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  • Report: Cadillac XTS production to start at Oshawa in early 2012

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    Detroit-bound Cadillac Concept Teaser – Click above to enlarge

    Early next Tuesday morning, Cadillac will unveil a concept version of its new XTS flagship at the Detroit Auto Show. A report from Canada’s CTV now says that production of the XTS will begin at General Motors‘ Oshawa, Ontario assembly plant in early 2012. Rumors of a Cadillac to be produced at the plant east of Toronto first began circulating last July. The XTS will join the Chevrolet Impala and Camaro as well as the new Buick Regal at the facility. The XTS is expected to be based on the Epsilon II platform but with all-wheel-drive.

    The addition of the Cadillac and the Buick could necessitate an extra shift at the factory which would likely result in 750-1,000 of GM’s previously laid-off workers being recalled. Last year, GM closed an adjacent Oshawa factory that had been building full-size pickup trucks.

    [Source: CTV]

    Report: Cadillac XTS production to start at Oshawa in early 2012 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Flechas y Pedradas: Peter, Paul, & Mary

    So, I’m back from Spain by way of Indiana and the cold (at least in Indiana) harsh reality of my return is setting in: not much is different. Sure, the songs I hear on the radio or drifting out from open dorm doors aren’t acoustic covers of “Ayo Technology,” an erstwhile number-one-hit in Spain, but I can handle that. I may not be able to handle the reemergence of that Imogen Heap song that refuses to die, now as the hook of a mediocre R&B song–thank you Andy Samberg and Jason Derulo–or Britney’s newest effort to stay shocking with her, “look at me! I want to fuck two guys!” anthem that is “3”. Also Ke$ha. I can’t handle that.

    Let me revise my previous assertion: not much is different, but what is different refuses to leave me alone. It’s the minute changes that fight what otherwise might be an all-too-easy fall back into familiarity. Stern Late Night has a new name that’s almost as hip as its new tables and dimly lit atmosphere, which is either there to encourage the ambience of slick night spot or to reduce the obviousness of how drunk/high its patrons are. I live on the other side of campus from my old “home(s)” of Wilbur and Stern and so everything I walk to, I must walk to backward. What is really different? There are 1600 more people on this campus since the last time I was here, none of whom I have ever had the chance to meet. 1600 others, some of whom I knew, are gone. Both those numbers will only grow in the years to come. And that matters. Because with those leaving goes their knowledge of this place–the good and the bad.

    Institutional memory is short in a place with a rapid turnover. At businesses short on employee training, say Wal-Mart or Mcdonald’s, that doesn’t matter much. Little continuity means less chance that a sense of belonging will develop, which in turn makes any sort of organized effort to maintain traditions or fix apparent issues much less likely. That’s fine for a place concerned solely with continuing to exist, but Stanford ought to be more than that. We learn things here and in four years, we as students ought to feel like we belong here, like we are a part of something that is bigger than just us, bigger than just our classes. If there are things we want to stay the same, we should conserve them. If there are things that need changing, we should do that too.

    If we don’t, someone else will. A place short on institutional memory is a place with an identity vulnerable to assault. Be it by misguided attempts at radical reform or close-minded attempts to push conformity, all it takes are small, gradual steps that add up slowly until the place we know now disappears. How much of what I thought was normal will be gone by the time I graduate? How long would it take to make this place feel unrecognizable enough that finding my old haunts will be like sifting through a reconstructed archeological dig site?

    In the coming weeks, in this space, I’ll be looking for things about this place I love, things that I want to stay the same no matter how many years pass after I leave and for things I see now and wish were different. As the weather turns “bad” and pushes us toward introspection, I hope you’ll do the same. While you do, please find something better to listen to than innuendo so obvious it would make Madonna cry foul. And Ke$ha. Don’t listen to her. You’ll already have made Stanford and the world, a better place.

  • Google Explains Why Ad Blockers Aren’t A Problem

    Reader jorshw was the first of a few who sent in this recent NY Times article questioning how Google would deal with the fact that people are now creating ad blocking extensions for Google’s Chrome browser. What’s really telling is the comment from a Google engineering director, Linus Upson, about why this is no big deal:


    “It’s unlikely ad blockers are going to get to the level where they imperil the advertising market, because if advertising is so annoying that a large segment of the population wants to block it, then advertising should get less annoying. So I think the market will sort this out.”

    This is the exact right response to this kind of question. It’s a user-centric response that doesn’t immediately rush to the “simple” answer that ad blocking somehow “takes money” away, but realizes that if people are so intent on blocking ads — then the problem isn’t with the people blocking the ads, but with the advertising itself.

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  • MUST LISTEN: The King Has Got No Clothes by Dennis Boothby, Quadrant.org.au

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  • Ysr Ambani Death Mystery

    The TV Channel slowly revealed a few write ups from an American website stating that Ambanis hand is allegedly involved in this assassination rising to Godavari Gas Basin issue. It also revealed that thousands of crores have changed hands to suppress the news of YSR’s assassination.

    TV5 stated that a magazine by name ‘Exile’ has come up with detailed story on YSR’s assassination and alleged hand of Ambanis in it. And within a few minutes after showing this news in channel, the American website has downed the link, as stated by TV5
    A school teacher said, “It’s pity but sounding like detective novel. Had the involvement of Ambanis is proven, Reliance hardly sees its place in Andhra Pradesh”.

    “It’s a master plan of ‘big hand’ to divert people’s attention with Telangana issue. I feel that. Praful Patel said that he will bring out report on YSR’s death in the last week of November. The culprits must have got alerted and diverted the issue encouraging Telangana turmoil in Nov-Dec 2009 by manipulating CBI. They thought public memory is short. But media is there to awaken every minute”, says Ranganath, a cab driver.

    The state is now burning hot with these new found suspicions and Reliance offices are getting closed down much before stipulated time from Thursday. We have to see if they will be opened tomorrow.

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    The TV Channel slowly revealed a few write ups from an American website stating that Ambanis hand is allegedly involved in this assassination rising to Godavari Gas Basin issue. It also revealed that thousands of crores have changed hands to suppress the news of YSR’s assassination.

    TV5 stated that a magazine by name ‘Exile’ has come up with detailed story on YSR’s assassination and alleged hand of Ambanis in it. And within a few minutes after showing this news in channel, the American website has downed the link, as stated by TV5
    A school teacher said, “It’s pity but sounding like detective novel. Had the involvement of Ambanis is proven, Reliance hardly sees its place in Andhra Pradesh”.

    “It’s a master plan of ‘big hand’ to divert people’s attention with Telangana issue. I feel that. Praful Patel said that he will bring out report on YSR’s death in the last week of November. The culprits must have got alerted and diverted the issue encouraging Telangana turmoil in Nov-Dec 2009 by manipulating CBI. They thought public memory is short. But media is there to awaken every minute”, says Ranganath, a cab driver.

    The state is now burning hot with these new found suspicions and Reliance offices are getting closed down much before stipulated time from Thursday. We have to see if they will be opened tomorrow.

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  • Ysr Ambani Death Conspiracy

    The TV Channel slowly revealed a few write ups from an American website stating that Ambanis hand is allegedly involved in this assassination rising to Godavari Gas Basin issue. It also revealed that thousands of crores have changed hands to suppress the news of YSR’s assassination.

    TV5 stated that a magazine by name ‘Exile’ has come up with detailed story on YSR’s assassination and alleged hand of Ambanis in it. And within a few minutes after showing this news in channel, the American website has downed the link, as stated by TV5
    A school teacher said, “It’s pity but sounding like detective novel. Had the involvement of Ambanis is proven, Reliance hardly sees its place in Andhra Pradesh”.

    “It’s a master plan of ‘big hand’ to divert people’s attention with Telangana issue. I feel that. Praful Patel said that he will bring out report on YSR’s death in the last week of November. The culprits must have got alerted and diverted the issue encouraging Telangana turmoil in Nov-Dec 2009 by manipulating CBI. They thought public memory is short. But media is there to awaken every minute”, says Ranganath, a cab driver.

    The state is now burning hot with these new found suspicions and Reliance offices are getting closed down much before stipulated time from Thursday. We have to see if they will be opened tomorrow.

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  • CES 2010: Sony TRiQ Boombox Changes Skins

    TRiK skin 2 front med1 CES 2010: Sony TRiQ Boombox Changes Skins

    What stands out with this iPod docking speaker system is that it can be customized with four included graphic skins. You can either select your favorite design or explore other graphic options using SkinIt.com, with whom Sony has a partnership. They offer virtually endless options for customization. The speaker system delivers high-performance sound with 75W of total output and includes an aux-in jack for use with other MP3 devices. Available for $130 starting in April, but you can start designing your skins now. Sony’s site here.

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  • “The Jay Leno Show” Cancelled?

    NBC isn’t putting the kibosh on “Leno In Primetime” just yet. On Thursday, the network issued a statment in response to a report from industry site FTVLive.com, which claimed the Peacock will pull the plug on the dated and poorly-rated Jay Leno Show at the conclusion of this year’s Winter Olympics.

