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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Global Business Travel Association moves into Russia | News ...

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) ? the voice of the global business travel industry ? has announced the formation of a GBTA Russia chapter.

The development of GBTA Russia means that the association now has activity and membership in all BRIC regions for the first time.

The launch of GBTA in this region will be supported by an Allied Leadership Advisory Board, which will be comprised of representatives from Star Alliance, Continent Express and Marriott International.

GBTA and the Allied Leadership will announce details of the business travel buyers chosen to lead the GBTA region as its Advisory Board and Regional President at a launch event, planned for 8th April at the Marriott Grand in Moscow.

GBTA?s senior vice president of global operations, Paul Tilstone, said about the development: ?GBTA is thrilled to be expanding our global footprint to Russia.?

?Russia is becoming an important and exciting travel management arena.?

?Establishing this region will allow us to work closely with Russian travel professionals, adding value through our education and advocacy while connecting them with their peers throughout the world.?

GBTA Russia will announce its schedule of activity at the formal launch event in Moscow on April 8th.

Source: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/global-business-travel-association-moves-into-russia/

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Marketing is like Jelly Beans | Small Business Marketing Specialist!

By bluedressmarketing, January 28, 2013

Small Business Marketing, Ingrid Gee, Marketing Specialist talks about Internet Marketing for your business.

My clients often ask me, what do I need to do when it comes to marketing their brand on the internet? The answer is simple. Be like that fun bag of jelly beans you used to love at Easter.

Now, seriously what do I mean by that?

1. Create ?flavor?. Does your product have anything that looks ?appetizing? to your end consumer? Is it actually something that they want or need? If not, add to, modify, and tweak your product until it has relevant value to your end consumer.

2. Be colorful. With your message be creative, be interesting, be attractive. Have something in your ?branding? that will create an interest.

3. Be multifaceted. Create as many internet ?channels? and social sites as possible. The more the merrier. This will allow your information to be delivered across a multichannel world, yet be delivered in a digital format that has no expiration date. Search engines love multifaceted entities.

Ingrid Gee, Small Business Marketing Specialist, Blue Dress Marketing, Marketing Developed, Implemented and Managed to Full Circle! Organic Internet Search Engine Specialist. ingrid@bluedressinc.me865-951-5887

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Amazon Somehow Lost $39 Million Selling $61.09 Billion Worth of Stuff Last Year

Click here to read Amazon Somehow Lost $39 Million Selling <i>$61.09 Billion</i> Worth of Stuff Last Year

The good news, if you're Amazon? You just sold $61.09 billion worth of stuff in 2012. That's roughly the GDP of Croatia! The less good for you but pretty funny for everyone else news? You somehow lost $39 million doing it. Business! More »

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Ronnie Chambers Death: Chicago Woman Loses Fourth Child To Gun Violence

