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There’s over 2.5 billion content items -- over 500 terabytes of data -- added to Facebook’s databases each day, including over 2.7 billion “likes.” The introductions of Graph Search and hashtags to Facebook have generated waves of excitement among advertisers and marketers to tap into that data. Facebook’s marketing potential has increased dramatically.

Graph Search is intended to make it much easier for Facebook users to locate people, photos, and videos. But it’s now possible for marketers to search across the collective network of over a billion worldwide users to identify common opinions, “likes” or interests. The results will be different depending upon the preferences of individuals within any given social circle – or, in all probability, market segment.

It’s possible to “ask” the Graph what the best pizza in New York is, or to locate individuals living within the East Village who are vegans. Research shows that vegans are more likely than others to try new things,Latest collection of Wholesale High Quality Prada handbags. so the upside for businesses is evident.

Hashtags, which were introduced to Facebook last month, aggregate conversations that occur across Facebook onto a dedicated page to create greater advertising opportunities. Presumably,Shop online for Wholesale High Quality Louis Vuitton handbags. an advertiser could “own” or “brand the page” for a show like #dancingwithstars or a major event like #worldseries. Brands can also reach beyond their current follower base by tapping into conversations that have the hashtag, or by creating conversations and encouraging people to join in.

Social media buying firm OMD estimates that 75% of its clients, which include major brands such as GE and PepsiCo, have already tried hashtags on Facebook. Sotrender has found that 61 of the UK’s top 100 companies are also trying it out. Fashion brand Michael Kors has recently attempted to start conversations about handbags with the hashtag #WhatsInYourKors. BET used the same strategy for its recent BET Awards and had over 9 million Facebook interactions,The cheap Wholesale High Quality Balenciaga wallets is a very good fashion items for you. Mashable reports.

That all sounds terrific, but Sotrender has found that the influence of hashtags isn’t as great as anticipated. The U.K. brand data demonstrated a real but weak relationship between hashtags and engagements. Let’s examine what’s missing.

Graph Search and hashtags are major advancements for marketers and advertisers, but their respective benefits won’t be fully realized until they are integrated. The issue is that hashtags are driven by keyword search, which is arguably dated. That alone this won’t serve as a long-term strategy for targeting campaigns. Advanced semantic technology is what’s required to bring those concepts together.

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Christian Louboutin on Why Shoes Are So Damn Expensive These Days

Shoes are one of those fashion items that people will tell you is an "investment" — that is, you'll wear them a lot, so it's okay to spend ghastly amounts of money on them. Maybe that's the reason why they've gotten so much more expensive in the past decade, more so than any other fashion category; customers are willing to pay up. But according to Christian Louboutin, rising shoe prices are also due to something much less glamorous: rising production and material costs, snooze. "It is more expensive to make shoes now," he tells the Times, "and it’s for a very boring reason."

He goes on to cite the Euro's strength against the dollar and growing competition for materials from Asian factories, all of which make it more expensive to produce shoes in Europe. Some luxury companies are even buying their own tanneries to cut out the middleman,Welcome to our michael kors outlet online shop! Here we sale Michael Kors Hamilton Satchel, bags, purses, wallets with very low price. Join us quickly! but there's really no way to get around it: shoes are just crazy expensive. Louboutin say his own production costs have actually doubled over the past five years — which may be why a pair of his black boots cost $2,645.

Some brands, of course, would rather eat the rising material and production costs to keep their prices level (Manolo Blahnik has done this for the past three seasons, for example). But when customers seem willing to spend whatever it takes, it's hard to imagine why any shoemaker would refrain from jacking up their prices.

Befuddled by buying running shoes for the first time? Zero-drop? Extra stability? Motion control? What shoes will ward off injuries? A new study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine says run-of-the-mill running shoes are probably just fine. [Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen et al, Foot Pronation Is Not Associated With Increased Injury Risk In Novice Runners Wearing a Neutral Shoe: A 1-year prospective cohort study]

Researchers tracked 900 inactive but healthy adults who took up running. About a third had at least one foot that pronated—rolled inward when running—or supinated—rolled outward. These conditions are often cited as important factors in choosing shoes.

