Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.
Source: http://videos.modbee.com/video/156190261
pat summitt real housewives of atlanta colton bo ryan the last waltz earth day activities mel gibson
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Redding Real Estate Agent Website Now Offering Foreclosure ...
Redding, CA, November 27, 2012 ?(PR.com)? Redding real estate professionals group ?Real Living? has just announced the addition of a new MLS search feature to its website. This convenient new feature allows users to instantly search for foreclosures, short sales, and other MLS listings in Redding, California. Users can then quickly set up appointments with local short sale agents in Redding and the surrounding areas.
For a long time, MLS access was almost confidential in nature, and strictly limited to use by licensed real estate professionals. But technology has a way of adjusting the marketplace and overturning established ways of doing business. As the internet era has progressed, and shopping patterns have shifted from real space to cyberspace, prospective real estate buyers have begun demanding a larger part of the buying process to become available online. With today?s hectic schedules and extreme conveniences, buyers are no longer interested in physically traveling to a multitude of properties that they have not previously viewed. Modern consumers wish to research their options online, narrow down their choices based on information that can be easily accessed and evaluated via the web, and then make efficient trips to better examine their short list of viable purchase options.
And today, thanks to the adaptations of the real estate industry, MLS listings are beginning to be available to the average consumer. Real Living Real Estate Professionals has officially joined this modernizing movement with the addition of the new MLS search feature to its website. Prospective buyers can now find foreclosures, short sales, by-owner sales, and a variety of other MLS listings in Redding with a simple online search. And once they progress to that point in the buying process requiring a physical visit, foreclosure, general, and short sale agents in Redding are simply a click or phone call away.
Today?s market offers a variety of ways to find real estate for sale. One can visit multiple websites, peruse the classifieds section of the newspaper, or connect and network with local groups. Using real estate professionals, however, is still a viable and secure way to purchase property. For many families and individuals, a home or other real estate purchase will be the most valuable single asset they own at any point throughout their entire lives. Every precaution should be taken to ensure that this life-changing purchase is made with every due diligence, ensuring a smooth, high-quality transaction for all parties involved. Real Living Real Estate Professionals has the foreclosure, listing, and short sale agents in Redding needed to give buyers that peace of mind.
Contact Information:
Real Living Real Estate Professionals
Ross Domke
530-224-6700
Contact via Email
www.realliving.com/Real-Estate-Professionals
Fax: 530-224-2833
Click here to read the full story: Redding Real Estate Agent Website Now Offering Foreclosure & Short Sale MLS Searches
Press Release Distributed by PR.com
mike wallace chicago cubs split pea soup recipe the client list yahoo.com/mail baylor april 9
Important Notice for Mississippi Military and Overseas Voters
October 23, 2012 ? Alexandria, Va. ? Military and overseas voters in three Mississippi counties will have additional time to submit voted ballots. Due to delays in transmitting military and overseas ballots in Hinds, Jefferson Davis, and Pontotoc counties at least 45 days before the 2012 General Election, the Secretary of State has extended the deadline for receiving ballots to 7 p.m., CST on Saturday, November 10, 2012.
The four-day deadline extension only applies to Hinds, Jefferson Davis, and Pontotoc counties. The deadline for all other military and overseas voters to vote is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6th.
If you have any questions, please locate and contact your election official at the following link: http://www.sos.ms.gov/page.aspx?s=7&s1=1&s2=7.
Alternatively, you can call the Elections Division of the Mississippi Secretary of State's office at 800-829-6786 or email at UOCAVA@sos.ms.gov.
If you have already registered but have not received a State ballot for the November 6th General Election, go to FVAP.gov and use the back-up, Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB). For each office listed, select or write-in either a candidate?s name or their party designation. If you receive your State ballot after submitting the FWAB, vote and return the State ballot as well. You will only receive one vote as the State will only count your FWAB if the State ballot is not received by the deadline. If your State ballot is received by the deadline your State ballot will be counted and the FWAB will be disregarded.
###
If you'd like more information on the Federal Voting Assistance Program or need help with the absentee voting process please visit FVAP.gov for live chat assistance, call FVAP at 1-800-438-VOTE or DSN 425-1584 (CONUS)/312-425-1584 (OCONUS), or email vote@fvap.gov. Remember, you also can contact your unit or installation voting assistance officers. And don?t forget to ?like? us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DoDFVAP and follow @FVAP on Twitter for election updates throughout 2012.
PDF version of FVAP News Release #28
Last updated: 10.26.2012
Source: http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/2012news/nr28-2012.html
kellie pickler costa rica kevin hart living social Earthquake Costa Rica Clinton speech Michael Strahan
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Chris Brown deletes Twitter account after feud
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards in Los Angeles. According to reports, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Brown has taken down his Twitter account after a vulgar, online feud with comedian Jenny Johnson. Johnson says she is now receiving death threats on Twitter from Brown?s supporters. Brown had 11.6 million followers on Twitter. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards in Los Angeles. According to reports, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Brown has taken down his Twitter account after a vulgar, online feud with comedian Jenny Johnson. Johnson says she is now receiving death threats on Twitter from Brown?s supporters. Brown had 11.6 million followers on Twitter. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
R&B singer Chris Brown has taken down his Twitter account after a vulgar online exchange with comedian Jenny Johnson.
Johnson says she's now receiving death threats on Twitter from Brown's supporters.
The fight started when 23-year-old Brown posted a picture of himself, saying he looked old. Johnson replied: "I know! Being a worthless piece of (expletive) can really age a person."