Crime scene tape hangs on a light pole across from Noah Foods December 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Nathaniel Jackson, believed to be the 500th murder victim of the year in Chicago, was shot in the head and killed outside the store on December 27. After news organizations began reporting about his murder, the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs Office issued a statement stating Chicago's murder total remains at 499 because classification of one death investigation remains pending. They would not specify which death is pending. The total number of murders in the city has only once exceeded 500 victims since 2004. The murder rate is up about 11 percent from 2011, much of which is attributed to growing gang violence. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A police vehicle sits outside Noah Foods December 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Nathaniel Jackson, believed to be the 500th murder victim of the year in Chicago, was shot in the head and killed outside the store on December 27. After news organizations began reporting about his murder, the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs Office issued a statement stating Chicago's murder total remains at 499 because classification of one death investigation remains pending. They would not specify which death is pending. The total number of murders in the city has only once exceeded 500 victims since 2004. The murder rate is up about 11 percent from 2011, much of which is attributed to growing gang violence. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Candles burn in the alley near the spot where Federico Martinez was gunned down on December 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Martinez was believed to be the 499th murder victim in Chicago when he was killed on Wednesday December 26. After news organizations began reporting about the city's 500th murder victim, the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs Office issued a statement stating Chicago's murder total remains at 499 because classification of one death investigation remains pending. They would not specify which death is pending. The total number of murders in the city has only once exceeded 500 victims since 2004. The murder rate is up about 11 percent from 2011, much of which is attributed to growing gang violence. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Graffiti is painted on a garage near the spot where Federico Martinez was gunned down two days ago on December 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Martinez was believed to be the 499th murder victim of the year in Chicago when he was killed on December 26. After news organizations began reporting about the city's 500th murder victim, the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs Office issued a statement stating Chicago's murder total remains at 499 because classification of one death investigation remains pending. They would not specify which death is pending. The total number of murders in the city has only once exceeded 500 victims since 2004. The murder rate is up about 11 percent from 2011, much of which is attributed to growing gang violence. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 photo, a lone cross stands in a vacant lot on the corner of 79th and Loomis in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. Up to 80 percent of Chicago's murders and shootings are gang-related, according to police. By one estimate, the city has almost 70,000 gang members. A police audit last spring identified 59 gangs and 625 factions; most are on the South and West sides. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this March 9, 2011 photo, Pam Bosley stands inside the Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and poses with a photograph of her son, Terrell, who was gunned down in 2006. Bosley now works with kids 14 to 21 at the church, teaching them life and leadership skills and ways to reduce violence. Sometimes, she says, it?s neglectful parents who are the problem; often it?s gangs who just don?t value life. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 photo, a note of condolence is taped to the window of connivence store where in November 2012, a clerk was killed in an apparent robbery on Chicago's South Side. It?s been a turbulent, bloody year in Chicago. A spike in murders and shootings, much of it gang-related, sent shock waves across the nation and spurred new crime-fighting strategies. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 photo, a man waits to cross 79th street as a school bus passes by in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, seen in the reflection of a window. It?s been a turbulent, bloody year in Chicago. A spike in murders and shootings, much of it gang-related, sent shock waves across the nation. Look closer and there are signs of distress and fear. Police cars watching kids board city buses at the end of the school day. Heavy security gates on barber shops and food marts. Thick partitions separating cash registers from customers. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 photo, Bobby McComb sits on the sofa with her 14 year-old daughter, Cerria, at their home in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. In the wrong place at the right time, Cerria and a friend were wounded when gunfire aimed at a reputed gang member struck them, with a bullet exploding in Cerria's right leg. "I'm angry," Mrs. McComb says. "I'm frustrated. I'm tired of them shooting our kids, killing our kids, thinking they can get away with it." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Rev. Mike Pfleger of the St. Sabina Catholic Church, speaks with a young man during a weekly basketball tournament at the church gym where rival gangs can play in a 12-week basketball league instead of walking the streets in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. Pfleger says the games help players build relationships, see beyond gang affiliation and stop shooting each other, at least for now. "I have people tell me I'm naive, I'm stupid, I should be ashamed of myself working with these gangs," he says. "I could care less. We've demonized them so much we forget they're human beings." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 photo, a young man enters a convenience store where earlier in November a clerk was killed in an apparent robbery on Chicago's South Side. Chicago's murder rate is approaching 500, compared with 435 in 2011. More than 2,400 shootings occurred (as of Dec. 21), an 11 percent increase over last year at the same time. Gang-related arrests are about 7,000 higher than in 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A child watches a residents participating in a peace vigil walk past her home in the Washington Park neighborhood on November 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. About 75 children, teachers, and parents were joined by area residents and religious leaders as they marched in the streets to draw attention to the violence that plagues their Southside neighborhood. Through the end of October 436 people were murdered in Chicago, surpassing the 435 murders for all of 2011. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Dolores Walker (L) is comforted by her mother Josephine at the funeral service for her son Joseph Briggs at New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks during a news conference where he and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, rear, announced an initiative to prevent gang activity in and around vacant buildings on Monday, July 9, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, listens to Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy during a news conference where they announced an initiative to prevent gang activity in and around vacant buildings on Monday, July 9, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Chicago's Killing Fields

Chicago's murder rate has surged this year, yet no one is talking about it. How do we give a systemic problem a face?

Roosevelt Judkins watches as officials stand outside an abandoned house that they say is a haven for drug dealers and gang members, before it was demolished Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city's building department will spend $4 million to make it impossible for gang members to use the buildings as a base of operations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Drug paraphernalia is seen on the floor of an abandoned house that officials say was a haven for drug dealers and gang members, shortly before it was demolished Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city's building department will spend $4 million to make it impossible for gang members to use the buildings as a base of operations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Family and friends watch as the remains of Joseph Briggs are lowered into a grave at Oak Woods Cemetery on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Family and friends say goodbye to Joseph Briggs during a funeral service at New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 20: Pallbearers carry the remains of Joseph Briggs from New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church following a funeral service on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who turned 16 in April, was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister on June 9. Briggs was one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during that June weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 11: Signatures cover a memorial to Joseph Briggs which has been constructed outside his home June 11, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Briggs, who recently turned 16, was shot and killed while sitting on the stoop of his home in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood on Saturday. Briggs was one of at least 8 people killed and at least 43 wounded in shootings in Chicago this past weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In a June 9, 2012 photo, the Chicago Police gang enforcement unit stops a car with four suspected gang members and arrests one of them on a warrant. In Chicago, homicides are up over last year. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

