Google+, Google?s year-old social network, is often criticized for being a ghost town, another failed attempt by the search giant to tap into the social web.
Not so, said Bradley Horowitz, Google+?s VP of product, at our IGNITION conference today.
In addition to touting Google+?s user stats (400 million registered users, including 100 million who visit the mobile app or website at least once a month), Horowitz took some time to slam Facebook?s strategy of shoving ads in your news feed.
He used the metaphor of a guy with a sandwich board running in between an intimate conversation between a man and his daughter, an obvious allusion to the ads and promoted brands you see in your Facebook news feed.
Instead, Horowitz said it?s much more useful (and less annoying) to users to show social recommendations instead of ads. For example, if you search for a product in Google ?? say a microwave ?? you can see which one your Google+ contacts recommend.?
?It turns out recommendations are very valuable to users without compromising the user experience,? Horowitz said.
Unlike Facebook, ?we don?t have to make next week?s payroll by jamming ads at users,? Horowitz added.
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I hate looking at resumes, but I'd be happy to tell you what sets applicants apart when I'm interviewing and reviewing resumes. Now, not everyone will agree with my advice, and it definitely can be industry and company-size specific, but these are things that make people successful at my company. And I'll also recommend the book 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller. Kind of Jesusy (if you aren't into that kind of thing), but I was able to totally overlook it. And I was very skeptical when I read it, but dang - it worked. I went from a job that I hated to a career & company that I've been with for 6.5 years and have nearly tripled my income with.
Here's what sets people apart when I'm hiring - I'm in marketing for a business-to-business sales team. We're a publicly traded company with about 600 employees.
- Someone who goes above and beyond. Just submitting a resume online is *yawn*. Some organizations may hate it, but any candidate who sends an "application packet" with their resume, a TAILORED cover letter, work samples, nice packaging, etc - automatically is getting an interview. One of my more recent hires had submitted an application online but never heard back from HR so found my name by searching online and emailed me to very nicely ask if there was anyone she could talk to to find out more. I liked the initiative. Being resourceful and taking initiative will serve you well.
- Cover letters are way more interesting than resumes. Make the cover letter about the COMPANY you are applying to, not about yourself. Read news articles about things the company is dealing with and mention them in your letter. Even if you're totally off on the division you are applying to (like you talk about a regulation challenge they are facing but it ends up you were actually applying for a HR position), it doesn't really matter. It shows you care about the company and aren't just sending out mass letters. It also shows you can write.
- Include measureable numbers in your resume and highlights of your accomplishments. Don't just state your duties in past roles, state what you actually accomplished. Bullet point it and keep it brief. One page. Resumes are the worst.
- I'd suggest including one reference LETTER in your resume packet with a listing of one or two other people they can contact by email/phone. A letter of the reference is much more compelling because people are unlikey to call references until they get through the interview. But if there's a letter, I'll read it and it will likely set you apart in my mind.
- Send a thank you note if you get an interview. Email is okay but hand-written is best. If you're worried about it not getting there in time, send one via email and a follow up one hand-written. It doesn't have to be long-winded but it does make people stand out.
- This is SO duh, but be on time but NOT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES EARLY for interviews. I have had people show up up to 50 minutes early. That is a huge imposition on someone's day and schedule. Get to the location early but don't go in until 10 minutes before (unless they have told you there is a security process - this is a question to ask when setting the interview time).
- At every step in the process, drive home your desire to listen, learn more about what the company needs from this role, and how you can accomplish that job and then figure out how to do even more than they knew they needed. Don't talk about why you want the job and what it would do for you and what's so cool to you about the job. Talk about what THEY need and their "job to be done."
Regardless of how our economic situation fares, the pharmacy technician career will have an easier time staying afloat and the demand for it will only continue to grow. Pharmacy technician jobs are teeming all over the place, but the heavy competition may make things had for you. So if you want to find yourself being sought after by an employer, receiving proper training and certification is necessary.
You don?t really have to undergo formal training in order to become a pharmacy technician, but there are additional benefits if you do. Educational institutions such as vocational schools, community colleges, and hospitals offer formal training programs ranging from a 6 months to 24 months. If you want to be qualified for the best pharmacy technician jobs, getting formal education is recommended.
Once you have completed you formal training program, you can make yourself even more attractive to potential employers by working hard to attain certification and other credentials. Certification is an excellent indication of your competency as a pharmacy tech. You can seek to become certified by either the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (PTCB).
If you try to notice the requirements among the majority of pharmacy technician jobs, they require applicants to have reliable communications and interpersonal skills since they will be spending most of their time working with healthcare workers and interacting with patients. Sound mathematical and analytical skills are also a must when preparing medications.
Pharmaceutical firms are not the only places where pharmacy technician jobs can be found ? there are also plenty of employment opportunities in hospitals, convenience stores, and department stores which have their own pharmacy. To help make your search easier, you can take advantage of the internet and you can also submit your resume to online job directory websites.
The classified ads section of your local newspaper can also give you plenty of options when it comes to pharmacy technician jobs. If you have decided that you want to apply for a job in a pharmaceutical firm, you may want to drop by the company website to check out their employment opportunities and know more about what they are looking for.
If you think getting a diploma from a pharmacy tech school is very difficult, well think again. Check out our website about pharmacy technician certification and we?ll provide you with materials to help you reach your dreams. Visit www.pharmacytechnicianreviews.org now.
Seconds before midnight, a super-sized red high heel carrying the elaborately gowned Sushi is to be lowered at the Bourbon St. Pub/New Orleans House complex.
Revelers in Islamorada can welcome 2013 with the midnight "drop" of a glittering 7.5-foot replica sailfish at Postcard Inn Beach Resort & Marina at Holiday Isle.
At Key West's Historic Seaport, a pirate wench begins her descent from the top of a tall ship's mast as cannons boom.
