A lot of rare Chinese coins and banknotes will be presented at Champion Galleries sale, which will take place at Holiday Inn Golden Mile in Kowloon, Hong Kong, on June 22. The information was provided by Champion Galleries President, Michael Chou. It is worth mentioning that Holiday Inn Golden Mile in Kowloon is the place where major numismatics auctions take place for over 25 years.

Rare Chinese Coins at Champion Galleries Sale

According to the report made by the U.S. health foundation, people living in the United States are left far behind other industrialized nations in terms of preventable deaths. The foundation's report is available in the January/February issue of the journal entitled Health Affairs.

U.S. is the Worst In Terms of Preventable Deaths

Those who look forward to visit Whitman's Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, which will be held on June 6, will have the opportunity to take part in an interactive practical engraving class. Each hour the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will perform an interactive program for 6 to 8 participants. The program will feature the process of creating paper money.

People Can Make Their Own Money in Baltimore

Pentagon officials are voting for Gen. David H. Petraeus as the head of NATO. The opportunity of the top American commander of U.S. armies in Iraq to receive the high-level post for the period of the next administration, raised worries regarding the practice of rotating war commanders.

Top Iraq General to Become the Head of NATO

A survey conducted recently showed 151,000 deaths of Iraqis. The deaths took place during the three years of violence and the invasion of the U.S. troops in the country. According to the statistics nine out of ten deaths were the consequences of the military operations performed by the U.S. troops, insurgent attacks and sectarian warfare.

Official Data on Violent Deaths among Civilians in Iraq is Lower

From the very beginning it is worth mentioning that the Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008 is a document that would change the combination of metals in pennies and nickels to steel. The main advantage of the Act is the saving of costs for producing the coins. It's quite interesting to observe the figures that illustrate the expenses of coin production. After analyzing the latest trends it's obvious that today metals used in coin production show instability. This includes such metals as: copper, zinc and nickel.

Comparison of Current and 2007 Costs for Producing Pennies and Nickels

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mentioned that he is going to sue the government of the United States because it does not grant a waiver that would permit California to enforce its own standards on emissions coming from motor vehicles.

U.S. Government vs. California on Granting Emissions Waiver

Hawaiian 500 BanknoteAn auction held in Rosemont, Illinois offered a very rare Hawaiian banknote, which has never been in circulation. It is a $500 banknote and it was to be printed and launched into circulation back in 1879. Today the Hawaiian 500 banknote exists as a set of proof printings on the front and back plates.

Extremely Rare Hawaiian $500 Banknote of 1879 Presented in Heritage's Central States Auction

Nikesh AroraAccording to Nikesh Arora, who holds the position of president Google for Europe, Middle East and Africa and vice president Google UK, the web economy is going to develop similar to print economy, which means that on-line visitors are going to pay for the content.

Google Says that People Will Pay for Online Content

Copy, PasteA Japanese scientist claims he was able to develop computer software that can electronically identify whether an academic paper featured passages that were copied and pasted from the Internet.

Software to Identify Copying from Internet