Win a $10K IT Makeover for Your Favorite Small Business ? My Life ...

There are millions of small businesses out there that could use a boost. Bakeries, bookstores, fitness studios, restaurants?even neighborhood insurance agencies, accounting firms, dentists and chiropractors. You probably have a lot of favorites that fit the bill. But is there one in particular that you?d like to help out with a windfall of the latest PC technology products and services?

If so, ?The Big Reboot? is the contest for you.? It?s a joint effort by Toshiba, Intel and Staples to recognize six especially deserving small businesses or non-profit organizations by giving them each a $10,000 custom Technology Makeover.

Basically, you just need to point out one small business that you think highly of, and tell the world why.? Or, if you prefer, let that special firm know about the contest and they can nominate themselves! Either way, all it takes is a short essay describing why the company in question deserves fabulous new tools to help their business grow.

Besides the warm feeling you?ll get by giving a small business a shot at a treasure trove of industry-leading PC technologies and services, there could be an Ultrabook? in it for you! Specifically, by submitting a nomination, or by voting or commenting on a submission,? you make yourself eligible to win a Toshiba Satellite? U845 Ultrabook, featuring a 3rd generation Intel? Core? processor. This Ultrabook packs a bright 14-inch display and premium stereo speakers in an ultra-thin, ultra-light, ultra-cool brushed aluminum case. It?s an $879.99 retail value. XX of these? Toshiba Ultrabooks will be given away in random drawings that take place every other week throughout the promotion (from now until Christmas Day).

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Nominating a favorite small business or non-profit organization makes you eligible to win a Toshiba Satellite U845 Ultrabook, inspired by Intel.?

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The Big Reboot contest has six phases. Phase one, between now and August 5^th, is called Powering Growth. During this phase, the topic of essay entries must be about how your favorite business is doing more with less. How are they finding ways to prosper in spite of an uncertain economy? The other phases are Powering Knowledge, Powering Innovation, Powering Service, Powering Products, and Powering Good. You can find out more at www.TheBigReboot.biz.

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During each phase, there will be a nomination period and a community voting period, after which judges from Toshiba and Intel will review and select the top-scoring entry to receive a $10K Technology Makeover. Winning entries will be chosen based on the compelling nature of the submission, alignment of the submission with the particular theme, and community support.

Winners will be notified at the end of each phase and their story will be highlighted on TheBigReboot.biz website.? You can get the official rules and find out more at www.TheBigReboot.biz. Then, week by week, follow us on?Twitter?to find out who?s winning.

Do you know of any small businesses that can benefit from a Technology Makeover??

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Alejandra Carvallo is currently Manager of shopping marketing with responsibility for demand generation in the US. Alex joined Intel Americas in 2005, as Manager of the Consumer Marketing Campaign for Hispanics in the USA. ?She has over 15 years of hi-tech marketing experience creating successful campaigns for electronic products. She has worked in both South America and the US for Alcatel, Stanford Telecom and Bell Canada.?A native Venezuelan, she earned her bachelor?s degree in Electronic Engineering from the Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, and obtained her MBA from Regis University, Denver. Alex spends her days being a marketing expert for intel and being a wife and mom of two for her family, always striking the work/life balance ? trying to, at least. You can follow her at @AlexAtIntel.

Source: http://mylifescoop.com/2012/07/30/win-a-10k-it-makeover-for-your-favorite-small-business/

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Royal silver for Team GB in eventing

Britain grabbed silver in the equestrian three-day eventing team competition on Tuesday, making Zara Phillips the first member of the British royal family to win an Olympic medal.

Her mother Princess Anne, who was in the crowds watching, competed in the 1976 Games in equestrian eventing but came away without a medal. Zara's father, Captain Mark Phillips, is a previous Olympic equestrian medallist.

Germany defended their Olympic eventing team title by a whisker from Britain with New Zealand taking bronze in the concluding jumping session at Greenwich Park.

The home favourites nabbed silver when New Zealand's final rider Mark Todd knocked a fence down while British anchor Tina Cook went clear, to the delight of the capacity 20,000 crowd including Prince William and wife Kate, Prince Harry and former British Prime Minister John Major.

"Gold would have been brilliant, silver's fantastic," Cook told the BBC.

Germany, favourites to prevail after holding the lead after the opening dressage and Monday's cross country, ended up with a total of 133.70 points, with Britain on 138.20 and New Zealand on 144.40.

Gold: Germany (Peter Thomsen, Dirk Schrade, Ingrid Klimke, Sandra Auffarth, Michael Jung)

Silver: Great Britain (Nicola Wilson, Mary King, Zara Phillips, Kristina Cook, William Fox-Pitt)

Bronze: New Zealand (Jonelle Richards, Jock Paget, Caroline Powell, Andrew Nicholson, Mark Todd)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/royal-silver-team-gb-eventing-001353303--oly.html

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Birth By C-Section: A Risk For Childhood Obesity? | Children's ...

From PLOS?..

Both Travis and I are at that age when our Facebook feed is becoming dominated by photos of our friends? babies; many of my close friends have added an adorable member to their family over the past few years.

A while back, my partner Marina and I watched a fascinating documentary by ex-talk show host, Ricki Lake, entitled ?The Business of Being Born.?The documentary exposes the many changes have occurred surrounding the way women give birth in US hospitals, namely the increased use of drugs and increased rates of caesarean sections ? two factors that expedite the process. Here is a small clip from the documentary which I highly recommend watching:

Although I am no expert in gynecology and obstetrics, I have long-wondered what these changes in hospital procedures can have on the health of the mother and baby. Sadly, a recent study I came across suggests that babies born by c-section are at higher risk of obesity in early childhood compared to those born vaginally.

