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Phonics/ reading activities K-4.	Math activities from NCTM.
Games from Houghton Mifflin.	Inquiry based web activities.
Mad Lib Activities.	Math Skills and logic games K-6.
Online Web Stories.	LA and Math Games in Flash.
More online stories on the web.	Basic math skills.

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How to Buy a Laptop

1. Do your research and find out what sort of specifications you need. Most students don't require a state of the art device, but something that runs fast enough and has a decent amount of storage space. Graphics and sound probably won't be a top priority unless you're planning on playing games on the computer.
   
   
   
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   Decide what software you will need. Productivity software will be a must. Many universities offer software at reduced prices to their students. This will often be cheaper than purchasing the same software with a new computer. If your budget is limited, you can use free open source applications.
   
   
   
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   Shop around for the most reasonable price.
   
   
   
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   When you have found the right one, purchase it.
   
   
   
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   Arrange insurance. University students are often a popular target for thieves. You may be able to find insurance with a provider on campus.
   
   
   
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   Once you have your laptop, be sure to take good care of it. Replacing or fixing a laptop is an expensive task!
   
   
   

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GoDaddy

India is Growth Engine for GoDaddy: James Caroll

Facebook or social media is not competition but they complement our offerings. We offer pure presence, integrated presence and e-commerce on the web for organisations. James Caroll, Senior Vice President International , GoDaddy

The largest registrar in history of internet - GoDaddy with 56 million domains is now expanding the company’s international focus from four countries to sixty. US headquartered GoDaddy forayed with full blown operations in India last year. We recorded great success here as per James Caroll, Senior Vice President International, GoDaddy on a recent India visit. It makes immense sense for small businesses to encompass web presence in today’s hyper connected world,he says.

What is the relevance of GoDaddy in the technology world and how successful has been the journey so far?

GoDaddy is the largest platform for small business((mainly under100 employees) today. We are bigger than our next top ten competitors combined. We have over 12 million customers (and not individual users) who use our service everyday.
Our vision is to radically shift the global economy towards small business by empowering people to easily start and successfully run their business. We offer world class products - right from mail to website builder to e-commerce solutions.
The Customer Care (365, 24/7) is the big differentiator as the customers don’t call us only when they have a problem. We advise  them on features like search engine visibility, email marketing and more. The subscription model helps companies ride the internet bandwagon without paying huge fees for licenses. That’s our value proposition as a one stop shop for SMBs with a  portfolio of over forty products.

Why should small businesses pay for the website when they can create say - a ‘free’ company page on Facebook?

Social is one part of the online juggernaut. GoDaddy Website builder has social media connectors wherein the website can be connected to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Facebook or social media sites are not competition that can serve all the customer needs but they complement our offerings.
For brand protection, companies need website  for a rich and complete engagement with their customers. Our integrated offering helps traffic flows both ways that helps social media presence and web presence. For search too, the company would like to appear in prevalent locations on the web. There is nothing more professional than to have an online entity in terms of a domain name or brand name.

Website has become more of a push route via social media or mobile devices. What new integrated features will make the website relevant in today’s times?

It depends on type of business and the relevance of online presence is mainly for those who are not on the web yet. For a small business, the website helps tehem address a wider customer set. Our customers can utlise features like SEO, SEM, integration with social media. They can also execute secure e-commerce transactions. From GoDaddy perspective, we offer pure presence, integrated presence and e-commerce on the web.
Companies often do business with an organization that has an official website or a domain that further reflects a sense of professionalism.

After the initial year of India operations, does the report card show first-class grades?

India represents a great opportunity for GoDaddy and GoDaddy is in turn is leveraging the oppurtunity to serve this unique market to enable more small bushiness  to go online. Identified as the priority market India is now GoDaddy’s biggest international office.
The diverse market helped us to tweak our offerings to be more relevant for small businesses. India is the growth engine for GoDaddy. After success in this market, we have launched aggressive international plan by providing offerings in local languages across different countries.
India team has almost tripled in terms of employee strength within the first year.We are here for the long term  to help small business grow their presence on the web.

The website market is highly fragmented in terms of large companies, web designers and web developers. Wasn't it a challenge to create brand loyalty?

The entry barriers are extremely low in this market. Hence the plan is to interact, engage and build the market with the end customers to be successful. Also there is a general perception that creating and managing a website is a complex and time consuming task.
The ‘Cup of Coffee’ campaign across major Indian cities few months ago was a door to door initiative with small businesses. Their website was set up by GoDaddy team within 30 minutes flat (the average time to sip a cup of coffee) in real time. They might not have a PC but they got instant web presence through the mobile device.

India is a huge, diverse and internet connected market. Any key leanings?

There is a combined market for both – DIY (Do It Yourself) and DIFM (Do It For Me) in India. We also learnt having a customer care in India where the agent speak local language - is an essential element for success. Today we have over 100 agents in the customer care centre based out of Hyderabad.
India is the third largest internet connected market of the world but it is only ten percent penetrated. That’s a colossal opportunity and we will ensure that we are there as a leading vendor when that shift happens.

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வாஷிங்டன் : அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு சம்பளம், பென்ஷன் முதல் நலதிட்டங்களுக்கு செலவிடுவது வரைக்கும் போதுமான நிதி இல்லாத நிலையில் நேற்றுமுன்தினம் நள்ளிரவு அமெரிக்க அரசின் கஜானா காலியான நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட் டது; இதனால் அரசு அலுவலகங்கள் இழுத்து மூடப்பட்டன. 8 லட்சம் அரசு ஊழியர்கள் பாதிக்கப்பட்டனர். முதியோர் நல உதவிகள் நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டன.

கடந்த 1996 ல் தான் இப்படி அசாதாரண நிலை ஏற்பட்டது. அதன் பின் 17 ஆண்டுக்கு பின் இப்போது ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. நேற்றுமுன்தினம் நள்ளிரவுடன் அமெரிக்காவின் நிதி ஆண்டு  முடிகிறது. நடப்பு நிதி ஆண்டுக்கான நிதியை நாடாளுமன்றம் ஆளும் ஜனநாயக கட்சிக்கும், எதிர்கட்சியான குடியரசு கட்சிக்கும் இடையே நேற்று முன்தினம் நள்ளிரவு வரை நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் நீடித்த பெரும் இழுபறிக்கு பின் அரசு அலுவலகங்களை இழுத்து மூடும் முடிவுக்கு அதிபர் ஒபாமா தள்ளப்பட்டார்.

அமெரிக்க அதிபர் ஒபாமா, நடுத்தர, ஏழைகளுக்கான புதிய சுகாதார திட்டத்தை கொண்டு வர உள்ளார். சாதாரண மக்கள், இந்த சுகாதார திட்டத்தில் சேர அரசே அவர்களுக்கு இன்சூரன்ஸ்  பிரீமிய தொகையை அளிக்கும். இந்த திட்டம் மூலம்  ஆளும் ஜனநாயக கட்சிக்கு செல்வாக்கு கிடைத்து விடும் என்று நினைப்பதால் குடியரசு கட்சி  ஏற்கனவே எதிர்த்துவருகிறது.

இந்த நிலையில், நேற்றுமுன்தினம் நள்ளிரவுடன் நிதி ஆண்டு  முடிவடைவதால் நடப்பாண்டுக்கான நிதியை நாடாளுமன்றம் ஒதுக்கி அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும். இதற்கான அவசர நிதி மசோதாவை அங்கீகரிக்க வேண்டும்.  நேற்றுமுன்தினம் நாடாளுமன்றம் பிற்பகலில் கூடியது. சுகாதார திட்டத்தில் திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர வேண்டும்; ஓராண்டு தள்ளி வைக்கலாம்  என்று குடியரசு கட்சி பிடிவாதம் பிடித்தது. ஆனால், அதிபர் ஒபாமா இதற்கு மறுத்து விட்டார்.

பரபரப்பு அதிகரிப்பு:  நள்ளிரவு நெருங்க நெருங்க பரபரப்பு கூடியது. காரணம், நாடாளுமன்றம் மசோதாவை அங்கீகரித்தால் தான் அரசு கஜானாவில் இருந்து புதிய நிதி ஆண்டுக்கான நிதியை எடுக்க முடியும். சுகாதார திட்டத்தில் திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர வேண்டும் என்று கூறி அதை ஓட்டெடுப்புக்கு விட நிர்பந்தித்தது. இதில் பிரதிநிதிகள் சபையில் (நம் மக்களவை போன்றது) எதிர்கட்சியான குடியரசு கட்சிக்கு பலம் அதிகம். ஓட்டெடுப்பில் குடியரசு கட்சியினர் 228 , 221 என்ற ஒட்டு கணக்கில் தீர்மானத்தை வெற்றியடையச் செய்தனர்.

