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almaty Grand Master

almaty   19

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almaty strips for sponsors 3 nights a week, with that VJ gets to continue to run :D

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yeap brother jim. me and my pet burro and FeFe...quite a show..

Shocking :P Is that the same burro from the Blue Fox? :wacko:

yes sir...quite a colorful character

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But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

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w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r Grand Master

w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r   123

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Those answers didn't really answer the question........

They do, actually. But like most you are too engrossed looking at the trees and miss the grandeur of the forest in the process. Read the responses within this thread and then read the feelings within your heart and you will know. Knowledge lies within.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

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Jasman0717 Grand Master

Jasman0717   9

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It can't be cheap to run a site this large :blink:

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Those answers didn't really answer the question........

No, they didn't. I'll give it a stab - although I'm sure my answer will get derided as somehow anti admin. At any rate, this was explained to me by a friend of mine who owns a few different sites (non immigration related).

A site this size needs the revenue generated from adverts and Google ads, etc. to support itself. VJ is on a dedicated server which costs big bucks. It also advertises with Yahoo which costs an annual fee. There are usually costs associated with different hacks, upgrades, updates, etc. to the board itself.

Generally, those costs would not come out of the admin's own pocket. Sure, the site is a user-defined, web-based forum for the purpose of sharing information.....but generally, that doesn't come at no cost to the owner.

I doubt we'll ever get a VJ specific answer, so my friend's explanation is the closest I've been able to come to.

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Cassie Mentor

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methinks it is a privately owned website, funded by the owner.

*Cheryl -- Nova Scotia ....... Jerry -- Oklahoma*

Jan 17, 2014 N-400 submitted

Jan 27, 2014 NOA received and cheque cashed

Feb 13, 2014 Biometrics scheduled

Nov 7, 2014 NOA received and interview scheduled


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Jasman0717   9

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methinks it is a privately owned website, funded by the owner.

Got to be expensive in servers alone :blink:

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tweety Rising Star

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why the stupid question? everyone can see the google ads... do the math.... :blink:

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Mar 06, 2007: mailed I751!

Mar 09, 2007: I751 arrived at TSC

Mar 13, 2007: checks cleared bank

Mar 24, 2007: biometrics receipt dated Mar 09

Mar 28, 2007: NOA1 dated Mar 09

Mar 28, 2007: biometrics letter dated Mar 22

Apr 06, 2007: biometrics appointment

(Oct 09, 2007: called USCIS: service request sent to TSC)

Jan 31, 2008: case transferred to VSC (last touch date changed from 04/07/07 to 02/01/08)

Feb 01, 2008: touch

Feb 04, 2008: touch

(Feb 05, 2008: infopass appointment)

Feb 07, 2008: transfer notice dated Feb 01, 08

Feb 13, 2008: touch (Current Status: This case is now pending at the office to which it was transferred.)

Feb 25, 2008: touch

Apr 11, 2008: approval email! (only took 1 year, 34 days!)

Apr 13, 2008: 2 more approval emails

Apr 16, 2008: email notice: "Approval notice sent"

Apr 18, 2008: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!! card received!

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04/22/2010 N400 mailed

05/05/2010 check cashed

05/07/2010 NOA1 dated 05/04/2010

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Cassie Mentor

Cassie   8

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why the stupid question? everyone can see the google ads... do the math.... :blink:

in the three years I have been here, I have yet to click on the ads. Hence me thinking it is funded by a private source. Speaking as someone who has dealt with Google's Adsense program, the ads have to be clicked a heck of a lot each day to make it profitable.

*Cheryl -- Nova Scotia ....... Jerry -- Oklahoma*

Jan 17, 2014 N-400 submitted

Jan 27, 2014 NOA received and cheque cashed

Feb 13, 2014 Biometrics scheduled

Nov 7, 2014 NOA received and interview scheduled


MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH
Educate Yourself on the Warning Signs of Stroke -- talk to me, I am a survivor!

"Life is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset" ---Crowfoot

The true measure of a society is how those who have treat those who don't.

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tweety Rising Star

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why the stupid question? everyone can see the google ads... do the math.... :blink:

in the three years I have been here, I have yet to click on the ads. Hence me thinking it is funded by a private source. Speaking as someone who has dealt with Google's Adsense program, the ads have to be clicked a heck of a lot each day to make it profitable.

True, my best guess is the google ads about cover the expenses for server space, software etc. Not really a for profit approach, like some want to depict it. If it was for profit it would certainly look different around here. And for those hoping to get a profit/loss table... not likely to happen as this is still a privately owned site and the owners, whoever they are, do not have to provide answers to this at all.

I just don't get the stubbornness of some ppl to always ask the same questions over and over again. I mean the ads are visible... everyone can count 1+1... it really starts to become silly.

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Mar 06, 2007: mailed I751!

Mar 09, 2007: I751 arrived at TSC

Mar 13, 2007: checks cleared bank

Mar 24, 2007: biometrics receipt dated Mar 09

Mar 28, 2007: NOA1 dated Mar 09

Mar 28, 2007: biometrics letter dated Mar 22

Apr 06, 2007: biometrics appointment

(Oct 09, 2007: called USCIS: service request sent to TSC)

Jan 31, 2008: case transferred to VSC (last touch date changed from 04/07/07 to 02/01/08)

Feb 01, 2008: touch

Feb 04, 2008: touch

(Feb 05, 2008: infopass appointment)

Feb 07, 2008: transfer notice dated Feb 01, 08

Feb 13, 2008: touch (Current Status: This case is now pending at the office to which it was transferred.)

Feb 25, 2008: touch

Apr 11, 2008: approval email! (only took 1 year, 34 days!)

Apr 13, 2008: 2 more approval emails

Apr 16, 2008: email notice: "Approval notice sent"

Apr 18, 2008: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!! card received!

tumbleweed-1.gif

04/22/2010 N400 mailed

05/05/2010 check cashed

05/07/2010 NOA1 dated 05/04/2010

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Cassie Mentor

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Oh yeah, I have never thought this site was for-profit. If it was, we'd be paying for membership ---oh and remember the discussion we had a long time ago about VJ merchandise? Man, some of the suggestions were hysterical -- I was actually going to buy something but they never went ahead and produced stuff. Oh well!

*Cheryl -- Nova Scotia ....... Jerry -- Oklahoma*

Jan 17, 2014 N-400 submitted

Jan 27, 2014 NOA received and cheque cashed

Feb 13, 2014 Biometrics scheduled

Nov 7, 2014 NOA received and interview scheduled


MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH
Educate Yourself on the Warning Signs of Stroke -- talk to me, I am a survivor!

"Life is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset" ---Crowfoot

The true measure of a society is how those who have treat those who don't.

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almaty Grand Master

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almaty strips for sponsors 3 nights a week, with that VJ gets to continue to run :D

I was thinking that too ;)

Brother Almaty, you're doing a good job keeping the VJ sponsors entertained :thumbs:

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well, credit goes to my burro, bosco..he is hung ..well like, a donkey

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

Peppi_drinking_beer.jpg

my burro, bosco ..enjoying a beer in almaty

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&id=10835

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Oh yeah, I have never thought this site was for-profit. If it was, we'd be paying for membership ---oh and remember the discussion we had a long time ago about VJ merchandise? Man, some of the suggestions were hysterical -- I was actually going to buy something but they never went ahead and produced stuff. Oh well!

Whoa....hold on there. Let's get some facts straight! Even not-for-profit entities make profit. Profit being the difference between operating expenses and incoming revenue, dues, ad revenues, whatever. While the classification, NPO or non-profit organisation suggests otherwise, there may be a lot of internalized profit and while it is not generally distributed in the form of dividends like a for-profit entity, they use that profit to pay themselves a salary ;)

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