Drought Still Ravages Western U.S. (AP)

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Is the economic drought over?

Is the economic drought over? 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
I've spent a bit of time over the last two years searching through my cobweb shrouded memories of the lectures of one of the best teachers I ever had and trying read the entrails of the economy and predict when the hi-tech rebound would start, all without success. We finally shut down our company last year, and I have been parenting, travelling, writing and doing a bit of consulting since. Until recently, the Bay Area economy and the high-tech economy seemed mired in the doldrums. However, recently my personal economic barometer has suddenly moved from calm to hurricane. Last week I got two phone calls from old colleagues about jobs, as well as a couple of calls from recruiters, something that used to be an almost daily nuisance, then didn't happen at all for two years. This week I have 3 meetings to discuss employment opportunities, one that I sought out, the two others that sought me out. I certainly hope that this is a sign of things to come for the Bay Area economy and hi-tech. As Glenn Fleishman once said, "Whenever I get busy, my blog dwindles. You can practically draw a revenue/work graph line against frequency of posts. ... If you don't hear much from me, congratulate me. I must be doing well. " To complete the parade of cliches, I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch, but I expect that postings will be light in the immediate future, and I hope they will continue to be light for a while....

New Drought Could Top Dust Bowl

New Drought Could Top Dust Bowl 06/18/2004 04:55 AM
CBS News Jun 18 2004 8:54AM GMT

Food appeal for drought-hit Kenya

Food appeal for drought-hit Kenya 08/10/2004 09:01 AM
The UN launches an appeal for almost $100m for more than 2m Kenyans facing starvation due to drought.

How Drought Just Might Bring Water to
the Navajo

How Drought Just Might Bring Water to
the Navajo 07/23/2004 09:24 AM
A proposed $600 million federal pipeline could bring water to the Navajo, as well as to the equally thirsty city of Gallup, N.M., outside the reservation's southeast border.

Drought may cancel winter sport |
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Drought may cancel winter sport |
directsaver. 5.00%pa. No fees [AD] 07/29/2004 01:17 AM
News.com.au - Thu Jul 29, 01:16 am GMT

Home State of Rainy Seattle Declares
Drought (Reuters)

Home State of Rainy Seattle Declares
Drought (Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - With snowpacks at a quarter of normal levels and sunny, warm days well ahead of the summer months, the home state of the "rainy city" of Seattle declared a drought emergency on Thursday.

Heavy Debt and Drought Drive India's
Farmers to Desperation

Heavy Debt and Drought Drive India's
Farmers to Desperation 06/05/2004 03:23 PM
Thousands of farmers have committed suicide in India, an indicator of the dire straits of the agricultural economy.

Satellite Data Reveal Drought in Amazon
Rain Forest

Satellite Data Reveal Drought in Amazon
Rain Forest 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

Drought Settles In, Lake Shrinks and
West's Worries Grow

Drought Settles In, Lake Shrinks and
West's Worries Grow 05/01/2004 02:43 PM
The development of the modern urbanized West one of the biggest growth spurts in the nation's history may have been based on a colossal miscalculation.

Councils fear IT funding drought after
hitting e-government targets

Councils fear IT funding drought after
hitting e-government targets 03/28/2005 10:34 PM
Computer Weekly Mar 29 2005 12:15AM GMT

OpinionJournal - The Western Front

OpinionJournal - The Western Front 06/01/2004 05:07 PM
The Fallujah Brigade: How the Marines are pacifying an Iraqi hot spot .. precise and measured application of force .. Brendan Miniter .. reports

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Best Western accesses Net via satellite

Best Western accesses Net via satellite 05/04/2004 07:39 PM
The chain plans to roll out satellite Internet access in 1,000 of its 2,300 hotels, throwing in some free wireless access.

A Western Civ Course in What's Gone
Wrong With the Press

A Western Civ Course in What's Gone
Wrong With the Press 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
For ideas that illuminate the rage out there journalists have to go outside their comfort zones, including the "liberal" zones in press thought. They have to find other sources of insight, and listen to explanations that may at first sound alien. Here are a few from the New Criterion...

Western games go online

Western games go online 08/17/2004 10:55 PM
Stjoenews-press.com - Tue Aug 17, 08:53 am GMT

"invasion of Western Europe"

"invasion of Western Europe" 06/09/2004 10:55 AM

Four U.S. Marines Die in Western Iraq

Four U.S. Marines Die in Western Iraq 07/11/2004 03:59 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 11 2004 7:45AM GMT

Japanese for the Western Brain

Japanese for the Western Brain 05/19/2004 01:17 PM
just for future reference

Four U.S. Marines Die in Western Iraq
(Reuters)

Four U.S. Marines Die in Western Iraq
(Reuters) 07/11/2004 01:44 AM
Reuters - Four U.S. marines who died in western Iraq Saturday lost their lives in a vehicle accident, not in combat, the U.S. military said Sunday.

MassiveLan Event in Western New York

MassiveLan Event in Western New York 05/15/2004 07:17 AM

Cornice countersues Western Digital

Cornice countersues Western Digital 09/17/2004 04:37 AM
Chuck out WD's patents, HDD maker asks court

Car blast rocks western Baghdad

Car blast rocks western Baghdad 09/22/2004 02:31 AM
A car bomb explodes in western Baghdad, causing at least two deaths and much damage, reports say.

Western airliners may be al-Qaida target

Western airliners may be al-Qaida target 06/07/2004 03:35 PM

Anti-Western im Stile Peckinpahs

Anti-Western im Stile Peckinpahs 03/14/2005 04:51 PM

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Tibetan Teen Getting into Western
Philosophy

Tibetan Teen Getting into Western
Philosophy 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

Picked up a copy of The Onion on the street corner in Manhattan and enjoyed this entry, headline "Tibetan Teen Getting into Western Philosophy":

LHASA, TIBET—Deng Hsu, 14, said Monday that he is "totally getting into Western philosophy." "I've been reading a lot of Kant, Descartes, and Hegel, and it's blowing my mind," Hsu said. "It's so exotic and exciting, not like all that Buddhist 'being is desire and desire is suffering' shit my parents have been cramming down my throat all my life. Most of the kids in my school have never even heard of Hume's views on objectivity or Locke's tabula rasa." Hsu said he hopes to one day make an exodus to north London to visit the birthplace of John Stuart Mill.

Western Airliners May Be al-Qaida Target
(AP)

Western Airliners May Be al-Qaida Target
(AP) 06/07/2004 12:15 PM
AP - A statement bearing Al-Qaida's name warned Monday that Western airliners will be the terror group's target.

All quiet on the western (European)
front

All quiet on the western (European)
front 08/29/2004 10:56 AM
Once again, I find myself writing on the eve of an Apple event, and as the exhibitors set up and the attendees arrive, I’m left to sit on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and speculate. However, while this should, by all means, be the most exciting event in recent recollection, it just doesn't seem to have the anticipation it should. Maybe it’s me, but the imminent release of a new iMac should be generating quite a bit more rumors and discussion that it has. The only related rumor came in the form of specs from Think Secret on Aug. 13, and if it hadn’t come from Apple itself, I wouldn’t even believe a new iMac was even on the horizon. I mean, this is a new iMac people… the computer that has consistently put Apple on the map and twice redefined personal computing as we know it. It’s a cultural icon, a household world; the only blip on the consumer desktop radar worth mentioning over the last few years. For the first time, Apple fans actually have something tangible to look forward to, and we’re speechless. So, maybe it’s all a trick. Maybe there’s no iMac coming Tuesday, and maybe Apple has pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes as Steve sits in a hospital somewhere watching it all. I mean, how many companies can make headlines by <I>not</I> releasing something? Seriously, though, the iMac is coming, and perhaps a few other surprises as well. For one, rumors have been popping up that a new iSight camera is due. Save the addition of a magnetic mount (so as to not muck up the new displays with sticky residue), the iSight hasn’t seen an update since its introduction last year. So what about this scenario: Phil Schiller takes the stage at 10 a.m. and begins the normal rundown of the iPod, iTunes and G5 stats, takes another look at Tiger and its new features, and introduces the new iSight to accompany the new iChat AV, walks over to a 2.5GHz G5, launches iChat, sets up his new higher-resolution iSight, and connects to a fully-recovered Steve Jobs at his home in California. And of course, Steve proceeds to unveil the new iMac. Or, Steve could simply walk out sometime in the middle of Phil’s presentation. Or. MacCentral could be wrong, and Steve’s actually prepping his speech as you read this. Whatever the case, it brings me back to my original question, which is why? Why hasn’t speculation been running rampant at Spymac? Sure, “The Official Spymac iMac Prediction Thread” has been running strong for some time now, but where are the wild rumors? Where’s the conspiracy theory and the search for specs? Is it me, or was more excitement for last year’s Bluetooth mouse!?!? With just 40 hours or so remaining, I’m still waiting for a rumor that’ll really get my attention — like the 17-inch PowerBook blurb from MacRumors just before MacWorld San Francisco in 2003; or (ahem) the iWalk hype before the iPod; or even the mock-ups of the first flat panel iMac. So, let’s get going people! Are we gonna let Apple taken the fun out of pre-expo supposition by telling us what’s coming? Are we gonna take that?

Anxious wait on Western hostages

Anxious wait on Western hostages 09/19/2004 02:05 PM
Negotiations are held behind the scenes in Iraq to free two Americans and a Briton threatened with beheading.

In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold
U.S. at Bay

In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold
U.S. at Bay 08/29/2004 12:22 AM
Falluja and Ramadi, and much of Anbar Province, are now controlled by militias, with U.S. troops confined to outside bases.

Car bombing in western Iraq kills 10

Car bombing in western Iraq kills 10 07/15/2004 10:40 AM

U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Western Iraq
(AP)

U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Western Iraq
(AP) 06/17/2005 04:37 PM
AP - American troops bombarded a dusty border town with airstrikes and tank fire Friday, capturing 100 militants in the third major recent attempt to uproot tenacious insurgents who are believed to use the region to sneak foreign suicide bombers in from Syria.

Kim du Toit-The Pussification Of The
Western Male

Kim du Toit-The Pussification Of The
Western Male 11/06/2003 06:30 AM
"real man"

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10,000 Stolen Western Artifacts
Recovered

10,000 Stolen Western Artifacts
Recovered 12/11/2003 09:43 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 11 2003 8:42PM ET

Western Digital sues Cornice

Western Digital sues Cornice 06/30/2004 09:52 AM
The Register Jun 30 2004 1:35PM GMT

Western Wireless Profit Rises

Western Wireless Profit Rises 08/04/2004 03:35 PM
TheStreet.com Aug 4 2004 8:28PM GMT

Free WiFi coming to Best Western

Free WiFi coming to Best Western 01/24/2004 08:19 PM
Every Best Western hotel in the US, Canada and the Caribbean will have free open WiFi by Sept 1. Tell you what, I've got a new default choice for hotels when I travel. Let's start finding ways of holding conferences at BW's instead of high-ticket Hyatts and Marriotts with their craptacular $10/day WiFi.

"It's the No. 1 amenity requested by virtually everyone, especially businesspeople, said Tom Higgins, CEO and president of the Phoenix-based hotel chain. "High-speed Internet for free is going to be where it's at."

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Western Sahara families reunited

Western Sahara families reunited 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
About 40 people separated from their families by the long-running Western Sahara conflict are reunited.

Western Schools Get Reprieve on
Standards (AP)

Western Schools Get Reprieve on
Standards (AP) 07/16/2004 05:23 AM
AP - There was a sigh of relief from Colorado to California after the Education Department announced that teachers in rural schools would have more time to meet strict federal qualifications.

Sudan's western rebels 'crushed'

Sudan's western rebels 'crushed' 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
President Bashir says Darfur rebels have been defeated, although they deny this.

U.S. air strike in western Iraq kills 40

U.S. air strike in western Iraq kills 40 05/20/2004 10:08 AM

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