An Out-of-Character Role for Subtitles - Washington Post
November 16, 2008
An Out-of-Character Role for Subtitles - Washington Post An Out-of-Character Role for Subtitles
Boston Globe
Washington Post -
By Rachel Beckman Rejoice — subtitles have been freed! For decades, they have been plain white lines of text tethered to the bottom of the screen in foreign films.
Navigating the heart of a foreign land for 'Slumdog'
'Slumdog': A priority on reality
Obama urges help for homeowners, auto industry - Reuters Obama urges help for homeowners, auto industry
Boston Globe
Reuters -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said struggling US automakers need a government rescue, but help should be conditioned upon changes in the industry, according to excerpts from a TV interview to air on Sunday.
Video: Obamas React To Victory
Taiwan's ex-leader detained in graft probe - AFP
November 11, 2008
Taiwan's ex-leader detained in graft probe - AFP Taiwan's ex-leader detained in graft probe
BBC News
AFP -
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian, accused of graft during his time in office, was detained Wednesday after a court approved a bid by prosecutors to take him into custody, officials said.
Chen held in Taiwan corruption inquiry
Taiwan court orders Chen arrest
Obama Aides Play Down Tensions With Bush - Voice of America Obama Aides Play Down Tensions With Bush
Voice of America
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By VOA News Aides to US President-elect Barack Obama are distancing themselves from reports that President George Bush pressed him to support a free trade deal with Colombia, in exchange for help with aid to the struggling automobile industry.
Video: US automakers appeal for help
Bishops pledge to fight Obama on abortion - USA Today Bishops pledge to fight Obama on abortion
Twin Falls Times-News
USA Today -
By Steve Ruark, AP By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY BALTIMORE - The nation's Catholic bishops are expected to issue a statement Wednesday pledging cooperation with president-elect Barack Obama on numerous social issues but vowing all-out opposition to …
Catholic bishops will fight Obama on abortion
Catholic bishops plan to forcefully confront Obama
Secret Order Lets US Raid Al Qaeda - New York Times
November 11, 2008
Secret Order Lets US Raid Al Qaeda - New York Times Secret Order Lets US Raid Al Qaeda
BBC News
New York Times -
By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, …
Rumsfeld ordered US special forces to target terrorists across the …
US forces staged more than a dozen foreign raids against al-Qaida
Obama, Bush Meet at the White House - Voice of America Obama, Bush Meet at the White House
Times Online
Voice of America -
By Paula Wolfson US President George Bush and President-elect Barack Obama held their first formal meeting at the White House on Monday.
Video: Obamas Visit The White House
Poker-faced Eastgate captures World Series - USA Today Poker-faced Eastgate captures World Series
The Associated Press
USA Today -
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS - Peter Eastgate, a 22-year-old from Denmark who wears his ball cap backwards, earned $9.1 million Tuesday when he became the youngest player to win the main event at the World Series of Poker.
22-year-old Dane wins World Series of Poker, Russian second in Las …
Final 2 fight for $9.15M at World Series of Poker
Bush's NYC appearance creating traffic nightmare - Newsday Bush's NYC appearance creating traffic nightmare
Wall Street Journal
Newsday -
BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com It figures to be a trying, frustrating gridlock alert day for drivers with President George W. Bush in town to formally rededicate the Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum and the annual Veteran's Day Parade …
Bush to Honor Veterans, Rededicate Intrepid Carrier Museum
The First Draft
Rockies Set to Deal Holliday to the A’s - New York Times
November 10, 2008
Rockies Set to Deal Holliday to the A’s - New York Times Rockies Set to Deal Holliday to the A’s
The Associated Press
New York Times -
By TYLER KEPNER It takes a lot for Tom Holliday, who has spent a lifetime in baseball, to become excited at a game. But in July, when his son Matt hit a home run at Yankee Stadium in the All-Star Game, Tom got up from his seat and rejoiced.
Report: Rockies ship Holliday to Oakland
KRIEGER: System to blame for loss of Holliday
Circuit City Files for Chapter 11 Protection - Washington Post Circuit City Files for Chapter 11 Protection
CBS News
Washington Post -
Circuit City lost $320 million in the last fiscal year, its second straight year of losses. It announced last week that it would close 155 stores.
