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South America
South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.
South America was named in 1507 by cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.
South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometres (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).
South America comprises the major southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, or simply America (which is sometimes considered a single continent and South America a subcontinent). It is south and east of the Panama Canal, which transects the Isthmus of Panama. Geologically, almost all of mainland South America sits on the South American Plate. Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America.
South America is home to the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela, the largest river (by volume), the Amazon River, the longest mountain range, the Andes, the driest desert, Atacama Desert, the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest, the highest railroad, Ticlio Peru, the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, and the world's southernmost town, Puerto Toro, Chile.
Spanish is the most widespread language of the continent, as Spanish is the official language of most South American nations. However, the majority of South Americans (51%) speak Portuguese, the official language of Brazil. Dutch is the official language of Suriname; English the official language of Guyana; and French the official language of French Guiana.
Indigenous languages of South America include: Quechua (in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador); Aymara (Bolivia, Chile and Peru); Guaraní (in Paraguay and Bolivia); and Mapudungun (Chile and certain pockets of Argentina).
Other languages to be found in South America include: Hindi and Indonesian in Suriname; Italian in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay,Venezuela, Colombia; German in certain pockets in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela,Colombia and Paraguay; Welsh remains spoken and written in the historic towns of Trelew and Rawson in Patagonia, Argentina; small cluster groups of Japanese speakers in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Ecuador; Arabic speakers, often of Lebanese and Syrian descent, in Arab communities of Chile, Brazil and Argentina.
In some countries the continent's upper classes and well-educated people study English and French, and in areas with much tourist commerce, English and other European languages are sometimes spoken. There are small Spanish speaking areas of Southernmost Brazil, due to the proximity of Uruguay.
South America is a diverse land, with an abundance of different cultures, histories and languages. One of the few things that most all the countries share in common is a love of sport. Each country has have their own special sports that they hold dear: Argentina official national sport is pato, a cross between polo and basketball, Brazil consider themselves the home of beach football, however what is undeniable is that there is a shared South American love for football.
South America can boast a disproportionate claim to global footballing prestige, in past and present. Everyone has at least heard of South American footballing legends: the Argentinian Maradonna and the Brazilian Pele. Today a lot of the world's elite footballers all came from South America.
South America can boast a disproportionate claim to global footballing prestige, in past and present. Everyone has at least heard of South American footballing legends: the Argentinian Maradonna and the Brazilian Pele. Today a lot of the world's elite footballers all came from South America. If you don't this, believe the gambling sites that state South American players Falcao (Columbia), Messi (Argentina) and Neymar (Brazil) will be the top scorers in the 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil (based on odds taken from https://sports.betway.com/).
What is undoubtable is that South America is football mad and if you truly want to get a grip of any South American culture, a good place to start is to visit the local football teams.


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Banner Good Samaritan Salutes Nurses!
PHOENIX (May 4, 2012) In honor of Nurses Week (May 6-12), Banner Good Samaritan would like to thank all of our nurses for the incredible work they do everyday to provide excellent patient care.
Nurses are the cornerstone of the health care industry. Nurses:
- advocate for health promotion
- educate patients and the public on the prevention of illness and injury
- provide care and assist in cure
- participate in rehabilitation
- provide support
The nursing profession plays a critical role in improving patient outcomes, increasing access, coordinating care, and reducing health-care costs.
No other health care professional has such a broad and far-reaching role.
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually in May and includes National Nurses Day on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Banner Good Samaritan is proud to recognize and truly appreciates the work all of our nurses do - each and every day.

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The sandstorm that lashed the UAE over the weekend made me wonder, as I drove to the shops, if I'd inadvertently driven onto the set of a new Hollywood movie set in the Middle East: the air was dusty with a yellow hue; sand whirled artfully around the car and snaked across the tarmac. In my head, I could hear the haunting notes of the oud; the rise and fall of a Middle Eastern melody.
All it needed was for a couple of camels to turn their soulful gazes to camera and a Bedouin in flowing robes and pointy slippers to appear holding Aladdin's lamp… hold on, I'm getting caught up in the image of the Middle East here, not the reality, the latter of which was actually me driving on a 12-lane road on a windy day, keeping my eyes peeled through the flying sand for broken-down freight trucks, speeding white minivans and airborne bits of advertising hoarding featuring images of aspirational residential developments.
To be honest, it's not often that Dubai lives up to the stereotypical Hollywood image of the Middle East. Most of the time, it just gets on with being its usual traffic-crazy, hard-working, going-about-its-business self without lending any weight to the "billionaires, bombers and belly-dancers" image with which Hollywood generally likes to smear the region.
Perhaps this was on my mind because, this week, apropos perhaps of the fact that American Sniper (which I note includes a the obligatory "chaotic escape in a sandstorm" scene) is up for an Oscar, The National newspaper asked Arab film-makers which Hollywood stereotypes about the Middle East annoy them the most.
Their answers – revolving around the "yellow/brown colour palette", the constant appearance of sand, the way the local people, language and dress are often misrepresented, and the fact that the Middle East is always portrayed either as a battleground or a billionaire's playground with nothing much in between – make interesting reading.
But the fact is that most people who've never been to the Middle East are just as guilty as filmmakers of believing the stereotypes – and that includes us expats. What did you genuinely think about the UAE and its people before you moved here? That all Emiratis are rich? That they drive fast cars, live in palaces and own a couple of oil rigs? Did anyone in your family ask if you'd be riding a camel to work and walking 10 paces behind your husband? More embarrassingly, do they still?
The Hollywood representation of the Middle East is "a cliché that has been recycled so many times that it has become a replica of a replica of a replica," Talal Asmani of Image Nation Abu Dhabi told The National, lamenting the fact that filmmakers rarely bother to come and see the region for themselves in order to give a more accurate portrayal.
I agree: the only way to learn about a country and its people is to spend time there. But, as I learned this weekend, if there's one thing Hollywood does do well when it comes to the Middle East, it's a sandstorm.
Annabel Kantaria is a journalist and author who's lived in the UAE for 16 years. An exclusive early edition of her debut novel, Coming Home, (Harlequin MIRA, May 2015) will be available for the first time at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, March 3-7, 2015. Follow her on Twitter: @BellaKay; and on Instagram: dubaipix


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|FFA sponsors events
FFA sponsored a food drive contest between classes at each Perkins County school for the holidays.
Over 1000 pounds of food was collected by students who brought canned food to school as donations to the local food pantry.
Winning at the elementary was the fourth grade; middle school winner was the seventh grade; and the freshmen won at the high school.
Each winning class was to receive a pizza party paid for by FFA, but each of them decided to forgo the party and have FFA donate $100 to the food pantry in their classes' name.
Pink Out
Perkins County FFA along with the Chase County FFA will be hosting a "pink out" at the varsity basketball games in Imperial Thursday, Jan. 13.
T-shirts will be sold to raise money for each county's health service foundation.Perkins County's funds will support the new mammogram machine and supplies.
Sponsors are being sought and a free t-shirt will be given for each $50 donation.
Contact any FFA member or Mr. Babbitt to sponsor the project or to order a t-shirt.
