expect as the track of this storm is well offshore, yet close enough to potentially give southeastern Massachusetts a moderate snowfall. In the metro Boston area we are going to be close to a moderate snowfall with lighter amounts north and west of the city. A change in the storm track could bring a heavier dose of snow to the forecast area so this will need to be watched very closely over the next 24 hours.
As of Monday afternoon the thinking is that light snow breaks out by late Tuesday afternoon and continues overnight into Wednesday morning. The further north and west of the city the less snow is likely. The closer to the coast you are the better chance for higher snowfall totals. Close call all the way around and the snowfall forecast will need to be adjusted later tonight and certainly early on Tuesday. Stay tuned!
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the south coastal areas of southern New England, including Cape Cod and the Islands, as there is a potential for 4 to 8 inches of snow there. I would not be surprised to see the watch area pushed further north tonight or by early Tuesday morning. Locally, the weather service has a 2 to 4 inch forecast for much of the north shore and western suburbs, trailing back to 1 to 3 inches interior northeast Massachusetts and the Merrimack Valley. AccuWeather has the local area in a swath of 3 to 6 inches, 6 to 12 across southeast Massachusetts, with the local Fox station outlining 2 to 5, with 4 to 8 from the city south. Our estimate is 5 to 9 inches. Any of these numbers can and probably will change over the next 24 hours so do stay tuned!
The low will intensify while over the open Atlantic Waters and become a formidable ocean storm as it churns toward the Canadian Maritimes later Wednesday.
Meanwhile, we will be under the influence of the arctic air mass throughout the storm which means this will be a fluffy light snow in the local area and with gusty winds there will be blowing and drifting snow into Wednesday.
The cold stays put through Friday with generally partly cloudy skies Thursday and Friday.
72 Hour Outlook:
Monday night: Chance of an evening snow shower, otherwise turning partly cloudy overnight. Much colder, low temperatures 9 to 14 degrees by morning. Brisk northwest winds may gust to 25 mph.
Tuesday: Chance of morning sun, otherwise rapidly increasing clouds and frigid. Chance of light snow mid to late afternoon. Little temperature change with highs 14 to 18. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday night: Snow likely, cold and becoming windy. Lows 12 to 16. Increasing north winds gusting to over 30 mph.
Wednesday: Snow likely in the morning, tapering to flurries or snow showers in the afternoon, especially along the coastal plain. Remaining quite cold and windy. Little change in temperature. Northwest winds may gust to near 40 mph early in the day. Expect low wind chill values, perhaps to around zero.
Wednesday night: Partly cloudy. Bitterly cold and breezy. Lows zero to 10, coldest interior sections. Wind chills below minus 10.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona redshirt freshman quarterback Anu Solomon has collected two weekly awards after his record-breaking performance on Friday night in the Wildcats' 58-13 win over UNLV. He completed 25-of-44 passes for 425 yards and four touchdowns. The yardage total set a new freshman record (previously held by Keith Smith – 418 at California in a four overtime game in 1996).The 425 yards also tied Nick Foles' mark for ninth-most in UA single game history.
Solomon has been named a Manning Award Star of the Week, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Fans can visit the Allstate Sugar Bowl Facebook page to vote for Solomon's performance from this past weekend by 'liking' his photo. When voting closes on Friday at 9 a.m. MST, the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.
Solomon was also named Athlon Sports National Freshman of the Week. He paced Arizona to a school-best 787 yards of total offense – the most of any FBS team on the opening weekend of the college football season. Solomon spread the ball around to nine different receivers in the first half alone, and he had touchdown tosses of 39, 63, 13 and 92 yards. His big-play prowess averaged out to 17.0 yards per completion, a new single-game school record for a quarterback with 20 or more completions.
Additionally, Solomon displayed play-making ability with his feet as he collected 50 rushing yards on eight carries. Altogether, Solomon netted 475 total offense yards to claim the No. 4 spot in UA single-game history. He became the first freshman ever to start a season-opener for the Wildcats, and his four touchdowns were the most for a freshman signal-caller making his debut.
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Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Assumption is the small town where Calixta and Alcée met up and shared kisses long ago. It's also, tellingly, where they did not give in to their carnal desires completely – they never had sex there. The name Assumption has religious connotations that remind us of virginity and chastity. In Christianity, it's a reference to a specific event: the Virgin Mary's ascent to heaven after she dies.
Instead of having sex in a place associated with virginity, the place Calixta and Alcée finally consummate their feelings for one another is in Calixta's home. However, it's the memory of their time in Assumption – a place reminiscent of chastity where they couldn't be together – that sparks a more mature, adult interlude between them.
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After several months of training for the More Half-Marathon, race day finally arrived. I am proud to say I finished it with a bang!
Over the last two weeks, I continued to train as usual, doing shorter walks and some weight training and core work—I even tried hula hooping for the first time! I refrained from my once-weekly long walks so that I could be best prepared—and not depleted—come race day. I also made sure to get enough rest and continued to drink lots of fluids throughout each day.
Two days before the race, I had a nightmare about the impending race that woke me up in the middle of the night! In it, I found myself approaching the end of the race. It was then I realized the race organizers took down the arch and clock at the finish line. To make matters worse, they refused to give me a medal. It's clear from this nightmare that even though I knew I was well prepared for the half-marathon, I definitely had at least a little bit of pre-race anxiety and jitters.
On the night before the race, I climbed into bed by 9:30 pm and fortunately slept very well. When my alarm woke me at 6 am, I had a low fat chocolate milk and bowl of oatmeal. (Even though I had a lot of nervous energy, there was no way I'd skip breakfast.) I packed up a small bag of licorice bits in my sports belt to nosh on during the race, and off my friend Liz and I went.
Race day itself definitely had its high highs and its low lows. So here goes!
