Monday, December 20, 2010

Extra weight fight

Since I gained some extra weight during my last pregnancy, I was really worried about this problem, trying dozens of diets, that as you know rarely help without physical activity. Then a friend of mine recommended one great thing for me, that really works. I’m talking about a new application by Viaden Mobile - Pedometer for iPod that I use for my training every day.

The single application includes so many functions, that makes it really convenient to use. Firstly it measures such data as the distance you’ve covered while jogging, secondly it gives you the information about the calories you’ve burnt, the third point is that it even remembers your route and if you need that, shows it on the map! So now, thanks to this product I may really see the whole picture and set goals for myself so as to make my training more effective!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Popular fashion brands online

According to the searching queries concerning designer clothes and accessories, in August the most popular searches were for the three brands - Oggi, Zara и Sela.

It turned out that IE8 users most often search for such democratic brands as Oggi (13%), Zara (11%) and Sela (6%). However, they are closely followed by the brand names of the premium class: Gucci clothes (5%), Louis Vuitton (5.1%) and D&G clothes (4%).

It’s interesting but men’s and women’s preferences differ greatly. The most popular five men’s brands are Patek Philippe, Rolex, Armani, Cartier and Dolce & Gabbana. Women are interested more in other brands: Froggi, Naf Naf, Fendi, Oggi and Dior.

People of various age groups prefer completely different brands of clothes and accessories. According to the research results, young people aged 13-18 prefer ‘jeans’ and luxury brands: Gloria Jeans, Burberry, D&G and Gucci jeans. Older people aged 19-25 prefer Naf Naf, Froggi, Oggi, Zara and Mexx.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

New application for ipad

I played slots just one time in my life. It was just awesome feeling, when I started winning, but after all, when I shifted all my money I promised myself never play that again. But the desire to feel that all over again didn’t disappear. That’s why I was so happy to find out a new application for ipad - ipad slots.

The application was created by a command of specialists of Viaden Mobile ipad games company. The guys are real experts of this deal. They’ve included everything needed- three slot machines, special graphics, and great number of symbols. So in one word, with this application in your ipod you feel like sitting in front of a real slot machine!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Online game developers

Who develops online casino software ? The range of online casino software developers is quite wide but the main weather is done by several big companies, such as Microgaming, Cryptologic, Bossmedia and World Gaming. As a rule, the functions of online casino developers and online casino operators are divided and are performed by different companies.

Thus, Microgaming provides its software to more than 50 operators all over the world. It allows considering local specific character and paying more attention to servicing players. Moreover, it encourages the competition between operators.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Demographic changes in online casinos

That’s not a secret that online casino gambling market is the most quickly growing market. And no wonder that the demographic patterns are changing too.
According to some studies, more female and elderly people enjoy internet gambling. About 72% of the players are over 40. This information is used widely by gaming software companies to adjust their graphics and games.

One more tendency in online gambling is that now practically everyone know how to start online casino business. So, there may be a good idea to think over - start your own casino!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Main options of Symfony

Symfony can be installed on Unix as well as Windows. All you need is the installed web server and PHP5. Since Propel is used for working with databases, the support of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL is available. Special tools for testing, debugging and automatic development of reports are installed.

Main options of Symfony:
•    MVC architecture
•    ORM Propel
•    Special tools which simplify the creation of page patterns
•    Multilevel cache management 
•    Development/production environment
•    Scaffolding (an automatically generated module for managing table contents from databases)
•    Human understandable URL
•    Multilanguage (i18n)
•    AJAX support

Friday, September 10, 2010

Time for my hobby

Well, I must admit slot machines are my end-all, they always help me to forget about life troubles and feel able to reach everything. I work as an engineer and sometimes have to work overtime to cover all the expenses, so you may understand I have little chances and time for my hobby. A nice way out I found yesterday, that’s application created by Games for iPhone company Viaden Mobile- Slots for ipad. I should say it was done by real professionals who indeed have an eye for such things!

