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  • Paypal

    PayPal is an international e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as cheques and money orders. It is subject to the US economic sanction list, and subject to other rules and interventions required by US laws or government.

    PayPal is an acquirer, performing payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. The fee depends on what currency or payments the seller is using. In addition, eBay purchases made by credit card through PayPal may incur extra fees if the buyer and seller use different currencies.

    On October 3, 2002, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay. Its corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California, United States at eBay's North First Street satellite office campus. The company also has significant operations in Omaha, Scottsdale, Charlotte, Boston, Baltimore and Austin in the United States; Chennai and Bangalore in India; Dublin and Dundalk in Ireland; Kleinmachnow in Germany; and Tel Aviv in Israel. Since July 2007, PayPal has operated across the European Union as a Luxembourg-based bank.

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  • Children Entertainment

    Children Entertainment

    Children's entertainment is centred on play and is significant for their growth and learning. Entertainment is also provided to children or taught to them by adults and many activities that appeal to them such as puppets, clowns, pantomimes and cartoons are also enjoyed by adults.

    Children have always played games. It is accepted that as well as being entertaining, playing games helps children's development. One of the most famous visual accounts of children's games is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder called Children's Games, painted in 1560. It depicts children playing a range of games which were presumably typical of the time. Many of these games, such as marbles, hide-and-seek, blowing soap bubbles and piggyback riding continue to be played.

    Most forms of entertainment can be or are modified to suit children's needs and interests. During the 20th century, starting with the often criticised but nonetheless important work of G. Stanley Hall, who "promoted the link between the study of development and the 'new' laboratory psychology", and especially with the work of Jean Piaget, who "saw cognitive development as being analogous to biological development", it became understood that the psychological development of children occurs in stages and that their capacities differ from adults. Hence, stories and activities, whether in books, film, or video games were developed specifically for child audiences. Countries have responded to the special needs of children and the rise of digital entertainment by developing systems such as television content rating systems, to guide the public and the entertainment industry.

    In the 21st century, as with adult products, much entertainment is available for children on the internet for private use. This constitutes a significant change from earlier times. The amount of time expended by children indoors on screen-based entertainment and the "remarkable collapse of children's engagement with nature" has drawn criticism for its negative effects on imagination, adult cognition and psychological well-being.

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  • 4 Easy Ways to Spice Up Things in the Bedroom

    Are you in a relationship that seems as if it is stalled in the bedroom?  If so, your first thought may be to terminate the relationship.  But, what if your relationship is long-term?  What if you are married?  What if you really do love your partner?  What steps should you take then?

    When it comes to being unhappy in the bedroom, it is important to know that ending a marriage or a relationship should only be used as a last approach.  Instead, you will want to take steps to spice things up.  Doing so may improve more than just your intimacy, but it may do wonders for your relationship in general.

    As nice as it is to hear that you can and should spice things up and in the bedroom, you may be unsure as to how you should proceed.  If that is the case, please continue reading on.  Below, four easy ways that you can spice things up in the bedroom, are covered.

    1 – Engage in Foreplay

    When you do have sex, what happens?  Do you and your partner get right down to business?  If you do, that may be a huge problem.  Unfortunately, many couples do not realize that intimacy is more than just about having sex.  It is also about having a happy and healthy relationship.  If you rely on sex to make your relationship succeed, there is a very good chance that it will actually fail.

    If you and your partner don’t already engage in foreplay, start doing so.  Also, remember that foreplay doesn’t have to start in the bedroom.  Call your lover, send a text message, or a handwritten note expressing your desires to get intimate with them later on.

    2 – Be Spontaneous

    When you want to have sex, what do you do?  If you actually take the time to ask your partner if they want to be intimate with you, you may be doing more harm than good.  Asking first can make being intimate seem more like a chore than something that should bring you pleasure.  The next time that you want to move to the bedroom, don’t ask first.  Just lead your partner there.  In fact, who needs a bedroom?

    Know that being spontaneous is about more than not talking about sex first.  Ways that you can be spontaneous with your partner is to have sex at a different time, date, or place.

    3 – Talk About Your Fantasies

    One of the biggest reasons why couples have problems with sex is because one person isn’t having their desires fulfilled.  If that is the case with you?  Does your partner know what you like or what you want to get out of being intimate?  If not, it is time for you to let them know.

