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[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Tom Ricardo | No Comment | ]
Exotic Tasmanian Tiger pelt bagged at garage sale

Next time there is a garage sale in town, make sure you pay a visit. Bill Warren hit the jackpot when he bagged a pelt for a measly 5 bucks, and the unique find is now creating a buzz as it could just be the skin of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Warren stands to pocket a cool $70,000 or above if the claims are verified.
Sorting his way through odds and ends at a San Diego garage sale, the pelt was a find which the owner herself had got from another …

Economy, Headline, Technology »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Martin Shaffer | No Comment | ]
Threat of Occurrence Of a Solar Storm High

The occurrence of solar flares and solar storms are what scientists call a solar maximum. The last huge and noticeable solar maximum occurred in 1958 but at that time, the occurrence of a solar maximum was not a threat as such to earth because technology affected by the sun’s magnetic field was yet to exist.
However, in this day and age of wireless technology such as cell phones and GPS, a solar maximum threatens to bring businesses and many people’s lives to a standstill.
Unfortunately, a solar storm quite unseen before, is …

Economy, Headline, Politics »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | No Comment | ]
Embracing The Tea Party Ideal

There are two poles in the American paradigm of personal freedom. One advocates for citizens not needing the government while the other is for the government not needing its citizens. It represents the clash between Federalism and Capitalism and on each side; Liberals and Conservatives battle each other.
The American people voted to replace the Republicans with the Democrats who seemed to be better placed to uphold the principles enshrined in the Tea Party ideal; openness, change, fiscal responsibility and transparency. The republicans rubbished these values and found themselves kicked to …

Economy, Headline »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Grace Taylor | No Comment | ]
Devaluation Of The US Dollar

The 4% drop seen in the US dollar over the last couple of weeks has led speculators to believe that the US faces a very real risk to devalue its currency. This is especially so, as the global currency battles come ranges on.
Financial analysts and investors are all running scared as it seems that the federal head Ben Bernanke is determined to go small on any QE2 money pumping with Treasury’s Timothy Geitner urging him on.
Despite Washington’s claims that they want a strong US dollar, all the moves they are …

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[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Tom Ricardo | No Comment | ]
Dino De Laurentiis Dies At 91:Loss Of The Oscar Winning Italian Producer

The Italian film producer and winner of the Oscar award, Dino De Laurentiis died at the age of 91 years in Los Angeles on Thursday as was revealed by the Italian media. The cause of the death was not known as his daughter Raffaella De Laurentiis announced the news of the demise to the world. He had produced almost close to half a thousand films which included “King Kong”, “Three Days of the Condor” and “Serpico”.
De Laurentiis was behind the success of many Italian masterpieces which were done in collaboration …

Featured, Sports »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Jamie Downey | No Comment | ]
The Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon slugfest

The AAA Texas 500 Cup saw high voltage drama with the showdown between Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon as the two came to blows.
If you thought the Talladega Superspeedway had fiery live-wire scenes last week, this event made earlier spats pale in comparision.
As for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase, Kyle Busch say his points tanks, being penalized after raging at NASCAR officials when a pit speeding penalty got him to lose one precious and closely-contested lap.
The Texas Motor Speedway saw some heart-stopping action, besides a change on top of …

Economy, Entertainment, Technology »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Andres Ruiz | No Comment | ]
Google on Record not to Turn Gmail Accounts to Other Sites

Google has announced that Gmail accounts will no longer be handed over to other sites and services. The search giant has said that it will only share its user information with other firms that provide data feeds to other companies in the market.
The policy is particularly and specifically aimed at Facebook the company clarified. This, the company complained, was due to the socio-network company did not give its customers a choice.
The policy is to be implemented in the coming few weeks the company went on to say.
Many web firms, …

Entertainment, Politics »

[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | No Comment | ]
Georgia at a Glance

There are two places called Georgia, one is a state in the Unite States of America, however, this is all about the Georgia which is a country neighboring the country of Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is a sovereign situated in Europe on the coast of the Black sea. The country has a population of not less than 4.6 million and has an area of 69,700 km2.
The country has a democratic system of government and is also a member of some organizations like the United Nations, the Council of …

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[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Rachel Hanson | No Comment | ]
Disability In the Realm of Human Rights in Current Society

The issues of disability for human rights were unaddressed till recent years. The only reference relating to Social Security is the only reference to disability in the foundational instruments of Human Rights.
The 1975 UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled person the World Program of Action Concerning Disabled Persons (1982) and the UN Standard Rules on the Equitation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1999) are the major legal materials available on this area. Disability is also mentioned in the International Covenant on the Economic and Cultures Rights, 1994.
The Standard …

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[11 Nov 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | No Comment | ]
Easy Path to Achieving Goals and Less Facebook High on the List

The number of times one checks their email address, Facebook accounts and their favorite websites in a day have a bearing in our levels of success. It is just too amazing how people waste so much time on the internet and come back saying they were too busy. This happens to many people in that they spend much of their time unplanned and poorly managed, this interferes with the many duties they have before them.
They say failing to plan is planning to fail, thus to have this one must have …