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Bound At The Wrists

Blackness. You awoke to excruciating pain. In you head, your leg, arm, everywhere. You try to remain as still as utterly possible, try to keep the pain from growing. Your are afraid to open your eyes. Afraid to face the world of pain ahead of you.

Do you remain in the darkness of your unconscious mind? Or do you face the dangers of the reality that wait ahead? You decide to open your eyes. To try to subside the pain continuously growing. You open your eyes to find a world transformed. Nothing is as you remember it, but then again, you don't remember anything. You have no knowledge of anything that happened in the past. What happened to the Earth, how you got there, or even who you are.

Bound At The Wrists is a roleplay where Demonic Humans roam the Earth in search of any surviving humans to dispose of. Humans must team up to escape with the help of good Demonic Humans. Evil Demonic Humans search for a way to rid the planet of all humans.

We are currently in need of Demonic Humans, good or bad. We have about 7 Humans, and only 1 Demonic Human that is good. We need at least 5 more Demonic Humans either good or bad. Below is the link to the OOC for Bound At The Wrists. Please post there if you would like to create a Demonic Human.

http://www.roleplaygateway.com/bound-the-wrists-t69193.html

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S&P Capital IQ Initiates Coverage on Red Fork Energy Ltd, Inc. in Standard & Poor?s Factual Stock Reports

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--S&P Capital IQ announced today that it has commenced Standard & Poor?s Factual Stock Report coverage on Red Fork Energy Ltd.

Red Fork Energy Limited (OTC: RDFEY; ASX: RFE) (Red Fork or the company) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the mid-continent of the United States. The company primarily focuses on securing, finding, developing, producing, and selling hydrocarbons. It explores for and develops conventional oil and gas as well as shale gas and coal bed methane.

Founded in 2004 and trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:RFE), Red Fork is creating value for shareholders by securing acreage in lower risk proven oil and gas provinces in the mid-continent of the United States. From its head office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Company is utilizing its significant operational experience to unlock value in large resource type plays through its exploration and development activities.

Red Fork has a large landholding in Oklahoma with leasehold and held by production acreage covering both proven producing oil and gas fields as well as highly prospective development acreage. The company has positioned itself in one of the premier on-shore United States horizontal oil resource plays, with a large and growing acreage positioned in the heart of the exciting Mississippi Lime oil and liquids rich gas play. The company currently holds approximately 75,000 net acres across five key counties in the Eastern Limb of this very exciting play.

The company last reported reserves in September 2011, with 2P reserves of 2.3mmbbls and 88.7bcf, not including reserves attributable to its Mississippian acreage. Red Fork published Q312 production volumes of 35mboe (389boe/d).

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EMI half sold as Sony closes $2.2B publishing deal

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A group led by Sony Corp. said Friday it has purchased Britain's EMI Music Publishing for $2.2 billion from Citigroup, creating the world's largest music copyrights company with a catalog that includes hits from Motown, The Beatles, Jay-Z and Norah Jones.

Now all that remains of the storied British label group is its recorded music division, which Vivendi's Universal Music Group has offered to buy for $1.9 billion. That deal is being looked at by European and U.S. regulators. If they approve some time later this year, the world's major music companies will be reduced from four to three.

Recorded music companies have argued that they need to combine resources to survive in an industry crippled by piracy, as the legitimate digital distribution of music is still in its infancy around the globe.

But publishing has remained a steady business over the years, despite the onslaught of the Internet and the ongoing decline of compact disc sales, because of its diverse revenue sources. And by acquiring EMI, Sony/ATV, a 50-50 joint venture between Sony and the Michael Jackson estate, will control just over 2 million copyrighted songs. The new entity is estimated to capture nearly a third of publishing revenue in the world.

Size wouldn't necessarily give the company the ability to use its dominance to boost licensing revenue, Sony/ATV argued, because licensing rates are closely controlled by laws in various countries.

Friday's clearance by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission means that regulators agreed the new entity would not have the market power to raise rates on its own or coordinate such a move with others, which could have affected the price of songs. The FTC's conclusion of its investigation without objections was the final hurdle before the deal's closing was announced later in the day.

"We've gone over the rainbow and hit the pot of gold," said Sony/ATV CEO Marty Bandier, adapting a lyric from "The Wizard of Oz" song "Over the Rainbow," which is part of the EMI catalog. Bandier ran EMI's publishing division for 17 years.

Last year, publishing companies generated about $3.9 billion in revenue, relatively unchanged over the last several years, according to Simon Dyson, editor of Music & Copyright, an industry newsletter.

