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Sunday, September 25, 2011

TEROR BOM VIDEO IN SOLO - KEPUNTON JEBRES

The number of injuries caused by suicide bombing at Bethel Full Gospel Church, Kepunton, Jebres Solo, Sunday (09/25/2011) as many as 17 people. NEW VIDEO TEROR BOM IN KEPUNTON JEBRES SOLO.
Information collected while Espos mention of the 17 victims, three men who were taken to hospital Brayat Minulyo allowed to go home.
The 14 victims were taken to hospital Dr. Oen Cage Cow, a total of four victims had been allowed to go home.
"There are 14 victims, four have gone home and 10 still in care. The average taxable flake, "said Dr. William Tanoyo of RS Dr. Oen Cage Cow
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Also ZTE Mobile 4G Will Take out the second Quarter 2012

Also ZTE Mobile 4G Will Take out the second Quarter 2012

ZTE Corp, which is number five handset manufacturer in the world, plans to release a 4G mobile phone in the second quarter of 2012 according to its senior executive. This step was taken in order to seize the mobile market through product development. According to the survey, Zte Corp. is still under Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Apple in the consumer markets division in the second quarter of this year.

Shenzhe mobile home manufacturer is successfully shipped about 35 million phones in the first half year 2011, which is almost close to the company's target of 80 million units by the end of the year. This figure is the target of the Zte which rose by almost a third of total sales in the prior year.

ZTE said it will release her latest 4G mobile phones in developed countries first, followed by the release as a whole. Previously, ZTE released a smart phone, Skate on the Hong Kong-based Android 2.3 and has a Qualcomm chipset. ZTE plans other is releasing phones that will be based on Windows Phone at the end of 2011.
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Windows 8 Will Be in Place Third at Market Tablets

Windows 8 Will Be in Place Third at Market Tablets
Metro touch screen interface of Windows 8 seems to be very suitable when applied to the tablet. But according to analyst firm Gartner, Microsoft still will be hard to beat Apple iPad and the onslaught of Android-based tablets. Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, said,''We expect Apple still mmimpin market with more than 50 percent until 2014.''

Gartner predicts that worldwide sales of tablets until the end of this year will reach 63.6 million, an increase of very-very-dramatic compared to 2010, which rose 261.4 percent. Apple will take the lead until the end of the year by 73.4 percent while total tablet Android will take a 17.3 per cent.

In the chart predictions for 2015, Gartner believes that Apple will sell 148 million tablets while Android sells 116 million tablets. Windows 8 will berata in third place with sales of 34 million tablets in 2015.
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Google+ Occupants Up 10 Million In 2 Days

Google+ Occupants Up 10 Million In 2 Days
Since the General Registration G+ Now Open to Public.
Based on reports from Paul Allen on Google +, has been an increase in the growth of social networking Google made it publicly since it opened for registration two days ago. This growth rate is similar to the growth that occurred during the initial weeks of testing Google + a few months ago.

According to Allen, the current growth is said to explode. There is an increase of 30% in just 2 days and today has added as much as nearly 30 million users. Before this Allen estimates that there are 27, 7 million users on September 9, which then becomes 43.3 million today. He said also that most of this growth came in 2 days of opening.

+ Google achievement of some numbers which are:

More than 1 million users (1.7 million) on July 4, 2011
4.5 million users on July 10, 2011
10 million users on July 12, 2011
Paul Allen presented figures this could mean that Google + has become a recognized social networking. However, there has been no large-scale displacement of Facebook. For now mastered their Facebook social networking market with more than 800 million users and it seems like people will not subside in the near future.

via Search Engine Land, Google +
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Bing Gliding Deals, Shopping Discounts Offer Collection By Location

Bing Gliding Deals, Shopping Discounts Offer Collection By Location
Online shopping is now a thriving business, especially with the various websites that display information such big discounts Groupon and LivingSocial. To accommodate the desires of internet users to find information like this then Bing announced a new site called Bing Deals.

Bing Deals are meant to help users get the best prices and products who wish to buy one. This site will find information on the Internet and create a database of existing products and prices. This data is then accessible through a search engine Bing, featuring the best prices and which stores that provide these products.

The most interesting part of Bing Deals is a collection of deal or discount that is displayed on the user's location. Because it follows the development of price and find the best deal can be time consuming, Microsoft through Bing will help users gather information and display it in the middle of the screen. Besides shopping, the user may choose from a huge list of stores that are displayed along with the best deal available information.


Before this deal has no aggregation sites like Slickdeals.net and Techbargains.com is dedicated to helping shoppers save money by finding the best deal. Although Bing Deals deemed not able to replace the function of these sites but is expected Bing has the potential to be one where the exploration of shopping online.
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Yahoo Will Be Sold To Public

Yahoo Will Be Sold To Public
One of the founders of Yahoo, Jerry Yang has acknowledged that his company yahoo will be sold. An internal memo obtained by Business Insider revealed that the directors of Yahoo has teamed up with Allen & Company to fill a list of several parties that expressed interest in buying in the numbers of potential. Yang also suggested that the company is now in the process of finding a permanent replacement for Carol Bartz CEO who was fired several weeks ago.

Which also indicates that Yahoo's directors are in the process of reviewing the company's widespread operations to provide more value for our shareholders. Yang explained that Yahoo already has 680 million users.

Which ever previously rejected Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo with cash amounting to $ 44.6 billion three years ago. When was Yang, who are fans of Apple, Yahoo is headed. When it is claimed that the offer was rejected because the offer is deemed less lot. Since then, Yahoo under the leadership of Carol Bartz, signed an agreement with the design of Microsoft's search engine to add Yahoo users. It is unknown whether Microsoft is still interested in acquiring Yahoo.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Twitter Julpan Acquisition, the Company Filter Content In Real-time

Twitter Julpan Acquisition, the Company Filter Content In Real-time
Ori Allon is a computer expert who managed to create a search engine called Orion, which in the year 2006 has been acquired by Google. Until the year 2010 alone Allon still follow Google, and exit for founding a new company called dala things moving Julpan filtering important data relating to the tweet, blog, or a variety of online content from the user.

Recently the company Allon, Julpan, acquired by Twitter. It is not known how large the amount of the acquisition. Julpan is a company based in New York City that specializes to watch and observe what is shared by the user devices, smart phones and social networking sites in real-time.

With this acquisition is expected Julpan can help Twitter to find out what is really desired and preferred by the user on the basis of what is distributed / posted.
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What kind of gold should I buy?

What kind of gold should I buy?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY A GOLD
Before you decide to invest your money in gold,maybe you should read the following questions and answers. hopefully you will get enough information to help you to make the best decision. Good luck.

Answer. We probably get that question more than any other -- pretty much on a daily basis. The answer, however, is not as straightforward as you might think. What you buy depends upon your goals. We usually answer the "What should I buy?" question with a question of our own: "Why are you interested in buying gold?"

If your goal is simply to capitalize on price movement, then bullion coins will serve your purposes. If you are interested in long-term asset preservation and you have additional concerns about capital and/or monetary controls -- a more complicated scenario -- then you might want to include the lower premium variety of pre-1933 European and American gold coins in the mix. These have been treated by the U.S. government since the 1930s as historical items, and, as a result, afford the privacy-minded investor a greater degree of safety than gold bullion. These can still be acquired at reasonable premiums over their melt value.

But what I just gave you is a rough sketch. To develop a more refined strategy, we recommend spending time with your broker here at USAGOLD-Centennial Precious Metals. We can help you design a portfolio capable of weathering these uncertain times and in keeping with your long-term goals.

Q.When should I buy?

Answer. The short answer is 'When you need it.' You cannot approach gold the way you approach stock or real estate investments. Timing is not the real issue. The first question you need to ask yourself is whether or not you believe you need to own gold. Once you answer that question in the affirmative, there is no point in delaying your actual purchase. The real goal is to diversify so that your overall wealth is not compromised by economic dangers and uncertainties like the kind generated by the 2008 financial crisis.

Q. Can you give us a profile of the typical gold investor?

Answer. Gold owners are a group of people we have come to know very well in our nearly 40 years in the business. Contrary to the less than flattering picture sometimes painted by the mainstream press, the people we have helped become gold owners are among those we rely upon most in our daily lives -- our physicians and dentists, nurses and teachers, plumbers, carpenters and building contractors, business owners, attorneys, engineers and university professors (to name a few.) In other words, gold ownership is pretty much a Main Street endeavor.

Traditionally, wealthy, aristocratic European and Asian families have kept a strong percentage of their assets in gold as a protective factor. That same philosophy has taken hold in the United States in recent years and begun to spread, particularly in light of the on-going financial crisis, and among those interested in retaining family wealth from one generation to the next. In a recent years, we have helped a good many family trusts diversify with gold coins and bullion at the advice of their portfolio managers.

Q. Why not wait for the necessity to arise, then buy gold?

Answer. Over the past few years, as concern about a financial and economic breakdown spread, there were periods of gold coin bottlenecks and actual shortages. The national mints could not keep up with public demand, and the flow of older gold from Europe was stymied by accelerating demand both there and in the United States. Premiums shot-up and a mad scramble developed for the available gold, even at rapidly escalating prices.

These events pointed up some of the problems inherent to the contemporary gold market. During times when demand for gold is booming, you cannot call the warehouse and order gold coins like you can most other consumer items. Even running at full capacity, the manufacturers (the national mints) cannot keep up with demand surges like the one we had in 2008 - 2009. In the case of the older coins coming from Europe, the supply simply dries up because, to make a long story short, they aren't making any more of them. You should not treat a gold acquisition the way you do ordinary consumer purchases. Though your need might be great, the supply might simply have disappeared. If you think you should own gold, the worst thing you can do is get caught up in a price guessing contest as to when is the best time to buy. The better approach is make your acqusition(s) and position yourself positively in the event of further economic problems.

Q. You frequently mention gold as insurance. What do you mean by that?

Answer. Those of you who have read my book, The ABCs of Gold Investing: How to Protect and Build Your Wealth with Gold, know that gold's baseline, essential quality is its role as the only primary asset that is not someone else's liability or responsibility. That separates gold from the majority of capital assets which in fact do rely on another's ability to pay, like bonds and bank savings, or the performance of the management, or some other delimiting factor, as is the case with stocks.

