with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The problem with Christian Living is 'No Bitching Allowed.' Christ washed feet and had his own nailed to wood. As I recall from Father John Gavin O.S.A. in 1969 telling us " Only Suckers Beef." That was pre-Feminist America. Catholic bishops have every right to speak their mind and preach the church's teaching. But they are engaging in outright political lobbying. Helping to write legislation...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
LITTLETON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Akorri, Inc., the leader in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management for the dynamic data center, today announced that its customer Service Corporation International (SCI) (NYSE: SCI) has been selected by SNW (Storage Networking World) as a Finalist for its Fall 2009 "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program.
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
By Dan Callahan [ A Time to Love and a Time to Die screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on October 9th, 2009 . It is available on foreign region DVD from Masters of Cinema . ] Against a black screen, a voice that seems to be imitating Orson Welles tells us about the great success of Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front , and claims that the movie adaptation...
The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
After making a series of vibrant melodramas in the United States (such as “All That Heaven Allows”), Douglas Sirk returned to his native Germany to shoot the bitter Second World War story “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” (1958), based on a novel . . .
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
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the 13th juror (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Police describe it as "four-year-old murder mystery." The mystery began when the remains of John Gavin, a 67-year-old homeless man, were found in the woods in Brevard County in 2005. David Wayne Slaton, 33, of Kathleen, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities say Slaton met Gavin at a Polk County bar in 2005, and Slaton...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Former Miramar commissioner Fitzroy Salesman was arrested by federal agents early this morning at his home, his lawyer said.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
COMEDIAN Fred Macaulay is to host a show of top comedians at the Edinburgh Jam House next month, to raise money for bone marrow cancer charity Myeloma UK.
The MidWasteland RSS (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
1. Lollapalooza Friday to Sunday, August 7-9 One of the biggest festivals presented by Chicago for the year, the headliner this year is Depeche Mode. Other notables include; Bat For Lashes, Dan Auerbach, Misfits and Lykke Li. Grant Park| $205/3days or $80/day 2. Fashion Sustainability Vintage Sale Saturday and Sunday, August 8-9, 1-6pm Becoming a regular weekend shopping stop in Wicker Park, vintage...
This Distracted Globe (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
By Joe Valdez What the *&#! Are They About? In the mines of the Roman province of Libya, slave Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) sinks his teeth into the ankle of a guard, earning himself a death sentence. Recognizing an unbroken spirit he could mold into something great, slave merchant Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) purchases the condemned and returns [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX: VMY)(OTCBB: VMII)(FRANKFURT: VMY), a Vancouver-based developer and provider of carrier and enterprise unified communication solutions, today announced that The Town of Gilbert in Arizona has selected the Vmerge unified communications (UC) solution.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
COMEDIAN Fred Macaulay is to compere a comedy fundraiser at The Jam House in aid of bone marrow cancer.
Footnoted.org (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Nearly three weeks ago, we footnoted Chesapeake Energy (CHK) for its interesting explanations about a wide range of goodies for Chairman and CEO Aubrey K. McClendon, who was the highest paid CEO last year, according to the Associated Press. As we noted on Perks Watch, McClendon also got $12.1 million from Chesapeake for selling his [...]
Option ARMageddon (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
John Gavin of Disclosure Insight forwards this video of his appearance on CNBC. In it, he questions the integrity of the stress tests. Gavin published a report on bank goodwill that we featured here on OA: “Using goodwill as a proxy for overall balance sheet integrity, we found reason to question the…balance sheets for at least [...]
Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
photo by Greg Peverill-Conti In an effort to raise funds for his trip to Slovenia for Swimming Cities of Serenissima , Chicken John is offering people the chance to shoot a bottle rockets at him as he takes the stage in a sailor suit to sing “Come Sail Away” by Styx during the Art of Bleeding [...] This is a blog post from Laughing Squid . For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS...
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