China Wikipedia and Censorship’s Perils
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- China Wikipedia and Censorship’s Perils
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- The Ultimate Buy Signal
- Alan Coren star of radio comedy dies of cancer aged 69
- Water can really drain a city’s resources
China Wikipedia and Censorship’s Perils
BusinessWeek – Oct 20, 2007
With the majority of users now from Taiwan and Hong Kong many people have shown more interest in local issues and Japanese pop culture than Chinese history or philosophy. Confucius is practically neglected next to Initial D a popular Japanese comic book. The discussions and entries for the latter are more active than for the icon of Chinese philosophy. The once-lively exchange of stories and culture has slowed too.
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Asheville Citizen-Times – Oct 20, 2007
“That’s Jonathan Andersen’s favorite line in the Appalachian State University alumni video turned YouTube. com sensation and according to Wikipedia an Internet phenomenon. Andersen a junior at Furman posted the video titled “Appalachian University is HT HT HT” almost two years ago. Since then it’s been viewed close to 695000 times appeared on VH1 and landed a page on Wikipedia. org a user-generated online encyclopedia.
The Ultimate Buy Signal
fool.com – Oct 20, 2007
Cued by a phrase I must have read or heard I wanted to know what somebody somewhere was claiming to be the “ultimate buy signal. ” Between a quick Web search and the appropriate Wikipedia page I got a very interesting answer. I discovered the “. ” I won’t go into the whole theory of this particular buy signal but Wikipedia explains the payoff in these terms: A buy signal occurs when: Bullish divergence between price and the oscillator is observed meaning prices make new lows but the oscillator doesn’t.
Alan Coren star of radio comedy dies of cancer aged 69
Independent – Oct 20, 2007
He told one recent edition of the show that he regularly changed his date of birth in his entry on Wikipedia the internet encylopaedia to make himself look younger. Coren who was diagnosed with cancer only recently died at home surrounded by his wife Anne and their children Giles and Victoria who are both journalists. Last night friends and colleagues paid tribute to a man whose career encompassed the editorship of the satirical magazine Punch writing children’s books and a column for The Times and the development of various comedy screenplays. Mark Damazer the Radio 4 controller said: "Alan was the heartbeat of The News Quiz the man around whom so much turned for nearly 30 years. It was not only that he was consistently brilliantly funny but above and beyond that his humour burst with humanity and warmth.
Water can really drain a city’s resources
Hindu – Oct 20, 2007
“In countries with modern sewage treatment systems wastewater discharges from households are frequently contaminated with other substances – ranging from detergents to pesticides and caustic plumbing agents – which families dump into their sinks and toilets. ”It may be of interest to know who invented the WC. “Despite urban legend Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) did not invent the flush toilet” says Wikipedia. “Credit is usually given to Sir John Harington in 1596 with Alexander Cummings’ 1775 toilet regarded as the first of the modern line and George Jennings installing the first public toilets at The Great Exhibition in 1851. ”Crapper a plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co. in London held nine patents three of them for water closet improvements such as the floating ballcock but none were for the flush toilet itself.
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