Now that I’m done with my sermon, I’d like to present below an easy comparison of the best, most affordable hosting services around. The sites mentioned are popular globally including countries like USA, UK, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Thailand, Romania, Malaysia and Mexico.

So why have I incorporated Google’s page rank and Alexa’s traffic rank in the comparison? For those of you who who are unaware of either metric (something that will change astronomically once you start your own web business soon) these statistics represent a site’s importance, popularity and the number of visitors the website receives.

Keep in mind that the higher Google’s Page Rank the more important the site in Google’s eyes (8 being better than 4) and the lower Alexa’s traffic rank, the more visitors it receives (100 would mean that Alexa ranks the website as 100th out of the millions of websites out there and is a better score than say 10,000). A great Google and Alexa rank show that the website receives hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of visitors every month.

And to make life easier, I am also including a simple online For-Ex calculator to help convert to the currency of your choice while you compare the choices. Good luck and happy hunting!!

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The Honda Insight is a hybrid launched in direct competition with Toyota’s widely successful Prius, which has sold over one million units already. Honda’s new Eco Assist System helps manage better mileage for drivers and claims to be an intelligent system that learns with time. All three models of the Insight are cheaper than Toyota’s comparable Prius models and according to Honda, saves substantially more on fuel costs. The Honda car game requires players to blow into a mic plugged into your PC to increase or decrease the speed of the car depending on the incline the car is travelling on. More instructions at the Honda site. I have included a few Insight video commercials below for your viewing. Have fun and happy blowing!

Remember to buy and sell Honda cars on our free classified website.

The HP 1020 LaserJet printer is one of the most successful monochrome printers for personal and small business use. Its reliability, adequate printing speed and clear quality have made it a vital part of computer related arsenal for homes and firms across the world.

If you’re looking for the 1020 LaserJet printer driver the best place to look is at HP. If you have a MAC OS X system, you will need to use a 1022 driver to operate the 1020 printer successfully (according to most forums).

1020 Driver Windows

1020 Driver Mac OS X

The HP 1020 LaserJet printer utilizes the Q2612A Black Print Toner Cartridge, which lasts an average of 2000 pages. Instead of repeatedly buying expensive new toners, you can use several cheaper kits (DIY) and services for refilling these cartridges with pretty good results. An original toner cartridge can be easily refilled at least twice without compromising quality.

Don’t forget to buy or sell HP printers through our free classifieds. Here are the 1020 printer specifications found on the HP website.

If you like creamy, rich cheese and are looking for a healthier alternative, goat cheese is your answer. Compared to cream cheese made from cow’s milk, cheese made from goat’s milk contains nearly forty percent less fat, thirty percent less cholesterol, twenty percent less calories, fewer carbohydrates and a lot more calcium and proteins. In fact, most lactose intolerant people who can’t have cow’s milk can digest goat milk products due to their ‘naturally homogenized’ nature.

Here are some interesting recipes for you to try this summer and don’t forget to let us know how they turned out.

Goat Cheese Pakora

Ingredients

20 one inch cubes of Goat Cheese

Pakora Mix (Shan or National). If not available in your area you can find several recipes to make pakora batter on the net

½ Teaspoon blended mint leaves

4 green chilies

Olive oil for deep frying

Salt, pepper and mustard powder to taste

Directions

1. For the batter prepare the pakora mix, add mint paste, and add salt, pepper and mustard powder to taste.
2. Chop the chilies into fine pieces and coat goat cheese cubes with them.
3. Place the olive oil in a deep pan and heat on a medium flame. Dip each cube individually in the batter, coating it generously and fry in oil till golden brown.
4. Strain the cubes when removing them from pan and serve hot with your choice of chutney.

Chili Poppers with Goat Cheese

Ingredients

10 large chilies, seeded and sliced in half, lengthwise

1 cup goat cheese

3 eggs

1 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup all purpose flour

salt, pepper and mustard powder to taste

1/4 cup olive oil

Directions

1. Add salt, pepper and mustard to the breadcrumbs as per taste.
2. Beat eggs in a bowl.
3. Stuff sliced chilies with goat cheese, coat lightly with flour and egg and roll in bread crumbs.
4. Place the olive oil in a deep pan and heat on a medium flame. Place the peppers into the hot oil and fry until golden brown.
5. Serve hot with your choice of chutney or as a side dish.

