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Survivor: Guatemala

Contestants

Contestant

Original Tribe

Switched Tribe

Merged Tribe

Finish

Total votes

Jim Lynch

63, Northglenn, CO

Nakm

1st Voted Out

Day 3

8

Morgan McDevitt

21, Decatur, IL

Yaxh

2nd Voted Out

Day 6

8

Brianna Varela

21, Edmonds, WA

Yaxh

3rd Voted Out

Day 8

7

Brooke Struck

25, Hood River, OR

Nakm

Nakm

4th Voted Out

Day 11

5

Blake Towsley

24, Dallas, TX

Nakm

Yaxh

5th Voted Out

Day 14

5

Margaret Bobonich

43, Chardon, OH

Nakm

Nakm

6th Voted Out

Day 15

7

Brian Corridan

22, New York, NY

Yaxh

Yaxh

7th Voted Out

Day 15

7

Amy O'Hara

39, Revere, MA

Yaxh

Yaxh

8th Voted Out

Day 18

4

Brandon Bellinger

22, Manhattan, KS

Nakm

Yaxh

Xhakm

9th Voted Out

Day 21

6

Bobby Jon Drinkard

28, Troy, AL

Survivor: Palau

Nakm

Yaxh

10th Voted Out

1st Jury Member

Day 24

8

Jamie Newton

24, North Hollywood, CA

Yaxh

Nakm

11th Voted Out

2nd Jury Member

Day 27

10

Gary Hogeboom

46, Grand Haven, MI

Yaxh

Yaxh

12th Voted Out

3rd Jury Member

Day 30

8

Judd Sergeant

34, Ridgefield, NJ

Nakm

Nakm

13th Voted Out

4th Jury Member

Day 33

5

Cindy Hall

31, Naples, FL

Nakm

Nakm

14th Voted Out

5th Jury Member

Day 36

6

Lydia Morales

42, Lakewood, WA

Yaxh

Nakm

15th Voted Out

6th Jury Member

Day 37

10

Rafe Judkins

22, Providence, RI

Yaxh

Nakm

16th Voted Out

7th Jury Member

Day 38

2

Stephenie LaGrossa

25, Philadelphia, PA

Survivor: Palau

Yaxh

Nakm

Runner-Up

2

Danni Boatwright

30, Tonganoxie, KS

Nakm

Yaxh

Sole Survivor

1

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Episode title

Air date

Challenges

Eliminated

Vote

Finish

Reward

Immunity

"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

September 15, 2005

Nakm

Yaxh

Jim

8-1

1st Voted Out

Day 3

"Man Down"

September 22, 2005

Nakm

Nakm

Morgan

8-1

2nd Voted Out

Day 6

"The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All"

September 29, 2005

Nakm

Nakm

Brianna

7-1

3rd Voted Out

Day 8

"To Betray or Not to Betray"

October 6, 2005

None1

Yaxh

Brooke

5-3

4th Voted Out

Day 11

"Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers"

October 13, 2005

Yaxh

Nakm

Blake

5-2

5th Voted Out

Day 14

"Big Ball, Big Mouth, Big Trouble"

October 20, 2005

Nakm

Rafe

Margaret

6-1

6th Voted Out

Day 15

[Gary] 2

Brian

5-1

7th Voted Out

Day 15

"Surprise Enemy Visit"

October 27, 2005

Yaxh

Nakm

Amy

4-1

8th Voted Out

Day 18

"The Hidden Immunity Idol"

November 3, 2005

None3

Gary

Brandon

6-4

9th Voted Out

Day 21

"Secrets and Lies and an Idol Surprise"

November 10, 2005

Judd, [Bobby Jon, Stephenie]

Jamie

Bobby Jon

6-2-1

10th Voted Out

Day 24

"Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy"

November 17, 2005

Danni, Gary, Judd, Stephenie

Rafe

Jamie

6-2

11th Voted Out

Day 27

"Everything Is Personal"

November 24, 2005

Cindy, [Rafe]

Rafe

Gary

6-1

12th Voted Out

Day 30

"Price for Immunity"

December 1, 2005

Survivor Auction

Danni

Judd

4-2

13th Voted Out

Day 33

"Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?"

December 8, 2005

Cindy, [Stephenie]

Stephenie

Cindy

4-1

14th Voted Out

Day 36

"Thunder Storms & Sacrifice"

December 11, 2005

None

Rafe

Lydia

3-1

15th Voted Out

Day 37

Danni

Rafe

1-0

16th Voted Out

Day 38

"The Reunion"

December 11, 2005

Jury Vote

Stephenie

6-1

Runner-Up

Danni

Sole Survivor

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^1  There was no reward challenge due to tribal switch.

^2  Rafe was given a chance to award individual immunity to one member of Yaxha, where he chose Gary.

^3  There was no Reward Challenge due to tribal merge.

Episode 1: "Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

Reward Challenge: Tribes must through the jungles of Guatemala in an 11-mile trek. Bringing their belongings and some heavy supplies, they must locate an authentic Mayan pyramid at the end of the course. The first team to reach the pyramid wins.

Reward: Flint and the right to live amongst the ruins.

Immunity Challenge: Using their canoes, the tribes would paddle out to buoys in the lake to retrieve a torch hung from each buoy. Racing back to shore, four members would run to the top of the hill and begin hauling up the canoe with a rope. The remaining tribe members would rotate logs underneath the canoe, allowing it to roll up the hill, much like the technique the Maya used to move large items. Once the canoe passed a finish line, each tribe's remaining member would run to the top of the hill with the torch and light the victory cauldron. First tribe to light the cauldron wins Immunity. Should Yaxha win the challenge, they would receive their flint.

The sixteen new castaways learned upon arriving in the Guatemalan jungle that they would be joined by Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa from Survivor: Palau as they will also compete in the season (though on opposing teams, not as teammates as before). They were also told that their first challenge would be an 11-mile (18 km) hike to a campsite near some Mayan ruins. After a grueling overnight hike, Bobby Jon's Nakum tribe narrowly defeated Stephenie's Yaxha tribe, giving them the right to live adjacently to the Mayan ruins, as the losing Yaxha moved on to a less desirable campsite where they have to make their own shelter. Though victorious at their first challenge, the long hike left most of the Nakum men cramped and in bad condition (Bobby Jon collapsed, Blake injured by barbed plant and sick, Jim and Judd endlessly vomiting, while Brandon was left unscathed), though medical practitioner Margaret tried to nurse them back to health. In their inaugural immunity challenge, the fatigue of the Nakum men hampered their performance, leading Yaxha to their first victory. Back at Nakum camp, Jim (the oldest of the Nakum males) revealed that he tore his bicep during the challenge, causing a tribe decision to eliminate one of the ailing men. In the end, Nakum deemed Jim was the most injured, and was unanimously voted out, 8-1.

Episode 2: "Man Down"

Reward Challenge: One at a time, the Survivors must sprint up a ramp, over a net run to a giant rope web, where they must climb underneath it and gather hanging bags. After untying a bag, they must drop into the water and race with their bag back to the start, where the next person would be waiting to leave. Each tribe member must attempt to get a bag once.

Reward: Fishing supplies

Immunity Challenge: Tribes were to be tethered to ropes in a pit of mud. The first tribe to drag the other to their side of the mud pit and grab a flag would win that round. The first tribe with three flags would win Immunity. Should in fifteen minutes, no tribe had reached a flag, the challenge will be modified in one-on-one match-ups.

At Nakum, Bobby Jon felt disappointment for losing the first immunity challenge, fearing that his Palau losing streak might happen again, while Blake's sickness grew worse. At Yaxha, Gary decided not to divulge his past as a former NFL quarterback, fearing that Yaxha might brand him as a threat or deem him as already wealthy; and as a solution, he introduced himself as Gary Hawkins and claimed that he works as a landscaper (actually his current job after retiring from American football). At the reward challenge, sickly Blake managed to narrowly outran Brian, winning fishing supplies for Nakum. After losing the challenge, Yaxha found themselves desperately finding for food, having reduced to eat ants, grasshoppers and minnows. While at Nakum, Blake's health condition turned for the worse as he started to hyperventilate, annoying Judd. At the immunity challenge, the tribes found themselves in a stalemate situation, causing Jeff Probst to resort in conducting one-on-one bouts. While Judd and Gary's match are ongoing, Danni (a sportscaster by profession) recognized Gary as the former quarterback Gary Hogeboom and revealed it to everyone else, giving Judd time to outsmart Gary, giving Nakum their first point. Two rounds later, Nakum remained undefeated, thus winning their first immunity challenge. Back at Yaxha camp, Jamie felt threatened by Stephenie, planned to vote her out, though Gary wanted to vote either Lydia (for being the weakest) or Morgan (for being lazy at camp). Later on, Brian turned on Gary about Danni's revelation during the challenge, but he quickly denied the allegations. Brian later plead to Gary that they never lost a challenge because of Lydia's weakness and admitted that Lydia was more valuable for her work ethic and campaigned for Morgan to go instead for not doing much at camp, despite her athleticism in challenges. In the end, Brian's plan to save Lydia worked, and Morgan was voted out 8-1.

