All About Pay Per Click Management Services | Traffic,SEO,Internet ...

Designing and hosting a website to cater for your personal or company?s online business affairs is not enough. There are millions of sites selling similar products hence the need to improve your online visibility using advertisement techniques such as Pay Per Click. This form of Internet marketing is cost effective and can yield good results if used and administrated well using efficient Pay Per Click Management strategies.

You really don?t have to be very conversant with PPC to execute a successful search marketing campaign. You can execute the implementation and management of PPC campaigns to a digital marketing company. Some of the key services that you can expect from a PPC management company include: Keyword research and strategy, A/B testing, Ad testing, Ad copy and development, Landing pages, and Campaign optimization.

Keyword discovery, Keyword choice, Landing page creation, Conversion tracking, Ad text creation, Ad submission, Conversion tracking, PPC monitoring, Post PPC management, and many other services to name a few.

Most Pay Per Click management professionals are certified by major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and Alexia. This means that they understand online procedures and rules hence they are unlikely to use page ranking shortcuts that may have your site either black listed o shut own.

Another good thing to know about paid search advertising is that you can select PPC packages that suit your needs. If you have a definite budget and a set time frame for executing the campaign, all you have to do is to submit your proposal and the pay per click management company will determine the sort of package that will work for you best. Most packages cover the essential keyword selection, PPC account set up, keyword analysis, web analytics, and periodic updates and reports. Still, you can request for customized services based on your needs and preferences.

While using pay per click management services, you do not analyze your results manually. The company analyses all complexities of your internet marketing campaign(s), and provides detailed, real-time results. For instance, they will analyze how your current keyword is doing, and suggest changes, if needed. They will also manage your bids, track effectiveness of your campaign, and offer detailed periodic reports that can help you attract new customers to your website, and keep old ones.

It is important to note that Pay Per Click management is not necessarily expensive unless it incorporates special value adding features. Ultimately, this is the way to go if you are looking for increment in online traffic and ROI in a manner that assures you rapid and sustainable business growth.

Source: http://www.luhubben.net/all-about-pay-per-click-management-services

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One Direction Finds Home At #1 Spot

Sophomore album Take Me Home hits top of Billboard chart while 'Breaking Dawn - Part 2' soundtrack debuts at #3.
By Nadeska Alexis

One Direction's Take Me Home album cover
Photo: Sony

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697802/one-direction-take-me-home-billboard-debut.jhtml

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U.N. court ruling expands Nicaragua's offshore rights

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that a cluster of disputed small islands in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua, but drew a demarcation line in favor of Nicaragua in the nearby waters.

The court said the territorial waters extending out from the seven islets, which are nearer Nicaragua's coast than Colombia's, should not cut into Nicaragua's continental shelf. The ruling reduced the expanse of ocean belonging to Colombia.

The decision, which is binding, increases the size of Nicaragua's continental shelf and economic exclusion zone in the Caribbean, potentially giving it access to underwater oil and gas deposits as well as fishing rights.

"The court agrees that the achievement of an equitable solution requires a line of delimitation to allow the parties to attain their maritime rights in a mutually balanced way," said Peter Tomka, presiding judge.

In 2007, the court, which is based in The Hague, ruled in a long-running dispute between the two countries that the three larger islands of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina belonged to Colombia.

The ruling on Monday related to a further seven islets and the associated offshore rights surrounding them. The three larger islands have been controlled by Colombia since Nicaragua ceded them in a 1928 treaty.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos rejected the changes to the border, which effectively put some islands outside of the rest of the archipelago, saying the ruling had "omissions, mistakes, excesses, inconsistencies, that we cannot accept".

"Colombia ... emphatically rejects that aspect of the judgment the Court has issued," he said in a statement.

"Therefore, we do not rule out any action or mechanism granted to us by international law to defend our rights."

The cluster of islands is over 700 km (437 miles) from the Colombian coast but only 200 km (125 miles) from Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega welcomed the ruling as a recognition of his country's rights to fishing in the area and potential oil deposits. He criticized Santos for suggesting that Colombia would fight the court's ruling.

"To whom will they appeal?" Ortega said at a public event in Managua. "This is a lack of seriousness for a president of such an important nation as Colombia."

(Reporting by Thomas Escritt, Helen Murphy in Bogota and Ivan Castro in Managua; Editing by Alison Williams and Christopher Wilson)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-court-ruling-expands-nicaraguas-offshore-rights-050622138.html

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Dyle Brings Legal, Live TV To Your iPad, With Many Strings ...

Want to watch live TV on your iPad? You don?t have many options.

A handful of networks, including Disney and ESPN, will stream shows to your tablet, but you?ll need a cable subscription to make them work.

And if you live in New York City, Aereo will let you watch programming from broadcast networks. But since it isn?t paying the networks for that programming, the networks are suing to shut Aereo down.

So here?s another choice: Dyle, which launches for Apple?s iOS devices today. You?re probably not going to love it.

Dyle is backed by a consortium that includes NBC, Fox* and a lot of broadcast station owners, and it does have some things going for it:

• Dyle is free, for now.
• Dyle doesn?t require Wi-Fi or wireless service, because it?s beamed over the same airwaves the TV stations (still) use to send signals to TV sets. That means you can watch all you want, without worrying about data caps or charges.
• Since Dyle is backed by (some) of the networks and TV stations, there?s no legal gray area: It?s 100 percent legit.

On the other hand:

• You?ll need a $100 adapter ? basically a combination antenna and battery ? in order to use Dyle on Apple devices.
• Dyle only provides you with a handful of programming choices in the 35 cities it operates in ? basically, whatever?s on most NBC and Fox stations, and a smattering of other channels.
• Dyle doesn?t offer any DVR functions, which means you have to watch in real time or not at all. And you can?t fast-forward through commercials.
• One of live TV?s biggest selling points is sports. But a rights blackout means you can?t watch NFL games on Dyle. (That?s the only programming hole, though: An earlier version of the service did let users watch NBC?s Olympics broadcast, and Fox?s World Series games this year.)
• If you?re the kind of person who doesn?t want to buy an iPad mini because it doesn?t have Retina display, you?re not going to want to come near Dyle, which doesn?t broadcast in anything like HD. The picture looks okay on an iPhone, but by the time the image gets blown up to an iPad-size screen, it?s quite grainy.
• Dyle?s backers can?t promise that the service will remain free after the end of this year. It probably will. But, for whatever reason, they won?t say that out loud.

