Facebook shares down on lack of financial outlook

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares were down nearly 16 percent in pre-market trading on Friday after the company's lack of a financial forecast reinforced concerns about its mobile strategy, which will result in rapid cash burn in the near term.

The social network, which reported its first quarterly results as public company on Thursday, managed to just beat revenue expectations.

"Based on the aftermarket reaction to the earnings it appears that investors wanted more than a slight beat," Piper Jaffray & Co analysts said in a client note.

Investors who have been worried about how the social network would make money from mobile advertising had also hoped that the company would signal that revenue growth was picking up.

"Facebook has established itself as an Internet Utility, but it might take a while for Facebook to gain Wall Street Love," Citi Investment Research analysts said in a note.

Shares of Facebook, which have shed a third of their value since the company's ill-starred debut at $38 on May 18, were trading at $22.68 before the bell on Friday.

The stock, which closed at $26.85 on the Nasdaq on Thursday, fell below $24 in post-market trading after the company reported its results just after the close.

J.P. Morgan Securities analysts said the stock could also be coming under pressure because of a lock-up expiring on August 19 when some early investors will be able to sell their shares, flooding the market with stock.

Most analysts, however, said the company's mobile strategy was the biggest wildcard that would determine future growth.

MOBILE MOJO

"Facebook is in the early stages of an important transition in its (mobile) advertising business that should drive accelerating growth and margin expansion over time," J.P. Morgan Securities analysts said.

Users are increasingly access Facebook through mobile devices, which have less space for advertising.

Facebook only recently began to offer limited advertising on its mobile platform. The company generates a very small portion of revenue from mobile, but is investing heavily in improving mobile apps and building a platform on top of which new apps can be built.

Capital expenditures tripled in the second quarter and the company said its operating costs would increase significantly in the second half of the year.

The company ended the quarter with 543 million active monthly mobile users, up 67 percent from a year earlier but advertising views lagged user growth. Mobile users now account for 57 percent of total users.

The bright spot was that sponsored stories brought in much better rates than traditional ads, allowing Facebook to increase prices by 9 percent, Morgan Stanley analysts said.

A sponsored story is an ad that appears on a user's Facebook page and tells the user that a friend "likes" the advertiser.

According to Thomson Reuters' StarMine, six analysts rate the stock a "strong buy," 11 rate it "buy,", 17 rate it a "hold", while one each rate it a "sell" and "strong sell".

The mean price target on the stock is $38.21, suggesting a 42 percent upside to shares from its Thursday close of $26.84.

(Reporting by Aditi Sharma and Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Tenzin Pema and Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Ted Kerr)

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Elisabeth Moss Will Return For Season Six of 'Mad Men'

By Ashleigh Schmitz Fans of Elisabeth Moss on AMC's "Mad Men" can breathe a collective sigh of relief as creator Matthew Weiner confirms the actress will be back as Peggy Olson for the show's sixth season. Moss ?is going to be on the show next year,? Weiner told TV Line. ?I can?t say how much, [...]

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Clipping nails, going barefoot and other office don'ts

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Want to get ahead at work? Put your shoes on, and save your nail clipping for after hours.

By Allison Linn, TODAY

Lori Hong was never particularly fond of the co-worker in the next cubicle, but there was one thing that really put her over the edge.

?He would freaking cut his nails at his desk,? said Hong, 32.

The nail clipping wasn?t just an occasional thing, either.

?I don?t know what vitamins (he was) taking, but he would clip his nails like two or three times a week,? she recalled.

After living in fear of a cuticle flying over the cubicle wall, or just of hearing that unmistakable clipping sound, Hong, who worked scheduling commercials for a television network, finally asked to be relocated to a new desk.

?No one should be doing that at work,? she said.

Workplace etiquette experts -- and much of the general public -- would agree. A survey of workplace pet peeves, released this week by temporary staffing firm Adecco, found nearly half of those surveyed are offended when people clip or bite their nails at work.

?It really elicits that gross factor because it is personal grooming,? said Jodi R.R. Smith, president of the etiquette training firm Mannersmith. ?This is what I categorize as: Should take place in the bathroom, and preferably the bathroom at home.?

Public nail-clipping is such a common problem that Smith sometimes uses it as an example in a role play on how to get a co-worker to stop doing something that annoys you.

Her advice: Be direct.

For example: ?I know that you probably have no idea, but when you clip your nails in the cubicle it totally grosses me out. I?m all for good grooming ? but if you could do it in the ladies room or at home I?d really appreciate it.?

Smith started her Boston-area etiquette consulting business after dealing so often with issues like these while working in human resources. She said other common workplace gripes include people who floss their teeth at their desk or take off their shoes at work.

The Adecco survey also found that more than four in 10 people were offended by co-workers removing their shoes at the office. The telephone survey of 1,010 people, conducted in July, also found that the majority of those surveyed do not want to see you come to work in ripped jeans, flip-flops, strapless clothing or backless tops or dresses.

It can be tempting to slip off your shoes on a hot day, or even clip that offending cuticle without heading to the bathroom, but that can actually harm your career, Smith warns.

?People think, ?Oh I?m a good worker, it?s not that big a deal,? but I?ve had managers over and over again tell me, ?Oh, Jodi, when we have to do another reduction I know who?s first on my list,?? Smith said. ?These soft social skills really make a difference.?

Tim Gates has seen plenty of workplace faux pas in his 17 years placing temporary workers for Adecco. Nail clipping and shoe removal have come up, as well as people applying deodorant at their desks and those who show up in T-shirts with inappropriate slogans or logos.

Usually a quick chat about appropriate dress or behavior is enough to straighten things out. But a little common sense might help avoid such issues as well.

?Some things should be done at home and some things should be done at work,? he said. ?Maybe keep those things separate.?

As for Hong, the cubicle dweller with the nail-clipping neighbor, she?s since left that job and moved from New York to Philadelphia because her husband was transferred.

She?s currently looking for work, and she jokes that one of the things she?s watching out for is whether her prospective co-workers clip their nails at their desks.

?Like, do you have that keychain with the nail clipper on it? That would be a turnoff,? she joked.

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So Long, McSteamy! Eric Dane is Leaving 'Grey?s'

Dr. McSteamy is no longer in the house. After six year of playing plastic surgeon Mark Sloan on the hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy, Eric Dane has announced that he's leaving the show.

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What Nuclear Radiation Does To Your Body [Giz Explains]

Say some maniacal world leader finally hits the big red button. Or maybe a terrorist takes out the local nuclear reactor. You survive the initial attack, and you're left to endure a world poisoned by nuclear radiation. How's that gonna feel? More »

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CamelBak Promotes Sales Executives Rigney ... - Skiing Business

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PETALUMA, Calif. (July 25, 2012) - As part of a strategic initiative to drive significant domestic and international growth, CamelBak today announced two promotions within its executive team.

Layne Rigney has been elevated to Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Rigney will now oversee all North American and international recreational sales as well as international government and military sales. Nick Allen will continue to oversee domestic government and military sales.

Layne Rigney, left, and Mike Moore

Mike Moore has been promoted to Senior Director of North American Sales. He will continue to manage the domestic recreation business and will now assume management of the domestic tactical retail business as well.

?Combined, Layne and Mike have invested more than a decade growing our business in the U.S. and abroad,? said Sally McCoy, CEO of CamelBak. ?Their additional responsibilities will help position us to achieve many of the ambitious goals in our strategic plan and set us up for continued growth.?

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Where taxes are already going up - U.S. taxes - MSN Money

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By Rick Newman, U.S. News & World Report

Many local governments have already increased taxes. What does that mean for the possible end-of-year US income tax cut expiration?

If you're paying attention to the drama over the "fiscal cliff," you know that federal income tax rates will skyrocket at the end of this year, if Congress fails to act. While that's sure to be a huge battle, taxes are already going up in a lot of states and cities, in a preview of what's coming sooner or later at the federal level.

A recent analysis by the nonprofit Tax Foundation shows that 13 states and the District of Columbia raised sales tax rates between 2007 and 2011, largely to rake in more revenue as the recession cut into state budgets. In Arizona, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts and Utah, sales taxes rose by a full percentage point or more -- although in a few of those states, the increase is supposed to be temporary.

That's on top of a lot of other new revenue that states and cities have been collecting from taxpayers. Between 2008 and 2010, 36 states raised taxes or fees, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. One of the biggest hikes was an increase in Illinois's income tax rate from 3% to 5%. In many other cases, there have been hikes in targeted taxes on products such as cigarettes, alcohol, hotel rooms and rental cars, as well as higher fees for car registrations, hunting licenses and many other things administered by the government.

At the same time, many municipalities have been raising property taxes to offset the loss of revenue that has come from plunging home values. On top of that, states and cities have been cutting services, including the number of teachers, cops, firefighters, road crews and DMV staffers.

The irony, of course, is that many Americans are outraged at the federal government, even though a slew of federal tax breaks over the last few years has lowered Washington's bite out of most paychecks. Voters have a better attitude toward the state and local governments that are raising their taxes. A recent Allstate/National Journal poll, for instance, found that just 51% of people trust information from the federal government, while 61% trust state government and 66% trust local government.

That trust gap may come from the fact that Americans see less of the political maneuvering that happens at the state and local levels, while the political machinations of national politicians tend to dominate the news. Whatever the reason for the trust gap, there are two major implications.

First, voters aren't so opposed to new taxes that they'll storm the barricades if they go up by a single penny. Many people recognize the need for additional money to fund public services we all depend on. What they care most about is making sure their tax money is spent on legitimate, useful things, not on boondoggles or bridges to nowhere.

Second, for all the worry about the added burden on consumers if Washington raises taxes, many consumers are already bearing an added burden. So if there are further hikes at the federal level, they will only add to the pain many consumers are feeling. That is likely to make people even crankier toward the federal government.

Most economists agree that the country's budget mismatch is so large that there's no way to close the gap with spending cuts alone. Federal taxes will have to go up, even if there are major spending cuts. So the time is coming when the federal government will have to copy the states and cities that are already dunning their citizens for more money. When Washington comes knocking, many taxpayers will be able to genuinely answer, "I already gave."

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Recovering From Plastic Surgery the Right Way | General health

Health and Fitness | General health | * Written by Ace Abbey | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 12:08 | Word Count: 535

As with any other surgical procedure, plastic surgery requires a significant recovery time with many specific guidelines for the patient to follow. You'll want to plan to take time off of work, schedule friends and family to provide meals or do housework, and plan on nothing more than resting during the days immediately following your procedure. Once your doctor says it is okay, you can slowly ease back into your daily routine.

Here are some common tips to follow during your recovery:

Plan to regularly apply ice to your surgical site. Your doctor will let you know how often to put an ice pack on the site and how long to leave it there. You'll want to have plenty of ice in your freezer or several store-bought ice packs waiting in the freezer.