எனினும், செனட் (மாநிலங்களவை போன்றது)டில் ஆளும் ஜனநாயக கட்சிக்கு பலம் அதிகம். அங்கு இந்த தீர்மானம் ஓட்டெடுப்புக்கு விடப்பட்டு, 54 , 46 ஓட்டு  வித்தியாசத்தில் நிராகரிக்கப்பட்டது. இதையடுத்து குடியரசு கட்சி எம்பிக்களுக்கு கடுப்பு அதிகமானது. பட்ஜெட் நிதி அங்கீகாரம் பெற பேச்சு நடத்தி சுகாதார திட்டத்தில் திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர வேண்டும். இல்லாவிட்டால், அங்கீகரிக்க மாட்டோம் என்பது போல நடந்து கொண்டனர். ஆனால், அதிபர் ஒபாமா பணிய தயாரில்லை. ‘நீங்கள் ஒப்புதல் தராவிட்டால் மக்களிடம் பதில் சொல்ல வேண்டியிருக்கும். அரசை இழுத்து மூட நேரிடும்’ என்று எச்சரித்ததுடன், தன் அமைச்சர்களுக்கு அவசர உத்தரவுகளை பிறப்பித்தார்.

நள்ளிரவு தாண்ட 25 நிமிடம் இருந்தபோது, மீண்டும் பேச குடியரசு கட்சி எம்பிக்கள் ஒப்புக்கொண்டனர்.  செனட் சபைக்கு  அந்த தகவல் போவதற்குள் நள்ளிரவு தாண்டிவிட்டது. இதையடுத்து அரசு அவசர நடவடிக்கைகளை அமல்படுத்த துவங்கியது. இதன் விளைவாக பல அதிரடி முடிவுகள் அதிகாலையில் அமல்படுத்தப்பட்டன. அரசு அலுவலகங்கள் இழுத்து மூடப்பட்டன. முதியோர் இல்லங்கள் இயங்குவது தடை பட்டது. அரசு நடத்தும் தேசிய பூங்காக்கள், வனவிலங்கு பூங்காக்கள், மியூசியங்கள் மூடப்பட்டன. இதனால் அமெரிக்க பொருளாதாரம் பாதிக்கப்படும்; பங்குசந்தை தடுமாறும். மற்ற நாடுகளிலும் பாதிப்பு  ஏற்படும் என்று வல்லுனர்கள் கருதுகின்றனர்.

அரசியல் நாடகம்

அடுத்த சில மாதங்களில் பிரதிநிதிகள் சபை  தேர்தல் நடக்கிறது. அதில் குடியரசு கட்சியை தோற்கடித்து அதிக இடங்களை பிடிக்க வேண்டும் என்பது ஒபாமா திட்டம். அதற்கான முதல் வெற்றி இது.   அரசு மூடப்பட்டதால் ஏற்படும் விளைவுகளுக்கு எதிர்கட்சிகள் தான் பொறுப்பேற்க வேண்டும். குடியரசு கட்சி மீது மக்கள் வெறுப்பு அதிகரித்தால் தேர்தலில் அதிக இடங்களை நாம் பிடிக்க முடியும்.

இதுவரை பிரதிநிதிகள் சபையில் பலம் இல்லாமல் இருந்த நிலையை மாற்றி விடலாம் என்பதே ஒபாமா திட்டம். இந்த நாடகத்தில் அரசு ஊழியர்களை பக¬டைக்காயாக்கி விட்டார். சுகாதார திட்டத்துக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கப்போய், இந்த நாடகத்தில் குடியரசு கட்சியினர் எக்குதப்பாக சிக்கிவிட்டனர்  என்பதே அரசியல் ஆய்வாளர்கள் கணிப்பு.

எதெல்லாம் பாதிக்கும்?

அரசு ஊழியர்கள்: நேரடி அரசு ஊழியர்கள் 8 லட்சம் பேர் உள்ளனர். பகுதி நேர, தற்காலிக என மொத்தம் 10 லட்சம் பேர் வேலைக்கு  ஆபத்து. பிரச்னை முடியும் வரை சம்பளம் வராது. வெள்ளை மாளிகையில்: அதிபர் ஒபாமாவின் வெள்ளை மாளிகையில் 1265 ஊழியர்களுக்கு தற்காலிக விடுப்பு அளிக்கப்படும். வெறும் 436 பேர் மட்டும் பணியாற்றுவர். அதிலும் அதிபருக்கு வெறும் 15 உதவியாளர்கள் மட்டும் இருப்பர்.

