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• Army of Two: The 40th Day

  
  video game reviews — Authority: 154
  Advanced weapons customization allows you to change your weapon in the heat of battle and adapt your firepower to the situation. Army of Two: The 40th Day has been built from the ground up with a focus on a co-op play and an expanded list of co-op tactics, resulting in a bigger, better, more organic two-man tactical ...
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• While You Were Sleeping… The Economy Collapsed

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  By Giordano Bruno Neithercorp Press - 12/21/2009 One of the most powerful forces in human psychology is the force of habit. Consistency, apathetic comfort, ties men to the ocean bottom to squeeze every ounce of oxygen from their last breath until it is gone, and we wake up at 50 or 60, only realizing then that we ...
  3 days ago

• Hindus laud Pope for environmental stand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Nevada (US), Dec 22 (ANI): Hindus have applauded Pope Benedict for connecting environmental protection with peace promotion in his message for the celebration of World Day of Peace, which falls on January one.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope ...
  4 days ago

• Winter Storm Watch

  
  Insurance Industry Blog — Authority: 122
  A major winter storm barreled up the East coast over the weekend, blanketing states from the mid-Atlantic to New England bringing record snowfalls to some regions. According to reports, the storm caused widespread power outages, treacherous driving conditions, and was blamed for at least six deaths. It’s easy to ...
  5 days ago

• You and Me Could Write a Bad (Fake) Romance

  
  Welcome to the Jungle — Authority: 119
  Everybody loves a good love story. And everybody wants their own love story to to be as magical as only a movie would call for. We’ve been brought up to believe we will meet our soul mate and live happily ever after. We are brainwashed into unrealistic expectations and then we suffer the consequences when our lives ...
  1 week ago

• Big Plans Today

  
  Secret Agent Josephine — Authority: 476
  If you can call a trip to an independent fabric store and a walk downtown an adventure. I totally call it an adventure. Just think of the photos I could take! After being holed up in the house all day yesterday, supposedly sewing on my grand quilt project (FAIL FAIL), I think we are [...]
  1 week ago

• Hindus laud Pope for environmental stand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Hindus have applauded Pope Benedict for connecting environmental protection with peace promotion in his message for the celebration of World Day of Peace, which falls on January one.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for his powerful ...
  1 week ago

• House-sitter reporting

  
  Secret Agent Josephine — Authority: 476
  I’m three days into house-sitting and today I finally broke down and sewed one seam on my quilt. I know I need to get cracking because my mom leaves on Thursday and I really need to get things moving while I have help. I’m afraid if I don’t I may never ever ever finish this.My [...]
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• Heeding Hurricane Forecasts

  
  Insurance Industry Blog — Authority: 122
  The long-range forecasts for next year’s Atlantic hurricane season are out and come with a slew of caveats re their forecast accuracy. Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project team calls for an above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in 2010 with above-average probability of U.S. and ...
  1 week ago

• Trying to Stay on the Bright Side

  
  Yellow Wallpaper — Authority: 117
  I havent posted since Wednesday night, and that was a downer of a post. The reason why I havent been posting is because I dont want to keep writing things like that. And I know part of the problem is simply the fact that Im 32 weeks pregnant, tired, and hormonal. Today I finally sat down and emailed a therapist that a ...
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• A Closer Look At The Alternative Energy Sources Of Solar And Wind Power

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 149
  More and more scientists today agree that global warming is a serious issue and that the cause of global warming is carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Politicians, too, are being swayed as they see increases in property damaged, injuries, and even deaths due to natural ...
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• A Year-End Wrap Up Of The Obama Presidency

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 463
  It’s pretty amazing when you take a look at all that has taken place since Barack Obama has become President. The man who promised America Hope and Change has really delivered on that promise. Which may explain why his popularity numbers are dropping like a stone. Victor Hanson at Pajamas Media sums it up ...
  2 weeks ago

• The catastrophe bond market is heading to a surprisingly healthy 2009

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 766
  Filed under: Company News , Investing , Goldman Sachs , Marsh & McLennan Cos. , American International Group, INC. In an odd twist of logic, its looking like a good year to be in the catastrophe business. The business of insuring against catastrophes, that is. Industry insiders now expect that ...
  2 weeks ago

• 7 ways your money will never be the same

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 150
  A lot has changed since the recession began, including the roles stocks and bonds play in investors portfolios. For starters, get used to more cash, catastrophes and regulation.
  2 weeks ago

• African Union leader warns of catastrophe if Copenhagen fails

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Vienna, Dec 7 (DPA) African Union leader Jean Ping warned Monday in Vienna that the population on his continent would disappear if there was no progress at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.Africa would speak with one voice at the summit meeting that started Monday, as natural catastrophes like floods and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Trading on disaster: Two new cat bonds come to market

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 667
  Filed under: International markets , Good news The catastrophe bond market is still running strong. This alternative to reinsurance, in which insurers can package up their risk and sell it to investors, may be a small part of the market, but carriers are clearly committing to it . Swiss Re ( SWCEY ) and Scor ( ...
  3 weeks ago

• Space insurance sends profits to the stars

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 667
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Good news , Competitive strategy Theres only one month left. If it can pass with no major catastrophic rocket failures, the space insurance sector will look back on a fantastic -- and profitable -- 2009. Insurance for this market can be a tough business, as failures are ...
  3 weeks ago

• 2009 Cat Losses Drop

  
  Insurance Industry Blog — Authority: 122
  Both the human toll and monetary impact of global natural catastrophes and man-made disasters dropped significantly in 2009 compared to 2008. But the overall figures mask a tale of two halves. Initial estimates from Swiss Re indicate that some 12,000 people worldwide were killed by catastrophes in 2009, compared to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Insurers, banks among systemic risk Swiss companies

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 594
  Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Some of Switzerland’s banks and insurance companies, all multinationals, could well be among those identified by the Basel-based Financial Stability Board as companies that need more regulation because of inherent risks. But the FSB denies Tuesday 1 December, that a Monday ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Crack of the Whip Says...

  
  Welcome to the Jungle — Authority: 119
  Why do girls who have boyfriends feel the need to tell them to stop talking to ex girlfriends or even girl friends? This is the second time this has happened to me with in the past year! First, my best guy friend stopped talking to me as soon as he got serious with his girlfriend. I still don’t even really know ...
  3 weeks ago

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