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The Year in Review: 2008?s Top Industries for New Businesses
2008-12-01 11:00:00 The best business opportunities in 2008 opened the doors of success for entrepreneurs looking to start their small businesses. Within these markets, businesses both successful and bizarre established themselves and found their niches.
Remembering the Mayflower: Happy Thanksgiving
2008-11-27 21:29:00 I thought I’d wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving today. And I want to remind us all to remember that first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, 1621. Last year I provided my family line which goes back to John Alden on the Mayflower. If you’re interested, I scanned some articles from a really old World Book Encyclopedia set I ...
Rewriting History - The True Americans
2008-11-27 19:25:00 Photomontage by ApacheIn 1492, Native Americans discovered Christopher Columbus, the first illegal immigrant, lost at sea. No passport, no green card, no visa ... You know the rest!Os verdadeiros Americanos ? Reescrevendo a HistóriaEm 1492, os índios americanos descobriram Cristóvão Colombo, o primeiro imigrante ilegal, perdido no mar. Nem tinha passaporte, nem carta verde, nem visto... O resto já vocês sabem!
By: Apache
International Space Station: A Ten-Year Anniversary
2008-11-27 11:30:00 Exactly a decade ago on November 20, 1998, a Russian Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, initiating the world?s most ambitious space project, which is due for completion in 2011. Read all about its amazing history.
Railroad Standards
2008-11-24 22:31:00 As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. The eventual result was the adoption throughout a large part of the world of a standard gauge allowing inter-connectivity and the inter-operability of ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
History of the Teddy Bear
2008-11-21 01:33:00 November 14th is designated as American Teddy Bear Day. According to the U.S. Navy, who provided the content, we have President Theodore Roosevelt to thank for the Teddy Bear. In November of 1902, President Roosevelt and friends were hunting, and came across an injured bear. A hunting guide asked Roosevelt to kill the bear so ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Paper Cut Clouds: 6 Truly Magical Cloud Lamps By Yu Jordy Fu
2008-11-20 20:59:00 Paper cutting is an an ancient Chinese art, and a very intricate art form. Prolific artist, designer, and architect, Yu Jordy Fu, may have the gene for mastering this art, because her talent is hard to beat. In her new Cloud Lamps, she creates lovely, peaceful dreams from paper, and she even makes them accessible to us.
Ancient Mammoths: Russian Scientists Examine Why They Died
2008-11-20 16:45:00 Mammoths roamed Europe, Asia and North America in the second half of the Pleistocene era and died out about 10 thousand years ago during last ice age. Until recently, many scientists blamed ancient hunters for their extinction. What really killed them and why? Read some answers to this ancient mystery, albeit you walk away with even more questions.
How Silly Putty Was Invented
2008-11-20 04:38:00 Silly Putty was accidentally invented by James Wright of General Electric when he dropped boric acid into silicone oil. He was looking for a substitute for artificial rubber. GE supplied the newly discovered dilatant compound to researchers around the world. None found a use for it, but they all loved playing with it. [wikipedia]
By: Factsbuffet.com
Breast cancer common among women with family history
2008-11-20 03:39:00 New data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting outlines new data, which assesses breast cancer risk among women with a strong family history of breast cancer, but without a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. This may facilitate earlier detection and prevention among high-risk women........
Find Environmental Resources Through Green Map System
2008-11-19 14:14:00 When you consider visiting or moving to a place, wouldn't it be great to know where the environmentally-friendly places are? The revolutionary Green Map System allows just that with its ecomaps.
Architecture For Communal Living: Dupli Casa By J. Mayer H.
2008-11-17 00:42:00 German architect J. Mayer H. was challenged to create a villa for a family and the families of their offspring. The original house had been built on the same spot in 1988 and since, several modifications and additions were made to that house. Now, starting from scratch on the footprint left by the original house...
A Secret History of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
2008-11-14 22:20:00 The National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, is reporting the release of a newly declassified history of signals intelligence (SIGINT) during the Cold War. In response to the Archive's declassification
Silent Night
2008-11-14 00:21:00 “Silent Night is a traditional and popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in German by Fr. Josef Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz X. Gruber. The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Trend Graph and Report History Data Back-up
2008-11-13 06:31:00 Greetings! Is there a way to automatically copy the trend data from CS3000 directory of the host HIS to another storage device (i.e. Drive D of the same HIS) on a weekly or monthly basis? How about the report history from the report package? Can we also automatically copy these files for back-u
Why Are Barns Red?
