6 Tips on How to Write a Character Reference - wikiHow

6 Tips on How to Write a Character Reference - wikiHow: "Make use of a three-part format for the letter. The first paragraph can be a formal introduction, where the reader learns about the writer. The second part can be the body, where the basic message gets transmitted. A conclusion ties the letter together and brings it to a close appropriately."

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Sneaky (and confusing) E-Z Pass Lanes - AboutNewJersey.com Messageboard

Sneaky (and confusing) E-Z Pass Lanes - AboutNewJersey.com Messageboard: "I never even saw the signs, not once, but at three separate toll plazas on the Parkway on two different days. Where do they put the signs, on the moon?

For years, if you wanted to take the express lanes, you got into the left lanes"

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Updating your domain's dns / nameservers | InMotion Hosting

Updating your domain's dns / nameservers | InMotion Hosting: "one of the last steps you'll take is pointing your domain's nameservers to InMotion Hosting's nameservers. This will direct your domain's traffic here, and away from your previous web host. Please be aware that changes to your nameservers can take up to 24 hours before they take affect, so changes you make will not be immediate.


InMotion Hosting's Nameservers:"

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Inspirational quotes and phrases - handmade silver jewelry from Wordworks Jewelry

Inspirational quotes and phrases - handmade silver jewelry from Wordworks Jewelry: "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. "

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25 Ways to Teach Kids Compassion

25 Ways to Teach Kids Compassion: "They must know that they can count on you to protect them.

They need to be recognized for the unique beings they are."

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About Rae Hoffman aka Sugarrae - Sugarrae

About Rae Hoffman aka Sugarrae - Sugarrae: "co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation and am a co-founder of It’s a WAHM Thing.

I fell into this industry by accident, but I couldn’t imagine ever doing anything else. I am for hire, though not for sale.

I spend an insane amount of time online."

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The Power of Channels for Increasing AdSense Revenue - Sugarrae

The Power of Channels for Increasing AdSense Revenue - Sugarrae: "by Rae Hoffman | Website Monetization | 16 Comments

Now before I start this post, I’d like to state for the record that I don’t like depending on Webmaster Welfare (Adsense). I prefer to get my website income from affiliate marketing whenever possible.

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A very valid statement especially in light of the lawsuit that Google lost for it's Adsense product!

Lake Arrowhead Web Design | Orange County Website Design Company | Lake Arrowhead Website Designer

Lake Arrowhead Web Design | Orange County Website Design Company | Lake Arrowhead Website Designer: "
Lake Arrowhead Web Design Company

Kell Web Solutions, Inc. is a Lake Arrowhead website designer that provides affordable website design services offering a free website design quote and affordable e-Commerce website development with top ranking affordable SEO services in Orange County and Lake Arrowhead. Small business custom website designer clients benefit from an Orange County website design, profitable e-Commerce web development and top Google rankings."

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Oh my! This is the website that shows me that they are capable of designing a quality website for a small business? Oh, my!

EZWebPics.com

Upload some photos, as long as you are serious then I we will approve your account.

http://leanstartupguide.com

Domain Reseller | Start an Online Business in Minutes - Go Daddy

Domain Reseller | Start an Online Business in Minutes - Go Daddy: "Become a Go Daddy domain reseller and let us do the heavy lifting.

Our reseller plans give you everything you need to start your own successful reseller business, including a pre-built website, shopping cart, integrated site traffic reporting and even credit card processing. Already running your own eCommerce site? Our Application Programming Interface (API) plugs seamlessly into your site, maintaining your branding and unique look and feel"

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Ah, everyone is now jumping into reselling! When will it stop?

4 Ways to Discover Your Strengths | Entrepreneur.com

4 Ways to Discover Your Strengths | Entrepreneur.com: "Using these four tips, you can learn to recognize your core strengths. Here's how:

1. Watch for signs of excitement. When you engage in an activity you are truly good at, your excitement is visible. Your pupils dilate, your chest is broader, your speech is fast and fluid, and your arms spread wider. "You can see someone feels alive and motivated when they're using a core strength," Kashdan says.

Related: How to Train Your Creative Mind

Ask a close mentor when you appear most animated or observe yourself for a day. When do you feel most engaged? Most energized? "When people are using their strengths, they pop out of the backdrop," Kashdan says."

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How to Value Your Startup | Entrepreneur.com

How to Value Your Startup | Entrepreneur.com: "If investors are telling you that your startup is worth $1 million, then that's what it's worth. You might think it's worth more. You might even know it's worth more because your company may have more than $1 million is liquid assets, or more than $1 million in receivables, or more than $1 million in sweat equity. But if you're unable to raise money for your startup with a valuation above $1 million, then you'll have to accept the market valuation.

However, this isn't always true. If you raise money from relatives and friends rather than professional investors, it's possible that your company has been overvalued or undervalued (more likely, overvalued)"

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Yesware - Email For Salespeople - Yesware

Yesware - Email For Salespeople - Yesware: "Email for Salespeople.
Track emails, create templates, CRM sync, & more.

Find out who opens your emails and clicks on your links.
Email templates help you say the right thing, real fast.
Sync emails to your CRM with one click.
Get insights into your email with reports."

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Well, this app is easily integrated in gmail, and into the chrome browser and all this little app wants in exchange is access to my browsing activity (which means allowing one more hook into "monitoring and of course slowing down everything) and of couse the ever so valuable data mining.

I think I just wait until I get a return e-mail!

Stephen C. Sanders, November 9, 2012
EzWebPics.com

Mysitemyway Ultimate WordPress Developer Bundle

Mysitemyway Ultimate WordPress Developer Bundle: "WordPress Theme
An ultra-lightweight and minimalist theme with a focus on customization, making it the perfect starter theme for your own website or next web design project. "

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Theme Generator - Support

Theme Generator - Support: "Add, change or combine any design element of your theme using our items gallery, made up of more than 1000 pre-designed objects.
You can add, change, and combine any of the design elements of your base template including menus, backgrounds, shades, dividers, icons, buttons, boxes, fonts, sliders, frames, colors, shines, and patterns or textures, using a user-friendly and easy to use interface."

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AppCard

AppCard: " Keep adding stores and brands to your favorites. The more stores you add, the more offers you'll get. Save the offers you like, and they will be automatically applied the next time you're at the store."

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Jane Friedman | Writing, reading, and publishing in the digital age

Jane Friedman | Writing, reading, and publishing in the digital age: "someone who is clued into the future of the publishing and media industry. I’m currently an editor at the national award-winning magazine, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and I also teach in the Media Studies program at the University of Virginia. You might also know me as the former publisher of Writer’s Digest, a $10-million dollar brand where I served for over a decade. Welcome"

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Site Publishers Note:

The following is an unpaid and unsolicited endorsement of someone who is a very valuable resource for any aspiring writers. Jane Friedman.

from: http://janefriedman.com/

Definitely an accomplished writer who knows the business and also freely shares of her vast expertise. 

This person, Jane Friedman, is definitely someone to follow. I definitely could learn much from her:

http://leanstartupguide.com/listen-learn-from-others/

The wind and the wellies: If you build it, they will come.

The wind and the wellies: If you build it, they will come.: "You'll be pleased to hear that the photographs of birds I've found are not mine. My bird photography resembles my cooking photography, not great. So a few are borrowed from a stunning photographer, aptly named fellow blogger 'Robyn'.

One thing I do miss in Orkney is whilst we have a stunning array of wild life, woodland and garden birds"

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One word or two? - WhyNotWiki

One word or two? - WhyNotWiki: "We hope you will showup. We hope you will show up. NA
I'm going to startup my computer. I'm going to start up my computer. The company is just a startup."