Appreciation Banquet
FFA is planning its first Farmers Appreciation Banquet Sunday, Jan. 16, 5:30 p.m. at Perkins County High School. The evening's events will include a potluck style meal and a speaker. All those planning to attend should RSVP to the school.


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Off topic slightly, but what's the head weight of an Epon 202 3 wood?
Yup, so do I especially off the deck. Something similar profile to an ilima or redboard. Tip trim less from manufacturer reco especially with lighter heads & short bbgm.
Seems very heavy to me!
Also what would be the results if I bought a Reg Shaft, and had to trim 1/2 off the tip??
Assuming it play to Soft?


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1 What is EMDR?
1.1 What is the relationship between "bystander intervention" and "bystander apathy"?
1.2 What key scientific attitudes did Darley and Latané display?
2. How does Darley and Latané's research illustrate the basic steps of the scientific process?
3. What is a hypothesis?
4. What is a theory? How does it differ from a hypothesis?
5. Explain the major drawback of hindsight understanding.
6. What approach to understanding do scientists prefer? Why?
7. Describe the characteristics of a good theory.
8. Why are operational definitions important?
9. Describe the major ways psychologists measure behaviour, and the limitations of each.
10. What is unobtrusive measurement?
11. What is a case study? Identify its advantages and drawbacks.
12. What are the major limitations of case studies?
13. What is naturalistic observation, and what is its major advantage?
14. What problems can occur when conducting naturalistic observations?
15. Explain what random sampling is and why survey researchers use it.
16. What are some advantages and disadvantages of survey research?
17. Explain the main goal of correlational research, and how this is achieved.
18. Why are we unable to draw causal conclusions from correlational findings?
19. How do positive and negative correlations differ?
20. How is a correlation coefficient interpreted?
21. Explain how correlational research can be used to predict behaviour.
22. Describe the logic of experimentation.
23. What are independent and dependent variables? How are they related?
24. Why are control groups important?
25. Why do researchers randomly assign participants to the conditions in an experiment?
26. Identify an alternative to using random assignment in experiments.
27. Identify the independent and dependent variables in Dringenberg et al.'s experiment.
28. Why do researchers manipulate two independent variables in the same experiment?
29. What are three differences between the experimental and descriptive/correlational approaches?
30. Explain why confounding decreases the internal validity of experiments.
31. What are demand characteristics? Why do they lower the internal validity of experiments?
32. Explain how the "placebo effect" can cloud the interpretation of research results.
33. Why do experimenter expectancy effects lower the internal validity of experiments?
34. How do researchers minimize experimenter expectancy effects?
35. How does external validity differ from internal validity?
36. Describe the purpose of meta-analysis.
37. Identify the major ethical issues in human research and how participants' rights are protected.
38. Why does some research involve deception? What ethical principle does deception violate?
39. What are the justifications for, and criticisms of, research in which animals are harmed?
40. As a critical thinker, what questions should you ask when someone makes a claim or assertion?


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Does anyone know how his visit to Ames went? i would love to see him becoem the first O line recruit in this class. He has great size and his stock has been climbing. Get him before others come snooping. With Omoile moving to the other side of the ball, I suspect we will need an extra offensive lineman in this class.
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Macmurray and Consciousness
Jeanne Warren on a philosopher of personality.
I have to confess to spending the last twenty years mystified by what philosophers mean by consciousness. There seems to be a mismatch between my categories of thought and theirs. Mary Midgley's recent article ('Souls, Minds, Bodies & Planets' in Philosophy Now Issue 47) has thrown some light on the matter. She says that "some thirty years back, scientists suddenly rediscovered consciousness", after it became clear that a Machine without a Ghost did not adequately represent us.
'Consciousness' has one perfectly straightforward and well understood meaning, which is what we are when we are not unconscious, i.
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According to a recent report issued by the Work & Pensions Department (DWP), the number of Spaniards relocating to the UK has risen by nearly 50 per cent in the last year, making it the fastest growing migrant group in the country.
While many of the 45,530 Spaniards newly arrived in the UK in the last year might be thrilled to experience the British way of life, others could well find themselves desperately homesick and longing for a bit of sun, spontaneity, jamon Serrano and an al fresco lifestyle.
Marga, a Majorcan chum, who recently returned from an eighteen-month stint in London told me that she was shocked to find that most Britons were mono-lingual. She'd heard that French was studied in every school and naively assumed that many locals would be fluent. Instead during her stay she discovered that it was only other foreigners that were able to converse in several languages.… Read more


text: Buckets of style I'm seeing them everywhere – featured in glossy decor magazines, for sale in chic decor shops and showcased on home reno TV shows. Everyday galvanized buckets, pails and washtubs are being up-cycled by crafters, gardeners and designers alike, giving these utilitarian vessels a more useful and, for some, a far more glamorous life! Galvanized washtubs at a flea market. Photo by Karen Kirk. They look lovely in a garden planted with flowers and vegetables – I use one for my clematis on the balcony – or turned into a unique water feature as shown below. I spotted this one on the back porch of Europa Antiques in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., a few years ago. Washbasin water fountain by Europa Antiques. Photo by Karen Kirk. Here's another great use for these inexpensive, weatherproof tubs. Surround a tub with an expandable bamboo trellis and plant tomatoes or other veggies and vines in it. Don't forget to poke holes in the bottom of the tub for drainage. At Christmas, fill it with a dwarf evergreen and add some lights or, better yet, birdseed ornaments. Veggies thrive in tubs filled with rich soil and good drainage. Photo by Karen Kirk. Here are some of my favourite new ways to up-cycle old galvanized buckets of all sizes and shapes. These upholstered seats can be made of outdoor fabric like colourful vinyl and can be used for seating around the pool or on the patio. For indoors, try using canvas, linen, or recycled flour sacks and linen tea towels. They make great laundry hampers or stools for the bathroom and storage ottomans or benches for inside or out. Someone got very creative making tufted seats for these washbasins and pails. Photo by Karen Kirk. Keep a lookout for vintage flour and grain sacks, table linens and towels to fashion cushions for fun tubs like these. McInnis Antiques in Cobourg, Ont., sells wonderful textiles from the late 19th and 20th centuries (see below), such as grain bags, tablecloths, pillow cases and linen yardage, that are perfect for making toss cushions, pillows and upholstered seats like the ones shown above. Vintage linens from McInnis Antiques in Cobourg, Ont. Photo by Karen Kirk. Solid, blue-striped and red-striped rolls of linen are available in various lengths and textures. Cushions made of vintage grain sacks and table linens. Photo by Karen Kirk. Have fun with these cheap and cheerful buckets and turn them into happy pumpkin lanterns! Happy halloween lanterns. Photo by Karen Kirk Have you found any metal decor accents in your travels? Inspire us and post a picture in the comments below. You might also like:Update your bathroom for under $500 Marilyn Denis Show: Budget decorating under $... 3 New Year's resolutions for the home The Marilyn Denis Show: Last-minute DIY decor... 3 easy holiday centrepieces


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Facebook patching Android app to halt unauthorized phone number collection
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) said it is working to patch its Android social networking application to halt the unauthorized collection of user phone numbers.
