Lace Up Your Shoes, RunKeeper 3.0 Hits In Time For New Years With A New Interface And Improved Social Features

The world needs more people in skin tight lululemon and short shorts that would make even the UPS man blush. Our culture's healthy obsession with running in large circles helps combat our other national pastime of gorging fists full of toxically concentrated "food." Popular running social app, RunKeeper, just released version 3.0 to exploit the post-New Years health frenzy, with improved end-of-activity functionality for sharing pictures, especially over Twitter. Bolstered by a $10 million Series B, RunKeeper has ambitious aims to be the "facebook for health" for its growing community which now numbers over 14 million users.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Jp9tNBaQt84/

neil armstrong little league world series us open tennis us open tennis aaliyah Empire State Building shooting Republican National Convention

Tribune leaves bankruptcy after 4 years

CHICAGO (AP) ? Tribune Company says it has emerged from a Chapter 11 restructuring more than four years after the media company sought bankruptcy protection.

The reorganized company is starting with a new board of directors and new ownership including senior creditors Oaktree Capital Management, Angelo, Gordon and Co., and JPMorgan Chase and Co.

The company also said Monday that it closed on a new, $1.1 billion senior secured term loan and a $300 million revolving credit line.

Tribune was founded in 1847. It publishes the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune and also owns WGN in Chicago and 22 other television stations.

It sought bankruptcy protection in 2008, less than a year after billionaire developer Sam Zell led an $8 billion leveraged buyout that left the company with $13 billion in debt.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2012-12-31-Tribune-Bankruptcy%20Exit/id-eff4dc02b3254b3eae88bda55813e47d

bankofamerica revolution rosh hashanah rosh hashanah boardwalk empire iOS 6 Release Date Canelo Alvarez

BroncosCentral: RT @JeffDarlington: Good luck to Broncos coach John Fox today as he pursues ...

Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.

Source: http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showthread.php/470256-BroncosCentral-RT-JeffDarlington-Good-luck-to-Broncos-coach-John-Fox-today-as-he-pursues?goto=newpost

Jake Dalton London 2012 field hockey Missy Franklin Hunter Pence NBCOlympics Danell Leyva Ye Shiwen

Oil & Gasoline Markets End 2012 with Swollen Inventory Levels

By EconMatters


In analyzing the last EIA report of the year it is noteworthy that gasoline stocks really rose the last 5 weeks of the year. The takeaway isn`t so much that gasoline inventories rose 23 million barrels the last 5 weeks of the year, wow that is some build in inventories, but the fact that Oil inventories barely budged at all during the process.
Seasonal issues regarding tax selling in order to move as much oil through the system to avoid higher tax liabilities is primarily responsible for the higher run rates of refineries, and thus the build in gasoline inventories, but that should result in large drawdowns of oil as there is a push and pull between products and the base commodity oil. Yet we end the year slightly above the 370 million barrel mark in US oil inventories. This is actually very bearish for oil because with these gasoline builds refineries are not going to want to keep adding more gas to storage as part of the reason refiners have done so much better with their margins is by keeping low inventory levels in the products so you have what appears to be a tight market. Well, we no longer have a tight market in gasoline, so no need to draw as much crude to produce the end product. We should start to experience some rather substantial builds over the next couple of months in crude oil as refiners request less base commodity, and lower their run rates. The Rise in Domestic Production This occurrence really points to the rise in US domestic production as imports were fairly light during the last two months of the year, and we normally have substantial drawdowns with refinery run rates in the 90s, so something definitely worth paying attention to going forward into 2013. Another point on imports and domestic production is that there is a very noticeable trend on the charts; imports have trended down after July, which is what one would expect after the summer driving season is coming to an end, but domestic production starts accelerating at a sharp right angle from July towards year-end. So these are domestic projects that are strongly trending regardless of summer driving season demand, and unlike imports that are managed according to seasonal demand dynamics, i.e., ?Saudi Arabia pumps more or less depending upon the season, the domestic projects are just going full bore and on a production path to increase performance each and every month if possible. This is something new to the market because we no longer have managed supply, just as Iraq is maximizing production right now because they need the revenue, well these domestic projects are just revenue based machines, and not being managed based upon supply and demand of the end market.? I will provide two charts to illustrate this interesting phenomenon.

The Demand Picture

Another point to be made is what is happening with gasoline demand, down in the wholesale sector 2.8 percent year-on-year. With GDP being better than expected, and most believing that the economy is stronger than it was last year, this could be related to better fuel efficient vehicles on average in the US consumer fleet as the car sales were pretty good the last two years, and maybe higher prices changing driving behaviors on a more permanent basis.?

The demand chart for 2012 can be explained by the run-up and actual summer driving season, with the inevitable falloff towards the end of the year. However, many analysts have forecast that the US being a mature country is going to trend down on a longer term basis from a demand standpoint, with most of the growth coming from emerging markets, but the year over year comparison is something worth paying attention to for 2013.

?If we have a repeat deceleration in demand at the end of 2013 year comparisons then further analysis will be needed to identify potential additional reasons for slowing demand in an economy that is seemingly strengthening with a stronger housing and employment market.? Fundamentals versus Price It would be great if Wall Street actually invested and traded based upon the fundamentals, but the oil markets have long since diverged from trading upon the fundamentals, especially in the short term, and are more ripe with ?managing? price swings either through sophisticated algorithms, and ?creative? fund flows than any notion of the fundamentals. To put it non-euphemistically, basically the oil market has been rigged for years, like most markets to some extent, and is about as corrupt as it comes. All any bystander has to do is pull up a price ladder of bids and asks, known as a trading Dom, and watch all the large fake orders and other assorted order flow shenanigans used to manipulate price up and down the chart each day. However, over the long term, the markets cannot stray too far from the fundamentals, for eventually the fundamentals take precedent over the trading shenanigans, especially if there is a definable, sustained trend in the fundamentals, and it appears that we are entering a new age where the world is going to have a five year period of abundant supply. A New Era: Growing Economy with Lower Energy Prices In fact, more supply than demand, even with a robust economy, because part of the reason the world economy will be doing so well is all the global enterprises out there producing oil. It?s a good business with very high margins when compared to many other industries with the past decade of higher prices.
Consequently, even if the US economy really takes off in 2013 as some have forecasted, don`t look for demand to overtake supply in the equation. The domestic oil renaissance means that we could have a booming economy, and still have more supply than we can use each day. Thus it is actually possible to have an era with a great economy, and even lower oil prices due to the domestic oil boom.?
Further Reading -?Cushing 50 Million, Boom & Bust Cycles, US Debt & Recession

