Declassified MISC 23

PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360: What's your best bet? EW's gamers give you the lowdown on two highly anticipated consoles, and how they stack up to Microsoft's year-old monster

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,...97_7_0_,00.html

Why the U.S. and South Korea Don't See Eye to Eye

Analysis: Rather than help the U.S., the APEC summit showed how Pyongyang has driven a wedge between Washington and its traditional ally South Korea

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Gemayel Murder Portends New Bloodshed in Lebanon

Even before the killing of a key Christian politician, Beirut was primed for trouble. Now, it may be hard to avoid confrontation

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

The rally's secret leaders

Sure, some famous names have helped lead the charge this year. But so has Pactiv, the maker of Hefty trash bags, and Hercules, a champ in the world of chemicals.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/20/markets/sp...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Best ideas for 2007

Money Magazine's forecasts for 6 key areas and the profitable moves you can make to benefit.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Students break record by reading aloud for 6 straight days

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/20/re...n.ap/index.html

Students set the rules at New York City school

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/21/an...l.ap/index.html

Everyone has a gripe ... not everyone gets results

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/11/...ints/index.html

Travelers get set for Thanksgiving rush

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/11/20/thank...avel/index.html

4th student dies after Ala. bus crash

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_...chool_bus_wreck

U.S. Muslims outraged after imams kicked off plane

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061121/ts_nm/religion_imams_dc

Free TV Here to Stay

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/free...ere-to-stay.cfm

New Eye Tracking Report Looks at Google, Yahoo & MSN

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ne...-yahoo-msn.html

AJAX And Search Engines

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...rchEngines.html

Dealing With Distractions In Sales

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...onsinSales.html

Using DataTables More For Improving Performance

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...erformance.html

More Sullivan PubCon Keynote

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ConKeynote.html

PubCon: PPC And Landing Page Optimization Notes

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ationNotes.html

Google Adds 3 New Features To Page Creator

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ageCreator.html

Cucumis Translates Freely

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...atesFreely.html

Yahoo, AT&T Mark Five Years Together

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...rsTogether.html

US Increasingly Chooses Web Over Malls

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...bOverMalls.html

Online Video Trends & Contextual Advertising

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...dvertising.html

KnowNow and WordPress Partner on RSS/Blogging

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/known...on-rssblogging/

Talking Widget Marketing on CNBC

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/talking_widget_.html

Google shares reach $500 and keep going

http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6137611.h...0&subj=news

MIT looks into shape shifting plastic

http://news.com.com/2061-11128_3-6137601.h...0&subj=news

The dawn of Vista

http://news.com.com/2009-1016_3-6132982.ht...0&subj=news

Did a Frenchman beat Mendeleev to the periodic table?

http://news.com.com/2100-11395_3-6137629.h...0&subj=news

U.S. to require passports for nearly all

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_on_...orts_air_travel

8 die, 15 trapped in Poland mine blast

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/ap_on_...d_mine_accident

links for 2006-11-22

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_16.html

Google Pulls Click-to-Call

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/googl...-click-to-call/

Mpire to Unveil Power-Shopping Plug-In

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/mpire...opping-plug-in/

Cerulean Studios Previews Trillian Astra

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/trill...e-on-the-world/

Blogger Wars: How Jason Calacanis Gets Even

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/21/blogg...anis-gets-even/

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Jeb · November 23, 2006

Deck the Halls (2006)

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809699130/user

Social Media Gatherings In Toronto And Business Cards By Hugh MacLeod

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/583/s...y-hugh-macleod/

Technology Feeds Marketing Success

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/tech...ing-success.cfm

Tools for Information Overload

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/tool...on-overload.cfm

Google Click-to-Call Subject to Phone Pranks?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...one-pranks.html

Google Offers Sitemaps Tool for News Sites

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...news-sites.html

Mossberg Reviews Vox Private Blogs

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/mo...vate-blogs.html

Best Time to Schedule Your Pay-Per-Click Ads?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/be...-click-ads.html

Finding the Right Time To Schedule Online Ads

http://www.startupjournal.com/columnists/s...html?refresh=on

Happy Thanksgiving

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ha...ksgiving-2.html

Firefox Open To New XSS Flaw

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...NewXSSFlaw.html

Ernst And Young Release Annual Security Survey

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...ritySurvey.html

Why Small Businesses Are Scared To Invest In CRM Solutions

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...MSolutions.html

The What, Why, And How Of Database Cleansing

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...eCleansing.html

Top Email Marketing Strategies For B2B Marketers

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...BMarketers.html

Coldfusion Conference Pricing

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ncePricing.html

Is My Perl, CGI, MYSQL Site Obsolete?

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...teObsolete.html

UK Computer Industry At A Crossroads

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...Crossroads.html

Google Maps Updates

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...apsUpdates.html

Flickr Goes Mobile

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...GoesMobile.html

Social Media Gets Duped

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...aGetsDuped.html

Limitations of Socially Driven News

http://themulife.com/?p=324

MSN Live Banning Reciprocal Link Exchange Spam

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...changeSpam.html

Google Has Long Road To Hoe To Pass Yahoo

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...oPassYahoo.html

Google Helps News Publishers With Sitemaps

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...thSitemaps.html

When A Spam Site Isn't Spammy

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...IsntSpammy.html

Making The Most Of Social Networks

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...alNetworks.html

Turkey And Black Friday With Search

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...WithSearch.html

Online Chef Shares Turkey Soup Recipe

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...SoupRecipe.html

Majority Of Vacationers Plan Trips Online

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ripsOnline.html

Flock Ditches Shadows Bookmarking Service

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/flock...arking-service/

Remote Control Mail: Check Your Postal Mail on the Web

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/remot...ail-on-the-web/

What’s The Most Popular Camera on Flickr?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/whats...mera-on-flickr/

CBS Is Pretty Damned Excited About YouTube

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/cbs-i...-about-youtube/

CrunchGear This Week

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/crunchgear-this-week-9/

Make Your Own Netvibes Modules With Dapper

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/make-...es-with-dapper/

links for 2006-11-22

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_16.html

Media Enter Second Life But Its Potential Still Untapped

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/media_enter_sec.html

Pew: 12% Have Listened to a Podcast, But Only 1% Download Daily

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/pew_12_have_lis.html

Sims player creates TomKat wedding footage

http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-6137975.h...0&subj=news

Podcast: New security flaw for Firefox and IE

http://news.com.com/2324-11424_3-6138038.h...0&subj=news

Keep time like a Moon Base commander

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6138046.h...0&subj=news

Symantec unveils beta of Norton 360 service

http://news.com.com/2110-7355_3-6138041.ht...0&subj=news

Honda Infiltrates MySpace by Throwing Money at It, to Smashing Success

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/honda-infil...hrowing-mon.php

Gyro Revives Sailor Jerry Clothing with Revamped Ad Campaign

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/gyro-revive...hing-with-r.php

Fallon Asks Us to Ask Our Moms What's In His Head

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/fallon-asks...-whats-in-h.php

Amnesty International Puts Human Rights Defenders Behind Bars

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/amnesty-int...an-rights-d.php

Fake Tahitians, Useful Yiddish, Faux-Euro Virals, Caveman Therapy, and a Canadian Delicacy

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/fake-tahiti...fauxeuro-vi.php

Bonehead Journalist Statement of the Week

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10325

Is the California Government Website Run By Spammers?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10327

Google : Tracking not used in Bid Price

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10335

Hospitals asked to return cadaver tissue after patient is infected

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/22/body....s.ap/index.html

Same-sex divorce raises new questions for states

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/22/samesex....e.ap/index.html

Sharpton: Comedian's apology not enough

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/22/s...hard/index.html

Hundreds escape unhurt from massive plant blast

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/explosion...e.ap/index.html

Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/woman.shot.ap/index.html

Weather creating delays for mid-Atlantic travelers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/11/22/thank...avel/index.html

Top Marine: Troops under too much strain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/us.marines/index.html

Black Friday cage match: Wal-Mart vs. everyone

Wal-Mart fired up its discount engine early; many malls are kicking off midnight sales. Will shortages of hot products put shoppers in a bad mood?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/22/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Bush daughter purse-snatching talk of Argentina

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...reut/index.html

Images

Honoring Robert Altman: From the wartime cut-ups of ''M*A*S*H'' to the crying country crooners of ''Nashville'' and ''A Prairie Home Companion,'' we trace the highlights of the renegade director's career by Gary Susman

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1562263_1_0_,00.html

Best ideas for 2007

Money Magazine's forecasts for 6 key areas and the profitable moves you can make to benefit.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Holiday gadgets on a budget

Consumers are expected to spend an average $195 on consumer electronics gifts this holiday season, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Here's a look at what that will buy you.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/consumer/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Pelosi's Next Big Call

The incoming House Speaker already made a questionable move backing the losing candidate in the race for Majority Leader. Will she stumble again by choosing a member with a checkered past to lead the House Intelligence Committee?

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Lebanon's Cabinet Ministers Wonder Who Could Be Next

The murder of an anti-Syrian leader means that the removal of just two more cabinet ministers would bring down the government. And that, many Lebanese believe, is precisely what the killers intend

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

The retirement plan Uncle Sam has right

Hard to believe but true: The government offers employees a great plan, and you'd do well to emulate it

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/mo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Professor's advice on returning civility to classrooms

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/22/un...s.ap/index.html

Teaching Thanksgiving from a different perspective

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/22/te...g.ap/index.html

S.C.'s South of the Border: Old-fashioned Americana

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...r.ap/index.html

Global warming already killing species, analysis says

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/21...s.ap/index.html

Fore: Cosmonaut plans long drive

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/22/s...f.ap/index.html

Taste buds to brain, how you react to food is complex

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/20/how.w...e.ap/index.html

Marine sentenced for role in murder of Iraqi civilian

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/21/marine.s...d.ap/index.html

Teen polygamist bride: I felt trapped

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/21/polygami...r.ap/index.html

Police comb seedy strip for clues to 4 deaths

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/bodies.found.ap/index.html

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Jeb · November 23, 2006

Macy's flies balloons lower at parade

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_...ksgiving_parade

Six troubleshooting tips for perfect gravy

http://food.yahoo.com/articles/martha-stew...r-perfect-gravy

Weather complicating holiday travel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_.../holiday_travel

145 die in deadliest attack of Iraq war

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Some stores begin shopping season early

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_...giving_shopping

Last-Minute Thanksgiving Dinner

http://food.yahoo.com/blog/artsmith/27/las...ksgiving-dinner

Google Helps News Publishers With Sitemaps

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...thSitemaps.html

Socialtext Proposes Attribution Provision

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...nProvision.html

Don't Get Scrooged This Holiday Season

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...idaySeason.html

Microsoft Casts Net To Catch Phishers

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...chPhishers.html

Microsoft Fends Off EU With Documents

http://www.webpronews.com/financial/news/w...hDocuments.html

New Diagnostic Tool For AdWords

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ForAdWords.html

Second Life Insights

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...feinsights.html

Talk About Google OS!

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...utGoogleOS.html

Socialtext Proposes Attribution Provision

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...nProvision.html

Why Is Netflix Granting Interviews To A Penny Stock Promoter?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ckPromoter.html

ArtFaceOff Is About Whose Art Is “Better”

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/22/artfa...-art-is-better/

http://www.artfaceoff.com/

links for 2006-11-23

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_17.html

Google Tests Shows Blog Results in Web Searches

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/google_tests_sh.html

Google Integrating Blog Posts Into Search Results

http://www.boydcreative.net/google/google-...search-results/

Deal of the day: Roomba robotic vacuum for $150

http://news.com.com/2061-11728_3-6138049.h...0&subj=news

Mobile e-mail heading for the masses

http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6138015.ht...0&subj=news

Season looks bright for consumer electronics

http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6138060.ht...0&subj=news

This boat swims like a dolphin

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6136332-1....2&subj=news

IBM agrees to pay $65M to settle overtime suit

http://news.com.com/2110-1014_3-6138104.ht...0&subj=news

Happy Thanksgiving !

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/11/23/happy-thanksgiving/

Oh... My... Gourd

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2...h_my_gourd.html

Pre Thanksgiving Search Links

http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/11/pre-tha...g-search-links/

Google : Tracking not used in Bid Price

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10335

China sentences Web porn king to life in prison

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10336

Franchise Pr0n

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10346

Social Media Gatherings In Toronto And Business Cards By Hugh MacLeod

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/583/s...y-hugh-macleod/

Do You Anticipate Client Queries Before They Happen?

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/569/d...re-they-happen/

Half Of Chinese Malware Seeks Gamer/IM Passwords

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...MPasswords.html

Chronopay Teams With ScanAlert

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...hScanAlert.html

Code Injection Beyond SQL

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...nBeyondSQL.html

Walters buries hatchet in Rosie-Ripa flap

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/23/o...a.ap/index.html

Doctors repair heart born outside baby's body

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/23/baby....t.ap/index.html

Sonar finds long-dead victims on Utah lake bottom

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/23/missing.b...s.ap/index.html

PM declares Quebec nation 'within Canada'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...c.ap/index.html

Atlantic City prostitutes fear possible serial killer

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/bodies.fo...s.ap/index.html

Marine charged with killing newborn son

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/23/marine.baby.ap/index.html

Ex-spy: Thallium, radiation 'unlikely'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/23...d.ap/index.html

Weather keeps NY parade balloons flying low

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/23/macys.parade.ap/index.html

More than 140 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/23/...main/index.html

Lebanon Buries a Dream

As Pierre Gemayel is laid to rest and pro- and anti-Syrian factions square off for a confrontation, the modern Lebanese state appears to be on life-support

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Cable stuffing the NFL this Thanksgiving

The NFL Network, which will show its first live football game Thursday night, isn't available even in most homes with cable.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/22/commentary...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Orphaned wildlife plays in Namibia

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/11/23/namib...y.ap/index.html

French town trumpets link to Chinese revolution

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...e.ap/index.html

Same-sex divorce raises new questions for states

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/22/samesex....e.ap/index.html

Bush gives turkeys a break for Thanksgiving

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/22/bus...rkey/index.html

White House ramps up diplomacy across Middle East

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/22/us....t.ap/index.html

Review: 'The Fountain' spurts hot air

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/...tain/index.html

O.J.: Book payment was 'blood money'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/22/s...w.ap/index.html

Lifelike robots: Cool or creepy?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/23/robots....l.ap/index.html

Iran: We press ahead with reactor

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/23/...reut/index.html

Hundreds escape unhurt from massive plant blast

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/explosion...e.ap/index.html

OriginalSignal Relaunches With Big Changes

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/23/origi...th-big-changes/

Is Google Adding Blog Search to Google.com?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/23/is-go...h-to-googlecom/

Animated Short Films on AniBoom

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/23/anima...lms-on-aniboom/

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Jeb · November 25, 2006

Armed cartoonist forces Miami paper to evacuate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061124/ts_nm/crime_gunman_dc

Gunman arrested at Miami Herald building

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_...aper_evacuation

Expanded hours, discounts lure shoppers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_...oliday_shopping

Poisoned spy blames Putin for his death

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_...in_poisoned_spy

Chronopay Teams With ScanAlert

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...hScanAlert.html

Code Injection Beyond SQL

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...nBeyondSQL.html

The Six Biggest New Ideas In Chat

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/24/the-s...-ideas-in-chat/

Boo.com Back in 2007, Maybe

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/24/booco...-in-2007-maybe/

links for 2006-11-25

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_19.html

Without Jason, Weblogs Inc Will Lose Its Edge

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/without_jason_w.html

links for 2006-11-24

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_18.html

Google Tests Shows Blog Results in Web Searches

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/google_tests_sh.html

Google Integrating Blog Posts Into Search Results

http://www.boydcreative.net/google/google-...search-results/

links for 2006-11-23

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_17.html

This boat swims like a dolphin

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6136332-1....2&subj=news

IBM agrees to pay $65M to settle overtime suit

http://news.com.com/2110-1014_3-6138104.ht...0&subj=news

888 reportedly to sign mobile phone gaming deals

http://news.com.com/2110-1026_3-6138108.ht...0&subj=news

Jailed blogger denied Thanksgiving furlough

http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-6138122.h...0&subj=news

Mouse design borrows from firearms

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6138145.h...0&subj=news

Sigma SGM2 mouse looks more like a hearing aid

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/sigma_...hearing_aid.php

Cosmetic Racism Makes Wearers Rather Ugly

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/cosmetic-ra...rather-ugly.php

iPod Shuffle Ad Does that Take-Off, Put-On Thing

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/ipod-shuffl...off-puton-t.php

Meme: 500 Word Manifesto’s

http://webwalker.ca/2006/11/24/meme-500-word-manifestos/

the marketing by committee manifesto

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/ar..._manifesto.html

Nick Wilson starts Podcasting

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10347

Search Marketing Association Europe - what happened?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10348

Google UI Testing on Blog Search

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10358

Search Engine Watch - ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP!!!

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10359

Do You Anticipate Client Queries Before They Happen?

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/569/d...re-they-happen/

Another ‘Sport’ Crying For Recognition

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/584/s...g-world-record/

R.I.P. Search Engine Watch

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ri...gine-watch.html

Search Engine Land Correspondents Named

http://searchengineland.com/061122-131519.html

http://searchengineland.com/

Google Checkout Buying Market Share from PayPal

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...rom-paypal.html

Bribe a Moderator and Get on Digg

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/br...et-on-digg.html

Kevin Rose Admitting Digg Has Moderators

http://themulife.com/?p=333

Google Merges Blog Search with General Search Results

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...ch-results.html

French Film Producer Sues Google

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/fr...ues-google.html

Volvo recalls 360,000 cars

Speed-control problem could throw engines into 'limp home' mode of 15 m.p.h.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/24/bc.aut...reut/index.html

DNA clears man despite police lab's refusal to do test

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/24/rape.dna.ap/index.html

Search for missing boys draws a blank

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/24/bc.missin...n.ap/index.html

Cartoonist charged after siege ends peacefully

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/24/newspaper...n.ap/index.html

Lifelike robots: Cool or creepy?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/23/robots....l.ap/index.html

New baby for Seal and supermodel Heidi Klum

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/11/23/peop...reut/index.html

Tenacious D: Portly powerhouses of rock

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/...d.ap/index.html

Show dog disappearance creates urban legend

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/24/wheres.vivi.ap/index.html

Environmental groups say lawyer deceived court

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/24/scotus.p...s.ap/index.html

Polonium-210 one of world's rarest elements

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/24...m.ap/index.html

Waiting for Elmo ....

Black Friday crowds line up at stores in the wee hours for one of the hottest holiday toys.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/24/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

'Borat' comic nominated for Kazakh arts award

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/...d.ap/index.html

Blind soccer World Championships

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...r.ap/index.html

Investigators track spy's last movements

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/24...s.ap/index.html

Idol Chatter

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1562674_4_0_,00.html

Five insider tips to smarter holiday shopping

Experts offer secrets to help beat the crowds, save money and even make a few bucks while you shop for this year's gifts.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/11/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

2006 Turkeys Of The Year

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi....1.html?cnn=yes

Iran and Syria Helping Hizballah Rearm

As Lebanon's government tries to maintain its shaky grip on power, sources tell TIME that Tehran and Damascus are shipping weapons to the militant Shi'ite group

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Iraq's Violence Spins Beyond Anyone's Control

Analysis: It has been clear for some time that the U.S. is not in control of events in Iraq. But the latest sectarian bloodshed suggests that even help from Iran and Syria may not be enough to stop the slide into chaos

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Waiting for Elmo ....

Black Friday crowds line up at stores in the wee hours for one of the hottest holiday toys.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/24/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Black Friday: Bargains make it busy

Crowds seeking discounts fill malls, Wal-Marts in the early hours; signs point to solid start to shopping season.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/24/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Professor's advice on returning civility to classrooms

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/22/un...s.ap/index.html

Gifts for all kinds of travelers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/11/...s.ap/index.html

Panhandle beach hangout draws locals, celebrities

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...r.ap/index.html

Gene makes wheat more nutritious

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/24...reut/index.html

Whooping cough hits Chicago suburb

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/23/healt...reut/index.html

Enhanced genome map could help disease research, scientists say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/24/genom...ease/index.html

Marine charged with killing newborn son

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/23/marine.baby.ap/index.html

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Jeb · November 26, 2006

Nor'Easter on the Outer Banks, Nor'easter damage, by zbiker

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114337

Thanksgiving 2006 Nor'Easter

http://www.kittyhawkfreepress.com/novnorester.html

NYPD bullet kills groom on wedding day

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061125/ap_on_...police_shooting

VW Van

http://advertisingforpeanuts.blogspot.com/.../11/vw-van.html

Why Is Netflix Granting Interviews To A Penny Stock Promoter?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ckPromoter.html

ReelTime To Launch The Next Failed Movie Model

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/25/reelt...ed-movie-model/

http://www.reeltime.tv/

links for 2006-11-25

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_19.html

What We Talk About When We Talk About Brands

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/business...JS170EGQ01nx/jA

Unique gifts from small businesses

These holiday presents, made by small companies, outshine the usual ties and socks.

