http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/05/apple-store-under-louvres-glass-pyramid-gets-the-green-light?source=yahoo_quote Apple’s application to build a store in Paris – its first in France – has been approved, according to the French financial daily La Tribune. The location: the Carrousel du Louvre, prime retail space under the pyramid that dominates Napoleon’s courtyard at the museum’s grand entrance. Oh, yes. OH, YES. Apple + Paris = […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_re_ca/canada_medical_test_shortage_1 The Canadian “Tory” government is behaving in a short-sighted, rather Republican manner with regards to a nuclear situation from December. A nuclear watchdog agency realised the plant safety feature had been disabled, and ordered a shut down. The government went all Han Solo, PR-wise, and legislated it back to operation, citing a dearth of […]
The Rosetta Stone
http://www.citrinitas.com/history_of_viscom/images/alphabet/rosetta.html A representation of a very famous history-defining artifact. No explanation offered, and none needed. (Well, not here, anyway.)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071223/ap_on_an/mortgage_crisis_4;_ylt=AqoF6PEcw.Dhgi6aibG7AQAE1vAI After a slow and stumbling start, official Washington is scrambling to try to prevent the unfolding mortgage crisis from pushing the country into recession during an election year. There is a strong feeling, though, that the government will need to do more to avert a financial disaster. Congratulations, George W. Bush! An unwinnable war […]
timesofmalta.com
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=272522 With a single bluefin worth as much as $150,000 on the Tokyo market, UN experts say Italian and Russian organised crime is involved. A purse-seine boat can cost up to $500,000. The world conservation body WWF has alleged that mafia-owned fishing operations launder money from other activities and exploit official fishing subsidies. A sad […]
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http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8384/texasdeerstand2cv7.jpg Red-state America, illustrated: