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Researchers believe they've finally found proof of a prehistoric microcontinent called Mauritia<br />
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Some 85 million years ago, a small landmass was sandwiched somewhere between what's now <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1361819529007_2">India</span> and <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1361819529007_1">Madagascar</span>. This <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1361819529007_4">ancient continent</span>
— Mauritia — was long the stuff of near legend, with geologists not
totally sure if it ever even existed. But now, new evidence suggests the
long-lost prehistoric continent is actually buried — in pieces —
underneath the waves of <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1361819529007_7">the Indian Ocean</span>.</div>
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The world was a very different place back when <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1361819529007_6">Mauritia</span> was around. Remember, until just 750 million years ago, our planet's landmasses were all joined in a supercontinent called Rodinia.
But Rodinia was eventually busted up, and millions of years of volcanic
eruptions and plate tectonics eventually cleaved thousands of miles
between India and Madagascar, leaving Mauritia surrounded by
ocean. Then, anywhere from 2 billion to 85 million years ago, the small
desolate landmass vanished.</div>
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In a new study published in the journal <em>Nature Geoscience</em>,
researchers from Norway, Germany, and Britain claim to have discovered a
"hidden" ancient crust buried under certain parts of the <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1361819529007_5">Indian Ocean</span>.
This hidden crust has been obscured by younger, "fresh" lava from
underwater volcanic activity, and in some places, exhibited slightly
stronger gravitational fields. This could have been due to a natural
thickening of the Earth's crust caused by magma, but scientists had a
hunch it was something else.</div>
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Using a computer model, researchers traced back the movements of
tectonic plates to pinpoint where these areas of intense gravity were
located 50 million to 100 million years ago. Sure enough, the puzzle
pieces were once attached to the western edge of <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1361819529007_3">India</span> — where Mauritia was assumed to sit.</div>
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To test their findings, researchers took sand samples from several
beaches in modern-day Mauritius, a small island nation a few hundred
miles east of Madagascar that researchers think was once connected to
the continent Mauritia. Once again, they found something strange:
Zircons, a mineral associated with continental crust, were shown to be
hundreds of millions years old; the island's crust itself, in contrast,
was just 10 million years old — a baby by comparison.</div>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/lost-continent-indian-ocean/" rel="nofollow">According to <em>ScienceNOW</em></a>,
the researchers, led by geophysicist Trond H. Torsvik of the University
of Oslo, think the zircons got there when a volcano long ago "punched
its way through pieces of preexisting continental crust on the
seafloor," spreading the prehistoric minerals all over the modern
beach. That means buried underneath the seawater and sea-crusts may be
the ancient microcontinent of Mauritia.<br />
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Of course, the results are far from conclusive. But Torsvik and his team
are optimistic about what these initial findings suggest. "We need
seismic data which can image the structure... this would be the ultimate
proof [of Mauritia's existence]" Torsvik tells the<em> BCC</em><em>.</em> "Or you can drill deep, but that would cost a lot of money." <br />
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Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-9239473661096037582012-01-25T12:57:00.000+07:002012-01-25T12:57:47.864+07:00Facebook forces Timeline; tips to hide users' past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqEjlI7AMIilNOBcQBsKlWm-WNKQihi-OH1nKz2LE6SZ16V_9W-G0CAcGAxFTivGH5nZ5UpoZ65FQqn7UiJx8rQ_BIqqYi-TOxwriB7Ry8sSEopLMHoTAqD6thPsdF9-j5Q0CHytwfpid/s1600/timeline_uni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqEjlI7AMIilNOBcQBsKlWm-WNKQihi-OH1nKz2LE6SZ16V_9W-G0CAcGAxFTivGH5nZ5UpoZ65FQqn7UiJx8rQ_BIqqYi-TOxwriB7Ry8sSEopLMHoTAqD6thPsdF9-j5Q0CHytwfpid/s400/timeline_uni.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline, making photos, links and personal musings from the past much easier to find. <br />
Timeline is essentially a scrapbook of your whole life on Facebook, compared with a snapshot of you today found on Facebook's traditional profile page. Once activated, Timeline replaces the current profile.<br />
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Although some people have already voluntarily switched to Timeline, Facebook hadn't made that mandatory. Beginning Tuesday, Facebook is telling some users that they have seven days to clean up their profiles before Timeline gets automatically activated. Facebook is rolling out the requirement to others over the next few weeks.<br />
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At some point, even those who haven't logged on to Facebook in a while will be automatically switched. <br />
Timeline doesn't expose anything that wasn't available for sharing in the past. Many of those older posts had always been available. People could get to them by continually hitting "Older Posts," although most wouldn't have bothered. Timeline allows people to jump to the older material more quickly.<br />
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Timeline also doesn't necessarily reflect the fact that your circle of friends has likely expanded in recent years. A party photo you posted in 2008 to a small group of friends would be more visible to relatives, bosses and others you may have added as friends since then.<br />
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You'll have a week to curate the Timeline by moving stuff around, hiding photos or featuring them more prominently on your page. <br />
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— You can change privacy settings on individual items to control who has access. You might want to narrow embarrassing photos to your closest friends or delete some posts completely, or at least hide them so only you can see them.<br />
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— You can change the date on a post. For example, if you took a few months to post photos from a trip to Portugal, you can move them to appear with other posts from the time you took that trip. You can also add where you were, retroactively using a location feature that Facebook hadn't offered until recently.<br />
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— For major events in your life, you can click on a star to feature them more prominently. You can hide the posts you'd rather not showcase.<br />
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— Besides your traditional profile photo — your headshot — you can add what Facebook calls a cover photo. It's the image that will splash across the top and can be a dog, a hobby or anything else that reflects who you are. Keep in mind the dimensions are more like a movie screen than a traditional photo, so a close-up portrait of your face won't work well, but one of you lying horizontally will. But you don't even have to be in it.<br />
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— You can add things before you joined Facebook, back to when you were born. Life events can include when you broke your arm and whom you were with then, or when you spoke your first word or got a tattoo. You can add photos from childhood or high school as well.<br />
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— If you feel overwhelmed with so many posts to go through, start with your older ones. Those are the ones you'd need to be most careful about because you had reason to believe only a few friends would see them.<br />
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— Click on Activity Log to see all of your posts at a glance and make changes to them one by one. Open Facebook in a new browser tab first, though. That way, you can have one tab for the log and the other for the main Timeline.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-2356992222432672702012-01-02T20:55:00.000+07:002012-01-02T20:55:10.216+07:005 Secrets of Supremely Happy Indoor Cats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaf9fBngbm6OLUp8olhPDhRYZQiBeS0jkoZWU0moCOc7ae-iUMVLiebLBZ1GnZ2mlpLBmadJ-2oc5nZ_YhNltUjQDH6JZYnUS4S0SDyK3CToXvuH32aUy_u85hw1DVBfJnQIipzWlITZs/s1600/83454817_163728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaf9fBngbm6OLUp8olhPDhRYZQiBeS0jkoZWU0moCOc7ae-iUMVLiebLBZ1GnZ2mlpLBmadJ-2oc5nZ_YhNltUjQDH6JZYnUS4S0SDyK3CToXvuH32aUy_u85hw1DVBfJnQIipzWlITZs/s1600/83454817_163728.jpg" /></a></div>You don't have to open the door to the great outdoors to give your cat a more interesting life. In fact, by just looking at your home from a pet's point of view and adding a few environmental enrichments, your cat can be both safe and happy indoors. Here are five easy ways to get going:<br />
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Cats love to climb, so give them the opportunity. Cat trees mounted floor-to-ceiling, wrapped with sisal rope and studded with platforms for perching will give your cat the opportunity to look down on the rest of the world. This is especially satisfying if there are dogs in the household. What cat wouldn't like the chance to finally look <i>down</i> on the dog?<br />
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The cat with the most toys wins. Every indoor cat should have toys for batting around, toys for chasing, toys to hide inside and toys for interactive play. And don't forget that some of those toys ought to have catnip in them. While not all cats can enjoy the fragrant herb, those who do find it extremely blissful. If your cat is a catnip junkie, indulge him frequently. Rub fresh catnip onto cat trees or scratching posts, or stuff it into toys. It's perfectly safe for your cat to enjoy the buzz. <br />
Some of the most enjoyable toys for both people and cats are the interactive ones. Every cat lover should have a "kitty tease" toy, typically a flexible rod with a line that ends in something furry or feathery to engage a cat's prey drive. Other interactive toys include gloves with goodies dangling from the fingertips, or laser pointers that offer cats a spot of light to chase. (Just be careful not to aim the beam into your cat's eyes).<br />
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<b>3. Provide Rooms with Views</b><br />
Whatever the size of the house, your indoor cat will know every one of its sights and sounds within just a few days. Provide a little visual stimulation by putting a bird feeder outside a window fitted with a cat-sized ledge that allows for comfortable viewing. <br />
Be aware, though, that the view of the world isn't always going to work for your cat. If your yard is attracting other cats from the neighborhood, your own cat may become frustrated by the sight (he can even turn that frustration into attacks on people in the house!). Blocking visiting cats from your yard or discouraging them with sprinklers may solve the problem. Otherwise, you may have to make certain windows off-limits to your own cat.<br />
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If a window view isn't going to work, try a TV. A few companies offer DVDs for cats. Pop one of these in, and it will entertain your cat with a lively mix of feline-friendly images and sounds, including those of birds and rodents. <br />
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<b>4. Go Green</b> <br />
Cats love nibbling on plants. Any decent feline reference book will provide a list of plants which should <b>not</b> be in a pet-friendly house. You can also visit the Animal Poison Control Center for information on dangerous plants. <br />
After you get the unsafe ones out of the way, protect your decorative houseplants by hanging them up or otherwise placing them out of reach. Keep cats from digging in your decorative pots by putting a layer of small, rough stones over the dirt. You can then add a collection of accessible plants (such as grass shoots) for him to rub.<br />
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<b>5. Give Face Time</b><br />
Of course, one of the best things you can do for your indoor cat is to spend time with him. Playing, grooming, petting or just plain hanging out -- it's all good. Your cat loves you and loves spending time with you. <br />
Keeping a cat inside is one of the best ways to ensure a long and healthy life, but it won't be a very happy existence unless you're going to add some intrigue to the surroundings. It doesn't take much in the way of time or effort, so get going. Your cat will thank you! <br />
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</tbody></table>Weekend has arrived, it's time to hang out with friends.<br />
This time I was with my friends visiting a big mall to search and checking price of new android phone.<br />
After a while, we felt hungry and it's time for us to have lunch.<br />
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We saw a fairly attractive stall named 'Roppan' so we wanted to try the menu here.<br />
This stall offers a wide range of menus, ranging from bread with ice cream toppings, Udon, rice and also some typical drinks of this stall.<br />
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After looked at the menu I ordered Roppan Udon, which is a special Udon from this stall.<br />
In this stall, after ordering the food at cashier, you need to pay first, then the food will be served to your table.<br />
The food and beverage prices here start from Rp. 10,000 - Rp. 40.000,- it still quite affordable.<br />
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The unique taste of food and the comfortable atmosphere can be one place for you to hang out with friends.Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-55358662650767778802011-11-26T07:58:00.000+07:002011-11-26T07:58:52.344+07:00Great movies to see with your family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYJz-SutSIKkuLYDkYmcXSu9tIN1Tcy4xNYowaabhrd-fpOH0yMNEnDovhz074A3Nyw9p2DySVkwfzb1GtwYV6ARN1z6WO2RFZJF6EtsoReK2li4TK8k-BA629I2TMT1WjNhoHBrv_G2u/s1600/blog_thanksgiving630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYJz-SutSIKkuLYDkYmcXSu9tIN1Tcy4xNYowaabhrd-fpOH0yMNEnDovhz074A3Nyw9p2DySVkwfzb1GtwYV6ARN1z6WO2RFZJF6EtsoReK2li4TK8k-BA629I2TMT1WjNhoHBrv_G2u/s400/blog_thanksgiving630.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This holiday weekend, three hotly anticipated family films hit theaters: '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_2"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-video ywp-link-hover"><i class="ywp-page-btn ywp-page-btn-play" title="Play Video"></i>The Muppets</span></span>,' 'Hugo,' and '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_3">Arthur Christmas</span>.' Each flick is scoring with Web searches and the critics. Here's a quick rundown to help you decide which flick is the best fit.<br />
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It's been more than a decade since the Muppets have been on the big screen. From the looks of the reviews, their new movie, which stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams (as well as Kermit, Piggy, and company), was worth the wait.<br />
The flick is earning strong marks across the board. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says the film "slaps a smile on your face you won't want to wipe off." Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum remarks that "the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now."<br />
The film also features cameos aplenty. Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jack Black all make appearances. Web searches on "muppet cast members," "muppets soundtrack," and "muppet movies in order" are all hopping. Plus, overall interest in the film is up over 100% over the past week. It ain't easy being green, but this movie is gonna make plenty of it.<br />
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Wait, Martin Scorsese made a family film? Yup. The Oscar-winning director adapted the acclaimed graphic novel about a young boy's magical and dangerous life inside a train station. The film stars Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, and relative newcomer Asa Butterfield in the title role.<br />
Thus far, critics are impressed with Scorsese's change of pace. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gives the effort four out of four stars and writes that it is "unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart." USA Today's Claudia Puig was similarly impressed. She gives 'Hugo' three and a half stars, calling it "an ambitious and fanciful ride."<br />
Web searches on the fantasy flick are just a smidgen behind those for '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_5">The Muppets</span>.' Popular related lookups include: "hugo tickets," "hugo book," and "hugo 3D." Apparently, this is one film where the 3D might be worth the extra surcharge. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe says, "No one may have used 3D this wryly before."<br />
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Coming in third in Search, but not by much, is '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_6">Arthur Christmas</span>.' The film, from the folks behind '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_7"><span class="ywp-page-play-pause ywp-page-video ywp-link-hover"><i class="ywp-page-btn ywp-page-btn-play" title="Play Video"></i>Wallace and Gromit</span></span>,' features the vocal talents of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, and Jim Broadbent as Santa Claus. The film aims to explain how one man and his elfish assistants can deliver millions of gifts to millions of people all around the world in just one night.<br />
David Germain of the Associated Press notes that the film works for both kids and adults. "The visual gags will carry youngsters along, while there are plenty of clever wisecracks to keep their parents occupied," he writes. Neil Genzlinger from the New York Times calls the film "smart" and "scrappy," and the Hollywood Reporter's Michael Rechtshaffen writes that the computer-animated holiday tale "delivers the holiday goods."<br />
Though it trails '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_8">The Muppets</span>' and 'Hugo' in Search, '<span class="yptw" id="lw_1322266640_9">Arthur Christmas</span>' is coming on strong. Web look-ups are up 86% over the past week. As Christmas draws closer, expect interest in the holiday flick to hit its stride.<br />
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At first, the images are shocking. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321484853_2"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321486831_2"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321490892_2">President Obama</span></span></span> planting a kiss on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321484853_4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321486831_4"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321490892_1">Chinese President Hu Jintao</span></span></span>’s lips. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321484853_6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321486831_6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321490892_3">German Chancellor Angela Merkel smooches</span></span></span> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321484853_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321486831_5"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321490892_0">French President Nicolas Sarkozy</span></span></span>, her nation’s economic rival.<br />
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These images aren’t the latest political scandal. They’re a new <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321484853_7"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321486831_7">ad campaign</span></span> from Italian clothing company United Colors of Benetton called “Unhate.”<br />
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The images are digitally manipulated but they send a pointed message. The newly unveiled UNHATE Foundation seeks to promote a culture of tolerance and combat hatred around the world, the company said in a news release.<br />
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“Unhate is a message that invites us to consider that hate and love are not as far away from each other as we think,” the <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=11fffmhv7/EXP=1322743896/**http%3A//unhate.benetton.com/" target="_blank">campaign’s website</a> said. “Actually, the two opposing sentiments are often in a delicate and unstable balance. Our campaign promotes a shift in the balance: don’t hate, Unhate.”<br />
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The website features photos of people holding large banners of the images “on the walls of locations symbolic of the desperately-needed peace process: Tel Aviv, New York, Rome, Milan and Paris,” the news release says.<br />
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The ads have already become a source of controversy.<br />
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After the images went up, the Vatican quickly denounced an image of Pope Benedict XVI kissing Egyptian Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on the lips.<br />
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Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi called the digitally altered image an “unacceptable” and offensive manipulation of the pope’s likeness, according to the Associated Press.<br />
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Benetton removed the image shortly thereafter and it is no longer on the website.<br />
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The company is known for its striking, and often controversial, ads. Past ads have shown a priest kissing a nun, a white baby breast-feeding from a black woman and three human hearts with the words “white,” “black” and “yellow” printed over them.<br />
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<strong>1. Light yogurt</strong><br />
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The blast of sweet (often artificial) flavor causes the stomach to start producing gastric juices. With only four to six ounces of yogurt and no fat in a typical container, the body doesn’t have enough food to digest leaving the tummy rumbling for more.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Nolan likes the creaminess and high protein content of plain, low-fat <a href="" rel="nofollow">Greek yogurt</a>. Add fruit and a sprinkle of cinnamon for flavor. If you choose the non-fat variety, add a tablespoon of sunflower seeds for crunch and satisfaction—the fat in nuts and seeds is slow to digest so a small serving keeps you feeling full.<br />
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<strong>2. Puffed cereal with skim milk</strong><br />
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The combo of skim milk and puffed cereal has too few calories to keep you energized for long. Many dieters reach for puffed cereal because it looks filling in a big bowl. However, the low fiber content leaves you wanting more soon after breakfast. Puffed cereal also has a high glycemic index, which causes blood sugar to drop after an initial boost of energy.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Rolled or steel cut oats. Oatmeal is high in fiber, which makes it a satisfying breakfast. Add a spoonful of maple brown sugar if you need something sweet. Cooking your own plain oatmeal and adding a small amount of sweetener is much more nutritious than using pre-sweetened packets. Nolan likes to cook oats with low fat milk or stir in a tablespoon of peanut butter for even more stick-to-your-ribs goodness.<br />
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<strong>3. Big green salad with low fat or fat free dressing</strong><br />
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The typical dieters’ lunch of a salad with low fat dressing can have a boomerang effect on the appetite. It’s full of fiber and visually filling but the low protein and fat content won’t satisfy for long. Stay away from fat-free dressings, which are loaded with sugar.<br />
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<strong>Better choice.</strong> Add three to six ounces of lean protein such as lean beef, chicken, or beans (the leaner the choice, the more you should eat) to your salad bowl.<br />
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<strong>4. Rice cakes</strong><br />
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One rice cake=good, four rice cakes=overindulgence. And that’s about how many it will take to feel truly satisfied. Low in fiber with a high glycemic index, these classic diet snacks won’t leave your tank full for long.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Spread a tablespoon of peanut butter or cream cheese onto a rice cake for a more balanced nosh. Or choose whole grain crackers with a spread or small portion of cheese for fiber and carbs plus protein.<br />
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<strong>5. Chewing gum</strong><br />
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A little stick of gum is a stealth saboteur. While some chewing gum advocates say that it can stave off snacking, Nolan disagrees. She explains that the burst of flavor gets the gastric juices flowing. The act of chewing revs the digestive system even more, preparing it for a meal. If you want an express ticket to the all-you-can-eat buffet, chomp on some gum.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> We all have our munchy days, so if you are just looking for something to keep your mouth busy, air-popped corn or raw veggies are a safer bet.<br />
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<strong>6. Diet soda</strong><br />
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Like gum, the sweet flavor wakes up the digestive process with no nutritional pay off which stimulates the appetite. Caffeine and carbonation may dampen your hunger pangs for a short time only to have them come roaring back along with an energy slump. If that’s not enough to make you rethink your daily fix, a study carried out by the University of Texas Health Center in San Antonio showed that people who consumed diet soda had a 70-500% increase of abdominal fat over ten years compared to those who didn’t drink diet soda.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Drinking a hot beverage can slow down the appetite and allow you to think through your craving. Also, sometimes thirst signals are confused with hunger, so you may just need hydration. Non-caffeinated herbal teas won’t cause an energy crash.<br />
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<strong>7. Apple</strong><br />
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Yes, apples are great for you—they contain lots of vitamins and fiber, but a single apple is not a balanced snack. If you don’t eat anything else with your afternoon apple, you may overeat at dinner.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Apple with 5-10 almonds or a cheese stick. Spend a few more calories on your snack so you won’t be ravenous later<br />
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<strong>8. Low-calorie frozen entrees</strong><br />
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Light frozen entrees contain little fiber and only about half the calories you will need to feel satiated. They are also loaded with salt. If you don’t have another option, look for a frozen dinner that contains 400-500 calories, 20-30 grams of protein, around 5 grams of fat, and 5-10 grams of fiber.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> If you are too busy to cook, Nolan suggests an “assembly based meal.” Roast chicken from the deli, a slice of whole grain bread, some salad bar vegetables, and a piece of fruit add up to a quick, healthy dinner.<br />
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<strong>9. Fat-free graham crackers or other baked goods</strong><br />
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Nolan says people who are watching their weight tend to automatically reach for food labeled “fat free” on the package assuming it is more diet-friendly than the regular version. However, when manufacturers make fat-free foods, they often up the sugar content. Check the nutritional information on the back--the light versions sometimes contain more calories.<br />
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<strong>Better choice:</strong> Regular graham cracker. A small indulgence such as a graham cracker or square of quality chocolate keeps things interesting and won’t break the bank calorie-wise. Nolan points out that boredom is the enemy of dieters and causes people to fall of the wagon. “You are better off eating real food and more calories and feeling physically and emotionally satisfied than eating ‘diet food’ and being hungry in an hour.”<br />
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info <a href="http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/9--diet--foods-that-make-you-hungrier.html" target="blank">Yahoo</a>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-29923345157735943452011-11-01T12:50:00.002+07:002011-11-01T12:52:40.222+07:00Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3jOzojtawNhOppFR4-XAx1GxnDMpcz4hBJQHffpivRYmqyHpAySDXOJ_1lVjBklz9-cYpexFxImfFVRBdU6CZQyLRfgd2QhQfpCx4qoOzfcl9mGSkna2-HzgYN2b1cqnEi5lB05adHlL/s1600/IMG_1186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3jOzojtawNhOppFR4-XAx1GxnDMpcz4hBJQHffpivRYmqyHpAySDXOJ_1lVjBklz9-cYpexFxImfFVRBdU6CZQyLRfgd2QhQfpCx4qoOzfcl9mGSkna2-HzgYN2b1cqnEi5lB05adHlL/s400/IMG_1186.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It was nice to have the opportunity to visit other countries once more. This time I visited Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The first impression when I arrived here was, the city was very crowded with motorcycles, and also most of the people here can't speak English, so you need to do 'body language' to communicate with the local people. (hahaha).<br />
The currency values also very low, for 1 USD = 20,935 Dong (VD), so you can get more than 2 millions VD for $100.<br />
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During my visit, I stayed at Windsor Plaza hotel, a five stars hotel with a very low price compared to other hotels. But the services and amenities are very good. On my first day, I had visited New An Dong Market which is located under the hotel. I also had stopped in the supermarket and bought a few packs of Coffee and cakes which are very typical of this country.<br />
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I also had tried several restaurants in this hotel, it tastes good and the price is not too expensive. In the evening I went to the typical Vietnamese noodle restaurant called Pho 24, which is located on the opposite of the hotel. I ordered 'Pho All' which is a bowl of noodles with beef and meatballs, which is very delicious.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEDZ0gu1WEbIER8uUylFWsZ5m_ugQqZ00RQwgHaYEliuIexp-b-id-fz_DJ8VAqW456IXgWV_OfFllyNceSyBout4Gqr83_5Oi9_u-1jFyFM8QoAN7oV27X4P72j6c9XXC-yXcTiCsZz0/s1600/IMG_1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>On the next afternoon, me and my friends went to the Ben Thanh market to buy some souvenirs. But I didn't buy too much stuff, because of the luggage capacity. So I just bought some key chains and some coffee. In this market there are also many foreign tourists, and you can bargain the price with the seller, I always bid the price up to 75%. Do not worry if the seller can't speak English, they can use a calculator for bargain.<br />
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</div>In the evening, I was invited to have dinner at a restaurant called Ngon Restaurant in the district 1. In this restaurant I tried some Vietnamese dishes, although I do not know its name. The cuisine taste in this restaurant is quite nice, and the service is very nice as well. I also saw many tourists who dine at this restaurant.<br />
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</div>Well, although it's quite a short trip, but i</span><span class="fullpost">t's enough for me to enjoy the hospitality and cuisine of this country. And the good news also I met some of my old friends from other countries (because I was here for business). Later in the day and I have to go back to the airport to return home.<br />
</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-37305656621793530142011-10-18T20:33:00.000+07:002011-10-18T20:33:23.723+07:00New app may have caught cheating wife<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI-EmEFciL2tZ4azU2CD7BvB4qvaLBiZwTyEdYE6piAnebm0LzgFRtU-b6T0FxNgKeDXqkqAuHHyIVMxMFtznOcgNMl4o4RsS8-MfRtE2bZMqTs8b1c1fTTiaz4ExK1iRLVX2Spou8-OC/s1600/iphone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI-EmEFciL2tZ4azU2CD7BvB4qvaLBiZwTyEdYE6piAnebm0LzgFRtU-b6T0FxNgKeDXqkqAuHHyIVMxMFtznOcgNMl4o4RsS8-MfRtE2bZMqTs8b1c1fTTiaz4ExK1iRLVX2Spou8-OC/s400/iphone.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>When Apple released its new iOS 5 operating system to go with its iPhone 4S, it touted a new app called "Find My Friends" as a great way to track and meet up with friends. If they agree, you can see their locations on a map on your screen.<br />
