The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
HACKENSACK -- A 28-year-old man is recovering after jumping from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River Friday morning, according to a report in the New York Post. Adrian Rawn survived the 200-foot jump into the chilly waters with...
The Health & Fitness Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
By Josef Brandenburg Most of us have been waging war against the excess fat we've stored up in our bodies but we aren't sure why these deposits are so stubborn and never give up. A George Washington University weight loss expert unveils four facts related to fat cells that might help you lose weight. Fact Number One: "Pre-fat cells" desperately want to become fat cells, and you're probably...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The alleged shooter received his medical degree from the military’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001 and is a graduate of Virginia Tech. Early on Thursday, he showed no signs of worry or stress when he stopped at 7-Eleven for his daily breakfast of hash browns, said Jeannie Strickland, [...]
The Cassandra Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is an interesting item from the Canada Free Press: In 2008 The George Washington University Homeland Security Institute (HSPI) initiated a transition task force to help craft homeland security policies during Obama’s transition period. In May of 2009 HSPI finished its report titled, “Thinking Anew-Security Priorities for the Next Administration.” One of the members of this Obama...
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
American Catholics has a nice piece on this important United and United States Catholic History that we recall today. See George Washington and Catholics
Always On Watch Two (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Note to family and friends: Updates on Mr. AOW are being added to this post , last updated on October 28. Hat tip to Avenging Apostate for the following video: Text below the fold: October 10, 732 AD marks the conclusion of the Battle of Tours, arguably one of the most decisive battles in all of history. A Moslem army, in a crusading search for land and the end of Christianity , after the conquest...
Census.gov (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
October 24, 2009 You may Listen or download this story in .mp3 format. or as a .wav file Profile America — Saturday, October 24th. One of the most traveled bridges in the U.S. is celebrating its 78th birthday this weekend — the graceful George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey. When it opened in 1931, it was the world's longest suspension bridge. The designer had the foresight...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
I bet you didn't know the Executive Director of the Miami Business Forum, Mario Artecona, could sing? His group is working on a statewide early educational program, I guess that is how he got roped into this gig. It is amusing to see him singing a song he wrote chock full of rhyming facts about George Washington Carver. As Mario said to me, he is no Rufus Wainwright but at least he sang for free!
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
From ARTnews, the story of unauthorized 19th Century Chinese copies of classic works of art, including Gilbert Stuart's classic portrait of George Washington: The situation bothered the painter so much that collectors of his portraits had to sign an...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
From ARTnews, the story of unauthorized 19th Century Chinese copies of classic works of art, including Gilbert Stuart's classic portrait of George Washington: The situation bothered the painter so much that collectors of his portraits had to sign an agreement stating that only he had the right to reproduce the image. There was no American copyright law covering works of art, and forged and unauthorized...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Sulgrave Manor, built between 1540 and 1560, is in Oxfordshire, about 90 miles north of London. It's easy to get lost wandering the back roads in England, which is how I found Sulgrave Manor.
CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
That great sonic boom you might have heard yesterday evening? It wasn't a space shuttle re-entering the earth's atmosphere, or a re-commissioned Concorde making another trans-Atlantic flight, or any such blandly human happening. Nope. Something of much greater Cosmic Significance was, in fact, afoot: Tim Berners-Lee--the Founder of the World Wide Web, the Prime Mover of the 'Net,...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 19, 2009) An F/A-18C Hornet from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John M. Hageman.) PACIFIC OCEAN...
Restaurant News Ressource (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Dr. Ghassan AIDI, President of IH&RA, announced today that on October 12,2009, The George Washington University, school of Business and the Department of tourism & Hospitality Management & The International Institute of tourism studies invited him to serve as a member of leadership Council from 2009-2012 academic years.
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
New state Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs unleashed some unusually harsh criticism of Mayor Bloomberg this weekend, saying he should have taken a clue from the country's first president and when it comes to term limits. "George Washington, one of the things we remember best about him is that he knew when to leave and he understood that two terms is enough," Jacobs told me yesterday. "Mayor...
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