Publishing's revenues have held up better than the recording side because there are more streams of revenue that aren't tied to declining sales of compact discs. Publishers and songwriters share a cut of about 8 to 9 cents for every 99-cent download purchased from online retailers like Apple Inc.'s iTunes. But they also make money from radio airplay, free online streaming and the placement of songs in movies, TV shows and commercials.

Sony/ATV's 11.7 percent share and EMI's 19.3 percent share means the combined entity will now control about 31 percent of the global market for music copyrights, leapfrogging past the 22.2 percent share of Universal Music Publishing Group, Dyson said. The next largest is Warner Music Group Corp.'s Warner Chappell with 14.1 percent. All independent music publishers combined have a 32.6 percent share.

Dyson said Sony/ATV will have increased leverage in setting licensing rates for new digital music startups if it chooses to bypass royalty collection societies like The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in the U.S. But he acknowledged that would require a major shift in how most business is conducted.

"If you're a big publisher with a 10 percent lead, you're going to have a big say in what licensing rates are," Dyson said.

Fostering fair competition in the digital landscape was one of the concerns of regulators, according to Sony/ATV's Bandier. The company argued that even if there were still four major music publishers, new digital entrants like streaming music services Spotify or Songza would need to go to all of them to start up any business that has a chance to survive. It would need EMI's songs by Kanye West and Rihanna as much as it would need Sony/ATV's Beatles, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, Bandier said.

"It didn't make a difference if you'd put them together or separate, you'd still have to make a deal if you were a digital service that was just starting," Bandier said in an interview. "We had to convince all of the regulators that that was the case. We're happy we're past that. We never felt it would be an issue."

The transaction was cleared by EU regulators in April. That came after Sony/ATV offered the concession that it would sell the publishing rights to several catalogs as well as the works of 12 artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Robbie Williams, and Ben Harper.

Besides Sony, the buyers of EMI Music Publishing include the Michael Jackson estate and several investment funds including United Arab Emirates government-backed fund Mubadala Development Co.

Citigroup seized EMI from private equity firm Terra Firma in February 2011 after Terra Firma defaulted on $5.5 billion in debt stemming from its 2007 purchase of the music company.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/emi-half-sold-sony-closes-2-2b-publishing-215117304.html

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Family tragedy becomes public nightmare when death video hits Twitter

19 hrs.

Helen A.S. Popkin

By the time police asked Internet users to remove graphic photos of a man decapitated after he jumped in front of a train, it was too late for the dead man's son. He had already seen the grisly images ? recorded by teenagers?just after the incident occurred ? when they went viral on Twitter.

You can hear the teens in the background of the shaky cellphone video, recorded Wednesday afternoon in the Netherlands, calling to each other, their adolescent voices tweaked with shock, excitement. "Here. Here is the body. Here he is," one boy shouts in Dutch. Another points to the man's severed head, a few feet away. No one is laughing.?

At least 70 students?at a nearby school ??in the?Kennemerland area of?Haarlem ??witnessed the accident or immediate aftermath, reports?Ijmuider Courant, a Netherlands news site. School officials swung into action. Within 10 minutes of the incident,?administrators?guided students away from the station and back to the school. There, counselors and members of the?Kennemerland police department spent the afternoon talking to kids and later, their parents, about what they had seen.

Yet at the same time that the school was trying to mitigate the psychological damage of the incident, a video of it was being shared among students and?making its way out onto the Internet, by way of Twitter.

This is the video the?dead man's son had already seen when?Kennemerland?police broke the news to the family. It was then that son connected the two, and realized the video was of his father.?

When the police department found out about the video, the department took to Twitter and asked the public to stop sharing the video. In Dutch, the police?asked, "Anyone who has shared pictures of the?Driehuis?train victim, remove them immediately. It is disrespectful and goes too far!"

It's a good-faith plea, made by a police department savvy in the ways of the Internet, enough to know it was already too late. It was too late 15 minutes after the video first hit Twitter, when the teenage boy who first sent it out into cyberspace deleted his original tweet. It had already been?retweeted countless times. And that is the lesson that Evy Elschot, spokesperson for the Kennemerland police department, hopes people will take away from this incident, instead of the gory details.

"The boy didn't understand the impact of what he had done," Elschot told msnbc.com in a telephone interview. Identifying him only as a teenager between the ages of 14 and 16, Elschot described him choking on tears and shaking with panic when confronted by police. "The boy said he wished he didn't do it, that he could take it back, but of course he couldn't," she said.

The boy tweeted (in Dutch), "I hate myself for what I've done," according to news site RTL.?

Elschot told msnbc.com she regrets the story receiving national attention, resulting in?the inevitable spread of a video that causes pain to a family already suffering. (Msnbc.com will not link to the video.) To protect the family's privacy, she would not share the age of the son who saw his father in the video.?

According to?Elschot, it was a very difficult decision to ask people via Twitter to delete the video.

The Kennemerland police department is very active on Twitter, using the official account to communicate with the public on such things as traffic delays, especially crowded areas at festivals, as well as finding witnesses to crimes and fielding complaints (and compliments) from the public. But by using Twitter to discuss a suicide, the Kennemerland police department went against what Elschot describes as Holland's "gentleman's agreement" to not publicize details about suicides.

Elschot said that it's in consideration for families whose?members?commit suicide,?but this practice also abides by the World Health Organization's recommendations for avoiding suicide contagion ? a phenomenon which affects those already at risk. Train suicides account for 4 to 10 percent of suicides in the Netherlands, the Journal of Affective Disorders reported in 2010.??Such a video going viral could spread contagion as well.

Elschot agrees that there's an important discussion to be had, but not about this family's tragedy.

"This really is about young people and how the world is different," she said. "When I was a kid, I might say some things in my small town without thinking, but we only had the telephone. Someone else might read your letter, and there is embarrassment for awhile, but not the oil spread of information we now have on the Internet. Kids need to understand that and their parents need to tell them."

The American Library Association website offers a variety of resources to help parents and kids navigate the Internet safely and responsibly. ?

If you are thinking about harming yourself or attempting suicide, tell someone who can help right away:

• Call your doctor?s office.
• Call 911 for emergency services.
• Go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
• Visit the website or call the toll-free, 24-hour hotline of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at?1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)?to be connected to a trained counselor at a suicide crisis center nearest you.

Ask a family member or friend to help you make these calls or take you to the hospital.

Helen A.S. Popkin writes about the Internet. Join her on?Twitter?and/or?Facebook.?Also,?Google+.

Source: http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/family-tragedy-becomes-public-nightmare-when-death-video-hits-twitter-852115

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The Biggest Winner of Google I/O: ASUS

No, nothing really beats skydivers landing on top of the building where Google I/O is taking place?all while recording the whole spectacle wearing Project Glass specs. But when you look beyond that stunt it?s easy to see who the bigger winner is of this heavily attended annual show: ASUS. The company managed to crank out a $199 Kindle Fire killer in four months. This is a product that should send shivers down the spines of Amazon, Samsung and anyone else who makes an Android slate.

While there?s a lot of debate as to whether 7-inch tablets have staying power, the success of the Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet prove that consumers have an appetite for devices that are primarily geared toward content consumption and gaming. Why have sales trailed off for the Fire in particular? Partly because of the third-generation iPad 3 and partly because consumers aren?t willing to live with the limitations of that device. There?s no front-facing camera, and you don?t get access to Google?s suite of applications.

The Nexus 7 made by ASUS offers full access to the Google Play store while taking a page out of Amazon?s playbook by putting content front and center. Magazines, TV shows, movies all get heavily promoted on this device. And with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, users can enjoy exciting new features like Google Now, which remembers what you searched to help you do everything from find the best route to take to work to keep up to date on your favorite sports teams.

But none of these benefits would matter without sexy and powerful hardware, which ASUS has pulled off for a very tantalizing price. The Nexus 7 packs a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor , 1280 x 800-pixel IPS screen, and front-facing camera inside a device that feels solid and weighs only 12 ounces. The Kindle Fire has a dual-core CPU, a lower-res 1024 x 600-pixel screen and lacks a camera.

The Nexus 7 does have some drawbacks, including the lack of a microSD card slot for expanding the meager 8GB of internal storage (a 16GB version sells for $249). In addition, while the screen is bright and scratch-resistant, it?s reflective surface will make it difficult to use outdoors. Yup, e-ink readers are still your best bet for the beach.

But for the $199 price ASUS looks like it has a hit on its hands. It?s really up to Google to market this device and get the right distribution channels in place to capitalize on the early buzz. (Selling this device through the Google Play store alone won?t work.) After all, the Kindle Fire 2 is just around the corner, and it won?t be long before other competitors step up their low-cost slate game. For now, though, ASUS has stolen the thunder from a lot of other companies heading into the crucial back-to-school shopping season.

How did ASUS do it? According to chairman Jonney Shih, it?s all about speed. In an interview with AllThingsD, Shih said that he dedicated an entire team of workers to make the Nexus 7 a reality, moving several members to Silicon Valley to create a 24-hour development cycle.

