Unfortunately, car crashes are just a part of life when you become a driver. Statistically, everyone who drives on the road is expected to experience an accident at least twice. If you’re lucky, you may not have had one yet. But you should still be aware of the dangers and act like you’re at risk. Because the truth is that everyone is. Besides the fact that we don’t drive as carefully as we should or take of our cars as well as we should. We’re all at the mercy of the others on the road as well.

Distracted driving
It’s a cause that’s not only common in the number of accidents it leads to. It’s also common in the sheer number of people who do it. Driving when your focus isn’t on the road is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Even if you’re parked, you shouldn’t be texting, eating or applying make-up. Your focus needs to be on the road because it can give you the second or few seconds of awareness you need to mitigate the amount of damage done. Similarly, if you’re drowsy, you need to seriously consider finding a safe place to stop and take a nap. People falling asleep at the wheel is distressingly common.

I know this is an overdue post. But I think this is still worth blogging especially to freelancers who are looking for Tips about EON Replacement Card and on How to Enroll to EON Cyber Account. 

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My EON card has expired last July 2016 and before it happens, I already filed for an under time (at work) so I can apply for an EON Replacement Card.

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If you’re in the market for a new iPhone, you may be considering purchasing a used one instead. The reasons are many and the benefits, namely savings, can be significant, but there are some things you should know before going in that direction. Otherwise you could find yourself out your money and with a paperweight rather than a working phone.

First, try to stick to reputable sellers like Gazelle or Amazon. Even better, see if your carrier offers used phones for sale, many do. Think hard before buying a used (or new for that matter) phone from Ebay or Craigslist. The risk of getting a broken or stolen phone is quite high on both sites. If you do go the Ebay route, read the seller’s feedback (both received and given) very carefully along with the listing, and buy only with a credit card, which will give you the maximum protection. Unfortunately, when buying from Ebay there is no way to be sure you’ll get a phone with “Find My iPhone” turned off. If it’s not, the phone is useless. There is no way to get around the activation lock without the previous user’s Apple ID and password. If your phone arrives with it turned on, your only hope is to pray the seller will either provide the info needed to turn FMI off or accept the phone back for a refund.

The popularity of social media cannot be ignored and, due to the fact that the amount of social media users is expected to reach 2.55 billion in 2018, understanding the way each platform works is vitally important for your business. In this article, we will review five major social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. We will also discuss the demographics of each, and how they can help your business. Social media increases traffic and exposure, and, if you understand how the platforms differ and how they work, you will be able to capitalize on that.

What is Facebook?

Facebook is a social media site that allows users to share text posts, pictures, videos, and any other form of media. You are able to plug in information and data about your business into your profile, and the settings for businesses make it seem like a webpage with a social media twist. On Facebook, you can add friends and followers, with the former being able to see everything you post and the latter just seeing what you want them to.

On Facebook, there are 1.51 billion mobile active users. The demographics are very diverse and include a large range of age groups, education levels, incomes, and races. The majority of Facebook users are between 18 and 29 (84% of that demographic uses the site), 77% of women use Facebook, and the majority of users (72%) are in the suburbs. The average amount of Facebook friends that someone has, according to Pew Research, is 155, and 58% of the entire adult population is on Facebook. (All statistics are provided by Pew Research Center).

Facebook can help your business because it is specifically designed to allow companies to post as much information and news about themselves, while also providing a way to contact them and have them respond rapidly. Currently, 40 million small businesses use Facebook, and, as a result, Facebook has set up an entire department dedicated to supporting them. Facebook is also a primary location for social media influencers, and if your business’ demographic is wide-reaching, you should create a page.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is similar to Facebook because you can share text posts, pictures, videos, and other multimedia. Twitter has a character limit of 140, and you can only attach four pictures per tweet (or one video or one GIF). Again according to Pew, 23% of adult internet users are on Twitter, and 19% of the adult population at large is on Twitter. Twitter skews male and the majority of its users live in urban areas and are between the ages of 18 and 29.

Twitter for businesses is able to let you post succinct, clear information with a link. Twitter users are more likely to share posts than their Facebook counterparts and approximately 70% of small businesses have a Twitter account. If your business is looking to attract a younger audience, particularly one that lives in an urban area, you will be able to use Twitter to do so, but make sure that you are posting links to your site—otherwise, the character limit will chop off your information and make it less meaningful.

What is Instagram?

