Posted by Dan on Apr 29, 2009 in
Lucky Hit Recession got you down? Need more cash? Why not take surveys for cash!
A good way to develop a supplemental income source on the Internet is to join the tens of thousands of consumers like you and me who participate in paid online surveys. If you can send and receive e-mails, you have enough technical knowledge.
You see, most large companies have no real contact with consumers, the people who ultimately decide whether to buy their products or someone else’s. Just go into a supermarket and look around. Thousands of products from thousands of big companies, none of which are there!
So they hire market researchers to find out. The market researchers use online surveys to measure consumer opinion. This is big business on the Internet, with thousands of surveys being taken every week.
There is real money in this. Just one market research company, Greenfield Online, paid out over $2 million in 2007 and closer to $4 million in 2008! Payment is by checks in the mail or deposits directly in your Paypal account. It’s fast and easy. All you have to do is give your honest opinion…
That is how it came to be that people like you and me can make money taking surveys!
There are thousands of people who use paid market research to make extra money. You could be one of them!
For full details of how this is done and how you can participate, just click on any of the links in this blog post.
– Harold Steinburg
Posted by Dan on Apr 29, 2009 in
Lucky Hit When I find something I like, I always want to tell as many of my friends, family members, acquaintances and anyone else who will listen about it. My latest find is EZ Driving Directions. I stumbled across this great and helpful site when I was trying to decide between google mapquest driving directions. I found all kinds of helpful information about free online direction sites there. In fact, I found out some things I did not even know such as that google offers 3D maps as part of their service options. I went there and looked up a route from my home to my office just for fun.
Over the years I have used different websites and different programs for my travel needs but I have not been able to depend on one in particular. It seems that one site is great for one thing but another site is great for another. I am now tempted to give maps google a try and see if that website can not accommodate all of my needs on one website instead of having to go to different locations to map out my trips, my short distance drives and even book some travel plans other then mapping. I am anxious to use the site.
There have been a few times where I have gotten directions online and they just didn’t make sense. However, when it comes to yahoo maps I have never been led to the wrong destination. They just don’t ever seen to be fooled by construction, or names changes with roads. There have even been a few times where i’ve seen the directions change within a matter of days of taking the same route. They seem to do a much better job keeping their systems up to date with what is going on out there in the real world of mapping software.
Posted by Dan on Apr 29, 2009 in
Lucky Hit Many homes have unfinished basements. But once you’ve finished your basement using a basement finishing contractor, you’ll want to keep it looking great by waterproofing your basement if you have a basement wet. Because of the low level of most basements, they are highly susceptible to flooding and water damage. While water leakage isn’t devastating to a simple cement basement, once you’ve laid carpet, painted and decorated, you want that basement to stay looking like it did the day your basement finishing contractor was finished with it. Here are some common problems to look out for, and ways to prevent those problems before they even begin. Get Your basement waterproofing done first.
Water in your finished basement can come from any number of sources. And, you’ll want to discern where the offending water source is before moving to basement waterproof those spaces. This will save you time and money from waterproofing areas that aren’t at risk. You can find wet spots by fixing a square of tin foil to the wall and checking it the next day. If you find moisture on it, you have a problem with water seeping in from the outside, and should take action immediately.
The water can come from many sources. Often it is a simple drainage problem that arises whenever it rains or snows outside. For example, if the grade or slope of your property runs towards the house and there other place for the water to go, chances are that excess water will somehow end up in your home. The simplest and best way to prevent this type of moisture from getting in is to use a gutter or spout to route the water away from your home.
Another common problem that will lead to moisture in your home are sweating pipes. When water condenses on your warm pipes, you may find it dripping on your new carpet. In this case, you’ll want to wrap your pipes to insulate them. Remember to regulate your home’s temperature with a thermostat, and to keep those temperatures reasonable to stave off humidity in the basement. You may also want to invest in a de-humidifier in order to take some of the moisture out of the air.
If you feel like the water is coming in through the walls, it is possible to purchase special wall waterproofing coating to stop the seepage. Remember that these solutions are for minor problems only, and will not help against severe seepage and moisture.
Posted by Dan on Apr 29, 2009 in
Lucky Hit IQ tests are tests which attempt to measure intelligence – where intelligence – subject to some contention, is defined as mental ability to among other things, solve problems, comprehend idea, learn new things and benefit from experience.
Attempts at testing intelligence have been with us for quite a long time. Ancient China for example, had an examination system (which really was some sort of an intelligence testing mechanism) and which was employed in the recruitment of civil servants during the Han Dynasty.
Intelligence testing as we know it by that specific name however has its roots in the work of a Frenchman called Alfred Binet early in the 20th century. History has it that Binet – who had established himself as a force to recorn with in psychology in France by that time had been given an assignment by the French government to develop a test that could reasonably predict given children’s potentially for educational achievement. The end result of Binet’s work was what he referred to as the Binet-Simon intelligence scale which was for long was used to ‘measure intelligence’
There have been many developments in the field of intelligence testing since Binet first formally ventured into the field. In fact, the very term IQ test (intelligence quotient) testing has been overtaken by these developments. As it were, when the term IQ test was coined, intelligence was then measured as a ratio of ‘mental age’ and ‘chronological age’.
Simply speaking, there were tasks that were considered apt for a given age and intelligence quotient which was measured by the IQ tests then could be calculated at Mental age/Chronological age x 100. In this case, a child of 10 years who could undertake tasks considered apt for a child of 12 had an intelligence quotient of 120, because 12/10×100 is equal to 120. Ideally, a person could only successfully undertake mental tasks apt for their age, and if a person could do mental tasks beyond their chronological age (e.g. the 10 year doing tasks apt for a 12 year old) was considered remarkably intelligent.
Another 10 year old doing tasks apt for a 14 year old would be even more intelligence and so on and so forth. Obviously, this method of measuring intelligence faced a number of challenges as it proves inadequate for measuring intelligence beyond a given age – because, as we know that (the supposed) intelligence does not just go on increasing with age – and in fact starts declining at a certain age. Modern IQ tests therefore tend to measure the subject’s standard deviation from established means (sort of midpoints) – since it has been established that intelligence in a given sample of people, like many other phenomena, if properly tabulated would form a curve and it is the deviations from the midpoints of that curve which is what is measured by modern IQ tests.
IQ tests and the whole notion of IQ testing have not been without controversy. There is contention, for example, on whether it is really possible to measure human intelligence – given that there is not even consensus on definition of the very term intelligence. The tests employed to measure intelligence have also been criticized for being biased towards certain social groups – especially after a prominent scientist in mid 20th century came up with the argument that certain races were intellectually superior to other races – an argument he backed with data obtained from IQ tests – and which was contested on account that items included in IQ tests give undue advantage to economically privileged (and thus well exposed) social groups – hence their apparent higher IQ test scores.
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