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2008-10-22 10:13:26 Harriet Harman
Campaigning in the North West on Monday. In Manchester - unemployment still falling. In Bolton, visited brand new Children's Centre and Oldham saw round school transformed by £30m development and results A-C gone from 28% to 65%. In Sheffield today seeing brand new Sure Start attached...
2008-10-22 10:07:13 Charles A. Krugel
On Monday, October 27, 2008, and Monday, November 10, 2008, along with attorney Elliot Richardson of Horwitz, Richardson and Baker, I'll be presenting "Legal Assistance for Entrepreneurs" and "Small Businesses and Human Resources" seminars at Orly's Cafe, 55th and Hyde Park Blvd., 1660...
Ramadan Mubarak to all. The holy Ramadan starts in North America on Monday, 1st September 2008. সবাইকে পবিত্র রমাজান এর আন্তরীক শুভেচ্ছা।
2008-10-22 06:06:12 AFRICAN AMERICAN DAD
Things are still good in kindergarten. Great actually. The Dev is loving every minute of his new school and honestly I can't blame him. The kids seem to have the best time in that place. (I write that last sentence as a jealous nine-to-five worker with four hour daily commute.) I ask...
2008-10-20 12:23:55 The Coach Virtual Assistant
Mega Teleclass: The Future of Business From the Minds of Ten Top Professionals Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Eastern What happens when you get ten top professionals on a call together to discuss the future of business and leadership? You walk away inspired to chan...
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NEW POSTS CAN BE FOUND BELOW!!!I am doing my field work this semester for my degree at Cancer Care Services. I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my giveaway and it came to me!! Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (and really - all cancer awareness month)...
2008-10-06 12:46:58 AOL News Article Feed
Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.
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Infrastructure development firm Era Infra Engineering Ltd said on Monday its joint venture had secured a contract worth Rs 1.3 billion.
The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank offered more $60 billion to markets on Monday to try to keep the financial sector flush with cash.
2008-10-06 12:38:18 Powells Books Events Calendar
Join us the first Monday of every month for a Graphics/Video meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.
2008-10-06 12:33:10 NFL FanHouse
Filed under: NFL FansSorting the Sunday Pile looks back at the NFL weekend that was. It's also an unofficial Mittens blog.Two months ago, the plan was to bring Joe Flacco along slowly; let him watch-by-learning this season -- or at least until head coach John Harbaugh couldn't stomach ...
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2008-10-06 12:31:14 Cinema Minima
BY ANDRE SOARES, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA (CINEMA MINIMA) Steven Okazaki’s short DAYS OF WAITING and Barbara Kopple’s feature AMERICAN DREAM will be screened as part of "Oscar’s Docs, Part Four: Academy Award-winning Documentaries 1988-1997" on Monday, October 6, at 7:30 p...
2008-10-06 12:20:41 rediff News
The Mumbai police on Monday claimed to have cracked terror e-mail case with the arrest of an alleged Wi-Fi hacker.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Financial markets around the world had a rocky start Monday after European governments took steps to limit the damage from the growing global financial crisis. U.S. stocks appeared headed for a steep drop at the opening, and the credit markets remained under strain...
2008-10-06 11:51:42 ABC 7 News - Local Headlines
Monday... October 6 is the deadline for voter registration in Virginia and the District... and campaign volunteers are out in force for one last registration push.from ABC 7 News
2008-10-06 11:50:57 AOL News Article Feed
Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.
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Tata AIG Life Insurance Company on Monday launched its first unit linked health product Tata AIG Life InvestAssure Health.
 From: http://www.democratsforlife.org/  SENAT E PASSES FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008 The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (HR 6893) on Monday, September 23. "This is the ...
2008-10-06 11:08:46 Expressindia
Sensex fell more than 3.5 percent early on Monday on fears of further foreign fund outflows.
2008-10-06 10:55:28 CTV News RSS Feed
Asian markets took a slide Monday morning as uncertainty in European markets grew despite the passage of a US$700 billion bailout last week meant to ease investor jitters.
World stock markets suffered fresh maulings on Monday with five-per cent plunges in Europe and Tokyo at a four-year low on doubts whether a Wall Street bailout package could stem the global financial crisis.
2008-10-06 10:47:59 WebWire | Recent Headlines
The Kingspoint Project recently unveiled a series of incredibly informative, step by step tutorial videos that help its clients experience explosive growth in the amount of natural organic traffic the... [WebWire - Monday, October 06, 2008]
By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun Published: Monday, October 06, 2008 Child protection authorities seized Barbara Gamble's daughter on Tuesday afternoon, 22 hours after her birth.  The 27-year-old Maple Ridge mom and 30-year-old dad Vince Kinney didn't see the newborn again until a t...
2008-10-06  Creative 2x Mom
Yeah, I think I'm finally getting into a planning grove again.  Fall is here and that means adding soups and stews and warm foods back into our menus.  I'm so excited about the fall flavors that are to come in the months ahead.  We had some warmer meals last week and I even picked u...
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2008-10-06  bookofjoe
866-850-4303. I guess maybe now it's not so secret — I mean, at least 17 people are likely to see this post. Randall Stross, in his "Digital Domain" column in yesterday's New York Times, wrote, "Yahoo says it offers phone support for its free e-mail service 'in some cases,' but i...
In Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, the town was rocked by a suicide bomb that killed 27 people and injured 80 which included a former senior general and his wife, according to the army this Monday. The attack took the lives of Janaka Perera, former chief of staff of the Sri Lankan army and op...
2008-10-06  Rude Cactus
Sweet baby Jesus on ice (and seriously, who wouldn't want to go see that Icecapade show?) this weekend was busy. Not oh, yeah, we ran a couple of errands and played with the kids busy. More like hi, I'm the Jack Bauer of parenting and the Backyardigans have been taken hostage and we ...
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mental_floss is celebrating some of their very first blog posts back in 2006 -- and have resurrected this awesome time waster.Like you really needed that to kick off your week. Oh, well. You'll get some work done eventually.Happy Monday. This work is copyrighted material. Please conta...
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EU states were scrambling Monday to prevent the credit crisis from bringing down banks and further alarming savers.
2008-10-06  Grannymar
Curried Parsnip Soup 1½ lb Parsnips chopped 1oz Butter 1 Onion peeled & chopped 1 clove Garlic crushed 2 teaspoons Curry Powder (mild) 3 pints Chicken or Vegetable Stock 7 fl ozs single Cream (optional) Melt butter and add chopped parsnips, onion and garlic. Cook gently for 5 minutes...
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2008-10-06  mental_floss Blog
Happy Monday! Harry and Larry are twins, born to the same parents in 1987. Harry is the elder twin, born twenty minutes before Larry, but Harry celebrated his 21st birthday two days before Larry did. How is this possible? HERE is the solution.
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2008-10-06  The Mac Observer
John F. Braun checks out Mira, a preference pane that allows you to take full advantage of your Apple Remote
From the Bakersfield Californian: Retirement not an adjournment for ‘top gun’ attorney His boss calls him the “Top Gun” attorney at the Kern County Public Defender’s office... Veteran trial attorney Michael Lukehart gave his last closing argument as a Kern County deputy publi...
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2008-10-06  Arabian Knits
I'm almost ready to give up on the roast pork for a while. Our schedule was shifted so many ways this weekend. We didn't get our water back on in time to make the mac and cheese on Friday, so we ate fish sticks and french fries instead. Remind me never to do that again.Sunday, we at...
, Tales , Family , Recipes , Menu , Birthday , Homemaking
2008-10-06  A Creative Journal
October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty. To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forces with ...
, General: , blogtoberfest , heather-goldsmith , keeping , personal-journal-writing , prizes
My latest must have in my diaper bag and purse is Momspit! Yes I said it and no it's not my spit that I carry around in a bottle. Ha ha ha! It's "The Universal No-Rinse Cleanser For Hands And Face" and is seriously making my dreams come true.Momspit is absolutely wonderful. You squirt ...
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2008-10-06  Jaye's Blahg
The Wells' clan headed out of town this weekend for a family wedding. As far as road trips go this one was short--just three hours. The visit was also short, we arrived Saturday at 1 and left Sunday at 9:30 am.I love road trips because you get to see all sorts of odd things. Like the s...
You might remember that upward swing I said the Tot was on? Well, not so much. We hit a bit of a hiccup last night. After nap time yesterday, I noticed that the girl had a few acne-like spots on her face. I briefly considered that it could be a rash, so I checked her belly and back...
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WASHINGTON — A business-friendly Supreme Court will start another season Monday on familiar turf.
GENERAL 1)It's all about an India focus at Air France's headquarters in Paris.  The Indian welcome, "nasmaste," newspapers, vegetarian food and  films on board its flights make up the current agenda.  More destinations in  India and more services to Chennai are in the list of long ...
6 October 2008brbr About 100 people were arrested for various offences at roadblocks in Soweto over the weekend, Gauteng police said on Monday.brbr Inspector Kay Makhubela said roadblocks were conducted in Jabulani, Zola and Naledi on Saturday and Sunday.brbr "We arrested 67 of them fo...
October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty. To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forces w...
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Watching the Stock Market? Trading the News? Take it from me, you have to be extra careful in this "bear market" where one wrong movecan cost youdearly. We can agree that the "buy and hold"mentality may not be in favor right now however, if you take a look at this one-year chart ill...
