Latest news:-The questions that’s been bugging everyone in the united states, What Time is the Health Care Vote? When will the Results of the Health Care Vote launch? I don’t know and I think no one can truly knows precisely when the results is going to be launched, we will just settle for the next best thing. We’ve got been scouring the net for information regarding today’s Health Care Vote and we can do just a little compilation. This could shed some light as to the outcome of today’s Health Care Vote.
Below are the unofficial results of the Health Care Vote. These were compiled using news articles from other news sites.
Votes announced earlier today, the votes may not come from votes that will actually be counted but it’s nice to see how they view the Health Care Reform Bill. (unverified)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza still remains UNDECIDED
Rep. Joe Donnelly switches from his “Yes” vote to NO
Rep. Dennis Kucinich from No to “YES”
Rep. Eliot Engel says YES
Rep. Mike Shuler is UNDECIDED
Rep. Charlie Wilson also UNDECIDED
Rep. Betty Sutton undecided but leaning on a YES
John Tanner – NO
Bart Gordon -NO
Brian Baird – NO
Vice President Biden an obvious YES
Rep. Luis Gutierrez says “YES”
Rep. Mark Schauer still “YES”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Conform he still in “Yes” positions.Read More...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Manchester United VS Liverpool live
Latest News:- United Vs Liverpool highlights of EPL football from Old Trafford, Manchester on 21-03-10, Kick-Off 13:30 UK Time. Watch free online live streaming of this English Premier League football match. Also you can watch highlights and goals video which will be available after the live action. So enjoy this exciting match between Man Utd and Liverpool.
Liverpool and Manchester United both had great results in Europe in the recent week. Man Utd demolished Italian Serie A giants AC Milan in both legs of the knock-out fixture. While Liverpool came from a goal down in the first leg to beat the French opposition comfortably 3-0 in the return leg at Anfield, which ensured their place in the quarter finals of the Europa League football competition.Source...
Liverpool and Manchester United both had great results in Europe in the recent week. Man Utd demolished Italian Serie A giants AC Milan in both legs of the knock-out fixture. While Liverpool came from a goal down in the first leg to beat the French opposition comfortably 3-0 in the return leg at Anfield, which ensured their place in the quarter finals of the Europa League football competition.Source...
Bristol Motor Speedway
Latest news:-I’m real proud of Justin. He ran a good hard race. He had the opportunity on the last restart to use me up and he did. That’s cool because I wrecked him here last year, so I had one coming (smiles). He’s been running great and I’m really happy for his team and for Roger Penske.
A great effort for our Nationwide Series team. I hope everyone back home is really proud of that one at Penske Racing. I’m glad to have another solid finish with the Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge. This gets us right to where we need to be in points. I’m sure we’re closing in on the point lead. I feel really good about our effort and feel really good on how we’re running. I’m real proud of this team.”Read More.....
A great effort for our Nationwide Series team. I hope everyone back home is really proud of that one at Penske Racing. I’m glad to have another solid finish with the Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge. This gets us right to where we need to be in points. I’m sure we’re closing in on the point lead. I feel really good about our effort and feel really good on how we’re running. I’m real proud of this team.”Read More.....
Los Angeles Marathon
Latest update news:-While Sunday morning marks the Annual Los Angeles Marathon there is also usually Bike Tour. Traditionally the Bike tour is held the same morning as the runner’s marathon. Unfortunately this year the Bike Tour will not be held the same day as the marathon. It has been postponed you can get to the official bike tour page for updatesWhile Sunday morning marks the Annual Los Angeles Marathon there is also usually Bike Tour. Traditionally the Bike tour is held the same morning as the runner’s marathon. Unfortunately this year the Bike Tour will not be held the same day as the marathon. It has been postponed you can get to the official bike tour page for updates.Read More...
Ncaa Hockey Tournament 2010
Miami University came thisclose to capturing its first NCAA hockey championship last April at the Frozen Four in Washington, D.C. But the RedHawks couldn't hold on to a 3-1 lead in the final minute of the third period and lost in overtime and in heartbreak fashion to Boston University.
Enrico Blasi's club responded this season with the nation's most consistent performance and now Miami (27-7-7) has a chance to make another run at next month's Frozen Four and an elusive national title. This will mark the RedHawks' fifth consecutive and eighth overall NCAA appearance.