This is not an anomaly. ASUS also completely revamped its Ultrabook in a short period of time, adding a fantastic 1080p IPS display and ripping out the keyboard to improve the typing experience. As a result, the Zenbook Prime is our favorite product in that category. So right now ASUS has the most compelling low-cost tablet and the best Ultrabook. That?s a pretty impressive one-two punch for a company whose fortunes were tied to netbooks not long ago.

At times ASUS can be overly ambitious, such as with the Padfone. The product has yet to come to the U.S. but reviewers who have tried this combination phone and tablet say that it was a little clunky. But that?s the great thing about ASUS. It responds faster and innovates faster than anyone else, and now it?s about to reap the rewards.

Editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer directs LAPTOP?s online and print editorial content and has been covering mobile and wireless technology for over a decade. Each week Mark?s?SpoonFed?column provides his insights and analysis of the biggest mobile trends and news. You can also follow?him on twitter.

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Amazon Reportedly Readying Launch of 10-Inch, Quad-Core Kindle Fire

Amazon isn't just working on a new Kindle Fire 2; the retail giant is also readying the launch of a 10-inch, quad-core slate.

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Lawmakers reach compromise on roads, student loans

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, joined by other House GOP leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, following a political strategy session. From left are, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-NC, and Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, joined by other House GOP leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, following a political strategy session. From left are, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-NC, and Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Facing weekend deadlines for action, congressional leaders have agreed to deals overhauling the nation's transportation programs without a Republican provision forcing approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and avoiding a doubling of interest rates for new student loans, congressional officials said Wednesday.

The agreements underscored the pressures both parties face to avoid angry voters and embarrassing headlines in the run-up to this November's presidential and congressional elections. Letting road-building programs grind to a halt during an economic downturn would be a blow to the image of lawmakers, while Democrats and Republicans alike seemed eager to avoid enraging millions of students and their parents by boosting the costs of college loans.

In contrast, enactment of the transportation measure would create or save 3 million jobs, said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chief sponsor of the Senate version of the bill. And the student loan measure would spare an estimated 7.4 million students who get subsidized Stafford loans beginning July 1 ? this Sunday ? from facing $1,000 in higher interest costs over the lives of their loans, which typically take over a decade to repay.

Congressional leaders were planning to combine the highway and student loan measures into a single bill to reduce potential procedural obstacles and hoped for final approval this week. Lawmakers would then leave Washington for a July 4 recess.

The two-year highway bill would prevent the government's authority to spend money on highways, bridges and transit systems from lapsing on Saturday, along with its ability to collect gasoline and diesel taxes. With both parties checkmating each other's top priorities this campaign season, Democrats and Republicans say the highway measure will be Congress' top job-creation initiative until the November elections.

"This is the jobs bill for the 112th Congress," said House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica, R-Fla.

As the price for the highway agreement, lawmakers said Republicans dropped a House-approved provision requiring the government to approve the proposed Keystone pipeline, which is to move oil from western Canada to Texas' Gulf Coast.

Pipeline approval ? which prompted a veto threat from President Barack Obama ? has been a top goal this election year for the GOP, which has pitted its claims that it would create jobs against environmental worries that it could accelerate global warming and endanger Midwestern water supplies.

Republicans also agreed to abandon language blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating the toxic ash generated by coal-fired power plants, lawmakers said. The ash is used as an ingredient in some types of cement.

In return, House Republicans won Senate concessions that would halve the time allowed for environmental reviews for highway projects, and squeeze money for bike paths and pedestrian safety projects by forcing them to compete with other transportation projects, said congressional aides and environmental lobbyists.

The bill would give states more flexibility in spending federal money, impose new safety regulations and expand a federal loan guarantee program to encourage private investments in transportation projects.

Despite the measure's short-term impact, the bill delays for two years decisions about a long-term funding scheme for highway and transit programs. Gas and diesel taxes no longer cover the cost of transportation programs and are forecast to bring in less revenue as the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks increases.

President Barack Obama spent weeks this spring touring college campuses and lambasting Republicans for not pushing a freeze on student loan rates through Congress. GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney, looking to avoid handing Obama an issue, quickly said he favored the interest rate extension and congressional GOP leaders did too, though some Republicans think the government should not spend money to keep loan rates low.

The student loan pact would keep today's 3.4 percent interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans from doubling for new loans approved beginning on Sunday, an automatic increase that Congress enacted five years ago to save money. If they did double, it would affect 7.4 million students expected to get the loans over the 12 months beginning July 1, adding $1,000 to the interest costs of the typical borrower over each loan's life.

The tentative agreement was on the same package Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had said Tuesday that they had shaken hands on, said a congressional Republican who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the measure's status. McConnell said he expected the House to accept the agreement.

