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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
 ...in a further growth of greenhouse gases emissions, i.e. an 11% growth from 2002 to 2012. Previous decade showed an 11.6% growth (data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency).
It is worth mentioning that the United States Climate Action Report has also contained information on other environmental issues, such as an atmospheric buildup of harmful gases resulting in temperature and precipitation changes, which l... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
 ...uring the last several decades in the United States and some other countries. Stahlhut stated that phthalates should definitely be in the list of chemicals that require a careful study.
It is worth mentioning that phthalates have been actively used for more than half a century. However, only now did scientist start thinking about the possible health problems to which the chemical might lead. Studies made on animals show... |
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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
 ... the F.D.A., said that the cause for all these effects could be alcohol. And even thought the manufacturers mention the danger of taking a sleeping pills while consuming alcohol, Dr. Katz thinks this mentioning should be limited to the fact that "not a drop (of alcohol) is allowed".
Thus the F.D.A. is going to claim from the drugs manufacturers additional guides for the consumers, where all the risks of mixing a certain ... |
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One dollar salary for Google's founders |
 ... the company was strongly criticized after it entered the Chinese market and later the number one search engine ended up as the owner of YouTube, bought by the giant for $1,65 billion.
It is worth mentioning that in March of 2007 the owner of MTV, Viacom, announced a lawsuit against Google asking the company to pay $1 billion for "massive intentional copyright infringement."
By receiving their nominal salaries, Goog... |
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Microsoft once again pressed by EU over patents |
 ...inance on the world market continues for seven years. The European Commission asks the company to hand over its technical information on its operating system to the market competitors.
It is worth mentioning that the group was fined in 2004 almost half billion dollars for abusing its dominance in the work-group server market. In addition Microsoft was fined about $300,000 in 2006 for not taking into consideration the ... |
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A Bruce Lee biography movie to be filmed in China |
 ... famous actor and Kung Fu teacher.
The name of the movie is "The Legend of Bruce Lee" and its budget reaches $6.4 million. The shooting began in the southern province of Guangdong.
It is worth mentioning that Bruce Lee made 46 Kung Fu movies and helped Hong Kong in catching the world's attention. The Kung Fu icon died in 1973 when he was only 32 years old. At that time he was directing in Hong Kong "Game of Death",... |
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Palm to use Linux platform |
 ...s Mobile system.
Its new platform based on Linux operating system, according to the company's chief executive Ed Colligan, will be introduced to the product mix as "a new foundation." It is worth mentioning that Palm had been developing its platform for several years and in a way so its developments would no go public. Mr. Colligan mentioned that the new platform will upgrade Palm's software.
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Mysterious |
 ...issing and later were found hanged. On MySpace Stephanie Gestier and Jodie Gater were known to be members of the band called "bitchy". The message on the page said "RIP Jodie & Steph."
It is worth mentioning that both girls disappeared on April 15 and the police couldn't find their bodies until April 22. If taking into consideration the records of MySpace, the last time a change was made on the page was April 14, which... |
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Worms and Humans Are One Family |
 ...ond option is true.
One should not be confused and think that worms have the same brain as other animals have, because we speak of the origins of the nervous system, not its structure. It is worth mentioning that a worm's brain has absolutely nothing in common with the human's brain, as it is made of the so-called ganglion cells , which are positioned along their whole body and form a nervous chain. Additionally, the c... |
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Rich People Are Not Always Smart People |
 ...omical IQ score. Scientists were able to determine that some people with a below average level of intelligence had about the same amount of money as those having higher scores on IQ test. It is worth mentioning that the analysis took into consideration the same circumstances of both categories.
In addition some people, who are considered to be extremely intelligent, stated that they had financial difficulties. The auth... |
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Lawsuit to Target E-mail Harvesters and Spammers |
| ...ll generate the lists of spam-recipients. Spam is also sent automatically because the majority of junk e-mail passes through compromised personal computers in order to hide its source.
It is worth mentioning that in most cases, users that harvest e-mail addresses are not always people who send the spam. These Internet users are the ones that sell the lists of e-mails to known spam operators.
Project Honey Pot was a... |
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The Space Friendship is Over? |
| ...n the ISS. An agreement signed recently ensures that Russia will transport all American shipments to the ISS until 2011. As stated by Perminov the contract is about $1 billion worth.
It is worth mentioning that in 2004 President George W. Bush declared a U.S. national space program, which said that American astronauts should land on moon by 2020. However, Michael Griffin, the head of NASA, said that the moon was not ... |
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Apple to Become Greener |
| ... company is either ahead of or it will soon be ahead of most of its rivals in the field of consumer electronics.
One of the company's goals is to eliminate entirely the use of arsenic. It is worth mentioning that this chemical is used when manufacturing displays. Apple is also going to stop using in its products such chemicals as polyvinyl chloride and brominated flame retardants. This is to be done by the end of 2008.... |
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A Record Number of Attacks Using Projectiles Registered in Iraq |
 ...e connection with the Iran's leaders.
The Iranian leaders have denied all U.S. statements regarding the involvement of the Iranian government in supporting militant groups in Iraq.
It is worth mentioning that Iraqi fighters, though making their own lethal weapons, were not successful in attacks against U.S. Forces. The projectiles made in Iraq could not fully penetrate the armor.
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Further escalation in the Estonian - Russian relationship |
 ...nts are being organized since 1996.
Press services of Moscow city-hall declared that the citizen of the Russian Federation was beaten without being given any rational reason for this. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Sorokin is said to have had his ID, proving both his citizenship and his service. Despite these facts, he was beaten and brought to the police station while being unconscious.
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