Tag Archives: Appeared

Murder, She Wrote Reboot Scrapped

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It was one of the most popular shows of the 80s and 90s.  Murder, She Wrote portrayed Jessica Fletcher, who was a mystery novelist that secretly worked part-time as a crime detective. Between...

Why Investors Should Worry About Cleantech’s Response To 60 Minutes

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Two weeks ago, 60 Minutes aired a 14-minute segment called “The Cleantech Crash.” The segment was not well-received by the cleantech industry. Climate Progress dismissed it as a “hit job.”...

Drew Barrymore has No Regrets

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Actress Drew Barrymore appeared in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. as a child actor. What happened after that is another story. She entered rehab at the young age of 13 for drug abuse and alcoholism. Then...

Microsoft Pays Youtubers To Promote Xbox One?

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Popular game video maker Machinima apparently ran an endorsement giving Youtubers were a special bonus for promoting the Xbox One, Ars Technica reports. Suggestions of the promotion first appeared on...

Maria Conchita Alonso evicted from Vagina Monologues after Controversial Ad

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She has appeared on screen countless times. Female thespian, Maria Conchita Alonso has played roles in The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Moscow on the Hudson alongside Robbin Williams. A...

Giuliani Rancic Receives Inappropriate Reply

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Jennifer Lawrence made a dazzling appearance at the show wearing a Christian Dior dress that did full justice to her fine figure. And though her ornamental apparel was beyond beautiful, it was the...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling

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By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...

Proposing A Compelling OSCON Talk

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By Simon St. Laurent The OSCON call for proposals closes on January 30th. I’ve seen some great explanations of how to write a conference proposal generally, and my co-chair Matthew McCullough has an...
    






Big Data Systems Are Making A Difference In The Fight Against Cancer

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By Ben Lorica As open source, big data tools enter the early stages of maturation, data engineers and data scientists will have many opportunities to use them to “work on stuff that matters.” Along...