world's most polluted place

A zambian town has found itself on the top-ten of a new list of "the world's worst polluted places" due to very high lead concentrations left over from previous mining operations. What is not mentioned in the article is that the mining operations were funded by the world bank! I once lived there thats how I know.

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Secrets of Greatness - What it takes to be great

Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.

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Finding Love on the Internet: It Works

When it comes to love, fate is a thing of the past.

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Search Engine Firm, Launches Paid Search Eye Tracking Study

What is termed a landmark eye tracking study, has been launched by eMergent Marketing, along with Kent State University's Information Architecture and Knowledge Management Program (IAKM) and the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS, also at Kent State).

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String theory: Is it science's ultimate dead end?

The most ambitious idea ever outlined by scientists has suffered a remarkable setback. It has been dismissed as a theoretical cul-de-sac that has wasted the academic lives of hundreds of the world's cleverest men and women.

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Grieving mother appeals for information of son's murder on Youtube

The mother of a murdered 15-year-old boy has posted an appeal on Youtube urging those with information to come forward. Jessie James was gunned down in the Moss Side area of Manchester UK in the early hours of September 9.
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Is Outsourcing I.T. Overseas Past It's Prime?

Is outsourcing IT overseas past its prime? According to a new survey, it is. Consider this: Two years ago, 84 percent of the respondents to a Global IT Outsourcing Study sponsored by Chicago-based consulting firm DiamondCluster International said they planned to increase their level of offshore outsourcing. In 2006, that figure fell to 64 percent.

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GoogleTalk-to-PSTN service

Now Gtalk users will be able to hold voice conversations with users on cell phones and land line phones around the world, in addition to PCs.

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Upgrading to Vista will cost companies $3,250-$5,000 per User

That's each and every Vista user. Money will go to Microsoft for Vista and Office 2007, to hardware vendors for new PCs and components, and possibly a few bucks to Apple for those users jumping to a Mac. After all, if Apple's higher cost has been the factor keeping your company from trying a Mac, that factor just washed away.

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How a finger up the rectum cures hiccups study is Ig Nobel winner

A device that repels teenagers has won the peace prize at this year's Ig Nobels - the spoof alternative to the rather more sober Nobel prizes. Other winners included a US-Israeli study into how a finger up the rectum cures hiccups and a report into why woodpeckers do not get headaches.

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Women Web Designer and Developers Group!?

You may remember the LinuxChix submission posted on digg and the time has come again; Alas! Another site oriented towards female-only, computer-related community! Read: "We are a group of women web designers. A very high energy mailing list of women web designers."

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10 Tips for Moving From Programmer to Entrepreneur

#1 - Code is 5% of your business - "I see developers getting caught up in code. Spending countless hours making a function perfect or building features which show off the latest technology. The best code in the world is meaningless if nobody knows about your product."

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Dow Passes Intraday High

The Dow Jones industrial average surged past its all-time trading high of 11,750.28 Tuesday, taking yet another step in its recovery from seven years of market turmoil. The index of 30 blue chip stocks moved into uncharted territory, rising as high as 11,754.55 shortly after 12:30 p.m.

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What Exactly is Web 2.0?

What is Web 2.0? This is a discussion that now may seem tired â?? and was vigorously kicked around months and months ago â?? but I continue to have formal and informal conversations about it. I donâ??t claim to have any definitive definition but one of Web 2.0â??s fundamental tenets is â??openness.â??

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YouTube - The Complete Profile

In-depth profile on YouTube that discusses their background, history, business model, bandwidth costs, valuation & acquisition rumors, service, uploading, the directors, comedians, channels, play lists, groups and contests.

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Where there is money there is vice

Now you can hire grunt labor to artificially push your story or blog post into higher visibility on Digg, where popular submissions can generate tidal-wave traffic. Just pay the folks at User/Submitter $20 plus $1 for each "digg" you want, and they will turn loose their member drones, who earn 50 cents a click for doing the digging.

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Exhaustive list of television shows online legally

For those of you looking for a legal alternative to the usual methods, TVSquad has a list of every major network, and all of the shows they make available online.

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Coming Soon: Yahoo! Mail, GMail, Hotmail All-in-One

With Yahoo
â??s announcement that they will open up their popular email service, this presents a new oppourtunity for web developers to stretch the boundaries of what was once an exclusive applicationâ?? the web email.

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AP Sensational Reporting

Here is an example of attention seeking fom the Associated Press. Reports of riots, what riots? It's only a few very disappointed supporters (in one town) who can easily be controlled.

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