What's the rule here? Things seem to go both ways:
Myanmar Anti-Government Protests Turn Deadly
UPDATE: In case you are unsure, use both.
Wikipedia helps:
The name “Myanmar” is derived from the local short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw.[2] This name was used as early as the 12th century, but its etymology remains unclear.
In 1989, the military junta officially changed the English version of the country’s name from Burma to Myanmar, along with changes to the English versions of many place names in the country, such as its former capital city from Rangoon to Yangon. Note that the official name of the country in the Burmese language, Myanma, did not change. Within the Burmese language, Myanma is the written, literary name of the country, while Bama or Bamar (from which “Burma” derives) is the oral, colloquial name. In spoken Burmese, the distinction is less clear than the English transliteration suggests.
The renaming proved to be politically controversial.[3] Burmese opposition groups continue to use the name “Burma” since they do not recognise the legitimacy of the ruling military government nor its authority to rename the country. Some western governments, namely those of the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Britain, continue to use “Burma”, while the European Union uses "Burma/Myanmar" as an alternative.[4] The United Nations uses “Myanmar”.
Use of “Burma” and its adjective, “Burmese”, remains common in the United States and Britain. Some news organisations, such as the BBC and The Financial Times, still use these forms.[5][6] MSNBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and others use “Myanmar” as the country name and “Burmese” as the adjective.
Dang. So close. Gotta re-jigger my tights.
Something? Or nothing?
The Apple Store doesn't just go down...
UPDATE: It was just a beauty sleep...it's all pretty now.
All good news stories have "in bed" in their headlines:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297527,00.html
And really, it's nice to see things finally getting better:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html
The woman asked: "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" to which Gagarin replied: "As a matter of fact, I have!"
First words upon Gagarin's return to earth, to a woman and a girl near where his capsule landed. (12 April 1961)
This is certainly one of those real-life images that brings you to a sort of reverse-uncanny-valley.
We sent in the army
They sounded alarms, we
Saw it coming from a mile away
We kept it off radar
Cause we had to say our
Intentions were to save the day
Why did you fail to see?
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
They were shocked and they were awed
And they were blown in half
Fun and games, we were just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg
We kept it all long-range
And made a regime change
You'd have thought it would have been a gas
When it got ugly
We sat around smugly
Because you bought our little joke en masse
Don't look at me that way
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
We knew your sons and daughters
Would be blown in half
Fun and games, we were just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg
Put a smile on
We're the ones that you selected
Leave that dial, son
Because we just got re-elected
In a while our
Bill of rights will be rejected
And all the blame will be deflected
The forests will be unprotected
The nation's poor will be neglected
Creation myth is resurrected
A new salute is genuflected
The Gallup poll will be respected
A gallows pole will be erected
And all this will go undetected
And while you all slumbered
We sat and crunched numbers
Of all the casualties we could afford
There's no need to draft them
You could hear us laugh then
The poor and black all need the room and board
Did I say that out loud?
It was a gag
It was all for a laugh
And now our very nation
Has been blown in half
Fun and games, we were just pulling legs
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg
Oh yeah (oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah)
We knew this barrel of fun would be a powder keg
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...)
It's a powder keg
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...)
- Barenaked Ladies
http://stevenf.com/2007/09/a_matter_of_200.php
I'd certainly buy his shirt. If he had one.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
This letter is just brilliant.
It's a seemingly honest explanation of the reasons behind the price drop, a gentle "f*ck you" to the whiners, and a crazy brilliant solution/compromise that will sate most while raising Apple to some sort of customer service Valhalla.
And certainly, many those $100 credits will go to items that cost muccch more.
Bravo!
Oh Jeremy:
There will be questions, of course, and we’ll do our best to answer them once the event is over, but as the clock ticks down, I have one piece of advice: no matter who you are, get your wallet ready. Dreams are about to come true.
Two words: Disney iPod. All my dreams will come true.
(Really? I mean....really?? This is out of control, people.)
