HIStalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
An HIT Moment with ... is a quick interview with someone we find interesting. Greg Smith is a Certified Product Safety Project Engineer (NCE) and quality assurance manager for the MET SE Headquarters. Your article, Not Suitable for Medical Use, suggests that special interests pressured OSHA to allow medical devices with unproven [...]
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout Williams, 45, most recently served the Kansas City Royals as their Assistant Director of Scouting, a position he held since August 15, 2006. Prior to joining the Royals, Williams worked for the Detroit Tigers as their Midwest Scouting Supervisor (2000-01) and East Coast Supervisor (2002-06), overseeing a territory from Maine to Puerto Rico. His scouting...
Burnt Orange Nation (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Browse more photos » Simplified running game makes progress. Cody Johnson may have had only the second 100-yard rushing game of his career, but the big story coming out of the victory over Baylor was the job of the offensive line. Before going into that, let's get one thing out of the way -- Baylor is not a good team at stopping the run. They rank 89th...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Have a seat, folks. We've got a lot to talk about this morning. First off, Alex Ovechkin was the first player on the ice here at Madison Square Garden and treated the short session as though he's going to play. Afterward, both he and Coach Bruce Boudreau stopped just short of guaranteeing that he'll play, but I'm not even sure they believe that there's a chance the two-time MVP won't be in the lineup...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The appropriately titled, Becoming Agile: In An Imperfect World, by Greg Smith and Ahmed Sidky offers a realistic path to the family of Agile practices which have become prevalent in software development in the last few years. This family of approaches to software development has been widely adopted in the past decade to replace the traditional Waterfall Model of software development, described in...
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
IraLaefsky writes "The appropriately titled, Becoming Agile: In An Imperfect World, by Greg Smith and Ahmed Sidky offers a realistic path to the family of Agile practices which have become prevalent in software development in the last few years. This family of approaches to software development has been widely adopted in the past decade to replace the traditional Waterfall Model of software development,...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
IraLaefsky writes "The appropriately titled, Becoming Agile: In An Imperfect World, by Greg Smith and Ahmed Sidky offers a realistic path to the family of Agile practices which have become prevalent in software development in the last few years. This family of approaches to software development has been widely adopted in the past decade to replace the traditional Waterfall Model of software development,...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
By Stephen Cowan David Cameron clearly believes he can have it both ways. This week he argued he wants to tackle poverty. However, back in June, he was in Hammersmith and Fulham to tell Tory councillors how “proud” he is of their agenda - which involves cutting services and introducing new stealth taxes for some of that borough’s poorest citizens. So John Denham was right to call...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Alex Ovechkin won't play tonight against the Wild, but Coach Bruce Boudreau said there's a "possibility" that he'll suit up tomorrow in New Jersey. "He feels great," Boudreau said of the two-time MVP. "I said go over and talk to [head athletic trainer Greg Smith]. That means he's getting really close."
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The biggest news this morning was Alex Ovechkin's continued improvement from a left shoulder strain. There's been so much improvement (videos here), in fact, that Coach Bruce Boudreau called the two-time MVP "questionable" for this weekend's games. "But you never know because he's getting so much better on a daily basis," Boudreau said. "If [head athletic trainer Greg Smith]...
Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Tuesday's Sports Transactions 11/10/2009 By The Associated Press MINNESOTA TWINS_Activated RHP Boof Bonser, RHP Pat Neshek and RHP Kevin Slowey from the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS_Named Scott Littlefield special assistant for scouting, John Booher professional scout, Greg Smith major league scout, Matt Vinnola d
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Homelessness Like David Cameron, Grant Shapps, the Tory Housing Shadow, tries to talk a good game to the media, saying “How we combat homelessness is a mark of a civilised society" . But, as in Bury , Conservative Council Hammersmith & Fulham has closed 12 homeless hostels and Councillor Greg Smith, its Cabinet Member for Crime and Anti-Social behaviour, told the press that the homeless...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
There are many elements that go into every important decision. In the first place, you must try to grapple with the facts. What is the actual situation? Secretary of State Dean Rusk to Eric Goldman (January 12, 1964) Quoted in Secret Agencies: U.S. Intelligence in a Hostile World (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996) Baseball's GM Meetings take place today through Wednesday, and Dan O'Dowd knows...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
WooHooo! I just love announcing new contributors. Today is such a good day, I get to do it twice! Toni D'Orsay: Antonia D'orsay is an advocate and sociologist based out of Phoenix Arizona working for several organizations in an advisory capacity, where she works on issues of empowerment, education, and language within and without the LGBT community under the pen name of Dyssonance . Past Guest posts:...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Editors' note: Greg Smith is a gay, HIV+ native Montanan, a Rome-educated former priest who is now a mental health therapist, health educator, activist, spiritual adventurer and overall wiseguy who loves to write. He blogs at From Eternity to Here . "I'm not taking my meds." That was out of the mouth of an HIV+ client more than halfway through our session. I've heard this before and I wasn't...
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