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Most people think of terms like “bear” and “bull” when they think of vertical spreads.  That is because they are commonly seen as directional plays.  However, vertical spreads do have other uses.  They can be used for both volatility trading opportunities and time decay trading opportunities. Although at-the-money clearly has more value than in-the-money or o

The race is on at Titan Poker to reach the billionth hand and for players to get a piece of the $350,000 in cash the poker site is giving away during milestone hands. The countdown began when the 950 millionth hand was dealt last week and the players in the hand were awarded hundreds of dollars. Now [...]

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's worst outbreak of bird flu has spread to the capital with agriculture ministry officials saying on Tuesday four dead birds raised at a Seoul district government office had tested positive.South Korea has confirmed 24 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in poultry in about a month. It has killed more than 5 million chickens and ducks but that has not stopped the virus from spreading at its fastest rate since the country reported its first case in 2003.The four birds were among 57 chickens, ducks and turkeys raised in pens at the district office in the eastern part of Seoul. The ministry said it would take about a day to confirm if the dead birds had contracted the H5N1 strain.The city had culled all the birds at the site and was limiting access to a nearby zoo an

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Obviously a significant technical day today with several 'key' levels being breached to the upside. The strong finish was also impressive for the indices. Of course buying now seems a little risky with the unemployment data (8:30 ET) coming out tomorrow morning. Overall, I would like to see the market pullback here... as to present me with a much better entry point. I will continue to look to buy the dips on some individual stocks/ETFs.I will be keeping POT on my watchlist. I think the pullback (almost touching its 50 day MA today) will still present a good buying opportunity. Commodities as a group have taken a beating lately, both in the media and in price. Keep in mind though that some commodities, like potash, and unlike gold, have an actual use and thus justify a higher price.N

Zafira was recently added to Barely Legal galleries, and what a savory addition that is! This tall brunette, born in Budapest, has a perfectly formed body, with all natural breasts and a meaty slit that she loves to keep almost completely hairless. During her photo shoot, Zafira confessed to BarelyLegal.com that she loves to have sex with all kinds of men. Being so young, Zafira is not ready to settle for just one type of guy and definitely settling down is not in her near future. She is also open to experimentation, and admits that fucking with both a guy and another female is her biggest sex fantasy. Can I get a woot woot for Zafira?

Suppose you think that SPY is finally ready to break through resistance at 140. Here are a few ways to play it. First, I'm going to set a realistic price target and then build strategies around it. In this example, I think SPY could realistically get to 144 by June's expiration.Credit Spread Debit SpreadRatio Spread

One of the big oil pipelines in the UK has been shut down by a strike giving oil bulls another reason to predict higher crude prices. According to Reuters "A... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Selecting a strategy for that next option trade can be a difficult choice. This example will focus on Semiconductor HOLDRS Trust (SMH). I am bullish on SMH in the long-term and I'm trying to decide whether I want to buy outright calls or do a debit spread.Start with the chart. I think SMH bottomed on Jan 22 and is grinding its way back up. If it breaches the trendline I have drawn I will abandon the trade and cut my losses; otherwise, I think it will keep following this trend upward. I think it has the potential to retest 35.50.Expiration. Since I'm leaning toward buying options on SMH I want to give myself a few extra months. I'm picking Nov 08 as my time frame even though I have no intention of holding onto the calls until then. ITM, ATM, OTM. This again has a lot to do with you

Product Description Trading Spreads and Seasonals is a powerful, profit enhancing trading course based on Joe Ross' years of personal trading experience and remarkable trading success. These days, it seems most traders are focused on outright futures or options trading strategies. You hardly ever hear of anyone who trades spreads or seasonal spreads, or outright seasonal futures - especially

All Shahid Kapoor fans can breath a sigh of relief ‘coz all that Sherlyn has been blabbering about being Shahid’s co-star is untrue. The outrageous liar used Shahid’s and Yash Raj’s name to gain some indecent publicity but the truth finally prevailed. A source from Yash Raj Films said, “Shahid has been paired with Rani Mukherjee in the movie. Sherlyn is just making a brief appearance in the film. The report of Shahid acting opposite Sherlyn is false. Sherlyn is doing it just to gain mileage for her and some cheap publicity”.Now what do we call her? Outrageously cheap??Del.Icio.Us Tags: Sherlyn Chopra spreads false rumorsTechnorati Tags: Sherlyn Chopra spreads false rumors

