Free Walking Tours in New York City

July 13, 2011 2 Comments

New York City initially earned its nickname, the big apple, in reference to a prize of an apple given to the winner of horse races held in the city in the early 1920s. A nonprofit organization, Big Apple Greeters, still gives out a prize of a complementary, personal tour of NYC.

  1. A Bit of Background

    It all began in 1992 with a world traveler, Lynn Brooks. Let’s face it; the image of New York City is often one of crazy high prices, danger, rudeness, and just an overwhelming mass of people. Lynn saw that and wanted to show the world another side of the great city, through the eyes of native New Yorkers. The program she began was the first of its kind in the United States, Big Apple Greeters.

  2. Big Apple Greeters

    Big Apple Greeters is a nonprofit organization that offers free tours of New York City. The tour guides are residents with a passion for the city and not professional tour guides. The organization matches requests with Greeters. Best advice is to take the tour early in your stay, as the information helps one understand the lay of the land in the city. The group has linked with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, so part of every tour is information on how to navigate easily around the metropolis. That knowledge alone is invaluable to the first-time visitor.

  3. The Greeters and the Tourists

    Over 300 volunteers staff the program. People from all 50 United States and over 100 foreign countries have taken advantage of the service. Twenty languages are spoken by the conglomerate Greeters and 114 individual New York neighborhoods toured.

  4. The Cost

    Big Apple Greeter services are complimentary thanks to donor contributions. Tipping is not permitted.

  5. How to Sign Up for a Tour

    Complete a request via the Big Apple Greeters website. Submit the request three to four weeks before your arrival date. A tour can include up to six people. The organization tries to match an available tour guide for each group. Over 10,000 requests come in per year, so they cannot honor them all.

  6. The Tour Specifics

    Each tour begins somewhere between 9 AM and 3 PM and lasts for two to four hours. The person or group requesting the tour may ask for certain neighborhoods in the city, or specify “greeter’s choice.” It seems the latter would give a tour in which the tour guide has a real passion for the neighborhoods chosen. Arrival and departure days are not scheduled. The visitors must stay in one of the five boroughs of NYC. The requestor receives a confirmation telephone call, fax, or email to confirm a scheduled tour. Likewise, if no Greeter is available, notification of that status occurs.

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How to Make Money By Forex Trading

July 12, 2011 Leave a Comment

Maybe everyone is looking for the way of earning extra money online.Today I will tell you Forex Trading is the best ways to earn quick cash. I can tell you the basic skills of forex trading, and you can make money at home by this way, you can don’t have to sit around your computer waiting after placing your trade. You just wait for the profit to roll in.

  1. Get as much information about forex before considering trading.

    Forex means, “Foreign Exchange.” That means buying a currency and selling it to make profit. The currencies are sold in pairs, such as, EUR/USD. You can sign up for a free Demo account and practice to trade, before you open a real account.

  2. Get familiar with forex terms used in forex trading.

    There are ebooks online, with lots of information to get you started. When you are comfortable with trading, open a live account, which can be opened with as little as $200.

  3. Choose a forex broker or you can trade by yourself.

    Make this decision based on how comfortable you feel. One of the many benefits of trading, is the convenience of trading anytime you want. You can trade at anytime of the day because the Foreign Exchange market operates 24 hours a day.

  4. Prepare yourself for losses.

    Expect to encounter risks of losing some of your investment capital, for the opportunity to make higher returns. Visit the forums and do Google searches for additional information, which will help you to become more successful at trading.

  5. Knowing the Currency Pairs

    As you get good at trading, you will notice that some of the popular currencies that are traded are, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/JPY and USD/CHF. You will have to study them each day to see which is the best pair to trade, for that day. Some days it is unpredictable to tell, so keep an eye out for that. Any type of investment comes with the possibility of loss. If you are looking for a chance to make additional income, forex is the best path to take. Get started today so that you can increase your earnings with forex trading.

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How to Earn Money From Facebook’s FarmVille Game

July 11, 2011 Leave a Comment

Everybody know facebook, and do you want to earn money from the facebook game – farmville? After you reading the article, I think you can earn more by knowing what to plant and what to ask for from your friends.

  • The more space you have for planting crops, the more crops you can plant! Therefore, crowd your animals in as small a space as possible and start plowing.
  • To earn money, rather than experience points (XP), you’ll want to invest in seeds that will earn you as many coins as possible. When they are available, superberries are the most profitable! If they are not available, you’ll want to plant asparagus if you’re at level 37 or higher. At lower levels, peas will be most profitable, followed by tomatoes.
  • Recruit as many friends as possible to be your neighbors on FarmVille. The more neighbors you have, the more opportunities to help them each day ($20 each time!) and the more free gifts you will receive! The most profitable tree to receive is the pomegranate, earning you $108 with each harvest and the most profitable animal to receive is the rabbit, earning $60 per collection. Those figures are very high compared to other possible gifts. So, if your friends don’t mind requests, that’s what you should ask for! And, if you want to help your own neighbors, you should give more of these as well!