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The Secret To You: Top 10 Principles From The Secret®

The Secret To You: Top 10 Principles From The Secret®: "3. You will attract everything you require - money, people, connections.. Watch what's being set in front of you. You will attract everything that you require to move yourself forward. Whether it is people, an event, a circumstance.....whatever it is, the universe will align things in perfect order for you."

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The Secret To You: Top 10 Principles From The Secret®

The Secret To You: Top 10 Principles From The Secret®: "Top 10 The Secret To You List

1. The universe loves speed. There is no delay, it will happen quickly as long as you believe it will happen.

2. When the opportunity or impulse is there .. ACT! When you have an internal nudge (you know the voice) that says to go for it......take ACTION! It is the little steps forward that create the big results"

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The circadian cycle: daily rhythms from behaviour to genes : Article : EMBO reports

The circadian cycle: daily rhythms from behaviour to genes : Article : EMBO reports: "Increased incidence of radiation-induced cancers occur in Period 2 (Per2) mutant mice (Fu et al, 2002), and Clock mutants tend to develop obesity (Turek et al, 2005). Whether and how these pathologies are related to defective clock functions is not known, but lack of coordinated metabolic regulation might be part of the cause. When constructing a network of feedback loops in computer simulation, it is quite difficult to establish conditions that prevent chaotic behaviour (Roenneberg & Merrow, 2002)—these special conditions seem to have evolved in the form of the circadian clock. Among them is not only endogenous rhythmicity but also conditional responsiveness to environmental stimuli, which is necessary to prevent chaotic behaviour."

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The circadian cycle: daily rhythms from behaviour to genes : Article : EMBO reports

The circadian cycle: daily rhythms from behaviour to genes : Article : EMBO reports: "What is it good for?
Circadian clocks allow organisms to anticipate and 'prepare for' environmental changes, thereby increasing their fitness. For example, a photosynthetic machinery that is already geared up when the first sunrays appear will harvest more energy. A consequence of this logic is that the clock's benefits are most obvious under entrained conditions. "

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FactCheck.org : Context Included: Obama on Iran

FactCheck.org : Context Included: Obama on Iran: "McCain’s new ad, released on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, quotes Obama saying that Iran is a "tiny" country that "doesn’t pose a serious threat." It implies that he fails to see Iran’s threat to Israel.

The picture changes dramatically when Obama’s full quotes are considered:

Obama actually said of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela: "These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union" (emphasis ours).
Likewise, he said those countries don’t pose a serious threat to the United States "the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.""

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Obama Says Israel's Calls For Action On Iranian Nuclear Threat Are 'Noise' - Investors.com

Obama Says Israel's Calls For Action On Iranian Nuclear Threat Are 'Noise' - Investors.com: "Middle East: President Obama promised "a sustained effort to find common ground" with the Muslim world. He's found it: He and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agree that what the Israelis say is "noise."

Block out the "noise" coming from the Israelis. Not a healthy attitude to take toward a singularly persecuted people.

In "Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler declared that the outset of World War I was a lost opportunity "for proceeding against the entire fraudulent company of these Jewish poison-mongers of the nation." Germany, he said, "should have dealt summarily with them without the slightest consideration for the clamor that would probably arise.""

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SANCloud9-Social Advertising Network On Cloud 9

SANCloud9-Social Advertising Network On Cloud 9: "There is an expression which I have learned by reading the Bhagavad Gita As It Is by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, many years ago (which 1st came  into my hands at Port Authority, NYC when I was around 16 years old on my way to a reunion of an American Youth Hostels bicycle trip to Canada lead by Floyd (that was his first name... no not Pink Floyd...sheesh)..

The expression is chewing what has already been chewed. The premise of reincarnation is elucidated and expounded upon in this book. The past, present and future as explained as karmic reactions explains how so much of what goes in today's world is so mundane, mainly because we have been there and done that many times before.

Chewing what has already been chewed. "

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Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide

Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide: "No stand­ing– any­time, is more of a uni­ver­sal truth that is well sup­ported in almost any­thing we will ever encounter in our lives. The pri­mary adver­sary which we all face, in actu­ally achiev­ing any­thing great or small is that time marches with or with­out out our per­mis­sion"

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Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide

Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide: "No stand­ing– any­time, is more of a uni­ver­sal truth that is well sup­ported in almost any­thing we will ever encounter in our lives. The pri­mary adver­sary which we all face, in actu­ally achiev­ing any­thing great or small is that time marches with or with­out out our per­mis­sion"

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Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide

Lean Start Up Guide Local News | Lean Start Up Guide: "No stand­ing– any­time, is more of a uni­ver­sal truth that is well sup­ported in almost any­thing we will ever encounter in our lives. The pri­mary adver­sary which we all face, in actu­ally achiev­ing any­thing great or small is that time marches with or with­out out our per­mis­sion"

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About Us | Partners In Demand

About Us | Partners In Demand: "created to help entrepreneurs, businesses owners and investors reap the rewards of collaboration.  It was founded on the premise that business collaboration for mutual gain achieves an outcome greater than the sum of individual efforts.
The synergy we strive to create through the connecting of entities is enhanced by our P.InD. Auto-Match™ service. It works to find the best match for an opportunity by searching our database of company profiles. Search results are returned with varying degrees of match, ranging from a good match to an exceptional match. P.InD. helps companies find the right business alliance that's right for them."

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About Us | Partners In Demand

About Us | Partners In Demand: "created to help entrepreneurs, businesses owners and investors reap the rewards of collaboration.  It was founded on the premise that business collaboration for mutual gain achieves an outcome greater than the sum of individual efforts.
The synergy we strive to create through the connecting of entities is enhanced by our P.InD. Auto-Match™ service. It works to find the best match for an opportunity by searching our database of company profiles. Search results are returned with varying degrees of match, ranging from a good match to an exceptional match. P.InD. helps companies find the right business alliance that's right for them."

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(99) Yom Tov Glaser

(99) Yom Tov Glaser: "for us all to "accept" someone's essence. The idea being their "essence" is who they truly are. I believe that these days there is a great deal of hatred amongst groups, within communities, and nations. I believe I have heard somewhere that it was "hatred for no reason" that was the cause of the destruction of the 2nd Holy Temple? If one group, community, or nation specifically defines themselves as hating another group, community or nation, then I would think it would be extremely difficult fot the "hated" group, to like the other group. So consider this problem, if group X, exists simply to destroy group Y- (for no particular reason) how can group Y "transcend the natural reciprocal hatred" and not allow themselves simply to hate group X? Setting this up as an equation works"

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www.seedinfotech.com site information and similar sites

www.seedinfotech.com site information and similar sites: "216,047
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www.seedinfotech.com site information and similar sites

www.seedinfotech.com site information and similar sites: " Site and competition analisys
seedinfotech.com

SEED Infotech - Technology Training and Consulting Services | Pune's No. 1 High-End IT Training Organization

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www.seedsource.info site information and similar sites

www.seedsource.info site information and similar sites: "225,114
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www.seedsource.info site information and similar sites

www.seedsource.info site information and similar sites: "seedsource.info

Seed Source Info

Dallas, United StatesLocation:
423,324Alexa Rank:
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Sold Out

Sold Out: "How to create and deliver a killer investor and sales pitch
How to crowdfund your Startup
How to develop a laser focused, super confident winning mindset"

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One Dad’s Travel Tip: Plan Activities, Not Destinations - FamiliesGo!

