The BuddyList Social Network is an Anonymous alternative to Facebook
July 25, 2015 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Crowd Funding, Front Page
The BuddyList Social Network is an anonymous alternative to Facebook that doesn’t sell your personal data to any one. BuddyList purports to be a community that doesn’t invade your privacy. BuddyList believes a social network should be about staying connected with your friends and family and having fun.
Quoted in “Wikipedia,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) supports BuddyList’s primary reason to jump away from Facebook by identifying two personal information aggregation techniques, called “connections” and “instant personalization,” which assure that anyone has access even to personal information that you may not have intended to be publicly available.
This is how it works, you create a “Connection” to most of the things that you click a “Like button” for, and Facebook will treat those relationships as public information. For example, if you “Like” a Page on Facebook, that then creates a public connection. If you Like a movie or restaurant on a non-Facebook website (and if that site is using Facebook’s OpenGraph system), that creates a public connection either to the applicable Page on Facebook or to the affiliated website.
Furthermore, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) notes that “For users that have not opted out, Instant Personalization is instant data leakage. As soon as you visit the sites in the pilot program (Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs) the sites can access your name, your picture, your gender, your current location, your list of friends, everything that Facebook classifies as public information. Even if you opt out of Instant Personalization, there’s still data leakage if your friends use these “Instant Personalization websites,” their activities can give away information about you, unless you block those applications individually.” This can be challenging to do.
Alternatively, at BuddyList you are able to post status messages, comment on just about everything, share your photo’s with your friends and family, play games, voice chat, create meme pics, blog, and so much more without the Facebook complications.
This is everything people expect from a social network, devoid of the commercial revenue programs. BuddyList does not sell any of your data to any one and they do not ask for much personal information nor care if you provide your real info. The intent is to have fun, involve your friends, and help the community grow.
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Why You Need Your Pool Builder to be a Teacher
July 16, 2015 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles, Front Page
Once you’ve decided to have a swimming pool built, you start to be bombarded with the many decisions you will need to make your swimming pool. When you select the swimming pool vendor right for you, remember that they need to be teachers.
Why The Details Should Matter to You
Your pool builder could take care of all the little options and decisions, and just inform you afterward, and you wouldn’t need to know anything about how your swimming pool was built. But after your swimming pool is ready to use, you aren’t just going to enjoy it: now you’ll have to maintain it. And it’s likely at some point you will need to have something repaired. You need to know what to look for that signals a problem with your swimming pool.
Swimming pool maintenance is a detailed and complicated subject. You may feel overwhelmed as your builder explains to you what you’ll need to do to keep your pool in great shape after they leave.
If you want to have the best possible understanding of what you need to do to keep your pool in great shape for many years to come, then you need to understand all those details that go into the building of your pool. You don’t need to become a pool expert, but if you start learning about your swimming pool in the design phase, then you’ll be ready to handle the maintenance instructions.
Selecting Your Swimming Pool Builder
A swimming pool is an investment, and just as you want to understand where your money is invested, you need to understand how your swimming pool works. There are too many variables to write one simple guide about how your swimming pool works. Is it an indoor or outdoor pool? In-ground or above? Fiberglass, vinyl or brick?
As you interview, keep in mind that you want one who is extremely comfortable teaching you about how your pool is constructed and how it works. If your pool builder tells you not to worry about the little things, they’ll take care of it all, then they aren’t doing you any favors, You need to choose a builder who will want to educate you as much as possible.
What You Need to Learn
Your swimming pool builder will obviously teach you how to maintain it. But what else should you learn?
• The major components of your pool
• The material of the components of your pool are made from
• What each component does
• How the components work together
• Common areas that need repairs, when, and why
• The signs that something may be wrong with your pool, or that something needs repairing
• The problems associated with pool disinfectants, and how to select the best disinfectants for your pool design
• Air quality and condensation concerns, if any
• Temperature regulation, if required
Executive Office Chairs – Add Style, Comfort and Functionality
July 16, 2015 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles, Front Page
If you are hardworking and believe you deserve to relax on your very own executive chair, here are some things you should keep in mind:
Adjustment capabilities
Executive office seats are known for their adjustment capabilities. Users can have their chairs fine-tuned to fit their bodies and their surroundings as they prefer. So take your time to check the lumbar adjustment, height adjustment, spring tension, and recline of the seat you are going to buy. Some armrests are adjustable. Best office chairs have armrests that can be moved outwards, inwards, downwards, and upwards. They allow the arms and elbows to relax freely without the need to slouch.
Backrest
Executive office chairs are much bigger than the normal chair. When shopping for one, you should make sure that the back rest height covers your back and extend up to the back of your head. It is a common believe that people can make the right decision if they lean their heads comfortably over the head rests. You should ensure that the back padding or the cushion of the chair is comfy. A texture may be soft or firm; people have different preferences so you should choose the one that suits you best.
Material
Leather is ideal for executive chairs. It is stylish and elegant – great for a professional look. Leather is also ideal for most conditions such as extreme temperature. If you do not have sufficient money for a leather office chair, you can choose from models of cloth or faux leather. Mesh office chairs are lightweight while fabric chairs are available in a variety of colors. Search carefully and you may find something that will suit your taste and needs.
Base
The base of an executive office chair is often overlooked, but it is very significant. It holds the whole weight of the seat, it supports the casters, and it is where the pivot or swivel is located. Make sure the wheels or casters of the office chair are of the great quality and the base should be wide. The more casters and legs the chair has, the better balance and flexibility it offers.
If you need comfort along with beauty in your executive office chair, there are a few factors you should go for an executive chair made up of quality leather appears more gorgeous. Top quality wood also adds beauty to chairs. An office chair that has wood panel is normally made from fine Italian leather or high- grain quality leather. This gives the seat a more refined and polished appearance and portrays a sense of authority.
Executive Office Chairs – Add Style, Comfort, and Functionality