So,you can join or start a co-op now. This is a challenge to see if you can seed and harvest a certain amount of a crop within a specific time period. If you complete the task in time, you will be rewarded handsomely, both with coins and XP, for your hard work.

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how to use Maps application on iPad without 3G

July 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

The iPad’s Maps applicationlication requires Internet access to function. This does not need to be 3G, but a 3G connection will keep the map operational when you’re outside a Wi-Fi coverage area. If you have a Wi-Fi-only iPad, you can use a few techniques to keep your maps up-to-date and functioning when and where you need them, it is very useful for you.

How it Works

The Maps application on the iPad uses Google map technology to provide search results, directions and other information. Google stores massive amounts of information online, sending only what you need for the current view to your iPad at any given time. This information updates with fresh data as you move around the map or zoom in or out, and without a connection to the Internet, Maps cannot get the data it needs.

Location Information

The Maps application can find your location over Wi-Fi or 3G to give you directions from where you are to where you want to go. If you want it to work without 3G, you must have an active Wi-Fi connection. This can be a home, office or public network. Wi-Fi location information may not be as accurate as 3G location information, as 3G iPads include a GPS chip for precise location, whereas Wi-Fi-only models lack this chip.

Moving Maps

To use Maps without a 3G connection for driving directions or any other purpose while you’re moving, you need a way for the service to update information. For Wi-Fi Only iPads, you can use a mobile hotspot device to access a specific cellular network’s 3G service. The device and service will both cost extra. Many smartphones also provide apps that broadcast the phone’s 3G signal into Wi-Fi format. If you have such an app, you can activate it to keep your iPad connected to the Internet even if it has no built-in 3G. These apps generally incur a data charge beyond your phone’s data allotment, and they may significantly decrease battery life on your phone.

Alternatives

If you need only a static map as you travel, don’t rely on the Maps application once you leave your Wi-Fi connection are, as it needs to refresh, especially if you return to the home screen or multitask with another app. Instead, set up the map the way you want it and snap a screenshot with your iPad by pressing the sleep/wake and home buttons simultaneously. The snapshot is stored in your Photos app, so you can launch it without any Internet connection and refer to it any time. For lengthy travels, set up several snapshots to cover your route so you have a complete map to your destination.

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How to Insert Elements With DIV in JavaScript

July 9, 2011 Leave a Comment

Programmers can use JavaScript as the tools to modify the invisible framework of a Web page known as the Document Object Model (DOM).

The DOM is the application programming interface of HyperText Markup Language (HTML). The JavaScript method getElementById() can access the page division tag “div” to add or modify HTML styling information like backgrounds, fonts, borders, widths and positioning. In addition, the innerHTML property can change the content between the

tags.

HTML tags must be labeled with an ID before the getElementById() method can find and access them.

Create new file, enter the following code into the text editor:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>

    <head>

        <style type="text/css"><!--

            #inner {

                width:200px;

                height:20px;

                background-color:red;

                color:white;

                font-size:15px;

                text-align:right;

            }

            --></style>

        <script language="javascript">

            function changeDiv(){

                document.getElementById("inner").style.width = "500px";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.height = "220px";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.fontSize = "62px";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.textAlign = "center";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.backgroundColor = "#FFB3B3";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.border = "4px dashed red";

                document.getElementById("inner").style.color = "black";

                document.getElementById("inner").innerHTML="JavaScript can insert styling and content elements into a Div";

                document.getElementById("mybutton").value = "And it works!";

            }

        </script>

    </head>

    <body>

        <div id="inner">here is the red div </div>

        <input id="mybutton" type="button" onClick="changeDiv()" value="Click this button to insert new info into the red div above" />

    </body>

</html>

 

 

Save the code as the name dom.html,and open it with Chrome or others.

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How to add comment in Adobe Reader 8

July 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

Adobe Reader 8 is a computer program that is available for free and allows individuals the ability to view Adobe Portable Document Files (PDF).

By default, PDF documents can only be viewed and it is not modified with the free version of the software.

Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional is a paid version of the software that allows creators to enable commenting if they wish for their viewers to leave feedback. It’s important to note that once a document has been enabled for commenting, it cannot be edited by the creator.

First, you must launch Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional from your computer, and click “File” and then “Open” from the top menu. To browse to the document you wish to add comment on and click the “Open” button. [Read more...]

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Three Ways To Improve Your Posture

July 6, 2011 Leave a Comment

Are you worried about looking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame?If you’re going to spend all that time working out and eating right, you might as well maximize your efforts by standing tall. Here’s three easy ways to improve your posture.

