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Google Earth Soon the Be Followed by Google Space

NASA Ames Research Center and Google have jointly announced the signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing, to human-computer interfaces.

As the first in a series of joint collaborations, Google and Ames will focus on making the most useful of NASA's information available on the Internet. Real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle will be explored in the future.

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EBay and Tom in China partnership

Online auction website eBay is wrapping up its Chinese operation in a new joint venture with Beijing-based Internet portal and wireless firm Tom Online.
EBay will invest $40m for a 49% stake - Tom Online will invest $20m for 51%.

Ebay originally acquired its Chinese site as part of its $180m purchase of EachNet, but has been under increased competition in a tough market.

China's largest e-commerce business, Alibaba.com, competes with eBay in China via its Taobao auction site.

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Hard Iraq choices loom, says Bush

US President George W Bush has said the conflict in Iraq will require "difficult choices and additional sacrifices" in the coming year.
Mr Bush called for an increase in the size of the US military, but he said he had not yet decided whether to boost troop numbers in Iraq.

He spoke as new US Defence Secretary Robert Gates began his first visit to Iraq, two days after taking office.

Mr Bush is expected to announce a new strategy for Iraq next month.

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Web 2.0

Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004,[1] refers to a perceived or proposed second generation of Internet-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with MediaLive International, used the phrase as a title for a series of conferences, and since 2004 certain technical and marketing communities have adopted and loosely adapted the phrase.

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Top 10 Country Albums of 2006

Reflecting on the stack of CDs released in 2006, three members of CMT.com's editorial team unanimously agreed that it doesn't get any better than a Country Music Hall of Fame member singing classic songs written by another Country Music Hall of Fame member.

CMT editorial director Chet Flippo, writer-producer Craig Shelburne and managing editor Calvin Gilbert were in accord for the choices -- if not the actual rankings -- of the Top 10 albums of 2006. Granted, a there were a few disagreements, but those tended to be gentle debates. No injuries -- physical or emotional -- resulted.

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I Love You ~ Love Poem ~

I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white flesh
Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hari when the strands enmesh
Your kisses against my face.

Not for me the cold calm kiss
Of a virgin's bloodless love;
Not for me the saint's white bliss,
Nor the heart of a spotless dove.
But give me the love that so freely gives

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Blood Pressure Often Higher in Boys Than Girls

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Finding might explain why men are more prone to hypertension, experts say
MONDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys are much more likely than girls to have higher systolic blood pressure, which could explain why men have higher rates of hypertension than women, Canadian researchers report.
The five-year study of more than 1,200 students in Montreal found that the risk of higher systolic blood pressure increased 19 percent a year for boys, but remained stable for girls. Systolic blood pressure, the larger of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading, represents pressure when the heart is fully contracted.

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Blood Pressure Often Higher in Boys Than Girls

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Finding might explain why men are more prone to hypertension, experts say
MONDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys are much more likely than girls to have higher systolic blood pressure, which could explain why men have higher rates of hypertension than women, Canadian researchers report.
The five-year study of more than 1,200 students in Montreal found that the risk of higher systolic blood pressure increased 19 percent a year for boys, but remained stable for girls. Systolic blood pressure, the larger of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading, represents pressure when the heart is fully contracted.

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12 Ways For Britney To Get Her Groove Back

This 12-step program can help Brit regain her throne.

The news of Britney Spears' split with Kevin Federline was met with squeals of delight from many of her fans.

Divorce is seldom happy news, but devoted followers hoped that the move would mean the return of Classic Brit: the hit-making, trend-setting pop starlet who could do no wrong — who set and stayed ahead of trends, who seemed set for a long, successful career. The image of a well-polished Britney on "Late Show With David Letterman" — and even on the streets of New York in the days after the news broke — suggested that brighter times lay ahead.

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