10 child prostitutes in Washington rescued during nationwide sweep by FBI

Police and federal agents rescued 10 child prostitutes and arrested 35 people in Western Washington as part of a nationwide sweep aimed at curbing the sexual exploitation of children, according to the FBI. International Relief Organizations suggest there are 300,000 children working as prostitutes in the U.S.

Visa Fraud Sparks Arrests Nationwide

The controversy over the H-1B visa program for highly skilled workers is heating up once again. Federal agents detained 11 people in six states as part of a wide investigation into suspected visa fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Iowa announced on Feb. 12, a day after the arrests. The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration & Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. The number of new H-1Bs issued each year in the United States is subject to an annual congressionally-mandated quota. Full Story : Business week…..

Google maps Australia’s bushfires to help emergency services

The maps contain real-time information about the fire locations and their status from the State of Victoria’s Country Fire Authority (CFA) website via an RSS feed with address search functionality. The numbers on the map markers indicate the number of fires at that location and the colors represent the containment status of that site. Full Story : Neowin…..

Popular News on January

Here is the list of Popular news on January 2009 on Snugd.

• MacBook Pro with extended battery life
• Iran grants scholarship to shoe throwing journalist.
• English Language to hit 1 million words.
• Google Maps helps to find the missing child.
• 140 year lobster released from nyc eatery.
• Possible existence of life on Mars.
• Hyundai genesis takes Detroit car of the year award.
• Millions hit by window virus.
• Israel begins land offensive in Gaza.
• Travolta’s son dies in Bahamas.
• Superspeed USB 3.0.
• Vatican to get own YouTube channel.
• Muslims,non believers and data.
• World’s largest Dinosaur site discovered in China.

English Language to hit 1 Million words in 2009

Global Language Monitor, an organization in Austin, Texas, which uses proprietary software to track and analyze trends in language, predicted that English language is expected to acquire its millionth word by April this year.

@ a glance :World astronomers to meet near Los Angeles marking int’l astronomy year

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced on Saturday that it will hold its 213th national meeting to mark the International Year of Astronomy. Full Story : Xinhuanet.com……

@ a glance: Chinese navy to patrol Somali coast

Three Chinese naval vessels are to leave for the waters off Somalia to start anti-piracy operations. Full Story : Aljazeera.net….

@ a glance : Somali president steps down

Somalia’s president has resigned after months of political infighting within the UN-backed transitional government. Full Story : Aljazeera.net….

Tracking Santa around the world

Google teams up with NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command) to track Santa Claus. On December 24, Christmas Eve, NORAD will begin tracking Santa’s trip with live video feeds. NORAD has been tracking Santa for over 50 years, after a young child called the US air defense radar network head quarters, to find out the location of Santa Claus. A Google Map with Santa’s current location will appear at www.noradsanta.org and will be updated with Santa’s journey.

Americans are settling down

Americans are often considered as people who live without ties to a place or community. But a new survey revealed this trend is declining . Only 13% of Americans changed residences between 2006 and 2007, the smallest share since the government began tracking this trend in the late 1940s. Geography and education play a bigger role in the characteristics of movers and stayers. Three-quarters of college graduates have moved at least once, compared with just over half of Americans with no more than a high school diploma.

Want to be Green This Christmas?

1) Switch to LED (light emitting diode) lights : You can drop your energy bill and do not throw away your old incandescent light strands, recycle them.

2) Plant a tree: You can purchase a potted living tree and replant it in your house. Do you know that a single tree can absorb more than one ton of CO2 over its lifetime?

3)Rent a Christmas tree: Find a place where you can rent a Christmas. In some places sellers deliver a potted living tree to you, and then they pick it up and replant.

4) Create or buy recycled ornaments : Handmade Christmas ornaments can be made with pine cones, pieces of cloth, wood carvings, fruit and berries. Avoid purchasing plastic or glass ornaments from your retailer.

Popular News On November

Popular news on November in Snugd.

1. Montreal comedians Prank-call Sarah Palin:Video.
2. Genetically Modified Pigs to Produce Human Organs.
3. World Toilet Day.
4. Obama Becomes the First Black President.
5. Women more prone to Strokes.
6. Obama’s Gramdmother Died.
7. Russia Vs Georgia Computer Game.
8. Phoenix Mars Explorer Finished it job.
9. Gmail Launches Video Chat.
10. Best Election Day ever.
11. YouTube Sponsored Videos.
12. Vitamins and Cardiovascular disease.
13. China : Target of the hackers.
14. Yahoo CEO resigns.
15. One third of chips bought by China.