Best ideas for 2007

Money Magazine's forecasts for 6 key areas and the profitable moves you can make to benefit.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

World

Inside an Iraqi Battleground Neighborhood

Amid the frenzy of repopulation, mixed areas like Washash have become the hotspots for sectarian warfare

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Iran and Syria Helping Hizballah Rearm

As Lebanon's government tries to maintain its shaky grip on power, sources tell TIME that Tehran and Damascus are shipping weapons to the militant Shi'ite group

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Elmos, PlayStations - just click

Leading e-tailers report big traffic gains over the start of last year's holiday season. See what shoppers are looking for.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/25/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Big crowds, small sales

Wal-Mart sees sluggish sales for November, including Black Friday results. Will other retailers fare better?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/25/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Same-sex divorce raises new questions for states

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/22/samesex....e.ap/index.html

Dems warn Iraq government: No rubber-stamp support

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/25/Dem...o.ap/index.html

Midway may come out of isolation for tourists

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/11/25/midwa...m.ap/index.html

AWOL soldier: Army won't return lawyer's calls

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/25/awol.soldier.ap/index.html

Adams murder bid: NI man charged

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/25...ment/index.html

Anti-Chavez protesters march en masse in Caracas

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...t.ap/index.html

Task force finds similarities in Atlantic City killings

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/25/bodies.found.ap/index.html

Concern for missing boys grows as temperature falls

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/24/bc.missin...n.ap/index.html

Spy radiation death: Video studied

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/25/uk.spy/index.html

Police kill groom on day of wedding, reports say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/25/nyc.shooting.ap/index.html

9 ways to stretch your holiday budget

http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/061125/7048.html?.v=1

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Jeb · November 26, 2006

The Wall Street Journal Online - 50 Women To Watch

http://biz.yahoo.com/special/watch06.html

ONLY 8 LINKS FROM THE BLOG FEEDS TODAY!!!!!

Akon (f/Snoop Dogg & Eminem) Has Top 2 Singles

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/11/akon_fsnoop_dog.html

Albums: The Game's Doctor's Advocate No. 1

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/11/albums_the_game.html

Hip Hop Album Releases for Nov. 28: Cadence Weapon, Clipse, La' Chat, Public Enemy, Ying Yang Twins, Young Buck[?], Saian Supa Crew

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/11/hip_hop_album_r_3.html

Pharrell & Team Ice Cream Promote Skate DVD on CBS News

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/11/pharrell_ice_cr.html

RUMOUR Google Base & PPC - coming soon to a computer near you.

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10366

Forbes Video Interview With Digg CEO

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/26/forbe...-with-digg-ceo/

Anshe Chung: Millionaire over at SecondLife

http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/11/2...ng-millionaire/

links for 2006-11-26

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_20.html

Money Magazine 25 Rules to Grow Rich By

Follow these guidelines and feel confident that you'll be making the right financial decisions.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

'Turkeys' on a plane

Give thanks for things like Borat, 'Heroes,' and YouTube, but pass on the celebrity rants and flimsy football.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/22/commentary...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Options for the New Secretary of Defense

With Iraq sliding into civil war, TIME looks at the tough choices facing Bob Gates

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...00.html?cnn=yes

Back to work

Investors returning from a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend are set to feast upon a bevy of key economic reports.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/26/markets/su...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Strong start - for some

Wal-Mart sees sluggish sales for November, including Black Friday results. But others see healthy business.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/25/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Berlusconi taken ill during speech

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/26...i.ap/index.html

Spy poisoning: 300 seek radiation tests

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/26...y.ap/index.html

Fan brings 'Christmas Story' house to life

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/...y.ap/index.html

Woman's body found behind bookcase

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/25/bookcase....h.ap/index.html

Teens charged with setting off acid bombs in Wal-Mart

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/26/walmart.bombs.ap/index.html

Richards 'shattered' by his racial tirade

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/26/r...s.ap/index.html

How Americans are living dangerously

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/26/cover.story.tm/index.html

Matters Of The Heart

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/heart/

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Jeb · November 27, 2006

Snow slows holiday travel in the West

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061127/ap_on_.../holiday_travel

http://www.globat.com/index.htm

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Jeb · November 27, 2006

The Memory Pill

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/21/memory_drug

Britain may start pulling out of Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061127/ap_on_...ea/britain_iraq

Victims made to walk on broken glass: Saddam trial

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061127/ts_nm/iraq_saddam_dc

Using The API For The W3C HTML Validator

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...LValidator.html

Identifying The MDA For Optimized Site Pages

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...dSitePages.html

Demystifying Blu-Ray Duplicators

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...uplicators.html

Mobile CRM Basics

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...eCRMBasics.html

Protecting Your Site From Brute Force

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...BruteForce.html

AdWords Algorithm Effecting Paid And Organic Search?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...anicSearch.html

Don't Waste Your Pay-Per-Click Budget

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...lickBudget.html

Five Proven Ways to Waste Money With Pay-per-Click Advertising

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is the biggest lead-generation breakthrough to come about in a long time. For small and midsize companies, in particular—and thanks to its ability to narrowly target prospects, tightly manage spending, and precisely measure results—PPC is one of the most efficient lead generation tools ever developed.

It does, however, have a downside. Because PPC campaigns are so quick to set up and start, a business owner can easily waste thousands of dollars in a matter of weeks before learning some hard (and expensive) lessons about what works and what doesn't.

The purpose of this brief article is to point out the most common mistakes made with PPC so that your efforts begin generating results as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Mistake No. 1: Use your homepage as the landing page

When you set up a PPC ad, whether it's with Google, Yahoo or any other search engine, it's up to you to decide where to direct the people who click on your ad. By default, most companies simply send clickers to the company homepage. After all, they reason, if the homepage is the digital equivalent of the company front door, shouldn't we bring prospects there as a starting point?

No, and here's why: Most company homepages cover too many subjects and have too much going on to work as effective landing pages. Simply dropping a searcher there in the hope that he finds what he's looking for almost guarantees frustration and failure.

Remember, a person who initiates a Web search is looking for something specific. Tossing him to a generic homepage (with the implicit message, "Here, you figure it out") will work against your intention of converting ad clicks into leads.

Instead, the most effective PPC ads take clickers to a tightly focused landing page—a page specifically developed and matched to the subject of the search, with minimal distractions, a strong call to action, and a well-thought-out process for moving the searcher to the next step, whether that's requesting information, signing up for a newsletter, or making a purchase.

Fix No. 1: Always take clickers to a well-crafted landing page, distinct from the company homepage.

Mistake No. 2: Don't bid enough to secure a top spot

PPC works on an auction model, giving you, the advertiser, the option of deciding how much you want to pay for a particular search term. In effect, you can choose how high up in the ad listings you want to appear. All else being equal, the more you pay relative to other advertisers, the higher up your ad will be.

Popular search terms can have a dozen or more ads listed in order on search results pages, giving the impression that anyone can drive clicks with PPC. But consider this startling statistic: 85% of all PPC clicks are on ads in one of the top three positions. The remaining ads—whether there are five more or 50—share the scraps.

In practice, this means that unless you bid high enough to get into one of the top three spots, you're wasting your time. You're not wasting money, since if nobody clicks you pay nothing, but if you choose to be hidden further down the list, you'll have trouble generating the leads you want to close the sales you need.

Fix No. 2: Choose search terms and manage bids in such a way that you'll consistently appear in one of the top three spots.

Mistake No. 3: Don't make your ad copy specific

Yahoo allows you 190 characters (including spaces) in your text ad. Google allows just 70. No pictures, no colors, no company logo... just a few words.

Many advertisers waste this precious space with vague, meaningless terms (e.g., quality, economical, good service) or general statements that don't clearly explain the uniqueness of their offering. When that occurs, one of two things can happen—both of them bad.

The first is that searchers don't click on your ad. Again, it doesn't cost you anything, but it doesn't help you meet your objectives, either.

The second bad thing is much worse, since in this case it costs you both time and money: The wrong searchers click. In other words, your ad causes clicks, but those who click—thanks to poorly written ad copy—are not good candidates for your product or service. You pay for the clicks, but the leads go nowhere.

Fix No. 3: Be specific and unique in your ad copy. If you've got patented or otherwise unique features, a particular market or application expertise, unusually friendly return policies or warranties, or something else that sets you apart, this is the place to mention it.

Mistake No. 4: Don't align your landing page with searchers' keywords

Here's how the ideal PPC sequence should work:

A searcher goes to Google and inputs the search term red widget. Your ad pops up and the term red widget is in both its headline and in the ad copy. The searcher clicks on your ad (because you're in one of the top three spots) and arrives at a landing page that is specifically about red widgets.

No confusion, no hesitation, no wondering that maybe this isn't the right place after all. The searcher is systematically taken down a Keyword Flow path from start to finish.

The important thing to keep in mind is that Web searchers have lots of options and are presented with lots of data. Together, this leads to impatience and a tendency to abandon any search that doesn't quickly and easily lead to a desired result.

Fix No. 4: Make sure your landing pages stay focused on the key words which bring clickers there in the first place (you may have several landing pages, simply to ensure Keyword Flow). You'll increase clicks, increase conversions and as a result, increase ROI.

Mistake No. 5: Don't bother with testing

One of the things that make PPC advertising so compelling—particularly for those with limited ad dollars—is that it is instantly and perfectly testable. Unlike an ad in the newspaper, on the radio, in a trade journal, or in any of the other traditional, offline media, PPC dollars are trackable. You can not only tell which words were clicked on but also follow the click all the way through to a completed conversion (newsletter sign-up, literature request, sale, etc.).

It's critical, therefore, to constantly and continually test PPC results—tinkering with or discarding the keywords, ads, and landing pages that don't work—and making improvements along the way. You will not get everything right from the start, that's guaranteed. But thanks to the data that PPC advertising generates, you have the ability to fine-tune the process and continually improve your ROI.

Fix No. 5: Test, test, test. It's easy to do and with a bit of focused attention, you can improve your results dramatically.

* * *

PPC has a tremendous amount to offer the small and midsize business owner or marketer. Keep these five guidelines in mind as you establish your PPC campaigns, and you'll be turning clicks into profits in no time!

http://www.marketingprofs.com/6/grant1.asp

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E-mail And Phone Have High Response Rates

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ponseRates.html

Feeds And Other Optimization Opportunities

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ortunities.html

Marketing And The Right Person Myth

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...PersonMyth.html

Black Friday Cashes In Online

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...esInOnline.html

Next Time, Fly With SeatGuru

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...thSeatGuru.html

http://www.seatguru.com/

Podcasts Catching On, Slowly

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ngOnSlowly.html

Google Prevents Plagiarism

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...Plagiarism.html

Early Birds Should Sleep In On Black Friday

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...lackFriday.html

Can Apple,Beatles Work It Out?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...sWorkItOut.html

FeedCycle: Smarter Serialized Stories

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/26/feedc...alized-stories/

http://www.feedcycle.com/

links for 2006-11-27

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_21.html

Digg Issues Cease and Desist to Diggdot.us

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/digg_issues_cea.html

Savvier Web retailers expect more holiday profits

http://news.com.com/Savvier+Web+retailers+...ml?tag=nefd.top

Barron's: Google shares set for fall

http://news.com.com/Barrons+Google+shares+...ml?tag=nefd.top

Carson Daly takes a Web-centric turn

http://news.com.com/Carson+Daly+takes+a+We...ml?tag=nefd.top

Xerox seeks self-erasing paper

http://news.com.com/Xerox+seeks+self-erasi...ml?tag=nefd.top

Salesforce adds connector apps to Apex

http://news.com.com/Salesforce+adds+connec...ml?tag=nefd.top

Agencies line up for plug-in cars

http://news.com.com/Agencies+line+up+for+p...l?tag=nefd.lede

Supreme Court to examine 'obviousness' of patents

http://news.com.com/Supreme+Court+to+exami...l?tag=nefd.lede

Fantasy football leagues score big with fans

http://news.com.com/Fantasy+football+leagu...l?tag=nefd.lede

Viral Video Meets DRTV in Brilliantly Goofy Site Promotion

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/viral-video...liantly-goo.php

RUMOUR Google Base & PPC - coming soon to a computer near you.

