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WEBLINKX: SOCIAL NETWORKING

2010-09-01T06:27:00.000-07:00

WEBLINKX: SOCIAL NETWORKING

WEBLINKX: TENDER CARE

2010-08-30T01:14:00.000-07:00

WEBLINKX: TENDER CARE

WEBLINKX: COSMETIC SURGERY FOR MORE BEAUTY

2010-08-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

WEBLINKX: COSMETIC SURGERY FOR MORE BEAUTY

BRIAN ROJAS IS GOING TO BE DAD SOON

2010-06-29T06:58:00.000-07:00

Few days from now Brian Rojas is going to be dad soon of a bouncing baby girl. The name of Brian Rojas' daughter is going to be "Arabella".

BRIAN ROJAS IS ON TWITTER

2010-06-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

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PRENATL CHECK UP

2010-06-09T02:00:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas is going to accompany his wife to the doctor for the prenatal check up. The schedule will be in the morning and in the afternoon, Brian Rojas will accompany his wife again in buying the things for the baby. Brian Rojas is expecting a baby this coming July.

BUSINESS TRANSACTION

2010-06-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas met with Len this afternoon to discuss some important matters regarding the rent contract. Brian Rojas has a commercial space available for rent and Len, who is the manager of a recruitment agency, is interested in renting the place. brian Rojas also prepared the Memorandum of Agreement for Len and her boss to sign. Brian Rojas has 3 more days before Len takes the place and start using it as dwelling.

GROCERY AGAIN

2010-06-02T07:28:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas went late this evening because he went to the market and the mall to make the groceries again. Brian Rojas finds the prices of the basic commodities today as very expensive. Brian Rojas always budgets his salary to make both ends meet. But still the prices are still high. Brian Rojas is a wise consumer, he never buys anything that is not important in the house. Brian Rojas likes to go the market alone because he can finish the groceries immediately. Brian Rojas will be going again to the market this Sunday for another set of groceries buying.

TOOTHACHE REMEDY

2010-05-31T04:19:00.000-07:00

Toothache remedy is simple. Brian Rojas always use vinegar to solve toothache proble. brian Rojas would gargle the viner and then rinse with water. In just 2 minutes, the pain will be gone. Brian Rojas always recommend this type of herbal procedure.

FOR SALE KIA CD5 MODEL

2010-05-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas is sellinjg his Kia CD5 Car at the price of 90,000 pesos. The price that Brian Rojas is selling is already very cheap for a CD5 Kia. Some highlights of the KIA CD5 MODEL VEHICLE:

B1 engine
cold aircon
newly painted body
mags on the wheels already
clean papers
good running condition

To those who are interested in buying the Kia CD5 car of Brian Rojas, Please contact his cell no. 09196281922.

The car is in Tagum City, Philippines. For those who are looking for a cheap and affordable car, Brian Rojas offers the cheapest car in Davao region.

CAR MAINTENANCE NEEDED

2010-05-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas just got home after some fuel loading to his car. He noticed that the car needs some general maintenance check form a mechanic. It is because Brian Rojas noticed some sounds under the hood of his car. Brian Rojas will also contract some body repair technician to check the body of his Kia CD5 car. He noticed some rust under the chassis. There are many things that Brian Rojas is going to do.

LONG DRIVE

2010-05-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas arrived late in Tagum City. Brian Rojas drove his Kia CD5 Car from Davao City to Tagum city, where he lives with his wife. Brian Rojas was very careful and obeyed the road signs. One mistake and everything will be over. Brian Rojas was also observing the seat belt usage. It is because many drivers don't follow that safety rule of using the seat belt. Brian Rojas was in the car for about 2 hours, driving. Brian Rojas advises to all drivers not to drive at night because it is very dangerous.

BACK TO DAVAO

2010-05-28T06:16:00.001-07:00

Brian Rojas will be going to Davao City tonight riding his Kia CD5 car along with his wife Erica Louise. Brian Rojas is very careful in driving because he will be a dad soon. Brian Rojas also will bring the OR and CR of the car for the LTO officers might find the sticker of the registration of the vehicle.

ITSALLABOUTBRIAN: BASKETBALL GAME

2010-05-28T06:16:00.000-07:00

ITSALLABOUTBRIAN: BASKETBALL GAME

BASKETBALL GAME

2010-05-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas like playing basketball with friends. it is because Brian Rojas find it very enjoying to play basketball with friends. This evening, Brian Rojas played basketball again with his office mates and their security group. Speaking of basketball, Brian Rojas also viewed the basketball match between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers in their game five series. Brian Rojas did find the game as lucky game of the Lakers.

GOSSIP AND MORE

2010-05-27T06:45:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas loves reading gossip and lives of Hollywood celebrities, especially Miley Cyrus. Brian Rojas is alwasy hooked with the site http://hollywoodentertainmentnetwork.blogspot.com/ for this is where Brian Rojas gets updated gossip news of Miley Cyrus. But not just Miley Cyrus, Brian Rojas was caught reading the latest story of Heidi Montag.

JUST A SIMPLE CAR

2010-05-27T06:07:00.000-07:00

Polishing the car, Brian Rojas just finish applying car polish wax to his Kia CD5 car. He also made some check in the machine and everything seems to be okay for the travel tomorrow. The new car that Brian Rojas acquired is very useful to him because he can go anywhere.

Brian Rojas will be going to the land transportation office to renew his driver's license. This June, Brian Rojas will be celebrating his birthday and at the same time, he will visit the office for the renewal of his license to drive. Brian Rojas will also get the car registration sticker in the land transportation office.

HOME SWEET HOME

2010-05-27T06:02:00.000-07:00

The travel has finally ended and Brian Rojas is safe and sound with his wife and soon to be daughter. Brian Rojas is expecting a baby girl this coming July. He will be a proud dad soon. The things were already acquired to the coming baby. Brian Rojas made it sure that all the things are prepared before the baby arrives.

Tomorrow is a big day for Brian Rojas. For he will be reporting to the office and prepare the liquidation of the field reports. By next week, Brian Rojas will also be with some friends in the field. Brian Rojas will again go to Davao Oriental for the final status report of accounts. He has to meet with the deadline from the main office in Cebu City.

EARLY BIRD CATHCES THE EARLY WORM

2010-05-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas woke up this morning and kissed his wife. Brian Rojas went to the market early to buy fresh fruits and meat in the public market in Tagum City. The public market is the best place to buy weekly food supply, as Brian Rojas went there early.

SAMURAI X

2010-05-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

Television is the key to the most favorite anime show of Brian Rojas, Samurai X. AXN shows this cartoon and Brian Rojas loves watching this. Actually, he has a compilation of this series that he keeps in his locker. Brian Rojas also sells this video copies for 200 dollars in complete set. Visit Brian Rojas on facebook and friendster.

SEE YOU SOON

2010-05-25T19:01:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas just left the office to proceed to the provinces to do his field work. Brian Rojas also did help someone crossing the street. He is really helpful to others. This morning Brian rojas did ate eggs for breakfast. He really likes eggs for breakfast.

HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK: MILEY CYRUS GOES TO MEXICO

2010-05-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK: MILEY CYRUS GOES TO MEXICO

FIELD WORK AGAIN

2010-05-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas is going to Digos City tomorrow to do some official field work. He will be back on Thursday from his field work. brian Rojas will also accompany somebody to school for the enrollment that is going on right now. Today is Brian Rojas friend's birthday, Junix.

WEIGHT LOSS MADE EASY

2010-05-24T07:15:00.001-07:00

Check this out, Brian Rojas has a book about weight loss and weight gain. Brian Rojas used to be thin and slim. But now, Brian Rojas has gained weight after performing the things that he wrote in the book. Brian Rojas is also active in the medicine industry. He has a medical blog that he always updates. Brian Rojas is really a genius.

NEW POST FOR BRIAN ROJAS BLOG

2010-05-24T07:12:00.001-07:00

Check this out, Brian Rojas made a post in his Weblinkx blog. brian Rojas is going to make apost again tomorrow in his blog. Additional, Brian Rojas has a speaking engagement tomorrow on how to make money online.

REAL NAME

2010-05-24T07:09:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas and Resshell Brian Rojas is one and the same. Brian Rojas a facebook account that he always update. many of Brian Rojas' friends visit his facebook account often to check out the things that Brian Rojas is doing for the day.

JOKES ARE US

2010-05-24T07:06:00.000-07:00

Laughter is said to be the best medicine. That is the slogan of Brian Rojas when he was called for a business review yesterday. Brian Rojas did great in that business review. Brian Rojas will do a best joke book so that his jokes will live forever. Brian Rojas is a funny man.

VISIT TO A FRIEND

2010-05-24T07:04:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas went to the culinary school this morning to visit his friend Erica Louise Rojas. Brian Rojas might enroll himself to the culinary school. Brian Rojas really wanted to learn more about cooking.

EARNING THROUGH BLOGGING

2010-05-24T07:01:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas is bona fide blogger since 2007. he was able to earn good money from blogging. his blog that gain money is weblinkx.blogspot.com. Brian Rojas is still very active in blogging right now. In fact, Brian Rojas was able to buy a new car because of blogging. Blogging is really good for Brian Rojas.

BRIAN ROJAS TEACHES HIS WIFE TO DRIVE

2010-05-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas is presently teaching his wife to drive. it is because Brian Rojas wanted his wife to learn driving so that when he is not around, his wife can drive herself to the office. Brian Rojas is very responsible.

BRIAN ROJAS NEW CAR

2010-05-24T06:55:00.000-07:00

Brain Rojas' car is a green CD5 Kia car. Brian Rojas acquired it just last Monday from a friend. The car that Brian Rojas acquired is in Tagum City right now.

2010-05-24T06:52:00.000-07:00

BRIAN ROJAS is now in Tagum City. He was riding a green Kia Cd5 Car with plate number TAT 113. He bought the car last Monday, the other week.

Brian Rojas will be on IPI in Panacan, Davao City tomorrow to do some office work.

Brian Rojas endorses again

2010-05-22T08:39:00.000-07:00

Brian Rojas endorses A simple chef as the best site for recipes. Check out the recipes. Brian Rojas will be endorsing more sites later on.

Biran Rojas endorses

2010-05-22T08:38:00.001-07:00

Brian Rojas endorses Hollywood Entertainment Network as the best place for gossips and celebrity stories.

MY NAME IS BRIAN ROJAS

2010-05-22T08:35:00.000-07:00

This will be my first post for this year. My name is Brian Rojas and I have been a blogger for the past 3 years already. Being a blogger is everything. I will be making news post about Brian Rojas in the coming days and better watch out for the posts.

COURAGE IN LIFE

2009-07-03T06:15:00.001-07:00

People who pray for miracles usually don’t get miracles…But people who pray for courage, for strength to bear the unbearable, for the grace to remember what they have left instead of what they have lost; very often find their prayers answered. Their prayers help them tap hidden reserves of faith and courage that were not available to them before.

ATTENDANCE CHECK

2009-03-23T07:48:00.000-07:00

This morning, I noticed there was a discrepancy in my pay slip. I talked to the person in-charge in the main office but still unresolved. I am asking why I have a leave when in fact I never had it. According to the in charge, it was for last year's over used on my vacation leave. They had to take it back since I was paid when I have no longer leaves available. I checked my files and noticed that aside from the first, there was another leave registered and that I could not understand. I have to wait for the final list control from the main office. it is like a breakdown of all the leaves that I made for last year. I just hope that this will be cleared immediately.

MR. PLUMBER I AM

2009-03-22T06:40:00.000-07:00

I have a new job right now, I am a plumber. This morning, I was awaken by the sound of water from the backyard. I thought that faucet was open and water was wasted but it was more than that. There was a leak. Not just a small leak but a big one. Rust has taken it toll and the pipe was eaten by the rust causing the water to leak. I was told that there was a nearby plumber in the village and he must come immediately to fix the matter before it gets out of hand. As I looked at the pipe, I know that it was easy to do and if I call the plumber I have to pay huge amount for the service. That's why I took matters at my own hands. I did the plumbing work. I checked the tool box and found all the things that I am needing for the job. After 30 minutes, the leaking was fix. I am glad I trusted my instincts and did the job. I save a lot and I learned plumbing immediately.

