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<em><span lang="EN-US">The Bank’s Visa, verve and MasterCard also accepted on Paypal</span></em></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">LAGOS- June30, 2014 – <strong>Union Bank</strong> of Nigeria Plc today announced that its card offerings – Visa, MasterCard and Verve – are now accepted on the PayPal platform.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">PayPal</span><span lang="EN-US"> is an international e-commerce platform that facilitates online payments and money transfers to over 190 countries. It is one of the fastest and safest ways of paying and getting paid online. The platform, also allows users send money and make payments without sharing financial information, now includes the flexibility to pay using any of the <strong>Union Bank</strong> Cards.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Commenting on this, Mr. Fatai Baruwa, Head of e-Business, <strong>Union Bank</strong> stated <em>“As the world becomes a global village, better connected through the web, the volume of our customers’ online transactions both locally and internationally is steadily increasing. We are delighted that PayPal has extended its services to Nigeria and all our customers can now enjoy this added benefit with their <strong>Union Bank</strong> cards.”</em></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To use PapPal, <strong>Union Bank</strong> customers can log on to <a href="http://www.paypal.com/ng/webapps/mpp/home" style="text-decoration: none;">www.paypal.com/ng/webapps/mpp/home</a> , click on “<em>Sign Up</em>” and then follow the simple steps on the screen to create an account which links their <strong>Union Bank</strong> Card to the newly created PayPal account.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The <strong>Union Bank</strong> MasterCard is accepted worldwide and can be used to pay for goods and services at 32.7million merchant locations worldwide. The <strong>Union Bank</strong> Visa Card, issued in both Naira and US Dollars is also accepted worldwide while the <strong>Union Bank</strong> Verve card, issued in Naira, is the first and only chip card accepted on all available payment channels in Nigeria.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Union Bank is currently upgrading its use of technology by rolling out of the <em>Bank of the Future</em>branches, which will rely on technology and innovation to simplify the banking experience for customers. The bank is doubling its ATM footprint and enhancing its mobile banking platforms.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The bank has also identified and isolated six core areas which are pivotal to its success. These are: quality of our customer experience, the quality of our client base, the quality of our talent, the quality of our banking platform, our professional standards and the quality of our earnings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">fledglings manual for joining a paypal record from Nigeria. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">1. Visit Paypal Nigerian landing page through <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ng/">https://www.paypal.com/ng/</a> and tap on Signup at the upper right corner of the page. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">2. Tap on "Open Account" under the "individual" segment for an individual record. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">3. Fill in all subtle elements and tap on "Concur and Create Account". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">Getting Verified Using GT Bank's Naira MasterCard </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">Without checking your paypal record, you would be set at a $250 limit. Checking your paypal record gives you a chance to spend as much as you will. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">4. Another page would think of a structure to log in your Card subtle elements. I utilized my GT Bank's Naira MasterCard to confirm mine. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">5. You'll be diverted to your account's dashboard. Yet there are couple of things despite everything you have to do. Firstly, you need to enact your paypal record by tapping the enactment connection sent to the mail you enrolled the record with. Also, you have to connection and affirm your credit or charge card. Tap on "Connection and affirm credit or charge card" or "Get Verified" connect in your account's dashboard, embed your GTB Mastercard subtle elements here once more, then tap on "Proceed". You can make utilization of any Nigerian bank's Visa or MasterCard. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">6. Paypal would deduct $1.95 from your card...... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">perused all the more on confirmation handle here </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">The Naira equibvalent of USD1.95 has been approved for the exchange done on PP*0123CODE 08823456789FF </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">What you need do is duplicate the 4 digits before CODE (highlighted in red) from your mail or SMS alarm. That is the thing that you have to affirm your card. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">7. You now need to login yet again to your Nigerian Paypal record and tap on "Affirm Card" join which ought to show up on the right sidebar of your dashboard. At that point sort in the four-digits you replicated from your bank caution and tap on "Affirm Card" as demonstrated as follows.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">verify your card</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;">8. You’ll get a success popup if everything was fine and successful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Recall that, I made utilization of my GTBank MasterCard here and it did work for me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">on the off chance that you utilize other banks,confirm with your bank to guarantee the card issued and given to you can be utilized to check yours. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Paypal Accounts FAQ for Nigerian Based </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Ques: Does Paypal just backing the GTB Naira MasterCard In Nigeria? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Ans: No, individuals additionally making utilization of UBA, Zenith, Access and a few others bank's charge cards have been checked utilizing same systems as a part of this excercise. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f6ec; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://.com/paypal/how-to-create-a-nigeria-verified-paypal-account-using-gtb-or-other-mastercard/">paypal Faq for nigerians</a></span></span><br />
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Suleiman Hashimu aka ‘The traveler" who promised to trek from Lagos to Abuja if Gen. Buhari wins the 2015 Presidential election, arrived Abuja this evening after trekking for many weeks. Pictured above is Suleiman wearing the red shirt and carrying a strap bag. He was given a rousing welcome by Abuja residents. See more photos after the cut...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-78080270303138723232015-04-20T21:09:00.000-07:002015-04-20T21:09:23.152-07:00Zulu king whose remarks incited Xenophobic attacks appeals for calm<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Zulu </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">king Goodwill Zwelithini</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> whose remarks incited Xenophobic attacks after saying "All foreigners must leave South Africa" has appealed for calm. Speaking with his subjects today April 20th in Durban, the king said his remarks were taken out of context.</span><br />
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"This violence directed at our brothers and sisters is shameful. My speech ... was directed at the police, calling for stricter law enforcement, but that was never reported. The public was instead given another side of my speech, which had been twisted and misrepresented." he said</blockquote>
He pleaded with South Africans to stop attacking foreigners.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-81944205935092571302015-04-20T21:08:00.000-07:002015-04-20T21:08:20.171-07:00Ondo mystery disease: FG, WHO confirm methanol as cause of disease<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
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The Federal Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, WHO, say that the consumption of contaminated alcohol (gin) is believed to be responsible for the outbreak of the strange disease that has claimed at least 18 lives in Ondo state. At a joint press conference today, the Minister of State for Health, Mr Fidelis Nwankwo said the disease is not in anyway related to Ebola virus disease as was earlier speculated.</div>
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"Preliminary laboratory investigations indicates that the outbreak cannot be attributed to any infectious organism, bacterial or viral. The outbreak is also clearly not due to Ebola virus disease as feared by many at first. Epidemiological findings indicate a strong linkage of the outbreak to a consumption of a local gin that had been contaminated with methanol, a poisonous material. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>At this stage the particular poisonous substance is being ascertained. The results of this very detailed investigation currently been conducted by the government and our partners are still been awaited and will be made public as soon as possible"he said.</blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-35302798277433720362015-04-20T21:06:00.002-07:002015-04-20T21:06:52.754-07:00Obasanjo and Buhari meet in Abuja (See Photos)<br />
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A total of 94 per cent of Irish bathing waters are meeting stricter new EU standards, theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.</div>
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“Overall, the quality of Ireland’s bathing waters continues to be very good and new standards introduced in 2014 provide a much higher level of protection for bathers,” the director of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Assessment, Dr Matt Crowe, said.</div>
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He was speaking at the publication of the agency’s report on bathing water quality inIreland for 2014.</div>
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Dr Crowe said he was disappointed that seven bathing waters had been assessed as being of “poor” quality.</div>
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These were the front strand in Youghal in Co Cork; Ardmore in Co Waterford; Duncannon in Co Wexford; south beach in Rush, Dublin; Lilliput, Lough Ennell, Westmeath; and Clifden and Ballyloughane in Galway.</div>
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The source of pollution appeared to be mainly linked to wastewater discharges, the agency found.</div>
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Peter Webster<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, the agency’s senior scientific officer, said the local authorities in those areas, in conjunction with Irish Water, had submitted plans to the EPA for improving water quality.</span></div>
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In the cases of Youghal and Clifden, new sewerage works were being constructed. Mr Webster said a temporary wastewater treatment plant was proposed for Duncannon, while in Ardmore improvements to the effluent disinfection system, operated during the bathing season, were being undertaken.</div>
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In other locations, a broad range of measures aimed at identifying and tackling the main pollution sources were being implemented, he added.</div>
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Ireland’s 136 identified bathing waters now have to meet standards almost twice as strict as those which previously applied.</div>
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Three-quarters of Irish bathing waters qualified for the new classification of “excellent’’ quality.</div>
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A further 15 bathing waters, or 11 per cent, were classified as being of “good’’ quality.</div>
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A total of 10 bathing areas, some 7.4 per cent, were of “sufficient’’ quality, and remained vulnerable to episodes of pollution, which meant they were potentially at risk of being classed as “poor’’ at some stage in the future.</div>
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One new bathing water, Trá Inis Oirr, in Galway, was added last year, with the water quality meeting the “excellent’’ standard.</div>
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Mr Webster said Ireland had many superb beaches and while monitoring them all would be impractical, the EPA would like to see an increase in the number of identified bathing areas</div>
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It follows the loss of up to 950 people on Sunday some 95km north of Libya. If confirmed, it will be the largest single loss of life in a maritime incident in modern times.</div>
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EU foreign and justice ministers meeting in Luxembourg agreed a series of measures to help combat human trafficking and mass migration into Europe, including a proposal to double the funding for the EU’s search-and-rescue operation Triton, and a plan to resettle 5,000 immigrants in Europe.</div>
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EU leaders will consider details of the “10-point plan” at Thursday’s summit, which was convened yesterday by European Council president Donald Tusk at the behest of Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi. Italy and other southern Mediterranean countries have long argued that they shoulder an unfair burden when it comes to migration, and have urged the EU to take a multi-nation approach to the issue.<div style="padding: 0px 0px 1.5em;">
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Speaking to <em>The Irish Times</em> Ms Fitzgerald said Ireland would engage with EU efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, including a proportional involvement in the proposed resettlement programme as well as the provision of humanitarian aid to conflict zones.</div>
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“We are talking about a considerable crisis and a serious humanitarian issue. It is vital that we work together to tackle this crisis, particularly in the area of people smuggling and human trafficking.”</div>
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Ireland, along with Britain, is not a member of Frontex, the EU’s border-control agency, because it is not part of the visa-free Schengen travel zone.</div>
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Mr Flanagan said Ireland would “play its part” in forging a collective EU response to the crisis. Noting that the issue of immigration “remains taboo” in some EU countries , he said it was hugely significant that 41 ministers from 28 member states had come together to discuss migration yesterday.</div>
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Speaking after yesterday’s meeting, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the 10-point plan showed a “strong reaction from the EU to the tragedies” and indicated “a new sense of urgency and political will”.</div>
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Among the other proposals in the plan include the establishment of immigration liaison officers in key countries, a proposal to offer immigrants return travel packages, and the introduction of fingerprinting for incoming migrants.</div>
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Microsoft may have made a big deal about the Surface Pro 3, but it’s a pricey tablet, even if it could replace your laptop. Not everyone will stretch to the Pro 3’s price tag, but there are other, more compact options, that don’t involve the limitations of Windows RT. The Linx tablet is Windows 8.1 with Bing, which means it comes in at the cheaper end of the scale and also includes a free year’s subscription of Microsoft Office 365.</div>
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The device is powered by an Intel processor, a quad-core 1.8ghz Bay Trail-T chip. It comes with 1GB of RAM, and a front and rear camera. Some of the more budget devices will eliminate one camera as a way of achieving that budget price; it’s good to see that the Linx 8 kept both, even if they aren’t the highest spec.</div>
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Power and volume controls are on the right side of the device; the left side has a slot for a MicroSD card. Micro USB for charging, mini HDMI and headphone jack are all on the top of the tablet, with speakers relegated to the bottom rear of the device.</div>
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Speaking of screens, the display on the Linx 8 isn’t half-bad. It’s a little on the shiny side, which means the reflections can be a bit distracting, and it’s not as high resolution as others – at 800 x 1280 – but the colours are vivid and the text is crisp enough. The viewing angles are good too, unlike some other budget tablets. Everything has been sized accordingly, so you don’t feel the screen is being crammed with icons.</div>
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Lookswise, it blends in with a lot of tablets out there. The eight-inch version reviewed here is compact enough to hold in one hand but large enough to read or work on when needed. It has a rubberised casing that makes it easier to grip and also eliminates the fingerprint problem that plagues many of its shinier-coated brethren. Plus it weighs in at 377gm, which means it won’t weigh you down.</div>
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The same goes for the camera. The Linx 8 has two – front and rear facing – and both clock in at two megapixels. Again, it compares poorly when put up against some of the five megapixel cameras and higher that tablets are getting these days, but unless you plan to swap out your smartphone camera or regular point-and-shoot for the Linx 8, the included cameras will stand up to video calling and quick snaps here and there.</div>
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As for capacity, it’s a good thing you can expand the space on this tablet; with a large chunk of available space taken up by the operating system, you’ll need some extra storage if you want to use the Linx for videos or music outside of the usual cloud services. Because let’s face it, cloud services aren’t suitable for everything. Get on board a wifi-less plane, go roaming abroad or even just hit a bad signal area and your access is limited. That said, the Linx 8 comes with a 1TB storage space on OneDrive, so you can store quite a bit if you are fully on-board with the cloud.</div>
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The version we had for review showed almost 20GB of free space out of 23.8GB before we even installed a single app ourselves – so you aren’t getting the full 32GB to play with. Install a few programmes on there and you’ll see that 20GB eroded quickly.</div>
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Luckily, the tablet charges over micro USB, so it’s likely that you’ll have a charger to hand, or even a back-up battery.</div>
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Like other Windows 8.1 devices, you can access the desktop but, on device this size, the chances of you really needing to are limited. With the spec of the Linx, it’s not going to run any power hungry apps, or high-end software. But it’s there as a “just-in-case” option.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Update:</span> Our full review will be here soon, but in the meantime read on for our impressions of Apple's new, thinner and lighter 12-inch MacBook. Apple's new laptop is now on sale, but you'll have to wait a short while to get your hands on it. According to Apple's retail site, times have now stretched to three to four weeks for all three colours, which on the plus side gives you a little longer to save up for one. Can't wait that long? You might want to check out our review of Apple's new MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display.</div>
