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July 01, 2008 Hot Trends

South Africa: Crime Trends Show Decline But Government Still Concerned (AllAfrica.com)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:15:12 PDT
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula says although the crime trends report published Monday indicated a continuation of the steady decline in crime levels in South Africa as seen in the past five years, Government was still concerned that the levels of crime continue to be unacceptably high.

Real-Time Local News Now Blankets Michigan

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) October 2, 2007 -- There is always something happening in Michigan and once-a-day news can't cover it all. The days of waiting for traffic or weather reports or the latest...

Mega Man 9 is WiiWare Exclusive

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:43:23 PDT
For those hoping that the news of Mega Man 9 coming to WiiWare was just a precursor to an announcement of a Xbox Live Arcade and/or PlayStation Network version, we have bad news for you. Ars Technica has gotten news from Capcom that the "blue bombers" newest adventure WiiWare only. From Ars Technica:"Capcom pinged us to let us know that the

Fund Trends Defy Historical Norms - Wall Street Journal


Fund Trends Defy Historical Norms
Wall Street Journal - 8 hours ago
In the first half of this year every kind of diversified US equity fund took a drubbing. Small cap value, large cap growth, you name it: According to Lipper ...


The latest news from the USOC - June 30 - Sports Network


The latest news from the USOC - June 30
Sports Network - 6 hours ago
Tyson Gay stole the show during the opening weekend of the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials for Track & Field in Eugene, Ore. With a 4.1 metersper- second wind ...


CBC Newsworld : Passionate Eye Monday : Documentary

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:53:25 PDT
The story that showed on news world tonight.This is just another example of the futility and expense in money and lives that is the drug war.

Texas State receives a $100,000 donation for season tickets

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:13:57 PDT
Texas State athletics announced Friday that it has received a $100,000 donation from Jerry and Linda Fields to go toward The Drive's 2008 football season ticket goal. This is great news for those in support of Texas State's move to the FBS.

A Shocking New Morningstar Study! - Forecasts & Trends - Inv

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:14:03 PDT
There is little doubt that the Morningstar organization has been very good to the mutual fund industry. Morningstar is by far the most widely followed mutual fund performance reporting database. Since 1984, Morningstar has offered data collection and analysis tools to aid investors ranging from industry professionals to do-it-yourselfers...

Gen. Clark Talks Truth About McCain's National-Security Cred

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:46:35 PDT
On one level, I think we need to get used to the fact that between now and November every day's news cycle is likely to include a new barrage of sniping at Barack Obama. We have to face the reality that as far as our sclerotic Infotainment Media are concerned, Young Johnny McCranky -- sleazy, ignorant, and ideologically whacked-out opportunist ...

Rate announcements and the 4th of July

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:41:15 PDT
This is a holiday week with U.S. Independence Day on Friday. Big holidays can always disrupt the market and make trends tough to follow. However, the data is definitely flowing and there is the potential for some big moves.

Human's Biggest Blunder

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:28:45 PDT
By Anonymous The energy we consume cannot be stored and we guzzlers refuse to obviate our doomed. Nevertheless, there is no infinite supply of energy- least of all being fossil fuel. Even suns burn out, explode and are recycled to form more suns, more planets. Do humans really have preeminence over nature? Well, let us see. If we totally convert to nuclear power, there is only so much uranium in the ground. Sun power will only work during daylight. Other methods being explored are contingent


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June 30, 2008 Breaking News

Eki Tama and train station kiosk innovations

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:58:59 PDT
Here is a surreal take on the fast food stand: Tamachi’s station’s new Eki Tama (“station egg”). This minimal, spacey pod designed by Osaka based Graf and developed by Ecute serves up designer hotdogs and is, appearance-wise, light years away from your average station kiosk or coffee shop. Tamachi is a relatively high-traffic station near Shinagawa where lots of medium-sized companies have their offices, and in addition to appealing to the local lunching crowd of office workers, the Eki Ta

• 1000 km away, Lynlee waits for newsworld - Hamilton Spectator


• 1000 km away, Lynlee waits for newsworld
Hamilton Spectator, Canada - Jun 4, 2008
And if you happen to come across the cat in yonder photo, will you do me another favour? His name is Indie. He belongs to Lynlee Spencer. ...


Gross Guy Trend: The Medge

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:22:33 PDT
From the catwalks of Milan comes a guy fashion trend we hope is short-lived.

Other Items

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:49 PDT
Dear friends; the two things that we need help with most right now in Vancouver are housing for war resisters and your participation in our outreach and lobbying in Conservative ridings and keeping up the media visibility. Below is a housing appeal, please pass it on freely. Also in Vancouver we will be doing another visit to a Conservative riding, probably either Emerson's in Vancouver or Nina Grewal in Fleetwood-Port Kells. That is tentatively planned for Saturday June 28. War Resister Housing

News Corp. Moves to Take NDS Private (MultiChannel News)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:08:46 PDT
News Corp. made moves last Friday to take its British-based set-top box manufacturing unit – NDS Group – private in a deal valued at about $3.6 billion.

Short film about Creative Commons Business Models

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:15:03 PDT
Frances Pinter and David Percy have made an excellent documentary film about business models in the publishing world that use Creative Commons licenses. Frances has been heading a CC-based publishing project in Africa. It is the Publishing and Alternative Licensing Model of Africa (PALM Africa), is based in Uganda, and South Africa, and she tells me the Ugunda project is going especially well. She also tells me she’ll be soon expanding this money into other publishing spheres, which is very


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