One thing though, NUFFNANG is about to run foul of the Anti-Competition Laws in Singapore by their Glitterati. They started it off to kill Advertlets but now since Advertlets,GrabmyAds and GoKita is dead, they started targetting Aductions, a US BASED Company giving the similar excuse that Aductions have an office in KL. However, given that fact,their terms say, servers in the SEA and by doing so, means even GOOGLE ADSENSE is also out of the question as they already have an office here, along side with Yahoo! Publisher for more than 6 months.

It’s the people crying their heart off because of this small issue, and Nuffnang is becoming too bold , IMHO, by stipulating situations which they are going to run foul of, especially since NUFFNANG.COM is actually subjected to the laws of the EU and the US.

This issue was pointed out to me by BLOGMAS and other Publication Networks whom quoted that even BLOG4U is not allowed. But issn’t BLOG4U US BASED like PayPerPost and the sort? So, in doing so, they MUST NON-EXCLUSIVE anyone using PAYPERPOST,BLOG4U, GOOGLE,ADBRITE and YAHOO as they have servers in SINGAPORE and CYBERJAYA. Heck,BLOG4U is in KOREA for heaven sake.

Dear Azrin,

Here’s the list of advertisers that will compromise your Glitterati status.

The list is
1. Advertlets
2. Gokita
3. Nufflets
4. Grabmyads
5. Aductions
6. Blog2u

My colleague informs me that you had aductions on your site, as such your Glitterati status would be compromised.

Have a nice day1

Regards,
Tan Yee Hou
Nuffnang Sdn Bhd
www.nuffnang.com.my

Doesn’t it feel that the agreement is LOPSIDED to their own benefit and for your information, NUFFNANG charges about RM12 PER CPM (thousand impressions) and pays you RM0.88 for Glitterati and RM0.11 for non-exclusive. So imagine that in itself, and that is a price quoted by not one, but many advertisers across the board. At least some charge US$2.00 for the leaderboard because it’s GOOD BRANDING, and even Liew CF charges USD10 for his buttons on Aductions.

Given the fact that Nuffnang had not received ANY PAYMENT for the TELEKOM and CELCOM media ad runs that was on LAST YEAR OCTOBER,because their paymaster, a media buyer was delaying the funds as much as they can, causes them more grief that it was purported that Tim had his eye injury because he had to scratch it so much thinking of means to raise funds for their contractors (bloggers) compared to the new boy in town (Aductions) whom had a paid up capital of RM100,000 with a financial security of almost US$20,000,000 in their bank account.

What is more, Aductions set up office in Malaysia just to test the market so they can jump into CHINA and ARAB Markets which is happening right now, so if you have an ARAB Lingual page,site,blog.. let them know as you can get better rates. These Arabs pay CASH UPFRONT as opposed to Malaysian Agencies loving to go on 120 day credit terms after the end of the campaign.

I do understand the facts behind Tim’s dilemma, but at the end of the day, some business technique will kill the business and especially Anti-Competition Laws in place now.

Timmy: My Advise…stay away from those Ah-Longs (Banks, Venture Capitalists alike especially). The money you get can roll into FOREX and pay off the bloggers better.

As some of you heard, Aductions is getting VERY AGRESSIVE and they seem to have secured a deal with a project funded by UNICEF for the sake of children’s welfare.And that their own internal ads are quite expensive, about $10 for CPM which equates to about 10c per view. Which , if blogs and network sites that are heavy traffic, stand to earn as much as $2000 a day and no wonder they can pay my commission out so fast, just as BLOGMAS did last week, and I know it was a nice sum.

So, it’s no use of me holding on to inventory I can’t sell when I can make better somewhat elsewhere.

Sorry Tim.Convince me otherwise.

Yes, they have paid out, and it’s a nice start. Better than me having to wait for 2 months to get paid for a mere RM50. Just because I started with a similar competitor, they took off my Glitterati immediately so they can forgo my earnings. Which reminds me of what Advertlets did to many of the Bloggers.

Anyway, it’s not a biggie for me, but if they can pay their contractors proper and prompt, they will grow fast and great…

And Yeah..they let me CASH THE CHEQUE. I rushed over to Al-Rajhi Bank TTDI Branch for my moolah.

Guys,what are you waiting for??

I’ll put the check up for you to see in a bit.

Well, basically, it means you CANNOT put disclosure badges, saying you get paid by so and so etc.

Plus many other things.

I don’t go into detail, but you get the drift.

Take Galway for instance. Notorious for the lousy hospital but it’s a place where they have their best college of medicine in the Republic.Literally, at times, the Atlantic Winds are merciless towards the residents of Galway,battering them with all sorts tests of life, with winds and gusts of over 80 miles an hour and sub freezing winters, yet Galway is so rich in it’s own culture, seafood, luxury scenic views and of course, of the best places to have a pint of stout. Heck, even the bootleg whisky is far better than their cousins, the Scottish as I am always drunk as an Irish Lad.

Come to think of it, since I am still sober, I should have removed the Nuffnang Ads totally since they are not paying me as promised.

Weekend without the family means a transit commuter weekend for me. Hopping on and hopping off the Kommuter, LRT, ERL, Rapid, Star, Putra ..you name it, exploring places where you can’t get much in KL.

Last weekend was Book Weekend and PC Fair at the PWTC and KLCC respectively. PC Fair to me, was kind of overwhelming with rude Malaysians, and the place was freaking hot. Rude Men and Women, without much regards to their courtesy or what not, pushing people here and there and despite that, I walked about with my steel toe cappers, means, if I step on you, too bad lah, you will hurt and call your mama.

Deals in the KLCC PC Fair was same all about, nothing to say much other than the cheap lelong cameras by Nikon and Canon which I won’t want to part my money with despite a 7.1Megapixel 3x zoom etc for RM499 since I am already into the Canon EOS 400D, which I am targeting the EOS 40D which had no special offers. Durgh!

Laptops too, were not any cheaper either. Not worth my time and APPLE WAS NOT IN IT! Somehow or rather, I can’t find anyone showing off the Mac Book Air. Which would be nice, as I wanted the 160GB version, unless I go and fiddle the system and install the iPod Video hard disk in it.

As for the traffic, it was mad. RM4.20 for a can of 100Plus!? Bloody Farker! And I don’t cuss and swear I tell you. Normally for RM1.20, now at that rate, 4 times over. Darn it! Plus traffic was bad, human or vehicular.

The PWTC Book fair was ok, but full of books written in Bahasa Malaysia. So I thought , how on earth can our graduands excel in the society when everything is in Bahasa Melayu? Heck , the Local Universities need to wake up. They are actually bringing grief to all these students whom, after finishing with a 4.0 CGPA Honors Degree, have no work and resort to selling Krabby Patty Burgers for a living or to service their 4% PTPTN loan. Yikes!

It’s so sad, that 10 year on after I published my paper about the education system in Malaysia, things are just…as crappy, or even worse, with over 10 universities now, and the QoS is rock bottom, full of scandals. And despite me having job offers with some universities, I decline them as I know I won’t be able to discharge my duties as an Educator when the board itself, are already infested and minds full of feces.

I’ll be taking down this site soon enough when I see a template be suits the function. So, those whom wish to meet me while I am still in KL, please buzz me.
take care

Daulat Tuanku. For your wisdom and strength to govern the state into a world class state. For the ruler is at the heart of the people whom had been giving Friday Prayer Sermons, attending to the needs of the people through his own walkabout, unannounced, impromptu making sure the elected government does their job properly.

Thank You.

May you be blessed with the Grace of Allah.

Daulat Tuanku.

This is a must as I have exceeded my limit of 1000 posts within the past few months, and these are kind of heavy load to my site, especially with the SQL Servers. So, if you complain my theme look shitty, yes, I’m doing a Make Over. Just like Restaurant Makeover, this is Blog Make Over 2008.

It’s a lot more work than what you think, but it will be seamless changes.The DNS Swap will be a snap anyway, since the servers are still here, just the SQL Swap and some propagation thingy, plus you guys been complaining my site has been sluggish.

Likewise, be prepared for me being very colorful!inn

Anyway, if you have noticed I’ve got a few advertising spots taken up by Nuffnang with respect to the Digi Leaderboard, Nokia with their life (which reminds me that their landing page does not exist anymore…error ?) and Royal Flush Asia Singapore but that alone does not even pay for my hosting, let alone expenses, so despite all these advertising from Nuffnang, I’m taking up inventory from Aductions with Cost Per Day and CPC,CPM and CPV methodologies. Basically, it’s all about money and with them taking up a budget of over $1.2 Million worth of advertising placements from the region that they are so serious and setup their office just off Centerpoint Bandar Utama, which is a stone’s throw away from One Utama. More of their move details in their Press Release today which makes the advertising strategy in the region more stiff as they have representatives in UK, Europe, UAE, China and Singapore.

It’s little Google coming to setup shop in Malaysia and like in any initial start up, they opened up many slots for their Beta Stage Registration and their get a big chunk of the advertising revenue from many sources, not just in Malaysia but also from the mainland US or Europe. With their Cost Per Day and Cost Per 100 Unique Visitors schemas, nobody is willing to set to that level in the advertising industry other than Text Link Ads. And with known success of many advertising companies in the US, Aductions Inc is a self service platform, which gives you ALA CARTE Advertising Campaigns without much of a hassle. Think of them like PayPerPost , Text-Link-Ads, Adbrite , Google Adsense all into one, except that they don’t do Paid Blogging as a method, but it’s a start.

Like I said, with Google lynching websites with link baiting and more, I was surprised that LiewCF signed up on the network. With a small fee of $7 per day for a small budget sized button. It’s far cheaper than paying $7000 a week on TV3 network.That is what I can tell you so far, but if you want to get advertising slots and placements on your inventory, you can set it as such:

$0.35 / day on Cost Per Day
$0.10 for Cost Per Click
$0.15 for Cost Per 100 Visitors CPV
$0.20 for Cost Per 1000 Impressions.

These are great rates for personal blogs who fetch about 50 or so visitors a day. Which is great money as they are in US Dollars, and the higher the traffic, the more money you can command. One way to get more publicity is to install the MyBlogLog widget, and by joining other people’s network , you can get more people to visit yours, and as more things you talk about, the more you are featured on Google Search Engines.

Anyway, this is a tip off for you, just in case you want more money for your traffic.Well, check Aductions out if you want more money. And if you got time, drop by their office just next door to Centerpoint Bandar Utama and have some coffee.

Ya Seen is the 36th Surah / Chapter in the Quran and the name is derived from the starting verse in the Surah or Chapter which has no meaning other than known to Him Almighty.Ya Seen has 83 Verses which are normally boken into some sub-chapters and at certain intervals, one will stop and pray for something , a basic prayer as it was known that the end of the verses with ‘Mu been’ carry an express way to get one’s own prayer answered quickly.

Significance of the Ya Seen is that in itself, it becomes the Last Rites for a Muslim to ease him pain and suffering of Sakratul Maut or the Act of Death itself, ranging from days to just a few minutes where the Angel of Death Israel will start pulling the person’s soul from the sole,feet,legs,stomach,lungs and lastly through a swift and painful extraction from the skull, with the soul and energy extracted via the pores of the hair.

Significant verses promises one of heaven and peace of life, here and there after (Salamun Kau Lam Mir Rabbir Rahim) or literally meaning Peace and Blessing from Your Lord, The Al Compassionate. Among others are how life is taken away and what awaits the non believer so that one is reminded of his own deeds.

Overall, Ya Seen is a remembrance of Allah of his most loved creation, Prophet Muhammad where he is protected and shielded from any imperfections in life and from any sin, that he is clean and noble as anyone on the street. Known that he is the Walking Quran, he is the living practitioner of the Sayings of God.

Here is the Literal Translation. Reproduced from Quran.Nu

1. Ya-Sin
2. By the Quran, full of wisdom,
3. Truly, you (O Muhammad) are one of the Messengers,
4. On a Straight Path (i.e. on Allah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism).
5. (This is) a Revelation sent down by the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful
6. In order that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
7. Indeed the Word (of punishment) has proved true against most of them, so they will not believe.
8. Verily! We have put on their necks iron collars reaching to chins, so that their heads are forced up.
9. And We have put a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up, so that they cannot see.
10. It is the same to them whether you warn them or you warn them not, they will not believe.

11. You can only warn him who follows the Reminder (the Quran), and fears the Most Beneficent (Allah) unseen. Bear you to such one the glad tidings of forgiveness, and a generous reward (i.e. Paradise).
12. Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record that which they send before (them), and their traces [of their deeds], and all things We have recorded with numbers (as a record) in a Clear Book.

13. And put forward to them a similitude; the (story of the) dwellers of the town, [It is said that the town was Antioch], when there came Messengers to them.
14. When We sent to them two Messengers, they belied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: “Verily! We have been sent to you as Messengers.”
15. They (people of the town) said: “You are only human beings like ourselves, and the Most Beneficent (Allah) has revealed nothing, you are only telling lies.”
16. The Messengers said: “Our Lord knows that we have been sent as Messengers to you,
17. “And our duty is only to convey plainly (the Message).”
18. They (people) said: “For us, we see an evil omen from you, if you cease not, we will surely stone you, and a painful torment will touch you from us.”
19. They (Messengers) said: “Your evil omens be with you! (Do you call it “evil omen”) because you are admonished? Nay, but you are a people transgressing all bounds.
20. And there came running from the farthest part of the town, a man, saying: “O my people! Obey the Messengers;

21. “Obey those who ask no wages of you (for themselves), and who are rightly guided.
22. “And why should I not worship Him (Allah Alone) Who has created me and to Whom you shall be returned.
23. “Shall I take besides Him gods, if the Most Beneficent (Allah) intends me any harm, their intercession will be of no use for me whatsoever, nor can they save me?
24. “Then verily, I should be in plain error.
25. Verily! I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me!”
26. It was said (to him when the disbelievers killed him): “Enter Paradise.” He said: “Would that my people knew!
27. “That my Lord (Allah) has forgiven me, and made me of the honoured ones!”
28. And We sent not against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We send (such a thing).
29. It was but one Saihah (shout, etc.) and lo! They (all) were silent (dead-destroyed).
30. Alas for humankind! There never came a Messenger to them but they used to mock at him.
31. Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them? Verily, they will not return to them.
32. And surely, all, everyone of them will be brought before Us.
33. And a sign for them is the dead land. We gave it life, and We brought forth from it grains, so that they eat thereof.
34. And We have made therein gardens of date-palms and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein.
35. So that they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks?
36. Glory be to Him, Who has created all the pairs of that which the earth produces, as well as of their own (human) kind (male and female), and of that which they know not.
37. And a sign for them is the night, We withdraw therefrom the day, and behold, they are in darkness.
38. And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed). That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
39. And the moon, We have measured for it mansions (to traverse) till it returns like the old dried curved date stalk.
40. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. They all float, each in an orbit.

