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How to Do Powerpoint Presentation

editor — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:17:33 +0000

“PowerPoint presentation” is a program, which has been invented by Microsoft suite. PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft office suite, and PowerPoint works on “Apple’s Mac OS X” computer operating system and “Microsoft windows”. PowerPoint is mainly used by educators, trainers, businessman, students, and by the most widespread forms of influential technology. Initially, the PowerPoint used to known as ‘Microsoft PowerPoint” (Microsoft office 2003), but later they revised their branding to accentuate the place of PowerPoint within the office suite, and they renamed it as “Microsoft office PowerPoint’. The brand new version of PowerPoint is available on Microsoft office 2007(window) and 2008(Mac).

“Robert Gaskins” and “Dennis Austin” (from California), invented the first version of PowerPoint in the year 1984. Initially, PowerPoint was known as “presenter”, and it was originally designed for Macintosh computer, later it was renamed as “PowerPoint” in the year 1987 by Robert Gaskins. The most noteworthy change done in Microsoft was “clipboard”, which was launched with PowerPoint 2000; clipboard can handle multiple entities at once.

PowerPoint contains number of individual sheets or “slides”. The “slides” contain graphics, text, movies, clips, and other objects which can be freely used in presentation. PowerPoint contains “slide master” and template, which assists the use of steady style in a presentation. The PowerPoint presentation is displayed on computer; it can also be projected through video projector for larger audience. In this article we will see how to do PowerPoint presentation.

Things required:

Microsoft PowerPoint software in computer
Access to a computer

Instructions:

If you making a PowerPoint presentation, first of all set your target audience. Create a clear idea about what you are going to communicate to with the spectators.

Do not put lots of information in your presentation, simplify your idea into few bullet forms, and while presenting try to explain those points in your own words.

You can also use tables, graphics, graph, audio, images, and video in your presentation. it will look good and grab the attention of the audience more efficiently.

Avoid the use of too much text in presentation; instead you can use lots of catchy images to express your idea visually.

Start your presentation with clear introduction about your topic, and what issue or matter you going to cover in this topic. Make a conclusion slide to recapitulate your topic.

After concluding your presentation, ask your audience if they have any questions. Open up to your audience for discussions and make your presentation an interactive session.

While ending your presentation, give your contact information to audience such as links of your websites, blogs, etc. If you will leave your contact detail with your target audience, then they will be able keep in touch.

Before presenting in front of audience, you will have to practice for it in front of your friends, family, mirror. While presenting, make eye contact with audience, be confident, keep smiling, be comfortable and make your others comfortable as well, and keep right posture and gesture.

Tips:

While making PowerPoint presentations keep yourself at the place of audience and see what is the most valuable stuff for them.

You can also join toastmasters.org (toastmaster) for informal presentation training to enhance your communication and presentation skill.

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How to Do Splits

editor — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:25:24 +0000

A split is a pattern of human body, in which both legs are parallel to each other and comprehensive in opposite directions. Splits include a variety of athletic actions such as, figure skating, synchronized swimming, dance, yoga, contortionism, and martial arts. A split position is said to be “doing the splits” or “in a split”. While performing splits, the positions of the inner things of the legs are defined as an extraordinarily large, 180 degree. This huge angle (180 degree) stretched drastically, thus consent tremendous flexibility of muscles like “iliopsoas” and hamstring. Therefore, splits are generally used as a “stretching exercise” to warm up and improve the flexibility of leg muscles.

There are two general forms of splits exercise,

Side splits: it is performed by extending the legs to the right and left of the upper body. Side splits are also known as “straddle splits” in yoga and dance. It is also referred as “Chinese splits” in martial arts. It is also called “box splits” and “center splits”.

Front splits: this activity is performed by stretching a leg forward of, and the other leg to the rear of upper body. Front splits are used in dance, and it is named according to the leg that is stretched forward.

The various forms of spits are mentioned below.

Over splits: The angles between legs are 180 degree.

Vertical split: the legs are sloping vertically.

Suspended split: in this action the body is static and supported only by feet.

