Calgary proudly offers a great deal of sports, recreational and community facilities, and shows a great continued emphasis on developing these.
2 Indoor Wave Pool Leisure Complexes; Lindsay Park Aquatic Centre(International class pool and athletic training complex)
Glenmore Reservoir: 365 hectare lake boasting 2 yacht clubs and the largest inland sailing school in North America Canoe courses Club house with indoor practice tanks for winter training
Stampede Race Track - Thoroughbred and Sulky horse racing
Golf Courses; 48 Public, 14 Private plus several par 3 and driving ranges
226+ Tennis Courts (several enclosed and winterized)
Today at the Qualcomm mobile benchmarking workshop in San Francisco, Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research suggested that using augmented reality (AR) to test the performance of mobile devices could be "the mother of all tests." By stressing all processors and sensors on modern smartphones and tablets -- including CPU, GPU, DSP, ISP (image processor), GPS, gyro, compass, accelerometer, barometer, mic and camera -- the benchmark would represent the worst case scenario in term of computing load. While AR adoption is still in its infancy amongst consumers -- technology such as Project Glass still faces serious challenges -- Qualcomm's been very active in the field over the years and even provides and SDK for developers. Could this be a hint of what's coming from the company in terms of benchmarking beyond Neocore and Vellamo? Let us know what you think in the comments.
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Japanese labor officials said Sunday, July 22, 2012 that they are investigating subcontractors on suspicion they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport their dosimeter readings so they could stay on the job longer. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Japanese labor officials said Sunday, July 22, 2012 that they are investigating subcontractors on suspicion they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport their dosimeter readings so they could stay on the job longer. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits gather near their lockers inside the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Japanese labor officials said Sunday, July 22, 2012 that they are investigating subcontractors on suspicion they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport their dosimeter readings so they could stay on the job longer. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)
TOKYO (AP) ? Japanese authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion that they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so they could stay on the job longer.
Labor officials said Sunday that an investigation had begun over the weekend following media reports of a cover-up at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which suffered multiple meltdowns following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters.
A subcontractor of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, acknowledged having nine workers cover their dosimeters with lead plates late last year so the instrument would indicate a lower level of radiation exposure.
The investigation marks the first time the government has looked into the case, believed to be part of a widespread practice at the plant since it was hit by the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
The government more than doubled the emergency radiation exposure limit soon after the accident, but lowered it back to the previous level in December. The law now sets the exposure limit at 50 millisieverts per year, or a five-year total of 100 millisieverts.
Dosimeter readings are crucial personal records that determine how much longer a worker can stay on a plant job. Work at highly contaminated areas could quickly eat up a worker's quota.
The issue reflects a growing concern among the government and TEPCO about how to secure a continuous flow of workers to finish cleaning up the plant. Officials say it will take about 40 years to decommission the plant's four wrecked reactors ? three with melted cores and another with a spent fuel pool in a shattered building.
Labor officials made onsite inspections at the Fukushima plant to examine dosimeter readings of the workers and other records, said Yasuhiro Kishi, an official at the Fukushima Labor Bureau.
Health and Labor Ministry officials repeatedly issued warnings to TEPCO during the first few months of the crisis about the company's lax oversight of workers' exposures. Officials have also said TEPCO had several workers share a dosimeter not just early in the crisis when the equipment was in short supply due to tsunami damage, but even after a full stock had been regained.
Takashi Wada, president of Fukushima-based subcontractor Build-Up, acknowledged this weekend that the dosimeter falsification had taken place. He said a supervisor of the group of nine workers came up with the idea when his dosimeter alarm went off during his short preview visit to the area where the workers were assigned.
"We should have never done that," Wada told an interview with TBS network broadcast Saturday.
The self-help sector is loaded with guidance. Accomplish this, do this along with your issues will be resolved. The biggest thing to keep in mind is to check all guidance you obtain from self help experts to find out if the system functions. Below are great tips it is possible to place on the examination to accomplish what ever personal-support targets you might have set.
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Contact: Lee Siegel lee.siegel@utah.edu 801-581-8993 University of Utah
University of Utah chemist gets another big tribute
SALT LAKE CITY, July 23, 2012 Only months after collecting a National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama, University of Utah organic chemist Peter J. Stang has won the highest honor from the world's largest scientific group: the 2013 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society.