That?s a lot of hurdles to put in front of a consumer pondering a purchase. So why is Dyle bothering at all?

Dyle?s backers won?t come out and put it this way, but this appears to be a proof-of-concept test instead of a full-fledged product launch (Dyle has already been on the market for a few months, via MetroPCS?s?Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G, which comes with a preinstalled app and a built-in antenna).

You can imagine a future where Dyle would make more sense: It would offer TV from all the broadcasters, and the hardware it needs would get built directly into the gadgets themselves; it would also offer features like recording capabilities.

And at that point the Dyle guys could play around with different business models: They could charge a monthly fee for service. Or bundle it for ?free? with a cable TV subscription.

But in order to get to that point, the Dyle guys need to prove that there?s demand for what they?re already offering. It?s a tough chicken-and-egg problem, but you can at least give them credit for trying.

*Fox is owned by News Corp., which also owns this Web site.

Source: http://allthingsd.com/20121119/dyle-brings-legal-live-tv-on-your-ipad-with-many-strings-attached/

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The Reference Frame: Polish Breivik Wannabe: Dr Brunon Kwiecie? ...

I guess you have heard about the foiled plan (thank God) by a Polish nationalist to bomb the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament and to kill the president, the prime minister, and lots of lawmakers.

Via Gazeta.pl

He has had accumulated tons of explosives, detonators, guns, and lots of other equipment in his apartment and the threat was credible. A ready-to-explode vehicle contained 4 tons of explosives. The assassin was working hard to recruit accomplices. He has already confessed.

But chances are you haven't heard the name and occupation of the attacker. Well, you are fortunately a TRF reader.

His name is Dr Brunon Kwiecie? (45 years) and he is an analytic chemist from the Agricultural University in Krakow. The name means "Bruno April". It's puzzling for Czechs because the last name sounds like "kv?ten" which is the Czech word for the following month, May.

You would think that in the North, in Poland, the counterpart of the Czech May (the words "kv?ten" and "kwiecie?" are masculine nouns related to flowers or blossoming) will be June because flowers should blossom later but for some reason, it's the other way around.

He's been working in the Department of Chemistry and Physics ? which may be helpful for bomb attacks (given the type of his university, some explosives may have been based on fertilizers just like in Breivik's case) ? and you may even send him an e-mail although I am not sure whether he will respond to you... ;-)

You may check several publications he has co-authored. Not too many... but this is post-socialist Europe. The papers are about hydrogen bonds, the effects of heavier isotopes on chemistry, and stereochemistry. In the most recent 2011 paper, he and 5 co-authors have even employed multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

In Polish, his degrees are written as dr in?. Brunon Kwiecie?, the second degree is an engineering one.

Krakow, a historical city with 750,000 inhabitants, is located about 100 km Northeast from the Czecho-Slovak-Polish triple point

This event is close to my homeland because, as President Klaus said during a recent visit to Poland, the Poles are the closest nation to us. Of course, he had to later qualify that the he considers Slovaks to be "us", and so do I, at least in a generalized way. ;-)

When such plans are so close to me, I can see that ? despite the fact that I would obviously share some opinions with the guy ? I can't even remotely endorse anything from his plans. The president may be a former commie [oops, mea culpa, this comment referred to the former president Kwasniewski, not the current president Komorowski who was a natural dissident due to his aristocratic background] and the current prime minister may be a Euronaive guy who promises money to everyone [parody of the #1 Czech song from my kindergarten years] but they're kind of average Poles, too. To kill such folks would mean to kill ordinary Poles. I am fed up with many Czechs as well but in my opinion, patriotism requires one to get used to the actual characteristics and opinions of the typical members of the relevant nation, too.

Ewa Farna, Polish and Czech singer who will soon serve in the Czecho-Slovak Superstar jury (looking forward to it), recommends evacuation (in Polish). Czechia tends to avoid this kind of violence: the Czech version of this song is My Desire (Tou??m).

Source: http://motls.blogspot.com/2012/11/polish-breivik-wonnabe-dr-brunon.html

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Influential Non-Profit and Political Professionals Defined Young

Defining Young Black Philanthropy (l-r) Moderator Jovian Irvin; Panelists: Mike Muse, Amanda Ebokosia, Nubia Murray, Virginia Almendarez & Friends of Ebonie, Ebonie Johnson Cooper
On November 15, leading non-profit and political influencers, gathered for a poignant evening of networking and discussion focused on young black philanthropy

NEW YORK, New York ?There was no doubt where the philanthropic influencers of color were last Thursday evening. Hosted by Friends of Ebonie, with in-kind support from UPTOWN Magazine, COVERGIRL Queen Collection and CIROC vodka, Defining Black Philanthropy drew more than 80 young professionals of color to ImageNation RAW SPACE in Harlem for a mixer and panel discussion promoting civic engagement.

Following an hour of mixing and mingling, the panel discussion took attendees on an interactive journey through the world giving.? Led by moderator Jovian Irvin, Teach for America executive and Official Chasemaster for Janelle Monae?s Wondaland Arts Society, the discussion opened with a framing question to the audience: How often do you give?? "The core of philanthropy is not just giving, but giving in a strategic and meaningful way,? began panelist Nubia Murray, Senior Associate of Philanthropic Initiatives at JP Morgan Chase.? It was Democratic Finance Committee chair, Mike Muse who enlightened the audience to the power of philanthropy, "Philanthropy is the gateway to power. We [African Americans] are being left out of the conversation.? Being a giver now creates social currency and giving gives you the power to make requests.?? The panel also focused heavily on influence, especially the popular influence of social media.? As attendees live tweeted highlights of the conversation using the hashtag, #DefiningYBP, panelist, Amanda Ebokosia of the GEM Project, reminded the audience that 28% of the active Twitter demographic is African American.? ?You don't have to have one million followers or a big title to have a voice,? Muse shared on social media influence.? Irvin fittingly ended the discussion by encouraging attendees to be proactive with their time and resources, ?figure out where you are uniquely positioned to give.?? The panel also received artistic giving advice from Virginia Almendarez, Director of Individual Giving at The Apollo Theater.

