What’s Happening Here?
Some of our bloggers may have noticed a few changes to their blogs back-end, and some of them may have not. Allow me to point out a few of the minor changes that have taken effect recently.
Tool-tips
The Tool-tips feature is back and will assist all of our bloggers, both the experienced and the in-experienced, with the finer details of their, erm, back-end. Yes that's right, your admin area. ;) Just hover your mouse pointer over the strategically placed question marks and a notification will appear informing you of the correct function of that particular tool-tip.
Google Sitemaps
What is a sitemap? A sitemap is used by search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and others, as a map so that they can better navigate your blog and hopefully list your site in their vast indexes. A Google sitemap is automatically created for all blogs and can be viewed by entering the following ...Click here to read more »
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- NHC REPORT-Earl heads up East Coast, Fiona aims for Bermuda - Reuters Africa September 3, 2010NHC REPORT-Earl heads up East Coast, Fiona aims for BermudaReuters AfricaNEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl was tracking up the US East Coast early Friday as a weaker Category Two storm, while two other tropical systems in the eastern Atlantic were being monitored, the US National Hurricane Center said in its ...Hurricane Earl Passes North Carolina, […]
- Pakistan match-fixing claims: cricketer Mohammad Amir questioned - Telegraph.co.uk September 3, 2010CBC.caPakistan match-fixing claims: cricketer Mohammad Amir questionedTelegraph.co.ukMohammad Amir, the Pakistan cricketer, is being questioned by Scotland Yard detectives over the alleged match-fixing conspiracy. By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent The teenage bowler, who is regarded as one of the game's most exciting talents, ...Spot-fixing cash f […]
- FET in trouble: 30 of 50 are high risk - Mail & Guardian Online September 3, 2010FET in trouble: 30 of 50 are high riskMail & Guardian OnlineResurrecting South Africa's struggling further education and training (FET) sector will be an even more formidable task than government initially feared and will require a multibillion-rand investment before it can begin to alleviate critical skills ...Bridges to a better lifeMail & Gua […]
- Zim deportations will 'endanger lives' - News24 September 3, 2010MiamiHerald.comZim deportations will 'endanger lives'News24Cabinet's decision to resume deportation of Zimbabweans is tantamount to a death sentence, the refugee rights organisation Passop has said. A dusty road leads to the village of Wedza, where veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war eke out a meagre living ...Zimbabweans 'won […]
- SA loses free status as media threats grow - Independent Online September 3, 2010SA loses free status as media threats growIndependent OnlineFreedom House, the US-based NGO which has been closely monitoring political rights and civil liberties in every country of the world for decades, has ranked South Africa among Africa's few "free" countries since the dawn of democracy here in 1994. ...and more » […]
World News Headlines
- Reactions vary as Mideast peace talks resume - Xinhua September 3, 2010Telegraph.co.ukReactions vary as Mideast peace talks resumeXinhuaBEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- There has been mixed views on what may flow from the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington this week. The meetings between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud ...Palestinian Militants Protest Peace TalksV […]
- German Government, States Must Play Role in Sarrazin Dismissal, ARD Says - Bloomberg September 3, 2010The GuardianGerman Government, States Must Play Role in Sarrazin Dismissal, ARD SaysBloombergChancellor Angela Merkel's government and the Bundesrat, parliament's upper chamber that represents Germany's 16 states, must get involved in any decision on the Bundesbank's request to dismiss its board ...Trichet 'Appalled' by Sarrazin […]
- Fidel Castro Gives Major Public Speech - Voice of America September 3, 2010CBC.caFidel Castro Gives Major Public SpeechVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has delivered a major public speech, warning students at the University of Havana that the world stands at the brink of nuclear war. Mr. Castro wore his trademark green army fatigues and hat as he spoke ...Fidel Castro reappears at Havana University mass […]
- Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian Talks - Voice of America September 3, 2010Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian TalksVoice of AmericaIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the relaunched direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the talks are doomed to fail. Mr. Ahmadinejad said Friday that only Palestinians can decide their fate - not Western ...Iran says Mideast peace talks doomed to failXinhuaMiddle […]
- Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Rally Kills 43 - Voice of America September 3, 2010msnbc.comSuicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Rally Kills 43Voice of AmericaPakistani officials say a suicide bombing killed at least 43 people Friday in the second attack on the country's Shi'ite minority this week. The blast wounded more than 80 others in the southwestern city of Quetta. The suicide bomber detonated his ...Pakistan suicide bo […]
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I am an addict. I can choose to either run from it or learn from it. I am not proud of it but I can’t hide from it either. It changes the way you see things the way you think about things. It changes the way you see yourself. I use to be full of [...]
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I have a theme song for almost every situation like in Ally Mcbeal. My song for drinking has always been The Sound of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel: “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend, I’ve come to talk with you again…” For along time drinking was my friend. The darkness was when I passed out. A brief [...]
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Some of our bloggers may have noticed a few changes to their blogs back-end, and some of them may have not. Allow me to point out a few of the minor changes that have taken effect recently. Tool-tips The Tool-tips feature is back and will assist all of our bloggers, both the experienced and the in-experienced, with [...]
