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Car Accessories For Comfort and Relaxation
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chrisgayle3116
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It does not matter whether your car is inexpensive or luxurious or unwell maintained or well maintained. You need to put in some car accessories that would make the knowledge of driving, a very agreeable one. External car accessories and internal car accessories are the two categories of car accessories. Floor mars, custom dash covers, seat covers fog lights and air perfumes are examples of car accessories. It is inadequate to simply purchase a car and then equip it with no accessories. More examples of accessories include car wheel covers, body covers, ice and snow accessories and gas caps.
You would definitely want to make your car look rich and attractive right? If yes, then you call for to purchase the right accessories. There are many people who live innovation. They would do no matter which to purchase original accessories. If that is you, you need to go to the showroom which will have all the accessories that you need to provide your car. If not, then an accessory shop could be your best bet. If you are not into the fashion of originality, then purchasing them from retailers is absolutely a better option as the cost is lower. No matter where you purchase the car accessories from, it is very important to beautify your car with them. The meaning of accessories for cars can be required add-ons’. They help to categorize external and interior accessories. Raising the performance of the car is the role that is played by the add-ons. They also go a long way in attracting the notice of the passerby. The products that give your car, a entire new looks are the car accessories. If you negotiation on them, you are compromising on all that will make the car look better.
The security part of the car cannot be unnoticed. If you live in a area where a lot of fog reigns in the winter, then fog lights, are a must. If you live a region where winters are quite cruel, then buying snow and ice accessories will prove to be helpful. You should never compromise on your security and buying car accessories thus becomes significant. Your own reassure level will be enhanced if you use accessories like car wheel covers, seat covers and body covers. You must have purchased the car after toiling a lot at your work right? If yes, isn’t it your ethical liability to furnish it right? There is one more important cause why you should decide to buy car accessories. Buying security car accessories will decrease the annual maintenance of your precious car. It may also help you to reduce the cost of insurance. You should know that a inferior accessory is likely to do more harm than good. It could have an effect on the way you feel and the way you drive. Your security may also be in danger. Moreover you may need to go to the shop and purchase the accessories more often.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming a true Top Model.
But at what cost? Unknown to casual television viewers, Muizelaar had been enveloped in the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which inevitably became too much for her to bear. She gave up modeling and moved back to Whitby, where she sought treatment for her disorder, re-entered college, and now works at a bank. Where is she now? Happy and healthy, she says.
Recently Andrea Muizelaar sat down with Wikinews reporter Mike Halterman in a candid interview that stretched to nearly two hours, as she told all about her hopes and aspirations, her battle with anorexia, and just what really happened on Canada’s Next Top Model.
Contents
- 1 Andrea’s beginnings
- 2 Andrea on her road to modeling, and America’s Next Top Model
- 3 Experience on Canada’s Next Top Model
- 4 The message she wrote to her fans on her facebook group
- 5 Her brief modeling career
- 6 “Happy and healthy”
- 7 Source
Emergency medical alert for your loved ones!
by
kerry goldmith
Whenever a person thinks about their aged parents security then emergency medical alert systems will play a vital role in their life. These emergency medical alerts are worn on your body to alert your family, friends and doctor in case of a medical emergency.
Basically what is an emergency medical alert?
An emergency medical alert or medical alarm system is a transmitter button that you wear on your body. Medical Alert devices come in many shapes and designs. They may be in the form of buttons, necklaces, bracelets, pendants or wristwatches. These devices are usually consist of an emergency press button that when pressed connects the person to the emergency control center, where a person interacts with the one on the other side, who just have an emergency problems. The person there will try to figure out what kind of emergency is required and how help can be making available to them.
Most of us think often about the usability of these devices. Answer is that we can never predict when an emergency will happen for our loved ones. So how can we arrange for the help required by the person on occurrence of fall or heart attack? With these emergency medical alert devices everything is made available just at a push button. The person simply presses the button and the communicating device connects him to the emergency call center. The person who is at the emergency call center evaluates the grievance of the condition and immediately informs everyone to their neighbors, family members and the physicians so that the situation is brought under control without delay. Until the help is reached, the person at the emergency center keeps on interacting.
Benefits of the emergency medical alerts
Availability of 24 hours
waterproof
wireless technology
rechargeable battery
Long range transmission up to 600 feet.
It can be used as a HANDSFREE.
Quick response
Medical professionals all over the countries recommend some type of emergency medical alert to give freedom and ability to live in their own homes, whether they are alone or with a spouse. These alert systems give peace of mind to those who use them as well as their friends and family members. The medi alert products are widely available, even on the internet also. All it takes is a call or you can access the website for the medi alert company online. If you want to choose to access them online, you will find product information, how to use it, monthly charges and the benefits of the medi alert, pendant alert and elderly alert.
Lifelinkusa.com has a facility that you can talk to a live person when you call us not a voice mail or not an email system where you leave a message and not a hope that you will receive a back call. We offer a toll-free number so that we suggest conducting a test if you’re considering us. Call us. Ask questions that you want. Ask to speak with our technical support. See for yourself how responsive we are.
Kerry Goldsmith, lifelinkusa.com provides services of emergency medical alert, elderly alert and medi alert. For your loved ones at the time of emergency. We provide security and peace of mind to your aged parents. We are here to help you or 24 hours. Feel free to contact us.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
A new drink called Robby Bubble has sparkled up some sparkled debate with distributors and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Calgary, Alberta.
The drink, similar to sparkling wine, is a non-alcoholic sparkling drink which is currently for sale in Alberta liquor stores. The bottle has the words “Party, Party!” with cartoon characters. Their slogan is “Celebrate like the grown-ups” and is shaped as a champagne bottle. It is under the approval of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.
Tracy Franklin, president of MADD in Calgary, said: “It’s calling out to kids, but the whole thing is geared as a champagne bottle, as an alcohol product … Do we want to give them something, although it’s non-alcoholic, and have them partying like an adult?”
Other “adult products” marketed to children, such as candy cigarettes, have been banned in Canada. Studies have shown a link between the marketing of candy cigarettes to children and the promotion of smoking in later life. It had been shown that tobacco companies cooperated with candy manufacturers in the design of candy cigarettes.
The Tobacco Act legislation in Canada has eliminated the ability of companies to market tobacco-looking products to children. In Section 27, the Act states, “No person shall furnish or promote a tobacco product if any of its brand elements is displayed on a non-tobacco product, other than an accessory, or is used with a service, if the non-tobacco product or service is associated with young persons or could be construed on reasonable grounds to be appealing to young persons.”
President of the German company responsible for the distribution of Robby Bubble, Darryl Weinbren, defended his product saying it is non-alcoholic and parents are responsible for serving their children the drink.
“I can understand Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and certainly I respect their objectives and what they are after. There wasn’t any intention from our point of view to encourage kids to drink alcohol. It was just a matter of trying to find something that would meet a family celebration with something for their kids.”
A spokeswomen for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, Marilyn Carlyle-Helms, said liquor stores can distribute non-alcoholic drinks and if there were a health concern they would have disapproved them.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) experienced outages Thursday, taking down major websites, including Reddit, Foursquare, Hootsuite, and Quora. The company reported on its Web Services “Service Health Dashboard” that it first noticed “instance connectivity, latency and error rates” at 1:41 a.m. PDT (08:41 UTC) Thursday morning.
The outage, which occurred at Amazon’s northern Virginia data center, affected some of the company’s US EC2 clients for much of the day. EC2, which hosts thousands of websites, is an elastic cloud computing platform.
Quora, an online knowledge market, was taken offline by the outage. Reddit, a social news site, was accessible by mid-Thursday, but was still running at limited functionality. Location-based social network Foursquare experienced disruptions in service early Thursday, but appeared to have resumed normal operation by the afternoon. Other sites, such as Hootsuite and SCVNGR, displayed error messages instead of their normal home pages.
Amazon has experienced outages before, including one in 2008 that lasted two hours due to technical problems at a data center. The company did not comment on the cause or scope of Thursday’s outage, but continued to post public updates on its health dashboard. By Thursday evening, Amazon said it had resolved most of the issues affecting EC2, but one service availability zone had still not recovered.
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, December 22, 2009.