When the pairings for the 2010 NCAA men's hockey tournament were announced on ESPN2 Sunday morning, the No. 1 seeds went to -- in order -- Miami University (Midwest), Denver (East), Wisconsin (West) and Boston College (Northeast).
2009 NCAA Hockey Tournament Results Scores
Midwest (Ft. Wayne)
1 Miami vs. 4 Alabama-Huntsville
2 Bemidji St. vs. 3 Michigan
Northeast (Worcester)
1 Bsoton College vs. 4 Alaska
2 North Dakota vs. 3 Yale
West (St. Paul)
1 Wisconsin vs. 4 Vermont
2 St. Cloud St. vs. 3 N. Michigan
East (Albany)
1 Denver vs. 4 RIT
2 Cornell vs. 3 New Hampshire
2010 Division I information.Read More...
Enrico Blasi's club responded this season with the nation's most consistent performance and now Miami (27-7-7) has a chance to make another run at next month's Frozen Four and an elusive national title. This will mark the RedHawks' fifth consecutive and eighth overall NCAA appearance.
When the pairings for the 2010 NCAA men's hockey tournament were announced on ESPN2 Sunday morning, the No. 1 seeds went to -- in order -- Miami University (Midwest), Denver (East), Wisconsin (West) and Boston College (Northeast).
2009 NCAA Hockey Tournament Results Scores
Midwest (Ft. Wayne)
1 Miami vs. 4 Alabama-Huntsville
2 Bemidji St. vs. 3 Michigan
Northeast (Worcester)
1 Bsoton College vs. 4 Alaska
2 North Dakota vs. 3 Yale
West (St. Paul)
1 Wisconsin vs. 4 Vermont
2 St. Cloud St. vs. 3 N. Michigan
East (Albany)
1 Denver vs. 4 RIT
2 Cornell vs. 3 New Hampshire
2010 Division I information.Read More...
La Marathon Road Closures
Latest Updates La Marathon Road Closures the Los Angeles Marathon goes to the sea, passing UCLA along the way. A few years back, when I lived on Crenshaw Blvd., I got tired of being under house arrest because of the marathon so I move to the west side. Looks like the marathon has a thing for me. Yet again, the LA Marathon will force me to be productive on Saturday and stay in (or out) on Sunday, watching out for road closures and bus route changes.
“Stadium to the Sea” – the 26 mile marathon from Dodgers Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier will pass by 24 Los Angeles landmarks, hitting Westwood along Santa Monica Blvd, Sepulveda, Sawtelle and Ohio, cutting through the Veteran’s Administration before getting on San Vicente for the last stretch.Read More....
“Stadium to the Sea” – the 26 mile marathon from Dodgers Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier will pass by 24 Los Angeles landmarks, hitting Westwood along Santa Monica Blvd, Sepulveda, Sawtelle and Ohio, cutting through the Veteran’s Administration before getting on San Vicente for the last stretch.Read More....
Margaret Moth
Latest Updates Margaret Moth is Coverage Cnn But the two articles and a video documentary clearly demonstrate that she was not a woman who would want to rest in peace, so I won't wish that for her. The CNN camerawoman died today in Rochester, MN, three years after she was diagnosed with colon cancer.
"She said she never aspired to be a photojournalist. Rather her path, she explained, was mostly driven by a love of history and her desire to see it unfold firsthand."
And so she did. As today's article says:
"Beyond her rich personality, which included deep optimism and kindness, she brought to her profession top-notch technical abilities, unmatched dedication and an approach to work that inspired others to push themselves.Read More...
Moth sought out, even demanded, assignments in conflict zones. She barely survived being shot in the face in Sarajevo in 1992, only to go back as soon as she was physically able.
Last September, I posted my recommendation for CNN's short documentary about Margaret Moth. I was surprised when it drew not just one but ten comments from former colleagues, friends, and strangers who wanted to send their good wishes to her, and to thank her for being such an inspiration in their own lives. A former war correspondent in Central America, a journalist in Nigeria, a survivor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a friend from New Zealand, and more.
"Dying of cancer, I would have liked to think I'd have gone out with a bit more flair," she said with a laugh last spring during an interview with a CNN documentary crew that had traveled to Texas, where she was visiting friends.
"She said she never aspired to be a photojournalist. Rather her path, she explained, was mostly driven by a love of history and her desire to see it unfold firsthand."
And so she did. As today's article says:
"Beyond her rich personality, which included deep optimism and kindness, she brought to her profession top-notch technical abilities, unmatched dedication and an approach to work that inspired others to push themselves.Read More...