Cyber Monday

The Monday following Black Friday is referred as Cyber Monday. Black Friday is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year in United States. Shop.org which coined the term says it has data to prove this is the day with highest online sales of the year. But other studies contradict this fact and suggest December 12th is the busiest day for online stores. This year Cyber Monday falls on December 1st. Some critics online and in the media have called for a boycott of the term, calling it a useless media buzzword with no basis in fact. Another day worth mentioning at this point is Buy Nothing Day, it is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. Typically celebrated the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America.

How To:

• How to get top dollars for your house.
• How to tether your Windows Mobile phone to a laptop.
• How to Find Some Quietude in Your Life.
• How To Deal with debt stress.
• How to Be the Skinniest Prettiest Girl in School.
• How to get rid of old TV sets safely.
• How to do Hollywood glamour.
• How to have a good break-up.
• How to Find a Good Auto Mechanic who will Save you Money.
• How to Rescue a Piece when You Write a Frankenstein.
• How to Build Credit So You Qualify for a Home Loan.

How To:

• How to choose a hot property.
• How to make gains from the pains .
• How To Increase the Number of New Donors.
• How to Hypnotize People.
• How to make candles.
• How to Cope with Laundry Work.
• How to throw a pizza party.

Popular News On October

A list of most popular news in October on Snugd.

1. Diet for Better Sex.
2. Origin of Halloween.
3. London Man shot three times for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt.
4. Strip Search Scanner.
5. California to Remove the singing Road.
6. Snowfall Seen on Mars.
7. World Poverty Facts.
8. US Denies Falcon Aircraft Forced Down in Iran.
9. Sony’s Latest OLED TV Only 1 Millimeter Thin.
10. Online Advertising Spending will Continue to Grow.
11. India’s first moon mission scheduled on Wednesday.
12. New Apple commercial ridicule Microsoft ad campaign.
13. 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics Honors Subatomic Breakthroughs.
14. OpenOffice 3.0 Released, for Mac.
15. Palin forced to apologise after blunder over ‘talks’ with British ambassador.

Discovering Interesting Blogs -1:

Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. So how big is that?. As of this writing there are over 112 million blogs and still growing according to Technorati. But can we assume only the blogs which have great content are only popular. Of course not, there are truly hidden gems which are yet to be discovered. At Snugd we try to find one blog each week which has interesting content, a contribution for the community we all are part of. A word of caution - individual tastes may vary.Without further ado…we present…

Dismantle Civilisation -The only solution is a change of culture.

Bloggers at the endgames believes that the natural world is under attack. Our global economy & corporate capitalist system is destroying the planetary eco system at a pace that few of us can comprehend. Old growth forests are all but gone.
This blog hopes to pull together many diverging strands of information, to illustrate that the problem lies not with any one simple factor, but with the whole culture that we call civilization. The way we have been raised to view humans as superior and separate to nature, and hence how we behave in relation to our surroundings is ultimately the problem.

How To:

This week we could find the following links for articles and blog posts which simply explain how to do some thing.

• How to Pitch and Demo Your Cool Web App.
• How To Stop Being A Lazy Designer.
• How to Answer Your Kids’ Existential Questions.
• How to get a great massage.
• How to Deal With Compulsive Hoarding.
• How to cope on your child’s first day of nursery.
• How to Tint Your Car Windows.
• How to Create a See-through Information Graphic.
• How to Use Windows ScanDisk.
• How to Find a Mentor.

YouTube Asks for ‘Video Your Vote’

YouTube’s Video Your Vote, a non-partisan program produced in partnership with PBS, encourages American voters to document their voting experiences. Interviews with fellow voters, first person accounts, voter enthusiasm and documenting problems are the few ideas suggested by YouTube to record a video. YouTube hopes to make ‘Vieo Your Vote’ channel a one-stop-shop to view exclusive videos from voter registration experts, election reform activists, and state officials.

Joost Launches New Video Service

Joost launched its new Flash-based, download-free global web video service. Up until now Joost offers video content from CBS, Showtime, Viacom and many other providers. The new service offer a number of ways people can interact with video and with other people on Joost. Users can voice their opinions, they can find out what their friends are watching or they may interact with others in the Joost community through groups around their favorite shows, characters or artists.