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"``The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange'' (Soho Press. 288 pages. $25), by Mark Barrowcliffe: As the recent cult documentaries ``King of Kong'' and ``Darkon'' have shown, geeks make for great...

Motivate Your Employees Through Ownership

"Motivate Your Employees Through Ownership The one indispensable component of a valuable business is its top employees. Think about it: your top employees are even more valuable than you are for the purpose of creating value for your ownership interest. The more...

Rays Lead White Sox 2 games to 0

"Whatever the reason, Tampa Bay seems to be the only one of the two teams having fun in this opening playoff competition. So, maybe the White Sox are a talented squad that works together on the field, but doesn't...

Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCai...

"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...

Will the removal of SU 200 friends limit really work?

" Will the removal of SU 200 friends limit really work and benefit the SU community? Or it is just a kind of propaganda to grab the eyes and spread the words about the long-waited change?"

Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician

"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...

MONEYTALK update CENTRICA: Nuclear deal $24bn failed, EDF/British energy

Update AUG/02/2008Centrica, Britain's biggest gas and electricity supplier, is to sound out institutional shareholders about reviving plans for a £22.5bn all-share merger with British Energy, The Sunday Telegraph...

International Travel Tips

"Traveling abroad is certainly a wonderful experience. You can see a lot of things that you may have never seen before. And you can also learn the cultures of other countries. Besides, you will probably find that you can have more energy to work after the trip. One thing you...

10 Lessons for Every "Shoestring" Entrepreneur

"Starting a business requires adequate capital. However, many entrepreneurs are finding that capital alone is not a guarantee for success. Some businesses start out with millions in the coffers, yet end up in the dumps. While a few businesses with shoestring budgets...

2008 NBA Playoffs, Eastern Conference Final - Pistons vs Celtics

While not my favorite sport (I'm more of a football fan, the european kind), basketball is one of those games that I tend to tune in to the finals, just because they get so intense. A friend of mine introduced me...

Premier Campbell: Magical Fairy for Universities

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Premier Gordon "Pixie Dust" Campbell is at it again.  As I reported last week on one recently Certified College turned magically into a University in British...

Death toll in Midwest storm hits 19

"MILWAUKEE - Highways remained slippery for some holiday travelers Monday in the upper Midwest in the aftermath of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and snarled air travel. At least 19 deaths were linked to the weekend-long blast of ice...

Congress' "anti-extremist" Bill Targets Online Thoughtcrime

Well here we go, as many many people have been predicting, 'terrorists' are now people who say the 'US Government is infringing on their individual rights, and/or that the government's policies are criminal and...

Trasylol Deaths At Least 235

Trasylol is an amino acid that stops blood from coagulating. It is created from a cow lung extract. During surgery, many patients are given Trasylol to prevent substantial blood loss. Trasylol slows down fibrinolysis, which can lead to the separation of blood...

Fewer Cohabiting Couples End Up Marrying

"Couples who live together won't necessarily stay together, according to new research. Ruth Weston and Lixia Qu, research fellows at the Australian Institute of Family Studies, conducted a study into the percentage of cohabiting couples who end up marrying one another."

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