One Dad’s Travel Tip: Plan Activities, Not Destinations - FamiliesGo!: "I had a conversation about family travel a week or so ago with the Dad of two teenagers. He told me that rather than starting his family vacation planning by picking a destination (as most of us do), he comes up with an activity that he and the kids can enjoy doing together and then looks for a place—often not far from home—where they can do it comfortably and affordably"

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One Dad’s Travel Tip: Plan Activities, Not Destinations - FamiliesGo!

One Dad’s Travel Tip: Plan Activities, Not Destinations - FamiliesGo!: "I had a conversation about family travel a week or so ago with the Dad of two teenagers. He told me that rather than starting his family vacation planning by picking a destination (as most of us do), he comes up with an activity that he and the kids can enjoy doing together and then looks for a place—often not far from home—where they can do it comfortably and affordably"

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picplz | CrunchBase Profile

picplz | CrunchBase Profile: "photo sharing app that makes it easy for you to share your mobile pictures on the Web with just a few clicks. It also makes it simple to add a caption, tag your location and check-in. Pictures taken with picplz are synced to your profile on picplz.com and tagged with your location. picplz integrates with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous & Foursquare. picplz makes it easy see the moments people you follow choose to share as well as to browse photos that were taken in a specific city or place. The app also lets you add great looking photo filters for free"

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Jumo | CrunchBase Profile

Jumo | CrunchBase Profile: "Founded in February 2010, Jumo is a social network connecting individuals and organizations working for global change. Leveraging connection technologies, Jumo enables everyday people to find, follow and support those working toward solutions in their community and in regions around the world.

Jumo is a 501(c)(3) organization founded and directed by Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign."

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Jumo | We connect individuals and organizations working to change the world

Jumo | We connect individuals and organizations working to change the world: "Jumo is combining forces with GOOD to create a powerful online content and social engagement platform. This is an enormous opportunity for our talented teams to build a single community of like-minded people and mission-driven organizations.
When we started Jumo over a year and half ago, we had a simple mission: to use technology to help everyday people have a meaningful impact on the world."

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Community Organizing Platform NationBuilder Raises $6.3M From Andreessen Horowitz; Causes Founder Joins As President | TechCrunch

Community Organizing Platform NationBuilder Raises $6.3M From Andreessen Horowitz; Causes Founder Joins As President | TechCrunch: "Other features include event management with ticketing, volunteer organization, maps, calendars and much more. It is essentially a one stop shop for creating a website for a political campaign. Pricing ranges from $19 per month. Email and text blasts are extra and the startup allows users to try out the platform free for two weeks.

The startup has gained significant traction since its launch last year. NationBuilder has helped over 1,800 leaders organize more than 500 nations with 2 million supporters, including Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Newt Gingrich’s New Hampshire primary campaign used NationBuilder for grassroots organization earlier this year."

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Eduardo Saverin | CrunchBase Profile

Eduardo Saverin | CrunchBase Profile: "CrowdMob 4 1/11 Seed $1M 9
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Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Leads $7M Round In Scanning And Product Search App ShopSavvy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Exclusive: Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Leads $6.5M Round For Jumio (techcrunch.com) [edit]
TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
CrowdMob builds a Tapjoy+Groupon for distributing local deals (gigaom.com) [edit]"

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Eduardo Saverin | CrunchBase Profile

Eduardo Saverin | CrunchBase Profile: "He met Mark Zuckerberg in his sophomore year while punching the Phoenix S.K. Club and later co-founded Facebook with Zuckerberg during his junior year, assuming the role of business manager. However, due to internal conflicts and differences of opinion with Zuckerberg over the following summer when Saverin was living in New York (where he worked briefly as a finance intern), Saverin drifted from what was then known as thefacebook, a fast-growing Silicon Valley start-up. After outside investor principally venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel took control of the start-up’s finances and capital needs and backed Zuckerberg as its CEO, Saverin’s role diminished and his influence evaporated."

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The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch

The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch: "During the PC years, specs also mattered because there was one common dominant force in computing: Microsoft. Because Windows was everywhere, you could fairly reliably gauge the performance of one machine against another. But with the rise of the Mac and more importantly, smartphones and tablets, you can’t as easily stack machines up against one another performance-wise.

My MacBook Air doesn’t have the specs of a brand new HP PC laptop — but it still feels faster. Maybe it’s OS X, or maybe it’s the solid state drive. Point is, consumers don’t and shouldn’t care. They care about which machine will boot faster and which will be easier to navigate. Time to web matters."

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NationBuilder - the Community Organizing System

NationBuilder - the Community Organizing System: "To organize people online, leaders need both a website and a people database, but it's expensive and hard to connect them together.

That's why we created a Community Organizing System - both a website and a people database, fully integrated, and as simple to setup as a blog."

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[bizodo] Online Form Builder and Project Management Software

[bizodo] Online Form Builder and Project Management Software: "Use a custom url or embed it on your site
Generate leads and assign them with ease
Keep the info stored safe in the cloud
Create targeted emails blasts in seconds
Manage your virtual office in Real Time
Import your existing leads and contacts
Receive notification of all account activity
Keep track of your leads and your teams leads
Create To Dos to stay on top of your info
Never lose a lead or an opportunity again!"

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Netanyahu: 300 New Families to Join Beit El - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

Netanyahu: 300 New Families to Join Beit El - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News: "Netanyahu addressed the residents of Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), saying: "I understand your pain. I share it. I met dome of the families, I saw the people, the children. I want to tell you what I told them – there is no government that supports or will support the settlement enterprise more than the one that I head. No government has withstood such great pressures that could have harmed the settlement enterprise."

"We live in a very complex environment, and this includes the diplomatic, international and legal aspects. And within this complex reality, we must navigate with good sense and responsibility.""

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Liane's Dvars -- Season ב

Liane's Dvars -- Season ב: "G-d is a very touchy subject.  We live in a time where almost anything goes, but one mention of the word and you’re categorized as either an unthinking freak, a scientific atheist.  We often avoid the word altogether, leaving our spirituality to fate, destiny, or messages from the universe.  Rarely will we assign such awesome powers to a force that has a name.  Or a purpose for sending those messages.

Because if we did, the ramifications would be cataclysmic. 

When people ask me why I became “religious” I often correct them and explain how I became religious.  But the why?  The answer to that is easy.  I think it’s the right thing to do. "



Editors Note: Its's nice to see other blogs out there sharing their own personal experiences from the point of view of becoming observant of Jewish religious traditions later in life.

Complete the Song: Lyrics That Could Have Been contest - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police

Complete the Song: Lyrics That Could Have Been contest - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police: " put in silly lyrics or mumbling (filler) in their songs when they can't think of what to write and think they'll put something in later, but once people hear the song with the "filler" lyrics, they sometimes stay (because bandmates like them).

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police is one of those songs.

If you so choose, come up with lyrics that could have been used whereever the phrase "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" is heard. The best lyrics will get the tip"

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Holding back on Syria just helps Iran close in on nukes | Fox News

Holding back on Syria just helps Iran close in on nukes | Fox News: " Iranian regime has seen a world community unwilling and unable to stop a ruthless dictator from killing his own people. And Iran’s leaders have likely concluded that the international community will never take meaningful action to stop its nuclear weapons program.

The reasons for the world’s inaction in Syria are myriad.

Major powers such as Russia and China would apparently rather see Assad murder his own people than see Syria become a precedent for possible action against their autocratic regimes. The Arab League is divided among sectarian blocs and seems weary of Western military intervention after Libya."

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Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk - Forbes

Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk - Forbes: "same drive for knowledge that drove Kirk to the stars also caused him to learn that bit of information, and it paid off several years later.

