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Legislation designed to complete work on a health-care overhaul will include a House measure to revamp the college student loan program, a top Democrat said.Source: Yahoo“This is critical to passing this in the caucus,” California Representative George Miller, one of the leaders of the health-care effort and chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, said today. “People have made it very clear they want to take this home.”The measure would expand the government’s role by allowing it to provide new college loans directly while ending federal guarantees and subsidies to lenders such as SLM Corp., commonly known as Sallie Mae. That’s caused the plan to draw resistance from senators whose states are home to private lenders.The education provision would be part of a so-called reconciliation package designed to make changes to a Senate health-care bill passed in December. President Barack Obama is asking the House to approve the original Senate bill as well as the bill
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At first, we suspected this was all a joke. And in the end, it may wind up being exactly that. But right now, there’s a real possibility that the Internet could be nominated to wind the next Nobel Peace Prize. You may be chuckling right now, but don’t be surprised if this idea doesn’t gain a huge amount of traction. There’s seems to be quite a bit of political discord going on right now, and individuals may end liking the idea of supporting an entity rather than a human, and have you ever met someone who actually despised the Internet? Is that even possible?A new website has been established to rally Mr. Internet as the lead contender for the next Prize, with “Internet For Peace” urging visitors to look at all of the benefits that that Internet has and get behind the idea of supporting it. Here’s the full spill of why the World Wide Web deserves the next Nobel Peace award:We have finally realized that the Internet is much more than a network of computers.It is an endless web of people.
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At first, we suspected this was all a joke. And in the end, it may wind up being exactly that. But right now, there’s a real possibility that the Internet could be nominated to wind the next Nobel Peace Prize. You may be chuckling right now, but don’t be surprised if this idea doesn’t gain a huge amount of traction. There’s seems to be quite a bit of political discord going on right now, and individuals may end liking the idea of supporting an entity rather than a human, and have you ever met someone who actually despised the Internet? Is that even possible?A new website has been established to rally Mr. Internet as the lead contender for the next Prize, with “Internet For Peace” urging visitors to look at all of the benefits that that Internet has and get behind the idea of supporting it. Here’s the full spill of why the World Wide Web deserves the next Nobel Peace award:We have finally realized that the Internet is much more than a network of computers.It is an endless web of people.
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Malam Juara Raja LAwak 4 menyaksikan bagaimana ALEX menonjol dari yang lain. KECIK dan IDLAN mengecewakan namun masih meraih undian tertinggi untuk mndapat tempat pertama dan kedua.TAHNIAH! Alex kerana kedua-dua persembahan yang ditunjukkan adalah yang terbaik. Bukan sahaja klakar namun lawaknya bersahaja dan penuh nasihat dan ilmu.Juara dan naib juara KECIK dan IDLAN hanya memperbodohkan diri dan para juri. Tapi tabik kepada juri DIN BRAMBOI kerana mengaku dialah punca ada yang sangat mengibkan dari segi persembahan.Walaubagaimanapun tahniah buat semua pemenang dan tiada pengalah dalam siaran akhir raja lawak. Maggie saya sudah kembang marilah ramai-ramai komen blog iniTerima kasih kepada pihak Astro yang telah sudi untuk membenarkan kami menjemput 10 pembaca bertuah untuk menonton final Raja Lawak 4 Ahad ini. Sebelum kami bagitau cara-cara nak memohon, baca details tentang final Raja Lawak ini dulu:-Tempat: Auditorium MBSA, Shah AlamTarikh: 7 Mac 2010, AhadJam: 8.00 malamDisebabkan t
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Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the AirActor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy RennerActress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl StreepDirecting: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, PreciousLOS ANGELES - The visually stunning fantasy “Avatar” and the gripping military drama “The Hurt Locker” will battle for top honors at tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, while Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges will look to cap off a successful awards season by taking home the top acting Oscars.”Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” each have a leading nine nominations heading into the ceremony at the Kodak Theatre, and they sit atop a field of best-picture nominees that was expanded to 10 this year in hopes of generating more interest in the festivities and more compe
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A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for one million US dollars, smashing the previous record price for a comic.Source: WikipediaA 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, widely considered the Holy Grail of comic books, was sold by a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom released their names.The issue features Superman - played by Brandon Routh in the new films - lifting a car on its cover. It originally cost 10 cents.The transaction was conducted by the auction site ComicConnect.com. Stephen Fishler, co-owner of the site and its sister dealership, Metropolis Collectibles, orchestrated the sale.Mr Fishler said it transpired minutes after the issue was put on sale.He said that the seller was a “well-known individual” in New York with a pedigree collection and that the buyer was a known customer who had previously bought an Action Comics No. 1 of lesser grade.That purchase is considered the “official public record” for a comic book sale, said Mark Zai
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This simple question is probably one of the hardest to answer in all of climate science. Despite over 100 years of hurricane records, and fifty years of satellite-based data, researchers are just starting to get a picture of how the most dangerous weather events on the planet behave as temperatures rise.Source: WikipediaAnd unfortunately, there is still much obfuscation out there that must be dealt with.Given what we know about hurricanes — that they rely on warm tropical water as an energy supply, among other things — we might think that more storms are on the way. Makes sense. And indeed, a new paper posted on Arxiv.org argues from a mathematical standpoint that hurricanes have been on the rise since the 1960’s, and could jump by a factor of eleven if the world warms 2 degrees centigrade, as many climate models suggest is possible well before the end of the century.It’s a staggering possibility that would leave much of the tropical world in a state of near-constant pummeling from s
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Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownProvincial premier Helen Zille feared that future generations would never forgive her if this locally resisted stadium spoiled the view of Table Mountain. Fortunately it’s a world class masterpiece, wrapped in noise-reducing cladding that blends exquisitely into its surroundingsConstruction newCapacity 66,005First match 11 June, Group A, Uruguay v FranceStill to do Local transport is still being finalised
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When Ben Loke wanted to boost his financial prospects, he approached neither his banker nor his broker.Source: WikipediaInstead, the 35-year-old company executive asked a professional tattooist to ink on his back a “sak yant” religious symbol which he hoped would bring him wealth and happiness.”I’m a Buddhist, and the scriptures that are being tattooed on my back will give me some protection,” he said as he prepared to go under a needle wielded by a visiting Thai expert.The sak yant form of tattooing originated in Thailand and is gaining popularity in Singapore, a predominantly ethnic Chinese city-state with a strong Buddhist and Taoist tradition.Sak yant tattoos, mainly inscriptions of religious texts and animals as well as deity figures, are believed by Buddhists to bring good fortune, courage and self-confidence.It is Loke’s second sak yant tattoo and sits beneath a dragon surrounded by lines of Buddhist text.Tattoos have come a long way in Singapore. Once associated with gangsters,
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U.S. Olympians Hannah Teter and Lindsey Vonn modeled for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. After all, they train like madwomen to be the best in snowboarding and skiing respectively. A nice byproduct of that training is that they have gorgeous, athletic bodies, and both women are comfortable showing off those bodies:“I was really amped up to do that, because I don’t believe in the criminalization of bodies and women having to be ashamed of their bodies,” Teter told Reuters. ” … The pictures are a little risque, but they’re totally not sexual. Bodies are beautiful and should be appreciated.”Teter is known as a free spirit, and her sense of humor applies to the human body. At the site where Teter is selling undies for Haiti relief, slogans like “Do your civic booty” and “Baby gave back” scroll over the boy shorts that say “Make love not war.”Like Teter, Vonn isn’t bothered by nudity.”I’m OK with people being naked. There shouldn’t be a huge deal made about it. People i
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