Gastronomica Nov 20, 2009
Chema Madoz, Sin T;tulo, 2000. 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VEGAP, Madrid. (Harper's Magazine)
Fla. Police Seek Accused Hostage Takers Nov 19, 2009
Statistics and specifics on crime in America. Interactive. (CBS News -- US)
Animating with open-source Nov 19, 2009
The company, which is based in Ampang, has been responsible for a wide range of artistic, commercial and corporate work the most notable being the Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) award-winning music videos for artiste Pete Teo entitled Arms Of Marianne and Lost In America. And yes, both videos mixed different types of animation with live footage. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Citizen Webitor Nov 19, 2009
rayhami wrote on Aug 16, 2009 1:54 AM:" I would like to comment on an article posted on Yahoo yesterday titled: The 50 richest colleges: This report is good and people really need to know this information because these institutions are educational institutions and are in business to educate young people and to serve as good examples for the younger generations. With that in mind our country is going through tough times right now, the very same system that enabled these individuals and... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Click to read:Report: Senate Health Bill to Cost $849B Nov 19, 2009
Now we have the government seeking to control health care in America and they are clearly in bed with the insurance industry while doing it ... The bill will reduce the long term costs of medical care in America. (CBS News)
Chinas ascent traced back to Clinton-era trade deal Nov 19, 2009
China s ascent traced back to Clinton-era trade deal. 4:16 pm November 18, 2009, by Jay. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Starr report Nov 19, 2009
NBC's "Football Night in America, Part 2" (1,000 view ers) ... NBC's "Football Night in America, Part 2" (1,000 view ers). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Time to revisit firearms policies on military posts Nov 19, 2009
This is legal and a currently glaring loophole within America s background check system ... Most people in America are uaware of this. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Nov 19, 2009
" Muslim Americans and Arab-Americans have already suffered from being profiled in a de facto sense. Unsurprisingly, to have that injustice become policy concerns them. The protests would be even louder if so many in the community were not afraid to speak up and draw attention to themselves, as one of my Muslim American Facebook correspondents pointed out to me. Another remarked sadly that not only had George W. Bush not brought democracy to the Muslim Middle East, but he had also damaged its... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Comedy movies are laughing all the way to the bank Nov 18, 2009
"It's interesting how things are going in the world and in America," says , who stars in the comedy Old Dogs, which opens Nov. 25. "Laughter is getting people through it.". (USA Today)
Click to read: Too Much Video Surveillance? Nov 18, 2009
Koeppen added on "The Early Show" that experts say say there are so many cameras in America -- it's impossible to say just how many exist. MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Download - PM Nov 18, 2009
It was rooted in reality, there's so many things on that show, contemporary life in America at that time that had never been on television. A lot of it was ugly but a lot of it was self-critical, a lot of it was subversive and so that subversive end of things, coupled with this great genre mob drama was very popular with critics and audiences and then ended up being a billion dollar enterprise and that encouragement I think led to something else. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Sport)
Click to read:Study: 40% of U.S. May Be Obese by 2018 Nov 18, 2009
Obesity is Good for a Healthy Economy in America. Unfortunately, we cannot export this genuine 'Made in USA' product. (CBS News)
Facing Up To The Facts At Fort Hood Nov 18, 2009
Yet this event, too, was portrayed as if it reflected some distemper in American society about bigotry and violence ... Noloyalisti, your comments re-enforce the principle that, in America, even the most ignorant amongst society are free to express their opinions. (CBS News -- Politics)
The Story of Barack Obama's Mother Nov 18, 2009
Ironically, the person who mattered most in Obama's life is the one we know the least about maybe because being partly African in America is still seen as being simply black and color is still a preoccupation above almost all else. There is not enough room in the conversation for the rest of a man's story. (Time.com)
Guest commentary Nov 17, 2009
This past Wednesday commemorated the 90th anniversary of Veterans Day in America, and I would like to encourage all California residents to seek out and thank a military veteran for their service to our country, especially those who fought in World War II, like my older brother Jim, who served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. By Kim Stanley Robinson. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The pecs factor Nov 17, 2009
I think they don't really realise what has been going on in America ... Pattinson says: "My family live in London and I think they don't really realise what has been going on in America.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The One Thing Nov 17, 2009
There was a time in America when the typical union member was a blue-collar guy sweating in a Pittsburgh steel mill, screwing together Chevies in Detroit or loading and unloading ships on the San Francisco docks. But things are radically different today because Joe Lunchpail has been replaced by white-collar Todd and Margo Yuppiecrat processing. (Fox News)
Director airs his family’s dirty laundry in ‘The Maid’ Nov 17, 2009
I have been more open in America. I don t think I will go through that experience again as a filmmaker. (Boston Globe)
Bulletin Board Nov 17, 2009
SUSTAINABLE BRAINTREE TRIPLE PLAY. All events will be held at town hall, Thursday Nov. 19, 7 p.m. Community Meeting "Trash Talk, what is recyclable and what is not. Information on recycling like one has never heard it before. Friday Nov. 20, 7 p.m. Movie Night "Food Inc, a movie about food production in America and where our food comes from. Saturday Nov. 21, 9 a.m. 1 p.m. Indoor Farmers Market in time for Thanksgiving. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Luxury Leader LVMH & American Composers Orchestra Announce National Call for Scores to Create Original Orchestral Music Inspired by the Theme "A Greener New York City" Nov 17, 2009
LVMH shares this vision and belief that art creates a better life for all and at ACO, it is our extreme pleasure to be the first Music Arts partner of LVMHs sponsorship commitment in America ... This marks the first time a leading luxury group has supported the creation of an original musical composition in America. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A Ranch Fit for a King (of Texas) Nov 16, 2009
" Power through it, like Richard King . . . the King of Texas . . . did 155 years ago. "I don't know why he isn't kind of a household name in America," Gwynne said. "I don't know why all American children don't know the name Richard King the way they know Davy Crockett ... " (the typo is yours, I merely cut and pasted)And while I saw in other posts that theft was a possibility in the King ranch (I looked it up, did you?), that doesn't make everyone who crossed the ocean a thief . by IrishWench01... (CBS News)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OPENS REGULAR SEASON AT UMBC SUNDAY Nov 15, 2009
UMBC, under the direction of eighth-year head coach Phil Stern, returns all five starters and 10 letterwinners from last season s squad that finished fifth in America East at 14-16. The Retrievers were picked sixth in the preseason America East coaches poll and senior Carlee Cassidy earned preseason all-conference honors. (Umeshawks.com)
The full frame Nov 14, 2009
I did Easy Rider, then The Last Movie, a film that was never distributed in America. He was gratified, he says, by the way that the Cinematheque audiences responded to the ill-fated Last Movie, adding that there have been many films that have gone unmade, ''things I wanted to do that I haven't been able to get the financing for. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'It's Orwellian': Everyone in UK could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'... Nov 14, 2009
But, here in America, the majority of us have guns and we are not opposed to using them if you push us far enough ... If this was pulled in America,there would be a war which would send the political class and its richy-rich masters packing" - Big Bear. Internet Bravado. Your Government already has Americans under the thumb in so many ways,and you know it. The days the of U.S being the last oases of freedom for the individual are long over too. Mike on November 13, 2009 at 06:18 PM Where does... (The Drudge Report)
It's Twilight in America Nov 13, 2009
By Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the stars of the Twilight movies. (Time.com)
Angelina Jolie Can Adopt From Syria. You Can't. Nov 13, 2009
if we all agree that Syrian orphans (especially girls) are better raised in america, the implicit understanding is that America is simply a better country, composed of better people who are morally superior to Syrians (or insert other orphan-exporting country here) because we adopt children out of countries who don't care for them. What are the standards of caring for an orphan. (Slate)
Understanding their father William Kunstler’s ‘Universe’ Nov 13, 2009
(In The Most Hated Lawyer in America, David Langum s very good biography or Kunstler, Dershowitz s criticism is less polite ... He tried to instill in his daughters the idea that all white people are inherently racist: They have all the power in America, and the law is often used against minorities. (Boston Globe)
An economy gone to pot Nov 13, 2009
There's a changing of the guard in America. Now the generation of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is retiring. (The Palm Beach Post)
Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran Nov 13, 2009
The Alavi Foundation is the successor organization to the Pahlavi Foundation, a nonprofit group used by the shah to advance Iran's charitable interests in America. But authorities said its agenda changed after the fall of the shah. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
End of the world and Hollywood feels fine Nov 13, 2009
I think essentially that people are good and resourceful everywhere in the world, not just in America. I tend to think it's going to be all right. (MSNBC -- News)
It's personal to me Nov 13, 2009
This party has to be one with clear ideals that recalls all that is, was, and can be good in America ... " For a man who seems to be educated, this is a profoundly ignorant thing to say.There are certainly Islamic extremist who have hi-jacked their religion and used it to justify murder, suppression of women and worse. Those sins are not exclusive to Islamic extremists.Finally, Bill, we weren't talking about tolerance in the rest of the world. This began as discussion about tolerance in America.... (Cameron Observer, MO)
AP poll: Family dinner survives, with distra... Nov 13, 2009
It's dinnertime in America. Between the blare of the TV, the ring of the phone and Junior texting his buddies under the table or from the couch, the modern dinner comes with a heaping helping of distracting bells and whistles, an Associated Press-iVillage Food poll found. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Precious little progress on race relations Nov 13, 2009
As chance would have it, two movies out this month in America have as their protagonist a poor, overweight black teenager, a coincidence that would once have been unthinkable ... By following that glorious tradition of racial rapprochement in America - becoming an athlete. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Lou Dobbs deja CNN Nov 12, 2009
El grupo ciberntico realiz una serie de manifestaciones en contra del periodista el mes pasado, el mismo da que CNN iniciaba a transmitir la serie Latino in America, programa especial que resalta las aportaciones de los hispanos a Estados Unidos. Es un golpe contundente contra las fuerzas del odio que han durado aos diciendo mentiras y que han sido invitados por Dobbs a su programa, apunt Roberto Lovato, cofundador de Presente. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Wa... Nov 12, 2009
The clash of Chinese and American cultures and the narrator s deliberate attempt to succeed in American culture demonstrate the constructed nature of culture. To succeed in American society, the narrator must act like other American girls in order to fit in and be accepted; she must dress, talk, and act like them, essentially emulating their performance of gender roles and cultural expectations ... For example, eye contact is considered rude in Chinese culture, but is necessary to succeed in... (Suite101.com)
Is masturbation an OK topic for high school lit class? Nov 12, 2009
I do not work with many Muslims, as I am not familiar with them opening their own schools here in America. Perhaps that is why they attend other parochial schools. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Bloodsuckers are booming Nov 12, 2009
It's kind of the only growth industry in America, that I can tell. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Mad Men, Season 3 Nov 11, 2009
It was the great joke of this season that the lion tamer dispatched by London to take the Yanks in hand was actually something of a cub and that in America Pryce found a freewheeling, meritocratic alternative to fusty, buttoned-up Blighty. (Have either of you seen. (Slate)
Inflated hospital bill Nov 11, 2009
Health care in America is no doubt one of the most complex and compelling subjects. However, I ask this simple question: How can any individual, regardless of injuries, arrive at any institution of medicine, in this case, UC Davis Medical Center, be pronounced dead five minutes later, and incur a bill of $29,186. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Triumph's great escape Nov 11, 2009
Last Updated: 02:50pm 09 Nov 2009. Life Insurance Quote. (iAfrica.com)
Bradley: What if Smith was suspended? Nov 10, 2009