Adjust your schedule to accommodate plenty of recovery time. Your surgeon can advise you on how much time you should take off work. It's best to take as much time as possible up front since you can always come back early if you recover faster than you originally thought! In addition to taking time off work, you'll want to adjust family and social engagements in order to accommodate the rest you'll need.

You should arrange to have a friend or family member stay with you during the first 48 to 72 hours following surgery. Even though you may feel up to performing your normal activities, it's best to take it easy and let someone else handle the housework for a few days as your body recovers.

While you sleep or rest, you should keep your head and neck elevated to avoid unnecessary swelling. Keep your head and shoulders propped up on pillows as you sleep or recline both during the day and at night.

Plastic surgery places extra strain on your body, so you'll want to take it easy on activity and diet. Your body often loses fluid during surgery and recovery, so rehydrate it often by drinking plenty of water. You'll also want to plan on light meals during the first couple days of recovery. Choose foods that are easy for you to swallow and for your body to digest.

Avoid going out into the sun. If you must go out, use a sunblock with plenty of UV protection.

Don't take aspirin or any other anti-inflammatory medication until your doctor says it's okay. Your surgeon will provide you with prescription pain relievers and other medications that are designed to work well together. Some over-the-counter medications may interfere with these prescriptions and cause problems that can make your recovery time longer. Before your plastic surgery, your doctor will also evaluate current prescription medications you may be taking for other medical conditions. He'll let you know which ones are safe to continue during recovery.

Expect to look worse immediately after your plastic surgery! You're body's recovering from being cut and adjusted, so your face will swell and bruise as it recovers. Don't allow yourself to get discouraged. Once these natural physical reactions subside, you'll be able to enjoy your new and beautiful face!

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Salvage ADT after failure of radiation therapy - "NEW" PROSTATE ...

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The art of good timing and good patient selection is important to the appropriate use of salvage hormone therapy in all men who are in biochemical failure after first- or second-line radiation therapy. A study published in ?the Red Journal? helps to make this point.

Myrdin et al. carried out a secondary (retrospective) assessment of data from the Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group 97-01 trial. The original study was a randomized clinical trial designed to compare the benefits of 4 months as opposed to 8 months of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) + radiation therapy (RT) in men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. Myrdin et al. wanted to use data from this study to evaluate the survival benefit of early vs late salvage ADT is the men who progressed after initial neoadjuvant ADT + RT.

The authors identified 102 participants in the original trial who had a clinically significant recurrence of their disease at an average (median) follow-up of 8.5 years. These 102 participants were then classified into one of three groups:

• 57 patients had PSA levels of ? 10 ng/ml and no distant metastases at initiation of salvage ADT (Group A).
• 21 patients had PSA levels > 10 ng/ml and no distant metastases initiation of salvage ADT (Group B).
• 24 patients had distant metastases at?initiation of salvage ADT (Group C).

The authors then set out to assess overall survival of the men in each of these groups from two different time points:

• Time point 1 was the date of enrollment in the original trial.
• Time point 2 was the date of initiation of salvage ADT.

The analysis of overall survival based on the three pre-specific groups and the two time points showed the following:

• Overall survival from time point 1 at a median follow-up of 10 years was
  • 78% for patients in Group A
  • 42% for patients in Group B
  • 20% for patients in Group C
• Overall survival from time point 2 at a median follow-up of 6 years was
  • 70% for patients in Group A
  • 47% for patients in Group B
  • 22% for patients in Group C
• The average (median) time from end of RT to biochemical failure was
  • 3.3 years for patients in Group A
  • 0.9 years for patients in Group B
  • 1.7 years for patients in Group C
• The average (median) PSA doubling time also varied by group, as follows
  • 9.9 month for patients in Group A
  • 3.6 months for patients in Group B
  • 2.4 months for patients in Group C
• On multivariate analysis, timing of salvage ADT, time from end of RT to biochemical failure, and PSA nadir on salvage HT were all significant predictors of survival.

It is apparent from this study that, at least in men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer, early use of salvage ADT (i.e., in men with a PSA level? ? 10 ng/ml and the absence of distant metastases) is likely to be associated with longer survival after failure of initial treatment with neoadjuvant HT + RT.

It is also reasonable to hypothesize that (with the same condition that PSA levels are ? 10 ng/ml and there is no evidence of distant metastases), men with less aggressive cancer and longer PSA doubling times after first-line radiation therapy may well be able to defer initiation of hormone therapy for a while as opposed to initiating hormone therapy at the very first signs of a rising PSA.

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Workshops With Impact ? 5 Keys to Facilitating Live Workshops ...

Workshops With Impact ? 5 Keys to Facilitating Live Workshops

Many solo professionals and business owners use workshops as a way to share their knowledge, build credibility, and market themselves. Live workshops create rapport, collaboration, and lasting relationships ? all of which can lead the participants to buy more of your core services.

There are two key aspects to live training ? design and delivery ? both of which require specific skills for success. If you?re a solo professional, many times you are both the designer and the facilitator.

In the facilitator role, how do you present the content in a way that inspires learning, plus keeps the audience engaged and coming back for more?

