Lukas soaks in atmosphere of his 25th Preakness

A race fan drinks a Black-eyed Susan before the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A race fan drinks a Black-eyed Susan before the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Jennifer Stisted, of Annapolis, Md., walks out to the track before the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mike Hendrick, of Baltimore, moves through the grandstand area at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 18, 2012, in Baltimore. Bodemeister is the morning-line favorite for Saturday's Preakness Stakes horse race. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Shannon Casey, of Marshall, Va., watches the action at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 18, 2012, in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

(AP) ? Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas arrived at Pimlico Race Course before the sun came up Saturday, just to make sure there were no unwelcome surprises awaiting him on the day of his 25th Preakness.

The 76-year-old horse racing legend said he set his alarm for 3:30 a.m. and was at the track at 4.

"I do that every day, no matter where I am," Lukas said. "I just want to make sure everything goes smooth here. By the time we get to this point, all we're trying to do is make sure you don't have anything upsetting happen."

Wearing his trademark cowboy hat and sitting on a small bench in front of the Pimlico Stakes Barn around 8:30 ? a good 10 hours before the second leg of the Triple Crown was scheduled to get under way ? Lukas monitored the behavior of his Preakness entrant, Optimizer, as rowdy fans began pouring through the turnstiles.

"It's a little bit unsettling to finish out the morning because of all the activity on the street," he said. "The horses pick up on the excitement real quick."

He wasn't nervous, and it had nothing to do with the fact that the odds were stacked at 30-1 against Optimizer reaching the winner's circle after the race. Ever since his initial Preakness in 1980, Lukas had maintained an even keel whether he's saddled up the favorite or a long shot.

"I never really got too keyed up, even in the first ones," Lukas said. "I get a warm, fuzzy feeling afterward if we win, but I don't get uptight or nervous beforehand."

Lukas said his sense of calm comes from the days when he was a high school head coach in Wisconsin for nine years.

"I think athletics settle you in," he said.

On this day, his lengthy time at the barn was made easier by having several entrants in the Preakness undercard.

"I always felt like in the Triple Crown series, it helps if you have a few other horses running in other races. It kind of breaks up the day," he said. "We're going to run in three others stakes today. It will move it along a little bit quicker. But it's still a long day of waiting, waiting, waiting."

His wait for a victory in a graded race ended Saturday when Hamazing Destiny won the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap. Lukas had gone 116 graded stakes without a victory before Hamazing Destiny won for the first time in 11 races since September 2010.

"It's a good way to start the day," he said.

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CANDID CAMERA: Broadcast Sports, Inc. does a fine job of affixing cameras to IndyCar and NASCAR drivers. One day, the Maryland-based company hopes to do the same with jockeys at Triple Crown races.

Technology has reached the point where BSI can provide a helmet-mounted POV camera to the NBC correspondent doing the post-race interview. But the helmet, along with backpack containing the transmitter, weighs around eight pounds.

"No way that a jockey is going to carry that much weight," said Clay Underwood, BSI Technology Development Manager. "For a NASCAR driver in a car that weighs a few thousand pounds, adding a few pounds is not that big a deal. Here, it is."

Little by little, BSI has lessened the load. The transmitter used this year is smaller than the one in place in 2011. But it still might be a while before the viewing public can take a virtual ride with a jockey vying to win the Preakness.

"We're always working on miniaturization," Underwood said, "but right now there are physical limitations to what we can do."

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STALL 40: Tradition mandates that the Kentucky Derby winner resides in Stall 40 at the Preakness Stakes Barn.

Doug O'Neill, the trainer of I'll Have Another, opted to keep his Derby-winning horse in a Barn D at Pimlico.

So what of Stall 40, the temporary home of such great horses such as Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Spectacular Bid?

Zetterholm, a 20-1 shot in the Preakness, took residence in the prestigious stall. Zetterholm arrived in Baltimore with a three-race winning streak, and owner Anthony Grey hoped some of the history from Stall 40 might rub off onto his entrant.

"I want to win a big one," Grey said. "He's a late April foal, so he's a late-maturing horse. He's a stretch-running horse. Hopefully, it's our turn to shine."

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Bathroom remodeling | Home Improvement Tips

Bathroom remodeling

Bathroom remodeling ? You should change your bathroom, but not quite sure where to start. Any expert will tell you that a successful bathroom-remodeling project starts with a plan. The plan will help you decide what your budget is, what the problem areas of your bathroom, no matter how big your renewal will be, and if other areas of your home will be affected. By making a plan, you determine whether now is the best time to renovate your bathroom or if you would be better to wait until you get a bigger budget, so that the desired changes.

Bathroom remodeling -You could just step into your bathroom remodel without looking at the big picture, but can be found financially over their heads. You can also notice that your project takes longer than you thought or that is beyond your abilities. Worst case in such situations can put your bathroom out of commission for a longer period and require you to shell out for a professional to come and solve all their work.

To avoid such situations, you should consider these factors before you get your toolbox:

* scope ? how big is your project? Are you just adding new paint and fixtures, rearranging the look of your bathroom or strip the entire bathroom and start from scratch? Your first choice is the simplest and cheapest, and the latter will require you to pony up some serious money and hire subcontractors such as electricians and plumbers. Before you tear your toilet or bathtub, make sure you have alternative arrangements, if you only have one bathroom in your home.

* Budget ? Based on your assets, your project, how big? You can consider home equity loan for reconstruction, but that is only recommended if there is moisture damage to the structure of the room itself, and it is no longer safe. It is better to introduce changes within your means, if you?re just bored and want to freshen up your bathroom. * People ? How many people use this bathroom? You can consider a few extra bathroom vanities as you enter the room and the bathroom has a high turnover. It can also be divided, so that your space and vanity and shower is in use without too much trouble. For smaller areas with heavy traffic, the extra storage space to personal items and towels clutter environment. You can also hire a designer to help you make the best use of your space, but you will need to perform their services to include in your budget. At the end of the day, nothing better than a good plan as it saves you time and money in your bathroom remodel.

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As IPO nears, millions of users still opt out of Facebook

Even though many avoid the service, the 900 million users it does have are a key part of its value.

By Anick Jesdanun,?The Associated Press / May 17, 2012

Facebook increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent and could raise as much as $16 billion. Regardless, some advertising agencies and companies say the social network won't be able to drive up advertising revenue.

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You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein.

More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.

They say they don't want Facebook. They insist they don't need Facebook. They say they're living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world's largest social network sometimes resurrects.

They are the resisters.

"I'm absolutely in touch with everyone in my life that I want to be in touch with," Arwood says. "I don't need to share triviality with someone that I might have known for six months 12 years ago."

Even without people like Arwood, Facebook is one of the biggest business success stories in history. The site had 1 million users by the end of 2004, the year Mark Zuckerberg started it in his Harvard dorm room. Two years later, it had 12 million. Facebook had 500 million by summer 2010 and 901 million as of March 31, according to the company.

That staggering rise in popularity is one reason why Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering is one of the most hotly anticipated in years. The company's shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday under the ticker symbol "FB". Facebook is likely to have an estimated market valuation of some $100 billion, making it worth more than Kraft Foods, Ford or Disney.

Facebook still has plenty of room to grow, particularly in developing countries where people are only starting to get Internet access. As it is, about 80 percent of its users are outside U.S. and Canada.

But if Facebook is to live up to its pre-IPO hype and reward the investors who are clamoring for its stock this week, it needs to convince some of the resisters to join. Two out of every five American adults have not joined Facebook, according to a recent Associated Press-CNBC poll. Among those who are not on Facebook, a third cited a lack of interest or need.

If all those people continue to shun Facebook, the social network could become akin to a postal system that only delivers mail to houses on one side of the street. The system isn't as useful, and people aren't apt to spend as much time with it. That means fewer opportunities for Facebook to sell ads.

Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, says that new communications channels ? from the telephone to radio, TV and personal computers ? often breed a cadre of holdouts in their early days.

"It's disorienting because people have different relationships with others depending on the media they use," Rainie says. "But we've been through this before. As each new communications media comes to prominence, there is a period of adoption."

Len Kleinrock, 77, says Facebook is fine for his grandchildren, but it's not for him.

"I do not want more distractions," he says. "As it is, I am deluged with email. My friends and colleagues have ready access to me and I don't really want another service that I would feel obliged to check into on a frequent basis."

Kleinrock says his resistance is generational, but discomfort with technology isn't a factor.

