Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/20/2009

We don’t have a TV, so I was spared the inauguration. This morning, during a skype conversation, someone started telling me about the events as they were then unfolding in Washington.My response: “LALALALALALALA! I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”I’ve got four (or more likely eight or more) years to get used to Obama. So I’m going to take my time.Thanks to C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:50:00

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A Meteor To Kiss The World

January 11, 2009, Matthew Good After finishing all the bass tracks for the record last night I decided to drive home for my day off. Sleeping in a proper bed was a relief, to say the least. A little laundry, a lot of not moving, you get the picture. Tomorrow I’ll head back into town to start on guitars, which I’m looking forward to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:44:47

Possible conflict of interest surfaces for President Obama’s new urban czar Adolfo Carrion

President Obama’s new urban czar renovated his Bronx home with help from the architect on a major development that needed his approval, ... by city law,” he said. “That was completely unrelated to my professional activities and entirely ... was part of a team seeking Carrión’s approval of one of the biggest taxpayer-subsidized developments [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 15:46:58

Drum Machine: Spinning for War with Iran

Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Feb. 23: There is a lot riding on whom President Obama names as his special envoy to Iran ... of the corporate media bubble, but it never goes away. Very weighty factions in the American power structure ... reported the fact that Iran has deliberately slowed the pace of its nuclear enrichment program [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 15:57:57

LOST 5.08 “LaFleur” recap

They went and done it again. It’s a whole new ball game, kiddies. So saddle up, and let’s find out just exactly why Lost ’s showrunners have been calling Season 5 “the year of Sawyer.” It was a wild hour full of everything Lost does best, with one incredible moment of drama or revelation after another [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 07:57:09

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, March 6, 2009

Market Cafe inside the Wegmans store on Peach Street received their Pennsylvania restaurant liquor license and will begin selling beer today ... by Linebacker Seth Fragale. No matter what the Erie indoor football team is called it seems more like a money making scheme to sell tickets, advertising and cheerleader calendars than a sports team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 11:59:00

Grandma, Jimmy and Wonderful Spring Breakers

Jump to CommentsThis morning I walked along the promenade after hosting my port adventure talk to find a group of three or four teenagers huddled ... ..If they like a TV program, they go online and download the whole series. If they want to go to the movies ... me he recently downloaded a program called Spotify, which gives you pretty much all the music [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 02:18:26

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009

The overwhelming evidence of global warming continues to accumulate — as does the level of ice and snow in Greenland’s central ice cap, which increases at a rate of about two inches a year.Shhh! Don’t tell Al Gore…Thanks to Abu Elvis, Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, heroyalwhyness, JD, Lexington, LN, RRW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:27:00

Generation Generosity

together from the ground up with the goal of raising money for clean water - putting the charity and its' mission before anything else.   (Well, maybe another motivation was the desire to meet up with other Twitter users and have a good time. Fundraising events should be fun!)  And while there are commercial or business event sponsors [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 00:15:53

New White House WMD Czar Wants Immediate Talks with Iran, to 'Manage' North Korea Until it Collapses

"The discussion today is on the Greater Middle East," Council on Foreign Relations official Gary Samore (suh-MORE-ay) said last week, "and I've always wondered what's so great about it." The crowd laughed. "It seems to me it's a part of the world where most of the fanaticism and violence and conflict and tension somehow seems to have become [more...]

Date: 2009-01-29 14:58:01

FRITZWIRE: What's Going On In DC This Week

You can get the FritzWire weekly here, or sign up and get it every day from Fritz directly.  It's free, it's chock full of all sorts of education stuff -- legislation, events, jobs.  Today's edition includes new stim guidance.  Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see there are even restaurant recommendations and online [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:23:27

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 00:02:08

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Hussein Obama took power as the first black US President - Hope for a Change - Yes we can - A crowd that may have reached over two million people of all backgrounds celebrated as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 00:21:08

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009

Check out tonight’s “behavioral sink” stories from the UK. Every night there are at least a few, but tonight seems to have more than its share.Also, in case you haven’t been following the story, Obama will close Gitmo shortly after he takes office. The interesting thing will be what he decides to do with the Gitmo alumni…Thanks to Frontinus, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:58:00

Get Your Team in Place

My observations, cannot say it applies to all unheathy churches but this is what I saw in mine. These may be a combination of people. In my former church this is the set of men who control things, the face of the men who made things tick forward. It’s not a complete picture as I don’t think we got the complete picture before we left [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 14:54:48

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 5 March 2009. United States & the Americas El Universal - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Tuesday ordered expropriation of a rice plant owned by US food giant Cargill because it was not producing rice that is subject to government price controls [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 06:49:09

