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5 Facts You Should Know About North Korea

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While North Korea has been in the headlines recently, some of the most alarming statistics about the country aren’t getting the attention they deserve. Here are 5 key facts you should know:</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">North Korea is one of the least free places on earth.</strong></div>
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According to <a href="http://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2014/north-korea-0#.VElgrfnF8WJ" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #003399; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Freedom in the World</em></a>, an assessment of political rights and civil liberties published by Freedom House, North Korea is classified as “not free” and as one of 10 nations whose lack of political rights and civil liberties are considered the “worst of the worst.”</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The country has maintained political prison camps for 50 years.</strong></div>
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There are 4 known fully operational <a href="http://www.freedomcollection.org/news/2014/06/infographic-the-hidden-gulags-of-north-korea/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #003399; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">political prison camps</a> there now, but their existence is denied by the North Korean regime. Some prison camps are three times the size of Washington, D.C. </div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">As many as 130,000 men, women, and children are imprisoned in North Korea’s system of gulags.</strong></div>
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In other words, out of 24 million North Koreans, 1 in 185 is a political prisoner.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Offenses” that can condemn North Koreans to gulags are not really crimes.</strong></div>
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An “offense” in North Korean is often something not punishable, or even second-guessed, in other countries. Offenses can include: listening to a radio station or watching a movie that isn’t approved, practicing a religion, expressing criticism of the government, or leaving the country without permission. Even family ties might be an offense - whole families are incarcerated for the offenses of a single family member for up to three generations. There are no formal charges and there is no trial by jury. One may be abducted and tortured into confession.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Prisoners of North Korean gulags are the victims of real crimes against humanity.</strong></div>
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Conditions within the gulags are inhumane. Prisoners often suffer from starvation, poor sanitation, and physical deformities from years of forced labor. There is no contact with the outside world, and there are public executions for those who try to escape.</div>
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7 Facts You Must Know About Lung Cancer

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Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women. With increasing prevalence of smoking, lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions in India. It has surpassed the earlier commonest form of cancer. In addition to smoking, occupational exposure to carcinogens, indoor air pollution and dietary factors have recently been implicated in the causation of lung cancer. Let's look at some basic facts of lung cancer:<br />
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<b>1. Smoking Is The Leading Risk Factor For Lung Cancer</b><br />
Smoking is the biggest risk factor, for almost 87 per cent of lung cancers are related to smoking. The risk depends on how long one has been <a href="http://www.mensxp.com/special-features/today/23696-this-brilliant-chanting-lighter-may-finally-make-you-quit-smoking.html">smoking</a>, the age when they started and number of tobacco products smoked per day.</div>
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<b>2. Lung Cancer Targets More Than Just Smokers</b></div>
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The greatest risk factor for lung cancer is smoking, but passive smokers can also develop lung cancer. Almost 10 to 15 per cent of lung cancer cases occur in non-smokers, and many of these patients are women.</div>
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<b>3. There Are Two Types Of Lung Cancer</b><br />
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Almost 85- 90 per cent of lung cancers are the Non-small Cell type. This cancer grows slowly and does not spread quickly to other organs. The other type, Small Cell Carcinoma, tends to grow faster and spreads to other organs.</div>
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Both men and women should know the warning signs of lung cancer. They can be subtle but symptoms to be aware of include coughing regularly, shortness of breath, appetite or weight loss, wheezing and coughing blood. If you have these symptoms, see a doctor immediately.<br />
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<b>5. CT Screenings Can Save Lives</b><br />
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Detecting lung cancer can be difficult, but now there are improvised screening tests. But results from the National Lung Screening Trial suggest that screening high-risk individuals with low-dose CT scans can detect tumors at an earlier stage, resulting in improved lung cancer survival. Screening is currently recommended for people who are between the ages of 55 and 74 and who have smoked a pack a day for 30 years and quit less than 15 years ago.</div>
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<b>6. New Therapies Show Promise</b></div>
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With updated technology and advanced medication, treatments are available for lung cancer too, depending on cancer type, tumor location, stage and overall health. Options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy or a combination.<br />
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<b>7. It's Never Too Late To Quit Smoking</b><br />
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Smoking is injurious to health, even the packets claim so. For those who do <a href="http://www.mensxp.com/health/live-healthy/8994-10-most-fatal-chemicals-in-a-cigarette.html">smoke</a> and decide to quit, within weeks to months the risks of heart attack and lung cancer is reduced.<br />
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5 Facts and Symptoms About Ebola Virus