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Apple's new Macbook is all about style, while still combining it with oodles of power. This is apparently the 'notebook redefined' according to the Cupertino brand, and it certainly does push the envelope in one area: the lightness of this thing is insane.</div>
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The specs are pretty goshdarn good as well, with the new Macbook coming in at just 13.1mm thin and weighing 2 pounds (or 900g). That's insane when you consider there's a battery in there which has 35% more capacity than previous models, and also offers up to 9 hours of web browsing too.</div>
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The new notebook comes with a 1.1 GHz dual-core Intel Core M processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.4 GHz, 8GB of memory, 256GB of flash storage and Intel HD Graphics 5300. If you want to turn the power up a little, then you can go for 1.2 GHz dual-core option, with Intel Core M processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.6GHz, 8GB of memory, 512GB of flash storage and Intel HD Graphics 5300.</div>
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There's already been a bit of fuss around performance of the Intel Core M CPU following a supposed benchmark that crept onto the internet. A Geekbench result that has since been deleted found that the new MacBook's CPU is practically the same strength as the one in the 2011 MacBook Air.</div>
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Whether that's true or not, the cheaper configuration will cost $1299 / £1049, and the latter $1599 / £1299... not cheap despite the boosted specs and design. Speaking of which...</div>
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The new Macbook is so light you could mistake it for a half-empty sheaf of papers. Holding it in one hand is quite unnerving, as you feel you could snap it without holding properly.</div>
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The edges of the Macbook are smooth and pleasant, with no sharpness to be found. I'll be honest and say I didn't want to see if it would bend in front of the stand bunnies at the Apple launch, but I didn't get the feeling that was a mistake Apple was going to make twice.</div>
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The keyboard has been retooled to include a 'butterfly hinge' underneath each key. This means they're massive and to be honest, lacking in travel. I'm sure that's the sort of thing that after a while will become a genius idea for some, but in my brief time with it all I could think was 'man, these are some big ol' keys'.</div>
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The travel was pretty minimal though - having come from typing on a Macbook Pro, with one of the easiest keyboards I've ever found to tap away on, I wasn't instantly blown away by the improvement. The keys felt more solid under my fingertips, but that was never an issue I had a lot of problems with before.</div>
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It feels like Apple has solved a problem that wasn't there - but done it well anyway.</div>
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The force touchpad is cool, with levels of clicks that aren't really there. That's to say that the more you press down, the more levels of haptic you hit - it's a cool idea but one that requires some sensitivity.</div>
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I played with it trying to fast forward through a video with different levels of sensitivity - I got quite adept within seconds, but it did require concentration.</div>
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As did remembering that the force touch was there. The idea that you can use it to expand the content you're looking for (be it more information on words, or a location in an email) is a good one - I'm just not sure the experience is as intuitive as it could be.</div>
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The touchpad could do more than just letting you click on things. An app called Inklet by Ten One design lets you use a pressure-sensitive stylus to draw by pressing down on it. It's the first third-party app to support the force touchpad, and it remains to be seen whether it will be anywhere near as precise as dedicated graphics tablets.</div>
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The good news, for all of us: there’s hope. Over the past decade Angel and I have worked with thousands of people all over the globe who, like us, struggle with setbacks of varying degrees. Through our work, we’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to bouncing back and making progress. So today, I hope I can save you some trouble…</div>
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Here’s what works:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Accept reality and detach from fantasies.</span></h3>
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There are two kinds of pain: pain that hurts and pain that changes you. When you roll with life, <span id="more-829" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span>instead of resisting it, both kinds help you grow.</div>
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To move forward in any situation, you must first accept the reality of what it is. This acceptance provides you with an important starting point from which you can move in any direction you choose. To deny this reality or to fight against the past will merely waste your time and energy. To wish that things were different, or to pretend that they are, gets you nowhere.</div>
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Acceptance is letting go and allowing things to be the way they truly are. It doesn’t mean you don’t care about improving the realities of life – it’s just realizing that the only thing you really have control over is yourself in the present moment. This simple understanding is the foundation of acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be peace and growth in your life.</div>
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Forgiveness is a big part of this process. Forgiveness is the acceptance of the present moment, as it is, without attachment to any other time, place or circumstance. Almost all negativity is caused by a lack of forgiveness and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, guilt, tension, stress, worry, and resentment – all forms of unhealthy attachment – are caused by too much past or future, and not enough presence.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Embrace who you are and all your humanness.</span></h3>
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Self-doubt plagues us because we desperately want to be somebody we’re not. I often want to be perfectly disciplined, for example, and when I’m not I come down hard on myself. The key, I’ve found, is to remind myself that although not perfect, the person I am is pretty darn great. I just need to embrace the reality that I’m not always as disciplined as I’d like to be. And I also need to remember that I have had many successes in my life. (Just like YOU.)</div>
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So I challenge you to walk beside me on this journey…</div>
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Accept your humanness. You can stop pretending. It feels good to own up to stuff – to admit that you’re human – a work in progress – a beautiful mess. Wanting to be someone or something else is a waste of your beauty. You’re fine. If you feel like you aren’t, you’re blowing things out of proportion. Having a little anxiety is fine. Making mistakes is fine. Being a little fearful is fine. Your secrets are fine. You’re a good person. You’re intelligent. You’re fine just the way you are. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. Allow yourself to feel emotional pain, so you can grow beyond it.</span></h3>
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Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional when life knocks you down hard. There’s no reason to be ashamed for feeling something or for expressing pain if it’s real to you. It’s a sign that you have a big heart, and that you aren’t afraid to be honest about it. Showing your emotions is a sign of human strength. The people who judge you for being human, and not being modest, emotionless, and “in line,” are the ones who need to apologize.</div>
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By trying to hide your pain, and not wanting to feel bad, you make your bad feelings worse. But by allowing yourself to feel bad, and realizing we all feel bad sometimes, you give yourself space to deal with the truth. So give yourself this space, and embrace it. Too many people want to feel happy all the time, and positive every single second, but that’s not reality. We all feel bad sometimes, and that’s OK. When you accept this, and embrace the growing pains of living, you rise above the pain. It happens, then it fades, and you’re stronger than you were before.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">4. Remind yourself that everything in life is temporary.</span></h3>
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Your big breakthrough will come when you recognize that all your inadequacies, all your limitations, and all your failings, losses and setbacks, are only temporary. And once they pass in the real world, they’re prolonged existence is simply an artificial reality you cling to with your thoughts.</div>
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Yes, there may be pain and uncertainty for a while, but it never lasts forever. Time heals. Even when Angel and I unexpectedly lost loved ones to illnesses, feelings of depression would come and go for months, but eventually it went away. It’s easy to get caught up in a bad situation and think, “The world is over!” But actually, this bad feeling and situation are just passing clouds. They’re just part of an ever-changing experience, and while it’s not always pleasant, it will pass like everything else has passed. Life doesn’t stop for anyone.</div>
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So don’t allow your temporary wounds to permanently transform you into someone you aren’t. A strong person is not the one who doesn’t cry. A strong person is the one who cries for a moment openly, and then gets up and fights again for what they believe in. </div>
