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Russell Brand admits being haunted by heroin temptations
New York, Mar 8 (PTI) Funnyman Russell Brand admits that he is still tempted to take heroin despite making a recovery.
The 37-year-old actor-comedian, who was speaking ahead of a show organised in the memory of singer Amy Winehouse, said heroin temptations still haunt him, reported Huffington post.
"It''s a natural state for me to be on drugs. When I''m not taking drugs, you know it''s a little bit edgy for me. Recently I had an experience that was a little bit stressful, a week or two ago, and I thought ''Ah God, it wouldn''t half be nice to have some heroin and just relax'', but then I realised it would come at a terrible social consequence," said Brand.
Brand believes Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in July 2011, could have been saved if she had received the right support.
"I was inspired to put this concert on because of the death of Amy Winehouse, now although she was a very, very brilliant woman, in another sense she was just an ordinary drug addict/alcoholic.
"If her death highlights this issue and highlights that it is an issue that has a solution, then I think it isn''t entirely in vain." PTI ST
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I know what you're thinking: Why would anyone want something other than a margarita, especially on Cinco de Mayo? It has nothing to do with a dislike of tequila, lime, and salt, and everything to do with the fact that there's much more to Mexican cocktails than simply margaritas.
Feeling wild and spontaneous? Let's take a look at three drinks that are just as -- if not more -- fiesta-worthy as the ubiquitous margarita.
Never had a Michelada? That must be remedied STAT. This thirst-quenching cocktail is cousin to the Bloody Mary except instead of vodka, it's made with beer, and preferably Mexican beer like Sol or Dos Equis. Its savoriness comes from a variety of seasonings including lime and tomato juice, salt, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, hot sauce, and powdered chilies. Always remember: The spicier, the better!
Michelada from The New York Times
Mix all ingredients in tall pilsner glass rimmed with salt.
The Paloma is practically a margarita with refreshing grapefruit soda thrown in for good measure.
Paloma from The Kitchn
Add lime, tequila, and salt to glass -- stir. Fill the glass with ice and top with the grapefruit soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Horchata is a cold, homemade rice milk that's very popular in Mexico and traditionally made with vanilla and cinnamon. This version for Rum-Spiked Horchata is perfect for a party.
Rum-Spiked Horchata from All Recipes
Mix the rice and warm water together in a bowl, and let stand for 1/2 hour. Reserving the water, drain, and place the rice in the bowl of a food processor. Add the cinnamon and process until a paste forms. Return the rice to the water and let stand at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally as the water turns milky white.
Strain the rice through a fine sieve into a bowl or pitcher. Stir in the milk, condensed milk, vanilla, and rum until evenly blended. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
To serve, divide the ice cubes between four glasses, and pour the chilled horchata over the ice.
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sounds yummy
Michelada does not sound appetizing to me!!
Maybe I will have a Mojito! :)
I don't know what I am making yet, but I do want a drink. Maybe I will just drink my dinner. LOL
The Paloma sounds yummy!We are cooking out for Cinco De Mayo
The second one sounds yummy. We did not do anything special today....my sister and I had an appointment regarding a business we want to start and then we went out with my Mom and daughter and had lunch. Now I am sitting at home waiting for my husband to get home from work.
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Years ago, sometime in the late '90s, I auditioned for a one-act play in NY. It was a light comedy about a playwright who had a troll who lived in his closet who wrote his plays for him. My audition for the role of the the troll went very well. I thought the character suited my strengths; I took pride in having a corner on wry, verbal oddballs. The producers loved me and I seemed very close to getting it.
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Saving with Albert: Teaching a Four-Year-Old the Value of Money
Published on - May 24th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
My friend Albert — age four — loves electricity. Ever since he was young (ha!) he's been fascinated by the stuff. His parents have carefully nurtured his hobby. Now that Albert's older, they've decided this might be a good way to teach him about money. In this guest post from my friend Lisa, she describes how they're helping Albert take the financial plunge.
My son Albert loves his collection of colored light bulbs with all of his electrical little heart. One of his favorite pastimes is adjusting the lighting in his room by switching bulbs. Recently he broke the green bulb, ignoring me as I reminded him that light bulbs are fragile. He was distraught, but I wasn't all that inclined to rush out and buy a replacement because he had been a bit of a turkey.
It was blindingly obvious that it was time to implement an allowance for discretionary spending. Starting with an old Get Rich Slowly entry, I surfed around until I found a strategy that works for us. It goes something like this…
Albert gets an allowance once a week, on Sunday morning. He has four glass jars in his room: Spend, Save, When I'm Old (eventually will become Investing), and Donate.
We're still trying to find the right amount to give him, but it's in a form that's easily divisible by four. (Right now we're giving him $2.00 in quarters, but it's not adding up that quickly given today's prices. We'll probably switch to four $1 bills so that the accumulation in his spending jar is more meaningful for a little guy whose concept of time is rather vague.)
Regardless of the amount of money given, people generally seem to agree that clear containers are important for visual feedback when saving, so that's why we used glass, taking the ideas for our labels from the Money Savvy Pig.
Albert's allowance is not tied to chores. This avoids the expectation that household work should be compensated. His allowance is a salary that doesn't depend on performance. (And chores are a topic we'll address sometime in the future.)
Are you wondering what Albert's first independent purchase was? You guessed it: a light bulb, though he went for a rainbow-colored one instead of plain ol' green.
The light bulb store near us is full of funky bulbs and all the supplies for making fixtures. (In fact, Sunlan Lighting is just plain fabulous, with a brusque proprietress, shelves stacked high with unusual bulbs, and rumors of unknown depths of electrical goodness in the basement.) Albert will have no problem spending his allowance there in the future.
This is Lisa's third article at Get Rich Slowly. Previously she offered career advice for new college graduates and explained how to find great deals on eBay.
What a great idea!!
Even though my daughter is only 8 months old I've already been trying to think of ways to introduce her to money, how its used, and how to respect it. I like how you use the clear glass jars and I agree it would help him visualize how his money is growing. My mother would just occasionally show me my savings passbook when I was little and that did NOTHING to motivate me to save. I think your plan is wonderful and let us know what amount you finally decide on. Thats something Ive been debating as well.
This post is a nice, cheerful one to start the day! Love all the pics. Hopefully, we'll get an update a bit down the road to find out how Albert is doing with his allowance and how the system has evolved.
