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"Fast delivery, item arrived in perfect conditions and looks as shown. Love the fact that you can have your tablet standing up horizontally or vertically. However when it's vertically it keeps falling backwards which isn't good for the tablet."
Buyer: Carmen687 | 15/04/14
"Done what they promised"
Buyer: Blidge | 21/03/14
"I love these headphone prefect for the gym."
Buyer: Lauren12580 | 13/03/14
"Good product for price"
Buyer: wackonline | 08/03/14
"Item despatched on day of order and received promptly."
Buyer: shazzalc | 01/03/14
"its a okay controller , playing fifa tap O and its always full power
but seller is good, very fast delivery"
Buyer: rich09 | 26/02/14
"Great product
Buyer: LukeEllis1 | 24/02/14
"great service thank you"
Buyer: hrimbo | 22/02/14
"A++++++ fast delivery"
Buyer: bert8763 | 20/02/14
"Brilliant fast service"
Buyer: annora | 20/02/14
"very good and reliable"
Buyer: averon | 18/02/14
"Quick delivery, lovely design (although a little chunkier than expected)."
Buyer: kitrin123 | 17/02/14
"Dispatched promptly. However nunchuck didn't last the distance. Lasted 4 weeks. All our other wii gear is over 3 yrs old and no problems. Extremely disappointed. "
Seller Response:
Our apologies that you have received a faulty item. I have sent you a direct message regarding a solution to this issue. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Kind Regards, Maxram
Buyer: km3webster | 16/02/14
"Earphones look just like the new iPod Touch ones... my Mum loved them. Many thanks."
Buyer: AmeliaEllen | 12/02/14
"I received item which did not fit my Kindle Fire HD.
I attempted contact through here over a week ago,
Seller Response:
Hello, My apologies that the case did not fit. I have sent you a direct message regarding this issue and hope to provide a suitable solution soon. Kind Regards, MaxRam
Buyer: revo123 | 11/02/14
"just like apple!"
Buyer: chloemckennax | 10/02/14
"Nothing received yet contacted twice through seller contact but still waiting for item to arrive."
Buyer: nedmusic | 09/02/14
"excellent service ordered new years eve received first delivery after new year brilliant"
Buyer: annoyedcustomer123 | 08/02/14
"It took to long in the warehouse processing but other than that item in perfect and working conditions"
Buyer: Tronicpower | 07/02/14
"No probs delivered quickly and work fine would use again. "
Buyer: stumac1 | 04/02/14
Buyer: Jessiex | 04/02/14
"Was very pleased with this item thank you."
Buyer: princesstwo | 01/02/14
"Case is really nice - although needed to glue on silver part as was not fully attached."
Seller Response:
We're sorry to hear this.
I have now contacted you directly regarding a replacement.
Kind regards
Buyer: Louise2611 | 30/01/14
"All good - Item arrived in good time and was as expected."
Buyer: mcmlvi1956 | 29/01/14
"This customer indicated that they had a positive experience with this merchant"
Buyer: mshannon | 28/01/14
Buyer: rosey48 | 25/01/14
"Very pleased with the goods and service.
Buyer: seafang | 25/01/14
"The item supplied was not as the photographs advertising the received item is a lower quality item. it. The item was posted to Gibraltar. The option to return the item is not available. The stellar has not responded to 2 contact emails. "
Seller Response:
We're sorry to hear you are not pleased with the quality of our product.
We try to respond to all emails within 24 hours, I'm sorry to hear that on this occasion yours were somehow missed.
I have contacted you directly to offer a solution. Kind regards, MaxRam
Buyer: Lizjwg | 21/01/14
"Item was exactly as advertised and delivery was faster than expected. Excellent service"
Buyer: Bannhu1 | 21/01/14
Buyer: rosey48 | 20/01/14
"great quick delivery too"
"Item arrived as described and also very fast - 5* Seller"
Buyer: wushustyle | 18/01/14
"fast, cheap, no problems"
Buyer: tobypothead | 17/01/14
"Wicked ;0)
Buyer: Midget4 | 04/01/14
"Brilliant product, perfect service! Arrived ahead of expected date. Lovely product, great to look at and brilliantly designed. Protects ipad well and creates a great stand. Highly recommended product &seller!!"
Buyer: 123sue456 | 21/12/13
"Quick delivery THANK-YOU"
Buyer: jenky70 | 19/12/13
"arrived within stated time and undamaged"
Buyer: scudster9 | 15/12/13
"Great item. Thanks A+++"
Buyer: PerfectPunk | 29/11/13
"Received dispatch confirmation only to receive an email 18 hours later to tell me they've had a problem with the supplier. Seems as though this is a recurring issue looking at the previous comments. Have asked for a refund from them awaiting a reply."
Buyer: Evilshlee | 28/11/13
"really happy with service"
Buyer: dawnie8 | 28/11/13
"great 1st class service.only took 3 days to arrive.would recommend maxram."
Buyer: scunnyscorp | 23/11/13
"Despatched not he day the order was placed. Arrived quickly. Great product."
Buyer: scampi01 | 21/11/13
"Received item quickly, very pleased with purchase."
Buyer: njfport63 | 19/11/13
"Happy with purchase."
Buyer: Zaik07 | 10/11/13
"arrived quickly, bought for my new cyber shot sony camera"
Buyer: lurilica | 10/11/13
"arrived quickly, bought to go in my cyber shot sony camera"
"Absolutely terrible seller, MaxRam. The product delivered was a different make and model than the one that was pictured. I contacted the seller directly, but got no response. I have now had to submit a Play Fairtrade claim. Beware this seller!"
Buyer: JazzperUK | 02/11/13
"Good price, fast delivery"
Buyer: Buddie765 | 16/10/13
"negative feed back as seller did not reply to my email, shame as the ipad mini case was of decent quality but would not fit well, very tight could not get ipad in, the screen protector was poor, shame as I think it was nearly a good product."
Buyer: shamus24 | 28/09/13
"Item arrived on time and was exactly as described, what more could you ask for. Very happy with service."
Buyer: MunkyArt | 23/09/13
"Excellent delivery, excellent product very pleased."
Buyer: Crombie469 | 23/09/13
"was dispatched quick , took almost a week to come then on the packing said 48 , so they have press dispatch then sent it when ever they can be bothered "
Buyer: julieub40 | 21/09/13
"Great product, as described, thanks"
Buyer: sburgin | 19/09/13
"As described, great product thanks"
"fast delivery and item in use- awesome! thanks so much :)"
Buyer: DeathsHeadII | 16/09/13
"Lovely case. Highly recommend"
Buyer: XXPoohBearXX | 30/08/13
"Everything I wanted cute and stylish cheers"
Buyer: lotusgirl90 | 29/08/13
"Nice case fast delivery thank you."
Buyer: confessions | 28/08/13
"excellent product speedy service
thank you"
Buyer: Jeanie | 24/08/13
"after finding a fault with part of the prouct.. i'm delighted to say it was replaced the next day and is working well .. i would use MaxRam again "
Buyer: charpau | 24/08/13
"Excellent fast postage nice product and as described would recommend."
Buyer: zoe0508 | 23/08/13
"Super service AAA111"
Buyer: neilharrow | 22/08/13
Buyer: harrow33 | 22/08/13
"Ordered on Monday , arrived on Thursday , really happy with product and delivery time and item excelled my expectations. Thanks Seller would defintetly recommend."
Buyer: Paullie | 22/08/13
"fast delivery, bargain price :) thanks"
Buyer: wings18 | 21/08/13
"Arrived well before the 6-7 days indicated and was just as described. Thanks!"
Buyer: Perdido | 17/08/13
"Said in stock, but email said out of stock as supplier let them down, got refunded, shame looked good too, "
Buyer: alansrangers | 09/08/13
"Not happy about the time this order took to process, ordered on the 22nd dispatched 29th, certainly not the same day dispatch as advertised. Then find out its coming from Austria and the time for delivery has gone from 3-5 days to 6-7 days."
Buyer: Wazaroo | 31/07/13
"out of stock but still selling
Buyer: kevin6666 | 31/07/13
"Excellent speedy service. Good quality too. Many Thanks"
Buyer: Fatbloke34 | 29/07/13
"Good service, thank you"
Buyer: ladylolan | 17/07/13
"fast delivery. as ordered. thanks guys"
Buyer: kezac11 | 13/05/13
"excelled product! "
Buyer: psilos89 | 30/04/13
"Earphones work fine and excellent condition. Pleasure to do business with. Much appreciated. "
Buyer: SLawton2013 | 14/04/13
"Sounds really good."
Buyer: HoracioD | 26/03/13
"Arrived quickly and in a nice little case to protect it. M+2GB memory card as advertised.
Buyer: Stockers | 07/03/13
"Item delivered promptly and as described."
Buyer: outoftown | 03/03/13
"Good service, thank you."
Buyer: blooper11 | 28/02/13
"great item quick delivery cheers."
Buyer: tim2366 | 22/01/13
Buyer: cyllion | 27/12/12
"thank you"
Buyer: safdart | 17/10/12
"Thank you for sending this so quickly "
Buyer: hughie255 | 05/10/12
"Thank you for sending this so quickly"
"Excellent service :-)"
Buyer: Tobster | 03/10/12
"very pleased thanks"
Buyer: compactdog | 28/09/12
Buyer: blackduke | 28/09/12
"5 OUT OF 5 for MaxRam orderd SD Card monday came tuesday :-)...."
Buyer: Latics316 | 22/08/12
"very quick delivery and works great "
Buyer: foxy1973 | 18/08/12
"Excellent incredibly quick Service!"
Buyer: meddling | 08/08/12
"Fast delivery and real value for money thank you"
Buyer: BLACKCAT38 | 23/07/12
"superfast delivery, will definitely recomend"
Buyer: Vansien | 20/07/12
"good fast service many thanks"
Buyer: jj32jj | 10/07/12
"Excellant seller. Very fast delivery time :)"
Buyer: BanananaMan | 04/06/12
"fast delivery very happy with product thanks"
Buyer: aceflush | 12/05/12
"Excellent Service many thanks"
Buyer: graddfaboy | 23/04/12
"Brilliant delivery speed! Thanks"
Buyer: Keegan27 | 05/04/12
"Thanks for the item. Good seller."
Buyer: Reviewbyme | 29/03/12
Buyer: Reviewbyali | 29/03/12
"very quick delivery, thank you!"
Buyer: entronics | 28/03/12
"came the day after i ordered thank you"
Buyer: redbullmatt | 27/03/12
"fast delivery thanks"
Buyer: leerywench | 26/03/12
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'Star Wars' Actor Richard LeParmentier, Victim Of Vader, Dies
Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died. He was 66…
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San Leandro Police Officer Saves Child From Choking
A San Leandro police officer became an instant hero as he saved a two-year-old boy from choking Friday morning, San Leandro police said.
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Opinion by Political Reporter Patrick Gower
So John Key has been slammed for "dissing" the Waitangi Tribunal.
He's certainly rarked up many Maori and, by extension, the Maori Party.
But the truth is, it probably hasn't hurt him one little bit out in voter land - especially the bloke sometimes referred to as 'Joe Pakeha'.
Key is sure to know that plenty of these 'Joes' would be cheering him on when he said "the Tribunal isn't binding" and "Maori don't own water".
They are both statements he has been making for some time.
But the statements have what's known as a 'dog whistle' factor; coded language that hits at a certain audience.
We all know what that audience is - those who don't like 'preferential treatment' for Maori etc.
For the record, I'm sure Key didn't rark up this nasty debate deliberately – yet he would be pleased to receive the resulting spin off.
Because whether you are for or against this kind of thing, everybody in New Zealand knows this 'race debate' simmers all too close to the surface.
I don't believe Key went out to deliberately dog whistle.
He was probably just a little bit loose.
He had no choice but to say the Government could ignore the Tribunal – and, as he says, that's a statement of fact.
It's a point he has actually been making publicly since this year's Waitangi Day dawn service, when the Maori Council claim first arose.
If the Tribunal does come back with some kind of ruling saying Maori have rights to water, the Government will ignore it.
It will have to if it wants to get its asset sales programme through on time, and if wants to prevent spooking investors worried about water claims. Because Maori rights to water can not be 'sorted out' overnight - it will take years and years.
There is no 'elegant solution' here.
Key and the Government will be planning to ignore the Tribunal - then beat any injunctions in court.
So he couldn't really sugar coat the 'ignore the Tribunal' issue.
But the fact is the bravado had a dog whistle benefit he was always going to pick up.
Key would have got a 'good on ya mate' reaction from it, appealing to the kind of National voter who doesn't like asset sales, but doesn't really like what they see as preferential treatment for Maori.
The kind of voter who didn't like the classroom size debacle, but quite liked John Key sticking up against Maori claiming to own water.
The reality is that Key doesn't have a lot to lose with his support base when standing up to the Harawiras/Donna Hall/Maanu Paul/Annette Sykes.
And rarking up goes both ways - Maanu Paul saying "Maori own water" was always going to get the talkback lines ringing.
To my mind it is an ugly and unfortunate part of New Zealand society that this kind of thing flares up like it does - but the reality is it is out there.
And once it starts, everybody heads back to their corner - witness Tariana Turia with the Tino Rangitiratanga beret on.
The Maori Party were certainly playing up to their core supporters too by threatening to walk out - so plenty of whistling goes on from both sides.
But the reality is, even though both sides have given battle cries, only one side can win.
Right now, that looks to be Key.
He will likely go through with ignoring the ruling, call the Maori Party's bluff (if he hasn't already) and continue to pick up the dog whistle benefits out in voter-land.
And the Maori Party will back down.
But that's just the politics.
The Courts are a different story, and the potential of an injunction could still derail the timing of the asset sales yet.
Still plenty of smoke on the water yet for John Key.
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Bridge Bites: Third-Hand Trickery
Date: July 18, 2012
by: Brian Gunnell | American Contract Bridge League
"Third-hand high" is common advice, and on this hand, East plays "Third hand extra high" in order to fool Declarer.
On defense, in third hand, it's standard procedure to win the trick with the lowest card possible — that's the best way to let your partner know what is going on. So, when West leads a low Heart against 5♣, East would normally win that trick with the King. But this week's East decided to win the opening trick with the A♥, supposedly denying possession of the King. He then returned the 10♥. What was East up to?
To answer that question, put yourself in Declarer's shoes. From East's play to the first two Heart tricks Declarer deduces that East does not have the King (he would have played it at trick one), nor does he have the Jack (he would have returned it at trick two). So, it appears that East started with AQT9x♥. Based on this logic, Declarer will calculate that East has a maximum of eight HCP outside the Club suit. Now, when Dummy leads a low Club from the board and East plays low, how should Declarer guess? East needs the A♣ for his opening bid and must have started with A2♣ or AQ2♣, so let's not blame Declarer if he guesses wrong and goes up with the K♣, playing East for A2♣.
If East plays more routinely, winning the K♥ on the first round and continuing with the Ace, then he no longer needs the A♣ to make up his opening bid. That being the case, Declarer will be more inclined to make the normal Club play of running the eight on the first round, hoping for Q2 or AQ2 in the East hand (two chances) rather than A2 (only one chance). Nice deception, Mr. East!
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A 10-week-old miniature pinscher puppy found a "happily ever after ending" at the Celebration of Pets April 12, at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds.
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The in-store pharmacy of Longboat Key Publix opened Monday, approximately 16 months after the completion of the new store at 525 Bay Isles Parkway, in the Shoppes of Bay Isles.
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The Longboat Key Masters Golf Tournament, which took place March 28 through March 31, at the Resort at Longboat Key Club's Islandside and Harbourside golf courses came down to less than one stroke's difference between first-place winner Kevin Preston and second-place winner Michael Russell, of Longboat Key.


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Re "O.C. is fading from red to pink," Nov. 20
Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh doesn't get it. His insinuation that the values of hard work, family and education are Republican ones is insulting to those who voted for President Obama. Assuming that the weaker candidate lost because so many people do not hold to these values reflects a total lack of understanding of this country.


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2 militants killed in 20-hour-long encounter near Srinagar
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Maharashtra woman tries to kill self after she was allegedly gang-raped
Oct 27, 2013
Physically challenged woman gangraped in Maharashtra
Sep 6, 2013
Eight-year-old mentally challenged girl allegedly raped by two relatives
Jul 2, 2013
2 militants killed in 20-hour-long encounter near Srinagar
India | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Monday April 14, 2014
A 20-hour-long stand-off between militants and security forces in Ahmednagar on the outskirts of Srinagar ended this evening. The two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, who were holed up inside a house in the congested residential area, have been killed.
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Monday February 24, 2014
The projects are pertaining to rehabilitation and upgradation of NH-222 from end of Malshej Ghat to start of Ane Ghat section and Ane-Ghat to start of Ahmednagar bypass section in Maharashtra to two lanes with paved shoulders.
Farmers protest against water diversion in Maharashtra
India | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday October 30, 2013
Nearly 150 farmers in Maharashtra on Tuesday came out on the state highway connecting Ahmednagar and Manmad in Nashik district to protest against the order of Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare to release water from the Bhandardara and Nilwande d...
Maharashtra woman tries to kill self after she was allegedly gang-raped
India | Saurabh Gupta | Saturday October 26, 2013
A woman tried to commit suicide after she was allegedly gang-raped in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra two days back.
Physically challenged woman gang-raped in Maharashtra
India | ndtv.com | Friday September 6, 2013
A physically challenged woman was gang raped on Thursday in the Ahmednagar near Shirdi in Maharashtra.