முதியோர் காப்பகங்கள்: முதியோர் காப்பகங்கள் மூடப்படும்; எனினும் அவர்களின் அத்தியாவசிய தேவைகள் கவனிக்கப்படும். நோயாளிகளுக்கு சிக்கல்: அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் புதிய நோயாளிகள் அனுமதிக்கப்பட மாட்டர். புதிய சுகாதார திட்டம் நேற்று முதல் அமலாக இருந்தது. ஆனால் தடை பட்டதால் அதன் 40 ஆயிரம் ஊழியர்கள் தற்காலிகமாக நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டனர்.

மருந்துகள் தடைபடும்: புதிய மருந்துகளை அங்கீகரிப்பது அமெரிக்க மருந்து ஆணையம். அதன் 55 சதவீத ஊழியர்களுக்கு விடுப்பு தரப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதனால் புதிய மருந்துகள் வெளியாவது தடைபடும்.

உளவுத்துறையில்: உளவு வேலையில் ஈடுபடுவோர் பல ஆயிரம் பேருக்கு அரசு ஊதியம், சலுகை தருகிறது. அது தடைபடும். உளவு பணிகள் பாதிக்கப்படும்.
தேசிய பூங்காக்களுக்கு பூட்டு: நியூயார்க் உட்பட பல பகுதிகளில் அரசு பொழுதுபோக்கு பூங்காக்கள்  செயல்படுகின்றன. ஒரு நாளைக்கு 7 லட்சத்து 50 ஆயிரம் பேர் வருகின்றனர்; 3 கோடி டாலர் வருமானம் கிடைக்கும். ஆனால் பூங்காக்களை பராமரிக்கும் ஊழியர்கள் விடுப்பு எடுப்பதால் மூடப்பட்டன.

வரி வருவாய் வராது: வருமான வரி வசூலிக்கும் பணியில் உள்ள ஒரு லட்சம் ஊழியர்கள் பணிக்கு வராததால் வரி வசூல் பணிகள் பாதிக்கப்படும். நீதித்துறையில்: கோர்ட் உட்பட நீதித்துறை அலுவலகங்களில்  ஒரு லட்சத்து 15 ஆயிரம் ஊழியர்களுக்கு விடுப்பு அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. அதனால் கோர்ட் பணிகள் ஸ்தம்பிக்கும். நினைவகங்கள் மூடப்படும்: வாஷிங்டனில் ஆபிரகாம் லிங்கன் நினைவகம், தேசிய வனவிலங்கு பூங்கா, ஸ்மித்சோனியன் மியூசியம், தேசிய காப்பகங்கள் காலவரையற்று மூடப்படும்.

எதெல்லாம் பாதிக்காது?

* ராணுவம்: ராணுவம் பாதிக்காது; ராணுவத்தினருக்கு சம்பளம், சலுகைகள் கிடைக்கும். ஆனால், 8 லட்சம் சிவில் பணியாளர்களில் பாதிப்பேர் விடுப்பில் அனுப்பப்படுவர்.
* பாஸ்போர்ட்: விமான, ரயில் போக்குவரத்து பணிகள் பாதிக்காது. பாஸ்போர்ட், விசா பணிகளில் பாதிப்பு வராது.
* கோர்ட்கள்: சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் மற்றும் கீழ் கோர்ட்கள் விசாரணை பாதிக்காது; ஆனால், ஊழியர்கள் பற்றாக்குறை இருக்கும்.

எக்ஸ்ட்ரா தகவல்

இதற்கு முன் 1995, 96ல் அதிபர் கிளின்டன் ஆட்சி காலத்தில் இப்படி ‘அரசு மூடல்’ நிலை ஏற்பட்டது. அப்போது 21 நாட்கள் அரசு பணிகள்  முடங்கின. இந்த முறை வாரக்கணக்கில் நீடிக்குமா இந்த முடக்கம் என்பதே கேள்வி. அதுவரை வாரத்துக்கு 100 கோடி ரூபாய் இழப்பு ஏற்படும்.

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how to add facebook like to your blog

Steps

1. 1
   Go to the "Facebook Developers" page: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like.
   
   
   
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   Set the options you want. Specifically, select whether you want a "Like" or a "Recommend" button. The sample button on the page will automatically update to reflect your selections.
   
