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April 16, 2008 News and Trends
Infrastructure spending pays off, bigtime
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:17 PDT
Eric Beauchesne , Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 OTTAWA - The rate of return to businesses and individuals of government investment in infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and sewers, is at least as great as the government's cost of raising the funds for that investment, a new Statistics Canada study suggests. "Public infrastructure, the roads and water and sewer systems that comprise the foundation of Canada's economy, provided a rate of return to public capit
Pepsi Stuff Points Contest Winners
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:22 PDT
The Pepsi Stuff Points Contest ended on March 31, 2008, and we drew the winners on the DreamStation.cc Show Episode 93. The following two people are the winners: Chris Swanson Joshua (Arnold) They will each be receiving 150 Pepsi Stuff Points soon in the mail. Thank you to everyone that entered the contest and please remember to visit ...]
Breaking News: Famous People Are Totally Upset
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:24 PDT
But who can even think about Springsteen when it turns out Alicia Keys came close to almost having a near-nervous breakdown? USA Today gave huge display earlier this week to this story about how pop star was teetering on the verge of just about really getting deeply upset. And meanwhile, everybody is sobbing at the Harry Potter trial. Let it come, baby. Don't hold back the tears. This is how Alicia got through her thang. And, at the end, we'll ALL hug it out with the judge
News: A Sunny Day in Glasgow Cover Pastels, Cut Singles, Tour
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:00 PDT
Also put debut on vinyl, get remixed by Asobi Seksu and Ulrich Schnauss The sun has risen and set anew on the biggest city in Scotland plenty of times since the last time we heard much from Philly's A Sunny Day in Glasgow. But hey, here they are again! The band has a trio of vinyl releases and a handful of live dates on the way over the next few months. First up on the release tip is a 7" featuring their cover of the Pastels' "Sometimes I Think About You", due May 26 from Slumberland. Then
Air Traffic Chaos Unveiled for Nintendo DS
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:46 PDT
The simulation will let players experience life as an air-traffic controller.
Who’s your ideal candidate? “Stephen Colbert”?
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:51:22 PDT
AFP is reporting on an interesting new project attempting to gauge some of the benefits and pitfalls of “online civic participation” during the election year. The project is called Wikicandidate08, and it has put one of our favorite faces front and center, albeit in yet another purely fictional guise. From AFP: New: Design your own US president 14 minutes ago PARIS (AFP) — Fed up with the flaws of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain? Here’s your chance to set things right. An in
USWNT News
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:51:59 PDT
USA celebrates penalty shot victory over Canada, 4/12/08 SanDiego.com: Change blowin' in the wind for women's team Besides the news that Kate Markgraf is the team co-captain (yea Kate!) this article contains this interesting outline of Pia Sundhage's challenges: Plenty of wrenching decisions, though, lie ahead. There is goalkeeper Hope Solo and the scars from her much-publicized banishment at the 2007 World Cup last September. Solo and her teammates have worked to mend their tattered relation
Why Is CPS Forced To Defend Its Actions In Polygamist Case?
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:52:59 PDT
Anytime you turn on one of the major 24-hour news networks, chances are you’ll hear something about the West Texas polygamist compound child custody case pending before a West Texas court. And, in almost every instance, one reporter will ask another “why” it was necessary to separate the children from their parents or play up that some of the mothers have written to Texas Governor Rick Perry and complained about the whole situation. Even in the Texas media, leads to stories make it sounds as t
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:17 PDT
Eric Beauchesne , Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 OTTAWA - The rate of return to businesses and individuals of government investment in infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and sewers, is at least as great as the government's cost of raising the funds for that investment, a new Statistics Canada study suggests. "Public infrastructure, the roads and water and sewer systems that comprise the foundation of Canada's economy, provided a rate of return to public capit
Pepsi Stuff Points Contest Winners
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:22 PDT
The Pepsi Stuff Points Contest ended on March 31, 2008, and we drew the winners on the DreamStation.cc Show Episode 93. The following two people are the winners: Chris Swanson Joshua (Arnold) They will each be receiving 150 Pepsi Stuff Points soon in the mail. Thank you to everyone that entered the contest and please remember to visit ...]
Breaking News: Famous People Are Totally Upset
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:24 PDT
But who can even think about Springsteen when it turns out Alicia Keys came close to almost having a near-nervous breakdown? USA Today gave huge display earlier this week to this story about how pop star was teetering on the verge of just about really getting deeply upset. And meanwhile, everybody is sobbing at the Harry Potter trial. Let it come, baby. Don't hold back the tears. This is how Alicia got through her thang. And, at the end, we'll ALL hug it out with the judge
News: A Sunny Day in Glasgow Cover Pastels, Cut Singles, Tour
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:00 PDT
Also put debut on vinyl, get remixed by Asobi Seksu and Ulrich Schnauss The sun has risen and set anew on the biggest city in Scotland plenty of times since the last time we heard much from Philly's A Sunny Day in Glasgow. But hey, here they are again! The band has a trio of vinyl releases and a handful of live dates on the way over the next few months. First up on the release tip is a 7" featuring their cover of the Pastels' "Sometimes I Think About You", due May 26 from Slumberland. Then
Air Traffic Chaos Unveiled for Nintendo DS
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:46 PDT
The simulation will let players experience life as an air-traffic controller.
Who’s your ideal candidate? “Stephen Colbert”?
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:51:22 PDT
AFP is reporting on an interesting new project attempting to gauge some of the benefits and pitfalls of “online civic participation” during the election year. The project is called Wikicandidate08, and it has put one of our favorite faces front and center, albeit in yet another purely fictional guise. From AFP: New: Design your own US president 14 minutes ago PARIS (AFP) — Fed up with the flaws of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain? Here’s your chance to set things right. An in
USWNT News
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:51:59 PDT
USA celebrates penalty shot victory over Canada, 4/12/08 SanDiego.com: Change blowin' in the wind for women's team Besides the news that Kate Markgraf is the team co-captain (yea Kate!) this article contains this interesting outline of Pia Sundhage's challenges: Plenty of wrenching decisions, though, lie ahead. There is goalkeeper Hope Solo and the scars from her much-publicized banishment at the 2007 World Cup last September. Solo and her teammates have worked to mend their tattered relation
Why Is CPS Forced To Defend Its Actions In Polygamist Case?
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:52:59 PDT
Anytime you turn on one of the major 24-hour news networks, chances are you’ll hear something about the West Texas polygamist compound child custody case pending before a West Texas court. And, in almost every instance, one reporter will ask another “why” it was necessary to separate the children from their parents or play up that some of the mothers have written to Texas Governor Rick Perry and complained about the whole situation. Even in the Texas media, leads to stories make it sounds as t
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