Stuart Appleby

If the 2008 US Open was a start of Stuart Appleby’s fall, then the 2010 Open at Pebble Beach indicated his return to the world of golf.
Stated coach Steve Benn who witnessed Stuart Appleby’s magical shoot of 59 to claim the Greenbrier Classic title by one shoot at West Virginia on Sunday.
Appleby became the first Australian to break 60 on a major tour, and in one fell hop silenced critics who thought that he had past prime by the time at the age of 39.
Coach Ban says that Appleby was the halfway leader at the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines in California, but a atrocious putting performance in the third round shattered his confidence Which resulted to his downfall.
The 2010 season has not been a cake walk, after strong performances. Appelby has started the year with confidence following the start which he got at home late last year, including a runner-up at the Australian Open.
According to Ban the 5metre putt he sank to make the cut at the US Open in June was a huge turning point.
He'd just come off missing three cuts in a row and nothing was going right for him.
"At the US Open he made the impossible possible proving the odd’s wrong, where he had to convert a 15-footer to make the cut and he knew it and he made it," said Bann.
"If he missed that putt at the US Open, he would have missed four straight cuts and not had that chance to shoot that sub-par round on Sunday and finish 29th.
"Since then he's been a different player.
"He just reminded himself he can play as good as anyone in the world."
Appleby admits the first major slump of his career demanded something very special.
"My career has generally been on a slow and gradual move up since I turned professional," said Appleby, while preparing for this week's World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, where he met wife Ashley 10 years ago.
"Having a quiet period after a number of good years was a testing time for me.
"I just had to refocus. I was getting pushed out of the majors and the (WGC) events and I wanted to get back to that level.
"I'm certainly more appreciative of my win on Sunday than may be other wins."
Appleby's nine US Tour victories ranks second among active Australians, only one behind Steve Elkington
What sets Elkington apart is that he has won a major - the 1995 US PGA Championship.
Appleby wasn't even exempt for next week's PGA Championship until he won on Sunday. One great round changed that. How far it takes him remains to be seen.

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures is a rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme. The group also includes guitarist Alain Johannes during live performances. The band began recording in July 2009, and performed their first gig on August 9, 2009 in Chicago, followed by a European debut on August 19.

On October 1 the group embarked on a worldwide tour titled Deserve the Future with dates going into 2010. The band's first single "New Fang" was released in October 2009, followed by the group's self-titled debut album the following month, debuting at number 12 on the Billboard 200.

Them Crooked Vultures was released by Interscope Records in North America, and Sony Music internationally.On the 21st of October radio personality Alan Cross announced the lead single for Them Crooked Vultures debut album to be "New Fang" which premiered on October 26. The single was released on November 2 worldwide as a free download. Icon vs. icon subsequently announced that the album would be released on the 17th of November, 2009.
On November 3, the band gave a free copy of "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)" to fans that had bought tickets to a live performance and offered it on iTunes as a free download. On November 9, Them Crooked Vultures started streaming their full album on their website, and also through a link to their mailing list with the title "Fuck Patience, Let's Dance."

Grohl said in an interview that they are working on a second album that will be "more powerful than the first one". John Paul Jones also stated in an interview while touring in New Zealand that they will be recording a new album, with a likely release date towards the end of 2010. When asked about the futures of Grohl and Homme's bands Jones said that they will get their frontmen back "eventually".
A video was uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel entitled 'Fresh Pots' which NME claimed was filmed during recording for their follow-up album. Grohl clarified after the video's release that it was filmed a year prior, during the self-titled album's recording sessions.

Shark Week

The Discovery Channel's initiative of the Shark Week, which first aired on July 27, 1987, is a week-long series of quality television programs dedicated to sharks. Shark Week is held annually, normally running in July and/or August.
This year it began on 1st of August.
The first three nights of Discovery Channel's Shark Week includes the most-watched outing in three years during the annual Shark fest.
There was a steep rise in the viewership accounting of 24% averaging 2.6million viewers per night from Sunday to Tuesday in comparison to the first few nights of2009.
Sunday's "Ultimate Air Jaws" started the week off strongly with 3.5 million viewers, followed by Monday's considerably less popular "Shark Attack Survival Guide" (1.8 million), and then perking up a bit with "Sharkbite Beach" (2.3 million).
Shark Week 2010, hosted by The Late Show's Craig Ferguson, began on August 1 and will feature six brand-new shark specials.

Chelsea Clinton Wedding Pictures

Chelsea Clinton's wedding was held on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. The wedding ceremony took place at the Astor Courts estate in Rhinebeck, New York, which is a 50 acre estate located in upstate New York.

Here are some of the most sought after images on the internet...
The Chelsea Clinton Wedding Pics...

T.I. and Tiny's wedding: Rapper weds Tameka (Tiny) Cottle in elaborate three-city ceremony

Not to be outdone by recently married celebs Chelsea Clinton, Alicia Keys and James Van Der Beek, rapper T.I. had to do something to make his "I Do's" stand out this weekend - so he said them twice!

One day after the "Live Your Life" hitmaker quietly tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Tameka (Tiny) Cottle at a Miami Beach courthouse on Friday, the couple exchanged vows again on Saturday, reported UsMagazine.com.

During the intimate Saturday ceremony on Miami's Star Island, T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) reportedly wore a custom-made Prada tuxedo while his BET reality star bride, 35, walked down the aisle in a Valentino gown.

Among the reported guests at the star-studded nuptials were TLC's Rozanda (Chilli) Thomas, "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kandi Burruss, Cottle's BET co-star Antonia (Toya) Carter, T.I.'s protege Young Dro and rapper Yung LA.

After exchanging vows for the second time on Saturday, the newlyweds reportedly returned to their hometown of Atlanta for a reception. According to Us, the couple ended their wedding weekend with a Las Vegas bash on Sunday.

T.I. and Cottle dated on and off since 2001 and have two children together (T.I. also has three kids from a previous relationship).

"We're living, we're happy, we're in love," Cottle told Vibe.com in March. "I mean, it's no doubt in my mind that he doesn't love every piece of me and vice versa, so we're just doing what's comfortable and what works for us."

The couple - who honeymooned last month in Europe - are slated to return to Atlanta early this week.

Elliott Sadler

Elliott Sadler experienced the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows at Pocono International Raceway this past weekend. Sadler won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday, driving the GT Vodka Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin and Delaina Harvick. It was a long awaited win for Sadler, who has seen little success in recent years. Like Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Sadler needed a confidence boost, and he got one the same way that Earnhardt did- by stepping down to a lesser series, winning the Nationwide Series race at Daytona last month.

Unfortunately, and also reminiscent of Earnhardt, Sadler's victory on Saturday did not translate to success on Sunday. The first win of the season for Greg Biffle, Roush Racing, and Ford was overshadowed by an incredibly violent crash caused when Elliot Sadler spun trying to avoid Kurt Busch's Penske Miller Lite Dodge. Jimmie Johnson tapped Busch, sending him spinning into the infield. TV viewers saw Busch's crash, the impact hard enough to knock the whole wheel assembly off of the left front.

The cameras missed most of Sadler's wreck, however. All that was captured on video was the impact of Sadler's car with the guardrail, a vivid image of Sadler's body being thrown violently against the seat belt and harnesses. When the crash was ended, the TV cameras focused on a smoking lump on the track apron that turned out to be the engine from Sadler's Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Fusion.

Veteran race fans flashed back to Don MacTavish's fatal crash at Daytona in the '60's, when the engine separated from the car after hard wall impact during a tire test. NASCAR has now confirmed what many observers had speculated- that Sadler's crash was the hardest impact recorded since black box recording devices were installed in cars to record G-forces in accidents. NASCAR seldom discloses these exact numbers, but the highest figure released prior to this week was the incredible 80 G's incurred when Kyle Petty hit the wall at Bristol in 2003.

