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Sep 18, 2020

Manchester Airport To Receive £260m Council Loan Package Amid Post-Covid Fears

Exclusive: In the absence so far of financial support from government, the ten Greater Manchester local authorities - which have a majority stake in the group - are planning to borrow themselves in order to lend to it. Jen Williams reports.

Greater Manchester’s ten councils are set to provide a finance package of more than £250m to Manchester Airport Group amid growing fears about the impact of Covid-19, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

The town halls - which between them have a 64.5pc stake in the airport group - may not start to see any repayments for a couple of years, but are hoping that by that point it will have returned to some semblance of normality.

Manchester council is expected to provide the biggest share of the loan package, at around £143m, in line with its larger stake in the company. It is understood the other nine boroughs are expected to put in £13m each.

Senior local authority figures said the move was aimed at protecting significant long-term town hall investment in the airport, along with safeguarding tens of thousands of jobs that rely on it as a major engine of the local economy.

One official said the authorities effectively had ‘no choice’ but to protect their asset, which also owns Stansted and East Midlands airports

As yet government support for the aviation sector after the pandemic’s peak has remained unclear, although at the weekend communities secretary Robert Jenrick acknowledged the major part Manchester Airport has to play in the local economy.

MPs are being urged by councils here to lobby ministers on support for the airport, which has remained open but with passenger numbers down from 80,000 a day to just a few hundred.

Some 50,000 jobs - either directly or in other sectors such as freight, logistics and catering - also rely on it, while other parts of the city economy that are now particularly exposed, including the property sector, Manchester University and tourism, are also closely linked.

It is not clear if and when international air travel will return to normal levels, so councils have privately agreed to take out significant levels of low-interest borrowing from the government’s loan board in order to help the airport out. Manchester's leader said expert advice had been taken and that even the most 'pessimistic' scenarios had been factored in.

Servicing the new debt is likely to cost outlying boroughs - which between them own 29pc of the airport group - in the region of £600,000 a year, as Greater Manchester authorities prepare to also lose £110m in dividends they had originally expected in 2020.

Manchester council, which owns the largest stake at 35.5pc, is to provide the biggest loan sum. Its finances have relied particularly...

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Sep 18, 2020

Job Interviews - Prepare Questions In Advance

Job Interviews: An interview almost invariably closes with the potential employer asking if you have any questions. Often an applicant will ask for clarification on benefits -insurance, vacation time, etc. While these are obviously important for you to know, they plant a seed in the interviewer's mind that maybe you are more interested in what the job can do for you than in how you can help the employer.

Try to have three or four questions ready to ask that demonstrate your interest in the company and your desire to be a problem-solver. If you have been able to do some research, trot out a question or two that came to mind. If you have been able to come up with some ideas that relate to the problem, throw them out to see how the employer reacts.

If you have been able to identify some trends or problems in the industry, ask how that is going to affect the company and what they are doing to deal with it. Show your concern about industry developments and what that may bode for the future.

If some current challenges have been brought up earlier in the interview, ask for clarification and more detail. The more the interviewer interacts with you as if your concerns are mutual, and that possible solutions are something you could consider together, the more you will be seen as a valuable future member of his team and the more likely you will be asked to join that team.

Toughest Interview Questions? Today's interview questions are becoming increasingly more difficult. I have compiled a list of questions that interviewers regard as the toughest to answer. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions, but be prepared to for them to be asked.

1. Talk about yourself? (Prepare for 2 minutes)

2. If you were a Leader of a country, which problem would you tackle first and why? 3. If you made a film about yourself, who would play your character?

4. Is a Tomato a Fruit or Vegetable?

5. Describe a Tennis Ball? Be prepared for Questions like these as this will prove you really want the job, have a creative thought process, be able to sell yourself and be confident is a stressful environment...

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Sep 18, 2020

What Is Marketing - Guide To Promoting An Unfamiliar Business Effectively

What is marketing: So how do you effectively market your product or service when one knows anything about them because you're in a new and emerging industry?

How can you expect to get customers if no one understands what it is that you do?

If this happens to be your situation then a huge part of your marketing strategy will need to be educating consumers about what you do.

If yours is a field that is relatively new, or perhaps misunderstood, adopting an education strategy can help consumers understand the benefits you provide and feel more comfortable with the idea of purchasing your products or services.

Educational marketing is best done through vehicles where you have space or time to fully explain your product or service and the benefits it provides. Or perhaps even to set straight some common misconceptions.

Publishing a newsletter or Ezine, or writing a regular newspaper or magazine column are great ways to educate and generate positive awareness.

Make sure your web site content clearly explains what you do. Provide free Special Reports so prospects can learn more.

Conduct free seminars or teleseminars, or provide consultations so prospects can meet you and hear more about how your product or service can help them.

Your marketing goal should be to get as much educational information out to your prospects as possible...

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Sep 18, 2020

Ace Ankomah finally succumbs to Dela Goldheart: a factual humourous commentary

It appears the renowned legal mogul, Ace Anan Ankomah, who was seriously rattled by Dela Goldheart over the weekend, finally got what the lady was saying. Yes, he got her. Totally!

HOW IT STARTED

Earlier last week, Ace Ankomah whilst giving some marriage tips got a little carried away and got a bit male chauvinistic and thus declared:“A woman, even when she works (every woman must work, if she can)… she is in charge of everything else that has to do with the home. Yes, it is her kitchen, not mine. That’s why she chooses everything in there. My only space in the house is my basement.”

Then, in a typical alpha male tone, he pressed on:“I expect dinner when I get home; and meals when I’m home. Just make sure the system I provided for produces and delivers the food”

“In the same vein, I don’t wash, clean, sweep, vacuum, dust or do any house work. I am ‘DADDY’. That is why I live in Ghana and not in the US.” He rested his case.

DELA GOLDHEART BROUGHT HERSELF

To be fair, he didn’t mention anybody’s name nor did he invite Dela Goldheart. But somehow, Dela brought herself in and “put her mouth inside DADDY’s matter.”

Dela thought that Ankomah may be a great lawyer but his thought on feminism was a dinosaur (very old and extinct). So she took her time to explore the flaws in his reasoning;

“I never thought I will say this about you but I guess career excellence and knowledge in law doesn’t make you exceptional when it comes to issues affecting women. You grew up in a patriarchal society. The system is designed to favour you. You had no education on gender equality when growing up. But you know what? That can be changed.”

She was so frustrated that the learned Ace Lawyer had no idea what MDG3 (PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN) was about. So, to the defense of women in general and his wife (the former Managing Director of Ecobank Gambia, who was called upon this year to become the Second Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana – a big woman!) in particular, Dela jabbed:

“You have everything your wife has. I know you are smart enough to see that your wife doesn’t use her vagina to cook or order food. And when it comes to strength, you even have more. So if anyone should [come back from] work and cook, it should be you. And one more thing, the meaning of Daddy and Mommy as never been static. Those who improve the world understand change is one of the factors of progress.” She used the ‘V’ word, below belt...

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Sep 18, 2020

Web Design Tips - 4 Great Tips To Power Your Web Design

Web design tips: A great number of the biggest money makers have eye-catching, simple, innovative, and the cleanest websites online! A corporate style website may greatly boost your business! Looking professional online is really important, especially if you want to attract big money to your door.

There are literally 1000's of people and companies searching every single day for their next big purchase, will your company be the next one they contact? Your website need to be clean, simple, innovative and easy to navigate. No need for big flashing buttons, 20 different text colors, everything packed into one page, banner ads in every corner, etc. You get the picture.

