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Online Personals Watch (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
This is the news for the week of November 13th through November 19th, 2009. Please follow this link to enjoy the high-resolution version. Here is the news we covered for this week: Earnings reports from SNAP Interactive October European Online Dating Rankings from Nielsen Cougar craze in full swing in Europe and North America eHarmony's marriage claims under scrutiny
My Little Corner of the World (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Finally, Something FedEx and UPS Can Agree On by Chuck Muth November 25, 2009 In a column published in the October 2009 issue of Reason magazine, Veronique de Rugy writes: "Imagine two competing pizza delivery companies that are identical in every way except their delivery methods. Pizza Company A delivers its pizza by car and Pizza Company B delivers its pizza by bike. Now imagine that the government...
SplashCast (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Nielsen begins including online views into it's overall ratings analysis (coming in mid 2010?) and the TV networks begin selling the same show on TV / cable as well as online, and all the latest episodes are available on Fancast or the TV net's web site, and Hulu is forced to triple the number of ads per episode.... what value does Hulu add to the media supply chain? Not a lot, in that scenario....
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canada's labour minister is urging the union representing striking Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers to accept binding arbitration.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Overnight preliminary reports indicate that NBC's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast had its best average since 2006 with a 12.7 rating. The early estimates from NBC put the number of viewers who tuned in to some or all of the parade coverage at 45.8 million. If that holds when the official report comes out next week, it would be the biggest audience in eight years. Full press release at TVbythenumbers...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nakamura wins the final against Carlsen, Peter Heine Nielsen takes 3rd Official website / Exclusive live games / Information / Participants / Norway Chess Federation All results will be updated live at this page. You can follow the games live and replay them at the new Chessdom live games platform - Chessbomb . BNbank blitz final, Nakamura wins 3-1 Nakamura - Carlsen 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael O'Leary expects to retire as chief executive of Irish airline Ryanair in two to three years' time, he said
etee's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a move which is almost guaranteed to result in her political suicide, Democratic candidate for Attorney General Barbara Ann Radnofsky that a plain English reading of the amendment, passed in 2005, may have inadvertently eliminated marriage in Texas. At issue is Article I, Section 32, Subsection B, where it prohibits the state from creating or recognizing "any legal status identical or similar...
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DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
A vehicle which had parked on train tracks was pushed into the Anacostia River by a CSX locomotive in Southeast Washington early this morning. The incident occurred on the 1900 block of M Street SE -- the street runs parallel to the rail tracks, but stops short of crossing the river. Around 5:45 a.m., the vehicle was struck by an outbound freight train and nudged off the bridge, coming to rest in...
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. De (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to eMarketer , the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) now forecasts a slight growth uptick (0.6 percent) in 2010 to $166 billion in overall industry revenues. What has changed? Internet-Enabled Televisions, which connect directly to the Internet via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, are one of the hot new products that Americans will be buying -- along with continued adoption of various online video...
Little Hokum Rag (Free subscription) | yesterday
Little Mermaid Sketch Little Mermaid Sketch Rapunzel illustration In Powder and Crinolin illustration Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) was an amazingly talented Danish illustrator in the first part of the 20th century. The book shown above was his first commission -completed in 1913. The next year, he did artwork for East of The Sun West of The Moon , old tales from the North. In 1924-25 he illustrated Hans...
Today's Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
FedEx will be using a new Senseaware sensor in packages sent out to 50 of its...
Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of thousands of Christmas lights decorate the Canadian Pacific Railway ’s Holiday Trains , which visit the Greater Toronto Area this week. The 13-car trains include a boxcar stage with great musical talent and CP’s corporate contribution to local food banks. CP encourages each community, in turn, to donate food and funds — all of which stay in the community. The trains support...
Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
OROVILLE — A railroad car that burned Thursday night on a Union Pacific siding near Lincoln Boulevard was a car used for crew quarters.
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