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			<title><![CDATA[interracial love]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[3 columns casino wordpress theme]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blue Mag Wordpress Theme :: Free WordPress Theme]]></title>
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			<description>Blue Mag Wordpress Theme :: Free WordPress Theme

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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saaya Irie The Big Breast Girl Video]]></title>
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			<description>Saaya Irie
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			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (bunty)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Linux Recommended Software]]></title>
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			<description>Here is the List the apps you think every Linux user should have in /usr/bin.

Media player:
mplayer
vlc
xine/Totem/Kaffeine

Browser:
Swiftfox
Konqueror

Music player:
amaroK (one of the most complete ones)
XMMS (Winamp look-a-like)
Quod Libet (lightweight, fast and to the point).
Exaile (same as above)
audacious (XMMs look-a-like)

Messenger:
Mercury
aMSN
Pidgin
Kopete

DVD/CD burning:
brasero
k3b
cdrecord / wodim (Debian's version of cdrecord)
nerolinux

Image viewing:
comix (it can read from compressed files, so it makes it ideal for manga viewing)
gqview

Bittorrent:
Deluge-torrent
Bittornado
Azureus
rtorrent
ktorrent

Office suites:
abiword
OpenOffice

IRC:
xchat
irssi

Text editing:
gedit
kate
leafpad
vim/gvim
emacs

Security:
firestarter: an Interface for managing your iptables
bcrypt: File encryption

Programming:
gcc
anjuta
eclipse
code::blocks

Games:
scourge
egoboo

Misc:
sshfs: (ssh file system) Excellent for working with remote folders and filesystems.
grip (cd ripper)
pan and/or klibido (usenet)
gimp (image editing)
nethack (Best roguelike game ever.)
NTFS-3G (ntfs read-write)
vixie-cron (or something similar)
syslog-ng

useful links:
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)

Live CD's distro's /Specialized distro's

dyne:bolic (multimedia studio)
Ubuntu Studio
Gentoo Live USB
slax (usb distro based on Slackware)
Linux Mint Based on Ubuntu, with more Windows compatibility

Hex Editor:
GHex.
KHexedit.

eye-candy
Enlightenment
Compiz Fusion.

windows compatibility

For Windows:
Vmware
WINE
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A premium quality Poker Wordpress Theme]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Looking for popular place for Free Classified Ads]]></title>
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			<description>Hi all, I have some lands in UK and I want sell them. I’m thinking to post classified Ads over internet so that I can get huge buyers and get better price of my lands. I got [url=http://www.yellsell.co.uk/] uk free classified ads [/url] when I was searching for this but still I want to know your popular place for free Ads in UK. 

Please share your popular place with me.

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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Audi R8 Fever Wordpress Theme :: Free WordPress Theme  Audi R8 Fever i]]></title>
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			<description>Audi R8 Fever Wordpress Theme :: Free WordPress Theme

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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill's New House]]></title>
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			<description>While the Gates are moving in from their temporary quarters
     nearby, final construction of their new house is not expected to
     be completed until the end of the year !!
     Bill has a meeting with the contractor....

     Bill: "There are a few issues we need to discuss."

     Contractor: "Ah, you have our basic support option. Calls are free
     for the first 90 days and $75 a call thereafter. Okay?"

     Bill: "Uh, yeah... the first issue is the living room. We think
     its a little smaller than we anticipated."

     Contractor: "Yeah. Some compromises were made to have it out by
     the release date."

     Bill: "We won't be able to fit all our furniture in there."

     Contractor: "Well, you have two options. You can purchase a new,
     larger living room or you can use a Stacker."

     Bill: "Stacker?"

     Contractor: "Yeah, it allows you to fit twice as much furniture
     into the room. By stacking it, of course, you put the
     entertainment center on the couch... the chairs on the table...
     etc. You leave an empty spot, so when you want to use some
     furniture you can unstack what you need and then put it back when
     you're done."

     Bill: "Uh... I dunno... issue two. The second issue is the light
     fixtures. The bulbs we brought with us from our old home won't
     fit. The threads run the wrong way."

     Contractor: "Oh! Thats easy. Those bulbs aren't plug and play.
     You'll have to upgrade to the new bulbs."

     Bill: "And the electrical outlets? The holes are round, not
     rectangular. How do I fix that?"

     Contractor: "Just uninstall and reinstall the electrical system."

     Bill: "You're kidding!?"

     Contractor: "Nope. Its the only way."

