Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Shorter Haroon Siddiqui : I implore all Canadians to eschew needlessly simplistic analysis of the federal election, and instead fully exercise their democratic franchise by casting a ballot for the party whose policies best mirror their values. That is, after they've accepted my advice to arbitrarily ignore all but two of the options.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
IF IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery, Alex Salmond might well look smug. The UK conference season has drawn to a close, with Labour and the Tories borrowing SNP pol
Solo Femininity (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... us to the source of real change. We concluded with looking at a chapter titled, "A Woman of Noble Character." It is a chapter that kicks off a study of the Proverbs 31 woman as seen through the eyes of single women. Verse 10 commends the noble character of a woman ( ishshah in Hebrew) whose worth exceeds rare jewels. The King James Version says she is a "virtuous woman." The English Standard...
The Mouse Trap (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
This is just an FYI post regarding a few things I found worth sharing. First on, there happened recently, an Ig noble prize ceremony and the recipients included Dan Ariely, the author of predictably irrational , for his research showing that expensive placebo medicines work better than inexpensive placebo medicines. Other interesting researches honored include research showing that coco-cola...
Fashionista.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Some fun news for those of you as obsessed with Isaac Mizrahi's VLogs as we are: To promote his new book, How to Have Style , Isaac will be doing a a VLog on the Barnes & Noble Studio page this coming Monday, and it'll stay there all week in honor of B&N's Fall Fashion segments. Enjoy the clip at left, and here's to hoping he's as prickly with the host through the whole five-minute video as...
V's spot (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
w00t! The Ig Noble prizes are back! Reuters has a write up : ) Here, I'll share the full thingie : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A researcher who figured out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale chips if they crunch loudly enough won alternative "Ig Nobel" prizes Thursday. Other winners included physicists who found out that anything that can
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
God only knows how many “Oh No” puns I could use here, but I’m taking the halfway cheap way out and only alluding to their ranks. “Oh No” is the first track off Bird’s Noble Beast, which is due out January 29th on Fat Possum. Each record of his seems to have very strong production [...]
News World Today (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
From:Lady Melissa Williams 18-20 N.Nikodimou street, Athens,Greece. I am Lady Melissa Williams suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Lord Thomas Williams,a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth,influential extended family,and charitable activities all his life before his death.Our life together as man and wife lasted for three decades without child.My husband died after a protracted...
Swan Lake Samba Girl (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
(photo by Linda Vartoogian, from The Ballerina Gallery) On October 17, at 7:30 p.m., legendary ballerina Cynthia Gregory will speak to Joel Lobenthal (dance critic of the now sadly defunct NY Sun) at the Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center. She’ll be promoting a new DVD, Together, of her work with Fernando Bujones.
Deep Thoughts by Gman (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
"Number one, our main focus is Jesus Christ. We focus on the gospel. I preach salvation. I don't have time to get caught up in political agendas or Christian boycotts or start campaigning for some sort of moral agenda. I am called by God to preach and teach the gospel because the gospel changes lives. So I don't allow myself to get side tracked on what I would consider to be either non essential issues...
Cafe Hayek (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Baptists, Bootleggers, and Workin' in the Car Wash Blues -- and Greens (of both varieties). (HT Chris Meisenzahl)
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Noble Corp., which hires out drillships and crews to oil companies around the world, plunged Thursday after the company said it would take a $10 million charge on damage related to Hurricane Ike.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
New Hyatt Place Leadership Team Announced ATLANTA, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Privately held Noble Investment Group ("Noble"), a leading sponsor of private equity real estate funds and an integrated lodging and hospitality operating and development organization, today announced the opening of the Hyatt Place Chicago/ Schaumburg located in Schaumburg, Illinois. Hyatt Place, recently named...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the next event in its buzzed-about
International Property Investment (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Nobles Properties, the billion dollar real estate investment company launched by former Tameer Holding chief executive Omar Ayesh, will soon announce projects worth another $500 million in various parts of the Middle East “We will launch three inter-connected towers with a built-up area of 2.3 million square feet on Dubai Waterfront, worth Dh7 billion in November,” Omar Ayesh, chairman of Nobles...