In the study, the authors assessed a total of 1255 children at age 3 and compared the body weights and body composition of those born via c-section (284 births or 22.6%) to those born naturally.

Here?s what?s interesting: at age 3, 15.7% of children delivered by c-section were obese compared with 7.5% of children born vaginally. The obesity rates were more than doubled for c-sections!

To read the full story and see video?..Click here

This entry was posted in Health / Fitness Articles and tagged Childhood Obesity, Len Saunders by Len Saunders. Bookmark the permalink.

Source: http://www.lensaunders.com/wp/?p=2667

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Pittsboro - On Saturday, power-washers removed the dirt from the exterior of the building that will house the new Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store. Indoors, managers conducted open interviews to hire wait and kitchen staff for the restaurant at 39 West Street. Greg Lewis, the restaurant's owner and operator, was looking to fill 30 available spots.

If the restaurant gets all of the required approvals and inspections, they?ll open for dinner on Friday, August 17 at 5 p.m. Table service will take place on Saturday, August 18 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The lunch menu will feature items that cost $6 and up. Dinner entrees will be run from $10 and up.

The interior is being redone and will be different. There are new walls, new floors, new colors, new lights, new server stations, new tables and chairs.

Lewis is a Pittsboro resident who?s also the chef and owner of the Cary-based Catering By Design. He bought the former General Store Caf? because he wanted to see the business back up and running again.

Lewis began working in restaurants at the age of fourteen, beginning as a busboy and progressing to restaurant manager by the end of high school. Greg has an associate degree in Culinary Art from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. His career spans more than thirty years of culinary creation and management, including over eight years as Executive Chef with establishments such as the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, Pennsylvania. After the hotel, he helped to open a popular upscale restaurant in the Hershey area, establishing an award-winning menu. From there, Chef Lewis went on to work as the Executive Chef for central Pennsylvania's largest caterer.

The back part of the restaurant will be similar to what it was, with a lounge and couches for people to sit and hang out. Live bands will play every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. The new owners are putting in a new sound system and sound panels to improve the sound in the rear room.

Previous owners undertook the rear expansion in 2006, just before the economic downturn. The store had closed earlier this year when the former operators said they could no longer sustain the business under a debt they?d taken on for the expansion. Lewis bought the business out of bankruptcy for $10,000, and settled leases on some of the kitchen, music and computer equipment.

The former Chevrolet dealership, converted in the late ?70s to a market, restaurant and music venue, was in a state of disarray after months of disuse.

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Source: http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/business/localbusiness/pittsboro-roadhouse-does-job-interviews-120729.shtml

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A randomized trial of DHA intake during infancy: School readiness and

A randomized trial of DHA intake during infancy: School readiness and receptive vocabulary at 2-3.5years of age.

Early Hum Dev. 2012 Jul 24;

Authors: Drover JR, Felius J, Hoffman DR, Casta?eda YS, Garfield S, Wheaton DH, Birch EE

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Studies investigating the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in infant formula on language development yield conflicting results. No study to date has investigated the effects of DHA in infant formula on school readiness. AIM: To determine the effects of different dietary concentrations of DHA provided during the first 12months of life on language development and school readiness. DESIGN: This was a double-masked, randomized, controlled, prospective trial. A total of 182 infants were enrolled at 1-9days of age and assigned randomly to receive infant formula with one of four levels of DHA: control (0% DHA), 0.32% DHA, 0.64% DHA, or 0.96% DHA. All formulas with DHA also contained 0.64% arachidonic acid. One hundred forty-one children completed the 12-month feeding trial and were eligible for this study. Consent was obtained from 131 participants. School readiness was assessed at 2.5years using the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised (BBCS-R) and receptive vocabulary was assessed at 2 and 3.5years using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition (PPVT-III). RESULTS: There were no diet group differences on any of the BBCS-R subscales. On the PPVT-III, the control group had higher raw scores and standard scores than both the 0.32% and 0.96% groups at 2years of age. These differences were not evident at 3.5years. CONCLUSIONS: Dietary DHA during the first year of life did not enhance school readiness or language development. Children who consumed infant formula with 0.32% and 0.96% DHA showed lower receptive vocabulary scores than controls at 2 but not 3.5years of age.

PMID: 22835597 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: http://www.iqsociety.org/2012/07/29/a-randomized-trial-of-dha-intake-during-infancy-school-readiness-and-receptive-vocabulary-at-2-3-5years-of-age/

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Online Video Marketing: Things you need to know | intro60 Blog

Posted by intro60.com on Jul 29, 2012 in Marketing tips, Online Video Marketing | 0 comments

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As the online and offline worlds con?tinue to evolve and inter?act, mar?keters con?tinue to seek advice and data to ratio?nal?ize the choices they make about what kind of con?tent to pop?u?late their web?sites with. ?When con?sid?er?ing online video mar?ket?ing for your busi?ness, review the evi?dence below, that shows you can increase sales and con?ver?sion rates, drive more traf?fic to your site, reduce ser?vic?ing costs, make a?strong con?nec?tion between on and offline mar?ket?ing efforts, and per?haps most impor?tantly, build long-??term rela?tion?ships with your cus?tomers. ?That said, one caveat to a?suc?cess?ful online media strat?egy is that qual?ity of con?tent and strate?gic deploy?ment of online video mar?ket?ing material.