Instagram is a photo- and video-sharing site that allows people to represent themselves visually. Businesses are taking part in Instagram, posting pictures and videos of their products, services, and how to use them. Beauty and clothing companies are two of the biggest presences on Instagram, with “tutorials” on how to apply makeup, and pictures of clothing with links on how to purchase them. Instagram’s demographics look a lot like Twitter’s. According to Pew, 26% of adult internet users (21% of the entire adult population) use Instagram. The primary users are female, ages 20 to 29, who reside in urban areas.

Instagram allows your business to represent itself through pictures and videos, which help visually-oriented users get a better grasp on your product or service than just words could say. Pictures and videos are, generally, more engaging in comparison to large blocks of text, and taking advantage of that medium will allow you to attract a younger audience.

Snapchat

Snapchat has seen more and more use by businesses and celebrities. It allows you to take pictures and short videos that, when received, are visible for ten seconds before disappearing -- hence the “snap” in the name. Despite the short duration of the pictures and videos, when combined with a social media influencer, Snapchat is pretty powerful. This is evidenced by the fact that the app has 100 million daily active users. Additionally, according to Bloomberg Technology, people watch ten billion videos a day on the mobile app. This is a two billion increase since February of this year.

Businesses can use Snapchat themselves, or, more effectively, they can work with social media influencers to reach their established audiences. Like Instagram, Snapchat is a way to represent your brand visually, and it is very effective, even with the time limit that is imposed onto the videos and pictures.

What is Pinterest?

Pinterest is another photo-sharing site that allows users to curate and post pictures. If you see a picture you like, you can “pin it” to your page and, when people see your photos, if they like them, they can do the same. According to Pew Research Center, 31% of the adult online population uses Pinterest, and 26% of the adult population at large, online or offline, uses the site. The photo curating is what makes it different from Instagram and Snapchat, which are also sharing sites. Pinterest represents your brand visually, and allows you to collect other pictures from other users that help showcase your company as well (and build relationships with those other users.)

Pinterest reached 100 million users in 2015, and its follower count is only increasing. It has made “pins” shoppable with a “Buy Button,” meaning that you can click “buy” and purchase something if you like the picture—a major advantage for businesses that can market their products successfully this way. On Pinterest, there are 50 billion pins, and 30 billion of those are “buyable,” i.e. they are products that are being sold, not just aesthetic-only photos. Also, people who visit Pinterest, on average, spend 50% more than regular, non-Pinterest-using customers. If you are a business that has a product that can be represented visually, this is a platform you need to be on, particularly if your product is popular among women, ages 18-29, the largest demographic on the site.

Regardless of the site or sites you choose, social media helps drive traffic to your business, particularly if you use a social media influencer platform with a large user base to help you find and connect with the right influencers for your brand.

Are you a football fan and have you ever lost your patience while trying to collect all the statistics you need for a certain game from multiple different sites? Sporticos’ goal is to change that. As an innovative startup from Poland, their target is to become the number one source of football information worldwide.

Sporticos gathers and analyses up-to-date football statistics and turns them into beautifully designed, visually appealing infographics, each of them available for downloading, embedding and sharing. These infographics are very diverse and reach from match previews, betting tips, weather information to team comparisons and many more.

Not only big competitions like Euro 2016 or Champions League are available on the website. For example, you can also find the WK-League, the top level women’s football league in South Korea.

To reach the biggest possible audience, Sporticos makes the website and every graphic available in eight different languages: English, French, German, Indonesian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. For each of those languages, partnerships with publishers, websites, experts and the like are being built.

This leads to a great amount of valuable content from the partners that can be found across the internet. The content ranges from long, insightful articles to short previews of the next club game. You might well come across one of them today.

As you can tell from the exemplary image above, one of the post-match report graphics shows the user all the key statistics from the past game. Implementing it in the latest blog post would instantly lift it to the next level. Not only does it support the writer’s content, it would also give the reader a quick overview of the most important facts in just one image.

Everyone, whether a football fan or not, is very welcome to check out the website and start using Sporticos content to their own liking and needs. Maybe the next viral football article will be created by you?

There is a lot to think about when you are in the process of buying a car. Most motorists find that this process is something which they definitely do not want to rush. However, that doesn’t mean that you want it to take forever either. The problem is, usually when you are buying a car it is because you are in desperate need of one now! That means that you don’t want to spend time worrying about details which don’t matter to you. At the same time, everyone wants to do their best to save as much money as they can. Finding a healthy balance between these two can be difficult - but it is well worth the effort. One of the main things you need to ask yourself is whether to buy new or used. If you can work this out sufficiently, then you have managed to find that elusive balance. With that in mind, let’s take a look through the various pros and cons of each.

