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car insurance marketplace

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:08:36 GMT

clipped by: robbby40

Clip Source: www.insuredirect.com

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USC cu comparison vs SEC also rans

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:57:05 GMT

clipped by: tgrfan2

Clip Source: palmettostaterivals.com

vandy: clemson 1-3 .25 usc 14-3 .82
u/k: clemson 4-8 .33 usc 12-6-1 .63
ole miss: clemson 0-2 .00 usc 7-6 .53
miss st: clemson 1-1-1 .33 usc 5-8 .38
arkansas: clemson 0-0 usc 6-10 .375

total: clemson 5-14-1 .25 usc 44-33-1 .56

btw, if you're going to include clemson's peformance against the dregs of the acc over the past 20 years (duke, unc, nc state, maryland, virginia, etc, pretty much all of them) you really need to include usc's performance vs vandy, u/k, etc\

ok, here you go:

First You Fall synopsis from Amazon

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:42:45 GMT

clipped by: ForScott

Clip Source: www.amazon.com

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

When his friend's death is ruled a suicide, Kevin Connor-a hustler by trade, sleuth by default-sets out to prove a case of murder. It doesn't help matters that the victim's grown children, who disapproved of their father's gay lifestyle, are only concerned about their inheritance. But they are not Kevin's only problem. His high-strung mother has moved in with him-and she knows nothing about his questionable . . . job.

Scott Sherman has written for Newsweek, Genre, Instinct, and The Washington Blade. He is the host of the number-one rated The Digital Photography Show on The Podcast Network.

About the Author
Scott Sherman is a writer and podcaster living with his partner and two sons in Maryland. Scott's written for Newsweek magazine, as well for publications including Genre, Instinct and The Washington Blade. Scott is the host of the number-one rated The Digital Photography Show on The Podcast Network.

GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele: Campaign Coverage 'Has Been a Joke'

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:54:19 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: I just look at how they chewed up Hillary to get to Barack. And so, you know, what they were trying to figure outwho's the best player to go up against the Republican establishment.... Certainly the race issue would be one of those landmines that they figured the party would have to deal with. So I think in terms of how the media has approached this more broadly speaking has been pitiful.... You know as well as I do, if the shoe were on the other foot, they would be scrutinizing the heck out of a black Republican or a Hispanic Republican [running for president].

How true.

Great video: 3:35

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

[Video]

Yesterday NewsBusters caught up with GOPAC chairman and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele at the Xcel Center, site of the Republican National Convention.

Steele told us the coverage of the campaign so far has "been a joke," and that "if the shoe were on the other foot, [media] would be scrutinizing the heck out of a black Republican or a Hispanic Republican" running for president.

Some excerpts of that interview are below, starting with Steele's reaction to the disparity in scrutiny of Sens. McCain and Obama (video available here):

It's been a joke, quite frankly... there's been a coronation, there's been facilitation of his [Obama's] agenda, but there hasn't been any serious scrutiny of where this two-term state senator comes from, what makes him tick, what he really believes, what is his philosophical orientation, and it's, I think, rather unfortunate. [...]

Tags: gopac chairman/fmr.md.lt.gov.michael steele, media bias, obama agenda

Who Cares about Size of Government? How about Competent Government?

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:39:52 GMT

clipped by: dmegivern
clipper's remarks: Don't be so scared of government that you serve it, instead of it serving you. Revolutions of the past did not protest how much governments were doing for their well-being. Fundamentally, if taxes had ever been used to actually deliver services to the people instead of funding monarchs and their wars, there might be less fear of taxes. Overcome your fears. Make your government serve you. Like the French providing household assistance services for free to all new moms a few hours a week until the mother feels ready to handle everything.

Clip Source: etext.virginia.edu

Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government

Good Government

"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government." --Thomas Jefferson to Maryland Republicans, 1809.

"The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it." --Thomas Jefferson to M. van der Kemp, 1812.

"The energies of the nation... shall be reserved for improvement of the condition of man, not wasted in his destruction." --Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Address, 1801. ME 10:248

"All religions are equally independent here, our laws knowing no distinction of country, of classes among individuals and with nations, our [creed] is justice and reciprocity." --Thomas Jefferson to the Emperor of Morocco, 1803. ME 19:136

"It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XI, 1782. ME 2:129

Tags: jefferson, government, competence, effectiveness

Wii lawsuit

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:03:42 GMT

clipped by: ColtsFootball

Clip Source: edition.cnn.com

Nintendo faces legal action over Wii console

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Nintendo's hit Wii console, with its wandlike remote controller, has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

Hillcrest Laboratories, based in Rockville, Maryland, has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington and a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland against Nintendo Corp., the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Hillcrest is accusing Nintendo of infringement in four patents dealing with technology for a handheld three-dimensional pointing device and a display interface system for organizing graphic content on a TV, it said.

"While Hillcrest Labs has a great deal of respect for Nintendo and the Wii, Hillcrest Labs believes that Nintendo is in clear violation of its patents and has taken this action to protect its intellectual property rights," it said.

States rush to dump touch-screen voting systems

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:09 GMT

clipped by: dewitte

Clip Source: arstechnica.com

It's a good time to pick up an electronic voting machine on the cheap—provided you're not a stickler for things like "accuracy" or "security." States are scrapping tens of thousands of pricey touchscreen systems in response to mounting concerns about the machines' reliability.

After the butterfly ballot debacle of the 2000 presidential election, in which scores of elderly Floridians revealed a surprising fondness for Pat Buchanan, electronic voting was touted as the way to avoid any such fiasco in the future. Congress passed the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which allocated some $3 billion in federal grants to help states upgrade their voting equipment—$2 billion of which had been spent by the end of 2007.

Now, however, many of those states—including Alaska, California, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Tennessee, and New Mexico—are ditching touchscreen kiosks with price tags as high as $5,000 each in favor of paper ballots.

Tags: voting, technology

5 extremely cool research facilities

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:48 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: Some more interesting stuff at site. Especially a short video on measuring gravitational waves.

Clip Source: deputy-dog.com

1. large helical device, gifu, japan

the phenomenal photo above shows superconducting coils within the large helical device in japan, a machine which holds the title of ‘largest superconducting stellarator in the world’.

2. odeillo solar furnace, odeillo, france

this brilliantly shiny oddity is the 8-storey high odeillo solar furnace in france: at present the largest on the planet.

using this method, temperatures can reach an unbelievably hot 3400°C.

3. atf fire research laboratory, maryland, usa

measuring a whopping 60ft x 60ft, this is the largest calorimetry hood on earth and is an essential part of the atf fire research laboratory.

4. ligo observatories, louisiana & washington, usa

ligo’s hanford observatory, one of 2 main facilities used by ligo to detect ‘ripples’ or gravitational waves in space-time.

5. arecibo observatory, arecibo, puerto rico

arecibo observatory in puerto rico contains the largest curved focusing dish on earth and is used for 3 main research purposes: radio astronomy

Tags: science, technology, research

maryland corrections

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:36:32 GMT

clipped by: duranco

Clip Source: www.herald-mail.com

Court Records Search

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:40:42 GMT

clipped by: ChaosSyren
clipper's remarks: You would be amazed at who you are dating. always check.

Clip Source: www.courtreference.com

Court Records Free Reference and Directory

The guide to finding free court records

To get started, please select a state below:

Maryland tech transfer

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:30:08 GMT

clipped by: jbrown01

Clip Source: www.marylandtedco.org

The goal of the Maryland Technology Transfer Fund (MTTF) is to provide funding for Maryland companies who wish to develop technology-based products and/or services in collaboration with the Universities and/or Federal Laboratories in Maryland. To be eligible for the program, a company must be collaborating with a Federal Laboratory or university in Maryland and meet the following two criteria: fewer than 16 employees OR the company is a university spin-off in business less than 5 years AND Pre-revenue OR pre-venture investment.

Loans for incubator companies

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:28:44 GMT

clipped by: jbrown01

Clip Source: www.mdbusiness.state.md.us

The Working Capital Loan Fund is designed to provide loans to incubator stage companies in Maryland. Loans of between $15,000 and $50,000 are available to early stage technology-oriented companies affiliated with the incubation network in Maryland. The funds are to be used for working capital in order to assist a company with expansion, market entry, or other initiatives, and are specifically targeted toward incubation-affiliated businesses in Western Maryland, the Lower and Mid-Shore, and Baltimore City.

Administered by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Maryland state investment

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:04 GMT

clipped by: jbrown01
clipper's remarks: Maryland investments in small companies

Clip Source: www.mdbusiness.state.md.us

Challenge Investment Program

Enterprise Investment Fund Program

AES

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:20:45 GMT

clipped by: jbrown01

Clip Source: www.afbr-bri.com

12111 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Telephone: (301) 881-3300, ext. 23
Facsimile: (301) 881- 7640
Email: Biomed@afbr-bri.com

Contact: James L. Leef, Ph.D. (Director)

"McSame" Is More Than Just Political Humor

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:09:34 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: It's genuinely concise.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Our president has spent one-third of his entire two terms in office either at Camp David, Maryland, or at Crawford, Texas, on vacation.

Sen. John McCain takes weekends off and limits his campaign events to one a day.

It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president

One after another, McCain's answers were shallow, simplistic, and trite. He showed the same intellectual curiosity that George Bush has -- virtually none.

John McCain graduated 894th in a class of 899 at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

He no longer allows reporters unfettered access to him aboard the "Straight Talk Express" for a reason. He simply makes too many mistakes.

I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing me.

George Bush's record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of the free world is one of constant failure.

I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him.