An Abundance of Inspiration Quotes in Quote Corner

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by AsGood

Quote Corner is a website containing a collection of various quotes, proverbs and sayings. This website is currently featuring 17,823 different proverbs, passages and sayings. It offers a wide variety of quotations ranging from those that contain ideas about common themes such as love, friendship, wisdom, happiness and success. Not only this, it also has quotations about specific subjects like beauty, money, work and education. It features philosophies of popular figures like Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. and Albert Einstein. The website also contains famous speeches given by different historical figures. It includes the complete citation of the speeches and details such as the author and date the speech was given.

The website has been operational for a whole year and was launched back in March 22, 2011. The team behind this website is based in the Netherlands and they are responsible for constantly updating the items in the site. Quote Corner is a growing website, with a net worth of $ 1,910 USD and advertising revenue of about $ 1 USD per day. It has a generous amount of daily visitors and page views.

The simple layout of Quote Corner allows for easy access to its contents. The different quote categories are well-organized, making them easy to read and locate. The website uses basic colors like black, blue and white which makes its overall appearance viewer-friendly.

In terms content organization, the website offers a no-nonsense layout that allows visitors to conveniently search for relevant quotations by choosing from the detailed categories in the homepage.

A search bar is located below the site logo. Key in a topic and the website will automatically show a list of related searches. Below the search bar are the different quote categories. The category Top 10 quotes include a list of ten most searched quotations on subjects of love, life, and friendship and from authors like Lao Tzu, Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain.

The category of authors includes a list of sayings from different historical figures. The website also classifies proverbs, passages and sayings by general subject. Click on a subject and it will automatically show quotations about that subject with the corresponding author for each of them. A list of numerous proverbs from different countries can also be found. The fifth and last category is that of famous speeches which offers a list of historical speeches given by famous figures. Each of these five categories conveniently indicates how many items can be found in each classification of subject and author. In addition to this, items are arranged alphabetically so it isn’t hard to locate a certain classification.

There is a certain power that words possess. A beautiful arrangement of a few well-chosen words can inspire millions. The message of a five-minute speech about success and positivity can transcend many generations. This is why many people enjoy reading quotes. Be it a quote that one needs to put in a thank you card, a sweet passage to tell a loved one, a motivational adage, or just simply a saying to ponder upon, Quote Corner will definitely satisfy those quotation needs.

 

Are you looking for more information regarding quotes? Visit http://quotecorner.com/English-proverbs.html today!

Latest Crowd Sourcing News

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Crowd-sourced robots

Image by narnua
This picture seems to get clicked quite regularly, so here’s the story (posted on Economies of the Commons conference blog ecommons.tuxic.nl/?p=2116)

"While the production of these films is not entirely democratic, Veenvliet for the remainder of the presentation, very much stressed the point of the benefits of making your work (and source files) accessible for a world-wide audience. For example, by posting a 3d-model of a humanoid robot called ‘Petunia‘, other artists took this model and started animating it. The story of the crowd-sourcing project was eventually featured by i.e the MIT newspaper and the Dutch NRC newspaper." (Petunia video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOlwuAvmnrY)

Gen Z Girls Have Something to Say to Mom This Mothers Day: I Love Shopping With You, But Let Me Choose My Outfits!

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Beverly, Massachusetts (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

FashionPlaytes, Inc. today released new data about how tween girls see their relationships with their moms based on the most recent FPgirl Market Insights Program surveys. According to the results, tween girls love to spend time with their moms – especially if the activity involves shopping – but they are looking to establish a stronger voice about what they buy and the clothing they wear.

When it comes to bonding with mom, nothing beats shopping, Gen Z girls say. With over 3,000 total responses, “shopping til they drop” was their number one activity with 52% of the vote, followed by cooking/baking, arts and crafts, and outdoor activities, respectively (poll results). While the consensus shows a strong preference for shopping over the other activities with mom, numerous girls commented that they love doing all things with their mom because they’re fun to be around.

Of course, there are some comments like this one: “I love shopping with my mom, but sometimes it is a disaster. But shopping with my dad is a nightmare!!!” Reading books, playing board games and trips to the spa were also some of the favorite activities Gen Z girls commented about.

How do Gen Z tween girls think moms feels about their clothing choices? When asked if their moms typically approved, 43% of the 3,600+ respondents say yes, but admit sometimes there is a clash (poll results). 25% responded that their mothers rarely approve of the choices, while 24% are the complete opposite, saying they always get her approval. Less than 10% indicated that their mom never approves of their selections.

