The advantages of native apps over the mobile web

Both mobile websites Y native apps accessed through portable devices. That’s where the similarity stops. Apps are downloaded and installed on iPhones, Android phones, and tablets, while the browser-based HTML pages of a mobile website are optimized for a smaller screen. Businesses have two great options for building a good mobile presence, but there’s no denying that each has its own set of unique advantages. You may consider investing in native mobile apps if your end goals and/or situation are similar to the following:

Offer a specific user experience

Customer-focused solutions deliver powerful experiences. They encourage engagement and generate results. Native mobile apps provide the flexibility to create specific user experiences. Apps can unlock one or more of a smartphone or tablet’s advanced features, such as the camera, GPS, voice memos, gestures, accelerometer, or scanning feature, or work best for those who use Evernote or similar devices on a regular basis. If you want to tailor an experience to each user’s personal tastes, a native app is a better option compared to a mobile website.

Help for complex calculations and reports

An Android or iOS app is always a good idea when you need to display complex calculations, reports, or graphs. If the software needs to perform complex algorithmic calculations or follow a certain flow, then an app can provide the information more intuitively. For example, stock price charts, investment banking research reports, and diagnostic data can be more easily accessed through a native app.

In this regard, the apps work well for eCommerce businesses. They are increasingly being used by e-commerce companies for SMS integration to encourage social sharing. The capabilities of the mobile application allow users to share via Facebook, SMS or email. Users can also take full advantage of time and location based reminders as well as interactive popups.

Better interactivity or games

The closed environment of the native apps makes it a preferable option for gaming on mobile websites. Being fast and refined, the apps also lend themselves well to high-performance gaming. The high responsiveness associated with a native app is one reason Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg replaced the mobile web with a native app in 2012. Apps don’t depend on the Internet or network speed. to present information at your fingertips. This responsiveness fosters greater ease of use, a big reason why some companies prefer them over mobile sites.

Games that need more advanced performance features often use native development, while the API adaptability of web and hybrid apps makes them well-suited for games that don’t require a high level of performance. Although mobile websites are slowly catching up when it comes to speed, native apps currently win the competition for responsiveness, which is essential for delivering an enjoyable gaming and interactive experience.

Eliminating the need for a connection

While HTML5 offers in-browser caching, native apps are a natural choice when you want to provide offline access to content or perform tasks with wireless or network connectivity. Android or iOS apps can also be set to periodically sync with back-end sources. This is beneficial for users on the go as they don’t need an internet connection every time they perform an update. It also keeps data costs low.

So will mobile websites make native apps obsolete? Due to the current state of the internet, browser technologies, and computer hardware, we don’t see mobile websites rendering native apps obsolete for quite some time. It’s a safe bet that native apps will stick around for at least the next seven years. “There’s an app for that” is here to stay!

Tips to improve your basketball shooting. It’s not the usual type of training, but you’ll find it to be the way of the great shooters.

Let me ask you a few questions and then I’ll answer. First remember shooting is at an all time low in this country, and we need to question all coaches including mine!

POSITION

do you square? If he does it and doesn’t do it with both hands, that’s his first mistake! The best shooters do not square their bodies to the target; have an Open Stance! Check it out. An open stance is more natural and athletic, plus eye and target alignment is easier the more open you are, and it’s more powerful because body energy can propel the ball up and forward, not just up. It’s like a boxer standing up to jab, open, jab with the arm forward. Give it a try and see how strong and stable that posture is.

SET POINT (from where the launch starts):

Is the center of the ball in line with your eye, your ear, your shoulder, your nose, the other eye? In order to shoot better, it is better to align it with the shooting eye. So you know where the target is and you can fire your shot exactly in line. Steering is not so much of a challenge.

THE ADJUSTMENT ACTION

As you bring the ball to the set point, is the center of the ball aligned with the eye and the basket for a long time, or is it so aligned only at the last moment, or is it not aligned at all? If it’s the latter, accuracy is compromised.

FLOW OF THE SHOT ON THE STAGE

Is there a flow (one piece action) from setup to release that helps you with accuracy, or are you hesitating before shooting (breaking the flow) or taking the ball off the line?