Elliot Sadler's crash points out two important facts about NASCAR. First, races are run one at a time, and what you did yesterday or the day before means nothing in today's race. Secondly, while the Nextel Cup race car of today has many critics, no one can seriously question whether it is safer than cars of the past. The fact that Elliott Sadler lives to race again is evidence enough.

Love and Basketball

Haven’t we seen this before? A young girl named Monica Wright has to work hard to prove herself on the basketball court. She overcomes a series of obstacles and finally sets foot on the hardwood, having achieved her goal of playing professional basketball.

Most WNBA fans will recognize this as the plot of the 2000 Gina Prince-Blythewood film, “Love and Basketball.” Fast forward a decade. The sequel to “Love and Basketball” began at the 2010 WNBA draft, when the Minnesota Lynx, with the second overall pick, selected, (guess who?) Virginia guard Monica Wright, considered by many to be the hardest working point guard in the draft.

“I was in New York. If you do get invited, you are probably going to go first-round,” Wright said about her Draft Day experience. “I wasn’t sure where I’d go because drafts in the past have been unpredictable. You can’t really guess. I was grateful just to be there, I wasn’t really thinking about where I was going.”

When the Lynx drafted her, she joined the ranks of a team that has two other players with Virginia connections, forward Hamchétou Maïga-Ba (Old Dominion ’02) and center Quanitra Hollingsworth (Virginia Commonwealth ’09).

“Q [Hollingsworth] is actually close to my age and we have a lot of things in common,” Wright said about the Virginia connections. “It’s good to know that someone knows what I’m talking about when I talk of home. We listen to the same type of artists and discuss other basketball players we know from Virginia and she’s someone who knows the area. It’s good to have that in common.”

Her biggest role model is her father, Garry Wright, who served in the U.S. Air Force while she was growing up.

“My Dad was always my best friend my whole life. Usually girls have best friends, like BFFs, but that was my Dad for me,” she said. “I was a military child so I didn’t always get a chance to have a lot of relationships with people. He taught me a lot about sacrifice, giving and selflessness. I’m the exact type of person that he is.”

Regarding the transition from college ball to the professional level, Wright said, “It wasn’t that bad. There is a lot more to learn and a lot of different things you have to maintain, like the different lingo. I’m a pretty intense player already. The speed of play is a little bit quicker, but it didn’t impact me that much. There are just so many different terms, different actions and a lot of new plays to learn. The biggest difference is that you are on your own after practice. It’s like going to work every day.”

Wright started playing soccer and track when she was young, and took basketball seriously when she knew she could get a college scholarship out of it. While playing for Forest Park (Va.) High School, she earned the McDonald’s, USA Today, WBCA and Street & Smith’s All-American status. She was the second-highest ranked guard and 11th overall player in the nation, and took home the Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year honors.

At the University of Virginia, she received numerous ACC and All-America honors, including the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Defensive Player of the Year title.

New Video Featuring Actress Maia Campbell Surfaces

Actress Maia Campbell who is best known for starring in the NBC sitcom “In the House” shot to the limelight once again after a new video surfaced on the internet recently which features her behaving rather erratically. The video featuring the 33-year-old actress has been successful in seizing extensive attention since its release as in it the former “In The House” star is seen rambling incoherently apparently under the influence of drugs.

Although the recently-released video has managed to grab interest among the netizens, this is not the first time that Maia Campbell has gained negative publicity due to a video clip. In the year 2009, the “In The House” was seen in a tape that was released on the web featuring the actress high on drugs as she lays semi-conscious in a car. In the new video, Maia Campbell blabbers about everything from having a baby to being on the sets again as well as creating an album as she tries to rap while the footage is captured by someone from inside the screen door of a house. However, as of now, any details about when the video was taken has not been available till now.

Maia Campbell who became a household name due to her portrayal of the character of ‘Tiffany Warren’ in the popular sitcom “In the House” which was later canceled in the year 1999. Since then, the actress has not been seen undertaking any new acting ventures while she is also known to have been in rehab for severe drug addiction.

Leticia Bufoni

Leticia Bufoni scored a total of 86 points and won the women’s skateboarding event in the X games on Sunday. She scored points with her awesome crooked grind and overcrook. She is especially good with ollies and flips but she totally nailed the competition with her 180 ollie that was done over the big stairs and one of the three moves that put her into the leading position that eventually caused her to win the overall event and take first position. She is no doubt the best female skater in the world right now.

Leticia Bufoni is Brazilian and is a total monster at ollies and grill. In the competition on Sunday she used mostly the guard grills to score more points and she was very successful with that. Her approach to the lead is really incredible because she doesn’t go for extremely big moves back to back, instead she focuses on doing small ollies, flips and grinds very frequently to score high. This is by far the best strategy any female skater could adopt because most of the time big time hot shot skaters try big moves frequently and fail in one or two of them scoring for mostly just one or two big-air moves every two to three runs. Leticia however, made a lot of runs, including the runs between the short transition periods, and performed short and safe moves occasionally nailing a big Ollie.

Leticia’s win is proof about her strategy and despite the fact that she doesn’t do many high air tricks, she still nailed the competition.

JailbreakMe Is the First Web-based Jailbreak for iPhone

The first jailbreak for the iPhone 4 and iOS 4.0 has been released, and it’s available now via mobile Safari.

What is JailBreakMe?

JailBreakMe 2.0 is a tool for jailbreaking not only the iPhone 4, but any iPhone running iOS 4.0.1 or below and any iPad running iOS 3.2.1 or below.
Simply put- A jailbreak is simply the ability to run apps and use themes and tweaks not approved by Apple.
Jailbreaking doesn't slow down your device or use any extra battery. A jailbreak lets your device be how you want it.

As always, we want to remind you that jailbreaking your iPhone will void its warranty, even if it is now legal. Initial reports seem to indicate that JailbreakMe does indeed work properly, if you can get through the website’s currently slammed servers.

Jailbreaking your iOS device may be officially permitted under the DMCA, but that presumes there’s a jailbreak out there to run. Happily, anyone with an iOS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.0.1 or iPad 3.2.1 device now has a super-straightforward way to jailbreak, thanks to comex’s new JailBreakMe site.

Doing so is as easy as visiting http://jailbreakme.com/ on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and sliding the appropriate control. Right now the site is up and down as eager users attempt to access it, so you may be better off waiting a while.

Of course it’s also worth remembering that, while the DMCA says it’s okay, Apple says jailbreaking your device will nonetheless invalidate your warranty. As with any hack, attempt it at your own risk!

Fifa 2010 best 5 goals

1. Maicon
This Maicon goal turned the game in Brazil's favour against the N.Korean's. This goal was scored from almost 0 degree...



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5 Van Bronckhorst (Netherlands vs Uruguay)

Texastar Relocations Inc.: Helping Clients Learn How To Make Short Sales In Dallas

How to make a short sale in Dallas? It's a question on many people's minds, now that the nation's housing market has all but bottomed out. If you are a Dallas homeowner with a mortgage you can't possibly pay off, or a home that is not worth what you owe, it might be time for you to start investigating this alternative payment arrangement, which can help you avoid foreclosure and, as a result, cause less damage to your credit rating. TexaStar Relocations Inc. can tell you how to make a short sale in Dallas, and they'll even help you do it. TexaStar stands ready with investors capable of facilitating the short sale transaction on any qualifying property.

A short sale is nothing more than an agreement between a home owner and a lender to sell the owner's home at less than the value of the balance owed on the mortgage. The proceeds from the sale go to the lender. If this sounds too incredible to work, realize this is purely a monetary decision by the banks. Foreclosures take a lot of time and expense. Short sales are a faster and less contentious way for the banks to get their money back into circulation on a non-performing debt. TexaStar will show you how to make such a short sale in Dallas.

When you learn how to make a short sale from TexaStar, you'll be benefiting from nearly a decade of short sale and relocations expertise. TexaStar has been showing Dallas homeowners how to make short sales since 2002, and has been active in the real estate business since 1996. Finding out how to make a short sale in Dallas from TexaStar means putting your problems in the hands of experts, who have the training and experience to deal with your loan situation professionally and expeditiously. Why let your financial worries cause you years of anxiety and heartache when you could simply call for backup?<


As to how to make a short sale in Dallas, the process is fairly straightforward, at least in abstract. The first step is to simply contact TexaStar, or another company like them. At this point, a trained expert will analyze your exact financial situation and decide if you are, indeed, a candidate for a short sale. If all goes well during the initial consultation, you will be asked to review some documents, after which those documents will be given, by TexaStar or another real estate agent, to your mortgage lender for approval. It helps, during this phase of the process, to be working with a company that knows how to make short sales specifically in Dallas, since there is a degree of negotiating skill required to secure favorable terms with lenders.

Once a bank has approved a short sale, clients typically wait just four to seven more months to finish negotiating and closing the sale. Once your home is sold, you can simply move on with your life, often times with a full satisfaction of the debt, and less damage to credit allowing you to buy again within 2 years.

TexaStar Relocations Inc. is a real estate company with nearly a decade of experience helping people learn how to make short sales in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit TexasStarInc.
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Manchester United

Manchester United (Red Devils) Football Club is an English pro football club based in Stretford, Greater Manchester. The club currently plays in the English Premiere League, in which it also is the founding member of it in 1992. The club also participates in the UEFA Champions league since the 1996-1997 season. In 1878 it was launched by the name Newton Heath LYR Football Club, after bankruptcy stuck the club in 1902 it changed it’s name. Just 6 years before their first Title and 10 years after they join the football league. In 1909, the club moved to its current home, Old Trafford, which is a UEFA five-star rated stadium and the third-largest football ground in the United Kingdom.
Having won 18 titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups, Manchester United is one of the most widely supported club all over the globe, and is one of the most successful club. It is also one of the wealthiest club on the globe. The Club was purchased by the Glazer family in May 2005 for £800 million, after being listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1991.
Man U is not only known as a club but is now a global brand valued by Forbes Magazine with anywhere between 75 and 333 million supporters worldwide. The club is currently third, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, in the Deloitte Football Money League If it was not for the depreciation of pound against the euro Man U would have the highest revenue by any football club in the world over taking the other 2 clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. The club is now worth £1.19 billion.
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Manager Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced that Wayne Rooney will improve his previous 34 goals tally and in the coming years he will be a finished product for England and any were he plays.
Rooney couldn’t carry his form to the biggest level as he could not score in the world cup for England where they were knocked out in the Round of 16.
Wayne had an improvement [last season] in terms of his timing and movement in the penalty box and his positioning.
"He got us over 30 goals and if he does that again and adds a little bit to his game, then that's what we expect.
Rooney and United's other World Cup players - Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Ji-Sung Park and Michael Carrick - have been excused the club’s pre-season tour of the United States and Canada in order to recuperate from their exertions in South Africa.
Ferguson hopes to see them return to the squad refreshed and ready to bring the Premier League title back to Old Trafford.

Bank of india

Bank of India was founded on 7th September, 1906 by a group of eminent businessmen from Mumbai. The Bank was under private ownership and control till July 1969 when it was nationalised along with 13 other banks.

Beginning with one office in Mumbai, with a paid-up capital of Rs.50 lakh and 50 employees, the Bank has made a rapid growth over the years and blossomed into a mighty institution with a strong national presence and sizable international operations. In business volume, the Bank occupies a premier position among the nationalised banks.

The Bank has 3101 branches in India spread over all states/ union territories including 141 specialised branches. These branches are controlled through 48 Zonal Offices . There are 29 branches/ offices (including three representative offices) abroad.

The Bank came out with its maiden public issue in 1997 and follow on Qualified Institutions Placement in February 2008. . Total number of shareholders as on 30/09/2009 is 2,15,790.

While firmly adhering to a policy of prudence and caution, the Bank has been in the forefront of introducing various innovative services and systems. Business has been conducted with the successful blend of traditional values and ethics and the most modern infrastructure. The Bank has been the first among the nationalised banks to establish a fully computerised branch and ATM facility at the Mahalaxmi Branch at Mumbai way back in 1989. The Bank is also a Founder Member of SWIFT in India. It pioneered the introduction of the Health Code System in 1982, for evaluating/ rating its credit portfolio.

The Bank's association with the capital market goes back to 1921 when it entered into an agreement with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to manage the BSE Clearing House. It is an association that has blossomed into a joint venture with BSE, called the BOI Shareholding Ltd. to extend depository services to the stock broking community. Bank of India was the first Indian Bank to open a branch outside the country, at London, in 1946, and also the first to open a branch in Europe, Paris in 1974. The Bank has sizable presence abroad, with a network of 29 branches (including five representative office) at key banking and financial centres viz. London, Newyork, Paris, Tokyo, Hong-Kong and Singapore. The international business accounts for around 17.82% of Bank's total business.

Pandharpur yatra 2010

Pandharpur temple, which is located in Solapur, Maharashtra, has got a great spiritual importance in the country. Pandharpur temple is one of the few holy places of the country which has got utmost importance as a holy city.

Ashadh Yatra alone brings around 5 lakhs of Hindu devotees to Vithoba temple, which is commonly known as Pandharpur temple.

Pandharpur is one of the famous religious destinations in Maharashtra. Not just Maharashtra, people from native states also visit Pandhapur during Ashad Yatra.
Vithhal Mandir, also known as Vithoba temple is located on the banks for Bhima River. Pandharpur was named after a merchant known as Pandarika.

Pandharpur town is also known as Pandhari. Pandharpur God is called as Vitthal, Panduranga, Pandharinath, and he is treated in Hinduism as Avatar of Lord Vishnu.

Ashadhi Ekadashi is the day where lord Krishna has slept on his snake “Ananta nag”. Every year Ashadhi Ekadashi is celebrated as a holy yatra.

Ashadhi Ekadashi 2010 is today, people are participating in Ashadi Ekadashi 2010 in Pandharpur temple now.

Vitthal mandir pandharpur

Vithal, or Vitthal, or Vithoba, or Pandurang (a form of Krishna) is worshipped in some temples in Kerala. Vittala's original temple is at Pandharpur, Maharashtra. It is located 65 km west of Solapur, on the banks of the river Bhimarathi also known as Chandrabhaga. Phandarpur is referred as Pandaripuram by GSBs in Kerala.

The name Vithoba means Father Vitthala. Vitthala is said to have been derived from the word Vishnu in Kannada. Panduranga is a sanskritized form of Pandarga, the old name of Pandharpur.

Story of Panduranga Vittala

It is said that the devotee Pundalik founded Pandharpur. His father Janudeva and mother Satyavati lived in a thick forest called Dandirvan.

Pundalik was a devoted son but soon after his marriage he began to ill-treat his parents. To escape from this misery, the parents decided to go on a pilgrimage to Kashi. When Pundalik's wife learnt about this, she also decided to go. She and her husband joined the same group of pilgrims on horseback. While the son and his wife rode on horseback, the old couple walked. Every evening when the party camped for the night, the son forced his parents to groom the horses and do other jobs. The poor parents cursed the day they decided to go on a pilgrimage.

Soon the party reached the ashrama of the great sage Kukkutswami. There they decided to spend a couple of nights. They were all tired and soon fell asleep-except Pundalik who could not sleep. Just before daybreak he saw a group of beautiful, young women, dressed in dirty clothes, enter the ashrama, clean the floor, fetch water and wash the swami's clothes. Then they entered the inner room of the ashrama, and came out in beautifully clean clothes and passing near Pundalik, they vanished.



Next night he saw the same sight again. Pundalik threw himself at their feet and begged them to tell who they were. They said they were Ganga, Yamuna and other holy rivers of India in which the Pilgrims bathed and washed off sins. Their clothes became dirty by the sins of the bathing pilgrims.

"And because of your ill-treatment of your parents," they said, "You are the greatest sinner."

This brought about a complete change in him and he became the most devoted son. Now the parents' rode the horses while the son and his wife walked by their side. By their love and affection, the son and his wife urged the parents to give up the pilgrimage and return to Dandirvan.

One day it so happened that Lord Krishna, the King of Dwarka, while feeling lonely, was reminded of his early days in Mathura. He particularly remembered his sports with the milkmaids, the cowherd boys, and his love, Radha. Though she was dead, he longed to see her again. By his divine powers he brought her back to life and seated her by his side. Just then his queen, Rukmini, entered the room. When Radha did not rise to pay her respect, Rukmini left Dwarka in anger and hid herself in Dandirvan forest. After some days, Lord Krishna set off in search of Rukmini. He first went to Mathura, then to Gokul. He met the milkmaids and cowherd boys. They too joined in the search. They went to Mount Govardhan in her search.

At last they reached the banks of the river Bhima in the Deccan. Krishna left his companions at Goplapura, and he himself entered Dandirvan forest alone in search of her. At last he found her and managed to calm her. Krishna and Rukmini came to Pundalik's ashrama.

But at that time Pundalik was busy attending to his parents. Though he knew Lord Krishna had come to see him, he refused to pay his respect to the god before his duty towards his parents was done. He, however, threw a brick outside for lord Krishna to stand upon. Impressed by Pundalik's devotion to his parents, Lord Krishna did not mind the delay. Standing on the brick he waited for Pundalik. When Pundalik came out and begged God's pardon, Lord Krishna replied that far from being displeased, he was pleased with his love for his parents. Lord Krishna then ordered him to worship Vithoba, or God who stood upon a brick.

An imposing temple was built at the place where Krishna and Pundalik had met. Inside the temple stands Krishna's image on a brick. By his side stands the image of Rukmini.This temple covering a vast area has a total of six gates.


The eastern entrance to this temple is known as the Namdev gate (after the great 13th century Vaishnava saint). The sanctum enshrines the standing image of Vithoba also known as Panduranga, Pandhari or Vitthala. Stylistically the image dates back to the 5th century. There are inscriptions in this temple dating back to the 13th century which place origin of this shrine to the 6th century.

Vitthal Kamat

At the tender age of 10 years, Venkatesh Kamat set out to conquer the world, leaving his home to seek his fortune in India's commercial capital, Mumbai. Through courage, hard work and determination, he laid the foundation for what was to become India's largest restaurant chain, initiating the Kamat family's saga of success... With his extraordinary, farsighted vision and the unstinting support of his wife Indira , who pledged her jewellery for the birth of Satkar restaurant (1952) which quickly established itself as a city landmark & popular meeting place, growing into the flagship of the Kamat empire. Over the years, he carefully groomed his sons & consolidated the business by Establishing prestigious restaurants in Mumbai , such as Samrat (1972), and Status (1980).

His distinguished contribution of more than 65 years earned Venkatesh Kamat, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Hospitality Industry. His enterprising spirit lives on in his son Vithal Kamat, who has added to the Kamat reputation with the birth of 5 star hotel near domestic airport MumbaiAsia's first certified environmentally sensitive 5 Star Hotel & winner of several global awards... heralding a new era in luxury combined with responsibility.

Ashadi Ekadashi 21 July 2010

Ashadi Ekadasi, also spelt as Ashadhi Ekadashi, is the most important Ekadasi vrata observed as first Ekadashi. It falls on eleventh day in bright half of Ashad Maas. Ashadi Ekadashi 2010 date is July 21. Also popular as Devshayani Ekadashi or Sayana Ekadasi or Harisayani Ekadashi or Harivasara Ekadasi, Ashadi Ekadasi marks the celebration of Pandharpur Palki Yatra in Vithoba Temple in Maharashtra. 17-days long Ashadi Waari Palki Yatra concludes on Ashadi Ekadasi day in Pandharpur Vithal Temple.

As per many legends associated with Ashadi Ekadasi, Lord Vishnu goes on to Yog nidra (cosmic meditation) on this day for four months. These four months holy period is observed as Chaturmas Puja. Sri Maha Vishnu opens his eyes and gets up from the cosmic sleep on Utthana Ekadasi (Dev Prabodhini Ekadashi) which is also popular as Kartik Ekadashi. In Pandharpur Vithoba Temple, Kartik Ekadasi Yatra is another important pilgrimage festival.

Pandarpur Temple

Pandharpur is a town in district Solapur in state of Maharashtra in Western India. It is one of the most revered pilgrimage sites in Maharashtra. It is located 65 km west of Sholapur, on the banks of the river Bhima, which is also known as Chandrabhaga. Known as "Sourthern Kashi of India", Pandharpur proudly hosts the "Kuladivat" of Maharashtra State- Shree Vithoba and Rukmini, on the banks of the river.Also known by the other names, Pandurang, Vitthal or Pandhari, it is supposed to be The Supreme God of The Universe for all the Maharashtrians and an incarnation of Lord Shiva and Vishnu. The word Vitthala is derived from the word Vishnu in Kannada. Panduranga is a sanskritized form of Pandarga, the old name of Pandharpur. Pundalik, a saint was closely associated with this shrine, and hence this shrine is also known as Pundarika pura. The worship of Vishnu - Vitthala at Pandharpur is derived mainly from the puranas and has been augmented by the contribution of the great Vaishnava saints of Maharashtra and Karnataka from the 13th through the 17th centuries like Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Sant Eknath, Purandara Dasa, Vijaya Dasa, Gopala Dasa, Jagannatha Dasa, Chokhamela, Janabai and many others.



This temple, covering a vast area, has a total of six gates. The eastern entrance to this temple is known as the Namdev gate. The sanctum enshrines a standing image of Vithoba. Stylistically the image dates back to the 5th century BC. There are inscriptions in this temple dating back to the 13th century. In the temple of Vithoba, `Pad-Sparsha-Darshan`, is a special ceremony. Irrespective of caste any devotee can enter the sanctum sanctorum and can place his/ her head at the feet of Vitthal. Although not religiously very crucial, certain daily rituals do form the routine of Bhaghwat Dharma, at Pandharpur. These signify the devotedness of the followers towards its deity. These rituals include Kakad Arati (Early Morning Prayers), Mahapuja (Mega-Worship), Mahanaivedya (Food offering), Poshakh (putting the robe) Dhoop Arati, Padya Pooja, etc. All this is performed in main Vitthal temple. As one enters from Namdeo-Payri (The Step in memory of Saint Namdeo) and comes out of the Westward Exit (the Paschim Dwar) one crosses various other temples- as many as 25, in the same premises, like the Ganesh Mandir, Garud Mandir, Ekmukh Dattatraya Mandir, Satyabhama Mandir, Kanhopatra Mandir to name a few.

At Pandharpur, every Wednesday is regarded as an auspicious day and Ekadashi- auspicious day of the month. Pandharpur hosts four "Yatras" in a year. Out of which "Aashadhi Yatra", Kartiki, Magh and Chaitra Ekadashi`s are celebrated yearly and it thus, attracts the most pilgrims to Pandharpur. Out of these, 1st two attract a crowd of about 8 to 10 lakhs. Here, the palanquins (Palkhis) of various saints from different locations come together at Wakhri, 5 kilometers away from Pandharpur. And then, the pilgrims take holy bath in river Bhima and usually stand in queues 3km long in order to take "Darshana" of Lord Vitthala.

Apart from these, the temple premise also celebrates Gudhi Padawa, Ram-Navami, Dasehara and Deepavali festivals. Even saint Namdev, the 13th century saint was closely associated with this temple. Copper plate inscriptions of the Rashtrakootas place this shrine in the 6th century BC. There is also a shrine to Pundalik at Pandharpur. That is why, Pandharpur is known, the greatest centre of attraction for the masses.

Places of Interest

Pundalika Temple - The Pundalika Temple is about a half km from the Vitthala Temple. This temple marks the spot where Pundalika, the Lord's devotee, spent the last years of his life. It is in the middle of the riverbank.

Vishnupada Temple - The Vishnupada Temple is about a kilometre south of the Pundalika temple. The Vishnupada Temple is in the middle of the river connected by a causeway to the shore. During the rainy season this temple is under water for about three months.In the middle of this temple is a square five feet by five feet. There are three rocks in this square that have the foot-prints of Lord Krishna and of a cow embedded in them. Krishna's footprints are in two positions. In one position He is standing on both feet, and in the other position He is standing on His left foot with His right foot crossed and resting on His toes. There are footprints of a cow at each corner of the square.

On the first day of the month of Margashirsha the sandals of Vitthala are taken to this temple. On the last day of the same month the chariot of Vitthala is brought to this temple in a grand procession. Sraddha is performed at this temple. Pilgrims perform funeral rites here for their departed ancestors.

Chrissy Steltz

Chrissy Steltz was 16 years old in March 1999 when her face was blasted away by a shot gun. Steltz’s friend had accidentally fired the shotgun which hit her face. Steltz’s face was totally destroyed and her injuries were severe.

Steltz and her friends had a party in 1999. Her friend accidentally fired a shotgun and the pellet blasted away Steltz’s face. Alcohol was said to have been a contributing factor in the accident.

Steltz lost her eyesight, cheeks and nose. After about 10 years, doctors have created a prosthetic face for Steltz. This special face for Steltz will give her prosthetic eyes, eyelashes, nose and cheeks. This face will be crewed on to her titanium dental implants. Steltz has no sense of sight, smell and taste. Steltz is a survivor. She remains strong. Steltz is not bitter about her accident. She has tried to be appreciative of what she has.

Steltz has a new baby who is 2 months old. He’s named Geoffrey Dilger Jr. Steltz said her baby is her proudest achievement so far.
Chrissy Steltz, 27, will get a silicon mask with glass eyes and a nose. The mask will be attached to her face via magnets on dental implants, which are drilled into the remaining bones in her face. Ms Steltz won’t need to use a sleep shade to hide the upper portion of her face.

This means Chrissy’s son will see his Mom’s face without her former mask.

The surgery for Chrissy Steltz is a cosmetic procedure and won’t be covered by insurance. Steltz is getting her $20,000 surgery done because the doctors are donating their time.

MOTHERLESS: A legacy of loss from illegal abortion

"Motherless presents the human face of coercive reproductive health policies. An important reminder about why we cannot return to the days of the back alleys, this film is a 'must see' for everyone, especially current and future lawyers, medical professionals, and public policy makers."

MOTHERLESS is a half-hour documentary which explores the tragedy of death from illegal abortions. Three women and one man, whose mothers died due to complications from abortion before its legalization, discuss the
trauma of loving and then losing a mother at a young age. Two of their mothers died in 1929, one in 1950 and one as recently as 1960.

Social and historical context is provided by a physician who treated hundreds of women dying from septic abortions, and a medical historian familiar with the widespread nature and causes of this tragic phenomenon. They discuss the medical, legislative and
social history of abortion from the late nineteenth century until 1973. MOTHERLESS offers a rare and deeply moving insight into the human tragedies behind the statistics. It captures the feelings of these survivors as they remember and mourn their mothers, four among the thousands who died.

Since broadcast, MOTHERLESS has become a popular
educational tool in classrooms across the country. It is considered an invaluable "start-up" tool for Medical Students for Choice groups, and is an official component of the American Medical Women's Association curriculum for obstetrics and gynecology.

Sandra Vergara

Sandra Vergara, who is more recognizable as the sister of the "Modern Family" star, Sofia Vergara, is included in the cast list for the upcoming remake of the 1980s horror cult classic of the same name.

Sandra Vergara has joined the cast of the upcoming DreamWorks project, which will be directed by Craig Gillespie.

The character that Sandra Vergara will be playing in the upcoming "Fright Night" will be of girlfriend and assistant to magician, David Tennant. Other actors of the new movie are going to be Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Imogen Poots, and Toni Collette.

David Tennant will play as "Peter Vincent", rival for Anton Yelchin, the vampire. Sandra Vergara will be playing the assistant, who is reluctantly hired by David Tennant to fight off the vampire.

The remake of "Fright Night" will be released on October 7, 2011.

I Write Like

For the past few days, the web has been buzzing about a new website called that will analyze your writing and tell you which famous author you write like. The site encourages anyone to paste in a few paragraphs from a blog, term paper, book, or anything else, and it will tell you whether you're a James Joyce or a Dan Brown.

So far, people have gotten mixed results from the analyzer. Over at the New Yorker's Book Bench blog, Madeleine Schwartz says, "According to the machine, an invitation to a birthday party was worthy of a comparison to James Joyce; an excerpt from a term paper on Renaissance literature, though, more closely resembled Dan Brown's fiction."

The funniest result so far must be what Margaret Atwood got when she tried out the tool. Atwood, whose name is one of the results that users can get, on July 13, "According to the I Write Like analysis, I write like... Ta da! Stephen King! Who knew?"

Later on, a developer for the site to Atwood over Twitter: "Creator of IWL here. Apparently, we need to train our database w. more of yr work, so it can recognize you:-)"

Even if it's still a work in progress, the site is at least a fun diversion....

Who do you think I write like????
;-)

Inception Explained

Christopher Nolan really likes to mess with people’s heads, and his new movie is no exception. The movie is extremely complicated and somewhat like Matrix. You need to see it several times before you begin to get a glimmer of understanding. There’s just so much going on!

The Inception ending, however is definitely ambiguous. Nolan apparently did not know how to end his own movie! The film leaves us with the image of Leonardo’s totem spinning on the table, which could mean he is still in the dream and maybe even in limbo. Then the credits cut in and we never get to know if he comes out or not.

SPOILER ALERT — DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE

Several theories are being bandied about the Internet. One theory is that Leonardo stays in the dream to find Saito, wakes him up, and they somehow hook up with Michael Caine and live happily ever after with the kids. Yeah, right.

The other more plausible theory is that Leonardo was actually in a dream through the whole movie! The thoughts of his wife were the result of her trying to pull him out of the dream. This is why he keeps spinning the top, to see if he’s in reality or not. At the end when the top works for him, it’s because he has let her memory go and given in to the idea that he was in a dream. Only then would he be able to wake up and leave the dream, and rejoin his wife.

Lena Headey

English actress Lena Headey was born on October 3, 1973 in Bermuda, where he father, a police officer, was assigned. Her family returned to their hometown of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire when she was eight years old. She started her interest in acting while studying at Shelley College, and got her big break at age 17, when she was spotted in a school production that was held at the Royal National Theatre in London. She was cast as the young Mary, appearing opposite Jeremy Irons in the 1992 film Waterland.

She quickly made appearances in television, beginning with the television film Clothes in the Wardrobe, and becoming a guest star on British programs Spender and Soldier Soldier. She starred in the Oscar-nominated film The Remains of the Day, where she appeared with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. This was followed by films such as Century, The Jungle Book, The Grotesque, Face, Mrs. Dalloway and The Man with Rain in His Shoes.

Headey continued acting as the 2000s approached, starring in films such as The Parole Officer, No Verbal Response, and The Cave. She started appearing in major American releases, such as The Brothers Grimm, released in 2005, where she starred alongside Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. She became more known in 2007 for her role in Zack Snyder’s film adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel, 300; she played Queen Gorgo, King Leonidas’ (Gerard Butler) wife.