The evening concluded with the opportunity for guests to engage with five New York-based non-profits looking to build relationships with new diverse volunteers.? Organizations included: New York Needs You, Generation Schools, The Apollo Theater?s Young Patrons Program, Girls Write Now and Figure Skating in Harlem.? Defining Young Black Philanthropy was also a donation site for The 24th Annual New York Cares Coat Drive; collecting a number of coats and warm outerwear for needy New Yorkers.

How was young black philanthropy defined, you ask? Friends of Ebonie Founder and President, Ebonie Johnson Cooper summarizes, "Young black philanthropy is all of who we are. It is our social influence, our culture and how we engage with our communities.? ? View more photos from the event here.

About Friends of Ebonie
Friends of Ebonie is a full service social responsibility and career engagement boutique firm for millennials of color. Through its unique approach to engaging young professionals in community and career acumen, Friends of Ebonie is helping to shape Generation-Y into trailblazing leaders.? The weekly blog and daily online engagement provides more than 1,200 professionals between the ages of 22- 35 with the resources to enrich their careers and to promote change in their communities. With its career enrichment service, The Resume & Cover Letter Shop, the firm helps to shape the career lives of its audience through writing and editing services as well as in-person workshops to develop strong professional brands.? Through social engagement, workshops and webinars, Friends of Ebonie has built a community of young professionals of color dedicated to serving their community and enriching their careers.? For more information about Friends of Ebonie, please visit http://friendsofebonie.com/about/.

Image Credit: RudineCarin Photography

Source: http://www.blackgivesback.com/2012/11/influential-non-profit-and-political.html

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HP says company it acquired lied

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Staff reports , CNBC.com

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Tuesday it took an $8.8 billion charge related to its acquisition of British software firm Autonomy, citing "serious accounting improprieties," as it swung to a fourth-quarter loss.

The company, fresh off a nearly $11 billion charge last quarter for its EDS services division, said more than $5 billion of the Autonomy charge was tied to "improprieties, misrepresentation and disclosure failures" discovered after a whistleblower came forward.

HP said it has referred the matter to the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division and the UK's Serious Fraud Office for civil and criminal investigation. It said it will take legal action to recoup "what we can for our shareholders."

In an interview with CNBC,?HP's CEO Meg Whitman said Autonomy's executives deliberately misled management and shareholders.

"We believed there is a willful effort on the part of certain members of Autonomy management to mislead shareholders when Autonomy was a publicly traded company, and to mislead potential buyers including HP, Whitman told CNBC.?

"We stand by the forensic review that we?ve seen," she added.?

?The former CEO of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, rejected the accusations.?

"The former management team of Autonomy was shocked to see this statement today, and flatly rejects these allegations, which are false," a spokeswoman told Reuters in a brief statement. ?"HP's due diligence review was intensive, overseen on behalf of HP by KPMG, Barclays and Perella Weinberg. HP's senior management has also been closely involved with running Autonomy for the past year."

?Silicon Valley-based HP, in the midst of a multiyear turnaround plan, said the charge is linked to the "associated impact of those improprieties, failures and misrepresentations on the expected future financial performance of the Autonomy business over the long-term."

HP said the accounting issues happened prior to its acquisition of Autonomy in 2011 for $11.5 billion. HP had been criticized by analysts for overpaying.

HP said that personal computer sales shrank again and its quarterly revenue fell 6.7 percent. HP's stock dropped 6.6 percent in premarket trading.

Net revenue fell 6.7 percent to $29.96 billion for the fourth quarter ended October 31 from $32.12 billion a year. Analysts, on average, expected $30.43 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The personal computer maker, which employs more than 300,000 people globally, is undergoing a restructuring aimed at focusing the sprawling company on enterprise services, in the mold of International Business Machines Corp.

Revenue from all of its main business units fell, with the personal computer division recording the steepest drop at 14 percent. ?

Whitman told CNBC that she thought Autonomy could still be salvaged.?

"Now what we need to do is turn this over to the authorities, seek redress on behalf of HP shareholders to recoup what we can," she said. "Then we want to take the Autonomy business and grow it because it does solve a real need in the market place on the behalf of customers."?

Reuters and?CNBC?contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/hp-says-company-it-acquired-lied-takes-8-8b-charge-1C7172258

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ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 19, 2012: CEA President and CEO Gary ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 19, 2012 ? /PRNewswire/ --?The 2012 mHealth Summit today announced that Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)?, will deliver the keynote luncheon address at this year's event.?

The 4^th annual mHealth Summit will take place December 3-5, 2012 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington, DC area.? Mr. Shapiro will address attendees during the keynote luncheon beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4^th regarding the role of innovation and pro-innovation policies in restoring the American economy, and the rise in mobile health and fitness technologies in consumer electronics. "We are pleased to have Mr. Shapiro address attendees at this year's mHealth Summit, to share his insights about the key role that innovation, consumer technologies and consumer channels are playing in the evolution and consumerization of healthcare," commented Richard Scarfo, Director of the mHealth Summit and Vice President of Events at HIMSS Media.?

Shapiro heads the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,000 consumer electronics companies, and owning and producing the International CES. He is also a New York Times?best-selling author of The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream. His latest book, Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses?will be released in January.

The 2012 mHealth Summit has become the global convener of the mobile health ecosystem and brings together 4,500 leaders from over 50 countries to encourage dialogue and advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes.? This year's expanded agenda includes an increased number of co-located events, the release of several new studies, including one from CEA on health and fitness. The expanded Conference program offers analysis, insights and lessons-learned about the critical issues surrounding mobile health in the areas of Health, Innovation, Technology, Research, Policy, Business and Finance.?

For more information:

About the mHealth Summit The mHealth Summit is presented by HIMSS, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the mHealth Alliance and the Foundation for the NIH.? It is the leading conference, expo and networking event advancing cross-sector collaboration in the best use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes. The 2012 mHealth Summit, to be held December 3-5 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, will connect leaders in government, private sector/industry, academia, foundations and not-for-profit organizations to advance discussion and decision-making related to the intersection of mobile technology, health research, and policy in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.mhealthsummit.org.

