News stories: Microsoft reported seeking partners for Yahoo bid; etc.

Microsoft reported seeking partners for Yahoo bid
Shares of Yahoo Inc. trade up more than seven per cent on Wednesday amid reports that Microsoft Corp. is talking to other players about a joint bid for Yahoo's search business.


Adobe's Flash videos now searchable through Google


Paparazzi boss Darryn Lyons offers cash for mobile phone pics of celebs


Mars lander to go easy on soil-baking tests

CT scans may explain Stradivarius violins' sweet sound

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 9:26 PM ET Comments23Recommend38

CBC News

A 1709 La Pucelle Stradivarius owned by David Fulton is seen April 9, 2007, in Redmond, Wash. (The Seattle Times, Greg Gilbert/Associated Press)

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Conservationists blame 'global Mafia' for decline in Bengal tigers
A dramatic decline in the population of Bengal tigers in a Nepalese wildlife reserve has the World Wildlife Fund blaming the "powerful global Mafia that controls illegal wildlife trade."



Stampede turns off lights to go green

High price to pay to see famed Bayreuth Festival online

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 12:22 PM ET Comments4Recommend7

CBC News

Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of German composer Richard Wagner, is in his final season as director of the Bayreuth Festival. His daughter Katharina, left, has plans to incorporate new technology. (Eckehard Schulz/Associated Press)

How much would opera fans be willing to pay for an exclusive online viewing of Wagner's Die Meistersinger of Nuernberg from the Bayreuth Festival?

Germany's annual opera festival devoted to the works of Richard Wagner has set a price and it's a high one — $77.

The festival will show opera live online for the first time during the performance of Die Meistersinger (The MasterSingers of Nuremberg) that opens the event July 27.

Only 10,000 will be able to sign up for the online video. There will also be a free viewing in the Bayreuth public square.

The concept is a new twist for the opera world, where companies are looking for ways to develop young audiences.

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/02/bayreuth-online.html?ref=rss

News video: Short: iRate over iPhone

News video: Short:

VIDEO iRate over iPhone

Rogers pricing sparks backlash (5:07)

Music video - 关爱视力 --- 眼保健操

Quote - 勤学如春起之苗，不见其增日有所长

"勤学如春起之苗，不见其增日有所长。缀学如磨刀之石，不见其损日有所亏。"
─陶渊明

Pictures - Front-end loaders

A front-end loader








Ah, I just love looking at large mobile vehicles.

News stories: 'More reasons than ever to celebrate our country': Harper; etc.

Peter Mansbridge appointed to the Order of Canada

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 | 7:27 PM ET Comments36Recommend51

CBC News

Peter Mansbridge has had a 40-year career at the CBC, starting at age 19. (CBC)

The CBC's Peter Mansbridge is to become an officer of the Order of Canada, according to a list of 75 appointees released on Canada Day by Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean.

Mansbridge, the chief correspondent of CBC News, anchors the flagship nightly news program The National and also hosts Newsworld's Mansbridge One on One.

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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/07/01/mansbridge-orderofcanada.html

'More reasons than ever to celebrate our country': Harper

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 | 10:20 PM ET Comments191Recommend82

CBC News

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean speaks at Tuesday's Canada Day ceremony on Parliment Hill in Ottawa. (CBC)


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'It has been my privilege to serve you': Hillier on retirement
Gen. Rick Hillier is officially retiring as the leader of Canada's military, handing over the reins to Gen. Walter Natynczyk in a ceremony that is now underway in Ottawa.

Moving day leaves some families in shelters

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 12:10 PM ET Comments14Recommend7

CBC News

Housing activists say about 11 Montreal families were left homeless in the wake of Quebec's annual moving day.

July 1 is Quebec's traditional moving day because most rental leases expire on June 30.

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http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/07/02/qc-movingday0702.html#articlecomments






Deadly front-end loader rampage wreaks havoc in Jerusalem
Israeli police say a Palestinian who plowed a front-end loader into a string of vehicles on a crowded Jerusalem street Wednesday, killing at least three and injuring dozens, appeared to be acting spontaneously and alone.


