“Having the word ‘free’ somewhere in your ad attracts attention and creates a positive feeling.”
When businesses takes out an advertisement, they don’t have much space to convince you to buy their products. If it’s a television or radio spot, they might have 30 seconds to a minute. If it’s a print ad it maybe half a page unless they can afford a full-pager. That means they have to choose every word carefully to make the most impact.
Continue reading… “Buzzwords that make you spend your money”
The study found that children involved in car crashes with grandparent drivers had half the risk of being injured as kids riding with their parents.
Hand over your keys if you’re an overprotective parent. Kids may be safer when their grandparents drive than when mom and dad are behind the wheel according to a new study.
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Many companies are skeptical about the long-term payoff of daily deals.
Daily deals become increasingly popular with consumers. But, there is conflicting information about whether such offers are worth it for businesses. For some, the payoff does not justify the payout even though others enjoy profits and new customers from the venture.
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Experts regard this as a new channel for the government to hear public voices in policy-making.
Ou Jiayang, a 23-year-old college graduate, should have been preparing for her new job, but Ou Jiayang is from the south Guangdong Province and spent the past two months doing something else.
Continue reading… “Young Chinese take local governments to task via Internet”
The “fourth bureaus” track your everyday transactions including your magazine subscriptions.
Mike Mondelli, an Atlanta entrepreneur, has access to more than a billion records detailing consumers’ personal finances — and there is little they can do about it.
Continue reading… “‘Fourth bureau’ – little known companies track data used in credit scores”
Do french fries actually taste better with ultrasonic waves?
Love french fry? You ain’t tasted nothin’ yet! Research chefs have invented a new way of cooking fries that supposedly made them taste so much better. The secret? A little ultrasonic wave…
Gelatin comes from where!!?
It’s one of those truths that you’d rather not know. That bright red, orange, and green gelatin you slurped down as a child is actually made from animals. Vegans avoid it like the plague because it’s derived from the collagen in an animal’s skin and bones. But what if it was made from humans? How do you categorize it then?
Snails are more resilient then prior thought.
Imagine if you ate an animal and then later saw it smiling back at you, unscathed, from the toilet bowl.
Something similar happens to birds that eat snails, since new research shows the snails can survive passage through the bird’s digestive tract…
Bath salts are labeled “not for human consumption,” which helps them skirt a law that would make them illegal.
This spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa, .Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing. There were people arriving at the emergency room so agitated, violent and psychotic that a small army of medical workers was needed to hold them down.
Continue reading… “‘Bath Salts’ – alarming new stimulant legal in many states”
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Developmental psychologist and mother, Erin Carr-Jordan, has made a shocking discovery of what is really lurking in children’s playlands. There is a lack of state/local regulation that is resulting in potentially deadly conditions for our children.
Continue reading… “Arizona mom inspects and records filthy conditions at fast-food playlands”
The picture on the shows the original phonograph removed from the doll’s body.
Using advanced imaging technology, scientists have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison. The recording is believed to be the world’s first attempt at a talking doll and may mark the dawn of the American recording industry.
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If sea levels rose to where they were during the Last Interglacial Period, large parts of the Gulf of Mexico would be under water (red areas),
Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a UA-led team of researchers has found. The results further suggest that ocean levels continue to rise long after warming of the atmosphere has leveled off.
Continue reading… “Is it too late to turn the tides on rising sea levels?”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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