Don Levy asked:


While many people know that Craigslist is some sort of website where you can advertise to buy and sell things, many still don’t know about the powerful and diverse ways Craigslist advertising can be used. According to the Craigslist fact sheet they get more than 9 billion page views per month and more than 30 million people, including more than 25 million in the US alone, use Craigslist each month, so obviously a lot of people do have a good understanding of the services offered by Craigslist advertising. . For those who are still unsure about what Craigslist is, this article will give them an appreciation for the power of Craigslist advertising.

Craigslist advertising is similar to the classified area of a newspaper where people can either put in advertisements or answer existing ones. Just like the newspaper Craigslist has categories for all the different advertisements to make it easy to find them. If you are new to Craigslist advertising or an old hand in the online advertising arena you will find some different ways to use the power of Craigslist. This article will discuss the following ways visitors can use Craigslist advertising:

* Sell products on Craigslist

* Search for a new job or fill a position with Craigslist

* Promote your business with Craigslist

* Find potential dates with Craigslist

While these are four of the more popular options for using Craigslist advertising they don’t begin to cover all the aspects and potential of Craigslist. Hopefully readers of this article will be encouraged to take a further look at Craigslist so they can learn more about what the Craigslist advertising community has to offer.

Sell Products With Craigslist

New or used items can be sold through Craigslist advertising . Just about anything under the sun can be found for sale here and everything thing can be posted into a category. Craigslist is easy to use, as all you have to do is advertise you item in the property category, supply a description of the item as well as a desired price and wait for a buyer. There are also categories for people to advertise for items they are looking for along with things they are offering for free. While you can sell almost anything on Craiglist there are some types of items that cannot be advertised on the website. For example you can’t sell firearms in the section for sporting goods and you cannot offer pornographic items in the section for CDs/DVDs/VHSs.

Find A Job Or Fill A Position With Craigslist

Finding jobs with Craigslist advertising is one of the key uses of the site. There are many job listings a person can browse through by selecting a general category and location. The search feature is handy for refining the search for a job. The search criteria can be used to determine whether the position is a telecommute job, part time, a contract position, an internship or any other type of job or position.

Craigslist advertising will also allow small business owners and human resources departments to ask for resumes for positions they have open. Companies posting job openings in the right Craigslist category will normally receive a large amount of responses.

Promote Your Business with Craigslist

Business promotion with Craigslist is also one the more popular uses. If you are a small business or a big corporation you can take advantage of Craigslist free advertising to both promote business and find new customers. Craigslist advertising has a section that offers services where business owners can place free advertisements. By breaking this section down into a number of categories Craigslist has made it possible for a business to find the best location to reach their potential target customers. Although there is a section for small business ads, it will probably be better to use the appropriate categories to ensure being found by the most interested job seekers.

Joining Craigslist discussion forums and making helpful comments or answering question accurately while placing a link to a business site will also help drive traffic to your ebusiness site. Take care while doing this to avoid posts which could be considered spam as Craigslist takes a dim view of spam.

Find A Date with Craigslist

While Craigslist advertising can be a useful place to find potential dates there are some strict restrictions which are enforced in the personals section. You must be over 18 to use this category and most importantly Craigslist does not allow individuals to impersonate another individual in a personals advertisement. You’ll find a number of categories to choose from when you place an advertisement in the Craigslist personals section. Some of these categories include advertisers looking for platonic relationships as well as romantic ones. You can also look for missed connections and other types of relationship scenarios.

As was mentioned before these are just a few ways Craigslist can help you advertise. Craigslist is likely the biggest and most powerful advertising bargain to be found in the world. All but a few categories are free and if you play by their rules you can sell or buy something, find a job or position, fill a position, promote your business or get a date with Craigslist’s help and the best part is the price is definitely right.

John Ugoshowa asked:


Many people hear the name Craigslist and know it refers to some sort of website but many are still unclear about the different ways in which Craigslist can be used. However, Craigslist receives over four billion page views per month so there are obviously many people who have a better understanding of the services offered by Craigslist. Essentially, Craigslist is similar to the classified section of a newspaper where individual can either post advertisements or respond to existing advertisements. There are a variety of different advertisements offered online and presented in a group of different categories to make it easier for users to find these advertisements. Whether you are new to Craigslist or a veteran of the online community this article may offer useful information about some of the uses of Craigslist. This article will discuss the following ways visitors can use Craigslist:

* Promote your business with Craigslist

* Find a job with Craigslist

* Sell items with Craigslist

* Meet dates with Craigslist

The above are just four of the most popular options for using Craigslist; however, these four options do not cover the vastness of Craigslist. Readers of this article are encouraged to investigate Craigslist on their own to learn more about what this online community has to offer.

