<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229</id><updated>2011-11-28T01:01:48.761+01:00</updated><category term='People'/><category term='Economy'/><category term='Celebrities'/><category term='Web Site Traffic'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Nobel Prize'/><category term='sports'/><category term='Get More Traffic'/><category term='Money'/><category term='Business and Finanse'/><category term='Relationship'/><category term='President Obama'/><category term='Adventure'/><category term='Profit'/><title type='text'>NetSnacks</title><subtitle type='html'>About People, Internet and the World around us</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-5346418558238245429</id><published>2009-12-10T20:59:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T21:50:24.472+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nobel Prize'/><title type='text'>President Obama is in town</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/944/944830/9448300/jpg/active/240x.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 158px;" src="http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/944/944830/9448300/jpg/active/240x.jpg" border="0" alt="President Obama, Nobel Prize" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.15 AM local time Air Force One landed at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. The President and First Lady of USA walks down the stairs smiling and waving to the people who are there to welcome them to Norway. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Obama is in town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a historical day, for the first time in the Nobel Prize history is it awarded to the sitting President of USA. Of course this lead to controversies in Norway and the chairman of the committee, Mr. Torbjorn Jagland, was heavily criticized in the aftermath of the announcement. From the news I understand this lead to the same in the USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s important to understand the intensions of the Prize, its meant to reward and encourage a person or organization that is making a difference peoples life’s and welfare. Question is; has President Obamas made any difference? Some say he received it too soon, others say he hasn’t achieved anything yet, while some claim he doesn’t deserve it at all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My opinion is that he indeed deserves it because of the goals he is chasing. These goals are ambitious and in a political aspect nearly suicidal, he could have been just another politician busy pleasing the press. He deserves the encouragement to pursue these goals, because in the end it will make a huge difference. He is a powerful man leading a powerful nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what do the Norwegians think about his visit? Let me tell you the truth, he seduced the entire nation and a massive Obama fever has hit Norway. The tradition is that people gather and parade in front of the Hotel to honor the Prize winner. Never in the history has so many people paraded as this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations USA! Please tell your President to use the authority of the prize wisely, and that he is welcome to visit us again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-5346418558238245429?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/5346418558238245429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=5346418558238245429&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5346418558238245429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5346418558238245429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2009/12/president-obama-is-in-town.html' title='President Obama is in town'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-8276749244210664644</id><published>2009-12-04T00:07:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T01:49:15.309+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Web Site Traffic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Get More Traffic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Profit'/><title type='text'>Buy your way to online success : Get more web site traffic and a “nice profit”</title><content type='html'>From time to time you have probably seen testimonials regarding profitable Internet companies. They launch their Internet business; get web site traffic quickly, tons of sales and laugh all the way to the bank. It wouldn’t surprise me if you right now are thinking about all the people you’ve heard of that never made it on the World Wide Web. As a matter in fact only a handful of the online venture launches will survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What’s the explanation on this? Are some people luckier than others?  No they aren’t, they succeed thanks to good business sense, management and teamwork. Being a successful online entrepreneur requires commitment, dedication, willingness to invest and delegate or outsource several of the tasks to service providers that knows how the get the job done right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dominant player is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;web site traffic&lt;/span&gt;. With no web traffic all your preparations are wasted time. Without traffic you don't get any clients, and without any customers you don't make any money. Guess you know what I mean. The more web site traffic you and your team players generate the more sales and profit you make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another crucial element is to convert and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;monetize your traffic&lt;/span&gt;. Perhaps 2% to 4% of the visitors bites and become buyers of your product. With this in mind it’s evident that you need a substantial quantity of visitors straight away. However you don't yearn for any kind of traffic, you want potential buyers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can we &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;get more traffic&lt;/span&gt; online? I presume you have heard of Search Engine Optimization and free traffic generated by the search engines. That is a generous traffic source if you are prepared to hang around for 3 to 6 months before some amount of visitors start coming. In fact, we can't be sure they send any web traffic at all. Search engines are unpredictable and if your SEO goes wrong or they change their algo and slap you - you may end up getting nearly no traffic. I recently read a blog post on &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://increase-blogtraffic.blogspot.com/2009/12/boost-search-engine-optimization-with.html" target="_blank"&gt;How to Get More Traffic&lt;/a&gt; about bloggers giving up their blogs for similar reasons. Spam bots ruin their inspiration and in combination with little real traffic, bloggers simply give in and leave their blogs to its own destiny. The article is posted at &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://increase-blogtraffic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Increase Blog Traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can you solve this? By buying your way to success - advertising is the solution to generate massive and More Traffic FAST. Consider this, in the offline world you see commercials on Television or hear them on the radio - you see ads in the newspapers and magazines and so on. Is there any reliable reason for not doing the same on Cyber Space? I believe you see where I am heading - &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Buy Traffic&lt;/span&gt; and taste the pureness of success. This will cost you, but to make money you must invest money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several webmasters and marketers buy PPC ads, which is okay but that is not the only traffic source you should use. Advertise your products on places that have the web traffic you want. That could be blogs, ezines, directories, portals, social media and whatever sites is appropriate for you to promote a text ad or banner. The significant thing is that you drive in the audience that is interested in your buying your products. There are places where you can advertise for free. By all means please benefit from them too. Though, when you want a large volume of targeted traffic quickly, free sources most likely won't send enough traffic on short term. My point is; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Generate Traffic from Multiple Sources&lt;/span&gt; - this is very, very important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoyed this article. It’s based upon my own experiences made in the past months. Believe me, its possible make a nice amount of money online if you treat your online business serious and follow some simple proven steps. Like every other business its hard but rewarding work :o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take Care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-8276749244210664644?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/8276749244210664644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=8276749244210664644&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8276749244210664644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8276749244210664644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2009/12/buy-your-way-to-online-success-get-more.html' title='Buy your way to online success : Get more web site traffic and a “nice profit”'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-2996371288896283450</id><published>2009-05-17T12:51:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T13:41:15.808+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2009</title><content type='html'>What a fairytale…. Norway’s Alexander Rybak and the group Frikar won the Eurovision Song Contest convincingly with the song Fairytale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eurovision Song Contest is an annual music event where the European countries compete against each other. The show this year was held in Moscow, and is the most popular and most watched in Europe. 42 countries participated and via semifinals 25 of the countries melodies went to the final. Norway won with 387 points, the highest score ever achieved in the Eurovision Song Contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fairytale became a huge hit in Norway after it won the national finals, its gratifying that the rest of Europe like the song as well. Fairytale is a catchy pop tune inspired by traditional Norwegian folk music that goes straight in to your ears. Great job Alexander, I am proud of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please enjoy the music video below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uiH4BFTELME&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uiH4BFTELME&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Official web site: &lt;a href="http://www.eurovision.tv/" target="_blank"&gt;Eurovision Song Contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-2996371288896283450?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/2996371288896283450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=2996371288896283450&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/2996371288896283450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/2996371288896283450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2009/05/norway-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html' title='Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2009'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-6792559084010077161</id><published>2008-12-29T22:55:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T23:04:48.970+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationship'/><title type='text'>Stop Draggin' My Heart Around</title><content type='html'>At Christmas time I spend much time socializing with friends and family. This year is no exception. Its particularly fun to gather friends who live elsewhere in the country you haven’t met for a long time. Recently there has been a lot of that because many of them have come home for Christmas. We are chatting and laughing about all the crazy things we did in our childhood, while enjoying a good meal and a few glasses of wine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No gathering without music and the top gathering song this Christmas is "Stop Draggin ' My Heart Around” performed by Rob Thomas and Joss Stone. It’s a great rock/soul tune with lots of drive that puts you in rockin’ good mood that you can easily sing and dance to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here it is – play it LOUD and enjoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/riVFbbRwaZM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/riVFbbRwaZM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="390"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rock on \m/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa :o)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-6792559084010077161?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/6792559084010077161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=6792559084010077161&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6792559084010077161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6792559084010077161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/12/stop-draggin-my-heart-around.html' title='Stop Draggin&apos; My Heart Around'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-6456141111753497786</id><published>2008-12-23T14:02:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T16:46:55.698+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationship'/><title type='text'>My Christmas gift for you</title><content type='html'>So it's Christmas again, and I feel the tickling expectation I feel every time. Everything is ready for the Christmas celebration and I look forward to spend time with family and friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to give you a Christmas present that I hope you will like and appreciate. It’s a beautiful Norwegian Christmas song called "En stjerne skinner I natt" (A star is shining tonight) sung by Maria Arredondo. There is an English translation below the video I found at &lt;a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/klarsen/entry/oslo_gospel_choir" target="_blank"&gt;Karis blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UPQt63i-GG4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UPQt63i-GG4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A STAR IS SHINING TONIGHT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the holiest hour&lt;br /&gt;Heaven is now in sight&lt;br /&gt;Listen to bells that are chiming&lt;br /&gt;Christmas has come tonight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;Sweet are the voices high above&lt;br /&gt;Singing of peace and of love&lt;br /&gt;All of the world is filled with light&lt;br /&gt;A star is shining tonight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A newborn baby is sleeping&lt;br /&gt;Heaven is near, this night&lt;br /&gt;The Lord has sent us to see Him&lt;br /&gt;Under the star, so bright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;Sweet are the voices high above&lt;br /&gt;Singing of peace and of love&lt;br /&gt;All of the world is filled with light&lt;br /&gt;A star is shining tonight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quietly resting among us&lt;br /&gt;On Bethlehem’s golden straw&lt;br /&gt;Night’s given way, as we’re standing&lt;br /&gt;Watching this child with awe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHORUS&lt;br /&gt;Here, we can dream about that peace&lt;br /&gt;Which has been lost for so long&lt;br /&gt;Heaven has given us this child&lt;br /&gt;And Earth is filled with song&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I wish you all a Merry Christmas or GOD JUL &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take care of yourself, family and friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-6456141111753497786?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/6456141111753497786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=6456141111753497786&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6456141111753497786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6456141111753497786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-christmas-gift-for-you.html' title='My Christmas gift for you'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-5965001073534644310</id><published>2008-12-14T23:06:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T22:04:20.330+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><title type='text'>European champions</title><content type='html'>The Norwegian women's national team became European champions in handball on Sunday. The final was played against Spain, and Norway won the match 34 – 21. After an even first half the Norwegian team dominated the second half and won comfortable. The Norwegian national team also won Olympic gold medals earlier this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first time the Spanish women's national team made it to the final and they deserve much praise and honor for their efforts. Spain has fought hard throughout the tournament and surprised many with their achievements. They play attractive and effective handball and the Spanish team will be interesting to follow in the years ahead. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly explained a handball match is played in two times 30 minutes. It’s a demanding sport with lots of speed and action. Tactics and defense are important ingredients; where scoring goals is a painful and tough business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video below gives a good idea of how tough a handball match is. If you think American football is rough, take a look at a handball player's day at the office: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="550" height="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1XBnN-ejgz0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1XBnN-ejgz0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="550" height="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Norway national team in red jerseys)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations girls, to become European champions in a 12 days tournament is an impressive and painful achievement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm proud of you :o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-5965001073534644310?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/5965001073534644310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=5965001073534644310&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5965001073534644310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5965001073534644310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/12/european-champions.html' title='European champions'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-779709204318314959</id><published>2008-12-06T05:36:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T00:54:12.633+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><title type='text'>HELP!.. I want my life back</title><content type='html'>Sometimes "things" sneak into my mind and take control over my life. You may have experienced this yourself with a movie, a book, a song, a person, a job, or a lover. The strange thing about this phenomena is that your life become lost around this "thing" and you can't have enough of whatever this thing is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Recently this hit me hard and it's about to drive me crazy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all started when I visited a member profile over at Mixx, and discovered a music video of "Simple Man", by Lynyrd Skynyrd. I had never heard the tune before, But from the first time I heard the song it went straight into my heart and has stayed there ever since.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it sounds ridiculous, but this particular song is currently dominating my entire life. I have to listen to it over and over again - before I go to bed, while eating, working on my computer or taking a walk outside. Everyone who visits me must listen to Simple Man whether they like it or not, otherwise they will suffer my wrath!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even when I'm not playing it, I still hear Simple Man played loud and clear in my head. I must hum or sing the tune while people around send me worried looks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing that's irritating is whomever I play Simple Man for, everyone seem to have heard it before. Well I haven't, and I don't understand how in heaven's name everybody else has heard this song, but it has never crossed my path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this destiny?... Was I meant to be overdosed with Lynyrd Skynyrd's Simple Man in my mid-twenties, and have the rest of my life spoiled by this obsession?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The music video is a beautiful live version that lasts over seven minutes. The song grabs and hold me firmly - the quiet organ layer, the drum back beats which give the song vitality along with the steady bass. Both powerful and soft guitars, and it's beautifully sung by the lead singer supported by harmonic backing vocals. The entire band seems to enjoy this performance, which adds a lot of positive energy to the song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The song inspires me to write articles and poems, compose songs, spent time with friends that I haven't seen in quite a long time, and to call my parents on a daily basis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the song has now caused me to suffer from a personality disorder. It has become extremely annoying because my whole life revolves around Lynyrd Skynyrd and Simple Man. I don't want to play it, which is useless, because I just have to. Or could it be, that I want to? I'm not sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Help me....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="455" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHQ_aTjXObs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHQ_aTjXObs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="455" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-779709204318314959?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/779709204318314959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=779709204318314959&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/779709204318314959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/779709204318314959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/12/help-i-want-my-life-back.html' title='HELP!.. I want my life back'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-8951029914129848843</id><published>2008-11-25T01:50:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T02:58:55.476+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adventure'/><title type='text'>Nature at its best</title><content type='html'>A while ago I posted a video about Norway on &lt;a href="http://www.mixx.com/users/lisa25915" target="_blank"&gt;Mixx&lt;/a&gt; and received some requests to post more like this. I am pleased to share a video called “Nature at its best” that guides you through the landscape from south to the north of Norway. See the famous Norwegian fjords, glaciers, mighty mountains, go all the way to North Cape and the midnight sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the freedom of wild and beautiful Nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="530" height="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vtLseO3U9Oo&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vtLseO3U9Oo&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="530" height="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Music: Perfect by &lt;a href="http://www.fountainheads.tv/" target="_blank"&gt;Fountainheads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video by &lt;a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/" target="_blank"&gt;visitnorway.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit the Nature near you, its there and waiting for you to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-8951029914129848843?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/8951029914129848843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=8951029914129848843&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8951029914129848843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8951029914129848843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/11/nature-at-its-best.html' title='Nature at its best'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-7741247937429084449</id><published>2008-11-17T03:47:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T13:01:37.703+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrities'/><title type='text'>The tragicomic end of a promising TV career</title><content type='html'>A while back I wrote an article about &lt;a href="http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/painful-way-to-fame.html" target="_blank"&gt;Mira Craig&lt;/a&gt;, who became famous overnight because of her infamous stage dive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time I will tell you about how fast fame can go in the opposite direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17 years ago Erik Hartman hosted a Belgian Television show called Boumerang. The program was followed by many with Argus eyes, because it raised controversial topics for its time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;In a program about medical failures, everything went wrong for Erik Hartman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On that particular show, Hartman had two guests in the studio, who suffered from disabilities due to botched medical procedures. Marijke, a woman, had been paralyzed from a injury to her spine, and Velerej, a man, had his voice cords damaged in a routine surgery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because Valerej's voice had become very high pitched due to his surgery, Hartman struggled to remain serious, and eventually he lost all self control, which unfortunately for him, resulted in his continuous laughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This episode led to Erik Hartman being fired and the program was canceled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this interview he tells us his side of the story and the fatal clip from the TV show appears. Please watch the video before you read on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Attention:&lt;/span&gt; If you are sensitive or offended by sarcasm please think twice before you watch the video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="476" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXf3wx5nPXU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXf3wx5nPXU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="476" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's the big difference between &lt;a href="http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/painful-way-to-fame.html" target="_blank"&gt;Mira Craig&lt;/a&gt; and Erik Hartman?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First and foremost, you may safely conclude that for Mira Craig, she became an overnight success, even though her escapade was terribly embarrassing, while for Erik Hartman, it became the tragic end of his TV career. His TV guests were ridiculously treated in a tragicomic setting. In other words, an overnight failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;At least that was my opinion, until I recently found out that I'd been fooled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I and many other have been fooled like idiots for several years, because the video you just watched is a fake. Or, more correctly, it's a sketch that was made for a Belgian Satire show called "In De Gloria".  Erik Hartman is portrayed by the actor Tom Van Dyck, Valerej by Lucas Van Den Eynden, and An Miller plays Marijke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit Wikipedia to read more about &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_De_Gloria" target="_blank"&gt;In De Gloria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In hindsight, I admit to have laughed at this video many times. It's a relief for my conscience to realize this was only a sketch and not real. Actually upon further introspection, I'm now asking myself, how could a professional T.V. host like Erik Hartman, have lost all sense and sensibility?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please excuse my bizarre sense of humor - years of extreme sports have had a damaging impact upon my finer sensibilities!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-7741247937429084449?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/7741247937429084449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=7741247937429084449&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7741247937429084449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7741247937429084449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/11/tragicomic-end-of-promising-tv-career.html' title='The tragicomic end of a promising TV career'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-8432618936791292354</id><published>2008-11-10T09:33:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T12:05:14.749+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adventure'/><title type='text'>Winter Beauty</title><content type='html'>We had our first snowfall a while ago and &lt;a href="http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/king-winter-is-here.html" target="_blank"&gt;King Winter&lt;/a&gt; blessed us with beautiful weather afterwards. I went for long walks to become acquainted with this year's king. These are some of the photos I took and would like to share with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Photos by Lisa, NetSnacks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Frost Bite&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf5OAE5nvI/AAAAAAAAAKo/JDgdTQFoEkI/FrostBite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 402px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf5OAE5nvI/AAAAAAAAAKo/JDgdTQFoEkI/FrostBite.jpg" alt="Frost Bite" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;King Winter Beauty&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf2SckN0kI/AAAAAAAAAKg/WNFNYK2YB9w/KingWinterBeauty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 402px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf2SckN0kI/AAAAAAAAAKg/WNFNYK2YB9w/KingWinterBeauty.jpg" alt="King Winter Beauty" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Black Winter Creek&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1d8cSWXI/AAAAAAAAAKI/FaBjl_g-ENY/vinterbekk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 682px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1d8cSWXI/AAAAAAAAAKI/FaBjl_g-ENY/vinterbekk.jpg" alt="Winter Creek" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Bleach Sun&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1eoJAt5I/AAAAAAAAAKY/M2_5bgGZ1qE/winterSun2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 384px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1eoJAt5I/AAAAAAAAAKY/M2_5bgGZ1qE/winterSun2.jpg" alt="Bleach Sun" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Winter Dawn&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1JsD9K_I/AAAAAAAAAKA/IqiIFsKvPNI/dawn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 308px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf1JsD9K_I/AAAAAAAAAKA/IqiIFsKvPNI/dawn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please take care of the beauty around us&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-8432618936791292354?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/8432618936791292354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=8432618936791292354&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8432618936791292354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/8432618936791292354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/11/winter-beauty.html' title='Winter Beauty'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SRf5OAE5nvI/AAAAAAAAAKo/JDgdTQFoEkI/s72-c/FrostBite.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-3190231904217770983</id><published>2008-11-04T11:04:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T22:48:15.431+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adventure'/><title type='text'>Don’t let your kids do this at home</title><content type='html'>These two commercials were created for the Norwegian oil company Hydro. They are looking for innovative young engineers, and are using these movies to recruit the kind of engineers they prefer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movies are funny and creative. I think you'll like them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;A remote controlled car&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These kids have done some "minor" engineering on their dad's car. His morning drive to work apparently didn't go as he had expected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="468" height="378"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MDCeSzUEkSc&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MDCeSzUEkSc&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="468" height="378"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Train Loop&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some enthusiastic kids rebuilt a railway track through team work and "borrowed" equipment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="468" height="378"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vvyupNXK-4A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vvyupNXK-4A&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="468" height="378"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hydro's slogan is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;There are many young engineers, and we are excited to see them grow up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hydro should be careful what they wish for. My advice is Don't let your kids do this at home. Meanwhile be sure to encourage knowledge and creativity because&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The youth are our future&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and Kisses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-3190231904217770983?