First Payment from CloudCrowd

Just received my first payment US$7.08 (deposited into my paypal account) from CloudCrowd.

Want to know more about this Facebook app? Below are their official FAQs :

What?

What's CloudCrowd?

CloudCrowd is where work gets done. We bring together people who want to work, and work that pays.

What's the work like?

Typical projects include image and video tagging, finding information online, and quick writing and editing projects. Work ranges in difficulty, and longer tasks typically pay more. With the variety of work offered, we’re sure you’ll find tasks you enjoy.

 

Why?

Why Earn Money With CloudCrowd?

• No set schedule - Work for 5 minutes or 5 hours. Work at 2 PM or 2 AM.
• Work wherever you want - Work from home, or wherever you're most comfortable--anywhere you have a computer and internet access.
• Work today, get paid the next business day* - Your time is valuable, so you get compensated quickly.

 

How?

How do I get paid?

You get paid the next business day via PayPal when your work is approved before 5:00PM Pacific Time. You need a PayPal account to get paid for the work you do on CloudCrowd. If you don't already have one, sign up for your free account here.

How do I deposit earnings into a bank account?

Paypal will directly deposit your earnings into your bank account if you chose. Alternatively, you can receive a debit card from PayPal to access your account, or request that PayPal send you a check.

How do I know you'll pay me?

If you're concerned, try a task or two first and see how quickly you're paid. When you complete a task correctly by 5:00PM Pacific Time, we add money to your CloudCrowd account by midnight of the next business day.

How do you know the work I do is accurate?

CloudCrowd uses a proprietary method to cross-check your answers with answers from other workers, and with answers to which we already know the correct answer. Each task you perform correctly will increase your credibility score. By answering correctly you'll be able to continue to work on CloudCrowd projects and gain access to a wider range of work.

How do I make real money?

You deserve fair compensation for the work you do on CloudCrowd. When we price tasks, we estimate completion time to help us calculate compensation. Since most tasks don't take long to complete, try a few types of work and see what you like. Even tasks paying $.01 each can add up if you're able to complete them quickly and accurately.

How does CloudCrowd find work?

CloudCrowd actively approaches companies to find work they need done quickly and efficiently. When a company gives us a project, we break it down into a smaller set of tasks that you complete.

How else can I make money?

Refer your friends, and you’ll make money when they complete work.

*Work approved by 5:00PM Pacific Time will be paid by midnight of the next business day.

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Make Money on Facebook - CloudCrowd

You can earn money on Facebook?  CloudCrowd is a Facebook application where you can perform simple tasks like data entry, categorization, editing, translation, etc. You get paid if your task is approved.

To join CloudCrowd, you need a facebook account first and paypal account later for receiving payments. Pay rates for various tasks mostly range from US$0.01 to US$5.0. 

I tried out some simple "Inspect and Tag Images" tasks (rate US$0.01) first and got addicted. The job was to review SMALL images that were part of web advertisements. Then I tried "Review Inspected Images" (US$0.02/0.03), "Review Recipe Categorizations" (US$0.02) and "Categorize Recipes" (US$0.05). They were all simple and easy. My tasks done added up to U$1 very quickly.  If you have better languague skills, you may try some more difficult tasks, such as editing and translation, which require credential tests but offer much higher rates.

This platform could be a good way for those who work from home and stay-at-home moms to earn some part-time money.

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Earth Hour - 27 March 2010 - 8:30pm local time

Hundreds of millions of people have already voted for Earth with their light switch. It’s time to show where you stand. 8:30pm local time, 27th March, 2010.

http://www.earthhour.org

Video extraits of "Le Petit Prince" (French)

2 lovely videos of "Le Petit Prince", all in French.

Le Petit Prince (extrait N°1) (1996)

Le Petit Prince (extrait N°2) (1996)

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Happy New Year in 50 languages

Say "Happy New Year" in the following languages :

Cantonese (my mother tongue, dialect spoken in Hong Kong) : 新年快樂 (sàn nìhn faai lohk)

Mandarin (Putonghua, official language in China) : 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè)

English : Happy New Year

French : Bonne Année

Spanish : Feliz Año Nuevo

Italian : Buon Anno

Japanese : 明けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)

Happy New Year !!

