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Current News for April 10, 2008
How Food has Changed
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:44 PDT
As we become more and more aware of our diets, what is in them is sometimes overlooked by the caloric or fat content within a food. Perhaps what is even more interesting in the trends in our food over the past twenty years...
CBC beefing up Alberta TV news - Media In Canada
How Food has Changed
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:44 PDT
As we become more and more aware of our diets, what is in them is sometimes overlooked by the caloric or fat content within a food. Perhaps what is even more interesting in the trends in our food over the past twenty years...
Growth in the Software Market Will Drop Sharply in 2008, Says Study 'UK Market Trends: Software and IT Services' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "UK Market Trends: Software and IT Services" to their offering.
Untitled
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:01:00 PDT
CSU to use clams to track bird flu Rocky Mountain News – www.rockymountainnews.com 07 April 2008 B Scanlon Photo courtesy of BBC News Clams are fun to eat, but could prove invaluable in tracing the spread of bird flu. This summer, scientists from Colorado State University will fly to Vietnam, place fresh-water clams in strategic waterways and see whether the mollusks have absorbed the H5N1 avian flu virus into their systems. Using clams, rather than mechanical filters, to gauge the spread of b
Newspaper "Site Search Smackdown": Round 3 - The Guardian vs The Mirror
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:16:46 PDT
I'm running a series of smackdowns between British newspaper site search engines, to test how fresh their indexing is. In Round 1, The Sun was put down by The Mail. Yesterday's Round 2 saw a perfect 10 from The Independent, and the lowest score so far, from The Telegraph. Today it is the turn of The Guardian and The Mirror to face the test. The rules The rules of the contest are quite simple. Go to a newspaper homepage at around 9am UK time. This is after the print edition has hit the stre
Korean E2 Visa Drug Test Pot Free
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:42:55 PDT
What might be old news to some teachers will be a sigh of relief to others. As of March 15th, the Korean Immigration Service announced the Ministry of Justice has dropped the cannabinoid test from the medical check required to receive an alien registration card...
Chevy Volt to only be released to select markets?
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:38:56 PDT
GM adds some spin to the decision, saying that they want to release the car to "politically important and trend-setting markets on the coasts", but it can easily be viewed that they want to limit the car's availability in order to control distribution and service issues.
Groundswell: The tumescent trend called social technology
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:02:48 PDT
"Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies" is the new book by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff, of Forrester Research. I found out about it from a press release for a presentation by Josh sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum. While I mostly write about wireless technology, I think it's just as important to talk about the wetware: the social forces that influence how people decide to use technology. The book does cover case studies where health care companies have impleme
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:44 PDT
As we become more and more aware of our diets, what is in them is sometimes overlooked by the caloric or fat content within a food. Perhaps what is even more interesting in the trends in our food over the past twenty years...
CBC beefing up Alberta TV news - Media In Canada
CBC beefing up Alberta TV news Media In Canada, Canada - Apr 7, 2008 In related news, CBC also announced that the two hours of programming for CBC Newsworld which are currently produced from Calgary will now be handled out of ... British bobbies flock to Alberta police forces Globe and Mail all 6 news articles |
How Food has Changed
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:44 PDT
As we become more and more aware of our diets, what is in them is sometimes overlooked by the caloric or fat content within a food. Perhaps what is even more interesting in the trends in our food over the past twenty years...
Growth in the Software Market Will Drop Sharply in 2008, Says Study 'UK Market Trends: Software and IT Services' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "UK Market Trends: Software and IT Services" to their offering.
Untitled
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:01:00 PDT
CSU to use clams to track bird flu Rocky Mountain News – www.rockymountainnews.com 07 April 2008 B Scanlon Photo courtesy of BBC News Clams are fun to eat, but could prove invaluable in tracing the spread of bird flu. This summer, scientists from Colorado State University will fly to Vietnam, place fresh-water clams in strategic waterways and see whether the mollusks have absorbed the H5N1 avian flu virus into their systems. Using clams, rather than mechanical filters, to gauge the spread of b
Newspaper "Site Search Smackdown": Round 3 - The Guardian vs The Mirror
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:16:46 PDT
I'm running a series of smackdowns between British newspaper site search engines, to test how fresh their indexing is. In Round 1, The Sun was put down by The Mail. Yesterday's Round 2 saw a perfect 10 from The Independent, and the lowest score so far, from The Telegraph. Today it is the turn of The Guardian and The Mirror to face the test. The rules The rules of the contest are quite simple. Go to a newspaper homepage at around 9am UK time. This is after the print edition has hit the stre
Korean E2 Visa Drug Test Pot Free
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:42:55 PDT
What might be old news to some teachers will be a sigh of relief to others. As of March 15th, the Korean Immigration Service announced the Ministry of Justice has dropped the cannabinoid test from the medical check required to receive an alien registration card...
Chevy Volt to only be released to select markets?
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:38:56 PDT
GM adds some spin to the decision, saying that they want to release the car to "politically important and trend-setting markets on the coasts", but it can easily be viewed that they want to limit the car's availability in order to control distribution and service issues.
Groundswell: The tumescent trend called social technology
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:02:48 PDT
"Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies" is the new book by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff, of Forrester Research. I found out about it from a press release for a presentation by Josh sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum. While I mostly write about wireless technology, I think it's just as important to talk about the wetware: the social forces that influence how people decide to use technology. The book does cover case studies where health care companies have impleme