    “Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today,” an NBC rep said in a statement to Access Hollywood. “As we have said all along, Jay’s show has performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and the show are committed to working closely with them to find ways to improve the performance.”


  • Ysr Ambani Dead Photos

    The TV Channel slowly revealed a few write ups from an American website stating that Ambanis hand is allegedly involved in this assassination rising to Godavari Gas Basin issue. It also revealed that thousands of crores have changed hands to suppress the news of YSR’s assassination.

    TV5 stated that a magazine by name ‘Exile’ has come up with detailed story on YSR’s assassination and alleged hand of Ambanis in it. And within a few minutes after showing this news in channel, the American website has downed the link, as stated by TV5
    A school teacher said, “It’s pity but sounding like detective novel. Had the involvement of Ambanis is proven, Reliance hardly sees its place in Andhra Pradesh”.

    “It’s a master plan of ‘big hand’ to divert people’s attention with Telangana issue. I feel that. Praful Patel said that he will bring out report on YSR’s death in the last week of November. The culprits must have got alerted and diverted the issue encouraging Telangana turmoil in Nov-Dec 2009 by manipulating CBI. They thought public memory is short. But media is there to awaken every minute”, says Ranganath, a cab driver.

    The state is now burning hot with these new found suspicions and Reliance offices are getting closed down much before stipulated time from Thursday. We have to see if they will be opened tomorrow.

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  • Ysr Ambani Death Photos

    The TV Channel slowly revealed a few write ups from an American website stating that Ambanis hand is allegedly involved in this assassination rising to Godavari Gas Basin issue. It also revealed that thousands of crores have changed hands to suppress the news of YSR’s assassination.

    TV5 stated that a magazine by name ‘Exile’ has come up with detailed story on YSR’s assassination and alleged hand of Ambanis in it. And within a few minutes after showing this news in channel, the American website has downed the link, as stated by TV5
    A school teacher said, “It’s pity but sounding like detective novel. Had the involvement of Ambanis is proven, Reliance hardly sees its place in Andhra Pradesh”.

    “It’s a master plan of ‘big hand’ to divert people’s attention with Telangana issue. I feel that. Praful Patel said that he will bring out report on YSR’s death in the last week of November. The culprits must have got alerted and diverted the issue encouraging Telangana turmoil in Nov-Dec 2009 by manipulating CBI. They thought public memory is short. But media is there to awaken every minute”, says Ranganath, a cab driver.

    The state is now burning hot with these new found suspicions and Reliance offices are getting closed down much before stipulated time from Thursday. We have to see if they will be opened tomorrow.

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  • CES Mobile Wrap: AT&T In Cars; BlackBerry Presenter; FLO On iPhone; MTV Ads


    BlackBerry Presenter

    CES announcements are already rolling out. Here’s just a few wireless-related ones from today:

    AT&T’s next frontier: AT&T (NYSE: T) told Reuters (NYSE: TRI) ahead of CES that it wants to wireless-enable car entertainment systems and all sorts of consumer devices, and has forged deals to add wireless services to almost 20, such as e-readers, mini-computers and digital photo frames. One partnership announced today is with Pandigital for a Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame. [Reuters and Release.]

    Presentation gadget for BlackBerry: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) said today that a new accessory called the BlackBerry Presenter, which plugs into a projector or monitor, so a user can wirelessly display a PowerPoint presentation using Bluetooth from their phone. Release.

    FLO TV on iPhone: Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) announced today that it has teamed up with mophie to create products that will bring live mobile TV to the iPhone and iPod touch platforms. The TV antenna will act as a case for the phone and as a battery back-up, so that it will always be with a person. Release.

    MTV Mobile Ads: MTV has partnered with Crisp Wireless, which will develop advertising campaigns for smartphones. Ad formats include: location aware, click-to-call, click-to-video, and socially connected ads. Crisp will also provide real-time analytics.


  • Madrid: Pegaso City (ciudad empresarial)

    Pegaso City arranca como primera "ciudad empresarial" del país, un modelo único de desarrollo que aúna ciudad y negocios en un solo espacio. Dentro del municipio de Madrid, está formado por calles y zonas verdes públicas cuidadas hasta el último detalle tanto a nivel arquitectónico como paisajístico gracias a arquitectos de renombre.

    El proyecto está controlado en su totalidad por European Property Development Group, lo que permite guardar en todo momento un estilo homogéneo, armónico y de alta calidad. Un largo bulevar central, amplias zonas verdes, materiales elegantes y una infinidad de árboles conviven con edificios modernos, creando un conjunto atractivo y responsable con el medio ambiente.

