Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Table of Contents for: Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
Table of Contents for: Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
Table of Contents
Return to report Abstract
Executive Summary
3
Introduction
5
The Social Networking Buzz
7
What Is Social Networking?
7
Social Networks as a New Channel
7
A Fragmented Channel
10
Dominant Social Networks Differ by Country
11
Social Networks as Multiple Distinct Channels
11
Benefits and Risks of Social Networking
13
Why Are Organizations Interested in Social Networking?
13
Unintended Consequences
14
Organizational Risk
15
Insurers and Social Networking
17
Insurers in the United States: A Consistent Multinetwork Approach
17
Lessons from the United Kingdom
19
iPhone Apps
21
Insurer Social Networks
22
Financial Services Aggregators as Social Networks
22
Social Networking Trends
24
Social Networkers in the Future
25
Social Networks Start Seeking Revenue
27
Embracing the Digital Change
29
How to Adopt
29
Technology Solutions
31
Leveraging Celent’s Expertise
34
Support for Financial Institutions
34
Support for Vendors
34
Related Celent Research
35
About Celent
Celent is a research and advisory firm dedicated to helping financial institutions formulate comprehensive business and technology strategies. Celent publishes reports identifying trends and best practices in financial services technology and conducts consulting engagements for financial institutions looking to use technology to enhance existing business processes or launch new business strategies. With a team of internationally experienced analysts, Celent is uniquely positioned to offer strategic advice and market insights on a global basis. Celent is a member of the Oliver Wyman Group, which is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC].
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Tokyo - KyongSun Kong
kkong@celent.com
Tel: +81 3 3596 0020
Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
Table of Contents
Return to report Abstract
Executive Summary
3
Introduction
5
The Social Networking Buzz
7
What Is Social Networking?
7
Social Networks as a New Channel
7
A Fragmented Channel
10
Dominant Social Networks Differ by Country
11
Social Networks as Multiple Distinct Channels
11
Benefits and Risks of Social Networking
13
Why Are Organizations Interested in Social Networking?
13
Unintended Consequences
14
Organizational Risk
15
Insurers and Social Networking
17
Insurers in the United States: A Consistent Multinetwork Approach
17
Lessons from the United Kingdom
19
iPhone Apps
21
Insurer Social Networks
22
Financial Services Aggregators as Social Networks
22
Social Networking Trends
24
Social Networkers in the Future
25
Social Networks Start Seeking Revenue
27
Embracing the Digital Change
29
How to Adopt
29
Technology Solutions
31
Leveraging Celent’s Expertise
34
Support for Financial Institutions
34
Support for Vendors
34
Related Celent Research
35
About Celent
Celent is a research and advisory firm dedicated to helping financial institutions formulate comprehensive business and technology strategies. Celent publishes reports identifying trends and best practices in financial services technology and conducts consulting engagements for financial institutions looking to use technology to enhance existing business processes or launch new business strategies. With a team of internationally experienced analysts, Celent is uniquely positioned to offer strategic advice and market insights on a global basis. Celent is a member of the Oliver Wyman Group, which is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC].
Media Contacts
New York - Dana Lautin
dlautin@celent.com
Tel: +1 646 364 8254
Stockholm - Nick Bockh
nbockh@celent.com
Tel: +46.8.650.4401
Tokyo - KyongSun Kong
kkong@celent.com
Tel: +81 3 3596 0020
Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
Leveraging Social Networks: An In-Depth View for Insurers
In a new report, Leveraging Social Networks, Celent reviews the current usage of social networks by insurers and looks at the broader social networking trends that will drive innovation in insurance in the future. Many insurers are already testing the waters in the world of social networks, and best practices are only beginning to emerge. Adoption is much higher for insurers in the United States when compared to the UK, where interaction is rare and adoption is just starting.
In a new report, Leveraging Social Networks, Celent reviews the current usage of social networks by insurers and looks at the broader social networking trends that will drive innovation in insurance in the future. Many insurers are already testing the waters in the world of social networks, and best practices are only beginning to emerge. Adoption is much higher for insurers in the United States when compared to the UK, where interaction is rare and adoption is just starting.
Russia rips spy ring bust as arrests rise to 11 - Yahoo! News
Russia rips spy ring bust as arrests rise to 11 - Yahoo! News
Weird news.
Shouldn't spies being doing something more sneaky? Like photographing potential targets? or bribing elected officials to influence policy? It sounds almost as if these people were writing what anyone could already read on the internet. Must be something left out of the story.
Now the journalist who criticizes the US is an interesting one. Could it go either way? Could the journalist be getting paid to write negatively about the US? Or could the US invent connections to foreign powers in order to silence a critic of the US?
And what is happening to that kid who allegedly leaked to wikileaks? How much information is really available to the public? The stuff of spy novels.
Weird news.
Shouldn't spies being doing something more sneaky? Like photographing potential targets? or bribing elected officials to influence policy? It sounds almost as if these people were writing what anyone could already read on the internet. Must be something left out of the story.
Now the journalist who criticizes the US is an interesting one. Could it go either way? Could the journalist be getting paid to write negatively about the US? Or could the US invent connections to foreign powers in order to silence a critic of the US?
And what is happening to that kid who allegedly leaked to wikileaks? How much information is really available to the public? The stuff of spy novels.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
DFL fundraiser Kaplan is top prospect for ambassador to Morocco. - Free Online Library
DFL fundraiser Kaplan is top prospect for ambassador to Morocco. - Free Online Library
according to four well-placed Democratic sources with direct knowledge of the appointment.
Minneapolis attorney Sam Kaplan, a prominent DFL fundraiser, is in line to become the U.S. ambassador to the North African kingdom of Morocco, according to four well-placed Democratic sources with direct knowledge of the appointment.
Kaplan, a top cash "bundler" for President Obama's 2008 campaign finance committee, is being vetted by White House officials and is expected to be named to the post soon, according to the sources.
Neither Kaplan nor the White House had any comment Friday.
As ambassador to Morocco, a moderate Arab nation and U.S. ally, Kaplan would become another voice from Minnesota in the greater Middle East, joining Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison Keith Ellison may refer to:
While Ellison was the first Muslim elected to Congress, Kaplan would be one of a small number of Jewish ambassadors who have been sent to the region.
Kaplan, 72, would be the first Minnesotan to serve as a U.S. ambassador since Benson Whitney Benson K. Whitney is the current United States Ambassador to Norway. He was managing general partner of the Gideon Hixon Fund and former President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association. He was also chief executive officer of Whitney Management Company. , who was appointed ambassador to Norway in 2005 by President George W. Bush and still holds that post. He would also follow in the footsteps of former Vice President Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey). , who was President Bill Clinton's ambassador to Japan.
Kaplan's appointment would be subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. His name has been widely circulated in recent weeks as government officials have reportedly been interviewing friends and associates in Minnesota, according to a half-dozen political figures contacted by the Star Tribune For the Wyoming newspaper, see .
The Star Tribune (also Star trib or Strib, as it is often referred to) is the largest newspaper in the U.S. .
Making a statement
Kaplan and his wife, Sylvia, a well-known restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur
n.
The manager or owner of a restaurant.
[French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. , have long been major financiers and power players in Democratic circles in Minnesota, where they helped launch the political career of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate .
Together, the Kaplans raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign, ranking them among the campaign's top 500 bundlers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and the effect of money on elections and public policy. . (Bundling is the collection of donations from a number of contributors.) They were also among the biggest Minnesota fundraisers for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for president.
Several political associates of the Kaplans said the couple would welcome the posting in Morocco, and both are expected to take up residence there.
Big donors are often rewarded with key ambassadorships, and Kaplan's would be particularly significant for the Obama administration's outreach to the Arab world.
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, said the region is a sensitive one for U.S. policymakers and was for a long time off-limits to Jewish diplomats.
Mordecai Noah, sent by President James Madison as a consul to the Kingdom of Tunis in 1813, was rejected by that country's Muslim rulers, in part on religious grounds.
In modern times, the barrier was broken by Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon's secretary of state, who negotiated an end to the 1973 Yom Kippur War Yom Kippur War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. between Egypt and Syria, and Israel. That episode was followed by American Jewish diplomats such as Samuel Lewis, ambassador to Israel from 1977 to 1985, and Marc Ginsberg, ambassador to Morocco from 1994 to 1998.
"Sometimes the State Department likes to make statements with their appointments," Hunegs said. While he has no direct knowledge of the Kaplan appointment, Hunegs added, "This would be saying that Morocco plays an important role in the Middle East negotiations, and it's seen as a trusted nation for the U.S."
Morocco, with a significant Jewish minority, has served as an intermediary in Arab-Israeli negotiations in the past and could be expected to serve a constructive role again by the Obama administration.
Rick Jauert, a spokesman for Ellison, who is traveling to the Middle East this week as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee See also United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. , said Ellison knows Kaplan well and would welcome him as an ambassador in the region.
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DFL fundraiser Kaplan is top prospect for ambassador to Morocco.
| Summary: Minneapolis attorney Sam Kaplan, a prominent DFL DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga (German Soccer League) DFL Democratic-Farmer-Labor (political party in Minnesota, to which state Democrats belong) DFL David Florida Laboratory fundraiser, is in line to become the U.S. ambassador to the North African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. |
Minneapolis attorney Sam Kaplan, a prominent DFL fundraiser, is in line to become the U.S. ambassador to the North African kingdom of Morocco, according to four well-placed Democratic sources with direct knowledge of the appointment.
Kaplan, a top cash "bundler" for President Obama's 2008 campaign finance committee, is being vetted by White House officials and is expected to be named to the post soon, according to the sources.
Neither Kaplan nor the White House had any comment Friday.
As ambassador to Morocco, a moderate Arab nation and U.S. ally, Kaplan would become another voice from Minnesota in the greater Middle East, joining Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison Keith Ellison may refer to:
- Keith Ellison (football player), an American football player
- Keith Ellison (politician), a member of the U.S. Congress from Minnesota
- Keith P. Ellison, a U.S. federal judge
While Ellison was the first Muslim elected to Congress, Kaplan would be one of a small number of Jewish ambassadors who have been sent to the region.
Kaplan, 72, would be the first Minnesotan to serve as a U.S. ambassador since Benson Whitney Benson K. Whitney is the current United States Ambassador to Norway. He was managing general partner of the Gideon Hixon Fund and former President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association. He was also chief executive officer of Whitney Management Company. , who was appointed ambassador to Norway in 2005 by President George W. Bush and still holds that post. He would also follow in the footsteps of former Vice President Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey). , who was President Bill Clinton's ambassador to Japan.
Kaplan's appointment would be subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. His name has been widely circulated in recent weeks as government officials have reportedly been interviewing friends and associates in Minnesota, according to a half-dozen political figures contacted by the Star Tribune For the Wyoming newspaper, see .
The Star Tribune (also Star trib or Strib, as it is often referred to) is the largest newspaper in the U.S. .
Making a statement
Kaplan and his wife, Sylvia, a well-known restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur
n.
The manager or owner of a restaurant.
[French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. , have long been major financiers and power players in Democratic circles in Minnesota, where they helped launch the political career of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate .
Together, the Kaplans raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign, ranking them among the campaign's top 500 bundlers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and the effect of money on elections and public policy. . (Bundling is the collection of donations from a number of contributors.) They were also among the biggest Minnesota fundraisers for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for president.
Several political associates of the Kaplans said the couple would welcome the posting in Morocco, and both are expected to take up residence there.
