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iTunes video rentals could be huge

Apple is finally going to offer digital movie rentals from its iTunes store, the FT reports. The company has hooked up with News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox to allow short-term rental downloads of Fox DVDs. Apple hasn't officially confirmed the news or said anything about potential pricing, which is rumored to be about $3 per rental.

Apple sells movies for download, but to this point hasn't made anything available to rent. So far, the downloadable rental business has been pretty abysmal, with rivals like Movielink and CinemaNow unable to turn big numbers. But the opportunities are there, and Amazon and others have been working hard to come up with a groundbreaking rental service.

Enter Apple and it's not-so-secret weapon: the iPod (and now the iPhone). I'm assuming Apple will make it easy to shoot movies from your computer to your iPod. If that's the case -- and if Apple shines its marketing megaspotlight on the feature -- iTunes rentals could be huge. The next step might be enabling the downloading directly to an iPod over WiFi, but that could take hours.


And here's an interesting feature: New Fox DVDs will come with a special digital file allowing the films to be ripped to a computer or iPod. It hasn't been easy to do this before.

This is a big win for Apple and Fox, and I suspect other movie studios are close to signing deals or are watching closely to see how this all plays out.

Apple shares are up slightly on the news. Here's what others are saying today:

Wall Street Journal: "Apple has for months been trying to persuade the Hollywood studios to agree to a digital rental model, in which consumers would be able to download movies through iTunes that could be played for a limited time. Until now, no studio has agreed to such a deal with Apple, and some companies have continued to resist Apple's pitch."

Silicon Alley Insider: "Why hasn't anyone really caught up with Apple in the music download market? One reason: Because until Amazon debuted its MP3 store this fall, no store sold popular music that worked on iPods or Mac computers. Similarly, most non-iTunes movie download services don't work on Macs or iPods. And a two-hour download beats a two-day wait for a DVD in the mail."

Mashable: "Assuming that Sony, Paramount and Warner Brothers follow suit, as they are also rumored to do, many folks may quit Blockbuster and Netflix subscriptions for the economy and convenience of an AppleTV unit, especially if rentals are $2.99 for 30 days."

Optimize Your Website

Traffic from search engines is widely considered the best (and
cheapest) way to generate traffic to your site. The increasing
popularity of search engines has led to the development of a whole
industry that revolves around ways to "optimize" websites.

The end result is that many people now think that
only "professionals" can help their website rank high within search
engines. But, the truth is that anyone can structure their site so
they rank high for many keywords.

Below, I have listed 8 simple steps that you can take to optimize
your web pages. By following these, you will improve your chances
of increasing your rankings:

1) Target one word for each page: A huge mistake that many
beginners make is cramming numerous keywords onto every page.
Instead of doing this, you should focus on one specific keyword for
each page. That way, you can make sure that the page is focusing
on that one word without any distractions. If you want to target
multiple keywords then it is necessary to create a separate page for
each.

2) List your major keywords in the links back to your site: Many
search engines, Google being the most famous, have started to take
into account the words that are mentioned in the title tag of the
links that point to your site. So, a great way to improve your
rankings for your keywords is to place it in the title tag.

3) Make your first 100 words on the page keyword rich: Another
mistake that most webmasters make is to have a menu on the left-hand
side of a website. Since search engines primarily focus on the
first 100 words of a website, a left side menu is a misuse of
valuable space.

Instead of doing this, you should have your title, description and
web copy within the first 100 words of your site. An easy way to do
this is to have your menu on the right instead of the standard left-
hand side.

But, since the left-handed menu is now commonplace, you can also
choose to put your first 100 words above the left-handed menu, so
this text will be the first thing read on your website.

4) Insert the keyword into your title tag: In the source code
of most pages are "header tags" (also known as Meta tags), which
help search engines understand the content of the page.

To fully optimize your website, you can tweak the source code of the
page. The first step is to insert the keyword in the title tag.
(This is what is shown in the results of a search engine when your
site is listed)

5) Insert your keywords in the description tag: The description
Meta tag is almost as valuable as the title tag. The information in
this tag is listed directly below the title tag in search engine
results. As a result, a good description can make your website
stand out from other listings. To get the prospect to click on your
site, it is important to write a snappy description while using your
keyword.

6) Insert them into your keywords tag: Like the title and
description tags, keyword tags are used to help search engines
understand the content of your web page. Although this Meta tag has
become less popular, it doesn't hurt to put your keywords here.

7) Place your keyword in the header: When writing the actual text
of your site, the first part should be the headline. Whenever a
search engine scans your site, it rates all words in the headline as
being more important then the rest of the web copy. To take
advantage of this, you should have your keyword in the page
headline. But, since the header tag (h1) is quite large, you should
format it so that it is smaller.

8) Write your keyword enriched web copy: Now that you have set up
the structure of your page, you can write your web copy. While
creating the text, you want to include the majority of the keywords
at the top and the bottom of the page. In addition, the keyword
should be included a few times in the middle. Basically, the common
saying is that the keyword density should resemble an hour glass
shape.

The total web copy of your page should be about 300-500 words.
Also, the keyword should be included about 5-12% of the total words
of the page. The percentage varies according to each search engine,
so you might want to play around till you find the best results.



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How Search Engines Work?

The particular software that does this is commonly referred to as the crawler, bot or SE spider. The program travels or crawls through-out the internet through links and collects web pages with their content and brings them to the SEs database. This part of the SE function identifies new web pages and changes to old web pages. It is important to have your website crawlable. If it is not your website is as good as non-existent.

In the SE database the crawled pages are indexed or arranged in a manner that is somewhat sorted. A lay example of what the engines do at this stage is the index at the back of a book - particularly academic books. The index has a word or phrase and a following string of pages where that phrase appears. An index for only one book is a couple of pages. Now think of a SE index as a collection of millions of indices from millions of books harmonized.
Harmonized because, there are thousands of books on similar topics. The index takes into consideration several variables. For example is a particular word in the webpage in bold? Is it in the title tag? Is it within the content or on the navigation? The index is the heart of the SEs. It is the index that will mainly determine which page ranks where for whatever query.

The exact workings and what variables are considered are kept a secret for two man reasons. One is to avoid unfair manipulation by black hat SEOs to rank undeserving websites. And two is to avoid giving competitors "useful ideas" of serving better quality search to users.

It might seem to you that when you enter a search query into a Yahoo Search that is when Yahoo's SE goes out into the web to retrieve results. But most of the job was already done by the crawler and the indexer. When you perform a search you activate the third function of the SE, query processing.

The query works together with the index to serve the most relevant results to that particular query or term from the SEs dataase. You will commonly come across the term SE Algorithm or Algo referring to this operation.

Designing a website so that the SE indexes finds it most relevant to your websites keywords is what entails SEO. Making sure particular visitors click your website's link on the results that are served to the user by the SEs, rather than your competitors, entails SEM.

Buying at a Newsstand versus Paying for a Subscription!

Buying at a Newsstand versus Paying for a Subscription!


It is surprising how many people buy newspapers from newsstands instead of paying for an actual subscription. When buying from newsstands, smoke shops, convenience stores or newspaper boxes, the price can be as high as a dollar or more for each newspaper. If you were to buy each newspaper individually for a month, you would be paying about twice as much as a newspaper subscription. Even if you only buy a newspaper on weekdays, you’re still paying more than a subscription.

Not only would you be saving money with a subscription, but you would also be gaining convenience. Your newspapers would be delivered right to your door every morning. You wouldn’t have to go out of your way to buy a newspaper somewhere else. Plus there would be no need to scrounge up your change each day.

Subscribing Long Term to Save Money

Almost all newspapers offer a discount to subscribers who commit to longer periods of time. If you only subscribe for a year or less, you could be paying substantially more per year. Usually the longer you commit to subscribe, the cheaper it will cost each year. It can be intimidating subscribing for longer periods. Really what is going to change next year to make you not want to read the news though? Unless you are going to move out of the delivery area, you will still want to continue your subscription.

Subscribing as a New Customer versus Re-Subscribing

Contrary to rules of good customer service, most newspapers actually offer better deals to new subscribers. You would think newspaper companies would also want to keep current subscribers happy too. They are more concerned with attaining new customers instead. These companies assume that current subscribers won’t even see new subscriber promotions.

There is usually a way to qualify for these new subscriber rates even if you are already subscribed. If you are married, you can try subscribing in your spouse’s name as a new customer. If you’re not married, a roommate might let you put the newspaper subscription in their name too. Sometimes changing your address slightly works too. For example, you could switch street to st. or any other small changes like that. If none of those options work, you can probably cancel your subscription temporarily and then subscribe again.

