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The 2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport is powered by the same basic LF3 engine as the CTS Vsport, except turned 90 degrees. It drives all four wheels through a six-speed autobox instead of the CTS Vsport's eight-speeder, and its rated peak power drops by 10 hp to 410 hp, while rated max torque plummets 61 lb-ft to 369 lb-ft. This last bit is likely a consequence of the six-speed transmission's reduced torque-handling capability.

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Do video games cause real violence?

Games in the "Halo" series, which include "Halo 4," above, have sold more than 50 million copies, according to Microsoft.Readers sound off about video games and violenceWhat do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below or post a video on CNN iReportNewtown shootings prompted conversation, though no gaming link has been foundStudies have differed on role of video games in violence
(CNN) -- For many families this holiday season, video games will come wrapped in colorful paper, ribbons and bows -- and lots of questions.

Inevitably, in the wake of the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, video games have become part of the national conversation about the roots of violence.To be sure, any role they may have played in Newtown remains unclear. Police have said nothing about them, and scattered news reports have gunman Adam Lanza playing games ranging from the military strategy "Starcraft" to kid-friendly "Dance Dance Revolution," neither of which rank among the more violent titles on the market.And while violent video-game controversies date back to the 1970s, studies into whether games cause violent behavior have been inconclusive. For many gamers, it's an old and tired debate.But after the Newtown shootings, which claimed the lives of 20 children and seven adults -- including Lanza's mother -- some shoppers are weighing whether it's appropriate to give certain video games to children or young teens this holiday season.var  commenters on the site for their thoughts on the issue."I have two boys, age 9, that want 'Call of Duty,' " said a CNN commenter using the screen name goldeneagle78, referring to the popular military-shooter game series. "They will NOT be getting it, or any other game that is rated above their age level."Reader Crysty Harper of Maricopa, Arizona, said she understands that millions play games with no ill effect, but that "for the mentally unstable, these fantasy scenarios are fueling the violence, and being re-enacted in real life."The Entertainment Software Rating Board created a ratings system for video games similar to the classification used in movies, such as PG-13 and R. "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," like many other games depicting violence, adult language or sexual content, is rated "M for Mature," or suggested for players 17 and older.Some readers lumped video games in with other media that depict violence."If they want to ban guns, why not ban them in movies, television and video games?" asked reader Bill Smells in an iReport article inviting ideas for halting mass shootings. "Why do we allow the media and entertainment industries to glorify weapons and killings?"If we're going to start regulating and banning weapons, why not start by aggressively banning and preventing the abuse of weapons in media?" Smells added. "Why do we allow our children and young adults to buy video games that put them in the position of being rewarded for shooting and killing other players?"Commenters repeatedly mentioned the Entertainment Software Rating Board's system, saying parents should be as responsible about games their children play as they are about the movies they allow them to see.David Kaelin, president of Texas-based video game chain Game Over, said part of the confusion around the issue is because some parents and other adults only deal with video games once a year, around Christmas.Kaelin said he tries to help uninformed parents get the information they need, including ratings, before choosing gifts. But ultimately, he said, parents are responsible for keeping an eye on their kids."I have two young kids myself," Kaelin said. "For any parent to be able to be involved in whatever your kid's doing, you need to be (educated). You need to know what those things are."Kaelin said he doesn't believe games are responsible for societal violence. But he said he thinks the way kids play them can tell parents a lot about possible problems, especially when a child is spending a lot of time alone on the computer."Go into their room and see what they're doing and what they're into," Kaelin said. "Being an active and involved parent is being a good parent."That's a view echoed by many others."I would not consider buying my child a first-person shooter game," wrote a reader using the handle dxp2718. "My kids, admittedly, are too young to play video games like that, but they COULD play with toy guns, swords or soldiers if I let them have them -- and I wouldn't even think of it."NOT HURTING OTHERS is lesson #1. It comes before reading, writing, counting