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New - Pros

Buying a new car is, without a doubt, the most enjoyable way to go about it. There is nothing quite like driving away from a dealer with your New Honda or whatever you have gone for. When you buy new, you have the obvious advantage of having a car which has not been driven at all. This means that it is likely to perform very well. You also probably have a warranty - a great feeling of security which you don’t get used. There is nothing quite like buying new.

New - Cons

But it’s not all a walk in the park. There are some downsides to buying new, too. Depreciation is a real concern for many motorists buying a new car. Depreciation simply means that the car loses value over time. The truth is, your vehicle loses thousand off its value the moment you drive it off the forecourt. There is also the fact that insurance is likely to be just that little bit pricier. And, of course, you have the upfront cost - much larger than when you buy used.

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Used - Pros

If you are trying to keep an eye on your financial situation, then there is good news from the used category. If you buy a used car, you are unlikely to spend that much on the upfront costs. What’s more, you will probably find that insurance is considerably cheaper when compared to buying a new car. The process is also often that much faster. The used market is sprawling with just about every model you can name, so you are sure to be spoilt for choice.

Used - Cons

However, buying used does have its drawbacks. First is the fact that a used car is not necessarily going to last you a long time. It is likely that regular visits to the mechanic will be in order. Running costs will probably be much higher, and tax might be an issue on the older cars. With a used car, you also have no way of knowing just what kind of state it is really in. It is a bit of a risk - but it’s up to you whether that risk is worthwhile or not.

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Back in 1997, Napster launched. Ultimately the pirate music website was taken down. But not before it changed the way that we consume music, forever.

Now the marketplace is flooded with legitimate music apps. These promise users everything from their favourite hits to random, home-made beats. And because there are so many of them, they can be quite tricky to navigate. In this post, we're going to take a look at some of the more interesting music apps out there. You never know, some of them might blow your mind.

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Apple Music
You can't have a list of the best music apps without including Apple Music. Apple Music builds on the backbone of popular iTunes platform. But it does more than this. As it is a streaming service, many of its songs are free.

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What's more, the app actually learns the type of music that you like, and it can construct playlists based on your preferences.

If you get fed up with all the free stuff - which is unlikely - you can pay a $9.99 a month subscription to get access to all 30 million songs.

Pandora
Pandora is an app with staying power. This little music app has been around for years and has managed to survive the Apple Music storm. Part of its success is down to the fact that it is always getting better. The app is highly customizable. And it lets you create whole stations dedicated to your favourite artists.

What's more, the previous 40 hour-per-month limit has finally been removed, meaning that Pandora can truly be your go-to app. Learn more about the apps other features and suitability for children here.

Rhapsody
For a long time, Rhapsody wasn't the most attractive music app out there. But now, thanks to a facelift, it can finally compete with the best.

But the app is more than just a pretty face. Rhapsody has been going for years, and over time has built up an enormous library of songs. The library of music, combined with the fresh interface, now makes it one of the best music apps out there.

Like Pandora, Rhapsody allows you to create your own radio stations, dedicated to your favourite artists. And like Pandora, it has a premium service that allows you to go ad-free.

Qello Concerts
They say that if you want to truly experience music, you have to go to a live event. Qello Concerts recognises that that isn't always possible, so it tries to do the next best thing: bring the event to you.

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Rather than streaming individual songs, Qello Concerts specialises in streaming whole music events. For a small monthly payment, you can transform your smartphone into a full-blown auditorium. You can watch full-length concerts and documentaries on command.

iHeartRadio
The last music app on our list is iHeartRadio. This nifty little app combines the convenience of a smartphone with the randomness of the radio. It's like a regular radio, but with a twist. You can customise it to deliver tunes, broadcast over the radio, that reflect your listening habits. With this app, there's a song for every occasion.

The debate over which is better, cars or bikes, has been raging for as long as cars and bikes have been around. But recently, thanks to the internet and blogging, it's gone into high gear. Numerous websites now devote enormous tracts of column space to answering this question. And nobody seems to have a clue which way the pendulum swings.

In this post, we're going to strip away all the nonsense and look at some of the facts on both sides before coming to a balanced conclusion. In the battle of bikes vs cars, who will prevail? Let's take a look at some of the reasons why you might choose a car.

Bikers often wax lyrical about the joys of riding their motorcycles on the open road. But, of course, that only really applies on a sunny day in California. Most of us aren't fortunate enough to live in such favourable climes. And even in California, it's not perpetual summertime.

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When it's raining, it's cold, or it's snowing, riding a motorcycle is not fun. Many motorcyclists report that hail stings, even through leathers. And of course, it's hard to stay warm when temperatures dip below zero.
In a car the hail is kept out, the heating is turned on, and windscreen wipers do a good job of getting rid of the rain. Bicycle helmets don't have windshield wipers so good luck seeing where you're going.

