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Siteground Review

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:24:00 GMT

clipped by: maddox1
clipper's remarks: www.siteground-review.org is siteground review and siteground coupon website. This siteground review site is hosted with siteground web hosting.

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Tags: siteground review, siteground, siteground coupon, webhosting, hosting, siteground hosting

Sep 1, 2008: Labor / Labour Day (USA, Canada)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:17:43 GMT

clipped by: egsnyder
clipper's remarks: USA
On June 29, 1894, the U.S. Congress voted Labor Day as a National Holiday to honor working people's contribution of labour. The day is celebrated with parades and speeches.

CANADA
Labour Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in Canada since the 1880s. The origins of Labour Day in Canada can be traced back to April 14, 1872 when a parade was staged in support of the Toronto Typographical Union's strike for a 58-hour work-week.[2] The Toronto Trades Assembly (TTA) called its 27 unions to demonstrate in support of the Typographical Union who had been on strike since March 25.[2] George Brown, Canadian politician and editor of the Toronto Globe hit back at his striking employees, pressing police to charge the Typographical Union with "conspiracy."[2] Although the laws criminalizing union activity were outdated and had already been abolished in Great Britain, they were still on books in Canada and police arrested 24 leaders of the Typographical Union. Labour lea

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Labour Day

On June 29, 1894, the U.S. Congress voted Labour Day as a National Holiday to honour working people's contribution of labour. The day is celebrated with parades and speeches.

Labour Day
Canada

Labour Day

On June 29, 1894, the U.S. Congress voted Labour Day as a National Holiday to honour working people's contribution of labour. The day is celebrated with parades and speeches.

, USA

Ramadan Begins (thru Sept 19)

This is the holiest period in the Islamic Year and begins at the sighting of the new moon. It commemorates the period during which Prophet Mohammad received divine revelations. Observing Muslims fast between the hours of sunrise and sunset during the entire month, read the Qu'ran and worship in the mosque or at home.

Ramadan Begins (thru Sept 19)
Islam

Parkash

First Parkash commemorates the installation of the Adi Granth, The Sikh Scriptures` first edition, in the Golden Temple by the fifth Guru, Arjan Dev, in 1604 CE.

Parkash
Sikh

Palin For Vice President: Palin on the Issues

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:33:27 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: SMALL BUSINESS – “As Mayor and CEO of the booming city of Wasilla, my team invited investment and encouraged business growth by eliminating small business inventory taxes, eliminated personal property taxes, reduced real property tax mill levies every year I was in office, reduced fees, and built the infrastructure our businesses needed to grow and prosper.”

MILITARY - “I respect our military personnel and understand the importance of Alaska's National Guard. As I watched our military men and women being deployed I recognized how important it is for their families to know how much Alaska and America support them.”

HEALTH CARE – “I support flexibility in government regulations that allow competition in health care that is needed, and is proven to be good for the consumer, which will drive down health care costs and reduce the need for government subsidies. I also support patients in their rightful demands to have access to full medical billing information.”

Clip Source: palinforvp.blogspot.com

Rather than telling you what I think Sarah Palin believes, I have elected to post direct quotes from her gubernatorial campaign website. The following quotes have been selected because I believe that they reveal Gov. Palin’s thought process on issues of national relevant. For more info on Gov. Palin’s stances, visit http://palinforgovernor.com/issues.html

Selected quotes from palinforgovernor.com

FREE MARKET – “I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.”

EDUCATION – Click here to read Gov. Palin’s full position paper on Education.

GUNS AND HUNTING - “I am a lifetime member of the NRA, I support our Constitutional right to bear arms and am a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska's youth….I have always strongly supported the personal use of fish and game by Alaskans.

Tags: john mccain for president, palin for vice-president

I support Obama on Issues, not because of the Cult of Personality

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:45 GMT

clipped by: ouyangwulong
clipper's remarks: I don't worship Barak Obama. I don't think he's a savior, or even an angel. Although the novelty of him being a "black" president is entertaining, I don't really care about that either. (Honestly, it seems a little strange that we are so self-congratulatory over 'voting for a black man,' as if that should be really impressive somehow.)

Why do I support Barak Obama? Because of all the people running for President, I believe he has the best ideas on what direction our country needs to take. I would like to see much of his platform made into reality, and because of that, I will vote for him.

I don't want to waste all our time arguing of personal slights and vauge rumors. Let's get to the issues. Here is why I support Barak Obama:

Clip Source: www.barackobama.com

Renewing American Diplomacy

Talk to our Foes and Friends: Obama is willing to meet with the leaders of all nations, friend and foe. He will do the careful preparation necessary, but will signal that America is ready to come to the table, and that he is willing to lead. And if America is willing to come to the table, the world will be more willing to rally behind American leadership to deal with challenges like terrorism, and Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs.

Clip Source: www.barackobama.com

Restore Our Alliances

Organize to Help Our Partners and Allies in Need: An Obama administration will expand humanitarian activities that build friends and allies at the regional and local level (such as during the response to the tsunami in South and Southeast Asia), and win hearts and minds in the process.