His allowance is not tied to performance of chores? You say that like it is a good thing. I'm not sure I agree. I don't get paid just because I'm me – I have to accomplish things in order to keep getting paid. It seems risky to teach a kid that money just comes from above and doesn't have any particular reasoning behind it's arrival. *shrug* But then I'm not a parent yet – my wife is only 3 months pregnant.
Sean – certainly understand your point of view, but disconnecting allowance from household chores, I think, is a good thing. My son's not quite old enough to have an allowance, but when he does, he'll have to achieve something for it.
I'm not sure what that will be, but it won't be the kind of housework that he'll be expected to do on his own when he has his own place.
The reason I don't believe associating an allowance with chores – specifically, anything involving household hygiene and cleanliness, or personal hygiene – is that I've seen kids raised like this take a pretty mortifying attitude to housework and hygiene into adulthood, again and again. Too much to be a coincidence. From what I've read, experts and other parents have come to similar conclusions.
Pay 'em to do the dishes and they'll stop doing them when nobody's paying them
I'll agree with Joel and Lisa here — when you teach a child that he should be compensated just for contributing to the daily chores, the minute the money stops, the work stops too, and you'll never again be able to disassociate "you must pay me" from "I must do chores" in his head.
Worse, the kid becomes an employee, you become an employer, and the money and the chores become things to *negotiate* about (or bribe each other with) instead of contributions that you make to each other just because they're important in and of themselves. If you must tie the allowance to family contributions, make it *extra* contributions above and beyond the regular everyday chores.
On the other hand, there's really nothing wrong with teaching him "I'm giving you money because when you're a grown-up you'll need to know what to do with it."
Sean: To each their own. I see this counter-argument all the time, but it almost always comes from non-parents who (no offense intended here) have no experience, and don't actually know what they're talking about. As you yourself pointed out, you're not a parent yet. We have four boys ranging in age from 3-10 and use a very similar strategy.
"I don't get paid just because I'm me – I have to accomplish things in order to keep getting paid."
That's at work. At home, you do things that need to be done because they need to be done. In our house, the kids do their chores because they're a part of the family, *not* because they're getting paid.
Honestly, I think that your thinking on this is completely backwards. Do you really want to teach kids that the reason they should help around the house is because they're getting paid?
We pay extra for things that go above and beyond the call of duty. Like when our 10 year old spent the better part of a day helping me improve the vapor barrier under our house. He got extra paid for that. But picking up his room, busing his dishes, etc? No way.
As Cairsten said, an allowance is a teaching tool for us. A side benefit is that the kids no longer whine for things in the store. Instead, they figure out how much things cost, how much they have, and how long it will take them to save up for it (if necessary).
My parents always expected me to do normal chores without getting paid, it was just part of life; but, if I wanted any sort of allowance, I had to earn it by doing *extra* chores (beyond normal household stuff)–things like washing the car or deep-cleaning all the bathrooms. I always thought it made sense. You don't get paid for normal household jobs, but you do have to earn your spending money.
Excellent article. It gives me hope that I'm doing something right. I grew up in a spendthrift household and am trying to teach my four year old the lessons I was never taught. We too have four glass jars. On the inside of his "short term" jar he draws a picture of the next monster he wants for his collection. (We live in Japan and the boy is nuts for Ultraman).
As Cairsten pointed out I was worried about conditioning our son to only respond to pay. He has seperate "chores" which are non-negotiable and extra "jobs" that he gets paid for.
Again, good article.
Wow! Reading these responses, I'm just amazed. You guys get up before 6:00 on a weekend????
A sidenote–my niece gets so many presents for her birthday, I stopped buying toys and now get her savings bonds. She probably doesn't understand them, but then, she didn't understand which toy I'd given her in the huge pile of gifts she receives. By the time she's in college, my hope is she'll have enough cash built up for a plane ticket abroad.
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It is said that "the morning shows the day".well ! i like the idea of Albert's parents. the habit of saving and investing right from the childhood will lead him to become financially strong in the future.
I highly recommend "The First National Bank of Dad." I just read it, and he has thought pretty carefully about this.
Short, short summary: Offer to "bank" their savings for them and pay them 5% per month; even a kid weak in math will see the benefit of saving.
He also agrees that you don't pay kids for chores. If you want kids to learn money sense, then that means 1) letting them buy crap and learn the hard way, and 2) letting them go cheap if they want. If you pay a kid to empty the dishwasher, then it would be reasonable for a kid to say, "Nope. That's not worth it. No thanks, I can live without the money."
Particularly if you aren't paying market rates (i.e. what it would cost to have someone come in and do chores), you risk having your employee quit.
Nickel: thanks–I don't feel bad for getting up at 8!
Lay off Joel people. I agree that opinions can change when you have children but NEVER tell people they don't know what they're talking about (no offense doesn't cut it here sorry.) Maybe as a "non-parent" he grew up taking care of his 3 younger siblings when mom and dad died in a car accident. That comment just came off as very condescending. People have different experiences, let them and DON'T JUDGE! Alright, that being said, I'm done with capslock and I agree to separate chores from allowance is a good idea.
My kids do chores because we all function as a family and everyone has a place and job to make the family go. I give a base amount according to age. Then above for other help around house. The kids put half of it in the bank. They have to fill out the deposit slips and take them to the bank. Then the other half they donate and have spending money, which they can save for something or spend as they like. They figured out on their own what they wanted and how to save for larger purcheses.
I love the four-jar idea! We do pay our kids commissions for select chores (others are just part of being a member of the household) and they divide the earnings up into three or four similar categories. When my daughter saved up $50 we opened an ING sub-account and deposited her money. She loves watching the compound interest grow each day!
By the way, Albert seems like a pretty cool kid to be so interested in the sciences at such a young age. I sense a future electrical engineer or scientist in his future!
Albert, you are a supremely cool kid.
I'm with Frugal Dad, Albert seems very cool!
I also have to agree with the not tying chores to allowance group, I don't have children but growing up, chores were something that everyone did to contribute to the household. I never got cash for good grades either.
Great concept, great post. I'd even take it a step further and teach Albert that LED lights use a fraction of the electricity that normal bulbs do, and hence reduce electricity bills considerably. So do compact fluorescents (CFL's). Our home's energy bills are less than half the national average. More at Diamond-Cut Life http://www.diamondcutlife.org/high-energy-prices-good/
I have to agree with the majority here, that kids shouldn't get paid to do their share of household maintenance.
We don't connect chores with allowance. Chores are part of keeping the household running smoothly and safely. Work that we'd pay another person to do (deep cleaning, self-directed lawn work and snow removal, painting, etc.) will be paid for, but our kids (4 and 6) are too young for that, now.
