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If you don’t use Facebook (and there are fewer and fewer of you every day), you can’t understand: It’s addicting. Especially if your friends, family and co-workers live all over the planet — Facebook brings them together in one neat and tidy place.  Meaning, you’re never far away from almost everyone you know. That’s both good and bad, of course. And like all social networks, one has to wonder: Will it jump the shark? Is it the next Friendster? Or here to stay? As Spanish speakers say, vamos a ver.

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Sshh! Barwell staging same-sex marriage meeting at Town Hall
Inside Croydon

Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell is staging a meeting about government policy on same-sex marriage tonight, Wednesday, May 30, at the Town Hall from 6.30pm. You may not have noticed. The event was initially publicised on Facebook a week ago. There, without specifying whether they need to be Croydon Central constituents, people are invited to attend on the promise that: “Gavin will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the Government’s proposals to allow same-sex couple”, sic: we think the proposals are in fact about more than just one couple, “to get married”. Steven George, husband of Croydon councillor Clare Hilley, in a picture which he first posted on the internet. Will he share his sobering thoughts at tonight’s meeting? The Facebook event page and a recent up-tick in online activity for the MP is signal of the arrival on Barwell’s state-funded staff of Mario Creatura, the local Tory activist, failed council election candidate and a confi

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Have we lost the art of conversation?
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Talking in the evening. Porto Covo, Portugal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This recent think-piece in The New York Times argues that we have: At home, families sit together, texting and reading e-mail. At work executives text during board meetings. We text (and shop and go on Facebook) during classes and when we’re on dates… We’ve become accustomed to a new way of being “alone together.” Technology-enabled, we are able to be with one another, and also elsewhere, connected to wherever we want to be. We want to customize our lives. We want to move in and out of where we are because the thing we value most is control over where we focus our attention. We have gotten used to the idea of being in a tribe of one, loyal to our own party. One of the rituals my husband and I enjoy is my driving him to the commuter train station in the morning. It’s only about 10 minutes door to door, but it’s a nice chance to connect and chat before his 40-minute commute and a crazy life working a

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Followers and Friends and Hi Fives!!
STANZAE!!

They follow you here! And you have hundreds of friends there! They raise thier hand for you, To give you five! And they tell you stories! And approves and argues, Whatever its that comes from you! They know when and where, And with whom you are! And they have seen you dance, And heard you sing as you grew! Then why this that, Your eyes are sunken, Beneath the line of your face, What’s been bothering you? To this the answerable me, Sitting on the dining next to him, Spoke out in a damp down voice, “See that I am here, And the world’s all beautiful, Outside this boudoir I am in! And they are making all the noise, And they are friends, They live every moment! I know, all the lives aren’t the same! And doesn’t every one stays poise! But how do I feel good, Now that those followers and those friends, Don’t walk by me nor sit across my dine! And don’t hear it when I break a voice! Coming-Up more soon…Do keep dropping by..

Reasons Why I Use Social Media
Hire Me

I use social media for so many reasons; I use it for communication, for networking, and to share my talents. I have learned how to use communities such as Twitter, Pinterst, Linkedin,  Facebook, and Google +.  I love all of them because it is a free method of spreading your message to the global community.

Has it only been three weeks?
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Taking a break from the blogosphere is like missing out on episodes on your favorite television program or letting your weekly magazines form a dusty pile in the corner of the room. 21 days may not seem like much time to be off the grid (especially when you consider that most Brits think two weeks on the Costa Del Sol in August is a “nice long holiday”) but it’s really easy to let the act of regular blogging slip through your fingers and that time wasted on other “physical” pursuits can never be virtually retrieved. I admit that I don’t follow the golden rules of web-logging. Sometimes I flood the web with my random thoughts and commentary on life’s mysteries, other times I ignore it like you would do a crying child on a long-haul flight – you know it’s there, you think you should acknowledge it with some sort of irritated stare/comment but it’s a lot easier to bung your headphones on and blank it out completely. The other pro

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Shameless Plugs: Raven Blog
The Sleepy Kitten

Joanna Penn (Photo credit: TheCreativePenn) Well, I wasn’t planning on posting another Shameless Plug so soon after the first, but Joanna Penn (The Creative Penn) posted something very interesting on Facebook. This was the status: “When’s your ideal time to write? Mine’s morning, after breakfast, before email http://raventools.com/blog/11-ideal-times-to-write/” Any of you that know me in real life or have just known me for a while have a good idea of what my hobbies are, one of which is writing. (Unfortunately, if you know me that well, you also know that I’ve been putting off writing for a long time.) So, for all of you who are writers and want to see what Joanna Penn is talking about, go see Raven Blog‘s post “11 ideal times to write” or else I’ll find you and make you read it. And for my friend WMS, who puts off writing even more than I do… yes, I was thinking of you the entire time I was reading this blog post. Because you

Math Sucks!
Nick Shamhart

There are currently around 311 million people* residing in the USA. That’s a hard number for a person to perceive, so let me help. If you could say, “Hello” to everyone of them, on some sort of revolving conveyor belt, as they passed you – one “Hello” per second – it would take you almost 10 strait years just to get through the greeting process…and that’s not taking into account your need to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom. My countrymen and women are not doing so well on general knowledge tests and as each year passes they do worse and worse. Let’s just take a look at some more numbers shall we? 1 in a 1,000 Americans say they read. But this is generalized, mind you. When pushed as to frequency and quantity of reading this one in a thousand gives vague responses like newspapers and magazine articles. 1 in 10,000 Americans are classified as Avid Readers. Keep in mind you are now an avid reader if you can manage to read one b

Let’s Not Write-Off Facebook Just Yet
Brand Media Strategy

By Antony Young, CEO Mindshare North America They say that a week is a long time in our business, and surely the folks at Facebook would agree. The overwhelming media darling for the past few years saw its IPO become a catalyst for the press, and every other news channels to turn on the social media network.  I guess the largest IPO in history was either going to go one of two ways with them.  As a journalist once told me, to the news media, a plane that crashes is a much better story than one that takes off! Mark Zuckerberg strikes me as being quite different than most other digital entrepreneurs.  He never particularly chased the limelight.  In fact the notoriously media-shy executive was relentless sort out by the media.  He never seemed in a hurry to sell to advertisers.  Until recently we mostly pursued him.  And it would seem that the necessity to go public came more from the desire by the money men and the large number of employees looking to realize value for their stock. So wh

FB Favorites: Thanks for Sharing Your Wit and Wisdom
Anne Caroline Drake

The wound is the place where the light enters you. ~ Rumi Not All Wounds Are Visible:  PTSD Support and Global Awareness is a phenomenal Facebook resource for people with PTSD. Mitt Romney will be another W.  He’ll line the pockets of his peeps, the Haves and the Have Mores, at the expense of the rest of us.  If you are a DV or child abuse survivor and/or a protective mother and don’t support Pres. Obama, I have to challenge your motives.  Pres. Obama is the first president to have someone on his staff to advocate for us.  Pres. Bill Clinton is a child abuse survivor, but the only thing he did was pass the Violence Against Women Act.  I’m not saying that’s not for nothing.  I’m just asking why you’d vote against your own interests. Dick Cheney, for example, lied about weapons of mass destruction and started the war in Iraq.  He didn’t care that it would bankrupt the United States and kill or wound thousands of good people.  He only cared about