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10366

Googles Plans for Australia

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10371

Format Text Tool

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/576/format-text-tool/

WalMart's Deceptive 'Astroturf' Blog

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/walm...roturf-blog.cfm

Mobile Phone Operators Quaking in their Boots

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/mo...heir-boots.html

Google: Mobile operators want to block our apps

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1...39284850,00.htm

Google Checkout Adding $10 to $30 Charity Donation

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...y-donation.html

Beginners Guide to Buying Links for SEO

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/be...ks-for-seo.html

Search Engine College Launches “Certification Pathways”

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/se...n-pathways.html

http://www.searchenginecollege.com/search-...on-pathways.htm

Microsoft bCentral Directory Closes

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/mi...ory-closes.html

Mayor: Police barrage at groom 'unacceptable'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/27/nyc.shooting.ap/index.html

Study: Humpback whales have 'human' brain cells

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/27...reut/index.html

Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock divorcing

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/27/p...k.ap/index.html

Turkish PM agrees to meet pope

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27...rkey/index.html

'Twelve days of Christmas' gets pricier

Rising labor costs and surging demand for pear trees lead to a 3.1 percent increase in PNC's 'Christmas Price Index.'

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/27/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Man kills friend over $20 football bet

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot...ex.html?cnn=yes

Spy death: 5 have radiation tests

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27/uk.spy/index.html

Anshe Chung: First Virtual Millionaire

http://money.cnn.com/blogs/legalpad/index.html?cnn=yes

Missouri group home fire kills 10, injures 24

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/27/grouphome...e.ap/index.html

Annan: Iraqis 'almost' in civil war

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/27/us.iraq.ap/index.html

8 Smart moves to make by year end

These strategies will cut your taxes and prep you for the new year. But you have to act by Dec. 31.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Nasdaq negativity, Dow downer

Composite tumbles 2%, blue-chip indicator pares about 140 points as weak dollar, higher oil prices, Wal-Mart rattle investors.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/27/markets/ma...dex.htm?cnn=yes

High schools trying to get rid of radioactive materials

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/27/ra...s.ap/index.html

Grieving families bond through student documentary

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/26/ve...n.ap/index.html

The Big O: Fireworks? Or is your sex life less than explosive?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/27/big.o/index.html

Anesthetic jab treats headache in the ER

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/27/heada...reut/index.html

Rich Chinese buying tickets to space

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/27/c...reut/index.html

Sheriff pleads not guilty in corruption case

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/27/sheriff....d.ap/index.html

Smuggler ignored pleas of dying, prosecutor says

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/27/truck.deaths.ap/index.html

'9 out of 10 e-mails now spam'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27...reut/index.html

Casual games go upscale

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/...g.ap/index.html

'Primal Fear' author dead at 81

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/11/2...l.ap/index.html

Man pays tribute to 'A Good Dog'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/11/2...s.ap/index.html

Peace on earth? Not in our subdivision!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/27/peace.wreath.ap/index.html

The ultimate holiday tipping guide

Wondering how much to tip your mail carrier, dog walker or hairdresser for the holidays? Here's some help.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/13/lifestyle/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Why Turks Are Not Pleased to See the Pope

For many in Turkey, the visiting pontiff personifies the mounting hostility they feel from Europe

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Both Sides Blame the U.S. as Violence Escalates in Iraq

Analysis: Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, as raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready handle their own security

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

NY police shooting of unarmed groom sparks outrage

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061127/ts_nm/...rime_newyork_dc

Can eyeOS Succeed Where Desktop.com Failed?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/eyeos...for-the-masses/

TuitionCoach: Tuition Planning Site Is Good Birth Control

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/tuiti...-birth-control/

CNBC.com To Relaunch December 4

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/cnbcc...nch-december-4/

Let’s Just Declare TV Dead and Move On

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/lets-...ead-and-move-on

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/lets-...oneditpost3865/

ViTrue: User Generated Ad Video Gets Funded

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/vitru...eo-gets-funded/

Best Buy Sponsors Blog Roll-up

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/best_buy_sponso.html

How One Blogger Hustles for Stories

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/how_one_blogger.html

Open Sourcing My TechCrunch Work Flow

http://marshallk.com/open-sourcing-my-techcrunch-work-flow

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Jeb · November 28, 2006

Deal or No Deal: Negotiating Salary

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/salary/Deal_or_No...subtopic=Salary

King Tut Wasn't Bludgeoned to Death: Study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20061127/hl_hs...nedtodeathstudy

MUMMIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/mummy/

Snow in Seattle for tonights game, by SkizophrenicStormChaser

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114577

Seattle Seahawks Qwest Field

http://www.seahawks.com/QwestField/QwestField.aspx

Kenny M Lorber's Weather Page

http://www.kennyweather.com/

http://kennyweather.proboards89.com/index.cgi

What Will YouTube Be Like On Your Mobile Phone?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/what-...r-mobile-phone/

Presto: Because Computers Scare Old People

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/prest...are-old-people/

Zemble Your Friends To Text Spam

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/zembl...s-to-text-spam/

http://www.zemble.com/

ViTrue: User Generated Ad Video Gets New Investors

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/27/vitru...eo-gets-funded/

Latest toe in the movie download pond? Wal-Mart

http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-6138907.ht...0&subj=news

Correction: Measuring the iPod effect

http://news.com.com/2303-10915_3-6138917.h...0&subj=news

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6138874.ht...0&subj=news

Cell phone porn to ring up $3.3 billion

http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6138939.ht...0&subj=news

Now playing on TiVo: Targeted ads

http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6138949.ht...0&subj=news

Blastfeed Filters Your Feeds

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/blastfeed_filte.html

http://www.blastfeed.com/

YouTube on YourPhone

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/youtube_on_your.html

YouTube Coming Soon to Cellphones

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/technolo...ME/USG77DBuhDMA

links for 2006-11-28

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_22.html

Forums Back Online!

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/585/forums-back-online/

Yaro's Internet Business & Blogging Forums

http://www.blogtrafficschool.com/forums/

User Videos Go Corporate

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/user...o-corporate.cfm

Nick Denton Takes Valleywag to New Lows

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ni...o-new-lows.html

So much for Nick Denton’s plans to direct Valleywag into a more upscale news site. There’s been much talk that Nick’s jealous of TechCrunch’s success and hence his attempts to refine Valleywag.

Nick Denton on ValleyWag

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/bambi/2006/11...denton_on_.html

Marshall Kirkpatrick Leaves TechCrunch

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ma...techcrunch.html

You’ve Got to Digg Neil Patel

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/yo...neil-patel.html

WebProNews PubCon Video Coverage

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/we...o-coverage.html

Play the SEO "Guess Who" Game

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/pl...s-who-game.html

SEO/SEM Trivia - How Well Do You Know It's Stars?

http://www.searchrank.com/blog/2006/11/seo-sem-trivia.html

IT Services Outsourcing When You Don't Know Everything

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Everything.html

Effects Of HTTP Acceleration / Compression

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ompression.html

Managing Risk In Information Technology

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Technology.html

ASP.NET: Export A DataTable To Excel

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...bletoExcel.html

Keep Your Office I-9 Compliant

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...9Compliant.html

Italy Investigates Google Employees

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...eEmployees.html

Online Video Will Not Beat TV

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...lNotBeatTV.html

Advice For Search Marketing Firms

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...etingFirms.html

Kathy Sierra Is Blogging Better Than You

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...terThanYou.html

Google's Clustered Searches

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...edSearches.html

Black Friday Cashes In Online

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...esInOnline.html

Early Birds Should Sleep In Next Year

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...InNextYear.html

Newspaper Sites Need More Video

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...dMoreVideo.html

YouTube Going Mobile

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...oingMobile.html

Google Calls Out Mobile Phone Operators

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...eOperators.html

Google Checks Out PayPal's Market Lead

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...MarketLead.html

Streaming Could Cure Podcasting Blues

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...stingBlues.html

Google's Future In Television

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...Television.html

Strong Man Makes For Creepy Elevator Ride

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/strong-man-...evator-ride.php

Google shuts down Gaia

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10378

Web censorship 'bypass' unveiled

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10380

How Google Checkout Screwed up John Battelle's Order

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10381

Google Using User Data Into Quality Score & Bid Prices?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10382

French Producer Sues Google for Distributing Film for free

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10392

Global warming case goes before Supreme Court

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/ts_nm/...ourt_warming_dc

Sen. Reid: Ethics, stem cells top agenda

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_.../reid_interview

Life at 140? Longer life spans up for debate

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/27/long.life/index.html

Home prices: Record drop in October

Median price sinks 3.5 percent from a year earlier, trade group see more price declines ahead.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Eight charged in Florida teen's boot camp death

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/boot.camp.death/index.html

Reid: Ethics, stem cells atop Senate agenda

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/28/rei...a.ap/index.html

Europeans nations 'hampering CIA prison probe'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/12....cia/index.html

The Pope Tones Down His Act in Turkey

Long known for his rigid thinking, Benedict XVI shows new flexibility in trying to mend fences in the wake of his controversial speech about Islam

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Police: Car in school bus crash had faulty steering

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/fatal.bus.crash/index.html

Thermometer: Kerry ice cold, Giuliani red hot

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/28/lik...reut/index.html

New homeland security buzz: Bomb-sniffing bees

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/28...reut/index.html

Mom charged with baby's microwave death

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/baby.mic...e.ap/index.html

'30 Rock' star arrested for drunken driving

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/28/p...t.ap/index.html

Bush blames al Qaeda in Iraq for sectarian strife

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/28/...main/index.html

Best ideas for 2007

Money Magazine's forecasts for 6 key areas and the profitable moves you can make to benefit.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Are you better (or worse) off than your parents?

