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Current Events (31 Jul, 2008)
Lamborghini Sent for Oil Check from Qatar to London - a 6,500 Miles Trip

An Arab decided to send his £190,000 ($378,000) black and gold Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 (the same model Batman drove in "The Dark Night") for oil check from Qatar to London. ...
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//4 Aug 04, 2008 04:47 PM | posted by: Steve D

If you own a Lamborghini, you don't exactly take it to the garage on the corner for its service. Of course your going to want to get it serviced at the proper dealer. If that means flying it across the world, who can blame him. I'd do the same thing. Sadly I don't have one.

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//3 Aug 03, 2008 11:19 PM | posted by: Indo

Spent fuel anyone?

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//2 Aug 03, 2008 09:13 PM | posted by: Steve

Also just because he shipped his car doesn't mean there was a means of pollution, or even increased pollution.

Current Events (04 Sep, 2008)
China and Iraq Sign Strategic Oil Service Contract

The largest oil and gas company in Asia, China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a $3 billion 20-year service contract to develop and manage the oil field of Iraq's al Ahdab. ...
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Environment (08 Dec, 2008)
Exploitation of Oil Sands in Canada Could Kill 100 Millions of Birds

A lot of concerns have been raised over Canada's plan to continue exploiting the country's oil sands. According to a new report, the exploitation of Canada's oil sands could harm millions of migratory birds, mainly by damaging their habitat. ...
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Technology (17 Apr, 2007)
Robot to Help Neurosurgery

Surgery can take a huge step towards the future due to a new surgical robot system, developed at University of Calgary. ...
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//9 Nov 11, 2009 05:32 AM | posted by: danica

example x-ray

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//8 Feb 28, 2009 05:51 AM | posted by: Anna

Do you have a picture of it?

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//6 Feb 10, 2009 06:47 AM | posted by: joe

whaat da ...

Politics (22 May, 2007)
Plastic Blood and Airplanes Shifting Shapes - Close to Reality?

The nature of plastic allows scientists to create a molecule similar to hemoglobin, the cells responsible for carrying oxygen. Plastic blood will provide a lot of advantages - it will be more painless to get, it will be easy to carry and store it. ...
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Politics (17 Dec, 2007)
Vladimir Putin - one of the wealthiest man in the world?

Russian political analyst claims that Valdimir Putin could be the richest men in Europe and one of the richest the world. ...
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//3 Oct 02, 2008 05:47 AM | posted by: sharaeff [InfoBIG]

Politics is always about money. At least Putin was one of those presidents who managed not only to make money but at the same develop his country.

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//2 May 22, 2008 07:46 AM | posted by: Jason

Name of richest man in 2008

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//1 Dec 22, 2007 07:50 PM | posted by: Rohit

Woah, seriously messed up! I hope he didn't use his position as president to achieve his wealth if these numbers are true.

Politics (29 Feb, 2008)
War in Iraq led to six trillion dollars loss

War in Iraq cost six trillion dollars resulting in enormous loss for the world , experts say. ...
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//1 Apr 15, 2008 06:00 AM | posted by: snsuresh [InfoTOT]

why don't these muslim countries stop protesting and concentrate in growth?

Current Events (15 Apr, 2008)
Global Food Crisis to Make 100 Million People Starve

Rising food prices have caused rebellions in some developing countries and are likely to push more than 100 million people worldwide into deep poverty, according to World Bank President Robert Zoellick. ...
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//5 Nov 20, 2008 04:06 PM | posted by: Big Bang

it would be better for everyone to stop eating meat anyway so instead of eating meat we could use eggs for protein although i am very sad to admit this because i just love love loooovee to eat meat. ^_^
also think of all the childeren who are dying because they dont have enough to buy food. look at us i mean like were suffering from obesity!!!!
The US is suffering from obesity because were so lazy now that we machines to do the work for us. But the people in those countries are starving to death and they work by hand. i mean like were getting fatter by the minute and the other countries are starving how lame is that i feel greedy and guilty. i just hate that feeling. anyway so likee yeah

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//4 Apr 22, 2008 06:06 PM | posted by: Unknown

If we stopped eating meat, there would be a lot more grain and land for farming. The amount of grain it takes to make one pound of beef could feed 40 people. It's time to stop averting the "annoying vegetarian argument" and face the facts: eating meat deprives others of valueable food.

Think about it. Is your burger really worth it?

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//3 Apr 21, 2008 08:00 PM | posted by: Jerry Scovel

Food, energy and water are the only wealth that matters, until this simple fact is
widely accepted there can be no solution to the food crisis. It is my contention that
the governments will never take a logical approach to the food crisis because it is
unprofitable (the poor have a negative value to them) and the corporations will not
allow it. Any solution will have to come from the billions of people worldwide that
are not members of the elite.

The problem is atmospheric carbon, the solution is water, some places have
too much and others too little. If we pump the water from areas that have
too much water to the arid regions for irrigation we could actually lower
the concentration of atmospheric carbon. I offer as proof the NOAA CO2 chart
 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/carbonlevels/  the chart clearly shows
that CO2 levels drop by 6 ppm every northern hemisphere summer. I attribute
this to the fact that more vegetation is growing during the northern
hemisphere summer. At the rate of 6 ppm per year it would take about 18
years to reach the carbon level set in 1750 AD, after that a certain amount
of carbon would have to be added to the atmosphere to keep the carbon level
at that point. If carbon were allowed to drop below a set limit it would
trigger an ice age.

Cheap rafts made from waste plastic bottles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Island  could collect rainfall from the
oceans and produce energy at the same time. There are millions of square
miles of arid land (expanding daily) that could be used to grow vegetation
if only enough pure water were made available, the rafts could supply all
the water needed. Since the rafts would cover millions of square miles of
ocean they would lower the water temperature and provide a breeding
sanctuary from overfishing.

The reclaimed desert areas would provide small farms for refugees and the
homeless. Since the islands can be made at almost no cost using simple hand
tools there would be jobs for billions of third world workers and ensuring
that they have good food, clean water and adequate housing. If the rich
nations do not want to give up their lifestyle then they had better take
notice of the world around them and fix the problem.

Current Events (21 Apr, 2008)
An eighth-grader boy charged of felony wanton endangerment

An eighth-grader from Morton Middle School is accused in putting crumbled cookies, made of peanut butter, into the lunch box of another eight-grader, suffering from severe peanuts allergy. ...
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//2 May 09, 2008 11:47 AM | posted by: shehalabala

that suckz

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//1 May 06, 2008 12:27 PM | posted by: angie crawford

god blass

Science (11 Nov, 2009)
Useful Invention from US Researchers - Spray-on Solar Ink

Brian Korgel at the University of Texas is working on probably one of the most useful inventions - a spray-on solar ink that could become a much less expensive development compared to the already popular silicon panels. ...
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Politics (29 Jul, 2008)
President Bush to Hand Over the Highest Budget Deficit of $482 Billion

President Bush leaves the highest ever record budget deficit in the history that has reached $482 billion, according to the latest budget report. ...
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Science (20 Oct, 2009)
Dinosaurs Wiped Out After a 40Km Wide Meteor Hit the Earth

It is possible that the extinction of dinosaurs was the result of a huge 25 mile (40.23km) wide meteor that hit the Earth. ...
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Technology (21 Aug, 2008)
US Loses the Race for Japan's Biggest Customer to China

The United States is no longer the biggest customer of Japan as People's Republic of China pushes forward to increase imports from Japan. According to Japan's Finance Ministry the country's exports rose 16.8pc in July, while exports from the United States fell down to 11.5pc. ...
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Technology (29 Sep, 2008)
Saudi Arabia to Become One of the Top Supercomputing Powers

The government of Saudi Arabia is purchasing a hectoteraflopping megacomputer, called Shaheen, for the country's newly founded King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). ...
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//2 Sep 29, 2008 06:48 PM | posted by: skeptic

I doubt it- Saudi Arabia is still the same place with the same people and the same ignorance- you can't buy innovation. Oh Saudi Arabia! Where are you world class writers, films, cars, airplanes or industry of any sort? Your only gift to humanity is religious extremism with an export of hate and oil.

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//1 Sep 29, 2008 05:56 PM | posted by: Nick

I think some of your numbers are off by a couple magnitudes. Hectoteraflops (100 trillion FLOPS) are large but not near the power of Roadrunner (many petaflops). And then exaflops are ten thousand times more than hectoteraflops (not to mention way faster than Roadrunner), which is not a feasible upgrade for a supercomputer without a lot more space.

Science (04 Nov, 2008)
Diesel Generated from Fungus

Scientists recently discovered a fungus able to transform plant waste into diesel, which would allow people to produce biofuel without the need to sacrifice food production. ...
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//2 Jan 05, 2009 07:51 PM | posted by: Saurjya

this is a very good discovery and I am doing this discovery on my current events at my school.

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//1 Nov 09, 2008 06:08 AM | posted by: Aldrin

very nice discovery of the scientist that may help us on the future...!