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SOPA – The Act That May Ruin Internet Forever
2011-12-21 09:20:00 There has been a lot of hue and cry about a certain bill called SOPA which is in the process of being made an Act. It is called the ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ (SOPA) and it has some serious ramification on the future of communications. So how could something as noble as fighting piracy be that bad for us? Simply put, the Act allows copyright holders to request the take-down of the entire website even though the infringing material might be a link that some else uploaded which is pretty common on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. With this act, some one can order the court to shut down Facebook till the infringing material is removed. Imagine, Youtube going down because of the stuff people upload to it. This will be operations nightmare for Tech and Internet companies. We have started using the Internet for a variety of things right down from scientific experiments to getting our shopping done. How could we deal with the fact that entire networks could be taken do...
By: WATblog
Distracted To Ruin
2011-12-06 02:16:00 While Herman Cain was being ambushed by the government controlled media, misfits and malcontents were occupying anyplace to which they could be bussed, and Egypt was falling into radical Muslim hands that promise to become even more oppressive than the brutal dictator the people ousted, a few other items managed to escape most public attention. For ...
By: RSF America
Did I ruin my life by having/ adopting these kids?
2011-07-11 03:35:00 Tonight I went to visit a friend, N, who has eight-week-old twins. She also has a one-year-old.  Three healthy babies, a blessing that millions of people wish for. And along with those three beautiful babies, she and her husband have a house full of chaos, no sleep, mounting financial concerns and no ability to get...
Robert Gibbs In Line To Ruin New Office?
2010-10-02 16:46:00 Robert Gibbs In Line To Ruin New Office?
AM News: Unionization Will Save/ Ruin Charter Schools
2010-09-22 16:12:00 Ruling Paves Way for Charter-School Unions WBEZ: Charter-school advocates say their goal is to loosen bureaucratic constraints on classroom innovation. But a federal ruling this week could make it harder for many Chicago-area charter schools to avoid union contracts... Parents See Ups, Downs of Teacher Ratings Chicago is hammering out a new way to evaluate its teachers. Every school district is required to do so by Illinois law. Chicago is going a step further, however. The district wants to let parents know how well each of its nearly 22,000 teachers performs. WBEZ finds parents to ponder the plan... Students Take Part in Chicago Peace Day Event Students from the Academy for Global Citizenship, an Archer Heights magnet school, McCutcheon Elementary School in Uptown,...
Does Debt Consolidation Ruin Credit Scores?
2010-05-03 14:29:00 Debt consolidation will not ruin your credit score. As a matter of fact, it will likely even help your credit. Okay, there is a situation where it could ruin your credit score. Just like any other debt you have ever had, if you don't make payments on your consolidation loan, it can hurt your credit. Getting this type of loan in and of itself, however, will not ruin your credit.
White Sox Ruin Otherwise Reprehensible 6-5 Loss to Rangers With Glimmers of
2010-04-29 05:46:00 But in the end the Sox fell short. And despite all I've talked about, it is entirely the fault of Randy Williams. Randy is terrible. Randy must go away. As per usual, Ozzie brought Randy in as his first guy out of the bullpen to replace the starter with runners on. To make things easier, Williams was allowed to intentionally walk Guerrero to get a lefty-lefty matchup with David Murphy, who had a .176 average going into the at-bat. Naturally Williams gave up a run-scoring double because he's the worst pitcher in the major leagues. And again, this run was charged to Jake Peavy, keeping Williams' ERA at a sub-awful 4.66. Now I'm not a sabermetrician, and I don't think it's a stretch to assume Ozzie isn't either, BUT RANDY WILLIAMS WHIP IS ALMOST 2. BLOODY 6. 2.6!!!! 2.6 baserunners every inning. Opponents have a .463 On-base percentage against him. Do you know what you call a guy who has a .463 On-base percentage? MVP!!! So think of it this way, any batter who is f...
How to Ruin Christmas in 29 Easy Steps
2009-12-17 15:10:00 From mental_floss Blog: I'm as big a fan of Christmas as the next person, but I'm wary of celebrating too much. I like a little eggnog, a few presents, a carol or two. But festive sweaters every day for a month, 10,000 watts of intricate lighting in your yard and holiday-themed s
No, 'Where the Wild Things Are' Cannot Ruin the Book
2009-10-16 14:03:00 Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.Glib, uninteresting people are fond of saying the following phrase: "Oh, the movie totally ruined the book." First of all, a movie cannot "ruin" a book. A writer, director and actors can do a poor job of adapting a movie from a book, but this does not suddenly render the book inert. The book is still the same thing. You can still read it and it will have the same words as before anyone ever dreamed of turning it into a movie. You know what ruins a book? If the author turns out to be a Nazi. But short of the "secret Nazi" development, your precious book will be just fine. People say this phrase...
Yet another advance that will ruin me
2009-08-19 18:26:00 I’m not good at cellphones. I just am not. I’m mean to them, and I frequently keep them in pockets they apparently hate, judging by their constant attempts to jump out of them and into giant puddles and concrete floors. I’ve resigned myself to keeping only “old person” cell phones - the ...
By: Say No to Crack
Karenza Marie Trotter wrote a new blog post: Of ashes and ruin
2009-03-18 03:16:00 Karenza Marie Trotter wrote a new blog post: Of ashes and ruin Step into my broken path for I am drawn between the two. Take my hand and lead me in darkness through your knowing path of this crowded room. Take me in the moment and may heat and passion come to play. Let me scream your name in silence and turn away in vain.  Enter my ...
Some People Are Determined to Ruin Gainesville
2009-01-15 22:52:00 And no, I’m not talking about Gator fans. The Gainesville Charter Amendment is going on the March 24th ballot and is sponsored by a group calling itself “Citizens for Good Public Policy.” This amendment will repeal protections in housing, employment, and public accommodations for homosexuals. If you are worried about the erosion of tolerance and seek to stop those who would destroy Gainesville’s reputation as an inclusive community, you can - write a letter to the editor of The Gainesville Sun. tell a friend. fight with Facebook. get more involved.
In Their Ruin
2008-11-17 03:40:00 #48 -- "The Boys of Summer" by Roger KahnGeez, I seem to have read a lot about baseball this year -- more than I've read about any sport I actually, you know, watch here in 2008. I'm relatively sure I read this one as a kid, but I probably wasn't too interested -- the Brooklyn Dodgers weren't even around any more, I wanted to read about teams like the Astros and Blue Jays! My loss (if I did indeed read it and dismiss it) -- one of the finer baseball books I've read. I was really, really impressed by this, beautifully written, honest and unsparing. Makes me wonder what else I missed out on when I was young.* * *Staying with baseball: there's a new blog set up devoted to the 1978 Topps baseball card set, which were my favorite cards as a kid -- though I didn't start buying cards until two seasons later. In about sixth grade, I bought a shoebox full of these cards at a garage sale, and I loved those cards like no others -- I'll eternally remember them as having perfect photogra...
Photo Hunt #32: Ruin(ed)
2008-11-15 04:27:00 These are just some of the ghost villas of Kep. Kep, in its heydays, was once a favourite holiday town of the French colonial masters and the Cambodian elites. The villas fell into ruin during the 70s when the Khmer Rouge took over and systematically burned and destroyed all the villas and murdered its occupants. This is probably what the Khmer Rouge meant when they declared Year Zero. At present, some of the villas are occupied but most are abandoned and lying in ruins. Vegetation has set in covering the remnants but one can still see the grandiose details of the villas alongside bullet holes and burn marks. The villas are but mere reminders of the golden days of Kep, and, ironically, of the cruelty of the Khmer Rouge regime that ravaged the entire country. The first time I visited Kep was in 2002 and the sight of these decaying villas gave me shivers. To me, Kep, then, had a ghost-town feel to it. These days, however, Kep is undergoing a massive transformation. The once thick jung...
