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http://www.diigo.com/09apr annotated page by me - Mira

Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmar... - Mira

"The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. " - Mira

Hastie, Tibshirani - Mira

"Short course: Statistical Learning and Data Mining III: State-of-the-Art Statistical Methods for Data Analysis: Ten Hot Ideas for Learning from Data Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani, Stanford University Sheraton Palo Alto, California, March 18-19, 2010 " Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmar... - Mira

"# How and where to get started # Why failure to implement is so common, and why pitfalls are so avoidable # Case studies that reveal the rewards of proper design and implementation # Why establishing an internal predictive modeling practice is within your reach # Tips, tricks and techniques for data preparation and method selection # Live participant polls and an interactive guru session with the experts # Resources and direction on how to move forward with confidence # And more..." - Mira

Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmar... - Mira

www.iplayphone.co.kr - Mira

"The future of Fall Out Boy is in doubt after bass player Pete Wentz blogged saying he "can't predict that I'd ever play in Fall Out Boy again"." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has confirmed Muse are to close the Saturday night at Glastonbury 2010, with Stevie Wonder "probable" to headline on the Sunday evening." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"He wants it to live inside Second Life," as she put it to me. "It will think and dream and everything." Indeed, the company's website now lists as one of its three projects, "The Brain. Can 10,000 computers become a person?" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"메르세데스 벤츠 코리아가 2010년 밸런타인데이를 맞아 식상한 초콜릿보다 사랑하는 연인에게 특별한 선물이 될 메르세데스 벤츠 컬렉션 기프트 아이템을 제안한다. 밸런타인데이 기프트 아이템은 메르세데스 벤츠 콜렉션 홈페이지와 다양한 온라인 쇼핑몰, 전국 메르세데스 벤츠 18개 공식 전시장 및 19개 서비스센터에서 만나볼 수 있다. 오래된 것을 소중하게 생각하는 그를 위한190 SL 모델카. 1:18 크기의 모델카 190 SL은 2개의 도어와 앞, 뒤 보닛 개폐, 조향 기능과 핸들 작동이 가능하다. 가격은 19만9000원." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Clearing my head -- and my notebook -- before leaving Tuesday for Vancouver, where I will be covering my ninth straight Winter Olympics. (For those as math-challenged as I, that means the first was Lake Placid 1980). I HAVE BEEN ENTHRALLED by the first two 30-minute episodes of Johnny Weir's Sundance Channel reality show, ``Be Good Johnny Weir,'' which I caught up to after returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Weir's recent programs have been less artistically compelling because he has lacked the technical mastery that must accompany the art." - Mira

"although Weir won a bronze medal at the 2008 worlds, his skating at major championships since 2006 has not had the same dynamism. Getting back to that balance point has been the issue for him." - Mira

"A bigger BigDog is coming. Boston Dynamics, developer of BigDog and PETMAN, announced today that it has won a Darpa contract to develop a new robot mule to help soldiers on foot carry gear in the field. The robot, called Legged Squad Support System, or LS3, will be able to navigate rough terrain, carrying 180 kilograms (~400 pounds) of load and enough fuel for missions covering 32 kilometers (~20 miles) and lasting 24 hours." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Vom 6. bis 9. Mai ermöglicht die Stadt Wien jungen herausragenden Musikern, sich erstmals großem Publikum zu stellen. Das "Popfest Wien" wird unter anderen auf einer "Seebühne" am Karlsplatz stattfinden und lockt mit 10 Gratis- Konzerten." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"As a young woman, Annette Schücking-Homeyer served as a Red Cross volunteer on the Eastern Front in Ukraine. In an interview with SPIEGEL, the retired judge discusses the horrors committed against the Jews there, how everyone knew about them and why, even after the war, most people just wanted to forget. SPIEGEL: After World War II, most Germans denied having known about the Holocaust. From 1941 to 1943, you were a volunteer with the German Red Cross behind the lines on the Eastern Front. When did you discover that Jews were being murdered? Annette Schücking-Homeyer: In the train on the way to the front. It was October 1941. I had been sent with another nurse to run a so-called soldiers' home in Zwiahel, a small city 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Kiev. After Brest-Litovsk, two soldiers joined us in our compartment, but I don't remember whether they were with the SS or just regular soldiers. All of a sudden, one of them told us how he had been ordered to shoot a woman in Brest.... more... - Mira from Bookmarklet

"If you've been browsing around, you'll probably have noticed a lot of adverse reaction to the Apple iPad – at least among the geeks …" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"When I first started listening to The Who in the early 80s it was Pete Townsend that was most Mods favorite. Keith Moon looked like a mod, but Pete to me was the one who always sounded like a mod. And yet, I don't think he very often has ever confirmed that he considered himself one -- during the sixties or ever. Until now." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Following months of speculation, Apple has confirmed and demonstrated the iPad. The device, which resembles a giant iPhone and runs the same software, takes Apple into the e-reader and web tablet markets, but will also run a version of the iWork productivity suite. Here's a roundup of everything you need to know about Apple's latest gadget." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"A large, high-resolution LED-backlit IPS display. An incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen. And an amazingly powerful Apple-designed chip. All in a design that’s thin and light enough to take anywhere. iPad isn’t just the best device of its kind. It’s a whole new kind of device." - Mira from Bookmarklet

due: 16 July 2010/ notification: 12 September 2010 - Mira from Bookmarklet

submission deadline: 22 March 2010/ notification: 21 June 2010/ award at KDD 2010: 25 July 2010/ Washington DC. - Mira from Bookmarklet

The final dissertation defense should take place at the nominee's host institution by the submission deadline. Furthermore, the final dissertation defense must not have taken place prior to January 1st of the current calendar year (e.g. not prior to 2008 for the 2009 award). - Mira

Rome, Italy/ 21-23 June 2010 - Mira from Bookmarklet

abstract due: 4 Feb 2010/ full paper due: 8 Feb 2010/ notification: 19 Mar 2010/ sponsored by IEEE computer society - Mira from Bookmarklet

Social bookmarking and annotation service provider Diigo has acquired web page clipping and archiving service Furl from publicly listed search advertising network company LookSmart in exchange for equity. The deal is being pitched as a partnership but looks more like a smart decision from LookSmart to offload a property that had little to do with its core business and Diigo jumping on a relevant opportunity without having to spend any cash. - Mira

http://www.cyworld.com/mewlove... - Mira from Bookmarklet

"It’s been less than a week since Bill Gates joined Twitter, but the Microsoft founder has already accumulated more than 300,000 followers and used the platform to launch a new site – Gates Notes. Today, Gates is using his new outlet to promote his second annual letter, which discusses the many philanthropic issues that he’s involved in through the Gates Foundation. This chart provides an overview:" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Too much. So much it has become easy to forget that Weir was second in the 2006 Olympic short program before losing a medal with a poor free skate. He no longer seems to have the goods to win an Olympic medal: Weir finished third in the recent Grand Prix Final, but that field lacked four of the world's top skaters. Sometimes, too much may not be enough." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"For Sasha Cohen, it's probably back to the ice shows. Rachel Flatt's jam-packed program at the U.S. figure skating championship overpowered the rest of the field Saturday night. Her score of 200.11 was more than 10 points ahead of Mirai Nagasu. The U.S. Olympic team, while not named, is likely to include Flatt and Nagasu. Ashley Wagner was third." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"In its current state, the Web is often described as being in the Lego phase, with all of its different parts capable of connecting to one another. Those who envision the next phase, Web 3.0, see it as an era when machines will start to do seemingly intelligent things. - John Markoff, The New York Times" - Mira from Bookmarklet