India XI win by four wickets against Pakistan XI

Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20-20 World Series being played at the Sardar Patel stadium on Monday."AHMEDABAD: Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the...

Oram helps New Zealand to victory

Bangladesh beat New Zealand by seven wicket in the opening game in Dhaka on Thursday. The third and final match will be played in Chittagong on Tuesday.   " All-rounder Jacob Oram struck an unbeaten 75 from 62 balls then took two cheap wickets to help New Zealand to...

Gender stereotypes suck for men too

Here's an interesting talking point: are men screwed over by societal gender roles as much as women? Not quite, obviously--discrimination against men isn't institutionalized--but it's stifling to be...

Training helps bloggers hone professionalism, navigate legal issues

"Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt...

Canada's Arctic Sovereignty: "Say It with TNT"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Race for Space saw Russia and the Americans pulling out all the stops to claim Space as their own.  Canada is doing the same in claiming the Arctic's...

IBM races to make hi-tech memory

I can remember a 4MB hard disk size, when IBM introduced its very first hard drive ever to use with their computer system. But, today the size of storage devices are come to very tiny and capacity of those devices have risen more than ever thought. It seems storage...

Disney previews 10 new animated movies, most 3-D

The Walt Disney Studios previewed 10 films yesterday, that will all be released in the next four years. Eight out of the ten films are in 3D, and included are sequels to 'Toy Story' and 'Cars'. "With the exception...

Arctic Sovereignty: Canada May Fast Track Native Claims

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFaster than you can say "If we can't have it, neither will you", The Canadian Government sees the Light in the Arctic Sovereignty Debate with Russia and considers the...

Is 'Scarcity' the answer for 'Too many things, Too little time'

Being constantly connected and available is a recipe for disaster unless there is a real emergency going on. A prospective client recently could not fathom why I gave the hours and days when I was available. It seemed odd to me that a professional who set boundaries as to his...

Search without boundaries

Now, you can search for something in your own language (for example, English) and search the web in another language (for example, French). If you're looking for wine tasting events in Bordeaux while on vacation in France, just type "wine tasting events in Bordeaux" into the...

Blue Orb ... Cubed :: Oblate Spheroid

"The human experience is, at once, no boundaries and at other times is all about boundaries. The way we humans relate to the nature around us is fascinating. In the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, venues...

At USF, iPods are portable classrooms

"Technology is revolutionizing education - computers in the classroom, distance learning collapsing geographical boundaries, teachers sharing information and resources - and the launch of the University of South Florida’s iTunesU last Monday rests USF on the cutting...

Mist or Smoke or Warriors in Battle . . .

Long before the age of castles, in the centuries after Rome abandoned Britain, the British (Welsh) kingdoms and their Anglian and Saxon (English) neighbours fought frequent wars. Territorial disputes ignited as many early wars as racial conflict; British and English kingdoms...

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

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