     Bill: " Well... I have one last problem. Sometimes, when I have
     guests over someone will flush the toilet and it won't stop. The
     water pressure drops so low that the showers don't work."

     Contractor: "That's a resource leakage problem. One fixture is
     failing to terminate and is hogging the resources preventing
     access from other fixtures."

     Bill: "And how do I fix that?"

     Contractor: "Well, after each flush, you all need to exit the
     house, turn off the water at the street, turn it back on, reenter
     the house and then you can get back to work."

     Bill: "That's the last straw. What kind of product are you selling
     me?"

     Contractor: "Hey, if you don't like it nobody made you buy it."

     Bill: "And when will this be fixed?"

     Contractor: "Oh, in your next house, which will be ready to
     release sometime near the end of next year. Actually it was due
     out this year, but we've had some delays..."&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DiscussHub/~4/c9UaK6H-6GI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Valentines Day Ideas]]></title>
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			<description>The most asked and pondered over question is how to spend Valentines Day. Everyone wants to spend the day in a special way. So worry no further. We bring you many different ideas for Valentines Day and how to make it special for your special one! Check out our Valentine's Day ideas and enjoy your day.

Start the day by filling up the room with red roses. Wake up your partner by showering him/her with rose flower petals. Proceed by making breakfast for your beloved. In case you don't live together, give your beloved a good morning call to wake him/her up. Plan beforehand as to when and how are you going to spend time together. You can either tell your partner about the plans or keep it as a surprise. If you want to keep it as a surprise, make sure your partner does not have any other official priorities.

Plan a nice cozy place for lunch. Make sure you book your table in advance as most eating joints run packed on Valentines Day. You wouldn't want to stand in a long queue and make your loved one moan and complain. You can catch up on a nice movie before or after your lunch. What better way to unwind than going on a long drive and spending those stolen quiet moments with your beloved. Spend the evening in the arms of your beloved watching the sunset over the horizon.

End your day by having dinner at home by the fireplace. If you don't have a fireplace, light candles around the room in crucial corners. Also have some aroma candles around the table to infuse sensuous smells in the atmosphere. Dim the lights and have light music playing in the background with sounds of wind chimes. Need we say anything further!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DiscussHub/~4/kp-UxMgUOWw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mastering Squidoo – Authority Site And My Personal Favorite]]></title>
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			<description>Dear Reader, 

As you know that Squidoo is a social site that is known as an authority portal. In many ways it’s like Wikipedia, only far more interactive.

Squidoo is made up of lenses (content pages) that are created by members on a wide array of topics. This Web 2.0 resource is especially good for business people because it’s all about learning and sharing content.

Squidoo is a little more high brow than most social networking sites. What I mean is this portal is all about sharing and gaining knowledge so the average visitor quality is very high.

There are two big reasons you should join this site:

1.	Squidoo lenses often come up high in the search results of the major engines because the site is well optimized and the lenses tend to be very keyword relevant. So if you have a good lens a searcher could find you even if you don’t have a well-optimized site of your own!
2.	Many people come to Squidoo every day in search of quality information. This type of Internet user is far more likely to end up making a purchase than a person who is just looking to socialize.

Once you register with Squidoo you should immediately create your first lens. You are allowed up to five lenses per account so you can actually create portals for multiple ventures if you like.

Think of a good title for your lens as this will be part of your Squidoo URL. After your title you will be able to create a description, which should be at least a few paragraphs of good material explaining what your lens has to offer.

Look these lenses over to get a feel for how you can set yours up. I use them to capture traffic that is targeted to the appropriate niche and drive them to my business sites and blog. 

Important things to add to your lenses are a picture and a good bio. Don’t just leave the generic bio, take the time to add a few paragraphs about yourself and why people should trust your content.

As you will see, a Squidoo lens is made up of many modules. 

You can easily add text modules that let you enter articles, and you can upload photos with each article. The text module will be the base of your lens so be sure to add plenty of these.

Plus you can ad Amazon and Ebay modules that display products and auctions relevant to the niche your lens is about. And you’ll get a commission on any sales that result from your displaying these product and auction links on your lens!

You can even add video, or links from your social bookmarking sites.

There are plenty of options, but two things I definitely recommend in addition to your text modules are the RSS modules and the link modules.

The RSS module allows you to plug in the RSS feed from your blog, so each time you post on your blog your Squidoo lens will be updated. This will keep fresh content coming into your lens, create links back to your blog posts, and bring targeted traffic from Squidoo to your blog.

