Thursday, 31 May 2012

[Interview] WordPress Multisite Business ? Mark de Scande from...

Mark de Scande from BlogLines.co.za

Today we continue our semi-regular series of interviews with WordPress Multisite owners.

The following interview is with Mark de Scande, who runs BlogLines.co.za with his wife Charissa. BlogLines is a freemium-style site (free blogs with paid upgrade options).

Mark became a lifetime WPMU DEV member not long ago, and so if you hang out in the WPMU DEV Community, he may be familiar to you.

He is based in South Africa.

BACKGROUND:

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself before you got into running your site? What is your background in?

I was in the car audio trade years back. I was fitting sounds system, and so then I started selling car audio online. All was good until I got hit by a scam and got taken for R 30K (South Africa Rand).

Then I started to play with WordPress and started selling paint ball equipment online. Then I opened a shop in Port Elizabeth but closed? it down about three years later. At that time I started my BlogLines site.

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When did you start the site?

2008-09-28

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Why did you start the site?

Needed to make money from Google Adsense (ha-ha).

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Do you have other sites?

Lots. :) ?About 90 customer sites.

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RUNNING THE SITE:

Do you run the site alone?

Yes (with my wife), but i have the power of WPMU DEV. :) love you guys.

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How much time do you spend on it (per day/week)?

I am always on there. That is how I make money ? keeping tabs on things.

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How do you control splogs? / How much time spent? / Are they hard to spot?

Splogs? I love them as they make me money. I use ProSites to limit the number of posts. Then they have to upgrade, and yes they do.

I was wasting my time killing them, but now I know to work with them to make me money.

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How do you deal with people posting unwanted content?

I only remove content if I get an email asking me, but if there is porn, they get banned for life.

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Ever had issues??

Yes, some fat ass?attorneys wanted to take me to court for their customer?s content. I just removed it, and the problem was solved.

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What plugins would you not want to do without?

That is easy ProSites. :)

I use about 40 plugins ? 25 from WPMU DEV.

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MARKETING

How did you first attract people to the site when it was new?

Goolge Webmaster tools (it showed me where to look for more traffic), and I used some JUNK link software. I also used Google Adwords. Don?t waste your money, just keep working on your site. :)

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How do you attract people to the site now?

I don?t. They just come as we have so much stuff listed on Google. It is easy. Just post something on?BlogLines.co.za, and go google it. You will see it popping up on Google page 1.? :)

And guess what ? our Page Rank is only 3 with Google, but I guess?content is KING.

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What do you find works best for attracting new members?

Just post on your Facebook. It always works? :)

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NUMBERS

How many sites do you have on your install?

I have 79,355 sites and 76,388 users.

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How many new sites do you typically see per day/week?

About 100 + per day

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Have you seen the number of new members increase over the years per
day/week? If so, what would you attribute this to?

Yes, from 1 to 10 new sites and now about 100 + per day ? not all paying, but here and there you get guys payinf $30 for their new sites per year.

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Can you give us an idea about how much the site makes?

We also do websites for customers for $339, so about $50 per day. It is still a lot of money in South Africa. :)

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Where do you find your customers for websites?

Through Facebook and friends of friends (99% of the site we do? are customers of customers).

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So at least indirectly you get your website customers through running BlogLines?

Yes.

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So the sites you build for customers ? are they separate from BlogLines, or do you just put them on the site and use domain mapping?

They are part of BlogLines, and then I use domain mapping.

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FINAL ?QUESTIONS/ADVICE

What are some things you like best about running the site?

Love WordPress and love playing with new stuff from WPMU DEV.

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What are some things you like least about running the site?

There is not a thing. I love it all. It is just hard work.

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What advice would you give to someone that is thinking of starting a multisite? (Maybe the three most important things you would want to tell them.)

1) Dedicate Server

2) WPMU DEV

3) NEVER GIVE UP

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Interested in other interviews? Try the one with Harmony Coburn.

NOTE: If you run a successful Multisite install, or you know someone who does who might be interested in participating in an interview, then drop me a line at joe@incsub.com. Interviews are conducted by email, so you can do them at your convenience.

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The Time War

The Time War

You find yourself part of the time war. The war that took place throughout the entire universe, and time itself.

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Ben & Cassie: Feels like home

Well I am typing this in the car right now

on our way home from Canada.

We are in the middle of Idaho and it smells

like tar mixed with a feedlot.

So that's nice...

