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Okay, April Fool's 2013 Is Happening
PFT: Collin Klein thinks his draft stock's rising
Getty ImagesCollin Klein, the Kansas State quarterback who was a star in a spread-option offense in college but whose abilities as a passer leave much to be desired in the eyes of NFL scouts, remains committed to playing quarterback at the next level. And he thinks NFL teams are starting to come around to the idea that he can do it.
Klein told the Topeka Capital-Journal that he believes he has impressed scouts at the Combine and at Kansas State?s Pro Day.
?I felt like I had two good days,? Klein said. ?I made progress and really improved, before the Combine first and then in the time between the Combine and Pro Day we made some strides, too. We?re moving in the right direction. It?s different not being in school, but it gives me a little extra time to focus and work on little things here and there. It?s a pretty all-inclusive process, but we?re enjoying it. I just love the game. We?re getting better and having fun with it.?
Klein said his workouts with former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer have helped get him ready to play the game at the next level.
?We did everything,? Klein said. ?We worked on footwork, core strength, flexibility with the shoulder . . . lots of different things. It was pretty all-inclusive and he taught me a lot. He gave great insight from him having been there [the NFL] and doing that for a very long time. I really appreciated his time and his effort working with me.?
Although Klein still believes he is going to get drafted, he acknowledged that it?s possible he?ll have to settle for being an undrafted free agent.
?I think we?ll definitely get a chance and it?s just being ready and making the most of it,? Klein said. ?We?ll see where the best fit is going to be. Teams are out there trying to figure out who?s the best fit for them, too. It will all settle out. If that doesn?t happen, we?ll try to get picked up as a free agent on some level. We?ll cross that bridge when we get there.?
So just a few months after the Heisman Trophy voters considered Klein the third-best player in college football, Klein is just hoping NFL teams consider him one of the 254 best players available in the draft.
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NKorea says it is in a 'state of war' with SKorea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.
Analysts say a full-scale conflict is extremely unlikely, noting that the Korean Peninsula has remained in a technical state of war for 60 years. But the North's continued threats toward Seoul and Washington, including a vow to launch a nuclear strike, have raised worries that a misjudgment between the sides could lead to a clash.
In Washington, the White House said Saturday that the United States is taking seriously the new threats by North Korea but also noted Pyongyang's history of "bellicose rhetoric."
North Korea's threats are seen as efforts to provoke the new government in Seoul, led by President Park Geun-hye, to change its policies toward Pyongyang, and to win diplomatic talks with Washington that could get it more aid. North Korea's moves are also seen as ways to build domestic unity as young leader Kim Jong Un strengthens his military credentials.
On Thursday, U.S. military officials revealed that two B-2 stealth bombers dropped dummy munitions on an uninhabited South Korean island as part of annual defense drills that Pyongyang sees as rehearsals for invasion. Hours later, Kim ordered his generals to put rockets on standby and threatened to strike American targets if provoked.
North Korea said in a statement Saturday that it would deal with South Korea according to "wartime regulations" and would retaliate against any provocations by the United States and South Korea without notice.
"Now that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have entered into an actual military action, the inter-Korean relations have naturally entered the state of war," said the statement, which was carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency, referring to the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Provocations "will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war," the statement said.
Hours after the statement, Pyongyang threatened to shut down the jointly run Kaesong industrial park, expressing anger over media reports suggesting the complex remained open because it was a source of hard currency for the impoverished North.
"If the puppet group seeks to tarnish the image of the DPRK even a bit, while speaking of the zone whose operation has been barely maintained, we will shut down the zone without mercy," an identified spokesman for the North's office controlling Kaesong said in comments carried by KCNA.
South Korea's Unification Ministry responded by calling the North Korean threat "unhelpful" to the countries' already frayed relations and vowed to ensure the safety of hundreds of South Korean managers who cross the border to their jobs in Kaesong. It did not elaborate.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the country's military remains mindful of the possibility that increasing North Korean drills near the border could lead to an actual provocation.
"The series of North Korean threats ? announcing all-out war, scrapping the cease-fire agreement and the non-aggression agreement between the South and the North, cutting the military hotline, entering into combat posture No. 1 and entering a 'state of war' ? are unacceptable and harm the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula," Kim said.
"We are maintaining full military readiness in order to protect our people's lives and security," he told reporters Saturday.
In Washington, Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council, noted the "reports of a new and unconstructive statement from North Korea."
"We take these threats seriously and remain in close contact with our South Korean allies," Hayden said. "But, we would also note that North Korea has a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats, and today's announcement follows that familiar pattern."
The White House has stressed the U.S. government's capability and willingness to defend itself and its allies and interests in the region, if necessary.
"We remain fully prepared and capable of defending and protecting the United States and our allies," Hayden said.
The two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. Naval skirmishes in the disputed waters off the Korean coast have led to bloody battles several times over the years.
But on the streets of Seoul on Saturday, South Koreans said they were not worried about an attack from North Korea.
"From other countries' point of view, it may seem like an extremely urgent situation," said Kang Tae-hwan, a private tutor. "But South Koreans don't seem to be that nervous because we've heard these threats from the North before."
The Kaesong industrial park, which is run with North Korean labor and South Korean know-how, has been operating normally, despite Pyongyang shutting down a communications channel typically used to coordinate travel by South Korean workers to and from the park just across the border in North Korea. The rivals are now coordinating the travel indirectly, through an office at Kaesong that has outside lines to South Korea.
North Korea has previously made such threats about Kaesong without acting on them, and recent weeks have seen a torrent of bellicose rhetoric from Pyongyang. North Korea is angry about the South Korea-U.S. military drills and new U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test last month.
