From io9: "Remember those Battlestar Galactica webisodes we were promised before the second half of the show's final season launches January 16? Turns out "webisodes" was sort of a misnomer. They're actually going to air on the Sci Fi Channel during the channel's showing of Pitch Black on January 15. (I guess they're "webisodes" in the sense that a ton of websites, including this one, will be posting them immediately afterwards.) The channel will also air a half-hour special, BSG: Essential Elements, on Sunday, Jan. 11." - Mark Trapp
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President-elect of the United States. Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and President-elect of the United States of America. - Mitchell Tsai
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Obama is the first African-American to be elected President of the United States of America and the first African-American to be nominated by a major American political party for President. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he became the first black person to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review. - Mitchell Tsai
Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. - Mitchell Tsai
One of my friends writes "of course success has 'many fathers'. But thx. to the numerous University of Chicago affiliates in Barack Obama's team and not only their excellent analytical skills but also the entire strategy of the campaign and the AAA+ execution to the very detail in the past two years have led to his election. Obama is a former University of Chicago Law School Prof. & faculty member. Chicago Boys' such as Austan Golsbe (Obama's Chief Economic Advisor / GSB Prof.), David Axelrod (Obama's Chief Strategiest / UoC College), Steven Levitt (author of the bestseling book "Freakonomics" / GSB Prof.), among others where of tremendous benefit to his campaign - Mitchell Tsai
I work in the financial market. Lots of groans and talk of people pulling their money out even more. Woohoo! - Mike L
Its amazing what the feeling is right now. There is something in the air. It feels like Christmas, New Years Eve, and Halloween when you were a little kid all together. - Brad Blosat
Same here when seeing folks today, but now I wonder what to do next. I feel like I have energy and hope that wasn't there before... just not sure where to channel it. - Kevin C. Tofel
All people here in Germany are moved, touched and happy! The American dream has truly renewed itself! This is a tremendous signal to the world and a sign of hope, for political change and also the intellectual abilities of our time.
I wish all Americans dream-fullfilling times ahead and am exited to see what will happen now. - Anina
I feel better that the election circus has ended - Bwana
"Nov. 5 (Bloomberg)-- Barack Obama played above the rim.
He made the difficult look easy. A rookie in a field of veterans, he made the fewest mistakes. He stayed cool when others were impulsive. He took ownership of the word ``change'' and never relinquished it.
He leveraged technology as never before, rewriting the template for campaigns in the digital age. Obama, 47, ended up with millions of volunteers and more than $650 million, the political equivalent of all the money in the world." - Thomas Hawk
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Isn't that how it works though? Put it on the line and don't bork it up FTW. - Gerald Buckley
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And frankly by promising whatever people wanted to hear. I hope he can pull through with even a small portion of his promises. I have never seen a campaign one on a basis of so much smooth rhetoric and spin. - Jeremy Hall
I wonder if Wall Street already saw this coming. Yahoo's stock has gone up today and hasn't fallen the way I expected it to in hearing this news. - Geoffrey Hamilton
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I am wondering the same thing Geoffrey, Google's stock change is well within its normal swings but I am surprised to see the jump in Yahoo's stock. - pcnerd37
Hard to fall further when you are already dug into the ground - Ian D. Nock
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Descriptive article, and pretty comprehensive, covering the unique features of the races, a summary of what happened, and what lies ahead - Cass
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it's not everyday that I open the paper in Seattle, and there is a great article about Singapore. - lisa.ong
Flaming Squirrel Blamed for Northern California Wildfire, A squirrel which caught fire when it shorted out a power line is being blamed for causing a small wildfire in northern California on Monday. - lisa.ong
I have offficially managed to scare all of my friends* with this poster so, for that alone, thanks for the post! *non-republican friends, obviously. - pea gives ♥ a bad name
That about sums up the election - facts don;t enter into it - this is all about fear and framing. - Soulhuntre
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i agree -- the framing with obama's "terrorist ties" and scaring people into thinking his discourse with countries like iran is hazardous to the safety of this nation, etc - Cee Bee
From io9: "There are many, many reasons to wish that you'd worked on Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica: -the critical kudos, the security of being involved in one of television's best SF shows ever, the possibility of being in the same room as Grace Park at some point - but the wrap party's special limited edition yearbook may be the prettiest reason of them all. Is it too much to ask that this tribute to the cast and crew of the show gets some kind of modified general release when the series reaches its conclusion next year?" - Mark Trapp
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. - lisa.ong
Hundreds of customers flocked to the Singapore office of troubled insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG) on Wednesday, many hoping to pull their investments and policies from the company. - lisa.ong
Create free ringtones for your iPhone using only iTunes and songs you already have on your computer (This method only works with songs that are DRM free. To - lisa.ong
Also, the floor delegate interviews remind me of the sort of things you'd see outside a rock concert. Reporter: "What did you think of Governor Palin's speech?" Moron A: "She was awesome, amazing, I identify with her. The right pick." Reporter: "Why?" Moron A: "Uhh, she rocks... n stuff, and she's going to protect Amurika." - Anthony Citrano
From SciFi Wire: "SCI FI Channel is calling "inaccurate" rumors that the second half of Battlestar Galactica's fourth and final season will be delayed and confirmed again that the original series will return with new episodes in January 2009.
Several Web sites, including io9 and Galactica Sitrep, have posted the rumors, reportedly based on comments made by Battlestar cast member Aaron Douglas at Dragon*Con.
The reports are erroneous, the channel confirmed to SCI FI Wire. "It is still slated to return January 2009," a spokesman for the channel said. " - Mark Trapp
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