Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Poor, poor Heather Mills! I feel so sad for her! Apparently Ms. Mills went on UK TV this morning crying and stating that she's considered committing suicide because of the "mean things" that have been said to and about her since she filed for divorce from Beatle Paul ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
zenhabits.com: Sometimes it seems easier to just continue on the path that we are already familiar with. As a way to help me move outside my zone of comfort I decided to create a list that I could refer to that would help me begin to manage and remove my ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
alternet.org: Meanwhile, way on the otherside of the country, up in Washington another I'm-Not-Gay-Republican-- yawn-- Washington Rep. Richard Curtis is all caught up in some extortion business with a gay prostitute. KREM, a Spokane TV station, reported that Curtis and the male hooker had "a sexual encounter and were ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
msnbc: NEW YORK - The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them.
In South Korea, for instance, the average apartment can get an Internet connection that's 15 ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
msnbc: A boy admitted to starting one of more than a dozen wildfires that ravaged Southern California last week, state detectives said Tuesday night.
The child admitted to playing with matches Oct. 21 and accidentally starting the Buckweed Fire, Los Angeles County sheriffs said. Officials have released the boy to his ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
frugal for life: Excuses to buy -
I've been so good or work hard that I deserve it.- This is a line that will be your downfall, as you find more excuses to buy. The best way around this is to map out a goal and not reward yourself until you ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
breitbart.com: NEW YORK (AP) - Stan O'Neal's legacy will be cemented as the $8 billion man. That's about the size of the massive writedown that Merrill Lynch & Co. had to take during its just-ended quarter, which has ruined the reputation of the investment bank's CEO.
Only months ago, he was ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
asia times online: What always looked like a curious dance involving the bear, the dragon and the elephant has become even more curious. Russia, China and India are dancing to different tunes, in contradiction to their "trilateral strategic dialogue". Within 48 hours of their latest get-together, they failed the test ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Let's assume for a moment that I am either a devout follower of Osama Bin Laden, or that I am one of the ruling elite in Iran. And let's also assume that I have the right to vote for the President of the United States as well as for ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
socyberty.com: Some people will work hard to covertly control other people. Here’s how to tell when people are trying to manipulate you.
Some people in this world are kings and queens of the art of getting their own way. It's amazing how some people are able to achieve their whims through ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
appleinsider.com: Apple said Tuesday that it sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in the company's history.
Sales included copies sold at Apple's retail ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
reuters.com: BOSTON (Reuters) - A computer developed for the world's poor children, dubbed "the $100 laptop", has reached a milestone: It is now selling for $200.
The One Laptop per Child Foundation, founded by MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte, has started offering the lime-green-and-white machines in lots of 10,000 or more for ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
breitbart.com: Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.
In announcing its bad products awards for 2007, Consumers International said the top prize went to the US subsidiary of Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceuticals ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
rawstory.com: Washington's latest sanctions on Iran up the pressure on America's European allies to follow suit and tighten the screws on the Islamic state or see it attacked, analysts say.
"The principal intention of the announcement was to send a signal as much to the Europeans, the Chinese and the Russians, ...
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