Brown fired back a series of crude sexual jokes. Johnson posted a link to a news story about Brown's 2009 assault on singer Rihanna.
Before deleting his account, Brown wrote: "Just ask Rihanna if she mad??????" The on-again-off-again couple have been seen together recently.
A representative for Brown's record label didn't immediately respond Monday to an email seeking comment.
Brown had 11.6 million followers on Twitter.
___
Online:
http://www.twitter.com/JennyJohnsonHi5
Associated Presscolumbus day Stacy Dash Amber Tamblyn Lilit Avagyan Nashville TV Show VP debate drew brees
First-time buyers shut out of housing recovery
6 hrs.
Current homeowners are finally moving up, and distressed sales are making up less of the overall market?all signs of much-needed improvement in housing.
Current homeowners accounted for 54 percent of October?s non-distressed market, up from 50 percent in June, according to a new survey by Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance.
This as the share of non-distressed sales surged to 64.7 percent, up from 55.7 percent as recently as February.
Unfortunately, first-time home buyers are seeing just the opposite, largely left out of this surge in sales and prices. Their share of the market, usually up in the 40 percent range historically, fell to 34.7 percent in October, the lowest in the Campbell/IMF survey?s three-year history.
The National Association of Realtors put their share even lower, at 31 percent.
Either way, they are the only group of buyers that have not seen their share of non-distressed home purchases rise over the past five months. The mortgage of choice for these buyers, FHA-insured loans, are increasingly tough to obtain. (Read More: Yes, Housing Starts Surge, but Rentals Are the Drivers)
?Financing of first-time homebuyers with low down payments threatens to become a significant problem in the U.S. housing market,? wrote Thomas Popik, research director for Campbell Surveys. ?Fifty percent of first-time homebuyers use FHA financing, but FHA insurance premiums are increasing and underwriting is becoming more strict. Private mortgage insurance has started to fill the gap, but the long-term status of private mortgage insurance is in question pending the publication of the Qualified Residential Mortgage regulation resulting from Dodd-Frank.? (Read More: Builders Bump Up Thanks to Drop in Existing Home Supply)
Real estate agents answering this latest survey also noted that the recent hike in FHA mortgage insurance premiums is hitting first-time buyers harder because some sellers are refusing to accept offers that include FHA financing. Adding insult to injury, the FHA, after reporting a major shortfall in its insurance reserve funds, announced it would raise premiums yet again, another 10 basis points early next year. (Read More: To Stem Losses, FHA Mortgages Get More Expensive)
Lower priced, distressed properties, like foreclosures and short sales, would seem like the best answer for first time buyers, but hungry, all-cash investors are proving to be too much competition. Investors purchased one fifth of all homes that sold in October, up from 18 percent the previous month, and all-cash buyers (largely investors) made up 29 percent of all sales, according to the Realtors. (Read More: How 'Fiscal Cliff' Could Affect Mortgage Interest Deduction)
This is why, despite increasing household formation, rental occupancies continue to fall and rents to rise. Would-be first time home buyers are either choosing or are forced to rent.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/housing-recovery-leaving-behind-first-time-buyers-1C7266178
snooki ll cool j amy schumer amy schumer Prince Harry Vegas pictures Avril Lavigne Microsoft
Monday, November 26, 2012
Using Email Marketing To Your Best Advantage - Businesses
Business owners who just start out with e-mail marketing campaigns are usually unfamiliar with the proper etiquette involved. There is a certain way to handle e-mail marketing professionally that will keep your customers happy and looking forward to receiving communications from you. Below, you will find some helpful tips on marketing via email etiquette.
If you use email promoting, be sure to keep your companies branding consistent in all communications. This includes using the same fonts and colors to increase brand recognition. The emails that you send out should resemble each other enough that it is easy for customers to remember you.
Consider adding an endorsement to any followup emails you send. Put some copy in the message telling them how they can benefit immediately from your business. The ending paragraph or statement should tell the reader that they can click on the following link to submit for their order.
TIP! Include lots of useful information in all your messages. Don?t just fill them up with information about your products.
Don?t put critical information in images when sending emails. There are lots of emails that don?t show pictures automatically. Often this will result in an unsatisfactory look or unreadable message when images are prevalent. Therefore, it is important that all relevant information be given using text only; any images you wish to include should have descriptive tags.
Give your customer a clear choice to opt in to your marketing via email, and an easy way to opt out, in order to build customer confidence. Failure to do so can lead to you losing customers? trust and it will tarnish the reputation of your business. You can also get blacklisted by certain ISP?s, which can create major problems for your campaign and your business.
Now you know why email marketing protocol is so important for a business owner. Business owners that are not courteous will see subscribers drop out of email lists. If you want happy, satisfied customers who look forward to receiving emails from you, take note of the advice provided here.
TIP! You should always have permission before emailing any individual. People will not take your business seriously if you send spam.
Source: http://elektrotehnickifakultet.com/using-email-marketing-to-your-best-advantage.html
aubrey born to run pranks pregnancy test april fools day 2012 ja rule amityville horror
Utility worker pierced pipe before dramatic Mass. gas blast
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A natural gas explosion that injured 18 people and damaged 42 buildings in Springfield's entertainment district was blamed Sunday on a utility worker who accidently punctured a high-pressure pipeline while looking for a leak.
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the Friday night blast in one of New England's largest cities was caused by "human error." He didn't name the Columbia Gas Co. worker who pierced the pipe while responding to reports of a gas leak.
The worker damaged the underground pipe while using a metal probe to locate the source of the leak, Coan said. A flood of gas then built up in a building that housed a strip club, and some kind of spark touched off the blast, officials said.