, Profits , Hints , Noteworthy
2008-10-06  larissaione.com
It’s that time again! PARTY TIME! The third annual Writeminded Readers Appreciation Party starts today, Monday, October 6th and goes through Wednesday, October 22! That’s over two weeks of daily giveaways, special guests, and more! NEW TO THE PARTY? Here’s how it works: Each da...
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2008-10-06  Boston Mamas
As the cool weather sets in, so do the colds and skin care battles, making it ever more important to find safe, nourishing body products for mom and babe. And Belli delivers the goods. Providing “pampered protection” pregnancy, baby, and motherhood body products that repair and rel...
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that those lying assholes on the hill said it would be. From the Wall Street Journal this morning: Europe Races to Shore Up Banks as Crisis Spreads - Germany issued a blanket guarantee of all its consumer bank deposits on Sunday, as a group of European countries adopted emergency ...
Speaking of "Newspaper 2.0" and "Media 2.0" (whatever those terms mean :-) !), my friend Susan Mernit who I met way back in Boston at BloggerCon I in 2004 (was it 2004? I remember great discussion with Susan and Scott Johnson and others over dinner one night, where is Scott a now? ) a...
, knight , knight , lisa , newspaper , people's , scott , susan
Remember when Euan Kerr came out to interview me and help with the beehives?The interview is now up. There's an embeddable player that I'm going to try and embed here...-- and you can read the article, find the player and see some photos of me in a bee-suit (and a really lovely bee pho...
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2008-10-06  Back Talk
There has been a lot going on in Pakistan over the last two months, including an offensive by the Pakistani army against tribal militants and a relentless series of strikes by Predator drones. With regard to the recent military offensive, here is a new report:29 September 2008Pakistani...
2008-10-06  Eye on Britain
The first snow of the year... and it's only October Any hope of a mild winter were dashed today when winter's first snow made an early appearance. It seems amazing that only a week ago, the sun was out and there was even optimistic talk of a dry season. But temperatures plunged to...
U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday as the world’s financial crisis didn’t appear to be repaired by the $700 billion troubled rescue plan, with Germany seeing the need to guarantee its retail deposits and Bank of America settling a regulatory dispute by cutting mortgages by $8.4 bill...
2008-10-06  BJ Thoughts...
(Thinking about “thinking”. Image source: Thoughts in a Tree) Today is all about thinking… Two pieces of articles hit my screen today, thought-provoking and certainly got me into active thinking mode (which is not bad for a Monday). The first, from Fast Company titled ...
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2008-10-06  This Vintage Chica
There hasn't been much sewing or crafting around these parts lately. I am still in survival mode with all of the 1st grade homework each afternoon. But call it carry over from living up North fortwo years, butcrocheting in the Falla habit now. The mornings start to feel a bi...
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LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - More European governments followed Germany's lead on Monday offering guarantees to savers in a frantic effort to calm fears among investors over the worst financial crisis in nearly 80 years. (Read on Source)
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2008-10-06  NDTV News
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 bps to 8.5 per cent. The new rate would be effective from October 11.br 
clipped by: Brian Wingfieldclipper's remarks: If Mr. Kashkari, is only going to be in his post for three months, that's a pretty good indication that the administration plans to use all $700 billion right away. Clip Source: online.wsj.comWASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ...
Big thanks to everyone who stopped by WFMU's tent at the Atlantic Antic street fair in Brooklyn yesterday! It rained, then it was cloudy, and finally the sun broke through... the next thing we knew, your esteemed WFMUers were horking funnel cakes and other gastrointestinal monstrositie...
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2008-10-06  i have to say...
Here is Colorado, today is the last day to register to vote in the presidential election. I want to encourage you to, no matter what party you are affiliated with, to get out and make your choice known on election day. We each get one vote and your opinion matters. So does mine. W...
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2008-10-06  Startup Spark
In this week’s Monday Media Marketing Minute, I share what journalists can’t really do for your business. And don’t forget to check out other media tips at The Power Publicist. Tags: journalists, media, media-relations, Monday Media Marketing Minute, Publicity, Shanno...
, Entrepreneurship , Monday , Podcast , Publicity , journalists , media , media-relations , Shannon , small-business
2008-10-06  Ocular Fusion
It’s Monday, and hopefully yours is off to a good start. But if it’s not, perhaps I can lend you some much needed perspective with a few Monday morning meltdowns gleaned from fan boards and blogs over the past couple of days. First up, an Ole Miss fan accepts the inevitable: “...
, Baseball , Sports , College , Humor , Alabama , Nick
2008-10-06  Kettle and Cup
Because you aren’t going to want to sleep the next few days! October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their c...
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Stocks tumbled around the world on Monday and opened sharply lower on Wall Street as fears grew that the financial crisis was spreading.