Big donors are often rewarded with key ambassadorships, and Kaplan's would be particularly significant for the Obama administration's outreach to the Arab world.
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, said the region is a sensitive one for U.S. policymakers and was for a long time off-limits to Jewish diplomats.
Mordecai Noah, sent by President James Madison as a consul to the Kingdom of Tunis in 1813, was rejected by that country's Muslim rulers, in part on religious grounds.
In modern times, the barrier was broken by Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon's secretary of state, who negotiated an end to the 1973 Yom Kippur War Yom Kippur War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. between Egypt and Syria, and Israel. That episode was followed by American Jewish diplomats such as Samuel Lewis, ambassador to Israel from 1977 to 1985, and Marc Ginsberg, ambassador to Morocco from 1994 to 1998.
"Sometimes the State Department likes to make statements with their appointments," Hunegs said. While he has no direct knowledge of the Kaplan appointment, Hunegs added, "This would be saying that Morocco plays an important role in the Middle East negotiations, and it's seen as a trusted nation for the U.S."
Morocco, with a significant Jewish minority, has served as an intermediary in Arab-Israeli negotiations in the past and could be expected to serve a constructive role again by the Obama administration.
Rick Jauert, a spokesman for Ellison, who is traveling to the Middle East this week as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee See also United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. , said Ellison knows Kaplan well and would welcome him as an ambassador in the region.
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Obama inaugural committee reaches money goal - Free Online Library
Obama inaugural committee reaches money goal - Free Online Library
He declined to give a total, but doing the math, that works out to at least $6 million from those donors.
At least $35 million has been raised from contributors who gave $200 or more, a list of those givers on the committee's Web site shows. The committee accepts donations of up to $50,000 from individuals.
More than a third of the money was collected by just 56 people, the committee's bundler list shows. Each gathered at least $200,000 from donors.
Many of the fundraisers are well-known moneymen and women in Democratic circles. Those leading the list raised at least $300,000. They include two of Obama's top campaign fundraisers: Louis Susman, who retired this month as vice chairman of banking giant and government bailout bailout
The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. recipient Citigroup; and billionaire Hyatt hotel heiress heiress n. feminine heir, often used to denote a woman who has received a large amount upon the death of a rich relative, as in the "department store heiress."
HEIRESS. A female heir to a person having an estate of inheritance. Penny Pritzker Penny Pritzker (1959) is an American billionaire (net worth $2.8 billion USD), the granddaughter of Abram Nicholas Pritzker and the niece of Jay Pritzker.
In 1981 she received a BA in Economics from Harvard University later earning a JD and MBA from Stanford University. .
The inaugural committee has also raised money through sales of merchandise, but has not yet said how much.
It has said that it hoped to raise about as much as President George W. Bush raised for each of his two inaugurations.
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Obama inaugural committee reaches money goal
| President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee has reached its goal of collecting at least $40 million for next week's festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . Figures provided by the committee Wednesday show it has raised at least $41 million. The money will help fund a national community service day, thousands of portable toilets A portable toilet is a modern, portable, self-contained outhouse manufactured of molded plastic in a variety of colors and are often used as a temporary toilet for construction sites and large social gatherings. , the installation of 10 giant screens on the national mall National Mall: see National Parks and Monuments (table). for the swearing-in ceremony, and 10 official inaugural balls, among other costs. Roughly 200,000 people donated less than $200, spokesman Brent Colburn said. Their average donation was $34, he said. |
He declined to give a total, but doing the math, that works out to at least $6 million from those donors.
At least $35 million has been raised from contributors who gave $200 or more, a list of those givers on the committee's Web site shows. The committee accepts donations of up to $50,000 from individuals.
More than a third of the money was collected by just 56 people, the committee's bundler list shows. Each gathered at least $200,000 from donors.
Many of the fundraisers are well-known moneymen and women in Democratic circles. Those leading the list raised at least $300,000. They include two of Obama's top campaign fundraisers: Louis Susman, who retired this month as vice chairman of banking giant and government bailout bailout
The financial rescue of a faltering business or other organization. Government guarantees for loans made to Chrysler Corporation constituted a bailout. recipient Citigroup; and billionaire Hyatt hotel heiress heiress n. feminine heir, often used to denote a woman who has received a large amount upon the death of a rich relative, as in the "department store heiress."
HEIRESS. A female heir to a person having an estate of inheritance. Penny Pritzker Penny Pritzker (1959) is an American billionaire (net worth $2.8 billion USD), the granddaughter of Abram Nicholas Pritzker and the niece of Jay Pritzker.
In 1981 she received a BA in Economics from Harvard University later earning a JD and MBA from Stanford University. .
The inaugural committee has also raised money through sales of merchandise, but has not yet said how much.
It has said that it hoped to raise about as much as President George W. Bush raised for each of his two inaugurations.
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Big donations: That's the ticket; Bundling, giving pay off; At least 15 from state shell out $50,000 each to Obama inauguration. - Free Online Library
Big donations: That's the ticket; Bundling, giving pay off; At least 15 from state shell out $50,000 each to Obama inauguration. - Free Online Library
Rob Glaser, chief executive officer of RealNetworks, is one of at least 15 Washington residents who have donated $50,000 -- the maximum individual contribution the committee allows. Glaser said he is taking his mother, Barbara, and father, Jules, to the inauguration.
"For my family the event is a happy bookend," Glaser wrote in an e-mail. "Over 40 years ago, my Mom went to see Dr. Martin Luther King speak at a rally in Washington, D.C. ... I'm very proud of how far our country has come over the past 40 years and delighted to have the chance to be part of history."
Michael Parham, a RealNetworks attorney, organized a group of individuals to donate $300,000 to the committee, one of five bundlers in Washington. Parham couldn't be reached for comment.
