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Indian scientists seed clouds in quest to bring on the monsoon rains - Times Online

The government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh has ordered all churches, mosques and Hindu temples to pray for rain. via Indian scientists seed clouds in quest to bring on the monsoon rains - Times Online. This is pretty interesting! I just thought that it’s interesting that goverments order churches to pray for rain!

Firefox3.5 - MozillaWiki

This is a starting point for planning and design information for the Firefox 3.5 release, including schedules, feature sets, and branch process information. via Firefox3.5 - MozillaWiki. Firefox 3.5 are underway, despite the fact 3.1 is not even out yet. I guess the main holdup for 3.1 is TraceMonkey and the feature set is fixed. I’m glad they read more..

Californian Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again - cbs2chicago.com

A motorcycle accident almost killed David 21 years ago. At the time he might have wished he was dead. “I asked my doctor, “sir what happened?’ I can’t feel my legs,” said David. Ever since, David’s been relying on his wheelchair to get around. Then the spider bite. A Brown Recluse sent him to the hospital, then read more..

Google CEO Says Company is Letting Cash “Pile Up”

“We’ve not really discussed a dividend payment. At the moment our view is to let the cash pile up.” read more.. Despite its $8.6B USD cash surplus, Mr. Schmidt said that Google would only make “very very conservative investments”. via DailyTech - Google CEO Says Company is Letting Cash “Pile Up”. Google is still rich! Whoever thought Microsoft was read more..

Defense Tech: Now Aussie Pilots Can Suck and Still Kill MiGs

In a world first for an Air Force and an infra-red guided missile, Air Combat Group ACG of the Royal Australian Air Force has successfully carried out the first in-service ‘Lock After Launch’ firing of an ASRAAM Advanced short-range air-to-air missile at a target located behind the wing-line of the “shooter” aircraft. via Defense Tech: Now read more..

Bring it!

It’s always nice to have these on the wall. It’s always nicer to help others hang them on their walls.

Other Half - Chinese Stem Cell Initiative

There are over 12 million donors registered in the Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide database. The Canadian stem cell agency, OneMatch, is a member of that network. Less than 500,000 or 4.2% of these registrants are of Chinese origin. Currently there are about 10 patients of Chinese origin waiting for unrelated stem cell bone marrow donors in read more..

America’s Army - Edutainment at its best!

In November 2007, avid America’s Army player Paxton Galvanek came across such a scenario when he found himself as the first person on the scene of a horrific, multi-victim car accident. According to Yahoo Games, 28-year-old Galvanek rescued two victims from an overturned SUV on the shoulder of a North Carolina highway. He was able read more..

TechEBlog » Solar Batteries

Simple yet functional, these SunCat Solar Batteries “are basically a set of old NiMH rechargeable batteries wrapped in a flexible Photo Voltaic cell created by the Institute for Energy Technology.” The photo voltaic cells were glued on and wired using a conductive silver pen along with flat wires. via TechEBlog » Solar Batteries. This looks like a read more..

YouTube - A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA

YouTube - A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA. This is hilarious! How could there be people like this in the world? Wow, talk about spoiled, bratty … and … I really wish I could understand what she was saying!