FLORIDA KEYS ? New Year's Eve partiers unwilling to endure cold-weather festivities, such as the traditional "ball drop" in New York's Times Square, can find exuberant celebrations and far warmer temperatures in the Florida Keys.
Key West revelers can choose from three lighthearted takeoffs on the Times Square gala as midnight approaches Monday, Dec. 31.
Thousands of people are expected to ring in the New Year by watching a gigantic conch shell, the symbol of the Florida Keys, descend from its supports to the flat roof of Sloppy Joe's Bar, 201 Duval St. Festivities are emceed by a rooftop host and, as a huge clock counts down the seconds to midnight, the manmade shell begins to descend. Sloppy Joe's live music rounds out the revelry. Visit sloppyjoes.com.
At the Bourbon St. Pub/New Orleans House complex, 724 Duval St., renowned female impersonator Sushi is to star in festivities for the 15th consecutive year. Seconds before midnight, a super-sized red high heel carrying the elaborately gowned Sushi is to be lowered from the complex's balcony toward the cheering crowd below. Live entertainment by female impersonators and others adds a seasonal spice. Visit bourbonstpub.com.
In Key West's Historic Seaport, New Year's Eve revelry celebrates the island's colorful seafaring heritage. Just before midnight, a pirate wench is to begin her descent from the top of a tall ship's mast as cannons boom. Seaport attractions also include live music, dancing and festivities at the Schooner Wharf Bar. Visit schoonerwharf.com.
Revelers in the sport-fishing capital of Islamorada can welcome 2013 with the midnight "drop" of a glittering 7.5-foot replica sailfish at Postcard Inn Beach Resort & Marina at Holiday Isle, mile marker (MM) 84 oceanside. Free and open to the public, the event features live music from Anchor Atlantic on the property's Atlantic Ocean beach and a big-screen television showing New York's Times Square festivities as well as the "sailfish drop" from the sixth floor of the Tower Building. For information, call 305-433-9935.
Islamorada visitors can enjoy midnight fireworks on the beach at Pierre's Restaurant and Morada Bay Beach Caf?, MM 81.6 bayside. Live music and cocktails available for purchase are to add to the celebration, but coolers are not allowed. In addition, reservations are being accepted for a gala five-course dinner at Pierre's. Call 305-664-3225 to reach Pierre's or 305-664-0604 for Morada Bay Beach Cafe.
Islamorada's Cheeca Lodge & Spa, MM 82 oceanside, also is staging a New Year's Eve celebration and midnight fireworks display. Attractions include live music, dancing on the beach and a four-course gourmet dinner. For more information, costs and reservations, call 305-517-4580.
In Key Largo, a New Year's Eve fireworks extravaganza is to illuminate the sky above Blackwater Sound. The sparkling display is hosted by bayside restaurants Sundowners, Se?or Frijoles, Cactus Jack's, Gus' Grille at the Marriott Key Largo Bay Resort and the Caribbean Club, all located around MMs 103-104. Tables fill quickly, so partiers are advised to arrive early. Visit keylargofireworks.com.
About 9.2 million years ago, a teenage two-horned rhinoceros was literally cooked to death when a Mount Vesuvius-like eruption enveloped it in lava reaching more than 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 degrees Celsius), scientists say.
The perhaps fortunate result: a well-preserved skull of the Rhinocerotid, with a tale to tell.
An analysis of the volcanic rock-preserved skull suggests the animal's grisly death was near instantaneous. "(T)he body was baked under a temperature approximating 400?C, then dismembered within the pyroclastic flow, and the skull separated from body," the researchers wrote online Nov. 21 in the journal PLoS ONE. The flow of volcanic ash carried the detached skull about 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of the eruption site and to the site where it was discovered in Cappadocia in Central Turkey.
"The articulated skull and mandible were found alone, and there were no other rhino bones in the surroundings, except for some rib fragments, potentially of rhino affinities," said study researcher Pierre-Olivier Antoine of the University of Montpellier in France. [ See Photos of the Volcano-Preserved Rhino Fossils ]
When alive, the rhino (Ceratotherium neumayri) would have weighed between 3,300 and 4,400 pounds (1,500 and 2,000 kilograms), about the size of a young white rhino, though sporting a shorter head, Antoine said. The animal was 10 to 15 years old, a young adult, when it died in a Pompeii-style eruption.
Antoine has excavated dozens of fossil skulls in the past 19 years, and he said the external surfaces of this one were "quite unusual."
For instance, "the bony surface was rough and corrugated all around the skull and mandible, and the dentine (the internal component of the teeth) was incredibly brittle, and even kind of 'corroded' (in) places," Antoine told LiveScience in an email.
When they looked at the remains under a microscope the researchers found structural changes that suggested the animal had been heated to the high temperatures of volcanic flows.
"There was not a real volcano, but a caldera which spread huge amounts of volcanic ash over Cappacocia, during millions of years, throughout the late Miocene-Pliocene interval," which lasted from about 9.5 million to 3 million years ago, Antoine said.
Examples of similar calderas, albeit much smaller ones, are Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines and Krakatoa, a volcanic island west of Jakarta, Indonesia.
The so-called Cardak caldera is inactive today.
Even so, thick layers of volcanic ash have accumulated over millions of years.
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"Then, erosion generated there among the most magnificent landscapes I've ever seen," Antoine wrote.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Broadway superstar Audra McDonald is adding a new chapter to her long history with Lincoln Center.
The singer-actress is the new host of "Live From Lincoln Center," Lincoln Center said Tuesday.
McDonald will emcee seven broadcasts from December through spring 2013, starting Dec. 13 with "The Richard Tucker Opera Gala" and Dec. 31 with the New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve gala.
"It's a great honor. I'm thrilled that they came to me and trusted me to do it," said McDonald, 42, whose five Tony Awards include a trophy this year for "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess."
Her memories of the Lincoln Center performing arts complex in Manhattan run deep.
"I remember watching Beverly Sills broadcasting from the Met (the center's Metropolitan Opera House) on my PBS channel at my home in Fresno," McDonald said, adding that she was amazed at the venue's size and "inspired by the music."
As a high school student, she had the chance to visit the center and recalled thinking, "This is where I want to be some day."
That wish was fulfilled when she moved to New York to attend The Juilliard School, which has its campus there.
Stepping in as host of the PBS series "feels like it's my way of thanking Lincoln Center," she said.
"We can't imagine a more perfect match," said Elizabeth Scott, the center's executive in charge of the TV series. McDonald's passion for the performing arts is "infectious," Scott added.
McDonald, who starred in "Private Practice" as Dr. Naomi Bennett, has performed on the long-running PBS showcase several times, including programs with Elvis Costello, Patti Lupone and the New York Philharmonic.
She will be working especially hard New Year's Eve when she hosts and performs in the holiday program, "One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch" (check local listings for time).
"We'll see if I fall down by the end of the evening, or by the middle," she said, lightly. What she'll sing is a secret for now, but McDonald said it's among Hamlisch's most famous pieces.
The composer, who died in August at age 68, created more than 40 film scores and won a Tony and the Pulitzer for Broadway's "A Chorus Line."
"Live From Lincoln Center" is in its 37th broadcast season. In recent years, artists and actors including Yo-Yo Ma and Alec Baldwin have filled the host's job that previously saw long tenures by famed opera singer Sills and TV personality Hugh Downs.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2012) ? For the first time, ESA's Mars orbiter has relayed scientific data from NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet's surface. The data included detailed images of 'Rocknest3' and were received by ESA's deep-space antenna in Australia.
It was a small but significant step in interplanetary cooperation between space agencies.
Early on the morning of 6 October, ESA's Mars Express looked down as it orbited the planet, lining up its lander communication antenna to point at Curiosity far below on the surface.
For 15 minutes, the NASA rover transmitted scientific data up to the ESA satellite. A few hours later, Mars Express slewed to point its high-gain antenna toward Earth and began downlinking the precious information to the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, via the Agency's 35 m-diameter antenna in New Norcia, Australia.
The data were immediately made available to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California for processing and analysis, proving again that NASA's amazing new rover can talk with Europe's veteran Mars orbiter.
Curiosity's ChemCam images Rocknest3
The information included a tremendously interesting image acquired on 4 October by Curiosity's ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager camera.
ChemCam comprises the camera together with a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometer, which fires a laser at targets and analyses the chemical composition of the vaporised material.
The laser zaps areas smaller than 1 mm across on the surface of martian rocks and soils, and then the spectrometer provides information on the minerals and microstructures in the rocks.
"The quality of these images from ChemCam is outstanding, and the mosaic image of the spectrometer analyses has been essential for scientific interpretation of the data," says Sylvestre Maurice, Deputy Principal Investigator for ChemCam at France's Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP).
"This combination of imaging and analysis has demonstrated its potential for future missions."
ChemCam laser targets
A third image, relayed separately by NASA, indicates the locations of the laser target points on Rocknest3, as seen by the RMI camera.
'Rocknest' is the area where Curiosity stopped for a month to perform its first mobile laboratory analyses on soil scooped from a small sand dune. Rocknest3 was a convenient nearby target where ChemCam made more than 30 observations using 1500 laser shots.
A wide-angle context image was acquired by Curiosity's MastCam and shows Rocknest3 as targeted by ChemCam. Rocknest3 is about 10 x 40 cm, or roughly the size of a shoe box.
Fostering Curiosity -- and others
ESA's Mars orbiter has also relayed data for NASA's other surface missions -- Phoenix, Spirit and Opportunity -- since 2004, and it relayed Curiosity's radio signal during its arrival at Mars last August.
During the Curiosity mission, Mars Express is set to provide additional relay slots, while maintaining its own scientific observation programme, under an ESA-NASA support agreement.
It can also rapidly provide relay services in case of unavailability of NASA's own relay orbiter or if there is a problem on the rover itself.
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Noriko Taniguchi?s journey to opening her Berkeley restaurant was long, and not always easy. Photo: Anna Mindess
In a regular feature for NOSH, food writer Anna Mindess sets out to explore the journeys of East Bay immigrants through the lens of ?food.
I first met Noriko Taniguchi as I was examining a package of gray speckled noodles at Berkeley?s Tokyo Fish Market. The pixieish grandmother leaned over her shopping cart and whispered, ?Yam noodles ? very good for the digestion.? As we chatted, I learned she owns a Telegraph Avenue restaurant that features home-style Japanese cooking and promised to visit.
Two weeks later I arrived at Norikonoko?at 2556 Telegraph Avenue for lunch.?Once I figured out how to slide open the restaurant?s traditional wooden door, I was charmed by the cozy interior that resembles a typical Japanese countryside inn, adorned with innumerable tiny treasures, like miniature tea sets and teensy origami cranes.
The menu also intrigued me with unusual items such as a daikon salad with?chirimenjako?(tiny dried fish that Noriko saut?s in butter to make them crispy).
Golden, crunchy, tiny fish complement cool, crispy, shredded daikon radish. Photo: Anna Mindess
More recently, I met with Noriko again. I asked her what led her and husband Takumi to open Norikonoko, which, for 18 years, has been serving, as her business card puts it, ?homey dishes from Japan.?
?I always wanted to have a little Japanese restaurant,? she tells me while slicing dainty cucumber moons with her favorite Japanese knife, ?not another sushi place, but one that served ?real food? ? what Japanese people eat every day, what Japanese mothers put a lot of effort into cooking to nourish their children. ?I cook Japanese food the way it used to be, so young people can be reminded. I love everything about food: buying, cleaning, chopping, cooking and presenting Japanese dishes the way they are supposed to be ? as art.?
