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Dominant hip hop sites Sohh.com, All Hip Hop, Dat Piff and World Star Hip Hop were all recently hacked by a group of racist spammers. ---Side note: We couldn't make this ish up if we tried! Check out Yo Daily Dose for the scoop.

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Hantu Laut The Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said the government has postponed its decision to ban sale of fuel to foreign registered cars within 50 miles radius of any border which was supposed to commence on Friday. It ultimately aims to increase the price of fuel throughout the country for foreign cars. The reason for the postponement was not stated but it is safe to assume that

I just got this email from my husband geez! he’s a lot more senti and emotional than me but somehow it touched me and I want to share this with everyone.. those who are married, those who are planning to get married.. Marriage is not a bed of roses, it is a lot of hard [...]

If you are planning on buying a short sale, you might want to re-think that plan. According to an article in Reuters, real estate agents across the country are calling the short sale system broken. Lenders have unreal expectations of property values, and even if their values are in line with the market, they are often so overloaded with properties that dealing with them becomes impossible. From personal experience I’m going to have to agree with their assessment. On the surface short sales appear to be a win-win-win strategy for the seller, buyer and the bank, yet trying to complete one tends to be a losing proposition. Until lenders change how they manage their short sale process investors are probably better off spending their time and efforts elsewhere. Don’t get me wrong, money ca

Google and the other major search engines say you have to meet their standards in order to get your Web site at the top of the search results. Many clever Web marketers claim to have figured out how to get around these restrictions, and will charge you a pretty penny to find out how [...]

For more than fifteen years, Hillary Clinton has worked full throttle to bring socialized heath care to America. Trashing the most sophisticated and efficient health care delivery system in the world has truly become an obsession with this old school socialist and obscenely rich elitist.

I came across an article recently which highlighted a problem which most companies face, but are reluctant to address it until it balloons out of proportion. Its “Keeping Track of Inventory”. Most of the companies in the cut throat environment spend all their energies into building their products, marketing them; and as the company starts growing in size literally, everyone is happy. As the company grows, it starts to buy equipment, expand, occupy more floor space, moving the old but still usable items into storage. Sometimes the company plans for the future expansions, and buys the necessary equipment in advance and stores them. When the economy favors, the most of the companies go into overdrive and hire people in big numbers. Accordingly the company has to invest in the equi

If you think that Mac OS X is more secure than Windows, by all means, think again. Despite the fact that the Cupertino-based hardware company claims that Mac OS X is secure by default and out of the box, data put together by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology comes to contradict Apple’s marketing campaigns. [...]

Over a five month period, Panda Security conducted several audits with a large state agency in the United States to assess the level of risk pertaining to hidden and undetected infection points. Due to the confidential nature of this customer, we cannot disclose the agency name. The information learned from this case is a great demonstration of [...]

Everything in the mortgage industry is changing on a daily basis.  Each week, each day, these changes are effecting the Columbus Real Estate Market in very real ways.  If you were pre-approved by your lender more than a week ago and you are about to call and begin seriously looking at homes for sale in the Columbus area, [...]

Irish television presenter Caroline Morahan claims that she got her first pair of heels at the age of three. Co-host of the popular Irish fashion show ‘Off the Rails’, Morahan comes across as a very stylish Irish with her dark hair and full figure. Known for her strong-voiced views about drugs and other body-abusing substances, she stands out as an anomaly in the image and supplement conscious world of fashion. Which is another reason why her views against plastic surgery and cosmetic modification are hard to digest. According to her, “You can't cheat your body: bones are bones.” Bones may be bones Miss Morahan, but it’s hard to ignore the little touches of cosmetic surgery that enhances thousands of faces and bodies in the glamour business. Vowing to stay away from the scalpe

I owned several local franchise units. To tell you the truth, the first time I buy a franchise unit is my effort to cut my way into entrepreneurship. I thought it was easy. It’s not. I learn franchising the hard way. Many people, just like me, buy a franchise unit with a [...]

If you think that the first service pack for Windows Vista has managed to fix what was broken with the latest Windows client, think again. The same problems that were initially associated with the gold version of Vista have survived and moved on as the legacy of SP1. At the end of its first year of availability on the market, Vista had passed the 100 million sold license milestone, and

Anyone dares to tell me that I look sick when I'm skinny, I'll slit your throat okay. Why can't everyone just shut up and mind their own business. Even if I look fat, overweight or obese to you, so what?!??!! Even if I am thin, slender than your granny, skinny or not, you don't have to tell me alright.You see it with your pair of eyes, you jolly well keep those nasty comments to yourself. I really don't need it. I just don't need it.Hello, I do eat okay. I'm controlling my diet and that's all. You do not have any reason to tell me that I look sick because I know my health hell better than you. You're not me at all and so shut up.I'm neither skinny nor am I thin alright. I still find myself fat whenever I look at myself in the mirror. That's a really scary thing to look at. I mean to look a

Do you think it’s only possible for you to have sauna at a reasonable price if you visit your home gym or a spa? Are you worried about other responsibilities or having lack of time when you do go have a session at another location? In fact, a home unit can take away a lot [...]

Many small businesses are hesitant to advertise in newspapers and magazines by the sheer myth that such advertisements cannot be effectively tracked for response. In truth, it can be achieved very easily using simple routing approaches effectively for leads and sales tracking. More: continued here

You read about it, heard about it, but do you really think a computer crash can happen to you? You bet. It's easy to become complacent - after all, you take precautions. You're smart. No matter how long you've been using a computer, you know that it's absolutely necessary to back up your files just in case your computer crashes - right? Of course you do.I've been using computers at home since 1993 - a long time. And, I've upgraded computers at least 8 times since then. Each new upgrade gets faster with bigger hard drives. Each upgrade in hard drives leads to more and more new software programs with more and more files being stored. In all this time, I've never experienced a computer crash - until now. I took some additional precautions so I wouldn't lose any of my files.I made sure that I

Is your information secure? Many operating systems these days come with some type of a disk encryption system that protects the files on your hard drive. But how secure is it? Studies have shown that in a lot of cases, these tools can be broken with little difficulty if the attacker has physical access to the computer. How can this be done? Well, if the computer is on, or in a hibernated state (when you open it, it immediately shows a password prompt) the encryption key is regularly stored in memory. If the power is cut, and specific software is used, the encryption key can usually be taken before it is lost from memory. Check out the information available at this site.

Is your information secure? Many operating systems these days come with some type of a disk encryption system that protects the files on your hard drive. But how secure is it? Studies have shown that in a lot of cases, these tools can be broken with little difficulty if the attacker has physical access to the computer. How can this be done? Well, if the computer is on, or in a hibernated state (when you open it, it immediately shows a password prompt) the encryption key is regularly stored in memory. If the power is cut, and specific software is used, the encryption key can usually be taken before it is lost from memory. Check out the information available at this site.

A vending machine business is a good way to generate income, whether you want extra money in your spare time or a full-time career. Some people think they will have to make a huge initial investment to start their business, but one advantage of a vending business is that is can be started with [...]

My name is Nick Vujicic and I was born without lim! bs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth “defect”. As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles. Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby. I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these “bad” things happen in our life. I am now twenty-threeyears old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today’s teenagers. I am also a spe

I did a post yesterday eluding to the speed at which Congress can cram a potentially bad bill down our throats while enforcing endless arguments on much more important issues. The bill I mentioned... (Read the rest of this blog entry at www.floridamortgagedaily.com)

By James TaylorA bad credit history is like having contracted an infectious disease. At least this is what most lenders perceive. Any requests for personal loans by people with a bad credit history are generally declined. They are charged an extravagantly high rate of interest, if advanced personal loans.What these lenders fail to recognize is that the people who are currently rated as a bad credit case were sometimes having a good credit history. Some acts of the past, which were sometimes inevitable, became the reason for theirs being tarnished with bad credit.It will be illogical to punish the people for acts of the past. Besides there are few means to guarantee that a person otherwise rated as a perfect credit case, may default on the loan.Lenders have slowly started accepting the fact. The growing number of people falling in the trap of bad credit has brought home the fact that they cannot do without doing business with these people.Besides opening practically every loan for peopl

During the last part of this year I will be giving briefings to IT security professionals across the country regarding an antonishing new study conducted by PandaLabs. This study focuses on the level of infections in protected machines even despite having up-to-date anti-malware protection. We will be present at the following locations: Atlanta, Ga (ISACA) - Nov 15th Seattle, Wa (ISACA) - Nov 20th Ontario, Ca (ISSA) - Nov 27th

In case you thought there won’t be any special Samsung Armani headset, think again. Samsung and Armani have just unveiled the special edition of the WEP-410 headset. The Armani logo is there, meaning this tiny Bluetooth accessory will cost a fortune. Wait a minute, I have the WEP-410 though without any Armani branding. Still I like it very much! I wonder why they haven’t released the Bang & Olufsen-designed WEP-420 headset with Armani branding. Guess the Italian fashion powerhouse wants to go solo with their branding…(Via IntoMobile.)

Guest Post Through my work, I have come across various marketers whom are supposed to be extremely well versed with the trade. Yet, it baffles me that many professionals are committing classroom mistakes in our collaborations. These, often inspire me to read deeper into the engagement of customers in the entire marketing chain. - Endoh Taiki How do most companies react to negative feedbacks? Well, chances are the negatives are deleted if it can be read on a public platform. Or in any case it is not; feigning ignorance to any critics is almost expected. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is an extremely important cycle of business retention and referrals. In fact, most conventional businesses still see CRM as giving and not receiving. It sounds politically right, but one major oversight of any CRM effort is the failure to visualize “receiving as a form of giving back to customers”. Embracing Criticism Many businesses seemed to be caught up with this vicious belief that criticis

Here's a good rebuttal for anyone still running into the C02 - They Call It Pollution, We Call It Life crowd. A favorite argument of global warming deniers is that the carbon dioxide is harmless... Earth-centred news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming

“When there is blood in the streets, it’s time to buy.” Obviously, this saying could not be any truer than the situation that investors all over the world are experiencing at the time of writing this post. Fear and risk grip the global marketplace in a way that hasn’t been seen since 2003. Investors everywhere should soon be taking advantage of the readjusted asset prices in all areas of the market, and because of this, I believe there will be a re-emergence of the carry trade that has been driving the currency markets over the past few years. The currency carry trade involves the buying of high yielding currency and the simultaneous selling of a low yielding currency. The idea behind this type of trade is that an investor looks to lend at the interest rate in the high yielding currency and finance or borrow at the low yielding rate of another currency. This is similar to the operations of domestic banks that “borrow” money from depositors, in the form of pay

I am no economist, but for quite some time I have held the position that the US economy is essentially fake, built on deferred debt, and a currency backed by essentially...nothing. It's a house of cards, ready to tumble at any time. We measure economic strength on consumer spending (most of which is on credit/deferred debt), low interest rates leading to "an all time high of new home ownership from first-time buyers" (again, deferred debt with mortgages most cannot afford), and an active stock market. I think it is all an illusion - and a very short-sighted one at that. I have been loosely (until now) paying attention to what China is up to, buying large amounts of T-Bills and US currency while every Western nation is cozying-up to them to get a free-trade agreement, cheap goods, and cheap labor, but the following article, presented in its entirety, really clarifies the situation. Before you think that the author is just some nut-case, think again. The author used to work as, among ot