In Chicago, homicides are up markedly over last year. In some of the West and South side streets its guns, gangs and drugs. On a Saturday night this summer, residents strolled by as a young man was being arrested. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

In a June 5 2012 photo, police arrest a suspect in Chicago. The CPD narcotics division has been conducting undercover investigations in order to move in on suspected drug dealers in parts of Chicago's South and West sides. In the fight against Chicago's gang and drug problem Chicago Police patrol the streets 24/7. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

In a June 5, 2012 photo, Devon Wright, 23, is arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance, in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department is waging a strategic battle against gang members and drug dealers. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

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Toward 2-D devices: Single-atom-thick patterns combine conductor and insulator

Jan. 27, 2013 ? Rice University scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulator.

The materials at play -- graphene and hexagonal boron nitride -- have been merged into sheets and built into a variety of patterns at nanoscale dimensions.

Rice introduced a technique to stitch the identically structured materials together nearly three years ago. Since then, the idea has received a lot of attention from researchers interested in the prospect of building 2-D, atomic-layer circuits, said Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan. He is one of the authors of the new work that appears this week in Nature Nanotechnology. In particular, Ajayan noted that Cornell University scientists reported an advance late last year on the art of making atomic-layer heterostructures through sequential growth schemes.

This week's contribution by Rice offers manufacturers the possibility of shrinking electronic devices into even smaller packages. While Rice's technical capabilities limited features to a resolution of about 100 nanometers, the only real limits are those defined by modern lithographic techniques, according to the researchers. (A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.)

"It should be possible to make fully functional devices with circuits 30, even 20 nanometers wide, all in two dimensions," said Rice researcher Jun Lou, a co-author of the new paper. That would make circuits on about the same scale as in current semiconductor fabrication, he said.

Graphene has been touted as a wonder material since its discovery in the last decade. Even at one atom thick, the hexagonal array of carbon atoms has proven its potential as a fascinating electronic material. But to build a working device, conductors alone will not do. Graphene-based electronics require similar, compatible 2-D materials for other components, and researchers have found hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) works nicely as an insulator.

H-BN looks like graphene, with the same chicken-wire atomic array. The earlier work at Rice showed that merging graphene and h-BN via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) created sheets with pools of the two that afforded some control of the material's electronic properties. Ajayan said at the time that the creation offered "a great playground for materials scientists."

He has since concluded that the area of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene "has grown significantly and will play out as one of the key exciting materials in the near future."

His prediction bears fruit in the new work, in which finely detailed patterns of graphene are laced into gaps created in sheets of h-BN. Combs, bars, concentric rings and even microscopic Rice Owls were laid down through a lithographic process. The interface between elements, seen clearly in scanning transmission electron microscope images taken at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, shows a razor-sharp transition from graphene to h-BN along a subnanometer line.

"This is not a simple quilt," Lou said. "It's very precisely engineered. We can control the domain sizes and the domain shapes, both of which are necessary to make electronic devices."

The new technique also began with CVD. Lead author Zheng Liu, a Rice research scientist, and his colleagues first laid down a sheet of h-BN. Laser-cut photoresistant masks were placed over the h-BN, and exposed material was etched away with argon gas. (A focused ion beam system was later used to create even finer patterns, down to 100-nanometer resolution, without masks.) After the masks were washed away, graphene was grown via CVD in the open spaces, where it bonded edge-to-edge with the h-BN. The hybrid layer could then be picked up and placed on any substrate.

While there's much work ahead to characterize the atomic bonds where graphene and h-BN domains meet and to analyze potential defects along the boundaries, Liu's electrical measurements proved the components' qualities remain intact.

"One important thing Zheng showed is that even by doing all kinds of growth, then etching, then regrowth, the intrinsic properties of these two materials are not affected," Lou said. "Insulators stay insulators; they're not doped by the carbon. And the graphene still looks very good. That's important, because we want to be sure what we're growing is exactly what we want."

Liu said the next step is to place a third element, a semiconductor, into the 2-D fabric. "We're trying very hard to integrate this into the platform," he said. "If we can do that, we can build truly integrated in-plane devices." That would give new options to manufacturers toying with the idea of flexible electronics, he said.

"The contribution of this paper is to demonstrate the general process," Lou added. "It's robust, it's repeatable and it creates materials with very nice properties and with dimensions that are at the limit of what is possible."

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Bob Costas Stan Musial Eulogy: Cardinals Legend Remembered During Funeral Mass (VIDEO)

Stan Musial

Pallbearers carry the casket containing the body of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial out of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis following his funeral Mass, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Mourners including former St. Louis Cardinals player and managers, Cardinals ownership and other baseball dignitaries, including commissioner Bud Selig, top center, watch the arrival of the casket of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial as it arrives in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis for his Musial's funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in St. Louis. Musial died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Stan Musial

The casket containing the body of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial is carried into the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis by family members, including Musial's grandson Brian Schwarze, center, for a funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92.(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, second from right, the Archbishop of New York, and St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson watch as pallbearers take the casket containing the body of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial out of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis following Musial's funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Bob Costas

Broadcaster Bob Costas pauses during the funeral Mass for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, who played with the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 22-year- career, died Jan. 19. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, Archbishop of New York, along with mourners, pray during the funeral for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Mike Matheny

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan greets St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, right, following the funeral Mass for former Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, who played his entire 22-year- career with the Cardinals, died Jan. 19. He was 92.(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Pallbearers carry the casket containing the body of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial before the start of his funeral Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Stephanie S. Cordle) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Stan Musial funeral at Busch Stadium

The hearse carrying Stan Musial stops in front of his statue outside of Busch Stadium for a wreath-laying ceremony after his funeralm Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Bob Costas

Archbishop Robert Carlson prepares the gifts during the funeral Mass for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, who played with the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 22-year- career, died Jan. 19. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Bob Costas

Broadcaster Bob Costas eulogizes former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial during a Mass for musial at the Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, who played with the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 22-year- career, died Jan. 19. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Stan Musial laid to rest

Former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial is eulogized at the Cathedral Basilica during his funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Stan Musial laid to rest

Mourners including former St. Louis Cardinals player and managers, Cardinals ownership and other baseball dignitaries, including commissioner Bud Selig, top right, listen as Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tenn. delivers the homily during the funeral mass for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in St. Louis. Musial died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson receives the body of Stan Musial as his casket arrives at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals for 22 years, died Jan. 19. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Stan Musial laid to rest

St. Louis Cardinals principal owner Bill DeWitt Jr. speaks about Stan Musial during a funeral Mass at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Stan Musial

Pallbearers carry the casket containing the body of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial before the start of his funeral Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Cardinal fans pay their respects during the visitation of Stan Musial Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. Musial, a 24-time All-Star who remained a beloved figure in his adopted hometown a half-century after his playing career ended, died Saturday after years of declining health. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

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Visitation for Stan Musial

Dan Mount, formerly of Granite City, tries to stay warm as he waits with other Cardinals fans outside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis before the doors opened for Stan Musial's public visitation, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)

Ric Anello, of St. Louis, tries to stay warm as he waits with other Cardinals fans outside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis before the doors opened for Stan Musial's public visitation, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)

The 20-degree weather didn't keep fans from paying their respects to Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, outside of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis before the doors opened for the public visitation, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)

Stan Musial

Fans line the street outside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis about a half hour before the beginning of a public viewing of Cardinals legend Stan Musial, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Visitation for Stan Musial

Cardinal fans snake through the Cathedral Basilica, while attending the visitation of Stan Musial on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 in St. Louis. Musial, a 24-time All-Star who remained a beloved figure in his adopted hometown a half-century after his playing career ended, died Saturday after years of declining health. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

St. Louis Cardinal fans pay their respects to Stan "The Man" Musial during his visitation at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Thousands of fans turned out for Musial's public visitation at the ornate Roman Catholic church, many of them bundled up against the bitter cold in red Cardinals jackets. Musial, a 24-time All-Star who remained a beloved figure in his adopted hometown a half-century after his playing career ended, died Saturday after years of declining health. He was 92. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Stan Musial

Dave Ebert takes a photo of the line of people as he waits along with them outside Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to pay their respects during the public visitation for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stan Musial

Mourners enter the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to pay their respects during the public visitation for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stan Musial

Mourners line up outside Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to pay their respects during the public visitation for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stan Musial

Derek Piller, right, and his father Manny Piller, left, look at a photograph of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial at the Cardinals' annual Winter Warmup Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, the team announced. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stan Musial

A statue of former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial stands outside Busch Stadium Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, the team announced. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stan Musial

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Bankers, policymakers say Europe's crisis not over

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - International bankers and finance ministers warned on Saturday that Europe's crisis was not over even though the euro currency is now stabilized, it will take years to overcome economic malaise and mass unemployment in Europe.

After a private meeting of leading commercial bankers, government officials, central bankers and trade union officials, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told Reuters: "There is a clear divide between the financial markets, who think a lot of this is fixed, and the people in the real economy and particularly from our side as the governments."

Unemployment in Europe would only fall from 11.8 to 11.7 percent this year, growth was stagnant, real wages were not rising in most countries and it would take countries such as Sweden and France years to reform their labor markets, he said.

"So it is very dangerous to declare that the crisis is over because that would undermine the crisis insight that we need to have among the companies, among the population, among the unions, to be able to go through this process," Borg said.

Sweden is not a member of the 17-nation euro zone and Borg has been among the strongest critics of the bloc's handling of its sovereign debt crisis since late 2009.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Deutsche Bank co-chief executive Anshu Jain, who co-chaired the closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, declined to speak to reporters.

Participants said the mood this year was far more relaxed than 12 months ago, when there was a sense of emergency about saving the single currency from break-up.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi left Davos for home before the meeting and EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, who was in Davos, did not attend.

Lagarde said in a speech on Thursday it was vital for Europe, the United States and Japan to keep up the momentum for economic reform and put their public finances in order at an appropriate pace, without crushing growth.

Chinese central bank deputy governor Yi Gang, who attended the session, said he had voiced most concern about trade protectionism and the negative consequences of money-printing by the U.S., Japanese, British and other central banks.

"Protectionism is a big problem and also you see quantitative easing of developed economies is generating uncertainties in financial markets in terms of capital flow," he told Reuters in an interview.

"There is too much liquidity, a glut of global liquidity. Competitive devaluation is certainly one aspect of that. If everybody is QE or super QE and you want to depreciate, what currency do you depreciate against?"

One senior European commercial banker, who declined to be identified, said financial market optimism that the risk of a break-up of the euro was over had gotten ahead of reality.

"The crisis is not over and the notion that tail risk is gone is a dangerous one," the banker said.

The economic term "tail risk" refers to the possibility of an asset suddenly losing value due to a rare event.

Rehn told Reuters the conclusion of this year's Davos meetings about the euro was "no tail risk, growing confidence, no complacency, stay the course".

However, a larger-than-expected early repayment of cheap three-year loans by some euro zone banks to the European Central Bank on Friday fuelled sentiment that the worst of the single currency's debt crisis is now over and markets are stabilizing.

Banks are expected to repay more than 130 billion euros of crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week in a sign that at least some parts of the financial system are returning to health.

The ECB made over 1 trillion euros in ultra-cheap three-year loans to banks in lending operations in December 2011 and February 2012, a process which ECB President Mario Draghi said had "avoided a major, major credit crunch".

(Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Jason Neely)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bankers-policymakers-europes-crisis-not-over-121007704--business.html

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Harry Reid & The Repeating Collapse (OliverWillisLikeKryptoniteToStupid)

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Polar bear occupies Shell station in Davos over Arctic drilling

DAVOS, Switzerland - Activists with a big fake polar bear have occupied a Shell service station in the Swiss resort of Davos to protest Royal Dutch Shell PLC's oil drilling in the Arctic.

About 25 activists from around Europe chained gas pumps together Friday at the station near where the World Economic Forum was being held and hung a banner on the roof reading "Arctic Oil - Too Risky."

Greenpeace helped stage the protest, raising concerns about dangers to the environment from Shell's drilling in Alaska and urging forum organizers to reconsider Shell's participation. A Shell drill barge ran aground on a remote Alaska island on New Year's Eve.

Shell officials, among the 2,500 corporate and political leaders in Davos this week, did not immediately respond to phone calls about the protest.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/davos-activists-occupy-shell-station-protest-arctic-drilling-110012885.html

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Friday, January 25, 2013

5 Social Media Tools to Help Manage Your Online Reputation 30 ...

Social media has become an integral part of a business? marketing strategy. Reaching out to hundreds and thousands of your audience in a matter of seconds has been made possible by the power of a tweet or wall post.

The idea of managing social media profiles of your business is to maximize interaction with potential clients and increase sales.

However, there comes a time when your social media activity can get overwhelming. Aside from keeping up with the different social media channels you have registered for, you need to deal with posting timely messages on your feed and replying to disgruntled customers to control your online brand reputation. Thus, managing all your online accounts on a regular basis takes up hours of your time at work, leaving you with little for your other tasks.