Dozens of South Korean firms run factories in the border town of Kaesong. Using North Korea's cheap, efficient labor, the Kaesong complex produced $470 million worth of goods last year.
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Associated Press White House reporter Darlene Superville contributed to this report.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-says-state-war-skorea-014344604.html
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Pope makes Easter plea for Mideast peace
VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world, decrying the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass at an outdoor altar before more than 250,000 people in flower-bedecked St. Peter's Square.
Francis shared in his flock's exuberance as they celebrated Christianity's core belief that Jesus Christ rose from the dead following crucifixion. After Mass, he stepped aboard an open-topped white popemobile for a cheerful spin through the joyous crowd, kissing babies and patting children on the head.
One admirer of both the pope and of the pope's favorite soccer team, Argentina's Saints of San Lorenzo, insisted that Francis take a team jersey he was waving at the pontiff. A delighted Francis obliged, briefly holding up the shirt, and the crowd roared in approval.
Francis has repeatedly put concern for the poor and suffering at the center of his messages, and he pursued his promotion of the causes of peace and social justice in the Easter speech he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the same vantage point above the square where he was introduced to the world as the first Latin American pope on March 13.
The Roman Catholic leader aimed his Easter greetings at "every house and every family, especially where the suffering is greatest, in hospitals, in prisons." Francis prayed that Jesus would inspire people to "change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace."
As popes before him have, he urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks and end a conflict that "has lasted all too long." And, in reflecting on the two-year-old Syrian crisis, Francis asked, "How much suffering must there still be before a political solution" can be found?
The pope also expressed desire for a "spirit of reconciliation" on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea says it has entered "a state of war" with South Korea. He also decried warfare and terrorism in Africa, as well as what he called the 21st century's most extensive form of slavery: human trafficking.
The first pontiff to come from the Jesuits, an order with special concern for the poor, and the first pope to name himself after St. Francis, a medieval figure who renounced wealth to preach to the down-and-out, Francis lamented that the world is "still divided by greed looking for easy gain.
Earlier, wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis celebrated Mass on the esplanade in front of the basilica at an altar set up under a white canopy. He frequently bowed his head as if in silent reflection.
The sun competed with clouds in the sky Sunday, but the square was a riot of floral color in Rome, where chilly winter has postponed the blossoming of many flowers. Yellow forsythia and white lilies shone, along with bursts of lavender and pink, from potted azalea, rhododendron, wisteria and other plants.
Francis thanked florists from the Netherlands for donating the flowers. He also advised people to let love transform their lives, or as he put it, "let those desert places in our hearts bloom."
The Vatican had prepared a list of brief, Easter greetings in 65 languages, but Francis didn't read them. The Vatican didn't say why not, but has said that the new pope, at least for now, feels at ease using Italian, the everyday language of the Holy See. Francis also has stressed his role as a pastor to his flock, and, as Bishop of Rome, Italian would be his language.
The pontiff improvised his parting words to the crowd. He repeated his Easter greeting to those "who have come from all over the world to this square at the heart of Christianity" as well as to those "linked by modern technology," a reference to TV and radio coverage as well as social media.
Francis added that he was especially remembering "the weakest and the neediest" and praying that all of humanity be guided along "the paths of justice, love and peace."
In another departure from Easter tradition, Francis won't be heading for some post-holiday relaxation at the Vatican's summer palace in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills southeast of Rome. That retreat is already occupied by his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who went there in the last hours of his papacy on Feb. 28. Benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign from the position, and eventually is to move back to the Vatican, after a convent there is readied for him.
Francis so far has declined to move into Benedict's former apartment in the Apostolic Palace, into the rooms whose studio overlooks St. Peter's Square. He is still in the Vatican hotel where earlier this month he was staying along with other cardinals participating in the secret conclave to choose Benedict's successor.
While Francis has just begun to make his mark on the church, it is plain he has little desire to embrace much of the pomp customarily associated with the office.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-makes-easter-pleas-mideast-peace-101523086.html
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Obama attends Syracuse-Marquette basketball game
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama attended one of the weekend's big college basketball games after playing a round of golf Saturday.
Obama's motorcade took him directly from a golf course at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland to Washington's Verizon Center to watch Syracuse and Marquette play for a berth in the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament. He left shortly before the end of the game, which Syracuse won 55-39.
With less than 11 minutes remaining in the first half of the East Regional final, Obama appeared on the Jumbotron suspended above the Verizon Center court. He sat with Reggie Love, his former personal aide at the White House and a member of the Duke team that won the NCAA championship in 2001. At least one other friend, Marty Nesbitt, also sat with the president. Also joining Obama was NCAA President Mark Emmert.
The audience responded with loud applause when Obama was shown on the huge screen, and he smiled and waved.
In the men's tournament, Obama picked Indiana and Louisville to meet in the championship game in Atlanta, with Indiana claiming the title. But it's not meant to be ? Indiana was defeated by Syracuse. Louisville is scheduled to play Duke on Sunday in Indianapolis.
Obama said earlier this week that "my women's (NCAA tournament) bracket is doing much better than my men's bracket."
Earlier Saturday, Obama played golf for the first time since automatic spending cuts known as the sequester went into effect on March 1.
Some conservatives have called on Obama to give up golf since popular public tours of the White House have been canceled because of the budget cuts. The White House has said the tours were canceled to keep Secret Service agents from being furloughed because of the spending reductions.
Obama played golf with Nesbitt and two White House aides.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-attends-syracuse-marquette-basketball-game-214139628--politics.html
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Attention Filmmakers: LA Collaboration Challenge Returns - Hit ...
Who wouldn?t want to make a short film in two weeks with strangers? The Los Angeles Collaboration Film Challenge is back for a second year. Former Reason TV intern Mark Wagner is an organizer and passed along an invitation for all interested in participating:
The CFC is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit film festival in Los Angeles. Get paired with other filmmakers and make two movies in two weeks. Are you a writer in search of a cameraman? An editor looking for a director? Worry not wallflowers, we?ll make the connection for you!
Who is this challenge for? It?s for anyone! Industry pros, student filmmakers, amateur enthusiasts?all are welcome. The beauty of this experience is that you?ll be working alongside many other people with a similar passion for filmmaking, and?anyone can win.
On May 4th, we screen the best entries in front of a packed house of industry members? and our esteemed judges, including Kurt Loder, Matthew Lillard, and Slamdance president Peter Baxter? and hand out over $10,000 in cash and prizes.?Check out our site?for more info and official rules. Space is limited, so?enter today!
What makes the CFC a unique experience is that it goes beyond competition. As the name suggests, this challenge is about bringing filmmakers together to transform one person?s vision into a masterpiece through powerful creative partnerships.
The deadline to register as a participant is April 8.
Source: http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/30/attention-filmmakers-la-collaboration-ch
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Wuerth elected to membership in American Law Institute | News ...
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Ingrid Wuerth (Courtesy of Vanderbilt Law School)
Ingrid Wuerth, professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI), an independent non-profit organization made up of lawyers, judges and law professors.
Wuerth was one of 40 new members whose ALI membership was announced in March 2013. ALI members draft and publish influential Restatements of the Law, model statutes and other scholarly work aimed at clarifying, modernizing and otherwise improving the law. ALI has long been influential internationally and, in recent years, more of its work has become international in scope. Wuerth has already been named as a Reporter for the Fourth Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of United States, a project launched by the ALI in 2012.
Wuerth directs Vanderbilt?s International Legal Studies Program and she is a leading scholar of foreign relations and international law. Her broad intellectual interests also include the German Constitution, comparative constitutional law and methodology.
She has been recently named as a Fulbright Senior Scholar and a German Academic Exchange Council Fellow, permitting her to work extensively in Berlin, Germany. Wuerth also serves as a member of the Secretary of State?s Advisory Committee on Public International Law and has held a variety of leadership positions within the American Society of International Law.
?The work of the ALI requires the most accomplished and respected lawyers, judges and scholars and we are always looking for the intellectual leaders in every area of law,? said ALI President Roberta Cooper Ramo in a March 26 ALI press release. ?The work we do simply would not be possible without members who generously give of their time because of the importance of our projects. I am confident this new group will make tremendous contributions to ALI?s work for years to come.?
Contact: Grace Renshaw, 615-322-4594
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Source: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/03/wuerth-elected-to-membership-in-american-law-institute/
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Obama: Easter, Passover a time to pray, reflect
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is wishing a joyful Easter to those who celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the Easter and Passover holidays give millions of Christians, Jews and people of other faiths a chance to slow down and recommit themselves to loving their neighbors and seeing everyone as a child of God.
Jews celebrated Passover at sundown on Monday. Easter is Sunday.
In the Republican address, Rep. Terry Lee of Nebraska called for approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to bring oil from Canada's tar sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. Lee says the project would help create tens of thousands of jobs.
The Obama administration is considering whether to approve the project, which would run through Lee's home state.
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Online:
Obama's address: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Republican address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-easter-passover-time-pray-reflect-100047714--politics.html
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Restaurant Performance Index Fell Below 100 in February as Sales ...
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Restaurant operators remain generally optimistic about sales growth and the economy in the months ahead
Washington, DC? (RestaurantNews.com)? Due in large part to softer same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association?s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) slipped below 100 in February. The RPI ? a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry ? stood at 99.9 in February, down 0.8 percent from January?s five-month high. February represented the fourth time in the last five months that the RPI stood below 100, which signifies contraction in the index of key industry indicators.
?The Restaurant Performance Index decline was due largely to softer sales and traffic results, which fell in February amid higher gas prices and the impact of the payroll tax hike,? said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the Research and Knowledge Group for the Association. ?In addition, sales and traffic comparisons were more difficult due to the extra day in February 2012 as a result of Leap Year.?
?Despite the sales and traffic declines in February, restaurant operators remain generally optimistic about business conditions in the months ahead, which suggests they feel the setbacks will be temporary,? Riehle added.
The RPI is constructed so that the health of the restaurant industry is measured in relation to a steady-state level of 100. Index values above 100 indicate that key industry indicators are in a period of expansion, while index values below 100 represent a period of contraction for key industry indicators. The Index consists of two components ? the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index.
The Current Situation Index, which measures current trends in four industry indicators (same-store sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures), stood at 98.3 in February ? down 1.4 percent from January?s level. In addition, the Current Situation Index stood below 100 for the 6th consecutive month, which signifies contraction in the current situation indicators.
With sales comparisons more difficult in February due to Leap Year in 2012, restaurant operators reported a same-store sales decline for the first time in 21 months. Thirty-three percent of restaurant operators reported a same-store sales gain between February 2012 and February 2013, while 48 percent of operators reported lower sales. In January, 44 percent of operators reported higher same-store sales, while 37 percent reported a sales decline.
Restaurant operators also reported a decline in customer traffic levels in February. Twenty-four percent of restaurant operators reported higher customer traffic levels between February 2012 and February 2013, while 53 percent of operators said their traffic declined. In January, 33 percent of operators reported an increase in customer traffic, while 40 percent reported lower traffic levels.