Last week, security software firm Symantec reported that its new Norton Mobile Security solution for Android automatically flagged the Facebook app because it leaks device phone numbers. "The first time you launch the Facebook application, even before logging in, your phone number will be sent over the Internet to Facebook servers," Symantec said. "You do not need to provide your phone number, log in, initiate a specific action or even need a Facebook account for this to happen. According to Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Play, hundreds of millions of devices have installed the Facebook application and a significant portion of those devices [is] likely affected."
Facebook confirmed the existence of the security flaw to The Huffington Post and said it was likely introduced in a February 2013 Android app update. "We thank Symantec for bringing it to our attention," a Facebook spokesperson said. "We've fixed it in the next version of the app, which is available for anyone to download as a beta today." Facebook adds that it did not "use or process the numbers in any way," and that the data has been deleted from its servers.
Last week, Facebook unveiled a new public testing program enabling opt-in consumers to trial beta versions of the Android app prior to general release, a move to generate feedback across an array of operating system versions and device form factors. "This new tool will help us get performance data and feedback from more people ahead of release across a wider range of devices and versions of Android," explained Facebook for Android Product Manager Ragavan Srinivasan. "The ultimate goal of the program is to release updates to Facebook for Android that are more reliable and better performing."
Upon joining the Facebook beta program, users will receive a small batch of fixes and new features every month. Facebook asks that they submit reports when they encounter bugs or other issues. The social network is also creating a group to host active Android beta discussions and provide a forum for feedback and sharing updates. To join the program, click here.
Facebook for Android is the most downloaded application on Google Play. The social network's total mobile monthly active users eclipsed desktop users earlier this year and reached 751 million in the first quarter of 2013, a year-over-year increase of 54 percent. Facebook's mobile-only MAUs also increased to 189 million, up from 157 million in the previous quarter.
For more:
- read this Huffington Post article
- read this Symantec Official Blog post
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So how did the dinner turn out in the end? Was it a success or total disaster? Well this is what happened.
With my shopping list made, I headed off to Waitrose and began crossing off items from my list. As I meandered through the food isles I remembered my coffee machine in dire need to be replaced so decided to go for the kill and buy a new one.
I bought one of the Gaggagia manual espresso ranges (RRP £300). The manual machines allow you to get to the heart of making Italian espresso. It's also designed with style, attention to detail and function in mind, so basically ticking all of my boxes. I've always loved the smell of freshly ground coffee; it beats anything instant in my opinion. Anyway, I've just got to figure out how to use it before my dinner guest arrives.


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Memories of the best times surround us when we allow ourselves to think back to those wonderful experiences in our youth. The French term Jeunesse refers to the time of our lives when we are young. With this in mind, the MATIS Jeunesse product line recalls the days of yore and allows us to relive them with the help of skincare remedies that are full of antioxidants and anti-aging ingredients. These healthful, rejuvenating cleansers, lotions, balms, and beauty creams work hard to give your skin the boost it needs, leaving it fresh, soft, smooth, and radiant. The MATIS Jeunesse lineup contains a wide array of exquisite skincare treatments that give you the edge on aging.
MATIS Jeunesse products aim to slow the pace of the aging process, leaving your skin more youthful while also treating common needs of skin. The different options for cleansing, moisturizing, and treating individual skin ailments in the MATIS Jeunesse collection make it easy to choose a product that suits your skin's unique condition and needs. Choose from skin remedies based on product type or skin type and turn back the clock on your appearance.
The best of science and nature come together in a variety of effective skincare products by MATIS. The MATIS Jeunesse product line introduces a fine selection of age-defying cleansers, balms, creams, masks, and other treatments that are designed to protect against the effects of aging on your skin while satisfying skin's most basic needs – hydration, cleansing, and protection from environmental conditions. Enjoy the benefits of these skin remedies rich in antioxidants, nourishing nutrients, and effective active ingredients.
MATIS Reponse Jeunesse Essential Cleansing Foam is a rich and emollient foaming cleanser for the face and décolleté. This calming formula features an Eco-Cert cleansing base and special ingredients like cranberry extract and purple orchid. This product also boasts protective properties for maturing skin as well as the ability to deliver a smooth and soft, supple texture to your skin. This cleanser refreshes and revitalizes your skin. MATIS Reponse Jeunesse Essential Cleansing Foam is gentle and nondrying. It is most suitable for normal to combination skin types.
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Men's Tennis Gains Four Berths on Penn Invitational's Final Day
• Princeton will have two singles players in flight finals and two doubles teams in flight semifinals Sunday at the Penn Invitational.
• Jonathan Carcione will face Brown's Will Spector in the Penn Flight final, while Dan Richardson will face Brown's Dan Hirschberg in the Quaker Flight final. In doubles, Dan Davies and Zack McCourt will face Damien David and Ivan Veresch of Buffalo in the "A" flight semifinal, while Mohamed El Tonbari and Michael Katz will face Vim De Alwiss and Ismael Lahou in the "B" flight semifinal.
• All of Princeton's results from Saturday are below, and complete updated draws are available at the PDF link.
Penn Flight
Quarterfinals: Nikola Kocovic (Penn) def. Zack McCourt (Prin), 3-6, 6-4, (11-9)
Quarterfinals: Jonathan Carcione (Prin) def. Vusa Hove (Buffalo), 6-4, 3-6, (13-11)
Semifinals: Carcione (Prin) def. Mike Hill (Brown), 4-6, 6-4, (10-4)
Quaker Flight
Quarterfinals: Dan Richardson (Prin) def. Petr Rousar (NJIT), 6-0, 6-1
Semfinals: Richardson (Prin) def. Juan Pablo Ramirez (Minnesota), 6-2, 6-0
Consolation: Blaine Willenborg (Penn) def. Dan Davies (Prin), 6-4, 6-4
Levy Flight
Quarterfinals: Adam Lawton (Delaware) def. Michael Lin (Prin), 6-4, 6-1
Quarterfinals: Alban Andres (NJIT) def. Ben Quazzo (Prin), 6-2, 6-3
Ben Franklin Flight
Quarterfinals: Mohamed El Tonbari (Prin) def. Mark Milbrandt (Penn), 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals: Jason Magnes (Penn) def. Michael Katz (Prin), 7-5, 6-4
Semifinals: Lucas Da Silveira (Brown) def. El Tonbari (Prin), 6-2, 6-2
Flight A
Quarterfinals: Dan Davies-Zack McCourt (Prin) def. Mike Hill-Lucas Da Silveira (Brown), 8-6
Flight B
Quarterfinals: Mohamed El Tonbari-Michael Katz (Prin) def. Jason Magnes-Lucas Andreika (Penn), 8-4
Quarterfinals: Dan Hirschberg-Ivan Kravtchenko (Brown) def. Jonathan Carcione-Dan Richardson (Prin), 8-6


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Gilles Despas appointed CEO of HolidayCheck AG
The Board of Directors of HolidayCheck AG, Bottighofen, Switzerland, has appointed Gilles Despas, 43, as its new CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board. He joins the company today.
HolidayCheck AG, a TOMORROW FOCUS AG company, is the largest German-language hotel rating and holiday reservations portal.
Gilles Despas succeeds Jörg Trouvain, who is resigning from the company for personal reasons, as previously announced. Until he leaves the company, Jörg Trouvain will continue to assist HolidayCheck AG as an adviser.
Gilles Despas' previous experience includes ten years as Managing Director Continental Europe at ebookers Ltd, one of the leading European online travel agencies and part of Orbitz Worldwide. Gilles Despas' area of responsibility at ebookers included its subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. He also managed the product development, product procurement and partner marketing teams for ebookers in Europe.
Until recently Gilles Despas was Senior Strategic Adviser at STA Travel, the world's leading travel agency for students and young adults. One of his main tasks was to reorganise all of STA Travel's online business operations.
Commenting on the appointment, Stefan Winners, CEO of TOMORROW FOCUS AG and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of HolidayCheck AG, said:
"We are delighted to have been able to attract such an experienced and successful expert in the European online travel sector as Gilles Despas for the role of CEO at HolidayCheck. His long experience will be very useful in the European expansion of HolidayCheck AG."
Gilles Despas, the new CEO of HolidayCheck AG, said:
"I am very pleased to be joining such a successful company. With the support of TOMORROW FOCUS AG we will continue the steady growth of HolidayCheck, in particular consolidating its market position in Europe."
About HolidayCheck AG
HolidayCheck AG operates the biggest German-language holiday bookings and feedback portal on the Internet.
The company is based in Bottighofen, just across the Swiss border from the German town of Constance. With over 250 employees, HolidayCheck AG currently handles package holidays worth over EUR 600 million a year. The idea of setting up a holiday ratings platform was first mooted in 1999. The company was subsequently founded in 2003.
Today, with over 23 million visits every month (German Information Society for Measuring the Distribution of Advertising Media – IVW, January 2012), HolidayCheck AG operates the most important German-language holiday ratings portal as well as a TÜV-certified travel agency. In response to growing international demand, the holiday platform is now available in ten languages.
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Wrong Way was formed in February of 2005 by members of the local music scene in Athens, GA. While each of those members was already in one or more of their own original projects, it was their goal to create a Sublime tribute band solely as a side project; one that would enable them to perform in and around town a few times a month, have a good time, and hopefully get a few drinks out of the bargain. It soon became clear though that this music was far too popular to keep the band in only one town. Within 2 months of it's inception, Wrong Way began performing shows all over the Southeast and today the band is playing more shows than ever!
The music of Wrong Way IS the Music of Sublime; a unique blend of styles ranging from reggae and dance hall beats to punk and ska. It is the band's goal to successfully reproduce the sound of Sublime from their albums, while still keeping all the energy and drive of their live performances.


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Thanks for the reply. I am unsure of what you mean about not being party to the court proceeding as I am the main witness to the case of breach of peace and threatening my life?
It would appear the previously convicted neighbour is wanting the tapes in some sort of attempt to discredit me as I was upset/angry when talking to taxi compay but even at that at no time did I say anything defamatory.
I thought by data protection laws the recordings could not be passed on to a third party without their permission?
The taxi company being a business though, I thought were only allowed to use tapes for their own business use and nothing else unless it was to prevent crime.
As I didn't do anything to cause a crime other than explain why I could not approach my neighbour are they allowed to release these?
Thanks for your help.
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What is a Yellow Belt?
Course GoalUpon completion of the
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
course, the participant has learned:
Course Description
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course teaches any employee the Lean Six Sigma
philosophy and how to apply it in his or her role on a
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John 1:1-4 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. I have pondered these words for years. As I departed further and further from the way of life I had always practiced, I realized more and more deeply that the ways Jesus Christ was teaching were making not only my own life make more sense, but having a positive influence on people around me. Titus 3:3 3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. I have been given an option to try something other than bitterness and revenge as a way of coping from the challenges that confront me. By making it clear that my sins could be left behind, through Jesus forgiveness and my own willingness to stop doing such things, it became possible to see my whole life in a much more positive way. People had always confronted me with negativity. Jesus was teaching me something very different. He was showing me that there was a way to depart from the framework of negativity that had always been the standard; to learn the difference between what was built to last, and what was just passing by. It can get rather tricky, because some statements may be true, so it is important to sort out the application of truth in the context of the situation, and pray into that until it makes sense. Galatians 5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. We fight over things that shouldn't matter, all the while killing the things that do. Christians proudly proclaim themselves "pro-life" all the while denying the very gifts of the adults they deal with on a day-to-day basis. Isn't that what is happening when instead of cooperating together, everyone seems to want to "out do" each other, or shout the other person down, simply because we don't understand the other person's point of view? Or worse yet, as soon as we see that someone got something, in comes that horrible little voice that says that you didn't get "anything", causing us to forget or devalue what we did too get! The tragedy is that the unbelieving world is watching the way the church carries on in this manner, and either laughing themselves helpless in sheer contempt or fading away from any possible hope in Jesus Christ in sheer despair. Accusation is a Spiritually fatal plague that does much to destroy first the individual from within, then, by extension, our relationships as well. It is accusation that causes divorce, family disputes, church splits, to name a few. Accusation is probably the number one cause of depression. I think it starts from within, then works outwardly towards others. All it takes is to fall short of what we might have hoped for or expected of ourselves, and we fall rapidly into self-accusation, considering ourselves a failure. One of the more amazing things I have found in Jesus Christ is that His opinion of success and failure is very different from my own. Let's take an example from Scripture: Mark 12:41-44 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on." The poor widow very likely apologized to God every step of the way from her home to the Temple for the inadequacy of her offering. She was very likely afraid that God might be disappointed at how unimpressive her tiny little coins were among so much gold and silver that got there first. How often do we accuse ourselves of falling short of the glories of success in some way or another? I once found out that rich women spend more per month on skin care that I spend on my house payment! That right there is what self-accusation does to a person, and this is an example of what I meant when I said while a statement may be true, it is important to consider the value. Unfortunately the world rewards beauty, so all that expense on skin care can definitely seem necessary. However, one reason so many Americans are losing their houses is that they felt pressured to spend more money than they were actually able to afford, trying to defeat the accusations! So they find themselves bankrupt, and looking great as they fall into genuine disaster, all the while trying to avoid being accused of not being beautiful enough! When Jesus calls you, He was not looking for someone else, and settling for you instead. He was looking for you. No one sees us the way Jesus does. He has the most amazing way of being able to tell what our best gifts and talents are; He often sees things in us that we ourselves would never have guessed were there. He also sees our hurts and sadnesses in a way that is totally unique to Him. Romans 8:1-2 1 "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." John 12:47 "…For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it." Jesus isn't into blame, but sometimes He will explain where and why something went wrong. He can and does also simply heal us from the inside, or correct our harmful emotions. His goal is always to heal; since passing blame doesn't do any good, He doesn't do that. This is where forgiveness ties in; blame and unforgiveness are the same thing. So in order to join hands with Jesus and cooperate with Him, we must be able to find a way to forgive; forgive ourselves, and forgive those who hurt us. This isn't something we are able to do easily, so prayer is