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<strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WHEN IS EBOLA CONTAGIOUS?</strong></div>
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Only when someone is showing symptoms, which can start with vague symptoms including a fever, flu-like body aches and abdominal pain, and then vomiting and diarrhea.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW DOES EBOLA SPREAD?</strong></div>
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Through close contact with a symptomatic person's bodily fluids, such as blood, sweat, vomit, feces, urine, saliva or semen. Those fluids must have an entry point, like a cut or scrape or someone touching the nose, mouth or eyes with contaminated hands, or being splashed. That's why health care workers wear protective gloves and other equipment.</div>
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The World Health Organization says blood, feces and vomit are the most infectious fluids, while the virus is found in saliva mostly once patients are severely ill and the whole live virus has never been culled from sweat.</div>
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The Texas Department of State Health Services said Sunday that a health-care worker who provided hospital care for the first patient to die from Ebola in the United States has tested positive for the virus. The worker, who was not identified, was wearing full protective gear while attending to the patient during his second visit to the hospital, according to a hospital official. If the diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of Ebola being transmitted in the U.S.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WHAT ABOUT MORE CASUAL CONTACT?</strong></div>
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Ebola isn't airborne. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said people don't get exposed by sitting next to someone on the bus.</div>
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"This is not like flu. It's not like measles, not like the common cold. It's not as spreadable, it's not as infectious as those conditions," he added.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WHO GETS TESTED WHEN EBOLA IS SUSPECTED?</strong></div>
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Hospitals with a suspected case call their health department or the CDC to go through a checklist to determine the person's level of risk. Among the questions are whether the person reports a risky contact with a known Ebola patient, how sick they are and whether an alternative diagnosis is more likely. Most initially suspicious cases in the U.S. haven't met the criteria for testing.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW IS IT CLEANED UP?</strong></div>
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The CDC says bleach and other hospital disinfectants kill Ebola. Dried virus on surfaces survives only for several hours.</div>
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7 Surprising Facts About Your Organic Food

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Every time you step foot in an exceedingly grocery store, you are bombarded with organic choices. however there is a heap regarding organic food that the majority people ne'er hear. Here square measure seven fascinating facts regarding organic food.<br />
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The u.  s. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has certified around twenty five,000 farms and businesses worldwide. Department of Agriculture certification is not only necessary for yank companies – it is important for associatey company that desires to plug its product as organic to an yank audience. To date, farms and corporations in over a hundred countries have received the USDA's stamp of organic approval.<br />
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Unless you sell but $5,000 price of turn out annually, you are needed to rent a third-party certifier to decision your product organic. The classification has received important pushback from some small-scale farmers, WHO tout the title as unaffordable. whereas actual prices vary by farm sort and size, the Department of Agriculture has recognized that certification does not come back low-cost. it will reimburse up to $750 per certification, and therefore the new 2014 measure doubles certification cost-share funding to $57.5 million.<br />
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Farmers square measure associate innovative bunch, and over the years they've tailored their inputs to use what the remainder people would possibly think about useless. whereas biodegradable pollution sludge is on the input lists for a few farmers, the Department of Agriculture has nixed that from organic farmers' armory of ingredients. however black-and-white newspaper, soap, and liquid fish product (it's precisely what it sounds like) all got the go-ahead from the Department of Agriculture .<br />
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Drinking organic might not be a high priority at 2 o'clock within the morning, but beer, wine, and liquor are often organic, too. There square measure 2 divisions for your drink: "organic" and "made with constitution." to induce the gold star, the particular alcohol company should use nearly completely organic ingredients. For "Made with constitution," it's enough for your food to be a minimum of seventieth organic.<br />
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For all class eutherian mammal (cows and pigs, mostly), it isn't simply those animals that eat organic – it's their mothers, as well. From the last third of the gestation, mama should eat solely organic for her baby to profit from identical certification.<br />
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Like a fine French farm, soil may be a very important element of the organic arrangement. For farmers to start touting their merchandise as organic, they have to begin permanent  by all land laws 3 whole years earlier. meaning no irradiation, biodegradable pollution sludge, artificial fertilizers, prohibited pesticides or genetically changed organisms (GMOs) will bit that land throughout farmers' phase-in amount.<br />
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Taking care of soil will have semipermanent advantages for farmers, too. Organic farming helps keep land biologically active, giving natural chemical element and carbon athletics that keeps plants and our planet healthier.<br />
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It's easy to dismiss organic food as a way of life alternative for the made and far-famed, however this classification is creating major moves across the agricultural sector. In 2013, the organic business was valued at $35 billion. ninety two of these sales came from food, whereas the additional 8 May 1945 was created from flowers, fiber, home product, and pet food. In total, organic food currently accounts for around 4WD of America's $760 billion in annual food sales.<br />
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The organic business has practiced huge growth over the last decade, however it isn't swiftness down -- however. From 2012 to 2013, the market grew eleven.5% for its quickest rate in 5 years, consistent with a survey by the Organic Trade Association (OTA). "The U.S. organic market is experiencing robust growth, with organic food and farming continued to achieve in quality," same OTA chief operating officer and executive Laura Batcha in an exceedingly statement . whereas overall food sales have practiced average annual growth rates of three since 2010, organic food has enjoyed associate about 100 percent boost once a year.<br />
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5 Surprising Facts About Freelance Jobs