Capital spending activity also dipped along with the sales and traffic results. Forty-eight percent of operators said they made a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion or remodeling during the last three months, down from 52 percent who reported similarly last month.
The Expectations Index, which measures restaurant operators? six-month outlook for four industry indicators (same-store sales, employees, capital expenditures and business conditions), stood at 101.4 in February ? down slightly from January?s level of 101.6. Each of the four expectations indicators stood above 100 for the second consecutive month, which suggests restaurant operators remain generally optimistic about business conditions in the months ahead.
Although restaurant operators? outlook for sales growth remains positive, their expectations are slightly less bullish compared to last month. Forty-one percent of restaurant operators expect to have higher sales in six months (compared to the same period in the previous year), down from 46 percent last month. Meanwhile, 14 percent of restaurant operators expect their sales volume in six months to be lower than it was during the same period in the previous year, compared to 17 percent last month.
Although restaurant operators have a net positive outlook for the overall economy for the second consecutive month, their confidence is tenuous. Twenty-five percent of restaurant operators said they expect economic conditions to improve in six months, down from 30 percent who reported similarly last month. Meanwhile, 20 percent of operators said they expect economic conditions to worsen in the next six months, unchanged from last month.
Restaurant operators continue to make plans for capital spending in the months ahead. Fifty-seven percent of restaurant operators plan to make a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion or remodeling in the next six months, down slightly from 59 percent who reported similarly last month.
The RPI is based on the responses to the National Restaurant Association?s Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures. The full report is available online at Restaurant.org/RPI.
The RPI is released on the last business day of each month, and a more detailed data and analysis can be found on Restaurant TrendMapper, the Association?s subscription-based web site that provides detailed analysis of restaurant industry trends.
Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises 980,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of more than 13 million employees. We represent the industry in Washington, D.C., and advocate on its behalf. We operate the industry?s largest trade show (NRA Show May 18-21, 2013, in Chicago); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF?s ProStart, including the National ProStart Invitational April 19-21, 2013, in Baltimore, Md.); as well as the Kids LiveWell program promoting healthful kids? menu options. For more information, visit www.restaurant.org and find us on Twitter @WeRRestaurants, Facebook and YouTube.
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Metro Appliances & More Announces Staff Promotions and Welcomes New Staff Members
Metro Appliances & More congratulates several staff members on their recent promotions and welcomes two new people to the corporate team. They are also pleased to announce the opening of an additional store, Metro Outdoor Living, in Tulsa, Okla., which is an addition to the 10 existing stores across Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Tennessee.
Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) March 29, 2013
Corporate Promotions
Doug Howell, of Springfield, Mo., and Todd Krauser, of Little Rock, Ark., were promoted to sole board trustees of Metro Appliances & More, equally sharing decisions related to the business of Metro Appliances & More. Scott Tucker of Oklahoma City, Okla., was promoted to vice president of the board and Dennis Boroto, of Little Rock, Ark., was promoted to corporate communications director.
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????Doug Howell of Springfield, Mo., has worked for Metro Appliances & More for 26 years. He started his career in the appliance business when he was 13 years old, working in delivery for his father?s appliance store. Originally hired for outside sales and development of new markets in Missouri, he opened the Joplin store in 1989, and then the Springfield store in 1995. In 1998, Howell moved the Springfield store to its current location (3252 N. Glenstone Ave.), with a 20,000 square foot showroom and a 50,000 square foot warehouse.
- ????Todd Krauser of Little Rock Ark., grew up in the appliance industry. His father was a regional manager for General Electric. Krauser has worked for Metro Appliances & More for 23 years. In 1990 Krauser began working for Metro Appliances & More, in the office and in the warehouse. Later, he moved into the apartment sales division and then into builder sales. He was the opening manager of the Springfield, Mo., location, and then moved back to Little Rock to manage that store in 1995.
- ????Scott Tucker of Oklahoma City, Okla., began his career with Metro Appliances & More in 1989 as a delivery driver and has worked his way up through the company in sales and then management. Tucker oversees the operations of the Oklahoma City and Edmond, Okla., stores.
- ????Dennis Boroto, from Little Rock Ark., has been promoted to the newly created position of corporate communications director. Boroto will oversee all aspects of communications for the corporation. Boroto joined Metro Appliances & More at the Little Rock location in March 1997 as a delivery driver. He was promoted through the ranks of inside sales, outside sales, sales management, service management and, most recently, operations manager of the Little Rock location.
Corporate New Hires
Mark Howell and Steve T. Click recently joined the corporate staff of Metro Appliances & More located in Tulsa, Okla., working together to keep the company running efficiently and effectively.
- ????Mark Howell has joined the Metro Appliances & More team as corporate operations
manager. In this newly created position, Howell is responsible for the daily operations of the corporation along with the timely reporting to the board of directors. Howell retired from the United States Army in 2012 after 31 years of service, along with 67 months serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. He brings many years of organizational experience gained at the highest levels of the Department of Defense.
- ????Steve T. Click joined Metro Appliances & More as the corporate controller. In this newly created role, Steve is responsible for the integrity of their financial reporting, developing and enforcing Metro Appliance & More?s financial policies, and ensuring the overall fiscal oversight of the company. Click brings 20 years of finance and accounting experience into this position, joining Metro Appliances & More after serving Emerson Corporation as the plant controller for Emerson Climate Technologies? largest machining facility in Ava, Mo. Click is a native of Shawnee, Okla., and graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1993 with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting.
Store Promotions
Several store locations experienced management promotions:
- ????Little Rock?Eddie Craven joined Metro Appliances & More in 2003, at the Little Rock store, and worked there until being promoted to Opening Manager of a new location in Jonesboro, Ark., three years ago. He recently moved back to Little Rock?s larger store and is currently managing that location.
- ????Jonesboro?James Kita was promoted to General Manager of the Jonesboro store, moving to Jonesboro from Little Rock. James started with Metro Appliances & More in 1991 as a warehouse/delivery driver. In 1994 he moved to Springfield to work in sales, warehouse and delivery. Then he returned to Little Rock in 2000 to work in inside sales. In 2008 Kita was promoted to sales manager, overseeing the sales floor and sales team.
- ????Springfield?Christy Williams has been promoted to general manager. Williams began working for Metro Appliances & More in 1998 as an appliance sales specialist. After seven years in sales, she was promoted to floor manager, inventory manager and, most recently, to project coordinator.
- ????Wichita?Jon Anderson was promoted to general manager. Jon began with Metro Appliances & More in April of 2001 in the Springdale, Ark., store. He moved to the Joplin, Mo., store in 2003 as General Manager.
- ????Joplin?Al Johnson was promoted to general manager. He began his career in Southern California working in the management-training program for May Company. He moved to Joplin, Mo., as store manager and later became director of stores. He then worked for Maurice?s for 20 years supervising more than 200 stores and opening over 50 stores per year. Johnson most recently was national sales manager for Stronghold Data before being recruited to work for Metro Appliances & More.
- ????Oklahoma City?Josh Beale was promoted to general manager of Metro Appliance & More?s Oklahoma City location. Beale received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Central Oklahoma and his Masters of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. Before arriving at Metro Appliances & More in 2006 Beale worked for the Oklahoma State Senate, General Motors, and Bankruptcy Legal Counseling Center. While at Metro Appliances & More, Beale has worked in appliance sales and as a sales manager.
- ????Tulsa ? Ann Howell was promoted to General Manager of the Tulsa location. Howell began her career in the appliance industry with Maytag as a territory representative. She joined the Metro Appliances & More team in August 1995 and worked in sales, sales management, inventory control and purchasing. Howell has Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing from the University of Iowa.
?Metro Appliances & More continues to be a growing, thriving company across the Midwest. We uniquely empowers every employee with opportunities to be promoted through our ranks,? said Judy Bilyeu, Corporate Marketing Director for Metro Appliances & More. ?As an employee-owned company, each team member understands the work and dedication they put forth every day makes a difference to the bottom line as well as to our continued growth.?
Store Addition
- ????Tulsa?In addition to the 10 appliance stores in five states, Metro Appliances & More recently opened its first new concept store in Tulsa, Okla.,: Metro Outdoor Living. The store features outdoor appliances, outdoor furniture, an array of BBQ grills and accessories, along with outdoor kitchen design services provided by store manager, Mark McCoy, a certified kitchen designer.
Employee-owned Metro Appliances & More was originally formed as Metro Builders Supply in 1974 by Nick Stavros of Tulsa, Okla. Stavros began the company selling appliances out of his garage to builders. His vision continues as Metro Appliances & More is now recognized as the largest appliance dealership of its kind in the nation. The company will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2014. For more information visit our websites MetroAppliancesAndMore.com or MetroOutdoorLiving.com.
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Metro Appliances & More
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/metro-appliances-more-announces-staff-promotions-welcomes-staff-222029553.html
Afghanistan car bomb injures British troops, underscores transition hurdles (+video)
On the heels of Secretary of State Kerry's surprise visit to Afghanistan, two separate attacks injured at least 15 Afghans. The Taliban claimed responsibility for one.
An Afghan National Army soldier and US forces arrive to the scene after eight suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Tuesday, killing five police officers and wounding four others, a security official said.
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EnlargeAs Secretary of State John Kerry met with President Hamid Karzai and oversaw the symbolic handoff of a major military prison on a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week, a suicide bombing killed five police officers in the eastern city of Jalalabad Tuesday.
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On Monday Afghanistan took full control of Bagram prison from the United States, healing one running sore in their testy relationship as US-led forces wind down more than a decade of war.The Taliban quickly?claimed responsibility for today?s attack, which also injured at least five Afghans at the police headquarters in the provincial capital, according to the Associated Press. ?In a separate incident today a car bomb blast injured at least 10 British troops?on a patrol base in Helmand Province, according to the Guardian.?
The timing of the violence highlights the major security challenges that remain as the United States attempts to wind down a decade of intensive military presence in the country and hand control to the Afghans.
The attacks came just hours after Secretary Kerry and President Karzai held a rosy news conference in Kabul on the state of US-Afghan relations, which have undergone particular strain in recent weeks after?Karzai accused the US?of working with the Taliban to deliberately keep the country weak.
(For more on the costs of the US war effort, read about the $610 million late fee Washington is currently paying on shipping containers it rented to ship home military equipment.)?
But during his trip, Kerry?was glowing in his appraisal of Karzai, declaring that he and the president were ?on the same page? when it came to Afghan security and reconciliation.
"I am confident the president [Karzai] does not believe the US has any interest except to see the Taliban come to the table to make peace and that we are completely cooperative with the government of Afghanistan with respect to the protection of their efforts and their people," Kerry told reporters.
Monday?s meeting was a pivot from the prickly interaction between Karzai and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Mr. Hagel?s own trip to the country earlier this month. During that visit, Hagel and Karzai abruptly called off a joint press conference after tense closed-door negotiations failed to yield progress on key diplomatic questions, including the transfer of a key US-controlled prison to Afghan hands.
The American military formally ceded control of all but a ?small number? of prisoners in that facility, known as Bagram Prison, to the Afghans during Kerry?s visit Monday.