Split leap: it is also called split jump, this is performed after jumping or leaping, respectively, while still in the air.

Twisting splits are executed from front to side split, and then to the opposite front splits.

Actor “jean-claude van damme” is popular for performing suspended splits. “Van dam lift” (splits) was discovered by “rob van dam”, who was a professional wrestler.

Executing splits is not just for cheerleaders and kids anybody has the potential to do the “front splits”. The only barrier in performing splits is undeveloped stretching skills. If you want to perform splits then get your sweat pants and tees, and follow the following simple instructions.

Instructions:

First of all you will have to enhance your flexibility with stretcher program. Make sure to stretch your groin and inner thigh.
Squat like a runner in starting position bend your front leg at 90 degree, and other leg in back extended.
Keep your back straight and lean down your chest toward your front knee. Hold yourself in that position and count to 30.
Sit up and keep your rear knee to the floor. Now keep front leg straight, be in this position, and count until 30.
Bring down your chest to your front knee and hold for a while.
Sit up and move your front leg closer to the floor, and keep your back leg on the ground. Practice this process again and again till you gain the required flexibility to execute the splits.

Tips and warning:

Practice doing splits on the padded area.
Dress up in comfortable clothes while practicing and stretching.
Go for medical checkup or consult with a doctor before going for any physical exercise or activity.
Do not jump while stretching
Stop practicing when it starts hurting.

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How to Do Ollie

editor — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:27:25 +0000

An aerial “skateboarding trick” is termed as Ollie. It was discovered by “Alan Ollie Gelfand” in the year 1978. The Ollie is performed on skates. The Ollie was the first ever basic trick which was performed in skateboarding. Ollie takes lots of time to learn, once you learn the basic trick, you will be able to perform other new tricks such as kick flip, heel flip.

“Danny Wainwright”, performed the highest official Ollie, which is 44.6 inches flat from the ground. “Rob Dyrdek”, holds the record of world’s highest number of successive Ollies. He performed 215 Ollies on a television show named “Rob and Big”.

There are different types of tricks of Ollie in skateboarding. These tricks are as mentioned below.

Flatgound ollie: this trick was discovered by “Rodney Mullen”. In this trick the trail is smacked on the ground to explode the board, glide you foot in the direction of the nose to even it out in the air.

Nollie: Nollie is a trick which is executed while riding on the nose.

Fakie ollie: This Ollie is executed while driving switch on the nose.

Switch Ollie, this Ollie is performed while driving switch.

Ollie 180, in this trick skateboard and skateboarder rotate at 180 degrees when they are off the ground.

Nollie 180 is similar to Ollie 180.

Half- cab, it spins to 180 degree while riding fakie.

Switch Ollie 180, similar to Ollie 180, done from switch.
Ollie north, in this trick the front foot is booted forward on the nose of the board.
Ollie south, in this trick the back foot is boned directly down.
Boned Ollie: in this ollie, the board is dipped down and legs are put horizontal. It is similar to “Melon Grab”

The trick of airborne skateboard is the basis of Ollie and this is compulsion for every skater, they have to learn this trick. If you ant to be a good Ollie player then follow the simple steps, which is mentioned below.

Things required:

Skateboard Pads
Skateboard Parts
Skate Rails
Skateboard Decks

Skateboarding Shoes
Skateboards

Skateboard Helmets
Skateboard Trucks
Skateboard Wheels

Instructions:

Stand on the skate, and put your rear foot on the end and front foot in the middle of the skate or board and fasten the front.

Put the ball of your rear foot in the middle of the board. Due to this when you push the end down the ball of your foot feels the pressure.

Place the front foot directly across the skate board

Try pushing down the board as quickly as you can with your back foot and put your all weight on the tail of the skate. This is the initial motion for learning this trick.

Remember the harder you push, the more your skate wants to move ahead once the tail of the skate is on the ground. Use that motion in next step

Hit the tail on the ground strongly enough and jump off with your rear foot and slowly slide your front foot up the board. By this motion, your knees will move towards your chest.

While jumping drag your feet up the board. This will make the skate come up with your jump. The skate will seem to stick on your feet, once your feet are in the air.