? EconMatters All Rights Reserved | Facebook | Twitter | Post Alert | Kindle

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EconForecast/~3/cPALCl7hrxE/oil-gasoline-markets-end-2012-with.html

willis mcgahee ship aground off italy nfl playoff schedule 2012 nfl live saints vs 49ers vanessa marcil 49 ers

What to Watch New Year's Weekend: Your Guide to 10 Specials, a Fierce Football Finale and More

December 29, 2012 06:30 PM PST

Well before and right up until the ball drops on New Year?s Eve, there is TV to be had as you prepare to bid adieu to 2-0-1-2. There?s a serious face-off in the Sunday Night Football season finale, a fresh slab of bacon-themed programming, a Herculean marathon and then countdown specials for every stripe of viewer out there. Here are the programs we have singled out, in 10?! 9?! 8?! 7?.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30

7:30 pm Call the Midwife Holiday Special (PBS) | In this 90-minute episode, Nurse Jenny Lee tries to find the children of an elderly vagrant and Chummy plans an ambitious nativity play.

8:20 pm Sunday Night Football (NBC) | The franchise?s 26th season heads for the end zone as the Cowboys ? who need to win to play in the postseason ? visit the Redskins.

10 pm United States of Bacon (Destination America) | Chef Todd Fisher tackles another kind of pigskin in this new series, as he traverses America in search of the most mouth-watering, sensory-overloading bacon creations out there.

10 pm How It?s Made (Science) | What will be the 1,000th product demystified during this momentous episode: cycling shoes, yurts, marine plywood or encaustic paint? (And do I have to know what encaustic paint is before I find out how it?s created?)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31

8 pm ? 6 am Hercules: The Legendary Journeys marathon (The Hub) | If your 2012 just didn?t have enough Kevin Sorbo in it, make up for lost time with 10 back-to-back episodes of the fantasy-action series.

8 pm New Year?s Rockin? Eve Celebrates Dick Clark (ABC) | In this two-hour preface to ABC?s countdown show, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and Love in the Wild?s Jenny McCarthy look at the career of the legendary TV producer and personality, who passed away in April.

8 pm Live from Lincoln Center (PBS) | Private Practice?s Audra McDonald hosts One Singular Sensation,?The New York Philharmonic?s live tribute to Marvin Hamlisch (who, before his death in August, was scheduled to conduct the concert). Megan Hilty (Smash) and Ra?l Esparza (Law & Order: SVU) are scheduled to perform.

10 pm New Year?s Eve With Carson Daly (NBC) | Voice victor Cassadee Pope, Train and The Office?s Angela Kinsey join Daly for the annual countdown to the new year, broadcast from New York?s Times Square. (The special pauses for local news at 11 pm, then resumes at 11:30.)

10 pm Dick Clark?s New Year?s Rockin? Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2013 (ABC) | Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy bid the old year adieu from New York ? for the first time without Clark?s presence ? while Fergie leads revelers in Los Angeles. (The special pauses for local news at 11 pm, then resumes at 11:30.)

10 pm New Year?s Eve With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (CNN) | The title says it all. (Check out some of the duo?s greatest hits.)

11 pm New Year?s Eve Live! (Fox) |X Factor champ Tate Stevens, musical group Lifehouse, Carmen Electra (Baywatch) and host Marlon Wayans (In Living Color) lead an evening of entertainment broadcast from Las Vegas? Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

11 pm All-American New Year (Fox News Channel) | Pat Benatar, Sarah Brightman and the cast of the musical Million Dollar Quartet join Bill Hemmer, Megyn Kelly and other FNC personalities.

11 pm MTV?s Club NYE 2013 (MTV) | Hosts: Jersey Shore?s Jenni ?JWOWW? Farley and Money From Strangers? Jeff Dye. Performers: Ke$ha, Ne-Yo, Sean Kingston, Rita Ora and Conor Maynard. Me: Too old.

11:30 pm Eric Andre?s LIVE New Year?s Eve Spooktacular (Adult Swim) | The comedian brings in celebrity guests like X Factor?s Demi Lovato, The Apprentice?s Omarosa and Hercules? Kevin Sorbo for a classic countdown with a few twists (competitive eating, marching bands and the like).

Hit the comments with your picks from the New Year?s weekend lineup!

Source: http://tvline.com/2012/12/29/new-years-2013-marathons-specials/

james cameron liam hemsworth miss canada justin bieber boyfriend marianas trench camille grammer camille grammer

Samsung faces some tough remedies in its ITC patent battle with Apple

On October 24th, ITC Judge Thomas Pender ruled that Samsung infringed on several Apple patents. But it wasn't until the release of? the full-length version of Pender's ruling on Friday, that it became apparent how damaging the decision could be to Samsung's U.S. business. If the ITC goes along and affirms Judge Pender's ruling, which the staff agrees with, Samsung could find some of its devices banned during a 60 day Presidential review period that would follow a final ITC decision. Pender's decision must be voted on by the six-member commission.

Samsung also could face at the same time, a cease and desist order that would prevent the company from selling large quantities of infringing products in the U.S. At the same time, Samsung could be required to post a bond equal to 88% of? the value of all mobile phones, 32.5% of the value of mobile players and 37.6% of the value of all tablets that were ruled to have infringed on Apple's patents, during the Presidential review period. Samsung argued that a royalty rate of 4.9% was more appropriate.