But for the study, all participants wore the same "neutral" running shoes, not meant to correct for any stride issues. And after these newbies hit the road regularly for a year, the results were, well, striking.

With more than 310 miles logged each, about three quarters of all runners remained injury free. There was no significant difference in injury rate for most of the foot-strike types. In fact, people whose feet pronated were actually less likely to have had an injury than those who had normal or supinated foot strikes. So, lace up some basic footwear. And save your sweat for the run.

TO the businesses and organisations she offers support and guidance, town centre chaplain Marjorie Conroy is considered an angel.

So to watch her suffer from the effects of a rare form of ovarian cancer since 2010 has been heartbreaking for those who admire her work and often go to her with their troubles.

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The HoneyRose Foundation, which delivers wishes to seriously ill people, learned that the grandmother-of-eleven dreamed of owning a pair of Jimmy Choo designer shoes.

The charity’s founder Lynn Duffy duly decided to whisk Marjorie to Selfridges in Manchester where she could pick out a pair of the glamorous heels.

And after all the pain and distress of the illness and treatment, Marjorie – who was joined by granddaughter, Jemma, and niece, Elaine, loved her special day.

She told the Star: “Bringing up four children when younger I would have been lucky if I could afford a pair of shoes... never mind expensive designer ones.

“This all came about by chance and kindness really. I called into Lynn’s shop and she asked me what I would like, I joked I would have some size six Jimmy Choos if any were going.

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Belk putting $3 million into updates at Danville Mall

Belk is undergoing a $3 million remodeling project that will consolidate all its lines into one retail space at Danville Mall.

Work is expected to wrap in late September, and a grand reopening is scheduled Oct. 16. The store will remain open throughout the project.

“We’re updating our store to provide an enhanced shopping experience for our loyal customers,” said Deborah Hammock, store manager, in a news release. “We believe they’ll love the new brands and fashion assortments that we’ll be adding throughout the store. The improvements demonstrate our ongoing commitment to serving the Danville community. We want to satisfy the Southern lifestyle needs of our customers like no one else, and deliver the fashion they desire and the value they deserve.”

The project updates the shopping environment and moves the Belk Men’s Store from its separate location into the second level of the 123,000-square-foot main store, according to the news release. Belk will be expanding its lines of ladies’ shoes, premium brands and fashion assortments.

All women’s apparel, accessories, shoes and cosmetics will be on the first level and the men’s and home departments will be upstairs.

Shoppers can expect new display fixtures, porcelain tile aisles, carpeting, paint and remodeled fitting rooms and restrooms.

The ladies shoe department will be expand nearly 50 percent to almost 8,000 square feet. The accessories and handbags departments are adding “open-sell” fixtures for fashion jewelry. Space is being added for ladies’ suits and Today’s Woman special sizes.

New ladies’ brands will include Belk’s CYNTHIA Cynthia Rowley apparel, shoes, handbags and jewelry; Jones New York Sport; and ladies’ shoes by Calvin Klein, Sam Edelman, Kenneth Cole Reaction and Ralph Lauren.

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Belk opened its first store in Danville in 1920 under the Belk Leggett name, and has operated at Danville Mall since 1984.

The chain is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.

A group of brazen thieves has been robbing elderly Auckland people in their homes by posing as police officers, the real police say.

Police are investigating after eight incidents in the past few days in which a man had entered homes of elderly people by claiming he is a police officer investigating burglaries.

Once inside the man attempts to steal handbags, cash and credit cards.Five of the crimes were committed this morning and are linked by a black 2005 Holden Club Sport, registration DBG685.

Police said the car was stolen from Penrose after a woman arrived at work and was pushed to the ground by an assailant.
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By Joe Pinchot Herald Staff Writer

MERCER COUNTY AREA — The Herald’s 10th annual appeal for the Shoe Our Children program through its Good News Fund is offically under way.