Circuit City seeks bankruptcy protection
UPDATE 1-Circuit City gets court approval of $1.1 bln financing
Legality of Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged - Washington Post Legality of Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged
Boston Globe
Washington Post -
Gay rights advocates march in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles to show their support for overturning Proposition 8. (By David Mcnew — Getty Images) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments …
Prop. 8 proponents want their day before state's high court 
Comment by Evan Wolfson Executive Director, Freedom to Marry
The Wiki: An Environment For Scholarly Conversation and Publishing
November 10, 2008
The Wiki: An Environment For Scholarly Conversation and Publishing
A “wiki is a … collaborative space … because of its total freedom, ease of access, and use, [and] simple and uniform navigational conventions … .” “[It] … is also a way to organize and cross-link knowledge …” Ward Cunningham, Father of The Wiki (Leuf and Cunningham, 2001, 16). Most wikis provide the user with a set of navigation or utility tools such as the ability to create and edit a page, view recently changed pages, and rollback to previous page versions. In addition, many wikis include a discussion forum for proposed page changes.
Among its many perceived benefits are its potential for facilitating a more creative environment and expanding knowledgebase, and a significant ability to harness the power of diverse point-of-views in creating collaborative works.
In this presentation, we will speculate on the Wiki as a digital environment that not only supports current scholarly practices, but more importantly, offers a framework for their enhancement and transformation.
[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Science21StCentury2008.ppt]
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“Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities” PowerPoint presentation delivered at Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, August 23, 2005
[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/TICER2005.ppt]
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Did Helen’s fall straighten out her teeth?Here’s Helen
November 3, 2008
Did Helen’s fall straighten out her teeth?
Here’s Helen Clark’s famous fall. This version is the 30 second version. The one on YouTube is six seconds and doesn’t show who she kissed before she fell. She was very lucky the thing she collected on the way down wasn’t closer or otherwise her next public engagement would have been the dentist.
Maori Seats to be entrenched only if Maori Party goes with National
Helen Clark said on TV today that she’d support entrenchment of the Maori seats. Not just entrenchment of the Maori Electoral Option. If so that brings her position more closer to the Maori Party, but it draws her party further away from being in power later this month.
As Tumeke says
If the Maori Party go with Labour then National already have an official policy of not entrenching the seats and will oppose it. Since Parliament must pass the 75% entrenchment provision with 75% at some point in the process National can and will veto it. So no entrenchment.But,if the Maori Party go with National - and the only reason they would is if they agree (along with all their other demands) to entrench the seats - then Labour must back entrenchment or lose all the Maori seats - perhaps for a very long time. So they will be entrenched.
I think he’s right. If I was in the Maori Party this is one of the key messages I’d be promoting at the post-election hui. Furthermore, the Maori Party wouldn’t have to go into coalition if it didn’t want to.
Act backs entrenchment, so do the Greens. However, United Future doesn’t so Peter Dunne could be in sticky situation thanks to the Maori Party should National gain power.
It takes a 75% to entrench legislation. Over at The Standard Steve Pierson says it doesn’t take a 75% majority to entrench legislation. “The section of the Electoral Act that lists the entrenched sections can be amended by simple majority”.
So? Read this (from here) 
2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony (Video)
November 2, 2008
2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony (Video)
NBC Exec-VP says,
“I went to the dress rehearsal the other day witnessed more of Zhang Yimou’s unbelievable creative vision. I’ve been sworn to secrecy but I will say that this will be another visual extravaganza featuring a cast of 6,800 on an unprecedented scale. Even with the high expectations, it will not disappoint.”
We will endeavor to provide for the video, hopefully the live streaming video for the olympic closing ceremony so that everyone can watch it. At the moment we are still configuring this out..
See video below
That’s the olympic closing ceremony live video streaming..
Related Links:
Final Results
Champion of the Beijing Olympics Games
Officials fear bloodbath in Congo as truce wavers - Times Online
November 1, 2008
Officials fear bloodbath in Congo as truce wavers - Times Online Officials fear bloodbath in Congo as truce wavers
Los Angeles Times
Times Online -
A humanitarian disaster was predicted by aid officials in Congo last night if a fragile ceasefire ordered by commanders of a rebel army fails to hold.
