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Meet the Antipreneurs

cactushair — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:17:30 EDT

They're against advertising, corporate America, and globalization. That's good for business.

Treating The Invisible Wounds Of War!

NewsLine — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:41:31 EDT

Terror is said to wound the brain just as bullets wound the body. Exposure to trauma and events that are extremely tough to handle affect the body chemistry. Hundreds of thousands of troops serving the nation in Iraq and Afghanistan are said to be suffering from major depression or Post-traumatic stress.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: war iraq war us government prozac drugs

Report Sees Illegal Hiring Practices at Justice Dept.

engineer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:12:11 EDT

Justice Department officials over the last six years illegally used "political or ideological" factors to hire new lawyers into an elite recruitment program, tapping law school graduates with conservative credentials over those with liberal-sounding resumes, a new report found Tuesday.

Channel: News Tags: Justice Department illegal hiring political ideological credentials

Kegel Excercise For Sexual Health Video

hurr1 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:08:48 EDT

The importance of toned muscles in a woman's abdomen and PC muscle area greatly improves a woman's health in that location. Muscles after weight gain, pregnancy, surgery and lack of exercise become weakened as do all muscles of...

Channel: Women Tags: kegel kegel exercise kegel technique PC muscles exercise

Dollar Tree recalls 470,000 China-made glue guns

STONERS — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:04:54 EDT

Dollar Tree Inc recalled about 470,000 Chinese-made hot glue guns because they are a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.

Channel: News Tags: Dollar Tree Recalls 470 000 China Made Glue Guns

Things You Should Buy (Green)

CommonDavid — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:47:02 EDT

Remember things you shouldn't buy? Well here are things you should buy. Read it and see how this list compares to its counter part.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: environment save energy save water save environment

Hot Models

neharocks — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:49:17 EDT

Enjoy Beautiful Hot Models.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Hot Models Hot Girls Beautiful models

The Baddest Handlebar Mustaches

cactushair — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:51:46 EDT

Rollie Fingers might be the greatest and best-named relief pitcher in all of baseball history; however, that is not why we revere him. Here's a list of other famous people who have sported the handlebar. Only one other is a relief pitcher; the rest include a president, a philosopher and even a villainous cartoon.

Channel: Humor Tags: mustaches handlebar

The Ultimate Guide to Taking Control of Your Health Records

neharocks — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:31:40 EDT

Managing your personal health records has become the latest buzz. The following resources will help you learn about managing your health records, tell you where to go for the best services to help you, and offers a peek into what medical providers can implement.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Health Health Records Medical Fitness Treatment

Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California

TechnologyExpert — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:30:35 EDT

Starcraft II was announced in May 2007, and Korea went wild. While it may just be coincidence that a number of etailers have posted ship dates for Starcraft II, and that they all picked the same date, is it also a coincidence that Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational Event takes place in Paris on June 28 and 29 this week?

Channel: Video Games Tags: Starcraft 2 Blizzard Best Buy Circuit City

99 Apps to Help You Ditch Your Box and Go Internet Only

neharocks — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:05:21 EDT

Whether you're on vacation or just at a different office, you can always log in to web apps and know that all of your tools and information will be available. So why don't you ditch your dusty old desktop programs and fully make the switch to web-based applications? With these apps, that just might be possible.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Web Applications Apps Internet Technology Online

Toe Tapping Tuesday - Mudmen - Drink And Fight (Live)

baddad59 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:58 EDT

Ok,how does someone describe the Mudmen.Insane would be appropriate.Talented,with out a doubt.Innovators,very possible.Fun,if you are a drinker like i used to be then you might have found your new best party/drinking song. Who else can put bag pipes and metal/rock guitars together and make a drinking song.lolol

Channel: Music Tags: mud men bagpipes rock irish strange

Microsoft Sends a "Dear John" Letter to XP

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:06:54 EDT

It's not over yet - not completely - but it might as well be. On Monday Microsoft sent out a letter to its customers dashing any hopes of a stay of execution for Windows XP.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Windows XP Windows Vista Microsoft Dell

Bush asked about 9/11. Well, not really, but Bush thinks so!

expursuit — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:04:39 EDT

Note that after all that pause, Bush does not actually answer the question that was actually asked!

Channel: Politics Tags: George W. Bush

Fixing The Mortgage Crisis Now!

hurr1 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:50:38 EDT

It is clear that we need change that holds brokers accountable and requires common-sense standards. We need mortgage documents people can read and understand and that disclose all the costs, fees and hidden charges in a loan. Americans are losing their homes and they need help.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: homes homeowners foreclosures home loans home foreclosure

Psystar Unveils Xserve Clone

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:18:26 EDT

Psystar, which people initially looked askance at when it first unveiled its Mac clones, has since provided review copies and actually shipped copies of their computers. Now, Psystar has unveiled a pair of OpenServ computers, squarely aimed at Apple's Xserve systems, offered in 1U (OpenServ 1100) or 2U (OpenServ 2400) rack-mount versions.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Psystar Mac Clone APple Lawsuit

Separate Your Emotions from Your Food

Shannonyork — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:39:59 EDT

How many times have you eaten out of a carton of ice cream when you were depressed or raided your pantry looking for chips, cookies or candy because you had nothing to do around the house? The urge to reach for food - often fatty food - when our emotions are off whack gets even the best of us. But if you allow this behavior to become common,

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: beauty health nutrition lifestyle emotions

No sunscreens for us please...

omerazam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:17:20 EDT

Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by chemicals in sunscreen products

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: ENVIRONMENT

Marion Cotillard, 'Borat' stars among new Oscars voters

omerazam — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:15:16 EDT

French actress Marion Cotillard and "Borat" creator Sacha Baron Cohen are among a list of 105 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy said

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Marion Cotillard Oscar

NBC Announces "Olympics on the Go"

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:08 EDT

This year's Summer Olympics is in Beijing, which is 12 hours ahead of EDT. Yep, that means many events will take place while Americans are sleeping. Of course, this isn't a new problem; it's happened many times before when the Olympics was held in locales with such a time differential.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Olympics NBC Downloads China

Hopes Fade for Philippine Ferry Victims

nickjones321 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:01:53 EDT

Hundreds Trapped Inside Phillipine Ferry Feared Dead. Rescuers halted efforts on Monday night to find nearly 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines as darkness fell and large swells prevented divers from drilling holes into the doomed vessel.

Channel: News Tags:

Russert Scoop on Wikipedia Earns Suspension for Updater

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:03 EDT

In the super-fast world of the Internet, if a story breaks, you can expect the Wikipedia entry for that subject to be updated faster than you can blink. In the case of Tim Russert's sad death on June 13th, NBC attempted to hold back the news long enough to notify his family. Before they knew it however, it was already updated on Wikipedia.

Channel: News Tags: Tim Russert Obituary Wikipedia NBC Suspension

Why Clinton voters say they won't support Obama

cactushair — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:16:17 EDT

The attack of the PUMAs, or a dozen reasons why Clinton voters are still too angry to come home.

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 elections clinton obama

11 Steps to Create a Successful Website

neharocks — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:05:17 EDT

If you're ready to set up your website or are thinking about upgrading the design of the one you already have, check out StartupNation's vendor matching service that gets you free quotes from pre-screened website designers within 24 hours.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Website successful tips Technology

Funn With Kids

neharocks — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:01:27 EDT

Here is the most technical kid who is trying to repair his fathers Car of his own.

Channel: Family Tags: Fun Family Kids

Microsoft May Have Saved Your WoW Password

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:54:56 EDT

I'm certainly I'm no fan of Microsoft security products, which continue to play catch-up and have seem to quite a few problems (and not just false positives). In this case, Microsoft's last release of its Malicious Software Removal Tool - offered every month on Patch Tuesday - targeted quite a few password-stealing trojans which were focusing on ga

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: World of Warcraft Microsoft Security

Optical Disc-Based Media to Succumb to Digital Delivery: Sony

TechnologyExpert — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:26:37 EDT

When Toshiba finally gave up on HD-DVD in February, I indicated that although Blu-ray had won the battle, optical media would eventually lose out to video streaming, though I felt it would take quite some time for that to happen. Sony apparently agrees about the upcoming demise of optical media, at least in terms of the delivery of gaming software.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Optical Disc BLu ray DVD Sony

Mellow Monday - Johnny Cash - Hurt

baddad59 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:40:47 EDT

After posting someone covering a J.Cash song,i just thought it would be appropriate to post a song of Johnny covering someone else's song.Confusing,not really.Hurt was written by Trent Reznor,of Nine Inch Nails,but Johnny made it his own. Hope you enjoy this.