The first chapter of that book ends with this:

"No matter what happens in this country, with the dollar, with the stock and bond markets, the gold owner will find a friend in the yellow metal -- something to rely upon when the chips are down. In gold, investors will find a vehicle to protect their wealth. Gold is bedrock."

This is precisely what people learned during recurring economic crisis situations over the centuries as well as in contemporary meltdowns such as Mexico's in 1994, the Pacific Rim's in 1997, and the United States' slow motion crisis from 2001 to the present. If you consider what investors lost in the U.S. stock market over the last decade and what gold investors gained during the same period, the swing in the net wealth effect is astonishing. When push came to shove, those who owned gold understood what we mean when we say "gold is bedrock." To reduce this to a course of action: Diversification is important.

Q. What percentage of my assets should I invest in gold?

Answer. Once again the answer is not cut and dried, but a general rule of thumb is 10% to 30%, and once again your broker at USAGOLD-Centennial Precious Metals can help you make the decision. How high you go between 10% and 30% depends upon how concerned you are about the current economic, financial and political situation.

Q. In your book, The ABCs of Gold Investing, you start the chapter by saying "Who you do business with is one of the most important aspects of gold investing." Why is that?

Answer. A solid, professional gold firm can go a long way in helping the investor shortcut the learning curve. A good gold firm can help you avoid some the problems and pitfalls encountered along the way, and provide some direction. It is very important to pick the right firm. An experienced and reputable gold broker can help you choose the right gold product mix to hedge your portfolio, make sure the prices you pay are in line with market expectations, and help you in general with the decision making process. Also, the right firm -- one with proven longevity -- will most likely be around to help you liquidate all or part of your holdings should the need arise.

Q. Can you briefly describe what you believe to be the biggest mistake investors make when starting out as gold owners?

Answer. The biggest trap investors fall into is buying a gold investment that bears little or no relationship to his or her objectives. Take safe-haven investors for example. That group makes up 90% of our clientele, and probably a good 75% of the current physical gold market. Most often the safe-haven investor simply wants to add gold coins to his or her portfolio mix, but too often this same investor ends up instead with a leveraged (financed) gold position or a handful of exotic rare coins (often costing five or six figures). These have little to do with safe-haven investing, and most investors would be well served to avoid them -- except as a sideline.

Q. What is your view of gold stocks?

Answer. Many of our clients own gold stocks and we believe they have a place in the portfolio. However, it should be emphasized that gold stocks are not a substitute for real gold ownership, that is, in its physical form as coins and bars. Instead, stocks should be viewed as an addition to the portfolio after one has truly diversified with gold coins and bullion. Gold stocks can actually act opposite the intent of the investor, as some justifiably disgruntled mine company shareholders learned in the recent past when their stocks failed to perform as the price rose. There is no such ambiguity involved in actual gold ownership.

Q. What about gold futures contracts?

Answer. Futures contracts are generally considered one of the most speculative arenas in the investment marketplace. The investor's exposure to the market is leveraged and the moves both up and down are greatly exaggerated. Something like 9 out of 10 investors who enter the futures market come away losers. For someone looking to hedge his or her portfolio against economic and financial risk, this is a poor substitute for owning the metal itself.

Q. Please summarize: What is the best approach for the safe-haven investor?

Answer. If you want to protect yourself against inflation, deflation, stock market weakness and potential currency problems -- in other words, if you want to hedge financial uncertainties, there is only one portfolio item that will serve you in all seasons and under most circumstances -- gold coins and bullion.

How to invest

A growing range of methods now allows investors to either buy gold, or simply gain exposure to gold price movements. From gold coins, online accounts, exchange traded funds and complex financial products, to mining stocks, the most appropriate gold investments will depend upon the investor’s specific requirements and outlook.

Coins and small bars
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Futures and options
Warrants
Gold accounts
Gold Accumulation Plans (GAP)
Gold Mining stocks
Gold Certificates
Gold orientated funds
Structured products


The distinction is not always clear between the purchase of physical gold and other investments that offer an exposure to movements in gold price. This is especially so as it has long been possible to invest in bullion without actually taking physical delivery.

If you are considering an investment in gold, it is important to appraise yourself of the best options for your specific needs. The following questions are designed to help you decide on the channel or channels of gold investment that are most appropriate for you.

Why did you decide to buy gold?
Do you want a real asset that is physically available at all times or do you simply want exposure to the gold price?
Will you want the gold delivered to you or would you prefer it to be stored in a vault?
Do you have information about all the costs that may be involved? These include: taxes, commissions, premiums, storage and insurance.
Is the counterparty (i.e. the person or company from or through whom you will be making the purchase) reliable and trustworthy?
How does gold fit in with your other investments?
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Gold Price Forecast in 2011

Gold Price Forecast in 2011
The expected price of gold is still good. Therefore Gold Price Forecast in 2011, the yellow precious metal climbed above the $ 1,370 mark per troy ounce (31.10 grams) and the upward trend has continued. In the course of a technical correction in the gold price had fallen to $ 1,330 an ounce. U.S. fund managers seem to have the withdrawal exploited to further increase their positions in gold.