Allowance is the amount of money the child gets to spend or save on his own volition (with some guidance). We like allowances, because it allows us to push the "I wannas" back on the kids, as in "Sorry, but you already spent all your money on the toy at the other store. Maybe next week." and "That item is 5 week's worth of allowance."
We have rental properties, so there will always be chances for the kids to make more money when they need to.
Albert's doing a lot better than my kids: DS (6) is getting $2/week now, and DD (4) only gets $1/week.
Albert is in really good hands!
J.D.- Posts with pictures really tell the story. I hope you will use more pictures in the future when appropriate to the topic. Good Post, Lisa! Yes, the selection at Sunlan Lighting will make your head spin…
What a great idea!
LOL! When d'you suppose a four-year-old thinks "when I'm old" happens? Maybe when he's six?
Actually, y'know what? Some people ARE paid for who (or what) they are, not for what they do. I was introduced to this concept by internationally prominent author Alberto Rios, who remarked that the university where he was serving as director of a creative writing program did not pay him for his teaching or his creative products, but for who he was. On reflection, I realized he probably was right: He achieved prominence because he is the kind of person that he is. Look around and you'll see this is true of many people who have achieved seniority or eminence in their professions.
Now how much seniority a four-year-old can claim remains to be seen!
IMHO those who question connecting the routine activities of daily life with a paycheck have a good point. There's no reason you can't give the kid an occasional freelance fee for service above and beyond the call of duty, but to pay him to take out the trash or make his bed suggests that normal, responsible behavior gets done because someone pays for it.
We never paid our son for routine chores; as an adult he's very responsible about money and never has been otherwise. How the kids see the parents behaving is probably more important than anything.
When I was younger my parents never paid me for working around the house. They expected it!
They did get me nice things once in a while, they never associated the items with the work though. I think this was best since I would help with work yet didn't expect anything for repayment.
Albert seems like a really neat kid! It's nice to see a child so interested in science at such a young age! It'd be interesting to find out if he ultimately peruses a career in science, engineering, or another related career.
I like his parents' idea on teaching him how to save, it's setting a foundation for a lifetime of sound financial management.
We were expected to do regular chores (and growing up on a farm, there were a ton of 'regular chores') without it being tied to an allowance. In fact, we pretty much didn't get allowances until highschool in my family. In 1996 I started getting 20 dollars a month that wasn't tied to any chores. I sometimes wish my parents had started earlier and had developed a system like the one here, it would have taught me more about money at an earlier age. However, having only 20 bucks to spend a month all through highschool taught me budgeting right quick.
Once I started driving my dad made the offer of two hours of yard work a week and he'd buy me a tank of gas (which was 96 cents a gallon then… so about 10 bucks to fill my car). This worked pretty well. I still had to do my regular chores for no monies.
And frankly, I keep a cleaner house now that I live on my own than any of my friends, and all of them either didn't have to do regular chores growing up or got paid for those chores.
Its great to see you fostering your child so well! Its also smart of you to not buy him another light bulb immediately. If you had of done this he might start to learn that breaking stuff is ok
I do agree that linking chores and money is a bad idea. When growing up, many of my friends had this done, and have now an interesting way of dealing with money/work relationship. I recieved an income about half that of my friends, and the rest could be made up by being paid relatively large amounts of money for menial tasks (polishing my dads shoes, cutting relatives grass etc).
These are useful comments. We're still feeling our way along with the allowance plan for Albert, and the idea of using supplemental work around the house as a way to earn extra money is a great one. I like it in part because it teaches the idea that some types of work does earn money. It rewards motivation.
For now, by the way, we've settled on giving Albert $4/week. I think it's rather high, especially since I received 20 cents a week at his age. But given that he receives only 1/4 of that (he still hasn't figured out the Saving jar), it only seems fair to make sure that the spending money is meaningful. We're really just bankrolling the forced savings, which for him at this age seems the appropriate thing to do. Later when he understands more, we may give him more choice about how the money is divided and pay interest on the savings so that he can better see how saving works.
Thanks also for all the kind things people said about Albert. He certainly is a great and unique kid, and you can rest assured that we spent a lot of time thinking about how we can best nurture his tendency toward electrical engineering while helping him grow into a balanced person. In the meantime, he spends a lot of time taking apart broken electronics like DVD players–and buying absurd things like light bulbs.
I am not a parent, so don't lump all non-parents together ala #6. I am not sure if #3 was given allowances or not, and perhaps that has been partly responsible for his opinion. Or perhaps he just reached his conclusions on his own. As a non-parent, I can only use anecdotal experience based upon my own up-bringing, and the fact that getting an allowance definitely aided in my learning the use and value of money. When the allowance was gone, that was it until the next allowance. I had to make it last. If I ran out, and went asking for more, the first question my folks would ask me was: "Didn't we give you an allowance this week?" followed by "well, what did you do with it?" Which would finally culminate in "next time don't waste it." As a side note, I was instructed to put half in the bank when I first got it, and could do with the rest as I pleased. (Watching my savings in the early to mid 70s grow at 6% interest hooked me on saving…until the interest dropped to sub 1% somewhere along the way) If I wasted it, that was on me and I had to bear the consequences (i.e., not getting something I thought I wanted when I wanted it!)
In short, don't think that all non-parents don't know the score. Sometimes, understanding what your folks did well in bringing you up is the only blueprint you need going forward with the next generation.
I'm a mom to 3 kids and a co-founder of a preschool magazine, The Tessy and Tab Reading Club. Last year we created a couple of issues covering the topic of money and the response from our readers was so great that we decided to put together a full blown Money Manager Toolkit for preschoolers. We use big bright pictures to help parents discuss the concepts of everything from what parent's are responsible for buying (basics) to what kids need to purchase for themselves (extras). You can also find tools to help you figure out an appropriate allowance amount. Even if you don't buy the kit, you can download and print these easy to follow guidelines and charts at http://www.tessyandtab.com/money.
Like Albert, my kids have quickly caught on to the concepts and love having their own spending money. The hardest part for me personally is letting them spend their money without my intervention. But I do believe it's the best way for them to learn the true value of money and it's great to be able to say while shopping with child, "if you want it you can buy it with your own money" (or at least pay me back when we get home!).
This is a great article. I have a child that is trying to learn the value of money. It was funny tring to watch him spend the money on a candy bar. The real question is how do I teach him what he should and shouldn't eat?!
What a doll! Great post!


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Table Mountain, a 1087-metre flat-topped massif with dramatic cliffs and eroded gorges, dominates the northern end of the Cape Peninsula. Its north face overlooks the city centre with the distinct formations of Lion's Head and Signal Hill to the west and Devil's Peak to the east. The west face is made up of a series of gable-like formations known as the Twelve Apostles; the southwest face towers over Hout Bay and the east face over the southern suburbs. The mountain is a compelling feature in the middle of the city, a wilderness where you'll find wildlife and 1400 species of flora. Indigenous mammals include baboons, dassies and porcupines.
Reckoned to be the most-climbed massif in the world, Table Mountain has suffered under the constant pounding of hikers – although the damage isn't always obvious. Every year the mountain strikes back, taking its toll of lives. One of the commonest causes of difficulties is people losing the track (often due to sudden mist falling) and becoming trapped. If you plan to tackle one of the hundreds of its walks or climbs, go properly prepared. There are also full-day
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The cable car
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The least challenging, but certainly not least interesting, way up and down the mountain is via the highly popular cable car at the western table, which offers dizzying views across Table Bay and the Atlantic. The state-of-the-art Swiss system is designed to complete a 360-degree rotation on the way, giving passengers a full panorama. Cars leave from the lower cableway station on Tafelberg Road. You can make a real outing of it by going up for breakfast or a sunset drink and meal at the vamped-up eco-restaurant; the upper station is an incomparable spot to watch the sun go down.
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Sacred circle
A number of Muslim holy men and princes were exiled from the East Indies by the Dutch during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and brought to the Cape, where some became revered as auliyah or Muslim saints. The kramats, of which there are nearly two dozen in the province, are their burial sites, shrines and places of pilgrimage. The Signal Hill kramat is a shrine to Mohamed Gasan Galbie Shah, a follower of Sheik Yusuf, a Sufi scholar, who was deported to the Cape in 1694 with a 49-strong retinue. According to tradition, he conducted Muslim prayer meetings in private homes and slave quarters, becoming the founder of Islam in South Africa. Sheik Yusuf's kramat on the Cape Flats is said to be one of a sacred circle of six kramats, including one on Robben Island, that protect Cape Town from natural disasters.
The outsized fluffy guinea pigs you'll encounter at the top of Table Mountain are dassies or hyraxes (Procavia capensis), which, despite their appearance, aren't rodents at all, but the closest living relatives of elephants. Their name (pronounced like "dusty" without the "t") is the Afrikaans version of dasje, meaning "little badger", a name given to them by the first Dutch settlers. Dassies are very widely distributed, having thrived in South Africa with the elimination of predators, and can be found in suitably rocky habitats all over the country. They live in colonies consisting of a dominant male and eight or more related females and their offspring.
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Life has a tendency to get even the best people down some days. Whether it's working a lot of hours, driving your little ones across town for their activities, looking after your household, or handling personal or family members' issues, tension can take its toll on you physically, psychologically, mentally, and spiritually. But there are basic actions you could employ to combat anxiety, beginning with the foods you eat.
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Very cute book. An easy read with very likable characters.
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Working as a lawyer all her life and then one mistake its gone... what do ya do?? RUN LIKE HELL!!! Well thats what happens when Samantha pulls the most easiest wrong in the lawyer book. But what if you could find some more joy in life... and maybe a little more man.
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I LOVED this book. Samantha Sweeting is a young lawer that never has time for herself. One day she finds that she makes a HUGE mistake. She hops on a train and ends up on a door step being mistaken for a housekeeper. She takes the job having no idea what shes doing! She finds love, learns how to cook clean and everything inbetween in this cute heartwarming story!
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IBM Lotus announces the availability of Sametime 184.108.40.206, a cumulative set of all fixes to help customers safely avoid known issues. These issues have been discovered by IBM Lotus during the deployment, use, and testing of Sametime 8.5.1. IBM recommends that customers running Sametime 8.5.1 install the 18.104.22.168 updates to reach a greater level of stability. Future Fix Packs are always cumulative and contain all of the fixes from previous versions. Customers can continue to apply future Sametime 8.5.1 Hotfixes after applying this cumulative fix.
Before you start, be sure to familiarize yourself with the 'upgrade' procedures in the InfoCenter.
If you are running in a clustered environment, you must run the Cluster Guided Activity and choose "upgrade cluster" as the final step of the process.
Sametime 8.5.1 FP1 has been posted to Fix Central at the following links
The detailed Fix List is located at the following link:
NOTE: 18.104.22.168-Lotus-ST-FP1-SametimeStandard Server includes: ST Community, ST Proxy, ST Meetings, ST Media Manager and System Console.
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If the Sametime System Console (SSC) is used to administer other Sametime servers, the SSC must be updated to 126.96.36.199 first, then update other servers to 188.8.131.52.
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1. On your client workstation, run the self-extracting .exe file for the IBM i version of the Community Server.
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1. Use ftp or another convenient method to transfer the appropriate downloaded zip file from your client workstation to a temporary directory <tmp> on the system where you will be installing the server offering.
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Santa needs to buy stock in Apple because the top three things kids ages 5 to 16 want for Christmas are the iPhone4, the iPod touch and the iPad, according to the Duracell Toy Report.
"Approximately 39 per cent children quizzed desired Apple gadgets this year, with 17 per cent of five to eight- year-olds, 50 per cent of nine to 12-year-olds and 66 per cent of 13 to 16-year-olds all putting Apple items at the top of their lists."
"The report, which quizzed a total of 2,138 children and parents in equal measure, also highlighted the growing similarities between boys' and girls' preferred Christmas presents, with both sexes increasingly opting for gender neutral gadgets. "
"It found more than three out of five parents admitted choosing Christmas presents that would keep their youngsters quiet throughout the holidays."
"The top 10 toys for Christmas 2010, according to the report are:
1) iPhone 4 (14%)
2) iPod touch (13%)
3) iPad (12%)
4) Kinect for Xbox (6%)
5) Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters / Kung Zhu Hamsters (5%)
6) Flip Video Camera (4%)
7) Toy Story 3 Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear (4%)
8) PlayStation Move (4%)
9) LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 Video Game (3%)
10) Barbie Video Girl (3%)"
My question is: Are parents really buying their little kids these things or just their teenagers? There is no way in heck I would purchase these expensive items for kids and probably not a teenager. Heck, I won't even buy them for husband. Michael would love an iPad but it isn't happening because of the monthly bill for wireless service to use the thing.