There are 5 keys to keep in mind:

Memorize your introduction. Your participants will begin making judgments about you as a facilitator within the first 2-3 minutes, so your goal is to make maximum positive impact. It can take several minutes for you to feel ?warmed up? in front of your audience. One way to reduce the warm-up period and inspire confidence is to memorize your introduction. This introduction can include some information about you, class objectives, and possibly an icebreaker activity.
Don?t rely on a slide deck. This is a big mistake many facilitators make ? relying too heavily on a slide deck and reading straight from it. This causes two issues. First, you aren?t making eye contact with the audience, which reduces rapport and connection. Second, you reduce your credibility because your audience may perceive you as unprepared or not knowledgeable with the content.
Leverage your audience. Your participants bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to the workshop ? acknowledge and take advantage of it! You might ask them to share their stories on a topic or answer another participant?s question. When working through activities, ask how they would apply the learning in their everyday life. By doing this, you?re allowing the class to learn from everyone.
Be present. It?s your responsibility to be present and focused throughout your time together. Your audience will sense when you?re truly listening and engaged in the content.? Easy ways to do this include periodically moving around the room, being attentive to time, acknowledging all contributions, and asking thoughtful follow up questions. Offer sufficient breaks so that everyone, including you, can regroup.
Take the pressure off ? don?t try to be an expert all the time. Even if you?re an expert on the topic, think of yourself as a guide taking your participants on a journey. You provide direction, but you also encourage them to take their own path from time to time. Will there be times when you don?t know the answer to a question? Absolutely. In those cases ask the group to respond with their ideas, again leveraging your audience and creating a positive experience.

These tips will help you create the best possible impact with your audience. You?ll create a memorable learning experience and keep them coming back for your next offering!

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Odyssey successfully positioned for new Mars Rover's landing, NASA says

NASA announced the 11-year-old Mars Odyssey, which recently suffered a malfunction, has been successfully positioned to provide confirmation of Curiosity's August 5?landing.

By Space.com Staff / July 25, 2012

NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars' south pole in this artist's concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. Image released October 28, 2003.

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NASA has successfully moved one of its Mars-orbiting spacecraft into a new position to provide prompt confirmation of the upcoming Aug. 5 landing of the new Curiosity rover on the Red Planet.

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The 11-year-old?Mars Odyssey probe performed a six-second thruster burn Tuesday (July 24) that nudged it six minutes ahead in its orbit, NASA officials said. The manuever placed Odyssey in a prime spot to receive signals from the Curiosity rover when it streaks toward the Martian surface, and to relay news of the rover's landing back to Earth.

"Information we are receiving indicates the maneuver has completed as planned," Mars Odyssey project manager Gaylon McSmith, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said in a statement. "Odyssey has been working at Mars longer than any other spacecraft, so it is appropriate that it has a special role in supporting the newest arrival."

Odyssey's comeback

The move marks something of a comeback for Odyssey, which in early June suffered a malfunction on one of its reaction wheels, instruments that help control the probe's orientation in space. The glitch caused Odyssey to go into a precautionary safe mode on July 11, which in turn affected its orbit.

As a result, officials weren't sure whether Odyssey would be in the right spot during the 1-ton Curiosity rover's touchdown. Without the corrective engine burn, Odyssey would have arrived over Curiosity's landing site ? the enormous Gale Crater ? about two minutes after the rover touched down, officials said.

Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, will investigate whether the Gale area is, or ever was, capable of supporting microbial life.

Its landing is inspiring perhaps more nervousness than most other planetary touchdowns. Because Curiosity is so big, MSL engineers had to devise a new landing method for the rover. They settled on a rocket-powered sky crane, which will lower Curiosity to the Martian surface on cables before flying off and intentionally crash-landing a short distance away. [How Curiosity's Nail-Biting Landing Works (Pictures)]

A communications relay

Odyssey is uniquely capable of relaying the landing news in real time. Two other Mars orbiters, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, will receive transmissions from Curiosity's spacecraft, but they'll send the communications along to Earth after a delay of several hours, officials said.

And Earth will set below the Martian horizon before Curiosity touches down, meaning the MSL spacecraft won't be able to beam signals home directly.

The upshot of Odyssey's successful maneuver is that the Curiosity team should learn of the landing's outcome by 10:31 p.m. Pacific time Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. Eastern time Aug. 6).

Odyssey began science operations in February 2002, and it has now worked at Mars longer than any other mission in history. The probe created the first global maps of chemical and mineral distribution on Mars, and its observations led to the discovery of vast amounts of water ice buried under the planet's surface.

The spacecraft has also served as a communications relay station for NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers and the Phoenix lander.

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A Guide To Home Improvement- Installing New Windows | Window ...

New house windows can make your home more comfortable and save you money in the long term. They can also make the outside of your home look much better.

There are many reasons for changing house windows as a home improvement project. One good reason to install new house windows is to change the look of the exterior of your home. This can be a crucial factor in helping you to sell a property as first impressions count for a lot. Prospective buyers will be pleased to see the right windows and doors, which will make your home look good before they get inside.

The appearance of your home to other people need not be your only consideration when you begin home improvement projects like the installation of house windows or external doors. You should be comfortable in your own home and deciding to install replacement doors or vinyl windows will help you to ensure that comfort. That?s because doors and house windows of UPVC give the homeowner several benefits.

You might think that if you are warm in winter you will be too hot in summer with replacement windows and doors. While you should consider such factors when you plan to remodel your home, this need not be a worry. with UPVC house windows you can remain secure by keeping windows in the locked position, while leaving them ajar to allow the flow of air.

PVC can be a cost effective way to dress up your home. That?s because once windows and doors have been installed, they require relatively little maintenance. When you opt for timber framed windows, you know that within a couple of years you will need to sand and repaint if they are to maintain their appearance. That?s not the case with UPVC windows. all you need to keep them looking good is some soap and water ? and some window cleaner from time to time. PVC is weather resistant and so light cleaning is all that will be needed.

Having PVC windows doesn?t mean that you have to have white plastic everywhere. If you like how wood looks, then this is an option for your house windows. There are finishes that look so much like wood that you can?t tell the difference, giving you the best of both worlds when your home improvement project requires the installation of new house windows.

