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Don't Fail to Plan When Selling Your Home

altnrg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:13:19 EDT

To get started with your plan you should do your best to put any emotional attachment aside. Developing the plan to sell your home depends greatly on making rational decisions, decisions based on logic not emotion.

Channel: Real Estate Tags: sell house home real estate property selling

Jesse Helms: American Garbage

Radiofreeeuropa — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:54:47 EDT

What does it say about modern American politics that a proponent of racism and repression at home, and defender of fascist and military dictatorship abroad, should play such a major role? Like scum on a stagnant pond, the rottenest elements in American society rose to the top of the political system during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Channel: Politics Tags: Jesse Helms Racism Dead Bigot Pond Scum

Sunscreen or Sunburn? Which Risk is Greatest?

digitalfever — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:57:13 EDT

We've been told for the past three decades or so that we must cover up; that the harmful UV rays of the sun could promote skin cancer if allowed to reach the body. But what we're finding now is that the once-touted saviors of our outer armor, called sunscreen, also come with risks Ã¢â;¬" and pretty hefty ones at that

Channel: Women Tags: sunscreen sunburn beauty summer beauty tips infertility in women

Review: Dungeons and Desktops

Wil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:18:50 EDT

Dungeons and Desktops chronicles the rise and fall of the Computer RPG industry, from Akalabeth to Zelda. While the bulk of the book is devoted to the genre's 'Golden Age' in the late '80s and early '90s, author Matt Barton explores the entire history of CRPGs, from their origins in the mid '70s to the very recent past.

Channel: Books Tags: Video Games Reviews Matt Barton RPGs Geeks Computer RPGs Classic Video Games Nostalgia

Cuban spies' ranks on rise in Florida

Wil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:01:08 EDT

An American spy-catcher says Cuba has rebuilt its network of spies in Florida to pre-Wasp Network levels -- or about 210 agents.

Channel: News Tags: Cold War Espionage Cuba Spies Florida

FISA debate: Americans have a president, not a king

Wil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:42:10 EDT

Where did people get the idea that the U.S. President has the power to "order" private citizens to do anything, let alone to break the law? How did this warped and distinctly un-American mentality get implanted into our public discourse -- that the President can give "orders" to private citizens that must be complied with?

Channel: Politics Tags: Glenn Greenwald Bush FISA Domestic Spying Warrantless Wiretapping Constitution

On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble

DiffeeOnline — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:41:31 EDT

Do you think you know how this story ends? You're probably guessing that because it involves "do no evil" Google, Fortune magazine's "Best Company to Work For" the past two years, this is a heart-warming tale of a good company reversing a dumb decision.

Channel: Careers & Jobs Tags: google daycare mistake tech internet

PokerStars launches new video site

Wil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:16:30 EDT

PokerStars has launched a new video site, featuring interviews with all of their sponsored pro players, plus strategy lessons from players like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer.

Danish island powered entirely by green energy

Wil — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:51:02 EDT

In this week's New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote about the Danish isle of SamsÃ;Â¸, which over the past 10 years, has gone from exclusively using fossil fuel energy sources, to living exclusively off renewable energy. [via gizmodo]

Channel: Science Tags: Denmark New Yorker Environment Power Samso Renewable Energy

Zimbabwean prison officer's film shows Mugabe vote-rigging

DiffeeOnline — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:14 EDT

A film that graphically demonstrates how Robert Mugabe's supporters rigged the elections in Zimbabwe has been smuggled out of the country by a prison officer. It is believed to be the first footage that shows ballot-rigging actually taking place and comes as the Zimbabwean president is facing increasing international pressure.

Channel: Politics Tags: zimbabwa mugabe election rigged video

Sirius, XM Merger Could Cost Howard Stern

Wil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:43:53 EDT

When Howard Stern's Sirius satellite radio contract runs out in 2010, the shock jock could be in for a rude awakening, assuming Sirius and XM merge, as many suspect they will.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Howard Stern Sirius XM Satellite Radio Merger Shock Jock

Brilliant or a sham? Questions asked over Ingrid Betancourt rescue

Wil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:35:23 EDT

Swiss public radio cited an unidentified source "close to the events, reliable and tested many times in recent years" as saying the operation [to free FARC's hostages] had in fact been staged to cover up the fact that the US and Colombians had paid $20 million for their freedom. [via reddit]

Channel: News Tags: Columbia FARC Hostages Betancourt CIA

Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks

okazakifragment3 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:22:27 EDT

This image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago.

Channel: Science Tags: space astronomy hubble supernova

Zoe's Tale Wallpaper from Tor

Wil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:53:49 EDT

Scalzi says, "The folks at Tor.com are offering up a free computer wallpaper for folks, featuring John Harris' art for Zoe's Tale. Yes, now you can revel in the orange and green-ness of my book's cover, right on your computer! It's starship explody-licious."

Channel: Books Tags: John Scalzi Zoes Tale Tor Wallpaper Science Fiction Art Computers John Harris

First Algerians repatriated from Gitmo

Wil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:18 EDT

In a first, the Pentagon said this week it sent home two Algerians from the Guantnnamo Bay detention center. The latest transfer operation from the remote U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba reduced the prison camp population to "approximately 265," according to a Pentagon statement issued late Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: Guantanamo Bay Algeria Detainees Pentagon Bush