Online Video Mar?ket?ing: Qual?ity Matters

• Video pro?duced by a?pro?fes?sional ad agency, and opti?mized cor?rectly dri?ves 30% more traf?fic than user-??generated video (Source:?Com?score).

Increase Your Con?ver?sion Rate & Rev?enue Per?Sale

• Web?site vis?i?tors who review prod?uct and ser?vice infor?ma?tional videos dur?ing the course of their visit are 85% more likely to make a?pur?chase than vis?i?tors who do not encounter video con?tent (Source:?Inter?net Retailer).
• Major Inter?net retail?ers and ser?vice providers report con?ver?sion rate increases from 6???44% for prod?ucts that are sup?ported by online video infor?ma?tion (Source:?ReelSEO).
• A recent Inter?net Retailer study showed that 52% of online shop?pers said they feel more con?fi?dent about mak?ing a?pur?chase after watch?ing a?video about prod?ucts they are con?sid?er?ing. ?When a?video is pre?sented prop?erly, and con?tains the appro?pri?ate amount of infor?ma?tion, over two-??thirds of con?sumers will watch a?video twice.
• Retail sites with video increase the aver?age sale rev?enue by 13% (Source:?L2 Spe?cialty Retail Report).

Drive More Traf?fic To Your Site With Online Video Marketing

• When opti?mized cor?rectly, video con?tent increases the like?li?hood of a?first page Google search result by 53 times (Source:?For?rester).
• Video con?tent search results appear in 70% of the top 100 list?ings, which are the most com?monly dis?played results for uni?ver?sal or blended queries (Source:?Mar?ket?ing?week).

Reduce Cus?tomer Ser?vice?Costs

• Major online brands includ?ing Dell and Vir?gin Mobile report a?reduc?tion in ser?vice call vol?ume by 5???10% as a?result of incor?po?rat?ing instruc?tional, and prod?uct infor?ma?tion videos on their web?sites (Source:?The Aus?tralian).
• Online retail?ers have also found that strate?gi?cally adding online video to sup?port prod?ucts has reduced prod?uct returns at a?rate between 10???25% (Source:?Inter?net Retailer).

Con?nect The Offline World With The Online World

• Lead?ing CPG firms have found that online video cor?re?lates with a?6% increase in brick-??and-??mortar store sales (Source:?Nielsen).
• Online video makes up approx?i?mately 50% of all smart?phone traf?fic, and nearly 70% of traf?fic on cer?tain provider net?works (Source:?Google).
• 80% of mobile device users employ their devices to help make pur?chase deci?sions, and at 74%, nearly all of them make a?pur?chase as a?result (Source:?Google).
• Nearly 50% of online shop?pers in the United States con?ducted research on prod?ucts or ser?vices in store, or on loca?tion, before return?ing to home or work to make a?pur?chase online (Source:?eMar?keter).

Build Rela?tion?ships With Your Customers

• Online video mar?ket?ing com?po?nents drive increased pur?chase intent by nearly 1.25%, and are more than four time more effec?tive than Flash con?tent (Source:?Dou?bleClick)
• View?ers favored a?brand 2% more when exposed to online video ads, as opposed to just 0.15% for ads with just Flash ani?ma?tion (Source:?Dou?bleClick)
• Con?sumers are increas?ingly cor?re?lat?ing their expec?ta?tions for online shop?ping expe?ri?ences with that of their expe?ri?ence in brick-??and-??mortar stores. ?Oppor?tu?ni?ties to build brand affin?ity, and cus?tomer loy?alty online with online video are increas?ingly impor?tant to the suc?cess of on and offline busi?ness models.

Use Video To Gen?er?ate Social Media?Buzz

• 46% of online shop?pers share videos from retail and brand sites via Face?book, 40% by email, and 14% by Twitter.

Source: http://www.intro60.net/blog/video-marketing/how-online-video-marketing-can-help-grow-your-business

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tea and pot in ancient China

About a thousand years ago in present-day Afghanistan, the Islamic scholar al-B?r?n? described tea and pot in his?Book of Pharmacy.? Some of al-B?r?n??s notes on tea:

• tea (chai) is a Chinese word for a herb drunk with hot water
• tea grows at high altitudes in China and Nepal
• the Chinese desiccate tea leaves and store them in a cube-shaped container; they also make tea tablets
• white tea is the most excellent variety of tea, but also difficult to find; varieties of tea, from the rarest to the most commonly available, are white, green, violet, grey, and black teas
• tea is important medicine: tea purges bile through the gastrointestinal system (a cholagogue), negates effects of liquor, purifies the blood, and abates fevers [1]

Al-B?r?n? also preserved a traveler?s description of the economy of tea and pot in China:

the king of China resides in the city of Yanj?.? A big river like the Tigris traverses through this city.? Both sides of the river are studded with wine sellers? tenements, kilns, and shops.? People flock there to drink tea, and do not take Indian cannabis clandestinely.? The king of the place receives the capitation tax, and the public cannot transact the sale of tea, since both tea and wine are the possession of the king.? He who transacts business in salt and tea without the king being aware of it is awarded the punishment due to a thief.? And the people there slay the thief and eat his flesh.? Profits from such places go to the coffers of the king and such profits equal those accruing from gold and silver mines. [2]

This text probably describes the major Chinese city Yangzhou, which is on the banks of the Yangtze River.[3]? Arab and Persian merchants were living in Yangzhou in the eighth century.? That the Chinese king earned high revenue by controlling trade in tea, wine, and salt is probable. ? That?s particularly probable for tea because it was a popular, attractive product: people flocked to Yangzhou to drink tea.