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Review: Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook

The Aspire S5 is a pricey and powerful entry into the ultrabook market from an unlikely source.

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Military Pets Policies Tear Families Apart : StubbyDog

By Alisa Johnson and Theresa Donnelly

Many of our country?s armed forces willingly lay down their lives, protecting others with their call to honor, to protect and defend our freedom and democracy. According to the White House, there are more than two million men and women who have served in war zones and an unprecedented number of deployments by our National Guardsmen and reservists. The courage of these fine individuals and their families must never be forgotten.

For the overwhelming majority of troops, this family includes their cherished pets. For military families that face constant deployments and other uncertainties, there?s comfort knowing a pet will be there to give unconditional love when they return. Videos on the Internet document these emotional reunions filled with wagging tails, uncontrollable licking and animals bouncing around, so excited they can barely walk. Some pets jump right into the arms of their thrilled owners.

Not only do pets help heal the troops, these furry family members help military spouses tremendously as they settle into a home routine without their loved one. Often spouses find themselves doing tasks they would normally have help with, such as raising children alone and sometimes doing so without the support network of close family and friends.

?Nothing can truly fill the hole in my heart when my husband is gone,? said Brianda Gracia, a Marine spouse stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. ?We have no kids, and my dogs bring me so much love and joy. They make me smile. I would be beyond depressed without my pups.?

Considering how vital pets are for stability and love, it?s shocking to know there are official military housing pet policies in place, forcing families to abandon cherished pets. This is because there?s no standardized pet policy to facilitate forever ownership. Instead, we have inconsistent weight, size and numeric limits. Furthermore, our housing policies include unscientific and unenforceable breed bans.

Below are just some examples of the inconsistencies in military housing, and there are many others.

Lincoln Military Housing, which owns base housing at Marine Corps bases Camp Lejeune, Camp Pendleton, Twentynine Palms and Quantico, as well as large Naval bases NAS Fallon, Lemoore and Norfolk states as their pet policy, ?Only two pets, dogs and/or cats are allowed in the home. Full or mixed breeds of pit bulls, Rottweilers, canine/wolf hybrids, or any canine breed with dominant traits of aggression are not permitted aboard the installation or in housing.?

Balfour Beatty, a larger company in military privatized base housing bans not only full or mixed breeds of pit bulls, Rottweilers and canine/wolf hybrids, but also Akitas, Chows, Dobermans, American Staffordshire Terriers and English Staffordshire Bull Terriers. This includes a grandfather clause in their policy that states, ?For residents in housing on or before March 31, 2008 these animals will be ?grandfathered? if the resident had this type of pet and it was documented in their housing file. These pets must be muzzled when they are outside of the home.?

However, military families have told us that it is often difficult to get a pet grandfathered in, and it only applies to a singular base where the pet was originally owned. In other words, the grandfather clause does not follow the pet, only the base.

And it?s not just the bans, it?s numerical limits that are breaking apart families. Pinnacle Military Housing allows up to four walking pets, while most base housing allows only two. We have been contacted by several families that lived in housing where they were allowed to keep their two dogs and two cats, but then moved to a housing complex that only allows up to two, forcing them to re-home two of their four pets. Some base housing, including Balfour Beatty, consider a bird cage or fish tank to count as one pet, bringing the total number allowed to one walking pet.

Based on these differing policies of many of the base housing key players, the problem is obvious. There is no consistency and no protection granted to pet owners.

This is the first of a series of blogs to explain why and how this destructive policy is having devastating consequences as military families are forced to give up their family members. We hope by sharing their heartbreaking stories, you?ll be inspired to join us in our quest to ask the United States Department of Defense for an overarching pet policy that focuses on education and enforcement, regardless of subjective breed identification. Sign the petition here.

For more information, visit the HawaiiMilitaryPets.com post on the subject.

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Choosing The Perfect Charcoal Grill | E Publishing

Everyone loves good, old fashioned charcoal grilling. Aside from being cheaper than other grilling methods, it adds a raw, distinctive taste to your sausages, burgers, ribs, and other grilled items. Some people prefer charcoal grills over gas grills because they are easier to transport and are safer to use than gas. While there are differences in opinion and preference among grillers, it still remains that charcoal grills are here to stay. So be it an picnic, or an outdoor grill, charcoal grills will more that make up their worth in usefulness and reliability. When choosing charcoal grills, however, it pays to know what your needs are and to know the pros and cons of having such a grill over the other available grills around.

1. Cooking Space

First of all, you have to determine how much space you need for grilling. If you are grilling for a small family of three, you will do well enough with a 75 square-inch grill. You will have to consider larger grills if you are cooking for more people. It doesnt make sense if you bring a puny sub-75 inch grill to a large picnic. Remember that the sise of your grill increases the amount of items you can grill exponentially. Just looking at the grill wont give you a clear idea on how big the grilling area is. Some grills have a warming rack that increases the perceived sise of your grill.

2. Portability

? Get grills that have wheels
? Try choosing grills whose parts are ergonomic and efficient
? Lessen the risk of damaging your grill when transporting
? Your grill also has to withstand the rigors of outdoor use
? It does not pay to purchase a flimsy looking grill ? go for those that are durable and lasting

3. Convenience

Some charcoal grills come with their own igniters. Try choosing grills that have this option. Other grills need lighter fluid to fire up. With the built-in igniter, you will not need lighter fluid anymore. On the other hand, you may want to avoid lighter fluid altogether. Some people dislike the taste and smell this fluid adds to the grill. If you must, use alcohol instead. It burns odourless and does not ruin the flavour of your food. Choose grills that allow you to easily access the ash pan. This makes cleaning the grill a lot easier. It also lessens the amount of ash flakes that may settle in your food. Also, lids are a very important part of the grill. Choose a grill that has a lid to keep the heat trapped within the grill. This allows for faster and smokeless grilling.

4. Quality

The materials used in making the grill are also very important. Some grills are made of material that easily corrodes or does not stand up well against the elements. Stainless steel grills hold up remarkably well to both the weather and the heat of the grill. Try avoiding painted grills as the paint may easily flake of. Although lightweight, durable materials are hard to come by among grills, you would do best to look for such. Remember, though, that first and foremost, the most important built characteristic you are looking for in a grill is durability.

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Most frequently, Web marketers choose a product?s value in accordance with its value. They could additionally take into account the quantity of effort they put into creating it if it is a new product, as well. When you?re launching an affiliate product, it?s possible you?ll be involved about pricing your product competitively.

No matter the way you arrive on the value of a product, as soon as it?s set, it?ll be to your disadvantage to alter it randomly to attempt to increase revenue. Oftentimes, product prices enhance after a set time frame in accordance with a limited offer detailed in a product sales page. This can be a completely different matter than altering prices randomly. When you plan and announce value changes forward of time, that is acceptable. Randomly altering prices however will jepoardize your credibility and alienate customers.

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One of the important things you have to do when launching a product is be certain that the best people see your product or offer. Usually, Web marketers concentrate on the rise in website traffic as a result of, they believe getting more traffic is important in the event that they need to make sales. But they neglect to realize (or settle for) that until the traffic is targeted, guests will not convert into buyers.

Until the guests to your web product launch web site or salespage aren?t interested, targeted potential patrons, they will not do a thing to extend your revenue.

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Visitors conversions are perhaps the largest factor to concentrate to whereas launching the product. How many people that visit your website are buying? It would not matter how much traffic you generate to your site. If these guests aren?t buying, your marketing is actually unsuccessful.

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Among the finest methods to convey targeted traffic to your product launch web site that can convert is to utilize a system that focuses on this goal. There are many strategies you need to use to accomplish this goal.

A few of the many ways to extend website traffic and enhance conversion embrace hyperlink constructing, creating a quality mailing checklist and article marketing. All of those strategies could also be applied in a profitable product launch marketing strategy.

Perhaps you might have time to commit to these and different effective marketing strategies and accomplish the duties they involve by hand. But many Web marketers discover it is higher to implement a system that can automate these processes as much as possible.

You?ve got a couple of options for setting up techniques that can increase website traffic that is targeted. One solution to do it is to choose a system that focuses on boosting targeted traffic on a continuous basis. A second possibility is to purchase a marketing system that can generate targeted traffic particularly for product launches.

Nearly all of Web marketers find a combined approach, which is the best. It?s a easy matter to purchase and utilize marketing techniques that are very effective at constructing targeted traffic automatically. You can use this type of traffic producing system to automate the processes it takes to attract targeted traffic to your websites as well as your product launch pages for spectacular results.

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Marky Mark Wants Out of Beverly Hills Mansion for $13M - Celebrity ...

Monday, July 23, 2012, by Rob Bear

Underwear model turned A-lister turned producer Mark Wahlberg seems to have just the one field he can't seem to crack: real estate. The Massachusetts-born actor has been trying to unload his resort-sized estate in Beverly Hills for almost four years. When it first appeared back in '08, the place was asking $15.9M, but the price has been slowly inching down ever since. Recently relisted at $12.995M, the mansion still stands to make Wahlberg a substantial profit, considering he purchased the place back in 2001 for $4.95M. Not that he needs the money. Despite the stalled sale of this compound, he and his wife began construction of a much larger spread, rumored to measure as much as 45,000 square feet in guard-gated Beverly Park. Where this one sits on 1.73 acres and includes seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, the new one is set to occupy six acres and more than triple the space.
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A Look at Facts and Myths of Health and Fitness

Ignoring anyone who talks at the gym isn?t always a bad idea. There are some great tips to be had from talkers at the gym but you can also inadvertently gain false or even harmful information from those who don?t really know what they are talking about. It is much like many other situations where people are unaware they don?t know what they are talking about. That happens all the time in life. It?s important for this reason that you ensure you are getting accurate information from only well known credible sources. These tips can help you get the best information.

Information on back pain products and yoga is abundant online. The marketing states that yoga can help with your back pain. This is only true for some cases, making this statement misleading and dangerous. Yoga can certainly help with back pain due to muscle issues. You can stretch and strengthen the muscles in your back by doing yoga. Your back pain will go away as you do that. Back pain due to bone issues, like a problem with a spinal disc, won?t be relieved by yoga. You can actually make the problem worse by doing yoga in this kind of situation.

Basically, for best benefit go by the old saying no pain no gain. If you are living by this motto you are making a mistake. There are many big differences between gaining aerobic benefit and working with serious pain. What we are discussing here is not normal muscle soreness that you may feel after a workout involving unused muscle groups, but instead the pain in your body that does not stop quickly, stop immediately. You will only cause yourself more complications by continuing an exercise that is causing you pain.

Engaging in a quality fitness routine will help improve your physical and mental performance, as well. Greater strength and stamina will help improve your physical performance. Exercise also gives you a greater degree of clarity which obviously helps with mental performance. Also, it is true that people who have regular exercise naturally tend to carry those positive habits into other areas of their life such as diet and nutrition.

