Thursday, 23 January 2014
Your marriage can be the most beautiful thing to ever happen to you but only if you go into it knowing exactly why you are getting into it in the first place. There are marriages that are very successful and while it takes both parties to play their role, your partner choice really matters. Often you will ask a girl to describe her ideal man and you will be likely to hear something about looks (height, complexion etc) and financial statuses. While these are ok things to look for in a man (after all sometimes the heart wants what it wants) they will not make your marriage work! Judging by the number of divorces and separations growing by the day it is clear that most marriages are not working. Not to be discouraged though there’s a guide to picking a man whose traits will indeed shape your marriage.
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Sunday, 19 January 2014
SHOCKING;;;;;AS PASTOR DROWNS AFTER CONVINCING HIS FOLLOWERS THAT HE COULD WALK ON WATER LIKE JESUS.
The pop star was pictured in five different yet equally revealing outfits as she posed for a photographer on the Brazilian Island of Angra dos Reis. Well she is a Bad Gal! Rihanna poses topless but for some artfully placed squares of paper on the Brazilian Island Of Angra dos Reis Rihanna wore a series of different outfits that showcased her toned figure Despite the lad's mag style photos, the shoot was actually for fashion magazine Vogue Rihanna shows off her latest hairstyle while on her photoshoot Soaking up the rays: In her own photo, Rihanna holds out the camera as she walks beside palm trees with her new raven tressesJust small strips of tape obscured the singer's nipples as she stood posing on the sand in the shots, taken last week. For one series of pictures Rihanna wore a pair of gold boy short bikini bottoms, which she teamed with armfuls of bangles, and a colourful headscarf. The 25-year-old stood smouldering at the photographer, giving her best pout. Body confident: The Barbadian is used to showing off her figure in a bikini It's art! The singer revealed her tan lines, and tattoos, as she posed in the risque outfit. Despite the large team surrounding her, holding shades and mirrors to light her face, scantily clad Rihanna seemed at ease in the spotlight. Of course, coming as she does from the island nation of Barbados, we are used to seeing Rihanna strutting around in a bikini during her down time. And it seemed she was equally relaxed doing so in front of the camera. Well hello there! Rihanna wore her hair tied back in a head scarf and a stack of gold bangles on her The hard-working star had jetted in via helicopter, carrying her own bags as she prepared for the photoshoot Perfect figure: The 25-year-old's toned stomach was perfectly complimented by a delicate gold belly chain hanging just beneath her navel With a green shirt slipping down off her shoulder, she stood seductively half-submerged in the water. While the revealing outfits might be deemed a little too racy by some stars, Rihanna certainly didn't seem phased. She laughed and joked with her team between takes, with one unguarded moment catching her smiling as she posed in a green designer jacket and a black hat featuring the name 'Vogue'. And while the topless shoot might look a little out of place on the pages of the US version of the magazine, for Brazil Vogue it is positively demure. In Vogue! The grinning star was obviously at ease, despite the revealing fashion choices After all, this month's issue features a fully nude Candice Swanpoel.The Victoria's Secret model posed on a bed, preserving her modesty with carefully crossed legs and artfully placed arms. Rihanna is currently busy promoting her new single Can't Remember To Forget You, which she recorded with Shakira. No luxuries here! The singer hops over a low wall All done: After her shoot Rihanna wrapped up warm in a grey towel
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ove and dating are hard games and there are some types of men who should be avoided. . 1. The non commitments ones While seemingly a normal, possibly timid guy, things can go extremely wrong when he finds out your true feelings. Men like this aren't mature enough to handle relationships, so they avoid them at all costs. For example, he may show signs of sharing your infatuation, but when talk of commitment comes up, he acts as if you've never even met. If this man comes into your life, don’t beat yourself up over his sudden change of heart. He’s simply a scared little boy, not the man of your dreams. 2. The Flirt We’ve all met a flirt. Also known as the ever elusive «player». He has dozens of women on the and possesses a constant hunger to string more along to fulfill his insecure mindset. When you spot this man, don’t let him get to you. You can bet those charming one-liners and suave winks have been used many times before to his advantage. You’ll always be an option, but never a priority. 3. The Blow off This man has no trouble setting plans and organizing dates. In fact, he is usually the one that routinely lights up your phone every Friday night. He wants to have some fun this weekend. To make sure he isn’t left alone, he schedules numerous «dates» and weighs his options. If you’re not top on his list, you’ll probably get the «Oh, sorry I’m not feeling so well» text or possibly no response at all. Don’t let it bother you, he wasn't worth your time. 4. The gender confused dudes This one’s pretty self-explanatory. Does your man spend more time getting ready than you do? Does he constantly check his hair in every mirror he comes across? Is he seemingly more in love with himself than in you? Are his interests limited to his own idealistic opinions and profound theories? Yeah, he’s head over heels. With himself. Ditch the dude, you shouldn’t have to put up with someone so plastic. 5. The Dramatic From past relationships I’ve learned that the majority of these boys have been total nuisance. You’ll know you’ve met this type when he freaks out if you show up five minutes late to a date. You can be sure he’ll fan every little disagreement into a full-blown argument. It’s not worth the stress. In my experience, this type can’t handle sarcasm very well, either. Their serious attitudes tend to translate humor very literallyWednesday, 15 January 2014
Wordpress cms being among one of the most popular platform for creation a multifunctional website offers offers a lot of plugins and templates for free so as to enhance your blogging experience.wordpress plugins can turn your website to anything that you dream of in your blogging career Essential WordPress Plugins For Site Functionality