LAUNCHING

How would you describe your throwing action: throw, flip, push, or catapult? Most people these days shoot the ball, and I think this is one of the main reasons why no one can shoot anymore. I recommend a relaxed wrist and hand push-up action with a solid, connected follow through. That’s what our best shooters are doing. defines them. Mediocre shooters throw or flip the ball, thus adding variables that are difficult to control.

When you release the ball, is the action of your arm fully extended at the same speed each time, or is the speed inconsistent or does your arm stop dead (called “short arm”) or move or pull back quickly? Big shooters go to “end of your arm” with full extension each time at approx. speed and therefore have reliability and predictability.

TURNS

What kind of spin are you giving the ball? Is it pure backspin, or is there some creeping side spin? Maybe it’s a dead ball, or all side spin. If it’s not a medium backflip, you know you’re messing things up with your wrist, hand, or fingers. A push and flop, as I recommend, will give you a nice medium backspin every time.

HOW TO REMOTE CONTROL?

What do you do to control the distance? Do you vary the Release? Or change your leg action or when you release the ball? Or do you vary the angle or arc? I recommend the latter, because with a launch action that is always the same speed and force, your only decision at launch is the angle, the trajectory. That is a gut decision, not a thought process. Shooting becomes less complicated.

SHOOTING CAN BE MUCH EASIER THAN YOU THINK!

I have been researching and writing about shooting for more than 20 years. Almost every shooting coach I know (and regular coaches trying to teach shooting) teaches ~4-5 things that aren’t effective. Somehow in our history, trainers started teaching and demanding things that are not effective, not how our bodies are made. One of these is the first thing out of their mouths… SQUARES!

Squaring Up is appropriate… for two-handed shooting!!! Not appropriate for today’s one-handed shooting! But the coaches still say it. (Some have told me they mean “face up,” not “square,” and an open stance is implied.)

The only line (which is a plane) that matters is the line from your eye through your hand and ball to the basket. If that is achieved, the steering is controlled and easy. If not, steering will always be a challenge.

Some of the other shooting “myths” I see include these:

or turn your wrist

No, turning puts control in little muscles.

Rather, use a thrusting action with a relaxed wrist and hand, and the benefit you’ll get is a simple, effective, and repeatable shot.

o Elbow under the ball

No, that prohibits the hand position from aligning with the target.

Instead, focus on the hand, centering it on the eye-target line (and the elbow has to be turned out a bit to do that).

o Shoot at the top of the jump

Only if you are rising above someone. It’s a great weapon if you can do it, but it’s extremely difficult, since all you have left for power are the smaller muscles in your arm, wrist, hand, and fingers. Much easier and more effective is to shoot “on the way up!”

o Reach for your hand in the Cookie Jar

No, if you have such an action, the doll is hooked. So you would be spinning the wrist.

If the wrist and hand are relaxed, they will hang down a bit but will not be in a forced down position. One sign of a great shooter is the hand that lands on the follow through.

o The arm should form an “L” at the point of adjustment

No, that applies only to those strong enough to have the ball above their eyes, near the top of their heads.

Younger children should have the ball under their eyes, where the arm forms a “V,” not an “L.”

Stronger players who have the ball above their head a couple of inches or more have an extended “L”, not a true “L”.

o Tilt wrist and hand back so that an inverted “C” is formed

No, that encourages, even requires you to “decock” it when you release the ball, thus activating those little muscles that are hard to control and repeat. It interferes with recoil.

Instead, simply let the hand move back to approx. 50-75 degrees from vertical, where you can push the ball up and forward without engaging your “flipppy” muscles.

Each of the answers given above are what our best shooters do/did naturally: Chris Mullin, Steve Kerr, Diana Taurasi, Steve Nash, Sue Bird, even older “shooters” like George Gervin and Detlef Schrempf, and more. recently Stephen Curry. , to name a few. My guess is that these players, as for me in my high school days, were self taught. We didn’t have coaches insisting we square up, turn our wrists, etc., etc., so we just naturally develop what works best. And we all find the same things, just like you with this simple training.

DON’T BELIEVE ANYTHING I SAY!

