Friday, July 31, 2009
Baby I love you and I’ll never let you go
But if I have to boy I think that you should know
All the love we made can never be erased
And I promise you that you will never be replaced
Baby I love you and I’ll never let you go
But if I have to boy I think that you should know
All the love we made can never be erased
And I promise you that you will never be replaced
I love you, yes I do
I’ll be with you as long as you want me to
Until (until) the end (the end) of time
From the day I met you I knew we’d be together
And now I know I wanna be with you forever
I wanna marry you, and I wanna have your kids
It can never compare to the feeling of your kisses
I can say I’m truly happy to this day
You`ve made me thank God that I live my life everyday
There’s never been a doubt, in my mind
That I regret ever having you by my side
But if the day comes that I have to let you go
I think there’s something I should probably let you know
Enjoy everyday, that I spend with you
And I will miss you cause I’m happy that I had you at all
Baby I love you and I’ll never let you go
But if I have to boy I think that you should know
The love we made can never be erased
And I promised you that you will never be replaced
Baby I love you and I’ll never let you go
But if I have to boy I think that you should know
The love we made can never be erased
And I promised you that you will never be replaced
You will never be replaced
I feel for you, boy, yes i do
I`ll be with you as long as you want me to
Until, the end, of time
Today is a winding road that’s taking me to places that I didn’t want to go
Whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Today in the blink of an eye I’m holding on to something and I do not know why
I tried
I tried to read between the lines
I tried to look in your eyes
I want a simple explanation
For what I’m feeling inside
I gotta find a way out
Maybe there’s a way out
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you’re unlike any other?
You’ll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don’t wanna ever love another
You’ll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder
Today is a winding road
Tell me where to start and tell me something I don’t know
Whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Today I’m on my own
I can’t move a muscle and I can’t pick up the phone
I don’t know (I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know)
And now I’m itching for the tall grass
And longing for the breeze
I need to step outside
Just to see if I can breathe
I gotta find a way out
Maybe theres a way out
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you’re unlike any other?
You’ll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don’t wanna ever love another
You’ll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
Yeah I’m walking on a tightrope
I’m wrapped up in vines
I think we’ll make it out
But you just gotta give me time
Strike me down with lightning
Let me feel you in my veins
I wanna let you know how much I feel your pain
Today is a winding road that’s taking me to places that I didn’t want to go
Whoa
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you’re unlike any other?
You’ll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don’t wanna ever love another
You’ll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder, and I said
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you’re unlike any other?
You’ll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
Oh baby bring on the pain
And listen to the thunder
You’re amazing but You’re taking too much time
I’ve only got six candles left and I’m tryingto keep this off my mind
It’s getting darker but it’s the way they make me feel
They try to fill my head with questions ‘cuz they all doubt You but I know that You are real
If it takes time then I’ll be patient
Know that I will still believe
I’ll take Your hand and hold it tightly
‘Cuz I know You’ll carry me
Take me whole, take me in
Take these last six candles
And when I’m tired and warin’ thin
Give me the strength to carry on
Here I am, see my hands
Take these last six candles
We’re movin’ on
We’ll keep, keep movin’ on
And I’m so thankful for every breath I take
There’s not a moment that goes by
I waste wipin’ tears out of my cryin’ face
Don’t look so sad, you’ve missed the point
I’m still so glad I knew you
Against the odds
I’ll take my chances and burn this candle through you
If it takes time then I’ll be patient
Know that I will still believe
I’ll take Your hand and hold it tightly
‘Cuz I know You’ll carry me
Take me whole, take me in
Take these last six candles
And when I’m tired and warin’ thin
Give me the strength to carry on
Here I am, see my hands
Take these last six candles
We’re movin’ on
We’ll keep, keep movin’ on
If I could ever see the way You understand me
When no one else can see it I know You so own me
I’ll be the one who listens only when You tell me
Not walking, but running, not talking ya-aa..
And they might not ever understand why I do what I do
But I can only speak my mind and what I feel is true
I’ll take a vow to be the only one to stand if it takes
All that I am I will be standing
Take me whole, take me in
Take these last six candles
And when I’m tired and warin’ thin
Give me the strength to carry on
Here I am, see my hands
Take these last six candles
We’re movin’ on
We’ll keep, keep movin’ on (x2)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Oooo oooo oooo
Oooo oooo ummm
She’s staring at me, I’m sitting wondering what she’s thinking
Ummm Nobody’s talking, cause’ talking just turns into screaming (Oooo)
And now yes I’m yelling over her, she yelling over me,
all that that means is neither of us are listening,
and what’s even worse, that we don’t even remember why we’re fighting
So both of us are mad for nothing, (fighting for)
nothing, (crying for)
nothing, (oohh)
When we won’t let it go for nothing, (come back for)
nothing,
it should be nothing
to a love like what we got oh baby
I know some times it’s gonna rain,
But baby can we make up now
cause’ I can’t sleep through the pain (can’t sleep through the pain)
girl I don’t want to go to bed, mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me
no I don’t want to go to bed mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh noo)
Umm
and it gets me upset girl when you’re constantly accusing
(asking questions like you already know)
hey we’re fighting this war when both of us are losing
(this ain’t the way that love is supposed to go, whatever happened to working it out?)
We fall into this place where you ain’t backing down, and I ain’t backing down,
so what the hell do we do now?
So both of us are mad for nothing, (fighting for)
nothing, (crying for)
nothing… (oohh)
When we won’t let it go for nothing,
nothing,
it should be nothing
to a love like what we got oh baby
I know some times it’s gonna rain,
But baby can we make up now
cause’ I can’t sleep through the pain (can’t sleep through the pain)
girl I don’t want to go to bed mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me
no I don’t want to go to bed mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh noo)
Oh baby this love ain’t gone be perfect, (perfect perfect oh no)
And just how good it’s gonna be
We can fuss and we can fight long as everything is alright between us before we go to sleep…
Baby we’re gonna be…
Yah…. Baby….
ohhhh….ohhhh
I know some times it’s gonna rain,
But baby can we make up now
cause’ I can’t sleep through the pain (can’t sleep through the pain)
girl I don’t want to go to bed mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me
no I don’t want to go to bed mad at you
and I don’t want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh noo, nooo, noo)
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
“You’ll never reach it”
Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
‘Cause there’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody’s gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa
Here we are, in the best years of our lives.
With no way of knowing, when the
whee’ll stop spinning cause we don’t
know where we’re going…
and here we are, on the best day of our lives.
And it’s a go, lets make it last, so cheers you
all to that, ’cause this moment’s never comin’ back
I used to know her brother, but I never
knew I loved her, ’till the day she laid her
eyes on me. Now I’m jumpin’ up and down,
she’s the only one around, and she means
every little thing to me
I’ve got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I’ve got
your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
long since we’ve been talkin’ and in a few
more days, we’ll both hook up, forever and ever
And here I am, on the west coast of
American and I’ve been tryin’ to think for weeks of
all the ways to ask you, And now
I’ve brought you to the place, Where I’ve
poured my heart out, a million times, for a million
reasons, To offer it to you
I used to know her brother, but I never
knew I loved her, ’till the day she laid her
eyes on me. Now I’m jumpin’ up and down,
she’s the only one around, and she means
every little thing to me
I’ve got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I’ve got
your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
long since we’ve been talkin’ and in a few
more days, we’ll both hook up, forever and ever
I used to know her brother, but I never
knew I loved her, ’till the day she laid her
eyes on me. Now I’m jumpin’ up and down,
she’s the only one around, and she means
every little thing to me
I’ve got your picture in my wallet, and your
Phone number to call it, and I miss you more,
Whenever I think about you,. I’ve got
your mixed tape in my Walkman, been so
long since we’ve been talkin’ and in a few
more days, we’ll both hook up, forever and ever