The program provides school shoes to the area’s less fortunate children.

The three-month effort continues to grow out of necessity and will last through the middle of September.

In the last nine years, The Herald has helped to raise nearly $250,000 for the program. That amount includes many contributions from residents, businesses and organizations.

The late James E. Winner Jr., former chairman of Winner International in Sharon, started the program, inspired by his childhood experience of rarely having a good pair of shoes to attend school.

Beginning in May 2004, The Herald assumed the responsibility of raising funds for the program. With the cooperation and support of Karen Winner-Sed, who succeeded her father at Winner International, the fund has helped to provide thousands of pairs of shoes to children in Mercer County school districts and in Brookfield.

Shoes are delivered at the beginning of the school year, when employees from Winner International sacrifice some of their lunch hours to help the effort.

The distribution of shoes continues throughout the school year. Application forms are sent to schools and distributed to parents.

Organizers of the program never know who is getting the shoes – they just receive orders for certain sizes and ages.

The program has the resources to fill a child’s need immediately, as shoes are stockpiled in the Winner International warehouses in Sharon. Karen and her assistants broker deals with shoe companies across the country.

In addition, the Jubelirer family, owners of Reyers Shoe Store in Sharon, has been a faithful supporter and has donated nearly 7,500 pairs of shoes to the program.

Individuals, businesses and organizations wanting to make a tax-free contribution should make their checks payable to The Good News Fund/Shoe Our Children and mail them to Nancy Ash, in care of The Herald, Box 51, Sharon 16146. Contributions may be dropped off at The Herald office, 52 S. Dock St., Sharon.

The fund offers residents the option of making a donation in the name of a friend or family member. The names of donors are published in The Herald periodically throughout the appeal. A complete list of donors will be printed at the end of the campaign.

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MORE than 250 pairs of shoes and trainers were collected for those less fortunate in Africa as part of a campaign launched by Bromsgrove man Bill Jones.

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He started the Fill Your Boots scheme under his Our Home Nakuru project because children at the orphanage were not allowed to go to school if they did not have footwear.

Bill retuned to Sidemoor First School, where he launched the campaign, to collect the shoes and trainers that had been donated.

As well as the school, a collection point was also set up at Bromsgrove's Altered Images gym, Worcester Road, where residents could donate trainers they no longer needed.

Bill thanked everyone from Sidemoor First School, Altered Images and Old Yarr Estates for their incredible efforts in collecting all the much-needed footwear.

"With your combined efforts, over 100 Kenyan children will be able to go to school who could not before because they could not afford school shoes.

"Also, we have a huge stock of running shoes that will help some of the world's best athletes reach their potential and, who knows, maybe one day we'll see a new world record thanks to these new running trainers," he added.

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David Bench: The force behind Cary Crime Stoppers

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This is Bench’s command center: He watches carefully through his wire-frame spectacles as cars roll down the cul-de-sac, and he monitors his scanners for incidents in his district. Perhaps most notably, he manages a crime-fighting network of financiers, volunteers and tipsters.

“I don’t wear a mask and a black cape and all that stuff,” said Bench, 70. “I’m a good speaker. I enjoy going to Rotary clubs and Kiwanis clubs.”

The native of Syracuse, N.Y., is chairman of Cary Crime Stoppers, a local nonprofit that has had a role in some of the town’s closest-watched investigations lately.

An anonymous call through the Crime Stoppers hot line helped Cary police nab a suspect in the March fire that caused $500,Michael Kors Outlet Store provides you 64% OFF Wholesale Michael Kors Messenger Bags.000 of damage to Cary Parkway.

A Crime Stoppers tip was part of the investigation of a 2010 murder.

And the group already has paid out $3,200 for information this year, putting it on track for a record-breaking year.

“Once Crime Stoppers tips come in, it’s kind of a snowball effect ,” said Bench, who lives in central Cary with his wife.

The son and grandson of police officers, he doesn’t credit himself for his group’s recent success. Crime Stoppers still runs much as it did when Bench took the helm a decade ago: Callers dial 919-226-CRIM and are routed to the Cary Police Department.

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If the tip leads to an arrest or conviction, Bench and his board tally up a payout of anywhere from a few hundred bucks to $2,500, depending on factors such as the severity of the crime and the contraband seized – drugs, most often.

Bench traces his interest in police work to his childhood days, watching his father handle police duties in the Syracuse courthouse.

He’d spend afternoons at the radio, waiting to hear that his pa was heading home. Later he would become an expert in telephone systems, and he has always parked himself at the edge of police and civilian culture.

A 26-year resident of Cary, he remembers local Police Chief Pat Bazemore from her days as a DARE officer, and by now he knows Cary’s radio codes as well as most any officer. Between Crime Stoppers and his constant vigilance, Bench is pretty well known around Town Hall.

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It’s hard to say whether the force will hear more or less out of Bench after he leaves the chairmanship of Crime Stoppers in December. His schedule freed from fundraising and networking, he may just have more time to watch his window and listen to the scanner.

In his absence, Bench hopes the group pushes harder to get its name out. As the police department has tried to broaden its public face, so too might its civilian supporters. Cary’s Citizens Assisting Police group also has seen growing popularity in recent years.

“Everybody wants to be a cop or fireman,” Bench said. “You guys got the glory job. Nobody wants to be the telephone man.”

Richie Porte's Paris-Nice Pinarello Dogma TT bike

Although only 9.6km long, the stage is a mountain time trial that sends the riders out of Nice and straight up the D2564. It rises to 501m with an average grade of 4.7 per cent, though there are pitches of over eight per cent.

It starts with two kilometres between six to nine per cent with a couple of very short sections of false flat before kicking up again. If riders have anything left, then the final kilometre to the line is gentle downhill.

Before the start, Porte had a lead of 32 seconds over Andrew Talansky of Garmin-Sharp, a serious contender for the overall win, should Porte falter. So, facing the most important race of his career, what bike and set-up did Porte opt for? We spoke to his mechanic Richard Lambert to get the inside line.

"It's a totally stock, off-the-peg Pinarello Dogma 65.1. The only thing that's different is that there's no blue paint on it, to save some weight," explained the former racer. So it looks different, a bit stealth, a bit special ops, but basically it's a standard frame with less paint?

"Yes, Pinarello picks the lightest frame off the production run of those size frames and then give it to us and there's only lacquer on it. The geometry is standard, it's not a special build or anything. In fact, there's no custom geometry used on any of the bikes."

Having said that, the riders do have the option to fit two different forks with different trail measurements, either 47 or 45 degrees, which makes the steering more or less sharp. In the Sky team, only Ian Stannard opts for the more ‘relaxed' 47-degree fork; everyone else is on the standard geometry - but it's purely down to rider preference.

This plain Pinarello is the latest incarnation of the Dogma 65.1, and Porte had ridden the same spec frame until the final two road stages of Paris-Nice, at which point Lambert built an unpainted ‘replica' bike.

"The position on this ‘TT' bike is exactly the same as his road position - the bar height, stem, saddle position, everything's the same. He rode it on the stages before the time trial because he wanted to try it and be happy with. It was the same set-up minus the tri-bars." And minus that ‘heavy' blue paint!

"As far as the clip-on tri-bars go, he just wanted the version with the upturned ends - he's ridden with the flat-end bar design in previous races but I think he found the upturned bars more comfortable, and they give him a bit more leverage," explained Lambert.

In as much as there were very few sectors of the final stage where aerodynamics were significant - Porte's average speed was just 29.89kph - the aero benefit of tri-bars is less significant, though comfort clearly is.Erik's Bike Shop is proud to carry LIVESTRONG Cycling, gear and apparel. The final downhill kilometre makes an aero shape important, but doesn't justify the use of a full-spec time trial bike.