This marks the formal completion of a transfer of 4,000 Bagram prisoners that began a year ago, but hit several snags over perceived security threats. The US military, however, will continue to hold in its custody around 50 high-level foreign prisoners considered ?enduring security threats,? along with hundreds of Afghans arrested since the initial transfer deal was authorized last March,?reports Russia Today.
Despite its limitations, however, the transfer has potent symbolic value for Afghanistan,?writes The New York Times.
Bagram Prison was the most flagrant symbol of Mr. Karzai?s lack of control. Americans detained several thousand Afghans there, and Mr. Karzai had no power to release them. His effort to wrest the prison from the Americans began in earnest more than year ago, and?nearly succeeded?at least twice, most recently two weeks ago, a day before Mr. Hagel?s first visit.
Each time, American military commanders backed out because of worries that the Afghans might release Taliban prisoners, who would return to the battlefield and endanger American soldiers. This time, despite those concerns, the transfer went forward.
?It?s about a shift that?s going on in how the U.S. is looking at what?s important,? said one American official knowledgeable about detention issues. ?We have to look at the larger picture: What?s the U.S. strategic interest here???
Kerry rounded out his visit Tuesday by?meeting with democracy activists and female entrepreneurs?at the American Embassy in Kabul. There, he traded headers with the captain of the Afghan women?s national soccer team and lauded civic leaders preparing for the 2014 elections, according to the Associated Press.?
"You're engaged in a remarkable effort and the whole world is watching," Kerry said.?
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Hagel says Air Force general is pick for NATO post
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A senior Air Force general is being nominated to take over as commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.
Gen. Philip M. Breedlove is the top Air Force commander in Europe. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Breedlove is particularly well qualified. Hagel announced the nomination Thursday.
If confirmed, Breedlove would be the first Air Force general to hold the top NATO job since Joseph Ralston served in the post from 2000-2003.
Breedlove would succeed Navy Adm. James Stavridis, who has held the job since 2009.
President Barack Obama chose Breedlove after his first choice for the job, Marine Gen. John Allen, announced he would retire after 19 months commanding allied forces in Afghanistan because of his wife's health issues.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hagel-says-air-force-general-pick-nato-post-185002937.html
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Video Q&A Startup VYou Is Shutting Down Its Consumer Site To Focus On White-Label Opportunities
Video question-and-answer site VYou launched several years ago with a unique premise -- allow users to create video responses to questions posed to them by other community members. Now, about two-and-a-half years later, the company is sending an email to its community members informing them that its site will be shut down next week.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3sBNYTVRC-4/
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Moog Music's Amos Gaynes on learning to code in BASIC and going off the grid
Every week, a new and interesting human being tackles our decidedly geeky take on the Proustian Q&A. This is the Engadget Questionnaire.
In the return edition of our regular session of inquiry, Moog Music product manager Amos Gaynes discusses sound synthesis, tolerance for poor battery life and shares his love for BB10. For the entire collection of answers, take a quick leap to the other side of the break.
Filed under: Misc
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/29/moog-music-amos-gaynes-engadget-questionnaire/
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Bolt to run 150-meter race at Copacabana beach
Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt runs with young athletes as he visits the Projeto Futuro Olimpico or Olympic Future Project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The Olympic Future Project promotes the practice of sports and healthy living, targeting the low-income populations in the inner city(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt runs with young athletes as he visits the Projeto Futuro Olimpico or Olympic Future Project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The Olympic Future Project promotes the practice of sports and healthy living, targeting the low-income populations in the inner city(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, center, and sprinter Daniel Bailey, from Antigua and Barbuda, center left, run with young athletes during their visit to the Projeto Futuro Olimpico or Olympic Future Project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The Olympic Future Project promotes the practice of sports and healthy living, targeting the low-income populations of the inner city. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? Usain Bolt will have Copacabana beach in the background when he tries to break his world record in the 150-meter street race this weekend in Rio de Janeiro.
Bolt will compete at a track specially built at the famous beach on Sunday, challenging Antigua and Barbuda's Daniel Bailey, Ecuador's Alex Quinones, and a Brazilian athlete from a local qualifier.
Bolt set the 150 record of 14.35 seconds in the streets of Manchester in 2009.
The event is part of Bolt's four-day promotional tour to Rio and is supervised by the IAAF.
Bolt, who's also visiting social projects at the city hosting the 2016 Olympics, says it will be a "bit harder to break" world records in 2016 because he "will be kind of old" at 33.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Sunrise Update Brings LinkedIn Profiles, Recurring Events And Notes To The Calendar App
iOS calendar app Sunrise received its first update a month after its release, bringing more info and flexibility to your calendar. The team has pushed the LinkedIn integration a step forward by bringing the entire profile into the app. Now you can check previous work experiences and education from Sunrise’s interface. “The feedback we got from our launch is that Sunrise really changes your calendar,” co-founder Pierre Valade said in a phone interview. “Using your calendar becomes a true pleasure,” he continued. During its initial development, the team really focused on the user experience because they found that other apps were lacking in this area. But the company also received two other pieces of feedback regarding Facebook Connect and event features. Users didn’t want to use their Facebook account to create a Sunrise account. So it added the ability to log in with Google — Sunrise only works with Google Calendar for now. Heavy calendar users also requested two new features that come with today’s update. You can now create recurring events directly from your phone and you can add notes to your events. This data is synchronized with your Google Calendar. “There are still a lot of features that we want to implement,” Valade said. “This update shows that we are still adding value to your calendar by using existing data from LinkedIn and other services,” he continued. Now, when you create an event and invite someone, you’ll get LinkedIn information, links to Facebook, your address book and LinkedIn, and the ability to text, call or email someone very easily. The app also uses Facebook profile pictures and cover photos. While Sunrise is not an address book, that contact info is very informative yet doesn’t require any effort on your part. The New York-based company now plans to release regular update addressing top feature requests more or less every month. It remains to be seen whether they’ll port the app to other platforms in the future as well.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tYtrs1Di2vE/
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Google Glass will reportedly be built in America, at least initially
That $1,500 price tag for Google Glass Explorer Edition? Perhaps it makes a bit more sense considering that US labor will be used to manufacturer it. According to unnamed sources cited by Financial Times, the first run of production-quality Glass headsets will be built in Santa Clara, California. The reason? A lot is riding on the quality of Glass, and it's likely that Google just wants to keep a close eye on every single prototype that leaves the lab. In fact, it's not exactly uncommon -- the outfit did the same for its ill-fated Nexus Q, and Apple is building some of its iMacs here in the states as well.
