State & Community
GM wins Detroit to DC Road Rally - Has Cheapest Vehicle to Drive Among Big 3 According to Cost2Drive.com
03.12.2008 12:23
prweb.com
According to website Cost2Drive.com, General Motors outpaced it's domestic competition with a $29.07 cost to drive from Detroit to Washington DC. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1702434.htm
USA
Government
Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church
03.12.2008 12:22
usatoday.com
Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination. The new Anglican Church in North America will include four Episcopal dioceses that recently split from the U.S. church, along with breakaway Anglican parishes from Canada.
USA
Religion
Analysis: Merkel Feels First Real Heat over Poor Economy
03.12.2008 12:21
dw-world.de
For the first three years of her chancellorship, Angela Merkel could do no wrong. But she's now under attack from all sides for not doing enough to combat the effects of the global economic crisis on Germany.
Germany
Social Life
Economics & Finance
Jennifer Birdsong Raffo joins design team at Robb & Stucky Interiors in Palm Beach Gardens
03.12.2008 14:22
prurgent.com
Published author and interior designer, Jennifer Birdsong Raffo, brings years of experience to Robb & Stucky Interiors in Palm Beach Gardens.
World
Press Releases
Wednesday Blogwrap
03.12.2008 14:19
brownstoner.com
Newton Creek. Photo by jet200nyc from the Brownstoner Flickr pool. 10 Easy Pieces: Mailboxes [Remodelista] Brooklyn has a Hall of Fame! [Reclaimed Home] Another Peaceful Morning in Boerum Hill [Curbed] Toxic Bedford Avenue Site Still in Curious State [GL] Mazzola Bakery Christmas Tree Watch: It's Done! [Lost City]
New York
Construction & Real Estate
Yen Crosses: Significant Lows in Place?
03.12.2008 14:14
actionforex.com
On the daily, it is possible to count 5 waves down in the EURJPY from 170. Since the low at 113.59, the EURJPY has rallied in what looks like 5 waves and is probably wave A of a correction and traded sideways in classic B wave style (B waves are...
World
E-commerce
Incidents
Man tries to lure girl into car
03.12.2008 06:03
bbc.co.uk
Youngsters in part of Surrey are being urged to be on their guard after a suspicious incident near a school.
World
Incidents
Action in Center of Kyiv. PHOTO
12.09.2008 08:11
mignews.com.ua
Yesterday in the evening a skirmish happened in the center of Kyiv on Shevchenko boulevard, 58 opposite shoe shop.
Ukraine
Crime
Hurricane Gustav Category 5 Storm
30.08.2008 14:22
nationalterroralert.com
Hurricane Gustav is rapidly growing into a monster Category 5 storm. ‘FEMA’ Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. FEMA officials said Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center, interrupted an afternoon teleconference involving the agency, Gulf [...]
World
Terrorism
Technologies
Battlestar Galactica Auction Catalog available
03.12.2008 14:18
krunker.com
For all you Battlestar Galactica fans out there – the BSG auction catalog is now available online to download. Careful though – it’s a 27MB PDF download! The auction itself will take place on January 17 and 18 at the Pasadena Convention Center. I’ll try and drop by though I doubt I can afford anything [...]Technorati Tags: Battlestar Galactica Auction Catalog
World
Technologies
Flickr Axing Business Use of Photos for SEO
03.12.2008 14:18
searchenginejournal.com
One of the tools of the SEO trade has apparently been axed by Flickr. It seems like every SEO conference I have attended since Flickr went live included recommendations that Flickr photo submissions be treated much like HTML pages. The title of the photo, description, tags and any links in the description text work just [...]
World
Search Engines
FCC to consider free Internet, cable carriage
03.12.2008 12:01
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators will consider a controversial spectrum auction plan for free Internet and new rules governing disputes between cable operators and programmers at their December meeting, the agency's chairman said on Wednesday.
World
Internet
Science & Education
Modelling The Effectiveness And Risks Of Vaccination Strategies To Control Classical Swine Fever Epidemics
03.12.2008 14:11
medicalnewstoday.com
In a recent update of the Dutch contingency plan for controlling outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever emergency vaccination is preferred to large-scale preemptive culling. Our modelling study evaluates the implications of this policy change. We find that vaccination in a ring of 2-km radius around a detected infection source is as effective as ring culling in a 1-km radius.