After all, Kleinrock is arguably the world's first Internet user. The University of California, Los Angeles professor was part of the team that invented the Internet. His lab was where researchers gathered in 1969 to send test data between two bulky computers ?the beginnings of the Arpanet network, which morphed into the Internet we know today.

"I'm having a 'been-there, done-that' feeling," Kleinrock says. "There's not a need on my part for reaching out and finding new social groups to interact with. I have trouble keeping up with those I'm involved with now."

Thomas Chin, 35, who works at an advertising and media planning company in New York, says he may be missing out on what friends-of-friends-of-friends are doing, but he doesn't need Facebook to connect with family and closer acquaintances.

"If we're going to go out to do stuff, we organize it (outside) of Facebook," he says.

Some people don't join the social network because they don't have a computer or Internet access, are concerned about privacy, or generally dislike Facebook. Those without a college education are less likely to be on Facebook, as are those with lower incomes. Women who choose to skip Facebook are more likely than men to cite privacy issues, while seniors are more likely than those 50-64 years old to cite computer issues, according the AP-CNBC poll.

About three-quarters of seniors are not on Facebook. By contrast, more than half of those under 35 use it every day.

The poll of 1,004 adults nationwide was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications May 3-7 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

Steve Jones, a professor who studies online culture and communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago, says many resisters consider Facebook to be too much of a chore.

"We've added social networking to our lives. We haven't added any hours to our days," Jones says. "The decision to be online on Facebook is simultaneously a decision not to be doing something else."

Jones says many people on Facebook try to overcome that by multitasking, but they end up splitting their attention and engaging with others online only superficially.

Arwood, 47, a restaurant manager in Chicago, says she was surprised when colleagues on an English-teaching program in rural Spain in 2010 opted to spend their breaks checking Facebook.

"I spent my time on break trying to learn more about the Spanish culture, really taking advantage of it," she says. "I went on walks with some of the students and asked them questions."

Kariann Goldschmitt, 32, a music professor at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla., was on Facebook not long after its founding in 2004, but she quit in 2010. In part, it was because of growing concerns about her privacy and Facebook's ongoing encouragement of people to share more about themselves with the company, with marketers and with the world.

She says she's been much more productive since leaving.

"I was a typical user, on it once or twice a day," she says. "After a certain point, I sort of resented how it felt like an obligation rather than fun."

Besides Facebook resisters and quitters, there are those who take a break. In some cases, people quit temporarily as they apply for new jobs, so that potential employers won't stumble on photos of their wild nights out drinking. Although Facebook doesn't make it easy to find, it offers an option for suspending accounts (Look for a link under the "Security" tab in "Account Settings.")

Goldschmitt says it takes effort to stay in touch with friends and relatives without Facebook. For instance, she has to make mental notes of when her friends are expecting babies, knowing that they have become so used to Facebook "that they don't engage with us anymore."

"I'm like, 'Hmmm, when is nine months?' I have to remember to contact them since they won't remember to tell me when the baby's born."

Neil Robinson, 54, a government lawyer in Washington, says that when his nephew's son was born, pictures went up on Facebook almost immediately. As a Facebook holdout, he had to wait for someone to email photos.

After years of resisting, Robinson plans to join next month, mostly because he doesn't want to lose touch with younger relatives who choose Facebook as their primary means of communication.

But for every Robinson, there is an Edelstein, who has no desire for Facebook and prefers email and postcards.

"I prefer to keep my communications personal and targeted," says Jake Edelstein, 41, a pharmaceutical consultant in New York. "You're getting a message that's written for you. Clearly someone took the time to sit down to do it."

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I had Family Tree Maker, the version just before the patch this week. (It just died last week). I have the old hard drive mounted in an external case now, and have copied all of the files onto my new hard drive as well as I copy various things over. The old PC was Windows XP SP3 Home Edition. the new computer is Windows 7 Professional.

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Fran Lee's Romance Blog: Copyright vs. Trademark?

It appears to be a world where you can get held up at the drop of a hat...

An author who has a legal copyright is totally ignored when he or she complains that someone is infringing on a copyright by pirating his or her books...while a huge conglomerate corporation can trademark a person's first name and then start threatening anyone else who possesses the same name.? What seems to be wrong with this picture?

A friend of mine was threatened with legal action simply because her first name supposedly infringed on a trademarked name claimed by a multinational conglomerate. Seems she was infringing on Sony's trademark when she dared to use her REAL LEGAL NAME on a promo for one of her many books. HUH? A lot of us rose up shouting "FOUL" and it went national.? Seems like a company should NOT be allowed to "trademark" a one-word name that is common enough to be in everyday use in the world. I mean, suppose a person decided to trademark the name Shirley. That's pretty silly, because there are literally thousands of Shirleys in the USA alone, and heaven forbid any of these non-trademarked Shirleys use their name on anything!

Names are pretty important stuff to folks. Being told you are not to dare to use your real name promoting books you have written because somebody MIGHT mistake you for that British pop diva (can't even say I ever heard of her until this fiasco arose) is totally absurd.

What on earth makes Sony think that an erotic romance author might be mistaken for a pop singer? And the author was writing and publishing books many years before the singer was even popular. ?

I was joking about trademarking my own name on a Facebook post to show how silly people can be...and out of the blue, I got an EXTREMELY nasty message via Facebook from a man named Fran Stambu...if you have delicate sensibilities, please read no further:

U FUCKING JERKOFF

Hmmm...this dude didn't bother to even check out WHY I was thinking about trademarking the name Fran...he just reacted in a typical knee-jerk response as if I were attacking HIS right to use HIS name. Sigh. But then, his reaction would seem to be normal (although a bit nasty) to the idea that someone was making it impossible for him to use his own name.

I read up on trademarking...very interesting stuff. Seems trademarking is meant to protect a person's right to the exclusive use of a product name...but it stipulates that the product name must be significantly different (like Kleenex (tm), Band Aid (tm), Bisquick (tm), etc) than the common name like tissue, latex bandage, or biscuit mix. So that makes me understand that instead of simply trademarking the name "Fran", I must trademark the specific USE of the name, like Fran Lee, Author (tm), or Fran Lee Romance (tm). It also states that you can effectively begin to trademark your desired product name by inserting the (tm) directly behind your name whenever you use it. This is sort of like the intended copyright thingy that happens when you put a book into e-product or print. You can then legally pay several hundred bucks to legally trademark your desired name and only then can use use the symbol of a capital R in the center of a circle (R).

So if Sony (R) wanted to trademark their diva's single name, they should have done it like this: Adele, Pop Diva for Sony Entertainment (R) instead of just her first name, which has about 4,000 users in the USA today. (Ooops...USA Today (R)).

So don't worry Mr. Stambu...I will not take your right to use your name away like Sony would...unless you decide to change your last name to Lee and start writing hot romance.

Fran

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Children with cancer have complete responses in a COG phase 1 trial: Pills zero in on abnormal genes that drive specific cancers

ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? A pill designed to zero in on abnormal genes that drive specific cancers has produced encouraging early results in children with an uncommon but aggressive type of lymphoma, as well as in children with a rare form of neuroblastoma.

A phase 1 clinical trial of the drug crizotinib achieved remissions, with minimal side effects, for 10 of the children participating in a clinical study carried out by the multicenter Children's Oncology Group (COG). The results were "an exciting proof-of-principle" for the targeted treatment, said the study leader, Ya?l P. Moss?, M.D., a pediatric oncologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Moss? presented study findings May 16 at a press program organized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in advance of its annual meeting in early June.

Moss? previously led a team at Children's Hospital that discovered in 2008 that aberrations in the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene are present in 14 percent of cases of high-risk neuroblastoma, the most common solid cancer of early childhood. The same gene is disrupted in some cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a cancer of the lymph cells, and in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Because drug manufacturers had already developed crizotinib for use in adult lung cancer clinical trials, Moss? and colleagues were able to quickly move crizotinib into an initial pediatric trial.

"We are entering a new era of cancer therapy, in which we use knowledge of basic biology to design very specific drugs that target cancer cells with potentially less side effects on healthy tissue," said Moss?. "In addition, as we concentrate on targets in molecular pathways, we move away from an exclusive focus on one form of cancer to customizing treatments according to biological activity. Abnormal ALK activity occurs in subtypes of neuroblastoma and subtypes of lymphoma, so identifying ALK activity in individual patients may enable us to provide the most effective care."

The current trial was not restricted to patients with known ALK abnormalities, but was open to children with certain refractory or relapsed cancers. There were 62 patients enrolled who could be fully evaluated for drug toxicity. Toxic side effects were minimal, even though many of the dosages were relatively high.