Subscribing Through a 3rd Party Company

Certain companies can offer newspaper subscriptions at a discounted rate. These rates are usually much lower than the rates offered directly from the newspaper publisher. Those companies essentially work for the newspaper publisher by reselling subscriptions purchased at a bulk rate. Often times the discounted newspaper subscription rates are half the price you would pay otherwise.

Conclusion

Saving money on a newspaper subscription can be quite easy. You just have to know where to get your newspaper from. Shop around and you’ll find that the newspaper publisher won’t even give you the lowest price.

Record Music At Home

So you want to start your own music recording studio at home. This can be very simple for people who thrive on the technicalities of any equipment, but for the rest of us, the process might not be that easy. This article gives you the basics of the studio equipment purchase and set up; for more elaborate understanding you could refer to the scores of books available on the topic.

Purchase of equipments for your home studio is the first thing to consider and it is the least daunting of the entire process. Thanks to the intense competition in this market, you will easily get most of the equipments on discounts. You should always try to check out how well the equipments are working in order to avoid any unpleasant surprises at home. You could also use the trial period offer and return the goods if they are not to your liking.

Often second hand purchases are perfect for the first music recording studio setting – the equipments will be very cheap and you will be able to learn and improvise before trying for the brand new costlier ones. Naturally, you will have to be careful when dealing with such transactions, but if you are savvy enough, you will get some good equipment from auction sites like eBay. Try not to buy equipments that are too old as electronic goods tend to have a limited life span. You should also check all the switches and other parts for wear and tear. Too loose parts can signal the poor condition of the recording studio equipments.

You could look at the manual to find out how worn out the equipments are. Ideally, the whole set of equipments must be cleaned and set to appropriate levels for optimum recordings. Again, if you are purchasing them from overseas, you may have to be careful about the voltage levels, as different countries follow different standards. So always check with your seller and also check every instruction in the manual before plugging in. You do not want your costly purchase to be destroyed due to a minor oversight.

After the purchase is successfully made, you can look into the manual for the exact settings needed to ensure the optimum working conditions for the studio. You have to set the correct level of the signal in order to prevent any unnecessary loud noises during recordings. Noise is a common problem in recording studios and you must try to minimize it as much as possible. Every device can be a culprit in noise creation, leading to distortions. Since it is impossible to turn off all the noise, the best you can do is set the desired signal at the correct level.

Another important noise distorter is the microphone. You will have to set the microphones at the correct level too, depending upon the instrument it will be placed near to. Besides, different microphones give different signals near the same instruments. Hence you may have to use a device called mic pre-map to handle such problems.

These ideas are very basic at best, and home recording enthusiasts can get more detailed information from the manual itself and also from the experts in this field.

The government tabled a constitution amendment bill

The government tabled a constitution amendment bill at the parliament today, seeking to overcome constitutional hurdles to declare Nepal a federal democratic republic and hold an election to the 601-member Constituent Assembly by mid-April.
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Narendra Bikram Nemwang presented the “Nepal’s Interim Constitution (3rd amendment) Bill 2007” for discussion, expressing the government’s commitment to hold the CA polls by mid-April.
The government has sought amendment in Article 159, to replace “Provisions regarding the King” by “Provisions of the Head of the State.”
The bill is likely to be passed by the House when the interim parliament sits on Friday after clause-wise discussion, party leaders said. When approved by the House, Nepal will be a republic, to be implemented by the first meet of the CA.
But a two-third majority of the existing members of the interim House can declare a republic even earlier if the King creates obstacles in holding the CA polls, according to the 23-point pact reached among the seven-party alliance yesterday.
The government seeks to amend Article 33 (A) of the interim statute. The Article specifies that the “State will focus all its attention to conduct free and impartial election for the members of the CA within December 15.” The amendment proposes to replace “December 15” with “mid-April 2008” in the interim constitution as the deadline for the CA polls.
The amendment has added “two hundred and forty” to replace the “two hundred and five” in the first-past-the-post system.
It has added “three hundred and thirty five” to be elected under the proportional electoral system in clause (b) of Article 63. In clause (c) of Article 63, the amendment has suggested “26 members” to be nominated by the cabinet.
Earlier, RJP chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa during the special House session today criticised the SPA for increasing the CA strength to 601. RPP chairman and MP Pashupati SJB Rana said the statute amendment to declare the nation a “federal democratic republic” is against the people’s wish.
NSP’s Rajendra Mahato termed the coalition government a “criminal” government. UML’s Bharat Mohan Adhikari said the government should abide by the 23-point pact signed yesterday.
NC MP Dr Prakash Saran Mahat said polls should not be put off again.
Maoist MP Dev Gurung expressed concern about the increased CA strength, saying such a huge number of CA members is burdensome for Nepal.

A Love Affair or Just Friends?

Here are a few observations of the "just friends" emotional affair:

1. This person often struggles knowing where to draw the line. S/he often throws him/herself into something 100%. Other aspects of his/her life may suffer or be ignored. There often is a lack of personal balance between family, work, self care.

2. He/she struggles with intimacy. (I want to be close to someone, but don't like intimacy.) The "just friends" emotional affair means neither spouse nor OP (other person) ever get "intimate." Neither relationship is fully consummated or has potential for growth.

3. Of course the "just friends" comment means either "stay away" or I'm, underneath all this, really confused about where I fit in relationships, what I want from them, or what they mean to me. There is an "emotional connection" to the OP that defies description. A sad kind of "stuckness or lostness."

The lover or "falling in love" emotional affair has a different twist.

The common complaint to the partner is: "I feel badly about this, and I don't want to hurt you, but, I'm not "in love" with you anymore. "I love you but I'm not in love." This often indicates:

1. This person usually has a need for drama and excitement. Life easily becomes a soap opera. Emotional juice from the fall-out of emotionally intense relationships reigns rather than living life from the core of who one is.

2. The person “looking for love” is actually looking for the ideal, someone out there, who will project back to him/her that he/she is OK. No, more than OK, close to perfect.

3. This person needs to be adored, or think another adores him/her, because there is a lack of inner strength and solid identity. The other becomes my world, because I lack a world. Being “in love” is the panacea for my emptiness.

4. This type of affair often occurs when there is a “lull” in the marriage relationship. The responsibility of raising children, starting and maintaining a career, paying bills, etc. become the focal point for the couple. Romance becomes a foreign word.

There are many many subtle differences in affairs. Emotional affairs are only one kind. Once you begin to see and understand the differences, a new sense of empowerment overtakes you embark on a more confident path of resolution.

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Helen: I'm Cool With The Love Scenes

Corrie star Helen Flanagan has apparently admitted she loves playing a raunchy minx in the soap.

The 17-year-old plays student Rosie Webster, who is having an affair with her tutor, and Helen says she is totally at ease with her new storylines, reports The Sun.

"All the sexy stuff and the bitchy stuff, that's what I love to do. The bitchier and sexier the better," the actress is quoted as saying.

Helen went on: "I'm cool with the love scenes. It's not you that's doing the kissing, it's your character."

She added: "It's such fun to play. I hope it carries on next year and she (Rosie) gets really outrageous."

Helen also revealed that she's been getting more attention following Rosie's provocative storylines.

"The boys wink at me in the gym. They must think I'm Rosie," she confessed.

But Helen insisted: "I don't wink back though - I'm quite shy and I don't really like people looking at me."

Promoting Your Site With Branded Flash Games

Developing and distributing original branded flash games has proven itself to be an innovative way to drive countless new visitors to your website. Games display your brand name throughout play-time; the brand will usually appear as a link at the bottom of the game window, but it could show up as merely a logo.

Some aspiring webmasters develop original, branded games for their own sites while other webmasters pay flash game developers to just customize whatever the webmaster likes out of their collection. The flash game developer might customize the same game for several websites, leading to a ubiquitous presence of the game online - each with a different brand on display.

Webmasters pay for flash games because visitors remain on the site for longer periods of time and may be more likely to click text ads or generate impressions for CPM ads. If they really like the site, they may tell their friends or come back day after day. These are concepts known as viral marketing or stickiness.

Additionally, webmasters may boost popularity to their website by distributing their branded flash games to other webmasters for free. The reason is that visitors to all these other websites that would never have seen the distributing company's brand now have it right before their eyes. Webmasters are eager for free content that will increase the user's enjoyment of, and time on, their sites. Therefore, they gladly accept the free branded flash games of larger sites. It's a win-win situation. Miniclip.com brought tens of thousands of visitors to their website through this method. Here, a webmaster recounts their experience:

"One of the more successful viral marketing campaigns that i think has been overlooked in this thread is miniclip.com. Back in the early days of the website they made the smart decision to put up a selection of their flash games for download so that other webmasters could download the games and use them on their websites. The games were heavily miniclip.com branded with links back to miniclip all over the place. People then jumped on this and started making "online game websites" using games that were provided for free on miniclip (and other similar websites), the webmasters would then advertise their new websites and drive a lot of traffic to miniclip."