Ideally, there?s no reason you should spend more than 30 minutes replying and posting on your online profiles. To do this, you will need the help of free social media tools and services to organize your workflow. Below are five highly recommended social media services to make your online work much more efficient.

One of the problems why people take so long in messaging on social media is because they have to sift through different windows and interfaces just so they can send out messages to their audience.

With Hootsuite?arguably one of the most useful social media tools out there?you can register up to five of your social media profiles so you can interact with your Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn followers with ease.

Interface on all accounts is streamlined, so you won?t get confused with the different designs of each site. If you need to dispatch the same message on all your profiles, Hootsuite lets you do that in just one click after selecting the profiles where you intend for the message to appear.

Another advantage of using this tool is the ability to schedule your posts to appear at specific dates and times in the future. This proves very useful especially if you won?t be able to tend to your online profiles due to other commitments. Once you?ve set up the message, they will be posted on the social media sites even if you don?t log in.

InboxQ

There are Twitter users who are simply waiting to become your followers, if not clients or brand advocates. The problem is just they don?t know it yet. These people ask questions about products and services that your business offers such as ?What?s the best X?? or ?What Y should I buy?? InboxQ, arguably the most helpful when it comes to generating leads for your business, lets you find them.

The app can be installed on your Internet browser or Hootsuite dashboard. Once installed, enter the keywords relevant to your business and InboxQ will search for questions on Twitter. You can input as many keywords as possible, as long as they help return more questions. From there, you can answer questions relevant to your business.

Commun.it

This social media service lets you build more Twitter leads to increase your sales by focusing on your list of high-value members. Users who mention your name will appear on the list, making it easier for you to engage with them and strengthen your relationships. The tool will also automatically populate your different followers into groups for segmentation purposes. Similar to InboxQ, you can list down keywords that will be used to discover new leads for your business.

A free account allows you 30 times to engage with a single user, so be judicious with the posts you will make using this service.

Social media is breeding grounds for customer feedback. This will prove valuable to possible clients of your business since they research on the Internet before they do any purchases. Positive reviews draw them in to your business, while negative repels them. What you want is to augment positive feedback, which is why searching for posts on Topsy and Social Mention and retweet, like, and comments on said posts.

For negative comments, make sure to provide answers to the issues they raised on their posts. If possible, find a way to correct your mistakes. This way, even if you received negative feedback on social media, the manner in which you addressed their concerns speaks volume of your customer support.

Are there other social media tools that you use when managing your online brand? Let us know by commenting below!

Christopher Jan Benitez writes about small business and print marketing, in particular brochure printing services brochure printing services. Visit the PrintRunner Blog PrintRunner Blog to read more of his works.

Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/5-social-media-tools-to-help-manage-your-online-reputation-30-minutes-a-day/57337/

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Abbas asks Israel to let in Palestinians fleeing Syria

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tried to get Israel to let 150,000 Palestinians fleeing war in Syria resettle in the West Bank, but dropped the request after the Jewish state demanded they first give up their right of return, he said.

Syria is home to around 500,000 Palestinian refugees, some of whom have been fleeing the country because of civil war between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and fighters seeking to topple his government.

Israel has said it has no plans to allow them to enter the West Bank, which it has occupied since 1967.

"I asked the Secretary General of the United Nations, I told him to ask our neighbors to let us be bring them to Palestine. Four days later the surprise answer came to me, (the Israelis) agree," Abbas told Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen television in an interview broadcast on Friday.

"They agree on one condition...that each one of the refugees renounce their right of return. We said, forget it," Abbas said.

Around 5 million Palestinian refugees live in U.N.-run camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and Syria, after they or their ancestors fled or were forced from homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war of Israel's founding.

Palestinians believe U.N. General Assembly resolutions enshrine a right for these refugees to return to their original lands, an idea consistently rejected by Israel.

Their fate has been one of the thorniest sticking points throughout the decades of violence and diplomacy between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Twenty thousand Palestinian refugees have fled from Syria into neighboring Lebanon, joining 400,000 Palestinians living in hard-scrabble ghettos in that small nation.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied it would let Palestinians from Syria into the West Bank. Israeli government representatives told Reuters they had no information on such talks.

The head of the U.N. agency responsible for Palestinian refugees told Reuters he had not been informed of any deal between Israel and the Palestinians on a repatriation.

"It seems to be, frankly speaking, an unrealistic option from the practical point of view, to move a large number of people through Jordan and then the occupied territory, or Egypt," said Filippo Grandi, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Abbas, who himself fled his original hometown in Northern Israel, courted domestic controversy last year when he told an Israeli news channel that he had no desire to return.