41.And an sign for them is that We bore their offspring in the laden ship [of Noah].
42. And We have created for them of the like thereunto, so on them they ride.
43. And if We will, We shall drown them, and there will be no shout (or helper) for them (to hear their cry for help) nor will they be saved.
44. Unless it be a mercy from Us, and as an enjoyment for a while.
45. And when it is said to them: “Beware of that which is before you (worldly torments), and that which is behind you (torments in the Hereafter), in order that you may receive Mercy (i.e. if you believe in Allah’s Religion - Islamic Monotheism, and avoid polytheism, and obey Allah with righteous deeds).
46. And never came a Sign from among the Signs of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it.
47. And when it is said to them: “Spend of that with which Allah has provided you,” those who disbelieve say to those who believe: “Shall we feed those whom, if Allah willed, He (Himself) would have fed? You are only in a plain error.”
48. And they say: “When will this promise (i.e. Resurrection) be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”
49. They await only but a single Saihah (shout, etc.), which will seize them while they are disputing!
50. Then they will not be able to make bequest, nor they will return to their family.
51. And the Trumpet will be blown (i.e. the second blowing) and behold! From the graves they will come out quickly to their Lord.
52. They will say: “Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep.” (It will be said to them): “This is what the Most Beneficent (Allah) had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!”
53. It will be but a single Saihah (shout, etc.), so behold! They will all be brought up before Us!
54. This Day (Day of Resurrection), none will be wronged in anything, nor will you be requited anything except that which you used to do.
55. Verily, the dwellers of the Paradise, that Day, will be busy in joyful things.
56. They and their wives will be in pleasant shade, reclining on thrones.
57. They will have therein fruits (of all kinds) and all that they ask for.
58. (It will be said to them): Salamun (peace be on you), a Word from the Lord (Allah), Most Merciful.
59. (It will be said): “And O you criminal sinners! Get you apart this Day (from the believers).
60. Did I not ordain for you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan (Satan). Verily, he is a plain enemy to you.

61. And that you should worship Me [Alone Islamic Monotheism, and set up not rivals, associate-gods with Me]. That is a Straight Path.
62. And indeed he (Satan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand?
63. This is Hell which you were promised!
64. Burn therein this Day, for that you used to disbelieve.
65. This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn. (It is said that one’s left thigh will be the first to bear the witness).
66. And if it had been Our Will, We would surely have wiped out (blinded) their eyes, so that they would struggle for the Path, how then would they see?
67. And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they should have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back. [As it happened with the Jews see Verse 7:166 The Quran].
68. And he whom We grant long life, We reverse him in creation (weakness after strength). Will they not then understand?
69. And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is only a Reminder and a plain Quran.
70. That he or it (Muhammad or the Quran) may give warning to him who is living (a healthy minded the believer), and that Word (charge) may be justified against the disbelievers (dead, as they reject the warnings).
71. Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands have created, the cattle, so that they are their owners.
72. And We have subdued them unto them so that some of them they have for riding and some they eat.
73. And they have (other) benefits from them (besides), and they get (milk) to drink, will they not then be grateful?
74. And they have taken besides Allah gods, hoping that they might be helped (by those so called gods).
75. They cannot help them, but they will be brought forward as a troop against those who worshipped them (at the time of Reckoning).
76. So let not their speech, then, grieve you (O Muhammad). Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal.
77. Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah (mixed male and female discharge semen drops). Yet behold! He (stands forth) as an open opponent.
78. And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. He says: “Who will give life to these bones when they have rotted away and became dust?”
79. Say: (O Muhammad) “He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!”
80. He, Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith.

81. Is not He, Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Yes, indeed! He is the All-Knowing Supreme Creator.
82. Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, “Be!” and it is!
83. So Glorified is He and Exalted above all that they associate with Him, and in Whose Hands is the dominion of all things, and to Him you shall be returned.

I will talk about the core essence of each verse and the uses it had in the modern society in another part.

Many don’t know about the Card Protection Plan or CPP for short. Made readily available for just $10 annually, it notifies your card companies and replaces all your credit card at one go. It is an optional checkbox in the application and by doing so, you save a huge hassle going through each card center, waiting in line and costing you money for long distance numbers as the toll free numbers don’t work outside the US.

So, say you already reported it, what next? CHECK YOUR STATEMENT. I had an issue of OCBC BANK authorising my STOLEN CARD weeks after it was stolen despite card holder not present, and the transaction happened 600 miles away. Some of them clone your card with fake details and purchase items on board aircraft or places where card authorisations are not needed and basically you still have to pay for it, as the card is ‘present’.That is why you should keep your receipts separate from your card or checkbook. One way not to be hassled is use one card at a time. Keep just one Debit card plus a Visa and a Mastercard or AMEX in your wallet,so if one get pinched, you don’t have much to do, at least you can work with other card facilities and not leave you stranded. At least when you don’t use that stolen account for the next few months other than to pay the dues, you know you have yourself covered.

American Express protects their card members more, by offering immediate card replacement so you don’t get stuck in the middle of nowhere. So,it’s useful if you travel often, but Visa and Mastercard has similar Emergency Card Programs too, if you need access to your account.

Check your agreement for the fine print as normally you are liable for the $500 of fraudulent transactions as you LOST your card, not as a result of a robbery which limits you to $50 after a police report is lodged. Always lodge a report with the local police of this loss to cover yourself against any future problems.

Let’s take it that you have already purchased a domain or got one for free from your web hosting provider. The options are plain simple, if you just want a shopping cart, you will then install a shopping gateway like Agrocart or ZEN but if you want something fancy, you can go for content management system where you can integrate your blog, information pages, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Contact details and products and maybe a shopping trolley with checkout functionality without even being a programmer or knowing how HTML works.

Otherwise, if you just want to have a corporate or personal information system, a blog would do just nice. Just make sure you have a nice theme.

Before you embark, there are a few options, namely knowing how each look and feel. There are a few in the market, free open GNU/GPL licensed like Joomla/Mambo (same,different gang), Drupal, PostNuke, PhPNuke. Each have it’s plus and minuses. Look into their development pages and see if you can see a free theme that you like as drupal is a no brainer, but less flexible in terms of codes compared to the Mambo-Joomla but if you have an error, it’s a murder to debug and themes cost money. It involves some CSS codes and styles and php codes behind the scenes. So, pick a theme you like and stick by it. Configuration and modification cost at least $350.

These can have add-ons like Google Checkout, Google Adsense and Banners displayed on your site so you can monitor, monetise and promote your own products within. Those are cool add-on applications and you can even put Facebook on them! You can find out more about these CMS on Helium’s pages. That is a plain simple way to do things.

But what if you want something simpler? Site Deluxe is the solution. Some ISP provides this service so you can pull and drag a plain simple landing page for your place.It’s a no brainer, no need to FTP or Upload data. They do it all for you. I saw this with POWWEB. And stay away from GoDaddy. They are a nuisance.Low Value for Money. Same with Yahoo.

Good luck.

That I cannot post a reply to his blog, so here is my comment brother:

Host gator is good at times…but once U use up alot of resource like when there are more than 20 users at a go on Wordpress, it will kicks a huge fuss and ask you to move to a dedicated.

Try Powweb too.. had so much fun with them, esp with the 1.5TB (terabytes) space and 15TB Bandwidth… they are load balanced, so it won’t be much an issue.

Best regards

azrin @ www.azrin.net

You see, many of the hosts don’t use a load balancer, unless they are huge companies, like me, with DDOS and Cisco Load Balancers as they cost about $500 a month each. So, if you don’t mind shared host, you stick with Powweb.Otherwise, you can go for dedicated, and Hostgator does not own their own equipment anyway, it’s leased from ThePlanet.

Anyway, that is from me, enough of Hosting comments.

Right now, the UMNO General Election is due in August but what I heard is that it may be pushed forward ahead to as early as May to assess and defray any further erosion to the Economic Stability of the Country. So what gives I wondered and had an exclusive interview with one of their head honchos over the weekend while fishing on a jetty at Port Klang. Yes, they do that to defray any Paparazzi following or covering their actions.

The Anatomy of the Post Mortem basically reads to the cause of deceit and greed among the Malay Community in UMNO since their landslide win over the states in the 2004 General Election and all are running over because and for top job posts, forgetting their grassroots and causing mayhem to the public.

Among Issues Addressed were, the RUDE and CRUDE behaviour of the Members of Parliament during the Dewan Rakyat Sitting, calling names to their comrades and opponents which caused a huge public outcry locally and internationally.

Of which, the recent issues of the blatant disrespect towards the sovereign and the Sultans by the State Assembly and the Chief Minister was a big issue among the palace officials.Ultimate greed , arrogance and the error of judgment by the former Perlis Chief Minister had him in hot soup with the Sultan whom refused to have him as a Chief Minister. Word on the street heard by the Sultan that the former minister alleged to demand at least 40% equity in any foreign investment setup in the state caused many to shy away from the smallest state in Malaysia, which is about 50KM end to end. Even locals are shying away from registering their motor vehicles using the Perlis plates prefixed “R” as the resale or even second hand value drops over as much as RM10,000 as the bureaucracy within the state is horrendous. Even parking permits cost more than in Kedah by over 40%.

As for the issue in Terengganu, we decline to comment on the issue, but it’s a matter of misuse of funds by the previous administration. From being disobedient to the King who is now the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to over priced projects funding their own pockets, the Palace had enough of this hanky panky. I was told that they are more angry at the last administration than of the Opposition Controlled Period during 2000 General Elections. The King now listens to the people just as how Kelantan is right now and since the King listened and the Administration heeded, everything is cool, and clear cut in Kelantan. As for Terengganu, it still stays the second poorest state despite having oil.

Pak Lah needs a new batch of people to get rid of the problems at the root. It’s like cancer and for the past 50 years people don’t mind much as long they are cared for, their religion and Sovereign respected but during the last 4 years it’s been downhill. Even neighbour cum Natural Enemy Singapore respected the Sovereign despite he being just a puppet. Any mention of the President (it’s Yang Di-Pertuan Negara before 1985, but still the same) will cause someone get the immediate penalty of death, heck, that we even have to stop and salute to him if we see him jogging in East Coast Park every saturday morning.

So, what else can be done? Get rid of these power crazy goons and well, we may have a better chance to survive this new era.

Nice surprises waited for me when I reached home yesterday after a grueling week meeting friends, colleagues and other governmental issues and had a nice time meeting the Aductions Inc team at their new office in Damansara, Centerpoint Bandar Utama.

One is a small award from Helium about my work on Apple iTunes, think it was $5. Well, it’s for fun anyway, I was working towards the Reward-a-thon

Second, Petronas sent me a letter telling me I won RM400. Well, it’s something not right I was saying…anyway, I’m too tired to think of now.

Well, it is a simple thing. Ali Baba is like a robin hood, but then ALIBABA China has made themselves PUBLIC LISTED.

Whatever it is, I want a similar script to it, as there is a need for the new agenda set by my board. They want ALI BABA and the CLONE, lock stock and barrel.

So, the interface must be simple with a functionality to cross translate it into another language on the fly, CHINESE or ARABIC SCRIPT.
It must also have it’s own Load balancing system, and database throttling.
System should be able to take 10,000 hits a minute.

Tenders, please trackback this post with details.

thanks.

Contracts will be awarded with possibility of long term employment with the Group of Companies with good pay. Any queries should be directed to employment at iexploreasiagroup dot com.

WEB DESIGNERS / Graphic Designers X 3
Must have good sense of photography , graphic design and CSS. Some sort of prior portfolio is required. Skills needed : Photoshop and some kind of creative works. Work assigned will be with the Graphics Design team to produce some Rich Media projects. Flash and Macromedia skills are preferred but will be provided.

PHP Programmer. X 5
Some sort of PHP and SQL Skills are needed. Knowledge of coding and modification of php software is needed. IONCUBE knowledge is preferred. Prodigies must work as a team and work under pressure. Successful candidates will be rewarded with a rewarding career.

Administration
Candidates should be able to have basic communication skills. Knowledge of accounting is preferred.

For all the above posts, Conversant in English is a requirement.

How to apply?

Create a blog post on your own site to this post (trackback) and send an email to employment at iexploreasiagroup dot com with your plain text resume stating your name, email address,contact details and such. We have a few other positions for our Singapore Office. These placements will be held in our office at Damansara area. Rates will depend on your skill and work load. Overtime will be given for out of hours.

No Agencies Please

I lost my page rank and alexa ranking last year because the good people at PayPerPost aka IZEA aka MINDCOMET thought it was a good joke to place WORST BLOGGER OF ALL TIME award to hit out at people like me, Perez Hilton and ObNoxious Blogger like some people, but hardly, I don’t care much then, until Google Smacked Me…means my Adsense are dead ..along with my other advertisers shying away from us.

Anyway, I battled it out, and seems I won. I am still getting you to read my posts, and articles which are paying about $15 a pop on Helium (it’s NOT PAID POSTS, but rather Independent Contributions) which… I love to contribute the proceeds to Charity, like Teachers Without Borders.

All I am asking is to be blessed with all these, and wish you to link me, in exchange.. I will

That is part and parcel of living as a Singaporean, we have to follow law and do our time and pay our dues. What I know is that..I am waiting for my driving license so that I can get on with my life.

What surprised me is that…..the Status of my Drivers’ License:

eXtract from EDDIES
LICENSE NUMBER : S7*****9I
STATUS OF DRIVING LICENSE : VALID / MEDICAL SUSPENSION
CLASSES OF LICENSE : 2B,2A,2,3,4A
VOCATIONAL DRIVING LICENSE : 2
EXPIRY DATE : Valid for life unless revoked, suspended or disqualified.
COMMENT : REFERRAL TO SNEC, TTSH-CDC . EXP MED RMR.
AUTHORITY : HQMC,SAF.PSY MED BOARD.

What? They suspended my license?They wanted me to attend a full eye checked out and what? because I traveled far and wide that Bangladesh had SARS & JE now?
This is really a pain in the butt. And by the guys at psychiatric unit? They think I am still the chao keng officer / executive as before…or was my driving that bad??

Now I really need one of those lesen terbang ah…. Or am I sentenced to the padded cells again?

Sadly, they are all now running to find a new job. All were thought to be silently having pink slips issued out, means termination notices since those stretches are won by the opposition.

No Tolls for us? Pink slips for some…..

More about the Penang bridge removal here…

Did you know that 99.998% of businesses on the web failed because they fail to attract customer or even visitors to the site? It’s actually more costly to advertise on the Internet than of the Print or Terrestrial Mediums. With over card sales hitting over $7.9 Trillion last year, it is a wonder that everyone wants to cash in on the market share.

OK, let’s not get too picky and say your web shop is already up and running. Now you have to drive that traffic into the core of your success: SALES!

There are many ways to drive sales to your site. Mainly it’s the method used to drive that sale. Some used bad karma like spamming or email marketing which are either outsourced or bought from non-approved sources. Others use Affiliate Programs like Commission Junction or Trade Doubler for European target. However, this is very costly. From my own experience, to set one up cost at least $5000 in setup fees plus some other deposits which could cost over $10,000. On top of that, gateway interfaces like affiliate sales and tracking systems cost another bomb.Despite that, affiliates will surely participate in Cost Per Click (CPC) advertising system, so you might as well remove the middle person.

One can start a campaign on Google Adsense for as low as $100. You start off by getting a catchy title for your advertisement,description of the advert, and your URL. You have to insert the relevant keywords of your product or geographical location demographic, regional or ethnic targeting, by income or even setting negative searches (means don’t show if the keyword matches certain settings) and the amount you willing to pay for that click. Mostly,some place a big bid
so that they can get the highest placement upon a mention of a product,keyword,service or by search engine modules.You will get charged just a unit higher than the competitor anyway.

However, that in itself can drag your budget far out, which in mathematical terms, if you have a budget of $100 and you bid $1 per click and the highest competitor paid $0.72 for their bid, you pay $0.73 per click, which gives you approximately 140 clicks. But will that 140 clicks convert to sales? Maybe.If you placed a bid of 5 cents a click and while you get low ranking, you get higher clicks to your site, 2000 clicks! The odds of getting clicks to become sales is the issue.

The topic at hand is how to grow a small business website. I came across a new platform called ADUCTIONS (www.aductions.com) which offers SELF SERVICE pick and choose application system that enable the advertiser to choose who they want to advertise with, either by means of number of clicks,days,impressions or unique visitors. Here,as the website business owner, you get to choose who who affiliate your business with. If the publisher or blogger has a cooking theme like Cooking up a Storm with Kak Mar (www.marlindaradzi.com) with travel and family oriented topics, Martha Steward placed her advertisements for her latest food site alongside with Oprah Winfrey’s latest cooking cook or by Lonely Planet instead of getting Computer related advertising placements on the site. That is what Aductions is about. One can fill an inventory of clicks as low as 5 cents per click for returning or loyal bloggers and their readers to $7 for a small placement in TechCrunch Asia blogger LiewCF which drew million readers a day.

But it all depends on how your budget and mix-and-match skills are, as growing a small business website to a big heavily driven mall is not an easy task. Having a Blog and support site makes the company and the people behind it more human with the humane touch.

It is not an easy issue, affiliate, SEO, Click Driven and all sorts of advertising methods used, as it’s more of a personal fit. If you need more help, the techy guys and gals behind the scenes at Aductions can do a personal recommendation for you, just like a sous chef telling the day’s special, which is complimentary.

Today’s Email:

Dear Nuffnanger,

Hello there! We’d like to inform you that your blog has been selected to run an upcoming Cost Per Click ad campaign ROYAL FLUSH ASIA which is related to poker.

Contrary to popular belief that Poker is purely about gambling, it is a sport that is widely recognized worldwide.

Poker is seen as a sport in the same way billiards, chess bowling, and golf are not athletic sports but sports nevertheless.

Bridge is an Olympic sport and there is talk of poker being accepted into the International Olympic Committee. Singapore has also allowed Betfair to host online poker tournaments to qualify for the Singapore Asian Poker Tour. Hence, it is clear that poker is does not mainly revolve around gambling as a lot of thinking skills are required to play this game.

You can check out more by clicking here and here.

However, if you would like to have the ad removed from your blog, please e-mail scott.chua@nuffnang.com

Have a nice day!

Nicholas Chay
Marketing Manager
Nuffnang Pte Ltd

OK…now legally speaking…SINGAPORE MAY ALLOW YOU TO PLAY..but did you know of the followings?

BLOGGER:

Sorry guys…

This is what the TERMS on the Blogger..for yr info

15. Choice of Law; Jurisdiction; Forum. These Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. Any claims, legal proceeding or litigation arising in connection with the Service will be brought solely in Santa Clara County, California, and you consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Which means..NO POKER or GAMING…as CALIFORNIA PROHIBITS THAT.
Thanks.

And read with the Google TOS
8.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Google (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.

8.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see http://www.google.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.

8.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.

8.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Google has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Google may suffer) by doing so.

—– Original Message —–
From: azrin
To: Nuffnang
Cc: scott.chua@nuffnang.com ; Timothy Tiah
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: Royal Flush Asia CPC Campaign

Unfortunately guys, this is already in breach of users who are hosted in the US, as this requires a gaming license.

reference to the advertising laws in the US and the UK itself too, which is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

so please note: NO PORN RELATED or BETTING GAMING (EVEN BACKGAMMON) allowed on Blogspot or US Hosted sites.

this is the advertising law, unless the person holds a Gaming License.

Which means….
NO US BASED BLOGGER OR HOSTED IN US CAN ADVERTISE POKER , BACK GAMMON OR CASINO.

Why did their lawyer say can huh?

I’m not going to be a kill joy..but this is the law pertaining you guys using US BASED hosts, and this is to be read with the WIRE ACT and the COMMUNICATIONS BILL.

UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT
This title may be cited as the: Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

Internet Gambling ActSEC. 802.
PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PAYMENT INSTRUMENT FOR UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
SUBCHAPTER IV
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING
§ 5361. Congressional findings and purpose
(a) FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Internet gambling is primarily funded through personal use of payment system instruments, credit cards, and wire transfers.
(2) The National Gambling Impact Study Commission in 1999 recommended the passage of legislation to prohibit wire transfers to Internet gambling sites or the banks which represent such sites.
(3) Internet gambling is a growing cause of debt collection problems for insured depository institutions and the consumer credit industry.
(4) New mechanisms for enforcing gambling laws on the Internet are necessary because traditional law enforcement mechanisms are often inadequate for enforcing gambling prohibitions or regulations on the Internet, especially where such gambling crosses State or national borders.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
NO provision of this subchapter shall be construed as altering, limiting, or extending any Federal or State law or Tribal-State compact prohibiting, permitting, or regulating gambling within the United States.

§ 5362. Definitions
In this subchapter:
(1 ) BET OR WAGER.
The term ‘bet or wager’—
(A) means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game subject to chance, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome;
(B) includes the purchase of a chance or opportunity to win a lottery or other prize (which opportunity to win is predominantly subject to chance);
(C) includes any scheme of a type described in section 3702 of title 28;
(D) includes any instructions or information pertaining to the establishment or movement of funds by the bettor or customer in, to, or from an account with the business of betting or wagering; and
(E) does not include-
(i) any activity governed by the securities laws (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the purchase or sale of securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(10) of that Act);
(ii) any transaction conducted on or subject to the rules of a registered entity or exempt board of trade under the Commodity Exchange Act;
(iii) any over-the-counter derivative instrument;
(iv) any other transaction that
(I) is excluded or exempt from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act; or
(II) is exempt from State gaming or bucket shop laws under section 12(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act or section 28(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
(v) any contract of indemnity or guarantee;
(vi) any contract for insurance;
(vii) any deposit or other transaction with an insured depository institution;
(viii) participation in any game or contest in which participants do not stake or risk anything of value other than
(I) personal efforts of the participants in playing the game or contest or obtaining access to the Internet; or
(II) points or credits that the sponsor of the game or contest provides to participants free of charge and that can be used or redeemed only for participation in games or contests offered by the sponsor; or
(ix) participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest in which (if the game or contest involves a team or teams) no fantasy or simulation sports team is based on the current membership of an actual team that is a member of an amateur or professional sports organization (as those terms are defined in section 3701 of title 28) and that meets the following conditions:
(I) All prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.
(II) All winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals (athletes in the case of sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or other events.
(III) No winning outcome is based
(aa) on the score, pointspread, or any performance or performances of any single real world team or any combination of such teams; or
(bb) solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single real-world sporting or other event.

