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Is the New Oil, Rain Water?

2009-11-13T16:01:52+00:00

Could Rainwater become as Valuable as Oil?
Author: Marcus Bicknell

While households across the UK are still recovering from
the floods of last summer it seems unbelievable that almost
50% of all homes in England ...

Poll: Robert Pattinson and Angelina Jolie Most Fantasized About During Sex

2009-11-13T13:54:24+00:00

New Poll Shows Majority of Single Women thinks that Fantasizing During Sex IS Cheating
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheating husbands seem to be the topic du jour these days, with David Letterman ...

Where there's muck there's brass

2009-11-12T16:51:13+00:00

Find the muck to make the brass
Author: Gary Mattoc

Spoken by Yorkshiremen working in scrap metal, today the
saying holds true even more as perfectly usable items are
disposed of without much thought to ...

Heads I Win - Tales You Lose (Liberals Come Up Winners But Leave Behind a Mess)

2009-11-08T17:09:37+00:00

Heads I Win - Tales You Lose (Liberals Come Up Winners But Leave Behind a Mess)
Author: Howard Jacobs

Barack Obama has made it a point to continually talk about
the "mess" he inherited from ...

Talks Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

2009-11-06T19:42:25+00:00

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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only ...

Social networking costs companies

2009-10-30T14:51:26+00:00

Access to social networking sites at work is costing UK businesses billions of pounds in lost productivity

Twitter, Facebook, MySpace. Jargon that's increasingly becoming part of our everyday life.

But should it be part of ...

Shop Assistants: Our New Conscience

2009-10-19T11:05:48+01:00

Shop Assistants: Our New Conscience
Author: Elsabe Smit

Are you tired from work today? Are you putting your feet
up and having a drink?

Before you take another sip, let me ask you: who gave ...

Viewers Say Letterman's Confession Has Not Changed Their Perceptions of Him

2009-10-06T16:30:47+01:00

Majority believe Letterman was sincere throughout his confession -

FLEMINGTON, N.J., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A new media study among 505 viewers of David Letterman's sex scandal confession revealed that the majority reported that their ...

What happened with the G-20 meeting!

2009-09-26T23:19:48+01:00

Economic activity picks up.
Author: Christian Amstadter

In PA, Leaders of g-20 began their two-day PA summit. They
have already warned economists that the recovery is still
too fragile to even think about ending governments' ...

Americans Give President Obama Negative Marks on Handling of Economy

2009-09-26T11:44:09+01:00

Also continue to believe job market in their region is bad

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While much of the focus of President Obama has been on health care reform over the past few weeks, the issue of ...

Iranians Favor Diplomatic Relations With US But Have Little Trust in Obama

2009-09-20T00:04:27+01:00

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of Iranians finds that six in 10 favor restoring diplomatic relations with the United States, a stance at odds with the policy the Iranian ...

Rules for Conservative Radicals

2009-09-02T10:30:49+01:00

a New Book by Michael Patrick Leahy, Shows How “Buycotts” and Tea Parties Can Change the Political Landscape

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the Health Care Reform Town Hall meetings and Tea Parties heat up and the ...

Defining success in Iraq

2009-08-27T22:46:53+01:00

Iraq may offer new definitions for what it means for Americans to succeed or win a war

August 19, 2009. A series of bomb blasts in Baghdad kills close to 100 people in Iraq's bloodiest ...

Plastic Bag Debate Continues

2009-08-25T18:39:31+01:00

Over the last several years, the problem of plastic shopping
bags continue. Many countries and cities already have
banned, or at least limited, the use of plastic bags by
charging a fee to the customer.

...

Sharpton, Harvard Prof 'Abusing Police While Black,' Says Rev. Peterson

2009-07-23T17:34:39+01:00

LOS ANGELES, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, today repudiated Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Al Sharpton for their ...

Cheating Spouses, Drug-Dealing Professionals, Teens Giving Birth, and Plastic Shopping Bags Provide Fodder for Today's POV

2009-07-17T18:29:16+01:00

Taking polling to a whole new level, X-Ray Magazine launches a new site in pursuit of answers. Today's POV becomes a reflection of the internet age through validating daily query and tally.
LAKEWOOD, Colo., July ...

How Cannabis Can Save The Day

2009-06-17T01:32:47+01:00

How Cannabis Can Save The Day
Author: Sjoerd Kold

Why criminalizing industrial cannabis is criminal

The cannabis plant is being rediscovered for it environmental
friendly applicability. As you might know hemp is one of the
...

Lessons from the war

2009-06-14T20:56:09+01:00

The Iraq war was launched with overwhelming technological force, but it turned out that was not the nature of the fight in Iraq

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MARCH, 2003) REUTERS -
March 2003, the bombing of Baghdad ...

Politics - Should Failing Major Newspapers Receive Government Bailout Money? Absolutely Not

2009-06-02T09:12:31+01:00

Politics - Should Failing Major Newspapers Receive Government Bailout Money? Absolutely Not
2009 Ed Bagley

The demise of major American newspapers in our ordinary
life could be seen as sad and tragic for a grandparent, ...

Politics - Stop the Bailouts of Businesses That Cannot Survive on Poor Management

2009-05-30T00:13:34+01:00

Politics - Stop the Bailouts of Businesses That Cannot Survive on Poor Management
Author: Ed Bagley

Let the poorly run businesses collapse and sink into
bankruptcy, foreclosure or receivership, and be sold to
businesses with ...

Nobel Prize Candidate Believes Moms are Key to Peace in Pakistan

2009-05-25T02:54:36+01:00

NEW YORK, May 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mom's Choice Awards(R) will feature humanitarian Greg Mortenson, coauthor of Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time. Mr. Mortenson will deliver ...

Politics, Sex, and the Family

2009-05-20T13:27:56+01:00

Politics, Sex, and the Family
Author: Andrew Cort

America was founded by thinkers, serious thinkers who
struggled with new theories of how things ought to be,
rather than resting content with how things were. They
...

What We've Learned From 9/11: The Making of a Terrorist

2009-05-01T21:26:27+01:00

What We've Learned From 9/11: The Making of a Terrorist
Author: Carole Whang Schutter

7 years after the atrocity of 9/11, Americans may know more
details about what happened that tragic early autumn day, but ...

Obama Administration Gets Negative Marks in First 100 Days

2009-04-30T10:38:48+01:00

President personally popular; proposals & appointees aren't

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent CNN/Opinion Research Poll shows that President Obama continues to enjoy 63 percent approval rating. His cabinet choices and their proposals are ...

The Shuffle Over a Presidential iPod

2009-04-30T10:37:10+01:00

Should Gift-giving Among 21st Century World Leaders Get a Remix?
U.S. gifting expert suggests heads of state choose gifts that celebrate their nations' culture, people and spirit

PARKERSBURG, W.Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Author and ...

Destructive Social Ideas and False Moralities

2009-04-26T12:01:45+01:00

Destructive Social Ideas and False Moralities
Author: Robert A. Meyer

Western Civilization is crumbling under the burdensome weight
of destructive social ideas and false moralities. And the
crushing weight continues to increase—day after day. How ...

Jackie Chan says Chinese people "need to be controlled."

2009-04-20T07:50:04+01:00

Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan says Chinese people "need to be
controlled."

BOAO, HAINAN PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 18, 2009) TVBS -

Jackie Chan, a Hong Kong action star, said Saturday (April 18) that
he ...

History & Charity

2009-04-16T22:50:13+01:00

Interview with James Cairns.James Cairns is a surgeon, born and worked in Zambia for over 50 years. Now retired back to the UK and is Chair of Zambia Society Trust.

Dambisa Moyo - at Oxford ...

Twenty years after Exxon Valdex, oil spill lessons still being learned.

2009-03-24T11:14:33+00:00

Technology may not have advanced very much but 20 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster oil spill, experts say a catastrophe is far less likely.

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA, UNITED STATES NBC -
The Exxon ...

Majority of Americans Give President Obama Negative Ratings on His Economic Job Performance

2009-03-24T11:05:08+00:00

Yet, majority of Americans do have confidence that White House will produce policies to help fix economy

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While a majority of Americans may give President Obama’s overall job performance high marks (The Harris ...