Poetry: Comfortable in my own skin

It’s taken me years to be

Comfortable in my own skin

Too many demons plagued me,

Both from outside and within.

I tried to change;

That only led to illness.

My size was never good enough

Nor was my chosen dress.

Once I realised,

At long last,

There’s no pleasing everyone,

I left attempts at conformity in the past.

I am finally free

To truly be me, both outside and in,

The me I was meant to be,

And I am comfortable in my own skin.

What about Bob? Gmail graduates two Bob features from Labs

 

Today the Gmail team announced that two of its Gmail Labs features, "Don’t forget Bob" and "Got the wrong Bob?" will be rolled out for all users over the next couple of days. As our contact lists get longer our ability to remember everyone on them diminishes. Gmail is hoping to provide you with a crutch to make sure that you not only send your emails to the right people, but to make sure that you don’t forget anyone from your recipient list.

The "Don’t forget Bob" feature will show a list of people you may have forgotten to include in your recipient box based on who you contact the most. The "Got the wrong Bob?" feature will also scan your recipient list and show a list of alternative users in your contact list that are similar to the recipients you have listed, making sure that you really meant to include "Alexandra" instead of "Alex," for example.

Although neither of the features intend on serving as a completely reliable alternative to any memory lapses you may experience, in tandem they will serve as an added convenience for all Gmail user and save you from forgetting to add your boss to a potentially important email or prevent you from accidentally sending your cat-related email to a client instead of a relative. So keep your eyes peeled over the next day or two for when these new Gmail features hit your inbox!

 

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Obama vs. Whomever Doesn’t Excite This Voter

Still, as someone chomping at the bit to vote against Obama, I couldn’t vote for any of them. Sure, they share some of my views and even a few have led a state or a business and I respect that. At the same time, I can’t honestly look at any of them and think: “There’s the man/woman who can lead us out of this mess.”

That’s troubling. Where have the real leaders gone? Where are the leaders who will step up and tell the truth, work toward compromise for the betterment of each citizen?

I hate to be pessimistic as I have always been an optimist about America. The bitter partisanship of the last 12 years has eroded much of that optimism. There’s too much lobbying, too much money, and too much infighting to get the people’s business done. That means you, me, our kids all lose.

For the first time since I was able to vote in the 1988 election, I am strongly considering not voting. I will not just vote for someone any longer because I don’t like the other guy. We deserve the government we get and right now it’s a whole lot of trash.

What does that say about us?

 

Prateek Laurel – Juntion of Luxury, Location and Landscape

A home is a place that is close to your heart while it’s an added advantage if it’s closer to nature as well. Keeping the same through lively, Prateek Realtors have planned apartments that are within the lap of greenery under the name of Prateek Laurel. These apartments are a great combination of luxury, location and landscape. All this makes homes at Laurel a must buy as they bring you nearer to the nature and your loved ones too. Every day, each moment you will feel the absolute freshness of nature.

The complex is planned to give you all what you expect from life i.e. wonderful brightness, perfect light, soothing environment, vibrant environment and happening surroundings. The project is self sufficient with abundance of life style elements, it has planned earmarking of space for residential, commercial, corporate and others like schools, hospital, office, etc., so that you have your own world within your reach. The project is here to add more grace to your lifestyle in an environment free from pollution and noise. The project is supplementing the prowess of new resurgent India, taking the world at its stake. This project follows the trail of success and lavishness.

Being located in sector 120, Prateek Laurel is in close to three big cities of National Capital Region i.e. Ghaziabad, Greater Noida and Delhi, thus enjoying the excellent connectivity with the Capital City. Besides connectivity, the pollution free and blissful surrounding is another attraction of the project. Breathe deep in the fresh air soaked in nectar around to swing your spirits at new high.

