Free Official Microsoft DreamSpark

Bill Gates annouced yesterday that Microsoft is giving some freebies away to students in 11 countries. The countris are Microsoft DreamSpark United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium,

The software to be given away to students are:
Visual Studio 2008 - Professional Edition
Expression Studio
Widows Server 2003 Standard Edition
XNA Game Studio 2.0
XNA Club Online
SQL Server 2005
Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
Visual Web 2005 Express Edition
Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
Virtual PC

Microsoft Dreamspark sign up and download link.
Direct Quote from the MS website at Channel 8 MSDN
"DreamSpark is simple, it's all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so you can chase your dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start on your career.

Who can get this right now?
We are kicking this off in 11 countries/regions, giving DreamSpark to millions of students in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium. If you are not residing in one of the countries listed keep checking back, we will be adding more countries throughout the year.

Does that mean that I might not get in?
Possibly, if you are not residing in one of the countries listed, not attending an accredited university or not a member of one of the student organizations that we're connected with. But keep checking back, as we're working on adding more ways to verify your student status all the time.

What do I have to do to get this software? Not much really, just select a product and follow the steps below.

Sign In with your Windows Live ID. If you don't have one, go get one here. Pretty basic stuff.

Get verified as a student. The system is linked to schools and organizations around the world that can confirm student status. Simply choose your country and school, enter your info and hit submit.

Download your products. Now remember these are professional tools. This means they are pretty big files so make sure you have the bandwidth and space to bring them to your machine. We support the latest versions of both Internet Explorer and Firefox for your download."

Los Angeles Women Participate in International Campaign

Addressing the Reality of Abortion

Los Angeles – Breaking the silence that surrounds the personal experience of abortion (Roe v. Wade) women from the Greater Los Angeles area will tell their stories on January 19th, at 10 am, at Los Angeles City Hall, downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles event is one of many happening throughout America and in Washington D.C. in January as part of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, which is co-sponsored by Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life.

“The real experience of abortion is quite different than the rhetoric we’ve heard for 33 years,” said Georgette Forney, co founder of Silent No More Awareness Campaign. “Our voices have been locked in silence due to pain, shame, and fear of judgment. But now it’s time for us to be silent no more about the real problems we’ve dealt with after having abortions.”

Silent No More Awareness is a Campaign whereby Christians make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women and men. The Campaign seeks to expose and heal the secrecy surrounding the emotional and physical pain of abortion. Since officially launching the Campaign in January 2003, 3123 people have registered online, 110 Gatherings have occurred in 3 countries and 44 states with 1682 participants sharing their testimonies, and more than 5000 spectators have heard the message. For more details, visit Silent No More Awareness.

DATE and TIME

WHO: Silent No More Awareness Campaign

WHAT: Event to break the silence of abortion and let women testify to the damage abortion has caused them

WHEN: January 19th , 2008 10 am

WHERE: Los Angeles City Hall 200 N. Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles

CONTACT: Dena Leichnitz, 323 898-7914 daned34@aol.com

To schedule an interview, please contact Dena Leichnitz, 323 898-7914,

Daned34@aol.com

InvisibleLA.com

Touring Los Angeles can get quite expensive. So one may want to get some tips and suggestions from the locals. Invisible LA maybe of assistance of possibly pointing a visitor, tourist or someone on a business trip needing to explore Los Angeles to some great hot spots. One may get reviews of local restaurants in the local Los Angeles area. As well as places to visit if you are on a budget. Touring Los Angeles can get quite expensive. There are plenty of free things to do in Los Angeles. So with a little research, patience and curiosity can please just about everyone when reading up at Invisible LA. So go on and explore Los Angeles next time you are there.

If you have any ideas, suggestions, questions or places you want information on you may contact linda@InvisibleLA.com .

PhotoTrade

I often read up Shoemoney Blog. I came across one of his blogs posts talking about a new photo site. You get paid 90% of the revenue when someone buys one of your photos in any size or form. Something similiar to your Flickr photos, Cafepress and Deviant Art type of idea. It is in beta format as of now and you have to be invited to be able to sign up and join. So I got my invite 2 days after requesting one. Well I uploaded some of my photos. So if you wanna view any or possibly buy any of the photos here is the link: lpstong's" home page

What is an .edu backlink worth?

Well I should ask, what is my .edu backlink worth to you? Nothing I haven't linked you up. The other question should be, Why do you persist to leave your website link in my comments area to websites that are not relevant to the blog post I wrote? Third and I believe lastly, Why would I hook you up if you know your website is not relevant to the blog post. Do some SEO work. My website is not relevant to any medicine that will make men happy and woman disappointed by its effects of it there of.

Going Back To College

I had to take some weeks off. I went back to college about 4 weeks ago. I needed to take time to get organized and get caught up in all my classes before posting to my blog again.

But yes I will be back at again, not just as often. I barely got a breather today. I just finished up an essay/test for Political Science on "The Terrible Transformation". And I have a 50 question test for my Law I class waiting still(covering 4 chapters). As well as a paper for my history class due by Monday of next week. Mixed in with work and raising two teens. Ack!!! I will and can do it.

So the saga continues...............Back with more blog posts soon.

Mac and PC Games

I love playing board games, card games, arcade games, video games to online, pc games and some mac games as well.

I have found that playing such games as Halo, Runescape, Gunz, Newage, Ragnorok and other games online exciting, thrilling and andreline rush. But what about those good 'ole PC games. I have found at Winterwolves there are plenty of PC and Mac games to be played that are just as exciting, thrilling and will give me the rush of game playing as I would like. The ones that interest me the most are Styrateg, a RPG game. Another that has peeked my interest is Supernove: Galatic Wars and last but to say the least is virtual game of a reality show come to your PC version is Virtual Villager. Something that appers to be a mix between Survivor, Big Brother and the classic game IMVU. Come check it and see what would interest you. There are many games to choose from and are easy to download. The site is easy to navigate and gives brief descriptions of each game to make an easier decision for you to choose from.