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This always sounds at bit cliché – promoting gratitude as a universal solution – but the reason it’s always mentioned is because it works. Every time.</div>
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Even after a loved one passes, the actual present reality of our lives without this loved one isn’t unbearable unless we compare it to the impossible fantasy of them still being alive. The reality is, we still have our own lives and our health and passions to explore… we still have other wonderful family members and friends who love us… and that’s just the start of things to be grateful for. Now, this reality isn’t always full of happiness – sometimes it has unpleasantness – but you can embrace that too, instead of wishing it matched up with a stressful fantasy.</div>
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So keep your head up. Take a deep breath and be grateful for everything that remains and everything that’s growing stronger in your life. When it feels like everything is falling apart, remind yourself that you can either let it define you, destroy you, or let it strengthen you.</div>
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When you finally let go of what did or didn’t happen, something equally as amazing comes along. And oftentimes what you’re looking for comes when you’re not looking at all. Gratitude will help you discover it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">6. Clear the unnecessary clutter and complications standing in your way.</span></h3>
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As Einstein once said, “Out of clutter, find simplicity; from discord, find harmony; in the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.”</div>
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Sometimes we make life more complicated than it is. We attach our happiness to achievement and then look for it in all the wrong ways and in all the wrong places. Of course, you don’t have to live like this. If you feel like you are, it’s time to simplify things. It’s time to clear the air and get back to the basics.</div>
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Simplifying is not seeing how little you can get by with – that’s poverty – but how efficiently you can put first things first, and use your time accordingly to pursue the things that make a difference and mean the most to you. Less truly is more. Instead of adding, improve your life by subtracting. Get rid of unnecessary clutter, negative influences and toxic relationships. There’s a big difference between what you want and what you need, between what’s excessive and what’s essential. </div>
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Our setbacks are often mostly about us, wallowing in our own self-pity. This doesn’t sound great, but we all do it almost every day to a small extent without noticing it. When you catch yourself doing this, know that the best antidote is to get outside yourself, stop being self-centered, and re-focus on the people around you. Try to find a way to help someone else. It will inevitably, infallibly, make you feel better.</div>
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When we realize that helping others is the key to realizing our own happiness, it saves us a lot of trouble.</div>
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Truth be told, the closest thing to being cared for is to care for others. We are all in this together and we should treat each other as such. Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, and your hands for charity, always. No exercise is better for your heart and mind than reaching down and helping others up. Happiness and success in life doesn’t come through selfishness, but through selflessness. The best way to feel alive on down days is to get up and do something positive for the folks around you.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And remember, you don’t need a reason to help someone. Just do it. The reason will come to you.</span></div>
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<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start facing your problems head on.</strong> – It isn’t your problems that define you, but how you react to them and recover from them. Problems will not disappear unless you take action. Do what you can, when you can, and acknowledge what you’ve done. It’s all about taking baby steps in the right direction, inch by inch. These inches count, they add up to yards and miles in the long run.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start being honest with yourself about everything.</strong> – Be honest about what’s right, as well as what needs to be changed. Be honest about what you want to achieve and who you want to become. Be honest with every aspect of your life, always. Because you are the one person you can forever count on. Search your soul, for the truth, so that you truly know who you are. Once you do, you’ll have a better understanding of where you are now and how you got here, and you’ll be better equipped to identify where you want to go and how to get there.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start making your own happiness a priority.</strong> – Your needs matter. If you don’t value yourself, look out for yourself, and stick up for yourself, you’re sabotaging yourself. Remember, it IS possible to take care of your own needs while simultaneously caring for those around you. And once your needs are met, you will likely be far more capable of helping those who need you most. </li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start being yourself, genuinely and proudly.</strong> – Trying to be anyone else is a waste of the person you are. Be yourself. Embrace that individual<span id="more-404" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span>inside you that has ideas, strengths and beauty like no one else. Be the person you know yourself to be – the best version of you – on your terms. Above all, be true to YOU, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start noticing and living in the present.</strong> – Right now is a miracle. Right now is the only moment guaranteed to you. Right now is life. So stop thinking about how great things will be in the future. Stop dwelling on what did or didn’t happen in the past. Learn to be in the ‘here and now’ and experience life as it’s happening. Appreciate the world for the beauty that it holds, right now.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start valuing the lessons your mistakes teach you.</strong> – Mistakes are okay; they’re the stepping stones of progress. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not trying hard enough and you’re not learning. Take risks, stumble, fall, and then get up and try again. Appreciate that you are pushing yourself, learning, growing and improving. Significant achievements are almost invariably realized at the end of a long road of failures. One of the ‘mistakes’ you fear might just be the link to your greatest achievement yet.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start being more polite to yourself.</strong> – If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. You must love who you are or no one else will.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start enjoying the things you already have.</strong> – The problem with many of us is that we think we’ll be happy when we reach a certain level in life – a level we see others operating at – your boss with her corner office, that friend of a friend who owns a mansion on the beach, etc. Unfortunately, it takes awhile before you get there, and when you get there you’ll likely have a new destination in mind. You’ll end up spending your whole life working toward something new without ever stopping to enjoy the things you have now. So take a quiet moment every morning when you first awake to appreciate where you are and what you already have.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start creating your own happiness.</strong> – If you are waiting for someone else to make you happy, you’re missing out. Smile because you can. Choose happiness. Be the change you want to see in the world. Be happy with who you are now, and let your positivity inspire your journey into tomorrow. Happiness is often found when and where you decide to seek it. If you look for happiness within the opportunities you have, you will eventually find it. But if you constantly look for something else, unfortunately, you’ll find that too. </li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start giving your ideas and dreams a chance.</strong> – In life, it’s rarely about getting a chance; it’s about taking a chance. You’ll never be 100% sure it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t work. Most of the time you just have to go for it! And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn something. Win-Win.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start believing that you’re ready for the next step.</strong> – You are ready! Think about it. You have everything you need right now to take the next small, realistic step forward. So embrace the opportunities that come your way, and accept the challenges – they’re gifts that will help you to grow.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start entering new relationships for the right reasons.</strong> – Enter new relationships with dependable, honest people who reflect the person you are and the person you want to be. Choose friends you are proud to know, people you admire, who show you love and respect – people who reciprocate your kindness and commitment. And pay attention to what people do, because a person’s actions are much more important than their words or how others represent them.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start giving new people you meet a chance.</strong> – It sounds harsh, but you cannot keep every friend you’ve ever made. People and priorities change. As some relationships fade others will grow. Appreciate the possibility of new relationships as you naturally let go of old ones that no longer work. Trust your judgment. Embrace new relationships, knowing that you are entering into unfamiliar territory. Be ready to learn, be ready for a challenge, and be ready to meet someone that might just change your life forever.