Coan said the employee was following older markings on a sidewalk that indicated the location of the gas line. He appeared to be an appropriate distance from the line, but the markings were incorrect and the worker accidentally punctured the pipe.
A message left for a Columbia Gas spokeswoman wasn't immediately returned. Columbia Gas, a subsidiary of public company NiSource Inc., announced earlier Sunday that it planned to open a claims center for residents and businesses affected by the explosion at City Hall on Monday.
Preliminary reports showed the blast damaged 42 buildings housing 115 residential units. Three buildings were immediately condemned, and 24 others require additional inspections by structural engineers to determine whether they are safe. The building that housed the Scores Gentleman's Club was completely destroyed.
After the pipe was ruptured, authorities evacuated several buildings. Most of the people injured were part of a group of gas workers, firefighters and police officers who ducked for cover behind a utility truck just before the blast. The truck was demolished.
Some officials said it was a miracle no one was killed. Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant praised the actions of city firefighters.
"The firefighters did an excellent job evacuating the area which certainly prevented additional civilian injuries and saved many lives," Conant said.
Columbia Gas officials have been cooperating with investigators and have determined that there are no more gas leaks in the neighborhood, Mayor Domenic Sarno said.
Coan said the investigation is being turning over to the state Department of Public Utilities. It's not clear whether investigators will ever be able to determine what caused the spark that ignited the explosion.
Springfield, which is 90 miles west of Boston and has about 150,000 residents, is the largest city in western Massachusetts. It's known as the home of the Basketball Hall of Fame, which is not near the blast site.
The city has been rebuilding from damage caused by a tornado in June 2011.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/utility-worker-pierced-pipe-mass-202206318.html
2012 nfl schedule dishonored april 18 delonte west vanessa williams nicklas backstrom discovery shuttle
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Reasons Why You Shouldn't Partner in Your Real Estate Business
?I think this shade of tan looks best.?
?No way. This shade of tan one tab over looks so much better!?
Although a bit silly and overly simplified, the concept is one that?absolutely?needs to be well thought out before you go into real estate. The concept being:
Do you want 51% of the ?say? in your business decisions, or do you want 50%?
There are many reasons why at some point in your career, a partner may be wise or needed, but my personal opinion is that unless you absolutely need a partner, take the journey alone!
Personality Check
The first thing you need to do is take an honest?assessment?of yourself,?particularly, your personality. This could very well be the thing that creates major bumps in your ride. I won?t go quite as far as saying it would END your ride, but depending on the situation, it could get pretty darn close.
- Are you a control freak?
- Are you?obsessive?compulsive about details?
- Are you great with numbers? Do you enjoy numbers?
- Do you know how to pound in a nail?
Whether you answered ?yes? or ?no? to any of these questions doesn?t matter, what matters is what you do with this information. There are plenty of other questions to ask, but these will serve as a guideline for some examples.
Can I Compensate, but Avoid Partnership?
After you have the first round of questions out of the way, you can begin to try and structure how your business?management?will work. We?ll use my personal answer to these questions, and how I applied it.
- Are you a control freak??- Yes
- Are you?obsessive?compulsive about details??- No
- Are you great with numbers? Do you enjoy numbers??- Yes
- Do you know how to pound in a nail??- No
I love control and being an engineer by degree, I love numbers. I?m okay with details, but not great and when it comes to construction, it?s?embarrassing.
Does that mean I need I need to partner up with someone to overcome my?deficiencies? No!
I compensate for this by using a project manager and an assistant whom I pay?separately. ?Yes, I could give them equity stake and then not have to pay them; however, I want equity for myself, and more importantly, I want CONTROL. It just fits my personality.
If you?re not very good with numbers, find someone who is, and create an?arrangement?with them. ?If you can help me analyze my deal and crunch the numbers, I?ll pay you x-amount.? Sure it is money out of your pocket and an expense, but it keeps you in control, and you?ll find it is well worth it.
Can I Temporarily Partner, but then Avoid?
The one instance where you truly have no other option to partner is if you have no capital. Yea, yea, ?yea ? I know about all those ?no money needed? real estate strategies, including wholesaling. I have no?empirical?data to back this up, but I?m guessing for every 10 people who approach the wholesaling strategy or ?no money down,? maybe 1 or 2 actually survive as real estate investors. If the odds of success were higher than that, I sure wouldn?t struggle as much as I do to find ?true? wholesalers. (sorry, went off on a tangent there, let?s get back on track!)
If you love control, I would try and arrange a partnership on JUST THAT DEAL. Not a partnership for your overall company. This way, you can get access to the capital you need, but when things are done, still have the option to?continue?on your separate path.
Do you have capital, but not enough for rehab costs? Partner up with a contractor. In this case, you definitely only want it as a ?per deal? basis as in the future you can just include the contractor in your budget, but if you?re short on cash, this is a justifiable reason to partner up.
Avoid this Trap
?We?ve been friends since middle school. Let?s go into real estate together.? Uggggg? T-minus x amount of months before business and friendship go sour.
Yes, I know. You know of partnerships that work (same with me), but when I personally stop and think about it, I can think of double the amount of partnerships that have just failed.
If you find yourself with capital, but are inching?towards?a partnership out of ?fear-of-the-unknown? and using the shield of ?This person is my friend/family, that?s why I want them as my partner? as an excuse, then you need to step back and truly think twice about it. I?m not saying this is impossible to accomplish (my brother-in-law and his brother have run a successful?lawn-care?business for numerous years), but what I AM saying is this?