Palestinian rivals in the Hamas Islamist group in Gaza, who reject peace talks with Israel that Abbas has long pursued, said the president's comments undermined efforts to resettle lost land.

(Additional reporting by Oliver Holmes in Beirut; Editing by Peter Graff)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/abbas-asks-israel-let-palestinians-fleeing-syria-211524805.html

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Cameron warns companies to pay fair taxes

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that companies needed to pay their fair share of tax if they wanted to do business in Britain.

"I am a low-tax Conservative but I'm not a companies-should-pay-no-tax Conservative," Cameron told CEOs and investors in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "Individuals and businesses must pay their fair share."

Cameron said the Group of Eight industrialised countries should focus on countering corporate tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance.

"This is a problem for all countries not just for Britain," Cameron said.

Cameron did not mention any companies by name in the speech but British politicians have accused Starbucks and Google of manipulating transfer prices to shift profits into low tax jurisdictions. Starbucks and Google say they comply with UK tax law.

"Any businesses who think that they can carry on dodging that fair share or that they can keep on selling to the UK and setting up ever-more complex tax arrangements abroad to squeeze their tax bill right down - well, they need to wake up and smell the coffee because the public who buy from them have had enough," Cameron said.

(Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Kate Holton and Ben Hirschler)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/british-pm-says-g8-must-focus-tax-100156872--finance.html

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Your EXPERT Stool: The Second Leg is. - 'No Sweat' Public Speaking!

In my first column on this subject, I presented the idea that?everyone?should build a strong?EXPERT?Stool. (If you haven?t read it, the?Back Story?to this Marketing Plan is worth the read!?HERE)

The goal is to be able, when appropriate, to tell prospects, and folks who want to know more about you -?GOOGLE Me!

That two word phrase, when spoken with a little??Attitude,? a little?good ?Attitude,??says, ?There?s great stuff out there about me. Don?t take?my?word for it. Check me out!?

Before asking someone to, ?GOOGLE Me!??You?ve got to have?Googleable??Stuff.?? Building a three-legged?EXPERT?Stool?will do that!

The Three Legs are:

Speaking
Writing
Internet / Technology

This post addresses the?Second Leg,?WRITING!

If you?re a regular reader, listened to one of my audio recordings, or seen me speak, you know I believe Speaking and Writing go hand-in-hand. People who Speak and Write well are perceived as EXPERTS.?People like to work with?EXPERTS!

Just as a good Speaker?s Talk must be Heard, and preferably seen, to be perceived as an EXPERT, a Writer?s Words must be Read to be identified as an Authority.

Important for Writers:

Know your subject. Research it, and be certain what you?re communicating is up-to-date.
Your writings should be good,?very good!
- If you don?t have excellent writing skills, learn them.

Let?s start the discussion by talking about Writing OFF-Line.

Be a ?Guest Contributor.?

There are many publications that will publish your articles. You may not receive payment for them, but having your ?Stuff? in well known media will give you credibility. They will usually print your contact information below your article and perhaps give your a free classified or display ad.

Some are:

Trade Magazines for your area of expertise.
General interest magazines if your subject is a fit.
National and local Newspapers.

Other Writing Options:

Publish a Book or Workbook
- Traditional and/or Internet only.
- You?ll probably have to self-publish. That?s OK because it?s way easier than it used to be.
- This could be as simple as a PDF available on your website. Do it and you?ll be considered a ?Published Author.?
  - Once you?ve done this, when mentioning it, say, ?My?first book is. . .?

When your Writing is Published,
It?s time to start building that Leg of Your?EXPERT?Stool!

Be certain it is being Promoted via the Internet:

On Websites
- Your?website.
  - Have links to the publication?s site and your article.
  - Be certain their publication is printed online, also.

Social Media
- Put all pertinent information, and links, on your LinkedIn and FaceBook Business Pages.
- Tweet it, also.
- Ask the publisher to do the same.

Email?Marketing
- Email information about your article to your targeted contact list and have links that will take them to your and the publisher?s sites.

YouTube
- Your YouTube Channel?is an excellent place to promote where you?re published.
  - Links can be put in the Description Section of the video, reached by clicking on Video Manager.

If you have published a Book:

Amazon.com?s Author?s Central.
- This fabulous freebie from amazon.com is offered to all authors. They allow them to list Speaking Events on a personal Author?s Site. Here is mine:?https://www.amazon.com/author/fredemiller
  - Additionally, authors can upload pictures, videos, and link to their blog and other sites. This is all FREE!