IN DEPTH: Order of Canada

Dr. Henry Morgentaler laughs during an interview with the Canadian Press in his Toronto abortion clinic in December 2004. (J.P. Moczulski/Canadian Press)

Abortion rights activist Dr. Henry Morgentaler said Wednesday he's "genuinely honoured" to receive the Order of Canada, an award that has generated controversy and caused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government to distance itself from the decision.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/02/morgentaler-reax.html?ref=rss





Firefighters spray Ottawa River water on children during health warning
Families that celebrated Canada Day at Ottawa's Petrie Island beach are watching their children for symptoms of E. coli infection after firefighters sprayed them with water contaminated with the bacteria.


Consumers to pull back from spending 'like drunken sailors,' TD report suggests
Canadian consumers over the next two years are expected to rein in their spending habits as the job market softens and the real estate market cools, according to a TD report.


Halifax rescue dog to be cloned: US company


Pregnant Jolie checks into hospital early

Heavy lifting

Box-office hero Will Smith can't elevate the mediocre Hancock

McCartney to rock Plains of Abraham

Pictures: Stanchions

This sort of stanchion, you can often see them in cinemas, and, erm, downtown Tim Hortons outlets as well.







A large bridge stanchion

Pictures: Turrets

A turret gun






A tank with a turret







A normal house with a turret

Pictures: Hitches

Hitch, a type of knot







A half-hitch

Pictures: Stone markers

A stone marker in Pennsylvania

Pictures: Braces

Wrist forearm braces









A knee brace






Corner braces






A steel brace

Pictures: Wire

Wiiiiire





Curtain wire







Coiled wire







Barbed wire








A pair of pliers in the middle of a roll of coiled wire

Pictures - Pins and, erm, pin-ups

A nine-pin game board





Two pin brushes





Vegas pin-ups







A pinup at an ironing board



Salute and good bye! You can only see two pin-ups maximum everyday.

Short video: Bill Gates' Farewell - Microsoft at CES 2008

News stories: New tool would help internet providers thwart file-sharing; etc.

New tool would help internet providers thwart file-sharing

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 11:59 AM ET Comments17Recommend11

CBC News

Internet providers who selectively slow certain kinds of traffic on their networks, such as file-sharing, could soon have a new tool at their disposal to prevent savvy users from evading the speed controls.

Research by Italian engineers shows how providers like Bell and Rogers can use statistical methods to curb internet traffic even when the content is encrypted.

Bell, Rogers and some other Canadian internet service providers, or ISPs, currently limit the speeds of certain peer-to-peer file-sharing programs like Limewire and BitTorrent during peak internet hours. The companies say the practice, called "throttling," is necessary to keep their networks from congesting.

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/30/isp-file-sharing.html?ref=rss

Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 11:42 AM ET Comments60Recommend44

The Associated Press

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/30/tech-windowsxp.html

ENERGY

Crime

The energy underworld

Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 8:02 AM ET Comments1Recommend11

By Nathan Vardi Forbes

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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/06/19/f-forbes-energyunderworld.html

Bell's BlackBerry service disrupted

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 6:10 PM ET Comments1Recommend5

CBC News

Bell Canada said it was investigating the cause of Monday's two-hour BlackBerry service interruptions.


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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/30/blackberry-outages.html?ref=rss




Rogers draws fire for iPhone rates
Rogers Communications Inc. is taking fire from potential customers, who are outraged by the rate plans it announced on Friday for Apple Inc.'s iPhone.



AT&T to sell new iPhone without contract in U.S.

Canada losing ground, Conference Board says

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 9:08 AM ET Comments152Recommend141

CBC News

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Fine, demerit points for Quebec drivers talking on cellphones



Potential Iran-Israel conflict sends oil prices up



BCE Inc. retaining $294M in Q2 dividends



Canada, US to team up on Arctic seabed mapping project
The United States and Canada, which have been known to disagree on certain Arctic sovereignty claims, will collaborate for the first time on a United Nations scientific mapping project aimed at extending their sovereignty in the Arctic.



IN DEPTH: Arctic sovereignty



BC carbon tax kicks in on Canada Day
British Columbians will pay more at the gas pump as the provincial government's carbon tax on all fossil fuels takes effect Tuesday.

Tech heavyweights team up to fend off patent lawsuits

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 2:53 PM ET Comments4Recommend8

CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/30/patent-pool.html?ref=rss



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RIM reaches final BlackBerry settlement with NTP

Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2006 | 6:48 PM ET

CBC News

Video

Ron Charles reports for CBC-TV

(Runs: 2:24)

play: RealMedia »
play: RealVideo »
play: QuickTime »

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Soldiers march in Toronto Gay Pride parade

Article: In Depth: Cell phones: The real cost of high prices

Consumers and businesses are exasperated by high cellphone prices and low adoption, which critics say are putting Canada at a competitive disadvantage with other countries. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

In Depth

Cellphones

The real cost of high prices

A lack of competition between cellphone carriers is having a very real negative effect on businesses and the economy as a whole, experts say

Last Updated November 20, 2007

By Peter Nowak, CBC.ca

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叹 - Online posting - 一篇小学生作文：吓死老师，惊动教育部

Is the following piece of information true or fake? Seriously. :
http://sinoquebec.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=549229

Audio: A (free) popular radio episode: TAL: Testosterone

220: Testosterone
02.22.2008

Originally aired 08.30.2002




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(An awesome show. --double_take)

Audio: A (free) popular radio episode: TAL: Return to Childhood 2008

351: Return to Childhood 2008
03.07.2008




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http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1233
(These guys really can come up with superior shows. Many year in a row. You may want to taste it. --double_take)

Audio: A (free) popular radio episode: TAL: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change

166: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
04.04.2008

Originally aired 08.11.2000




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(Well chosen, nicely presented, and elegantly mixed and stratified. That's my take on this episode of TAL. And it made my dish-washing time much more enjoyable with a transitory feel. --double_take)

Short video: Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device

Short video: Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-kindle/dp/B000FI73MA
(This Kindle reading device is haranguing the inefficient traditional way of delivering books. Amazon, with its own pluck, has always hauled e-commerce forward since its inception. You like it, don't you? But, on the other hand, can't we just get a respite from the onslaught of information flood? --double_take)

News story: The Incredible Shrinking Superpower

The Incredible Shrinking Superpower

Monday, May. 19, 2008 By MASSIMO CALABRESI/AL JANADRIYAH

Saudi King Abdullah greets President Bush at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, on May 16.

AFP / Getty


Worried about the high cost of filling up? President Bush is on the case. Last Friday he arrived in Riyadh to urge King Abdullah, the leader of the world's largest petroleum producer, Saudi Arabia, to put more oil on the market.

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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807697,00.html
(A deluge of wealth are flowing into the pockets of OPEQ countries. Can they benefit the world while they benefit themselves? --double_take)


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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Iran&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&z=5

Article: Is China becoming a superpower in Africa?

MICHEL CORMIER:

Into Africa

Is China becoming a superpower in Africa?

Feb. 14, 2007

Sudanese leader Omar Al-Bashir, left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao inspect an honour guard in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 2, 2007. (Abd Raouf/Associated Press)

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/reportsfromabroad/cormier/20070214.html

Article: 家庭观念算老几?

家庭观念算老几？
英国《金融时报》中文网专栏作家谁谁谁
2008年3月19日 星期三


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Article: 第一次当CEO

第一次当CEO
作者：英国《金融时报》中文网专栏作家谁谁谁
2008年4月23日 星期三


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Pictures: Trouts

A fisher holding a slippery trout in his hand

Article: Stuff White People Like: Bumper Stickers

Stuff White People Like

#100 Bumper Stickers

May 21, 2008 by clander

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Short audio: Asking Big Questions

Audio: 5.22.2008 Asking Big Questions

(running time 4:52)

In this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school. Listen in.


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Judah Folkman

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Dr. Moses Judah Folkman (February 24, 1933 – 14 January 2008) was an American medical scientist best known for his research on angiogenesis and vasculogenesis, that is to say, he discovered that tumours generate tiny blood vessels to nourish themselves. His work founded a branch of cancer research called 'anti-angiogenesis therapy'.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Work on angiogenesis 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Early life

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Folkman graduated Ohio State University in 1953, and then Harvard Medical School^[1] in 1957. While still a student at Harvard Medical School, he developed one of the first pacemakers^[2]. After his graduation, he did his surgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he rose to the rank of chief resident in surgery. During this time, Folkman worked on liver cancer and atrio-pacemakers.

Between 1960 and 1962, Folkman served in the United States Navy, as a Lieutenant, where he studied blood vessel growth. He worked at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. During his service in the U.S. Navy, Folkman created an implantable device for timed drug-release, and donated it patent-free to the World Population Council. It is now known as Norplant. ^[3]

[edit] Work on angiogenesis

In 1971, he published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, stating that all cancer tumors were angiogenesis-dependent. He postulated that if a tumour could be stopped from growing its own blood supply, it would wither and die. Though his hypothesis was disregarded by most experts in the field at first, Folkman continued his research.

After more than a decade, his theory became widely accepted. He was considered the leading expert and founder of the angiogenesis field, which now offers many potentials in medicine. He trained numerous leaders in medicine and biomedical engineering, including Donald Ingber and Robert Langer.

Dr. Folkman pioneered the use of interferon in cancer therapy, healing hemangiomas, growths that often threaten the life of infants. His research has led to the development of progressively more potent compounds, such as angiostatin, endostatin and vasculostatin, which have successfully halted the growth of tumors in laboratory mice^[4].

In 2000, a pharmaceutical company has sued Dr. Folkman, contending that he and Children's Hospital in Boston stole the credit for developing a promising drug that cuts off the blood supply to tumors^[5][6], and he countersued to defend his reputation^[7].

Dr. Folkman died in Denver^[8]. At the time of his death, Dr. Folkman was Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and was also director of the Vascular Biology Program at Children's Hospital Boston^[9].

[edit] Awards

His work at Massachusetts General Hospital, earned him the Boylston Medical Prize, Soma Weiss Award and the Borden Undergraduate Award in Medicine.

2006 Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons in honor of living surgeons who have been innovators of a new development or technique in any field of surgery.[1] In 2005, Dr. Folkman was invited to be the main speaker at the "Presidential Science Symposium" at the "ASCO Annual Meeting 2005". The "ASCO Annual Meetings" are the most influential clinical oncology meetings worldwide. In 2003, "The Angiogenesis Foundation" awarded Dr. Folkman a "Distinguished Achievement Award".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Folkman




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Oberlin College

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Coordinates: 41.292929° N 82.218576° W

Oberlin College
Motto:	Learning and Labor
Established:	September 2, 1833
Type:	Liberal Arts college
Endowment:	816,135,000 USD (2007)[1]
President:	Marvin Krislov
Staff:	1,058
Students:	2,850
Location:	Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Campus:	Rural
Mascot:	Yeomen (men's teams) & Yeowomen (women's teams)
Website:	http://www.oberlin.edu/

Oberlin College is a private, highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by abolitionist Congregational Christians, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked liberal arts college (#20 according to US News & World Report^{[citation needed]}) with a top-ranked conservatory. A study found that more 1999-2003 Oberlin College alumni receive doctorates than do alumni from any other liberal arts college in the country.^[2]

Oberlin College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and The Five Colleges of Ohio consortium, including Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, Kenyon College, and The College of Wooster.

Oberlin College's motto is "Learning and Labor." Its school colors are crimson and gold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College

Pictures: Cyclists

A laboring cyclist







Well, the man works hard and sweats, while the woman stands still and emits a charming smile. Is it what life is about? And, last but not least, which cyclist do you like more? :-) --double_take

Pictures: Motorcyclists

What has a motorcyclist got that makes him special? Well, unlike a cyclist, his bike got a motor.
:-)

Pictures: Tarzan

Tarzan and an ape








Tarzan by a lion