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Hot trends for August 14, 2008

Ancient Chinese Secret: Bird Poop

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:27:17 PDT
Fox News has an interesting story on bird poop facials today – well it will be yesterday by the time I finish writing this. The kind of interesting part to me, well, beyond the fact that they are putting nightingale poop on your face and charging you upwards of 100 bucks, was that I had run across this product as I was researching authentic geisha makeup for my daughters costume last Halloween. I almost wrote about it then – heck, I almost bought the product myself. Should have, because I c

David Caruso - Jungle Fever

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:21:24 PDT
Not surprsingly, the news that David Caruso and Vivca Fox are dating produced a lot of mixed reactions especially on the website that first published the rumor. There was ONE PARTICULIAR RESPONSE which deserves our special attention......

Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox on Transformers 2

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:24:34 PDT
After several unfortunate incidents and news of being delayed, next year's most anticipated movie sequel is finally on its way...

Pork Production Around Central and Eastern Europe

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:54:26 PDT
Positive trends in livestock production have been declared for Belarus by the country's ministry of statistics and analysis. It indicated a 5.3% growth in pig marketings for the first 6 months of this year and it now reports a national inventory of 2 million pigs on 1st July 2008 that would signify an annual increase of 0.8%.

US News Expands The Ranking Service

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:14:05 PDT
US News&World Report, an authoritative source for US university rankings has launched an auto ranking website in what seems to be an expansion move towards a general online ranking service.

Oil rises to near $117 on falling inventories (Oil-Prices)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:52:38 PDT
SINGAPORE _ Oil prices rose for a second day Thursday in Asia, approaching $117 a barrel after U.S. gasoline supplies fell more than expected in a weekly government report.Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose 75 cents to $116.75 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midafternoon in Singapore. The contract jumped $2.99 overnight to settle at $116.00 a barrel.It`s the first bright news for traders in the oil market in a while, said Gavin Wendt, head of min

Old marketing with new tools

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:23:29 PDT
Remember hand-written thank you notes? Then they became xeroxed form letters. And then mail-merged form letters. And then Amazon order confirmations by email. We tend to use new tools to do less. We try to save time and money at the same time, and end up depersonalizing and commodifying what we do. A simple example: cost and speed pressure means that when you get your car serviced, it's unlikely you'll be greeted by the mechanic himself, wiping his hands on a greasy rag, telling you exact

Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Goes Public, Location-Aware Web Apps to Follow

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:28:22 PDT
Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Goes Public, Location-Aware Web Apps to Follow By Michael Calore August 12, 2008 Categories: Mobile, Platforms & APIs The location-based web service Fire Eagle was released to the public Tuesday. It’s live at fireeagle.yahoo.net. The product has been in private beta for several months, but now you can sign up and start using it without an invitation. We’ve written about Fire Eagle on Webmonkey in the past, but here’s a quick primer. As a user, I can log in to Fire Ea

Barack Obama = Weak Candidate as per Falling Polls

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:38:51 PDT
Keep in mind that the latest trend of polls have McCain rising, while Obama's polling advantage has been falling into the single digits or within the margin of error.

Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox on Transformers 2

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:24:34 PDT
After several unfortunate incidents and news of being delayed, next year's most anticipated movie sequel is finally on its way...

Old School Love for Carl Lewis

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:47:46 PDT
Thanks to Michael Phelps' dominating performance, Carl Lewis' name is rightfully in the news again.

Designer Sunglasses Trends: Unbreakable Sunglasses

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:03:00 PDT
Sunglasses were first used in 12th Century China but did not gain real popularity until the early 1900’s . Movie stars would wear sunglasses, not as a disguise or because they thought they were fashionable but to protect their eyes from the harsh lights used in film production.


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