Here is what our weekend getaway in Canada consisted of

Food:

1: Asian Chicken Salad 2: Fries and Gravy, the only way to eat them in Canada! 3: Southwest Quinoa Salad

Hailey:

?1&3: The only way she would ever sit still or let me paint her toes is while she was sleeping, I had to be so careful and make sure she didn't move. 2: She?loves the fireplace, little pyro 4: The cutest thing in the world, she fell asleep with Ben, my heart melted.

Carly's Graduation of course

*(graduation is a big deal in Alberta-Like US's version of Prom with the fancy dresses etc.)*

Didn't she look gorgeous??

We decided to do a little comparison from my grad five years ago..

Apparently we like red!

The weekend was so great,

I always get knots in my stomach

the morning we have to leave,

because I don't want to leave.

Even though it rained all weekend and I

got sick on Sunday it was still perf!

We got in a lot of play time my baby sister Hailey,

card games, family?time and ?of course we ate our weight in

delicious food!

And some more pictures for good measure:

1:Our backyard 2: Too rainy to swim





Oh Canada, till we meet again!

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For City's Teens, Stop And Frisk Is Black And White - WNYC

One in five people stopped last year by the New York City police department was a teenager between the ages of 14 and 18, according to a WNYC analysis of recently released police data.

Eighty-six percent of those teenagers who were stopped were either black or Latino, most of them boys.?

Last year, there were more than 120,000 stops of black and Latino kids between 14 and 18. The total number of black and Latino boys that age in the entire city isn?t much more than that ? about 177,000 ? which strongly suggests a teen male with dark skin in New York City will probably get stopped and frisked by the time he?s graduated from high school.

The debate about stop and frisk?s racial disparities comes down to opponents who say it racially profiles and supporters who say the people stopped fit the descriptions of most suspects. The conversation, until now, has been dominated by lawyers, politicians, police officials and community leaders.?

But ask junior high and high school students around the city, from affluent to low-income neighborhoods, and most appear to agree on one main premise:?who gets stopped and frisked has everything to do with where you live and what color your skin is.?

?We?re A Bunch of Skinny White Kids?

Last year, the NYPD stopped teenagers more than 140,000 times.

But at Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan, which is 96 percent Asian and white, you would be hard pressed to find even one kid among the 3,300 students who has ever been stopped and frisked.

The students here, at one of the city?s most elite public high schools, are known to excel at academics. They are the eager students, the ones who raise their hands in class.?But ask them how many of them have ever been stopped and frisked by police, and what you get back is a sea of blank stares.

Victor Cai, is an Asian-American freshman who lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He said it?s clear why he?s never been stopped and frisked: He doesn?t look like the part.

?They?re like hooded, in hoodies. They wear, like, very baggy clothing,? said Victor, describing someone who might appear suspicious to police.? ?And they?re African-American or Hispanic.?

Victor and his classmates point out a few other differences.?

We don?t look suspicious. We don?t look like scary criminals or terrorists, or whatever.? We?re very unthreatening people,? said Benedict Bolton, a 15-year-old freshman at Stuyvesant who is white. ?We?re a bunch of, to be honest, skinny white kids.?

Cross over to Brownsville, Brooklyn, where there aren?t many skinny white kids, and the story of stop and frisk suddenly becomes ?A Tale of Two Cities.??

A Tale of Two Cities: Lower Manhattan vs. Brownsville

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(Photo: Malik Small, 14, (left) said he has been stopped four times by police.? Tyari Jenkins, 14, (right) is an eighth grader at Teachers Preparatory High School in Browsville. Since getting stopped for the first time when he was 12, Tyari has wanted to become a criminal defense lawyer. Ailsa Chang/WNYC)

The demographics of Teachers Preparatory High School in Brownsville are 99 percent black and Latino.? It takes only five minutes to find a group of 14-year olds here who say they have been stopped by police two, three, even seven times.

WNYC mapped the exact coordinates of every recorded stop of a teenager in 2011.?It turns out the densest hot spot for stop and frisks of teenagers last year was a four-block section of Brownsville, next to Teachers Preparatory High School, near the Marcus Garvey public housing projects.?

Brownsville is in the 73rd precinct, which has one of the highest violent crime rates in the city.

In this area alone, kids between 14 and 18 were stopped by police nearly 8,000 times in 2011. Within a three-block radius around Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, police stopped teens about 20 times last year.

Tyari Jenkins, a 14-year-old African-American student at Teachers Preparatory High School, said he has been stopped and frisked three times.?

(Photo: Malik Fleming, 14, has been stopped and frisked three times in Brownsville. Ailsa Chang/WNYC)

The first time was as a 12-year-old, when he was barely five feet tall, he said.?He had been walking out of his home to his friend?s house across the street.

?When I looked up, I see the cop.? He was like, ?You,? and I was like, ?Me??? He said, ?Yeah,?? Tyari recalled.? ?He said, ?Empty your book bag,? and I was like, ?Okay,? and I was taking my time.?Then he said, ?You need to hurry up.? And he started emptying my book bag and dropped my stuff on the ground.?

The officers asked for an ID.?Tyari said he left his at home, so the officers hauled him back home across the street and asked his mother to identify him.?After a few minutes, they left.

Tyari said he?s never been arrested for anything.?Neither have any of the other Brownsville kids who shared their stories.?They are now 14 years old, and all of them have been stopped by police between two and seven times.? ??

Emani Orr is an eighth grade student at P.S./I.S. 323, a school that is 99 percent black and Latino and nearby to Teachers Preparatory High School.?

Orr and her twin brother Zeandre were walking to the McDonald?s on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville around 5 p.m. a few months ago when they were approached by police, she said.

?They was like, ?It?s too late for you all to be outside? but we was just walking,? she said.

Although she didn?t get patted down ? the officers explained it was because she was a girl ? Zeandre did.

?I guess it was just because we was two black kids in the neighborhood at night time walking around,? said Zeandre.

Ashley Fernandez (right), who?s Dominican and also an eighth grader at P.S./I.S. 323, said she started getting stopped by police when she was 12-years old.?

By her 14th birthday, she said she had been stopped by police between seven and eight times.?

Ashley thinks it?s because she dresses like a boy.?Her long hair is usually pulled back in a tight ponytail which she threads through an Oakland Raiders baseball cap.?She wears baggy T-shirts, sneakers and loose jeans.

?I don?t sag though, really, because I?m still a girl,? she said.

She said she usually gets stopped by police when leaving school for the day, and the stops seem to happen when she doesn?t have her backpack on, so she?s gotten used to wearing her school bag all the time.

One day when she was 12, she said police stopped her and a group of friends while they were walking to McDonald?s.

?They asked us where we coming from, and they asked us to see ID. And we said ?We 12, we don?t got ID,?? said Ashley.

She said the officers looked inside each of their book bags and asked if they were in a gang.?Everyone shook their heads.?The police moved on after five minutes.

But sometimes the police don?t move on after a few minutes.?

Anthony Henry, also an eighth grader from P.S./I.S. 323, was walking to school before 8 a.m. last month when a big jeep pulled up alongside him.?Five cops jumped out, he said.?

?And they were all like, ?Put your hands up? and stuff,? said Anthony.??They checked me, checked my book bag.?They threw all my books on the floor.?

The police started questioning him about drugs and gang members.?He said he didn?t know anyone in a gang.?They took him home, and his mom started yelling at the cops, telling them they had the wrong guy.?At that point, Anthony said one officer just patted him on the head, and said, ?My bad.??

By the time his mom drove him back to school, Anthony had already missed first and second period.?

?It made me feel, I dunno, retarded,? said Anthony.??Like a gangbanger.?Because only gangbangers get stopped for nothing, just for walking.?

?White Kids in Manhattan Have No Idea?

The Brownsville students who spoke to WNYC say they were never surprised when they actually got stopped.? Many of them already got that talk ? that talk with a parent about what to do when a police officer rolls up on you.?

Tyari Jenkins says his mom gave him the same advice she followed when she was growing up in Brownsville:

?When the cops come and stop you, just cooperate and do what they say.? Because if you do something bad, or if you get too violent, they can take you to jail.?They not the ones who?s going to get in trouble,? he said.

(Photo: Anthony Henry, 14, said he was stopped and frisked on his way to school at P.S./I.S. 323. When the police let him go, he said he already missed first and second period at school. Ailsa Chang/WNYC)

The police department has long defended stop and frisks as a way to bring down violent crime and get guns off the street. The NYPD did not return request for comment on this story.

Tyari said there are gang members in Brownsville ? lots of them ? his age.? But the police will stop everyone, he says, because to them, he said, everyone seems to look the same.?

