RapidShare and MegaUpload are among the most used file-hosting services. Together, the two sites account for 9 percent of all Internet traffic in the Middle East and 4 percent in Germany, according to iPoque, a company based in Leipzig, Germany, that specializes in traffic-management appliances for ISPs.

The services let users upload a file and then share a link, called a direct download link, in e-mails and Web forums for others to download the content.

Juvenile Busted Like an Adult ... For Pot

Nice lookin' mouth there, thug. I'll be looking for gun charges to be added next. Keep on glorifying these societal enemas. You'll enjoy a long and rewarding career in the fast food industry.

Final release of Skype 2.7 for Mac brings Leopard stability

When it comes to companies keeping their Mac software on par with their Windows offerings, Skype (unlike Yahoo) has always done a pretty decent job. Skype for Mac 2.7 beta was a solid beta release that included address book integration, contact grouping, and a few other nifty features. It's been a while since the beta was released, though, so it should come as no surprise that the company finally made the update official by releasing Skype 2.7 for Mac this week.

If you've been using the beta releases, most of the features I mentioned above won't come as a surprise to you. However, since the August beta, Skype 2.7 has also gained a better-quality default resolution (640x480) for video and mobile indicators, as well as more volume adjustment options and a few contact group tweaks.

The Magic Johnson Foundation and Abbott Expand Focus of 'Campaign to ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with World AIDS Day, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the Magic Johnson Foundation and Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that Cookie Johnson, wife of Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be touring throughout the country in 2008 to educate women on HIV/AIDS. Earvin "Magic" Johnson will continue to be the primary ambassador for the "I Stand With Magic" program to inform people about the disease, encourage people to get tested and if necessary, seek treatment for HIV if they are HIV positive. The program also will be traveling to New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to provide free HIV testing and education in recognition of World AIDS Day 2007.

Since its 2006 launch, the "I Stand With Magic" program, a part of the "Campaign to End Black AIDS," has provided free HIV/AIDS testing to more than 21,000 Americans in 16 major cities with large African-American populations as part of the "I Stand With Magic" tour.

Ash-West superintendent warns selectmen budget override possible

The override would also restore and fully pay for several sports and activities that were either cut or required a fee, Zapantis said. The curriculum renewal cycle -- which reviews and improves school courses over a period of six years -- would also be included in the original override, Zapantis added.

Selectman Chairman John Fairbanks asked if the district's $785,000 excess and deficiency account -- which is made up of excess money not used during the fiscal year -- should pay for such programs instead of an override.

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What's on in the UK in 2008

Chester's renaissance as a 21st century City extends into the retail sector too. Work began in September 07 on the £280 million Northgate Development, which will change the face of the area around the Town Hall. The new scheme will regenerate 25% of the area within the ancient City Walls and create a new, purpose-built performing arts centre seating audiences of up to 1000 people, 60 new Rows-style shops, a department store for House of Fraser; a new indoor market; library and multi-storey car park. The 19th century, Gothic-style Town Hall will become a freestanding building for the first time in over 100 years. www.chesterrenaissance.co.uk Press contact for further details: Caroline Hoppe (Visit Chester & Cheshire) tel: 01244 405622/ email: c.hoppe@visitchesterandcheshire.co.uk The Grand Arcade Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Full open Spring 2008 This exciting new development will bring a 21st C.

Hominy & Hash

STA RICA CLOSES WORLD-RENOWNED PARK TO STUDY ANIMAL DIE-OFF
by Jesse Froehling
American Reporter Correspondent
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DRAKE BAY, Costa Rica, Dec. 14, 2005 -- Officials closed Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park, a prime tourist attraction, because many kinds of animals are dying in alarming numbers there amid one of the most sensitive ecosystems in the world.

The dead include monkeys, toucans and sloths. The last time monkeys started dying on such a massive scale in the park was in the 1950s, said Edwardo Carrillo, the head researcher in the investigative team that is looking into the deaths. The culprit then was yellow fever, he said. However, yellow fever does not affect birds.

Carillo said that perhaps as many as half the monkey population at the park (www.costaricamap.com/ing/biopcorcovado.html) has died.

Fairfield Inn coming to Milledgeville

A Middle Georgia development company plans to break ground on Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites next to Butler Ford on U.S. Highway 441 in the next several weeks. Fairfield Inn coming to Milledgeville Hotel could create 25 jobs, open in summer 2009 Alexander Cain The Union-Recorder A Middle Georgia development company plans to break ground on Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites next to Butler Ford on U.S. Highway 441 in the next several weeks.

Radio Talk

Find a new morning show elsewhere and have them take three to five years to become a big hit (or not). Or bring in a syndicated show like Rick & Bubba and hope it works immediately? (That didn't work with Bob & Tom or John Boy and Billy). Or just leave it as a "more music" show with no personality?

And I have a feeling Larry and Eric won't be sticking together. Then again, they said in 2004 they'd never work together again after the first dismissal. You have to wonder if either will be able to find a job in the Atlanta market again.