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September 03, 2008 News and Trends

Trends in international markets for tropical produce

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:32:47 PDT
Trends in the tropical products cocoa, coffee, rubber and cotton indicate that after decades of slow but sustained growth in price, consumption, production and stock levels, there might be erratic but dramatic increases in these parameters coming up.

Things I Found in BackType This Morning

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:21:23 PDT
I posted yesterday about BackType and, spending some more time with it, I am really excited about the one thing I think is most important about this tool above all else: Discovery! Yesterday I talked about how you can find new blogs by following some movers and shakers in your niche with BackType. You follow on BackType just like Twitter. The layout and interface is much the same, so it should be easy to use and understand for anyone who also has a Twitter account. What I am finding today is

DCI, Highway Africa, UP Journalism Course, Cracking the Digital Code

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:21:46 PDT
The next two weeks are going to be pretty busy. On Sunday the 3rd Digital Citizens Indaba takes place at Rhodes Univerisity, Grahamstown. The DCI started while I was teaching at Rhodes and contributed to significant volumes of grey hair for myself and Colin Daniels, the organiser. The event is one of the few pan-African citizen media forums that focus on blogging and activism and is always a lot of fun. I’ll be speaking at the closing of the event and giving a brief wrap-up of the key issue

GameSetLinks: Collectors Beware, Pac-Man Is Here

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:52 PDT
Y'know, those pesky GameSetLinks are back again, headed by, OK, a DVD-related article on how you file, stamp, and annex your movie collection, but one that's wholly applicable to games, too - at least in the pre-digital era. Also hanging out in here - the inevitable Billy Mitchell Pac-Man article, some cool Japanese music phones that one could imagine being used for game purposes, a couple of classy 1UP articles (on game addiction and Itagaki), and largish amounts of other things. Links link

Functional Products & Remodeling Trends Will Spur Growth in Home Furnishings, According to a New Report by Global ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:01:00 PDT
Innovative ideas, lifestyle trends, remodeling, discretionary income and ongoing cycle of home maintenance will offer a solid base for continued demand of home furnishings amid a slower housing construction industry. Increase in number of households influenced the demand for myriad home furnishings products, while television programs and magazines have rekindle interest in home decorating.

Sample News Group buys 3 dailies from GateHouse (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:12:46 PDT
Sample News Group has purchased three daily newspapers from GateHouse Media Inc. The Pennsylvania-based newspaper chain bought The Morning Times of Sayre, Pa., The Standard-Journal of Milton, Pa., and the Palladium-Times of Oswego, N.Y.

Update on Deep Brain Stimulation The Corpus Callosum]

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:32:48 PDT
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) currently is under investigation for treatment of sever, treatment-resistant depression (TRD). It is not really news. I wrote about it in 2005. The background information in the earlier post still is pertinent, so I won't repeat that now. Briefly, though, the treatment consists of surgical implantation of a pacemaker-like device. The device has wires that go into the brain (area 25, the subgenual cingulate area). The study reported in 2005 was promising, but

The World's Famous Dog Breeds - Dog Apparels

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:50:37 PDT
Famous Designer dog apparels for your puppy has been on the trend nowadays since domesticated dogs have become used to living indoors with their human owners. Keep your dog in the peak of fashionable dog clothing. Clothes are an ideal way to show your fondness towards your pet.

Cape Coral Library: You'll long to devour these short stories (The News-Press)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:19:57 PDT
Short stories are always appealing, especially to those who don't have the time to read a full novel.

Latest Trend : Japanese Hairstyles

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:31:05 PDT
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