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gleans at 4:05 PM MT, 8/20

 

What to Look for in a Digital Camera for Travel
Shopping for a new digital camera? If you're looking for one that will serve you well during your travels, here's your guide to key things to consider, from size and storage capacity to lenses and batteries.

 

Gaming and Culture

'Sims 3' coming on February 20

The latest edition of the hit Electronic Arts franchise designed by Will Wright will be available simultaneously as a digital download and an in-store purchase worldwide. Read full story

 

PSP 3000: Another minor PSP upgrade

Sony officially unveils the PSP 3000 at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany, confirming rumors that had popped up online in recent weeks. Read full story

 

Big Blue's latest big bet on cloud computing IBM will equip data centers around the world to let customers access cloud-based computer services in the event service disruptions take down their networks.  Tue, Aug 19 21:22:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story 

 

DreamWorks Animation, Intel tie up on 3-D movies
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Starting in 2009, all of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc's films will be in next-generation 3-D. "This is the next innovation for the ...
Dreamworks India team to work on NBC series Screen Weekly
DreamWorks pegs future on 3-D films The Tennessean
all 8 news articles »  DWA - INTC

 

The Lesbian Index: Nine Types Of Sapphic Lovers The Frisky, Georgia - Example: Portia DiRossi and Lindsay Lohan The Mama Smart and nurturing, she is ruled by her maternal instinct. Like a mother hen, she often spends her ...

 

 

gleans at 7:25 AM MT, 8/20

 

Beers of our fathers back in fashion
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, Schaefer said to be flying off shelves
--San Diego Union-Tribune

 

 

The ugly face of Oz  Australia has a reputation for male chauvinism. But how sexist is it really, asks Kira Cochrane

 

 

Burning Man: more than a festival Piers Moore Ede tells us why America's premier counter-culture event is far more than just a naked camping fest

 

'Literary tragedy' of Bulwer-Lytton's dark and stormy night under debate

 

Lewis comes back into favour, and print

 

 

gleans at 3:00 AM MT, 8/20

 

Hewlett’s Printing Business Struggles By MATT RICHTEL  Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest technology company, continues to roll along financially — except in one traditional core business — its printing business.

• Times Topics: Hewlett-Packard Company

 

Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty

By DAMON DARLIN

Consumer printer sales are flat. Are home printers just not as necessary any more?

 

 

 

Intel cites US education 'crisis'

Intel's chairman tells developers a better education system is vital to the economic well-being and future of the US.

 

 

 

Subject: Portal:Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Date: Aug 20, 2008 2:06 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Artificial_intelligence

 

 

Blyton favourite author of British adults; followed by Dahl, Rowling
SINDH TODAY - Sindh,Pakistan
... Danielle Steel, Iain Banks, Judy Blume, Jodi Picoult, Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Ackroyd, Kingsley Amis, PG Wodehouse, Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain, JG Ballard, ...

 

 

 

Twins chase the news on L.A.'s dark streets

By Joel Rubin

Austin and Howard Raishbrook, each equipped with scanners and cameras, roam freeways and byways, shooting fires and wrecks for TV.

 

 

 

Retired L.A. cop's got the material for a million stories

By Steve Lopez

If you'll indulge a confession, I'm a happy guy sitting across from a cop -- or even a retired cop -- with my notebook on the table and a beer in my hand. They've all got stories, some funny, some dark, some of them even true.

 

 

 

'Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar' by Paul Theroux

By Tim Rutten

Thirty years after the Eurasian trek he chronicled in 'The Great Railway Bazaar,' the author revisits his journey and finds much has changed.

 

 

 

Culture warriors and the Anglican Church

By Drew Downs

The Times incorrectly casts bishops opposed to progress on gay rights as victims of Western encroachment.

 

 

 

Coffee's trained tasters know their beans and brews

By Joshua Lurie

The coffee industry's quest for quality starts with certified pros who stand by their senses.

 

 

 

Hungarian peppers: a walk on the lighter side

By Donna Deane and Jenn Garbee

Grilled, stewed, crisp or tender -- its season may be short, but the Hungarian pepper is versatile.

 

 

 

Restaurant breakfasts make a comeback in L.A.

By S. Irene Virbila

Morning menus are on the rebound, with tempting dishes such as blueberry ricotta pancakes at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica and grilled salmon in a bento box at the London Hotel in West Hollywood.

 

 

 

Times Topics: California Wines

 

Articles and resources that detail the wine industry in California.

 

 

 

The Pour

In Napa, Some Wineries Choose the Old Route

By ERIC ASIMOV

For years Napa Valley has been known for dense, powerhouse Cabernets, but a few winemakers are making more restrained and elegant versions.

