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Current News for June 17, 2008
Marian Rivera Web Portal
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:43:55 PDT
All about Marian Rivera Portal site, read the latest news about this beautiful celebrity of the Philippine showbiz, view her latest videos, and pictures.
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:13 PDT
J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination taken from Harvard Magazine President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win
OneSpot feeds publishers content
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:33 PDT
OneSpot feeds publishers content By Dan Farber – June 16, 2008, 10:34 PM PDT Post a Comment If you don't have content to populate your site, OneSpot has some for you. The Austin-based startup joins a host of other companies in the business of delivering contextual links for publishers. OneSpot CEO Matt Cohen makes the claim that OneSpot "democratizes vertical or affinity publishing, helping anyone find, select and deliver links to the best content on the Web." OneSpot sifts through o
Saudis to Increase Oil Output
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:38 PDT
Saudis to Increase Oil Output. Pffft. Too little too late. Oil companies and congress have got a taste of the high prices and by golly they like the income generated and the profits garnered- we will never again see the low prices we once saw- Congress simply will not allow it. They will keep making it more and more difficult for oil companies to build refineries, to explore and drill, and will keep shrinking the areas that we are ‘allowed’ to extract oil from. Refineries are running at near c
Freelance Writing Jobs - June 17, 2008
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:54 PDT
Here are some new freelance writing jobs for you for Tuesday: Freelance News Writers - CA - $25 / story Car Blogger and Phone Tech Blogger Freelance Business Writer / Editor Freelance Copywriter for Internet Retailer Personal Finance / Investing / Career Bloggers - $5 - 10 / post PT or Freelance Copywriter SEO Web Content Writer Press Release Writer - $50 / release
OneSpot launches news crawler widget for media sites
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:06 PDT
OneSpot launches news crawler widget for media sites Chris Morrison | June 16th, 2008
media evaluation - sentiment analysis
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:36 PDT
Monitoring of the media often involves assessing the “tone” of a media item - is it positive, negative or neutral on a given subject? This is often done manually and many of the large media monitoring services do this but it is a paid service not readily available to many. Now there is a tool available to all to assess the “tone” of a media item (written): Sentiment analyser>> This is what David Phillips of the LeverWealth blog had to say about it: “This kind of development is useful
AP goes after bloggers and faces public backlash
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:52:35 PDT
AP goes after bloggers and faces public backlash Like many traditional news agencies, the Associated Press has made it clear they're not happy about bloggers and forum posters copying from stories they own for use in a variety of places on ... Category: News | 17 Jun 2008 1:50 AM Less than 45 minutes ago
AFP: Malaysia’s Petronas to open books to public: report
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:53:09 PDT
AFP: Malaysia’s Petronas to open books to public: report Posted on June 17, 2008. Malaysia’s state oil company Petronas will open its books to the public after a decision to hike fuel prices by more than 40 percent set off days of protests, news reports said on Monday. The reports come with a major opposition party still calling for as many as 100,000 people to take to the streets at a rally early next month amid growing anger over the cost of fuel in Malaysia, which is heavily state subs
General prosecutor reaches out to Austria
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:54:08 PDT
General prosecutor reaches out to Austria Posted by Adam Kesher | in Security, Foreign Affairs | on June 17th, 2008 Tags: No Tags Here are some bad news for Rakhat Aliyev coming from the Kazakhstani General prosecutor’s office, which has been pushing for extradition of the disgraced former presidential son-in-law for nearly a year. On June 11-12, the Kazakh General Prosecutor visited Vienna, where he met with the Federal Minister of Justice Maria Berger. As the press-release states, “a d
Lanvin Capsule Denim Collection with Acne Jeans
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:55:06 PDT
Lanvin Capsule Denim Collection with Acne Jeans June 16th, 2008 by GDK Lanvin has teamed up with Acne Jeans to launch a denim capsule collection this November at Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman. The collection includes the ubiquitous “jean” as well as “dress, tuxedo jacket, belted trench, and] blouson,” as well as accessories, including “denim bags, stilettos, earrings and even medallion necklaces.” When asked how it was to work with Acne, Alber Elbaz the designer of Lanvin stated: “I was
“Like the lederhosen, Ballack is made of stronger stuff”
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:57:28 PDT
Comment & analysis round up Quote of the Day: “Everybody considers Lampard a great player, but this doesn’t mean that signing him will be easy. We like him, though, and he’s our No1 priority. Mourinho likes Lampard a lot. We all know that he can be a great player with us.” - Massimo Moratti. Runner-up: “There was a lot of water on the ball and it slipped from my grasp, I know now I should have punched it. After the game, you always know everything. Everybody makes mistakes and I am a huma
IMG Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled] Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:58:05 PDT
Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled All those valuable life lessons that the classic ammunition epic Hard Boiled has taught us. More... Recent Posts Kimmel - Edward Norton Finds His True Inner Hulk The Incredible Hulk TV Series Intro The Incredible Hulk - Edward Norton, Tim Roth Interviews Zombies in Plain English Muscles - The Lake If Things Turned Out Differently Techno Viking - Beat It Did You Know: Pot John Cusack Takes the Bush-McCain Challenge TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will
