- Hugo Chávez for life? | csmonitor.com – Chávez's decisive win, with a near 10-point margin, hands him the prospect of unlimited rule.
Political observers say that it will also embolden his socialist project, as each of his electoral victories has in the past, and could reinvigorate the efforts of his allies in Latin America who are also seeking longer mandates.
"He is going to take advantage of this moment, saying the people voted for socialism," says Ricardo Sucre, a political analyst in Caracas. "He is going to say this gives him the authorization to take more power and advance his project."
- Honolulu Exopolitics Examiner: Canada releases UFO X-Files to the World – Canada’s online release of its UFO X-Files follows closely upon the release at the end of January of Denmark's UFO files. Britain continues to release thousands of UFO files through a program of gradual releases it began in May 2007 through its national archives with the most recent being on October 2008. The French Space Agency had earlier announced on March 22, 2007, that it was making public its secret UFO files through a government website.
- How Color Choices in Stores Can Influence Your Shopping Decisions – One of the most powerful methods to appeal to a potential buyer is applying color theory to (e)commerce. Has it ever occurred to you why you feel safer in one store and more energetic in another one? Have you ever noticed that landing on some web page you feel like clicking some button/link and keep browsing the site? While other pages prompt you to stay and keep reading? To some extent, this might be the choice of colors for the page elements.
- Toy Fair 2009: Constructicons Devastator Toy Is The Latest Voltron of Transformers, Cement Mixers – You may have caught, in the Transformers 2 trailer, that the Devastator is now a composite Voltron of constructions machines-every boy's dream! Now you can play with him in the privacy of your own home.
Six separate "Constructicons"-scary!-Voltron-together to form him. Each looks like they can be played with for a few minutes on their own, too. Good times. The new Devastator will run $100.
- Audacious Software: Weblog » Blog Archive » A Quick Introduction to Shion – Shion is a program for the Mac that lets you control electrical devices in your local environment. Shion communicates with these devices using electrical modules that translate Shion’s orders into actions (turn on the toaster, dim the lamp, etc.). Devices may be activated manually, as a collection (using snapshots), or automatically (using events).
- News : Watermelon Mountain Ranch makes a case – Rio Rancho Observer – For more than 10 years, Watermelon Mountain Ranch (WMR) has been finding homes for thousands of dogs and cats. The 10-acre facility north of Rio Rancho City Hall is the largest no-kill animal shelter in the state.
Lee and Sophia DiClemente, rather than live an easy and smooth retirement in New Mexico, choose to take care of animals. The couple noticed that thousands of animals were put to death in New Mexico each year and that many people were abandoning their animals.
- News : Six companies submit bids to operate events center – Rio Rancho Observer – Global Spectrum, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Comcast-Spectacor submitted a comprehensive bid to manage all aspects of the 6,500-seat, multi-purpose event center. Global Spectrum is not connected with the previous operator, Global Entertainment.
Global Spectrum manages venues throughout the country, including the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Ga., and the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia.
Other bidders include Ticketmaster, RG Sports & Entertainment, VisionOne, VenuWorks and Knight Facilities Management.
- News : Job category won’t keep pace with demand – Rio Rancho Observer – Looking for a job in the Rio Rancho area? There’s at least one profession where the need is out-pacing the employees available.
Reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predict an increase in the personal and home care aides job category. It’s forecasted as the second-fastest-growing job group in the nation over the next decade and that’s welcome news in a recession.
- 9v Announcement – The LEGO Group has considered the future of the 9v at length, and has come to the conclusion that there is not sufficient demand for the product line to be profitable and competitive. The existing machines need to be replaced and minimum order quantities at external suppliers for motors and speed regulators are so high that the investment The LEGO Group would have to put in, would not be rational or reasonable compared to sales figures of the existing 9V system.
The implication of this is that the 9v elements sold now are the last of the remaining stock and subsequent production of elements for the 9V platform has ceased.
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