About CEA The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $206 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also owns and produces the International CES ? The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org and www.DeclareInnovation.com. Follow CES at www.CESweb.org

For additional information on the 2012 mHealth Summit's organizing partners, please visit:

About HIMSS:? www.himss.org?? ? About the Foundation for the NIH:? www.fnih.org ? About the mHealth Alliance:? www.mhealthalliance.org ? About the National Institutes of Health:? www.nih.gov

SOURCE mHealth Summit

Source: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/11/19/4427134/cea-president-and-ceo-gary-shapiro.html

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LA Boxing Parker | 9 Healthy Holiday-Eating Strategies

9 Healthy Holiday-Eating Strategies
By Karen Asp
Fend off holiday weight gain with these easy eating tricks.

The Strategy 1: Bring Your Own Food

Contribute a healthy dish to a gathering to ensure there?s something you can indulge in.

Tricks to Try

Eat the best-for-you offerings first. For example, hot soup as a first course?especially when it?s broth-based, not cream-based?can help you avoid eating too much during the main course.??Stand more than an arm?s length away from munchies, like a bowl of nuts or chips, while you chat so you?re not tempted to raise your hand to your mouth every few seconds.??Concentrate on your meal while you?re eating it. Focus on chewing your food well and enjoying the smell, taste, and texture of each item. Research shows that mealtime multitasking (whether at home or at a party) can make you pop mindless calories into your mouth. Of course, dinner-party conversation is only natural, but try to set your food down until you?re finished chatting so you are more aware of what you?re taking in.

The Strategy 2: Don?t Go Hungry to the Mall

To cut down on the lure of the food court, never go to the mall on an empty stomach.

Tricks to Try

Plan your shopping route so you don?t pass the Cinnabon stand a dozen times. The obvious reason? Both sights and smells can coax you to eat, and with some vendors purposefully wafting their aromas your way, saying no can feel impossible.??Choose a proper restaurant over the grab-and-go food court whenever you can. And request a table away from loud sounds and distractions, which can cause you to eat more. The bright lights and noisy hard surfaces can speed up the rate at which you eat and lead to overeating.??Avoid fast-food places that emphasize red in their color schemes. Red has been shown to stimulate the appetite more than many other colors, and many restaurants add it to their decor, in everything from the flowers on the table to the squiggles on the plates.

The Strategy 3: Keep Track of What You Eat

Maintain a food diary to help you stay committed to your goals during this risky eating period.

Tricks to Try

Weigh yourself daily and use that number to guide your actions. (Food diaries are helpful, but only if you?re totally honest and diligent about recording every morsel you eat.) Research has shown that women who step on the scale every day and then act accordingly, either increasing their exercise or being stricter about their eating, are 82 percent less likely to regain lost weight than those who don?t weigh in as often.??Zip yourself into your favorite pair of slim-fitting pants once a week and note how they fit. Too tight? Adjust your eating and exercise habits. Just right? Keep up the good work.

The Strategy 4: Eat Before Going to a Party

Before going out, have a healthy snack to curb your appetite.

Tricks to Try

Eat breakfast. This has been shown to prevent overeating later in the day.??Limit the number of high-calorie foods on your party plate. Research has shown that when faced with a variety of foods with different tastes, textures, smells, shapes, and colors, people eat more?regardless of their true hunger level. Cutting down on your personal smorgasbord can decrease what you end up eating by 20 to 40 percent.??Choose foods wisely, filling your plate with low-calorie items, such as leafy green salads, vegetable dishes, and lean proteins, and taking smaller portions of the richer ones. That way, you can eat a larger amount of food for fewer calories and not feel deprived.??Pop a sugar-free mint in your mouth. When you?ve had enough (and don?t want to eat more), the feeling of a fresh palate can curb additional craving.

The Strategy 5: Keep Healthy Snacks at the Office

Stash healthy foods in your desk at work so you?re not as tempted by the treats piling up at the office.

Tricks to Try

Try to keep communal office goodies out of view, either in an area that isn?t as highly trafficked as the kitchen or the break room, or in dark containers or covered dishes. In one study, people ate 26 percent more Hershey?s Kisses when the candies were in clear dishes versus white ones. And when the chocolates were placed six feet away, the average person ate only four a day, as opposed to nine a day when they were within arm?s reach.??Before you allow yourself a splurge, do something healthy, like eating a piece of fruit, walking around the office for five minutes, or climbing a few flights of stairs.??Plan on taking whatever tempts you home, and delay the daily indulgence until just before bedtime. At that point, you?re less likely to crave another treat immediately than you would during your afternoon coffee break, especially if the whole box is no longer around.

The Strategy 6: Manage Portion Size

Take sensible portions so you don?t end up eating too much.

Tricks to Try

Use smaller plates and serving utensils. Try a salad or dessert plate for the main course and a teaspoon to serve yourself. What looks like a normal portion on a 12-inch plate or a troughlike bowl can, in fact, be sinfully huge. In one study conducted at the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, even nutrition experts served themselves 31 percent more ice cream when using oversize bowls compared with smaller bowls. The size of the serving utensil mattered, too: Subjects served themselves 57 percent more when they used a three-ounce scoop versus a smaller scoop.??Pour drinks into tall, skinny glasses, not the fat, wide kind. Other studies at Cornell have shown that people are more likely to pour 30 percent more liquid into squatter vessels.

The Strategy 7: Control Your Environment

You plan to use sheer willpower during large family dinners.

Tricks to Try

Eat with a small group when you can. One study found that dining with six or more people can cause you to eat 76 percent more, most likely because the meal can last so long. (After an hour of staring at the stuffing, you?re more likely to have seconds.) At a big sit-down supper, be the last one to start and the second one to stop eating.??Sit next to a fellow healthy eater (there?s strength in numbers). Or sidle up to that uncle who eats slowly, so his pace can slow yours.??Wait for all the food to be on the table before making your selections. People who make their choices all at once eat about 14 percent less than do those who keep refilling when each plate is passed.??Keep visual evidence around of what you?ve consumed so you don?t forget. Leave an empty bottle of wine or beer in view and you?ll be less tempted to drink more.