2008-10-06  Google News
BBC NewsTiger suicide attack kills 27 in Sri LankaAFP- 42 minutes agoCOLOMBO (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a blast inside offices of the main opposition party in Sri Lanka on Monday, killing at least 27 people, including a retired senior general, officials said.Suicid...
AP - The McCain and Obama presidential campaigns traded accusations of mudslinging Monday in the wake of new ads dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
The Jaunpur district court on Monday ordered the police to register a case against the organizers of a Durga Puja that showed the goddess astride an elephant, officials informed.
2008-10-06  Oneindia - News
New Delhi, Oct 6: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Monday, Oct 6 said it has partnered with British Telecom (BT) to provide a complete range of managed telecom services.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases, the prize awarding institute said on Monday.
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Monday, October 6, 2008, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mix and Mingle with KPMG The Steinbright Career Development Center will present a "mix and mingle" with KPMG professionals on Monday, October 6, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center (33rd and Ma...
2008-10-06  Above the Law
It's the first Monday of October. That means the "open for business" sign is being hung back up at One First Street. Adam Liptak took a look at the Supreme Court's new strategy for this term in a New York Times article this weekend: The court is working at a brisker pace than it has...
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Monday again? We had such a nice weekend, its kinda sad to see it end, but only 5 more days until the next one! So here's whats in store for the week... Monday- Liz is making her Fideo soup (soccer practice)Tuesday- chicken stroganoffWednesday- chicken rice taco bakeThursday- sloppy Jo...
AP - The McCain and Obama presidential campaigns traded accusations of mudslinging Monday in the wake of new ads dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
Beginning at 9 p.m.(ET/PT) every Monday night from Oct. 6 through Nov. 3, the Sundance Channel will present feature documentaries and original series about the men and women -- and girls and boys -- who seek public office in the U.S., be it as leader of the free world or as leader of t...
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The family of slain Delhi Police inspector MC Sharma on Monday said they were hurt by the remarks of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on the police shootout.
2008-10-06  The Trail
By Ed O'Keefe New ads released over the weekend by Barack Obama continued a focus on health care, while John McCain's criticized Obama's record on taxes in perhaps the last gasp of the policy-related ad war that has dominated the airwaves in recent weeks. The McCain campaign has signal...
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This year's "Best Music Writing" installment includes stories on the return of the Wu Tang Clan, the latest soul and R&B revivalists, and indie rock's identity crisis. Guest editor Nelson George joins us to talk about the state of music writing. And: We hear about the rise and fall of ...
So I totally dropped the ball last week and somehow forgot to write my "My Story Monday" post. After having promised the rest of the day's story the week before. I'm very sorry about that! It occurred to me as I was drifting off to sleep Monday night... isn't that when these things ...
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Apparently the 'done' thing these days for pregnant couples is to go on a babymoon, a last holiday before the baby comes along and consumes all your waking hours. So last week I had a babymoon of own, except instead of spending time with my husban (who went to work) I planned to spend ...
, Burda , maternity , refashioning
I didn't make it through the whole Red Sox game last night, I fell asleep with it on TV but I did wake up for the 12th inning to see the 1-run loss. I felt bad they played all that baseball in the cold weather only to lose in the end, but I am hopeful they will win the next game so the...
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Germany's leading stock index the DAX slumped to its lowest point in more than two years on Monday despite the government's decision to offer a blanket guarantee on all bank deposits over the weekend.
2008-10-06  Obsidian Wings
by hilzoy Politico: "Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the “Keating Five” savings-and-loan scandal of 1989-91, which blemished McCain’s public image and set him on his cour...
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AFP - Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third probably face extinction, said an update Monday of the "Red List," the most respected inventory of biodiversity.
2008-10-06  GolfNow Blog
Hi everyone and happy Monday! Our trivia question on last Friday’s show asked you to choose which country formed the first golf club outside of the UK. We had a big split in our answers with 34% of the entries choosing “B” - India - and 51% choosing “D” - ...
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AP - Financial markets around the world had a rocky start Monday after European governments took steps to limit the damage from the growing global financial crisis. U.S. stocks appeared headed for a steep drop at the opening, and the credit markets remained under strain.
2008-10-06  news.indiainfo.com
The situation in Dhule in north Maharashtra, which witnessed communal violence Sunday leading to four deaths and injuries to 122 people, was under control Monday
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew up an opposition party office Monday in a town in northern Sri Lanka killing about 20 people, including a former army officer, the military said. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera and his wife wer...
October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty. To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forces w...
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Biolex Therapeutics has landed $60 million in a fourth round of venture-capital funding, the Pittsboro biopharmaceutical company announced Monday.