Episode 3: "The Brave May Not Live Long, but the Cautious Don't Live at All"

Reward Challenge: Scattered around the challenge grounds are materials needed to construct an archeological tent. One sighted castaway must instruct his/her tribemates (blindfolded and tethered in pairs). After collecting all pieces, blindfolds can be removed and the tribe must assemble the tent. After assembling, the tribe must go back to their tribe mat. First to finish would win.

Reward: Pillows, blankets and tarp

Immunity Challenge: Castaways will be competing in an elevated net court with two hoops for both tribes. Tribes must face off in randomly selected threesomes, race to the ball thrown in the center, and then pass the ball to each other in an attempt to move within shooting distance of their hoops. If a player holds the ball, he/she cannot walk and must pass it to a tribemate (violating this will force the person tribe to hand the ball to the other tribe)The first tribe to throw the ball through a hoop would score for their tribe. The first tribe to score five points would win Immunity.

At Yaxha, Brian congratulated himself about his plan of blindsiding Morgan at the last Tribal Council. The next day at Nakum, zookeeper Cindy was fascinated about the howler monkeys waking them up every morning, but the loud noises left Judd aggravated. During the reward challenge, Yaxha collected their pieces first, but quickly stumbled as they build their tent, giving way to Nakum's third consecutive win. Back at camp, Yaxha started to be fed up with their usual corn mush meal, resorting to Gary and Rafe scouring for termites. Back at Nakum, Judd and Bobby Jon complained about Margaret's bossiness about modifying their shelter. During the immunity challenge, Stephenie got angry when she noticed Brianna inactive during their round and decided to pass the ball to an open Lydia, but Lydia walked with the ball (a breach in the challenge rules), forcing them to give the ball to Nakum. In the final round, Danni shot it in the hoop, giving Nakum another victory. Back at Yaxha, a limping Amy confessed that she sprained her ankle during the challenge, but assured everyone that she was fine. Jamie, also fuming about Brianna's dismal challenge performance, campaigned for her ouster, while Brianna talked to Stephenie about targeting Lydia. In the end, the tribe agreed that Brianna is a liability, and she was next to go in a 7-1 vote.

Episode 4: To Betray, or Not to Betray

At the Reward Challenge, the tribes were reshuffled; Brooke, Cindy, Judd, Margaret, Lydia, Stephenie, Rafe and Jamie were the new Nakm and Amy, Brian, Gary, Danni, Brandon, Blake and Bobby Jon were the new Yaxh. After the new Yaxh tribe won the Immunity Challenge, Judd betrayed his original Nakm teammates and helped to vote Brooke out (5-3).

Episode 5: Crocs, Cowboys and City Slickers

At the Reward Challenge, Yaxh won chips, drinks and a crocodile-proof swimming cage. Nakm won immunity and Blake was voted out as a result of his cocky attitude, (5-2).

Episode 6: Big Balls, Big Mouth, Big Trouble

Nakm won their second challenge in a row, and it was revealed that both tribes would be attending Tribal Council. As part of their reward, Nakm competed in an individual Immunity Challenge, which was won by Rafe. He was also able to watch part of the Yaxh tribal council. Margaret, due to personality conflicts, was voted out of Nakm (6-1), and Yaxh voted out Brian (5-1), perceiving him to be untrustworthy.

Episode 7: Surprise Enemy Visit

Yaxh won the reward of a jungle canopy zipline ride, then invited Nakm to camp for Danni's birthday. They swam together in the croc-proof cage. Nakm won the Immunity Challenge, and with Amy still suffering from an ankle injury that she had sustained days ago, Yaxh decided it was best to vote her out (4-1). After the vote, the four remaining Yaxh moved to the Nakm camp for the merger.

Episode 8: The Hidden Immunity Idol

It was revealed that there was a Hidden Immunity Idol located near the camp of the new Xhakm tribe (formerly of Nakm). The tribes merged into one and took the name Xhakm. At the Challenge, Jeff explained that it would be both for Reward and Immunity. However, only those who didn't feel they needed immunity would partake in the food reward while the others competed for immunity. Gary ended up winning the individual immunity, in effect saving himself because the former Nakm members (Stephenie, Jamie, Judd, Rafe, Lydia and Cindy) decided to stick together and had been targeting Gary. With Gary immune from the vote, Bobby Jon was now on the chopping block, but Stephenie convinced her allies to keep him in the game, allowing him to at least make the Jury. Instead, Brandon, arguably the strongest player of the remaining Yaxh members, was ousted (6-4).

Episode 9: Secret and Lies and an Idol Surprise

Gary found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Judd won reward (shared with Bobby Jon and Stephenie), and Jamie won immunity. Gary, targeted for elimination by the dominant Nakm alliance, surprised the tribe with the Idol at Tribal Council. With Gary safe from the vote once again, Bobby Jon was voted out instead (6-2-1) and became the first member of the Jury. He lasted three days longer than he did on Survivor: Palau.

Episode 10: Eating and Sleeping With the Enemy

At the very messy reward challenge, the team of Danni, Gary, Stephenie and Judd won a night away from camp and videos from home. After Rafe won Immunity, Jamie became increasingly paranoid about being voted out; Jamie wasn't originally the intended target that night, but his paranoia ended up annoying everyone else to the point where they made his worst nightmare come true, voting him out (6-2).

Episode 11: Everything Is Personal

Cindy won the reward challenge, and took Rafe with her on a reward of a feast, waterfall pool and massage. Rafe won Immunity again, and at Tribal Council, the Nakm alliance finally succeeded in eliminating Gary (6-1).

Episode 12: Price for Immunity

Name

Item(s)

Cindy

Chocolate chip cookies with milk, an overnight with her twin sister Mindy (received from Judd).

Danni

Plate of beef jerkey, Philly steak sandwich with fries (shared with Rafe) (Mystery Item), an advantage at the next immunity challenge.

Judd

Overnight stay with his wife Kristen and gave Cindy and Stephenie their love ones to spend an overnight with them.

Lydia

Mosquito net.

Rafe

Philly steak sandwich with fries (shared with Danni) (Mystery Item).

Stephenie

An overnight stay with her boyfriend Michael (received from Judd).

The final six's loved ones arrived at camp after the Survivor Auction. Danni won an Immunity Challenge advantage, and Judd's wife, Cindy's twin sister and Stephenie's boyfriend were permitted to stay overnight at camp. As a result of her advantage, Danni won the Immunity Challenge. Safe with immunity, Danni also succeeded in turning the game around for herself by convincing Stephenie, Rafe and Lydia that Judd was untrustworthy and too much of a threat to keep around. In a (4-2) vote, Judd was sent packing, but not before uttering a parting shot to the remaining contestants, quote "Bye, guys. Hope you all get bit by a freakin' crocodile. Scumbags."

Episode 13: Big Win, Big Decision, Big Mistake?

After winning the Reward Challenge, Cindy was given the option of keeping her newly won 2006 Pontiac Torrent or giving one to each of the other remaining contestants. Cindy chose to keep the car, a decision which upset Rafe in particular. After Stephenie won Immunity, Rafe successfully lobbied to get Cindy voted out (4-1).

Episode 14: Thunder Storm & Sarcrifice

In the final four, Rafe won his fourth individual immunity, and Lydia was voted out as a result of her popularity with the jury (3-1). After a two hour, 38 minute challenge, Danni won the final immunity challenge. She chose to vote out Rafe, because she felt she would have a better chance in the final two against Stephenie. (1-0). At the live reunion and finale, it was revealed that Danni beat Stephenie in a (6-1) vote. Stephenie had lasted 9 days longer than she did on Survivor: Palau.