I never thought that I’d fall in love, love, love, love
But it grew from a simple crush, crush, crush, crush
Being without you girl, I was all messed up, up, up, up
When you walked out, said that you’d had enough-nough-nough-nough
Been a fool, girl I know
Didn’t expect this is how things would go
Maybe in time, you’ll change your mind
Now looking back i wish i could rewind
Because i can’t sleep til you’re next to me
No i can’t live without you no more
Oh i stay up til you’re next to me
Til this house feels like it did before
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Remember telling my boys that I’d never fall in love, love, love, love
You used to think I’d never find a girl I could trust, trust, trust, trust
And then you walked into my life and it was all about us, us, us, us
But now I’m sitting here thinking I messed the whole thing up, up, up, up
Been a fool (fool), girl I know (know)
Didn’t expect this is how things would go
Maybe in time (time), you’ll change your mind (mind)
Now looking back i wish i could rewind
Because i can’t sleep til you’re next to me
No i can’t live without you no more (without you no more)
Oh i stay up til you’re next to me (to me)
Til this house feels like it did before (Because it)
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Feels like insomnia ah ah (Ah), Feels like insomnia ah ah
Ah, i just can’t go to sleep
Cause it feels like I’ve fallen for you
It’s getting way too deep
And i know that it’s love because
I can’t sleep til you’re next to me
No i can’t live without you no more (without you no more)
Oh i stay up til you’re next to me (to me)
Til this house feels like it did before
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah
Say you’re sorry
That face of an angel comes out
Just when you need it to
As I pace back and forth all this time
‘Cause
I honestly believed in you
Holdin’ on,
The days drag on
Stupid girl
I should have known, I should have known
That I’m not a princess
This ain’t a fairytale
I’m not the one you’ll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain’t Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.
Maybe I was naïve,
Got lost in your eyes
I never really had a chance.
My mistake, I didn’t know to be in love you had to fight to have the upperhand.
I had so many dreams about you and me.
Happy endings;
Now I know
I’m not a princess
This ain’t a fairytale
I’m not the one you’ll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain’t Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.
And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness,
Begging for me
Just like I always wanted,
But I’m so sorry
Cause Im not your princess
This aint a fairytale
Im gonna find someone, Some day
Who might actually treat me well.
This is a big world,
That was a small town
There in my rearview mirror,
Disappearing now.
And it’s too late for you and your White Horse,
Now its too late for you and your White Horse
To catch me now.
Oh whoa whoa whoa-oh
Try and catch me now
Whoa-Oh
It’s too late
To catch me now
We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I’m standing there on a balcony in summer air.
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd
and say hello;
Little did I know
That you were Romeo; you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet.”
And I was crying on the staircase,
begging you, ‘Please, don’t go.’
And I said,
“Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess
It’s a love story – baby just say ‘Yes.’
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet ’cause we’re dead if they knew.
So close your eyes; escape this town for a little while.
‘Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said “Stay away from Juliet,”
But you were everything to me; I was begging you, ‘Please, don’t go,’
And I said,
“Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting; all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess
It’s a love story – baby just say ‘Yes.’
Romeo save me; they’re tryin’ to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it’s real.
Don’t be afraid; we’ll make it out of this mess.
It’s a love story – baby just say ‘Yes.’
Oh.
I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever comin’ around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said,
“Romeo save me – I’ve been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in my head? I don’t know what to think-”
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
“Marry me, Juliet. you’ll never have to be alone.
I love you and that’s all I really know.
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress;
It’s a love story – baby just say ‘Yes.’
Oh, oh.
We were both young when I first saw you
Monday, March 16, 2009
Instant Messaging
Photo credit: Andrew Fishbitt
Instant messaging differs from traditional e-mail in the fact that communications can be sent and received instantly.