Goat Cheese and Tomato Pizza

Ingredients

4 ounces goat cheese

6-ounce tomato paste (canned)

1/4-cup olive oil

1 tablespoon seasoning of choice (ready made seasonings like Italian seasonings are available at large departmental stores)

3/4-cup water

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Garlic powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon should be adequate)

6 salad tomatoes (you can substitute with 3 small tomatoes), thinly sliced

2 salad tomatoes (you can substitute with 1 small tomato), diced

2 ready made pizza crusts (Salman’s has pizza base available at large supermarkets)

Directions

1. Mix water, olive oil and tomato paste in a pan and add the diced tomatoes. Add garlic powder, pepper and seasoning to the mixture and heat over low flame for 15 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Prepare pizza base as per directions. Lay the base on a greased pizza pan or any other non-stick tray and spread prepared sauce over the dough. Put the sliced tomatoes with small chunks of goat cheese over the sauce.
4. Place the pan in the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until the pizza base is golden brown.
5. Slice and serve while hot. You can cut the pizza into bite-sized squares if you want to serve for starters. Sprinkle some olive oil on the pizza before slicing.
6. Feel free to add other toppings like mushrooms, onions and herbs before you bake the pizza.

Grilled Steak and Goat Cheese Salad

Ingredients

1 ounce goat cheese

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

3 ounce beef undercut (or of your choice)

1 small Iceberg lettuce, shredded

1 carrot, peeled into thin strips

Directions

1. Preheat grilling pan over medium flame.
2. Marinate steak with enough balsamic vinegar to coat the meat evenly. Leave for 15 minutes.
3. Grill the steak on both sides as desired. Remove and let it cool for 5 minutes.
4. Add the lettuce, carrots and remaining vinegar in a suitable bowl and mix well. Place the ingredients on a plate.
5. Slice the steak into thin strips (about as thick as your finger) and place on top of the salad. Add small cubes or chunks of goat cheese and serve.

Bon Appetite! Let us know how the recipes turned out.

Mercedes Benz, the luxury car manufacturer, has 26 mixed tape collections available for free download on its website! And there’s a new mix out every two months. I had no idea. The retro, nostalgic title and a shortage of fresh tunes were enticement enough for me to download the latest compilation two nights ago. No regrets. I’ve been listening to it continuously since, drifting into imaginary scenarios of driving by the ocean with the top down - pretty far from reality. The tracks cater to an assortment of moods and tastes including groove, jazz and ambient. It’s well worth the twenty to thirty minutes it takes to download.

The promotional video for “Mixed Tape 26” below provides a brief introduction to the artists featured on the mix and can be viewed below.

Don’t forget to visit our classifieds section to buy used cars for sale in Pakistan.

Grand Paris, a vision of the city and its suburbs in 2030, is a project initiated by President Nicolas Sarkozy, partly to stay abreast (and ahead of) other global metropolitan cities and partly to create a greener, more environmentally friendly Paris. The pictures shown above are a few of the designs handed over to Sarkozy by ten of the top planning firms in the region. The goal is to have skyscrapers and structures that are partly powered by wind and solar energy, with elevated rapid transit connecting the suburbs to the city center. The images displayed during an exhibit called “Le Grand Paris”, received mixed reviews with some Parisians showing concern over lost identity and others eagerly anticipating a potential source of new jobs.

Incidentally, way back in 1889, the Parisians were not too sold on the idea of a towering hunk of metal in the heart of their beloved city, albeit the then, tallest structure in the world. In fact, the Paris elite almost succeeded in tearing the Eiffel Tower down in 1909 (the tower was spared due to its extreme practical value). What a shame that would have been for the two hundred million plus people who have since visited one of the world’s most well known monuments!

Don’t forget to share your comments and thoughts below.

Hywind, the world’s first 2.3 megawatt floating wind turbine built by State-controlled Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro in collaboration with Siemens, was towed to sea off Norway’s coast this weekend. The Hywind, with a rotor diameter the length of a football pitch, will be tested for two years to determine the feasibility of developing offshore wind farms that are “out of sight”. Floating turbines can alleviate problems associated with onshore wind farms such as military radar operations, bird life and tourism and present added benefits such as stronger, more consistent winds found at sea and power generating capabilities for countries with limited suitable land. According to BBC, “The global market for such turbines is potentially enormous”, depending on how low the costs are pressed.

Floating turbines connect to mainland grids through cables laid across the sea floor, with the cable length a major determinant in the cost of the setup. Although floating turbines currently cost substantially more than fixed ones, StatoilHydro is confident that this will change in the near future. The other factor that may help promote floating turbines is the impact of global warming on wind strength. A recent study conducted in several U.S. cities shows that climate change has resulted in considerably lower wind speeds over land and may result in a drop of up to thirty percent in onshore wind-power production.