Thankfully for Samsung, Judge Pender did approve design changes made by the Korean manufacturer that worksaround the claims made by Apple. These designarounds allow Samsung to continue to sell certain products in the U.S. even in the face of the October decision. And one of the patents involved in this case, the so-called "Steve Jobs" patent, has been ruled invalid by the USPTO. Despite the designarounds, Samsung could still be required to post a bond on the devices that no longer infringe on Apple's patents. Even worse, customs could still hold up shipments of these products until the agency is 100% sure that an exclusion order doesn't apply to the re-designed devices.

These are just some of the remedies that could be used against Samsung. The commission still needs to vote on Pender's ruling, and the designarounds seem to mean that it is still business as usual in the states for Samsung, at least for now.

source: FOSSPatents

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhoneArena-LatestNews/~3/Am-yZuT_9gw/Samsung-faces-some-tough-remedies-in-its-ITC-patent-battle-with-Apple_id38151

isiah thomas passover easter recipes live free or die hard carlos pena amanda bynes arrested f 18

New era of eBook dominance has begun | Industry Leaders Magazine

Era of e-book dominance has begun

Is the centuries-old publishing business going to disappear for good? Probably not? But the latest survey shows that certainly a new era of e-book dominance has begun. And all this is because of fascination with digital tablets which are a main driver of a fundamental change in how Americans and also other nations read books. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, e-book reading is growing at unexpectedly fast rate.

eBooks? appealing magic

The survey shows that the share of Americans age 16 and older who read e-books climbed to about 23 percent from nearly 16 percent a year ago. In addition, the number of people who read printed books decreased to approximately 67 percent from roughly 72 percent in 2011.

Researchers are convinced that the spectacular change in reading habits was introduced by the growing popularity of tablets and e-reader devices. Not unexpectedly, the findings of the survey indicate that e-book readers are also owners of an e-reading device such as a tablet computer or e-reader. Approximately one-third of Americans ages 16 and older own at least one of the aforementioned devices.

The findings of the survey also indicate that there are three main groups of e-book readers:

• People with college and graduate degrees
• People living in households earning over $75,000
• People in age range from 30 and 49

Even though the number of people aware that libraries offer e-books grew to approximately 31 percent from roughly 24 percent in 2011, libraries might be in trouble as the share of people borrowing e-books from them only increased to 5 percent from just 3 percent a year ago.

With the increasing popularity of tablets, including the Apple Inc.?s iPad, people want to have them and use them. Other companies such as Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. also try to take advantage of growing demand for e-book devices, thereby introducing their own products. And to have their own piece of pie, they launched lower-priced products including the Google Nexus Tablet and Amazon?s Kindle Fire.?Certainly the introduction of less costly e-book devices had a significant impact on the growth of e-book readers. According to IDC, a technology research firm, projected that tablet sales would grow to over 122 million in 2012.

Future of printed books

One may ask: ?So does it mean that printed books are going to fade away?? Certainly printed books will not disappear as they are better gifts than e-books, that is for sure. But everything indicates that these days we are witnessing some kind of revolution which is taking us into the future world of e/books.? Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, underlined the significance of the ongoing revolutionary change in the book environment, adding that the shift would also introduce a social transition as well.

But the visible change in the book experience also has an impact on the economics of book publishing businesses. For example,?Barnes & Noble Inc., a U.S. book retailer, is struggling to adjust to the new digital world. Bertelsmann SE & Co. and Pearson Plc have been negotiating on a merger of their publishing divisions as they believe that the merged entity would have a better chance to cope with all challenges of the contemporary world.

Currently publishers are facing many problems as they are trying to adapt to new conditions. The transition is not that simple as e-book sales are dominated by Amazon.com Inc. This change in the world of books cannot be stopped, yet many companies need to learn how to play the new game. And even though it is certain that one day e-books will become dominant, printed books will surely not disappear. At least some hope so.

Source: http://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/new-era-of-ebook-dominance-has-begun/

new england patriots superbowl halftime madonna madonna papa johns guacamole recipe ufc 143 results

The First Gaming Console Made Christmas So Much Better

The greatest development in the history of Christmas presents was the Magnavox Odyssey. It's incontrovertible. Not for its success or awesomeness?it sorta flopped?but for beginning the worldwide institution of Video Games for Christmas.

When it comes to Christmas presents before the age of, say, 19, there are video games, and then there's literally anything else. Need proof? Look at our list of kids freaking out about Christmas gadgets. No one's ever been as happy about anything as the N64 kid was about his damn video games. Or look at Buzzfeed's list of the best techy Christmas gift every year since 1985. Basically every single console is on there.

And it wasn't just the consoles that made Christmas great, though New Console Year was especially great. It was the way games buffered all your other Christmases from being a parade of sweaters and, ugh, booksM/em>. So here's to you, goofy-looking Magnavox Odyssey. Thanks for starting the best Christmas tradition ever.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5971477/the-first-gaming-console-made-christmas-so-much-better

boston weather dr seuss birthday jennifer garner jennifer garner romney michigan derrick williams railgun

Obama criticizes Congress; senators take over negotiations (Washington Bureau)

Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/273674094?client_source=feed&format=rss

Helen Gurley Brown Kathi Goertzen Johnny Pesky spice girls justin theroux Bumbo recall USA Basketball

Toshiba to show reference design for SDHC card with TransferJet at CES

SD cards won't be generating the same feverish hype as other gear breaking cover at CES, but nevertheless, Toshiba's let the world know it'll be bringing a new one to the show. The company won't have a finished product to flog, but instead will be exhibiting a reference design for an SDHC card with TransferJet technology. For those unfamiliar with TransferJet, it's a high-speed wireless transfer technology for sending and receiving files over short distances. While it isn't used nearly as much as its transfer protocol peers, hopefully it'll find some work to do if and when Toshiba takes its card from design to product.

Continue reading Toshiba to show reference design for SDHC card with TransferJet at CES

Filed under: Wireless, Storage

Comments

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ucMbRmvwm0s/

Alexis DeJoria danica patrick sweet potato casserole turkey Pumpkin Pie Recipe wii u wii u

csr-reporting: In Good Spirit: Smarter Reporting at Diageo

?

?Recently, I took?opportunity to chat with Carolyn Panzer, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility for Diageo plc. Carolyn?is responsible developing and overseeing the strategy for community investment, external reporting, and alcohol in society - including, responsible drinking initiatives, responsible marketing and innovation, and alcohol policy. Carolyn is also the Chairperson of the Distilled Spirits Council's Code Review Board and has nearly 30 years of experience in the beverage alcohol industry, working across industry sectors in both the US and UK.

Carolyn will be talking about: "Participating in indices and rankings - how does this contribute to reporting best practice?" at the February conference.

?

"The reporting process helps me enormously. It makes us think about our data more and understand our impacts. Smarter Reporting for me is embedding the reporting process in the business - making everybody accountable. Actually, our people really appreciate hearing our story and participating."

?

"For me, one of the most challenging things about my role is that Diageo is a big company and keeping on top of everything that is going on in the business, keeping up-to-date and having the headspace to keep on track is a major exercise in time-management. This can occasionally make me feel vulnerable, I feel I should know everything about everything, but obviously that's not possible. My secret for keeping on top is to rely on others to know the detail. Not only does this help me, it empowers the organization to own sustainability. I don't make it easy for the business. I help them take accountability and own their role in advancing our sustainability and responsible drinking programs. This is now paying huge dividends."

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine including Johnnie Walker ?and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff? Vodka,?Baileys, Captain Morgan, Guinness and more. Headquartered in the UK, Diageo trades in 180 countries and employs around 24,000 people with net sales of almost GBP10 billion. Diageo manufactures and supplies its brands its brands in?43 distilleries, 16 breweries, 13 wineries, 19 packaging and blending operations, 9 warehouses and 8 other sites.

?

?

"This year's report has a lot more?engagement - we pushed people to align more closely?with?GRI indicators. We also we did better on the materiality piece. We conducted a market pilot study and now we plan to take that forward and expand it. Also, we tried to use more everyday language and less "corporate-speak", and, in the presentation of the report, we?tried to make it layered. We recognize that not one size fits all and that different stakeholders look for different things, so we opted for a?five-minute-read approach. You can?you go in and read different sections at a general level or dig deeper for more detail."?
The Diageo report this year demonstrated good performance achievements against a range of key metrics against several multi-year quantitative targets within the context of a well-laid out strategy. For example, water efficiency improved by 7.2% in 2012, on track to meet a 30% objective by 2015 against a 2007 baseline. Average packaging weight has reduced by 1.6%, on track to meet a 10% target over the same period, bringing the cumulative total to 4.8% reduction. Lost-time accident frequency rate reduced by 43% in 2012,?overachieving a 40% target for 2010-2012?by 17%, showing?good progress in embedding a safe working culture.? However, by far the most material?issue for Diageo relates to the role of alcohol in society and Diageo's responsibilities to address alcohol misuse. Diageo's report states: "In all [stakeholder] workshops, addressing alcohol abuse and promoting responsible drinking was consistently the most important issue for stakeholders as well to us as a company."

?

?

I asked Carolyn Panzer about how Diageo assesses the impact of its multiple activities in this area:

"Alcohol problems are not new and there have been many initiatives to address these. You can count thousands of initiatives by the alcohol industry, but the real question is what is effective? Where do you focus your resources to achieve the biggest impact? We want to tackle the issue of problem drinkers. Raising taxes on alcohol, for example, is not necessarily effective for problem users as there will always be a way around this."

A case in point is the situation in Keyna where it was estimated that about 50% of alcohol consumed was in the illicit sector. This was problematic, as such products were often made with harmful ingredients which caused illness or even death. Diageo redesigned its entire supply chain to create a new product made from locally sourced ingredients using innovative technology representing a first in the industry and significantly reducing costs for local supply of a safe, quality beer beverage called Senator Keg, costing one fifth the price of Diageo's mainstream beer. Since its launch, the brand has gained 40% of the Kenyan beer market. It's well worth reading this case study in Business Today about the Senator Keg story.?This is a fabulous example of how Diageo can support changes in consumer behavior around alcohol. This is the true value of how an alcohol company can work with consumers and local organizations to understand specific issues and behavior patterns and help create breakthrough change which adds value to society and, of course, to the business.


In the area of problem drinking, Carolyn continues: "There are some things that we know work. First, screening and brief intervention demonstrates proven efficacy with problem drinkers. Screening individuals through a set of ten questions and engaging them in a conversation about risks helps people reduce problem drinking. We have provided grants to support this kind of activity. Second, high visibility enforcement of the law on drink-driving is effective. Not every country, for example, has a maximum drink-driving limit. We work to support introduction of legislation in this area in countries where this is not present. However, even where there is a legal limit, highly visible enforcement is key. For example, in Mexico City, we ran a campaign in partnership with the local law enforcement authorities, in which we contributed 50,000 breathalyzer kits. Drink-driving reduced by 30%. There is an important continuum that you need to follow to?achieve change. We need to ensure the right regulations? as well as build general awareness. In the U.S., we spend 20% of our broadcasting spending on responsible drinking messages. We always try to work in partnership with other organizations and groups to ensure we have the best understanding of the issues and the best expertise on board to move forward."

Finally, all Diageo employees have a role to play in advancing responsible drinking behavior. Carolyn says: "We are always trying to connect our people with our CSR story, and we ensure they are involved and informed of our initiatives in this area. For example, over the Holiday Season, we campaign our employees with the need for extra vigilance and their role as responsible drinking ambassadors."

As?it is still the Holiday Season, this is great advice for all the CSR Reporting Blog Readers. I am not much of a drinker myself, actually. Personally, I am more concerned with ice-cream rather than alcohol. If ever there are laws which limit ice-cream consumption prior to driving, I may have a bit of a problem.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Looking forward to seeing you at the Smarter Sustainability Reporting Conference in February 2013. Don't forget to drop me a line for your registration discount code!
?

?

