Friday, March 28, 2008

Bizarre Graves and Grave Stress Therapy, WTF?

A German priest has taken stress relief to an all-time high — or low, as the case may be — when he developed a rather bizarre strategy to help parishioners escape the stresses of daily life by having them lie in a true-to-life open grave.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

1 WAR is Killing 1,500 Daily! Pls Help by Raising Awareness

# 5.4 million people have died since 1998 # 45,000 people continue to die every month! This links to: Congo Crisis at a Glance | News Story | Video | Full Report | New survey released by the International Rescue Committee What can Diggers do to help?Help by Raising Awareness and / or donate money to the IRC Charity.

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1 WAR is Killing 1,500 Daily! Pls Help by Raising Awareness

# 5.4 million people have died since 1998 # 45,000 people continue to die every month! This links to: Congo Crisis at a Glance | News Story | Video | Full Report | New survey released by the International Rescue Committee What can Diggers do to help?Help by Raising Awareness and / or donate money to the IRC Charity.

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Friday, March 21, 2008

Simply Phenomenal; The Hukou Waterfalls in China [PICS+]

While it might appear to be the latest great fudge mountain dessert at your local Dairy Queen, this scene is actually the thaw of the Hukou Waterfalls of the Yellow River — the only Yellow Waterfall on Earth, and the 2nd largest waterfall in China, with a view nearly unparalleled anywhere else in the country.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

6 American Made 35 MPG Cars That Americans Can't Buy [pics]

Six of these fuel-efficient cars and SUVs score 35 miles per gallon (MPG) combined (not just highway). Every one of these is built here in North America and exported abroad. Americans can't buy them. Why not?

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10 Things Men Need to Know (From a Woman's Perspective)

I had no shortage of ideas that might help clear some of the fog stagnating between the sexes.

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Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

To prevent this Big Media alliance with Big Cable/Telco from cornering and controlling the Internet, it is time for the government to implement reasonable network neutrality oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.

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Leveraging The Internet In The Recession

This will be the first recession in which the Internet will play a central role for the American consumer--and for marketers.

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The 10 Fastest Super Computers on the Planet [Photos]

This deserves to be on the frontpage... Or should I post more LOLcat, xkcd and best butterfly photo crap... It's just an algorithm. I guess that's why well I'm posting this... to watch it fail. Or did I just prove my point to Jim Cramer. Hmmm... muuuuhhahahahaha

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

They Have Been Changing the CPI Formula To Hide Inflation

Changes made in CPI methodology during the Clinton Administration understated inflation significantly, and, through a cumulative effect with earlier changes that began in the late-Carter and early Reagan Administrations have reduced current social security payments by roughly half from where they would have been otherwise.

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Bush Can't Even Pretend To Be In Control

He’s not good at first-day response. Or second. Third can be a problem, too. But this economic crisis has been going on for months, and all the president could come up with sounded as if it had been composed for a Rotary Club and then delivered by a guy who had never read it before.

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Monday's Ticking Time Bomb -- Bear Stearns

An entire system of leveraged assets polluted with worthless loan-backed securities is in the process of violent unwinding. Bear Stearn's bond rating has just been lowered, guaranteeing that they cannot secure further financing to hemorrhage trying to repair irreparable insolvency. Being "too-big-to-fail," the bank must now be bought out by Monday.

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Huge Discovery: GE Announces Printable OLED Breakthrough

Imagine a world where your wall glows at a brightness determined by ambient lighting and personal preference. Lamps might soon be obsolete, and the whole discussion about swtiching light bulbs completely moot.

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gPhone: Touch-Screen Android Handset w/Downloadable Skins

Depending on how you characterize advancement, you might fall in love (as I have) with the concept of turning back the clock on cellular design and offering a Googlesque approach to design.Googlesque, what the heck does that even mean?

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Friday, March 14, 2008

How to Make a Dollar Out of 15 Cents, The eBay Way

You get out of it what you put in, so understand if you want to increase your loot, your time dedication should correlate. Even though you might not have ever purchased or sold something on one of the web’s most popular sites, here are a few tips to gain some familiarity with it.

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