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Current News for April 21, 2008

VC Deals In Charts (Q1 2008)—Welcome To The Slowdown

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:12:01 PDT
Here are some slides from Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the National Venture Capital Association illustrating the trends in venture capital deals last quarter that Duncan mentioned yesterday.

Adjunct professors increasing in numbers

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:42:18 PDT
Student groups often lobby for international labor causes, but a visiting leader of a faculty advocacy group plans to highlight serious labor issues facing college faculty, both at the UW and at colleges across the country. Nationwide, the numbers of employed adjunct college professors are steadily on the rise. However, this shift from full-time, tenured professors to adjunct faculty is not merely a national issue — it has also shifted to become an international predicament as well. “Colleges

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...

Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:34 PDT
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up! The state-run media in Canada (and the citizen-owned media who do their best to compete with them) all lament, daily (with intra-day lament updates, all day long), the price of a barrel of oil, and the resulting price of gas. (Of course they don’t have the foggiest clue what they’re talking about, but they pretend they do.) Even as I was writing this, the state-owned CBC did a story about the latest rise in gas prices. Apparently it’s getting h

U-46 school news (Daily Herald)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:27:58 PDT
Here is what's in the news at Elgin Area School District U-46 schools. To learn more, visit u-46.org.

WWE & TNA News - Awesome Kong, Foley and MORE!

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:55:11 PDT
Some awesome WWE and TNA news, a must see!

TV tonight: Five worth watching (Toronto Star)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:44:58 PDT
Oprah and Jen give it up: Oprah's Big Give pulls out the big guns for its season finale, with a special appearance by Jennifer Aniston, who will apparently deliver "big news" in this closer (CTV, ABC at 8).

Life at $4 a gallon

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:00:28 PDT
Within a three day period, I have spoken with two persons in completely unrelated situation (and different locales) who have made statements starting “when gas hits $4 a gallon we’ll have to . . . .” with something not-nice following. You, dear readers, know how much I like dense urban development and reliable, efficient public transportation and options to single-occupant driving. I also like full-fat ice cream but I’m on a diet and we don’t always get what we like. For many, many people, the

Email Threats Trends Report

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:57:40 PDT
This is a post about Commtouch trend report on email born threats.

VIA Processors Making a Comeback in Low Cost PCs

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:01:53 PDT
VIA processors are receiving a new lease on life from low cost PC developers. This trend was predicted as long ago as 2001 by their CEO.

Francis Ford Coppola now calling Buenos Aires home (The Post and Courier)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:03:26 PDT
The maestro has gone gaucho. Francis Ford Coppola, 68, believes he's finally where he's supposed to be, a place where he can revel in financial and artistic control. Yes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, land of comparatively low production costs and much cultural ferment, especially the streets of this cosmopolitan capital. A city, one might add, with a large Italian community dating back to the early ...

MPP wants Legislature debates to air live on Web (Toronto Star)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:42:13 PDT
Ontario is well into the fast-changing Internet age but lags at the very seat of power because citizens can't watch the drama of provincial politics unfold live on their computer screens.

Indie's new editor means bad news

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:38:28 PDT
Roger Alton’s move from the Observer to edit the Independent is as shocking as Tony Blair’s appointment as Middle East envoy, and marks a set-back for the British anti-war movement.


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April 21, 2008 Hot Trends

Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...

Curierul Conservator THE Romanian News With Views

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:07:26 PDT
Curierul Conservator that is Romanian News With Views! With lots of actual infos and comments across the social and political spectrum. In Romanian.

Is divorce necessary in marriage after a couple of years ?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:17:15 PDT
Reading the newspapers every day makes us think that divorce is a common thing. Unfortunately, that’s a fact. The reality that famous actors divorce after a couple of years in the marriage is also a reality in common couples. Couples today follow the trend of divorce as a means of answering their relational problems.

Britannica Widgets

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:05:00 PDT
The Encyclopaedia Britannica recently launched its Britannica WebShare program with free online access for Web publishers, a Twitter stream and blog-friendly widgets. clipped from www.wildblueskies.com In an effort to attract bloggers to link to their content, the Encyclopaedia Britannica has come out with web based initiatives - Webshare allows web publishers and bloggers link to Britannica articles, with their readers able to follow those links without an account, while Britannica Widgets

Daily News Brief: Who’s Courting Circuit City?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:11 PDT
Spring is in the air, and companies are not being shy when it comes to courting one another. While Microsoft's busy pining over Yahoo, Blockbuster yesterday announced an infatuation with Circuit City, offering $6.00 per share in cash.

VIA Processors Making a Comeback in Low Cost PCs

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:01:53 PDT
VIA processors are receiving a new lease on life from low cost PC developers. This trend was predicted as long ago as 2001 by their CEO.

Teachers Sexing Students

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:51:40 PDT
An essay on the recurrent trend of teachers having sex with their students.

NSU urges party to stay out of new government

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:51:13 PDT
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Seahorses Return to Thames River - Good News Network

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:08:22 PDT
Seahorses were once extinct in the Thames, or nearly so. Now they've come back and they may even be thriving (along with 100 or so more species of pisceans). More here, plus a nice video...


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