or anything else."Antwand Pearman, CEO of gaming and health company Gamer Fit Nation, said he doesn't believe games are to blame. But he started a movement, including a hashtag on Twitter, urging people to give up playing first-person shooter games on Friday, December 21, as a show of sympathy and understanding for the Newtown victims."It's not to say that video games are to blame. It's more to show that we as gamers give a damn," Pearman said. "Video games are more so a reflection of real life. Gaming is an outlet, just like movies and music."CNN commenter Sean S. said he hopes people will look deeper for answers. He said parents have the most responsibility to teach their kids, especially since they are often the ones buying the games and they cost so much."People blame the video games because it is easier than blaming themselves, but the fact is millions of kids around this country and around the world play the same violent and destructive video games, and yet only a very select few have made the choice to take that violence and killing from the game and bring it into real life," he said.What do you think? Share your views in the comments area below or post video commentary on CNN iReport. Details continue to emerge about what precisely happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here is a timeline of events that compiles the latest reporting. An interactive tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. December 21, 2012 -- Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT) Much of the nation will observe a moment of silence Friday morning to honor the victims gunned down a week ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School. And after keeping relatively quiet for a week, the National Rifle Association will comment on the shooting at a news conference an hour and fifteen minutes later.December 19, 2012 -- Updated 1517 GMT (2317 HKT) Amid the chaos that first-responder Ray Corbo witnessed on Friday, there is one image that he will never forget.December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1502 GMT (2302 HKT) In many ways, Josh Stepakoff's childhood came to an abrupt halt at 10:49 a.m. on August 10, 1999. December 20, 2012 -- Updated 0316 GMT (1116 HKT) As U.S. President Barack Obama set a January deadline for proposals to deal with gun violence, new details emerged Wednesday about the mother of the gunman who killed 27 people in a Connecticut shooting rampage last week. December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1440 GMT (2240 HKT) When Lauren Rousseau's boyfriend wakes up, he can smell her perfume. December 18, 2012 -- Updated 1537 GMT (2337 HKT) Friday began with the mundane. A chilly December day, Christmas on many residents' minds.December 18, 2012 -- Updated 1530 GMT (2330 HKT) Placing yourself in the path of flying bullets to protect innocents. It's a job description fitting for a soldier or police officer, but not for a school Click Here!teacher.December 18, 2012 -- Updated 1519 GMT (2319 HKT) Ken Henggeler poured his grief into the thing he loved most: carpentry.December 19, 2012 -- Updated 1432 GMT (2232 HKT) Bob Skuba is a whirl of energy. Outspoken, loud and opinionated, he's the embodiment of East Coast bravado. December 17, 2012 -- Updated 1045 GMT (1845 HKT) Robbie Parker has a message for the family of the gunman who killed his 6-year-old daughter and 19 of her school mates. December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1625 GMT (0025 HKT) As the nation sent up a collective wail of grief over the 26 people slaughtered, the nation's leading gun rights lobby remained silent, until now. December 17, 2012 -- Updated 1949 GMT (0349 HKT) Security experts predict what comes next: A strong reaction -- maybe an overreaction -- to school safety. And within months, it'll be back to cuttign security budgets.December 19, 2012 -- Updated 2036 GMT (0436 HKT) Learn how to help the victims and families affected by the Connecticut school shooting tragedy.Most popular Tech stories right now

Six Video Marketing Tips that Drive Traffic Cost Effectively

Let’s be honest; driving traffic to your site is not easy; it takes lots of time and effort to get good traffic that can be monetized effectively.

However; we have found that right now (we expect this to change) using video content to drive traffic is comparatively less work, and lower cost than using textual based content – this is simply because less people are creating video content.

This post will take you through some methods of getting traffic to your site using video content. We will not be covering the production process here. If you have never done video production before and are intimidated by the prospect then you can head over to the My Web Presenters video marketing blog for ideas and support after reading this post.

If you use PPC to drive traffic then you will be aware that making a profit is not easy as markets are pretty saturated on most keywords. However; this is not yet the case with video content. You will find that using promoted videos in Youtube gets you clicks more cost effectively than bidding on the same keywords in Adwords.