It's also important to note that the initial batch of Glass headsets won't be high yield, so there's little reason for Google to look overseas with so few units slated for production. Whether or not the lines in NorCal will continue to hum once these things hit critical mass remains to be seen, but it is interesting that Hon Hai Precision (read: Foxconn) will reportedly manage the facility that cranks 'em out.
Filed under: Wearables, Google
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Financial Times
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/google-glass-made-in-usa/
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Documents To Go 3.0 (for Android)
According to developer DataViz, Documents To Go was the first native office suite for Android; now on its third iteration the app offers support for creating and editing multiple file formats, including DOC, DOCX, XLS, PPT, PPTX, and PDF documents, and some surprisingly powerful editing tools. On paper, Documents To Go sounds like a valuable mobile office companion; however, it's held back by outdated UI design and a lack of basic features all of which makes the $14.95 price tag seem steep.
Designed As a Sidekick
Though DataViz markets Documents To Go as a mobile office solution, it's not really designed to be an all-in-one document creation and editing tool. While it can create new documents from scratch, it feels more like a companion app to edit documents received over email or from a cloud service. Considering that it's meant to sync with their desktop document management software, this interpretation is probably close to home.
To my mind, a design focused on mobile editing is a strength. Too many office apps, such as Polaris Office, seem to be designed for document creation more than editing. While Polaris Office looks great, it ?had no revision control and could not view MS Word's "Track Changes." Also, although Polaris Office allows you to read comments (and only with difficulty) you can't use it to create new ones.
Documents To Go, on the other hand, can view changes made to the document in but it cannot record the new changes you make to the document. You also cannot accept or reject changes, but at least you can see them by tapping Menu, View, and then Show Changes. Comments are visible by default, and new comments can be easily added to a document by highlighting a section and tapping Menu, Insert, and then Comment.
The app also has a powerful Find and Replace tool that is easily accessible.
Using Documents To Go
While Documents To Go seems to have a clear understanding of its niche, it does not fill it gracefully. Polaris Office blew me away with its large, consistent menus and its slick interface. Documents To Go uses a series of nested menus, which are frequently divorced from context and difficult to find. The website boasts that it is compatible with Honeycomb devices (ca. mid-2011), and the design philosophy is about as old. The app's main page has large buttons to access recent files, locally stored files, files you've marked with a star, and files synced to the device from Documents To Go's desktop application. There's also the option to log into Google Drive, which it still calls Google Docs, but the app does not support any other cloud storage services.
The button to create a new document is easily overlooked in the bottom left-hand corner. New documents, and other options, are accessible from a ribbon of buttons throughout the app.
When creating a spreadsheet, I easily accessed the collection of 111 mathematical functions. However, adding individual cells to the equation was difficult, as I had to manually type in each cell location instead of simply tapping on the cell. I was also unable to find any means to change the default type of information displayed in a column?such as currency, or date. The app seems to assume that you're not going to be creating a spreadsheet from scratch, but manipulating an existing one. The edit-over-creation philosophy reached its apex when I tried to create a new PowerPoint presentation. In Documents To Go, the default view for slideshows is an entirely text-based "overview" mode and is the only view that allows you to make any changes to the presentation. When viewing slides, tapping to make changes simply returns you to the overview screen.
It is an entirely text-only experience, and comes with no formatted templates. It does, however, allow for bulleted lists.
While you can add new slides, they can only contain text. If you open an existing slideshow in Documents To Go, you can view the images, but can only edit the text. There is no presentation mode, unlike Polaris Office which was quite robust in this area. Despite the focus on editing, you cannot view comments made to PowerPoint documents in Word.
In Need of an Overhaul
One hopes that developer DataViz will revise their languishing office offering. The potential is there, but it's buried behind an outdated, unintuitive design and a lack of support for cloud storage and basic office features.
To its credit, Documents To Go seems to understand that its primary function is to edit documents received while "on the go," as it were. While reviewing Polaris Office, I was annoyed at the apparent focus on document creation among mobile office apps. To my mind, receiving a document to edit is far more likely (and enjoyable) than trying to write one from scratch on a phone. With a significant update, this app could shine as an on-the-go editor, but its relatively high price, poor UI, and spotty feature support hold it back.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/i3wVBFgOjj0/0,2817,2351831,00.asp
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Police reports in Tucson shooting rampage released
PHOENIX (AP) ? Hundreds of pages of police reports in the investigation of the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are being released Wednesday, marking the public's first glimpse into documents that authorities have kept private since the attack more than two years ago.