?I think that?s discrimination because white kids in Manhattan have no idea cops can frisk you for no reason,? he said, ?like they walk past the cops and actually say, ?Good Morning? to them.?

But maybe some white kids in Manhattan do get it.?

Freshman Colby Goldberg of Stuyvesant High said he knows how different his life is from other 14-year-olds who live just nine miles away in places like Brownsville.

?If I was the same exact personality but born to a different family, with a different skin color, then that would totally change my, I guess, my life,? said Colby.??It?s a sad consequence of the way society is and the way society forces people to be.?

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Monday, 28 May 2012

Spurs strike first in West finals, win 19th in row

SAN ANTONIO (AP) ? Gregg Popovich wanted some "nasty." The San Antonio Spurs obliged, and they've now tied NBA history.

Not to mention left the Oklahoma City Thunder agonizing about what could have been.

Manu Ginobili scored a playoff-high 26 points and the Spurs won their 19th in a row to tie the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs, beating the Thunder 101-98 in the Western Conference finals opener on Sunday night.

Obeying orders snarled by their coach in a fourth-quarter timeout to play "nasty," the Spurs erased a nine-point deficit that stunned the Thunder, who had looked on their way to finally kicking the perception that they're the underdog.

Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 27 points. Russell Westbrook had 17.

"I talked to them about they've got to get a little bit uglier, get a little more nasty, play with more fiber and take it to these guys," Popovich said. "Meaning you have to drive it, you have to shoot it."

And when they started doing just that, the Thunder couldn't keep up.

The 2001 Lakers are the only other team to carry a winning streak this long in the playoffs ? and they did so on their way to a championship.

Game 2 is Tuesday night.

The Spurs matched the fourth-longest streak in NBA history, and with one more will become just the fourth team to surpass 20.

Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Tony Parker shook off a dismal start to finish with 18 points. But it was Ginobili who steered the Spurs to strike first in a highly anticipated matchup of the West's top two teams for practically the entire regular season.

"They got us on our heels. We were not aggressive," Ginobili said. "And in the second half, we did have it."

On the other end, Oklahoma City's own Big Three struggled to find its shot early before awakening in the second half. Yet Westbrook still finished just 6 of 15 and took a nasty, face-first spill late in the fourth that had the entire Thunder bench crossing the court to check on their All-Star point guard underneath the opposite basket.

Westbrook appeared to favor his left leg when he got up, but he never left the game.

It was a tantalizingly close near-upset for the young Thunder, who were ousted in the Western Conference finals a year ago and were in position for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs until being overtaken by the Spurs in the final month of the season.

But it was a fittingly close opener for two franchises with so many similarities.

That includes Thunder general manager Sam Presti ? the architect of the Thunder's rapid turnaround from a 23-win season to consecutive Western Conference finals in just four years ? getting his big break in the NBA as intern in San Antonio.

And the Thunder didn't even need their own Big Three to keep things close.

Durant, Westbrook and Harden at one point through the second quarter were 5 of 21 ? a typically ominous stat line for a trio that had been responsible for nearly 70 percent of Oklahoma City's points through the playoffs so far. But for all the talk about San Antonio's superior bench, it was the Thunder's reserves who picked up the slack.

None more so than Derek Fisher, whose famous game-winner for the Lakers on this same court in the 2004 playoffs has made "0.4 seconds" a phrase that needs no further explanation to the Spurs. Eight years later, and the oldest player in this series at 37, Fisher already met his playoff average at halftime and finished with 13 points.

Gary Neal added 12 points and was the only other Spurs player in double figures.

Harden lost in the first round of his matchup with Ginobili, who's also a lefty and a former Sixth Man of the Year winner. Harden finished with 19 points on 7-of-17 shooting but started by missing nine of his first dozen shots.

Tipping off another conference finals couldn't happen soon enough for Oklahoma City. With nothing to do but prepare for the Spurs all week ? and be asked about the Spurs ? the Thunder grew weary of questions about being perceived underdogs. About not having the same championship pedigree. About how they'll possibly stop a team rolling through one of the 10 longest winning streaks in NBA history.

So repetitive were the questions that Durant, visibly annoyed, suggested earlier this week that someone instead ask how the Thunder are going "to come at" the Spurs. That didn't stop Oklahoma City from facing more of the same at shootaround Sunday morning, when Thunder coach Scott Brooks tried quashing again the idea his team was somehow intimidated.

"They're not going to be in awe. They're going to have respect for them," Brooks said. "We know we can beat them."

