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April 09, 2008 News and Trends
Few Changes
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:36:03 PDT
Well its been quite a while since updates , ive been busy . Due to very few tutorial updates , i have decided to change the theme a little . Ive added sIFR to the post headings and sidebar headings. So what’s sIFR , well its basically a browser text replacement script. It is used to replace all those dull fonts that are what i say ” Universally Lame ” . sIFR is and abbreviation of (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) , it uses flash to replace the text with flash using javascript. Some details
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Canada - Mortgage Insurance is NOT a sure thing
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:10 PST
"MarketPlace" was broadcasted on Feb 6 and re-ran on CBC NewsWorld on Feb 9. It was about claims made and declined by the major banks (and their underwriter Canada Life) regarding mortgage insurance that the borrowers took when they assumed their mortgage.Link: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/in_denial/
WaMu doles out more gloomy news to shareholders (Houston Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:46:41 PDT
Washington Mutual heaped more bad news on its beleaguered employees and shareholders Tuesday.
The Black Swan
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:46:06 PDT
The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, has been on my nightstand for a little over a week now, and I'm nearly finished. The book makes many interesting points, but the most important is that we, as a species, royally suck at making predictions. We are good at looking back on things that happened and trying our best to tease out a narrative on why that happened. But we are really really bad at looking ahead and guessing. He says that the highly improbable events that shape are lives are impos
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:36:03 PDT
Well its been quite a while since updates , ive been busy . Due to very few tutorial updates , i have decided to change the theme a little . Ive added sIFR to the post headings and sidebar headings. So what’s sIFR , well its basically a browser text replacement script. It is used to replace all those dull fonts that are what i say ” Universally Lame ” . sIFR is and abbreviation of (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) , it uses flash to replace the text with flash using javascript. Some details
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Canada - Mortgage Insurance is NOT a sure thing
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:10 PST
"MarketPlace" was broadcasted on Feb 6 and re-ran on CBC NewsWorld on Feb 9. It was about claims made and declined by the major banks (and their underwriter Canada Life) regarding mortgage insurance that the borrowers took when they assumed their mortgage.Link: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/in_denial/
WaMu doles out more gloomy news to shareholders (Houston Chronicle)
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:46:41 PDT
Washington Mutual heaped more bad news on its beleaguered employees and shareholders Tuesday.
The Black Swan
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:46:06 PDT
The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, has been on my nightstand for a little over a week now, and I'm nearly finished. The book makes many interesting points, but the most important is that we, as a species, royally suck at making predictions. We are good at looking back on things that happened and trying our best to tease out a narrative on why that happened. But we are really really bad at looking ahead and guessing. He says that the highly improbable events that shape are lives are impos