The project is 7 minutes drive from nearest metro station, 3 minutes drive from FNG Express Highway, 10 minutes drive from DND, 7 minutes drive from Fortis Hospital and 10 minutes drive from Atta market of Sector 18. Surrounded by residential area and proximity with IT and institutional areas like sector 63 and 64, results in enhancing of the rental and appreciation in near future. The main feature of Pratek Laurel that discriminates it is its easy accessibility to nature. The project is enclosed with 30 meter green belt and more than 70 percent of its area is dedicated to landscaped gardens and water bodies.

The various features of Prateek Laurel includes 24*7 multi-level security with CCTV, swimming pool, separate pool for kids, gymnasium, library, sauna bath, steam bath, cards room, cafeteria, table tennis, billiards, community hall for various purposes, unisex beauty parlor, laundry services, 24 hrs chemist shop, ATM, supermarket, fragrance garden, water feature, central garden, garden pavilions and lots more to soothe your mind and soul.

With a vision of quality and one-time delivery, Prateek Group was established in 2005 by Shri Prashant Tiwari. Mr. Prashant is a first generation entrepreneur, a civil engineer by qualification  and a visionary and futuristic by traits. With almost two decades of experience in real estate and construction, Mr. Prashant has been on journey to turn people’s dream houses to reality. Since inception Prateek’s reputation is built on benchmark quality standards, rock solid values, uncompromising business ethos, customer centric approach, robust engineering and above all transparency in all spheres of conducting business which contributed in making Prateek Group as one of the most preferred real estate name in North India.

The company works on the vision to further strengthen and expand their new established position and continue being the first choice for clients and prospective customers. Along with to transform the lives of people of our country and significantly contribute towards improvement in the quality of life by giving the best place to live. Creating landmarks and setting benchmarks is the only mission of the group and where their projects do exist are transformed into a prime landmark, the surrounding locations obviously turn into high-flying haven.

This is About Android.

Ice Cream Sandwich has been released and the consumer is screaming, “What about me?”

What about you? I own a Nexus device. I get to be smug. Whether I root or not, my update is coming.

And next week there will be a new device, full of the cutting edge, twelve processors, a 24MB pixel camera, powered by the improbability drive. The carriers already have their, “this touchdown is brought to you by,” ads ready to go.

This attitude is not working.

Android fanboism calls the Apple faithful sheep. But Apple invests into its consumer, making sure to update its past as well as bring something new to the table. Sure, Apple is a big corporation and it wants all the pennies in your pockets, but there is something to be said for cultivating trust so you can access said sheep’s wallet.

Android owes so much to Apple’s success and its original AT&tT exclusive carrier contract. Manufacturers and carriers did not need the consumer’s undying loyalty. There was a competition, but it was not between smartphones. It was between the carriers and gaining or keeping subscribers.

Now Apple is no longer locked into an exclusive contract. The carriers no longer need Android to keep their subscribers. An unhappy Android customer on Verizon can just pick up an iPhone. What does it matter to Verizon?

Manufacturers, you might want to pay attention. The carriers do not really need you anymore. There is no reason for the carriers to cultivate your loyalty. Sure they will continue to sell your phones as long as people buy them, but its about what people want, not any commitment to you. Just ask RIM.

It is time for the manufacturers to realize there is every reason to cultivate the loyalty of those who have bought your products. Samsung, I am especially talking to you. You hired Steve Kondik, he knows how to organize a team to support a variety of devices long past the initial release date. HTC, I am talking to you as well. If Sense is too much for you to update, stop being selfish and making Sense the priority.

Cultivate loyalty. I do not mean from now on. Go back, invest in your customer just like they have invested in you.

 

Best Deals on Mobiles Right Now

Buying a new mobile is pretty hefty investment for most people. It’s not like we can all spend a few hundred pounds without blinking an eye. And whilst you might be tempted to go an incentive contract through a mobile service provider that gives you a free phone, you should really hold off there and do the math. Compare the monthly price of the incentive contract, with the monthly price of the calling plan only contract. See that huge difference? That’s how the mobile provider can afford to give you a new mobile. You are actually paying for it yourself through the increased contract fee.

