True, in an era where the population of dechurched and unchurched is ever increasing, publishing a book where return is above cost can be tough. And several authors, in the name of true vocation to their calling, were and still is writing books at a loss in a sincere hope to get the message through the masses. The numbers are discouraging. Fewer and fewer Christian authors are making it in the publishing industry. The spirit of upcoming authors even with the talent and true vocation to the spread the Word are dampened with the ever marginalization of the Christian faith. It seems now that there is no incentive to publish a Christian book.

To give you a concrete idea of the ever shrinking Christian market, these are the concrete facts that you have to surmount in publishing a book. The actual growth of the number of Christians does not commensurate to the actual growth of the population. While population grew exponentially since 1900’s, churches only grew by 50%. To illustrate, assuming that Americans were only 10 million back in 1900’s and 100 million by today, the population grew by 1000%. While Christians, assuming they were only 1 million back in 1900’s, they are only 1.5 million today with the mere 50% rate of their growth! And of the 350,000 churches in America, 75% or 4 out of 5 of that are either declining or plateauing. 80-85% of those churches also are already on the downside. Meaning that they are not experiencing any growth anymore and are struggling. To translate, this generation is the largest unchurched and dechurced era in American history. And alarming as it is, the number of next generation clergies are also decreasing. Only a mere 7 % of clergies are of the age of 35 and younger in 1999 (imagine the actual figure today!) where it was 24% in 1975.

These numbers are not meant to discourage you but rather intended to inform you of the reality. And to let you know that because of this hard realization, the necessity of promoting your book is already an imperative. If you write a book without adequate promotion, your publication will be subjected to the numbers above and that will almost be a guarantee that your book will fail.

So how do you overcome all these challenges? First, you must have a concrete marketing plan to promote your book before launching it. If marketing is not your thing and you need help to go about it, there is an online publishing course that can give you invaluable insight and method to market your book at a fraction of a cost when you hire a professional. Some sites do not only guide you through the whole marketing process but can also give tips on how to go about writing and presenting your book effectively. The people behind this website are aware of the decreasing number of Christian authors and are advocating that you become an effective author to give you an incentive with your effort to spread the Gospel. Your publishing effort has to profit so that the endeavor to spread the Gospel will be sustainable.

An urban area is an area with a population figure of more than fifty thousand people living inside it. If the population is less than fifty thousand, it is called a cluster. Most urban cities of the world are under security surveillance 24 hours a day to ensure the security of lives and property in that particular area. What are other things that can qualify a city to be classified as an urban city aside the population? Few of them are:

1) Adequate water supply: Supply of adequate quality water is a must in any urban city. It is really unfortunate that it is not so in Nigeria, as most Nigerians depend on bore-holes or streams to get their own supply of water, and these types, more often than not, comes untreated.

2) Constant power supply: This enhances the beauty of the city because when it is night, everywhere will be illuminated, thereby enhancing visibility.

3) Good transport system: There must be an effective transport system in an urban city and the motorists and the other road users must obey the traffic rules. When this is done, traffic gridlocks and avoidable accidents can be averted.

4) Housing: One of the major causes of urbanization is the movement of people from the rural areas to the city. With this in mind, a good leader should see this as an opportunity to expand the city and erect well planned modern houses in specific places to accommodate the influx of people coming to the city. Though this rise in population is ever increasing, and that is the reason you have high rise buildings in many cities of the world today. This is a step taken to accommodate the ever-increasing population to the cities, and this is where the real estate investor comes in. There will never be a time that the government can provide accommodation to all the citizens. But with the efforts of the real estate investors, together with that of the government joined together, there can be better living accommodation for the populace, and also, investments opportunities for the real estate investor, which translates to more money flowing into his bank account.

At the end of all, the man from the village to the urban city will be happy to have a beautiful accommodation where he lives, the estate investor will be happy because the cash is coming. At the end of all, the parties will be happy, and that is a sign of good business. Remember that in as much as investing in real estates is a business, it equally entails adding value to life. People are willing to pay any amount to have a comfortable accommodation. The place where you live enhances your profile to the general public and that is the reason the estate investors or people that cannot be waved aside as far as human life is concerned.