From a technical perspective, the forecast signals that the gold price in the short term, however, the potential decline. The price of gold is in a call from head and shoulder formation. After forming the right shoulder would be full training and lead to a sell signal to technical analysts. If the increase in current gold price on the other hand, the courses of the "head" at $ 1,424 per troy ounce, training would be invalid.

The price of gold rose in early 2010 to November 9, 2910 in 1097 to 1.424 dollars per ounce. From the financial crisis erupted in autumn 2008, gold could develop even more than doubled. On October 24, 2008, reached a minimum of $ 681 per ounce. At this point, the upward trend continues to this day has begun.

Gold Price Forecast primarily

The yellow precious metal remains in demand, while the central bank around the world continue to print money to a greater degree. The U.S. Federal Reserve reinforced this trend by extending monetary policy in early November 2010. So the Fed will inject $ 900 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2011 in the U.S. bond markets.

Skeptics fear that the medium inflation risks in the long term. The yellow precious metal may benefit as investors are increasingly looking for a store of value. This remains the gold price forecast of most analysts positive. The price of gold should go up and get up to the end of the first quarter of 2011 on the mark of $ 1,500 per troy ounce.
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Car Insurance News: New Services And Latest Trends

Trends change almost each day in terms of items like fashion, business as well as insurance. Individual differences result in the fact that people have different policy requirements every now and then. When coverage policies were just being introduced, the terms and conditions were fairy standard and general for many vehicles. Motor insurance news articles highlight the truth that in olden days no matter the make, size, or label of a motor vehicle, the protection one was offered was standard.

Nowadays everything is different; policies are much more customized with respect on the sized the automobile, as well as specific requirements. A new trend in premium policies is visible about the cost and payment schedule. There has been a tremendous surge in the price of a good policy, which makes it fairly difficult for low income people to afford proper coverage.

Student vehicle coverage policies are the newest thing in that is a. Recent polls on many of the popular coverage premiums sites show a rise in teen drivers. To cater to this sector many organisations have begun to provide coverage policies created for college kids. Age limit of those policies is 16 to 21, and proof of ID plus a valid drivers license is critical to make use of.

These contracts have particular quotes, low yield payments and versatile schedules. This makes it feasible for teenagers to deal with their particular needs and requirements. If you decide to easily fit into this bracket, you should check if your existing company offers this package, or switch to an organization which provides it to save cash.

Another cool product offered currently by industry giants is an element specific coverage. That is mainly applicable to those who own classic cars. People who just love classic cars could get some key components and parts insured too. Like that you could have double coverage to your vehicle.

In some states rates and payments will also be scheduled to increase a substantial amount inside the coming months. For those who want to keep an update on new trends about getting the vehicle insured, a smart step to take is registering with leading coverage company sites. Most sites offer free registration if you are a client and send you a vehicle coverage news letter on a weekly or monthly basis. Doing this you can preserve yourself informed about new services, laws and amendments that will apply to your policy.
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Two Jews on Film - By Joan Alperin Schwartz

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Two Jews Review 'Moneyball' And Only One Sees Your house Run (Video)
September 22nd, 2011 5:00pm EDT Add to My News
Two Jews on Film - By Joan Alperin Schwartz - Initial thing I must say is...I basically do not know anything about sports. I do watch the Super Bowl but just for the commercials. That said, I absolutely loved 'Money Ball,' which matches to prove, you do not should be a baseball fan, to think until this film, written by Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillan and directed by Bennett Miller, is absolutely wonderful.

Mr brad pitt portrays real life Baseball legend, Billy Beane. I'm there are lots of folks which have no clue who Mr. Beane is...I being one of them. But I really do now. Beane, once a promising baseball player, could be the Gm with the Oakland A's and not just any General Manager.
When 'Moneyball' begins Mr brad pitt says... 'There are rich teams...You will find poor teams...As there are us'.

The season is 2002. The Oakland A's has a payroll of 40 million dollars...as the Yankees payroll is $126 million. Additional money buys better players. Billy Beane must look for a competitive advantage in terms of assembling an absolute team.

He doesn't always have lots of cash... but what he is doing have is... Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) a Harvard graduate which has a degree in economics. So what the hell does Peter know about baseball? Turns out plenty. Brand used statistical data to investigate value of a baseball player. He surely could see exactly what the Scouts couldn't...Exactly what a player did last year, has not been what he'd do the following year. Sound boring? Keep in mind that...It isn't really.

Billy Beane changed the face area of baseball. He went against tradition and turned baseball on its ear.

Billy and Peter's relationship may be the heart with this film and Brad and Jonah are wonderful together. Sorkin and Zaillan's brilliant dialogue gives 'Moneyball' (depending on Michael Lewis's book) its humanity...Which makes it a film for sports lovers as well as non sports lovers.

Philip Seymour Hoffman is practically unrecognizable since the Oakland A's Manager, Art Howe. He totally transforms himself. You think you're watching a classic man instead of an actress in their 40's. That's how good he could be.

Jonah Hill provides a beautiful, subtle performance and also for the first time, I seriously enjoyed watching him.

As for Brad Pitt, well when Oscar nominations everything clearly, I know his name may be the first one called. That's how excellent his jobs are with this film.