Voting history

Original Tribes

Switched Tribes

Merged Tribe

Episode #

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Reunion

Eliminated:

Jim

8/9 votes

Morgan

8/9 votes

Brianna

7/8 votes

Brooke

5/8 votes

Blake

5/7 votes

Margaret

6/7 votes

Brian

5/6 votes

Amy

4/5 votes

Brandon

6/10 votes

Bobby Jon

6/9 votes

Jamie

6/8 votes

Gary

6/7 votes

Judd

4/6 votes

Cindy

4/5 votes

Lydia

3/4 votes

Rafe

1 vote

Stephenie

1/7 votes

Danni

6/7 votes

Voter

Vote

Danni

Jim

Blake

Brian

Amy

Jamie

Stephenie

Jamie

Gary

Judd

Cindy

Lydia

Rafe

Jury Vote

Stephenie

Morgan

Brianna

Brooke

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Jamie

Gary

Judd

Cindy

Lydia

Rafe

Morgan

Brianna

Brooke

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Jamie

Gary

Judd

Cindy

Lydia

Stephenie

Lydia

Morgan

Brianna

Brooke

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Jamie

Gary

Judd

Cindy

Danni

Danni

Cindy

Jim

Lydia

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Jamie

Gary

Lydia

Rafe

Danni

Judd

Jim

Brooke

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Gary

Gary

Lydia

Danni

Gary

Morgan

Brianna

Blake

Brian

Amy

Jamie

Cindy

Jamie

Cindy

Danni

Jamie

Morgan

Brianna

Brooke

Margaret

Brandon

Bobby Jon

Gary

Danni

Bobby Jon

Jim

Blake

Brian

Amy

Jamie

Stephenie

Danni

Brandon

Jim

Brian

Brian

Amy

Jamie

Amy

Morgan

Brianna

Blake

Brian

Bobby Jon

Brian

Morgan

Brianna

Blake

Bobby Jon

Margaret

Jim

Lydia

Judd

Blake

Jim

Brian

Brooke

Jim

Lydia

Brianna

Morgan

Lydia

Morgan

Lydia

Jim

Margaret

References

^ http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/recaps/1112/recaps.php

External links

Official CBS Survivor Guatemala Website

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Survivor

U.S. seasons

Borneo (2000) The Australian Outback (2001) Africa (2001) Marquesas (2002) Thailand (2002) The Amazon (2003) Pearl Islands (2003) All-Stars (2004) Vanuatu (2004) Palau (2005) Guatemala (2005) Panama (2006) Cook Islands (2006) Fiji (2007) China (2007) Micronesia (2008) Gabon (2008) Tocantins (2009) Samoa (2009) Heroes vs. Villains (2010)

People

Charlie Parsons Mark Burnett (creator) Jeff Probst (host)

Miscellaneous

List of contestants America's Tribal Council Live The Ride

international

versions

Currently

produced

Belgium & Netherlands Brazil (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Bulgaria (Dominican Republic, Expedition Robinson, Pearl Islands, Philippines) Israel (The Caribbean, Pearl Islands, Philippine Islands) Philippines (Thailand, Palau) Serbia & Slovenia & Macedonia (Panama, Philippines) South Africa (Panama, Malaysia, Santa Carolina) Sweden (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005 (VIP), 2009, 2009/10, 2010)

Defunct

Australia (Whaler's Way, Celebrity) Colombia Czech Republic Japan United Kingdom Russia (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

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Sheet Music Theory: Simple And Compound Time Signatures

After learning simple music theory such as the different types of notes and what the stave, time signature and clef symbols are you are then ready to delve further into learning about the different types of time that are found in music. Put simply the three types are simple, compound and irregular times. Simple time is the easiest to identify.

In simple time the top number will always be a 2,3 or 4 denoting that there will be that many beats per bar. This is very straight forward and is easy for beginning music students to pick up making it a good choice for beginner bands. The next type of time, compound, is also relatively easy to distinguish. It will be a number that is greater than four, but at the same time it must be divisible by three.

When you examine compound time you will notice that the notes will normally be grouped in threes. One example of this can be found in 6/8 time where you will find two groups of three eighth notes each. You can also find many different combinations of these. You might find two quarter notes and two eighth notes together in one bar or you might find two dotted quarter notes. You could also find a dotted half note.

