The IMF is an organisation for money-related matters, and was founded in 1944 together with the World Bank. It is a sub organization of the United Nations, and has 185 Member States. The IMF focuses on:
Promotion of monetary cooperation and stability.
Monitoring economic growth and employment
Offering (temporary) financiëe aid to countries to correct deficits
. More information about the tasks of the IMF can be found on the IMF website.
Airlines ' employees can buy airline tickets at a reasonably reduced rate, so you can join if there is another place available on the plane. This means that you have no certainty, and that you can only hear whether you are with us 20 minutes before departure.
With FourSquare, users can share tips from location. It is about tips of the form: in this restaurant they have good food, in this café it is always too busy on Sunday afternoon, etc. Users of FourSquare get points for the tips, and also points for check-in at a location. Check-in is meant to indicate: I am now present at this location. The idea here is firstly that you can see your friends. So it is a website (with applications for your mobile phone) with three goals:
Mobile Friends Viewfinder
Tips for a city
Game
The game element is thus in the points, and for certain actions you get a badge (this may be frequent check-in on a day, often leaving a tip, adding new locations, etc.). In this way the game element is thus as many points as possible, but also collect as many badges as possible. In America it is already normal, but Dutch companies are now playing in this. If you are mayor of a location, you can get free things. Check out the Snack square website to see the Dutch participants.
With FourSquare, users can share tips from location. It is about tips of the form: in this restaurant they have good food, in this café it is always too busy on Sunday afternoon, etc. Users of FourSquare get points for the tips, and also points for check-in at a location. Check-in is meant to indicate: I am now present at this location. The idea here is firstly that you can see your friends. So it is a website (with applications for your mobile phone) with three goals:
Mobile Friends Viewfinder
Tips for a city
Game
The game element is thus in the points, and for certain actions you get a badge (this may be frequent check-in on a day, often leaving a tip, adding new locations, etc.). In this way the game element is thus as many points as possible, but also collect as many badges as possible. In America it is already normal, but Dutch companies are now playing in this. If you are mayor of a location, you can get free things. Check out the Snack square website to see the Dutch participants.
Mother's Day is celebrated to put the mothers in the sun and to pamper them. In many countries mother's Day is on the 2nd Sunday in May, but there are also countries that do it on the last Sunday in May, or 3 Sundays before Easter. Often the mother of the family gets on that Sunday breakfast in bed and a small gift. Read More
RMN is the cleaning company of the municipalities of Nieuwegein, Soest and Zeist and works mainly for the inhabitants of those municipalities. RMN arrives weekly in these municipalities by retrieving on household waste. More information about the work can be found on the website of RMN.
The AFM is an (independent) supervisor on the financial markets (you have to think about saving, borrowing (including mortgages), investing and insuring). The AFM's aim is to strengthen the confidence of consumers and companies in the financial markets (both nationally and internationally). A company must inform its customer well about the Financië services and products they offer. The AFM makes sure that everyone observes the laws that apply. The AFM supervises the following three areas:
Financial Dienstverle ningPersonen and companies engaged in financial services must be knowledgeable, but also reliable and honest. The information that is provided must be understandable and not misleading. Service providers must act in the interests of their customers, which we call the duty of care.
Capital market s The AFM maintains the rules applicable to people and companies active in the stock market (and other securities). Listed companies need to release price-sensitive information on time, the AFM verifies this, and looks at whether or not there is any misleading information or that people are using insider knowledge.
Consumer s too can act with insider information, the AFM also admits (this is often the case for employees of listed companies who have more than the outside world.
More information can be found on the website of the AFM.
Using Cydia, you can search and download applications on your iPhone (or IPod Touch). Your iPhone needs to be jailbreaked, otherwise you can’t install Cydia. The creator of Cydia is Jay Freeman, and is named after an insect that eats apples. Read More
DHL are the initials of the three founders (Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hill Blom and Robert Lynn), who founded the company DHL in 1969. Worldwide, DHL is the leader for International express delivery (by land, air and ocean). It started with the delivery of documents (from San Francisco to Honolulu) and the main advantage was that the customs formalities were handled before the ship reached the port. The DHL network continued to grow and nowadays employs nearly 300,000 people worldwide, the 250 aircraft and more than 75,000 vehicles are available. In the Netherlands, the Deutsche Post DHL is the owner of DHL.
With FTP, files can be transported from one computer to another. For example, FTP software sends Web sites to a server, and FTP is often used to send large files (which do not allow email due to size). FTP has been in existence since 1971 and has become the standard for sending files quite quickly. Like most Internet protocols, FTP is also based on client-server model: The client contacts a server (FTP uses TCP port 21 by default). After approval from both sides, the transfer of files can begin. Some FTP server allow anonymous access, but for most you need a user name and password.