Yes, the functionality is different; you pay per view on Youtube promoted videos nowadays (they are part of the True View family now) so need to ensure that your call to action works in order to get the viewer to your site; but we have found that if your content is pretty good (does not need to be excellent) then this can be a more cost effective method of traffic generation.

Here is the intro video on using Adwords to promote your video content.

Aside from using Adwords there are many simple things that you can do to make your video content more visible within Youtube.

Be sure to include your website URL in your YouTube video description. At the top of your description is the best place. Make sure you include the ‘http://’ as this makes your URL appear as a clickable link.

Have a slide (or two) in your video displaying your URL: within your video you can include a slide which gives the viewer the URL of your home page or a specific product page – whatever is most appropriate for your purpose.

Use annotations to display your URL & calls to action: YouTube have an annotations feature which allows you to add interactive elements to your videos on YouTube, after you have uploaded them. One of the main issues people have with this feature is that it doesn’t allow you to create clickable links to URL’s outside of YouTube. However, it does allow you to create clickable links to other YouTube videos. You can also use annotations to display your URL and to encourage viewers to visit your website after watching your video.

This video shows you the different ways that you can use annotations in YouTube:

As you can see, there is lots of potential to use annotations in different ways. It is an opportunity to use calls to action to encourage users to subscribe to your YouTube channel.

Top Tip: LinkedTube does allow you to add clickable links to your YouTube videos.

Oneload is an online video distribution website that enables users to upload videos to multiple platforms at once. So, rather than uploading your videos one by one to all of your social media and video sharing sites, Oneload will save you time and do it for you.

Oneload includes a useful analytics tool which can tell you how many times your video has been viewed on each of the platforms you have uploaded it to. This will enable you to understand which platforms are having the best results for your videos and should inform your future video marketing strategy.

By sharing videos quickly to multiple platforms you will get quick traffic to your website – if you have made it obvious to viewers how they should get there (i.e. include your URL in your video – see point 1!).

Similar in principle to guest posting – you want others to help you promote your content.

Strategic collaborations could really give your video that extra needed marketing boost. If you work with the right people you may gain some influential marketing weight for your video.

a) Interview well known people in the industry: As well as meaning you are producing attractive and relevant content, this will also mean you will get some good quality links back to your own website.

b)  Work with other organizations to produce videos: Collaborations are a great way to build relationships and positive reciprocal relationships are likely to yield good results. A collaboration means you are doubling your creative potential and of course, your marketing potential. You will be reaching two core audiences instead of one.

Do not make the mistake of treating your videos as stand alone marketing elements. Uploading them to YouTube and leaving them there for people to find is not enough. Use social media sharing tools to push your video content out to as much of an audience as you possibly can.

Facebook, Twitter, MySpaceTV, Vimeo, Google Video, Revver and all of the others out there are worth sharing with to reach as big an audience as possible.

If you do not yet have a social network strategy for traffic then I suggest that you get started asap as this really can be a fantastic way to drive traffic – you need to build relationships with like minded people and to promote each others content – as if you were in a tribe or a team.

You need people to be able to find your video in the first place – before you use the video as a way to draw people to your website! The best starting point is to know what keywords your target market are searching and then optimise your videos with the keywords that they are using.

Use keywords in your video title, description and tags. Make sure that you actually use tags on your videos! Use captions/subtitles because these are searchable by search engines and will be rich in keywords that are scattered throughout the content of your video. When a video appears in search engine results it is a far more attractive click option than pure text.

Youtube does have closed caption functionality where it auto-generates the subtitles for you – DO NOT rely on this; it is a good starting point but it is inaccurate to a similar degree as Google translate.

This guest post was written by Neil Davidson, who is the Founder of My Web Presenters, who are a leading Corporate Video Production specialist. They work with businesses of all sizes to create and market compelling and emotive video that helps them to communicate with their specific audience.

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What it's like to study medicine at Cambridge (video)

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What is "the favorite" for medical students in the UK at the moment? Going into General Practice (at minute 2:45 of the video). They are also "very keen into going into a specialty such as pediatrics". This is a night and day difference compared to their counterparts in the U.S.

