The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

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Interview with Alan Gratz

I am very pleased to be a part of Alan Gratz's blog tour for the release of his novel, Something Wicked!I love these two Horatio Wilkes novels because they make Shakespeare so relevant. It’s like you’ve taken the heart of these Shakespeare stories and added wicked crazy humor and fun to make for some incredibly awesome reads [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:14:00

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: An article from 1967

The Messengers The cover on a new LP album called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a photomontage of a crowd gathered round a grave. And a curious crowd it is: Marilyn Monroe is there, so are Karl Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia, Mae West, Sonny Liston, and eight Beatles.Eight? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:13:00

celebrities Updates

celebrities - Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Nicole Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is an American pop rock singer and an actress. Originally known for being the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, Simpson eventually rose to prominence in her own right in mid-2004 through her chart-topping debut album Autobiography and the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:00

Sekwanele! [Enough is Enough!]: Social Movement struggles for Land and Housing in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This article is published in the current issue of Left Turn magazine in the United States of America ... . By Toussaint Losier Amabhulu anyama Asenzeli iworry The black capitalists Are making us worry - Chorus of a contemporary protest song, sung in Xhosa In the predawn hours of Saturday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:50:04

My name is Cletus and I have an arrow in my neck

Let’s begin with what may well be the most awkward line of supposedly realistic written dialogue, ever, in any published book from any legitimate publisher: “The lecture I had from my boss sure tightened my sphincters! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 22:48:55

The Rock and Roll Report Indie Record Label Feature is on Hyena Records

In our continuing quest to feature cool independent record labels where the people running the show actually give a shit about the music they put out, this week we turn our focus to Hyena Records. Based out of Brooklyn, New York, I talked to label main man Kevin Calabro about what Hyena is all about and how they survive in this tough music [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:16:57

Saturday Spotlight - Liana Laverentz!

Liana Laverentz is the author of two contemporary romances with The Wild Rose Press, Thin Ice and Jake’s Return ... for best contemporary romance, and was a nominee for Best Romance of 2007 at Long and Short Reviews. Jake ... bad boy Jacob Donovan expects to find when he returns home in disgrace after serving time is Rebecca [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:01:00

Cincinnati Museum Follows Renzo Piano's Greening and Charles Young Talks About Landing MoCA's Top Job

Speaking of museums, in some miscellaneous news, ... (pun only accidentally intended), by putting plans in place to install a completely green rooftop ... of Contemporary Art, Charles E. Young, as you'll remember we reported on just the other day. Eli [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:44:40

SPOTLIGHT: Books of November 2008

Welcome to the November 2008 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT which covers everything from fantasy and science fiction to horror, thrillers, YA, and more. Previous spotlights are listed at the end of this article. November 2008 is not nearly as jam-packed with titles as September and October were, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 07:01:00

West End Girls

Saturday’s BBQ, I’m sure I bored a couple of people here and here with tales of Swedish pop band, West End Girls, who do covers of songs by Pet Shop Boys. Not content with boring two people, I thought I’d bore you as well… Here’s a few of their songs… Suburbia Domino Dancing (mina favourit) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:27:14

Is more financial advice the solution?

#fullpost{display:inline;}In this op-ed piece in today's New York Times, ... bailout plans need to take this into account — by starting a major program to subsidize personal ... this would surely be a good thing for the basics like buying a car, buying a home, or managing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:54:00

Interview with Elisabeth Naughton

I’d like to welcome our guest today, Elisabeth Naughton ... ! (We aim to please KW)STOLEN FURY is a contemporary romantic adventure novel. Lisa Maxwell ... plans to search for the other two relics but is momentarily distracted by a handsome stranger [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:00:00

Is Navy Pier a glorified shopping mall?

The city of Chicago is full of wonders and gems for the curious traveller to discover ... (aka Cloud Gate), Navy Pier, Crown Fountain, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Shedd Aquarium ... phenomenon known as American Baseball, Wrigley Field is the home to the Chicago Cubs. At the time (Autumn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:23:55

Nice Guys™ Finish Last

Pity the Nice Guy™. Please. His world is all topsy-turvy. All he wants is to know exactly what all women want, so that he can have sex with them. But it turns out that different women want different things. Some women believe firmly in traditional gender roles, while others are believers in egalitarianism [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:46:06

Art Space Talk: Whitney McVeigh

Whitney McVeigh was born in New York, USA in 1968 ... for her work, with significant periods spent in Europe, India and China while keeping a home base ... . Her treatment is figuration, in the spirit of contemporary artists ranging from Francis Bacon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:57:25

Feed-In Frenzy

A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?by Chris TurnerPublished in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue.Solar Valley (Image courtesy of Salon AG)The gritty industrial town of Bitterfeld, Germany, is about an hour southwest of Berlin by train, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:07:00

The Playlist's Least Anticipated Films Of 2009

We wanted to subtitle this feature Cockpunching Your Brain Into Next Year: The Films Of 2009 Probably Destined To Make Us Unintentionally Laugh The Most. But you know, we mostly digress, but if you really want to see some of the year's worst films look no further than what's coming out this month in January: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:00

Toby Lightman, co-writer of “Works for Me,” INTERVIEW!

Send article links and scans and afternoon David Archuleta news and tidbits to beckyfansofdavid@gmail.com. Update on Sundance! Here’s the latest!! MORE: From Joanie: “Just got off the phone with the venue. They confirm it is all David.” The performance is 9:00 to 11:00 PM, NOT AM, tomorrow Jan. 17 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:30:56

IAS Public Administration PRELIM - 1997 Question Paper

Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 300 1 . Which one of the following statements is incorrect in respect of Simon’s decisions making theory? ... is false. 2. Means also entail value assumptions. 3. Traditional ends-means approach is not logical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:58:03

Interview with Morgan Nagler of Whispertown 2000

photo: Autumn de Wilde Culture Bully’s Chris DeLine recently caught up with Whispertown 2000’s Morgan Nagler, ... tour, opening for Jenny Lewis, we got home and were sad because we didn’t want to stop. So us and our contemporary (I don’t think I’ve ever used that word before), Michael Runion, posted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 16:32:47

Sherry Chris To Be Keynote Speaker at Unchained Orlando Online Marketing Conference

I’m tickled pink with this announcement.  Sherry Chris, ... that embodies the future of the real estate industry while grounded in the tradition of the home,” said ... . Chris plans to develop a new media-rich Web site that will provide engaging and interactive content [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 01:18:27

SPOTLIGHT: Books of December 2008

Welcome to the December 2008 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT which covers fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, YA, and more. Previous spotlights are listed at the end of this article. So another holiday season is here and you know what that means: presents! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 08:01:00

Alternative futures

In yesterday's post on "what's will?", I rashly asserted that " ... in contemporary colloquial English. "We're going tomorrow" seems to me much more natural than ... to describe future-time events, states and so on, in contemporary American English. Second, I'm going [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:57:40

Tuesday Morning Linkage

· Grim times for LAUSD: Facing $400 million in cuts ... · $3 to enter city: SF's plans for congestion pricing LA Times · Fancy: NYC Times Square ball ... City East · Laguna Beach's famous Goat Lady sees home go up in flames OC Register · New Orleans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:37:01

Author Guest Post - Beverly Stowe McClure

#fullpost{display:inline;}Rebel in Blue Jeans Beverly Stowe McClure Twilight Times Books ISBN-10: 193335349XToday I'm pleased to welcome Beverly Stowe McClure, author of the YA Contemporary, Rebel ... with courage and humor and decides to do three things: Bring her mother home where she belongs. Show [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 07:22:00

Video: ZIONIST GOALS, RESOURCES & STRATEGIES

Jump to Comments Before start reading the following article by Tariq Majeed, please watch these videos to understand ZionismThe Philosopy of Zionism and Israel, Who are Zionists? Ted Pike - Zionism and Christianity: Unholy Alliance The Real Terrorism by Zionists - Doctrine of Judaism and Zionism Zionism: The Real Enemy Of The Jews ZIONIST GOALS, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:21:32

How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech

Bongs Away!How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speechJacob SullumA few weeks before Barack Obama was elected president, Mary Beth Buchanan, the U.S. attorney for western Pennsylvania, filed criminal charges against the makers of the Whizzinator, a fake penis used to deliver clean urine for drug tests [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:41:00

Sci Fi Experience: Short Story Sunday, January 11th Edition

It is the second Sunday of the of the month and once again time for Short Story Sunday, where I feature some of the short stories I read during the previous week/weekend. It just so happens that this week every story I read, even those I read in book form, are available online should any catch your eye [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:46:43

Battlestar Galactica Live Auction Day One: Impressions of The Event, PropWorx, & The Auction Network Service

So today was the first of PropWorx’s two day auction of assets from the television series, ... in the back of the room for strategic advantage. Day One items included Production Art (Set Plans ... .  The number of live floor bidders is difficult to estimate from camera pans of the room, as people tend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:39:44

Why I Like sexy celebrities

Today's bio: sexy celebrities - Christina Applegate Christina Applegate Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children.Born in Hollywood, California, her father, Robert Applegate, was a record producer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 21:21:00

Prayer Requests...

Prayer Requestsglenwoodgirl@rocketmail.comSo many bad things in my life that I feel I am drowning. My elderly Mother lives with me, and I am just so sad the way things have turned out. I seem to constantly have problems with her care, and have become resentfuly. I feel so guilty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:45:57

Frontiers of Net Neutrality: Recognizing the Bottlenecks

Today's WSJ article on Google's alleged backsliding on net neutrality has spawned a lot of controversy on the web. Google has articulately defended the practices at issue in the article. But the piece does focus internet policymakers on some basic truths: there are many potential bottlenecks on the internet, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 04:11:10

Texas Faith: Religion as self-help

Rod Dreher here. I don't know if you saw it, but New York Times science writer John Tierney recently wrote that science is discovering that people of faith tend to be more self-disciplined than people who have weak faith or no faith at all. If this is true, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:32:17

1987-1993 Ford Mustang

by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide The rapidly improved fortunes of the Ford Mustang from 1982 through 1986 mirrored those of Ford Motor Company itself. After teetering on the financial brink, Ford not only roared back to profitability, it became the most profitable outfit in Detroit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:50:00

1979-1981 Ford Mustang

Marketers had put a Roman numeral on the 1974-1978 Ford Mustang II to emphasize just how different it was from previous Mustangs. For the same reason, they removed the suffix when they launched the new generation with the 1979 Ford Mustang. To drive home the point that this was a new Mustang with renewed spirit, they also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:28:00

Simple artistry: Minimalist contemporary home in the heart of Copenhagen

Simple artistry: Minimalist contemporary home in the heart of Copenhagen January 20th, 2009 | Category: ... projection diy screen printing guitar to the rescue flooring home improvement home loan kitchen plans ... projector diy upholstery carpet sump notebook antenna clothing led audio home design framing home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:29:23

Randolph Duke's Glam Pad In the Hollywood Hills

SELLER: Randolph DukeLOCATION: Fareholm Drive, Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $8,250,000SIZE: 3 bedrooms, 3 ... for the open plan and unabashedly modern manse, dubbed Open House by the architects, indicates ... Freddie, Your Mama has learned that dress designer Randolph Duke has put his Hollywood Hills house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 16:30:00

Latin America: Perspectives for Socialism in a Time of a World Capitalist Recession/Depression

by Prof. James Petras Introduction A serious discussion of the perspectives for socialism in Latin America today requires several levels of analysis, moving from world economic conditions, to US-Latin American relations, to their specific impact on Latin America [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:43:08

Upcoming 2009 Releases — Part Two

Back in August, I posted an article HERE that showcased Upcoming 2009 Book Releases. That spotlight really only scratched the surface of what 2009 had to offer though, so now I’m back with Part Two, which is a little bigger, and hopefully, better. So enjoy, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 08:01:00

“Goo-Goo”? Gag Me.

Paul Krugman wants Barack Obama to “make government cool” and figures that the best way to do that is to follow through on the “clean government” ... that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery today. Back home in the 1930s, Mellon endured years [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:25:35

Tourists and Collectors Enter the World of Tomorrow: An Interview with Angela Ndalianis (Part Two)

You suggest some connections between the birth of Superman and the 1939 World's Fair with its theme, "A World of Tomorrow." Explain. The New York World Fair of 1938-9 reflected a mindset of the times that saw utopia as becoming an achievable reality in the not too distant future [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 02:09:41

The Daily WAR (10-18)

Reading between the lines, and thinking outside the box . . .THE HOLY ROMAN...B16 TO RECEIVE SEEHOFER    Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria, will be received next Thursday in a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:33:00

Weekly Roundup - Special Inaugural Edition

Welcome to a Special Inaugural Edition of the "Weekly Roundup." Here, I focus on stories that reflect on the history of this moment as our country prepares to inaugurate its 44th President of the United States. A regular edition of the "Weekly Roundup" will appear tomorrow...Inaugural SpeechesHulu [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:00:00

January 18, 2009: Series Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer/Director/Duck Smoker Robert C. Cooper Answers Your Questions

Robert Cooper. Oh, and, uh, Carl Binder.I was watching the NFL playoffs and, at one point, one of the defenders for the Pittsburgh Steelers intercepted a pass and started to run it back, zigzagging his way through defenders and, most importantly, his own players [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:39:05

Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Talk Babies Backstage at the AMAs

“The Insider” takes you backstage at the “American Music Awards” to talk to the night’s big celebs! Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey discuss future plans for a family, and Taylor Swift confesses her pre-show jitters. Nick tells “The Insider” he and Mariah do have plans to start a family. “That’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 13:45:43

A Media Literacy Exemption on the DMCA?: An Interview with Renee Hobbs

Today's blog post is a call to action. Renee Hobbs, a leading Media Literacy educator, has requested our help in changing the copy protection provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in a way that will further the goals of American media education [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:55:46

First Look: Volkswagen Concept BlueSport

Volkswagen first toyed through the idea of reviving a small, mid-engine roadster with its tidy. styled ConceptR for the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show ... , designers first began with the chassis and utilized aluminum for the frame and body panels to reduce [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:53:18

D. K. Stewart

D. K. Stewart-No Excuse for the Blues-1993-Criminal RecordsIf you haven't heard D. K. Stewart and his band before, buy this record. D.K ... has got to be heard by more people. Buy his amazing ""Don't Call Home" album. It's pure class [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:24:00

Unilateralism Spells Cop Out - Olmert/Livni Buckle!

If these two reports below are correct, and I suspect they are reliable, it would be a travesty of justice perpetrated by Olmert, Livni and Barak. A unilateral cease fire proposal is a cop out because Hamas wins by not losing , Israel loses by not winning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:50:00

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