Tags: obama, president, issues, serious, philosophy, experience, patriotism, iraq

the facts don't support mccain

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:55:42 GMT

clipped by: kroqben

Clip Source: www.democraticunderground.com

Do The Facts Support John McCain? (An Email To Read & Share)

1)-If you make less than $112,000 a year as an individual (not household income, individual income) you will pay a lot less in income taxes under Obama's proposed tax plan than under McCain's. You make up part of the 80% of Americans in this category.

2)-If you get your health insurance through your employer John McCain wants to treat your benefit as taxable income. That will push many Americans into a higher income bracket meaning you could pay thousands per year more in taxes.

3)-If you think corporations don't pay enough taxes you aren't alone. According to the non-partisan GAO about 2/3 of US Corporations paid no taxes at some point between 1998-2005. Despite this John McCain wants to cut the corporate tax rate by a whopping 10% in addition to increased first year write-offs which will ultimately cost us about 1.3 trillion dollars.

If the facts don't support John McCain, why should you?

Does John McCain think Women are that stupid?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:29:36 GMT

clipped by: NonStatQuo
clipper's remarks: Do women care more about having a token example on any ticket over finding a woman who won't support a women's right to choose?

Someone who has limited experience?

Blacks won't vote for Obama just because he is black, and women won't vote for women just because of token gender.

I hope we are all SMART enough to look at the issues beyond race or gender.

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Tags: politics, women, abortion, guns, mccain, women are smarter than this

Should Biden Share Blame for Foreclosure Crisis?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:43:25 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) “is directly responsible for the rising foreclosure rate since the end of 2005,” concluded a 2007 study by Credit Suisse. The law “increased foreclosures and the number of homes for sale,” echoed a July 2008 study by U.S. Treasury researcher David Bernstein. That study estimated the law had pushed foreclosures or forced sales on 200,000 homeowners since it went into effect, but noted that was a rough, “back-of-the-envelope” calculation…

The bill was backed by banks and credit card companies including MBNA, which is headquartered in Delaware, Biden’s home state. MBNA executives had been Biden’s single largest source of campaign donations, and MBNA has employed Biden’s son Hunter as a company executive, lobbyist and consultant. The Obama campaign has said Hunter Biden did no work for MBNA on the bankruptcy bill.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5670703&page=1

Clip Source: sweetness-light.com

Should Biden Share Blame for Foreclosure Crisis?

August 28, 2008—Experts say hundreds of thousands of Americans may have lost their homes due to a bill championed by Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate.

At least two studies have concluded that the United States’ foreclosure crisis was exacerbated by a 2005 law that overhauled the nation’s bankruptcy law. That conclusion is echoed by other experts, although the banking and credit industry disputes it.

Biden who has enjoyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from credit industry executives endorsed the measure early on and worked to gather Democratic support for it.

Biden’s early and vocal support was “essential” to the bill’s passage, said Travis Plunkett of the Washington D.C.-based advocacy group Consumer Federation, which opposed the measure. Biden “went out of his way to undermine criticism of the legislation,” and his efforts helped convince other Democrats to support the bil

Tags: biden, bankruptcy abuse prevention & consumer protection , rising foreclosure rate, 2005

Requesting Hotfixes from Microsoft the Easy Way

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:48 GMT

clipped by: cyberwiz

Clip Source: www.howtogeek.com

Have you ever noticed that many of the hotfixes listed in the Microsoft Help and Support knowledge base aren't actually available for download unless you contact support? What you might not know is that there is a secret form on the MS site that allows you to fill out a request for that specific hotfix… it's just not easily accessible.

So my friend Rafael from Within Windows has created a site called Hotfixr, which has only one purpose: helping you get access to that hidden form.

In case you are wondering, all the hotfixr site really does is submit a form that redirects you to this Microsoft page, replacing ID with the number that you put in.

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=ID

Hotfixr - Get your fix today!

Russia receives unexpected rebuke from SCO

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:59:15 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: SCO-Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Moscow also seems to be growing desperate in its search for diplomatic support. On August 28, Belarus, a pariah state that has close relations with Russia, indicated that it would soon follow Moscow in recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Clip Source: www.eurasianet.org

Russian leaders headed into the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe – a group comprising China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – expecting to receive unqualified support for its recent actions in Georgia. Instead, they were on the receiving end of a stinging rebuke over Moscow’s hasty recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence.

"The participants [of the SCO summit] underscore the need for respect of the historical and cultural traditions of each country and each people, for efforts aimed at the preservation, under international law, of the unity of a state and its territorial integrity," the alliance’s statement said.

"Placing the emphasis exclusively on the use of force has no prospects and hinders a comprehensive settlement of local conflicts," the statement said.

"Clearly there is unhappiness at what Russia did," US State Department spokesman Robert Wood said.

Tags: russia, georgia, russian georgian war, sco

Dollar Strenth Aug.'08

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:38:04 GMT

clipped by: robm47

Clip Source: www.resourceinvestor.com

The U.S. Treasury cannot defend the dollar without the cooperation or at least acquiescence of the East Asian central banks, especially the People’s Bank of China with its mountain of foreign exchange.

But how much firepower has the U.S. Treasury got to sustain this dollar rally? With the cooperation of other monetary authorities around the world, it has a lot. But that still doesn’t make support for the dollar inexhaustible. The downward adjustment of the dollar to a sustainable parity must, at some point resume.

It may now suit almost everybody for the dollar to be given a break. That won’t always be the case though. And when the dollar’s fall resumes, the gold price will be reinvigorated. But if the dollar gains further support in the meantime then gold is vulnerable.

Tags: usdollar vs gold

aussie survey

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:27 GMT

clipped by: zadoz
clipper's remarks: shows attitudes changing

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Australians back medical marijuana, heroin injecting rooms

MOST Australians would support clinical trials of cannabis for medical use, a new survey of more than 23,000 people has found.

Almost half the respondents said they would support regulated heroin-injecting rooms.

The nationwide survey found overwhelming support for legalising cannabis for medical reasons, backed by nearly 70 per cent, while approval of clinical trials for cannabis approached 75 per cent.

Most people also looked favourably on needle and syringe programs, supported by more than 65 per cent.

When it came to tobacco, there was firm support across the board for bans on smoking in workplaces, pubs and clubs.

More than 80 per cent of Australians wanted smoking banned in the workplace, with Canberrans most strongly in favour at close to 85 per cent.

And more than 75 per cent of respondents wanted smoking banned from pubs and clubs.

Tags: australia, pot, tobacco, drugs, survey

Georgia is the graveyard of America's unipolar world

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:19 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Cont...

There has been much talk among western politicians in recent days about Russia isolating itself from the international community. But unless that simply means North America and Europe, nothing could be further from the truth. While the US and British media have swung into full cold-war mode over the Georgia crisis, the rest of the world has seen it in a very different light. As Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore's former UN ambassador, observed in the Financial Times a few days ago, "most of the world is bemused by western moralising on Georgia". While the western view is that the world "should support the underdog, Georgia, against Russia ... most support Russia against the bullying west. The gap between the western narrative and the rest of the world could not be clearer."

And that has the neocons scare witless!

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Russia's defiance in the Caucasus has brought down the curtain on Bush senior's new world order - not before time

If there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it. On Monday, President Bush demanded that Russia's leaders reject their parliament's appeal to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Within 24 hours, Bush had his response: President Medvedev announced Russia's recognition of the two contested Georgian enclaves.

The Russian message was unmistakable: the outcome of the war triggered by Georgia's attack on South Ossetia on August 7 is non-negotiable - and nothing the titans of the US empire do or say is going to reverse it. After that, the British foreign secretary David Miliband's posturing yesterday in Kiev about building a "coalition against Russian aggression" merely looked foolish.

Tags: russia, us, empire, georgia, history, hegemony

Free computer support

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:04:41 GMT

clipped by: paulsmit1984
clipper's remarks: Free computer support articles, help files and discussion.

Clip Source: www.mycomputeraid.com

Tags: computer, support, managed, help, linux, windows, server

Russia seeks support of SCO in Georgia dispute

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:45:13 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: SCO-Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Clip Source: en.rian.ru

DUSHANBE, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president said on Thursday he expects China and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to support Russia's role in Georgia following the recent conflict.

Western powers have warned Russia that it faces "international isolation" over its continued security presence in Georgia, three weeks on from Tbilisi's attack on breakaway South Ossetia, and over its recognition of Georgia's rebel regions as independent.

Dmitry Medvedev, in Tajikistan for a two-day SCO summit, said: "We are confident that the position of SCO member states will produce an appropriate resonance through the international community, and I hope this will give a serious signal to those who are trying to justify the aggression that was committed."

The security bloc, seen as a counterweight to NATO's influence in Eurasia, comprises China, Russia, and four Central Asian states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Tags: sco, russia

More Cool AeroGel Pictures!

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:46 GMT

clipped by: wintertown
clipper's remarks: under some pictures are captions that were typed with white print.... highlight it to see it, i guess...

Clip Source: www.unitednuclear.com

A 3,000°F blowtorch under a thin slice of Aerogel
has no effect on the crayons on top.

A brick supported by a small block
of Aerogel

The Aerogel array in NASA's
Stardust spacecraft, used to
capture comet & dust particles.

15 entries in the Guinness Book of World Records

can support thousands of times its own weight. Theoretically, a block weighing less than a pound could support a weight of half a ton.
Due to its microstructure, Aerogel is a powerful desiccant, rapidly absorbing any moisture in your fingertips when held. This usually leaves some dry spots on the skin that disappear in a short time.
Aerogel's true strength is its incredible insulating properties. It negates just about any kind of
energy transfer - thermal, electrical or acoustic.
A one-inch thick Aerogel window has the same insulation value as 15 panes of glass and trapped air - which means a conventional window would have to be ten-inches thick to equal a one-inch thick Aerogel window.