It is also true - though most instant messaging uses today ignore this fact - that instant messaging does not require those very messages to be always exchanged in real-time, in each and every situation.
That means, that as instant messengers will gradually become more familiar tools to a greater number of users, it will become increasingly common to use IM also for non-instantaneous/asynchronous communications.
While until today most instant messaging application have required the download and use of a dedicated client program we are now seeing the emergence of instant messaging tools that allow access to major instant messaging networks directly from any Internet connected web browser, PDA or mobile phone.
"In early instant messaging programs, each letter appeared as it was typed, and when letters were deleted to correct typos this was also seen in real time. This made it more like a telephone conversation than exchanging letters.
These services owe many ideas to an older (and still popular) online chat medium known as Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
In early instant messaging programs each character appeared as it was typed. The UNIX "talk" command shown in these screenshots was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s."(Source: Wikipedia)
In modern instant messaging programs, the other party in the conversation generally only sees each line of text right after a new line is started.
Most instant messaging systems allow the user to set an online status or away message, so peers get notified whenever the user is available, busy, or away from the computer.
On the other hand, people are not forced to reply immediately to incoming messages. This way, communication via instant messaging can be less intrusive than communication via phone, which is partly a reason why instant messaging is becoming more and more important in every day business and academic use.
What really characterizes instant messaging from other forms of text messaging applications is in fact the use of an indicator of "presence", which enables the user of an instant messaging applications to rendez-vous with his/her counterparties and see their availability status.
Instant messaging typically boosts communication and allows easy collaboration. In contrast to e-mails or phone, the parties know whether the peer is available.
The fact that instant messages typically get logged in a local message history closes the gap to the persistent nature of e-mails, facilitating quick, safe, and persistent exchange of information such as URLs of web pages which cannot be easily exchanged when on a telephone communication.
"The Most Popular Instant Messengers"
Saturday, March 14, 2009
'Government Website"
Some Examples of Government Website
The Office of the Ombudsman is charged with five major functions. These are Public Assistance, Graft Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution and Administrative Adjudication. The framers of the 1987 Constitution defined the role of the Office of the Ombudsman as a watchdog, to monitor the "general and specific performance of government officials and employees." It also serves as a mobilizer, to effectively "utilize the support of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the youth sector and other major sectors of society" in the campaign against graft and corruption
"The Bureau of Cuctoms"
aims to provide a customs service more responsive to clients' needs and supportive of government goals, and adhering to world's best practices that every Filipino can be truly proud of.
To date, the BOC boasts of having fully computerized its core import processes. The BOC is starting to computerize its export processes, taking advantage of emerging technologies for more efficient and responsive services. The BOC vows to ensure that all customs offices in major ports all over the country will be linked into a seamless network that will transform the BOC into an agency that serves its clients through a modern technology-based structure complemented by competent, and dedicated personnel.
The powers and functions of the NEDA reside in the NEDA Board. It is the country's premier social and economic development planning and policy coordinating body.
The Board is composed of the President as chairman, the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and NEDA Director-General as vice-chairman, and the following as members: the Executive Secretary and the Secretaries of Finance, Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources, Public Works and Highways, Budget and Management, Labor and Employment, and Interior and Local Government.
Pursuant to Sec. 4 of EO 230, empowering the President to modify the membership of the Board whenever deemed necessary, the following members have been added:
The Secretaries of Health, Foreign Affairs, and Agrarian Reform (per Memorandum Order No. 164, dated 21 March 1988); the Secretary of Science and Technology (per Memorandum Order No. 235, dated 19 May 1989); and the Secretary of Transportation and Communications (per Memorandum Order No. 321, dated 26 September 1990). In addition, the Secretary of Energy (per R.A. No. 7638, approved Dec. 9, 1992) and the Deputy Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (per Section 124 of R.A. No. 7653, approved June 14, 1993) have been added as members of the NEDA Board.
"Social Networking"
The easiest way to understand social networking is to think of it like high school. You had friends in school, and you knew quite a few people even if you weren't friends with all of them, but it's likely that you didn't know everyone.
If you ever moved to a new school -- or if you can imagine moving to a new school -- you start out with no friends. After attending classes, you start meeting people, and as you meet them, you begin associating with those that have similar interests.
Getting started with social networking is much the same as starting at a new school. At first, you don't have any friends. But as you join groups, you begin to meet people, and you build a friends list of those with similar interests.
Friends. Friends are trusted members of the site that are allowed to post comments on your profile or send you private messages. You can also keep tabs on how your friends are using social networking, such as when they post a new picture or update their profile. Friends are the heart and soul of social networking. It should be noted that not all social networks refer to them as 'friends' -- Linkedin refers to them as 'connections -- but all social networks have a way to designate members as trusted.
Groups. Most social networks use groups to help you find people with similar interests or engage in discussions on certain topics. A group can be anything from "Johnson High Class of '98" to "People Who Like Books" to "Doors Fans". They are both a way to connect with like-minded people and a way to identify your interests. Sometimes, groups are called by other names, such as the 'networks' on Facebook.
Discussions. A primary focus of groups is to create interaction between users in the form of discussions. Most social networking websites support discussion boards for the groups, and many also allow members of the group to post pictures, music, video clips, and other tidbits related to the group.
Blogs. Another feature of some social networks is the ability to create your own blog entries. While not as feature-rich as blog hosts like Wordpress Blogger, blogging through a social network is perfect for keeping people informed on what you are up to.
Widgets. A popular way of letting your personality shine through is by gracing your social networking profile with web widgets. Many social networks allow a variety of widgets, and you can usually find interesting widgets located on widget galleries.
Most of us have hobbies, or things that we are keenly interested in such as books, television, video games or movies. Social networks allow us to reach out to others that have the same interests.
For example, if you like movies, Flixter can help you decide if you might like a new movie just out at the theaters. If you like music, Last, FM can help you find new artists that are similar to your favorite bands.
'Kinds of Social Networking"
LiveJournal was started in March 1999 byBrad Fitzpatrick as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities. In January 2005, blogging software company six part purchased Danga interactive, the company that operated LiveJournal, from Fitzpatrick.
On December 2,2007, Six Apart announced it was selling LiveJournal to SUP, a Russian media company that had been licensing the LiveJournal brand and software for use in Russia. The new owners unveiled a plan to upgrade the service, engage with the LiveJournal community and launch new products for advertisers. This work would be undertaken by the newly formed American-based company LiveJournal, Inc.On january 6,2009, it was announced that LiveJournal had laid off a majority of their San Francisco-based employees and moved product development and design functions to Russia.
The term "friend" on LiveJournal is mostly a technical term; however, because the term "friend" is emotionally loaded for many people, there have been discussions in such LiveJournal communities as lj dav and lj biz, as well as suggerstions about whether the term should be used in this way; this conflict is discussed in greater detail below.
A user's list of friends (friends list, often shortened to flist) will often include several communities and RSS feeds in addition to individual users. Generally, "friending" allows the friends of a user to read protected entries and causes the friends' entries to appear on the user's "friends page." Friends can also be grouped together in "friends groups," allowing for more complex behavior in both of these features.
In addition, LiveJournal acts as host to group journals, dubbed "communities" (frequently abbreviated as comms). Anyone who joins a community can make posts to it as they would on a regular journal; communities also have "maintainers", ordinary users who run the community and oversee membership and moderation.
Some areas of LiveJournal rely heavily on user contributions and volunteer efforts.[7] In particular, the LiveJournal Support area is run almost entirely by unpaid volunteers. Similarly, the website is translated into other languages by volunteers, although this effort is running down due to a perceived lack of involvement from the LiveJournal administration.
The development of the LiveJournal software has seen extensive volunteer involvement in the past. In Febuary and March 2003, there was even an effort, nicknamed the Bazaar, to boost volunteer performance by offering money in return for "wanted" enhancements or improvements. The Bazaar was intended to follow a regular monthly pay-out scheme, but it ended up paying out only once, after which it was neglected without a word from the management until about one year later when it was shut down.
Nowadays, voluntary contributions to the software are considered for inclusion less and less as the company has acquired more and more paid employees who focus on the organization's commercial interests. This has led to the formation of several forks, many of which introduce new features that users would like to see at LiveJournal, especially features that are brought up repeatedly in LiveJournal's own suggestions journal.
In some cases legal and administrative concerns have led LiveJournal to prohibit some people from volunteering.
iGrab – A media search tool allowing users to find, download and organize videos and images directly onto their local hard drive. This tool not only works on the Broadcaster site, it also can be configured for any number of other popular new media sites.
StudioPRO – A video utility that enables users to capture any video that is playing on their screen, including live web streams or downloaded video clips. Users can then create new compilations which they can rebroadcast onto the web through their webcams.
Deskbar – A desktop tool that allows users to receive instant notifications of the availability of new videos, member messages and breaking news on the Broadcaster site.
Parental Control – This tool ensures that only authenticated users are able to access mature content while surfing the Internet.
College Tonight
"College Tonight"
is a social networking service for U.S. college-aged students, graduate students, and alumni. It focuses on nightlife events and social opportunities on and near college campuses. Students utilize the service to explore their communities and socially interact. The unique platform also allows the advertising sector to tap into active, outgoing, and socially motivated young people. Starting a profile requires an e-mail address with an ".edu" ending.
The site is the brainchild of Emory University alumnus, Zach Suchin, and Emory University student, Jason Schutzbank. The company launched a beta version in September 2006 and launched the official site to the public in September 2007, beginning with a nine-month nightlife tour at 192 campuses across the country.
On August 13, 2007, Simex Technologies, Inc. (OTC: SMXT) announced that it had submitted a Letter of Intent to acquire College Tonight, Inc. in a reverse merger.The reverse merger has now been completed making it a subsidiary of Simex. College Tonight was able to raise $1,639,500 in equity capital as part of the transaction.While an undergraduate at Emory University in Atlanta, Zach Suchin made money promoting events and realized there was nothing out there that offered students a chance to explore new nightlife opportunities. He conceptualized a website that not only informs people of the nightlife options in their direct area, but also helps them enjoy an interactive, networking experience that goes beyond the physical computer. Years later, Zach and current Emory undergraduate Jason Schutzbank made Zach’s dream a reality with the launch of collegetonight.com. Zach found angel investors for the initial startup capital. College Tonight is currently available at 194 campuses.
College Tonight is a privacy-protected, registered-users-only social network that encourages actual social interactivity. It establishes distinct networks for each U.S. college, where students can post information about parties, concerts, and social events, download contact lists to their mobile phones, and make plans to meet up. The site has many features, including The Entourage, My Hook-Ups, and My Drunk Dials.But, despite all the "party central" features, the company’s main concern is to keep users’ privacy intact and, to this end, has employed a former FBI profiler, Jonh Doglas, as its security advisor. College Tonight has also added him onto their board of advisers.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Typically, a search engine works by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each query.
The term "search engine" is often used generically to describe crawler-based search engines, human-powered directories, and hybrid search engines. These types of search engines gather their listings in different ways, through crawler-based searches, human-powered directories, and hybrid searches.
Crawler-based search engines
Crawler-based search engines, such as Google (http://www.google.com), create their listings automatically. They "crawl" or "spider" the web, then people search through what they have found. If web pages are changed, crawler-based search engines eventually find these changes, and that can affect how those pages are listed. Page titles, body copy and other elements all play a role.