I gave 'Moneyball' five bagels out of five with everything else with them. When it comes to better half of 'Two Jews On Film', John, well he previously a very different opinion. Luckily I recieve to write the reviews and therefore, We've the final word. If you would like know his bagel score, take a look at our video.
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The best way to Kill the Facebook News Ticker

The best way to Kill the Facebook News Ticker

Probably the most annoying new feature within the Facebook redesign needs to be what is the news ticker (even if you can make a spat for many of the other additions as well). Tech blog SumTips came up with 3 ways to kill this feed.
The most effective way (also is the way that worked the best for me) involves using AdBlock Plus on Firefox or Chrome, and adding the subsequent custom filters inside extension's preferences.

www.facebook.com##[id="pagelet_rhc_ticker"]

www.facebook.com##[id="pagelet_ticker"]

Then, refresh Facebook and you need to have business (that is, the news ticker must be gone).

In case you have Chrome, it's also possible to install Unannoying Facebook, which removes the news feed and also the pinned bar on the top. Or, if you possess the Better Facebook extension, it is possible to paste this in the CSS options under Advanced Options Mode.

/* Hide Facebook live ticker */
.ticker_stream display:none !important;

We'll spare the Xzibit jokes and just be happy that the stupid news feed is gone.
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Cedric Benson's Ass Was Showing three games

Cedric Benson's Ass Was Showing three games

Bengals Cedric Benson Denies Having Been Informed Of Suspension, "Strong Case" For Appeal. Once we pointed out the 2009 afternoon, Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports wrote that Cedric Benson has been notified of your three-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy during the lockout. An appeal will probably be heard on Tuesday allowing Benson to accommodate up and commence up against the San Francisco 49ers earlier this week. When the suspension isn't overturned or reduced, Benson will miss the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts and the next time he'll suit up as a Cincinnati Bengals running back is going to be against the Seattle Seahawks on October 30.

The suspension is news to Benson as well as the league office isn't saying anything either:

Benson said by way of a Bengals spokesman late Thursday afternoon that they was not informed that he's been suspended and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league isn't commenting on the report. Benson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell before last season and wasn't suspended following your first incident. The 2nd one happened throughout the lockout last July.

A league source told ESPN Insider Adam Schefter that Benson carries a "strong case" to appeal the suspension; perhaps because players like Kenny Britt and Aqib Talib weren't disciplined. Whether or not the league gets the to certainly suspend Benson for actions through the lockout by which players weren't within collective bargaining agreement, is entirely (and justifiably so) another matter.
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Ted Haggard to Swap Wives with Gary Busey

Ted Haggard to Swap Wives with Gary Busey

September 22nd, 2011 2:17 PM by Hilton Hater
We actually wish we were causeing this to be up.
Ted Haggard and Gary Busey - a pastor most common for his 2006 crystal meth/homosexual affair scandal as well as an actor who may have been arrested for cocaine possession and domestic violence - will likely be featured around the series premiere of Celebrity Wife Swap.
Busey was lately seen on Celebrity Apprentice and is also a born-again Christian.

Haggard continues to be married to his wife and condemns homosexuality, following 3 weeks of intensive counseling with four ministries in 2006 after having a masseur claimed he and the pastor was linked to a three-year dalliance.

Congratulations, Toddlers & Tiaras. You might no longer be probably the most reprehensible reality show in the news.

Tags: Reality TV, Gary Busey
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Whitman made her first pronouncements to the public and to the HP rank and file on a conference call today along with Chairman

