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Steve Jobs' Obituary Sent Out By Mistake (Digital Trends - Most Recent News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

In one of those Mark Twain moments, the news of Steve Jobs’ death has been greatly exaggerated. His obituary was accidentally sent out to clients by Bloomberg News wire, marked “Hold for release – Do not use.” But the Apple boss, who was treated for pancreatic cancer in 2004, is still very much alive. The 2,500 word piece, which left the age and cause of death blank, described Job as...

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Across Missouri: Forest protections sought (Kansas City Star)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:52:00 GMT

Wilderness advocates will gather next week in Salem to map out strategies for winning federal protection for 50,000 acres of public land in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.

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Across Missouri: Forest protections sought (kansascity.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:52:00 GMT

Wilderness advocates will gather next week in Salem to map out strategies for winning federal protection for 50,000 acres of public land in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.

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The Week In Books: Making it up – and putting it right (The Independent)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

As the proverb says (but Mark Twain never did), "A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on". To update this cobwebbed wisdom, we ought to add that a vile lie can hang around in cyberspace long after shining truth has flattened it on earth. This week, Sir Salman Rushdie received a grovelling apology in the High Court from the scandal-mongering publisher John Blake...

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Internet Explorer's Extreme Makeover (All Things Video)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:56:38 GMT

Microsoft shipped the Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 8 Wednesday. And, as John Paczkowski reports, it finally puts the browser on par with rivals Firefox and Safari. Plus, Steve Jobs' Mark Twain moment and good news for YouTube. (Aug. 28)

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Moving Forward (OUR NEW ORLEANS SAINTS)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:52:00 GMT

"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus” Mark Twain, writer & illustrious Baton Rouge fan As Gustav has taken the time to move forward to the WSW, lose steam 45mph, and increase pressure 999mb, it is time to undertake the more important plans of the week. A good evening for a bike ride in a bright yellow jumpsuit is in order. An opportunity to discuss,...

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How Easy Is It To Write A PPC Ad? (SEOCentro - SEO News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:02:46 GMT

It's not that easy really. Mark Twain once quipped that he'd have written a shorter letter, but he didn't have the time." Twain has always made people laugh, but his insight is apt. Every good writer knows that it takes time to write short, terse, concise content. It takes more time than writing long and verbose content because good editing requires cutting stuff out that isn't...

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Give FamousDC The Mark Twain Award For Humor (Extreme Mortman)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:08:12 GMT

Gotta love their classic pun of a headline: “Name Calling is the Most Sincere Form of Slattery” Funniest congressional joke since Jim Traficant. And while we’re at it, after giving the mysterious folks who run FamousDC the Marc Twain, send them off on the Marc Train.

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Group hopes to tame the mighty Missouri for adventure, football (KansasCity.com)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:18:00 GMT

This is “Old School” meets Mark Twain. What happens when two dozen middle-aged kids at heart lead a boat party down the Missouri River with plans to reach St. Louis in time for Saturday’s football blockbuster between the sixth-ranked MU Tigers and No. 20 Illinois?

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Anthony Swarzak Is Not Dead (Twinkie Town)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:49:47 GMT

"The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." -Mark Twain My eyebrows raised in a skeptical nature when I'd read that the Twins had promoted Anthony Swarzak to triple-A Rochester in late July. Because for most of the season in New Britain, whoever was taking the mound on most of Swarzak's starts certainly didn't look like Swarzak. Rather, the results didn't look like Swarzak's....

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This is Not New News (Hell in a Handbasket)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:23:03 GMT

I like to say that I learned everything I ever needed to know from Mark Twain. Many people might take this to mean that I am a folksy and charming wit, prone to amusing quips. Nothing could be further from...

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Lies, Liars and Con-men (Misleading Advertising Law)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:16:46 GMT

Image via Wikipedia Russ Sears, writing at Daily Speculation, has nice post about the Klondike Gold Rush, and the role of con-men. Wherever there are rational people responding to instinct, doing foolish and irrational things, you will find a swarm of lies and deception. Mark Twain's story of the Duke and the King with its parody of the Shakespeare play shows how the lie and liars work...

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Musings on Sub-Optimal Routes (Man Bytes Blog)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:41:54 GMT

A good walk spoiled. –Mark Twain In the comments of my guest post over at Brainy Gamer last week, I referenced my July Round Table Entry on how video games are the only narrative form that actively seeks to stop the player from reaching the end of the narrative by inflating difficulty. Justin replied to my reference by [...]

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Fay Day (Sin City)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:57:39 GMT

“Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it” -Mark Twain I guess you could call it… the ‘NASCAR Effect’. Remember how the local chapter of the Brotherhood of Budweiser complained when the last hurricane passed this way because the local TV stations interrupted a race in favor [...]

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Looming Financial Catastrophe: A Real Inconvenient Truth (Seeking Alpha)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:49:23 GMT

James Quinn submits: “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on….or by imbeciles who really mean it.” – Mark Twain The United States of America is about as far from united as we’ve been since the Civil War. The two major parties agree on virtually no major issues. The only time they agree is when it involves tax rebates and pork projects for their...

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The Paradox of a Paragon of Virtue (A Glimpse of the World)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:47:17 GMT

Copyright The Washington Post August 22, 2008 BEIJING I am Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, and ordinarily I am a man of perfect repose. My eyeglasses are without a smudge; my hair is impervious. As the American author Mark Twain once wrote, "The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire." I am supremely confident of...

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Missouri’s Mark Twain (BookClubClassics.com)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:54:25 GMT

Inspired by the quotes I highlighted last week, I couldn’t help but think of Mark Twain — my choice for the state of Missouri. photo credit: The Confluence I recently re-read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and was re-amazed. Although controversial and frequently banned today, Huck Finn was so ahead of its time… sadly. But beyond [...]

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discover. dream. explore. (buffy holt)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:07:26 GMT

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain Yes. I am a Goob.

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One of my Favorite Quotes (Intellectual Poison)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:25:00 GMT

This is widely attributed to Mark Twain but there's some evidence that he may not have said it. Either way, it is one of my favorite quotes of all time. "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." I never felt anything like...

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McCain's big mistake (Blue Oasis)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:18:00 GMT

Mark Twain once wrote the truism: “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” Here on the arid land of the west, that statement has never been truer as McCain has ignited the ire of Coloradoans by threatening to take their water. Here is a particularly acerbic editorial from the Denver post on the issue: http://www.denverpost.com/opinionheadlines/ci_10239045 Being from Arizona,...

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