Review: Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) R 121min
2008-08-27 09:38:00 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) This award-winning picture was directed by Tommy Lee Jones, his first work as director, and based on the book by Guillermo Arriaga, an Oscar-nominated author and play-writer. Arriaga also wrote script for Universal/Focus feature film Amores Perros (2000) starring Benicio Del Torro, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, 21 Grams (2004) and finally ...
Will a Short Sale Ruin My Credit?
2008-06-02 07:00:00 The bulk of my emails from readers lately center around the same question: Will a short sale ruin credit? Many home owners seem under the impression that doing a short...
Mets ruin Torre's N.Y. return behind Wright's 2 HRs
2008-05-30 05:23:00 David Wright hit two more home runs off Brad Penny and the newly inspired New York Mets dampened Joe Torre's return home, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 Thursday night.
By: The RotoFeed
Being the breadwinner can ruin your marriage?
2008-05-29 07:16:00 According to a survey by BettyConfidential.com 100% of women agree that making more money then their husband hurts their marriage. What? Seriously? Wow. Since Lee is a stay-at-home dad, I obviously make more money than him. In fact, even when he was working I made more money than him. I think when we were first dating ...
By: The Bean Blog
Did Joey Ruin Matteo's Career?
2008-05-27 13:13:00 Drea De Matteo has reportedly claimed that her role in US sitcom Joey destroyed her career.The former Sopranos actress has struggled to find work since playing Matt Le Blanc's sister in the Friends spinoff, which was cancelled in 2006 after two series. Matteo played the role of Gina on the show.A source told Page Six, "[Drea] was saying Joey completely ruined her career. She called it horrible and said she hasn't been able to really work since then.""She said she's really been out of the business and is trying to get back in."The 36-year-old won an Emmy for her role as Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos in 2004.
By: Goss UK
Guest interview - Paul Kilduff author of RuinAir
2008-05-22 06:30:00 You may have heard of Ruinair an ever expanding low cost Irish airline renowned for its customer service. Well the Irish author Paul Kilfuff had such a memorable taste of this customer service with a ten hour delay on a not so low cost 300 euro flight to Malaga that he hatched a cunning plan ...
Scandalous Rangers Ruin United?s Fun
2008-05-15 21:32:00 You would have thought with 100,000 Scots descending upon Manchester that I wouldn’t have been entirely oblivious to the fact the UEFA Cup Final was being held at the Wastelands this week. The difference between the Champions League and UEFA Cup are certainly highlighted by choice of venue for the finals. The 2003 CL final was ...
Can a Software Problem Ruin a Laptop?
2008-05-15 20:00:00 I have a new Acer 5920G laptop and it has failed on me three times in three months. It is so unfit for purpose that I have purchased another new laptop (a Dell) and it is fine. When I received the Acer back after the second failure, I had already decided never to use it again but to see if it failed
Star-Crossed Lovers Create Road to Ruin in ?Before the Rains?
2008-05-14 05:37:00 CHICAGO ? By its very nature, colonialism is bad karma waiting to happen. You are a sovereign nation with weaponry and a desire for treasure. While you invade and take over a country with that treasure, it also comes with a society you don?t understand. You stir in religious dogma, native slavery and the defiling of lands and create an evil stew that?s ripe to boil over. The country of India was a prime example of this scenario. The British got their bad karma handed back to them as depicted in the new film ?Before the Rains?. Read Patrick McDonald?s full review of ?Before the Rains? in our reviews section.View our full, high-resolution ?Before the Rains? image gallery. Set in 1937, the film begins with a British spice baron named Henry Moores (Linus Roache) who?s surveying a mountain upon which he plans to build a road. His right-hand man, T.K. Neelan (Rahul Bose), is a native of the surrounding Indian territory who lends his support to the outsider project by recruiting villag...
Astros explode to ruin near no-no, sweep Dodgers
2008-05-12 13:45:00 Astros explode to ruin near no-no, sweep Dodgers
?Shiites ruin McCain?s Sunni disposition?
2008-05-11 09:06:00 With most of the traditional media helpfully ignoring John McCain’s confusion over Shiites, Sunnis and their respective relationship with Iran, we’ll have to settle for a little humorous attention: In a major speech on the war in Iraq today, presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain said that the Iraqis have split into two factions, Shiites and ...
Boom Blox Ruins of Old and Rampart Ruin Tutorial Gameplay
2008-05-08 10:49:00 With Boom Blox Ruins you are able to combine the power of Boom Blox as well as Chemical Blox so that you can topple some ancient ruins. Ruins of Old is a game does look interesting from the start but I am not sure if it will stay that way after playing it for an ...
By: Product Reviews
NL: Fish rout Pads, ruin Maddux's bid for No. 350
2008-05-05 02:22:00 Sunday's NL roundup: Greg Maddux failed in his fourth bid to reach 350 victories and was outpitched by young Andrew Miller as the San Diego Padres lost to the Florida Marlins, 10-3.
By: The RotoFeed
Red Sox ruin Kazmir's debut in sweep of Rays
2008-05-05 00:55:00 Kevin Youkilis had four RBI and Jon Lester pitched six innings to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday, spoiling the return of Rays ace Scott Kazmir.
By: The RotoFeed
Affordable Auto Insurance Rate - Don’t Let Your Home Ruin It
2008-05-04 09:52:00 What has my place of residence got to do with getting an affordable auto insurance rate? A lot! The crucial thing is to find out if it is compelling you to pay more or less. You may find this hard to believe unless you are versed in insurance matters. Nevertheless, there are things you can do to actually use your home to attract better premiums. You understand quite well that insurers ask for your home address and likely your office address depending on your profile. They do so for obvious reasons. Among other reasons is the fact that they have to check the level of risk connected with your area. Let us take, for example, that you reside in an area that has high rush hour traffic or regular high traffic (Or an area that has high car theft records). If that describes your community then and you have to drive through to work each and every day then you should be ready to pay a little more than people who reside in neighborhoods that never experience much traffic. This is where many pe...
By: Insurance Blog
BRUTAL Fair Gaming in Canada: Scientology?s Attempts to Ruin Gregg Hagglund
2008-04-27 00:00:00 Gregg Hagglund has been a civilized and ethical picketer of the Cult of Scientology since the mid-90s. He has picketed in front of the Toronto Scientology Org over 80 times and played an integral role in the defeat of Scientology's application for charity status in Canada. The Cult's response to ...
Democrats Ruin Economy, Hurt Stimulus, Increase Gas Prices [Digg]
2008-04-26 16:37:00 No Mr. Schumer, what is galling is that you Democrats promised Americans that you had a plan to fix the high price of gasoline when you didn?t. What is galling is that you lied about this to get elected and what is even more galling is that you now expect the President to fix the problem when your premise during the election was that he was...
By: Stix Blog
Miley Cyrus & Madonna 4 MINUTES TO RUIN YOU TUBE!?
2008-04-25 10:04:00 BUCK SINGS MADONNA!http://buckhollywood.co-m/buck-sings-madonnaWe should be glad Miley Mandy and Madge are here….right?!And those pics of Miley- BFD…HA!We’re all in this together! HA!Please rate/comment/fave/subscribe!Nak-ed Vlog coming next!Be my friend!http://www.myspace.com/b-uckthehustlerStalk me!http://www.twitter.com/buckh-ollywoodMy vlog!http://www.youtube.com/per-on75 (more…)
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (nintendo DS) $16.99 shipped @ Amazon GB item
2008-04-25 09:16:00 Rating: 1 Posted By: MISURICK Views: 50 Replies: 0 LinkazonMore Online Coupons from Fatwallet.com.
Victoria Beckham To Ruin The Pussycat Dolls
2008-04-23 23:10:00 VICTORIA BECKHAM has decided to give us all a fright by pouring herself into something shorter and tighter than normal [Website - TheLostGirl?s Blog]. Sources on this side of the pond report that MRS BECKHAM is set to be the latest in a long line of celebrity Pussycat Dolls. The former Spice Girl has agreed ...