The medal basically a lifetime achievement award for chemists "recognizes Stang's cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science, including drug development and more efficient ways to produce gasoline and home heating oil," the 164,000-member society said in announcing the honor.
"I am truly delighted and honored to receive this most prestigious American Chemical Society Award," says Stang, 70, a distinguished professor of chemistry whose family fled Hungary when he was a teenager after the Communist takeover in 1956. "It is humbling to be listed among the distinguished previous recipients."
"Of course, much of the credit belongs to my able and dedicated undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral co-workers, who actually carried out the experimental work over my 43-year career at Utah," he adds. "This award also indicates that it is possible to do cutting-edge, world-class research at the University of Utah."
The gold Priestley Medal first bestowed in 1922 is named for chemist and theologian Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), whose discovery of oxygen in 1774 explained why and how things burn, and that air was made of a mixture of gases. Priestley also invented carbonated water and the rubber eraser. His unorthodox religious writings and support for the American and French revolutions forced him to flee England for Pennsylvania in 1794.
Stang has served as editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2002. He and a staff of seven process more than 12,000 research manuscripts a year.
Last year, President Obama honored Stang at the White House along with other winners of the National Medal of Science, the highest U.S. honor for a scientist or engineer.
University of Utah President David Pershing, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering, applauds Stang and his new honor.
"I am exceedingly proud of Peter, and this is a fitting tribute to his lifelong dedication to chemistry," Pershing says. "He is absolutely committed to the highest research standards and the best education for his students."
Stang says he is "grateful to the citizens of Utah for affording me the opportunity to educate and work with young people and be a member of the faculty of the University of Utah for over 40 years."
In addition to the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society also inducted Stang and Henry White as fellows of the society. White is a distinguished professor and chairman of chemistry at the University of Utah.
For the past 20 years, Stang has pioneered the field of "supramolecular chemistry," which involves the spontaneous formation of large, complex molecules from predesigned, simple molecules that Stang compares with building blocks in a Lego toy set.
"The molecules could have uses as drug-delivery vehicles and as key players in making oil refining faster and more efficient," the American Chemical Society says.
Stang adds: "Although at the moment this is just fundamental research, it will have major impact on nanotechnology as well as biomedicine. It might enable targeted drug delivery that will make modern drugs more effective and minimize undesirable side effects."
Stang earned his chemistry Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, did postdoctoral research at Princeton University, and joined the University of Utah faculty in 1969. He chaired the Department of Chemistry during 1989-1995, and then served as dean of the College of Science during 1997-2007.
In 2011, Stang was ranked 69th on a list of the world's top 100 chemists, based on scientific impact scores of their published work. The list, compiled by Times Higher Education in Britain, put him in the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent of all chemists worldwide.
Stang previously won numerous other awards. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2000 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Stang's mother was a German and his father a Hungarian, and the couple met in Paris. Stang was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but lived in Hungary through his first year in high school.
When Stang was 15, he, his parents and his two sisters fled Hungary in 1956, just days after the Soviet Union sent tanks into the country to suppress the Hungarian uprising. The family moved to Chicago. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1962.
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A three-minute video about Stang's research, produced when he won the National Medal of Science, may be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKkq8THaU4
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American Chemical Society's highest honor to Peter StangPublic release date: 23-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lee Siegel lee.siegel@utah.edu 801-581-8993 University of Utah
University of Utah chemist gets another big tribute
SALT LAKE CITY, July 23, 2012 Only months after collecting a National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama, University of Utah organic chemist Peter J. Stang has won the highest honor from the world's largest scientific group: the 2013 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society.
The medal basically a lifetime achievement award for chemists "recognizes Stang's cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science, including drug development and more efficient ways to produce gasoline and home heating oil," the 164,000-member society said in announcing the honor.
"I am truly delighted and honored to receive this most prestigious American Chemical Society Award," says Stang, 70, a distinguished professor of chemistry whose family fled Hungary when he was a teenager after the Communist takeover in 1956. "It is humbling to be listed among the distinguished previous recipients."
"Of course, much of the credit belongs to my able and dedicated undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral co-workers, who actually carried out the experimental work over my 43-year career at Utah," he adds. "This award also indicates that it is possible to do cutting-edge, world-class research at the University of Utah."