In the same way, no matter what your organization does, it helps to never stop learning. The more knowledge you have, the more creative you can be. The more you’re able to do, the more solutions you have for problems at your disposal. Sure, you might never have to face down a reptilian alien on a desert planet, but you never know what the future holds. Knowledge is your best key to overcoming whatever obstacles are in your way."

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Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk - Forbes

Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk - Forbes: "no such thing as the unknown– only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.”

...Kirk’s reputation at the Academy was that of a “walking stack of books,” in the words of his former first officer, Gary Mitchell. And a passion for learning helped him through several missions. Perhaps the best demonstration of this is in the episode “Arena,” where Kirk is forced to fight a Gorn Captain in single combat by advanced beings. Using his own knowledge and materials at hand, Kirk is able to build a rudimentary shotgun, which he uses to defeat the Gorn."

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AFP: Clinton warns of 'destabilizing' Iran options

AFP: Clinton warns of 'destabilizing' Iran options: "ran said last week that talks would open on April 13 with six powers -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- in the first such negotiations in more than one year.
But Russia said Monday that the date and venue have not been definitively set, leading the United States to say that Iran was sending mixed signals.
Clinton, who had earlier given April 13 as the date and Istanbul as the venue, said Tuesday only that the United States is "hoping that those talks will commence within the next several weeks.""

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AFP: Clinton warns of 'destabilizing' Iran options

AFP: Clinton warns of 'destabilizing' Iran options: "You have two very difficult paths here," Clinton told a dinner in Norfolk, Virginia, where she was on a day trip to visit the only NATO command in the United States.
Clinton, who traveled over the weekend to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, voiced concern that a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race in the region.
"We're going to be looking for a way to try to convey the legitimate fears that people in the region have about what comes next. Because if Iran were ever to get a nuclear weapon, the countries in the region are going to buy their way to one as well," Clinton said."

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Which of course is the crux of the problem. Nuclear proliferation is a global problem "not just a problem for Israel."

I my opinion the benefits of decisive and swift military action far outweigh the consequences of not acting.

Torah min haShamayim: Conflicts Between Religious Belief and Scientific Thinking | Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

Torah min haShamayim: Conflicts Between Religious Belief and Scientific Thinking | Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals: " even fewer would follow the advice of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and tear the offending pages out of schoolbooks. Even in the Hareidi community, rejection of evolution is no longer universal. When a ban was issued against the books of the "zoo rabbi" Nosson Slifkin for questioning the scientific judgments of the Talmud, opposition was intense-yet several prominent rabbis rallied to his defense.

Judaism's ability to make peace with and absorb emerging scientific ideas is not new. Nine centuries ago, Maimonides declared the anthropomorphisms of the Torah to be allegorical."

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Psychiatrist Twerski reflects on reaching 80 - The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Psychiatrist Twerski reflects on reaching 80 - The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle: "His latest is “Gevurah: My Life, Our World, and the Adventure of Turning 80” (Shaar Press, 272 pages, $22.99).

In many respects, Twerski’s book asserts the traditional Torah-centered moral values and mentshlikayt (common decency) of the Chassidic masters. But he also tackles the social and spiritual problems of today, along with guidance about raising children in the Internet age, weaving them together seamlessly."

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Web Entrepreneur Seeks Investor and Mentor | WebSiteWealth.biz

Web Entrepreneur Seeks Investor and Mentor | WebSiteWealth.biz: "days of old,
where people sat alone in some remote cabin,
by a roaring fire, or by a dimly lit oil lantern,
they held pens and used paper, and created books that got sold.

I had heard about times that ideas were rampant,
Inventors worked long hours quietly"

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ffmpeg-php

ffmpeg-php: "ffmpeg-php is an extension for PHP that adds an easy to use, object-oriented API for accessing and retrieving information from video and audio files. It has methods for returning frames from movie files as images that can be manipulated using PHP's image functions. This works well for automatically creating thumbnail images from movies. ffmpeg-php is also useful for reporting the duration and bitrate of audio files (mp3, wma...). ffmpeg-php can access many of the video formats supported by ffmpeg (mov, avi, mpg, wmv...)"

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Git - Fast Version Control System

Git - Fast Version Control System: "Git is...

Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do."

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About FFmpeg

About FFmpeg: "FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they where designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be used by applications. As well as ffmpeg, ffserver, ffplay and ffprobe which can be used by end users for transcoding, streaming and playing"

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FFmpeg

FFmpeg: "FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library. See the documentation for a complete feature list and the Changelog for recent changes.

FFmpeg is free software licensed under the LGPL or GPL depending on your choice of configuration options. If you use FFmpeg or its constituent libraries, you must adhere to the terms of the license in question. You can find basic compliance information and get licensing help on our license and legal considerations page."

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Hosting Directory | Cheapest Dedicated Linux Server | Unlimited Web Hosting

Hosting Directory | Cheapest Dedicated Linux Server | Unlimited Web Hosting: "Thank you for visiting this site. If you are looking for web hosting services, you have come to the right place. Please search my database of over 2400 hosting companies.

If you need any help, please email me at terence @ hostpulse.com . I will personally try to reply your email within a day and give you some basic guidelines, negotiate with a few hosts to offer you good pricing or answer any hosting related problems that you may have.
Cheap Web Hosting"

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TurnKey Core - Common Base for All Appliances | TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library

TurnKey Core - Common Base for All Appliances | TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library: "System modules
Backup and migration (TKLBAM)
Configure time, date and timezone
Configure users and groups
Manage software packages
Change passwords
System logs
Tool modules
Text editor
Shell commands
Simple file upload/download
File manager (needs support for Java in browser)
Custom commands"

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Oracle Cloud Storage

Oracle Cloud Storage: "Oracle Cloud File System Overview

The Oracle Cloud File System (CloudFS) provides unprecedented simplicity in storage management, automation in provisioning and storage consolidation for general purpose files. CloudFS is a storage cloud infrastructure with resource pooling, network accessibility, rapid elasticity and rapid provisioning that are key requirements for cloud computing environments. The product includes:

Oracle ASM Dynamic Volume Manager (ADVM)

ADVM provides a common volume management service and a standard device driver interface for system administrators to manage across different platforms. ACFS and 3rd party file systems can use ASM Dynamic Volumes to create and manage file systems leveraging all the power and functionality of ASM features."

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VMware crafts mega-controller for public clouds • The Register

VMware crafts mega-controller for public clouds • The Register: "d specifically at service providers, called vCloud Integration Manager.

It's no secret that public clouds such as Amazon's EC2 and Rackspace Hosting's Cloud are not powered by VMware's ESXi hypervisor and the add-on vSphere management tools and vCloud Director cloud fabric. The public clouds are largely based on Linux operating systems and Xen hypervisors, although Red Hat's KVM is also seeing some uptake and there are some that are using Microsoft's Hyper-V as well."

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Welcome to xen.org, home of the Xen® hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization.

Welcome to xen.org, home of the Xen® hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization.: "The Xen® hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. It supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows®, Linux®, Solaris®, and various versions of the BSD operating systems. What is Xen? - Why Xen?

Xen powers most public cloud services and many hosting services, such as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace Hosting and Linode. Commercial virtualization products such as Oracle VM and XenServer are built on top of Xen, as well as desktop virtualization solutions such as Qubes OS and XenClient. See case studies for detailed Xen user studies or our eco-system map for vendors, products, projects, services and research. From Linux 3.0 onwards, all of the code necessary to run Linux as the Xen management OS and as a Xen guest, is part of the Linux kernel."