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/3190231904217770983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=3190231904217770983&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/3190231904217770983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/3190231904217770983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-let-your-kids-do-this-at-home.html' title='Don’t let your kids do this at home'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-2262399019883309522</id><published>2008-10-30T10:59:00.015+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T13:13:05.031+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationship'/><title type='text'>King Winter is here</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmHDXiQARI/AAAAAAAAAJE/inV4_gfB27E/s1600-h/furu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmHDXiQARI/AAAAAAAAAJE/inV4_gfB27E/s320/furu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262886131486163218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;By Lisa, NetSnacks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King Winter came early this year, one evening he scattered a layer of snow quiet and resolute over the landscape. The King knocked caution, embraced me, and I stretched out my arms to receive King Winter's first kiss while his wind caressed my hair. We were in the very beginning of our love affair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the coming months King Winter dominates much of my life. We will have a passionate and strong relationship marked by happiness, anger and grief&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will feel Happiness because King Winter creates so many beautiful sculptures in the landscape, Joy because King Winter allows me generously to ski through his white powdered cape and feel a buzzing happiness of life. Devotion when King Winter is tenderly tickling my face cautious with his snowflakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be jealous when King Winter is not present and leaves the landscape desolate and lifeless. I will feel the anger when he sends furious snowstorms or an unstopable scatter of snow. Frenzy when he evilly sentences me with a biting cold that is ruining my plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmK2e01cGI/AAAAAAAAAJU/P1m2bqgRsSE/s1600-h/busk1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmK2e01cGI/AAAAAAAAAJU/P1m2bqgRsSE/s320/busk1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262890308151373922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The sadness comes when King Winter is getting old, he becomes weaker and weaker until he finally has to give way for the spring. Then I feel the sorrow because I know &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;this &lt;/span&gt;King Winter never comes back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No King Winter is the same. Some are generous, others are angry and evil, while some are gentle and tolerant - every winter a &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; King is coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How King Winter will be this year I can only tell when he has cried his last tears and his white cape is gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 82px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmOk2FkRUI/AAAAAAAAAJc/Ic0nfPmH7Sc/s320/takecare.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262894403204433218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-2262399019883309522?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/2262399019883309522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=2262399019883309522&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/2262399019883309522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/2262399019883309522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/king-winter-is-here.html' title='King Winter is here'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQmHDXiQARI/AAAAAAAAAJE/inV4_gfB27E/s72-c/furu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-252867723007162576</id><published>2008-10-28T18:56:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T01:15:55.968+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business and Finanse'/><title type='text'>The Norwegian government is harvesting stocks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;From &lt;a href="http://e24.no/" target="_blank"&gt;E24&lt;/a&gt; Translation, and editing by Netsnacks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When everyone else sells shares in panic, the Norwegian government is purchasing. Since the global financial crisis went into earnest eight weeks ago, the state's two pension funds bought shares of companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange for over 12 billion kroner (1.8 billion USD).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQdbBBwEE6I/AAAAAAAAAI8/L5kLuI_XqQY/s1600-h/001_19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 201px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQdbBBwEE6I/AAAAAAAAAI8/L5kLuI_XqQY/s320/001_19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262274762813739938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, the government bought 7 million shares through the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in the Norwegian oil company Statoil-Hydro for 850 million kroner (124 million USD). The acquisition comes on top of a large number of trades on declining stock prices. Since September 1, the government has bought 59 million shares in the company, to over 7.7 billion kroner (1.1 billion USD).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's reassuring for the tax payers that the government buys shares for several reasons in the falling stock markets. Purchases have come in small portions, and it appears that they have a very good average," said a Statoil-Hydro analyst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In February, Parliament gave the Department of Petroleum and Energy, authority to increase the state's share in Statoil-Hydro from 62.5 to 67 percent. The stock acquisition is financed with funds from the Government's Pension Fund Global. Including last week's buying, the government's ownership interest is now 65.22 percent, the highest proportion since the merger of Statoil and Hydro was concluded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Government's Pension Fund Norway, which is managed by the National Fund, has also used the past week's powerful stock market fall, to dramatically increase their share in other Norwegian companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The shareholder lists show that the Social Fund will have now have increased their holdings, from net purchased shares, totaling 4 billion kroner (580 million USD) in selected companies in the past eight weeks. At year-end the market value of the Fund's holdings in these companies was 53 billion kroner (7.7 billion USD).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-252867723007162576?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/252867723007162576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=252867723007162576&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/252867723007162576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/252867723007162576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/norwegian-government-is-harvesting.html' title='The Norwegian government is harvesting stocks'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SQdbBBwEE6I/AAAAAAAAAI8/L5kLuI_XqQY/s72-c/001_19.