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- Health – Life & Style Home – theage.com.au
- A cut above
- Skunk: growing danger on the streets
- Rookie could be in position to become the Rockies’ dream catcher
China to expand trials of home-grown 3G platform to 10 cities -…
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 21, 2007
China to expand trials of home-grown 3G platform to 10 cities – report. | Europe Intelligence Wire (March, 2007).
The Technology Chronicles : Web 2.0
San Francisco Chronicle – Mar 21, 2007
Yeah!The categories include “Most Creative — Innovative and Cutting Edge Video,” “Most Inspirational — Things That Make You Think or Feel,” “Best Series — The Best in Serial Entertainment,” “Best Comedy — They Had us in Stitches,” “Musician of the Year — Celebrating YouTube’s Home-Grown Musical Talent,” “Best Commentary — The Bloggers Who Caught our Attention,” and “Most Adorable Video Ever — So Cute it Hurts. It sure does hurt, don’t it?The voting period is one week, ending Friday, with the results announced next Monday. So, get your cute kitty videos in there. Or just go out in the backyard and have someone hit you in the crotch with a bowling ball. Just make sure the camera’s running, huh? Oh, and here’s the obligatory pap from YouTube: “Our community was at the forefront of the most creative and popular user-generated content in 2006,” said Mia Quagliarello, director of programming for YouTube, in a statement… “When I started the magazine, it was on the heels of the desktop publishing revolution,” Smith said. “I really see the analogies here. The access and ability to edit quality programs has grown exponentially. We’ve been able to piece together a sparse crew in the same way that I was able to do the first issues of the magazine using Quark Express. It’s an exciting time to use video. For Revision3, the addition of XLR8R to its lineup will help bring coveted young people to its site, and it follows a philosophy of putting experts in charge of the programming. “If you look at any magazine stand, there are these incredibly rich and passionate communities around all of these different titles,” said Jay Adelson, CEO of Revision3 (he doubles as CEO of Digg.
Health – Life & Style Home – theage.com.au
The Age – Mar 21, 2007
The stables were bordered by a laneon three sides. Sixty years ago it became a box factory (to servicethe shoe factory down the street) and the bluestones were cementedover. When the Lindsays renovated their home they converted thestables into a studio and dug up the bluestones and cement to makea garden. But Glenda Lindsay realised there was too much land forher to use productively; unless it was shared it would bewasted. “I think I always held the belief that land is part of thecommons,” says Lindsay. “It is a relatively recent notion to put afence around it and call it your own. And so she decided to allow her neighbours in… If the community can’t make it to the market, then one solutionis to bring the market to the community. In May 2003 a communitymarket was established in and around the old milk bar in Fitzroy’sAtherton Gardens Estate. Every Monday, between 11am and 1pm,volunteers from the estate staff the market stalls and sell fresh,locally grown produce. In 2005 a similar not-for-profit market wasestablished at the Collingwood flats – from a hall in HarmsworthStreet – where it operates every Thursday. Christensen says the community markets differ from farmers’markets because the emphasis is on affordability rather thanorganic produce – although organic food will be sold if the priceis comparable to conventionally grown food, as occasionally happensin season. There are obvious health benefits to buying fresh:obesity, diabetes and heart disease are illnesses that increasinglyafflict those on low incomes who are more likely to buy cheaper,high-fat, processed convenience foods. But the on-site market bestows social benefits as well, saysChristensen.
A cut above
The Age – Mar 21, 2007
All of this may help mainlanders understand that the $1. 4billion Gunns pulp mill is more what Tasmanians might call a “rum’un” – a strange character – than “a ringtail roarer”, their termfor a certainty. For more than three years, Tasmania’s biggesthome-grown company, Gunns Ltd, has been trying to complete itstransformation from Launceston-based sawmiller and hardware storeto global competitor in production of the universal paper stock,bleached kraft pulp. Gunns employs 1700 people and has a $700 million annualturnover. Before a share price decline, it was valued at more than$1 billion on the market. From the contracted tree fellers in thebush, to the woodchip loaders and the counter staff at its stores,Gunns is there. The company reaches throughout Tasmania.
Skunk: growing danger on the streets
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 21, 2007
However, there is growing concern about its medical side-effects, particularly its link to psychosis and mental illness. A record number of people are now seeking treatment for cannabis addiction as high-strength strains of the drug take a grip on users. Cannabis resin, usually smuggled into Britain from North Africa, has been replaced on the streets by home-grown skunk, a highly potent form of cannabis leaves. Skunk is up to 25 times stronger than the cannabis available a decade ago. Article continues advertisement.
Rookie could be in position to become the Rockies’ dream catcher
Denver Post – Mar 21, 2007
The 23-year-old rookie is polite, articulate and soft-spoken. He doesn’t come across as someone cut out for dusty grunt work. Listening to him chat quietly in the clubhouse, he appears to lack the required fire to prop up a wobbly pitcher and get him through a tight spot. “When we first had Chris, we thought he was quiet – almost to a fault,” said North Carolina coach Tim Fox.