ON-LINE?Writing?Opportunities

Blog!
- Regularly writing articles on your site is a tremendous way to build this leg of Your EXPERT Stool!
- Deliver great Content.
  - These writings should not be advertisements for your products and services. The goal is to establish yourself as an EXPERT.
  - Do it well, on a continual basis, and you will? be an EXPERT!
Insert the Audio of each Post on your Blog.
- Many people are auditory learners. Having the audio of each post available will help more people?GET?your message
- An added benefit is:??Written Post + Audio Post = Better Writing and Speaking.?
- Put the Audio of each of your blog posts at the top of the article.
- Have it link to your?iTunes Podcast Channel.
Comments
- Most Posts have a Comment Section. If you have expertise, and an opinion on a post written by someone else, place a comment.
  - GOOGLE finds these!
  - When people Comment on your Posts, Reply to what they?ve written.
- Other Sites to Post Articles
- Guest Post!
  - Writing is a lot of work. Many bloggers are happy to have a Guest Post, provided, of course, it is great?valuable?content for their readers.

Just as when your OFF-Line writing is published, when your writings are ON-Line,?it?s time to start building that Leg of Your?EXPERT?Stool!

Be certain it is being Promoted via the Internet:

Social Media
- Put all pertinent information, and links, on your LinkedIn, LinkedIn Groups, and FaceBook Business Pages.
- Tweet it, also.

Email?Marketing
- Email information about your article to your targeted contact list and have links that will take them to your site.

YouTube
- Your YouTube Channel?is an excellent place to promote your blog posts.
  - Links can be put in the Description Section of the video, reached by clicking on Video Manager.

The next article will address the?Third Leg -?INTERNET MARKETING ?/ TECHNOLOGY!

Building?Your?EXPERT?Stool?is a Process ? not an Event. Once it?s built, all the legs must be continually?strengthened. That?s OK because,??The Learning is in the Doing!??and your subject knowledge and credibility as an?EXPERT?will grow?exponentially, especially when you have enough ?Stuff? so you can say, to the person who wants to know more -?GOOGLE Me!

For reading, and/or listening, this far I?d like to give you?Two?FREE Gifts:

An?Elevator Speech Template?and an?Elevator Speech Worksheet.?
(Who hasn?t struggled with their Elevator Speech!)

Go to:?http://www.nosweatpublicspeaking.com/elevator-speech-template?to receive it!
(You may be asked to update your profile even if it hasn?t changed.?Please?do!)

About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, a coach, and the author of the book,
?No Sweat?Public Speaking!?
Businesses and individuals hire him because they want to improve their
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills.
They do this because we perceive really great speakers to be Experts.
Perception is reality, and we rather deal with Experts.

They also know:
Speaking?Opportunities are?Business?Opportunities.
Speaking?Opportunities are?Career?Opportunities.
Speaking?Opportunities are?Leadership?Opportunities.

He shows them how to:
Develop, Practice, and Deliver ?Knock Your Socks Off Presentations!? with -
NO SWEAT!

Fred E. Miller
Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com
nosweatpublicspeaking.com
314-517-8772

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Akamai: Mobile data traffic doubled year-to-year in Q3, broadband adoption up

Akamai's served up its latest State of the Internet report, and data collected by Ericsson reveals some significant changes in terms of mobile internet usage. According to the firm's figures, mobile data traffic doubled between the third quarters of 2011 and 2012, growing 16 percent since Q2 2012. In terms of browser marketshare over cellular networks, Android Webkit accounted for 37.6 percent of requests, while Mobile Safari netted 35.7 percent. Opera Mini hovered a tad below 20 percent, with RIM's and Microsoft's offerings duking it out below the 10 percent mark. However, when it comes to mobile devices across all networks (read: not just using cellular data), the gap between iOS and Android devices is far wider. In that scenario, Mobile Safari took the crown with 60.1 percent of browser requests, leaving Android Webkit with only 23.1 percent.

On the cyber attack front, Akamai reports that such traffic originating from China increased by 16 percent in Q3, making the country the source of roughly a third of attacks during the quarter. The number two spot was claimed by the United States with 13 percent, and Russia slid in at third place with 4.7 percent. While average broadband speeds didn't see much in the way of landslide shifts, they were up globally by 11 percent year-over-year. Worldwide adoption of broadband 10Mbps or greater grew a sizable 22 percent between the third quarters of 2011 and 2012. If you'd like to pore over the statistic-filled tome yourself, hit the source link below.

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