Contents
- 1 Man appears in court case involving murder of woman in Glasgow, Scotland
- 2 Man jailed for murder of ex-girlfriend in Lancashire, England
- 3 Two people killed in car crash in East Yorkshire, England
- 4 Man dies after being found unconscious in garden in Western Isles, Scotland
Thursday, February 22, 2007
The 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) party will mark the Academy Awards 2007 to take place this Sunday, February 25th.
The event will be held at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. Sir Elton John and David Furnish will co-host the party. As for this year’s sponsors – Audi, Chopard and VH1 have offered the Elton John Foundation their support. The Grammy nominated rock singer, James Blunt, has been invited to perform at the event.
The annually held gala is found among the major fund-raising events organized by the Foundation. Taking place on the Oscar Night, the party is also aimed to attract international attention towards the fight against AIDS and promote people’s awareness of the terrifying disease. During the period of the last 14 years the event has raised about $ 125 million to support the Foundation in its activities against AIDS, in particular HIV/AIDS prevention and special direct service programs implemented in 55 countries of the world.
The party to be held for the 15th time this year will include a big expanded dinner, live auction and musical performance. Among the guests of the party there will be entertainment community celebrities, Hollywood stars and Oscar winners, as well as the music industry representatives.
Antony Todd, the leading designer of Antony Todd Inc. based in the New York City and involved into special event-designing, has been commissioned to turn Outdoor Plaza of the Pacific Design Center into to a festive arena staged in a designer rectangular tent.
Submitted by: Vladimir Djurovic
The Digital IQ of Prestige Brands in China
An exclusive report from L2 and La
and
The massive potential for retail businesses in China is no surprise to anyoneleast of all prestige brands. After years of annual double-digit growth, Chinas booming economy has left tens of millions of consumers seeking new ways to spend their disposable income. In 2009, China became the worlds second largest luxury market behind Japan, surpassing the United States.
Even though these trends were recognizable at least 20 years ago, many prestige brands are still playing catch-up in this diverse and rapidly changing marketplace. With 384 million internet usersmore than the U.S. and Japan combinedmuch of the competition for customers and brand loyalty will play out online. The investment prestige brands make in their own digital competence could be a deciding factor in their ability to survive and thrive in China, and is likely to become increasingly important as the market matures.
What is Digital IQ and How is it Measured?
In July of 2010, L2, a think tank for prestige brands, partnered with La
and to measure and rank the digital competence of one hundred prestige brands in China . The measurement methodology, Digital IQ, gives each brand a combined score based on website translation, functionality and content, search engine optimization (SEO), social media performance, and digital marketing efforts.
Digital IQ Ranking: China
A Closer Look at the Numbers
These rankings reveal several interesting trends and correlations with other available metrics. For example, the eight fashion brands measured show a strong positive correlation (0.72) between Digital IQ and brand value as reported in BusinessWeeks annual 100 Best Global Brands report . For the six automotive brands measured in both studies, the correlation is also strongly positive, at 0.61. These correlations do not necessarily mean that increasing Digital IQ guarantees an enhanced brand value. Nevertheless, the strength of these correlations suggests that the relationship between brand value and Digital IQ is not arbitrary. It is possible that valuable brands are more likely to have higher brand awareness, and therefore enjoy higher returns on the same or smaller investments in digital. Alternatively, valuable brands may be more likely to have higher marketing budgets and invest more heavily in digital media.
Prestige brands with the highest Digital IQ scores are breaking away from the pack. In mature markets, measurements of digital competence show prestige brands tightly bunched together
leaders do not achieve significant separation from brands with average Digital IQ scores. But in China, digital Geniuses are not just in the leadtheyre winning big. For example, the five brands in the Genius category boast a mean Digital IQ more than 25 points higher than that of the next five brands. In comparison, brands ranked six through ten show a mean difference of only 13.2 points compared to those ranked eleven through fifteen. Digital leaders start breaking away at an inflection point around Digital IQ 120. Brands at the bottom end of the ranking demonstrate a similar but opposite effectthey lag significantly behind brands with average Digital IQ scores.