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start competing against an earlier version of yourself.</strong> – Be inspired by others, appreciate others, learn from others, but know that competing against them is a waste of time. You are in competition with one person and one person only – yourself. You are competing to be the best you can be. Aim to break your own personal records. </li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start cheering for other people’s victories.</strong> – Start noticing what you like about others and tell them. Having an appreciation for how amazing the people around you are leads to good places – productive, fulfilling, peaceful places. So be happy for those who are making progress. Cheer for their victories. Be thankful for their blessings, openly. What goes around comes around, and sooner or later the people you’re cheering for will start cheering for you.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start looking for the silver lining in tough situations.</strong> – When things are hard, and you feel down, take a few deep breaths and look for the silver lining – the small glimmers of hope. Remind yourself that you can and will grow stronger from these hard times. And remain conscious of your blessings and victories – all the things in your life that are right. Focus on what you have, not on what you haven’t.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start forgiving yourself and others.</strong> – We’ve all been hurt by our own decisions and by others. And while the pain of these experiences is normal, sometimes it lingers for too long. We relive the pain over and over and have a hard time letting go. Forgiveness is the remedy. It doesn’t mean you’re erasing the past, or forgetting what happened. It means you’re letting go of the resentment and pain, and instead choosing to learn from the incident and move on with your life.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start helping those around you.</strong> – Care about people. Guide them if you know a better way. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you. Love and kindness begets love and kindness. And so on and so forth.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start listening to your own inner voice.</strong> – If it helps, discuss your ideas with those closest to you, but give yourself enough room to follow your own intuition. Be true to yourself. Say what you need to say. Do what you know in your heart is right.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start being attentive to your stress level and take short breaks.</strong>– Slow down. Breathe. Give yourself permission to pause, regroup and move forward with clarity and purpose. When you’re at your busiest, a brief recess can rejuvenate your mind and increase your productivity. These short breaks will help you regain your sanity and reflect on your recent actions so you can be sure they’re in line with your goals.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start noticing the beauty of small moments.</strong> – Instead of waiting for the big things to happen – marriage, kids, big promotion, winning the lottery – find happiness in the small things that happen every day. Little things like having a quiet cup of coffee in the early morning, or the delicious taste and smell of a homemade meal, or the pleasure of sharing something you enjoy with someone else, or holding hands with your partner. Noticing these small pleasures on a daily basis makes a big difference in the quality of your life.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start accepting things when they are less than perfect.</strong> – Remember, ‘perfect’ is the enemy of ‘good.’ One of the biggest challenges for people who want to improve themselves and improve the world is learning to accept things as they are. Sometimes it’s better to accept and appreciate the world as it is, and people as they are, rather than to trying to make everything and everyone conform to an impossible ideal. No, you shouldn’t accept a life of mediocrity, but learn to love and value things when they are less than perfect.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start working toward your goals every single day.</strong> – Remember, the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Whatever it is you dream about, start taking small, logical steps every day to make it happen. Get out there and DO something! The harder you work the luckier you will become. While many of us decide at some point during the course of our lives that we want to answer our calling, only an astute few of us actually work on it. By ‘working on it,’ I mean consistently devoting oneself to the end result. </li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start being more open about how you feel.</strong> – If you’re hurting, give yourself the necessary space and time to hurt, but be open about it. Talk to those closest to you. Tell them the truth about how you feel. Let them listen. The simple act of getting things off your chest and into the open is your first step toward feeling good again.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start taking full accountability for your own life.</strong> – Own your choices and mistakes, and be willing to take the necessary steps to improve upon them. Either you take accountability for your life or someone else will. And when they do, you’ll become a slave to their ideas and dreams instead of a pioneer of your own. You are the only one who can directly control the outcome of your life. And no, it won’t always be easy. Every person has a stack of obstacles in front of them. But you must take accountability for your situation and overcome these obstacles. Choosing not to is choosing a lifetime of mere existence.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start actively nurturing your most important relationships.</strong> – Bring real, honest joy into your life and the lives of those you love by simply telling them how much they mean to you on a regular basis. You can’t be everything to everyone, but you can be everything to a few people. Decide who these people are in your life and treat them like royalty. Remember, you don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends you can be certain of.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start concentrating on the things you can control.</strong> – You can’t change everything, but you can always change something. Wasting your time, talent and emotional energy on things that are beyond your control is a recipe for frustration, misery and stagnation. Invest your energy in the things you can control, and act on them now.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start focusing on the possibility of positive outcomes.</strong> – The mind must believe it CAN do something before it is capable of actually doing it. The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful. Listen to your self-talk and replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Regardless of how a situation seems, focus on what you DO WANT to happen, and then take the next positive step forward. No, you can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can control how you react to things. Everyone’s life has positive and negative aspects – whether or not you’re happy and successful in the long run depends greatly on which aspects you focus on. </li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Which is worse, failing or never trying?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Would you break the law to save a loved one?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What’s something you know you do differently than most people?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Why are you, you?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What are you most grateful for?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Has your greatest fear ever come true?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If not now, then when?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What is the difference between being alive and truly living?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;">Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up pretending that you have to be who you used to be.</strong> – When times get tough, our worst battle is often between what we remember and what we presently feel. Thus, one of the hardest decisions you will ever have to make is when to stay put and struggle harder or when to take your memories and move on. Sometimes you have to step outside of the person you’ve been, and remember the person you were meant to be, the person you are capable of being, and the person you truly are today.<span id="more-830" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up berating yourself for everything you aren’t.</strong> – Being kind to yourself in thoughts, words and actions is as important as being kind to others. Extend yourself this courtesy. Love yourself – your real self. Work through your fears (dive deep), your insecurities (speak honestly and loudly), and your anger (scream into the pillow – not into the mirror, nor the people you care about; they don’t deserve it.) Instead of hurting yourself by hiding from your problems, help yourself grow beyond them. That’s what self-care is all about. It’s about facing the inner issues that make you believe that you are less than you are. It’s learning to see that you are already beautiful. Not because you’re blind to your shortcomings, but because you know they have to be there to balance out your strengths.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up regretting, and holding on to, what happened in the past.</strong> – When you stay stuck in regret of the life you think you should have had, you end up missing the beauty of what you do have. Not all the puzzle pieces of life will seem to fit together at first, but in time you’ll realize they do, perfectly. So thank the things that didn’t work out, because they just made room for the things that will. And thank the ones who walked away from you, because they just made room for the ones who won’t. As they say, every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up getting caught up in the negativity surrounding you.</strong> – To be positive in negative times is not just foolish optimism. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of tragedy, but also of success, sacrifice, courage, kindness, and growth. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine how well we live. If we look only for the worst, it destroys our capacity to do our best work. If we remember those times and places – and there are many – in which people have behaved magnificently, and things have gone well, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to sit around and wait for some grandiose and perfect future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live right now as we think we should live, in defiance of all the negativity around us, is in itself an amazing victory.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up thinking that everyone else has it so much easier than you.</strong> – When times get really tough, remember this simple truth: Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. And when you’re struggling with something that’s important to you, and you feel like your life isn’t fair, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it’s just as hard as what you’re going through.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up wanting to be where others are in life.</strong> – Stop comparing where you’re at with where everybody else is. It doesn’t move you farther ahead, improve your situation, or help you find happiness. It just fuels feelings of inadequacy and shame, and ultimately keeps you stuck. The truth is, there is no one correct path in life. A path that’s right for someone else won’t necessarily be a path that’s right for you. And that’s OK. Your journey isn’t right or wrong, or good or bad – it’s just different. Your life isn’t meant to look exactly like anyone else’s because you aren’t exactly like anyone else. You’re a person all your own with a unique set of goals, obstacles, dreams, and needs. So stop comparing and start living. You may not always end up where you intend to go, but you will eventually arrive precisely where you need to be. Trust that you are in the right place at the right time, right now. And trust yourself to make the best of it.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up letting the judgments of strangers control you.</strong> – People know your name, not your story. They’ve heard what you’ve done, but don’t understand what you’ve been through. So take their opinions of you with a grain of salt. In the end, it’s not what others think, it’s what you think about yourself that counts. Sometimes you have to do exactly what’s right for you and your life, without giving a darn what your life looks like to everyone who doesn’t even know you.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up letting toxic relationships bring you down on a daily basis.</strong> – Not all toxic relationships are agonizing and uncaring on purpose. Some of them involve people who care about you – people who have good intentions, but are toxic because their needs and way of existing in the world force you to compromise yourself and your happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people to be spending time with every day. And as hard as it is, we have to distance ourselves enough to give ourselves space to live. You simply can’t ruin yourself on a daily basis for the sake of someone else. You have to make your well-being a priority. Whether that means breaking up with someone, loving a family member from a distance, letting go of a friend, or removing yourself from a situation that feels painful – you have every right to leave and create some healthy space for yourself.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up over-thinking and worrying about everything.</strong> – When your fears and anxieties have you looking too deep into things, it creates problems – it doesn’t fix them. If you think and you think and you think, you will think yourself right out of happiness a thousand times over, and never once into it. Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace and potential. And life is too short for that.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Give up believing you aren’t strong enough to take another step forward.</strong> – It’s always possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems. In time, the grief (the lessons) may not go away completely, but after awhile it’s not so overwhelming. So breathe… You’re going to be OK. Remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and restless and afraid, and you’ve survived. Take another breath and know that you can survive this time too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and draining, but you can sit with them and eventually, they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon they’re going to fade, and when they do you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience.</li>
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I want to riff on the final point just a bit more…</div>
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Because the truth is, you have to KNOW that YOU ARE strong enough to take another step forward, every single day. Feeling otherwise is just that – a feeling, not a fact!</div>
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Why every one is going behind the blogs for commenting who enabled commentluv system. Is it worthy for blog or website? Does it help in increasing blog traffic? Is this play an important role in increasing blog page rank, if so why should we not follow bunch of blogs who enabled this splendid features. What we can get from these high PR dofollow commentluv blogs or website. There are many reasons to discuss why most of bloggers have been always habit to cross large-scale destination for leaving valuable comments at commentluv enabled blogs. Because this one of the finest and ethical way to build quality backlinks as well as help in increasing Page rank of the blog. Basically, this features are freely available at WP platform where a user can easily handle to enable commentluv option on his/her website so for the readers to get maximum comments.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="color: #5a9e25;"></a></div>
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So it would be the golden chance for WP users to get maximum comments by enabling dofollow commentLuv option. Readers want backlinks while you are getting the advantage of readership. So, in today's posts i have compiled a list of 100+ high pagerank dofollow commentluvenblogs of 2014. Select your own choice blogs from the list and do start commenting with polite manner so that to get both quality backlinks and readership.</div>
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Why To Get Attendance In High PR Dofollow Commentluv Blogs And What Are The Basic Advantages ?</h3>
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It is obviously necessary for each and every blogger to get attendance in some of the below mention blogs. You will not only get quality backlinks but it would also help to boost the blog traffic as well as page rank in no time. for better user experience, Try to make valuable comments on some of the most popular commentluve enabled blogs constantly upto two and half months and then judge your Page Rank in next update you will be probably feel a major difference in your PageRank.</div>
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Now it will have been increased several numbers. Means, if it was 3 in past and after drawing a lot of valuable comments this time it will be obviously from 5 to 6. SO, if you are curious to know who are the top 100 high pagerank blogs with commentluv enabled option then you have come to the right place.</div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I hope you would like to spread bundles of comments, if you read the above para in great attention. To make this work more easier for you. I have brought a large collection high page rank dofollow commetnluv enabled blogs which will probably increase your traffic and page rank by commenting in polite & good manner. Let come and join this free gallery of more than 100+ commentluv blogs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br />
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List Of High PageRank Dofollow Blogs With CommentLuv Enabled</h3>
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http://w3blog.dk</div>
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http://www.currybet.net</div>
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http://www.socialtimes.com</div>
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http://links.org.au</div>
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http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/blog</div>
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http://gaming.psu.edu</div>
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http://www.problogger.net</div>
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http://weblogtoolscollection.com</div>
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http://www.bloggingtips.com</div>
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http://www.bloggingbasics101.com</div>
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http://growmap.com</div>
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http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog</div>
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http://www.blogussion.com</div>
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http://www.basicblogtips.com</div>
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http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog</div>
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http://kikolani.com</div>
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http://www.comptalks.com</div>
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http://comluv.com</div>
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http://www.seobythesea.com</div>
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http://www.intenseblog.com</div>
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http://www.zigpress.com</div>
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http://zapworld.in</div>
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http://tips4pc.com</div>
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http://blog.2createawebsite.com</div>
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http://freebloghelp.com</div>
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http://ariherzog.com</div>
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http://www.techgeeze.com</div>
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http://www.thebadblogger.com</div>
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http://www.famousbloggers.net</div>
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http://www.techlila.com</div>
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http://www.techtricksworld.com</div>
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http://thattechchick.com</div>
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http://www.iblognet.com</div>
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http://keepupwiththeweb.com</div>
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http://www.techwork.dk</div>
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http://techatlast.com</div>
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http://www.techbappa.com</div>
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http://techchunks.com</div>
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http://www.technikant.com</div>
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http://techiezlounge.com</div>
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http://www.bloggingcage.com</div>
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http://kathydobson.com</div>
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http://www.thechefscookbook.com</div>
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http://www.techpatio.com</div>
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http://www.techifire.com</div>
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http://www.techbucket.org</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-28436432784053166502015-04-20T15:10:00.003-07:002015-04-20T15:12:28.283-07:00Analyze Your Blog Traffic And Competitors For Free - SimilarWeb<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #3d5054; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">
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No doubt dozens are free online tools available on the web for bloggers when they came to analyze their blog traffic statistics. Most of the time we are using few limited online tools with which might be well aware all tech geeks and bloggers. While in my case, i have been using google analytics and woorank since 2012. Meanwhile i did not find any useful tool by which we can calculate blog traffic and competitors accurately. However, there are various splendid paid online tools which could be help in bringing your competitors and give all the possible results regarding to the blog traffic statistics. However, sometime you must be worry, what to do ? Where to go? if we need to check the blog current visitors analytic and competitors at the current time without registration and much more. In such situation i have a solid solution which can be more useful to fulfill your desires. So here i am going to present you one splendid website (SimilarWeb) by which you will quickly access all the rights which you are manually handle in google analytic. So, in today's article we will show you how to analyze your blog competitors and traffic by using SimilarWeb online tool.</div>
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What Is SimilarWeb And How Does It Work</h3>
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To give you a brief idea. SimilarWeb is an online website which provides a single tool for checking both traffic and competitors. This tool work similar to google analytic. While google analytic needs registration, installation of ID on the template but here you do not need to have registration or other any access authority. So it would automatically show all the traffic related data, Referral traffic, Social media and much more. Its mechanism is so simple. Just go to the website. Enter your desire blog link and then see the whole visual graphic of your blog whole background.</div>
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<b>1:</b> First of all go the <b><a href="http://www.similarweb.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #5a9e25; margin: 15px 0px 5px; padding: 3px 7px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SimilarWeb</a> </b>from here.</div>
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<b>2:</b> Put your Blog url in the searchbox and hit the enter.</div>
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<b>3: </b>Check your Blog visitors Visual statical graph data</div>
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Add your competitor blog to know how is the winner. You can also add multiple competitors. See the below screenshot.</div>
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Compare the results. The fist one will be always the Primary blog which want to do competition and the alternate will competitor blog often comes below the primary ones. To give you the illustrative view see the below screenshot.</div>
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In the above screenshot the primary blog is <b>www.probloggertricks.com</b> and the competitor<b>www.bloggertipstricks.com</b> is one of my friends blog. You can clearly see the graph for visitors flow, the yellow zig zag line reference to the competitor blog while the blue line reference to the primary blog. The highest traffic tendency always achieved by the competitor however the recent update of nov 2013, we crossed over the competitor blog. As you can see in the screenshot. The blue line is going upward while the yellow goes down constantly.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-20171931181333148892015-04-19T04:57:00.001-07:002015-04-19T05:00:07.770-07:00How To Add Contact form - Change Style & Install in a Static Page The contact form for Blogger has the following features:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Field for the user name
</li>
<li>Field for email
</li>
<li>Field for the message (textarea)
</li>
<li>Submit Button </li>
</ul>
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<i>Screenshot</i></div>
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The
design is simple and the text colors inherit the section where you add it. At
the moment, this widget has no configuration options and is not available for
dynamic views.<br />
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How to Add Contact Form to Blogger</h2>
To add it to your blog, just select
the Layout tab, then click on Add a gadget in the section you want to show, for
example, in the sidebar. Then, select the <b><span style="color: orange;">More
gadgets</span></b> tab and add the <span style="color: #0b5394;">Contact
Form</span> gadget.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvksvV8HN1kcRWE5RV69pJ7SBtm8UyRlLFL9s-Bh1Medo1NCAEvUEHJwBRDqg11rwKkfaW1qNTsA0vciSYhyphenhyphenXGfOTG_YFsxDQrDLzY3oex1Xz2GuxCzPOiL-XtPSW7Pvo647K0xa2TJdch/s1600/contact-form-widget-for-blogger.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="blogger gadgets, blogger widgets, contact form" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvksvV8HN1kcRWE5RV69pJ7SBtm8UyRlLFL9s-Bh1Medo1NCAEvUEHJwBRDqg11rwKkfaW1qNTsA0vciSYhyphenhyphenXGfOTG_YFsxDQrDLzY3oex1Xz2GuxCzPOiL-XtPSW7Pvo647K0xa2TJdch/s1600/contact-form-widget-for-blogger.png" height="214" title="Contact Form For Blogger" width="400" /></a></div>
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Styling Contact Form</h3>
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As the background is transparent, the form will
integrate well, aesthetically speaking, but nevertheless it is easy to modify
using Style Sheets (CSS) to the appropriate selectors. Here's an example:
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<i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">/* Contact Form
Container */</span></i><br />
.contact-form-widget {<br />
width: 500px;<br />
max-width:
100%;<br />
margin: 0 auto;<br />
padding: 10px;<br />
background: #F8F8F8;<br />
color:
#000;<br />
border: 1px solid #C1C1C1;<br />
box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0,
0.25);<br />
border-radius: 10px;<br />
}<br />
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<i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">/*
Fields and submit button */</span></i><br />
.contact-form-name,
.contact-form-email, .contact-form-email-message {<br />
width: 100%;<br />
max-width:
100%;<br />
margin-bottom: 10px;<br />
}<br />
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<i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">/*
Submit button style */</span></i><br />
.contact-form-button-submit
{<br />
border-color: #C1C1C1;<br />
background: #E3E3E3;<br />
color: #585858;<br />
width:
20%;<br />
max-width: 20%;<br />
margin-bottom: 10px;<br />
}<br />
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<i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">/* Submit button on mouseover
*/</span></i><br />
.contact-form-button-submit:hover{<br />
background:
#4C8EF9;<br />
color: #ffffff;<br />
border: 1px solid #FAFAFA;<br />
}</blockquote>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>This is how it will look like after applying
the style:</i></div>
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To
add this style, go to <b>Template</b> > <b>Edit HTML</b>, click on the
sideways arrow next to <b:skin>...</b:skin> and paste the code just
above<b><i> ]]></b:skin></i></b> (press CTRL + F to find it):<br />
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<h3>
How To Add Contact Form In A Static Page</h3>
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First step is to add the
Contact Form gadget (Layout) and second, to edit the template (Template >
Edit HTML) to remove most of the gadget. You have to search for the id
"ContactForm", expand the widget by clicking on the black arrow on the left
(same with the includable) and then delete the part that I have colored in red
(see below):<br />
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Part to be removed:<br />
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<b:widget id='ContactForm1' locked='false'
title='Contact Form' type='ContactForm'><br />
<b:includable
id='main'><br />
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Pentax continues to nip at the heels of Canon and Nikon in the DSLR market, and the K-S2 has quite a bite</h2>
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Ricoh/Pentax introduced its new K-S2 relatively quickly after the K-S1 came out. However, despite the similarities in name, it's not a replacement for the K-S1 – instead, it sits slightly above it in Pentax's range. Internally, it shares a lot of the K-S1's specifications, but much of the camera's physical design and usability has been reworked.</div>
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You won't find the KS-1's flashing lights adorning the front of the camera, but that's not the only thing that will please enthusiast photographers. The fact is that behind all the gimmicks and flashy lights, the K-S1 was actually a decent camera, so it's great to the K-S2 using much of the same technology in a much more serious camera.</div>
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Never mind the weather</h3>
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Pentax claims that the K-S2 is the world's smallest and lightest weatherproof camera, which should make it capable of resisting the odd rain shower or two – particularly useful for landscape and street photographers.</div>
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Ricoh/Pentax has thrown in a few other firsts here as well – at least for the brand, if not for the DSLR market as a whole. For example, this camera features a fully articulating screen (though it's not touch sensitive). This screen uses airless gap technology which fills in the space between the LCD and its protective cover in order to improve visibility in bright light.</div>
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Another first for Pentax is inbuilt Wi-Fi and NFC, which can be used in conjunction with a free Image Sync app available for iOS and Android to both control the camera and download shots taken with it for quick uploading to social networking sites and the like.</div>
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There's more. Pentax has introduced a new kit lens for the K-S2. It's an 18-50mm f/4-5.6 optic, which retracts in on itself to reduce the overall size of the system when it's in storage or when you're carrying it around.</div>
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Unlike Canon and Nikon, which use lens-based image stabilizers, Pentax uses a sensor based SR (Shake Reduction) system inside its DSLRs, including the K-S2, to help reduce blur when hand-holding the camera.</div>
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Other useful features include 5.5 frames per second continuous shooting and a maximum shutter speed of 1/6000 sec – that's a touch faster than most of its direct rivals, which offer a maximum of 1/4000 sec. The benefit of fast shutter speeds like this is not simply for freezing fast-moving subjects – you can also shoot in bright light with wide apertures to increase background blur without overexposing.</div>
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The sensor is the same one you'll find in the K-S1: a 20-million pixel APS-C sized sensor which features a maximum sensitivity of ISO 51200. There's no anti-aliasing filter here, which is starting to become increasingly common and helps to maximise the detail output of the camera. In order to avoid the problems associated with this design – namely the risk of moiré patterns appearing when photographing something with fine repeating patterns – Pentax has come up with a novel and interesting solution. If see any moiré effect, you can use the camera's anti-aliasing 'simulation mode to retake the shot. This applies a tiny vibration to the sensor during the exposure, minutely shifting the photosites and therefore replicating the effect of a low pass filter.</div>
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The autofocus system has 11 AF points that can be used with the K-S2, of which 9 are the more sensitive cross-type. This is not the most sophisticated on the market, and you may find the system quite coarse and noisy when using some of Pentax's cheaper lenses which don't have their own AF motors. The new kit lens does, however, have its own built-in DC motor.</div>
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The Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of the Vice Chairman of Hong Local Government, Bijida Yakubu, by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko<br />
Haram.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, said three vigilante members that were with Mr. Yakubu lost their lives in the encounter.
Mr. Abubakar, who did not give details, however, said the police officers investigating the incident have so far recovered the vice chairman’s shoes.
A resident of Hong who simply identified himself as Hussaini said that the incident occurred in Gayafa Village of the area.
“You know, insurgents attacked the village last week. The vice chairman who hailed from the village was on an assessment visit with some hunters when the insurgents attacked and over-powered them.
“About seven insurgents were killed in the encounter before they over-powered the hunters and took away the vice chairman,” he said.
Mr. Hussaini claimed that the abducted vice chairman was later allowed by his captors to call his wife with his cell phone before the device was switched off.
The Chairman of Adamawa branch of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Sahabo Gurin, also confirmed the incident.
Adamawa is one of the three states most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The insurgency has caused the death of about 20,000 people in northern Nigeria with hundreds of thousands of others displaced.
The Nigerian military recently began a major offensive against the group, reclaiming some of the territory initially seized by the insurgents.
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His hands and feet were clearly visible - but baby Silas Philips was in no rush to enter the world.<br />
Born still inside his amniotic sac, he has since been described as a 'medical miracle' by doctors.
Silas was delivered three months prematurely at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California. And doctors performing the Caesarean section on his mother, Chelsea, were astonished to see his amniotic sac was still intact. Pictures show Silas curled up inside with the placenta and umbilical cord, his tiny hands and a leg clearly visible.<br />
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And until the bag was broken, he was still getting oxygen through the placenta, CBS reported. The amniotic sac is a bag of clear, pale fluid inside the womb where the unborn baby develops and grows.
The fluid helps to cushion the baby from bumps and injury, as well as providing it with fluids it can breathe and swallow. It also maintains a constant temperature for the baby.
Typically the amniotic sac breaks on its own during birth, which is commonly referred to as a mother's 'water breaking'.
Or during a C-section, the surgeon cuts through it to deliver the baby.
Doctors say the chance of the amniotic sac remaining completely intact after birth is 'ultra rare'.
It was a moment that mesmerised Dr William Binder, who delivered Silas.
'Even though it sounds cliched, we caught our breath,' he said. 'It really felt like a moment of awe... and one that will stick in my moment for some time.<br />
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'He was seconds old and still in the water bag, with the placenta and umbilical cord tucked inside.'
After taking a few seconds to snap the incredible sight in front of him, Dr Binder set to work removing Silas out of his amniotic sac and getting him breathing. <br />
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However Silas's mother didn't realise the excitement her son had caused until her mother showed her Dr Binder's photo.
'It was definitely like a clear film where you could definitely make out his head and his hair,' she told CBS News.
'He was kind of in a foetal position and you could see like his arms and his legs curled up.
'It was actually really cool to see. And when I heard that was actually really rare I was like "oh my gosh you're a special little baby".'
Despite being born at just 26 weeks, Silas is doing so well that doctors hope he will go home within the next month.
Actress Jessica Alba has spoken out about her daughter Haven who was born inside the amniotic sac in 2011.
She said at the time: 'The doctor had never seen anything like it before. He grabbed the nurse and said: 'Look at this!'.
'I was in the middle of pushing and he told me to hold on a minute and not to push.
'He was wearing basketball shorts and a T-shirt and said: 'Oh I have to get my scrubs on for this!' The sac burst on its own after she came out. It was a trip.'
In fact Jessica's experience inspired Haven's name.
She explained: 'When I was in recovery we still hadn't chosen her name. [Her father Cash Warren] picked her up and said she came into the world in her 'safe haven' and [her name] clicked right then for both of us.'
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Above is a photo of members of Boko Haram captured by Chadian soldiers yesterday in Gamboru, a<br />
border town between Chad and Nigeria. 207 of the militants were killed during the gun battle...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006015714350751734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946838273241791491.post-7249876844367351842015-02-25T05:19:00.001-08:002015-02-25T05:24:48.558-08:00How to Add Forums to a Website or blogForums are useful to communicate with your site visitors and helps to solve problems and generate traffic out of it. This article will show you how to add forums to website<br>
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The actress sizzles in a shiny sexy black dress for the February/March issue of Cedar magazine. See<br />
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The APC Presidential candidate was a guest on "All Eyes on Africa" TV show earlier today. More<br />
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