2008-10-06  Google News
BBC NewsTiger suicide attack kills 27 in Sri LankaAFP- 42 minutes agoCOLOMBO (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a blast inside offices of the main opposition party in Sri Lanka on Monday, killing at least 27 people, including a retired senior general, officials said.Suicid...
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2008-10-06  Startup News
By Emma Thomasson and Ben HirschlerZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG and Genentech Inc said on Monday a study into the benefits of combining their Tarceva and Avastin drugs for lung cancer patients did not show an increase in overall survival.Both drugs are targeted therapie...
Here’s a summary of the smartest new political analysis on the Web: by Gerald F. Seib and Sara Murray It’s been a bad stretch for Sen. John McCain, but few have been willing to go this far: Former Hillary Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson, now writing for The New Republic, declares ...
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2008-10-06  CNN.com
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people on Monday in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, a city in the north-central part of the island nation, police said.
Are you still saying "lead" instead of "LEED"? If so, and you're in New York this week, you'd do best by hiding under a blanket and staying inside your home, because otherwise you'll likely look quite the fool as the fall-winter line-up kicks off tonight for the series "What is Gre...
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AFP - Online auction giant eBay Inc. announced on Monday it was cutting 1,000 permanent employees and several hundred temporary workers, about 10 percent of its global workforce.
SHANGHAI: China's retail sales were up 21 per cent year-on-year during the week-long national holiday, the commerce ministry said Monday. Retail sales last week between September 29 and October 5 rose to 420 billion yuan (US$61.3 billion), a 21 per cent increase from 2007, it said in ...
2008-10-06  Twitter / kbranch
kbranch: At work early to get some stuff out of the way. Happy Monday!
Ever striving, but still overshadowed by its bigger rivals, Ask.com plans to introduce yet another revamp of its Internet search engine Monday. The new version is supposed to produce more...
Daily Podcast Episode #914 Today's Events | Tomorrow's Events Monday, October 6, 2008 Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour Harvest Homecoming Festival Fall Harvest Festival Autumn Harvest Show Chocolate: The Exhibition Pumpkin Harvest Festival The Higher the Hair, The Closer to Hea...
The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its pipeline of cancer treatments.
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Cheryl Stein has a nice op-ed in the Washington Times regarding Herring v. United States, a case the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday. (Today is the first Monday in October -- Yippeee!) It raises the following question: whether courts must suppress evidence seized during an arrest ma...
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Oil prices fell to an eight-month low below $90 a barrel Monday on speculation that the spreading financial crisis will exacerbate a global economic slowdown and cut demand for crude oil. Significant gains by the U.S. dollar against the euro also contributed to slumping oil prices. ...
Source: NY Times Online. By SAM DILLON and KATIE ZEZIMA In a move suggesting how the credit crisis could disrupt American higher education, Wachovia Bank has limited the access of nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held for them in a short-term investment...
Grieving relatives of a Brazilian priest found strangled in Brooklyn are trying to raise $10,000 to bring his body back to his homeland. The body of Jose de Souza, 31, was found washed up on Brighton Beach last Monday morning.
Originally posted on the Journal’s Real Time Economics blog: The People’s Bank of China released the following statement on Saturday morning in response to the passage of the U.S. financial rescue package. China’s financial markets ended lower Monday after being closed last ...
, Banking , Economy
2008-10-06  Grouchy Old Cripple
So many people have sent me this one over the years that I may as well use it. In a...
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2008-10-06  Google News
BBC NewsTiger suicide attack kills 27 in Sri LankaAFP- 41 minutes agoCOLOMBO (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a blast inside offices of the main opposition party in Sri Lanka on Monday, killing at least 27 people, including a retired senior general, officials said.Suicid...
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2008-10-06  O'Conall Street
Germany has put the cat amongst the pigeons and could well send the British Market into turmoil today by underwriting all private deposit accounts. On Radio 4’s Today programme, Yvette Cooper MP, the Treasury Secretary refused to dismiss the idea of widespread nationalisation ...
, Business , Politics , Public
Paula Creamer wins Samsung World Championships!Commentary to follow on Monday! Congrats Paula - you rock!
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2008-10-06  The Feeder Project
Mundane Mondays My posts on Mondays will focus on the seemingly mundane things related to how I approach work. Today’s post will concentrate on determining VALUES. I conducted seminars and a question and answer session in Grand Rapids this past Friday. My audience was to a group...
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AP - The McCain and Obama presidential campaigns traded accusations of mudslinging Monday in the wake of new ads dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
In its latest attempts to unfreeze credit markets and keep the banking system functions, the Federal Reserve issued a statement announcing it is using its newly granted powers to pay interest on the reserves that banks leave at the Fed, among other things. Here’s what the Fed is doin...