In order to imitate the success of a Miniclip, you need to systematically produce games and submit them to the big gaming hubs, directories, and websites:

It *will* bring you some traffic but don't expect to get thousand of visitors via this way (unless you really submit 10+ developed games per month to the big sites)

Another webmaster confirms this and re-iterates the success of minicip:

he is right ! you have to develop more and more games like miniclip.com
they are i think the best flash gamers over the internet ! and they lets you play online and download the trail version of the games !

The cost of paying a flash game developer to create a completely original flash game from scratch ranges from $200 to $900. Of course, you'll want to mention that they can sell and customize the games for other webmasters too; do so only if price is a consideration. There are sometimes bulk discounts, and it's far cheaper to have a developer brand a game they've already developed. Freelancers (independent contractors that get paid on a job-by-job basis) can be found through , elance.com , rent-a-coder.com and on flash developer forums like flashkit.com.

Interestingly enough, there are also pre-packaged flash quizzes and games that can be licensed and customized. This is the best option for an up-start with a small budget that wants to rapidly imbue his/her site with content. For instance, some businesses offers a yearly licensing model for branded flash games. The best bet is to work with a company that already has some momentum in the field. For example, Galaxy Graphics lets you choose, license, and personally brand flash games from their large portfolio.

Recently, Orbitz and Lifesavers developed flash games on their websites that are showing to be successful in converting to more sales and greater brand awareness.

Branded flash games are one valuable asset that your budding business should not neglect.

Self-Care Secrets for Slimming Down

1. Sleep: It is so easy to overeat when we are tired. We reach for food to keep us going, thinking we will have more energy the more we eat. Just the opposite happens. When we overeat we feel bad, heavy, and lethargic. And we are still tired! Work on going to bed earlier. Late night nibbling is easier when it is late and we should be in bed. Take care of yourself by retiring to bed with a book, and then turn the lights out before your tummy starts to growl. Even if it is growling, go to bed, you will not hear it when you are asleep and it feels sooo good to wake up in the morning with a clear conscience!

2. Vitamins: So many times our overeating is caused by nutritional deficiencies. We seek the vitamins and minerals our bodies crave in excess food. Unfortunately, this is a vicious cycle because usually the food we overeat is devoid of any real nutrition, so it leaves us further depleted. As a first step, begin taking a good multivitamin, preferably one made from whole food. (If you go to a health food store, they will offer whole food supplements, not just synthetic ones.) Next, strive to eat organic foods whose soil is not stripped of vital minerals like the soil of chemical-sprayed fruits and vegetables. Eating organic will make you feel better, and feel better about yourself. Because you are making an effort to be good to your body. Lastly, stick with foods that have as little processing as possible. For example, cook a free-range turkey instead of eating cold-cuts. The more whole and natural, the more nutritionally sound.

3. Bring lunch: It is easy to order take-out with your other bored co-workers, but that only makes weight loss harder. Be deliberate about taking care of yourself. Think ahead and shop for foods that you can use to make a healthy salad for yourself. Buy some colorful Tupperware for your packed lunches. Put some care into making a fruit salad for yourself with various yummy fruits. You will be amazed how good about yourself you will feel and how good for you it is to bring your own lunch to work and avoid the greasy, starchy alternatives your coworkers are devouring.

4. Do not skip meals: Skipping meals is a trap! We always end up making up for the meals we skipped and then some! Make a point to eat three meals a day, and do not nibble in between. Would you skip feeding your children? Of course not. Then why do we think it is OK to skip our own meals? If you make a point to feed yourself on a schedule of three meals a day, you will be more balanced emotionally and you will actually build self-esteem. Both these things lead to a thinner weight and a better quality of life.

5. Stay Hydrated: Yes, I know you know that 8 glasses of water a day is good for weight loss and health in general. True health experts will actually recommend that you drink more than this. The fact is that when we are dehydrated, we eat more. This is because it is easy to disguise thirst for hunger. We eat, looking to hydrate ourselves, when drinking a few glasses of water would easily quiet those hunger pangs. So next time you are SURE that you need to eat more, try a tall glass of water and wait 10 minutes. That may be all you need. Here is another tip: make it easy by bringing a bottle of water with you wherever you go.

6. BYOF: That is bring your own food! Do not put your health in other peoples hands...they do not feel the pain when your jeans do not fit! Taking care of yourself takes some planning. Is the party you will be attending only going to have greasy and starchy finger foods? (You can call ahead and ask the host what she/he will be serving--mention that you have some special dietary needs.) To be safe, bring a veggie platter with low-fat dip! That way you get what you need and you do not feel left out. Do not want to drink alcohol? Bring along a few bottles of seltzer. I do this often. It feels good to take care of myself and nobody minds. Do not leave your health to chance. Remember the adage: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

7. Do not eat diet food: How do diet food companies keep us shelling out dough for more diet food? They put chemicals and addictive ingredients in them that make us hooked! I am talking about ingredients like MSG, and many forms of addictive sugars like corn syrup and sucrose. Even NutraSweet has been proven to be a neurostimulant linked to stimulating appetite. Also, studies have shown that when people eat a diet food they feel like they can get away with eating more and end up overeating!

8. Avoid Sugar: The average American now consumes approximately 115 lbs. of sugar per year. Sugar is extremely addictive and it offers very few health benefits. There is no such thing as having only a little (have you noticed?)! If you like things sweet, like I do, try a truly healthy substitute: Stevia. Stevia Extract comes from the Stevia Rebaudiana plant and has been used traditionally for hundreds of years. It is sugar free and calorie free, and has no bitter aftertaste. It even comes in packets, just like Equal or Splenda (both of which have unhealthy side effects.) You can get Stevia at any health food store. I buy it in liquid form with a dropper. Just a few drops in my herbal tea or yogurt and I am happy!

9. Go Raw: I could write pages on the benefits of eating raw foods (fresh green beans instead of cooked or canned; raw, uncooked almonds instead of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds). Besides the obvious nutritional benefits, another good reason to go is that your body has to work harder to process raw foods, thus burning more calories. In addition, raw foods have far more nutrients than cooked foods. Raw foods often take longer to eat so your body has time to feel sated: try a spinach salad instead of creamed spinach with your meal.

10. Do not go too long without eating: This is self-care 101! You listen to your children when they are hungry, why not yourself? The fact is, when you wait too long to eat your next meal, you are causing your adrenal glands to panic, believing your body is in starvation mode. Then when you do eat, they do not get the message when you have had enough. They are still attempting to save your life by causing you to believe you need to eat more. Take care of yourself! The biggest irony ever is that compulsive eaters do not know how to feed themselves

Self-Care Secrets for Slimming Down

1. Sleep: It is so easy to overeat when we are tired. We reach for food to keep us going, thinking we will have more energy the more we eat. Just the opposite happens. When we overeat we feel bad, heavy, and lethargic. And we are still tired! Work on going to bed earlier. Late night nibbling is easier when it is late and we should be in bed. Take care of yourself by retiring to bed with a book, and then turn the lights out before your tummy starts to growl. Even if it is growling, go to bed, you will not hear it when you are asleep and it feels sooo good to wake up in the morning with a clear conscience!

2. Vitamins: So many times our overeating is caused by nutritional deficiencies. We seek the vitamins and minerals our bodies crave in excess food. Unfortunately, this is a vicious cycle because usually the food we overeat is devoid of any real nutrition, so it leaves us further depleted. As a first step, begin taking a good multivitamin, preferably one made from whole food. (If you go to a health food store, they will offer whole food supplements, not just synthetic ones.) Next, strive to eat organic foods whose soil is not stripped of vital minerals like the soil of chemical-sprayed fruits and vegetables. Eating organic will make you feel better, and feel better about yourself. Because you are making an effort to be good to your body. Lastly, stick with foods that have as little processing as possible. For example, cook a free-range turkey instead of eating cold-cuts. The more whole and natural, the more nutritionally sound.

3. Bring lunch: It is easy to order take-out with your other bored co-workers, but that only makes weight loss harder. Be deliberate about taking care of yourself. Think ahead and shop for foods that you can use to make a healthy salad for yourself. Buy some colorful Tupperware for your packed lunches. Put some care into making a fruit salad for yourself with various yummy fruits. You will be amazed how good about yourself you will feel and how good for you it is to bring your own lunch to work and avoid the greasy, starchy alternatives your coworkers are devouring.