A NEW HOME FOR THE NEWLY WED

2009-03-22T06:33:00.000-07:00

I just got married last year and it's great. Living with somebody can be very encouraging. A month after our marriage, me and my wife agreed to have a house of our own. I never thought that looking for a house was not that easy. With the thousands of available houses, I must select the right one for me. Good thing I have Louisville Real Estate at my side to help me through the way. My friend told me about Louisville Real Estate before our wedding. That time was very focus on the wedding preparations.

The is a list and designs at Louisville Real Estate available at I have already selected the house that I want. According to the agent, the house would be totally complete by the end of the month. I am very excited to have a house of my own and start moving it. My wife is so excited, she already packed our things and belongings. She really can't wait. Any one can have their dream house. Feel free to visit http://www.ballhomes.com/ and find the house that you are looking for.

GARBAGE SEGREGATION

2009-02-20T02:29:00.000-08:00

I observed that the garbage outside our house is now piling fast and it needs to be acted immediately. I will be integrating the garbage segregation system to make the garbage controlable. By this, I will be able to make the backyard clean and garbage controled. I will segregate the garbage in two categories, the biodegradable and a non-biodegradable. Biodegradable garbage are those garbage that can be rotten by natural process. Non-biodegradable garbage are those garbage that cannot be rotten in a natural matter. Garbage segregation is the best solution for the garbage. I will also practice the recycling system. Cans and plastic bottles and other metal objects will be sold to the junk shop while others that can still be use will kept. I am very worried about the garbage and I don't want to burn these things for it can destroy ou Ozone layer. I hope that I can keep this up for a long time until there can be more effective garbage control that I can think of right now.

MY NEW TOOTHBRUSH

2009-02-19T05:15:00.000-08:00

This is a new toothbrush given to me by my wife. She was looking at my toothbrush and she noticed that it needs a replacement. This new toothbrush has a tongue cleaner. Unlike my old one, it has nothing like this. I did not open this yet because I also bought one for myself. I would use this after the one that I bought needs to be replace and this will be my spare.

Brushing our teeth is very important. We need to brush our teeth every after meals. By this, we protect our teeth against tooth decay and other gum problems. People who rarely brush their teeth have a bad breath and I don't like to have like that. I always brush my teeth and visit my dentist every two months for dental check up. We should protect our teeth and brushing is the best way to protect it.

MY DREAM GADGET

2009-02-19T04:47:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I got a message from my brother that our saving invest has already released the annual dividends. Having that information, I was so happy about it. I immediate checked my card and saw the figures as dividends. By this, I will be able buy my favorite gadget, iPods.

Ever since the product was launched, I was dreaming and hoping to have one. Now that I the dividends are in my bank, I will be able to buy the gadget that a long wanted. I am thinking of buying the iPod touch because it is the the latest of the mp3 and mp4 in the market today. I am also considering buying the iPod classic, colored black because I like the style of it. But I also need a phone, I bought the Apple iphone since it has all the things that I wanted. I always hop online and I always choose www.shopwiki.com whenever I shop online. It is fast and prices are very competitive.

SPECIAL DISH FOR THE DAY

2009-02-05T06:21:00.000-08:00

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Special menu for the day. Japanese Nemo dish! I got his at zwani.com cool and funny pictures! have a doze of laugh. Laughter is the best medicine. Laugh and laugh until you can! have a nice day.

ITSALLABOUTBRIAN: MY OFFICE WORK STATION

2009-01-13T05:56:00.000-08:00

ITSALLABOUTBRIAN: MY OFFICE WORK STATION
The computer that will change your life and make it meaningful.

MY OFFICE WORK STATION

2009-01-13T05:47:00.000-08:00

This is my personal computer station. I am just making a good name out of it. This is where all my blogging works are done. This computer is inside my room. I don't have any security or password to protect my unit against unauthorized access. It is because I am the only person and my wife who use this computer station.

Before I started blogging, this desktop computer was already with me. I bought this for my gaming activities and not really for blogging. When my friend introduced me to blogging, i immediately deleted all the games that were installed in my desktop computer. It is because I want to focus in my blogging activity and my earnings in blogging.

Blogging really changed my life. I was able to travel abroad because of blogging. It is also my way to get acquaintances with people around the world just by blogging. I have so many friends and is still growing each day. Linking is very important in blogging. It is where you build and make yourself availble in every social networking services in the internet.

MY FIRST TIME INSIDE PEOPLES PARK

2009-01-07T06:16:00.000-08:00

I guess I am the last one to make a post of the park since it was opened last year. But I guess it is better to be late than never at all. I would describe the park as a place where people can talk and meet new friends. The location where the park is situated used to be PTA grounds. It was the sports complex before but since it was burned in the 70's, the grounds was never develop. It was just recently when the present mayor, Rody Duterte decided to make a park in the city. It was patterned just like New York.

The trees at the back of me are pine trees. It was planted for the purpose of making the park cold and windy since pine trees are like air conditioners, the natural way. The park is open to all. No entrance fees. The Peoples park has a strict policy about liquors and smoking paraphernalia. The Peoples Park is just one of the proud achievements of the present mayor.

THE SUPER SPRAYER THAT WILL DESTROY THE GRASSES

2009-01-03T00:52:00.000-08:00

The product that you are seeing is a deadly one. This sprayer contains a herbicide chemical that is strong enough to destroy all the grasses that you see. As you can see, the grasses are already trees high and they have already climbed at the window grills. Since I have this chemical, I am confident that I will blast all these grasses and burn them to the ground.

In order to make this kind of super sprayer you must need the following:
1. A herbicide chemical.
2. One gallon of entry container ( approximately 4 liters of water)
3. Measuring spoon.
4. Rubber Gloves.
5. Facial cover.

Procedure:
1. Use the rubber gloves in your hand to protect it from the chemical that you re going to use.
2. Measure 4 tablespoon of chemical and put it into the 4 liter container. Make sure that you don't spill any of the chemical because it can be very deadly.
3. Fill the container with water to make a solution of the chemical.
4. After mixing the chemical, wear the face cover to prepare yourself to engage and spray it to the grasses.

Observe the sprayed area after 2 days. The grasses are slowing dying and their leaves are slowly turning to brown. Do not burn them because it would create new grasses and that means new problem for you. Follow the instructions and you will never go wrong.

WHO NEEDS CATS IN THE HOUSE

2008-12-31T22:46:00.000-08:00

They say that cats are the most useful animal in the house. It is because they are the mouse hunters and they do it for food. Here in our house I observed that there are several rats running around. Since I don't have any cats in my house I decided to buy the flypaper. Yes, I said it right. A flypaper it not just for flies. It can also be use for rats, small ones only. This is what I did. I setup the trap in strategic locations in my house and in just a few minutes, I heard the sound of rats stuck in the flypaper. The flypapers caught all the rats that are running in my house.

THINGS I SHOULD BUY FOR THIS CHRISTMAS

2008-12-12T06:20:00.000-08:00

For this Christmas I have so many gifts to be bought. I have to give for my mom, my wife, my in-laws, my niece, my god-child and more. I have also to buy a gift for my office mate for our Christmas Party and more. Well, I just hope that I got more time left to make the last minute shopping for all of these gifts that I would be giving this season.

THE PROBLEM OF iPOD

2008-12-03T06:47:00.000-08:00

With fewer iPod users upgrading, the days of explosive growth are over. And that leaves iPhones and Macs picking up the slack

Chris Wysopal is the head of a four-iPod family. His wife and two kids all carry the pint-size nano music player from Apple (AAPL), while he uses a 2003-vintage device he got as a hand-me-down from his wife. But as much they love their iPods, the Wysopal family has no plans to buy any new ones in the foreseeable future. "They're all working, so there's no need to buy more," says Chris.

Strange as it may sound, Apple may have an iPod problem. The iconic music player cemented the company's reputation for innovation and fueled its financial success in recent years. But those days appear to be over. Legions of iPod owners see little reason to upgrade, especially with the rocky economy. As a result, some analysts believe this will be the first quarter since the iPod was introduced in 2001 that sales will decline from the year-earlier quarter. "The reality is there's a limited group of people who want an iPod or any other portable media player," says analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray (PJC). "So the question becomes, what does Apple do about it?"

The iPod has been a powerful growth engine, helping to boost Apple's sales from $5 billion in 2001 to $32 billion in the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30. Growth for the music player franchise averaged more than 200% in 2006 and 2007, before falling to 6% in fiscal 2008. Munster expects the number of iPods sold to tumble 12% next year, to about 48 million units.

Apple's other businesses are healthy, with its iPhones and Macintosh computers selling briskly. But the decline of the iPod franchise means those other businesses will need to make up the difference as music player sales slide. That may prove particularly challenging as consumers cut back on their spending in the face of the recession. Wall Street has high expectations for the company, with analysts forecasting revenues will rise 15% next year, to $37 billion.

A number of institutional investors are selling their Apple shares. Oak Ridge Investments cut its stake in half, to less than 500,000 shares. "With the iPod maturing, the iPhone takes on greater importance," says David Klaskin, a portfolio manager with the Chicago investment firm. "But [the phone] is more expensive when you consider the cost of service." Apple shares have dropped more than 55% over the past year, to $92 each. The company declined to comment for this story.

Apple is working hard to keep the iPod fresh. The new flagship of the family is the touch, with the shape and large screen of the iPhone minus the phone capabilities. In one TV spot, Apple dubbed it "the funnest iPod ever" because it can play music and video, surf the Web, and handle computer games. The touch, which starts at $229, has been the most popular iPod product since July, says Stephen Baker of retail research firm NPD Group.

Meanwhile all of the iPod devices, save the screenless Shuffle, can play video. Apple has also developed new features for its iTunes music service, such as the so-called Genius that groups similar songs together in playlists. All of that work has kept Apple, with more than 70% of the U.S. retail market, far ahead of rivals, and that's not likely to change, according to NPD. Says Jupitermedia (JUPM) analyst Michael Gartenberg: "We'll continue to see an evolution in features, design, capacity, and price."

Perhaps the iPod's biggest benefit to Apple these days is in helping it sell Macintosh computers. People who use PCs with Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows operating system tend to be more likely to switch to Macs after they use one of Apple's music players, a phenomenon that has been called the iPod Halo Effect. Apple's share of the U.S. PC market has climbed to 9.1%, from 3.2% in 2003, according to market research firm IDC. "The iPod may be in decline, but it may not matter," says analyst Charles Wolf of Needham & Co. in New York. "The iPod may still be attracting Windows users to the Mac. And for Apple, that's pretty important."

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BASKETBALL IS A GOOD FORM OF EXERCISE AND A GOOD WAY TO DEVELOP CAMARADERIE

2008-12-03T06:01:00.000-08:00

I arrived late this evening in my home because I had a basketball game with my officemates where I am presently connected. Playing basketball is really not my ideal sport. In high school, I used to be a varsity of our schools volleyball team. In fact, I was one of the members of the team when We bagged the first runner up of the Davao Association of Colleges and Schools (DACS). I played basketball before but not as rigid right now. Every week, we make it sure that we play basketball. Our greatest foes are the security department of our company. Its a friendly game and so far, nobody yet has been hurt in our game. Playing basketball entails great body strength and mind analysis of the game. Every point counts and each player has its own role to portray and teamwork must always be present. We organized a friendly game with our guards. it was a best of 5 series and we won that series. I guess I should practice a lot, especially in shooting to ball to the ring. Basketball is very good exercise and as well as a good way to develop camaraderie among employees in our company.

Ahead of the Bell: Analysts positive on Apple

2008-12-02T07:46:00.001-08:00

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Analysts who were keeping tabs on electronics stores on Black Friday said sales of Apple products were relatively strong, while HP was seen outdoing Dell.

Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu said checks with distributors and retailers indicated that foot traffic was strong at Apple Inc. stores, helped by promotions.

He also noted that the iPod Touch music player was out of stock at Amazon.com, which is normally well stocked.

Wu said these signs support his forecast of Apple posting $10 billion sales in the current quarter.