Metro Atlanta gas prices have fallen 15 cents a gallon in the past week but remain about a half-dollar above the national average. That's according to AtlantaGasPrices.com, which on Monday morning pegged the metro average for regular at $3.93, down from $4.08 one week ago. The national...
Ever striving, but still overshadowed by its bigger rivals, Ask.com plans to introduce yet another revamp of its Internet search engine Monday. The new version is supposed to produce more...
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Just sayin'. So, does anyone have a theory why the media is shoving Obama down our throats this year? Is it that they want to teach us values? The first African-American president? If that is true, why couldn't we have the first female president? Wouldn't that have been just as val...
2008-10-06  The Daily WTF
As the seasons change and years pass, trees accumulate rings that can be used to determine the age of the tree. This is a result of seasonal growth — the inner section of each ring is formed in the early part of the rapid growth season; this wood is called "early wood" (*snicker*...
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2008-10-06  Autism Vox
Yesterday I asked on the ScienceBlogs Book Club about how we can frame vaccines to combat what seems to be widespread public ignorance, or at least uncertainty, about what causes autism and what autism is. So how about this for a message for what autism is? Yes, that’s my son Ch...
, Bike , Charlisms , Education , Family , Parenting , asd , asperger , autism , autism , disabilities , disability , framing , Health , pdd-nos , street , traffics
2008-10-06  LAist
Valley Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) stood his ground on Friday during the second House bailout vote that passed. He, along with the majority, voted no on Monday and he once again voted no on Friday, although that time in the minority. During a session of congress on th...
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Well today is Clemens second time to school and he was brawling on his way to school. It made me really frustrated because he was the one who told me that he wants to school and I have paid 2 weeks of school fees for it. There is no backing out now and I know that it is also for his g...
2008-10-06  Topspin
Sorry we haven’t been blogging much here as of late. Heads down and (clearly) hard at work in Topspin-land. A few random notes to share: Digital Media Forum West was this week and I was on a panel with The Usual Suspects (TM) moderated by Ted Cohen giving a “digital...
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I'm sure this won't be much of a popular topic, not at this point in time during the election cycle and the current economic crisis that have been dominating the news and our attention. But it is an event that is worthy of mentioning. The Nobel Prize for medicine has be awarded to thre...
2008-10-06  About Last Night
As I mentioned the other day, Mrs. T and I are spending the week in Cleveland, seeing shows and hitting museums. We are, amazingly enough, quartered in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, about which much more later. Unfortunately--or not--the house in question is Web-unfriendly, s...
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2008-10-06  Maggie's Farm
Front Page enjoyed American CarolHow the NYT handled the Ayers storyBlue State Blues. DriscollGermany to EU: Drop deadStaying out of poverty is simpleWinking updateVote fraud expected to be rampant this yearOil prices heading downThis may explain why the Arctic ice was melting, but not...
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October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and our readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty! To do this, we’ve joined forces with hundreds...
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2008-10-06  DailyTech News Feed
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Monday...
Yeah, so yesterday I wrote a really short blog, cos I was so tired, and didnt really write that much on my novel either, cos I was so tired. Yesterday I got up at about 10AM, cos I didnt go to bed til like 3AM, so yeah. Then I went to work @ about 11AM, and came home around 2PM and had...
here's a sense one gets, particularly in the middle of a heady political season that politics is more theater than anything else. There's the bright lights of the debates and the repeat performances of the same stump speeches with the same jokes. And so with that aspect of the campai...
2008-10-06  InfoWorld RSS Feed
Many companies are stepping up their datacenter investments even as they try to make cutbacks in other parts of their business, according to survey released Monday by AFCOM , the association for datacenter professionals.The investments are a sign that company executives recognize the i...
Faculty members and librarians at the University of Windsor, in Ontario, voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to accept a new three-year contract. Classes will resume on Monday, according to a university statement. The university canceled classes for 16,000 students after more than 1,000 p...
2008-10-05  MOMocrats™
On Monday, October 6, MOMocrat Julie Pippert will be squaring off against fellow progressive Lynne Lupien of Left in Lowell in a unique opportunity to become America's Best Blog Talker. Help a MOMocrat out by listening in and voting for Julie! Julie was selected by FOX News Radio a...
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2008-10-05  Here We Go Again
I have gotten behind on the pictures a bit. Perhaps at thirty four weeks I will catch up and post them promptly. These are thirty two weeks and one day pictures if you want to get technical. On Monday, Matt and I had baby class (Baby class's motto, as made up by Matt and I: "Twenty...
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2008-10-05  Turbulence Training
I'm a little worried. I found this threatening letter posted on my forum by a TT member named Dan, and I'm worried (and hoping!) your fat cells are saying this too! ********************* Dear Craig: I am the "spokes-cell" for Dan's fat cells. We hate you. We knew we were in trouble ...