Not only that, but if you do a little more math, you’ll find out that  the additional cost over the course of your twenty four month contract will actually total more than the retail price of the phone that you get.  Definitely not the best long-term saving strategy in the world.

If you’re looking for a good deal, then look no further. Today we’re talking about the best phones on the market for the best prices. So before you go out phone shopping, read this and find out how you can save money and still get the phone that you want…

Dice Gets Serious About Cheating

Dice, developer of the Battlefield series of games including Battlefield 3 and the new Frostbite game engine recently posted an opening on their site for an ANTI-Cheat Administrator. Found right alongside the open positions for IT technicians and Frostbite engineers the job description reads:

In our continued effort to keep our games free from cheating, we are now looking for an Internet savvy administrator.

The administrator will compose an absolutely vital function to secure the online experience our games represent by actively be a part of the community and keep up to date with the current cheat exposure. The administrator will also own the analytical work with our player behavior data to keep our leader boards and game play filled with fair play.

If nothing else this proves a point I made a year ago concerning cheating and the threat to the gaming revenue stream. If cheating didn’t threaten the fortunes of developers like DICE and publishers like EA they obviously wouldn’t bother creating a salaried position focused on it.

The position was posted at the end of January and remains active on their site.

As advanced as game engines have become and as vigilant as administrators are in policing their servers cheating is still prevalent in major titles like Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3. That guy with the funny player name who just took out your M1 Abrams tank with a 9mm pistol? Yeah, he’s cheating.

Sure, it’s only a game but these days games are as important an entertainment medium as movies or television. Add to that the countless hours invested in becoming proficient and the pastime quickly rises to the level of a hobby.

People don’t NEED hobbies to survive and when their hobby becomes an annoyance due to someone gaming the game as it were, it can quickly be abandoned. That spells disaster for the EA’s and Activision’s of the world. Lest we forget the console makers and enthusiast PC hardware manufacturers whose fortunes are tied to software capable of leveraging their products.

The game industry can choose to ignore cheating only at their own peril. The reality is that nobody needs a $550 video card or $300 game console to play Bejeweled. It appears Dice, for one, has recognized this simple fact.

 

3 Android Applications To Check Your Hearing impaired

During this modern day a simple health inspect can be achieved by some application inside your phone, a lot of health app can be obtained today at Google Play. In case you have a hearing impaired, this apps will help you diagnose and check your condition quite accurately. If you still unsure around the result you may use some other application to check the end result and compare it. You’ll find 3 apps which I will advise you in a moment, Test Your Hearing, Hearing test, and Piezzo. Let’s check out what kind of this app as well as what it has to offer under

Test Your Hearing

This simple and handy application is produced by EpsilonZero. With this application you are able to check your hearing condition determined by how old you are, frequencies, and array. There are 2 main features in this apps, the first to test your frequencies range with your ears. You will find yourself given 25 tones with each one will present how much you are able to listen to it. It’s going to be recorded as hearing age to help you realized exactly what your hearing range might be. Entertaining tone using animal sound plus the result’s pretty reliable too. The other one is to check your different frequencies hearing capability, this test is to ensure you could hear a different sort of tone clearly through your hearing spectrum and suggest an instrument dependant on your answer.

Hearing Test by Piezzo

This app which is produced by Piezzo contains a distinctive feature to test your hearing capability. You are given a sort of test to check your hearing ability, and then you will go on to the second test once you feel more comfortable with your previous tone. You may fine-tune your hearing comfort by sliding the sound level bar on the test, each time you feel comfort hearing the frequencies you will be given an audio graph to inform you the best hearing impact. You can do the test again and again to compared the result. However, this application doesn’t have any additional feature such as keeping your audio graph and such. However you can get this application with just 2.4 MB on it’s size.

Hearing Test by Geniamedia

This app by Geniamedia has the identical name over the previous app, however with different purpose. With this one, you can check your understanding of speech rather then your quality of hearing. If you think you need to test your strength over some one speech and word this application may be the one around. Various word and various speech will be presented and range by number to show you the quality of your hearing and understanding of speech.