If the only reason for wanting a partnership is for personal comfort, DO NOT DO IT.
If you have the capital and want to work with a person, then by all means work with them, just pay them separately though instead of giving up 50% equity in your business. Don?t fall into the trap of ?my strong friendship/family ties will overcome any difficulties.? When actual money is on the line, it has a way to completely dismantling those ?ties.? Again, it may work, but why RISK IT if you already have the needed supplies (capital) to get started.
Step outside of your comfort zone. Push yourself a bit. You?ll be glad you did when you can look at the other person in the room and say, ?It?s my company and my decision, so we?re going with MY shade of tan.?
Photo: Jesse Wagstaff
Author: Clay Huber
Clay's Website: http://huberpropertygroup.com/
Clay has written 27 articles for us.
Source: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/11/24/reasons-not-partner-real-estate/
chicago bulls st louis blues rueben randle mike trout ryan broyles jerel worthy alshon jeffery
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Egypt protesters, police clash after Morsi decree
Demonstrations erupt in major Egyptian cities after President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping new judicial and legislative powers. NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Cairo.
By NBC News staff and wire reports
Updated at 5:05 p.m. ET:?Opposition protesters clashed with police in several Egyptian cities Friday after new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi awarded himself sweeping new powers.
Police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo?s Tahrir Square, the center of anti-regime protests that ousted longtime U.S.-backed leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
"The people want to bring down the regime," shouted protesters, echoing a chant used in the anti-Mubarak uprising. "Get out, Morsi," they chanted.
State TV also said Morsi opponents set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in the Suez Canal cities of Suez, Port Said and Ismailia.
Clashes also erupted between police and opposition protesters in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the southern city of Assiut and in Giza, the sister city of the capital. In Alexandria, Morsi opponents hurled stones at Brotherhood supporters outside a mosque and stormed a nearby office of the group.
However, Muslim Brotherhood backers gathered in front of the presidential palace in northern Cairo to support Morsi -- illustrating a widening gulf over Egypt?s future.
Tarek Fawzy / AP
Protesters opposed to President Mohammed Morsi break into the offices of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Alexandria, Egypt, on Friday.
Wide powers
Buoyed by accolades from around the world for mediating a truce between Hamas and Israel, Morsi on Thursday ordered that an Islamist-dominated assembly writing the new constitution could not be dissolved by legal challenges.
Other changes give Morsi power to take security measures to protect his position, which rights groups say are like new emergency laws.
Morsi belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood until he ran for the presidency and still depends on the group for political support.
On Friday, Morsi confirmed that he will move forward on his plans because he insisted they were for the good of the country.
Complete coverage of the Middle East & North Africa?
"I am for all Egyptians. I will not be biased against any son of Egypt,'' Morsi told the crowd outside the presidential palace, adding that he was working for social and economic stability and the rotation of power.
"Opposition in Egypt does not worry me, but it has to be real and strong,'' he said in response to his critics.
Morsi also said Friday that his government would pay $5,000 to the families of those who died in the protests to oust Mubarak and $3,333 to those who were injured.
?
'New pharaoh'
The changes, announced late Thursday, prompted outrage among secularists and liberals.?
Critics accuse Egypt president of trying to become 'new pharaoh' with decree
Mohammed ElBaradei, a prominent pro-democracy figure and former head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency, accused Morsi of declaring himself a "new pharaoh."
"Morsi today usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt's new pharaoh," ElBaradei said on Twitter. "A major blow to the revolution that could have dire consequences."
"Morsi a 'temporary' dictator','' was the headline in the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.
By ousting military chiefs, Egypt's Morsi shows he's a force to be reckoned with
The U.S. State Department signaled its concern Friday over Morsi?s declarations.
"One of the aspirations of the revolution was to ensure that power would not be overly concentrated in the hands of any one person or institution," said spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. "The current constitutional vacuum in Egypt can only be resolved by the adoption of a constitution that includes checks and balances, and respects fundamental freedoms, individual rights, and the rule of law consistent with Egypt's international commitments."
Nuland called for calm and for all parties in Egypt to resolve differences through "democratic dialogue."
Meanwhile, the United Nations expressed serious concerns Friday about human rights and stability in Egypt.
Tarek Fawzy / AP
Protesters hurl stones during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi in Alexandria, Egypt, on Friday.
"We are very concerned about the possible huge ramifications of this declaration on human rights and the rule of law in Egypt," Rupert Colville, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay's spokesman, told a news briefing at the United Nations in Geneva. "We also fear this could lead to a very volatile situation over the next few days, starting today in fact."
Morsi's decree is also bound to worry Western allies, particularly the United States, a generous benefactor to Egypt's army.
NBC News' Charlene Gubash, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
More world stories from NBC News:
Follow World News from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook
?
red tails trailer joe pa dead laura dekker stephen colbert south carolina seal seal and heidi klum drew peterson untouchable
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Using Article Marketing To Your Advantage | Richard Jablonski MLM ...
To boost sales and bring in new customers, you must address them properly. You may not be able to return to school and obtain a marketing degree, so stop fretting about the knowledge you are lacking and use this tips list to learn the ropes now.
Avoid losing focus by overusing keywords in titles and headlines. A good headline should include one or two strong keywords. Headlines should grab your readers? attention. Read your headline to be sure that it is interesting and will appeal to your audience.
Check out how your articles are doing once submitted to the directories. By reviewing article statistics, such as the number of visitors and the average time spent viewing the article, you can find out which topics are attracting and interesting visitors. Focus on the best topics to ensure you?re getting the most return on your investment of time.
Need some article inspiration? Look at the news to see what interesting stories are out there that may relate to your niche. It is possible to set up email alerts at many news aggregation sites that can let you know when something new arises. Utilizing daily news for your material is a great way to stay up-to-date, on point and interesting in the eyes of your audience.
Avoid article writing software and services that rely on spinning. Although such a service will be able to supply you with huge quantities of articles very quickly, the quality of said articles will not be guaranteed. You may even find that some of these writers don?t use good English. Write your own content, or hire an English-speaking writer yourself to ensure the quality remains high.
After writing articles for some time, you will have created a large amount of online work?a great deal of articles all through the Internet. Gather your best articles for an eBook that can be given away for promotional purposes or sold. A great eBook full of helpful content will be a huge hit.
Use catchy titles for every article that you create. Take some time, and really think about what kinds of words will keep a person?s attention. Pick one that builds curiosity and intrigue, as these will gain more recognition. Pattern your own titles after these.
Never jump into an article without first deciding on a specific idea. If your article is not focused on one topic, you could lose readers. Because of this, they will not desire to come back to your site.
You can use these marketing tips and techniques that you have just learned to sell just about anything. Find out what kind of techniques work the best for your business by experimenting with some of these new ways of reaching out to more people.
Rich Jablonski
732-257-9251
P.S. You may have an interest about something I may have written on one of my other sites.
More network marketing info.
Change your life now!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The road to language learning is iconic
![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
Public release date: 13-Nov-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Anna Mikulak
amikulak@psychologicalscience.org
202-293-9300
Association for Psychological Science
Languages are highly complex systems and yet most children seem to acquire language easily, even in the absence of formal instruction. New research on young children's use of British Sign Language (BSL) sheds light on one of the mechanisms - iconicity - that may endow children with this amazing ability.
For spoken and written language, the arbitrary relationship between a word's form how it sounds or how it looks on paper and its meaning is a particularly challenging feature of language acquisition. But one of the first things people notice about sign languages is that signs often represent aspects of meaning in their form. For example, in BSL the sign EAT involves bringing the hand to the mouth just as you would if you were bringing food to the mouth to eat it.
In fact, a high proportion of signs across the world's sign languages are similarly iconic, connecting human experience to linguistic form.
Robin Thompson and colleagues David Vison, Bencie Woll, and Gabriella Vigliocco at the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London in the United Kingdom wanted to examine whether this kind of iconicity might provide a key to understanding how children come to link words to their meaning.
Their findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
The researchers looked at data from 31 deaf children who were being raised in deaf BSL signing families in the United Kingdom. Parents indicated the number of words understood and produced by their children between the ages of 8 and 30 months. The researchers decided to focus on 89 specific signs, examining children's familiarity with the signs as well as the iconicity and complexity of the signs.
The findings reveal that younger (11-20 months) and older (21-30 months) children comprehended and produced more BSL signs that were iconic than those that were less iconic. And the benefit of iconicity seemed to be greater for the older children. Importantly, this relationship did not seem to depend on how familiar, complex or concrete the words were.
Together, these findings suggest that iconicity could play an important role in language acquisition.
Thompson and colleagues hypothesize that iconic links between our perceptual-motor experience of the world and the form of a sign may provide an imitation-based mechanism that supports early sign acquisition. These iconic links highlight motor and perceptual similarity between actions and signs such as DRINK, which is produced by tipping a curved hand to the mouth and represents the action of holding a cup and drinking from it.
The researchers emphasize that these results can also be applied to spoken languages, in which gestures, tone of voice, inflection, and face-to-face communication can help make the link between words and their meanings less arbitrary.
"We suggest that iconicity provides scaffolding a middle-ground to bridge the "great divide" between linguistic form and bodily experience for both sign language and spoken language learners," says Thompson.
###
This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council of Great Britain: Grant Nos. RES-620-28-6001 and RES-620-28-6002 to the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), and Grant No. RES-062-23-2012.
To learn more about Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre at University College London, please visit www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk.
For more information about this study, please contact: Robin L. Thompson at robin.thompson@ucl.ac.uk.
The APS journal Psychological Science is the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology. For a copy of the article "The Road to Language Learning Is Iconic: Evidence From British Sign Language" and access to other Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.
[ | E-mail | Share ] ?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Public release date: 13-Nov-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Anna Mikulak
amikulak@psychologicalscience.org
202-293-9300
Association for Psychological Science
Languages are highly complex systems and yet most children seem to acquire language easily, even in the absence of formal instruction. New research on young children's use of British Sign Language (BSL) sheds light on one of the mechanisms - iconicity - that may endow children with this amazing ability.
For spoken and written language, the arbitrary relationship between a word's form how it sounds or how it looks on paper and its meaning is a particularly challenging feature of language acquisition. But one of the first things people notice about sign languages is that signs often represent aspects of meaning in their form. For example, in BSL the sign EAT involves bringing the hand to the mouth just as you would if you were bringing food to the mouth to eat it.
In fact, a high proportion of signs across the world's sign languages are similarly iconic, connecting human experience to linguistic form.
Robin Thompson and colleagues David Vison, Bencie Woll, and Gabriella Vigliocco at the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London in the United Kingdom wanted to examine whether this kind of iconicity might provide a key to understanding how children come to link words to their meaning.
Their findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
The researchers looked at data from 31 deaf children who were being raised in deaf BSL signing families in the United Kingdom. Parents indicated the number of words understood and produced by their children between the ages of 8 and 30 months. The researchers decided to focus on 89 specific signs, examining children's familiarity with the signs as well as the iconicity and complexity of the signs.
