Eric Back on December 18th, 2005

For over 30 years, CSU has provided a Distance MBA Program that offers students:
AACSB Accreditation
No Residency Requirement
Flexibility and Convenience
The CSU Distance MBA Program is designed to deliver a quality education while providing distance students with the flexibility they need to earn their degree. To give the distance MBA student as much of [...]

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

Go to IGN for technical details on the new Nintendo, gaming device, codenamed ”Revolution.

In a nutshell, double the clock speed and a heap more memory in a very cute package.

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

Will Cadbury’s market it’s chocolate covered confection to Narnia fans? I’d be willing to bet on it. For an introduction to the real stuff — go here. Christianity Today offers an article entitled, ”Why You Won’t Like Turkish Delight As Much As Edmund Did.”

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

Meet the inspiration for Lucy Pevensie, the girl who walks through the wardrobe full of fur coats and into the snowflakes of Narnia. 78 year old Jill Freud was a wartime evacuee billeted at Lewis’s home. In a Telegraph article she shares her recollections.

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

Take Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz on 20th century, popular music.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/12692535.htm

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

Brian Whitman and Tristan Jehan of MIT’s Media Laboratory have written a computer application that listens to and analyzes songs, assigning them the equivalent of a thumbs up or thumbs down. The technology is sufficiently sophisticated to predict how well a tune will perform on the charts and rate it from ”sexy to romantic [...]

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

The New York Daily News reports that more than year after suffering the stroke that precluded him from hosting last year’s New Year’s Eve celebration on ABC, Dick Clark is back. Larry Klein, producer of the show said, ”I’m not going to tell you that he’s 100%.” 76 year old Clark will [...]

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

The New York Daily News reports that more than year after suffering the stroke that precluded him from hosting last year’s New Year’s Eve celebration on ABC, Dick Clark is back. Larry Klein, producer of the show said, ”I’m not going to tell you that he’s 100%.” 76 year old Clark [...]

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

So what’s the most expensive guitar on record?
Stratcollector.com reported in 2004 that ”Eric Clapton’s prized Stratocaster, ”Blackie”, brought $959,500 in the Christie’s Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at an auction.”
Jeffbeck.com reports that the Fender model pictured below brought 1.6 million recently. Though it had [...]

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Eric Back on December 10th, 2005

So what’s the most expensive guitar on record?
Stratcollector.com reported in 2004 that ”Eric Clapton’s prized Stratocaster, ”Blackie”, brought $959,500 in the Christie’s Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Auction, becoming the most expensive guitar ever to have been sold at an auction.”
Jeffbeck.com reports that the Fender model pictured below brought 1.6 million recently. Though it had [...]

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