3/08/2016

Interesting facts about football



1. Football originated in China around 476 B.C. 
2. Football is the most played and most watched sport on earth.
3. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Over one billion fans watch World Cup Football on television.
4. The largest Football tournament saw no less than 5,098 teams. They competed in 1999 for the second Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. Over 35,000 players participated.
5. The maximum number of goals scored by one player in a single Football match was 16. It was scored by Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.
6. Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998.
7. Football goalies didn't have to wear different coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
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8. Football players run an average of 9.65 kms during every game.
9. The very first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball.
10. The World's First Football Club was the English Sheffield Football Club. It was founded in 1857 by Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William Priest, two British Army officers.
11. European Teams have reached every World Cup final, except for the finals of 1930 and 1950.  
12. The highest scoring game was clocked 149-0. Stade Olympique de L’emyrne, a team from Madagascar scored their own goals. They did it as a form of protest for the unfair decision by referee in the previous game.
13. Ronaldinho came into limelight when scored 23 goals in a 23-0 game when he was only
14. Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian born Chelsea player injured his legs while celebrating his debut goal in a pre-season match, while Luigi Riva broke a spectator’s arm with his powerful shot.
15. The first black football player was Arthur Wharton in the 1800s.
16. Pele was the first to call football “the beautiful game”.
17. Only Americans and Canadians call football “soccer”.
18. England came up with the word “soccer”. It’s a shortened version of “Association Football” that was changed to “Assoc Football”. This was changed to “Soccer”. In 19th century England, it was popular to add the “-er” sound to shortened words.
19. In 1964, a referee’s call during a football match in Peru caused a riot that killed over 300 people.
20. In 1998, lightening killed an entire football team. The catastrophe occurred in Congo during a match between the villages of Bena Tshadi and nearby Basangana. 
21. ASEC Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire was unbeaten for 108 games between 1989 and 1994.
22. The Portuguese boast of scoring the world's greatest goals to game ratio of 1.77. The team has found the net an incredible 331 times in just 187 games for Sporting Lisbon between 1937 and 1949 (compared to Messi's 0.82 for Barcelona).
23. Worldwide, there are 27 professional football clubs that take a Beatles song as their nickname - Villarreal in Spain being the most famous (the Yellow Submarines).
24. Neil Armstrong originally wanted to take a football to the moon - but NASA deemed it to be un-American.
25. The ball used in professional football has remained exactly the same size and shape for 120 years - 28inches in circumference.

3/06/2016

Best Education Systems In The World



Education is one of the most important things in the world. Without it our youth would have no guidance in a very difficult world. However, education systems are not universal and unfortunately some are better than the others. Here are some of the best educational systems in the world.

South Korea

2015 has seen the rise of South Korea as the number one educational system in the world. It managed to bump its way from the second best to the best system, all in the span of three years. Korea does this for two reasons. First, they believe in working hard. Kids spend seven days of the week in school and are educated thoroughly in everything they study. Secondly, South Korea spends a lot of money on its educational system. The yearly budget for the system is slightly more than 11 billion dollars. The other Asian countries are major competition for South Korea.
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A noticeable statistic about the South Korean educational system is the country is near 100% literate. 99.2% of males in South Korea are literate while 96.6% of females are literate.

Japan

Japan has slid into the number two position. A combination of a hard work ethic and technology play a major role in making the Japanese educational system what it is. No other country deploys technology in education to the extent that Japan does. Kids have access to resources that most other students do not, giving them the ability to get answers to some of the most difficult questions.
Another focus of the Japanese educational system is extracurricular activities. Sports, chess, and other such clubs have been proven to increase the educational value of a school system. In Japan almost all students participate in at least one club, it is expected of them.

Singapore

Singapore makes number three on the list of educational systems in 2015. Singapore has one of the best primary education systems in the world. The primary education system is credited for allow Singapore to jump ahead two places on the list of best educational systems. What is most impressive about Singapore’s educational system is that they built it from scratch.
Another amazing thing that Singapore does is they shift the focus away from the traditional school tasks of rote memorization and repetition and instead focus on deeper education. Conceptual learning and problem-based education play a major part in their educational system. They want students to solve problems on their own with a teacher there to help, should they get lost in the process.

