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Yahoo! Shopping Challenges Shoppers to Name the Ultimate Gift This Holiday Season

By Guest PostNovember 8, 2010Technologydc, fifts for her, gifts for him, gifts for kids, grand prize, greg hintz, holiday gift, ipads, shopping, ultimate gift challenge, united states, video games, Washington, Yahoo

*Yahoo! Shopping’s Ultimate Gift Challenge sweepstakes lets people pick this year’s ultimate holiday gift for a chance to win a $10,000 grand prize*

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)— Yahoo! Shopping has unveiled its Ultimate Gift Challenge (https://shopping.yahoo.com/seasonal/holiday/ultimate-gift-challenge), a sweepstakes in which Yahoo! users can vote for their favorite gifts and select the top holiday gift for 2010. Over the course of the six-week shopping tournament, every time people vote in the Ultimate Gift Challenge, they will be entered to win the grand prize drawing of $10,000 at the end of the sweepstakes. Plus, the first time that players vote, they will be entered to win one of five $100 gift cards drawn daily. (more…)

Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 20101 commentEnvironmentalgal blooms, chesapeake bay, d c, ecosystem, exotic, henry ruhl, heteranthera, hydrilla, milfoil, myriophyllum, nancy rybicki, national oceanography centre, noc, nutrients, potomac river, sav, southhampton, stargrass, submerged aquatic vegetation, submerged vegetation, u s geological survey, uk, Washington, wastewater treatment plant

The Potomac River in Washington, D.C. is showing multiple benefits from restoration efforts, newly published research suggests. Reduced nutrients and improved water clarity have increased the abundance and diversity of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Potomac, according to direct measurements taken during the 18-year field study.

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Microsoft Awards Top Performing Partners at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

By Guest PostJuly 15, 2010Technology2010, anglia business solutions, Avanade, client profiles, doug kennedy, dynamics vertical solutions, eclipse computing, fz-llc, isv awardsm hoster award, july 14, maginus software solutions, microsoft corp., microsoft dynamics, microsoft worldwide partner conference, outsourcery, rock solid technologies, tribridge, Washington, wpc

WASHINGTON — At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) on July 14, 2010 in Washington, D.C., Microsoft Corp. honored the strongest performing Microsoft Dynamics partners for demonstrating significant customer impact by developing and delivering innovative solutions that help customers drive their businesses forward.

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Obama Earns Four Times More than His Russian Counterpart

By PravdaJuly 7, 2010General, Politicsafghanistan, dmitry medvedev, hamid karzai, igor shuvalov, million rubles, natural resources and ecology, Obama, russian, us president, vladimir putin, Washington, White House, yuri trutnev

US President makes $400,000 a year, which equates about 12 million rubles, or one million rubles a month.

The earnings of Russian top officials pale in comparison.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

By PravdaJuly 5, 20101 commentPoliticsBarack Obama, cia, cold war, dmitry medvedev, fbi, illegals, moscow, nuclear safety, russian spies, sergei lavrov, start, svr, thinktanks, Twitter, united states, Washington, world trade organization, wto

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.

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Yahoo! Shopping Challenges Shoppers to Name the Ultimate Gift This Holiday Season

Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality

Microsoft Awards Top Performing Partners at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Obama Earns Four Times More than His Russian Counterpart

Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia