FBstarter.com

What is FBstarter.com? Yesterday a phishing scam spread across Facebook in the form of a message form a friend asking you to click on a link which took you to what appeared to be a Facebook login, but was actually at a different url http://fbaction.net. Luckily, it was quickly blocked.

Now there seems to be a new one linking to http://fbstarter.com/. It comes in the form of a message from a friend telling you to “Look at this!” When you click on the link, you are taken to what appears to be a Facebook sign-in page. If you go ahead and sign in, the phishers have access to your account and can then send messages to all of your friends. Do not give them your login info!

If you do sign in by mistake, the best thing to do is to change your password as quickly as possible. Make sure you are signed into the real Facebook when you do that though.

Again, it looks like this phishing attack is very successful. Right now “fbstarter.com” is the No. 1 hottest term on Google Trends.

Aquada

Imagine driving through the beautiful Florida keys on a clear-skied summer's day with the top down. What can be better right? How about taking an exit directly into the ocean water and speedboating around the beach...in the same vehicle? That is exactly what the new "Aquada" proposes to do. This new concept vehicle comes to us from Gibbs Technologies. They debuted the "Aquada" in late 2003.

They proudly claim 100mph on land and 30mph in the water. At under $100K, the first vehicles are slated to be sold here in the USA in 2009. The following is from their website (http://www.gibbstech.co.uk/aquada.php):

The Aquada is a revolutionary showcase of High Speed Amphibian (HSA) technology.

This radical new breed of vehicle has been precision engineered to the most exacting standards. It has undergone an extensive safety testing programme and complies with appropriate marine and road safety regulations.

Entry to the water is via beach, boat ramp, slipway or directly from the water's edge. Once afloat, the transition from road vehicle to High Speed Amphibian (HSA) is effortlessly achieved.

Simply press a button and drive into the water. The wheels automatically rise and as you press the accelerator nearly a ton of thrust pushes the Aquada onto the plane. The whole process takes less than 12 seconds. The Aquada can plane at over 30mph.

Powerful enough to tow a water-skier and with a style and class of its own, the Gibbs Aquada is the perfect leisure vehicle. It combines the thrill of an open top car with the sheer exhilaration experienced in a high performance speedboat.

The Aquada is the new name for freedom!

One can only wonder how long before the "Aquada" is spotted in our beautiful California beaches!

NVAX & other swine flu stocks

The swine flu outbreak has come during a horribly vulnerable time for the global economy, but at least on Monday, toxic balance sheets won't be the #1 news story.
Instead we'll be trying to figure out if this is the big one, or if it's just a prelude.

Two of the ones to watch tomorrow: Biocryst (BCRX) and Novavax (NVAX), vaccine makers which were up 26% and 75% respectively on Friday as news emerged of the disease striking in Mexico. We'll be shocked if they don't go crazy again on Monday, now that the story's gotten much bigger and because Novavax still has a market cap of under $100 million. It won't take much to make it go crazy.

Other companies that may profit from swine flu include Roche -- who's Tamiflu has had some effect and Gilead (GILD), which gets royalties from its sale.

This blog offers up some more speculative names including NanoViricides (NNVC) and Sinovac Biotech (SVA)

A stock we'd expect to see selling in: Hormel (HRL).

source="http://www.businessinsider.com/swine-flu-stocks-2009-4"

Easter Bible Verses

Are you looking for a particular Bible verse to write in your Easter cards? Do you just want to meditate on the significance of Christ's resurrection? This collection of Resurrection Day Bible verses centers on the theme of Christ's death, burial and resurrection, and what these events mean to his followers.

Easter, or Resurrection Day, as many Christians refer to the holiday, is a time when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.


John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. (NIV)

Romans 1:4-5
And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. (NLT)

Romans 6:8-11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (NIV)

Philippians 3:10-12
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. (NIV)

1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead... (NIV)

Matthew 27:50-53
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.(NIV)

Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." (NIV)

Mark 16:1-8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. (NIV)

(See also, Luke 24:1-12)

source=http://christianity.about.com/od/holidaytips/qt/easterbiblevers.htm

Portuguese Water Dog

Usually leaks are bad things when the subject is puppies, or the White House, but yesterday a cute leak squirted out from 1600 Pennsylvania, the news that its newest resident is a Portuguese water dog that the Obama girls have named Bo.

The Washington Post, who has been hot on the trail of this all-important story got the poop on the pup:

The little guy is a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by that Portuguese water dog-lovin' senator himself, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The girls named it Bo — and let it be noted that you learned that here first. Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo . . . Diddley?)

Bo's a handsome little guy. Well suited for formal occasions at the White House, he's got tuxedo-black fur, with a white chest, white paws and a rakish white goatee.

President Barack Obama and the first Lady have been barraged with questions about the pooch ever since it became known that the girls were promised a dog if Mr. Obama won the election.

Although having a pet is a first for the first family, the Obamas are Bo's second family. When the puppy's original family couldn't take care of him, none other than Senator Ted Kennedy (who owns two Water dogs) found a new home for the pup with the Obamas.

Despite the fact that this news came out a few days before it was scheduled to be formally announced, when Michelle Obama spoke to People in February, she said that April would be the month that her daughters would get their pet.

Here's a sample of a typical family conversation on the matter: "So Sasha says, 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's, like, April!," Mrs. Obama recalls. "Got to do it after spring break. You can't get a new dog and then go away for a week."

In January Mr. Obama said on a Sunday morning talk show that the family had narrowed down their choice between a Labradoodle and a Portugese water dog. Most assumed that the Obamas were attempting to find a hypoallergenic breed to appease Malia's allergies, but the president of the Portugese Water Dog Association told USA Today that such a dog doesn't exist. "There really is no hypoallergenic dog. We tell people to spend time around the dogs to make sure they're going to be OK. The hair might not bother them, but the saliva might."

Looks like that water dog's saliva was fine. Sorry, Labradoodles.

source=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/04/bo-portuguese-water-dog-obama-first-dog.html

Masters Golf Tournament 2009

With the 2009 Masters golf tournament underway today in Augusta, Georgia, Tiger Woods remains the odds-on favorite to win the prestigious golf tourney, followed closely by Phil Mickelson. At the online sports betting website BodogLife, Tiger Woods remains the top favorite to win the 2009 Masters with short odds 7/4. In the odds to win the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament, Tiger Woods is followed by Phil Mickelson, who however holds distant odds to win - 8/1. After a small odds adjustment, Geoff Ogilvy is now third on the betting sheets with odds 12/1, edging out Padraig Harrington who is now sitting on 16/1 odds to win the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament.

Neither of the four golf players leading the betting odds on the 2009 Masters have teed-off yet, which gives the bettors quite a while to put in their wagers. And with Tiger Woods leading on the rest of the pack by such a wide margin, it's the perfect time to look for "underdogs" such as Mickelson and Harrington. Thanks for checking with us as we bring you the latest odds on the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament.

source=http://www.ogpaper.com/news/news-02546.html