?

elaine cohen, CSR consultant, winning (CRRA'12) Sustainability Reporter, HR Professional, Ice Cream Addict. Author of CSR for HR: A necessary partnership for advancing responsible business practices? Contact me via www.twitter.com/elainecohen ? on Twitter or via my business website www.b-yond.biz ?(Beyond Business Ltd, an inspired CSR consulting and Sustainability Reporting firm)

Source: http://csr-reporting.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-good-spirit-smarter-reporting-at.html

ferris bueller god bless america earned income credit super bowl commercials florida primary 2012 super bowl matthew broderick

Scana to Deliver Supplies for LNG Applications ... - LNG World News

Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Skarpenord, been awarded contracts to deliver actuators and control systems to customers in South Korea and China for FPSO and LNG/LPG applications.

The value of the contracts is 15 MNOK.

Scana Skarpenord has through its strategic positioning emphasized market penetrations towards the oil & gas application of the marine market, and these contracts are in accordance with this strategic direction.

The projects are planned to start immediately and deliveries will commence from 2(rd) quarter 2013.

15 Norwegian kroner = 2.693145 U.S. dollars

LNG World News Staff, December 28, 2012; Image: Scana Industrier

Source: http://www.lngworldnews.com/scana-to-deliver-supplies-for-lng-applications-in-south-korea/

pnc alicia keys Susan Rice American Airlines the Who jon bon jovi jon bon jovi

Search Challenge: Where Was the Photo Taken?

Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in the week with his solution?using whatever search technology and methodology fits the bill.

It's just after Christmas, Festivus is done, Hanukkah is gone, but today IS Boxing Day! So let's have a challenge that is fun, simple, and maybe a little rewarding.

Today?just a single question: Where was the photo (top image) taken?

The best answer would not only include the name of the city where this display is located, but also HOW you figured it out.

And let us know how long it took you to figure it out!

Happy Holidays.

Wednesday search challenge (12/26/12): Where is this? | SearchReSearch

---

Daniel M. Russell studies the way people search and research?an anthropologist of search, if you will. You can read more from Russell on his SearchReSearch blog, and stay tuned for his weekly challenges (and answers) here on Lifehacker.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/QkagbXrJsrY/search-challenge-where-was-the-photo-taken

the villages florida egoraptor gisele bundchen turbotax the bourne legacy roland martin suspended lake vostok

Brody Jenner Celebrates Kristmas with the Kardashians

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/12/brody-jenner-celebrates-kristmas-with-the-kardashians/

love actually miesha tate vs ronda rousey idiocracy deep impact usssa baseball alex o loughlin the godfather

LG?s latest projector system is powered by freaking lasers

7 hrs.

Gary Merson , HD Guru

Until now, all consumer front projector systems?produced light using lamps or in rare cases LEDs. The new?LG HECTO FP system, on the other hand, uses lasers for illumination instead. Yes, lasers.

As LG announced on Wednesday, the new projector system uses lasers and a Texas Instruments DLP chip to form images. Typical home front projectors require around a 9 to 12 foot distance from the lens to a 100-inch screen. The LG HECTO requires only a 22-inch throw to fill the screen and can be placed on the floor or the mounted to the ceiling.

The LG HECTO Laser Projection TV will be sold as a complete system with a 100-Inch diagonal screen, a built-in ATSC TV tuner, HDMI switching and a Wi-Fi connection for streaming video.

Specifications include a rated 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 1080p resolution, 3 HDMI inputs, an optical audio input, RS-232 interface. Audio is produced by two 10W built-in speakers. The projector measures 5.7-inches high. The HECTO Laser projector does not have 3-D capability. LG has not? provided a brightness rating, a key specification. (Lasers offer the promise of very high intensity using low power.)

The screen is a fixed design and unlike theater screens its surface is black not white. LG claims the system will render a vivid, high contrast crisp image, even in lighter viewing environments.

The Laser TV supports LG's Smart TV platform and will stream movies via Netflix?and?YouTube as well as other services and?apps via its built-in Wi-Fi wireless Internet connection. The HECTO also includes LG's latest Magic Remote control.

LG claims its laser based illumination system has a lifespan of up to 25,000 hours, which is 5 times or more the life of traditional mercury-based lamps.

The LG HECTO Laser projector will be demonstrated at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show early next month. We expect pricing and availability to be announced at the show.

Have a question for the HD Guru? Send an?email.

More?from HD Guru:

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/lgs-latest-projector-system-powered-freaking-lasers-1C7660219

the vow the voice season 2 ron paul maine safe house jay z and beyonce baby cpac powell

George H.W. Bush in intensive care

HOUSTON (AP) ? Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday.

Jim McGrath, Bush's spokesman in Houston, said in a brief email that Bush was admitted to the ICU at Methodist Hospital on Sunday. He said doctors are cautiously optimistic about his treatment and that the former president "remains in guarded condition."

No other details were released about his medical condition, but McGrath said Bush is surrounded by family.

Bush has been hospitalized since mid-November.

Earlier Wednesday, McGrath said a fever that kept Bush in the hospital over Christmas had gotten worse and that doctors had put him on a liquids-only diet.

"It's an elevated fever, so it's actually gone up in the last day or two," McGrath told The Associated Press earlier in the day. "It's a stubborn fever that won't go away."

But he said the bronchitis-like cough that initially brought the 88-year-old to the hospital has improved.

Bush was visited on Christmas by his wife, Barbara, his son, Neil, and Neil's wife, Maria, and a grandson, McGrath said. Bush's daughter, Dorothy, was expected to arrive Wednesday in Houston from Bethesda, Md. The 41st president has also been visited twice by his sons, George W. Bush, the 43rd president, and Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida.

Bush and his wife live in Houston during the winter and spend their summers at a home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

The former president was a naval aviator in World War II ? at one point the youngest in the Navy ? and was shot down over the Pacific. He achieved notoriety in retirement for skydiving on at least three of his birthdays since leaving the White House in 1992.

___

Plushnick-Masti can be followed on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RamitMastiAP

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spokesman-george-h-w-bush-intensive-care-233918880.html

ice t downton abbey new york knicks president day lin j.r. smith espn jeremy lin

Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest

In this image made from video broadcast on Al Arabiya TV late Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Syrian Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal makes remarks saying he is joining "the people's revolution." The general who heads Syria's military police has defected and joined the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, one of the highest walkouts by a serving security chief during the country's 21-month uprising, a pan Arab TV station has reported.(AP Photo/Al Arabiya via AP video)TV OUT NO SALES

In this image made from video broadcast on Al Arabiya TV late Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Syrian Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal makes remarks saying he is joining "the people's revolution." The general who heads Syria's military police has defected and joined the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime, one of the highest walkouts by a serving security chief during the country's 21-month uprising, a pan Arab TV station has reported.(AP Photo/Al Arabiya via AP video)TV OUT NO SALES

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria's chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the highest-ranking officers to switch sides.

