Investing in Nothing

This is a story about how one person can fool so many people into believing he has a product that he doesn’t actually have. In the case of Firepower, it was a pill that would reduce the emissions of petrol. And how so many people believed him.

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Top 5 Unique Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas For Your Boyfriend

It’s hard to meet someone that you really love and get along with. Some believe in unconditional love in which both love birds shown different ways to express their affection towards one another. When it’s near Valentine’s Day, most women find that it’s hard to find out what their male sweethearts really want. Basically, most men are not very particular on gifts and it’s important to find one that really (more. . .)

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Alex Jones Interrupts Peaceful Pro-Gun Rally

On Monday, January 25, a rally was held in Austin, Texas by Texans for Accountable Governments APD.  Designed to be a peaceful protest in favor of the 2nd Amendment and against the Austin police force’s cooperation with the attempt to illegally shut down private gun sales at guns shows in Austin, the rally featured a small group of gathered protesters, predetermined speakers, and some media coverage.
Enter radio show host/alternative (more. . .)

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Poltergeist star Zelda Rubinstein crosses over to the “Other Side”

“Cross over, children. All are welcome. All welcome, go into the light…there is peace and serenity in the light.” ~ Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons in Poltergeist

Actress Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her unforgettable role as psychic Tangina Barrons in the 1982 film Poltergeist, has passed away at the age of 76.  Her agent, Eric Stevens, told reporters that Rubinstein died Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital. He confirms (more. . .)

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Control

UK/USA/Australia/Japan | 2007 | Directed by Anton Corbijn

Logline: The story of Ian Curtis, the singer of seminal UK indie band Joy Division, whose personal and professional troubles lead to him committing suicide at age 23.
“When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low.
And resentment rides high, but emotions won’t grow.
And we’re changing our ways, taking different roads.â€

It was inevitable that a biopic would be made on the short (more. . .)

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Global Connections and Disconnected Communities

Social isolation, particularly among the elderly, is fast becoming a serious problem in many western societies and the problem isn’t necessarily related to geographic distance. In fact, some of the saddest examples of lonely lives and deaths have been found in some of our most built-up locations.

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Lesson From Michigan

Earlier this week, an email that had been forwarded until it finally reached my in-box in Alaska, merited posting; the message, well, it speaks for itself and follows.

Emergency Weather Bulletin
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after a severe snow storm …
The Mining Journal,Marquette, MI
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here in the Northern part of Michigan we (more. . .)

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Fandoms raise money for UNICEF

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Supernatural and X-files fans, here’s your chance to help make a difference! Misha Collins (a.k.a the angel Castiel in Supernatural) has set up a UNICEF page HERE to help raise money for Haiti.  They’ve already managed to raise over $22,000 for a great cause. Way to go Minions!
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Also, many of you know about the HoDDie project already–teddy bear travels the world raising money for UNICEF in honor (more. . .)

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Character and the Art of Personality

“Why are you writing about this topic,†you ask?
My answer is simple, “Because it matters in your life, your relationships and your careers.â€
“How is that tied to the Art of Personality,†you query?
We aren’t necessarily born with character or personality, both are learned and developed as we go through life; the sooner the better.  Usually the process starts within our family units, where acceptable behavior is rewarded and unacceptable (more. . .)

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EZ n Life

A guy that I know recently got a letter from his son, EZ,  it started out You Asked For It and he then began crying  and bemoaning his life;  he was a professed Christian and wanted to blame God for all of his troubles.  The sad part is that he is in his forties, lacks an education, he is aging, a heavy drinker and difficult to talk with because he has (more. . .)

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Silly Economic Theories

Unemployment figures and interest rates both reflect a government’s economic management capability and no matter what the story is out in the real world, it is the story that is on the front page of the daily newspapers that really counts.

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The Economics of Waste

The amount of food wasted globally is scandalous but our economies have really become dependent on over-consumption and that is where most of the problem lies.

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Happy Birthday Snape!

Today is the Harry Potter Professor’s 50th birthday, so Fandom Frosting and The Potions-Master Forum wants to wish Snape a very happy birthday! (Much to his dismay I’m sure.)
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Glaciers, Gi~normous Icecubes or What?

So, there I was setting at my computer with my ample bottom safely and happily ensconced in my sphere of power ruminating about something important when my neighbor beats the door down. “Hey,” guy talk for, ‘hey’; formalities aside, he asked me if I wanted to go to the Mendenhall glacier and take photos. There’s really nothing that I’d love to do more than to give up my comfortable lounge (more. . .)

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Cash Free Lives

When 26 year old Katherine Hibbert from the UK, a journalist, lost a job and found her rent was going up she headed for a life on the streets. The experience was a good, if not challenging one and led to a life she now enjoys and prefers.

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