The life span of a typical web query normally lasts less than half a second, yet involves a number of different steps that must be completed before results can be delivered to a person seeking information. The following graphic (Figure 1) illustrates this life span (from http://www.google.com/corporate/tech.html):
1. The web server sends the query to the index servers. The content inside the index servers is similar to the index in the back of a book - it tells which pages contain the words that match the query.
2. The query travels to the doc servers, which actually retrieve the stored documents. Snippets are generated to describe each search result.
Human-powered directories
A human-powered directory, such as the Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org/about.html) depends on humans for its listings. (Yahoo!, which used to be a directory, now gets its information from the use of crawlers.) A directory gets its information from submissions, which include a short description to the directory for the entire site, or from editors who write one for sites they review. A search looks for matches only in the descriptions submitted. Changing web pages, therefore, has no effect on how they are listed. Techniques that are useful for improving a listing with a search engine have nothing to do with improving a listing in a directory. The only exception is that a good site, with good content, might be more likely to get reviewed for free than a poor site.
Hybrid search engines
Today, it is extremely common for crawler-type and human-powered results to be combined when conducting a search. Usually, a hybrid search engine will favor one type of listings over another. For example, MSN Search (http://www.imagine-msn.com/search/tour/moreprecise.aspx) is more likely to present human-powered listings from LookSmart (http://search.looksmart.com/). However, it also presents crawler-based results, especially for more obscure queries.
it was one of the three largest and most important search engines for many years, but it is no longer as popular as it used to be. It had two distinct search modes: Basic Search and Advanced Search. In August 2000, it introduced a third: the Power Search. In Feb. 2002, the Power Search features were added to the Advanced Search page and then in Nov. 2002 were also moved to the More Precision page. There are some significant differences between the Basic and Advanced search pages, as will be seen below. In Feb. 2003, AltaVista was brought by Overture. Overture expected to merge the AltaVista and AlltheWeb databases later in 2003, but once Yahoo! bought Overture, AltaVista's database was replaced by a Yahoo!/Inktomi on March 25, 2004. Use the table of contents on the left to navigate this review.Database:AltaVista has a variety of databases:Web database: AltaVista's own indexed Web pages including PDF filesDirectory: Open Directory (formerly LookSmart)News: AltaVista's own crawled pages (formerly from Moreover)Ads: from OvertureImages: AltaVista's own crawled image filesAudio and Video: AltaVista's own crawled multimedia filesAltaVista has experimented with a variety of databases in addition to their regular Web page database. In the past, they have served results from Ask Jeeves, their own Usenet database, RemarqUsenet, Overture (formerly GoTo) ads, RealNames Internet Keywords, and Look smart categories. As of Dec. 2002, most of these additional databases are gone, except for the Overture paid positioning results which may appear at the top and bottom of results, labeled as "Sponsored Matches." AltaVista does have other databases available, including images, MP3/audio, video, directory, and News databases. In addition, there are the Altavista Shortcut which may show up at the top of regular search results. These provide quick links to selected popular information.
=== Hotbot===
HotBot, owned by Terra/Lycos, is one of older Web search engines. Originally it just used the Inktomi database and then added Derict hit and the Open directory. Then in Dec. 2002, it relaunchedas a multiple search engine with Inktomi, Fast, Google, and Teoma. In July 2003, they stayed with the same four databases, but renamed them HotBot, Lycos, Google, and Ask Jeeves. Lycos was dropped in March 2004. This review covers HotBot using the Inktomi database, which they now call "HotBot." See the Google and Teoma (Ask Jeeves) reviews for more details on how their database and interface work, bearing in mind that not all features are available at HotBot. The basic search screen shows no options, but choose Advanced Search for the full range of search features. To see how HotBot used to work, see the old Search Engine Showdown Review. Use the table of contents on the left to navigate this review.HotBot offers the choice of three search engine databases:* HotBot (which is actually a Yahoo!/Inktomi database, and the version reviewed here)* Google* Ask Jeeves (the Teoma database)HotBot is one of the early Internet search engines and was launched in May 1996 as a service of Wired Magazine. It was launched using a "new links" strategy of marketing, claiming to update its search database more often than its competitors. It also offered free webpage hosting, but only for a short time, and it was taken down without any notice to its users. Though competitive when it was acquired by Lycos in 1998, HotBot has in recent years reduced its scope. Today the website is merely a front end for third-party search engines Yahoo.com, and MSN, as well as Lycos' own lyGo.com. It was one of the first search engines to offer the ability to search within search results. The site still exists, however it is run by Yahoo! mainly.
