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Ultimately, social media management is similar to community management on a website forum or what goes on within a public relations department. A social media management individual can monitor incoming and outgoing interactions, in addition to other small business marketing activities. This streamlines your social media and online marketing process in a very efficient manner. By consolidating how you engage and participate in your social media conversations, a social media manager can help you to oversee what people are saying about your business and what you want to say to your customers.

A social media manager must know how to automate the process of getting your business?s messages out there to your social media followers. They can do this with other online platforms to simultaneously send out information to multiple social media outlets. This way you can ramp up your online presence, stay connected, build a social media network and still focus on the business of doing business.

Your social media manager will keep you connected in a variety of ways. They should regularly update your website?s blog, post on other popular blogs using back links and regularly update your Twitter and Facebook pages just to name a few duties. A good social media manager will also constantly ferret out other types of public and private online communities and sites that can raise your business?s profile online. Good social media management can help reduce the impact of your competitors by beating them to the social punch.

There are also social media management tools that can help your manager integrate all your social networking activities, with your other small business marketing programs. These other marketing programs can include more internet strategies. For example, much targeted search engine optimization campaigns, prospect and lead generation systems, email marketing campaigns, white papers, and distribution of eBooks as promotional tools for extra income streams. With good social media management you can raise your small business?s online presence gradually and persistently to create a very loyal customer base.

About the Author: Shane Barker is serial and social entrepreneur who has a proven track record in developing and executing long term marketing strategies, social media campaigns, and is an experienced product development specialist. As an acknowledged expert in growing businesses, he was a partner in a startup venture that was valued at over 20+ million dollar in less than 2 years. He enjoys developing businesses and has a passion for giving back to the community. Visit Shane Barker /@shane_barker

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ? Australia has urged other countries to adopt the world's toughest law on cigarette promotion, which was upheld Wednesday by the country's highest court and prohibits tobacco companies from displaying their logos on cigarette packs.

The High Court rejected a challenge by tobacco companies who argued the value of their trademarks will be destroyed if they are no longer able to display their distinctive colors, brand designs and logos on cigarette packs.

Starting in December, packs will instead come in a uniformly drab shade of olive and feature graphic health warnings and images of cancer-riddled mouths, blinded eyeballs and sickly children. The government hopes the new packs will make smoking as unglamorous as possible.

"Many other countries around the world ... will take heart from the success of this decision today," Attorney General Nicola Roxon told reporters after the court ruling.

"Governments can take on big tobacco and win and it's worth countries looking again at what the next appropriate step is for them," she added.

British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International are worried that the law will set a global precedent that could slash billions of dollars from the values of their brands. They challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate intellectual property rights and devalue their trademarks.

The cigarette makers argued that the government would unfairly benefit from the law by using cigarette packs as a platform to promote its own message, without compensating the tobacco companies. Australia's constitution says the government can only acquire the property of others on "just terms."

The court, which ordered the tobacco companies to pay the government's legal fees, withheld its reasons for the judgment on Wednesday. They'll be released later this year.

Philip Morris said it would continue to pursue compensation through the terms of a bilateral investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong.

"There is still a long way to go before all the legal questions about plain packaging are fully explored and answered," company spokesman Chris Argent said in a statement.

British American Tobacco spokesman Scott McIntyre said the company was disappointed in the court's decision but would comply with the law.

"Although the (law) passed the constitutional test, it's still a bad law that will only benefit organized crime groups which sell illegal tobacco on our streets. ... The illegal cigarette black market will grow further when all packs look the same and are easier to copy," McIntyre said in a statement.

Imperial Tobacco echoed that argument.

"Plain packaging will simply provide counterfeiters with a road map," spokeswoman Sonia Stewart said in a statement. "The legislation will make the counterfeiters' job both cheaper and easier by mandating exactly how a pack must look."

Australia's Health Minister Tanya Plibersek dismissed those claims, saying there are still measures to prevent counterfeiting, such as the use of alphanumeric codes on legitimate cigarette packs.

Australia faces a potential challenge to its laws through the World Trade Organization, with three tobacco growing countries ? Ukraine, Honduras and the Dominican Republic ? making official requests for consultation on plain packaging. Consultations are the first stage of the WTO's dispute resolution process.

These countries argue that the laws contravene Australia's international obligations in respect to trade-related aspects of intellectual property.

Roxon said while countries had raised with Australia the trade implications of the laws, her government would fight to maintain them.

"It's never been asserted successfully around the world in any trade dispute that governments are not allowed to take public health measures to protect their community," she said.

Ross McKenzie, a Macquarie University lecturer on health studies, said it was likely that the tobacco industry was behind the WTO challenge.

"From everything I've read, the challenges won't be particularly strong," McKenzie said.

"The trademarks aren't being expropriated; they're being restricted in their use, which is quite different. There're lots of trademarks that are restricted by lots of governments," he added.

Tobacco advertising was banned from Australian television and radio in 1976. Restrictions on advertising have tightened over the years to include print ads, the Internet and retail outlets.

Smokers account for 17 percent of Australia's population, compared with around 20 percent of American adults.

With high taxes aimed at dissuading smokers, a pack of 25 cigarettes retails in Australia for about 16 Australian dollars ($17).

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Associated Press writer Kristen Gelineau in Sydney contributed to this report.

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If you knew the magic secret to quitting smoking, it would be so easy to just put those cigarettes down forever. Many people struggle with quitting, and try several different methods before they find one that finally works. If you are trying to quit, check out the tips below and see if you can find some inspiration and help on your journey to quitting smoking for good.

Prepare to say goodbye. Smoking is not a habit, it is a relationship. You will grieve the loss of an old friend. So you need to be prepared to go through the six stages of grieving a loss and parting ways with your smoker self. Think back to how you have said goodbye to things in the past and apply the successful tricks you used then.

Find out specifics on how quitting smoking will improve your health. There are many statistics out there about how dramatically different your odds of contracting diseases are if you don?t smoke. Find out too how soon you can expect to experience other small perks like improved breathing and sense of taste.

When quitting smoking, always drink a lot of water. Water can assist your body in eliminating all the nicotine and other bad chemicals. In addition, it can assist in decreasing your cravings for cigarettes by filling your oral desires. Water has tons of other benefits as well, so you need to aim to consume at least eight glasses per day.

If you want to quit smoking, stop buying cigarettes. It kind of goes without saying that if you don?t have cigarettes on you, it will be much more difficult to smoke. Throw away any cigarettes that are currently in your possession and make a pact with yourself not to buy any more.

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Olympics: Defar wins 5000m gold again, eight years on

London, Aug 11

Meseret Defar from Ethiopia produced the fastest turn of speed in the last 200 metres of the women's 5,000-metre to claim her second Olympic gold medal in the event here.

Defar, gold medal winner in Athens 2004, was able to outsprint Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya and her fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba to claim gold.

"I'm very happy. It's a great day for me. Since 2008 I have tried everything as I wasn't able to win the Olympics," she said, following celebrations in which she had cried after crossing the finish line.

"I have been hoping for this day for a long time," she exhilerated. "I have won two Olympic medals before, this is my third. I'm not sure I can do a fourth, so this means a lot to me," said Defar.

Dibaba had gone into the race as double gold medal winner in 5,000 and 10,000 metres in Beijing and was in good form after winning the 10,000 metres final just a week ago. she said she had no complaints about failing to complete an Olympic double, although she commented she had not been fully fit.

"First of all, I am happy that the gold medal stayed in the hands of Ethiopia. And I would like to say congratulations to Meseret Defar for winning the gold," said Dibaba.

"Before I came to London for the Games, I didn't train for nine days because of injuries. I was taking medicines and painkillers. To win a gold medal and bronze is a great achievement for an injured athlete. I am happy to join the legends in Ethiopian athletics," said Dibaba.

Cheruiyot, 10,000-metre bronze medallist and reigning World Champion, had looked certain to challenge fellow Kenyans Viola Kibiwot and Sally Kipyego.

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When you plan any home additions or home improvement, you should employ a building contractor knowledgeable with the right building materials and hardware. A good home improvement building contractor should be familiar with all aspects of home additions. Your home renovation should meet the following goals.

Comfort

Comfort of existing home improves with the under mentioned processes.

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  • Enhancing the capacity of electrical and plumbing systems
  • Waterproofing of floors, basements, and walls
  • Soundproofing bedrooms, bathrooms, and other rooms

Repair and Maintenance

Repair and maintenance work includes

  • Tearing off and replacing roofs
  • Repairing electrical and plumbing systems
  • Repairs to foundation through masonry and concrete repairs

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One of the most important home additions is creating additional space. This could be through

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  • Extending your home by adding rooms to existing building or by building extra levels above the original roof

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If you employ an expert home improvement contractor, you could considerably save on utility costs. The home additions expert would implement the following steps to help you save energy.

