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NEW TRENDS, Jan 18, 2012


IDEAS

Five New Trends in Biotech Venture
BioWorld Online (blog)
The cover story for BioWorld Insight this week is about the biotech venture capital world, and how despite its much-publicized contraction, there's a lot of exciting stuff going on like established firms closing new funds, established players ...
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BioWorld Online (blog)
Webby Talks Track New Digital Trends
CMSWire
By Marisa Peacock (@marisacp51) Jan 17, 2012 In November, we reported that the folks behind the Webby Awards were embarking on a Webby TalksWorld Tour in an effort to investigate new trends and to learn from industry leaders. The Tour ended last week, ...
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CMSWire
The World is Your Campus: Study with Rigor, Be Entrepreneurial
Xconomy
Two trends are driving the current job market: globalization, where everybody is becoming part of the economy, and innovation, which increases productivity and allows fewer people to do the same jobs. These two trends will not slow down during the next...
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World Bank lowers 2012 global growth forecast
MarketWatch
While the bank doesn't expect the worst case to come true, "we are examining the possibility that things could go worse," said Andrew Burns, manager of Global Macroeconomic Trends, development prospects group of the World Bank. ...
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[2012 TRENDS] Health is the new wealth
Bizcommunity.com
... are encouraged to recycle, reduce and reuse means better salaries, which in turn gets taken home, where there again, it means more happiness. It's a simple cycle and right now, in our current financial situation, as One World, it's simply not optional.
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New Report Outlines Trends in US Global Competitiveness in Science and Technology
National Science Foundation (press release)
"It's now a world with very different actors who have made advancement in science and technology a top priority. And many of the troubling trendswe're seeing are now very well established." In 2009, President Obama released A Strategy for American ...
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National Science Foundation (press release)
Five Trends That Will Shape New York
New York Observer
Apart from the drivers of near-term uncertainties, the long-term evolution of New York City's real estate market continues apace. Physical changes in the city's landscape, including the rise of 1 World Trade Center, offer only one perspective on the ...
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Top 4 Cheese Trends to Enjoy on January 20 - National Cheese Lover's Day!
MarketWatch (press release)
BOONTON, NJ, Jan 17, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- National Cheese Lover's Day on January 20 is the perfect time to discover new Swiss cheese delights -- and who better to share the latest trends in cheese than Emmi, one of Switzerland's premium ...
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Oh Canada! Food trends for 2012
Toronto Sun
So much so it's hard to keep up with the new eateries and the wealth of new markets. What I love is this well-established reality (it's no longer a trend) is spreading into what is becoming a tremendous pub scene across the country. ...
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Recommended: Prosecutors aim new weapon at Occupy activists: lynching allegation
msnbc.com
Hispanics? minus 66% (Pew Research Center Social and DemographicTrends project.) 5. The upper 1% of Americans account fornearly a quarter of the nation's income and control 40% of all US wealth. 25 years ago, it was 12% and 33%. ...
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Charlotte Web Design & Digital Agency The Idea People Explains Google's Search ...
PR.com (press release)
A major responsibility at The Idea People is to keep web design and Internet marketing clients updated as to the latest web trends that can affect their business. The latestone involves Google and the roll out of their new “Search Plus Your World” ...
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HSBC: by 2050 Azerbaijan to be in TOP 5 of countries with highest cumulative ...
Azerbaijan Business Center
HSBC Global Research has presented report The World in 2050 at Euromoney Conference for Europe and CIS global organized in Vienna annually. The Report that sets new trends of global development displays Azerbaijan among the world leaders in economic ...
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Azerbaijan Business Center
Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) 2012-2022
MarketWatch (press release)
We go into this very thoroughly, presenting new ten year forecasts and many new case studies and supplier profiles to illustrate the trends. There is even a detailed report on the latest conference on the subject, the IDTechEx "Energy Harvesting, ...
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From fancy salt to gourmet trucks, an appetizing look at 2012
USA TODAY
From the aisles, here are 12 food trends for 2012: Forget Morton. If it's not Himalayan or Northwest Indian Salish-inspired, alder-smoked, it's so 20th century. Salt's in chocolate, on caramels, and sailing off store shelves. It's the finishing touch ...
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USA TODAY
Wedding Trends for 2012
MyFox Dallas
Elle Warren Harman of Warren Barron Bridal has the beautiful new trends for weddings in 2012! 1. Illusion/High Necklines - We are seeing necklines creep up. Don't get me wrong but strapless is as strong as ever. But necklines are going higher than they ...
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The weird world of Wi-Fi router names
Chicago Tribune
In fact, Janelli began to archive so many Wi-Fi names, patterns emerged,trends appeared. Last year, a lot of people began naming their routers "Pretty Fly for a WiFi." At the moment, a lot of people are naming their routers "FBI Surveillance Van. ...
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Chicago Tribune
Playing with pastels
Daily News & Analysis
By Kinjal Desai | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA While 2012 for many could be a step forward to a new era, trends in the fashion world are taking a U-turn towards revival. Nothing is new, it is all old and yet contemporary! This is the ultimate mantra ...
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The trends that will change where and how we live
The Australian
The great challenge in property, and indeed in all customer-focused business, is how to connect a product into the new world order of the way individuals now see themselves. An apartment must not only meet needs, but it must also now validate and ...
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Design Notebook | Deck the walls in the new year
Kansas City Star
... than before in the world of wall coverings. This one is "Extra Fine Arrow Root" in Dove by Phillip Jeffries. Now that the calendar has flipped and thenew year is upon us, help me welcome one of my hopeful trends in home décor: wall coverings. ...
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Kansas City Star
Melrose Jewelers Announces a New Exciting Range of Rolex Watches to Enrich its ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The subtle design changes that Rolex makes every year merely nod in the direction ofcurrent trends. The new Submariner has a blue dial and bezel, but an updated model of the classic black version is its counterpoint, and few of the other new models ...
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New Report from The Conference Board Shows Advanced Economies Are Rapidly ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Even today, the US remains by far the most productive large economy in the world, with China's output per worker almost 85 percent lower," says van Ark. "However, given the current divergent trends in productivity growth, advanced economies are ...
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Azerbaijan to discuss new trends of information security market
Azerbaijan Business Center
Presentation of company Symantec, one of the world's information security leader, will be organized in Baku. AZEL, an official partner of Symantec in Azerbaijan, informs that presentation on the theme "Information Security & Symantec Solutions for Risk ...
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Azerbaijan Business Center
Commentary: Obama needs to look towards Latin America
Kansas City Star
According to the Santiago, Chile-based UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), US exports to the region have fallen from 60 percent of overall US exports in 2000 to 39 percent today, and — if current trends continue — will ...
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Teijin Aramid Launches Finest Filament Yarn in the World
MarketWatch (press release)
The new yarn will be mainly used in soft anti-ballistic products for the police, law enforcement and military markets where the current trends are towards lightweight and comfortable bulletproof vests that comply with strict safety regulations. ...
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Macadamian Reveals 5 Trends That Will Shape Enterprise Software in 2012
PR Web (press release)
Enterprise software vendors must adapt the user experience of their products to deliver bottom line value in new user contexts.” As enterprise software vendors race to build Software as a Service (SaaS) versions of their flagship products, ...
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NFL Playoffs: Perfection Now Optional
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By David Roth AP New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski may not be tackled again the rest of the season if current NFL trends hold. Everyone is manifestly exhausted and injured, tired beyond tired and, if they're being honest, legitimately a ...
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Little change in US obesity rates in recent years
Reuters
With rates of overweight and obesity in the US increasing throughout the 1980s and 1990s, some researchers projected those trends would continue into the next century and that type 2 diabetes and heart disease risks would rise with them. ...
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Marcel Fuhrer: Rare Earth Metals That Fit The Trends (REMX, QRM, REE, MCP, AVL)
ETF Daily News
It is a proven resource that was widely used during the Second World War. Given that Chinese output of manganese is going to decline, there is a good chance that American Manganese can take over some of that market share. We are pretty close to the ...