The findings reveal that younger (11-20 months) and older (21-30 months) children comprehended and produced more BSL signs that were iconic than those that were less iconic. And the benefit of iconicity seemed to be greater for the older children. Importantly, this relationship did not seem to depend on how familiar, complex or concrete the words were.
Together, these findings suggest that iconicity could play an important role in language acquisition.
Thompson and colleagues hypothesize that iconic links between our perceptual-motor experience of the world and the form of a sign may provide an imitation-based mechanism that supports early sign acquisition. These iconic links highlight motor and perceptual similarity between actions and signs such as DRINK, which is produced by tipping a curved hand to the mouth and represents the action of holding a cup and drinking from it.
The researchers emphasize that these results can also be applied to spoken languages, in which gestures, tone of voice, inflection, and face-to-face communication can help make the link between words and their meanings less arbitrary.
"We suggest that iconicity provides scaffolding a middle-ground to bridge the "great divide" between linguistic form and bodily experience for both sign language and spoken language learners," says Thompson.
###
This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council of Great Britain: Grant Nos. RES-620-28-6001 and RES-620-28-6002 to the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), and Grant No. RES-062-23-2012.
To learn more about Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre at University College London, please visit www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk.
For more information about this study, please contact: Robin L. Thompson at robin.thompson@ucl.ac.uk.
The APS journal Psychological Science is the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology. For a copy of the article "The Road to Language Learning Is Iconic: Evidence From British Sign Language" and access to other Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.
[ | E-mail | Share ] ?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/afps-trt111312.php
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
3 Components Needed to Master Your Home Based Business ? Bnr ...
There is a lot to find out and a preponderance of detail that you will choose up although creating your home based company. But there are bigger concepts that you can master that help you simplify your home based company.
Your enterprise actually and only consist of three components if you can master these principal concepts it will for certain aid simplify your business no matter if you are working online or offline. The principals nevertheless apply.
Idea Principal #1: L
EAD GENERATION
This how you get folks to COME TO YOU by using your own advertising strategies i.e. social media sites, fliers, signs on your car. Whatever you do to get your Leads to show up and call you, e-mail you or opt in to your web sites. The Concentrate is to get them to come to you.
Its is really important you master this principal a lot of don?t.
Concept Principal #2: CONVERSION ( note this principal will not function with out mastering principal #1)
When LEADS progress from getting a LEAD and creating a buy this is what you call a CONVERSION. They convert from getting a prospect to getting a customer. When again this step cannot take location without mastering principal idea #1. When you have mastered the concepts of Producing Leads and turning them into prospects your ready for the next idea.
Concept Principal #three: CONTINUITY
Continuity also what I would contact the Tough Concept is what gets you into the large dollars of your home based enterprise. Fundamentally building CONTINUITY is acquiring individuals to obtain from you month following month AUTOMATICALLY. Also known as an autoship for these that own and operate MLM company. What keeps you in the CONTINUITY stage is how nicely you can keep your clients coming back to obtain from you. The trick to CONTINUITY is teaching your prospects or downline the same set of principals that you learn to keep the flow going in your company. This is what generates your residual earnings for you and your downline.
Its as easy as that NO More NO Less.
My recommendation for you is to separate the 3 concepts into three separate entities. When you do this you can concentrate and just before you know it you have your extremely own Enterprise MODEL.
To your Good results AND WEALTH!
Source: http://www.bnr.co/business/3-components-needed-to-master-your-home-based-business/
jason wu the patriot nick diaz vs carlos condit hall of fame occupy dc ufc 143 fight card my fair lady
Monday, November 12, 2012
China slams Dalai Lama; Tibetan self-immolates
BEIJING (AP) ? China accused the Dalai Lama on Monday of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a wave of self-immolations among Tibetans. The comments came as another Tibetan set himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, Tibetan exiles and a rights group said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Dalai Lama's comments in Japan on the island dispute showed his "reactionary nature" and determination to split China apart under the guise of religion.
"To achieve his separatist goal, he associated with the Japanese right-wing forces. Chinese people despise him for what he did. We are firmly opposed to any country's providing a stage for him," Hong said.
Chinese media have said the Dalai Lama called the islands by their Japanese name during a news conference in Yokohama last Monday but an Associated Press review of a tape of the event showed he referred to them only as "the islands."
On Monday in Okinawa, the Dalai Lama criticized Chinese media for making up a claim that he sided with the Japanese.
Tensions have run high over the islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, since the Japanese government nationalized some of them in September in a bid to prevent Tokyo's right-wing governor from buying them. Violent anti-Japanese protests broke out in a number of Chinese cities, and Beijing has sent ships to conduct near-constant patrols near the uninhabited rocks.
Hong also attacked the Dalai Lama for reportedly accusing the Chinese government of failing to investigate the root cause of despair and hopelessness among Tibetans that many say have prompted people to take their lives as a form of protest. China has long accused the Dalai Lama and his supporters of inspiring such acts, despite his condemnation of all forms of violence.
"Not only did the Dalai not condemn them, but he actually glorified these acts, which are against the national law and religious principles," Hong said.
The remarks came as a 24-year-old Tibetan man set himself on fire at a prayer ceremony in Tongren county in western China's Qinghai province, becoming the seventh person in six days to self-immolate in the region, the rights group Free Tibet said.
Nyingkar Tashi is reported to have died in the protest in which he called out for freedom in Tibet and for the longevity of the Dalai Lama, the group said. A statement from the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharmsala, India, provided similar details.