Health and fitness advice is never too far away, some of it is truth and some if it is something else. There is information out there to give support to something you have heard, if you cannot find any support for it then you should not believe it.

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Telephone systems and communications are a very important part of the success of any business. In fact, communications costs are often associated with as much as 25% or more of a business's overall expenditures. This can change with the use of a virtual phone system, however, as this solution is more affordable than any other.

Landlines vs. Virtual Systems

Consider the costs associated with purchasing two or more telephone numbers from a landline company. First, the business owner must pay for the installation of telephone jacks; this often costs upwards of $200.00. The national average for basic telephone service that does not include any features whatsoever is $20.00 a month. Even if this cost is discounted by half for the second line and each one after that, business owners are still expected to pay $30.00 a month plus all of the associated taxes for two telephone lines with bare minimum service. For the same price, the business owner could purchase a virtual phone system packed with features and multiple virtual telephone lines.

Auto Attendants vs. Administrative Assistants

The next thing to consider when it comes to saving money on communications is whether or not to hire an administrative assistant who has the sole duty of answering telephones and routing calls. While effective, this method is very expensive. The average salary for an administrative assistant is between $50,000 and $70,000 a year-just to answer phones and route calls! For just a few dollars per month, business owners can incorporate the auto attendant feature, which is a recorded message that callers will hear as soon as they call. The greeting is friendly and courteous, and the system allows the caller to select the required department for an immediate and seamless transfer.

Call Forwarding Costs

Even if a business is small enough that it only requires a single phone number, the costs associated with forwarding calls alone can become staggering. The call forwarding feature must be purchased from the telephone company separately-usually at a cost of between $4.00 and $5.00 per month-and pay per-minute charges for all forwarded calls on top of this. That cost alone is between $0.20 and $0.40 per minute. With a virtual phone system, business owners can forward their calls as frequently as necessary with just a few clicks of the mouse and there is no additional charge from the company for forwarded calls.

Maintaining Privacy Affordably

Finally, when saving money on communications and maintaining the privacy of the employees are of equal importance, a virtual phone system is a must. There are times when business owners and employees must be able to accept calls when they are away from the office, whether they are at home or out in the field. Since it is not feasible to provide callers with these employees' personal telephone numbers for privacy reasons and call forwarding through a landline or mobile phone company is very expensive, virtual phone systems are a great solution. This way, when callers dial into an employee's extension, they are automatically forwarded to the home or mobile number of choice; the actual number remains invisible to the caller.

Businesses who want to save money on their communications can do so with the help of a virtual phone system. With plenty of features included in the low monthly or annual price, business communications have become surprisingly and even outrageously affordable.

This article was written by Kevin John, Online Marketing Executive at iTeleCenter. He has extensive marketing experience and is extremely knowledgeable about 1800 numbers, vanity numbers, local numbers and toll free numbers in conjunction with virtual phone system. He is happy to share his knowledge with small business owners on how to protect company image.

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Saudi to non-Muslims: Respect fast or be expelled

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ? Saudi authorities warned non-Muslim expatriates on Friday, the first day of Ramadan, not to eat, drink, or smoke in public until the end of the Muslim holy month's sunrise-to-sunset fast ? or face expulsion.

The Interior Ministry of the oil-rich kingdom called on expatriates to "show consideration for feelings of Muslims" and "preserve the sacred Islamic rituals." Otherwise, a ministry statement said, Saudi authorities will cancel violators' work contracts and expel them.

Saudi Arabia's population of 27 million includes some 8 million expatriates, including Asians, Arabs, and Westerners, according to government figures.

The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom is the home of Islam's holiest sites. The warning ? which is issued at the beginning of Ramadan every year ? serve as a reminder that the Western-allied monarchy must answer to a strict religious establishment that holds de facto veto power over many of its policies.

With challenges to the established order growing bolder from a population nearly half of which is under 30, Saudi Arabia has recently made some moves to show moderation. It is sending female athletes to the Olympics for the first time this year. King Abdullah has promised to allow women to run and vote in municipal elections in 2015. He also has tried to rein in the country's feared morality police.

But Saudi rights advocate Waleed Aboul Khair believes that while such moves give impression that the grip of hardliners has eased, "when you look around, nothing has changed and suppression has not changed." He is facing trial for "tarnishing the kingdom's reputation," mostly by his political activism for women's rights and other issues.

Warnings or no warnings, he says, "expatriates are always at risk of expulsion for the least offense in the kingdom."

The prince newly appointed to handle most aspects of law enforcement is known as a strict adherent to religious rules. Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz was governor of the holy city of Mecca before becoming Interior Minister.

Saudi Arabia is wary of the wave of Arab Spring uprisings that has toppled longtime authoritarian leaders in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and neighboring Yemen.

It followed a carrot-and-stick strategy to contain unrest by pledging around $120 billion for the kingdom's lower income groups. It has heavily cracked down on protests, especially in eastern regions dominated by Shiites demanding greater rights, and is steering a middle course between conservatives and reformers among the Sunni majority.

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Not long ago, I had the opportunity to discuss economic philosophy with something that was less-than-human. Now you might think that this is a negative, but I assure you it isn't. Nevertheless, when I say less-than-human I am not attempting to degrade the artificial intelligent software running the computer system, rather I am quite intrigued with the process you see. Now then, I would like to talk to you a little bit about my experiences in this, and see if perhaps we might shed some light on how to improve on such systems. Okay so, let's talk about this for a moment.