Headey is currently the lead in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where she plays Sarah Connor, the mother of John Connor (Thomas Dekker) who is set to be the future leader of the human resistance. The series, which premiered in 2007, is set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day; it was recently brought back for a second season, to be aired in 2008.

Linda Dolloff

The ABC News show "20/20" plans to broadcast a story on the Linda Dolloff attempted murder case on Friday night's program.

Dolloff, a 48-year-old Standish yoga instructor, was convicted in May of trying to kill her estranged husband, Jeffrey Dolloff, with a baseball bat then shooting herself to make it look like a robbery.

Linda Dolloff said she had no animosity toward her husband even though they were getting a divorce and he was planning to have another woman stay at their house. She said the two had drinks in the hot tub and had sex before going to bed in separate rooms the night of the attack.

Jeffrey Dolloff said he remembers nothing of the attack.

Linda Dolloff is weighing whether to appeal the conviction and has not yet been sentenced.

The hour-long "20/20" program was reported by correspondent Jim Avila, who interviewed both Dolloffs, according to ABC News. The reporter also interviewed Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson, Dolloff's attorney Daniel Lilley, and police investigators.

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Famous Love Quotes

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~Mother Teresa

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~Albert Einstein

Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. ~Kahlil Gibran

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
~William Shakespeare

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict. ~Rabindranath Tagore

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. ~Leo Tolstoy

The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. ~Blaise Pascal

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee

Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ~Pablo Picasso

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ~Voltaire

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love never claims, it ever gives. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi

Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl. No superior alternative has yet been found. ~Sir Winston Churchill

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. ~Mark Twain.

Website Promotion: Big Is Not Always Better

Well-known internet sites might seem like the obvious location for people working in website marketing and website promotion to place a brand online, but new research suggests big may not always be better.

A new study by Addvantage Media reveals there has been a 40 per cent decline in people paying attention to ads on major portal sites compared with last year.

However, as Louise Jack writing for Marketing Week reports, that doesn't mean internet users are ignoring website promotion altogether.

Addvantage Media's annual Online Advertising Report for 2010, which polled 2,232 British internet users with YouGov, showed that consumer responsiveness to adverts on large websites, such as MSN, Tiscali and Yahoo!, has shown a marked reduction since early 2009.

But, Ms Jack suggests, this is because brands are placing too much stock within the reach of generic portal sites.

The research found that 88 per cent of internet users rarely or never pay attention to adverts displayed on these big portal sites.

Meanwhile, only one in ten claims to pay attention to adverts displayed all or some of the time.

This is a reduction of 40 per cent since last year's edition of the study, in which 37 per cent of respondents claimed to pay attention to these types of adverts.

Addvantage Media managing partner Edward Tijdink says he was expecting a decline in the number of people who pay attention to ads on large portals but admits he is surprised by the 40 per cent reduction.

Mr Tijdink suggested the figures revealed internet audience were 'growing up'.

"Think of your own internet experience; perhaps you started off surfing the generic portals, then moved on to investigate special interest sites," he said.

"The more the internet has grown up, the more you'd expect people to do that."

One way to get around the problem is to try experimenting with new methods of website marketing.

According to eMarketer, online video advertising will become an increasingly popular marketing channel in 2010 as demand for video advertising networks and video on demand (VOD) grows.

For example, the UK-based online video advertising network, Web TV Enterprise, has reported a four-fold increase in demand for online video advertising over the past year.

Article Marketing Secrets - How To Relate With Article And Blog Readers

Articles and blogs are written so they could be read by online visitors. That's the only reason they're taken to public forums. Naturally the moment you post your new articles or blogs, you begin to expect readers, and you may well be anxious about how they would react to the message therein. That is normal.

Readers play essential roles in shaping up a blog. It often gives a blog an entirely new direction, as well as helping the blog owner to assume greater responsibility towards the content of articles posted on the blog and their quality. Indeed, many bloggers admit to being inspired in no small way by their readers.

So how do you assemble the type of reader-community that can inspire your blog posts? More importantly, how do you build a lasting relationship with the members of this community, your article and blog readers?

Start by knowing your readers: You can respectfully ask your readers to tell you a bit about themselves. It is even possible to glean some of this information by visiting your visitor (or commentators') website.

You can also comment on their site's layout and the topics it covers. But be sincere with your comments and posts. Empty praises can easily be seen through.

Engage your readers: Remember that your goal is to go beyond a normal blogger-reader connection. So occasionally pose questions to your readers. Ask them for their candid opinions concerning the topics you treat in your articles. Generally engage them in conversations. That naturally suggests that you should try and respond to the comments on your blog.

Maybe not all of them. But respond to as many as you reasonably can. You sure like it when other bloggers respond to your comments. So it goes. But ensure your response is not a mere 'thank you'. If they've expressed their opinion about something you wrote, then they've started a conversation. Carry on with that the best you can.

Welcome healthy criticism: Indeed invite readers to critique some of your posts. If that's too hard for you, at least do not react too strongly when people disagree with some of your posts.

They too have a right of opinion, just like you. And it's not possible for everybody to agree with you all the time. Constructive criticism can actually help refine your posts and comments.

Inspire your readers: Write on topics that people want to read about. There's no hard-and-fast rule here. But what is more important is how you treat the topic. Write about what inspires you. And write excitedly about them. Motivate your readers with your style of conversation.

Show your human angle: You are a human after all. So don't be afraid to appear natural. Admit that you can't possibly know all there is to know about any topic.

It's also a sign of humility when you ask for readers' opinions or advice. Are you funny? Then occasionally inject some humor into your articles as well as your comments on other people's blogs.

Acknowledge your readers: You do this by talking about your readers in your posts. You can also link to their websites. Promote their sites for free, and invite your loyal readers to other regular visitors.

Contribute to their own discussions; a blog is supposed to link a network of people after all. And the truth is that the larger your blog community, the more popular your blog will become.

Just bear in mind that the benefits of all the above steps will not become obvious immediately. Initiating a contact is easy. But building a lasting relationship takes effort, ongoing effort on both sides. It won't happen overnight. But it won't take decades, either.

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Some Practical Tips For Getting Your Degree From Online Colleges

Modern technology created new opportunities for everyone. In the educational sector, it is not surprising to see that more and more people are using the Internet to earn their degrees online. It is easier nowadays to find accredited online colleges that offer flexible distance education programs for busy students and professionals. Although online learning is not for everyone,'? it is still the most flexible and convenient way to obtain a higher diploma. You can take a few specialized courses online in order to improve your career prospects. You can also finish a full distance education program. No matter what your preferences are, here are some tips that can help you in your search for the most suitable online degree.

The first thing you need to do is to consider your schedule before you enroll in online colleges. If you are a student that juggles a day job, family life, and other side businesses, then it is very important for you to choose a distance education program that can fit in your busy schedule. Obtainingdegrees online would be more enjoyable if you are not too pressured in organizing conflicting schedules. So it is best to choose an online institution that can provide flexible class schedules in their virtual classrooms. You can also get good benefits if the online school provides online modules so you can study at your own pace. Most importantly, the college should also have schedules for individual consultations so you can periodically ask assistance from your instructors.

You should also consider if the distance education programs of online colleges are accredited by higher learning institutions and agencies. Getting your degrees online is not easy. So you have to make sure that the degree will be recognized by other universities and by employers. If the distance education program of an online institution is accredited, then your degree will be respected by your peers. This means that the time, money and effort you invested on your online education will not go to waste. Before formalizing your enrollment, always look for accreditation and proof of competence so you can get good value from your education.

Doing some research is the key to identify online colleges that offer accredited programs. You can verify their accreditation from the list of institutions recognized by a higher learning agency. You can also use different online tools to find the right college. Look for feedback and evaluations to determine if the online college has a good reputation. So you should read reviews and testimonials of former students who earned theirdegrees online. You can learn a lot from these former students about the quality of learning provided by different Internet-based colleges.

