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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Picks Safest Vehicles

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3198247629_b738cfa468.jpgThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has come out with its annual list of Top Safety Picks. Eight SUVs and 19 cars have been given Top Safety Pick awards for 2010. People who want to make sure they’re getting the safest cars before filling out a personal loan application for a car loan should definitely check out this list.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named six vehicles made by Ford, which makes Volvos, Top Safety Picks. Subaru and Volkswagen each had five vehicles named on the list. The Institute picked four Chrysler vehicles.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (more…)

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Picks of 2010

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Nineteen cars and 8 SUVs earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award for 2010.

safe cars

SubaruLegacy, VolvoS80, VolkswagenTiguan, NissanCube

(Getty Images/Reuters)

The award recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rear, and rollover crashes based on good ratings in the institute’s tests. (more…)

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Nephelococcygia

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

What is nephelococcygia ? From Wikitionary we know that “nephelococcygia” came from the play The Birds by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. As a noun  nephelococcygia means “The act of seeking and finding shapes in clouds”. More explanation i cited from everything2.com, nephelococygia pronounced ne-fê-lê-kak-’si-jee-yê is a term used when people find familiar objects within the shape of a cloud.

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Leonid Meteor Shower Set to Light Up 16th November Morning Sky

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Leonid Meteor Shower Set to Light Up at 16th November

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/files/2009/11/meteor-2.jpgIn the wee hours of Tuesday morning, 2009’s edition of the Leonid meteor shower will reach peak viewing time for sky-watchers in North America. Star gazers who lift their eyes to the heavens between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. will likely be rewarded with a good show of “shooting stars.” A second, briefer, but very intense outburst is expected about 12 hours later — during the early-morning hours of November 18th in Asia [Sky & Telescope]. But that probably won’t last long enough for North Americans to see it when night returns here.

Like other meteor showers, such as the Perseids and the Orionids, the Leonids happen when Earth plows through a trail of debris left in the wake of a comet orbiting the sun [National Geographic News]. This comet, called Tempel-Tuttle, swings through the inner solar system about every 33 years, and last did so in 1998. (more…)

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To Whom Did SaladFork Turn Over the Crackulous Project? The Search For Answer Begins

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Many people are now searching for the answer to the question “To Whom did SaladFork turn over the Crackulous project?” after the answer to “Who leaked the original Crackulous source code?” has been found. The answer is cdecl.

For those wondering, this is the Troll bridge question for Apple iPhone users who use Appulo.us website. Now, many websites are tricking people into downloading applications or giving out their email just for the answer.

crackulous code To Whom Did SaladFork Turn Over the Crackulous Project? The Search For Answer Begins (more…)

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