All Shahid Kapoor fans can breath a sigh of relief ‘coz all that Sherlyn has been blabbering about being Shahid’s co-star is untrue. The outrageous liar used Shahid’s and Yash Raj’s name to gain some indecent publicity but the truth finally prevailed. A source from Yash Raj Films said, “Shahid has been paired with Rani Mukherjee in the movie. Sherlyn is just making a brief appearance in the film. The report of Shahid acting opposite Sherlyn is false. Sherlyn is doing it just to gain mileage for her and some cheap publicity”.Now what do we call her? Outrageously cheap??Del.Icio.Us Tags: Sherlyn Chopra spreads false rumorsTechnorati Tags: Sherlyn Chopra spreads false rumors

Point-Spreads.comAmerican Idol betting odds for Mariah Carey weekPoint-Spreads.com, FL - 29 minutes agoDavid Archuleta has distanced himself from second runner David Cook according to odds makers at online wagering house Bodoglife.com . Archuleta, the 17 year ...

Excelente disco de los Ex-Warlock! uff que puteria a la primera que lo escucha te va a encantar, a mi me tramo mucho y esa "Dirty Road", "Wicked Romeo", mejor dicho todo el disco!! Hard Rock a la Vena!! no desaprovechen este discazo! en los Comentarios! Pendejo Hp rata imunda asquerosa no podes sapo ladron abrite de aquí gonor***!! A robar a otro lado.

3 Apr 2008 - The WSJ’s article last night entitled" U.S. Slump Takes Toll Across Globe" gives a pretty good summarization of how the U.S. slowdown is already spreading to foreign economies.  These effects were obviously predictable but the WSJ does do a good job of putting some hard numbers behind how China is getting hit in comparison to Brasil.  "The U.S., the economy at the center of the turmoil, is dragging down world growth. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave his most pessimistic assessment to date of the U.S. economy’s outlook, strongly suggesting that a recession is likely. In testimony before Congress, he also said the Fed projects slower global growth over the coming quarters." The dichotomy that the WSJ points out be

Shai Agassi's innovative grid of battery supply for electric cars is now set to be launched in Denmark as well. This is a leap forward for electrical cars. In Sweden emissions from cars and trucks increased by nearly 3% last year even though more people tend to buy cleaner cars. To reduce the emissions significantly we probably need to go electric.clipped from www.iht.comCOPENHAGEN, Denmark: Denmark's DONG Energy A/S and a Silicon Valley-based startup firm on Thursday said they would install an electric car network in the Scandinavian nation with some 20,000 recharging stations.The grid, which is set to be in place by 2011, will be operated by Project Better Place, an initiative by Israeli-American entrepreneur Shai Agassi, using excess power from DONG Energy's wind turbines.A fleet of ba

Arbitrage Spreads On Pending Mergers & Acquisitions -5- Last Update: 4/1/2008 10:07:44 AM The following provides information on selected mergers and acquisitions. All figures are updated by Dow Jones Newswires, with share prices as of 10 a.m. Tuesday EDT. Annualized rate of return is based on Tuesday’s date and the expected closing date and isn’t compounded. Expected closing dates are compiled [...]

Major indexes continue to be temporarily directionless. Of course that’s good if you’ve been long theta (profit from time decay, i.e. you sold options).Economic data continues to be negative; however, none of it is shocking and the market has priced most of this into current prices. It will take another major event to drive this market into the ground, which these days always seem around the corner.I still feel confident in recommending OTM credit spreads on one of the major index ETFs (SPY, IWM, DIA, QQQQ, etc). Keep in mind that currently you will get better pricing on the downside - due to market bias and volatility skew. If you’re looking for a good probability play, look to sell options with a delta of .07 (although with only 21 DTE (days to expiration) that will be tough).

Don’t you get jealous of people who seem to be binging on high calorie food all day and don’t even put on a shred of weight? Why is it that some people eat little and put on the maximum weight while others just don’t seem to get heavier no matter how they eat? The secret [...]

Arbitrage Spreads On Pending Mergers & Acquisitions -5- Last Update: 3/11/2008 10:32:55 AM The following provides information on selected mergers and acquisitions. All figures are updated by Dow Jones Newswires, with share prices as of 10 a.m. Tuesday EDT. Annualized rate of return is based on Tuesday’s date and the expected closing date and isn’t compounded. Expected closing dates are compiled [...]

Guardian Unlimited - economy, which has been slammed by a worsening housing slump, saw the dollar crash to a record low last week against the euro appeared in the Observer on Sunday March 16 2008 on p2 of the News section. It was last updated at 00:04 on March 16 [...]

If you have a software startup and are looking to raise big money from venture capitalists, Silicon Valley in California is the place to be.  But new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Financial shows that several cities outside Silicon Valley have the highest growth rates for startups and venture capital [...]

A bi-annual report from Nielsen Mobile found that 58 million, that is about 23%, of all U.S. mobile phones users have viewed mobile advertising in the last 1 month. Of these, 28 million subscribers say they responded to the ad in one way or another. The findings are based on a study of over 22,000 mobile [...]

No eye see... Investors sell Malaysian stocks on political uncertainty.Bursa Malaysia halted trading at 3pm after the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) fell 10% (131 points) today, which reached the maximum limit and resumed an hour later.The price of political-related and federal government-linked stocks such as MRCB, UEMWRLD, KPS, EQUINE etc. fallen "freely" and horribly today. Overall the underlying of the market is still bearish as investors remain fear on the political uncertainties in the near term. Buffet once said: when in doubt, stay out!The heavy fall was a knee-jerk reaction to the unexpected polling results in which the ruling coalition BN has suffered its biggest election setback in history.

This is not a short term hiccup, as the Long Term Capital Management collapse was in late 1998. The credit markets have been showing signs of extreme distress for more than six months now (more on that below). Everyone is crying uncle–Uncle Sam, that is. Wall Street and Main Street, alike, have begged for various [...]

In what seems like a never ending march higher (and we #39;re not talking about oil or gold), high yield spreads (based on the Merrill Lynch High Yield Index) rose yesterday to 775 basis points above Treasuries which is the highest level ...

Forex Foreign Exchange SpreadsBy: Paul BryanForex trading is one of the most popular and fastest growing financial trading opportunities. Exchange rates for currencies in the forex market are quoted as 'bid/ask' rates. The difference between the purchase (ask) and the sale (bid) rates is called the 'spread'. Forex spread is one of the most important single parameter to make the difference between a successful and losing trading. Forex spread is expressed in percentage in point (pip) which is the smallest measure of price move. For example, if the currency pair EUR/USD is trading at 1.3000 and then changes to 1.3020, the pair is said to move by 20 pips. A pip in most currencies is 1/10,000 of an exchange rate, but in USD/JPY, it is 1/100.The bid/offer spread is the difference between the bu

My Sweet Emila, my dear uncle Bok Jae and my BF Lady Java pass this cute dove to spread peace and global unity. I am so honored because these great people remember to include me in this peace spreader meme. Zari who lives in Lebanon, a country in the midst of political turmoil and violence, created this beautiful dove icon to spread the message of love and peace to fellow bloggers around the world. The rules: 1. If you get tagged or not (and want to play along), take some minutes to meditate about love and peace, pray for countries that are facing troubles, for those people you love and those you don’t.2. Write a post with links to blogs that you think would like to participate3. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme. Now this little dove will soa

From polidics: Bayer AG has sent a drug that is infected with the HIV virus to France, Japan, and, Spain and is being used by and infecting children in those counties with HIV. The stench doesn’t stop there. Congress has knowingly allowed Bayer to continue to sell this death product to Europeans without conscience in the [...]

If you cannot see the image on this page, you are either a Fox News debate coordinator, or afflicted with RPS. The inability to see Dr. Paul is one baffling aspect of what scientists have dubbed "The Ron Paul Syndrome.""We are unsure what cause RPS, but its existence is undeniable. It definitely affects members of the main stream media. For some reason, they are completely unable to see Dr. Paul," said Dr. Ramir Patel of Chicago University. "When he appears on televised debates, it is clear that he is not seen by the commentators. The total absence of any coverage by most major news media also lends credence to the existence of RPS."Prevalent primarily in the main stream media, RPS also has extremely hazardous effects on progressive feminists."I was down at the salon the other day gett

When it comes to the cost of trading most investors only think of the direct costs, also known as the commissions. However there is another more important indirect cost know as the bid/ask spread premium. This is especially important when investing in illiquid stocks or products. On an illiquid company or product, the bid/ask spread can [...]

By Rich MillerJan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy may already be in recession; other countries might not be far behind.Japan, Britain, Spain and Singapore, which together represent about 12 percent of the world economy, are vulnerable as fallout from the U.S. worsens their economic weakness. Even emerging markets, including China, are likely to suffer as exports to the U.S. wane.The result: Global growth may decelerate close to the 3 percent pace economists deem a worldwide recession, from a 4.7 percent rate in 2007. ``Some form'' of global recession ``is inevitable at some point,'' former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech in Vancouver last week.The developing slump puts pressure on central bankers in Japan, the U.K. and the euro region to follow the lead of Fed