    La amplia diversidad de tamaños de las parcelas y los edificios, en torno a 520.000 m² de edificabilidad, facilita el asentamiento tanto de grandes empresas como de firmas de reciente creación. Todo ello, a lo que hay que añadir una amplia oferta de servicios —como son una guardería, un gimnasio y restaurantes— hacen de Pegaso City un sitio único para combinar, de forma óptima, trabajo y tiempo libre.

    URBANIZACIÓN – FRESH & GREEN

    El estudio holandés West 8, apoyado por el estudio local madrileño Space Co-Op, ha elaborado el concepto general, el plan director, el diseño urbano y el paisajismo de Pegaso City. Es un reconocido estudio de arquitectos a nivel mundial y realiza prestigiosos proyectos como "Madrid Río" en Madrid y el "Governers Island" en Nueva York.

    El plan director de Pegaso City está organizado en fases con un diseño flexible para múltiples necesidades, con un espacio público conector de los diferentes ámbitos.

    "Fresh & Green" son las palabras claves para el diseño de las 8 hectáreas de zonas públicas, en contraste con las inmediaciones.

    La mediana es el corazón verde del proyecto y, conecta los 1,2 kilómetros de extensión.

    El proyecto incorpora un total de 3.500 árboles de diferentes especies, y amplias zonas de césped, creando una agradable sensación de frescor y naturaleza.

    EDIFICACIÓN

    Pegaso City comienza la edificación de la Ciudad Empresarial, tomando la Excelencia como punto de partida.

    Una vez terminadas todas las obras de acondicionamiento y zonas verdes, basandonos en el concepto "Fresh&Green", y desarrollando la idea de "Concepto Único", con la calidad, el diseño y la innovación como estándares, le presentamos los tres primeros edificios de nuestra Ciudad Empresarial, los cuales están firmados por tres estudios de reconocido prestigio internacional:

    – Estudio Lamela
    – Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos
    – Allende Arquitectos

    Un auténtico lujo que Pegaso City se complace en poner a su disposición. Porque la excelencia no ha de ser un concepto vago, la excelencia se debe plasmar, tocar, sentir…

    Si está pensando en una Sede Corporativa o en unas nuevas oficinas, obtenga un valor añadido para su empresa desde la base, el cimiento, el cemento. Sume a todo esto el Concepto Pegaso City, zonas verdes, accesos, guarderías, hipermercado, comunicaciones, etc y entenderá porque este proyecto es distinto a cualquier Parque Empresarial hasta ahora construido.

    ESTUDIO LAMELA

    RAFAEL DE LA-HOZ ARQUITECTOS

    ALLENDE ARQUITECTOS

  • C-Peptide Lack or High Blood Sugar?

    Type 1 patients with more surviving beta cells and thus more natural insulin output can achieve much better glucose control than those with none, since they have a buffer of insulin output which is still perfectly tailored to the body’s requirements. But since the pancreas produces one c-peptide molecule for every insulin molecule it manufactures, patients with better blood sugar control will also have higher c-peptide levels. (M. Sassa, et al, "Glycemic instability in type 1 diabetic patients," DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol. 81, no. 2, p. 190 (2008))

    C-peptide used to be thought to be a useless by-product of insulin production, but recent research shows that it may play a decisive role in preventing diabetic complications. Conversely, it may well be a lack of c-peptide, which closely corresponds to high blood sugar levels, which is the actual mechanism which causes diabetic complications, rather than the high blood sugar per se being the culprit. Since the lack of c-peptide and the high blood sugar run in tandem with each other, it is impossible to distinguish by a study such as the DCCT whether lack of c-peptide or high blood sugar is the cause of complications.(Y. Murase-Mishiba, et al, "Fulminant type 1 diabetes as a model of nature to explore the role of c-peptide," EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES RESEARCH, art. JD 819123 (2008))

    Scientists have tried injecting diabetics with c-peptide and have found that it alters the expression of genes inherited along with the genes causing type 1 diabetes and may act to prevent the characteristic forms of diabetic nephropathy, neuropathy, microvascular, and macrovascular disease once thought to be caused by high blood sugar. (C. Hills and N. Brunskill, "Cellular and physiological effects of c-peptide," CLINCIAL SCIENCE (LONDON) vol. 116, no. 7, p. 565 (2009); K. Ekberg, et al, "C-peptide replacement therapy and senosry nerve function in type 1 diabetic neuropathy," DIABETES CARE, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 71 (2007); B. Johansson, et al, "Beneficial effects of c-peptide on incipient nephropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes melllitus," DIABETES MEDICINE, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 181 (2001); F. Panero, et al, "Fasting plasma c-peptide and micro- and macrovascular complications," DIABETES CARE, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 301 (2009))

    Although c-peptide is a natural substance found in the body, the FDA is forcing one company trying to bring a therapeutic form of c-peptide to market for diabetics to go through the whole long and expensive process of approval as though it were an artificial drug. This may postpone the availability of c-peptide for treatment of diabetic complications by as much as 12 years and cost about three hundred million dollars. Human c-peptide can be obtained, however, from organic chemical supply houses already, and experiments suggest that a therapeutic dose to prevent complications would amount to about 1.5 mg/day of c-petide injected subcutaneously four times a day. It is very expensive, however, and costs about US $ 200 per mg.

  • Beyonce is impressed by Cheryl Cole

    Jay-Z wants to help Cheryl Cole become a success in the US. The rapper-and-businessman has offered to assist the ‘Fight for This Love’ singer launch her solo career overseas after seeing how successful she has become in Britain.

    He said: ‘I keep a close eye on the music industry throughout the world and I know how hot Cheryl is in the UK. The US marker is the toughest one to break into, but once you do it is by far the most lucrative. I think Cheryl has that talent to do it. There is nobody in the US like her right now and I would be very interested in helping her break the US market this year.”

    The 40-year-old musician was first tipped off about the 26-year-old Girls Aloud singer after his pop star wife Beyonce Knowles watched her sing live. He explained: ‘Beyonce has seen her perform and she told me how impressed she was. I checked her out and I was impressed as well.’

    Alexandra Burke, Beyonce & Cheryl Cole

  • Baidu to Enter Online Video Market [Voices]

    By Aaron Back, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

    Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. is entering a field that is quickly becoming crowded and highly competitive in China’s online video market.

    Baidu is launching a new business unit that it envisions will work on a similar business model to Hulu, an advertising-supported video site in the U.S. that has licensed, copyrighted content from several television broadcasters.

    Hulu, which is not available in China, is jointly owned by NBC Universal, Walt Disney Co. (DIS), and News Corp. (NWS). News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal.

    “As the country’s leading search engine, we’d like to grow in this space to meet our users’ needs. We see large volumes of our users searching for high-quality licensed videos and currently there are no video sites that can fulfill this need,” said Ren Xuyang, vice president of marketing and business development at Baidu.

    But Baidu will be competing with many other players all eyeing the same market opportunity in China, such as online video sharing sites Youku.com and Tudou.com.

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  • Mac OS 10.6.3 to bring many fixes

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    The release of Mac OS 10.6.3 moves closer as Apple has begun widespread testing of build 10D522. According to AppleInsider, this update focuses on stability and core components like AppKit, CoreMedia, Desktop Services, FileSync, Fonts, HIToolbox and more. The current build is 665.7MB in size.

    Reports indicate that nearly 60 crash-happy bugs have been squashed across more than 90 components with this update, like printing issues with iCal, Mail and PhotoBooth (fortunately I haven’t experienced those). Additionally, 10.6.3 includes native support for the Magic Mouse.

    Apple began limited testing in December, and has released several builds since. Now that testing has become more widespread and the fixes increase, we move closer to release.

    TUAWMac OS 10.6.3 to bring many fixes originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Questioning the Climate Change Establishment by Rod Liddle, UK Spectator

    Article Tags: Rod Liddle, World Temperatures

    So, this is now the coldest winter for thirty years and the snow is likely to hang around for two weeks, maybe three. How does this square with last year’s prediction from eminent scientists – the Met, the UAE change-the-numbers-monkeys, Marcus Brigstocke etc – that 2010 was going to be the hottest year on record? It could still be, of course – but it will have to go it some. Let’s keep an eye on the figures – so far, coldest for thirty years, remember.

    December was cold too, if you remember – yet apparently not included in the figures for 2009 which, if you recall, were jubilantly announced as being the fifth hottest since records began in the middle of November – ie when there was still 11 per cent of the year to go, the coldest bit. None of this disproves man made climate change, of course – but it does surely bring us back to that argument about whether or not we’re qualified to comment. I am well aware that one cold winter proves or disproves nothing; it is the mere blink of an eye, almost an irrelevance. But then, it wasn’t me who said that 2010 was going to be a scorcher and that this was indicative of man-made climate change. 2010 is also the blink of an eye, in the scheme of things. But as I say, the same people who insist that we are going to burn to a crisp and all the polar bears will die told us, authoritatively, that 2010 was going to be a scorcher for this very reason. So far it isn’t. So far they are very wrong. And could not be more wrong. This is why we should question their calculations and why we have the right to do so.

    Source: spectator.co.uk

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