Are you surprised that kids want these technologies and rate them so highly on their lists? Are they on your kid's list? Would you buy them for Christmas presents? For what ages? What do you make of parents saying they buy things to keep their kids quiet during the holidays? (That's pretty disturbing!)
October 26th, 2010
3:26 am
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October 26th, 2010
6:17 am
…good luck with that…
October 26th, 2010
6:55 am
FYI, tell your husband you can buy an Ipad that doesn't use monthly wireless service. You just use Wifi to get internet access. It's actually the cheapest model at $500. However I still think they're overpriced for what they are.
October 26th, 2010
6:57 am
This is nuts!
October 26th, 2010
7:00 am
I wouldn't buy these items for a child. We have a "family" iTouch that each person in the family is free to use. It works well for us. (Btw, my 11yo paid for half of her iPod when she was 8yo…She's been very responsible with it. Her 8.5to little brother uses it from time to time, too. He wants his own; but, he's not responsible enough to keep up with it, IMO.)
With regard to the iPad, I think it is appropriate for a teen; however, I wouldn't buy it w/o the teen contributing. Our family can afford to buy one; however, I'd make a teen contribute at least half of the price. IMO, the teen would need to have a vested interest in such an expensive item. I'm old school…Just because one is able to afford things for her child does not mean that she should buy them. Children, including teens, need to appreciate the value of a dollar and demonstrate responsibility when it comes to expensive gadgets, particularly those of the non-essential variety.
October 26th, 2010
7:19 am
I would never buy for my child what I can do without. With how the econ is in the hole and going no where fast, I don't feel it is wise to purchase such items for children, esp. younger children. My little one is about to turn 4 and her father and I were talking about getting her a watch. She really wanted a watch and I felt that 4 was still to young for such and item.
I think this year more parents to focus on the "reason for the season" rather than "what am I going to get." We are looking a more games and puzzles for christmas, rather than things that just gadgets. Maybe we could use this down turn to get kids back on track with age appropriate gifts and items.
October 26th, 2010
7:26 am
Keep dreaming kids…ain't no how, NO WAY….My 6 yo asked me for a phone the other day!! He wasn't too happy when all I did was laugh at him. Ridiculous. Kids need to be kids, not little adults parading around with obnoxious electronics.
October 26th, 2010
7:45 am
So sad that kids do not even want to play games anymore…there are so many social skills being lost because they do not.
Even worse, is the fact that many parents will buy into what the kids want, when they cannot even afford it.
October 26th, 2010
7:53 am
Whatever happened to wanting a teddy bear? Who has that kind of money? Seriously, isn't a home computer or laptop enough? Do kids even talk to each other anymore or just text??
October 26th, 2010
8:02 am
HELL NO!!!! This is what is wrong with America today. Send the kids outside for some fresh air, and make them use their imaginations. But unfortunately that's old school now, and you don't ever hear of a pick up game of kick ball in the street anymore. I'm glad I grew up when I did, and I'm glad my daughter doesn't want all this hi tech crap either. We both have blackberries and that's it as far as I'm concerned…..oh and she has a lap top her grandmother bought her for graduation.
I see no need whatsoever for a 5 year old to have an iPod…..they are not responsible. Much less and iPad for a 10 year old……
October 26th, 2010
8:08 am
I don't have that stuff, certainly not getting it for my kids.
October 26th, 2010
8:11 am
Give your children everything for what they need, and give them only some of what they want. No way on expensive gadgets – ever. Another great example of parents showing how much they love their little procreation by how much materialistic good they provide. Just another example of how sick this nation is at times. Let your child go without – it's good for them – and you too Mom and Dad.
October 26th, 2010
8:19 am
Give them memories, not expensive gadgets….Guess what they will remember more as they get older?
October 26th, 2010
8:21 am
I agree with Sk8ing Momma, just because we CAN buy them things doesn't mean we SHOULD. I'm also old school. My kids think we're poor because we don't buy them the latest and greatest gadgets, but I want them to learn to WORK for items they want.
I'm sure some of their friends will get an ipad for Christmas. Probably the same kids who drive new cars to school everyday.
October 26th, 2010
8:31 am
Mom of 2…if you ever go to the HS parking lot, you will see that many kids drive nicer cars than adults do. We COULD get snazzy cars but we do not….a waste of money, to me. I buy what I can afford, without a car payment. Not a dump but something practical.
When my kids whined about all the stuff their friends had, I shared that many things were not actually owned by people but in their possession as a liability and payment each month.
We have seen several of our friends, in their 50's, who have been laid off and it is really sad. I do not want to take on anything we do not really need.
October 26th, 2010
8:36 am
we have basic cell phones (which i would nott if i wasnt in a contract grr) and we both have laptops bought by family members since we are both in college. we have abasic tv (no flatscreen just normal big ones) and only 1 of those. why does anyone need a tv in every room? my daughter bought herself a mp3 player..a cheap one..and a thingy to make it play thru the radio in her car. no extra bells and whistles for anything here.
October 26th, 2010
8:37 am
My son (15) has jokingly asked for an iPad – because he knows we won't buy it for him. Then he asked if I could update one of our old laptops for his use because he knows I'm much more agreeable to that since that requires only my time. He does have an iPhone 3G. He wanted one for his birthday (the only thing on his list) and since we had an upgrade on our account available, my husband got a refurbed 3GS and we gave our son his iPhone (so the cost was $100 for my husband's phone and $15 per month for the data plan- cheaper than most other items on a teenager's list now days). As for the iPad, if you have an iPhone, there's not much point in the iPad. I know there are Apple whores who will disagree with me but really, if you can't fit it in your pocket, what's the point? I have a laptop at home so something portable is all I want. That being said, I do LOVE my iPhone, but I think people are buying the iPad b/c they think it's cool, not b/c it's so much more functional than anything else in this world.
There is certainly no way young children need these expensive gadgets though. I have seen a few younger kids (10-12) with iTouches and even then wonder what their parents will do when they break them but they're no more expensive than a PSP or a Nintendo DS really.
October 26th, 2010
8:38 am
of course my granddaughter and most of my family memebers have every bell and whistle for anything you can think of. some of them can aford them and some cant.
October 26th, 2010
8:40 am
Agh, I got caught by the filter!
October 26th, 2010
8:44 am
Won't be buying any of these things for Christmas..My two haven't asked for anyhing that is on this list..The girl had wanted all of the zhu Zhu pets at one time, but has now gone on to soemthing else..She already has about 9 of them that she has bought with her allowance money..