Eight-year-old mentally challenged girl allegedly raped by two relatives in Maharashtra
Cities | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday July 2, 2013
An eight-year-old mentally challenged girl has allegedly been raped by her maternal uncle and his brother. The accused allegedly lured the victim after promising her a vada-pav (a local snack) and then raped her. The incident took place on Saturday n...
In Maharashtra, cops guard water to prevent theft in drought-hit areas
India | Saurabh Gupta | Saturday May 4, 2013
In an unprecedented move, cops in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district have been deployed to prevent possible theft of water in drought-affected Marathwada region, after the Bombay High Court ordered release of water to the reservoirs in the area.
In 'fake protest', Raj Thackeray's men bought car just to set it on fire
India | Tejas Mehta and Rashmi Rajput | Friday March 1, 2013
On Wednesday, as members of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) clashed across Maharashtra after NCP workers stoned Mr Thackeray's car in Ahmednagar, details now emerge as to how over-z...
After clashes with Sharad Pawar's men, Raj Thackeray's workers make open threats
India | Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wednesday February 27, 2013
Politician Raj Thackeray's convoy was targeted with stones after he made a speech in Ahmednagar, 270 kms from Mumbai, last night. The stones were hurled by workers of Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, who say Mr Thackeray has been pu...
NCP workers pelt stones at Raj Thackeray's convoy
India | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 27, 2013
Suspected Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers pelted stones at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's convoy in Ahmednagar district on Tuesday evening, police said. The workers also waved black flags.
Girl rescued from brothel says cop hit her and fiance, refused to file complaint
Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 12, 2013
A girl, who was allegedly kidnapped and later rescued from a brothel in Dhule district last week, has complained to the city police that their counterparts in Ahmednagar had refused to register a complaint and a senior policemam even hit her and her ...
Teenage gang-rape victim attempts suicide in Ahmedabad
Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 30, 2012
A minor gang-rape victim allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison at her residence today, police said.
13 labourers killed after slab of under construction building collapses in Pune
Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 18, 2012
13 labourers were killed when a slab of an under-construction building collapsed today at Wagholi, about 20km from Pune, police said.
Water released to Jayakwadi from Mula, protests in Ahmednagar
Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 28, 2012
Irrigation department on Wednesday released 3 TMC water from Mula dam for Jayakwadi reservoir which supplies water to Marathwada region amid tight police security.
Boy rescued safely from borewell in Maharashtra
India | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 9, 2012
A four-year-old boy fell into a borewell in a village in Ahmednagar district was safely rescued in a three hour joint effort by police and local residents, an official said. In a tragic repeat of the Gurgaon incident where three-year-old Mahi lost he...
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A team of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has reportedly killed one alleged terrorist and has arrested two after an encounter in Ahmednagar district of the state.
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India | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 8, 2012
The famous Shirdi Sai Baba shrine in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district received 36 kg gold and Rs 401 crore in cash as donations in year 2011, a top official said on Wednesday. The offerings are at least 20 per cent higher that 2010, he said.
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Which country loves to work? See who doesn't take vacation time
Apparently, I'm not alone. Lots of people don't take vacations, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos study. Ask any employee in the world if he uses his vacation time, and a there's a 33 percent chance the answer will be a resounding "no."
In a survey of 12,500 people from 24 countries, the French, unsurprisingly, are most likely to take advantage of the vacation days they are given, with 89 percent using all they are given. Argentina comes in next at 80 percent, followed by Hungary (78 percent) and Britain (77 percent). Think about it: in the top four, up to 25 percent of a country's employees don't blow through their vacation days.
Now, consider how grim the situation is at the other end of the spectrum.
Interestingly, income level makes little difference in whether one uses all available vacation time. It isn't just hard-core investment bankers, work-addicted consultants and client-committed attorneys. According to Ipsos, two-thirds of high- and low-income workers took all available vacation time. Age makes some difference, with workers over 50 more likely to take all their vacation days. Unsurprisingly, business owners and senior executives are least likely to consume all their time.
So, why are the world's workers so insanely dedicated to their jobs? Reuters says:
"There are lots of reasons why people don't use up vacation days but most often it's because they feel obligated to their work and put it over other more important things, including their own health and welfare," said John Wright, senior vice president of global market and opinion research firm Ipsos.
Below, you can see the full results of the survey:
- France: 89 percent
- Argentina: 80 percent
- Hungary: 78 percent
- Britain: 77 percent
- Spain: 77 percent
- Saudi Arabia: 76 percent
- Germany: 75 percent
- Belgium: 74 percent
- Turkey: 74 percent
- Indonesia: 70 percent
- Mexico: 67 percent
- Russia: 67 percent
- Italy: 66 percent
- Poland: 66 percent
- China: 65 percent
- Sweden: 63 percent
- Brazil: 59 percent
- India: 59 percent
- Canada: 58 percent
- United States: 57 percent
- South Korea: 53 percent
- Australia: 47 percent
- South Africa: 47 percent
- Japan: 33 percent
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Chrissy Aug 8th 2010 4:12PM
You can't compare these countries without knowing the amount of vacation time the employees are given. It's not apples to apples.
Dana Aug 9th 2010 6:40AM
I'm glad to see the US isn't the top one! We took a cross country road trip with friends Http://www.roadtripsinamerica.com and loved it!
Denise Michaels Aug 8th 2010 8:31PM
Interesting you wrote about this. I just posted an article on my blog yesterday about some of the cultural shifts taking place in the US that are resulting in most Americans taking less and less vacation time.
Think about it. When I was a kid (okay - knock off the "old" jokes) it wasn't unusual for a family to take a two week vacation. Btw, that's far, far less than the "holidays" that Europeans take of 4-6 weeks. Then we scaled back to long weekends. More recently it's the stay-cation. Oh, and don't forget to bring your laptop and cell phone while you "relax."
The sea change taking place is that more people are adapting travel as a lifestyle rather than an infrequent break from their lifestyle. Less focus will be on homes, cars and suburbs and more on creativity and innovation. Imagine that.
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Garry Aug 9th 2010 7:35AM
The International Labor Organization and other institutions often conduct surveys about national holiday time, vacation time, and productivity.