While this may seem rather easy in and of itself it can be a bit tricky. If you were only counting the beats in slow music you would find it rather easy. Faster music can be a good deal harder however. It is much easier to just count the eighth note groups as if they were just one big beat. This means that in a rapidly moving piece of sheet music written in 6/8 time you would have two separate pulses.

The first one will be on the first of the eighth notes and will be a strong one. The second will be lighter and will hit on the fourth of the eighth notes. This will leave you with two countable beats for each bar. Each of these two beats will then be able to divide into three. This benefit to 6/8 time is what helps it to be an almost perfect marching tempo. As a matter of fact, many of the early 20th century military marches were written in this time signature.

Most of the time you will find 6/8 time described as having two dotted quarter notes per bar rather than having six eighth notes per bar. Some of the other compound time signatures include 12/8 and 9/8 time. In 12/8 time you will find four groups total. This means there would be four dotted quarter notes for each bar. In 9/8 time you will find three groups of three eighth notes which will be represented by three dotted quarter notes for each bar.

The last type of time is irregular time. The top number will always be higher than four but it must not be divisible by three. Some examples of irregular time signatures includes 7/4 and 5/8 time. Note that the top numbers are both higher than four but three will definitely not divide into them

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Making Your Words Create Traffic

Make Your Words Create Traffic

"Actions speak louder than words," a very old adage, but words are how we communicate. The question arises, "How do we act if we don't know what to say or how to say it!"

Hi, I'm Don Penven, and I've been a professional writer for many years.  I write technical information manuals and take the photos that accompany the products manufactured for use in law enforcement.

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After thoroughly investigating the many opportunities available on the Internet, and the many scams too, I decided I wanted to be an affiliate marketer. Briefly, it works like this: A number of very large and successful companies specialize in offering eBooks, electronically delivered "How To…"texts, on just about any subject you can think of.

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The Internet gurus call this "Autopilot." While you are sound asleep or on vacation in the mountains or on the coast, folks from all over the world read your article and click on the link.

Did you hear that "Ca-Ching" cash register sound?

Still puzzled? How do people get to your article? They do it via search engines. Google, Yahoo, MSN are the biggies. Let's say that Mary Jones is looking for a recipe for "Pineapple Upside-Down Cake." She enters these "keywords" into the search window and up pops 10 pages of information. Many of the sites that come up are eZines—chock full of articles with Mary's sought-after recipe. The major search engines score or rate the most popular eZine sites—especially those with good reputations. Articles on these sites often end up on page one of the search results.

Enticing the search engines involves something we call "keyword placement." Here's an example: Let's say you search the keyword, "cure the common cold." Google shows that 5400 people used those keywords during searches this past month.

Without these keywords, the search engines will simply pass you by. "Turn Words Into Traffic" includes how to effectively place and use keywords in your article title and in the body of your text, thus increasing your chances of drawing attention to your article.

Another term or acronym you may not be familiar with is SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. "Turn Words Into Traffic" covers this important step too, especially when you write your first eBook and put it up for sale.

Getting anxious to start this great new endeavor?

Find more information now.

About the Author

Don Penven is an affiliate Internet marketer who was overcome by all the hype attendant with running an Internet business. He made a conscious decision to begin as an affiliate marketer and stick with this single approach until he achieved a measure of success.

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Your Must Know Guide To Homeschooling State Laws

The federal government definitely plays a role in American education today, particularly in the attached to the funds it distributes to states and to local school districts, the specific rules regulating school attendance are the province of each individual state.

States generally require students to attend public school between the ages of seven and sixteen, unless they fall into one of several exempt categories. The upper and lower ages vary somewhat from state to state and are often tinkered with by legislatures, although no state requires school attend beyond the age of eighteen.

The exempt categories typically include private school attendance, private tutoring by a credentialed teacher and sometimes physical or mental disabilities that make attendance impossible. Successful completion of high school usually also exempts students school attendance, although some states require children younger than fourteen or fifteen to continue some sort of school attendance or regular instruction.

State education statutes also regulate details of public school operations such as the number of days of instruction, the qualifications of teachers, and the course of study required to be provided. Some states apply some of these regulations to private school programs as well; other states leave private schools relatively free from state oversight.

