Thursday, February 24, 2011

Featured Listing in MyBlogLog discontinued by Yahoo

Yahoo has confirmed terminating its Featured Listing (paid listing) from MyBlogLog syndication services. Below is the email sent to MyBlogLog members on the latest announcement. Yahoo however, did not specifically mentioned if the MyBlogLog site will be shutdown.

Dear MyBlogLog Customer,

You have been identified as a customer of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. We will officially discontinue Yahoo! MyBlogLog effective May 24, 2011. Your agreement with Yahoo!, to the extent that it applies to the Yahoo! MyBlogLog, will terminate on May 24, 2011.

After May 24, 2011 your credit card will no longer be charged for premium services on MyBlogLog. We will refund you the unused portion of your subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. To make sure that your billing information is correct and up to date, visit https://billing.yahoo.com.

Questions?
If you have questions about these changes, please visit the Yahoo! MyBlogLog help pages.

We thank you for being a customer on Yahoo! MyBlogLog.

Sincerely,

The Yahoo! My BlogLog Team

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Top 10 Websites Blocked By Businesses In 2010

Cyberslacking can be a real drag on companies. The solution for many firms seems to be to simply block the websites on which they believe their employees will waste the most time. Studies have shown social media to be a major time sink, as well online games and personal email.

A study from DNS-resolution service OpenDNS, "2010 Report on Web Content Filtering and Phishing" details just what sites companies were most likely to block last year, be it social networking websites or sites that have a reputation for fostering procrastination.

Take a look at the list below to see if your favorite sites are among the most blocked by companies.

10. eBay.com -- 1.6 Percent
9. Meebo.com -- 1.6 Percent
8. Ad.Yieldmanager.com -- 1.8 Percent
7. Orkut.com -- 2.1 Percent
6. Hotmail.com -- 2.1 Percent
5. Twitter.com -- 4.2 Percent
4. Ad.Doubleclick.net -- 5.7 Percent
3. YouTube.com -- 11.9 Percent
2. MySpace.com -- 13 Percent
1. Facebook.com -- 23 Percent

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

When feng shui meets Blogging

ARMED with a First Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering after graduating from University of Strathcycle in United Kingdom in 1993, Penangite Lee Cheng Hoe seemed destined to make engineering his career for life.


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The offspring of hawker parents, the Chung Ling High School alumnus made all the right moves - gaining employment in a multinational high technology company upon graduation and rising up in the various MNCs he worked for as he progressed.

Although he enjoyed it, his heart was elsewhere: specifically in the area of oriental astrology, which he had already developed a strong interest in since he first started working As he studied and did research on the subject, Lee was intrigued by the relevance of feng shui and metaphysics to daily life and felt compelled to share the ancestral knowledge with others.

So he went on to master feng shui, Bazi (an ancient fortune-reading method) and Chinese Name studies.

Lee has practised oriental astrology part-time for more than 10 years and full-time for the past three.

For Lee, feng shui is the combined study of geography, environment, history and magnetic energy (qi). "Basically, feng shui is divided into the hardware, Luan Tou, and the software, Li Qi.

"Luan Tou (space and location) is the physical influence of the surrounding environment while Li Qi (flow of Qi) is the influence of the magnetic energy which changes regularly.

"Just as we require the hardware and software in order to operate a computer, both concepts are applied in feng shui when it comes to human beings," he explains.

"The hardware is our physical body and the software is our mind and soul. Missing either one and we will not be able to function properly.

"In ruling a country, a government needs to focus on both hardware and software. The hardware of a country is its infrastructure and the software is the heart of the people," he allegorises.

Leveraging ICT Now based in Air Hitam, Penang, Lee believes feng shui can be practised by everyone. "Feng shui has become rather commercialised. My purpose in practising feng shui is to help ordinary people to improve their life, career, health and relationships.

"These people may not be able to afford the exorbitant rates charged by many feng shui masters.

"I feel a sense of satisfaction if my clients are indeed able to improve the bad situation they are in prior to consulting me," he shares.

To be able to realise the vision, Lee leverages on ICT. "I charge a reasonable consultation fee as I do not need to pay expensive rental or hire staff to assist me." Lee has a blog, a website and a presence on Facebook. The blog (http://penangfengshui.blogspot.com/) is a platform for Lee to share information on astrology and his views on current issues that can be explained through metaphysics. The website, http://www.penangfengshui.com/ , is where his role as an author, speaker and trainer in oriental astrology is showcased.