The survey above is fairly consistent with most of those, which typically show the USA with the least holiday/vacation and yet in the top rankings for productivity (although typically behind a few Scandinavian countries).
Even though Japan is fairly notorious for it's "salaryman" work ethos, it's usually somewhat behind the USA.
The portrayal of the USA as a nation of lazy unproductive couch potatoes is simply NEVER borne about by the actual measured statistics.
gabriel stein Aug 9th 2010 7:13AM
I am from the US, but live in Sweden, where you get 25 vacation days if you're fully employed. It's really unbelievable and people are well balanced here.
The interesting thing is that Swedes treat vacation differently than people in the US. For example, I've talked to a number of people lately who are using their vacation days to paint their house or do work on their summer hut.
People do cherish their vacation here, but it's just that you get so much of it, you can't really fill it up with constant traveling.
I've had three weeks already and will be going to the states at the end of August. My family in the states is jealous of me and don't really understand how it works.
I do think that Americans will begin to get more vacation time....it will just take fifty years or so.
Until then, here's to 10 days (if you're lucky).
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For another examples, see Web users turn to social media sites to channel anger and frustration, Transparency in a social media age and Social media as an activist tool.
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In addition to its splendid collection, the Mauritshuis presents exhibits like "Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age," which showcases the new genre of cityscapes created by powerful burghers who commissioned paintings to celebrate their towns. Highlights will include Vermeer's meticulously detailed "View of Delft" and Jacob van Ruisdael's "View of Haarlem" (www.mauritshuis.nl).
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In 1536, Emperor Charles V ordered linden trees planted along Lange Voorhout, a stately L-shaped avenue lined with the residences of court nobility and government officials. Today, many of the avenue's elegant 18th-century buildings house embassies. One of the buildings is home to a permanent museum dedicated to the work of Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. "Escher in the Palace" includes a good sampling of M.C. Escher's lithographs, woodcuts, engravings, drawings, and sketches. Visitors step into Escher's fantastic world in a virtual reality exhibit on the palace's top floor. Through September there's also a special exhibit on optical illusions (www.escherinhetpaleis.nl).
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Why Not Just Tell Us?
Ok, why won't anyone say where the $50,000 for operating and $75,000 for renovating the day center is coming from. My first ever open records request denial – after about 20 years of submitting them without problems.
My concern is twofold here. First of all what happens if there is no money or the money doesn't come through? What happens to the funds the day center is relying on? How do we know these donations are reliable – since no one seems to know who the donors are. My other concern is for the Tenant Resource Center and why it is a problem that we are the fiscal agent – I'd like to know what the problem is . . . back to how it affects the day center, why are they wasting money getting a new fiscal agent that will likely charge $15,000 instead of cost ($5000 or less).
I submitted an open records request on November 27th and I received this as a response:
December 10, 2013
Brenda Konkel via email to: brendakonkel @ gmail.com
RE: November 27, 2013 Open Records Request
Dear Ms. Konkel:
I am in receipt of the open records request you sent to Joe Parisi, Jeff Kostelic, Lynn Green, which reads as follows:
I would like to formally request copies of emails, correspondence or other written documents regarding the donation of $50K for the operating costs and the $75K in renovations for the day resource center. In particular, I am requesting the name or names of the donor or donors. Sorry to do it, but I'm concerned about some misunderstanding that they or United Way have about the Tenant Resource Center and feel like we should be able to address those concerns directly.
Although I am not the custodian of the requested records, I have been asked to facilitate a response on behalf of Mr. Parisi, Mr. Kostelic, and Ms. Green. Please note that you sent your request to Mr. Kostelic's home email address. In the future, please direct official County business to Mr. Kostelic's Dane County email address: email@example.com .
Your request is denied. Under Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(h), requests for records must reasonably describe the records or the information requested. That same statute also provides that a request without a reasonable limitations as to subject matter and length of time does not constitute a reasonable request. Your request for emails is not limited to a specific period of time.
Furthermore, your request asks for emails about a very broad topic, rather than providing us with specific search terms. We do not know if you would like us to search for emails using terms such as "day resource center" or "operating costs" or "renovations" or "donor" or some combination of these search terms. Finding emails about a particular topic with no time limit (as opposed to searching for emails with specific terms over a particular period of time) would require reading voluminous emails, and, therefore, is not a reasonable request under Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(h).
As to your request for written correspondence and other written documents, it is unclear as to whether you are looking for documents related to donations from United Way to Dane County, or documents related to donations from a private donor (or from private donors) to the United Way. This part of your request also does not contain a reasonable limitation as to subject time. Therefore, this part of your request also does not constitute a reasonable request under Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(h).
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.35(4)(b), I am required to inform you that if you disagree with any determinations contained in this letter you may seek review by mandamus under Wis. Stat. § 19.37(1), or by application to the attorney general or a district attorney.
Dan Lowndes
Risk Manager & Records Control Officer
Took me a moment or two to figure out how to respond as I have never had a request denied. Usually I try to figure out how to make my request work for the person who has to find the records as I understand the complications of it, having been the recipient of open records requests in the past. I've never had quite this level of obstruction. My response was to rewrite the request in hopes to clarify what I am looking for – really, its simple, all they have to do is say who the donors are and I can find out what their issues with the Tenant Resource Center are. Here's my response.
Dan, thank you for your response. I am officially submitting a new request to conform to your needs to the best of my ability – of course, if I knew the information I was requesting, I could be more specific, but without that information I have to guess to a large extent. I thought I would more thoroughly explain what I am looking for and why so that is may help you in your search. I am quite surprised by the denial of my request as I have been making open records requests to local government officials and staff for nearly 20 years and this is the first time I have ever had a request flat out denied.WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR:Simply put, I just want to know who the donors referred to in the following budget line items and amendments are.
The 2014 county budget contains the following statement on page 169 of the electronic pdf in the Human Service Department. "EAHMLTBD 81021 DAY CENTER PARTNER REV-PRIVATE $50,000″. These funds are the result of budget amendment HHN 9 for $150,000 that says "This represents a combined contribution between thed City of Madison $50,000, The County $50,000 and others private partners of $50,000 for the 2014 operating costs." (emphasis added)
On page 172 of the budget there is the following line item "HSCAPPRJ 58200 REHAB OF DAY RESOURCE CENTER 0 0 75,000″. This is the result of amendment HHN 15 that says the following: "Increase revenue from private donations in the amount of $75,000 and expenditures by $75,000 for rehabilitation of the day resource center facility." (emphasis added)I am looking for the source of funds of the $50,000 from "private partners" for operating funds and "private donations" of $75,000 in capital funds for rehabilitation of the day resource center.WHY I AM REQUESTING THE INFORMATION:In case this helps, I am asking who the private donors and partners referred to in the budget amendments for the following reasons:
- The lead sponsor of the operating amendment (Wegleitner) and the capital budget amendment (Kolar) have told me they do not know who the donors are.
- In the past Dane County has relied on private funds to fund programs such as the Veterans Bus Passes and those funds never materialized.
- The nonprofit recipients of these funds have been told that if the Tenant Resource Center is the fiscal agent for these funds the donor will not provide the funds, but has not been told who is making this request to change fiscal agents.
- The search for a new fiscal agent has been taking time away from providing services and there are minimal funds available for staff and it seems to be an unwise use of limited resources trying to find a new fiscal agent.
- Whoever the new fiscal agent is will likely charge 10% of the funds which is typical for fiscal agents, the Tenant Resource Center would only charge cost, allowing for more funds for providing services. Additionally, RFP responses for the funds did not include this additional expense.- If there is an issue with the Tenant Resource Center being the fiscal agent, I would like to know what it is and if it can be resolved.- The capital funds will need to be ready in time for the center to open and if there are no funds that may jeopardize the opening of the center.LENGTH OF TIMEI understand you want me to more reasonably describe the records or information I am requesting and include a time limit for the request. The time line is much longer than I would like, but necessary because this issue has dragged on unreasonably long. Funds for the day center were included in the 2013 budget, so I am including the dates of the 2013 and 2014 budget process. August 2012 – present is the period of time of the request.NEW REQUESTI believe I have now more reasonably explained what it is that I am looking for. I am requesting copies of emails, correspondence or other written documents regarding the donation of $50K for the operating costs and $75K in renovations for the day resource center during the time period of August 2012 through the present date. I am expanding the original request to not only include Lynn Green, Joe Parisi, Jeff Kostelic and Mary Kolar, but to also include the additional sponsors of the HHN amendments 9 and 15 "Supervisors Wegleitner. Kolar, Sargent, Levin, Hotchkiss, Krause, Zweifel" as well as the likely contract administrator Tim Saterfield and County Board Chairperson John Hendrick.In the alternative, if the records request is time consuming for the staff facilitating it, someone could just officially say who the donors are and what the issue with the Tenant Resource Center being the fiscal agent is.If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me via email or at 608-345-8720. If I can further clarify anything to make the search for the documents any easier, please feel free to let me know. My intention is to cooperate in making this as easy as possible as I do not want to waste valuable staff time. I think my request is clear, I understand your search for the documents is more complicated. I believe the elected officials and staff members that are the subject of this request know if they have these records or not and it may be easier to simply ask them if they know the answer to the question of who the donors are and what the problem is with the Tenant Resource Center being the fiscal agent.
Thank you in advance.
Brenda Konkelcc: Colin Gillis, Tenant Resource Center Board PresidentAnders Zanichkowsky, Tenant Resource Center Program DirectorSarah Gillmore, Shine 608, Inc.
I need to note that the private donation for the Vets Bus Pass program came in last week – which was news to me, so maybe that isn't an issue, but I know there were questions about how that was going to work if they didn't give their donation. Glad that was resolved.
I guess we'll see what happens.
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Content management
See also: writing for the web
Discussion articles
Applying usability principles to your CMS
"Much of the impetus for examining CMS usability has come from systems users themselves. In conference rooms around the world, authors are standing up and declaring, 'Our CMS tool sucks!' Many CMS vendors have noted this user backlash and now fall over themselves to tout products as 'intuitive,' 'adaptive,' or just plain 'easy to use.' But what does 'intuitive' really mean? If markets are conversations, this interchange between CMS suppliers and users still remains quite muddled, even as it gets louder. I think it's important to tune into the growing volume, though, because when discussing CMS usability, at some level we're really asking, 'does the system actually work?' In an age of strict justifications for IT projects, that is an essential question to answer. "
(Tony Byrne)
Are you in control of your website?
A surprising number of websites are not being properly managed. A particular area of concern is content quality. Many managers have not put professional publishing procedures in place. They do not know what is being published on their websites. This is an unacceptable situation.
Are you publishing too much on your website?
Many websites are still publishing content that is not core to their business. The justification is that such content will indirectly deliver benefit. This is not a good idea. Focus on the content that is directly applicable to your organization's objectives. Any other content confuses. It wastes time and money.
Avoid the Santa Claus approach to content management
The Santa Claus approach to content management creates a content management software wish list. It believes in the magic of technology to sweep away any and every problem. Typically, those who believe in Santa don't believe in defining their processes, or figuring out just why they need a website in the first place.
Building an effective content management strategy
"Strategy is a broad and all encompassing term. In simple terms, it is a plan used to attain a goal. What are we trying to accomplish? What are the possible courses of action? How can we get there most efficiently and effectively? What are the steps and components to a content strategy?"
(Earley and Associates)
Content management: web publishing needs real discipline
Too many organisations take an unprofessional approach to the content they publish on the web. Many web managers still seem to believe that if they get the technology right the publishing will look after itself. Quality publishing requires skill and discipline. Unfortunately, discipline is something many web teams are lacking.
Content management without a system
It is quite possible, in fact could be preferable, to manage content and distributed authorship without the use of a content management system (CMS). Regardless, it's very important to have a process in place before you choose a CMS.
Content migration: making it successful
"In the real world, we all go into content migrations with high hopes and solid plans. Depending on the size of the site and the culture of the organization, you can expect delays, misunderstandings, and more than one last-minute 'uh oh'. There is a lot of good advice relating to managing the migration portion of a CMS project, and I've linked to some favorites below. In the meantime, here's my short strategic plan"
(Kassia Krozser - alt tags)
Content reuse in practice
'Content reuse' is often seen as one of the key benefits to be gained by implementing a content management system (CMS). The reality however is that few organisations are able to realise this vision of content reuse in practice. Instead, content reuse is typically only used in a few limited situations, with authoring and publishing continuing unchanged to a large extent.
Creating a content strategy for your website
"It's unfortunate that the software applications we use to look at websites are called 'browsers', because only web professionals actually browse sites. Everyone else comes with a specific goal in mind: 'Can I book a training place?' 'Do you have have this product, and should I buy it from you?'. People are looking for content to help them reach their goals, and you should start any site redevelopment by drawing up a content strategy designed to satisfy the user"
(David Moore - IQ Content)
- Doing a content inventory (Or, A Mind-Numbingly Detailed Odyssey Through Your Web Site)
"A content inventory is a relatively straightforward process of clicking through your Web site and recording what you find. We've developed a simple Excel spreadsheet to help you structure your findings, and some tips on how to get through it."
(Jeff Veen - Adaptive Path)
Do you manage a website or a warehouse?
There are two types of people involved in websites today: those who see content as an asset, and those who see it as a commodity. The latter better start looking for a new career.
Fundamental concepts of reuse (PDF)
Content reuse is fundamental to a successful unified content strategy. This chapter (Chapter 2 of Managing Enterprise Content) defines content reuse and the benefits of its use.It explores how other industries have employed reuse for decades to improve their processes and the quality of their products.
Less is more for university websites
If the average university website were to sit an exam it would fail. In fact, every day a great many university websites are being examined by potential students and they are failing badly. Universities are growing websites like mushrooms, and have an amazing capacity to publish large quantities of irrelevant and confusing content.
Managing content with automatic document classification
News articles and web directories represent some of the most popular and commonly accessed content on the web. Information designers normally define categories that model these knowledge domains (i.e. news topics or web categories) and domain experts assign documents to these categories. The paper describes how machine learning and automatic document classification techniques can be used for managing large numbers of news articles, or Web page descriptions, lightening the load on domain experts. The paper uses two datasets, one with with more than 800,000 Reuters news stories and another with over 41,000 websites, and classifies them using a Naïve Bayes algorithm, into predefined categories. We discuss the different parameters and design decisions that normally appear when building automatic classifiers, including, stemming, stop-words, thresholding, amount of data and approaches for improving performance using the structure in XML documents. The methodology developed would enable web based applications or workflow systems to manage information more efficiently, i.e. by assigning documents to topics automatically or assisting humans in the process of doing so.
Measuring your web content management processes
What's really important to measure for your website? Firstly, you need to measure how successful you are at creating, editing and publishing content. These are your web content management processes. Secondly, you need to measure reader behavior. There will also be some core website performance issues to measure. This article examines key web content management process measurables.
Quality publishing is about saying "no"
Are the people who have least to say in your organisation publishing most on your intranet or public website? Are the people who have most to say publishing least? You're not alone. Organisations are slowly realising that managing a website is as much about what you don't publish as what you do.
Scientific content management
"Management is the pursuit of the best way. Content is an increasingly important resource and activity within organizations. It is time it was professionally managed."
(Gerry McGovern)
Should you centralise or decentralise your publishing?
Large websites often struggle to develop an efficient and cost-effective publishing model. Centralising publishing ensures a consistent quality of what is published, but is often slow and frustrating. Decentralised publishing is faster and often more cost-effective, but can result in inconsistent quality, unless rigorous publishing standards are adhered to.
Start measuring the cost and value of your content
In his book The Principles of Scientific Management (1911), Frederick W Taylor wrote about how waste in activity was a greater problem than material waste. He wrote about planning, organising, training, management and measurement, as ways to address the problem. Today, we require a new form of Taylorism; one that addresses efficiency in content publishing.
Successfully deploying a content management system
This article outlines a structured approach to deploying a CMS, as well as providing a range of practical guidelines and tips that will assist the implementation team.
Taking a content inventory
"I've spent much of the past 2 weeks working on a content inventory. As a technique, it is pretty straightforward and well documented. But I've done this many times and have some extra tips."
(Donna Maurer)
Taxonomy and metadata strategies for effective content management
There is a lot of mumbo-jumbo like the word "taxonomy" that is being thrown around to describe how to manage so-called unstructured content like business documents, web site pages, and old fashioned technical reports and articles. On the one hand, we want to remember what we already know about how to create a useful core catalog record to describe a content object so it can be found again later when needed. On the other hand, there are some bad habits and obsolete ideas like inverted file indexes that we need to get beyond. This presentation is about what we have seen in dozens of applied information management projects over the past few years, and how you can take advantage of what you already know to solve big problems like these in your own organisations.
The structured-unstructured information continuum
If you've fallen into the trap of thinking of databases as "structured" information, and files as "unstructured" information, you're not alone.
The top 5 risks of not managing your content
Managing content is the key task in keeping a website strategic and fresh. Content management requires commitments to develop and follow a standard set of publishing processes, archiving strategies/lifecycle rules, and coordination with marketing, sales, training and customer service.
Web content management: a lot of great progress
The web is still very new. Organisations are only beginning to digest it. But digest it they are. Every year I hear about the same fundamental problems. Yet if I listen closely I can recognise a gradual yet definite shift in attitude. Our world is maturing. It is moving on. Things are definitely getting better.
Web content management depends on trust
Many websites are living off the credibility and trust that their brands have developed over many years in the offline world. For many organisations, there is a serious disconnect between how they operate in the offline world and how their websites operate.
