Sunday, January 27, 2008

How To Find A Place In A New City

Do you know how to find a place to live in a city to which you are brand new? Like millions of Americans every month and every year, you might be moving to a new city for any reasons like work or studies or love or business or to get a fresh start after disaster in your life. But, how will go about finding a place to live in a new city. It is through Internet, to get make your search simple and easy. There are many online resources, which will help you to find your living place. If you wish to stay in any apartment, there are also free resources to find them in any city all over the US. For instance, take my case, I have found my apartment Austin in less than three days of my move from Dallas. Not only I found an apartment, but also I have learned about the neighborhood, living conditions, locality, etc before selecting it. Thanks to the seemingly endless encyclopedic nature of the Internet, one can easily learn all about a particular city’s neighborhoods without ever leaving the comfort of once own home. In this day and age of limitless information, there is no excuse for not knowing your new city before you move there.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Decorating On A Budget

I used to stay with my business partners at the initial days of my business setup. I had some bad days, having no money for apartment rent, which I owned in last summer, was one of the great achievements after all the hurdles and tough days I had in my life. I have then decided to stay in that apartment or never sell it in my life, as it was my first achievement. It was about the decoration of my apartment with little to limited budget. I want to furnish and decorate it, but that needs some way to do it, as by which I should see that my finances are not drained up. Let me give you suggestions on how to decorate on the limited budget you have.

First and foremost thing that you need to do is to decide on the style of the decoration you want to have. It is absolutely up to you to choose the style from the western, French or your own style. But you will need to know what it will look like before you completely decide on it. The best way to do this is to start small. Once you have decided on a style that you want, pick a room that will be easy and cost effective to decorate. Perhaps a bedroom, a bathroom or another small, out of the way room.

You can experiment with different looks this way, as well. Starting with the bedroom is one of the best options. This way you can decide exactly what you want, without having to decorate areas that visitors will see. You can pick and choose between different styles and find one that works the best for you, without having to worry about the cost of changing things throughout the entire apartment.

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Monday, December 24, 2007

Buying a Car at Auctions


Recently one of my friends bought a car in an auction. What is the thing to consider is the price he paid for it. Unbelievably he got the car at nearly 45 per cent discount price which is a really dead cheap for what he got. But when he made a check on the car with a mechanic, he found some considerable repairs to be made for a smooth ride.

Though that didn’t cost much for his pocket, there is nothing like saving when he calculated the price of the car and the repairs done to it. But at the end my friend left with a good experience in buying a used car that too at the public auctions. Here are the two important benefits of buying a car at the auctions according to him.

At auctions the bid starts at a dead cheap price, some times at 70 to 90 per cent discount. You will be lucky if you got the deal at that price. The closure of the bid may end at a higher note depending on the participants in the auction and on the car like the make, model, history and usage etc.

One more thing is you can get a rare model at the auctions and in some cases the imported ones. If you have a make and model in mind, check online auctions for that, you have a better chance to find it there.



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Mentorship In The Organizations

Mentorship refers to a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a mentee or protege -- a person guided and protected by a more prominent person.

There are two types of mentoring relationships: formal and informal. Informal relationships develop on their own between partners. Formal mentoring, on the other hand, refers to assigned relationships, often associated with organizational mentoring programs designed to promote employee development. In well-designed formal mentoring programs, there are program goals, schedules, training (for mentors and mentees), and evaluation. Mentors inspire their mentee to follow their dreams. There are many kinds of mentoring relationships—from school- or community-based relationships to e-mentoring relationships.

In 1990, Mentor created The Elements of Effective Practice, a crucial tool for state and local mentoring organizations matching mentors and youth mentees in formal, high-quality mentoring relationships of all kinds. Revised and updated several years later with a companion toolkit, The Elements guidebook reflects the latest in quality mentoring research, policies, and practices.

For example, in some programs, newcomers to the organization (protégés) are paired with more experienced people (mentors) in order to obtain information, good examples, and advice as they advance. It is considered that new employees who are paired with a mentor are twice as likely to remain in their job as those who do not get mentorship.

In other cases, mentoring is used to groom up-and-coming employees deemed to have the potential to move up into leadership roles. Here the employee (protégé) is paired with a senior level leader (or leaders) for a series of career-coaching interactions. A similar method of high-potential mentoring is to place the employee in a series of jobs in disparate areas of an organization, all for small periods of time, in anticipation of learning the organization's structure, culture, and methods. A mentor does not have to be a manager or supervisor to facilitate the process.

Friday, December 21, 2007

List Of Network Protocols

Here is a complete list of Network Protocols
Layer 1 protocols (Physical layer)
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  • ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
  • PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
    • T-carrier (T1, T3, etc.)
    • E-carrier (E1, E3, etc.)
  • RS-232, a serial line interface originally developed to connect modems and computer terminals
  • SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
  • SONET Synchronous Optical NETworking
  • Modem standards/ITU V-Series Protocols used to communicate between analog modems over voice telephone lines.
  • Various Ethernet physical layers
Layer 2 protocols (Data link layer)
  • ARCnet
  • CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
  • DCAP Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol
  • Econet
  • Ethernet
  • FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
  • Frame Relay
  • HDLC High Level Data Link Control
  • LocalTalk
  • L2F Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol
  • L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
  • LAPD Link Access Procedures on the D channel
  • LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol
  • LLDP-MED Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery
  • PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
  • PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
  • SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol (obsolete)
  • StarLan
  • STP Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Token ring
  • VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol
Layer 2+3 protocols
  • ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • Frame relay, a simplified version of X.25
  • MPLS Multi-protocol label switching
  • Signalling System 7, also called SS7, C7 and CCIS7; a common PSTN control protocol.
  • X.25
Layer 3 protocols (Network layer)
  • ARP Address Resolution Protocol
  • BGP Border Gateway Protocol
  • EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
  • EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gataway Routing Protocol
  • ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
  • IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
  • IGRP Interior Gataway Routing Protocol
  • IGRP Interior Gataway Routing Protocol
  • IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
  • IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
  • IPSec Internet Protocol Security
  • IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange
  • IS-IS Intermediate system to intermediate system
  • MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
  • OSPF Open Shortest Path First
  • RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
  • RIP Routing Information Protocol
Layer 3+4 protocols
  • Xerox Network Services
Layer 4 protocols (Transport layer)
  • IL Originally developed as transport layer for 9P
  • SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange
  • SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
  • TCP Transmission Control Protocol
  • UDP User Datagram Protocol
  • Sinec H1 for telecontrol
Layer 5 protocols (Session layer)
  • 9P Distributed file system protocol developed originally as part of Plan 9
  • NCP NetWare Core Protocol
  • NFS Network File System
  • SMB Server Message Block (aka CIFS Common Internet FileSystem)3
Layer 7 protocols (Application layer)
  • AFP, Apple Filing Protocol
  • BACnet, Building Automation and Control Network protocol
  • BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
  • BOOTP, Bootstrap Protocol
  • Diameter, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
  • DICT, Dictionary protocol
  • DNS, Domain Name Service
  • DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • FTP, File Transfer Protocol
  • Finger, which gives user profile information
  • Gnutella, a peer-to-peer file-swapping protocol
  • Gopher, a hierarchical hyperlinkable protocol
  • HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • IMAP, Internet Message Access Protocol
  • IRC, Internet Relay Chat protocol
  • Jabber, an instant-messaging protocol
  • LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  • MIME, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
  • MSNP, Microsoft Notification Protocol (used by Windows Live Messenger)
  • NetBIOS, File Sharing and Name Resolution protocol - the basis of file sharing with Windows.
  • NNTP, News Network Transfer Protocol
  • NTP, Network Time Protocol
  • NTCIP, National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol
  • POP3 Post Office Protocol Version 3
  • RADIUS, an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol
  • Rlogin, a UNIX remote login protocol
  • rsync, a file transfer protocol for backups, copying and mirroring
  • RTP, Real-time Transport Protocol
  • RTSP, Real-time Transport Streaming Protocol
  • SSH, Secure Shell
  • SISNAPI, Siebel Internet Session Network API
  • SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, a signaling protocol
  • SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol
  • SOAP, Simple Object Access Protocol
  • Telnet, a remote terminal access protocol
  • TFTP, Trivial File Transfer Protocol, a simple file transfer protocol
  • WebDAV, Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
And secure versions of the above (HTTPS, etc.)Other protocols
  • Controller Area Network (CAN)
  • Common Industrial Protocol (CIP)
  • Digital Command Control (DCC)
  • DSA Distributed Systems Architecture (Honeywell Bull)
  • FIX protocol
  • Gateway Discovery Protocol GDP is a Cisco protocol similar to IRDP
  • ICMP Router Discovery Protocol Implementation of RFC 1256
  • I²C
  • List of automation protocols
  • Modbus
  • SNA Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
  • SOCKS
  • STUN