very important, and so is the Holy Spirit, Who specializes in making the impossible possible. While it certainly can be difficult to forgive someone else, it is even more difficult to forgive yourself. Thanks to the seemingly endless criticism that comes at us from the media and from other people, we tend to see ourselves in a constant state of not-good-enough. Women can never be thin enough, men can never be successful enough, so we are being constantly battered with negative messages. No wonder we do the same sort of thing to each other! Well, I've got news for you, most of those negative messages are lies. That's right, lies. What is success, really? What is of value, really? Some people speak of what you can and cannot "take with you" when you die, but we should also consider what is really of value while we are here living. Take money, for example. Money is only useful if you have somewhere to spend it. You can have a stuffed wallet, but if you're stuck in a traffic jam, 5 miles from the nearest gas station, that money doesn't mean much, but the person whose willing to take you to the gas station suddenly means everything! Now what about relationships; someone who is good to look at can be very nice, but someone you can really trust will matter so much more when you need them most. So trust would be the most valuable thing we can develop. First, we must be able to trust ourselves. Jesus obviously saw something in you that He can trust, so a good thing to do would be to ask Him what He saw. I once asked in prayer, "Who do You think I am?" at a point when I got sick of everybody else telling me who they seemed to think I am. The answers to that question are still unfolding, and that part of my journey is really special. That's one of the really cool things about Jesus Christ, is His opinion of who you really are. He can pick out gifts and talents in you that you might not have even guessed were there. So try to develop yourself to be someone you can trust, Jesus can trust, and everyone else can trust. If you are tempted to do something wrong, its always safe to just not do it and see what happens. Cars have brakes for a good reason, and so do we. Its OK to take a chance on giving thanks for the good things about yourself, and try to build on those things. Its also OK to try to be satisfied with what you do have, even if its maybe not as much as you'd like to have, until things have a chance to change. Try to be as stable as possible with what you have safe; sometimes we get caught thinking what we do have isn't good enough, so we throw that away before we have something better to replace it. Try to be careful to hang onto what you do have until you are sure you have something better to replace it. BUT this NEVER works with people. One nasty trick the devil pulls on us is to put down someone we love "You can do better…" is the deadly little thought. That was one of the most grievous lessons I have ever had to learn; people cannot be replaced. If you have a special friend, please understand that there is only one of that person. You almost certainly will not find someone else who has most of what's special about that one person, but with all that and more! Believe me, I've tried that, and it doesn't work that way! Hi Mark, you're so very right when you say "many people are overwhelmed with too much information...Pastors nowadays tend to think transformation happens through information but the next week we forget sometimes the very next day" I can see that you've had it happen to you too. They try so hard to keep church "interesting" that they go from topic to topic way too fast. I was praying this morning about all the religious confusion, and the Holy Spirit said that there is too much information in the Bible for most people to keep up with, so they take one small part to build on. It just breaks my heart the way people shut each other as well as themselves down. You are again absolutely right when you say "we compliment one another with different gifts and insight." Oh yes, absolutely! Thats why its so important to allow one another to speak, to explore, to ask questions. I search as deeply as I do, because #1, I honestly didn't believe that Christianity expressed the truth about God in the first place, and #2, this Faith is absolutely not something I would have chosen or ever wanted to. For most of my adult life I viewed Christianity with real disgust. I am going through a phase right now where Christianity as a "religion" is just a real turn-off. But at the same time, the things I have struggled with for the first 5 years are coming sharply into focus, because these very things have strengthened my faith to the point where I am actually able to withstand the current challenges.


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If you're a 401(k) investor, you may well have as much money in your account now as you did in October 2007, when the Standard & Poor's 500 hit its record high.
Whew. But as you look 10 years ahead, do you really want to go through all that misery again?
Probably not. But unless you're willing to accept the returns you get from ultrasafe investments, such as money market funds, you're going to have to take some more risk. You can ameliorate some of that risk, however, by taking a few simple steps.
CHART 1: How largest funds have fared
CHART 2: First quarter's best, worst
CHART 3: How funds fared by category
Step 1: Keep contributing.
Whether your 401(k) is back to even depends on several factors, the most important of which is whether you continued to add to your account.
Let's say you had $50,000 in your 401(k) at the end of October 2007. You invested in a balanced fund, which typically puts 60% of its assets in stocks and 40% in bonds. Most people, after all, don't invest their 401(k) entirely in stocks.
If you'd stopped putting new money in your 401(k), you'd have about $44,000 in your account now. But let's say you put 6% of your $50,000 salary into your 401(k) each year, and that your employer matched half. You'd have $55,000 today.
By adding money regularly to your account, you also get the benefit of dollar-cost-averaging: You buy more shares when the market is low and fewer shares when the market is high.
Ultimately, the biggest factor in the size of your nest egg when you retire is how much you put in while you're working. And, while you can't control what the stock market gives you, you can control how much you contribute.
Step 2: Stay diversified.
The above example shows what would have happened if you'd invested in a mix of stocks and bonds. Had you simply invested in a fund that mirrors the S&P 500, you'd still be showing a loss, even if you'd been adding to your 401(k) plan. And if you haven't been contributing to your plan, your account would be about 25% lower than it was in October 2007. "This is not the time to forget the lessons of recent history," says Gary Schatsky, a New York financial planner.
Ideally, you want to invest in broad asset classes that don't move in lockstep with the S&P 500. Owning two large-company growth funds, for example, won't help you much when the market moves down. A few suggestions:
•Don't put more than 20% of your portfolio in international stocks. When panic hits Wall Street, it hits Tokyo and London, too.
•Not all bond funds are alike. High-yield, low-quality junk bonds, for example, tend to be more closely tied to the stock market than high-quality bonds or Treasury bonds.
•Consider a fund that invests in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, as a way to protect your portfolio against inflation. TIPS rise in value when the inflation rate rises.
Step 3: A little cash never hurts.
Nothing dampens risk quite like cash — high-quality, low-risk investments that have little chance of losing value, such as money market funds or bank CDs. Keeping 10% of your portfolio in a money market fund will reduce risk and give you some cash to invest when the market plunges.
If your 401(k) offers a guaranteed income contract, or GIC, consider using that instead of a money market fund. The average money fund yields about 0.02%, according to iMoneyNet. But some guaranteed income contracts yield as much as 3%, according to Dwight Asset Management.
GICs aren't backed by the government but have a good track record for safety.
Step 4: Keep your expenses low.
You invest money in the 401(k) options your employer has, not the ones you wish it had. If your employer offers only actively managed funds with high fees and still offers a match, hold your nose and contribute as much as you need to get the match. Free money is always a good thing.
If you do have a choice, however, always choose the fund with the lower fees, all things equal. For example, suppose you had an actively managed equity-income fund and an S&P 500 index fund in your 401(k) plan. The equity-income fund charges 1%, while the S&P 500 index fund charges 0.1%.
Although there are a few standout equity-income funds, most do little more than track the S&P 500. Choosing the S&P 500 fund is the better long-term choice. If you're a long-term investor, it could save you tens of thousands of dollars.
Consider two funds, each of which earns 8% a year before expenses. Fund A charges 1% a year; Fund B charges 0.1%. After 30 years, a $100,000 investment in Fund A will be worth $761,000. Fund B? $979,000 — a $218,000 difference.
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Not going to be back from vacation in time to make it to Ames. Two tickets, section A, row 10, seats 6 and 7, and a G7 parking pass. Looking to get $475.
