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Ford's 40 MPG CarThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:54PMThe Fiesta is currently the best-selling car in the old country, taking on all comers with a lively mix of style and a premium feel that's priced to sell

Curry jumps the shark [Stoat]Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:34PMIt looks like it is finally time to announce Judith Curry's departure for the dark side, prompted by her comments at RC . I still think she has good intentions, at heart, but has been "captured by the septic narrative" or somesuch. In some respects this intervention is fairly typical of her previous stuff - which is to say, she mouths off without having done her homework, then tries to back off ...

Is the Euro Crisis Really Over?Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:28AMIt is remarkable how sentiment has turned around on Europe from where we were less than three months ago

Is the euro crisis over?Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:36AMIt is remarkable how sentiment has turned around on Europe from where we were less than three months ago. Back then, the euro was tanking, fears were escalating that the continent would suffer a series of sovereign debt defaults, and financial contagion raged out of control. My how things have changed. The governments of Spain [...]

Blog: An outsider looks in at Metrocon 2010Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:27PMIt was a mixture of ages and races, all combining the wish to spend just a moment of their lives as someone else. Photo Gallery: Metrocon 2010

Evel exhibit adds to Harley Museum's kid-friendly offeringsMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:23PMSomehow, Molly Snyder and her two school-aged boys never made it to the Harley-Davidson Museum until last week when they went to check out the new Evel Knievel exhibit. From the moment they pulled into the parking lot, it was captivating for the boys, and Snyder wondered why she hadn't made a break for it sooner.

Analysis: How Assassin's Creed 2 Teaches Us To Make Our Own FunMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:04AM[In this Gamasutra analysis piece, Connor Cleary discusses the importance of balancing logistical necessities with emotional engagement in gaming, using examples from Assassin's Creed and StarCraft to show that the ways players choose to personalize their game experiences greatly impacts their experience.] I have heard several people complain that the combat system in the Assassin's Creed ...

Fun in the sun for T-ball playersMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:01AMThe setting was at a ball park and it was a baseball theme but it looked more like a picnic. The Peterborough Baseball Association ran its annual yearend banquet for the T-ball division (for boys and girls four and five years old) at the Lions Centre Sunday afternoon.[...]

Parent-child interaction therapy: ‘E’ for enthusiasmFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 3:19PMFor the past few weeks we have been writing about spending time building relationships with our children, strengthening our connections, and promoting positive behaviours — all via the ‘PRIDE’ skills of parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT).