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New NFL Rules Fails Fans

New NFL Rules Fails Fans

Instead of switching to college football rules the NFL owners voted to change an element in the overtime rule, giving a possession to the team that loses the coin toss at the start of OT if the team that wins the coin toss scores a field goal with its first possession. The proposal passed 28-4. As it is written, the rules change applies just for the postseason, but the owners also decided to discuss adopting the changes for the regular season at their next meeting, in May in Dallas. The Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals...

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Reality TV High on Aggression

Reality TV High on Aggression

All the gossip, insults and dirty looks add up fast on popular reality shows, far outpacing the level seen in equally popular dramas, comedies and soap operas according to a new Brigham Young University study. The researchers looked at five reality shows and five non-reality shows and found 52 acts of aggression per hour on reality TV compared to 33 per hour for the non-reality programs. “The Apprentice” topped the list at 85 acts of verbal or relational aggression per hour. Simon Cowell and “American Idol” checked in a little lower at 57 aggressive acts per hour – but...

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What’s In the Box: 04-18-2010

What’s In the Box: 04-18-2010

Hermit Creek Farm CSA First Box of the Season May 18, 2010 Spring Kick Start the Season Share – 3 weeks. Start your vegetable season early with gourmet delicacies from the hoop house. Box includes the earliest salad and saute greens plus other spring treats such as eggs from our happy chickens and maple syrup! Hermit Creek Farm is the only certified organic CSA located in northwestern Wisconsin. We are a stand-alone CSA, growing all of its offered produce, syrup, and pork on its own land located about 15 miles south of Lake Superior as the raven flies. Hermit...

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Comic Books for Bank Azteca

The Luchon Family #1

Banco Azteca announced today the launch of a comprehensive consumer finance education program that uses comics to educate consumers at the "bottom of the pyramid". The program includes nine monthly installments of the comic book series that discusses family budgets, savings, credit, investing, insurance, bank technology, products and the general concept of a bank.

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New Sport :: Liquid Mountaineering

New Sport :: Liquid Mountaineering

There is a new sport created by some people, in which basically a person runs on the surface of water. It may sound absolutely impossible but it’s true. The sport is called Liquid Mountaineering. There are some historical statements that suggest that this sport was created by the Greek, but now it is recreated and it’s one of the most impossible looking activities that anyone has seen. The sport is all about running on water. Science tells us that with the right angle and speed anything can bounce off the surface of water for some time before it sinks....

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