Many believe that it is always safer to drive a four-wheel-drive vehicle, especially in snow and ice. However, “when it comes to stopping, four-wheel-drive vehicles have no advantage over two-wheel-drive vehicles,” reports The Wall Street Journal. According to insurance marketing officials, some of the most popular models actually have “worse than average injury and collision insurance claims.” Evidently, many drivers become overconfident and take unnecessary risks when driving vehicles with four-wheel drive. A researcher at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, noted that “through movies and TV, people have come to associate four-wheel drives with a sense of independence and freedom.” This sense of power and invincibility can interfere with sound judgment, which is ultimately the best policy for safe driving.

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For many years, a real dilemma for legal and medical experts has been determining the veracity of personal-injury claims. Is the victim really in great pain, or is he feigning it so as to get a large monetary settlement?

A new method of pain detection—thermography—may be the answer. “The technique uses infrared sensors to make a multi-colored picture of temperature variations on the skin,” says a report in The Globe and Mail of Canada. Pain in soft tissue, which cannot be detected by X ray, will show up in the infrared picture because of temperature differences due to muscle spasms or constriction of blood vessels. Courts in several states in the US have accepted thermograms as evidence. Thus, thermography according to Tennessee injury lawyers may be a blessing to the honest sufferer and help to expose the malingerer.

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Advanced technology has turned shopping into a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week pastime for many internet users worldwide. Consumers can shop non-stop over the Internet, buying almost anything and everything you can see inside a mall. Many people purchase electronic gadgets like cellphones, ipods, computers, TVs, PSPs, camcorders, LCDs, etc. The Circuit City Store is well known for it’s quality electronics products and extensive range of affordable home entertainment systems. So if you don’t have the time visit an electronic store, you can just sit back, relax and use your computer and click on buy at the comfort of your home.

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I’ve been using Windows Vista with my laptop at home since my sister got her HP notebook last year. While in the office I use an older version called Windows XP. Microsoft announced that they will be releasing this November a new operating system called Windows 7. The new operating system can be installed in personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs and media center PCs. We will probably upgrade our OS once Windows 7 is available in the market.

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There also have been significant developments in computer “software” or the programs that control what computers do. In the past, if you wanted a computer to do some work for you, it was necessary to code your request into computer language. Such “programming” is complicated business and takes a great deal of time and effort. The programmer needs a detailed knowledge of a computer’s makeup. For this reason, computers traditionally have been the exclusive domain of those in the computing profession. But that is not the case today. The last decade has seen the development of control programs or “operation systems” that “manage” the computer and make it more usable. They allow users to communicate their needs directly to the computer in human language. Doctors, scientists, schoolboys, teachers, housewives—in fact, even persons with no knowledge of how a computer works—can get one to perform by using simple, English-like commands. Furthermore, the control programs “time-share,” that is, they enable many users to share computer time, allowing the enormous capacity to be used in serving many persons all at the same time.
Another very important software development involves computer communication via telephone lines. In recent years, the telephone networks have been used to carry coded data between terminals and computers. Due to the growth of this kind of activity, the public telephone authorities are cooperating internationally to develop networks exclusively for conveying computer information. Unlike the public telephone networks, these “data networks” will allow for multi-way conversations between machines.
Whereas the advances in hardware have made the computer more powerful, advances in software have made it more usable. Since computers are now more usable than in earlier years, manufacturers have been able to offer personal computing for the first time.

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I love pictures. It equates with memories and if there are moments in our lives, it is best to have pictures to keep it alive. When we are travelling to new places, our photos are the BEST souvenirs that we can bring home. How important it is to have a digital flash memory card that can store lots of pictures. For those who have kids like me, we also use our camera to capture our kid’s milestones through video. If our memory cards do not have big storage space, we would end up deleting pictures and videos from time to time to free up some space.

I hate doing that especially when we are travelling. So I always make sure that we got a memory card that can store lots of pictures and videos.

