How To Make Your Convincing Speech Topic Fun | Self …

February 4th, 2012 by

If you want to make your persuasive speech fun, all that you need is an entertaining topic. Read this short article and find out how to persuade and entertain.

For making a persuasive speech that will be fun for you and the listeners you have to understand that your subject needs to be fun as well. What you are good at or what you are interested in and then include some humour in your speech. This may have the most positive result on your grade and your speech will not be uninteresting for your audience.

So firstly, think of something that you really care about. If you?re concerned about ecological situation of the planet and you see that your friends are throwing trash simply on the ground, then this speech can be a great chance for you to try to persuade them that keeping our environment clean is very important. Using humor here can be really useful.

You to keep in mind next points:

Think about your listeners, when you are choosing your subject. Confirm it?ll be acceptable for their age and tastes.

Consider your time requirements. Just be absolutely certain that your topic isn?t going to take for too long, or that you have too many jokes. Do not forget, that good jokes need a little time for your listeners to laugh. Ensure your subject is academic and meets your subject requirements. You could like video games and if you decide to convince everybody to play your favourite shooter, ensure you are not intending to do that for biology class.

Keep in mind that your jokes need to be relevant. And bear in mind it?s better to use less jokes that are good, than many stupid jokes. A great way to be sure your subjects are good is to ?test? them on your family or buddies. Make a walk through of the speech and leave those jokes, which were funny to your buddies or family.

The main factor for a successful persuasive speech is to be confident. Remember all the above and start looking for your subject. Practice your speech until it becomes perfect and be certain to give a great speech confidently. Good luck!

In the article on funny persuasive speech topics you?ll find more helpful information for your speech.

For more guidance on persuasive speeches, read this article with some ideas for persuasive speech topics .

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The Implementation of Search Engine Marketing Techniques for …

February 3rd, 2012 by

Search engine marketing or SEM is a promotional platform that is usually used by innovative businesses that employ Internet Marketing techniques. Without a doubt, more and more businesses are realizing the potentialof the World Wide Web to reach out to more customers and are enthusiastically incorporating search engine marketing into their existing marketing regimen. An expanded customer baseinsures that a business will be able to weather a dismal economic climate and not be transformed into a delectable morsel to be consumed by the jaws of extinction. Visibility online is high-priority for a successful Internet marketing campaign. The slot of expertise of search engine marketing is an enhanced visibility online.

It is a relatively straightforward process to engage in search engine marketing with a rudimentary knowledge base. However, it is not a prescribed course of action. Instead, the outsourcing of search engine marketing should be the unanimous choice by which to bypass any financial set back that a poorly managed Internet Marketing campaign would entail. Although the initial investment of outsourcing may leave you swooning, keep in mind that you would not leave an important project in the hands of a novice. There is an implicit learning curve when using an in house crew and success will be contingent on a process of trial and error.

Strategems used by search engine marketing have been shown to be quite effective in heightening website visibility. Thus, more customer traffic is generated in just a fraction of the time that it takes thehistoric brick and mortar establishments to gain the same. In addition, any site with increased visibility can secure global recognition quite easily because of global access to the internet via mobile devices. There are three main ways of heightening the visibility of a site on what is called search engine results pages or SERPS. They contained in paid placements, contextual advertising and paid inclusions.

Heightened visibility is achieved by the application of Search Engine Optimization and it is the exclusive domain of internet marketing agencies. In the initial stages the site content must be modified to ensure that it is search engine optimization friendly. This optimization is also eased by embedding social media icons within the framework of the site. Social media content will ensure a direct link of communication capability between customer and business that establishes a familial relationship that promotes trust and a positive image. This interactive interface iscritical to building long standing rapport with customers and repeat business.

The replacement of jaded approaches to marketing with Internet driven ones needs to be a priority branded on the forehead of every business owner. Admittedly a lot of people are resistant to change and will continue to maintain the status quo until it is no longer feasible. However once they are aware of the myriad benefits they will be more amenable to change. Of course, you will encounter those who personify the adage of you can?t teach an old dog new tricks. We all know one or two of those, I?m sure.

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[OOC] Ain’t no Rest for the Condemned

February 3rd, 2012 by

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Court filing says Fine’s wife slept with players (AP)

February 2nd, 2012 by

SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? An affidavit filed in a slander suit against Syracuse University and basketball coach Jim Boeheim says the wife of fired assistant Bernie Fine had sex with players, and several people associated with the program knew about it, including Fine.

In the affidavit, Bobby Davis, a former ball boy with the men’s team, says he was present on several occasions with basketball players when he heard them speaking of having sex with Laurie Fine. Davis said players joked about it and it seemed to be an openly known fact that Laurie Fine had sex with basketball players. A lawyer for Laurie Fine said the accusations were “disgusting.”

