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Rubens Barrichello back on podium

Varadinum — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:40:47 EDT

Rubens Barrichello was back on podium in the SIlverstone F1 race driving for Honda. This was the 62 podium for Rubens, last one while he drive for Ferrari in 2005 at Indianapolis. In 2005, hist last year at Ferrari, he had 4 podiums.

Channel: Sports Tags: formula1 motorsport statistics. Silverstone Rubens Barrichello

Can Tomatoes Carry An Oral Vaccine Against Alzheimer's Disease?

SenorCoconut — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:29:10 EDT

The humble tomato could be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against Alzheimer's disease.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: tomatoes oral vaccine Alzheimers disease

Cancer death rate drop tied to education levels

SenorCoconut — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:22:43 EDT

Declines in death rates from the four leading types of cancer in the United States since the early 1990s have been driven largely by progress among college-educated men and women, researchers said on Tuesday.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: cancer education

Noisy Decent Graphics

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:22:34 EDT

This blog is primarily about graphic design followed by design in general and then some related stuff about communication, ideas and inevitably brands.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Graphic Design Maps amazing stylised

Tutorial: Preview: What's new in GIMP 2.6?

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:18:20 EDT

For GIMP 2.6, the developers had a strong focus: the implementation of GEGL should replace the old GIMP core. These changes are mainly invisible to the common user, but besides that many other very useful things have been done to help users in the future.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: gimp gnu free software linux

Modern Tattoo Designs Reflect Computer and Web Consumer Choices

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:15:14 EDT

Tattoos, as a form of self-expression, are now taking the form of popular software, operating system and gaming logos.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Tattoos Designs logos. decoration

Obesity levels in China rising fast, study finds

SenorCoconut — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:14:28 EDT

Obesity levels in China are rising fast, with more than a quarter of the adult population overweight or obese, as people add more meat and dairy products to their diet, causing serious health problems, a new study says.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: obesity china

OpenOffice.org 3.0: What to Expect?

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:09:05 EDT

OpenOffice 3.0 is a major milestone for the project, there are tons of other new features. I also noticed a great improvement in speed, which has always a bane in previous OpenOffice.org versions.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: openoffice office suite free software

Motorola Ming A1600 ships

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:06 EDT

Almost two weeks after leaking details about its new line of Ming PDA phones, Motorola made it official with a formal launch. Shipping now in China, the line includes a Linux-based Ming A1600 model offering GPS, handwriting recognition, and a 3.2-megapixel camera with business card reader.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: motorola linux phone pda

Thoughts on innovation on the desktop.

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:05:40 EDT

And in August, we'll release KDE 3.5.10 for those that prefer 3.5.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: kde kde4 linux

Checking In with An Ubuntu "Switcher"

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:04:55 EDT

She soon returned home, and I quickly forgot that I had switched her. Today, I had reason to drop her an email so I took the opportunity to ask if she was still on Ubuntu and how she was liking it.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ubuntu linux switch

Ubuntu at Best Buy: Package Details

schestowitz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:04:15 EDT

I learned this morning via #ubuntu-us that they're now selling Ubuntu at Best Buy, and couldn't help myself: during my lunch break I swung out to Best Buy to drop $20 on a copy.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ubuntu linux shop best buy

Sweaty music find could help develop new treatments.

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:59:17 EDT

Good music makes us sweat more, according to a study that shows how it taps into ancient brain circuits.

Channel: Science Tags: Sweaty Music science brain

Pop Art Pinup Girls

Tali99 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:25:58 EDT

It's true that mostly, pinup girls are considered a low art, at times completely thought of as porn. Today we talk a little about pinups in Pop Art- a highly respected art movement.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: pop art Pinup Girls popular media print comic book Mel Ramos Andy Warhol Pop Artist painter in the age of mechanical reproduction Roy Lichtenstein Low art Allen Jones pop culture art movement 1950s Allan dArcangelo Marilyn Monroe

The Top 25 College Football Players Of The Last 5 Years

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:21:03 EDT

In the spirit of last year's IBM Top 25 College Football Players, I'm doing a list of my own, only it's over the last 5 years.

Channel: Sports Tags: Football IBM college football sports

A meteor was seen passing over Israel Tuesday night in many parts of the country.

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:08:58 EDT

A meteor was seen passing over Israel Tuesday night in many parts of the country. citizens reported seeing the object crossing the sky at approximately 8:15 pm.

Channel: Science Tags: meteor sky

nationwide home mortgage loan company - Nationwide home mortgage loan

pudoled — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:59:44 EDT

It used to be the first choice of most borrowers, because since the total payments are spread over a longer period of time with the interest rate set for the entire time of the mortgage.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: national home mortgage loan company home mortgage home loan loan company loan

iPhone Goes on Sale Friday

Dakota — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:55:11 EDT

Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves. And Friday is the iPhone's second coming.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: iphone

LACMA acquires Oceanic art collection

Deidre — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:54:59 EDT

The museum acquires a significant private collection of rare Pacific island art.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: los angeles pacific island art oceanic art museum

First Look: OpenMoko's Linux-based open smartphone platform

digitalfever — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:53:52 EDT

Last Friday, OpenMoko launched its highly anticipated FreeRunner smartphone, a Linux-based handset that's completely open in both hardware and software, and is designed to encourage third-party modification and customization. Although the FreeRunner's software platform is still incomplete, the device has attracted considerable attention from mobile

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Smart phone FreeRunner Mobile.

How Intense Will Storms Get? New Model Helps Answer Question

DiffeeOnline — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:27:18 EDT

A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface.

Channel: Science Tags: environment weather research model math

Why Were We in Vietnam?

berkeley — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:25:39 EDT

Or we could argue that our onetime opposition to communism was noble and all that but that, unburdened by the illusions of the past, American business, backed by the American government, has realized that the problem with communism wasn't that it was undemocratic but that it was anti-capitalist.

Channel: Politics Tags: economy china viet nam capitalism greed

A Week of Hunger

berkeley — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:18:37 EDT

Larry Brown of the Harvard School of Public Health calculates that the total price tag of hunger to American society is about $90 billion a year. In contrast, Brown estimates it would only cost about $10 billion to $12 billion a year to "virtually end hunger in our nation."

Channel: Politics Tags: food stamps hunger

China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035

Aidenag — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:02:06 EDT

China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.

Channel: Money Tags: China U.S. Economy Money

Greece is the word in white wines for summer

Deidre — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:58:46 EDT

These distinctive modern wines made from ancient grape varieties are now more widely available in the U.S.

Channel: Food Tags: wine greece

Is Microsoft after Yahoo's paid-search patent?

DiffeeOnline — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:29:39 EDT

It's all about "'361," a patent Yahoo obtained when it bought Overture. It covers the business model of letting advertisers bid to place ads against keywords Ã¢â;¬" the heart of Google's multibillion-dollar revenue engine. MS doesn't want Yahoo's people, products, or market share; it just wants this patent,

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: google microsoft yahoo search patent

Cargill rolling out natural, no-calorie sweetener

STONERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:41 EDT

Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc is starting to roll out Truvia, its natural, no-calorie sweetener on Wednesday, and expects the product to be on grocery shelves across the U.S. sometime this fall.

Channel: Science Tags: Cargill Rolling Out Natural No Calorie Sweetener

Nazi hunters search Chile for 'Dr. Death'

Aidenag — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:02 EDT

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization said Tuesday.

Channel: News Tags: Nazi Nazi Hunters Simon Wiesenthal Center Chile Dr. Death Aribert Heim

U.S.: Oppose arbitrary withdrawal date for Iraq troops

STONERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:24:12 EDT

The United States remains opposed to setting an arbitrary withdrawal date for its troops from Iraq, the White House said on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: U.S. Oppose Arbitrary Withdrawal Date Iraq Troops

A Green Let-Down at the G-8 Summit

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:19:58 EDT

Meeting for a second day in the Japanese resort town of Toyako, the leaders of the G-8 nations released a declaration on climate change, endorsing the idea of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2050. It was the clearest signal yet of the international community's willingness to grapple with the long-term danger of global warming,

Channel: News Tags:

Iran test fires long and medium range missiles

STONERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:17:15 EDT

Iran has test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles, including one which it has previously said could travel as far as Israel and U.S. bases in the region, state media reported on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: Iran Test Fires Long Medium Range Missiles

McCain: Maybe Cigarettes Will Kill the Iranians

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:16:51 EDT

ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made an off the cuff joke Tuesday about cigarettes killing Iranians. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was asked about the number of exports going to Iran, specifically the increase in cigarette exports.

Channel: Politics Tags:

Free This Detainee

berkeley — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:14:02 EDT

Huzaifa Parhat has been held as an enemy combatant for more than six years -- even though the government concedes he was never a member of the Taliban or al-Qaeda and never took part in any hostilities against the United States.

Channel: Politics Tags: guantanamo 1984 torture law cia ashcroft cheney alberto gonzales rumsfeld Huzaifa Parhat

the best divorse letter

CUTEBABY — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:07:27 EDT

goes to show you that confronting people is better to just run away

Channel: Humor Tags: marriage jokes

Alcohol returns to Baghdad

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:37 EDT

Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over the Iraqi capital, drink stores, which closed their doors in early 2006 when sectarian strife was raging, have slowly begun to reopen. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida militants were burning down liquor stores and shooting their owners.

Channel: News Tags:

Simple-Rem...

louiebaur — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:56:58 EDT

We all suffer from common cold number of times during our life period. Though not serious, it affects our daily activities and that "feel good" factor goes missing. You definitely won't feel to do anything with that running nose, headaches, cough or even fever due to common cold.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: contagious viral disease Bee balm Elderberry extract Echinacea

Housing slump may go on and on and ...

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:49:28 EDT

Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market's long slump is likely to fester through the summer, and the real estate market may not recover for at least another year.

Channel: Money Tags: Housing Slump Subprime Lending

Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G

Ousama — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:40:49 EDT

Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been the world's most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its competitors. But that first iPhone had two big drawbacks: It was expensive, and it couldn't access the fastest cellular-phone networks.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Apple Inc. iPhone 3G

McCain Health Plan and That High-Risk Pool

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:40:05 EDT

If Senator John McCain's radical plan for remaking American health care is to work, he will have to find a way to cover people like Chaim Benamor, 52, a self-employed renovator in this Baltimore suburb.

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 Presidential Race McCain Health Care

Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers

Ousama — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:35:21 EDT

Next time you can't get a cell phone signal in the middle of town,put your problem in perspective:New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct,upgrade, and repair cell phone towers.According to a story in this week's RCR Wireless News building and climbing towers is more dangerous than ranching, fis

Channel: Careers & Jobs Tags: America Deadliest job cell phone towers