The twin developments reflected the deepening isolation of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government, which has suffered a number of setbacks on the battlefield as well.

In the latest challenge, rebels launched a massive attack on a military base in the northern province of Idlib after laying siege to it for weeks.

The defector, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, becomes one of the most senior members of Assad's regime to join the opposition during the 21-month-old revolt against his authoritarian rule.

Al-Shallal appeared in a video aired on Arab TV late Tuesday saying that he was casting his lot with "the people's revolution."

He said the military "has become a gang for killing and destruction," and he accused it of "destroying cities and villages and committing massacres against our innocent people who came out to demand freedom."

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar, who was wounded in a suicide bombing Dec. 12 in Damascus and was brought to Beirut for treatment a week ago, left the hospital early and flew home to Damascus on a private jet, officials at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport said.

A top Lebanese security official told The Associated Press that al-Shaar was rushed out of Lebanon after authorities there received information that international arrest warrants could be issued against him because of his role in the deadly crackdown against protesters in Syria.

Over the past week, some Lebanese officials and individuals had also called for al-Shaar's arrest for his role in a bloody 1986 assault in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

In the 1980s, al-Shaar was a top intelligence official in northern Lebanon when Syrian troops stormed Tripoli and crushed a Sunni Muslim group that supported Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat. Hundreds of people were killed in the battles, and since then, many in northern Lebanon have referred to al-Shaar as "the butcher of Tripoli."

It was a testament to just how internationally isolated Assad's regime has become that even in Lebanon, a country Syria controlled for decades, Syrian government officials cannot feel at ease.

"Lebanese officials contacted Syrian authorities, and that sped up his departure," said the security official, adding that a Lebanese medical team is expected to go to Damascus to continue al-Shaar's treatment there. "If such arrest warrants are issued, Lebanese judicial authorities will have to arrest him, and this could be an embarrassment for the country."

The airport and security officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Lebanon and Syria have a long and bitter history.

Syrian forces moved into Lebanon in 1976 as peacekeepers after the country was swept into a civil war between Christian and Muslim militias. For nearly 30 years that followed, Lebanon lived under Syrian military and political domination. Damascus was eventually forced to withdraw its troops but has maintained considerable influence in Lebanon.

The defection of Syria's military police chief represented another setback for the Assad government and came as military pressure builds on the regime, with government bases falling to rebel assault near Damascus and elsewhere across the country.

Dozens of generals, along with thousands of ordinary soldiers, have defected since Syria's crisis began in March 2011. In July, Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass became the first member of Assad's inner circle to break ranks and join the opposition during the uprising, which anti-regime activists estimate has led to more than 40,000 deaths.

On Wednesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government shelling in the northeastern province of Raqqa killed at least 20 people, including eight children and three women.

Also, activists said rebels were attacking the Wadi Deif military base in the northern province of Idlib. The base, which is near the strategic town of Maaret al-Numan, has been under siege for weeks.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2012-12-26-Syria/id-f6f15ba8df8946c5a69a0bf628a1632c

blake griffin dunk florida primary full force odd fellows eli whitney blake griffin dunk on kendrick perkins kendrick perkins

AT&T to update Samsung Galaxy Note II with Multi-Window tomorrow

Most US models of the Samsung Galaxy Note II have already been updated with Multi-Window -- a split-screen feature that allows users to view two apps at once -- but AT&T is the last of the four national powers that hasn't pushed the feature out to its customers. That will change tomorrow, as AT&T has confirmed to us in an email that it will roll out the new build over the air at some point during the day. We're happy that users won't have to rely on Samsung's proprietary Kies desktop software to update their devices, but minor downloads like this are typically facilitated OTA. There's no word on if the ROM will be pushed out in phases to minimalize the impact on AT&T's servers, but don't be terribly worried if you don't get notified right away. Continue below to read the carrier's official statement on the matter.

Continue reading AT&T to update Samsung Galaxy Note II with Multi-Window tomorrow

Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Samsung, AT&T

Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/26/att-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-multi-window/

kate gosselin helicopter crash matt jones whitney houston in casket photo resolute national enquirer whitney houston casket photo jk rowling

Google vs. Microsoft: Santa-trackers out of sync

13 hrs.

Alan Boyle , NBC News

Not even Santa Claus can avoid getting drawn into the tech clash between Google and Microsoft: The two companies have set up separate online systems to track where the Jolly Old Elf has been on Christmas Eve?? but they show him simultaneously at widely separated locations, delivering presents at a dramatically different rate.

On the official "NORAD Tracks Santa" website, powered this year by Microsoft, Santa Claus was in Rome, well past the 3-billion-present mark in his holiday rounds. At the same time, Google's Santa Tracker showed him buzzing through Agadez in the African country of Niger, not quite up to the 1-billion-present mark.

They can't both be right. Can they? Here's the word from Search?Engine?Land's Danny Sullivan, who has been tracking the discrepancy in this year's?Santa-tracking software:

"NORAD explains that it uses everything from radar to jets to track Santa. Google doesn?t explain its technology, but I suspect it tries to triangulate Santa using his cell phone signal or use of wifi hotspots.

"As for why NORAD shows Father Christmas delivering three?times the number of gifts that Google is listing, perhaps NORAD?s radars can better pinpoint presents while Google might be doing estimating.?Meanwhile? both services sometimes show presents being delivered over oceans! And why is NORAD showing Santa arriving in some places at 9pm rather than midnight, as has been the case in the past?"

Maybe this is just the sort of thing that happens when you switch software: NORAD (also known as the North American Aerospace Defense Command) has been monitoring Santa's flight as a public service since 1955, and five years ago, it teamed up with Google to keep up with the crush of Web traffic. This year, however, the NORAD Santa operation parted ways with Google and partnered with Microsoft instead.

