Monday, December 31, 2012

Wowza! Jessica Simpson Shows Off Baby Bump in Bikini

Jessica Simpson debuts her baby belly by tweeting a bikini pic! Plus, check out more stars' cute, candid and crazy Twitter photos

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iPad Dominates Tablet Market, Google Nexus Increases Share

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A clash of cultures is likely as the matriarchal Moon opposes aggressive Mars and the Sun meets dark Pluto in your house of communication. Take a deep breath and count to ten whether you are dealing with your children, neighbors, siblings, or your parents. Try to understand the other's point of view and avoid making any hasty decisions or speaking out in anger.

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Pagano returns as Indianapolis beats Texans 28-16

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Chuck Pagano put on his dancing shoes and savored every moment of Sunday's postgame celebration.

He took his customary linebacker stance on the sideline, hands on bended knees. He signaled touchdowns when the Colts scored, patted Deji Karim on the helmet after a 101-yard kickoff return for a game-changing touchdown, and gestured for penalty flags to be thrown.

And after Indianapolis beat AFC South champion Houston 28-16, Pagano even tossed aside the stodgy image of an NFL coach and began jumping around with players, assistant coaches and even team owner Jim Irsay like he was a kid again.

Why not?

"There was a lot of high-fiving, a lot of dancing, a lot of hugging going on and a lot of celebrating," an emotional Pagano said. "There's a lot to celebrate right now."

It started with Pagano's return.

He took an indefinite leave Sept. 26 to begin the first of three rounds of chemotherapy for leukemia Sept. 26 and didn't make it back to the sideline until Sunday when the cancer was in complete remission.

When he left the field, he hugged everybody in sight ? assistant coaches, Colts players, even Texans players and coaches ? before moving the postgame party to the locker room, where Irsay presented him with a game ball and they did a do-si-do together.

"What a day, what a day," he said.

For everyone on the Colts.

"Guys really did not want to lose in his first game back and heading into the playoffs," rookie quarterback Andrew Luck said. "To get a win, I think means the world to him."

Luck, as usual, had a big hand in the victory. He was 14 of 28 for 191 yards with two more touchdowns and no interceptions.

He wasn't alone, though.

Karim swung the game with the kickoff return just seconds after the Texans took their only lead, and when Luck converted on third-and-23 with the 70-yard TD pass early in the fourth quarter, the crowd was in a frenzy.

The Colts (11-5) will play at Baltimore in the wild-card round next weekend. The slumping Texans (12-4) have lost three of their last four and won't know their AFC seeding until after Denver and New England finish later Sunday.

"We had a great opportunity the last two weeks, but we won't feel sorry for ourselves," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said after giving Pagano a hug and whispering in his ear after the game. "We'll focus on keeping our confidence up, even if we have to play next week."

Indy did everything it needed to Sunday.

The Colts prevented J.J. Watt from getting too close to Luck ? or any closer to Michael Strahan's NFL sacks record (22?). Watt finished with 20?.

"We didn't win, so I could care less about the record. It's about winning," Watt said.

Luck broke Peyton Manning's franchise record for completions by a rookie but fell 15 short of Sam Bradford's NFL mark. Luck also moved into third all-time among rookies with 22 TD passes.

And Indy completed the second greatest turnaround in league history ? winning nine more games than it did in 2011.

"Man, this has been a great year, a storybook ending," Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne said. "Let's keep it going. Hopefully we can continue to write this movie."

It didn't take long for the Colts to assert themselves in this emotional environment ? or to turn the game when the Texans took their only lead. Shayne Graham made a 37-yard field goal with 5:22 left in the third quarter, a lead that lasted all of 12 seconds.

Karim fielded the ensuing kickoff a yard deep in the end zone, found a seam in the middle of the field and never slowed until he reached the opposite end zone to make it 21-16. Pagano patted him on the helmet after the longest kickoff return since the Colts moved to Indy in 1984.

Then, facing third-and-23 from the 30, Luck threw a perfect strike through a narrow opening, hitting Hilton in stride for a 70-yard TD to make it 28-16.

On a day the Texans mostly settled for field goals, that's all the Colts needed.

Luck masterfully led the Colts to a 14-6 halftime lead.

Houston made it 14-13 when Arian Foster broke through a hole for a 13-yard TD run and saluted Pagano by tapping the (hash)Chuckstrong sign hanging on the wall behind the end zone instead of doing his trademark bow. Foster ran 16 times for 96 yards.

Graham's 37-yard field goal gave Houston the lead with 5:22 to go in the third quarter, but Karim's long TD return set off a celebration that didn't end until after Pagano had done his dance.

"It's like a dream come true again," Pagano said. "It's the greatest feeling in the world to be down there."

Schaub finished 24 of 36 for 275 yards with two interceptions and no touchdowns. Foster ran 16 times for 96 yards.

NOTES: Andre Johnson caught 12 passes for 141 yards and became the second player in league history with three seasons of 100 or more catches and 1,500 or more yards. The other: Former Colt Marvin Harrison. ... Manning had 326 completions, Luck finished the season with 339. ... Watt had a shared sack taken away in the first half when the officials erased a sack-fumble of Luck because of the Tuck Rule. ... The Colts lost starting guard Joe Reitz in the first half with a head injury. ... Houston linebacker Daryl Sharpton left the game with a hip injury. Linebacker Tim Dobbins left in the second half with what Kubiak thought was a shoulder injury.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pagano-returns-indianapolis-beats-texans-28-16-211909776--spt.html

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Poll Watch: Rasmussen President Obama Job Approval Survey

Rasmussen President Obama Job Approval Poll?

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as president?