Here, readers can download electronics books (e-book) and videos that feature topics he covers.

The Facebook account is for interaction with clients and those who are curious or keen to know more about oriental astrology.

"The Internet is an amazing medium. Being borderless, someone from overseas can actually find you via the search engines. "Readers will assess you by first going through what you have done. You have to prove that you are the right person for them. Pictures, video, testimonials and informative articles are the keys to success. Readers from Italy, Australia, Singapore, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and Dubai and Philippines have approached me." "I am m glad to see many highly educated people beginning to realise that there is no link between feng shui and religion," he says.

There are also many sophisticated tools such as the digital compass, hardware and software which ease his work. With all the tech gadgets, Lee is delighted that he no longer needs to conform to the 8 to 5 work schedule.

"I can work anytime, which is convenient to me. I can email my clients in the middle of the night and they can access their Bazi (a fortune reading method) reports when they switch on their computers the next day. Thus, there is more flexibility in time management." The most memorable incident for him is helping a woman whose marriage had failed. She was contemplating suicide but Lee helped her begin a new chapter in life. "My clients often say: "This is my secret, how can you possibly know?" But it is nothing mysterious. Our ancestors gave us this science thousands of years ago. Predictions LEE has been invited by companies to hold seminars in oriental astrology and metaphysics especially those in housing development and managing finances. Lee believes the Year of the Rabbit will be similar to last year where businesses are concerned.

"2010 was a good year for the gold, fire and plant industries. We anticipate the Year of the Rabbit to be of golden and wood elements again. You can find out more on my free e-book http://www.penangfengshui.com/index.php?pages>book_enjoyyourlife_ebook for the industries of the related elements," he says As for Lee's own future, he dreams of learning and sharing more knowledge. "There are requests to write more books. Currently, I have started on my fourth book. This time, I'm going to write it in Mandarin. It is a book about Bazi reading, a fortune-telling book. It is my first Chinese book. I will market it as an e-book once completed." Lee also wishes to have more classes. "After all, the more you share, the more you will gain."

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bangladeshi Raped Victim Whipped to Death

Teenaged Hena Akter's body was exhumed a few night ago for a fresh post-mortem in compliance with a Bangladesh High Court order, following a media report that attempts are being made to suppress the actual cause of her death.

The Shariatpur deputy commissioner ordered the exhumation which was supervised by an executive magistrate, after Supreme Court Registrar M Ashraful Islam informed the Shariatpur district administration about the court directive during the day.

The Daily Star published the news report on Monday raising doubts about the earlier inquest and autopsy that found no mark of injury on Hena's body.

Hena, 15, died in a hospital in Shariatpur on Jan 31, after being whipped publicly for about 50 times following a fatwa issued by some self-appointed arbitrators in her village, according to media reports and witnesses.

The girl was sentenced to 100 lashes for allegedly having an illicit relation with her married cousin Mahbub, even though her family and neighbours insisted that she had actually been raped by the man.

Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain placed The Daily Star report before the bench of Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain yesterday.

Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, senior member of the bench, observed that according to the news report the already-done inquest and post-mortem reports appear false.

He termed the incident of fatwa against Hena tragic, saying such incident is unacceptable to any human being with conscience. The media reports published recently over the incident of fatwa against Hena cannot be false, he added.

The body of Hena should be exhumed for further post-mortem, the judge said. The bench said its order will help remove the curse of fatwa from the society.

Earlier in the day, the court received the copies of police inquest and the earlier post-mortem reports from Shariatpur.

The court ordered that a three-member team of doctors be formed to conduct the fresh post-mortem.

It ordered the Shariatpur civil surgeon to include in the team a gynaecologist, a forensic expert, and one of the two doctors of Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital who were quoted as experts in The Daily Star report. It also asked the director of Suhrawardi Medical College and Hospital to send one of the experts to the hospital in Shariatpur.

The court asked the officials concerned to submit the new post-mortem report without any delay.

The bench also summoned the officer-in-charge of Naria Police Station; its Sub-inspector Aslam Uddin, who prepared the inquest report; doctors Nirmal Chandra Das, Rajesh Majumder, and Hosne Ara Begum, who prepared the first post-mortem report; Sultan Ahmed and a senior nurse of the hospital who attended Hena; and arbitrator Idris Sheikh, a local union parishad councillor who allegedly whipped Hena, to appear before the court at 10:30am on February 10.

The doctors and police have to appear with relevant files about the incident, the order said.

Source: TheDailyStar - Girl Whipped to Death

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