A Tongren government official who picked up the phone said he could not comment, while Ma Chunyin, head of the Tongren Communist Party Propaganda Department, said he did not know about the reported self-immolation.
Tibet support groups overseas have said the increase in protests in recent days is meant to highlight Tibetan unhappiness with Chinese rule as the country's leaders hand over power to younger successors at a party congress in Beijing.
"Throughout the 18th Party Congress the new unelected leaders have been reminded on an almost daily basis of Tibetans' rejection of Chinese rule, and of the terrible failure of policies to cement the occupation," Free Tibet Director Stephanie Brigden said.
The Dalai Lama fled to India following an abortive 1959 uprising against Chinese rule over Tibet. He denies seeking the region's independence, saying that he wishes Tibetans to enjoy real autonomy and protection of their traditional Buddhist culture.
___
Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen in Beijing and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-slams-dalai-lama-tibetan-self-immolates-145412304.html
santa monica college wisconsin primary dallas fort worth airport texas tornados seattle seahawks new uniforms wisconsin recall wisconsin recall
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Developing Web Services: W3C Value
If you want to take your business online, you have a website first! You might consider when choosing a web development company that can help you create a web page. Sites to create solutions to create a web page that appealing to your visitors and easy to use. There are many cost-effective web development solutions on the market that can meet their developing needs. However, you should not only assess the creativity of the company used a sufficient duration of the company's website. There are many other points to consider when choosing a web enough time to develop solutions. One of the most important checkpoints web development company or its compliance with the Globe Wide Web class (W3C) standards.
W3C is a company that creates requirements Globe Wide Web. He is also involved in education programs, developing software, and boards the Globe Wide Web. She works full-time staff to create requirements. W3C jobs in the world, 16 areas around the world. It was founded in 1994 and has more than 450 companies as members. Tim Berners-Lee, Globe extensive web (WWW), the developer brings the consortium. The company was founded with the purpose of use of the Internet in the best possible way. Worldwide Internet-related products requirements came to be gradual. The consortium has provided all internet pages to develop solutions that meet the requirements.
W3C standards, the Internet company is considering the scripting language dialects, such as HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, and so building tips. They can be as follows:
* HTML: CSS is a better choice than HTML, because it changes the web browser can not happen, HTML.
* XML Web to create solutions to create these terms than HTML because it is more versatile.
* XHTML: terminology changes in HTML, XML application. Customers can choose a cost-effective web development solutions that make use of these terms.
* CSS: CSS allows the web to create solutions that change the HTML or XML elements in the overall look. According to the W3C, it is simpler and architecture.
* DOM: This is the best agreement with the technology of the future. W3C offers Internet, the development of support made to use these terms.
W3C to determine the most traditional setting company web development solutions and web development solutions. They pay homage to the requirements of a more cost-effective web development solutions. Criticism of it was done, though! Underway in many sectors responsible W3C affect large companies and emerging requirements of your hobbies. W3C requirements drawback is that they lack an orderly procedure. Dialect, they have no official link to understand the syntax constructs.
Despite their shortcomings, the W3C is the most effective conventional company. He claims to be the web development company. If the site is developed as per the following conditions are unjustified. This in turn will increase the number of flights on your site. Any Internet browser easily display the site if the following conditions are met. W3C recommended dialects do not need to motivate unnecessary programming. Debugging and problem solving becomes easy if the value is arbitrary. Web development company should comply with the requirements of the W3C, without fail. If you plan to style or to update your Web site, you'll need to create sure that the most cost-effective web development company you choose, by the W3C requirements.
Source: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/developing-web-services-w3c-value
friday night lights nick santino bruce arians the misfits hook troy miracle
Friday, November 9, 2012
The Duties Of The Search Engine Optimization Specialist That Can ...
The search engine optimization specialist performs a number of duties that are important to the success of a company. When a web shop wants to drive more traffic to the site, they need to be visible. This is what the seo specialist does. They make the website more visible to potential customers by increasing its page rank on search engines.
Making a website rank at the top of search listings takes a lot of work and effort. The amount of work depends on the competition. In any case, there are a number of aspects to take into account. There are various types of duties to complete. There are also many types of work to do that are necessary to maintain top page rank.
At the time that an individual looks for an expert in search engine optimization, it will become noticeable that there are different prices. Services providers that require low prices do exist. There are others that charge much more. There are multiple factors that affect price. This includes where the specialist works from, the amount of work experience they have, and what quality of service they offer.
There are multiple services that may be offered by any particular search engine optimization expert. Some may offer only a few specific services while others may offer a broad range. This is an aspect to be considered by the business that wishes to hire the professional. This being said, there are several duties that more seo experts complete that are essential for any company to succeed.
Link building is an essential task for any business to have done for them. This is a task that is never really complete. Business websites can always use more links. Service providers may give a person a choice on how they receive them. This could possibly be through high quality link directories.
Article directories are involved with this process as well. Service providers submit articles to many different directories with the appropriate website address to obtain a link. To get the best results from such effort, a larger number of written pieces must be submitted. The same rule applies to providers that offer press release submission. These pieces are read by news editors and those involved with journalism. It is an excellent option for spreading news about the company.
Utilizing social media networks is something that almost every business is using. It takes a lot of time to keep up with it which is why so many companies hire the seo experts or social media marketers. Because there are so many networks available, a company needs to choose the best ones. With proper use, businesses stand to gain a lot of traffic from this method.
There are unlimited numbers of other tasks that professionals in this industry can complete. Many of them also pertain to the actual website. For example, the content within the website needs to have proper headings and keywords. Tags and coding are also required. The optimization professionals have the ability to complete these duties as well.
All of these aspects of seo are duties that the best search engine optimization specialist provides. They may vary from site to site as will the price. Many businesses that are highly successful have taken advantage of these services. There is no doubt that more will in the future.
Read more about The Duties Of The Search Engine Optimization Specialist That Can Help Businesses visiting our website.
NFL.com matt ryan matt ryan att wireless nfl nfl Mother Jones
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Twain and Hawthorne
Twain and Hawthorne have successfully passed their crucial information to the audience through the use of themes of Slavery, Racism and hypocrisy of the civilized society to show how the society had gone against the basic human rights related to the equality of all human beings. Both "The Maypole of Merry Mount" by Hawthorne and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Twain have got common similarities in their themes because both focus on slavery and racism in the 18 century society.
Twain has featured on the miserable life of Huck, and he has shown how he goes through poverty and condemns the society from protecting him from this oppression. Consequently, from the oppression he got from the society, Huck could choose to go to hell since what he had learned was totally opposite to what he saw. On the other hand, Hawthorne has also highlighted the brutality of the Puritans against the Marry Mount settlers was an act of slavery whereby the Puritan leader sentenced the settlers of the Marry Mount to whippings and many other punishments. The leader then ordered the dancing bear to be short to curb witchcraft.
Twain has also given a scenario whereby the American system had put a white man's rights to "property" including slaves who were seen as properties and this limited the freedom of the Blackman. Consequently, twain was implying that the society that owned slaves could not be "civilized" how how that society claims matter.
According to (The May-Pole of Merry Mount Study Guide, 2012). Hawthorne has clarified on the tension between the Puritans and the Merrymakers in that the puritans wanted to establish order and solemnity while, on the other hand, the Merrymakers wanted freedom of free thinking. This shows that the two feudal groups were not in substantial terms with one another thus making the puritans look down upon the Merrymakers. This can be depicted when the energetic puritan ordered the shooting of the Merrymaker on the head on suspecting witchcraft in The Puritans seem to be extremely brutal to the harmless hedonistic group of individuals.
This can be depicted through their shooting of the dancing bear, trimming Edgar's hair and the ruthless cutting down of the maypole. In addition, he has described the puritan leader as lovely and compassion able hence; the puritans could be moved by compassion.
Conclusion
Twain and Hawthorne have acted like activist by using their works to show how racism and slavery can negatively affect the society. Twain has used Huck while Hawthorne has used the Merrymakers to air their message to the audience. Both authors are against discrimination in society and have considerably taken their position by condemning it using their literature.
References
The May-Pole of Merry Mount Study Guide (2012). What So Proudly We Hail
Curriculum. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
Morgan D is an experienced freelance writer for 5 years now, he writes research papers, essays papers, thesis proposal and dissertation papers.He is currently working with uk best essay provider visist the site to view more articles on various topics
Source: http://articles.submityourarticle.com/twain-and-hawthorne-301826
guinea bissau google stock google stock china gdp dont trust the b in apartment 23 johnny damon kirk cameron
Donald Trump deletes parts of Twitter tirade
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, Donald Trump arrives for the opening ceremony at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Trump has deleted some of the Twitter tirade he posted following President Barack Obama's re-election and added new critiques of NBC's Brian Williams. Trump began tweeting before the election was called that it was ?a total sham and a travesty.? After news outlets projected that Obama won the election, Trump tweeted, ?Well, back to the drawing board!? He posted more than 10 angry tweets, declaring ?our nation is a once great nation divided? and ?the world is laughing at us.? He encouraged a ?revolution in this country.?(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, Donald Trump arrives for the opening ceremony at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill. Trump has deleted some of the Twitter tirade he posted following President Barack Obama's re-election and added new critiques of NBC's Brian Williams. Trump began tweeting before the election was called that it was ?a total sham and a travesty.? After news outlets projected that Obama won the election, Trump tweeted, ?Well, back to the drawing board!? He posted more than 10 angry tweets, declaring ?our nation is a once great nation divided? and ?the world is laughing at us.? He encouraged a ?revolution in this country.?(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Donald Trump has deleted some of the Twitter tirade he posted following President Barack Obama's re-election, and added new critiques of NBC's Brian Williams.
Trump began tweeting before the election was called that it was "a total sham and a travesty." After news outlets projected that Obama won the election, Trump tweeted, "Well, back to the drawing board!" He posted more than 10 angry tweets, declaring "our nation is a once great nation divided" and "the world is laughing at us." He encouraged a "revolution in this country."
"The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy," fumed the celebrity mogul.
Williams showed some of Trump's tweets on air, saying he had "driven well past the last exit to relevance and veered into something closer to irresponsible."
Trump tweeted a retort on Wednesday saying Williams "knows that I think his newscast has become totally boring so he took a shot at me last night." He added, "Wouldn't you love to have my ratings?"
He also deleted some of Tuesday night's tirade, including tweets calling for revolution and incorrectly saying that Obama had lost the popular vote. In a new tweet Wednesday, he said the election was "the Republicans to win" but that Republican Mitt Romney hadn't connected with voters.
Trump endorsed Romney in the presidential race and garnered publicity last year for questioning whether Obama was born in the U.S. and eligible to be president.
"The Celebrity Apprentice" star recently promised to contribute $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice if the president released his college and passport records.
Associated Pressobama speech amber rose kindle fire drew peterson Art Modell Frank Ocean Gay scarlett johansson
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)