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...jury still out on MySpace? Absolutely. Since the acquisition MySpace has lost significant share to Facebook, which reflects just how hard it is to maintain barriers to entry on the Internet and why it's such a tough environment to play in. Now a number of folks say "Well, look, Google gave them $900 million in an ad deal for something they only paid $580 million for. How can that be bad?" And the answer to that is: Given that Fox Interactive Media group, of which MySpace is a part, actually lost money this year even after the short-term...
...Lead author Lonnie Thompson, a glaciologist at Ohio State University who has been to the summit of Africa's tallest mountain repeatedly over more than a decade, says that while the glaciers did start melting a century ago, their retreat has sped up dramatically in recent years. "We've lost 26% of the ice since 2000 alone. And that, unfortunately, is just what we predicted would happen." Within a few decades, he says, most if not all of Kilimanjaro's glaciers will be gone. (Read "Gore in the Senate: A More Receptive Audience...
Regardless of the intentions behind these measures, though, we have further concerns that these steps may become undemocratic, especially given the ban on public gatherings during an election season. In losing the ability to gather in large groups, supporters of Yanukovich have lost their best avenue to advocate for their candidate. The free and easy public discourse that is vital to a democratic election in this instance seems clearly impaired. Ukraine’s troubling recent history with elections makes it especially vital that this campaign proceed as fairly and smoothly as possible. Otherwise, the same election uncertainties that engendered...
...September, Honduras’ World Cup campaign had taken a turn for the worse. In the penultimate qualifying match, Honduras lost to the United States...
...Harvard University Library system, Robert C. Darnton ’60, even said that the libraries are “being bled to death.” Acquisition rates have fallen precipitously as the prices of published material and periodicals have rapidly increased, and the Harvard College Library lost 100 staff positions this past summer...