2008-10-05  Let Us Talk
“Our financial system in turmoil and John McCain? Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy.” The ad, slated to start running Monday on national cable, seeks to capitalize on John McCain’s response to the nation’s financial crisis while rebutting Republic...
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Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.
I had been planning to come out to my mother today for some time now. As I mentioned before, I was quite nervous about this process, as I think many of us are. We fear losing those who we love, losing the connections we have built up over a life time, losing support during a time when ...
Let's Bowling!!!This is one of the most common mistakes among English learners in Japan I've come across. My own spin on this is "Let's Beer!"
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2008-10-05  Giants 101
What a fun game to watch, as the G-Men seemed to give the effort today that everyone expected from them two weeks ago against Cincinnati. The Giants simply ANNIHILATED the ‘Hawks today in just about every aspect of the game. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of th...
, Aaron , Antonio , Derrick , Brandon , Ahmad , Mario , Dave , Domenik , James , Sinorice , Mathias , Giants , Results , Current , Games , Eli , Giants , Kevin , Amani , Plaxico , Giants
2008-10-05  TIGSource
People who pre-ordered the PC version of World of Goo will receive a download link tonight, at midnight (along with a hearty thank you!). The final deadline for pre-orders is 11:59pm PST, so there’s still time. For everyone else, the game will be released simultaneously on WiiW...
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2008-10-05  b5media
October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty. To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forc...
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October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and our readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty! To do this, we’ve joined forces with hundreds...
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For a few months now I've been part of an informal group of women writing about green topics - a few of whom I've now met and a several who are becoming regular email buddies. We have a group of well informed women including attorneys, published authors, those working in green market...
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Since my first year of teaching school to now, I have always loved taking books, magazines or videos out from the library. I have a huge cart that I carry in the library and my kids load it up with books and videos. Through all the years, I think I have had VERY few fines but most ...
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2008-10-05  Meant To Be
Another week has come...last week was fairly successful though we weren't at home for as many meals as I thought we would be. I did create a creamy broccoli cheese soup (instead of the lentil soup) and it was hit even with my 3-year-olds. :) And the lettuce wraps were great! I made the...
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2008-10-05  5ksandcabernets
This is the time I start getting a little anxious. My marathon, the White Rock Lake Marathon in Dallas, is in 70 days. Here is what's going on inside my head right now:*Have I run enough mileage? In the last 30 days, I've run 188 miles. That's about 44 miles a week for the last four we...
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2008-10-05  Mediation Channel
For many years I have used the following exercise in trainings and workshops on conflict resolution, communication, and negotiation. Known as “The Cash Register Exercise”, it is adapted from “The Uncritical Inference Test” created by William V. Haney, Commun...
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2008-10-05  Hip Hop Roll
Sorry guys but these Zune MP3 Players are for the VH1 Hip Hop honorees, performers, and presenters only. The Zune 80GB - Hip Hop Honors are being custom made but the hip-hop awards and you guessed it only 80 are being made. So that means that there will be none made for the average co...
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This week is Customer Service Week, and I have 2 presentations I’ll be doing this week; one in person at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah (where I’m writing this post at the downtown Ogden Marriot) and for HDI via webinar (which you can sign up for free at HDI’s website. ...
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2008-10-05  $5 Dinners
Monday - Oven Fried Drumsticks Tuesday - Grilled BLTs with Carrot Sticks Wednesday - Beef Roast, Orzo with Broccoli Thursday - Minestrone Soup , HM Rolls Friday - TX Cowboy's Pie (NEW! Will post recipe Friday!) Saturday - BBQ Lentils on Rice Sunday - Spaghetti with Homemade Sau...
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Arguably our area's finest weather comes in late April to mid-May and mid-September to mid-October. That's when see the best chance of dry, warm days and clear, refreshing nights in extended stretches. We're in such a stretch now, so we should savor it. November rains will be here befo...
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2008-10-05  Bringing Good Home
Well, since my Battle the Bulge challenge is now in full swing, I’m trying to plan a menu that I can eat (or eat in moderation) and not blow my calories (and WW points) out the window!! You’ll notice it doesn’t LOOK like a “fat free,” “carb freeR...
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See that picture? I saw it live on television as a 13 year old kid. I remember it. It is not the Cardinals. I don't care about them. It isn't the Mets. They don't matter. It isn't the individual Cub players. They are pawns in something bigger. I just do not know what that "som...
2008-10-05  Bitten and Bound
  Jill Biden’s mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, died today after a long illness.  She was 78 years old and lived in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.   She raised five daughters, was a homemaker and avid gardener with a life long love of reading. Donald C. Jacobs, a banker, died in 1999....
, Politics , saturday , Bonny , dead , died , family , Jill , Jill , Joe , pictures
2008-10-05  NHS
Both died courtesy of Prof Nigel Heaton Kings College London Nigel Heaton Making Money At the Cost of Lives This was a case that initially came to us some years ago. It was featured on our previous blog in some detail. Prof Nigel Heaton's antics abroad have not been forgotten. Indeed,...
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Here’s another post in the Money Diaries series, which is based off New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries. We’ve collected stories from real people about their spending habits over seven days, anonymized them, and posted them here. * * * DAY 1 8am: Grab some cereal and sit...
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2008-10-05  A Hamsterrific Blog
Hello my friends, hee many of you can't spot me in the hide & seek photo last weekend. Well here I am at the corner of the pictureToday is another lazy Monday, so this is what I'll be doing today~Meanwhile, Bae will be busy doing guard duty.
2008-10-05  Simply Thrifty
October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty. To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forces with ...
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For the Supreme Court, a Term of Change Ahead is an interesting Oct. 6, 2008 Legal Times article about the Supreme Court's upcoming term. The article does not does specific court cases; rather it notes changing Supreme Court practice and...
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2008-10-05  Bits
Ask.com will unveil a revamped search engine Monday that digs deeper into the Web to answer certain kinds of queries.
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2008-10-05  Political Punch
On Monday the Obama campaign will start hitting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his role in the late 80s/early 90s Keating 5 scandal, despite previous indications by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, made months ago, that the scandal was not "germane"...
Tomorrow kicks off a big week for us. We'll be heading up to Durham sometime in the second half of Monday. Tuesday is filled with appointments...we'll find out how well Gwyneth is doing, and know how well this chemo is taking care of Tricia's lymphoma. Tricia has a few appointments ...
, Transplant , Prayer , Tricia , Lymphoma/Cancer , Durham , Hospital , Gwyneth
I wanted to share the latest info sooner but my cable's been out the last day and a half. After posting the email I sent to a certain band's legal and publicity departments I received a very prompt response from their lawyer. I've included both emails from their lawyer (in blue) and ...
2008-10-05  BLACKFIVE
Good Monday morning! Just a quick update featuring an interview I did with Pete Hegseth of Vets For Freedom (VFF) on Friday (yeah- a busy weekend). Wanted to get an idea of what VFF was up to these days, and what their outlook was leading up to the November election. While VFF is N...
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2008-10-05  The Michigan Daily
Previously barred from canvassing in the dorms by University policy, the College Democrats held a last-ditch voter registration effort in most campus residence halls. With the deadline to register to vote for next month’s presidential election at midnight Monday, about 40 members of ...
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2008-10-05  The Ming
That's a Sugary fruit! This cartoon will be realease on Monday at Fantasy Story A reader colaborative comic. Leave a comment there to shape the course of the story, It's a whole lot of fun:) See you there? Click here to continue the story!
We're doing a beer for bloggers get together Monday evening in New York City. Where: Connolly's Pub at 121 W 45th St.When: To be determined (about 6:30 or 7:30 pm). Please let me know what works best for everyone; I'll announce here and via my Twitter feed displayed to the right. I ...
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Anyone want to guess how much fun it is to study for an early-Monday-morning grammar test after a young child has woken you up several times overnight, while you are recovering from a cold and the young child in question is now refusing to engage in any independent play whatsoever? (Mu...
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By Robert Gordon (Slate.com Monday, May 19, 2008) Why do most of us send our credit-card bills to South Dakota or Delaware? The answer to that seemingly arcane question illustrates the dangers of replacing state regulation with no regulation at all. It also offers a cautionary tale ab...
Today is the day legal junkies have been waiting for all summer - the U.S. Supreme Court opens for business, hearing its first oral arguments of the term. Before arguments get started, the Court is set to release orders on certiorari petitions and other matters. Among the items the Cou...
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2008-10-05  downunderdale
Rain has gone - big suitcase is packed - 3 pairs of shoes have been selected for the trip - which pair will be the lucky 4th? Still plenty to do today - all the little things one has to do when going away and plenty of orders coming in - we will be posting everything at the end of tod...
First of all I just want to say a big thank you to Janmary, Steph at Problem Solvin Mom, and Annie Jones for their comments, kind words and hugs on this post.One thing that has really surprised me since starting this blog (of sorts) is how much it actually matters and helps that someon...
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What day do you consider the first day of the week?  Some consider it Sunday…others Monday.  My life-long involvement with church has shaped me to consider Sunday to be the first day of the week.  Now that we’ve clarified that: This is the week we’ll finally have o...
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The following report in today’s Australian Financial Review tells the story. Credit crisis takes patient records off the agenda Monday, 06 October 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Ben Woodhead The health sector is shifting its hopes for the approval of a new plan to make...