Contact Form 7 The famous plugin for creating contact forms so that your visitors can email you. Disqus Disqus makes it easy for visitors to leave comments as well as gently promoting your blog posts on other related sites for free. FeedBurner FeedSmith Feedburner makes it easy for visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed as well as providing information on how many subscribers you have and which of your blog posts are getting the best responses. Pretty Link Lite Pretty Link can turn long, unwieldy website addresses into short, snappy ones. Don’t send people to http://www.domain.com/fruit/apples/grannysmiths but instead use this plugin to create a short link on your own domain (like http://www.mydomain.com/gsmiths) that then refreshes to the full U Privacy Policy A privacy policy doesn’t just look professional and add an element of trust to your site – it’s also essential if you’re monetizing your website with Google Adsense. This plugin provides a simple “fill in the blanks” way to add a privacy policy to your site in minutes. RSS Footer Easily add a message to the end of posts in your RSS feed. Use RSS Footer to promote your mailing list, a product you’re selling or simply to link back to your main site WordPress Popular Posts Impress new visitors to your site and reduce your bounce rate by displaying your most popular content prominentl WPSubscribers The “killer app” for growing your blog is to build your own mailing list. Despite testing dozens of competing products over the last few years WPSubscribers remains one of my most essential WordPress plugins. It enables you to create a range of optin forms including popups, exit popups, signup forms in your posts themselves and within your navigation menu. Ontop of this WP Subscribers will split test multiple forms to find those that drive the highest response rates for you. Essential WordPress Plugins For Site Maintenance Automatic WordPress Backup Accidents happen; web hosts go out of business, hackers infect sites with malware and new plugins can crash your blog. But don’t let all your hard work go to waste. Just as you should be backing up your home computer as insurance against disaster, Automatic WordPress Backup will save a copy of your site to an external source just incase. These backups can be set up to happen automatically and if you ever have a problem then clicking one button will download the last “safe” version of your site and have you up and running again in minutes Broken Link Checker Broken links don’t just annoy your visitors, they can even affect how the search engines rank your site. But it’s very difficult indeed to keep tabs on all the links on your site, and that’s where Broken Link Checker comes in handy. This plugin scours all the links on your site (both internal and external) and then reports any issues it finds. The plugin will even email you automatically to alert you if it ever finds a problem. Generate Post Thumbnails More and more WordPress themes are using thumbnails these days to attractively display your posts. Sadly actually creating these thumbnail images can be a long and arduous task so thankfully the Generate Post Thumbnails will do it all for you with the click of a button. Be aware that on a large blog this process may take some time – but it’s still a lot quicker and easier than doing it all manually. Google Analytics for WordPress This plugin makes it super-simple to add your Google Analytics tracking code to every page of your site without having to manually paste in the code. Simply install the plugin, authorize it to access your Google account and you should start to see traffic information appearing almost instantly. Search Meter Record the searches that people carry out on your site with this simple little plugin. The information it provides can be very useful for ensuring you’re meeting the needs of your visitors as well as providing ideas for future blog posts. W3 Total Cache Slow loading websites annoy visitors and can also result in lower search engine rankings in Google. Speed up your WordPress blog with this powerful plugin that is trusted by some of the biggest names on the Internet. WP-Optimize WordPress has a nasty habit of filling up it’s database with unnecessary junk such as spam blog comments, old post revisions and unused categories. Another handy way to speed up your WordPress blog is to eliminate all this unnecessary clutter with WP-Optimize. WP Smush.it Images might make your site more attractive but they also slow down the loading time of your site. Yahoo’s Smush It service reduces the file size of your images without compromising on their quality so they load more quickly and WP Smush.It is an automated way to run all your images through their service in one go Essential WordPress Plugins For Post Creation Compfight Instantly add visual appeal to your blog posts by adding Creative Commons images from Flickr with this plugin. Not only does it have a powerful search feature but it will also add the necessary credit link to your article to keep you legal. Editorial Assistant by Zemanta Linking out to other great articles has a number of benefits; it not only makes your site more useful to your visitors but it can also help boost your search engine rankings because outgoing links to high quality sites can be seen as an indicator of a useful article. Lastly, linking out to other sites in your niche can also help to get you on their “radar” and enocurages networking opportunities. Zemanta will read all the blogs in your feed reader and then offer up suggestions of related content which you can easily add to your post content with the click of a button. Essential WordPress Plugins For SEO Dagon Design Sitemap Generator Finding content on a blog isn’t always easy, especially when you’re regularly adding new content. Creating a sitemap that carefully lists all of your content in one easy-to-read destination can go a long way to not only helping your visitors but also the search engines find all the content you’ve so lovingly created. Google XML Sitemaps Creating a sitemap in XML format is a perfect way to ensure that Google and the other major search engines are aware of all your content. Simply use this plugin to create your sitemap and then enter it’s address is your Google Webmaster account. You might be surprised (as I was) by how many of my posts Google weren’t even aware of. SEO Smart Links The concept of SEO Smart Links is a simple one – it allows you to automatically link certain words to relevant posts on your site. Just written an amazing article about Google Adsense? If so, you can use this plugin to instantly build internal links to it by simply specifying that whenever you use the word “Adsense” in other posts that word will be turned into a hyperlink back to your original post. WordPress SEO WordPress SEO is an essential WordPress plugin. not only does it offer everything that old plugin used to, it even analyses your posts and offers suggestions for improving your onpage SEO. – and rankings prove it’s effectiveness. Essential WordPress Plugins For Social Media AuthorSure Google authorship is becoming ever more important for getting found and ranked in Google. Sadly setting up your author profile is anything but easy which is where AuthorSure comes into play. This plugin contains all manner of settings to ensure that no matter what WordPress theme you’re using you’ll be able to link your WordPress site to your Google authorship account simply and quickly. Facebook The official Facebook WordPress plugin offers a range of benefits for bloggers engaged in social media including the ability to add viral Facebook comments to your site, recommend content to your visitors based on Facebook interactions and grow your following with the built-in like box widge Recent Tweets Enhanced Widget 2.3 If you’re really sharing great content on Twitter and want to build your followers then the Recent tweets plugin does exactly what it suggests; it displays a list of your most recent tweets in an attractive and easy-to-read manner so that visitors to your site can see what you’ve been tweeting and easily start following you themselv Show Twitter Followers Social proof is an important concept when it comes to Twitter and this handy little widget will display a load of your follower’s profile pictures to not only show off about how many people like what you have to say but also to show they’re real humans rather than spam-bot Tweet Old Post Want more Twitter traffic? If so, this plugin will automatically grab a previously-published post from your blog and then tweet it out to your followers. Set it up just once and you’ll find that as your follower numbers grow, so too will your social media traffic without you needing to lift a finger. WP Socializer There are a lot of WordPress plugins that allow you to add social sharing buttons to your site and frankly it can be a challenge deciding between them. I’ve jumped from one to the next but keep on finding myself back with this little gem. Why? Well it may be a little more technical to set up than some competing plugins but I find these extra custmization options mean that no matter what theme I’m using or what layout I want I can always get my social sharing buttons looking just rightIn a desperate attempt to gain more twitter followers on twitter many people revert to spamming which is unethical to your twitter handle reputation
Many tweeps with “follower envy” end up using automated “follower exchange” networks to build a following of people who really don’t care what they have to say, or use outsourcers on Fiverr and suchlike to build a following largely consisting of bots and hacked accounts. The important thing to remember with regards to Twitter is that not only is it about volume of followers but also the quality of those followers. A handful of “true fans” that really care about what you have to say, interact with you and take action on your tweets is far better than thousands of followers who couldn’t care less who you are and what you say. So how do you get more Twitter followers free using legitimate, non-spammy means? Luckily, as you may have guessed from the title, that’s exactly what we’re about to cover. In essence though they all come down to two main points which are worth bearing in mind at all times: 1) Make your Twitter account highly visible to people that will be interested in your tweets 2) Offer exceptional value so that others will want to receive your tweets If that sounds a little over-simplistic for you, let’s dive a little deeper into 36 free ways you can effortlessly get more Twitter followers free… how to get more Twitter followers free Get More Twitter Followers Free By Networking Twitter is, at it’s core, a communication tool. That means that networking is an essential part of the Twitter experience. It not only enriches your own online activities but also serves as a powerful way to build your follower base. Here are a sample of tools and tips to help you “get involved” and get more followers to boot: 1) Follow Others Use tools like Twitter search, Twitter recommendations, FollowerWonk and Klout to find other people in your niche worth following. By following others you’ll not only find that some of them follow you back but it’s also the first step in getting involved in the conversations. 2) Engage Once you’ve started following interesting people in your niche, take some time each day to read your feed and respond to relevant tweets. You can also initiate conversations using the @ tag to ask questions, make observations or comment on a tweeps latest blog post. Engaging others helps show that you’re a real person rather than a bot (of which there are many on Twitter) and also helps you to more attract more Twitter followers free. 3) Retweet Find a tweet in your stream that you like the look of? Share the love by retweeting it to your own followers. Doing so not only adds value to your own Twitter account but helps to put you on the radar of the originating tweeter thus potentially building your network and building recipricity within your niche. 4) Easy Reweet One handy tool for retweeting interesting tweets is Easy Retweet. Every time you retweet something on the site you’ll earn points. Then, next time you publish a new blog post and tweet about it, you can feature your tweet on Easy Retweet and use those points to have other people retweet your message. Doing so not only helps those retweeters discover your Twitter account and blog but spreads the message of your blog much further than you could do on your own. More visibility + value = more followers. 5) Just Retweet It Just Retweet offers a similar service to Easy Retweet but is focused almost exclusively on the online marketing/ecommerce niche so will be of less use if you’re blogging and tweeting about mountain bikes, reptiles or home Once again though you’ll have the opportunity to share great content with your followers while building points that you can use to increase the spread of your own content across the Twitter platiform 6) Join A Tribe Triberr enables anyone on Twitter to join a tribe of other like-minded tweeps. If you can’t find anything suitable you can even start your own tribe (as I have) and then recruit other people into it. As a member of a tribe you’ll get a feed of all the latest blog posts that your tribe has published and you can send out a tweet to your followers about it with the click of a button. Some of the tribes have a huge reach so by networking with other people who are already successful on Twitter you’ll have your content – and Twitter account – put infront of a whole new audience. In doing so it’s possible to pick up loads more Twitter followers free who like what you’re saying. 7) Join A Twibe If Triberr is all about amplifying your message so that it gets sent out to a range of Twitter accounts then Twibes is all about a group of people discussing a specific topic. If you can find some Twibes that are closely related to your niche topic then it’s a great opportunity to get your account noticed, engage some passionate tweeps in some interesting discussion and, hopefully, build your following along the way. 8) Twitter Chats Along the same lines, organized Twitter chats ensure that you’re not just sending out your tweets into cyberspace where they sit unloved and unread. Instead, Twitter chats bring together groups of people on Twitter rather like Twiber making it a fantastic way to get more Twitter followers free. Use sites like TweetChat or a simple Google search (my niche + “twitter chat”) to find existing Twitter chats and get involved. 9) Answer Questions If you’re creating amazing content to publish on your website then here’s a great way to not only drive extra traffic to your site but also position yourself as an expert and build your Twitter followers alongside. InboxQ is a free service that will search Twitter for questions that other people have asked based on keywords that you enter. It’ll save these keywords in the form of a campaign and if you install their browser add-ons they’ll keep a constant eye on Twitter and alert you when they find anyone with questions relating to your website. You can then either answer their question directly or provide a link to a useful article on your site. 10) Thank Your Sharers If someone shares your latest blog post with their followers then they’ve shown that they’re interested in your content. Engaging these people can be a great way to build a network on Twitter and encourage future shares. Backtweets is a useful free tool for finding people who have tweeted out a link to your latest blog post. Once you find some sharers, consider following them and also sending them a personal message thanking them for sharing your content. Not only might they then follow you themselves but they’ll also be more likely to retweet your content in the future leading to more Twitter followers free. 11) Follow Your Commenters We all know how tough it can be to build up a regular readership at your blog and encourage comments. Fortunately those people who do take the time to comment on your site are highly engaged so following them and interacting with them on Twitter can be a very smart idea. If you’re using WordPress as a content management system then the free Meet Your Commenters plugin will try to pull the social profiles of anyone who leaves a comment on your blog. Then, simply follow and interact. Offer Value There is no point in trying to get more Twitter followers if you’re really not tweeting anything of value. If you do so, your promotion will be far less effective due to the number of un-follows that you’ll get. But offering value in your tweets isn’t just about keeping your existing followers happy. When you offer real value in your tweets you also significantly increase the chances of your updates being retweeted or quoted on other blogs – and both of these aspects can further increase your follower count. Here are a few simple ideas to create valuable tweets that your followers will enjoy: 12) Create An Online Newspaper Paper.li offers the opportunity to create an attractive online newspaper focused on your niche. You simply choose specific keywords, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts that you’d like to include and each day your newspaper is updated with the latest content from around the web. These online newspapers can make a great “starting point” for people interested in your topic. Furthermore, when tweets from other people are included in your newspaper they’ll be notified on Twitter that you’re featuring them – encouraging them to take a closer look at your work and, we hope, get you more Twitter followers free. 13) Use Hot Hashtags Hashtags operate on Twitter as a way to “organize” and search for tweets. Think of them as keywords in the search engines or tags on your blog. The fact is though that when a new hashtag appears on Twitter it can often go viral very quickly, and by using relevant trending hashtags you’ll help a whole new audience discover your Twitter account. Sites like Trending Hashtags or your good old-fashioned plain old Twitter account can be great resources for finding “hot” hashtags to try and include in your tweets. 14) Tweet Old Content If you’re a WordPress blogger then the Tweet Old Post plugin can automatically select one of your blog posts at random and then publish the link in your Twitter stream. Assuming your blog posts offer genuine value and you’re not over-using the plugin and thus deluging your followers with messages then the plugin can help your followers find useful content. Not only can this simple “one time set-up” process increase traffic to your blog (thanks to clicks on your links) but if you include relevant hashtags these tweets can be found by non-followers. I have personally seen significant increases in Twitter followers as a result of people finding these tweets and deciding to start following me when they like what they see. 15) Track Your Clicks How do you know what tweets your followers enjoy? Clearly if more valuable tweets are more likely to be shared, thus increasing your Twitter followers, then it makes sense to find out. A range of Twitter analytics tools such as TweetStats will help you uncover the tweets that do best or for an ultra-simple solution consider using a link-shortener like Bit.ly that will show you how many people actually click the links that you tweet to your followers. By analyzing the tweets that get the best response you’ll be able to focus on sharing the most engaging forms of content to your followers and get more Twitter followers free. 16) Use A Feed Reader A great way to find valuable content to share on Twitter is to set up a feed reader like Feedly, then fill it with relevant content. There are two great solutions; add industry-specific blogs and additionally add Google Alerts for specific keywords. While setting this up the first time will take some effort, thereafter you’ll find that you receive a constant stream of interesting, high-quality content. Pick out those content pieces that will be of greatest interest to your followers and get tweeting those resources. 17) Find Popular Tweets Sites like Tweet Meme and Topsy allow you to find tweets that are already popular. Using keywords that relate to your niche you’ll not only be able to get a better idea of what tweets are performing best for your peers but you can also share these top tweets with your followers safe in the knowledge that they’ll probably perform well and help you attract more Twitter followers free. Cross Promote Your Profile It’s unlikely in this day and age that Twitter is the only marketing channel you’re using. You likely have a website, a blog, a Facebook page and so on so use these external sites to cross-promote your profile and encourage as many people as possible to follow you on Twitter. Here are a few ideas to set your mind working: 18) Stream To Facebook It’s easy to add your Twitter updates to Facebook. Assuming you’re posting different content on the two sites then adding your tweets to Facebook shouldn’t over-whelm your fans. Furthermore if you’re offering value in those tweets then you should find that a number of your Facebook fans end up following on Twitter too providing you with yet more Twitter followers free. 19) Follow Me Buttons If you have a website or blog there are a number of ways to add a simple “follow me” button to gently promote your Twitter account. Using a tool such as Twitters official button visitors to your website will be made aware of your Twitter account and can easily start following you with a click of their mouse. If you already have a significant number of Twitter followers consider using one of the buttons that shows your follower count. The social proof of a large following should further help to increase your response rates. 20) Website Widgets Even better than a plain-old button, actually adding your Twitter stream itself to your site can be a smart idea. Why? Because it allows potential followers to actually get a “free sample” of the sort of tweets you send out. It’s therefore far easier for them to make a fair assessment of whether or not they want to follow you. And, if they find you’re posting quality tweets that they’d be happy to receive you’ll find it’s a great – and very easy way – to get more Twitter followers free. Even better, as a widget takes up more space than just a button it should get more attention from your site visitors leading to a higher proportion of your traffic following you. 21) Click To Tweet When you write a new article for your site, consider if there are any handy little nuggets of information that might be suitable for tweeting. Example might include interesting statistics or relevant quotes. In situations where these exist, consider using the Click To Tweet service to make it easy for anyone to tweet out these snippets with the click of a button. If you ensure the tweet that is sent out includes your Twitter name or a link to your blog post then you’ll find a whole new audience will be introduced to your site and your Twitter profile. 