Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career

" A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. A...

Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare

To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...

Brazil Becomes the New Food Superpower

As commodity prices soar, South America's agricultural giant steps up to feed a needy world.   When I was a kid, in 1974, I moved with my parents to Brasilia, the brand new capital of Brazil, built in the middle...

Italy vs Spain Preview and Live Score

"taly and Spain are going to face each other in the last quarter final of Euro 2008 tournament tomorrow (22 June 2008) at the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna, Austria. There is no doubt football fans are eagerly waiting for this high profile seemingly classic match in the...

Switzerland vs Portugal Preview and Live Score: Euro 2008

"Portugal and Switzerland will take on each other in a seemingly insignificant match of Group A in Euro 2008. The match will take place tomorrow (15 June 2008) at the St. Jakob-Park, Basel in Switzerland. The match is not that much important in the sense that neither side has...

Tri Series Final: India vs Pakistan Preview and Live Score

"India and Pakistan are going to face each other in the final of an ODI tournament for the first time since 1999. The two arch rivals of cricket will take on each other in a seemingly thrilling final of Kitply Cup 2008 tomorrow (14 June 2008). The match will take place at the...

Tracking cell phone use could help curb epidemics -- study

Tracking demographic movement through cell phone usage can potentially curtail spread of communicable diseases, researchers found." Scientists searching for patterns in seemingly random human movements have found that people, in the aggregate, go about their daily lives with...

Real Change Means McCain

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhoever Americans choose, whether Obama or McCain, both moderates, rest assured World Dictators and Despots will test the new US President "Hot Button". These Despots I am...

Can any human being Predict Volcanoes, Earthquakes, And Hurricanes?!

"Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Hurricanes are the most-wicked all Natural Disasters as we are being reminded of each year. This year massive Earthquakes and Hurricanes destroyed a lot of countries. So we have to come...

This is not Just a Grape This is a M&S Grape

"We have all seen the TV adverts for Marks & Spencer (M&S) sexy food and are aware of the lavish price tags that accompany their seemingly forbidden food. Well how about £300,000 for a grape? Accountant, Alexander Martin-Sklan, 55, from London claimed this is what...

SLUMS: The problem

Architecture theorist Lebbeus Woods blogs on slums:"There are some problems that seem beyond solution. This is because the causes of the problems are either not known, not well understood, or are so paradoxical and contradictory, so hopelessly intertwined with one another...

Facebook gags verbal dissent group

Such heavy handed tactics! Personally, i like the "is", but to just pull the plug on a group is really overbearing, in my view. "Facebook has silenced a 20,000-strong campaign group dedicated to the seemingly...

You Can Dress Them Up, But You Can't Take Them Out

Jeans and t-shirt or suit and tie, people like to get smashed and run amuck in public or semi-public places. According to the article below, bad booze-fuelled behavior is by no means the domain of students and...

NYT OpEd: The Purse Isn't Congress's Only Weapon

"Op-Ed Contributor The Purse Isn’t Congress’s Only Weapon * E-Mail * Print * Save * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink Article Tools Sponsored By By WALTER DELLINGER and CHRISTOPHER...

Sex Slavery And Male Prostitution Plaguing Russian Army

"According to the UN International Panel for Struggle against Sexual Exploitation, the Russian army is plagued with male prostitution. A small amount of money is enough to find a Russian soldier-prostitute in the center of Moscow. Russian soldiers in a line-up seemingly...

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