  • Strongly approve 34%
  • Somewhat approve 22%?
  • Somewhat disapprove 11%
  • Strongly disapprove 32%

President Obama Job Approval

  • Approve 56%?
  • Disapprove 43%

Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Source: http://race42012.com/2012/12/29/poll-watch-rasmussen-president-obama-job-approval-survey-17/

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If cut, fiscal deal will pale against expectations

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Whether negotiated in a rush before the new year or left for early January, the fiscal deal President Barack Obama and Congress cobble together will be far smaller than what they initially envisioned as an alternative to purposefully distasteful tax increases and spending cuts.

Instead, their deal, if a deal they indeed cut, will put off some big decisions about tax and entitlement changes and leave other deadlines in place that will likely lead to similar moments of brinkmanship, some in just a matter of weeks.

Republican and Democratic negotiators in the Senate were hoping for a deal as early as Sunday on what threshold to set for increased tax rates, whether to keep current inheritance tax rates and exemptions and how to pay for jobless benefits and avoid cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.

An agreement would halt automatic across-the-board tax increases for virtually every American and perhaps temporarily put off some steep spending cuts in defense and domestic programs.

Gone, however, is the talk of a grand deal that would tackle broad spending and revenue demands and set the nation on a course to lower deficits. Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner were once a couple hundred billion dollars apart of a deal that would have reduced the deficit by more than $2 trillion over ten years.

Republicans have complained that Obama has demanded too much in tax revenue and hasn't proposed sufficient cuts or savings in the nation's massive health care programs.

In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" that aired Sunday, Obama upped the pressure on Republicans to negotiate a fiscal deal, arguing that GOP leaders have rejected his past attempts to strike a bigger and more comprehensive bargain.

"The offers that I've made to them have been so fair that a lot of Democrats get mad at me," Obama said.

The interview was taped Saturday while aides to the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., were engaged in negotiations in the Capitol in hopes of having something to present senators as early as Sunday.

"I was modestly optimistic yesterday, but we don't yet see an agreement," Obama said, referring to his mood Friday. "And now the pressure's on Congress to produce."

The trimmed ambitions of today are a far cry from the upbeat bipartisan rhetoric of just six weeks ago, when the leadership of Congress went to the White House to set the stage for negotiations to come.

"I outlined a framework that deals with reforming our tax code and reforming our spending," Boehner said as the leaders gathered on the White House driveway on Nov. 16.

"We understand that it has to be about cuts, it has to be about revenue, it has to be about growth, it has to be about the future," House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said at the time. "I feel confident that a solution may be in sight."

And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., offered a bold prediction: "There is no more let's do it some other time. We are going to do it now."

That big talk is over for now.

Senate negotiators were haggling over what threshold of income to set as the demarcation between current tax rates and higher tax rates. They were negotiating over estate limits and tax levels, how to extend unemployment benefits, how to prevent cuts in Medicare payments to doctors and how to keep a minimum income tax payment designed for the rich from hitting about 28 million middle class taxpayers.

But the deal was not meant to settle other outstanding issues, including more than $1 trillion in cuts over 10 years, divided equally between the Pentagon and other government spending. The deal also would not address an extension of the nation's borrowing limit, which the government is on track to reach any day but which the Treasury can put off through accounting measures for about two months.

That means Obama and the Congress are already on a new collision path. Republicans say they intend to use the debt ceiling as leverage to extract more spending cuts from the president. Obama has been adamant that unlike 2011, when the country came close to defaulting on its debts, he will not yield to those Republican demands.

As the day ended Saturday, there were few signs of success on a scaled-back deal. But no one was declaring a stalemate either.

Lawmakers have until the new Congress convenes to pass any compromise, and even the calendar mattered. Democrats said they had been told House Republicans might reject a deal until after Jan. 1, to avoid a vote to raise taxes before they had technically gone up, and then vote to cut taxes after they had risen.

Republicans said they were willing to bow to Obama's call for higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a deal to prevent them from rising on those less well-off.

Democrats said Obama was sticking to his campaign call for tax increases above $250,000 in annual income, even though he said in recent negotiations he said he could accept $400,000. There was no evidence of agreement even at the higher level.

Obama, who once proposed nearly $1.6 trillion in tax revenue over 10 years, would get about half of that if he succeeded in getting a $250,000 threshold over 10 years. At a $400,000 level, the revenue figure drops to about $600 billion over a decade.

Republicans want to leave the estate tax at 35 percent after exempting the first $5 million in estate value. Officials said the White House wants a 45 percent tax after a $3.5 million exemption. Without any action by Congress, it would climb to a 55 percent tax after a $1 million exemption on Jan. 1. Obama's proposal would generate more than $100 billion in additional revenue over 10 years.

Democrats stressed their unwillingness to make concessions on both income taxes and the estate tax, and hoped Republicans would choose which mattered more to them.

Associated Press writer David Espo contributed to this article

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Associated Press writer David Espo contributed to this article.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cut-fiscal-deal-pale-against-expectations-140658299--politics.html

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LG wants Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to be banned in Korea over OLED patent infringements

LG filed an injunction to ban Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 in Korea.?According to the notice, LG alleged that Samsung has violated the design, driver circuitry and device design of its OLED products which altered the viewing angles of the panel used in Galaxy Note 10.1.

Both Korean companies have been fighting with?each other?as Samsung?retaliated?by filing its own lawsuit against LG stating that LG lacked innovation. Earlier this year, few current and former Samsung Mobile employees were arrested on the charges that they stole and leaked?information?about Samsung?s AMOLED TV to LG.

LG is also seeking damages of $933,000 per day in case of continued non-compliance by Samsung as by Dow Jones.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Flame shells set Scottish reef ablaze with color

A huge, colorful shellfish reef discovered off Scotland's west coast could be the largest of its kind in the world, according to the Scottish government.