From Cambridge University YouTube channel: "At Cambridge, we offer two medicine courses - the Standard Course and the Graduate Course. With both, our aim is to educate students to become compassionate, thoughtful, skilled members - and leaders - of the medical profession.

Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities."

To find out more about Medicine at Cambridge, see http://study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine

Comments from Twitter:

Nick Bennett @peds_id_doc: Best medical school in the world. Seriously.

Medical School Life in Cambridge and Debrecen - @Berci compares the promotional videos http://goo.gl/BZm2w

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What it's like to study medicine at Cambridge (video)

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What is "the favorite" for medical students in the UK at the moment? Going into General Practice (at minute 2:45 of the video). They are also "very keen into going into a specialty such as pediatrics". This is a night and day difference compared to their counterparts in the U.S.

From Cambridge University YouTube channel: "At Cambridge, we offer two medicine courses - the Standard Course and the Graduate Course. With both, our aim is to educate students to become compassionate, thoughtful, skilled members - and leaders - of the medical profession.

Success in medicine requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, involving as it does a combination of science and human interactions, and numerous career opportunities."

To find out more about Medicine at Cambridge, see http://study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine

Comments from Twitter:

Nick Bennett @peds_id_doc: Best medical school in the world. Seriously.

Medical School Life in Cambridge and Debrecen - @Berci compares the promotional videos http://goo.gl/BZm2w

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Surgeon folds and throws the paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video)

From Swedish Hospital YouTube channel: Dr. James Porter, Medical Director of robotic surgery at Swedish folds a paper airplane with the da Vinci robot to demonstrate how this device gives surgeons greater surgical precision and dexterity over existing approaches.

With over 600,000 views, this video brings no doubt good advertisement to the hospital.

However, the robot costs on average $ 1.30 million, in addition to several hundred thousand dollars in annual maintenance fees. Surgical procedures performed with the robot takes more than traditional ones. Critics say that hospitals have a hard time recovering the cost and that most clinical data does not support the claim of improved results for the patient.

The manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical has sold more than 1,000 units worldwide.

References:

Prepping robots to perform surgery, the New York Times, May 4, 2008.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Comments from Twitter:

Meenakshi Budhraja @ gastromom: Cool!

Westby Fisher, MD @ doctorwes: surgeon folds throwaway paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video) bit.ly/KG2EG6-fast, no manual?

PDara MD, FACP @ JediPD: da Vinci good for that

Skeptical scalpel @ Skepticscalpel: Finally a use. Maybe the planes might have hospital's logo on them. Folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat of a surgical robot? Don't think. My blog. is.gd/6tBcZp-folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat from the surgical robot?  http://goo.gl/cz7lC

Ravi Pellini @ ravrav0: surgical robot: small folding paper airplanes-CHECK. Actually improve clinical results-TBD. bit.ly/LEp3jg # medtech

Jenaro Fdez-Valencia @ JenaroFV_MD: after all ... does not fly! If he did a boat, that would work. Can try?

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Surgeon folds and throws the paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video)

From Swedish Hospital YouTube channel: Dr. James Porter, Medical Director of robotic surgery at Swedish folds a paper airplane with the da Vinci robot to demonstrate how this device gives surgeons greater surgical precision and dexterity over existing approaches.

With over 600,000 views, this video brings no doubt good advertisement to the hospital.

However, the robot costs on average $ 1.30 million, in addition to several hundred thousand dollars in annual maintenance fees. Surgical procedures performed with the robot takes more than traditional ones. Critics say that hospitals have a hard time recovering the cost and that most clinical data does not support the claim of improved results for the patient.

The manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical has sold more than 1,000 units worldwide.

References:

Prepping robots to perform surgery, the New York Times, May 4, 2008.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Comments from Twitter:

Meenakshi Budhraja @ gastromom: Cool!