Edit: Dropped the price to $375. Like to sell these to some Cyclone fans. You can always make me an offer.
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Whoops. Meant to say $425.
Or highest bidder, come on somebody make this guy an offer and get the bidding started on this lovely item!
I will start the bidding at $150. :)
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In order to do some statistical analysis I need to extract values in a column of an Excel sheet. I have been using the Apache POI package to read from Excel files, and it works fine when one needs to iterate over rows. However I couldn't find anything about getting columns neither in the API (link text) nor through google searching.
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Has it occured to anyone else that if you live in South America, India, China or anywhere that earnings are low then setting up a site and earning money from adsense, aff marketing etc is very lucrative and not too hard to achieve?
For instance I have a site that does n't earn much more than US$100 a month as it is quite new but if I was in India or Bolivia that would equate to a decent salary!
I know many would not have the access to technology but not so in the case of India / China where they are very much at the cutting edge in some respects and have a well established I.T. infrastructure.
Just wondered if anyone else had considered this and thought about the impact it could have on their market? Maybe competition will become hot as these countries develop?
Maybe they are the competition? Maybe my handle should be Indian_Webber?
I recently had to spend several months in South America and thought it would be a great opportunity to test "your theory". That is, I thought I could keep running my online operation, cashing in american dollars and basically become a wealthy individual by virtue of living in a place where my earning power would be 3 times what normally is here in the US, where I operate most of the time.
Well... it's not so simple. I can't speak of India or other countries you mentioned but what I can tell you is that there are numerous considerations one often overlooks when dealing with this subject.
My personal experience was far from what I had envisioned. Yes, I could afford more things down there and yes, I felt a little wealthier too but the headaches I had to go through just to make things work were abso-freaking-lutely unbelievable. After two months, I couldn't care less I could pay everybody's dinner and drinks every night I went out. All I cared about, was coming back here where I could live in an organized way.
The bottom line: in the US I can normally do the work of 3 people, if I push myself. Down there, with equivalent technology, I struggled to make the work of half a person putting in 4 more hours a day than normal. In the end, I felt that had I remained there, my business would have gotten hurt.
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I live in Cambodia - about the only more dysfunctional country in SE Asia is Burma, so I guess you could say it's third world.
Cost of living is low as is cost of labour and there is despite what some say, quite a good talent pool here. Some costs are far higher - I pay in excess of 400USD for a single 256ADSL line - and thats in a good month, We still have power failures etc, so all that is a bit of a pain. But as I was planning on living here anyway, I can't complain.
The big question is work. There is ZERO local work - I found one local company that I could have done some consulting for, but they could only afford to pay me in food vouchers - I kid you not - food vouchers.
So most of my work is outside the country - I spend a lot of time in Thailand, and last year built an entire website for a client in Sydney, Australia from a bamboo beachside bungalow (100B - 1.75quid a night) with nothing more than a mobile phone, my laptop and a rather patient nature... (though I did have to charge the laptop in the guesthouse kitchen - they charged me $1 a day to do theat). Do you think I charged the Sydney client Sydney rates or Bamboo bungalow rates ;-) - that was a great holiday!
So, if you've got a reliable set of o/s jobs/contracts (which I do - am trying to get rid of some of them by another post on this board!) and you can put up with some technological mayhem, it can work very well - certainly financially and I love the lifestyle out here.
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Obviously there are visa issues but in most countries you can re-enter or just move on.
Does anyone else do this? Must be loads of people in West dreaming about this way of life?
Laptops on the beach and all that...
If I go back, I will pool my resources with others and set up a join office space where we can share a ludicrously expensive high(er) speed connection.
In the long run, like a few folks mentioned, there are credit card issues, even address and postal issues, electricity, language, etc. However, the resourceful ones can easily succeed as do many of the Indian programmers, Indonesian designers, etc
But it is VERY difficult for foreigners (even in the more advanced nations) to join alot of the US affiliate programs. Its tough but it can be done.
Things I would be bringing along would include solar panels for recharging the laptop (flexible, thin, light panels), as well as wireless internet equipment. Then as long as you can find an uplink somewhere in your vicinity, you should be doing ok :)
There are many countries with very poor postal systems and mail doesn't neceassirily come to your doorstep...you have to go "the city" to get your mail from the po box if it has arrived that is. Then you get your US dollar check and take it to your bank...and they charge you a huge processing fee (even more for wires). So, these thing can pile up for the foreign webmaster.
If you are US/UK based and you go abroad, that tends to be easier - because you can justify spending a couple hundred dollars on the latest gizmos that will make life easier...however, those making $100,$200 or $500 a month off their websites may not be able to justify the same costs. Fedexing an application or something to the US becomes cost prohibitive.
A search for "solar laptop charger" however did bring up a number of interesting results, including some panels specifically designed for the task. Since panels typically last for about 20 years, it might be worth it.
For instance I have a site that does n't earn much more than US$100 a month as it is quite new but if I was in India or Bolivia that would equate to a decent salary!
Yes US $ 100 can be entry level salary for few industries. Not a decent salary though (certainly not for IT industry).
I know many would not have the access to technology but not so in the case of India / China where they are very much at the cutting edge in some respects and have a well established I.T. infrastructure.
Speaking of India, the biggest bottleneck is the ISP bandwidth. I personally use 4 different ISPs and am satisfied with only one of them. Our monthly downloads are limited to only 5 GB which is extremely less IMHO. The cost of ISP and bandwidth is a big roadblock.
Maybe they are the competition?
I know quite a few indian firms which compete with each other on a global level.
However having said that, I dont think its easy to adjust to another country (as robertito62 explains).
You can think along the lines of getting technical work done from the outsourced country, whereas you handle the Marketing. And always be invloved in client interactions.
Hope this helps :)
Also many of you assume that you can just like that go to a country and start working/doing business! ....
Ya , if you are a US citizen you can go to most countries without a visa , but you are limited as a visitor as such and most probably limited by a few months stay! ...I guess for doing business you may have to commit a big investment in many cases and immigration dept of most countries will be a big red tape taking too much time to process!
For example i am a forigner in USA (originally from india ) , living more than 5 years but still i dont even got a GreenCard (guess have to wait 1 more year) , just have a temporary work permit ( EAD) and it affect me and my business in untold ways! (for ex i cannot own a S-corp) ... mind you i pay so much to uncle sam that 4-5 families can live on in US :)
Just wondered if anyone else had considered this and thought about the impact it could have on their market? Maybe competition will become hot as these countries develop?
Maybe they are the competition? Maybe my handle should be Indian_Webber?
Barriers to entry are easily overcome. Even someone from the remotest part of Mongolia, if he truly has the burning desire, will find Google & make a million with AdSense. There will be no stopping this person as he will find his way around problems, no matter how big.
On the other hand, consider someone from the developed countries with all the tools available but who is just not "hungry" enough, barriers will pop up everywhere!
I was thinking that in the future, all solo-webmastering will move to third world countries because of the cost of living differential.
A guy in China can make some spammy SEOed websites that make him $1000 a month and he can LIVE off that, while the same amount of money in the U.S. is what a McDonald's worker makes.
So I figure that if people are making six figures a year from running their own websites, the gravy train will soon dry up due to competition from third world countries.
UNLESS there is something unique about Americans (or Europeans or other first-worlders) that makes us so much better at webmastering.
a) Taxation/living expenses: If you are in the US and you go abroad to work, you are still responsible for taxes. Although I believe you only have to pay taxes on anything over $78k (if you are a family man). I'm not sure what that figur eis for the individual. But lest say its $45,000. Well, that $45k will be HUGE if you live in a third world...and lets not forget that some of the most beautiful places to live in this small world are in the 3rd world areas. You just have to know what you want out of life...stuartmcdonald had the right idea :o))
b) Competition from webmasters in 3rd world countries: We have concluded that there is a threat, but there are barriers to these peoples' success such as language, ability to network, ability to join profesisonal associations, banking, connectivity, reputation of webmasters in those countries, etc. The list goes on and on.
Harbs hit the nail on the head wehn he said its all about hunger (literally as well). Although I have to disagree somewhat with that...the barriers can be tough. Someone who has the potential to earn $500/m in a country where he only is earning $100/m may find it difficult to buy a computer, pay for expensive connections, and possibly get a US based address for mail forwarding. The initial start-up is very difficult and they do not have the luxury of 100s of credit card offers pouring in the mail.
Great thread guys!
freshfish mentions some barriers to entry, some I agree with and some I don't.
I don't think being physically located in the U.S. or another first world country is required for most solo-webmastering type operations. My website that pulls in $500 profit/month doesn't require my physical location in the U.S.
I checked Commission Junciton and see that you can sign up from most countries in the world. I don't know about Adsense. You need both Adsense and Commission Junction to make money.
But are there other barries to entry?
ENGLISH: Your website has to be in English to get business from the lucrative USA, Canada, UK, Australia markets. Most Europeans also speak enough English to visit English language sites. A lot of people in third world countries have pretty bad English. If your website copy is written with poor English, it will look very unprofessional and it will be hard to get other webmasters to link to you.
There are people around the world who speak English, but most of the good English speakers in third world countries may be from the upper class and have better job oppoturnities than running spammy SEOed websites. A lot of poor countries have an upperclass that makes salaries comparable to what Americans make.
For the truly poor, the cost of a computer and an internet connection my be so much as to discourage people from learning how to create websites.
I got into this by creating two ASP.NET websites and they were costing me $25/month each for hosting. I probably spent $600 in hosting before I started seeing any money come in. This might scare away someone who is making $5000 a year at their regular job. And the cost of computer books can run you a a few hundred dollars also.
I remember some wiseguy at work laughing at me because I was "wasting" $60 a month on hosting fees (the two $25/month website and a $10/month website) and making zero profits. This is much tougher for a poor person in a third world country to deal with.
Well, perhaps this explains why webmastering remains a phenomenon of the developed countries.
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Just going back to my current monthly earnings from my sites, I would not give up my day job until my aff earnings exceeds what I can earn contracting for a business. Even then I would need my income to come from a number of schemes. I suppose that is a different thread altogether!
Getting back to this I think the biggest hurdle for those in the Third World is start-up costs. Also knowledge of the local market is key and locals have a huge advantage if they know how to present the theme of their site to the audience. As spammy sites become less the norm I guess this knowledge will be increasingly crucial.
But the thing with the Internet is that it will continue to break down barriers and truly open up opportunities for people worldwide. It will also pave the way for people to learn English easier.
I still have the vision that I will be living near an ocean in a year round warm climate happily working away on the net and being my own boss.
I'm in a position now where my girlfriend isn't Canadian, and when she's done university here we may move to Europe (probably eastern part, Prague, Budapest) and I'm trying to plan for migrating my sites for that. It'll take longer for me to get the cheques, and while the money will go farther there, it won't for much longer..especially with all the new EU stuff going on, you can bet those eastern europe countries won't be a bargain for long.
Just my 2 cents.
Our bandwidth now costs more than our rental (for the house and the office combined), though I'll employ another good designer probably this month and he/she won't cost more than maybe $100-$150 a month - things average out and in our experience all things considered, we're way ahead than if we had stayed in Sydney, Australia, but that feeling of being ahead is also influenced by the fact we wanted to live in the third world. If we missed Hollywood movies, Starbucks, bad traffic and the latest varieties of vodka we probably wouldn't be quite so lyrical about it, but as we don't we will!
It's very difficult to put a price/budget for quality of life and that's why so often this kind of thing comes down to personal preference.
Well, cut a long story short, have moved out here with her, been here just under one year now.
My 300k net connection costs me just over $10 a month, the rent on my 3 bedroom large apartment is $120 a month, with eating out so cheap I rarely bother to cook.
I still have my UK bank account and a friend happy to pay my cheques (checks) into it, so I can draw them from an ATM here.
Yes, solo-webmastering is what I intend doing, am still building 2 different sites, one a passionate site about books, one more of a money maker but still orginal content.
Both should be online by the end of September.
Saw on another thread something about paying $25 for a 600 word article as being too cheap - maybe but hey, sticky me, let me know the keyword density and other stuff, see if we can work something out :o)
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Seems to me then, what you need is to marry a local and live in the capital of a suitable country. I could happily live on $50 a month outside the city but I like fast food, running a little car etc.
My actual target is $200 a month, to some of you guys that's peanuts but it would be a significant income for me. Right now I'm living on 100 UKP a month from a car sale; that ends in December.
I'd say the barriers are not so much the computer or connection, lanquage or whatever but the cost of promotion. I hear you guys talking of dumping $400 on a keyword and deciding at $500 the return was not worthwhile - in the 3rd world $400 just to experiment with a keyword on Adwords is out of the question.
To start with anyway ;o)
So it's promotion, marketing, that costs money on the English speaking internet regardless of where you live.
I'm serious about the articles by the way, one of my sites is only not online due to me saving up for a cheap hosting account.
Since we can't mention urls I wont mention what country I'm in!


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10 Biggest Video Game Developers in Vancouver in 2010
Thanks to this week's Business in Vancouver newspaper and their Top 100 High-Tech Companies in BC list we're able to update our post from last month about the Ten Biggest Video Game Developers in BC. Here are the top ten employers in the gaming sector in Vancouver:
- Electronic Arts - 1,300 employees
- United Front Games - 227 employees
- Propaganda Games - 205 employees
- THQ Canada (Relic Entertainment) - 176 employees
- Blue Castle Games - 165 employees
- Slant Six Games - 120 employees
- Ubisoft Vancouver - 112 employees
- Radical Entertainment - 110 employees
- Next Level Games - 108 employees
- Rockstar Vancouver - 100 employees
According to BIV, rankings are based on the number of staff working in British Columbia as of March 31, 2010. Data was collected via interviews conducted by BIV with the studios that responded to requests for information.
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One might paraphrase novelist Charles Dickens in describing the work of this year's Grievance Committee: "It has been the worst of times; it has been the best of times." Formal grievance procedures were suspended but Professor Stan Roux (molecular biology) was appointed to the newly created position of ombudsman and, with hard work and good faith on the part of both administrators and faculty, many of the issues that have troubled the grievance procedure over the last six years are being resolved.
The Grievance Committee suspended its formal grievance procedures in September 2004, arguing that numerous obstacles prevented the efficient and effective enactment of the grievance process. In voting to suspend, this year's Grievance Committee was following a recommendation of the 2003-04 Grievance Committee. The committee pointed to five major issues of concern in coming to their decision:
1. Faculty control of grievance procedure; 2. Cooperation of those against whom a grievance has been filed; 3. Follow-up procedures to enforce hearing panel recommendations; 4. Approval of Faculty Council legislation on disciplining; 5. Approval of Faculty Council legislation on discovery.
Over the course of the year, we believe we have successfully addressed the first three issues. President Faulkner and Provost Ekland-Olson recognized the concern the committee had with the appearance of administrative interference in a faculty procedure. It was suggested that, in future, the president and provost's office should refrain from intervening in the procedures until the hearing panel forwarded their recommendations to them. Both the president and the provost acknowledged the importance of cooperation from those against whom a grievance has been filed and agreed to encourage attendance at hearing panels. Moreover, the provost's office will send a representative to attend the hearing should the person grieved against be unwilling to attend. The provost furthermore volunteered to report to the Grievance Committee each semester on actions taken to implement the recommendations of the hearing panel, and the Faculty Council approved this action in February 2005.
The two remaining issues—legislation on discovery and disciplining—are still awaiting final approval from the president. In this, we find ourselves in the same position as we were a year ago when the May 2004 Faculty Council approved these two pieces of legislation, which remained unsigned by the president. After lengthy negotiations with the administration, the Grievance Committee submitted revised versions of these HOP 3.18 guidelines to the Faculty Council, which approved them unanimously (discovery in February and disciplining in March 2005). We are optimistic that, having secured the agreement of the administration in advance of proposing the legislation to the Faculty Council, these two documents will be expeditiously signed by the president—at which point, the Grievance Committee will re-instate the formal grievance procedures.
We are also optimistic that the Faculty Council will be able to approve a revised version of the HOP guidelines on Graduate Student Employee Grievance Procedures (4.03) at its first meeting in September 2005. This revised version will bring graduate student procedures into close compliance with the faculty process.
This year Professor Stan Roux was appointed as University ombudsman, and we believe that Professor Roux has successfully mediated many of the cases that would otherwise have come to the Grievance Committee. The concern felt by some members of the Faculty Council that the Grievance Committee might be jeopardizing the rights of faculty members in suspending the formal grievance procedures seems not to have been justified as no faculty member proceeded beyond the mediations proposed by the ombudsman.
While no new grievances came to the committee in the AY 2004-05, three grievances remained from the previous year. Of those three, two grievances have proceeded to a hearing panel. In the first case, the hearing panel upheld part of the grievant's position; in the second case, the hearing panel rejected the grievant's complaint, the grievant appealed to the president, who rejected the appeal. The third case will be heard in early May.
I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to my colleagues on the committee whose support, encouragement and energy has transformed this year from an "annus horribilis" to an "annus mirabilis:" Pascale Bos (Germanic languages) Neal Burns (advertising), Alan Friedman (English), Martha Hilley (music), Joni Jones (theatre and dance), Nancy Kwallek (architecture), Desmond Lawler (civil engineering), Paula Murray (management science and information systems), Alba Ortiz (special education), Elizabeth Richmond-Garza (English), Lorenzo Sadun (mathematics), Diane Schallert (educational psychology) Janet Staiger (RTF), Mary Steinhardt (kinesiology and health education), and Karen Wilkins (RTF).
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This poses a potential problem for both the examinee and the decision makers because examinees may be misclassified based on the item response model used to estimate ability and not their actual proficiency in a domain of interest. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of an incorrect item response model and its impact on proficiency classification. A Monte Carlo simulation design was employed in order to directly compare competing models when the true structure of the data is known (i.e., testlet conditions). The conditions used in the design (e.g., number of items, testlet to item ratio, testlet variance, proportion of items that are testlet-based and sample size) reflect those found in the applied educational literature. An empirical example is also analyzed for pass/fail decisions with the competing models. Overall, decision consistency (DC) was very high between the two models, ranging from 91.5% to 100%. The design factor that had the greatest effect on DC was the testlet effect or testlet variance. Other design factors that affected DC included number of testlets, an interaction between testlet variance and the percent of total items in testlets, and an interaction between the number of testlets and the percent of total items in testlets. PISA is traditionally calibrated with a DRM, and contained 29 items in nine testlets. The classification agreement percent between the DRM and the TRM was 99.5%. When a testlet structure is present in applied data the testlet variance is unknown and as the testlet variance increases so does the misclassification of examinees. When measurement models are used that do not align with the structure of the data additional error is introduced into the parameter estimates. This directly impacts the decisions that are made about people. 2015-07-08T00:00:00Z Analysis of behavioral indicators as a measure of satiation. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9488 2016-01-21T20:18:29Z 2015-07-16T00:00:00Z Analysis of behavioral indicators as a measure of satiation. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the scientific study of behavior that utilizes procedures aimed at improving socially significant behavior, relying heavily on the use of reinforcement, which increases the future frequency of a behavior. Practitioners employ procedures that include extensive use of reinforcement in a variety of ways. Motivating operations is an area of research within ABA that focuses on the momentary effectiveness of a reinforcer, altering both its value and associated behaviors. One way in which to manipulate motivating operation effects is through the use of the behavioral indicators of satiation procedure. A discrepancy was noted in the literature regarding the parameter needed to determine when there is an abative effect, which led to the development of this study. After conducting a paired stimulus preference assessment, a functional behavior assessment was completed with four males diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder indicating challenging behavior was maintained by access to a tangible. To verify the identified behavioral indicators, an item rejection analysis was then completed. Three distinct presession conditions were then manipulated including restricted access to the tangible stimulus for 30 min, access to the tangible stimulus until the display of one behavioral indicator, and access to the tangible stimulus until the display of three behavioral indicators. Each condition was followed by a tangible condition of the functional analysis to measure challenging behavior. Results indicated that presession access to a tangible stimulus until the display of three behavioral indicators is a better measure of an abative effect than one behavioral indicator. Furthermore, a social validity survey was administered to the participants' ABA therapists to gain valuable input regarding the behavioral indicators procedure. This is the first attempt to ascertain the perceived effectiveness or appropriateness of the intervention from stakeholders and it appeared the behavioral indicators procedure was valued to some extent. 2015-07-16T00:00:00Z Perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures : a modified Delphi study. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9483 2016-01-21T20:18:41Z 2015-07-13T00:00:00Z Perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures : a modified Delphi study. A descriptive study using a modified Delphi method was conducted to gather literate instructors' perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures. Using the extant literature, the researcher prepared 66 statements concerning characteristics of nonliterate adults in oral cultures, personal competencies that contribute to a literate teacher's effectiveness, and instructional strategies that can be used effectively with nonliterate adults. Fifty-four participants, literate practitioners with varying levels of experience in Africa, Asia, Latin and South America, and across multiple global regions, were formed into a participant panel to respond to the prepared statements using a 6-point Likert-type scale from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree." Fifteen of the 66 statements presented to the panel in the Round One Questionnaire did not reach consensus, defined as an interquartile range of one or less. 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