On Target: A DentalBlogs Exclusive Interview with Kirk Behrendt of ACT Dental

May 1, 2009 Kirk Behrendt, a powerful dental practice performance coach, international speaker, and author founded ACT Dental in 1998 ... dental practices thrive, creating high-performance teams, marketing, taming overhead, and building ... about his upcoming speaking engagements or to register for “Motivate Your Team with Some Recession Proofing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:49:55

How MI5 colluded in my torture: Binyam Mohamed claims British agents fed Moroccan torturers their questions

David Rose Daily Mail MI5 directly colluded in the savage ‘medieval’ torture in Morocco of Binyam Mohamed, the Guantanamo inmate who was last week released to live in Britain. The revelation came as Mohamed broke his silence about the full horror of his seven years in detention in a compelling interview with The Mail on Sunday [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 10:50:46

M Power Builders

When Karl-Heinz Kalbfell became head of Motorsport in 1988, he set about building upon the success of his predecessors. Jesse Crosse visited Kalbfell and team to learn their secret. While red, violet, and blue might not be the sort of combination you’d choose for the May Ball, just a glimpse of those colours [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 22:09:25

Doubletree by Hilton signs first hotel development deal in India

/India PRwire/ - Hilton Hotels Corporation today announced that it has signed a long-term management agreement with JMD Ltd ... in some of the most desired business and leisure destinations worldwide, our entire brand team looks forward to expanding our brand to India by building a collection of fine hotels that share the same core [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:17:44

Is Israel a democratic state? Interview with Mauro Manno

This interview was made by activist, writer, translator and academic Mauro Manno. Last Friday, following 14 months of suffering, our friend Mauro was released from his agony. All those who knew him, worked together with him and who were befriended by him will miss his intellect, generosity, determination and commitment to a cause [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 15:47:37

Ways to make your virtual space more social

I’ve said before that socialization requires downtime, ... is that we have carefully designed the games to always be prompting players to do something. We use eyelines to tell ... . So games have developed incentives to get you to go do stuff. The payback for this is direct jolts of fun [more...]

Date: 2009-01-29 03:49:03

Morning Reading List, 01.20.09

Happy Inauguration Day Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump... Today is the birthday of Sam Dealey [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:53:06

Building A Culture of Continuous Improvement - By Satyendra Kumar, Infosys

Building A Culture of Continuous Improvement View more presentations from Avinash Raghava . (tags: infosys continuous ) ... that it was really encouraging to see so many young boys and girls interested in a seminar on “ ... . Leadership Conviction “Building a culture of continuous improvement”, was all about a culture, which could [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 16:45:12

Public Diplomacy: Books, Articles, Websites #44

Below the fold is the latest list of books, articles, and websites on public diplomacy from Bruce Gregory, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University. Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 04:39:29

Edgewood News - March 2009: Incinerator, Cordish, Foreclosure

EDGEWOOD News EDGEWOOD: Better with EVERYONE’S Help! A Thriving, Diverse and Compassionate Community that Welcomes All Citizens! March 2009 Edition What’s in This Issue Councilman Dion Guthrie’s News Cordish Company Waste-to-Energy Facility Home Foreclosure Assistance Edgewood Schools News Young Author’s Writing Contest Awards [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:32:24

A bold vision: Church for the Online Generation

Greetings to you all! Below is the text of the sermon that Rev. Mark preached at the Saturday evening service on March 7, 2009 ... .  So with just a small group of five, as it was back then, I shared a vision of building a cathedral ... just building a box meeting space, let’s build something [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 03:50:09

How Low Can the Market Go? Obama’s Plans Ride on the Answer

The deepening recession throws a wrench in his hopes of skipping the task of reviving the economy and slide right into enacting the agenda of ultra-liberalism. March 3, 2009 - by Jennifer RubinPage 1 of 2  Next ->The financial news reports ask “How low can we go?”The answer quite simply is that no one knows [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 08:08:23

It’s A Green Thing: Diary of A Teenage Girl

I haven’t had a chance to read this one yet, but it definitely intrigues me! I am always looking for great products that promote green living, so a book is a great idea! I hope you enjoy the first chapter of the book below! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 08:53:33

Team Building - A Great Way To Increase Productivity

by Bart Icles Today, in a business setting, team building is the number one key to guarantee success. It is imperative that you have the channels of communication open with each of your team members and your team leader and become one as a group. Most individuals look down on teamwork and fail [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:10:39

CMC Athletic Dep’t – Faces & Voices from the past

“Since I was an officer, and the Director of PE, the Cadets usually called me `Sir`. Basketball days they’d call me “Coach” which was also fine, cadets would occasionally get flustered when speaking to me and call me “Sir-Coach”, “Coach-Sir” or “Sir-Coach-Sir”.” Hank Tatarchuk Waldmar Eli (Hank) [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:28:04

Is Illinois the Most Corrupt State?

