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Number One Tennis Player to Star in an "AIDS-Free Generation" Video Announcement |
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Topic: Current Events |
3:35 am EST, Nov 14, 2008 |
One of the most famous tennis players in the world and the number one player in the world rankings, Roger Federer, being the official UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, will play his major role in World AIDS Day public service announcement, the goal of which is to increase the awareness about HIV transmission from mother to child. Number One Tennis Player to Star in an "AIDS-Free Generation" Video Announcement |
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World's Biggest Gold Coin Registered in Guinness Book of Records |
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Topic: Current Events |
10:00 am EST, Nov 13, 2008 |
The Royal Canadian Mint was highly appreciated in the Guinness Book of Records for its innovative approach towards producing coinage products. The RCM created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, being made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records. Coin's face value is $1 million World's Biggest Gold Coin Registered in Guinness Book of Records |
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Data Protection Minister Uninformed about the Missing Information on 25M People |
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Topic: Current Events |
9:47 am EST, Nov 13, 2008 |
The amount of mistakes the British government created in order to protect personal information critically increased when Michael Wills, the data protection minister, revealed that he had been not informed about the disappearance of the disks with information that included personal data of 25 million people. It is worth reminding that Revenue & Customs lost the disks and Mr. Data Protection Minister Uninformed about the Missing Information on 25M People |
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The Wrong Inscription of U.S. Coins |
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Topic: Current Events |
8:36 am EST, Nov 13, 2008 |
One of the greatest American symbols - the American dollar, have been presented to the world with a new look. 300 million new George Washington dollar coins were recently struck. About 50,000 proved to be without the edge inscription "In God We Trust"without the edge inscription . People around the world are arguing whether it was made mistakenly or intentionally. New coins are even considered a disgrace to the country. The Wrong Inscription of U.S. Coins |
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Top of the Tops - the Top 10 Most Useful out of the Most Useless |
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Topic: Current Events |
8:25 am EST, Nov 13, 2008 |
Bringing together the top of the strangest, weirdest and useless gadgets I came up with an idea to create the top of gadgets that can one day come in handy. Although considered weird and of little use these gadgets will probably help you some day. If so, the producers of strange devices will most probably go public, hoping to get their piece of pie. Just in case: "top 10" isn't trendy anymore, that's why you're welcome to look through "the top 9". Top of the Tops - the Top 10 Most Useful out of the Most Useless |
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Sony Cuts Prices for a Better Cooperation with Game Designers |
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Topic: Current Events |
2:50 am EST, Nov 12, 2008 |
he Japanese giant Sony cut its prices for a software development kit, which designers use for creating Play Station 3 games, by half.This encouragement of Sony for its game designers follows the company's price cut last month on the console itself. Sony Cuts Prices for a Better Cooperation with Game Designers |
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The Errors of Jefferson $1 Coin Officially Certified |
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Topic: Current Events |
2:41 am EST, Nov 12, 2008 |
If a 3.5 percent of a damaged dollar was missing, would the coin be worth 96.5 cents? In case the coin has a clipped planchet error then its value would be much higher, and it would be worth more that a buck.Two 2007-D Thomas Jefferson dollar coins, which were issued recently, have been certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service. Both Jefferson dollar coins have almost the same location of their 3.5 percent semi-circular planchet The Errors of Jefferson $1 Coin Officially Certified |
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$2.2 Million for to Suppress Desires for Cocaine |
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Topic: Current Events |
5:01 am EST, Nov 11, 2008 |
A federal grant of $2.2 million was contributed to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy for creating therapeutics able to suppress the desires of cocaine addicts. The professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, Alan Kozikowski, leads a research team that will work on targeting a particular family of serotonin receptors found in the brain. $2.2 Million for to Suppress Desires for Cocaine |
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$10 Eagle Coin Purchased for $5 Million |
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Topic: Current Events |
4:55 am EST, Nov 11, 2008 |
A private collector bought a rare $10 gold coin, minted as a diplomatic gift for United States President Andrew Jackson when he was on his trade missions to Asia. The collector was brave enough to pay $5 million for the rare coin.Although being dated 1804, the Eagle coin was, in fact, struck later in 1834 at the Philadelphia Mint. It represents one of four specials coins that were able to survive till nowadays. $10 Eagle Coin Purchased for $5 Million |
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Google Update - Its Ups and Downs |
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Topic: Current Events |
7:44 am EST, Nov 10, 2008 |
The first thing to say is that Google has finally updated Page Rank. However, it is logically right to start from the very beginning. All webmasters know that Google Page Rank (PR) represents a value, from 0 to 10. The goal of this value is to estimate the sites' popularity. Google Update - Its Ups and Downs |
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