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You finally pick out the HDTV you've been saving for and just before you hand over the credit card at the store, the salesperson says you ought to purchase the extended warranty to protect your investment. What's that? You don't want to spend an extra $200 for a "product service plan" on top of a $1,500 television? Should you? "No," says Melissa Valentino from Consumer Reports,...

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(CNN) -- A cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya was freed Monday after one day under siege, and the German-based Beluga Shipping company said its crew of 16 was unharmed. The pirates were thwarted after the crew of the MV Beluga Fortune locked themselves in a panic room and switched off the main engine, cut off the fuel supply, blocked the bridge and reported the Indian Ocean attack to military...

Every October, people can’t resist the pull of the pumpkin. Carvers go to work on their hand-picked gourds, eager to transform them into something spectacularly scary, or just plain spectacular. Of course, in this life, there are pumpkin carvers and there are pumpkin carvers. And if pumpkin-carving were to become an Olympic event, Ray Villafane would be a contender for a gold medal. The sculptor’s...

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Link: Stress A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,raised a glass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of water?'Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.It depends on how long you try to hold it.If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem..If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.If...

Ask the Legends: Brett Wilson The Saskatchewan-born “capitalist with a heart” speaks with PROFIT editor Ian Portsmouth philanthropy, networking and raising the profile of Canadian entrepreneurship. By Ian Portsmouth, October 12, 2010 ...

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Ask the Legends: Kevin O'Leary By Ian Portsmouth, September 10, 2010 Kevin O'Leary, 56 Career highlightsLives much of his childhood in developing nations due to his stepfather’s job with...

This is why PETA usually protests women wearing fur rather than bikers wearing leather. Sounds to me like the old saying, "you mess with the bull, and you get the horns". Gee, I guess these characters thought that Bikers were going to be politically correct like the rest of the wimpy world. HERE'S HOW POLICE FOUND ONE OF THEM.Johnstown, PA (GlossyNews) - Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural ...

When TV did not exist this was the Churches communication media..commissioned painters, sculptures who created art that displayed a message to the masses.The Seven Acts of Mercy 1. Bury the dead; In the background two men carry a dead man you can sees his feet 2 & 3. Visit the imprisoned & Feed the hungry; On the left a daughter visits her imprisoned father and gives him milk from her bosom. 4. Shelter the...

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Ed and Donna at my wifes 50th BdayRecently I lost a friend named Ed Mielczarek to Cancer at age 64. He never even had a chance to retire and was working hard when he learned of his health crisis with Cancer which claimed him less then 1 year later.But he lives on in everyone who remembers him. So I wanted to say that Ed was a good friend.We travelled to New Orleans the year before Katrina with Ed and his wife Donna...

Meet 2 of my favorite furry"wet weather friends"I adopted them in the rain ...Meet FearlessAnd The BeaverA Game Of Peanuts In Shells!We had a little contest to see which one would come back for the last peanut in the rain Tuesday .Fearless won this little contest. Hey life is a game of nuts!And so I enter it into Survival Journals as a lesson for us allRain Or Shine, Prepare for the inevitable winter periods in our...

Robbin Williams And Doc Ellis StoryDock Phillip Ellis, Jr. (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates and was the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game. However, he is perhaps best remembered for throwing a no-hitter in 1970...

Before you start using aerosol hairspray, let’s try and figure out if anyone can actually live on Gliese 581g. Here’s the first problem with the new, potentially habitable Earth-like planet just discovered by astronomers. The name. No one’s going to schlep all their stuff to a place called Gliese 581g. Before that sinks in, we need to change the name to something catchier – like “Mars.” Gliese 581g is about...

September 29, 2010 $12.5M lottery prize theft leads to 3 arrests By CBC NewsCBC News Three family members in the Toronto area have been charged in the theft of a $12.5-million lottery prize, while police seek the rightful owner of the Lotto Super 7 ticket bought in 2003. Three family members in the Toronto area have been charged in the theft of a $12.5-million lottery prize, while police seek ...

guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 18.15 GMT Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists Hundreds of emails and documents exchanged between world's leading climate scientists stolen by hackers and leaked online Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world's leading climate scientists during the...