Mets entering September in no-Maine’s land
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 27, 2008
Jerry Manuel says the Mets are in the fight of their lives. John Maine was knocked out of the ring yesterday, another blow to the Mets in their battle to win the NL East.
The bone spur in the back of Maine’s right shoulder is too painful to deal with and he was placed on the [...]
Curtain Call shop closing
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 27, 2008
“It was a very hard decision to make,” said Michele Marion, owner and manager, citing slow retail sales and the poor economy. “Our sales have been on a downward trajectory for a year. Everything I have in here is considered a luxury and when people have to pick and choose where their last dollar goes, [...]
Rule will allow 401(k) owners to look behind the curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 26, 2008
In late July, the Department of Labor announced a proposal that will require every 401(k) plan to show participants the performance and annual costs of the funds offered in their plan. As millions of 401(k) participants know, that very basic information is often hard to find or nonexistent.
The new regulation will require a simple table [...]
Curtain Raiser Ceremony of Construction Organizer Show 08
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 26, 2008
Mr. Gurpreet singh , Project director of Construction Organizer show08 gave the presentation and informed that there is the need of improvement in the process of construction . The show will create the awareness among masses to use maximum of Machinery, Quality material and Good resources to speed up the construction process along with Quality [...]
Food Fight at the Democratic Convention
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on August 26, 2008
Kudos to most of the media caretakers at the Democratic National Convention who are watching over their very hard working staffs in hot press tents. Here at U.S. News, we share a room with our sister publication the New York Daily News, where our able staff today brought in some yummy chicken and beef fajitas [...]
Spectacular end to Olympic games
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 24, 2008
A salvo of fireworks and a lavish ceremony in China’s Bird’s Nest stadium have brought an end to the Olympic games in Beijing.
Sixteen days of sporting events drew to a close on Sunday and the Olympic flag was officially passed to London, the British capital, where the next Olympic games will be held in 2012.
The [...]
Curtain down on ‘truly exceptional’ Beijing Games
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political intrigue and featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday.
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge described the Games as “truly exceptional” in a lavish closing ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium which culminated in the handing over of [...]
China’s discipline leaves lasting legacy as curtain comes down
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on August 24, 2008
It has well and truly arrived as a sporting super-power as its position at the top of the medal table shows.
A tally of 51 gold medals was comfortably ahead of anyone else, and almost three times as many as Great Britain - which finished fourth on the table. The United States exactly replicated its gold [...]
Proud China brings curtain down on epic Games
Filed Under Country Curtain, Cur Tainx | Posted on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China.
The sporting extravaganza failed to quell criticism of China’s human rights record, although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave the organisers the [...]
The Amazing Power of Spamhaus.org
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on August 24, 2008
Recently, in addition to regular DNS-based restrictions. Thanks to Zimbra’s graphing capabilities we have a powerful visual depiction of the power of Spamhaus:
This graph displays the number of messages processed by our context-based anti-spam system over a 48-hour period (from Wednesady to Friday) where each bar represents 1 hour. The green bar is [...]