What about the observation that people ?do not take Indian cannabis clandestinely??? A variety of cannabis (pot), called Cannabis indica, is native to India.? Cannabis has been consumed in India for thousands of years.?? Cannabis use in India, however, seems to have been associated with sacred festivals.? Al-B?r?n??s description suggests that, unlike in India, pot in China was consumed popularly like tea.

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Notes:

[1] Based on trans. Ahmad & Said (1973) pp. 105-6.

[2] Id. p. 105.? The Chinese drank a wine made from rice.? An Arab travel account from about 850 preserves a similar description:

The {Chinese} Emperor also reserves to himself the revenues which arise from the salt mines, and from a certain herb which they drink with hot water, and of which great quantities are sold in all the cities, to the amount of great sums.? They call it Sah (Chah / Chai), and it is a shrub more bushy than the pomegranate-tree, but it has a kind of bitterness with it.? Their way is to boil water, which they pour upon this leaf, and this drink cures all sort of diseases.? Whatever sums are lodged in the Treasury arise from the poll tax, and the duties upon salt and upon this leaf.

Trans. Renaudot (1733) p. 25 (capitalization modernized).? In the mid-eighth century, the Chinese writer Lu Yu wrote a monograph on tea, The Classic of Tea.? That work also suggests that tea was highly popular in China.

[3] Another possible location is Guangzhou, which is on the banks of the Pearl River.? Arab and Persian merchants also resided in Guangzhou in the eighth century.? However, the reference to Yanj? seems phonetically closer to Yangzhou.

References:

Ah?mad, Muh?ammad ibn and Hakim Mohammed Said. 1973. al-Biruni?s book on pharmacy and materia medica. Karachi: Hamdard National Foundation.

Renaudot, Eusebius, trans. 1733. Abu? Zayd Hasan ibn Yazi?d Si?ra?fi?. Silsilat al-tawa?ri?kh.? Translated from Arabic as: Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers, who went to those parts in the 9th century.? London, Printed for S. Harding.

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Ouya console will launch with OnLive cloud-gaming service ...

Cloud gaming platform OnLive announced today that its service?will be available?pre-installed on the open-source Ouya console when it launches next year.

OnLive streams games to users from its own servers and allows low-end PCs, tablets, and smartphones to run high-definition content (but then again, maybe it doesn?t). Here are some bullet points about how Ouya will use OnLive, according to the cloud service?s?blog:

• OnLive?will?bring hundreds of top-tier games from more than 80 publishers to the Ouya console?for play on demand.
• Ouya owners will be able to jump in and play?any of these games both at home?on their Ouya console and on the go on PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
• Instant demos will be available for nearly every game?in OnLive?s ever-growing library. Players?can?experience up to 30 minutes of each game?for free?before deciding what to buy. If they like a game, they can continue playing where the demo left off.

The Ouya will launch sometime next year at a price point of $99. It?s raised more than $5.5 million on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/27/ouya-console-will-launch-with-onlive/

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The Vegan Mouse: Baked Pasta with Veggies and Sausage.

This was a "use what you got" recipe where I wanted to use what was in my fridge and pantry. I loosely based this off of the pastitsio recipe from The Olive and The Caper cookbook. Mine has no dairy and no eggs. It's damn good too. It's layered with veggies, vegan sausage, tomato sauce and topped with a creamy vegan bechamel sauce. It is TASTY.

Recipe:

4 TB olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large zucchini, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
a small 1/2 head of broccoli, chopped, stems and all
2 Tofurky tomato and basil flavor veggie sausages, chopped
1 tsp oregano
1 jar Trader Joe's Tomato Basil Marinara
1 lb. macaroni, penne or ziti pasta
1/2 cup to 1 cup Daiya vegan cheese

For bechamel sauce:
3 TB Earth Balance margarine or other non dairy margarine
3 TB white flour
1 1/2 cups plain almond milk
1/4 tsp. salt
pinch of nutmeg

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. I cooked mine for about 10 minutes.
2. While pasta is cooking, saute the veggies in olive oil over medium heat until veggies are almost tender. Add oregano, sausage and continue cooking until veggies are tender. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 F.
3. Make the bechamel sauce: Heat the margarine in a pot until melted over medium high heat. Add flour and start whisking until it gets smooth and creamy. Slowly add the almond milk and keep whisking. Keep on medium heat and whisk until thick and creamy about 12 minutes.
4. While you are making the bechamel sauce, the pasta will be done. Drain the pasta in a colander. Pour a bit of olive oil into the empty pasta pot and then add the drained pasta back in along with the cooked veggies/sausage. Stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Spread about 1/2 cup of tomato sauce along the bottom of a large greased baking dish. Pour a third of pasta mixture over it and then add more marinara on top. Repeat with a couple more pasta layers and marinara sauce. At the end, whisk the bechamel sauce again and then pour over the top of the pasta. Sprinkle with Daiya cheese and cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes with foil on top. After 30 minutes, remove foil and bake uncovered for 15 to 20 more minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for at least 15 minutes prior to serving.

Source: http://theveganmouse.blogspot.com/2012/07/baked-pasta-with-veggies-and-sausage.html

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Recent research revealed several top brands of common sports supplements contain controlled or banned substances that may compromise the long-term health of athletes.

Skaters and other athletes are often tested for drugs before or after wins at major international competitions. Few of the hundreds are accused, and those often swear that they havent taken anything illegal. Still, their rebuttals are met with scrutiny and punishment. Perhaps the only thing these athletes are guilty of is trusting disreputable pharmaceutical companies who produce tainted nutritional supplements.

Their plight sends a warning to the public, to consumers who use unregulated nutritional supplements as part of their nutritional routine. Many of these customers are speed skaters and figure skaters who skate for the health benefits of the sports. Could they be sabotaging their health by taking tainted vitamins, protein powders and supplements?

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Sportspeople take nutritional supplements to increase strength, endurance,shirt as roma, and overall fitness. Unfortunately in the US, dietary boosters are not regulated for ingredients, claims or purity. Even though all ingredients are supposed to be listed on the products container,kids football kits, often these lists are incorrect or incomplete because manufacturers advertently omit banned substances that make their product seem more effective.

The IOC approves for use only a small number of supplements from manufacturers whose labs adhere to strict protocols. Supplements are otherwise not regulated because they are not considered food items. Even regular daily vitamins are questionable in their contents. For example, most ?Vitamin C? sold at regular markets contains little or no soluble vitamin C. Brief disclaimers or careful semantics are all these companies need to avoid lawsuits. Likewise, some over-the-counter protein powders and amino acid formulas contain trace amounts of stimulants and steroids.

Its difficult to ask for more regulation of substances since such requests will undoubtedly by met with loss of consumer rights. For example, the US natural herbs industry has for years been on the brink of losing to government control so that no herbs or vitamins can be purchased without a prescription. Citizens want to make sure the products they take are safe and pure, but they dont want the government dictating what health-improving medicinals they can or cant choose to put in their bodies.

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Some manufacturers are now taking steps to assure consumers that their products are safe for general consumption as well as for talented athletes whose world class standings could otherwise be compromised.

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Athletes should expect to spend more to make sure the products they consume are free of stimulants,retro football shirts uk, hormones, and other banned substances. An extensive list of prohibited ingredients is updated on the World Anti-Doping Agency website.

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USADA 2007 third-quarter testing of athletes revealed only 4 violations out of nearly 2,000 tests. (Individual alleged anti-doping violations are posted on www.usantidoping.org.) Perhaps these numbers reveal that regulations and nutritional recommendations are being followed by professional athletes regardless of questionable manufacturing practices. Unfortunately, the general public remains uninformed that the products they trust their health to may be harming them.

Nearly 25% of the popular dietary supplements recently tested by Informed-Choice, a group of manufacturers, contained traces of steroids and other banned substances. Names of these best-selling brands havent been released for legal reasons. This should send a cautionary reminder to figure skaters and speedskaters who use dietary supplements as a part of their daily training regimen. Buy quality products from reputable companies and direct distributors. Discount store ?bargain? supplements may be giving you more than you bargained for.

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Elementary School Teachers, Counselors, and Career Education ...

As a teacher and consultant, you know that the elementary school is important. During the primary grades, students build their visions of what they want done in their lives, as they contribute to the workforce. With your help, keep your pupils open to new ideas and career opportunities. When working with your students, that students do not make your early career or career preparation. For your students, the elementary school is a time to build awareness.

As an elementary school teacher and advisor, use the Career Education to promote self-esteem development of skills and decision making strategies. Their activities are designed to self, family, build schools, community and career awareness. With age-appropriate materials that meet your students in the state of development. These activities will provide participants with a variety of different jobs, career information, and the reasons why people work.

If you develop products tailored to the age of materials, tests and tools to prepare, use templates career as the National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG). National guidelines for the professional development (NCDG) have areas, targets and indicators. Each domain represents a development zone. Under each domain there are goals or competencies. For each goal, indicators highlight the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve the goal. National guidelines for the professional development (NCDG) prepares you for materials for your students to make.

As an elementary school counselor and teacher, create individual development plans and portfolios. Individual Development Plans (CIP) -

Develop self-awareness
Identify career goals and initial plans for the formation
Increasing the employability and skills of decision making

Individual career portfolios summarize career awareness activities and experiences that take place during the school year. In addition to individual career plans and portfolios, with a variety of resources -

Career Days
Career Fairs
Speakers from the Community
Excursions
Information interviews
Literary
Mentors
Collages, murals
Learning Games
The twinning
Dramatic Presentations

All activities and career tools combine academic work with career pathways. Business career as a foundation for future capabilities. As a teacher and consultant, will help students make connections between academics and real life situations. Your use of the Career Education activities, the importance of language arts, mathematics, social studies and science.

They show that students Language Arts have many applications in the workforce:

Read
Write
Listening

They provide examples of how people solve problems when they use mathematics. Different types of mathematics following:

Additive
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division

In social studies, learn your students the skills necessary to succeed in the global market. In social studies, students learn about your -

Country
Languages
Cultures

Your students will learn the importance of science to solve skills problems. You show your students how applications of science in many different industries, can be used such as -

Food
Media
Agriculture
The automotive industry

To strengthen the links between academics and real life situations to develop and expand the skills previously acquired. In summary, such as help for primary school teachers and counselors, students will:

Knowledge and self-worth
Self-esteem and build confidence
Learning and application of learning materials
Identify interests and build relationships between the school environment and the labor market
Build academic, communication, problem solving and social skills
The awareness of the need for future jobs skills
The relationships between learning in school, academic qualifications, skills relating to employment and career
All career opportunities
Consider yourself as a contribution to the force of the future workplace
Get Empowerment
Build self-determination

As a consultant and teacher to build self-awareness, family awareness, school awareness, community awareness, career / work awareness, changing attitudes, skills development, decision-making strategies and self-esteem. With age-appropriate materials that match the development levels of students. Examples of activities include individual career plan (ICP), individual career portfolios, career days, career fairs, field trips, information and reports of interviews of the books from the library.