Slide the door to enter Norikonoko. Photo: Anna Mindess
Noriko was born in Manchuria when it was a Japanese territory. After WW II, when she was five, her family returned to her father?s seaside town. ?But life was not easy,? she says pouring me a cup of tea, ?So, when I was 14, we moved to California where my aunt lived. I started 10th grade knowing no English. It was challenging but interesting to meet Americans from many different backgrounds. While my mother cooked mostly Japanese dishes at home, I loved discovering new American foods like roast beef, hamburger, corn dogs, meat loaf, spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, even Kentucky Fried Chicken.?
During lunch and dinner service, Noriko is a study in perpetual motion: stirring curry on the stove, hand-shaping triangular onigiri rice balls, carefully adorning every dish she plates with a fan of pickles, a sprinkle of carrot shreds or a light shower of sesame seeds.
After high school Noriko?attended San Francisco State University where she studied International Relations. She planned to work at the United Nations.
?But I met this man from Tokyo and we got married,? she says. ?After eight years away, I wanted to return to my country and relearn my culture, so we moved back to Japan and lived in the middle of Tokyo, where my husband?s parents owned a restaurant. I helped out as a waitress and cashier. Since I spoke English, I was good with American customers. But in Japanese culture, back in the ?60?s and ?70?s, women were not supposed to stand out. My husband?s family believed I should stay home and just be a nice housewife, taking care of our two children. I had other ambitions. When the Olympics came to Tokyo in 1964, I saw an opportunity and hoped to work as an escort to foreign visitors, but my husband and his parents refused me this opportunity and I couldn?t quite understand why.?
Onigiri are traditional filled rice balls wrapped in seaweed. Noriko prepares it fresh as customers order it. Photo: Anna Mindess
While filling a small flower-shaped dish with cooked spinach sprinkled with sesame seeds and little wedges of creamy sweet onion croquette, Noriko says: ?Japan is a beautiful country, but I felt it was too small for me. There were so many things I wanted to do, but my opportunities were being erased by the culture. Once you get married, everything you do is supposed to be for the family.?
?I was expected to fit into this narrow box. But that?s not my personality. Plus, I wanted my children to have more experiences, with open possibilities and a broader future. Since my parents and my brothers were here, I decided to move back to the U.S. with my children. I knew my husband couldn?t leave Japan because he was the eldest son and had to take over the family restaurant. It took me almost four years to make him accept why he had to let us go. I felt bad but he finally understood.?
?When my kids were nine and seven, we moved to the Bay Area. It was hard to leave Japan but I?m proud that my son and daughter both graduated college with advanced degrees, are now working independently and happily married here in the Bay Area. I have a grandson and a granddaughter.?
?When we moved here in 1974, I began a series of jobs. The first one was at a bank, but that wasn?t for me. Next I worked at a Japanese travel agency, and finally found a job at UC Berkeley in the housing department. But I always wanted a little Japanese restaurant that I could run by myself.?
On a cold day, a bowl of oden satisfies with a variety of fish cakes and vegetables. Photo: Anna Mindess
?In 1993, when I found I was eligible to take early retirement from UC, I decided to pursue my dream and bought this place to run with my husband Takumi. I met him when I was still living in Tokyo and he came to the U.S. to learn English and pursue his career as an artist. At the same time, he helped me by taking care of my children while I worked. Takumi has also worked at Yoshi?s so he knows a lot about running a restaurant. We opened Norikonoko on April 29, 1994 (the Japanese holiday to celebrate the Emperor?s birthday.)?
For the warming bowl of oden I order, Noriko uses her chopsticks to adjust the vegetables, knotted kelp, gingko nuts and seven kinds of fish cake until they are positioned just so.
Takumi and Noriko make a good team. He cooks the grilled food and she makes the side dishes. Noriko shows me a pair of Japanese cookbooks she uses for inspiration. ?Every meal should be balanced, with vegetables, soup, pickles, rice, a main course and 2-3 side dishes.?
Noriko arranges a healthy side dish of Japanese mountain vegetables. Photo: Anna Mindess
?Sometimes I have to encourage customers to try their pickles or my variety of side dishes, such as ?mountain vegetables, because they?ve never had these before.?
?I try not to serve every customer the same side dishes. I use my intuition to figure what they would like. My pork curry is very special. I learned how to make it at the family restaurant in Tokyo. It takes three hours to make, including two hours in the oven and is so unique that you won?t find it anywhere else.?
?People tell me they like all the little tiny things displayed here, it makes them feel warm. I started putting out some and now customers bring me things all the time. We have many regular customers and I know most of their preferences and try to understand their allergies. The name of our restaurant means ?Noriko?s child,? and as soon as customers slide open the door, they are all my children.?
?My life motto is: ?kiyoku, tadashiku, utsukushiku soshite tsuyoku.? ?What this means to me is to live pure, fight injustice and help others while keeping your love, sweetness and politeness. But in the end, be strong enough to stand up for what you believe.??
Norikonoko is at?2556 Telegraph Avenue?(between Blake and Parker) in Berkeley. Hours:?Wed-Fri 11:30am-1 pm;?Wed-Sun 5:30pm-8pm.
Anna Mindess is a freelance writer and sign language interpreter who lives in Berkeley. She is a regular contributor to ?Oakland Magazine? and KQED?s Bay Area Bites. Follow her food adventures on her blog East Bay Ethnic Eats or on Twitter@EBEthnicEats.
This story is published on Berkeleyside and on?Berkeleyside NOSH, our new food section covering Oakland and Berkeley.?Bookmark?Berkeleyside?NOSH?and?follow Berkeleyside NOSH?on Twitter, and on?Facebook.
For the last couple of years, sales of Android-based smartphones have been smoking every other kind of smartphone, including the iPhone.