Ghana’s population according to the 2010 population census was estimated to be 24 million people. Females represent 51% of the population whilst men represent 49%. Population growth rate stood at 3.2%. The population growth rate was very high in rural areas and Rural Northern Ghana is not an exception.

Women in Rural Northern Ghana are the most poorest among the poor in Ghana. A visit to these areas will need no research to affirm or deny this assertion. One can vividly see the emaciated bodies of these women and may even wonder if they get a meal a day especially around May to July. These conditions they find themselves can be attributed to several factors and one of the main reason is the fact that, they are “like incubators for breeding children”. Child birth is inherently dangerous with many potential implications.

Growing up in Rural Northern Ghana, it was very common to hear statements like “she is a real woman”, meaning that she has given birth to ten or more children. Every woman aspires to give birth up to ten children or more to be acclaimed as such. The beliefs and customs of some ethnic groups in northern Ghana motivate women to give birth to many children.

One of the reasons was that, when you give birth to ten children or more you were supposed to cook a full guinea fowl any time your husband had to kill one or during festivals and sacrifices. This therefore encourages women to give birth continuously until they can no longer menstruate and as such can not give birth. Also people believe that when you have more children it implies worth.

Another attributable factor is that, in the rural areas the only economic activity is agriculture- peasant farming, therefore giving birth to many children means that more hands on deck. The children grow up to support their families in the farming activities. That is why, it is very common to see children as old as eight or ten years involve in farming activities. The last but not the least reason to be talked about is the fact that as the biblical saying goes “lack of knowledge my people perish” Most women in rural Northern Ghana are uneducated and as such lacks knowledge on family planning.

It is very imperative to note that, most of these women are the bread winners of their families and due to the high number of children they give birth to, they continue to wallow in abject poverty. The cycle of poverty continues as the children are unable to access education and end up taking up their parent profession.

These things affect the women’s health, education, economic status among others.

In conclusion, it is high time government pay attention to the plight of the rural women to enable them achieve their potentials.

In the natural lakes of Indiana, walleye fishing rates as one of the most popular type of catch that anglers target these days, ranking above even salmon, trout, muskies, and stripers.

In fact, only largemouth bass still seem to outrank the walleye as a favorite in the area. Of course, just a few years ago, Indiana walleye fishing had almost come to a dead halt, ranking so low on the list that it almost wasn’t even considered.

This is because, while there were places that walleye could be found, they were few and far between. However, stocking programs have been put into place at several locations that are both innovative and aggressive, and the walleye population has begun to flourish throughout the state.

Perhaps it is the fact that waters in Indiana are slightly warmer than those normally preferred by walleyes, which tend to reside in the Great Lakes and further north into Canada, where the lakes and rivers remain fairly chilly year round.

While walleye grow much more quickly in warmer climates, they also have a much shorter lifespan than in cooler waters where they grow more slowly; this could contribute to smaller and sparser populations. Whatever the reason, natural walleye populations in Indiana have never faired well, and without stocking programs, it may have become highly likely that the species completely disappeared from the state.

With stocking programs at Crooked, Sylvan, and Winona Lakes well into their second decade, Indiana walleye fishing has experienced a huge boost, and some anglers have become fishermen solely of this largest member of the perch family.

While previous attempts to establish a population included both fingerlings (tiny walleye just past the egg stage) and fry (even tinier than fingerlings), new stocking ideas have taken over. What was found in the initial attempts to use these smaller, less expensive specimens is that these small fish were being eaten by larger fish at a high rate, making it impossible for a large enough sample of these tiny fish to grow and breed significant numbers of walleye. This was an investment that was costing too much considering the poor results, and some other idea was needed to boost the population for Indiana walleye fishing.

Unfortunately, the idea of stocking lakes with larger walleye specimens was extremely costly and had been ruled out initially. However, when stocking with larger fish, a greater number will survive and reproduce, saving on the number of fish needed to stock the lake and reducing the initial cost a bit.

Now that you have made the choice to retire in the Philippines, the big question becomes – Where? For those of you who are being led to the Philippines primarily due to a personal relationship with a Filipina, your initial residence will be where she is located. However, once you get your feet on the ground, or if you are not tied down to a Filipina, you will want to give careful consideration as to the retirement location within the country.