After completion of the career education activities, your students are probably better grades, academic achievement, school engagement, and to have the interpersonal relationships. In addition, the student to attend classes more complex and have higher graduation rates from high school. As your students grow older they will achieve their career goals and visions.

References

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Second Engel, N. Faye, Mooney, Marianne. (1996, December). Work in Progress: Career and Work Education for Elementary students. (ED404516). Cincinnati, OH: Paper presented at the American Vocational Association Convention.

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The Best Advice In Home Improvement For You ... - Energy Efficiency

Are you planning on making some home improvements? Continue reading. First, you must know the basics when it comes to doing a home improvement project by yourself. If you feel you need more information, you will benefit from the following article.

When it comes to successfully completing your next project, few things are as helpful as having the proper tools for the job. If you have the right equipment you will ensure you do a good job and it is simple to do. Also, the right knowledge on how to use these types of tools will have a huge impact on how your project goes.

For an inexpensive way to spruce up your home?s exterior, plant some bright flowers. Make sure the flowers you choose match the seasons. It?s also worth the effort to keep your shrubbery well-manicured and your lawn nicely mowed and edged. Little improvements like that will instantly boost your home?s appearance.

Crown molding can create an impressive impression when used on your walls. Crown molding will give walls a little personality if you are looking for a way to spice them up. Crown molding is something that is both cheap and easy to install.

When you are getting ready to do a big project, hire someone to help you plan it out. You risk some serious design and structural errors if you or a friend don?t understand some basic principles. However, having a professionally put together the plans will help avoid problems with safety regulations and codes later on. That saves money and time.

If one of the to-dos on your list of home improvements is remodeling your bathroom, consider planning and building one that is handicap accessible. You don?t have to do a conversion right away, but prepping bathrooms for that eventuality saves time and money if you plan on growing old in that house. These improvements will increase your home?s value.

Think ahead before tackling a home improvement project. Decisions about different parts of the renovation should be taken care of ahead of time so that you stick to your budget.

If you hate cleaning gutters or your home is surrounded by trees, consider installing a protective screen or guard over your gutters. A gutter guard keeps leaves, sticks and other debris from filling your gutters needlessly. You may occasionally need to remove leaves from the exterior of the barriers, but you should not have to scoop pounds of nasty debris from the gutters themselves.

It is possible to update the appearance of your refrigerator and other appliances without spending a bundle. While stainless steel is popular, there?s no reason to toss your fridge because you don?t care for the color. Consider buying appliance spray paint to color your appliances in any hue you can imagine. You can change your kitchen in a few hours!

Make sure that the exterior of your home is accounted for when remodeling. Make the exterior of your home look more attractive by making sure that the lawn is neatly mowed and trimmed. Add a couple of strategically placed shrubs. Sweep the path to your home. Get the the exterior walls and roof power washed. Ensure your windows are spic and span. All of this can make a lasting impression when someone first sees your house.

One of the most basic ways to update or freshen up your house is with a few coats of new paint, especially in a new color. A vibrant new paint job can enhance curb appeal greatly. You are going to feel as if you are in a different home if you choose vibrant, different colors.

The opinion of a professional contractor is often very useful. If you have taken the time to consult a contractor, don?t take his or her advice for granted?even if it?s not exactly the answer you?d hoped for. If he tells you that the change will be bad, it most likely will. Also, if he thinks something will exceed your budget, it probably will. Contractors can be very valuable towards establishing a great renovation project.

You obviously have read the article since you are now here. Impressive effort! You should now be equipped with a good foundation for tackling your own home improvement projects the right way. Get started with your planning and fix up your home.

Richie Vee, the site?s editor, is the Chief Engineer of one of the largest Platinum LEED buildings in NYC. His extensive engineering experience helps guide consumers through home improvement projects for the average homeowner. Using home solar energy and roofing repair ideas to save them money.

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Japan stun Spain in Olympic football

Japan scored a stunning upset of world champions Spain on Thursday in the Olympic football tournament as officials played down a flag blunder which prompted a protest from North Korea.

The greatest sporting show on earth will officially get under way on Friday, when around 80,000 VIPs and spectators will flock to the Olympic Stadium for an opening ceremony staged by Oscar-winning British movie director Danny Boyle.

However the sporting action kicked off with the opening matches of the women's football tournament at venues across Britain on Wednesday, and on Thursday it was the men's turn to take centre-stage.

While hosts Britain were due to face Senegal, it was Japan who provided the story of the day with a remarkable 1-0 win over a talented Spanish side aiming to add Olympic gold to their World Cup and Euro crowns.

Yuki Otsu was the hero for the Japanese, prodding home on 34 minutes to secure a victory which evoked memories of Japan's famous 1-0 win over Brazil in the Olympic tournament in 1996.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge meanwhile sought to draw a line under the gaffe which prompted North Korea's protest ahead of their game with Colombia on Wednesday.

The North Koreans were furious after their players were introduced on an electronic screen alongside an image of the South Korean flag.

"This was an honest mistake, honestly made," Cameron said. "An apology's been made and I'm sure every step will be taken to make sure these things don't happen again. We shouldn't inflate this episode. It was unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened, and I think we can leave it at that."

Rogge said the incident was "most unfortunate" but was confident there would be no repeat.

