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April 07, 2008 Breaking News

US Cash Grain Outlook: Inconsistent Price Trends (INO News)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:17:39 PDT
CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (Dow Jones)--U.S. cash grain markets were mixed Monday, entering the trading week impacted by choppy futures prices, while carrying inconsistent basis trends.

Conversation about Orlando Tech Association

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:17:12 PDT
…is happening right now over on Robert Dempsey’s blog - he gave some highlights from the weekend at BarCamp and some of the many events and discussions around the idea of forming a technology association in Central/all of Florida. I obviously had something to say, and I think this conversation is headed in a healthy direction. If you want to get involved, please check out Robert’s blog and the subsequent comments. Here are my words: Florida Creatives is not the tech association, but it could

How juicy political legends and myths like “Hidden Agenda” are written

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:58:11 PDT
How juicy political legends and myths like “Hidden Agenda” are written 1. As a general matter, simply watch the state-owned CBC Newsworld channel or any of a number of other liberal media outlets. Legends and myths appear as if out of nowhere. For example, just now: On the CBC Newsworld channel, in the middle of the newscast, a guest expert on all things political, Susan Delacourt, a political columnist from the liberal-left’s Toronto Star, suggested that Prime Minister Harper is an “unf

Question for Cooks in the U.S.

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:49:00 PDT
I've been asked by a prominent cooking magazine to identify upcoming food trends. I've talked with chefs and other food professionals to get their ideas but I thought I'd throw the question out to any readers of this blog who have strong feelings about what's on the horizon in the home kitchen. It might be an ingredient, chipotle powder, or a preparation, arancini, say, or chimichurri sauce. Any food prognosticators out there, please feel free to make suggestions. Thanks.

To Those Heading Down to RSA ...

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:14:51 PDT
Rich Mogul unleashed the following fun piece on RSA trends and predictions. Go read it! Rich tells us to be on the lookout for the following madly abused trends and concepts: Virtualization security "GRC"Security in the cloud"Data leakage that is not DLP" I am actually not at RSA today (just finishing some writing here), but I will head up there tomorrow. Watch this blog as I will be ... how do they say it? :-) ... "live-blogging" from the Moscone Center tomorrow and Wednesday. All my RSA posts

Guerrilla veterans march in Zimbabwe in new sign of possible Mugabe clampdown (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital today in another ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.

MTV News Correspondent Asks, "Why Do We Vote on Tuesday?"

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:21:54 PDT
Gideon Yago has worked on award-winning documentaries the 2000 and 2004 elections, and the war in Iraq. In 2005 Yago covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the devastating Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan and India. But now the simple question on his mind: why do we vote on Tuesday?

Three jail architects remain, one eliminated over news flap - North Platte Bulletin


Three jail architects remain, one eliminated over news flap
North Platte Bulletin, NE - 44 minutes ago
The site selection and design jail committee interviewed six architects last week who are interested in designing a new county jail to propose to voters. ...


TrendHunter.com, World's Largest Trend Site Launches 2008 Trend Report

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:01 PST

Industrial Sourcing and Purchasing

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:12:11 PDT
Industrial Sourcing and Purchasing If you run a small to medium sized engineering or manufacturing company, you’ll recognize the value of the service I’m about to tell you about. Zycon is a directory for souring and supplying of industrial components and services. You know the need — you are engineering a new product and need to source specific material, let’s say shaft couplings. What do you do? Call your distributors? Call in a sales rep from a supply company you know? Its much easier to us

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Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy

A couple of months ago, Google's web mapping service GOOGLE MAPS launched a new feature: Google Street View. A panoramic street level environment lets you descend from the sky and virtually travel through the streets. However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues.

Consider for example, this image from the Chicago and you can see why we think Google Street Views are funny, yet concerning about privacy.

Already this publication has reported a lawsuit that a couple has filed against Google Street Views alleging that the service violates their privacy.

"Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their name) filed suit in Allegheny County court on April 2. The couple, who lives in Pittsburgh, says that there is a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored."

Patric Carlsson who writs for the Blog of Intellectual Capitals while explaining how useful Google Maps and Street Views can be contends that there are "some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness."

It's not known how many complaints Google Street Views will still receive and how is the company going to respond to them. However, one thing we are sure of is the fact that while many people are going to consider some of the Google Street Views to be funny, many others are going to think they are violating people's right to privacy.

 

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