Channel: Music Tags: trent reznor n.i.n. Johnny cash

Australia is world's fattest nation

omerazam — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:37:59 EDT

Australia now hails to be the world's fattest nation with 26% of its adults being classified as obese, according to a new report released here on Friday

Channel: News Tags: Australia fattest nation

Is Bush resigned to a more powerful Iran?

omerazam — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:52:58 EDT

For more than five years now, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have made it clear that they did not want to leave office with Iran any closer to possessing nuclear weapons than when they took office.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Iran

69 Wolves Were Killed

hurr1 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:59:15 EDT

State officials plan to kill as many as 70% of the wolves in the Greater Yellowstone region. And after years of effort, just over 50 wild wolves can be found in Arizona and New Mexico. Wolves are an important life for the ecological system. They never take more prey than they need to survive.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: wolves killing wolves conservation ecological system Defenders of Wildlife

Sundays Rock - Planet P - Why Me

baddad59 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:47:54 EDT

Once in a while a good fun song of the eighty's feels right.Planet P made some other music,couldn't tell you what it is or how it sounds,but this one is a classic.Got enough cheese to make it fun,but enough good music to make it easy to listen to and enjoyable if you don't want anything to serious.I love this song, and the blond with the beehive is

Channel: Music Tags: planet p eightys rock

It's the Iraq War that's Killing the Economy, Stupid!

expursuit — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:41:59 EDT

As billions are going down the drain in Iraq, this wild misadventure is destroying the once strong U.S. dollar... Foreigners are buying out major assets as the dollar dramatically declines. Belgium may buy the biggest brewery in the U.S. In 2007 foreign investors spent $414 billion buying some of the biggest assets of the U.S.A.

Channel: Money Tags: USA Dollar Economy Iraq War George.W Bush

Did Sex & The City Pair Have Cosmetic Surgery?

Shannonyork — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:58:04 EDT

Unconfirmed Internet reports have it that Sex and The City stars, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon both had cosmetic procedures done at the same New York City hospital.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: news beauty celebrity cosmetic surgery Sex and The City

Men are Going Under the Knife for Job Security

Shannonyork — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:56:28 EDT

The current economic crisis in the USA is driving men to cosmetic surgery. According to reports published online, men are opting for anti-aging procedures in a bid to hold on to their jobs and or to get new jobs.

Channel: Men Tags: news beauty aging cosmetic surgery job

Veveo Streaming!

omerazam — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:23:52 EDT

Veveo Inc. is a company that has just beta-launched its video searching vTap. This is a free service and is designed to enhance user experience on broadband enabled phones. The company claims that it has huge listings of web videos much more than any other video portals

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Veveo Streaming

The Smithsonian Joins Flickr's "The Commons"

TechnologyExpert — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:15:31 EDT

You recall that in February, Flickr and the Library of Congress announced "The Commons," a public photo collection which they hoped would increase exposure to the amazing content currently held in the public collections of civic institutions around the world. This week, the Smithsonian announced that it had joined the project.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Yahoo Flickr The Commons Smithsonian

Protect Boreal Birds

hurr1 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:03:44 EDT

One of the world's largest intact forest ecosystems -- the breeding grounds for many of the world's warblers, ducks and other migratory birds -- Boreal forest is in big trouble. It is a "carbon reservoir," trapping carbon that might otherwise contribute to global warming. Urge the Canadian government to protect this special place....

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: forest ecosystems ecosystems canada boreal forest carbon

New Egyptian ruling orders oil revenues for the poor

expursuit — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:20:34 EDT

A new fatwa issued by the Islamic Research Center of Cairo's Al-Azhar University says 20% of oil, mineral and gas revenues should be given to the poor as alms or zakat.

Channel: News Tags: Egypt oil Islam Muslim donation