When it comes to housing, education and income, you have it easier than your parents in some ways. But Mom and Dad trump you in others.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/pf/better...ex.html?cnn=yes

The President Takes Charge on Iraq

On Scene: As Bush prepares for a much-anticipated meeting with his counterpart in Baghdad, the White House wants to make clear that James Baker is not calling the shots

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

The Pope Tries to Mend Fences in Turkey

On the first day of his historic trip, Benedict softens his stance on Turkey's push to join the European Union and tries to put the controversy over his notorious speech about Islam to rest

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Six ways to shrink that heating bill

Most of these simple tips require little or no investment and are said to reduce costs significantly.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/pf/heating...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Bernanke talks tough about inflation

Fed chief indicates growth is moderating, inflation is a more 'predominant' risk.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Schools, teachers fight No Child Left Behind in court

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/28/ed...t.ap/index.html

Doctors test heart implant to block strokes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/27/strok...r.ap/index.html

Move over Jaws, chomping sea lions terrorizing swimmers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/28...s.ap/index.html

Wesley Clark wants to avoid '04 mistake in '08

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/28/cla...l.ap/index.html

Tearful judge: 'You threw away your child'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/boy.slain.ap/index.html

Hired killer warns, 'Your husband wants you dead'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/kind.hitman.ap/index.html

Study: Violent video game effects linger in brain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/...reut/index.html

New games call to Trekkies

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/...reut/index.html

Investigators: Group home operator was a felon

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/grouphome...e.ap/index.html

Girl set mom's bed on fire, faked kidnapping, police say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/fake.abdu...n.ap/index.html

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Jeb · November 29, 2006

Walmart Bundles Digital Downloads With Physical DVDs

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/walma...-physical-dvds/

Russia Agrees To US Request To Shut Down AllofMP3.com

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/russi...wn-allofmp3com/

BitWine Gives Access To Those In The Know

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/bitwi...se-in-the-know/

Stickis Launches Syndicated Web Annotator

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/stick...web-note-taker/

New Advice: Don't Sit Up Straight

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200611...ntsitupstraight

Low Back Pain

http://health.yahoo.com/topic/back/prevent...lthwise/hw56623

Using Ergonomics at the Workstation to Prevent Injury

http://health.yahoo.com/topic/other/preven...althwise/tr5917

On the cusp of winter, by WEATHER53

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114793

UPTON...you might want to brush up on your geography, by buckeye

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114821

There is a hell of a temperature gradient in the midwest, Fishmn

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114824

East Coast Storm 12/5 (My Thoughts And Argument For Snow), From My Website, by Noreaster07

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=114780

Also check out his wx site:

http://berkswintercast.tripod.com

Ford says 38,000 have taken buyouts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_on_bi_ge/ford_buyouts

Rome court hears case against U.S. soldier in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/ts_nm/...usa_shooting_dc

Take Advantage Of Vista’s Powerful Search

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rfulSearch.html

Google's Newspaper Troubles

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...erTroubles.html

Google Recommends Using Meta Description Tag

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...riptionTag.html

Sony Files For Skin-Powered Headphones Patent

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...onesPatent.html

Quality Niche Content Websites

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ntWebsites.html

Google Answers Crashes Out

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...CrashesOut.html

Day The Music Died: AllofMP3 Shut Down

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...P3ShutDown.html

Spam Jams Email

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...mJamsEmail.html

Cyber Monday An Unexpected Success

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...tedSuccess.html

$100 Linux Laptops Have Arrived

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...aveArrived.html

Walmart Bundles Digital Downloads With Physical DVDs

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/28/walma...-physical-dvds/

BitTorent Raises $25 million, Bram Cohen is History

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/29/bitto...hen-is-history/

Nokia rings up more Yahoo services

http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6139242.ht...0&subj=news

Looking for a copy editor in a crunch

http://news.com.com/2061-12572_3-6139240.h...0&subj=news

Is Wi-Fi bad for your health?

http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-6139256.ht...0&subj=news

Symantec issues patch for flaw in backup software

http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6139260.ht...0&subj=news

Sitting up straight might be bad for you

http://news.com.com/2061-10788_3-6139266.h...0&subj=news

Why I’m Recommending Mozy for Free Online Backups

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/wh...ne-backups.html

The 100 Oldest .COM Domain Names

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/586/t...m-domain-names/

ANA and Yahoo! - Content Partners

http://ana.blogs.com/maestros/2006/11/ana_and_yahoo_c.html

More Fundraising with Widgets

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/more_fundraisin.html

Pasternack Says It Again - SEO A Piece Of Piss

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10393

YouTube to Launch Phone-Based Subscription Service

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10394

Google Quality Raters Leaving Footprints

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10396

IAC to Make a Local Play

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10397

Google To Stop Answering

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10399

YouTube Goes Mobile

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/yout...goes-mobile.cfm

Shopping Game Ruins Santa

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/shop...ruins-santa.cfm

Understanding Color In Your Designs

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ourDesigns.html

Rules For Great IT Project Success

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ectSuccess.html

Green building leans into the wind

http://news.com.com/2300-11746_3-6139294-1...4&subj=news

A camera that sees through clothes

http://news.com.com/2061-11128_3-6139277.h...0&subj=news

links for 2006-11-29

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/lin...r_20061_23.html

Newsgator Launches Java RSS Reader for Mobile Devices

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/newsgator_launc.html

Fighting shuts down Baquba

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.ap/index.html

Castro too sick to attend his own party

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...o.ap/index.html

Student dies in Missouri frat house fire

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/29/frat.hous...e.ap/index.html

Captured fugitive pleads guilty to wounding trooper

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/fugitive...s.ap/index.html

For sale: Rare dinosaur fossil

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/29...reut/index.html

Snoop Dogg arrested after 'Tonight Show' performance

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/snoop.dogg/index.html

Frist says he won't make White House run

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/fri...y.ap/index.html

U.S. to pay $2M, apologize for false terror arrest

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/mayfield.suit/index.html

Al Qaeda in Iraq, Vatican trade words on pope visit

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/29...e.ap/index.html

Defense secretary nominee subtly chides Iraq handlers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/gat...q.ap/index.html

Colin Powell says Iraq in a 'civil war'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/pow...iraq/index.html

U.S. moving up to 2,700 troops into Baghdad

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/29/...main/index.html

Radiation found on 2 British Airway jetliners

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/29...a.ap/index.html

How to Succeed in 2007

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/h...ex.html?cnn=yes

5 gifts that will make your kids rich

Ways to present fiscal lessons without looking like the Grinch.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Stocks work to sustain gains

Major gauges give back bigger advance, but keep it positive as investors welcome strong read on GDP; oil prices jump.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/29/markets/ma...dex.htm?cnn=yes

The Pope's Push to Protect Minority Christians in the Muslim World

Benedict XVI wants to help restore Istanbul as the global center of Orthodox Christianity. But the Turkish authorities worry what that could mean for their country's secular identity

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

New home sales slip, but prices jump

Sales pace falls much more than expected, as supply of houses on market hits record; prices show surprising strength.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/29/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

'Skate park on snow' lures youth to the slopes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...e.ap/index.html

For the best in European skiing, head for the Alps

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...e.ap/index.html

Top scientific journal pledges to curb fraud

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/29...reut/index.html

Medicare drug benefit came in under budget

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/28/medic...s.ap/index.html

Parents of tweens seek balance for fast-maturing kids

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/28/teen....s.ap/index.html

Obama will head north as draft movement picks up

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/dem...a.ap/index.html

Man convicted of Atlanta child murders seeks DNA tests

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/williams.dna.ap/index.html

Unabomber wore wrong shoes to trick FBI

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/unabombe...e.ap/index.html

Study: 1 in 5 parents say kids online too much

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/11/2...e.ap/index.html

Cosmetic surgery helps make 60s new middle age

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061127/hl_nm/...eticsurgery1_dc

Florida man pulled from alligator's jaws

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/29/gator.att...reut/index.html

Basketball coach files suit and scores

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/alabama.suit/index.html

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Jeb · November 30, 2006

How Hybrids Work

Small engine + electric motor = huge efficiencies

http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-article_100/

Podcast: Is your city a digital dog?

http://news.com.com/2324-11424_3-6139753.h...0&subj=news

Deal of the day: Titanium II 250GB USB drive for $60

http://news.com.com/2061-11728_3-6139796.h...0&subj=news

Commentary: Windows Vista--finally

http://news.com.com/2030-1069_3-6139773.ht...0&subj=news

PS3 hack challenge

http://news.com.com/2061-10797_3-6139791.h...0&subj=news

AMD demonstrates its quad-core server chip ***

http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6139758.h...0&subj=news

Yahoo’s Big Win

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/yahoos-big-win/

Jingle’s Free 411 Service Hits 100 Million calls

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/jingl...-million-calls/

Yahoo! TV Gets A New Do

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/yahoo-tv-gets-a-new-do/

AOL Gives Away Free Movies For Christmas

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/aol-g...-for-christmas/

Grockit Helps MBA Hopefuls Study For The GMAT ***

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/grock...y-for-the-gmat/

Why Yahoo is Backing Away from RSS ***

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/why_yahoo_is_ba.html

Schmidt: Internet Will Determine Next Election ***

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...xtElection.html

Google Travels To India

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...elsToIndia.html

DailyMotion Causing Copyright Commotion ***

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...tCommotion.html

A Plea: Don't Overthrow King Content ***

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ingContent.html

Skype Consolidation "Blamed" On EBay ***

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...amedOneBay.html

Should You Go Niche? *******

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...YouGoNiche.html

Search Happenings November 2006

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...vember2006.html

Update At Google

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...teAtGoogle.html

Huffington Takes On The Media

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...OnTheMedia.html

"Yes, We Do All Of That!" **

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...oAllOfThat.html

Google's Future In Television

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...Television.html

AdSense Has A Yahoo Killing Secret ***

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...lingSecret.html

MSN Media Does Some Shuffling ***

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...eShuffling.html

Yahoo Tells Google To Stuff Its Subpoena ****

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...tsSubpoena.html

CAN-SPAM Has Minimal Spam Impact ***

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...SpamImpact.html

Holidays Are Good For Phishing ****************

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...orPhishing.html

Refactoring Your ASP.NET Project

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...NETProject.html

Using Windows XP's Restore Points For PC Recovery ***

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...PCRecovery.html

How Data Entry Services Benefit Industries And Why It Is Essential

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Personalization In Email Marketing

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...lMarketing.html

Convert HTML Tags To Lower-case For XHTML Compliance

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...Compliance.html

New World of Media: George Harrison, SVP MarComm, Nintendo

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/new-...ge-harrison.cfm

Football Heads to the Multiplex

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/foot...e-multiplex.cfm

Local Search Trumps Print

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/loca...rumps-print.cfm

New World of Media: Craig Coffey, VP, Marketing, Nokia

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/new-...raig-coffey.cfm

New World of Media: Audience Q/A ***************

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/new-...audience-qa.cfm

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Google’s Matt Cutts

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/ma...utts-facts.html

Why I’m Recommending Mozy for Free Online Backups

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/wh...ne-backups.html

Google’s Secret CPM Ad Network **************

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/11/go...ad-network.html

Just Say "No" to Voluntary Blogging Code ***

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SoloSEO.com Offers SEO Project Management Tools