Open-ended comments from the girls make it clear that there are multiple influences at work when it comes to their fashion choices: “My mom won’t let me wear anything I like. But my nana, on the other hand, has style like me. Bright, loud and poppy!” A previous FP Market Insights poll corroborates the claim that girls are their own influence, and that moms and other family members don’t have as much sway on their fashion choices.

“Gen Z girls are secure in their fashion choices. They love to shop with their moms, but still have the confidence to make their own decisions without completely relying on outside influence,” said Dana Stanley, Vice President of Research for FashionPlaytes. “Some of the responses showed girls even ask their mom for fashion tips—a major step toward becoming confident and independent while strengthening a key relationship.”

About FPgirl Market Insights:

FPgirl Market Insights pulls information from FPgirl’s 700,000+ member fashion design community, where girls regularly post information, interact with each other and provide unique input via the site’s polls. The program is designed to provide previously unavailable information on everything from what girls wear, how and where they shop, and how they like to be entertained. Insights uncovered through the FPgirl Market Insights program gives brands a unique and unfiltered glimpse into what makes these digital natives tick.

Subscribe to the Market Insights Program at http://www.fashionplaytes.com/mp/insights. For more details or to ask about partnership opportunities, please contact insights(at)fashionplaytes(dot)com.

About FashionPlaytes and FPgirl:

FashionPlaytes is the creator of FPgirl.com, the online fashion and style destination where girls are designers and set the trends. The FPgirl community is filled with vibrant, talented, and supportive girls who create cool custom clothing, crowd-source designs, and share their insights about what it’s like to be a girl in today’s world. FashionPlaytes celebrates all girls, providing a fun, safe, interactive environment. Its engagement-driven ecommerce platform is fueled by girls, for girls.

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Halley Spong

Connect2 Communications

halley(at)connect2comm(dot)com

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BP Oil Spill – Crowd Sourcing to Find the Solution – Weeding Through the Suggestions

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Interestingly enough, there is something BP can do with all these suggestions, and it would be good to get out ahead of the negativity in the media and their trashing of BP’s Brand Name. Let’s face it there are nearly 50,000 wells in the Gulf of Mexico and it supplies almost 30% of our US oil – we can’t just turn it off.

Here is my suggestion to the challenge British Petroleum has when it comes to what to do with 1,000s and 1,000s of suggestion tips which have been coming in non-stop to its tip hotline. What BP needs to do is to borrow some help from the online community and use “Crowd Sourcing” techniques, those like DARPA recently used when it “Challenged” everyone to find the “Red Balloons” 10-of them which were scattered around the country. MIT found all ten, in an extremely short time.

This strategy makes sense for DARPA as it could someday be used for military purposes, such as it could be used to look at satellite photos of Iran to find anomalies, nuclear facilities. It also has potential space applications with NASA – finding locations on Mars that might have ice or water, potential landing sites, maybe even surveying galaxies to find similar exo-planets to Earth, which might contain life, etc.

What I am saying is that British Petroleum should post ALL of the suggestions online, put it out there, as it shows transparency and it is a good PR move too. Something Congress is afraid to do with the bills it passes. This will allow independent teams to work through those lists of suggestions and citizens to “rate” the ideas. Then teams can whittle all the ideas down, find duplicates, and see if the “wisdom of the crowd” prevails and finds consensus on various types of solutions.

Let’s help BP find the best ideas and when this is completed give out prizes to the winners.

The ideas that win, go ahead and give 5-scholarships to MIT, or a top engineering school. Perhaps, give $ 100,000 seed money for any innovative project that the team with the best idea, might like to do. Why not turn an unfortunate situation into a positive one. Rather than playing all the doom and gloom in the media with screaming environmentalists, or any mean-spirited person the media can drum up for a sound bite, we can make some progress on potential future solutions in case the present solutions don’t work out.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes oil is very important in America. http://www.oilchangeguys.com.

Catharina van Delden — CEO innosabi.com about Open Innovation at BITKOM Trendkongress 2013

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Must admit I’m a fan of Catharina! She is so remarkable and experienced in doing open innovation and crowdsourcing. We had a chat during BITKOM Trendkongress…
Video Rating: 5 / 5

I Miss You Quotes and Broken Heart Quotes

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by BioBus

There is a time in our lives when almost every one of us is, for any reason whatsoever, literally forced to separate from a beloved or someone that one is extremely close to. At other times, for instance if one’s loved one is called upon to perform duty in a militarily active zone, it may even become impossible to communicate via mailing letters or sending text messages. Occasion phone calls may be possible, but these will usually be short and at times may appear as though coerced. Information considered classified may not be exchanged on an open telephone line and a lot of answers will thus sound confusing or at the most rather erratic. Inevitably, one is then forced to simply say, “I miss you.” This is one of the shortest ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’.

You will normally become aware that a simple ‘I miss you’ will leave you feeling more helpless, lonely and remorse. You will slowly start to wonder exactly what it is that you most miss about the person separated from you. You may even decide to make a small list of these ‘I miss you’ things. Usually common relationship phrases that will come to your mind may include: I miss your closeness. I miss your warmth. I miss your cute smile. I miss your hearty laughter. Some famous ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’ include:

“Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.”  ~Kay Knudsen

“Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.”  ~Lamartine

“All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.” ~William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XLIII”

“Can miles truly separate you from friends….If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?  ~Richard Bach

More than 2,400 people search Google each single day to look for ‘I miss you quotes and broken heart quotes’.

This should give you a fair idea of how well relationships are getting along for a lot of people today. Nowadays, to find just the right partner for you is getting to be an art in itself. But what is much more demanding, is having to persistently work harder in order to keep sustaining a binding, healthy and fruitful relationship, especially over a prolonged period of time. Most relationships normally tend to break up due to several reasons, yet the resultant pain and agony of a ‘broken heart’ can be a lot similar for many of us.

A reasonably good way for avoiding this happening to you is to gain the essential knowledge desired to keep the relationship waxing and thriving even through the ebbs and flows of life. Stress, caused due to various factors, is the prime contributor in most broken relationships. One such particularly damaging stress factor, which works against your ability to sustain a long term healthy partnership, is remaining on a disastrous course that leads directly to conflict. To be successful, avoid every chance of conflict in a relationship and always kill stress instantly.

More than 2,400 people search Google each single day to look for ‘

USGIF Opens GEOINT Community Week Registration

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Herndon, VA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) released its agenda and opened registration for GEOINT Community Week 2013, during which various education, technology, and networking events are held in the Northern Virginia region May 20-23. This year’s GEOINT Community Week will emphasize training and professional development, with numerous learning opportunities available throughout the week.

“We have added a truly world-class set of educational training sessions scheduled during GEOINT Community Week, including on-site training at NCE and at the Reston Hyatt,” said USGIF Vice President of Professional Development Dr. Darryl Murdock. “This educationally-focused training marks the beginning of a new chapter for USGIF, and we are excited that GEOINT Community Week continues to grow and change to address the needs of our global GEOINT community.”

GEOINT Community Week consists of NGA Tech Showcase East and a special edition of GEOINTeraction Tuesday on May 21. Wednesday, May 22, will feature a Spatial Literacy workshop presented by Esri, and a presentation and networking event by USGIF’s Young Professionals Group. USGIF Technology Day on Thursday, May 23, will include nearly 20 professional development, education and training offerings, in addition to an array of technology exhibits. Education and training sessions will include topics such as activity-based intelligence, eContent for GEOINT training, JEMA, human geography, crowd sourcing, hyperspectral target detection, disaster relief, spatial statistics, databasing concepts, full-motion video, and more.

USGIF CEO Keith Masback noted the importance of events like GEOINT Community Week: “Given the drastic reduction in opportunities for government, industry, and academia to gather and discuss the broad set of challenges we face in this difficult fiscal environment, we’re excited GEOINT Community Week continues to grow and change to address the needs of our Community,” he said. “We anticipate a really exciting week of valuable interaction and learning.”

GEOINT Community Week 2013 Features:

Monday, May 20

DI2E Plugfest and Mashup (An AFEI event, separate registration required)

8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Complimentary for government / Registration required

Tuesday, May 21

NGA Tech Showcase East

NGA Campus East, Springfield, Virginia

7 a.m.–3 p.m.

Complimentary for government / $ 150 for all others (space is limited)

GEOINTeraction Tuesday, featuring NGA COO Ellen McCarthy

Walker’s Grille, Springfield, Virginia

4-6:30 p.m.

Complimentary and open to all / No registration required

Wednesday, May 12

The Geographic Approach and Spatial Literacy Workshop, presented by Esri

Reston Hyatt, Reston, Virginia

2-4 p.m.

Complimentary and open to all / No registration required

Managing Your Online Reputation in the Intelligence Community, presented by USGIF’s Young Professionals Group

Reston Hyatt, Reston, Virginia

4:30–7 p.m.

Complimentary and open to all / No registration required

Thursday, May 23

USGIF Technology Day

Reston Hyatt, Reston, Virginia

7 a.m.–7 p.m.

Complimentary for government / $ 25 for all others

For additional information or to register, visit http://www.usgif.org.

About USGIF

USGIF is a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger GEOINT Community with government, industry, academia, professional organizations and individuals whose mission is the development and application of geospatial intelligence to address national security challenges. For more information, please visit http://www.USGIF.org







BeFresh Delivers Personalized Street-Style Shopping for the Mobile Generation

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Burlingame, CA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

BeFresh (http://www.befre.sh), a mobile commerce platform that enables users to discover and shop street styles from their favorite brands, today, announces that it’s iPad app is now officially available worldwide and is a top 100 lifestyle app in 14 countries.

Street style, the original crowd-sourced content, is an increasingly powerful force in fashion. Not only does the authenticity and creativity inspire style, but is also effective in improving purchasing conversion and user engagement.

BeFresh app allows users to create their own shoppable style magazine that comprises real-time street-style images of their favorite brands. With each street-style image, BeFresh also delivers real-time e-commerce and sales information, making purchasing easy and fulfilling.

Unlike fashion apps that are glorified photo viewing apps or shopping tools that attempt to deliver sterile efficiency, BeFresh has seamlessly integrated content with commerce, mimicking the way most fashion enthusiasts shop – a browsing process that is as much entertainment as it is commerce.

“User generated street styles is compelling in its authenticity and diversity. But it’s too often scattered across the web. When we do find it, we are left wondering ‘What is that?’ or ‘Where can I buy that?’ and ‘Is it on sale?’” says Sophia Chiang, Co-Founder and CEO. “We saw opportunity in the disarray to build something that was both inspiring and efficient. Our rapid ascension to the top of app rankings demonstrates BeFresh’s worldwide appeal.”

The BeFresh team leverages its extensive experience in online fashion, mobile and e-commerce to develop an app and backend that appeals to both users and online retail partners.

“Having spent many years in online fashion, I have seen first hand the influence of street styles on purchasing and engagement,” says Jeff Lee, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer. “The BeFresh app delivers the street styles that you want to see, informs you of the product, and directs you to the best place to buy, all within a beautiful lean-back experience on the iPad.”

Download the app from the iTunes store http://bit.ly/XhHPaJ







River Voices – indigogo pitch

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New Coin-Sized Device and Smartphone App Helps Users Track and Find Their Lost Wallets, Keys, Phones, and More

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Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013

Phone Halo’s newest creation, Button TrackR, is a coin-sized device that eliminates the common frustrations involved with losing or misplacing important items.

Button TrackR is only about the size of a few stacked quarters, it can be placed on or stuck to virtually anything users would like to keep track of – whether it’s a disappearing TV remote, keys, or a lost wallet. It is combined with a free, easy-to-use iPhone app, Item TrackR (http://appstore.com/itemtrackr), to create a time saving tool that aims to eliminate unnecessary stress in people’s every day lives.

How It Works:

Button TrackR is a coin-sized device that can be attached to or stuck to anything you want to keep track of. The device communicates to the user’s iPhone or Android, and if the user is about to leave an item behind, the Phone and Button TrackR device will audibly notify the user. At the same time, the app remembers the time and location the user separated from their item and shows the item’s location on a GPS map. The app can then guide the user to within five feet of this exact location using GPS and a short distance Hot & Cold finding system within the app. Users can also locate their lost items by causing the Button TrackR device to ring. The system is completely bidirectional which means if the user can’t find their phone (and the phone is on silent), the user can press a Button on the TrackR device and cause the phone to ring.

Button TrackR has a new feature called Crowd Sourced Tracking. If you lose an item, the Button TrackR will begin to broadcast a encrpyted unique ID that can be detected by the phone’s of other Button TrackR users. When another Button TrackR user walks within range of the lost item, a message is sent to the Phone Halo Cloud server which will then send a notification to the user with the updated GPS location of their lost item. This revolutionary technology allows users to track their lost items without the need for expensive GPS tracking devices and instead, using the power of crowd collaboration.

“We’ve been working on item finding and tracking devices for over 3 years. We’ve always wanted to create a solution that can help users find items after they’ve become lost. With Crowd Sourced Tracking, that is now a reality” says Chris Herbert, Co-Founder of Phone Halo. The Button TrackR has been aggressively priced at a single device for $ 25. Early customers can purchase a 10 pack for just $ 95, $ 9.50 a device, for a limited time.

Please visit http://www.igg.me/at/ButtonTrackR for more information about the Button TrackR campaign.

The Button TrackR utilizes the latest technology called Bluetooth Smart or “Bluetooth Low Energy.” Unlike older Bluetooth devices, Bluetooth Smart uses a common coin cell battery that can last for 1 year. At launch, the Button TrackR will be compatible with the iPhone 4S/5, iPad 3/4, iPad Mini, New iPod Touch, Samsung Galaxy S3/S4, and Samsung Galaxy Note 2.