The gold Priestley Medal first bestowed in 1922 is named for chemist and theologian Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), whose discovery of oxygen in 1774 explained why and how things burn, and that air was made of a mixture of gases. Priestley also invented carbonated water and the rubber eraser. His unorthodox religious writings and support for the American and French revolutions forced him to flee England for Pennsylvania in 1794.
Stang has served as editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2002. He and a staff of seven process more than 12,000 research manuscripts a year.
Last year, President Obama honored Stang at the White House along with other winners of the National Medal of Science, the highest U.S. honor for a scientist or engineer.
University of Utah President David Pershing, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering, applauds Stang and his new honor.
"I am exceedingly proud of Peter, and this is a fitting tribute to his lifelong dedication to chemistry," Pershing says. "He is absolutely committed to the highest research standards and the best education for his students."
Stang says he is "grateful to the citizens of Utah for affording me the opportunity to educate and work with young people and be a member of the faculty of the University of Utah for over 40 years."
In addition to the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society also inducted Stang and Henry White as fellows of the society. White is a distinguished professor and chairman of chemistry at the University of Utah.
For the past 20 years, Stang has pioneered the field of "supramolecular chemistry," which involves the spontaneous formation of large, complex molecules from predesigned, simple molecules that Stang compares with building blocks in a Lego toy set.
"The molecules could have uses as drug-delivery vehicles and as key players in making oil refining faster and more efficient," the American Chemical Society says.
Stang adds: "Although at the moment this is just fundamental research, it will have major impact on nanotechnology as well as biomedicine. It might enable targeted drug delivery that will make modern drugs more effective and minimize undesirable side effects."
Stang earned his chemistry Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, did postdoctoral research at Princeton University, and joined the University of Utah faculty in 1969. He chaired the Department of Chemistry during 1989-1995, and then served as dean of the College of Science during 1997-2007.
In 2011, Stang was ranked 69th on a list of the world's top 100 chemists, based on scientific impact scores of their published work. The list, compiled by Times Higher Education in Britain, put him in the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent of all chemists worldwide.
Stang previously won numerous other awards. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2000 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Stang's mother was a German and his father a Hungarian, and the couple met in Paris. Stang was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but lived in Hungary through his first year in high school.
When Stang was 15, he, his parents and his two sisters fled Hungary in 1956, just days after the Soviet Union sent tanks into the country to suppress the Hungarian uprising. The family moved to Chicago. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1962.
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A three-minute video about Stang's research, produced when he won the National Medal of Science, may be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKkq8THaU4
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9017
(801) 581-6773 fax: (801) 585-3350
www.unews.utah.edu
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A Second Take on Meeting the Press: From an up-close look at Rachel Maddow's sneakers to an in-depth look at Jon Krakauer's latest book ? it's all fair game in our "Meet the Press: Take Two" web extra. Log on Sundays to see David Gregory's post-show conversations with leading newsmakers, authors and roundtable guests. Videos are available on-demand by 12 p.m. ET on Sundays.
With all of the excitement and confusion over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the most important components ?of the law is the establishment of Health Insurance Exchanges. ?So what exactly is an Exchange?
An Exchange is either a non-profit or a government agency that will offer health plan choices and answer consumers? questions about coverage options, premiums, deductibles and assist with coverage appeals. ?The Exchanges are put in place to protect patients from over-priced premiums and prevent discrimination based on health risks or pre-existing conditions. ?In Massachusetts, Exchanges are called Connectors.
All states have the option to either set up their own Exchanges or let the federal government establish the state?s Exchange. ? ?The ACA funds the establishment of Exchanges to the tune of $30 million. ?So, even if governors balk at the idea or say they won?t participate, they have probably already started planning how Exchanges will operate in their areas.
Exchanges will initially serve businesses with fewer than 100 employees and?people who have to buy their own insurance like the unemployed, self-employed and retired individuals who are not eligible for Medicare. ?The idea behind bringing these groups of people together is the premise that pooling large numbers of individuals into one group will reduce premiums and increase options. ?Exchanges will provide people with the bargaining power currently only available to large corporations and unions. ?In theory, ordinary people will get lower premiums and higher quality coverge by participating in an Exchange. ?I will address the aspect of expanding Medicaid in a separate blog.
The Exchanges will offer health plan choices and serve as a place where consumers can get their health insurance questions answered. ?They will also certify insurance plans and monitor the offerings for fairness and affordability. ?While all Exchanges will be required to have call centers, walk-in facilities aren?t mandatory. Also, multiple Exchanges will not be allowed to serve the same geopgraphic area.
Senator Jay Rockefeller has created a public plan for Washington state that may serve as an example of what will come.
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Have you decided that it is time to sell your preforeclosed home? Gather and encourage new buyers to take interested in your cute little home by staging it to make it more appealing. Home staging is the process of setting up and creating an ideal home for every potential homebuyer.
Staging your preforeclosed home can be your sure-fire way to sell your home in a flash. This means that if potential buyers see themselves living in the home that you are selling, you will surely find yourself signing the deed of sale and handing your keys to the new owners of the house.
If you feel that you do have enough money to give your old home a complete overhaul, you can still stage the place by concentrating on the various furniture pieces inside. Now, staging your home through furniture is rewarding; especially if you want save more money on setting up the place for buyers. One-way of home staging through furniture is to turn your worn out pieces into those that look like antiques.
Take out all your old furniture pieces and clean them up. You can take off all the old varnish through sanding. Use a hard brush to remove all the dirt on each piece ? a small tooth or detailing brush to get rid of the dust stuck in the corners of each seat or table that you would like to restore. Go to the nearest hardware or home improvement store and buy a few small cans of base paint. Of course, the amount of paint that you will purchase will depend on the number of furniture that you will be painting. Paint each piece of furniture with the base coat. By the way, you may want to use light colors as your base paint such as those in yellow, beige and white. Be sure to let the each coat to dry entirely to avoid drips and smudges. Paints that are in the shades of brown, sienna, rust and olive are the perfect choices for transforming your furniture into antiques.? As the paint dries, be sure to use a wet sponge or a damp towel to create drag marks or swipes on the surface of the wood to give it a more rustic feel. These will accentuate the look of each piece ? without over doing it. Remember that an overly staged home can be a bit of turn off for most house hunters. Now, place each piece significantly at every room in the house. Each piece will highlight the subtle elegance that the house exudes. This will make the home the most properly staged house in the area. Metallic furniture pieces can also be turned into antique-looking, with the help of some paint thinner and some silver or bronze spray paints. You can even use a metal brush to take off a few layers of paint on the metal and spray paint each part with a metallic shade.
So it doesn?t matter if you are working on a really tight budget or you just want to stage your home in a different way; turning your old furnishings into antique looking pieces can definitely reel in more buyers than you can ever imagine.?
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A New York City police officer watches as movie patrons arrive for a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," Friday, July 20, 2012 in New York. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said the department was providing the extra security at theaters "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A New York City police officer watches as movie patrons arrive for a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," Friday, July 20, 2012 in New York. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said the department was providing the extra security at theaters "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
New York City police officers stand in front of a midtown Manhattan movie theater as people arrive for a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," Friday, July 20, 2012 in New York. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said the department was providing the extra security at theaters "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Police officers are seen outside a movie theater screening ?The Dark Knight Rises,? Friday, July 20, 2012 in New York. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said the department was providing the extra security at theaters "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York police posted officers at dozens of theaters around the city. Ticket-takers at a multiplex in Washington searched moviegoers' bags and purses. And one of the nation's biggest theater chains barred patrons from wearing masks or costumes.
Security was stepped up in places around the U.S. during showings of the new Batman movie Friday after the massacre in Colorado. And while some people said they were afraid to go to the movies in the wake of the shooting rampage, many others were undeterred by the tragedy and eager to see "The Dark Knight Rises."
Jimmy Baker, 40, waited outside the AMC theater in New York's Time Square for almost three hours to see an early matinee, as a police cruiser sat nearby.
"I just felt bad for the people that had to be traumatized by this entire event," he said. But "I didn't feel like it had any kind of effect on me. ... I'm just here to enjoy a good movie."
Stephanie Suriel, 21, waiting outside the same theater, said her mother was slightly concerned about her going to see the film. But "I'm not nervous at all because I really want to see that movie."
Still, just to be safe, she said, "I'm going to sit in the back."
Theaters took the precautions after a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo., killing at least 12 people. There was extra security Friday night at four theaters showing the movie in Aurora, Police Chief Dan Oates said.
In Washington, the Homeland Security Department held a conference call with officials from the commercial, entertainment and shopping mall industries to discuss what security measures they could take to prevent something like this from happening again.
