A viral sensation online, sparking news headlines worldwide, the festival itself saw the convergence of 10,000 people -- some in costumes, others cradling kitty companions, all feline fanatics -- on the Walker Art Center's hillside one warm August evening last year.
Today to kick off Spark Summit, Databricks announced a Serverless Platform for Apache Spark — welcome news for developers looking to reduce time spent on cluster management.
One bright spark was news that the Office of Fair Trading had recommended that the Competition Commission should consider relaxing a number of restrictions on the company which were introduced in 2007 when it was a major power in the market.
And the big rally in share prices on April 29th was sparked by news that labour costs are barely increasing, while orders for durable goods are actually falling.
The latest furore was sparked by news that Russell Brand, Caitlin Moran and Dizzee Rascal were to be added to the A-level syllabus.
And while many white residents said there were no racial tensions locally except those being sparked by news coverage and claims from out-of-town civil rights groups, Latinos offered a different view.
There is, I hope, a historic change taking place in the realm of mores, one that may have been sparked by news from Hollywood but should generate changes throughout society more broadly.
Some of the links by bloggers to entries in Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, were sparked by news events, like the death of Steve Irwin and the ethics scandal involving former Representative Mark Foley, Republican of Florida, shown above in 2003.
And, indeed, talk has started, sparked by news that since returning home he has addressed the Lincoln Day dinner of the Arkansas Republican Party and the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner of the Arkansas Democratic Party.
For the first time since February, violent demonstrations by opposition supporters erupted this week in Nairobi's slums, sparked by news of the talks' breakdown.Most local and foreign election observers agree that, though ballots were stuffed on both sides, Mr Kibaki stole the decisive votes to squeak in for a second presidential term.