Westby Fisher, MD @ doctorwes: surgeon folds throwaway paper airplane using da Vinci Robot (video) bit.ly/KG2EG6-fast, no manual?

PDara MD, FACP @ JediPD: da Vinci good for that

Skeptical scalpel @ Skepticscalpel: Finally a use. Maybe the planes might have hospital's logo on them. Folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat of a surgical robot? Don't think. My blog. is.gd/6tBcZp-folding a paper airplane. Amazing feat from the surgical robot?  http://goo.gl/cz7lC

Ravi Pellini @ ravrav0: surgical robot: small folding paper airplanes-CHECK. Actually improve clinical results-TBD. bit.ly/LEp3jg # medtech

Jenaro Fdez-Valencia @ JenaroFV_MD: after all ... does not fly! If he did a boat, that would work. Can try?

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If You Can Upload a Video, You Can GET Some HIGH Paying Buyers

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(PS: Here you’re with the EDU SQueezeR family and so, don’t tell me that you’ve no idea what to offer. Can’t you offer edu backlink service? Can’t you offer SEO Services? Can’t you offer simple FB page creation service? and there are a lot of simple services you can offer. If you still have no idea how to – what to – offer/sell as a service PLEASE HIT the reply button and ask me. I will FOR SURE make you offer something!!) To know what I’m talking about you may jump on this WSO thread: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/457464-offliners-83-3-conversion-ratio-click-here.html

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Best in blogs: Mashable Sale Rumor, Goldman Sachs Exposed, Homeless Hotspots, and the Most Viral Video of All Time

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So that "Kony 2012" video this week became the most viral video in history, hitting 100 million views in six days, Mashable says. Compared to how long it took other famous Web videos to reach that many views, Kony 2012 makes the "Laughing Baby" just look sad. There's nothing laughable about Joseph Kony, of course, Uganda's longtime horrific warlord whose violent LRA group had kidnapped kids and forced them into child soldiery. Hard to imagine there would be backlash against spreading the word on that, but hang on. Says Slate: "Some critics say that the film glossed over the context of the conflict and unfairly focuses on the LRA, while other groups in the region have used similarly atrocious tactics. Others, meanwhile, have criticized the nonprofit for spending only 30 percent of its proceeds to help Uganda's children." The Nation suggested the viral craze was getting ridiculous: "If you are looking for the precise moment when the viral campaign against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony turned to farce, it was probably at 6:21 pm on Friday March 9. 'Have you heard of this guy Joseph Kony?,' asked the rapper-turned-reality-star Vanilla Ice, in a tweet from Dallas. 'America needs to send in the hero's that killed Bin Laden and take this killer out.'" Well, if you reach 100 million people, some won't be Winston Churchill.

The Nation says the video "perfectly demonstrates the urgent, uplifting arc of successful web campaigns....[But] the film's largest substantive shortcoming is because of the timing. Kony was already indicted on war crimes in 2005; he already fled Uganda." Wow, the Web works fast.

Another "Internet sensation" this week was the scathing "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" letter by now-former Goldman exec Greg Smith, printed prominently in the NY Times. "The Internet has been positively ablaze with chatter, much of it humorous," blogs Bottom Line. The Daily Mash responded with a resignation letter from Darth Vader, mimicking the original: "TODAY is my last day at the Empire. After almost 12 years, first as a summer intern, then in the Death Star and now in London, I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its massive, genocidal space machines." Borowtiz Report did a phony letter from Goldman's CEO reassuring clients: "At Goldman, we pride ourselves on our ability to scour the world's universities and business schools for the finest sociopaths money will buy."

Of course, the South by Southwest fandango, that multi-tentacled squid of a music/tech/film festival, is happening now. A dumb marketing campaign has become the breakout news from Austin. ReadWriteWeb reports: "South By Southwest 2012 can be summarized thusly: An impossibly-named marketing company called Bartle Bogle Hegarty is doing a little human science experiment called Homeless Hotspots. It gives out 4G hotspots to homeless people along with a promotional t-shirt. The shirt doesn't say, 'I have a 4G hotspot.' It says, 'I am a 4G hotspot.'" Epicenter says "This is my worry: the homeless turned not just into walking, talking hotspots, but walking, talking billboards for a program that doesn't care anything at all about them or their future, so long as it can score a point or two about digital disruption of old media paradigms. So long as it can prove that the real problem with homelessness is that it doesn't provide a service." Yes, shocking, a marketing gimmick has turned out to be cynical. The other big news out of SXSW also has nothing to do with the hundreds of musicians, companies, artworks and gadgets on display down there but a rumor that CNN may buy Mashable for $200 million. Retuers columnist Felix Salmon broke the rumor, but there hasn't been confirmation or much solid reporting . "Not so fast," says PaidContent. "There are moments when deals can look very close--and when they might not be as close as they seem."

There was some music news from Austin. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talked about the Internet's ongoing destruction of the industry, Social Media Today says. Corgan stated: "Our aim is to turn the 'social' into a new way to experience an album. By taking the medium one step further we will create an experience with Oceania online and off-line that transcends the single and the single mentality in all ways." Get ready for... group earbuds? Also, Apple made a big splash at SXSW, but it was Fiona Apple, resurfacing after years away from the spotlight. Says Idolator: "It may not have been the home-run performance fans might've hoped for from Apple's first performance outside of Los Angeles in roughly five years. But it was enough to prove that Apple remains a fierce and fascinating pop singer."

And another era comes to a close as the people at Encyclopedia Britannica have announced "we will discontinue the 32-volume printed edition...when our current inventory is gone." It's sad, but just a sign of the times, says The Daily What: "Over the last decade, Encyclopaedia Britannica has seen online rival Wikipedia slowly eat away at its market share, with its high-minded notions of free information for all by all. By comparison, a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica books will set you back a cool $1,395." Says The Next Web: "I'm not quite sure what has taken the company so long to realize that it was losing money by continuing to print books, but either way, the time has come to say goodbye." Old hardcover encyclopedia sets can be donated directly to Vanilla Ice.

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Best in blogs: Mashable Sale Rumor, Goldman Sachs Exposed, Homeless Hotspots, and the Most Viral Video of All Time

AppId is over the quota
AppId is over the quota

So that "Kony 2012" video this week became the most viral video in history, hitting 100 million views in six days, Mashable says. Compared to how long it took other famous Web videos to reach that many views, Kony 2012 makes the "Laughing Baby" just look sad. There's nothing laughable about Joseph Kony, of course, Uganda's longtime horrific warlord whose violent LRA group had kidnapped kids and forced them into child soldiery. Hard to imagine there would be backlash against spreading the word on that, but hang on. Says Slate: "Some critics say that the film glossed over the context of the conflict and unfairly focuses on the LRA, while other groups in the region have used similarly atrocious tactics. Others, meanwhile, have criticized the nonprofit for spending only 30 percent of its proceeds to help Uganda's children." The Nation suggested the viral craze was getting ridiculous: "If you are looking for the precise moment when the viral campaign against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony turned to farce, it was probably at 6:21 pm on Friday March 9. 'Have you heard of this guy Joseph Kony?,' asked the rapper-turned-reality-star Vanilla Ice, in a tweet from Dallas. 'America needs to send in the hero's that killed Bin Laden and take this killer out.'" Well, if you reach 100 million people, some won't be Winston Churchill.

The Nation says the video "perfectly demonstrates the urgent, uplifting arc of successful web campaigns....[But] the film's largest substantive shortcoming is because of the timing. Kony was already indicted on war crimes in 2005; he already fled Uganda." Wow, the Web works fast.

Another "Internet sensation" this week was the scathing "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" letter by now-former Goldman exec Greg Smith, printed prominently in the NY Times. "The Internet has been positively ablaze with chatter, much of it humorous," blogs Bottom Line. The Daily Mash responded with a resignation letter from Darth Vader, mimicking the original: "TODAY is my last day at the Empire. After almost 12 years, first as a summer intern, then in the Death Star and now in London, I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its massive, genocidal space machines." Borowtiz Report did a phony letter from Goldman's CEO reassuring clients: "At Goldman, we pride ourselves on our ability to scour the world's universities and business schools for the finest sociopaths money will buy."