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-3900415247335138078</id><published>2008-10-22T18:48:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T20:26:26.226+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrities'/><title type='text'>The Painful Way to Fame</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SP9ZnZoffrI/AAAAAAAAAIU/d5_ZUSmJtsg/s1600-h/Mira-Craig.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SP9ZnZoffrI/AAAAAAAAAIU/d5_ZUSmJtsg/s320/Mira-Craig.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260021423222521522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few years ago, Mira Craig was a relatively unknown musician who was working hard for a break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although very talented and skilled, Mira realized that many other musicians were as well. So Mira doubled down and worked stridently using her live performances and mini-tours to showcase her talent and to secure her place in the spotlight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During a concert at the Oslo Spectrum in 2005 everything changed&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The venue was larger than what she was used to and quite a step up for Mira. Because there was also a large media and press contingent present, she wanted to make her mark then and there to stand out from the rest of the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This turned out to be her lucky break in more ways than one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of her set she decided to take a stage dive, which means that she literally jumps off the stage and into the audience, who then are supposed to catch her. Obviously the latter is an important condition for this to succeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This small but important detail was missing when she jumped into what she thought was a crowd but instead Mira had a brutal meeting with the floor. The result was a broken leg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A sad story but true tale of an ambitious artist, you would think&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps, but it has a happy beginning because of what happened afterward. The episode was undeniably funny, she became a media sensation and Mira Craig instantly became famous and an overnight success in Norway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From doghouse to penthouse, the public couldn't get enough of her.  She appeared in numerous concerts, TV shows, and promoters fought to retain Mira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of that incident, she was able to accomplish what most musicians can only dream of: to use their creativity, to be in demand, make money at what they love doing, have a loyal fan and customer base, and, in Mira's case, to be able to perform at shows frequently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since then, everything has gone her way and in 2008, she was voted the sexiest woman in Norway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So my wish for all the starving artists around the world: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Break a leg&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-0O6kJUZ_mk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-0O6kJUZ_mk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-3900415247335138078?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/3900415247335138078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=3900415247335138078&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/3900415247335138078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/3900415247335138078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/painful-way-to-fame.html' title='The Painful Way to Fame'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SP9ZnZoffrI/AAAAAAAAAIU/d5_ZUSmJtsg/s72-c/Mira-Craig.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-7360742634189538219</id><published>2008-10-14T02:16:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T04:31:43.056+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><title type='text'>Dear Mr President, I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly</title><content type='html'>The headline is an excerpt of the song “Dear Mr. President” sung by Pink. This is one of my favorite songs because it has a beautiful melody, meaningful lyrics and is simple and beautifully performed by Pink. Dear Mr. President has a political message that starts with inviting the President out for walk to ask him some questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The questions asked are many;  how he can live with mothers who are unable say goodbye to their children dying on the battlefield, how he feel about all the homeless living on the streets, who he prays for when he goes to sleep at night, children left behind and several more intricate questions. The song manages to capture the important political issues in just a few sentences. Dear Mr President is a song every politician should listen to because it has a strong and clear message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;With elections coming up in the USA and many other countries we should ask ourselves and the Politicians these questions and demand some answers before we vote.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the video below you'll see Pink perform Dear Mr. President Live in Wembley, from "I’m not dead" tour DVD released in April 2007.  A bit further down you’ll find a transcript of the lyrics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Some songs are more important than others - this is one of them, please listen to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oegoI80t6WE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oegoI80t6WE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pink: Dear Mr president&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Featuring: Indigo Girls Lyrics&lt;br /&gt;Songwriters: Mann, Billy; Moore, Alecia B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Mr. President,&lt;br /&gt;Come take a walk with me.&lt;br /&gt;Let's pretend we're just two people and&lt;br /&gt;You're not better than me.&lt;br /&gt;I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?&lt;br /&gt;Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep?&lt;br /&gt;What do you feel when you look in the mirror?&lt;br /&gt;Are you proud?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?&lt;br /&gt;How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?&lt;br /&gt;How do you walk with your head held high?&lt;br /&gt;Can you even look me in the eye&lt;br /&gt;And tell me why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Mr. President,&lt;br /&gt;Were you a lonely boy?&lt;br /&gt;Are you a lonely boy?&lt;br /&gt;Are you a lonely boy?&lt;br /&gt;How can you say&lt;br /&gt;No child is left behind?&lt;br /&gt;We're not dumb and we're not blind.&lt;br /&gt;They're all sitting in your cells&lt;br /&gt;While you pave the road to hell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?&lt;br /&gt;And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?&lt;br /&gt;I can only imagine what the first lady has to say&lt;br /&gt;You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?&lt;br /&gt;How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?&lt;br /&gt;How do you walk with your head held high?&lt;br /&gt;Can you even look me in the eye?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you 'bout hard work&lt;br /&gt;Minimum wage with a baby on the way&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you 'bout hard work&lt;br /&gt;Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you 'bout hard work&lt;br /&gt;Building a bed out of a cardboard box&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you 'bout hard work&lt;br /&gt;Hard work&lt;br /&gt;Hard work&lt;br /&gt;You don't know nothing 'bout hard work&lt;br /&gt;Hard work&lt;br /&gt;Hard work&lt;br /&gt;Oh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you sleep at night?&lt;br /&gt;How do you walk with your head held high?&lt;br /&gt;Dear Mr. President,&lt;br /&gt;You'd never take a walk with me.&lt;br /&gt;Would you?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-7360742634189538219?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/7360742634189538219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=7360742634189538219&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7360742634189538219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7360742634189538219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/dear-mr-president-id-like-to-ask-you.html' title='Dear Mr President, I&apos;d like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-7811295574697213361</id><published>2008-10-12T18:47:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T19:17:40.778+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business and Finanse'/><title type='text'>Take care of present situation before investing in future</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIwHnsPRnI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3OXyV1vznfo/s1600-h/money-finance.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIwHnsPRnI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3OXyV1vznfo/s200/money-finance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256316622566540914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Before you consider investing in any type of market, you should really take a long hard look at your current situation. Investing in the future is a good thing, but clearing up bad – or potentially bad – situations in the present is more important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pull your credit report. You should do this once each year. It is important to know what is on your report, and to clear up any negative items on your credit report as soon as possible. If you’ve set aside $25,000 to invest, but you have $25,000 worth of bad credit, you are better off cleaning up the credit first!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, look at what you are paying out each month, and get rid of expenses that are not necessary. For instance, high interest credit cards are not necessary. Pay them off and get rid of them. If you have high interest outstanding loans, pay them off as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If nothing else, exchange the high interest credit card for one with lower interest and refinance high interest loans with loans that are lower interest. You may have to use some of your investment funds to take care of these matters, but in the long run, you will see that this is the wisest course of action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get yourself into good financial shape – and then enhance your financial situation with sound investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn’t make sense to start investing funds if your bank balance is always running low or if you are struggling to pay your monthly bills. Your investment dollars will be better spent to rectify adverse financial issues that affect you each day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While you are in the process of clearing up your present financial situation, make it a point to educate yourself about the various types of investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This way, when you are in a financially sound situation, you will be armed with the knowledge that you need to make equally sound investments in your future.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-7811295574697213361?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/7811295574697213361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=7811295574697213361&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7811295574697213361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/7811295574697213361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/take-care-of-present-situation-before.html' title='Take care of present situation before investing in future'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIwHnsPRnI/AAAAAAAAAHM/3OXyV1vznfo/s72-c/money-finance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-5234500331342319271</id><published>2008-10-12T18:44:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T18:20:49.116+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrities'/><title type='text'>Pamela Anderson Visiting Howard Stern Show</title><content type='html'>Pamela or Pam Anderson visited Howard Stern Show and as usual in his shows the outcome is special. The clip below shows Pamela Anderson conduct a sexy lap dance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/seNcT1ktDlk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/seNcT1ktDlk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-5234500331342319271?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/5234500331342319271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=5234500331342319271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5234500331342319271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/5234500331342319271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/pamela-anderson-visiting-howard-stern.html' title='Pamela Anderson Visiting Howard Stern Show'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-6463300264794218313</id><published>2008-10-12T18:34:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T19:27:12.673+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Money Management : Structure your economy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIzDe8uoyI/AAAAAAAAAHU/2o9A3nh0DGw/s1600-h/moneymanagement.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIzDe8uoyI/AAAAAAAAAHU/2o9A3nh0DGw/s320/moneymanagement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256319850035192610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A great way to save money is to be aware of the fact that one has the power to define the state of his finances specifically through a conscious effort of disciplining the way one spends and controlling one's expenditures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Self-discipline will most definitely be the key to reducing one's debts therefore increasing the possibility of growing one's savings. And in the long run, improve one's standard of living.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to money management book author Robert Hastings, "Undisciplined money, usually spells undisciplined person". Therefore, if one notices how his hard-earned money seems to slip away so darned easy, then it is about time that he rethinks his ways and try to discipline his unpleasant spending habits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the essential keys to successful money management, specifically saving money is to possess proper attitude. Self-discipline is at the topmost of this proper attitudes list, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only with self-discipline that people recognize that they do have the freedom and power to do the right thing over doing as their impulses dictate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sounds complicated? Well, not really. Knowing fully the fantastic rewards of disciplined money in a disciplined person's hands should be motivation enough for one to do all that is humanly possible to achieve that elusive financial stability everyone hopes for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some helpful money saving tips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Realize that the most convenient method of building one's wealth is through saving money. Money is the only sensible material to save.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Focus expenditures on the things one needs. Live day-by-day knowing that you have enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoid buying on impulse. Take your time when buying, especially the expensive items. If you really need it, it would most definitely not slip your mind. Otherwise, if you go along forgetting all about it, then it isn't really worth the money you have to spend on it at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit card debts hold the number one slot as the cause for financial drains these days. Control your spending by using your credit cards less. Or for unavoidable circumstances when you really have to use the credit card, consider using the ones that charge less interest. Then dump the high interest ones for good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;No matter how you look at it, saving money is so easy to do. A little bit of imagination, some creativity and a lot of self-discipline will take you a long way in keeping hold of your hard-earned money.