Android phones now account for nearly 75% of the global smartphone market. The next closest competitor is iPhones, which have about 15% of the market.
In the U.S., Android is clubbing iPhone 53% to 34%.
Given such a disparity in phone sales and usage, you would think that things people do with smartphones--smartphone-based activities--would be equally dominated by Android.
But they aren't.
They're not even equal.
In fact, iPhone users completely dominate Internet-based smartphone activities.
A recent survey of mobile web usage found that a staggering 60% of mobile web visits came from iOS devices, while only 20% came from Android.
A study IBM did of Black Friday online sales showed much the same thing--except that it was even more skewed.
iOS (iPads and iPhones) accounted for nearly 20% of Black Friday sales.
Android devices, meanwhile, accounted for only 5.5%.
What's up with that?
Are Android devices mostly used by digitally incurious people who don't do anything with them?
Are Android devices mostly owned by people who don't shop online?
Analyst Horace Dediu of Asymco put together an excellent chart that shows the full findings from the IBM Black Friday report. As you'll see, despite Android phones outselling iPhones and Android-based tablets now grabbing a significant chunk of the tablet market, the percentage of Black Friday activity on these Android gadgets is pathetic. (Click for larger).
It seems like something is just fundamentally wrong with the Android platform, at least when it comes to interactive engagement by Android users. This has big implications for app makers, media companies, advertisers, and commerce companies, so it's time we got to the bottom of what's going on here. Please send any interesting info our way... (hblodget@businessinsider.com and jyarow@businessinsider.com).
SEE ALSO: Guess What Percent Of Black Friday Online Sales Came From Facebook Referrals?
Canadians won't have to race to the border or gamble on an import if they're jonesing for a Samsung Galaxy Camera to call their own. As of December 7th, they'll find the Jelly Bean-touting shooter sitting either in a local Black's Photography store or the official Samsung store in Burnaby, BC. The Canuck model keeps the HSPA+ data we've seen in the AT&T version, but the similarity in networks up north works to a budding photographer's advantage: a data micro-SIM from any of the larger carriers will be enough for some 3G photo sharing. Samsung is oddly silent on just how many toonies it will take to buy the Galaxy Camera, although a near-perfect parity in currency suggests the Canadian price won't be too far from the $500 US sticker.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ? More than 70 local stores in Shadyside teamed up today to offer deals for ?Small Business Saturday.?
One Shadyside boutique, Pursuits, is offering 20 percent off handbags for anyone who brings in a gently-used purse to donate to an organization called POWER that helps women starting over.
Pursuits owner, Maria McManus, says the support from locals is what keeps her business afloat.
?I have a clientele that truly comes in to support me,? McManus said. ?And that?s why I?ve been successful and we have been here for nine years.?
The city also decided to waive meter enforcement Saturday to attract shoppers.
The shopping day was created by credit card giant American Express to help small businesses struggling during the recession.
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Cats and dogs can live together peacefully.? The thing is, they don't always live together peacefully.? There's plenty of things that can go wrong in the cat/dog relationship.? For now, let's talk about what to do when the cat picks on the dog.
Cats like to skulk and pounce and swipe.? This mighty?predator?kitty show is quite charming.? That is, until all this taunting and zooming has left the poor dog unable to move around in his home without being ambushed.??
Take action before it comes to this.
The cat jumps on the dog because it's fun.? One thing you might try is playing with your cat, then perhaps he'll get his fill of?fun, leaving him?no need to torment the dog.?
Some say squirting the cat with water deters bad behavior.? From what cat owners trying to keep kitty off the kitchen counter or out of the house plants tell me, the squirt bottle system doesn't work very well.? At best, the cat refrains from the designated bad behavior only when you are present.? This will help the long suffering dog only if you keep dog and cat separated when you are not watching.
You can anticipate when the cat is about to attack the dog.? The cat will arch his back, lower his head, and may get a determined gleefully hostile look in his eye.? Yelling NO at this point won't do much good.? (It works with dogs.? Do dogs have a conscience and cats don't?? Are dogs more inclined to be respectful of authority?? Is it that cats think they are the authority?? Thorny questions to be explored another time...)
You can do something before kitty leaps unto the dog.? Distract him.? Step in before the cat takes flight.? Engage and entertain this energetic feline.? Offer a toy on the end of a stick, for instance.? The cat can deploy his killer instinct by swiping at a stuffed fish rather than Rover's tender hide.? Help the cat release some of that vigor with other toys, a new scratching post, or invest in one of those cat rigs with the tunnels and planks to run on.? Even if you live in a small place, you can find room for a cat's amusement park by placing it up high.? Cat's don't generally fear heights!? Just be on the look out that kitty doesn't use his new improved higher perch to banzai the dog.? That would make you a sort of an enabler. Just to be on the safe side, consider arranging for ways that the dog can avoid the cat when you are not there to referee.
One other suggestion.? Maybe the cat needs his chin rubbed or a chance to sit with you on the couch.? Is the dog the only one getting petted?? Could be the cat just wants more attention from you.
The Humble Beginnings Of Mobile Wireless Communications
Sunday, November 25th, 2012 | Mobile Cells phone
Wireless communication is, as the name suggests, communication between devices which are not physically connected with the help of wires. Such items like cell phones, remotes for toy cars and TVs, PDAs, radio devices and walkie-talkies can all be put in this group. The most recent use that wireless communication technology has been put to is the variety of wireless headphones, keyboards and even your mouse for computers, and also the GPS tracking in your car which tells you the best route to your destination. The main device that everyone typically thinks of when they hear ?wireless communications? is a cell phone or mobile wireless communications.
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Martin Cooper is considered to be the father of mobile wireless communications. He succeeded in making the first call from a wireless telecommunications device in 1973. The cell phone has seen a lot of change and evolution since then. Back then the cell phone only had the simple features of being able to send and receive calls very different from the cell phones now which are multifunction devices. They can not only make and receive calls, but also has a host of very advanced features such as internet connectivity, thanks to the Wireless Application Protocol or WAP and other such technologies. Some of today?s cell phones also boast 30 hours of talk time, as compared to then available talk time of only 35 minutes.