They left still having to prove it.

Notes: Spurs C DeJuan Blair has given the Thunder fits in his three NBA seasons, including 22 points on them in a March win. But San Antonio's starting center for practically the entire season didn't play for the third consecutive playoff game. "The game will tell us what's appropriate and what's not," Popovich said before tipoff. ...Just because a Boston-Oklahoma City matchup in still possible in the NBA finals doesn't mean center Kendrick Perkins is hopeful about facing his old team. "I really don't care," Perkins said of the Celtics advancing. ...Gov. Rick Perry took in his first Spurs game this year, sitting courtside next to Spurs owner Peter Holt, a major donor to the former Republican presidential candidate.

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Egypt?s two contenders for president vie for votes

CAIRO (Reuters) ? The two apparent survivors in Egypt?s presidential race tried to gather support on Sunday from voters dismayed at what many see as a painful second-round choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak?s era.

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Sunday, 27 May 2012

Italian museum sets its art on fire to protest lack of government funding

Contending that it would be 'destroyed anyway' because there is no money for preservation work, the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum is burning a piece of its contemporary art collection every day.

By Giulia Lasagni,?Contributor / May 11, 2012

Antonio Manfredi (l.) director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, and Italian artist Rosaria Matarese burn one of Matarese's creations in front of the museum, near Naples, Italy, Wednesday, April 18. Manfredi is burning paintings to protest a shortage of funds. Italy's museums have been strapped for funds for decades, but art world officials say the economic crisis has aggravated the plight.

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Perhaps not, but it?s certainly a powerful wakeup call to a government and populace busier worrying about the euro crisis and unemployment statistics.

So says Antonio Manfredi, the director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), which is located in a small town near Naples, Italy. A little less than a month ago, Mr. Manfredi started to burn the gallery?s collection piece by piece, saying that he didn't have the funds for upkeep. ?Our artworks will end up being destroyed anyway, since institutions are not sustaining us,? he told?Italian daily Corriere della Sera before starting the protest.?

The first to go?was ?Promenade,? a canvas by French artist Severine Bourguignon, who approved of the protest and followed it on Skype. ?I hope that this action will help the Italian government reconsider CAM's situation,? she wrote?in The Guardian. ?Without funds, CAM will be closed and its collection will effectively cease to exist.?

Bourguignon?s piece was followed by many others, as meticulously recorded on CAM?s Facebook page.

Some contended?that the protest is only the provocative performance of an attention-seeking artist ? Manfredi is himself a painter, sculptor, and photographer?? and that because CAM is not technically a public museum, the government doesn't have to support it (although most private museums also receive some funding from the Ministry of Culture).?

But there is no doubt that Italy?s culture sector has been hit hard by cuts because of the economic crisis.?The Italian daily Republica reported?that between 2010 and 2011 the Ministry of Culture?s funding saw a 14.5 percent decrease, dropping from 1.7 million ($2.2 million) to 1.5 million euros.

Despite its world-class cultural wealth, Italy invests in the culture sector less than other countries. According to a government report, in 2010 the Ministry of Culture received only 0.21 percent of the country?s budget (compared, for instance, to 1 percent in France). It?s no surprise then that several prestigious institutions are going through a rough time.?

MAXXI, Rome?s contemporary museum, which opened only two years ago, has predicted losses of 11 million euros for 2012 through 2014. Naples?s and Parlermo?s contemporary art museums are also in deep financial trouble.

In the meantime, some organizations representing workers in the culture sector are protesting against low wages and the lack of adequate benefits. In a letter recently published in Corriere della Sera, they stressed the importance of what they do, which they say goes well beyond the workplace. ?We produce intangible but necessary goods on a daily basis: intelligence, relations, social welfare,? they wrote.

Investing in culture is also the recipe called for by renowned writer Dacia Maraini, who in a recent trip to the United States was surprised by the interest Americans still have in Italian culture and history. ?Shouldn?t we focus obstinately on what we can do best instead of competing with China in producing cheap jeans?? Maraini recently wrote in Corriere della Sera.

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DRS unveils trio of ruggedized tablets in Windows and Android flavors

DRS Tactical Systems Introduces Three New ARMOR? Rugged Tablet Computers

PARSIPPANY, NJ, MAY 21, 2012 ? DRS Technologies, Inc. a Finmeccanica Company, announced today that its Tactical Systems division has expanded its product portfolio. The ARMOR? X7et and the ARMOR? X7ad are new, thin, lightweight tablets based on customers requesting even more portable computers from ARMOR?. These sleek, 7" multi-touch tablets shatter the perception of bulky, rugged computing and offer field service workforces the ability to choose between the fast-growing Android OS and the enterprise-friendly Microsoft? Windows platform.

"With the launch of these products, we responded to customer feedback and are capitalizing on our highly-successful ARMOR? X7 compact rugged tablet form factor, launched last year. At the same time, we've addressed growing interest in the Android? platform," said Mike Sarrica, president of Network and Communication Solutions (NCS) and general manager for DRS Tactical Systems.

The ARMOR? X7et is a Windows-based tablet that weighs just under 1.5 lbs and provides six hours of battery life. It features an Intel? Atom? Z670 processor and runs Microsoft? Windows 7 Professional. Its Android counterpart, the ARMOR? X7ad, weighs 1.3 lbs. and operates for up to eight hours. It features a NVIDIA? Tegra? 2, 1.0Ghz dual core processor and operates on Android? v3.2. Both lightweight tablets feature a 7" outdoor-readable multi-touch screen display. They are certified to MIL-STD 810G for extremes in temperature, vibration, shock and four-foot drops and have an IP65 rating for ingress protection, which means they are fully protected against dust and can withstand low pressure jets of water from all directions.

Additionally, DRS is now offering a new convertible tablet, the ARMOR? X12kb, the lightest convertible tablet in the marketplace that meets MIL-STD-810G. Weighing 5.5 lbs., it features a 12.1" sunlight-readable swivel touch-screen that incorporates polarized LCD glass and anti-reflective technology. The ARMOR? X12kb offers the Intel Core? i5-560UMCPU processor and runs Microsoft? Windows 7 Professional. It has a long battery life, operating for up to eight hours, as well as a spill proof keyboard and touchpad. Additionally, the one-click stealth mode operation disables all emitting light and sounds, a feature that is designed for the unique applications of covert operations.

The three new ARMOR? mobile computers include robust connectivity options including Gobi? Wireless Broadband, integrated GPS, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and Bluetooth? wireless. They are simply designed to make it easier for workers to use mobile computing, even in rugged environments.

"Our new 7" tablets and the new 12" convertible tablet build on DRS' many years of experience in developing mobile solutions for field service, manufacturing, transportation, public safety and other industries. They expand the capabilities of the ARMOR? family of Rugged Mobile Solutions by meeting the evolving needs of today's mobile enterprise," added Sarrica.

Information about product specifications, features, and benefits are available at http://www.drsarmor.com/products

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Is Green Tea Skin Care Just Another Fad? ? Beauty, Health and ...

Green tea has been considered one of the more potent healers for over four thousand years in Asian medicine .You may be aware that it is good for your body as a tasty drink. But do you know that it also shows up as a key ingredient in a variety of skin and hair care products? There is research showing that green tea has a variety of beneficial properties when used topically and in this blog we hope to show you some of these benefits to your skin and why we think that green tea skin care is not just another fad.

How is Green Tea Processed?

Green teas come from the Camellia sinensis plant, native to Asia, but can be found all over the world. It can be processed into extract formulas. The leaves used in green tea skincare products are not fermented at all. The leaves are steamed and then rolled and dried. It is a very simple process that leads to the leaves retaining much of their healing properties. This process leaves the Epigallocatechin Gallate (a type of catechins), also known as EGCg present in the processed tea. Epigallocatechin Gallate is one of the important properties found in this herb and this property could be lost during the fermenting process that takes place with the black type of herb.

Why is Green Tea So Good for Skin?

Fight Free Radicals

Green tea contains a cocktail of potent antioxidants called catechins, which help fight damage caused by free radicals.

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Government of Canada Contributes to advanced equipment for the Holland College Marine Training Centre

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

(L-R) Hon. Ron MacKinley, PEI Minister of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Holland College Vice President Michael O'Grady; Clayton Burry, Kongsberg Maritime Simulation; and Hon. Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue.

The following release has been issued by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

SUMMERSIDE (PE) - MAY 22, 2012 - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue, and Michael O'Grady, Holland College Vice-President of Innovation, Enterprise and Strategic Development, today announced an investment in new state-of-the-art equipment for Holland College. The new dynamic positioning training equipment and software will allow the institution to keep up with industry demand.

"Holland College has earned an international reputation for quality instruction and this newly acquired equipment will enable the college to offer additional training," said Minister Shea, on behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and La Francophonie. "Our Government is pleased to support forward-thinking institutions like Holland College; these investments create job growth and increased economic development in our region."

The Government of Canada, through ACOA, has invested almost $250,000 for this new equipment.

Dynamic positioning systems automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. As manufacturers redesign and refine their equipment, the training demands of the marine industry evolve, so training equipment and software must keep up with industry standards.

Holland College vice president Michael O'Grady said the new equipment will enable the Marine Training Centre to expand its offerings to the marine industry, "This new configuration will allow us to train more people at a time on-state-of-the-art equipment similar to that which is currently being used in oil field construction, platform supply, pipeline and cable laying, as well as other DP applications," he said. "ACOA's investment insures that the Marine Training Centre can continue to provide its clients with accessibility to the equipment and software that is currently being utilized by industry leaders."

The new trainers allow students to practice realistic dynamic positioning operations on their desktop panels and through the graphical user interface on the monitors, while the built-in simulator offers realistic response to the operations initiated by each student. By utilizing both models of basic trainer, students' skills will be more flexible.

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For media inquiries about this release, please contact:
Sara Underwood
Media and Communications Officer
Tel: (902) 566-9695

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Saturday, 26 May 2012

iOS 5.1.1 Untethered (!!!) Jailbreak Is Out Now [Jailbreak]

So here's some good news: The Chronic Dev Team has released the untethered jailbreak tools for all of the post-A4 Apple devices. That means your iPhone 4S, 2012 iPad, iPad 2, and other, older devices can be jailbroken without having to boot into "tethered" mode (connecting to your computer) every time you restart. More »


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How To Buy Real Estate in Manila | Real Estater Blog

Tips about Real Estate

Getting an insurance is your next move when you are about to move to your new property that is you have to secure insurance for your belongings and of course family. This is a wise move to do to make sure you are protected of any unlike events that are beyond your control.

It will not so much of a hassle when you use the services of a real estate broker because they know how the entire process works. They are so familiar with how the system operates so the transaction will be completed fast. These brokers have access to unlimited resources and they are the best people to advise you whether the property is good or not. They may own a software to help you see the best property in any listings. You do not have to pay for their assistance. Their fee will come in the form of commission which will come from the seller side. That is why take advantage of their ability to assist you. Never sign a contract right away without having to review it. When you only consider the price, you may end up making a wrong decision.

You can also hire an appraiser who has been around in the real estate industry for quite some time. Your broker can help you find one. Real estate agents know who to contact since they often work hand in hand.

Investing in real estate can be a wise investment decision if done right. Asking from friends and family is also a good idea because they are reliable sources. The advices you will get can also help you in your buying decision. Their experience may help you.

Getting a good property is possible so do not forget the salient points raised in this article. You have to be careful when investing in real estate because it involves a huge amount.

If you are a first time investor on real estate, it can really scary because you are not yet familiar with the ropes. It is not actually scary when you consider everything before reaching a decision for example buying a house. The discussion that follows will be very helpful if you are considering to buy real estate property whether you are a first time buyer or otherwise.

The first thing that you should do is to research before you decide to buy. You have to know things like zonal valuation, crime rate, availability of transportation, availability of utilities like water, telephone line and electricity. No matter which area you are planning to buy like it could be in the big city or in the suburbs, you will find useful information in the internet. You can even get unemployment rates, salaries and population which can help you decide if the property?s value will go up in the future.