Moth sought out, even demanded, assignments in conflict zones. She barely survived being shot in the face in Sarajevo in 1992, only to go back as soon as she was physically able.
Last September, I posted my recommendation for CNN's short documentary about Margaret Moth. I was surprised when it drew not just one but ten comments from former colleagues, friends, and strangers who wanted to send their good wishes to her, and to thank her for being such an inspiration in their own lives. A former war correspondent in Central America, a journalist in Nigeria, a survivor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a friend from New Zealand, and more.
"Dying of cancer, I would have liked to think I'd have gone out with a bit more flair," she said with a laugh last spring during an interview with a CNN documentary crew that had traveled to Texas, where she was visiting friends.
Ing Marathon Atlanta
Latest Updates:-Deep in the heart of winter, we must be eager to get outside. A press release yesterday from organizers of the ING Georgia Marathon and Half Marathon said race registration is 20 percent higher this year than it was at this time last year.
The March 21 races take 18,000 runners past Atlanta landmarks and through neighborhoods like the Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Decatur, Druid Hills, Virginia Highland and Midtown. (For those looking for a lighter race, the Publix 5K and Kids Fun Run is March 21 in Grant Park.)Read More.....
The March 21 races take 18,000 runners past Atlanta landmarks and through neighborhoods like the Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Decatur, Druid Hills, Virginia Highland and Midtown. (For those looking for a lighter race, the Publix 5K and Kids Fun Run is March 21 in Grant Park.)Read More.....
Iceland Volcano Eruption
The eruption is a small one,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, a risk analyst at the Civil Protection Department.
“An eruption in and close to this glacier can be dangerous due to possible flooding if the fissure forms under the glacier,” he said. “That is why we initiated our disaster response plan.”
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
All flight traffic to and from Iceland has been stopped because of the volcanic eruption. About a thousand Icelandair passengers which were going to Europe this morning are now stranded in Iceland, according to mbl.is. These are flights to London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Scientists can see lava flows in the half-mile long fissure, and authorities are watching for further activity.
Authorities evacuated some 450 people in the area 100 miles southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a precaution, said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for the Icelandic Civil Protection Department.
Rash occurred next to the glacier Eyjafjallajökull, the fifth largest in Iceland. Las autoridades dijeron que la erupción estuvo por debajo del glaciar, lo que provocó temores de que podría dar lugar a inundaciones por deshielo de los glaciares, pero los científicos llevar a cabo un reconocimiento aéreo en la luz del día encuentra la erupción y dijo que no occur below ice.
“The eruption is small,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, an analyst of risk in the civil protection department.
“An eruption in and near this glacier can be dangerous due to flooding is possible if the shapes of crack in the glacier,” he said. “That’s why we started our disaster response plan.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Iceland volcano eruption triggers fears for glacier. Iceland volcano. A volcano that has been dormant for almost 200 years has erupted in Iceland. Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in Iceland.
Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Iceland is noted for subglacial and regional fissure eruptions related to the rifting process between the separating plates.
RUV also reported the airports in the capital Reykjavik, Keflavik and Akureyri were closed after the eruption, which occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A volcano in the area of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier last erupted in 1821 and 1823.Read More....
“An eruption in and close to this glacier can be dangerous due to possible flooding if the fissure forms under the glacier,” he said. “That is why we initiated our disaster response plan.”
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
All flight traffic to and from Iceland has been stopped because of the volcanic eruption. About a thousand Icelandair passengers which were going to Europe this morning are now stranded in Iceland, according to mbl.is. These are flights to London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Scientists can see lava flows in the half-mile long fissure, and authorities are watching for further activity.
Authorities evacuated some 450 people in the area 100 miles southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a precaution, said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for the Icelandic Civil Protection Department.
Rash occurred next to the glacier Eyjafjallajökull, the fifth largest in Iceland. Las autoridades dijeron que la erupción estuvo por debajo del glaciar, lo que provocó temores de que podría dar lugar a inundaciones por deshielo de los glaciares, pero los científicos llevar a cabo un reconocimiento aéreo en la luz del día encuentra la erupción y dijo que no occur below ice.
“The eruption is small,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, an analyst of risk in the civil protection department.
“An eruption in and near this glacier can be dangerous due to flooding is possible if the shapes of crack in the glacier,” he said. “That’s why we started our disaster response plan.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Iceland volcano eruption triggers fears for glacier. Iceland volcano. A volcano that has been dormant for almost 200 years has erupted in Iceland. Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in Iceland.
Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Iceland is noted for subglacial and regional fissure eruptions related to the rifting process between the separating plates.
RUV also reported the airports in the capital Reykjavik, Keflavik and Akureyri were closed after the eruption, which occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A volcano in the area of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier last erupted in 1821 and 1823.Read More....
Nyc Half Marathon 2010
Latest Updates:-It was a case of two debutants winning at New York City winning the 2010 NYC Half Marathon. In the mens race, Peter Kamais grabbed the lead at the halfway point, and then just kept going strongly to finish in 59:53, a new course record.
It was a case of not to be for Haile Gebreselassie as he stopped at the 9 mile mark due to an asthma attack. He continued later, but finished out of any standings.
In the women’s race, Mara Yamauchi of Great Britain took the lead from American Deena Kastor with a few miles to go and finished in 1:09.17 in what was a course record at the event. Deena Kastor led for most of the race, but was passed by Yamauchi in the late stages. Kastor finished second in 1:09:43. Read More....
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Online Chat
Online chat can refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, but is primarily meant to refer to direct one-on-one chat or text-based group chat (formally also known as synchronous conferencing), using tools such as instant messengers, Internet Relay Chat, talkers and possibly MUDs. The expression online chat comes from the word chat which means "informal conversation".
Chatiquette
The term chatiquette is a variation of netiquette (chat netiquette) and describes basic rules of online communication.[2][3][4][5] To avoid misunderstandings and to simplify the communication between users in a chat these conventions or guidelines have been created. Chatiquette varies from community to community, generally describing basic courtesy; it introduces new user into the community and the associated network culture. As an example, it is considered rude to write only in UPPER CASE, because it looks as if the user is shouting. The word chatiquette has been used in connection with various chat systems (e.g. IRC) since 1995.
Chatiquette
The term chatiquette is a variation of netiquette (chat netiquette) and describes basic rules of online communication.[2][3][4][5] To avoid misunderstandings and to simplify the communication between users in a chat these conventions or guidelines have been created. Chatiquette varies from community to community, generally describing basic courtesy; it introduces new user into the community and the associated network culture. As an example, it is considered rude to write only in UPPER CASE, because it looks as if the user is shouting. The word chatiquette has been used in connection with various chat systems (e.g. IRC) since 1995.
Text Messaging
Text messaging, also known as "texting", refers to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones over cellular networks. While the term most often refers to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS), it has been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). Individual messages are referred to as "text messages" or "texts".
The most common application of the service is person-to-person messaging, but text messages are also used to interact with automated systems, such as ordering products and services for mobile phones, or participating in contests. Advertisers and service providers use texts to notify mobile phone users about promotions, payment due dates, and other notifications that used to be sent by post or left as voicemail. There are internet services available that allow users to send text messages free of direct charge to the sender.
History
Many companies claim to have sent the very first text message, but according to a former employee of NASA, Edward Lantz, the first was sent via a simple Motorola beeper in 1989 by Raina Fortini from New York City to Melbourne Beach, Florida using upside down numbers that could be read as words and sounds.
Initial growth of text messaging was slow, with customers in 1995 sending on average only 0.4 messages per GSM customer per month.[1] One factor in the slow take-up of SMS was that operators were slow to set up charging systems, especially for prepaid subscribers, and eliminate billing fraud which was possible by changing SMSC settings on individual handsets to use the SMSCs of other operators. Over time, this issue was eliminated by switch-billing instead of billing at the SMSC and by new features within SMSCs to allow blocking of foreign mobile users sending messages through it. By the end of 2000, the average number of messages per user reached 35.[citation needed]
SMS was originally designed, but is now available on a wide range of networks, including 3G networks. However, not all text messaging systems use SMS, and some notable alternate implementations of the concept include J-Phone's "SkyMail" and NTT Docomo's "Short Mail", both in Japan. E-mail messaging from phones, as popularized by NTT Docomo's i-mode and the RIM BlackBerry, also typically use standard mail protocols such as SMTP over TCP/IP.