(2) BUSINESS OF BETTING OR WAGERING.
The term ‘business of betting or wagering’ does not include the activities of a financial transaction provider, or any interactive computer service or telecommunications service.

(3) DESIGNATED PAYMENT SYSTEM.
The term ‘designated payment system’ means any system utilized by a financial transaction provider that the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, jointly determine, by regulation or order, could be utilized in connection with, or to facilitate, any restricted transaction.

(4) FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROVIDER.
The term ‘financial transaction provider’ means a creditor, credit card issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, money transmitting business, or international, national, regional, or local payment network utilized to effect a credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, stored value product transaction, or money transmitting service, or a participant in such network, or other participant in a designated payment system.

(5) INTERNET.
The term ‘Internet’ means the international computer network of interoperable packet switched data networks.

(6) INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE.
The term ‘interactive computer service’ has the meaning given the term in section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)).

(7) RESTRICTED TRANSACTION.
The term ‘restricted transaction’ means any transaction or transmittal involving any credit, funds, instrument, or proceeds described in any paragraph of section 5363 which the recipient is prohibited from accepting under section 5363.

(8) SECRETARY.
The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.

(9) STATE.
The term ‘State’ means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or other possession of the United States.

(10) UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ means to place, receive, or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.
(B) INTRASTATE TRANSACTIONS.
The term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ does not inelude placing, receiving, or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager where
(i) the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made exclusively within a single State;
(ii) the bet or wager and the method by which the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made is expressly authorized by and placed in accordance with the laws of such State, and the State law or regulations include-
(I) age and location verification requirements reasonably designed to block access to minors and persons located out of such State; and
(II) appropriate data security standards to prevent unauthorized access by any person whose age and current location has not been verified in accordance with such State’s law regulations; and
(iii) the bet or wager does not violate any provision of-
(I) the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
(II) chapter 178 of title 28 (commonly known as the ‘Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’);
(III) the Gambling Devices Transportation Act (15 U. S. C. 1171 et seq.); or
(IV) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
(C) INTRATRIBAL TRANSACTIONS.
The term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ does not inelude placing, receiving, or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager where-
(i) the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made exclusively-
(I) within the Indian lands of a single Indian tribe (as such terms are defined under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; or
(II) between the Indian lands of 2 or more Indian tribes to the extent that intertribal gaming is authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act;
(ii) the bet or wager and the method by which the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made is expressly authorized by and complies with the requirements of-
(I) the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution approved by the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission; and
(II) with respect to class III gaming, the applicable Tribal-State Compact;
(iii) the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution or Tribal-State compact includes
(I) age and location verification requirements reasonably designed to block access to minors and persons located out of the applicable Tribal lands; and
(II) appropriate data security standards to prevent unauthorized access by any person whose age and current location has not been verified in accordance with the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution or Tribal-State Compact; and
(iv) the bet or wager does not violate any provision of-
(I) the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
(II) chapter 178 of title 28 (commonly known as the ‘Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’);
(III) the Gambling Devices Transportation Act (15 U. S. C. 1171 et seq.); or
(IV) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
(D) INTERSTATE HORSERACING.
(i) IN GENERAL—The term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’ shall not include any activity that is allowed under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING PREEMPTION.
Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to preempt any State law prohibiting gambling.
(iii) SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that this subchapter shall not change which activities related to horse racing may or may not be allowed under Federal law. This subparagraph is intended to address concerns that this subchapter could have the effect of changing the existing relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act and other Federal statutes in effect on the date of the enactment of this subchapter. This subchapter is not intended to change that relationship. This subchapter is not intended to resolve any existing disagreements over how to interpret the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act and other Federal statutes.
(E) INTERMEDIATE ROUTING.
The intermediate routing of electronic data shall not determine the location or locations in which a bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.

(11) OTHER TERMS.
(A) CREDIT; CREDITOR; CREDIT CARD; AND CARD ISSUER.
The terms ‘credit’, ‘creditor’, ‘credit card’, and ‘card issuer’ have the meanings given the terms in section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602).
(B) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER.
The term ‘electronic fund transfer’
(i) has the meaning given the term in section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U. S. C . 1693a), except that the term includes transfers that would otherwise be excluded under section 903(6)(E) of that Act; and
(ii) includes any fund transfer covered by Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in any State.
(C) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
The term ‘financial institution’ has the meaning given the term in section 903 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, except that such term does not include a casino, sports book, or other business at or through which bets or wagers may be placed or received.
(D) INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.
The term ‘insured depository institution’—
(i) has the meaning given the term in section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(c)); and
(ii) includes an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act)
(E) MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESS AND MONEY TRANSMITTING SERVICE .
The terms ‘money transmitting business’ and ‘money transmitting service’ have the meanings given the terms in section 5330(d) (determined without regard to any regulations prescribed by the Secretary thereunder).

§ 5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling
No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling-
(1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card);
(2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person;
(3) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any finanvial institution; or
(4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.

§ 5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions
(a) REGULATIONS.
Before the end of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations (which the Secretary and the Board jointly determine to be appropriate) requiring each designated payment system, and all participants therein, to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit restricted transactions through the establishment of policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of restricted transactions in any of the following ways:
(1) The establishment of policies and procedures that-
(A) allow the payment system and any person involved in the payment system to identify restricted transactions by means of codes in authorization messages or by other means; and
(B) block restricted transactions identified as a result of the policies and procedures developed pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(2) The establishment of policies and procedures that prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system in connection with a restricted transaction.
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
In prescribing regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall-
(1) identify types of policies and procedures, including nonexclusive examples, which would be deemed, as applicable, to be reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services with respect to each type of restricted transaction;
(2) to the extent practical, permit any participant in a payment system to choose among alternative means of identifying and blocking, or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system or participant in connection with, restricted transactions;
(3) exempt certain restricted transactions or designated payment systems from any requirement imposed under such regulations, if the Secretary and the Board jointly find that it is not reasonably practical to identify and block, or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of, such transactions; and
(4) ensure that transactions in connection with any activity excluded from the definition of unlawful internet gambling in subparagraphs (B), (C), or (D)(i) of section 5362(10) are not blocked or otherwise prevented or prohibited by the prescribed regulations.
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT SYSTEM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
A financial transaction provider shall be considered to be in compliance with the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) if-
(1) such person relies on and complies with the policies and procedures of a designated payment system of which it is a member or participant to-
(A) identify and block restricted transactions; or
(B) otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system, member, or participant in connection with restricted transactions; and
(2) such policies and procedures of the designated payment system comply with the requirements of regulations prescribed under subsection (a).
(d) NO LIABILITY FOR BLOCKING OR REFUSING TO HONOR RESTRICTED TRANSACTIONS.
A person that identifies and blocks a transaction, prevents or prohibits the acceptance of its products or services in connection with a transaction, or otherwise refuses to honor a transaction-
(1) that is a restricted transaction;
(2) that such person reasonably believes to be a restricted transaction; or
(3) as a designated payment system or a member of a designated payment system in reliance on the policies and procedures of the payment system, in an effort to comply with regulations prescribed under subsection (a), shall not be liable to any party for such action.
(e) REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT.
The requirements under this section shall be enforced exclusively by-
(1) the Federal functional regulators, with respect to the designated payment systems and financial transaction providers subject to the respective jurisdiction of such regulators under section 505(a) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and section 5g of the Commodities Exchange Act; and
(2) the Federal Trade Commission, with respect to designated payment systems and financial transaction providers not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of any Federal functional regulators (ineluding the Commission) as described in paragraph (1).

§ 5365. Civil remedies
(a) JURISDICTION.—In addition to any other remedy under current law, the district courts of the United States shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to prevent and restrain restricted transactions by issuing appropriate orders in accordance with this section, regardless of whether a prosecution has been initiated under this subchapter.
(b) PROCEEDINGS.
(1) INSTITUTION BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(A) IN GENERAL.
The United States, acting through the Attorney General, may institute proceedings under this section to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction.
(B) RELIEF.
Upon application of the United States under this paragraph, the district court may enter a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction against any person to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(2) INSTITUTION BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(A) IN GENERAL.
The attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of a State in which a restricted transaction allegedly has been or will be initiated, received, or otherwise made may institute proceedings under this section to prevent or restrain the violation or threatened violation.
(B) RELIEF.
Upon application of the attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of an affected State under this paragraph, the district court may enter a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction against any person to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(3) INDIAN LANDS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for a restricted transaction that allegedly has been or will be initiated, received, or otherwise made on Indian lands (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)-
(i) the United States shall have the enforcement authority provided under paragraph (1); and
(ii) the enforcement authorities specified in an applicable Tribal-State compact negotiated under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710)shall be carried out in accordance with that compact.
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
No provision of this section shall be construed as altering, superseding, or otherwise affecting the application of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
(c) LIMITATION RELATING TO INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICES.
(1) IN GENERAL.
Relief granted under this section against an interactive computer service shall-
(A) be limited to the removal of, or disabling of access to, an online site violating section 5363, or a hypertext link to an online site violating such section, that resides on a computer server that such service controls or operates, except that the limitation in this subparagraph shall not apply if the service is subject to liability under this section under section 5367;
(B) be available only after notice to the interactive computer service and an opportunity for the service to appear are provided;
(C) not impose any obligation on an interactive computer service to monitor its service or to affirmatively seek facts indicating activity violating this subchapter;
(D) specify the interactive computer service to which it applies; and
(E) specifically identify the location of the online site or hypertext link to be removed or access to which is to be disabled.
(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAW.
An interactive computer service that does not violate this subchapter shall not be liable under section 1084(d) of title 18, except that the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply if an interactive computer service has actual knowledge and control of bets and wagers and-
(A) operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or
(B) owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.
(d) LIMITATION ON INJUNCTIONS AGAINST REGULATED PERSONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and subject to section 5367, no provision of this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the Attorney General of the United States, or the attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of any State to institute proceedings to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction against any financial transaction provider, to the extent that the person is acting as a financial transaction provider.

§ 5366. Criminal penalties
(a) IN GENERAL.
Any person who violates section 5363 shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) PERMANENT INJUNCTION.
Upon conviction of a person under this section, the court may enter a permanent injunction enjoining such person from placing, receiving, or otherwise making bets or wagers or sending, receiving, or inviting information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers.

§ 5367. Circumventions prohibited
Notwithstanding section 5362(2), a financial transaction provider, or any interactive computer service or telecommunications service, may be liable under this subchapter if such person has actual knowledge and control of bets and wagers, and-
(1) operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or
(2) owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.”
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
SUBCHAPTER IV-PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING
5361. Congressional findings and purpose
5362. Definitions
5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling
5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions 5365. Civil remedies
5366. Criminal penalties
5367. Circumventions prohibited.

SEC. 803.
INTERNET GAMBLING IN OR THROUGH FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.
In deliberations between the United States Government and any foreign country on money laundering, corruption, and crime issues, the United States Government should
(1) encourage cooperation by foreign governments and relevant international fora in identifying whether Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering, corruption, or other crimes;
(2) advance policies that promote the cooperation of foreign governments, through information sharing or other measures, in the enforcement of this Act; and
(3) encourage the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, in its annual report on money laundering typologies, to study the extent to which Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering purposes.
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an annual report to the Congress on any deliberations between the United States and other countries on issues relating to Internet gambling.

That is why you can’t use PAYPAL for gaming or backgammon payments as it’s Illegal. Heck, NUFFNANG SINGAPORE in itself breaches this as their host is located in SAN ANTONIO TEXAS really prohibits that strongly, so means NO BANNERS ETC to be hosted on your server, and alongside that, read with the Singapore Communications ACT….which I don’t wanna read …too much to write about.

Please bloggers..consider it before being greedy.

Put to put to the case, of Plagiarism, I told her that it is NOT NICE to just cut-and-paste whole of the content of one post and cross post it across 3 other blogs just to make it an interim for paid blogging is just plainly not right. Honest, if you look through it, you will see, that the pictures and everything is the same, and there she is complaining that there is no money to be made and no traffic to any of the site because there is NO RELEVANT CONTENT whatsoever. Everything is just a cut and paste, plus that is a ban on Google Page Rank. How daff can one get. It’s really so hard to get to her thick skull with full of fatty pride.

I’m sorry to say that, and that you really take people for a ride. I don’t get paid for anything I help. I charge people $400/hr and even through my SKYPE, I get $2.99 a minute for any consultation provided. And there you go having the cheek to say that it’s wrong of me to demand am RM250 hamper for Chinese New Year, even though I MAY BE JOKING. Heck even Nuffnang gave me something for my supportive comments through their days and at least , a simple token of good gesture. What is worse, domains aside..I had to endure the fact that you kept on buzzing me for FINANCIAL ADVISE of Letter of Credit (LC) etc..which I told ya to talk to your banker, because they will charge you for it. What do I get for you wasting 5 hours of my time? Nothing. Not even an offer of a cup of Java.

Is that a friend?Nay. Don’t believe it.. Go to TSLDESIGNS dot com slash wordpress and see the other blogs to it like DIANA TAN dot NET. See it?

You ain’t getting no linky for me.Sorry.

NEWS JUST IN: AZRIN VERY ANNOYED AT 4AM CALL FROM THE US.

Yes people..I was woken up this morning…wait scratch that.. 4 in the frigging morning because a shipment to the US which was a CRITICAL DELIVERY had a slight error, no suite number. Come on man, how hard is it to ship something, there is a huge sign for the company and there is always a directory. Just come to show how lazy the driver was.

Just to let to know, FEDEX Drivers (Business Post in UK) are paid by the DROP, about $1.06 each, and every day, have about 400 drops to do before the morning pickup schedule. I know because I was one. So I kind of sympathise with the delivery guy, who maybe an agency worker or so, knowing he is being worked for minimum wage or about $5/hr job (at least I get £8.50/hr). But then… not their fault.

Lady who rang me from Memphis was so shocked that it’s 4am in the morning.Bugger. I should have disabled the tracking alerts from my US Phone Number.

Bugger!Now I can’t go back to sleep… gave me a scare..thought something happened to my mom.

I know I don’t know ANYTHING about FLY FISHING but the views and comments about Big Horn River was astonishing which reminds me of the time I was up north in Scotland , fishing for COARSE while waiting for my car being towed off Loch Awe.

Boy that was a real moment of happiness for me. I just have to make sure I get a good cabin with a nice view so that NO ONE can disturb me. No Calls, No Internet. Nobody disturb me other than that little pesky girl of mine calling for her daddy.

Just you look at that.
And if you wondering..I get nothing out of this…as I am hinting to my boss for my long deserved rest.

Their base system is plain simple:

1) Publishers set their inventory
2) Advertisers buys the inventory off the publisher
3) Publisher pay a small cut and gets the funds immediately or upon completion.

So how does it really look or work?

Publisher Signs up. Be it a blogger or webmaster.
-Publisher assigns what to publicize: A Leaderboard, A wide Skyscraper or a Large Square.

-Publisher selects type of payment / advertising model:
CPM (cost per 1000 impressions), CPC (Cost Per Click), CPV (Cost per hundred unique visits) or CPD (cost per day)

-Publisher can do a barter trade with another publisher on the trade marketplace, like eBay.

-Publisher waits for someone to buy his inventory. If there is none, he can put a placeholder to show alternate ads instead.

Now for the Advertiser end

1) Advertiser Signs Up
2) Advertiser uploads funds.
3) Advertiser specifies his requirements
4) Advertiser filters through the publishers for his requirements
5) Advertiser places advertisement.

In actual fact, in step 3, the advertiser can specify the filters, like dermo graphics, ethnic targeting, keywords or categories.They can also see how many impressions it will come on with the CTR ratios and projections.There is even an area to choose by performance of Impressions, Click through Rates.

I analyzed the platform already and the platform in itself can filter out non-performing sites or blogs so that you get your advertising dollar’s worth. I have tried out their system out and for a start up, it is quite a simple system which is what it is all about. It makes things easier for the small timer to get paid as it’s an immediate payout system. It offers payout by PayPal and now they are setting up an overseas office in Malaysia to coax the Asian Advertisers and tease the top notch bloggers and publishers from Singapore and Malaysia.

In effect, advertising rates can start as low as 1 cent for each click to as much as $7 for a day’s worth of advertising banner on a top notch blog with over million viewers a day! You can’t get any better exposure than that.

The company is not setup or funded by any Venture Capitalist. Initiated by a bunch of British lads who had this self serve process. It took them almost 12 months to cook up a correct recipe for the platform with great dedication and a shoestring budget. Now, as we speak, there have been an influx of advertisers coming into their platform ranging from top brand names to even small enterprises.

At least, there is an underdog we can bet on.

Let me see:

Blogsvertise Reviews : 3
Helium Tasks: 500 Articles Pending
Aductions : To recruit more bloggers.

Yes people… I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED 500 ARTICLES for Helium. That’s right 500 good pieces of articles in the competitive category of Citizen Journalism and Technology.Each sub category must have at least 3 articles that are competing with. That is alot of articles since I have to answer to a panel of reviewers whom will rate my articles. If that is not bad enough…. each article must be at least 350 words or 2100 characters.

What will I get out of that? Not much, about $2 a pop plus any royalties (which works to about $75 each accepted article that is assigned to a publisher). But with 500, means it works to aat least $1900 by April 15. Yes. That is my deadline.

Aductions actually offered me a task to recruit as many bloggers as possible because of their new launch coming up this March. Mainly, they have an influx of advertisers opting for CPC and CPM ads at a certain cost. Well, I was told it will be worth more than Nuffnang, as they have SET THEIR OFFICE UP in Damansara. Sources inside their head office is that they are even advertising in Ad:Tech Singapore this June.

They must be hungry for our goodies that they set up a Malaysian office instead of a European one as their first Overseas Office. If you looking for a job with them, just look out for their press release within the fortnight.

Anyone want to help me out here?

Right now, with the lack of paid blogging revenue plus that not enough traffic driving my web sites to scale, I have to resort to doing the ultimate sin… finding a proper day job.

Meaning, I won’t have the time of my life anymore. No more being my own boss. No more being able to do anything I wish at any moment’s notice.

Actually, it means I have to resign from RA Tree Intra Holdings Sdn Bhd as their business development director too… since business has not been that great with the economy not being well, ie in RECESSION.

Even with me removing all my paid links… the pagerank won’t come back. Even I can’t get an account at OCBC or UOB just because I was a victim of fraud and the account did not behave as it should…(who is the fool, when the bank authorised a card transaction when there is no money in it)

Whatever it is, I will be selling my domains too. Well, TEMASEK.NU and CHAT.NU is up for sale with reserve prices of US$100,000 and US$150,000 respectively. This is despite Temasek Holdings giving an informal offer of 100,000 shares in the stock market (won’t say which one due to SGX Laws) in exchange for TEMASEK.NU

What does it actually mean?
I will still operate iExploreAsia Media alongside GizmoNET Intraweb Domain & Technical Services as a sideline and an initial seed capitalist doing micro-lending of technology to start-ups. If business venture gets better, well, we will talk about this when we it’s time to cross the river.

I will be actively in the blogging, but not as often.

So unless Nuffnang up my earnings to over $7000 a month, then it will be OK.

PS: I have not tried CHIPSTER yet because it’s way out of my budget for a snack (i’ll just down alot of them junk at a go..) but then, I would anytime lay myself down over a whole bag of Salmon Terriyaki Twisties…which ..is actually more expensive (about RM2.70)

Heh heh heh….

One thing that made me furious is whan I am told to be more polite? Heck, I don’t use vulgarities and what not and since we are all in Business to make money, we make comments and lash it out when things don’t go straight. We are not politicians where we have to kiss babies butts just to get elected (did I mention some Malaysian politician did it today?)

And as to Fraud Review report from 2CO, why the need to? I told them that they MUST get their own PAYPAL Account so they can know it’s fraudulent or not as the PayPal user ratings are already there , either verified or not and if they are eligible for protection.

So, was I wrong in telling them off that they took ages to get things done? Or did I listen not correctly. Nor did I get that email stating that media rich will be up only in June or July *(I Archived all my emails for 7 years in compliance to FCC Laws). In giving them a chance to prove the market wrong because of the lack of nufflets GoKita advertising media Publishers makes me wonder too..if I will get fraud clicks.

And as to my questions… I think it’s legit..since it’s my customer’s money I am entrusted to work with and without CLARITY and TRUST *(Jujur dan Amanah), there is no honour within oneself to be alive.

As an advertiser, we try to be patient, but when hickups happen, things are bound to be sour, after all you promised that everything will be responded to , reviewed etc after 24 hours which basically did not happen!

I too have to run a business, and I take to task replying ALL and actioning my support tickets within 12 hours, which is not a hard thing to do.

That in itself, is very polite of me in my comments and posts, without any vulgarities or such not that I have been reading about over the web, plus you guys did not even make a press release about the Nuffnang and Advertlets* suing you guys over the NuffLets brand name.

Also, In itself, I sincerely thought all the API etc is already GoKita instead of being redirected from 2CO as Nufflets , and what about that you getting your own Paypal account?

I am without holds, just as Tech Crunch are… So if you want to make and run a proper business, do it properly with a full heart.

Best Regards
*Subject to disclosures

So, what I mean is be transparent, bitter or not. And HostForWeb don’t own the infrastructure in itself.And didn’t you mention that you used VPS instead of dedicated? Because if it’s dedicated, it won’t be more sluggish than my old cranny IBM Netvista 1Ghz PC after running Video Editing programs.

Really this is driving me nuts…and my client has the right to do so since they pay me…. so when things don’t work… I scream it out. At least if something screws up at Nuffnang I can always call Tim at 3am in the morning to get him to sort it out.

With you Nabil..you can’t even provide me with your cell phone number, nor it’s a Sdn Bhd Company. I like to help out our people…. supportive…but this is crucial criticism. Sort it.

And what makes me mad is that I got to wait for you to review my ads? WHAT THE FISHCAKES?! You scared we sell links to Pornography or what? When I want my ads run, I want it run then, or scheduled on a time frame…NOT TO YOUR WHIM AND CRANNY! No wonder publishers and Advertisers are shying away from you and sticking their guns to where their money can be found.

Gosh, Nabil..wake up…. have some censorship… but self censorship. Not to your guys own wish! And where is the leaderboard and Banner and skyscraper rich media capabilities that you told me you opened up a few months back. Now I got my advertising budget and start to place some faith, you disappoint me slam dunk.

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