Doug Reid at Thomas Weisel Partners also talked to representatives at Apple, Best Buy and Wal-Mart stores to gauge sales of Apple products, and came away with the impression that sales were up slightly from last year.

"Specifically, our checks suggest that (Apple) continues to gain market share in PCs, smartphones and MP3 players despite the challenge of higher price points in difficult economic times," Reid wrote.

Apple shares fell $1.58, or 1.7 percent, to $91.09 in pre-market electronic trading as futures for the major market indexes pointed down as well.

Reid was less positive on Dell Inc. after checking with PC salespeople at Best Buy Inc. stores. None of them were strongly recommending Dell PCs, and the company remains a weak competitor in stores, the analyst wrote. Hewlett-Packard Co. computers were preferred over Dell by a five-to-one margin.

Dell traditionally has sold mostly online and through catalogs, but has worked to expand its retail presence. It started selling at Best Buy at the start of the year.

Goldman Sachs analysts David Bailey and Min Park said HP has the most shelf space for PCs and printers at big-box retailers, which should give it a clear advantage throughout the holiday season. Apple sales were also "a bright spot."

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HECTIC SCHEDULE UP AHEAD

2008-12-02T07:35:00.000-08:00

For this month of December, I have so many lined up activities. Next week, I will be traveling to the provinces and doing what I do for a living. The following week will be a series of Christmas parties that I would be attending. My wife would be celebrating her 29th birthday and I have to prepare for that and wrap my gift for her. Well, This is the life of the famous and in demand person. I have to live with it!

BLOCKBUSTER, MICROSOFT TEAM UP ON MOBILE SERVICES

2008-12-01T04:46:00.000-08:00

Blockbuster Inc. caught up to the competition last week by introducing a set-top box that brings rentals from the Internet to the television.

Now, the Dallas-based company hopes to pass the pack by teaming with Microsoft Corp. on new mobile services that will let customers watch even more movies on more devices.

"Eventually, we'll give customers instant access to any movie on any device with an Internet connection and a screen," said Keith Morrow, Blockbuster's chief information officer.

"More immediately, we could use this technology to reach into airports. Travelers could quickly download movies from Blockbuster kiosks to their portable media players."

Blockbuster will try to build some of these services on top of the new software platform from Microsoft.

Dubbed "Live Mesh," it uses Internet connections to share data among different devices.

Folks with multiple PCs can already use Live Mesh to do some basic things, such as synchronizing their home and work calendars.

Soon, Live Mesh will work with Macs and Windows Mobile smart phones.

"We've built in the functionality that allows Microsoft programs to talk to each other, but we're also opening up Live Mesh to anyone else who has cool ideas for sharing data," said Jeff Hansen, general manager of Microsoft's Live Services group.

Blockbuster is one of the first companies to try building an application on Live Mesh, and it certainly has some cool ideas.

For example, Mr. Morrow said, once people begin connecting their televisions to the Internet, software such as Live Mesh will allow them to pause a movie on one TV and pick it up – at exactly the same place – on a TV in another building.

Mr. Morrow also envisions a system that would notify parents if their kids tried to watch a movie during homework time.

"There are so many things we can do to add value," Mr. Morrow said. "That's why we're working with Microsoft and other partners that can help us deliver."

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BLOCKBUSTER TAKES CONTROL OF NETFIX AND APPLE DIRECT TO TV PLAYER

2008-11-28T06:41:00.000-08:00

Blockbuster on Tuesday launched its own direct-to-TV player, taking on rivals Netflix and Apple in time for the holiday shopping season.

The player was built in partnership with 2Wire, a company that provides software and hardware for delivering Web content to home TVs. The 2Wire MediaPoint player makes it possible for Blockbuster subscribers with a high-speed Internet connection to rent videos online and play them on their home TV.

To lure customers, Blockbuster is offering the player at no charge for people who rent 25 online Blockbuster movies in advance for $99. After the initial rentals, movies are available for prices starting at $1.99 each.

"The player is simple to use, delivers DVD quality video, and there's no monthly subscription commitment," Jim Keyes, chairman and chief executive of Blockbuster, said in a statement.

The player operates with either a wired or wireless Internet connection, has fast-forward, rewind and pause capabilities through a remote control, and delivers DVD quality viewing. Connecting to a home entertainment system requires users to buy their own cables.

The player is about the size of two boxes of movie candy. Movies can be played immediately or saved for later.

In offering a direct-to-TV player, Blockbuster joins rivals Netflix and Apple in trying to grab some space in the home entertainment center. Besides launching its own player in May, Netflix has been aggressively pursuing makers of DVD players to support its on-demand video service and has deals with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.

The Netflix player is built in partnership with Roku, a company specializing in digital streaming media technology. Beyond the cost of the player, Netflix subscribes can stream movies at no additional charge.

Blockbuster and Netflix also compete with the Apple TV, which connects via the Internet to Apple's iTunes music and video store. Through the device, people can rent movies and TV shows. The Apple TV has been available since last year.

While streaming and renting movies over the Web is small in terms of revenue when compared with DVD rentals, analysts believe that consumers eventually will turn to the Web for movies much like they have for music. Online music services have had a major impact on falling CD sales.

THE INFORMATION WEEK

APPLE SUED OVER iPHONE'S BROWSER

2008-11-28T02:35:00.000-08:00

Apple's iPhone 3G is generally considered the best browsing experience on a smartphone, as consumers appear to love the ability to zoom and scroll with their fingers on the mobile Safari browser.

But that browsing experience is the heart of a new patent-infringement lawsuit filed by EMG Technology.

The suit claims Apple is infringing on an EMG patent that covers the "simplified interface of reformatted mobile content to provide optimum viewing and navigation with single touches on a small screen." EMG is seeking unspecified damages and an injunction against Apple.

Issued in October of this year, patent 7,441,196 includes 76 claims that cover the display of Internet content reformatted from HTML to XML on mobile devices. There are also patent claims that include technology for zooming and scrolling.

The patent was filed in November 1999, but the company only established itself this month. EMG said it didn't offer Apple a chance to license the technology before the lawsuit, and it currently has no plans to go after other smartphone makers that use similar technology.

Since Apple entered the cell phone business more than two years ago, it has been met with critical success. The iPhone has also been a major hit with consumers, as Apple has sold over 10 million units worldwide in 2008.

But the iPhone has also caused some headaches, as the 3G version has been plagued with reception issues, a British commercial was banned for being misleading, and the company is facing multiple lawsuits over the handset's connectivity and cracks in the casing.

Apple said it doesn't comment on pending litigation.

THE INFORMATION WEEK

APPLE iPHONE 3G AD: BOGUS!

2008-11-28T02:33:00.000-08:00

Another Apple iPhone 3G advert has been pulled from our screens because a handful -- albeit a rather horrible hand with 17 fingers -- of pedants complained that it wasn't realistic.

The Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) bowed to a trickle of complaints that an iPhone 3G advert claimed that the handset is "really fast".

The moaners objected to the fact that the ad showed pages loading rather quickly... ok, "really fast".

What do these people expect -- Apple to air a two-minute advert where the iPhone is shown laboriously loading a range of average web pages?

Do these crazies also complain when actors in telly ads brew a cup of steaming coffee in about 5 seconds flat before they fall into some unbelievably unfunny comic situation? Surely no kettle on Earth could boil that fast.

Or what about the ads where a fat man and his lazy son clean an entire kitchen in about 3 seconds, with Flash or whatever? Other commercials regularly show a disgusting plate go in a dishwasher, only for it to be plucked out 5 seconds later glistening like a polished diamond in a mirror factory.

Please tell us, ASA, how these blatant, appalling lies are allowed to brainwash the gullible, while a 30-second Apple iPhone ad has to adhere to the strict laws of time?

PC WORLD

WEBLINKX: THE TWILIGHT A VAMPIRE STORY

2008-11-27T03:29:00.000-08:00

WEBLINKX: THE TWILIGHT A VAMPIRE STORY

VIEW ME ONLINE: HILARY DUFF IS VERY BEAUTIFUL COMPARED TO OTHERS

2008-11-27T03:13:00.000-08:00

VIEW ME ONLINE: HILARY DUFF IS VERY BEAUTIFUL COMPARED TO OTHERS

VIEW ME ONLINE: HEIDI KLUM THE PICTURE OF A HAPPY MOM

2008-11-25T07:09:00.000-08:00

VIEW ME ONLINE: HEIDI KLUM THE PICTURE OF A HAPPY MOM

BLOGWORKX: SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION CONNECTION: WEBLINKX: KATIE HOLMES ALONE AND CUTIE

2008-11-25T07:08:00.000-08:00

BLOGWORKX: SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION CONNECTION: WEBLINKX: KATIE HOLMES ALONE AND CUTIE

A BRIDE'S GUIDE IN HER WEDDING DAY SPEECH

2008-11-25T06:18:00.001-08:00

The first factor you need to consider in order to deliver the best bride wedding speech is a GRATITUDE.

Imagine how would you feel if someone publicly expressed his/her gratefulness to you as a person important in their lives. Wouldn't you feel great? That's how your mother/father/maid of honor will feel when you mention their names in your speech.

Many people suggest that you only say something like "Thank you mother for being the best mother in the world..." I suggest you say her NAME too. That's how you're going to truly touch her feelings and make her feel wonderful. So, "Thank you mother Sally for bringing me to this world and being the greatest mom in the world..." is lot better example that the first one.

Secondly, telling a story is something you mustn't miss when preparing your bride wedding speech. We, as humans, LOVE stories. If you look back at your conversations with family/friends, most of them were about telling stories.

You can tell some interesting stories about how you and your future husband met, some anecdote and so on. Think about it, there must be some interesting stories you want to share. And remember, once again, stories are priceless.

The third thing you need to do in order to deliver the best bride wedding speech is to get some samples. How did the other brides deliver their speech when they were married? If you have a female friend who is married she can tell you best how to deliver your speech because she has ALREADY BEEN THERE.

LINDSAY LOHAN IS BACK TO HER DRINKING HABIT

2008-11-24T05:31:00.000-08:00

The “investigative news program” Inside Edition secured some surveillance footage of Lindsay Lohan at Lotus nightclub in Washington DC (the same night that she wrote the My Space blog about being a “lonely outsider” or some shizz) that appears to show the young starlet mixing a cocktail and then, later on, drinking … something.

SPYWARES, ADWARES, MALWARES AND ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARES EXPLAINED

2008-11-19T05:27:00.000-08:00

Adware, spyware and computer virus share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let's differentiate the three.

Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is that they create pathways wherein someone else aside from the computer owner can communicate with the computer. Normally spywares record the various types of web sites you visit which are later used by web advertisers to allow them to send you unwanted emails and pop-ups.

This is why spyware are usually frowned upon and greatly avoided. They are more intrusive than adware. Spyware have their own separate executable programs which allow them to record your keystrokes, scan files on your hard disks and look at other applications that you use including but not limited to chat programs, cookies and Web browser settings.

The spyware then will send the information that it had gathered to the spyware author. The agent will then use this information for advertising and marketing purposes. They even sell the information to advertisers and other parties.

Adware, on the other hand, are more legitimate form of freeware. Similar to spyware, adwares are advertising materials which are packaged into a software or program and are installed automatically once that particular program or software is added into the computer system.

Some forms of adware, on the other hand, download advertising contents as a particular application is being utilized. It is quite unfortunate that most of the adware programs take the form of spywares that is they track and report user information to program authors.

Some signs of spyware infections include pop-up ads that seem to be not related to the site you are viewing. More often than not, spyware pop-ups are advertisements about adult contents. Also if you notice your computer slowing down, there's a big chance that spywares and its other components have found their way in your operating system. When the Windows desktop also takes a longer time to load, its best to scan your computer for possible spyware infections.

Meanwhile, viruses are destructive form of software. They were purely designed and created for one purpose alone: to wreck havoc to your computer. They destroy whatever they come in contact to and will initiate self replication and infect as many components of the computer's operating system or network as possible.

Nowadays, a lot of anti-virus software also provides spyware and adware scanning and removal utilities. Some programs, however, are focused on located and deleting or destroying spyware and adware programs. Whether is an anti-virus software or a anti-spyware dedicated scanner, they both search your computer and identify any spyware and virus installed on your system.

They then remove it as well as their components located in the system registry among other places in your computer. It is therefore, good to regularly update your virus or spyware scanner to ensure that your computer is protected from the thousands of spyware and viruses in the internet. Never be fooled from ads that claim that their products only contain adware.

These adware maybe spyware in disguised and are just waiting to be deployed for them to gather your information. Learn to setup firewall systems and always block pop-up blockers to minimize computer infection and ensure the security of all your computer files.

20 TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR ALEXA RANKING

2008-11-18T05:25:00.000-08:00

1. Install the Alexa toolbar or Firefox’s SearchStatus extension and set your blog as your homepage. This is the most basic step.

2. Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.

3. Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails.

4. Work in an Office or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.

5. Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its impact on rankings but it might help in some way.

6. Write or Blog about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.

7. Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others.

8. Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums.

9. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.doshdosh.com . Replace doshdosh.com with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.

10. Post in Asian social networking websites or forums. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.

11. Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.

12. Get Dugg or Stumbled. This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop link worthy material.

13. Use PayperClick Campaigns. Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.

14. Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.

15. Optimize your popular posts. Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.

16. Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which can significantly boost your rank.

17. Hire forum posters to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis. You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.

18. Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn’t really a viable solution for most. I’m keeping this one in because some have suggested that it does work.

19. Use MySpace . This is a little shady so I don’t recommended it unless you’re really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace Crowd.

20. Try Alexa auto-surfs. Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense. They aren’t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest using with caution.

20 EASY KEYBOARD SHOTCUT KEYS FOR ALL BLOGGERS

2008-11-17T05:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a collection of 20 Windows keyboard shortcuts that will save you keystrokes every day.

If you already know (and use) these Windows keyboard shortcuts, congratulations and keep up the good work! If these are new to you, you might want to post a copy near your keyboard so you remember to try them out.

1. F3 function key: Opens a window that allows you to search your computer.

2. Shift when you insert a CD or DVD: Prevents the CD or DVD from automatically playing or running.

3. Alt + Tab: Moves one by one through all the open items on your computer.

4. Ctrl + a (lower case): Selects everything in the current window.

5. Ctrl + c (lower case): Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

6. Ctrl + x (lower case): Cuts (deletes) the selected text.

7. Ctrl + v (lower case): Pastes the selected text.

8. Ctrl + z (lower case): Undo (reverses) the previous action.

9. F2 function key: Renames the selected item.

10. Alt + Enter: View the properties of the selected item.

11. Ctrl + left arrow: Moves cursor left one WORD at a time.

12. Ctrl + right arrow: Moves cursor right one WORD at a time.

13. Home key: Moves cursor to the beginning of a line.

14. End key: Moves cursor to the end of a line.

15. Ctrl + End: Moves cursor to the end of a document.

16. Ctrl + up arrow: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.

17. Ctrl + down arrow: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.

18. Ctrl + Home: Moves cursor to the beginning of a document.

19. Ctrl + End: Moves cursor to the end of a document.

20. Windows key + F1 function key: Opens the Windows help menu.

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

2008-11-16T05:24:00.000-08:00

Step 1- Find and Clarify Your Vision of Success:

If you don't yet know what you want to achieve that's okay. There are ways to find out. Ask yourself what you are good at, what you enjoy doing, and what you would be doing if money were no object. Write out an ideal scenario of you having and doing what you dream of.

Step 2- Define your Goals Clearly:

From your ideal scenario of your Vision of Success identify concrete goals. Define them clearly and write them down. Writing your goals down is very important and gives them more power than just thinking or imagining your success.

Step 3- Visualize Yourself Achieving Your Goals:

Before setting off on the path to success you must first be able to see yourself achieving your success. You must believe that you can do it. Your imagination is a powerful creative tool. Once we can vividly imagine something, it often opens the door to manifesting it (Gawain, 1997).

Step 4- Uncover Psychological Blocks to Success:

If you have difficulty with steps one and two you may have internal obstacles preventing you from having or keeping what you want. On some level you may feel undeserving of success and happiness and this may be reflected in a lack of achievement. To uncover these obstacles ask yourself how you truly feel about having what you desire. Is there any guilt attached to this? One way to uncover any blocks here is to write down why you deserve to be successful. This can reveal any feelings to the contrary. Examine where your attitudes about success came from. Write out all you fears and fantasies associated with being successful.

Step 5- Remove Psychological Blocks to Success:

Often just the awareness of negative attitudes and beliefs about success begins the process of letting them go. You can't force change, but there are different tools and techniques that may be helpful. Some of these include: positive affirmations, therapy, success coaching, support groups such as Visions Anonymous, and rituals to rid yourself of the negative beliefs e.g. write them down then burn/tear them up.

Step 6- Make a Clear Plan With a Timeline:

Consider creating a plan that breaks your goals down into 5-year goals, 1-year goals, 6-months, 3-months and 1-month achievements. After completing this plan you can do weekly goals that will put you on schedule for all of the other goal milestones. Be realistic here so you don't get discouraged.

Step 7- Chart your Progress:

It is important to assess your progress at regular intervals. Pick a day once a week or once a month, read your plan and see if you are on schedule. Reward yourself for achieving milestones. If you need to adjust your plan be realistic and do so. Also, be honest with yourself. Visions and goals can change. If you find that you no longer really want this Vision do not be afraid to change your plan.

Step 8- Enjoy Your Success!

Once you have achieved your goals and your Vision of Success it is very important to acknowledge this. Reward yourself, give yourself credit and allow yourself to feel the attendant good feelings. Don't just rush off to your next goal as if you take your success for granted.

Step 9- Cultivate Gratitude:

Having gratitude is important once you achieve your visions. Literally "count your blessings", give thanks, allow yourself to enjoy them, and relish the experience of the success you already have. This increases success by attracting more of what you currently possess. One simple way to do this is to write a gratitude list (listing everything that you feel grateful for).

Step 10- Give it Away:

Out-flowing (giving away our material gifts and talents) makes room for more to flow to us. When out of feelings of fear or insecurity, we cling to what we have, we cut this flow off. You must not only express gratitude for achieving success, you must share this success with others. Share your resources, time and talents. You are also giving it away when you tell your story to others so that they might be encouraged.

GOAL SETTING THE KEY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

2008-11-15T05:22:00.000-08:00

1. Be Passionate

Be passionate about your goals so that you are motivated to achieve them. Scratch off any goals on your list that you are not willing to do anything it takes to accomplish them.

2. Be Realistic

When you choose goals for yourself, it is okay to dream, but you want to be as realistic as possible. You do not want to become discouraged when you don't achieve a specific goal. Choose time frames that are reasonable and goals that are a stretch from where you are today.

3. Write your goals down

Writing your goals down will lead to an increased chance of achieving them. Write them all down and then prioritise them in order of personal importance.

4. Be Detailed

Every goal should have a time frame and amount assigned to them. For example, "I would like to increase sales by 10% by the end of the year"; instead of, "I would like to increase sales for my business".

5. Be Accountable

To become successful at achieving your goals, you will need to hold yourself accountable by scheduling regular check points for progress review.

6. Ask for Help

Mentors and other professionals are valuable tools to help you in achieving your goals.

7. Have Integrity

Do what you say that you are going to do.

8. Be Persistent

Keep going until you reach your goals. Don't give up prematurely.

9. Be Prepared for Failure

If you fail, set a new goal and keep going. Most successful people fail at some point, and most business owners will tell you that they have failed numerous times on the way to becoming successful.

10. Reward Yourself

Choose a reward for each goal that will encourage you to work hard to achieve them. You are more likely to work hard when there is a reward at the end of the process.

NINE DANGEROUS WORDS THAT WOMEN USE.

2008-11-14T05:18:00.000-08:00

Nine Dangerous Words Women Use

1.) Fine: This is the word women use
to end an argument when they are right
and you need to shut up.

2.) Five Minutes: If she is getting
dressed, this means a half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if
you have just been given five more
minutes to watch the game before
helping around the house.

3.) Nothing: This is the calm before
the storm. This means something, and
you should be on your toes. Arguments
that begin with Nothing usually end in
Fine.

4.) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not
permission. Don't Do It!

5.) Loud Sigh: This is actually a
word, but is a non-verbal statement
often misunderstood by men. A loud
sigh means she thinks you are an idiot
and wonders why she is wasting her
time standing here and arguing with
you about Nothing. (Refer back to #3
for the meaning of Nothing.)

6.) That's Okay: This is one of the
most dangerous statements a women can
make to a man. That's Okay means she
wants to think long and hard before
deciding how and when you will pay for
your mistake.

7.) Thanks: A woman is thanking you,
do not question, or Faint. Just say
you're welcome.

8.) Whatever: Is a women's way of
saying SCREW YOU!

9.) Don't worry about it, I got it:
Another dangerous statement, meaning
this is something that a woman has
told a man to do several times, but is
now doing it herself. This will later
result in a man asking "What's wrong?"
For the woman's response refer to #3.

THINGS THAT YOUR LOVED COMPUTER MUST HAVE

2008-11-13T05:18:00.000-08:00

Your home computer is prone to damage as any other machine in your house, more, if you are connected to the Internet. You must take measures and learn some basic home computer repair methods to safeguard your computer against any potential damage. Here are the top-most important tools that serve as home computer protection as well as home computer repair methods:

• Anti-virus: You should invest in good anti-virus software for continuous online protection. To help with home computer repair, anti-virus software provides fixes for latest viruses and guards against spamming and phishing. You should update the anti-virus package periodically. The most popular ones include BitDefender, McAfee, Kaspersky Lab, F-Secure, Symantec Norton, and Panda. A typical package will cost you $30 to S50. Some basic anti-virus packages are also available for free.

• Anti-spyware/Anti-adware: Spyware and adware prove a menace when it comes to the performance of your computer. As a home computer repair and protection method, scan your computer using an anti-spyware, anti-adware package like Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. These packages are available for free online.

• Operating System and Program Update/ Specific Computer Manufacture's Update: Updating your computer periodically with critical and recommended updates goes a long way in protecting your home computer against damages and rectifying non-functional devices.

• Firewalls: Your operating system may provide you with a firewall by default. You should install a personal firewall if your computer does not have one. A firewall acts as a filter, protecting your computer from malicious content from the Internet. Some popular firewalls include McAfee, Norton, and Zone Alarm. Some firewalls like Kerio are also available for free.

• Disk Defragmentation and Disk Cleanup: These tools come built-in with your computer and serve as important home computer repair methods. These tools help free up space on your computer. You should run these tools periodically.

• Error-checking utility: The computer provides another built-in home computer repair utility called the Error-checking utility. It checks the hard disk for bad sectors and tries to recover them.

• Back up and Recovery: A very dependable method for home computer repair is system restore. You should create restore points on your computer so that in case of any damage, you can restore your computer to a previously secure checkpoint. Also, to avoid losing any important data in case of a system damage or failure, it is a good idea to back up your data periodically.

HOW TO AVOID CANCER THINGS TO BE DONE.

2008-11-12T05:16:00.000-08:00

Cancer is one of the scariest diseases today for most people and being diagnosed with the dreaded word can stop us in our tracks. If there is a history of cancer in your family, like there is in mine, it's something you think about every time you find a lump, notice a new spot or have a pain that doesn't go away.

An article I found showed that Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and a network of collaborators estimated mortality for 12 types of cancer linked to nine risk factors in seven World Bank regions for the year 2001? The following are the nine factors they listed:
• Smoking
• Alcohol
• Overweight/obesity
• Low fruit & vegetable intake
• Physical inactivity
• Unsafe sex
• Air pollutants
• Contaminated injection in a healthcare setting
• Indoor smoke from coal furnace or fireplaces

I found these to be pretty common across the board for the most part but a couple surprised me. Some we have no control over but five of the nine we can and should take a serious look at how they play a role in our own life. The following are some life changes to consider incorporating in your life that can make a significant difference in preventing disease. 5 things that you can do now that will reduce your risk of cancer:

1. LOOSE WEIGHT: Now we all know obesity can be the cause of many diseases and our diets play a big role in how our bodies react to disease. It has been proven that our western diet is one of the major problems with our constant consumption of fast food, greasy fried foods and the time saving prepared foods in our daily diet. The lack of exercise is also one of the nine key factors in obesity and can lead to disease. It's also well documented in the medical field that up to 40 percent of cancer cases can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle. Loosing just 5-10% of your body weight can make a huge difference in how your body functions and will take the burden off organs trying to over compensate for that extra weight.

2. REDUCE STRESS: Let's face it we will all have stress on a daily basis probably for the rest of our lives what with today's hectic lifestyle, working long hours and driving in traffic dealing with the activities of our kids. There is good news though, we can learn how to deal with stress so the effect it has on our bodies is reduced to a minimum. If you control your emotions and thoughts surrounding the stressor, weather it's while you're driving in traffic or dealing with a boss that is blaming you for something he did or didn't do, you can change how you feel and the effect it has on your body. The following is a list of ways to control emotions that I found helpful.

• Take 15-30 minutes a day for yourself, try to clear your mind and visualize all stress leaving your body with every breath you exhale.
• Meditation
• Cat naps-small naps if you're able will really help your physical well being.
• Stop and notice how you're feeling when you're in a stressful situation then immediately change your feelings surrounding it.

What you'll find if you do one or more of these is that you will be able to control your emotions and how your body handles stress as it comes along. The key here is to not let the stress get to the point that is can affect your physical well being.

3. EAT HEALTHIER & EXERCISE: Even though some of us who are not over weight are still at risk due to poor diet. Our bodies are starved because of the lack of nourishment in the food we eat. According to a Swedish study published in the "Journal Diabetes Care" elevated blood sugar has the potential of increasing women's risk of pancreatic, skin, urinary tract, womb and breast cancer. We all know that a diet high in junk food and high levels of blood sugar can eventually cause Type 2 diabetes in some people. Also called adult onset diabetes, which happens when the body can no longer regulate hormone insulin, and has been shown to lead to increased cancer risk. However, the Swedish study demonstrated a correlation between blood sugar levels and cancer risk, independent of the occurrence of diabetes. Researchers studied nearly 65,000 adults between the ages of 40 and 60 for 13 years. They found that the 25 percent of women with the highest blood sugar had a 26 percent higher chance of developing cancer than the 25 percent with the lowest blood sugar levels. Breast cancer risk in particular was increased only among pre-menopausal women. Blood sugar levels did not correlate with cancer risk in men.

Our western diet of red meat, starch and sweets may also be a major cause of breast cancer among postmenopausal women. It could double the risk compared to a diet that's rich in vegetables. This is just another reason for people, and especially woman to make small changes that could make a big difference. A lot of women are eating a diet of soy and more fruits and vegetables but as we have discussed already that's not enough.

4. TAKE A GOOD SUPPLEMENT: We all know taking vitamins to supplement what we don't get in our food is not only essential it's mandatory in our changing world. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to supplements and to get every nutrient our body needs you could spend a small fortune every month and still not know if it was enough or if it was the right nutrient to do the job. The ideal is that we find one that delivers all the nutrition we need while being easy to take without breaking the bank.

5. STOP SMOKING: This is a big one not only will it reduce your chances of getting cancer it will help many other areas you don't even realize. I'm an ex-smoker and I can tell you until I quit I didn't realize how many health issues I had that were exacerbated by smoking and improved once I quit. Not only has it slowed the aging process, smoking can age the skin and cause wrinkles, but I found I slept better and we all know that deeper sleep can greatly improve our overall health. These five things can reduce your risk of getting cancer but the most important hands down is nutrition. I have spent a lot of time researching what the body needs to function at its peak and I found that the nutrients we consume are handled differently by each person. What causes this is our assimilation and how readily we can absorb the nutrition we put in our mouths. If a person has a digestive problem then takes a supplement, let's say vitamin c, they would only absorb a small amount in the blood stream and the rest would be flushed through their system. A liquid supplement is going to be more easily absorbed since it will go directly to the blood stream then a tablet that has to be broke down in the stomach then absorbed so this is a good choice of many.

The key here is to start somewhere, if you eat healthier, get exercise, lose weight (if needed), handle stress and stop smoking you will reduce your chances of getting cancer significantly but giving the body the nutrition it needs to work as it was designed to is the most important thing you can do. Most of us take better care of our car then we do our own body and this is evident when you look at how many people have chronic diseases today compared to fifty years ago. The time to change is today.

WEBLINKX: KIM KARDASHIAN MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION EVENT

2008-11-11T06:30:00.000-08:00

WEBLINKX: KIM KARDASHIAN MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION EVENT

THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING A COMPUTER

2008-11-11T05:15:00.000-08:00

Don't Waste Your Money On Your Next Computer Purchase

Eager to take advantage of low advertised prices that look like great bargains, people often end up wasting their money by making these common mistakes when purchasing a new computer:

1. Memory neglect. In order to cut the price to the bone, vendors rarely include enough memory in the baseline product. 512MB is not enough memory. 2GB (2030-2048MB) is a good baseline for a home or office computer. If you are buying a computer for a "gamer" then start with 4GB.

Recommendation: ALWAYS add more memory.

Failure to Act: Even if you just plan on performing basic tasks like e-mail and word processing with an occasional spreadsheet thrown in, the performance of the system will be impacted. Simply applying the critical security updates that Windows, Office, and other programs regularly require will impact the performance of your system noticeably, over a period of months, if you don't have enough memory to start with.

2. Processor ignorance. Separate from the memory in the computer (item 1), processors have their own memory. The lack of adequate memory on a processor can be the source of much frustration with a computer. Constant lock-ups or freezing, applications that run out of memory, even strange printing behavior may all be symptoms of a processor that lacks adequate memory.

Recommendation: If the computer will be used for very light Internet surfing and word processing or maybe balancing your checkbook, then by all means, a Sempron™ or Celeron™ is all the processor you need. If you plan on having more than two applications open simultaneously, and use your computer more vigorously (word processing, spreadsheet, several Internet browser tabs or windows, and e-mail open at the same time) then you need a more robust processor.

Failure to Act: A bruised and bloody forehead from beating your head against the wall in frustration. The cost of an entirely new computer. You cannot replace just the processor at a later date.

3. CD/DVD drives that don't write or are not fast enough. Another way that vendors keep the price of a computer down is to equip it with a slower, read only CD/DVD drives. DVD media has a much higher storage capacity than CDs, so make sure you can always write to the DVD drive.

Recommendation: Always make sure you can write to the highest capacity storage media. At some point you will need to write to the device to backup your data, including any music you might download. Keep in mind that the ONLY way to backup songs that you download is to make a music CD or DVD. Simply copying the files to a flash drive or other storage device will not enable you to play them again should you lose the originals for some reason (such as updating your software).

Failure to Act: Could cost you real dollars in the long run. Whether it is data or music, you need to backup. Sometimes you may want to share something with another computer user and you are not going to want to part with your flash drive for this purpose.

4. Failure to bundle Office products with your computer purchase. Exceptionally low-priced computers do not come with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, or any other Microsoft Office product. Some come with Microsoft Works, a product that is completely incompatible with Microsoft Word, or other Microsoft Office product. If you ever plan on exchanging a word processing or spreadsheet file with anyone else, you will need one or more of the Microsoft Office products. Purchase what you might need with the computer.

Recommendation: Always purchase Microsoft Office products with the computer when given the chance. The cost savings are considerably better than going to the store and purchasing them separately.

Failure to Act: You might spend a couple of hundred or more dollars than you would have if you had purchased the Office product(s) you needed with the computer. The cost difference is definitely significant.

5. Don't cut corners with your monitor. Buy the biggest, highest resolution, flat panel display that you can afford. Again, these are often offered at a significant discount when bundled with a computer. We have yet to hear anyone express regret over buying a monitor that was "too big." Your eyes will thank you.

Recommendation: High resolution, flat panel displays are the way to go and are almost always cheaper when purchased with your computer. Buy the best you can afford.

Failure to Act: Buyers remorse and "tired eyes". If you work on a computer for more than a couple of hours a day, you won't regret spending a few extra dollars on a good monitor. The cost of upgrading to a higher resolution, larger monitor at the time you originally make your computer purchase is much less than having to buy a whole new monitor at a later date. This is not the place to try to save a few dollars.

Avoiding these common mistakes can greatly increase the useful life of your computer and enhance your computing experience.

HOW TO SPEED UP YOUR WINDOWS INTERNET BROWZER

2008-11-10T05:15:00.000-08:00

One of the most frequently asked questions about Windows is "Why and How" to speed up the Internet connection. What I am going to show you is applicable to Windows Vista and XP.

Step #1 - Optimize Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) and TCP Receive Windows (RWIN) with SpeedGuide TCP Optimizer

TCP Optimizer is free, and you can download it at SpeedGuide web site, just types "SG TCP Optimizer" into Google or any major search engine, you should be able to find it. It will help you to detect and configure the proper registry settings for your TCP network connection, automatic set the proper value for MTU and RWIN into registry. Remember to restart Windows after this setting.

Step #2 - Turn off TCP Auto tuning

In order for previous settings to activate, you need to turn off TCP auto tuning in Vista:

i) Press Windows key and type " cmd. exe", then CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to run as Administrator. In the command Window, type " netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disable", then enter.

ii) If you want to reactivate auto tuning, type " netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal".

If you find your Internet connection drop or slower after turning off TCP auto tuning, just reactivate it again.

Step #3 - Use OpenDNS

Your ISP DNS server will affect your Internet connection response, you can try a better and faster DNS server, and OPENDNS is a fast and free DNS server. Unfortunately, some country's connection is too slow to use this service.

Step# 4 - Use Google Web Accelerator (GWA)

Every major web browser will support proxy server, this technology extends by Google web accelerator will establish a tunneling connection between your low bandwidth computer to Google high bandwidth server, and Google will compress the data before sending it over to your web browser, so overall performance increased!

The formula is simple: Google web accelerator downloads the destination page faster with high speed connection, then compressed it with the super fast server processing power before sending it over to your computer, and your low bandwidth connection will be faster because smaller data is sending across, then Google web accelerator on your computer will unpack and send the data to web browser.

Step #5 - Use faster web browser

Try to install a faster web browser from Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari, they use less resources and generally far more faster than Internet Explorer. You ought to keep Internet Explorer for special web sites, but you can enjoy a faster browsing speed with Firefox and Safari.

This concludes your Windows Internet connection speed problems, if this 5 steps does not help, you need to re-install Windows or contact your ISP!

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU COMPUTER CRASHES DOWN

2008-11-09T05:14:00.000-08:00

One of the most annoying problems a PC users faces in computer crashes. This problem is particularly frustrated because it severely interrupts all programs running and collapses the entire system. Windows Vista is Microsoft most powerful and stable operating system. However, like all new software its not complete and filed with bugs. This is a formula that will cause innumerable computer crashes. But, computer crashes are not always the fault of your operating system. The user shares a large amount of blame. Poorly maintained PCs can build up damaging corrupt files and coding errors. Also dust particles can clog fans and produce heat. All these are elements that will eventually lead to computer crashes. This articles hope to give you enough information to avoid future problems and repair current ones.

The Top 4 Reasons For Computer Crashes.

#1 Cause of Computer Crashes: TOO HOT

Problem: Computer components are more powerful than ever. A piece of silicon hardware can produce an enormous amount of heat. However, your computer is usually configured to manage perfectly regardless of high temperatures. When dust is added to your hard ware, it creates an form of insulation that traps heat instead of ventilating it properly. This is the most common cause of computer crashes. If you see your computer fan clogged with cake like dust, you have created an environment for constant computer crashes due to overheating.

Solution: Remove the computer case and use a can of compressed air to blow out all the dust in the case. Make sure to completely clean the fan. Be careful not to dislodge an wires or components during the process.

#2 Cause of Computer Crashes: Bad Drivers

Problem: Computer crashes are often caused by system drivers not functioning properly. The driver provides a link between your software and hardware. If your operating system can not communicate with the hardware it shuts down and re-attempts attempt to contact the driver during the start up process.

Solution: Updating the driver or troubleshooting it may eliminate this problem. Check your device drivers for any errors which are indicated by an yellow exclamation mark or an X. Follow the below instructions to evaluate the driver:

1.Click "Start"

2.Click "Control Panel"

3.Click "System"

4.In the System menu, click the "hardware" tab

5.Click Device Manager to bring up a full list of

hardware drivers.

6.Right click and choose "Properties" to evaluate the status and troubleshoot the hardware device.

In Vista you can reach the the device manager the following method:

1.Click "Start"

2.Click "Control Panel"

3.Click "Hardware and Sound"

4.Click "Device Manager"

#3 Cause for Computer Crashes

Problem: Bad Power Supply

Most people are completely unaware that their computer has an internal power supply. The Power Supply Unit (PSU) problems are usually indicated by your PC inability to boot or use RAM. Int this case, pressing the power button produces only able to get a blank or blue screen. When the power supply goes bad, your RAM and graphic card begin to malfunction. The final result is your computer crashes when Windows demands a large amount of power.

Solution: PSU are very easy to replace. If you are a gamer who puts high demands on your system with large amount of RAM and high powered graphics cards, you should definitely upgrade to bigger power supply unit.

#4 Corrupt Files

Problem: Many programs, especially ones with online access have encoding problems. Not to mention malware which is purposely coded to disrupt your system. They leave broken foot prints in many areas of your PC memory. However, once these programs are disengaged or removed from your computer, it leaves the error filled tags which also are known as corrupt files. Dlls, Direct Link Library, are files that are shared by multiple programs and are especially sensitive to damage. If one rogue programs damages a dll file, registry file or any essential process, it can cause computer crashes.

Solution: You can repair these files if you are in possession of your original Windows CD. Both XP and Vista offer a wonderful scan and repair tool that can usually repair your disrupted system and stops computer crashes.

How to use Window's SFC Scan and Repair command:

1.Click Start

2. Right Click the Command Prompt or type cmd

3. Type sfc/scannow

4. The tool will scan for damaged files. When prompted provide the Windows original disk for repair.

Remember that computer crashes are not random occurrences. There is a source for this fatal error. You just have to pin point and discover the cause. Remember to always update drivers when install new hardware or any resources intensive software. Show your PC love and care by cleaning it's external and internal parts.

20 TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR ALEXA RANKING

2008-11-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

2008-11-08T05:24:00.001-08:00

CAUSES OF ACNE

2008-11-08T05:13:00.001-08:00

1) Bacteria - Bacteria is one of the main factors that can lead to acne breakouts. This is especially true if you do not cleanse your face thoroughly at the end of the day. As we go through the day, we are exposed to pollutions, dirt, fumes and etc. Bacteria that are built up on the skin should be eliminated. To do this, it is most effective to use an acne face wash that is aimed at removing bacteria on the skin. This will keep the acne causing bacteria at bay and prevent new breakouts.

2) Excess oil - People with oily skin have the tendency to have acne. Overproduction of oils in the skin can cause the pores to be clogged. This, in combination with bacteria, is the perfect condition for acne to form. To treat acne, you have to keep your skin dry. However, this does not mean to dehydrate your skin. You still need water content to keep your skin moist but you have to cut out the oil. The best treatment for this is to use a product containing salicylic acid. This agent will help to reduce excessive oil on the skin as well as to unclog pores.

3) Hormones - An imbalance in the hormones can be triggered by a number of factors. It can be due to puberty, menstruation, poor diet and stress. To deal with hormone imbalance, it is best to use acne herbal supplements. These supplements are aimed at treating acne and keeping out bodies' composition well balanced. Also, it is safer to consume these herbal supplements than prescriptive medication, as they are natural.

Medical Chronicles: HONEY IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH

2008-10-31T22:16:00.000-07:00

Medical Chronicles: HONEY IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH

HONG KONG

2008-10-26T08:24:00.000-07:00

TOMORROW IS MY WEDDING

2008-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

I still trying to complete all the necessary things for my wedding that would be tomorrow. I am excited and a little bit scared of the outcome but every thing fine. By 10:20 pm I will be going to the hotel already and prepare myself to sleep there. I have to wake up tomorrow early for another for another photo shoot.

Medical Chronicles: MORNING STOMACH PAIN

2008-09-30T01:04:00.000-07:00

Medical Chronicles: MORNING STOMACH PAIN

STRANGE FEELING

2008-09-20T22:54:00.000-07:00

Its been several day now that I have been experiencing something strange in me. My big day is about to come and I feel that time is slowly ticking out. Maybe this is just normal someone who is about to enter into a new world of being 2 but one. I told my girlfriend about this feeling that experiencing right now and she only lough at me. Well, this is a guy feeling anyway. This will serve as a countdown until October 11.

A TRUE STORY TO TELL

2008-09-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

This is one story that I would like to share to you all. A simple kindness means a lot to others. I got this nice story in the book Ripples of Joy. I hope you like it. CLICK HERE to read the story.

PERFECT GIFT FOR OUR EXCHANGE GIFT

2008-09-09T08:30:00.000-07:00

Me and my co-employees decided to have an exchange gift every month until Christmas. I know it is very early but it is really a good idea to have an exchange gift every month. Immediately after the exchange of gifts, we would draw names again for another set for the following month.

Last month, I gave a gift for Jun. This time I have to select a clothing for girls because my gift will be given to a girl. I am thinking of giving Scarves because girls love to wear this thing on them. aside from that, I am also thinking of Casual Clothing For Girls since the party will be on a Wednesday, it will be casual wear for them. I am also contemplating on giving two Sweaters.

Finally i was able to acquire the gift that I will be giving. It is one of those Girls Shorts that I was looking for. It a Volgom Geo Mess kind of shorts. I think I was able to acquire the perfect gift for our this month's exchange gift. Every time I shop, I always shop online. It is because shopping for items is fast and convenient on my part. I don't have to leave my house and I dont like to squeeze my way into a crowded mall selling area. I shop at ShopWiki, every thing is here and available for sale.

HOT SPONGE BATH FOR FEVER TREATMENTS

2008-09-07T08:18:00.000-07:00

Hot Sponge Bath: is given to patients with very high fever but whose skin of the legs and arms are cold. Water for hot sponge bath should be as hot as can be tolerated. The sponge bath should be done fast and with friction to encourage blood to surface. The sponge may be repeated after 1 or 2 hours if the fever persists.

Procedure:
a. Make the patient comfortable. Remove clothing and cover with cover with sheet or blanket. Close windows to avoid drafts.
b. Protect the bed with towels as each part is being sponged. Put one bath towel across the chest and sponge the face, ears and neck. Dry the areas that had been sponged with the towel across the chest.
c. Sponge on part at a time in the following order: arms, chest, abdomen, legs, feet, and back. For the arm or leg. Spread the towel under the whole length of the arm or leg while it is being sponged. Rub skin briefly with face towel to draw blood to the surface. Dry each part after the sponge to avoid chilling. Be sure that the patient is dry before replacing clothing and covers. Hot drinks (lemonade juice) can be offered to encourage perspiration.

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TIPS IN SELECTING A DOMAIN NAME

2008-08-29T07:59:00.001-07:00

As the world wide web grows thousands of gigabytes per day, the need for domain name becomes essential. If you are just budding to get your own domain name, as I have done several weeks past, try to remember these key questions in selecting the best domain registration:

1. Is this domain name that I wish to register reflects to the kind product/services I am offering? People tend to view the general category of the product when browsing them in the internet. If you had already successfully maintained a brand name or corporate image, be sure to get them. This will improve your search engine optimization (SEO) while implying the image you are projecting. If you can't get the domain name you think is the best one for your sites, you may want to get "com.ph" if your site is from the Philippines, or any.

2. Is the domain name selected simple? Remove any signs like hyphen, dash and asterisk and other possible fonts or signs that would make it seem too complex to input. Be sure that the name selected is short, simple and easy to remember. Name recall is the name of the game here.

3. Is the selected domain name almost similar to other sites? Simplicity and shortness of the name plays a crucial role in your selection. Avoid selecting domain names which are almost similar to what you are expecting. Much more avoid company owned brands and corporate image or you'll suffer trademark and other legal problems in the future.

4. Is your domain name viable for your long term plan? Identify your future plans for your site and integrate it to your site. As soon as you get regular browsers who look for your brand, keep it. Since you are just renting it from a provider, avoid your domain registration from expiring.

5. Is your domain registration site accredited? Avoid being scammed. Be sure to select legitimate and accredited online sites who can sell domains. I recommend that you check and search for domain registration site which offers cheap domain names that you want.

Any form of existence starts with a name. Keep them securely. Like your name, domain name is your identity.

MY FAVORITE VEGETABLE IS CARROTS

2008-08-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white, or red-white blend in colour, with a crisp texture when fresh. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It has been bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot, but is still the same species.

It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer, while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 metre (3 ft) tall, with an umbel of white flowers.

Carrots can be eaten in a variety of ways. They are often chopped and boiled, fried or steamed, and cooked in soups and stews, as well as baby and pet foods. A well known dish is carrots julienne. Grated carrots are used in carrot cakes, as well as carrot puddings, an old English dish thought to have originated in the early 1800s. The greens are edible as a leaf vegetable, but are rarely eaten by humans. Together with onion and celery, carrots are one of the primary vegetables used in a mirepoix to make various broths.

Ever since the late 1980s, baby carrots or mini-carrots (carrots that have been peeled and cut into uniform cylinders) have been a popular ready-to-eat snack food available in many supermarkets.

Carrot juice is also widely marketed, especially as a health drink, either stand-alone or blended with fruits and other vegetables.

The carrot gets its characteristic and bright orange colour from ß-carotene, which is metabolised into vitamin A in humans when bile salts are present in the intestines. Massive overconsumption of carrots can cause hypercarotenemia, a condition in which the skin turns orange (although this is superior to overdose effects of vitamin A, which can cause liver damage). Carrots are also rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals.

Lack of Vitamin A can cause poor vision, including night vision, and vision can be restored by adding Vitamin A back into the diet. The urban legend that says eating large amounts of carrots will allow one to see in the dark developed from stories of British gunners in World War II who were able to shoot down German planes in the darkness of night. The legend arose during the Battle of Britain when the RAF circulated a story about their pilot's carrot consumption as an attempt to cover up the discovery and effective use of radar technologies in engaging enemy planes. It reinforced existing German folklore and helped to encourage Britons - looking to improve their night vision during the blackouts - to grow and eat the vegetable.

Ethnomedically, the roots are used to treat digestive problems, intestinal parasites, and tonsillitis or constipation.

Falcarinol, a seventeen-carbon diyne fatty alcohol was isolated from carrot and red ginseng (Panax ginseng). It was shown to have potent anticancer properties on primary mammary epithelial cells (breast cancer).

The wild ancestors of the carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan, which remains the centre of diversity of D. carota, the wild carrot. Selective breeding over the centuries of a naturally-occurring subspecies of the wild carrot, Daucus carota subsp. sativus has produced the familiar garden vegetable.

In early use, carrots were grown for their aromatic leaves and seeds, not their roots. Some relatives of the carrot are still grown for these, such as parsley, fennel, dill and cumin. The first mention of the root in classical sources is in the 1st century CE. The modern carrot appears to have been introduced to Europe in the 8-10th centuries; Ibn al-Awam, in Andalusia, describes both red and yellow carrots; Simeon Seth also mentions both colours in the 11th century. Orange-coloured carrots appear in the Netherlands in the 17th century. The Dutch were the first to make the orange carrot. They Dutch made the orange carrot to be less bitter than the yellow varieties.

In addition to wild carrot, these alternative (mostly historical) names are recorded for Daucus carota: Bee's-nest, Bee's-nest plant, Bird's-nest, Bird's-nest plant, Bird's-nest root, Carota, Carotte (French), Carrot, Common carrot, Crow's-nest, Daucon, Dawke, Devil's-plague, Fiddle, Gallicam, Garden carrot, Gelbe Rübe (German), Gingidium, Hill-trot, Laceflower, Mirrot, Möhre (German), Parsnip (misapplied), Queen Anne's lace, Rantipole, Staphylinos, and Zanahoria.

