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April 06, 2008 Breaking News
PEEP SHOW!
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:34:40 PDT
Global warming is the topic du jour and designers are responding in kind. Seasonless clothing is the design world's way of adapting to unseasonable weather. Some designers are even hiring climatologists! These open toe shoes are perfect for transitioning from the colder months to the warmer. They work well in the colder months--because there's ample coverage; yet, perfect for warm weather--because of all the cutouts! See, fashion is not all form over function! Read below for where to buy! Prices
When school isn’t cool
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:22:33 PDT
Smart is not cool for many Latino students in Silicon Valley, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Sandra Romero and Bibiana Vega do their best to shrug off taunts from fellow Latino classmates at Del Mar High School in San Jose. The 17-year-old seniors are called “whitewashed.” Mataditas - dorks. Cerebritas - brainiacs. They’re told they’re “losing their culture” - just because Sandra has a 4.0 grade-point average and Bibiana has a 3.5. The put-downs are clear: Smart is not cool. And too ma
Abe Lincoln's 'heartfelt' letter sells for record $3.4M (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:14:07 PDT
A "heartfelt" letter from Abraham Lincoln replying to a request for him to "free all the little slave children in the country" has sold for $3.4 million, Sotheby's said Thursday.
A Viewer Speaks
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:13:48 PDT
The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along
Obama Has Double Digit Lead in N.C.
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:56:02 PDT
In the latest WRAL News poll, 56 percent of likely voters said they would give Obama their support in the Democratic primary. Thirty-three percent chose Clinton, and 11 percent were unsure.
Google Preview IE 1.3 | News | Middown.com - Software News &
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:31:01 PDT
Google Preview IE is an Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.Preview images are only enabled when the Google Preview IE toolbar is enabled (right-clicking the toolbar area lets you enable or disable a toolbar)
Pigs causing illness in humans even before they’re eaten
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:25:40 PDT
The bad news just doesn't end for the hog industry.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
BREAKING NEWS: Body discovered in Lehigh Acres (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:47:44 PDT
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is telling WINK News about a body being discovered in a wooded area near the Greenbriar development in Lehigh Acres.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:34:40 PDT
Global warming is the topic du jour and designers are responding in kind. Seasonless clothing is the design world's way of adapting to unseasonable weather. Some designers are even hiring climatologists! These open toe shoes are perfect for transitioning from the colder months to the warmer. They work well in the colder months--because there's ample coverage; yet, perfect for warm weather--because of all the cutouts! See, fashion is not all form over function! Read below for where to buy! Prices
When school isn’t cool
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:22:33 PDT
Smart is not cool for many Latino students in Silicon Valley, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Sandra Romero and Bibiana Vega do their best to shrug off taunts from fellow Latino classmates at Del Mar High School in San Jose. The 17-year-old seniors are called “whitewashed.” Mataditas - dorks. Cerebritas - brainiacs. They’re told they’re “losing their culture” - just because Sandra has a 4.0 grade-point average and Bibiana has a 3.5. The put-downs are clear: Smart is not cool. And too ma
Abe Lincoln's 'heartfelt' letter sells for record $3.4M (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:14:07 PDT
A "heartfelt" letter from Abraham Lincoln replying to a request for him to "free all the little slave children in the country" has sold for $3.4 million, Sotheby's said Thursday.
A Viewer Speaks
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:13:48 PDT
The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along
Obama Has Double Digit Lead in N.C.
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:56:02 PDT
In the latest WRAL News poll, 56 percent of likely voters said they would give Obama their support in the Democratic primary. Thirty-three percent chose Clinton, and 11 percent were unsure.
Google Preview IE 1.3 | News | Middown.com - Software News &
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:31:01 PDT
Google Preview IE is an Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.Preview images are only enabled when the Google Preview IE toolbar is enabled (right-clicking the toolbar area lets you enable or disable a toolbar)
Pigs causing illness in humans even before they’re eaten
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:25:40 PDT
The bad news just doesn't end for the hog industry.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
BREAKING NEWS: Body discovered in Lehigh Acres (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:47:44 PDT
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is telling WINK News about a body being discovered in a wooded area near the Greenbriar development in Lehigh Acres.
Court denies royalties to former Procol Harum organist (CBC)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:29:00 PDT
A British court has ruled in favour of Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker in a royalties dispute over the band's late '60s hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale.
