tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88304301128953698732012-02-10T14:14:42.860-05:00Little news bytes or bites to fill you in on what's new and hot.Milton Drepaulhttps://profiles.google.com/116705574278871439192noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830430112895369873.post-32480478910699554372008-08-13T14:11:00.000-05:002008-08-13T14:13:23.988-05:00

Announcing the new Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device, otherwise known as the BOOK. It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere -- even sitting in an armchair by the fire -- yet it

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Long & McQuade and CHILLacts are thrilled to present this free Djembe and Steel Pan Drumming workshop with master Afro-Caribbean drummer, Kenton Wyatt.Kenton has performed and taught all forms of music and rhythm throughout the Caribbean, and will be traveling to Vancouver Island with steel pans and djembe drums for performances, demonstrations, Ashanti Storytelling, drum jams, and

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The Guyanese poet Cyril Dabydeen's novel, Drums of My Flesh, has been shortlisted for the very prestigious prize, the Impac Dublin Literary Prize. The winner gets 100,000 in Irish Pounds. The critics are saying this novel enriches the Guyanese canon.The novel is mainly about a Guyanese father worrying about bringing up his daughter in Canada, and the poetic language is full of Guyanese imagery,

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(BANG) - Jessica Simpson stunned guests at a Rome hotel by romping noisily with her lover John Mayer, it has been claimed. The 'Employee of the Month' actress was seen having dinner with the American musician in the romantic Italian city before heading back to the exclusive luxury Hotel de Russie. When they got back to their room the couple's energetic bedroom antics could reportedly be heard

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This Reuters news story is about a resolution of a dispute over oil and gas resources.CARACAS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed that nearly 75 percent of the natural gas in the Loran field straddling their maritime border belongs to Venezuela, that nation's authorities said on Saturday.The two countries agreed in 2003 to negotiate the carving up of offshore gas

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Celebrated Pan Master Kenton Wyatt played musical interludes for Brampton's Black History Month's Celebrations.This was Kenton's first public performance since migrating to Canada after spending several years developing pan music,drama ans story telling in the Turks and Caicos Islands.View a bit of his performance on YouTubeVisit Kenton's website:http://www.kentonwyatt.com

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Keira Knightley gives viewers a good look at her breasts in a few scenes in her new movie 'Silk'.(BANG) - Keira Knightley strips for her new film - only to have her breasts belittled.The 21-year-old star gets naked in new movie 'Silk' but her character's husband says her breasts are "small" and "like a child's".A source said: "For all the people excited to see Keira, yes, you do see her topless."

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Scooter Libby's defense that he was a scapegoat is at odds with the White House's previous assertion that he had played no role in leaking Valerie Plame's identity as a secret CIA operative.Scooter's defense was given a serious blow on Thursday when jurors viewed a 2003 videotape of Scott Mc Clellan, then White House spokesperson, emphatically telling the press that Libby was not the source of

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Gen. Casey -- responsible for Iraq war strategy was severely grilled by US senators including leading Republicans. He defended the current strategy and expressed doubt on adding troops.Here is a quote from an article by Julian E. Barnes in The LA TimesSport Nutrition "The U.S. general responsible for the Army's Iraq war strategy for the last two years was berated by leading Senate critics

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LCD TV sets appear to be winning the battle for the pockets of consumers in the US. Research Company DisplaySearch reported that shipments of plasma panels rose only 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006 over the same period the year before . They actually declined 4 percent from the third quarter of 2006. It was the first quarter that plasma panel shipments grew less than 47 percent on a

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Yahoo is using its knowledge of how the internet is used to drive traffic to specially created websites of its own built to promote the 100 hottest entertainment brands. The effort aims to leverage the popularity of franchises such as Nintendo Co.'s Wii video game console or NBC's sitcom "The Office" to draw fans to Yahoo's stable of sites. The company hopes advertisers will follow the fans

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A new report in the Toronto News quotes Senator Hilary Clinton as accusing President Bush on trying to pass Iraq problems on to the new president.Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., described the actions of President Bush in Iraq as "the height of irresponsibility" and accused him of trying to pass the problems in Iraq on to the next American president."The president has said this is going to

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A savvy entrepreneur in Rome has seen a window of opportunity in romantic Italy. He has opened a park where passionate couples can romp freely.Many young couples in Italy find it hard to be intimate as the high cost of living drives them to live at home with their parents for a longer time. As a result during the years of courtship there is a dearth of places where couples can be intimate.So

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One of the last RCMP officers to interview Robert Pickton will be questioned when the murder trial resumes in New Westminster, B.C. today.Jurors heard Pickton tell police he got "sloppy" cleaning up, near the end of an 11-hour interrogation as police grilled him about DNA and body parts found on his farm.Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, B.C. made another apparent admission about nine

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Some news stories never die. They come back to haunt us in another form. Remember the 2005 story of Jennifer Willbanks --The Runaway Bride? Well someone has turned it into a rock opera. Read the AP story.25/01/2007 9:32:00 AM DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - The story of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is on its way to a theater in the form of a rock opera.The show is scheduled to open in October at the Red

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Emotional Freedom: Communication is a Key Part of Leadership

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If you feel something crawling on your neck, it might be a wasp or a bee. Or it might be something much more dangerous.Israel is developing a robot the size of a hornet to attack terrorists. And although the prototype will not fly for three years, killer Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, are much closer than that.British Special Forces already use 6-inch MAV aircraft called WASPs for reconnaissance in