Land slowly and safely.

Tips and warnings:

At first learn the tricks without rolling to get comfortable with the motions. Once you get used to it and comfortable with basics, you will be able to adjust with the motions of this trick.
The hardest part of the Ollie is timing. The secret of maintaining time is to be fast. The faster you do it the easier it becomes.

Ollie is a dangerous sport and can cause some serious injuries or death. Practice Ollie under an expert guidance and take a proper training and gear before trying this stunts.

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How to Do a Survey

editor — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:13:05 +0000

A survey is conducted to gather “quantitative information” about the objects in a population. The surveys of “foundations” and “human populations” are very general in government and political polling, marketing research and social science. The purpose of a survey is to focus on factual information or opinion, and it involves administering questions to individuals. The question of survey which is directed by a researcher is termed as “researcher-administrated survey” or “structured interview”. The question directed by respondent is called as a “self-administered survey” or a “questionnaire”. The survey queries are generally distinguished between standardized and structured. The “Structured survey” means, the queries should be prepared in a way, that they do not manipulate the response to subsequent questions. The standardized surveys are to guarantee the validity, dependability, and generalizability of the object. The “organizational development” survey is another type of survey which is build carefully as the basis for collecting data, consequent action planning, and organizational analysis.

If you conducting survey for your assignment or class, then make sure that the survey questions are unbiased, and you get fair sample of participants to make your survey valid. Once the survey is completed, tally the results and report in an organized way. Surveys are important to gather information on opinion, and to make informed decisions for organizations, companies, and group. If you want to learn how to conduct a survey then follow the following simple steps.

Things required:

Paper

Survey topic

Computer

Survey participants

Copy machine

Pens or pencils

Instructions:

Before making questions for you survey, think for the topic, information you want to gain from the survey. Keep in mind the objectives you are trying to learn from your survey. For example if you are conducting a survey on eating habits of children from fifth grade, then select an appropriate topic for this survey. Your question for this survey should be, do you eat your breakfast? What you take for in you breakfast? What is your favorite food?

Make a note of your questions, and ask your survey participants to fill them. If it is feasible and proficient to survey everyone who the survey relates to, then do it.

Provide a method for the contestants to return the survey to you. You can hire someone to monitor during your survey, and you can collect it afterwards. You can also give them your email id or your address stamped on envelope for participant to return your survey.

Record and tally the results to every question of survey. If you have multiple choice questions, then check out how many people have answers each choice. If the questions are “fill-in the blank” then you could tally answers each contestant gave.

Check out the survey results carefully for patterns and trends. See what conclusion you can draw from the results of survey. Write the conclusion, and you can even include the graphs and table, which can help you to present your survey results.

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How to Do Facial

editor — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:10:28 +0000

Facial is a process, which includes many skin therapies, it consists of steam, cleansing, cream, scrubs and massage. Facials are usually given in a salon or spas, but you can also do facial at home. A facial helps in hydrating your skin and nourishes it thoroughly. It is considered as the most effective spa treatment available. Facial is also known as deep pore cleansing facial and deep cleansing facial.

The treatment of facial should be taken every month, but it also depends on the skin type. One must try and get a facial at least four times a year. If you have an oily skin with acne then facial must be done more often. Do not exceed the facial limit it will harm the skin.

There are various types of facial available like:

European facial
Mini facial
Age defense facial
Oxygen facial
Collagen facial
Acne facial
Photo facial (specially for acne)

Here is the procedure for a mini facial:

Steps:

Start with cleaning your face properly with a cleanser best suited for your skin type. Cleanse your face with the help of a cotton pad.
After cleansing, steam is given to the face, to open the pores. You can also use a steamed towel on your face, if the steam is too harsh.
Once the pores are open, take all the blackheads or whiteheads with the help of a blackhead remover.
Next, start with massaging strokes on the face, which will help you in relaxing your facial muscles.
Now the mini facial is done. You can apply toner or sunscreen lotions to your face and step out

You can also do facial at home. Here are a few steps for facial at home.