Promote Your Business with Craigslist

One of the most popular uses of Craigslist is for business promotion. Both small businesses and large corporations can take advantage of the free advertising offered on Craigslist to promote their business and attract new customers. Business owners are free to place advertisements on Craigslist in the section for services offered. This section is broken down into a number of categories to allow business owners to place their advertisement in the most appropriate location where it is likely to reach the target audience. There is also a section for small business advertisements but it might be more worthwhile to place advertisements in one of the appropriate categories because it is more likely to be found by interested individuals.

Participating in the discussion forums and providing insightful comments and accurate answers to questions while also placing a link to a business website can help to drive traffic to an ecommerce website. However, when doing this, care should be taken to avoid making posts which will be perceived as spam.

Find a Job with Craigslist

Individuals can also use Craigslist to find jobs. They can either browse through the listings available by selecting a location and a general category. Additionally, the search feature can be used to refine the search for a job. This may include using search criteria such as whether or not the position is a telecommute position, a contract position, an internship, a part time position or a position with a non-profit organization.

Conversely business owners and human resources representatives can use Craigslist to solicit resumes for open positions. Those who post job openings in an appropriate category on Craigslist are likely to receive a large number of responses.

Sell Items with Craigslist

Individuals can also sell new or used items through Craigslist. Here individual can post a host of items which they are offering for sale. These items can be posted into different categories and the user supplies a description of the item as well as a desired price. There are also categories for individuals to place items they are seeking as well as items they are offering free of charge. There are some restrictions placed on the type of items which can be sold through Craigslist. For example the sale of firearms is not permitted in the sporting goods section and pornographic items cannot be offered for sale in the CD/DVD/VHS section.

Meet Dates with Craigslist

Craigslist can also be used to find potential dates. There are however a number of strict restrictions enforced in the personals section. Most importantly Craigslist does not allow individuals to impersonate another individual in a personals advertisement. Those who place a personals advertisement on Craigslist have a number of categories from which to choose. They can post an advertisement seeking platonic relationships, seeking romantic relationships, seeking missed connections or other relationship related scenarios.

Nancy McCord asked:


Twitter is the current top “hot property” on the Web, but its popularity and how to use it has mystified many business owners. Many people think that they want to, or should be using Twitter, but simply do not understand the platform, its use, or its place in building web exposure. This article will demystify Twitter and help you to learn how to use it in the workplace and to promote your business.

First, I have to say that I had been confused on how to use Twitter to benefit my own business until I downloaded TweetDeck. TweetDeck is a desktop application that allows you to review and post status updates on Twitter and Facebook simultaneously. I consider it a “must have” application for anyone who wants to make sense of Twitter. TweetDeck allows you to sort the people you follow on Twitter into groups, allows you to limit the number of Tweets (Twitter micro posts) to be shown at any one time, and also allows you to remove all Tweets you have seen with one click. Additionally, using TweetDeck, finally a Twitter search on a topic makes sense.

Since using TweetDeck, I have had a much better Twitter experience. As a Twitter newbie, visiting your own Twitter home page is intimidating; it consists of post after post from people who you are following, who you may not know much about, and it just seems like a huge volume of content. To get started effectively first group the people who actually have something interesting to say on TweetDeck and voila, you have a powerful tool that keeps you at the forefront of what is happening in your industry and on the Web.

So how do you get started with Twitter? Well the first thing is to start on Twitter yourself to understand what you like to read, who you like to follow, and to clearly identify what you like about Twitter. For me, it boils down to this: I like to follow people in my industry who say something of value, who provide a link to a new application or point me to an interesting new article, video, or blog site that I should review but may have never have found myself. Based on what I like, and the people who I find interesting to read, I now write my Twitter posts using this same formula to grow my own Twitter audience.

What I also like about Twitter is that the people who I follow also know how to show their true personality in their Tweets. Ye,s I do like to know what Danny Sullivan (famous search engine marketing guru) ate for lunch, but better yet is the link to the video he thought was funny. I love following Ashton Kutcher (movie star married to Demi Moore who just hit 1 million Twitter followers in April). Man, that guy is really funny and is having a ball with Twitter. His posts are great and he has just earned the status of the user with the most followers. This is why you can’t hire someone to “Ghost Twitter” for you. It’s about showing the real you – you can’t fake that!

So how can you use Twitter for business? Twitter is an excellent tool for linking and this is the real value for businesses. By using Twitter to point people to content on your website, articles you have written either on or off your website, or by linking to a service you want to highlight, you drive traffic. On top of that, Google actually indexes Twitter and so your Twitter page can appear in the organic search results so make sure your bio is well thought out. Don’t waste time using Twitter to point to blog posts, use TwitterFeed to post your blog posts directly onto Twitter. If you have a blog or website, you’ll get new Twitter followers by posting your TwitterFeed right onto your web pages. People who may not have known your Twitter ID can simply click the bottom “follow me link” and start following you on Twitter.

What’s important to be successful in using Twitter is to identify what you personally like about this new media and then deliver the same type of things that you like back to your own followers – work to provide value not drivel! So you’ve got to play with Twitter and learn how to use it first before you can really become successful with it for your business.

So how do you get followers? Well, I started by following everyone (who I found by doing a Twitter search) who had the last name McCord. Then I searched for web design, search engine optimization, and pay per click. Any site profile that looked good, I clicked to follow the writer. It was that easy. Many times people who you follow yourself will choose to follow you. That’s how you initially build up your Twitter base. Over time you will start to identify your “Twitter voice” and refine the type of Twitter presence you want to have by changing your content style and the things that you Tweet about. As you refine your presence, you will build a following.

Another cool Twitter use is that you can reply to any of your followers by simply putting an @ in front of their Twitter ID. For example to send something to my attention use @mccordweb at the very front of your Twitter posting and click enter. Just remember that this post is seen by all followers on my site and on your Twitter site. If you need a more private exchange, go to the direct message link on the Twitter.com site and select a follower by Twitter ID name and send your message from there. This note will be private. If you are using TweetDeck you can click on a follower’s Twitter ID icon and then select to send a direct message or @reply to them. TweetDeck will automatically insert the correct syntax for you in the Tweet.

For many businesses the ability for users to communicate with top management using Twitter is an invaluable resource. This one-to-one exchange allows a company principal to keep tabs on customer viewpoints, concerns, and interests. As a Twitter reply or direct mail does not use email and does not require a response, this is a great way to tap into social networking to test new ideas and to ask for user feedback. For example, if you have a new software product ask your Twitter followers for feedback on a specific feature, or provide a link to your beta version for their testing.

How you use Twitter is all about your personal business needs. The best advice that I can offer to you is that you need to use Twitter a bit yourself first to understand the medium and to find out what you like to read best using Twitter. Then, create your own Twitter network sharing information that you find interesting and have some fun.

Currently I am following 204 people and 183 people are following me on Twitter. Personally I find Twitter great fun and a very cool way to find out first what’s happening in the world before you see it on TV, read it on the Web, or see it in the newspaper. That’s the real power of Twitter; you share, you find out, and you know, all by a person-to-person exchange of information.

For those of you clicking in from my e-newsletter the rest of the content on Twitter applications and uses follows.

Below are some of the Twitter applications that I like and use regularly for my business.

Twuffer – I love this one, it is a Twitter post scheduler. Some people feel that Twuffer defeats the immediacy of Twitter posts or Tweets, but I like it as I will schedule Tweets on days that I am not blogging to keep my followers advised of things I find important. It is easy to use, allows you to Tweet ahead, and lets you select a posting schedule by day and time. If you are pushing content on a service or product this is an excellent tool to use. Set your Tweets up one week or one month at a time and feed your content to readers in addition to your regular Tweets. Make sure to use www.TinyUrl.com to change any long URLs you point to in the Tweet to a Twitter-friendly short version to save space.

Twitter Feed – This is another one of my top favorites. TwitterFeed allows me to show my blog posts from “The Web Authority” directly onto Twitter. It also allows me to post my Tweets back on my blog (by installing a widget) in my blog template – very cool cross interaction! I pick up many Twitter followers with this technique. Readers come to visit my blog and then choose to follow me on Twitter.

Twitter Grader – This one is a vanity application that allows you to see where you stack up against other Twitter users. Twitter Grader measures the power of a Twitter user based on followers, number of updates, and posting frequency.

 

TweetBeep – With this application, you can manage your online Twitter reputation. Alerts will be emailed to you whenever a Twitter user Tweets about your business, name, or domain. You select the alert criteria and what to watch for using TweetBeep. This is great for a business that is concerned about branding and online identity. PR professionals should make sure to use this tool to watch for comments about their clients.

Twitoria – Clean up your Twitter followers by finding out which people never use Twitter or post infrequently so you can delete them right from the Twitoria interface.

 Qwitter – If you want to know when someone stops following you, sign up for this service. Actually, this can be an excellent tool to find out what a reader hated that you posted about and caused them to “chop” you, so you can fine tune your message. If you get a flood of drops after a Tweet, it allows you to learn that people don’t like a certain type of Tweet – instant feedback at an anonymous level!