Web content management predictions for 2004
This is the year when web content comes of age. Organisations will slowly stop viewing content as some cost that needs to be managed. Instead, they will begin to see content as an asset that can drive profits and productivity. A new role will emerge within many organisations: the publisher/editor.
Why personalisation hasn't worked
Personalisation hasn't worked because most people don't have a compelling reason to personalise. It hasn't worked because the cost of doing it well usually significantly outweighs the benefits it delivers. It hasn't worked because managers have seen it as some Holy Grail of content management.
You need a five-year plan for your website
Websites change the way an organisation communicates with its staff, customers, investors and general public. A change in communication is a major shift for the organisation. To effectively implement such a change will take time. You need a five-year plan for your website.
Web content management a process, not a project
When something is new, we need to approach it in an exploratory manner. We need to experiment and try things out. And so it has been with the web. That period is now over. We need to move from seeing our websites as a series of projects, to managing them as a well-planned process.
Web content management predictions for 2004
This is the year when web content comes of age. Organisations will slowly stop viewing content as some cost that needs to be managed. Instead, they will begin to see content as an asset that can drive profits and productivity. A new role will emerge within many organisations: the publisher/editor.
Content management systems
CMS interface scalability
Scalability problems in your CMS technical architecture will lead to slow page loads, errors, and disgruntled readers. Problems in the scalability of your CMS interface, in contrast, will lead to editorial process bottlenecks, dissatisfied users, stale content, and ultimately, dissatisfied readers.
cmsWiki: a wiki workgroup on content management systems
A collaborative environment for people interested in and working with content management systems.
Don't make these mistakes when buying content management software
Most organizations don't need content management software. Unless you have a very busy website with lots and lots of content being published, the return on investment is not there. The majority of those who do require such software need a very simple, streamlined solution.
Enterprise information architecture: don't do enterprise content management without it
Two questions resound throughout the content industry: Why do Enterprise Content Management (ECM) projects take so long to implement? And why do they fail with such alarming frequency? While all enterprise-level IT projects prove to be difficult and risky undertakings, a deeper examination of the ECM challenge in particular will reveal an endemic inattention to--or at best belated appreciation of--its critical corollary: the need for Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA).
Extracting value from automated classification tools
Automated classification tools can't solve today's large-scale web and intranet indexing challenges alone. Neither can humans. But solutions that integrate human expertise with software products such as Interwoven's Metatagger and Autonomy's Categorizer can provide real value and savings. After a brief introduction to automated classification, this white paper discusses the benefits and limitations of manual, automated, and hybrid approaches. It explores the opportunities for leveraging controlled vocabularies and thesauri to produce more effective indexing solutions.
Information technology: Trojan Horse of information overload
Before you invest in fancy content management software, make sure your people have the skills to create, edit and publish quality content.
Making a better CMS
This whole category of software desperately needs to be redesigned with writers, editors, designers, and site owners in mind. Here are my recommendations to the folks writing open source content management systems.
Managing the complexity of content management
Content management systems suck. Or so you would think from the strife heard from analysts and practitioners alike. And yet, many websites regularly publish vast amounts of information with superior control and ease compared to manually editing pages. So where's the disconnect between what's possible and the too-often failure of CMS?
Planning: the key to a successful CMS implementation
So you think you need content management? The temptation is to call your Information Technology (IT) department and ask them to help you choose a content management system (CMS). Being very tool oriented, your IT department will love buying you the latest "silver bullet" without ever looking at your content requirements or your internal processes. This is the best prescription for failure.
Why content management fails
So many of the companies I've spoken to lately have complained about the content on their Web sites. They say it's woefully out of date, growing out of control, and generally a complete mess. Almost unanimously, these companies have chosen to solve the problem by handing it to their IT departments.
Mailing lists
This discussion forum is a place where Information Architects, User Experience Designers, Library Scientists and other interested parties can talk about the building and using of Content Management Systems to create application for their audience's needs.
Content management systems, hot out of kindergarden, look set to make the grade
An interview with Tony Byrne of CMS Watch (www.cmswatch.com), who says content management systems are where the web was five years ago, but are catching up fast.
Making your content management system work for you: an interview with Jeff Veen
Adaptive Path's Jeffrey Veen is a recognised expert in the area of web design and content management systems. UIE's Christine Perfetti recently had the opportunity to talk with Jeff about the reasons why many content management systems fail and what designers can do to avoid the common pitfalls associated with CMS installations. Here is what Jeffrey had to say about his experiences.
Peoplewatch: Lou Rosenfeld
Lou Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant. He has been instrumental in helping establish the field of information architecture, serving as president of Argus Associates consulting firm from 1994-2001. Here, he is interviewed by CMSWatch on the relationship between information architecture and content management.
Professional associations
CM Professionals: A Content Management Community of Practice
CM Professionals offers a members-only mailing list, a collaborative website, discussion forums, issue-oriented group blogs, knowledge wikis, syndicated web services, a job board, a professional directory and a calendar of face-to-face meeting opportunities.


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Return a fault from an Asynchronous Web Service
In an asynchronous web service we can't return a soap fault like a synchronous service but that does not mean you can't report back the fault to the calling asynchronous process.
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You will need to shut off the water supply to the entire house. This is a good example of why we put a shut off on every fixture, so we don't need to shut down the whole house. If you do not know how to shut down the water to the house this will tell you what to do.
Open a faucet at the lowest point of your house and the highest point. We do this to drain all the water out of the system. If you don't do this, the water will become trapped in the pipes and you will have a very tough time soldering.
Disconnect the water supply to the toilet and drain the tank. Refer to this link for instructions on how to disconnect the supply and drain the tank.
|SharkBite Shut off
Cut the old adapter off the copper. Clean and prepare to solder. Learn how to Solder. If your not comfortable soldering they make shut offs now called sharkbite, this shut off just pushes on to the copper.
Solder on your shut off to the existing copper, remember to take the new shut off apart when soldering, you don't want to melt the rubber washers in it.
Connect the water supply line from the new shut off back to your toilet tank. Turn the water back on to the house and check for any leaks.