Of course, the South by Southwest fandango, that multi-tentacled squid of a music/tech/film festival, is happening now. A dumb marketing campaign has become the breakout news from Austin. ReadWriteWeb reports: "South By Southwest 2012 can be summarized thusly: An impossibly-named marketing company called Bartle Bogle Hegarty is doing a little human science experiment called Homeless Hotspots. It gives out 4G hotspots to homeless people along with a promotional t-shirt. The shirt doesn't say, 'I have a 4G hotspot.' It says, 'I am a 4G hotspot.'" Epicenter says "This is my worry: the homeless turned not just into walking, talking hotspots, but walking, talking billboards for a program that doesn't care anything at all about them or their future, so long as it can score a point or two about digital disruption of old media paradigms. So long as it can prove that the real problem with homelessness is that it doesn't provide a service." Yes, shocking, a marketing gimmick has turned out to be cynical. The other big news out of SXSW also has nothing to do with the hundreds of musicians, companies, artworks and gadgets on display down there but a rumor that CNN may buy Mashable for $200 million. Retuers columnist Felix Salmon broke the rumor, but there hasn't been confirmation or much solid reporting . "Not so fast," says PaidContent. "There are moments when deals can look very close--and when they might not be as close as they seem."

There was some music news from Austin. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talked about the Internet's ongoing destruction of the industry, Social Media Today says. Corgan stated: "Our aim is to turn the 'social' into a new way to experience an album. By taking the medium one step further we will create an experience with Oceania online and off-line that transcends the single and the single mentality in all ways." Get ready for... group earbuds? Also, Apple made a big splash at SXSW, but it was Fiona Apple, resurfacing after years away from the spotlight. Says Idolator: "It may not have been the home-run performance fans might've hoped for from Apple's first performance outside of Los Angeles in roughly five years. But it was enough to prove that Apple remains a fierce and fascinating pop singer."

And another era comes to a close as the people at Encyclopedia Britannica have announced "we will discontinue the 32-volume printed edition...when our current inventory is gone." It's sad, but just a sign of the times, says The Daily What: "Over the last decade, Encyclopaedia Britannica has seen online rival Wikipedia slowly eat away at its market share, with its high-minded notions of free information for all by all. By comparison, a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica books will set you back a cool $1,395." Says The Next Web: "I'm not quite sure what has taken the company so long to realize that it was losing money by continuing to print books, but either way, the time has come to say goodbye." Old hardcover encyclopedia sets can be donated directly to Vanilla Ice.

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Understanding Healthcare Attorney-Cleveland Clinic video

This is very important: Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions on who should oversee medical treatment and what are your wishes for end-of-life, in case you are unable to speak for themselves.

Advance directives include:

-Health care power of Attorney
-The living will

Everyone over 18 years should consider assigning power of attorney to someone health care.

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Understanding Healthcare Attorney-Cleveland Clinic video

This is very important: Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions on who should oversee medical treatment and what are your wishes for end-of-life, in case you are unable to speak for themselves.

Advance directives include:

-Health care power of Attorney
-The living will

Everyone over 18 years should consider assigning power of attorney to someone health care.

View the original article here

Understanding Healthcare Attorney-Cleveland Clinic video

This is very important: Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions on who should oversee medical treatment and what are your wishes for end-of-life, in case you are unable to speak for themselves.

Advance directives include:

-Health care power of Attorney
-The living will

Everyone over 18 years should consider assigning power of attorney to someone health care.

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What is BB Cream? Video Post

You’ve probably heard about BB Cream – this popular Asian and European skin care product is making its way over here to the US, and many skin care lines are now offering their own version.  Check out this video for more information about BB Cream, how to use it, and how it differs from tinted moisturizer.

Tagged as: BB cream, mom beauty

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