  • Thermal insulation for higher energy efficiency and replacement of lighting and windows for energy saving
  • Installing renewable energy devices like solar panels, biomass stoves, geothermal exchange heat pumps, programmable thermostats, and wind turbines

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The following safety and security measures are part of any good home improvement.

  • Installation of burglar alarm and fire alarm systems
  • Installation of fire sprinkler systems to extinguish fire quickly
  • Security doors, shutters, and windows
  • Backup generator for having continuous power when power outages occur
  • Storm cellars in areas prone to hurricanes and tornadoes

Employment of Expert Home Additions Contractor

Even though you could yourself undertake a few of the above home improvement processes, it is always advisable a specialized home additions contractor. When you hand over the entire project to an expert, you could be sure that the contractor would take care of everything related to your home improvement work. The contractor would coordinate work schedules, purchase quality materials and hardware, remove debris, and suggest steps to enhance the efficiency of the project.

The home additions contractor that you select should have proper licensing, special credentials in home improvement, and adequate experience. The contractor should also be familiar with the local building and construction laws and regulations, so that your home improvement complies with these laws. As a precaution, you should personally visit the office of the contractor to get a feel of the type of work the contractor could offer you. You could also ask for phone numbers of past customers and talk to them for finding out the quality of work that the home improvement contractor offers. These precautions are necessary since several grey market operators exist in home improvement industry.

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New Sony Xperia T photos bare all, show its 'Mint' condition

Sony's Xperia T photos bare all, looks mint

If we didn't know better, we'd say that Sony was playing some sort of protracted game of hang-man with its Xperia line. S... P... U... and now possibly T? It's the phone bearing that latest letter in the cryptic message that we see before us today. In fact -- thanks to nixanbal.com -- we can see it from pretty much every conceivable angle. The S4-powered droid -- complete with foldout memory card slot and protruding camera -- is tipped to be announced pre-IFA, so we'll no doubt have the full skinny then. In the meantime head past the break -- and then tap the source -- to see the minty-phone in all its glory.

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GreenSelector.com ? How to have a green baby shower

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Throw a green baby shower and make my six?DIY?baby care recipes. (Credit:Super*Junk?via Flickr)

It?s taken me years to get my home (and body) less toxic. One anxiety I?ve had about the upcoming birth of my first concerns the not-so-eco-friendly (yet extremely thoughtful) gestures of love I might receive from friends and family ? aka plastic toys containing lead and cadmium or a onesie coated in flame retardant chemicals (PDBEs).

Think ahead and you can steer well-intentioned loved ones in an earth-friendlier direction. Host a ?green? baby shower!

Make my simple baby care recipes

Feeling ambitious? Organize a workshop-style shower where guests make two or three nontoxic?DIY?baby care recipes. You can whip up enough to share and keep some for yourself! I like to give baby shampoo, powder, and butt balm to friends or family leaping into parenthood.

Ask for baby products free of the Dirty Dozen

Are you tired, nursing swollen ankles, and managing back pain (and not game to host a workshop)? Ask guests for baby products free of the?Dirty Dozen.

Petrolatum?is a common ingredient in baby products and best avoided. It?s used as a barrier to lock moisture in the skin but this petrochemical can be contaminated with cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The European Union considers it a carcinogen and restricts its use in cosmetics.

Reuse and coordinate a useful group gift

Coordinate a useful group gift or collect used baby clothes and comb online classifieds for necessities. I asked family and friends to pass along hand-me-downs or donate towards our eco-friendly crib and used stroller fund.

Asks guests to walk, take transit, or carpool

Sure, you?ll want to avoid plastic or paper disposable baby-themed party decorations but here?s another doozie:?A University of British Columbia study?found a correlation between poor air quality and low birth weights.

Between 2001 and 2006, the number of low weight births increased by 17 per cent in Greater Vancouver. Babies born under 2? kilograms have higher risks of serious health problems. When the women studied lived within 50 metres of a highway, the incidence of smaller newborns went up by 22 per cent, regardless of the mother?s socioeconomic status.