I say it in all my clinics. Do not believe me! But don’t stop believing me either! Check everything with your own experience! That will tell you if it is true or not. Not many people take a look at the myths; they just keep thinking they are the truth and keep acting or teaching the same way… and the result is what you see: poor shooting everywhere!

The answers are very simple and lead to a way of shooting that anyone can do well with free throws, jump shots, set shots and 3-pointers, even running backs and floaters. The lofty, athletic shots we see more gifted players take require more strength and coordination, and they do their best to shoot between streaks.

Please explore my website for articles, testimonials, video clips, etc., that support what I say. You can do it. Commit and keep things simple and you will become the best shooter on your block/team!

Tom Nordland, shooting coach

Facebook was launched in February 2004 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg with his classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes, as an alternative to the traditional student directory.

Initially, the founders limited Facebook membership to Harvard students. Since 2006, it has been available to any email address globally, and has since become the largest social networking website, surpassing MySpace.

Facebook members use Facebook to keep in touch with their old friends and meet new ones, and to keep them informed about recent events. Members can easily update their status, share pictures, blog posts and videos, and also promote upcoming events.

With the explosive growth of Facebook, Facebook is becoming its own social media software development platform. Members can access a large number of applications made for all purposes, and most of them are available at no cost. Facebook is already the number 1 photo-sharing app on the web, attracting more than twice the traffic of its main competitors combined. Facebook’s events app invited three times as many people as other prominent websites.

The use of Facebook has evolved significantly with an expanded range of uses. Activity and loyalty are two key features of the Facebook community. More than half of active users return to Facebook daily, spending an average of 20 minutes on the site. The research showed that the click-through rate is 10 to 20 times higher on Facebook than on simple banner ads.

Due to its heavy usage patterns, Facebook is a data-rich site for researchers to gather statistics and trends. User data mining application tools have been developed for Facebook to collect details about members’ friends in diagrams or graphs, which display Facebook friend statistics, including the ratio of male to female users, the percentage of people who got married, how many people are under the age of 20-40, their horoscope, which popular groups most friends recently joined, as well as their locations can be visualized in colorful graphs, with full control over which stats are private or public with just one mouse click on the control page.

In conclusion, Facebook not only covers hundreds of millions of active users, but also provides numerous ways for business owners to reach these users legitimately and has provided an amazing online platform for advertising or building brand awareness. The company can target what everyone is paying attention to on Facebook. Brands and businesses must learn how to use Facebook to enable new ways of communicating with their consumers and offer new opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Much has been written and spoken about attitude. In fact, you can find literally “tons” of information on the right mental attitude, the positive attitude, the winning attitude, etc. So what makes this article different?

Like everything in life, having the right attitude takes practice. Your attitude is the key to success in all aspects of your life, such as your health, wealth creation, relationships, success at work, and enjoyment of everyday life. Your attitude is more than just a decision to “think happy thoughts,” though thinking happy thoughts is certainly the key to developing a positive mental attitude.

My assumption here is that you are reading this because you already understand the importance of your attitude. You also understand that there is a difference between choosing to have a positive attitude and the difficulty of maintaining a positive attitude.

Your body requires proper care and nutrition to achieve and maintain good health. You just can’t eat a nutritious meal, take a vitamin, and have a big day of exercise to be healthy. This applies to your attitude as well.

Developing and maintaining a positive, healthy, and productive attitude begins with the choice to change your attitude. The decision to have a great attitude is the starting point, and that decision is a daily decision, even a moment-to-moment decision. With all that life throws at us each day, the single decision can be difficult. Here are some tips on how to properly care for and nurture your attitude.

1. Be grateful. You and I have circumstances in life that affect us every day. Most of the time we let negative circumstances get the better of us and our positive mental attitude takes a beating. Take a moment, several if necessary, and reflect on what you have to be grateful for. If you are having trouble getting started, let me suggest that you go to a mirror, get very close to it, and breathe on it. If a fog appears in the mirror, you’re in good shape… you’re alive. Next, think of other things you are grateful for, even the simplest things, like your family, your job, the fact that you get to read this. Each of these are true blessings and for every blessing you can think of, there is someone who does not have such a blessing. There have been countless studies investigating the link between good health and a grateful attitude. In a story that aired on CBS Radio Network’s The Osgood File, Dr. Michael McCullough, of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Robert Emmons, of the University of California, Davis, said their initial scientific study indicates that gratitude plays an important role in feeling well-being of a person. Develop an attitude of gratitude.

2. Have faith. Research has shown that 97% of the things people worry about never happen. The remaining 3% are things that are mostly out of our control, so there’s nothing we can do about it anyway. A small portion of that 3% are the direct or indirect results of the decisions we make, so learning to make better decisions is the key to avoiding worries that we can control. Have faith in yourself and the decisions you make regarding the things you can control. Have faith in the One who created you and know that He is taking care of you. Have faith that good things await you and focus your attention on the good and not the bad. Life is made of opposites. Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Faith has an opposite called fear. Both work equally well. When you allow fear to dominate your thinking, you literally bring negativity into your life. Bad things happen, even if you don’t want them, because you are operating from fearful expectation. Faith, on the other hand, brings positive things into your life. There isn’t enough room to listen to fully explore the deeper meaning of the effects of faith and fear. Let me sum up the concept of faith this way, expect good things and good things will happen. Develop an attitude of faith.

3. Protect your mind. Look at the influences in your life. Decide which of these should be removed or at least minimized. According to AC Nielsen Company, the average American watches more than 4 hours of television per day. That comes out to over 9 years by the time I’m 65! Most of what is available to watch on television has very little positive value. Do the TV shows you watch leave you feeling energized or deflated? If what you see, hear, and read brings you down instead of up, you need to stop letting those things enter your mind. Like it or not, they have a profound negative influence on your attitude. The same is true with the people in your life. Do you know someone who lights up the room when you leave it? Do you associate with someone who constantly has bad news to share or some negative information about another person to expose? Avoid them like the plague! These people will only cause a negative effect on your attitude. Eliminate everything possible that affects you negatively. This can be difficult at first because negativity is very addictive. In the end it’s like taking poison little by little, so get rid of it! Develop an attitude of discernment.

4. Feed your mind. You don’t have to look far to find uplifting, inspiring and motivational literature to read. If you don’t have time for much reading, find audio versions to listen to in your car while traveling from place to place. Music has the power to go beyond your conscious mind to the depths of your subconscious mind. A good rule of thumb for selecting the music you listen to is to ask yourself, “Do I feel better or worse after listening to this?” Consider whether the television shows you are watching are feeding your mind with positive information. Find and engage in conversations with positive-minded people. If you notice a conversation taking a negative turn, throw in a positive comment or thought to get it back on track. Develop an attitude of mental nutrition. This leads to the following process The proper care and feeding of your attitude.

5. Change your speech. Do a Google search on the phrase “power of words” and you’ll find 116 million results. The same search on Yahoo returns 122 million results. Words have power. Choose your words carefully. They can be used to build or tear down, and as you already know, the words you say influence everyone who hears them. Your words originate in your mind so it is necessary to mentally speak to yourself with positive words. Keep them positive. By consciously changing your speech, you subconsciously change your attitude. You will be surprised how this little piece of advice will bring about positive changes in your relationships with others, but more importantly, the changes that will occur within you and in your own thoughts. Develop a positive speaking attitude.

6. Give to others. Whenever possible, give someone else something that they may not have. A simple gift that you can give to anyone, at any time, at no cost or loss to yourself, is a smile. Years ago, I adopted the motto of “Leave Them Better Than You Found Them,” which can be as simple as opening the door for someone, smiling, offering a nice comment, and many other simple things. Of course, I recommend donating to charity, but what I’m talking about here is giving of yourself in some small way that makes someone else’s day brighter. In turn, you feel better doing it. Develop an attitude of giving.

7. Illuminate. Start by being friendly to everyone. Nobody likes a bitter person, so relax and become someone who is easy to be with. People tend to like people they like. Learning to love others will relieve a great deal of tension and stress in everyday life. Interestingly, if you follow the tips above you will be surprised at how this develops naturally. By becoming someone others want to be close to, you bring benefits to both them and yourself. You will soon find that those around you will begin to animate and model after you, even though they may not realize what is happening. Develop an attitude of kindness.

These tips on Proper Care and Feeding of your Pout will get you on the path to keeping your Pout running smoothly. Just like taking care of yourself physically, you must take care of yourself mentally. It’s easier than you initially think, but it requires effort on your part. If attitude is everything, then without a doubt we have to learn to take care of our own. You will be healthier for it.

Copyright 2005 Rory Elmore

Almost every day, a new device or invention hits the market providing comfort, enjoyment or luxury to the user. People who use their imagination and ingenuity can create new gadgets that are both useful and fun. Take, for example, the iRobot Corporation that patented the iRobot that washes floors and the Roomba that vacuums carpets without your guidance.

Other new gadgets that have hit the market or are about to hit the market are the Hidden Wall Outlet mini wall safe. It looks like an electrical outlet, but it opens to store a valuable piece of jewelry. Simkey Simcard Backup comes in handy when you lose your cell phone and all those important contact numbers. This backup system saves your data and recovers it in an instant. It also has mini PDA functions such as date scheduler, memo, alarm clock, world and local time, currency converter and password protection. The compact MP3 alarm clock has 127 MB of memory and can upload music directly to your PC. It has a snooze function, and an LCD screen with backlit controls is handy to help you set your alarm. Researcher Deb Roy developed a new baby monitoring system that uses cameras and microphones connected throughout the house to monitor the baby 24 hours a day. You can record the development of the baby and turn off the cameras when you need to.

To monitor her son’s early language development, researcher Deb Roy has wired her home with 11 cameras and 14 microphones. The baby will be monitored for 14 hours a day to observe her development over time. Roy and his wife can delete the recordings or turn off the cameras if they need to get intimate or curse each other, but at the end of the day the video is sent to MIT for computer processing. Dr. Roy’s goal is to discover how babies learn language using computer algorithms.

The previous telecommunications industry dominated communication across the globe, but with the onset of VoIP technology, the tables had been turned upside down. Now most businesses are replacing traditional phone services with VoIP technology through softphones and mobile dialers. Organizations have moved away from PBX systems and VoIP solutions have taken the front seat. The decline in phone services is due to VoIP’s ability to deliver benefits of lower costs, efficiency, increased productivity, ubiquity, and much more to talk about. Many more features are included in VoIP technology compared to traditional communication systems. Within the mixed options, one will choose only the option that is better and cheaper, that can give more with less investment and this is what really happens with VoIP technology. Telecom companies have been greatly affected by VoIP technology as it has proven to be wonderful in breaking down telecom monopolies.

The concept used in VoIP is the utilization of IP data packets that ensure efficiency and low cost features, while the concept in telephone system was the mere conversion of voice signals into electrical signals and electrical signals back into voice signals. voice. The seamless integration of various applications in VoIP and the ability of the VoIP system to make calls with any computer that has VoIP tools have made it more friendly and demanding in business organizations. Since legacy phone systems are restricted to limited features, VoIP technology is emerging with tremendously novel fusions like cloud with VoIP, machine learning with VoIP, etc.

Telecommunications companies incurred high costs due to hub, configuration, installation and maintenance issues. It only provided individual call forwarding and voicemail settings. VoIP proves to be far above all this. You incur less cost, less burden, high-quality results, and efficient means of communication. Long distance calls are easily handled by VoIP for almost free after installation. A well-established Internet infrastructure is the basic requirement. VoIP enables many applications such as mobile app integration, instant messaging, video calling and conferencing, etc. VoIP offers easy routing on the second, fourth, and eighth rings that telecom systems are deprived of. A feature called ‘barge’ allows you to silently listen to the conversation between customer service and the customer. Another feature called ‘whisper’ allows the supervisor to interrupt and speak only to the customer while the customer is unaware of the communication taking place between them. These features help a lot in daily business operations.

The telcos have to survive the replacement of the IP PBX systems and hence this is the reason why the telcos are becoming the VoIP companies. They are now buying hosted VoIP service providers and supporting VoIP in one way or another. Certainly, in the future, the PSTN system will run into a dead end. By starting over with VoIP technology, many small start-ups are transforming into larger companies and increasing their revenues like never before. The demanding use of VoIP technology has not only greatly affected business organizations but also the telecommunication industry at its worst.

Dating successfully is all about having good communication skills. The better you can communicate with the women you are attracted to, the better you can attract them!

And few methods of communication are as important as talking on the phone.

After you start seeing someone regularly and seeing them face to face, your main method of maintaining the relationship is using the PHONE.

Without talking to someone on the phone, it will be difficult to create the kind of rapport necessary to sustain a relationship.

So having good phone skills is VITAL for success with women!

I speak from experience, that your presence on the phone can RUIN YOU or make you seem so confident, mysterious and funny that she can’t WAIT to go out with you.

Here’s what you need to know to make a great impression on the phone and keep their interest in you…

1.) Don’t be nervous on the phone!

If you’re nervous talking on the phone, that will cause you to let the conversation stall. She’ll be able to tell if you’re having a hard time making conversation and it will hurt her impression of you.

The key here is to NOT BE NERVOUS when you call a girl! If you feel nervous before calling, take some time and calm down. Take a deep breath, listen to some relaxing music, and remember that there are plenty of other girls out there if it doesn’t work out with this one.

It is important to project the right attitude while using the phone. Being (and sounding) confident will always trump nervousness! So allow yourself to have fun and relax!

2.) Be ASSERTIVE when you speak!

Most people MUMBLING and TRUMBLING over themselves with crap like, “What have you been up to?” Nothing bores a girl more than these boring and uncomfortable questions.

If you trust the girl to lead the conversation, you will find that the conversation will end quickly.

You have to be assertive in the conversation and direct it where you want it to go. DO NOT trust her to carry this load!

Have a few things you’d like to talk about before you call. This will give you an idea of ​​what to talk about if the conversation stalls. If he mentions something that interests you while you’re talking, ask him in more detail.

Be active in making the conversation!

3.) Don’t call for no reason.

Calling just to chat is a waste of time for both of you. Sure, talking to a girl should be fun, but you should always have a MOTIVE or REASON to call a girl.

Why is this important? You don’t want her to think that she will have to chat for 2 hours every time you decide to call her.

Know what you want to accomplish with the phone call before you start dialing! Is it to make an appointment? Is it to touch base? Is it to strengthen your report?

Having a reason to call her will help you stay focused on your ultimate goal.

4.) Don’t ask, instead INVITE!

When talking to a girl, the urgency is to give her the final decision on what to do.

Saying something like “Are you busy on Friday?” It may sound reasonable to you, but you’re still putting the burden on her to find the time to hang out with you!

Anytime you push a girl over the phone to meet you, you want to frame things as inviting her to join you, rather than her choosing how to meet you.

And trust me, THERE IS a difference!

Say “Would you like to hang out tomorrow night?” is a lot different than “I’m going to this really awesome bar tomorrow night to see an amazing band, would you like to come?”

Offering the girl you’re talking to opportunities will motivate her to say “yes” more than asking her if she’d be up for spending time with you.

5.) Be congruent with who you are!

When we talk on the phone, an issue arises where we are different people than we normally are. Maybe we’re a little more outgoing, attractive, fun, or whatever.

Keep in mind that for a date to be successful, you need to be CONSISTENT about who you are so that the girl can really get to know you.

Don’t try to be someone you’re not on the phone. The fact that you are not face to face does not give you room to lie or misrepresent yourself. The more true you are about who you are and what you are like, the greater your chance of success.

Talking on the phone is an unfortunate but necessary part of dating. Most men don’t like it, but if you can learn to do it better, you’ll find that many women will be much more open to meeting you than normal.

One of the best things about the new iPhone 4S is that you can access the excellent iTunes App Store. This online marketplace allows you to download from a huge selection of apps. The store currently offers more than 500,000 different titles, from the latest games to office applications for viewing and editing documents. We take a look at Flipboard, one of the latest apps available for this phone and also the excellent Newstand feature.

Flipboard has proven to be a huge success for the iPad, so it was only a matter of time before we saw a version for the iPhone 4S release. Flipboard analyzes all the information currently being shared with you and presents it in an attractive magazine format that is a refreshing change from traditional menus and news sources. The software has been modified to accommodate the smaller 3.5-inch screen that the phone uses. The mobile version also offers a new feature that is not present on the iPad, which is the improved cover art. The software analyzes what type of content you spend the most time reading and compiles a front page full of stories that are likely to interest you. Flipboard incorporates social media updates into its magazine that effectively make the software a one-stop-shop where you can keep up with what’s happening in the world around you. The app is available for free and is an exciting new way that could really change the way we read material from the internet.

The iPhone 4S features the new Newstand feature that was introduced as part of the new iOS5 operating system. This new feature allows you to download a variety of newspapers and magazines to your phone and read them whenever you want. The material is accessed through the App Store and you are given the option to purchase individual editions or opt for an annual subscription. If you choose the subscription option, the issue will be automatically downloaded to your phone the moment it is published. Just like the Flipboard app titles in Newstand appear on a well-designed front page. When you tap on any individual title that loads the post, you can simply scroll through the pages by sliding your finger across the screen. The really impressive thing about this app is that it can embed video and audio files to give you a truly interactive experience.

Thanks to the high-quality screen featured on iPhone 4S, great apps like Flipboard and Newstand not only look great, they offer an informed and entertaining change from traditional apps.

A pirate party has to be one of the most popular parties of all… just for the lingo… Arrr Matey!

Send pirate invitations with a poem:

“Arhh Matey! Be brave and bold!

And come hear stories untold yet…

Of treasure chests full of gold

So walk the plank and come down

To the best pirate birthday party in town!”

pirate invitations:

• Invitations can be a message in a bottle, a tea bag-stained rolled-up paper with burnt edges, or a wanted sign (use a gothic-style font).
• To make it a little more challenging for the partygoers, give them directions based on landmarks or with latitude and longitude (there are websites that will give you your coordinates and Google Maps will give you an address based on the points) . You can add additional instructions for “Land Lubbers”.
• Sprinkle it with great pirate language. Invite the child by his pirate name… like:

Long Tooth John, Left Eye John, John the Grim, Blind Eye John, John Blackbeard, John the Red, Scorbut John, Peg Leg John, Scarface John, Dirty Dog John, Black John, Sea John…etc.

Pirate Decorations:

• Have some skeletons dressed up (maybe a hat and eyepatch).
• You can make fantastic skeletons out of milk jugs (visit the family fun site).
• You might want to have some warning signs, like: “Dead men tell no tales!”
• Spray paint a couple of large Styrofoam chests (good for drinks/snacks, or treasure/loot bags).
• Paint some shoe boxes and add jewels and glitter for the pirate chests.
• Decorate the walls with flags (easily made from black paper or fabric and make the skull and crossbones with white paint/liquid paper/fabric paint.
• Make “cannonballs” out of crumpled up newspapers painted with black paint (or covered with black duct tape), cannonballs can be used in games (below).
• Shine the pennies (soak in a salt and vinegar solution) and display them as pirate “gold” or scatter chocolate gold coins around.
• Paint rocks and pebbles gold to get “pirate gold”.
• If you’re ambitious, make a pirate ship out of 1 (or more) appliance crates.
• Make paper anchors and stick them to the walls.
• Play music for your little rogue pirates. There is a lot to choose from: Muppets – Treasure Island Music, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of Penance… etc.

Pirate Party Costumes

• Many elements can make up a pirate costume: the hat, the eye patch, the earring, a pirate scarf, a mustache, a hook.
• These costume items can also be made by hand…a pirate hat can be made from two pieces of black cardstock stapled together (add some wavy red streamer around the top for a fancier hat).
• A hook can be made from a black plastic cup hidden in a sleeve (cut a hole in the bottom of the cup and glue a foil-shaped “hook” through the hole).
• Make a pirate patch out of black cardstock and punch holes in each side and thread a black elastic through.
• To add to the scurvy pirate effect, ask partygoers to wear a striped shirt and black pants (ripped at the bottom if possible).
• If you have some red fabric you can make red sashes to add to their outfits.
• Make a pirate telescope out of a paper towel roll covered in black paper and decorated with duct tape details.