Tie your hair back before starting the facial. So, they don’t come on the face.
Wash your face properly with a cleanser best suited for your face.
Now take a vessel and fill it water. You can put some herbal oils in the water for better results. Now place the vessel on stove and let it boil. Once the water starts boiling take it off the heat.
Next, take a towel, put it over your head, and take your face close to the steam. Take proper steam for 10 minutes.
After taking the steam apply a face pack on your face, make sure you leave the eye area. Now lie down and let the face mask dry, you can also place cucumber slices on your eyes for relaxation.
When the mask is dry, wash your face properly and take the mask out. Finish you home facial with a good toner or moisturizer if your skin is dry.

Sometimes even the basic facial treatment do not suit your skin, since your skin is very sensitive. Here are a few fruit facemasks, which you can apply during facial.

Apple mask (normal skin):

1 apple
2 teaspoons of honey

Take the apple pieces and chop it with the help of a food processor. Add two tablespoons of honey to it and freeze it for 10 minutes. Now take the mixture and tap it to your skin gently. Let the mask be for 30 minutes and then wash it.

Cucumber mask (oily skin)

1/2 a cucumber
1 egg white
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of mint or crushed mint leaves

Mix all the ingredients together properly and keep in it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Afterwards apply it to your skin and let it dry. When it’s dry then wash it with warm water first and then with cold water.

Peach mask (dry skin):

1 whole peach (ripe)
1 egg white

Mix both the ingredients together in a mixer until they are smooth. Now apply the mixture on your face and keep it for 30 minutes. Later on wash it with cold water.

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How to Do a Wheelie

editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:00:27 +0000

Wheelies are a lot of fun but you must make sure you do them while observing at least basic safety measures and in a place where it is legally allowed. You must always remember, to do wheelies you will have too go by the sound and feel of the engine rather than by the reading on the tachometer. Every bike has different sprocket and power settings. Its important to pay attention to the road rather than your tachometer. Here in this guide you will learn how to do a wheelie effectively.

The very first step is the basic a power wheelie. You will need a motor bike with the capacity to generate enough power to raise the front wheel from the ground using just acceleration. You will have to get comfortable with the front end of the bike having no weight. Most of the bikes will not be able to do this on stock settings. You could also try to build up some speed in the first gear and after reaching the powerband (that is the time when the engine starts to jump with little push) let off a tiny bit and then push the accelerator. Not enough to flip you over, but a good enough amount to lift you in the air. If done correctly the front end should rise into the air and as soon as you let off the gas should go back down. More the acceleration the higher the bike goes. If you drive without a stabilized it might be a good idea to get one now. Lifting the front end of the bike and then bringing it down suddenly will cause the front wheel to wobble quite a bit. You must land the front tire as perfectly straight as possible or you will end up doing a highside (flipping yourself over the front of the bike). Once comfortable with the lift try carrying the wheelie a little bit further each time. Once comfortable with this wheelie move on toward the next step, that is to slip the clutch.
Start the bike and build up about 15-20mph in the first gear itself.
Now pull the clutch and accelerate the motor a bit and slip the clutch. Repeat a few times with increasing amounts of gas till you get the feel of the front end coming up. In this method the front will come up a lot more quicker than a power wheelie.
Once you find yourself getting the front up comfortably its time to think about brake and throttle control. The throttle maintains the height to which the wheelie rises and the back brake keeps the bike from looping. Chopping off the throttle in the first fear will surely bring back on the ground but most likely it will slam on hard rather than a smooth transition.
Once you are good at controlling the brakes its time to learn to shift in wheelie. When at the peak of your wheelie you will have around 300 rpm left before shutdown. At this time bring down the front a little bit and then shift to the second. Driving in the first for too long will most likely blow the engine.
Now when in second gear tug the accelerator to stop the bike going down and try to find a perfect point of balance on which your bike will hold the front wheel in the air steadily. You can lean a little it to the rear to find the center of gravity of the bike. Although this will help you balance leaning too far behind means you will most likely fall. Keep your brakes prepared for such an emergency. Always wear safety gear and use isolated areas to practice. Its vitally important to drive safely.