You see, artificial intelligent computers still work on databases, and the information in those databases it can pull up from its memory banks. It attempts to pull up all the relevant information based on the keywords being used by the other party. It then attempts to ask questions, or pull from other insight, perhaps even famous quotes of former economic philosophers or dead white men. In this case the artificial intelligent computer would also go online and pull from other information from Internet forums, or from other individuals that had corresponded with it previously.

In other words, even though you are talking to an artificial intelligent computer, you are in a way talking to others, albeit not in real-time, on the same topic or subject matter. Unfortunately, the AI computers are not so good discussing Economic Philosophy as you might imagine. Yes, they come up with various economic truths, free market quotations, and have a good base knowledge, or what would appear to be a good knowledge base much like an encyclopedia, but since they don't actually think, it's quite easy to lose them in conversation, or find them answering questions incorrectly because they don't understand what's really being talked about.

Indeed, I suppose in the future these artificially intelligent systems will be talking with folks online, and easily passing the Turing Test, while they gather new information to talk at a higher level and with more consistency with future correspondence. However, we haven't reached that point yet, although we are getting closer. If you are ever wondering if you are talking with an artificial intelligent computer all you have to do is make a play on words, which has never been used before, or come up with a unique thought or original quote which is completely out of context. The computer or AI system won't know what to do with it.

Interestingly enough, when talking economic philosophy with an AI computer, this is rather easy to do, because there are so many economic topics in the free market that have yet to be discussed, and you can use your personal experiences, therefore it's easy to trip up the computer quite regularly to the point that the participant no longer wishes to converse with the machine. It would be like a post-doctorate astrophysicist talking with a high school literature teacher on this subject of black holes. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Economic Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net

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Morning Advantage: Why Gen X Has No Money - Paul Michelman ...

by Paul Michelman??|?? 5:00 AM July 17, 2012

Today's lede item comes from HBR intern examplar Carla Yengo-Kahn. It?s tough to be stuck in the middle. The latest Fed report on changes in U.S. family finances between 2007 and 2010 depicts declines across the board, including a 25% drop in net worth for households under age 34 and a 33% drop for those between 55 and 64. But the worst blow by far hits those in between, notes Neil Howe in Social Trends Biweekly: a 54% decline in net worth for families of Generation X, and a nearly 40% decline for younger baby boomers.

The statistics can be partially explained by the housing crisis, Howe says. Middle-aged families are more affected by declining home values because their homes constitute a larger part of their total assets. But the economic challenges faced by Gen X and younger baby boomers are part of a much longer pattern. For years, Gen X-ers have been outperformed by their parent's generations. And Gen Y now threatens to surpass them as well.

There's a well-know joke often credited to Woody Allen that 80 percent of life is just showing up. "I know very few Gen Xers who think this is true," Howe writes, "or even funny."

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How Do You Measure Your Social Media Strategy? (MIT Sloan Management Review)

It takes leadership from the top and "a clear vision" to successfully implement social tools in a business, say respondents to a recent MIT survey. Recipes for social media success also include the following four ingredients: 1) tools that are simple to use, 2) properly structured incentive systems, 3) a clear purpose for what problems the social initiative is intended to solve and 4) clear direction about how to communicate with social tools, both inside and outside the organization. Oh, and there's this one other thing: someone should probably figure out how to gauge effectiveness. The most common answer to the question, "How do you measure social software use?" was: "Do not measure."

SPEAKING OF STEREOTYPES

Techies: Overfed, Overworked and Overtired (TechRepublic)

IT managers eat too much, work too much, and sleep too little. Clich?d perhaps, but apparently true. Over half the respondents in a survey of IT decision-makers said they consume more than 2500 calories per day (well beyond the US Department of Health recommendation), enjoy fewer than seven hours of downtime per week, and sleep just 6 hours per night. Nevertheless, their self-image is just fine: some 75% rate themselves of above average fitness.

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OUYA Console to receive a Robotoki exclusive game | TalkAndroid ...

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Remember the OUYA project? If you don?t, you can get yourself caught up about the project with our coverage on it. Whether OUYA will be a success or not, one game company has already pledged an exclusive title for the device. Robotoki, the company that?s?responsible?for the upcoming game Human Element, has announced that a prequel to the title will exclusively debut on the OUYA system.

If you?re not familiar with Human Element, it?s yet another game that?s set in a zombie apocalyptic word. Sick of these kinds of games yet? I?m not, especially when there?s a new twist to it rather than just another shoot-em-up style of?game play, and that?s exactly what Human Element offers.?Human Element?s character creation system allows players to choose between three different character classes from action, intelligence and stealth. There are also three different identities, or game modes, such as Survive Alone, Survive with a Partner and Survive with a Young Child.

According to Robert Bowling, the game creator and founder of Robotoki,??How you choose to start in the world will determine how you can engage and impacts the scenarios you will be presented with on a physical and morality level.? As you can see, this is much more than just your standard zombie massacre game. It definitely mixes several video game genre?s and I feel it?definitely?has potential to be a great hit.

Human Element is slated for release on next-generation consoles, PC, mobile (Android), and tablets in 2015. Thus, we should expect the prequel title that will debut on the OUYA system sometime before 2015, although an official release date has yet to be determined.

While Robotoki is the only gaming company thus far to pledge a game for the OUYA system, I fully expect other game companies to follow suit as the debut of the OUYA gets closer. What do you all think about this? Does it make you any more excited about the OUYA system or do you think it will be a flop either way? We?d love to hear your insight in the comments section.

source: Droid Gamers

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Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/123376-ouya-console-to-receive-a-robotoki-exclusive-game/

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