22) Tweak Your Social Sharing Buttons Most bloggers use some form of social sharing buttons to enable visitors to share their content on Facebook, Twitter and so on. But one effective tweak to get more Twitter followers is to use a plugin like Tweet This that will allow you to customize the “default” tweet when someone goes to share your article on Twitter. A typical share will involve your post title and a direct link to your article. However adding your Twitter account name into the tweet can help attract more Twitter followers free as it travels alongside your content. 23) Tweet To Pay Consider giving something of value to people who tweet about it. Ebooks, simple software applications or access to a private area of your website are all suitable “bribes” to encourage tweets about your site. Using services like Pay With A Tweet and ensuring your Twitter handle is included in the default tweet can be an easy way to generate more Twitter followers. 24) Start A Twitter Contest Asking your website visitors to pay for a free gift by tweeting about it is one thing – but why not take it to another level by turning your giveaway into a contest? Services like Interactwive will help you run a contest to not just attract more Twitter followers free but also increase the number of shares that your content receives. You can then offer up an additional prize for the “winner” to encourage as many participants as possible. 25) Comment With Your Twitter Account A range of plugins and blog commenting systems will let you include details of your Twitter account when you leave a comment on a post. Take the time to research quality blogs in your niche that allow this so that you can add them to your feed reader and use every comment you make as a way to drive more visitors over to your Twitter profile. 26) Guest Post With Your Twitter Account We all know that guest posting is one of the best ways to build links, traffic and readerhsip for your blog. But if the focus is on building your Twitter followers as much as your blog traffic then consider including a link to your Twitter account in your author bio file. A guest post on a high traffic site can lead to hundreds of new impressions on your profile and help to grab more Twitter followers free. Perfect Your Profile For such a basic site, there are a surprising number of options when it comes to setting up your Twitter profile for success. Follow these best practise rules to ensure that your profile is easy to find and also encourages drive-by visitors to click the all-important “follow” button: 27) Use Keywords use the Twitter search function to find more people to follow. Put some thought into exactly what types of keywords your potential followers will be using and try to weave these into your Twitter bio. I have several different Twitter profiles that have achieved top search rankings as a result of careful keyword choice and as a result these accounts grow on their own every day because every time someone searches for the keywords targeted I pop up at the top of the results. 28) Add A Photo There are a huge number of fake accounts on Twitter that have been set up by spammers. Adding a photo of yourself to your Twitter account sounds too simple to have any real benefit but you’d be mistaken. By allowing people to visualize you as a real person you greatly increase the chances of getting more followers. Furthermore, appreciate that these tiny profile pictures appear in the Twitter search results that potential followers of yours will see. As a result it’s smart to ensure that you have an eye-catching picture so you stand out from the crowd and attract more attention from potential new followers in the search listings. 29) Make A List Twitter lists help you to keep the people you follow neatly organized but searching through other publically accessible Twitter lists is also a great way to quickly find lots of interesting people to follow. By creating a Twitter list, that includes your own account among others, and carefully naming it with keywords in mind you’ll find that you can quickly attract more Twitter followers free. Even better as may of these people will follow the whole list rather than just one individual on it, it’s a great way to reward other tweeps that you enjoy hearing from as you’ll also be helping to build their follower count too. Get Listed In Directories Thanks to Twitter’s own internal algorithms it’s easier than ever to find people worth following. However there are also a range of Twitter directories that list people worth following. Registering with these sites is quick and simple so it’s a worthy investment to get more Twitter followers free. The top directories by traffic numbers right now are #30: We Follow, #31: Tweet Find and #32: Twellow. Tweet Properly A huge amount of research has been done on what makes a tweet “good” – that is tweets that get responses in the form of clicks, retweets, responses and so on. Kudos goes to Derek Halpern of Social Triggers for many of these findings which are summarized below: 33) Time Your Tweets Tweets only have a very short lifespan so if you’re to actively engage with your followers it’s important to tweet when as many as possible are online. Tools like Social Bro and Tweriod allow you to analyze the best possible time to send out tweets, hopefully leading to as many retweets as possible. Furthermore, once you’ve decided on the optimum times, Buffer will enable you to queue up your tweets in advance so that they go out at the perfect time – even if you’re not at your computer. 34) Right Length If a key way to get more Twitter followers is to to encourage retweets then it’s important to consider the length of your tweets. Remember that when someone retweets one of your updates, Twitter will automatically add the text “RT @YourProfile” onto the beginning of the tweet. So, as Twitter offers you a maximum of 140 characters, try to ensure your tweets are short enough to include the “retweet text” at the beginning without going over the 140 character limit. 35) Use Hashtags Hashtags can be thought of as “keywords” that help people – followers or not – to find your tweets through Twitter’s search function. In other words, by ignoring hashtags you’ll make it far harder to get your tweets and profile found. With some of my Twitter accounts all I do is post valuable content and include two or three relevant hashtags and I see my followers grow daily so this really is a powerful strategy. So in short, consider the content of the tweets as you send them out and add a few hashtags. Then keep track of the results you see so that you can gently build up a list of hashtags that perform for you like clockwork and use these “winners” on a consistent basis. 36) Give Credit The last point worthy of mention here relates to crediting others for their content. Are you tweeting a link to someone else’s content? If so, before you send out the tweet see if you can find their Twitter handle and include it in your tweet.Tuesday, 14 January 2014
According to a scientific study , women with big butts are smarter.
