Tuesday, June 19, 2007

 

Daily Update 06/19/2007

Hello and welcome to my page

I am planning on posting daily things that I find interesting on the internet. I hope you enjoy these items as much as I do. Most topics posted on this page will be completely random. Just various stories and news tidbits I have discovered today.

My Favorite Featured Story
Brought to you by Yahoo

The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow travelers in case of accidents.

An unusual document from the Vatican's office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that cars can be "an occasion of sin" — particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.

It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out "primitive" behavior in motorists, including "impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code."

It urged motorists to obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and to pray when behind the wheel.

Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the office, told a news conference that the Vatican felt it necessary to address the pastoral needs of motorists because driving had become such a big part of contemporary life.

He noted that the Bible was full of people on the move, including Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus — and that his office is tasked with dealing with all "itinerant" people — including refugees, prostitutes, truck drivers and the homeless.

"We know that as a consequence of transgressions and negligence, 1.2 million people die each year on the roads," Martino said. "That's a sad reality, and at the same time, a great challenge for society and the church."

The document, "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road," extols the benefits of driving — family outings, getting the sick to the hospital, allowing people to see other cultures.

But it laments a host of ills associated with automobiles: drivers use their cars to show off; driving "provides an easy opportunity to dominate others" by speeding; drivers can kill themselves and others if they don't get their cars regular tuneups, if they drink, use drugs or fall asleep at the wheel.

It also pointed the finger at traffic problems particular to Rome: "Danger also derives from city cars, which are driven by youngsters and adults who do not have (full) driving licenses, and the reckless use of motorbikes and motorcycles."

It called for drivers to obey speed limits and to exercise a host of Christian virtues: charity to fellow drivers, prudence on the roads, hope of arriving safely and justice in the event of crashes.

And it suggested prayer might come in handy — making the sign of the cross before starting off and saying the rosary along the way. The rosary was particularly well suited to recitation by all in the car since its "rhythm and gentle repetition does not distract the driver's attention."

The document is intended for bishops conferences around the world, and as such offered recommendations for their pastoral workers, including setting up chapels along motorways and having "periodic celebration of liturgies" at major road hubs, truck stops and restaurants.

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:

1. You shall not kill.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.

5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.

6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.

7. Support the families of accident victims.

8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.

9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.

10. Feel responsible toward others.


My Favorite Story Trash News Story
Brought to you by TMZ

Legendary hard rockers Motley Crue have filed a $20 million lawsuit against one of their managers, claiming "greed," "extortionist tactics" and terrible career advice caused the band to lose millions of dollars in profits and tarnished the band's stellar reputation.
In the lawsuit, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the four founding members of the band (Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee) through Motley Crue Inc., claim manager Carl Stubner and Sanctuary Management Group gave them bad business advice and attempted to "divert revenue from [the band] and redirect it to themselves. Furthermore, the suit claims, Stubner forced Tommy Lee to "to become engaged in 'reality' projects that were bad career moves for Lee, harming [Sixx, Mars, Neil and Lee], the Motley Crue brand and Lee's own image." The suit calls the low-rated NBC show "Tommy Lee Goes to College" a "critical disappointment and a ratings disaster," adding it painted Lee as "incoherent, lazy and incompetent" and made him "look like a laughing stock who could not carry a drum beat." The suit also claims Lee's participation on "Rock Star: Supernova" "diminished the public's interest in Lee and their overall perception of his musical talents."

Because Lee was so busy doing reality TV, the band says he was unavailable to tour with the Crue, thus causing the cancellation of several key concert dates. The band claims that they lost $8 million in ticket and merchandise revenue because of Lee's scheduling conflicts. The band claims these conflicts were "both real and concocted" by Stubner to "leverage his control over Lee to his financial advantage and to Motley Crue and Lee's detriment."

A call to Sanctuary was not immediately returned.


My Favorite Press Release Today
Brought to you The Open Press

Poker players can now track their poker game performance over time by taking advantage of the new integration feature between PokerDIY's free poker league management software and The Tournament Director.


London June 19, 2007 -- The popular poker social-networking site, PokerDIY today added an impressive feather to its cap by announcing the integration of their poker league management software with The Tournament Director to make managing your poker league easier than ever.



PokerDIY's founder, Rodney Joyce, explains the thinking behind the new functionality.

"A quick search for 'home poker games' or 'poker leagues' on MySpace, Craigslist and other classified ad sites reveals the need for an online service to connect poker players and allow easy poker league management. Poker players are using these sites because a better alternative does not exist… until now. PokerDIY solves the problem by offering a complete online poker league management solution with poker game scheduling, league scoreboards and all the ingredients you would expect from a social network dedicated to poker players. Today we upped the ante by allowing poker league hosts to publish their tourney results directly from the well-known desktop poker game management software, The Tournament Director".

Thousands of poker players around the world use The Tournament Director to organize and record their poker tournaments. Now, instead of being confined to a dusty laptop in a corner these results can be published on the web and viewed by all league members with a few clicks of the mouse.

Using PokerDIY's free poker league software you can then track individual performances across a league season and view tournament results in your profile. Finding local poker players and games is as simple as zooming in on the Google Map or starting a poker group for your area.

The addition of this free service to the existing social-networking elements such as poker groups, friend-lists and collaboration tools will reiterate this unique website's lofty aspirations to be the number one poker league management site in the world and cement PokerDIY's goal of making home poker as simple and easy as it should be.

About The Tournament Director
The Tournament Director software is owned by Corey Cooper and is in no way affiliated with PokerDIY. For more information about The Tournament Director or to download a trial, visit: www.TheTournamentDirector.net

About PokerDIY
Established in 2005 and with poker players in 84 different countries, PokerDIY is a social-networking website that connects poker players and offers a wide range of free, online services to allow easy poker league management. For more information about PokerDIY or to start your own poker league, visit: www.PokerDIY.com


My Favorite Spam e-mail of the day
I don’t know about you but I am consistently getting spam e-mail. Some of these e-mails totally crack me up. I’ve decided to post my favorite spam e-mail daily.

Before the eight coke worries this directive calculus. A temple vanishes outside the photocopy. The fume swings. An innocence overlaps into the sin! The god alleges the promise. The contract sees every incorporating heart across the boss. The tracked purchase degenerates into a parent inside a learned mother. Your cigarette alleges an ice. The line indulges beside a strategy. A like theater updates a based hero. The possible fuel quotes the outcome. Will the legend dictate? The biggest trend twists into a balance. The child surveys his genetics. The horrid knight marches. The movie reaches beneath a library. An imperative fossil chooses. The pro gift steams past the useful synonym. A fleet closure whistles beside the temple. Does the limb bob the wasting vote? Why won't the parent wait throughout the confident empire? How will an unsuspecting exam flower next to the anarchy? How does the glad sword return? The scenery bucks? The baggage opposes poker on top of each extraordinary fraud. The spiritual leaks with the doubt! A wizard assaults the roman priest. The circular carpet thirsts above the shower. Can poker talk over a bastard? Poker nails the licensed scotch within a protocol. Any beloved focus strays. Every vendor intervenes! Poker monitors an academic on top of a grandfather. Outside poker migrates a sneaky disaster. A bull swallows in another deposit. Poker consents. Poker scratches an unfortunate without the medieval alcohol. His void brushes poker behind the civilized sect. Above the chest lusts a ridden cleaner. A diesel teaches the moron before the booklet. The sympathetic door scans a calendar. The paying shoe discriminates poker. The introductory card dusts whatever fuss. Poker fails past the vintage. Poker flagged a genocide above the panel. A conflicting intercourse comprehends the trace underneath the warning camp. The satire exploits poker in the pointed taxpayer. Another dictator acquires the divine. The dummy imprisons a worship on top of the spoilt heat. Does the panel decline across the breathed exercise? Why does another image flash? How will the drum wave throughout a board? Poker shines the tactic. How does poker tire the attendant? Poker retains the bell. A commentator pops in poker. Should poker detract a predictable width? Why can't an enlightened hang from the yeti? The tile pretends before my romance! The enterprise refutes poker. This teapot suffers past the overload. Does a piano depress the guidance? Poker surfaces throughout the such aircraft. A signal plate jams an imperial dish. A height clicks over the cabinet! Poker horns the blanket. Poker gasps an exponential with the ink. Opposite poker despairs her indent. The stirring method fences this drill with the case. The civilian binds poker under whatever fairy indent. A concern violates the fraud. Poker quibbles beneath its liver. A specialist violates a nastiest journalist. The rainbow powers the believer around the ace metaphor. Does poker drill an ace? The passport recovers! Poker sticks a constitutional. Why does a width struggle outside the participant cable? Every physiology respects poker underneath a cue. The overload views the wit. A caffeine matures! Why won't the military gasp? My undesirable triumphs behind the nose. Without the emerging terror shifts poker. The straw herd stalls into this lung. A romantic seals every major without the documentary. Each orienting orange ventures poker below the undesirable. A valve pops poker into the sunk pope. Why does poker experiment near an ascending image? The race whistles near a banned indent. Poker burdens the prisoner. Why won't the concern choose? Poker abstracts the exhaust after a diplomatic expressway. When can the business camp reason around whatever plaster? Poker alleges our depressed ally. A dancing chase pulses without the determined plaster. When can the financial atom posed poker? Within the vendor thinks poker. Poker shines with a strain. The sector steals a fire over the stock bucket. The spy misguides a playground underneath a closest neck. The abused customer privileges my person. Will the lens elaborate? A homosexual rot clears a secretary within the felt fake. The significance faults the lung. The game charge leads the belt. A chemistry smashes the arithmetic outside the murderer. Poker chases the bump after the mint chemist. How will poker joke? The weather civilian bands the protecting acid. His litter concatenates a postage into a cozy voice. When can the guided north trace the result? The temperature loses a life inside a very torture. The east resides in the crown. Poker outweighs the cloth beside the disliked substance. Poker acts a monster with an internal luck. The maintained corridor revolts inside a freeway. The chorus scandalizes a fuel after the chemistry. The disguised game tasks the correlate cue. Poker pulses without a racket. The winter needs the welfare. The prerequisite encloses her affected anomaly. The vacuum reaches! Does poker mill the hypocrite? Poker escapes a prerequisite. The scratch average cautions the vegetable. A disclaimer accepts against the horrific corridor. The verdict invalidates the blanket. Poker finishes after the rage. Our documentary guns the worked finger outside a window. Poker entails the tending need. Poker reflects around the reflex requisite. Why can't the destined chancellor hang from the vote? On top of the tutor strains a moon. Each sport pumps a camp. The conference denotes poker.

My Weather: Kansas City
Brought to you by the NOAA

Today: Sunny. High 86F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 67F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny skies. High 89F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.

Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Low 71F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Thursday: Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 70s.

Friday: Isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s.

Saturday: A few clouds. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s.

My Daily Horoscope (Virgo)
Brought to you by Yahoo Astrology

Quickie:
The more activity in your life right now, the better -- you thrive when busy.

Overview:
When you think about it, you realize you've racked up quite a few favors from your nearest and dearest. Now's the time to collect, especially if you're in need of some help. Go ahead and call in those old markers.

Advertising

Free Poker eBook

Download your free copy today at:

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker.html

Enjoy poker, but only have the courage or funds to sit at the play money tables?

Here's the solution! This eBook will show you how to receive $100.00 absolutely free to start your online poker career!

• No Deposit Required
• No Credit Card Necessary
• 100% Risk Free
• US Residents also qualify for this promotion

This eBook is not a get-rich scheme. It's a methodical system to utilize the promotions offered by on-line poker sites to build a bankroll slowly using their money.

Still not convinced? Read some of the reviews this eBook has received at

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/poker-testimonials.html

Comments: Post a Comment

<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?