OPM.Gov Status: Washington, DC area federal offices remain closed on Tuesday

February 9th, 2010 admin Comments off

Federal Government agency offices in Washington, DC will remain closed on Tuesday, Feb 9th 2010 according to The Washington Post. The official website of U.S Office of Personnel Management was not available. OPM.GOV has crashed on high web traffic as people are rushing to the website to read the official words.
The announcement may not [...]

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Super Bowl 2010: The highest watched event in TV history

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Super Bowl has attracted about 106 million viewers that is now considered highest viewing TV event beating MASH finale record of 27 years ago. Advertisers were able shell out a lot of money to buy a spot on the CBS. CBS reportedly collected around $2.5 to $3 dollars for 30 seconds [...]

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Reasons behind worst commercials of Super Bowl 2010

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It is generally very easy to find worst ads on TV considering local showroom ads. Super Bowl case is different as companies spent $2.5M to $3.0M to broadcast 30 seconds commercials. The main reason of spending that much on 30 seconds advertisement is to make people talk about commercial after Super Bowl regardless of [...]

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Audi green police ad: Is it true in real life?

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Super Bowl 2010 was ended yesterday and Saints won their first ever super bowl 2010. Well, beside teams, player and coaches, Commercials were the big part of the super bowl 2010.
In the morning, Docker Free Pants were high on the Google search and suddenly people by noon time, the Audi entry becomes the hot [...]

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John Murtha dies at 77

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John Murtha, Democratic representative from Pennsylvania, died at the age of 77. He was hospitalized due to heart complication in Pennsylvania..He represented Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district in the united states house representative.
He had been really vocal against the Iraq war. he also served in the first Vietnam War then elected for office.
He was [...]

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Review of top Super Bowl 2010 commercials and Watch ads

February 8th, 2010 admin Comments off

NFL Super Bowl 2010 brought many of good commercial ranging from controversial Tim Tebow ad to Dockers free pants. Tim Tebow pro life ad, in which he and his mom teamed up to bring a message funded by conservative Christian group, Focus on the family, was the talk for weeks leading up the [...]

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Dockers free pants ad becomes the talk of the day

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Dockers’ Free Pants Ad Trumps Other Pants-Free Super Bowl Commercials
The super Bowl XLIV was filled with a lot of fun and suprises. Saint, the underdog , won the championship which was never expected by any expert at blogsphere.
The commercials become the major topic leading up to Super Bowl 2010. Among other good commercials, Dockers pants [...]

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Space shuttle: Endeavour lifts off on monday for two-week mission

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Finally, The space shuttle Endeavour lift off from Kennedy Space center early morning on Monday for two weeks mission to the international space station. The shuttle went through light clouds along with Florida coast in a brilliant fashion.
There is six member crew on board delivering a key module to the space station. Crew is [...]

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Russia lends $300 mn to Sri Lanka for arms

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

Moscow, Feb 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia will provide a loan of $300 million to Sri Lanka to help the island nation procure military equipment and technology to strengthen its armed forces.

Russia has agreed to give $300 million loan in ten years to buy armaments and dual-purpose technology for Sri Lanka’s military, Russia’s deputy finance minister Dmitry Pankin said Monday.

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Costa Rica elects first woman president

February 8th, 2010 SindhToday Comments off

San Jose, Feb 9 (IANS) fifty-year-old Laura Chinchilla became the first woman president of Costa Rica after she won 64.7 percent votes in the country’s general election this weekend.

With over 64.7 percent of votes, the Supreme Electoral Court confirmed that Laura Chinchilla became the president of Costa Rica, a nation with over 4.5 million inhabitants.

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