It is easier today to earn a college degree today. All you need to do is to find the best online college that provides quality education for students and professionals. But do take note that online education requires more discipline and dedication from you. You need to have a real desire to finish your course. Your dedication will help you to avoid distractions when you study at home.

Tips To Get The Most Ribbons In Farmville

It's not very hard to win some ribbons in Facebook's Farmville. As you play along and you accomplish your daily tasks, eventually you will win a ribbon for some tasks. When you win a ribbon you can check how well they pay you in bonuses. Actually is a nice tactic to win coins and experience points by collecting as manyribbons as you can. It is relatively easy to accomplish but you need to apply some effort so you can get as much as you can from your Farmville experience.

Know What You Need

You just have to know what you need to do in order to collect the ribbons. This information is easily found by clicking on the ribbon button on the lower right side of your screen. This opens up a list of all the existing ribbons, how many have you won so far and the requirements to collect them.

Select an Easy One

If you are just starting playing Farmville then you have limited resources. If this is your situation, then it's better to make one ribbon at a time. By doing whatever is required to collect a ribbon you'll also win some stuff that will be required for the nextribbons. But this is for later, for now just focus on one at a time.

Which One to Select

Take a few moments to learn what each ribbon category is about and then you can decide which set of ribbons you'll go after. Then you can have a notion of which ribbons to collect first. Let's see an example: to collect the Tree Hugger ribbon you must harvest fruits from a particular number of unique trees, and to get this you must have a variety of different kinds of trees in your farm.

The Knock on Wood ribbon is earned by harvesting any kind of tree for a determined number of times, meaning that if you focus on the Tree Hugger ribbon, automatically you are adding up for the Knock on Wood ribbon as well. But this is not necessarily true because you can have the Knock on Wood ribbon just by harvesting only one kind of tree.

Have Some Neighbours

Neighbours help you winning ribbons either directly or indirectly. There are ribbons awarded just by having a certain number of neighbours, by how many times you help them and how many different types of gifts you receive. All these categories are easier to achieve if you have the most neighbours as you can, so don't hesitate to ask your friends to be neighbours and earn some ribbons.

Cloudberry's Backup Software - The Today's Backup Software

Are you all afraid of losing all information on your computer? Do you feel like handicapped when you lose any important information from your computer? Then you should check for the backup software which can help you to backup your important data. Here you can read about Cloudberry's backup software review.

According to this backup software review this software is used for backup and data recovery when the computer suffers reformatting. Using this software you can restore programs and can gain the important files if they have been deleted by you. This backup software is mostly used for internet purposes as many FTP servers suffer system crash many a times. There are mainly two factors responsible for the Network or system crash. First one is the infiltrating black hat hackers that vandalize the servers. And the second one is the internal hardware problems which can be due to overheating or moving some vital component from it.

This backup software review tells you that in the above two condition this software can help you. It is not an antivirus but can help you to save your files when your system is attacked by any black hat hackers and your system crashes. This software saves the file somewhere out of the reach of the viruses and the files can be recovered after the system crash. Also this software helps you to backup your files online so at the time of hardware crash also these files can be easily obtained.

According to Cloudberry backup software review it is clear that it has strong data encryption so that it troubles the hacker and make it nearly impossible for them to access the files and makes the file safe as it can be. The main focus feature of this backup software is how it can keep scheduling to check the computer and store any new files made or laced into the computer that day. This backup software relies on Amazon S3 technology and due to this you can take this software anywhere whit you.

By this reading this backup software review you can make your plan to purchase this software and make your system fool-proof from the hackers that delete your system files for fun and from the unexpected hardware failure. This software help you a lot in backing up your files and doesn't make you handicapped if you lose all your data from your computer as you can restore it back by using this software and the previous backup files.

Online Career Right For You

The wonders of the internet have proven themselves once again with it being a source of people's income. These online jobs, unlike traditional work, permit people to work for those who are practically thousands of cities away. Most of the time, online jobs also allow people to stay at home to work. Moreover, it's even less costly for these online workers because sometimes, what they only need is a brain, a working laptop/computer at home and a very reliable internet connection.

There are many streams of income that will make you profit from online stints. Some will pay better. Some will also take less time and energy. But the kind of online work that is very rewarding is one wherein you still have to put an extra effort and concern for the quality of results you submit to your employer.

Here is a list of some of the best ways to benefit financially from the internet:

Online Businessmen

So many sites encourage selling online. Among these are eBay and Multiply. But for an entrepreneur who wants to have his own website for exclusivity, he can buy a domain name, set it up, and start making money. For those who prefer this route, always remember to pay for a web host that is credible. This will not cost as much as those businesses that sell online, because you wouldn't need any salespeople and warehouse space.

Write Articles

Freelancing is preferred by many because most are able to manage their own time, and choose their own projects. So many freelance opportunities have popped up online that can also help thicken your wallet. Finding these kinds of opportunities is no longer hard. Just search the job listings for writers. Be honest about your work schedule and always complete the job with the best quality and also within the deadline.

Affiliate Marketing

Sell products that do not belong to you. Yes, that's possible with affiliate marketing. There is no need for a website and a capital. What you need is a registration in forums for you to be able to use your persuasive skills to sellproducts . Because when you are successful in encouraging the other users in that same forum, the company that you are selling for is also going to give you a good percentage of that selling price.

The internet is one that is linked to a worldwide network where people of different cultures and beliefs can just sit down, work together in the genius that is the World Wide Web.

How To Form An Investment Club For Fun And Profit

Investing in the stock market on your own can be a daunting task for most people. Many people are worried that if they make a few wrong decisions they can lose a lifetimes worth of savings and put their retirement in jeopardy. They may not be too far from the truth!

One way that individual investors have found to invest in the stock market without some of the risk is to join an investment club. There really is strength in numbers when it comes to stock market investing and many investment clubs have doubled their money every five years which is something that most major mutual funds can't boast themselves.

But what happens if there isn't an investment club near you, or if you're not confident in the investment club that is in your area? Well one thing you can do is start your own club and that's what I'm going to talk about in this article today.

Many people believe that the best way to get into investment club type of investing is to do form their own club and I tend to agree. This gives you control that you might not otherwise have if you join somebody else's club. It allows you to set limits on how many people can join and it may even give you the power over who can join.

It also allows you to set investment criteria and limits if you are worried about potential bad investments. The best number of members for a new club is usually between 10 and 15... sometimes up to 20 if your group has much experience investing.

Your club can meet at your house, or at one of your other members houses, or in a public facility such as a library meeting room or a restaurant or community center. Look for members to join your club from social groups that you already belong to or to business groups that you already belong to, or even from your church. Finding different types of people from different backgrounds can be important because you don't want a group of people who all have the same experiences and skills.

It's a good idea to schedule monthly meetings on the same night each month so that every member of the club knows ahead of time when you will be meeting and can plan accordingly.

It's also a good idea to start out small with your investments. It may take you a while for your group to get up to speed with the stock market and experienced enough to make wise decisions. It's much better to start out with smaller sums of money, say $25-$50 per member until you are more comfortable and have a proven track record. This way if you stumble at the beginning, you won't be out a lot of money and expectations won't drop as quickly.

$25 or $50 may not seem like a lot of money, but if you have 20 members then you're looking at close to $1000 which is plenty of money to get started for the first few months.

So there you have several tips on how to start your own investment club. It can be a lot of fun and highly profitable if you play your cards right!

A Basic Overview To Creating Content For Your Web Site

It really seemed, until quite recently in fact, that there were three separate groups of people influencing Web site content. You had the code people, the programmers and network folks that managed the back end and the infrastructure and thought those were the keys to success. Then you had your visual people, the designers that considered the layouts and the cool animations to be the way to go. Finally, you had your writers and wordsmiths, who kept tabs on how the search engines examined and rated sites and continued to craft copy (content) to push the site's ratings and page views up, up and away.

We may have finally reached the point where all these disparate groups agree. The fact is, all of them are right, to a degree, but the great majority of these diverse professionals now agree that Content Is King. From the SEO experts to the marketing departments, the focus is on creating, and continuing to modify, site content.

Now, of course, there are other buzzwords and fads to beware of as various different groups start arguing about what quality content really is. Fortunately, there are already good answers to content questions, and you can take control of your content yourself, without any high-priced consultants, as long as you have a good writer on hand that can follow a set of directions (and keep tabs on how those directions change over time).

Bottom line basics

In a nutshell, content is supposed to offer value to the site visitors, and it is to these people that it must be directed. This means you need to have a handle on the type of visitors your site attracts (or is supposed to). The readers want good information that is usable, that relates well to what they were searching for, whether it's news, education, entertainment or research data. The first of the bottom line basic requirements is that the content must be considered immediately relevant and useful.

Some content experts have had a hard time explaining how to create this kind of copy, and have instead shown examples without giving instruction on writing it. The foregoing paragraph is a decent summary of these instructions, which may be better expressed in short bulleted statements.

Make sure your content is:

• clearly relevant to the major topics of the Web site, whether these are products, services, philosophical ruminations or opinion;

• of immediate value to potential customers, clients, members, etc.;

• written in the language and the style most accommodating to the main demographic that the site serves, while remaining understandable to all; and

• free of useless jargon, unnecessary filler, controversy (unless that is the topic) and anything else that interferes with its usefulness.

Many benefits of quality content

Having good content is rarely an end in itself, even for online libraries and archives. Unless drawing large numbers of site visitors is not important, which can possibly be true in some cases though not in business, getting people to read the content and act upon it in some way is the ultimate aim. When it is done right, and you craft the content to your audience, you will not only increase the number of site visitors, you will also increase the number of conversions, whatever it is you are calling for action on (sales, making a phone call, signing up for a seminar, etc.).

Since you know your customers and potential customers better than anyone, it would be best for you to write the content yourself. If you do not know how, you should begin practicing even as you draft into the project the best writer in your family or firm and work on it together. Whether it's you doing the writing, or you are guiding another in the task, you will be educating readers about your product or service, extolling its benefits, explaining why it's not just useful but necessary and giving plain, powerful reasons for that claim.

This is just short, starter list, but it can get you moving in the right direction.

You must:

• write plainly, without showing off your college vocabulary (unless it makes sense)

• use natural-sounding, rather than too-clever-by-half, titles and heading

• focus on benefits first, features next, of your product or service

• learn how to format text properly for the Web

• give alternative points of view or vantage points for understanding your product or service

• learn to do keyword research and keyword-based writing

Final thoughts

Listen to feedback from both site visitors and professionals that you trust. In fact, you would be wise to solicit such feedback. Continue learning your writing craft, which you can do with a number of good instructional Web sites or books, and take all the help you can get from experienced Web writers. Like anything else, you will get better with time and effort, so stay positive!

The Good News About Online Video Marketing

Online video marketing has turned to be an ideal marketing tool in present times. Think for yourself'if you are given two options- watch a video clip or read a web content, which one would you prefer? Well, if you are like me, it is quite obvious that you'll go for the former option. If that's so, then don't you think that creating one for people with the same mindset will help you make good profits in the industry? If carried out perfectly,video marketing may turn out to be an extremely effective tool which helps in the growth and establishment of your business. Don't get me wrong, by effective I don't mean expensive.

When it comes to stepping into the world of video marketing, you need to create a video that helps in alluring visitors to the website. In other words, an effective video campaign is the right way to get hold of a good source of traffic to your website.

Online video marketing, if used effectively and properly emerges out to be a remarkable tool that helps in enhancing your sales as well as lead generation. There are a couple of online websites that report that with streaming videos their conversation rate has increased by thirty three percent.

One of the prime benefits of opting for video marketing is that a video works more quickly as compared to the conventional text format. None of your customers will be interested in sitting for half an hour and taking a look at your company's profile. Instead you need to provide something short and interesting that appeals to them the moment they see it.

But then, creating online video ads or video commercials isn't as simple as writing a news story or a blog. Check out a couple of tips and tricks that helps you to use web commercials to the fullest.

• Don't go in for the age old approach, i.e. create a video and upload it to the video directory. Instead you need to look for ways through which optimize your video. You can choose the video search engines for carrying this out.
• Prefer giving a proper name to your video. It would be even better if you use keywords while writing the description and title of your video. With a proper index people will come to know about your video easily.
• Ensure your video is zippy and short. Prefer giving it a professional touch. If your videos grabs the attention of your customer there's no looking back. It increases your chances of making a sale to a considerable extent.
• If you want to link your video, prefer using anchor text. Believe me; anchor text does carry a lot of weight in terms of search engine algorithms. You can also add RSS feeds into your video.
• Ensure submitting your online marketing videos to the Google Videos YouTube, and Yahoo! Videos. Here you can upload your videos for free.

With the onset of video marketing, online marketing has reached a new dimension. Business professionals have found a new way of marketing and promoting their business. You too can try your luck!

The Secret Of Productivity Worth 200-Thousand

This write-up is all about a man named Ivy Lee. He died in 1934 - 75 years back. But certainly one of his greatest instructions lives on. And you can make use of this lesson right now to explode your efficiency and start accomplishing your goals more quickly than you ever before imagined. And I'm not only talking about exploding your production and success in the Cash Flow Industry, but each and every area in your life. To enable you to genuinely appreciate precisely how valuable this productivity technique could be in your life, let me tell you the tale of exactly how Ivy Lee came to be named an expert in productivity.

Back in the 1920's, Charles Schwab was definitely a celebrated businessman. He started out as a stake-driver in the steel industry but by the age of 35 he'd already worked his way up the ladder to company president of Carnegie Steel.

After Carnegie Steel was purchased, Schwab ran the Bethlehem Steel company. With Schwab along at the helm, Bethlehem Steel took over as 2nd largest steel production firm on the planet and Schwab himself earned an enormous personal fortune. But he could not rest on his accomplishments. Despite convertingBethlehem Steel in to just about the most efficient companies of its time, Schwab sought out Ivy Lee and inquired him how he could easily get more things accomplished per day.

As the story goes, Ivy Lee offered him a simple productivity suggestion:

Write down all the things you want to accomplish tomorrow. Prioritize them #1-6.

Start your day by tackling the first task on the sheet; don't proceed to #2 until #1 is finished; if you finish the initial task and there is still time left within the day, move on to the following task and proceed in the same manner. In the morning, continue to focus on your checklist - focusing on each task until it's completed and only after that going to the following task in your list.

Train all of your staff to work the identical way; try this for just one full week and then give me a check for how much you think the recommendation will probably be worth. Charles Schwab thought the recommendation so valuable that he sent Ivy Lee a check for $25,000 - the same as $266,490 in today's money.

Naturally, many people won't ever try this. They'll say to themselves this really is "just too easy." And they'll still wonder exactly why they do not get nearly anything done.

So I would like to issue a challenge to you:

Do this for one week. Before you head to bed at night, grab an index card and write out the six most critical things you have to achieve during the very next day; leave it on your nightstand. Then, after you awaken the next morning get your checklist and pursue your plan. When you achieve every item in your list, tear it up and produce a fresh one. Try this for one week.

This genuinely is one of the most important skills you'll have as an entrepreneur. I'll own up, it sounds overly basic. But improving the ability to "plan your work and work your plan" is among the key rules of significant achievement in ANY endeavor.

Master this ability and you can virtually write your own ticket - in the Cash Flow Business and in each and every area in your life.