Whitman made her first pronouncements to the public and to the HP rank and file on a conference call today along with Chairman
And just like that, Hewlett-Packard, one of several world’s biggest technology companies, an Silicon Valley and American corporate icon, includes a new CEO: Meg Whitman.
Whitman made her first pronouncements for the public and the HP rank and file on a business call today as well as Chairman - newly named executive chairman - Ray Lane. I recorded the decision and got out some highlights you'll be able to hear below, courtesy Soundcloud.
Careful analysis oust now former CEO Léo Apotheker, was developed following the board of directors observed “operational weaknesses” in their management. “It became increasingly clear we needed new leadership to focus on the operating our business more efficiently in order to meet troubles of today’s environment….The board believes how the job of CEO requires additional attributes to successfully execute for the company’s strategic evolution,” Lane said.
Whitman admitted that HP hasn’t been delivering the level of results that investors have started to expect. “We’re not satisfied regarding it,” she said, promising that HP will have no higher priority rather than get HP’s operations back in line. Her first public comments as CEO are in the audio clip below.
Meg Whitman’s First Public Comments as HP CEO by ahess247
Good news of Whitman’s hiring because the new CEO obfuscated some comments CFO Cathie Lesjack, who warned that HP may have another tough quarterly earnings report ahead. Blaming soft market conditions in Europe and from gov departments, she said HP will likely meet its per-share guidance issued on Aug. 18, when she said HP would deliver non-GAAP earnings fo $1.12 to $1.16 a share. However she said she likes to “less certainty regarding revenue” specifically around hardware sales. HP had forecast revenues inside the variety of $32.1 billion to $32.5 billion.
I’ve talked with sources familiar with retail PC sales who tell me that the back-to-school season was great, in terms of the variety of machines sold, but that PC manufacturers including HP was required to slash prices aggressively to maintain consumers interested and acquiring. That may come to be a contributing factor.
Another key factor is going to be commercial PC sales. Since HP announced started referring to spinning off its PC business on Aug. 18, its commercial customers have been performing on their uncertainty by holding back on new deals, and buying off their vendors like Dell. CIO’s hate uncertainty, and HP continues to be playing defense with many of their biggest customers considering that the announcement, trying to reassure them they can still sell to HP.
Whitman’s hiring has brought lots of criticism that they doesn’t adequate experience building a large, enterprise-focused technology company. Lane defended the choice by praoclaiming that during her years running eBay, she was a big buyer of enterprise technology and that that have should serve her well.
Raydefendsmeg by ahess247
You will want to conduct an extensive search considering candidates from both in and out? Toni Sacconaghi, author of last week’s stinging research report about “exasperated” HP investors, inquired on that. The implication was that HP’s board of directors had acted impulsively in hiring Apotheker recently, and was the process again in hiring Whitman. Lane reminded Sacconaghi that HP’s board has eight new members since those times, and thus it’s not similar population group who're included in the Hurd resignation and the Apotheker hiring. Hear his answer below.
Why no search at HP? by ahess247
And yet, despite having sent Apotheker towards the exit, HP still intentions to continue, in broad brushstrokes the process he organized. HP remains studying what to do with its Personal Systems Group, the system that sells PCs to consumers and businesses. All options - a spin-off or no action in any respect - are both still on the table. But as Whitman says, throughout response to question from Keith Bachman of BMO Captial, “that decision is not going to get better with age” hence the sooner it’s done, the greater.
Decisionpsc by ahess247
Lane, asked by analyst Shannon Cross of Cross Research in regards to the timeline with the decision to allow Apotheker go, said the decision wasn’t made suddenly, but over the previous couple of quarters. After missing earnings forecasts for two quarters in a row, and also the communications mess that occurred on the Aug. 18, the it became clear, Lane says, that Leo were required to go. Hear him explain it below.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Rick Santorum in Challenges Google Mission

Rick Santorum in Challenges Google Mission

Rick Santorum is sick and tired of “filth” atop Google mission to find his name and wants the organization to stop paying it.
Alexander Burns, Politico (“Rick Santorum contacted Google, says company spreads ‘filth’“):
A Internet search for Santorum has generated some inappropriate results since gay columnist Dan Savage organized an internet campaign to link graphic sexual terms towards the socially conservative senator’s name.
Now, the Republican presidential candidate says he’s convinced Google could take action to remedy the situation, if the company wanted to. “I suspect if something was up there that way about Joe Biden, they’d remove it,” Santorum said. “If you’re a responsible business, you don’t let such things as which happen with your business that have an impact on the continent.” He continued: “To have a very business allow that kind of filth being purveyed through the website or through their method is something they say they can’t handle but I suspect that’s incorrect.”
[...]
A Google spokesperson answered Santorum by advising that users who wish “content taken from the web should contact the webmaster from the page directly.”
“Google’s serp's can be a reflection in the content and information that can be found online. Users who wish content taken out of the world wide web should contact the webmaster from the page directly,” the spokesperson said. “Once the webmaster takes the page down from the net, it will likely be taken off Google’s serp's through our usual crawling process.”
The spokesperson declared Google does not “remove content from our listings, except in restricted cases for instance illegal content and violations individuals webmaster guidelines.”
I’m no fan of Santorum and, indeed, would almost surely vote to re-elect Barack obama were he my only alternative. Further, Santorum is delusional: If your top 10 results on Google proclaimed him the smartest, most decent man in the world, he’d still be ranked available online for with random hobos in the polls. If your meteorite were to strike the next GOP debate, sparing only Santorum, somebody else would receive the nomination.
Nevertheless, Santorum is right over a narrow point: Google could and really should fix this well-known flaw in their rankings.
As I noted back in February (“Rick Santorum’s Google Problem = Google’s Rick Santorum Problem“) when this issue first got attention, people depend upon Google and other search engines to offer them essentially the most meaningful results concerning the thing they’re searching for. When it comes to a prominent individual, that may typically be their Wikipedia page, their IMDB page (if they’re inside entertainment business), their personal, as well as their bio page in the company utilizing them. Additionally, if they’re currently in the news for something, recent news items-like the Politico story linked here-will often appear excellent for page.
While I don’t claim that they can see the programming involved, I’m pretty knowledgeable about Google’s algorithm along with the constant tinkering the business does to provide the “best” results. Yes, I am aware that is really a subjective matter. But, especially, Google has spent the past a long period aggressively downgrading sites who they deem to get gaming the machine by selling links, doing link-sharing, or otherwise artificially inflating value of a target site. Partly, for the reason that Google’s core clients are actually AdSense, its advertising system. Mostly, though, it’s because the valuation on their core brand-the search engine-is based on people trusting the outcome and never getting junk.
To be fair to Google, the results less difficult better now compared to they were 6 months ago. The “Spreading Santorum” site remains in to begin with, that i always keeping it shouldn’t be. Nevertheless the Rick Santorum Wikipedia page is 2nd and Santorum’s own campaign site is 4th. Among is another Wikipedia page about the “Campaign for your ‘Santorum” neolosim.” This site probably shouldn’t be quite that high, since niche pages typically aren’t, but should in reality be about the first page in the amount of buzz the issue has generated more than a long period of time. Among some of the best sites are a ThinkProgress blog piece on “Rick Santorum’s 12 Most Offensive Statements” plus a recent CNN story titled “Santorum decries handle of bigotry.” These strike me as perfectly legitimate, for the reason that their rankings are “earned” inside the traditional way as opposed to with an orchestrated campaign.
UPDATE: I noted this inside comments but it deserves addition for the main post: They actually have a good doing this. As Danny Sullivan notes, they did it for the Bush “miserable failure” one years back.
Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” containing returned US President George W. Bush on top of its results in a explore miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s portion of a total algorithm change designed to stop such mass link pranks from working.
Searching today now shows the united states White House page carrying Bush’s name is not top listed. Also gone are pages about Michael Moore and former US president Jimmy Carter that have been on the first page of results because of Google bombing actions.
What’s not missing are articles regarding the Google bombing incident itself, including my own article I wrote back January 2004 from the time I worked at Google search Watch. The algorithm change hasn’t impacted these.
It is because the change was designed to stop the pranks from happening rather than legitimate commentary about such activities. Google isn’t saying precisely how this can be being done. But Google says it’s done automatically, without the human intervention.
“It’s completely algorithmic,” said Google spam fighting czar Matt Cutts, adding “we’re not likely to claim it’s Completely perfect.”
That's back in January 2007. Like that particular, the Santorum link bomb is reputed and joked about. They need to take similar steps.
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Being Considered for HP CEO Job to Replace Apotheker

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Being Considered for HP CEO Job to Replace Apotheker

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has considered by Hewlett-Packard directors as an candidate for CEO, in a move that could replace its current leader Léo Apotheker, in accordance with several sources towards the situation.
The appointment of Whitman - a longtime and experienced Silicon Valley exec, who joined the board of Hewlett-Packard in January - up job at HP is actually no means a done deal, sources said.
But a significant contingent on the board is keen to get rid of Apotheker after what some directors consider a compilation of management mishaps.
Whether it occurs, it would be the next major CEO ouster in rapid sequence - Yahoo recently fired its CEO Carol Bartz due to lackluster performance.
[UPDATE: Wall Street generally seems to much like the Apotheker-gone idea, with HP shares spiking almost eight percent on our news, and a simultaneous Bloomberg report. The increase has added almost $3 billion to HP's market valuation.]
Moreover, sources said Whitman has been contemplating taking another big exec job, after having a 10-year stint at eBay, which has been as well as an unsuccessful run because Republican nominee for governor of California recently. Subsequently, she's been a part-time consultant at top venture firm Kleiner Perkins.
Her role there - that has largely been seen as a temporary one - has included in the role of a strategic adviser to start-ups and evaluating investment opportunities.
Sources said Whitman - that has already been active along with her family foundation - has demonstrated some desire for discussing taking the HP job.
Checking out Whitman may not be an unexpected, given there are few execs in tech experienced enough to run a real large and complex organization as HP.
Still, her expertise has mostly experienced the consumer space and she or he has never run precisely what is largely a hardware company the other with major enterprise clients.
So, if appointed, Whitman would want a great deal of help, especially to fix one with as much troubles as HP has seen these days.
This is why the board continues to be meeting by phone as well as in person now to share with you an array of issues, focused to some extent on the way to spin the corporation out of its current cycle of not so good news and what to do about your situation.
Its most recent spate of trouble was the announcement of layoffs of hundreds of employees in their Palm division.
This inevitable turn to jettison Palm employees came after HP’s sudden news in August that it was shuttering its webOS hardware business.
Help to increase a proposed class action lawsuit lawsuit, filed Sept. 13 inside U.S. District Court for Central California, in addition to another couple of law firms which are launching their particular investigations of HP over the move.
Within the suit, based on a study by Arik Hesseldahl, an “HP shareholder named Richard Gammel alleged that comments by CEO Léo Apotheker - with regards to the company’s earnings expectations, the need for its computer system business and intends to progress with devices running the webOS os - gave a vastly different indication of actions HP took on Aug. 18, if this killed the webOS hardware business and announced offers to spin from the PC business and spend $10 billion to get Autonomy.”
In other words, lots to go over for HP’s directors, who have been under siege, essentially, since that time the first kind CEO Mark Hurd resigned pressurized at least a year ago over the selection of allegations about expense reports in connection with a sexual harassment inquiry. The board found no evidence to support the sexual harassment claim.
Inside the wake of this scandal, HP appointed Apotheker to take over for Hurd.
It's been a bumpy ride, as HP’s stock has plummeted almost 43 percent in the year’s time. Electrical systems, rival Oracle’s shares are up more than three percent inside the same period, and Apple stock has risen a lot more than Fifty percent.
That share decline, given some major moves and merely numerous gaffes, has put Apotheker - that has been attempting to reposition HP largely as an enterprise company - inside hot seat.
An HP spokeswoman declined to comment. I have several calls in to reach Whitman and also have not yet heard back.
More ahead, obviously. But, until there is more news, here's the video with the full interview with Apotheker in the ninth D: Things Digital conference august.
At D9, the former SAP chief stated that he'd not ship the now-doomed TouchPad until it absolutely was perfect. Ooops!
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HP CEO - Should he stay or should he go?