What’s more- the application has all my favorite slot games that are followed up with rich graphical and music combination. In one word- now that’s my favorite past time activity! And it's not necessary to pay money to those who just want to build online casino and collect money from players.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

One more hobby

I have plenty of various hobbies, but what I like most is gambling! The main problem is that my religion does not allow to attend casinos and devote my free time to gambling – I mean to play for money. I'm fond of poker, in particular, but now I have an opportunity to enjoy my favorite game on my ipad every time I need to have a rest from my work – I've just installed the new Poker for ipad and extremely appreciate its graphics of high quality and its accessibility! I can advice to acquire this mobile application for all gamblers – you'll see that this ipad poker is really thrilling and close to real game!

Monday, June 21, 2010

Chinese culture and gambling industry: what’s in common?

I was surprised when I found out that Chinese culture has influenced significantly the American gaming industry. It turned out that most popular casino games were brought and introduced in American casinos by Chinese immigrants. For example, Pai Gow Poker, Sic Bo, Fan Tan, Mahjong are of Chinese origin but very popular in online casinos.

So, if you want to buy online gambling site , consider buying the one with the best casino software and the most popular casino games. In this case, you’ll get profit after some time.

There is a lot of interesting information about how to build online casino you can find on www.howtostartcasino.com.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

iPhone pedometer and easy fitness

Fitness has become simpler! I don’t’ need to pick out 2-3 hours a week for fitness – I can do fitness wherever I go and whatever I do – it is possible due to this new feature which is called iPhone pedometer! With the help of this program I can count my steps and concentrate on the way I’m going – I try to practice something of the kind of sporty pacing.

I can also see the time I’ve spent walking – it is very convenient that it is not necessary to take watch with me every time!And BTW - here is the link from AppStore!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

One more iPad review

I've got this review - maybe it'll help to choose from many iPad applications:

I’m a mother of a teenager son – Nick is 15 now. Every woman who has a teenager child will understand how difficult it is to communicate with him during this period of his becoming adult! My son is very talented and advanced, but last year he began to take a great interest in gambling, especially poker! He spent all his pocket money to play poker and could hardly won back his money! I was very upset and didn’t know what to do, but suddenly my friend has offered me to acquire an ultimate application - poker for iPad – and I decided that it was a chance! I presented my dear child with this game and he by degrees quit playing poker for money – now he plays iPad poker! This game is very close to reality and it thrills him really strong so he stopped spending money on gambling!

Create your own casino - have you ever thought about such business opportunity?

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Why to refinance in North Miami Beach?

Now if you mention refinancing, we may speak about a possible way to get some relief from burden payments every month. As for the possible reasons to refinance so we can speak about:
a.    Low payments can be a motivating thing to have refinancing. If your loan is rather big than you need refinancing as you can reduce the payments in many times and can feel secure in case if your income becomes not so stable as before. But try to choose a reasonable new program which is really suitable for you and try to consider the future expenses like children’s education or health.
b.    You want to get rid of the loan very quickly and you are ready to pay more every month, then you can go and ask to refinance. In this situation you should be prepared to pay off several times more for the house in North Miami Beach than elsewhere for the property you once bought. If you can afford this, no problem.
c.     Some years ago you were eager to buy a house so much that you decided to take a mortgage with very high interest rate and now you realize that it’s too high for you and to need to lower it. So refinancing is your way out here as it becomes possible to adjust the loan to your current situation. There are different loan modifications which allow you to choose what it is needed.
d.    You need cash desperately and you can sell your house FSBO and get some cash to pay off the debts for example. Now it can be rather legal.
Nevertheless refinancing can be a way out for you to stay in the house you once purchased or to relieve the burden of monthly payments.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

What house can you afford?

If you are looking for Miami Beach houses for sale, you have to calculate how much money you can afford. At present there are many houses in the market but, unfortunately, your financial possibilities are limited to certain sum. That’s why, first of all, you should consider carefully your financial to define the type of property you can buy.