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Early cell phones, or as we can call them the first generation or 1G cell phones, used to depend on the analog TDMA or Time-Division Multiple Access technology alone for communication; then came the 2G or second generation of mobile phones, which depended on the CDMA and the GSM technologies. This enabled the 2G phones to transmit not only the analog voice signals, but also the digital data signals. This revolutionized the whole idea of mobile wireless communications, as the PDAs and GPRS and WAP came into the picture. Due to their smaller size the phones today are more portable than ever. Also, as the carriers were now able to guarantee non-interference of signals over an area even with increased subscribers, mobile usage increased dramatically.
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Mobile communications is now in the third and fourth generation, or in everyday terms 3G and 4G. These would provide features like WLAN and WiMAX which would enable all the future devices to have exclusive IP addresses. Thanks to Martin Cooper we have traveled a long way in the terms of mobile wireless communications.
The real estate market is in bad shape. Could be a good time to invest in foreclosures with a record number of foreclosures being reported. There are deals available to the general public but the trick is knowing how to find them.
Nothing is sweeter than finding the perfect foreclose property, in the perfect area, at the perfect price. Just one such investment property can easily earn you a years worth of income.
Buying that infomercial on television that tells you that is easy is not the way for successful real estate investing. There is a lot of homework that needs to be done before a foreclosed home is purchased at auction. The key to successful real estate investing is research. What you know will make all of the difference. If you want to be successful with foreclosures investing you have to be willing to spend more than a little time doing some homework.
Many successful investors try to get a steal on a house before the house is made available to the general public. Foreclosed homes are available in almost all areas of the country but some investors have a tendency to only look for properties within their general area. Some real estate investors have simply forgotten that a profit made anywhere is still a profit.
While researching a foreclosure online you can easily dig up all kinds of valuable information. If you are going to be bidding on a property you need to know what the market value of the home really is. There are a number of free services online that allow you to research the market value of a house for free.
Consider a forclosure list.
Time is money and the more time you can free up in your life means more time you can devote to becoming a successful real estate investor. Subscribing to a foreclosure list will save you many hours each week that you can then devote to making more money. Be sure to do some research and take advantage of the free trial period offered by each list service.
If you like to travel and see new places, you might consider looking for foreclosed homes in the country?s biggest foreclosure markets. Right now, Atlanta, Houston, and Denver have the hottest foreclosure markets anywhere in the United States. In fact, Atlanta has such a high rate of foreclosures that it is frequently shown on television as an example of the recent foreclosure boom. If you happen to have an internet connection you can easily find foreclosed properties in these areas to invest in.
With a little research and patience you can easily find foreclosure deals at auction. But if you really want to be successful in real estate investing, consider a foreclosure list service. Such a service will provide you with foreclosure deals as they come available and before they reach the auction block. The earlier you buy the property the better off you will be in real estate investing.
LONDON (AP) ? Oil prices extended their falls Friday as a cease-fire agreement between Israel and the militant Hamas group that stopped weeklong fighting in the Gaza Strip continued to hold.
Benchmark crude for January delivery was down 28 cents to $87.10 per barrel at midday in London in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 63 cents to finish at $87.38 per barrel Wednesday. Markets were closed Thursday for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
Israel launched an offensive on Nov. 14 to halt rocket fire from Gaza, unleashing some 1,500 airstrikes on Hamas-linked targets, while Hamas and other Gaza militants showered Israel with just as many rockets. A truce reached Wednesday was still intact, easing fears of an escalating war that could spill beyond Gaza and eventually disrupt oil supplies.
"I think it's a bit of reaction to the cease-fire in the Middle East, said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 33 cents to $110.53 a barrel in London.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
? Heating oil fell 2 cents to $3.06 a gallon.
? Wholesale gasoline rose 4 cents to $2.75 a gallon.
? Natural gas was steady to $4.02 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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As I walked into CAMH, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, I saw someone sitting in one of the chairs in the front foyer. Her legs were folded into a lotus yoga pose, her eyes were closed, her index finger and thumb were touching, her palms were up.
?Weirdo,? I thought. I?m not sure where my animosity came from. I like yoga. I?ve done it often. But somehow, this woman who looked like she was about to chant ?OM? at the front of the CAMH foyer infuriated me. I punched the ?8? button in the elevator and slid into room 801, where the seminar on Effective Communication Strategies for Family Members had already started.
?Sorry I?m late,? I muttered. Jen and Emma, the clinicians running the session, invited me to take the photocopied handouts. I picked them all up, trying to make as little sound as possible. 1. Communication Barriers. 2.? Common Mistakes (When communicating with people in pain) 3. Blocks to Listening. I sat down at the packed boardroom table. How bizarre. We looked like a board meeting. But what kind of a company would we be the board of? What exactly would be accomplished at what appeared to be the quarterly meeting of the saddest business in the world? We must make photo developing machines.
?This Instagram thing is just a fad,? says the CEO. ?We need to focus on better quality paper. That?s what?s going to get us our customers back.?
?I?ve never seen anyone hang a tablet on their wall. People want pictures printed.?
We keep lying to ourselves, working at this impossible task, trying to think of reasons to trick ourselves into get out of bed in the morning.
I brought my attention back to the seminar. Jen and Emma were taking us through the ?Communication Barriers? handout. ?Bad Timing? was the first on the list.
?Sometimes people are not ready to hear what we want to say to them,? Emma told us. ?It?s an unfair tactic to insist on talking about a problem when it?s late, when one of you is tired, when you are rushing to get somewhere.? Good point, Emma. In the past few weeks, there hasn?t seemed to be time for me to talk to anyone about what I am feeling. I can?t find a spare moment. I?m too busy.