4. Do not skip meals: Skipping meals is a trap! We always end up making up for the meals we skipped and then some! Make a point to eat three meals a day, and do not nibble in between. Would you skip feeding your children? Of course not. Then why do we think it is OK to skip our own meals? If you make a point to feed yourself on a schedule of three meals a day, you will be more balanced emotionally and you will actually build self-esteem. Both these things lead to a thinner weight and a better quality of life.

5. Stay Hydrated: Yes, I know you know that 8 glasses of water a day is good for weight loss and health in general. True health experts will actually recommend that you drink more than this. The fact is that when we are dehydrated, we eat more. This is because it is easy to disguise thirst for hunger. We eat, looking to hydrate ourselves, when drinking a few glasses of water would easily quiet those hunger pangs. So next time you are SURE that you need to eat more, try a tall glass of water and wait 10 minutes. That may be all you need. Here is another tip: make it easy by bringing a bottle of water with you wherever you go.

6. BYOF: That is bring your own food! Do not put your health in other peoples hands...they do not feel the pain when your jeans do not fit! Taking care of yourself takes some planning. Is the party you will be attending only going to have greasy and starchy finger foods? (You can call ahead and ask the host what she/he will be serving--mention that you have some special dietary needs.) To be safe, bring a veggie platter with low-fat dip! That way you get what you need and you do not feel left out. Do not want to drink alcohol? Bring along a few bottles of seltzer. I do this often. It feels good to take care of myself and nobody minds. Do not leave your health to chance. Remember the adage: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

7. Do not eat diet food: How do diet food companies keep us shelling out dough for more diet food? They put chemicals and addictive ingredients in them that make us hooked! I am talking about ingredients like MSG, and many forms of addictive sugars like corn syrup and sucrose. Even NutraSweet has been proven to be a neurostimulant linked to stimulating appetite. Also, studies have shown that when people eat a diet food they feel like they can get away with eating more and end up overeating!

8. Avoid Sugar: The average American now consumes approximately 115 lbs. of sugar per year. Sugar is extremely addictive and it offers very few health benefits. There is no such thing as having only a little (have you noticed?)! If you like things sweet, like I do, try a truly healthy substitute: Stevia. Stevia Extract comes from the Stevia Rebaudiana plant and has been used traditionally for hundreds of years. It is sugar free and calorie free, and has no bitter aftertaste. It even comes in packets, just like Equal or Splenda (both of which have unhealthy side effects.) You can get Stevia at any health food store. I buy it in liquid form with a dropper. Just a few drops in my herbal tea or yogurt and I am happy!

9. Go Raw: I could write pages on the benefits of eating raw foods (fresh green beans instead of cooked or canned; raw, uncooked almonds instead of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds). Besides the obvious nutritional benefits, another good reason to go is that your body has to work harder to process raw foods, thus burning more calories. In addition, raw foods have far more nutrients than cooked foods. Raw foods often take longer to eat so your body has time to feel sated: try a spinach salad instead of creamed spinach with your meal.

10. Do not go too long without eating: This is self-care 101! You listen to your children when they are hungry, why not yourself? The fact is, when you wait too long to eat your next meal, you are causing your adrenal glands to panic, believing your body is in starvation mode. Then when you do eat, they do not get the message when you have had enough. They are still attempting to save your life by causing you to believe you need to eat more. Take care of yourself! The biggest irony ever is that compulsive eaters do not know how to feed themselves

Bar Jokes

There were these two guys in a bar, which was on the 20th floor of a building. The first man said " I bet you $100 I can jump out that window and come straight back in!" The second man says "Ok, sure." and the barman holds the bet. The first man jumps out the window and disappears for a second before jumping straight back in. Disappointed about losing the $100, the second man says: " I'll bet you another $100 you can't do it again." So the barman holds the bet. Sure enough, the first man jumps out the window, disappears for a second, then jumps straight back in. Thinking he must have caught a freak gust of wind, the second man says "Ok, I bet you $300 I can jump out the window and come straight back in." The first man says" Ok, sure." The second man jumps out the window and falls to the footpath below. He is dead. Back up in the bar, the barman says to the first man " Gee, you can be a bastard when you're pissed, Superman."



This bartender is in a bar, when this really hot chick walks up and says in a sexy seductive voice, "May I please speak to your manager?" He says, "Not right now, is there anything I can help you with?" She replies, "I don't know if your the man to talk to...its kind of personal..." Thinking he might get lucky, he goes, "I'm pretty sure I can handle your problem, miss." She then looks at him with a smile, and puts two of her fingers in his mouth...and he begins sucking them, thinking "I'm in!!!" She goes, "Can you give the manager something for me?" The bartender nods...yes. "Tell him there's no toilet paper in the ladies restroom."



A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking, the monkey starts jumping all over the place. The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them, then grabs some sliced limes and eats them,then jumps up on the pool table, grabs the cue ball, sticks it in his mouth and swallows it whole.

The bartender screams at the guy, "Did you see what your monkey just did?" The guy says, "No, what?" "He just ate the cue ball off my pool table - whole!" says the bartender. "Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replies the patron. "He eats everything in sight, the little twerp. I'll pay for the cue ball and stuff." He finishes his drink, pays his bill, and leaves. Two weeks later he's in the bar again, and he has his monkey with him. He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again.

While the man is drinking, the monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar. He grabs it, sticks it up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it. The bartender is disgusted. "Did you see what your monkey did now?" "Now what?" asks the patron. "Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry up his butt, then pulled it out and ate it!" says the barkeeper.

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replies the patron. "He still eats everything in sight, but ever since he ate that damn cue ball he measures everything first!"

Dating Tip: Dinner with Her Mom, Her Dad !

Today is the day. You are all set and spiffy to go over her parent's house for dinner. This is a major occasion for her and you want to do everything within your power to make sure all goes well. Even though this is not your first time meeting them, you are still kind of nervous about the whole affair.

No you are not nervous about your emotions toward her. You like her a lot and think that maybe you two have a future together. She definitely feels the same way which is why you are being asked to her parent's house again (the last couple of guys she dated never made it this far).but you are still uneasy. Why? Because you don't want to go thru what you went thru last time; particularly with her father.

"Can you believe they give the Nobel Prize to a bum like Al Gore?" That's how her father started his first conversation with you. Truthfully you never gave it much thought. Politics and politicians have always bored the daylights out of you. Gore winning or losing doesn't put any more money in your pocket. But the old man kept going anyway.

"That's a subversive organization. Always has been." You ask what organization and quickly regret it.

"The Nobel Prize Committee." Mother and daughter gently chide him to give it a rest but he is just getting warmed up. Before, during and after dinner he proceeds to tell you why he dislikes Al Gore, Hillary and Bill, Western Europe and anything else politically that crosses his radar screen. After the date you don't like Al Gore much either. Not due to politics but because he and Tipper were not here to run interference for you.

Politics has always been a touchy subject but it seems like in this day and age it has reached a fever pitch. While the best strategy is to avoid any discussion, especially on a date, sometimes circumstances will not allow it. So what do you do?

1. Grin and Bear It

Since politics doesn't mean anything to you and her dad is passionate about it, you can always just let it pass. Your date is on the same wavelength as you when it comes to politics; she could not care less. But she loves her father and understands it is in his nature to get wound up about this stuff. Remember also that you are not moving in with them. You will only see her parents occasionally so if possible don't sweat it

2. Steering

There is an art to moving from one conversation to another without being too abrupt or blatantly obvious. This requires listening (I know but do it anyway) and timing. For instance if he uses a certain word or phrase, that maybe the perfect segue to change the subject and start talking about sports, movies the weather or anything else besides politics. Hopefully your date will pick up on what you are trying to do and lend her support.

Understand, it is their house and he is going to have his say but moving the discussion smoothly in another direction may get him to lighten up a bit.

3. Gore! Gore! Rah! Rah! Rah!

Okay this one comes under the heading of the nuclear option. You learn everything you can politically and you charge into a head on confrontation. Now as you have probably guessed this has a lot of downside to it including angry words, hurt feelings and possibly the end of your relationship with her.

However sometimes fighting the good fight is what the other person wanted all along. Her father likes a spirited debate and after it's over he may disagree with you on every issue but he respects the fact that you stood your ground. This elevates you in his eyes. The key to all of this is to get feedback from your date. If she says its okay then you may want to go for it but even then gauge the situation carefully and go slow. Her father might like a good argument but nobody wants to be disrespected in their own house.

