wednesday night 1387 Post Source: www.dianaswednesday.com Posted: Oct 01 2008 22:00:31
to paraphrase james carville its the financial crisis stupid its also politics foreign policy energy the environment and oh yes elections to name a few.
we are on overload of analysis information and opinion on all of the above. and we havent even mentioned such closetohome topics as arts funding. then theres sarah palin and the scary thought of her as vice president of course she also come... [Show More]
got socialism Post Source: lycanthropia.whistleandfish.com Posted: Sep 26 2008 07:01:09
pardon me but it isnt very helpful when the herald tribunes managing globalization blog by daniel altman explains why government takeovers of fannie mae freddie mac aig and now after the largest bank failure in american history washington mutual arent socialism by saying indeed socialism hardly has a monopoly on state involvement in the economy. last centurys examples of fascism did much the sam... [Show More]
filed under blogs italyif someone mentions rome a lot of things come to mind. you might think of museums fountains narrow streets the pope the history....the petty thieves. a recent post by elizabeth rosenthal on ihts globespotters blog relates how rome while a great city and popular tourist destination is not the idyllic spot some might expect. pickpockets and bag snatching artists are out in ful... [Show More]
see related will america pay the worlds tabthe financial crisis that began in the united states spread
to many corners of the globe. now the american bailout looks as if it
is going global too a move that could raise its cost and intensify
scrutiny by congress and critics.
foreign banks which were initially excluded from the plan lobbied
s uccessfull y over the weekend to be able to sell t... [Show More]
filed under estates auctions
on monday a famous 800yearold belgian castle will be auctioned off by court order to the highest bidder and it looks as if someone could snag a real bargain. the 13th century corroylechateau located just south of brussels and surrounded by a moat was built by nobleman william of brabant and remains one of europes most perfectlypreserved medieval strongholds. the curren... [Show More]
on saturday i mentioned the fact that an snp councillor and millionaire had threatened the blogger kezia duggdale with legal action.i dont particularly like kezias blog she supports the labour party i dont. she says nasty things about alex salmond one of my political heroes but i respect and defend her freedom of opinion last year there was a blog consensus that the blogosphere would stand up to... [Show More]
today i discovered yet another reason why i love where i work.a jpal abdul latif jameel poverty action lab combines three of the topics that are dearest to my heart and most intriguing to my brain innovation research and social responsibility.a it is in fact a research organization based on randomized smallscale trials of the effectiveness of different strategies to eliminate or reduce poverty.a ... [Show More]
filed under festivals and events spainon september 19th spain will face the us for a series of tennis matches as part of the davis cup tournament. spain is heavily favored but the action on the court wont be the only interesting aspect of the event. thats because the matches will be held at las ventas madrids most famous bullfighting arena. the fact that madrid is hosting tennis at such an unusual... [Show More]
luxury real estate news from around the world. ups downs new developments and disasters abound.
the wall street journal reports on a new luxury development in downtown houston. the waterlights district.
the waterlights district will include a careful planned array of office hotels restaurants boutique retail and residential structures amid a park setting along the banks of clear creek just south ... [Show More]
last summer i wrote about how the wwf wanted partakers to the beijing olympics to offset their emissions as they traveled. i didnt think about offsets anymore until today.
but several things including a lengthy reflection a post in the business of green blog and a comic strip from climate change action drove me to write again on this topic.
my opinion hasnt changed. people should decrease by thems... [Show More]
daily tips bandwidth geoengineering
neil savage wrote
comcast sues fcc over bandwidth cap
comcast is suing to overturn a ruling by the federal communications commission ars technica reports. the fcc ruled in july that comcast could not slow down the internet access of users who share files over peertopeer networks. the dispute is part of a growing controversy over whether the internet fac... [Show More]
interested in contemporary art and photography if youre visiting rome do not miss claudio martinez exhibition at the hybrida art gallery.
planning a gourmet holiday in france find everything you need to know about french table etiquette on about france travel.
traveling with your dog if paris is your next holiday destinationa take a look at the funny poster of the new campaign against dog excreme... [Show More]
filed under arts and culture festivals and events germanyelvis is buried in memphis right so whats he doing in the german town of bad nauheimno he was not sighted by some blearyeyed office worker on the way home after too many beers. bad nauheim is the place where elvis did his military duty in the late 50s. the people of this otherwise nondescript town well at least the elvis fans among them are ... [Show More]
length5023size44.9 mbfileepis ode74.mp3e nhancedepi sode74.m4a transcript coming soontorrentcoming soon
its no secret that valencia wasnt what we were hoping for and yet it still seems to have created the talking point of the season.
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i said it would never happen but we go live once again.
good week bad week
good week for safety and for returning to the sporting action but a bad week for t... [Show More]
every four years or so usually when the british summer kicks it up a notch and the rain arrives i end up having the same debate in my head normally with the same outcome. however four years ago blogf1 did not exist so i guess this time i can open up the conversation to others and hear what you think. the question i ask myself is this should motor sport be incorporated into the modern olympic games... [Show More]
links of the day Post Source: renaissancechambara.jp Posted: Aug 14 2008 23:01:32
managing globalization a not just for backoffice anymore interesting and slightly scary article
rough type nicholas carrs blog easy does it
how to keep up with technology
the secs interpretive guidance on the use of company web sites a reality check a businesswi red
facebo ok is not only the worlds largest social network it is also the fastest growing
mathway stepbystep math problem solver
does ... [Show More]
as formula one teams prepare to run some laps in hungary weve found ourselves at a bit of a loose end. unusually the weather seems almost predictable this weekend leaving us little to do but look to the track for some excitement.
this morning is expected to be hot and dry although brad pointed out that the city of budapest experienced torrential rainfall yesterday evening so theres a very slim ch... [Show More]
there are reports coming out that china has thrown a huge wrench into recent discussions which would theoretically open the global trade markets on a different level. according to the wsj report china objection threatens trade deal subscription required the three key commodities that were mentioned are rice cotton and sugar.a iht coverage is here
in reading the reports the feeling i have is that b... [Show More]
weve nearly missed this. its not the native iphone app but an optimized version of the international herald tribunes website. you might think the nonnative stuff is kinda out these days however its the major news publication were speaking about here hence it deserves some space.
located at iphone.iht.com the new website is optimized to work with safari on iphone and ipod touch devices. almost all ... [Show More]
thumbplay offering umg mobile content thumbplay has agreed to a deal with universal music group umg which will see the mobile content provider exclusively launching ringtones and other mobile content from def jam recording artist shawn jayz carter. customers will have access to ten singles from jayzs greatest hits in the past ten years release.
sony ericsson signs on globalfun sony nyse sne ... [Show More]
the international herald tribune has launched an iphoneoptimized version of its web site iht.com. for details on how it was built check out iht developers blog.
via moconews...... [Show More]
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