One big thing about Twitter that I have not even mentioned yet but is actually one of Twitter’s best features is the ability to text-in Tweets from your mobile phone. Although you can’t easily link to great content typically on the fly like this, the ability to connect with others without being tethered to a computer is an opportunity to show the “real you”. Maybe your followers do want to know what you are eating for lunch or about a seminar you just attended, just be kind and don’t vomit out Twitter spam using your Blackberry on meaningless drivel.

You can easily set up the ability to receive text messages from your Twitter account to your cell or Blackberry, but be careful as you may be inundated if you have a large following. I would recommend receiving Twitter updates via text message to your cell only from a small group. For example if you have a project team, set up a Twitter account for each member to allow them to post just to this small unique circle of team members. The value to track and interact with each other at anytime and anywhere using Twitter by computer or by cell phone adds real value for work groups and teams – particularly team managers. Twitter even allows you to make this type of group private.

Another feature of Twitter is the ability to add hashtags in front of keywords in your Tweets to help with sorting to allow others to find your important content. For example if you wanted to Tweet about a recent earthquake in LA you would use #laearthquake in the front of your Tweet.  By using hashtags you enable Twitter to return your information for topic searches on newsworthy Tweets. You can visit Hashtags.org for more information on the current hot hashtags that are in use for today so you can follow, add to the topic, or create your own. For example in Twitter World, Fridays are the day you post with #followfriday and enter in the Twitter IDs you want to recommend to others.  You would be amazed at the cool new people you can follow and interact with from recommendations of the people you follow.

In conclusion, Twitter is one of the hottest new mediums to arrive on the Internet scene since Facebook. Although it is not exactly “new”, Twitter has just recently become very high profile. If you are in business, Twitter definitely warrants your attention. Not only is it a very smart new tool to use in your marketing arsenal, but I think that the more you use it you will grow to love it and find it fun to use. The ways that you can use Twitter are endless:  for teams, for family members, for business networking, to stay at the forefront of news, to promote yourself and your services, and to just have fun connecting with others online. Just remember you can’t really make sense of Twitter for business without using TweetDeck or another similar aggregating and sorting application. Thanks for reading, see you on Twitter, you can reach me at @mccordweb or visit me at www.Twitter.com/mccordweb.

About the Author

Nancy McCord is the founder and President of McCord Web Services LLC which provides search engine marketing, web design, blog writing, and webmaster services globally. Since 2001, Nancy McCord has developed a national reputation as an expert on search engines, blogging, and how businesses can harness the power of Web for profit. You can visit Nancy and her firm at www.McCordWeb.com.

Aarkstore Enterprise asked:


The new report “Apparel RFID 2008-2018″ is unique in comprehensively analysing the use of RFID in the apparel value chain from tagging cloth in manufacture to retail fashion and rented apparel. 138 users and suppliers are profiled. From Chile to Canada and Sweden to Taiwan, there is something to learn from all of them, not just from the unusually broad approach in Germany, Italy, China, Japan and the USA. This industry is on the move in a manner unmatched almost anywhere else in the RFID market.

 

Hundreds of organisations are now using RFID on or in apparel including shoes and uniforms, baby clothes and industrial laundry. That means anything from tagging drag hangers, cases and pallets to the largest use, which is in or on the item of clothing itself, whether by a stitched-in cloth tag or a paper swing tag. The benefits are powerful and wide ranging from improving customer service and efficiency – including reducing stockouts – to combating counterfeiting, theft and misplacement and automating sorting processes and stocktakes.

A large number of major brands are collaborating to make the process seamless, not least from manufacture to sale in the store and even later use for managing customer returns, incentives and other action beyond the checkout.

 

A full glossary of terminology is supplied and there is consideration of standards and interested trade organisations, including EPCglobal. Uniquely in this report you have the ten year forecasts, lessons of success and failure and comprehensive profiles of leading players. There is a detailed explanation of the market, the technology and the many paybacks as well as what comes next.

 

This report of over 250 pages goes into detail about the RFID projects concerning apparel at 77 users of RFID in 16 countries. The report also profiles a representative sample of 61 suppliers of RFID products and services that already serve the apparel industry, from chip makers to system integrators. Profusely illustrated and with over ten summary tables, the report is both readable by newcomers and informative for experts. There are 80 illustrations. Its seven chapters all deal with the global situation because approaches are very different across the world and there is considerable scope for cross fertilisation of best practice. This helicopter view has never been available before and IDTechEx is uniquely placed to provide such analysis because its technical staff travel incessantly, assessing the situation.

 

Indeed, only IDTechEx has the world’s largest database of RFID projects – the IDTechEx Knowledgebase of over 3500 projects in 108 countries, updated daily, each having technical detail and descriptive text. IDTechEx has technically savvy RFID experts in the USA, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and elsewhere. It stages leading RFID conferences in Europe and the USA and attends appropriate events every month somewhere in the world.