The National Association of Theater Owners said it was working closely with law enforcement authorities and reviewing security procedures, but gave no details of any precautions taken.
AMC Theatres, the nation's second-largest theater chain, with more than 300 movie houses, said it will not allow people to wear costumes or face-covering masks into its theaters.
Fans of sci-fi and superhero movies often dress up as their favorite characters, especially on opening night. New York City's police commissioner said the gunman in the Colorado rampage painted his hair red and called himself the Joker, Batman's nemesis. But Aurora police would not confirm that.
The New York Police Department said was posting officers at about 40 theaters around the city that were showing the film. The increased security was a precaution against potential copycat shooters, and also meant to reassure moviegoers.
"We're doing this to raise the comfort level," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. "We'd certainly encourage everybody to go about their business."
At Landmark Theaters in Baltimore, moviegoer Kelly Hager said a 5 p.m. showing was nearly full with no sense of a somber mood among fellow patrons. She and a friend bought tickets earlier this week and never considered not going.
She said a few police officers were stationed outside but she saw none inside. After the movie, staff members stood outside and thanked people for coming.
"I guess they were worried that people would stay home," said Hager, 32, of Baltimore, a TV station web producer. "I've never seen that happen before."
At the Regal Gallery Place multiplex in downtown Washington, moviegoers trickled into an 11 a.m. showing. Theater employees searched patrons' bags and purses while taking their tickets.
"I'm believing that it's not related so much to the movie," Steve Glaude, a 57-year-old federal employee, said of the shooting. "The movie may have been a trigger. It may not have been. We don't know. I don't think it was hero or villain emulation."
Christine Cooley, who works near Tampa, Fla., for the University of Florida, said her 15-year-old daughter has sworn off going to the movies because of the tragedy.
"It's tainted the movie completely for her," Cooley said. "It's summertime. That's a big movie time for teenagers. That movie is off the list now. Movie theaters in general are off her summer to-do list because of that."
Cooley said she tried to explain that the shooting was random and not an indication of security at theaters in general, "but I can see where she's coming from. Why put yourself in harm's way?"
At the United Artists Riverview Stadium 17 in Philadelphia, a steady stream of people headed in for morning showings of "The Dark Knight Rises." Staff members said that there was extra security, but that that was normal for big movies and unrelated to the Colorado shooting.
Neal Mates, 38, a professed "film geek," said: "Shootings can happen anywhere. ... I think it's silly to blame the film."
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Associated Press writers Alex Katz in New York, Eileen Sullivan and Ben Nuckols in Washington, Patrick Walters in Philadelphia, Jim Suhr in St. Louis and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.
We discussed finding a niche a few days ago. As soon as you?ve found a niche market in your area of interest, the next step is to create or find a product or service to sell. It is pretty obvious that when you are deciding what you?re going to sell online, you can choose from two strategies ? create or find ? or choose both?
Creating a Product or Service
Selling Existing Products and Services
While I believe that creating your own product or service gives most small businesses the best chance at success, it does takes a bit longer. Let?s do a broad-spectrum review of each of our options. Creating Your Own Product or Service
I prefer the creating products strategy since it gives me complete control over exactly what I sell and how much profit it yields.
I typically market information and services. I create my products and services based upon knowledge and research.? Using my laptop and mostly free software, I then shape them into many different marketable formats including print books, eBooks, software, member sites, and advertising services.
If you have information to share, or have the ability to research and gather information on a niche topic (and we all have that ability!), you can earn money using this model. For centuries, people have been making money providing information and related products and services, and this reality will continue forever.
It all boils down to helping people save time and money.? You provide a product or service that allows them the option to avoid learning something the hard way ? through research of their own. Essentially, you do the research, or share what you already know, and sell the help people need. The bigger the need for your specialized information or services, the higher prices you can demand.
When you consider an online global audience, you can create and sell just about anything. If there is a market for it, you can build your business around it.
For instance, let?s say I was really into healthy eating. If I wanted to make a living in that niche, the first step I would take would be to find out exactly what healthy eating enthusiasts are searching for. As we did in determining our niche, I would use the Google Keyword Research tool. Do they want to learn how to prepare new dishes? Do they want to know the best places to eat out in a healthy way? Maybe they would be interested in training videos?that?show them how to prepare recipes? ?Perhaps they are interested in healthy eating for kids? Or, are they concerned about the cost? How about an eBook on Eating Healthy on a Budget. I think you get the idea. You find a niche that interests you, see what people are searching for and fill the need.