Hong Kong

Next up is Hong Kong; they take a large amount of their education system from the United Kingdom. The educational system is seen over by the Social Welfare Department of the government. Each level of schooling in Hong Kong works together to create an overall educational experience.
The literacy rate in Hong Kong is 94.6, still a pretty high number.

Finland

Finland is an interesting member of this list. For a long time it led educational systems around the world on this list. In 2015 though it got bumped to number five on the list, being replaced by Asian countries. Its drop may be due in part to the increased attention put on school systems by the countries that ousted it.
Unlike many countries, Finland has short school days and fills the rest of the day with school-sponsored educational activities. They believe that there is a good portion of learning to be done outside the classroom. The schools in Finland build the community and help to create identity among the citizens.
The teachers in Finland also go through some of the best education in the world.
While literacy rates may be one method to show the success of an educational system they do not predict the overall value of the system. For example, the United States, which has a 99.99% literacy rate, comes in number 14. More goes into determining what entails a good educational system. For example, one critical area the United States educational system lacks in is real life education.
Having a good education is key in life. Not only does it set you up for success in terms of a career but it also determines how you are perceived socially. A good education allows you to fit in with the higher educated crowds. With how key education is to our success as a world shouldn’t there be a large focus globally on our education?

Coutries by world's fastest internet speeds



With a few clicks on a key board and a swipe of the mouse, we have access to an unprecedented amount of information the likes of which man has never seen before.
But if you have a slow internet connection speed then waiting for that page to load, that video to buffer, or that file to download can feel like an eternity.
Akamai Technologies, a cloud services provider, made a list of the fastest internet connection speeds in the world that shows where the luckiest netizens reside.
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Each of these countries is ranked by the average speed of their broadband internet connection in mega bits per second (Mbps), and they are all faster than the United States, which ranks 17th in the world in internet connection speed on the list.

#1 South Korea

Average Mbps: 22.2. Internet speeds have increased 1.6% over the last year.

#2 Hong Kong

Average Mbps: 16.8. Internet speeds have increased 37% over the last year.

#3 Japan

Average Mbps: 15.2. Internet speeds have increased 16% over the last year.

#4 Sweden

Average Mbps: 14.6. Internet speeds have increased 34% over the last year.

#5 Switzerland

Average Mbps: 14.5. Internet speeds have increased 21% over the last year.

#6 The Netherlands

Average Mbps: 14.2. Internet speeds have increased 15% over the last year.

#7 Latvia

Average Mbps: 13. Internet speeds have increased 25% over the last year.

#8 Ireland

Average Mbps: 12.3. Internet speeds have increased 8.4% over the last year.

#9 Czech Republic

Average Mbps: 12.3. Internet speeds have increased 8.4% over the last year.

#10 Finland

Average Mbps: 12.1. Internet speeds have increased 33% over the last year.

