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Booz & Company in collaboration with Google examine the potential of avid technology users in the region – aged 15 to 35 – and their ability to affect society and institutions in unprecedented ways.
A new generation is emerging in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Born between 1977 and 1997, this demographic represents 40 percent of the MENA population. A growing number of them are extremely active online and in social networks – with an impressive 83 percent using the Internet daily. They are the Arab Digital Generation (ADG). In truth, this segment of society strongly distinguishes itself from earlier generations; these young people are far more active as both consumers and critics. Although they have similar digital characteristics than other young people around the world, they are distinctly Arab in that they reflect the traditions, challenges and tribulations of their region. In light of this, management consulting firm Booz & Company, in partnership with Google, surveyed 3000 digital users spanning nine countries. The results portray how digital technology is impacting the ADG – giving it the potential to strongly influence sectors critical to the region's socioeconomic development.
The Emergence of a New Generation
Although technology is driving social, civic, and economic shifts worldwide, the MENA region has more propensities to embody these changes than elsewhere, for several reasons. First, young people make up a larger portion of the overall population; in fact, from 2006 to 2011 the number of Internet users in Arab countries has been growing by 23 percent annually. In parallel, the region is undergoing a strong urbanization trend, and seeing extremely rapid growth in ICT infrastructure.
There are cultural factors at play, as well. In this day and age, digital technology offers another source of information, which can quickly upend traditional structures – such as family, religion, and societal norms – or reinforce them for organizations and institutions that can adapt and connect with these young people.
"In this way, the ADG represents a potentially greater disruption – as well as an immense opportunity – for society and institutions throughout the MENA region," explained Dr. Karim Sabbagh, a Senior Partner with Booz & Company. "The ADG is actively seeking to build an identity distinct from previous generations and this pursuit will seep into all aspects of society from relationships to political spheres, consumer behavior, and even religion."
The Survey: The survey by Booz & Company in collaboration with Google provides a clear snapshot of this generation's evolving beliefs. It also points to several clear indicators for policymakers; business leaders; and those who oversee religious, education, and healthcare organizations.
In effect, the analysis looked at the ADG through several lenses, examining demographic, technographic (analyzing their usage of digital technology), and psychographic factors.
Demographics: Assessments indicate that the ADG represents about 10 million people – nearly 4 percent of the currently estimated 260 million digitally active users worldwide. Even more so, this figure is expected to rise to 13 million by 2014, a growth of 11 percent annually compared to only 7 percent for the world. Given that the ADG is a microcosm of the larger 15-35 age group, representing a fast-growing 40 percent of the MENA population, this demographic phenomenon is sure to amplify the social, economic, and political stakes in the region. The ADG is also highly educated, which drives greater technological use. Concerning marital status, most respondents (65 percent) within that segment stated that they had never been married.
Technographics: The technology behavior of the ADG can be depicted along two dimensions: online activities, and the platforms that they use to access the Internet. The most overriding purpose for Internet usage is personal entertainment such as online movies, blogs, or social media. In actuality, more than 40 percent of users watch videos online for entertainment at least once a day. By contrast, personal and administrative online tasks or professional and academic use of the Internet are limited.
Psychographics: Without a doubt, digital technology is a liberating force for the ADG. "A staggering 63 percent of respondents believe that they should be able to do what they want as long as it does not negatively affect other people," said Mohamed Mourad, Google's Regional Manager. "At the same time, far fewer (37 percent) feel that they are able to freely express their opinions without fear of consequences. These psychographics – the simultaneous notions of freedom and frustration – have clear effects on how the ADG relates to the state and to businesses."
Longterm Impacts on the Mena Region
The ADG and its reliance on communications technology will undeniably have a profound effect on the MENA region's future, impacting an array of realms. "The ADG appreciates the power of technology and, consequently, also wants to be heard. It is, however, tentative in its approach to how it engages with a range of institutions," said Ramez Shehadi, a Partner with Booz & Company.
Impact of Society: At its most basic level, the Internet has transformed the way that people meet and interact with each other – also spurring paradoxical repercussions. The societal shifts among the ADG are evident in three principal areas:
Communication with friends and family: The survey results found that members of the ADG have less direct personal contact with their family and friends, as technology increasingly provides them with communication alternatives. Some 44 percent say that they spend less time meeting close friends face-to-face and more time communicating with them online or over the phone. Others, however, feel that digital technology has improved their social connections to loved ones by providing them with instant and wide reach communication. A fraction of respondents also admit that too much time spent online leads to isolating behavior.
Marriage: A striking example of changing views about marriage is the survey reaction to whether it is appropriate to marry a person whom the respondent had met online. Surprisingly, more than 60 percent in North Africa and the Levant approve of a male member of their family marrying a woman whom he had met online, with the GCC approval rate at 44 percent. Acceptance rates were equally high for women.
Religion: Virtually all religious figures now have blogs and this provides people with access to different schools of thought and effectively removes the hierarchical aspect of religious discourse. Yet, contrary to popular wisdom, many respondents feel that this has reinforced their faith: the vast majority (approximately 70 percent) reported that technology allowed them to explore the various facets of religion through websites.
Impact on Institutions: The ADG will influence institutions in four principal areas comprising the government, private sector, education, and healthcare:
Government: Although regional governments have taken strong steps to digitize their societies, they haven't effectively used digital tools to actively engage their constituents. On their part, the ADG expects social media to be transparent, crowd-sourced, and responsive. However, the engagement efforts of some MENA governments to date have been slow, hierarchical, and unresponsive. Moreover, members of the ADG also expressed a strong demand for further e-government services, with varying priorities among countries.
The Private Sector: The survey's quantitative and qualitative results indicate that the MENA region is not currently meeting the expectations of the ADG when it pertains to e-commerce. "While respondents certainly research products and services online – some 90 percent claim to do so prior to making a purchase – they do not actually buy online," added Mourad. "The most common reason for this is that many seem to mistrust e-commerce in general. Furthermore, the region's financial sector needs to better align with recent communications and technology developments, as well as deliver a secure and reliable payment system network."
Education: The ADG and many other segments of society within the region remain dissatisfied with the current state of education offerings. Overall, the sector suffers from poor quality in core education and support services. "The truth is, technology represents a prospective solution to these issues," said Shehadi. "Because it is so pervasive in the region, and such a powerful means of transmitting information, it is particularly well-suited to education. It offers the means to increase fair access to education for all and spur critical thinking." The survey reveals that, for respondents, education ranks second behind healthcare on the list of sectors in greatest need of improvement through ICT.
Healthcare: Finally, the healthcare sector in the MENA region is undoubtedly ripe for a digitization transformation. While governments in the region have significantly improved their healthcare systems over the past 30 years, those upgrades have not kept pace with changing demographics and other dynamics in the region. Presently, MENA healthcare expenditures account for only about 5 percent of GDP, yet this is projected to significantly rise in the coming generation. Such increased spending stems from substantial population growth, changing demographics and increasing rates of "lifestyle" ailments. Digitization, in turn, can clearly drive efficiencies in the provision of health care across the MENA region; these efforts, however, must strike a delicate balance that acknowledges privacy considerations and other sensitivities. Interestingly, the survey's qualitative results also show that some ADG members are aware that technology in itself can lead to unhealthy lifestyles.
With fast-evolving developments in communication technologies, the growing Arab youth has not only become more digital than previous generations, but also developed concomitant characteristics that, in many ways, distance its members from the region's prevailing norms and traditional practices. These new traits are a result of many factors, including exposure to other world cultures, constricting socioeconomic and political conditions and a great desire for impending change. "This generation has high expectations regarding digitization across myriad aspects of Arab society," said Dr. Sabbagh. "Governments need to play their part by catering to the demands of the ADG's members, successfully communicating with them and adequately prioritizing services."In sum, with about 90 million Internet users in Arab countries, growing at over 23 percent annually, the ADG will become a force with tremendous potential to transform the MENA region – across societal, political, and economic dimensions. Institutions and corporations in the region therefore have a rare opportunity. They can adapt to digital technology in order to more effectively connect and communicate with the ADG, thus harnessing its energy productively. Now is the time to combine the power of technology and the promise of the ADG.


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I must say, today is a special day for me. Last year I decorated my mom's whole house for Christmas. Some decorations were handmade, other she already got and some she bought so I could finish the ideas I had. This year I got to decorate my own place. How exciting is that? After a few years with such a hard time for me and my family I was so desiring this moment. Our home, our decor and our Christmas. Today I'm please to share with you our Cozy Rustic Christmas Home Tour 2016.
Cozy Rustic Christmas Home Tour 2016
Ok so, As I've mentioned on previous posts, I moved to a new country and I had to start from scratch. I couldn't decorate every corner of my apartment as I would have loved to, so I focused on specific places like front door, entryway table and living room.
Maybe next year I can expand it to my office and even why not, my bedroom. Christmas is my favorite time of the year and I enjoy every second of it.
My decoration is not like huge or anything but it's special because I made myself most ornaments and decoration elements. Some are already posted as tutorials so you can check them out. Others I'll give tips of how I made them here and will post soon enough… hopefully.
It's hard to believe, it's already December. This year went by so fast. In some ways I'm thankful for that because lot's of cycles are closing and I'm ready for new positive ones. I'm thankful for everything I've accomplished this year. I've learned so many positive things and I'm ready to let go of everything negative to embrace a pretty and productive new year!
So, wanna see my humble home? Hope so! My apartment is small, very old European style for sure. Not my favorite but it's our home for now and most importantly it's ours!
Let's start you the Cozy Rustic Christmas Home Tour 2016
This is our front door.
I made the wreath out of a pool noodle and used a lot of burlap LOL. If you like it you can check it out HERE.
Then you have my entryway table.
Please mind my camera in the mirrors. The space is so small that I didn't have much choices to take the photos.
I made a table runner with white burlap. Th easiest possible. Just folded the whole piece, sew 3 sides leaving a small opening, turned it inside out and closed the opening. Pressed it and straight to the table!
The vases were already in this apartment so I just filled them with branches and twigs with pinecones. Placed these two cute fellas on stairs. I love them and they were on sale so it's a win.
Just like I made our rustic monogram ornaments, I made the word snow. The letters were already white so I just sanded each letter to distress them. Then I glued them together putting ones in front of others so they would stand by itself.