    Be sure to talk to your partner about your sexual fantasies and desires.  What would you like to try in the bedroom?  In addition to expressing your wants, needs, and darkest fantasies, be sure to let your partner do the same.  Remember that both of you should walk away from an intimate encounter pleased.

    4 – Experiment in the Bedroom

    Another one of the easy ways that you can spice up things in the bedroom is by experimenting.  When doing so, you may be pleased with all of your options.  For starters, you can try a new sex position.  This may not only lead to extra pleasure, but fun and excitement.  Sex toys, romantic or pornographic videos, and role playing are other good ideas for experimenting in the bedroom.

    Remember that experimenting in the bedroom is a good way to spice up your intimacy, but be sure to use your best judgment.  It may be a wise decision to first discuss making changes with your partner, as you will not want to make him or her feel uncomfortable.

    So there you have it!  You know have a few ideas on how you can go about spicing up things in the bedroom.  So what are you waiting for?  Get started today.

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  • 5 Easy Ways for Parents to Spice Up The Intimacy

    Are you married?  If you are, are you also a parent?   If you are married and a parent, how is your sex life?  Depending on the age of your children and the size of your family, it might not be great.  Many parents wish that they had a better level of intimacy with their partner and on more occasions.  If you are one of those individuals, there are a number of steps that you will want to take.

    When it comes to intimacy in a relationship, it is important to remember that more than the bedroom and sex is and should be involved.  Does your intimacy only get started when you climb into bed?  If so, there may lay the problem.

    If you are a parent, you will want to consider using the service of a babysitter.  This will enable you and your spouse to get out of the house and enjoy time alone.  In fact, you can even have a “real,” date.  Go to dinner and a movie with your spouse.  Unfortunately, many married couples find themselves entering into a comfort zone that results in their relationship feeling more like a friendship than a marriage.  Do not let your relationship get to this point.  Dating is a nice and easy way to prevent that from happening.

    In addition to hiring a babysitter, rely on a trusted friend or family member.  What is nice about taking this approach is the comfort level.  Instead of picking a babysitter out of a phone book, you are entrusting the care of your children into someone that you know and trust.  This alone can result in you having a better time on a date.  You may also feel more comfortable leaving your children with a trusted friend or relative overnight, as opposed to an unknown babysitter.  What does this mean?  It means that in addition to enjoying a traditional date, you may also enjoy a nice, sexual night of privacy, possibly at a nice hotel.

    In keeping with childcare that will allow you and your spouse to spend some romantic, intimate, and quality time together, consider approaching other parents.  Do you know the parents of your children’s friends?  If you do, consider making a monthly arrangement with them.  Let them keep your kids for one night and you can do the same for them.  This approach is nice, as you are likely to feel comfortable living your children in the care of another parent.  Also, remember that all parents find it difficult to seek privacy and intimacy.  You may be doing the other set of parents a huge favor.

    As important as dating is and can be to your relationship, be realistic.  Not every night can be a date night.  With that said, there are still ways that you can be romantic and intimate with your spouse at home.  For example, sneak in a few hugs and kisses here and here.  When your wife is cooking dinner, walk up to her, rub her back, and plant a kiss on her.  When your husband is walking past you, stop him and give him a quick kiss.  A simple kiss is enough to show your partner that you care and want to be intimate with him, without making your children, who may be watching, feel uncomfortable or out of place.

    Another unique and creative way to keep the romance and intimacy alive when you may be unable to have sex or go on a date is the use of text messages.  Do you and your spouse have and use cell phones?  If you do, send them a sexy and seductive text message.  Let them know that you can’t wait until they arrive home.  Even if your partner is sitting across the room from them, send them a quick message.  If you do not own or use a cell phone, know that a handwritten love note can be just as effective.

    As you can see, there are a number of ways that you, as parents, can still have a happy and healthy sex life.  Implement a few of these steps to help keep your relationship and its romance alive and well.

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  • Planning Ahead While Pregnant

    Planning ahead when it comes to food could mean the difference between making wise choices and making irrational choices.  It helps us learn how to undo our bad habits and being pregnant is a great time to try and change any bad habits you may have.  The best way to break bad habits and to form new ones is to constantly plan ahead.

