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POPSGod Sabotaged The LHC, Say Scientists Neilsen added: “It must be our prediction that all Higgs producing machines shall have bad luck. rather hates Higgs particles, and attempts to avoid them.” What an odd twist of events in the hunt for the illusive Boson! *LOL* I've seen several lectures by Holger Bech Nielsen and the man has a BRILLIANT mind, there's no doubt about that, although you would be excused, if your first impression of him was, that he was mentally challenged. He's a genius bordering insanity kind of fellow. Anyway, when I first read this article, I thought he must be kidding and making a joke, but that he'd actually write a paper on this theory, makes me think he's deadly serious. Stay tuned, people. Reality is so much weirder than fiction. .:)
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POPSAre kids under 13 watching YouTube? You bet they are, and by a wide margin over the leading childrens content providers. So should YouTube do more to protect kids? Perhaps. But as this article suggests, there are many positives as well. For me, its come down to diligently monitoring my kids web time and placing the computer in our kitchen; its provided both web safety teaching moments as well as some great family bonding.
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POPSReviews are the Next Social Media Revolution I love learning about trends and trendwatching is a great source of my addiction. It also helps you stay on top of the small business/marketing wave! This article looks at a coming (some might say already present) wave of reviews that will be powered by social media like twitter and facebook. Long gone will be the traditional advertising tricks. Yeah! Read on and rise up you social media, reviewing revolutionaries...
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POPSA Tour to 'Yahoo Office in Japan' Some photos of the inside of the Yahoo! Japan Office. According to Web traffic analysis companies (including Compete.com, comScore,Alexa Internet, Netcraft, and Nielsen Ratings), the domain yahoo.com attracted at least 1.575 billion visitors annually by 2008.
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POPSNewspaper Sites Show Growth(!) I hope this is true, but I'm skeptical. First, NAoA is behind the report (with Nielsen). Second, i'll buy the big number (sorta) of people visiting the sites but i just can't believe the engagement percentages...they are off the charts.
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POPSBig Beck: Goes Over 3 Million Viewers Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers: Big Beck: Goes over 3 million viewers, beats O'Reilly in demo: Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 " Though a little scandal might alienate advertisers, it's pure ratings gold. Last night Glenn Beck had over 3 million viewers at 5pm, second only to O'Reilly for the night. Memeorandum Discussion: Kevin Allocca / TVNewser: Fox Tops Ratings During Kennedy Coverage; CNN Sees Boost Hal / Conservatives4Palin.com: Glenn Beck Goes Over Three Million Viewers for Wednesday Show Allahpundit / Hot Air: Glenn Beck to Michelle: Is Obama building his own massive civilian … Joe Garofoli / SFGate: Anyone had enough Ted Kennedy coverage? Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org: Glenn Beck Wins Wednesday's Cable News Ratings Battle Erick Erickson / Erick's blog: How's That Glenn Beck Boycott Working Out For You Pathetic Leftists? http://www.memeorandum.com/
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POPSAll in The Family The #1 Nielsen rated program from 1971 to 1976, All In The Family is quite simply one of the greatest television programs in history. Inspired by The Honeymooners and The Flintstones, All In The Family features its own loud-mouthed
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POPS2.8 Million People Left Behind Despite a year-long effort by the government, broadcasters and cable operators to warn people of the digital-TV switch, about 2.8 million households remained completely unprepared as of Wednesday, according to Nielsen Co. Older Americans were more prepared than the national average, Nielsen found, but younger people and African-American and Hispanic households continued to lag behind. Originally scheduled for February the conversion was postponed until Friday June 11th because Obama and Congress felt that TOO MANY were not prepared. Well guess what those same people were still not prepared. I find the statistics interesting in the groups of people who were least prepared. Apparently these slackers where hoping for yet ANOTHER DELAY. They can not say they were not warned, And yet they still failed to prepare for the inevitable. That seems to be the nations Achilles heal sloth and lack of preparation.
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POPSAssorted Quotes from a blog sidebar... MORE: “Never believe in a meritocracy in which no one is funny-looking.” (Teresa Nielsen Hayden) “True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred.” (Abdal-Hakim Murad) “To live is to war against the trolls.” (Henrik Ibsen) “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett)