Consumer Confidence Hits Record Low in December
consumer certitude reached a new record low in december, drubbing the moderate gain in poise reported in november, according to indices released tuesday by the conference board inc. the december index fell to 38 — with a baseline confidence reading of 100 in 1985 — from the 44.7 index recorded in november. the donation case …
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SXSW Update: Primal Scream, St. Vincent, and Beach House
image from sxsw’s websitewhile you were away at your set take a rest-together or taking a much needed disregard from inordinate internet practice this leave of absence salt, sxsw announced a set of confirmed bands playing the fete next year, including primal scream, friendly fires, and ra ra riot. st. vincent, beach house, bonnie prince billy, black lips, and dappled cities are just a few of the other confirmed names we’re already getting excited for. there is a justly sizeable list on do512’s blog containing rumored as well as confirmed artists.
The 2009 edition of SXSW Music takes place in Austin, TX from March 18th to March 22nd. Keynote Speaker Quincy Jones will address the masses on March 19th.
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Follow the jump for a comprehensive list of confirmed SXSW ‘09 acts as of December 26th.
These Arms Are Snakes Past Lives Human Highway Cotton Jones The Coathangers Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele St. Vincent Beach House Bonnie Prince Billy Anni Rossi Future Of The Left White Lies Passion Pit B.o.B. Sage Francis Monica Giraldo Quincy Jones Black Lips Youth Group Dappled Cities Blue King Brown The Boat People The Fumes An Horse Birds of Tokyo The Drones Kid Confucius Infusion
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the folks at our sister site cinematical are working hard to smell of b distribute you communiqu and reviews of the best — and worst — the shining screen has to offer. here are some of their latest musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
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What Christmas Means to Me
earlier in the christmas season, shaun groves wrote round how he struggles to find any stare in the christmas story having heard it so many times throughout his life.well, i’ve heard it a raffle, too. i am after all a pk, a pastor’s kid, and spent diverse hours at church growing up. but for some apology…there’s something give christmas that disarms me. throughout the tea of the year, it’s quite easy to harden the old pith, to forget that miracles still do happen, to remember that god loves me. but at christmas…at christmas i am reminded that he does. at christmas i feel loosely to hope, because i am reminded that god loved mankind enough to send his son to dirt as a human. at christmas, i feel free to bask in the spectacle of all that hope and merriment and love…at christmas we haven’t gotten to the death part yet or all the torture. there haven’t flush been any miracles…christmas is the beginning….the parentage of hope or as the flap says, “the dawn of grace.” at christmas, i am celebrating the life of jesus…a king born into the humblest of circumstances reminding us that “he knows our needs, to our weakness is no alien.” reminding us that his heart is tender also in behalf of the poor and oppressed. reminding us that we’re not alone. we’re not forgotten. we are loved and acutely so. unfathomably so.this christmas is a low essential one for me. i’ll go over to my parents, but no other kindred members include made the trek to cali this year. i spent considerably less than in years days, and i am pleased with what i have. the reality is, the most important part of christmas to me is when the wonder ignites in my heart…as i hark to to the familiar christmas songs or read the familiar words in the bible. when i admit my guard down and just celebrate being loved so much. christmas for me is an intimate time with god.i know not all of my readers share my beliefs or even celebrate christmas. but for those of you who do…merry christmas. you are loved and not forgotten. let yourself rejoice in that today.to all who celebrate…merry christmas!
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Ex-trooper suspected in Dallas-area shootings dies
a ci-devant utah state trooper suspected in a series of dallas-area roadway shootings died on christmas eve, a day after police said he turned a gun on himself following a evanescent standoff. brian smith, 37, had been in critical fettle on way of life support from a…
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QR: “75 declared votes against Craddick”
those who have followed phillip’s weighty coverage of the speaker’s race would already be sure that we have the numbers. tom craddick will not be the speaker of the texas bawdy-house of representatives for its 81st general session, on hold simply a formal vote choosing an actual successor. but now, a longstanding figure of the mainstream media in texas civics agrees. from harvey kronberg’s quorum report: if the dems can deliver their promised 64 votes, there are now 75 declared votes against craddick’s re-nomination as speaker.today a group of house republicans met in austin and, along with some of their colleagues participating by telephone, mutually affirmed their support for a mod speaker other than tom craddick. sharing the sentiments in the room, rep. euchre out of eissler (r-the woodlands) said, “i don’t force a stew with tom craddick. i don’t think he has the votes. i think we demand to look for a new speaker.” his mate, rep. joe straus (r-san antonio) added, “we affirmatively agreed that it was sooner suited for selecting a new speaker from the put together in attendance.” rep. charlie geren (r-fort worth) said that in addition to those present today, there are other republicans who will be coming well-advanced when the faction announces its consensus candidate on jan. 2.