The Highs
At 7:15 am, my friend Liz (who slept over) and I headed to meet my other friend Elise at Central Park. The crowd was very enthused—I even managed to give away about 20 #moveitorlose it buttons to perfect strangers before we hopped on line for the race. We three ladies chit-chatted with some of the participants—everyone was so nice! We then decided to separate. Elise, who would walk/jog the race went ahead of Liz and I, who went towards the back of the line but didn't start together. I turned on my music and was ready to begin.
Despite a few raindrops, the race got off to a great start. To my surprise, it only took me about eight minutes to get to the official start line. At that point, I turned on my stopwatch and began what would be the longest, hardest walk of my life.
Even though I knew I was prepared for the race, I failed to factor in how adrenaline would impact my race time. I estimated I'd finish in 3 hours and 10 minutes—at about a 14:30 per mile pace. But I realized I finished my first mile at about a 13:30 pace...then the second, third and fourth miles at a similar pace. Being competitive with myself, I thought I could definitely beat my 3:10 goal. I tweeted and posted mile marker photos and even texted my friends and husband throughout the race. I was pumped up and kept going and going.
The (Not-So) Lows
Blisters? What blisters? Even though two panful blisters had formed on both of my arches, race-day adrenaline kept me going. I even tried to figure out how fast I'd have to walk to finish in under three hours. Delusional? Probably. But that's what I was thinking!
But it was at around mile nine that I started to hit the wall. My breathing, which was heavier than on my usual training walks, got even heavier. I even became a little emotional at one point and felt like I was going to cry. I knew I'd finish the race, but I also knew that from then on it would be more of a mental challenge than a physical one.


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Saskatchewan health officials have reported today the first hantavirus fatality of the year, prompting a warning to the public to take precautions when camping, opening their cottage, getting the RV or boat ready for the season, moving woodpiles or cleaning out buildings.
The victim was a an adult from southern Saskatchewan. Since 1994, Saskatchewan has reported 27 cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), nine of which resulted in death.
Hantavirus is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by rodents that has symptoms similar to influenza. It is carried by rodents, especially deer mice. The virus is found in their urine and feces, but it does not make the animal sick.
It is believed that humans can get sick with this virus if they come in contact with contaminated dust from mice nests or droppings. You may come in contact with the dust when cleaning homes, sheds, or other enclosed areas that have been empty for a long time. Hantavirus does not spread between humans.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) divides the symptoms of hantavirus between "early" and "late" symptoms.
Early symptoms include fatigue, fever and muscle aches, especially in the large muscle groups—thighs, hips, back, and sometimes shoulders. These symptoms are universal.
There may also be headaches, dizziness, chills, and abdominal problems, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. About half of all HPS patients experience these symptoms.
Four to 10 days after the initial phase of illness, the late symptoms of HPS appear. These include coughing and shortness of breath, with the sensation of, as one survivor put it, a "…tight band around my chest and a pillow over my face" as the lungs fill with fluid.
In the United States since 1993, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a total of 639 cases with a fatality rate of 36 percent.
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According to Today Health on Thursday, a Washington State pet supply store owner's diet will consist of nothing but pet food for 30 consecutive days. Dorothy Hunter, who owns Paw's Natural Pet Emporium in Richland, Washington has vowed to do this to raise awareness about the diets of pets and humans.
Hunter is attempting to prove that her products for pets are safe enough for humans to digest. The woman sells holistic, natural foods at Paw's Natural Pet Emporium. She went so far as to say she believes what she sells for pets to consume are good products and the pets that eat them are eating better than humans do. So she has vowed to eat dog food for a month which ends on July 19.
Hunter got the idea for eating dog and cat food one day when she was hungry as she restocked store shelves. She said she didn't have time to get a snack, so she grabbed a bag of dog treats, ate them and liked them. That's when she vowed to do this for 30 days. She will not only be eating pet treats, but she vowed to eat canned cat food and wet dog food as well. Even some of her employees have joined her in sampling pet food.
Hunter might be vowing to eat pet food, but as the warning goes, "Don't try this at home." That's because in a statement, the Food and Drug Administration told "Today" that pet food is not intended for humans, since people and pets have different dietary needs, but noted that both are required to be compliant with food additive regulations and free of pathogens.
John Tegzes, a consultant for Just Food For Dogs, which makes pet food from ingredients intended for human consumption, told "Today" that he doesn't condone experimenting with pet foods. He doesn't believe pet food should be good for human consumption because of potential contamination. Besides, it's not necessarily balanced for human nutrition.
"Today's" diet and nutrition editor, Madelyn Fernstrom, said pet foods can put humans at risk for food-borne illness. She thinks choosing to experiment with pet food as a long term option is a nutritional negative and might make you sick.
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The icon is greyed out on all webpages Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Note: the addon may still be used by rightclicking and selecting 'show anchors'This user has a previous review of this add-on.
no longer working with FF35 and FF36? Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Since Firefox 35 or 36 this plugin ceased to work for me (simply no reaction when I click on the anchor button).
I checked this on several web sites with anchors.
Before these upgrades it worked as expected.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Works well.
1) I think the UI is confusing. Left-Clicking the anchor to get a menu is straight-forward, but i do not find it to be intuitive. I expected something like a right-click to work. The autocopy option mentioned by spirit is interesting.
2) The blue around the anchor is distracting.
3) Enabling/Disabling Show anchors changes location of page scroll.
- Page with two frames
- Show Anchors
- Reload page
- Only one of the frames retains the anchors.
- Example page, http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e22490/ldr_control_file.htm
Thanks Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thanks for you to continue to support my extension. I like new icon.
New option Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Its me again, can you add small improvement: add option to autocopy to clipboard, when anchor get focus then adress will be copy to clipboard automatically. To signal this (copy done) the anchor could change the color (to green), and when anchor lost focus then color will be default. This behaviour can be set in add-on option.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.10.1-signed.1-signed). This user has a previous review of this add-on.
