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| Published: July 26, 2007, 4:30 pm |
| Tags: Local Events |
| Earth Rhythms is the new local non-profit created by the folks who have put on Dallas-area solstice celebrations. They had a contest to creat a logo. The winner was Kristin Gardner of Dallas. More detail on the Earth Rhythms website. There's also detail there about a fundraiser "luau" set for Friday night. |
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| Yahoo Local GM To Leave, Group Now Broader |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 8:31 pm |
| Tags: Yahoo Maps Amp Local |
| Levine, GM of Yahoo Local, is leaving (his decision) after almost five years and being replaced by Jennifer Dulski, who is now going to be Group Vice President & General Manager, Marketplace. Her title reflects a strategy shift and will combine Local with Shopping, Travel, Autos and Real Estate and represents a more integrated local-vertical |
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| Superpages Adds Video To Local Search Site |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 9:51 am |
| Tags: Search Engines Maps Amp Local Search Engines |
| becomes the second major local search destination to add video advertising after Citysearch did so recently (in partnership with TurnHere). Other local search and yellow pages sites with video include DexKnows (published by RH Donnelley), Smalltown, SavoyNewYork and MojoPages. And there are an increasing number of travel sites that have video |
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| Google Buys ImageAmerica, Mapping Feature War Continues |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 10:13 am |
| Tags: Google Maps Amp Local |
| On Friday, the Google LatLong Blog announced the company had acquired ImageAmerica, "a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery." Google plans to use the capabilities in Google Maps and Earth. ImageAmerica provided some of the high-resolution post-Hurricane Katrina images (no longer available) in Google |
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| Local Shopping Site Krillion Expands Inventory |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 9:26 am |
| Tags: Search Engines Maps Amp Local Search Engines |
| that directs people to local stores, has launched its second category, televisions. The site went live in February of this year (with appliances), under the leadership of co-founder and CEO Joel Toledano, former Director of Business Development for Yahoo Search. While the Internet continues to rapidly expand its influence over consumer |
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| If they're right, the lines at Disney World are going to get a lot shorter |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 9:49 am |
| Tags: Local Events |
| An "endtime prophecy conference" will take place at 7:30 tonight (Friday) at the Arlington Convention Center. The theme is, "Two Billion To Die," a reference to what some believe is a prediction in the Book of Revelation that a coming war will wipe out that many people -- a third of the human race. Irvin Baxter, the publisher of Endtime magazine |
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| NY Times Covers Mashups |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 11:07 am |
| Tags: Google Maps Amp Local |
| of data on a map, whether local businesses, user photographs or other information. It also discusses how mapping APIs from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have unleashed third-party developer creativity and that of ordinary people (in My Maps and Live Local Collections). Google's recent Earth for Enterprise enhancements are also about |
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| Human rights activist Alice Winters at Dallas Peace Center |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 1:33 pm |
| Tags: Local Events |
| Dr. Winters is a Bible scholar and human rights activist in Colombia. Here's a press release with details about her visit: Tuesday, July 31, at Noon. Brown Bag Lunch: Dr. Alice Winters Presbyterian Mission Worker Dr. Alice Winters teaches Bible and biblical languages in the School of Theology of the Reformed University of Colombia. In |
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| Event will recall 1912 Dallas revival led by woman |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 8:05 pm |
| Tags: Local Events |
| Maria Woodworth-Etter led a huge revival in Dallas in 1912, and she and it will be remembered at an event tomorrow morning at The Women's Museum. Here's the brief story I did for today's paper: By Sam Hodges Staff Writer samhodges@dallasnews.com In 1912, Maria Woodworth-Etter led a tent revival in |
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| American Idol to sing at Cathedral of Hope |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 11:51 am |
| Tags: Local Events |
| and transgender people. Local and national church ministries, outreach programs, pastoral counseling, television media and the Internet (www.cathedralofhope.com) touch thousands of lives each |
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| Charles Schechner, Jr: Christian bookstore owner |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 6:41 pm |
| Tags: Local Events |
| Here's an obit on the founder of a Christian bookstore in Dallas. He was a World War II vet, and a salesman. Once he had the bookstore going, he kept a prayer list in the backroom. Charles Schechner Jr.: Opened Snider Plaza bookstore 09:02 AM CDT on Friday, July 27, 2007 By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News |
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| EAA AirVenture show starts today |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 11:01 am |
| Tags: Current Events, Local |
| Every year, Oshkosh, WI is host to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, where thousands of planes are brought in for display and aerial acrobatics. The show is one of the biggest events in the area each year. I have been to a few of them since my family moved to Neenah in 1993. At one of my early visits, I got to see the Concorde |
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| Battlemodo: Microsoft's Local SUV Armada vs Google Streetview Fleet |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Battlemodo, Google, Jalopnik, Live Local, Microsoft, Streetview, Windows Live Local |
| Windows Live Local armada is striking back against Google's Streetview fleet with all the technological terror they can find. Check this Chevy Tahoe's intimidating top: six huge cameras, two GPS antennas and what could be a laser rangefinder on top, all connected with giant cables. Google's gear may not be as impressive but which is |
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| Go for a walk [Pharyngula] |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 9:25 pm |
| Tags: Local |
| Here's a cool tool: Walk Score. Type in an address, and it uses Google Maps to look up destinations like parks and stores and theaters that are in walking distance of the place, and gives you a score out of 100 on walkability. A place like Manhattan will give you high scores; one of those desolate suburbs where you have to drive to get anywhere |
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| Battlemodo: Microsoft's Local SUV Armada vs Google's Streetview Fleet |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Battlemodo, Google, Jalopnik, Live Local, Microsoft, Streetview, Top, Windows Live Local |
| Windows Live Local armada is striking back against Google's Streetview fleet with all the technological terror they can find. Check this Chevy Tahoe's intimidating top: six huge cameras, two GPS antennas and what could be a laser rangefinder on top, all connected with giant cables. Google's gear may not be as impressive but which is |
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