Although homeschooling is legal in one form or another in every state, not all states have statutes specifically covering situations where parents directly provide their children's education. Some states consider homeschooling to be a form of private education, subject to the same rules and regulations governing conventional private schools. Some states regulate homeschooling directly, requiring anything from a simple registration form to lengthy descriptions of the curriculum, complete with lesson plans and texts used. Some
states just want to know when families are homeschooling; others want families to get permission to homeschool from local school officials. Some states require periodic evaluation of homeschooled students by achievement tests or other means, just for statistical purposes or to determine whether students should be allowed to continue homeschooling.

Many states' laws are quite complex, with several options to choose from; often living with a particular law is much different from what a common sense reading of the applicable statutes would lead you to expect, and how laws are enforced can depend on who is doing the enforcing in any given year.

Rather than risking the homeschooling laws of your state, it is best to find out and be clear regarding the home schooling requirements of you state.

About the Author

Joshua Poyoh is the creator of
http://homeschoolingreport.com
. He writes and researches into the area of the
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Great Christmas Gifts You Can Buy Online

Every year more and more people are opting for buying their Online Christmas presents. Today a large number of online websites offer a wide variety of gift products for all occasion. When it comes to gift, Christmas is the first thing that comes to one's mind. Most people buy gifts for their near and dear ones during this time of the year. And many find the idea of online shopping irresistible. It's easy, hassle free and saves a great amount of time and energy. You only need a computer and your shopping is just a click away. The chief online products which are popular as Christmas gifts are-

~ Toys & Games

~ Appliance

~ Electronics

~ Christmas Lights

~ Wine & Bee

~ Outdoors

~ Sports & Fitness

~ Personalized Products

Shopping online for Christmas gifts has become very popular in recent years. A huge range of Christmas gifts are available on the internet today. Following is a list of some of the online gifts-

1. If you are looking for Gifts for Men, there are a number of online websites that provide an assortment of unique, cool and unusual gifts and gadgets. The online gift shops also offer hampers to electronic gear and sports memorabilia to socks and jocks, belts and ties.

2. For women there are a plethora of online websites that sell extraordinary gifts. These sites sell a wide variety of merchandise that include beautifully presented box gift baskets of premium quality fruit to discounted cosmetics, fragrances and Skin Care products. Other interesting online gifts for women can be perfume, lingerie, jewelry and chocolates.

3. Websites selling gifts for children are also ubiquitous now. The competitive market helps you purchase some great bargains. The christmas gift websites for children provide a huge collection of educational, fun and interesting gifts for children of all ages. Also there are toys available from the top online shops.

4. When it comes to babies, online gifts are a great idea. The variety of online gifts for babies include baby hampers and wooden puzzles, educational videos, a variety of toys, songs on CD's and designer label clothes etc.

5. For those with an adventurous bent of mind there are websites offering online gifts like-hot air balloon ride, sky diving, riding in a V8 racing car, boutique beer tasting, diving, special winery tour or a beautiful sailing cruise.

6. Corporate Gifts- Most of the Organizations now aim to look after their staff in different ways around Christmas time. This has made online corporate gifts very popular now, as they are easy to buy. Gifts include pewter mugs and the gold watch to quirky gifts that will amaze all.

7. You can also buy an online indulgent gift for your special one. Gifts like massage chairs and hammocks are very popular. Large screen TV projectors are also well admired. But if you really want to indulge yourself, organize a trip to the South Pole.

8. Electronic gifts are an all time favorite. Home theaters, DVD players and DVD recorders will continue to please people. Also popular will be I Pods, digital cameras, digital photo frames, mp3 and mp4 players as well as GPS navigation systems and mobile phones. All these are available online today.

9. Hampers and Baskets have made their place as unique online gifts in recent years. Now you can find a great variety of outstanding hampers and baskets online. Baskets includes wine, beer, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, chocolates, fruits and endless other combinations.

10. Personalized Gifts are a rather new idea but have gained huge popularity as Christmas gift. There are a number of great online gift shops that offer that personal touch to gifts for both children and adults.

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Puneet is the author of Christmas Carnivals and provide the information of Christmas Presents, Christmas wallpapers, Christmas Decorations