IMPROVING THE ONLINE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT TEENAGE GIRLS IN EXERCISE
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Our blog article posted on www.maggieayre.com – specialised in exercise and nutrition for teenage girls. http://www.maggieayre.com/2012/05/improving-the-online-community-to-support-teenage-girls-in-exercise.html#more  05/24/2012 Improving the online community to support teenage girls in exercise A great guest blog from Kate Hill, Founder of FunMeFitwww.funmefit.com There’s no point in telling a teenage girl that spending too much time on Facebook and other social media websites is making her unfit, under confident and anxious. She’ll either argue with you or march to her room and update her Facebook status telling all her friends what you’ve just said. Compared to 40 years ago when girls used to be anxious about ‘real’ things like death and financial uncertainty, it seems that today’s girls are more anxious than ever, “Research suggests that the surge in anxiety among girls today is not a function of household income. Other factors such a

Kim Simplis Barrow Says Thank You
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Yesterday, we finally got to hear from the First Lady herself, expressing gratitude to all those who sent her messages of encouragement: My fright and panic after being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and learning of the severe heart damage that the chemotherapy drugs have caused me, were greatly relieved by the knowledge that so many of you were praying for me, and willing me to survive this. I am truly grateful and it is impossible to properly describe the comfort that your outpouring of support has brought me. I thank each of you and want you to know that you motivate me to keep on fighting. It has been a draining, wrenching past few days. But while my heart will continue to be literally weak, it and my spirit are strengthened by your emails, texts and FB messages. The journey continues and I and my family will always be grateful. With God, your support and my determination, I look forward to the future. I ask all of you to continue to pray for all those on the battlefield of di

Social Media tells the Story of Storms in Harford County, Maryland
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See the original “Storify” version here, with all of the hyperlinks enabled. The storm’s approach was widely tweeted and posted to other social networks. Tornado watch for D.C., MD, and VA until 2 a.m. Radar: http://bit.ly/iCjvBg #Breaking #dcwx #mdwx #vawx Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email NBCWashington Fri, Jun 01 2012 20:02:36 ReplyRetweet 0 likes  ·  0 comments As damage occurred people and news organizations posted it to social sites. RT @TxStormChasers: Sign/tree damage photo from Pleasant Hills, MD from TSC volunteer Ryan Sheff #mdwx #tornado #severe http://twitpic.com/9rqbq3 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Deductible Saver Sat, Jun 02 2012 10:39:53 ReplyRetweet 0 likes  ·  0 comments Fallston, #Maryland has major damage, collapsed building, people trapped http://goo.gl/6RJfc #Tornado #MSWX Share on Facebook Share on Twitte

Versatile Blogger Award
The Appletizer

Better late than never, right? Thank you, Regine, for giving me this award last December. I got caught up with the board exams, work, and family that I failed to thank you for giving me this award. Finally, I’m already “alive” in the blogging world after I posted pending blog posts and  followed several blogs that I think would interest me. I read almost every post in my Reader! I’m so happy I already spend more time in WordPress than in Facebook or Twitter, although I seem to be online (Hey, Sir Zuckerburg, it’s better if you have that Idle status in the chat box again). So here’s how it works: 1. In a post on your, blog, nominate 15 fellow bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award. 2. In the same post, add the Versatile Blogger Award. 3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog. 4. In the same post, share 7 completely random pieces of information about yourself. 5. In the same post, include this

March Madness, Here I Come: Extracurricular Activity #11
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Kid Newton lives in a very different world than the one I grew up in. I’m not talking about anything as profound as seeing a president that looks likes him, though you can bet I will write about that one day. For now, I’m enthralled with a phenomena that’s way more pedestrian but no less pivotal– the decline of the Saved By the Bell stereotypes. [Trust me folks, I do end up talking about March Madness] Saved By the Bell was a ridiculous 1990s Saturday morning television show that followed a group of high schoolers through various corny and contrived scenarios. The cast and supporting characters followed all the cliches of 20th century American high school conventions– preppies, nerds, jocks, geeks, fashionistas, feminists (oooh, scary), rich kids, and beauty queens. The show was ridiculous, but I’ve seen every episode multiple times and know enough about the show to write a book on it. I can’t help it. I was reared on syndication and my mind