The Pima County sheriff's department will release an estimated 2,700 pages of records from the January 2011 shooting at a meet-and-greet event outside a grocery store that killed six people and wounded Giffords and 11 others. The documents include transcribed interviews with witnesses, various police reports and other records, and could provide new insight into how the shooting occurred.
News organizations seeking the records were repeatedly denied the documents in the months after the shooting and the arrest of 24-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, who was sentenced in November to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years, after he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns had prevented the sheriff's department from releasing the records in response to a request from The Washington Post, ruling in March 2011 that Loughner's right to a fair trial outweighed whatever disclosures might be authorized under state law.
Last month, Burns cleared the way for the release of the records after Star Publishing Company, which publishes the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, had sought their release. The judge said Loughner's fair-trial rights are no longer on the line now that his criminal case has resolved.
Loughner's guilty plea enabled him to avoid the death sentence. He is serving his sentence at a federal prison medical facility in Springfield, Mo., where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and forcibly given psychotropic drug treatments.
Arizona's chief federal judge and a 9-year-old girl were among those killed in the rampage. Giffords was left partially blind, with a paralyzed right arm and brain injury. She resigned from Congress last year and has since started, along with her husband, a gun control advocacy group.
The Star said it wanted the records because they contain information about how a mass shooting occurs, including how long it took Loughner to fire gunshots ? an issue raised by some advocates in the debate over high-capacity pistol magazines.
The Tucson newspaper argued that the records are critical in the national debate over whether such shootings could be prevented by armed resistance, whether a mass shooting occurs too quickly to be stopped and whether people with mental illnesses should be prohibited from getting guns.
Phoenix Newspapers Inc., which publishes The Arizona Republic, and KPNX-TV had joined Star Publishing in the latest effort to get the records released.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-reports-tucson-shooting-rampage-released-082126898.html
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CheapAir: Search for Flights With Your Voice
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0HNhG3xuZiY/cheapair-search-for-flights-with-your-voice
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Read More - Doppler Internet, Carl Doppler, SEO, Social Networking ...
It?s no secret that the internet climate has changed nearly 200 percent over the course of the last year and a half. The search engines have literally changed the entire face of the internet with algorithmic changes and a new means of measurement for those who are trying to increase their visibility and improve their online standings. Unless you?ve kept your finger directly on the pulse of the internet, you?re quite likely noticing a slight lowering of your traffic and rankings and wondering what to do to change that.
The Best! You?re wondering what you could do that might help to kick start your online visibility. The answer that you?re finding ?surprised you. Blogging gains traffic and increases visibility? Does it really help that much?
According to statistics in website marketing gathered? by Pmetrics, blogging can help you immensely to increase your visibility and is probably the best of online marketing tactics that you can use.
?The really great part about that is that it? doesn?t cost all that much to have your blog updated several times a week. This is true even if you?re not the world?s best content writer. One article written by a good writer which costs you about ten dollars can pay for itself tenfold within a few months. The cost is low and the rewards are high, so put blogging on your list of things to do.
Informational articles which offer real help to customers who are looking for a way to accomplish something or how-to?s are going to be read over and over again. Whether they are on your blog or appear as your pages online, take the time to populate your own website with quality content.
Guest blogging gets your name out on other sites and touches their traffic as well. Don?t write an article purely for the link. Be a good guest and write the item in such as way as to give quality content for the other site in exchange for the link back to your website that they will offer.
Google has spoken time and time again, telling us that ?content is king.? The accuracy of that statement has been in dispute by people for years. Since the first blog appeared on the internet, people have been telling us that the blog isn?t really a powerful tool for marketing. Guess what? They?re wrong. Get your content writers in motion.
The Worst Marketing Tactics!
Take down the popups!?
There are plenty of old fashioned marketers out there who will tell you that disrupting your client?s visit to your site will give you what you need. Guess what, they?re wrong again. ?They are marketing to an internet of five years ago using methods that were common then and not now . Here are a couple statistics? about disruptive or popup ads that every marketer needs to know.
According to Kissmetrics, one of the most popular online website marketing analysis companies, popups are sending away more traffic than they are gathering. Popping up that email list signup in the middle of the page is being seen as a disruption by more than 70% of visitors.
Most people view it, do not sign up and because it disrupted their business on your site, they leave it immediately.Your traffic left and found another company based on a mistake that you made?a disruption that you had control over.
Learn from those statistics and take down the things that disrupt their visit in any way. Most people don?t have time or inclination to see your list in front of their face and to them, it?s much the same as having a salesman pop out of the closet at home and shove literature in their pocket. Place them on the sidebar rather than smack in the middle of your site.
Use your website wisely and let it draw in visitors with your good content, not send them away with the disruptive ads.
Source: http://dopplerinternet.com/worst-website-marketing/
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
iPhone 5 cost comparison: $649 from Apple, $579 from T-Mobile
A big part of T-Mobile's UnCarrier plan revolves around the iPhone 5, and it turns out that T-Mo's offering the Apple flagship at a previously unheard-of price: $579. As CEO John Legere announced today, his company will be offering its AWS-equipped version of the iPhone 5 for $99, plus 24 monthly payments of $20. That's contract-free, but the device is locked until it's fully paid for, and the cheapest monthly plan to go with it is $50 for 500MB of data and unlimited voice and texting a month. By contrast, the same 16GB phone unlocked direct from Apple costs $649, while AT&T offers a locked model for $199 -- if you sign a 24-month contract -- and the cheapest possible plan to go with it provides a mere 300MB of data, 450 minutes and no texting at a cost of $60 a month. So, T-Mo seems to be winning the iPhone price war, and doing so handily.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple, T-Mobile
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/7DT2m_rrmnQ/
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