Michele's Movie Center

Researchers find rare giant turtle in Vietnam

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:57:51 +0000

CLEVELAND - Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam — a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance. Swinhoe’s soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild. Three other turtles of the species are in captivity…

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Seattle P-I Journalist gets American Idol wrong

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:56:03 +0000

Why I
’m taking time out of my day to respond to Regina Hackett’s drive-by smear job of Randy Jackson in the Seattle-PI is beyond me. But although I’m just a casual American Idol fan, I have a soft spot for Randy because it’s so obvious how hard he must have worked during his career as a session musician, record producer and executive….

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Monster hunter gone wii, gamespot going soft

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:53:43 +0000

several interesting blog post on some hot topics.

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Ebay Sues Craigslist

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Ebay has filed suit against its business partner Craigslist. Ebay claims that Craigslist is diluting their stake in the company. This can get very ugly quickly. We will see how it all plays out in the coming weeks.

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Arabs move in where Israelis fear to tread

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:49:45 +0000

Arab collaborators willingly move into Sderot facing the rocket fire coming from Gaza.

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Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:45:50 +0000

The next frontier for global war? Our largest political struggle in the coming decades?

China’s lust for Tibet? The Earth’s most important resource? Energy to create clean water from what source?

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Runners Rejoice: Nike+ Coming to iPhone and iPod Touch

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:43:54 +0000

The interesting bit here is that the Nike+ on the iPhone or iPod touch could allow you to update your training long on the fly, while you are in the middle of a workout. Head out for your run and send in your data via wireless without having to connect to your computer at all. Convenient!

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LG Voyager coming to Sprint, AT&T this year?

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:39:53 +0000

Korea’s Electronic Times is quoting a mysterious LG “official” as saying that the company’s Voyager — the high-end touchscreen flipper currently on Verizon — will be making the leap to both AT&T and Sprint before the year’s out. Although that isn’t necessarily an outlandish thing to believe (Verizon’s exclusivity period probably

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Google Adds "Forms" To Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:24:00 +0000

For the productivity geeks, this a totally rad and welcome feature addition. Instead of having to create and share a spreadsheet for simple group data collection, you can now create a form and share or email it - and the corresponding data will be automatically populated in your Google spreadsheet. Sweet.

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Who Are The Ron Paulers?

Noble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:22:08 +0000

….You may have recently begun to read about this Ron Paul character in the news. In addition to wondering who Ron Paul is, you may also be curious who these Ron Paul people are? Who are these guys running around frantically flooding website comments, waving signs and contributing to record breaking “money bombs?” And why do they care so much abou

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