Is Illinois the Most Corrupt State? By Ben Pershing and Paul Kane During Tuesday's press conference to announce the indictment and arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Robert Grant, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office, made a bold statement about his adopted home state: "I got here four years ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 19:40:20

White House Cheat Sheet: Between Barack and a Hard Vote

White House Cheat Sheet: Between Barack and a Hard VotePresident Obama is hoping that wintry weather is the only obstacle he faces Wednesday as the House takes up his economic stimulus package. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)Rhetoric and political reality converge today for House Republicans as they weigh whether or not to vote in favor of President [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 11:00:05

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Date: 2009-02-28 17:30:41

Updates

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Date: 2009-03-01 20:30:41

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Date: 2009-03-04 03:30:41

Updates

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Date: 2009-03-10 13:20:41

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/18/2009

The Obama inaugural is dominating the news, even here. But if you think we’re bad, visit any major American news outlet — at least 75% of the top stories are adulatory pieces about The One.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, JW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:54:00

A Great Way To Increase Productivity Is Through Team Building

by Bart Icles Today, in a business setting, team building is the number one key to guarantee success ... and your team leader and become one as a group. Most individuals look down on teamwork and fail ... to produce the results that you need to see the success of the company. Teamwork success happens only [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 17:15:07

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/10/2009

The reactions to Israel’s offensive in Gaza are still being played out all over the world. South Asia seems to be particularly prone to lavish expressions of outrage.Thanks to C. Cantoni, ESW, Fausta, Insubria, JD, Larwyn, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 04:52:00

FIRST Wild Card Tour: Assaulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! This one keeps threatening to jump to the top of my TBR pile! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 01:05:17

Text of VP Biden's once-top-secret union speech (except still no cameras)

Vice President Joe Biden, who's been touting the Obama administration's commitment to government transparency so much that he couldn't remember the recovery [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 01:12:00

DrumBeat: January 30, 2009

Mexico’s Peso Stuns UBS With Biggest Drop Since 1995 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest decline in Mexico’s peso in 13 years blindsided everyone from UBS AG economists to Gustavo Huitron, the local marketing manager for Mercedes-Benz. After weakening 20 percent last year, the currency fell to a record low of 14.4484 per dollar today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-30 13:53:04

Liveblogging the Harvard Internet & Politics conference part 1

I'm here at the Internet & Politics conference at Harvard University, co-hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & ... . Marshall Ganz (Harvard Kennedy School) and Jeremy Bird (Obama for America). Building Collective Capacity ... , intentional, and can be learned from To what extent can new technologies support these activities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:20:39

Every Day in Basic Was a Story

/danielmode on In Air Force basic training, there are many roles and responsibilities for the trainees. The trainee-leader is the Dorm Chief and he is responsible for ensuring all the members of the dorm perform their jobs. He is the one the military training instructor (MTI) yells at when anything is wrong. There is the Latrine Queen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:25:48

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/19/2009

Once again we present an abbreviated version of the news feed, since our email is still down. Today everything had to come in by skype, or we had to find it ourselves. Dymphna did the bulk of the work, digging through the news sites like a wino through a dumpster… Thanks to Fausta , Frontinus, Henrik , Holger Danske , [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 04:56:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/27/2009

This news feed is clogged up with some of the late tips from last night, and also I haven’t done all of today’s stories. The most important news item is that the US has withdrawn from Durban II. Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, Islam in Action , JD, KGS , TB, Tuan Jim, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 05:33:00

Force Reduction in Iraq + Updates in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joint Operation in Baghdad, Iraq An Iraqi soldier listens to his commanding officer during a joint operation with the Iraqi army and U.S. Soldiers of 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, in Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 28. The Soldiers are searching for weapons caches [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 23:41:55

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 11 March 2009. United States & the Americas Frank Gaffney - Rarely has a second-tier government appointment been more momentous than Team Obama’s decision to entrust the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to Charles “Chas” [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 05:46:15

Citizen Science: Unmannedspaceflight.com

Written by Nancy AtkinsonMosaic created by UMSF's James Canvin from images taken by the Opportunity rover, sol 1707. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/James Canvin Note: This is the first in a series of articles about Citizen Science projects, where science is not just for professional scientists anymore! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:51:47

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