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Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Fakes His Own Death
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:00 PDT
Everyone knows that when you can't go with the first choice of 'being innocent to begin with', then 'faking your own death' is the second best way to avoid jail time. Samuel Israel III, a hedge fund manager who was convicted of fraud, faked his own death last week. U.S. Marshals confirmed yesterday that Samuel Israel was not dead, but on the run from the law after authorities found his abandoned car near a bridge on the Hudson River. The car had a note scrawled in dirt on the windshield that s
Intervention is tough to watch, illuminates addiction - The Gazette (Montreal)
Obama Support Grows among Progressives
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:06:47 PDT
A funny thing happened on our way to discussing possible Democratic vice- presidential candidates. The presidential nomination race intruded, bringing news that our progressive audience has moved firmly and dramatically behind one candidate — Barack Obama.
Breaking News: Italy in Quarterfinals of Euro 2008 Defeating
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:08 PDT
It was a well deserved victory for Italy. They played very well and outclassed and outperformed France in all sections.
Obscured by clouds - Google edition
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:57:53 PDT
(Obligatory Pink Floyd reference included) This afternoon we get another data point showing that despite the exciting promise of cloud computing, the realities of managing large scale infrastructure insist on rearing their ugly heads. TechCrunch is reporting that Google Apps had an outage today which caused the service to be completely down. There’s two serious problems with this outage: 1- The reports of service outages arrive long after anyone who depends on the services can possibly do
Local VoicePrint volunteers awarded (St. Catharines Standard)
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:39:38 PDT
Local VoicePrint volunteers, who make print media including the St. Catharines Standard, accessible to residents, were honoured Thursday at Lakeside Park. In conjunction with National Access Awareness Week, the St. Catharines volunteers were awarded the Ontario March of Dimes’ Breaking the Barrier Award at a ceremony. ...]
2008 AH&LA Lodging Survey Statistics Support New Hotel Trends (Hospitality Net)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:59:50 PDT
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) releases its 2008 Lodging Survey, one of the most comprehensive industry-wide surveys of its kind, revealing notable trends in all segments of U.S. hotels. Funded by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) and conducted by Smith Travel Research, the research analyzes feedback from more than 10,000 U.S. hotel properties polled ...
Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Fakes His Own Death
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:00 PDT
Everyone knows that when you can't go with the first choice of 'being innocent to begin with', then 'faking your own death' is the second best way to avoid jail time. Samuel Israel III, a hedge fund manager who was convicted of fraud, faked his own death last week. U.S. Marshals confirmed yesterday that Samuel Israel was not dead, but on the run from the law after authorities found his abandoned car near a bridge on the Hudson River. The car had a note scrawled in dirt on the windshield that s
SMO with Gina Lisa?
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:30:58 PDT
Noch nie etwas vom neuen Guerilla-Marketing-Trend Social Media Optimization (kurz: SMO) gehört? Mitgemacht haben Sie bestimmt schon, auch wenn Sie es nicht gemerkt haben. Es geht darum, Blogartikel, Webvideos oder Internetinhalte aller Art im Netz an möglichst vielen Stellen zu verbreiten, um Traffic und Backlinks auf seine Seite zu bekommen
11 Search Trends That May Disrupt Google (ReadWriteWeb)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:23:15 PDT
My first post for ReadWriteWeb (nearly a year ago) started with the premise that search was "game over", that Google had won and the only opportunity left was (re)search - i.e. what one does after the basic search. Unfortunately, none of the search start-ups since then has made a dent in Google's relentless march towards search market dominance. In this article, we outline 11 search trends ...
"Lyrical Terrorist" freed
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:05:52 PDT
Last November, a woman in her early 20s was convicted of the heinous crime of writing poetry. You might be thinking that "Hanging's too good for her" and I'd agree. They should have drawn and quartered her as well, befr leaving her body out for the ravens to peck at, while leaving her head on a spike in the Tower of London with the other traitors... Anyway, earlier today her conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal on the grounds of being "unsafe", of in non-legal speak, a complete load o
iK News|Psycho Buildings
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:38:20 PDT
Guardian: "From an engineering point of view, there wasn't anything in Psycho Buildings that worried me. What struck me most was the interaction between the creative and the mathematical...
