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  • admin wrote a new blog post: Hands-on with The Secret World’s mission system   1 day, 23 hours ago · View

    So The Secret World’s mission system treads well off the beaten MMO path. It’s pretty cool, actually, though portions of it may irritate quest-grinders who just want to blow through zones on their way to the game’s equivalent of a max-level toon. For the rest of us, there’s a nifty interface, some challenging puzzles, and [...]

  • Other than a long soaking rain shower in the middle of the late-afternoon matches, Thursday was a great first day for the NCAA tennis tournament. Unfortunately for the No. 6-seeded Georgia Bulldogs, they were caught in the middle of storm. When the weather came through, the Bulldog had secured the doubles point against No. 11 [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Modern Artists Find a Sartorial Purpose With Jewelry   2 days, 23 hours ago · View

    One day, as he pondered how to make a proposition that could not be refused, the French sculptor Bernar Venet was toying with a piece of silver wire. “Art becomes you,” Mr. Venet finally told Diane Segard, fashioning the wire around her finger in a makeshift engagement ring. It worked. “This gesture was so touching [...]

  • Guilt money? Maybe, but LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan appreciates Augusta National’s support for girls golf. The green jackets who run Augusta National Golf Club want more girls and women on the golf course — just not on their sacred fairways. In a wide-ranging interview with Forbes published on Wednesday, LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: From The Hands of Smugglers to Community Leaders   4 days ago · View

    “To get into the United States, I swam across the river in south Texas, in the middle of the night in my underwear, carrying a plastic bag filled with dry clothes.” This was the beginning of  Olga Cantarero’s harrowing journey from Nicaragua to the United States — fearing for her life at the hands of [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Giorgio Armani Unveils Italian Olympics Collection   4 days ago · View

    Giorgio Armani has unveiled his collection for the Italian Olympic squad. The Italian fashion designer revealed his EA7 Emporio Armani range for the country’s sporting hopefuls ahead of this summer’s London Olympic Games during a presentation at the Armani Theater in Milan’s Via Borgonuovo. Giorgio – who is known to be a sports fanatic, favouring [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: New music at its best   4 days, 23 hours ago · View

    The Kronos Quartet never ceases to blow my mind because the work they perform is so widely disparate. Every CD of theirs has pieces I detest, and pieces that remain my go-to music. Tonight’s concert was no different. The only commonality shared by these pieces was they were composed by women – hence the name, [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Fashion Spotlight: Ryan Coker   5 days ago · View

    Though I previously thought dirt, grass and sweat were terribly unattractive and frankly unnecessary, the darling Ryan Coker may have just changed my mind. This 21-year-old alum of Florida State University makes hiking, biking and even sweating appear so damn fashionable. Coker’s unmatchable ability to pair a classic flannel with a fitted pair of shorts [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: VAFB Child Development Center set to open   5 days, 23 hours ago · View

    Two mothers getting a sneak peek at the new Child Development Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday couldn’t stop praising the state-of-the-art facility. Staff Sgt. Francesca Fleming and Cheryl Sawyers have children who use the facility and attended the afternoon ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Child Development Center. “I don’t even have words,” [...]

  • GREEN MOVEMENT: The cool evening temperatures this month probably slowed the springing of the birch and aspen leaves. So “greenup” day was either Wednesday or Thursday, depending upon your ability to detect green on the northeastern part of Chena Ridge, as seen from the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Other hillsides may [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Chinese-American author will engage in ‘conversation’ today   1 week, 1 day ago · View

    Notable Chinese-American author and human rights activist Bette Bao Lord, who is in residence this week as a Montgomery Fellow, will engage in a public “conversation” about her personal and professional experiences in Filene Auditorium today at 4:30 p.m., in a talk monitored by English professor Melissa Zeiger. Lord — best-selling author of “Spring Moon: [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Springfield Man Abducted, Robbed, Stuffed in Trunk   1 week, 2 days ago · View

    Three men abducted a Springfield man from outside his home, forced him to withdraw money from ATMs, and left him in the trunk of his car early Wednesday morning, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Around 1:30 a.m., the 22-year-old victim was leaving his home on the 6100 block of Cumberland Avenue, near the [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: No Accident: Westray 20 Years After   1 week, 2 days ago · View

    An early morning ceremony to remember the twentieth anniversary of the Westray mine disaster today paid respect to the 26 coal miners killed in the coal dust-sparked methane blast. More than that though, it raised the difficult question of whether these preventable deaths have at all re-shaped the notion of safety in the workplace. Westray [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: High-end men’s outfitters opens in Port Elizabeth   1 week, 3 days ago · View

    Following customers’ requests for high-end men’s clothing, Delbro Premium has opened up in Port Elizabeth’s Westbourne Road. Delbro was founded in North End as a gentleman’s clothing store in 1946, by Hashik Dullabh’s late grandfather, Thakor Dullabh. With this store, the company has gone back to its roots. Hashik Dullabh, owner of Delbro Premium, says [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Boulder Electric Vehicle Is Opening an Assembly Plant in Chatsworth   1 week, 3 days ago · View

    Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa scored another notch in his green belt, announcing Monday that a Colorado electrical vehicle maker will locate an assembly plant in Chatsworth. Boulder Electric Vehicle leased a 27,714-square-foot building last month and has already started tooling it up for an assembly facility, Boulder CEO Carter Brown said. The company will initially hire [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Henry’s point of difference   1 week, 4 days ago · View

    Last week the man many had come to know as ‘Ted’ as he led the All Blacks to Rugby World Cup glory officially became Sir Graham Henry, for services to New Zealand’s national sport. On Friday he will be in Timaru as the guest speaker at the annual South Canterbury Sports Awards, before which the [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Bytes launches hi-tech, real-time training facility   1 week, 4 days ago · View

    Expenditure on training can be exorbitant for companies, particularly when it comes to travel and accommodation costs. To address this, Bytes People Solutions has provided a cost-effective alternative, by creating a real-time training centre at its headquarters in Midrand, which allows people in Durban and Cape Town to participate in live instructor-led training programmes run [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: European markets pick up after election jitters   1 week, 5 days ago · View

    Most stock markets in Europe ground out gains in volatile trading on Monday, after election results in Greece and France highlighted the scale of anti-austerity sentiment across the continent. Athens’ stock market nevertheless closed 6.7 percent lower after Greek election results reignited concerns over the country’s ability to stave off bankruptcy. Sunday’s election resulted in [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: The ride is far from over.   1 week, 6 days ago · View

    Phil “The Thrill” Mickelson will be inducted tonight into the World Golf Hall of Fame at the ripe old age of 41, a warranted eternal tribute to the unconventional left-hander who has teed up a lifetime’s worth of memories. But while the wildly popular four-time major winner with 40 PGA Tour titles on his résumé [...]

  • admin wrote a new blog post: Corruption cripples global economy   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

    Corruption has become one of the most dangerous threats in the world. Recently, the Chinese communist leader, Bo Xiali, got suspended from the party due to corruption charges. Wal-Mart, a well-known retail chain, is also facing corruption and bribery charges. The list goes on and on. Every day we hear about an incident involving corruption. [...]

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