Look attentively at your monthly income and expenses because if you purchase a house you’ll have to pay monthly mortgage payments and other expenses connected with property such as electricity and gas bills, petrol expenses, shopping bills, etc.

If you are not sure how to do it correctly, you can make use of various mortgage calculators that are offered practically at any FSBO sites. If you don’t have enough money, you have to options: either save money for some more time or look at a cheaper property.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

List for checking projects

The French company UI Studio have uploaded an interesting checklist for checking projects: Have your web developers done everything to prepare your project on the production server?

In fact, we do everything mentioned there and even more but in any case this list will be useful not only for newly born developers as the gathered information is not only systematized but also presented in details. The whole project is written on Symfony + jQuery.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Popularity of online casinos

There are many people who are addicted to something. For example, some people can’t live without cigarettes, others are crazy about drinking, others can’t imagine their lives without coffee. But recently a new type of addiction has appeared – addiction to online casino. At present the number of online casinos and poker rooms has increased considerably because the demand for them is growing steadily. Why is it so?  

According to his nature, a person doesn’t want to show his vices publicly. Online casino helps people enjoy their favourite activity secretly. For some people it’s the best way to relax. For others it’s a god way to improve their skills and become professionals in real life.

Moreover, the question ‘How to start online casino?’ is no more a question at all. Practically everyone can do it if he has some money to invest.

By the way, having high quality and reliable online casino software you can even get profits.      

Monday, April 26, 2010

Loan reductions are permanent in West Palm Beach

Making loan modifications affordable helped many desperate homeowners in West Palm Beach to save their houses and to get lower monthly payments. In general according to the national studies about 200 000 borrowers got the modification and about 1 million are on trial to get it. But in spite of all the positive results, still there too many of those who expect some help. Part of them can’t get any help because of many reasons. Experts rely too much on banks and say if the banks help the borrower to get the best point to modify the loan, the bank itself is likely to get the remaining sum of money of the loan. As foreclosure is a very expensive process for both. The recent report assumes that about 3000 modifications failed as the people didn’t manage to pay even the modified payments for homes in West Palm Beach.  In many case while modifying the loan people are usually given the interest rate reduction or are forgiven some money. Hundreds of people line to get this help as in many cases this is the only way out to stay in the house which was desired for so long.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Don’t forget to tell a buyer that your house is eco-friendly

At present day real estate market a seller should make his house attractive for potential buyers. Don’t forget to highlight the best features of your property for sale.

Sometimes during listing sellers forget to state that their houses are ‘green’. Of course, if you are selling a house in Alyaska, chances that someone will be interested in your green house are few but if you are selling your house in Florida, for example, in property North Miami Beach, you have to mention this feature as there’s enough sun there and green houses can save money.

Don’t forget to inform the buyer about all energy-saving appliances that you have installed. Sometimes the things that are invisible can save much money. For example, tankless water heaters as well as low-flush toilets are becoming more and popular mainly because you can save up to 30% of a bill.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

HAFA program

Unfortunately, the state government programs introduced in the last 18 months have had little effect on the North Las Vegas Foreclosure market as well as the country in general. The foreclosure prevention program helped only about 100,000 homeowners last year, as you see, that’s a drop in the ocean.

On April 5 a new program starts - Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA). What is special about this program?

HAFA uses the information on the borrower’s financial hardships that has already been collected for considering a loan modification. It lets borrowers get pre-approved short sales conditions before listing the house for sale. According to the program, the servicers are not allowed to require a reduction in the real estate commission approved in the listing agreement (no more than 6%). Now borrowers are completely released from future obligation for the first mortgage debt. The program gives some financial bonuses: $1,500 for relocating; $1,000 for covering administrative and processing expenses; and some others.