The second communication barrier on the photocopied handout was ?Avoidance.? People who are avoiding often claim that the timing is bad. ?If there is always a reason why one partner can?t talk about a problem, it?s avoidance.? Well played, handout. I sat up. I started listening more closely. I started writing things down. Jen and Emma took us through a communication strategy that Jen wrote on the board (There?s a chalkboard in this room! Oh for heaven?s sake if there is any proof that we have no idea what we are doing, it is the chalkboard in this room.) But we took notes because that?s what you do when someone writes on a chalkboard. Someone asked what happens when we do everything right, and we still can?t get through to our loved ones? Jen paused with her chalk in mid-air, and turned away from the board.
?Sometimes we get hung up on saying the exact right thing at the right time. But sometimes even if we do everything right, that won?t work. And all we can do is know that we did our best, accept that, and take care of ourselves. And that?s OK.? We were all silent. It did not feel OK.
But even while I saw futility in the handouts and the chalk-written acronyms, I also felt that for the first time in weeks, I could see why I hated people in yoga poses, and why I was avoiding everyone. I saw on the faces of everyone around me at that meeting that they were feeling the same way I was. We were scrutinizing the handouts carefully, looking for the step-by-step instructions to make our loved ones see how much they were hurting us. Trying to find the handout that showed us how to make the person we loved well again. Trying to find a business plan that made photo paper relevant.
Every other person who was at that table with me has someone who is carrying part of their hearts around with them everywhere. And that person is sinking. CAMH has lots of resources for families of people with mental health and addiction problems, but I think the main resource for me this week was a reminder that I was not alone. That I was not unique in my feelings of helplessness. On the way out I looked for the yoga woman I had disliked so much on the way in. I think I just wanted to see her again in my new, less alone frame of mind and wordlessly apologize for calling her a weirdo. Also, I wondered if she?d moved on to other, weirder poses. But she wasn?t there any more. I hope wherever she is, she found some peace. I did, and I?m thankful.
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Teens in arts report depressive symptoms, study saysPublic release date: 20-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lisa Bowen public.affairs@apa.org 202-336-5707 American Psychological Association
WASHINGTON Teens who participate in after-school arts activities such as music, drama and painting are more likely to report feeling depressed or sad than students who are not involved in these programs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
This is the first study to find that young people's casual involvement in the arts could be linked to depressive symptoms, according to the researchers. The article was published online in APA's journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
"This is not to say that depression is a necessary condition for either a teen or an adult to become an artist, nor are we showing that participating in the arts leads to mental illness," said lead author Laura N. Young, MA, of Boston College. "However, previous research has revealed higher rates of mental illness symptoms in adult artists. We were interested in whether this association is present earlier in development."
While girls were more likely to take part in the arts after school and reported somewhat higher rates of depression than boys, the study found that both boys and girls involved in arts reported more depressive symptoms than those who were not involved in extracurricular arts activities.
Teens involved exclusively in sports were the least likely to report depressive symptoms. However, there was no difference in depressive symptoms between teens involved in the arts who also did sports and teens involved in the arts who did not also participate in sports. This suggests that arts participation rather than a lack of sports participation was associated with depression, the authors said.
The researchers looked at American teenagers' involvement in extracurricular activities in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 using data from the U.S. Longitudinal Survey of Youth collected from 2,482 students 15 to 16 years old. Of the sample, 1,238 were female, 27 percent were black, 19 percent were Hispanic and 54 percent were non-Hispanic whites.
The students responded to survey questions asking how often they participated in "lessons in music, art or drama, or practice of music, singing, drama, drawing/painting" and "going to sports lessons, playing sports or practicing any physical activity" after school. Answers could range from "often" to "almost never," the study said.
To determine rates of depressive symptoms, the survey asked teens how often they experienced various moods or problems associated with depression, such as poor appetite, difficulty concentrating, downcast mood, lack of energy or motivation, restless sleep and sadness. Their answers could range from "none of the time" to "all of the time."
As for why there appears to be a link between the arts and symptoms of mental illness, one theory the authors presented is that people drawn to the arts may have certain cognitive traits, such as taking in a higher than average level of information from their surroundings. While dealing with excessive stimuli could lead to general distress and depression, a heightened awareness of self and surroundings could lead to greater creativity and artistic expression, the authors said. Personality traits such as introversion, which has been linked to depression, could also lead to preferences for more solitary activities that are more likely to be associated with practice of the arts than with sports, they said.
"When positive behaviors such as being involved in the arts are associated with symptoms of mental illness, it's essential that we understand why," said Young. "Further research can address the question of whether potential psychological vulnerabilities can be transformed into strengths through the practice of the arts."
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Article: "Heightened Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Involved in the Arts;" Laura N. Young, MA ; Ellen Winner, PhD; and Sara Cordes, PhD; Boston College; Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, online Nov. 12, 2012.
Full text of the article is available from the APA Public Affairs Office and at
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/aca-ofp-young.pdf
Contact: Laura Young at younglz@bc.edu or 617-852-6911.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 137,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.
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Teens in arts report depressive symptoms, study saysPublic release date: 20-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lisa Bowen public.affairs@apa.org 202-336-5707 American Psychological Association
WASHINGTON Teens who participate in after-school arts activities such as music, drama and painting are more likely to report feeling depressed or sad than students who are not involved in these programs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
This is the first study to find that young people's casual involvement in the arts could be linked to depressive symptoms, according to the researchers. The article was published online in APA's journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
"This is not to say that depression is a necessary condition for either a teen or an adult to become an artist, nor are we showing that participating in the arts leads to mental illness," said lead author Laura N. Young, MA, of Boston College. "However, previous research has revealed higher rates of mental illness symptoms in adult artists. We were interested in whether this association is present earlier in development."
