Goldman reveals where bailout cash went
Amid recession fears in March 2008, the price of gold topped $1,000 an ounce for the first time in history. By July 2010, the price per ounce climbed to $1,150. – Provided by RandomHistory.com
Canadian archaeologists have located a British ship abandoned in the Arctic while on a 19th Century rescue mission.
Parks Canada researchers found HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay this week.
Canada’s government says the discovery bolsters its claim to sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, which is feared threatened by increased shipping.
Canadian team finds 19th Century HMS Investigator wreck
In the late 1970’s, an employee at Yale University unlocked a room in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and found thousands of photographs of nude students sprawled across the floor. The subjects in the pictures were incoming freshmen that attended Yale between the 1940’s and 1970’s. (Read New York Times report here).
Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Very interesting pictures of those days. Well worth going to the site and seeing these pictures. You won’t be disappointed.
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“it is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is, What are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau
This picture is from 1944, and shows drilling rigs on California’s coastline. I am not sure what part of California, but maybe someone familiar with the state could speculate from the terrain. I would have to say things have changed a lot since 1944.
This article concerns the sinking of the South Korean Corvette ‘Cheonan’ on 26 March 2010 with the loss of 46 South Korean sailors. The event occurred about 1 nautical mile off the South West Coast of Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea and close to the maritime border with North Korea Map. The island is dominated by a joint U.S.-Korean base for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. The sea channel between Byeongnyeong and the North Korean coast is narrow enough for both sides to be in artillery range of each other.
Cheonan sinking
What would two dozen servers from across the country tell you if they could get away with it? Well, for starters, when to go out, what not to order, what really happens behind the kitchen’s swinging doors, and what they think of you and your tips. Here, from a group that clears a median $8.01 an hour in wages and tips, a few revelations. Read more here:
20 Secrets Your Waiter Won’t Tell You
New Jersey-The New Hotspot of Sharia
Today on New Scientist: 28 July 2010
According to Amazon.com, the Kindle edition e-books have outsold hardbacks for the last 3 months. During this period Amazon said it sold 143 Kindle edition books for every 100 hardbacks. These figures don’t include the hundreds of thousands of public domain kindle downloads that are given away for free.
This is a pretty impressive figure and is indicative of the meteoric increase in e-book sales. The Association of American Publishers has stated that e-book sales are up 400% through May over same period last year.
There appears to be a little spin going on. more here.
Check this out! “they” know a lot about you that you do not know they know!
Personal info of 100 mn Facebook users leaked
The meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms.
Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you’ll probably find something here to interest you.
Ireland: selling the family silver
Ireland prepares for a fire sale of national assets to pay debts.
Congress Rethinks Its Ban on Internet Gambling
Marveling at Wonders Out of This World
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