| Archive for: December, 2007
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives News to know 2007: The final edition Posted in: News to know It's New Year's eve and soon the beginning of another year in technology. At this point, I'm somewhat dislocated from the river of blogs and news. I've spent some of the holiday time observing eagles as they float above the river and feast on spawning salmon. But my attention is gradually turning to the tech world, with the massive CES in Las Vegas on the horizon. While CES is known as the consumer electronics show, it increasingly has application in the business world as personal and professional lives are fused with technology. Following are the some of the final ZDNet headlines for 2007.
BOOKS-US: Outing the "Israel Lobby"
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Center for Security Policy, William Kristol, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Congresspersons such as Eliot Engel of New York, and others.
Mearsheimer and Walt also detail the extent to which the lobby and its supporters have employed, in the words of Michael Massing, "bullying tactics" to silence Israel critics. Massing wrote the most substantive critique of the initial article in the New York Review of Books, writing that "despite its many flaws," the Walt-Mearsheimer essay had "performed a very useful service in forcing into the open a subject that has for too long remained taboo."
After publishing their article, the two authors themselves were accused of being anti-Semites, a charge they go to great lengths in their book to rebut.
Pain relievers should share the pain
Pain relievers should share the pain
By Julian Delasantellis
Wrongly attributed to New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley in 1865 (the actual author was Indiana newspaperman John B L Soule in 1851) "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country" defines not only the American expansionary spirit of the latter 19th century, but, to a certain extent, the philosophical ethos that forever has defined American society, from the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock to the present.
Got a problem, be it with your work, your community, your church hierarchy, your family, even your spouse? The solution was always to pack up stakes and strike out towards the frontier, towards the plentiful open space of the boundless West, towards the limitless new dreams guaranteed to be just over the horizon, available to all free men just by virtue of their birthright as
Americans.
WEEKEND ROUNDUP
Turner Field, 755 Hank Aaron Drive S.W., Atlanta. 1-800-316-7439, 404-249-6400, http://www.universoulcircus.com. Big Apple: 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. $12-$40, plus $8 parking. Stone Mountain Park, U.S. 78 East, Stone Mountain. 770-498-5690, 404-249-6400, www.bigapplecircus.org. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. $14-$35. Philips Arena, 1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta. 404-878-3000, 404-249-6400, http://www.ringling.com. .
Hybrid scooter hi-tech miser
THE University of Tasmania has leapt to the cutting edge of hybrid-vehicle technology with the launch of its latest engineering project. The canary yellow livery may look unassuming, but the tiny two-cylinder scooter showcases technology that will power the passenger vehicles of the future. The scooter's primary power source is an electric motor, unconventionally mounted on the front wheel, which provides enough power to cruise down to the shops or the nearest cafe. The standard internal combustion engine, converted to run on renewable ethanol, kicks in seamlessly. The power sources combine for a top speed of 80km/h that will give it the jump over its rivals at the traffic lights. "This should out accelerate a scooter of the same size because it has the two power sources working in tandem," design team leader Steven Ambrose said.
TV Docs offer entertaining treatment to benefit writers
Oh, who spent some time in January on the picket line to show solidarity for the "Grey's" staff, said she noticed the strikers were getting "really nervous" as the work stoppage wore on. "I heard things like, 'I have enough saved to get by for one more month,' " she recalled. "There was this underlying worry. People were starting to think it could go on for months and months." Oh used her time off to simply "recharge" after "a hectic four seasons." She added, "Now that everybody's recharged, we're going to get some really good stuff on the show this year. We have well-rested writers with a burst of creativity. I think we're all excited to see what's going to happen." Fred Shuster (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster@dailynews.com .
SHOT TWICE IN HEAD: Pair: Man sought hit on himself Suspects call it ...
There are some very compelling facts that don't make this a typical case," Figler said. Jeter's attorney, Jennifer Bolton, refused to comment. When police interviewed Miello, he knew certain things that only Cybulski could have told him, according to the arrest report. Miello knew about the last hours of Cybulski's life, including that the victim took Benadryl. He knew that one of Cybulski's friends was supposed to come by the house after the killing to feed his cats. And Miello knew about a $500,000 life insurance policy Cybulski took out months before. Most insurance companies would not pay such a claim after a suicide. On a copy of the insurance policy filed in District Court, Cybulski wrote out his last will and testament.
China warns of 'grim' situation
The most difficult period is still not over yet. The situation remains grim," the Chinese cabinet said in a statement reported on Saturday by The Associated Press. More snow and sleet were forecast across southern and central China. The warning came as millions of Chinese began preparations for next week's Lunar New Year holiday period. On Friday, heartbreaking video from the southern city of Guangzhou showed crowds of people -- many of them migrant workers --screaming, elbowing each other, in some cases sobbing and collapsing in the rush to get a slot on a train. Police battled to keep order in chaotic scenes in the capital of southern Guangdong province. One officer lifted a small child above the crowd as the child's mother clutched the officer's coat.
Atlanta's tigers facing oblivion in wild
The zoo has four Sumatran tigers and hopes to breed two. She is familiar with the loss of their habitat and the illegal trade in tiger parts. "It's my hope that they will survive in the wild," said Wilson. Yet laws enacted to protect the tiger have not worked because they aren't rigidly enforced, said WWF researchers. In 2006, they visited markets in 28 cities across Sumatra. Posing as shoppers, they found more than 30 stores — 10 percent of the shops surveyed — trading in the big cats' teeth, claws, skin pieces, whiskers and bones. Twenty-three tigers likely were killed to supply the stores, the researchers estimated. A comparable survey, taken from 1999-2002, concluded that poachers had slain 52 tigers to supply stores with parts that were used for everything from folk medicine to aphrodisiacs.
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Middle School roundup Feb. 16
Haleigh Aguilara, Morgan Leyble. JHS: Cherie Cowan, Taylor Bitt. ASSISTS — SW: Cowan. RECORDS — NB: 1-0, at Northwoods Park Tuesday. SW: hosts Jacksonville Commons Tuesday. BOYS SOCCER Northwoods Park 4, Swansboro 0 GOALS — NP: Mitchell Rideout 2, Joseph Dashiell, Spencer Howard. ASSISTS — Dashiell, Cormick Brennan, Holland Hammond. RECORDS — NP: 1-0, hosts New Bridge Tuesday: S: 0-1, hosts Hunter creek Tuesday. .
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