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People are asking me about setting their own website. Three years ago, all these are new to me and I was contented blogging using the free blogger then later on Wordpress. I often wonder how people can set up their very own domain and have their own niche in the blogosphere. I found the answers to my questions when I met Amore. I can still recall how happy I was when she volunteered to help me create my first and very own domain. It is way way way better than blogspot and free wordpress as I can do a lot of things that includes earning money on the side.

Does that interest you? If yes, then the first thing you should do is find a good and reliable webhosting company. There are a lot of good resources in the web and I recommend looking at webhostinggeeks.com. It ranks the webhosts out there according to features and consumer reviews. It also has a lot of good articles on how one can find a good host and information about hosting services. These would be helpful in making the right decision and establishing your own a site successfully.

I’m glad Amore and I chose a good host. We never really got downtimes and service is superb.

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Having your own domain and hosting is great. I’ve tried blogging through Blogger and then Wordpress but nothing beats having your own website. For one, you can tweak it to your liking and you can earn extra bucks from it. I had my very own site 2 years ago and my friend Amore helped me set it up. So I didn’t have any problems choosing my own host. We chose Hostmonster and so far we are happy with it. There are no downtimes and it is relatively easy to set up.

I have friends who wanted to have their own site but I cannot recommend Amore any longer as she is no longer accepting any for hosting services. I always refer them to this great web hosting resource site. Webhostingrating.com has comprehensive consumer reviews for different web hosting services out there. This will make you equipped to choose the best hosting service available and well-suited for your needs.

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I got this from my mailbox today and I thought it is soooooo funny to share.

Tomato Story

A Jobless man applied for the position of ‘office boy’ at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

‘You are employed’ he said. Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.

The man replied ‘But I don’t have a computer, neither an email’. ‘I’m sorry’, said the HR manager. If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist, cannot have the job.’

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.

The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.

Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.

He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email. The man replied,’I don’t have an email.’ The broker answered curiously, ‘You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!’ The man thought for a while and replied, ‘Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!’

Moral of the story

Moral 1
Internet is not the solution to your life.

Moral 2
If you don’t have Internet, but work hard, you can be a millionaire.

Moral 3
If you received this message by email,
you are closer to being an office boy/girl, than a millionaire. ………

P.S - Do not forward this email back to me,
I am closing my email account & going to sell tomatoes!!!

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My blogs have been a little bit quiet since the last BIG G update. No need to guess why. It happens and I stopped thinking about its cause a long time ago. I think the best way to go is still have multiple blogs. At least you have more avenues to earn. Plus I’m also thinking of going pro-blogging full blast.

I’m still hesitant because it is a big leap of faith but this is something I enjoy doing at the moment. Writing my thoughts and sharing it with the whole world. I would also want to spend more time with the family. I hope M0rn1ng will be able to get a stable income in the next couple of months so that I could muster the courage to start my plan.

I’m thinking of starting another blog or two. It will be niche blog which deals with Food and the other would be around health or interesting facts. That would be the topics I would enjoy writing about. My two current blogs were all hosted by my dear friend Amore so I didn’t have any problems setting it up. Since she is expecting a baby soon, I don’t think she can host my future blogs so I’m trying to find my way and learn more about this hosting thing.

The best sites are those that show you web hosting ratings. This is the best way to choose because it lists all the hosting companies side by side with its ranking, price, reviews, and other pertinent information. I found out that our current host, Hostmonster is ranked at number five. Not bad huh. Looking at it, I might try Web Hosting Pad as the reviews are great, lands at number two in the rankings and is reasonably priced at $3.96.

When I took a look at the web hosting awards and I was torn to choosing Globat.com. This is because they’ve received a lot of awards such as, Best Budget Hosting, Best Blog Hosting, Best PHP Hosting, Best Email Hosting, and Best Ecommerce Hosting. Which do you think is best?

Anyway, I’m new to all this things so I am very thankful to the web hosting tutorials I was able to find. I hope I could decide in a few months time. Deep in my heart I know that this is the best way to go. I’m just afraid to leave all the financial security a day job gives.

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