 

Only IDTechEx can understand and explain the past and present and see the future from such a comprehensive basis and using such seasoned professionals. Buy the report and you will even have limited access to them for no extra charge to answer your extra questions.

Table of Contents :

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Where in the value chain?

1.1.1. Manufacture

1.1.2. Transport

1.1.3. Retail

1.1.4. Laundries

1.2. Choice of specification and frequency

1.3. Choice of system and system integrator

1.4. Privacy issues

1.5. User size

1.5.1. Largest companies

1.5.2. Mid range companies

1.6. Suppliers vs retailers

1.7. RFID value chain and profit



2. PAYBACKS

2.1. General situation

2.2. Item level potential is far greater than for any other form of RFID

2.2.1. CPG manufacturers

2.3. Checklist of types of payback



3. SUPPLIER AND RESEARCHER PROFILES

3.1. ABS Laundry Business Solutions Netherlands

3.2. Adhtech Sweden

3.3. Alien Technology USA

3.4. Avery Dennison/ Paxar USA

3.5. BT Auto-ID UK

3.6. CETEMMSA Spain

3.7. Checkpoint Systems USA

3.8. Chinese University of Hong Kong China

3.9. Danby Group USA

3.10. Datamars Switzerland

3.11. Dillards USA

3.12. Ducker UK/ Kannegiesser Germany

3.13. DVT Denmark

3.14. Dynatrac Systems Canada

3.15. EM Microelectronic Switzerland

3.16. Franwell USA

3.17. Fujitsu Japan

3.18. Gärtner Transportteknik Germany

3.19. GCS Consulting Germany

3.20. GlobeRanger USA

3.21. Impinj USA

3.22. Infosys USA

3.23. Intellident UK

3.24. Jensen Denmark

3.25. Lab ID Italy

3.26. Laudis Systems USA/ China

3.27. Laundry Computer Technics Netherlands

3.28. Leading Information Technology Institute (LITI) Japan

3.29. Manchester University UK

3.30. Metalprogetti Italy

3.31. Microsoft USA

3.32. Motorola USA

3.33. NBG-ID France

3.34. NTT Comware Japan

3.35. NXP Netherlands

3.36. Positek RFID USA/Australia/ Norway

3.37. Pretide Technology Taiwan

3.38. Reva Systems USA

3.39. RFiT Solutions Austria

3.40. Rosendahl Digital Networks Finland

3.41. Roxtron Limited China

3.42. Salpomec/ UPM Raflatac/ Tyco ADT Finland

3.43. Securitag Assembly Group Taiwan

3.44. Shanghai Huayuan Electronic China

3.45. Shanghai Zangtian Electronic China

3.46. Siemens Business Services Germany

3.47. Simet Italy

3.48. Sokymat Automotive Germany

3.49. Steiner System USA

3.50. Synometrix Integrated Technologies Taiwan

3.51. Tagsys USA/ France

3.52. Texas Instruments USA

3.53. Texi AS Norway

3.54. Toppan Printing Japan

3.55. University of Arkansas USA

3.56. University of Parma Italy

3.57. Vue Technology USA

3.58. Walls Industries USA

3.59. Wincor Nixdorf Germany

3.60. Wipro Infotech India

3.61. X-ident/ Schreiner Germany

3.62. Zetes Industries Belgium



4. CASE STUDIES

4.1. Adler USA

4.2. American Apparel USA

4.3. Aokang Group China

4.4. Aoyama Trading Japan

4.5. Armani Italy

4.6. Atelier Sab Japan

4.7. Bailian Group China

4.8. Benetton Italy

4.9. Boboli

4.10. Bültel International Fashion Group Germany

4.11. C&A Germany

4.12. Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Canada

4.13. Cannes Hospital Laundry France

4.14. DHL Fashion Belgium

4.15. El Corte Inglés Spain

4.16. Falabella Chile

4.17. fashionGroup RFID Germany

4.18. Fenland Laundry UK

4.19. Figleaves UK

4.20. Flandre Japan

4.21. Frandol Japan

4.22. Fruit of the Loom USA

4.23. Galeries Lafayette/ Echangeur France

4.24. Gardeur Germany

4.25. Gerry Weber Germany

4.26. Goldwin Sportswear Italy

4.27. Griva Italy

4.28. Hankyu Japan

4.29. Hellmann Meyer and Meyer Germany

4.30. Hennes &Mauritz H&M Sweden

4.31. Hong Kong Knitwear China

4.32. Initial Hokatex Netherlands

4.33. Isetan Shinjuku Japan

4.34. Jacadi/ Véronique Delachaux France

4.35. J Crew USA

4.36. Karstadt Germany

4.37. Kaufhof/Metro Germany

4.38. Kids Headquarters USA

4.39. Lauren Scott USA

4.40. Le Coq Sportif France

4.41. Lemmi Fashion Germany

4.42. Levi Strauss Mexico/ USA

4.43. LIPS Netherlands

4.44. Long Deed Taiwan

4.45. Marks and Spencer UK

4.46. Marui Japan

4.47. Max Mara Italy

4.48. Mikuni Japan

4.49. Mitsukoshi Japan

4.50. Moku Moku Japan

4.51. Mustang Germany

4.52. New Balance USA

4.53. NP Collection/ Naisten Pukutehdas Finland

4.54. Onward Kashiyama Japan

4.55. Otto Versand Germany

4.56. Pantaloon India

4.57. Prada USA

4.58. Reno Germany

4.59. Russell Activewear USA

4.60. St Olaf’s Hospital Norway