Google stayed in the Santa game by setting up its own tracking system for "Santa's Dashboard" and Google Maps?? a system that doesn't make use of NORAD's tracking data.

Today, Canadian Maj. Gen. Andre Viens, a spokesman for NORAD, declined to intervene in the Santa-tracking war.

"It's not affecting our tracking," Viens told MSNBC. "We're not in competition with anyone. Our role, and we've been doing that for more than?50 years, is to track Santa and make sure that he has a safe and secure journey throughout the world, and throughout North America in particular."

TODAY:?Follow Santa's Christmas Eve flight

PhotoBlog: Inside NORAD's command center

Maybe it shouldn't be surprising to find?that it's so difficult to get a firm fix on Santa's position, considering how many presents he has to deliver in so little time. Some experts have speculated that the only way Santa could ?deliver gifts (or lumps of coal) to billions of homes in the course of just a few hours would be if he somehow harnessed quantum teleportation. And once you accept that, it's not that big of a leap to detect Santa in two places at once.

Alan Boyle is the science editor for NBC News Digital, and has been tracking NORAD's Santa tracker since 1998.?Boyle's usual online?hangout is over at Cosmic Log.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/google-vs-microsoft-santa-tracking-systems-go-out-sync-1C7657754

abe lincoln vampire hunter xi jinping matt bomer westminster kennel club dog show jeremy lin game winner chocolate covered strawberries shrimp scampi

Take an IRA Distribution Before Fiscal Cliff ? Wise Money Israel

Many Americans, and investors around the world, are watching anxiously this week to see what the U.S. Congress will do (or not do) to save the U.S. economy and taxpayers from the ?fiscal cliff?. If new legislation is not enacted by December 31, 2012, taxes for all Americans will automatically increase. The Congressional Budget Office has already estimated that this will lead to another recession in 2013.

That would mean a 20 percent capital gains rate, and a dividend rate at income tax levels, which could revert to the Clinton-era 39.6 percent for the highest earners. The Affordable Care Act in 2013 adds 3.8 percent to those rates for the wealthiest Americans.

As you may know, your U.S. retirement account (IRA, 401k, etc.) can fund an Israeli investment account and keep the funds tax-deferred. But sometimes, it is wiser to take out your funds and pay the taxes now, while the tax rates are relatively low, instead of waiting until next year when the tax rates may be higher. Read PR Newswire?s short article on the surprise that awaits many IRA owners in 2013.

If you?ve considered opening an Israeli investment account in the past, you may be able to save tens of thousands of shekels by taking a lump distribution from your IRA in 2012 before tax rates go up. For example, if your IRA had $100,000 of dividends and $100,000 of capital gains, the tax you could pay in 2013 would be up to $33,400 more than if you paid the tax in 2012. That is 125,000 more shekels with which to invest in Israel if you act quickly. The Israeli investment account itself can be funded in 2013.

What can be done to prevent automatic tax increases on your retirement account (IRA, 401k, etc.) from going into effect for you? Consider calling your retirement fund administrator or downloading their simple form for withdrawing your funds in 2012 before the Bush tax cuts expire on December 31, 2012.

You may also like these articles:

Source: http://www.wisemoneyisrael.com/2012/12/25/take-an-ira-distribution-before-fiscal-cliff/

2012 nfl mock draft iowa caucus lemonade diet steve jobs action figure chris jericho rose bowl johnny weir

Anyone can celebrate Christmas.

Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful!

Discussion of the Day

Great Discussions Any Time

To join or start great discussions on any topic, be sure to visit the Openthread forum.

If you've got a cool project, inspiration, or just something fun to share, be sure to let us know in our Tips forum. And today being Friday, don't forget to check out this week's Open Thread.

Happy Lifehacking, everybody!

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/1qxVICz5JMw/anyone-can-celebrate-christmas

kids choice awards ncaa final four 2012 texas chainsaw massacre uk vs louisville university of kansas buckeye west side story

Social Media for the Local Business Owner - Social ... - WriterAccess

You may have noticed the World Wide Web over the last few years has caused a shift in the way business is conducted today.

The Web?s Effect on Business

The Web has redefined the boundaries for traditional brick and mortar businesses and their online counterparts, and that hasn?t gone unnoticed by many of today?s best online web content providers.

And while we?ve stayed on top of these changes that have happened over the last few years, many traditional businesses were left by the wayside because they continued to do business with blinders on.

They didn?t realize that what worked in the traditional business world would not carry over as well to the Web, because the rules of real world commerce don?t apply to their web based counterparts.

Adjusting to a New Life on the Web

With their pockets overflowing with more than enough cash to spare, many larger retailers hired companies that specialized in internet marketing, while all the small business owner could do was compete with them on a lesser scale.

But local small business owners aren?t conducting business in the same waters alongside their larger counterparts. They?re swimming in smaller ponds, but they still have limitations?and their biggest limitations are their advertising budgets.

Many small local business owners tend to shy away from anything other than traditional advertising because they?re already familiar with it, even though they realize that it?s also very expensive.

But for a fraction of the cost of a traditional advertising campaign, a savvy small business owner can work with a local online content provider and use social media?s power to build their brand effectively.

The Power of Social Media Branding

A small local business can gain more exposure from a marketing campaign, specifically targeted to their local market, instead of through a single traditional advertising method.

Most small business owners have the wrong idea about Facebook and Twitter. Their first impression of both of these social media platforms is that they?re both a waste of time, a viewpoint reinforced by their kids? fixation with them.

Frankly, they don?t understand the powerful effect Facebook and Twitter can have combined as part of an online marketing campaign.

A small business owner can take advantage of Facebook by creating a fan page for their business. A Facebook fan page can be used to announce special events, sales promotions, and offer coupons.

Twitter can be used in tandem with a Facebook fan page, tweeting anything that?s been announced on the fan page. Twitter can also be used during a live event, tweeting things that your followers would be interested in, all in real time as they?re happening.

