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information aesthetics (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The NYTimes (info)graphics department has released two stunning pieces recently. The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later - A Division Through Time [nytimes.com] consists of a small collection of photos that show Berlin now and 'then', or the city without or with the Berlin wall, while allowing the user to slide one picture or the other to the foreground. The Jobless Rate for People Like You [nytimes.com]...
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Mo Willems Doodles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's NYTimes has a quick review of my first Pop-Up Book, Big Frog Can't Fit In!Among the flattering things the review says is:"The poses (engineering by Bruce Foster) will get surefire laughs at first sight of the frog: legs out, arms up, a panicked expression. No matter what kind of help the reader provides by pulling tabs to make the frog smaller, nothing works, and the center spread...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Reuters: Hurricane Ida is heading toward Gulf oil fields. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its bid for Cadbury. Reuters: GE (NYSE:GE) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) have agreed to a NBCU valuation. Reuters: The IMF is considering an insurance levy on banks. Reuters: Opel unions want autonomy as a condition for talks. Reuters: Advanta filed for bankruptcy protection. Reuters: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)...
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Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... the person took time, picked something meaningful and spent money on it." It's shocking that NYTimes editors would publish this article without any reference to the scams in online games which try to use " underlying human emotion or desire " to trick users into signing up for monthly charges for bogus services and using the allure of virtual goods. The scams are spelled out...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Tuesday's The O'Reilly Factor on FNC, former ABC News anchor John Stossel -- now with Fox Business -- came aboard to discuss the New York Times's recent attack on him for speaking in front of the conservative/libertarian group Americans for Prosperity. After charging that the Times never showed interest in his speeches to conservative groups before he joined Fox Business, the former 20/20 host...
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New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Joseph A. Kinney, an ex-Marine and Vietnam Vet, God bless him, nevertheless wrote a very silly opinion piece in the Times, entitled, "Surviving Ft. Hood." This is followed by a whole lo...
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Where the Hell Am I? (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
This is a really good article and I don't want to comment on it now. Read it. Comment. I'll chime in later. Here is a bit of the article and click over for the full article. South Koreans Struggle With Race SEOUL — On the evening of July 10, Bonogit Hussain, a 29-year-old Indian man, and Hahn Ji-seon, a female Korean friend, were riding a bus near Seoul when a man in the back began hurling racial...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Reuters: The Wall St. insider trading probe lead to another 14 arrests. Reuters: Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) lost $19 billion and as Treasury for money. Reuters: GM is readying its plans for Opel and some of its workers went on strike. Reuters: The pay czar say the jury is still out on reforms. Reuters: Stock exchanges are under pressure to [...]
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Take The Red Pill (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... not make, and he is giving Team Obama more credit on this question than it is due.] Shame on the NYTimes for keeping Paul Krugman.
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orrologion (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Postcards From the Edge: Tocqueville's Letters HomeBy CHARLES McGRATH Published: November 3, 2009 Alexis de Tocqueville, the author of the landmark “Democracy in America,” was in many ways a typical Frenchman. Practically the minute he got off the boat, in Newport, R.I., on May 9, 1831, he started making generalizations: the only thing
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Green Fertility (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Longtime readers know I've been ranting about the dubious value of mammos and myself have never had one (search the blog for older posts) much to the chagrin of my midwives. Finally, turns out some prominent docs are agreeing, or at least finally questioning the orthodoxy: Quandary With Mammograms: Get a Screening, or Just Skip It? Published: November 2, 2009 by Denise Grady Here we go again. Another...
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
From the NYTimes, by Darren Samuelsohn: Hoping to avert a partisan meltdown, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) yesterday offered an olive branch to Republicans who are planning to boycott today’s markup of a sweeping global warming bill. Boxer still plans to begin the markup at 9 a.m. with opening statements. But she agreed [...]
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The HR Lawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The New York Times had a really excellent article last week about how difficult it is in this country for seniors who need a job. Nearly half a million workers 65 and older want to work but cannot find a job — more than five times the level early this decade and this group’s highest unemployment level since the Great Depression. The situation is made more dire because of numerous recent...
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Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Word is Comcast is likely to then keep the NBCU-owned cable channels and sell off the NBC broadcast network and its owned & operated stations to a third party. Other components of NBC Universal include film studio Universal Pictures, TV production company NBC Universal Media and broadcast network Telemundo.
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Reuters: Opel must now arrange for GM’s unexpected ownership Reuters: The Fed will probably keep its “easy money” program. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will pull out of Formula 1 racing. Reuters: The IEA will cut its long-term oil demand outlook. Reuters: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) bought Burlington Northern (NYSE:BNI) in the biggest deal in its history Reuters: A new poll shows...
