A Decidedly Valuable and Dangerous Fuel

This issue of the Journal of American History focuses on the history of oil, and for good reason. Modern societies as we have known them could not operate without ample and diverse supplies of energy, suggesting that the story of our major fuels can hardly be ignored in any attempt to understand American history. Among energy sources, oil retains a special significance that argues for the special scholarly attention found within these covers. Reflecting oil’s unique strategic importance, Daniel Yergin aptly titled his influential industrial history of the topic The Prize. At the dawn of the twentieth century, coal towered above its rivals as...

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16th Century Korean Mummy Virus Genetic Code

The discovery of a mummified Korean child with relatively preserved organs enabled an Israeli-South Korean scientific team to conduct a genetic analysis on a liver biopsy which revealed a unique hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C2 sequence common in Southeast Asia. Additional analysis of the ancient HBV genomes may be used as a model to study the evolution of chronic hepatitis B and help understand the spread of the virus, possibly from Africa to East-Asia. It also may shed further light on the migratory pathway of hepatitis B in the Far East from China and Japan to Korea as well as to other regions in Asia and Australia where it is a major cause...

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Movement synchronization of a group of Nao's

At the beginning all the robots are waiting for my signal to start. While dancing, they are constantly synchronizing with each other, so if a robot lags behind they will wait for him and the late robot will accelerate. When I remove a robot from the choreography, the others continue dancing. When he stands up again and resumes his dance, he asks the others for a starting position. Then he goes to this position, and starts dancing. Since he starts with a little latency, he will dances a little faster and the others a little slower to synchronize...

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One of the Most Senior Al-Qaeda Figures in Afghanistan was Killed in a Weekend Airstrike, Nato-led Forces Say.

Nato described Saudi-born Sakhar al-Taifi as the group's second most senior figure in Afghanistan. He commanded foreign insurgents and directed attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, the statement said. But Taliban sources in Kunar deny Al-Taifi was killed and claim he left the area three months ago. Sakhar al-Taifi died in "a precision air strike" in the Watapur district of Kunar province on Sunday night, according to the Nato statement. Another rank-and-file member of al-Qaeda was killed at the same time, it said. But Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told the Afghan Islamic Press news agency that a bombing raid in the area had killed...

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AdSense Tips: Update your ad unit code

By updating your ad unit code, you'll be able to make changes to your ad units from within your account, without updating your pages. Additionally you'll have access to richer performance reports and optimization suggestions. For more information, see http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157492...

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Top 10 Battlefield 3 Plays : Episode 12

Hello everyone, I’m Nadab Göksu, Senior VFX Artist at DICE. I have been doing visual effects for Battlefield games since Battlefield 2 [released 2005]. My role includes everything from creating particle effects to post filters, lens flares, and bullet decals. I also hook stuff up to the right gameplay effect — so there’s a metal kind of explosion (and not a wooden one) when you fire your RPG at a vehicle, for example...

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Montreal crowds mark 100 days of student protest

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have filled the streets of Montreal to mark 100 days since protests began against a planned rise in student tuition fees. People chanted "Our streets!" and carried signs and red banners. There were no reports of arrests. An emergency bill passed by Quebec's government on Friday was aimed at curbing the protests by requiring marches to follow pre-approved routes. Rallies since then have turned violent, with 300 arrests on Sunday alone...

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'Titanic' moviegoer accused of smacking unruly Wash. boy

A Seattle-area man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly hitting a noisy 10-year-old boy in the face during a showing of Titanic 3-D, according to news reports from the Northwest. Yong Hyun Kim, of Auburn, Wash., is accused of knocking out one of the boy's teeth and bloodying his nose April 11 after he and several friends refused to be quiet and stop throwing popcorn at the AMC Kent Station 14 theater, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Kim told police he thought he was hitting an adult, and appeared ashamed when told the victim's age...

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Scrutiny of Facebook IPO Builds

Fallout from Facebook's initial public offering intensified Tuesday as the shares plunged again, and more questions arose about whether the social-networking giant's IPO was handled properly. Facebook shares fell $3.03, or nearly 9%, to $31 Tuesday, leaving them down more than 18% from the $38 offering price. Since the shares started trading Friday, a steady stream of negative news has plagued Facebook, centering on how the deal's underwriters and the Nasdaq stock exchange handled the highly hyped IPO. "Facebook's credibility has been further destroyed," says Francis Gaskins of IPOdesktop.com...