Original Article Isn't it remarkable that Christians would like to use atheists as scapegoats for every evil action throughout history instead of admitting their own complicity? After all, they are the ones who are constantly reminding us that the inhumane actions committed by their predecessors don't necessarily reflect upon them, so why can't they just admit that the christians of the past were complicit in some of these atrocities? I don't know that I need to move beyond the first sentence to prove the absurdity of his assertion. Apparently, Mr. D'Souza has forgotten about the atheists and deists who were the true impetus for ending slavery-like Abraham Lincoln! As far as we can tell from the biographies written about Lincoln, particularly those written by some

Today's headline shouldn't come as too much of a shock to those readers who have been paying attention to the English Courtesan. However it's not actually that sort of spreading to which she's referring... :-) 'No, my lovelies, it's here but it's also there!', said the English Courtesan, striking a Le Penseur pose and giving her readers a mysterious smirk... This week's hot news is that the English Courtesan has trotted off with her basket of snacks to Spread Magazine! It seems that Vixen and the readers of Spread are hungry too (must be all the Spreading) so the English Courtesan is on a mission of mercy to spread meaty treats amongst international madams and mistresses across the Pond (see below).Those of the readers who have yet to acquaint themselves with Spread Magazine might like to

Reaching half an hour early to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, the venue for the Dance Festival, I had some time to walk around the nearby lane, which led me to the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore. The streets nearby the temple were buzzing with the sound of music. Looks like the music and dance season in Chennai has taken roots in every nook and corner of the city!The inauguration for the Dance Festival started at 5:30 p.m. as per the schedule, as the first event was the invocation on Devi Sharadha, sung by Isai Chudar Amrutha Murali. This was followed by the welcome address by Mr Sabaratnam, Chairman of Kartik Fine Arts.The traditional Kuthuvilaku was set alight by Chief Guest Mr M.Srinivasan, Chief Operating Officer of MGL, 19-year old dance artiste Aishwarya, and her guru Anitha Guha. Mr Sri

Rebtel is all over the news today. After offering 2 for 1 offer for users today, I find that now it is spreading it's VoIP wings in China. With China adding it's population to the ever expanding Internet, controlled or not, they will be using the methods of communications to reach one another and beyond. Just imagine a billion people doing so! Here is the Rebtel Press Release;Stockholm, Sweden - December 20, 2007 - Rebtel, the people's global communications company, today announced low cost and free international calling to and from China.Starting Friday, December 21, residents of Shanghai can use their mobile phones to call any phone, anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute, and make free calls to friends, family, and work colleagues in 39 countries."Entering the Chinese market was not easy, but we're finally in - just in time for ex-pats to call home for the holidays - and we plan to open service in more Chinese cities in the New Year," said Hjalmar Winbla

Yesterday Secretary Rice, speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, called for more peacekeeping forces to bail out the Ethiopian troops in neighboring Somalia. Ms. Rice, however, has learned little from recent history: Ethiopian troops marched into Somalia a year ago to help Somalia’s UN-backed interim government oust Islamist forces. The US supported the intervention which has proven unpopular, with insurgents continuing to stage attacks. The UN says that one million Somalis have been displaced by the fighting, including 60% of the capital’s residents. The war in Somalia is not some obscure “African tribal conflict” - it is a direct result of international political maneuvering, just like Afghanistan. The similarities between the two countries, in fact, are striking. Both fell apart during the Cold War endgame. Afghanistan, invaded by the Soviets in 1979, has seen near-continuous warfare ever since, with some participants funded by the US. Somalia, after switching it

In my last options posting, I talked about call spreads. Put spreads are remarkably similar except that you are expecting a downturn in that underlying security. Put spreads, like call spreads, minimize the risk to the investor, because they allow your initial investment to be reduced. Note here that it is important to always use the same expiration date on both the put that you buy to open and the put that you sell to open. So the put spread is buying a put close to the money (or in the money) and selling a put further away from the money. For example: I have been watching another stock that is currently trading at $82.65, up a $1.50 on Friday. It is somewhat near the high end of it’s 52 week high/low. I am considering buying a put spread on this stock. The JAN $80 put is selling for $2.10. The JAN $75 put is selling for $0.80. So if I were to buy into this trade, it would cost me a total of $1.30 per share. So for my 10 contracts, it would cost me $2,100 ($2.10 x 100 shares per

A new and potentially deadly strain of adenovirus, a virus which frequently causes the common cold, has spread in parts of the United States. It has already killed 10 people and put dozens more into hospitals.Two of the 10 people who have died from the new strain, a variant of adenovirus 14, were infants. This strain of adenovirus 14, however, can also make even healthy young adults severely ill.About 140 people have been sickened by the virus and more than 50 hospitalized, including 24 admitted to intensive care units.