"We're moving, I think, towards an agreement on a transportation bill that would also include a one-year fix on the student loan rate increase," Boehner told reporters early Wednesday after meeting privately with House Republicans.

Some GOP lawmakers at that meeting said Boehner seemed to favor the emerging deal and said it received a positive reception.

"The general sense is there's a tremendous amount of support for getting it done," said Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y. "That's what's going to drive it across the finish line."

The two parties spent the last several weeks dueling over how to pay for the $6 billion cost of the student loan bill.

Under the agreement, the government would raise $5 billion by changing how companies calculate the money they have to set aside for pensions. That change would make their contributions more consistent from year to year and in effect reduce their payments initially, lowering the tax deductions they receive for their pension contributions.

Another $500 million would come from increasing the fees companies pay for the government to insure their pension plans, linking those fees to inflation.

In addition, $1.2 billion would be saved by limiting federal subsidies of Stafford loans to six years for undergraduates.

Lawmakers decided to wrap in another Senate bill to reauthorize the national flood insurance program for five years.

The program, which provides federally backed insurance for 5.6 million households and businesses, many in flood-prone areas, has gone deeply into the red from claims after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Senate legislation would try to return the program to fiscal soundness through such steps as allowing premium increases and reducing subsidies for vacation homes.

Associated Press

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Tell them concerning the STAR structure and that you are searhing for examples of precise competencies, let them have a few examples in the competencies you want.

Helpdesk services can be obtained round the clock with an affordable expense if you contract out them. Nevertheless, take the time to view the terms and conditions from the contract before you hire the business process outsourcing techniques service provider.

The majority of customer service reps are just doing the job so that you can advance inside company in addition to gain the knowledge and acquaintances they need to look after their goals. Nobody wants to sit at the desk donning that ear phones for the rest of their own lives. It is sometimes hard to encourage those individuals and that is certainly something that section leaders should address. If the employees are not taking their employment seriously and so are not determined, it can lead to key trouble.

Set up a customer service mission. This kind of begins with determining the significant impacts that your company?s services build both your own internal and your external customers. Appear beyond the clear features of your product or service or service to obtain the benefits they give to your customers. For instance, a company which enables anti-lock brakes really does more than make a product. Their own product will in the end save lifestyles.

The success of any company lies on precisely how core staff members manage jobs and handle staff. If you want to acquire a sure organizational success from your individual gain levels, taking note of these insights on supervision training types-and implementing them-should be your best task.

Most disabled customers will take his or her business to an organisation which includes built the reputation for delivering accessible along with disability-friendly customer service so companies must discover ways to offer this ahead of the Games.

The company uses its Myspace profile to interact with customers, even so, also uses the Pottery Barn YouTube funnel to build the particular community online. They?ve videos like how-to?s for party planners, developer profiles in addition to featured items. By giving guidance to consumers and definitely a story after dark products Ceramics Barn gives shoppers much more than only a product and thus builds up a fantastic relationship using them ? a proactive form of customer service.

The thing is, you can?t repair what is certainly not broken. As a way their clients received decided not to make a complaint, they were none the better as to their own customers disapproving or being frustrated with their service.

Service Restoration ? Marriott Hotels employs the service recovery acronym Find out: Listen, Sympathize, Apologize, Act in response, Notify (your supervisor and also co-workers so that it doesn?t occur again for you to future customers). Additional businesses makes use of the acronym Final: Listen. Say i?m sorry. Solve. Give thanks (the customer regarding bringing the situation to your consideration). What are the service healing steps that you expect every single employee for taking when confronted with a new dissatisfied customer?

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HBT: Rollins has been on fire for past month

Philadelphia?s decision to re-sign Jimmy Rollins looked like a mess two months into his three-year, $33 million contract, as the former MVP hit just .224 with one homer and a .558 OPS through 47 games.

At age 33 and coming off back-to-back sub-.400 slugging percentage seasons it was starting to look like Rollins? power was gone, but instead he?s been an extra-base hit machine since then.

Rollins went 2-for-5 with a homer and a double last night and is now 38-for-110 (.345) with seven homers, 10 doubles, and two triples in his last 25 games. During that time he raised his batting average from .224 to .268 and his OPS from .558 to .734, both of which are right around his career marks of .272 and .760.

Whether or not that means the Phillies will eventually regret giving Rollins a three-year commitment remains to be seen, but as they try to claw their way back into the playoff picture his re-emergence along with Chase Utley?s impending return has to have fans feeling at least a little bit optimistic.

