An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.

— Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia

DONATE NOW TO WIKIPEDIA

Dear Reader,

Today I am going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation. This might sound unusual: Why does one of the world’s five most popular web properties ask for financial support from its users?

Wikipedia is built differently from almost every other top 50 website. We have a small number of paid staff, just twenty-three. Wikipedia content is free to use by anyone for any purpose. Our annual expenses are less than six million dollars. Wikipedia is run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which I founded in 2003.

At its core, Wikipedia is driven by a global community of more than 150,000 volunteers – all dedicated to sharing knowledge freely. Over almost eight years, these volunteers have contributed more than 11 million articles in 265 languages. More than 275 million people come to our website every month to access information, free of charge and free of advertising.

But Wikipedia is more than a website. We share a common cause: Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s our commitment.

Your donation helps us in several ways. Most importantly, you will help us cover the increasing cost of managing global traffic to one of the most popular websites on the Internet. Funds also help us improve the software that runs Wikipedia — making it easier to search, easier to read, and easier to write for. We are committed to growing the free knowledge movement world-wide, by recruiting new volunteers, and building strategic partnerships with institutions of culture and learning.

Wikipedia is different. It’s the largest encyclopedia in history, written by volunteers. Like a national park or a school, we don’t believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia. We want to keep it free and strong, but we need the support of thousands of people like you.

I invite you to join us: Your donation will help keep Wikipedia free for the whole world.

Thank you,

Jimmy Wales

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Krug, Clos du Mesnil 1995 – $750 per bottle
Louis Roederer, Cristal Brut 1990, Millenium 2000, Methuselah (6L) $17,625

What will happen in 2009 by Michel Hayek Live on LBC TV Channel from Lebanon?

With your birthdate, Michel Hayek can not tell you what will it be 2009 for you.
Watch Michel Hayek predictions for 2009 www.ListenArabic.com live on the 31st of December 2008.

Twakko3at Michel Hayek Predictions Videos and not Maguy Farah 2009 Horoscopes

Live on LBC Michel Hayek 2008 Prediction Movie

Many other foretal predicts for 2009 and the trend estimation formula: \sum \{[(ax_i + b) - y_i]^2\}
Do you know what others predict?
Do you want to predict the future?

A prediction is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future in more certain terms than a forecast. Would this fit to Michel Hayek Michel-Hayek.net?

Some claims that Hayek Michel is a fraud and he should be prohibited to appear on TV channels. Do you agree?
Michel Hayek 2009
Here comes the end of 2008 & start of 2009, check your Horoscope for 2009.

I heard from Magy Farah that Taurus will have a great year Youpii.

In our SEO business, some will have cool Google PageRank prediction tools but I will list some predictions for the Web and Mobile in 2009.
Similarly, fans of video and movie sharing websites now have a video stock exchange where they can predict the popularity of videos (Top 10 viral videos of 2008) for 2008 or 2009.

I wish all the best for everyone everywhere.
Always Smile and remember that you come once to earth, so please enjoy 2009 and all years to come.
Soirée Réveillon Nouvel An 2009 chez nous.
More from Michel Hayek 2008
Always remember you should stay who you are and read my advice for 2009 successes

“If you wish to see the valleys, climb to the mountain top,” the mystic Kahlil Gibran wrote. “Then, close your eyes and think!”
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim limbs, then shall you truly dance.
Source: Gibran Khalil Gibran (Lebanese writer) The Prophet.

Hi,
Those are not 2009 predictions but todo wishlist.
My first thing to do in 2009 is to thank God that I have a great family, kids, parents, brother and sister, friends and colleagues.
My second thing to do in 2009 is to finnish my latest ebook.
My third thing to do in 2009 is to vote for the project 10 followed by 100 zeros from GOOGLE Project 10100 , where voting starts on January 27th 2009. May those who help the most WIN-

My fourth thing to do in 2009 is to grow my social network and have a knowledge contribution to some friends.
My fifth thing to do in 2009 is to get up a cool house in a city where all our family can be gathered.
My last thing to do in 2009 is to thank God and everyone to what I became and what I can help others with, we only come once to this world, so keep yourself HAPPY, HELPFUL and wish for a peaceful human behaviorism in many Asian countries during 2009.

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/countdownto2009/

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