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Hot trends for April 29, 2008

Singapore’s govrnment want its citizens to mate and multiply

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:52:19 PDT
“We want to tell students, ‘Don’t wait until you have built up your career,’ ” said Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, the minister of state for community development, youth and sports, at a news conference in March. “Sometimes, it is too late, especially for girls.”

Television Zombies Podcast Ep.38

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:12 PDT
TVZ Ep.38: “Turning off the Holodeck Safety Protocols”This week, the TVZ team defies expectations and finds that they actually unanimously liked an episode of Torchwood! Also, Battlestar Galactica, the week’s news, Chris’s New York City Comicon report and shows we’ve given up on.

Northeast Ohio is Buzzing with Real-Time Local News at cleveland.com

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) September 20, 2007 -- News has taken on a whole new meaning. Gone are the days of waiting for the traffic or weather report or the latest sports and news. Or waiting days to...

HedgeFund.net (HFN): Study of Hedge Fund Turnover Reveals Industry ... - Business Wire (press release)


HedgeFund.net (HFN): Study of Hedge Fund Turnover Reveals Industry ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 4 hours ago
In addition to this study, HFN will soon release its quarterly hedge fund asset flow report detailing total asset levels and flow trends throughout the ...


What exactly did Al Gore do to earn a Nobel Peace Prize

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:51:39 PDT
Months ago while sitting in a restaurant next to two gentleman having a conversation about Al Gore and how great he was this and that I asked a very simple question that led to rage. Now keep in mind I had spoken with one of these people earlier in the evening. That person is friendly with a waiter we know. Granted with the pompous attitude he had then I should have known what his reaction would be when I asked my question. And yes I was eavesdropping a bit. These two gentleman had also put awa

Google trends and inflation talk (Express India)

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:51:04 PDT
Viral Shah pointed me to this example of Google trends being useful in thinking about price fluctuations.

Specially groomed eyebrows a headache at Oregon high school

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PDT
A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave 'em or go home.Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. School officials say the mark looks like a gang symbol.

Oil prices jump after news of shots fired in Gulf (USA Today)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:54:53 PDT
Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two Iranian boats. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon.

Car slams into Queens cleaners

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:30:11 PDT
This guy slammed into a dry cleaners to avoid an oil truck. News and Video are on this ABC News link.

Polar bear remains a species 'of special concern': federal body (CBC Ottawa)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:57:44 PDT
A federal committee has kept the polar bear ranked as a species 'of special concern,' two steps down from 'endangered' and one down from 'threatened.'

The Future of Education

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:43:27 PDT
open content, autodidactic, the future of education and shifting trends

Vivid to release Jimi Hendrix sex tape

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:25:12 PDT
Like me, you most likely woke up this morning praying to the gods that this would be the day a sex tape from rock legend Jimi Hendrix would be released. Well my friend, you’ll be happy to know that that day is almost here. Vivid is planning to release a Jimi Hendrix sex tape on May 6. The video, shot in a hotel room in 1968, features Hendrix in “an erotic liaison with two slender brunettes,” was acquired after a rock n’ roll memorabilia collector found it in a box and sold it. There is no aud

I Did Sniff Colleague’s Chair, Admits Politician

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:24:22 PDT
One of Australia’s most senior conservative politicians broke down today as he tearfully admitted sniffing the chair of a female colleague shortly after she vacated it. Troy Buswell, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party in Western Australia, was under intense pressure to resign over the incident, which happened in 2005. He dismissed allegations on 13 different occasions that he had sniffed the seat, before finally admitting yesterday that it had in fact taken place. “All I can confirm


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Hot trends for April 29, 2008

Hoy!! Pinoy Ako!!

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:38:31 PDT
Hoy! Pinoy Ako! Buo aking loob! May agimat ang dugo ko!! Boy you should hear me sing that song! All my veins are popping out! Anyway, that’s one of Bamboo’s hits and I am sure every pinoy (filipino) knows that song. But we’re not here to talk about music (for now). Let’s blog and ‘pinoy’ is the word for tonight! Have you tried Googling the word ‘pinoy’? No? Well, to save you time, there is 9 million (a few thousand more) websites according to Googel! And checking Google Trends, looks like

White Noise Around Strong Down Trends

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:33:57 PDT
It does not appear as if anything would improve in the economic outlook.

Herbert Meyer - What In The World Is Going On?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:24:15 PDT
A Executive Summary of Global Trends for CEOs by a former Special Assistant to the Director of the CIA

Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...

This doc hip hops to the top of the world (winnipegsun.com)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:04:46 PDT
One hundred Inuit teens. Ten hip-hop dancers. Five days. Sheesh, we just have to start getting more sleep. But wait, this isn't a really weird dream after another cherished soiree of beer and extra saucy wings.

Civic trends? Berkeley was probably the pioneer.

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:57:26 PDT
Many ideas spawned in Berkeley - and roundly mocked by the rest of the country - have taken root and have been adopted by cities everywhere. Among them: police radios, a ban on Styrofoam, health benefits for domestic partners and a switch to biodiesel for city cars.


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