The Strategy 8: Keep Up the Exercise

You?re determined to squeeze in at least one or two workouts a week, no matter how busy you get.

Tricks to Try

Break it up. If you don?t have time for your daily four-mile walk, do a few 10- or 15-minute spurts of exercise throughout the day (to accumulate the surgeon general?s recommendation of 30 minutes a day). They can be just as effective at maintaining overall fitness as one continuous workout.??Tell yourself that all the running around you?re doing (cleaning for houseguests, dashing through a million stores to find the perfect presents) can help keep your weight in check. In one Harvard study, people who were simply told that they did enough in their daily lives to meet the surgeon general?s recommendations lost weight and body fat without consciously changing a thing. A possible reason? Believing that what they were doing was having a positive effect may have led to subtle changes in their overall health behaviors.

The Strategy 9: Choose Your Indulgences

You intend to stave off feelings of deprivation by allowing yourself a ?cheat? day a week.

Tricks to Try

Plan in advance to eat a little more and be a little more flexible at this time of year, when you face daily temptations. That way, you can savor the culinary joys of the holidays a little more often and you?ll be less likely to binge. For instance, rather than inhaling four sugar cookies on your cheat day, allow yourself one as a dessert when the mood strikes. Then make one little switch during the day to account for those calories?maybe skipping that morning latte or cutting out an afternoon snack.??Choose your indulgences wisely. Instead of wasting calories on foods that you can have at any time of the year, pick items that are truly special and unique to the season, like your grandmother?s candied yams or your daughter?s first batch of Christmas cookies.

Source: http://laboxing.com/parker/blog/2012/11/18/590/

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Scarecrow Laser Tanks are As Awesome As They Are Overkill

Scarecrows are a tried and true piece of human technology, but nowadays birds harass more than just crops; they also bother planes. That's why South Korea has developed a new kind of overkill scarecrow for airports: an unmanned tank with laser and acoustic weapons. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/wfWGhsRZtSI/scarecrow-laser-tanks-are-as-awesome-as-they-are-overkill

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Train ploughs into school bus in Egypt, 47 killed

CAIRO (Reuters) - Up to 47 people, mostly children, were killed when a train slammed into a school bus as it crossed tracks in a city south of Cairo on Saturday, state media and officials said.

A senior security official in Assiut, near the crash site, said 44 of the dead were children, aged around four to eight. Two women and a man, who was probably the bus driver, also died, he added.

The state news agency said another 13 people were injured. A medical source said as many as 28 were injured, 27 of them children.

Egypt's roads and railways have a poor safety record and Egyptians have long complained successive governments have failed to enforce basic safety standards, leading to a string of deadly accidents.

"They told us the barriers were open when the bus crossed the tracks and the train collided with it," said Mohamed Samir, a doctor at Assiut hospital where the injured were taken, citing witness accounts.

He said the bodies of many of those killed were severely mutilated, indicating the force of the crash, which took place in the city of Manfalut, near Assiut, about 300 km (190 miles) south of the capital.

"I saw the train collide with the bus and push it about 1 km (half a mile) along the track," said Ahmed Youssef, a driver.

Another witness also said the train hit the bus with great force, smashing up the bodies.

Transport Minister Mohamed Rashad offered his resignation, which President Mohamed Mursi was considering, state media reported.

Mursi ordered his ministers to offer support to the families of those killed, the official news agency said. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil ordered those responsible for the crash be investigated.

Families of those involved in the crash protested at the scene, the state news agency reported. Officials sought to reassure them that the case would be investigated and they would receive help, it said.

Earlier this month, at least three Egyptians were killed and more than 30 injured in a train crash in Fayoum, another city south of Cairo. In July, 15 people were injured in Giza, close to the capital, when a train derailed.

Egypt's worst train disaster was in 2002 when a fire ripped through seven carriages of an overcrowded passenger train, killing at least 360 people.

Many more have been killed in rail accidents since then despite pledges from successive government to improve safety. Accidents involving multiple deaths are also common on Egypt's poor road network.

(Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/40-egyptian-school-children-killed-crash-report-072706924.html

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91% Holy Motors

All Critics (103) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (94) | Rotten (9)

Holy Motors is wild and unfettered and playful - the work of an artist who carries his love of cinema in his bones, and knows how to share that affection with the audience.

This is the most exhilarating cinema ride of 2012, a marvellously mobile mystery trip.

In "Holy Motors" Carax insists on our other selves. His daylong ride is a wary celebration, a joyful dirge that's served up in concentrated form by a roving band of accordion players. It's all in a day's work.

As cryptic and unpredictable as that premise might suggest.

Lavant is splendid in the film, and he's essentially the entire film - and yet, "Holy Motors" is somewhat more than a contraption built for a fearless performer.

Here is a film that is exasperating, frustrating, anarchic and in a constant state of renewal. It's not tame.

Weird, baffling, and the lunatic work of a powerfully ambitious filmmaker, 'Holy Motors' is one of the best films of the year.

Andr? Breton would be proud.

I just know Holy Motors tickled me, cosmic pretensions and all.

Some day, an editor is going to put together a highlight reel of Denis Lavant's greatest performances. Will most of it be scenes from Holy Motors?

It's rare that we get the chance to encounter anything this freely inventive, this amusing, this ineffably sad and, yet, this full of life.

A fascinating and heartbreaking study of humanity, one leavened with a refreshing levity and humor that makes Carax's philosophy on life not only palatable, but thoroughly enjoyable.

A stunning exploration of identity in both society and filmmaking that features one of the best performances of the year by some stretch.

A film that not only demands repeat viewings but also makes that an attractive proposition.

A multitude of pleasures abound if one gives into the insane spell the film casts.

An exercise in overindulgence.

A glorious, gross, absurd, haunting dream and deconstruction of identity that may enthrall like a symphony or annoy like a rash.

Whatever your approach to the schoizoid storyline, you're unlikely to ever forget the exhilarating, eruptive cinematic splooge of Holy Motors.

Holy moly, Carax drops the movie acid.

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Left with tornado damage, Cordova blaming FEMA

CORDOVA, Ala. (AP) ? Officials in the old Alabama mill town of Cordova say the money to demolish buildings damaged by tornadoes a year and a half ago remains mired in red tape.