Suzi LeVine, a former Expedia executive and founder of Kavana, a Jewish community group based in Queen Anne, has helped raise $245,000 in donations for the inaugural committee.
LeVine, who was an Obama delegate A person who is appointed, authorized, delegated, or commissioned to act in the place of another. Transfer of authority from one to another. A person to whom affairs are committed by another.
A person elected or appointed to be a member of a representative assembly. at the Democratic National Convention, said she was in Chicago's Grant Park on Election Night and will be in D.C. for the inauguration.
"For me personally, it is being able to contribute to putting this country back on track," she said.
Several Microsoft executives, including Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, and their spouses have given at least $200,000 collectively to the committee. According to a Microsoft spokeswoman, those donating are doing so on their own, not on behalf of the corporation.
The committee's list of donors says Bill and Melinda Gates gave $50,000 each. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said the donations weren't made on its behalf and wouldn't comment on whether the Gateses would attend the event.
Shannon Gilson, a spokeswoman for the inaugural committee, said it had imposed "some of the most stringent restrictions on fundraising
The committee said that, unlike previous inaugurations, it is not accepting money from corporations, unions or federal lobbyists. Only individuals who are U.S. citizens can donate.
Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.) is an American glass sculptor. Biography
Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his , who also donated $50,000, said through a spokeswoman that he and his family plan to be at the inauguration because it "will be one of the most significant historical events of our time."
John Vechey, 30, chief executive officer of Seattle-based PopCap Games PopCap Games is an casual gaming developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. PopCap Games was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka. It currently employs just under 100 people. , said he donated $50,000 because he wanted his 15-year-old brother, Ian, and 12-year-old sister, Josey, to experience the event.
"Hopefully it will mean something to them for the rest of their lives," Vechey said.
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Some of the big donors from Washington state
Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 has raised more than $27 million
Steve Ballmer: chief executive officer, Microsoft, $100,000*
Matthew Bergman: trial lawyer, $50,000
Bruce Blume: commercial real-estate developer A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. In legal form the developer may be an individual, but is more often a partnership, limited liability company or , $50,000
Dale Chihuly: artist, $50,000
Bill and Melinda Gates: co-chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $100,000
Robert Glaser Robert Glaser is an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction. His scholarship has been recognized by several awards including the American Educational Research Association Presidential Citation Award (2003), : chief executive officer, RealNetworks, $50,000
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Big donations: That's the ticket; Bundling, giving pay off; At least 15 from state shell out $50,000 each to Obama inauguration.
| Byline: Sanjay Bhatt; Seattle Times staff reporter Technology executives and other wealthy individuals from Washington state have donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. more than $1.1 million to a committee overseeing President-elect Obama's inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. Jan. 20. In return for their $50,000 donations, the affluent each get four "preferred" tickets to the swearing-in, the parade and the balls, along with two tickets to VIP galas, dinners and receptions. So-called bundlers -- people who help raise up to $300,000 from other donors for the committee -- get four tickets to official inaugural events and four to the VIP events. As of Tuesday, the Presidential Inaugural Committee reported more than $27 million in total donations from individuals, just more than half of what it hopes to raise for the inauguration events. |
Rob Glaser, chief executive officer of RealNetworks, is one of at least 15 Washington residents who have donated $50,000 -- the maximum individual contribution the committee allows. Glaser said he is taking his mother, Barbara, and father, Jules, to the inauguration.
"For my family the event is a happy bookend," Glaser wrote in an e-mail. "Over 40 years ago, my Mom went to see Dr. Martin Luther King speak at a rally in Washington, D.C. ... I'm very proud of how far our country has come over the past 40 years and delighted to have the chance to be part of history."
Michael Parham, a RealNetworks attorney, organized a group of individuals to donate $300,000 to the committee, one of five bundlers in Washington. Parham couldn't be reached for comment.
Suzi LeVine, a former Expedia executive and founder of Kavana, a Jewish community group based in Queen Anne, has helped raise $245,000 in donations for the inaugural committee.
LeVine, who was an Obama delegate A person who is appointed, authorized, delegated, or commissioned to act in the place of another. Transfer of authority from one to another. A person to whom affairs are committed by another.
A person elected or appointed to be a member of a representative assembly. at the Democratic National Convention, said she was in Chicago's Grant Park on Election Night and will be in D.C. for the inauguration.
"For me personally, it is being able to contribute to putting this country back on track," she said.
Several Microsoft executives, including Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, and their spouses have given at least $200,000 collectively to the committee. According to a Microsoft spokeswoman, those donating are doing so on their own, not on behalf of the corporation.
The committee's list of donors says Bill and Melinda Gates gave $50,000 each. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said the donations weren't made on its behalf and wouldn't comment on whether the Gateses would attend the event.
Shannon Gilson, a spokeswoman for the inaugural committee, said it had imposed "some of the most stringent restrictions on fundraising
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The committee said that, unlike previous inaugurations, it is not accepting money from corporations, unions or federal lobbyists. Only individuals who are U.S. citizens can donate.
Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.) is an American glass sculptor. Biography
Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his , who also donated $50,000, said through a spokeswoman that he and his family plan to be at the inauguration because it "will be one of the most significant historical events of our time."
John Vechey, 30, chief executive officer of Seattle-based PopCap Games PopCap Games is an casual gaming developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. PopCap Games was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka. It currently employs just under 100 people. , said he donated $50,000 because he wanted his 15-year-old brother, Ian, and 12-year-old sister, Josey, to experience the event.
"Hopefully it will mean something to them for the rest of their lives," Vechey said.