Today text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service, with 74% of all mobile phone users worldwide or 2.4 billion out of 3.3 billion phone subscribers at end of 2007 being active users of the Short Message Service. In countries like Finland, Sweden and Norway over 85% of the population use SMS. The European average is about 80% and North America is rapidly catching up with over 60% active users of SMS by end of 2008. The largest average usage of the service by mobile phone subscribers is in the Philippines with an average of 27 texts sent per day by subscriber. In Singapore the average is 12 and in South Korea 10.[citation needed]
Text messaging was reported to have addictive tendencies by the Global Messaging Survey by Nokia in 2001 and was confirmed to be addictive by the study at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium in 2004. Since then the study at the University of Queensland in Australia has found that text messaging is the most addictive digital service on mobile or internet, and is equivalent in addictiveness to cigarette smoking[citation needed]. The text reception habit introduces a need to remain connected, called "Reachability".
Uses
Text messaging is most often used between private mobile phone users, as a substitute for voice calls in situations where voice communication is impossible or undesirable. In some regions, text messaging is significantly cheaper than placing a phone call to another mobile phone; elsewhere, text messaging is popular despite the negligible cost of voice calls.
Short message services are developing very rapidly throughout the world. In 2000, just 17 billion SMS messages were sent; in 2001, the number was up to 250 billion, and 500 billion SMS messages in 2004, which represents close to 100 text messages for every person in the world.[citation needed] At an average cost of USD 0.10 per message,[citation needed] this generates revenues in excess of $50 billion for mobile telephone operators.
SMS is particularly popular in the Europe, Asia (excluding Japan; see below), Australia and New Zealand. Popularity has grown to a sufficient extent that the term texting (used as a verb meaning the act of mobile phone users sending short messages back and forth) has entered the common lexicon. Young Asians consider SMS as the most popular mobile phone application.[3]
In China, SMS is very popular, and has brought service providers significant profit (18 billion short messages were sent in 2001).[4] It is a very influential and powerful tool in the Philippines, where the average user sends 10-12 text messages a day. The Philippines alone sends on the average 400 million text messages a day or approximately 142 billion text messages sent a year,[5] more than the annual average SMS volume of the countries in Europe, and even China and India. It is said that the Philippines is the "texting capital of the world". SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores update, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS.
In 2001, text messaging played an important role in deposing former Philippine president Joseph Estrada. Similarly, in 2008, text messaging played a primary role in the implication of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in an SMS sex scandal.[6]
Short messages are particularly popular amongst young urbanites. In many markets, the service is comparatively cheap. For example, in Australia a message typically costs between AUD 0.20 and AUD 0.25 to send (some pre-paid services charge AUD 0.01 between their own phones), compared with a voice call, which costs somewhere between AUD 0.40 and AUD 2.00 per minute (commonly charged in half-minute blocks). Despite the low cost to the consumer, the service is enormously profitable to the service providers. At a typical length of only 190 bytes (incl. protocol overhead), more than 350 of these messages per minute can be transmitted at the same data rate as a usual voice call (9 kbit/s).
Mobile Service Providers in New Zealand, such as Vodafone and Boost Mobile, provide up to 2000 SMS messages for NZ$10 per month. Users on these plans send on average 1500 SMS messages every month.
Text messaging has become so popular that advertising agencies and advertisers are now jumping into the text message business. Services that provide bulk text message sending are also becoming a popular way for clubs, associations, and advertisers to quickly reach a group of opt-in subscribers. This advertising has proven to be extremely effective, but some insiders[weasel words] worry that advertisers may abuse the power of mobile marketing and it will someday be considered spam.
The most common application of the service is person-to-person messaging, but text messages are also used to interact with automated systems, such as ordering products and services for mobile phones, or participating in contests. Advertisers and service providers use texts to notify mobile phone users about promotions, payment due dates, and other notifications that used to be sent by post or left as voicemail. There are internet services available that allow users to send text messages free of direct charge to the sender.
History
Many companies claim to have sent the very first text message, but according to a former employee of NASA, Edward Lantz, the first was sent via a simple Motorola beeper in 1989 by Raina Fortini from New York City to Melbourne Beach, Florida using upside down numbers that could be read as words and sounds.
Initial growth of text messaging was slow, with customers in 1995 sending on average only 0.4 messages per GSM customer per month.[1] One factor in the slow take-up of SMS was that operators were slow to set up charging systems, especially for prepaid subscribers, and eliminate billing fraud which was possible by changing SMSC settings on individual handsets to use the SMSCs of other operators. Over time, this issue was eliminated by switch-billing instead of billing at the SMSC and by new features within SMSCs to allow blocking of foreign mobile users sending messages through it. By the end of 2000, the average number of messages per user reached 35.[citation needed]
SMS was originally designed, but is now available on a wide range of networks, including 3G networks. However, not all text messaging systems use SMS, and some notable alternate implementations of the concept include J-Phone's "SkyMail" and NTT Docomo's "Short Mail", both in Japan. E-mail messaging from phones, as popularized by NTT Docomo's i-mode and the RIM BlackBerry, also typically use standard mail protocols such as SMTP over TCP/IP.
Today text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service, with 74% of all mobile phone users worldwide or 2.4 billion out of 3.3 billion phone subscribers at end of 2007 being active users of the Short Message Service. In countries like Finland, Sweden and Norway over 85% of the population use SMS. The European average is about 80% and North America is rapidly catching up with over 60% active users of SMS by end of 2008. The largest average usage of the service by mobile phone subscribers is in the Philippines with an average of 27 texts sent per day by subscriber. In Singapore the average is 12 and in South Korea 10.[citation needed]
Text messaging was reported to have addictive tendencies by the Global Messaging Survey by Nokia in 2001 and was confirmed to be addictive by the study at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium in 2004. Since then the study at the University of Queensland in Australia has found that text messaging is the most addictive digital service on mobile or internet, and is equivalent in addictiveness to cigarette smoking[citation needed]. The text reception habit introduces a need to remain connected, called "Reachability".
Uses
Text messaging is most often used between private mobile phone users, as a substitute for voice calls in situations where voice communication is impossible or undesirable. In some regions, text messaging is significantly cheaper than placing a phone call to another mobile phone; elsewhere, text messaging is popular despite the negligible cost of voice calls.
Short message services are developing very rapidly throughout the world. In 2000, just 17 billion SMS messages were sent; in 2001, the number was up to 250 billion, and 500 billion SMS messages in 2004, which represents close to 100 text messages for every person in the world.[citation needed] At an average cost of USD 0.10 per message,[citation needed] this generates revenues in excess of $50 billion for mobile telephone operators.
SMS is particularly popular in the Europe, Asia (excluding Japan; see below), Australia and New Zealand. Popularity has grown to a sufficient extent that the term texting (used as a verb meaning the act of mobile phone users sending short messages back and forth) has entered the common lexicon. Young Asians consider SMS as the most popular mobile phone application.[3]
In China, SMS is very popular, and has brought service providers significant profit (18 billion short messages were sent in 2001).[4] It is a very influential and powerful tool in the Philippines, where the average user sends 10-12 text messages a day. The Philippines alone sends on the average 400 million text messages a day or approximately 142 billion text messages sent a year,[5] more than the annual average SMS volume of the countries in Europe, and even China and India. It is said that the Philippines is the "texting capital of the world". SMS is hugely popular in India, where youngsters often exchange lots of text messages, and companies provide alerts, infotainment, news, cricket scores update, railway/airline booking, mobile billing, and banking services on SMS.
In 2001, text messaging played an important role in deposing former Philippine president Joseph Estrada. Similarly, in 2008, text messaging played a primary role in the implication of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in an SMS sex scandal.[6]
Short messages are particularly popular amongst young urbanites. In many markets, the service is comparatively cheap. For example, in Australia a message typically costs between AUD 0.20 and AUD 0.25 to send (some pre-paid services charge AUD 0.01 between their own phones), compared with a voice call, which costs somewhere between AUD 0.40 and AUD 2.00 per minute (commonly charged in half-minute blocks). Despite the low cost to the consumer, the service is enormously profitable to the service providers. At a typical length of only 190 bytes (incl. protocol overhead), more than 350 of these messages per minute can be transmitted at the same data rate as a usual voice call (9 kbit/s).
Mobile Service Providers in New Zealand, such as Vodafone and Boost Mobile, provide up to 2000 SMS messages for NZ$10 per month. Users on these plans send on average 1500 SMS messages every month.
Text messaging has become so popular that advertising agencies and advertisers are now jumping into the text message business. Services that provide bulk text message sending are also becoming a popular way for clubs, associations, and advertisers to quickly reach a group of opt-in subscribers. This advertising has proven to be extremely effective, but some insiders[weasel words] worry that advertisers may abuse the power of mobile marketing and it will someday be considered spam.
Happy Holidays Everyone
Christmas! Friends are you eager to know where is Santa on this Christmas eve? Well you can track him on Google Earth, thanks to NORAD’s Santa Tracker site.