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But the app's enterprising customers are apparently already finding other uses. If the online posts appearing on a chat forum at MacRumors.com are for real, "Find My Friends" may have already claimed its first marriage.<br />
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Saturday night on MacRumors, a man saying he lived in New York City posted this:<br />
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"Divorcing wife. Thanks iPhone 4s and Find My Friends.<br />
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"I got my wife a new 4s and loaded up find my friends without her knowing. She told me she was at her friends house in the east village. I've had suspicions about her meeting this guy who live uptown. Lo and behold, Find my Friends has her right there.<br />
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"I just texted her asking where she was and the dumb b---- said she was on 10th Street!! Thank you Apple, thank you App Store, thank you all. These beautiful treasure trove of screen shots [sic] going to play well when I meet her ... at the lawyer's office in a few weeks.<br />
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"thankfully, she's the rich one."<br />
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It has not been determined whether the story posted on MacRumors was, in fact, authentic, and the man did not immediately reply to a request from ABC News for comment. But more than 100,000 people have viewed the posts, according to MacRumors. More than 300 of them replied with expressions of sympathy, skepticism and -- this being the Internet -- a few less-than-savory jokes.<br />
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Arnold Kim, the editorial director of MacRumors, said it was "definitely a busy thread." MacRumors did not try to verify the man's story (if, in fact, it was a man), but said everyone who registers for its forums has to validate their email when they register.<br />
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"Find My Friends" uses the iPhone or iPad's built-in Global Positioning System to see your friends' locations on a map on the screen of your device. GPS can be accurate to within a few feet for civilian uses.<br />
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Apple says "The Find My Friends app is a great way to share your location with people who are important to you" -- whether you're trying to meet friends at a crowded concert or make sure your kids get safely home from school.<br />
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The man was back with a new post less than an hour later, including a couple of screen grabs showing the location of his wife was on East 65th St., though she sent him a text message saying, "Was hard to find stupid cab hate meat packing...."<br />
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The husband again: "She said she is in meat packing district which is on 12th street. I DONT THINK SO. Appreicate [sic] the support. not my finest hour here but going to get better soon."<br />
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The new iPhone 4S and operating system have been off-the-charts successes for Apple, which said this morning that it sold more than four million iPhone 4S in three days, and that 25 million people are now using iOS 5.<br />
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Technology watchers are particularly struck by Siri -- the voice-recognition "personal assistant" built into the new software that accepts spoken commands, answers questions, and is eerily intelligent in its responses.<br />
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There was a memorial service Sunday night for Steve Jobs on the campus of Stanford University, near Apple's corporate headquarters in California, amid widespread stories that he was deeply involved in the next iPhone -- the replacement for the iPhone 4S.<br />
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The presumably-jilted husband put up one last post Saturday night: "what really chaps my a-- is not the cheating but the fact that they were probably admiring and laughing over the new phone I BOUGHT. haha. well someone about to get the last laugh tonight."<br />
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And that was the last from him. The whole thing may have been a joke, or a domestic tragedy. Ben Crompton, who writes the Pocket Lint blog, said there have certainly been other apps before, such as Google Latitude, that let you track people through GPS signals, but Apple will make it trendy.<br />
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"The burning issue seems to be that it is a very powerful tool to have," he wrote, "bringing with it huge amounts of info to the user as well as delivering plenty of info about the user to others. For some this power will outdo the user's knowledge of how to use it properly."<br />
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"Still, on the up side," he concluded, "maybe Siri will be able to offer some marriage guidance advice."<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-87046636809150118282011-10-09T19:53:00.001+07:002011-10-09T19:54:16.484+07:00FORNAS - The National Recreation Sport Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIOSyNhWsIuRcL-CV9kLXlvmDh71Obrws9HISUwgZ5cobEBVktJgJI_iD-Dz-72lOCLRGVz8Kx6Key5_BF4XpSHHqAj9fDo2Tk6QUWH_G26T_J-FwFuxwMFbdnaJ6FBPXGeElk_UtSEz6/s1600/IMG_1126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIOSyNhWsIuRcL-CV9kLXlvmDh71Obrws9HISUwgZ5cobEBVktJgJI_iD-Dz-72lOCLRGVz8Kx6Key5_BF4XpSHHqAj9fDo2Tk6QUWH_G26T_J-FwFuxwMFbdnaJ6FBPXGeElk_UtSEz6/s400/IMG_1126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Yesterday, my frinds took me to Senayan, Jakarta. They wanted to visit the FORNAS event (The National Recreation Sport Festival).<br />
When we arrived, it was hard for us to find an empty parking slot, so we decided to park our car at GBK Stadium.<br />
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I never imagine that this even will be so crowded by people. There's a lot of tends for each recreation sport category. And also some tends and stands that offer you Indonesian traditional foods and fresh drinks.<br />
Some of the sports are: Tai Chi, Kite, Street Basketball, Futsal, Roller skates, Lion Dance, and many more.<br />
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The one that interested me was the Lion Dance, which is known as 'Barongsay'. This Lion Dance competition was participated by 25 teams from nation wide, which is amazing.<br />
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But I couldn't watched the entire competition, since we have to go back before evening. Although the weather was pretty hot yesterday, but I did enjoy the festival.<br />
</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-63905035266017251572011-10-06T20:16:00.000+07:002011-10-06T20:16:50.849+07:00Fans lay tributes of apples for Steve Jobs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tcOJjqJmJihQFjAVU3Q6rd0Ks1cWmdtGqstHt3bljM4ymixcjNC7ZX-KkXTQWq_Alay4DwwE1J_OBKMK5maehnMkA5KvKrtLEMtAKzPujZVPH988eOXZXl9bzx3qcDPBBGrSAlauD1S1/s1600/americans-mourn-passing-apple-co-20111005-223817-847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tcOJjqJmJihQFjAVU3Q6rd0Ks1cWmdtGqstHt3bljM4ymixcjNC7ZX-KkXTQWq_Alay4DwwE1J_OBKMK5maehnMkA5KvKrtLEMtAKzPujZVPH988eOXZXl9bzx3qcDPBBGrSAlauD1S1/s400/americans-mourn-passing-apple-co-20111005-223817-847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Technology and design admirers flocked to Apple stores worldwide on Thursday to express their sorrow at the death of Steve Jobs, the visionary who transformed the daily lives of millions.<br />
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The Apple co-founder who inspired the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad died on Wednesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He stepped down as Apple chief executive in August.<br />
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Flags outside Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, flew at half mast as mourners gathered on a nearby lawn, where fans left flowers and a man played the bagpipes.<br />
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In New York City, an impromptu memorial made from fliers featuring pictures of Jobs was erected outside a 24-hour Apple store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, with fans snapping photos of it on their iPhones.<br />
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"As soon as I heard the news, I came out to this Apple store to pay my respects," said business professor Gary Hamel. "I saw tears in some people's eyes."<br />
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Grieving fans all over the world left flowers, notes and apples with a bite taken out, just like the Apple logo -- instantly recognizable despite being one of the few top brand logos that does not feature the company's name.<br />
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Many said their lives had been transformed by Apple.<br />
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"I wouldn't be able to run my business without Apple, without its software. I run a video production company. It's allowed me to have my dream business," said David Chiverton who was leaving Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London.<br />
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"I bought the iPod nano, in black. I wanted to buy something to remember the day by," Chiverton said.<br />
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At the Frankfurt Apple store in Germany, Wolfgang Kummer, ex-managing director of font design and desktop publishing services company Linotype, left a white rose.<br />
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"You recognize his hand in all Apple products and I expect we will continue to see his influence," he said, adding that Jobs had changed the world of desktop publishing. "But eventually it will fade."<br />
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In Tokyo, a group of fans brought together by Twitter gathered at sunset with candlelight apps turned on on their iPhones and iPads.<br />
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And at China's biggest Apple store, in Shanghai, mourner Jin Yi expressed regret that Jobs had not lived to see even closer links between humans and their devices.<br />
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"He created these gadgets that changed people's perceptions of machines. But he did not manage to witness the last step in which, through his gadgets, people's lives can be effectively fused with these machines."<br />
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Even Apple employees not allowed to give their names to the press because of Jobs's authoritarian style of leadership said they were saddened.<br />
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A somber-looking assistant at an Apple store in the northern English city of Manchester said: "We're carrying on doing our jobs as usual and we're not commenting on this. But at the end of the day it's our boss, and we're all pretty cut up about it."<br />
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At the Apple store in Sydney, lawyer George Raptis, who was five years old when he first used a Macintosh computer, spoke for almost everyone who has come into contact with Apple.<br />
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"He's changed the face of computing," he said. "There will only ever be one Steve Jobs."<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-50252355904218248842011-09-19T21:20:00.000+07:002011-09-19T21:20:34.666+07:00Adsense Blocked My Account (Again)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFq9EM9zIgurkhlNIE63jdc225VzTaCtAg9WKNa16YvSepDh-K5QhwsK9veVNJc-X8cSvh5ysm37_KP2hFSdybdKaF7CxX8t6ZjRmFNBc0v9mfVSrBaObo8RxbI0qeLgHr7RzXLWg2yYBg/s1600/Adsense+Sucks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFq9EM9zIgurkhlNIE63jdc225VzTaCtAg9WKNa16YvSepDh-K5QhwsK9veVNJc-X8cSvh5ysm37_KP2hFSdybdKaF7CxX8t6ZjRmFNBc0v9mfVSrBaObo8RxbI0qeLgHr7RzXLWg2yYBg/s400/Adsense+Sucks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Yes, it's true. This 'shocking' tragedy was Happened last Thursday. When I checked my adsense account in the evening, like always, and suddenly in the welcome screen showed 'your account has been disabled'. I was very surprised and stunned for a while until I finally realized that my account had been blocked for the second time.<br />
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My first account was closed by adsense because it used a language that is 'not registered' yet in adsense. This I can understand, then I made my second account, which is this account. So far so good, after I received this closing information by adsense makes me wonder, because the e-mail from adsense mentioned that I was doing illegal click. Though I have never done this, in other words, I never click any ads on my own blog. And as you can guess, I lost my entire income by reason that they will be returned to the advertiser.<br />
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It is very unfortunate. Is this what adsense doing because last August I have managed to achieve my minimum payout? In fact, this is the moment that I've been waiting for almost 2 years since I made this account. But when I will receive my payment this month, all by sudden, adsense closed my account just like that.<br />
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Honestly, this thing makes me down to continuing my blog. Moreover, I had an accident last Saturday, where my right hand exposed to chemical cleaning fluid, so my fingers sore and swollen (so I just manage to make this post right now, although still not 100% healed) it really completes my misery.<br />
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I just hope that all my friends did not experience any of this, and this would never be happened again to me.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-77320721268058223652011-09-03T15:20:00.000+07:002011-09-03T15:20:46.722+07:00Steps to Sudoku success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaH2zdoJf69hrUAjtYeSitSqlE5GEnqmIo-GMNxH2_Tfd_Wai1ZGs3UhKY55wDpsOdY4NqJQ10PL6FNDnYwB8-ZvTz9Py86d7Ambo3Q5yYWKikwnmYCc19V3lF_4pkZEUq_ULVa0MUgOd/s1600/sud-main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaH2zdoJf69hrUAjtYeSitSqlE5GEnqmIo-GMNxH2_Tfd_Wai1ZGs3UhKY55wDpsOdY4NqJQ10PL6FNDnYwB8-ZvTz9Py86d7Ambo3Q5yYWKikwnmYCc19V3lF_4pkZEUq_ULVa0MUgOd/s400/sud-main.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Love playing with numbers? Then we're betting you're a fan of Sudoku.<br />
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A staple of in-flight magazines, the pen-and-paper puzzler has become one of the most popular logic games in the world. Requiring no specialized know-how to play, it's a simply designed but tremendously challenging game. Yes, it involves digits, but it requires absolutely no math (and properly done, it requires absolutely no guesswork, either.)<br />
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It's a game of pure, cold, applied logic. Follow these tips, and your Sudoku career -- not to mention your brain -- will live long and prosper.<br />
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You're not going to get far if you don't understand the rules. Luckily, there are only three of them, and they're pretty straightforward.<br />
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-- Imagine the puzzle divided into nine horizontal rows. Each row has nine squares in it, and each number from one to nine should appear once -- and once only -- in that row.<br />
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-- Now picture the puzzle split into nine vertical columns. Again, each column has nine squares, and each one should contain all the numbers from one to nine.<br />
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-- Finally, you'll notice the puzzle is cut into nine three-by-three squares. Each of these larger squares contains nine small squares -- and each has to contain the numbers one to nine.<br />
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Easy, right? All those blank spaces might look daunting, but with just a few simple techniques you'll be equipped to handle just about anything those sneaky Sudoku masters throw at you. Read on.<br />
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<b>The basics</b><br />
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Sherlock Holmes was fond of saying, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." He wasn't talking about Sudoku (though we suspect he would have enjoyed the game), but Holmes's principle works for Sudoku as well as it works for finding crooks.<br />
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There are only nine possible answers (or "candidates") for each blank square, and the answers already on the grid will eliminate some of them. Once you've eliminated eight, you can be sure the one that remains is correct.<br />
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So for the first step, grab your pencil -- you are using a pencil, right? -- and mark each cell with its possible answers. Just look across the cell's column and row, and the other cells in its three-by-three square, and jot down the numbers that don't appear anywhere else, nice and small in a corner.<br />
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Once you've done that, look for any squares that are left with just one candidate. Fill those in with the answer; you're done there. Then, look for any squares that are the only occurrence of a particular candidate in their row, column, or three-by-three. If you have a square with candidates 2, 3, and 6, but 6 doesn't appear as a candidate anywhere else in its row, you know that square has to be a 6. Whenever you pin down a number, go through its row, column, and three-by-three, and cross out any other occurrences of that number from the possible candidates. Repeat those steps until you get stuck.<br />
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<b>Pick out the twins</b><br />
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Next, look for cells in the same column, row, or three-by-three that have the same two candidates, and no others. Find a match, and you can strike out those two candidates from all other cells in that row, column, and three-by-three. Often that'll be enough to nail down another few cells and start the cycle all over again.<br />
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<b>Track down the triplets</b><br />
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Still stuck? The twins technique also works for triplets, but you need three cells that share the same pool of three (and only three) candidates. So if you have a cell with candidates 1 and 8, another with candidates 4 and 8, and another with candidates 1 and 4 that share a row, column, or three-by-three, you can strike out all three of those numbers in all other cells in that row, column, or three-by-three.<br />
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Finally, here's a classic technique for filling out a three-by-three region. Suppose you have such a square, and suppose you have already pinned down the locations of the 1, 2, 4, and 7. Pick one of the numbers that's missing -- say, 6 -- and look for 6s in the three-by-three boxes to the left and/or right of the one you're trying to complete. If you find a six, strike out its entire line. Do the same for columns. If you find you've struck out all the numbers in the three-by-three except one, you've found your 6. If not, try another number.<br />
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<b>Never, ever guess</b><br />
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Remember: Sudoku games don't require guesswork. If you find yourself tempted to fill in an answer "just to see where it gets you," resist it. You've missed something elsewhere on the grid.<br />
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Lines of reasoning that are based on uncertain answers or trial-and-error lead to rabbit-warrens of confusing possibilities, dead ends, and frustration. Yes, it's possible to play that way -- guessing an answer and seeing if that line of thinking leads to an unsolvable grid -- but it's rarely wise, and never necessary.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-80878435902310748472011-08-28T19:41:00.000+07:002011-08-28T19:41:49.616+07:00Rhino horn thieves fooled by replicas in UK heist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWFqos-gCTab-O5IAhAA3CrRwxpxMk_Jx38NajD6EpRYnM8PwE7dv8JZGg30t12iUR087xO0_R2-28yCryIbt-NLn7eZBLhZYjS8wHJym9kvjMVltrkLIJcKELzHkHcga_QF_Yq9bskI0/s1600/museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWFqos-gCTab-O5IAhAA3CrRwxpxMk_Jx38NajD6EpRYnM8PwE7dv8JZGg30t12iUR087xO0_R2-28yCryIbt-NLn7eZBLhZYjS8wHJym9kvjMVltrkLIJcKELzHkHcga_QF_Yq9bskI0/s400/museum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Fake rhino horns, anyone? That's all thieves who broke into a British museum have to show after a misguided robbery early Saturday.<br />
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The thieves were seeking valuable rhino horns that can be sold in illicit markets for their purported aphrodisiac and medicinal use, but they left with worthless replicas instead.<br />
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Officials at the Natural History Museum at Tring had replaced the real horns with replicas because of a recent surge in rhino horn thefts at museums, galleries and auction houses throughout Britain and continental Europe.<br />
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Police believe organized crime gangs using mainly smash-and-grab techniques are behind the rash of rhino horn thefts.<br />
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"We have been made aware of approximately 20 thefts of rhino horn from museums and auctions houses across the UK and Europe in the past six months," said Ian Lawson, a Metropolitan Police detective specializing in arts and antiques.<br />
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"Additionally we have been made aware of incidents in the UK where premises that have rhino horn on display have been subject to hostile reconnaissance," he said, advising museums to consider removing authentic rhino horns from public viewing.<br />