I bought these cute trees also on sale and I thought they would look so cute with the snow letters.
Also I got this wooden crate to have a place for the keys.
I had made that cute printable that says "Believe in the Magic of Christmas" so I framed it and placed it in the back. Like the Printable? Grab yours HERE. There are 4 designs to choose from.
The last but not least detail was the pompom garland. I so loved how the tree pompom garland turned out that I had to make one for my entryway table too. You can find the tutorial HERE.
Now The Living Room
I decorated the living room door {yes here living room is treated like any room with doors LOL}
I made a pretty Christmas garland using greenery, battery-powered lights, burlap ribbon, plaid ribbon, ornaments and those gorgeous bells!!!
I just prep the ribbons by twisting an eight inch piece of wire around the ribbon every 8-10 inches alternating plaid and burlap. Put the lights making sure that the battery case would end hidden among the branches. Then added all of the cute ornaments. In the middle I pout the largest bell and the the other two on each end of the garland.
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I am also a channeler and astral traveler with years of experience in various Tibetan Buddhist dream and meditation practices. To simply LOSE some time without being in the astral or having other feelings or memories is an odd idea to me.
I am sure you wont be driving that time or your mind was pasting some one else(live) in that car and you were watching some one else, rahter than the one who was actually sitting in the car, In short its mental Malfunction, stay away from pain killers and prozac
Originally posted by Hendrix92TheUniverse
This idea is just as plausible as "time slips" and "alternate universes" and other pseudo scientific hypotheses.
Originally posted by Quasar_La-Zar
Sounds like a glitch in the matrix to me..
Or your brain was tired and played tricks on you
Maybe it did not even happen at all and your inputting previous memories to fill in the details, since you said you did not think about it much at the time.. It happens more than you think..
This is no confirmed "time slip" , if you want a CONFIRMED one, take about 5-8g of mushrooms, then you will have one hell of a time slip & talk to aliens all in one night!
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Originally posted by wolfwood290
Come to think of this topic, maybe the universe isn't what we think it is. If the creator can make a mistake (allow you to notice divine intervention), maybe it is not a perfect being. Maybe it isn't a being at all. I have heard time and again how this reality could all just be an illusion.


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2017 – present — Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
Research Interests
- Subduction dynamics
- Dynamics of the early Earth
- Sub-lithospheric small-scale convection
- Plumes and intraplate volcanism
- Interaction between solid Earth and exosphere
- Carbon Capture and Storage
Possible mode of Archaean subduction (after van Hunen and van den Berg, 2008):
Career Research Highlights
Jeroen van Hunen works on various aspects of the interaction between lithospheric plates and the mantle since the mid 90's. He is recognized for his work on subduction dynamics, from shallow flat subduction to continental collision and slab break-off. One of his main research interests is the dynamics of plate tectonics in the early Earth, on which he recently got awarded an ERC starting grant: the MASE project. Jeroen published over 50 peer-reviewed articles with >1900 citations, and with an h-index of 24 (April 2016). At the moment he is main supervisor of 4 postdoctoral researchers, 3 postgraduate students, and several undergraduate dissertation students. His total research income on grants where he is the lead PI is ~£2.5M.
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2011, 2012, 2013 — EGU General Assembly: co-convenor of 'Subduction zone dynamics from the surface to the lower mantle'.
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- 2002: Invited seminar at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds:
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- 2006: Convenor of Special session at EGU. 'Mantle Plumes, intraplate magmatism and hotspot-ridge interaction: Geodynamical, Geophysical and Geochemical Aspects':
- 2007: Co-organiser of the 'Tenth International Workshop on Modelling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics.' September 2007:
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Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Riel, Nicolas, Bouilhol, Pierre, van Hunen, Jeroen, Cornet, Julien, Magni, Valentina, Grigorova, Vili & Velic, Marco (2018). Interaction between mantle-derived magma and lower arc crust: quantitative reactive melt flow modeling using STyx. Geological Society Special Publication
- Agrusta, Roberto, van Hunen, Jeroen & Goes, Saskia (2018). Strong plates enhance mantle mixing in early Earth. Nature Communications 9: 2708.
- Freeburn, Rebecca, Bouilhol, Pierre, Maunder, Ben, Magni, Valentina & van Hunen, Jeroen (2017). Numerical models of the magmatic processes induced by slab breakoff. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 478: 203-213.
- Agrusta, Roberto, Goes, Saskia & van Hunen, Jeroen (2017). Subducting-slab transition-zone interaction: Stagnation, penetration and mode switches. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 464: 10-23.
- Goes, Saskia, Agrusta, Robert, van Hunen, Jeroen & Garel, Fanny (2017). Subduction-transition zone interaction: A review. Geosphere 13(3): 644-664.
- Condie, K.C., Aster, R.C. & van Hunen, J. (2016). A great thermal divergence in the mantle beginning 2.5 Ga: Geochemical constraints from greenstone basalts and komatiites. Geoscience Frontiers 7(4): 543-553.
- Phethean, Jordan J.J., Kalnins, Lara M., van Hunen, Jeroen, Biffi, Paolo G., Davies, Richard J. & McCaffrey, Ken J.W. (2016). Madagascar's escape from Africa: A high-resolution plate reconstruction for the Western Somali Basin and implications for supercontinent dispersal. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 17(12): 5036-5055.
- Wang, Hongliang, van Hunen, Jeroen & Pearson, D. Graham (2016). Making Archean cratonic roots by lateral compression: A two-stage thickening and stabilization model. Tectonophysics
- Maunder, B., van Hunen, J., Magni, M. & Bouilhol, P. (2016). Relamination of mafic subducting crust throughout Earth's history. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 449: 206-216.
- Bouilhol, P., Magni, V., van Hunen, J. & Kaislaniemi, L. (2015). A numerical approach to melting in warm subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 411: 37-44.
- Wang, H., Agrusta, R. & van Hunen, J. (2015). Advantages of a conservative velocity interpolation (CVI) scheme for particle-in-cell methods with application in geodynamic modeling. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 16(6): 2015-2023.
- Holt, P.J., Allen, M.B. & van Hunen, J. (2015). Basin formation by thermal subsidence of accretionary orogens. Tectonophysics 639: 132-143.
- van Hunen, J. & Miller, M.S. (2015). Collisional Processes and Links to Episodic Changes in Subduction Zones. Elements 11(2): 119-124.
- Wang, H., van Hunen, J. & Pearson, D.G. (2015). The thinning of subcontinental lithosphere: The roles of plume impact and metasomatic weakening. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3) 16(4): 1156-1171.
- Wang, H.L., van Hunen, J., Pearson, D.G. & Allen, M.B. (2014). Craton stability and longevity: The roles of composition-dependent rheology and buoyancy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 391: 224-233.
- Magni, V., Bouilhol, P. & van Hunen, J. (2014). Deep water recycling through time. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(11): 4203-4216.
- Kaislaniemi, L. & van Hunen, J. (2014). Dynamics of lithospheric thinning and mantle melting by edge-driven convection: Application to Moroccan Atlas mountains. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(8): 3175-3189.
- Magni, V., Faccenna, C., van Hunen, J. & Funiciello, F. (2014). How collision triggers backarc extension: Insight into Mediterranean style of extension from 3-D numerical models. Geology 42(6): 511-514.
- Bottrill, A.D., van Hunen, J, Cuthbert, S.J., Brueckner, H.K. & Allen, M.B. (2014). Plate rotation during continental collision and its relationship with the exhumation of UHP metamorphic terranes: Application to the Norwegian Caledonides. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(5): 1766-1782.
- Kaislaniemi, L., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B. & Neill, I. (2014). Sub-lithospheric small-scale convection—a mechanism for collision zone magmatism. Geology 42(4): 291-294.
- Agrusta, R., van Hunen, J. & Goes, S. (2014). The effect of metastable pyroxene on the slab dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 41(24): 8800-8808.


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Last year, world solar cell production reached 1,256 megawatts (MW) or about enough to power more than 1.2 million average American homes during daytime.
That was a 67 percent increase over the 750 MW produced in 2003, according to PHOTON International, a German magazine.
"In Japan they're making solar cells because of high electricity prices. Solar panels are selling like hot cakes there," said Colin Murchie, director of legislative affairs at Solar Energy Industries Association in Washington, D.C.
"Germany is boosting output because they want to meet Kyoto Protocol goals," said Murchie. Under the international pact that went into force earlier this year most industrialized nations, excluding the United States and Australia which did not sign the pact, must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Utilities and cars mostly produce such gases.
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To see how far back more advanced capabilities such as addition might go, researchers at Duke University in Durham, N.C., focused on somewhat distant relatives of humans—rhesus monkeys. While the ancestors of chimpanzees—humanity's closest living relatives—diverged from us about 6 million years ago, humans and rhesus monkeys parted ways roughly 25 million years ago. In comparison, the age of dinosaurs only ended roughly 65 million years ago.
The scientists tested two monkeys and 14 college students on a math task where they had to add two sets of dots together. They were each shown one set of dots on a computer touchscreen for a half-second, and then another set a half-second later. They were then shown two separate clusters of dots at the same time, one of which was the correct sum of the first two sets. The monkeys were rewarded with Kool-Aid for choosing the right answers.
"When I first began training the monkeys on the addition task, I thought I would have to wait for many weeks before they understood the task," said researcher Jessica Cantlon, a cognitive neuroscientist at Duke. "We started the monkeys out on an easy version of the addition task, and the plan was to increase the difficulty of the problems gradually over time."
However, when Cantlon looked at the data from the first sessions, "it turned out that the monkeys were already performing the easy problems very well, and so I had to scramble to program the more difficult version of the task," she recalled.
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Cantlon and her colleagues suggest math could help monkeys and other animals choose larger amounts of food or gauge the size of a rival group.
"Although we can never travel back in time to know exactly why or how this arithmetic ability evolved in humans, social battles might have something to do with it," she said. "Finding the perfect spot in the forest to stop and forage might also have something to do with it."
The researchers now want to learn more about what this primitive math system in monkeys is capable of "and whether it is the evolutionary basis of human mathematical thinking," Cantlon said. "We are also interested in whether this primitive mathematical system forms the basis of mathematical development in human children."
In the study, seven-month-old babies were presented with the voices of two or three women saying "look." The infants could choose between looking at a video image of two or women saying the word or an image of three women saying it. The babies spent significantly more time looking at the image that matched the number of women talking.
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Pigeons have just tied with non-human primates in terms of math competence.
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Is your Facebook account temporarily locked? How to unlock and solve Facebook account problem? Everybody knows that Facebook is a convenient channel for passing and sharing information, but security at Facebook is becoming critical nowadays.
Facebook has developed such a system that it can detect even the subtle case, where an account is taken over and has been used continuously to send spam. When this happens, Facebook shuts off access to the account immediately.
In result of that not only hacker or spammer are penalized, but Facebook strikes hard at ignorant people(like us!) who's sole purpose is social networking through Facebook. But the only reason Facebook does that is for security purposes!! One of my friend recently suffered in the same way one morning with a popped up message "Facebook Account Temporarily Locked".
Facebook Message Pops:
Isn't frustrating????
Yeah! I do get that errrr feeling that you are undergoing right now!! Chill out, it can happen to anyone and you can fix it with a little effort and a careful approach.
Right now you won't able to log in back.
Remember, every case is attached with different reasons.
When your Facebook account get locked, you'll definitely see disabled message when you try to log in. In case you won't see any disabled message, then you would probably be having a log in issue (Which is totally different). In that case, you may take the help of this.
Reasons Why My Facebook Account got locked
I have spotted possible list of reasons for any sudden disabled Facebook account.
- Maybe Facebook is making an improvement in the database and the account "Locked" are stored on. During this time, you won't be able to gain access to the account. It may not last more than an hour.
- Maybe somebody probably reported your account as fake account or requested Facebook to block the account. Remember it never happens with a single person view but of mass. Reporting may happen because you may be running a fake account with a fake name, annoying a person by posting content that doesn't follow the Facebook terms or by sending continuous friend request.
- You may have got warning from Facebook, but you still continued prohibited behavior after receiving multiple warning
- Your behavior or purpose of using Facebook account matter the most. Any type of advertising, promoting illegal content, unsolicited contact for dating, harassment cases or any other inappropriate conduct may lead your account to be temporarily or permanently disabled
- May be Facebook has detected suspicious activity and has temporarily suspended it due to security precaution.
- You may have involved in randomly adding a large number of friends and sending continuously message to your friend list. Due to which, an unknown friend has detected that as a spam or reported abuse. Even a large number of people report abuse or spam, it may lead to your Facebook account temporarily locked.
- May be randomly using different devices to open a Facebook account.
- May be you are creating Fake Facebook account with some other identity (by using name, profession etc.)
Facebook Account Temporarily Locked Solution. How to recover?
When your Facebook account get locked, you may get a message "For security reason your account is temporarily locked".
When you experience such situation, you will be given a list of option on "how to unlock you Facebook account".
Try below options to verify and unlock your temporarily locked Facebook account :
- Don't Open your Facebook account upto 96 hrs. Clear the cache and stuff like history etc. It may be back to normal.
- If you still can't, go through the automated security verification process. May be Facebook has detected some suspicious activity and your account got locked. In such cases,
- You can verify by confirming your mobile number. Facebook will send you a code, you need to enter and verify your Facebook account. Once you have verified, you may able to unlock your Facebook account.
- Account authenticity: Facebook will give you an option to verify by identifying the photos of your friends. You need to identify at most five photos to unlock your Facebook account. You will be provided with two lifeline, in case you didn't able to identify your tagged friend in one go.
- Once you have succeeded in identifying the tagged photo of your friend, you will be welcomed with a message "Account verified congratulation!"
- You have to click continue to proceed for the next step. You will be asked your current email address or you can go with your new email address.
- You will be asked to enter a new security question. Enter your preferred security question and at last your Facebook account get unlock. Further, you can proceed with unlocked Facebook account by logging in.
- If you think, your Facebook account was locked or disabled by mistakes. No worries, you can submit an appeal to Facebook by clicking here. You have to identify your identity by submitting ID card, which must include your name and date of birth.
- Facebook will give you an option to identify yourself. Firstly, you can submit any government issued ID that must contain your name and date of birth. The option 1 includes: Birth certificate, driver license, Passport, Marriage certificate, Voter ID card, Green card and for more options you can click here.
- If the above option doesn't suit for any reason or you didn't have above listed ID, you have to provide two different ID. The name contain in your ID must match each other. Also, one of your ID proof must contain photo or date of birth. The option 2 includes: bank statement, bus card, credit card, Library card, school card, utility card and for more options you can click here. Remember, before submitting documentation such as credit card or social security number you should cover up personal information.
If you're thinking, what Facebook will do with your ID proof. Don't worry, they just use it to verify your identify. Once done, they delete your ID information.
It may take a week for a response. So have patience, if you're clean and mistakenly violated any policies, you will be given a chance to recover your locked Facebook account.
In some cases, you never ever able to restore your Facebook account that was disabled or temporarily locked. These cases are severe where you've strongly violated the Facebook Community Standards.
Preventive Measure for your FB Account Temporarily Locked
Friends are too valuable and important to anybody, so nobody want to lose them in the long run. Suppose one fine morning you wake up and you came to know that your Facebook account temporarily locked or blocked, it would be very disastrous!