Political Epistemology
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:59:54 PDT
Epistemology – as a freshman in college you had to love that word. Dropping it into a conversation made you feel so good – you were deep and serious and saw more than others, and you smiled that condescending smile of intellectual elite. In return you received a resentful glare, or many of those. Normal people don’t use such words. No one likes a pretentious snob. And luckily, almost all college freshmen eventually do learn some social skills, and after seeing a friend’s eyes roll, or hearing
Tuesday’s Stock Picks: Solar Stocks On Fire - LDK, FSLR, CSIQ, ESLR
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 PDT
Shares of solar companies rose Monday as analysts become more optimistic about prospects for global growth in demand for solar energy products. Credit Suisse (cs) analyst Satya Kumar said that talks with industry officials last week at a major German solar technology conference convinced him to increase his estimate of total 2008 demand for solar energy products to about 4.6 gigawatts from 4.2 gigawatts. “We believe global demand is tracking much better than expected due to … visit site to rea
US: The chilling effect of state’s divorce laws
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:11 PDT
US: The chilling effect of state’s divorce laws Boston Globe Elizabeth Benedict FORGET KAFKA. Welcome to Massachusetts. In the 1980s, it was known as Taxachusetts. These days, it’s known as the state whose divorce laws are so out of date that many people decide against marrying here - or marrying anyone anywhere whose alimony obligations originate here. I’m one of them. Two divorce lawyers tell me that the state’s laws are so extreme they have “a chilling effect on marriage.” Prenups offer no
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Compliments of SCOTUS
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:25 PDT
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Compliments of SCOTUS Posted by thebosun on June 17, 2008 Courtesy of my friends at Stop the ACLU: Thanks to Doug Ross for the pic! I say its funny but not so funny cuz the stupid SCOTUS decision it refers to is no laughing matter. Technorati tags: 1st Amendment, ACLU, Humor, News, Stupidity, Supreme Court, Treason, War On Terror, terrorism
Canada: Alberta’s Conservative Government sought conviction of Christian pastor for “Hate Speech”
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:36 PDT
Canada: Alberta’s Conservative Government sought conviction of Christian pastor for “Hate Speech” Life Site John Jalsevac “The lion’s share of the responsibility for this Christophobia must rest with Premier Ed Stelmach and his Progressive Conservatives”: Ezra Levant EDMONTON, Alberta - Social conservatives across Canada are up in arms over the recent ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against Christian pastor Steve Boissoin, who was accused of propogating “hate speech” by
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:43:55 PDT
All about Marian Rivera Portal site, read the latest news about this beautiful celebrity of the Philippine showbiz, view her latest videos, and pictures.
Permalink
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:13 PDT
J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination taken from Harvard Magazine President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I’ve experienced at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win
OneSpot feeds publishers content
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:33 PDT
OneSpot feeds publishers content By Dan Farber – June 16, 2008, 10:34 PM PDT Post a Comment If you don't have content to populate your site, OneSpot has some for you. The Austin-based startup joins a host of other companies in the business of delivering contextual links for publishers. OneSpot CEO Matt Cohen makes the claim that OneSpot "democratizes vertical or affinity publishing, helping anyone find, select and deliver links to the best content on the Web." OneSpot sifts through o
Saudis to Increase Oil Output
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:38 PDT
Saudis to Increase Oil Output. Pffft. Too little too late. Oil companies and congress have got a taste of the high prices and by golly they like the income generated and the profits garnered- we will never again see the low prices we once saw- Congress simply will not allow it. They will keep making it more and more difficult for oil companies to build refineries, to explore and drill, and will keep shrinking the areas that we are ‘allowed’ to extract oil from. Refineries are running at near c
Freelance Writing Jobs - June 17, 2008
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:49:54 PDT
Here are some new freelance writing jobs for you for Tuesday: Freelance News Writers - CA - $25 / story Car Blogger and Phone Tech Blogger Freelance Business Writer / Editor Freelance Copywriter for Internet Retailer Personal Finance / Investing / Career Bloggers - $5 - 10 / post PT or Freelance Copywriter SEO Web Content Writer Press Release Writer - $50 / release
OneSpot launches news crawler widget for media sites
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:06 PDT
OneSpot launches news crawler widget for media sites Chris Morrison | June 16th, 2008
media evaluation - sentiment analysis
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:36 PDT
Monitoring of the media often involves assessing the “tone” of a media item - is it positive, negative or neutral on a given subject? This is often done manually and many of the large media monitoring services do this but it is a paid service not readily available to many. Now there is a tool available to all to assess the “tone” of a media item (written): Sentiment analyser>> This is what David Phillips of the LeverWealth blog had to say about it: “This kind of development is useful
AP goes after bloggers and faces public backlash
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:52:35 PDT
