gleans + 1xnerdnews + 1xaddenda at 9:25 AM MT, 9/14

War of words over Spain's anthem

By Tracy Wilkinson

An effort to add lyrics to the nation's hymn shows the divisions in a diverse society.

 

 

Petraeus on Britney

By Joel Stein

A no-nonsense assessment of the benchmarks achieved by the rehabilitating pop star.

 

 

Dumped over an Op-Ed

By Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky, unhired as UC Irvine's founding law school dean, says his ordeal is a lesson in academic freedom.

 

 

Debating Iraq? Pop a pill first

By Rosa Brooks

With the current political climate, it's no wonder so many Americans legally drug themselves.

 

 

How to Tame the Wild Martini
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Watch Aurora learn how to make a gin martini from Terrace Grille bartender Jessica Groce at www.theledger.com/ledgertv. The recipe can be printed out at ...

 

 

Wodehouse types

 

 

Kay Ryan	I Demand to Speak with God
Brian Phillips	Poetry and the Problem of Taste

 

 

nerd news

 

After long delay, Japan launches lunar orbiter

By Bruce Wallace

The nation's flagging space program battles an identity crisis.

 * Japan launches first lunar probe
Japan's space agency launches its first lunar orbiter for a year-long mission
to explore the moon.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6994272.stm

  Net gains for tiny Pacific nation
The tiny nation of Tokelau, a remote atoll in the South Pacific, is prospering thanks
to its .tk domain name.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6991719.stm

Google backs private Moon landing
Google is backing private attempts to put a rover on the Moon with a $30m prize
pot.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6993373.stm

Online worlds to be AI incubators
Artificial intelligences could soon be living and learning inside online worlds
such as Second Life.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6992613.stm

 

addenda* <== latest from Byron Bay

Subject:	Yahoo MapMixer
Date:	Sep 13, 2007 6:24 PM

http://news.google.com/news?scoring=n&q=mapmixer Subject:    MSR MapCruncher for Virtual Earth Date:    Sep 13, 2007 6:31 PM http://research.microsoft.com/mapcruncher/