There is a lot of information floating around on how to make money taking surveys yet you shouldn’t be listening to all of it. One thing that I want to do is show you how to discern between quality surveys that will really give you a legitimate shot at making money and the rest that …
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One Man’s Computer Gaming Odyssey
My experience in – and passion for – computer gamingA Computer-Gaming OdysseyThe early yearsComputer gaming has been an interest of mine ever since I was a young child. This article is part-reminiscence; part history – tracing the development of gaming culture over the decades.My youthful experiences – in the 1980s – included playing Pac-man on …
Overview of Arsenal FC of England – Current Status in the English Premier League
Arsenal is relatively one of the topmost clubs in the English premier league for decades with it’s tentacles of supportership all over the world and it’s achievements second only to Manchester united. For the last three seasons and the fourth drawing to a close, Arsenal’s dream of getting any silverware seem to be fading, no …
Super Bowl Ads Fumble – Set Wrong Example For Businesses Struggling For Sales in Recession
Super Bowl ads are great examples of how to create effective advertising, right?Think again.Averaging over three million dollars for one 30-second spot, the majority of this year’s Super Bowl advertisers demonstrated a knack for humor and entertainment, but set a money-wasting example for struggling small business owners trying to make their own cash registers ring, …
The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist
Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look. Notarbartolo nods and smiles faintly, the laugh lines crinkling around his blue eyes. Though he’s an inmate and wears the requisite white prisoner jacket, Notarbartolo …
The Model United Nations – A Teacher’s Guide
IntroductionThe Model United Nations is a programme that allows students to take on the role of delegates from specific countries, learn about international issues, and discuss these issues from the point of view of their chosen country. The 4 core skills (reading, writing, speaking & listening) are practised and improved both during the research sessions …
Olympic Hockey – The Early Years Trivia
Disguised as winter sport event, the first World Championship games were a demonstration event at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games. One stipulation was that, if hockey was played, figure skating had to be included. Sweden blanked the host Belgium team 8 – 0 April 23, 1920 in Antwerp in game #1. Bill Hewitt refereed the …
Obama and His Lottery Winner Syndrome
What would be the chance in politics of a real rags to riches story? Who would have thought that a well educated, but relatively poor, young man from South Chicago could become president? What kind of odds would there be for a community organizer to strike the political mother load prize of all elections, the …
Making the Most Out of Group Jury Selection
Group voir dire is a tricky business – it’s not easy to get a court-roomful of jurors to speak up and readily disclose the biases that will hurt you. Despite this general difficulty, there are a few advantages to jury selection in an employment case. The most obvious is that your court-roomful of jurors have …
Asking the “Why” Question – A Simple Fix For Jury Selection
Ineffective voir dire is a problem in courtrooms all over the country – a problem so obvious that it encourages reformists to make suggestions for sweeping change that would do more harm than good. Abolishing peremptory challenges is one such example of a “remedy” that completely fails to address the real issue, which is that …