AP goes after bloggers and faces public backlash Like many traditional news agencies, the Associated Press has made it clear they're not happy about bloggers and forum posters copying from stories they own for use in a variety of places on ... Category: News | 17 Jun 2008 1:50 AM Less than 45 minutes ago
AFP: Malaysia’s Petronas to open books to public: report
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:53:09 PDT
AFP: Malaysia’s Petronas to open books to public: report Posted on June 17, 2008. Malaysia’s state oil company Petronas will open its books to the public after a decision to hike fuel prices by more than 40 percent set off days of protests, news reports said on Monday. The reports come with a major opposition party still calling for as many as 100,000 people to take to the streets at a rally early next month amid growing anger over the cost of fuel in Malaysia, which is heavily state subs
General prosecutor reaches out to Austria
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:54:08 PDT
General prosecutor reaches out to Austria Posted by Adam Kesher | in Security, Foreign Affairs | on June 17th, 2008 Tags: No Tags Here are some bad news for Rakhat Aliyev coming from the Kazakhstani General prosecutor’s office, which has been pushing for extradition of the disgraced former presidential son-in-law for nearly a year. On June 11-12, the Kazakh General Prosecutor visited Vienna, where he met with the Federal Minister of Justice Maria Berger. As the press-release states, “a d
Lanvin Capsule Denim Collection with Acne Jeans
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:55:06 PDT
Lanvin Capsule Denim Collection with Acne Jeans June 16th, 2008 by GDK Lanvin has teamed up with Acne Jeans to launch a denim capsule collection this November at Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman. The collection includes the ubiquitous “jean” as well as “dress, tuxedo jacket, belted trench, and] blouson,” as well as accessories, including “denim bags, stilettos, earrings and even medallion necklaces.” When asked how it was to work with Acne, Alber Elbaz the designer of Lanvin stated: “I was
“Like the lederhosen, Ballack is made of stronger stuff”
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:57:28 PDT
Comment & analysis round up Quote of the Day: “Everybody considers Lampard a great player, but this doesn’t mean that signing him will be easy. We like him, though, and he’s our No1 priority. Mourinho likes Lampard a lot. We all know that he can be a great player with us.” - Massimo Moratti. Runner-up: “There was a lot of water on the ball and it slipped from my grasp, I know now I should have punched it. After the game, you always know everything. Everybody makes mistakes and I am a huma
IMG Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled] Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:58:05 PDT
Things I Learned from Watching Hard Boiled All those valuable life lessons that the classic ammunition epic Hard Boiled has taught us. More... Recent Posts Kimmel - Edward Norton Finds His True Inner Hulk The Incredible Hulk TV Series Intro The Incredible Hulk - Edward Norton, Tim Roth Interviews Zombies in Plain English Muscles - The Lake If Things Turned Out Differently Techno Viking - Beat It Did You Know: Pot John Cusack Takes the Bush-McCain Challenge TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will
Political Epistemology
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:59:54 PDT
Epistemology – as a freshman in college you had to love that word. Dropping it into a conversation made you feel so good – you were deep and serious and saw more than others, and you smiled that condescending smile of intellectual elite. In return you received a resentful glare, or many of those. Normal people don’t use such words. No one likes a pretentious snob. And luckily, almost all college freshmen eventually do learn some social skills, and after seeing a friend’s eyes roll, or hearing
Tuesday’s Stock Picks: Solar Stocks On Fire - LDK, FSLR, CSIQ, ESLR
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 PDT
Shares of solar companies rose Monday as analysts become more optimistic about prospects for global growth in demand for solar energy products. Credit Suisse (cs) analyst Satya Kumar said that talks with industry officials last week at a major German solar technology conference convinced him to increase his estimate of total 2008 demand for solar energy products to about 4.6 gigawatts from 4.2 gigawatts. “We believe global demand is tracking much better than expected due to … visit site to rea
US: The chilling effect of state’s divorce laws
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:11 PDT
US: The chilling effect of state’s divorce laws Boston Globe Elizabeth Benedict FORGET KAFKA. Welcome to Massachusetts. In the 1980s, it was known as Taxachusetts. These days, it’s known as the state whose divorce laws are so out of date that many people decide against marrying here - or marrying anyone anywhere whose alimony obligations originate here. I’m one of them. Two divorce lawyers tell me that the state’s laws are so extreme they have “a chilling effect on marriage.” Prenups offer no
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Compliments of SCOTUS
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:25 PDT
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Compliments of SCOTUS Posted by thebosun on June 17, 2008 Courtesy of my friends at Stop the ACLU: Thanks to Doug Ross for the pic! I say its funny but not so funny cuz the stupid SCOTUS decision it refers to is no laughing matter. Technorati tags: 1st Amendment, ACLU, Humor, News, Stupidity, Supreme Court, Treason, War On Terror, terrorism
Canada: Alberta’s Conservative Government sought conviction of Christian pastor for “Hate Speech”
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:36 PDT
Canada: Alberta’s Conservative Government sought conviction of Christian pastor for “Hate Speech” Life Site John Jalsevac “The lion’s share of the responsibility for this Christophobia must rest with Premier Ed Stelmach and his Progressive Conservatives”: Ezra Levant EDMONTON, Alberta - Social conservatives across Canada are up in arms over the recent ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against Christian pastor Steve Boissoin, who was accused of propogating “hate speech” by
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