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-6463300264794218313?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/6463300264794218313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=6463300264794218313&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6463300264794218313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6463300264794218313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/money-management-structure-your-economy.html' title='Money Management : Structure your economy'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPIzDe8uoyI/AAAAAAAAAHU/2o9A3nh0DGw/s72-c/moneymanagement.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-7417868600334850621</id><published>2008-10-12T16:31:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T17:34:14.992+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><title type='text'>Autumn Behavior Courses for Men</title><content type='html'>Its kick off time for our behavior courses again due to a tremendous demand from women.  This autumn we offer 12 courses based upon popularity and urgent needs. Please notice we do not offer the Drinking Behavior course anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to fill up an icecube tray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Step by step, with slide show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Toilet paper, it is true that it grows out of the toilet paper holder?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Discussion Groups. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Is it possible to lift up the toilet seat before you urinate, and is it possible to urinate without spilling on the floor, walls and bathtub?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Practical exercises. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Basic differences between the laundry basket and the floor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Slide show and descriptive diagram. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;After dinner, do the dishes take off and fly into the kitchen dishwasher?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Video samples.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to overcome memory loss when it comes to remember birthdays ,anniversaries, other important dates, and call home when you are late&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Brain Cell-shock therapy and full Lobotomy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Learn to find things, start by looking in the appropriate places instead of turning the house upside down while you scream and shout.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Open discussion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Giving her flowers does not cause any health damage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Graphics and authentic audiotapes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Real men ask road directions when they get lost.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Confessions from reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Is it genetically impossible to sit quietly when she parallel park?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Driving simulator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How to be a perfect shopping friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Relaxation techniques, meditation and breathing exercises. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Course 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Learning to live: Basic differences between mother and wife.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Online classes and role plays&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is really necessary to send men on behavior courses?&lt;br /&gt;Believe me it is, please take a look at the video below and you’ll understand:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wABxx_5ASGU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wABxx_5ASGU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video is taped prior of one of our courses, I have to admit that we didn’t notice much difference after the first sessions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much does it cost?&lt;br /&gt;That’s entirely up to the man, however it can be very expensive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you guarantee that your courses will help?&lt;br /&gt;No, but you do get some time off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there a money back guarantee?&lt;br /&gt;Are you kidding, didn’t you watch the film?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please contact us for further assistance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca Hardnail&lt;br /&gt;Survival Expert and Chaos Consultant&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-7417868600334850621?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463355273489261229.post-6082979189042704281</id><published>2008-10-10T03:03:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T04:10:11.443+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationship'/><title type='text'>Moving In to NetSnacks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2927392625_4d80651c73.jpg?v=0"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 174px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2927392625_4d80651c73.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am about to move in to my new home on the web. Wished to create my own personal blog for a long time and finally I am about to realize it. Netsnacks is a blog about a many different things and the content will reflect my interests and what I am concerned about for the time being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By nature I am a talkative person who has a lot to say. Fortunately is my network of friends and family a like, people with different interests and strong views.  Discussions are usually lively when we meet and debate politics, economy, relationships, travel and leisure activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Internet I am an avid forum participant and simply love Social network sites. There are many knowledgeable and fun people on the Internet, so I have a tendency to spend much time posting or comment on others' posts. Internet fascinates me because you meet people from all over the World, and it is interesting to notice that we really are not that different. Most of us are concerned and worried over the same things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what Netsnacks will deal with, people and the world around us. You are of course invited to visit me as often as you like and when you want. I will be very pleased if you take the time to comment or to write your own blog posts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are still a few things left before my Netsnacks home is ready to live in. However you know how it is; it’s always easier to refurbish when there is someone around you to task with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by, please come back soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 49px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/lisa67308/SPFXjPCUZcI/AAAAAAAAAGk/2pcSIAgwmwI/myname.png" alt="Take Care from Lisa" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5463355273489261229-6082979189042704281?l=netsnacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/feeds/6082979189042704281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5463355273489261229&amp;postID=6082979189042704281&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6082979189042704281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5463355273489261229/posts/default/6082979189042704281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://netsnacks.blogspot.com/2008/10/moving-in.html' title='Moving In to NetSnacks'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06848672466735349919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p8pB2F64FWw/SPEHEfAPG3I/AAAAAAAAAFg/mauM9xxJT0s/S220/lisa-profile.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/lisa67308/SPFXjPCUZcI/AAAAAAAAAGk/2pcSIAgwmwI/s72-c/myname.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