One thing is very clear, that Facebook has become much smarter nowadays. So, never try any such activity that may land you up in trouble.
Below listed preventive measures would help you to run your Facebook account securely and safely.
- You have to review and follow the Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities very strictly, so that in future your account would be safe and secure. When you try to commit any such activity, please try to look through Facebook guidelines and their policies.
- Don't use proxy servers – As we know, the proxy server uses anonymous IPs in order to access blocked sites. By doing so, it might create negative impact on Facebook account. Actually proxies are unknown to Facebook and it may affect the security network. So, it's better not to use them.
- Don't use too many devices – Try to prevent using too many devices for your Facebook account. Previously it was not the case. It allowed sign in to your account from different devices. But now, security level of Facebook has increased, so avoid multiple devices.
Based on my speculations, I think these are the common issues, Facebook user are facing right now. There is no easy solution from Facebook and some process takes a long time with no result.
Hope this would help any Facebook user to recover from "Temporarily Locked Facebook Account".
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The Twitter trial seems to be working. So far.Enter Twitter, the micro-blogging service that allows users to make 140-characters postings.
It's a modification of what we began last fall: live updates of a capital murder trial in the killing of a small-town Kansas sheriff. It was a way of live blogging from the courtroom. I would email updates from my smartphone and Bluetooth keyboard and send them back to the online team at the newsroom. They would post them with time stamps.
Readers enjoyed it, but the workflow lagged at times. The copy desk during the day is sparse, usually one person posting all the updates throughout the day. Metro editors were in meetings all day. I was filing faster than the posts were appearing. That was a snag we were going to have to work out.
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About this time last year, I got an email from D.J. Skelton, an Army officer who had once, several years prior, been featured in Penthouse's annual Badass Issue. He had apparently been living in China, and had only recently found out about his appearance in our magazine. He figured that, since we'd covered him once, maybe we would be interested in hearing about a project he'd been working on, and he included a link to Paradox Sports' website. At the time, I was putting together a list of organizations that put on active, interesting events for veterans, and PS seemed like a cool addition.
I called D.J. and asked him if he could tell me a little about the organization, and we talked for a while about Paradox Sports as well as what he'd been up to since making our 2011 Badass List. He was funny and fascinating and incredibly well spoken, so after I closed out that story, I told my editor that I thought Paradox Sports—and D.J.—would be the perfect feature for the 2014 Badass Issue's Warrior Wire column. And, as you can guess from the fact that I'm posting this, she agreed.
My favorite thing about getting to write stories like this is getting to interview interesting people, and everyone I talked to about Paradox Sports was fascinating. There was Timmy O'Neill, the professional climber (and amateur comedian), who'd founded PS with D.J. and who was the single most positive person I had ever encountered. It's not that he's overly optimistic or annoyingly chipper, he's just … positive. He's passionate about what he does and the people he works with, and he believes that if you try hard enough to see the brighter side of things, you can actually make yourself happy by sheer force of will. And the thing is, after talking to him, you'll start to believe that, too. He's also incredibly grateful for everything he has and all the people in his life; he sent me a handwritten thank-you note immediately after our interview, without knowing yet what the story was or how it would turn out.
Chad Jukes was pretty impressive, too. A former high-school band geek turned soldier turned ice-climbing instructor, Chad somehow climbs ice—ice!—even though his right leg was amputated below the knee and he now has a prosthetic there. I can barely walk on a slippery sidewalk without falling flat on my face and I still have my two original legs, so I find that mind-boggling. (I mean, I also fall flat on my face on non-slippery sidewalks quite frequently, so anyone capable of more than that seems pretty athletic to me, but trust me, Chad would impress even a non-klutz.)
And then there was Reid Olmstead, a civilian volunteer working with Paradox Sports. I got to hang out with Reid a bit not long before this article came out, and he was so nice. He volunteers with a couple climbing groups that focus on helping differently abled athletes, and though the other climbers are blind or missing limbs, he truly doesn't see them as any different from himself. Talking to him, it's clear that he doesn't think of those men and women as disabled, they just use some different equipment than he does. And it's clear from meeting people he's climbed with that they appreciate his attitude. I got to meet a couple of people who've worked with him, and they couldn't resist gushing about how kind he is, and how generous with his time and knowledge. My article was done by then, so I wasn't quizzing them or pushing for quotes—they just really wanted everyone to know what a good guy he is.
The point of all this is to say that, if you're into the outdoors or rock- and ice-climbing, you should check out Paradox Sports. Their events are open to everyone, so no matter if you're a veteran or civilian, require adaptive assistance or not, you can join a PS event and climb (or surf or hike) with the inspiring athletes who help organize their activities. And if you want to read more about them, you can check out my article, "Blood, Sweat, and Prosthetics," from the July/August 2014 issue of Penthouse.


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2018 AVOHK 5K Series – Results for Race 1 – Bowen Road – 18th August 2018
The weather was very kind today and even a tree blocking Bowen Road did not stop the race going ahead. 372 Runners started and finished. Congratulations to Harry Loadsby for leading the runners home in a time of 17 Mins and 2 Secs and to Rachel Friend who was the first lady home in a fine time of 19 Mins and 5 Secs. A special mention goes to John Fowler and Yip Sing So who competed in the M80+ age category. Well done to Freeman Lee (Race Director) and all the Volunteers for putting on a wonderfully well organised race.
