State & Community
Does the free market corrode morality?
03.12.2008 16:17
usatoday.com
Three economic and philosophic experts disucss whether the free market has corroded morality. The discussion was sponsored by the Templeton Foundation.
USA
Religion
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
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
Tourette Syndrome Webinars Available From NJCTS
03.12.2008 16:18
prurgent.com
New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome presents free webinars focusing on TS and associated neurological disorders at no cost.
World
Press Releases
Votes for automakers aren't there, Senate majority leader says
03.12.2008 16:14
freep.com
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that the Democrats' plan to tap the Wall Street rescue fund to save U.S. automakers doesn't have the votes to pass.
USA
Small Business
'We Didn't Want to See the Future': Q&A With Ex-Sony Lawyer Steve Gordon
03.12.2008 16:12
ecommercetimes.com
In 1999 at a Sony Music corporate meeting, the room was filled with Sony executives and at 5b4 torneys from across the globe. At one point, one of the Sony attorneys gave a presentation on two music services. One was the Sony music service and the other was a tiny, fledgling service. The Sony service required users to go through multiple layers of Web sites in order to get to the songs they wanted.
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
Review Roundup
03.12.2008 16:14
krunker.com
We’re starting up a new feature here at Krunker (something I used to do on WhiningDog.net). Since we get so many review emails every day, I thought it would be good to simply list them out in a single blog posting for all of you to check out – a lot like how BluesNews does [...]Technorati Tags: Review roundup, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Fuze, Antec HTPC case, Sennheiser headphones, ASUS motherboard, power supply, altec lansing soundbar
World
Technologies
Ex-NY Gov Spitzer to write column for Slate.com
03.12.2008 16:00
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned earlier this year over his involvement in a prostitution ring, will write a column for online magazine Slate.com about the economy and financial regulation.
World
Internet
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
Science & Education
Elena - Paint It Gold
03.12.2008 16:11
roomthirteen.com
The voice is everything on a record that covers pop rock ballads and garage... and Kim Carnes.
World
Books & CD
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
Hard & Soft
3D Models - Dreamscape SF2000 V13
03.12.2008 16:16
the3dstudio.com
Name: Dreamscape SF2000 V13Type: 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
Using Spawner To Populate SQL Database
03.12.2008 16:10
linuxtoday.com
<b>LinuxHaxor:</b> "There are many reasons why you would want to generate bogus data for your database. Perhaps you'd like to know how well your databases will perform when filled with data, or maybe you just need some data so that you can start creating a front end for the database."
World
Open Source Software
Consolidation may hit worldwide PC market, IDC says
03.12.2008 16:05
computerworld.com
Tumbling demand could affect PC makers next year, leading to industry consolidation, IDC said on Wednesday.
World
Hard & Soft
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
Blistering Records To Release COVERED CALL, VOODOO CIRCLE, PLACES OF POWERS Albums
03.12.2008 16:13
bravewords.com
Blistering Records has announced the world-wide signing of COVERED CALL, the Swedish melodic hard rock band who want to reach out and connect with rock...
World
Rock Music
Christoph Niemann's coffee-on-napkin drawings
03.12.2008 16:11
boingboing.net
Daniel Carter, creative director of MAKE and CRAFT magazines, told me about illustrator Christoph Niemann's remarkable coffee-on-napkin drawings. When I was 21 I worked as an intern at a magazine. The art director and I would brew a gigantic pot of coffee around 9 a.m. to help us get through the day. The pot would simmer in the coffeemaker, and through evaporation the coffee strengthened noticeably at lunchtime. In the evening hours, the remaining coffee had turned to a black concoction with a stinging smell and tar-like taste. We endured it without flinching. Christoph Niemann's coffee-on-napkin drawings...
World
Culture & Arts
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
Recreation & Entertainment
InterContinental San Juan Resort Hosts ASTA's Board of Directors & CPC Meeting Attendees Became Familiarized with Puerto Rico as an Ideal Tourism Destination
03.12.2008 16:18
prweb.com
The InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino played host hotel of the American Society of Travel Agent's (ASTA) joint meeting of its Board of Directors and Chapter Presidents Council, where the attendees were provided a luxury urban resort experience.While the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, two main organizations interested in hosting a future ASTA International Destination Expo in 2011, partnered in providing new insights about Puerto Rico as a tourism destination. (PRWeb Dec 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1704034.htm
World
Games & Toys
Deadly Creatures Delayed
03.12.2008 16:12
shacknews.com
THQ has confirmed to IGN the delay of Deadly Creatures (Wii), the unique insect action title by contrastingly-named developer Rainbow Studios. Last slated for mid-December, the buggy Wii game will now see a February 2009 release. Deadly Creatures puts players in the role of a tarantula and scorpion, on a quest to save mankind. The story will feature two humans voiced by actors Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Hopper.
World
Computer Games
“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
Automotives
Votes for automakers aren't there, Senate majority leader says
03.12.2008 16:14
freep.com
UPDATED AT 7:09 PM: WASHINGTON — Imperiled automakers and their union worked today to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34-billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring, but Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said there still aren't enough votes to tap the $700-billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering companies.
USA
Autonews
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
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
Mitchell out as Raptors coach, assistant Triano takes over
03.12.2008 16:17
usatoday.com
The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver. Assistant Jay ...
USA
Basketball
Knicks rated most valuable team again: Forbes
03.12.2008 16:00
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Knicks are the most valuable professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association for the fourth consecutive year, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday.
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
Tourism
Jordan leads the Middle East's new focus on eco-tourism
03.12.2008 16:17
usatoday.com
Jordan is reaching beyond its considerable historical and Biblical tourist attractions to try to capture a stake in the growing ...
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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