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(3 diggs) 19 Cool 4th of July Barbecue Designs The 4th of July is synonymous with parades, carnivals, barbecues, and celebrations of all types. Its totally a different atmosphere on that day when the feeling of love and pride for ones country, feeling up the hearts of the people, manifests into a strong desire to show appreciation for everything that the great country has provided to them. And what better way to celebrate than to share this feeling of supreme awe with family and close friends, unwinding around a beaming barbecue and having a...

(1 diggs) Raymond J. Learsy: OPEC At 50 Showing The Way To Rebuild America's Economy "As High A On September 14, 1960, fifty years ago, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was born in Baghdad dedicated to the "the coordination and unification of the petroleum policies of the Member Countries and the determination of the best means of safeguarding their interests." Their exponential success is legend, as they have become the leading force in manipulating prices to undreamed of levels. Cartelizing the world's most important commodity by conspiring to limit its...

(2 diggs) Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade | book extract The US-Mexico border runs for nearly 2,000 miles. Last year Observer writer Ed Vulliamy travelled its entire length. In this extract from his new book, Amexica, he tells the incredible story of the town that doubles as the worlds largest transport hub for narcotics
For decades as a traveller, and 10 years as a reporter, I have been repelled and compelled by the charisma of the US-Mexican border its seduction and its horrors, its firelight sun and occult shadows to the point at which I had to...

(1 diggs) China Blacks Out Towns To Meet Energy Goal BEIJING Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.

Rolling blackouts and enforced power cuts are affecting key industrial areas. The prosperous eastern city of Taizhou turned off street lights and ordered hotels and shopping malls to cut power use. In Anping County southwest of Beijing, an area known as China's...

(1 diggs) Save Money, Do It Yourself Car Repair My offline work is very demanding, I travel 100 miles average daily visiting my patients around country side and remote areas. Sometimes I go to towns and cities I never been to before so imagine me going through several rigs after years of work to keep up with my travel needs and have a reliable car. With that amount of mileage I have to travel daily, me and my coworkers usually drives a "fuel efficient cars" not necessarily hybrid. I wish I can afford to go hybrid, as much as I like to try...