State & Community
Carroll Publishing Launches Post-Election "Transition Tracker"
02.12.2008 14:19
prweb.com
Carroll Publishing is making available to the public, especially media, via its public website, up-to-the-minute coverage of election results and related changes. Updated daily over the next several months, "Transition Tracker 2008" will detail the new administration make-up of newly-nominated, elected, appointed and speculated positions from the 2008 elections. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1669604.htm
World
Elections
Recession undercuts church and charity giving
02.12.2008 14:18
usatoday.com
The formal announcement that the USA is in a recession is no surprise to religious institutions where the budget pinch has become a vise. More than two in three adults (68%) say they have been affected by the dire economy and 22% said they have been impacted in a "major way," according to a new survey of 1,203 U.S. adults, conducted in November by the Barna Group.
USA
Religion
'Lost' to explore Sayid's family?
02.12.2008 12:14
digitalspy.co.uk
A Lost casting call leads to speculation that the story of Sayid's youth is to be told.
USA
Television
Economics & Finance
RETS Technical Center Changes Name to Kaplan Career Institute
02.12.2008 14:19
prurgent.com
Kaplan Career Institute Campus to Host Renaming Ceremony
World
Press Releases
Yugma Appoints Vas Bhandarkar as Chief Executive Officer
02.12.2008 14:19
prweb.com
Appointment of enterprise software and online services veteran is expected to accelerate growth in revenue and subscribers of Yugma's instant web conferencing solutions (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1636014.htm
World
E-commerce
Tuesday Blogwrap
02.12.2008 14:16
brownstoner.com
Fall. Photo by Eugene Gannon from the Brownstoner Flickr pool. Fun House [Brooklyn Based] Steal This Look: San Francisco Kitchen [Remodelista] Notes on Color in Small Spaces [Apartment Therapy NY] Vintage Buses Evoke Wheelchair-Unfriendly Era [City Room] Methodist Hospital Responds to Concerns About Its Emergency Room [GL]
New York
Construction & Real Estate
Incidents
Police appeal over playground man
02.12.2008 14:03
bbc.co.uk
Police start an investigation after a man walks into a Dorset school playground and approaches a six-year-old girl before leaving.
World
Incidents
Action in Center of Kyiv. PHOTO
12.09.2008 08:11
mignews.com.ua
Yesterday in the evening a skirmish happened in the center of Kyiv on Shevchenko boulevard, 58 opposite shoe shop.
Ukraine
Crime
Hurricane Gustav Category 5 Storm
30.08.2008 14:22
nationalterroralert.com
Hurricane Gustav is rapidly growing into a monster Category 5 storm. ‘FEMA’ Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. FEMA officials said Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center, interrupted an afternoon teleconference involving the agency, Gulf [...]
World
Terrorism
Technologies
Verizon Wireless drops the price of the Samsung Omnia to $199 after MIR
02.12.2008 14:15
krunker.com
Now that was fast. Barely over a week after releasing the Samsung Omnia handset, Verizon Wireless has lowered the price of the handset to $199 after a $70 dollar mail-in rebate. The original launch price was $249 (after the same $70 dollar rebate). Here’s a recap of the major features of the Omnia: Windows Mobile [...]Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, Samsung Omnia
World
Technologies
Ex-AOL boss looking to raise cash for Yahoo bid
02.12.2008 14:00
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent.
World
Internet
ITV poaches BBC entertainment supremo
02.12.2008 12:13
digitalspy.co.uk
BBC entertainment commissioning controller Elaine Bedell is to rejoin former colleague Peter Fincham at ITV.
World
Multimedia
Science & Education
Urn - Soul Destroyer
02.12.2008 14:11
roomthirteen.com
Dodgy blackened thrash has its moments but it all sounds a little too old fashioned.
World
Books & CD
Rocket company sells discount rides to space
02.12.2008 14:00
reuters.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space tourism race heated up on Tuesday when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of competitor Virgin Galactic's.
World
Science & Education
Christmas books: celebrity
02.12.2008 12:04
telegraph.co.uk
Laura Thompson finds that star power and big advances can - now and again - mean good reading, too
Great Britain
Books & CD
Hard & Soft
3D Models - CITROEN 2CV yellow
02.12.2008 14:17
the3dstudio.com
Name: CITROEN 2CV yellowType: 3D ModelsAuthor: fabelarPrice: $79.00File types: maxDescription: High poly subdivision model of the almighty Citroen 2CV, materials included.See complete details
World
Computer Design & Modelling
Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live
02.12.2008 14:10
linuxtoday.com
<b>HowtoForge:</b> "This tutorial shows how you can back up and restore hard drives and partitions with CloneZilla Live. CloneZilla Live is a Linux Live-CD that you insert into your computer; it contains hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tools similar to Norton Ghost. The created images are compressed and can be transferred to a Samba-, SSH-, or NFS server or to a local hard drive or USB drive."
World
Open Source Software
Microsoft adds more Web 2.0 features to Windows Live
02.12.2008 14:03
computerworld.com
Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services.
World
Hard & Soft
Health & Beauty
Brand-name drugs no better than generics: study
02.12.2008 14:00
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better than their cheaper generic counterparts, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
World
Health & Beauty
Step Ahead For PBC
02.12.2008 12:07
medicalnewstoday.com
The NHS Alliance/Humana PBC Partnership, supported by Dr Foster Intelligence, is among the five providers appointed by the Department of Health to support the PBC Development Framework for Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and practice-based commissioners. Local areas will be able to get the support they need from skilled organisations, which will help to make PBC practice more effective and robust across the country.
World
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Ambulance staff checks 'lacking'
02.12.2008 10:02
bbc.co.uk
A BBC investigation into a private ambulance operator finds shortcomings in staff vetting and training.
World
Health & Beauty
Culture & Arts
IN MEMORIUM Complete New Album
02.12.2008 14:14
bravewords.com
Six years since recording their From Misery...Comes Darkness debut full-length, Seattles' own dark death-metal machine IN MEMORIUM entered Two Sticks Audio on September 11th to...
World
Rock Music
esctoday.com awards: the nominations!
02.12.2008 14:13
esctoday.com
For the third time already, the 2008 esctoday.com awards are being held. Over the last few weeks, we asked you, the readers, to take part in the nominations process and more than 8,000 votes were cast. Now, we reveal the final nominations in the 20 categories and announce that the polls are now open! You can vote until 23rd December, and on Christmas Eve, 24th December the results will be revealed. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12613)
Europe
Music Contests & Awards
Richie Havens - Nobody Left to Crown
02.12.2008 14:12
musicbox-online.com
Once again, Havens concocted some solid songs with engaging melodies, but his arrangements often are too light to resonate.
World
Music
Recreation & Entertainment
Kingdom Hearts DS Coming to North America
02.12.2008 14:12
shacknews.com
As Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (PS2) heads off to North American retailers today, publisher Square Enix has confirmed that the upcoming Nintendo DS entry, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, will eventually arrive in North America as well. Cinematic stills from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Initially revealed alongside the PSP entry, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days is set before the events of Kingdom Hearts II (PS2). It follows Roxas, a protagonist introduced in the sequel, during his days with the mysterious...
World
Computer Games
Patrick Swayze denies reports he is near death
02.12.2008 14:00
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, on Tuesday denied tabloid stories that he is near death.
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Report: 190 million console owners by 2012
02.12.2008 12:13
digitalspy.co.uk
A new report claims that there will be around 190 million console-owning households by 2012.
World
Computer Games
Automotives
GM seeks $18 billion, says it needs $4 billion in loans to survive year
02.12.2008 14:15
freep.com
General Motors Corp. could run short of the cash it needs to operate if Congress doesn't approve $4 billion in loans this month, the automaker said today in a 30-page report requesting federal aid.
USA
Autonews
General Motors Unveils Restructuring Plan
02.12.2008 14:14
worldcarfans.com
GM says it will focus on four core brands, Chevy, Cadillac, GMC and Buick, and will sell Saab and Hummer. The company says it will need 12 billion US dollars to see it through 2009 and 6 billion more if industry sales fall below 11 million.
World
Cars
ActivEngage Launches ActivSEM: Low Cost Option to Help Auto Dealers Maximize Online Search Marketing
02.12.2008 10:13
prweb.com
ActivEngage (www.ActivEngage.com), the automotive industry's premier provider of proactive live chat for dealer websites, today announced the launch of ActivSEM, low cost laser-targeted search engine marketing for dealerships. During the current challenging economic period, ActivEngage offers dealers this value-added service to help increase website traffic, lead generation and sales. Dealers can now maximize online search, without any significant increase in spending, and with ongoing analysis to continuously improve results. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1692594.htm
World
Autonews
Sports
Wings coach: Holmstrom 'ain't playing' Thursday
02.12.2008 14:16
freep.com
Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom, who has missed the past seven games with a back injury, will not play in Thursday's game against visiting Vancouver.
USA
Sports
Bryant and Lakers Thriving Without the Drama
02.12.2008 12:03
nytimes.com
The Lakers lack their previous teams’ knack for sideshows, creating few off-court headlines while pummeling opponents on their way to a league-best 14-1 start.
World
Basketball
Battle-tested Granger becoming elite force as Pacers playmaker
02.12.2008 10:12
usatoday.com
Danny Granger has improved virtually every aspect of his game in each of his four seasons with the Indiana Pacers. And he's proving ...
USA
Basketball
Tourism
Travel Q&A: 5 questions with Best Western CEO David Kong
02.12.2008 14:18
usatoday.com
This week, we debut our new Q&A with newsmakers from the travel industry. We begin our series with an interview with David Kong, ...
