Archive for the ‘business_finance’ Category

Soda Causing CANCER? The FDA knew about it for 15 YEARS!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The link includes a list of popular soft drinks that cause cancer. The FDA knows about it. They knew about it FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.

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Let’s Not Call It A Diet.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I’m not sure how it happened… I woke up one morning and I was fat. Seriously… I went from being a physically fit, rock hard twenty something, to a pudgy, soft thirty something literally overnight… Well, maybe not overnight… This post is the inaugural post of a blog which chronicles the long road back to fit…

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Some dogs just don’t have what it takes

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Don’t we all love dogs!? The best friend of man and with the soft fur it makes a wonderful pet! But just not all….

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Welcome to Beijing!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Chinese people are waiting for the coming of their foreign friends. Don’ t believe it? Listen to their heart.

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Adopt-A-Stream/Block, Storm Drain Stenciling Projects Coming

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The department’s Storm Water Quality Branch will lead students and volunteers to help prevent storm water pollution and participate in other hands-on activities, including storm drain stenciling, removing litter/graffiti, and distributing pollution prevention tips.

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The coming tax increase

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Here’s what happens if the democrats win and they get their way with taxes. It is in a chart so no one can miss it.

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Im So Sick - WoW machiminima at it’s finest

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A music video to “I’m So Sick (T-Virus remix)” by Flyleaf vs. The Legion Of Doom. Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain performs this song with a new guest vocalist - a blood elf female. In addition to WoW charachters, this music video features backgrounds from Unreal Tournament 2004 and Half-Life 2.

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PICTURES: Awesome use of ipod linux

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Some japanese person made a great addition to enhance playing pacman on his ipod

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Search engien

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

On a big website or intranet, retrieving relevant content is key to site usability. In addition to a navigation structure based on the document hierarchy, most large sites have an internal search engine that accesses indexed content. In this article we look at the challenges involved with creating an internal search engine. This article is also an

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Apple Releases the iRack

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Steve Jobs presents the newest addition to the iFamily: iRack. Next up: iRan!

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Client Watch: Say2GO Makes IM A Little Louder

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Want to be one of the first to try one of the industry’s newest instant messengers? Then say hello to Say2Go, which has opened its new client to public beta testing this week.
In addition to offering regular, text-based IM, Say2Go features near real-time voice messaging, allowing users to record, review and receive voice message exchanges.

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Native Jajah VoIP Coming to the iPhone

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Jajah spilled the beans on Friday, admitting it too is participating in the iPhone Developer Program. Now, in addition to its existing web-only client, the internet telephony company says there will also be a native VoIP app for the iPhone coming this summer.

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Mario kart driving School

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Allan and I went to the final day of the first stop of the Mario Kart Wii Driving School Tour here in San Diego and were able to play a few races with a near final build and test out the Wii Wheel. Is this a worthy addition to the Mario Kart franchise?

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Clothing for an Italy Vacation

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Packing the wrong gear can make you feel out of place, uncomfortable and spoil your well deserved and meticulously planned vacations.

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Mirror Dot

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

When a site gets slashdotted, it can really spoil your groove. MirrorDot keeps the party going! When Slashdot posts a new story, MirrorDot automagically parses the story and mirrors any linked pages. Do not let the Slashdot effect kill your buzz. Yeah baby!

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2007 Mobile Broadband Scorecard

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Steve Lamont’s Mobile Broadband Scorecard for 2007 measures progress and dashed hopes in five categories: Applications, Devices, Network Speeds, Affordable TCO (total cost of ownership), Battery Life.

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Gunbound Revolution Released

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Gunbound Revolution, a new North American Gunbound service which features “an upgraded interface, hot new graphics, enhanced security measures, and greater stability” has just been released.

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ACEO - Miniature Folk Art Cat Painting - But I’m An Angel

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Miniature folk art painting of a naughty cat playing the angel. He’s been tearing up the toilet paper but is in his ‘Angelic’ pose even though he’s got the evidence in his mouth. It measures 3.5 x 2.5″ and is buy internationally collected ebay artist Lisa-Marie.

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Make Love, Not Spam - Lycos taking strong measures against spam

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Lycos release a screensaver built to fight the spammers. When a users PC is idle it sends data one or many of the spammer sites. The idea is that increased bandwidth will be increased costs putting some if not many of these spam sites out of business.

