Rob Davis

Catholic board trustee not legit?

Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

Toronto Catholic trustee Rob Davis is questioning whether the embattled board's newest trustee is legally a member.

Repost: San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis Should Resign

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

RICHARD KONDA is executive director of the Asian Law Alliance. PASTOR JETHROE MOORE is president of the San Jose/Silicon Valley Branch NAACP. They wrote this article for the Mercury News. photo by R. Robertson for Indybay: a rally calling for an end to racial profiling in front of San Jose City Hall, May 2009

Davis Comes under Fire

San Jose Inside (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Groups representing San Jose’s diverse ethnic communities have called for the resignation of Police Chief Rob Davis, claiming that the police use excessive force in dealing with minorities. “There needs to be a change in the culture of the current police force, and we don’t think that Police Chief Davis can make that change,” wrote Richard Konda, executive director of the Asian...

Kathy's on Top!

kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Kathy Griffin graces the cover of Metrosource NY 's annual "People We Love" issue, which has the scary December 2009/January 2010 date on it. (I'm just warming up to the idea of it being the '90s, which is around the time publisher Rob Davis' photo on page 7 was taken.) In addition to Kath, 19 other people "who keep giving us reason to call them people we love" are featured, including...

Remembrance Day Sunrise Service (Prospect Cemetery) Photos

Joan Tintor (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Service Sponsored by Earlscourt Branch 65, Royal Canadian Legion This year was the 81st sunrise service organized by the Earlscourt Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion , at Prospect Cemetery near St. Clair Avenue West and Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto. The service actually begins at 8:00 a.m., though they used to hold it at sunrise in an attempt to hold it as close as possible to the "Eleventh Hour...

People in Business: A who's who for Nov. 6

Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

ROB DAVIS has rejoined Coldwell Banker, Preferred Realtors at its central office on Westwind Drive. Davis is a buyers agent specialist with seven years of experience in the field. He is working on becoming a certified distress property expert.

Favre welcomed back to Lambeau - with boos

Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson leaps on a carry against the Green Bay Packers during the first half Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre (4) gets knocked down by Green Bay Packers linebacker Aaron Kampman during the first half (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) Tom Fields had pretty much every piece of Brett Favre memorabilia there is, and he and his buddies had...

“Ivywall of Sparrows,” Amy King

Rethink (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Ivywall of Sparrows (from MiPOesias) Amy King for Rob Davis I missed you at the coffee shop before sunrise, so I went along with a to-go in hand all the way to Clinton and Jerolemon, where the subway juts up from the earth’s eye socket, & from the corner of my own, I twisted toward the sparrows upon sparrows covering a 30-foot stucco wall cracked with song, without [...]

Probe ordered after S.J. cops use baton on student

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis today promised a swift investigation into a videotaped incident in which two officers used a baton and a Taser stun gun while arresting a college student, who said he was struck even after he was handcuffed. The video, captured... Sponsored Topics: Chief of police - Rob Davis - Taser - Police - Law

Star Trek 1049: Separation Anxiety!

Siskoid's Blog of Geekery (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

1049. Separation Anxiety! PUBLICATION: Star Trek: The Next Generation #41, DC Comics, December 1992 CREATORS: Michael Jan Friedman (writer), Rob Davis and Pablo Marcos (artists) STARDATE: Unknown (follows the last issue) PLOT: While Picard and the Sztazzan fleet are in a deadlock, Data discovers its the artificial structure that transported both the saucer and the Sztazzan flagship to parts unknown....

Sharpening with an oilstone

Cooking Gadgets (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

Rob Davis wrote some terrific comments under one of our posts on a knife sharpener. He’s a big fan of oilstones, although he says that ceramic sharpeners are pretty good too. Rob has given me permission to reprint his comment here so that you’ll be more likely to see it and benefit from his advice: If [...]

Episode 213: Rob Davis and Michael Langlois

Bad at Sports (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009

Ramones

W J C (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009

Well I thought i'd fudged the Comica deadline but found out (right this second) that it's been extended til next month, so i'm still in the running! (Keep an eye out for Rob Davis ' pages, i've seen 'em and they're Great!) Jonathan-E put in his cover for Becks 100 Covers which is a cracker! There's some cool re-works there but still some great album on the list not represented. I don't think I can...

WET nightclub Accepts 30-Day Closure

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- WET nightclub announced that it will embrace San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis' decision to suspend its entertainment permit for 30 days and not file an appeal. "The safety of our clients and employees has always been our top priority," ...

Communities Must Alert Authorities to Illegal Liquor Traders

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davis has urged communities to alert authorities to illegal liquor traders.