HP CEO: Should he stay or should he go

If Hewlett-Packard actually ousts CEO Leo Apotheker barely a year into his tenure, it's impossible to the move-however drastic-was unexpected.

Bloomberg News reported today how the HP board will meet to think about this dramatic action inside the wake of widespread unhappiness over how Apotheker-and the board itself-has managed the computing giant over the past year.

Since he joined as CEO in September 2010, Apotheker has infuriated analysts by perhaps being too forthcoming concerning the company’s prospects. His predecessor Mark Hurd was known for managing the company expertly for Wall Street and then for stock price. (That they also gutted HP R&D and wounded morale inside company are less-noted facts about his tenure.)

But that's just the start. Apotheker’s plan to morph HP into an enterprise software and cloud company discounted the company’s heritage being a hardware manufacturer.

Then, things really went haywire in August when word leaked that HP might sell or spin off its $40-billion-a-year PC business-a leak that Apotheker confirmed for the third-quarter earnings call.

In those days, he also nuked the company’s highly-touted but light-selling TouchPad tablet business, simply a year or so after HP spent $1.2 billion to buy Palm Computing and several months following your TouchPads hit the shelves. Critics said if HP had priced the slick devices aggressively against Ipads, they'd did well, especially among business users who lamented iPad’s lack of Flash support.

His decision, announced as well, to pony up $10 billion for Autonomy PLC, a British search vendor, further inflamed former HP loyalists. Taken together, the PC, tablet and Autonomy news lopped $12.5 billion off HP’s market cap in a day.

“There would be a large amount of push back on Autonomy,” a source towards the HP board explained. “That was excess amount for weak hands.”

None with this helped Apotheker’s reputation in and out of HP, but Apotheker got into this mess late after the board fired Hurd for indiscretions and expense account abuse. Many HP watchers said the board, headed by VC giant Ray Lane, should come in for the share from the blame over the whole fiasco.

“Both Leo and also the board should be fired, no question,” one long-time HP partner with tight ties with other HP execs said. “This transition has become mishandled in the first place.”

HP couldn't be reached for touch upon the Bloomberg report, which further stated the board is looking to get a prospective interim replacement, possibly former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.

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Dancing With the Stars - Did Chaz Bono Survive?

Dancing With the Stars - Did Chaz Bono Survive?
September 21st, 2011 6:37 AM by Free Britney
Each week about the Dancing With the Stars results show, you're heading in wondering if someone from the week’s lowest scorers will get the boot, or if voters will pull a shocker and eliminate someone you'd never expect - and who didn't deserve it.

Last night was just about from the book - and/or scores.
Rob Kardashian, Metta World Peace and Nancy Grace posted three of the bottom four scores on Monday, and in turn, comprised the bottom three Tuesday.

That meant the higher-scoring competitors for that week, for example Chaz Bono, counseled me safe last night. Who got the boot once the effects were unveiled?

Continue with the jump to discover ...

Ron Artest, who recently changed his name to Metta World Peace, won't be adding the Mirror Ball to his trophy case in addition to an NBA championship.
After his cha cha with partner Peta Murgatroyd, Artest earned the lowest score of the week with 14 points, and became the first contestant voted off.
When the news was delivered, Artest - in keeping with his new name - threw up his hands joyously and smiled, not seeming too shocked or down by his loss.
"Who's coming beside me?" the 6'7", newly blond star asked the crowd.
"Everybody give a round of applause to Peta - she was awesome!"
"I were built with a great, terrific time," he added, and we're so glad to know it.

He's awesome. That you would imagine will win Dancing With the Starswith Metta out?
Dancing With the Stars Kristin Cavallari
Dancing With the Stars Ricki Lake
Dancing With the Stars Chynna Phillips
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Dancing With the Stars Elisabetta Canalis
Dancing With the Stars David Arquette
Dancing With the Stars Rob Kardashian
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Dancing With the Stars Chaz Bono
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Manager Fired Because Microsoft Windows Nge-tweet Phone Nokia

Manager Fired Because Microsoft Windows Nge-tweet Phone Nokia

Joe Marini, a program manager in Microsoft's Windows Phone a few days ago nge-tweet about Windows 7 Phone Nokia mobile phones like this:''I just got a chance to try out one of the slickest looking # Nokia phones I have ever seen. Soon, you will from too!''Has left Microsoft.

A source said that the reason he left was because he is posting tweets about it that has not been authorized and are not in line with the agreement of Non Disclosure Act (NDA), signed by him. If this rumor is true, this is quite strange. Nokia Sea Ray himself is suspected of an intentional leak by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop.

Marini became an example of how social media could backfire for its users. About the things he expressed in Twitter, he said the phones Nokia WP7 with nilan 8 of 10, good camera, and he stated that he liked the large screen.
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