A new and potentially deadly strain of adenovirus, a virus which frequently causes the common cold, has spread in parts of the United States. It has already killed 10 people and put dozens more into hospitals. Two of the 10 people who have died from the new strain, a variant of adenovirus 14, were infants. This strain of adenovirus 14, however, can also make even healthy young adults severely ill. About 140 people have been sickened by the virus and more than 50 hospitalized, including 24 admitted to intensive care units.Sources:Reuters November 15, 2007

The Simple Art of Malware Miscreants are trying to convince email users that their telephone conversations are being recorded in a ruse designed to scare prospective marks into buying bogus security software. Emails promoting the campaign are laced with a new Trojan horse malware.… Read more…

So I mentioned call spreads a few times in my last few posts. What are those you might be asking? As I mentioned in my earlier posting titled Options are a Viable Option Right Now, options were created to reduce risk. Call spreads and put spreads (sometimes called vertical spreads) are the next step. When options are referred to, they are referred to in one of a couple ways. They are either “in the money” or “out of the money.” As you can probably guess, “in the money” means that the stock has intrinsic or real value (i.e. a $25 call when the underlying stock’s market price is $28.) An “out of the money” derives its’ only value from the time value (i.e. a $50 call when the underlying stock is valued at $46.) We have talked about buying calls and puts. Today we will move into the category of both buying and selling calls of different strike prices at the same time. So the call spread is buying a call close to the money

It looks like that time of year before the elections has come when each of the candidates is the target of a wave of unsubstantiated claims. The most curious thing about these rumors is how so many conservatives are gullible enough to believe them and pass them on as truth. The rumors, generally spread by email, sometimes with the help of The National Enquirer, claim that both John Edwards and Hillary Clinton are having affairs with women. As far as I know, Obama has been spared from these attacks but has been the target of many others, such as the claim that he is Muslum or went to a Madrassa. Obama is currently being subjected to an email campaign claiming he refused to say the pledge of allegiance. The Fact Checker at The Washington Post (Hat tip to Think on These Things) debunks this one: The photograph was taken on September 16, 2007, at Senator Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry festivities in Iowa, an important ritual for Democratic presidential hopefuls. Contrary to the e-mai

Thomas Kirk has made a wonderful Real Estate Show to raise money for a charity he believes in. I especially like his Show because it walks us through the process of how his neighbors, the Johnsons, first became involved in the charity. In the Details of his Show, Thomas tells how the Johnsons attended an Aaron Tippin concert. They saw him put together a bike on stage, then donate it to Toys for Tots. The idea hooked them, but good. The wonderful thing about giving is that most people WANT to give, but sometimes they just need to be told HOW. The Johnsons saw this act of kindness and wanted to keep it going. When you view the Show, I think you’ll see they’re doing a fine job of it. Thomas is helping to spread this news as well, through Real Estate Shows and the power of the internet. Online, there are less than six degrees of separation between us all. You can get to anyone and everyone, if only your message is one that people will want to spread. Thomas’ message is of hop

Another deluge of Sayaka-chan's photos. She's got a really great bod (at certain angles that is). I love the ones where's in white. The simplicity of what she wears -the loose straps, the loose fringes of her top, and her lacy panties - creates really wild fantasies.Loading... More... http://reader.google.com http://www.google.com http://my.yahoo.com http://360.yahoo.com http://msn.com

Another deluge of Sayaka-chan's photos. She's got a really great bod (at certain angles that is). I love the ones where's in white. The simplicity of what she wears -the loose straps, the loose fringes of her top, and her lacy panties - creates really wild fantasies. Loading... More...

How to Create a Video Blog with On2 FlixBy Frank Galligan, On2 VP of EngineeringWhat better why to kick off my video blog or vlog….than with a video tutorial on how I created my own video blog. I use Flash, which is a great platform to deliver your video posts, especially since they added On2’s VP6 video to Flash 8. More and more people are switching to flash to deliver video, just ask Google Video. I’ve broken down the tutorial into 5 steps, all of which are covered in the Flash presentation below: Create a free blog account on www.blogger.com. Create an account on a hosting service such as PlayStream or use your existing hosting service. This is where your Flash videos will reside and be streamed from. (In this tutorial I’ve used blip.tv as an example.) Create your video post using Flix Pro. Upload your video to your hosting service. Publish a video post on your blog. Mine is at vanderhuge.blogspot.com http://www.on2.com/support-resources/flix-tutorial