11/20/2015

Top most promising business for startup

Networking Services
Description: With the unemployment rate at 9.1%, you’ll find a wide market of people clamoring for a leg up. Give it to them by organizing a series of small after-work mixers at a local hotel and advertise them on a regular basis. Supply a few light refreshments and a speaker, and then let people mingle.
Fees: admission fee. Offer discounts to those who leave their business cards so you can build a mailing list.
Tools of the Trade: Phone, computer, database software.
Tip: Works well in a metropolitan area where you can hold multiple mixers a month in different locations.
Hidden Costs: List rental fees and insurance.
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Online Internet Researcher
Description: You’re surfing the Web daily. Why not get paid for it?
Fees: $45 per hour to start. Increase your hourly rate as you develop your reputation.
Tools of the Trade: Computer and high-speed internet access.
Tip: Focus one or two types of information so that you can get deliver meaningful results quickly.
Hidden Costs: Initial marketing efforts.
Graffiti Removal
Description: Call on the property owner and get to scrubbing.
Fees: $150-$300 per job. For longer jobs, $50 per hour is reasonable.
Tools of the Trade: cleaning chemicals, scrub brushes and possibly a power washer.
Tip: You’re working with nasty chemicals, so be careful. Abide by federal disposal regulations.
Hidden costs: A vehicle for transporting equipment to job sites.
Virtual Assistant
Description: Have strong organizational and time-management skills? You could make decent money doing everything from making customer/patient contacts to coordinating travel arrangements to maintaining databases.
Fees: $20-$35 per hour or on a project basis.
Tools of the Trade: Computer, high-speed internet access, fax/printer/scanner, and office software.
Tip: Make your schedule parameters clear from the outset and keep careful records of your time, just in case any questions should arise about how you’re spending it.
Hidden Costs: Phone expenses.
Patient Gift Packager
Description: This is a slightly more specialized version of the gift basket business. Build your market by pinpointing hospitals, extended care facilities and church groups.
Fees: $25-$75 a basket.
Tools of the Trade: Decorative baskets, boxes, glue gun, shrink wrap machine, filling, ribbons. As for the basket contents, look for a private craft retailer that sells only to other vendors–you could save 40% relative to a traditional retail craft supply shop.
Tip: If you have a station wagon or van you can add a delivery fee to your orders and generate additional revenue.
Hidden Costs: Insurance and a vendor’s license.
Auto Swap Meet Promotion (285)
Description: Auto swap meets are where buyers and sellers gather to buy, sell and/or trade used vehicles and parts. As a promoter, you’ll secure a parking lot or large warehouse for those seeking to trade or sell their cars and car parts.
Fees: $35 for participants; $5 admission fee for browsers.
Tools of the Trade: parking lot or warehouse.
Tip: Work the Web to get the word out.
Hidden Costs: Liability insurance.
Career Counselor
Description: Begin with a personality assessment and then work with your client to match his or her motivations and interests to a new career.
Fees: $85 to $200 per hour for your services; flat fee, roughly $350 per session.
Tools of the Trade: Computer, high-speed internet access, fax/printer, and office software. Books and DVDs on career planning.
Tip: Build your credibility by offering seminars on career change and writing a career-centric blog.
Hidden Costs: Building a professional website.
Medical Transcriptionist
Description: This a $50 billion industry and growing. Transcribed copies of dictated notes related to examinations and procedures give doctors a quick way to review of patient histories, as well as legal evidence of patient care/. Main customers: private-practice physicians.
Fees: $15-$30 per hour, depending on the difficulty of understanding the speaker.
Tools of the Trade: Computer, specialized medical word-processing software, transcribing unit and reference books.
Tip: Turnaround time is critical–and that may mean working nights and weekends.
Hidden Costs: There is no room for error–a simple misspelling could mean the difference between life and death.
These Businesses Require Between $15,000 and $40,000 In Startup Costs
Child ID Products (Retail)
Description: A small but viable retail niche. The equipment helps identify children by their facial features, voice and fingerprints. Buyers include organizations across the country that provide regular child ID programs.
Fees: Depends on the item.
Tools of the Trade: Inventory includes video, 35mm and digital cameras, fingerprinting equipment, background information forms. You’ll need a web site and a way to process payment.
Tip: Marketing these products can be tricky, given the darkness of the underlying message. Focus on success stories showing how your products saved the day.
Hidden costs: Insurance, equipment storage and shipping costs.
Mobile Paper-Shredding Service
Description: Given the number of identity theft horror stories, it is vital for companies to shred all documents containing sensitive information. You can save a business time and trouble by showing up on-site with your shredding machines on a regular schedule to perform this necessary but tedious task.
Fees: $50 to $100 per visit.
Tools of the Trade: A van or truck, at least one heavy-duty shredder and a back up machine, and a good supply of heavy-duty plastic bags to cart away the shards.
Tip: Strike terror into customers by offering scary examples of what happens when the sensitive documents get into the wrong hands.
Hidden Costs: Vehicle maintenance and repair.
Pet Taxi Service
Description: What does Fido do when he has to go to the vet and his best friend can’t take him? This business caters to dual-career families and pet lovers with higher than average incomes.
Fees: $30-$45 for one-way transportation (fees vary based on distance traveled, pet size and number of pets per owner).
Tools of the Trade: Travel cages and a vehicle large enough to accommodate several animals at once.
Tip: You better love animals.
Hidden Costs: Janitorial supplies to combat pet messes.
Residence for the Elderly
Description: Opening your own home to older people who do not wish to live alone can be a profitable business if they don’t require the level of care offered by either assisted living facilities or nursing homes. (Each state licensing agency has its own definition of the term it uses to describe assisted living.)
Fees: Monthly rent of $450-$1,000 per client, depending on facilities and geographic location.
Tools of the Trade: One or more easily accessible bedrooms, suitable furniture, bathroom with special handrails, dining space, efficient kitchen.
Tip: Check local zoning regulations before spending a dime.
Hidden costs: Insurance, food (many residents may have special dietary requirements), home alterations.
Nanny Service
Description: Place nannies with families that hire your service.
Fees: $7-$18 per hour per child, or weekly/monthly rates of $275/$800.
Tools of the Trade: Office set-up and advertising materials.
Tip: large metropolitan areas where dual-income couples are most likely to reside.
Hidden Costs: Liability insurance and personnel costs such as health benefits and workers’ compensation.
Health/Fitness Centers for Corporations
Description: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that one third of America is obese. By centralizing purchasing, marketing and other business activities, you can develop and manage fitness centers for corporations at a competitive price–and save them and the health care system loads of money.
Fees: Monthly retainers of $3,000 to $5,000 per project.
Tools of the Trade: Even if your client corporation provides the space, equipment will run up a sizable tab.
Tip: Hire competent, friendly trainers to run each facility.
Hidden Costs: Insurance, equipment maintenance.
These Business Require Over $40,000 In Startup Costs
Mailbox Rental Service
Description: Home-based businesses in particular benefit from this service, largely because they need to establish a professional-sounding address.
Fees: $18 and up per month, depending on the size of the box.
Tools of the Trade: Mailboxes, scales, parcel packaging equipment, cash register, inventory of labels and shipping supplies. Consider a pay-per-copy photocopy machine.
Tip: Situate your service in a busy shopping complex.
Hidden Costs: A good security system.
Temporary Employment Agency
Description: People need work, even the temporary variety. Your job is to match temps to the right assignments while ensuring that all are trained and able to work on short notice.
Fees: Varies depending on the position.
Tools of the Trade: Four to six computers with printers for testing purposes, as well as an office computer with internet access and scheduling/billing software.
Tip: Focus on a market niche like health care, communications, or technical/engineering. Build a brand in a specific area and clients will keep coming back.
Hidden Costs:  A comprehensive employee benefits plan.
Messenger Service
Description: Self explanatory.
Fees: $35-$50 per delivery (add a surcharge for speedier runs).
Tools of the Trade: Fleet of delivery vehicles or bicycles.
Tip: Consider paying bonuses to your swiftest employees.
Hidden Costs: Medical bills (this is a high-risk profession, particularly for bicyclists in large metropolitan areas).
Pinball/Electronic Game Arcade
Description: You don’t even necessarily need a storefront of your own because many shopping malls rent out floor space precisely for games like these.
Fees: 50 cents to $1 per play.
Tools of the Trade: Pinball/electronic games and a token or change machine.
Tip: Buy used equipment if you can, as long as its not too behind-the-times..
Hidden Costs: Maintenance.
Consignment (Retail)
Description: Buy used clothing and other products, clean them up, and resell them in a fun, inviting setting.
Fees: Depends on the item.
Tools of the Trade: retail space, shelves, display cases credit card processing equipment, cash register. And probably a Web site, too.
Tip: Bargain hunters like to hunt, so don’t be afraid to situate your shop near your competitors.

Top mysterious places on earth

Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, British Columbia
Spotted Lake is a saline endorheic alkali lake located northwest of Osoyoos in British Columbia. In the summer, most of the water in the lake evaporates leaving behind all the minerals. Large “spots” on the lake appear and depending on the mineral composition at the time, the spots will be different colors. The spots are made mainly of magnesium sulfate, which crystallizes in the summer. Since in the summer, only the minerals in the lake remain, they harden to form natural “walkways” around and between the spots. The ameoba-shaped Spotted Lake, or Klikuk in the indigenous language, changes colors throughout the year and during the summer time divides itself into white, green or yellow pools.

The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, aka the Devil’s Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. It gained it’s notoriety when a number of aircraft and surface vessels mysteriously disappeared in a manner that cannot be explained by human error, piracy, equipment failure, or natural disasters. 
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The disappearances have been attributed to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. It is really scary!

Socotra

This enchanting and little known island is located off the coast of Yemen in the Middle East. Isolated from the rest of the world its plants have evolved into many bizarre shapes and forms that are unknown in other parts of the world. This place is probably the most alien-looking on Earth. One third of the flora and fauna on this island, administered by Yemen government, can be found only here. The umbrella-shaped “blood tree,” the cucumber tree, giant succulent tree, different kinds of birds, spiders, bats and cats have the only habitat on Socotra.

McMurdo Dry Valleys

McMurdo Dry Valleys are located on Antarctica but, believe it or not, they lack snow. That makes the area to be a desert, of course the coldest one in the world. However, that’s not the only strange things here. The valleys are “bleeding” from the many geysers, because of the high concentration of iron, making picture of world different than Earth.

Racetrack Playa

In Death Valley, California, there is a dry lakebed called Racetrack Playa, which is famous for its “sliding rocks.” These are chunks of dolomite that fell from the surrounding hills during the occasional rainstorms, and then somehow took trips across the lakebed while it was still muddy. Some of the tracks are over 3,000 feet long, and the rocks can weigh as much as 700 pounds. How these rocks move is still a mystery!

Mount Roraima

Since long before the arrival of European explorers, the mountain has held a special significance for the indigenous people of the region, and it is central to many of their myths and legends It is a pretty remarkable place. It is a tabletop mountain with sheer 400-metre high cliffs on all sides. There is only one ‘easy’ way up, on a natural staircase-like ramp on the Venezuelan side – to get up any other way takes and experienced rock climber. On the top of the mountain it rains almost every day, washing away most of the nutrients for plants to grow and creating a unique landscape on the bare sandstone surface.

Fly Geyser, Reno

Fly Geyser, also known as Fly Ranch Geyser is a small geothermal geyser that is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Gerlach, in Washoe County, Nevada. The Geyser is not an entirely natural phenomenon, and was accidentally created in 1916 during the drilling of a well. The well functioned normally for several decades, but then in the 1960s geothermally heated water found a weak spot in the wall and began escaping to the surface. Dissolved minerals started rising and piling up, creating the mount on which the geyser sits, which is still growing to date. Today, water is constantly squirting out reaching 5 feet (1.5 m) in the air. The geyser contains several terraces discharging water into 30 to 40 pools over an area of 30 hectares (74 acres). The geyser is made up of a series of different minerals, which gives it its magnificent coloration.

Split Apple Rock

Split Apple Rock, rising from the water of Tasman Bay. The giant boulder has been broken in two pieces so cleanly that it’s almost as if a giant hit it with an axe!

Moeraki Boulders

Unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered either as isolated or clusters of boulders within a stretch of beach where they have been protected in a scientific reserve. These huge, gray,spherical stones were formed in sediment on the sea floor sixty million years ago and were revealed by shoreline erosion. If we take the local Maori perspective, these are the remainings of calabashes (gourds), kumaras (sweet potatoes) and eel baskets washed ashore when the legendary canoe Araiteuru was wrecked. The boulders can weigh several tons and measure three meters.

Great Blue Hole

If you ever come by near the coast of Belize, you shouldn’t miss an opportunity to visit the Great Blue Hole, one of the world’s most recognizable natural wonders. The Great Blue Hole is located in Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, about 60 miles away from Belize City. It is believed that this hole is the world’s largest sea-hole. It is about 125 meters deep and its diameter is about 300 meters wide. It has been created as a cause of sea level increase about 65,000 years ago. Its almost perfect circular shape made it very popular amongst tourists who often visit this place. This place is most attractive for scuba divers who are exploring the depths of this hole. It is known that there are a plenty of cave networks in this place. Divers are also attracted with plenty of rare animal species and forms of life which can be found only in this place.