The parsnip is a close relative of the carrot, as is parsley.

Carrot cultivars can be grouped into two broad classes, eastern carrots and western carrots. More recently, a number of novelty cultivars have been bred for particular characteristics.

The world's largest carrot was grown in Palmer, Alaska by John Evans in 1998, weighing 8.6 kg (19 lb).

The city of Holtville, California promotes itself as "Carrot Capital of the World", and holds an annual festival devoted entirely to the carrot.

Eastern carrots

Eastern carrots were domesticated in Central Asia, probably in modern-day Afghanistan in the 10th century, or possibly earlier. Specimens of the eastern carrot that survive to the present day are commonly purple or yellow, and often have branched roots. The purple colour common in these carrots comes from anthocyanin pigments.

The western carrot emerged in the Netherlands in the 15th or 16th century, its orange colour making it popular in those countries as an emblem of the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independence. The orange colour results from abundant carotenes in these cultivars. While orange carrots are the norm in the West, other colours do exist, including white, yellow, red, and purple. These other colours of carrot are raised primarily as novelty crops.

The Vegetable Improvement Center at Texas A&M University has developed a purple-skinned, orange-fleshed carrot, the BetaSweet (also known as the Maroon Carrot), with substances to prevent cancer, which has recently entered very limited commercial distribution, through J&D Produce of Edinburg TX. This variety of carrot is also known to be high in ß-carotene which is an essential nutrient. The high concentrations of this nutreint give the carrot its maroon shade.

Western carrot cultivars are commonly classified by their root shape:

* Chantenay carrots are shorter than other cultivars, but have greater girth, sometimes growing up to 8 centimetres (3 in) in diameter. They have broad shoulders and taper towards a blunt, rounded tip. They are most commonly diced for use in canned or prepared foods.
* Danvers carrots have a conical shape, having well-defined shoulders and tapering to a point at the tip. They are somewhat shorter than Imperator cultivars, but more tolerant of heavy soil. Danvers cultivars are often pureed as baby food.
* Imperator carrots are the carrots most commonly sold whole in U.S. supermarkets; their roots are longer than other cultivars of carrot, and taper to a point at the tip.
* Nantes carrots are nearly cylindrical in shape, and are blunt and rounded at both the top and tip. Nantes cultivars are often sweeter than other carrots.

While any carrot can be harvested before reaching its full size as a more tender "baby" carrot, some fast-maturing cultivars have been bred to produce smaller roots. The most extreme examples produce round roots about 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in diameter. These small cultivars are also more tolerant of heavy or stony soil than long-rooted cultivars such as 'Nantes' or 'Imperator'. The "baby carrots" sold ready-to-eat in supermarkets are, however, often not from a smaller cultivar of carrot, but are simply full-sized carrots that have been sliced and peeled to make carrot sticks of a uniform shape and size.

Carrot flowers are pollinated primarily by bees. Seed growers use honeybees or mason bees for their pollination needs.

Carrots are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Common Swift, Garden Dart, Ghost Moth, Large Yellow Underwing and Setaceous Hebrew Character.

Food enthusiasts and researchers have developed other varieties of carrots through traditional breeding methods. Novelty carrots are also grown throughout Western Europe in flower pots and are noted for their distinctly minty flavour.

One particular variety lacks the usual orange pigment from carotenes, owing its white colour to a recessive gene for tocopherol (Vitamin E). Derived from Daucus carota L. and patented (US patent #6,437,222) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the variety is intended to supplement the dietary intake of Vitamin E.

In 2005, China was the largest producer of carrots and turnips, according to the FAO. China accounted for at least one third of the global output, followed by Russia and the United States.

In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people revealed that the carrot was Britain's third favourite culinary vegetable.

For the purposes of the European Union's "Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption" carrots can be defined as a fruit as well as a vegetable. This is because carrot jam is a Portuguese delicacy.

DREAM GIRL OF THE DAY

2008-08-25T10:06:00.001-07:00

HEIDI MONTAG the sexy babe of the week. She is the hottest item right now. She is not afraid to show some skin and she is said to be in a firm next month. See her and dream for her.

REMOVING MALWARES

2008-08-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

If your computer is infected with third party intruders, you are undoubtedly asking the question "how do I remove malware?" I will answer that question for you in this article, but first, I must tell you that you had better not delay, because malware spreads quickly and can destroy your computer (or your credit) in the process.

Malware is short for "malicious software." It is installed on computers without the user giving the go ahead. Malware is also known as spyware. It comes in many different forms, like trojan horses, viruses, adware, and worms. Some of these are not all that dangerous and really more of a nuisance than anything else (things like pop ups and weird icons on your desktop). The most serious types of malware allow a third party to spy on your banking and credit information, leaving you at risk for identity theft.

Now, let's answer the quesiton of "how do I remove malware?" You have a couple of options. You can try to get rid of it yourself in the "add or remove programs" portion of the Windows control panel. But this is tricky, because if you accidentally remove a file necessary to the operation of your computer, you could be in a bigger mess than you currently are! It could mean the end of your computer. Also, it can be hard to find malware on your own.

How do I remove malware? I use a malware removal program, which will scan my PC for problems, and lets me delete them if I wish. It will also perform scans for future malware infections, and will provide a defense against those attacks.

CHICK OF THE WEEK

2008-08-23T08:28:00.000-07:00

This is the high school musical star, Vanessa Hudgens. She slipped while walking at the shooting of a film and accidentally her panty was seen unintended.

LAPTOP FOR ALL AT NIUE

2008-08-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

NIUE (AFP) - The tiny South Pacific nation of Niue Thursday became the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children, officials said.

Every primary and secondary school student was this week given a rugged "relatively waterproof and breakproof" little green laptop, which has wireless connection to the Internet as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative.

The computers have been specially designed by OLPC, a US-based charity, to help children's learning and to be cheap as well as difficult to break or damage.

The OLPC programme stems from research and development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston in the US and has been supported by businesses including News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch and Google Corp.

The donation of 500 computers to Niue -- which has a total population of less than 1,500 -- is part of an initiative to distribute 5,000 laptops in the Pacific region, OLPC said in a statement.

Barry Vercoe of OLPC Boston said the initiative was to "create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children".

The laptops are designed for primary school children aged six to 12 but have also been given to high school students in Niue, where the inhabitants have free Internet access.

If schools install servers, pupils can access school study information and chat to each other in a radius of a kilometre (half a mile), without having to connect to the Internet.

SOURCE: YAHOO

LUCKY CHICK OF THE DAY

2008-08-19T07:52:00.001-07:00

She has trimmed herself in good form as she presents her sexy body before the press audiences in an interview. I see a lot of changes in her. She is getting delicious really!

OLD FURNITURE

2008-08-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

I was instructed by my mother to check the old furniture that was placed at the side of our house. She believed that termites have already eaten the furniture. To give you a brief history about the old furniture, it was a wedding gift from my grandparents to my mother when she got married to my father. The furniture has a deep attachment to my mother. As I checked the old furniture it was in good condition and just a little dusting it can still be used inside our house. The only problem is that there is no more room for the old furniture. If you look at our house inside, you would noticed that things are crowded inside. An addition would make the house like a canned sardines. Since my mother insisted that to keep safe the old furniture, I decided to transfer it to a new location that can be seen by mother. I placed it in the garage, a place that it can be seen always. The old furniture can still be used but our house must be renovated to increase the space. But that is another story. While waiting for that to happen, the old furniture stays out in the meantime.

HOT JOBS FOR THE WORLD

2008-08-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Do you know what are the Majors that bring the big cash? To read more about this juicy article just click the link. HOT JOBS

RSS FEEDS

2008-08-14T04:22:00.000-07:00

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays.

The benefit of RSS is the aggregation of content from multiple web sources in one place. RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader," "feed reader," or an "aggregator," which can be web-based or desktop-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.

HOT CHICK OF THE WEEK

2008-08-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

HOT PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN SURVEYED.

BREAST CANCER

2008-08-12T08:41:00.000-07:00

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer (10.4%; after lung cancer) and the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer). Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death. In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths). The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world.

North American women have the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer). Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 (12.5%) lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 35 (3%) chance of breast cancer causing their death. In 2007, breast cancer was expected to cause 40,910 deaths in the U.S. (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of all deaths).

In the U.S., both incidence and death rates for breast cancer have been declining in the last few years. Nevertheless, a U.S. study conducted in 2005 by the Society for Women's Health Research indicated that breast cancer remains the most feared disease, even though heart disease is a much more common cause of death among women.

Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males. Incidences of breast cancer in men are approximately 100 times less common than in women, but men with breast cancer are considered to have the same statistical survival rates as women.

Breast cancers are described along four different classification schemes, or groups, each based on different criteria and serving a different purpose :

* Pathology - A pathologist will categorize each tumor based on its histological (microscopic anatomy) appearance and other criteria. The most common pathologic types of breast cancer are invasive ductal carcinoma, malignant cancer in the breast's ducts, and invasive lobular carcinoma, malignant cancer in the breast's lobules.
* Grade of tumor - The histological grade of a tumor is determined by a pathologist under a microscope. A well-differentiated (low grade) tumor resembles normal tissue. A poorly differentiated (high grade) tumor is composed of disorganized cells and, therefore, does not look like normal tissue. Moderately differentiated (intermediate grade) tumors are somewhere in between.
* Protein & gene expression status - Currently, all breast cancers should be tested for expression, or detectable effect, of the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2/neu proteins. These tests are usually done by immunohistochemistry and are presented in a pathologist's report. The profile of expression of a given tumor helps predict its prognosis, or outlook, and helps an oncologist choose the most appropriate treatment. More genes and/or proteins may be tested in the future.
* Stage of a tumour - The currently accepted staging scheme for breast cancer is the TNM classification :
o Tumor - There are five tumor classification values (Tis, T1, T2, T3 or T4) which depend on the presence or absence of invasive cancer, the dimensions of the invasive cancer, and the presence or absence of invasion outside of the breast (e.g. to the skin of the breast, to the muscle or to the rib cage underneath).
o Lymph Node - There are four lymph node classification values (N0, N1, N2 or N3) which depend on the number, size and location of breast cancer cell deposits in lymph nodes.
o Metastases - There are two metastatic classification values (M0 or M1) which depend on the presence or absence of breast cancer cells in locations other than the breast and lymph nodes (so-called distant metastases, e.g. to bone, brain, lung).

Early breast cancer can in some cases present as breast pain (mastodynia) or a painful lump. Since the advent of breast mammography, breast cancer is most frequently discovered as an asymptomatic nodule on a mammogram, before any symptoms are present. A lump under the arm or above the collarbone that does not go away may be present.

When breast cancer has invaded the dermal lymphatics - small lymph vessels of the skin, its presentation can resemble skin inflammation and thus is known as inflammatory breast cancer. In inflammatory breast cancer, the breast cancer is blocking lymphatic vessels and this can cause pain, swelling, warmth, and redness throughout the breast, as well as an orange peel texture to the skin referred to as peau d'orange. Although there may have been no previous signs of breast cancer and the cancer might be missed in screening mamograms, Inflammatory Breast Cancer is at least locally advanced at presentation (LABC) and Stage IIIB. Immediate staging tests are required to rule out distant metastes which might already be present making it Stage IV.

Changes in the appearance or shape of the breast can raise suspicions of breast cancer.

Another reported symptom complex of breast cancer is Paget's disease of the breast. This syndrome presents as eczematoid skin changes at the nipple, and is a late manifestation of an underlying breast cancer.

Most breast symptoms do not turn out to represent underlying breast cancer. Benign breast diseases such as fibrocystic mastopathy, mastitis, functional mastodynia, and fibroadenoma of the breast are more common causes of breast symptoms. The appearance of a new breast symptom should be taken seriously by both patients and their doctors, because of the possibility of an underlying breast cancer at almost any age.