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A Snapshot of The Android and iOS Market in China Through One Big Developer?s Eyes

The ?rst quarter of 2012 saw smartphone shipments to China surpass?shipments to the U.S. for the ?rst time, but which devices are people in China actually using? We take a look, using data about Chinese users of our titles. iPhones have carved out a signi?cant portion of the market share among Chinese smartphone users, but what about the fragmented Android market? What devices are Android users in China using?

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Manhattan apartment features staircase lined with 20,000 Lego bricks

Now we just want to see a hottub made from Lincoln Logs

Usually when you're looking for a new?home, you need to consider things like whether or not it has a built-in dishwasher or central air conditioning. But one apartment in Manhattan has a rather unique feature that helps it stand our from the rest ? and it has nothing to do with creature comforts. The main staircase in the home of Melissa Marks and Vicente Caride is adorned with a colorful railing constructed entirely of?Lego blocks.

Designed by one of New York's officially licensed Lego artists ? yes, thats a real, actual profession ? the railing extends from the main floor all the way to the second floor. It's been crafted using primarily white bricks, but features more colorful accents at both ends, including large open squares which give it a very abstract appearance.

You can, of course,?build your own Lego home accents, given enough time and patience. However, we'd advise against relying on plastic toy blocks for anything you plan on putting a good amount of weight on. In fact, we imagine it would take just one unfortunate trip to turn the Lego staircase above into a massive pile of crushed blocks and broken dreams.

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MoGo Sport Expands Distribution Internationally | Inside Insight

Posted on 25 June 2012.

MoGo Sport, the leader in flavored performance mouthguards, has expanded to multiple international markets including France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom through a number of distributor deals.

?The MoGo Sport brand is growing very quickly,? says Bruce Angus, MoGo Sport CEO. ?Our distribution continues to increase domestically and internationally. Athletes around the world at all levels and ages are quickly realizing that our flavored performance products completely change the experience of wearing a mouthguard.?

MoGo has signed an exclusive deal with Sport Access in France that exclusively represents Adidas and Malik field hockey products in that market. Sport Access is owned and managed by St?phane Jaquet, a retired field hockey player who represented France 92 times and won 7 national titles.

MoGo has reached an agreement with Jucola to represent MoGo mouthguard products in Japan. Jucola is a well-established Japanese company that develops and sells high performance sport supplements in that market. Jucola has widespread distribution resources at sporting goods, convenience stores, and sports clubs across Japan.

MoGo mouthguards will be distributed in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific by Beyond Sports, a wholly-owned Australian company specializing in the manufacture and supply of quality teamwear to retailers and sports clubs. Beyond Sports has the exclusive distribution rights in Australia for the Webb Ellis brand and currently manages the merchandise programs for seven Australia Rugby League teams, four Rugby Union teams, and four Australian Football League teams.

MoGo Sport has reached an exclusive, multiyear agreement with Flamingo Sales to distribute their products in Sub Saharan Africa including South Africa. CEO Daniel Kerdachi leads Flamingo as the regional African distributor of Vans, K-Swiss, Alpinestar, Bergmaster, Creative Recreation and Supra.

In the United Kingdom, Warlenz Limited just signed a deal to be the official distributor of MoGo mouthguards. Warlenz was established by South African-born, former professional rugby player Warren Britz. Warlenz? is currently the exclusive distributor of the USN Nutrition brand in France. Mr. Britz just signed English national rugby union team member Brad Barritt to the MoGo Sport team.

?MoGo will continue to aggressively expand internationally over the next twenty-four months,? according to MoGo Sport International General Manager Gary Parsons. ?We are very excited by the strong response to MoGo mouthguards from athletes in multiple sports and many countries.?

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Vacancy - Part Time Community Safety Development Officer

Edinburgh (3 days per week)
Salary ?10,800 per annum (?18,000 FTE)

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is the country?s leading safety charity, with a mission to save lives and reduce injuries. We have been at the heart of accident prevention in the UK and around the world for more than 90 years and our work encompasses safety in the home, on the road, at work and during leisure activities, and the promotion of safety education for children and young people.

An exciting part time position for a Community Safety Development Officer has arisen with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents at our Edinburgh office. As part of a small team, the officer will facilitate home and water safety projects, handle enquiries and carry out support duties to ensure effective delivery of grant funded work programmes.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop and deliver the annual home safety work programme in Scotland as well as promote RoSPA?s authoritative influence through the research and provision of appropriate and accurate home and water safety services, information and advice.

Applicants must be educated to degree level or equivalent, have well developed verbal and written communication skills, excellent administration skills and good interpersonal skills.

It is essential that you are able to work on your own initiative and as a team member and have experience in, or empathy, with safety agendas. Experience in developing and maintaining relationships with key contacts is preferred.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please complete a declaration form, which can be accessed below and send together with your CV to: Anna Meade, HR Officer, RoSPA House, 28 Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1RP or email ameade@rospa.com

Previous applicants need not re-apply.

Closing Date: Friday July 6, 2012. Interviews will be held on July 18 and 19, 2012.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents welcomes applications for employment from all sections of the community, irrespective of age, gender, marital status, disability, ethnicity, religion or sexuality.

To view PDF documents on the RoSPA website you will need to download and install a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, most computers will already have this software installed.

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HBT: Red Sox deal Youkilis to White Sox

The White Sox announced after Sunday?s game that they?ve acquired Kevin Youkilis from Boston in exchange for?right-hander Zach Stewart and utilityman Brent Lillibridge.

The Red Sox are also sending $5.5 million in cash to help cover Youkilis? salary, according to FOXSports.com?s Ken Rosenthal.

?I just got off the phone with him, he?s very excited to join our club and he?s got a little edge to him that I like,? White Sox GM Kenny Williams said. ?I can?t tell you exactly what he said, but he wants to come in and prove some people wrong.?

Youkilis will take over at the hot corner for the White Sox. Brent Morel, who opened the season with the job, is out with a back injury and there is no timetable for his return. He was struggling mightily anyway, and he?ll likely be optioned to Triple-A once healthy.

The Red Sox are now committed to Will Middlebrooks at third, and they?ll see if Stewart and Lillibridge can help in lesser roles. Stewart, 25, had a 6.00 ERA in one start and 17 relief appearances for the White Sox this season. He?s to join the rotation at Triple-A Pawtucket for now. Extremely homer-prone up to this point of his major league career ? he?s allowed 21 in 97 1/3 innings ? he figures to benefit from getting out of U.S. Cellular Park. While Fenway is still a hitter?s park, it?s not a home run park.

Lillibridge was outstanding in his bit role last year, hitting .258/.340/.505 with 13 homers in 186 at-bats. This year, he?s returned to previous form, with a .175 average, no homers and 26 strikeouts in 63 at-bats. On the plus side, he?s a good defensive outfielder, and he?s capable of playing anywhere in the infield, though he?s well below average at second base and short.

Youkilis, who was drafted by Boston back in 2001, went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple Sunday in his final game for the Red Sox. He?s hitting .233/.317/.377 in 146 at-bats this season.

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Internet Safety Pledge and Tips Help Parents Keep Kids and Teens ...

Nearly every home in the United States has at least one computer or device with internet access. During the long summer months children and teens have more free time to surf the internet. Three of my five children are old enough to understand how to use the computer and find information online. And for my young son with Asperger's spending time in front of the computer is his way to avoid the stress of socializing with his peers. But how do I know that he will be safe while online?

McGruff SafeGuard? announced an Internet Safety Pledge and Contract that helps parents keep children and teens safe online.? This is especially important during summer when kids have more free and unsupervised time to go online on mobile devices.?

The Internet Safety Pledge ? one for kids and one for teenagers ? gives parents an opportunity to discuss their expectations for their kids? behavior online with them.? This includes which content is appropriate to view, dangerous activities, peer pressure and more.? The contract, replete with places for parents and kids/teens to sign, formally documents expectations for online behavior between parent and child.? It reminds kids of their personal responsibility for their online behavior and safety, and reinforces parents? rules.

Parents can?t be everywhere all the time. Review the Internet Safety Tips below, then print out the kid or teen McGruff SafeGuard Internet Safety Pledge and Contract at www.GoMcGruff.com/pledge and have your children sign it.

?It would be na?ve to think that my kids signing the McGruff SafeGuard Internet Safety Pledge and Contract will keep them from looking at or doing inappropriate stuff online entirely,? said Nelli Linatser, a mother of two children living in Bedford, Mass.? ?But it provides a reason to bring up and discuss online behavior with them, and physically signing their name to the document reminds them that we have an agreement and expectations for their online behavior, so it helps.? The pledge and contract help them realize the seriousness of going online and that it?s a privilege, not a right, that can be taken away.?

?It?s the responsibility of every parent to keep their child safe online, but with the ubiquity of mobile phones and computing devices it?s impossible for parents to monitor online behavior all the time,? said Marty Schultz, director of McGruff SafeGuard.? ?The best way to keep kids and teens from viewing inappropriate content or engaging in risky activities online is to maintain an open dialog with your child, reiterate and reinforce the rules with our Internet Safety Pledge and Contract, and teach them how to make good decisions.?

