| Academics Artists Atheism Business Consumers Entertainment Environmental Health Humanities Idealists Miscellaneous Open Source Religion Spiritual Scientists Society Sports Women | Society | Society Family Kids Seniors | | | Dial a Nerd is a division of NerdWorks (PTY) Ltd. and has multiple branches in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Each branch has a highly qualified team of mobile technicians that are able to repair, build, upgrade or even replace PC`s at your premises. Each branch of Dial a Nerd has a hand picked manager ensuring the highest attention to detail and the sustainable delivery of superior service. Dial a Nerd is a computer support company dedicated to homes and small businesses. We have a team of qualified, affordable and friendly technicians who will come to you! | Foreclosure crisis: The $4 billion fix
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- City officials and community activists can't wait to get their hands on nearly $4 billion the federal government is about to inject into blighted neighborhoods suffering from record foreclosures.
Opponents of the measure say the paltry sum won't do much good considering the number of vacant homes on the market - one million families are expected to lose their homes this year - and will more likely turn into a political boondoggle. | 
| Roadtrip Nation is a movement that encourages young people to get out there and explore their options in life by talking with successful people who are passionate about their careers.
When did it happen?
The original roadtrip, as documented in "The Open Road," took place with Mike, Brian, and Nathan in the summer of 2001. It all started with four friends and one dilemma: "what do I want to do with my life?" Fresh out of college and unsure about the career paths in front of them, they were determined to expose themselves to more than just the traditional life roads. They hopped in an old RV, painted it green, and hit the road to talk with inspiring people from all walks of life to find out how they came to do what they love for a living. | | From February 2008, a new global communication campaign in favour of micro-credit in Senegal AFRICA WORKS
Benetton supports and promotes Africa for Africans.
In partnership with Youssou N’Dour
Dakar, 13th February 2008. Benetton puts the spotlight on entrepreneurial Africa. Its global communication campaign for 2008 promotes the Birima micro-credit programme in Senegal, a co-operative credit society founded by the Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour. The programme will also receive financial support from Benetton Group. |
| Computer club to hold 'nerd auction' for dates
Forget about geeks not getting dates! The Linux Users Group at Washington State University put their clever minds together and came up with the nerd exchange. Ready to date beyond cyberspace, they decided to use their computer smarts to their advantage. In the past, geeks were suckered into fixing computers for beautiful, flirtatious girls, only to be completely ignored by them after they got what they wanted. Not the Linux Users Group.
“You can buy a nerd and he’ll fix your computer, help you with stats homework, or if you’re really adventurous, take you to dinner,” the group president said.
The group is soliciting help from sororities in an attempt to spruce up their image. Unfortunatley, no one has taken the bait and they have yet to put their epic challenge to the test. Hey, props to these guys, even if it never works out, good on them for getting creative. | Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
Kiwanians worldwide respond to the needs of their own communities by working together to achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. | Active Living Network - The mission of the Active Living Network is to promote activity-friendly community design by building a national coalition of professional leaders who have a stake in the health impacts of how places are designed and built. A gateway to tools and resources for promoting active living and healthy community design. | Politie Intimidatie.nl
Angst is een illusie die hedendaags nog steeds misbruikt wordt voor macht.
Deze site is ontstaan uit de enorm toegenomen bemoeizucht van politie en andere ordehandhavers in de openbare ruimtes van Amsterdam. Buiten onze eigen ervaringen met politieambtenaren kwamen we er achter dat onze frustraties over de handelswijze van politieambtenaren bij veel meer mensen leven. | OneWorld is the world's favourite and fastest-growing civil society network online, supporting people’s media to help build a more just global society.