• Times Topics:
  California Wines | Cabernet Sauvignon

 

A Craving for Riblets and Change at Applebee’s By KIM SEVERSON  The woman at the helm of Applebee’s Grill and Bar is trying to steer the restaurant chain into more adventurous waters.

• Times Topics: Applebee's International Inc.

 

 

Working Class or Upper Crust, Tacos for All in the Hamptons By JULIA MOSKIN  Authentic Latin food can now be found in the Hamptons, along with an increasing Latin American population.

 

 

 

This Week's Recipes

Tomato Jam

A Cherry Tale

Watermelon Cucumber Punch

The Louisville Sling

Peach and Passion Fruit Smash

Juniper and Tonic

Faux 75

Pomegranate, Lime and Tonic

Seafood Cocktail in Spicy Red Sauce (Cóctel de Mariscos)

Steak With Colombian Green Sauce (Carne Asada)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans at 6:40 PM MT, 8/19

 

Subject: OpenCyc wants to be the backbone of semantic web <== recommended

Date: Aug 19, 2008 4:33 PM

http://www.zemanta.com/blog/opencyc-wants-to-be-the-backbone-of-semantic-web/

'Water wars'

Severe drought heightens Spain's environmental fears

 

 

 

Top 10 heritage pubs in London

 

 

 

IBM's Speech Recognition

Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market

 

 

 

Digital TV: Rough on Rabbit Ears

• Podcast: TV Conversion: Not Picture Perfect

 

Where Newspapers Are Thriving

 

Times Topics: Eggs

Eggs are one of the most perfect foods from just about every standpoint: nutrition, flavor and versatility.

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xlagniappe + 1xana at 1:15 PM MT, 8/19

 

Want to live a little longer? New research suggests that men from polygamous cultures
outlive those from monogamous ones.  Read the full story here:
http://email.newscientist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/eBaUz0MXU6P0mli0FEDK0E8

 

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/diversions/880576/competition.thtml <== today's moderately mysterious URL

 

Financial fears, high inflation rattle Wall St

 

To college freshmen, GPS has always been there

 

Last work of surrealist Marcel Duchamp discovered

 

The final art work created by the influential French surrealist has been discovered in an apartment in northeastern Spain.

 

Freddie and Fannie shares fall again Firms that finance more than half the mortgages in the US remain under pressure over bailout fears

 

World markets braced for damage Former IMF chief economist predicts another banking collapse, sending shares tumbling

 

 

MoD robot winners announced

Technology demonstrated in competition could be at the disposal of the British army within 18 months

• Video: The real robot wars

 

 

lagniappe - Campion

I care not for these ladies
That must be woo'd and pray'd
Give me sweet Amaryllis
The wanton country maid,
Nature Art disdaineth,
Her beauty is her own:

Chorus:
And when we court and kiss
She cries 'Forsooth, let go!'
But when we come where comfort is
She never will say no.

If I love Amaryllis
She brings me fruit and flowers
But if we love these ladies
We must bring golden showers
Give them gold that sell love
Give me the nut-brown lass

Chorus

These ladies must have pillows
And beds by strangers wrought
Give me a bow'r of willows
Of moss and leaves unbought,
And fresh Amaryllis
On milk and honey fed,

Chorus

 

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gleans at 7:00 AM MT, 8/19

 

18 New Charter Schools to Open in September, Bloomberg Announces By ELISSA GOOTMAN  The new schools — the largest number to open in the city in a single year — will bring the number of charter schools in the city to 78, serving 24,000 students.

• Ask a Question About New York's Charter Schools

 

The Struggle to Measure Cosmic Expansion By DENNIS OVERBYE  Astronomers have made the most precise measurements yet of the Hubble constant, which measures how fast the universe is growing.

 

Blyton voted UK's favourite writer Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens left trailing in Costa Book Awards

 

Environment, science & technology

 

Symmetry wows the opposite sex New study suggests we may gauge a person's reproductive fitness from the symmetry of their body

 

Comics: Bawdy Spanish update of Tintin pulled after pressure from estate

News: Graphic sex scenes in new Antonio Altarriba comic draw criticism from Hergé estate

• Blog: You don't need adults to sex up children's books

 

 

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 6:30 AM MT, 8/19

 

 * US to back 21st century learning
Congress approves a bill for a new centre that will bring technological advances
from the business world into the classroom.
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/7569484.stm

 

There was huge drop in semicolon use from the 18th through the 19th centuries, from 68.1 per 1000 words to 17.7. And that’s just the start of the trouble... more»

 

 

Chris Livingston for The New York Times

Yo-Yos Turn to the Extreme By JOHN BRANCH  The recent World Yo-Yo Contest drew 196 competitors from 20 countries to compete using yesterday’s forgotten up-and-down string toy. Above, Lucky Meisenheimer.