Meanwhile two of the likely superstars of the Olympics -- USA swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt -- stoked anticipation for the sporting action looming over the next fortnight with separate press briefings. It was standing room only at a press conference involving Phelps, winner of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games four years ago, and several of his USA team-mates.

"I'm excited. I'm here to swim as fast as I can. If I do that everything else will fall into place," said Phelps, who needs only three medals during the London Games to become the most decorated Olympian in history.

Bolt, the defending 100m and 200m champion and world record holder over both distances, was due to make his first public appearance since his arrival in Britain in a tightly controlled press conference at a London hotel.

Bolt has had a troubled build-up, losing to compatriot Yohan Blake twice in the Jamaican trials and suffering a "slight injury" which forced his withdrawal from a meeting in Monaco last week.

Four other athletes meanwhile were coming to terms with the news that their Olympic campaigns were already over after being kicked out of the games for doping offences.

Turkish weightlifters Fatih Baydar and Ibrahim Arat and Greek world indoor high jump champion Dimitris Chondrokoukis were suspended after failing drugs tests while Hungarian discus thrower Zoltan Kovago was ousted after refusing to undergo a doping control.

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Building A Home Internet Business To Make An Income Online ...

Most folk who turn to the internet to better their financial status are unaware of what it takes to make an income online, so this article covers the steps to actually building a home internet business to the point of generating internet income. The internet offers anybody with a computer and internet connection the opportunity to start a home internet business with a click of the mouse, but building a home internet business is where the challenge, work and excitement begin.

Too many people get totally disillusioned when they have not made an income online after a few days or weeks of starting their home internet business, but that is purely because they do not appreciate the fact that it takes time and effort to build a business online. The building process of a home internet business never stops and if you can appreciate that you will need to be continually building, extending, maintaining or making alterations then you will be well on your way to making an income online. Building A Home Internet Business Your need to get your website in front of as many people as possible who are looking for what your business has to offer, so the whole building process is geared to attracting vast numbers of targeted visitors to your home internet business. This involves making the presence of your business felt on the internet and this is the process of building that we are going to discuss here. It is important that you have a means of building your list. Offering an email newsletter is a good example and with an auto-responder set up your visitors will be able to subscribe to your newsletter and so you start the list building process. This will enable you to also send your list members broadcast messages from time to time. Ensuring that your website is search engine friendly is another important factor to ensure that you achieve good rankings in the search results and you can optimize your website for your chosen keywords yourself. There are many ways to start making the presence of your business felt and it is advisable to use a variety of methods. Building back-links to your website is what is needed to give you better rankings in the search engines and a very effective method is writing and submitting articles to the article directories on a regular consistent basis, using the author resource box to anchor your keyword phrase to your website. Exchange links with other websites to build your link popularity and add your link to web directories. Constructively post in forums with a link to your website in your signature. These methods can be totally free if you have the time to write and submit. If you are short of time you can always hire a ghostwriter to write your articles and invest in an article submitter for submitting your articles. Pay per click advertising is another way to get almost instant targeted traffic to your website. You can also place adverts on the respected classifieds sites. Social bookmarking and blogging are also quick ways to spread the word. Extending A Home Internet Business As far as your actual website or blog is concerned it is important to continually add new content, not only to please the search engines but to add interest to your site as well. You can continually expand your website by adding new pages which target different keywords, thus attracting different visitors. Monitor your rankings in the search engines for your chosen keywords and keep an eye on your competition and make adjustments to your site where necessary. As the presence of your home internet business starts to be felt on the internet the volume of traffic to your website will steadily increase and if this is not happening you know that you need to do more of the above disciplines. Maintaining Your Website Be sure to regularly maintain your website by way of checking that all your links are working. Check your download time. Remove unnecessary links. Add more up-to-date features. Keep your website current. Making Alterations To Your Website There may come a time that you are receiving a lot of traffic to your website but you are still not making an income online. What now? This is when you need to take a serious look at your website. Are you offering what you promised in your adverts? Can your visitors easily find what they are looking for? Is your website easy to navigate? Is your website displaying offers or adverts from other websites that are distracting your customers? Do you have irritating flashing banners on your site? Are you asking your visitors to fill out too many forms or lengthy surveys? Do you have a call to action section? Are you giving your visitors too many options? Are you offering too much information or non-relevant content? Many forums have a section where you can submit your website for a review. A good idea would be to go back to the forums where you have been posting and submit your site for a review, explain the problems you are experiencing and request honest feedback to help you solve the problem. You could join an SEO forum as well and submit your site for a review from a more specialized point of view. Making An Income Online As you can see from the above, there are many factors involved in building a successful home internet business, but once you have reached the stage that your website is being viewed by a large number of people on a daily basis who are in the market for what your home internet business has to offer and your website is clear in its offerings, that is when you will start making an income online. About the Author: Cynthia Minnaar is the owner and webmaster of www.cyns-home-biz.com, the home internet business site for online home business opportunities, ideas to start an online home business, internet income training and ideas to make an online home business income. Get your own website setup free and start making money online. You may publish my article provided you include the resource box.

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Bursting blue termites spew toxic goo

One species of termite sends its older workers on suicide missions armed with explosive blue "backpacks."

When grabbed by another termite, a predator or a person with tweezers, these backpack-sporting termites, which the researchers call blue workers, rupture and spew a toxic, sticky substance, scientists have found.

The unfortunate workers from this species of tropical termite, Neocapritermes taracua, have two bluish spots visible on the backs of their abdomens. These spots contain crystals made of a copper-containing protein stored in two external "backpack" pouches, write the researchers.