Fifty-nine percent of the luxury brands in the study of Digital IQ in China were also measured in a separate study of the Digital IQ of luxury brands in the U.S., dated September 2009. Brands measured in both indices demonstrated a correlation of 0.58 between their Chinese Digital IQ and their U.S. Digital IQ, suggesting that digital competence in one market can be leveraged in another. Beauty brands Lancme, Clarins, and Este Lauder show the greatest positive disparity between Chinese and U.S. Digital IQ. This suggests their recognition of the opportunity to build brands in China through digital media. Meanwhile, champagne brands Veuve Clicquot, Mot & Chandon, and Dom Prignon demonstrate the largest negative disparitynone of them support a Chinese language version of their brand site. Negative disparities may speak to inability or carelessness when translating digital competence from West to East.
Missed Opportunities and Winning Strategies
Most prestige brands earning high Digital IQ scores in China share at least two attributes: local relevance and availability across a broad range of media.
Local relevance stems partly from familiarity with Chinese sites like Baidu, Kaixin, and Youku, which can be loosely compared to Google, Facebook, and YouTube, respectively. But brands doing business in China must recognize that for Western sites and their Chinese counterparts, different strategies are required; simply translating site content is often ineffective.
While homegrown search engine Baidu boasts 62 percent market share in China , only 39 percent of measured prestige brands come up first in its organic results when searching by English brand name. Meanwhile, 94 percent of brand sites came up first on Google.cn (prior to its departure from China) when using English names. When searching with Chinese names, approximately 30 percent of brand sites are not among the top three search results on either search engine. This indicates the difficulty of brand name translation for many multinational brands. These numbers suggest that many brands approach search visibility with a Google-centric mentality that fails to recognize the Baidu algorithm and other local nuances.
One way brands can enhance SEO is by creating more opportunities for consumer interaction through a combination of social network sites (SNS), microsites, bulletin-board systems (BBS) and e-commerce and mobile websites.
Although many prestige brands are eliciting thousands of user-generated comments, video uploads, blog posts, and photos on popular SNS like RenRen, Qzone, Kaixin001, and YouKu, very few are interacting directly with consumers on these sites. As consumers are increasingly expecting brand communications to be interactive, rather than one-way broadcasts, digitally savvy brands that are beginning to engage directly with users on SNS platforms stand to gain an edge. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW host contests on RenRen, while Dior has a page on Qzone. Digital Genius Lancme boasts an official group on Kaixin001 with more than 250,000 members. Johnnie Walker also hosts a group on the platform.
Four of the brands in the study have invested in branded online communities. Digital Genius Lancme launched an online community called Rose Beauty in 2006 and has four million subscribers. Este Lauder and Clarins also host branded beauty communities. BMW has created a community for the estimated 150,000 BMW drivers in China through its MyBMWClub.cn site. Meanwhile, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche have created simple-interface BBS to help facilitate discussions with avid fans. Although the appropriateness of microsites as a means of online consumer interaction is debatable, efforts from these brands demonstrate a heightened commitment to the Chinese marketplace.
On average, brands that embrace e-commerce boast Digital IQ scores 50 points higher than brands that do not sell online. The size of the e-commerce market in China may have quadrupled from 2006 to 2009 , but only ten of the 100 prestige brands in the study offer online transactions. The Beauty & Skincare category leads with six of 13 brands selling online. Many prestige brands opt against e-commerce for fear it will reflect poorly on the brands premium status and diminish control over the sales experience. However, as fashion brand and China first-mover Ports 1961 is the only foreign brand outside of the Beauty category to sell online, making e-commerce available would be a clear point of differentiation within many prestige categories.
In addition to website enhancements, SEO, and SNS, it is imperative for luxury brands to develop a mobile strategy. There are an estimated 745 million mobile phone subscribers in China , and more than one quarter of mobile users access the internet through their phones . China has considerably lower in-home internet penetration than most developed nations, and many Chinese consumers move directly from no internet to mobile internet. Yet, only 42 percent of the measured brands have mobile-enabled sites. Hong Kong brand Shanghai Tang is one of the first luxury brands to incorporate a Chinese language iPhone application.
Conclusion
While at least rudimentary digital competence is essential for prestige brands operating in China, specific digital strategies should be customized based on a brands vision and personality, opportunities and positioning, rather than a check box approach. As with other brand communication and media, digital strategy should be informed by comprehensive and up-to-date market research, strengthened by sound analysis and concrete brand positioning, and executed with distinctive and compelling creative work. Ultimately, brands with a deeper understanding of their Chinese customers, local competition, and familiarity with their own reputation and strengths will fare better, both online and off.
About the Author: About the Author: Vladimir Djurovic is the founder and Managing Director of Labbrand, a Shanghai based innovative brand agency specialized in brand research, strategic and creative services. Labbrand website at:
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Getting your ex girlfriend to miss you… it seems complicated, right? But in fact, your girlfriend could
already
be missing you, and just not even showing it. Especially if she’s the one who broke up with you, your ex will be very guarded about what she lets you see, and not see.
If your girlfriend broke off your relationship and you still want her back, making her miss you is job number one. Because until she actually
needs you
in her life again, you really have no shot of reversing your breakup.
There are 4 stages your ex will go through after breaking up with you, and each one brings you a little bit closer to reconciliation. The more you can subtly guide your ex girlfriend along this very lonely path, the easier it will be to get her back.
Stage One – Burying Her Feelings For You
The first thing your ex will do after giving you the breakup speech is start burying any leftover or residual feelings she still has for you. Ignoring feelings is always easier than dealing with them, and it’s especially easy while the breakup is still fresh.
The more you push her at this stage, the further removed from you she’ll be able to emotionally get. Don’t shove your ex away by pressing or trying to change her mind immediately after the breakup… getting her to miss you is more about leaving her alone and allowing her the time to experiencing the breakup in a very solo way.
Stage Two – The Hole Where You Used To Be
After a few days go by, your ex girlfriend will really start to feel the impact of not having you around. She’s probably filled those first few days with activites, keeping herself busy with family and friends. But afterward, those first few lonely nights without seeing or hearing from you will get her thinking about you once again.
Remember, while you dated you were a huge part of your ex’s daily life. In breaking things off, you abruptly disappeared. This left a hole in her life that she’s trying to fill with other stuff. She’ll start missing the things you used to do together, and the places you used to go.
Stage Three – Facing The Breakup Alone
When a week’s worth of time has passed without hearing from you, the realization will dawn upon your girlfriend that she’s really, truly alone. Hopefully you’ve left her alone and haven’t called, emailed, or texted her. By NOT doing those things, your ex has to face the breakup all by herself – without the strength and comfort of knowing you still want her back.
This is where she’ll get uncertain. Your ex will start questioning the breakup during this phase, simply because she hasn’t heard from you. In her mind, you should’ve probably tried to get her back by now. The fact that you haven’t is a very big blow to her ego, and to her resolve to keep the breakup going.
Stage Four – Seeing You Move on With Your Life
The timing of this stage depends on certain factors, but it occurs the first time your ex actually sees or hears about you again. This is where it’s important to be out, active, hanging with friends, doing cool things, and generally having a great time without your ex. Because once your girlfriend gets wind of these things? She’ll miss you ten times as much as before.
Your ex doesn’t want to see you successfully moving on with your life right now. It’s not that she wishes bad things on you, it’s more that she’d rather see you upset and miserable because you can’t be with her anymore. This is what would justify the breakup, and make her feel confident in her decision. But seeing you act as if the breakup hasn’t affected you one bit? That’s going to drive your ex crazy with jealousy, as well as make her miss having and sharing those good times with you.
Getting Back Together With Your Ex Girlfriend
If you can get your ex to miss you, you can certainly get her back. Reconciliation is only a few steps away, once your ex girlfriend has a genuine need for you in her life again.
That said, you need to be careful with how you proceed. Move too fast and you could tip your hand. Move too slowly and you could give the wrong impression: that you no longer want to get back together. Somewhere in the middle is the right approach, and it’s always best to have a step by step plan when you want to get your girlfriend back.
About the Author: There are 6 Individual Steps necessary to
Getting Her Back
, so find out what they are! The faster you get proactive about handling your breakup, the sooner you can get her to miss you again. And for more information on reestablishing contact, check out
Contacting Your Ex Girlfriend
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