Sanjay Bhatt: 206-464-3103 or sbhatt@seattletimes.com
Some of the big donors from Washington state
Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 has raised more than $27 million
Steve Ballmer: chief executive officer, Microsoft, $100,000*
Matthew Bergman: trial lawyer, $50,000
Bruce Blume: commercial real-estate developer A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. In legal form the developer may be an individual, but is more often a partnership, limited liability company or , $50,000
Dale Chihuly: artist, $50,000
Bill and Melinda Gates: co-chairs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $100,000
Robert Glaser Robert Glaser is an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction. His scholarship has been recognized by several awards including the American Educational Research Association Presidential Citation Award (2003), : chief executive officer, RealNetworks, $50,000
* includes $50,000 donation from spouse
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cuff em no new bull market without perp walks for financial terrorists: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance
cuff em no new bull market without perp walks for financial terrorists: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance
Cuff 'em! No New Bull Market Without 'Perp Walks' for "Financial Terrorists"
Posted Jun 25, 2010 01:13pm EDT by Peter GorensteinConvicted felons and former captains of industry Jeff Skilling and Conrad Black caught a break Thursday: The Supreme Court ruled to limit the reach of a federal fraud law that prosecutors used to convict both men. The decision doesn’t set them free but does send their case back to the lower courts and opens the possibility of retrial.
“This is the worst possible time for this case to come up,” says Damien Hoffman, co-founder of Wall Street Cheat Sheet. The conviction of Skilling, Black, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, and former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers helped fuel the last bull market in the mid-2000s says Derek Hoffman, Damien’s brother and business partner. “When they were put behind bars there was a turn in investor sentiment.”
What we need to fuel another bull market, the Hoffman brothers contend, is a new round of perp walks and convictions for those responsible for the crash of 2008. “So long as investors think another Dick Fuld or Bernie Madoff is lurking on the next corner, gold, guns and canned soup will seem the safer bet,” they write in a recent article.
Here’s a few of the names the Hoffman Brothers think belong behind bars
- Joseph Cassano — the former head of AIG’s financial products unit. Under his watch the company amassed massive amounts of risk that lead to the biggest bailout in U.S. history. There’s very little chance of Cassano facing time, however; Federal prosecutors recently dropped their investigation against him.
- Dick Fuld — Lehman Brothers CEO who watched his house of cards come tumbling down, bringing the global financial system to the edge of the collapse.
- Angelo Mozilo — The Countrywide CEO helped fuel the subprime madness. His company’s lack of due diligence is a prime reason for the foreclosure problem. Mozilo also co-founded IndyMac, the large California bank that was seized by the FDIC in July 2008.
- Stanley O’Neal — the former Merrill Lynch CEO pushed the firm to aggressively market and trade CDOs. O'Neal left with the firm on the brink of collapse before Bank of America purchased it. For all his good work, O’Neal was fired but left with a golden parachute and options valued at $161.5 million at the time.
- Fabrice “Fabulous Fab” Tourre — the banker at the center of the SEC’s criminal fraud complaint against Goldman Sachs. “People need to know the Goldman’s of the world don’t have politicians in their pockets and that the American markets are a safe place to put your money,” says Damien.
The Hoffman Brothers also note that during the S&L scandal of the 1980s over 1,000 people went to jail. To date only two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers have even gone on trial. Both were acquitted. Meanwhile, Skilling is serving a 24-year sentence in Colorado. For now…
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
When Mentoring Goes Bad
At work we are encouraged to mentor others. Pay it forward. Pay it back. Nurture tomorrow's talent. There are programs to encourage mentoring.
But there are some serious drawbacks to mentoring. One is that it has no value. Correct, no value. In the posting 'Why are mentors worthless' the author reveals the results of his survey, mentoring does not get rewarded at most companies.
Another down side to mentoring is when you are trying to be helpful and end up just getting used. Sometimes people will suck you dry, then claim all that you gave them is their own original thought and experience. Hard to believe but true. The most unlikely result of being a mentor is getting any type of meaningful reward at all whether it be an economic reward, recognition for your contributions or gratitude from your mentee.
It seems so obvious that it should hardly be worth writing about, except that it is not obvious at all. People who know very little and speak very well can pass off your ideas as their own quite easily. And if you are trained to be helpful, then it can be difficult to notice when helping crosses the line to being walked all over.
Protect yourself mentors. Protect yourselves. Take care of your work first. Don't stay late because you spent the day helping others. Don't give all of your ideas away for free.
But there are some serious drawbacks to mentoring. One is that it has no value. Correct, no value. In the posting 'Why are mentors worthless' the author reveals the results of his survey, mentoring does not get rewarded at most companies.
Another down side to mentoring is when you are trying to be helpful and end up just getting used. Sometimes people will suck you dry, then claim all that you gave them is their own original thought and experience. Hard to believe but true. The most unlikely result of being a mentor is getting any type of meaningful reward at all whether it be an economic reward, recognition for your contributions or gratitude from your mentee.
It seems so obvious that it should hardly be worth writing about, except that it is not obvious at all. People who know very little and speak very well can pass off your ideas as their own quite easily. And if you are trained to be helpful, then it can be difficult to notice when helping crosses the line to being walked all over.
Protect yourself mentors. Protect yourselves. Take care of your work first. Don't stay late because you spent the day helping others. Don't give all of your ideas away for free.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment" - Oscar Nominations, Academy Awards 2010 - Salon.com
The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment" - Oscar Nominations, Academy Awards 2010 - Salon.com: "The story behind Oscar's 'Kanye moment'
We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony's weirdest moments"
We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony's weirdest moments"
Remy Shand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remy Shand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
he Way I Feel
Shand began recording and mixing his debut album, The Way I Feel, during the spring of 2001 at his home in Winnipeg, performing and recording the tracks for vocals and every instrument on the album. The album features songs such as "The Colour of the Day" and "I Met Your Mercy", examples of his particular style. Shand was quoted as saying the track "Everlasting" was the blueprint towards the content of The Way I Feel, as it was the oldest track on the album, recorded in 1998.