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Holding, Parent & Personal Holding Companies

In the United States, Berkshire Hathaway is one of the largest publicly traded holding companies; it owns numerous insurance companies, manufacturing businesses, retailers, and other companies. Two other large holding companies of note are UAL Corporation and AMR Corporation, publicly traded holding companies whose primary purposes are to wholly own United Airlines and American Airlines, respectively.

In the United States, Berkshire Hathaway is one of the largest publicly traded holding companies; it owns numerous insurance companies, manufacturing businesses, retailers, and other companies. Two other large holding companies of note are UAL Corporation and AMR Corporation, publicly traded holding companies whose primary purposes are to wholly own United Airlines and American Airlines, respectively.

Sometimes a company intended to be a pure holding company identifies itself as such by adding "Holdings" or "(Holdings)" to its name.

A parent company is a holding company that owns enough voting stock in another firm (subsidiary) to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. A parent company could simply be a company that wholly owns another company.

In the United States of America, a personal holding company is defined in section 542 of the Internal Revenue Code. A corporation is a personal holding company if both of the following requirements are met:
  • Personal Holding Company Income Test: At least 60% of the corporation's adjusted ordinary gross income for the tax year is from dividends, interest, rent, and royalties.
  • Stock Ownership Requirement: At any time during the last half of the tax year, more than 50% in value of the corporation's outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by 5 or fewer individuals.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Types Of Corporations

C-Corporation
  • The C-Corporation which is a regular (or standard) corporation.
  • A disadvantage of a C-Corporation is that it has to pay corporate taxes on corporate profits and when it distributes profits to its stockholders, the stockholders have to pay income tax on those dividends. The formation of a LLC or an S-Corporation will eliminate double taxation.
S-Corporation
  • An S-Corporation is granted a special tax status under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The ‘S’ stands for small business corporation.
  • An S-Corporation has limited liability of a Corporation but taxes are pass through to the individual shareholders based on their proportional share ownership. That means, shareholders will be taxed based on how much shares they own in the company and not how much payout they have received.
  • An S-Corporation has a limit on the number of shareholders who must be US residents.
  • To qualify as an S-Corporation, your Corporation must be filed at the state level and the Corporation must not have more than 75 shareholders. All the shareholders must be a U.S. citizen or a Permanent Resident Alien with a Green Card. The Corporation can only have one class of stock.
Professional Corporation
  • A professional corporation is a type of corporation which provides a service that requires a license.
  • Licensed practitioners like engineers, lawyers, chiropractors, accountants, architects or doctors are required to form professional corporations.
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
  • A LLC is an in-between of a corporation and a partnership.
  • A LLC member can be an individual or a separate entity (e.g. a corporation or a partnership) that has a share in the LLC.
  • As similar to a corporation, a LLC protects its members from personal liability for business debts and court rulings against the LLC. Only the money invested into the corporation will be at risk.
  • As similar to a partnership, a LLC is formed by the filing of a certificate of formation with the Secretary of State and will be taxed like a partnership.
  • Like a partnership, the members of LLCs have to create an operating agreement to state how the LLC business will be managed.
  • A LLC does not restrict its owners to be US residents.
  • A LLC can have more flexibility in its management style because it is controlled by the members and not by the state’s Business Corporation Act.
  • A LLC is taxed as a partnership (where any income and deductions of the LLC is passed through to the members as their personal returns) unless it has been elected as a corporation.
Non-Profit
  • A non-profit corporation is granted tax-exempt status under the IRC.
  • Such a corporation need not pay any taxes on its income. Any person or organization who donates to a non-profit corporation can get a tax deduction for the contribution made.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Types Of Health Insurances

Health insurance protects you and your family from a financial hardship due to medical expenses in the untimely event that you are injured or become ill. There are four types of health insurance, you may need just one or you may need a combination to ensure you have the most insurance coverage possible. It is best to evaluate each type of insurance to obtain an accurate account of which type will best suit your needs.

Individual medical coverage is designed for people who do not receive this type of coverage through their employer or family. Medical supplement insurance is designed for the elderly who contribute to Medicare however, desire additional coverage to supplement expenses that Medicare won’t cover. Hospital income insurance is intended to compliment your main health insurance program. This coverage provides a prearranged daily benefit amount for unforeseen expenditures that accompany extended hospital stays for a covered sickness or injury. The fourth type of health insurance coverage is disability insurance, which comes in three different forms. Disability insurance protects you in the event you become physically or mentally disabled due to an accident or illness. This type of insurance is designed to provide you with your living expenses if a disability prevents you from working or earning a living.

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Friday, November 30, 2007

Content Optimization

Content optimization is extremely important aspect in Web promotion. Your website is always driven into top position in Search engines by well-optimized content. When optimizing your content never include lots of keywords, which will turn your website into Spam. Make sure your content is informative and targeted. A good content optimization method is gathering more detail information about your products. Dig more about your products and publish your content. With that search engine will definitely recognize your site.

Categorize your selected keywords in sub-groups and explain each with individual descriptions. A good SEO training will make you to prepare your targeted keywords. Keep in mind that if you start the content with the first keyword, which is in the title tags of http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthat page. Put only two keywords in 50-60 words paragraph. Your website content always should not have any tough language or tough words to understand. Content should be very easy to understand in simple language.

Primary importance of every search engine is given to websites content. Search engine spiders always try to store as much new content as possible in their database. So try to publish as much content as possible in your website. But do not use too many paragraphs in single page. If you have more content, divide the content in pages. Target each page with your preferred keywords.


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Why SEO Training?

If you have been in the web development and programming and don’t know about SEO, it is time for you to get started on some SEO training. Web development is no more about aesthetics or crispy designing of websites. The new trend has arrived. Make sure you know what is new or be prepared to become a loser. People are now ready to spend hundreds of dollars in search engine marketing. They see some real benefits from SEO - more dollars, more ROI. Let me tell why SEO training is important.

Being a web developer yourself you created a crisp design – a few bells and whistles using javascript and flash here and there really made website look nice. Some cool PHP scripts also added some good functionality. But it has been a long time since then and you are still waiting for visitors to come to your website. The reason – you probably underestimated search engines. Definitely, understanding search engine optimization and anticipate the web development process with search engine optimization is the new rule of the game. Search Engines are the important source of traffic for many websites. Therefore, you should have some training on SEO that will help you understand the search engines better and utilize it to you advantage. You should learn to give food that these search engines love to eat, if you want them to treat you important and return your web page in top 10 results for a particular search.

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