Web Design Tip #1 The point is - keep it clean! I am sure you have visited a website and you left with a headache. This might be the same for your visitors. People notice when they find clean websites, it actually increases your chances of people reading your content more often than not. Appearance is everything online. What your website tells people subconsciously is the message they perceive about your business.

The more "Mickey mouse" your website looks, the more "Mickey mouse" visitors will think about your business. The internet is very impersonal and in order to increase our business, you need to find ways to subconsciously tell your visitors that you mean business and you're the right choice for their purchase online...

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Sep 18, 2020

Diaper Rash - Why Do Babies Get Nappy Rash?

Diaper rash is something that parents hate to see on their child, however common it may be. But in the not-too-distant past variations of diaper rash could occur even into late infancy. It is something that no-one wants to see on their newborn child. The reasons for it are quite simple and entirely commonplace, but it is preventable and treatable. If your child does develop a diaper/nappy rash, quick treatment is advisable. And prevention is a matter of following some simple rules and showing diligence at key points which might lead to infection. The major cause of diaper rash is wetness. This is no big surprise.

The reason that it does not occur with any regularity in adults, after all, is that we are able to perform our bathroom rituals ourselves and know what needs to be done – essentially, what feels right and what we have learned. Babies, however, urinate quite often and will sometimes be in a dirty diaper for a while before changing. In addition to this, their stools are generally quite loose and their bowel movements are more frequent than those of adults. Unless they are changed with a regularity bordering on the obsessive, there is a chance of infection. Even then a baby with sensitive skin can become infected. In an older baby, a time of sickness which is treated with antibiotics can be a risky time, as they are prone to diarrhea and the higher risk of diaper rash that can bring. In short, even the best parents can have a case to deal with, and it is how they respond that is important.

Preventing Diaper Rash As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. For all that we may fear the onset of diaper rash in our children, there is no certainty of absolute and total prevention – but there is a lot that can be done to make it far less likely, and it revolves mostly around keeping your baby dry and clean as far as is possible. Your baby will not be shy about letting you know when it is in any discomfort. This can prevent diaper rash from developing, but would obviously not be a way of preventing it before it begins. The prevention of diaper rash is something that requires no small amount of diligence, as well as some luck...

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Sep 18, 2020

Fundraising - The Four Major Forms

Fundraising is, without a doubt, extremely challenging work. For any of you with experience in this line of work, you will understand what I mean. For the rest of you, go out and volunteer your time with a local non-profit organization. After that, I think you will understand.

While this can be a challenging profession, it continues to be quite rewarding in many respects. Fundraising is simply the process of soliciting and gathering donations as money or other means, by requesting contributions from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies.Fundraising typically refers to efforts to collect money on behalf of non-profit organizations, and is at times used to refer to the identification and solicitation of investors or other sources of capital for-profit enterprises.

Typically, fundraising consisted mostly of asking for donations on the street or at people's doors. There are four major forms of fundraising. When one mentions fundraising to the average person, the image of a well-meaning person going door-to-door begging for support immediately comes to mind. While most of us have been there at some point or other, there is a lot more to this business than meets the eye.

And yes, this is a business. The business of managing relationships; relationships which, more often than not, are the key determining factor for success. The first major form of fundraising is dealing with institutional grantors. These organizations are often the most difficult to deal with, due to the inherent bureaucratic nature of these types of organizations...

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Sep 18, 2020

Public Relations - Should Your PR Budget Stress Tactics Or Strategy?

If public relations tactics like special events,brochures, broadcast plugs and press releases dominate your answer, you’re missing the best PR has to offer.

Such a budget would tell us that you believe tactics ARE public relations.

And that would be too bad, because it means you are not effectively planning to alter individual perception among your key outside audiences which then would help you achieve your managerial objectives.

It would also tell us that, even as a business, non-profit or association manager, you’re not planning to do anything positive about the behaviours of those important external audiences of yours that MOST affect your operation.

Nor are you preparing to persuade those key outside folks to your way of thinking by helping to move them to take actions that allow your department, division or subsidiary to succeed. So, it takes more than good intentions for you as a manager to alter individual, key-audience perception leading to changed behaviors.

It takes a carefully structured plan dedicated to getting every member of the PR team working towards the same external audience behaviours insuring that the organization’s public relations effort stays sharply focused.

The absence of such a plan is always unfortunate because the right public relations planning really CAN alter individual perception and lead to changed behaviors among key outside audiences...

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Sep 18, 2020

Public Relations - And what It Means For Your Business

Public Relations or PR is the promotion and marketing of the goodwill of your business or organization to the various interest groups in order to establish with them, a better understanding of your business, its place in the community and most crucial, community visibility and recognition.

In building a Successful business,it is a great idea to establish a great Public Relations operation.A good business need to build a good reputation and as quickly as possible.

It is essential to understand the significance and the overwhelming benefits that stem from having an impeccable, transparent and reliable reputation.

With that in mind, make this a major goal, as the continued success of your business depends on it. To achieve this goal you need to embrace the concept of Public Relations and a continuous communications program.

Here are some of the interest groups your business Public Relations need to engage with: The Community in General, Local and National Newspapers, Radio, Television News and Current Affairs, Magazines, Church

Groups, Parents and Teachers Associations, Sports Associations, Political and Legal bodies, Unions, Employer Associations, Charity Groups, Local Volunteer Groups, Social Clubs,Business Associations - Better Business Bureau, Chamber of Commerce...

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Sep 18, 2020

Boating - 10 Reasons To Do A Basic Course

Boating is a great adventure and is being enjoyed by many on a daily basis, but with that comes a great responsibility. It is not mandatory to do a boating course at this time but there are some very good reasons to get your self informed about the rules of the road.

1) You will learn about safety equipment and what you are required to have on your boat before you undertake any boating excursion.

This is very important because what you don’t have with you could make the difference between being able to handle a situation or not.

Also, that outing for the day could cost you if the sheriff stops you to spot check your boat and fines you for not having all the safety equipment required for your specific boat.

2) You will learn that driving a boat is vastly different from driving a car.

You are dealing with air and water currents. If you have never docked a boat you may think that it is easy, until that is, the current is pulling you in the opposite direction that you want to go.Understanding air and water currents will help you learn how to dock your boat.

3) Knowing how to work with lines and tying knots is part of boating. You have to be able to secure a boat properly. If your boat gets away, it is amazing how quickly the current will take it out of your reach and you will probably require the assistance of another boater to help you get to it. So learn your knots...

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Sep 18, 2020

LeBron James Made $700M As 'Silent Investor' In Beats

LeBron James' investment in Beats Electronics was apparently more lucrative than anyone knew.

On the latest episode of NBC Sports Bay Area's "Runnin' Plays: A Golden State Warriors Podcast," former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins divulged that James made hundreds of millions of dollars from his stake in Beats, which dates back to 2008.

"Nobody even knows about this when Dr. Dre got that big contract for the Beats by Dre, when they wrote him that check, LeBron James got $700 million of that," Perkins said. "He was a silent investor in the Beats and nobody knows this."

ESPN's Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein reported in 2014 that James made more than $30 million in cash and stock as part of Apple's $3-billion purchase of Beats Electronics.

Perkins described his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate as "the chosen one in life" and said he would often tell James he hated him because "everything you touch turns into gold."