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Over one third of the U.S. workforce are now freelancers, according to a recent survey. Think about that--34 percent of people working in America right now are freelancing, working contract positions for one or more clients. What we used to think of as typical freelance jobs are still in the mix--writing, graphic design, business consulting--but it turns out there is a huge variety of freelance work to be had. My team recently dug into the data to find some pretty interesting facts about freelance jobs.</div>
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After analyzing freelance job postings over the last year on FlexJobs.com, we determined which companies are offering the most freelance jobs, the industries freelance jobs come from, and who's working them. Based on our research, here are five surprising facts about freelance jobs today.</div>
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The top industries for freelance jobs are education, writing, translation, graphic design, consulting, computer and IT, accounting and finance, web development, entertainment, healthcare, and sales and marketing. Of course, this list includes long-time freelance favorites like writing and graphic design, but industries with less history in freelancing like education and healthcare also also dominating the job market.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Lesser-known companies offer the most freelance jobs.</b></div>
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The final list we developed of the 55 top companies hiring for freelance jobs included some well-known names, such as GoPro, Time Warner Cable, Bloomberg, Expedia, Nintendo, and Ancestry.com. But the most surprising thing we found was that the vast majority of companies hiring freelancers are less well-known businesses and organizations. The 10 companies that hired the most freelancers over the last year are: US-Reports, About.com, K12, Razorfish, Overland Solutions, LanguageLine Solutions, CompuCom Systems, Carolinas HealthCare System, Appen, and Judge Group.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Many of today's freelance jobs didn't exist 10 years ago.</b></div>
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What's a Web Search Evaluator? It's a freelance job we see offered quite a lot now, where people are hired to conduct extensive internet searches to determine if the company's search results are useful and accurate, but it didn't exist a decade ago.Online Community Managers are often freelancers hired to help online gaming and social communities thrive by moderating commentary, engaging with customers, and troubleshooting issues. Virtual Teachers can now teach a huge variety of courses online--math, science, languages, psychology, history, even physical education. The rise in opportunities, largely thanks to technology, make it a very exciting time to be a freelancer.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Most freelancers earn the same or more than they did in a regular job.</b></div>
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According to the most recent large survey of freelancers, "Nearly eight in ten (77 percent) freelancers said they make the same or more money than they did before they started freelancing--indicating that freelancing can be an even more lucrative career path than traditional jobs." For people thinking of starting a freelance career of their own, this is very good news.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Almost half of freelancers also hold "traditional" jobs.</b></div>
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More good news if you've been nervous about making the leap into freelancing--there's no need to jump in full-time because testing the waters is the norm! Out of the 53 million freelancers in the U.S., 14.3 million of them are classified as "Moonlighters" because they have a traditional full-time job and do freelance projects on the side. And 9.3 million are classified as "Diversified Workers" because they juggle a mix of freelance and part-time traditional jobs.</div>
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Freelance jobs and the number of people freelancing is expected to continue growing. Freelancing is a very different career opportunity than it used to be, and for anyone who's starting to freelance or even thinking about it, we're hosting a free campaign over the next few months called 100 Days on Freelance Jobs. Be sure to check it out for more on the latest freelance jobs, companies hiring, and how to set yourself up to be a successful freelancer.</div>
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5 Facts About Social Media Every Marketer Should Know

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As social media marketing is continuously evolving, the way people are using social media is constantly changing. If you’re a social media manager for your business, it’s important to know key statistics such:</div>
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how much time are they spending on these platforms?;</div>
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and what social media marketing trends can we expect to see this year?</div>
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We’ve put together the latest social media marketing statistics of 2014. Let’s start by looking at the who and where of social media users:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">72% of all internet users are now active on social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">18-29 year olds have an 89% usage.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">The 30-49 bracket sits at 72%.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">60 percent of 50 to 60 year olds are active on social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">In the 65 plus bracket, 43% are using social media.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Time spent on Facebook per hour spent online by country. Here are the top three. USA citizens get the top gong at 16% followed by the Aussies at 14 minutes and the Brits at 13 minutes.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">71% of users access social media from a mobile device.</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1.28 billion monthly active Facebook users – a 15% increase year over year.  <b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">802 million login to Facebook daily – a 21% increase year over year.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1.01 billion mobile active users – a 34% increase year over year.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">66% of 15 – 34 year olds use Facebook.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">45% of Internet users 65 years and older use Facebook.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">114 billion minutes spent on Facebook a month in the U.S. alone on desktop PCs and smartphones.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Average time spent per Facebook visit is 20 minutes.</li>
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42% of marketers report that Facebook is critical or important to their business. (Source: State of Inbound Marketing 2012. Does Facebook play a big role in your social media marketing strategy?</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">1 billion registered Twitter users; however 44% have never sent a tweet</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">255 million monthly active users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">500 million Tweets are sent per day.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">78% of Twitter active users are on mobile.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">On average, users spend 170 minutes per month on Twitter.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">45% between ages 18 – 29 years old.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">29% of users check Twitter multiple times a day.</li>
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Facebook is still the pack leader when it comes to monthly active users.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Google+</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Google+ has 1.6 billion total users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">540 million monthly active users.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Users spend an average of 7 minutes per month on Google+.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">70% of brands have a presence on Google+.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">53% of interaction between Google+ user and a brand is positive.</li>
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If you’re not on Google+, now is the time to create a Google+ page for your business! Google+ is expected to surpass Facebook in social shares by 2016, according to a study by SearchMetrics.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pinterest</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">70 million total users (and counting!)<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">40 million monthly active users.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">80% of Pinterest users are female –why do you think this is?<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">84% of women and 50% of men stay active on Pinterest.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">92% of Pinterest pins are done by women.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">23% of Pinterest users use it at least once in a day.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
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Although Facebook and Twitter represent roughly 75% of all content sharing, Pinterest is considered the fastest growing platform for online content sharing.</div>
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<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Instagram</b></div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">200 million monthly active users.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">23% of teens consider Instagram as their favourite social network.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">13% of Internet users use Instagram.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Instagram’s mobile app usage has grown by 25% from December 2013 to May 2014.<b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></li>
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Surprisingly, Instagram grew its user base to 150 million monthly active users in half the time that it took T<span style="background-color: transparent;">witter and in two years less than Facebook, according to research by the think-tank L2 Intelligence.</span></div>
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Do you think Instagram will continue on this impressive growth path in 2014?</div>
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7 Facts You Clearly Didn't Know About Indian Police

