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In the wake of the 2012 Presidential Election, the people of America made a definitive leadership choice for the next 4 years. Not everyone however, was in agreement with this decision. In fact, many of the disheartened voices have declared impending doom as the nation, they assert, descends into the pit of socialism. So, with [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Politics · Tagged abortion, America, china, china vs. US, Communism, exporting goods, gun violence, immigration, importing goods, lee standberry, monitoring of citizens, political elections, political parties, socialism, TopTenz, universal health care, USA
Dangerous holes and rotten planks held aloft by tiny pieces of rusted cable stretch as far as you can see. Somewhere below you lies an immense body of water… The howling wind makes the bridge sway side to side and as you grab a railing to hold onto, you suddenly feel how the heart starts [...]
Posted by Timeea on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Nature, Travel · Tagged angels landing, apurimac river, big gate road, bridges, china, climbing, el caminito del ray, el chorro, glass skywalk trail, guadalhorce river, haiku stairs, half dome, hawaiii, heaven linking avenue, heaven's gate, hiking trails, hua shan trail, hunza valley, hussaini bridge, Inca, inca trail to machu picchu, incans, keshwa chaca, lake borit, mount hua, national forest park, Pakistan, peru, rope bridges, Spain, stairs of death, suspension bridge, Switzerland, the king's little pathway, Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, trift bridge, UK, USA, yosemite valley, zion natural park
Now, I love Chinese food. I mean, who doesn’t? Weird people who don’t like lots of soy sauce and yummy carbs like rice and rice noodles? But what have the Chinese given to us, really? Fortune cookies? Jokes about children working in sweatshops? I’d like to think that they have accomplished more than that in [...]
Posted by Shannon Harris on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged ancestors, Asia, Asian, banknotes, china, Chinese, chinese scientist, copper coins, cuisine, culture, cultures, Currency, death rituals, diamond sutra, Fork, Health, Healthy diet, History, influence, invention, Inventor, menstrual cramps, paper money, song dynasty, typesetting, woodblock printing, yuan dynasty
Glorified for centuries with characters such as Robin Hood and Butch Cassidy, bank robbers are often portrayed as a more refined class of criminal and often romanticized in movies and novels- perhaps a bit brainier – certainly more intriguing. Here are the top 10 bank robbers of the 21st century: 10. The Agricultural Bank of [...]
Posted by Natalie Jaro on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime · Tagged Agricultural Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China Robbery, Antwerp Diamond Center, Antwerp police, artist, Baghdad, bank, bank accounts, bank managers, bank notes, Bank of Ireland, Bank of Ireland Robbery, bank robberies, bank robbers, bank robbery, bank robbing bravado, bank vault, Belfast, Belgium, brazil, Britain, Butch Cassidy, cab driver, car saleswoman, Central Bank of Iraq, china, depot manager, Donoghue, Dublin, Fortaleza, Graff Diamonds robbery, Great Brinks Robbery, Harry Winston, high-tech gadgetry, Ireland, Kent, London, Lufthansa heist, manager, manager of the depot, Northern Bank, northern ireland, Paris, Person Communication and Meetings, Qusay, robbery, Saddam Hussein, Securitas, Securitas Depot, Securitas depot robbery, security chief, security systems, Sumitomo Bank, The Securitas Depot, United Kingdom, United States, West Indies
As the saying goes, “Hope springs eternal” (or something like that). Suffice to say, as we usher in a new year, there is certainly a degree of optimism and hope that we carry with us. We have our New Year resolutions and a resolute desire on how we are going to approach the upcoming months. [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Politics, Sports · Tagged Alzheimer's disease, America, barack obama, Barcelona, Ben Ali, Carnage, china, CNN, Crisis, Economic crisis, Environmental Issue, Europe, Financial crisis, forest fires, greece, hope springs eternal, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, lee standberry, London, major earthquakes, mayan end of the world, Mohammed Bouazizi, mother nature, Muammar Gaddafi, mud slides, natural disaster, Natural disasters, new year resolutions, new years day, Occupy Wall Street, oil flow disruption, president, presidential election, quakes, Republican Party, richter scale, Russia, sink holes, Strait of Hormuz, Syria, the 2012 Olympic Games, the god particle, the Masters, the U.S. Open, The UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Champions League championship, Tiger, tiger woods, TopTenz.net, Tornadoes, U.S. President, UEFA Champions League, United Kingdom, United States, volcanic eruption in iceland, White House