Other Social Media Channels to Consider

Other social media channels that drive targeted traffic to small business sites are:

• StumbleUpon
• Reddit
• Pinterest
• Tumblr

These sites are tools that should be used to drive traffic ideally to a landing page on a small business website, one that?s been optimized for specific keywords relevant to a related product, service or sales event.

The YouTube Age of Video

And then there is video. YouTube is a viable social media channel that lends credibility and strengthens your brand and your message.

Video may not be the first thing a small business owner would immediately turn to, but its power to connect globally is undeniable. One YouTube video has the potential to be viewed by thousands of local customers.

But a YouTube video isn?t limited to just a single geographic location, instead it is broadcasted for all eyes to see.

Place that video on the business owner?s site and you?ve created a marketing juggernaut, and again the out of pocket cost to the small business owner?s marketing budget is zero.

The Great Equalizer

Social Media automatically levels the playing field for the small business owner, giving them the power to not only brand their business on both a local and national level, but without breaking their bank.

Lew N is a freelance writer available on WriterAccess, a marketplace where clients and expert writers connect for assignments.

Source: http://www.writeraccess.com/blog/social-media-for-the-local-business-owner/

neville george lucas numerology the game new hampshire primary hue jackson coachella 2012 line up

Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide

WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan.

Navy SEAL Cdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died Saturday of a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

A U.S. military official said the death "appears to be the result of suicide." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the death is still being investigated.

"The Naval Special Warfare family is deeply saddened by the loss of our teammate," said Capt. Robert Smith, Commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, which manages all Virginia-based Navy SEAL teams. "We extend our condolences, thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and NSW community during this time of grieving."

"As we mourn the loss and honor the memory of our fallen teammate, those he served with will continue to carry out the mission," Smith added Sunday.

A U.S. military official confirmed Price was from Virginia Beach, Va.-based SEAL Team 4, which is part of the mission to train Afghan local police to stave off the Taliban in remote parts of Afghanistan. Price is survived by a wife and a daughter.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2012-12-23-US-Afghanistan-SEAL%20Death/id-fcded1557817428db47427df1a236071

mariano rivera jobs report tiger woods masters 2012 nikki haley stan van gundy navy jet crash virginia beach crash

bethpontiff - Product Launch Assassin :: Catapult Your Online Profits ...

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

or copy the link

Click Image To Visit Siteow many times have you seen a HUGE product launch, heard how much money the marketer has made and wished that was you?

How many times have you wished you knew what they did that made their product launches so successful?

How do they get so many people queued up ? so desperate to buy a $1000 (or more) product, which sells thousands of copies in just a few short hours?

We are all told by those in the know that we need to create our own products. What we are not told is what to do after they have been created.

Well, the secret has been kept hidden by the elite marketers ? a secret which is just now being revealed for the first time.

This brand new, 11 part step by step multi-media course reveals everything you need to know to plan and execute a successful product launch, quickly and easily.

This information has been a closely guarded secret of the Internet Marketing elite, but will now be revealed to a select few?

Discover the one thing over 80% of marketers ignore which could completely destroy your launch if you are not careful

Uncover the secret to generating a virtual stampede of hungry buyers to your site the moment you launch

Product Launch Assassin has been engineered to accelerate the learning curve for you so that you can launch your own product successfully, in ANY niche, even if you don?t have a product, website, or even a list of your own today.

This course reveals everything you need to know and could be the catalyst that transforms your life, beginning today!

The Product Launch Assassin will show you everything you need to know (step by every single step) about successfully launching your product(s), in ANY niche you please!

Product Launch Assassin was engineered from the ground up to help you quickly and easily launch your very own products in ANY niche you choose.

Whether you have a product today or not? whether you have a web site, list, or partners ? this course reveals EXACTLY what you need to know to generate a massively profitable product launch of your own.

Imagine joining the million dollar in a day club, all thanks to a server crushing load of targeted visitors that are frothing at the mouth to buy what you?re selling.

This course reveals everything in step by step, A? Read more?

VN:F [1.9.21_1169]

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

VN:F [1.9.21_1169]

Related Posts

• How To Make Money on Amazon ? ProfitLister
  They Laughed when I told them I was making money just listing items from one place to another. They asked me about my website, I told them I didn?t have one. They asked me if I was listing on ebay in ...
• Consumer Wealth System
  Warning: Only read the entirety of this page if you are not yet making at least $4,000 per month online... But if you think you can find 1-2 hours a day, to set yourself free for the rest of your lif...
• How to Double Your Small Business Sales with Followup Marketing
  ... wasting tiime and money driving traffic to your Web site -- only to see a tiny percentage of visitors turn into buyers. Just a few years ago, I was puttering along in a nice little ...
• Justin Blake?s ? The E-book Millionaire
  Dear Future E-Book Tycoon, Do you know why some people (even if they're new to the Internet) make piles of money without lifting a finger, and leave their day j...
• Fishing For Niches
  I have SO MUCH stuff that not only could I NEVER shop for eBay again, but my 7 year old daughter is ALSO set with eBay inventory for the rest of HER life! In fact, that was really my ONLY criteria? i...
• Publishing Profits ? Blend Out
  If you want to start an information marketing?business then don?t make another wasted move without knowing this secret. Keep in mind that most people will never learn what I?m about to share with you...
• Tactical Content
  Learn How To Make Money with Article Marketing...

Source: http://www.steady-money.com/product-launch-assassin-catapult-your-online-profits-in-days/

costa rica kevin hart living social Earthquake Costa Rica Clinton speech Michael Strahan Griselda Blanco

Source: http://bethpontiff.livejournal.com/203567.html

michael madsen spring forward day light savings day light savings daylight saving time 2012 grapes of wrath silent house

Do You Hate-Follow People on Social Media?

Social media is ostensibly all rainbows and butterflies. It's for "making connections" and "friending" people, blah blah blah. But do you ever follow people you really don't like? Do you ever follow people because you don't like them, and instead you like reading their updates while sighing loudly to yourself and those around you asking how anyone could really be that stupid? More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8R5-2-yFS74/do-you-hate+follow-people-on-social-media

burger king delivery etta james at last john king obama sings al green heidi klum and seal ohare airport etta james songs