OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGays used to say,"We're Here, We're Queer, Get used to it!"Now it seems science have uncovered a new spin!Now Gays can proudly march and say "We're Here, We're an...
"Less than a week after landing safely on a cold, sunny patch of far northern Mars, NASA's Phoenix lander is at work and one of its cameras, scientist said Friday, has already detected a lump of ice - or maybe only a little Martian rock.Either way, the Phoenix will begin...
Since February 29 is a special day, I started thinking of wines that could fit the Leap Year Day occasion.From the Alto Adige tasting that I attended last Tuesday, while anchored in the peasant tradition of South Tyrol, a wine stood out for its spirit of adventure.Heike...
Call it a niche, great focus or whatever else you want, Andreea shares her passion and knowledge and hard work tasting 175 brews so far on the aptly named Belgian Beer from Brussels with love. No 175 is named...
As Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas by accident, I picked up nuggets of wisdom from others over the week-end for this Monday Work Etiquette # 7. Let me start with Marc Andreessen 's Guide to Career Planning: Part 1: Opportunity. His first rule is: Do not Plan...
Ran across this in the Read/WriteWeb blog "Written by Richard MacManus / June 14, 2007 / 23 comments
Davide Casaleggio sent a tip to Read/WriteWeb about a video his company produced exploring the future of media. It...
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China is having a go at the stars, aiming to place a lander on the moon within five years. "China's National Space Administration (NSA) is planning to send a probe to the moon later this year, according to...
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We'd like to hear from you about campus security at UCF. From the website, this is what we've got so far:"UCF notifies its students, staff and faculty of emergency situations through campus-wide e-mails and messages...
When the prospect of feeding the world's hungry seems far too daunting a task, take to heart this Sikh temple in Delhi, where they feed 10,000 hungry Indians. A day. Without a lot of fuss. "Free-for-all is a term...
"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...
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"Christine Boskoff and Charlie Fowler update: Avalanche suspected cause of accident
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"October 7th, 2006 by John Chow I decided to check out the new Digg service that was recently exposed. User/Submitter touts itself as a site “where Digg submitters pay for Digg users to promote their stories, and where Digg users make easy...
"East Midlands poet and cricketing enthusiast David Fine has been appointed as the poet-in-residence for this winter's Ashes series.
In a project supported by the Arts Council, he will be following the English cricket team as they travel across Australia, describing the...
"You and your guy have mastered the Kama Sutra and could inspire a season's worth of Sex and the City mattress scenes. How else can you expand your erotic repertoire? Think outside the bedroom. Whether it's an alfresco fling on your balcony or some action on an airplane,...
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