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- If you're a Democrat that is: Revising its year-end economic forecast sharply upward, The Conference Board today projected that real GDP growth will hit 5.7% next year, making 2004 the best year economically in the last 20 years. The forecast, by Conference Board Chief Economist Gail Fosler, expects worker productivity, which set a 20-year record in the third quarter, to rise at a healthy 3.6% next year. |
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- The Bossier Parish School Board will take a second look at its punishment policy for students caught with over-the-counter medications on campus. In November, sophomore Amanda Stiles was expelled from... |
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- Newswire stories, including: Collaborative notes on XML 2003 from online chat, day two. |
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- Newswire stories, including: Making Web Services Work at Amazon; Intelligent Documents Headline XML 2003; Raw IRC coverage of XML 2003 sessions, day one. |
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21 Grams (Dec 11 2003 20:42 GMT) - Finally made it out to the movies this past week. I missed the last round of good looking films and I wasn't excited about missing another. Unfortunately, when I finally found myself with some time, I realized there weren't any good looking films out. |
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- MIT is now looking to make use of the educational benefits of video games in a program called the Education Arcade. The idea is to work with game developers, researchers and scholars to help use games for educational purposes. There aren't too many details in the article, but it is an interesting idea. It could also lead to people having less of an instantly negative reaction to the idea of video games. |
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- I sent out my PowerBook on Tuesday at 4:00 and got it back today at 1:00. That's pretty darn quick for a mail-in repair! Now begins the process of upgrading to Panther (they installed 10. |
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- I sent out my PowerBook on Tuesday at 4:00 and got it back today at 1:00. That's pretty darn quick for a mail-in repair! Now begins the process of upgrading to Panther (they installed 10. |
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- (12/11/03)-- Each year, hundreds of people will be born blind or become blind. Many more will develop age-related macular degeneration and become severely visually impaired. HealthFirst reporter Bisi Onile-Ere explains that doctors may have found ways to overcome these afflictions |
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- This is a table about WCE Closing Futures Markets for December 11 |
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- This is a table about Afternoon National Slaughter Cattle Review |
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- This is a table about South Carolina Grain Market Summary |
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- This is a table about Elevator Grain Bids in Kentucky |
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- This is a table about Kentucky Barge Report |
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- This is a table about Oklahoma Closing Cash Grain Bids |
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- This is a table about Toledo Grain Report |
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- This is a table about Chicago Terminal Grain Report |
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- This is a table about Central Illinois Soybean Processor Report |
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- This is a table about Central Illinois Corn Processor Report |
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- This is a table about Memphis Daily Grain Report |
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- This is a table about South Carolina Weekly Grain Market Report |
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- This is a table about U.S. Dry Edible Bean Estimates by Variety |
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- This is a table about U.S. Bean Production Estimates By State |
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- The big question about the bond-and-reserve deal emerging today in the Legislature is how Schwarzenegger is going to get Republicans to vote for it. He’s given up the formula-driven spending limit they wanted as a way to control the growth... |
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- Licensed Masonic social club and hotel. |
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- King Edward Lodge features Masonic Articles,Information,Kinks and the home of the Freemasons Award Group. |
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- Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Insitute, published a great article on their blog today focusing attention to something many Brits overlook - the strength of private health services today, services that naturally act where the NHS fails so... |
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- Alarm over emigration levels is growing among "Israel's" political leadership as the country's Jews - many of them recent immigrants - seek to esca... - www.indymedia. |
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- "A young boy is kidnapped by a group of his peers - his own schoolmates - and driven to a deserted part of the beach. Once out of the sight of passers-by, he is beaten so severely that when his corpse is discovered a week later, he is found to have suffered multiple fractures and a broken back. His crime: going out with a girl that one of his assailants was interested in."Thanks to Saad Tabani for spotting it. |
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- Canadiens upend Rangers; Red Wings top Sabres, 7-2 |
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- Assistant Hanlon chosen to turn around team |
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- Clothing retailer Abercrombie F stores!," he said in a press release. |
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- Lord of The Rings fever gripped Leicester Square in London tonight as 10,000 fans turned out for the final instalment in the Tolkien trilogy. |
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- - - Nona Martini of Endless Calamity has an interesting recipe of her life. - - Stephen's Proof of his Exisitence - - Pick up Your own Damn Socks - - Dreaming in Denmark - - Live in the Delirious... |
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- Heterosexual persons are sometimes thought to be good at certain arts and crafts. From The Pin-up FilesAlready posted this elsewhere but it amuses me too much to not spread about.... |
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- Heterosexual persons are sometimes thought to be good at certain arts and crafts. From The Pin-up FilesAlready posted this elsewhere but it amuses me too much to not spread about.... |
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- HELP. ME. I need to pick the fucking potato bug up and throw it away. I ask you...... |
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- Dog owners sue pet sitter over lost dog OR You'd think the dog's family would be happy that they received a tip which brought their dog home, but they're suing... for all the emotional stress, costs, etc. and they never even thanked the tipper... [Oregonian] During their search for the lost dog, they 'used a white witch, four psychics and a professional animal tracker... |
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smells (Dec 11 2003 20:38 GMT) - I had to go get my paycheck this morning so I could get it into the bank. After all that... |
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- Have you ever had a burning question that you wanted to ask a large group of people who have trouble... |
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- The formal announcement: Sorry for the delay, we know you have been waiting to hear¦ Smalltalk Solutions 2004 is Coming Soon! We've been to the East Coast. We've been to the Midwest. And we've even been to Canada... |
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- Retailing: Shoppers Ring Up $8.5B in November 2003 : Shoppers got busy during November 2003 by spending 55 percent more online than they did in the same period last year. Among the most popular items consumers spent their $8. |
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