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Smoking Makes Your Dick Soft So SaysNHS

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Mortar Tells Us Just How Sick We Are

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/mortar-tell...sick-we-are.php

Subservient Chicken...With a Dog!

http://www.adrants.com/2006/11/subservient...nwith-a-dog.php

Top Rap Albums: Jay-Z, Snoop, 2Pac

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/11/top_rap_albums_.html

Breaking news: Bad stuff available on the internet! *******

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10403

Beating Your Google Rap Sheet ******************************

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10404

Why is Google Adwords ignoring our landing pages? **********************

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10405

Yahoo Search Marketing Goes for Mystery Bidding *****************

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10406

RIAA Lawsuit: A Threat to the Whole Web?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10407

Peoria Snow Blog - first snow chase, Live on the scene , by ShadowAngel

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?sh...115062&st=0

Peoria WebCam

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Wicked wintry weather hits heartland

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/11/30/west...m.ap/index.html

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker engaged

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/30/p...r.ap/index.html

Hawking: Humans must colonize other planets

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/30/s...reut/index.html

Ancient astronomical device thrills scholars ***

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/30/a...reut/index.html

Michigan man gets 3rd successful U.S. hand transplant ****

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/hand....t.ap/index.html

The Hidden Danger of Seat Belts

They still decrease our risk of dying, but the statistics are not all black and white. In fact, according to one researcher, seat belts may actually cause people to drive more recklessly

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

SeaWorld's whale has history of attacks

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/30/killer.whale.ap/index.html

F-18 jet crashes, pilot ejects and is safe

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/30/jet.crash.ap/index.html

Source: Iraq panel to advise gradual U.S. pullback

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/30/ira...roup/index.html

Lebanese prime minister: There will be no coup

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/30/...iora/index.html

U.S. warns financial firms of al Qaeda threat

Officials tell private financial services of threat, so far uncorroborated, to stock trading and banking Web sites.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

GOP wants law to define when fetuses feel pain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/30/GOP...n.ap/index.html

Judge denies Paris Hilton's request for psychiatric history of woman suing her for $10 million

http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/1130/pa...tv.html?cnn=yes

High heel races, food fights and jurors gone wild

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/30/jurors.g...d.ap/index.html

Britney Spears exposes herself

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/3...d.ap/index.html

Microsoft Vista goes on sale

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/11/30/w...a.ap/index.html

Modern romance: Get texted when love is near

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/29/mobile.romance/index.html

Clinton launches child HIV drug

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/...s.ap/index.html

Pastor who gave eulogy accused of murder

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/30/pastor.a...d.ap/index.html

Firehouse hazing debated in dog chow controversy **********************

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/30/firefight...g.ap/index.html

2006 hurricane season bows out quietly

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/11/30/hurricanes/index.html

The Year of Living Dangerously

In the shadow of a drunk-driving arrest, Mel Gibson prepares to unveil ''Apocalypto,'' a thriller about a Mayan villager trying to outrun extinction itself. In a four-hour interview, he opens up to EW about directing movies -- and exorcising demons

http://www.ew.com/ew/melgibson/

What Lies Behind the Rash of Russian Poisonings?

Letter from Moscow: Nobody knows for sure, but the backdrop for the deadly turn Russian politics has taken in recent months is the slow onset of a succession struggle

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

As Iraq Bleeds, the U.S. Policy Cupboard Remains Bare

Analysis: Despite the hype, the Baker group's recommendations may be too little and too late to turn Iraq around

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Should we use emergency funds to pay off debt? ************

The answer isn't purely about financial considerations. It's a matter of judgment, too. Our expert weighs in.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/pf/expert/...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Disney's Mel Gibson problem

'Apocalypto' hits theaters on Dec. 8. And despite the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson, Disney features him prominently in the film's marketing.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/commentary...dex.htm?cnn=yes

At ease in Belize

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...lize/index.html

Students with good attendance get a new car or truck, at some schools

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/30/ca...e.ap/index.html

Dartmouth College rallies for minority students

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/30/da...s.ap/index.html

Shuttle cleared for night launch

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/30/s...e.ap/index.html

Abortion pill blocked breast cancer gene in mice **********

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/breas...t.ap/index.html

Parents blame antidepressant for toddler's heart defect

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/29/paxil.pg/index.html

Best resale value cars

After five years, most cars are worth a fraction of their original cost. These models do the best, according to Kelley Blue Book.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/27/autos/kbb_...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Remodeling school *******************

It took a year, but Erika and Greg Tansey got the house they wanted, doubled its value and gained some hard-won insight into the rules of renovation along the way

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/...ex.html?cnn=yes

Here's 'The Thing'...

Since, according to Chris Nashawaty, John Carpenter's ''The Thing'' is the greatest sci-fi flick of all time, Universal's new plans for a remake are sacrilege

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,...4_21_0_,00.html

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Peoria, Illinois Snow Blog - first snow chase, Live on the scene , by ShadowAngel

This is Page 9 and it's just getting started...

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Check out Netchris's excellent, first-class web page:

Welcome To ChrisCervantez.com!

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Love and Presents

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/childhealt...ve-and-presents

Midwest storm causes major power outages

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_.../wintry_weather

Former spy's wife positive for radiation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_...in_poisoned_spy

MSN Media Does Some Shuffling

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...eShuffling.html

Yahoo Tells Google To Stuff Its Subpoena

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...tsSubpoena.html

A Plea: Don't Overthrow King Content

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...ingContent.html

Search Pushes Retailer Traffic

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...lerTraffic.html

Yahoo! To Serve UP BBC Videos

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...PBBCVideos.html

Google Must Stay 50 Yards Away From N.C.?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...AwayFromNC.html

Yahoo! Rolls Out Wii Portal

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...tWiiPortal.html

Podcast Audience Increasing

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...Increasing.html

The Age Of Decadence In YouTube, Vice City

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...beViceCity.html

Google Vs. Google, According To Hitwise

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...gToHitwise.html

Anti-Jotspot/Google Post Deleted Under Pressure

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/30/anti-...under-pressure/

Why Yahoo is Backing Away from RSS

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/why_yahoo_is_ba.html

No 'rubber stamp' on telecom mergers, judge says

http://news.com.com/2100-1036_3-6139838.ht...0&subj=news

The Dawn of Vista

http://news.com.com/2009-1016_3-6132982.ht...0&subj=news

HD DVD hits the road

http://news.com.com/2300-1025_3-6139831-1....1&subj=news

CNET editor James Kim, family missing

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6139875.h...0&subj=news

BitTorrent receives $20 million in financing

http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6139882.h...0&subj=news

Unrestrained Creativity Begets Funny Agency Christmas Video

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/unrestraine...-funny-agen.php

'Probably' the New First, Best Only

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/probably-th...t-best-only.php

Analysis Paralysis And Finding Your Voice (again)

http://darmano.typepad.com/logic_emotion/2...sis_paraly.html

MySpace in China and the Modular Social Network

http://searchviews.com/archives/2006/12/today_the_wall.php

Danny Moves On

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10426

Do SSL Certificates affect your domain

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10429

£180m for Hitwise?

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10431

The Perfect Web Site Algo

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10432

Spamming SEO company sold for €60m

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10434

Robert Kingston Covers Mplanet 2006 At SmallBusinessBranding.com

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/588/mplanet-2006/

The Long Tail

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/587/the-long-tail/

New World of Media: Audience Q/A

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/new-...audience-qa.cfm

An mShift Gift: 100's of Coupons and Discount Codes

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/mshi...ns-discount.cfm

12 Take Aways from Chris Anderson's MPlanet Longtail Presentation

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/12-t...-from-chris.cfm

Q/A with Jason Zajac, GM, Social Media, Yahoo

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/qa-j...c-gm-social.cfm

Audience Q/A with Wired's Chris Anderson and Yahoo's Jason Zajac

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/11/audi...is-anderson.cfm

The Best Internet Marketing News this Friday

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/th...his-friday.html

BuddyProfile Sending AIM Users To Malware

http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...sToMalware.html

ASP.NET: Remove HTML Tags From A String

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...romaString.html

Creating A CRM Data Capture Procedure Checklist

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...eChecklist.html

Linkbaiting Or Link Baiting?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...inkBaiting.html

Online PR And Social Media For 2007

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...diafor2007.html

Pikeo - Photo Sharing Site Done In Flex

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...DoneInFlex.html

Build Smaller Barriers

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...erBarriers.html

EMarketing Talkshow

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...ngTalkshow.html

Online Job Hunt 10 Years Later - Still Sucks

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/onlin...er-still-sucks/

New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS”

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/new-a...ice-coming-sds/

Web Swamii Provides Online Guidance

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/web-s...nline-guidance/

http://www.swamii.com/

Yahoo! Says They’re Not Building A Library

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/yahoo...ding-a-library/

Shawn Fanning’s New Social Network Will Comply With WoW

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn...omply-with-wow/

Million Dollar Homepage Becomes Multi-Million Dollar Homepage

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/milli...llar-home-page/

Blogging's Impact Ripples Through the Newsroom

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/bloggings_impac.html

Community is Community, Online and Off

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/community_is_co.html

The Imminent Demise of the Page View

Underneath the Internet advertising economy is a key metric that dictates how properties are valued and how online media is bought and sold - the page view. While it's not the only way to measure the health of a site (time spent and unique users are among the others), it's still very popular. Unfortunately, the trusty page view is on life support and I give it four years to live.

This may sound like heresy to most of you. After all, the page view has served us well. It has established a universal way to measure web sites. However, the metric is about to become a moot point.

The page view does not offer a suitable way to measure the next generation of web sites. These sites will be built with Ajax, Flash and other interactive technologies that allow the user to conduct affairs all within a single web page - like Gmail or the Google Reader. This eliminates the need to click from one page to another. The widgetization of the web will only accelerate this.

This is a dirty little secret in the advertising business that no one wants to talk about. Media companies love to promote how many page views their properties get. They've used the data to build equity. They will fight it tooth and nail to protect it, perhaps by not embracing interactive technologies as quickly as they shuld. But that's not going to stop the revolution from coming.

Microsoft (an Edelman client) and Google are each pushing platforms that are very interactive and reduce the need to turn pages. Over time millions of users will grow to love these services. They will like how they can accomplish so much so quickly, without ever having to go anywhere else. Smart companies like ESPN and The New York Times get it so they're wisely establishing their own interactive platforms. But they're in the minority.

As the page view platform crumbles, there's going to be a shake out. Everyone is going to scramble to find a metric that helps them compete for ad dollars. Enjoy the show.

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/the_iminent_dem.html

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links for 2006-12-01

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Chat with Me Live Tonight

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Hot sauce for FEMA

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...e-for-fema.html

Spy murder mystery: The medical questions

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...-questions.html

Kerry assessing impact of 'botched joke' on '08 prospects

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/01/ker...8.ap/index.html

Players fight back

Union sues the NBA over new ball, tighter officiating

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/bask...ex.html?cnn=yes

DHS official admits taking bribes to fake documents

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/01/homeland....rity/index.html

Los Angeles fire chief retires amid racial, hazing flaps

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/01/firefight...g.ap/index.html

Dead spy's wife contaminated with radiation

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/01...wrap/index.html

Beware the falling dollar

Sure, it's good for Detroit, U.S. exporters and the tourism biz. But it could boost oil prices - hello, $3-a-gallon gas again - and tie the Fed's hands, leading to recession or even stagflation.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/econo...dex.htm?cnn=yes

The Real Losers in the Obama-Warren Controversy

Rick Warren's invitation to have Barack Obama speak at his mega-church's AIDS conference has sparked a furor in the evangelical community. But pro-life critics of Obama's inclusion may end up regretting their stance

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

Algae-filled Hummer wins 'green car' contest

Car design wins L.A. Auto Show prize for best environmentally-friendly concept.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/01/hummer_o2/index.html

Who's sorry now? Apparently, everybody

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/12/01/asor...r.ap/index.html

Winter storm wreaks havoc in Plains, Midwest

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/01/west...m.ap/index.html

Aging rockers set to lose copyrights

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/0...reut/index.html

Review: The greatest 'Story' ever dulled

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...vity/index.html

'WhiteHat Team' leader charged with hacking government computers

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/01/hacker....d.ap/index.html

Nomadic herders go high-tech

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/01/hightec...ders/index.html

Typhoon sends red-hot boulders into villages

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/01/phil...hoon/index.html

World's heaviest woman turned record slimmer dies

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/01/obit.bradford.ap/index.html

Home recipes are on the menu in many campus dining halls

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/recip...p.ap/index.html

How Vista will take over your living room

Google and Apple's big bets on video are nothing compared to Microsoft's gamble with Vista. Here's why the new operating system will stunt the competition.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/b...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Where costs will rise (or fall) in 2007

There will be a lot of competition for your 2007 raise given the price increases forecast for basic expenses. Here's a look at where you'll pay more (or less).

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/pf/costs_2...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Holiday Gifts 2006

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,...45_3_0_,00.html

Why Chavez Is a Shoo-in: It's the Economy, Stupid

Never mind his anti-American theatrics. The Venezuelan President carries the support of the majority because they believe he's eased their poverty

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Hizballah's Rally Highlights the Government's Weakness

On Scene: U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's grip on power is further eroded as hundreds of thousands in Beirut demand his ouster

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...00.html?cnn=yes

Where costs will rise (or fall) in 2007

Raises will average 3.7 percent, but there will be a lot of competition for those dollars given the price increases forecast for many basic expenses in 2007. But there are some areas where you'll likely pay less.

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/pf/costsu...ex.html?cnn=yes

Fox gets swept away

The News Corp.-owned network finished in fourth in November sweeps. But with 'American Idol' returning next month, it could go from worst to first.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Arkansas court orders another review of state's schools

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/11/30/ar...g.ap/index.html

National World War I museum opening in Missouri

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...m.ap/index.html

Life on the snow in Maine and Vermont

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...t.ap/index.html

CSI drives parents to store kids' DNA

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/01/dna.kids.ap/index.html

Study: Single massive asteroid wiped out dinosaurs

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/01/a...reut/index.html

Teen alleges abuse at samurai slaying trial

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/01/samurai....g.ap/index.html

Witness: Caged kids' house 'just didn't look right'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/01/caged.kids.ap/index.html

Leahy: Terror scores 'overdue for oversight'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/01/trave...g.ap/index.html

Vilsack blasts McCain's call for more troops in Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/01/vil...n.ap/index.html

Massive terror screening draws outrage

WASHINGTON - A leader of the new Democratic Congress, business travelers and privacy advocates expressed outrage Friday over the unannounced assignment of terrorism risk assessments to American international travelers by a computerized system managed from an unmarked, two-story brick building in Northern Virginia.

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Incoming Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record) of Vermont pledged greater scrutiny of such government database-mining projects after reading that during the past four years millions of Americans have been evaluated without their knowledge to assess the risks that they are terrorists or criminals.

"Data banks like this are overdue for oversight," said Leahy, who will take over Judiciary in January. "That is going to change in the new Congress."

The Associated Press reported Thursday that Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders since 2002 have been assessed by the

Homeland Security Department's computerized Automated Targeting System, or ATS.

The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years. Some or all data in the system can be shared with state, local and foreign governments for use in hiring, contracting and licensing decisions. Courts and even some private contractors can obtain some of the data under certain circumstances.

"It is simply incredible that the Bush administration is willing to share this sensitive information with foreign governments and even private employers, while refusing to allow U.S. citizens to see or challenge their own terror scores," Leahy said. This system "highlights the danger of government use of technology to conduct widespread surveillance of our daily lives without proper safeguards for privacy."

The concerns spread beyond Congress.

"I have never seen anything as egregious as this," said Kevin Mitchell, president of the Business Travel Coalition, which advocates for business travelers. It's "evidence of what can happen when there isn't proper oversight and accountability."

By late Friday, the government had received 22 written public comments about its after-the-fact disclosure of the program last month in the Federal Register, a fine-print compendium of federal rules. All either opposed it outright or objected to the lack of a direct means for people to correct any errors in the database about themselves.

"As a U.S. citizen who spends much time outside the U.S., I can understand the need for good security," wrote one who identified himself as Colin Edmunds. "However, just as I would not participate in a banking/credit card system where I have no recourse to correct or even view my personal data, I cannot accept the same of my government."

Privacy advocates also were alarmed.

"Never before in American history has our government gotten into the business of creating mass `risk assessment' ratings of its own citizens," said Barry Steinhardt, a lawyer for the

American Civil Liberties Union. "We are stunned" the program has been undertaken "with virtually no opportunity for the public to evaluate or comment on it."

The Homeland Security Department says the nation's ability to spot criminals and other security threats "would be critically impaired without access to this data."

And on Friday as the normal daily flow of a million or more people entered the United States by air, sea and land, the ATS program's computers continued their silent scrutiny. At that Virginia building with no sign, the managers of the National Targeting Center allowed an Associated Press photographer to briefly roam their work space.

But he couldn't reveal the building's exact location. None of the dozens of workers under the bright fluorescent lights could be named. Some could not be photographed.

The only clue he might have entered a government building was a montage of photos in the reception area of

President Bush's visit to the center. But there was only one guard and a sign-in book.

Inside, red digital clocks on the walls showed the time in Istanbul, Baghdad, Islamabad, Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney. Although billboard-size video screens on the walls showed multiple cable news shows, there was little noise in the basketball-court-sized main workroom. Each desk had dual computer screens and earphones to hear the video soundtrack. Conferences were held in smaller workrooms divided by glass walls from the windowless main room.

Round the clock, the targeters from Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection agency analyze information from multiple sources, not just ATS. They compare names to terrorist watch lists and mine the Treasury Enforcement Communications System and other automated systems that bring data about cargo, travelers and commercial workers entering or leaving the 317 U.S. ports, searching for suspicious people and cargo.

Almost every person entering and leaving the United States by air, sea or land is assessed based on ATS' analysis of their travel records and other data, including items such as where they are from, how they paid for tickets, their motor vehicle records, past one-way travel, seating preference and what kind of meal they ordered.

Government officials could not say whether ATS has apprehended any terrorists. Based on all the information available to them, federal agents turn back about 45 foreign criminals a day at U.S. borders, according to Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection spokesman Bill Anthony. He could not say how many were spotted by ATS.

Officials described how the system works: applying rules learned from experience with the activities and characteristics of terrorists and criminals to the traveler data. But they would not describe in detail the format in which border agents see the results or in which the databases store the results of the ATS risk assessments.

Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Paul Rosenzweig told reporters Friday they could call it scoring. "It can be reduced to a number," he said, but he clearly preferred the longer description about how the rules are used.

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On the Net:

DHS privacy impact statement: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy...pia_cbp_ats.pdf

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_...veler_screening

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Jeb · December 2, 2006

EUSWX midwestern posters put eastcoast posters to shame...BIG TIME, by buckeye

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=88699

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER AT EUSWX FORUMS, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THIS THREAD......

Your Handy Guide to Being a Totally Annoying Weenie, 2006-2007 edition, by JamieO

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=115012

U.S. and Guyana probe chemical threat to airlines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061202/ts_nm/...lines_guyana_dc

Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling

http://health.yahoo.com/topic/nutrition/fo...RZtQlccA9YYu7cF

Kanye West Cuts Hair For Fendi?

http://www.prohiphop.com/2006/12/kanye_west_cuts.html

Mplanet 2006 - Day 3 (The Final Day)

http://www.smallbusinessbranding.com/627/m...006-coverage-2/

Powder Kicks

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/02/powder-kicks/

Likeminds, Coffee and Community

http://www.marketingpopculture.com/the_spa...inds_coffe.html

Yahoo Strip Mining Google Answers

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10437

More Google AdWords Quality Score Ahead

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10445

Meet Ben Wills at SES Chicago - Free Beer!

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/me...-free-beer.html

Creating A CRM Data Capture Procedure Checklist

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...eChecklist.html

Interactive Features On Trusted Branded Sites

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...andedSites.html

Quality Score Questions For Nick Fox, Google

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...kFoxGoogle.html

Le Web 3 Sold Out

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...eb3soldout.html

Second Life And Internet Marketing

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...tMarketing.html

Smaller Barriers To Increase Conversion Rates

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...rsionRates.html

Google And IU Strive For Net Trust

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...orNetTrust.html

A Big Hug to Our Sponsors and Readers

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/02/a-big...rs-and-readers/

Ok, Now I Get JPG Magazine

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/02/ok-no...t-jpg-magazine/

http://www.jpgmag.com/

WikiMatrix Allows Side-By-Side Wiki Comparison

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/02/wikim...iki-comparison/

links for 2006-12-02

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/links_for_20061.html

Religious leader: Curbing social ills takes bipartisanship

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/02/dem...o.ap/index.html

Aging rockers set to lose copyrights

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/0...reut/index.html

Chavez vows he'll outdo himself in new term

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...n.ap/index.html

Prosecutors: Grandma ran drugs to support bingo habit

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/01/pot.grandma.ap/index.html

Tribe bans church protest at soldier's funeral

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/02/funeral.p...t.ap/index.html

Remains of silenced teen witness found

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/02/witness.k...d.ap/index.html

Diocese nears break with Episcopal Church

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/02/episcopal...n.ap/index.html

Hundreds protest bridegroom's killing by police

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/02/police.sh...g.ap/index.html