The crystals react with the salivary gland secretions stored in their abdomens to create a droplet of toxic goo that can kill or paralyze worker termites from another species, Labiotermes labralis, an experiment revealed. [ Video of Exploding Suicide Termites ]

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So-called white workers also have the salivary secretions but lack the blue crystals. These workers are less aggressive, slower to burst in battle and the substance they produce is not as effective against their enemies.

The researchers transplanted the crystals from blue workers onto white workers, and found the white workers became more deadly once they had the crystals.??

They also determined that the blue workers were older by measuring the length of the edge of the termites' mandibles. Termites chew on wood and as they age their mandibles wear down. The larger the blue crystals on a termite, the more blunt its mandibles, the researchers found.

Among social insects like termites, the practice of sending older workers into battle is common, researcher Yves Roisin of Universit? Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium said in a podcast interview released by the journal Science, where this research is detailed.

"(Among) such insects of course the individual doesn't really count or it counts by the work it can actually do for the colony, and when they are old and probably less efficient they are more likely to sacrifice themselves," Roisin said.

However, the blue workers' suicide gear is highly unusual in the world of insect warfare, because the combination of blue crystals and salivary secretions make it a two-component system, Roisin said, adding that it is also exceptional that one component (the crystals) is carried outside of the body.

So far, the researchers have seen this behavior in this species only, but they hope to see if its relatives do something similar, he said.

The research will appear in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

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The difference between vintage and antique furniture | Home Design ...

There is a very blurred dividing line between the concepts of vintage and antique furniture. Top antique dealers generally believe that antique furniture must be at least a century old, an interpretation known as the "100-year rule". Everything else is either vintage or collectible.

But many antique stores sell a 1930s Art Deco table as an "antique", but in another part of the store, sell a 1930s Schiaparelli gown as vintage. Some purists claim the word "vintage" should only apply to wine. Over the last decade the term "retro", meaning the period 1950s to 1970s, has become confused with "vintage".

A solution to this conundrum is to concentrate on craftsmanship, rather than the 100-year rule. True antiques should be entirely handmade. Machinery was not introduced into furniture making until the 1860s. Automatic processes meant that furniture could be produced with precision straight lines and identical components.

A true antique will have components such as handles, knobs, rungs and spindles - that should be identical - of slightly different shapes and sizes. Handcrafting cannot produce identical pieces or perfect symmetry in the manner of a machine. Even the best reproduction furniture is easily recognised because it will have equal dimensions and symmetry.

The drawers in any item of furniture give some of the best clues about its age. Joints in drawers that have been dovetailed by hand will not be equal. When a carpenter made the original antique items, the planes, drawknives and spokeshaves that were his tools would have left marks and nicks on the inside of panels and drawers.

The type of wood used for the furniture provides other pointer. Oak was the main wood used in Europe until around 1700. Walnut came into use during the reign of William and Mary (1689-1702). It was very popular during the short reign (1702 -1714) of their daughter Queen Anne. Not all Queen Anne chairs were made of walnut, but it`s a good rule to assume that most were.

Mahogany was introduced during the later part of Queen Anne`s reign and remained popular over the following centuries. Cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1789) always used mahogany for his furniture. The colonial period from the late 18th century onwards witnessed the introduction of different indigenous hardwoods from Asia and South America as well maple from North America.

Finer pine furniture in Britain had been made since the Middle Ages from wood imported from Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. At the beginning of the 20th century, carpenters began importing exotic walnut woods, kingwoods and zebrawoods to use as veneers.

The finish on a piece of furniture also gives clues to its age. Shellac - an insect resin dissolved in ethyl alcohol - was the only finish used on furniture until Victorian times. Successive coats of shellac were used for sealing and sanding wood until the surface acquired a very glossy finish. Very old furniture - pre-1700 - may be sealed and finished with oil and wax. Lacquers and varnishes were introduced after the 1860s.

If you are lucky enough to have identified a glorious piece of Chippendale, avoid hiding it in a period setting. Place it by a window next to modern Venetian blinds to give a stunning effect.

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Essential Responsibilities:

Address the concerns of current and prospective residents in a friendly and professional manner.

Helps set the standard on how Leasing Agents engage prospective and current residents. Tours and leases apartments as necessary.

Helps with training staff as necessary and models effective sales techniques on a daily basis.

Leads rent collection efforts, specifically with delinquent residents. This may involve lease termination and legal action if necessary.

Assist in managing the propertys budget by making sound fiscal decisions to increase the net operating income of the community.

Inspecting apartments during move-in and move outs, walking apartments and the community as needed.

Fill the role of acting Business Manager when the Business Manager is absent.

Personal Competencies:

Business leader

High energy

Customer focused

Articulate

Detail oriented/organized

Strong Communicator both oral and written

High degree of flexibility and tolerance for change

Qualifications:

Minimum of high school diploma, Bachelors degree preferred.

1 to 2 years previous minimum related work experience, property management exp a plus!

General office, bookkeeping and sales skills

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively with persons from diverse social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.

Extremely computer literate, including Microsoft office Suite

Previous experience in a supervisory role is helpful.

Pinnacle has grown to become America's largest apartment manager through many different successes. Yet, in today's ultra-competitive market, each success must fuel the next and speed is essential in the ongoing race to lead the industry.

If you are ready to work hard and be empowered and encouraged to innovate, contribute ideas and discover solutions to provide current and potential residents with unparalleled, world class customer service please complete click Apply Online.

Source: http://jobs.apartmentcareers.com/jobs/4855346/assistant-business-manager

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