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More than a decade after the 9/11 events unfolded live on on televisions around the world there's a divided reality about what happened that day and what was gained and lost in the time since then. The Internet was in its infancy and media broadcasting was held in few large corporate hands; we individuals had very little power to capture and share information the way we do now. What we...

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.I call it 'Someti-heimers', like Alzheimer's with a mulligan. It really pisses me off when it happens too. For me it's usually names, I've never been good with names. I can remember things about the person, places we'd been, things we'd talked about, but not the name! At least not when I'm trying to...

Thousands of youths arrived from across the whole country to learn about new opportunities at the Digital World Summit held during 6-8 December 2012 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC)located in Dhaka,the capital of Bangladesh.The summit incorporated many events that might help all classes of people interested in digital technologies.The events of the summit were based on...

Some of you here have been asking me to defect from Newsvine and come to this site. I haven't actually left Newsvine (yet). I guess it depends on what happens here and there. Like many people on Newsvine, the transition from Classic Newsvine to Beta Newsvine pissed me off. The attitude of the Newsvine staff is basically, "We're not going to change anything and if you don't like Beta, you can...

This is the third wave of refugees I've watched as corporate swill purges critical voices from the vine & its like an ongoing diaspora as the collect in assorted corners of cyberspace I try to stay connected with. Tech is my worst skill so the picture upload function from Flickr isn't displaying anything which may or may not mean it worked. The approval and selection seemed to connect...

Like many here I am a "refugee" from the vine. From the looks of it most here are. Some have been banned in the past, and others not. Some were friends of mine and others not. I have debated coming forth with my vine name. It is nice sometimes to be the new guy on the block and not be known. I have rubbed many people the wrong way in my time at the vine for the last 4 years. I was one of the...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explodes-over-russian-urals-live-updates Have you been watching all this! They say it's not related to the comet that's been in the news. Well that is a crazy coincidence is it not?

The Islamization of Nigeria, a case study.(or more than you ever wanted to know about the Falani and Igbo people of Nigeria) The Fulani, were, and are, a nomadic people who have been influential throughout the history of North West Africa for over a thousand years. They were also responsible for introducing and spreading Islam over much of western Africa. The height of the Fulani empire...

(Reuters) - About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. Residents on their way to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950...

Some of you will recognize my Newsvine handle "schnoz4news". Like so many others I have sought to apply myself here instead of Newsvine. It's comforting to see familiar names here at "Talkers". I'm looking forward to becoming part of this community! I also decided to rid myself of my tired old handle and hope that some of you will notice the change and send some friend requests my way.Hoping to...

Love is a many splendored thing. Isnt that what the song said? Romance, sunsets, long walks on the beach, holding hands with the one we love, gazing into each others eyes I mean, isnt that what every girl dreams of? The knight in shi ning armor to sweep her off her feet, right? As Cher so succinctly put it to Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck SNAP OUT OF IT! Real life doesnt work that way!...

Part I of XII parts. Several of you asked if I would write some more of what I started with my story about Who Charlie Courtois was? On the other place many of you hung out for a number of years I published 12 stories which some of you may have already read, but the chances are it was so long ago that you forgot. There are no personal bits in those stories, and I...