Happiness hit her like a train on a track

Coming towards her stuck still no turning back

She hid around corners and she hid under beds

She killed it with kisses and from it she fled

With every bubble she sank with her drink

And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

The horses are coming

So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father

Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your longing behind

You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can you hear the horses?

'Cause here they come

 And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back

Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

If you like photography, you might enjoy videography too. Professionals will prefer to have two separate cameras. But many people want to take care of both tasks in one gadget. A digital camera that records video as well as takes pictures can be an excellent choice. However, making the right purchase can be tough if you're not sure where to start. You have two separate functions you need to be concerned about. If you want to find a camera with video recording that you like, use the essential factors below to find one.

What Will You Use It for Most?

You could choose a digital camera that has the capability to record video. On the other hand, you could also buy a video camera that can also take photos. With each choice, the main focus is on a different function. However, that doesn't mean that one function is necessarily much better than the other. A camera can do both things well, even if it does one thing a bit better. You should think about the primary reason you want the camera. If you will take photos more, you might want something like the Canon EOS 6D. If you want to record videos more, you could look at gadgets like the Sony HDR-CX405.

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Consider Your Reasons for Buying

As well as choosing between whether you want to focus on video or photos, you should think about how you will use the camera. For example, perhaps you want to take photos and video while you are diving. In that case, you're going to need a waterproof camera that's suitable for action shots. Everyone focuses on different types of videography and photography and has different needs. Anyone wanting to capture their adventures in extreme sports might want a GoPro and all the accessories that go with it.

Look at Cameras with WiFi

If you're recording both videos and photo, you might want to be able to share them easily. A camera with WiFi connectivity makes it simpler to transfer your images and videos. You can move them onto your computer or tablet more quickly. Some cameras also have a social media function so you can upload files straight onto Facebook, Instagram, and other sites. If you choose a camera with WiFi, make sure you're going to be able to use it and you won't be restricted by your internet connection.

Pay Attention to Video Formats and Storage

Two of the things you should look at include video formats and storage. Many cameras will record in several formats so you can choose the one you think is best. However, you might not be too worried about having these different options. You should also consider how the camera stores both video and images. You don't want your storage to fill up too quickly, and you should have the ability to use a sizeable memory card.

Often, the ability to record on your camera is just a fun extra. However, you can find cameras that both record and take photos well.

Having a car accident can be a stressful and shocking occasion for anyone. The sad truth is that affects many people in other ways as well. Some motorists refuse to get back on the road again and feel anxious even as a passenger in a car.

As you can imagine, dealing with the aftermath of an auto accident can be a long struggle. And it's one that some people just can't overcome. If that sounds like you, help is at hand. I'd like to share with you some tips on how you can build your confidence up and reduce your anxiety. Here is what you need to know:

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Get the compensation you deserve

When we think of compensation, we assume it only applies to medical care and auto repairs. But, you can also claim if a vehicle accident has affected you in other ways. It's likely that you might need professional counseling or coaching to help you get back on the road.

Of course, you will have to pay for those therapy sessions. But, why should you? It might be possible to get compensation to help you cover those costs. Take a look at https://www.mcdonaldworley.com/autoaccidentlawyer.php for further information.

Take small steps

The most important thing of all is not to rush your return to the driver's seat. Doing so can undo all the work you've done so far to build your confidence.

Instead, what you need to do is take small baby steps. Do everything at a pace that YOU are comfortable with. It doesn't matter if this takes a few weeks, months or even years to accomplish. If you work at your own pace, you are more likely to have a successful outcome.

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Choose a good counselor

One thing I don't recommend is that you talk to friends and family about your problems. First of all, they are unlikely to know what you're going through. Second, they might make light of your anxiety (yes, it does happen). And, third, they may not have the training to help you get over your driving anxiety.

It makes more sense to seek out a reputable and helpful counselor. Because they are an "outsider" they aren't going to judge you. Nor will they make you do anything you don't want to do.

See http://behavemed.com/no-fault-psychologist-car-accident.html for details on how they can help you.

Learn to drive again

Most people suffering mental trauma from an auto accident need to re-learn how to drive. That's because they don't feel confident that they are doing things right. What's more, many believe the same type of auto accident will happen to them again.

Before you can get back on the road again, consider going back to basics. Learn to drive again, perhaps in a quiet parking lot or enclosed space with no other motorists. That way, you can get used to handling a car again. And you can stop doubting the safety skills you apply to driving.

I hope today's blog post has been helpful to you. Thanks for reading it.