For 8 children with ALCL, 7 had complete responses -- no cancer could be detected with imaging scans. Within days of taking the oral medication, said Moss?, fevers and chills stopped in many children, and their pain diminished or disappeared.

Twenty-seven patients enrolled in the trial had neuroblastoma, a difficult-to-treat cancer of the nervous system. Of the two patients with known germline mutations in ALK -- mutations occurring in every cell in their body -- which can be found in the very rare form of neuroblastoma, familial neuroblastoma, one achieved a complete remission. Of the 19 neuroblastoma patients in the trial whose ALK status was not able to be studied in the molecular diagnostic lab at Children's Hospital, a second patient had a complete remission.

"The current study shows the great potential for targeted therapy in children with anaplastic large cell lymphoma," concluded Moss?, "and the COG is now planning a larger scale trial for these patients." Additional studies are also underway to determine whether children with forms of neuroblastoma other than familial neuroblastoma, as laboratory studies suggest, might benefit from crizotinib.

"Efficacy of crizotinib in children with relapsed/refractory ALK-driven tumors including anaplastic large cell lymphoma and neuroblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group phase 1 consortium study," Abstract 9500, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012 Annual Meeting.

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Coping with autism is not healing it? | Health and Fitness

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In this article you would learn that coping is very different from healing autism. The problem right now in the market is that people are trying to cope with autism instead of finding the cause and treat the roots of autism, and hence effectively heal it.

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What is coping? To use a metaphor, it is to give a physically disabled person a wheelchair so he can move around, but it doesn?t change the fact that he can?t walk. It is like spraying perfume over the garbage every time it stinks.

Treating chemical imbalance is coping, because chemical imbalance is a symptom, and that is what biomedical intervention aims to do.

Teaching a child to go to the toilet is coping, because it doesn?t change the fact that he learnt it through repetition and ingraining into him as a habit, instead of him being able to do it on his own initiative. And that is what occupational therapy aims to do.

Why does coping make things worse?

Coping means that the problem is still there, the child has just learned a more constructive way to deal with the pain. But coping equals stress.

The bodies and mind have a list of things to be done every day and a certain amount of energy to do them.

There are the ?have-tos?, things like breathing and heart beating. Then there are the ?need-tos?, like digestion, waste removal, blood cleansing and immune functioning and finally there are the ?want-tos? which includes repair work and resolving of traumatic memories.

Keeping traumatic memories suppressed requires huge amount of energy and it?s constant. Your boy has to suppress it every second of every minute of every hour of every day for the rest of his life. When his body uses all its energy to suppress these memories, what do you think is the first thing to go? Repair work and the immune system. No wonder there is an autism problem!

(If you are not sure how traumatic memories are linked to autism, you have to come to our website first to download our special report)

Coping actually adds to the existing stress because it does not deal with the underlying problem, and at the same thing, it adds more to the problem by getting the body to behave in a certain way that it would usually NOT do (if it is natural based on its existing state, the body would already have done it).

Of course, I know you are probably thinking, but what else can we do? If we don?t cope, our child is going to be running around, misbehaving, screaming non-stop, etc, etc.

All misbehavior of your child is a call for help? can you hear it?

If more people can know the cause of autism and treat it at its roots, maybe more autistic children could be healed?

I sincerely hope that time would come.

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Darius spent the last 5 years exploring different techniques which can help autistic children. Unbounded by the traditional mindset, he is willing to go where no one has gone before, and researches on anything that claims to produce results. Eventually he reaches the conclusion that the answer lies in vibrational medicine. Some of the variety of techniques which Darius has learnt under this category included Reiki, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression, Quantum Touch, Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT), ThetaHealing, Sedona Method, The Journey, Primordial Energy Activation and Transcendance (PEAT), Quantum Entrainment (QE), Matrix Energetics, Yuen Method, The Healing Codes and Domancic Method of Bioenergy. Now he wants to bring options to open-minded parents of autistic children. To Darius, there is nothing more meaningful than seeing the transformations in the children he helped.

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Credit Card Debt Settlement: The Art Of Money: Personal Finance ...

It might be less convenient, but you will save money if you use the ATM at your credit union or bank. It is common for banks and other financial entities to charge substantial ATM fees, which can grow to large sums before you know it.

View your finances like the bank does. Although it can be time consuming, you have to develop an accurate picture of both your income and your expenses. You should overestimate variable expenses instead of underestimating. If you spend less than you expected, you can put the difference into savings.

Think carefully about your feelings toward money. Once you understand your thoughts about money, you can aim to improve your current financial situation. Perhaps you do not have the right conception about money and finances and need to reassess your priorities. You will certainly move forward, creating many positive feelings for the future.

A great way to save money is to investigate the option of working out of your home. It?s probably costing you a lot to go to the office. With costs for lunch, gas or parking, you can spend a lot without realizing it.

You must be sure to pay your utility bills promptly each month. You can hurt your credit rating if you pay them late. Additionally, many places charge late fees, which cost you even more. When you pay your bills late, it causes a lot of problems and complications; therefore, it?s best to pay your bills in a timely manner.

The night before you get paid, make out your weekend budget. When your money hits your bank account on Friday, let it sit there. On Monday, when your mind is back in a weekday mindset, you will handle the money more judiciously.

Avoid using credit cards. There are many ways you can learn about saving money on interest that applies to all sorts of loans like cars and mortgages. Interest is a waste of money, and if you want to live a frugal lifestyle, you can work on getting all interest payments out of your life, over time.

Make sure you are aware of when you should file income taxes. This will allow you to get the refund that you earned as soon as possible. If you expect to owe money, you ought to file close to the April 15 deadline.

Shopping at thrift store is not just for people with low income, many people with a good income shop at thrift stores because it can be a wise choice. You can find some real bargains at thrift stores, including gently used clothing, books, and furniture. These stores are also great for kids, as they enjoy scouring the store for interesting finds. Remember that the variety of merchandise is greatest the earlier you get to the shop.

You can feel better about your financial future, now that you know how to better handle your personal finances. You can control the state of your finances and what happens to you over time.

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Smaller iPad Could Boost Apple?s Sales in the Tablet Market

May16 Apple iPad 550x202 Smaller iPad Could Boost Apple?s Sales in the Tablet Market

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An analysis from Barclays Equity Research stated that Apple could increase its tablet sales beyond the education sector by making its iPad more affordable. There are various rumors claiming that the company is planning to release a 7-inch tablet, which will feature a 1024 x 768 screen resolution. This means that the smaller iPad will boast a display that has an identical resolution as the iPad and iPad 2.

Smaller iPad, Expanded Market

Barclay?s analyst Ben Reitzes believes that a smaller and more affordable iPad would help Apple to promote its device to education sector. Moreover, it would help the company expand their tablet market, allowing them to reach as much as 35 million sales in 2015.

Reitzes also believe that a 7-inch tablet would attract the gaming market, as the iOS gaming will continue to become a bigger platform for Apple. Although it could take away the sales for the existing 9.7-inch model, the analyst believes that it is worth the exchange for increasing the market that Apple can address. This is also one way for the company to fend off their competitors.

He pointed out Apple?s re-priced 16 GB iPad 2 at $399. After cutting off the price, the second-generation tablet was able to combat Amazon?s $199 Kindle Fire. In fact, International Data Corporation revealed earlier last month that the Kindle Fire dropped its market share from 16.8 percent during the last quarter of 2011 to just 4 percent during the first quarter of this year.

Meanwhile, Amazon is expected to expand its tablet lineup with a larger model. This could motivate Apple to increase its product line accordingly.

Discounted MacBook Air vs. Ultrabooks

Other than a smaller and re-priced iPad, Apple is also reported to introduce a more affordable Mac platform with a $799 MacBook Air. According to the company?s upstream supply chain, they are planning to release a more affordable ultrathin notebook on the third quarter of this year.

It is said that discounted MacBook Air is aimed to compete against the second-generation ultrabooks, which manufacturers hope to price at $699. As of the moment, Apple?s cheapest MacBook Air model is the 11.6-inch unit. It is priced at $999 and comes with a 64 GB solid-state drive. The company also offers a stripped down 13-inch model on the same price for the education sector.

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It was just last April when the company reportedly gave a go signal for a 7-inch iPad prototype. Carrying the same resolution as the original iPad and iPad 2, it means that the device?s current applications can still run on the smaller tablet without any modifications. However, it is still unclear whether the rumored device will ever see the light of day.

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