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MSM = 'Media Saves McCain'?
Why are these ads significant? 1) They seem to me to be surprisingly effective as a way of spreading dirt. 2) They seem to represent a surprisingly large hole in the campaign finance laws. After all, they are advertisements for a publication. They aren't campaign expenditures. They're simply telling potential customers about an article, which just happens to be an article spreading scandal about the Clintons. In the same way, ads for some Michael Moore films just happen to undermine George Bush. But, unlike Michael Moore films, the enterprise these Google ads are promoting is itself typically exempted from the campaign finance regime under the so-called "media exemption." So why doesn't some unabashedly non-neutral rich person buy up a lot of media properties--and then start spending tens of millions on ads promoting "scoops" that just happen to damage candidates the rich person opposes? Ron Burkle may be on to something.
Sidewalk sand bill upsets homeowner
Otto said the ice storm occurred on Dec. 1. "I was told the city would postpone taking complaints for a week. The first time we did any sidewalk cleanups was Dec. 13. That’s two weeks after the storm," she said.She said she doesn’t know anything about anyone’s personal circumstances when someone calls and complains about their property."Our contractor goes out and takes before-and-after pictures when they do someone’s sidewalk so it shows what they did," said Otto."We’re not trying to be punitive — but now it is a month and a week after the storm."Marsters said city photographs taken of Macek’s walks on Dec. 21 show that they were still ice-covered 21 days after the ice storm."I know this is a certainly difficult situation," said Marsters. "However, it is and has always been the responsibility of the property owner to clear or have sidewalks cleared.
Computer brings science up a gear
He added: "It will provide UK researchers with the means to undertake increasingly complex computer simulations across a range of scientific disciplines. "This will include work in forecasting the impact of climate change, fluctuations in ocean currents, projecting the spread of epidemics, designing new materials and developing new medicinal drugs." The group manager at Edinburgh University's parallel computing centre, Dr David Henty, told Radio Scotland Hector would keep British scientists at the cutting edge. He said: "There are still the traditional branches of science which are theory and experiment, theory using a pen and paper to work out what you think will happen and experiments using telescopes and things like that. "Nowadays, a new strand is to write computer programs to simulate things that are as small as a sub-atomic particle, through to things that are as big as the whole universe.
Christmas shopping online predicted to near £14bn
UK consumers are expected to spend £13.8bn online this Christmas, up 42% on last year, according to ecommerce industry body the IMRG. The organisation says that consumer confidence in online sales and security, coupled with increased levels of broadband penetration,... .
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