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Bastrop Texas Wildfire
The Bastrop County Complex Fire has consumed more than 25,000 acres and destroyed an estimated 476 homes or structures since yesterday, Reuters reports. The Geomac imagery below shows how tenuous the situation is in and around Bastrop remains. The red circles in the image represents actively burning fire. Orange represents fire burned over the past [...]
The Circle of Life. Deal with it.
Me: So what did you learn in school today? Daughter: I learned snakes eat mice. Me: And so they do. Daughter: I got to see one do it. Me: Oh….did you watch a movie or something? Daughter: No, Randy brought his snake for show and tell. Me: Well, that’s delightful. So what, he brought in [...]
To Judgeship in Caribbean From Referee in Nassau
By Garrett Pelican For the Record Friday, August 19, 2011 4:20 PM EDT Nassau County will no longer accept plastics at its recycling facilities. County Manager Ted Selby said his instruction to department heads to trim budgets by 10 In case of evacuation, Nassau County has set up Nassau Community College, SUNY Farmingdale and Locust [...]
Aaliyah: Ten Years Later Deid In A Plane Crash
It’s been a decade since the tragic death of R&B star and budding actress Aaliyah Dana Haughton. Just 22 years old at the time of her death, she was in the Bahamas heading back to the States after wrapping up her 2001 music video, “Rock The Boat.” The twin-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Aboard [...]
Yes, The Khan Academy IS the Future of Education
I’m just going to come out and say it: the Khan Academy is the best thing that has happened to education since Socrates. The brainchild of Salman Khan, the Khan Academy became famous by teaching simple math lessons for free through over 2000 YouTube videos. Now, after millions in donations and an expansion of the [...]
Tito Ortiz Photo Scandal — I’ve Been Hacked
Someone posted a full-frontal naked photo of MMA fighter Tito Ortiz through his Twitter page moments ago … but Tito insists it was the work of a hacker. The photo surfaced just a few hours ago — when it was uploaded to Tito’s personal photo-sharing website … which is connected through his Twitter page. The [...]
Phillip Garrido, charged with kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard
The Monster charged with kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her captive in his backyard for 18 years had sick “sexual fantasies” about little girls for decades. Phillip Garrido admitted that starting in 1968 he hung around schools and pleasured himself while “watching young females.” “I have done it by the side of schools, grammar [...]
Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 [...]
Yosemite National Park
One of the greatest recreational parks of the world is the great and renowned Yosemite national park. This is one of the biggest national parks of the United States that is very popular among the many different people and individuals around the country. This is one of the very few places where people can come, [...]
Dragon Boat Festival
Among the most significant and entertaining holidays celebrated in the People’s republic of China, the foremost is the one that is known as the dragon boat festival. This is celebrated across the globe and it is the one with the longest history in the entire world. This festival as the name indicates entertains the many [...]
Nice Guys finish Last
Most men always imagine that they would be kicked and punched if they walk alone into a darkened alley at night by the many thugs who stay around these areas looking for people to trick and cheat. Craig Newmark, the famous creator of the renowned Craig’s list who is at present a man with a [...]
Konami and Games
Konami is renowned around the globe as the maker of the Metal Gear Solid and the Silent hill. As reported recently, he will not be waiting the next week’s E3 show and tell the world and his fans across the globe about his new and upcoming project. It was just on Thursday that the show [...]
Security Chief of Joyce Meyer murdered his family in 2009
The former security chief was found in the murder of his family. Joyce Meyer, a speaker and author’s security chief was found in guilty of murder this week. Christopher Coleman was her security chief and he murdered his family. Last Thursday, Christopher Coleman was guilty of murdering his wife and sons in 2009. His sons [...]
Sexting Has Been Banned In Public Schools Of California
The act of sending yours or someone other’s private parts photos to someone is shortly termed “sexting”. It has swept havoc in the moral values of school children across the nation. In this situation, administrations of public schools in California have announced that they will expel all those students who would be found guilty of [...]
Eat Rice Dumplings
Rice dumplings are one of the specialty of the many chefs who reside in the Far east countries of the world. This is quite famous around the world and unlike its cousins, the famous mooncakes, these dumplings are not sweet but rather salting and are taken with the many food items during lunch time and [...]