Technology

Chevrolet Vega

The Vega was a subcompact car sold from 1971-77. Available in coupe, hatchback and station wagon body styles, it was based on the GM H platform.
It was followed by the 1975-80 Monza. The Vega was Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 1971.

When the Vega was introduced, Detroit's Big Three, along with American Motors, were entering the compact car market to compete with the Volkswagen Beetle and Japanese imports from Toyota and Datsun.

All standard Vegas were equipped with a 2.3 L "2300" SOHC I4.

Online Poker

Online poker is poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a large increase in the number of poker players around the world. For 2005, revenues from online poker were estimated at $200 million a month.
Probabilities and odds of being dealt various starting hands.

sound proofing

Sound deadening is a generic term used for an assortment products used to control noise and/or structural vibration
Damper ? by far the most common type of material. It uses mass loading to lower panel resonance and absorb structural vibrations, converting them into low level heat. Most commonly used throughout a vehicle to control structural related noises.

Absorber ? as the name suggests, these products literally absorb airborne sound waves.

vioxx

Rofecoxib is a NSAID that was used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, acute pain conditions, and dysmenorrhoea. It was marketed by Merck & Co. under the trade names Vioxx, Ceoxx and Ceeoxx, it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in because of concerns about increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

Rofecoxib was one of the most widely used drugs to be withdrawn from the market.

VoIP

VOIP stands for Voice Over IP, meaning it is phone service over the Internet.
If you have a quality Internet connection you can get phone service delivered through your Internet connection instead of from your local phone company.

Some people use VOIP in addition to their traditional phone service, since VOIP service providers usually offer lower rates than traditional phone companies, but sometimes doesn't offer 911 service, phone directory listings, 411 service, or other common phone services.

pokemon

Pokemon is a multi-billion dollar media franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996 (it celebrated its tenth anniversary on February 27, 2006). The original Game Boy video games have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books and other media. The name, Pok?mon, is a portmanteau of its Japanese name, ?Pocket Monsters?

Grocery Coupons

Customarily, coupons are issued by manufacturers of consumer packaged goods or by retailers, to be used in retail stores as a part of sales promotions. They are often widely distributed through mail, magazines, newspapers and the Internet. Internet coupons have become very popular as of late, because the cost is borne by the user (who has to print off the coupons themselves) as opposed to the businesses issuing the coupons.

Venture

The Chevrolet Venture was a minivan produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1997 to 2005 model years. It replaced the Chevrolet Lumina APV. Visually identical minivans were also was sold in Europe as the Opel Sintra, and in the UK they were badged as a Vauxhall. Opel assisted in the development of the minivan as well. During the 2005 model year, the Venture (along with the Astro) was replaced by the similar Chevrolet Uplander.

MSDS

Material safety data sheet or MSDS is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of workplace safety, it is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill handling procedures.

digital camera

Digital still cameras are cameras whose primary purpose is to capture photography in a digital format. Initially, a digital camera was characterized by the use of flash memory and USB or FireWire for storage and transfer of still photographs (though some early cameras used a serial port connection), and this is still the common meaning of the unadorned term. However, modern digital photography cameras have a video function, and a growing number of camcorders have a still photography function.

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