Bugfix for FF25 Rated 4 out of 5 stars
This addon stopped working on FF25, (with error on line 360 of showanchors2.js: document.getElementById(...) is null)
I uploaded a fixed version of this addon in:
Bug is already fixed
Thank you for investigating this problem, but I have already uploaded a fixed version. It is currently in the review process of addons.mozilla.org, but should be available in a day or so. You can already manually install it from here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/show-anchors-2/versions/Version 1.10 fixes the bug. It would be great if you could update the review if you found the problem to be resolved.
Update: The version is now available directly.
v1.9(under review) was fixed Japanese bug. Rated 5 out of 5 stars
But I found other bug.
Option window is not displayed from add-ons manager tab.
Thank you for the report, this problem has been resolved. It would be great if you can update your review :)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great fork. This extension is extremely useful for linking, bookmarking or emailing links to a specific part of a web page.
It solves all major issues for FF 4 and upper versions in the original addon. However I found one mild annoyance, if addon bar icon is used to show or hide anchors on a tab, the icon keeps showing the state of the last change, no matter the state the current tab has when you move throught different tabs in that window, it doesn't update the addon bar icon state (only the icon) on tab change.
(FF 23.0a1 nightly 32-bit on win)
@Michael Scheper click the anchor icons displayed to show the anchors links context menu options.
Looks nice, but not very helpful Rated 3 out of 5 stars
This add-on shows anchors all right, but it doesn't seem to make it any easier to copy URLs with anchors to the clipboard... or maybe it's just bad UI.
I was hoping this add-on would avoid me needing to install the Web Developer extension, but Tools→Web Developer Extension→Information→Display Anchors offers more functionality.
Hi Michael, thank you for your review. Can you be more specific what you would like from the Addon? It should be very easy to copy the URL with the anchor: If you enable show anchor, then you will get a small icon (blue anchor) for every anchor. When you click this icon, then you get a menu with an entry to copy the URL (also see the first screenshot).
Is this not what you are looking for?
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Добавьте, пожалуйста, кнопку для панели инструментов.
One of my all-time favorites, now available for F'Fox version 10 and beyond… Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thanks to Stefan for the updated version — the toolbar button missing from earlier versions of Show Anchors 2 is now available. One can once again click the toolbar button to immediately see all the anchors on a given page.
Insofar as the earlier instance of Show Anchors meant for older versions of Firefox was one of my all-time favorite add-ons, and insofar as Show Anchors 2 now delivers that functionality for version 10 of Firefox (and presumably beyond), I've rewritten my initial review and added some stars…
Solved in 1.3
Thanks for you comment. There was a problem with the toolbar button in version 1.2 (and possibly earlier versions), but the recently uploaded version 1.3 should fix this issue. Let me know if it still does not work for you.
Works fine Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It works as expected. Thank you for reviving this add-on officially.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.0).
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Been sick getting, zero energy went to Virginia, dog has glaucoma
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Two Fridays ago we flew to Virginia to pick up our new Tahoe, well its used but new to us. We brought it from a Ford dealer. Drove it home, about 800 miles. Husband took it to where our nephew works at a tire place and put it on a lift. What a mess. something to do with cross members, I don't know, I had to take it to a couple collusion places to get it looked at, apparently it had a bent frame. The Carfax report did not mention it, said it had been in an accident but nothing about the frame being bent.
My husband had to get back to work in Miami, I had to get the reports to send to the Ford dealer we brought it from so they would refund our money. So this truck is sitting in the front, I'm waiting for a check, then they are sending someone to get the truck because I'm nor driving it back!
My husband is so pissed off at the dealership for even letting us drive off the lot with it. The idiot who sold it to us said "Oh well we really didn't get a chance to inspect it..."
So, stay clear of Kip Killoman's Tyson Ford Vienna Virginia!
I really hope he sent a refund because otherwise its going to be really annoying to get our money back.
So on top of all this I've been sick with a really annoying cough, zero energy, like zilch. Today was the first day I was able to actually not feel like death.
Oh yeah, found out the dog has glaucoma. He has it in his left eye. He also had an ulcer and a cataract in the left eye. So 3 vet visits and $600 dollars later *sigh* he's doing much better. Tomorrow I take him for blood work for a "tick" panel" to see if its caused by a tick bite. He was on a lot of medication the first week to get the pressure down. Right now its drops 4 times a day. The ulcer is gone and he's looking a lot better. It hurt to pay out that much but we love him, not much else I could do other then let him go blind. I am just thankful we had the money to do it. Of course there were many other things I needed but they will wait, he could not. We did purchase the Banfield pet insurance so we saved about $800 dollars but there's 40 dollars a month for the next year.
So I went to the gym as my son's guest. Did 3 miles on the treadmill in 60 minutes. I needed a kick to get back to walking after being sick and running around to the vet & car places.
I vacuumed the house and washed the floor too. Its so nice not to feel dead!
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Take care of yourself with that cough. It's good that you did a bit on the treadmill. Hopefully it will boost your immune system a bit and kick that cough.
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Any person who is preparing to make a Social Media Presentation must ensure that the content is engaging and relevant. It should have the ability to capture the attention of the audience and get them involved in using the tools to their advantage.
More and more people are becoming aware of social media and its impact in the world today.
Irrespective of whether you are in the developed or developing part of the world we must agree that it is here with us.
However, an individual has to make a choice whether to embrace or reject it depending on their view and understanding of it.
Apart from the advantages it can generate, it also has disadvantages if not used in a responsible manner, and all these must be clear to your audience when making a presentation.
The content used must involve the user and examples should be brought down to the grassroots level. The presenter must clarify that as an initiator of information, a person must be in control of the communication in whatever media they choose to use.
People do not like to be misguided especially in areas where they have limited information. You must realize that it takes time for others to understand or learn something new but they eventually get enlightened on the topic over time as they get involved.
Therefore, the presenter must make sure that this information is correct and is to the best interest of the users.