While girls were more likely to take part in the arts after school and reported somewhat higher rates of depression than boys, the study found that both boys and girls involved in arts reported more depressive symptoms than those who were not involved in extracurricular arts activities.
Teens involved exclusively in sports were the least likely to report depressive symptoms. However, there was no difference in depressive symptoms between teens involved in the arts who also did sports and teens involved in the arts who did not also participate in sports. This suggests that arts participation rather than a lack of sports participation was associated with depression, the authors said.
The researchers looked at American teenagers' involvement in extracurricular activities in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 using data from the U.S. Longitudinal Survey of Youth collected from 2,482 students 15 to 16 years old. Of the sample, 1,238 were female, 27 percent were black, 19 percent were Hispanic and 54 percent were non-Hispanic whites.
The students responded to survey questions asking how often they participated in "lessons in music, art or drama, or practice of music, singing, drama, drawing/painting" and "going to sports lessons, playing sports or practicing any physical activity" after school. Answers could range from "often" to "almost never," the study said.
To determine rates of depressive symptoms, the survey asked teens how often they experienced various moods or problems associated with depression, such as poor appetite, difficulty concentrating, downcast mood, lack of energy or motivation, restless sleep and sadness. Their answers could range from "none of the time" to "all of the time."
As for why there appears to be a link between the arts and symptoms of mental illness, one theory the authors presented is that people drawn to the arts may have certain cognitive traits, such as taking in a higher than average level of information from their surroundings. While dealing with excessive stimuli could lead to general distress and depression, a heightened awareness of self and surroundings could lead to greater creativity and artistic expression, the authors said. Personality traits such as introversion, which has been linked to depression, could also lead to preferences for more solitary activities that are more likely to be associated with practice of the arts than with sports, they said.
"When positive behaviors such as being involved in the arts are associated with symptoms of mental illness, it's essential that we understand why," said Young. "Further research can address the question of whether potential psychological vulnerabilities can be transformed into strengths through the practice of the arts."
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Article: "Heightened Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Involved in the Arts;" Laura N. Young, MA ; Ellen Winner, PhD; and Sara Cordes, PhD; Boston College; Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, online Nov. 12, 2012.
Full text of the article is available from the APA Public Affairs Office and at
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/aca-ofp-young.pdf
Contact: Laura Young at younglz@bc.edu or 617-852-6911.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 137,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.
www.apa.org
If you do not want to receive APA news releases, please let us know at public.affairs@apa.org or 202-336-5700.
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BEIRUT (AP) ? The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has called on Arab states to send weapons to Gaza's Hamas to fight Israel.
Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech late Monday that Arab leaders should deliver "more missiles to the Palestinian resistance in Gaza" to counter Israel's offensive.
The week-old fighting has killed 113 Palestinians, including 54 civilians. The operation was in response to Hamas pounding Israeli towns with rockets. Three Israeli civilians have also been killed in the latest offensive, which started with Israel killing Hamas' military chief.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah fought Israel to a standstill during a 34-day war in 2006.
In 2008, during the previous Israeli offensive on Gaza, several rockets were fired from Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon at northern Israel, provoking a brief Israeli artillery response.
Members of Maryland?s Board of Regents are awaiting a private telephone briefing ? scheduled for late this afternoon ? by university president Wallace D. Loh on the school?s proposed move to the Big Ten.
The conference call is in advance of a regents meeting on Monday to consider the move.
Regents heard about Maryland?s talks with the Big Ten over the past several days. Loh?s briefing today is believed to be an important step in explaining the school?s rationale for considering leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which Maryland was an original member.
Maryland hasn?t attempted to make a public case for switching conferences. At least one top Maryland official made a commitment early in the talks to refrain from commenting on them in public. ?
Clearly, Maryland wanted to avoid negotiating in the public domain. But the secrecy ? media calls aren?t being returned -- means that the school?s thinking on this is not yet well understood by fans.
Among the questions Loh may be asked:
--How would Maryland handle the new, steep conference exit fee approved in September over the dissenting votes of Maryland and Florida State? The ACC?s Council of Presidents boosted? the fees to three times the annual operating budget ? amounting to more than $50 million.
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said in September that the fee went into effect ?immediately.? The previous fee was $20 million.
As news of the Big Ten talks broke this weekend, there was discussion within the Maryland community over whether there might be any wiggle room in the language of the motion that the presidents approved.
I?ve requested a copy from the ACC of the minutes of that meeting, which would describe exactly what was in the motion. It?s all about the details.
In terms of timing, Forbes reported in September that ?the payout also comes with a relatively speedy exit. An exiting school must notify the conference and its members of its plans by August 15 in order to leave by the end of the following June, a roughly ten-month wait.?
How would Maryland pay the $50 million if it were indeed on the hook for the entire amount? Would somebody step in to help?
Consider Maryland?s fiscal situation. In announcing that it was cutting eight sports teams in November 2011, (the number was later pared to seven), the university said it faced a lengthy recovery from budget issues years in the making.
?We have a plan that will restore financial health and sustainability by 2019,? Loh said then.
These fiscal issues ? Maryland said its economic model for athletics was not sustainable until the seven sports were discontinued ? appear to be central to the school?s Big Ten flirtation. The school?s athletics department does not want to be barely scraping by financially, as is the case now. It wants to be thriving.
The question is, how much does the school have to give up -- in terms of its ACC tradition, geographic rivalries, travel considerations etc. -- in exchange for money?
--Is there a reason for rushing the discussion over the possibility of joining the Big Ten? Some Maryland insiders ?are concerned that the debate has barely had time to germinate. They wonder whether ACC officials have had an opportunity to talk to Maryland about its plans.
--What are the implications for lacrosse, an iconic sport in the state of Maryland and a successful one (men?s and women?s) at the university? Although it ?is gaining traction in the Midwest, the Big Ten doesn?t count lacrosse among its sports.
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