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Pleo - billed as the world's first "designer life form", is a robot with appealing long-lashed eyes.It has been created by the co-inventor of the Furby, Caleb Chung. The hi-tech toy is a hot favorite to be the biggest toy sensation of 2007.In just three hours this one-week old "camarasaurus" cub moves through three different stages, becoming a juvenile and then an adolescent. Its selling point is

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Shares of online marketplace have jumped 12 per cent after it announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings.EBay reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations on an apparent stabilisation of growth for its auctions business, as well as strength in international markets such as Germany and Britain.Some analysts also cited the company's 2007 earnings view,

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Announcing a new novel by former LilianDewar College Malcolm Alves.Previewing and purchasing is but a click away atwww.unitedstatesofthewestindies.com

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This is an interesting article in the new York Times about the record industry giving in to the power of the internet and allowing MP3 downloads with no copying restrictions in 1-2 years time. By VICTORIA SHANNON CANNES, France, Jan. 22 — As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing

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There are little bits of news here and there indicating the power shift from the Americas to Asia. Here is one about India's space program coming on the heels of the news that China recently destroyed one of its aging satellites with a missile strike rom earth.Milton January 22, 2007 - 11:24PM India's space agency said on Monday an orbiting capsule successfully returned to Earth,

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The public have been barred from tonight's Celebrity Big Brother eviction, it was announced today.The move follows fears that Jade Goody could be attacked by a hostile crowd following her alleged racist bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.A spokesman for Applause Store, the company which handles ticket allocation, said: "Due to the controversy and heightened feelings surrounding the evictees

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"Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. "--Mohammed AliDedicated to the England Test cricket team which recently lost 5-0 to Australia.Happy 65 th

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The world's largest Comsumer electronic Show is over and the buzz about the new electronic items is beginning to flow over the web.One of the bits of news that caught my eye was Sony's new OLED screens. OLED is an acronym for organic LED.This is a special type of light emitting diode (LED) that is so bright it does not need a backlight. It also has amazingly low power needs.Sony showed off two

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What if… you could really understand the quantum physics of manifesting? If you could become part of the absolute force that exists in this universe, that allows us to create and become what we really want… and totally understand the science and physics of it…What if… you could grasp it in such a way that your belief in your ability to manifest becomes unshakable… what would you create?Who would

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It has been revealed that Wikipedia is about to launch a new wiki site called Wikileaks. The site aims to put out leaked documents. According to their site they have over one million documents leaked from governments and corporations worldwide.People have discovered the new site after a posting of a document on Somalia.One wonders where this will lead. A user editable site like The Smoking Gun

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I got this story from the BBC news website.I, for one, am truly grateful to Mr. Ando. I am a great lover of instant noodles. All students and single people owe billions of meals to this man.May his soul rest in peace and from now on when I have a bowl of instant noodles I will bless him.The inventor of instant noodles, Momofuku Ando, has died in Japan, aged 96, of a heart attack. Mr Ando was

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Frappr! is the Web's best community mapper. They help turn your ordinary Web pages into interactive, fun and engaging destinations. Frappr! was launched in 2005 by Kun, James and Brian, three friends from UC Berkeley and USC who wanted to keep track of their friends' whereabouts after college. More than 2 million Frappr! Maps have been created so far, and the number keeps growing every day.What

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HAPPEN is a member-based networking organization helping managers and professionals make an easier transition into new employment by offering access to the and job search tools and techniques.Starting on January 11th HAPPEN will hold regular Thursday morning networking sessions starting at 8:30 at the North York Memorial Hall (5110 Yonge St North York).

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A fund set up by the local government to enable college students have a start-up business is paying off with nearly a quarter of the firms reporting satisfactory financial results, according to the latest government data on the program.Thirty of the 132 firms that have completed business registration are breaking even or reporting profits. Full StoryHUD homes

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An 18 year old woman who did not have identity to prove her age was prevented from buying a box of Christmas crackers because the tiny amount of gunpowder is too explosive to sell to someone under 18.Sales assistants in W. H Smiths in Weymouth, Dorset refused to hand over the box of crackers to Hannah Thomas.A W. H. Smith's spokesperson said that they were only being responsible retailers

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These are some of the new hodiday gadgets Google has released today.- Christmas Tree by EK Chung and James Yum [USA] - Countdown to New Year by Teodor Filimon [Romania] - GX'mas Tree by Lahiru Lakmal Priyadarshana [Sri Lanka] - Christmas Frame by Bijoy Thangaraj [India] - Virtual Christmas Tree by Catalin Avram [Romania]Milton DrepaulHoliday at Marriott Falls Hotel

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Buying a house is something just about all Americans need to do in order to fulfill what is called the American dream. A person looking to buy a HUD home should start by going to the HUD web site and following the links to see what properties are available in his or her state or whatever area they looking to live. A person buying a HUD home may have bad credit and need a loan from the FHA, which

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Hey I got this from Google's BlogIt was posted by Posted by Dave Girouard, VP and General Manager, Google EnterpriseOur OneBox technology has been part of our Search Appliance product since last April and it's really taking off with our customers. We're constantly hearing about cool and interesting uses of the technology for integrating realtime data into enterprise search results, just like

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KishKish Lie Detector offers you a tool to detect the stress level of the person you talking with over Skype™.With the use of KishKish Lie Detector you can monitor in real-time the stress level of the person you talked with. This allows you to gage the level of stress and modify your questions in real time.You could also use our KishKish SAM VSA that allows you to record the call and analyze the

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