Michael On
Michael On
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Like everyone else, the school system will have to deal with increased utility costs. We already are running with a deficit from fuel oil for this year's budget.
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Our dog sat down at a dog show at a time when the dog was supposed to stand up. That person went to her doctor and learned she had a melanoma." ()
bloated company inventory model older slowing suffers transition
Specifically, the company suffers from a bloated inventory of older model phones, which is slowing the transition to newer, higher-margin products.
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I like Citigroup as a nice core holding. It's a big money-center bank. They do have some exposure, of course, to Salomon Smith Barney in the brokerage industry, ... This stock has pulled back in here, $44.95 a share. I think that it's going to grow those earnings at around 14 percent -- 11 times and 12 times earnings, that's a cheap stock.
jurors literary mercenary stands venture
I approached writing a story for the CBC Literary Awards as a mercenary venture - $5,000 for one story, not bad. Now, how do you win it? Jurors are wading through skyscrapers of paper, looking for one story that stands out.
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Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves.
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They need to hold an investigation into what's happened because it's unacceptable. We can't have players being named in a confidential environment. We need to see what comes out of the investigation and assess our options as to where we'll go with this as a group. It needs to be fixed. We entrusted people to do the right thing and that has been breached.
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The tent is at the foot of the Fisher Towers, spires of skinny red rock set in a wilderness a quarter of a mile from the river. Intermission is at sunset, a show unto itself.
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It will probably just keep doubling for three to four years. In 2007, 3D gaming will finally be an important application that drives the business.
movies
They said VCRs would kill the movies; it didn't.
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It sounds just like the sumo drumming I heard on ESPN last night.
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It?s a 110-year-old building and has served the town well. But very little has been done to it. The basement is wet and uncomfortable and we are truly busting at the seams.
cliche piece
'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's just my take on it.
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It really reflects misplaced priorities when you can go to jail for a longer time for burning a photograph of someone's dog than for burning a dog. The laws just need to catch up with society's values.