James topped Forbes' list of the highest-paid NBA players for the 2019-20 season with an estimated $92.4 million in total earnings, including $55 million from endorsements.

Sep 18, 2020

Raw Food - What Is The Raw Food Diet?

Rawfood diet is gaining popularity and buzz, not just as a diet to lose weight, but a diet for a long and healthy life. We eat so much in the way of processed food that we don’t even stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies, and how far we’ve come nutritionally from our ancestral, agrarian roots. A raw food diet means consuming food in its natural, unprocessed form.

There are several common-sense rationales for why this is a good idea. Processing and cooking food can take so much of the basic nutritional value away.

Think of some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for years, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage. Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.

The raw food diet means eating unprocessed, uncooked, organic, whole foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, dried fruits, seaweeds, etc.

It means a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Cooking takes out flavour and nutrition from vegetables and fruits.A raw food diet means eating more the way our ancient ancestors did.Our healthier, more fit ancestors.They cooked very little, and certainly didn’t cook or process fruits and vegetables...

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Sep 18, 2020

Don’t Antagonize Chinese People In Ghana – Ambassador Edward Boateng Says

Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng has called on Ghanaians to exercise some self-restraint as issues of alleged racist evictions and forced quarantining of blacks by Chinese officials is under control.

Over the past week, some viral videos of black people being evicted and chased out of their homes, hotels and even denied entry to supermarkets sparked outrage amongst back people globally who called for Chinese officials to provide answers.

Per accounts given by some victims, they were subjected to such treatments due to fears of a resurge of the Coronavirus since the country’s new recorded cases were imported and prevalent in blacks

But speaking in an interaction on Eyewitness news, Ambassador Edward Boateng called for calm as he insisted that the situation has been put under control and was one caused by miscommunication.

“…I’d like to assure Ghanaians that we’re in control over the situation…and therefor Ghanaians should not take their anger into their own hands, we as a country have a long relationship with the Chinese and it’s not going away…The Chinese authorities have accepted where they’ve gone wrong so there’s no need to antagonize the Chinese people in Ghana…we’ve made amends and work is going on…”

In an attempt to explain what triggered the unfortunate evictions he said the Chinese authorities had no hand in the issue.

He explained that, “…It was the landlords who were leading the evictions, not the authorities. Now, the landlords fear that if the authorities got to know that they had rented to people without legal status, they will be in trouble. And then, communities started telling people who were living in their neighbourhoods that this person also leaves here and the police will turn up. In that process, I must say that maybe some of the authorities then started implementing it in a very harsh manner. There was a backlash from some of the Ambassadors after these videos started going viral.”

“…So, as we speak, people are in quarantine, people are being taken care of, some of the people who are in their own flats alone were allowed to stay in their flats alone. I have information from some of my colleagues and compatriots in Guangzhou that they have asked to go home...

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Sep 18, 2020

Content Marketing - Strategy And Tips

Content marketing can go by various names such as private media, branded content, customer media and so on, but they are all essentially content marketing.

This is probably one of the best ways to make sure your marketing is being truly effective.

When it comes to marketing your online business, content is a key part of getting your message across. Content is not just writing articles; but it is blogging, micro-blogging, reports, ebooks, newsletters, and more.

How you create and promote the content will make the difference between whether or not you accomplish your goal, whatever it may be.

One definition of content marketing is a technique of making and distributing valuable and relevant content to bring in a much defined target audience with the over all objective being the creation of sales and informing.

This is a way of reaching out to your customers and potential customers in a way specifically designed to attract them to you and keep them coming back.Content marketing is all done without overtly trying to sell a product.

It is intended to educate and inform the customers. With typical marketing, the goal is to make a sale and the product or service is the main point of the approach.

Content marketing is very different from this approach and has proven to be very effective. The idea around content marketing is to deliver consistent and useful information to the customer.

In return, they will reward the company with their business and, over time, their loyalty to the brand. This form of marketing creates a bond between the customer and the company.

This bond is a very hard one to break and results in ongoing business over time and a loyal customer. Traditional marketing is becoming less and less useful as customers are able to skip commercials or change the channel on the TV...

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Sep 18, 2020

South African Cuisine - Elegant Food With Glowing Simplicity

South African cuisine: The food from South Africa is as diverse as the people that live there, influenced by many countries and cultures over the centuries. They have been able to combine all the great ingredients introduced to the country and making it their one, UNIQUE. Nothing tastes as great as South African food! That is what South Africans say. But why not try it and judge for yourself. One big influence on the choice of food must be the two bordering oceans, the Atlantic and Indian.

Seafood plays a very important role in any diet and can be enjoyed in a great variety of ways. Shell fish, rock lobster, crayfish, salt cod, kingklip and snoek (a pickled fish) are only a few of the great dishes enjoyed very often. They can be served with onions, lemon butter, chilli peppers or a great curry. The crayfish are best served braised with onions and chillies and snoek must be barbecued.

If you are looking for variety, you won’t be disappointed! South African cuisine caters for all and no matter what you prefer, you will find something on the menu to suit your taste. The food is both elegant and glows with simplicity. If you are looking for a main course and you are not a seafood lover, don’t worry. Look at the following choices and see what you like the look of. On the top of the menu is the great Afrikaner “hoenderpastei”, or chicken pie, inspired by the British pastries, but totally different and unique...

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Sep 18, 2020

Small Biz - Differentiate Yourself And Attract More Sales

Differentiate and you stand out in a crowded marketplace. Present your uniqueness and emphasize your rare attributes in your sales copy and promotions and you'll capture the imagination and interest of those you want to reach.

In a world of copycats, it pays to be an original. It’s usually the creator of a new concept who gets the most mileage from it. Innovative entrepreneurs often become market leaders while competitors keep doing things the same old way – until change is forced upon them. Differentiate or die.

Challenging the way things have always been done can lead to creative new options that reward you with a windfall of profits. Differentiate your business and you attract attention. It’s new, different – even revolutionary – and it’s the kind of thing that generates excitement and creates a stir in the market.

After all, few new customers would be drawn to you -- if you were doing the exact same thing, the exact same way as everyone else. Consider this question... “What Could You Do To Differentiate Yourself, Your Business, Or Your Product In A Way Prospects and Customers Would Appreciate?” Another thought to ponder is this... “What Traditions Could You Break That Would Capture Attention And Interest?”

Putting an effective new spin on your business should be done with the needs and desires or your customers and prospects in mind. Differentiate from their point of view. What changes can you implement that would make customers say “Wow!”? Think in terms of what people want.

Essentially, they want to be served better, faster and with more convenience. They want to be entertained. They want to solve problems with less effort. They want instant gratification. They want respect and to be treated as VIP's (which customers are, of course). They want to do business with companies that care about them, their environment, and the world at large. Differentiate in a way that appeals to these desires. Look at every facet of your business and compare the way you do things to the way competitor does. Are you operating in a similar manner? How might you do things differently? What changes could you make in that area that your customers would truly appreciate and value...

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Sep 18, 2020

Immericare - Vaginne - The intimate care which is specially formulated to keep vaginal flora balanced

When your period is over, the last thing you want is to be held back by feminine itch, odor or discomfort. So, take control with Vaginne Odor Eliminating Gel.Vaginne odor eliminating gel relieves feminine discomfort and eliminates feminine odor...

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Sep 18, 2020

High Blood pressure - 10 Common Signs And Symptoms

High Blood pressure is the measure of force against arteries. Do you have it? Do you know what the common symptoms and signs are? People usually ignore high blood pressure. Even those who take medicine, only take anti hypertensive medication for short time. Studies have proved that 90% of high blood pressure patients show non compliance with their medication. If you do not control your blood pressure it may lead to serious problems with your Heart, Kidneys, Brain and Eyes. If you want to save these vital organs , then you will have to control your blood pressure within limits.

Normal blood pressure is 120/80. If this reading goes above 140/90, then you consider yourself as a hypertensive patient.Between 120 and 140 is a pre hypertensive stage. which can be controlled even by natural measures like exercise, low salt intake, stop smoking, lower cholesterol, eat vegetables etc. How will you come to know that you have high blood pressure?

It typically has no symptoms at all, that is why we can call it a Silent killer. Although there are many coincidental symptoms that are widely believed to be associated with high blood pressure. These include headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, a flushed face and fatigue. Although people with high blood pressure may have many of these symptoms, they occur just as frequently in those with normal blood pressure...

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Sep 18, 2020

Home - Choosing A Place To Live

Home: Blessed indeed are they who are free to choose where and how they shall live. Still more blessed are they who give abundant thought to their choice, for they may not wear the sackcloth of discomfort nor scatter the ashes of burned money.

TASTE AND EXPEDIENCE Most of us have a theory of what the home should be, but it is stowed away with the wedding gifts of fine linen that are cherished for our permanent abode.

We believe in harmony of surroundings, but after living, within a period of ten years or so, in seven different apartments with seven different arrangements of rooms and seven different schemes of decoration, we lose interest in suiting one thing to another.

Harmony comes to mean simply good terms with the janitor. Or if (being beginners) we have some such prospect of nomadic living facing us, and we are at all knowing, we realize the utter helplessness of demonstrating our good taste, purchase any bits of furniture that a vagrant fancy may fasten upon.

We give space to whatever gimcracks our friends may foist upon us, trusting that in the whirligig of removals the plush rocker, the mission table, and the brass stand may each find itself in harmony with something else at one time or another. Some day we shall be freed from the tyranny of these conditions and then...

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Sep 18, 2020

Public Relations - Relationship Management

Public relations: A number of organizations actively engage in 'Issues Management.' Largely, this involves scanning the news, developing communications strategies around relevant issues and trends, and then communicating their messages back through the media. Effective communications, however, is more than just managing issues through the media.

Companies and organizations must also be aware of their external publics – the people and groups outside of an organization's sphere that affect, or are affected by, what that organization does. This is known as 'Relationship Management.' It is the discipline of identifying key publics and establishing strategies for building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with those publics.

Identifying External Publics Like most organizations, there is a good chance you are already using media monitoring to track the issues that affect your organization. This is Communications 101. You may even be taking it one step further and conducting some kind of media analysis, including assigning tones like positive, negative or neutral to news stories. And if you're not, you should be.

Without proper analysis and evaluation, your communications team is not doing its job properly. But where it really gets interesting is when you take your existing monitoring and analysis and add another dimension to it. One of the best examples of this is tracking and analyzing quotes. Tracking quotes helps you identify your key publics.

You can see exactly what they are thinking, what they are saying, what they are doing. And by taking further small steps, such as cross-referencing tone with quotes, you can easily identify the type of relationship that exists between your organization and its different key publics. You can get a picture of what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong, and, where necessary, develop a plan to change the relationship. Obviously, the more positive the quote or article, the greater the chance that the person being quoted is an ally to issues favorable to your organization...

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Sep 18, 2020

Who is Regina Daniels? Everything You Need To Know About The Wife Of Nigerian Billionaire Ned Nwoko

Born on October 10, 2000, in Asaba to actress Rita Daniels, Regina Daniels began to make her mark in the movie industry at the tender age of seven, when she starred in the movie “Marriage of Sorrow”. She actually shot to the limelight in 2010 when she featured in the movie “Miracle Child” as one of Nigeria’s finest child stars. Starring alongside popular actors like Ini Edo, Chika Ike and Mercy Johnson, it was obvious that the young actress was destined for greatness.

Her mum, Rita Daniels, also an actress and chairperson of Actors Guild of Nigeria, Delta State chapter, (AGN), nurtured her to fame. Regina was famous in the Asaba Nollywood caucus but began to command attention especially on social media after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar appointed her as his youth campaign coordinator for Nollywood in January.

Raised by a mother who herself is a prominent actor, it took only a few years for Regina to master the art. Making her full professional debut in the widely acclaimed 2015 Nollywood movie, “Marriage in Sorrow”, the young actress has gone on to star in several Nollywood movies including Dumebi in School, The King and the Python, and Tears of Ojiugbo. The young actress had gained considerable attention on social media as a result of her obsession for flashy cars and tattoos.

Married to billionaire businessman and politician, Ned Nwoko, it is obvious that the young wife is living the good life. Being 38 or so years younger than her...

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Sep 17, 2020

How Sir Richard Branson Changed His Mind Over Aid From Government

At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, billionaire Richard Branson balked at the idea of government intervention to stop companies going bust, proclaiming that weak airlines should be allowed to go to the wall. Just over 10 years later and the Virgin Group founder has had a change of heart as he fights to protect his business empire from the fallout of the coronavirus crisis. On Tuesday, he hit out at the lack of government support after Australia’s second biggest carrier, Virgin Australia, collapsed into administration after failing to secure a bailout — making it the airline industry’s first big casualty from the worst crisis in the sector’s history.

Hours before Virgin Australia entered voluntary administration, the British billionaire stepped up pleas for state aid for his airlines — Virgin Australia and UK-based Virgin Atlantic — pledging to mortgage his home and luxury holiday resort in the British Virgin Islands as government intervention on both sides of the world looked increasingly unlikely. It comes as governments are taking contrasting action on how much financial support to provide carriers with their fleets grounded and revenues evaporating in the face of the air travel shutdown.

“The whole issue of competition and support is now beginning to gather momentum and issues such as overseas ownership and existing shareholder investment are obvious areas for discussion,” said John Grant of OAG, the data consultancy. “Governments are faced with some real hard decisions about priorities and needs at the moment and perhaps some airlines...

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Sep 17, 2020

If - Rudyard Kipling

IF.....

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken...

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Sep 17, 2020

Backlink - Building Solid Website Traffic

Backlink: A web site isn’t a classified ad. No one looks at web sites in some “web site newspaper.” As a matter of fact, no one will go to your site unless you specifically invite them. A web site actually needs advertising. What you need to do is build traffic to your site. There are a lot of great ways to do this and one terrific way is with backlinks.

What is a backlink? A backlink is a link FROM another site TO your site. For example, if you are a member of Restaurants Association of North West London, and someone is looking for a restaurant in your locale, then it is possible that this person sees your listing in the “Find a Restaurant” section and clicks a link to your web site. This is a backlink from Restaurants Association to your site.

Backlinks are also referred to as “in-bound links” and sometimes can be called “reciprocal links.” Many of the links that Restaurants Association have on their web site are designed to take visitors from the Restaurants Association web site to other web sites. These are usually located in a link section or a resources section.

These are also called “forward links” or “outbound links.” The significant thing to note is that a backlink brings visitors TO your site. Once visitors come to your web site, you can turn them into clients, product sales, newsletter subscribers, commissions and more...

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Sep 17, 2020

Home And Small Business Marketing Strategies

Business marketing strategies might sound like it is esoteric so let’s take the mystery out of it so you can devise and implement your own business marketing strategies that fits in to your small business plan. Strategy comes from a Greek word “stratagein” meaning “to be a general”. Think of a strategy as an overall plan of action needed to win a battle. The smaller, detailed actions are termed tactics. You can maintain tactical plans which help you achieve your strategic marketing plan or overall business marketing strategies. That’s simple enough, isn’t it?

A business marketing strategy or strategic marketing plan is an overall plan of marketing actions you intend to take in order to accomplish a specific goal for your company. Start with a goal: $2 million in sales this year; expand into new premises by a certain date; double the size of the company in 2 years… whatever the goal may be. Something realistic but challenging. That's the "war" you want to win. Guess who the general is.

Then work out a simple, overall plan of the major marketing steps needed to accomplish that (for example):

1. Publish a newsletter for all existing customers and mail out quarterly.2. Work out 4 special offers in the year and promote them to all our customers.3. Set up on-line shopping and expand the web site.4. Direct mail campaign promoting the web site to all customers.5. Get mailing lists of (target markets) and do a series of 3 mailings of postcards to them and follow up on and close all leads.6. Etc.

You get the idea. Don’t rush this. Do your homework. What worked in the past? Read up on successful marketing campaigns. Your business marketing strategy needs to be laid out in the right sequence and you should have some idea of budget when you write it. “Run a series of 30 second TV ads during the Superbowl” might sound like a good thing to do but can you afford it? On the other hand, when you build your business marketing strategy you mustn’t try and cut corners. If you don’t promote heavily, it doesn’t matter how good your product or service is, no one will know about it and you will go broke...

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Sep 17, 2020

Marketing - Promote Your Business The Right Way

Marketing: Be it a small business or a large corporation you need a good marketing strategy. There are many ways to market your business, the question is which ways are the most effective for your product or service? You can outline your marketing strategy with this popular saying, "Who, what, where, when, and how?" First you need to know your product, is it something that people will feel they really need, what purpose does it serve?

Who is your target audience? Two major components of your target audience are what age group and which gender will be most interested in your product. Depending on what product or services you are trying to market you also may be able to target specific groups such as certain professionals or interest groups "hobbies". What is it about your product that is better than any of your competitors?

Is it of better quality, does it have a longer warranty, does it cost less than the competition? You need to know what it is about your product that is better than the other ones around.These are things you will want to tell your target audience about your product. An example might be if you are trying to market a fruit drink. You would want your audience to know that it is made with more or all-real fruit.

That there are more vitamin benefits to your drink. That it has a fruitier and more refreshing taste. These are things that are going to motivate potential customers to try it. I'm sure you have heard the first three rules of business and that is...

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Sep 17, 2020

Internet Business Ideas - Run An Online Business From Your Home

Internet business ideas: Stuff these envelopes and you will make a million dollars in 20 minutes. Yeah, right. Don’t buy the fluff. So, can you really run an Internet business from home?

Run An Internet Businesses From Your Home? First and foremost, there is no single internet business for every person working from home. The sooner you can come to grips with this fact, the better off you will be. Does that mean there aren’t great choices?

Of course, not. You simply have to realize the answer is dependent upon your circumstances. If you are working from home, you need to consider the level of interaction you want with customers. If you have kids and drive them all over town, customer service is going to be a problem. In such a situation, you probably need to consider a business without much interaction with customers. What about selling a product? This is a common theme on e-commerce sites, but there are downsides.

First, you have to be able to get the product to the customer in a reasonable time, the faster the better. Second, is there a large enough profit margin on the product to make all your hard work worthwhile? Third, you are going to have to deal with tax issues, as states are trying to apply sales tax to product sales on the net. Given these issues, a produce site may or may not be good for you. What about turnkey sites? Turnkey sites are pre-made sites selling something. The advantage is you don’t really have to do anything in regard to building out a site. The disadvantages, however, are significant. First, your business is not unique, so why would anyone pick you over similar sites?

Second, profit margins on turnkey sites can be mighty small. Third, they will only give you minor marketing assistance regardless of what most say. Fourth, you often are barred from modifying the site, which makes getting free traffic through search engine optimization practically impossible. All and all, this is not the best choice in my humble opinion. So, what should you do? An Internet business is no different from any other business. It takes time and hard work. The best way to pick a successful one is to give some thought to what you are passionate about. Because the net is so big, a market exists for practically anything...

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Sep 17, 2020

Business Marketing Strategies - Tips And Guide Of Successful Selling

Business Marketing Strategies: The first attribute of a successful selling strategy is a website that provides information about the products and the service they are providing. The advantage of that is we can sell those products and services online.

Selling is a talent to be cultivated. It requires a lot of understanding to find what the customer is looking for and then fulfilling their needs.

It is very valuable to get the complete attention of reader. The content of the message should be to make the reader think.

This can be achieved by using power words, along with color and visuals. Once the attention is grabbed, it should be retained till the end of the message.

The customer should be prompted to take some action and their involvement should be sought.

They can be made to sign up for newsletters or can be made to take the survey by visiting the company’s website. The consumer should be convinced to buy the product.

All the features of the company should be specified, with the more relevant ones on the top.

They should be explained logically through these points how the products will fulfill their needs or solve their problems.

It does only by convincing the customer and motivate them to buy the product...

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Sep 17, 2020

Magic Johnson Will Provide $100 Million To Fund Loans To Minority-Owned Businesses

Magic Johnson may no longer be playing in the NBA, but the Hall of Fame member is still making valuable assists.

Johnson announced that EquiTrust Life Insurance Co., of which he owns a majority, is providing $100 million in capital to fund federal loans for minority and women business owners who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

EquiTrust will work with MBE Capital Partners, a lender that specializes in asset-based loans for minority-owned small businesses, to distribute the loans through the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program.The loans are aimed at supporting people of color and women who operate businesses in underserved communities, according to a news release.

The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal."These are incredible businesses, small businesses, that have been the pillar of our community that also employ a lot of black and brown people in our community," Johnson said Sunday on MSNBC. "... We wanted to make sure that minority-owned businesses got small business loans through the PPP program."

Concerns About People Of Color Accessing Loans

The partnership was borne out of a concern that women and people of color were having difficulty accessing the loans offered by the Small Business Administration's emergency coronavirus relief program -- part of the federal government's massive stimulus package."Johnson's EquiTrust is providing critical financial support to underserved communities and businesses that have been traditionally neglected," EquiTrust and MBE Capital Partners said in a joint news release. "These small and diverse businesses often have difficulty developing strong lending relationships with big banks."

The goal is to help 100,000 businesses secure resources that will sustain them through the pandemic, MBE Capital CEO Rafael Martinez said on MSNBC.

SBA Program Has Come Under Criticism

The Paycheck Protection Program has been plagued by technical hiccups and questions about whether lenders were prioritizing the businesses that needed the money most after several deep-pocketed companies received loans, including the Los Angeles Lakers -- the storied NBA franchise that Johnson was long affiliated with. The team returned the money.After the initial $349 billion Congress allocated to the program ran dry, lawmakers replenished the fund with an additional $310 billion. Still, there have been concerns that money earmarked for smaller lenders is running low.

Advocacy organizations say businesses owned by people of color are inherently at a disadvantage. The funds are accessed through banks and participating SBA lenders -- relationships that people of color are less likely to have.

The Center for Responsible Lending estimated in April that approximately 95% of black-owned businesses, 91% of Latino-owned businesses, 91% of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander-owned businesses and 75% of Asian-owned businesses were unlikely to receive a PPP loan through a mainstream bank or credit union...

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Sep 17, 2020

Madrid - Spain Capital Facts And Things To Do

Madrid is relatively young when compared to the other great Spanish cities such as Seville and Valencia and so it lacks the traditions of the ancient Andalusian and Castilian towns. It lies on a vast open plateau and is subject to extremes of temperature, the daily variation is sometimes 22°C. The locals sum up their climate as nine months of winter and another 3 months of hell.

It is the nation's chief transportation and administrative center. Its commercial and industrial life developed very rapidly after the 1890s and today it is nation's chief transportation and administrative center, rivaled only by Barcelona. Besides it’s many manufacturing industries, Madrid are foremost as a banking, education, printing, publishing, tourism, and film production center.

The general aspect of Madrid is modern, with boulevards and fashionable shopping areas, but the old quarters have picturesque streets. In the heart of the city is the Plaza Mayor, a 17th century square, built in the style of Juan de Herrera. Madrid’s loveliest gardens can found at the Buen Retiro Park which opened in 1631. At the weekends street performers including musicians, tarot readers and puppet shows for children play in the park but this does bring in the crowds. Other landmarks include, El Pacicio Real, the huge and very opulent royal palace. A restored 1850 opera house and the imposing 19th-century building containing the national library, the national archives, and an archaeological museum. Also noteworthy is the modern University City, which transferred from the town of Alcalá de Henares in 1836...

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Sep 17, 2020

Fear - Types And Overcoming Them

Fear: As much as there are several potential triggers to your fear, there are also as many types of fears.However, they can be categorized into three basic fears: external, internal, or subconscious.

Among the three, the subconscious and internal type of fear are most difficult to find treatment to because the person must take the initiative to recognize the source of fear and take necessary steps to overcome it.Recognizing the category in which your fears fit into will help you know how to deal with it.

External FearAmong the types of fear, this one is the easiest to diagnose and manage.It is similar to phobias wherein an outside source elicit a degree of internal fear or any manageable level of anxiety. For example, fear of spiders or fear of heights are among the most common phobias that several people share.

A feeling of fear, anxiety or discomfort is experienced by the person with that particular fear when the situation confronts them with those triggers. Since the source of fear is easier to identify, then one can easily look for alternative ways in which to confront that trigger and overcome fear.

Since external fears are often caused by negative experiences in the past involving those external sources of fears, you can adapt some techniques that will help you understand the reality of the...

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Sep 17, 2020

Orgasm - Do You Get Yours Regularly?

Orgasm: This is a sad fact that, in these modern times, somewhere between 10% and 20% of adult women have never experienced an orgasm, and as many as 50% of women don’t orgasm during sex.

Sexual and sensual education have advanced to where we now understand much more about the female orgasm, such as the fact that women have two completely different places they can stimulate in order to bring themselves to full satisfaction.

Since the vibrator was specifically created to allow women to experience orgasms, it remains the best tool for women to discover what they enjoy, and what stimulates them in the best way to achieve the ultimate O.

The first step, of course, is acquiring a vibrator.

Most “adult stores” are pretty tacky and uncomfortable for women to shop in, which is why the internet is such a popular medium for adult toy shopping.Look at the pictures, read about the materials, and choose something you find attractive and that looks fun.

This is the first step on a wonderful journey, so enjoy it! To allow the best experience with your vibrator, give yourself some time with it.

Before you even switch it on, get relaxed and turned on. Take a long bubble bath, read an erotic story, get yourself in the mood...

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Sep 17, 2020

Equestrian - Tips And Guide On How To Buy The Proper Boots

Why do you think it's crucial to consider the proper tips in purchasing the equestrian boots to be used with or without any horseback riding competition? Do you think you can get on with a long ride without the proper equestrian boots? We discuss the necessity of choosing the appropriate equestrian apparel such as the boots for someone like you whose passion is all about horse-related stuff.

What are equestrian boots? Equestrian boots are likewise termed as horseback riding boots. They are the footwear that you are required to use whenever you are going for a ride with your horse. The definition itself practically sounds too simple but of course there is a special reason as to why you must wear these.

The general idea is that these boots are capable of keeping you safe and comfortable even as you take heavy and rugged terrains. You must understand that your horseback riding adventures are sure to engage several other difficulties and challenges, much more, accidents. If you are not wearing the proper footwear, then you just can't imagine what may happen to you should untoward incidents arise.

What are the different equestrian boots? Did you know that there are several types and styles of equestrian boots? Surely, there are. They are like clothes which have various categories depending on what trend is hot and in for everyone. The same goes with these boots. Historically speaking, the equestrian boots were supposedly made out of higher heels which were geared towards the prevention of foot slipping. Now, today's...

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Sep 17, 2020

Edinburgh City Guide And Hotels

Edinburgh is one of the most famous cities in the world.It is the fastest growing place on the planet and there are a lot of reasons as to why this festival city is one of the most sought-after places for tourists to visit.

The city is abuzz with activities the whole year round, be it the fireworks and stranger-hugging frenzy of the world famous New Year “Hogmanay” street party or the spell of arts shows that appear with delightful pomp during the “Edinburgh Festival” in August.

This bohemian city is also home to one of Europe’s most dynamic and successful financial centers.For the last decade or so, Edinburgh has achieved with resounding success the status as one of the leading centers in the world for finance, education and business.

It is second only to London as the most important financial center in Britain.Edinburgh has four universities. The oldest, the University of Edinburgh, was established in 1583. The city of Edinburgh epitomises a land that appreciates culture, history, heritage, beauty and, of course, life.

Tourists love to flock to the city in the summer for the period between July and September. They would simply refuse to leave Edinburgh during the world famous Edinburgh International Festival, when the city is showered with exciting cultural activity.

Places of interest:

Edinburgh castle:

Every tourist worth his or her salt would essentially visit the famous Edinburgh castle, which is easily the most famous tourist attraction in the city. It was built on the core of an extinct volcano. Edinburgh Castle presently houses the Stone of Destiny, Mons Meg (massive 15th-century cannon) Scottish Crown Jewels, and the army headquarters of the Scottish Division...

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Sep 17, 2020

Harvard Professor Indicted For Lying To Feds About Ties To Wuhan University in China

The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.

Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements and will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a later date. Lieber was arrested on Jan. 28, 2020, and charged by criminal complaint.

According to charging documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, specializing in the area of nanoscience. Lieber’s research at the Lieber Research Group has been funded by more than $15 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). Among other things, these grants required the disclosure of all sources of research support, potential financial conflicts of interest and all foreign collaboration.

It is alleged that, unbeknownst to Harvard University, beginning in 2011, Lieber became a “Strategic Scientist” at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China. He later became contractual participant in China’s Thousand Talents Plan from at least 2012 through 2015. China’s Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese talent recruitment plans designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China’s scientific development, economic prosperity and national security.

According to court documents, these talent recruitment plans seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China, and they often reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber’s three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT allegedly paid Lieber a salary of up to $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1 million Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT. In return, Lieber was obligated to work for WUT “not less than nine months a year” by “declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference[s], applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of [WUT].”