The Way I Feel was released on March 12, 2002, and Shand won a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the 2003 Juno Awards. The album was successful in Canada and sold roughly 500,000 copies in the United States. Shand received four Grammy nominations for his work.
In October 2003, Shand's official website stated that he was working on his second album, to be called Day In The Shade. The album has yet to be released, and since then, there has been no public information regarding Shand's whereabouts or recording projects. As of May 7, 2008, Shand's official website domain in Canada (www.remyshand.ca) had not been renewed by his record label and was registered by a domain exploitation company. In 2009, his official website domain in the United States (www.remyshand.com) redirected users to Universal Motown's main page.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Why Fearmongering About a White Minority in America Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong | Immigration | AlterNet
Why Fearmongering About a White Minority in America Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong | Immigration | AlterNet
Seems to be some sort of discussion board about race in America. Lots of lengthy posts.
Do you have to try to not be prejudiced? or does it come naturally? what about when you are accidentally prejudiced? does that count less because you would change if you had the presence of mind to do so?
Seems to be some sort of discussion board about race in America. Lots of lengthy posts.
Do you have to try to not be prejudiced? or does it come naturally? what about when you are accidentally prejudiced? does that count less because you would change if you had the presence of mind to do so?
Relief Well Was Used to Halt Australian Spill - NYTimes.com
Relief Well Was Used to Halt Australian Spill - NYTimes.com: "Halliburton, a major oil services company based in Houston, was involved in the concrete work as a contractor in both the Montara and Gulf of Mexico spills.
A Halliburton employee, David A. Doeg, testified to the Australian commission that he made the problem worse at the Montara well by repumping concrete during an incorrectly handled procedure before the blowout. But Mr. Doeg testified that he was taking direction from PTT managers.
Halliburton’s role in the Gulf of Mexico disaster has also come under scrutiny. In a statement Friday, the company confirmed that it conducted concrete operations on the rig shortly before the accident but said it was “premature and irresponsible to speculate” on the cause. Halliburton said it was cooperating with investigations into the spill."
D I C K C H E NE Y
D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y
This has the appropriately named Dick Cheney written all over it. Cheney consistently gave Halliburton preferential treatment while he was an elected official. In the super secret Whitehouse meetings in 2001 during which Cheney formulated the US's energy policy for the next 8 years, Halliburton was a frequent visitor, adviser and influence on shaping the policies that led to the ecological destruction of the Gulf shore, and the impending destruction of the Florida coastline, the possible destruction of the Eastern coastal fisheries and ecological balance and beyond. Dick Cheney continues to maintain that his meetings with the oil industry and Halliburton during which they worked together to set the national energy policy are protected under executive privilege. How interesting it would be to listen to them discussing the offshore drilling and laughing over the concerns of environmentalists. Haha. Very funny.
A Halliburton employee, David A. Doeg, testified to the Australian commission that he made the problem worse at the Montara well by repumping concrete during an incorrectly handled procedure before the blowout. But Mr. Doeg testified that he was taking direction from PTT managers.
Halliburton’s role in the Gulf of Mexico disaster has also come under scrutiny. In a statement Friday, the company confirmed that it conducted concrete operations on the rig shortly before the accident but said it was “premature and irresponsible to speculate” on the cause. Halliburton said it was cooperating with investigations into the spill."
D I C K C H E NE Y
D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y D I C K C H E NE Y
This has the appropriately named Dick Cheney written all over it. Cheney consistently gave Halliburton preferential treatment while he was an elected official. In the super secret Whitehouse meetings in 2001 during which Cheney formulated the US's energy policy for the next 8 years, Halliburton was a frequent visitor, adviser and influence on shaping the policies that led to the ecological destruction of the Gulf shore, and the impending destruction of the Florida coastline, the possible destruction of the Eastern coastal fisheries and ecological balance and beyond. Dick Cheney continues to maintain that his meetings with the oil industry and Halliburton during which they worked together to set the national energy policy are protected under executive privilege. How interesting it would be to listen to them discussing the offshore drilling and laughing over the concerns of environmentalists. Haha. Very funny.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Over 50% of US publicly traded corporations and 60% of the Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware;[24] the state's attractiveness as a corporate haven is largely because of its business-friendly corporation law. Franchise taxes on Delaware corporations supply about one-fifth of its state revenue.[25] Although Delaware is ranked first tax haven in the world by Tax Justice Network[26], it is not listed on the OECD's 2009 'Black List', despite objections of Luxembourg's and Switzerland's authorities.[27][citation needed]"
Colburn Orchestra, Lin, play Tan Dun - The Arts Blog : The Orange County Register
Colburn Orchestra, Lin, play Tan Dun - The Arts Blog : The Orange County Register
Colburn Orchestra, Lin, play Tan Dun
October 30th, 2009, 10:39 am · 1 Comment · posted by TIMOTHY MANGAN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Review: The Colburn Orchestra and violinist Cho-Liang Lin perform Tan Dun’s “Out of Peking Opera” as part of the Philharmonic Society’s “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” festival. The Orange County Register, Oct. 30, 2009. SEE SLIDE SHOW
It’s been a good month for the cause of youth orchestras in Southern California. Gustavo Dudamel sent a signal by opening his tenure as music director of the L.A. Philharmonic conducting the YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
Last week, the Orange County Youth Symphony, now in its 40th year, collaborated seamlessly with the visiting Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra to give the U.S. premiere of a work by Kurt Schwertsik.
And Thursday night, the Colburn Orchestra of L.A.’s Colburn School Conservatory of Music came down the freeway to perform a program for the Philharmonic Society of Orange County just as if it were a visiting orchestra from abroad. No apologies necessary.
A listener’s sentiment is always with a youth orchestra, of course. You root for them. But with the Colburn Orchestra, led by Yehuda Gilad, you can just sit back and listen and forget that these are kids at work.
