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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There are many theories as to why the Norse settlements collapsed in Greenland. Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, suggests that some or all of five factors contributed to the demise of the Greenland colony: cumulative environmental damage, gradual climate change, conflicts with hostile neighbors, the loss of

Kailash Kher has proved himself a true artist adhering to the performer’s unwritten principle - The Show Must Go On… The singer was committed to perform.

For most businesses, when something goes wrong in the course of business operations for profit, expect marketing to carry the burden of taking the blame. Such is the same issue right now for the big three automobile manufacturers of Detroit, Chevrolet, Chrysler and Ford. Their much celebrated losses and impending financial catastrophe has been blamed [...]

Directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson, The Frighteners mixes comedy, thriller, and horror very well. Although it was a Box Office disappointment in 1996, it was a must see just for it's amazing digital effects. Michael J. Fox gives one of his best roles, but Jeffrey Combs(Re-Animator) steals the show. When Peter Jackson learned during post-production that the MPAA was going to give the movie an R

Grumpy British chef Gordon Ramsey is never kind to the restaurants he’s sent to save. One constant theme is his railing against complex food. Time and again, he shouts that simple is best. That adage could probably apply to messaging, marketing and otherwise. The downside to all the compelling technology coming out on mobile phones–from networking [...]

If the latest Iphone news were not enough to sway you to your feet, try Mac Mini. Web rumors of the possible demise of Mac Mini are causing quite a stir in the online community. Here are some snippets of what we heard.AppleInsider has the story of one Apple enthusiast, who was so concerned that the company might kill the Mac mini that he e-mailed an Apple executive and received a phone call sugges

It was with great disappointment and shock at the email I received from BlogRush honcho, John Reese, Wednesday night. It announced the immediate shut down of this service. That very night without any advanced warning. I’m sure most readers are aware of this widget I had on the upper left column of this blog; BlogRush. It never provided the “exponential traffic” promised from the outset o

Twitter Tip Tuesday is dead, but not forgotten. With a whopping two installments, I am not too sad about this. I will still deliver Twitter Tips on my blog, but will release them as Twitter Tip #1, Twitter Tip #2,...

The infamous Storm worm, which powered a network of thousands of compromised PCs once responsible for sending more than 20 percent of all spam, appears to have died off. Security experts say Storm’s death knell was sounded by the recent shutdown of Atrivo, a California based ISP that was home to a number of criminal [...]

I wrote on September 24, 2008, Gaylord Maxwell: The Passing of Mr. RV. The next blow was not unexpected. Yesterday I received an email from Peggy Waterman, the do everything person that kept the wheels of Life On Wheels (LOW) greased, emailed me that Gaylord’s widow, Margie, had decided to close down Life On Wheels [...]

Gordon has saved the world for the time being, but let's reserve some cheers for the government's failure to extended detention without charge. It couldn't have been a better day to bury bad news. Gordon Brown's rescue package for the world's crumbling financial system has blown his defeat on 42 days off the front pages. Let's hope his judgement on the bank bail out is better than it was on the w

As I sit here watching the pre-game for the Giants-Browns game, I can’t help but think about the opportuinity that they Giants have over the next four weeks. They have the chance to move three games ahead of the most dangerous team in their division. At least. They play San Francisco next week and as much [...]

Kishore Kumar had gained popularity even after 21 years of his demise.Kishore Kumar, the master entertainer had been one of the most colourful personalities of bollywood who just became more and more and more popular over the years, now it is almost 21 years after his demise. In respect of his acting performances hardly any actor even dared to imitate him as his improvisations were spontaneous. Th

Our little girl turned one last Saturday. What a momentous occasion. We had friends and family over to celebrate the big event. I thought it turned out great. My wife baked her a cake, and I decorated it (our normal routine). She loves cooking, and I love making messes. Our theme for the day was [...]

…are greatly exaggerated!  I haven’t been blogging much lately.  Initially this was because I was devoting my literary creativity to a work of fiction, latterly because my passion for writing had diminished due to other things in my life, but mostly because I’ve been playing a MMORPG to death!   In the coming days and weeks I [...]

It’s 2008 and you’ve got places to be and a schedule to keep.  It’s all about your iPod and your playlist.  With the unveiling of Apple’s iTunes 8 today, the single song download generation has digressed another step - as far as the ‘album’ or ‘LP’ is concerned.  Apple has added a new feature to [...]

Track:1. Too Little Too Late2. No Half Measures3. The Blood Stays On The Blade4. Bitterness Will Prevail5. Unbound By Blood6. Burning AshesDownload

Bobby Peru goes out like a champ in this David Lynch classic, Wild at Heart. Related HeadshotsDawn of the Dead - Headshot!Saving Private Ryan - Sniper Headshot!Maniac - Shotgun Headshot!The Godfather - The Moe Greene Special

The Demise of Morroc is the new patch of Philippine Ragnarok Online. This is the 18th Episode of the game. Currently this patch is now on Sakray Server. The story of this patch that Satan Morroc has been revive. The Morroc will suffer from doom because of him.There are new features in the game like new dungeons, godly items, guild arena and many more.Demise of Morroc new dungeon to be explore:Sea

I was surprised to read that the LA Times has done away with its Sunday Real Estate Section! I have heard that the Times has been bleeding red ink, but this was shocking. A recent Blog post by LA Realtors, Merrie Kung & Noelle Hettlinger, summarizes the shift away from newspapers in the

Artist - Your DemiseAlbum - The Blood Stays On The BladeYear- 2008Genre - Hardcore / MetalWeb - - London And South East, United KingdomTracklist:1. Too Little Too Late2. No Half Measures3. The Blood Stays On The Blade4. Bitterness Will Prevail5. Unbound By Blood6. Burning AshesDownload/Descargar

's looking more and more like J.T. O'Sullivan will be the starting QB at the start of the season for the SF 49ers. Sullivan, a Mike Martz product, and Alex Smith, who is apparently not learning the offense to well, are the two front runners for the starting gig. The SJ Mercury asks who's to blame? Smith, injuries, or The 49ers?Smith had his best season under offensive coordinator Norv Turner, but

NO HOME FOR MOONBATS The Evil Left Wing Chat Room and Related Chat Network Is Gone Jimmy Z FYI - The home territory of a network of left wing harassment devotees, who sought mainly to attack and harass conservatives online, is now off line. Chatting.vg, formerly sfwest.com, is completely gone at the moment. All chat rooms that the host company propped up are also off line. This means that

Tiring slowly of this monogamous routine proof induce bulimia liver turning slowly unseen OK scrap that lets take a new stance baby steps forward away from my past cleansing away the impure and mean family and friends each proving to me suppose their really all the same each one with a finger pointing the blame its taken me time to finally see my downfall was all up to me the distractions and

William Lobdell worked at the Los Angeles Times and its sister paper, the Daily Pilot, in Orange County, California for 18 years before going digital in August 2008 (he now writes a blog). Mr. Lobdell has written a post at his blog entitled “42 Things I Know”. It is a clear look at

Tiring slowly of this monogamous routine proof induce bulimia liver turning slowly unseen OK scrap that lets take a new stance baby steps forward away from my past cleansing away the impure and mean family and friends each proving to me suppose their really all the same each one with a finger pointing the blame its taken me time to finally see my downfall was all up to me the distractions and

Did you miss me?  I’ve been gone for three days.  Oh, you didn’t know I was gone?  Oh, good… I took the weekend off.  Yeah, just three days after I told myself I’d continue with Blog365 I realized that I really did need a break.  Two Melancholy Posts and a three day weekend later, I’m back.  [...]

While the behind the scenes effect will probably be drastic and difficult, the effect to all borrowers who have Financial Freedom Reverse Mortgages will be next to nothing.  As I have explained in several blogs, if a lender goes out of business, or becomes insolvent, HUD can take over and continue any payments, line of credit withdraw request, etc.  So if you have a HECM reverse mor

Yes that's right, you heard it here first....Katy Perry singer of the infectious song "I Kissed a Girl" saved a very large portion of Western Canada's civilian population, just by singing her song into a microphone many moons ago. How you may ask, I'll tell you promptly. I Showed up to work on Wednesday morning after a long work day on the road on Tuesday.Whilst on the road Tuesday one Dean (shall

From this hilarious interview, via the FT: via the FT: While describing Apple as a "great company", Mr Seidenberg highlights its small market share of global handset sales. He scoffs at suggestions that the iPhone is about to become a mass-market handset because Apple has accepted mobile operators' pleas to subsidise it. "There goes the conspiracy again," he says of Apple. "You're declaring them

Courtesy of CNA forummer: ringbookVietnam as a PreludeWe saw the collapse of the Vietnamese economy in the past 6 weeks. Most people will agree with me that Vietnam has minimal impact on global economy. (Indonesia is the world’s 20th largest economy, Vietnam is only 60th). I asked myself why it happened. Vietnam’s economy is a bubble but not really that big, not worth the effort (you know what

The other day I shuffled past my pet parrot’s metal cage and casually glanced at him. He looked up at me and smiled. Well he didn’t actually smile - that would be weird, not to mention it would be an exceedingly remarkable feat for a bird to do - but he did seem to want [...]

Honda are desperately trying to rid GP's of 2-stroke engines, and claim that no more will be made from 2010. Jan Witteveen, the man behind Aprilia's wondrous smaller category success, expressed his concerns over the potential loss. Both KTM and Aprilia, the lead...

Geoff Shumacher, one of the regular columnists for The Review Journal posed that question last week. I’m astounded that I missed it, as so many of you send me links to items such as this. Thanks to Lynn Zook of Classic Las Vegas for noticing it. Here’s a snipet of the article. but be assured, it’s [...]

While many on the environmental left continue to sing the praises of Al Gore and his global warming hoax, those of higher intellect have abandoned the myth.  As with many great left-leaning government tax-and-control schemes, even though the supposed crisis is over, supporters still feel the need to continue pushing legislation to fight global warming. [...]

Dr. Mishka Ben-David, former senior Mossad operative and author of a number of bestselling novels talks with Infolive.tv about the assassination of Hizbullah commander Imad Muganiyah. While Israel has denied all involvement, Ben-David, taking into account his past experiences, talks of the repercussions such an operation may have, Hizbullah's response, and the months of intelligence gathering

Brought to you by Ram Gopal Verma! Celebrity siblings have never had it too easy in Bollywood. Especially if you are the (less pretty) sister of a fine actress like Kajol; the expectations are sky high. So things were never cut out to be easy for Tanisha. With a random clutch of South Indian hits here and [...]

Our Dharmshala Correspondent: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) mourns the demise of Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk, one of the accomplished Buddhist masters of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk, the abbot of Dzongsar Institute, a Tibetan Buddhists learning centre based in Chauntara, Himachal Pradesh, India, breathed his last on Sunday, 25 May, at [...]

May 25, 2008 Malay Village's demise: 'It's time' Community says place has seen its best days, but hopes redevelopments will retain area's traditions By Tan Dawn Wei , Nur Dianah Suhaimi After years of being branded a 'white elephant', the death knell has finally sounded for the Malay Village in Geylang Serai. No one seems particularly upset to see it go - not even those who mooted the idea or som

More sound words from Carloyn Baker. I believe that the collapse of civilization, now accelerating at dizzying speed, is indeed a collective, planetary initiation of the human species. It involves all of us, not just those “clueless Americans out there”, and it will deliver to each of us countless unwanted ordeals on every level-physical, emotional, financial, [...]

Before we begin, it’s probably important to hammer home that I don’t believe O.J. Mayo or Rodney Guillory or USC or anyone, really, is blameless in the now-certain cheating that surrounded USC’s basketball program this year. It’s pretty obvious that Mayo was complicit in the scandal, that Tim Floyd probably knew something was up but [...]

CAIRO, (PIC)-- Egyptian intellectual Abdul Wahab Al-Massiri anticipated the demise of the "Zionist entity" within the coming 50 years, underlining that his prediction was based on his research.Massiri, who is specializes in Zionist and Jewish affairs and has authored an encyclopaedia entitled Jews, Judaism and Zionism, told Reuters that Israeli writers and researchers have expressed fears of such

Yahoo working to stand alone after Microsoft deal's demise Tom Abate,Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writers Saturday, May 10, 2008Although badly bruised, Yahoo Inc. has the strength to stand alone in the aftermath of Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid, provided the Sunnyvale Web portal can execute its strategy

The Senate, at Brandon Republican Ronda Storms' request, just refused to accept the House version of an evolution teaching bill that Storms has been championing all session. That means the bill (Sb 2692) has to bounced back to the House,...

The Demise of the Dollar...And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments (Agora Series)by Addison Wiggin (Author)Buy new: $19.95 $11.9725 used & new from $11.14 Product DetailsPublished on: 2008-04-04Number of items: 1Binding: Paperback197 pages Book Description : As the dollar continues to weaken throughout the world, it has become clear that the impact is going to be significant as well as far reaching. This book explores the number of reasons for the dollar's current state, including the prior structural flaws of the dollar, the growing trade deficit, the Euro and other international factors. It also discusses the results of the dollar's fall and how it will impact economies worldwide. Continuing where The Demise of the Dollar left off, it explores the dollar's increasingly sharp d

Microsoft announced last week that it’s discontinuing its Spot data watch program. The trouble with predicting the future is that it’s always easy to do in retrospect. Looking back, it’s obvious that Microsoft’s Spot products were a dumb idea. The concept was that Microsoft would send small bits of wireless data — weather forecasts, [...]

by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): When U.S. manufacturers and exporters lobbied the Bush Administration back in late 2001 to reduce the valuation of the US dollar agains currencies like the yen and the euro (which was about to replace all individual national currnecies in the Eurozone on January 2, 2002), the reply was that [...]

Kingdom Of Sorrow are out with the video to their new single 'Lead Into Demise', from the New Orleans, Louisiana metal band's self-tiled debut album, out now on Relapse Records. Watch it below the fold.

Hawaiian Airlines Fills Void Following Demise of Aloha AirTransWorldNews (press release), GA - 2 hours agoOn a positive note, Hawaii vacation rentals are still very reasonably priced and have been over the last 15 months. It is possible to rent a Hawaii vacation … Original post by nathaniel

He was debonair in Telugu cinema and synonymous to glamour roles. Shobhan Babu turned to socio and love triangle themes and excelled in them while withstanding competition from his seniors like NTR, ANR and contemporaries like Krishna.After voluntarily announcing retirement from the films, he was away to tinsel world for the last 13 years. He is said to be a successful name in Chennai’s real estate business since he left the Telugu cinema.Telugu film industry expressed its shock over the sad demise of yesteryear film star Shobhan Babu.Speaking to the media, film star Krishna, who is a contemporary to Shobhan Babu, said that he has got the feeling of losing his brother. "We acted together on stage before entering into the cinema field. We are good friends even before our entry into the fi

Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Super Skank WednesdayWelcome to Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows: Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, I Love New York (or whatever show Tiffany Pollard is making next), The Surreal Life, and...

Well, they wrote the obits - but Ron Dennis refused to die. Today he reportedly told staff at McLaren's Woking HQ that he was going nowhere.

Obituary: Who killed Mr. HD DVD?Mr HD DVD had been murdered! So who's the culprit? There are several high-profile suspects involved! And do expect some surprises as we unravel this case! We had flied in some of the experts from CSI.The father of late Mr. HD DVD was utterly sad with the his son's death. He even held a press conference urging the authorities to take immediate action. HD DVD'S father who is the preseident of Toshiba, Atsutoshi Nishida Said, "Return my son! Return it back to me! I'll get you! I won't let my my son's murderer escape!"After much deliberations and scrutinising from our experts, they finally managed to rope in a few highly possible accused! And here are the list:1. Play Station 32. Sony Pictures3. Walt Disney4. Twentieth Century Fox5. Warner Box6. ToshibaOne of th

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged the US on Monday to make good on its promise to work for a Middle East peace settlement by the end of the year, warning that there would not be any future chances. Mahmoud Abbas realizes that his own future is short lived. Despite the recent setback with the human chain, Hamas still rules the "palestinians" and is expanding. The "palestinians"

  There was a rumor going around that Adomo, one of the newest players to the UM market, has just shut its doors. The folks at Adomo called me put to rest these rumors and to say that they are indeed still in business but are restructuring the business from the sales and marketing end, and [...]

