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Incense sticks are a very convenient form of incense due to their easy portability and ease of use. All incense sticks are self burning and do not require a separate heat source such as coal to burn. Incense sticks also produce a steady and clean stream of smoke and burn for a decent amount of time. As a result of all these factors, the stick is a very popular form of incense and many cultures ...
The closest thing to Jedi mind tricks (1)
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New Scientist: Though neuroscience will never peer inside of Luke Skywalker or Yoda’s head to find the brain region responsible for feeling the Force, a new study comes close. Trained Zen Buddhists return to a state of inner calm faster than people who don’t practice meditation, according to neuroscientist Giuseppe Pagnoni and his colleagues at Emory University in Atlanta. Read more here.
The Lifepod: Yurt of the Future for the Modern Nomad (12)
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If the idea of escape seems all the more enticing now that the rest of the world is caught in the back-to-school rush, here’s another amazing prefab remedy for your wanderlust. Escape to the beach, the mountains or the trees in San Francisco-based Kyu Che’s sustainable Lifepod. Loosely based on the traditional Mongolian ger (or ‘yurt’ as the Russian translation goes), the Lifepod is at once organic and high-tech. Built to be highly portable, the ...
Drupal is a 2008 Open Source CMS Award Finalist (8)
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Last year Drupal won 2007 Best Overall Open Source CMS. That was before we released Drupal 6. This year, Drupal 6 was nominated for best CMS in two categories. Please help us by voting for Drupal in both of them: Best Overall Open Source CMS Best PHP Open Source CMS "Following six weeks of intense voting, Packt can now exclusively reveal the Content Management Systems that have made the final of the four different categories. ...
Pick-a-payment loans turn poisonous (1)
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"They're known as "pick-a-payment" mortgages or option ARMs, but their detractors call them pure poison. Now their default rates, which are already high, are about to explode, according to a Fitch Ratings report issued Tuesday."
Say ‘Goodbye’ to 95% Fannie/Freddie Loans. 10% Soon to be Required. (1)
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"At the time I was extremely concerned that there were only two mortgage insurance companies left who would insure to the Fannie/Freddie maximum loan-to-value ratio of 95%. Requiring an extra 5% down in the hardest hit states will take many potential buyers out of the market. This would be yet another blow to fragile markets around the nation. Fannie and Freddie are handling some 75% of all loans in the US now and even a ...
Study: Zen meditation really does clear the mind (2)
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Live Science: The seemingly nonsensical Zen practice of “thinking about not thinking” could help free the mind of distractions, new brain scans reveal. This suggests Zen meditation could help treat attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (so-called ADD or ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, major depression and other disorders marked by distracting thoughts. Read more here.
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Wachovia cutting home-equity credit lines (1)
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The FHA announced Tuesday it was halting its risk-based pricing structure beginning October 1 in accordance with the new housing bill and raising its upfront premiums. Beginning October 1, FHA will charge an upfront premium of 1.75 percent for purchase money and full-credit qualifying refinances, 1.50 percent for streamline refinances, and 3.00 percent for FHASecure mortgages. Annual [...]
Bank Implosion: Integrity Bank (1)
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Atlanta, GA-area Integrity Bank has been shut by the FDIC today, due to housing development-related losses. Affected were just under a billion in deposits. Regions Financial will assume the accounts. The FDIC estimates $250-350 million to cover the losses. See our article at BankImplode. Rolfe Winkler has some remarks here.
Hernandez v. IGE Settles, IGE U.S. Confirms It Will Not “Engage in the Selling of WoW Virtual Property or Currency” for Five Years; Class Action Still Possible (1)
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According to a stipulation (.pdf) filed with the court, World of Warcraft player Antonio Hernandez has settled his dispute with Internet Gaming Entertainment U.S. (”IGE U.S.”) securing an agreement that IGE U.S. “will not engage in the selling of World of Warcraft virtual property or currency (commonly referred to as “gold,” “gold farming,” “real money [...]
Reading Room: MDY v. Blizzard Copyright Issues (1)
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This week’s second installment of the Reading Room features an article co-authored by James Gatto, head of the IP Section at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and Pillsbury IP associate Benjamin Esplin entitled Automated Program for Playing Virtual World Game Deemed Copyright Infringement (.pdf). Readers will already be familiar with the case via this site’s extensive [...]
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