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TOP10 for 11/17/2008

Filed in archive Daily Top 10 by Creative Weblogging on November 18, 2008

The most popular entries for 11/17/2008 out of 77 entries made in 152 blogs in the Creative Weblogging network yesterday.

The Real Stars Eagle Par Birdie

Sport & Outdoor Gene McClure, 2008 Joe Dey Award Winner I had the following link dropped in my in-box today. It revolves around this year's USGA award for volunteerism. As most of us know, there's not a professional tournament anywhere on the planet that happens because of the volunteers involved, people who love the game. You find them in other sports, too. Corner marshals at... Read it all

Recapping the Latin Grammys: Kany Garcia Gets Best New Artist Latina Viva

Travel & Culture Puerto Rican singer Kany Garcia was honored with the best new artist prize at the Latin Grammy Awards Thursday night in Houston and her CD "Cualquier Dia" won the award for best female pop vocal album, according to the Associated Press. Garcia was nominate for four awards. She achieved her current popularity with the release in 2007 of her first album... Read it all

Recession Racing Hurts Fans the Most Classical Drives

Cars & Motorsports For this Canadian, a dedicated F1 fan since the 50s, the news that the Canadian Grand Prix is no longer on the calendar is sad, indeed. Montreal's mayor has announced that a sponsor could not be found, while the three levels of government were unable to pledge sufficient funds to satisfy F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone. Yet in a way, the... Read it all

Obama's Fireside Chat for a New Generation The Gadgets Weblog

Digital Media © hlkljgk In another generation, the "fireside chat" was made famous by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this generation, youtube was made famous by a skateboarding dog. What happens when those two generations and ideals clash? That's right, you bet President Elect Obama hosting a "fireside chat" on youtube. It may sound like I am poking fun, but I am not. To... Read it all

Brian Danielle Fine Jewelry The Jewelry Weblog

Beauty & Style Precious Metal and Gemstone Jewelry Brian Danielle makes fine gemstone jewelry with modern and trendy design elements. The multi-faceted stones he uses in his designs are exquisite, especially in the rings. Cut can dramatically affect the appearance of a gemstone, and they are normally cut to maintain maximum weight while exhibiting optimal color and brilliance. Brian Danielle Citrine Oval Ring This ring... Read it all

Ideal Age for Marriage? White Lace Wedding

Family, Home & Living Maybe you've noticed that people's idea of an "ideal" age to marry has risen in recent decades. In a 1946 Gallup Poll, most found the ideal age to be 25 for men and 21 for women. Sixty years later, in a Gallup telephone poll of about 500 adults, the ideal age had increased to 25 for women and 27 for... Read it all

System Failure: Va Tech's Text Messaging System Crashes The Universities Weblog

Educate Me Safety on campus has changed a lot since the tragedy at Virginia Tech back in April of 2007. Many schools, Va Tech among them, have implemented emergency alert systems that include sending text messages students. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported today that the text-message alert system at Virginia Tech partly failed during a false alarm recently.A report of what sounded... Read it all

Japan in recession: the gloom spreads Sox First

Business, Economy & Finance Last week, it was European economic power house Germany slipping to recession. Now it's Japan, the world's second biggest economy and it's the first recession there in seven years.As The Times reports, it's a lot worse than what was expected with inflation dropping 1.6% , suggesting that Japan is again in the grip of the deflation monster and the economic... Read it all

Second Life Affair Leads to Divorce in Real Life Web 2.0

Ecommerce & Internet It's becoming more and more difficult to distinguish virtual world events from real life. And as evidence of that, the big news this week is a divorce in the UK that is currently in the works. SkyNews described it this way:Amy Taylor, 28, cited unreasonable behaviour in the court papers, describing how their three-year marriage came to an end when... Read it all

Biofuel from Olive Stones The Biotech Weblog

Life Sciences Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6892306Researchers are exploring the potential of olive stones, otherwise a waste product of the olive processing industry, as a substrate for bioethanol production. The stones are rich in polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicellulose) that can be broken down into sugar and then fermented to produce ethanol. In a pilot study, the olive stones were pre-treated using high-pressure... Read it all

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