   
   
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   Leave the "URL to Like" field blank. You will be replacing that soon.
   
   
   
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   Click "Get Code". You will see something that looks like this:
   
   
   

   <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=
   

   
   

   http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout=standard&
   

   
   

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   Replace the following text:
   
   
   
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   • http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout part with:

     " + data:post.url + "&layout
     

   • light" with:

     light"'
     

     -- notice the new trailing apostrophe
   • height:px with:

     height:35px
     

     -- otherwise, Firefox will make the iframe really big.
   • Leave a copy of the final code somewhere accessible for you to transfer to Blogger.
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   Go to your Blogger Dashboard.
   
   
   
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   Open your blog's layout and click Edit HTML.
   
   
   
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   Find a place to put the Facebook "Like" code into your HTML layout. A good location is directly after or below:

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   • Use the browser "Find" mechanism to help you locate it.
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   Save and check that the button has appeared. Once you can see it, you're done!
   
   
   

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Best attractive quotes

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Helen Keller

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World Most powerful people

1	Barack Obama President	United States
2	Angela Merkel Chancellor	Germany
3	Vladimir Putin President	Russia
4	Bill Gates Co-Chair	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
5	Pope Benedict XVI Pope	Roman Catholic Church
6	Ben Bernanke Chairman, Federal Reserve	United States
7	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud King	Saudi Arabia
8	Mario Draghi President	European Central Bank
9	Xi Jinping General Secretary, Communist Party	China
10	David Cameron Prime Minister	United Kingdom

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Thoughts of the day

“ You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ”
— Steve Jobs

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How to write Essays

Brief Overview of the 10 Essay Writing Steps

Below are brief summaries of each of the ten steps to writing an essay. Select the links for more info on any particular step, or use the blue navigation bar on the left to proceed through the writing steps. How To Write an Essay can be viewed sequentially, as if going through ten sequential steps in an essay writing process, or can be explored by individual topic.

1. Research: Begin the essay writing process by researching your topic, making yourself an expert. Utilize the internet, the academic databases, and the library. Take notes and immerse yourself in the words of great thinkers.
2. Analysis: Now that you have a good knowledge base, start analyzing the arguments of the essays you're reading. Clearly define the claims, write out the reasons, the evidence. Look for weaknesses of logic, and also strengths. Learning how to write an essay begins by learning how to analyze essays written by others.
3. Brainstorming: Your essay will require insight of your own, genuine essay-writing brilliance. Ask yourself a dozen questions and answer them. Meditate with a pen in your hand. Take walks and think and think until you come up with original insights to write about.
4. Thesis: Pick your best idea and pin it down in a clear assertion that you can write your entire essay around. Your thesis is your main point, summed up in a concise sentence that lets the reader know where you're going, and why. It's practically impossible to write a good essay without a clear thesis.
5. Outline: Sketch out your essay before straightway writing it out. Use one-line sentences to describe paragraphs, and bullet points to describe what each paragraph will contain. Play with the essay's order. Map out the structure of your argument, and make sure each paragraph is unified.
6. Introduction: Now sit down and write the essay. The introduction should grab the reader's attention, set up the issue, and lead in to your thesis. Your intro is merely a buildup of the issue, a stage of bringing your reader into the essay's argument.
(Note: The title and first paragraph are probably the most important elements in your essay. This is an essay-writing point that doesn't always sink in within the context of the classroom. In the first paragraph you either hook the reader's interest or lose it. Of course your teacher, who's getting paid to teach you how to write an essay, will read the essay you've written regardless, but in the real world, readers make up their minds about whether or not to read your essay by glancing at the title alone.)
7. Paragraphs: Each individual paragraph should be focused on a single idea that supports your thesis. Begin paragraphs with topic sentences, support assertions with evidence, and expound your ideas in the clearest, most sensible way you can. Speak to your reader as if he or she were sitting in front of you. In other words, instead of writing the essay, try talking the essay.
8. Conclusion: Gracefully exit your essay by making a quick wrap-up sentence, and then end on some memorable thought, perhaps a quotation, or an interesting twist of logic, or some call to action. Is there something you want the reader to walk away and do? Let him or her know exactly what.
9. MLA Style: Format your essay according to the correct guidelines for citation. All borrowed ideas and quotations should be correctly cited in the body of your text, followed up with a Works Cited (references) page listing the details of your sources.
10. Language: You're not done writing your essay until you've polished your language by correcting the grammar, making sentences flow, incoporating rhythm, emphasis, adjusting the formality, giving it a level-headed tone, and making other intuitive edits. Proofread until it reads just how you want it to sound. Writing an essay can be tedious, but you don't want to bungle the hours of conceptual work you've put into writing your essay by leaving a few slippy misppallings and pourly wordedd phrazies..