If you can avoid hot button issues like politics all together than do so. You like the woman you are dating and you want to like her parents too. However if push comes to shove then consider the three options mentioned above and be particularly cautious regarding the last one. Showing that you can keep things under control cannot help but impress your date, her parents and Al Gore.

Turn Your Articles Into Cash

1. Start with a word processing program, such as MS Word.

2. Place all of your articles in an order that will make sense to a reader.

3. Make sure that concepts flow. How? One key step is to remove redundancies that occur because each article was originally free standing.

4. Find ways to connect the first article to the 2nd article. A copywriter or editor can easily do this.

5. Leave lots of white space on each page. At least one-inch right and left margins because it makes the page easier to read.

6. The font size for the text on the page should be at least 11 or 12 points. This is especially true if your ideal clients are over 40 years old. Many people use Arial or Verdana for ebooks since it's easier on the eyes than Times Roman.

7. You want pictures or illustrations scattered throughout the document. However, you don't want to use the clip art that came with your computer. First that art is for personal, not commercial use.

Secondly, you want to look professional and not thought of as cheap. There are low cost graphics for sale on the Internet for you to use.

8. Titles and sub-titles should be a much larger font than the text. Don't underline titles because people will think that they're supposed to click on them; instead, use bold, color or italicize them. You can even use special fonts, like Tahoma for titles.

By formatting your ebook like a professional, it will be easier for you to turn it into a book! How? Read the next few tips.

9. Create an eye pleasing cover page for the ebook, and a cover that looks like a book cover, for use on your web site. Add pictures within your ezine but remember, you don't own clip art, and you can't use it for monetary gain. Have your designer add graphics that you own.

10. The first few pages after the cover should be numbered with roman numerals.
o Page ii is for testimonials from clients and those who have read and used the ebook.
o Page iii is your publisher information page with copyright information. Open a book and you'll see this important page!
o Page iv can be used for acknowledgments of others that you'd like to mention.
o Page v tells others how to use the ebook.
o Page vi is an Introduction to the book, written by you or someone else.

11. NOW comes your ebook, and it is numbered, 1, 2, 3 etc. Make sure you include:
-- Then comes the table of contents which can link to the pages the topics are placed.
-- Within the ebook be sure and invite readers to visit your web site.
-- In an appropriate place of your ebook, maybe in the middle, offer a special on a product that the reader of the ebook may enjoy.

12. Again, to get people to your web site, place additional resources on a page on your site and link from the book to that page.

13. Create a "Call to Action" on your next to the last page! Again, the goal is to get your readers to your web site.

14. Don't forget to create an all about you and your company page ... with your picture!

15. Next convert your ebook to PDF format, making sure that all the links in the ebook are clickable.

16. Research shipping cart software or programs to use to sell your product online.

17. Consider creating an affiliate program for your product and let others help you market your product in return for a commission.

Remember that even 8 x 5 1/2 books only need 64 pages to be bound! If your ebook is more than 30 pages in a Word Document, chances are you've also created a book!

Pocket TV as Remote TV

Let’s take a look into a television that supposed to be more or less 19” size. Today, won’t you believe that our TVs can be used anywhere and handy? That’s right, you can purchase a TV for as handy as something you can put in your pockets. Continuous researches give our pocket TV new features and one is that it functions as a TV remote control. This TV Remote Control comes very convenient that we can bring it anywhere we go. The best part of using this handy TV and remote control is that you can be confident that it wouldn’t mess up any programming on our regular TV. Instead, it simply functions as a replacement for our broken or lost TV remote. What’s in it for you? Well, you don’t need to buy many remote controls in the house and that’s a big savings isn’t it?

Further, there are many Pocket PC Remote Controls in the market. Some of these remote controls are Novii Remote, Remote Control II, TV Controller with Voice Control, VITO Remote and many more.

1. Novii Remote
This device gives us the control to our home entertainment equipments like TV, Cable or Satellite, DVD or CD, VCR, etc. It has a higher interface, vivacious colors, easy installation and set-up, better infrared drivers and many other improvements

2. Remote Control II
A completely customizable universal infrared remote control for our home entertainment system. Also, it has definable control panels, layouts and graphics

3. TV Controller with Voice Control
A Pocket PC application that allows our PDA to be used as a widespread remote control for TV, VCR, Cable, Satellite, DVD and other equipments.

4. VITO Remote
Turns our pocket PC into all-in-one infrared remote control to operate TV, Video, Cable, DVD and other infrared enabled equipments. Further, this remote is very easy to customize according to your program preferences and use and gives control to our home and office equipment with our own voice using its new voice control capabilities.

There is also downloadable specialized software that can turn our pocket PC like iPAQ into a pocket PC Mobile TV. We can make our iPAQ a universal remote control using this remote control software. Then, we’re on our way of operating our television, VCR, and other home or office audio and video equipment. But don’t be disappointed because it’s not only iPAQ that can be used as a remote control, there is also remote control software like OMNI Remote that is especially made for palm-based handhelds like Palm Pilot, Handspring and Visor.
How relaxing to just lie down and have control on all the entertainment equipments? For only one remote control, we save ourselves from switching one remote control to another. After an exhausting day, it’s like we are the boss this time. Just aim the remote control and we can now enjoy watching our favorite shows or games.

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Free Membership at WeTrust.org

WeTrust.org is a safe shopping search and directory for websites that have secure shopping facilities. WeTrust.org is a growing and major force in secure search for safe buying and shopping worldwide. WeTrust.org is based in the United Kingdom and is part of the WeTrust Internet Research Group.

WeTrust.org is offering free membership for one year to websites with secure shopping facilities.

A key reason preventing some visitors from purchasing goods online is not recognising the security features used by sites or not trusting them. By having the WeTrust logo you can enable customers who are visiting your website for the first time to feel sufficiently confident to make a purchase.

Membership of WeTrust provides the following key advantages for web-based businesses:

- Increased customer confidence and trust in their sites
- Increased sales
- Increased website popularity
- Exact search of products for the website
- Additionally, web owners will benefit from the WeTrust logo and live electronic certificate provided by the WeTrust.org website. To be approved as a member of WeTrust.org your site must have secure shopping facilities, a digital certificate (such as Thawte, Geotrust, etc). So, your site must satisfy the following conditions:
1. Your site must have a secure server with valid digital certificate so it can encrypt all customer personal information, including credit card information.
2. Visitors should be able to see “https” at the start of the address bar on their browser when completing your order form page. The "s" in “https” stands for secure.

Early joining is recommended to ensure the maximum exposure of your website. You can join by going to the home page of WeTrust.org and then clicking on add site . The membership is free for the first year . Wetrust.org is delivering a high quality directory and search. Your membership will start as soon as your website has been approved. Your site will automatically be added to the WeTrust search.

Website Format With 3

E-commerce, the exploding trend of doing business on-line has walked in holding the hands of ever-expanding popularity of the Internet. You have witnessed how the normal businessmen have converted themselves into business entrepreneur with their professionally designed site that became their most useful tool to attract traffics. Such professionally designed website proves to be an awesome tool for communication, information, and marketing.

If you are interested in profitable web site design then you need to understand the basic concept of building it. It start with the determination of your goals of your website that should consists of the purpose that your website would render. For instance will it be informative site or it is intended to sell your products or services or simply to advertise your offline business, provide support to your existing customers or build your company brand. Whatever the goals are, it is significant that you clearly speak them out before you actually start creating your website.

Once you have decided what type of web site you want, it is necessary to develop a domain name but make sure that your domain name should relate in some way to the subject of your web site that is preceded by checking of the availability of the name online whether it has already been taken. Next, remember that your website design must persuade the popular adage that “first impressions is the last impression” which means your website design must portray the right image for your business. Studies have shown that people generally decide on the appearance rather than the text copy. Another most important point of consideration is the page loading times. Taking too long to load to a page loads will make your website loose their patient which is very harmful.

Therefore when it comes to web site design success, you need to make sure that you understand how to make a web site visually and functionally appealing. You need to ensure that any web site you build is user friendly with keywords rich content that guarantees to be interesting, informative and entertaining that will enhance the amount of traffic that is drawn to your website. Make sure to ensure properly install metatags appropriately throughout your web site and an appropriate domain name. Make certain to set up a solid technical support system for your clients if you are interested in professional web site design and especially if your site does on-line transactions. You can conclude that if your websites design is based on three E’s that is it should be eye appealing, easy to maneuver and should contain evoking, up to date content besides other format then it is sure make a great hit.

How to Create Special Effects in Photoshop

Digital art has been taken to a new level with Photoshop, and with every new version of Adobe Photoshop, the potential to produce even more eye catching images with just a few clicks of a button. With Photoshop, you can instantly create an aged effect, add motion lines, color effects, glows, blurs, or make a photograph look like a drawing. Photoshop can also help you create all kinds of cool text effects to a photo and even remove unwanted objects and figures from a scene. The following include some excellent ways to spice up a dull photograph, create special effects, or simulate motion and other ways of taking advantage of Photoshop.

One of the simplest effects you can use to alter a photo in Photoshop is colorization. This effect can be found under the Image tab, in the Adjustments menu, with the Hue and Saturation sliders. By clicking the small box at the bottom of the dialog, you can use to Hue slider to create a unified color over the whole image. This can be great for creating monotone backgrounds behind a central figure. It can also help with trying to match one image's color scheme to another.

To select an image from a white background and save the shadows underneath it (important for figures in motion, especially those who are jumping), use the luminosity of the image. In order to do this, use the magic lasso and QuickMask tools to roughly select the desired areas.


Next, use the Float command to create a new layer of your selection, leaving the old copy in place below it. You can then save this selection to the Channels palette. Then, turn off the floated copy and create a new layer. (Utilizing Layers in Photoshop is vital, so be sure to really take advantage of this feature). By pressing "Ctrl+Alt+tilde (~)", we can select the luminosity of the image, essentially its brightness. However, we wanted to select the shadows, the opposite of brightness.

To do this, use the Invert command under the Selection menu. Make the new layer the target of this by clicking it. Fill the blank layer with black, with the reverse luminosity selected. This will look ghostly, and the base layer will suddenly go very dark, but don't be confused by this. You can now turn your floated copy back on, and put whatever background you choose behind your figure on a lower layer. The figure and its shadows will appear above the new background.

Blurs are another Photoshop feature that has limitless potential. You can blur edges, create fog scenes, or simulate motion. To create a motion blur effect, select your figure and copy it onto a new layer. Now, on a layer below it, with the selection still in effect, fill your selection with black, or any other color. You can apply the Motion Blur filter from the Filters menu to this selection and create lines of movement without disturbing the figure on the layer above. Play with the distance and angle of the motion blur to see what kind of look you can create in your image. You can combine this filter with other effects for different kinds of motion lines.

You can create soft edges on rectangular or boxy images using blurs as well. In your vertical 'Tools' window in Photoshop, choose the top left tool called 'Rectangular Marquee Tool'. Then click and drag your mouse on your image to make a rectangle that is 5 to 10 pixels smaller than your actual image. Make sure that it is equidistant on all four sides. Then go to your menu bar and choose Select and then Inverse. This chooses (or selects) everything outside the rectangle you just made. Finally, go to your menu bar and choose Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur and type 1-15 pixels in the dialog box.

To add a shadow to a picture which does not already have one, simply apply a Layer Style to the desired layer of the image. This effect can be found under the Photoshop Layers menu in all recent versions of the program. Simply apply the drop shadow Layer Style to the image, and a small shadow in the chosen color will appear beneath your selection. You can change the size, transparency and color of the drop shadow in the Layer Style tab. You can also change the shadow's effect by using the choices in the Blend Mode drop down box.

Also, check out the various layer styles to choose from. Go to Layer in the menu bar, then choose Layer Style.

Two photos can be easily merged in Photoshop. Drag the smaller image into the larger by clicking and holding it. You can create space in one image using the Resize Canvas function under the Image menu if there is not enough room. The dragged image should appear as its own layer on top of the original image.

Next, turn on the Layer Mask function and make sure that the double lines appear around the icon for the mask to show that it is selected. Then, create a radial gradient (with your colors set to a white foreground and black background) to mask part of the new image, revealing the portions you wish to show. With the lasso tool and brush, you can adjust your mask to reveal and conceal the desired portions of the image. This effect is great for integrating images with two people, making them appear to interact.

Another good effect for creating a dramatic image is turning the image into text. To do this, move your selected image to a new layer. Then, create the text that you would like to mask into the image on a text layer. Heavy and bold type styles are best for this, as they provide the greatest amount of image area. This will make the text easier to see and read. Ctrl-click the type layer to select the area of the type, and then change to the original image layer.

It is then easy to Float or copy and paste the area covered by the type onto a new layer. Once the original photo layer is turned off, the picture-type can be easily seen. This effect is great when combined with drop shadows or other layer effects.

Lighting effects are in great demand for Photoshop images. These can be accessed through the Filters menu. One very popular lighting effect is the Lens Flare, which allows the user to create the look of a ball of light on their image. This effect, and the Spotlight effects can be used to add magical effects, new light sources, or other lighting changes to an image.

Layer transparency can be used to drop ghost images in behind a figure. To do this, simply paste the desired image into a layer below the main layer and set the transparency slider to whatever opacity you choose. This effect can be very useful when combined with the colorization effect listed above. Multiple transparent layers can be used with different images to create the impression of motion leading up to the main figure.

An old photo look can be created by colorizing a photo to a sepia color, then adding effects to imply damage. Careful application of the airbrush Eraser tool can create fading. The Noise filter, applied with monochrome turned on, causes the photo to look grainy and old. Using low opacity transparent layers above the image, with the layer set to Multiply, will darken the darkest areas of the image, creating a murky effect. It's worth it to play around with all the Filter options, especially Liquify, Render and Stylize.
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SMS or Short Message

SMS or Short Message Service is a revolution in the field of wireless world. The technology of SMS enables two mobile phones to send and receive text messages between each other. Vodafone is the mobiles company to send the first commercial SMS way back in1992 in Europe. At the infant days of short message service system messages could only be send through GSM mobile networks. Later all the telecom networks including the landline networks were included in the circle of SMS service facility.


If you want to know some technical facts about SMS service then you should know that a SMS could consist of 160 characters if the used character-encoding format is of 7-bit. Otherwise a SMS text could only consist of 70 characters if the used character-encoding format is of 16-bit Unicode UCS2. To dodge past the triviality of character limitation The Long Message Service is launched by which people can send a longer message by sending number of SMSs one by one. EMS or Enhanced Message Service is also introduced to add some colors of special effects to the normal SMSs.


Here are some of the facts, which make SMS so successful and popular around the entire globe. First of all you need to reply as soon as you get the SMS. You may read or reply the SMS anytime since it is stored in you mobile inbox. Secondly, you can send SMS to the switched off mobile phones. The receiver will receive the SMS through his handset right after he switches his cell phone on. SMS message also seems not to disturb a person when still he is busy in some work. Another fact is that SMS generally supports Reverse Billing System. Suppose you want to download a ring tone and you have to pay for it. Then you may download the ring tone from any recommended website and the cost of the ring tone is added to your mobile phone bill. And the most important and most accepted advantage of the SMS service is its low cost nature. It seems that the cost of sending an intra-operator SMS is considerably lower than the cost of sending an inter-operator SMS. Again cost rate of sending local SMS is lesser than sending cost of international SMS.


You must know some useful applications of SMS. The first application is person-to-person text message sending, which is already known to you. Mentioning other applications, you can download materials from Internet to your mobile phone using SMS codes. Some alerts and notifications also come to your mobile phone through SMS. SMS is an important tool for business management these days.


There are some cons of SMS too. Since the SMSs are stored in the inbox, any unwanted person could read your sent SMS other than the person to whom you wanted to send the SMS. If the receiver switches on his mobile and the validity period of the SMSs were already expired during the switch off time, the receiver will not be able to get the SMS.


Some online messengers launch the SMS facility too. The popularity of SMS is increasing day by day and will keep increasing despite of those little cons.
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Directory Submission Service

Today the Internet is cluttered with thousands of millions of websites. It is impossible to do online business if you are not noticed by the visitors. Directory Submission service or website submission is the key to maximize the exposure of your website in the cyberspace or Internet. Evidently, increased exposure brings increased visibility which in turn boosts the sales of your service or product that you are trying to sell through your website. Thus, Directory Submission Service is an indispensable part of Internet Marketing that provides a better platform to your website to compete with the other online businesses.

Directory Submission Service is the most significant tool to increase link popularity and enhance the ranking of a website on the search engine. Directory Submission Service can be of two types – one for General Directory Service and the other is for Vertical Directory Service. The general directory contains a wide range of categories of links, languages and regions which make its scope more general. The vertical directory or niche directory concentrates on the restricted regions, special sectors and single language, and has greater impact on SEO. For example, if you want to have information on "sports" your search will be more relevant if you go for a Sports Directory.

So far we have discussed the scope of Directory Submission Service and now let us take a look on how Directory Submission Service works. Considering the scope of directory submission it is clear that directories are an excellent source to build one-way inbound links, which are most powerful for increasing link popularity. Suppose your have an online business or 'retail service' and you want your website to be visible to the interested netizens for sales. You can take the help of a good Directory Submission Service provider. According to your preference, they will submit the link of your website to the specific category of any general directory or to a Shopping Directory (niche directory) that deals with only specific interests. Clicking on the link in any one of the directories will redirect the viewer to your website. The first case will fetch you more average selling prospect while the second one will generate more sales.

Directory Submission Service follows some specific methods to provide excellent visibility to your website. A good Directory Submission Service provider prepares some necessary and prerequisite information (URL, Title, Description and well descriptive Keyword) before it submits your website-link to a directory. It will submit your site’s link to the most appropriate category of a directory, thus, helping the site-owner to have more traffic inflow.mp3rulz.com DirectoryAskBEE Free DirectoryWeb Directory Hit LInks VccLLc Directory AddLiveLinks Web Directory

Blogs To Make Money Online-How?

If you are not currently using blogs to make extra money online you are missing out on easy money.

Blogs have to be one of the easiest methods where you can start making money in 24 hours. Best of all they are easy to setup and you can even get them to run on autopilot.

An excellent blog program that explains everything in easy to follow step-by-step instructions is Rob Benwell's Blogging To The Bank .

What I like about this product is that it was written by a guy who is actually doing it. He's not some guru who claims that you can do it too, he is a real guy making real money everyday from blogging. When I first received his program I couldn't put it down. After reading it 3 times I applied some of his excellent techniques to my current blogs and immediately noticed an increase in there earnings. These earnings were consistent and were increasing weekly. I've tried other blogging products but none of them come close to Rob's. They were either to difficult to use or required you to learn complex html. Look, anything that can make me money and is easy to do, I'm in.

If you haven't ventured into blogging yet, you should. You can even get a free blog from Google at http://www.mydzo.blogspot.com (the industry leader). They are really easy to set up and you don't need to be a computer genius to do it. Google blogs also get indexed faster because they are provided by the industry leader in web searches.

You can virtually blog about anything. Do you have any special hobbies?, or do you just want to share your opinion. It really doesn't matter, the web is wide open and the topics to blog about are endless.

Can money be made from web page hits?

A lot of people are asking themselves if they can make money from their web pages hits in case they do have a webpage. The answer is not directly a yes. This is because web page hits are simply those number of times that other people are visiting your website. It shows your popularity or otherwise ion the cyberworld.

However, you can make money from this if only you know how. There are plenty of ways on how to do this and you can also make use of multiple ways as to how to gain money from multiple streams of opportunity available.

The first one that you can translate into money is the advertising stream potential of your website in case you do are getting a considerable number of hits. You can advertise by either using Google's Adsense wherein they put automatic ads for you and then you can gain a commission every time that someone actually buys a product through the ads in your website.

If you don't want to use Google, then you can use Commission Junction wherein you can personally choose the kind of ads that you will be putting up on your website. There is of course countless number of advertisers that lets you do the same thing. The only difference between them is probably the policies involved when dealing with the payment and other details.

You can also certainly try to sell products that you made yourself. Since your website is already having a considerable number of web page hits, it is more likely that a certain number of your visitors will be interested in what you have to sell.

It is presumed that you have already done the hard part of selling yourself to your audience. The companies whose product that you are advertising or selling directly is more than willing to pay you a handsome commission because the hard part of attracting the people's attention has already been done by you.

There are also other unconventional ways of getting money in return for your sites popularity. You can try selling your website to others who want to ride in the popularity that your website has.

It does not mean that you will be giving them complete control, rather you will simply be giving attention to their products as if they were your own or you can use your website as a place where they can have their links piggyback to you.

This will automatically place their websites in a higher page rank with Google which in turn translates to more money for both of you.
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Anil Kumble-Profile

Anil Kumble

India

Player profile

Full name Anil Kumble
Born October 17, 1970, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 37 years 62 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Karnataka, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Surrey
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly


Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 121 154 30 2240 110* 18.06 5737 39.04 1 4 270 9 54 0
ODIs 271 136 47 938 26 10.53 1536 61.06 0 0 57 6 85 0
First-class 232 297 59 5288 154* 22.21 7 16 114 0
List A 380 203 73 1456 30* 11.20 0 0 122 0
Twenty20 2 1 0 8 8 8.00 7 114.28 0 0 0 0 0 0


Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 121 217 37773 16739 584 10/74 14/149 28.66 2.65 64.6 29 34 8
ODIs 271 265 14496 10412 337 6/12 6/12 30.89 4.30 43.0 8 2 0
First-class 232 63722 27678 1096 10/74 25.25 2.60 58.1 71 19
List A 380 20247 14178 514 6/12 6/12 27.58 4.20 39.3 14 3 0
Twenty20 2 2 47 46 4 2/20 2/20 11.50 5.87 11.7 0 0 0


Career statistics Statistics Statsguru Tests Statsguru ODIs
Test debut England v India at Manchester, Aug 9-14, 1990 scorecard
Last Test India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 25, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI Bermuda v India at Port of Spain, Mar 19, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut 1989/90
Last First-class India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 1989/90
Last List A Bermuda v India at Port of Spain, Mar 19, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Gloucestershire v Surrey at Bristol, Jul 24, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Nottinghamshire v Surrey at Nottingham, Aug 12, 2006 scorecard

Profile


No bowler in history has won India more Test matches than Anil Kumble, and there probably hasn't been a harder trier either. Like the great tall wristspinners Bill O'Reilly and his own idol BS Chandrasekhar, Kumble trades the legspinner's proverbial yo-yo for a spear, as the ball hacks through the air rather than hanging in it and comes off the pitch with a kick rather than a kink. It is a method that has provided him stunning success, particularly on Indian soil, where his deliveries burst like packets of water upon the feeblest hint of a crack, and more than one modern-day batsman has remarked that there is no more difficult challenge in cricket than handling Kumble on a wearing surface.

Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell, and that to continuously learn when, in the mid-2000s, after a decade of middling away performances, he influenced memorable wins in Headingley, Adelaide, Multan and Kingston, using an improved googly, bigger sidespin and more variation in flight and on the crease.

In a brilliant though always downplayed career Kumble has claimed virtually every Indian record. In 1999 in Delhi he swallowed all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan. In December 2001, on home turf in Bangalore, he became the India's first spinner to take 300 Test wickets. A year later, almost to the day, he became the first to do so in one-dayers. In August 2007 at The Oval he went past Glenn McGrath's 563 wickets to move to No.3 on the all-time list, behind only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, emphasising his contribution to spin's golden era. And in that same Test he chalked up what, judging by the pure ecstasy of his reaction and the dressing room's, was perhaps his most cherished feat of all - a Test century that had been 17 years and 118 matches in the coming.

Less than a month after his 37th birthday, though, he received the ultimate honour when he was named India's Test captain for the home series against Pakistan.
Rahul Bhattacharya November 2007

Google Image Labeler

HOW DOES GOOGLE EMAGE SEARCH ?GOOD QUESTION ?


Some webmasters don't know how to get their images indexed by Google.

If your site is "Search Engine Friendly" and is a bit old, then Google must index its images too.A bit old site is required because Google dosen't update the Image Index "frequently"

Google Image Labeler, a feature of Google Search that allows you to label images and help improve the quality of Google's image search results.

How does it work?

You'll be randomly paired with a partner who's online and using the feature. Over a two-minute period, you and your partner will:
View the same set of images.
Provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see.
Receive points when your label matches your partner's label. The number of points will depend on how specific your label is.
See more images until time runs out.

After time expires, you can explore the images you've seen and the websites where those images were found. And we'll show you the points you've earned throughout the session.

Tips:
You may click the "pass" button if you can't think of any more labels for an image. If you and your partner both click "pass," you'll see the next image but receive no points for the passed image
You'll receive more points for matches with more descriptive labels. For example, this image can be described by the labels: sky (50 points), bird (60 points), soaring (120 points), or frigate bird (150 points).

What do you need to participate?
Just an interest in helping Google improve the relevance of image search for users like yourself. If you log in to your Google account, we will keep track of your points for you. You may also enter a nickname, but we do not require either a nickname or a login to use Google Image Labeler.

Xbox 360: Your media centre.!!

The Video Gaming industry has taken a huge leap over the years. From Nintendo gaming console to the Sega Genesis, and now Xbox 360-the journey so far has only been exciting. Online gaming is fast catching up with other popular modes of entertainment and is a complete rage with the kids and youngsters. Over the years, there has been a concentrated effort from the manufacturers to remodel consoles from gaming devices to a comprehensive entertainment device. A device which not only allows users to play games but also offers other forms entertainment.