Reasons for opulence and happiness and causes for ruin
2008-04-20 22:11:00 Reasons for opulence and happiness and causes for ruin By Gamini Jayasinghe - Daily MirrorMore than two thousand five hundred years ago, Buddha enunciated four causes that lead to weal and happiness in this world and four other causes for the spiritual progress, conducive to the good and happiness of a noble son in the other world. The Exalted One also enunciated twelve causes for some one to face a ruinous state. On one occasion, the Blessed One was dwelling amongst the Kolians, His maternal relatives in the town named Kakkarapatta. A Kolian son named Dighajanu approached Him and requested Him to preach the Doctrine or things that lead to weal and happiness in this world and things conducive to the good and happiness in the other world. The literary meaning of Dighajanu is ?long knee.? Dighajanu?s family name was Vyaggapajja, so called because ...
Richard Quest on the Road to Ruin
2008-04-19 21:52:00 What's up with stupid travel writers? First it was Lonely Planet's Thomas Kohnstamm, who claimed to write about places he'd never been and dealt drugs on the side because the pay was so lousy. Now CNN has entered the fray with one of the most recognizable faces falling hard - in public. read more
By: GoGirlfriend
Spammers Ruin Everything
2008-04-17 18:24:00 Unfortunately because of an increase in spammers leaving bogus comments on the blog, I have had to take the dreaded step of adding word verification to the comments. I hate having to do that on other people's blogs, so I apologize that I am asking you to do it as well. I only want your amazing feedback, ideas, suggestions and questions and I don't want to dilute the content with unwanted spam. If it turns out that the comments really start to suffer from this then I will reverse it and just keep manually deleting the spam as it appears. For those that don’t know what the heck I am talking about, what this means is that when you leave a comment from now on, it will ask you to type in some letters/ numbers in a box first to make sure you are a human and not some spam. It only takes a few seconds to do, but it is an annoyance that I wish we didn’t have to do. ** Update- 5/7/08: Also another annoyance is when people leave comments that are simply to sell something they are promot...
Watch for Affiliate Marketing Scams that Could Ruin Your Profits
2008-04-16 00:00:00 Whenever there is money to be made, criminals and con artist will find a way to turn it into a scam to make what they consider to be easy money.
By: eArticle Submit
Watch for Affiliate Marketing Scams that Could Ruin Your Profits
2008-04-15 07:00:00 Whenever there is money to be made, criminals and con artist will find a way to turn it into a scam to make what they consider to be easy money. The only way to protect yourself is to know what the scams are and how to avoid them. Billions of dollars are lost each year ...
By: Resources zone
AL-best Orioles make it 6 in a row with 8-1 victory to ruin Rangers? home o
2008-04-09 00:06:00 The surprising Baltimore Orioles can win on the road too. Scott Moore and Luke Scott hit early home runs and Baltimore ruined the Texas Rangers’ home opener with an 8-1 victory Tuesday. The Orioles (6-1) have the American League’s best record and a six-game winning streak, already matching their longest of last season. Read the full ...
By: MLB News Blog
Don't let e-mails ruin your money making life
2008-04-08 15:36:00 This post is about e-mail management and how to avoid e-mails from running your money making life.You are bombarded with e-mails. In particular, you get messages from clients, colleagues, friends, family, associations or groups of which you are a member and the dreadful spammers and junkies.Without proper preparation for such a massive amount of e-mails, you might find yourself swimming in a pool of e-mails. E-mail was created to be a tool to save your time, but if you can't find an effective way to organise it, you will most definitely be losing time to it instead of gaining time from it. In money making venture, time is an essence.The following are some ideas that will help you use your e-mail programme to save time:Check e-mail settingsIf your e-mails spam filter isn't doing a good job catching unwanted e-mails, check its settings. Usually in your e-mail options, there will be junk or spam e-mail settings. Set the protection to a higher level. This should take care of a least a...
Moneyslave Ruin story
2008-04-08 00:00:00 Extreme Real Money slave Ruin Story: He contacted princess 2 years ago with the want to spoil a beautiful black mistress but he had never thought in a million years that it would be a perfect princess mistress he’d finally belong to. He knew that Iwas a fetish princess expertised in real total financial drain. The money ...
