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TFSA: Finally Arrived……Stay Alert Though

By Justin So by now everyone is asking how they can open a TFSA and every financial institution is loving the attention. However, there are some important things to note before opening up your account. Some banks charge fees for account transactions while others do not It is more than just a “Savings” account Know the rules regarding deposit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:55:36

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America Jumps The Shark

I’m beginning to think that the art of politics (if there is such a thing) is the ability to get strangers to pretend to understand when you talk nonsense out of both sides of your mouth. Unfortunately, that is also today’s definition of journalism. That makes looking for turds of political wisdom among the media bullshit as much fun as a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:06:07

A New Year: The Absence of Milk of Human Kindness

Since the birth of my niece, my blogging seems to have suffered greatly. If you have emailed me and I have not replied, I apologize. What I thought would be a one or two week vacation, turned out to be a short hiatus. However, before moving on, I felt I should explain my absence. Since the birth of my niece, the state of our world really hit me [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:05:17

Money Monday, 1/12/09

TODAY! (she declared, boldly!) Is the first day of the rest of my life!! Which sounds sooooo much better than, “Sigh…okay, holidays are over, we’re back to work, and I’ve got to start dealing with my issues rather than continually saying, ‘Meh, I’ll deal with that after the holidays…’” I’ll admit there’s a part of me that just doesn’t even wanna [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:55:00

ScientIST: Women's Health Week - Get Your Lady Parts To The Doctor!

Photo by Rachael Porter via Flickr/used with permission When was the last time you had someone give your lady parts a good once-over? And by “someone,” I mean an individual with a medical degree from an accredited university. That’s right; it’s time for us ladies of Los Angeles to schedule our yearly gynecological appointment, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:30:00

He's writing again

I had a brief meeting with Steven on Thursday. It ended with him playing me parts of 3 songs. I offer photographic proof of just how cool my job is ... . : ) No plans for a timeline on a future release currently, but you readers of the StevenCurtisChapman.com blogs will be the first to know. Writing again [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:06:06

A Stir of Echoes

by Eric Martin As mentioned in a recent post, the military assault on Gaza, together with the attempted coup and the punitive blockade of food, medicine and commercial goods that preceded it, has the potential to either strengthen hardline factions within Hamas at the expense of more politically moderate groups, or to provide a foothold ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:06:23

A Stir of Echoes

Date: 2009-01-12 22:32:56

10 Hail Mary’s and a Requirement to Pay Attention to the ‘Future of the Conservatism’ Debates My Friends Are Having on Twitter?

So I seem to have caught a virulent strain of anti-intellectualism as of late. I haven’t finished a book in a month. The only blog posting I’ve done since the holidays has been on celebrity fashion, my holiday travels and pants. I haven’t picked up a newspaper in I don’t know how long. I skim the blog posts in my RSS feed that look too serious [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:43:31

Mario Paint: How The 16-bit Wonder Changed Lives

Note from racketboy: I’d like to thanks our newest contributor, Zen Albatross, for his personal, yet entertaining look into one of the most influential games in his life, Mario Paint. I’m guessing he is not the only one that was impacted by this gem from the 16-bit era, so I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I did [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:06:49

Preview The Original Predator, Coming Soon to Sideshow!

Hot Toys is giving fans of the original ‘Predator’ film something to be pumped about - a Predator 12-inch Figure! ... Click on the link to get a taste of this hunter from a distant planet, and remember to keep those eyes locked to future Newsletters for the opportunity to capture this item on Pre-Order! Preview [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:53:53

The best unknown biotech in the world. Bar none.

If I told you that there is a Swiss Biopharmaceutical Company that has an enviable success record that even Genentech would be proud of; that it was founded in 1997; has revenues in excess of a billion dollars a year; gross margins in the high 80’s; and that their stock has not lost any value if you held it from Jan 1, 2008 to today; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:03:39

Dark Waves of Israelis attacking Gaza civilians: Why is Barack Obama silent?

Date: 2009-01-13 02:09:48

Richard Williams: Lost for words over the way we cast our commentators aside

A good commentator does more than just tell you what's going on. He or she forges a link between the audience and the sport. The best ones create a personal bond, their voices merging into the picture painted by their words: the likes of John Arlott, Henry Longhurst, Peter O'Sullevan, Eddie Waring, Bill McLaren, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:53:57

Facist Bureaucrat

From “An Oral History of the Bush White House: Politics and Power”at Vanity Fair: We had this confluence of characters—and I use that term very carefully—that included people like Powell, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, and so forth, which allowed one perception to be “the dream team [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:32:47

Transcript: President George W. Bush Final Press Conference - January 12, 2009

(Source: White House Press Office) 9:17 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:41:57

The Future of Coney Island is X-Rated

Well this gives a whole new meaning to those amusement park height requirement signs! Last night we received a flurry of tips about how the Future of Coney Island website, launched ... the dumpster site he's created with garbage bags and junk." It looks like while the future of Coney Island [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:35:46

(SPOILER) TV Squad takes an early look at Dollhouse.