Do your part to improve air quality and think twice about how you get around, all the time!

Sincerely,
Lindsay Coulter, Queen of Green

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ARM's eight-core Mali GPUs promise 'dramatic' boost to mobile graphics

ARM answers call for even more powerful eightcore mobile graphics

The current flagship for ARM's mobile graphics technology is undoubtedly the Galaxy S III, which contains a quad-core Mali 400 GPU and delivers some wild benchmark scores. By the end of this year though, we should see a whole new generation of Malis -- not just a Mali 450 for mid-range handsets, but also the quad-core T604 and the eight-core T658, which are based on ARM's Midgard architecture and are taking forever to come to market. Now, to whet our appetites even further, ARM has just added three more variants of the chip to its roster, which can almost be considered the next-next-generation: the quad-core T624, and the T628 and T678, which are both scalable up to eight cores.

The trio's headline feature is that they promise to deliver at least 50 percent more performance with the same silicon area and power draw, with the explicit aim of delivering "console-class gaming," 4K and even 8K video workloads, as well as buttery 60fps user interfaces in phones, tablets and smart TVs. The premium T678 is aimed at tablets specifically, and in addition to allowing up to eight cores also doubles the number of math-crunching ALUs per core, which means that its compute performance (measured in gigaflops) is actually quadrupled compared to the T624. However, there's one other, subtler change which could turn out to be equally important -- read on for more.

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Moebius drawing videos
In preparation for the exposition Moebius Trans-Forme at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris in 2010-2011, illustrator, comics artist and concept artist extraordinaire Jean Giraud, AKA Moebius, was filmed doing series of short drawings using digital painting software and a graphics tablet.

The videos, along with other related videos, are available on DailyMotion, but the folks at Muddy Colors have gathered the drawing videos together on one page.

It?s wonderful to have these available, short though they may be; it makes me wish more extensive records had been made before the artist?s untimely death in March of this year.

Though you can see that Giraud has drawn his rough sketch on an underlayer and is drawing his finish over that, I?ve had the pleasure of watching Giraud draw in traditional media without a preliminary sketch, and he went about it in much the same way ? drawing very quickly and making parts of the drawing fairly complete as he expanded out from his starting point (see the convention sketch he did for my wife that accompanies my article on Giraud from March).

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Monday, August 6, 2012

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At The Core ? Blog Archive ? Olympics threaten business productivity

Olympics threaten business productivity

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A large audit firm has borne the brunt of the strong popularity of the Olympics. While employees are increasingly likely to follow the games in London on the Internet, the group sent an email to all employees asking them not to watch streaming videos from their professional positions. This practice, along with the growing use of smartphones to follow the Olympics, is thus required as a challenge for companies.

In addition to distract employees, extensive use of streaming, Facebook or Twitter to follow the Olympics is likely to absorb the activity range of the company. If one consumes little twit data on a corporate network, a multiplication of these 140 character messages, often with links to videos, become a real headache for network managers.??

To prevent this, companies have installed firewalls responsible to sort applications. But most companies use firewalls first-generation, unable to make that sort. Another more radical solution, companies have banned their employees to follow the Olympics from their workplace.

The French champions indiscipline

According to a survey conducted by Monster, online recruitment specialist, more than one in four employees in the world declares not be allowed to watch sports on his working hours. And against all odds, it is in the host country of the Olympics that bosses are more rigid: 40% of UK workers do not have a green light to follow the games in the office, followed by Americans (in 35%) and French (30%) cash advances pay day loan. The French are among the most unruly.?Nearly one in five French employee is willing to defy the bans, a proportion well above the overall average of 8%. In contrast, only 5% of employees Germans are ready to get rid of the forbidden employers.

Other companies, however, show more lenient towards the Olympics and their employees. A large U.S. consultancy has mobilized television stations to broadcast continuously competitions. However, employees are allowed to follow their athletes than 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. Partner groups of OJ go even further. Employee bloggers of Procter & Gamble delivering reports of the Games on the intranet.?Coca-Cola, one of the major sponsors of the Olympics, has even decided to send employees volunteered to help local teams to manage the logistics, even if they do not know the business and employees received a return with the person of their choice to attend a race decided by lot.

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Romney wants 'something dramatic' to aid economy

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) ? Mitt Romney is calling for "something dramatic" to help the economy recover, but he's not saying exactly what.

The Republican presidential says he opposes another federal stimulus package and new government programs. He also says that if the Federal Reserve were to undertake another "massive" program of buying government bonds and mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of driving long-term interest rates even lower, it wouldn't help the recovery.

"I can absolutely make the case that now is the time for something dramatic and it is not the time to grow government. It's the time to create the incentives and the opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses big and small to hire more people and that's going to happen," Romney said an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

"You're going to see that happen in this country but not under this president."

Democrats tried to cloud Romney's message Sunday by renewing calls for the former businessman to release years of personal tax returns. Romney insisted as recently as Friday that he won't release more than two years of returns, although most presidential candidates, including his father, released many more.

"What is it that he is hiding?" Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said on "Fox News Sunday."

He also addressed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's recent decision to share an anonymous claim that Romney hasn't paid taxes for 10 years.

Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus, on ABC's "This Week," branded Reid a "dirty liar." Romney in recent days called on Reid to "put up or shut up."

Axelrod said Romney and his campaign "can resolve this in 10 seconds. They can release the tax returns."

As each side debated Romney's personal taxes, the Republican candidate is trying to promote an economic agenda he said repeatedly this past week would create 12 million jobs in his first term. Pushed to explain how, Romney said in the CNN interview, "That's what happens in a normal process."

"When you come out the kind of recession we've had you should see this kind of job creation," he said. "Good things happen when you have a private sector that's thriving."

Campaigning in Indiana on Saturday, Romney attacked what he called "an extraordinary series of policy failures" from President Barack Obama.

The Republican candidate planned to spend Sunday and Monday in private meetings at his vacation home in New Hampshire.

The former Massachusetts governor so far has been slow to release specifics for his economic plans. He repeated his opposition to Obama's tax plan that would preserve tax cuts passed in the George W. Bush era for all Americans but those who earn more than $250,000.

Romney would preserve the tax cuts for everyone, although he has not detailed how he would pay for the plan.

"I also hope people understand when they talk about raising taxes on the wealthy ? as the president does ? he is also talking about the same tax rate that applies to small business," Romney said. "The great majority of small businesses pay taxes at the individual rate so as he raises these taxes "on the wealthy" he is raising taxes on small business."

The Romney campaign on Sunday also released a television advertisement highlighting his recent trip to Israel. In the ad, he criticizes Obama for not visiting the Jewish state. The president last visited Israel during his 2008 campaign.

While in Israel, Romney said that cultural differences help explain the economic disparity between Israelis and Palestinians. The comment prompted accusations of racism from Palestinian leaders.

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

PFT: Got $63,000? Get a Pats Super Bowl ring

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Not that anyone expected him to change his mind, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was firm Saturday, insisting the Saints operated a pay-to-injure program.

Goodell spoke to a small group of reporters including Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune while at a Pee Wee football event in Akron, and said the evidence he gathered made it clear there was a bounty system and a clear plan to cover it up.

?Well, the No. 1 thing is when you reward players for injuring other opponents, that?s a bounty,? Goodell said. ?That?s not pay for performance, that?s a bounty. And that?s what the players and, I believe, [Saints linebackers] Coach [Joe] Vitt said occurred. And that?s what our evidence indicates. So when you?re doing that, anything that would target or reward people for injuring other players, that?s not part of football. ?That?s not what we?re teaching these kids, and it?s not what we?re going to do in the NFL.?

Goodell denied that the Saints and the league are involved in a stand-off that comes down to definitions, saying that terms such as ?cart-offs? and ?whacks? are clear.

?That?s not semantics,? Goodell said. ?They understand the rules. When you reward somebody for injuring somebody ? and the only way you cart off somebody is when they?re injured. So that?s an injury. So when you do that, that?s not semantics.?

?We also have evidence that players were targeted, as we?ve indicated to you all and told you.?

Goodell said the league also has more evidence than has been shared with the media so far, and that the Saints could have mitigated some of the damage if they have cooperated with the initial investigation after the 2009 season.

?Sure, the fact that they said it didn?t happen and they continued to do it is certainly a big issue,? Goodell said.

Goodell?s in Ohio for today?s Hall of Fame ceremony, and said he had no plans to meet with Saints players or coaches prior to tomorrow?s Hall of Fame Game, since he?s leaving town tonight.

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Gillmor Gang: I Can?t Hear You

Gillmor Gang test patternThe Gillmor Gang: John Borthwick, Danny Sullivan, Doc Searls, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor ? struggled with Comcastic bandwidth and hours on hold as Twitter and Apple tweaked their business models. It seems that Twitter is refurbishing the accomodations within 140 characters to create a nice new home for Twitter apps, in the process giving the FLipboard to aggregators outside the mother ship. Apple, on the other hand, is opening Apple TV and the iPad to Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video respectively. @dannysullivan thinks it's bad news for Roku fans, and Doc, who's now working on Rupert Murdoch's boat, is busy stealing content from his own bad self over transcontinental Slingbox. It's TV Everywhere, except here.

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Save Money with Online Pharmacies

Save Money with Online Pharmacies

Are you tired of running to the pharmacies every time you run out of any of your prescription drugs? Are you annoyed at the continuously surging prices of medicines? Are you looking for ways to cut down on your medicinal expenses? If yes, online pharmacies can help you out in such problems of yours. Many studies have indicated that a lot of time and money is spent uselessly in the process of reaching physical stores and getting medicines from there. Sometimes much more amount than the expected amount is spent because of impulsive buying. People end up buying those things too which they actually do not need. Online pharmacies help you save your valuable money as well as time and bestow many other advantages too. ?

We all need prescription drugs from time to time for our various physical illnesses.

Medicines and medical treatment are an important part of our lives and we just cannot avoid buying meds. Those who need prescription drugs on a regular basis or otherwise, are often on the lookout of cheap but quality medicines so that they can save some amount on their medical bills. Finding affordable medicines is now possible because of online pharmacies.

Various online pharmacies help their customers in various beneficial and money-saving ways. Some reward their first time customers with a welcome-discount and help them buy meds in a comparatively lower price. Other online pharmacies run schemes that help their regular customers to avail discount on specific drugs. Now you must be wondering that how come these online pharmacies provide discount on meds. Well, the answer is quite simple. The online pharmacies have very little overhead cost. They do not require extra amount of money for the infrastructure or any cost for furniture. That is why these pharmacies pass on this ?discount online pharmacy? benefit to their numerous prospective customers. ?

The additional advantage, which you get from buying your prescription meds from these online pharmacies, is that you can compare drug prices and can choose the most suitable option for you. It is also to be observed that there are certain online destinations which let you compare drug prices at one place and the customer does not need to visit different sites for the price comparison of one particular drug. Comparing prices of drugs is an effective money saving method and indeed, has become possible because of presence of online pharmacies. Another benefit that you get when you purchase your requisite drugs from these internet pharmacies is that you can buy the meds in a bulk amount as per your needs. Buying in bulk saves your time and also lets you enjoy the discount online pharmacy offers to you. There are many pharmacies on web which provide discount to their customers when they buy meds in a big amount.? ?

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Coordinating Workers Compensation & Social Security - blog*spot


A recently published report by the National Academy of Social Insurance reflects that a "reverse offset" (coordination of benefits) still continues in 15 states. In reverse offset states, the insurance carrier gains the financial benefit of the coordination of benefits and NOT the Federal Social Security system.?

"If a worker becomes eligible for both workers? compensation and Social Security disability insurance?benefits, one or both of the programs will limit benefits to avoid making excessive payments relative to?the worker?s past earnings. The Social Security?amendments of 1965 require that Social Security?disability benefits be reduced

15?(or ?offset?) so that?the combined totals of workers? compensation and?Social Security disability benefits do not exceed 80?percent of the workers? prior earnings.?16?Some states,?however, had established reverse offset laws prior to?the 1965 legislation, whereby workers? compensation?payments are reduced if the worker receives Social?Security disability benefits. Legislation in 1981?eliminated the states? option to adopt reverse offset?laws, but the 15 states that already had such laws in?place were exempted.?17

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15 The portion of workers? compensation benefits that offset (reduce) SSDI benefits are subject to federal income tax (IRC section

86(d)(3)).

16 The cap remains at 80 percent of the worker?s average earnings before disability, except that, in the relatively few cases when Social?Security disability benefits for the worker and dependents exceed 80 percent of prior earnings, the benefits are not reduced below the

Social Security amount. This cap also applies to coordination between Social Security disability insurance and other public disability?benefits (PDB) derived from jobs not covered by Social Security, such as state or local government jobs where the governmental employer has chosen not to cover its employees under Social Security.

17 States with reverse offset laws are:?Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New?York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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Exercise May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's - Health

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Avoiding the grocery store: A 30-day challenge

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Farmers markets, like this one in San Francisco, offer a colorful but sometimes costly alternative to the traditional supermarket.

By Dana Macario, Today contributor

The grocery store is dead. Long live the grocery store!

A shining example of post-war success and convenience, supermarkets once were practically the only place most Americans went to shop for groceries.

Today, we?re all still buying groceries. We?re just not buying them at the supermarket anymore. Last year, Americans bought only 51 percent of our groceries at traditional supermarkets, down from 66 percent just 11 years earlier, according to the Wall Street Journal. So, where are shoppers filling their carts if not at the local Safeway or Kroger?

Low prices and convenience have made big-box discounters Wal-Mart and Target major players in the grocery game. In fact Wal-Mart, the nation?s largest retailer, is also the nation?s largest grocer. The hunger for bargains also is driving Americans to club stores, like Costco and Sam?s Club.

The quest for fresh and organic also has led some shoppers to small, locally owned specialty stores and farmers markets, which are booming. ?People are looking to shop local. After years of struggling, local markets are having a resurgence,? said Mike Tesler, founding partner at Retail Concepts, a consulting firm, ?and adjunct professor at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.

Traditional supermarkets also face growing competition from the Internet, with online delivery services like AmazonFresh and Pea Pod.

But how we go about getting that food can vary widely depending on our age.?Baby boomers may be the last generation of consumers to faithfully shop the local grocery store, as brokerage firm Jefferies pointed out in a report. Retailers are now looking to Millennials, a loosely defined group born roughly from the late 1970s to the 1980s and beyond, to fill the shopping gap.

Even in an age when we?re busier and more crunched for time than ever before,? younger shoppers are giving up the convenience of the one-stop shop grocery store and are, instead, shopping around. By mixing and matching, Millennials seem to be trying to satisfy a variety of needs. They?re saving money at Costco and Sam?s Club, getting quality and freshness at the farmers market and getting convenience at Target, Wal-Mart or the Internet.

Perhaps these complicated shopping habits are a reflection of the complicated times in which we live. Tesler noted that many of today?s college graduates are leaving school with tremendous debt. They?re having trouble finding good jobs and often find themselves underemployed. At the same time, we understand better than ever the importance of eating healthily. By contrast, when the Boomers came of age, jobs were relatively stable and people could expect to get a decent job where perhaps they could stay till retirement.

In the 1960s, Americans were worried about the Cold War, not the obesity epidemic. It seemed futuristic and progressive to grab space-age frozen dinners at the supermarket, and no one was fretting that they were filling their kids up with all kinds of preservatives and who-knows-what-else.

While Americans have changed a lot in the last 30 years, grocery stores haven?t. ?People used to organize menus and plan meals. Most of us now have no idea what we?re feeding our kids tonight,? said Paco Underhill, author of ?What Women Want: The Global Marketplace Turns Female-Friendly.?

These days, when we?re not looking for convenience and economy, we?re looking for fresh and healthy. We?re also looking to satisfy a need to connect on a more personal level. This may help explain the gaining popularity of the local farmers market.

?Farmers markets are a crossing of shopping and recreation,? said Paco Underhill, author of ?What Women Want: The Global Marketplace Turns Female-Friendly.? ?No one would ever describe going to the grocery store as fun.?

Grocery stores just aren?t doing it for us like they used to. But, could we really do without them? For the next 30 days, I?m going to try.

I?m going to participate in the ?30 Day No Grocery Store Challenge? and see what it?s like to go without the conveniences of my neighborhood supermarket for a full month. The goal of the challenge is to eat healthier and support small, locally owned businesses at the same time.

The challenge allots you $30 to spend at a grocery store on items that you need but can?t find elsewhere. I?m going to attempt to avoid the grocery store altogether, and use that $30 instead in chain stores like Target and Trader Joe?s.

Theoretically, if you can do something for a month, you?ve formed a habit. Then you?ll forget all about your old chicken nugget, mac-and-cheese ways.

Do you like to enjoy organic and natural food, but don't want to pay big bucks to fill your grocery cart? Hip2Save.com's Collin Morgan shows how you can shop smart to get discounted prices on organic products at the grocery store.