Packing at least 100 million bright-orange shells into 4.5 square miles (7.5 square kilometers), the living reef consists of flame shells, a rare saltwater clam found near Scotland. Neon-orange tentacles emerge from between the clam's paired shells, waving gently in the current.

The flame shell reef is located in Loch Alsh, a sea inlet between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish mainland. The overall population of flame shells in the inlet is likely to exceed 100 million and is the largest-known flame shell reef anywhere in the United Kingdom, the Scottish government said in a statement.

"This important discovery may be the largest grouping of flame shells anywhere in the world," Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said in the statement. "And not only are flame shells beautiful to look at, these enigmatic shellfish form a reef that offers a safe and productive environment for many other species."

Flame shells (Limaria hians) build 'nests' by binding gravel and shells together with thin, wiry threads. The shellfish are around 1.5 inches (4 centimeters) in length and group together in such numbers that they cover the seabed with a feltlike organic reef of nest material several inches thick. Flame shell beds are found in only eight sites in Scottish waters.

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"There were some records of flame shells in Loch Alsh, but scientists had no idea of the bed's true size," said Ben James, marine survey and monitoring manager at Scottish Natural Heritage.

Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh carried out the Loch Alsh survey on behalf of Marine Scotland.

"Too often, when we go out to check earlier records of a particular species or habitat, we find them damaged, struggling or even gone," said Dan Harries, a marine ecologist with the university's school of life sciences. "We are delighted that, in this instance, we found not just occasional patches, but a huge and thriving flame shell community extending right the way along the entrance narrows of Loch Alsh. This is a wonderful discovery for all concerned."

The Loch Alsh inlet was surveyed as part of a program to identify new Marine Protected Areas, which help defend marine habitat. The reef's discovery strengthens the case for proposing the inlet as a protected area, said Calum Duncan, Scotland program manager for the Marine Conservation Society.

Reach Becky Oskin at boskin@techmedianetwork.com.Follow her on Twitter @beckyoskin. Follow OurAmazingPlanet on Twitter @OAPlanet. We're also on Facebook and Google+.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Video: Nelson Mandela released from hospital

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Recall of More Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Tablets

Dec. 26, 2012 -- More lots of the combination painkiller hydrocodone-acetaminophen are being recalled by Mylan Institutional. The new alert follows a nationwide recall of 101 lots of the drugs issued by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals that occurred earlier this month.

The FDA says the newly recalled lots were manufactured by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals and were repackaged and distributed by Mylan Institutional.?The three lots include: ?

The recalled bottles are supposed to contain tablets made up of 10 milligrams of hydrocodone and 500 milligrams of acetaminophen. But they are being recalled because the tablets may contain higher amounts of acetaminophen or hydrocodone than indicated on the label.

High doses of acetaminophen may put you at increased risk for liver damage.

Especially at risk are people who:

  • Take other medications containing acetaminophen
  • Have liver disease
  • Drink more than three alcoholic beverages a day

Additionally, too-high doses of hydrocodone can cause increased sedation and/or breathing problems, particularly among the elderly, people with severe kidney or liver impairment, and those who are taking other sedating medications or certain antidepressants.

If you have the affected lots you can contact Mylan Customer Service at 800-848-0462. People who are unsure should call their pharmacist or doctor.

Source: http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20121226/recall-expansion-hydrocodone-acetaminophen

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Helen Hall Ramaglia, Author, Foster/Adopt Mother, Foster Care Alumni

Helen Hall Ramaglia?is an author, Foster/Adoptive Mother, Speaker and Advocate for kids in foster care.? She is Founder and Executive Director of Fostering SuperStars, a nonprofit organization designed to enrich the lives of children placed in foster care by serving as a primary connector to organizations, partnerships and providers to meet many of their needs that would normally go unmet.??Fostering SuperStars matches each child with a mentor/advocate, enrolls each child in life skills camp, and ensures that each child receives a seasonal wardrobe twice a year.? Fostering SuperStars will also connect each child who desires it with an organization that provides horseback riding/therapy.

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Helen says that we must fully understand the heart and life of a foster child before we can effectively foster, adopt or work with this vulnerable population of extraordinary children.? She shared her story with The Teen Toolbox blog readers to help America walk in the shoes of a child who has experienced physical, mental and emotional abuse, was removed from everything they had known, was provided shelter from the State and strangers, and thrust into adulthood totally unprepared.

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Helen?s early years were filled with violence, trauma, and loss. Helen was thrust into foster care at the age of eleven.? Although she had suffered significant abuse from her father and believes that being placed in foster care literally saved her from death at the hands of her father, Helen was re-traumatized by the separation from everything she had known and the uncertainty of what to expect.? She never had a chance to say goodbye to anyone and no one explained the foster care system to her nor informed her what would become her home.? Helen was even placed in several juvenile detention centers before being placed in a long-term foster home.

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Helen was placed in a safe family but still had many unmet needs.? She never learned about personal hygiene and grooming from her foster mother and never received counseling services while in care.? During her teenage years Helen stopped talking as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder.? Her foster parents did not realize the effects of the trauma she had experienced and reacted negatively to many things Helen said or did.? When Helen advocated for herself she was labeled as having a ?smart mouth?.? Because of this experience, Helen warns us that well-meaning foster parents who provide a home free from violence can still ?add insult to injury? for the children in their care thus all foster parents should be trained in positive parenting techniques.

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In 1976, Helen became the first foster child to leave the United States and live in another country.? Without warning or explanation, Helen woke up one morning to find that her sister had been taken from Europe and returned to the US.? No one ever came looking for her.? She was invisible to a system that did not remain in contact with her to ensure her safety and stability.? Helen graduated high school at age 16 and received no guidance or support regarding higher education from her foster family.? At age 17 she returned to the US but to a different state from where she departed.? Low self-esteem and little valuable communication skills led Helen to sleeping pills.? With few options, Helen was married and soon became pregnant because she had never learned about birth control.? There was also a time in her young adult life that she experienced homelessness.