After Davis and his step-brother, Mike Lang, accused Bernie Fine of molesting them when they were boys, Boeheim vehemently defended his longtime friend and assistant coach. He said Davis was lying to cash in on the publicity generated by a sexual abuse scandal unfolding at Penn State University. The Hall of Fame coach later backed off, saying he based his defense on loyalty and two previous claims of abuse against Fine that authorities could not substantiate.

Boeheim apologized after a third accuser came forward at the end of November and a years-old audiotape surfaced of a phone conversation between Davis and Laurie Fine that some have interpreted as Fine acknowledging Davis was abused by her husband.

In December, Davis and Lang filed a slander suit in state court. The affidavit filed Monday repeatedly makes the point that Davis believes Boeheim knew or should have known what his players were up to. He also believes Boeheim should have backed his accusations.

“He knew or purposefully chose to ignore Fine and his wife’s behavior,” Davis said in the affidavit. “He had every reason to know that I was telling the truth, but he instead lashed out at me and called me and my brother liars.”

A lawyer for Boeheim did not return calls seeking comment.

Kevin Quinn, a spokesman for the university said: “We will respond to the plaintiffs’ lawsuit and their various allegations at the appropriate time.”

The court document also says Davis spoke directly to Bernie Fine about his wife’s sexual relationships with players and that “Bernie Fine did not react in the slightest.”

Davis, who lived with the Fines for a time, said Laurie Fine would lavish certain players with attention, including doing their laundry, lending them her car and giving the player money and gifts.

A lawyer for Laurie Fine calls the accusations in the affidavit a “desperate” attempt to keep the suit alive.

“Only the news media can think that 20-year-old hearsay is newsworthy if it is salacious enough,” Edward Z. Menkin said in an email to The Associated Press. “This is both desperate and disgusting, an example of an irresponsible and unprofessional lawyer flailing about to keep a dying lawsuit in the public eye.”

The affidavit was filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court by high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred.

“If Laurie Fine was having multiple sexual relationships with basketball players, then the university must explain how this could have been taking place for years right under Coach Boeheim’s nose without his being aware of it and without the university’s doing anything about it,” Allred wrote in an email to The Associated Press.

Davis, now 40, and Lang claim they were repeatedly forcibly touched by Fine in the 1980s. Fine, who was fired Nov. 27, has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyer declined comment Tuesday.

Davis tried to get Syracuse police to investigate Bernie Fine in 2002 but was told the statute of limitations had expired. The same was true of any charges brought by Lang.

The U.S. attorney’s office is investigating the claims of a third man, 23-year-old Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston, Maine, who says Fine abused him in a Pittsburgh hotel room in 2002.

___ Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz in New York City contributed to this report.

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Heidi Klum Breaks Silence Since Seal Split With A Tweet

February 2nd, 2012 by

Heidi Klum has spoken out for the first since the announcement that she and hubby Seal were dunzo. Thanks to a Tweet by the blonde beauty we all know she is so appreciate of her fans support, boy how I missed her on Twitter these past couple of weeks. Being that this is a social media world it comes as no surprise that Klum took to Twitter to break her silence as opposed to issuing an official statement, this is the world we live in now. I personally like that she sent a little message to her fans and that it was in Tweet form, kind of seems a little more personal and real to me. In case you don?t follow the Project Runway judge on Twitter, which I highly recommend you do, here is the message she sent out. Hi everyone, I want to thank u for all your support & kind words. Really means so much. Thanks again…to the best fans in the world! xoHeidi Isn?t that sweet, oh I just love her. Seriously she is amazing and I think it is super fabulous that she just took the time to thank her fans. Is it earth shattering [...]

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Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time

February 1st, 2012 by

Endless lists have been made, and it’s a great way to start an argument at a party. What’s better, ‘Chinatown’ or ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’? ‘The Wizard of Oz’ or ‘Singin’ in the Rain’? Everyone’s picks are different, but for their new book ‘The Greatest Movies Ever,’ film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza selected their choices for the best 101 movies of all time. First published in 2008, this edition of the book is revised with new picks like ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’ Here’s a sampler –? the 50 films that got the top spots on Kinn and Piazza’s list.

- Molly Driscoll

“For the thrill-struck, radiant young couple on the run, the Great Depression is over,” the critics wrote of the 1967 film directed by Arthur Penn. “They’re racing into the sunrise of an anti-Hollywood revolution. A vast new youth audience suspicious of war and the politicians who make it are hungry for antiheroes.” Actress Jane Fonda passed on the role of Bonnie. A member of the actual Barrow gang, W.D. Jones, said the movie made the adventures look “glamorous,” but that the real thing was far otherwise.

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Afghan woman slain for giving birth to daughter

February 1st, 2012 by

An Afghan man killed his wife for giving birth to a third daughter rather than the son he’d hoped for, police said Monday.

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The 28-year-old victim, who was known by the one name of Storai, was strangled by her husband ? a local militia member ? and his mother on Saturday, authorities said.

Storai had given birth to the couple’s third daughter three months ago in Mohasili village in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province.