And for those expecting Sky's famous ‘marginal gains' philosophy to express itself in the wheels, well, no. "The front wheel is a standard, couple-of years-old Shimano C24, 16-spoke model. The rear, because we are now running on Di2 11-speed, it's what I'd call the ‘Classic' hub, which is the older-style Shimano hub run with the 11-speed cassette on a C24 rim. It's a hand-built wheel, built by us. But it's a standard rim, standard hub, standard spokes."

It is, as the kids say,We work with all Castelli Cycling computers. ‘standard'. So Porte was running a hand-built road wheel.View profiles and information for the Team RadioShack Cycling 2012 race team and riders here. Nothing fancy - on the most important time trial of his career. And why was it hand-built? "Because Shimano haven't released a C24 11-speed wheel yet."

The pedals and saddle are road issue too but, though the wheels were standard road spec, then the tubulars were different. "Yes, he's running the Veloflex Extreme today, so they're slightly lighter in weight, 22mm tubs compared to the road tubs."
The drivetrain is - yes, you guessed - standard. Porte was running Shimano Dura-Ace SRM-equipped cranks with 53/39 rings and an 11-25 cassette. "The chainset is still the 10-speed, since the new 11-speed [SRM] designs are still in the prototype phase," Lambert noted.

So, essentially, it's his road bike with clip-on bars and slightly lighter tyres? "Yes. Overall, it's as light as we can make it. It's over the UCI limit without clip-ons. In fact, it's 200g over with the SRM and everything. With the clip-ons added, it's 7.2 kilos." To be clear, Porte's road bike weighs 6.Big Garmin Cycling and Fitness is a family owned shop serving the Helena area since 1986.82kg without the clip-ons, including the SRM crank and its associated gubbins.

You might say that Porte's Paris-Nice winning bike was something of a disappointment. It's a bike anyone with the cash could buy. There are no secret squirrel parts on it. Lambert laughed: "You expect miracles to be worked? You think that he's got some kind of special bike? The reason he goes as fast is that he's good!" You can't argue with that.Great discounts on our huge range of SAXO BANK Cycling clothing .

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Shoplifters caught on camera

THESE people are being hunted by police in connection with a string of thefts at two supermarkets in Henley. 

Police have released CCTV images of the suspects in the hope that Standard readers will identify them. 

One image shows a man and a woman entering Sainsbury's in Bell Street where they are believed to have stolen three bottles of whisky. 

They were approached in King's Road car park by Pc Scott Rogan but they jumped into a silver Hyundai, reversed out of their parking space and drove off, hitting the officer on the way.buy christian louboutin 

Pc Rogan said the woman was at the wheel, adding: “I stood in front of them and held my hand up to stop the vehicle. 

“The male turned to her and appeared to shout at her whereby she accelerated towards me. As she got nearer, the vehicle turned to the right but the front of the vehicle hit me at slow speed, pushing me towards the nearside of the vehicle. 

“It then drove around me, managing to pass through a gap of stationary vehicles.” 

The incident happened at about 2.45pm on December 21. 

The man is described as very tall and wearing a dark-coloured jacket and jeans. The woman was wearing a white jumper and dark jeans with a brown shoulder-strap handbag. The car had the licence plate FJ03 ZXX. 

Another image shows a man standing outside Sainsbury's at about 2pm on December 14. 

He stole a bottle of whisky, two shelf trays of Nurofen tablets and some batteries, worth a total of . 

The man is described as 5ft 11in, of medium build, with skinny legs and short brown hair with a swept-over fringe. He was wearing sandy-coloured chinos and a grey cardigan with a V-neck front, a red polo shirt and a brown bag with strap. 

At about the same time, three women were seen stealing meat and whisky from the same supermarket. 

They entered the store individually. One took a bottle of Jack Daniels and several packets of meat which she hid in a shoulder bag before leaving without paying. 

The second woman did exactly the same thing but her haul also included some Christmas cards. The third woman appears to have been the look-out. 