The Xbox was a technological marvel and its successor Xbox360 is a step ahead of that. Surely hard to express! The Xbox 360 comes with a wireless controller, standard HD AV cable, a network cable, a headset and with 20 GB storage. There are also many features and accessories which are available separately. The Xbox gaming console is more than a video game console as it offers a host of other features for consummate entertainment.

With your Xbox 360, you can compete online with other 360 users. The console has facilities to stream and download movies, songs, digital images and game content. You can also watch your favourite TV shows on your console. Rip, edit and create your own version of songs. The high-definition music facilities ensure that you get nothing but a superior listening experience. There is also a facility with HD DVD accessory which allows you to watch DVD movies in original style. The console also allows you to chat with your buddies while playing your favourite game. The console is a complete entertainment centre that offers more than gaming to a user.

With so much to offer, the Xbox 360 is truly astounding. So, don’t wait…gear up for the next challenge on your console, right away!

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Ricky Ponting-profile

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting
Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania
Current age 32 years 364 days
Major teams Australia, ICC World XI, Somerset, Tasmania
Nickname Punter
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.78 m
Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston
Relations Uncle - GD Campbell


Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 112 186 26 9508 257 59.42 16143 58.89 33 38 1070 58 127 0
ODIs 287 278 34 10701 164 43.85 13295 80.48 24 63 940 133 128 0
T20Is 10 10 2 315 98* 39.37 228 138.15 0 2 32 10 6 0
First-class 208 350 51 18110 257 60.56 67 74 212 0
List A 356 347 47 13000 164 43.33 28 78 160 0
Twenty20 11 11 2 335 98* 37.22 248 135.08 0 2 33 11 6 0


Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 112 29 527 231 5 1/0 1/0 46.20 2.62 105.4 0 0 0
ODIs 287 5 150 104 3 1/12 1/12 34.66 4.16 50.0 0 0 0
T20Is 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 208 1422 757 14 2/10 54.07 3.19 101.5 0 0
List A 356 349 269 8 3/34 3/34 33.62 4.62 43.6 0 0 0
Twenty20 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -


Career statistics Statistics Statsguru Tests Statsguru ODIs Statsguru T20Is
Test debut Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Nov 16-20, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Dec 16, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Oct 20, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut 1992/93
Last First-class Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Nov 16-20, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 1992/93
Last List A Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Dec 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Oct 20, 2007 scorecard


Notes
ICC Player of the Year - 2006,2007
ICC Test Player of the Year - 2003, 2004, 2006
One-Day International Player of the Year - 2002
Allan Border Medal 2004, 2006, 2007
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2006


Profile


Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ricky Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. He was and remains the archetypal modern cricketer: he plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat and knows only to attack, and his breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. A gambler and a buccaneer, he is a natural at one-day cricket. He has had his setbacks, against probing seam attacks and high-class finger-spin, which, when out of form, he plays with hard hands. In the 1990s there were off-field indiscretions that led him once to admit publicly to an alcohol problem, but he overcame the issues and became part of the heartbeat of one of Australia's most successful teams. After the retirement of Ian Healy he took over as the man who led the singing of the victory song, passing it on when he assumed the captaincy.

With many lessons learned, Ponting's growing maturity was acknowledged by the ACB when he saw off competition from Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist to succeed Steve Waugh as Australia's one-day leader early in 2002. It was a seamless transition: Ponting led the successful 2003 World Cup campaign from the front, clouting 140 not out in the final, and acceded to the Test crown when Waugh finally stepped down early in 2004. A broken thumb suffered in the Champions Trophy in England forced him to watch Gilchrist lead Australia's first series victory in India for 35 years from the dressing room, although he returned for the final Test. Batting-wise his first year as captain was one to forget, but he began his second with 207 against Pakistan, joining Don Bradman and Greg Chappell as the only Australians to reach four double-centuries.

By the time the eagerly-awaited 2005 Ashes series got underway the cracks in an almost invincible Australian side were beginning to appear. A humiliating one-day loss to Bangladesh caused the first ripple of dissent against his leadership style, and it grew as the contest progressed. A heroic 156 helped save the Old Trafford Test, but on September 12, 2005, Ponting became the first Australian captain since Allan Border in 1986-87 to taste defeat in an Ashes series. The result hurt and the pain lingered throughout the next summer, but he regrouped and reglued to start an amazing streak of 16 wins in 17 Tests, culminating in the 5-0 demolition of England to regain the urn in the most emphatic way. Ponting was Man of the Series as Australia became the first team in 86 years to achieve an Ashes cleansweep and his 576 runs at 82.28 confirmed him as the game's modern master. The summer was tarnished slightly when England handed Australia their first tri-series finals loss for 14 years and he missed the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy defeat with a back injury. Each lowlight was quickly forgotten as he ensured a third consecutive World Cup win and his second as an undefeated captain.

Waugh believes his successor will hold the game's run-scoring record when he retires. The world's leading strokeplayer, he finished 2005 with 1544 runs and posted twin hundreds three times in five months, joining Sunil Gavaskar as the only other man to achieve the feat, and the double effort in his 100th Test at the SCG was magnificent. He followed up with another 1333 runs in 2006 and owns more centuries than anyone but Sachin, Brian and Sunny. Frighteningly, he is far from finished.

The Best Car of 2007 - Lexus LS460

44 most powerful automotive magazines from 22 countries this years World Car of the Year selected luxury sedan Lexus LS460, the ceremony was held and the prize was awarded in New York’s cars show yesterday. Second place was followed by Mini and 3rd by Audi TT. Lexus won in best design category where its competitors was Citroen C4 Picasso and Fiat Grande Punto. In ecology car nomination won Mercedes Benz E320 Bluetec, mercedes beated his competitors BMW Hydrogen 7 and Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. In sports car section the winner is Audi RS4 and in second place BMW 335i and Porsche 911 Turbo the third. These contests started in 2005 and every year new cars are being nominated. On January 5th after first voting round the list of the best cars in the world looked like this: “Audi Q7″, “Audi TT”, “Citroen C4 Picasso”, “Citroen C6″, “Fiat Grande Punto”, “Fiat Sedici/Suzuki SX4″, “Jaguar XK”, “Lexus LS460″, “Mercedes CL”, MINI. And on April 5th 2007 the winner was announced - and its Japan luxury car Lexus LS460.

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German Shepherd - The Infos Every Owner Of This Dog Breed Ought To Know

A.k.a. the Alsatian or German Police Dog, the German Shepherd is a 'young' breed, having exclusively recognized as a distinct breed for nearly a century. The German Sheperd can retrace its ascendants back to an array of shepherding dogs in Germany, and a few groups tried to informally breed this dog. This attempt failed but in 1899, a recently reknowned group was established. Der Verein fur Deutsche Schaeferhunde was founded by Max von Stephanitz, who desired to breed an all purpose functional dog.

The German Shepherd came up to the United Sates in 1908 with soldiers impressed by the bravery and abilities of this dog. German Shepherds will achieve an average height of 22 to 26 inches, weighting 77 to 85 pounds and last an average of 13 years. There are an extensive mixtures of coats in this breed. Some German Shepherds are longhaired and some are shorthaired. The color is most often black and tan, but can likewise be coal black, entirely black, blue and liver and white.

The one thing all German Shepard coats have in common is that they shed extravagantly, and shed bigger during their shedding time of year. Daily brushing usually helps fight the shedding, and German Shepherds should only be bathed once in a while. Just about all German Shepherds are identified as self-confident and loyal.

German Shepherds are extremely intelligent and frequently used as police dogs, rescue dogs and guide dogs. German Shepherds can be excellent guard dogs and are very loyal to their family. They make excellent defenders, barking when someone unfamiliar is drawing near. German Shepherds do make good family pets and will protect the children of 'their' family. They will permit the poking and prodding children are prone to do. However, they are occasionally unaware of their size and power relative to a small child and may arbitrarily bang them across.

A German Shepherd and child should always be watched to avoid this. German Shepherds can endure apartment living if given adequate physical exercise on a regular basis and given enough activities. If left alone too long or not stimulated enough, German Shepherds will get bored and destructive. They love being in the companionship of their human family but not other pets. As a working dog that wishes to delight, a German Shepherd will do alright with obedience training. German Shepherds are prone to some genetic disorders including hip and elbow dysplasia, blood disorders, digestive problems, epilepsy, chronic eczema, keratitis (inflammation of the cornea), dwarfism and flea allergies.
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Shark looking forward to global warming

I suppose the cost of real estate in the ocean will be going up soon, that’s good news for predators apparently.