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Three new photo contests on Lenzr.com expire Jan 1st, 2010
There are three new photo contests on Lenzr.com for the months of October and December 2009 ! Photographers look sharp - there's something for everyone to focus on here. Medicinal Plants in Nature celebrates botanical photography and hopes to collect images of natural medicine growing wild in the great outdoors.My father is unbearable and I can't get away
This year has been rough for my family. My parents decided to up and leave their California home to move across the country--after quitting their jobs and realizing their new home was not for them they moved back only to lose money, a house, and are jobless in this economy. Myself included in this brought me to live with them again as I was away at school until budget cuts ceased my opportunity to stay there.Mary Landrieu sold her vote on health care for $100 million it appears.
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state: Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.KIRSTEN DUNST NOT IN TOUCH WITH JAKE GYLLENHAAL
The 27-year-old actress Kirsten Dunst is not that type of celebrity who always walking the red carpet with a boyfriend. Kirsten Dunst has accepted that she is not really in touch with her ex-flame Jake Gyllenhaal. "It would be nice to see him "But we are not good friends," The couple, who shared a home in LA, had spilt in 2004 after romancing for about two years.
Army Corps of Engineers Blamed for Katrina Flooding
Corps' operation of MR-GO doomed homes in St. Bernard, Lower 9th Ward, judge rules
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
November 19, 2009, 6:00AM
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In a groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' mismanagement of maintenance at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was directly responsible for flood damage in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
Why small business insurance is needed even if working from home
In these recessionary times, being a small business owner is not a bed of roses. New business owners are often tempted to reduce costs by not insuring their businesses just because they work from home.
In the short term this might save some money, but it the long run, it could seriously affect future business plans.
Met new guy...but he is here temporarily...what to do?!
Hi all, I am hoping I can get some useful advice, b/c I am very ambivalent about this situation. So I met a guy at a mutual friend's birthday party 2 1/2 months ago. We hit off instantly.Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sold their New Orleans home
After owning their New Orleans home for a little over two years, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have sold it, according to Ted Casablanca from E!. Who says it’s a bad time for real estate? The news is a little surprising, considering the homes Brad’s been helping build in the Lower 9th Ward with the Make It Right project - and his often mentioned love of the city.Rise of conservative women
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/15/michele-bachmann-president-sarah-palin She is much more Religious Right then I like in Conservative politicians, but I still found her interesting. The new wave of female firebrands striking fear into liberal America Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regime- Buzz up!
- Digg it
Home-start-ups unaware of insurable risks
New data from online small business insurer Insurantz.com demonstrates an increasing number of entrepreneurs who are at risk to litigation, loss and other potential risks.
The research from the insurer, which is exhibiting at Business Start-up 2009, shows nearly 1 million entrepreneurs who are starting their own business from home are unwittingly putting themselves at severe financial risk by wrongly believing their businesses are covered by existing home-contents policies.
The research demonstates a real gap between what is necessary and the commercial reality.
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