7 WAYS TO RUIN YOUR KIDS
2008-04-07 18:27:00 LIE FOR YOUR KIDS. When a parent writes their child a note to school saying their child was sick or had a doctor's appointment, and really they just over slept .... YOU are teaching them it's OKAY to lie. Don't you get it? Don't lie to help cover up mistakes for your kids.DON'T GIVE THEM ANY RULES. Just let them do what they want. AUTOMATICALLY THINK EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET YOUR CHILD WHEN THEY GET IN TROUBLE. Your child is perfect, how could they ever do anything wrong? Surely it's the school's fault that your child got in trouble. When I was a kid, if I got swats at school (yea, hard to believe), I got swats when I got home as well. Now days, when a child gets in trouble at school, the parent thinks it's the school's fault, the teacher's fault or the principal is picking on my child! Have you ever thought that your child might have done something wrong?NEVER DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN. Discipline is overrated. Want more on disciplining children? Click here!PULL STRINGS TO G...
By: Trey Morgan.net
The Ruin
2008-04-06 12:01:00 The Hurva Synagogue of the Old City of Jerusalem, 1900'sCredit: Wikipedia, user ChesdoviInterior of the Hurva, 1935Credit: Wikipedia user ChesdoviHurva site, Commemorative Arch, 2003Credit: AkivaMHurva site, Rebuilding begins, 2006Credit: AkivaMHurva Rebuilding, Almost Complete, Dec 2007Credit: Wikipedia user Chesdoviby Akiva at Mystical PathsHaHurva, the ruin, is a synagogue in the old city that has undergone multiple rounds of destruction and rebuilding. In the year 1700, Rabbi Yehuda HaChossid, zt"l and his students (around 500) arrived in Jerusalem from Poland. They bought the courtyard next to the Ramban Synagogue, which had been closed by the Ottomans in 1589 due to Muslim incitement. On this site they began building a synagogue.Unfortunately, Rabbi Yehuda HaChossid, zt"l passed away and the students were unable to finish construction or pay their debts. In 1721, the unfinished structure was burned together with the 40 Sifrei Torah it contained by the Arab creditors.The site...
By: Mystical Paths
6 Subtle Ways People Ruin Effective Communication
2008-04-03 11:51:00 Making moralistic judgements, Making Comparisons and Denying Personal Responsibility are the 3 unconscious habits that block effective communication. I discussed these in a previous article and gave examples of how they cause Communication Frustration for both people. This article will help you see the other forms those habits can take in your communication at home and work.
By: ArticleRow.com
Emotions Can Ruin Success
2008-04-01 17:05:00 Running a business is more than a notion. You must spend money, invest time and push outside your comfort zone. And with an online business, you must exercise a level of discipline beyond the typical 9 to 5 j-o-b.
Premier League: Bennett Sends Off Mascherano To Ruin United Victory
2008-03-29 14:50:00 Manchester United inched closer to retaining their Premier League title as they cruised to a 3-0 win against a Liverpool side who had only ten men for half the game. Reina Poor Performance Wes Brown put the home side ahead on 34 minutes, when Reina failed to deal with a Wayne Rooney cross. The Spaniard only managed ...
5 Ways to RUIN a Date
2008-03-27 21:59:00 Things seem to be going well: He held your hand through the entire movie. He laughed in all the right places over pizza. He’s even taking the superlong way back to your house. All in all the night’s been one to remember, but all that could change in an instant if you freak him out. Huh? ...
By: Buzz for girls
SheFinds Solution: Don?t Ruin Another Pedicure
2008-03-27 00:00:00 I was so excited over the weekend to finally have some time to get a new pedicure (I think my last one was in January - I know, I should ?MORE...
By: Shefinds.com
can 1 question ruin your day?
2008-03-22 01:58:00 How about…..“Are you the grandma?” Okay, technically I could be Kid’s grandmother if I started at 18 and that child had a child at 18…., but I don’t really need to THINK about that. Instead of babies, I had school, work, travel, happy hours, moves, and freedom. If more people would let their grey hair grow ...
By: Let the Dog in!
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