It is alleged that in 2018 and 2019, Lieber lied to federal authorities about his involvement in the Thousand Talents Plan and his affiliation with WUT. On or about April 24, 2018, during an interview with federal investigators, it is alleged that Lieber falsely stated that he was never asked to participate in the Thousand Talents Program, but that he “wasn’t sure” how China categorized him...

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Sep 17, 2020

Ad Banner - Advertising Banner

Ad banner.Also known as banner ad,online ad,standard ad size. Simply an online advertisement on a Web page,it usually links to another Website,buffer page,or landing page. Traditionally,ad banners have been the most conventional unit of advertising on the internet, and can cost anywhere from FREE to $5,000 to more than $100,000 per month, obviously depending on the amount of traffic and page views the Website receives, or the CPC or CPA the advertisement receives. It is referred to as an ad banner for the reason that, it is in the shape of a banner, commonly placed at the top or base of a Web page.

The terminology "ad banner" loosely refers to any form of web ad, as well as little rectangular boxes known as buttons and large vertical boxes known as skyscrapers. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page,and it's main aim is to simply attract traffic to a website. This is achieved by linking to the website of the advertiser.

The advertisement is constructed from an image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), JavaScript program or multimedia object employing technologies such as Java, Shockwave or Flash, often employing animation, sound, or video to maximize effect. It is quite normal to find images in a high-aspect ratio shape (meaning either short and wide, or tall and narrow)and that is where the reference to banners comes in. These images are usually placed on web pages that have interesting content, such as a newspaper article or an opinion piece.

Affiliates earn money usually on a CPC (cost per click) basis, for every unique user click on the ad, the affiliate earns money. The size of a typical web banner 468×60 pixels. The web banner is displayed when a web page that references the banner is loaded into a web browser. This event is known as an "impression"...

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Sep 17, 2020

Sales - How Well Do Your Customers Know YOU?

Sales:Know your customer, know your customer, know your customer. Three very important rules of business. But let me ask you this: How well do your customers know YOU? Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, asked himself this significant question several decades ago. His answer: employee name tags.

So, he rolled out an initiative that required all of his employees to wear badges, the purpose of which was to “help the customers get to know the people they bought from.” But helping customers “get to know you” isn’t just about names, it’s about information. In other words, it’s about self- disclosure, which is the process of revealing your personal information to another. This process starts with a small piece of information, i.e., your name.

Then, as the relationship develops, it progresses into more intimate territory with the sharing of opinions, preferences and experiences. What’s more, because of its reciprocal nature, self-disclosure has incredible power. It creates comfort, establishes affinity, helps discover the CPI (Common Point of Interest) and builds trust between you and your customers. A very popular furniture store in London run by a family took this to a new level...

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Sep 17, 2020

Healthy Eating - Nutrients You Need

Healthy eating requires you to eat a number of nutrients every day. In fact, there are 40 different nutrients you need to ingest in order to keep your body healthy. That’s a lot of nutrients you need to know about! Luckily, you can break down all of these nutrients into smaller categories in order to keep them organized in your mind and make sure you get all of the foods you need.

First and foremost, everyone needs water in order to live a healthy life. Without water, we become dehydrated, and eventually die. You lose water when you sweat and through daily bodily functions, so water must be replenished. Drinking about 8 glasses a day is recommended.

Of course, water is found in food as well as in drinks, so you can get your 8 glasses by eating foods like watermelon. Of course, we need much more than water every day to survive. Another group of nutrients we can’t do without is proteins. Proteins are found in foods such as meat, eggs, and soy products.

They provide the amino acids needed to build muscle tissue as well as help make some of the hormones in our bodies. Red blood cells and hair is also made from protein. Along with proteins, a body also needs adequate amounts of fats and carbohydrates in order for us to have enough energy during the day. Fats are primarily used for energy during intense activity, like exercising, while carbohydrates are primarily used for energy during less intense activities, like standing, sitting, and other movements...

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Sep 17, 2020

Positive Affirmations - The Power Of Affirmations

Positive affirmations are spoken statements that are of a positive nature. In the popular sense of the term they are spoken commands made purposefully in order to change some aspect of our life.

In order to fully understand how affirmations work and the science behind their use we must first look at the way our minds work! When we are born our brains are like empty computers waiting to be fed information.

As we grow our peers act as our programmers, they supply us with the knowledge which we channel through the conscious mind into the subconscious (our hard drive).

The subconscious mind is the biggest hard drive ever developed - it stores everything we come in contact with and by no means is all of this information of a positive nature.

All that we have heard, touched, smelt, tasted and seen are stored in the recesses of our minds. The subconscious mind holds on to this information until we need to recall it.

For example when you were young your curiosity lead you to investigate your surroundings.

When you approached a substance that was dangerous,such as fire, your parents or guardians would most likely have rebuked or scolded you if you ventured too near the flame. Perhaps you may even recall an incident when you were physically burned.

Your subconscious mind then began to relate scolding (or pain) with the intense heat of the fire and would therefore feed the feelings of the scolding incident back to you whenever you got too close to fire again, thus acting as an early warning system...

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Sep 17, 2020

What Is Ecommerce - A Guide To Receiving Online Payments

What is ecommerce: The internet has grown to become an integral part of our everyday lives. It has penetrated so deeply into our daily living that people now turn towards the World Wide Web for buying clothes, books, electronic equipment, food etc. For an online retailer, it becomes imperative to find ways and means to make an online transaction as easy and painless as possible.

Since most people prefer to use their credit cards while shopping, webmasters need to integrate this service into their online shopping sites. An answer to your online payment needs can be a payment processing company. The majority of online shopping sites enter into a business alliance with payment processing companies. However, you should diligently comb the market for the best deal before you sign up with a service.

Make sure that they are not overcharging you. Also, check out their reputation in the market – are they known for their fair minded financial and business transactions? This kind of a company operates through two types of services – one id intended for companies with merchant accounts with their banks and the other for companies who do not possess this kind of a bank account.The first kind of service is generally used by fairly large financial institutions and organizations dealing in independent sales. The advantage of having a merchant account is that you can receive payments within a few days of the transaction...

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Sep 17, 2020

Coronavirus:As Amazon Rises, So Does the Opposition

Stacy Mitchell knew that taking on a trillion-dollar company would be a lopsided fight. But the pandemic has not only made Amazon more essential. It has also made it vulnerable.

PORTLAND, Maine — A million years ago, Stacy Mitchell was in her office, talking about why Amazon is bad for America.

“If you relentlessly squeeze workers and suppliers, if you undermine every community’s local businesses, if you capture all of this surplus under the guise of efficiency and channel those gains to a small number of people, you end up with a system that is very vulnerable,” said Ms. Mitchell, an antitrust reformer and monopoly critic. “That is what we’ve been doing, systematically and as a matter of public policy.”

That was early March. Within days, much of the United States and Europe would enter lockdown. Unemployment soared, the health care system faltered and the economy collapsed. Shipping food, supplies and entertainment, Amazon became the pipeline — and sometimes the lifeline — for millions of housebound families. It was deemed essential.

The retailer immediately moved to deepen its dominance, hiring 100,000 new workers. Its stock market valuation jumped by hundreds of billions of dollars, while other retailers cratered. Wall Street analysts agreed: Amazon would own the future.

In the grim present, however, Amazon workers were suddenly visible in a way they had never been before. Warehouse employees raised urgent questions about how safe they were from the coronavirus. Wildcat strikes were staged at several warehouses. While the number of workers involved was small, it was still the largest labor revolt in Amazon’s history.

