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- July posted on 06/08/2008
- July posted on 06/08/2008
- July posted on 06/08/2008Five energy-consuming nations say price surge hurts global economy AOMORI, Japan - Leading energy-consuming nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost their output to counter soaring prices threatening the world economy, while they pledged to develop clean energy technologies and improve efficiency. The five nations the United States, China, Japan, India and South Korea differed, however, on how urgently oil subsidies should be phased out, with Washington backing bold movement while India an
- July posted on 06/07/2008I really wish it could happen, the site just is in my front door. I will invite all of you come here to join the game :-) -------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO - Barack Obama says if Chicago is chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, he's hoping there will be a hometown president to kick off the games. "In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as president," Obama said. "So I can't think of a better way than to be marching into Washington Park ... as president of the United
- July posted on 06/06/2008
- July posted on 06/02/2008
- July posted on 06/02/2008PARIS - Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71. Pierre Berge did not give details but said Saint Laurent had died following a long illness. Last of a generation A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and ma
- July posted on 05/31/2008
- July posted on 05/30/2008Arnold Abner Newman (3 March 1918, New York, NY 6 June 2006, New York, NY) was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. Newman found his vision in the empathy he felt for artists and their work. Although he photographed many personalities Marlene Dietrich, John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan and Mickey
- July posted on 05/29/2008
- July posted on 05/29/2008
- July posted on 05/28/2008
- July posted on 05/28/2008ҪģϲһŮңţֻܿ --------------------------------- Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 C June 18, 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role in the Greenwich Village of the teens. Her novel Nightwood became a cult work of modern fiction, helped by an introduction by T. S. Eliot
- July posted on 05/26/2008
- July posted on 05/26/2008This New Jersey rocker finds poetry in our daily struggles. ---------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Springsteen ranks alongside such rock and roll figureheads as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Just as those artists shaped popular music, Springsteen served as a pivotal figure in its evolution with his rise to prominence in the mid-Seventies. Early on, he was touted as one of several heirs to Bob Dylans mantle. All of these would-be new Dylans"-who
- July posted on 05/26/2008Military Myths quiz By Naina Mistry for the Discovery Channel Like many things run by the U.S. government, the military is often the target of myths and misperceptions. Take this quiz and see if you can separate the troops from the fiction. 1 The phrase "son of a gun" originated during the Civil War when a woman was struck by a bullet that had passed through the scrotum of a soldier. The sperm on the bullet penetrated her ovaries and impregnated her. a) True b) False 2 Fred Rogers,
- July posted on 05/26/2008
- July posted on 05/25/2008
- July posted on 05/25/2008
- July posted on 05/24/20081) On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. In what state is Pearl Harbor located? a) California b) Hawaii c) Texas d) Florida 2) Who were the U.S. presidents during World War II? a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman b) Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft c) Harry S. Truman and Dwight Eisenhower d) None of the above 3)About how many United States military personnel d
- July posted on 05/23/2008ԪRuozhi ̸Camille Paglia ҲĽܣֻӢġ ------------------------------------------------------------ Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947 in Endicott, New York) is an American social critic, author and teacher. Her book, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , published in 1990, became a bestseller. Since 1984 she has been a Professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been variously called the "feminist tha
- July posted on 05/23/2008Bipolar disorder is a mystery and a subject of medical debate. But for the Blakes, it's just reality. Max Blake was 7 the first time he tried to kill himself. He wrote a four-page will bequeathing his toys to his friends and jumped out his ground-floor bedroom window, falling six feet into his backyard, bruised but in one piece. Children don't really know what death is, as the last page of Max's will made clear: "If I'm still alive when I have grandchildren," it began. But they know what unhappines
- July posted on 05/23/2008Initial estimates place the number of orphans at more than 4,000 MIANYANG, China - The children's faces stare in somber black-and-white photos from newspapers and scribbled posters at relief camps, seeking their parents. Many will never find them. As the first estimate of orphans more than 4,000 emerged Thursday from last week's deadly earthquake, thousands of Chinese are rushing to offer their homes. "My husband and I would really like to adopt an earthquake orphan (0-3 years old)," Wan
- July posted on 05/22/2008
- July posted on 05/22/2008WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projection for U.S. economic growth this year, citing blows from the housing and credit debacles along with zooming energy prices. It also expects higher unemployment and inflation. Even with the more downbeat outlook, Fed officials left the impression that they would not be inclined to cut interest rates further. The decision at the Fed's last meeting on April 29-30 to reduce rates was a "close call," according to minutes of those priv
- July posted on 05/22/2008Want proof that stay-at-home moms would be earning a pretty good income if they were getting paid for their work? A report by Salary.com says the time SAHMs spend on 10 "mom job functions" -- including housekeeper and psychologist -- would bring $116,805 in the work world. Full-time moms work an incredible amount of overtime at their jobs -- 54.4 hours a week above and beyond the normal 40, the Web site says. In contrast, working mothers spend 54.6 hours total a week on mom stuff, in addition to t
- July posted on 05/21/2008Find out which cities in America are the bestand the worstfor you and your brood. Television executives seized the idea long ago: American families value where they plant their roots. The Cosbys had Brooklyn. The Cunninghams, Milwaukee. The Simpsons, Springfield. But fathers face reality when they're not in prime time. They want to raise their children somewhere safe, where they can attend good schools with favorable student-teacher ratios, above-average test scores, and respectable budgets. Ple
- July posted on 05/20/2008It can still be a victory lap even if you don't win. Hillary Clinton should be thinking about her legacy, and how best to use it. On his last night as president of the United States, Bill Clinton issued a pardon for a man named Marc Rich. Later Clinton would write a long op-ed piece on the reasons, but the reason seemed obvious to observers: the fugitive financier was what just plain folks call stinking rich, and his ex-wife had given nearly a half-million dollars to Clinton's presidential library. Eve
- July posted on 05/20/2008Soaring production costs are forcing China to finally start raising prices. For US policymakers and consumers, the shift couldn't come at a worse time. It looks like the United States has seen the end of an amazing period of below-average inflation and above-average economic growth. The gradual integration of China into the global economy gave us those good times. And now it looks like the Chinese economy is going to take them away. For better than 10 years, the U.S. enjoyed the gift of low inflat
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