The 40th Anniversary Of The Internet On Thursday, 29 October 2009

Forty Years Ago, On October 29, 1969, A UCLA Team Led By Distinguished Professor Of Computer Science Leonard Kleinrock ( Born June 13, 1934, In New York ; America ) Sent The Very First Message Over The ARPANET, The...

Rep. Jenkins: GOP looking for "great white hope"

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins said in a recent gathering in Northeast Kansas that the Republican Party is looking for a "great white hope" to help the Democratic party and President Barack Obama. "Videotape shows...

World's first matrimonial site for transsexuals

"World's first matrimonial site for transsexuals" "Kalki Subramanian is young, liberated and looking for an Indian man who is loving, compassionate, educated. Oh, and one more thing — he should be OK with marrying a transsexual. But Kalki isn’t leaving her...

Ursula Burns: First Black Woman to become CEO to a Fortune 500

On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...

The NHS surgeons who saved 15 lives in record-breaking transplant

" Surgeons are celebrating a European first with five lifesaving transplant operations from two donors in 24 hours. In a stunning display of teamwork, NHS doctors and nurses gave hope to three seriously-ill...

I went to a Hockey Game and a Town Hall meeting Broke Out

" The first Amendment reads like this, “ "“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or...

Japan will host 2019 World Cup: First Asian host For Rugby WC

JAPAN the First Asian country who will host a rugby world cup. This is delightful moment for japan as well for asian countries. Rugby is not so popular in ashian coutries as other games but after getting the...

US budget deficit at $1 trillion

" The US budget deficit has moved above $1 trillion (£616bn) for the first time - with three months of the financial year remaining, official data show. The government stepped up spending to counter the recession,...

First 'healthy' swine flu death

" A patient in Essex has become the first person in the UK without underlying health problems to die of swine flu. NHS East of England said the victim died at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital on Friday. ...

Who Signed the Declaration of Independence First?

Ten Percent of Americans think George Washington Signed the Declaration of Independence First.  He wasn't even there.  One might conclude that Government eduction is a bit lacking in American schools "...

Politics: Carol Ann Duffy's first official poem as laureate

"How it makes of your face a stonethat aches to weep, of your heart a fist,clenched or thumping, sweating blood, of your tonguean iron latch with no door. How it makes of your right handa gauntlet, a glove-puppet of the left, of your laugha dry leaf blowing in the wind, of...

At Stake: The Future of Getting News to Americans

"This week, under the leadership of Sen. John Kerry, the Senate's Commerce Committee opened hearings on the future of journalism and the role of information in supporting American democracy. The hearings are...

Lithuanian Election Results: Grybauskaite The New President

Dalia Grybauskaite, former European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget, became the first female President of Lithuania, having won 68% of the vote. Grybauskaite was a clear favourite heading into...

First women elected to Kuwait parliament

And there are four of them: "Kuwait City Kuwaitis voted for change in the Gulf emirate’s second poll in a year, giving women their first seats in parliament and punishing Sunni Islamic groups, according...

Call to Action - Send Comments to the FCC for Community TV

Local media is in crisis. Towns and cities across America are losing their commercial news oulets, while pink slips are being handed to the reporters who once covered our communities. We cannot afford to lose any...

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