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Helen had never been taught how to make good decisions but for the first time in her life she was ready to set goals and follow a plan to reach them.? She was 35 and decided to write a book.? Prior to this awakening, every day in her life was about sheer survival.? She lacked basic interpersonal dynamics and knowledge of social norms. She was jittery and nervous and felt that her words had no meaning.? The book was a catalyst for Helen to do something with her life and an avenue to ?become whole?.? She began to watch influential people and read about their personal journeys.? Helen also got the courage to reach out to people and connect as a way of filling personal gaps in her life.?

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Helen?s book?From Foster To Fabulous ? One Little Girl?s Journey Through Abuse, Foster Care, Aging Out and Life Beyond helps us all understand the emotional baggage that weighs many children in foster care down.? Her faith in God got her through many terrible ordeals and she believes that all children can find it in themselves to overcome obstacles with guidance and support.?

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When asked what we can do to better support teen girls in foster care, Helen replied that every girl should be connected with lifetime mentorship.? A person (not an authority figure) who will not leave them when they age out but stick with them, teach them about life, and connect them with needed resources.? She also believes that we should do a better job of training foster parents and holding schools and workers accountable to ensure that children are safe and thriving.? Helen also wishes that every child in foster care could have a stand in family during the holidays which can be very challenging for many young people.

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Helen truly found her voice at age 45. She and her husband became foster parents to a special needs sibling group of two toddlers and an infant who had been in seven prior placements.? She began to fight for them and has never looked back.? The Ramaglia family has adopted the toddlers who are now thriving 6 and 7 year olds.? Helen and her husband are also the parents of two biological children.? Helen is a 2012 Angel in Adoption Award winner, a Points of Light award winner, and trainer.? ?She is using her voice to advocate for changes for all children in foster care.? ?

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As we wrap up our 6th Annual?Pack A Purse Drive? in December 2012, we will use the Teen Toolbox blog as a platform to spread inspiration and hope by highlighting the triumphs of successful women foster care alumni.

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Nicki Sanders, MSW, Chief Visionary Officer

The Teen Toolbox provides youth portfolio development and civic engagement and academic empowerment strategies to help teens set goals for life after high school and create a road map to reach those goals through its PACKAGED FOR SUCCESS? Programs.? We are committed to supporting and raising awareness about the needs and potential of teenagers in the foster care system.

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Tags: aging out, foster care, foster care alumni, Pack A Purse, Packaged For Sucess, youth empowerment

Source: http://theteentoolbox.com/helen-hall-ramaglia-author-fosteradopt-mother-foster-care-alumni/

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Gifts For IT Field In This Christmas | Amar Infotech

Well the IT industry has like ever been good and Santa heard the prayers of the field and has left a gift this year. IT business will have revelation with growing demand for web development as the businesses go and grow online. E-commerce will be able to set a new record with development in Web designing industry.

Today?s world is dependent on Information Technology and Web. They will continue to be, the driving force of every industry on the planet. IT and web services forms the infrastructure of business and are the enablers of the information age. IT and web services permeates your everyday life. IT and web services brings it all together.

All the IT services and web development, customization and maintenance will take businesses to next level. Be it php, Asp.net or mobile media development applications can enhance efficiency and increase your business. Web designs will offer businesses features like never before. There will be a boom in IT with increased users and more profits. Online presence will have reached a new high by features such as eye-catching logos, graphics, cool colors, easy fonts, center layout, clutter-free design, strategically placed call to action buttons, and a lot of white space.

The custom made Web apps will help in streamlining internal and external workflows and processes. Content management system like word press will shape ideas of B2B / B2C, social community portals and job portals.

It is important to assess and acquire a limiting factor that determines if a user/visitor will perform an action or not and for this building trust is a very essential concept. Purchasing from an e-commerce website, hiring someone based on their portfolio, downloading data and even accepting the advice or opinion of a blog post all require trust beforehand. Trust therefore a scarce but highly valuable commodity.

Social media has come to aid through analytics for restructuring web development with help of analytics and build trust with what a user/visitor wants. Many data extracted from social media discussions aids in understanding the user demand from websites of various businesses and helps IT industry focus on the gaps. Many output of analytics state exactly what a website of particular businesses lack. Web developer can now focus on all the available information and build a website which is not only user friendly but also attention gripping and give a stimulating experience that a visitor was hoping for. ?Today, many businesses and services exist only online and therefore website will be the sole point of contact for such businesses. A professional level of design will ensure that a significant amount of both time and money have been invested, will ensure a successful outcome and therefore a return on that investment.

This gift to IT field will prove to be beneficial as now businesses can depend on the solution offered by the developers. Web developers will be able to offer effective Portal Solutions, Social Networking Solutions, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), Internet Marketing Strategy, Software development solutions and maintenance.

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Source: http://blog.amarinfotech.com/christmas-gifts-to-it-field.html

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Egypt's central bank governor says he has not resigned

CAIRO (Reuters) - The governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Farouk El-Okdah, said on Sunday he had not resigned from his post, denying a report aired on state television the previous day which said he had stepped down.

Egypt's cabinet had already denied the report the previous day .

"I did not resign," El-Okdah told reporters at the cabinet headquarters on Sunday after a meeting with a ministerial committee for economic policies.

There has been regular speculation in the media that he wanted to leave his post, and state TV had reported that he had resigned and that his former deputy, Hisham Ramez, had been appointed to replace him.

El-Okdah helped steer the central bank during last year's uprising which ousted former President Hosni Mubarak and is credited with helping keep the Egyptian currency relatively stable despite the political turmoil.

(Reporting by Shaimaa Fayed; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Barbells, Dumbbells, Kettlebells and the Football Bar | Houston ...

By Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC

Las Vegas Informer

Implement various weight lifting bars for optimum results. Use barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells and the football bar to develop strength and prevent injury.

Devise workout routines that employ the usage of numerous types of exercise equipment. Effective exercises can be executed at multiple angles with an assortment of lifting bars.

Target the primary working muscles, the assisting muscles and the stabilizer muscles with different workout bars. Maximize results and minimize injury by utilizing the muscle confusion principle. Work variety into your program with multiple pieces of training equipment.

Prevent injuries by finding the appropriate type of equipment for each exercise. Determine which piece of workout equipment feels most comfortable and doesn?t elicit symptoms.

Several types of weight lifting bars exist. Each possesses specific advantages and disadvantages. Different bar types allow the users to perform exercises at various angles. Take advantage of the benefits of each bar.

Barbell: The barbell is the standard exercise bar. The barbell is the first piece of equipment used by most trainees. The importance of barbell training cannot be overstressed.

The barbell allows the lifter to use heavy weight. Making it ideal for basic multi-joint exercises. Heavy barbell squats, bench presses, cleans and deadlifts build power and size. Increase your strength and muscle mass by employing heavy weights and basic barbell exercises.

Barbells ensure both sides of the body work during each exercise. If one side is not as strong, then the lift cannot be completed with proper form.

A barbell moves only in a linear fashion. The primary working muscles are targeted and the assisting muscles must work symmetrically side to side.

Barbell usage locks the hands and wrists in specific positions. Freedom of movement is not available for the upper extremity. Locked joints are forced to move in one specific direction. This locked position can lead to injuries by overstressing joints.

Dumbbells: Dumbbells are shorter single handed versions of barbells. Most lifters have used dumbbells since they started training. Almost all barbell exercises can be modified for dumbbell use. Dumbbells can be used in multi-joint and single joint exercises.

Dumbbells are valuable to trainees of all levels. Incorporate dumbbell training into your training routine from the very start. Dumbbells effectively develop strength, tone and balance.

Dumbbells move in all three planes. Freedom of movement means the lifter must control the weight in 3-D. Proper technique and control of the dumbbell recruits the stabilizing and assisting muscles to a greater degree than barbell training. Development of the assisting and stabilizer muscles is imperative to injury prevention.

Balance your strength with dumbbell training. If strength is unsymmetrical side-to-side dumbbell training is a perfect fit. Create balance by adding an exercise or a set for the underdeveloped muscle.

Kettlebells: Picture a cast iron cannonball with a u-shaped handle and you have a kettlebell. The kettlebell?s shape makes it a versatile piece of exercise equipment.

Execute multi-joint and single joint exercises with kettlebells. Most barbell and dumbbell exercises can be modified for kettlebell usage.

Improve your aerobic and anaerobic fitness with functional kettlebell training. High reps, large functional multi-joint movements, momentum and perfect technique are the foundation of kettlebell training. Full body strength and endurance are built with these basic kettlebell principles.

Achieve core development with kettlebells. The bell?s unique shape combined with the functional movements forces recruitment of the core muscles and the smaller stabilizing muscles. Core and spinal strength development are additional pluses to kettlebell work.

Correct technique is a necessity in functional kettlebell training. Ensure your form is flawless before increasing resistance.

Football Bar: Utilize this fantastic piece of training equipment to lower the risk of injury. The football bar places the lifter?s hands in a palms facing each other position. This arm position decreases stress on the rotator cuffs and wrists.

The football bar is ideal for heavy upper body pressing and pulling exercises. Visualize the log press in the world?s strongest man competition. The lifter?s use a palms-facing each grip to generate greater strength while protecting their shoulders.

During barbell presses the lifter?s forearms are locked in palms down grip. This position places unnecessary stress on the posterior shoulders and wrists. The football bar removes this pressure by putting the wrists in a more natural position. Incorporate the football bar into your workouts to decrease the possibility of rotator cuff and wrist injury.

Conclusion: Utilize different types of lifting bars in your routine. Diversify workout programs to increase progress and minimize injury. Use each workout bar for its distinct advantages to further your fitness and strength.

Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC

Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC is the owner and treating doctor at Championship Chiropractic. 2595 S. Cimarron Rd, Suite #100, Las Vegas, NV 89117. ?His web address is?www.ChampionshipChiropractic.com. He can be contacted at (702) 286-9040 and?DrO@ChampionshipChiropractic.com.

Dr. Donald A. Ozello?s mission is to educate and inspire others to live healthier, fitter, more functional lives.

Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC writes a weekly health, fitness, exercise and nutrition column for The Las Vegas Informer. He is published in?OnFitness?magazine,Livestrong.com,?SpineUniverse.com?and?eHow.com.

Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC is an award-winning public speaker. He has spoken to numerous groups on health, fitness, exercise, ergonomics and nutrition.

Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC loves to exercise. Bike riding and kettlebell training are his current favorite types of exercises. He credits Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno and Sly Stallone as major influences during his teens and early twenties.

Before pursuing his career in Chiropractic, Dr. Donald A. Ozello DC served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Bremerton, SSN 698.

Source: http://houston.informermg.com/2012/12/22/barbells-dumbbells-kettlebells-and-the-football-bar/

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Drug Ring Investigated within Colombian Armed Forces (Poliblogger)

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Kickstart Your Family Tree: Wills & Probate Records | Historic ...

About Wills & Probate Records

Dealing with estate records can be very confusing. There is typically a lot of legal jargon used, and the purpose or outcome of a record is not always clear to the layperson. While I am certainly no expert when it comes to legal matters, I will do my best to give you a basic explanation of wills and probate records. Hopefully it will be at least enough of an explanation to get you started with your research.

When an individual dies he or she inevitably leaves behind possessions and/or debts that must be dealt with. This is done in one of two ways. Either the individual left a will detailing how the estate should be handled and who should do the handling (the executor). Or the estate is ?intestate? meaning that there was no will or that the will was not a legal will and was not ?proved? by the court. Intestate estates are assigned an administrator, usually either a relative or a creditor. In both cases, the proceedings of the estate are dealt with in a court, often called a probate court.

Nearly everyone who owned anything had a probate proceeding, and therefore has probate records out there waiting to be discovered by you.

This application for administration from Clinton County shows that the deceased died without a will. It is full of genealogical information, and it's just one page from the probate file for this individual.

?Accessing Wills & Probate Records

Wills are held by the County Clerk. The clerk?s office typically keeps a copy of each will in a will book. These can be accessed freely at the courthouse in the county where your relative passed away. However, these are copies of the original record, which is likely kept in a probate file. Depending on the year of death, this file may be in archives (either at the courthouse or at some off-site location) or in the clerk?s office. Since the copy may contain clerical errors, it is always best to locate the original whenever possible. Contact the clerk?s office to find out where to begin your search and how to obtain copies of the records. A list of Indiana County Clerks is available here. Most offices will locate, copy, and mail the records to you for a fee. If you do the research yourself, be aware that there will still be a fee for copying the files.

?What You?ll Find

Probate records are rich resources. They will contain any bit of information that was necessary for the executor or administrator to determine rightful heirs, establish outstanding debts, and divide the property amongst them. This may include the following.

  • ?The date and cause of death,
  • the names of all heirs, including spouses, children, siblings, in-laws, and other relatives,
  • the names of friends and neighbors,
  • the names of any creditors or debtors,
  • an inventory of personal property,
  • records from any estate auction (including who bought what and for how much),
  • details regarding any real estate owned by the deceased,
  • details of military service, religious affiliation, and citizenship,
  • and any letters, depositions, and affidavits collected by the executor or administrator during the probate process.

Everybody loves a scandal, and wills are often full of them. If the deceased did not approve of a marriage, thought a child left home too early, preferred one offspring over another, or disinherited a son or daughter for any reason, it will likely be listed in the will. They can be incredibly interesting and enlightening documents, and often give us a glimpse at parts of our ancestors? lives that would otherwise be hidden from us.

?A Few Tips
  • ?Although it may be tempting to take the information in probate records at face value, we must remember that even these records can contain errors or even outright lies.? As with all our research, these records are just one piece of the larger puzzle, and all the evidence should be considered before coming to any conclusions.
  • ?Probate records are more common for rural areas than for urban areas, due to the higher likelihood that rural residents owned property.
  • Think your relatives were too poor to have owned anything? You may be surprised. Either way, it?s always worth looking for records. It?s part of being a thorough researcher.

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Obama to Remember Connecticut Shooting Victims (Voice Of America)

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Speaker Boehner signals still open to talks with President Obama to avoid fiscal cliff

Though Robert Pattinson stuck by her, Ben Affleck has left Kristen Stewart?in the dust. Citing a schedule crunch, the actor has backed out of?Focus, a con-artist movie set to costar Stewart and begin filming this spring. Stewart had just said in a recent interview that she was excited to start shooting, but now who knows what will happen. "Hi Kristen. We know that you were excited about working with Ben, but he dropped out, so we got you a replacement," a producer says to her the day she arrives on set. ...

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Friday, December 21, 2012

Take a closer look at Benson Henderson?s win over Nate Diaz (VIDEO)

Take a closer look at UFC on Fox 5's main event through Fuel TV's Fight Flashback. It shows how champion Benson Henderson and challenger Nate Diaz prepared moments before their fight, as well as different angles of the bout. Nick Diaz, Nate's brother and also a UFC fighter, winces as he watches his brother get kicked. You'll also hear advice from both men's corners, including Henderson's saying, "You know why he's talking, right?"

You can also see the same treatment for other bouts on the card here.

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When DSLR Manufacturers Say Their Cameras Are Freeze-Proofed, This Is What They Mean

High-end cameras are often sold with the proud claim, amongst many others, that they are "freeze-proofed". But is it really that impressive? More »


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Movie Review: ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? And A Long ...

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The-HobbitBy Michael S. Goldberger, film critic

If you promised that, in some distant future, the Grim Reaper would delay his visit to me by two hours and forty-nine minutes, the running time of director Peter Jackson?s ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,? I might not feel so put out by its indulgent length. While splendid in several ways, the rewards narrowly outdistance its daunting duration.

Point of disclosure: Never a big fan of alternate universe fiction, I much prefer my metaphors domestically sourced. Still, this is reasonably good stuff if you?re a fan of J.R. Tolkien?s original works and have the requisite time to imbibe the seemingly endless details and minutiae that went into the famed author?s construction of his Middle-earth.

For the uninitiated, that?s where the writer set the majority of his Odyssey-like adventures. Virtual mini pageants about nations, civilizations and the cultural motivations that both form and destroy them, replete with the maxims of history, they consist of a prose unto itself. This means whole different tongues to learn, if you?re of a mind.

In this installment, which will spawn at least two follow-ups from the filmmaker, the acknowledged interpreter extraordinaire of things Tolkien suffuses the silver screen with the panoply of beings who populate those fictional worlds. Hence, we are first introduced to Martin Freeman?s Bilbo Baggins, the title character, who relates his tale in flashback.

Following a visit from Gandalf, a wizard convincingly portrayed by Ian McKellen, Bilbo?s storybook cottage is invaded by a horde of dwarves who, after eating just about everything he had in his larder, invoke his help to regain their homeland. Gandalf has assured them that Hobbits are great burglars, a necessary element to achieving said goal.