They both want a DSI XL..Not sure if they will get them though..They both have a DS now..The boys came from a yard sale for $30.00 with a game, that's the only reason that he got it..Like JJ said, give them memories not gadgets..
October 26th, 2010
8:44 am
Good grief, what a bunch of kill-joys you people are. Its Christmas, its not about what kids "need" or what they "should have", its one time of the year for them to get what they want. I get the "reason for the season" and all that, but some of you are taking this "woe is me" economy too far. There are 1,000 ways to make a little extra money for Christmas gifts, and plenty of ways to buy things for much lower than full price. For you folks to sit here and bash parents because they buy their children what you deem "expensive" gifts is sad. Maybe those iPods and Pads aren't new, maybe they were bought somewhere like a pawn shop, like my dad used to do. Jut because some of you choose to go beyond "frugal" and deep into "cheapskate" don't rain on everyone else's parade
October 26th, 2010
8:51 am
I buy expensive things I don't need, with money I don't have, to impress people I don't know…..
MetroCoach – it's not about the spirit of Christmas and we are NOT being kill-joys, we are realistic. It's that today's kids are spoiled rotten and DEMAND the high tech goodies. I refuse to give into any of that crap. If my daughter wants a fancy iPad, then she can get a job and buy it herself. My dad once told me "If you want something bad enough, then work for it and buy it yourself, and you will appreciate it that much more".
October 26th, 2010
8:52 am
@deidre..I bought an MP4 player at a yard sale for $5.00 (she wouldn't take less LOL) I had to get my nephew to program songs into it and still haven't listened to any of the music..The boy uses it once in a while..
I understand what you mean about family having things that they can't afford..Have a nephew that him and the wife are having baby # 5, yet they have a car that will only seat 2 adults and 2 small children..But he has a really nice IPOD, a $300.00 phone and 2 laptops..Yep, times they have changed since my parents were parents..
October 26th, 2010
9:02 am
Metro Coach, if there are a thousand ways to make a little extra money….pray tell. We have friends who are really worried, having lost jobs. Even some college kids are not able to get seasonal jobs, as they used to. Some sat home all summer with NOTHING.
JJ…my Dad told me that too and I tell it to my kids…LOL.
Seems to me, that some of the trouble we have with the economy is that too many folks mortgaged what they thought they needed and now cannot afford. Fiscal responsibility is not popular but sometimes necessary. Do we not hear all sorts of commercials to eliminate credit card debt? Anyone?
Does a 16 year old NEED a Lexus…not in my world. I do not NEED one either.
October 26th, 2010
9:03 am
My family is comfortable in our finances, however my child will never get everything he wants for Christmas – not even 50% of what he wants will be given to him on birthday's or Christmas. The educational value instructed in our house is, it's not how much you earn…. It's how much do you spend and save. I firmly believe in having my son go without – on most things. My son has often not liked this parenting approach but then again, I am his father and not his pal and I did not bring a child into the world so I can feel all warm and fuzzy when I give him some materialistic object. Loving your child is teaching them the responsibility of saving, of going without because nobody ever has it all, and the lesson of work ethic. If he wants something bad enough let him earn it through work and saving. Americans are overly materialistic and predominantly raise their children to become one thing – consumers. Not in my house.
October 26th, 2010
9:06 am
OFF TOPIC…Shaggy….did you ever draw a conclusion about kids and research in phone books?
October 26th, 2010
9:09 am
This is so true. My 10 (11 this week)-year-old brother has/wants things that I wouldn't have even dreamed of when I was his age (and not just because they weren't invented yet): an iPhone, an iPad, Xbox this and Xbox that… When I was his age, I think that I got an American Girl doll, some craft supplies, and a portable phone (landline, of course; I shared the family phone line, just had a phone in my room…and I was so cool because of it, hahaha!) for Christmas and I was overjoyed with those things.
My brother and I had a conversation when the iPhone 4 came out; he told me that he was getting one (I don't think he has one yet; I think that it was wishful thinking) and he asked if I was getting one to replace my two-year-old iPhone 3G (which was a gift; I honestly had been perfectly happy with my regular Motorola cell phone that didn't even have a keyboard for texting, LOL). I told him no, because my phone still works great. He was like, "Is it because you don't have enough money?" and I could not seem get the point across that just because I may be able to afford something like that, I feel like my money is better spent elsewhere (I'm sure that I bored the heck out of him with my little lecture). I just don't feel like I need to have the newest and greatest when it comes to gadgets, but kids these days seem to think that they do.
October 26th, 2010
9:14 am
I agree somewhat with Metro Coach. My husband and I work hard, and if we want to buy our kid something nice for Christmas then why shouldn't we? To say you don't need "fancy gadgets" "to impress people you don't know" is not really what we are talking about here. It's 2010 and most people have these "gadgets"..it's a way of life now, like it or not. My son is not old enough for any of this stuff now. If he was I wouldn't just buy things for him for no reason but if it's his birthday or Christmas and he understands that it's special….then why shouldn't I be able to get him something he wants? If it's not a special occasion then I agree, if he wants it, he needs to figure out a way to earn the money to get it. You can buy your children nice things and still teach them the value of money.
October 26th, 2010
9:23 am
YUKI…if you can afford it, then that is your business.
Sometimes, children grow up having a substantial lifestyle and then when they have to pay their own way ( and can't) …they are depressed or they live on their parent's dime forever.
Girls who have Daddy taking care of their every whim ( yes they do exist) can be a burden on their newly degreed husband ( if they marry) as their expectations are not realistic. I do not want this for my son or daughter.
We too have friends who are able to comfortably provide most everything but sometimes it does not provide contentment:
Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Mohandas Gandhi
October 26th, 2010
9:24 am
My daughter knows a girl who has to have a new outfit every week….not too content, IMHO.
October 26th, 2010
9:27 am
MJG- I agree with what you said. I did not grow up spoiled and I did appreciate everything my parents sacrificed for us…to send us to college, etc. I am pretty frugal for the most part and I'm going to teach my son to save and appreciate what he has as well. I'm just saying that if he was 10 years old and wanted an Ipod I would have no big issues getting one for him. As long as he realizes the value of what he has and that he has to take care of it. In no means am I all for giving them whatever they want, but I think as a Christmas present it's a different story.
October 26th, 2010
9:39 am
I get what everyone's saying but I am tending to side with MetroCoach and Yuki on this one…it seems like though everyone seems to be bashing technology itself by saying proudly how they don't have a cell or it's ancient only 1 TV not flatscreen, etc etc…and when some one does have an iPhone or something else, they are almost apologizing for having it ("I didn't buy it, it was a gift, etc") Come on in the 21st century folks it's a lot of fun here too like it was in the good 'ole days it's just a different kind of fun
October 26th, 2010
9:42 am
oh & i LOVE LOVE LOVE my iPod Touch, my Blackberry Bold, my Wii AND my flat screen HDTV (plus my BluRay player that I stream NetFlix on) :)
October 26th, 2010
9:44 am
MJG – I think that I've mentioned this before – I live in NY (upstate; I moved from GA two years ago) and my husband has lived in NY his entire life. He went to college with a lot of kids from Long Island and has mentioned "Long Island Girls" before. I asked what they are and he said girls whose daddies do EVERYTHING for them (even though, when he knew them, they were in college). Now, I know that not all girls from Long Island are like that (one of my best friends grew up there and is very responsible and self-sufficient), but it sounds like, for my husband to use that term, there are quite a few! Your post definitely made me think of that.
On a different note – this goes along with living on the parents' dime forever – I have a friend (not from Long Island) whose parents were always very generous when it came to providing for her (a nice apartment in college, lots of new clothes, vacations, etc.). She is now married (and both she and her husband have jobs), but I strongly suspect that her parents still supplement their incomes. I just don't know how they could live the lifestyle that they do without that happening. It's really none of my business and I would never ask her if it's the case, but, like I said, I suspect it.
October 26th, 2010
9:45 am
I refuse to buy my kids these things. My daughter begged for an ipod last year, she got a sony mp3 player which does just as much as the nano she wanted for substantially less. She's asked for an ipad or at least a mac notebook. Not happening. When she goes to college I will invest in a laptop. Maybe it'll be an Apple, maybe it won't. Either way, I'm not buying into this whole "i" thing. She has friends that have it all. I won't even get internet on her phone. It just costs too much. I always tell my kids that if you want the finer things in life, don't be a teacher :)!
This goes way past tech stuff. My son now wants expensive jeans. He actually took his birthday money and bought True Religion jeans for $140! That's insane. I told him that he makes the clothes, not the reverse. I do remember wanting the latest and greatest at their ages. I didn't get it either!
October 26th, 2010
9:49 am
Metro Coach..I agree with you some and I agree with Photius some..It's just that (I think) kids want (and get) sooooo much nowadays that they don't learn to appreciate things.. We usualyy do go overboard for our two at Christmas and birthdays, but we also teach them to take care of their things and learn the value of things..
@Mrs.G..I had a coworker that had the same lack of understanding about buying something new, when what you already had still worked..I have a TV in the bedroom (about 25 yrs old), I bought a DVD player to hook up to it and it doesn't have the right connections, so she kept telling me that I should go buy a new TV.. WHY, the one that I have still works..Of course this is a coworker that was caught stealing from the company, so guess that why she thought I should jsut go out and buy new..
October 26th, 2010
9:59 am
Just because the kids ask for them doesn't mean Santa (or anyone else) puts it under the tree for them. My 2 have asked for iphones and ipods for the last several years and the older one just got her ipod (from Dad) last year when she turned 10.
I think Santa is bringing a BlueRay for the basement tv this year.
Mom wants a dog.
October 26th, 2010
9:59 am
BlondeHoney….LOL…do you not work for the TECH folks? It is your job to like the stuff, as much as I advocate education….too funny. You do need to protect your job! HUGS!
October 26th, 2010
10:07 am
I agree completely with Blondehoney. Do children need to have everything that they want no but there is nothing wrong with having extras and if I can't afford it I won't get it but if I can I will. It's up to parents to teach their children the value of a dollar and what's important. My son is 10 and he saves his money to buy some of the things that he wants. We are all adults we do not have to justify to anyone why we do the things that we do for our children. When I was growing up my mother did not have a lot of money to spend on frivolous things all the time but Xmas and birthdays were always special. I am not explaining to anybody why I do the things that I do. I am an adult.
October 26th, 2010
10:14 am
LOL HUGS to you too MJG…you got me on that one
October 26th, 2010
10:20 am
ATL06…I think I am an adult too and I often explain the things I do: to potential clients, parents of children younger than mine, my parents, neighbors, friends at church and co workers. On this blog, I enjoy reading other posts and opinions, even if I do not agree with them…I do learn things when people explain their reasoning to me. Maybe I am the only one?
We may not necessarily need to justify but sometimes it can help to hear another person's reasons.
Last week, we were talking about ethics and character. I did not mention that my daughter came home this past weekend, while I was gone and when I got home…she told me she had cleaned the house for me. I have tried to teach mine character and kindness and that DOING things for others often trumps BUYING things for others. Not trying to justify…just sharing.
I would rather meet some of the fellow posters I already know, on this blog, for lunch than have any of them send me a gift. I simply enjoy the doing things together.
October 26th, 2010
10:24 am
WOW -no, I'm not buying my small children gadgets like these. My oldest is 4.5 and doesn't even know what they are. He sees our iPhones and my iPod and loves the computer, but he's never asked for his own. The closest I would come is getting him a iPod with music I loaded on it. As far as an iPad -of course my husband and I would both love one, but it's not in the budget currently. The oldest already has the Toy Story 3 Buzz Jet Pack, but they'll be getting toys, games and puzzles this year. The most high tech stuff they get are a few learning games for Wii and discs for Computer Cool School, Leapster cartridges and TAG books. I believe until they're pretty far along in elementary, their brains need the development that comes from playing with regular toys and using their imaginations more. If I had an 8-10 year old who REALLY wanted an iPod touch or Flip, I would probably get that, but not the other non-toy electronics listed above.
@MJG -actually all of the kids I know LOVE to play games and do puzzles! True, I'm still running in the preK set, and they do love to use computers and sites like PBS Kids, but my son and all of his local peers are really into good ol' board games like Cootie, Don't Spill the Beans, memory card games, Go Fish,Chutes and Ladders, Candyland, etc. I think, as always, it just goes back to the home. If parents take the time to sit down with their kids and play games and/or do puzzles -then the kids likes them. If the parents (and so many unfortunately fit this bill today) just can't be bothered for 30 min to an hour, then the kid never really gets much exposure. From what I read and see here, I think we definitely made the right choice staying in the intown neighborhood where we are. The parents around here and the peers of my kids are keen to focus on toys that foster imagination and creative play and games and puzzles. Electronics are viewed as something for MUCH older kids -like teens -and then not too many or too expensive. Most of us are quite comfortable, but I agree with Mom to 2 boys and Photius -just because you can afford it, doesn't mean you have to get it, AND Santa or mom and dad DO NOT need to bring every single thing on the wish list every year! Not even close! If things continue as they are (and who knows if they will or not), then we'll be able to afford cars for our boys when they're 16, but they won't be getting them. Depending on which high school they attend, they can either take the bus, walk, ride their bikes or take MARTA like many teens in our neighborhood do. I don't mind dropping off or picking up sometime either! This whole idea of giving kids EVERYTHING they want -including non-material things like letting them stay up and out way too late at far too young of an age, being unsupervised, etc. has had a horribly detrimental effect on society. Children as accessories -not a good experiment.
