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Current News for September 18, 2008

Soldiers. In a Conservative Party press release. Being taken wildly out of context to attack the NDP.

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:53:23 PDT
As headlines go, it’s not quite as bad as “The NDP caucus supports child pornography”, but it’s getting close. From a release issued by the Tories earlier today: JACK LAYTON INSULTS TROOPS NDP Leader Jack Layton made the disturbing suggestion yesterday that coalition troops are targeting and recklessly killing Afghan civilians. These unacceptable comments are sadly in keeping with previous remarks by Layton and other NDP members. First off, I like the “sadly” — yeah, guys - you were so up

Forget Great Content, Find Images To Increase Web Traffic!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:40:16 PDT
Recently I've noticed an upward trend of visitors coming from the Google image search. Google search accounts for roughly 40% of my daily traffic, about 20% of that comes from Google image searches.

'Fuck Facebook' The T-Shirt!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:20:05 PDT
'Fuck Facebook' The T-Shirt! Posted by Michael Musto at Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0500 Don't tell me this blog doesn't start international trends with every poisoned syllable! Recently, I wrote about the fact that everyone is desperate for me to join Facebook, which I find a useless exercise in making more time-wasting "friends" who would walk over your corpse in a cyber minute if there's a gift bag on the other side of the street. Well, a couple of non-virtual pals in Canada read what I wro

Alternative Energy M&A Trends - Issue 9, 2008 Provides Detailed Comparative Data on the Number of Deals and Their ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:00:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Alternative Energy M&A Trends - Issue 9, 2008" report to their offering.

Tories' face tough grilling at first early-morning news conference (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:53:00 PDT
OTTAWA - Conservative party plans to dominate media coverage with daily announcements at dawn ran into a snag on the first full day of the federal election campaign.

2009 Interior Design Trends: Lets Play

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:29:28 PDT
A detailed look at the 2009 interior design trend "Lets Play" Looks at the colour and influences and gives you some ideas on how to implement it in your own home.

Big City: Dream of Bookstore Fights Any Number of Trends

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:33:11 PDT
During a tough week that had been particularly hard for literary types, the prospect of a new independent bookstore in Fort Greene was a cause for great optimism and excitement.

Bias-Spotting Firefox Toolbar Now In Public Beta!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:32:07 PDT
I told you September 7 about a browser plug-in called SpinSpotter designed to spot bias in news stories. At the time, the plug-in was not available to the public. Today, SpinSpotter was opened up for public use. Note that only Firefox 3 is supported, and that IE 7 will be supported soon.

Newsflashr.com Launches Massive Search Engine for News

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Bedford, MA (PRWEB) August 6, 2008 -- www.Newsflashr.com Newsflashr.com] launches a radically new type of search engine specific to news. Users are prompted to enter keywords and the search results...

India allows local editions of foreign news magazines (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:07:37 PDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Thursday said it has allowed foreign news and current affairs magazines to publish local editions, which will help readers get the magazines at cheaper rates, a government statement said.

Newspapers Examine Trends In Emergency Care (Medical News Today)

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:15:40 PDT
Summaries of two articles examining trends in emergency care appear below. Free-standing emergency departments: The Washington Post on Tuesday examined how free-standing EDs that have no inpatient beds are able to offer "streamlined" full-service emergency care.

Our Tax Money @ Work In The Press - WTF?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:53:39 PDT
Notice anything about it? It’s a State Department website. Why in the hell are taxpayers footing the bill for a news service? Between CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and the multitude of blogs and internet source, what possible justification does the State Department have for taxpayer funded news service?

Money Market Funds Break the Buck

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:45:53 PDT
If this trend continues, I can see several consumers opting for safer investments (it's amazing that right now money market accounts, which once were considered "safe investments", is even a part of this conversation!) such as CDs or High-Yield Savings accounts.


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