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Saturday, April 23, 2011

In advance of its much-buzzed release, the Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine—which has yet to secure a Santa Fe opening—was slapped with an NC-17 rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, a death sentence at the box office for a film gaining acclaim for its stark portrait of an unraveling marriage, complete with coercive cunnilingus.

Phishing - It’s Signs and Your Options

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Phishing is the act of some individual sending an email to a user in an attempt to scam the user to release personal information. Is it easy to determine if it’s a scam? Sometimes – but not always. I hope to give you enough examples and information to help you to safeguard yourself from these unsavory individuals.

What is Your Online Portfolio Worth?

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I hear many people moaning that they are not earning enough money from their website/s online. They had hoped that they would be obtaining more online sales or a lot more money from programs such as Google adsense after all of the online promotion that they had been doing over the previous months. In this article, I write about the bigger picture, the long term value of each site.

Advertising needs time and most of all, money. You know for a fact that in order for you to market effectively, you need to invest your resources to the project, be it color printing ads or commercials. Expert marketers would even tell you that to get better results, you need to increase your ads in terms of your spending efforts.

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Do you know that most visitors leave a website within 10 seconds (according to some studies that span is as short as three seconds) of landing on the home page? And they may never return to the same site. To keep your website visitors stay longer, you need to engage them. This article offers some simple tips to turn your site into a user-friendly one.

Your logo is a tangible representation of your identity and image. This means that whatever you decide to put on your logo – the colors, shapes, and even the lines – all of these should reflect the image you would want your target readers to remember you even for many years to come.

Ten Ways to Keep Your Website Unnoticed on The Internet

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If you are a person who likes to keep up with current trends you will know that it is important to have your own website. After all anybody who is Anybody Important has a website of their very own. However one of the dangers of having a website is that someone browsing on the internet might discover it one day and what is worse, actually pause to visit your site and read its contents! They might even be interested stopping for a while to read what you wrote in it, or want to buy the widget you thought might be good to sell as you have more than one of them. If you would like to reduce the possibilities of that happening be sure to follow these ten tips, and you can be sure that very few people will even know your website exists.

Selling Your Business: What It Means for Your Lifestyle, Career; Mac OS X Lion Goes Corporate

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•	The Pros and Cons of M&A
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•	CompTIA A+ Inducted into IT Hall of Fame

•	SMBs Turn to Cloud for Storage, Web Hosting
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How Android Tablets Can Make It at Work
The corporate world has been warming to the idea of adopting tablets, but so far iPad and RIM's PlayBook have been crowding out Android. Here's what vendors must do to win business customers over to the Android camp.
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The Pros and Cons of M&A
Are you ready to prepare an exit strategy for your channel business? Here's a look at the pros and cons, from the obvious financial windfall to going to work for the acquirer. Take a look.
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Finding the Right Fit in a Buyer
There are more than just financial considerations to take into account when it comes to selling your business. For instance, how well do you fit with the leaders of the acquiring organization? And what will your new role be? Consider these factors in the personal transition process.
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Getting Mac OS X Lion Ready for Business
Apple is expected to talk about Mac OS X 10.7, Lion, at its developers conference in June. And there are plenty of enhancements planned for the OS. Here's what Apple needs to include if it really wants to make a splash with business IT.
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CompTIA A+ Inducted into IT Hall of Fame
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The Morning Scoop - Obama's Middle East Head Spin

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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER

SITUATION ROOM
1. Obama's Middle East Head Spin

President Obama's ineffectual statement on Friday's massacre in Syria
that killed up to 100 demonstrators is the latest act of a White House
drama that began in 2009, starring a brilliant intellect who is
nonetheless confounded by events. The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey
and John Barry on Obama's flailing foreign policy—which appears headed
for unmitigated disaster. Said one longtime friend of Joint Chiefs of
Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates:
"They think it [the Libyan operation] is just nuts. We are destroying
our credibility with this situation, and there is really no answer to
it."

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LIBYA
2. NATO Missiles Strike Gaddafi Bunker

Two NATO missiles seem to have struck a little close to home for Col.
Muammar Gaddafi, rupturing what appears to be an underground bunker in
Tripoli. Reporters were taken to an unpaved plot next to the Libyan
leader's Bab Aziziyeh compound and shown two craters that revealed what
appeared to be an underground bunker network. Libyan officials said the
lot served as a parking lot. NATO strikes seemed to meet with success on
the other side of the country as well, where a rebel commander said
airstrikes destroyed more than two dozen trucks and cars carrying
Gaddafi's forces near the city of Ajdabiya. In Misrata, good news seemed
to be on the horizon as a senior government official said the military
is pulling back from the rebel-held city that has been under siege by
Gaddafi's forces for nearly two months. However, the official, Deputy
Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim, said government troops would be making way
for tribesmen who would take up the fight against the rebels, which
would make it harder for NATO planes and drones to distinguish rebels
from pro-Gaddafi forces. He did not say when government troops would
withdraw.

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WEATHER
3. St. Louis Airport Closes After Tornado

St. Louis' main airport remained shut down Saturday as crews cleaned up
after a tornado swept through the terminal, shattering glass and
injuring several people. Friday night's storm tore away a large section
of the roof at Lambert-St. Louis International, forcing the airport to
close indefinitely. Elsewhere in St. Louis, homes were damaged, trees
uprooted, and power lines knocked down. Several other tornadoes were
reported in the St. Louis area, but so far there appear to be only minor
injuries. Gov. Jay Nixon announced a state of emergency to help with the
cleanup. "The state of Missouri is ready to assist at every stage of
this emergency to keep Missouri families safe and help communities
recover," Nixon said.

