Wyclef’s Yele Haiti Being Questioned.
A new article that showed up on TheSmokingGun.com is making statements accusing Wyclef’s organization, Yele Haiti, of not spending its money well. According to the article certain tax papers aren’t showing good signs of what they money is being spent on. The money that Yele Haiti spends is being investigated to see if the costs are actually going to a good cause or just being spent on unnecessary and personal things.
Wyclef has responded to these accusations through a personal video he posted on YouTube. In the video he affirms that the money is being spent well and instead of trying to sabotage non-profit organizations like his, people should be focusing there resources on how to help Haiti. I believe that Yele Haiti and Wyclef have been the most impacting group in Haiti even before the earthquake occurred. Whether the company is or is not spending all its money well it still cant take away from all the good that they have done to Haiti and still are. The picture above is proof that Wyclef is the voice of Haiti and one of the few helping hands that it could always count on.
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Buying A Used Car.
Shopping around for a used car is by far one of the hardest things I have ever done. I am not very well rounded when it comes to cars and how they work, whats good, what is bad, etc. The only things that I actually knew about cars were brands, some models, and a few extra things here and there but nothing too specific. When I first started looking for a used car I immediately knew I had to contact someone with more experience. My uncle first recommended finding a car with a good engine and that would be reliable, he suggested going for a Toyota.
After selecting a brand I decided to go with a sedan (regular 4 door car in most cases) model because I’m not a fan of big cars or cars that are too small. I decided that a Corolla would be the best fit because of their body design and the high reliability that they have. I also made the choice of doing my best on getting the Sports (S) model because it performs better and overall is more stable and has better breaks.
Now for shopping around and prices its where it got difficult… Read more
What Happened in 2009 ?
The year 2010 is around the corner but it is time to look back at what 2009 brought us and me specifically sometimes.
I’ll keep adding things that people suggest and I forgot.
Stop FreeCreditReport.com Scam.
If you haven’t heard by now FreeCreditReport.com has this very nice way of “scamming” people out of money. And yes I am talking about the FreeCreditReport.com that has those “nice” commercials on tv all day. The reason I put the word scam in parentheses is because they do tell you about it in very small prints and hidden areas so you do have a choice of accepting it or not. What I am talking about is the service called CIC Triple Advantage which they offer when you sign up for a FreeCreditReport account. The service allows you to monitor your credit score and other nice features which you probably didn’t want at all. The scam part comes in when you start getting charged $14-$17 a month on the card you registered for with this service. It actually took me a few months to notice these charges since I have online e-statements and don’t read it often (bad habit).
Keep reading for the solution… Read more
What Happened In 2008 ?
Here is a quick list of things that happened in 2008 that I blogged about. Of course there is plenty of other important things that I didn’t get the chance to talk about.
January:
Google Adsense Killers: I have yet to see them kill anything.
The Start of OpenID: The great OpenID project goes full gear.
March:
My BlackBerry Pearl: How would I ever live without this great phone. I am now an official crackberry user.
Netflix Movies On Demand: Downloading movies straight to your tv is going to be a great future.
June:
The FireFox 3 Buzz: I still love this browser but Chrome is doing pretty good also.
July:
Cuil Search Engine: Big rumors about a Google Killer but at the end it has yet to prove anything.
August:
Magazines Online Free: It was a great inatiave and a great idea but it didn’t seem to work. Maybe it will work better in a future.
September:
Google Chrome: Google unveils their own web browser that seems to have a good future so far. I use it every now and then.
October:
It was a slow month for me but I turned 21.
November:
First Black President ever elected in the history of the United States, Barack Obama. For sure the biggest thing of the year in my eyes.
December:
Nothing yet…
I will keep updating this list as times goes by and I remember things. Feel free to add any suggestions.
Also check out Wireds Top Technology Breakthrough of 2008. My favorite of that list is the flexible display which is something I believe we will be seeing a lot in the future.
Rock Your Vote!!!
Rock Your Vote ! Vote or Die ! However you want to put it make sure you go out and vote. It is not too late to get an absentee ballot if your not in your town which is the case for most college students. If you already got an absentee ballot and you’re not sure where you have to go and vote then check out CanIVote.org it will give you the information of where you’re voting and other general stuff. Don’t miss out on the elections, don’t let other people choose for you. Make sure you have your ID with you the day of voting even though rules change from State to State make sure you won’t be fooled. It is illegal to wear any type of “promotion” pin or t-shirt or what not when you go voting (this may not be true for certain states) but make sure there are no way of you getting cheated of voting.
Go Out And Vote!
Yasser
My New Toys.
It’s been a long time since I write anything on the blog mostly because I’ve been busy with school and what not. Every time I try to write something I come up blank. Today I’ve decided to write about some new things in my life. I’m going to start off with my newest sneakers:
I just got them recently and changed the shoe lasses to white because I think it looks better with white. If you didn’t know by now I’m growing to love sneakers, specifically Nike SB’s and read HypeBeast every now and then to keep up with whats hot and what’s not.
On another note me and my roommate recently bought a new 32inch LCD TV. You can check it out on NewEgg. So far it has been great it even picked up Digital channels on its own through the basic cable. I didn’t know TV’s were able to do that. We tried buying a HD antenna but it didn’t really pick up many channels, we were better off with the basic cable and the HD channels it read. For now those are the things that are new on my life.
Yasser
One Hundred Push Ups Challenge.
I have recently joined the new buzz of the internet, the one hundred push ups challenge. It is a simple guide/schedule to accomplish doing 100 push ups in 6 weeks. It is the summer and I have a lot more of free time so I decided to try it. Besides we all need to get in better health always, unless you are an athlete. I am already capable of doing about 40 push ups so I do have a certain advantage and might be able to reach the challenge in a bit less. I think everyone should try it, it only takes up 5min or less of your time a day. Also to the new healthy way of living that I am trying…I am going to start jogging every other morning which has been one of the things that I have never accomplished but would like to do.
I don’t have a diet but I do watch how greasy things are that I eat and at what time I eat them. I don’t drink as much soda as I used to, thus, I already have an advantage. After a week or more of jogging I am going to start doing crunches to try and get the complete “fit” package. I will give an update of my hundred push up challenge in one or two weeks hopefully. I think I am capable of doing it…
Update: I’m still going at this. I’m about to start week 3 on Saturday and it definitely started getting tougher. If I can accomplish to do 70-100 push ups consecutively, that will be enough for me.
Yasser
Price of A Life.
As I’m doing my research for a term paper I have to do, I found this article called Sometimes in War, You Can Put A Price In A Life. The article talks about different ways and situations where prices are given to human life. If you would ask anyone rational the price of life they would say that it’s priceless. Apparently some people have thought of “great” ideas of giving price to life. In a certain case they considered $2,000 a reasonable price for Afghanistan’s life. This is a ridiculous low amount for a life, at least in my opinion. This price was given to people who got shot during the war but were innocent people. In the same scenario 50 other people got injured but received no money. It is true that war brings out the worse in people. Even people who die in airplane crashes get more money than this and those are really bad accidents. War is less than an accident. But this is just my opinion.
Yasser
Fat America.
The United State’s is known as the fattest country in the world. And it is slowly getting to be known as one of the most uneducated countries (statistics, not calling people stupid). I came from Dominican Republic where my mom would cook almost every day a decent food (by decent I mean not full of fat). Every now and then we would go out to eat pizza and once in a blue we would stop at a McDonald or Burger King, we would usually prefer Taco Bell. But now I’m in college where there is no time to cook and everything needs to be rushed. What matters the most is what is open the latest and could deliver. Because of this I would say I eat at least twice or three times a week junk food, usually a cheeseburger (or double) and probably some bacon with it too. It is my fault that I am lazy and not go to the gym as often as I should. But I’m not overweight or in health problems, this is just my case and how I ended up eating more junk food than usually.
In school there is a “wide” selection of what we could eat which is usually divided into Grill (burgers, grilled chicken, anything else fried or very unhealthy with fries) , Deli (sandwiches which are good but a bit overpriced sometimes) , Pizza and Pasta, Others (Sushi once in a blue, Chinese food, Salads, etc.) The funny part is that the cheapest one is the least healthy one. But this year they have made great changes to the vending machines adding nutritional packages and labeling them so we could identify it. In my case I say I would average 1 slice of pizza a week, 2 or 3 burgers, 2 orders of fries, 2 or 3 grilled chicken sandwiches, 2 salads (new to my menu). This is minimum and a quick estimate. I don’t drink soda unless it’s free or I go out to eat to a fast food place.
All of this thinking comes from me watching Super Size Me, the very well known documentary about fast food and it’s impact in health (mainly McDonald). One of the most surprising things to me was learning that the can of lemonade brings just as much calories as a can of soda would. I would of thought well it’s juice, can’t be that bad…but I was wrong. I always find it weird that people never consider the portions they eat. The popular way of thinking is what is going to fill me up and it’s not too expensive. Specially in college life where every dollar matters. I’ve been successful on giving up soda, drink it very rarely. I’ve also managed to stop eating fries except for when I go Wendy’s or some other burger place because it’s part of the combo and it’s just easier to order. But now my new goal will be to give up Burgers in general. This might be one of the hardest challenges I have given myself. But I’m positive I will accomplish it one way or another. The best thing to do is drink water, all the time. The more water you drink the better you will be. It is the best way to clean your system.
Yasser
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