Police said they arrested the victim’s mother-in-law in connection with her death, but Storai’s husband was still at large, likely sheltered by heavily-armed militia colleagues.

“The existence of militiamen is a huge problem and therefore we face difficulty in arresting him,” Kunduz police chief Sufi Habib said.

Nadera Geya, head of the Kunduz women’s affairs department, called the killing one of the worst examples of violence against women she had encountered.

Acid attack
Violence against women is common in Afghanistan. In late November in the same province, an Afghan family that refused to give their daughter in marriage to a man they considered irresponsible was attacked at home by assailants who poured acid over both parents and three children.

Police later arrested the rejected suitor and his three brothers for the attack.

With foreign combat troops set to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and moves ongoing to kickstart a peace process involving the ultra-conservative Taliban, rights watchdogs inside and outside Afghanistan fear women’s rights may be sacrificed.

NBC News reported that President Hamid Karzai announced over the weekend that he will hold a conference in February focused on eliminating violence against women.

“The rights of women cannot be relegated to the margins of international affairs, as this issue is at the core of our national security and the security of people everywhere,” the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said in a statement released on Monday.

Reuters, NBC News’ Atia Abawi and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46187660/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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Afghan woman slain for giving birth to daughter

January 31st, 2012 by

An Afghan man killed his wife for giving birth to a third daughter rather than the son he’d hoped for, police said Monday.

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The 28-year-old victim, who was known by the one name of Storai, was strangled by her husband ? a local militia member ? and his mother on Saturday, authorities said.

Storai had given birth to the couple’s third daughter three months ago in Mohasili village in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province.

Police said they arrested the victim’s mother-in-law in connection with her death, but Storai’s husband was still at large, likely sheltered by heavily-armed militia colleagues.

“The existence of militiamen is a huge problem and therefore we face difficulty in arresting him,” Kunduz police chief Sufi Habib said.

Nadera Geya, head of the Kunduz women’s affairs department, called the killing one of the worst examples of violence against women she had encountered.

Acid attack
Violence against women is common in Afghanistan. In late November in the same province, an Afghan family that refused to give their daughter in marriage to a man they considered irresponsible was attacked at home by assailants who poured acid over both parents and three children.

Police later arrested the rejected suitor and his three brothers for the attack.

With foreign combat troops set to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and moves ongoing to kickstart a peace process involving the ultra-conservative Taliban, rights watchdogs inside and outside Afghanistan fear women’s rights may be sacrificed.

NBC News reported that President Hamid Karzai announced over the weekend that he will hold a conference in February focused on eliminating violence against women.

“The rights of women cannot be relegated to the margins of international affairs, as this issue is at the core of our national security and the security of people everywhere,” the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said in a statement released on Monday.

Reuters, NBC News’ Atia Abawi and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46187660/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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Investing in a Hedge Fund | Everything About Investment

January 30th, 2012 by

Hedge funds have been receiving lots of media attention in the recent years, but few people have a true understanding of them. Hedge funds are similar to investment firms, but they operate a little bit differently because they are not as regulated. Here is what you need to know about investing in a hedge fund.

What is a hedge fund

Hedge funds are basically investment vehicles that are run by a money manager. The money manager accepts money from institutional investors and high net worth individuals to invest their money in numerous ways such as foreign currencies, stocks, bonds, and more.

A money manager that runs a hedge fund will generally earn 2% of all assets as well as 20% of all profits they receive every year. The money manager will earn these percentages regardless of whether the fund earns money or not, but they do still have an incentive to earn as much money as possible for the fund.

There are roughly 8,000 hedge funds located all over the world, but many of them happen to be based in the United States. There are some hedge funds located in Europe, but they tend to be concentrated in London.

How do hedge funds make money

Given that hedge funds are not as regulated as other investments, they are really free to invest money in any way that they see fit. When a person signs up to invest in a hedge fund, they will have to sign an operating agreement that lists the ways in which they will invest the money.

Hedge funds can do almost anything with the money whether it is investing in start companies, stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, and even commodities. They generally tend to be quite secretive in terms of how they operate, so none of them like to reveal exactly what they are doing.

Who are they suitable for

Hedge funds are designed to work for high net worth individuals who have at least $500,000 invest. They also accept institutional investors that manage pensions funds or insurance companies. Basically, hedge funds are not open to members of the general public.

What are the risks

By nature, hedge funds are risky. The are labeled as being high risk investments by the regulatory authorities and they suggest that all investors exercise caution before they decide to invest in them.

The risk of the hedge fund are essentially based on the way that the managers run the fund. Unfortunately, there have been a number of funds that have failed in the past and some managers were convicted on charges of fraud, theft, and embezzlement.

Despite all of this, there are some decent managers that have delivered excellent returns.


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No podcasts tonight, see you Wednesday!

January 30th, 2012 by

Sadly there will be no Apps and Accessories Live or ZEN and TECH tonight as Rene is delayed en route back from Macworld 2012 and Seth is, according to Rene,



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