The Map is Not The Territory

Getting to business in Rajkot on Day 6, and failing on Day 7

The start of a new week held promise. Now was time to really start ticking off that list. Internet, bank and camera, in that order, all needed to be sorted. Ordered broadband at the exchange. BSNL's strapline says "Connecting India". Let's put that to the test.

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Tiger: I Need a 'Kobe Special'

"During the phone conversation on Friday, Tiger told his friend, "I have to run to Zales to get a 'Kobe Special.'" The person on the other end of the phone asked Tiger what a "Kobe Special" was. The reply -- "A house on a finger."

Bambi buys the farm in the lions den at National Zoo

"A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of startled spectators looked on.

Top 25 US Daily Newspapers Show Dramatic Declines in Circulation

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- 2,024,269 -- 0.61% USA TODAY -- 1,900,116 -- (-17.15%) THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 927,851 -- (-7.28%) LOS ANGELES TIMES -- 657,467 -- (-11.05%) THE WASHINGTON POST -- 582,844 -- (-6.40%)

Banish the Cyber-bigots

". . .This comparison to the Internet is apt. The Nazis would have found much to admire in the adaptation of their message on neo-Nazi, white supremacist and Holocaust-denial Web sites.

Government Web sites attacked; North Korea suspected

A widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other U.S. agencies, and South Korean government sites also came under assault.

Media Bootlicker of the Day: Former Newsweeker Richard Wolffe

. . ."Critics who saw Wolffe as a liberal foot soldier for Obama were missing the mark, in my opinion. Like most political reporters, Wolffe in his private opinions is almost certainly a standard-issue liberal Democrat, squish division.

Iranian "Twitterers" With Possible Links to Security Services Identified

"The tweeters shown below are possible fakes accounts and may have connections to the Iranian Security apparatus. Do not re-tweet anything from these accounts."

Iran protests: Regime cracks down on opposition as further unrest looms

"Iran was braced for a fifth day of unrest today as the government intensified its crackdown on opposition figures with the arrest of dozens of leading critics and issued a further warning against reporting of the protest movement.

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