I would like to introduce you to my dear friend Marianne McNamara, the lady behind the camera - Marianne of Scandica. Marianne is a professional photographer and you might have seen her work, if you live in the Chigaco area. She owns Scandica Fine Art Photography. She is the child-photographer for the Baby loves Disco. And she also takes all those pictures you rarely see, but which are always highly appreciated - the nude portraits. Marianne just recently launched her new website Scandica - Fine Art Photography, and before you read on, please visit her site. Marianne is from Finland, actually we used to be almost neighbours, but never knew each others in Finland. Marianne's site is a tribute to our Finnish heritage. I have watched her site intro a hundred times. The first time I couldn't read all the text from my tears. The second time I watched it I was balling because I could read the text. The hundredth time, and I still get goose bumbs. I was lucky to have a virtual cup of coffee

Currency Exchange Rates and Spreads Currency exchange rates are determined by the currency exchange market. (The currency exchange market is described further below.) A currency exchange rate is always quoted for a currency pair using ISO code abbreviations. For example, EUR/USD refers to the two currencies Euro (the European currency) and U.S. Dollar. The first is referred to as the base currency, while the second as the quote currency. The EUR/USD exchange rate specifies how many US Dollars you have to pay to buy one Euro, or conversely how many US Dollars you obtain when you sell one Euro. More generally, if buying, an exchange rate specifies how much you have to pay in the quote currency to obtain one unit of the base currency, and if selling, the exchange rate specifies how much you get in the quote currency when selling one unit of the base currency. A currency exchange rate is typically given as a pair consisting of a bid price and an ask price. The ask price applies when buyi

Interview with Danielle Friedland.When I started thinking about opening my own children's clothing store, there was one site I was constantly reading and making notes. No, it wasn't an Online Guide to Children's Fashion (well, ok, that one too), it wasn't even a site focusing on children's clothing. It was the Celebrity Baby Blog. The celebrity babies are the number one trendsetter in the children's clothing industry, but that's not the only reason the Celebrity Baby Blog has gotten so popular. Having babies makes the Hollywood celebs to look more, well, normal, and gives moms a way to relate to them. The Celebrity Baby Blog gets 2.3 million unique readers and over 4.1 million pageviews per month and is one of the most popular sites among the trendy moms!This year Celebrity Baby Blog has started many new features like the Shop directory and the Annual Celebrity Baby Blog Awards.I was lucky to have a chat with the owner, the editor-in-chief, the publisher, the blogging-superwoman

Financial spread betting is a relatively new form of investing. It allows you to bet on shares or markets without owning any stocks or products. Financial spread betting works on the basic principles of “Buying” or “Going long” and “Selling” or “Going short”. Buying or going long simply refers to betting on the value of a market going up. Selling or going short is betting on the value of a market going down. These two principles form the crux of financial spread betting which ultimately decide your profits or losses depending upon how much the markets move up or down. Financial spread betting has become increasingly popular due to the variety of benefits that it offers. So for all those who want to know ‘ why spread bet? here are some of the answers. First and foremost, financial spread betting is a tax free* investment. Unlike buying shares and other investments there is no income tax, no capital gains tax and no stamp d

China’s Influence Now Extends From Australian Desert to Sahara to Amazonian Jungle and Beyond KARRATHA, Australia (AP) — For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assembly lines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turning the tables. Here in the Australian Outback, Shane Padley toils in the scorching heat, 2,000 miles from his home, to build an extension to a liquefied natural gas plant that feeds China’s ravenous hunger for energy. At night, the 34-year-old carpenter sleeps in a tin dwelling known as a “donga,” the size of a shipping container and divided into four rooms, each barely big enough for a bed. There are few other places for Padley to live in this boomtown. Duct-taped to the wall is a snapshot of the blonde girlfriend he left behind and worries he may lose. But, he says, “I can make nearly double what I’d be making back home in the Sydney area.” The

I had a chance to talk with jewelry artist DeAnna Cochran, after she had just gotten an invitation to a TV interview on ABC for a show called Good Morning Texas. Tomorrow's morning show will highlight her jewelry line and her focus on "making a difference". DeAnna Cochran was my role model to start my own company, and she designed our signature Spread Sunshine charity necklace, benefiting Hope International, a non-profit adoption organization. Katja: When did you know you wanted to be a jewelry designer?DeAnna: I've had a love for jewelry since I was a child playing with my grandmother's collection of vintage costume pieces. I studied Jewelry Design and Metal Work in college but it wasn't until the birth and loss of my first son Jackson that I pursued a life as a Jewelry Artist. Katja: I am so sorry for you loss, tell us more about your son.DeAnna: Jackson was born in 2004. He was born 4 months premature and we lost him shortly after his 3-week birthday. We were blessed with anothe

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People most likely to be affected are newcomers to affected regions, such as babies, young children, tourists or new employees, but anyone experiencing these symptoms should seek medical advice quickly. Dr Lindsay said the warning particularly applied to people living, visiting or camping near swamp and river systems during the evening and night in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. However, mosquito breeding in northern WA at this time of year is also often associated with man-made or artificial water bodies such as dams, sewage lagoons, irrigation areas or domestic containers.