Occasionally, breast cancer presents as metastatic disease, that is, cancer that has spread beyond the original organ. Metastatic breast cancer will cause symptoms that depend on the location of metastasis. More common sites of metastasis include bone, liver, lung, and brain. Unexplained weight loss can occasionally herald an occult breast cancer, as can symptoms of fevers or chills. Bone or joint pains can sometimes be manifestations of metastatic breast cancer, as can jaundice or neurological symptoms. Pleural effusions are not uncommon with metastatic breast cancer. Obviously, these symptoms are "non-specific," meaning they can also be manifestations of many other illnesses.

Epidemiological risk factors for a disease can provide important clues as to the etiology of a disease. The first work on breast cancer epidemiology was done by Janet Lane-Claypon, who published a comparative study in 1926 of 500 breast cancer cases and 500 control patients of the same background and lifestyle for the British Ministry of Health.

Today, breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to be the final outcome of multiple environmental and hereditary factors.

1. Lesions to DNA such as genetic mutations. Exposure to estrogen has been experimentally linked to the mutations that cause breast cancer. Beyond the contribution of estrogen, research has implicated viral oncogenesis and the contribution of ionizing radiation.
2. Failure of immune surveillance, which usually removes malignancies at early phases of their natural history.
3. Abnormal growth factor signaling in the interaction between stromal cells and epithelial cells, for example in the angiogenesis necessary to promote new blood vessel growth near new cancers.
4. Inherited defects in DNA repair genes, such as BRCA1, BRCA2 and p53.

Although many epidemiological risk factors have been identified, the cause of any individual breast cancer is often unknowable. In other words, epidemiological research informs the patterns of breast cancer incidence across certain populations, but not in a given individual. The primary risk factors that have been identified are sex, age, childbearing, hormones, a high-fat diet, alcohol intake, obesity, and environmental factors such as tobacco use and radiation.

No etiology is known for 95% of breast cancer cases, while approximately 5% of new breast cancers are attributable to hereditary syndromes. In particular, carriers of the breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, are at a 30-40% increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer, depending on in which portion of the protein the mutation occurs.

Studies have found that "folate intake counteracts breast cancer risk associated with alcohol consumption" and "women who drink alcohol and have a high folate intake are not at increased risk of cancer." A prospective study of over 17,000 women found that those who consume 40 grams of alcohol (about 3-4 drinks) per day have a higher risk of breast cancer. However, in women who take 200 micrograms of folate (folic acid or Vitamin B9) every day, the risk of breast cancer drops below that of alcohol abstainers.

Folate is involved in the synthesis, repair, and functioning of DNA, the body’s genetic map, and a deficiency of folate may result in damage to DNA that may lead to cancer. In addition to breast cancer, studies have also associated diets low in folate with increased risk of pancreatic, and colon cancer.

Foods rich in folate include citrus fruits, citrus juices, dark green leafy vegetables (such as spinach), dried beans, and peas. Vitamin B9 can also be taken in a multivitamin pill.

Breast cancer is diagnosed by the examination of surgically removed breast tissue. A number of procedures can obtain tissue or cells prior to definitive treatment for histological or cytological examination. Such procedures include fine-needle aspiration, nipple aspirates, ductal lavage, core needle biopsy, and local surgical excision. These diagnostic steps, when coupled with radiographic imaging, are usually accurate in diagnosing a breast lesion as cancer. Occasionally, pre-surgical procedures such as fine needle aspirate may not yield enough tissue to make a diagnosis, or may miss the cancer entirely. Imaging tests are sometimes used to detect metastasis and include chest X-ray, bone scan, Cat scan, MRI, and PET scanning. While imaging studies are useful in determining the presence of metastatic disease, they are not in and of themselves diagnostic of cancer. Only microscopic evaluation of a biopsy specimen can yield a cancer diagnosis. Ca 15.3 (carbohydrate antigen 15.3, epithelial mucin) is a tumor marker determined in blood which can be used to follow disease activity over time after definitive treatment. Blood tumor marker testing is not routinely performed for the screening of breast cancer, and has poor performance characteristics for this purpose.

Breast cancer is staged according to the TNM system, updated in the AJCC Staging Manual, now on its sixth edition. Prognosis is closely linked to results of staging, and staging is also used to allocate patients to treatments both in clinical trials and clinical practice. The information for staging is as follows:

TX: Primary tumor cannot be assessed. T0: No evidence of tumor. Tis: Carcinoma in situ, no invasion T1: Tumor is 2 cm or less T2: Tumor is more than 2 cm but not more than 5 cm T3: Tumor is more than 5 cm T4: Tumor of any size growing into the chest wall or skin, or inflammatory breast cancer

NX: Nearby lymph nodes cannot be assessed N0: Cancer has not spread to regional lymph nodes. N1: Cancer has spread to 1 to 3 axillary or one internal mammary lymph node N2: Cancer has spread to 4 to 9 axillary lymph nodes or multiple internal mammary lymph nodes N3: One of the following applies:

Cancer has spread to 10 or more axillary lymph nodes, or Cancer has spread to the lymph nodes under the clavicle (collar bone), or Cancer has spread to the lymph nodes above the clavicle, or Cancer involves axillary lymph nodes and has enlarged the internal mammary lymph nodes, or Cancer involves 4 or more axillary lymph nodes, and tiny amounts of cancer are found in internal mammary lymph nodes on sentinel lymph node biopsy.

MX: Presence of distant spread (metastasis) cannot be assessed. M0: No distant spread. M1: Spread to distant organs, not including the supraclavicular lymph node, has occurred

Summary of stages:

* Stage 0 - Carcinoma in situ
* Stage I - Tumor (T) does not involve axillary lymph nodes (N).
* Stage IIA – T 2-5 cm, N negative, or T <2 cm and N positive.
* Stage IIB – T > 5 cm, N negative, or T 2-5 cm and N positive (< 4 axillary nodes).
* Stage IIIA – T > 5 cm, N positive, or T 2-5 cm with 4 or more axillary nodes
* Stage IIIB – T has penetrated chest wall or skin, and may have spread to < 10 axillary N
* Stage IIIC – T has > 10 axillary N, 1 or more supraclavicular or infraclavicular N, or internal mammary N.
* Stage IV – Distant metastasis (M)

Breast lesions are examined for certain markers, notably sex steroid hormone receptors. About two thirds of postmenopausal breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and progesterone receptor positive (PR+). Receptor status modifies the treatment as, for instance, only ER-positive tumors, not ER-negative tumors, are sensitive to hormonal therapy.

The breast cancer is also usually tested for the presence of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, a protein also known as HER2, neu or erbB2. HER2 is a cell-surface protein involved in cell development. In normal cells, HER2 controls aspects of cell growth and division. When activated in cancer cells, HER2 accelerates tumor formation. About 20-30% of breast cancers overexpress HER2. Those patients may be candidates for the drug trastuzumab, both in the postsurgical setting (so-called "adjuvant" therapy), and in the metastatic setting.

The mainstay of breast cancer treatment is surgery when the tumor is localized, with possible adjuvant hormonal therapy (with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor), chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy. At present, the treatment recommendations after surgery (adjuvant therapy) follow a pattern. This pattern is subject to change, as every two years, a worldwide conference takes place in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to discuss the actual results of worldwide multi-center studies. Depending on clinical criteria (age, type of cancer, size, metastasis) patients are roughly divided to high risk and low risk cases, with each risk category following different rules for therapy. Treatment possibilities include radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and immune therapy.

In planning treatment, doctors can also use PCR tests like Oncotype DX or microarray tests like MammaPrint that predict breast cancer recurrence risk based on gene expression. In February 2007, the MammaPrint test became the first breast cancer predictor to win formal approval from the Food and Drug Administration. This is a new gene test to help predict whether women with early-stage breast cancer will relapse in 5 or 10 years, this could help influence how aggressively the initial tumor is treated.

A prognosis is the medical team's "best guess" in how cancer will affect a patient. There are many prognostic factors associated with breast cancer: staging, tumour size and location, grade, whether disease is systemic (has metastasized, or traveled to other parts of the body), recurrence of the disease, and age of patient.

Stage is the most important, as it takes into consideration size, local involvement, lymph node status and whether metastatic disease is present. The higher the stage at diagnosis, the worse the prognosis. Larger tumours, invasiveness of disease to lymph nodes, chest wall, skin or beyond, and aggressiveness of the cancer cells raise the stage, while smaller tumours, cancer-free zones, and close to normal cell behaviour (grading) lower it.

Grading is based on how cultured biopsied cells behave. The closer to normal cancer cells are, the slower their growth and a better prognosis. If cells are not well differentiated, they appear immature, divide more rapidly, and tend to spread. Well differentiated is given a grade of 1, moderate is grade 2, while poor or undifferentiated is given a higher grade of 3 or 4 (depending upon the scale used).

Younger women tend to have a poorer prognosis than post-menopausal women due to several factors. Their breasts are active with their cycles, they may be nursing infants, and may be unaware of changes in their breasts. Therefore, younger women are usually at a more advanced stage when diagnosed.

The presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the cancer cell, while not prognostic, is important in guiding treatment. Those who do not test positive for these specific receptors will not respond to hormone therapy.

Likewise, HER2/neu status directs the course of treatment. Patients whose cancer cells are positive for HER2/neu have more aggressive disease and may be treated with trastuzumab, a monoclonal antibody that targets this protein.

Breast cancer may be one of the oldest known forms of cancer tumors in humans. The oldest description of cancer was discovered in Egypt and dates back to approximately 1600 BC. The Edwin Smith Papyrus describes 8 cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast that were treated by cauterization.The writing says about the disease, "There is no treatment." For centuries, physicians described similar cases in their practises, with the same sad conclusion. It wasn't until doctors achieved greater understanding of the circulatory system in the 17th century that they could establish a link between breast cancer and the lymph nodes in the armpit. The French surgeon Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750) and later the Scottish surgeon Benjamin Bell (1749-1806) were the first to remove the lymph nodes, breast tissue, and underlying chest muscle. Their successful work was carried on by William Stewart Halsted who started performing mastectomies in 1882. He became known for his Halsted radical mastectomy, a surgical procedure that remained popular up to the 1970s.

SKIN CANCER, THE REALITY ABOUT IT

2008-08-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

Skin cancer is one of the most horrible diseases that could happen to anyone. As far as in modern medical knowledge has identify the major causes of skin cancer which consist of some risky activities. Many people seem to be more concern about how to protect and stay away from the disease. However, it is likely that apart from the person who may have genetic disease of skin cancer, the disease happen more to the one who work or live in the environment that has greater chance of skin cancer. According to this reasons for the once who living or working in such the environment have to be very careful and aware of these threads and also to find the way of effective protections. You may find the following details useful in terms of the identification of major cause of skin cancer, and to consider whether you are the one who are in such environment and in order to prepare in case you found that you are in early stage of the disease.

We will have a look at the first condition that usually (and most of the time) is the major cause of skin cancer, the sunlight. According to the fact that sunlight extremely has benefit to human's health and the human body can not work functionally without sunlight. This is because the sunlight has Ultra Violet Radiations, which is really necessary to human body to generate important glucose and haemoglobin. However, in the same time, the ultraviolet radiation is also the major cause of skin cancer if there are exceed in the amount that the person take it. For example, considering the person who has to work in the condition such as golf caddy, these people is obviously have to face with very strong sunlight all the time. Some people in this job category may try to protect themselves by wearing cloth that prevent the skin to have direct contact with the sunlight, but in fact, the ultraviolet radiation still radiate to the skin even though it is not a direct contact. The only one way of protection is to wear thick cloth to prevent radiation or using anti-UV lotion apply on the skin.

When talk about the radiation, the other condition that may risk of skin cancer and quickly come into my mind is for the person who work in a hospital, in the x-ray room. Yes, it is one of the most risk condition for skin cancer. As same as the radiation of the UV sunlight, x-ray contain some radioactive substances that impact to the human skin and cause cancer if the person has direct contact too often.

Other condition that may risk of skin cancer, apart from those two major factors is to have direct contact with some kind of chemical substances such as hydrocarbons and arsenic. We can see these days as many kind of what we use in everyday life contains these kind of chemicals. In some case, for many women who have to use excessive cosmetic on daily basis could also risk to have skin cancer.

9 DANGEROUS WORDS WOMEN USE

2008-08-10T09:11:00.001-07:00