Now let?s consider an approach for those of you who do not have the time or inclination to create, or may want to do both?
Selling Existing Products and Services
It is also possible to earn money online selling existing products and services. There are two ways to do this.? You can acquire the rights to a product, or you can promote products and services as an affiliate.
I?ll touch briefly on resale rights first. As you search the Internet you?ll see many products, especially in the Internet marketing niche, being sold with resale rights. While this can be a profitable model, you might consider that if you go this route, you will be competing against all the other people who also bought those rights. That can create a competition problem if there are thousands of others selling the same thing.? First and foremost, you must be a better marketer.
I?ve watched many marketers get caught up in a price war when selling products they bought resale rights to. And when savvy customers realize that they are about to buy a product that is a resale item, they tend to shop the web for the merchant with lowest price. That can be detrimental for your sales volume and profit.
Personally, I believe the best way to utilize resale rights products is to include them in your existing product line ? a method to expand your offerings and provide depth. You certainly don?t want to put all your eggs in the resale rights basket. Marketing only products that others are marketing as well, can give your business identity problems, as well as profit margin issues.
In that connection, consider with me that affiliate marketing may present more versatility and profit in the long run. So let?s see?
Affiliate marketing is simply promoting existing products or services on a commission only basis. Each time you make a sale you earn a commission. There are affiliate programs in just about any niche you can imagine. Whatever niche you plan to develop your business around, you?ll more than likely be able to find affiliate programs you can join.
I know personally how profitable this model can be. You see, in addition to selling my own products and services, I often promote products as an affiliate. Each month I receive checks, these affiliate checks are from merchants paying me commissions on sales I made for them.
As with anything, there are advantages and disadvantages to affiliate marketing.
Advantages:
You save time and money since all the product creation has already been done by the merchant.
There is no need to worry about payment processing or order fulfillment since the merchant handles those aspects.
Disadvantages:
You give up control and profit when using this strategy since you do not own the products.
You cannot open your own affiliate program and use the massive power of affiliates, since you do not own the product.
If you want to give this affiliate business model a try, you should start by deciding what niche interests you most?sound familiar? Affiliate marketing is done best when you focus on one niche at a time. There are affiliate programs in just about any niche imaginable, so start with something you are familiar with will make it fun and less stressful.
Some might suggest otherwise, but I would submit that whether you choose to create your own products, or sell affiliate products, you still need a web presence!?Only with a real web presence can you grow a list of prospects, follow up with them on auto-pilot, build relationships and make sales. Stay tuned for more on that?.
You can find a number of recommendations throughout our blog on tools and vendors.? For now, here?s a?short list of some of the web-based services I have used and recommend. Particularly when I started, I relied on many of these services to help grow my business?
Web Hosting HostGator:?Inexpensive web hosting with great tech support and a website builder.
Web Design Kompozer: An easy to use WYSIWYG (Stands for What You See Is What You Get) web design program that?s 100% free. XSitePro:?A more robust site building tool that?s very easy to use. WordPress: A free, Web-based software program that anyone can use to build and maintain a website or blog.
Automation AWeber: The web?s most respected and reliable autoresponder service GetResponse: Some would prefer this over AWeber WebBusinessWizard: My private label 1shoppingcart.com site, takes orders, follow-ups up with prospects and customers, builds your opt-in lists,?handles affiliate programs, etc. Alertra: Website uptime monitoring alerts you via email or phone if your site?goes down iDrive: Free web-based backups of all your important files
E-Commerce
Paypal: Perhaps the easiest way to accept credit cards online, be sure to offer this option to your customers. ClickBank: Order processing plus access to a built-in affiliate network. Paydotcom: Affiliate Marketing integrated with your PayPal account. JVZoo: Instant Commission Platform for Sellers and Affiliates DigiResults: Affiliate and Vendor platform
A few more tools you can use to save time and money?
Gmail: Google?s free and simple email?tool for day to day email activities Google Keyword Tool: A great tool for researching different niches Google Analytics: Free statistics for your website Elance: Outsource?just about?any web business?work inexpensively
And guess what?? Some (but not all) of the above are affiliate links!
Precisely.