    You want to plan for snack attacks especially if you are not going to be home.  You want to make sure you take some healthy food with you, so that you can resist the temptation of going to the vending machine and taking out that candy bar.  Throw some nuts into your pocketbook or some cheese sticks in case of any hunger that might hit you through out the day.

    Plan your food shopping list.  Some people find that when they go to the supermarket with just a rough idea of what they need they usually wind up forgetting something important or they wind up buying half of the food store.   Take a few minutes to plan your meals for the week and buy what you need to go with it.

    Speaking of planning meals, that is a excellent idea.  Plan for meals you can realistically prepare.  Do not plan for meals that you do not have the time to prepare.  You are only going to stress yourself out.  Look for recipes that are easy and quick to make.  Do not try to make something where you can’t pronounce half of the ingredients and need to shop at a gourmet cooking store.  Chances are you are still working and the last thing you want to do is come home after a long day and then slave over a complicated recipe.

    Also, planning your meals out for the week tends to help you be a little more organized for the week.  It is no secret that pregnant women tend to forget things and this is due to their changing hormone level. By taking out the time to sit and plan your meals for the week will help you stay a little organized and save you a lot of time.  If you already know what you are making for dinner, you do not have to worry about coming home after a long day and standing in front of the fridge trying to decide what to make.

    You also want to make sure that get yourself in the habit of using vegetables are your main dish.  Instead of doing chicken breast with a side salad, make your salad your main dish and the chicken breast a side one.   You also want to buy your vegetables as fresh as possible, even if that means making two trips to the grocery store through out the week.  The fresher the vegetable, the better they are for you and your baby.  The same holds true for fruit also.  Keep plenty of fruit on hand, especially if you tend to crave sweet stuff through out your pregnancy.  Instead of reaching for a candy bar, you can reach for a piece of fruit dipped in cool whip

    By planning ahead for the week or even month to come will help you stay on track with your eating and decrease the risk of you making the wrong choice if a craving should hit you.

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  • 50 Ways To Confuse Your Roommate

    1. Smoke jimson weed. Do whatever comes naturally.
    2. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class.
    3. Twitch a lot.
    4. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep.
    5. Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them.
    6. Become a subgenius.
    7. Inject his/her Twinkles with a mixture of Dexatrim and MSG.
    8. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin.
    9. Speak in tongues.
    10. Move your roommate’s personal effects around. Start subtlety. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling.
    11. Walk and talk backwards.
    12. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them.
    13. Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, “They’re more than meets the eye.”
    14. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. The Road Warrior, Repo Man, Casablanca) almost inaudibly.
    15. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance art class (or hit him/her with said wrench).
    16. Collect all your urine in a small jug.
    17. Chain yourself to your roommate’s bed. Get him/her to bring you food.
    18. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are.
    19. Ask your roommate if your family can move in “just for a couple of weeks.”
    20. Buy as many back issues of Field & Stream as you can. Pretend to masturbate while reading them.
    21. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened.
    22. Eat glass.
    23. Smoke ballpoint pens.
    24. Smile. All the time.
    25. Collect dog feces in baby food jars. Sort them according to what you think the dog ate.
    26. Burn all your waste paper while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.
    27. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho-Hos in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you.
    28. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate’s desk. Include a list of grievances.
    29. Paste boogers on the windows in occult patterns.
    30. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly.
    31. Dye all your underwear lime green.
    32. Spill a lot of beer on his/her bed. Swim.
    33. Buy three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet.
    34. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate’s closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it.
    35. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate’s parents (postage due).
    36. Pray to Azazoth or Zoraster. Sacrifice something nasty.
    37. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks.
    38. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them.
    39. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley.
    40. Whenever s/he is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with “Didja ever wonder why….” Be creative.
    41. Shave one eyebrow.
    42. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments, mutter “Gotta save space,” twenty times while twitching violently.
    43. Put horseradish in your shoes.
    44. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want.
    45. Always flush the toilet three times.
    46. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often.
    47. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic’s “Pennsylvania Polka” and play it at least six hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it’s an assignment for your primitive cultures class.
    48. Give him/her an allowance.
    49. Listen to radio static.
    50. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up.

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  • Financial Assistance

    Financial Assistance

    Financial assistance or financial aid can refer to:

        Financial assistance (share purchase), assistance given by a company for the purchase of its shares or those of its holding companies
        Welfare (financial aid), financial aid by (primarily) governmental institutions or charitable organizations to individuals in need
        Student financial aid, funding intended to help students pay educational expenses

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  • When to “Buy Now” and When to Bid.

    When to "Buy Now" and When to Bid.

    You will often find yourself facing the choice of whether to pay a fixed price or keep on bidding. This choice might be presented to you in a single auction, or you might be choosing between different auctions of the different types. So should you use that 'Buy it Now' button or keep on trying to outbid everyone else? It's all a question of weighing up the advantages and disadvantages.

    Buy it Now.

    – The Advantages.

    When you use Buy it Now, you know the asking price and you can take some time to decide whether to pay it or not – you can even negotiate. You don't need to keeping your eye on the auction, or get caught up in the last-minute bidding frenzy that is now inevitable on any popular item. Not only that, but the seller will be happy to get a fixed price for their item, and they're likely to nicer to you than usual. Some sellers can be a little resentful when they feel that you got a little too much of a bargain on their item.

    – The Disadvantages.

    You will almost certainly pay more for the item, especially with more expensive items. Also, it takes some of the fun out of eBay. Aren't you there for an auction, after all? If you want to pay a fixed price then there are thousands of online stores you could be visiting. It's like pressing 'collect' instead of 'gamble' on a fruit machine: it's the boring option. But then, maybe that's what you want.

    These rules are relatively constant: there are few times when using Buy it Now would allow you to get something cheaper, or when bidding would be an easier way to do it. In the end, as with so many things in life, it's a simple question of price vs. convenience, and it's up to you.

    There are those times, though, when the strategic use of the Buy it Now button can be a useful tool to help you outwit your competition. If the current bid is almost as high as the Buy it Now price, then why bid higher and keep the contest going? Clicking that button is a no-brainer. The same goes for times when a seller has, for some reason, set the Buy it Now price only slightly higher than their starting price for bids. Why bother to go through all the hassle of bidding?

    You might also find that there are times when you should leave the Buy it Now button as a last resort: it can be a useful way of ending last-minute contests with a decisive 'this is mine' gesture.

    In fact, there are all sorts of tricks you can use on eBay, if you want to get ahead of the game. Remember that most buyers on eBay are casual, and don't know what they're doing: a little knowledge can go a long way in getting you an advantage. Our next email will have a few tips and tricks for you.

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  • “Folksonomies” – a New Viral Marketing Tool

    "Folksonomies" – a New Viral Marketing Tool


    A new consumer phenomenon is called "tagging" or "folksonomies" (short for folks and taxonomy). Tagging is powerful because consumers are creating an organizational structure for online content. Folksonomies not only enable people to file away content under tags, but, even better, share it with others by filing it under a global taxonomy that they created.

    Here's how tagging works. Using sites such as del.icio.us – a bookmark sharing site – and Flickr – a photo sharing site – consumers are collaborating on categorizing online content under certain keywords, or tags.

    For instance, an individual can post photographs of their iPod on Flickr and file it under the tag "iPod." These images are now not only visible under the individual user's iPod tag but also under the community iPod tag that displays all images consumers are generating and filing under the keyword. Right now Flickr has more than 3,500 photos that are labeled "iPod."

    Tagging is catching on because it is a natural complement to search. Type the word "blogs" into Google and it can't tell if you are searching for information about how to launch a blog, how to read blogs, or just what. Large and small sites alike are already getting on to the folksonomy train. They are rolling out tag-like structures to help users more easily locate content that's relevant to them.

    Although tags are far from perfect, marketers should, nevertheless, be using them to keep a finger on the pulse of the American public. Start subscribing to RSS feeds to monitor how consumers are tagging information related to your product, service, company or space. These are living focus groups that are available for free, 24/7. Folksonomy sites can be also be carefully used to unleash viral marketing campaigns – with a caveat. Marketers should be transparent in who they are, why they are posting the link/photos and avoid spamming the services.

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