To help keep your child safe online, discuss the following ten tips with them.

1: Online Doesn?t Mean True

Reading or seeing something on the Internet doesn?t mean it?s true, and people aren?t always who they claim to be.

2. Set Rules. Enforce Consequences.

Use your mobile device responsibly and abide by the terms of our contract or it will be taken away.

3. Install a Child Safe Browser

Use available tools to prevent or see every website your child or teen visits or tries and anything they post.? Remind them you, and the world, see everything they do online.

4. Restrict Mobile Devices to Open Areas

Don?t do anything online you wouldn?t do in public, and make kids go online in an open area.

5. Know Where Your Children go Online

Talk with your kids about the types of sites they like to visit and what is/isn?t appropriate. Review examples of good and bad sites.

6. Review Apps and the Ability to Install New Apps

Look at your child?s Smartphone or iPad, and review which apps they?ve already installed.? Approve each app they download.?

7. Don?t Reveal Anything Personal

Never give out any personal information. Discuss the types of information that could help a stranger identify them, their family or friends.

8. Do Not Communicate with Strangers

Everyone on the Internet your child doesn?t know well is a stranger.

9. Dangerous Websites

Beware of websites with sweet sounding offers; ask ?why is this website going to do this for me??

10. It?s Permanent

Anything your child does on the Internet is available for anyone to see forever.

Parental Tools for Online Safety

Another free tool to help keep kids and teens safe when surfing online is the McGruff SafeGuard Browser, a fully-featured, Safari-like browser application for the iPhone?, iPad? and iPod Touch? that blocks inappropriate websites and content accessed via Safari on mobile devices.? Like McGruff the Crime Dog, who is familiar to millions of parents and kids for helping families stay safe, the McGruff SafeGuard Browser protects kids and teens when surfing online on mobile devices.?

Simply download the free app from iTunes and then choose to block or allow content by topic or age.? Over 100 topics can be blocked including pornography, dating, violence, sex education, alcohol, drugs, gambling and many others. Parents receive a report summarizing their child or teen?s online browsing activity, and which device was used for access.? The McGruff SafeGuard Browser, free and Full Control versions, are available for download on iTunes at http://GoMcGruff.com/iTunes.?

About McGruff SafeGuard

McGruff SafeGuard for Window PCs is an easy to use service designed to help parents manage their kids' increasingly dangerous online activity.? The service intelligently monitors all internet activity for potential danger.? It allows parents to conveniently review their kids' activities on a secure website, or to be notified of potentially dangerous situations via cell phone and email alerts.? McGruff SafeGuard for Windows alerts parents to dangerous behavior, such as cyber-bullying, Internet predators, or other teen activities that concern parents.? It also provides helpful advice to parents on how to deal with certain issues.? McGruff SafeGuard is a licensee of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC).? Our offices are located at 2941 West Cypress Creek Road, 2nd Floor, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309.? To reach us please call (954) 607-7559, send email to info@gomcgruff.com or visit us online at http://gomcgruff.com.

About NCPC and McGruff the Crime Dog?

The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a private, nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to be the nation's leader in helping people keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe from crime. NCPC manages public service advertising under the National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign ? symbolized by McGruff the Crime Dog? and his "Take A Bite Out Of Crime?" slogan ? and acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America, more than 400 national, federal, state, and local organizations representing thousands of constituents who are committed to preventing crime. NCPC is funded through a variety of government agencies, corporate and private foundations, and donations from private individuals.

Back in 1980, a dog in a rumpled trench coat said, "You don't know me yet. But you will." Since then, McGruff the Crime Dog has become world famous for his advice on how to stop crime before it happens. Over the years, he has taught millions of people that the police can't fight crime alone ? crime prevention is everybody's business and everyone can help "Take a Bite out Of Crime."

Cascia Talbert is a busy blogger, publisher, freelance writer, online merchant and mother of five children, living in The Pacific Northwest. With a B.A. in history and law and a passion for writing and staying healthy, she started The Healthy Moms Magazine in 2007. The Healthy Moms Magazine is currently ranked the top health blog for moms and features several health expert writers and mom bloggers. Ms. Talbert believes that if mothers are well educated on health issues and how to stay healthy, they can pass that information down to their children and reverse the childhood obesity statistics in the U.S.

Ms. Talbert is a featured health blogger at Wellsphere.com and her articles can also be found on ezinearticles.com. She also runs the Healthy Moms Social Network on Ning, is the Chief Marketing Officer for Talbert Nutrition LLC,? and is on the Social Media Advisory Board for America's Wellness Challenge.??

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