  1. Know what good posture is.

    Most people think that to “stand up straight” means tensing your back to heave your chest ‘in and up’, and pulling your head back in to your chest. This is not so. The spine has two natural curves that you need to maintain called the ‘double C’ or ‘S’ curves, these are the curves found from the base of your head to your shoulders and the curve from the upper back to the base of the spine. When standing straight up, make sure that your weight is evenly distributed on your feet. You might feel like you are leaning forward, and look stupid, but you don’t.

  2. Do exercises that strengthen the muscles across your upper back and shoulders

    These do not have to be strenuous! Try the following, with or without hand weights:
    Align ears with shoulders. Raise both arms out to sides at shoulder height. Hold for a slow count of ten. Slowly lower arms to sides, counting ten as you lower. Slowly raise arms back to shoulder height, counting to ten as you raise arms. Do ten reps, constantly checking your alignment! If ten reps are too many to start, do as many as you can. You should at least feel a slight fatigue in the shoulder muscles.
    Align your ears over your shoulders. Raise both arms straight up, alongside your ears. Remember to keep your ears aligned! Bend forearms toward shoulders to touch your shoulder blades. Do 10 repetitions with both arms, then alternate 10 reps for each arm singularly.
    Be a penguin. While you wait for a web page to load, bread to toast, popcorn to pop or the microwave to beep, place elbows at your side, and touch your shoulders with your hands. Keeping your hands on your shoulders and your ears aligned, raise both elbows (count one, two) and lower them back to your waist (count one, two). Do as many reps as your wait allows. You’ll be surprised how much exercise fits into 30 seconds.

  3. Using a mirror, align your ears, shoulders, and hips

    roper alignment places your ears loosely above your shoulders, above your hips. Again, these points make a straight line, but the spine itself curves in a slight ‘S’. You’ll find that this doesn’t hurt at all. If you do experience pain, look at your side view in a mirror to see if you’re forcing your back into an unnatural position. If so, stop it!

Last,Don’t tighten up your muscles when you are assuming a straight posture. It will only stress the joints and muscles themselves and this affects the skeleton, therefore your posture and even the way you move and breathe. Try to eventually relax into it but if you experience back pains, stop it! You are probably causing unnecessary muscle tension. It is important to differentiate between back pains, and muscle exhaustion. Since the correct posture is foreign, the muscles needed to maintain that posture might not be strong enough yet. A guideline for this is that if it strains you to breath, realign your posture. Let the breath guide you, it needs to feel good! It can take weeks to strengthen the muscle imbalances and this is very tough work, but worth it in the end.

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How to Use Google+

July 5, 2011 Leave a Comment

Google has just announced its Google+ social networking platform that’s set to rival Facebook. Well, that’s the plan anyway. Google doesn’t have a particularly strong history when it comes to social networking services with both Google Wave and Google Buzz failing to catch on, Although Google+ has many aspects similar to Facebook, there are also a number of novel features. Here are a few tips to help you start networking with Google+.
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What is PLR Content

July 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

PLR means Private Label Rights Articles, it is important for web publisher, people need PRL Content for their website content.

First, you can edit PRL Content in whichever way you would link.When you use private label rights content you can avoid outbound links what are included with other articles. By this way you can make your content look much cleaner, when also having the ability to add links that you are interested in.

Second, use private label right content, your website can get hight content, and you don’t need to hire a good writer who work with high salary.

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How to choice an SSD Hard drives?

July 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

If you want the fastest storage you can get for your PC, then you want a solid-state drive (SSD). But don’t try to buy one the way you would a hard drive.

SSDs are based on NAND flash memory, like the kind you’ll find in memory cards, USB keys,and music players, rather than the spinning, magnetized platters that hard drives use. This lets them access their data far more quickly than can hard drives, which have to physically track down the information you’re looking for. If you have Windows 7 installed on an SSD rather than a hard drive, your PC may boot up in seconds rather than a minute or so. Doesn’t sound too impressive? Calculate the number of times you boot your computer in a year, then add all the times you move or copy files, or save large videos or photos, and you’ll be shocked at the amount of time you may be able to save.

This speed does not come without compromises, however, and learning what those are—and how to deal with them—are key to finding the SSD that’s right for you. Assuming, that is, one is really right for you at all. If you need a lot of storage for your PC, check out PCMag’s story “How to Buy an Internal Hard Drive” instead; if you want disk space you can cart around anywhere, “How to Buy an External Hard Drive” contains the advice you’re looking for. But if you want the speediest storage possible, and don’t mind paying for it—in more ways than one—we’ll give you the basic information you need to get solid with solid-state drives. [Read more...]

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