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C C is one of the most widely used programming languages and often used as an introduction to programming. It has influenced many languages that came after it, and knowledge of C will make learning later languages, such as Objective-C (used by Apple), easier. It influences many later languages you could want to learn, so starting with C will give you a deeper understanding of how computers work.

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INOVTHINKERS: Top Ten computer Companies in the world

INOVTHINKERS: Top Ten computer Companies in the world: #1 Microsoft Software Revenue: $54,270 mm Software Revenue Growth: 10.6 percent Microsoft, the multinational company that ... Read more

Top Ten computer Companies in the world

#1 Microsoft

Software Revenue: $54,270 mm

Software Revenue Growth: 10.6 percent

Microsoft, the multinational company that develops a wide range of software products, has topped the list of Global Software Top 100 with the software revenue exceeding $50,000 million. The share of the software revenue of the company is 80.5 percent in the total revenue of the company is $67,383 million.

The most profitable products of this software king are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer (personal computer) operating system market with firstly MS-DOS in the mid 1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems.  Windows continues to be the flagship product of the company with its most recent version Windows 8; though released in August 2012, it will be delivered in October. The software company, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company now has three business divisions: the Microsoft Platform Products and Service Division, the Microsoft Business Division and the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division.

#2 IBM

Software Revenue: $22,485 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 5.1 percent

IBM, the multi-national computer, technology and IT-consultancy company, has a software revenue of $22,485 million (as of 2011), which is around 22.5 percent of the total revenue of the company ($99,870 million). Headquartered in Armonk, New York, the company was founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896; the name IBM was given to it only later. The company produces both software and hardware products and offers services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. As of now, IBM is the largest IT services company and the second largest software company in the world. The company received the most United States patents in the year 2009 for up to seventeen consecutive years. The major products of the company are Websphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli and Cognos.

#3 Oracle

Software Revenue: $20,958 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 12.8 percent

The multi-national computer technology corporation, Oracle, has appeared on the Global Software Top 100 list at the third position with a software revenue exceeding $20,000 million. It is 69.4 percent of the total revenue of the company ($30, 180) as of 2011. Oracle develops enterprise software products and particularly database management systems. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States, the company employs more than 73,201 people worldwide as of 2009 statistics, Larry Ellison being its Chief Executive Officer. The corporation has enlarged its share of the software market through organic growth and through numerous high-profile acquisitions, which includes People Soft and BEA Systems. The company is hailed as the third largest software company in the United States and in the world; and it is also the second largest enterprise software company in the world.

#4 SAP

Software Revenue: $12,558 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 10.5 percent

SAP AG is a multi-national software development and consulting corporation and it grabs the fourth position on the list of world’s top 100 software companies with software revenue of $12,558 million which is much lesser to Oracle that stands just one position ahead of it on the list. This software company has 75.4 percent software revenue share among the total of $16,654 million. The corporation provides enterprise software applications to businesses of all sizes. Founded in 1972 in Mannheim by the former IBM engineers, Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Claus E Tschira and Claus Wellenreuther, the software firm is best known for its flagship product SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This company is headquartered in Walldorf Germany. And it is the largest European software company in the world and the largest enterprise software company in the world, leaving behind Oracle.

#5 Ericsson

Software Revenue: $7,274 mn

Software Revenue Growth: -4.2 percent

Though Ericsson has the fifth position in the list of world’s top 100 software companies ranked by their software revenue, it has shown a decrease in the software revenue of 4.2 percent than the previous years’ statistics. The company now claims a software revenue of $7,274 million which 24 percent of the total revenue generated by the company ($30,307 million). The company was founded in 1876 by Lars and Magnus Ericsson as a telegraph equipment repair shop. Presently, Ericsson is a Swidish provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, including mobile networks. Ericsson is headquartered in Kista, Stockholm Municipality and it has offices and operations in more than 175 countries. The Sweden office of the company employs more than 75,000 employees, making it one of the largest companies in the country. The company has the status of the worldwide market leader of telco networks and it is the fifth largest software company in the world.