NORAD does this thing through a partnership with Google that began in 2007. NORAD’s Santa Tracker in 2009 aims to track Santa while on his journey around the world delivering his gifts to the children.
There is a doubt which strikes some of my friends that how does Santa complete his trip around the world within the short span of 24 hours. But they will be glad to know that Santa’s tour will continue for a week.
NORAD’s Santa Tracker site shows you where Santa is right now. Using high speed photography, combined with fighter jets, satellites and radar to locate him, NORAD manages to capture Jolly St. Nick as he passes over landmarks in countries around the world.Sunday, October 04, 2009
Australia vs New Zealand Champions Trophy final?
New Zealand vs Australia Champions Trophy final, New Zealand, Australia chase history in Champions Trophy final?, who will win the Champions Trophy final on Monday. The Australians are the only unbeaten side in the competition, and their performance in Friday’s semi-final was close to flawless.
New Zealand vs Australia
But the popular vote will go with New Zealand, the under-rated counter-punchers who beat Pakistan by five wickets last night. Not only are Daniel Vettori’s team classic outsiders, but they won the Spirit of Cricket award at last week’s International Cricket Council dinner.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said hjis side would have liked to have a day’s rest, but insists the thrilling win against Pakistan has fired up his men.
“I wish we had another day before the final, to be honest,” Vettori said. “It was exhausting to get through the late game, but I think once Monday turns up the adrenalin will take over and everyone will be pretty excited about playing in a final.”
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“I think you probably have achieved what you set out to achieve. But once you reach that level, you realise there is an immense desire to go all the way and I think there’s no relief in the camp,” he said.
Ponting says their side will have to be at their best against the Black Caps.
“The Kiwis have probably upset a few along the way,” said Ponting. “We know they are always a competitive team and few gave them a chance against Pakistan but they were obviously the better team.”
“It’s the first time in a few years we have not been ranked the number one team coming into a tournament like this. But we are happy with the way we have played one-day cricket over the last three to four weeks,” he said.
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New Zealand vs Australia
But the popular vote will go with New Zealand, the under-rated counter-punchers who beat Pakistan by five wickets last night. Not only are Daniel Vettori’s team classic outsiders, but they won the Spirit of Cricket award at last week’s International Cricket Council dinner.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said hjis side would have liked to have a day’s rest, but insists the thrilling win against Pakistan has fired up his men.
“I wish we had another day before the final, to be honest,” Vettori said. “It was exhausting to get through the late game, but I think once Monday turns up the adrenalin will take over and everyone will be pretty excited about playing in a final.”
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“I think you probably have achieved what you set out to achieve. But once you reach that level, you realise there is an immense desire to go all the way and I think there’s no relief in the camp,” he said.
Ponting says their side will have to be at their best against the Black Caps.
“The Kiwis have probably upset a few along the way,” said Ponting. “We know they are always a competitive team and few gave them a chance against Pakistan but they were obviously the better team.”
“It’s the first time in a few years we have not been ranked the number one team coming into a tournament like this. But we are happy with the way we have played one-day cricket over the last three to four weeks,” he said.
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New Zealand vs Australia Champions Trophy final, New Zealand, Australia chase history in Champions Trophy final?, who will win the Champions Trophy final on Monday. The Australians are the only unbeaten side in the competition, and their performance in Friday’s semi-final was close to flawless.
New Zealand vs Australia
But the popular vote will go with New Zealand, the under-rated counter-punchers who beat Pakistan by five wickets last night. Not only are Daniel Vettori’s team classic outsiders, but they won the Spirit of Cricket award at last week’s International Cricket Council dinner.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said hjis side would have liked to have a day’s rest, but insists the thrilling win against Pakistan has fired up his men.
“I wish we had another day before the final, to be honest,” Vettori said. “It was exhausting to get through the late game, but I think once Monday turns up the adrenalin will take over and everyone will be pretty excited about playing in a final.”
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“I think you probably have achieved what you set out to achieve. But once you reach that level, you realise there is an immense desire to go all the way and I think there’s no relief in the camp,” he said.
Ponting says their side will have to be at their best against the Black Caps.
“The Kiwis have probably upset a few along the way,” said Ponting. “We know they are always a competitive team and few gave them a chance against Pakistan but they were obviously the better team.”
“It’s the first time in a few years we have not been ranked the number one team coming into a tournament like this. But we are happy with the way we have played one-day cricket over the last three to four weeks,” he said.
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