 

College presidents seek debate on drinking age College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.

 

Kurdish Control of Kirkuk Creates a Powder Keg in Iraq By RICHARD A. OPPEL JR  The explosive ethnic quarrels over the oil-rich city is a major barrier to creating stable political structures in Iraq.

 

Chinese stock market's Olympic specialty: tumbling

By Don Lee

The Shanghai index has fallen 15% since the Beijing Games opened, including a big hit Monday. Investors, who had hoped for a reversal of the year's downward trend, are angry.

 

 

 

Turkey bows to the dark side

By Soner Cagaptay

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit is a sign that the West can no longer take Turkey for granted as a staunch ally against Iran.

 

 

 

Good and evil and Obama

By Jonah Goldberg

To the Democrat, it's OK to act on a religious conviction if it serves a liberal cause.

 

 

 

  Attack on Afghan Nato base foiled
At least six suicide bombers are killed when they try to attack a Nato military
base in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7569531.stm

 

 

  Bail-out fears rattle US shares
US shares fall on fears  the US government will be forced to bail out mortgage giants
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/7568978.stm

 

 

  Brain's counting skill 'built-in'
Humans have an innate ability to do maths even if they do not have the language
to express it, research suggests.
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7563265.stm

 

 

 

  Coal's toxic legacy to the Arctic
Data from a Greenland ice core indicates that coal burning is the prime source of
heavy metal pollution in the Arctic.
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7568748.stm

 

 

 

  Perfect return flight for Proton
A Russian Proton rocket successfully launches one of the biggest commercial satellites
ever built - the Inmarsat-4 (I4-F3).
Full story:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7568867.stm

 

 

 

Take a look at the world of Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse ... [more]

 

 

 

Video games can improve your dexterity and your ability to problem-solve, whether you're a student or a surgeon ... [more]

 

 

 

Mapping cholera produces some disturbing revelations ... [more]

 

 

 

 

addenda*

Subject: Latent Semantic Analysis and the Generalized Hebbian Algorithm

Date: Aug 19, 2008 5:39 AM

http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~genevieve/lsa.html Hmmm .. Latent Semantic Indexing seems very similar to concgramming .. http://lsikeywords.com

 

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 6:50 PM MT, 8/18

 

Running the show at EA Games

Frank Gibeau has a big day ahead with the September launch of Spore, but that's not all that the EA exec has on his plate.

Mon, Aug 18 04:00:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story 

 

 

Mills & Boon: the art of love

100 years of covers featuring square-jawed heroes and shy virgins.

 

 

 

Franz Kafka, party animal

 

Review: Excavating Kafka by James Hawes
Life wasn't really such a trial for the supposedly tortured artist, says his new biographer. Joanna Kavenna explains

• Blog: Nicholas Lezard on Kafka's guilty pleasures

 

 

Jihadis shift attention to war in Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO officials are seeing a rise in numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan at the same time US officials say attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq have sharply dropped.

 

 

 

Russia-Georgia conflict: Why both sides have valid points
As Russian troops prepare to withdraw from Georgian bases and cities they invaded last week, a look at the two contradictory stories of what happened and why.

 

 

 

Afghan officials clamp down on the press
Government agencies are intimidating and arresting journalists. The crackdown marks the decline of a hard-won, post-Taliban-era achievement: press freedom.

 

 

 

Why US-Poland missile deal rouses Russian bear
US officials say the system is merely a protection against rogue states like Iran.

 

 

 

 

addenda

from the August 19, 2008 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0819/p03s01-nbgn.html Etc. Serving as vice president isn't an expressway to Oval Office While experience as vice president might seem the logical job training for the Oval Office, only 13 VPs have ever served as president, and only eight of those were ever elected to hold the job, the last being George H.W. Bush. Six vice presidents who moved up did so when the men they served under died, were assassinated, or resigned. Only Harry Truman, who took over when Franklin Roosevelt died at the start of his third term, and Lyndon Johnson, who stepped in after John Kennedy's assassination, ever went from serving unexpired terms to winning presidential elections. The presidents who first served as vice presidents, with their years in the White House corner office: VPs elected to presidency • John Adams 1797-1801 • Thomas Jefferson 1801-09 • Theodore Roosevelt 1901-09 • Calvin Coolidge 1923-29 • Harry Truman 1945-53 • Lyndon Johnson 1963-69 • Richard Nixon 1969-74 • George H.W. Bush,1989-93 VPs who completed unexpired presidential terms • John Tyler 1841-45 • Millard Fillmore 1850-53 • Andrew Johnson 1865-69 • Chester A. Arthur 1881-85 • Harry Truman see list above • Lyndon Johnson see list above • Gerald Ford 1974-77 Full HTML version of this story which may include photos, graphics, and related links