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At the same time, the number of mobile phone users is the rapid growth of mobile phone development and popularity much faster than the fourth media ? the Internet, with China?s mobile phone penetration rate and total users rank first in the world. This is because the computers and networks, high barriers to entry, the technical and financial requirements are much higher than the mobile phone; the other hand, because the original function of the mobile phone voice calls, this feature is living in the lower level of consumption, Therefore, relative to the network more easily accepted by consumers. Difficulties and the problems facing the domestic mobile marketing. The core technology R & D and innovation to be a breakthrough. China?s mobile phone started relatively late. The jamming radius of this kind ofcell phone jammeris 0-70m.
China?s communication technology and electronic information technology is still far behind in the emerging mobile phone communications industry, mobile phones and foreign brands, which also makes our country in many of the communications technology have to rely on the purchase of developed countries to support production. R & D capabilities of the domestic mobile phone is too weak, while the proportion of investment in R & D cost is relatively small, it has no intention of making the profit margins of domestic mobile phone to be greatly compressed. Industry experts believe that the manufacturers take the OEM or own part of R & D have a great impact on the margin the level of. Kejian and the profit margins of the two brands have a clear gap, of course, with market volume size, but the main reason is that Kejian mainly rely on the OEM. The output power of this kind ofcell phone jammersystem is 60W.
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It also established 44 R & D centers in 12 countries around the world, including China,. Too little investment in technology development and research for the domestic mobile phone, a large number of manufacturers do not even have their own R & D institutions, take the OEM directly, by buying the technology of other manufacturers to operate, the question is no technical barrier conditions, This vendor also how long? Mobile phone R & D is divided into three parts, the most important part of the development of the core modules, experts estimate that it can account for more than 80% or even 90% of the cost of handsets, the domestic manufacturers in the purchase module, independent part of the design, while this part of the invested accounted for 10% of the cost, but also almost the only way to increase profits 10%. The switching power is used for cell phone jammer .

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Friday, 25 May 2012

Colo. Congressman Mike Coffman expands 'birther' apology

Coffman later said his comments were 'boneheaded' and that he should not have questioned Obama's patriotism.?

By Associated Press / May 25, 2012

This 2012 file photo provided by the candidate's campaign shows Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman. Earlier this month, Republican congressman Coffman said that he doesn't know if President Barack Obama was born in the United States and that in his heart, Obama is not an American.

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A Colorado congressman is expanding his apology to President Barack Obama after publicly questioning his citizenship and his belief in American values.

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Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora wrote a long apology published in Thursday's Denver Post. Coffman says his comments earlier this month were "boneheaded" and that he should not have questioned Obama's patriotism. Coffman wrote, "I should never have questioned the president's devotion to our country."

Coffman is expanding his apology after he told a GOP crowd in Elbert County that he doesn't know if Obama was born in the United States.

Coffman has come under heavy criticism after the comment was released to the media. Coffman faces a re-election in a suburban district that is much more competitive than his current one.

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Business Networking For Stronger Sales - BlackpagesOhio

Every business depends on networking between employees and other stakeholders in the company to accomplish the goals of management. To be effective in a small business, you have to take a look at the way a corporation builds its network of clients and recruits their employees. Effective networking practices assure the highest profitability for a business.

This is why human resources is such a high priority in the corporate world. A corporation draws its strength from its client base and the reputation it builds by recruiting the best and brightest employees. If you are a small business owner, you have probably thought of expanding your business. The way to increase sales is done through either leveraging capital or human resources.

To leverage capital, you would borrow money and invest it in your means of production. This might be better equipment, more employees or anything that would increase your productivity. Most small businesses choose to leverage human resources. A good example of this is an affiliate program.

The idea behind running an affiliate program is to offer other companies or individuals a monetary incentive for acting as agents to sell your products to the public. Imagine having a small army of affiliates selling your products. The best part is that you only pay them a commission after they sell your product. You have no paid salespeople at all. Basically, you just receive the orders, process the payments and ship the goods to the customer. This is a good example of effective networking because you have a built-in loyal workforce once you have hired your affiliates.

The benefits to the merchant are increased sales, market share and product visibility. Another popular form of networking is direct sponsorship in a Multi-Level Marketing organization. In this type of marketing plan, an individual sponsors many other people into an organization. Then he trains this group of people on how to sponsor more people into the organization themselves. This method results in a very large base of marketers working to sell products for the company. The original sponsor gets paid for his efforts by the volume of sales his team produces.

The profit trickles down through the organization based on the number of people each group leader has sponsored and the sales volume achieved by each member of the group for the sales period. Affiliate programs and MLM are not for every company. There are costs of maintenance, and a payroll to meet every month. The biggest advantage of using these programs is that a non-employee of the company makes every sale.

This way the company does not have to pay the worker?s benefits and Social Security taxes. Each affiliate or network marketer is an independent taxable entity. They are not employees of the company from a legal standpoint. Business owners must decide for themselves the best way to expand their business when it comes time to do so. It all comes down to a cost per sale analysis. Finding the best way to capitalize your business always includes market research and weighing the benefits of your available options.

If you decide to use one of the methods outlined above, it is best to discuss this move with a qualified marketing specialist. Also hire a qualified accountant for taxes and payroll purposes. You may want to talk to other business people who have successfully made this change for more information.

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Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of Be Successful News, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

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