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Will Smith Slaps Reporter! - HipHollywood

Wowwww! This is a side of Will Smith we haven't seen before! Anyone who works in Hollywood will tell you that Will is the nicest guy, but everyone loses there cool every now and then. At the Moscow premiere of Men in Black 3 a reporter showed Will a little TOO MUCH love and tried to kiss him on the lips! Will was not having it and SLAPPED the overzealous reporter right in the face! It was only a split second of anger, then in true movie star fashion Will went on to the next outlet and was his fun bubbly self again...

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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Beat out

He wed his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, 27, in a ceremony at his home in Palo Alto, California. Chan also had a busy week, graduating from medical school on Monday, as Zuckerberg marked his 28th birthday. The guests believed they were going to celebrate Chan's graduation - but found they were at a wedding instead...

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M6.0 - 4km ENE of Camposanto, Italy

Event Time -2012-05-20 02:03:52 UTC -2012-05-20 04:03:52 UTC+02:00 at epicenter -2012-05-20 09:03:52 UTC+07:00 system time Nearby Cities -4km (2mi) ENE of Camposanto, Italy -5km (3mi) SE of San Felice sul Panaro, Italy -8km (5mi) WSW of Finale Emilia, Italy -9km (6mi) NNE of Crevalcore, Italy -139km (86mi) NW of San Marino, San Marin...

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What Type Ex-professionals and Celebrities

A few more hours, then it's finally arrived: Bayern Munich vs Chelsea, Champions League Final, Final dahoam! The Munich city center is filled with thousands of fans from both camps. All are eagerly awaiting the game of games - including many former football star and celebrity fans. fcbayern.de gathered for their final assessments: Stefan Effenberg: "The important thing is you have to have patience. Bavaria has to play his game, keeping the ball in their own...

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Veterans Hope 'magic Moment Just Doesn't Belong Munchen

In the London borough of Chelsea is the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a nursing home for former members of the British Army. Are both known device and its inhabitants under the name Chelsea Pensioner. The image of a Chelsea Pensioner served the nearby football club Chelsea after it was founded in 1905 as the first club emblem, which the players of the club in the coming years, the nickname Chelsea 107 years after its founding, the descendants of this generation...

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History : Delve into Amalur's 10,000 Years of History

The Deep Gloam Haunting stories and fragmented legends are all that remain of this lost age, as no records have ever been found that detail what transpired during this time. It is said that darkness engulfed Amalur, and the few mortals who survived did so by hiding away from the malevolent forces that roamed the surface world. Tales that this Deep Gloam might one day return to punish the wicked are sometimes used by parents to frighten their children into obedience. Since no evidence has been found of civilization prior to this age, certain religious zealots believe the Deep Gloam was the time when the gods created Amalur. Analytical minds,...

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Saving Face: The struggle and survival of Afghan women

When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face. "I feel so bad, I do not look at myself in the mirror anymore," Mumtaz said. She is the victim of a scorned man who decided if he couldn't marry her, he'd make sure no one else would want to. The man had asked for her hand in marriage, but Mumtaz's family declined the offer. One night she says several men showed up at their home. They beat up her family, and finally two armed men held her, pulled her head back, and let the man who had wanted to marry her pour acid all over her face. "I was in...

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Severe Thunderstorm in Montreal - May 16th, 2012

A video of a severe thunderstorm advancing towards the island of Montreal from the WNW. This storm grazed our area to the North and NE as it moved toward the ESE, consequently affecting the greater Montreal area and areas farther East/ESE. The main threats associated with these storms were damaging winds and small hail. Prolonged daytime heating, coupled with marginally moderate moisture levels, supported surface-based CAPE values near 1000 J/kg while significantly weakening convective inhibition early. Daytime heating also allowed for steep low level lapse rates during the early afternoon hours, which was a large part of the reason as to why...

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George Zimmerman Police Report: Bleeding from Nose and Back of Head, Given First Aid

A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports. The documents were released to defence lawyers for George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder over the 26 February killing in Sanford. The file includes autopsy evidence that traces of a cannabis ingredient were found in Trayvon Martin's system. Mr Zimmerman, 28, maintains he shot the 17-year-old in self-defence. He was not arrested for several weeks after the shooting because he invoked Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows deadly force in the face of a serious threat. The racially...

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Researchers Have Revealed Details of a Promising Way to Make a Fundamentally Different Kind of Computer Memory Chip

Eric Schmidt emphasizes the importance of the internet when he poses the question, what would happen if we turned the internet off? The internet has become a force of democratization and understanding. Each minute there are 35 hours of content uploaded to YouTube, each day there are 400,000 Android devices activated and there are 160 million Chrome users worldwide. It is evident that the internet is the most significant collaborative effort of our time.'...

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Bayern Munchen vs Chelsea 0 : 1/2 20/May 01:45

This is the fourth Champions League final which was held at home to one of the finalists, which is certainly more profitable Bayern Munchen. - On his way to the final, Munich pocketed record seven consecutive home victory. However, his Chelsea troops are highly motivated to achieve the first Champions League trophy in the history of the club. - The last time these two teams met, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2004/05, which was Chelsea who trained Jose Mourinho won over Felix Magath trained Munchen with 6-5 aggregate (4-2 win at Stamford Bridge, losing 2-3 in Allianz-Arena...

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Search giant Google has Patented the Design of Its Augmented-reality Glasses, Known as Project Glass

The glasses are said to have  many functions of a smartphone  Search giant Google has patented the design of its augmented-reality glasses, known as Project Glass. In this video I go over Google Project Glass, the long awaited Google Glasses project that brings augmented reality glasses with integration with many Google services including Google+ in a hands-free wearable computer. duncan33303 is a technology based YouTube channel that focuses on a wide variety of smartphones, tablets, game consoles as well as the weekly show D3Live.'...

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magnitude 3.5 - FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

By far the most seismically active state in the United States, Alaska is where the second largest earthquake ever recorded. In 1964, a magnitude 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound killing 132 people, more than last Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes combined. Tsunamis generated by great Alaska earthquake killed people as far south as California. This event inspired the formation of Alaska Earthquake Information Center. Alaska Earthquake Information Center, member of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), funded by the State of Alaska, NOAA, and USGS. Located at the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska...

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Chile Earthquake Information M6.2 - 46 km NNW of Putre, Chile 2012-05-14 10:00:39 UTC

Event Time -2012-05-14 10:00:39 UTC -2012-05-14 06:00:39 UTC-04:00 at epicenter -2012-05-14 17:00:39 UTC+07:00 system time Nearby Cities -46km (28mi) NNW from Putre, Chile -56km (34mi) ENE from Tacna, Pe...

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The Singers will join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on The Judging Panel When The Show Returns in The Autumn

The rumors have been escalating for months, but new reports indicate Britney and Demi are ON for Season 2 of 'The X Factor'! Hey guys, welcome back to ClevverMusic. E! News reports that pop princess Britney Spears and pop darling Demi Lovato have agreed to join Simon Cowell's 'X Factor' as judges.'' Both pop divas have allegedly agreed to the terms of their individual offers, they just need to sign on the dotted line. Looks like Simon Cowell will have two of the industry's most popular hit maker's right next to him on the judge's panel. It's no surprise that Britney has agreed to her terms, the rumors have been circulating for weeks now. The...

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City Landed a First top-Flight Title For 44 Years English Premier League

City landed a first top-flight title for 44 years playing the sort of football Blues’ fans had barely dreamed possible. With no league title since 1968, it was fitting that Roberto Mancini’s men ended the wait playing a brand of football that befits the memory of the great Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison – the managerial dream team who last brought the coveted trophy home. Records have tumbled along the way with the class of 2011/12 setting standards that will beg the question – is this the greatest City team of all-time...

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Roberto Mancini Saw His Side Wrap up a Remarkable Premier League

Roberto Mancini saw his side wrap up a remarkable Premier League title and then dedicated it to the supporters. The Italian followed in the footsteps of Joe Mercer and Wilf Wild in guiding the Blues to English football’s pinnacle. Goals from Pablo Zabaleta, Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero, the last two in injury time secured a first title since 1968...

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Today We Are Champions of England the Phrase ‘Typical City’ Has Been Buried for Ever

And what an epitaph those two words were given in a season where records fell to Roberto Mancini’s men like so many leaves in an autumn tempest. In the end the margin of success over closest rivals United was goal difference but few would deny this was the year of the sky blues from start to glorious finish. Eighteen home wins and one draw were the bedrock on which this first top flight title in 44 years was built...