pirate party activities

• Classic games are usually good (give them a pirate touch)… try “Put the patch on the pirate”.
• Use the cannonballs you made to play “Sink the Pirate Ship” (the team that is able to throw the most cannonballs at the “Ship” – (upside down cardboard boxes that can be decorated if you have energy/time) .
• “Swab the Deck” is a fun relay: use mops to push target items from one side of the party room to the other side (and back). Some people have had great luck with ping pong balls.
• Make the “Sea in a Bottle” by taking unbreakable bottles and filling them with a combination of vinegar and blue tinted oil…add sparkles and little sea creatures/pirate bits and glue the tops on (adult supervision), so the sea ​​bottles will not leak when children play with them.
• Make Crackers the Parrot sit on your shoulder: Attach a parrot-decorated toilet paper roll to your shoulder by stapling it with a loop of sewing elastic. The elastic loop is then slipped up the arm.
• Have a tug of war (2 different groups of pirates at war).
• Walk the Plank (an easy way to do this is to have a long strip of thick cardboard decorated with a “wood grain” (use a marker) taped to the floor.) The children are blindfolded and if they take a step out of place (from the “plank”) they lose.
• Hook the Treasure (use your pirate hook).
• Write things down with an “antique quill” (tape or glue a large feather tuft to a regular ballpoint pen).
• Play “Pass the Pirate Hat” (if you get caught with the hat when the music ends, you win a doubloon – this way you don’t have to play until “the bitter end” until you have all the “losers” and just one) winner . You can withdraw at any time.)
• Play Sharks and Minnows.

pirate party food

• Serve Hardtack (cookies) and Grog (soda)
• Your cake can be a pirate chest or a ship (placed on top of blue blocks of Blue Jello for a “rough sea”).

Most moms dream of one day, when the kids go to school or leave home, to start their own home business. Many moms do exactly that. By the time the kids leave, they go to work and earn money from home. It just depends on the skills you have, the type of work you like to do, and what the market wants.

Here are 7 work-at-home jobs for moms that people have made money from. Although the individual ideas may not be right for you, they can stimulate your thinking and start with another idea. So keep an open mind and see what others have done. This is just a sample of what is possible.

1. Earn Extra Income With Home Cake Decorating

Some people have a knack for this trade; If you’re one of them, cake decorating might be for you! There are many wonderful magazines and books available to give you and your customers cake decorating ideas and inspiration. Cupcakes are another option, as there are all sorts of possibilities for party themes and clever gift box presentations.

2. Become a masseur

If you are not yet trained in the field of massage therapy, there are many courses available to teach you the art of massage. With some basic equipment, you could be on your way to starting a rewarding home massage therapy business.

3. Organize nature walks

If you live near an appropriate place and are outgoing, why not lead nature walks? Hiking is a growing physical activity, and it can guide adults and children alike, teaching them about the world around us. You could do all the planning and research from home.

4. Start a new mommy care service

Sell ​​to mother-in-law, grandparents, friends and family of the mom-to-be as a baby shower gift! You come in once a day, prepare the meals, clean up a bit, and generally make things easier for mom!

5. Become a business plan consultant

If you have business plan writing skills, becoming a business plan consultant can be a profitable business for you. I had a hard time finding start-up information for this type of business, but I know there are people who do. My best advice is to find a niche to work in and go from there. This is a great work from home mom for moms who have the requisite business skills and experience.

6. Make Meat Whips

Use cane, plastic, or other interesting materials to weave seats and backs into casual, quaint chairs for clients. Buy old chairs on promise at bargain prices to re-glue, restore, re-tape and sell at a profit. Maybe this is just the beginning of an idea for you. Perhaps you could adapt or expand it to fit your circumstances or local market demand.

7. Create designer clothes

Paint, block print, or transfer unique or custom designs onto apparel. Smocks, T-shirts, jackets, and fabrics that will become clothing can be enhanced with a little creative flair and color. Use all kinds of designs to create the image you are looking for, such as illustrations, cartoons or images of local interest. Tailoring is the perfect work-at-home job if you have the skills to make and market your own creations.

These are just a few work at home jobs for moms. Think carefully about what other jobs you could do as well. Good luck with your home business.