it still doesnt take away the fact that Georgia Tech runs a high school offense, is the most overrated team in America, and will have no chance in hell recruiting a QB or WR worth a crap in the near future. just sayin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Comfortably dumb Nov 10, 2009
estimates that three women and one man are murdered by their intimate partners every day in America. While no silly dating show can directly cause domestic violence, these shows and their spectacularly lazy screening criteria are going a long way to promote the glorification of it. (Salon)
Tortured justice Nov 10, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The Republican Congress Wednesday moved to the cusp of passing landmark legislation to broaden the definition of "enemy combatants" in America's global "war on terror" and to eliminate the right of all detainees to have judicial review of their incarceration ... " In the years following that fateful 2000 presidential election, economic populism has come into vogue on the left. In fact, some liberals have elevated it to the status of panacea for the Democratic Party, and it has been... (Salon)
Three anniversaries Nov 10, 2009
The post-communist players bear a striking resemblance to the interlocking handful of Wall Street government policy deciders who "coincide" at the highest echelons of power and have come to be symbolized by "Government Sachs." From those who ruined Enron to those who wrought more recent Wall Street wreckage, a lack of loyalty to institutions, including the dearth of regard for shareholders and boards of directors, has characterized the modus operandi of the Wall Street players who brought on the... (Salon)
"Mad Men" finale: What's worth a fight? Nov 10, 2009
Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal By Heather HavrileskyWednesday, Dec 31, 1969 16:00 ... " Exactly. It's a shame people automatically assume there must have been a sexual relationship based on zero evidence beyond her youth and gender and his power. But it's equally a shame that any actual relationship would be seen as grounds to deny Gordon's writing talent. I have no idea if Kater Gordon ever slept with Matthew Weiner (which, since it's none of... (Salon)
Video Rental Stores Compete To Stay Afloat Nov 10, 2009
Check out the best selling cars made in America. Get overviews, pictures and a price quote. (KERO 23, CA)
Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life Nov 10, 2009
"Leap," first published in 1981, is a heavily illustrated and factually challenged attempt to explain American history through an unspoken lens of Mormon theology ... James Pratt, the book's publisher, says Beck "has done more to bring the work of Dr. Skousen to light than any other individual in America today." ... " The "demagogue" wasn't happy about this, so on Wednesday, he had Forbes in order to complain a bit. As soon as the interview started, Forbes began sucking up and repudiating his... (Salon)
No comments posted. Nov 10, 2009
World War II touched almost every life. by Jerry Sloat/Daily Democrat Columnist. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
World War II touched almost every life Nov 10, 2009
by Jerry Sloat/Daily Democrat Columnist. Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 12:26 PM CST To anyone under the age of 65 or 70, World War II is just part of history. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Dover ski shop marks 20th year Nov 10, 2009
Fire on the Mountain ski and board shop in Dover, named one of the best ski and snowboard shops in America, is celebrating its 20th year in business. Courtesy photo November 10, 2009 2:00 AM. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Actor trying to get shampoo out of his hair Nov 10, 2009
Although Martino was in the middle of recording an original song, "In America," at a local sound studio and also learning lines for a film role in a TV sitcom pilot, "You Make Me Laugh," with Karen Black (among her credits -- "Five Easy Pieces" with Jack Nicholson), he rented a U-Haul. "My 22-year-old son Johnny and I picked (the 13,000 bottles of hair product) up. It took us seven hours to load," Martino said. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Citizen Webitor Nov 9, 2009
rayhami wrote on Aug 16, 2009 1:54 AM:" I would like to comment on an article posted on Yahoo yesterday titled: The 50 richest colleges: This report is good and people really need to know this information because these institutions are educational institutions and are in business to educate young people and to serve as good examples for the younger generations. With that in mind our country is going through tough times right now, the very same system that enabled these individuals and... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Best from Sunday Nov 9, 2009
From the most luxurious penthouse on Easy Street to the shabbiest shack on Skid Row, credit is the way of life in America. One needs but to count the number of charge cards in his or her possession to attest to our credit-loving culture. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Green: Creating Standards That Worked Nov 9, 2009
DOCSIS] completely changed not just the business model for cable, but the face of communications in America, said National Cable & Telecommunications Association CEO Kyle McSlarrow. One can make the case that the advent of broadband, where cable led the way, and the delivery of digital phone on top of that has done more to create competition and change the way people think about communications than anything else you can think of. (Multichannel News)
Marathoner's story is as American as it gets... Nov 8, 2009
Is San Diego in America. he was telling me, not expecting an answer. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Sykes will speak her mind (as usual) as talk host Nov 7, 2009
But when O'Brien began knocking on doors in Latino neighborhoods to collect stories for the new documentary, CNN's "Latino in America" (airing last night and tonight), folks just smiled and welcomed her home. "I would show up at the door," she told me during a recent interview, "and people would literally say, 'I knew you were one of us. I knew -- that name. I knew you were.' ". (Fresno Bee)
Mary Mazzio focuses her camera on poverty-stricken youth Nov 7, 2009
And I loved these kids because they re like every other kid in America. What I learned through this process is we ve got these great kids in the film - 12 of them - but there are hundreds or thousands of kids like them. (Boston Globe)
The Fort Hood shooting suspect's religion is not the point Nov 7, 2009
" So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple. -- Ezekiel 9:6 . . . whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. -- Exodus 31:15. Do we take those verses literally? Because if we, we have a lot of killing to get to. And yet we read verses plucked from the Qur'an and think we know the literature. By Dave on More left-wing lunacy. Where were you when George Tiller was killed and when the Holocaust Museum was shot up earlier in the year? The... (FOX61, CT)
Written out of the story Nov 7, 2009
" In the years following that fateful 2000 presidential election, economic populism has come into vogue on the left. In fact, some liberals have elevated it to the status of panacea for the Democratic Party, and it has been cited as the key thread that weaves together the elections of politicians ranging from Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown to Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. However, leaving aside a few Southerners like Webb (more on the rookie senator in a moment), economic... (Salon)
When did "Parks and Recreation" get so funny? Nov 6, 2009
NBC's comedy matures from middling civic mockumentary into a smart, hilarious parody of small-town life in America By ... Welcome to the endless joys of community life in America ... No. I was conceived in America. (Salon)
Freedom fighter Nov 6, 2009
" Dexter Clark added that secessionists should "infiltrate" the two major parties when they could advance their cause this way. But Lynette Clark makes it clear that she does not believe in working within the American political system. Clark, who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, says she once believed in America. But no longer. "My God, our country's been completely whored out to the highest bidders. " We no longer live in a democracy, she says. "We have a partnership between a... (Salon)
Michele Bachmann's army marches on Washington Nov 6, 2009
Big things were at stake, after all -- socialism in America ... Cornyn finds numerous aspects of Mr. Sunstein's record troubling, specifically the fact that he wants to establish legal 'rights' for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in American courts ... " Speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives, the Minnesota Republican warned parents everywhere that if Democrats' healthcare reform legislation passes, school clinics will become controlled by... (Salon)
Ask the pilot Nov 6, 2009
No, and the fact that every week in America more than a hundred thousand commercial airline flights operate safely and without incident underscores this. What happened above Minneapolis was, if nothing else, a freak occurrence. (Salon)
Joe Lieberman undercuts his wife Nov 6, 2009
Susan Bayh was invited to join the board of Wellpoint back in 1998, when the Indiana-based company was still called Anthem Insurance and had not yet completed the mergers that made it the largest health insurer in America (and gave it monopoly status in many regions of the country). According to her official biography on Wellpoint's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, her qualifications to sit on the board of a billion-dollar corporation were minimal, to put it politely. (Salon)