The 7 most common elements of such a decision are:

1. Cost of living by location

2. International airport accessibility

3. Healthcare accessibility

4. Nightlife and entertainment – gambling

5. Sports activities

6. Security

7. Urban, rural, or resort location

Retirees have tended to settle in one in the following popular urban, rural, beach resort or mountain retreat locations:

Major Urban Cities

The following locations all rate positively high on the common elements 2 to 6 above:

1. Manila – highest cost of living of all the locations; population over 10 million

2. Cebu City – very popular retirement haven, lots of beaches, population over 1 million, capital of the Visayan islands in the middle of the country

3. Davao City – lower cost of living of the three, population over 1.2 million; THE city of Mindanao.

Major Rural Cities

These rural locations find themselves lacking compared to the Urban Cities in elements 2 through 5, but rank high in

1. Butuan City – in northern Mindanao; population around 270,000; near a famous top surf spot

2. Tacloban – capital of Leyte area; population around 180,000

3. Cagayan de Oro – university town in northern Mindanao, population around 425,000

4. Puerto Princessa – capital of Palawan, more remote, but the cleanest place in the Philippines; rapidly growing tourism area

5. Dumaguete – capital of Negros Oriental; university town, lots of young, hip folks, good nightlife.

Beach Resort Areas:

1. Boracay Island – many Expat owned businesses, overdeveloped like Waikiki and Miami Beach, but one of the most beautiful islands in the world

2. Mactan Island – just a bridge away from Cebu City; numerous 5 star resorts

3. Panglao Island – across a short bridge from the island of Bohol (near Cebu City) famous for its scuba diving

4. Subic Bay – big scuba diving area; population around 220,000

5. Puerto Galera – small population of 25,000 but something of a haven for foreign retirees who like to drink; lots of resorts on the north coast.

Mountain Retreats:

1. Baugio – favorite “get away from the heat” retreat, cool weather with lots of pine trees; population over 200,000; 14,000 foot elevation, throngs of college students

2. Tagaytay – popular, hip retreat for residents of Manila; at 6,000 ft elevation is a cool respite from heat of Manila; population around 50,000

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Japan is the second largest market for pharmaceuticals, with the US being the largest. It represents almost 10% of the world pharmaceutical market. One of the major driving force behind this large market size is the aging of Japanese population i.e. 26% of the Japanese population is 65 years or older. Keeping a higher life expectancy, Japan tops the world list both in male and female population. Consequently, the medical needs are at a surge; thus, boosting the number of pharmaceutical companies, importers, and exporters in Japan.

The Japanese government has taken multiple steps to address the medical needs. The government’s aim is to reduce the overall expenditure in delivering the adequate healthcare to the Japanese population. Recently, two major breakthroughs were regulated; biennial drugs price revision and promotion of generic drugs instead of branded drugs. The branded (patented) drugs are costly as they bear the cost of research, development, and commercialization. Japanese medical industry, especially those who focus on branded drugs, now need to increase its global presence to relieve this competition with generic drugs industry. Back in the 1990s, the government’s decision to allow import of medicines had already restricted the business available to the domestic-only pharmaceutical companies.

In this context, it has become vital for the Japanese medical industry to invest in clinical research facilitating the globalization. It has been observed that the Japanese companies have been spending less budget on research & development as compared to the American and European companies. Japanese pharmaceutical companies have long been using the in-house clinical trials for the domestic testing. However, the increasing global demand for new drug development necessitates the R&D including the clinical trials. This provided a space for contract research organization (CRO) to come forward. The local and international CRO industry is, thus, one of the immediate focus markets for the Japanese pharmaceuticals.

As the Japanese government is well-aware of all ongoing changes, steps are being taken to reduce the length of the review process for the introduction of a new drug in Japan. The recent guidelines have allowed the use of non-Japanese trial data for facilitating a quick introduction of novel drugs in the market. Likewise, it necessitates the export of Japanese medicine to clinical research organizations worldwide for use in clinical trials. Consequently, most the Japanese pharmaceutical companies have already started exporting the drugs for clinical CRO examination.

With a high number of pharmaceutical companies in the market, it is now unavoidable to use technology in development, testing and promotion of Japanese medicine. The department of health also helps the companies who are technologically advanced and are planning international expansion. In this context, the online availability of Japanese pharmaceuticals has become vital for effective marketing.