They don?t call it a challenge for nothing. I don?t think the next 30 days will be easy for me. Between the Boomers and Millennials in age, I?m also between them in shopping habits.

I buy about half my groceries from Costco and half from my favorite chain grocery store. I rarely if ever shop at farmers markets or the local butcher.

I?m one of the many Americans who wants to eat healthier, believes in organic food (in theory, if not in actual purchases) and loves the idea of supporting small, local businesses. But, I almost always find practicalities outweighing these ideals.

As the mother of two, preschool-age children, I worry about the extra time commitment of this challenge.?

I also worry that this commitment won?t be sustainable for my budget. Will budget considerations make me consider other changes to my diet as well?

Over the next several weeks, I?ll report back on my progress and let you know about some of the alternatives to the grocery store that I find.

Dana Macario is a Seattle-area writer who is terrified, yet determined to eat healthy and local for full month.

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RIM tips August 9th BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE Canadian release

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The wait for a quicker PlayBook is nearly over -- for our neighbors to the north, at least. RIM let it be known via the official BlackBerry blog that the followup to its business-minded slate will be hitting "select" Canadian retailers on August 9th. Not convinced that you need the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE in your life? RIM's got four, count 'em four, reasons to pick up the verbose slate -- speed, size, web browsing and movies and TV -- which can be found in moderate detail at the source link below. The tablet features 32GB of storage and OS 2.0.1 pre-loaded -- the aforementioned software is also currently available as a maintenance update for owners of the old fashioned WiFi model. The slightly souped-up PlayBook is hitting Canada first, but will be coming to additional areas including the US, Europe, South Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America in "coming months."

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Mariah Carey Debuts Winning New Single 'Triumphant'

Inspirational track features Rick Ross and Meek Mill and is all about pushing through tough times.
By John Mitchell


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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Fail Proof Family Budgeting Tips | Steadfast Finances

Budgeting with a family in mind is much more difficult than managing one person?s finances alone. Unexpected expenses arise, and many more factors play a role when children are involved, including educational costs, extracurricular activity fees and more. Carefully detailing expenses and income in one central place, setting financial goals, and always overestimating expenses, can help a family best manage money and save more.

Create Spreadsheet Solutions

Use a spreadsheet to keep track of finances. Plenty of free tools are available for this purpose, including widely used programs like Microsoft Excel. For those who prefer being able to adjust finances on the go, there are a slew of digital personal finance apps for smart phones. Record expenses from all areas of family life divided by category on the same spreadsheet, including taxes, utilities, mortgage or rent payments, loan payments, auto insurance, gas, car maintenance. Define categories however they best apply for the family?s particular situation. For instance, some families may choose to have a miscellaneous budget expense category, while others may include items under more specific categories, such as Educational Costs or Family Vacations.

Every spreadsheet should feature a net income balance. To get this figure, calculate the total monthly expenses from each spreadsheet category, and then subtract that amount from the total monthly family income. Set Financial Goals??Don?t just record amounts ? set financial goals and strive to meet them. Think in terms of future needs and desires, like vacations, college funds, retirement, weddings and the like. Sort the list according to the amount of time the family wishes to achieve each goal (for instance, having a certain amount of money saved for college in ten years). Once a family lists specific goals and timeframes, the next step is determining how to achieve them.

Every financial goal a family sets may involve a different strategy. Saving a certain amount of money from each paycheck, setting aside money from tax returns, or taking on a part time job are all viable means of achieving a family?s monetary goals. You can also regularly check for discount auto insurance quotes online to help in achieving your financial goals.

Think More, Not Less?

Estimate any uncertain expenses to be higher than anticipated. This way, instead of falling short of the desired net family income, the end result will always be equal to or more than predicted. It may be advisable to mark up well-defined expenses as well, if only to leave a financial safety net.

If completely unsure of a reasonable estimate, try to record the family?s expenses for a week or two. Take those results and extrapolate them to account for the family?s monthly expenses.

Keeping track of family finances can seem like a daunting task. By keeping an updated budget spreadsheet, determining long and short-term financial goals, and overestimating expenses, budgeting for a family becomes a much easier undertaking.

Source: http://steadfastfinances.com/blog/2012/08/02/fail-proof-family-budgeting-tips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fail-proof-family-budgeting-tips

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