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For us, the police are a set of people to be kept at a distance. But because of our distance from everything to do with the men in brown, there’s much we don’t know about them.<br />
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1. Bigger moustache = higher salary</h3>
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Police officers in Madhya Pradesh are given a slight pay upgrade for having a moustache. Their bosses believe that its lets them command more respect.<br />
Forget steroids, it is possible our police force will get hooked to hair supplements!<br />
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2. There are clearly not enough cops</h3>
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How much of a police force deficit do we really have?  To put the answer in perspective - for every 100,000 people, there are only 130 cops.  Another example - Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of crimes across India. It also has world's largest police force, but 80% of these cops are missing. Not Missing in Action - they haven't been appointed yet!<br />
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For his movie ‘Sarfarosh’ in which he plays a police officer, Aamir Khan’s research found that often policemen spend their own money to carry out urgent work. This could include anything from daily expenses to greasing palms for tip-offs. Red tape around budget approvals usually frustrate our men in uniform and then the faster way to get things done is to spend their own money.<br />
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Clearly, they're not! During a 2014 episode of Satyamev Jayate, a clinical psychiatrist spoke of police officers who had become victims of anxiety and depression after beating up people regularly in their course of work. According to an NCRB report, between 2006 and 2011, Mumbai saw the highest number of police suicides (168) in India. <br />
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India can be dusty –and it was like this even a couple of centuries back, when British soldiers dyed their white uniforms a beige color to camouflage the dirt that their uniforms attracted. And that was the reason police uniforms are khaki.<br />
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India spent Rs 1,188.9 crore on police housing in 2011-12. A year later, this figure jumped to Rs 24,566.3 crores - even though we only added about 70,000 constables during this period. <br />
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7 Fun Facts About Autumn

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1. Pumpkins</h2>
90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois, according to the University of Illinois,<br />
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2. Apples</h2>
It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider, according to the University of Illinois Extension<br />
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3. Halloween candy</h2>
Americans spent $1.9 billion in 2013, according to The Nielsen Company. That’s around 600 million pounds worth of Hershey bars, lollipops, Milk Duds, Twizzlers and Clark Bars.<br />
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4. Halloween</h2>
158 million people in the United States celebrated Halloween in 2013, spending a total of $6.9 billion on candy, costumes and decorations, according to the National Retail Federation.<br />
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5. Costumes</h2>
The highest searched costumes are zombies, Batman, pirates and witches, according to Google.<br />
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6. Daylight Savings Time ends</h2>
Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 2<br />
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7. Autumnal equinox</h2>
The September equinox occurs the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south. This happens either on Sept. 22, 23, or 24 every year, according to TimeandDate.com. This year, it is Sept. 23.<br />
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7 Fun Facts About Autumn

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5 Surprising Facts About Social Media

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Social media has been part of our lives now for well over a decade. But while it’s integrated into our everyday routines in almost seamless fashion, we’re left wondering if there’s anything we don’t already know about it. Pay attention to what occasionally crops up about titans like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the rest however, and you might just surprise yourself.<br />
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Digital agency Join Universe put together some of the recent facts that have come out about social media. What you don’t know might intrigue you.<br />
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Social Network Users Are Seriously Charitable</h3>
A lot of naysayers and critics of social media often fall back on the argument that it’s a vain and superficial use of time. Check out the recent news conducted by SurveyMonkey however, where more than 1,000 American adults where profiled, and you’ll see that it’s a hugely developing platform for raising awareness and funds for charities across the world. According the survey, more than 45% of users say they hear about social initiatives three times more than they do through TV and other sources.<br />
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What’s more staggering however is that 63% of users claimed to have donated $100 or more to charitable causes in 2013 alone. Those are some pretty eye-catching figures!<br />
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More People Use Them Than Don’t</h3>
According to a 2014 report from Edison Research and Arbitron that profiled people in America, 52% of respondents said they had profiles on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and other places. That figure tips the scales and now points to the fact that more people now use social media than those who don’t. As if you could ever doubt the phenomenon!<br />
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Twitter Is More Diverse Than Facebook</h3>
That same report made by Edison and Arbitron also pointed to the significance of Twitter in bridging people from all racial and demographic backgrounds to becoming the most diverse social media platform in existence. 55% of Twitter users, according to the findings, are White, with 22% African-American, 3% Asian and 15% Hispanic. Such figures push Twitter ahead of Facebook in terms of user diversity. That’s a bit of a shock.<br />
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Older People Are Getting With It</h3>
Your parents making friends with you on Facebook might have already happened but you might also raise eyebrows at the fact that on Twitter the fastest growing demographic is the 55-64 age bracket. Growing 79% since 2012, it seems older people are really taking to social media as a way of life and brands are taking note, changing strategies to reflect the burgeoning numbers heading online.<br />
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LinkedIn Gets a New User Every Second</h3>
LinkedIn, the social network leader in the careers and employment sector, gets two new users every second. Headed to the platform to network and form connections in the professional world, that kind of user adoption shows just how useful social networking can be in terms of finding work opportunities.<br />
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Social media, with facts like that, continues to surprise people who often forget just how powerful and fast its growing as a tool for connecting people the world over. For aspiring businesses that’s big news. But for people just looking to make more friends it’s not too bad either!<br />
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5 Surprising Facts About Social Media

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5 Facts About The Buddha That Will Blow Your Mind

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Buddhism has today taken centre stage in the discussion of religion, humanism and philosophy. With this in consideration, it is imperative that we understand the reason for Buddhism rising to prominence. The most fundamental reason that can be associated with this status is that as a religion, or so it may be called, Buddhism does not particularly talk about the concept of idol worship. One of the most important facts about Buddha and Buddhism is that it does not talk about people worshipping a particular God as such. Buddhism basically talks about empowering oneself and respecting the universe. It does believe in a creator but does not believe in idol worship as such. In this article, we look at 5 facts about Buddha that will blow your mind. These facts about the Buddha will definitely take you by surprise and will give you a deep insight into the secrets about the Buddha. Let us now look at these secrets about the Buddha. Here are a few facts about the Buddha that will blow your mind.<br />
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<li><b>His Mission To Take Birth In The Realm Of Human Life </b><br />It is believed that the Buddha actually decided to take birth in the realm of Human existence. In his past life, he was a Boddhisattva in the land of the contended Gods. His desire to enter the realm of Human existence emanated from his concern for the suffering of human beings.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.boldsky.com/img/2014/09/10-1410350075-buddha3.jpg" /></li>
<li><b>Queen Maya's Profound Dream</b><br />Queen Maya, Buddha's mother, saw a dream wherein a white elephant came and touched her right side with its trunk. It also indicated to her that a great soul was due to be born to King Shuddhodhana and Queen Mayadevi.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.boldsky.com/img/2014/09/10-1410350083-buddha2.jpg" /></li>
<li><b>A Master Of Politics And Science</b><br />As a Prince, before he actually chose the spiritual path, the Buddha was a master of world affairs, Science and religion. He extensively read these topics before he came to the understanding that spirituality is the true path to realizing human happiness.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.boldsky.com/img/2014/09/10-1410350068-buddha4.jpg" /></li>
<li><b>The Four Encounters</b><br />We all know of the four encounters that went on to script the Buddha's path. He encountered an old man, a beggar, a dead body and an ascetic. These incidents were crucial to the Buddha embracing the path of spirituality.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.boldsky.com/img/2014/09/10-1410350060-buddha5.jpg" /></li>
<li><b>Six Years Of Austerity</b><br />The Buddha followed a stringent path of austerity, realizing it was the only means to know the truth about the existence of human kind. He realized that the stringent austerity that he practiced wouldn't lead him to enlightenment. He realized that the middle way is the path to attaining unsurpassed enlightenment.</li>
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5 Mind-Blowing Facts About Yoga!

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Yoga has been around for so long that many are aware of the great positive health and fitness benefits it inspires. On the flip side, there are also lots of misconceptions about yoga, such as that it is only for flexible people, when yogis profess that the flexibility needed is often that of the mind. However, there are also some really interesting yoga facts which you might be interested to learn about.<br />
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<li><b>Yoga is popular</b> - If you think that yoga was a trend years ago when it really did become popular around the world, then think again. Even in the last few years the numbers of yoga practitioners is rising rapidly. Many top athletes incorporate yoga stretches and poses into their training programs for the physical effects as well as the meditative and mind benefits. According to a Yoga Journal produced study, there are around 20.4 million Americans practicing yoga; that's 8.7% of the population!</li>
<li><b>Yoga is for all ages</b> - Do you have a stereotype of someone who is middle-aged as the most likely yoga practitioner? Or do you think of it as a practice only suitable for the young and agile? Yoga is great for all ages and can be a wonderful practice as you age. The oldest yoga teacher in the world, according to the Guinness World Records is 93 year old French-Indian yoga Tao Porchon-Lynch who just last year released a book and DVD on yoga.</li>
<li><b>Yoga is for everybody</b> - While there are more women than men practicing yoga, it is not an exclusionary practice. With the right guidance, yoga can be helpful for those with limited mobility, as well as those who are suffering from back pain or are recovering from illness and injury. Of course, as with any exercise, you do need to check with a medical professional first. Did you know that there's even yoga for dogs? Doga is aimed at yoga for dogs and their humans; creating true canine calm and human harmony!</li>
<li><b>Yoga is about intuition</b> - Chanting 'Om' in yoga or when practicing yoga and meditation at home is believed by many yogis to help open your third eye chakra, as it is the primordial sound of the Universe; an energy point in the body which is considered to be linked to intuition.</li>
<li><b>Yoga is about connection</b> - Yoga practice is about the body and the mind and encourages greater awareness of your inner self and your physical self. The culture of yoga springs from a form of spirituality. Did you know that the word 'yoga' comes from Sanskrit and means 'to unite'?</li>
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5 Mind-Blowing Facts About Yoga!

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5 Hidden Facts About 9/11 That You Must Know

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One of the saddest events recorded in history is the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This September 11 marks the 13th year of that dastardly act. Commonly known as the Twin Towers, the two massive buildings were reduced to pieces on September 11, 2001. Creating a huge impact worldwide, it left a scar on everyone's mind. Remembering this tragic event, Boldsky has listed some of the hidden facts about 9/11 which you may not have heard of. One of the facts about 9/11 attacks that is unbelievable till date is that the third World Trade Center tower also fell on the very same day. The high rise building, which is said to have not been hit by any plane, collapsed at 5:20 that fateful evening. This building was imploded in the manner of a professionally engineered demolition. Shocking, right? There is more... Read on to find out the other hidden facts about 9/11:<br />
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Did you know that code messages were sent out online by 9/11 conspirators? According to one of the conspirators who went by the name of Abu Abdul Rahman, he sent a coded love post to his girlfriend via an internet chat room weeks before the tragic incident. The code read like this - "The first semester commences in three weeks. Two high schools [Twin Towers] and two universities [Washington DC targets] ... This summer will surely be hot ...19 [the eventual number of hijackers] certificates for private education and four exams [the number of planes used]. Regards to the professor. Goodbye."<br />
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One of the hidden facts about 9/11 attacks is that the fire kept on burning for more than a month. Sources claim that they took around 99 days to put the fire off after that terrorist attack. The remaining fires were eventually put out on December 19, 2001.<br />
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It is believed that only 20 people survived this major attack. The 20 people were pulled from the rubble alive with serious injuries, scarring them for the rest of their life.</div>
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According to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), only one engine from the planes that struck the Twin Towers survived that attack. The explosion and collapse of the Towers were extremely severe, how the engine survived is rather surprising.<br />
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Some of the alleged 9/11 suicide hijackers are still alive! This hidden fact about the 9/11 attack was stated in the BBC and The Guardian a few weeks after the terrorist attack. The weird thing is that five of the alleged hijackers were said to have trained with the U.S. military bases.</div>
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3 Scientific Facts Showing How the Mind Can Heal the Body

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fact 1: Your body can manufacture and administer the precise balance of neurochemicals that can reverse illness and cure disease. Your body possesses the innate capacity to heal itself. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fact 2: Science has proven, beyond doubt, that the contents of our thoughts and emotions directly and immediately influence our biochemistry. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fact 3: You can consciously influence and direct the body’s output of health chemical information through meditation and visualization techniques. ~ Kelly Howell </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In this TED Talk, M.D. physician and Author of the New York Times Bestselling book, Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, dr. Lissa Rankin  shares not just scientific proof that your mind can heal your body and tips for using the power of your mind to optimize the body’s natural self-repair mechanisms, but also ways in which you can reduce the stress in your life, increase your happiness levels and craft a better and more beautiful life for yourself and those around you. Enjoy!</span><br />
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3 Scientific Facts Showing How the Mind Can Heal the Body

Fact 1: Your body can manufacture and administer the precise balance of neurochemicals that can reverse illness and cure disease. Your b...

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