6 Dream Jobs Every Guy Wants

We are big believers in the perpetual pursuit of your perfect dream job.

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The Fork in the Road for Social Media

Social networking is at a major fork in the road. Down one road is adding more features to a walled garden and opening up just enough, so that users seldom need to leave. Down the other road, a future of being the primary repository for your connections. Deciding which path to take is a real decision. A botched choice will likely end in failure.

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Danica Patrick goes for her first Indianapolis 500 victory

Patrick has proved she can win, but whether she is capable of adding a signature victory, the win that would put a stamp on her career and further validate her talent, remains to be seen....she said she would rather run out of fuel trying than driving conservatively.

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Sharpshooters on the roof

I suspect, the death threats come in greater numbers for him than any Presidential candidate before him for Obama.And yet, he still stands before us. He stands before us with his wife and with his daughters by his side. Think about that.

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World’s Largest College Solar Farm Planned

Florida Gulf Coast University has received a $8.5 million allocation to build a 16-acre solar farm on its campus. While the funding still needs a final signature from Florida Governor Crist, the money would help FGCU construct what would be the largest university-based solar farm in the world.

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Huge LEGO Boulder Crashes Into Car

Interesting video of a giant boulder (as big as in the movie) made out of five million LEGO pieces, chasing Indiana Jones through the street of San Francisco.

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A bad bacteria becomes worse

Rising rates of the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile, known as C. diff, are sparking worries about a virulent form of the bug that can cause severe diarrhea — and death.

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Dirty oil secret: Plastic Bottles and Bags

The United States alone consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of OPEC oil to create them. Add in Europe, Japan, Canada and the rest of the world and you have a major problem. Enough to fuel millions of cars each and every year. Also think about plastic bags - 100 billion plastic bags used in the United States alone each year. Multiply that by two or three and you have 24-36 million barrels of oil wasted each year. How about the entire world. Think 154.3 billion water bottles and 500 billion - 1 trillion bags and that makes up to 207.4 million barrels of oil a year. Enough to knock the price of oil down to 1990s levels.

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Solar power, weeds and algae to fuel the future

Britain's armed forces are considering alternative sources of energy, in order to reduce the military dependency on oil, with its undependable and unreliable supply and often unfriendly sources.

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Turning Traffic into Electricity

Technology is under development to turn road traffic into electricity. 'It took him eight years to get a working prototype, but now there's one working at the Port of Oakland which Kenney calls the "Dragon Power Station".

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