African Union Condemns Violence in Congo
In pictures: DR Congo crisis
Busch picks up record-tying 10th Nationwide victory in '08 - Sports Network Busch picks up record-tying 10th Nationwide victory in '08
TSN.ca
Sports Network -
Fort Worth, Texas (Sports Network) - Kyle Busch tied Sam Ard's 1983 record of 10 Nationwide Series victories in a season by winning Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Busch wins O'Reilly 300
Busch gets 10th Nationwide victory
Banks Alter Loan Terms to Head Off Foreclosures - New York Times Banks Alter Loan Terms to Head Off Foreclosures
Boston Globe
New York Times -
About 1.5 million homes were in foreclosure at the end of June, and economists expect more. By VIKAS BAJAJ and ERIC DASH Even as political pressure builds in Washington for a sweeping program to help struggling homeowners, some banks are realizing that …
Massive Effort to Save Mortgages
JPMorgan Chase Freezes Foreclosures
SC boy shot, killed trickortreating; 2 injured | KXNet.com North … - KXMC SC boy shot, killed trickortreating; 2 injured | KXNet.com North …
New York Daily News
KXMC -
AP SUMTER, SC (AP) A man who lives near a house where a young trick-or-treater was shot and killed says the neighborhood is usually a quiet one.
South Carolina Boy Shot and Killed While Trick-or-Treating
Police: Shooter feared trick-or-treater was robber
Customer conversations: a chat with NCPD’s Lt. Hartnett
November 1, 2008
Customer conversations: a chat with NCPD’s Lt. Hartnett
In September, Richard posted an Alpha case study we recently completed with the New Carrollton Police Department. NCPD’s Lt. Richard Hartnett used Alpha Five to build a database that lets officers file electronic incident reports using the mobile computers in their squad cars, instead of having to fill out tedious and time consuming reports by hand.
For the full story, you can read the PDF version of the case study. Or sit back, relax, and listen to my conversation with Lt. Hartnett to get a peek into how we complete these case studies. As you’ll hear, our words are taken right from the most important part of every customer success story: our customers.
Administrator and alumnus retires after 51 years
October 30, 2008
Administrator and alumnus retires after 51 years
Professors aren’t the only ones with knowledge and experience on this campus.
Recently retired administrator Leo Sweeney has seen UMKC through 51 years of invaluable service (not to mention his years as a student) and provides an example of the variety of assets our university offers its students.
The Wiki: An Environment For Scholarly Conversation and Publishing
A “wiki is a … collaborative space … because of its total freedom, ease of access, and use, [and] simple and uniform navigational conventions … .” “[It] … is also a way to organize and cross-link knowledge …” Ward Cunningham, Father of The Wiki (Leuf and Cunningham, 2001, 16). Most wikis provide the user with a set of navigation or utility tools such as the ability to create and edit a page, view recently changed pages, and rollback to previous page versions. In addition, many wikis include a discussion forum for proposed page changes.
Among its many perceived benefits are its potential for facilitating a more creative environment and expanding knowledgebase, and a significant ability to harness the power of diverse point-of-views in creating collaborative works.
In this presentation, we will speculate on the Wiki as a digital environment that not only supports current scholarly practices, but more importantly, offers a framework for their enhancement and transformation.
[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Science21StCentury2008.ppt]
A/V For Presentation Available
Windows Presentation, Windows Video File, Flash Presentation, MP3, PDF
>>[http://pirsa.org/08090056/]< <
*****
BTW: May I Recommend A Most Excellent Bed & BreakfastIf/When You Visit Waterloo
Sugar Bush Guest House B&B
[http://www.sugarbushguesthouse.com/]
BTW-2: The Wiki: An Environment for Scholarly Conversation and Publishing is based upon
“Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities” PowerPoint presentation delivered at Digital Libraries à la Carte: Choices for the Future, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, August 23, 2005
[http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/TICER2005.ppt]
(accessed 21 September 2008)