“Amazon has never been more powerful, but the consequences of its power have never been more visible,” Ms. Mitchell said on Thursday. “It’s laid bare.”

As much as anyone, she gets the credit for that.

Ms. Mitchell is 47, a historian by training, low-key by inclination. She is officially the co-director of a small nonprofit, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which has been working since the early 1970s to defend communities against concentrated economic power. But her real role is the strategist of the demise of Amazon as we know it.

In 2016, she published a 79-page report, written with Olivia LaVecchia, called “Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip Is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities.” A few months later, the law student Lina Khan published “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” in the Yale Law Journal. Together, the two works provided a road map for a new, more critical approach to the e-commerce colossus.

“I’m not trying to take away anyone’s diaper delivery,” Ms. Mitchell said. “But no corporation is above the law.”...

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Sep 16, 2020

Colon Cancer - Prevention And Symptoms #Health #FrizeMedia

The colon is one of the most crucial organs in the body.The intended function is to return water and nutrients into our bodies and help us eliminate waste.

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Sep 16, 2020

#BathroomRemodeling - Choosing Your New Sink #lifestyle #FrizeMedia

Although the bathroom is one of the most used rooms in a home,it is often the one that receives the least amount of attention.Some tips to get you started.

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Sep 16, 2020

Power Of Attorney - Abuses And Buyer Beware #law #FrizeMedia

Power of attorney is one of the most common estate planning document prepared.Unfortunately,it is one of the most abused.Learn what steps can be taken to stop the potential abuse.

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Sep 16, 2020

Business - Forms Of Organizations

There are numerous kinds of organizations that can be separated into two major divisions: organizations existing to create profits (profit organizations. Includes business entities) and organizations that exist primarily for another purpose (non-profit organizations. E.g: charity organizations).

3 Types of Business Entities and their common characteristics:

1. Sole Proprietorships.

Sole proprietorships are business that are owned and operated by one person: the sole proprietor. The owner and the business, is then the same. For tax purposes, a sole proprietorship is not a taxable entity, and any profits earned by the business are taxed on the return of the individual.The proprietor must develop an accounting system that distinguishes between his/her personal affairs and that of the business.

2. Partnerships.

Partnerships are businesses that are owned by two or more individuals. For small partnerships, the agreement is often an oral agreement between the partners but it is highly recommended that the agreement be formalized as is done in bigger partnerships like public accounting firms and most law firms.In partnering up with individuals, it is important to outline the division of profits and expenses, as well as the expected responsibilities of the partners in a written agreement...

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Sep 16, 2020

Self Improvement - Free Personal Development Guide

Self improvement and success go hand in hand Is it possible to know if a person is willing to attain self improvement? This is a question with no definitive answer. It will all depend on the individual. A lot of people have goals, dreams or ambitions but do not know how to go about achieving them. They may have thought about what would make up self improvement and their ideal life, but have no indication how to even start to make the plans and take the actions essential to make them a reality. A number of people have a vague idea on how to go about self improvement.

These are the ones that believe that if only they had a better job, or had been given better opportunities, or met the love of their life, or whatever else, everything would be fine and they would be very happy. They feel that their happiness or lack of it, is defined by external factors, and their thoughts and actions are of little consequence. Some believe that if only they had a lot more money, they could have whatever they want and be on their way to self improvement.

They may have spent little time thinking about what they in fact want from life, and do not really believe there is something they can do to create their fuzzy version of utopia anyway, apart from buying more lottery tickets. Other people do not even know what they really want from their lives and may even have little idea what would really make them happy. They seem to just drift from day to day, week to week, month to month, and year to year, and do little more than just about get by. They may have seemingly secure jobs and be earning enough to live relatively comfortable lives. They seem blissful enough and have no great ambition to accomplish anything more from their lives than they currently have.

Is self improvement important? The reality is that throughout our lives, we are all constantly growing and developing. Circumstances make us grow and develop, even if we do not make the conscious decision to do so. Up to a certain age, we learn through formal education and we continue to learn through our experiences for the rest of our lives. We have to learn and grow to deal with everything that life throws at us.We all have to go through self improvement. Modern life moves at a dramatically faster pace than at anytime in history...

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Sep 16, 2020

Dating Tips For Guys - Your Attitude Counts When Courting

Dating tips for guys: When it comes to seducing a woman, attitude plays a very big role in how successful, or unsuccessful you are. If you have a positive attitude you’re more likely to attract women more easily than a guy with a negative attitude. Being positive and upbeat shows in nearly everything you do, as does being negative and glum. Women are much more likely to choose the positive, upbeat guys. First, a positive attitude reflects confidence and self-respect.

As we already discussed, confidence and self-respect are vital. A positive attitude also directly affects how other people feel when they’re around you. For example, have you ever had a friend or co-worker who was always down or pessimistic? If you have, did you notice that after a while his or her mood started making you feel down or uncomfortable or irritable? Chances are it’s happened to all of us.

So remember, if for no other reason than to not be a dark cloud hanging over everyone’s head, try your best to be positive and have a good attitude. But it goes much further than that. When you’re trying to make your best impression on a woman, being negative will not work. You have to feel good before you can make anyone else feel good. You have to radiate the same kinds of feelings you want to receive.

If you’re not giving off those positive vibes we’ll pick up on it and most likely steer clear of you. The bottom line: women like to find a man who’s stable. Part of what women judge stability on is your work. No, this doesn’t mean you need to be a rocket scientist. It simply means that if you’re changing jobs every couple of months, or getting let go for poor attitude or poor performance, which is directly affected by your attitude, then we’re going to think twice before we get involved with you. Remember, women are looking for a partner; a 50 – 50 relationship...

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Sep 16, 2020

Kellyanne Conway Resigns As Senior White House Adviser

Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as Senior Counsel to US President Donald Trump.

In a statement, Mrs Conway said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them "less drama, more mama".Her husband George, an outspoken critic of the president, will also be stepping back from political activism.

She added that her decision was "completely my choice," and that she would announce future plans "in time".Mrs Conway is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention later this week, but it is unclear if she will still do so in light of her decision to step down.

A Republican strategist and veteran pollster, she has served for four years, making her the highest-ranking woman in the White House. She is also the first woman to lead a successful US presidential campaign, spearheading Mr Trump's successful effort in 2016.As Senior Counsellor at the White House, Mrs Conway acted as political advisor to President Trump and maintained a highly-influential position in the administration.

In contrast, her husband George is a co-founder of The Lincoln Project - a Republican political action committee working to prevent the re-election of President Trump in 2020. "The past four years have allowed me blessings beyond compare," she said in a statement. "[George and I] disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids," she added.

"Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months," continued Mrs Conway. "As millions of parents nationwide know, kids 'doing school from home' requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times."The announcement comes hours after one of Mrs Conway's daughters, Claudia, tweeted that her mother's job had "ruined [her] life" - a message that later went viral.

Mrs Conway is one of President Trump's most ardent supporters, but has long been a controversial figure. In a 2017 interview, Mrs Conway cited a non-existent "massacre" to defend the administration's immigration restrictions.

That same year, the US government's ethics advisory board said she should be investigated after she urged people, during a live interview, to buy clothing developed by the president's daughter Ivanka. More recently, the government's oversight agency advised last year that she should be fired for...

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Sep 15, 2020

Building Self Esteem - How To Build Up Confidence In Your Child

Its one of those things that all parents want to provide for their children is raise a self-confident child.

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