One woman is described as being in her early twenties, about 5ft 9in, large, with blonde,RadioShack Cycling shoulder-length hair. She was wearing a lilac long-sleeved top, black trousers, black Ugg-style boots and carrying a large black handbag on a shoulder strap. 

The second was in her late twenties or early thirties, about 5ft 6in, of medium build,SAXO BANK Cycling with dyed reddish-brown, shoulder-length hair. 

She was wearing a black cardigan, a white and grey horizontal striped top, black trousers, black Ugg-style boots and carrying a small brown leather handbag on a shoulder strap. The third woman was in her early forties, about 5ft 7in, large with chin-length, dark-blonde hair. 

She was wearing a black cardigan, black leggings, white shoes and carrying a black handbag on a shoulder strap. 

Another image shows a woman in her mid-thirties who stole a sandwich from Sainsbury's on October 22. 

She concealed the sandwich in her navy gilet which had a fur-lined hood,LIVESTRONG Cycling before selecting a bottle of wine. She paid for the wine at the till but left without paying for the sandwich.SKY Cycling 

The suspect is described as 5ft 6in, slim, with dark red and brown long hair, and wearing a long-sleeved grey top. 

In another set of images, a man and two women are seen stealing a trolley with two crates of beer, meat, toilet rolls, a multi-bag of crisps and a television monitor from Tesco in Reading Road on December 11. Staff were suspicious but the pair left the store with the full trolley before they could be challenged. 

CCTV footage shows a woman in her mid-forties leaving the store with the trolley. She is described as having mousey brown hair and wearing a green parker-style coat, dark skinny jeans and dark boots. 

The second woman was in her early twenties, about 5ft 4in, with black hair tied up in a ponytail. She was wearing a red hooded top, dark leggings and Ugg-style boots and carrying a white shoulder bag. 

The man was in his early twenties, with short, brown hair and was wearing a grey hooded top, a dark coat and dark trousers.

Halloween fans show their stripes!

The NFL and the zebras may be nearing an end to the lockout that turned the first three weeks of the football season into an on-the-field free-for-all and a PR disaster, but guess what’s the hottest-selling Halloween costume at iParty?

None other than the blind replacement ref and his cane!

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No word on whether they’ve had any orders from Green Bay, where the Cheese-heads are more than a little cheesed off about the whole situation. And they’re not the only ones. Because according to a new survey by Channel Media & Market Research in Burlington, pretty much every NFL fan is sick of the not-ready-for-prime-time replacements!

A whopping 72 percent of the 31,000 people surveyed said the Lingerie League refs have “impacted the outcome” of NFL games this season. And although the respondents were split on which side they backed in the labor dispute, there was near-unanimous agreement that the lockout needed to end.

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“Long games, safety concerns for the players and a lack of knowledge of the rules have given fans the perception that these replacement officials are jeopardizing the integrity of the game. They believe ... this can be and should be resolved,” Mulcahy added.

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Girls' hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings recalled by LANY Group due to strangulation hazard

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Name of Product: "Goddess" Hooded Sweatshirts with drawstrings

Units: About 210

Importer: LANY Group LLC, of New York, N.Y.

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Incidents/Injuries: None reported

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This sounds like standard operating procedure for the small boaters but how often do you see the various enforcement agencies checking on the larger fishing boats that specialize on wandering around in the offshore waters?

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How many of the boaters who go on the water in the larger boats such as the offshore fishing boats do you see wearing their PFDs as they're under way? I'd venture to say that darned few wear the PFDs as they troll for big game fish unless they are expecting to sink or are having rough weather. As one of the boaters on a 60-foot offshore boat recently told me, "I'd be laughed out of the yacht club if I boarded my boat actually wearing a life jacket."

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I was comfortably seated on a large, heavy icebox just outside the confines of the boat's cabin with my back toward the starboard side of the boat. There was no need to hold onto anything because I was securely seated and not moving around.