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I've always wanted to travel to everywhere so I could see everything. On my next vacation I'm going to England hopefully, or Vegas. I'd like to confess that I am way too outgoing for my own good. The most daring thing I've ever done is haha..presented daily. The one thing I've always wanted to own is a pet skunk named Jasper (de-stinked). When I meet someone who has tattoos that are nice I'm immediately attracted .
Wikia Search to offer first peek next week
Wikia Search, a community-driven search engine, will get its first public preview on Monday, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. In an e-mail sent to the Wikia Search mailing list on December 24, Wales wrote that he aims to make the initial version of the search tool available in alpha form. "We want to run over the system with help from people to complain about what is broken," he wrote. Wikia Search, which aims to allow people to contribute to how pages are ranked and to edit search results, will have open-source search algorithms and application program interfaces. The search platform includes the Grub search project, acquired by Wikia in July, which employs user-donated distributed processing power to crawl the Web. Wales, who also co-founded user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia, hopes Wikia Search will eventually rival other search companies by making the way in which search results are arrived at more "transparent." "The desire to collaborate and support a transparent and open platform for search is clearly deeply exciting to both open source and businesses," Wales said in a statement in July.
Getty Images Agrees to $2.1B Buyout
And Getty's editorial offerings _ news, sports and celebrity photos for the media _ grew, as did its video footage business. "Public markets didn't seem willing to consider (Getty's businesses) separately," Mastin said in an interview, adding that he didn't know exactly why Getty put itself up for sale. Jonathan Klein, Getty's chief executive officer, said in a statement that "Hellman & Friedman brings specific industry expertise and support for the vision of the company's management team." The private equity group has invested in other rapidly changing digital businesses, including online advertising company Digitas, acquired by Publicis Groupe, and DoubleClick, whose buyout by Google Inc. is pending regulatory approval in Europe. San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman offered $34 per share in cash for all of Getty's shares, a 39 percent premium over Friday's close.
I agree, bring Fesenko up now.
Looks like another mutany after the Price for Hart saga. Maybe Jerry just wore down from reading the message boards?
I bet he gets up at 5 am like the rest of us to see how the Jazz are doing and what move to make next. We should have lobbied harder to trade Collins, Hart and Miles for Dwight Howard. Man would we be good then.
The big story should be how the league allowed the Lakers to reload without giving up anything. Now thats the conspiracy. Bet we regret the Fisher move in the playoffs. .
RUGBY UNION
The challenge this time is, coming off a good win in France, to get back to those levels and a bit more, because we are going into a hostile environment. It will be a challenge to get to the same level and another 10 per cent.
Look at the Scotland side. My god, if they click they have the potential of being a great side.
What better for a Scotland team who havent won a game and have nothing to lose than having England coming to town?
Invoking the deity, or taking his name in vain, is not the usual style of the farmers boy from dissenting Cornwall, but you get the picture. Are England as good as they appeared to be becoming at Stade de France? Vickery thinks they might be, but after the previous defeat by Wales and the narrow win over Italy, he confesses that he does not know.
Daschle on Obama’s appeal: Hope versus fear
Blah, blah, blah. Never a substantive complaint about how he might personally suffer if the Democrats assume control. Tuesday night he called for a long visit and it became apparent he has had an epiphany. He suddenly realized that his greatest prosperity came during the Clinton years and that his seven figure pension was lost and his company bought out by an uncaring competitor because of rules changes initiated during the GWB presidency. He has voted as a social conservative for years, but last night said" It is unconscionable that any one in the richest country in history has to pay for health care or higher education. And I don't see why we haven't done something to get free of that damned foreign oil. And I don't think one more American boy should die for oil!" The thing is, he starts to draw Social Security in a couple of months, and there isn't a defined benefits pension plan any more so he really needs SS to be solvent so he can make it, and he sees privatization as his own road to ruin.
Al’s and Vic’s and veggie falafels
I think the menu is best described as exotic fast food. The first time I had lobster and lamb sliders, the second raw oysters on the half shell and an ostrich burger. It's nice the two bars are connected by a door inside. You can have a classy dinner in one, go get your drink on at Al's & Vic's, and never have to worry about the weather outside. .
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