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Move over Paris – Sanibel is tops in world
Lehigh Acres News Star
New York City's Greenwich Village (and its off-Broadway theaters): “Many of the most important new trends and causes in America ...got their first hearing in these small theaters.” 10. Kenya: “You are guaranteed to see tens of thousands of animals ...
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D&B Offers Strategic Risk Management with New Portfolio Risk Manager™ for DNBi
Business Wire (press release)
Effectively Manage Risk: Customers can strategically adjust credit policies based oncurrent risk profiles, portfolio trends, and benchmarks against national averages. With Portfolio Risk Manager, customers can focus on segments of greatest risk and ...
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New IDC MarketScape Provides a Vendor Assessment of the Worldwide Datacenter ...
IEWY News
... and trends in over 100 countries. For more than 47 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. ...
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Goldman's O' Neill to Developed World: Don't Fear the BRICs
AdvisorOne
However, he pointed to signs that the BRIC nations are being proactive in countering these negative market trends. China, for example, is accelerating its reforms of its renminbi currency, he said. ' The Growth Map , ' a new book from Goldman Sachs ...
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How To Reinvent Your PC Sourcing Strategy
CIO
The growing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, more smartphones and tablets in the workplace, and new trends in desk-side computing indicate a need to change traditional sourcing practices. Here are some ideas on how to adapt to the ...
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Jerry Yang Leaves Yahoo
PCWorld
Gartner analyst Allen Weiner sees Yang's departure as a vote of confidence, to an extent, that Yahoo is strong enough to succeed in the new digital world without his guidance. "Given its future as a digital media company, Yang's lack of media expertise ...
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Top tech trends at CES 2012
CNET UK
These new OLED screens won't come cheap though. LG wouldn't officially confirm a price for its set, but the word on the CES floor was that it would come in at around $8000 (£5222). However, that's cheap compared to LG's previous, tiny 15-inch OLED TV, ...
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CNET UK
U.S. High-tech Jobs Lost as Technological Lead Shrinks
Product Design & Development
Recent trends also are reflected in the dramatic change in shares of global high-tech exports. After growing from 19 percent to 22 percent between 1995 and 1998, by 2010 the United States' share of the global high-tech exports had dropped to 15 percent ...
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Connected World Magazine Taps Top Tech Thinkers
Business Wire (press release)
Touching on all aspects of a connected lifestyle, from entertainment to health and wellness, "The Next Big Thinker" addresses both emerging trends and evolutions that are currently underway. The Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Connected World magazine can be...
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Beijing and London – One World After All!
Right Side News
To us it seems like one more step on the "long march" toward the much touted, elitistNew World Order. Too big a jump in logic? Follow our reasoning through the rest of this article. First of all, we have to question the New York Times' credibility. ...
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New Way to Report Crime in Benton
KARK
"And we hope that giving the community this information will help them understand crimetrends and lower crime in their neighborhoods." Along with the interactive crime map, citizens also have access to the anonymous tipping platform TipSoft, ...
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RIM Rumors: What Dreams May Come
TechNewsWorld
It's likely we will see the new 7-inch PlayBook with OS 2.0 at BlackBerry World in May, N4BB reported. The BlackBerry 10 is expected to be previewed at the Mobile WorldCongress 2012 in late February. The delay in the OS' release is due to Qualcomm's ...
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Dark Horse, Radical Entertainment Team for "Prototype 2" Digital Comic Series
Comic Book Resources
"We worked extremely close with Radical Entertainment's story team for PROTOTYPE 2, and can't wait to visually walk fans through the many dark secrets strewn throughout the tattered world of New York Zero!" The sequel to Radical Entertainment's ...
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Monday Economic Report – Jan. 17, 2012
Shopfloor
When discussing the latest economic trends, there is a split between the US domestic economy and the rest of the world. While US economic activity has seen noticeable improvements recently, weaknesses abound elsewhere. This is particularly true in ...
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Men's Designer Stores On The Increase | Fashion Tips
By Admin
Instead of reviling at the thought of donning a pink shirt, men are embracing their metrosexuality and getting in tune with the fashion trends of today. The world of celebrity may well have some thing to do with this new interest in fashion, ...
Fashion Tips
Ten Global Trends To Watch: A Via Meadia Update | Via Meadia
By Walter Russell Mead
Neither the world nor the web stand still, so we thought it high time to update thesetrends. Over the next few days, we'll fill in the gaps, note where we got it right and where we got it wrong, and relate current events to the new trend. For each ...
Via Meadia
New Trends Spotted In Hotel Industry for 2012 | London Hotel News ...
To kick off the new year, London Hotels Insight has recently published an ... NewTrends Spotted In Hotel Industry for 2012 · 2011 “Hotelier of The World” Named ...Some of the new trends here to stay according to hospitality experts include: ...
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IDEAS, Jan 18, 2012


IDEAS

Brett Neveu's imagined world in 'Megacosm' is well worth a closer look
Chicago Tribune
... entertainment complex of a dystopian world. In these places where art goes to die, or to be made into a product, the most beautiful ideas can find themselves stolen, hidden, morphed, disappeared or smashed into tragic little consumable pieces. ...
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VOGUE News, Jan 18, 2012

VOGUE

Soccer in the States now in vogue
Canada.com
By Bruce Constantineau, Postmedia News January 17, 2012 National team stars Abby Wambach and Hope Solo appeared on David Letterman's show after the World Cup last summer and Solo then did a turn on Dancing With The Stars. Wambach thinks that kind of ...
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OPINIONS, Jan 18, 2012


OPINIONS

World's Worst Government May Be Ready for Change: William Pesek
Bloomberg
Watching events unfold in Myanmar, Kim may just be having radicalthoughts. If he is, the world and North Korea would be a better place. (William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) Read more opinion online from ...
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Bloomberg
On Games, Reviews, And Criticism -- Part 2
Giant Bomb
I'm just annoyed because I thought I was going to get the first post for sure. Damn those Giant Bomb guys for creating a quest that turns me into everything I hate about online comments sections. (Also, great article Patrick, like everyone else I love ...
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Giant Bomb
Over-scrutinizing Michelle Obama
Washington Post
It is the world in which we live. This is a shame for the nation, ultimately. When Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post, asked this week in a column why the Republican field is so weak, my immediate thought was, It's not so weak, ...
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ATP is listening to players' gripes, says new chief
Reuters
Former president of the players' council Ivan Ljubicic said he thought striking was never a real option. "In my opinion, that was complete nonsense," the Croatian toldthetennisspace.com. "Guys got hot, got excited, but fortunately there were some cool ...
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The Good Liberal Fear of a Yoga Planet
Religion Dispatches
These are opinions many yoga teachers would endorse. Yet they are packaged into a brute claim that yoga can “wreck your body” and lead to “blinding pain.” The piece also marshals “a growing body of medical evidence” to support Black's position that ...
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In LGBT Debates, Discomfort Is Part of the Point
Huffington Post (blog)
It takes courage to question one's opinions, and humility to recognize that we may not be as right as we thought. As St. Paul says in I Corinthians 13:11, "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. ...
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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Appraisers Not at Fault for 'Low' Home Values
Sacramento Bee
Real estate agents, homebuilders and others have tried to blame the market's distressed condition on appraisers, saying that real estate appraisers are at fault for producingopinions of value that don't match a home's listing, contract or sales price, ...
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The Soapbox: On MMO negativity
Joystiq
by Jef Reahard on Jan 17th 2012 3:00PM Disclaimer: The Soapbox column is entirely the opinion of this week's writer and does not necessarily reflect the views of Massively as a whole. If you're afraid of opinions other than your own, you might want to ...
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John Malott suggests that the next general election will be the dirtiest in ...
New Straits Times
And, he would surely have conveyed what he thought, saw or heard back to Washington. However, perhaps diplomatic protocol and decorum suggest that the current ambassador would not be making pronouncements that suggest opinions in support, or not, ...
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Edgar Allan Poe fans: Last vigil for mystery man
Sacramento Bee
"I would have thought they would leave a note for me saying it was over," he said. "That does annoy me a little bit, but they are under no obligation to." Reader comments onSacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. ...
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The Winning Attitude Tipping Point
Forbes
Which has huge implications for business leaders trying to shape attitudes and opinions in their organizations. According to the scientists, when the percentage of a population committed to a certain idea or opinion is less than 10 percent, ...
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Davos at a distance
Reuters Blogs (blog)
It is also the place to see and be seen for heads of state, politicians, academics, thought-leaders, media pundits, CEOs, and movie stars. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in that intimate setting remains one of the year's hottest tickets ...
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Interview: Kerry Schafer, author discovered on Book Country
USA TODAY
It's had about 30 reviews overall, from people with very different opinionsand ideas. I think having a couple of trusted critique partners or a small writing group is always going to be essential, but having this larger feedback group provides a wider ...
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USA TODAY
Prejudice, Trinidad, and 'Jamaican exceptionalism'
Jamaica Gleaner
Prejudice can be defined as 'unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group'. In Port-of-Spain, a single, misguided customs officer placed me in a line that evolved from ...
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'Justified' Creator Graham Yost: 'Were We Crazy to Kill Off Mags?'
Reuters
The same with Limehouse and T, as soon as we thought of this character, I justthought someone with a great deal of charm, dignity, and the ability to have underlying menace is something that T can just do to, well, a T. Speaking of Carla, ...
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The Republican Nightmare
The New York Review of Books
They came, from all over the conservative world, to shower their insults on him: George Will, Michael Gerson, David Frum, and the smaller fry of pundits and bloggers at Commentary, and the National Review, and less-heard-of provenances. ...
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Weekend Rewind: News you may have missed over the holiday weekend
Salt Lake Tribune
Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's best news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. • Utah's new school of thought • State leaders have set a goal of increasing college and career ...
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Most important woman in men's game
Irish Times
She had her opinions, and some were, I thought, wrong; some were right.” Federer did not elaborate, but when he returned to the circuit, he won three straight indoor titles: at Basel, at Paris and at the ATP World Tour finals in London. ...
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Irish Times
International Freedom Organizations Unite to Create Stop Islamization of ...
Sacramento Bee
SION will also work to winning back the culture, with a particular focus on the academicworld, as the Islamic teaching of history is based on faith and Sharia, not on the Western objective criteria of truth. In the West, history must be thought ...
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Di Maria/DeNicola Launch the 10 company
Sacramento Bee
10 Excellence Rating: the goal to always rate a 10 on performance reviews by clients. "Clare and I worked together at GCI Group 15 years ago. Since then, we have both experienced the world of the client firsthand. I knew she would be the perfect ...
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Coin Appraisals Serve Varied Purposes
CoinWeek (blog)
Of course, professionals will have varying opinions on this subject, but this is one area in which a competent professional can be of help to you in the long-run, before you invest more money in your current collecting and investing strategy. ...
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CoinWeek (blog)
Slamdance docs on Stan Lee and Vans Warped Tour
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. ...
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National Public Rodeo
Vanity Fair
Venues one might have thought welcoming, like Tell Me More, the multicultural program hosted by Michel Martin, proved inhospitable. “Despite his big national reputation, he stopped reporting some time ago,” Martin says. “My mother has random opinions, ...
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Vanity Fair
Nigeria: What Citizens Told Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala
AllAfrica.com
Thank God you are back after the little 'shake' from the people. That is to show you that are we now more enlightened than you thought. Respect and value Nigerians input andopinions in your policy making. This is democracy for Christ's sake. ...
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Leveson inquiry: Ian Hislop, Alan Rusbridger, James Harding appear
The Guardian
He says he hopes the inquiry will ask members of the public why they bought the News of the World – "what they thought they were getting" – and Lord Justice Leveson says he will, "but perhaps not in that way". 10.26am: Hislop is asked about the PCC. ...
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