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Why design a high-tech lightweight car and make it four times as heavy as the competition? In a footnote, the Times sources its chart to How Stuff Works, where D found the following sentence: Even though the body is sculpted in carbon fiber to minimize its mass, the car weighs in at about 4,300 pounds (1,950 kg). For comparison, a Dodge Viper weighs about 1,000 pounds (454 kg) less. [Emph. added] That's more like it. ... Not hard to tell what happened here. The LAT can't even steal straight! ... Desperate attempt to find Larger Significance in this incident: Here's a question for MoveOn and everyone whining about the Times staff reductions: Is it more likely that this minor howler resulted from a) corporate layoffs and staff cuts that have left the Times with too few editors to do a good job; or b) a history of bloat and lassitude that have left the Times with too many non-good** editors who should be laid off? **--Four layers of "experienced Times editors," according to the late David Shaw's famous anti-blogging article--which might as well have been subtitled "Invitation to a Layoff." 9:54 P.M.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Remy Ma's Girlfriend? Pap Assault Vid?!...
From what I understand, he's part of an up-and-coming production company named Medinah Ent. What I have also been blessed with is that Tasleema, another Medinah act wrote the song for the sexy, sexy, sexy (you have to hear the song to get it) Janet. He has also done work for Wynter Gordon, who is an artist on Atlantic Records and also "Mama I Want To Sing," which is a new movie with Ciara, Patti LaBelle, and Lynn Whitfield. Now, there is no beef or anything, because D'Mile is actively and currently working with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. So, it's all good!
OH YEAH. There has been some supposed report from CNN saying that Janet's song is the biggest and most popular downloaded leak record ever...um…I have been conferring with people and nobody can seem to produce a link to this report.
RFID platform boosts Debenhams' profits
Department store chain Debenhams has credited investment in a new IT platform and its ecommerce website for helping to boost annual profits to �131.4m. Pre-tax profits are up 11.5 per cent for the 12 months ended 30 September 2007, while sales also increased by 5.1 per cent to �2.3bn as the Debenhams revival continues. Rob Templeman, Debenhams CEO, said in a statement: "Despite wider concerns about the macro economic environment and how this will impact on the retail sector, we are confident that the changes we are making throughout Debenhams are benefiting the business. Our new autumn/winter ranges are being well received and this, together with the refitting of stores and previous investment in a new IT platform and distribution centre, is improving the customer experience." silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Who thinks we need a law to make English the official language of government. What American legislature is conducting business in some other language? And then he says that bureaucracy is destructive, after suggesting we bureaucratize the speaking of English. Dear, oh dear. But, too much talk about issue! Must talk about horse races! Gingrich says Romney has more delegates than anyone–I think that's wrong, actually! Yes. I am right. Here's the delegate count. Note Romney's use of Enron accounting. Also note that this story comes from ABC News! You'd think maybe someone there would tell Stephanopoulos that his own news division has a different answer. Gingrich thinks the "open" Hillary is better than the "austere" Hillary, and that it was strange to identify herself with LBJ.
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These retailers know how to sort things out
Arranged around the themes of its six fragrance lines, once a customer finds a fragrance she likes in one product, she can easily find on the web site all the other products in that fragrance family. Indeed, repeat and loyal customers--referred to as family members at Brooklyn, N.Y.-based CarolsDaughter.com--are a big part of the company`s success. Carols Daughter uses its web site to create a community, for instance by inviting visitors to join a "friends of the family" club that offers discounts and special privileges for a fee of $25 per year. Darren Orlando, director of direct to consumer sales, says family membership has grown to 8,000 in the last several years. As part of the retailer`s close-knit approach, customers are regularly sent e-mails that alert them to new store openings, inform them about new products or provide personal messages from the company`s founder, Lisa Price.
Premiers cite job losses to pressure PM
They get the same as everyone else even though they don't need it.
Wonder what Harper's plan would be if the West suffered another draught and crop failures. Do ALL provinces and territories get monies then? Posted 11/01/08 at 2:18 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Coders Going Mercenary: From Community to Corporation
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