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The Holy Grail of the Unconscious

The New York Times website has an extensive selection of fabulous close-up scans of the book, along with associated photos. " The Holy Grail of the Unconscious–By SARA CORBETT, New York Times, September 16, 2009 This is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red...

Isinbayeva Vaults Higher and Higher to Record after Record in Women's Pole Vault

Can there be a more exciting athlete in the competition than Yelena Isinbayeva?  First a gold and then two successful attempts at the the world record attempt last set by...Isinbayeva herself at...

Power off for Hundreds After Toronto Vault Fire

It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left...

Vancouver blackout crashes websites worldwide

Today's power outage in Vancouver has had an impact on business both within the city and far beyond. Hundreds of Internet servers at Vancouver's Harbour Centre lost power, and as a result, websites crashed...

Fallout 3 Updated Impressions - Character Creation, Combat, and Canine Compan...

"More than 10 years ago, serious computer role-playing game fans fell in love with a postapocalyptic role-playing game called Fallout, a game that offered deep role playing, dark humor, and a memorable adventure...

Doomsday seed bank gears up for business

"OSLO, Norway - Refrigeration units on Friday begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe.  Norway blasted...

Doomsday vault begins deep freeze

"Engineers have begun the two-month process of cooling down a "doomsday vault", which will house seeds from all known varieties of key food crops. The temperature inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will drop to -18C (0F) in order to preserve the seeds. Built deep inside a...

"Doomsday" Food Vault Being Prepared Amid World Catastrophies

"Sept 20 (Reuters) - A vault in a mountainside cavern on Spitsbergen island around 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole is being prepared to store the world's crop seeds in case of disaster."The Survival Vault...

US Judges to Take Computer Forensics Classes

Perhaps this will help judges make informed decisions on certain porn cases. "A national computer forensics lab for the US has been established in Alabama. The facility, developed by the US Secret Service and...

'Doomsday' vault design unveiled

The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government. The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole. The vault aims...

Famed 'Lucy' Fossil to Tour U.S. for 6 Years

From The Washington Post: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - One of the world's most famous fossils - the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 - will go on display for the first time in the United States next year, and is likely to make a stop at the...

Platinum Bullion Coins

Eagles are produced by the U.S. Mint. Maple Leafs are produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. Koalas are produced by the Australian Perth Mint.

the price of platinum

Platinum prices updated in real-time.

USA Today Lashes Out At Blogosphere; Time Calls It "Miniscule"

"If ever America needed a wake-up call about the mythology of blogging, we got it this month. On Aug. 8, Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont defeated U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary, a triumph widely credited to the rah-rah racket produced by pro-Lamont...

Gold Rises Above $600 for 1st Time in 25 Years on Oil Prices

Some investors buy gold as inflation increases to preserve purchasing power.

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