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MIT OpenCourseWare Publishes 1,800th Course |
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Congratulations to MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative, which has recently passed the 1,800-course mark. First announced in 2001, MIT OCW has grown from a 50-course pilot to a site that includes virtually the entire MIT undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Like many OCW projects, MIT uses the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license, giving educators, students and self learners from around the world the ability to copy, remix and share the materials, as long as they do so for non-commercial purposes. MIT has been a visionary leader for the growing OCW movement. Creative Commons will continue to work hard to support clear, flexible licensing options for various Open Educational Resource (OER) projects. If you have your own open content success story, alert us! We encourage other organizations to add their projects to our Content Directories. This useful resource helps spread the word about a wealth of great open content ventures. Watch for the video of MIT’s celebratory event (which featured New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and a diverse panel of key educators and scholars) to appear soon over at MITWorld. http://mitworld.mit.edu/ link: http://ocw.mit.edu |
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Our new Wine section | | | | By popular demand, our new Wine section is now online and we are rolling it out live. Continue to provide your input and comments to insure you get it "Your Way!" | | Register and you can win! | | | | | | Something for everyone. Shopthevalley is having a registration drive. When you register on our site, you will have a chance to win a new iPhone (or its cash equivalent) just for becoming a registered member. There is nothing to buy so why not sign up today! Must be 18 to win! Read conditions | | |
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Behind The Fine Print Of VoIP Companies |
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We've all heard about how much we can save with VoIP, but which is the best voice over VoIP company in terms of overall value? With a newer technology such as VoIP that many are trying for the first time, it can be difficult even to know what points to compare. In this article, we'll dig beyond the marketing messages and compare VoIP companies Vonage and Sunrocket on several different critical points. Compare VoIP Companies: Cost Sunrocket named itself the "the economical VoIP" in its marketing messages. It's true; their base service costs only $9.99 per month, nearly $10 less per month than that of Vonage. However, that base service is quite bare and lacks many of the features to which most of us have become accustom. When you begin adding services and making calls overseas, you may find that you're not saving that much after all with Sunrocket. . |
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Residential VoIP: Things to Consider Before Switching |
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While Voice over IP Telephony has proven to be a viable and cost saving alternative to the traditional telcos for the small business community, there are some drawbacks that the residential consumer should consider before making the switch.
Power Outages Because your VoIP service utilizes a broadband connection and the hardware plugs into the wall, if a power outage should occur, you would have no telephone service. If you are using a cable modem and your ISP experiences an outage, you would also have no phone service. However, many VoIP providers offer call forwarding at no extra charge, thus allowing the call to be automatically forwarded to your cell phone. |
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Using Your Mailing List to Make Money |
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Written by Leonard Bartholomew
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There are numerous ways to earn money with your targeted mailing list. Simply having a large mailing list is no guarantee you'll earn money with it, however. The secret to earning money with your targeted mailing list is utilize it as a tool to not only get [people to your site but to tempt them into buying once they visit.
Below are some suggestions you can use to make the best of your targeted mailing list. The first way to make money with your mailing list is to constantly add new subscribers to your list. It is necessary to have a large amount of visitors to your site to do this. If you send out regular mailings to your customers you can encourage them to forward the message by offering specials or freebies for new subscribers. You also need to make certain that your visitors can quickly find subscription information for your mailing list on your website. |
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The Importance Of An Autoresponder With The Start Of A Home Business Campaign |
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Written by Vincent Murphy
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Making money online is not always an easy task, but it can be made much easier with access to hundreds of potential customer's emails. That is where an autoresponder comes into action for your home business campaign. Having a home business autoresponder gives you a much better chance for long-term success as you capture names and email addresses of visitors. No matter what type of home business campaign you intend to start up, building an extensive opt-in list of subscribers should be a major priority. The great thing with an autoresponder is that you can continuously add names and email addresses, allowing you to over time build up hundreds of potential customers.