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DIRTY LAUNDRY
4. Ensign Will Still Be Investigated

You can run but you can't hide. Despite resigning over an affair with a
staffer two years ago, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) will continue to be
investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee. "The Senate Ethics
Committee has worked diligently for nearly 22 months on this matter and
will complete its work in a timely fashion," Sens. Barbara Boxer and
Johnny Isakson, the top Democrat and Republican on the committee, said
in a statement. It's an unusual move: Usually ethics committee
investigations and Justice Department criminal probes of lawmakers come
to a halt after the member resigns. Ensign announced Thursday afternoon
that he would leave the Senate on May 3, two years after he acknowledged
having an affair with Cynthia Hampton, a campaign staffer and the wife
of one of his top aides. Though he had previously announced he would not
seek reelection, Ensign said he would resign after the Senate Ethics
Committee named a special prosecutor to continue looking into the matter
after the FEC and Justice Department had dropped their cases. "I was
hopeful that, with the closure of these investigations against me, the
wear and tear on my family would soon be over," said Ensign. "This was
not the case."

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MERCENARIES
5. Court Reopens Blackwater Shooting Case

An appeals court has revived the prosecution of four Blackwater guards
accused of killing 14 Iraqis in a Baghdad street more than three years
ago. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously that a federal judge
misinterpreted the law when he dismissed all charges against the guards
in 2009. The four guards were accused of opening fire in a crowded
square while escorting diplomats away from a nearby bombing site. When
the shooting ended, 14 Iraqis were killed and 20 wounded. The shooting
badly strained relations between the U.S. and Iraq, and tarnished the
reputation of Blackwater to the point that the mercenary-contracting
company renamed itself Xe Services. It's not clear what effect the
ruling will have on the case: Though the court ruled that U.S. District
Judge Ricardo Urbina "made a number of systemic errors based on an
erroneous legal analysis" when he dismissed the charges, it also sent
the case back to that same judge for reconsideration.

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HOT TICKET
Royal Wedding Guests: War Veterans, Celebs
William and Kate's star-studded nuptials.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNstX8B7SwhTB8agO0NsjV9o7l/cht6

FREEBIRD
Lindsay Lohan Released From Jail on $75K Bail
Will stand trial June 3 for theft of a necklace.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNstX8B7SwhTB8agO0NsjV9o7l/cht7

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
Air-Traffic Controllers Push for Naps
Administration officials oppose such a move.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNstX8B7SwhTB8agO0NsjV9o7l/cht8

COLLEGE
One in Four Students Have Loan Trouble
Number of loans, size of debt increasing.
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WEIRD SCIENCE
Subatomic Particle Higgs Boson Found?
Leaked note: Long-sought Higgs boson discovered.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNstX8B7SwhTB8agO0NsjV9o7l/cht10
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BLOGS & STORIES
FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS

The Trig Palin Flame War
by Brian Ries

After a liberal blogger mocked Sarah Palin's "retarded" son, enraged
supporters attacked, bullying advertisers with surprising success. Brian
Ries talks to both sides of the public spat.

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Tribeca's Harrowing Film About War Photographers
by Marlow Stern

With the recent deaths of war photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris
Hondros in Libya, the Tribeca Film Festival movie The Bang Bang Club,
about a group of conflict photographers in apartheid-era South Africa,
couldn't be timelier. Pulitzer Prize-winning lensman Greg Marinovich,
the main subject of the film, and one of the film's stars, Taylor
Kitsch, spoke to Marlow Stern about sacrificing for your craft.

http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNstX8B7SwhTB8agO0NsjV9o7l/fea2
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April 23: The Week in Viral Videos
by The Daily Beast Video

From an uncanny royal wedding parody to Gwyneth Paltrow's Glee hater
blues and Lady Gaga's concert fall, watch the buzziest viral videos of
the week.

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Darwinian Evolution is Actually a Religion – Not Science

One definition of religion is "a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith." Using this as our framework we will demonstrate that evolution is in fact a religion and not a science.

Sprint Kyocera Echo Smartphone Touts Tablet Twist; Amazon Kindle Library Lending Coming Later in 2011

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On Line Casino &Ndash; Its About Time to Improvise The Game Playing!

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

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Phishing - It’s Signs and Your Options

What is Your Online Portfolio Worth?

Timing is Always Key

Want Tips for Making Your Website User Friendly?

Techniques in Logo Design

Your logo is a tangible representation of your identity and image. This means that whatever you decide to put on your logo – the colors, shapes, and even the lines – all of these should reflect the image you would want your target readers to remember you even for many years to come.

Ten Ways to Keep Your Website Unnoticed on The Internet

Selling Your Business: What It Means for Your Lifestyle, Career; Mac OS X Lion Goes Corporate

The Morning Scoop - Obama's Middle East Head Spin

Darwinian Evolution is Actually a Religion – Not Science

Sprint Kyocera Echo Smartphone Touts Tablet Twist; Amazon Kindle Library Lending Coming Later in 2011

The Best of Web Buyer's Guide This Week

On Line Casino &Ndash; Its About Time to Improvise The Game Playing!

The on-line directory won’t only give you the names for the leading on-line casino web sites online casinos for real money but there are few good ones that can provide the gamers statistics for the on-line casino websites in addition to feedback of gamers regarding the performance of the games.

Keeping a Watch on Online Poker

The On-line Poker online poker gambling together with the terrific graphics along with the high resolution really makes other a straightforward platform for taking part in the on-line games along with the help of the world wide web.