Kolkata ( Calcutta ) : Such vector-borne viral diseases as chikungunya and dengue, which are known as urban diseases, have started spreading to semi-urban areas like Habra in North 24-Parganas owing to rapid urbanisation. A team of entomologists from the School of Tropical Medicine singled out the reason after visiting the area last week.Dr Dhruba Niyogi, director, STM, said: “We have found larvae of Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue and chikungunya, in the affected area. It was also noticed that the particular mosquito species has found enough breeding centres with clean and stagnant water in the area. This happened because people are using air-conditioning machines in semi-urban areas also. Several concrete structures are being constructed where clean and stagnant water were visible. In brief, rapid urbanisation is helping the diseases spread in the non-urban areas, too.”Experts said the Aedes Aegypti breeds in clean and stagnant water, especially in the air-condition

The South African tourism industry is joining the fray of South African businesses entering Uganda, East Africa and the rest of Africa and snapping up business opportunities. A group comprising the South African tour and travel operators visited Uganda recently with the mission of courting local Ugandan travel operators to promote South African tourism products.

Get ready for a confidence boost! Robin van Persie’s goal to win the Emirates Cup on the weekend was something absolutely special, but it was comments after the game that have filled me with confidence about Arsenal’s chances going into the new season:  “Football is not about age. It is not about money. It is not about those things. Football is about if you want to run for each other, if you want to fight for each other, if you want to really play some ball. Chelsea and Manchester did a great job last year. It is hard to fight with them, but I know we can do it. Liverpool have spent lots of money, Chelsea have been doing that the last few years. I respect that. This is their way of winning things - but we can win things as well.” “We are young. So what? Age does not matter. It is about the way we play football and the way we like to play together.  If you win the title with this team it would be great. I really believe we can do that. I really believe th

Vietnam mosquito net sales soar as dengue spreadsA Vietnamese firm specialising in exporting mosquito nets has reported a rise of nearly one-third in first half revenues and is building a new factory to expand output, state media said, as dengue fever spreads in Asia.North bird flu-free for 21 daysBird flu is being kept under control in the north as affected localities reported no new outbreak during the last week, but vaccination against the disease remains crucial, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted a veterinary official as saying on Tuesday July 17.Bird flu returns in south, pig disease continues to spreadBird flu has hit the southern province of Dong Thap for the second time this year, according to Vietnam's Animal Health Department. The province, which was declared free of the virus several weeks ago, reported fresh outbreaks in Tan Hoi Trung Commune in Cao Lanh District, said department officials yesterday.Singapore and France hold bird flu workshop for Asean countr

Global warming is being blamed for an outbreak of dengue fever that has killed hundreds in south-east Asia.Warmer weather and heavy rains have helped it spread through the region, with a Malaysian official saying the epidemic could get worse because of global warming.Some experts have said 2007 could be the worst year on record for the disease, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.In Indonesia, where concerns over bird flu more frequently grab headlines, dengue saw a dramatic peak earlier this year after much of the Jakarta area was flooded.Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation said rising temperatures had driven a surge in dengue fever cases in Asia.

Sophos’ security experts have disclosed details of a worm called LiarVB-A that copies itself onto removable drives, such as USB Flash memory and optical devices, and also spreads itself via network shares.The worm is not designed to generate income, contrary to the most of the malware. Instead, LiarVB-A attempts to spread information about Aids and HIV reportedly.“It creates a hidden file called ‘autorun.inf’ to ensure that a copy of the worm is run the next time the drive is connected to a Windows PC. Once it has infected a system, it drops an HTML file containing a message about Aids and HIV to the user’s drive,” according to the VuNet’s report.Although the message in HTML file claims that the worm won’t harm your PC, experts say the LiarVB-A makes changes to a system’s settings and overwrites files.Sophos advises the users of USB memory sticks and other removable drives to disable the autorun option in Windows, in order to prevent the worm from automatically launch

  *From a LIFE TODAY interview with hosts James & Betty Robison, April 17, 2007 Tammy Maltby, author of Confessions of a Good Christian Girl: (quote) "There is only one perfect one and that i...

By Phil StewartROME (Reuters) - Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading "slander" by posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of child sexual abuse.The documentary aired on the BBC in October, but never in Italy. The bloggers translated it and it now ranks as Google Video Italia's (www.video.google.it) most popular item.Continue Reading...

Nashville, TN - Bar-B-Cutie® officials announced today that they have released a new franchise opportunity video. The company’s 3-4 minute information Bar-B-Cutie’s® video has been placed on their new corporate website. The video has also been uploaded to You Tube and the popular My Space.com. “Over the 57 years Bar-B-Cutie® has been in existence, marketing [...]

Google continues to grow and branch out as it is on the continual prowl to buy small and large companies alike, steadily increasing it's portfolio.Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters at a briefing at Google headquarters that the Web search leader will continue to acquire larger companies, but centers on smaller ones more often to plug the holes.read more | digg story

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Spreads São apostas onde uma equipa leva um avanço e a outra uma desvantagem. Ao resultado efectivo é somado o avanço ou diminuída uma desvantagem. Por exemplo, os L.A. Lakers visitam os Dallas Mavericks. Existe a Spread para a equipa de fora de +6 pontos de avanço. À equipa local é dada uma desvantagem (Spread) de [...]

Getting eight hours' sleep a night has long been seen as one of the keys to a healthy and happy life.But for most of us the figure is little more than an ideal, with the average worker losing two and a half years of sleep over the course of their career, according to a survey.In fact, the average working adult loses just over ten hours' sleep every week, which adds up to more than one complete night's rest.That adds up to 520 hours over a year or 23,140 hours (2.5 years) over the average working lifetime.Only 3 per cent of professionals get their eight hours every night of the working week, the study found.Company directors are the most sleep-deprived of all, with 8 per cent getting under four hours of rest per night, according to Travelodge's 2007 sleep study.The budget hotel chain surveyed more than 5,200 individuals from 30 different careers to discover more about how work affects rest.The majority of those questioned were getting fewer than the recommended eight hours every nig

Looks like some mischievious employees from Danger have posted up several photos taken by the upcoming Danger Zante, only to have them taken down shortly after. Nothing else is known about this handset (no, not even the specifications), making this pure rumor fodder. Of course, there is always a possibility that the Danger Zante could be the Sidekick ID, Sidekick X, or even a whole new Danger

Payment Woes Worsen On Riskiest Mortgages by James R. HagertyWall Street Journal 4/4/07snip:The number of borrowers in the U.S. falling behind on the riskier types of home mortgages continues to grow, according to new data from First American Loan Performance, a research firm in San Francisco.The rapid rise in overdue payments and defaults has forced dozens of lenders out of business or into bankruptcy protection in recent months and darkened the outlook for the U.S. housing market.The First American data show that in January payments were at least 60 days late on 14.3% of "subprime" loans that had been packaged into securities, up from 13.4% in December and 8.4% in January 2006. Subprime loans are those made to borrowers with weak credit records or large debts in relation to their incomes. For Alt-A loans -- a category between prime and subprime that includes many loans that don't require full documentation of the borrower's income or assets -- the late-payment figure rose to 2.6% i

Hot on the heels of the Big Brother racist "scandal", a real one has hit the headlines here in Scotland. Trevor Matthews, Chief Executive at Standard Life Plc, one of Europe's biggest insurance companies, had to issue a public apology for a racist remark he made at a company presentation on Monday.Matthews, an Australian, was talking about the company's unpopular pension revamp proposals when he was asked why the proposal had been hidden at the back of the company prospectus, replied, and I quote; "That's the nigger in the woodpile."Question: what's the difference between this and Jade Goody's comments?Answer: Jade Goody, while being as thick as mince, never actually said anything racist. Trevor Matthews is a top UK Executive, is intelligent, and thought it would be acceptable to use the N-word in front of a room full of people.Jade Goody called Shilpa Shetty, "Shilpa Poppadom", which is about as bad as the English referring to us Scots as Mr. Haggis, Jocks, Sweaty Socks, or The S

After KPN and BT, it is now France Telecom that starts hoovering up competitors. Recently they bought three IT firms: first Neocles (IT services) and Diwan (network integrator) and now Silicomp (integration).

In the tradition of the holiday giving spirit, rapper Lil Boosie is offering free day care services to families this Christmas season. This holiday season, the self-proclaimed "Bad Azz" is doing something good to assist needy parents. In conjunction with participating radio stations, the Baton Rouge, LA MC will offer free child care to radio listeners who cannot afford it. Listeners will be

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