Ah, nothing like a nice recall of millions of toys to completely wreck your corporate reputation. Parents tend to not appreciate when you endanger the lives of their special little snowflakes, you know! And then they tell 20 of their friends how bad your company sucks. Below are the 10 worst toy recalls of recent [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, Games · Tagged Australia, barbie, Burger King, Burger King B.V., burns, Childhood, china, comas, Consumer Reports, dangerous lead paint, deadly and illegal lead paint, Easy-Bake Oven, Easy-Bake ovens, eBay, eBay Inc, Entertainment, face lacerations, Fisher-Price, Fisher-Price Inc, Fisher-Price infant toy, Hasbro, human behavior, Inc., infant toy recall involving lead paint, injuries, injury, lead poisoning, Mattel, public relations, seizures, similar products, Sky Dancer, Surgery, teeth lacerations, temporary blindness, toy, Toy safety, toys, United Kingdom, United States, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, USD, Yo-yo
After an interesting response from my, “Top 10 Reasons not to live in California” list, we now turn our attention to other spots around the nation that one might not want to call home. Moving all the way across the country to the east coast, we find one of the original states of the great [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Black P. Stones, Born to Kill, California, china, Crime, Criminology, crips, East Coast, Ethics, federal government, gang, Gangs in the United States, Houston, i.e. manufacturing, law abiding citizens, law enforcement, lee standberry, local law enforcement, Maine, New, New York, New York can the, New York City, new york yankees, Rodney King, Snatch, Sociology, South Dakota, Texas, The Warriors, Times Square, United States, Urban decay, US Federal Reserve, USD, Washington, Washington DC
Isn’t it scary how many people don’t know if Europe is a country or a continent? Wow… What kind of expectations should we have from the poor, ignorant people if even the president called Europe a country?! Now, let’s give the man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he wanted to say “countries like in [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Aeolian Islands, Agenor, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Asia, brazil, British Columbia, canada, Central Intelligence Agency, china, Church of St. Tysilio, craftsman, Decade Volcanoes, Eiffel Tower, engineer, Etna, Europa, Europe, Europe's Capital, European Union, Finland, France, Frédéric Bartholdi, G20 nations, geography, Geology, Iceland, Ioan Stan Patras, Ireland, Istanbul, Italy, Kenneth J. Hsu, King, king of Tyre, Mary's Church, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Merry Cemetery, Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, Napoleon Bonaparte, New Zealand, Paris, Poland, president, Princess, REpublic of Ireland, Rob Butler, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Statue of Liberty, steel framework, Strait of Bosphorus, Stratovolcanoes, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, United States, United States of America, Vatican City, volcano, Volcanoes of Italy, Volcanology, wales
In archaeology, an artifact is an object recovered which may provide cultural interest and help in the understanding of human history. In the last 100 years, a large collection of important archeological discoveries have been made. Some of these artifacts have helped people understand the origins of life on Earth, while others have presented problems [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Africa, Alexander, Alexander IV, American Museum of Natural History, Americas, Andes Mountains, Andrewsarchus, Anthropology, Broken Hill, Buchheim, canada, china, Cyprus, director of the Jordan, egypt, Ethiopia, Europe, Gobi Desert, greece, greenland, Helge Ingstad, History of North America, History of the Americas, Holstein, Iceland, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,Israel, Jesus Christ, John Cabot, Jordan, Jordan Lead, Ka, Kabwe, Kabwe,Central Province,Zambia, Kent State University, L'Anse aux Meadows, Lawrence River, Lima, Lima,Lima Region,Peru, Macedonia, Manolis Andronikos, Mesonychids, Mongolia, Moshe Lufan, Natural History, New Brunswick, New Brunswick,Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Norse Greenlanders, North America, Ohio,United States, Otago Museum, Philip Davies, Phillip II, Republic of Macedonia, Rhodesia, Rimac River, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Galilee Boat, Sicily, tomb of Philip II, Uluburun shipwreck, Vinland, Yigal Allon Museum, Zambia, Ziad al-Saad
The traditional pre-marriage event to say farewell to bachelorhood is, nowadays, an excuse to have a raucous party. This was not always the case. There was greater significance in the event. In Spartan times it was a chance for the groom-to-be to pledge his continued allegiance to his comrades. In the 1800’s it was a [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Television · Tagged Australia, Bavaria, Beer festivals, Boryeong Mud Festival, carnival, china, Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Chungcheongnam-do, Edinburgh, Festival of Lights, Full Moon Party, Germany, Munich, Navarre, Nevada, New Year party, new years day, Oompha Bands, pamplona, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sydney Harbour, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States