4 comments A Dr. Horrible sequel? - 'Not right now' says Neil Patrick Harris. He tells MTV's Splash Page "We just worked on the DVD. It has its own unique commentary musical that I think is kick-ass. But otherwise there's no future with it at the moment". Simon | Dr. Horrible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:18:43

How do you discipline other people’s kids?

Some friends of mine—we’ll call them Mike and Carol—hosted a couple of their son’s friends for a birthday sleepover a couple of ... for future use. I also thought about how I would have handled that scenario. When the kids ... hellions in your future. So, noodads, let us know: How do you (or how will you) discipline other kids [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:17:33

GM Partners With LG to Catch-up With Toyota

The Toyota Prius was a game changer. The first popular hybrid in the U.S. essentially stole a march from American, German and Korean automakers. Sure its 40 to 45 miles to the gallon wasn’t revolutionary and it only captured about 2% of the U.S. car market, but it proved the commerical viability of hybrids thus pointing the way into future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:17:15

New Media Business Syllabus for Spring 2009

I continue to teach New Media Business classes at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Tuesday will be the first day of a new semster and new students. In September, the school opened this graduate school course to upperclassmen, too. It was oversubscribed last semester, with students turned away [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:39:13

Toyota Reveals All-New Prius

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., unveiled the all-new 50-mile-per gallon rated third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle today at the 2009 North American International Auto show. Celebrated as the benchmark for cars of the future, the Prius ... the market in 1997 as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid. The name Prius, “to go before” in Latin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:43:38

Coolio thinks computers came from space and movies predict the future

Remember Coolio? He’s the rapper who did “Gangster’s Paradise” in the mid-nineties. Yeah, that guy ... theories about the origins of computers, the lack of human intelligence, and the future-predicting ... from the 45-year-old, who also claimed that films can predict the future. He went on: “Movies are made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:46:18

Attack of the Liberal Sock Puppets

Of course it would have to be liberal sock puppets on the attack. Republican sock puppets would just hire mercenaries. (I can’t take credit for that title, much as I would love to. Some conservative pundit used it first.) The story is that the political fund-raising website for Sarah Palin, Team Sarah, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:33:35

Gitmo, Over And Out? by dday Today happens to be the seventh anniversary of the opening of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, which Scott Horton calls a "concentration camp." And on this day, Barack Obama's advisers are leaking that they will move to close it down by executive order immediately [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:30:01

2008: The Best of what was seen (or not)

My top 5 Internet/viral videos of 2008 by the awesome JustRun1) Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture ( ... to understand sophisticated ideas about this country and it’s future in the world.)3) The Lost Generation video ... Hilton will be one of the most investigated figures in the future, by those perplexed as to how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:39:54

by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown featured writerDandelion SaladEllen’s postwebofdebt ... , the private foreign head of the international banking system. That inability, in turn, has been caused ... system with a pristine set of books. We don’t need to fix the Wall Street disease; we can bypass [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:30:40

Gaston Lenotre, considered one of France's best pastry-makers has died

Gaston Lenotre, considered one of France's best pastry-makers, died Thursday. He was 88. Lenotre was tied to Central Florida by his his affiliation with Les Chefs de France honors at Epcot's World Showcase. With his renowned partners famed chefs Paul Bocuse and Roger Verge created an authentic Parisian brasserie at the theme park [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:06:48

ben okri - “Lines in Potentis” (December 2002)

One of the magic centres Of the world; One of the world’s Dreaming places. Ought to point the way To the world ... , And variety; City of commerce and the famous river, Tell everyone that the future Is yet unmade. Many ... everyone the idea Is to function together, As good musicians would In undefined future orchestras [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:17:05

Ionic Air Purifier Technologies - Boon or Bane?

Introduction Ionic air purifiers hold the promise of clean air, purified of all known harmful contaminants that threaten our health. The harmful impurities in the air are not visible to our naked eye. Invisible ions battling invisible contaminants appears to make perfect sense. I am drawn to this intuitive logic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:58:14

Frothing for Penn State

One of the best things about covering the MSU beat is the full access to Tom Izzo practices -- a rarity these days in high-major college basketball ... is one of the considerations. There are some older players who may be so honored in the future, Izzo said, such as Julius [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:42:39

Upside abandons residential and Warburg downsizes

Upside Ventures and Warburg Realty have joined the ranks of New York brokerages who are restructuring their businesses in the midst of the economic downturn. Upside Ventures has closed its residential brokerage, Upside Residential, for the foreseeable future, according to Ralph Trionfo, the company's president, while Warburg has announced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:30:00

Forex Miracle

Setting Up A Lockup To Implement Miracle… It Was To Analyze the Markets… 24 Hours a Day. Miracle busily hummed away and analyzed all the important currency pairs… and just a few hours after that - we made our first few trades. In fact by this point we were so excited that we slept [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:59:46

Ionic Air Purifier Technologies - Boon or Bane?

Date: 2009-01-13 00:58:11

Starting Small

I wanted a mini project to get me warmed up and I had a cami that was too short: so I did the logical thing and made it shorter... [ ... , I see many more of these in my future. Drop in and say hi at Occasional Martha. PS- Anyone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:38:46

Coconut palms – the timber of the future

Queensland Government Department of Primary industries and Fisheries Media Release 12 January 2009 We see them along our beachfronts and in many streets and gardens, but the iconic palm tree may soon have a new place in the Queensland lifestyle as a high quality building product [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:09:43

Equity Stumps for Worthy Causes (If You Like Arts Funding and Equality)

*Two bits of business from Actors' Equity Association: 1) Take action against New York cutting arts funding and 2) vote for a worthy cause. If you live in New York and feel so inclined, you may send your state representatives an email telling them that you object to the cuts in arts funding for the state council on the arts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:40:17

Oregon Legislature opens; Governor discusses state of the state

And now it begins. The 75th session of the Oregon Legislature opens with supermajorities for the Democrats in the Oregon House and the Oregon Senate ... ? What do we have to do to restore prosperity and lay the groundwork for a future where our children are the best ... . ... If this past November election was about anything, it was about hope and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:20:48

Vision TV: Sci-Fi and Supernatural Tuesdays!

We got your Quantum Leap, we got your Poltergeist, we got Rob Sawyer hosting Supernatural Investigator, and we've got a new documentary featuring Rob on science fiction's attempts to predict the future ... / - On Tuesday nights in 2009, VisionTV will journey to the distant future and delve deep into otherworldly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:56:48

Rootin’ For Rod

By Ralf Seiffe When in the course of political events it becomes necessary for one branch of government to embarrass another by dissolving the powers that have heretofore been symbiotic and venal, a decent respect for its appearance in the opinion columns and with the U.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:21:20

Greener Pastures Part 2: bringing home the green

Here we are, back again to share a love of learning. And now it’s time to discuss the topic on everyone’s mind in this economy: jobs! ... also adds “ i f the U.S. ever moves to a mandatory trading system, expect this field to boom.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:40:20

The Implications of the Satyam Fraud Incident

There is no doubt the biggest and most mind-boggling news in information technology circles was reflected in reports that the chairman of Satyam ... or future supply chain services are yet to play out. Although not a prime player, Satyam was an emerging [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:20:35

Bush’s Legacy? Endless Excuses; No Accountability

Language remains the hiding ground of excuses.There was something pathologically skewed about the presidents press conference today; ... , that if he landed in Baton Rouge, he would have been criticized for diverting security. Future presidents [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:03:03

Hillary Promises “Smart Power”…

Ok, Hill we are with you… Breitbart Clinton was picked to be the top US diplomat by president-elect Barack Obama and her confirmation hearing will ... to pull US troops out of Iraq, the Iranian nuclear showdown and future US relations with Russia. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:47:56

Lindsay Lohan Passive Aggressive Finger of the Day

I think Lindsay Lohan is awesome, but my advice to her would be to do funnier stunts to the paparazzi to get them to fuck off… ... to ensure a future career and she has to be a pleasure to take pictures of because it’s all part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:59:33

Neighborhood Paper Editorializes Against the Trucks

For those of you who live in our neighborhood, Highland Park, we hope you were as disappointed as we were when the Boulevard Sentinel editorialized against taco trucks and other street vendors. We’re happy to engage in constructive debate over the future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:59:01

Joely Sue Burkhart interview: The Final Chapter. :)

The Holidays slowed this project down, but now we’re back with some wonderful answers. I asked Joely a little bit about her writing past and about her plans for the future: &lt;!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:15:07

Rebutting The Scolds by digby I wrote a post over the week-end that caused some angst around the blogosphere among some who believe that I'm dead ... with a vast middle class. The stakes are huge for both sides. Campaign For America's Future is going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:55:53

WOSU Commentary - Urban Renewal

My latest WOSU commentary, airing January 13, 2009. 2009 Resolution: We All Must Work for Positive Change Andrew Miller, WOSU Commentator COLUMBUS, OHIO (2009-01-12) It’s a new year. For many that means change. Some change you choose, such as making resolutions; some change is thrust upon you [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:19:21

Human Hunters Genetically Shrink Their Prey

Like a negative image of farmers breeding progressively larger chickens and cows, human hunters are making their prey become progressively smaller. Animals hunted by humans are evolving faster than any other animals of their kind in the wild, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:13:43

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