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Rising demand for the horns and a crackdown on the illegal trade of them have made rhino horns extremely valuable. U.K. officials say the real horns sought by the thieves Saturday would have been worth about 240,000 pounds ($391,000) on the open market.<br />
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The horns are now twice as valuable as gold, police said. They are often used in powdered form by Asians or other people who believe they can cure serious diseases or boost sexual performance, claims that are strongly denied by rhino conservation activists.<br />
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Nothing else was taken from the Natural History Museum at Tring during the break-in between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Saturday. The thieves apparently used a large hammer to remove the bogus horns from the two rhinos' heads.<br />
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The museum, located 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of London in the county of Hertfordshire, was closed Saturday while police investigated and museum workers repaired display cases. It planned to reopen Sunday.<br />
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A museum spokeswoman who asked not to be identified because of security concerns said the replicas, made of resin, were put in place three months ago as a precaution.<br />
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"Just looking at the quantity and spread of thefts since February shows that this is a real and serious threat to museums with rhino horns," she said.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-47461631923525032642011-08-13T16:59:00.000+07:002011-08-13T16:59:30.363+07:00Tips for Longer-Lasting Laptop Batteries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJXAUPGFsIQ-UGAfjd8LTmlxBK5OUFavI71tqZrUzFd7NsKGXzNPYSSxrnHVTlUucV313yrh06YAuBnRPmfxleZyUC8uPAixFsRRWi88U_S7FPEloZ3xht1CCjSpvQM8FCaWn4bI1BUss/s1600/laptop5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJXAUPGFsIQ-UGAfjd8LTmlxBK5OUFavI71tqZrUzFd7NsKGXzNPYSSxrnHVTlUucV313yrh06YAuBnRPmfxleZyUC8uPAixFsRRWi88U_S7FPEloZ3xht1CCjSpvQM8FCaWn4bI1BUss/s400/laptop5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Hardware budgets are feeling the pinch of our tepid economy, and many companies are making employees use their laptops longer. If you are starting to tell your folks to keep plugging along with their laptops for four or five years instead of just three, you might be running into an unexpected expense: dead laptop batteries.<br />
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Well, to be fair, your laptop's batteries probably aren't completely dead. But since Lithium Ion batteries tend to lose about 20% of their capacity each year, a typical three-year-old laptop might only get about an hour or so on a charge, which might not even get your folks through an entire meeting. Here are four simple tips to forestall the day that you need to replace those batteries:<br />
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<b>Keep it cool</b>.</span><br />
<span class="fullpost">Heat is the primary killer of batteries. Tell your employees to be careful not to let their laptops overheat. One common way that happens is packing a running laptop into a backpack or briefcase. If the laptop fails to go to sleep (and let's face it — sleep glitches are common), then the laptop can get crazy hot in an enclosed space. You can almost smell the loss of battery longevity.<br />
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<b>Recondition your battery regularly</b>.</span><br />
<span class="fullpost">Most laptop manufacturers (except Apple) don't generally tell you about this, but a simple process known as reconditioning (or occasionally, recalibrating) can breathe new life into your laptop battery and add capacity back. To do that, turn off your screen saver and any other power management tools which put your PC to sleep. Fully charge the laptop, and then let it run all the way down — right until it powers down due to lack of juice. Then charge it back up again and restore your power management stuff. Do this every few months (such as three times a year).<br />
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<b>Remove it when you're not using it</b>.</span><br />
<span class="fullpost">When you leave your laptop plugged in at your desk all day every day, the battery never gets a chance to discharge and recharge — which is critical to its long-term health. Thankfully, there's a simple solution: Remove the battery. As long as your laptop is connected to AC power, the battery isn't necessary; it'll run without it. Just remember to pop it back in before you take your laptop on the go.<br />
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<b>Start with a super-sized battery</b>.</span><br />
<span class="fullpost">When you purchase your next round of laptops, upgrade to the extended-life battery. Not only will it give you significantly longer runtime to start with — great for road warriors and anyone else who works away from the office a lot — but the inevitable loss of battery life will have a less pronounced effect. The added cost of the larger batteries is worth the investment, because they end up lasting significantly longer.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-13083079598177077522011-07-31T07:03:00.000+07:002011-07-31T07:03:52.578+07:0010 Things You Shouldn't Keep in Your Wallet or Purse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7KvNhnwnECkdLHewsZWn5lIT0Z1MlSaM15ghM9XS5VrGOzB3U6YdwgKsrnI0Qp35cKTCBcdxkg3B6YSWLKntcp-xT3obsTPq2HrxHy2fSPdzMTSJNYl6q75Do0Z92y5URF0T6YIG4eMB/s1600/wallet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7KvNhnwnECkdLHewsZWn5lIT0Z1MlSaM15ghM9XS5VrGOzB3U6YdwgKsrnI0Qp35cKTCBcdxkg3B6YSWLKntcp-xT3obsTPq2HrxHy2fSPdzMTSJNYl6q75Do0Z92y5URF0T6YIG4eMB/s400/wallet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>We all make sure we've got our keys, wallet and phone before we head out the door, but more often than not, we are carrying around things that are better left at home. Some items we carry on a daily basis can be virtually impossible to replace, and others may leave us at risk for identity theft in the event of loss. We checked in with the personal finance experts at LearnVest to find the top 10 things you shouldn't carry in your purse or wallet.<br />
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<b>Social Security Card</b><br />
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"You may carry it around thinking you need a back-up source of ID, but these days you don't really need it," says Maria Lin, editor in chief at Learnvest. If your Social Security card gets in the wrong hands, someone could open a credit card, apply for a loan, or even buy a car with the information. It's nine digits, just memorize it.<br />
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<b>Your Passport</b><br />
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If you're traveling internationally, of course you can't leave your passport at home, but you can leave it in the hotel safe. When you are abroad, make a photocopy of your passport to have in your wallet for identification along with your driver's license. "If you lose your passport or get mugged in a foreign country, it's such a horrible hassle," says Lin. "You have to go to the embassy, and it's a vacation nightmare." If you're traveling in the U.S., use your driver's license instead. "Your passport is such a primo document for your identity, if someone gets a hold of it, you can really put yourself at risk for identity theft," says Lin.<br />
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<b>Passwords/Pass codes</b><br />
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Although most PIN numbers are only four digits long, some people still write them down so they don't forget. "If you store any type of ATM password or even a code for your home alarm in your wallet, you have basically gifted a thief with access to your life," says Lin. If you absolutely can't remember important pass codes, store them digitally on a password-protected phone, but never write them down and leave them in your wallet or purse.<br />
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<b>A Non-Password Protected Phone</b><br />
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Today, many people have smart phones that allow them instant access to bank accounts, PayPal accounts, medical records, and more. Even if your phone only accesses e-mail, a thief could easily search for banking or ATM passwords or addresses, according to Lin. "Think about all the things you have digitally stored on your phone. You have to have it behind password protection. This way a thief can still erase your phone's memory and use it for themselves, but they won't have access to your data."<br />
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<b>Your Checkbook</b><br />
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"As innocuous as it seems, your checkbook has your bank account number and routing number on it, your address, and possibly imprints of your signature," says Lin. Lin says that if you know you're going to need to write a check one day, peel off one check out of your book and take it with you. If you know you're going to need to write multiple checks in one day, go ahead and take your checkbook, but don't get into the habit of carrying it around with you all the time, Lin says. "You want to prevent someone's ability to just start writing out your blank checks and cashing them."<br />
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<b>Too Many Credit Cards</b><br />
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"A lot of people put all their cards in their wallet and carry them with them at all times," says Lin. "But if your wallet gets lost or stolen, that means you're going to have to sit and cancel every single one, and wait a week without any credit cards before you receive a replacement." Only carry the one or two cards you use on a daily basis and a backup, and leave others at home. Also make sure you keep photocopies of the front and back of each card at home, Lin advises. The 1-800 number to call and report a lost or stolen card is very often on the back of your card -- which doesn't do you a lot of good once the card is no longer in your possession.<br />
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<b>Too Much Cash</b><br />
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Lin offers the following rule of thumb when it comes to carrying cash: Bring only as much with you as you're willing to lose. "It's good to have a little cash on you at all times for emergencies, but you don't want to carry so much that you're going to feel a real hit if your wallet gets stolen." For people on a "cash diet," Lin recommends bringing only as much cash to cover the day's expenses.<br />
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<b>Gift Cards/Certificates</b><br />
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"A lot of people carry these around thinking, 'I never know when I'm going to be passing this store,' but chances are, you're going to forget about it anyway, and if your wallet gets stolen, it's one of the first thing thieves are going to use," Lin says. Gift cards and gift certificates are just like cash -- they don't require ID for use. "Try to leave it at home and take it with you only when you are consciously going to shop at that store," Lin says. "Make it a special excursion; it's a treat to have free money to spend."<br />
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<b>Jewelry or USB Devices</b><br />
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"It may sound silly, but if you're changing earrings or heading from a business meeting, it's very possible you may forget and toss these things in the zipper compartment of your wallet," says Lin. USB devices can be bad news in the hands of thieves if they contain confidential files. "It would be horrible to get your wallet stolen any day, but if you're also losing your grandmother's earrings or a presentation you've been working on for months, it's even worse!"<br />
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<b>Receipts</b><br />
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Sometimes receipts can have your credit card information on them, as well as your signature, which thieves could do a lot of damage with. Additionally, if you've just purchased a big-ticket item like a new computer or jewelry, you may need that receipt for warranty purposes. "If you're planning to use your receipts for expense purposes at work, those few hundred dollars of business receipts can just vanish and your employer might not be so understanding," says Lin. "Get in the habit of taking out your receipts every night instead of carting them around with you."<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-88672117425326619492011-07-23T12:02:00.000+07:002011-07-23T12:02:31.767+07:00Record-breaking heat smothers eastern US<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMkhTIZihLSK6fEn831YGP8swzl4m25z30Qq0jD9xM-M9KiQCVTl2_PX0oYSkshMtd8MD7an6_87j67ocNNl-ZgngyRVawUDV06IK1NZIJQ_MbIjsnc-11iLcRuhcP63yvjEqvNAAPtEp/s1600/photo_1311363735427-4-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMkhTIZihLSK6fEn831YGP8swzl4m25z30Qq0jD9xM-M9KiQCVTl2_PX0oYSkshMtd8MD7an6_87j67ocNNl-ZgngyRVawUDV06IK1NZIJQ_MbIjsnc-11iLcRuhcP63yvjEqvNAAPtEp/s400/photo_1311363735427-4-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Temperature records tumbled on the US East Coast Friday, sending wilting Americans to swimming pools and air-conditioned malls to seek respite from the searing heat.<br />
Newark, New Jersey saw an air temperature of 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius), the highest ever recorded in the city since records began there in 1931, and the hottest reported by the National Weather Service on the East Coast.<br />
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At Dulles Airport near Washington, temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (41 Celsius), the highest since the facility opened in 1962. Two cities in Connecticut, Hartford and Bridgeport, also set all-time temperature records as the mercury touched the 103 Fahrenheit (39 Celsius) mark.<br />
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A dozen other towns, cities and airports up and down the East Coast set triple-digit Fahrenheit records for the calendar day, as did New York's Central Park, where the read-out on thermometers showed a temperature of 104 Fahrenheit (40 Celsius). Inside the old townhouse in northeast Washington that Ben Dooley shares with two housemates, the temperature was pushing 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius).<br />
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That was the temperature indoors.<br />
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Outdoors in Washington, the mercury climbed to 101 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) Friday, but high humidity made temperatures in the US capital feel more like 116 Fahrenheit (47 Celsius) -- hotter than Death Valley at daybreak. From Texas in the southwest to Maine in the far corner of the northeast, more than half of the 50 US states were under extreme heat warnings with the record temperatures and high humidity reportedly claiming at least 22 lives in the past week.<br />
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"Bullseyes of high heat and humidity" were affecting the central states and most of the East Coast, said Chris Vaccaro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service.<br />
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Triple-digit temperatures were recorded in Islip, Long Island, which is usually cooled by Atlantic breezes; Philadelphia, Allentown and Reading in Pennsylvania; Georgetown in Delaware; Boston, Massachusetts; the East Coast gambling mecca of Atlantic City in New Jersey, and Baltimore in Maryland.<br />
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Even Bangor, Maine, which lies at the same latitude as Montreal in Canada, reached a record for the calendar day of 97 Fahrenheit (36 Celsius).<br />
To beat the heat, people streamed to swimming pools, spent long hours in air-conditioned museums or shopping malls, or sat inside the foyers of public buildings that were opened as cooling centers.<br />
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Philadelphia, the "city of brotherly love", became the city of smothering heat, with temperatures at 102 Fahrenheit (39 Celsius) by late afternoon.<br />
Public swimming pools in the Pennsylvania city were so crowded that swimmers were asked to leave every 30 minutes to allow a new crowd to enjoy a cooling dip.<br />
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Maryland's Hidden Spring camp for kids aged up to 14, called off a much-anticipated hike to a waterfall and took the 45 campers bowling instead.<br />
"It didn't seem wise to take the kids hiking. They're disappointed and so are we, but an air-conditioned bowling alley seemed a good trade-off for triple-digit heat," camp director Eric Fishman told AFP.<br />
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In New York City, the Office of Emergency Management opened cooling centers in air-conditioned public facilities for people "experiencing physical discomfort in the heat wave."<br />
And the Washington public transportation system lifted its ban on drinks in trains and buses -- although it stressed that the exception to the rule applied to bottled water only and would end after Sunday night.<br />
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Nightfall has brought little respite from the heat, with temperatures only falling to lows in the 70s or 80s Fahrenheit (20s Celsius).<br />
"That's one of the unhealthy aspects of this heatwave: temperatures aren't retreating at night, and that taxes the body. Last night in DC, the low was 82," Vaccaro said.<br />
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Dooley described the previous night in his room without air conditioning in northeast Washington as "unbearable" and admitted that, although not a fan of airconditioning, he was considering "camping" in his housemate's room, equipped with a window air conditioner."<br />
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As many as 34 states at a time have been under heat advisories since the latest surge in the heatwave began a week ago in the Midwest before moving eastward.<br />
The high temperatures and humidity are expected to continue into the weekend until a cold front -- or less-hot front -- is forecast to move in.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-42995090194111346012011-07-16T16:35:00.000+07:002011-07-16T16:35:53.381+07:00Mt. Lokon erupts, locals flee for safety<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2XyyZnwBooXveP0hNLRGhWrjRdG50GMDGISuP-XqVeHJeIropoFB3DvT0qvr0sGi-TU36Vh9sQyTjM085xx2MPBTgFG_lccBKDVGLADtAgLIb2aLzfPezkgqOrzFtMtQ70XD1ZnxfJa5/s1600/Burning+Lokon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2XyyZnwBooXveP0hNLRGhWrjRdG50GMDGISuP-XqVeHJeIropoFB3DvT0qvr0sGi-TU36Vh9sQyTjM085xx2MPBTgFG_lccBKDVGLADtAgLIb2aLzfPezkgqOrzFtMtQ70XD1ZnxfJa5/s400/Burning+Lokon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Mt. Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, erupted on Thursday evening after several days of increased activity, forcing more than 2,500 residents to evacuate and seek refuge in safer areas.<br />
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According to residents of the nearby city of Tomohon, the initial eruption at 10:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. Jakarta time) sounded like thunder, tribunnews.com reported Friday.<br />
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“People started to panic. We also felt the temperature rise,” said Aprilia, a student of a private university in Tomohon. “We could see the smoldering hot lava spewing from the volcano. It's was a big fire. We also felt the tremor,” she said.<br />
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Several areas in the surrounding district were reportedly showered in volcanic ash.<br />
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“Ash is everywhere, covering my house,” said Jhon Pangemanan, a resident of Mokupa, Tombariri, Manado, adding that ash was also covering the streets.<br />
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North Sulawesi Disaster Mitigation Center chief Hoyke Makarawung said his office had evacuated around 2,510 residents living within a 3.5-kilometer radius of the volcano, from 9 p.m. local time.<br />
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"We led them to designated temporary shelters at PPWG Kaaten and Tomohon city park,” he said.<br />
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Apples are a good source of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber not only contributes to a healthy digestive system and reduced cholesterol, but it also benefits smart eaters by yielding no calories while keeping them satisfied.<br />
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And there's something else about the fruit that might help you feel full. A study in the journal "Appetite" found that when women added either three apples or three pears to their daily meals, they lost more weight than people who added three oat cookies to their diets -- even though the fruit and the cookies contained the exact same amount of dietary fiber.<br />
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Although the reason behind this finding may be a mystery, there is something to be said for the findings. According to Alan Aragon, a nutritionist and author of "Girth Control: The Science of Fat Loss & Muscle Gain," crunchy foods in particular can trick a person into feeling fuller. The act of chewing may send satiety signals to your body, he says, making you think you've eaten more than you really have and keeping hunger at bay.<br />
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<b>Almonds</b><br />
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If you're looking for a tasty midday snack, a handful of almonds are a well-regarded option. A study in 2009 in "The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" found that women who ate nuts at least two times a week were more successful at keeping weight off than those who didn't eat this food.<br />
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One particular favorite among some nutritionists is almonds, says Aragon. One ounce of this food contains only 167 calories, plus it packs roughly 6 g of protein and 3 g of fiber, both nutrients that can make you feel full. Furthermore, like apples, almonds are crunchy and require a lot of chewing, so they, too, can make you feel like you've eaten more than you actually did and keep you fuller longer.<br />