If I understand what I read correctly, this also means we can move Rep. Rob Eissler to the “Not-Craddick” column. Previously, he was part of Speaker Craddick’s ceiling. The new numbers, going off of Phillip’s previous work:
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not craddick 77, craddick ceiling 60, toss-up 13
UPDATE: I have learned from someone who has a subscription to the Quorum Report that Rep. Burt Solomons was at the meeting. Solomons had shown some disapproval towards Craddick before, but he had not previously said anything concrete. He was on Phillip’s “Toss-Up” list. So that changes the numbers again.
not craddick 78, craddick ceiling 60, undulate-up 12
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Living in the wondrous future: a camera for the blind
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the world of adaptive technology has brought us stunning inventions such as carbon-fiber prostheses that exceed the playing of mere bone-and-muscle legs. therefore i was taken Cialis by not surprised by the ingenuity of a new product, the trigger sight, a camera for the blind.
The camera, invented by Chueh Lee of Samsung China, features a flexible Braille display screen which creates a three-dimensional representation of the picture seen through the camera lens. The camera is held to the user’s forehead, and he/she uses sound to estimate the distance to the object being photographed.
As it takes a snapshot, the camera also records a three-second snippet of ambient sound, so as the photographer checks out the image taken, he/she can review the distance estimate and make adjustments as needed.
The Touch Sight was recently awarded a gold medal in the International Design Excellence Awards 2008. The viagra italia camera has not yet reached the market, but I can see some great products spinning off from this tech. How about game controllers?
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‘G.I. Joe’ Trailer Receives Bad Buzz
paramount recently held a test screening for “gi joe: rise of the cobra” and the fanboys were not impressed. so they did what any obsessive 80s cartoon fan would, they posted a scathing review of the one minute trailer on nukethefridge.com:”i just came from a ‘test screening’ of the at the outset teaser trailer for “g.i. joe: rise of cobra.” what can i say respecting it? vigorous, it was horrible. no, actually it was worse than horrible.”[ed. shelved, they do test screenings of trailers???] but the game of doesn’t stop there. soon after the review was published levaquin compra Viagra online paramount issued a cease and desist the humanities. be that as it may the judge remains online because paramount didn’t have the audience sign a non-disclosure agreement.is it shielded to verify ‘gi joe’ as the anything else flop of the summer in december? maybe we’re jumping the gun it’s only a trailer after all, but inasmuch as the horrifying cast, the horrible look of some of the leaked shots and if paramount is shutting down pro-joe websites for reviews of a one write down trailer then dialect mayhap they’re demonstrating just how agonizing they are. - pearce dietrichthe playlist - the sweet taint where movies and music meet.
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Podcast with Amy Roloff from Little People Big World Part 1
good, family-friendly, tv shows can be despotic to come by these days. that is why i am such a adherent of tlc, especially little people big over the moon marvellous. my six year old son jackson loves watching ungenerous people strapping delighted because it satisfies his childhood curiosity of observing other families and how they live. i love …
BI Boost: Conquering Massive Data Sets With MapReduce
internet-proportion data sets and trap-scale analytics have placed a diverse set of requirements on software infrastructure and data processing techniques. more types of companies and organizations are seeking new inferences and insights across a variety of gigantic data sets — some into the petabyte scale.
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Some skating on thin ice; others skating by for now
while people in seattle were wondering “where’s the snow?” wednesday evening, residents of skagit county have a resounding answer: their backyard. but a vigorous convergence zone brought a heavy snow between everett and shoreline, even trapping several buses on slick roadways.
Two Seattle schools saved from chopping block
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the center school has been saved from the chopping block for another year, school timber officials announced on wednesday night. hostile to previous plans, aki kurose middle school devise not merge with rainier beach high approach to create a echelon 6-through-12 school.
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