Family dispute threatens to scupper Little Prince film

IT IS one of the biggest selling books of all time but a secret deal over royalties from The Little Prince has come back to haunt the author’s family.

The biographer of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the aristocratic French writer and aviator who penned the classic tale of a boy’s travels, has discovered that his widow forged inheritance documents to cash in on the book.

The revelation has triggered a legal battle between Saint-Exupéry’s descendants and a Hollywood studio that threatens plans to turn the fable into a film.

Since The Little Prince was published in 1943 — a year before Saint-Exupéry vanished on a wartime reconnaissance flight — it has sold more than 100m copies worldwide.

The adventurer left behind an embittered wife, Consuelo, after a tempestuous marriage during which he took a number of mistresses. He did not leave a will.

A new biography by Jean-Claude Perrier claims the author’s widow altered his letters to ensure she would inherit all the “moral rights” and royalties from his works, falsely implying she had been his great love.

In one letter sent to her by her husband, Consuelo faked his handwriting and inserted the phrase: “If I die, I leave you my work. You are my sole inheritor.” Perrier says Saint-Exupéry’s mother threatened to have her charged with fraud. But fearing a trial risked besmirching the family name and her son’s reputation as a fallen hero of France, she decided to do a secret deal with Consuelo in 1947.

Consuelo avoided possible prosecution by renouncing all rights to Saint-Exupéry’s works, except for royalties from America. Her acceptance of the agreement appears to confirm her guilt.

“This was a huge secret, totally unknown even by some family members,” said Perrier, whose biography of Saint-Exupéry has just been published in France and will appear in the UK next year.

Now the affair has resurfaced in a legal row involving Saint-Exupéry’s descendants — headed by Olivier D’Agay, his great-nephew — and Paramount, the Hollywood film studio.

Paramount is blocking the family’s bid to make a feature-length animation of The Little Prince, claiming it has the sole rights to the book. Consuelo sold it these rights in 1946, a year before her deal with her mother-in-law and more than six decades before her deception came to light.

This weekend D’Agay said: “Paramount is destroying our right to make a movie. We must fight.” The film studio declined to comment.

source : Times Online

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Five Elements

In Chinese philosophy, our universe consists of five basic elements namely Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. They interact with each other and their carefully balanced systems make up the universe.

Each of the elements is associated with one major planet in the Solar System: Venus (Metal), Mercury (Water), Jupiter (Wood), Mars (Fire) and Saturn (Earth). Each element generates another and is generated by one. At the same time, each element controls another and is controlled by one. The mutual generating and controlling relationships among the Elements serve to maintain a balance in the universe.

Generating & Supporting (Affinity Relationship) :

* Wood feeds Fire
* Fire produces Earth (ashes)
* Earth bears Metal
* Metal carries Water (water condenses on metal)
* Water nourishes Wood

Controlling & Overcoming (Destructive Relationship) :

* Wood parts Earth (such as roots)
* Earth absorbs Water (water can be dammed up by earth)
* Water quenches Fire
* Fire melts Metal
* Metal chops Wood

These five elements are also paired with the animal signs in Chinese astrology. For instance, one born in 1987 is "Fire Rabbit". When the elements and animal signs are combined, a Chinese astrology reading can become more accurate. Assigning one of the elements to each of the twelve years (animals) creates 60 different combinations. Rather than operating in a 12-year cycle, the Chinese Zodiac is actually based on a system of 60-year cycle.

Dire Straits - Why Worry

Baby I see this world has made you sad
Some people can be bad
The things they do, the things they say
But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears
I'll chase away those restless fears
That turn your blue skies into grey

Why worry, there should be laughter after the pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now

Baby when I get down I turn to you
And you make sense of what I do
I know it isn't hard to say
But baby just when this world seems mean and cold
Our love comes shining red and gold
And all the rest is by the way

Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl ......