As the death toll from the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared to nearly 120,000, nations donated US$500 million (euro370 million) toward the world's largest-ever relief effort, but UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said even …
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It's time for the NASA led Huygens probe to make a landing on Titan, the Saturn's largest moon. The probe separated from NASA's mother spacecraft friday morning to begin a descent to Saturn's largest moon Titan for an on-site study of the atmosphere of Titan.
The chemistry of Titan is believed to be very similar to that of the early Earth before life is formed. Scientists hope the on-site probe by Huygens would confirm the assumption and help them better understand how life appeared on the Earth. Titan is the only moon that has the atmosphere in the Solar system.
A mutual fund is a pool of money handled by a money manager on behalf of investors. The manager uses the pool of money to purchase investments which follow the fund's investment objectives. Investors purchase units that represent their share of the pool of money, and lose or gain money depending on the performance of the underlying investments.
If you are looking at a mutual fund investment, here are some things to consider:
Risk
While mutual funds offer the advantage of diversification, the amount of risk you take on depends on the funds you choose. Make sure the funds that you choose fit your risk profile.
Time horizon
If you need short-term access to your money and choose to redeem early, you may pay high fees or have to sell the fund when performance is poor. If you have a long time horizon, you may be able to take on more risk with your money.
Fees
Sales fees (also known as loads) affect your overall return and can vary widely between funds. Management fees such as the Management Expense Ratio get paid whether the fund performance is good or bad. It pays to shop around.
The internet offers lots of information about finances and personal investing. You can easily access news, market data and educational information with the touch of a button. However, the internet is also a tool for con artists. Be alert for the following practices when you're online:
To Protect Your Money:
• Verify the online information with a credible source.
• Get a second opinion on internet investment opportunities from a qualified financial adviser.
• Check the registration of the person or company offering the investment.
Misrepresentation
Just because it's online doesn't mean it's true. The internet is not regulated. Company websites can be misleading; a company address listed on an attractive financial website could lead you to a scam.
Online Forums
You never know who the other people in the chat room really are. Con artists use fake online identities to post false news and predictions about investments for their own gain – and your loss.
Isn't that shocking that Scientists have very recently found out traces of the origin of an absolutely new species of the human race itself! Well the whole scientific community is at awe… They call it the Flores man. Flores men were dwarf people, yes these florce men were people, and they dwelled on a very remote Indonesian island as recently as not more than mere 18,000 years back from now! Does this mean we should soon have steven speilberg making a film on flores men? What if we show these drawfs like people taming those beasts of Jurassic Park! Let's move on to Indonesia!
Anyway, it's not a fantasy, Flores man did existed and it has already proved now… let's find out if they had forwarded their dynasty to today's world… Let's find out the broken link!
Google, in a attempt to increase it's quality and USP and to deliver high quality content to it's users, Google is gearing up to make available the content of millions of precious books owned by renowned university libraries.
As heard on internet, google is expected to start with New York Public Library, also extending the project to Harvard, Stanford, Michigan university libraries and Oxford's Bodleian Library. Books will be scanned and indexed as an extension of a project called Google Print.
Firefox is really catching too much fire now…. it's been hard time for opera…. but I just came to know that opera too has geared up in a great way and now throwing loads of ashes on all others…. I'll soon download the latest opera…. Opera has always been my favorite since ages…. I've never felt any browser as lighter and faster as opera… Thanks to the opera team… I really didn't personally felt anything such about firefox… May be it's not made to work great on XP… will have to check.. but for now, opera is my favorite!
Just came to know that orcale bought peoplesoft for over $10 billion! I think now it's time for oracle to get a jumpstart cover over a huge community of peoplesoft developers and users…. a brighter take over… what's the next target?
If ever there was a company that could challenge Apple Computer for the dominant position in the still-young digital music space, it should be Sony. Sony is mounting a new attack from an unlikely direction: video games. Sony's forthcoming Playstation Portable (PSP)–a handheld gaming platform–will be primarily a gaming device. But, its use of a new Sony-created storage disc format–the Universal Media Disc, which stores nearly 2 gigabytes–can't help but become an easy method for selling music.
I've learned….
That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned….
That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for
I've learned….
That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned….
That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned…
That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned….
That the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I've learned….
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I've learned….
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned….
That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I've learned…
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned….
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I've learned….
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've learned….
That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned…
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned….
That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I've learned…
That I wish I could have told those I cared about that I love them one more time before they passed away.
I've learned….
That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned….
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned….
That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I've learned….
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned ..
That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.
I've learned….
That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
Shelley Powers is using her wordpress knowledge to raise funds for a camera project she has undertaken. With her knowhow, she's helping out people to migrate form Movable type to Wordpress.
She writes " I did want to say thanks to those who have helped so far with the camera fund, or have trusted me enough to manage the move of their weblogs. I also wanted to thank those who have come out with tips on what to do with my current quirky camera. Because of them, I can continue to take the photos just like the ones posted this week until I do get my new camera. "
Best Wishes For Selley.
Scott at Coffee2code has written a very important plugin for wordpress that fetches and echoes the value of a custom field declared along with a post in wordpress. This is a very important plugin to expand the power of wordpress by adding more custom fields to a post. Simply add a custom field value in the post and call that custom field in the main loop or off the main loop in wordpress through any of the two different functions made to do the same… and cool… you get the custom field value fetched! This is something that wordpress developers have forgotten to add in their wordpress releases….