Mayor Drew Gilbert says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is constantly seeking explanations and documentation, and holding up the process.

The town's main street looks about the same as it did the deadly tornadoes ripped across the southeast in April 2011, with battered red bricks and broken glass littering the pavement.

FEMA officials say they're only doing their job in Cordova, documenting damaged buildings and covering all the details before providing money to tear them down. The agency says there are historically significant structures that require careful consideration.

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Israel Mobilizes as Rockets Target Jerusalem

By CHARLES LEVINSON in Tel Aviv, MATT BRADLEY in Gaza City and SAM DAGHER in Cairo

Associated Press

A Palestinian picks through debris after an Israeli air strike on the building of Hamas's Ministry of Interior in Gaza City.

TEL AVIV?Israel's military stepped up its mobilizations for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip on Friday after Palestinian rockets struck near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as neighboring Egypt escalated its own war of words against Israel.

Late Friday, Israel's cabinet approved the call-up of 75,000 Israeli reservists, more than doubling the number authorized the previous day. Heavy armor and soldiers from two elite brigades continued to mass at staging grounds on the Gaza border. A decision to launch a ground invasion could come within 24 to 36 hours if rocket fire continues, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told CNN on Friday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil made a historic visit to the Gaza Strip amid the biggest flare-up of violence in years between Israel and Hamas, underscoring the acute dilemma Egypt's new Islamist government faces. Matt Bradley has details from the Gaza Strip on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.

Israel began mobilizing thousands of troops Thursday, extending its aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip early Friday, while Palestinian militants mounted their deepest-ever missile strikes into the heart of Israel. Photo: REUTERS.

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Smoke rises from a Hamas site after an Israeli airstrike in the center of Gaza City on Friday.

"They don't call up all these reserves to keep people standing in the stands watching," said a senior Israeli military official. "After rockets on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, it's pretty hard not to" order a ground invasion.

For three hours on Friday, Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil visited the Gaza Strip and stood hand-in-hand with leaders of Hamas, the militant and political group that rules Gaza. Coming after two days of Israeli strikes there, it was a bold show of support for Hamas from Cairo as well as a diplomatic gambit to gain a break in the fighting.

Israel had pledged to hold its fire during Mr. Qandil's three-hour visit. But rockets from the Palestinian territory could be heard taking off toward Israel, even as the Egyptian premier spoke to reporters.

In Singapore, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is traveling on a trip to Southeast Asia, a senior U.S. official said Saturday that the U.S. is "working overtime" with countries in the Middle East to de-escalate the rising violence. Mrs. Clinton has been in touch with top officials in Israel, Egypt and Jordan in a bid to get Hamas to stop firing rockets on Israeli cities and to avoid the need for Israel to invade Gaza, the official said.

"Every nation has a right to take steps to end" threats such as those Israel faces, said the official, who is accompanying Mrs. Clinton on the trip. "We are working overtime" with regional countries to allow the situation to de-escalate "so that decision [of an Israeli invasion] does not face us."

"We believe that there is an opportunity to de-escalate if Hamas and those engaging with Hamas take the necessary steps to create a situation of calm?and stop firing rockets," he said.

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Relatives grieve at the funeral of one of the three killed in an attack on Kiryat Malachi, Israel.

The emerging question in the latest conflict?which was sparked by a rise in Gazan rocket attacks on Israel earlier this month, and broke into the open when Israel assassinated Hamas's top military commander on Wednesday?is how far Egypt's new Islamist government can extend itself on the behalf of its ideological allies in Hamas.

Egypt is a peace partner of Israel. Its gasping economy depends on Western largess and its military largely is funded by the U.S. In recent days, U.S. President Barack Obama has had several calls with Egypt's recently elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, aimed at bringing Hamas in line. During Friday's call, the White House said, President Obama commended Egypt's efforts to de-escalate the siguation.

"Morsi's room to maneuver is very limited," said Ofer Zalzberg, a Middle East analyst with the International Crisis Group. "He is dependent on the West. Everything he has done so far is pretty standard, not very different than what [former President Hosni] Mubarak would have done. Even sending the PM to Gaza, he declared that only after his conversation with Obama. So he's not out there acting unilaterally."

If Israel's leaders give the order for a ground assault on Gaza, it would be the first such operations since 2009 and would plunge Israel's government into risky territory?risking soldier casualties and steep political fallout should the operation go awry, and jeopardizing its international backing.

Israel's three-week ground war against Hamas in 2009 left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead, and destroyed entire villages and much of Gaza's infrastructure. Israel's image tanked internationally as it fended off war-crimes accusations.

On Mr. Morsi's orders, Mr. Qandil arrived in Gaza on Friday morning to demonstrate his new government's clear policy break from Mr. Mubarak's more-pro-Israeli regime. In a visit unprecedented for such a senior Egyptian official, he met with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh before visiting wounded civilians at a crowded Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

In a chaotic news conference at Shifa Hospital amid hundreds of reporters and blood-spattered doctors, Messrs. Qandil and Haniyeh blasted Israeli aggression and declared a new unified front against Israel.

"It isn't a matter of individuals, not a matter of community. It is a matter of a nation. The Arab nation, the Islamic nation," Mr. Qandil said. "We are all behind you, the struggling nation, the heroic that is presenting its children as heroes every day."

It remained unclear what message Mr. Qandil relayed to Hamas. In the days leading up to Wednesday's Israeli attack, Egypt was busily trying to broker a cease-fire between the combatants. A Western diplomat in Israel said the Israeli offensive had further angered Egypt's government because Cairo believed that Israel had feigned interest in the Egyptian-mediated talks earlier in the week as a diversionary tactic so that Hamas would let its guard down.

The Israeli government remains confident that, despite the tough talk from Mr. Morsi's government, there was little risk that Egypt would do anything to undermine the peace treaty with Israel. "There's ongoing dialog and channels open between the defense establishments of Egypt and Israel," a senior defense official said.

One of the missiles fired from Gaza during Mr. Qandil's visit set off sirens in Tel Aviv for a second straight day, followed by a loud explosion. Israeli police officials said the rocket appeared to have fallen into the sea off Tel Aviv. Another rocket, fired on Thursday, was intercepted by Israel's missile defense system. Later Friday, two rockets hit near Jerusalem, falling harmlessly in open areas, according to Israeli officials.

The strikes on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem?the first ever for Palestinian rocket teams?underscored the significant upgrade to Hamas's weapons arsenal in recent years, which could also increase the costs of a ground invasion.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces were preparing for a possible offensive. Of the 75,000 reservists approved late Friday for call-up, 16,000 have been called. The military posted and emailed pictures of its elite paratroopers preparing equipment near Gaza's border.

Israel hit the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and artillery shells for a second straight day Thursday and Hamas ramped up rocket fire at Israel, as both sides widened hostilities in the conflict's bloodiest escalation in four years. Charles Levinson has the latest from Tel Aviv on The News Hub.

After Friday prayers at the Azhar mosque in Cairo, worshipers chanted anti-Israel slogans in response to the clashes between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Video by WSj's Sam Dagher via #WorldStream.

"A ground maneuver is a political decision," said Capt. Eytan Buchman, an Israeli military spokesman. "But we're ready to carry out the order whenever it comes."

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If Israel halted its offensive now, even with a reciprocal cease-fire agreement from Hamas, the strikes on Israel's two most important cities would remain the enduring memories of the conflict and could allow Hamas to claim victory, the defense official said.

Hamas officials accused Israel's air force of targeting the home of Prime Minister Haniyeh's home Thursday evening amid a massive overnight escalation. Mr. Haniyeh wasn't there at the time, Hamas said, and it was unclear whether his home was in fact hit. If true, the accusation that Israel targeted a nominally elected top leadership figure in Hamas would mark a serious uptick in Israel's controversial "targeted killing" effort against Hamas leaders.

Israeli officials denied targeting Mr. Haniyeh's home.

By Friday evening, Israel's military said it had carried out over 500 strikes in Gaza. In a single hour early Friday morning, the military said it hit 70 different targets, mostly earthen pits militants use as launchpads in central and northern Gaza.

Palestinian militants have fired approximately 600 rockets at Israel since hostilities began, including more than 150 on Friday. Of those 400 have struck Israel, but only 30 have hit urban areas, according to the military. Israel's newly deployed Iron Dome missile defense system has intercepted 180 urban-bound rockets, the military says.

Israel's strikes have killed 28 Palestinians, about half of them militants, and wounded over 270, according to Gaza health officials. Three Israelis have been killed in a single rocket strike on an apartment complex in southern Israel on Thursday.

?William Mallard contributed to this article.

Write to Charles Levinson at charles.levinson@wsj.com, Matt Bradley at matt.bradley@dowjones.com and Sam Dagher at sam.dagher@wsj.com

A version of this article appeared November 17, 2012, on page A9 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Israel Mobilizes as Rockets Target Jerusalem.

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New Mexico program welcomes Cerrillos native

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Sunday, Nov. 18 Cerrillos Hills State Park will welcome Cerrillos native Gabriel Sahd, to the centennial room at the visitor center, at 3:00 p.m. for a Chautauqua program.

Mr. Sahd will portray Jos? Aaron Librado Gurul, a 16-year-old peon from Placitas, N.M. The boy became a wool drover on a journey from Santa Fe to Kansas City in 1867.

?Gabriel Sahd?s family has been in Cerrillos for generations,? Cerrillos Hills State Park Manager Sarah Wood said. ?We?re pleased to have him as a speaker through the New Mexico Humanities Council Chautauqua program.?

The program is free and open to the public.

The Cerrillos Hills State Park Visitor Center is located at 37 Main St. Cerrillos, N.M. ,16 miles south of Santa Fe and 3 miles north of Madrid off New Mexico State Highway 14.

For more information, contact park staff at 505-474-1096.

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Social media through sites like Twitter and Facebook is the future of online advertising. Although the marketing industry recognizes the potential of social media marketing, many businesses have not yet explored the possibilities. This article will provide you with a wealth of advice for building and maintaining your own social media marketing strategy.

Make it as easy as possible for your users to subscribe to your information. Even though email marketing is a little old-fashioned, it still gets readers? attention. If they get your emails, they can?t forget about you!

Help people online and on social media websites so you can look like an expert. You will likely see an increase in customers if you use this strategy correctly. Go through social media websites to find people who are posing questions dealing with your industry, and give them helpful responses. This will help to increase your overall client base.

Done correctly, use of Twitter for business promotion can be highly effective. If you learn how Twitter works, it?s possible to have your business seen and followed by hundreds, or even thousands, of people. Learn about using hastags, keywords, etc. on Twitter.

A great means for marketing your business is to make videos to upload to YouTube. One way to get the most out of YouTube is to video blog about your different products and what goes on behind the scenes at your business. These videos can go on YouTube and your blog, so that you double your exposure.

If formatting is not your strength, consider turning the next article to be posted on your social media profiles into a list. In doing a list, you are able to simple relay your information with brevity, and you can highlight the most important points numerically at the top. Because a large portion of social networking users are in younger age groups, concise and relevant information may be your best bet.

Keeping finding new ways to get in touch with your customers. In some circumstances, it may be helpful to comment on their blog posting or current Facebook status. It is important that you do not participate in personal conversations; you should limit your posts to topics related to your business.

Include a Facebook ?Like? button on your blog, and on each post you make there. Your customers will likely click on this, since you?ve made it so easy and convenient for them. Anything providing ease for your reader increases the chances of them coming back to read more of your content.

Have your virtual ear to the ground to listen for customer feedback. Thank everyone who gives you feedback, and make sure you listen to everything they have to say. Take notes on feedback that you receive, and you might notice recurring comments which you can use.

Facebook users can check in to your ?place? using their cell phone. Make a Facebook page for your business, and give customers a big discount if they are able to present to a cashier an updated status message that mentions your business. Foursquare is an app which offers this service as well, and is another avenue you can pursue.

Leave Comments

Be accessible to potential customers. Do you have a site that sells home improvement products? Go to the home decorating websites and leave comments. Do you write for a pet blog? Likewise, leave comments and links to your pages on relevant pet store websites. This can help you to improve your overall following for free.