#6 Hewlett Packard

Software Revenue: $6,669 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 7.9 percent

Hewlett Packard, popularly known and marketed as ‘hp’ is a consumer electronics corporation that has come in the sixth position on the list of Global Software Top 100, which is ranked by the software revenue of the companies. The company has $6,669 million software revenue making only 5.3 percent of the total revenue of the company, which is $126,562 million. Hewlett Packard is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. The major product lines of the company include personal computer devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other similar imaging products. Hewlett Packard is considered as the largest technology company in the world and it had posted $91.7 billion in annual revenue in the year2006, greater than the $91.4 billion generated by the rival company, IBM. Hewlett Packard is the largest worldwide seller of personal computers, dominating the rival DELL as the market research firms Gartner and IDC has reported in January 2010. The company also acclaims the position of sixth largest software company in the world.

#7 Symantec

Software Revenue: $5,636 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 1.3 percent

The computer technology corporation Symantec shows only a meager percent of software revenue growth this time with $5,636 million placing itself in the seventh position on the list of world’s top 100 software companies. Meanwhile the total revenue of the company is $6,013 million, in which 93.7 percent is the revenue generated by software products and services. Symantec is a multi-national company that develops security software. The technology firm is best known for its flagship product, Norton Security Software. Symantec is the largest security software company in the world and also the fifth largest software company in the United States.

#8 Nintendo

Software Revenue: $5,456 mn

Software Revenue Growth: -19.8 percent

Nintendo comes at the eighth position on the list of top software companies in the world. The software company, Nintendo has shown a reduction of 19.8 percent in their software revenue reaching at $5,456 million. The current software revenue makes 39.6 percent of its total revenue of $13,766 million. The primary business sector of the company is gaming software production, and the next major sector of the company is non-PC Games and Game Engines. The company employs more than 3,768 people in their offices.

#9 Activision Blizzard

Software Revenue: $4,447 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 3.9 percent

The technology firm, Activision Blizzard develops and publishes video games. And the software revenue, which is its only revenue generating sector, of the company is $4,447 million. This firm is the American Holding company for Activision and Blizzard Entertainment, majority of which is owned by the French corporation Vivendi SA. The well known games developed and published by the company are Guitar hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. The merger happened in 2008 made Activision Blizzard one of the largest growing software companies of the Software Top 100. This firm was the second largest video game company in the world as of 2009.

#10 EMC

Software Revenue: $4,356 mn

Software Revenue Growth: 10 percent

The software revenue $4,356 million made EMC at the No. 10 position on the list of the top 100 software companies in the world. It is around 25.6 percent of the total revenue of the company that is $17,015 million. The primary business sector of the company is developing of Infrastructure software. Storage Management Software is another major sector from which the company derives its revenue. The company employs around 37,700 people in its offices.

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Top Cars in the world

Top 10 most expensive cars in the world

Bugatti Veyron $1,700,000

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti marque. It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. The Veyron features a W16 engine—16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders.

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According to Volkswagen, the final production Veyron engine produces between 1020 and 1040 metric hp (1006 to 1026 SAE net hp), so the car will be advertised as producing "1001 horsepower" in both the US and European markets. This easily makes it the most powerful production road-car engine in history.

Ferrari Enzo $1,000,000

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The Enzo Ferrari, sometimes referred to as the the Ferrari Enzo and also F60 is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named after the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari. It was built in 2003 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fiber body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and carbon-ceramic brake discs. Also used are technologies not allowed in F1 such as active aerodynamics. After a maximum downforce of 1709 pounds (775 kg) is reached at 186 mph (301 km/h) the rear spoiler is actuated by computer to maintain that downforce.

Pagani Zonda C12 F $741,000

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The Zonda C12 F debuted at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. It is the most extensive reengineering of the Pagani car yet, though it shares much with its predecessors including the 7.3 L V12. Power is increased to 602 PS (443 kW/594 hp) with a special clubsport model producing 650 PS (478 kW/641 hp). The company promises a 3.2 second sprint to 60 mph (97 km/h, a top speed over 374 km/h (225 mph) and it will be the queen in braking from 300 km/h to 0 (186 mph to 0). The Zonda F clubsport has a power to weight ratio of 521 bhp/ton (384 W/kg) . Compare, for example, the Enzo Ferrari which has a power to weight ratio of 483 bhp/ton (356 W/kg).