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How to Do a Back Handspring

editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:00:51 +0000

Handspring is a form of “gymnastic”, in which a person performs a complete revolution of their body by diving from head to an upright position into handstand and then pushing off such as “springing”, from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position. Handspring is executed in different types of physical activity, such as gymnastic, aerobic dance, and cheerleading. In artistic gymnastics, Handsprings are generally executed in the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise actions.

The body revolution and direction while performing handspring can be either forward or backward, ensuing in a “front handspring” and “back handspring”, respectively. Back handspring is known as various names, for example “flip-flop”, and in this handspring the performer won’t even realize where the hand will land until the move has begun.

If you want to do back handspring, just follow the given instructions. After reading this article you will have a good knowledge about how to perform back handspring properly.

Things required:

Confidence
Certified coaching instructor
Proper equipments
Time, determination, and patience

Instructions:

The first step of doing back handspring properly, is to start in a right position. The position is termed as “I Body”. The “I Body” position is just standing up straight on the ball of your feet, while expanding you hands as high as possible. Put your fingers together, arms a little touching your ears, and keep your head straight, looking forward not up.

The second step of doing a back handspring requires you to do things at the “same time”.
Bend your knees and start leaning backward, assuming that you are sitting on a chair at the same time. While doing this compel yourself to be falling onto your back or bottom. You should actually be falling backwards, while assuming sitting on chair, bring your arms down from “I Body” and move backward and forward your hips.

This step could be little difficult at first. Try to move back and forth your arms from “I Body” to your hips putting it all together. Keep your motion smooth not choppy.

When you are in the middle of your back handspring, then put you arms down near your hips, and make a sitting position while falling backwards. You will have to jump in the next step, jumping could be the scariest part of back handspring.
There are two basic rules of jumping. First, always put your arms straight, as your arm protects your head from hitting the ground. Second, never look behind or try to see where you are going to land.

For jumping, swing your arms from the sitting position with your arms by your sides. Do this action with speed and power. When the arms reach to the top of their swing and your head, jump off the ground at that point of time. While jumping, keep one thing in mind that you not only jumping up, but you also jumping backward. So combine the two and do it at the same time, else you will injure yourself. This step needs lots of practice.

When you are hanging in the air, your body should be in the “bridge” position. Keep your body tight and your entire muscles should be loosen when you preparing for landing.

While landing, keep your arms straight and close to your ears. Do not look down on the ground when you prepare for landing.

The most important thing for proper landing is to keep your arm straight, if you bend it you won’t be able to land. When your hands hit the ground, you must attack on the ground instead of placing your hand on the ground. While hitting the ground, tighten up your arm muscles and try to keep it straight. When you hit the ground, your body will be on handstand for the most part (basically upside down I Body position).

Stay in that position calmly for a while do not try to hurry your feet to the ground, they will get there. Before your feet hit the ground, you will have to “spring” off your hands. Push the ground away, at this moment your body will be in flight position.

After this brief flight position, you will land safely on your feet and return to “I Body” once again. This is the most confusing and complicated part of the back handspring.

Concluding the steps of back handspring once again. It will be easy for you to remember the entire step one by one. It is listed below.

Make an “I body” position.
While swinging your arms down to your sides bend backwards and “sit in your chair.
Swing your arms back up to your ears and jump at the peak of your swing.
While in the air, perform a “bridge” position.
Hold your arms straight and tight while hitting the ground.
Go through a “handstand” and do not rush your feet down to the ground.
“Push” off the ground using your shoulders.
Allow your feet to hit the ground.
Finish in “I Body” position.

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How to Do Pop Shove-it

editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:00:25 +0000

A pop shove-it is a trick of skateboarding it is quite similar to “Ollie”. It was discovered in the year 1976, in southern California. In pop shove-it the skateboarder jumps up and kicks the edge of the board down in order to get the board in the air, and also pushes the edge of the board round the clock to get the board spinning.

While executing pop shove-it, the skateboard gets higher in the air than a normal shove-it, thus it can be executed while jumping over obstructions. Pop shove-it can be executed backside and front like any other “spinning tricks”. The directions of pop shove-it have been termed in the same style as 180 Ollie. Pop shove-it is often referred to as the unmodified tricks.

Varial Kickflips, inward heelflips, 360 flips, hardflips and Varial Heelflips are have a follow the same tricks as pop shove it. In the Varial Heelflip, frontside pop shove-it is performed, and 360 degree form of a pop shove-it is executed in 360 flips. Earlier, the pop shove-it was known as “Ty hop, this name was given after a “Ty page”.

The pop shove-it is basically a skating trick that appears and sounds difficult. Fortunately, this skill is easier than it appears. This article will give teach you step by step how to do pop shove-it.

Instructions:

The pop shove-it is a combination of two tricks, the Ollie and the shove it, into a slight feat of rotating acrobatics.

In a standard Ollie, you will use your back foot to “pop” the edge of the skateboard against the roadway while jumping forward, thrusting board and both into the air.

In a standard shove-it, you need to kick the board sideways by using your back foot, spinning it beneath your feet like a rebound due to this the nose and tail will exchange places.

In a pop shove-it, you “pop”(bang) the end of the skateboard against the ground by using your back foot, while thrusting it sideways and jumping forward, landing on the skateboard when it has finished a 180° rotation.

Doing a pop shove-it is difficult, you just have to obtain definite skills and certain tackle beforehand.
Pop shove-it is similar to Ollie if you learn Ollie then half of shove-it is done.

Pop shove- it is like a “spinning Ollie”, practice it step by step and do not get disheartened.

Chose a padded, smooth, and flat area of concrete, far away from innocent passerby and vehicles

Expand your moderate speed. Presume the Ollie posture keep your front foot near the middle of the skateboard and your back foot on the edge of the board.

Bend your knees, in order to jump. As you jump in the air, instead of just bouncing the edge off the roadway and diving forward with the skateboard (as in an Ollie), kick the back foot in front of or behind you, making the board spin like a “boomerang”, height from the ground.

Be sure that you do not rotate along with the skateboard- the purpose of the skateboard is to spin under your feet.

Bend the knees as much as you can, to obtain the maximum height. Let the skateboard to spin 180°, so that the nose and tail exchange their place.

While landing keep both feet on the skateboard. It will help you make safe landing.

Tips and Warnings.

Like Ollie, pop shove-it appears effortless, but it is a difficult trick to perform.

Always keep your eye on the skateboard.

Keep watching the skateboard while you’re flying, so that you keep track when it has completed 180° spin.

Always begin with the front. And always stay calm and composed.

The new tricks of Pop shove-it can be little scary, especially one that can put you down on your back. On the other hand, you are more expected to injure yourself, when you are nervous.

Always remember to wear protective gears, as they can protect you from injuries

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How to Do a Literature Review

editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:58 +0000

A literature review is a text body, which gives the review of critical points of practical approaches and current information on a specific subject. It is a secondary source, and it does not report any original or new experimental work. Literature review is often associated with an “academic-oriented” literature, for example “theses”. A literature review which leads a research proposal and results section is termed as thesis. A well- formed literature review is established by a rational flow of ideas; relevant and current references with reliable, suitable referencing style; appropriate use of terminology; and a balanced and comprehensive view of the previous research on the subject.

A “literature review” is a synopsis of earlier research on any particular subject. Literature reviews include a theses, or a bibliographic essay, and a huge report of a research assignment, which is issued separately in a “scholarly journal”. If you want to do a literature review, then just follow the instructions.

Instructions:

Before you develop your literature review, you need to think about the purpose of the review, objective, methodology, survey questions, etc.

What is the objective subject?

Is there any gap in the knowledge of the subject?

Are there any further studies which have been identified by other researchers that you want to consider?

Who are the considerable “research personalities” in your search area?

What are the consensuses of the topic?

What are the significant aspect of denote on the topic?

What are the method and problem of your research, which is identified by others researchers.

What is the most relevant methodology for your research?

What are the recent statuses of research in the area of your subject?

What is the data and information which is required and useful for your subject?