It’s a new program and nobody knows its effect. But some analysts are sure that it will have a real positive impact on real estate markets. So, it's a good time to find Homes and Houses For Sale in North las vegas, NV.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Best php framework for rapid web development

Recently I have reviewed quickly all popular php frameworks. The top frameworks are Yii, CI, CakePHP, Zend Framework, symfony framework. As a result (and not for the first time) Symfony turned out to be the friendliest to a developer.

Some developers say that it’s a very convenient framework that has lots of plug ins and additional tools for rapid web development.

I have worked with CI and Zend but think that Symfony is the best.

Friday, March 26, 2010

But your house right now

They say that we should buy Miami Beach condos or search for Sunny Isles Beach apartments for sale right now if we haven’t decided yet as it’s the best time ever to make a purchase. Everything because of the real estate market in Florida is in turmoil. Besides the prices for Hollywood Beach houses are very low and the chance to get a cheap credit is rather high. At the same time there’s a good credit for the first time buyers with extremely low interest and the credit has been extended up to the end of April. In spite of all the good points, it’s still difficult to buy and it’s difficult to sell. But the only advice is to act very quickly.

In case if you think to wait a little, you are likely to lose some opportunities. The first one is to lose a chance to get a rather attractive loan, then the tax credit. If you are about to sell your house you should act quickly too. Everybody thinks that their house is worth more. Sellers should investigate a lot before setting the price, the realtor from Dallas, Texas says. If you put the high price you are likely to have your house listed for a very long time.


Friday, February 26, 2010

Online Poker Development

A short definition of online poker is the following: this is the game of poker played via the global net – the Internet. People from different countries play different variations of poker against each other. There is a game at virtual tables for real money. The rate of bets is defined by players – you can bet 10 cents or $1000. You can also play poker free of charge. It is very convenient for novices who want to learn the rules of the games taking no risk of their money. Online poker games are played at poker websites. Poker operators receive electronic payments from players and offer them virtual poker tables. During the game poker operators levy some fee from the players for the service they provide.
Nowadays tens of millions of users play online poker. And the others play strip poker on mobile. How can we explain such interest towards the online game? Everything is simple. The game of poker has been known from time immemorial. It is very difficult to find a person today who has never heard about poker. Television broadcasts of poker competitions contributed to this fact. The World Poker Tour and The World Series of Poker are the most famous among them. Here comes a quite reasonable question: why has this game become so popular mainly online? It is much more comfortable to play poker at home sitting on the sofa and listening to your favourite music. You only have to register in one of the poker halls, download poker and here you are! You are already in the game. Online poker gives you an opportunity to play with thousands of opponents and at different bets.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Online Poker Earnings

The possibility to earn good money is also one of the reasons for the rapidly growing popularity of online poker. Poker professionals earn millions of dollars. Let’s take, for instance, Peter Eastgate, the winner of the last year’s series WSOP. He was awarded $9 152 416 for his victory in the tournament.
Successful poker professionals exist in our country as well. Victories at major international competitions bring them millions of dollars.
Inspired by the success of poker stars, people from all over the world register at poker websites and play mobile strip poker in order to repeat the success of their idols. But it is necessary to know that only those people who learn the game thoroughly devoting much time to poker theory and practice can become a success in this game. The desire to earn money quickly very often leads to miserable results.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

What should be counted as a room?

Very often buyers are surprised to find out that the MLS listing says that the house has 5 rooms but in reality it has only 3. Why do some buyers think that a small room in the back is a bedroom?

In some states rooms are counted in a different way. For example, in Utah and Missouri a room without a closet is not counted, at least it is not counted as a bedroom. In California a room should have a closet and a window to be a bedroom. The erected curtain in the room makes the room to be counted. In some places home owners think that a combined kitchen and a dining room can be considered as two rooms as the functions of these areas are clearly divided and there is enough space between them.

In other states, for example, in Maine everything below grade or without heating is not counted for square footage but it is considered legitimate space (just for listing). If you have a big room completely finished but in the basement shouldn’t be considered but, in reality, it is.

In fact, if you like the place and neighborhood it’s a good idea to visit the house and compare what is listed and what is in reality.