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Current News for August 08, 2008

BrokenNews:Village Celebrates Man's Death as Boon to Economy

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:21:34 PDT
As recently as yesterday, Ashland, a small village near The Bay of Fundy on Maine's northeast coast, had a population of 468. Today, Ashland can claim but 467 residents, as local man Michael Sherman, 86, died quietly in his home overnight of natural causes. Far from being racked with mourning, the town is focusing instead on the revenue...

The Google Data Mine: Are You Using It Or Is It Using You?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:06:16 PDT
Have you “googled” today? Did you reach this page by “googling”? If so, you’ve seen the future, and you are part of it, even if you don’t realize it just yet. In fact, there’s a lot more going on at Google than just searching. I’m going to talk about what Google does, knows — as well as what you should do and know to get the most out of it. True enough, Google is best known for its powerful search engine, which draws upon a massive database of web pages, videos, images, stock quotes, phone nu

Boyd Tinsley featured in Edwards scandal stories

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:32:01 PDT
The Boyd Tinsley song True Reflections is getting a lot of attention today in news stories about former Sen. John Edwards' extramarital affair.

Digital Trends Week In Review 08/08/08 (DesignTechnica)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:05:06 PDT
Here are the top news stories and articles featured on Digital Trends for the week of August 8th.

Feed Industry News: Liquid Feed Symposium Comes to Texas

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:45:06 PDT
The 2008 annual Liquid Feed Symposium comes to Austin, Texas, September 10-12, at the Doubletree Hotel. The symposium will take an in-depth look at current market trends, emerging research, future prospects, and changing markets, bringing together top executives and decision makers from liquid feed manufacturers and supporting industries....

Best of Tamino: Urging an Open Mind

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:01:40 PDT
More Summer Reading: Thanks to DeSmogger Brian D., we now have this well-categorized version of The Best of Tamino, a veritable celebration of debunkery courtesy of the clearest writing statisticians around. Brian's recommended (and annotated) reading list is posted below. "It hasn't warmed since 1998!" Garbage is Forever Wiggles (Also an excellent introduction to the concept of signal and noise to those unfamiliar with statistics.) "The hockey stick was debunked!" Hockey Sticks Part 1 P

Our "Goldilocks" Solar System

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:51:51 PDT
Why our solar system may not be the normal, but maybe why it is. This could be bad news for alien life and civilisations on other planets, because they may not be very many habitable solar systems out there in the galaxy.


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