This lets users start conversations directly from Cover Feed instead of having to open up the messenger app to start chatting.

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Artificial Intelligence is still a long way from being able to simulate a specific individual, but recreating the limited slice of personality reflected in a Twitter feed is an interesting place to start.

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No-one connected to the show has commented, but the venue apologised for the late start via its Twitter feed saying: "Justin Bieber is now on stage and apologises for the lateness of his show".

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You start with a pretty basic feed stock - oil or natural gas - but with a little work you can turn out a whole bunch of flavors.

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Both teams feed qualified appointments to closers, who typically start their process with a demo.

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You can hustle and do it organically, or you can feed a little money into the system to jump start it.

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Realistically, the most GM can hope for is that it will have done enough by March to keep the drip-feed going until the second half of 2009, when things may start to improve.

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However, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have suggested a sluggish start to the year in terms of mortgage activity, which could feed through to house prices later.

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By March, the weather may start to warm up and he should be able to enjoy the gardens and feed the goldfish in a pond near a statue of the Madonna where he often liked to visit.

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But once Facebook went public, "they had to start thinking much more about becoming a business, and as a business, a higher percentage of the feed had to be about ads, " Mr. O'Malley said.

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