If your literature review is a part of your assignment, PhD or college dissertation, then you need to cover all comprehensive research on the topic. In order to do your research report, you must cover the major work which is done on your topic recently, though it is not necessary to check out all research on the subject, you can identify all important and useful research work.

What is the purpose of a Literature Review?

The intention of a literature review is to communicate to the reader about the idea and information of the subject and what are the strengths and weaknesses. The literature review allows the people to be brought to date regarding the state of research in the field and familiarizes the reader with any contrasting perspectives and viewpoints on the topic. Identify the good purpose for starting a literature review before you start with research paper such as…

Check out what has and has not been investigated on the topic.

To investigate general explanation for observed variations in a phenomenon or behavior.

To recognize the potential relationships of concepts and to hypothesis of research.

To identify how other personalities have measured and defined key concepts.

To learn the data sources that other researches may have used.

To investigate alternative research projects.

To identify how a research reports are related to work of others.

How to do a literature search?

Develop a search strategy

Define the topic

If you starting your literature review, then first you need to define your research question. What is the purpose, the key words, objective of the subject, the words which is used earlier, such as synonyms, variations in spelling? Your basic knowledge about the topic? What are the scopes?

Pile up a list of keywords

Before starting a search for information, it is essential to make a search strategy that will most effectively locate useful, relevant information. Compiling list of keywords usually involves breaking down a research question and an essay into:

Keywords or phrases; enlisting your search; and interpreting your results to determine whether you need to employ various strategies to broaden, narrow or otherwise modify your research.

Identifying references

Information about the subject is available on various formats. You can take reference for your review from Books, Reference Materials, Journals, Conference Papers, Dissertations, Internet, Indexes/Abstracts Printed, Electronic Databases, and Government publications

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How to Do a Short Sale

editor — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:05 +0000

A short sale is a “Real Estate” sale. Short sale usually happens when a loan borrowers, cant repay the credit loan on their property. In short sale, the “finance lender” or “bank” gives discount on a loan balance, because of the borrower’s financial and economic adversity.

The property owner sells their property for less than the exceptional balance of the loan, and turns over the progress of the sale to the lender. Short sale is the most inexpensive solution to any financial problem. A short sale is characteristically inexpensive and faster process and it does not put out the remaining balance unless settlement is clearly indicated on the acceptance of offer. If you want to do a short sale, then just follow the following instructions:

Things required:

Real Estate Brokers
Financial Calculator
Online Mortgage/finance Services

Instructions:

Confirm the value of your property. If you are dealing the property by a real estate broker, your broker will provide you with an approximation of market value. If you are selling the property yourself, then you will have to do your own market research and analysis of the area and your property.

Sum up the entire costs of selling the property. If you hiring a real estate broker, then the broker will give you an estimate of closing costs. If you are dealing with it on your own(sale by owner) then call a “title company” or “real estate attorney” and take every detail of the closing cost and selling property.

Conclude the amount allocated against the property. That will be the total amount of all loans against your property.

Calculate the entire amount of the property. Deduct the total amount of money you owe against the property from the total proceeds of the sale.

Get in touch with the lender or lenders. Contact someone from the consumer service department and tell them your problem. They will guide you to a particular department. You can also talk to the manager or supervisor if you can. Managers hold more authority than any other officer, they can help you.

Inquire about the procedure for the sale from the lender. Some lender can work with you by decreasing the amount owed by you or making other provisions. Others can involve agents to make money.

Sell your property.

Tips & Warnings

Closing costs includes titles such as escrow fees, attorney fees, unpaid property taxes, re-conveyance fees, notary fees, delivery fees, documentary fees and/or transfer fees.
If you will sell your property without hiring any real estate broker then you will save the amount of commission and can have more to concern toward paying off the loan.
If you want to sell your property through broker, then you can use a discount broker to market your property. You can also negotiate the sale commissions with your broker.
The amount on your monthly “loan statement” does not comprise interest. Interest is ensued until the date a loan is paid off, so you can have a month interest on top of the balance owing, and you will have to include this loan interest in the total payoff amount.
The short sale usually gets involved with the “IRS”, as they are considered as a sign relief of money owing and can be treated as income.