Using social media does not necessarily mean that the content of information being relayed changes. The message in brochures, press releases and any other form of communication should remain the same save for the media used. This is because any one can notice content that does not feel real.
The presenter must use an effective social media strategy to sell more of its value as a communication device for organizations.
This naturally creates more users as they understand the significance of its use and many people will join without haste.
Social media's main purpose is effective communication and it should remain so when used effectively and the rewards follow suit because people act depending on the information.
Famous Tools used at a Social Media Presentation
IPad apps
This gadget can be easily used to make a great social media presentation. Apart from being portable, it is adaptable as well as influential and has many applications for business.
With an iPad a salesman can easily influence a potential customer even while waiting for an airplane through a presentation.
A person can do business anytime without the inconveniences of carrying a heavy laptop and projector and share the discussion with the home office for further processing.
This is yet another multipurpose social media tool that uses 140 characters or less posts. It is also known as micro blogging where people write about almost anything and share it with their followers.
Third party plug-ins can also interrelate with Twitter through email. People interrelate using this social media tool through their mobile phone mails, SMS, applications such as Google Talk and even AOL Instant courier.
It can also be incorporated into other media stages and tools such as Word Press, Face Book and several others.
This is one of the favorites with millions of users worldwide. It is highly ranked among the rest for social networking as well as presentation.
It was a simple tool that was initially created to provide simple networking services to students in colleges and universities.
Now it has spread out to be used not only for social but business networking in schools, organizations, public forums worldwide.
This social media tool has some functions that can be used to coordinate status updates that link twitter and itself for users of both. The profile user can include a selection of applications to improve and increase its utility.
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This one enables users to develop their web blogs instantly and with ease without requiring them to have much knowledge in HTML coding. In addition to this, the material uploaded can be made accessible to other users in an RSS supply. This enables readers to get updates immediately a new article is published by the blogger.
Preparing for a Social Media Presentation
As a presenter, you must take your time to learn as much as possible and on a continuous and daily basis on the social media tools. Be conversant in their use, those who make and use them.
It is important to motivate participants during the presentation to win them into making use of the social media tools for the advantages they offer.
During the presentation you should be willing to learn from others since you are likely to meet some users in the audience who have come across other functions that you may not know.
These are all technical tools which keep changing by the second.
Finally it is important to be very well prepared in the tool in which you have the greatest interest where you are highly knowledgeable and passionate about.
Encourage questions and answer with clarity. Ask for advice from those who have used other tools and add these to your knowledge base and share thoughts with them.
Identifying the most appropriate Social Media Presentation Tools
There are thousands of presentation tools worldwide and a person should select the most appropriate.
Your objectives and goals for presentation should determine which social media tools you want to dwell on for that particular audience, their level of understanding and how they perceive the whole idea.
The elderly are more reluctant to get involved as opposed to the younger persons but this should not discourage you because people are different, and its vice versa in other cases.
A person can cover all at once or if they have time, dwell on each per session. It is important to identify the tools that are used and liked by potential customers who make the audience.
Taking time to research what your competitors use for their products and services can give you an edge when selecting your tool for such a presentation.
Therefore, we can see that preparing an effective social media presentation can have a positive impact on your business, and social life.
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Jai (Govinda) and Veeru (Sanjay Dutt) are partners and friends in crime. That is why their friendship is called Jodi No. 1. They dupe people after gaining their confidence. But they have to run from Bombay after a clash with a local Bhai. In the course of their travel, they happen to meet Inder (Rajat Bendi), an NRI, who is on his way to Goa to work as a manager for Rai Bahdur (Anupam Kher), a wealthy businessman, who owns a beer factory.
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Stanford, Calif., -- Stanford University is once again hosting the USA Rugby National Guard Collegiate Men's and Women's Championship Tournament. The two-day tournament will take place at the Steuber Rugby Stadium, May 2-3, 2008. Both Division 1 and Division 2 titles for both men and women will be contested over the 2-day event.
For the fourth year in a row, and eighth in the program's history, the Stanford Women's Rugby Team has qualified to compete in the National Championship Tournament. The Cardinal has three national titles (1999, 2005, 2006) for eight appearances since 1992. Fans will remember a heartbreaker finish at 2007's title game, where a narrow, 1-point margin left the Cardinal 2nd to Penn State.
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Any occupation in which women or men comprise 25% or less of its total employment. For example, only about 2% of Auto Collision Repairers are female, so "Auto Collision Repair " is a nontraditional occupation for females. Likewise, roughly 8% of males are Registered Nurses, thus, "Registered Nurse" is a nontraditional occupation for males.
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The goalkeeper believes his team will create opportunities against the reigning world and European champions, but stressed the need to take them when they arriveHugo Lloris says that France must "hit Spain where it hurts" when they face Vicente del Bosque's side on Tuesday in their crucial World Cup 2014 qualifier.
The two sides met back in June when La Roja strolled to a 2-0 victory in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012, but the Tottenham goalkeeper believes that his side can take all three points if they take their chances.
"It could be difficult, but we have to be together, and everyone has to put in a huge effort and hit them where it hurts. We will certainly have our chances, and we cannot let them pass," he told reporters.
The pair have had contrasting build-ups to Tuesday's encounter, with Spain strolling to a 4-0 win over Belarus, while Les Bleus fell to a shock defeat at home to Japan on Friday.
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A member of the Bank's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, Martin Weale, said that spring 2015 would be most likely time for a rate rise, in an interview with Sky News.
He said it would be difficult to change rates in the midst of the general election, which will take place in May of next year, so the increase may occur beforehand.
Interest rates have been at a record low 0.5 per cent since the impact of recession was most felt, in late 2008 and Bank of England governor Mark Carney had said they would begin to increase once unemployment fell below 7 per cent. He then revised this as unemployment levels fell faster than anticipated.
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Diane Kruger may or may not have been (OK, she definitely was) the best dressed celeb at Coachella over these past two April weekends. Why, you ask? Well, simply take a look at what the other stars were wearing (lots of costume shop fringe, waaaay too short-shorts, and plenty of other fashion fails). You'll see what we mean.
We've come to expect this type of understated, chic festival style from Diane, and we're totally OK with copying all of her outfits and using them in our own spring wardrobes. This one in particular is pretty easy to recreate. Stick with a couple well-fitting basics, like a striped crop top and black fit-and-flare skirt, and polish off with a chain bag (Diane's is Lanvin, so feel free to go cheaper), and detailed gladiator sandals. We found the exact ones from Joie that Diane is wearing in this photo.
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I just learned that if you hit and hold ESC while on the Mac Terminal, a prompt appears after a few seconds offering to show every command available on your system, including aliases, built-ins, and executables on your PATH.
Soruce: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/05/list-all-possible-terminal-commands.html
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Does anyone know how this magic output is generated? Is it just generated on the fly by Terminal? Is there a bash command that can be called explicitly on the command line and get the same result?
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The Grandchildren are coming! The Grandchildren are coming! One if by land and two if by air... Alert the childproofing police.
With Spring just around the corner (please, please, please) comes increased travel plans for the holidays, Passover and Easter. Oh, the excitement! Oh, the fun! The most precious gifts on earth, grandchildren, are coming to Grandma's house. That can only mean one thing – time for a grandma's house inspection to make sure your home is grandchild-proofed.
Time passes, children grow and what they can see changes. A matter of a few inches can mean the difference between a safe and happy trip or a trip to the ER.
Ok, so "we didn't have to wear bike helmets or seatbelts, and we turned out just fine." Get over it. Much has changed we were kids and even since our kids were toddlers. There's lots to be said for common sense and experience.
Research shows more than 4.5 million children are injured in the home every year. Taking simple preventive measures and closely supervising your grandchildren can help protect them from common household hazards.
Here are some easy-to-do things to help secure your home in time for a visit from your little ones.
Checklist for Childproofing Grandma's Home
1. Take a look around your house – from your grandchildren's perspective. Searching for the Passover afikoman is fun for little ones and big ones alike. What could they find? (It won't hurt you to crouch down a little.) Are sockets covered? Outlet covers and switch plate covers should be installed throughout your home to protect against shock and electrocution. Make sure they're the kind that kids can't remove on their own and that they're large enough to cover the entire opening.
2. Also check out your computer hook up and any lights and lamps and make sure the sockets and power cords are protected and out of sight. Best to use surge protectors for multiple plugs as well.
3. Now's a good time to check your smoke detectors throughout your home and make sure the alarm is working. Same goes for carbon monoxide detectors
4. Put aside your desire to fill their Easter baskets with hard candies and small toys which may be a choking hazard. If it can fit through the opening of a toilet roll, it's too small.
5. Some pre-made Easter baskets look pretty but kids can rip off the shrink wrap faster than you can say "suffocate". Keep a watchful eye for staples and other sharp objects as well.
6. Check for sharp edges on furniture and install corner and edge bumpers to make the edges blunt.
7. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 20 percent of accidental ingestions by children were grandparents' medications. Lock up household cleaning materials and medication in a cabinet out of reach. Also remove all medicines from purses, pockets, and drawers, and install safety latches and locks for cabinets and drawers in the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry area, and anywhere you store liquids or harmful objects. Kids can get into anything, so don't underestimate them.
8. Safety gates are great way to block off access to stairways (install at the top and at the bottom), areas where there are breakables, areas you want to keep kids away from. Make sure the latches are easy for adults but difficult for kids to open. Older models have openings kids can get their hands caught in, so make sure yours is a current model.
9. Bathtime is always fun, but you may want to put those rubber covers (they come in all kinds of bright colors, animal shapes, flowers, etc.) over bathtub spout so kids can't hurt themselves if they bump their heads in the tub. Make sure your water heater's set to a moderate temperature to avoid scalding.
10. Keep appliances and office and exercise equipment that might injure children out of their reach and unplugged. Also be mindful of hot appliances to avoid scalding or burns.
11. Never leave windows open more than a few inches, even with screens. Screens cannot prevent kids from falling out of windows. And remove any window shade/drape cords or tack them up to avoid kids from strangling themselves.
12. Guns. If you must keep them in your home, make sure they are securely locked away and that ammunition is stored elsewhere.
14. Keeping baby safe in the crib is a whole 'nother story. Remove everything from the crib except baby – no bumpers, blankets, stuffed toys and teddy bears or anything that could smother them should be left in the crib. Sleepsacks are all they need to keep snug as a bug and cozy warm. They should also be put to sleep on their backs. And if you have an older crib, you may want to use a Pack'n'Play instead. The bars may be too far apart and baby's head could get stuck between them.
15. Car seats are a must. Infants should be in rear-facing carseats until they reach 20 pounds and studies show that children under 57 inches tall are safest in the event of crash when in a car seat or seat-belted in a booster seat. Laws vary by state.
16. Most of all, keep a watchful eye on the kids at all times. They don't know all the nooks and crannies as well as you do, but you can bet they'll want to explore.
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CLOVIS, N.M. - Bessie Irene Sanders Pittman, 91, died Thursday, April 19, 2007.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Mission Garden of Memories with the Rev. Dean Turvaville officiating. Arrangements are by Muffley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Pittman was born Feb. 9, 1916, to Monroe and Emma Hopkins Sanders in Belvidere,Tenn. She married Furman E. Pittman in 1946 in Rossville, Ga.
Survivors include a daughter, Faye Pittman; and a sister, Dorothea Green of Huntsville, Ala.
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NORTH ROYALTON — The bears poked at the hive just one time. That was all it took.
The Highland football team came out buzzing Friday, then responded to a big play on North Royalton's first possession by continuing to sting and sting on its way to a 56-14 rout in non-league play.
After the Hornets (3-0) took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard plunge by running back Alex Harris, it looked like this might be a repeat of North Royalton's thrilling 56-51 win last season when Austin Smith scampered 66 yards for a touchdown on the Bears' first play from scrimmage.
Not so fast.
The quick-strike score only fired the Hornets up.
"We just wanted to keep improving," coach Tom Lombardo said. "We wanted to prove our physical play. I think we did that. We established the run and played very good defense. I couldn't find much fault with it."
Behind Harris (28 carries, 191 yards, 3 TDs) and Bruce Kinsey (12 carries, 84 yards; 10-for-16 passing, 155 yards, 4 total TDs), Highland blew the doors off and raced to a 42-14 halftime lead.
"What we talked about leading up to this week was how personal we took them scoring that many points against our defense last year," Harris said. "That was just our focus, and we obviously answered and did a great job."
The game got out of hand quickly in the second quarter, as Highland scored 28 points in a 7:52 span.
"We knew that's what we needed to do," Harris said. "We needed to get that momentum back. We scored and the 'D' just shut them down."
A pair of turnovers and two three-and-outs by the Bears (1-2) during the period spelled doom.
"We played very physical, and that's what we were trying to stress," Lombardo said. "(The offensive line) did a really good job. They stayed on their blocks, and we kind of stressed that because we didn't do it that well last week (against Olmsted Falls)."
When the first half finally came to a close, Highland had run a whopping 45 plays for 375 yards and 23 first downs to 14 plays for 65 yards and two first downs for North Royalton.
With the 66-yard touchdown for Smith (11 carries, 69 yards) factored out, the Bears had 13 plays for minus-1 yard at the half.
Smith had one more big play, returning a kickoff 97 yards following a Kinsey-to-Cory Moncol 32-yard scoring strike that made it 42-14.
That was the last gasp of air for the Bears, as Highland coasted the final 24 minutes. It tacked on a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter and continued to dominate on defense.
"That was hard to swallow," Smith said. "They are a great team — I'm not saying we're not a great team this year — but the run that we had last year (to the Division I regional semifinals) had everyone expecting we would do the same thing this year, and everyone is disappointed."
The final tally for the North Royalton offense was 91 yards and five first downs, which included 42 yards and three first downs from backup running back Kevin Gilligan after the benches emptied.
Highland amassed 528 yards of offense (373 rushing) and an astounding 32 first downs.
"We wanted to show we have a very good running game," Lombardo said. "I think we have a decent passing game, and when we put it together, hopefully we are going to give some teams some problems."
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B'nai B'rith International issued a statement this week calling on the Jewish community to end all dialogue with the Presbyterian Church, reports Eric J. Greenberg of the Forward. The proposed severence of contact comes after the church's recent decision to divest from Israel, its comparison of the Jewish state with apartheid South Africa, and its refusal to stop funding messianic congregations which target Jews for conversion. Most of the mainstream press has passed on this story, but even those journalists who've examined it tend to lump the mainline Presbyterian goals together as "liberal"; its funding of messianic congregations, however, is just weird.
"Religious Message Halts Train": Jason George can't be faulted for all the holes in his cryptic report in The New York Times–that a New York-bound Amtrak train was detained for 90 minutes yesterday after a passenger found a note containing Muslim and anti-Semitic phrases in a bathroom. Law enforcement officials said that the note, which "made no explicit threats," did make "statements against Jews and praised God," but would not elaborate on its text. But even if George was prevented from investigating the religious nuances of the note, there's another subtext to explore here: Namely, what are the implications of equating hateful speech and religious zeal with terrorist threats, and how is such an equation to be applied?
A study conducted by Eric Freedman, a journalism professor at Michigan State University, has found that many Central Asian media outlets are prohibited from covering controversial religious issues. "There are major religious conflicts in this volatile area of the world," says Freedman, "and citizens of the region can't find out what's going on from their own media."Read more.
Meanwhile, in Michigan, the Inner City Christian Outreach Residential Program, part of a local Pentecostal ministry contracted by Genessee County to run drug rehabilitation programs, has been accused by a former patient of trying to convert him from Catholicism to the Pentecostal faith. Joseph Hanas says he was forced to read and memorize tenets of the church, and that when he dropped out of the program because of the proselytizing, he was punished by the court. Read more of Amanda Luker's report in The New Standard. Update: Richard Bartholomew of Bartholomew's Notes on Religion investigates further: "Hanas had asked the trial judge, Genesee Circuit Judge Robert M. Ransom, for transfer to a secular program, to which Ransom responded by sending him to prison and boot camp. Why? One snippet in The New Standard story not in the ACLU papers notes that Judge Ransom is 'also an Inner City Christian leader,' although I was unable to find any other reference for this."


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You'll have the unique opportunity to ride your bike through the Denver Botanic Gardens (in the front entrance and out the back gate to Cheesman Park!). The ride pace will be casual. Ride guides will remind you to ride on the designated roadway or bike route and obey all traffic laws. When we ride through the Botanic Gardens we will be riding single file.
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Getting tons of followers on Instagram is fairly simple. You have to be involved in the community to get more likes, followers, and more. The first step is going around and interacting with peoples pictures.
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Another easy thing to do. Post a short, simple compliment on the following picture. This will get people to like you and follow you, and again show that you are active.
3. Don't post too much at one time
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If nobody seems to follow you, follow others! People do a thing where if one person follows them, they will follow back. This will be a good strategy to use.
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Take time in customizing your pictures. Go through all of the filters and see which one you like best. Also, when you take a picture, make sure it has a meaning or story behind it. Don't take a picture of yourself, or food. And if you do, it should have a story of some sort. It should also be as professional as you can make it.
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Stakeholder Support Improves Change Efforts
The first place to start is with external stakeholders. Change must be supported by a visible need of clients and customers. Visit customer sites to listen and take notes about what is important to them. Explain how the business could save money and take feedback from shareholders. Tell customers that a change is being discussed that will save money for the company which can be dedicated to resources that improve customer relationships. Stakeholders are at least as important in approval as is senior management, maybe even more so.
In the February, 1999 issue of Management Review, Oren Harari describes eleven rules for leading change at the mid management level. The first principle Harari describes is "Let the customer drive your change process" (p. 29). By visiting customers and listening, a company gains valuable insight and strategic information. The economy and customers are always changing and successful businesses cannot ignore change and the customer's needs.
Ensure Open Communication
After gathering critical stakeholder data and gaining their support for change, use the stakeholders as part of the change initiative. Since there is no immediate crisis, create visible and critical analogies linked to the enterprise in relation to its customers. For example, show the coalition and the workers how important it is to save money for the whole company in order to apply resources to solving customer needs. Can your business unit succeed if it is not directly addressing customer needs of which this change is an important part?
Show figures of the amount of money to be saved by implementing the change effort. Then show how the savings can be directly applied to resources that serve customers and improve relations. Show everyone that market share or margin improves by shifting resources to value chains ending at the customer.
Engage the CEO and the executive committee to state the vision of the change and ask for direct feedback. Open the communication to honest and clear factors of the change effort. After showing the critical needs of the stakeholders and how the money will be used to serve customers and keep competitors at bay, ask if anyone sees any negatives. If customers are not served by our company, then competitors will surely take them away.
Only after the channels of open and honest communication are open can the implementation really take place. Do not proceed from management approval to implementation. Involve the power coalition into every stage of implementation. Reinforce constant communication and feedback. (Kotter, 1996) Always stress the crisis that failure to take the leap will surely open the door to competitor insurgency.
Get the support of one customer and bring the customer together with one or two line managers from the coalition. Seek a small win with agreement on the change effort from this subgroup. Use the subgroup to gain greater scope of acceptance and build momentum to the entire coalition, and then finally the entire organization through empowerment.


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Dec 31, 2009 12:35 PM
2009 was an interesting year... The first African-American was elected president, Jon and Kate split up, Michael Jackson passed away, and the hottest toy of the year was a (possibly lead-laced) electronic hamster (We Americans are nothing if not practical.). Looking back on '09, we've come up with a list of the top terrible trends of 2009 that we are hoping and praying won't resurface.
1) Ed Hardy Merchandise: Everything from tee shirts to perfume to tobacco and, memorably, water, had a tattoo logo slapped on it, which automatically drove the price up about 2000%. It quickly became easy to play, "Spot the Jackass," in public - you just had to look for some tool wearing too much hair gel, designer sunglasses, huge faux diamond studs, and an Ed Hardy tee. (One particularly astute OB reader defined Ed Hardy as, "Lisa Frank for douchebags." We read that and laughed 'til we cried.) We're half expecting Christian Audiger to come out with Ed Hardy tampons next, with a growling tiger's face on the tip. Ugh, please, no.
2) The 1980's: Everything old is new again, and we couldn't escape acid washed jeans, parachute/harem pants, and shoulder pads so sharp they'd take someone's eye out. Some of it was well done, but on the whole, most of what emerged from designer's sewing machines wouldn't have gone amiss at a 1985 Guns 'N Roses concert. Some things are better left behind. Like neon pink lipstick and Reaganomics.
3) Sequels: From Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen to Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel, we're thoroughly sick of sequels. There are no original plots left in this world, apparently. (See also: Please, stop "reinventing" our favorite childhood toys!)
4) Lady Gaga: We love her songs, we do, they're fabulous for karaoke night or to keep us motivated at the gym, but she was everywhere and people couldn't stop raving about her brilliance. Some said Gaga is the rebirth of disco. We sort of want Gloria Gaynor to reappear and kick Gaga's ass while singing, "I Will Survive." Also... Can we talk about the fashions? Kermit wants his skin back.
5) Twilhard Overload: See #4 - we like the Twilight saga, but it's everywhere and on every conceivable piece of merchandise ever, from homemade cloth menstrual pads to a life-size Edward silhouette decal you'll think is a burglar in the wee hours of the a.m. If someone wanted to make money this year, they stuck a Twilight (or Ed Hardy logo) on something cheap and sold it for 12 times the price.
6) Brangelina: We'd love to never see another OK! or Life & Style faker-than-Dolly-Parton's-boobs cover story on their imminent breakup! And drama! And! And! And! We get it: they're beautiful. They're rich. They have cute kids. Devote tabloid real estate to someone else.
Amen! Thank you, Ed Hardy, for providing the world with such obvious caution signs as your clothes, which look like tattoo parlors threw up on them. Nothing says, "Caution! Beware of d-bag!" like any article of Ed Hardy clothing.
I was just mentioning to a friend that Ed Hardy was a d-bag magnet, and I'm so happy I'm not alone in thinking that.
I pretty much agree with everything else except for the Reaganomics comment... sadly, the economy was better in the '80s than it is now. And that's not saying very much -- I ended up going to grad school in '86 because no-one was hiring!
Lady GaGa: someone I hope to hear (and see!) MUCH less of in 2010! Yuck. And this from someone who loves crazy fun musicians and their excesses. She's just ridiculous, and so is her music. Well, in my ever so humble opinion, anyway. ;)
i love lady gaga! she writes her own songs, sings well, and plays piano - and nobody else could pull off those outfits. at least she's in the news for her bold and daring fashion exploits instead of a tumultuous personal life or something.
I'm so disappointed that Lady Gaga made your list. I saw her in concert 3 times in 2009, and she was better every time. She's incredibly unique and talented and I'm sure that she's not going anywhere but up in 2010. :)
I'm gonna agree w/ the last two commenters on Lady Gaga. I've been an very loyal and evangelical follower of your blog but it sounds to me like just one person's opinion trying to rattle or convince a relatively popular opinion. Sorry, but you just went down a few notches in my book. P.S. there's a banner ad featuring Ed Hardy merchandise below this comment box as I'm typing this.