Well, this dubious skill is heretofore unknown to the inveterate homebody, who has grown quite content in his life of books, cushy armchair and garden. But Gandalf rails at Bilbo?s bourgeois reluctance, and reminds him of the brave and illustrious Hobbit heritage that has made his comfy lifestyle possible. Naturally, the adventure is soon afoot.

What follows is a seemingly endless rollercoaster ride through all manner of strange and foreboding lands, each informing of yet another set of mores and folkways that must be learned if one is to safely traverse them. I won?t go through the whole gaggle of creatures we encounter, but will state that some are pretty good folks, once you grok their meaning.

But evildoers make up the majority. Trolls comprise a society of murder, mayhem and disdain for all that is good. Orcs are pretty nasty, too. In this episode, that bodes quite badly as Thorin (Richard Armitage), Gandalf?s pick to lead the mission, has been reviled ever since chopping off the Orc king?s hand, supposedly leaving him for dead. Wrong!

While some of these species speak what we hear as English, most of them have their own languages and dialects. But no need to bring along your Middle-earth dictionary unless you don?t put much stock in subtitles. And don?t worry about telling the good guys from the scum. With few politically correct exceptions, the uglier, the more nefarious.

Note at this juncture, however, that as I am among the great unwashed, my review will be and should be besides the point to diehard Hobbit tifosi. Doubtless, sources hip to Hobbit lore will hash out its authenticity ad nauseam. My quest through these eccentric climes is to conclude whether the general viewing public will find the film entertaining.

Thus, on the one hand, there is adventure aplenty, great colorful landscapes and smart, whimsically delivered moral lessons, provided the casual traveler can pick up on enough of the jive without feeling left out of the club. And therein lies the rub. With endless allusion to Hobbit obscurities, one can?t help feel the secret handshake is being withheld.

It occurs that patience is the quality most required by those inclined to drink in the vast glossary of information comprising Mr. Tolkien?s grand creation. Yet, as the twelve-year-old me could spend hours poring over the library of comic books in Norman Ginsberg?s basement, I can see this holding a similar aura for today?s adolescent and litt?rateur alike.

Impressive characterizations both by the protagonists and the motley crew of ancillary beings not only help create the epochal atmosphere, but are often interesting in and of themselves. Of course we identify with Martin Freeman?s Bilbo, our ordinary Hobbit placed in extraordinary circumstances. And as Wizards go, Mr. McKellen is masterly.

But geez, 169 minutes? I?m just getting over ?Reds? (1981), which, at three hours and fifteen minutes might be a good enough diversion if you?re roasting an 18 pound turkey, unstuffed, mind you. While aficionados will say that devotion knows no end, others who take in ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? will worry that the film doesn?t have one.
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?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,? rated PG-13, is a Warner Bros. Pictures release directed by Peter Jackson and stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage. Running time: 169 minutes

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Source: http://njtoday.net/2012/12/20/movie-review-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-and-a-long-one-too/

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Report: Badgers to Hire Utah State Coach

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Is Mental Health the Real Issue That Needs to Be Addressed After ...

The country is still in shock over Friday's massacre in Connecticut and already the debate on gun control has kicked into high gear. But shouldn't we look at the perpetrator and what prompted his actions in the first place? Shouldn't the first debate be about mental health issues and how to address them?

Authorities say Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother that morning and then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School to commit the horrific killing spree before killing himself. According to initial reports, Lanza appeared to have had some mental problems prior to the shooting, but it is difficult to say that it would have predicted this.

Authorities also say that the guns Lanza used had been purchased legally, and he was actually stopped from purchasing another rifle by existing gun laws. He appeared to have circumvented school security measures by forcing his way into the building. He appeared intend on doing what he did and gun laws and security measures were unable to stop him.

Gawker.com had a poignant story titled "I am Adam Lanza's Mother." It is authored by someone going by the name of Lisa Long and chronicles her attempts to deal with a child struggling with mental illness. Someone born to her. Someone whom she loves - but is scared of just the same. Her own child - a potential Adam Lanza.

Instead of rushing to address gun laws, shouldn't the mental health system be the first issue that needs to be addressed?

Source: http://fortstewart.patch.com/articles/is-mental-health-not-gun-control-the-real-issue-behind-mass-shootings

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UK and US block Internet Regulation | E RADAR | Smarter business ...

The United Kingdom and other member states have blocked an attempt to put the United Nations in control of the Internet at a conference in Dubai this week.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ? the UN?s agency for information and communications technology ? brought together representatives from around the world to try and agree on updating telecoms regulations that hadn?t been touched since 1988.

But representatives from the UK and US, as well as from Chile, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal and Sweden said they wouldn?t be able to sign up without discussing it first with their domestic governments.

Critics claim that giving equal rights to each state of the UN and putting one vote in each of their hands could lead to Internet censorship. High profile figures such as?Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the internet, and Sir Tim-Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, even said such regulations would be a threat to a free internet and standards should be left to the private sector organisations building the technology.

However, countries such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia have said the current Internet governance framework allows the US to hold the rights to the naming and registration of addresses on the internet and puts control into select hands. They believe new regulations are now needed.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Blast kills 5 in disputed area in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed five people and wounded eleven others in the country's north, the second day in a row in which blasts have targeted disputed regions there.

Police officials said the explosion Monday morning was in al-Mouafaqiyah, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group. The region near the city of Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, is claimed by Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds.

The Shabak have their own distinct language and belief system.

Medics in nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. All officials in the two spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details to journalists.