Jerry Duling is a Marketing and Business Consultant, Professional Speaker, and Social Media advisor. Jerry shows businesses how to use Social Media to build their brand, generate leads and close sales. Jerry also provides individual resources for the Internet Entrepreneur. Connect with Jerry on Google+.
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Investing on private tutors makes sense because the quest for a better future becomes tougher each year. These professionals help teens cope, manage, and prepare for vital tests like the SAT to prepare them for college and other difficult pursuits. Listed below are pointers moms and dads should think over.
Paid or Peer
The popularity of peer tutoring in many high schools and colleges has many disregarding the need for a private tutor, as they think the setup is already perfect. Kids can get other smarter kids to teach them at no-cost making it a budget savvy move for parents. Children with special needs, like attention deficit disorder (ADD), may especially gain advantage from this tutoring setup since other kids can help them stay focused.
Those who tutor also gain something as they get to enrich their knowledge and experience. Many who engage in tutorial activities can gain better understanding as they teach topics to others. This also builds self-confidence and inspires better time management.
While all these may be true, the case is only one phase of the issue. Other phases such as scheduling and teaching ability will still come to play. Peer tutors are still students and often, they also need to meet deadlines for homework, reports, and so on. Some also engage in other extra-curricular activities making teaching far more difficult.
Many schools also question their staff?s availability to monitor, supervise, and train volunteers to become better at the task. There?s also the issue of matching student personalities to facilitate better learning. Students matched with peer tutors who are their exact opposites may not work well together. Once it happens, frustrations occur and both students may abandon the idea.
Tutor Misconceptions
Although many think SAT tutors, for example, will only matter if the child is failing, this case may be a prime example of getting help a little too late. Finding help during such periods may be useful, but may have been a better idea if done earlier. Early involvement is best so the student will not question his or her abilities. You have to remember that some children may underperform after getting low grades thinking they could not do any better. The frustration can also result to reduced self-esteem, which may later cause more harm on their mental and emotional state. Hiring a tutor even when the kids are doing well may help avoid these cases and encourage them to further improve their study habits.
Many tutors can also steer your child towards advance topics. This may especially be useful to anticipate any difficulties later. Capable ones additionally give useful advice on essay topics to prepare teens in entering college. They can share perspectives on subjects worth studying to help students qualify for highly rated degrees.
Realities
Whether you?re hiring an SAT tutor or others for your child, make sure to find one from reliable service providers. Search online for companies offering tutoring services in your area. Compare packages, schedules, and price offers to see which ones fit your budget and needs. Doing these steps may help your child as they study for a good future ahead.
Chelsea Lazarus got help from an SAT Tutor from a prominent Private Tutor company.
If you get life, renters, and auto insurance is it cheaper than paying just auto through state farm in NYC?
My boyfriend and I opened a new account with State Farm in NYC. They said that it would be cheaper to go with the triple package of renters, life, and auto rather than just auto. Does anyone have insurance in NYC with State Farm and can anyone tell me if this is true of their situation? Auto insurance is really all we need right now but I am just surprised that it is cheaper with all three instead of just auto. Can anyone help me out with this one Please?
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I can?t speak for State Farm in NYC, but most companies do offer discounts if you have multiple policies. Usually, they give a percentage discount off of the policies. For me, there have been a few times where the discount provided on the auto was actually more than the cost of the renter?s policy! So not only is the customer getting a ?free? renter?s policy, they save money on the auto as well. Talk about a no brain-er. That being said, it is rare that this actually happens, and life policies are being underwritten by a completely different set of standards so I find it hard to believe you would get a discount on the life policy for having your auto with them. But again, I?m not a State Farm agent in NYC so I don?t know for sure. Good question, star for you! carinsurance-experts.com Discover Questions in Insurance & Registration If a car is registered at one address, but kept at another 400 miles away? If i receive a driving ban for 6 months,does it apply to my bike licence as well as my car? When I leave my new insurance company?s office, how long will it take for me to get proof of insurance? If I put my mum on my car insurance will it affect her if I crash my car and i?m driving? source: how much insurance
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We've heard plenty of rumors about the futures of Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire, so we're not particularly surprised to see that the New York Times is reporting that the two tablets are headed into different directions.
Apple's trying a smaller device, while Amazon's trying a bigger one, explain the NYT's Nick Wingfield and Nick Bilton.