==Dogpile==
Dogpile is a meta-search engine that transmits a search simultaneously to several individual search engines and their databases of Web pages. The default list of search engines queried varies. You can also customize Dogpile to search specific search engines. Results are retrieved in lists of 10 hits from each engine queried. If more than 10 results are found, a link to the next list of hits is given. It is important to remember that meta-search engines only spend a short time in each database and may only retrieve a small percentage of any of the results in any of the databases queried.Dogpile also for me is a best example of search engines for the reason that Dogpile fetches and ranks results from multiple search engines, letting you search for key word, pictures, audio, video, news,or phone numbers
Saturday, February 14, 2009
My Valentines
Saturday, January 10, 2009
I Love you my Parents
Sleepless nights, you sung to me lullabies
Till I grew up, you did not change you are kind
So, for that, I love you more than my life.
Dear Parents, I craved the horizon of success
Being a part, the only gift I guess
Sometimes I’m down trodden, you’re there
for sweet caress. I know not what to treasure,
only the love you deserved.
Mother, knowing I could not repay you
I could not find a mother just like you
You are a wonderful indeed, I Love You
Father, wishing you go to life, a perfect one
You even work hard just for us
Accept our uncertainties, you tenderly love us
Perhaps – someday – well be blessed, at last
I though so many times, so much times
How can I express my unfading love for you
My pen finds the way I could
So let this poem be my expression
Parents I Love You ....
What is young life??
Young Life doesn't start with a program. It starts with adults who are concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship. These relationships don't happen overnight — they take time, patience, trust and consistency.
So Young Life leaders log many hours with kids — where they are, as they are. We listen to their stories and learn what's important to them because we genuinely care about their joys, triumphs, heartaches and setbacks.
We believe in the power of presence. Kids' lives are dramatically impacted when caring adults come alongside them, sharing God's love with them. Because their Young Life leader believes in them, they begin to see that their lives have great worth, meaning and purpose.
This is the first step of a lifelong journey; the choices they make today, based upon God's love for them, will impact future decisions … careers chosen, marriages formed and families raised. All ripples from the time when a Young Life leader took time to reach out and enter their world.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
My Ambition
My Ambition
To mount on eagles' wings and soar away
Beyond the palings of the common lot,
Scorning the griefs and joys of every day;
I would be human, toiling like the rest,
With tender, human heart-beats in my breast.
Not on cold, lonely heights, above the ken
Of common mortals, would I build my fame,
But in the kindly hearts of living men.
There, if permitted, would I write my name;
Who builds above the clouds must dwell alone-
I count good-fellowship above a throne.
And so beside my door I sit and sing
My simple strains, now sad, now light and gay;
Happy if this or that but wake one string
Whose low, sweet echoes give me back the lay;
And happier still if, girded by my song,
Some strained and tempted soul stands firm and strong.
Humanity is much the same; if I
Can give my neighbor's pent-up thought a tongue,
And can give voice to his unspoken cry
Of bitter pain, when my own heart is wrung,
Then we two meet upon a common land,
And henceforth stand together, hand in hand.
I send my thought its kindred thought to greet,
Out to the far frontier, through crowded town.
Friendship is precious, sympathy is sweet
So these be mine I ask no laurel crown.
Such my ambition, which I here unfold ;
So it be granted, mine is wealth untold.