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Assassin's Creed III -- World Gameplay Premiere 2012

Assassin’s Creed III invites players to experience the untold story of the American Revolution through the eyes of a new Assassin, Connor. Designed from the ground up over more than two years, Assassin’s Creed III takes one of gaming’s most beloved franchises to new heights. The year is 1775. The American colonies are about to revolt. You are Connor, an assassin who has sworn to secure liberty for his people and his nation. To do so, you will hunt your enemies across a staggeringly large, open, and realistic world. You will unleash your lethal skills in a violent quest that will take you from chaotic city streets to blood-soaked battlefields...

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Welcome to the new HostGator affiliate system.

We have been hard at work the last few months to bring you a new control panel and backend, we are very happy with the results. Please note that the system is still a work in progress and lacks many of the features we will be adding in the upcoming days and weeks. Though we thoroughly tested the system, we would ask that you please report any bugs or suggestions to affiliates@hostgator.com Please note that the ticket system may have a high amount of requests in the next week and it may take longer to respond than usual. Please do not reply multiple times or come into our livechat, your ticket will be answered as soon as possible! Again, please...

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Mitt Romney, The Man likely to Be the Republican Candidate in This Year's US Presidential Election, Has Rejected the Legitimacy of Same-Sex Marriage.

"Marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman," he told graduates at Liberty University, a Christian college in Lynchburg, Virginia. Mr Romney, a Mormon by religion, was given a standing ovation.'' Barack Obama, fighting for re-election as president in November, announced his support for gay marriage this week. It was seen as a politically risky move, especially in the South, where one in three swing voters strongly opposes allowing gays and lesbians to wed.'...

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Hacking games Point Blank 12 May 2012

New fiture:D3D Menu Clean WH WH Weapon Wirefrmae Glass WH No Fog No Smo...

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Scores Hurt as Gas Balloons Explode at Armenia rally

About a concert set up by the Republican Party in the Armenian capital Yerevan last Friday into a nightmare after it was burned balloons filled with hydrogen gas, the center of the crowd, causing the burning of 140 people. And the relocation of "Chicago," an official in the emergency department as saying that hundreds of small balloons burst into flames, resulting in the burning of attendance and provoke a state of panic, two days before parliamentary elections. For its part, according to local media that the cigarette led to the explosion of balloons during the ceremony held by the ruling Republican Party in the Republic Square the center of...

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Download the free Ebook Adsense Tips 2012

is a program through media Internet advertising partnership held by Google. Through this program, be it a Web site owner or blog that has been registered and approved for membership by Google are allowed to advertise that the shape and the material has been determined by Google. of this ad web or blog owner will receive payments derived from the sharing of the benefits of advertising on the pairs that we are familiar with the term Pay Per Click (PPC)...

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The Olympic Flame Will Be Lit in a Ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday Ahead of The Start of The Torch Relay and The London 2012 Games.

London Olympic Flame will be lit at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, the Olympic Movement Holy Land, which also marked the London Olympics, everything is ready, are gradually moving towards the question. London Olympic torch in Greece launched a period of seven days pass, the last two torchbearers, including the Chinese gymnastics legend Li Ning. 18, the torch will be officially arrived in the UK, 19 in the UK and Ireland continued to pass 70 days, travel about 12,800 km participation torchbearers of 8000.'...

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Official Teen Wolf Season 2 Trailer MTV’s

supernatural thriller Teen Wolf is clawing its way back for a second season this summer. Returning Sunday, June 3, for the first of a two-hour season premiere, Teen Wolf will continue the next night at its regular Monday night time slot. Can’t wait a whole month? Take a sneak peek of the action packed new season above. In what’s shaping up to be MTV’s answer to The Vampires Diaries, Teen Wolf started off with an ordinary kid, Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), who soon takes a walk on the wild side after his fateful encounter with what he thought was just a big dog.'...

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Black Ops 2: Zombies 'Pack-A-Punch' Upgrade Discussion

Description Edit History An expansion in the Zombies!!! series of games that takes place on a military base. Includes additional tiles, cards, and glow-in-the-dark zombie miniatures. This expansion can requires the core game's shotgun guys (or other player markers) and tokens for bullets and hearts...

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Obama: 'Same Sex Marriage Should be Legal

President Obama is endorsing gay marriage, telling ABC News it "should be legal." "I think same sex couples should be able to get married," Obama told ABC's Good Morning America. His statement came within a few days of similar comments by Vice President Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, increasing pressure on Obama from gay rights supporters...

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Download Games Black Ops 2 : Mes Impressions

is one of the most explosions and actions containing trailers, black ops 2 will be the ninth part in the call of duty franchise which has been one of the most selling games in history. Black ops 2 trailer will be waited by a lot of fans as there are millions of fans of this game waiting for the single player and multiplayer trailer "What happens if the enemy is actually stole the key?" The question is what is in the video game trailer COD which will soon release it...

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FC Barcelona - Pedro: "I Will Work 100% to Be in The Cup Final"

Pedro Rodriguez has acknowledged he has lived "a year marked by irregular lesions, but I am again with enthusiasm and pace" and therefore will fight for a place in the final on May 25.'...

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2012 Yamaha R1 at 2012 Montreal Motorcycle YZF-R1

On this channel you will find videos of cars, motorcycles, motorboats, yachts, motor homes and everything that moves on wheels or in the water. In most of my short videos (2-5min), I take a look at the exterior design and interior arrangements of the vehicle, so you can receive general idea and appreciation of certain brand or model. My coverage is from Auto, Moto, Boat shows and dealerships from Montreal, Toronto and New York City areas and I have more than 900 High Definition videos, organized in playlist. To find a video of a certain model in my channel, just write the brand and model name in the search bar above, or have a look in my playlist....

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Videos Ferrari 458 Italia & Lamborghini LP 550-2

The Ferrari 458 Italia continues to go from strength to strength and has garnered over 30 international awards in its short career. Yesterday, it added two further plaudits to that collection at the International Engine of the Year Awards when its V8 was voted “Best Performance Engine” and “Best Engine Above 4 Litres”. Spectacular burnout show made by a Ferrari 458 Italia and Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni at the end of the regularity trace for sports cars. The show is an "out of the program" but always requested and appreciated in the context of the meeting reserved for italian supercars and called "Motori& Sapori 2012...

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David Silva Says The Derby win over United Will be Meaningless if The Blues Don’t Take Maximum Points in The Final Two Games.

The brilliant Spaniard says confidence has never been higher within the squad, but the job is still far from finished and any slip-ups could let the Reds back in. “We knew we had to win on Monday,” he said. “Mentally we were ready to win it. We did that and now we have to continue concentrating on the job. “If we end up winning the title, Monday’s win could be the most important win of my club career. But we have to win the championship for that win to mean something.'...

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U.S. Divers Allegedly Found in the Body of Bin Laden

Nablus TV Daily Mail newspaper reported that British diver Bill Warren, a treasure of a fisherman who drowned in the depths of the sea, he was able accurately to identify places where the U.S. Navy dropped the body of the leader of al Qaeda, North Arabian Sea, after his death in Pakistan last year . Warren claims that the body was thrown about 200 km west of the city "SORT" in India, indicating that the installation bin Laden's body weight before dumping at sea, helping to keep them on the same site....

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Employment Opportunities at Google

Introducing the world's first online global science competition, the Google Science Fair! Google has partnered with CERN, LEGO, National Geographic and Scientific American to create a new kind of online science competition that is more global, open and inclusive than ever before. Students aged 13 - 18 from around the world are invited to enter and compete for awesome once-in-a-lifetime experiences, scholarships and real-life work opportunities. Sign up today at google.com/sciencefai...

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The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be bigger than ever with more medals and additional events for female and Para-Sport athletes it was revealed today (Tuesday, May 1). The Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee (OC) today unveiled its final Sports Programme. As well as confirming details of the events to be held across 17 sports and 11 days of competition, Glasgow 2014's Sports Programme will feature additional highlights including...

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Hacking Games Lostaga 4 may 2012

Here it is! Cartoon Heroes! I made this vid recording with Fraps and editing with Sony Vegas. The game is "Lost Saga" by OGPlanet. It took awhile to make but i hope that time was worth it. equipment: >>Fiddler >>SWF File Complete material dah in 1 folder,,, without the separate,,...

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