4.61. Sanyo Shokai Japan

4.62. SRI Surgical Express USA

4.63. Star City Casino Australia

4.64. Sumikin Bussan Japan

4.65. Sumitex International Japan

4.66. Sumitomo Bussan Japan

4.67. Sungod Enterprise Group China

4.68. Takashimaya Department Stores Japan

4.69. Target USA

4.70. The Gap USA

4.71. Throttleman Portugal

4.72. Tokyo Shirt

4.73. Tomorrow’s Mother

4.74. Trussardi

4.75. Ueyama Orinomo Japan

4.76. VF Corporation USA

4.77. Wal-Mart/ Sam’s Club USA

4.78. Wave n’Wash USA



5. THE INTERNET OF THINGS – EPCGLOBAL VS U-CODE

5.2. EPC

5.3. U-code





For more information, kindly visit :

http://www.aarkstore.com/reports/Apparel-RFID-2008-2018-12598.html

Roman Delgado asked:


Fantasy: This year is bound to see the release of the much awaited Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. As the series draws to a close and Harry Potter grows up, this is one movie that no kid or adult is going to miss this year. Another awaited fantasy/ book based movie of 2009 is Where the Wild Things Are. An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic, where a small boy creates his own imaginary world of monsters and wild things, this book has been in the news for a lot of reasons. The movie however, may be geared towards the adult population. Watch The Soloist Online Free

Drama: Hollywood is high on drama in 2009, and we see almost all current screen stalwarts starring in some emotional or moral drama this year. The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr as a journalist and Jamie Foxx as a schizophrenic musical prodigy is based on a true heart wrenching storyline. As per most experts, this might be a favourite at the 2009 Oscars. Also, Quentin Tarantino’s latest, Inglourious Basterds, a flick about a group of Jewish-American soldiers and their brutal **** killings is a must watch for war movie/action/drama fans. Expect the trademark Tarantino violence and a star studded cast with Brad Pitt, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Roth and other notables.

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Prequels and Sequels: This year is going to be full of popular prequels and sequels. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel, promises to be a treat for X-men fans, since the story deals with the origin of the X-Men and how it all came to be. Gambit, who has been till date missing from the big screen, debuts in this one. Boondock Saints 2: All Saints’ Day and fourth instalment from the F&F series, the Fast and Furious 4 promise to keep cult fans entertained.

Book Based: 2009 sees big books going to the big screen. The Watchmen, which is based on one of the best graphic novels ever is a highly anticipated release, especially with 300 director Zack Snyder behind the camera. The prequel to the Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, again starring Tom Hanks as symbologist Robert Langdon in his adventures at the Vatican is much awaited in spite of the poor performance of the Code.

Action: The Terminator returns in 2009 with Terminator: Salvation and so do the Transformers with Transformers: Rise of the Fallen. Star Trek promises some high quality sci fi action while the Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian and other notable movies will keeps action fans entertained through 2009. Watch The Soloist Online Free

Merryl Lentz asked:


Rock and roll and *** have always been inseparable bedmates.  And it’s been no secret affair.  Many musicians admit that they only learned how to sing or play an instrument so they could enjoy the fringe benefits of band membership.  They don’t mind sharing the details of these fringe benefits in their lyrics, either.  Some lyrics are blatantly explicit, while other lyrics hide their sexuality behind metaphors.  Here are some lyrics that seem very suggestive—or maybe we just have dirty minds!

“Brand New Key” by Melanie

Remember this novelty hit from the early 70s?  Also known as “The Roller Skate Song,” there seemed to be plenty of innuendo in the lyrics, “I got a brand new pair of roller skates/You got a brand new key/I think that we should get together and try them out, you see.”  Also, many listeners interpreted the lyrics “new key” as “nookie.”  Although Melanie didn’t intentionally write sexually suggestive lyrics, she did admit that, “I guess a lock and key have always been Freudian symbols, and pretty obvious ones, at that.”