Well, young men and women, in this case. This is the Conservatory’s premier orchestra, consisting of college-age musicians who are preparing for musical careers. Thursday, it was appearing as part of the Philharmonic Society’s ongoing “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” festival, a collaboration with Carnegie Hall that explores the world of Chinese arts, both old and new.
The work here falling under the festival’s rubric was Tan Dun’s “Out of Peking Opera,” a violin concerto in all but name, with the Taiwan-born Cho-Liang Lin as soloist. The composer, who has since become celebrated and an Oscar-winner, wrote the work when he first came to New York, in 1988, leaving “behind the ancient continuity of Chinese society.”
The clash of cultures is vivid. At the beginning, Tan directly quotes a Peking Opera melody, a quiet, fragile thing, decorated with evocative gongs and cymbals. This represents, it is safe to say, the youthful Tan when he arrived here. The mayhem that follows it is the crush and thrill of urban, American life.
After its start, the work is not immediately recognizable as Chinese. The interesting thing about the generation of Chinese composers who came to the West, of which Tan is one, is how they embraced the Western art form. Here, Tan seems buried by it, using serialism and extended instrumental techniques a la Penderecki to create a brash expressionistic atmosphere. The Chinese element in his later works is much clearer.
The violinist is a frenzied loner. The orchestra bangs and threatens, a formidable opponent, not usually in support of the soloist. But the soloist is also stimulated by what he encounters, meditates on what has happened in quiet asides, before the whole thing erupts again. It’s an action packed, acerbic, topsy-turvy 17 minutes.
Lin sawed, grinded and careened effectively. The Colburn Orchestra provided clamorous fortes, moody bends and buzzing effects.
Lin, the orchestra and Gilad opened the concert with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4. The violinist rode the elegant rhetoric with a firm hand and bright tone, perhaps too firm and too bright. The concerto never quite settled into its defining lyrical charm.
After intermission, Gilad and the Colburn rolled up their sleeves for a go at Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. This is a good piece for a young orchestra – its drama, sadness and triumph are right on the surface, even if their meanings are ambiguous.
But all was not just youthful enthusiasm. Gilad enforced a patient and thoroughly prepared interpretation, dotting i’s and crossing t’s, outlining long phrases and weighing instrumental balances. The musicians responded with a high degree of polish, confidence and poise, swaying in their seats.
One listened with admiration and with worry. What will happen to these talented young players when they graduate? Surely, there won’t be jobs for all of them, or even most of them. The world has never been an oyster for the music school alumnus. Perhaps they’ll end up in another country, China maybe (with its burgeoning interest in classical music), and, like Tan, find their way. We can only hope.
- Colburn Orchestra
- With: Cho-Liang Lin, violin
- Where: Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
- When: Oct. 29
- Presenter: Philharmonic Society of Orange County
- Next: Lang Lang and Friends, 7 p.m. Nov. 3, Segerstrom Concert Hall
- How much: $30-$195
- Call: 949-553-2422
- Online: philharmonicsociety.org
Google TV
Google TV
Great marketing opportunity. Advertising professionals will know exactly what everyone watches on TV, looks at on the web, purchases, which ads have been shown to them when and where and what the impact the ads have on their purchasing in order to more perfectly get the most people to purchase a product for the least amount of money spent on leading them to the purchase.
Great marketing opportunity. Advertising professionals will know exactly what everyone watches on TV, looks at on the web, purchases, which ads have been shown to them when and where and what the impact the ads have on their purchasing in order to more perfectly get the most people to purchase a product for the least amount of money spent on leading them to the purchase.
11 practices that might be holding your blog back
11 practices that might be holding your blog back
http://subcreation.tumblr.com/post/687964842/11-practices-that-might-be-holding-your-blog-back
http://subcreation.tumblr.com/post/687964842/11-practices-that-might-be-holding-your-blog-back
- Removing credit The lifeblood of Tumblr is the shared publicity and mutual respect given by reblogging with credit intact. When you remove credit you damage the relationships with everyone up the chain from you and make your own posts less desirable to reblog to those people who get this.
EFF, ACLU Team Up to Fight Mass “Hurt Locker” Lawsuits
EFF, ACLU Team Up to Fight Mass “Hurt Locker” Lawsuits
Argue it’s unfair for accused illegal downloaders of the movie to have to defend themselves in a DC courtroom regardless of where they live, and that the US Copyright Group (USCG), the law firm behind the mass P2P lawsuits, has created a business model that “cuts corners” and tries to “shake settlements” out of people unable to defend themselves.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Public Citizen have all teamed up to file briefs with judges in Washington DC asking them to quash subpoenas submitted by the US Copyright Group targeting tens of thousands of accused illegal downloaders.
They point out that courts there cannot even hear the cases because the USCG has yet to prove that they even have jurisdiction over the John Doe defendants that the subpoenas are supposed to identify, and that even the USCG admits that an IP address can provide a “a general geographic area for the users.”
“Thus, with minimal investigation, Plaintiff could have discovered that hardly any of the Does it has sued appear to reside in this District, and that therefore the case against them was likely not properly brought here,” continues the brief. “Nonetheless, Plaintiff improperly sued them here, apparently seeking to force almost all of the Doe defendants to incur the expense and burden of defense in a foreign District (or to settle in order to avoid that expense).”
That’s really what the USCG is up to. Even though an IP address is registered with an ISP in say, Seattle, it wants to make defendants have to pay the costly expense of having to fight a case 2,7000+ miles away. When faced with the cost of airfare, hotel, food – all before legal counsel – of course the person is going to settle. I think I would to be honest.
“By requiring those sued to defend these cases in D.C., regardless of where they live, and by having thousands of defendants lumped into a single case, the USCG has stacked the deck against the defendants,” said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry. “In addition, the First Amendment mandates that each defendant be given notice and opportunity to quash a subpoena and that the plaintiff offer sufficient evidence of infringement about each defendant individually.”
The US Copyright Group originally targeted more than 20,000 BitTorrent users back in March that it accuses of illegally distributing either of the independent movies “Steam Experiment,” “Far Cry,” “Uncross the Stars,” “Gray Man,” or “Call of the Wild 3D.”
Last month it then convinced the producers of the Academy Award-winning movie “The Hurt Locker,” likely miffed at dismal box office ticket sales, to join their venture that sues people en masse and offers the accused quick $2500 settlements to avoid much potentially much larger judgments for infringement at trial.
“If USCG wants to sue thousands of people, it needs to give each defendant a fair chance to fight the accusations,” added EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. “Instead, USCG is taking shortcuts that will result in innocent people getting tangled up in the dragnet.”
The dragnet employed by the USCG is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to create a new business model based on mass-scale extortion, and so it’s nice to see at least groups like the EFF, ACLU, and Public Citizen recognize it for what it is.
Stay tuned.
jared@zeropaid.com
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Monday, June 07, 2010
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Aromatherapy For Home Care - Essential Oils Use - Aromatherapy For Bugs - Aromatherapy In Bath - Aromatherapy For Furniture
Aromatherapy For Home Care - Essential Oils Use - Aromatherapy For Bugs - Aromatherapy In Bath - Aromatherapy For Furniture
Aromatherapy Home Solutions
Aromatherapy refers to the use of selected fragrant substances as oils, lotions, inhalants and other forms to affect the mood of an individual and promote his or her health. In home, we can make use of these tips while bathing in bathrooms and feel fresh for the whole day and even get rid of all those bugs, insects and cockroaches in hidden corners of our homes. Today, fragrant aromatherapy candles or a bag of aromatherapic potpourri is quite in vogue and are known for their calming and stimulating effects and are quite effective as energizers too. Make sure that you are not allergic to any of the substances used here before you make use of them. Here are some aromatic therapeutic solutions you can use for your home:
- Aromatherapy uses essential oils extracted out of fragrant plants by compressing them. They are either inhaled or mixed with bath water to affect the mood as desired. They are also used to keep away insects, freshen up clothes and polish furniture.
- Essential oils get absorbed through our skin in our body and can heal us by stimulating specific areas of our brain, whether they are mixed with bath water or used for massaging our body.
- A healthy spray that protects your houseplants and garden can be prepared by adding 6 to 8 drops of the mixture in a gallon of water prepared by mixing together lavender and thyme oils. Thyme oil in water helps to grow healthier cabbage and cauliflower while basil oil favor growth of broccoli, potatoes and tomatoes. Yarrow oil for cucumbers, chamomile for onions and carrot extract for lettuce are a blessing for your kitchen garden.
- Add 2 tablespoons of soap dissolved in 2 cups of boiling water to two cups of turpentine and one cup of melted natural beeswax and then add 10 drops of cedar wood, cypress or sandalwood oil to make a great-looking furniture polish that can be used for all wood finishes.
- For the fresh smelling clothes, throw a cloth with two drops of bergamot, lavender, neroli, cedar wood, petit grain and sweet orange oils in the dryer with them.
- Mix about 6 drops of lavender, lemongrass, citronella and peppermint oils in one cup of water to prepare a room spray that can rid us of mosquitoes, ants and cockroaches.
- Mix together citronella oil, cedar wood oil, garlic and clothes freshener and put a couple of its drops in the collar of your pet without diluting it. It gets rid of the fleas in the fur of your pets and do not harm them a bit.
- Mix together eucalyptus, thyme, rosemary, tea tree, lemon and marjoram oils. To immune yourself and your family against colds, make a room spray by adding six drops of the preparation per cup of water or adding 4 to 9 drops of it in the water of a humidifier.
- Mix together lemon, bergamot, lavender, sweet orange, oregano and thyme oils and mix 8 drops of it in a liter of warm water to use a bathroom freshener. You can also use it as a cleaner by pouring 2 to 3 drops of undiluted mixture on a wet sponge and wipe down all surfaces using wash water. Add more oil to the sponge when necessary.
- Pour a few drops of undiluted peppermint and spearmint oils near the living areas, edges of the ceiling and other holes to drive off mice and other bugs from the home
Sunday, June 06, 2010
How to Maximize the Speed of Your Internet Connection - wikiHow
How to Maximize the Speed of Your Internet Connection - wikiHow
Often your connection speed is slow because other programs are using it. To test if other programs are accessing the Internet without your knowing, Click Start, Click Run. Type "cmd" (without quotes). Type "netstat -b 5 > activity.txt". After a minute or so, hold down Ctrl and press C. This has created a file with a list of all programs using your Internet connection. Type activity.txt to open the file and view the program list. Ctrl Alt Delete and open up the Task Manager. Go to the process menu and delete those processes that are stealing your valuable bandwidth. (NOTE: Deleting processes may cause certain programs to not function properly)
Often your connection speed is slow because other programs are using it. To test if other programs are accessing the Internet without your knowing, Click Start, Click Run. Type "cmd" (without quotes). Type "netstat -b 5 > activity.txt". After a minute or so, hold down Ctrl and press C. This has created a file with a list of all programs using your Internet connection. Type activity.txt to open the file and view the program list. Ctrl Alt Delete and open up the Task Manager. Go to the process menu and delete those processes that are stealing your valuable bandwidth. (NOTE: Deleting processes may cause certain programs to not function properly)
My MSN
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May 21 - June 21
Although you should be feeling especially close to friends, lovers, and family, Gemini, you might find it hard to communicate with them today. Perhaps they have troubles they prefer to keep private and you're confused, wondering if they're upset with you. Chances are they aren't. However, they probably need to work things out for themselves. Be patient. Try to understand. They may share their problems with you tomorrow.
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