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Kill your MySpace Account (NSFW)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Some people will go to extreme measures to kill their MySpace accounts when they don’t have access to the original email address. Love it.

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Razer Awarded Exclusive Partnership by Howie’s Game Shac

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Razer, a leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming peripherals, has been selected as the exclusive partner to provide specialized gear to Howie’s Game Shack, the largest game centers in North America. Howie’s retail location will now feature 200 gaming PCs equipped with state-of-the-art Diamondback mice.

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Flickrmap

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Flickrmap.com is a web service that allows you to put a flash based world map on your own website or blog. Flickrmap will then automatically search your photos at Flickr for location information and plot the photos on your own Flickrmap, on your own website.

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Submit and vote on Digg features - FeVote

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

FeVote lets you submit and vote on features that you would like to see implemented on Digg. The goal is to give the Digg team a centralized location for viewing exactly what the community wants (and wants most) from Digg.com.

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Al Sadr claims control of Iraqi Mahdi army

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Al-Sadr Says He Remains in Control of Mahdi Army, Criticizes Government, Americans. He was interviewed in a secret location as violence was on the rise in a nationwide backlash by the Mahdi Army to the government’s newest attempt to crush Shiite militias and criminal gangs in the southern port of Basra.

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LoJack your iPhone

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Free new software tweets your iPhone’s location at scheduled intervals. Use a private account to keep tabs on your iPhone incase it’s lost or stolen. Or use a public account with quicker updates to track your travel across the country.

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Neighbornode: Location-Based Social Networking via WiFi Hot spot

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Neighbornodes are WiFI access points equipped with location-based community software. The Neighbornode software is available via a custom firmware for the Linksys WRT54G router, a bootable CD that includes Neighbornode along with other community hotspot software, OR a preconfigured Neighbornode hardware access point.

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The Lovemakers release hot new single "Whine & Dine"

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Oakland-based duo The Lovemakers have released their super hyped single “Whine and Dine” exclusively on fuzz.com. The white hot, trendsetter anthem of the summer is already a hit with the party going dance
–crazy masses. This single is off the upcoming EP “Misery Loves Company” which will be released on the Fuzz label in late June.

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Humane Society Condemns "Mutts and Moms" for Seizing Ellen Degeneres’ Pooch

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A spokesperson from the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA spoke harshly about “Mutts and Moms” decision to seize a dog originally adopted by Ellen Degeneres after Degeneres found a new home for the dog. The SPCA has no jurisdiction over the private Mutts and Moms dog rescue, but stated, “I doubt very much that we would’ve taken that animal away.”

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Guido Daniele - amazing body paint artist

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Many diggers have seen the amazing painted hands this artist has done shown on page one. Check out his official site for more of his work (click through pages at top). Some artwork not considered safe for work. I liked pages 6/7 best. Also a link to his work featured in an animal planet commercial.

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Does Curious George promote Imperialism, Animal Abuse and Bad Parenting?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

“The books are really irresponsible to me. It’s sickening, really,” said Robin Roth, managing editor of www.arkonline.com, an animal welfare Web site.

Reasonable minds beg to differ. Sheesh.

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Money Animal - Principles and strategies in making money

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Are you ready to earn $1000 a day ?Are you fed up with the different MLM or networking scheme that really won’t work?Well, Money Animal is a collection of proven strategies and principles of a sucessful internet marketer who really makes money online!If you still doesn’t believed that you can make money online, money animal will change that outlook

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Vick Case Could Boost Animal-Fighting Legislation

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Virginia political leaders and animal-rights activists believe the well-documented brutality of Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring will provide the impetus for tougher state laws against animal fighting

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Spoon with Integrated Scale - Spoon Scale

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

If you
’re an obsessive cook who needs to get the exact measurements according to the recepie, this Spoon Scale gives you an instant reading of whatever you scoop. It also will come in handy if you are a drug dealer and want to do business on the move…

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Web pages have ‘come alive and started breeding’

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Living web sites that grow, develop and evolve to suit the taste of the people that read them are now finding their way on to the internet.

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Come studiare Giovanni Pascoli e la sua poetica

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Grazie a queste audio lezioni del prof. Gaudio sarai in grado di capire e conoscere meglio Giovanni Pascoli.

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