Archive for November, 2008
« Previous EntriesThe Marketing Of Abortion
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[?]Submitted by Stand for Life Blog
Marketing plays a tremendous role in our society concerning most issues and events. For example, Barack Obama’s campaign, along with the mainstream media’s cooperation, basically got him elected because of a slick style-over-substance marketing plan. His daily pounding of the ideas of hope and change, without […]
ELEANOR RIGBY DOCUMENT FETCHES $177,000
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[?]Submitted by RockPhiles Blog
As reported below, the wage register page from Liverpool City Hospital was auctioned in London on November 27, with the proceeds going to the Sunbeams Music Trust, who were sent the document in 1990 after Annie Mawson, the director and founder of Sunbeams wrote to Paul McCartney, asking […]
Dick Clark: Rock & Roll History November 30
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Like him or not, Dick Clark played an important role in helping to popularize Rock & Roll. I bet as you’re reading this you can hear the theme from American Bandstand.
Hopefully, you’re not hearing the disco version.
Rock & Roll Singers: Conspicuous Only In Their Absence
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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
As we flew home yesterday after celebrating Thanksgiving down south, I was reading the most recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In case you haven’t yet seen it, their cover story is the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
I’m not gonna list my top 100, […]
Hilary McRae - Through These Walls (2008)
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[?]Submitted by Bloggerhythms Blog
Hilary McRae is the first new artist signed by Hear Music, the label affiliated with Starbucks, the giant coffee shop chain. The piano playing composer won a scholarship from the Berklee School of Music so we know this quite attractive 21 year old must have an abundance of […]
Second Lives
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[?]Submitted by everydaytrash
The Museum of Arts and Design has a show up through February 15th called Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. The exhibit, which features work from 50 artists, includes recycling in its highest form: artistic and funcional. Well, some of it anyway, from what I can tell based on […]
Global International Waters Assessment
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
DG sent me a link to a report on the Colorado River basin that was prepared by GIWA. I’ve never heard of the organization — a Sweden-based branch of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) — but they appear to be making progress in documenting issues relevant in water […]
Law Professors on Regulation
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
“Regulation and Regulatory Processes” by Coglianese and Kagan.
Abstract: Regulation of business activity is nearly as old as law itself. In the last century, though, the use of regulation by modern governments has grown markedly in both volume and significance, to the point where nearly every facet of today’s […]
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 24 - Spindle Bushings
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[?]Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
It’s time to rebuild the spindles so we can start the assembly of the front suspension . The king pin kit for this car was included in the front end rebuild kit that was purchased through Kanter.
The old king pin bushings needed to be removed first. […]
Freakin’ Sweet…..
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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
This is freakin’ kool! Just got online tonight to find out the following news:
HUB GIVEAWAY WINNER!
Suede and Chrome Garage
Congratulations Suede and Chrome Garage
You just won yourself an amazing Max Grundy Print!
How kool is that? If you haven’t checked out Hub Garage, I strongly urge you […]
Restoring Faith….
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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
Just found out about an AWESOME project going on in Chicago, IL. Project: “Restoring Faith” involves 7 groups of young people. These students come from intercity Chicago, many out of gangs and other tough circumstances. The idea is to allow these young people to restore a […]
Cooperation is Cool
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[?]Submitted by BrdPics Blog
I spent today with gulls in a snowstorm, keeping them happy with stale popcorn and bread in hopes of luring an immature Mew Gull into photo range without luck. It was cold, windy, snowing, and dark. Lack of cooperation (by the bird & weather): uncool. The only saving […]
What don’t they do?
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[?]Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
In case you don’t recognize her, that’s Cindy the Director of Avian Care at Bird TLC. She tried to hide behind the mop, but I was too fast for her. I don’t think she ran out of avian care things to do, but she had time for […]
Cutest Cueists: Jamilra
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[?]Submitted by Pool Shooter Blog
Jamilra and Jeanette
Maybe it’s just me, but the photo above gets me thinking that I’d like to see more of this in pool: a top ranked player like Jeanette Lee (on the right) teaching a young newbie.
Jamilra is her name. She’s supposed to be a “top […]
Penny Stocks to Watch by Stock Analyzer for December 1st
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[?]Submitted by Stock Analyzer
Penny Stocks to Watch
Please watch the market conditions carefully, the below stocks depend on GREEN days in the market. If the market goes RED WHICH I DO SEE COMING SOON AS PART OF A HEALTHY PULLBACK, then watch for these stocks to hold support levels before buying
Get into […]
Win More Than a Million Dollars For a Chemical Free Product
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
This one will make the Left Brain chuckle.
Do you remember when the Beauty Brains wrote about the myth of chemical free cosmetics? Well, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has gotten into the act. They are so annoyed by the misappropriation of the word “chemical” […]
Burnout Paradise: The Island
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[?]Submitted by videogame2play
Criterion Games has been hard at work keeping a steady stream of DLC for Burnout Paradise since it’s release in January. Their latest podcast details ‘The Island’ which will be available in 2009 as premium DLC for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
There is a new island.
If you know […]
Darius: the shoot-em-up with the triple screen
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[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
Click ahead to watch.
This game was famous for how it used three screens in order to convey the long-ranging action that takes place. A pretty complicated production this was in its time, and one of the best of the genre.
6 Steps (tips) to help you avoid Holiday Weight Gain
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[?]Submitted by Treadmill Workstation Blog
The holidays don’t have to wreck all of your weight loss progress. Sure there are temptations around every corner but you can tackle them with a few sure-fire strategies. Here are some tips to keep you on track during the holidays so you can enjoy and still […]
Wii sells more than 7 mil in Japan
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[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
According to this article from PC World, Nintendo’s made big sales domestically in Japan with the Wii console. That aside, what also interests me is that there’s now a game based on Mobile Suit Gundam!
Today is the Day to Get Started!
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[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
Today is the day to get started! Why wait till January 1st to change your habits?
We’ve got a perfect, Monday, December 1st to get a full month’s head-start on your fat burning goals.
If you are a beginner and don’t know where to start, simply make one small […]
Post-Thanksgiving Style Sloppy Joes
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[?]Submitted by Chef Tom Cooks - Recipe Blog
1 lb ground turkey
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 Bottle (12 ounces) chili sauce
2 Tbs prepared mustard
1 Can (8 ounces) jellied cranberry sauce
6 Buns (6-inches each)
In large skillet, over medium-high heat, saute turkey, onion, celery, and green pepper 5 […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on November 28, 2008
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[?]Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on November 28, 2008
The table below identifies the stocks returned on my scan of the US markets for small capitalizations stocks likely to display the characteristics of stocks entering Phase II, as described by Stan Weinstein.
Under $5.00 […]
Happy 7th Birthday for the Economic Expansion?
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
We’re very likely in a recession now, but since it hasn’t yet been offically announced by the NBER, let me wish the current U.S. economic expansion a “Happy Seventh Birthday”!
According to the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, “a trough in business activity […]
Great Depression II, But Everything Looks the Same
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
One of the weirdest, most perceptually jarring things about the economic crisis is that everything looks the same. We are told every day and in every news venue that we are in Great Depression II, that we are in a crisis, a cataclysm, a meltdown, the credit crunch […]