If you've been keeping your ears open for?tablet rumors, you're probably rolling your eyes at this point.?There's good reason to mention this particular report though. It's further affirmation of details we've heard before, coming from a publication with a knack for vetting stories and sources well.
Speaking of sources?? Wingfield and Bilton have several who preferred to remain unidentified. These folks claim that Apple is "developing a new tablet with a 7.85-inch screen that is likely to sell for significantly less than the latest $499 iPad, with its 9.7-inch display." These details match what the?Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg previously reported.
It's hard to forget that Apple's?late co-founder Steve Jobs spoke vehemently?against smaller tablets as recently as October 2010. During an earnings call, he remarked that he didn't think it's possible to make a great 7-inch tablet.?A 9.7-inch device such as the current iPad is the minimum size required to create great tablet apps, he said.
But that wasn't always the line of thinking at Apple. According to a former engineer who spoke to the NYT, "the first tablet prototype Apple began developing in the mid-2000s had a 7-inch screen."
According to the engineer,?Jobs thought the device was too small, and even wondered aloud whether it was good for anything ?besides surfing the Web in the bathroom."
Perhaps things have come full circle at Apple and the company's giving smaller tablets a good look again, although as Apple-watcher John Gruber has pointed out recently, the rumored mini iPad is closer to an?8-inch tablet than a 7-inch one.
In the meantime, Amazon?? who already makes an itty-bitty Android-flavored?counterpart to the iPad?? is looking at bigger tablets. A?developer who was "briefed on Amazon's plans" told the NYT?that the company "is working on a new version of the Kindle Fire, with a larger display, that could compete more directly with the iPad."
Want more tech news, silly puns, or amusing links? You'll get plenty of all three if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.
Jada Pinkett Smith, right, accompanied by her actor husband Will Smith, and their daughter Willow Camille Reign Smith, left, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on "The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: Attacking the Problem with the Right Tools" on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Jada Pinkett Smith, right, accompanied by her actor husband Will Smith, and their daughter Willow Camille Reign Smith, left, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on "The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: Attacking the Problem with the Right Tools" on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Will Smith, accompanying his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, not in picture, smiles as he is acknowledged in the hearing room by committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on "The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: Attacking the Problem with the Right Tools" on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Actor Will Smith, and his daughter Willow Camille Reign Smith, accompanying Jada Pinkett Smith, not in picture, testifying in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about human trafficking, communicate in whisper, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Jada Pinkett Smith, accompanied by her actor husband Will Smith, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on "The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking: Attacking the Problem with the Right Tools" on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Actress and activist Jada Pinkett Smith urged Congress on Tuesday to step up the fight against human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad.
The actress testified during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that she plans to launch a campaign to raise awareness and spur action against human trafficking and slavery. She said the "old monster" of slavery "is still with us," almost 150 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves in the U.S.
"Fighting slavery doesn't cost a lot of money. The costs of allowing it to exist in our nation and abroad are much higher," the actress said. "It robs us of the thing we value most, our freedom."
She said the issue was brought to her attention by her daughter Willow, 11, who sat nearby with actor Will Smith, Pinkett Smith's husband and Willow's father. The Smiths all wore blazers over T-shirts that read, "Free Slaves." The hearing room was filled mostly with young people, some trying to take photos of the famous family.
With her father's arm around her, Willow remained attentive to her mother's testimony and often whispered to her father. At least 30 minutes into the hearing, Will wrapped his gray blazer around Willow.
The actress called for an extension of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which provides funding to combat trafficking and help trafficking victims. The act also created a task force, chaired by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, which coordinates among federal agencies to implement policies against human trafficking.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., pledged to try to gather bipartisan congressional support to further fund the act.
The State Department estimates that at least 14,500 people are trafficked to the U.S. annually.
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With all of the excitement and confusion over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the most important components ?of the law is the establishment of Health Insurance Exchanges. ?So what exactly is an Exchange?
We discussed finding a niche a few days ago. As soon as you?ve found a niche market in your area of interest, the next step is to create or find a product or service to sell. It is pretty obvious that when you are deciding what you?re going to sell online, you can choose from two strategies ? create or find ? or choose both?
Jerry Duling is a Marketing and Business Consultant, Professional Speaker, and Social Media advisor. Jerry shows businesses how to use Social Media to build their brand, generate leads and close sales. Jerry also provides individual resources for the Internet Entrepreneur. Connect with Jerry on Google+. 