Killer storm leaves thousands without power

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/02/wint...r.ap/index.html

Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/02/...eper/index.html

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Jeb · December 4, 2006

Rubik's Cube Superman

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=a624...653&cache=1

Pinochet has heart attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061203/ts_nm/chile_pinochet_dc

4 die in Missouri as temperatures plunge

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_.../wintry_weather

Yahoo Gets Trashed By Users

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/yahoo...ashed-by-users/

Gifttagging Widget Helps You Get Gifts You Actually Want

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/giftt...-actually-want/

http://www.gifttagging.com/

Web 2.0: The Poster

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/web-20-the-poster/

Apple iPhone Details From Kevin Rose

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/apple...rom-kevin-rose/

PayPerPost Chronicles Their Amorality

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/paype...heir-amorality/

links for 2006-12-02

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/links_for_20061.html

dzone - fresh links for developers

http://www.dzone.com/

links for 2006-12-03

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_1.html

links for 2006-12-04

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/lin...or_20061_2.html

CompUSA.com - RSS Feeds

"daily specials, advertised specials etc"

http://www.compusa.com/help/rss_feeds.asp

Five Blogging Dead Ends to Avoid

http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pub...d=1164896312375

'Gray Lady' gets digital, mobile upgrade

http://news.com.com/2300-1025_3-6140208-1....8&subj=news

Air, ground search for missing CNET editor continues

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6140265.ht...0&subj=news

All roads lead to the LA Auto Show

http://news.com.com/2009-11389_3-6139356.h...0&subj=news

Sound systems for home theaters

http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6140031-1....1&subj=news

IRS taxation of online game virtual assets inevitable

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6140298.ht...0&subj=news

The News Is Moving

http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/03/the-news-is-moving/

Inukshuk - the model for a new agency

http://webwalker.ca/2006/12/03/inukshuk-th...r-a-new-agency/

The Sunday Morning Paper

http://www.marketing.fm/2006/12/03/the-sunday-morning-paper/

Blogging Search Engine Strategies Chicago

http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/12/bloggin...tegies-chicago/

Colorado Businesswomen Busted for Public Self-Gratification

http://www.strumpette.com/archives/250-Col...tification.html

More Google AdWords Quality Score Ahead

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10445

David Bonderman and the Long Tail of Investment Videos on YouTube

http://www.marketingshift.com/2006/12/davi...-investment.cfm

SEO Videos for Beginners

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/se...-beginners.html

Hadley: Bush knows changes needed in Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/03/hadley/index.html

Boy killed by holiday parade float

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/03/float.death.ap/index.html

Typhoon death toll may be 'thousands'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/0...hoon/index.html

Dancing penguin beats up 007 at the box office

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...e.ap/index.html

350,000 without power in icy Midwest

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/03/wint...r.ap/index.html

Friend says he knows who poisoned former Soviet spy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/03...p.ap/index.html

Hillary Clinton discussing presidential bid

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/03/hillary/index.html

Fire burns 5 California homes; hundreds more in danger

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/03/cal.fire.ap/index.html

Losing Lebanon

The U.S. once saw it as a hope for democracy in the Middle East. Now the country is veering toward civil war. Here's how it all went wrong

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...00.html?cnn=yes

Pfizer shares could dive after drug failure

Analysts say shares could fall from 5 to 25 percent after safety concerns bring trials of heralded cholesterol drug to an abrupt end.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/03/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Rally hits choppy waters

The four-month-and-counting stock advance suffered a setback last week. The week ahead could be pivotal.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/01/markets/su...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Google enrolls teachers in online software crusade

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/03/go...n.ap/index.html

E. coli outbreak sickens 15 in New Jersey

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/03/ecoli...k.ap/index.html

Election officials: Chavez wins by wide margin

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/...n.ap/index.html

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Jeb · December 5, 2006

3 members of missing family found alive

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_.../missing_family

Trucker convicted in immigrants' deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_re_us/truck_bodies

What Not to Buy for the Holidays

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/raskin/5930

FIRES THAT AMERICA CAN'T PUT OUT

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/midatla...l/message/18264

T H E A M E R I C A N N I G H T M A R E

FIRES THAT AMERICA CAN'T PUT OUT

Should you ever find yourself walking through the burned out forest in the dead of a very cold winter just outside what use to be Centralia, Pennsylvania, and feel like your feet are on fire, it's by no means an illusion. Just a few feet below the ground upon which you are walking, the earth is literally blazing with fire. It's an underground fire that now covers dozens of square miles. As pictured below, this fire has literally consumed the City of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and it now threatens Ashland, Pa, and other surrounding cities. If you continue walking you will eventually pass by several open fiery pits, which continue to belch fire and brimstone (sulfur) after forty years. The noxious fumes will make you ill.

http://www.really-bad-news.com/114609.html

Azureus Launches Zudeo For Finding And Sharing Video

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/azureus-launches-zudeo/

CNBC Relaunches: Heavy Focus on Video

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/cnbc-...focus-on-video/

Has The Exodus From Yahoo Begun?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/has-t...om-yahoo-begun/

AskCity Launches. It’s Cool.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/askci...nches-its-cool/

http://city.ask.com/city

Another Crazy Music Model

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/anoth...zy-music-model/

Bluepulse 2.0 Does Not Disappoint

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/bluep...not-disappoint/

http://www2.bluepulse.com/

Yahoo Wants Free Reporting

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/yahoo...free-reporting/

Britney Owns Yahoo Searches…Again

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/britn...searches-again/

Another Social Networking Video Site

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/anoth...ing-video-site/

http://vodpod.com/beta_home

Cisco CEO Says Every Business Will Emulate YouTube

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/cisco_ceo_says_.html

Three Sites Offer Benefits to Consumers Who View Online Ads

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/three_sites_off.html

Company accused of selling fake antispyware settles suit

http://news.com.com/2100-7350_3-6140656.ht...0&subj=news

Say what? Segway inventor no "naive tree hugger"

http://news.com.com/2061-11729_3-6140680.h...0&subj=news

Dell sells premium energy-efficient servers

http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-6140669.ht...0&subj=news

Video: Rescuers find Kim family members; search continues for editor

http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6140674.html?...0&subj=news

Apple gets closer to Proximity

http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6140687.h...0&subj=news

SES Chicago: Conversation Creators

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...onCreators.html

Does Your Blog Provide Link Bait?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...deLinkBait.html

Posts That Share With Others - Link Roundups

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...nkRoundups.html

CNET Wrong About Digg Optimization

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...timization.html

Yahoo The Next AOL?

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtal...TheNextAOL.html

Yahoo TV Changes To Peanut Butter Channel

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/m...terChannel.html

SES: Your Video Wants A Meta Tag

http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/s...tsAMetaTag.html

Update: Apple IPhone Details

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...oneDetails.html

The (Focused) Future Of Google?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...reOfGoogle.html

Is Nike+iPod Sports Kit Tracking You?

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...rackingYou.html

Facebook More Popular Than Google

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...ThanGoogle.html

Google Goes To The Middle East

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/...MiddleEast.html

Lexus December To Remember - I’m Annoyed

http://www.caffeinemarketing.com/business-...ber-im-annoyed/

'Prison Break' Prisoners Spotted in Portugal

http://www.adrants.com/2006/12/prison-brea...-in-portuga.php

Canadian Greenpeace Spoofs South Park

http://www.caffeinemarketing.com/televisio...ofs-south-park/

Lexus F Stands For Fast Innovation

http://www.caffeinemarketing.com/products/...ast-innovation/

Look honey, it’s Web 1.0!

http://3i.wildfirestrategy.com/2006/12/04/...ney-its-web-10/

Baidu Entering Japanese Market

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/10453

Can I be a Fresh Egg Intern Too?

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ca...intern-too.html

Ask.com Launches AskCity

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/as...es-askcity.html

iProspect Tops List of Best SEM Firms, iCrossing Largest

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ip...ng-largest.html

Yahoo Study Shows Benefits of Combining Search with Display Ads

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/ya...isplay-ads.html

Great Britain’s Online Ad Growth Higher than United States

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/12/gr...ted-states.html

The Future of Web Ads Is in Britain

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/technolo...iXjT/dXO3/7VV4Q

Choosing A Framework For Web Development

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...evelopment.html

Tips For Writing A Compelling Resume

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...lingResume.html

Why Intranet Search Fails

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...earchFails.html

Getting Started In The Forex Market

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...orexMarket.html

Mysterious Lockups

http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/e...ousLockups.html

Molester blames wife's bingo habit

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/04/bingo.mo...r.ap/index.html

Police shoot, kill teen Playstation robbery suspect

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/04/teen.shot.ap/index.html

Spy's poison lurks in most everyone

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.c...t-everyone.html

San Francisco family found alive, father still missing

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/04/missing.f...y.ap/index.html

Clooney: Night with DeVito was 'brutal'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/...o.ap/index.html

Ads spur eating disorders, premature drinking, docs say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/04/docto...s.ap/index.html

Senator's wife in hiding after deportation threat

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/04/con...e.ap/index.html

Bush: 'I'm not happy' about Bolton's resignation

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/04/bol...igns/index.html

Clinton leads '08 pack; 'electability' in question

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/04/cli...8.ap/index.html

NASA wants permanent moon base

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/04/m...base/index.html

E. coli sickens 22 in New Jersey; 14 ill in Long Island

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/04/ecoli...k.ap/index.html

Surf the Web before hitting the slopes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/12/...i.ap/index.html

Christmas in your bathing suit

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATION...k.ap/index.html

Study: Racial graduation divide at BCS schools

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/04/bc...s.ap/index.html

Crowd chants, Court takes on race in schools

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/04/scotus.race.ap/index.html

Dual cholesterol therapy still being tested, despite Pfizer failure

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/04/chole...g.ap/index.html

Shuttle crew ready for 'night show'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/04/s...e.ap/index.html

Man on death row 'nuttier than a fruitcake,' inmates say

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/04/virginia...n.ap/index.html

Meredith Vieira's smooth moves

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/04/a...a.ap/index.html

Bush administration to be cartoon

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/04/t...reut/index.html

Hopes fade for mudslide survivors

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/0...n.ap/index.html

Relief still days away in Midwest storm blackout

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/12/04/wint...r.ap/index.html

Bolton's Goodbye: Bowing to the Inevitable

Some opponents were softening, but the controversial U.N. ambassador's resignation is yet another sign of the changed political landscape after Nov. 7

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

The Second Time Around for Bob Gates

As Bush's choice for new Secretary of Defense gets ready to face Senate hearings, he can be sure of one thing: It will be a lot easier than 15 years ago

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...00.html?cnn=yes

When Big Pharma gets too big

The meltdown at Pfizer demonstrates that too many pharmaceutical giants have too much riding on a handful of potential drugs, argues Fortune's John Simons.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/04/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

Big mergers, big rally

Major gauges surge, with S&P 500 hitting new six-year high, as investors welcome deals and falling oil and shrug off Pfizer.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/04/markets/ma...dex.htm?cnn=yes

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