October 26th, 2010
10:35 am
I remember when everyone wanted their own phone line! That was so cool….but I never got one! My mother would take my phone from my room at 10pm, even in highschool. I also remember wanting Guess jeans and Gucci purses.
October 26th, 2010
10:40 am
My soon to be 13 y/o (the day after Christmas), most definitely asked for an Iphone and an Ipad. I told her to keep dreaming…
October 26th, 2010
10:42 am
@RJ -hee hee, me too! I wanted my own phone line, Gloria Vanderbilts and Calvin Kleins ,and a tv in my room. I got the jeans eventually, but never the phone line or tv! I had to either go back in my parent's bedroom when they were in the living room or pull the phone cord into the pantry for privacy as a teenager. Guess what? I lived through it!
October 26th, 2010
10:54 am
Don't forget Jordache Jeans….my favs….I think I might still have a pair in a box somewhere…LOL..
October 26th, 2010
10:56 am
JATL….we had a party line when I was in HS…it did not matter if you were trying to get some privacy in your own house…the neighbors knew what was going on…LOL.
I honestly do not even remember talking on the phone much in HS and we did not have computers back then either…wonder how we made it?
We had ONE 13 inch TV, with rabbit ears and NO remote.
October 26th, 2010
10:57 am
It doesn't surprise me that kids ask for this stuff. My son is 7 and he thinks he wants all this stuff. He of course has no idea what any of it does. He just sees mommy and daddy use our cell phones and assumes he needs one too (but who would he call?? LOL). I would never buy him an iPad or anything like that because he has no logical need for it. We aren't exactly a techno-free family, though. We've got a Wii for all of us to use, and my son "has" a laptop computer, but it's actually mine, but we let him use it just to familiarize him with computers for school. He doesn't have an iPod, and I don't want him to have one. I prefer not to have my child plugging in to technology and unplugged from his family. When we go for walks, I'd rather talk with him, than have him walk with earphones in!
October 26th, 2010
10:58 am
Ha Ha JJ…since I lived on the farm…we girls wore overalls…amazing but true. I never owned designer jeans in HS. I do have Gloria Vanderbilts ( sp?) now…does that count?
October 26th, 2010
11:08 am
I'm not surprised that younger kids are wanting ipods, and I don't think it's about them being overly spoiled — it's about tech standards shifting. When I was 6 or 7 back in the mid-80s and didn't have anything in particular I was longing for for Christmas, my mom surprised me with a boom box. It was awesome! I could listen to the radio (something I was just starting to get into at that age), make cassette recordings, play music and story tapes, move it from room to room — all the things that ipods do now. While I don't think it's great for 6-year-olds to be walking around with headphones on (and parents should set rules limiting that), increasingly, digital files are becoming how we listen to music, so an ipod with a pair of little speakers to plug into it, is really not all that different from a little record/cassette/CD player and collection of albums/tapes/discs in a child's room. And the least expensive models (shuffles are $49) are probably about the same price or even less than those items were 20-25 years ago (I'm pretty sure that would be less than a Cabbage Patch Kid was back then when adjusted for inflation).
As for the higher ticket items for teenagers, I think depends on how they would use them. An iPad or laptop seems extravagant, but if the child will be able to do a lot of schoolwork on it and happens to be in a school that maximizes use of technology (e-textbooks, homework submitted online, etc), I think it could be a good gift that's both useful and fun. If their school isn't doing those sorts of things and they would simply be gadgets/toys, it's probably better to wait until college or let them save up to buy them themselves.


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The 2010-11 NHL season began on October 7th in Helsinki, Finland where the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3, kicking off a season that would have many twists and turns.
The Vancouver Canucks saw their first action on October 9th in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings. On the same day, the Boston Bruins fell 5-2 to the Phoenix Coyotes in Prague, Czech Republic.
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One bad thing about internet marketing is that there is no written rule set in stone. We don't know what would work and what would not. On the other hand, one good thing about our business is that there are plenty of resources available to us. Whether you are a web designer, a programmer, or an online entrepreneur just getting your feet wet, you can just do a quick Google search and you'd be treated to a variety of tips and tricks you can outright copy and implement on your site.
Unfortunately, it is not that clear cut. One web designer may claim that his design worked because of this or that feature but there is no guarantee that the same feature would work for a website in a different niche. You therefore need a whole jar of salt as you read through different articles (just like this one) about web design and internet marketing in general online.
When it comes to the impact of a website design on its performance, plenty of freelance web designers and even large web design companies like to throw around the word "conversion" a lot. Basically, it is all about presenting your website in such a way that it would easily convert any visitor into a paying customer.
Knowing that there is a link between a website's design and conversion is one thing but learning how to bridge that gap is not that easy. If you start from scratch, you can spend up to a year just to find out what's working and what's not. Plenty of testing needs to be done.
You will of course drive traffic to your website through different means. This means different people with different background info on what you are offering would be visiting your site. Surely, you cannot overload your homepage with all the necessary information made to target different people. This is where funneling comes in.
Using advanced analytics, try to get a grasp on what demographic is visiting your website regularly. If they belong to the group which does not have any idea about what your product or service does, make the necessary adjustments. Make sure that right from the get-go, from the moment your page loads, you would be able to present something that would show them what your products or services are about.
Create pages where you would like these people to go to and make sure that the link to that page can be clearly seen on the homepage. This art of walking your visitors through what your company offers to what advantages they will get from dealing with your company to the final step of paying for your services or products is funneling.
Web development is not all about how your website looks. There are plenty of internet marketers who are too hung up on how their site looks that they forget to pay attention to what will happen next after a visitor lands on the homepage.
If you are therefore just building your website, please do not forget to devise a way for your visitors to easily go through your website with different pages created to add more and more information for them to base their decision whether they should do business with you.
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