USA
Tourism
Armani to Open Hotel in Milan
02.12.2008 14:15
journeys.luxist.com
Filed under: JourneysBack in September my colleague Deirdre Woollard reported that the largest Giorgio Armani boutique in the world was opening in the designer's hometown of Milan. Now Armani has begun construction on a hotel there as well, located in an historic building designed by architect Enrico A. Griffini in 1937 that also houses an Armani store. "I feel a very special involvement in the project for the Armani Hotel Milano as it is located here, in my hometown," Armani tells Vogue UK. "Every aspect of the hotel is a reflection of my aesthetic philosophy, and its position, above the Manzoni 31 concept store, will offer my guests the chance to experience a complete Armani lifestyle. I believe the hotel's design will perfectly fit the spirit of Milan as a capital of style, whilst offering a new experience of hospitality within its fashion district." The world's first Armani hotel is slated for Dubai, and plans are also underway for a London branch.Armani to Open Hotel in Milan originally appeared on Luxist on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink|Email this|Comments
World
Tourism
Vote for Europe a la Carte as Best Travel Blog in Travel Rants Consumer Awards
02.12.2008 08:19
europealacarte.co.uk
If you enjoy reading the Europe a la Carte blog, please vote for it as Best Travel Blog in the Travel Rants Consumer Awards. Europe a la Carte has some pretty stiff competition in this category with nominations for the Traveling Mamas, Tripso and the Soul Travelers3 blogs. There are plenty of other categories [...]
Europe
Tourism
Blogs
MIKE WENDLAND's 12 Days of Tech Gift Ideas: Gadget of the year: The Flip minoHD
02.12.2008 06:23
freep.com
Miniature camcorders have become a hot new tech trend these days. But in my book, there's only one to get if you're looking for maximum quality and convenience. It's the new Flip minoHD, the world's smallest high-definition camcorder.
USA
Blogs
The Fish in the River
01.12.2008 08:12
spainforvisitors.com
My wife has just told me that the first snow of the year in Madrid is falling outside, which reminds me that Christmas is approaching, with all its implications - the Christmas market in the Plaza Mayor; the street lights; the trees in the Puerta del Sol; rowdy groups of office workers after their overly boozy celebration lunches or dinners; one indigestion after another; the twelve grapes choked on to the twelve strokes of midnight on New Year's Eve; the procession of the Three Wise Men on the eve of Epiphany; and, of course, Spain's monument to the consumer society: the enormous automated puppet show that is Cortylandia. Christmas runs into New Year and Epiphany to make a lengthy festival in Spain, lasting from December 24th to January 6th, though only three and two-halves of those days are actually holidays (the two halves are Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, when most businesses open in the morning only). Now, to get into the Christmas spirt, what better than a carol? Spanish carols - villancicos - are so called after villanos, country folk (yes, it's the same etymology as the English villain), and are of some interest to musicologists, many having ancient origins (the carols, not the musicologists). And the one villancico that every Spaniard and, I suspect, practically every Spanish-speaking person in the world knows is Los Peces en el Río, so here it is. The version below is not the most musical, but it does nicely capture the Spanish Christmas spirit: irreverent, gregarious, and great fun. See the next page for the lyrics of this villancico and some more versions which are more conventional, or at least more musical, than this one, but no more enjoyable (or tasteful, come to that).
Spain
Recreation, Tourism
Iranian bloggers on Obama victory
01.12.2008 06:03
bbc.co.uk
Iranians blogging in Farsi give their reaction to Obama's election victory.
World
Blogs
Advertisements
Changing UK: A nation of lonely hearts?
01.12.2008 12:05
bbc.co.uk
New research suggests the UK is a nation of lonely hearts, with traditional community life fading away. Video reports from across the country show community living varies greatly
World
Advertisements
A Village Down the Block
29.11.2008 00:07
nytimes.com
At a “cohousing” project planned for Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the residents will share all decisions and some meals.
World
Real Estate
EUR 100K discount on luxury Costa flats
17.11.2008 04:14
propertyinspain.net
Spain's latest all-luxury resort has spacious key ready apartments discounted by EUR 100K as the developer makes a timely "Dash for Cash". PropertyInSpain.Net has the best choice and prices.
Spain
Real Estate
Weather Forecast
Ex-bad boy China praised at climate talks
02.12.2008 10:12
usatoday.com
Once global warming's bad boy, China is now winning praise for its upbeat role in climate talks, a turnaround perhaps brought ...
USA
Weather Forecast
Schools closed after heavy snow
02.12.2008 08:05
bbc.co.uk
Snow forces the closure of about 200 schools across north-west England.
World
Weather Forecast
Hurricane Season Gets Busy
10.10.2008 06:34
accuweather.com
Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Historically, the heart of the hurricane season does not begin until mid-August. As if on cue, there are two tropical systems currently active, and AccuWeather.com ...
World
Weather Forecast
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