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Mark Zuckerberg’s 650 Million Friends (and counting)

  Back in June 2009, the globe’s potpourri of social-networking sites was extremely diverse: Google’s Orkut dominated India and Brazil; Central and South America preferred Hi5; Maktoob was king in the Arab world. The Vietnamese liked Zing, the Czechs loved Lidé, South Koreans surfed Cyworld. Two years after that, and Facebook has stolen users away from its rivals very fast. It’s completely knocked Hi5 off the map in former strongholds such as Peru, Mexico, and Thailand. After a tense back-and-forth with Orkut in India, Facebook has emerged victorious. And it’s becoming more popular in Armenia, Georgia, and the Netherlands, where local providers are making a desperate last stand.

  There are some glaring exceptions to Facebook’s colonization kick. Russians continue to use Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, with Facebook a distant fourth in the rankings. China remains highly committed to domestic sites such as Qzone and Renren. But for the rest of us, we’re living in Zuckerberg’s world.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s 650 Million Friends (and counting)

  Back in June 2009, the globe’s potpourri of social-networking sites was extremely diverse: Google’s Orkut dominated India and Brazil; Central and South America preferred Hi5; Maktoob was king in the Arab world. The Vietnamese liked Zing, the Czechs loved Lidé, South Koreans surfed Cyworld. Two years after that, and Facebook has stolen users away from its rivals very fast. It’s completely knocked Hi5 off the map in former strongholds such as Peru, Mexico, and Thailand. After a tense back-and-forth with Orkut in India, Facebook has emerged victorious. And it’s becoming more popular in Armenia, Georgia, and the Netherlands, where local providers are making a desperate last stand.

  There are some glaring exceptions to Facebook’s colonization kick. Russians continue to use Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, with Facebook a distant fourth in the rankings. China remains highly committed to domestic sites such as Qzone and Renren. But for the rest of us, we’re living in Zuckerberg’s world.

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More of the world's biggest marketers are selling
their stuff at the place where consumers hanker to
hang out: Facebook

[1]    Think of it as the ultimate convenience for a
mobile generation that considers it seriously
inconvenient to leave Facebook — even for a
moment — in order to go to a retailer's website.
[5] Now, marketers from Express to J.C. Penney to
Delta Air Lines are steering those purchases to
their Facebook pages.
    Within a few years, social media gurus say,
the very notion of shopping on a retailer's website
[10] will become dated. "Expecting people to come to
your website is expecting them to make an extra
effort," explains Janet Fouts, a social media coach.
"They're already on Facebook."
    The numbers are dazzling. Facebook has
[15] roughly 500 million users — 250 million of whom
are on the site every day. The average user has
130 friends. Each month, people spend a total 700
billion minutes on Facebook.
    "It's social networks like Facebook that are the
[20] center of people's lives," Fouts says. "It's where
their friends are. It's where they play games. And
it's increasingly becoming where they shop."
    Facebook executives say it's critical to make
Facebook stores friendlier than websites.
[25] "Retailers who provide deeply social shopping
experiences will see the most success," says
David Fisch, director of commerce partnerships.
    Among the most recent to make the Facebook
e-commerce move is Express, the apparel chain.
[30] About two weeks ago, it started selling its entire
line via its Facebook page. An inventory calculator
tells consumers if the item is available. "Clearly,
we won't be the last to do this," says Lisa Gavales,
chief marketing officer at Express.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-05-10-retailers-turn-tofacebook_ n.htm

ADHD 'is not bad behaviour'
By Caroline Parkinson Health reporter, BBC News

[1]    A child is being disruptive in the classroom -
not paying attention, talking and annoying those
around him. Does he have Attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder? Or is he
[5] simply badly-behaved?

It is a question many parents
may have asked themselves
about their child or about
someone else's. But experts
[10] say if parents think their child
may have ADHD, they are
probably right. Bad behaviour is
intermittent and often
premeditated, experts say.
[15]    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, on the
other hand, affects a child in all aspects of its life.
So a child letting off steam and running around the
house when they come home from school is not a
problem in itself.
[20]    But if teachers are also reporting they are failing
to pay attention in the classroom, and they do not
seem to have many friends it may be that they do
need a specialist assessment.

    No clue'
[25]    Andrea Bilbow, chief executive of the charity
ADDISS, (The National Attention Deficit Disorder In-

formation and Support Service), which helps fami-

lies affected by the condition, says ADHD "is not
about a badly-behaved child". She adds: "It's about
[30] a problem in the brain which means a child can't
regulate their behaviour or emotion. They don't
learn from their mistakes and they can't plan or or-

ganise, and they have difficulties with their short-

term memory.
[35]    "The bad-behaviour label is just used by people
who don't have a clue."
    Ms Bilbow, who has a child with ADHD herself,
said parents are aware there is something wrong
from an early age. “Even when he was at nursery I
[40] knew. You hope things will improve, even though
you know really that they won't."

    Professor Tim Kendall who oversaw the compila-

tion of guidelines on treating ADHD for the National
Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE),
[45] said: "When parents are saying 'this is getting really
difficult and nursery or school is saying the child is
difficult to look after, then it's time to get an assess-

ment."
    But the arguments around ADHD aren't solely
[50] focused on the diagnosis. There is also debate

about what causes it. The latest research suggests
it is linked, at least in some cases, to a genetic fault.
    Drug debate
    But even the researchers behind the study say
[55] their finding will not explain all cases of ADHD, and
that a child's environment also matters.
    Peter Hill, an honorary consultant at Great Or-

mond Street Hospital and ADHD expert, said linking
the condition to genetic factors was not new - and
[60] was certainly not the whole answer. "We've known
there was a link for the last 20 years. What this
study has done is shown what kind of genetic ab-

normalities might be involved. "But there are both
genetic and environmental causes, and their envi-

[65] ronmental factors are many."

    Professor Kendall agreed genes and environ-

ment both played a part and warned it would be
wrong to focus solely on genetics. He warned" It
does relieve some people because they think 'it's
[70] not my fault - my child was just born like this'. "The
important thing is making sure these kids get really
good treatment. If people think it's just a biological
problem they will only look for biological solutions -
medications."
[75]    He said the first option for a child should be to try
and help them manage their behaviour and support
for them in the classroom. Parents can also learn
methods of managing their child's behaviour, such
as introducing strict routines. Only in severe cases
[80] should drugs like Ritalin be used, he added. How-

ever, whether or not to use medication is yet an-

other area that causes argument.
    Andrea Antunes, whose son takes daily medica-

tion for his ADHD, said it had changed his life. "He's
[85]doing well at school. He's also making friends and
being invited to parties - which he wasn't before.
"Who am I to deprive him of that?"
30 September 2010 Last updated at 14:39 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11443945.

ADHD 'is not bad behaviour'
By Caroline Parkinson Health reporter, BBC News

[1]    A child is being disruptive in the classroom -
not paying attention, talking and annoying those
around him. Does he have Attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder? Or is he
[5] simply badly-behaved?

It is a question many parents
may have asked themselves
about their child or about
someone else's. But experts
[10] say if parents think their child
may have ADHD, they are
probably right. Bad behaviour is
intermittent and often
premeditated, experts say.
[15]    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, on the
other hand, affects a child in all aspects of its life.
So a child letting off steam and running around the
house when they come home from school is not a
problem in itself.
[20]    But if teachers are also reporting they are failing
to pay attention in the classroom, and they do not
seem to have many friends it may be that they do
need a specialist assessment.

    No clue'
[25]    Andrea Bilbow, chief executive of the charity
ADDISS, (The National Attention Deficit Disorder In-

formation and Support Service), which helps fami-

lies affected by the condition, says ADHD "is not
about a badly-behaved child". She adds: "It's about
[30] a problem in the brain which means a child can't
regulate their behaviour or emotion. They don't
learn from their mistakes and they can't plan or or-

ganise, and they have difficulties with their short-

term memory.
[35]    "The bad-behaviour label is just used by people
who don't have a clue."
    Ms Bilbow, who has a child with ADHD herself,
said parents are aware there is something wrong
from an early age. “Even when he was at nursery I
[40] knew. You hope things will improve, even though
you know really that they won't."

    Professor Tim Kendall who oversaw the compila-

tion of guidelines on treating ADHD for the National
Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE),
[45] said: "When parents are saying 'this is getting really
difficult and nursery or school is saying the child is
difficult to look after, then it's time to get an assess-

ment."
    But the arguments around ADHD aren't solely
[50] focused on the diagnosis. There is also debate

about what causes it. The latest research suggests
it is linked, at least in some cases, to a genetic fault.
    Drug debate
    But even the researchers behind the study say
[55] their finding will not explain all cases of ADHD, and
that a child's environment also matters.
    Peter Hill, an honorary consultant at Great Or-

mond Street Hospital and ADHD expert, said linking
the condition to genetic factors was not new - and
[60] was certainly not the whole answer. "We've known
there was a link for the last 20 years. What this
study has done is shown what kind of genetic ab-

normalities might be involved. "But there are both
genetic and environmental causes, and their envi-

[65] ronmental factors are many."

    Professor Kendall agreed genes and environ-

ment both played a part and warned it would be
wrong to focus solely on genetics. He warned" It
does relieve some people because they think 'it's
[70] not my fault - my child was just born like this'. "The
important thing is making sure these kids get really
good treatment. If people think it's just a biological
problem they will only look for biological solutions -
medications."
[75]    He said the first option for a child should be to try
and help them manage their behaviour and support
for them in the classroom. Parents can also learn
methods of managing their child's behaviour, such
as introducing strict routines. Only in severe cases
[80] should drugs like Ritalin be used, he added. How-

ever, whether or not to use medication is yet an-

other area that causes argument.
    Andrea Antunes, whose son takes daily medica-

tion for his ADHD, said it had changed his life. "He's
[85]doing well at school. He's also making friends and
being invited to parties - which he wasn't before.
"Who am I to deprive him of that?"
30 September 2010 Last updated at 14:39 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11443945.

Remarks by the President Barack Obama on Osama Bin Laden (Part I)
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction.
And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child’s embrace. Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.
On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.
We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.
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