And the link module of course allows you to post links to your favorite resources. You can give your link module a title like “Check Out My Websites For More Quality Information” or “Have A Look At Some More Cool Resources” or whatever, and then add the links to all of your sites, blogs, ezines, and affiliate programs. This will generate quality visitors to your sites, and give you link backs from a high PR site to help with your SEO.

In addition to your lens modules, Squidoo gives you the options of commenting on other lenses, adding other lenses to your lens roll (links list), and joining groups or inviting other Squidoo members to join your friends network. Bear the same general rules in mind that were covered in the MySpace section above when interacting with other Squidoo users.

I believe Squidoo is set to explode in the near future. There are already many thousands of users there, and since most of these people are either in business or honestly looking for answers and solutions the caliber of people you can meet through this social site is superb.

Happy Squidooing !!!!!!!
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Guide For Business Companies To Select Right Software]]></title>
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			<description>Every business company faces the prospect of selecting new software tools to enhance business procedure. To many business companies, this activity creates the unparalleled excitement of moving into a new world of technology.

However, most business companies also see the selection procedure as a frustrating and dreaded task. You realize that the stakes are highest when the selection involves an accounting or ERP-type system. The success or failure of the project will have a tremendous impact on the business company. As a result, selecting the right software tool is one of the most important decisions that managers make. Is there a procedure or methodology to facilitate the selection procedure? How do you ensure that your selection efforts are successful? What role does the finance professional play in the selection procedure other than calculating the return on investment (ROI)? A methodical and validated software selection approach sets an business company on an accelerated pace to selecting the right software tool.

Starting the procedure Regardless of the size of the business company, selecting new software must be treated as an important project. Many business companies begin without a clear understanding of the vision and business needs that are driving the software tool requirements. Before starting the procedure, managers can raise the level of the project's significance by establishing and documenting six critical steps.

1 Establish a steering committee that actively manages the entire selection and eventual implementation project.

2 Define the near-term business needs and the long-term business goals that the software system will support.

3 Establish a software selection and implementation budget based upon future company goals, rather than where the business company is right now.

4 Create a selection team that represents the interests of the entire business company and empower the team members to make the actual selection.

5 Assign "power user" participants - end users who participate in product demonstrations, assist in the evaluation procedure, and influence the selection team.

6 Establish a review mechanism prior to starting the procedure, involving the steering committee to address issues and resolve differences.

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Identify your project's drivers
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The most important aspect of the entire selection procedure is the definition of the critical business requirements and project success factors that establish your business company's objectives. Once you define your project drivers, your business company will be ready to begin the procedure of evaluating software alternatives and administering the entire selection project. Moving through software tool evaluation without defined business requirements leads to duplicate efforts and ultimately a solution that could delay the selection and implementation procedure. Here are some simple questions you can use to define your software selection project drivers:

Why are you doing this?
Are there concrete reasons for this project such as technical infrastructure changes or the need to be Year 2000 compliant? Are there other reasons such as the need for improved productivity or improved decision-making capabilities? 

Keeping the list short will ensure that the selection procedure stays focused on those drivers that are critical to your business company. 

How much money do you have to spend? Make sure that the budget includes all the costs of the selection and implementation procedure, and not just the software costs and licenses. 

What is your project's scope? Are you replacing a component module, a complete system, or just adding new functionality? Balancing the scope of the software tool selection will also ensure your budget is realistic, your time frame is adequate, and the right types of resources have been identified. 

What are the specific expectations to achieve from this software tool? Match your gains from the new software with the business reasons that are driving the project. Above all, quantify the cost savings or benefits so that you have a baseline for establishing a ROI. If your gains don't match your business reasons, take a step back and re-evaluate one or the other, or both. 

Who is impacted most by this new tool? By identifying those members of your business company who are impacted the most, you have identified those participants that must be involved. The departments or individuals within your business company that will benefit the most must take some of the responsibility for, and ownership of, the selection and ultimate implementation. 

How will you manage the selection procedure? Most business companies don't have enough staff to conduct a thorough software selection procedure. Worse yet, many business companies assign individuals on a part-time basis. Viewing the entire procedure as the most important project (and it will be) should place your resource commitments in context. If you look to outside consultants to help facilitate your procedure, you should make sure that they are truly independent, and validate the consultant's level of expertise for your project.

Utilizing a structured approach to your software selection while keeping these questions in mind will keep your project on track and focused.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DiscussHub/~4/kBmLhJXpw8Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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