2008-11-13 04:16:00 “Many barns in the northern United States are painted red. One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas. Barns were painted red from a mixture of soured milk and rust, which ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Quick History of McDonalds
2008-11-13 04:04:00 “The company began in 1940 with a restaurant opened by siblings Dick and Mac McDonald, but it was their introduction of the “Speedee Service System” in 1948 that established the principles of the fast-food restaurant. However, the company today dates its “founding” to the opening of CEO Ray Kroc’s first franchised restaurant, the company’s ninth, ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Russia?s Porcelain Musical Egg: Whispers of Faberge and the Romanovs
2008-11-12 19:45:00 Read all about this very special musical egg so reminiscent of the masterpieces crafted by Carl Fabergé for the royal family of Russia.. Its beauty is only magnified by the fact that it plays, upon opening, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite on an 18-note key-wound musical movement.
The Cost of a Penny
2008-11-12 18:44:00 “During the early 1970s, the price of copper rose to a point where the penny almost contained more than one cent’s worth of copper. This led the Mint to test alternate metals, including aluminum and bronze-clad steel. Aluminum was chosen, and over 1.5 million of these were struck and ready for public release before ultimately ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
The Story of Robert Ripley
2008-11-12 09:00:00 Robert LeRoy Ripley (12/26/1893 ? 5/27/1949) was the founder of Ripley?s Believe it or Not newspaper cartoon which featured odd and unusual facts, oddities and talents. On December 19, 1918 he was working in New York with the New York Globe newspaper drawing cartoons when he drew his first Believe it or Not! Cartoon, It featured ...
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Russian Innovative Missile Design: One Scary Thought
2008-11-11 19:55:00 During the last twenty-five years, the aerospace industry in Russia, has developed a remarkably diverse range of weapons and has displayed enormous creativity, particularly in the sphere of missile design. Read on and?hold your breath.
How to Lock the HISTORY?
2008-11-11 18:30:00 Dear All I want to strictly observe the usage of internet by my child for its misuse. For this, I usually check the History (Ctrl+H) but he is very clever and deletes the addresses from history just right click and Delete. I am worried how to control this. I want that history should never be de
Poll: President-Elect Barack Obama ? 68% Approval Rating; President George
2008-11-11 01:28:00 Question: Is This CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Survey Another Example Of Liberal Bias Amongst Pollsters And Poll-ees? Note the subtitle of this column and I’ll answer my own question with a hearty “Of COURSE it is!” Look, there is NO WAY you can tell me this was a fairly... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Buying The First Cosmonaut?s Suit: A New Space Race
2008-11-08 18:31:00 Next month at Sotheby?s auction house in New York a landmark sale is slated to take place. It will include prized relics from the Soviet era of space exploration that are owned by American billionaire, Ross Perot, who purchased them back in the 90s. Read on, but remember there are no exchanges or returns.
The History of Warcraft
2008-11-06 20:27:00 Maybe some of you already know that Warcraft III and World of Warcraft has been my favorite game since so long. This game has been achieved a big success since its launch in Novenber 2004. If you are an old gaming player you probably know the evolution of this game. The first time Warcraft appears was in 1994 with the title Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. It was the beginning which introduces the Orc tribe. It is a good introduction with a simple game play but actually the best was still to come. In 1995 the following series is called Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness, has so many improvement than the older one. The sound, the graphic and the storytelling was fascinating and got so many players attention. Warcraft 2 was a masterpiece. After developing he game for so long, in 2002 Blizzard entertainment releases Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. This game also achieved even bigger success. With the additional of few more tribes, making the story develop and interesting. World of Warcraft, the 4th g...
Frozen Mouse Cloned, Are Mammoths Next?
2008-11-06 17:32:00 The successful cloning by Japanese researchers of a mouse kept in deep freeze for 16 years has sparked hope that prehistoric Woolly Mammoths may walk the Earth again one day.
Barack & Michelle Obama Make History...
2008-11-06 12:48:00 Last night something extraordinary happened, a nation came together and for the first time in history an African American has been elected to the highest office in America. I never thought that it would happen in my lifetime or even...
By: TheMakeupGirl
Tactics. Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art
2008-11-05 21:36:00 "Visual Tactics.Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art23.11.2008 bis 10.05.2009Pictures and images have become the leading medium of our time ? the area in which they become active and, hence, the continuous variation in our way of seeing things is a consistent field of exploration. Parallel to video, the digital camera and the computer, today?s artists frequently turn to the characteristic charm of historic media. This exhibition highlights contemporary artistic positions in connection with pieces from the Werner Nekes Collection. On view will be approximately 200 works from this collection and around 60 pieces from contemporary artists since the 1960s such as William Kentridge, Kara Walker, Mischa Kuball, Sigmar Polke, along with many others."Museum for Contemporary Art Siegen - Visual Tactics. Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art
By: weblogART
Mysterious Couple Found In Ancient Russian Burial Ground
2008-11-05 19:45:00 Archeologists in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar are baffled by the remains of an ancient loving couple found in a burial ground discovered during excavation for a hotel complex. Buried together, it is thought that the couple might be members of a mysterious tribe heretofore unknown to science. Read on and learn more. Maybe.
The Best Hair In Blue Jays History
2008-11-05 13:04:00 The Best Hair In Blue Jays History We at Mop Up Duty are pretty obsessed with ballplayer’s hair, mostly because either we are losing it ourselves or we just have a bad haircut in general (or both). When I think of the Jays of my youth, I think of glorious mullets and Tom-Selleck-like mustaches. To celebrate ...
By: Mop Up Duty
The Bradley Effect
2008-11-03 23:46:00 “The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect, is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some US government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other. The theory proposes that some voters tend to tell pollsters that they are undecided ...
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Who?s The Oldest Living Person?
2008-11-03 04:49:00 From wikipedia.org “The longest documented lifespan is the 122 years 164 days of Jeanne Calment (1875 - 1997). Jeanne Calment recalled meeting Vincent Van Gogh at age 14 in her father’’s shop and of attending the 1885 funeral of Victor Hugo. Calment’s life was documented in the records of her native city of Arles, France, beyond ...
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D-Day
2008-11-03 04:47:00 From wikipedia.org “In English military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. Whilst the initial D in D-day stands for the word day it often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will or has occurred.” [read more]
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Warcraft Retrospective: History of Warcraft part 2
2008-10-31 20:04:00 Thanks to Draw for the heads up, part II of the World of Warcraft Retrospective from Gametrailers is up. I am not a big fan of much of their own content, reviews and such, but I eat these... Hi, want more? Visit http://starfeeder.com for more StarCraft 2 news, rumors, videos, contests & more!
Reformation Day Reading
2008-10-31 15:36:00 Happy Reformation Day! This is the 491st anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church. Because of the printing press, this step by Luther was soon the spark that kindled the Reformation fires across much of Europe. And as Dan Phillips points out, if we enjoy the privilege of ...
Boogie Woogie History Videos
2008-10-29 13:00:00 Boogie Woogie History- Albert Ammons,Pete Johnson,Meade Lux LewisBoogie Woogie History Part II
By: SqueezeMyLemon
Women's History Inclusion Still Has a Long Way to Go
2008-10-29 12:08:00 I write about women in history because I learned little of women's accomplishments as I was growing up. Their history was so absent from my history lessons and books that it never occured to me that there were many women in history who made contributions. Minorities also feel this way. There is a void of historical experience education for women and minorities. I write these articles to try and combat this lack of education and to introduce women to themselves and their past.I erroneously assumed that girls growing up now didn't grow up with this void. In an era where women executives ran massive companies like eBay and hold positions like Secretary of State, I expected that newly written historical accounts would integrate women rather than rely on sharing their history in their own separate sphere. It seems we still have a ways to go.Recently I enjoyed a wonderful mini-series developed by the BBC entitled The Impressionists (2006). The year of production is the key, it was relea...