Koenigsegg CCX $600,910

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The Koenigsegg CCX is the latest supercar from Koenigsegg. CCX is an abbreviation for Competition Coupe X. The X commemorates the 10th anniversary of the completion and test drive of the first CC vehicle in 1996. The CCX is intended to be more suitable for the U.S. market and thus engineered to comply with US regulations. The CCX is powered by a Koenigsegg designed and assembled, all aluminium, 4700 cm³ DOHC 32-valve V8 based on the Ford Modular engine architecture enhanced with twin Rotrex centrifugal superchargers with response system, 1.2 bar boost pressure and an 8.2:1 compression ratio. The engine produces 806 hp (601 kW) and 678 lbf.ft (920 Nm) on 91 octane (U.S. rating) gasoline, 850 hp (634 kW) on 96 octane (Euro rating) gasoline and 900 hp (671 kW) on biofuel.

Porsche Carrera GT $484,000

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The Porsche Carrera GT is a supercar, manufactured by Porsche of Germany. The Carrera GT is powered by an all-new 5.7 litre V10 engine producing 612 SAE horsepower (450 kW). Porsche claims it will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in 3.9 seconds and has a maximum speed of 330 km/h (206 mph), although road tests indicated that in actuality the car could accelerate from 0-60 in under 3.5 seconds and to 0-100 in 6.8 seconds and has a top speed of 335-340km/h (209-212.5mph).

Mercedes SLR McLaren $455,500

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The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is a sports car and supercar automobile co-developed by DaimlerChrysler and McLaren Cars. It is assembled at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England. Most people presume "SLR" to stand for "Sportlich, Leicht, Rennsport" (German for "Sport; Light; Racing"). The car's base price is £300,000 or $455,500. The SLR has a supercharged 5.5 (5439cc) litre dry sumped 90 degree V8. It produces 466.8 kW at 6500rpm (626 hp) and 780 N·m (575 ft·lbf) torque at 3250 - 5000 rpm.

Maybach 62 $385,250

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The Maybach 57 and 62 were the first automobile models of the Maybach brand since the brand's revival by DaimlerChrysler. They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motorshow (which was based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan). DaimlerChrysler attempted to buy the Rolls-Royce/Bentley marque when Vickers offered the company up for sale. When this attempt failed (they were outbid by BMW and Volkswagen respectively) they introduced the Maybach as a direct challenger in 2002. Both models are variants of the same ultra-luxurious automobile. The model numbers reflect the respective lengths of the automobiles in decimetres; the 57 is more likely to be owner-driven while the longer 62 is designed with a chauffeur in mind. The engine is a Mercedes-sourced 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12, generating 550 hp.

Rolls-Royce Phantom $320,000

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The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a luxury saloon automobile made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a BMW subsidiary. It was launched in 2003 and is the first Rolls-Royce model made under the ownership of BMW. It has a 6.8 L, 48-valve, V12 engine that produces 453 hp (338 kW) and 531 ft·lbf (720 N·m) of torque. The engine is derived from BMW's existing V12 powerplant. It is 1.63 m (63 in) tall, 1.99 m (74.8 in) wide, 5.83 m (228 in) long, and weighs 2485 kg (5478 lb). The body of the car is built on an aluminium spaceframe and the Phantom can accelerate to 60 mph (100 km/h) in 5.7 s.

Lamborghini Murcielago $279,900

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The Lamborghini Murciélago is a GT and supercar automobile made by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and designed by Luc Donckerwolke. It was introduced in 2002 as the successor to the Diablo. The body style is a two door, two seat coupé. The LP640 version was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2006. It features a 6.5 L engine, now producing 640 bhp, improving performance substantially. There were also a few minor external changes, primarily to the low air intakes.

Aston Martin Vanquish $255,000

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The Aston Martin V12 Vanquish is a supercar manufactured by Aston Martin since 2001. It rose to fame after being featured as the official James Bond car in Die Another Day, the twentieth James Bond film. In the film, the Vanquish has the usual Bond film embellishments, including active camouflage which rendered the vehicle virtually invisible. The Vanquish is powered by a 5.9 L (5935 cc) 48-valve 60° V12 engine, which produces 343 kW (460 hp) and 542 N·m (400 ft·lbf) of torque. It is controlled by a fly-by-wire throttle and a 6 speed 'paddle shift' or semi-automatic transmission. A special V12 Vanquish S debuted at the 2004 Paris Auto Show with the power upped to 388 kW (520 hp) and 577 N·m (426 ft·lbf).

 

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