Well, even if we fell a few notches in your book, you're still tops with us, Robin. :) As for Lady Gaga, we here in the office don't hate her by any means! I'm speaking for us all at the moment, so I hope I don't get it twisted, but we're just a little tired of constantly having our gossip sites and entertainment blogs clogged with by-the-minute updates on what she's wearing. She IS incredibly talented and courageous enough to bust out her visions to us, we'll totally hand her that.
And the ads? Wow, we love our sponsors, but man oh man do they give meaning to Foot In Mouth Syndrome. :(
I am surprised to come back and receive a response that is sincere and humble. I appreciate that very much and regard that as a very positive action in reaching out to your readers. OK, I think we're-- as in you and I Outblush, are officially on again :)
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Russians have not joined together to so aggressively in protest of the United States since the Cold War era. Now coke has added life to the Russian protests reported Al Jazeera on June 4, 2014. A group of Russian activists known as "food patriots" have been blowing up bottles of coke across Moscow as part of a high spirited protest against the United States.
Pictures and videos which have been uploaded on VK, which is Russia's version of Facebook, show dozens of young protesters wearing shirts with slogans like "Defend our children from overseas poison" and "I refuse Cola for Russia, I'll drink to your health in kvass instead." Russians in support of the activist group Food Patriotism say there is a corrosive nature of coke that is synonymous with U.S. capitalism. They claim the coke is actually hurting their stomachs, particularly among Russian kids.
On the VK page of Food Patriotism there is a call for a boycott of certain U.S. food products. It has been stated by this group that they are all consumers and they can vote with their rubles against the various products of their ideological opponents. They are zeroing in on Coke because they see its signature, the red-labeled bottle, as being the unrivaled international symbol which represents Western-led globalization. Russian demonstators outside the U.S. Embassy this week have carried posters also rallying against Pepsi as well as McDonald's and other U.S. conglomerates.
A Russian youth group has been urging Russians to stop drinking Coca-Cola as an act of protest against sanctions the US has imposed because of the Ukraine crisis reports the BBC. The Russian protestors have placed slogans on T-shirts asking their countrymen to simply say no to coke and to defend their kids from overseas poison. This is all pretty serious stuff. It appears that in the private sector there should be aggressive initiatives to keep relations between Russia and the United States from dangerously eroding any further. There would be no winners in a literal war between Russia and the United States during this nuclear era wherein the entire planet would probably be destroyed by any such war.


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Welcome to Book Frontiers! I am embarking on a journey through the frontiers of book reviewing, to give purpose and meaning to all that reading I do as a school librarian and avid reader. Please feel free to walk with me as we go where many have gone before, but by way of some side trips they may have missed.
I'm creating separate pages for children's literature and adolescent literature, in part because each of those categories deserve focused attention. My goal is to provide schools, libraries, students, and parents with enough detail to be able to make an informed choice about reading material.
In addition, I am including a section on "books for the mostly grown-up."
These books will be books for adults, but about material that interests me as a librarian, as an educator, and as a parent.
Finally, because I am a teacher at heart, I may occasionally add lesson plans if I think of any wonderful ways to use the material.
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I am a school librarian and part-time college English teacher. I hope to review many of the books I read, both in the context of my research about children's books as well as in my pursuit of recreational reading. I want to share what I read--so what else is new?
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Maybe I'm burned out on dystopian fiction, but I wasn't blown away by this book. Each short chapter reads like a vignette with a lot going in it to set the atmosphere and mood, but not much actually happens. It's not that The Unit is character driven, or even plot driven. It just sort of follows the main character for a short time in her life.
I think the shortcoming for me was that I couldn't relate to the main character or any of the supporting characters. I felt like I was just watching them through a security camera, with no emotional attachment at all. The fact that the characters just seem to go about their lives not questioning anything that happens to them makes me not care about what actually happens to them.
What The Unit does well is bring up the idea of humane experimentation on people. From what I read from it, the test subjects don't have it that badly, and it certainly seems like a lot of them freely volunteer for it. This'll probably never fly in the real world, but in the world of the Unit, it works.


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Does the size of my down payment on a house affect the chances I'll be approved for a loan? Can a 50% down payment overcome a relatively low credit score?
I am not a financial expert, but I'm pretty sure that it DOES matter.
When you take out a mortgage on a home, you are using the home itself as collateral. If you fail to make payments on that home, and go into foreclosure, the bank takes possession of your home.
With that understanding, imagine you borrow $500K for a purchase of a home. If the cost of the home was $1M, the bank will have more confidence they can recover the money they lent you (by selling the home should it go into foreclosure) than they would if the house was only worth $700K.
In effect, the larger your down payment, the easier it would be for the bank to recover their money should you go into foreclosure early on.
As far as 50% overcoming a low credit score... that's a very open-ended question. There are just too many factors at play to give a simple yes or no answer to that.
Banks want to be paid back, and if you don't, then want to be able to sell your property for enough money to cover what you didn't pay back.
Your credit rating will determine the interest rate you pay, and this affects how much you can borrow because a higher interest rate means that you can borrow less on the same terms than you could with a lower interest rate.
Paying 50% down will bring your payment way down, of course, and will improve everything about your loan (debt to income ratio, debt to equity) but you'll likely still be charged the higher interest rate based on your credit rating.
This, of course, is contingent on the property's value appraising properly.
One thing that a high down payment does is improve the chance that the seller will accept your offer. Sellers also want to know that your offer is a serious one, and the closer you are to an all-cash buyer, the better. I've heard of sellers letting OK offers sit on the table because they didn't like the down payment amount.
Yes. The more money you put down = less money the bank needs to loan = greater chances of approval.
It's easier to get approval for a smaller loan, and more down means less borrowed.
Also, more down means more they can recover if they have to foreclose.