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NBC Universal Announces Unprecedented Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Varadinum — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:09:19 EDT

Most Olympic Coverage in History: 3,600 Hours on NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo, Universal HD and NBCOlympics.com

Channel: Television Tags: 2008 Olympic Games 2008 Olympic Games China Beijing

Finance Committee unveils plans

dotgamez — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:52:30 EDT

After posing an hour`s worth of questions to the Minister of Energy as to why certain projects meant to link communities to the National Electricity Grid have yet to be completed, Members of Parliament (MPs) decided on Tuesday to take out even more loans for the development of national infrastructure.

Channel: Money Tags: plans unveils committee finance

Is Pollution Slowing Global Warming?

Artofid — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:56:50 EDT

A new study throws yet another wrench into our understanding of global climate change

Channel: Science Tags: global warming pollution slow greenhouse effect climate change

Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

monicachenoa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:35:31 EDT

President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit. As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."

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Is your weblog doomed?

CrawfordBizDev — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:18:51 EDT

Has it been a while since your blog was updated?

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: business blogs blog posting blogging bloggers weblog writing

Supplemental versus Comprehensive (Major Medical Coverage)

tv3kids — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:43:25 EDT

At first glance, it might appear that the simplicity of a comprehensive major medical plan makes it preferable to a supplemental plan. However, supplemental plans continue to cover a large percentage of employees insured under traditional medical expense plans, even though most newly written plans are of the comprehensive type.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: comprehensive Major Medical Coverage supplemental

What you need to know about bookmakers

iugin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:49:35 EDT

A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organization or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds.

Channel: Money Tags: bookmaker bookie gambling bet win

Senate to pass bill overhauling eavesdropping rules

JessicaLaurie — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:45:15 EDT

The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil liberties concerns against the desire to prevent terrorist attacks.

Channel: Politics Tags: politics senate

400 Afghan insurgents killed

paulleviss — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:37:08 EDT

A U.S. Marines commander said Wednesday his troops have killed 400 insurgents in southern Afghanistan since late April.

Channel: News Tags: afghanistan news

Lose Weight With The Right Body Detox Diet

dimplesing — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:34:50 EDT

Body Detox diet is a scientific, useful and quick way to lose all those extra pounds. This diet makes you lose extra weight and also ensures that all your bodily toxins are flushed out of your system.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: weight loss health fitness detox diet diet

How the Google generation thinks differently

Maing — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:46:25 EDT

Digital-age kids process information differently from parents. Our writer admits misjudging how her son was learning

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: internet google

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

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

Why get a web hosting account

property — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:50:40 EDT

It really sounds easy and if one already knows how to design or build a website, it's much easier needing only a web hosting service to put the contents up and running.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: web hosting website internet web host online

5 Proven Steps of How to Become a Millionaire

dotgamez — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:42:03 EDT

Many of us like to dream to become a millionaire. It can be very simple and easy if you know how to master this 5 steps of millionaire blueprint.

Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: millionaire become how steps proven

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

77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga

bizexpert — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:38:20 EDT

Over the past several years, yoga has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the western world.The practice of yoga has many health benefits associated with it, so read below to discover 77 benefits to be gained.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Yoga Health Fitness Exercise Meditation

How to Apply Various Types of Foundation

geniusbeauty — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:21:27 EDT

This guide will help women get a perfect face tone and an even skin texture.

Channel: Women Tags: Foundation makeup base skin face

I've taken all my antibiotics for strep but I'm still sick, what's going on?

fruitllama — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:52:13 EDT

I went in for a sore throat and coughing on June 24 and was diagnosed with strep.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: chat forums discussion

Judge to run for Supreme Court

traveler.com.br — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:47:14 EDT

Judge Greg Guidry announced Monday his intent to run for the Louisiana Supreme Court. Guidry, 47, of Nine Mile Point, has sat on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal since 2006.

Channel: News Tags: announced louisiana guidry supreme circuit

How to be Sexy: A Guide for Guys

monicachenoa — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:44:49 EDT

You think only girls, women, and ladies are acquainted to the word "sexy"? You must be living in the stone age.

Channel: Love & Personals Tags: boys guide guys masculine men sexy

Astronomers Discover the First Ring Around a Moon

Artofid — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:41:14 EDT

For more than 300 years we thought Saturn was the only body in the solar system with rings. But by 1989, after ground-based measurements and flybys from Voyagers 1 and 2, we had discovered rings around the other three gas giantsÃ¢â;¬"Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.

Channel: Science Tags: Astronomer moon ring discovery first

how to eat healhty wihtout cooking?

fruitllama — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:40:32 EDT

anyone got ideas ?

Channel: Food Tags: chat forums discussion

G8 accused of backtracking on Africa pledges

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:35:10 EDT

G8 leaders lunched and talked with African heads of state at a luxury hotel on Monday as activists accused the rich nations' club of backpedaling on pledges to double aid to the world's poorest continent.

Channel: News Tags: africa world news

28 killed, 141 wounded in blast in Afghan capital

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:29:24 EDT

A suicide car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 28 people and wounding 141 in the deadliest attack this year in the Afghan capital, officials said.

Channel: News Tags: afghan suicide car bomb kabul afghanistan

India's Most Beautiful Women

monicachenoa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:01:09 EDT

India is home to some of the most beautiful women of the world. They are winners of the Miss Universe and Miss World beauty contests.

Channel: Women Tags: beauty contests India miss universe miss world pageants

Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter?

monicachenoa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:47:31 EDT

Does Osama bin Laden matter anymore? You could be forgiven for thinking he doesn't. In recent months, an impressive cast of terrorism experts and counterterrorism officials around the world has coalesced around the notion that al-Qaeda's leader is no longer an active threat to the West.

Channel: News Tags:

Bad mistakes made by three business owners

traveler.com.br — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:46:50 EDT

Bad mistakes made by three business owners There are three assumptions that owners of family businesses should never make: Owning a business automatically qualifies you to manage it, the business is yours and you can run it any way you jolly well please, and a closely held business is nothing but a big old personal bank account.

Channel: Money Tags: business automatically assumptions businesses qualifies

No miracle investment earns large returns without risk

traveler.com.br — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:34:39 EDT

Want to find a safe investment that will pay you more than CDs or Treasury bonds? Welcome to the club. Financial advisers say they are busy listening to clients who are afraid of stocks but are tired of earning less than 4 percent on safe investments while gasoline and food prices soar.

Channel: Money Tags: investments investment financial listening gasoline

Rising mafia emerges from Italy's shadows

DiffeeOnline — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:30:52 EDT

Prosecutors and lawmakers are increasingly riveted by a more mysterious and blood-bound crime racket rooted in these far southern reaches of CalabriaÃ¢â;¬"not SicilyÃ¢â;¬"that in the past two decades has put Italy at the heart of the global cocaine market.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: mafia cocaine drugs italy calabria

Causes and Cure of hair loss

elizabeth84 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:01:30 EDT

Before we find out what are the common causes of hair loss, we should first understand what we should consider as normal for hair growth and loss. For normal hair, the cycle of growth is generally for two to six years. Every hair generally grows about one centimeter approximately each during this growth cycle.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Hair Care hair Hair Style eating Chemotherapy Hair loss hair loss prevention hair loss products cause of hair loss

Muslims feel like 'Jews of Europe'

monicachenoa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:56:53 EDT

Britain's first Muslim minister has attacked the growing culture of hostility against Muslims in the United Kingdom, saying that many feel targeted like "the Jews of Europe".

Channel: News Tags:

Old Glory: America's Flag and How to Fly It

cactushair — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:43:40 EDT

Whether you call it Old Glory or the Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States is indeed grand and old. So if you're flying the flag this National holiday--rather, if you're displaying it, that's the proper term--it couldn't hurt to display by the rules. Here, then, follows a brief summary of the U.S. Flag Code.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: old glory amerikas flag flying the flag

20 Ways to Dine Out Inexpensively

chapelhillNC — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:22:30 EDT

Most people eat out at least some times. Here are 20 tips to dine out without breaking your budget.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: 20 ways to dine out inexpensively cheap frugal budget watson inc

Growing Threat Of Negative Equity

realestateinvestor — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:49:09 EDT

Thousands of US homeowners facing negative equity due to falling house prices.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: negative equity foreclosure crisis mortgages housing crisis real estate

Easy (and Sexy) Ways to Lose 50 Pounds a Year

Maing — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:49:49 EDT

For many people, losing weight seems like an impossible task. "I don't have the willpower!" they say.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags:

Hackers Steal Millions From 7-Eleven ATMs

daducha — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:47:43 EDT

Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.The scam netted the alleged identity thieves millions of dollars. But more importantly for consumers, it indicates criminals w

Channel: News Tags:

Windows XP, Vista--and Windows 7?

property — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:44:18 EDT

Readers debate merits of XP and Vista, and speculate on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Windows XP Vista Microsoft

Crazy Drunk Girl Laugh

cactushair — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:39:16 EDT

Craziest laugh I've ever seen/heard.

Channel: Humor Tags: crazy crazy laugh

Relieve hand joint pain

property — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:29:35 EDT

Hand joint pain may require medical treatment if nothing else has an effect. At times an injury may occur which causes joint damage, and only your doctor can rule out this possibility as the cause of the pain. Stronger medications for swelling and pain may be prescribed, along with physical therapy or an exercise program.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: relieve hand joint pain health medical treatments injury medications therapy