The network is governed by the OneWorld International Foundation, whose international Board of Trustees includes a representative nominated by each centre. | RetirementLiving.com, operated by the Retirement Living Information Center, is a convenient, easy-to-use resource designed to assist individuals in planning and making decisions about their retirement. The information offered is of particular value when deciding whether or not to move, and if so, finding the right location, lifestyle and housing opportunity. | The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has worked since 1954 to promote the protection of all animals. With nearly ten million members and constituents, The HSUS is the nation’s largest and most powerful animal protection organization, working in the United States and abroad to defend the interests of animals. We celebrate the human-animal bond, and we fight animal cruelty and abuse in all of its forms. | Classmates Online, Inc., founded in 1995 and based in Renton, WA, is a leader in online social networking. The company operates Classmates.com (www.classmates.com), connecting millions of members throughout the U.S. and Canada with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military. Its Classmates International subsidiary also operates leading community-based networking sites in Sweden, through Klassträffen Sweden AB | Cyberbullying and Online Teens
6/27/2007 | MemoMemo | Amanda Lenhart
About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online. | SAN DIEGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Graspr, the social media and learning company with the Internet's largest user-generated video showcase for instructional content, today publicly unveils the Graspr Community, an online video community that enables people to connect and share their life experiences and expertise with people who are seeking it.
At DEMOfall 07, the premiere launching pad for innovative and disruptive technologies, Graspr will demonstrate how it is making the world smarter by making knowledge more accessible, more affordable, and by accelerating learning. At its core are user-generated and professionally produced "how-to" videos that inform and inspire people to learn something new or sharpen existing skills. The Graspr community is built around topic-specific videos in a variety of interest categories, such as home & garden, cooking, crafts, sports and many more. Graspr currently hosts over 10,000 videos from 1,100 producers, across 15 categories and 250 sub-categories with hundreds of new videos being added daily.
Graspr aspires to become the online platform of choice for "teachers" and learners who wish to amplify their passions through collaboration, seek the experience of others, and market their know-how. The Graspr community and product have been designed to embrace users of all skill and experience levels -- from beginner to expert. Graspr helps learners advance to the next stage of development, while giving them the tools to conveniently and easily teach others who follow in their footsteps. (http://www.graspr.com/) | Six in 10 Wealthy Consumers Online Use Social Networks
The participation of wealthy online consumers in social networks dramatically increased to 60% in 2008, from 27% in 2007, according to The Luxury Institute’s latest WealthSurvey, “The Wealthy and Web 2.0.”
According to the report:
* Participation levels of online wealthy consumers in leading social networks are 16% for MySpace, 13% for LinkedIn, and 11% for Facebook.
* The wealthy average membership in 2.8 social networks, with an average of 110 connections.
* They are intolerant of opt-out techniques: 65% say having their personal data given out without permission would cause them to disconnect; 63% have an interest in “do not track” lists.
“Being connected is second nature to these overachievers,” said Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute. “We are pleasantly surprised at the rapid acceleration in the over 55-year-old wealthy consumers, whose participation increased fivefold, to 49%.”
“The implications for luxury goods and services firms are profound. While some in the luxury industry are still debating e-commerce, search and banner ads, the majority of their customers have leaped into the online dialogue. Luxury needs to catch up quickly,” Pedraza said. | SOPHISTICATED INVESTOR - Profile
The 'middle-class millionaire' - Those with net worth of $1 million to $10 million reshape U.S. culture
By Thomas Kostigen, MarketWatch - Last update: 7:31 p.m. EST March 5, 2008
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Those with a net worth of between $1 million and $10 million -- that they have earned rather than inherited -- are being dubbed "middle-class millionaires," a group that has grown on the heels of the economic boom over the past couple decades.
Middle-class millionaires now account for 10% of the U.S. population, according Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff, who coined the term for research purposes and a new book by that name. They studied almost 4,000 households to better understand attitudes, values and purchasing patterns.
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7.6% of American households, or 8.4 million households are middle-class millionaires
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The average middle-class millionaire works 70 hours per week
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Middle-class millionaires are five times more likely than the average worker to say they are always available for work
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89% believes that anyone can attain wealth through hard work
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62% believes that networking, or knowing many people, is the key to financial success
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Nine out of 10 middle-class millionaires say they made a bad career or business move, but almost three-fourths say that was crucial to their business success
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They are five times more likely than the average middle-class person to continue on in the same business course in spite an earlier failure
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65% of middle-class millionaires characterize their approach to negotiating as "doing whatever you need to do to win"
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They say they need a net worth of $24 million to feel wealthy, and $13.4 million to be considered rich.
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