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Race 3 (15/9) – Black's Link
Race 4 (29/9) – South Bay
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Congratulations to Ross Milburn and Rebecca Lau on being awarded AVOHK Athlete of the Year at the 2018 AVOHK AGM. Very worthy winners.
Great talk by our guest speaker Chris Watts from Motion Dyamics on Mobility
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AVOHK organise this historic event in conjunction with the HKLRRC in memory of long time AVOHK and Ladies Road Runners member Malcolm Phillips, who so sadly died in May 2006. Malcolm was a great AVOHK supporter and active member, both participating in races and as an organiser. He is so sorely missed by all but especially by the running community. Malcolm is always in our thoughts.
AVOHK 2018 – ROUND THE ISLAND -SUNDAY 15TH APRIL 2018 – Results
Thank you to all the volunteers that manned the checkpoints and provided the additional variety of refreshments to the runners. Also a big thank you to the team that marked the 64K course the day before and to the team that delivered that all important commodity water (no bottles this year). It was a wonderfully well organised race by Dave Smith the Race Director with much assistance from Catherine Leonard and great support from AVOHK Club members and many other volunteers. The conditions at times were extremely challenging for everyone but the day ended with some nice weather. Well done to all the winners in the various categories especially to the True Grit winner Brian McFlynn who won in a time of 5 hours 45 mins which included a 25 minute penalty for arriving too early!! followed by Giuseppe Mollica in 6 hours. In the ladies Charlotte Cutler and Ann Cheng-Echevarria came in together in 6 hours 55 mins. Thanks to all the runners and volunteers that attended the prize giving at Cafe 8 on Wed 18th April 2018. It was a wonderful evening. For any queries contact: email@example.com
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Race 1 – 9am Sat 14th Oct – Aberdeen Reservoir – Click Here for Results of Race 1
Race 2 – 9am Sat 4th Nov – Tai Lam Chung Reservoir – Click Here for Race 2 Results
A big thank you to all the runners that supported this years race. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we were blessed with good weather. Thanks also to all the many volunteers that helped AVOHK put on this event, the Community Chest, Echo's walking group, Hong Kong Adventure Corps, Taiquain, AVOHK Club Members, the Hong Kong Police (great job on traffic control) and of course our sponsors Gammon who are so special to the China Coast Marathon. AVOHK could not have put on this event without volunteer Race Directors Dave Smith and Catherine Leonard who spent many months planning and co-ordinating the 2018 Gammon Marathon and Half Marathon. Dave & Catherine an outstanding job. For all those asking, Catherine is making good progress after a traffic accident on 25th Jan and is now back at home recovering.
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25th November 2017 – AVOHK 35th Aniversary Handicap Race
On Saturday 25th November AVOHK celebrated their 35th Anniversary having been formed in 1982. A 5km handicap run was held in the afternoon starting at Wan Chai Gap over an undulating course. Chief Handicapper Dave Smith used all his experience and knowledge to be as fair as possible and at the same time making it a fun event. All claims that they were not that fit fell on deaf ears. The field of 24 runners contained 1 ex Olympian, 2 former international swimmers and Albert the Dog. An interesting mix. Mr Lo was first away and all the runners were a bit concerned when they saw Mr Lo charging up the first hill. Their fears were realized when Mr Lo came home over 10 minutes in front with a well deserved win followed by the evergreen John Fowler in 2nd place and Ross Milburn in 3rd. Stuart Leckie making a welcome appearance on the roads and wearing a very historic AVOHK vest scored an impressive 4th place. Peter Brown an out of town AVOHK Member with his very colorful long stockings and making a flying visit to Hong Kong finished in a credible 5th place. Peter it was nice to see you again and thanks for dropping by. Albert the only dog taking part brought up the rear just behind owner Rachel. In accordance with IAAF rules Albert was removed from the results. Results can be found here: Click Here
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OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi's Student Health Pharmacy has changed its name to Student and Employee Pharmacy Health Services and expanded its offerings to provide pharmacy services to employees. "The main goal of Pharmacy Health Services and the pharmacy school is to improve health care and make it more available," said David D.Read the story …
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Presenting: The First True Blood Mini EpisodeMatt Richenthal at . Comments
As previously announced, HBO will air six mini episodes of True Blood, starting this Sunday night and continung through June 13.
Actually, a correction must be made: they start now!
The network has released the first of these special shorts, all of which take place between seasons two and three.
In the premiere edition, Eric and Pam audition new dancers for Fangtasia. We love these two together. Watch below.
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WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan yesterday zinged President Obama by playing his guns and Catholic cards.
"Hey, I am a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion," the Republican vice-presidential candidate boasted to voters in blue collar western Pennsylvania.
It was a sharp dig at President Obama, who during the 2008 primary race complained to some wealthy donors that Pennsylvanians weren't supporting him because they "cling to their guns or religion."
The elitist tone of the remark haunted Obama in 2008, and he ultimately lost the Pennsylvania Democratic primary election to Hillary Clinton.
Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman and avid sportsman, is expected to help Mitt Romney make inroads with blue-collar voters who could decide the general election this year in key battleground states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
He also ripped Obama's economic policies, which he and Romney blame for the continued financial despair gripping the country.
"We have a very clear choice to make this fall," said Ryan.
"We can go down the path we've been on — a nation of debt, a nation of doubt and despair — or we can make a change."
"We have to get this country on the right track!" Ryan declared to the crowd of more than 2,000 at a family-owned steel-plate manufacturing business near Pittsburgh.
Ryan whipped up the enthusiastic crowd by swinging a Pittsburgh Steelers' "terrible towel" over his head.
Meanwhile, Obama pivoted away from economic issues to focus on funding education and government-college loans.
He chided Romney for earlier in the campaign saying that high school grads should "shop around" for college financing and maybe borrow money from parents.
"Not everybody has parents who have the money to lend. That may be news to some folks," Obama told about 3,000 supporters at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.
"The best thing [Romney] can do for you is to tell you to shop around," Obama said. "That's it. That's his plan."
Obama commiserated with the students, saying that he and First Lady Michelle Obama graduate with "mountains" of student loan debt.
The president slammed Romney for backing the GOP balanced-budget plan Ryan authored. It includes cuts to government Pell Grant scholarships.
"That's not who we are. That's not what America is about," said Obama. "We give everybody a fair shot."


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Don Paterson
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|Eric Gregory Award;
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Don Paterson, OBE, FRSL (born 1963) is a Scottish poet, writer and musician.
Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1963.[1] He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1990 and his poem A Private Bottling won the Arvon Foundation International Poetry Competition in 1993.[2] He was included on the list of 20 poets chosen for the Poetry Society's 'New Generation Poets' promotion in 1994.[2] In 2002 he was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award.[1]
His first collection of poetry, Nil Nil (1993), won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection. God's Gift to Women (1997) won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. The Eyes, adaptations of the work of Spanish poet Antonio Machado (1875–1939), was published in 1999. He is also editor of 101 Sonnets: From Shakespeare to Heaney (1999) and of Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century (1999) with Jo Shapcott. His collection of poems, Landing Light (2003), won both the 2003 T. S. Eliot Prize and the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award.[3] He has also published three collections of aphorisms, The Book of Shadows (2004), The Blind Eye (2007) and Best Thought, Worst Thought (2008). Orpheus, his version of Rilke's Die Sonette an Orpheus, was published in 2006.[1]
Don Paterson teaches in the school of English at the University of St Andrews and is poetry editor for the London publishers Picador.[3] An accomplished jazz guitarist, he works solo and for ten years ran the jazz-folk ensemble, Lammas, with Tim Garland.[4] [5]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.[6] He was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in the 2010 New Year Honours.[7]
In 2012, Paterson wrote an open letter in the The Herald criticising Scotland's arts funding council Creative Scotland.[8]
Poetry collections
- Nil Nil, Faber & Faber, 1993, ISBN 9780571259328 — winner of the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection
- God's Gift to Women, Faber & Faber, 1997, ISBN 9780571177622
- The Eyes after Machado, Faber & Faber, 1999, ISBN 9780571200559
- White Lie Graywolf Press, 2001, ISBN 9781555973537
- Landing Light (2003)
- Orpheus (2006), after Rilke
- Rain. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4668-8068-9. Winner of Forward Poetry Prize
- Selected Poems, Faber & Faber, 2012, ISBN 9780571281787
- 40 Sonnets, Faber & Faber, 2015, ISBN 978-0571310890 (shortlisted for the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize)
- As editor
- 101 Sonnets (1999)
- Last Words (1999) with (Jo Shapcott)
- Robert Burns, poems selected by Don Paterson (2001)
- New British Poetry with Charles Simic, Grayworf Press, 2004, ISBN 9781555973940
- The Land of Cakes (with Gordon McPherson) (2001)
- A'body's Aberdee (2001)
Radio drama
- Kailyard Blues (1999)
- Ringing the Changes (1999) with (Jo Shapcott)
- The Aberdee Brief (2000)
- The Latecomers (2001)
- The Book of Shadows Picador, 2004, ISBN 9780330431842
- The Blind Eye (2007)
- Best Thought, Worst Thought (2008)
- Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets: A New Commentary. Faber & Faber. 2010. ISBN 978-0-571-26399-8.
- Smith: A Reader's Guide to the Poetry of Michael Donaghy (2014)
External links
- Poet's official website
- "Private Enterprise for the Public Good" John Stammers interviews Don Paterson. No 12 - Spring 1998 Magma
- Paterson profile at Poetry Foundation
- Profile at Scottish Poetry Library
- Biography and bibliography at British Council Contemporary Writers site
- Biography, poetry excerpts from Griffin Poetry Prize website
- Use dmy dates from October 2013
- BLP articles lacking sources from January 2010
- 1963 births
- People from Dundee
- Living people
- Print editors
- Scottish journalists
- Scottish jazz guitarists
- Scottish poets
- Formalist poets
- Aphorists
- Academics of the University of St Andrews
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Costa Book Award winners
- Pupils of Nadia Boulanger
- Musicians from Dundee
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