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If you’re tired of playing backgammon with your offline friends, why not try to play it online and make new friends? Yes boys and girls, you can now play backgammon online. You can go to GAMMON FORTUNE which offers the latest information about backgammon tournaments
and events. There are also tips on how to play backgammon online and offline better. And
for those who are not native English speakers, don’t fret coz the site
is available in six languages! So, are you ready to play online backgammon with me? Come on over!

Plastic money or credit card has become a necessity in our world. At first it was only professionals and those with stable jobs who got these modern money replacement. Then suddenly credit card companies campaigned aggressively which resulted to almost everybody having the little plastic item with magnetic strips. Even college students are now able to get credit cards! If you’re a parent and worried about the money situation of your child in faraway college, why not choose and apply among the many Credit Cards For College Students? There’s the Discover Student Card, Bank of America Student Platinum Plus Visa Credit Card, The Allow Card, Citi Platinum Select Card for College Students, etc, etc. There are many choices so it’s up to you, the parent, to get the best credit card for your beloved child.

Another year ends and Top 10 lists of everything are being released left and right. Here’s my fave list — Top 5 torrent sites of 2007! Full article is HERE.

1. Mininova - Without a doubt the most visited BitTorrent site. In November, Mininova reached a milestone by entering the list of the 50 most visited websites on the Internet.

2. IsoHunt - IsoHunt continued to grow this year. In September they were forced to close their trackers to US traffic because of the issues they have with the MPAA, but this had no effect on the visitor count.

3. The Pirate Bay - The Pirate Bay has been in the news quite a bit this year and remains not only the most used BitTorrent tracker, but also one of the most visited BitTorrent sites. At the moment they are fighting with IsoHunt for the second place in this list.

4. Torrentz - Torrentz is the only “torrent site” in the top 10 that doesn’t host .torrent files. Several improvements and new features have been introduced over the past year such as a comment system, private bookmarks and a cleaner layout.

5. BTjunkie - BTjunkie was one of the fastest risers last year and continued to grow throughout 2007. Last month they were, like many others, forced to leave their ISP (LeaseWeb), but the transition to a new host went smoothly and didn’t result in any downtime.

Being a medical doctor (as yet to take the board exam) with 3 years clinical experience, my eyes have been opened to the fact that there other healthcare professionals out there. It’s not just doctors and nurses – there are medical assistants, techs in x-ray laboratory, occupational therapists and physical therapists, to name a few. From what I’ve heard, there are many licensed and practicing doctors who, when seeking greener pastures abroad, preferred to take the roles of medical assistants. Some people look down on what they thought of “demotion” on the part of the doctors. But that’s hardly true. According to a healthcare website, and I quote –

"At one time, doctors were thought of as the fabric of the medical institution, but things are changing with managed care as nurses and medical assistants are finally receiving rightful credit for their increasing role in patient care, performing examinations, administering therapy treatments, and managing insurance and billing records."

If you want to be a doctor but have no means to afford the expensive tuition fees (and can’t get a scholarship too), you can try and get into medical assistant training programs in medical assistant schools. This way, you are in the field you want and earn money to save up for your future medical school expenses IF and when you decide to enroll. Just search “medical assistant programs” in Google to see the choices available for you.

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But have no time? If you have an old boat which you’d like to donate then you’ll be doing charity work already! That is, if you donate it to Boat Angel, a part of Angel Ministries, that use boat donations to create children’s animation DVDs and anti-drug documentaries. This charity company gives out the DVDs for FREE that contain positive videos that will inculcate good values to your kids. It may sound very simple – donate boat and help charity but promise, your boat will go a long way! So how does their charity works out? The members of the ministry refurbish the donated boats and sell them at eBay (where else??). The money from the sale will then be used to make the DVDs and for shipping fees.

If you’re interested about their Children’s Christian Animations on DVDs, you can order them for free. To preview some of their videos and for more info, you can search YouTube with the term “carangel”. Just recently, the ministry has completed their AntiDrug Use documentary starring skateboard legends Jay Adams from Dogtown’s Z Boys, Christian Hosoi, Dennis Martinez (world champion), Bruce Logan (world skateboarding champion) in their rise to fame, fall coz of drugs and finally redemption. So, will I donate my boat? If I have a used one, I’ll surely will. Unfortunately, I haven’t got one and I haven’t even ridden on a boat yet! LOL!

Another Christmas survey guys! Todo na to! Hehe! Anyway, I gotta rush — have a Christmas get-together with the Brokenshire co-interns later =) Can’t wait to see you guys!