If you have a website, it is essential that you access and use an autoresponder constantly. If you don't already have a website, you need to get one. Perhaps your current website needs a facelift. The Praxis Group can set you up with a professional site with email for as little as $100. You can use the list for a number of reasons to help promote various subjects. If you don't have a website, having an autoresponder can still be beneficial to your needs. If you are promoting and selling a product online, you can still send your autoresponder address without directing people to a website address. |
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With today's high price of homes and rising price of new construction condos, one of the most attractive alternatives has become condo conversions. Conversions are old apartment buildings that have been remodeled and updated to be resold as condos. This has lead to a huge boom in the lower-priced condo market as conversions are ideally suited to supplying a more reasonably priced alternative to new construction condos and single family homes.
One of the main reasons that conversions have become so popular is the ready availability of old apartment complexes. Typically, conversions are aimed at the first time and entry-level buyers, so if you find yourself in this category; you may want to look into the possibility of a condo conversion. Most of these complexes offer a great array of extras and benefits that are associated with condo ownership such as strong community living, owners associations and shared cost of building upkeep. One thing that may be absent in a conversion is some of the newer "hot assets" that many new construction complexes offer such as health spas and the like. |
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Buying Your First HDTV Part I |
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There has never been a better time to buy a HDTV television. However, you still want to do your research in order to avoid being scammed by an unscrupulous or ignorant sales person.
There are some factors you will need to take into account when purchasing your HDTV. First, you will need to determine the size of the room you will put your HDTV in. This is important for two reasons; first the ideal viewing distance will be further from the HDTV the larger the HDTV. Second, the larger the HDTV, the hotter your HDTV television will become. This may be important if you lack air conditioning in that room during the summer, but may help keep you warmer in the winter. |
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Feng Shui Bedroom - 5 Tips To Achieve Positive Results |
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Feng Shui Bedroom - 5 Tips To Achieve Positive Results Bedroom is the most important and sacred place in a house. It is the place where everyone retreat to have a good night rest and sleep. It should be peaceful,comforting and relaxing. Your feng shui bedroom should place much emphasis on the design structure of the bedroom as well as the decorations in the bedroom. Therefore it is very important to have a good feng shui bedroom that encourages good chi, otherwise you will create unnecessary problems affecting your daily life. Here are 5 tips to have a good feng shui bedroom :
1)Avoid having a window behind your bed Proper planning is essential in deciding your feng shui bedroom. A window behind a bed signifies a bad feng shui bedroom. This arrangement makes a sleeping person vulnerable to yin spirit formation. Common sense comes into play again. Cold air from the night affects a person's sleep and this in turn make a person grumpy and snappy. |
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Chimney Sweep - Why A Clean Chimney Can Be A Life And Death Matter |
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Having a fireplace can be one of life's simple pleasures. Who doesn't like sitting next to the open fire with friends and family? Along with having a fireplace comes the matter of keeping the chimney clean with a chimney sweep. But what is it and why is it so important? Did you know that the leading cause of house fires that have fireplaces in them is a chimney fire? Far too many people die needlessly every year because of a fire that started in a dirty chimney. This is why it's vital to have a chimney sweep every year or at least every 2 years. What is a chimney sweep?
Chimney sweeping is basically taking a brush and sweeping the sides of your chimney from the top all the way down to the bottom. A chimney sweep will break off materials that have built up on the sides of your chimney. When wood burns, it gives off various by products during the burning process. These by products create the black soot you see on the inside of your chimney. This layer of soot is extremely flammable and has to be cleaned out. Can I do it myself? Yes, it is possible for you to clean your chimney yourself, but there are risks involved. Safety is the most important consideration. You will be climbing ladders, going on steep roofs and trying to work through tall chimneys. This job isn't for everyone, that's for sure. Add to this the fact you will get plenty dirty and will need to buy the equipment and you can see that hiring a professional chimney sweep may be your best bet. A chimney cleaning company has the right equipment and knows fireplaces inside out. Plus, it is not overly expensive to have done. Regardless of whichever route you take; be sure to have your fireplace cleaned on a regular basis. A chimney sweep may just save you from a potential disaster.
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