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:00 PDT
Everyone knows that when you can't go with the first choice of 'being innocent to begin with', then 'faking your own death' is the second best way to avoid jail time. Samuel Israel III, a hedge fund manager who was convicted of fraud, faked his own death last week. U.S. Marshals confirmed yesterday that Samuel Israel was not dead, but on the run from the law after authorities found his abandoned car near a bridge on the Hudson River. The car had a note scrawled in dirt on the windshield that s
Intervention is tough to watch, illuminates addiction - The Gazette (Montreal)
 Leader Post | Intervention is tough to watch, illuminates addiction The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - Jun 16, 2008 ... and tribulations of Wacko Jacko take centre stage in the self-explanatory Passionate Eye doc Michael Jackson: What Happened Next? (CBC-Newsworld - 10 pm) Intervention lets the viewer decide Calgary Herald all 6 news articles |
Obama Support Grows among Progressives
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:06:47 PDT
A funny thing happened on our way to discussing possible Democratic vice- presidential candidates. The presidential nomination race intruded, bringing news that our progressive audience has moved firmly and dramatically behind one candidate — Barack Obama.
Breaking News: Italy in Quarterfinals of Euro 2008 Defeating
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:08 PDT
It was a well deserved victory for Italy. They played very well and outclassed and outperformed France in all sections.
Obscured by clouds - Google edition
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:57:53 PDT
(Obligatory Pink Floyd reference included) This afternoon we get another data point showing that despite the exciting promise of cloud computing, the realities of managing large scale infrastructure insist on rearing their ugly heads. TechCrunch is reporting that Google Apps had an outage today which caused the service to be completely down. There’s two serious problems with this outage: 1- The reports of service outages arrive long after anyone who depends on the services can possibly do
Local VoicePrint volunteers awarded (St. Catharines Standard)
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:39:38 PDT
Local VoicePrint volunteers, who make print media including the St. Catharines Standard, accessible to residents, were honoured Thursday at Lakeside Park. In conjunction with National Access Awareness Week, the St. Catharines volunteers were awarded the Ontario March of Dimes’ Breaking the Barrier Award at a ceremony. ...]
2008 AH&LA Lodging Survey Statistics Support New Hotel Trends (Hospitality Net)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:59:50 PDT
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) releases its 2008 Lodging Survey, one of the most comprehensive industry-wide surveys of its kind, revealing notable trends in all segments of U.S. hotels. Funded by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) and conducted by Smith Travel Research, the research analyzes feedback from more than 10,000 U.S. hotel properties polled ...
Convicted Hedge Fund Manager Fakes His Own Death
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:00 PDT
Everyone knows that when you can't go with the first choice of 'being innocent to begin with', then 'faking your own death' is the second best way to avoid jail time. Samuel Israel III, a hedge fund manager who was convicted of fraud, faked his own death last week. U.S. Marshals confirmed yesterday that Samuel Israel was not dead, but on the run from the law after authorities found his abandoned car near a bridge on the Hudson River. The car had a note scrawled in dirt on the windshield that s
SMO with Gina Lisa?
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:30:58 PDT
Noch nie etwas vom neuen Guerilla-Marketing-Trend Social Media Optimization (kurz: SMO) gehört? Mitgemacht haben Sie bestimmt schon, auch wenn Sie es nicht gemerkt haben. Es geht darum, Blogartikel, Webvideos oder Internetinhalte aller Art im Netz an möglichst vielen Stellen zu verbreiten, um Traffic und Backlinks auf seine Seite zu bekommen
11 Search Trends That May Disrupt Google (ReadWriteWeb)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:23:15 PDT
My first post for ReadWriteWeb (nearly a year ago) started with the premise that search was "game over", that Google had won and the only opportunity left was (re)search - i.e. what one does after the basic search. Unfortunately, none of the search start-ups since then has made a dent in Google's relentless march towards search market dominance. In this article, we outline 11 search trends ...
"Lyrical Terrorist" freed
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:05:52 PDT
Last November, a woman in her early 20s was convicted of the heinous crime of writing poetry. You might be thinking that "Hanging's too good for her" and I'd agree. They should have drawn and quartered her as well, befr leaving her body out for the ravens to peck at, while leaving her head on a spike in the Tower of London with the other traitors... Anyway, earlier today her conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal on the grounds of being "unsafe", of in non-legal speak, a complete load o
iK News|Psycho Buildings
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:38:20 PDT
Guardian: "From an engineering point of view, there wasn't anything in Psycho Buildings that worried me. What struck me most was the interaction between the creative and the mathematical...
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