First impressions can be deceiving, especially when it comes to saving money. There are many instances when people believe they are saving money when in reality they are actually wasting it. This usually occurs because the person focuses on a specific aspect of what they are doing rather than looking at the situation with a wider view that encompasses all the information. Here are 5 common ways people waste money when they think they are saving : Buying gas at the least expensive gas station: This only works if the gas station is on your regularly traveled path, not if you have to go out of your way.Going to different stores to get sale items: In most instances, the cost of driving your car between stores will be more than the savings achieved.Buying the cheapest: There is a difference between the cheapest and the best value.Purchasing items on sale: This works if the items was something that you were going to buy anyway. It doesn’t if the items is something you would have never purc

NRDC: Bottled Water: Before you grab the bottle of water from that convenient cooler at Wal-Mart you should read this report - an excerpt:"One extremely popular newly launched brand of bottled water is Pepsico's Aquafina® brand (which reportedly has taken Pepsi into the top 10 sellers of bottled water in the United States, with sales jumping 126 percent in one year to more than $52 million in 1997, according to the trade press). [65] Aquafina® bottles, which picture beautiful stylized mountains on the label, do not mention that the water is derived from municipal tap water. The water reportedly is treated tap water taken from 11 different city and town water supplies across the nation."

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I was on my way home taking the MRT from Toa Payoh today. As usual, I walk the same old path from my office to the train station and down the same escalator, but things were a little different this time. Just when I was about halfway down the escalator, I heard the sounds ‘Doors Closing…’ and I saw a train on the side I’m supposed to take. I happened to be on the phone with my brother at that time, so I just muttered into the phone “I just missed a train.” However, at this point in time, my legs just suddenly started moving by itself without me thinking. I sped down the escalator, tripped but did not fall and headed towards the door. I could see a lot of surprised faces as if telling me that I won’t make it, since the doors, it’s an underground station so there are two doors, has started to close before i came close to it, but I just leaped forward suddenly and managed to get into the train. Everyone was startled and I could even see pe

This is an actual storybook being sold on ebay! A rare storybook indeed! All the way from Isreal in the Middle East! Translated in Hebrew, this is the storybook adaptation of the C.O.P.S. episode, The Case of The Baffling Bugman, where a strange petty crook known as the Bugman with his swarm of trained bugs tries to join Big Boss’ menagrie of crooked yahoos just after he heisted a treasure trove of jewels from a large jewelry outlet to impress Big Boss, but it never worked out for him. Especially when Buttons McBoomBoom captures his prized swarm and then, along with Nightshade, use them to pull jewelry heists of their own.

It is times like this that I get tempted to move to Italy, or back to France. Mr. Justice Shawn Smith of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench has totally ignored common sence. It appears that if you are a father in Canada, you simply have no rights. The 34-year-old biological father, has lost his right to raise his child, because, now get this, family friends of the mother are 'better'. There is no mention of the father being a criminal, a drug addict, abusive, or neglectful. All that is mentioned is that he wants to raise his child, he never gave up custody, and DNA tests confirm he is in fact the father. He cann't even visit his child for a year, so that the foster parents can 'bond' with the nine-month old child. University of Saskatchewan lecturer Greg Walen says the case is consistent with provincial law and trends. Which means this is happening all the time. The child's mother is now under threat to be investigated for child trafficing, dam good idea IMHO. But that i

The Dark Side of the Other White Meat: Smithfield Foods, the largest and most profitable pork processor in the world, killed 27 million hogs last year. That's a number worth considering. A slaughter-weight hog is fifty percent heavier than a person. The logistical challenge of processing that many pigs each year is roughly equivalent to butchering and boxing the entire human populations of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, San Francisco, Columbus, Austin, Memphis, Baltimore, Fort Worth, Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston, Denver, Louisville, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Las Vegas, Portland, Oklahoma City and Tucson. Smithfield Foods actually faces a more difficult task than transmogrifying the populations of America's thirty-two largest cities into edible packages of meat. Hogs produce three times more excrement than human beings do. The 500,000 pigs at a single Sm