In order to not upset any of your followers, stay away from sharing personal or political information. It is good to show some personality, but being too open can look a little unprofessional and be negative. Write about things that have to do with your niche, and keep your tone conversational.

Reread all of the words you write and make sure the content you add is good quality. Anything that you write can be used against you in a courtroom, so if talking about your competition, or other people, never speak of them in a negative light where you could be held liable for what you say.

Social Media

Like other forms of advertising, social media marketing takes time. The idea should be to develop a base and then to grow followers based on your initial niche. Prior to announcing major social media efforts, take the time to get as many people as possible signed up to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Be sure to reference your social media sites on your main website and in any print, radio, or TV advertising you do.

It is vitally important that your business utilizes social media marketing. Failure to add a SMM component to your marketing plan can cause loss of sales and competitive edge. This article is geared to the business or website owner who wants to leverage social media but doesn?t know where to start.

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Egypt: Train hits school bus; 22 children killed

CAIRO (AP) ? A security official says a train has collided with a bus carrying kindergarteners to their school in southern Egypt, killing at least 22.

The official says the crash occurred Saturday as the bus crossed tracks near a village in Manfaloot district in the southern province of Assiut. The bus was carrying nearly 50 children between 4 and 6 years old. He says 12 more are not accounted for.

The official says it appears that the railroad crossing was not closed as the train sped towards it. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Egypt's railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on badly maintained equipment and poor management.

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92% Skyfall

All Critics (254) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (233) | Rotten (21)

'Quantum of Solace,' was a dour, dire letdown. This picture's a substantial bounce back, and easily the best Craig Bond picture. Emotional depth and all.

Sam Mendes' 'Skyfall': sleek, slithery, sensual

The cool accomplishment of Skyfall, 23rd in the Broccoli franchise, is that it seems a necessary, rather than mandatory, addition to the year's popular culture.

Among the most ambitious imaginings of Bond to date: dark, supple, and punctuated with moments of unanticipated visual brilliance.

Mendes' approach to action is classical and elegant - no manic editing and blurry unintelligible images here - but what makes the movie special is the attention he pays his actors.

"Skyfall" is a different kind of Bond movie, one that works just fine on its own terms, but a steady diet of this might kill the franchise. One "Skyfall" is enough.

Sweeping action, solid characters, spectacular scenery, a bountiful sense of cleverness, and a pitch-perfect tone of self-reference to the long line of Bond pop-culture mythology.

Mendes and Co. has an astutely cunning way to keep our blood pumping every minute of the latest and, arguably, best time we've had with the enduring Bond in years.

Better than the average Bond, but not the greatest.

a crackerjack Bond film that cannily mixes the harder, more severe edges of the previous Craig films with a sly sense of humor

The latest James Bond adventure proves, at least in my opinion, that Craig has grasped the role better than any of his predecessors, including Sean Connery.

Skyfall succeeds in providing epic escapism with just the right balance of action, art-house aesthetics and melodrama.

I had more fun with it than I didn't, which is more than I can say about a lot of these big budget event movies.

Bardem's Silva and the spectacular image-making breathe new life into the old firm. Bond-age has rarely been so much fun.

This is a strong, fast, and sexy action story that gives us something different from the Bond films we have seen before.

Indeed one of the very best in the series' 50-year history. Director Sam Mendes gathered a superb cast and technical team for this 007 outing and their collective proficiency shows.

While [the film] gets more emotional and resonant as it goes on, it also gets much slower and narrower in scope.

Traveling the world, solving a mystery, hunting people down, killing some of those people...everything that you want James Bond to do. Then it takes an interesting turn.

Skyfall might stand as the lone example of a satisfying, standalone narrative blending with all those tried-and-true Bond tropes. Adele tune aside, Mendes makes nary a misstep.

... a bang-up job of interweaving arty visuals. dour backstory, in-jokes, and, for the series faithful, heartfelt comings and goings ... Bardem is the best (read most twisted) franchise baddie since Heath Ledger's Joker.

...just as Marc Forster went off the rails in Quantum of Solace during that silly horse-race juxtaposition, so too does Mendes go overboard with the deconstruction/dysfunction.

If our 21st-century spies must be dark instead of Pop, let them be presented with as much conviction and professionalism as in 'Skyfall,' the best movie yet with Daniel Craig as a particularly vulnerable bruiser of a Bond for a cynical post-Cold War era.

Nothing Like A Good Villian

The villain isn't intent on destroying the world, and the gadgets consist of items you might find at The Sharper Image. The 23rd Bond outing delivers thrills all the same.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/skyfall/

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Perry Scott Nash: Workplace safety and health advice just got simple ...

I was interested to read that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have initiated a radical revamp of the way small businesses access official advice about health and safety online with the launch of the new Health and Safety Toolbox.

This is being hailed as bringing together, in one place, everything a small, low-risk business could need to manage health and safety, and is said to be written with busy firms in mind, making it easy to find relevant guidance on specific risks with a few clicks of the mouse.

The package of guidance, developed by the HSE, with the support of businesses - will help business owners and employers avoid wasting precious time reading what they don't need to, wasting money on unnecessary bureaucracy or resorting to hiring costly consultants.

Here?s a background quote from Judith Hackitt, the HSE Chair:

"This package is everything small and low risk businesses could need to manage health and safety, online and free.?

"It will help businesses save time and money by getting them focusing on the real risks, guiding them to what is relevant for them and steering them away from what's not.

"By going online and working through it for themselves, for free, we hope low-risk SMEs will realise that they don't need expensive consultancy or reams of paperwork to manage their responsibilities. It is of no benefit to businesses or workers if over the top precautions are introduced?.

Included in the site are sections on the most common risks such as manual handling, trip hazards and harmful substances.

I have to say, any initiative to make Health and Safety information either easier to access or easier to understand, should be viewed as a force for good. My only reservation would be that more often that not, the full spectrum of H&S issues cannot be covered by a simple checklist and tips. Site visits looking at how businesses operate and understanding the conditions, demands and systems in place are vital for employee and consumer safety.? Businesses should not automatically assume they are ?low risk? ? it?s better to have procedures in place to ensure safety rather than to come face to face with a claimant in the Courtroom.

Andy Cox, Business Development Manager

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