In conclusion, it is to reiterate that the Japanese pharmaceutical industry needs to expand their business worldwide for a long-term sustainability. Contract research organizations can provide them a big support for benchmarking their inventions by organizing structured clinical trials.

Nashville has more than its share of problems with drugs and alcohol. As a state, Tennessee is currently in competition with Missouri over who had the most meth lab busts 2010, Doctors under investigation for prescription fraud and nurses getting caught high on the job or pilfering Percocets from the pharmacy. These stories are all too common in Tennessee rightfully have health officials more than concerned.

Nashville is known for many things, like being home to the Grand Ole Opry, country music and unfortunately for some Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey. Music highway runs between Nashville and Memphis with as diverse population as there is drug use. Nashville, with its predominantly white population is known for methamphetamine abuse while Memphis with a predominantly black population has a tremendously high problem with crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

The Nashville-Davidson has a growing population with over 630,000 people with substance abuse and addiction growing right alongside. Over seven percent of Tennessee’s population has used an illicit drug in the past month according the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). That’s over 45,000 people in the Nashville area alone, not to mention alcohol those with prescription drug addiction.

Tennessee drug task force reported 1972 meth busts in 2010, up over 50% of the previous years. Tennessee has yet to follow Missouri or Oregon in making the key ingredient, pseudoephedrine, illegal to be sold over-the-counter. Regardless the effort made by these states, meth production is climbing and often meth addicts are treated for addiction with more prescription drugs. This leads to other issues as meth abusers find ways around obtaining the chemicals needed or move onto other more readily distributed legally prescribed drugs like Adderrall or opioid painkillers.

In past year many instances of nurses abusing prescription drugs while on the job and patient care in their charge in and around Nashville, have come to light and could have been prevented if they had asked for help. A zero tolerance policy that requires termination for nurses caught with an addiction problem keeps the topic quiet, subsequently putting patients at risk, according to a study performed by Todd Monroe of Vanderbilt. If offered an alternative, like treatment in a Tennessee drug rehab, nurses are more likely to come forward and keep the public safe.

Prescription drug addiction is a big problem in Nashville and major epidemic throughout the country, surpassing addiction to cocaine and heroin combined. A survey completed by the National Institutes of Health reports as many as five percent of high school seniors are currently abusing pain medication. There are many instances of teenagers abusing these powerfully addictive opiates and moving onto heroin due to ease of availability and cheaper costs.

Issues like these make drug education and prevention efforts all the more important as costs are grossly unbalanced. As an example, in Tennessee for every $100 spent on substance abuse, 96¢ went toward prevention, treatment, and research, compared with $98.63 to cover the burden incurred by public programs such as criminal justice, school aid, Medicaid, child welfare, developmental disabilities and mental illness. Basically, the after effects of substance abuse and addiction.

There are approximately 105 drug rehabs in Nashville and surrounding area each offering a variety of treatment services which is not nearly enough. What should happen are widespread rehabilitation and prevention efforts along with health care reforms and change in attitudes about drug addiction issues.

With that substance abuse and health care professionals should see the overall problem concerning the addict’s life, and not just prescribe more drugs, which actually suppress the addict’s abilities as a whole.

The Spanish speaking population is constantly rising in the world. At the end of the 19th century, 60 million people were Spanish speakers. Today, nearly 500 million people across the world speak Spanish! Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries including:

Argentina: 35 million

Colombia: 36 million

Mexico: 98 million

Peru: 20 million

Spain: 39 million

USA: 39 million

Venezuela: 22 million

Spanish is the second most used language in international communication, and an official language of the UN and its organizations. There are 29 million U.S. residents above the age of 5 who speak Spanish at home. That’s approximately 1 of every 10 U.S. residents, an enormous consumer and business-to-business market. Spanish-speaking countries all over the globe are uniting in trade agreements, creating influential blocks of power in the international economic arena.

Many people of different cultural origins are constantly migrating to the United States, and the increase of people who speak Spanish has created a lot of diversity in the country. The Hispanic population in the United States has grown by 60% in just one decade. At present there are 35.5 million Hispanics, representing 12.5% of the total population. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the nation’s Hispanic population, which is now 38.2 million, is expected to jump to 49.3 million by 2015.

With this kind of growth in the Spanish speaking population you can see how beneficial it would be to learn Spanish. Whether your looking to further your career or trying to get into the work force, learning Spanish will boost your marketability. No one is aware of the changing trends of business but one cannot fail to notice that there will be an increasing growth to operate in global markets. Foreign language fluency is a significant asset for job seekers, as more and more companies trade internationally.

It has been said that every country in the world and indeed every City in the world have at least 10 interesting points that make you want to go there and savor in the knowledge of these “wow” factors, the challenge with respect to Madrid, is that there are so many interesting facts to know, that it would be impossible to learn and live them in the space of a week or even a Month. Trying to condense Madrid facts and information into just 10 Interesting Facts about Madrid seems unfair and probably unrealistic, but we’ll give it a try.

1 – Population. Madrid including its metropolitan areas is the fourth most populated City in Europe after Moscow, London and Istanbul. With a population of just more than 6 million people, it outranks the population of even some countries such as Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, to name a few.

2 – Location. If you put a needle in the very center of a map of Spain, you will not be far away from Madrid, the motorways M30, M40 and M45 all circle round the City, most of the roads entering and leaving from the Madrid have Kilometer numbers seen at the side of the road measuring the distance at any point from the very center of Sol in the middle of Madrid on the pavement in front of the post office building, this point is marked as Kilometer Cero or Kilometer Zero.

3 – The Fountain of Cibeles. A beautifully breathtaking monument in the very heart of Madrid hosts celebrations of Real Madrid football team, as well as on occasions visits from VIP’s, such as the visit in August 2011 JMJ (La Jornada Mundial de la Juventud) by Pope Benedict XVI. If you are lucky enough to see Madrid at a time of an event taking place in Plaza de Cibeles, whatever the event, you can be assured that you will be thoroughly entertained. Absolutely a must see attraction.

4 – The Caja Madrid Tower. (Torre Caja Madrid) An incredible piece of construction is the highest building of all Madrid and Spain and was designed by Sir Norman Foster who was granted a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honors and in 1999 was honored with a Life Peerage, becoming Lord Foster of Thames Bank.

5 – Plaza Mayor. (Old Square) is a beautiful old square in the center of Madrid formerly held host to many different events, including markets, weddings, royal coronations, soccer games, bullfights and even public executions in its darker days in the times of the Spanish Inquisition.

6 – Nearer To God. The Torre Espacio, or Space Tower, has to be one of the top ten most incredible building designs in Madrid on approaching Madrid from the North you will notice a strange flashing green LED paneled light emitting from the 33rd floor of the tower, the reason for this light is to symbolize presence of Christ in the Torre Espacio, due to the fact that there is a small chapel on the 33rd floor of the building. The chapel was recognized by the Archdiocese of Madrid, as an official chapel and granted the right to serve the Holy Eucharist so, you see, it is now possible to get even nearer to God.

7 – Madrid Money. Madrid is the fourth richest city in Europe after London, Paris and Moscow.

8 – Madrid Weather can vary enormously over the four seasons with temperatures of low as zero or -1ºC (30 Fahrenheit) in January and up to 40º (104 Fahrenheit) in August, be sure to take this into account and plan your visit well taking into account suitable clothing for the season.

9 – The New Year.“El Año Nuevo”, is a favorite celebration to behold in the middle of Madrid in front of the clock in the Casa de Correos building in the center of Sol as the bells strike each of the 12 chimes, you will see everyone attempt to eat a pealed grape, one grape for each chime looking to bring good luck for the year to come.

10 – Famous People. born in Madrid include Penelope Cruz (actress), Rafael Benítez (football manager), Fernando Torres (footballer), Placido Domingo (opera singer), Raul Gonzalez (footballer) and Enrique Iglesias (singer)..

Madrid, like New York, never sleeps, it has everything, stunning architecture, scenery, nightlife, celebrations, terrific weather, flamenco, great food and wines, Madrid is seeped in history, one week, of course, will not be enough to see everything, but that will just give you more reasons to want to keep coming back. Make sure you see Madrid, you will be very glad you did.