Star Wars Saga Demise Of General Grievous Action Figure (Toy)By Hasbro Buy new: $14.9915 utilised and new from $8.62 First tagged “star wars” by Jacky Tindall Customer tags: star wars General Grievous Demise of Grievous comes with collectors conserving case. Technorati Tags: star wars

The Demise of the Art Critic Prior to the in the late 19th century, before the emergence of modernism, when skill, technical prowess and accuracy were the factors used to determine how good a painting was, the role of the art critic was quite clearly defined because of the clearly defined factors and principles that were used to determine whether an artwork was good or not . Now that artists are producing such a wide variety of works that no longer conform to any sort of clearly defined or universally accepted standards, guidelines or conventions, the role and purpose of the art critic has come into question. Artistic trends and movements are coming and going quicker than ever and artists are constantly experimenting with new mediums and different techniques in order to achieve vastly different goals and results which has resulted in the task of properly critiquing most artworks almost impossible. The aesthetics of an artwork continue to play a less and less important role in defining

Film and televisions writers are tentatively back to bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, resuming talks the Monday after Thanksgiving. Also, CBS news writers, graphic designers, and other staffers have voted to authorize a strike, which may or may not happen, depending on the outcome of the WGA’s resumed talks. In other words, your TV should still be off. While all eyes are on Darfur, the UN has reported that there is a more grave humanitarian crisis in Somalia. The region between Mogadishu and the market town of Afgooye is filled with refugees from the fighting between the interim government and Islamists. It has less aid workers and is getting much less money than the Darfur region, while being bloodier and more dire. Certainly shows that crises like the one in Darfur are not isolated problems. The JFA Institute has released a report outlining the rise of the prison population since 1970 in the US. It seems that, while prison populatio

"Fucked Company is a website created by Philip J. Kaplan as a "dot-com dead pool" which reports dot-com or technological companies having serious or embarrassing problems. The web site also sells rumor listings to subscribers. The site's name is a parody of Fast Company, a magazine that began covering technology companies during the Internet dot-com...

A friend sent this to me today. Very funny. Rothfamilyadventures.com

The Asiatic elephant is in serious trouble.The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates wild populations which are scattered throughout India, Nepal, Indonesia, China and a few other countries is between 25,600 to 32,750 individuals. That represents a stark decline over the last few decades and the results of habitat loss due to increased agriculture and related shootings as well as some ivory poaching.Perhaps the single great obstacle facing Asiatic elephant recovery however  is a lack of publicity.You're probably thinking, "I've seen tons of television programs and articles on the decline of elephants. They get all kinds of publicity." Well, you're partially right.African elephants are the darlings of the wildlife conservation world and dominate nearly all news coverage pachyderms receiv

14 Aug 2007 (News in Science) - Still more Angkor stories buzzing in the news, and I expect to be posting a few more similar stories today. This story focuses on the fall of Angkor and the failed water management system thesis. Angkor engineered its own demise Dani Cooper An international team of archaeologists has used radar technology to confirm the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat was surrounded by the pre-industrial world’s most extensive urban sprawl. In today’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that NASA radar technology has helped reveal an ancient city, hidden beneath tropical vegetation. The city has an area of almost 1000 square kilometres and is linked by a tightly integrated network of roads and water channels. The study provides the “definitive map” of the Greater Angkor region, the researchers say. And they say it helps support theories proposed by French archaeologist Bernard-Philippe Groslier in the 1950s, who

>> SURGEONS OF DEMISE <<Black death metal. Band emergente del VerbanoCusioOssolaVincitori del concorso "Perle ai Porci" di Casale Corte Cerro (V. >> Black Moon Rising <<Black death trash metal. Band anch'essa del VCO. E' un video di qualche anno fa. Il gruppo ormai è sciolto..chissà se torneranno ancora insieme a suonare..Ci tengo particolarmente a questo video. E' la mia canzone preferita! E tra loro c'è il mio  "metallaro" in azione! Indovinate chi è!  BACIO

Speaking in an encore presentation to last Fridays Sermon from Iran, Provisional Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said the direction of the nation under the leadership of the Supreme Leader is keeping within the guidelines as expressed by the late Imam Rouhollah oussavi Khomeini. During the Friday Sermon, one of an seemingly endless parade of ceremonies marking the “18th Demise Anniversary of Khomeini;” he said: “in revival of Mohamedan Islam in the world, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution is emphasizing on the need to abide by the authentic version of Islam, particularly the teaching of the glorious Quran and the Tradition of the Holy Prophet of Islam in a bid to strengthen the foundations of Islamic unity." This is the continuing refrain these days, which refers to Iran as the leader in unifying all of Islam in the world. The Friday Prayer leader also spoke of the U.S’ intent regarding Iranian nuclear capabilities is “agai

Yes, these are the same people that the 9/11 commission wants us to talk to about Iraq. The one's that are arming the terrorists and want to destroy Israel. I know I said it before, but it looks like we...

    The victory of Mayawati in UP elections of 2007 is historical because it heralds the transfer of real political power to Dalits from patronising politicians who have pretended for decades to be their benefactors and friends, without ever giving them an equal seat at their table of power and social dominance. More significantly, the results signal the accelerating and almost complete marginalization of the Congress party in the state. The decline of the Congress actually started three decades back, when Mrs Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency, preceded by the hollow 'Garibi Hatao' slogan, which enriched corrupt bureaucrats and politicians through the all-pervasive 'Licence-permit Raj' and enraged the common man, whose life became worse. After her rout in 1977, Indira Gandhi would never have come back to power had the ill-conceived Shah Commission not allowed her to project herself as a wronged angel. Again, after another four almost disastrous years

This post is another loopy product from Ms. Place's mind, so once again, bear with me.I can't wait for a fresh installment of Shear Genius tonight. Tabatha made the show truly exciting, but she was booted off for taking her eye off the top prize and getting sidetracked by a small gnome named Tyson. Never mind. I'm hooked. And I shall watch Shear Genius until the bitter end. (Click here for my Tabatha quiz on Bravissimo.)I love popular culture and find that crud t.v. is good for the soul. Truth is, I love trad as well (a new word I learned from a tweenie. It's short for traditional.) In regard to trad, I must finish Kite Runner by Khaled Hoisseini for book club tomorrow.Run, don't walk to your nearest Amazon.com or library and read this 2004 novel. I rarely gush over popular literature, but this book is guaranteed to please and teach at the same time. It is worth every penny I spent and I haven't even finished the darned thing yet!I bought Kite Runner at Barnes & Noble about a yea

There has been a lot of talk over what Britney could possibly do next to prove herself a complete and total disaster. My bet was safely cast on her becoming impregnated by Ron Birkhead and then marrying Howard Stern. Not the ex-lover of Anna Nicole, that’s way too obvious and as proved by shaving her head, Brit likes to keep fans on their toes. Instead she will marry the gross-out King of Sirius radio himself and they will star together on their own reality show “Chaotic Again” in which Stern smacks her ass with a raw fish for an hour.But no, Britney has once again done the unexpected. The story starts out all peaches-and-cream: She went to church after getting out of rehab. Awe, how nice. Isn’t it sweet that she is now a god fearing ex-drug addict and sinner along with being an ex-pop star? But wait just one second-a soul is not saved by merely donning panties. The story continues with her body guard almost shooting a photographer. How fucking sweet, huh?On a serious note thou

Cecilia Samartin LOS ANGELES, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- With recent comments from U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte that ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's days "seem to be numbered," and discussion in congress of opening travel to Havana, interest in pre-Communist Cuba and Cuban Diaspora issues have caused unprecedented interest in books about Cuba and Cuban Americans. Indeed, a quick Internet search will find an extraordinary 65,396 books currently available about Cuba. The best among them may be the new historical novel, Broken Paradise (ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-8779-1), by Cecilia Samartin. Broken Paradise takes an uncompromising and compassionate look at how politics can divide friends and families. Rooted in the author's actual experience, it is an insider's view of a culture that is fading with her parents' generation. In the absence of institutional memory, this work is an achievement that captures the heart of a culture that history books simply do

The rain poured heavily as his peers, family members and fellow comrades weep on. The rain couldn't have come at a better time. Indeed, I believe, somewhere in Heaven, sadness prevails over the lost of a good man.He is a hardworking soldier, always striving to learn more and do more.As all his fellow comrades salute him with utmost respect for the last time, the rain got heavier. His fellow soldiers fired 3 rounds of fire. The national flag was folded and presented to his family member.Singapore lost a great soldier. The unit lost an asset. The platoon lost a friend.As the furnace is turned on, there were shouts of grief.Up till this point do I find it a reality.

It's fruit-basket-turnover in our house this week as we turn Corrie's nursery into a "big girl room", and the boys (not wanting to miss out on the action) have decided this is the week to rearrange their rooms as well.  And I, being in a winter rut and therefore eager for any excuse to rearrange furniture, have agreed.  So our upstairs is a disaster:  mattresses in the halls, toys pushed up against the walls, hang-up clothes stacked on beds...lovely.  If I can find my way back to the computer on Monday, I'll resume normal posting then.  Until then...another day, another post from the archives.  The following was originally posted on February 27, 2006. My four-year-old son Joseph received a lady bug farm for Christmas this year.  The day after Christmas we mailed in his certificate for the ladybugs that would fill it up, and he eagerly checked the mailbox every day.  A couple of weeks later, a bulky package arrived bearing a huge s

Steve Rubel on Micro Persuasion says “page view metrics have four years to live”. Here is what he says —”Underneath the Internet advertising economy is a key metric that... This is a content summany only. Please visit Dee's-Planet! Blog for full contents, links and more....

Based on consistent results I think Buy & Hold should be renamed Buy, Hold & Bye-Bye. It sounded great for a while, especially for the huge majority of investors who don't have the time or interest in really doing due diligence on investments. Investing, for some, might be just a hobby, but it can sure be an expensive one. Yet, if you're like many of us, you know there are opportunities for

It's seems that reports of the Bull Market's demise have been greatly exaggerated... at least in the Blogosphere. I showed you the chart of the number of occurrences of the phrase "Bull Market" in Blogs courtesy of Blogpulse. It got even more interesting yesterday, because there were ZERO occurrences of the phrase "bull market", the last time we saw zero occurrences of this phrase was on August

I now have a rather cumbersome paperweight. I haven't been able to function normally as my computers hard disk crashed about a week ago…I was happily watching a justice league DVD when the machine froze, restarted and then claimed that I needed to "INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY” So after about 45 minutes of desperately trying to get it work I came to the conclusion that my precious 4 year

So Anna Nicole Smith is dead.Um, I don't really have or want anything to say about this, considering she was a person neither deserving of particular concern or disgust, so just a quick question:Was she a trainwreck enough to merit a preemptive obituary graphic? CNN got this one up on their page less than a half hour after she was announced deceased.Call me curious.powered by performancing

By now, you are probably wondering what happened with the pink things. Well, about a day after the Tall One took the first two away while she was cleaning the cage, another pink thing appeared. This time, though, neither Miss Prissy nor I felt like sitting on it. I didn't, because I'd tried it a couple of times and it was very boring. Miss Prissy kind of surprised me, though, because she usually acts like the pink things are the most important things in the world. Maybe it's because the cage looks different, or because the heat in the apartment has been fluctuating due to the cold, cold weather outside, but when it comes down to it, I don't really care. The thing is just at the bottom of the cage, Miss Prissy, the Tall One, and I all ignore it, and no new ones have appeared. I hope this is it for a while where pink things are concerned.

The Hidden Tree on the eve of its demise Back in 2005, the demise of the Hidden Tree marked the end of South Bar Street in Sanlitun. Most of the other bars and restaurants had either found a new home in North Sanlitun, or had just quietly faded away. ...

{mosgoogle right}Slacks are slowly becoming part of schoolgirl uniforms throughout the country, with a Sapporo junior high school's decision earlier this year to make them compulsory threatening to end the hegemony of the hem.Slacks replaced skirts as girls' compulsory garb at the Sapporo Municipal Minamigaoka Junior High School from spring this year, although pupils will be able to wear skirts fo