World
Biology
New fabric can wipe away toxic chemicals: study
03.12.2008 14:01
reuters.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new dry wipe can clean up chemical agents such as mustard gas, giving soldiers a more convenient way to deal with toxic materials on the battlefield, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
World
Science & Education
Panel Seeks Changes in E.P.A. Reviews
03.12.2008 10:04
nytimes.com
The Environmental Protection Agency must revise its approach to assessing environmental health hazards and other risks, an expert panel is reporting.
World
Sciences
Hard & Soft
3D Models - Dreamscape SF2000 V04
03.12.2008 14:21
the3dstudio.com
Name: Dreamscape SF2000 V04Type: 3D ModelsAuthor: Dreamscape StudiosPrice: $100.00File types: 3dm 3ds asc dwg dxf flt lwo max obj w3d hrc texDescription: The SF 2000 is a derivative of the smaller SF340.It carries 50-58 passengers on short and medium routes.See complete details
World
Computer Design & Modelling
Duplicate Files Finder version 8.2 was released.
03.12.2008 14:19
allsharewareproducts.com
Duplicate Files Finder version 8.2 has been released. Release date: 2008-12-03 What's new: New release. Program cost, USD: 9.99 Short description: Find and delete all duplicate files. Remove duplicate mp3, photos, pictures etc. Regain plenty of valuable hard drive space and optimize your system. Link: http://www.allsharewareproducts.com/ShowDescriptions.aspx?fileId=160206&ViewIndex=0&cat=System Utilities----System Maintenance&NewsDate=20081203
World
Software
Red Hat Chief: 'Cheaper Generally Wins'
03.12.2008 14:13
linuxtoday.com
<b>ZDNet:</b> ""At times like this, cheaper generally wins," Whitehurst said as he spoke to journalists on Monday about his thoughts on the Linux market and the immediate future for Red Hat."
World
Open Source Software
Health & Beauty
Exploring The Early Origins Of The Synapse By Comparative Genomics
03.12.2008 14:12
medicalnewstoday.com
One aspect of evolution that often puzzles the non-scientist is how current knowledge can explain the origin of complex structures. The thinking goes that a particular biological feature, such as the human eye, functions as a complete unit and a partial eye would not work. But new information about the genomes of many organisms has clarified how complex structures can evolve from simpler ones.
World
Neurology
Empty nest may be good for parents’ marriage
03.12.2008 06:21
b4uindia.com
A new study has shown that empty nest, a feeling of loneliness that may hit parents sitting at home, may have beneficial effects on their marriage. University of California, Berkeley psychologists Sara M. Gorchoff, Oliver P. John and Ravenna Helson came to this conclusion after studying the marital satisfaction of a group of women over 18 years, from the time they were in their 40s to when they were in their early 60s. Writing about their findings in the journal of the Association for Psychological Science, they said that marital satisfaction increased as the women got older. They also observed that marital satisfaction increased for women who stayed with the same partners, and for those who remarried. The team were surprised to find that women who had made the transition to an empty nest increased more in marital satisfaction than women who still had children at home. The researchers also found that an empty nest did not increase levels of marital satisfaction simply because the parents had more time to spend with each other. They instead said that women whose children had left home enjoyed their time with their partners more compared to women whose children were still at home. According to them, it was an increase in the quality, not the quantity, of time spent together once children moved out that led to increases in marital satisfaction. Gorchoff cautions that the new findings should not be taken to suggest that all children should be sent away to boarding school for the sake of their parents’ marriage. She instead says that “this research does suggest that women should not wait until their children leave home to schedule enjoyable time with their partners.” (ANI)
India
Health & Beauty
Obese children risk thyroid damage
03.12.2008 06:00
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obese children may be damaging their thyroids, creating a vicious cycle of metabolism and overweight, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday.
World
Health & Beauty
Culture & Arts
Meet The PIRATES OF THE BALTIC SEA
03.12.2008 14:17
bravewords.com
As previously reported, HANOI ROCKS' frontman Michael Monroe has teamed up with Jyrki 69 (vocals) and Jussi 69 D(rums) from THE 69 EYES, underground legend...
World
Rock Music
Turkey: Mor ve otesi release new album
03.12.2008 14:16
esctoday.com
Mor ve otesi, the Turkish four member band who represented their homeland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, have released their latest album which contains their top ten placed entry Deli. The band have also announced they will be embarking on a European tour in 2009 covering 12 destinations to be announced. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12629)
Europe
Music Contests & Awards
Ground resonance and helicopter destruction
03.12.2008 14:15
boingboing.net
"When is a helicopter like a Patsy Cline song? When it falls to pieces." That's the darkly comedic subhed in a new Air & Space Magazine about ground resonance, a condition when a sitting helicopter's rotors become imbalanced while spinning. If the frequency of the now-vibrating rotor is close to the body of the chopper's normal vibration frequency, the oscillations increase. In seconds, the whole helicopter can just fall apart. (Ground resonance tore the helicopter above apart in just four seconds.) From Air & Space: “I was standing right next to it,” says Frank Robinson, founder of the world’s leading helicopter company, describing a close call he had during a 1961 test of a gyroplane. “I had to grab hold of it and hang on and ride the damn thing down. You don’t want to be standing out there when it starts to jump around — it can jump on you. And there’s not a good way to get out of it. Just cut everything, hang on and hope..." The destruction is wrought by the considerable energy stored in the rotor blades. The shaking rapidly grows in violence, exceeding the strength of the mast, transmission mounts, and landing gear. The cyclic control in the cockpit flails about so violently that the pilot cannot hold it, the rotor blades strike the tail boom or the cockpit, parts begin falling off, and moments later the helicopter may be a heap of scrap. How Things Work: Ground Resonance...
World
Culture & Arts
Recreation & Entertainment
“Britney’s boob-baring birthday dress” morning links
03.12.2008 14:16
whyfame.com
- Britney Spears was almost popping out of her dress at her birthday party [Yeeeah] - Inside Britney’s birthday party (link has automatic video) [The Insider] - Upcoming cover of Star: Britney’s deadly diet [PopBytes] - Julianne Hough says she wants to marry her boyfriend [Popeater] - Rachel Getting Married with Anne Hathaway ...[ More on WhyFame.com ]
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Guitar Hero 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Announced at Massive Event
03.12.2008 14:16
shacknews.com
Details on many of Activision Blizzard's upcoming titles were revealed today during a joint event with in-game advertiser Massive Inc. According to MTV, Call of Duty 6 has officially been titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and is slated to arrive in fall 2009. Furthermore, an in-game shot of Guitar Hero 5 was shown in a demonstration of Massive's in-game advertising strategy for Activision, showing a "Burger King ad to the right of the note highway." Activision also confirmed rumors that the next Tony Hawk title will be played using some type of peripheral rather than with a controller. The skateboarding game will hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and DS in October. ...
World
Computer Games
Defense seeks minimum 6-year term for O.J. Simpson
03.12.2008 14:01
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson's lawyers have asked he receive the minimum sentence of 38e3 six years in prison for his October robbery and kidnapping conviction, calling a recommendation of 18 years "inappropriate and knee-jerk."
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Automotives
2008 Essen Motor Show - Video Highlights
03.12.2008 14:18
worldcarfans.com
Now that the Essen Motor Show is open to the public, here's a video review of what to expect if you plan on attending the show.
World
Cars
UAW to restart contract talks, end jobs bank
03.12.2008 10:20
freep.com
A United Auto Workers official says the union has agreed to restart contract talks with the Detroit Three automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.
USA
Autonews
You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone
03.12.2008 08:24
prweb.com
Just Kampers now offers contents away from home cover. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1701524.htm
World
Cars
Sports
Defense seeks minimum 6-year term for O.J. Simpson
03.12.2008 14:01
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson's lawyers have asked he receive the minimum sentence of six years in prison for his October robbery and kidnapping conviction, calling a recommendation of 18 years "inappropriate and knee-jerk."
World
Sports
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA'S BLOG: Lions' Dan Orlovsky still out for Sunday; Stanton probably will sit, too
03.12.2008 12:19
freep.com
Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky won't be able to play Sunday against Minnesota, and quarterback Drew Stanton likely won't be able to, either.
USA
Sports
Bats: Hughes's Autumn Rebound
03.12.2008 12:06
nytimes.com
Most reports concerning Phil Hughes’s performance in the Arizona Fall League indicate that there’s a chance he can be the pitcher the Yankees hoped he would be.
World
Baseball
Tourism
Legroom, lounges and legalese: A guide to the best travel gift certificates
03.12.2008 10:23
usatoday.com
Deliver the perfect gift for family and friends: the world. Or at least a little part of it, through travel gift cards, certificates, ...
USA
Tourism
Our own Place in the Sun - (1) The idea
03.12.2008 10:19
europealacarte.co.uk
We’re thinking about getting our own “Place in the Sun”, not to move away from the UK permanently but as a bolt hole away from the British Winter. We like living in the UK during the Spring, Summer and Autumn but thought it would be great to escape from the long, rather dismal [...]
Europe
Tourism
Ritz-Carlton Launches Reserve Brand
03.12.2008 06:16
journeys.luxist.com
Filed under: JourneysRitz-Carlton is betting on the luxury hotel business to continue to be strong with the launch of the new brand extension, The Reserve. Next March the new brand will open Phulay Bay, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Krabi, Southern Thailand. The 54-villa and pavilion boutique hotel is set on the shores of the Andaman Sea and surrounded by a national forest with rugged rock formations and hidden waterfalls. Rooms offer tropical garden or cean views, private plunge pools and sheltered outdoor baths and showers and verandahs with out-door lounge beds. the resort has an infinity swimming pool featuring comfortable oversized day beds, cabanas and pool chairs, a gym, spa with ten treatment rooms, retail shop, personal butlers and the Living Room, a club house with a library with a wide range of international books in numerous genres and audio and video materials, board games and entertainment programs tailor-made as the guests' requests. The resort was designed by Thai architect Lek Bunnag to combine modern styling and architecture with accents of Thai culture and design.Ritz-Carlton Launches Reserve Brand originally appeared on Luxist on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read|Permalink|Email this|Comments
World
Tourism
Blogs
BIG XMAS SHOOTING CONTEST 2008 !!!!
03.12.2008 14:19
kitesurfing.ie
Here is the plan: Just send your best shot at windsandbreezes@gmail.com. You have until the 12th Dec to send us your picture!!!! Action, lifestyle, cooking, sunset, waves, freestyle, Ireland or Iceland, old or young, fashion or old school...WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS IT IS RELATED TO KITESURFING !!!! (sunset with a kite is easy, cooking could be trickier but who knows!!!) We will separate though in 2 categories: ACTION and LIFESTYLE So check ur old albums or run to the beach looking for a kitesurfer!!! The jury is: TreasaLynch.com Puremagic LSD Kitesurfing.ie The jury will take into consideration the quality, technicality, difficulty, funity, weirdity, sunity/rainity of the picture! So EVERYONE CAN WIN, Winners will be given during the Xmas party 4 Dame Lane 8pm !!!!!!! Obviously no need to say there is prices for top 3, but I am sure at that stage of art and photography, nobody is interested of winning a price!! Good luck to ALL!!!!
Northern Ireland
On Sports
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA'S BLOG: Lions' Dan Orlovsky still out for Sunday; Stanton probably will sit, too
03.12.2008 12:19
freep.com
Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky won't be able to play Sunday against Minnesota, and quarterback Drew Stanton likely won't be able to, either.
USA
Blogs
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Vnochi. (At Night) (36.04UAH, $8.92USD)
03.12.2008 02:25
umka.com.ua
In spite of that “At Night” compositions do not meet the pop-format, the album is aimed at mass audience. The name, voice and the specific, characteristic of only Svyatoslav Vakarchuk melodics of the compositions will help fans of Ukrainian music become acquainted with new music forms, to seize new music territories.
Ukraine
Music, MP3
Advertisements
Advert banned for inflated sofas
03.12.2008 04:02
bbc.co.uk
An advertisement for DFS is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority because the sofas in it are misleadingly large.
World
Advertisements
International Real Estate: For Sale in ... New Zealand
03.12.2008 00:06
nytimes.com
A six-bedroom, three-bath home in Closeburn Station, near Queenstown, on a 3,000-acre working alpine farm with 27 private homes for 6.5 million New Zealand dollars (about $3.4 million.)
World
Real Estate
EUR 100K discount on luxury Costa flats
17.11.2008 04:14
propertyinspain.net
Spain's latest all-luxury resort has spacious key ready apartments discounted by EUR 100K as the developer makes a timely "Dash for Cash". PropertyInSpain.Net has the best choice and prices.
Spain
Real Estate
Weather Forecast
Packers need folks to shovel snow Thursday at Lambeau
03.12.2008 14:22
usatoday.com
The Green Bay Packers have put out a call for people to shovel snow Thursday at Lambeau Field.
USA
Weather Forecast
Forecasters warning of heavy snow
03.12.2008 12:04
bbc.co.uk
Forecasters issue a warning across Stoke-on-Trent and the rest of Staffordshire for heavy snow causing treacherous conditions.
World
Weather Forecast
Hurricane Season Gets Busy
10.10.2008 06:34
accuweather.com
Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Historically, the heart of the hurricane season does not begin until mid-August. As if on cue, there are two tropical systems currently active, and AccuWeather.com ...
World
Weather Forecast
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