I don’t know who the scientists are that do these studies, but one thing is certain: they’re having all kinds of fun. Here’s how they’re reporting the study:
A study from the University of Oxford revealed that women with bigger butts have distinct advantages over women who have flat rears, and not just the ability to fill out a pair of jeans. Those with inflated derrières have lower insulin resistance, and they produce hormones that better metabolize sugar — which means these women are less likely to develop heart problems or diabetes than women who carry extra weight around their stomachs. These women also tend to have lower cholesterol; and they tend be smarter, because they produce more Omega 3 fats, which mobilizes brain development.
Researchers indicate that fat in the lower body is preferred to fat anywhere else throughout the body. Dr. Michael Jensen, director of endocrine research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. stated that the fat of pear-shaped women behaves in healthy ways, and that the public should think about fat “as an important organ for our health.”
“It is the protective role of lower body, that is [thigh and backside] fat, that is striking. The protective properties of the lower body fat depot have been confirmed in many studies conducted in subjects with a wide range of age, BMI and co-morbidities,” ABC News said, quoting the Journal of Obesity.
Dr. Robert Kushners, medical specialist in obesity at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, clarified that fat in the stomach is “more metabolically active,” therefore harmful, while fat in the lower regions may be more stable.
Experts have been unclear on whether lower region shapeliness is healthier than being thin, but they did indicate that those who are thin have no health..
Prophet David Owuor and Bishop Dr Margaret Wanjiru are embroiled in an ugly fight over claims of prosperity gospel and ‘fake miracles’among themselves The two servants of God have been lashing at each other always questioning the credibility of the other’s miracles, qualifications and dedication to serve the almighty God Prophet Owuor has over the past few months been castigating ‘false prophets’ whom he claims their sole aim was “to milk money from the congregation”. But he was more than blunt recently, when in front of huge crowds in Kakamega and on live TV, termed Bishop Wanjiru “a false prophet”. He further mocked the Jesus is Alive Ministries founder, saying: “She claims the glory is here yet she can’t even perform one miracle,” to a thunderous crowd. Days after Prophet Owuor attacked her on live TV, Bishop Wanjiru promptly responded. In an interview with The Nairobian, Bishop Wanjiru dismissed Prophet Owuor as “an idler who has so much time in his hands and nothing to do with it”. She further questioned Prophet Owuor’s famous claim that he never accepts sadaka from his congregation. “Can he explain the fleet of expensive cars he drives around in? Can he explain the lavish lifestyle he is accustomed to? I would want to know which spiritual world he gets those things from so that I can also go and get them for myself,” said an angry Bishop Wanjiru. She further claimed Prophet Owuor’s miracles were highly questionable. “Can someone explain to me how someone in crutches will walk just for the duration of Owuor’s rally and the next day they are back to using crutches? He just gives people energizers and claims he is performing miracles,” claimed Bishop Wanjiru, terming Prophet Owuor a “one-day miracle man”. Wanjiru further said she had issues with Owuor calling himself a prophet. “Who anointed him as a prophet? We are all servants of God. We serve the same God. In fact, Owuor’s academic papers are very questionable,” she said. Bishop Wanjiru says her church members who were “very bitter” informed her of Owuor’s hostility towards her. “I ignored him (for days after the Kakamega crusade) as I have always done but I think this time, I needed to respond,” says Bishop Wanjiru. Bishop Wanjiru attributes Prophet Owuor’s hostility towards her to jealousy. “He is idle, and he has spent a lot of time trying to fight me, but I let God fight my battles. I ignore him and I think it hurts him. He wants to be noticed. And he can achieve that by attacking me. I remain steadfast in my commitment to serve God and I won’t let Owuor distract me,” says Bishop Wanjiru. When reached for comment, Prophet Owuor’s handlers declined to comment. However, the head of the Ministry of Repentance and Holiness has in the past said he does not engage in “prosperity gospel”. He once said: “In some towns like Mombasa, prostitutes go to pastors to pray for them so that they can get clients, and they promise to give tithes from the proceeds of their activities. God is angry over witchcraft in the church. Some church leaders mix God with witchcraft.” The prophet has maintained that the church in Kenya has lost its moral authority. There has been speculation about his nationality, but he insists he is a Kenyan from Siaya. He refuses to talk about his trademark unkempt beard. He said in an interview on October 19, 2004, that he was shown the state of the church in Kenya and had to preach to the clergy across the country to repent. “The pastors and bishops were and still are preaching the gospel of prosperity,” he said. “They engage in material gospel and this leads to sexual sin and some even abandon their call and join politics. I am an example. We do not collect offering during our meetings but God provides. If I were to collect offerings, I would become a millionaire instantly but that is not what I was called for.” Bishop Wanjiru has had her fair share of negative publicity. In a previous interview, Wanjiru confessed to have dabbled in witchcraft before she got saved. Before one “jigger-infested man” came to the scene a few years back, claiming to be her estranged husband, Wanjiru was to wed a South African. Kamangu Ndimu put a damper on Wanjiru’s plans and the wedding was called off. She had revealed in interviews that she was a mother of children whose father’s whereabouts she did not know — in fact, she was not sure whether he was alive or dead. Wanjiru confessed of loneliness and said she would unveil a man she plans to tie the knot with and live happily thereafter Her plans to marry the South African preacher, Samuel Matjeke, however failed. In 2007, she was elected as MP for Starehe in a hotly contested election. In 2008, she was appointed into the Cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Housing. In last year’s elections, she ran for Nairobi senator but lost to Mike Sonko. During the campaigns for her party ODM primaries and the general election, there were allegations that she had fake academic papers. She had to defend herself countless times over claims by her critics that she had not earned her PhD. Wanjiru claimed she received the degree of Doctor of Theology from Vineyard Harvester Bible College in 2003. The Nairobian”.
Radio personality Caroline Mutoko was attacked and robbed her valuables at her residence in Nyari Nairobi. Reports from the police confirms that Caroline Mutoko and her three-year-old daughter were unhurt in the Monday night incident, which saw the flashy queen of radio lose her valuables inclusive of electronics and money. A gang of about five people scaled a perimeter wall, attacked and tied guards who were on duty at the compound before they broke into the house where Caroline Mutoko was sleeping.with her daughter. According to Nairobi Area police chief Benson Kibue, the gang stole household and electronic goods from the house. “We are yet to know the motive,The police stated . if any but we are looking for the gang which escaped to Gachie area. Caroline Mutoko who works at Kiss FM was at work onTuesday morning. Efforts to reach her on phone to comment on the occurence didn't bear fruits since she could not pick her calls The police is trying to establish the facts behind the attack and why the attackers targeted her house alone .The guards were later questioned over the incident as investigation is underway to establish the motive behind the attack
Sunday, 12 January 2014
1. All Communication is Initiated by You
This is easily one of the most obvious indicators that
something is up. If you miss this sign, then you're in straight denial. It's
common sense: Girls like to talk. And talk. And talk.
Often at times they just
yammer on to the point where we start to block them out - and those aren't even
the girls we're dating. When you're going with a gal, chances are that almost
every time you two talk, it's initiated by her, and she's the one doing most of
the communicating. For the most part, nothing can get a girl to shut up if she
feels like talking. I mean, even when they're mad and don't want to talk to
you, they repeatedly tell you that they don't want to talk to you But anyways, long story short: when she stops trying to talk to
you.
2. She's Not Jealous Anymore
Rememberhow every time
you hung out with your best female friend she'd throw a fit, claiming that if
you really loved her you wouldn't hang out with other girls all the time? Well
believe it or not, that was good. Jealousy meant she cared. If she starts
letting you hangout with whomever you want, without any sort of protest or
snide comments, well you'd best believe you've got problems.
3. She Replies with One-Word Texts
This should speak for itself. We've already gone over
just how much gals like to talk and communicate. When she can't even bother to
respond to your texts with a full sentence, chances are that she just doesn't care anymore.
4. She Flirts with Other Guys In Front of You
Now this can mean one of two different things. The
first possibility is that she's attempting to gain your attention by making you
jealous. If this is the case, you're good to go, apart from the fact that
you're dating a manipulative lady If you're cool with that, then good for
you. However, the sad alternative is that if she's not trying to make you
jealous, then she is literally flirting with those guys with every intention of
getting laid. And it's all happening right under your nose.
5. She Signs Off Facebook Chat Moments After You Start
Talking to Her
Don't kid yourself man, at this point you know she's
avoiding you. It doesn't matter what she says. If she logs off every time you
attempt to communicate to her, regardless of how long she's been online, then she's
avoiding you like your parents avoided the sex talk back in the day. But on the
bright side, at least she's being considerate in her attempts not to talk to
you. I knew one gal that told me she had to go do some work, but couldn't even
be bothered to log out. She even continued commenting on one of our mutual
friend's threads, which I was also a part of. Needless to say, she and I aren't
very close anymore.
6. She's Banging Other Dudes in Front of You
Similar to number 4, but with a certain twist shouldn't have to put this on here, but it's worrying how
some dudes can't take a hint.
7. She Makes ZERO Effort to Look Good In Front of You
Despite what they might say, girls are vain. They want
you to tell them how pretty they are. They might not "need" it, but
they sure as hell want the praise. And when she stops desiring your approval
and compliments, you're either married, or she's no longer interested (they're
roughly the same thing; the only difference is that if you're breaking up at
least you have the prospect of break-up sex
8. She Doesn't Get Mad at You for things She Used To
I know, in your head it sounds wonderful - finally
being able to get away with scratching your balls and then taking a handful of
popcorn from the shared bowl with that same hand without being screeched at.
But believe you me, that's a bad sign. If she stops yelling, that means that
either she's stopped caring, or she's just bottling it all up until she really
explodes. Either way, you should be worried and shopping around for an
apology
9. Her Friends Have All Stopped Talking Her Up In Front
of You
This one is subtle, and not always noticeable, but if
you pay enough attention and actually listen to her friends when they speak
instead of blocking them out as white noise you'll
start to see that right around the same time she starts to drift away, her
friends will stop making her look so awesome. Instead of saying how pretty she
is and how funny her jokes are like they used to, they'll now proceed to start
pointing out her flaws when she's not around (often at her request) to make her
seem less attractive to you. It's their way of starting to let you down gently.
And though it sucks, there are some friends of hers who will really go the
extra mile and hook up with you so you forget about her, which opens up another chapter in a different relation.
10. She Files a Restraining Order
But Israelis of all stripes acknowledged the burly 85-year-old as a key figure in their nation's history, his death on Saturday leaving President Shimon Peres as the Jewish state's last surviving founding father.
The white-haired former general had been in coma since January 4, 2006, following a massive stroke which felled him at the height of his political career.
Ahead of his funeral on Monday, Sharon's flag-draped coffin was placed on a black marble plinth in the plaza outside the Knesset, or parliament, for the public to pay their last respects.
A spokesman for the assembly told AFP up to 20,000 people had filed past the coffin, which was flanked by an honour guard, when the plaza was closed to the public after seven hours.
Among the visitors were people of all ages, soldiers and black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews rubbing shoulders with families.
Earlier, ministers held a minute's silence in memory of Israel's 11th prime minister as they met for their weekly cabinet meeting.
"He will be remembered in the heart of the Jewish people forever as one of our most outstanding leaders and most daring commanders," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told them.
Funeral at ranch near Gaza
Sharon will be buried on Monday afternoon at Sycamore Ranch, his home in the southern Negev desert, after a military funeral
A procession from the Knesset to the ranch will stop pause for a ceremony at a military memorial site in Latrun, west of Jerusalem, where Sharon was wounded in the 1948 war of independence.
With thousands of people expected to attend the funeral, police were preparing to deploy extra units to secure the area, which lies just a few kilometres (miles) from the northern border with Gaza.
Channel 2 television said the army had changed the deployment of the Iron Dome aerial defence system batteries in the area to defend against possible rocket attacks from Gaza. A military spokeswoman refused to comment.
World leaders sent condolences over Sharon's death, remembering the divisive figure in cautious diplomatic language. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to represent Washington at a special memorial at the Knesset on Monday morning.
Others expected to attend are German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outgoing Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair as well as diplomats from Canada, Spain and Russia.
Sharon's dramatic story was the subject of blanket media coverage on Sunday, with Israeli newspapers dedicating multiple pages to pictures and commentary on his life and legacy.
Once known chiefly as a ruthless military leader who fought in all of Israel's major wars, Sharon switched to politics in 1973, championing the development of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
He was long considered a pariah for his personal but "indirect" responsibility in the 1982 massacre of hundreds of Palestinians by Israel's Lebanese Phalangist allies in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
His early career as a warrior earned him the moniker "The Bulldozer" but most world leaders chose to remember the politician who surprised many by masterminding Israel's pullout from Gaza in 2005.
The Palestinians were quick to welcome news of his death, which prompted an outburst of celebration in the Gaza Strip, where the ruling Islamist Hamas movement said it was a "historic moment" marking the "disappearance of a criminal whose hands were covered with Palestinian blood".
One of the last members of the generation that founded the Jewish state in 1948, Sharon leaves a complex legacy which also includes the sprawling barrier separating Israel from the West Bank.
His policy of separation from the Palestinians culminated in the withdrawal of 8,000 settlers from Gaza, a bold move that earned him the hatred of his former nationalist and settler allies.
Born in British-mandate Palestine on February 26, 1928, to immigrants from Belarus, Sharon was just 17 when he joined the Haganah, the militia that fought in the 1948 war of independence
A Berlin-based human rights group and a British law firm have submitted what they describe as 250 pages of analysis to the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor requesting action on alleged abuses between 2003 and 2008.
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) said in a press release posted on the ECCHR website that there had been "systemic abuse" of Iraqi detainees during the British presence in Iraq which met the threshold of war crimes.
The ICC, which receives dozens of submissions every year and takes very few of them further, can only act where national jurisdictions are unable or unwilling to investigate alleged crimes.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain's willingness to investigate the allegations meant action by the ICC was unnecessary.
"The British armed forces uphold high standards ... so we reject any allegations of systematic abuse. But where there are substantiated allegations of things going wrong these things have been or are being investigated," Hague told Sky News.
"That does not require references to the International Criminal Court ... This is being dealt with properly within the United Kingdom through a very detailed and exhaustive process."
PUBLIC INQUIRIES
The ECCHR and PIL said more than 400 Iraqi former detainees had made allegations of grave mistreatment, of which 85 had been chosen as "representative cases" in the submission to the ICC.
The two organizations said they wanted the ICC to open formal investigations into senior figures at the Ministry of Defence who "knew or should have known of the widespread patterns of abuse, and turned a blind eye to them", and named former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.
Hoon could not be immediately reached for comment.
The ministry said alleged abuses had been or were being investigated through the British and European law courts, through public inquiries, in parliament and through a dedicated publicly funded body called the Iraq Historic Allegations Team.
"Should we be approached by the ICC, we will take the opportunity to explain the very extensive work underway to deal with historic allegations of abuse," the ministry said in a statement.
PIL has played a key role in a number of court cases involving alleged British abuses in Iraq.
It has also been instrumental in bringing about several major public inquiries, including the ongoing Al-Sweady inquiry into allegations that British troops executed and tortured Iraqis in the aftermath of a battle in May 2004. That inquiry is due to present its findings at the end of the year.
Saturday, 11 January 2014
With so many gadget choices in the market these days, it can be very difficult for consumers to decide where to spend their money. So if you wish to buy a new portable computing device, you might consider tablets along with laptops.We bring you the comparison between the tablet PCs and laptops to see how they are different from each other and which of the two may be better for you. The most apparent difference between a tablet PC and a laptop is that laptops come with a full, physical keyboard which is a desire for many individuals where as Tablet's rely solely on a touch interface on the screen for all input. That's not all laptops and tablets differ in size, battery life storage capacity, performance, Operating Software and cost too.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by the International Trade Commission in April that Apple did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhone.
The smartphone industry has seen dozens of lawsuits on several continents as Apple vies for market share with companies that make smartphones using Google's Android software.
"We're disappointed in this decision and are evaluating our options," Google unit Motorola said in a statement. Apple had no comment on the decision.
Motorola Mobility accused Apple in 2010 of infringing on six of its patents covering technology such as reducing signal noise and programming the device's touch screen so a user's head does not accidentally activate it while talking on the phone. The ITC ruled in April 2013 that Apple did not violate any of the six. The appeals court addressed just one of the six patents.
Google acquired the patents in the case - and the lawsuit - when it purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2012, partly for its library of telecommunications patents.
Google's Android software, which the company lets handset makers use for free, has become the world's No. 1 smartphone operating system, ahead of the iOS software used on Apple iPhones.
The ITC, a U.S. trade panel that investigates patent infringement involving imported goods, is a popular venue for patent lawsuits because it can bar the importation of infringing products and because it issues decisions relatively quickly.
The case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is Motorola Mobility LLC v. International Trade Commission and Apple, Inc.