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Create a PHP development environment on the cloud

Create a PHP development environment on the cloud: "Provision a Linux data server
The image catalog
The catalog of available server images is subject to change, and includes regular updates to IBM software, along with subsequently refreshed software images. If you do not see the exact image names used in the examples, a similar image will suffice.
For the data server, select a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server from the catalog that already has DB2 installed. You will create a web server instance later when you install PHP and connect to this server, so no special configuration is required once you provision this instance.
Log into the Development and Test application and select the Control Panel tab. Click Add Instance.

Figure 1: The Add Instance button on"

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Create a PHP development environment on the cloud

Create a PHP development environment on the cloud: "at makes cloud computing appealing to PHP developers and provides step-by-step instructions how to use the IBM Cloud to set up a PHP and DB2 development environment quickly. Learn how to provision Linux data and web application servers, connect to the virtual machines via SSH, use X Forwarding to install a pre-configured PHP distribution, and test your connection to DB2.
Tags for this article: community, group
"

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SSH2 Protocol | eHow.com

SSH2 Protocol | eHow.com: " the connection layer and the SSH Fingerprint. Each layer is extensible. SSH2 uses a public key encryption system. Other security systems can be integrated into SSH2. Kerberos is frequently used for SSH2 security.

Operations
An SSH2 connection can carry several sessions between the same client and server. This enables it to be used for tunneling (carrying d"

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WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade

WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade: "Enter same passphrase again: (same thing, hit enter again)
Your identification has been saved in /home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx user1@server1.example.com
The xx:xx:xx etc. will be replaced with your actual fingerprint.
Step 2: Creating an ‘authorized_keys’ file

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2
cd .ssh
cp id_rsa.pub authorized_keys
Step 3: Setting the proper file permissions

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2
3
cd ~/
chmod 755 .ssh
chmod 644 .ssh/*"

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WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade

WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade: "Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora
cd /etc/php.d; echo “extension=ssh2.so” > ssh2.ini
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Step 1: Generating the server-side RSA keys

1
ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory ‘/home/user1/.ssh’.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): (just hit enter, no need for a password)"

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WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade

WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade: "Ubuntu/Debian
cd /etc/php5/conf.d; echo “extension=ssh2.so” > ssh2.ini
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora
cd /etc/php.d; echo “extension=ssh2.so” > ssh2.ini
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
Step 1: Generating the server-side RSA keys

1
ssh-keygen
"

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WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade

WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade: ": pecl install ssh2
note: If your case is where the installed version of SSh2 is beta, run this command instead: pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/ssh2-0.11.0
If you don’t feel comfortable running these commands yourself and you know of a server administrator that can help, or you’re paying for managed services, ask them to install this for you.
After SSH2 is installed, follow these instructions to ensure that the SSH2 extension is enabled in PHP. Again, if you are using managed services, simply ask them to do this for you."

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WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade

WordPress Tutorial: Using SSH to Install/Upgrade: "What is WordPress?
WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.
What is SSH[2]?
SSH (Secure Shell) is a protocol allowing a secure channel to be established between a web server and a client’s local machine. Many web hosting companies now offer SSH for greater security."

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WordPress: Enabling SSH/SFTP Updates | Snowulf

WordPress: Enabling SSH/SFTP Updates | Snowulf: "(which turned out to be Varnish proxy related) and get it standing mostly on its own two feet. One of “minor annoyances” I ran into then and absolutely had to figure out during my migration, was the lack of SSH or SFTP based updates. By default when you go into add or update the plugins (or the software itself) you have only two options FTP and FTPS (SSL). I run neither of these, FTP is majorly old and very insecure. FTPS is just not common. I thought I was stuck doing things manually, until I found out…. You can enable SSH2 based updates in WordPress. Better yet, it is SUPER easy."

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Secure Shell FAQ Section 1: About Secure Shell

Secure Shell FAQ Section 1: About Secure Shell: "What does Secure Shell protect against?

Secure Shell protects against (again, from the README):

IP spoofing, where a remote host sends out packets which pretend to come from another, trusted host. Ssh even protects against a spoofer on the local network, who can pretend he is your router to the outside.
IP source routing, where a host can pretend that an IP packet comes from another, trusted host.
DNS spoofing, where an attacker forges name server records"

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Web Host Six Degrees Group Acquires Cloud Provider Ultraspeed | Web Host Industry Review

Web Host Six Degrees Group Acquires Cloud Provider Ultraspeed | Web Host Industry Review: "Six Degrees describes its services as “cloud enablement” as developers can use its infrastructure as a service to deliver SaaS deployments. Ultraspeed will help expand its cloud offerings to include a managed cloud platform for both entry-level and more experienced customers and provide engineer support to manage clients’ infrastructure remotely.
“This is an exciting development for Ultraspeed’s employees and customers. We have built a very strong business focused on managed hosting and cloud services,"

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Oversimplified DNS - Your Name Servers (NS records)

Oversimplified DNS - Your Name Servers (NS records): "ind out what your name servers say your nameservers are
For this step, do exactly what you did in Step 2a, except this time use the first one of the name servers you have written down as the DNS server to use, and use your domain name as the domain to look up.

Using NSLOOKUP, type "server nameserver.example.com" (where nameserver.example.com is the first name server on the list you wrote down), then "set type=ns", and then enter your domain name. If there are any name servers listed here that are not on your list, add them to the list."

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freedesktop.org - Home

freedesktop.org - Home: "freedesktop.org is open source / open discussion software projects working on interoperability and shared technology for X Window System desktops. The most famous X desktops are GNOME and KDE, but developers working on any Linux/UNIX GUI technology are welcome to participate.

freedesktop.org is building a base platform for desktop software on Linux and UNIX. The elements of this platform have become the backend for higher-level application-visible APIs such as Qt, GTK+, XUL, VCL, WINE, GNOME, and KDE. The base platform is both software and specifications."

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MOVIE REVIEW: Crude 'Project X' a wearisome 'Hangover' for teens

MOVIE REVIEW: Crude 'Project X' a wearisome 'Hangover' for teens: ""Project X" is the movie equivalent of that good-looking, well-off teenage boy your gut tells you to keep away from your teenage daughter. He may turn on the charm and come from what we assume is a "good family" (as if money were a determiner). But something sets off the warning bells ---- that he has lost his mind to his hormones, that he objectifies women in the worst way, that he's too-casual with the homophobic slurs.
That doesn't really describe Thomas (Thomas Mann), the gawky upper-middle-class teen in this "Hangover" for high schoolers. But it nails his pal Costa (Oliver Cooper, in the Jonah Hill role)"

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What are Some Common Abbreviations Used in Text Messaging?

What are Some Common Abbreviations Used in Text Messaging?: "Many of the common abbreviations used in text messaging are shortened versions of expressions, such as AAMOF (as a matter of fact), IMHO (in my humble opinion), or PLMK (please let me know). Other common abbreviations that replace expressions include:

BBS: Be back soon
BBT: Be back tomorrow
BIB: Boss is back
CM: Call me
CYE: Check your email
DIKU: Do I know you?
F2F: Face to face
HB: Hurry back
JFF: Just for fun
KOTC: Kiss on the cheek
OMG: Oh my God!
OOTO: Out of the office
PSOS: Parents standing over shoulder
PU: That stinks!
SLAP: Sounds like a plan
TMB: Text me back
UGTBK: You’ve got to be kidding"

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Carrier IQ and Your Phone: Everything You Need to Know

Carrier IQ and Your Phone: Everything You Need to Know: "Wait a second… so the carriers are watching everything I do on my phone?
In a statement, Carrier IQ says the software is only “counting and summarizing performance, not recording keystrokes or providing tracking tools.” It goes on to say that it shares the data only with its customers, the wireless carriers, and that the carriers have stringent policies on data retention. Independent mobile-security company Lookout wrote in a blog post, “It doesn’t appear that they are sending your keystrokes straight to the carriers.”"

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Carrier IQ and Your Phone: Everything You Need to Know

Carrier IQ and Your Phone: Everything You Need to Know:

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What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN)? - Streaming Media Magazine

What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN)? - Streaming Media Magazine: "CDNs are used to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver a variety of content to numerous end points, whether the end points are web browsers, mobile devices, set-top boxes, or even gaming consoles. This article will define CDNs, look at their history, assess the current market landscape, and finally discuss what CDNs mean to you.

CDN: Definitions & History
There's not really a generic CDN, but for our purposes, they fall into three basic categories: those that deliver general content including, but not constrained to, video delivery; those that deliver on-demand or pre-recorded/pre-encoded video; and those that deliver live video."

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Why Facebook Smart Lists are Actually Dumb | Online Social Networking

Why Facebook Smart Lists are Actually Dumb | Online Social Networking: "You can (finally!) assign friends to friend lists without leaving their profile pages. You can also (once again!) select which lists of friends will see any particular Facebook update.
TOO Much Help from Facebook
Recently, Facebook created so-called “smart” lists in order to help us with categorizing our Facebook friends. Smart lists are an excellent idea."

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PHP: SSH2 - Manual

PHP: SSH2 - Manual: "
Other Services
AMQP
chdb
cURL
FAM
FTP
Gearman
Gopher
Gupnp
HTTP
Hyperwave
Hyperwave API
Java
LDAP
Lotus Notes
Memcache
Memcached
mqseries
Network
RRD
SAM
SNMP
Sockets
SSH2
Stomp
SVM
SVN
TCP
Varnish
YAZ
YP/NIS
Introduction socket_write
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Secure Shell2

Introduction
Installing/Configuring
Requirements
Installation
Runtime Configuration
Resource Types
Predefined Constants
SSH2 Functions
ssh2_auth_hostbased_file — Authenticate using a public hostkey"

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Open Enterprise | drupal.org

Open Enterprise | drupal.org: "really shines as the hub for expanding your digital footprint and building your organization online. It provides a one-of-a-kind suite of content strategy, SEO and social media tools to help drive traffic, engage visitors, convert & retain champions and unleash your online brand.
Small Core

One of the unique things about the OpenEnterprise distribution is our introduction of the "Small Core" concept. We have tried to keep the distribution as simple as possible and a key part of that was taking all the customizations and features out of the core distribution and put them into apps as well. Our "Small Core" is comprised of basic sitebuilding and setup modules that are installed on almost all sites"

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Open Enterprise | drupal.org

Open Enterprise | drupal.org: "The core contains essential modules, usability enhancements and a clever WYSIWYG implementation. If you are new to Drupal, OE can be a great way to learn how to build robust sites. If you are an expert, it can help you get a big jump on your next project.
Business, organization and general websites – Open Enterprise’s App server is full of popular features commonly found on corporate, non-profit, personal and other websites. By combining Drupal 7 and OE’s core usability enhancements with the one click install ease of Apps, the power of Drupal is finally readily accessible to all organizations."

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Learn Content Access | NodeOne

Learn Content Access | NodeOne: "This screencast series presents the Content Access module, and how it can be used to restrict (mostly) view access for content on your site – on a content-type basis, or for individual nodes.

The first espisode gives an overview of some access modules for Drupal, and some general words about access restrictions.

The series also gives a few examples of "

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Learn Page manager! | NodeOne

Learn Page manager! | NodeOne: "Chapter: Page manager introduction
1: Learn Page manager! Part 1: Overview
2: Learn Page manager! Part 2: Introduction and more
3: Learn Page manager! Part 3: Variants and selection rules
Chapter: Page manager and Panels
4: Learn Page manager! Part 4: Introduction to Panels
5: Learn Page manager! Part 5: Views"

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About us | NodeOne

About us | NodeOne: "
NodeOne is 53 strong and has a staff with a combined Drupal experience of over 100 years.
The company has a unique mix of competences and people with the skills it takes to bring your project from idea to completion.
NodeOne has three offices, located in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Copenhagen.
In November of 2011, NodeOne was awarded the Swedish Supergasell prize for outstanding growth (3346%) over the past three years.
NodeOne is among the world's most experienced Drupal consultancies and employs over 50 people. We're driven by the possibilities offered by open source, and Drupal specifically, and turning it into business value for our customers. We offer Drupal development for building websites, web applications and intranets."

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Master Drupal for Free with NodeOne Video Tutorials | The Coding Pad

Master Drupal for Free with NodeOne Video Tutorials | The Coding Pad: " I’ve discovered recently that is an absolute MUST for anyone who wants to learn and master Drupal. NodeOne is a Scandinavian Drupal shop and they have the most amazing collection of free video and written Drupal tutorials prepared by Johan Falk. Johan is a skilled Drupal-er and an excellent teacher who explains concepts clearly and systematically, and even though I’m quite comfortable working with Drupal I still find myself learning from him. He’s also written a Drupal 7 book"

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MODx Demo, MODx Test | try MODx online

MODx Demo, MODx Test | try MODx online: "What is MODx?
MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. MODx is 100% buzzword compliant, and makes child's play of building content managed sites with validating, accessible CSS layouts. Learn more about MODx.

What is try MODx?
try MODx is for all who want to have a quick look at the MODx frontend and backend without the trouble to set up a server environment and going through the installation process. try MODx provides demos of the current MODx release and also offers an archive where you can test the older releases of MODx."

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Beginner Tutorials | The Coding Pad

Beginner Tutorials | The Coding Pad: "dea to create a centralized place for the different series of beginner tutorials that are available at the Coding Pad in the different categories, so that they would be easier to find. I will be working on more beginner series tuts on different topics, so keep checking this page and don’t forget to subscribe to the blog.

MODx Revolution Beginner Series

MODx is an extremely flexible and powerful content management framework that is capable of producing amazing results."

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webchick.net | very helpful lioness

webchick.net | very helpful lioness: "top 60 contributed projects to Drupal 7. Since then, we've whittled the list down to just 20 projects remaining, as well as tons of progress on the rest! YEAH!

I contacted each of the maintainer(s) of those remaining projects and have come up with a list of next steps for each. Your help is needed if we want to get that graph up to 100% by year's end. (Just in time for Drupal 7's first birthday! :))

As a general rule, help is needed in the following areas:"

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striving towards mediocrity | walkah

striving towards mediocrity | walkah: "ongress: SOPA and PIPA. Chances are good that this isn't news to you.

If for some reason you don't know, here's a (technical, but) good explanation of what can go wrong with these bills.

As I watched the events of the day unfold, I was grateful for the new awareness, had a chuckle at those who don't get it, and of course enjoyed the irony of copyright violations by PIPA supporters. However, I was left feeling uneasy. SOPA and PIPA aren't new problems - they are merely the latest efforts in an ongoing battle. I was pleased to see this article in Read Write Web which spoke to what I was feeling:"

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InfoTechnologist.biz

InfoTechnologist.biz: "f you need web site development, web application development, programming, coding, graphic design, or any other Information Technology service...then you have come to the right place. I have been a premier service provider of IT services for the last 7 years, and I want to put my experience to use for you

Please contact me should you need any IT related services. You can review my portfolio Here.

Strong Points
27+ Portfolio items (Many more available upon request)
24 Linkedin Recommendations."

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Creating A Basic Drupal Image Gallery | Drupal Video

Creating A Basic Drupal Image Gallery | Drupal Video: "This video shows you how to create a very basic image gallery within Drupal by utilizing the Image and Thickbox contributed modules."

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Welcome To FreeThought Design | FreeThought Design

Welcome To FreeThought Design | FreeThought Design: "Welcome To FreeThought Design

We build web sites.

We can create them from scratch, or add functionality to your existing site.

Programming
Web sites aren't only for reading. They do stuff: sell products, allow visitors to interact, show videos and photos, allow guests to register for events or download resources.

We'll use a foundation of high-quality, open-source software like the Apache web server, the PHP web programming language, the MySQL database server, and the Drupal content manangement system to build you a site that does those things and more.

"

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Michael Angeles | LinkedIn

Michael Angeles | LinkedIn: "Michael Angeles
Director of User Experience at Balsamiq, LLC
Greater New York City Area Computer Software
Join LinkedIn and access Michael Angeles’s full profile.

As a LinkedIn member, you'll join 150 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities. And it's free! You'll also be able to:

See who you and Michael Angeles know in common"

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Photo galleries with Views Attach | Lullabot

Photo galleries with Views Attach | Lullabot: "ARTICLE BY JEFF EATONJUNE 1, 2009 - 3:08PM

A quick screencast demonstrating a new technique for building photo galleries in Drupal with Views and CCK.
Update: An encapsulated version of these settings has been exported for use with the Features module -- it should automatically handle the dependency tracking.
Update 2: An additional 'raw' export of"

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Creating A Basic Drupal Image Gallery | Drupal Video

Creating A Basic Drupal Image Gallery | Drupal Video: "This video shows you how to create a very basic image gallery within Drupal by utilizing the Image and Thickbox contributed modules."

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slash7 with Amy Hoy » Blog Archive » Help Vampires: A Spotter’s Guide

slash7 with Amy Hoy » Blog Archive » Help Vampires: A Spotter’s Guide: "But by closely observing an individual’s behavior using this handy checklist, you too can identify Help Vampires in the field:

Does he ask the same, tired questions others ask (at a rate of once or more per minute)?
Does he clearly lack the ability or inclination to ask the almighty Google?
Does he refuse to take the time to ask coherent, specific questions?
Does he think helping him must be the high point of your day?"

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WorldFallz | drupal.org

WorldFallz | drupal.org: "contributions
Please don't use my contact form for requesting support. Support provided via email helps only 1 person-- support provided in the forums helps everyone in the community. Thanks.

Roles in working with DrupalSite Builder, Developer, Project Manager, Sometime Themer"

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FASHIONATA

FASHIONATA: "Tomorrow I leave to Paris for Fashion Week! Yayyyy, I can’t wait! I was just browsing through my pictures from NY fashion week and I wanted to share them with you. I divided them into 2 parts because I got so many of them. So here's part 1:"

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Balsamiq

Balsamiq: "We have strong opinions about what makes good software. Read the Mockups Manifesto.

Mockups is available for download, on the web, or as a plugin for Confluence, JIRA, FogBugz & XWiki."

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How to show and configure the footer mega-menu | drupal.org

How to show and configure the footer mega-menu | drupal.org: "Once it is enabled, the footer mega menu is displayed.

To change the content of Footer mega menu

Navigate to: Home >> Administration >> Appearance >> Settings (of Splendio theme).
On this page, you can enter the content for the each footer menu in each corresponding textarea field."

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The Populace Movement of The 60′ Vs. Occupy Wall Street.

The Populace Movement of The 60′ Vs. Occupy Wall Street.: " I always somehow believed that Jimi was more of visionary who simply was ahead of his time. It is truly unfortunate that “Rock Star” culture is so intertwined with drug addiction, rehab, overdoes and an early untimely death.

However when you think about deeply (too deeply) you understand that a visionary is by definition someone who is not particularly so focused on the existing paradigms along with all their trappings. "

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(110) Aharon Moshe Sanders

(110) Aharon Moshe Sanders: "dividual to start a business, there are far too many obstacles. Financing and credit is only available in abundance to those who don't need it. It is very simple to go bankrupt before you get going if you listen to the experts. They will have spending 50k on a business plan, before you even start."

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Sign Of The Times: Startup Raps For Angel Funding | TechCrunch

Sign Of The Times: Startup Raps For Angel Funding | TechCrunch: "But we need your help to reach the dream
We need a angel, We need a ride
We need a bump a bump so we fly
Undrip is about to go
We just need an angel to unlock the flow

Verse 2:
Comin straight outta Soma, the valley of silicone
In the zone, writing code til we see the break of dawn
Learning the ropes from the CEO
And we’ll be crushin it from NDA to IPO
Here we go again, yeah it’s back to bootstrap"

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Web Entrepreneur Seeks Investor and Mentor | WebSiteWealth.biz

Web Entrepreneur Seeks Investor and Mentor | WebSiteWealth.biz: "web developer responsible for this website currently is seeking someone preferably with some coding experience (even if it mainly entry level or right out of school). Ideally skills in Drupal and Php, as well as other open source software is ideal.

Web developer is also looking to start up and develop automated web hosting and domain resellers, including possibly the Name Cheap API, and HostBill, and WHMCS. Developer owns 100's of domains and dozens are valued at between 2k to 9k US$."

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The Startup Mentor: January 2012

The Startup Mentor: January 2012: "
What's the biggest downside of funding a startup this way?
It's painful to use your own money, especially when you'd rather spend it on groceries. But that's what makes it a good thing. You get really smart with how you spend it. You say, "We really need to buy this software solution." And then you say, "Is this the right one? Can we find a cheaper version? Can we build it ourselves?"

You start to do a lot of research so you can spend less money or can learn a skill that will save you money over the long term. I figured out how to do our financials for Clariwebs by reading a book on QuickBooks. I use those skills even today."

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Circle Of Friends - Home Page

Circle Of Friends - Home Page: "Circle of Friends, an inclusion program for all students with disabilities, brings the understanding and acceptance of differences on school campuses and within the community, decreasing bullying and making a significant social impact."

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Benyamin Tripp - Google+ - Introducing the Google+ Start-Up Guide I have been having…

Benyamin Tripp - Google+ - Introducing the Google+ Start-Up Guide I have been having…: " I have seen many guides out there that attempt to lower the learning curve but no one wanted to go read a multi-page article about how to use a social network.

And so I decided to give it a try, with a short presentation instead, almost like an intro video.

I have been spending the whole summer freelancing as a full time job and wanted to use my design and user experience skills toward a fun side project that would let me go crazy. I wanted to create something that tells you only the bare minimum of what you need to know to get started and something that is easy to digest. Over the past week, what started as a small side project became my main project.
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CASE STUDIES | Growth for Good

CASE STUDIES | Growth for Good: "From start to finish, Growth for Good kept CityScience’s mission and aspirations at the front of our branding project. They demystified the branding process and led the effort with graphic designers, printing companies and web developers. I would recommend Growth for Good to all nonprofit leaders seeking to tell their story to a range of audiences. Honestly, Growth for Good exceeded our expectations.
Thor Snilsberg, Founding Executive Director"

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CASE STUDIES | Growth for Good

CASE STUDIES | Growth for Good: "CASE STUDIES

Start-up Services & Branding – CityScience

Competitive Analysis & Business Planning – Venture Philanthropy Partnership (VPP)

Strategic Planning – Queens Council on the Arts

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Bad Customer Management Skills? What's the Big Deal?

Bad Customer Management Skills? What's the Big Deal?: "The recent Bank of America debacle is proof positive that we consumers have been "nickel and dimed" to death by usurious fees. Making your customers bear the brunt of every little increase in your cost of doing business, so you can keep your profits at record highs, just won't work. Whether it is a $5 fee for using a debit card or $40 maintenance fee on an IRA, or anything other trifling fee, enough is enough.

9. Double Prices for the Same Product or Service

If you want to know how well this won't work, take a look at what happened when some marketing genius at Netflix decided that customers really wouldn't mind paying double for the same service they had before"

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Jewish Funders Network - /index.cfm?pageId=500

Jewish Funders Network - /index.cfm?pageId=500: "FUNDERS OF LOCAL JEWISH EDUCATION - PEER NETWORKING WITH MARK KRAMER
 
February 14, 2012 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join Mark Kramer, Founder and Managing Director of Foundation Strategy Group, to learn about Collective Impact, a further discussion from his article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review with John Kania"

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Why College Debt, Entrepreneur and Success Can Be Used in the Same Sentence

Why College Debt, Entrepreneur and Success Can Be Used in the Same Sentence: "Scott Gerber has penned an interesting article for the Huffington Post. He alleges that a collective student loan debt of $1 trillion bars Millennials – aka members of Generation Y or the Trophy Generation – from following up on entrepreneurial dreams that would let them “actively take part in any job creation solution.” Gerber goes on to decry the sidelining of educated “entrepreneurially-charged individuals” – ostensibly because they cannot afford to start businesses with crushing debt hanging over their heads.

There is, of course, an answer to the problem. In fact, this answer has been around since 2007, when the Bush Administration created the Income Based Repayment (IBR) scheme for student loan borrowers. Students with crushing debt could cap federal student loan payments at 15 percent of their incomes and then take up to 25 years to repay the loans. "

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How to Get a Grant to Start My Own Business

How to Get a Grant to Start My Own Business: "You Can't Get A Grant Unless You Try


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Foundations and government grants for minorities starting a small business offer a wealth of options for entrepreneurs. Most people think that grants are too difficult to obtain, but the truth is, you will never know if you could receive one unless you try. Isn’t it worth the effort? Because of the current emphasis on stimulating the economy and renewable energy, there are even more grant opportunities than ever before. From grants for women to grants for writing, there is bound to be something just for you."

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Jewish Funders Network International Conference

Jewish Funders Network International Conference: "The Jewish Funders Network International Conference comes to Tel Aviv, March 19-22, 2012.

Explore Israel's vibrant philanthropic landscape: learn from experiences, site visits, and big-picture thinking in a unique environment with funders from around the Jewish world.

Join with more than 400 of your peers and forge new friendships that can deepen the quality and impact of your giving. In the heart of Israel's business and and cultural center, this year's annual conference is an extraordinary opportunity for funders from around the world to strengthen personal connections, build new partnerships, and do philanthropy better."

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Jewish Funders Network - Jewish Teen Funders Network

Jewish Funders Network - Jewish Teen Funders Network: "60 Jewish youth philanthropy programs in North America, each one actively engaging teens, ages 13-18, in hands-on collective philanthropic giving. They are housed in day schools, religious schools, synagogues, social service agencies, local Jewish Federations, and endowment foundations. The mission of the Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN) is to provide these programs and their teenagers with hands-on opportunities to engage in collective philanthropic giving with their peers, guided by Jewish values. "

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Online Social Networking Sites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ning

Online Social Networking Sites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ning: " tested and evaluated a wide variety of web-based marketing, branding and communication strategies and techniques, and discussed them on Online Social Networking.
In November 2010, I seized an opportunity that arose to join a major luxury goods company and test my strategies and techniques in a competitive real-world environment"

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Start your own Social Networking site with our Social Network Software

Start your own Social Networking site with our Social Network Software: "g Social Networking Software to create your own social networking site like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, or Friendster. With millions profiles, hundreds of features, you've got enough power to complete with others.
This is the perfect solution for people who have no technical skills, know nothing about building a website, but still want to start its own social networking business. All you have to do is sign up for an account in just a few easy steps. Plans start from $29.95 per month, you will get the Social Networking Software, social network templates, top notch web hosting, 24 hour support, 7 days a week, and life time free upgrades."

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Baselworld 2012 | Baselworld News

Baselworld 2012 | Baselworld News: "Baselworld International Watch and Jewellery Show is only months away. Make your plans to attend Baselworld 2012, which will take place from March 8-15 in Basel, Switzerland. As the largest and most exquisite watch and jewelry trade show in the world, Baselworld is the premier event of the year for vendors, industry insiders and the media."

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Baselworld 2012 | Baselworld News

Baselworld 2012 | Baselworld News: "Baselworld International Watch and Jewellery Show is only months away. Make your plans to attend Baselworld 2012, which will take place from March 8-15 in Basel, Switzerland. As the largest and most exquisite watch and jewelry trade show in the world, Baselworld is the premier event of the year for vendors, industry insiders and the media."

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The Man Behind Gingrich’s Money - NYTimes.com

The Man Behind Gingrich’s Money - NYTimes.com: "$22 billion, presides over a global empire of casinos, hotels and convention centers whose centerpiece is the Venetian in Las Vegas, an exuberant monument to excess with canals, singing gondoliers and acres of slot machines. That fortune is a wellspring of financial support for Mr. Gingrich, who has benefited from $17 million in political contributions from Mr. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, in recent years, including $10 million in the last few weeks that went to a “super PAC” supporting him.

The question of what motivates Mr. Adelson’s singular generosity toward the former House speaker has emerged front and center in the campaign. People who know him say his affinity for Mr. Gingrich stems from a devotion to Israel as well as loyalty to a friend. A fervent Zionist who opposes any territorial compromise to make way for a Palestinian state, Mr. Adelson has long been enamored of Mr. Gingrich’s full-throated defense of Israel"

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WebSiteWealth.biz | Opportunities Of A Lifetime Must Be Seized Within The Lifetime Of The Opportunity!

WebSiteWealth.biz | Opportunities Of A Lifetime Must Be Seized Within The Lifetime Of The Opportunity!: " involved in any of the innovative venture currently underdevelopment by the sole proprietor or his affiliates. Any information collected by this site will not be used or sold as a marketing vehicle or sold for the express purpose of obtaining profit. The philosophy of this website and the other affiliated site at various stages of deployment is that the collaborative process is significantly underutilized an"

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Online Social Networking Sites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ning

Online Social Networking Sites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ning: " I devised, tested and evaluated a wide variety of web-based marketing, branding and communication strategies and techniques, and discussed them on Online Social Networking.
In November 2010, I seized an opportunity that arose to join a major luxury goods company and test my strategies and techniques in a competitive real-world environment. The results were outstanding. Not only was enormous buzz created, the business was able to dramatically increase its authority and credibility within the trade and with the media."

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Predators versus prey in the startup ecosystem | Techi.com

Predators versus prey in the startup ecosystem | Techi.com: "The “Startup Sea” is broad and loaded with life. There are those who are considered predators, which means someone has to be the prey. It’s a self-sustaining culture as long as there’s enough people (and dollars) looking for “the next big thing” coming into our lives. That part, at least, seems to be consistent.

Everyone from angel investors to tech bloggers play a role. It can be an ugly process to create something wonderful.

This graphic by our friends at Udemy examines this ecosystem and makes the distinct roles come to life. Click to enlarge."

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