Nice find for a history student and the fact this very clever man was a humble being. To some he is like a God the man that never veto a bill in congress. The principle author of the Declaration of...
created by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 152 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
The new Sanity Check blog by Bob O'Brien is out. He gives us his take on the subprime meltdown. For those who get befuddled by the convolutions used to explain how they first naked short the stock and then naked short the bonds, using cdos, tranches etc, he included a picture...
opinion by RoryKearney | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 303 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Porcelain veneers are the quick-fix route to a perfect Hollywood smile, we're told - they'll fit over your own teeth like false fingernails, hiding all manner of imperfections and giving your mouth...
created by renovatio | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1553 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor\Well as long as they stay on their side of the arctic, Canada most likely would not act. The United States may do that for us. Funny the world powers are...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1269 views | 17 recommendations | 10 comments
On the day of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins may have another pressing concern to deal with.According to a report in the Toronto Star, forward Evgeni Malkin has been offered multi-year contracts...
created by fxcheung | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 634 views | 17 recommendations | 3 comments
What is arguably the most important book in the history of English literature, a rare first folio of Shakespeare plays, has sold for almost half a million pounds at Christies."Only 200 examples of the book,...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 186 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Authorities in southern Germany said Saturday that they have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, the equivalent of $1.57. Peter Hieber, a spokesman for police in the Bavarian...
" Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is sinking billions of dollars into a new wind farm in Texas. It is likely to become the biggest in the world, producing enough power for the equivalent of 1.3 million homes....
created by SOLARLIFE | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 208 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"Last week, Electronic Arts held a showcase for its latest titles, jamming journalists into a small Islington studio, where we sat on an exciting revolving auditorium that juddered round to face the various game demos in turn. Each title got its own stage area, sort of like a...
Current alcohol limits for driving in the UK are currently under review, it has been learned."Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences undergovernment plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalentof less than a pint of beer or glass...
While we in the realm of PC are used to this sort of thing it's pretty likely this is a bit unsuspected in the Mac world."Miami-based Psystar has begun selling a new computer that it says will run Mac OS X Leopard — in other words, a Mac clone. The company is touting the...
created by Mikasi | 3 years ago 236 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
The involvement of the Canadian government in determining the Democratic challenger to Bush's successor is pretty remarkable."The NAFTA-Gate controversy has taken another turn, one that could potentially boomerang...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 512 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"Multiple 9/11s every day of the year
Almost 10 million children die needlessly every year.Why is there no war on this terror?by Shreeram Krishnaswami" "Another child will die in the time it takes to read this sentence. And the death of that child, a child who had a...
"Laughter was not developed first by humans but by our close biological cousins the apes, according to new scientific research.
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found that orang-utans have a sense...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 425 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Well that certainly is a relief, though I still reserve the couch for a snooze after gorging on XmasTurkey, relatives be damned, they can sleep on the livingroom floor. "Researchers find some medical myths are...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 745 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment