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No! Damn that sucks! I loved Imeem. - aden

That sucks. It is, however, what I'd expect from Rupert Murdoch. - Victor Ganata

*teleports some loose tea from his Chinese inlaws to you* - Joe Silence is not dead

I sadly have to admit I have never tried Turkish tea. - aden

"In an unprecedented comparison of actual sales values vs. county tax appraisals, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution examined every residential property sale and every change in tax value in Cobb, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties in 2009 — about 550,000 records. The newspaper found that, for the first time, county appraisals are higher — sometimes much higher — than property is now worth, which means that tens of thousands of homeowners are being unfairly taxed 
on value their property no longer holds." - tiffany from Bookmarklet

making a note to do this: http://www.ajc.com/news... ... my house is worth about $40K less than what appraisers said it was, or half of what i owe on the mortgage. thinking my tax bill should be about 1/3 less than what i am paying. - tiffany

In Your Flying Car Awaits, author Paul Milo discusses "robot butlers, lunar vacations and other dead-wrong predictions of the 20th Century." Here are 10 calamitous tech failures. Even the ones that did make it aren't anything like their original visions. Cities Under Domes The architect and all-around visionary R. Buckminster Fuller believed that one day, cities in cold-weather regions cold be encased under temperature-controlled geodesic domes. Although it might sound loopy, Fuller argued back in the '60s that such a dome over New York City would pay for itself in 10 years, as there would be no more need for snow removal. In addition to temperature control, the domes were also supposed to contain germ filters that would have prevented us from getting sick too. The Food Pill and the Algae Sandwich In the 1950s and '60s, when experts thought that conventional food production could not possibly keep up with baby production, some believed we would have to resort to factory-made capsules... - Bluesun 2600

questa piacerà a nandina - Poldo Sbaffini

Hello, Maryam! - Keiko Yamada

Yep, you are a regular Nostradamus...Then again your predictions are kind of vague. I mean anyone can predict that a politician will break a campaign promise...And yeah, you might have said that the economy was in the tank, but did you predict that the DOW would hit 10500 after going down to 6700? No, but I know people who did. - Alex Scoble

Dude your mind shows through - that is enough - you have lived well and you are completely comfortable being you. Politics - hell I don't even like my own politics yours fit you just fine. - ThatDBD

Wow. Just wow. - ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)

Che Bellaaaaa!! - Keiko Yamada

Wow! 100 people coming!......Thank youuuuu! Arigatooooo! - Keiko Yamada

been in labs for about a year now. disable it. its silly. - HollywoodDigital

"Although Romano is the keystone of the group, it is very much an ensemble drama buoyed by writing that protects the characters from the perils of self-pity and self-indulgence with quick and gentle humor and plot points that capture the forces a middle-aged, middle-class man might actually battle. There is no judgment in "Men of a Certain Age" because at a certain time of life, every decision is questionable. Divorce, marriage and promiscuity are equally confining, and the excruciating tension between desire and responsibility plague us all. Considering Romano's sound-stage, laugh-track-laden past, "Men of a Certain Age" is strangely and effectively subdued -- by giving the show many exterior scenes, the worries and obsessions of the characters are kept in literal perspective. Braugher and Hamilton are particularly wonderful to watch as a couple who, having started their family a bit later than some, just can't afford a midlife crisis. Romano conveys a heartbreaking air of perpetual... more... - Derrick from Bookmarklet

Saw it tonight (DVR'd) and I have to say "Great show"! - Jorge Escobar

I posted the most striking image in my opinion; caption: "The Survival of the Fattest, a sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiot, is seen in the harbour of Copenhagen. The sculpture represents an overweight Lady Justice figurine, symbolising the rich industrialised world, sitting on the back of a thin African man Photograph: PETER DEJONG/AP" - Schadenfreude from Bookmarklet

We are at a time when many news enterprises are shutting down or scaling back. No doubt you will hear some tell you that journalism is in dire shape, and the triumph of digital is to blame. My message is just the opposite. The future of journalism is more promising than ever—limited only by editors and producers unwilling to fight for their readers and viewers, or government using its heavy hand either to overregulate or subsidize us. From the beginning, newspapers have prospered for one reason: the trust that comes from representing their readers' interests and giving them the news that's important to them. That means covering the communities where they live, exposing government or business corruption, and standing up to the rich and powerful. Technology now allows us to do this on a much greater scale. That means we have the means to reach billions of people who until now have had no honest or independent sources of the information they need to rise in society, hold their... more... - Eric Logan from Bookmarklet

I find Rupert Murdoch's media properties to be appalling, but oddly enough I agree with him in this respect: intellectual property rights matter greatly, and generators of intellectual property (including high-quality news and investigative journalism) need to be paid for their efforts. High-quality news and investigative journalism are not free -- far from it. - Sean McBride

"In 2006, Steelcase created a number of conceptual cubicles that were displayed at the company's Chicago showroom during NeoCon, an annual furniture industry trade show. This design, called Studio 53—the name is a reference to the 1970s Manhattan disco, Studio 54—was such a hit with visitors that some companies asked to purchase it as it was. The idea was to remake the standard-size cubicle into a stylish and comfortable meeting place within an office, where workers could gather to find privacy in today's increasingly open-plan working environments. Leo Burnett, the advertising agency, is one company that asked to buy a Studio 53 cubicle on the spot, turning this conceptual design into an instant product. It's in use today. (Link)" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"The US$ has been under attack from all sides lately. It is on the ropes taking hit after hit but it won't go down. You know what? I don't want it to fall. I don't want to see America fail. When we bet against the dollar, we bet against ourselves and our children. We bet against what is good. A way of life. We bet against hopes and dreams." - Morton Fox from Bookmarklet