The First Automatic Calculator
2008-10-28 01:39:00 “Wilhelm Schickard built the first automatic calculator called the “Calculating Clock” in 1623. Some 20 years later, in 1645, French philosopher Blaise Pascal invented the calculation device later known as Pascal’s calculator, which was used for taxes in France until 1799. The German philosopher G.W.v.Leibniz also produced a calculating machine.” [wikipedia]
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The Emperor of Siam and Elephants
2008-10-27 18:25:00 “The Emperor of Siam would give people a white elephant as a means of Punishment- it was illegal to ride, work, kill, or send it away; you had to feed it and care for it, without any use out of the elephant.”
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Détente - History 1
2008-10-27 11:42:00 Band: D?tenteAlbum: History 1Year: 2008Country: United States of AmericaGenre: Thrash MetalLength: 33:20 MinFilesize: 76 MBTracklist:- Holy War- Widow's Walk- Shattered Illusions- Vultures In The Sky- An Offering- Obituary Fear- Evil Within- Under The Influence- Who Can You Trust?- Law And DisorderClick Here
The Battle of New Orleans
2008-10-26 20:07:00 “The Battle of New Orleans, fought in the War of 1812, took place 2 weeks after the war had officially ended. However, neither the American or British forces that were fighting knew of the peace, due to the slow communications of the time.” [from]
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An Explanation (And Brief History) Of Math-Rock
2008-10-25 05:33:00 There is often heated debate over whether math-rock is a real genre. This is primarily due to the development of a musical genre now elevated to buzz status thanks to the breakthrough of Foals and, a year before, Battles. The roots of math-rock ? which categorically does exist ? go deep; indeed, it?s possible to ...
Digital video recorder: End of the era of Prime Time in the History of tele
2008-10-24 20:30:00 A major moment of change is going to happen in the Indian television arena, which is going to make the concept of prime time television stand on its head….
October Interest Rate History for 30-Year Fixed
2008-10-22 22:05:00 Interest Rates from 1978 to 2008 Provided by Madeline Childers Senior Account Manager 206-387-3325 northpoint escrow + title Posted in National -;
The Mayor of 9/11 Needs A History Lesson
2008-10-21 18:09:00 So sayeth Rudy 9iu11ani yesterday at Shady Brook Farm in Lower Makefield, Bucks County, PA (from here)?Guiliani introduced McCain and said, ?You'll make all those media predictions wrong if you get out and vote for John McCain in 15 days.??I remember if the polls were right four years ago, John Kerry would be president right now. The difference then was the people and it will be this time, too. John will stand up for us as he has for his partner, Cindy. Cindy McCain has helped people all over the world. Theirs is a family that puts country first.?Yeah, well, as far as the claim by Rudy! that Kerry was leading at this point four years ago, I give you this post by Oliver Willis that tells us how Real Clear Politics polled that contest, with the ?trend lines? favoring Dubya. However, the embedded chart in Willis' post tells an almost identical story, only with the parties reversed (I mean, this is hardly a ?done deal,? people, but I?m just sayin?).And I want to call out this from his...
Test Your Knowledge of Automotive History (Part 3)
2008-10-20 17:06:00 I guess those last few questions were too easy, because they were all answered quickly. So we will move on to the next round of questions from Jim Hill's pop quiz. PS. We did not have the advantage of the Hemmings research library, or Google search or Wikipedia on the cruise ship so these ques
Ron?s Fishing Tips and Stories: Texas Fishing Guides, A Short History - Fis
2008-10-19 14:10:00 FishingWorld.com Ron?s Fishing Tips and Stories: Texas Fishing Guides, A Short HistoryFishingWorld.com, T-X -Oct 15, 2008Brazil peacock bass fishing. However, this week let me start by giving you the results of our first week?s fishing in Brazil with 2 days left to go. … More: continued here © The Pro Fisher Guy for Pro Bass Fishing Strategies, Tips, ...
CD Review: History 1 by Detente
2008-10-16 01:23:00 Another guest review by Damon. There are very few females who hold a strong presence in metal these days. Actually there are hardly any. Enter Dawn Crosby of Detente. A vocalist who since 1984 has held her own with such female bands such as Babes in Toyland and L7. Founded by both Dawn and drummer ... |
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