You can watch the floating turbine being towed to sea in the video below.

So what did the audiences think? According to a post on Beliefnet, the stunt received a lot of hoots and applause! See the video below.

(Sad to see PIA’s still close to the bottom)

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So which MP3 Player should you use during your exercise routine? Here are three MP3 players that should cover a pretty broad spectrum of exercise types.

W-Series Walkman® MP3 Player - Wearable Music (Official Write-up)

Available on Amazon for $81.25

The W-series Walkman MP3 player boasts an industrial design that is simple and cord-free. Perfect for audiophiles who seek a second device for the gym and leisure use, the NWZ-W202 model is a showcase of Sony hardware expertise and sound engineering — all within an active headphone design. This design eliminates the inconvenience of wires and makes it easier to listen to music virtually anywhere, anytime.

In addition to the sound quality provided by its 13.5mm EX headphones, the new W-series Walkman MP3 player also includes Sony’s ZAPPIN™ function, which offers an effortless way of browsing, searching and listening to music without a display. The ZAPPIN mode, operated with a Jog Dial, helps you find tunes easily by playing popular clips of each song in your device’s music library until a favorite is selected.

Fitness fanatics or those who do anything active while listening to music are freed from headphone cords with the W-series Walkman MP3 player. With its compact, light weight body, this design fits comfortably behind-the-neck. The new player also offers a quick charge feature which allows the device to play back up to 90 minutes of music with only a three-minute charge and up to 12 hours of music with a full charge. By eliminating cords, the W-series Walkman MP3 player makes taking your music with you that much easier.

With the supplied "Content Transfer" you can easily transfer non-DRM music files by "drag and drop" from online music services such as iTunes™ to the Walkman device. It also comes with accessories, including a holder and charging stand with a USB miniB plug.

Finis SwiMP3 v.2 - Adding Music to the Water (Official Write-up)

Available on Amazon for $134.95

MP3 players have become extremely popular in the last decade. However, the pleasure of enjoying high quality mp3 files during exercise had been confined only to land sports. Determined to provide workout music for swimmers to enjoy as well, The FINIS Development Team set out to create a personal waterproof mp3 player that transmitted the best sounding music. After nearly 2 years of research and development, the first SwiMP3 prototype was created in 2004. A year later, the revolutionary SwiMP3 was released into the market and was quickly regarded by TIME Magazine as one of the top inventions for 2005.

In the spring of 2007, FINIS revamped their original SwiMP3 design and released the SwiMP3 v.2. The new player has a sleek finish, with all the controls built directly into the side panels. The memory capacity doubled and the new player was adapted to play both MP3 and WMA file types.

The SwiMP3 underwater MP3 player provides an incredible audio experience through its innovative sound transfer technology. Standard mp3 players rely on the transmission of sound through the air or water causing the swimmer to perceive only muffled noise. The SwiMP3 uses bone conduction - the direct transfer of sound vibrations from the cheek bone to the inner ear - to provide the swimmer with exceptional sound clarity. The SwiMP3 is fully waterproof and can be used with all the competitive swim strokes. Just imagine listening to hours of your own music in high-fidelity during your swim.

Product Features

Attaches easily to any swim goggle or snorkeling mask
Built in MP3 control panel
On/Off button
Next / Previous track
Volume control
Pause & Shuffle functions
8-hour rechargeable battery
60-song (256MB) memory capacity
Plays both MP3 & WMA files

Yamaha BODiBEAT - Synchronizes your Music to the Movement of your Workout (Official Write-up)

Available in the U.S. for 299.95

Introducing BODiBEAT, the first portable fitness device/MP3 player with built-in heart rate monitor that naturally synchronizes your music to the movement of your workout. Imagine having just one all-in-one workout device, automatically sensing and synchronizing the rhythm of your music to the movement of your workout.  It’s perfect for running, cross country, treadmills and walking. It’s like a high-tech personal trainer you can take with you every time you move. It motivates, tracks your workouts and measures results.

Just load songs into BODiBEAT like you would any other MP3 player – or listen to one of the pre-loaded music mixes. BODiBEAT automatically plays songs with tempos that match your movement, whether you’re running, walking or cooling down. For the ultimate motivation, you can easily program BODiBEAT to pace you on an interval workout – giving you the right tempo for the right stage.