Sunday's attacks left at least eight killed and dozens wounded.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blast-kills-5-disputed-area-northern-iraq-075616272.html

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Video: Superintendent: Shooter?s mom not school employee

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  • Attachments.me Now Connects SkyDrive with Gmail

    Attachments.me Now Connects SkyDrive with Gmail

    Google?s Gmail and Microsoft?s SkyDrive are now offering cross-brand compatible organizational and storage tools. Gmail users can now store their email attachments on SkyDrive?using Attachments.me?s Chrome or Firefox browser extensions. Until now, the San Francisco-based file sharing and...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: Get Weekly Employee Feedback Using 15Five

    SMB Startup Watch: Get Weekly Employee Feedback Using 15Five

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch?profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. Know the pulse of your company in 5 minutes through weekly feedback reports that mimic a one-one-one with every employee As a company grows, it becomes impossible...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: Geekatoo is a Marketplace for Businesses Seeking Onsite Tech Support

    SMB Startup Watch: Geekatoo is a Marketplace for Businesses Seeking Onsite Tech Support

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. Small businesses now have more options for tech support as Geekatoo takes on Geek Squad As more small businesses become comfortable with technology powering their...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: MediaGraph Lets Small Businesses Manage Their Own PR

    SMB Startup Watch: MediaGraph Lets Small Businesses Manage Their Own PR

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. New tool lets small businesses position themselves in the best light to gain press Small businesses often find their share in the marketing and PR industry to be...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: Rawstream Helps Monitor and Manage Internet Usage

    SMB Startup Watch: Rawstream Helps Monitor and Manage Internet Usage

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch?profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. Your business is plugging through the height of the business day and your computer network has slowed down to an obscene crawl with several of your employees spending...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: Lettuce is a Simple & Visually Stunning Order Management System for Small Businesses

    SMB Startup Watch: Lettuce is a Simple & Visually Stunning Order Management System for Small Businesses

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch?profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. The best business ideas stem from solving a problem that persistently proves to be a pain point in day-to-day business operations. That?s exactly what happened...

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  • SMB Startup Watch: Glyder Helps Small Businesses Create Beautiful Online Marketing Campaigns

    SMB Startup Watch: Glyder Helps Small Businesses Create Beautiful Online Marketing Campaigns

    Firmology?s SMB Startup Watch profiles newly launched or emerging startups in the SMB (small and medium-sized business) technology space. Unlike large companies that have an entire marketing department, creative design resources and a large budget, most small businesses lack all three. Small business...

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  • Microsoft Outlook.com Has Reached 10 Million Users

    Microsoft Outlook.com Has Reached 10 Million Users

    It?s been 2 weeks since Microsoft declared war on Google?s Gmail and launched Outlook.com. How are they doing? Outlook.com has reached 10 million users. Since we launched the?Outlook.com preview?two weeks ago, we have been truly humbled by the reception. We?ve received hundreds of great...

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  • Qualaroo (Formerly KISSinsights) Changes Pricing Plan and Releases Enhancements for Free Users

    Qualaroo (Formerly KISSinsights) Changes Pricing Plan and Releases Enhancements for Free Users

    Qualaroo, the online survey and customer feedback tool for businesses, has rolled out some changes to their pricing plan. The tech company was formerly known as KISSinsights, but had to change its name as part of the acquisition deal between CatchFree and KISSmetrics. The main changes Qualaroo announced...

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  • Hireology?s Integration With Indeed Gives Businesses Huge Exposure to Their Job Postings

    Hireology?s Integration With Indeed Gives Businesses Huge Exposure to Their Job Postings

    Not sure how we missed this announcement in late May, but apparently Hireology announced an integration with Indeed. That?s HUGE. We originally mentioned their integration with CareerBuilder, which is great, but who knows how effective job boards like that and Monster are now-a-days for sourcing...

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  • inDinero Ends Free Pricing and Will Delete All Transactional Data for Non-Paying Users

    inDinero Ends Free Pricing and Will Delete All Transactional Data for Non-Paying Users

    InDinero, the financial dashboard for small businesses, will end free pricing and delete all transactional data for non-paying users. The Silicon Valley-based tech startup, founded by Jessica Mah and Andy Su, gives small business?owners insight into their day-to-day cash flow, transaction history,...

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  • Hiring Platform Hireology Announces Integration With Job Site CareerBuilder

    Hiring Platform Hireology Announces Integration With Job Site CareerBuilder

    It was just last week that we wrote about Hireology?s new feature where small businesses can?order job candidate background checks on Hireology. Looks like they?re pumping out product updates fast ahead of Chicago?s TechWeek conference! (I?ll be there writing about small business...

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  • Businesses Can Now Order Job Candidate Background Checks on Hireology

    Businesses Can Now Order Job Candidate Background Checks on Hireology

    Small businesses can now order job candidate background checks on Hireology. Hireology helps small businesses ?make better hiring decisions? with an all-in-one hiring platform to?list jobs, accept resumes, create customized interview guides and rank potential job candidates. The?Chicago-based?web-based...

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  • You Can Now Attach Expense Receipts as PDFs to Your FreshBooks Invoices

    You Can Now Attach Expense Receipts as PDFs to Your FreshBooks Invoices

    FreshBooks, the online invoicing software for small businesses, has introduced a new feature that will make many frustrated business professionals jump for joy. You can now attach expense receipts as PDFs to your FreshBooks invoices. ?This might not seem like that big of a deal, until you realize...

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  • Social CRM App Nimble Now Available as a Google Chrome Extension

    Social CRM App Nimble Now Available as a Google Chrome Extension

    Nimble, the Santa Monica, California-based Social CRM app, is now available as a Google Chrome Extension in the?Google Chrome Web Store. Nimble is a web-based social CRM (customer relationship management) app that lets small businesses manage their contacts, calendars, communications and social conversations...

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  • Source: http://www.firmology.com/2012/12/15/smb-startup-watch-preview-2-tech-tools-for-small-businesses/

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