“Knocking at Your Back Door” by Deep Purple

The blatant title, which also makes its way into the song lyrics, needs no explanation.  But the band wove more subtle suggestiveness into the lyrics, “So we put her on the hit list/Of a common cunning linguist/A master of many tongues.”  If you don’t get it right away, quickly say the lyrics “cunning linguist” out loud several times.  Oh, so that’s what he’s saying!  The lyrics flew under the  censor’s radar, and were played on numerous radio stations.  According to the liner notes in the band’s Greatest Hits, they wrote the lyrics as a joke, and never expected the song to get any airplay.

“Little Willy” by The Sweet

This incredibly catchy tune by glam band, The Sweet, initially drew critics’ scorn for its “nursery porn” lyrics, “Little Willy, Willy won’t go home/But you can’t push Willy ’round, Willy won’t go.”  The song lyrics were supposedly inspired by late singer Brian Connolly’s nonstop nightclubbing.  Since “willy” is also British slang for a man’s you-know-what, there’s also speculation that the lyrics regard that organ’s endless desire for satisfaction.  In any case, the song and its lyrics ignited a succession of 14 hit singles, including 11 chart-toppers.

“Cherry Pie” by Warrant

The lyrics of “Cherry Pie” are filled with so many humorous sexual metaphors, where do we begin?  Well, here are a few of those lyrics:  “She wanted me to feed her/So I mixed up the batter/And she licked the beater,” “If I think about baseball/I’ll swing all night,” and “Tastes so good/Make a grown man cry/Sweet cherry pie.”  Singer Jani Lane wrote the song’s music and lyrics on a pizza box in 15 minutes.  Talk about a quickie!

“Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel

Influenced by sexually suggestive soul music lyrics, the lyrics of “Sledgehammer” are loaded with innuendo.  In addition to “I want to be your sledgehammer,” the lyrics refer to steam trains, bumper cars, pollination, fruit, bees and a big dipper.  Regarding the lyrics, Gabriel said, “Sometimes *** can break through barriers when other forms of communication are not working too well.”

That theory may work well in song lyrics, but it’s a line that might backfire if you’re trying to pick up someone in a bar!

Matt Sharp asked:


Many a times we see an event or a happening and something inside us clicks. We find that the particular event is ‘just right’ for us. One would experience feelings akin to this when one views the Sony Ericsson k770i for the first time. This mobile phone handset comes with a camera interface that draws the attention of a curious onlooker immediately. Let us get to know the Sony Ericsson k770i in some detail.

As a matter of fact, the Sony Ericsson k770i is quite a handful. It can double up as a digital camera within seconds and without any hassle. There is an integrated photo album, wherein the owner can store all the photos taken. The captured images can be shared with family members and friends at the click of a few keys. In addition, the Sony Ericsson k770i comes with options for printing the pictures; the images can be printed up to A4 size. Quite amazing for a mobile phone, isn’t it?

Sony Ericsson K770i can be used for video capture and video playback as well. A powerful photo light ensures that the handset can be used to capture images indoors. And the best part is that the camera options are easy to use. One needs to just slide open the cover of the lens to start clicking pictures.

These mobile phones support Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™). It comes with a 256 MB memory card – this means that storing all the images, videos, and other form of mobile content is no problem at all. There is also an in-built music player that one can use to listen to soulful or pulsating music – even on the move! Sony Ericsson k770i is easy to carry and easy to use. This Cyber-shot™ phone with its brand of understated style and digital camera capabilities is raising quite a few eyebrows the world over.

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Ryan Jenkins, aged 32, had been a star on one of VH1’s hit shows “Megan wants a millionaire”. The show has since been cancelled due to the events that have happened over the past week.

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Merryl Lentz asked:


Elton John and Bernie Taupin.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney.  Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.  What future songwriting team will you become part of?  If you write lyrics, it’s entirely possible that a musician out there needs your skills.  In the same way that many people can express themselves better through speech than writing, many musicians express themselves better through melodies than lyrics.  These musicians need your lyrics!

Why team up with someone else?  Because music publishers rarely accept submissions consisting only of lyrics. They want to hear an entire song.  That song can then be made into a demo whose music and lyrics can spark the attention of producers, publishers, record labels, or other artists who will pay for use of the song.

Teaming up with a musician also makes sense because you need to conform your lyrics to a melody.  Remember, poetry and lyrics aren’t the same thing.  Although poetry and lyrics do share some characteristics, many good poems usually make very bad lyrics, because they’re designed to stand on their own and don’t need to smoothly flow with musical patterns.  Here are a few qualities poetry and lyrics share:

•     Poems and lyrics both use strong imagery.