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<b>Salmon</b><br />
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If you're uncertain about fish, there's no need to fear. Seafood can be part of a healthy diet. And there's some evidence that the fat in foods such as salmon can boost satiety levels, says Aragon. For example, a study published in the "International Journal of Obesity" found that when dieters ate salmon a few times a week, they lost about two more pounds than those who didn't include seafood in their meals.<br />
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And in spite of the mention of salmon's fat content, the food is relatively low in calories. One 3-oz. serving has just 175 calories. Salmon is a good source of protein as well.<br />
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<b>Eggs</b><br />
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There's no doubt that protein, like fiber, has impressive satiating powers. And while eggs seem to have a bad reputation in some circles, there can be no contesting their ability to help keep your weight in check.<br />
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Research has shown that eating eggs at breakfast can help you fight weight gain all day long. A study reported in 2008 in the "International Journal of Obesity" found that when dieters ate two eggs for breakfast for five days out of the week, they lost 65 percent more weight than dieters who consumed a bagel in the morning. Although protein is likely to fill you up whenever you eat it, some scientists suspect that having more in the morning can keep you feeling fuller all day long.<br />
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It's true that most veggies make for great diet fare. Non-starchy vegetables in particular, such as carrots, celery and spinach, are filled with fiber. Like other foods high in fiber, they can help keep you feeling satiated.<br />
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Plus, they're pretty self-regulating, says Aragon. You can't really overeat with nonstarchy vegetables. After all, how many baby carrots can a person eat without needing to dunk them in some ranch dressing?<br />
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So while there are many veggies that can help you stay slim, tomatoes might be a particularly good option because they're so tasty. And, besides, with that whole a-tomato-is-a-vegetable-no-it's-a-fruit argument, you might have forgotten all about eating them. One cup of cooked, red tomatoes contains just 43 calories, but tastes just as delicious as any number of high-calorie foods.<br />
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And that's at least half the secret, finding foods that are both healthy and tasty. The good thing is, they do exist. Over time, you'll discover what wholesome, filling foods you prefer, expanding your choices while shrinking your waistline.<br />
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Well, during my business trip last week, I also try many different type of German cuisine. Although some of them are served in a very big plate for large portion, and of course it's too much for me, but they are all delicious.<br />
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For this time, is almost the same like my previous visit, I just visit Herzogenaurach, Erlangen and also Nuremberg. But these towns are still amazing for me, specially this summer when you can still see the sun at 9.30 pm.<br />
I guess, that's all from me, hope you could enjoy it... :)<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-69667694051770460292011-06-18T11:25:00.000+07:002011-06-18T11:25:56.865+07:00Dinner at Uno Cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2Dx53j3fMu-tiD2XAeATnalWiqRdO8wbCin0smLMBL-K848TpBSo1rYM6z8vfwFV6AMTOFhKyR1_iFGuKbW9PnlKyJgpZrB-SbwhERdpafjTnuiHnNggPzMDiSYuguUGgILnllw8Ft7M/s1600/Uno-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2Dx53j3fMu-tiD2XAeATnalWiqRdO8wbCin0smLMBL-K848TpBSo1rYM6z8vfwFV6AMTOFhKyR1_iFGuKbW9PnlKyJgpZrB-SbwhERdpafjTnuiHnNggPzMDiSYuguUGgILnllw8Ft7M/s400/Uno-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This time, I have my friend who just came from Germany, I took him to dinner at a restaurant in the Karawaci Tangerang named Uno Cafe. <br />
Despite of its name, you maybe think that this cafe just served italian food, but from the menu they have many, from western food to Indonesian food.<br />
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We ordered some appetizers first and typical drinks of this cafe. After that we ordered a main menu, like steak, salmon and mushroom soup too. And also the fresh dessert like ice cream and beer.<br />
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The taste of the food in this cafe is tasty, but quite expensive. But it's all supported by good service and also a very comfortable atmosphere. This cafe also offers live music every weekend.<br />
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Spending my time this weekend at home, I just noticed that many flowers which had bloomed in my garden.<br />
So, I took my camera and have some pictures of them. So beautiful.<br />
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</span>Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17675773663439143608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801523829211807496.post-88519247310942899792011-05-28T18:14:00.000+07:002011-05-28T18:14:10.254+07:00Is Warcraft in trouble?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vxx5kNwmmfTi-GJhQdAsNPHr04Qq5AfLQ3JcfsgSegnJAVECzV5MxocCYnoWZbAcKhmSLBqV2Yas7y_-LYFHk96j5gBOxvqFG9TZCAOlIcGipK_-XcC2CBDsoeksOhKdbDU1-NrAM_LV/s1600/warcraft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vxx5kNwmmfTi-GJhQdAsNPHr04Qq5AfLQ3JcfsgSegnJAVECzV5MxocCYnoWZbAcKhmSLBqV2Yas7y_-LYFHk96j5gBOxvqFG9TZCAOlIcGipK_-XcC2CBDsoeksOhKdbDU1-NrAM_LV/s400/warcraft.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Subscriber numbers tend to ebb and flow with massively multiplayer games. No matter how high they get, people generally expect them to come down -- unless that game is World of Warcraft.<br />
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So when Activision-Blizzard announced earlier this month that subscriptions of its crown jewel had fallen 5 percent, heads turned. Was the mightiest title in the persistent world universe finally showing signs of weakness?<br />
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The answer really comes down to perspective. While the loss of 600,000 subscribers in one quarter would be catastrophic to virtually any other game, WoW is hardly struggling, as it still has a healthy 11.4 million people paying their monthly fees. <br />
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The drop-off has sent a message to the developers, though. The slow pace at which expansion packs have rolled out to date has to change, something that puts Blizzard in very unfamiliar territory. <br />
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Blizzard, historically, has been a company that has never rushed on games. It typically takes as long as it feels necessary to finish a title, and, as a result, has become one of the most adored developers in the industry, with no critical or commercial flops to its name.<br />
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But because players have become so well acquainted with Azeroth, they're getting antsy when there's no new level cap to hit -- and they're burning through expansion packs faster than anyone expected.<br />
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"As our players have become more experienced playing World of Warcraft over many years, they have become much better and much faster at consuming content," said Blizzard president Mike Morhaime during a conference call with analysts. "And so I think with [the most recent expansion] Cataclysm they were able to consume the content faster than with previous expansions, but that's why we're working on developing more content."<br />
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Rather than paying $15 per month as they wait on that new content, players are putting their accounts on hold and sampling the competition. That's proving to be good news for new entrants in the field, like the surpsingly successful Rift from Trion Worlds. And it bodes well for upcoming titles, including the EA's highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic.<br />
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More than 1.5 million people have signed up to participate in the beta for the upcoming game, which some industry observers see as the title that stands the best chance of giving WoW a real run for its money in subscribers.<br />
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EA certainly is hoping to live up to those expectations.<br />
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"For us it's about creating the right experience for expanding from tier 1 and the tier 2 users to getting people who have never played an MMO before, but are interested in Star Wars, to engage and give it a try," says Eric Brown, CFO at EA. "If we do that, our addressable market is well beyond 12 million people ... into more of a general gamer population, pretty much anyone that has a minimum spec personal computer."<br />
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The exodus from WoW is also giving an opening for several free-to-play MMOs that make their money on microtransactions. Titles like Vindictus and Lord of the Rings Online scratch a similar itch as WoW, and fans are getting excited about the forthcoming Guild Wars 2, which will carry an upfront retail charge, but no monthly subscription fees.<br />
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Of course, before anyone starts working on the obituary for WoW, they might want to first do some homework.<br />
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The Cataclysm expansion sold over 3.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on shelves, according to Mike Hickey of Janco Partners. That's 18 percent better than the previous expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. In its first month, Cataclysm sold 4.7 million copies in its first month of release -- again, an 18 percent improvement.<br />
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And while the numbers are down now, they'll spike again later this year when Activision-Blizzzard releases Cataclysm in China, a ripe market for the game.<br />
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Meanwhile, the first round of tickets for BlizzCon, Blizzard's annual convention/lovefest -- and the spot where the company often announces new WoW expansion packs and gives away all sorts of WoW tsotchkes -- went on sale Saturday and sold out in minutes, with queues reportedly reaching into the 12,000-15,000 range. A second round, which will be available Wednesday the 25th, will likely go just as fast. Even with subscribers down, the company's rabid fan base will ensure that, for the time being, the king of Azeroth will keep its throne.<br />
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