•     Poems and lyrics both use literary elements, including rhymes, plays on words and metaphors.

•     Poems and lyrics both emotionally engage their audiences.

That’s where the similarities between poems and lyrics ends.  Lyrics usually have only three or four minutes to grab a listener’s attention.  Lyrics need to immediately connect with listeners, and they need to do it clearly and concisely.  Although there are exceptions to every rule, lyrics typically can’t be bogged down with long phrases and obscure words that could confuse the audience and tangle themselves around the singer’s tongue.  Read your lyrics aloud to test whether or not they flow smoothly.  Lyrics should make a point, instead of being open to interpretation.  Lyrics can repeated, especially in the chorus, which is the song’s hook—the part of a song listeners can’t get out of their minds.

Learn by example.  Listen to your favorite songs to detect the patterns of the lyrics:  the verses, choruses, refrains and bridges.  Try to initially write similarly patterned lyrics until you find the structure you’re most comfortable with.  You might also want to take a class to learn about writing lyrics, or read several “how-to” books about lyrics.

Now you’re ready to collaborate.  Where do you find musicians to team up with?  You might want to initially offer to write lyrics for local bands or garage bands.  The pay may be minimal—or nonexistent—but you’ll get comfortable writing lyrics for other people’s melodies, and you’ll get the experience necessary to seek collaboration on a more professional level.

To move up to that level, you can search for your songwriting soulmate on the internet.  There are many websites that are great resources for finding a musician who can work compatibly with your lyrics.  Check out record stores to see if anyone there is a musician—or knows one—who might be interested in your skill with lyrics.  You can also scour the music departments of local colleges for a collaborator.

Once you find someone, keep in mind that this is a relationship, and like any relationship, it may take a little time to feel at ease with each other.  But once you’re comfortable, the music and lyrics will flow, and a demo—or more—could be on the horizon!

Stephen Lars asked:


The Barcelona and Rome teams are concerned about the injuries, which bring lots of uncertainty to the Champion League quarterfinals, which have a predominant English participation.

The Spaniard team Barcelona has been stroked by defeats at Spain’s local tournament and next Tuesday will play against Germany’s Schalke. Barcelona will not count with Lionel Messi and to Deco due to injuries and both Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho are doubts.

In the Italian side, Roma will not have Francesco Totti who the biggest absence for their next match against Manchester United. Up to this point four English clubs remain present in the tournament: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool but not all they will be able to advance to the semifinals.

The first English clash will have the teams Arsenal and Liverpool, which will take place next Wednesday in the London Emirates stadium. That same day Chelsea will face Fenerbahce, which is the Turkish league leader that has the Brazilian Zico as coach.

On Saturday visitor Real Betis 3-2 defeated Barcelona. This game certainly buried Barcelona’s hopes for the title as it will descent to the third position more less seven points away from the Real Madrid. The day after the match Barcelona’s players were insulted by their supporters, during training, insults such as: “useless” and “shameless”.

The Italian AS Rome drew 1-1 against Cagliari on Saturday and was unable to reduce the gap of points that separates them from the leader Inter in the campaign to obtain the Italian Serie A title.

During the match Totti scored a goal but suffered a tear in his left thigh. Luciano Spalletti, Rome’s coach, regretted Totti’s absence but affirmed he has enormous confidence that the team will rise to the occasion as they have done it in the past when they have not been able to include their captain.

Nevertheless, Barcelona will be able to have the Mexican defender Rafael Márquez, who is fully recovered from a month of inactivity. Another player who will be able to play is the Argentinean Gabriel Military. It is definitely bad timing that Messi and the Portuguese Deco – who are key attack pieces, will not be able to play. Messi who has scored six points is in first position along with Cristiano Ronaldo in the tournament’s scoreboard.

The Cameroonian Eto’ o is still a big question mark for the next game due to a contraction in his left foot…but affirmed he will be part of the list of players on game day: “I play although be with a leg”, he said.

In the meantime, the situation of the Brazilian Ronaldinho is surrounded by mystery. The Brazilian forward has lost the last four games of the local tournament and there are not signs that he has recovered from a pain in his right foot, also the rumors regarding his last days with the club continue to increase.

Schalke, the Barcelona’s rival, did not play well over the weekend. The German team drew with tremendous difficulty and has only obtained three victories in the Bundesliga. The Germans are aware of the fact they are not favorites but they know they can surprise Barcelona.

Manchester United is the favorite to eliminate the Italians as they did during the previous tournament. Now, without Totti, Rome’s attack will depend on Mirko Vucinic, who has scored four goals in the tournament.