UK Gladiator Gets Its Green On With Significant Carbon Cut

Yeah, I’ll admit it: when I was a kid I thought American Gladiator was like the coolest show ever! ... Gladiators — aptly titled Gladiators — has released reports that this season their show was produced ... and get your green on! via: greendaily.com image credit: guardian.co.uk Copyright © 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:51:32

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00

Friday: “You MUST pay the rent!” “But I CAN’T pay the rent.”

Suburban Guerrilla has this visual depiction of the consequences of Simon LeGree’s wage policies over the past 4 decades ... through some liquid assets in order to get back on my feet before I saddled myself with credit card debt and I still think this was the right decision.  I only charge hotels and flights on my credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:57:58

No Taxation Without Inflation

by The Mogambo Guru While reading a short essay by Donald H. Grove, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) who "is a member of the House Financial Services Committee helping to hold the line against Chairman Barney Frank", which automatically makes her one of my favorite people, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:19:52

Healthy Cookies?

essere sano/being healthy I am so excited the weekend is here! My only wish is that it was more than two days ... when I get in my car to go to work on Mondays and disappears when I leave Friday nights). But, I am excited ... t get credit and would have to wait until the spring. Ugh! Luckily, we have a new member of our staff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:53:31

Lucky Ace Poker

Lucky Ace Poker is a relative newcomer to the online poker community that’s rapidly developing a reputation for being one of the best poker rooms ... is able to offer an outstanding software package and a highly competitive sign-up bonus. Sign ... ! Promotions: Lucky Ace Poker has an impressive assortment of promotions. They have progressive bad beat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:32:04

Deal with Credit Before Divorce

by Rob Kosberg When you are about to file for divorce, you know that this is a horrible experience no matter how much you want to do it ... . Legal advice may help with this. Finances should be worked out, if at all possible, before the divorce is completed. Credit reports for each partner need to be secured, examined and fixed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:06:48

the inevitability of unavoidable change

Health care is not headed into a good period. I know in my state that there is a big deficit and I am sure this is true across the country ... more and more people lose their jobs and along with it, their health insurance. That means ... to the ER without insurance. A lot of those bills will have to be written off. This decrease [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:47:00

Emerald Marketing Payday Loans

Situations, a payday loan but actually these loans are made to save your salary. Sometimes, you just cannot wait any further misfortunes ... in their credit report. The money is short or the borrower to select emergency payday loans. These loans ... the repayment can cost you a substantial amount. Therefore, it is apt to submit the pay emerald marketing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:21:14

This Could Be The Day

This could be the day that you… decide to get out of debt start to live on a budget stop arguing with your spouse start talking to you spouse teach your kids about money send five extra dollars to the credit card company get rid of bad spending habits embrace bold, significant change choose to believe that you are worth it choose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:15:05

Off Label Use of HGH to Treat Tendon and Ligament Injuries Remains Illegal

Dr. Richard Rydze is a vocal advocate of the use of recombinant human growth hormone (rHGH) for the treatment of tendon and ligament injuries. Dr ... with performance-enhancing drugs and the legal restrictions on legitimate medical research by anti ... had purchased $150,000 worth of HGH and anabolic steroids from Signature Pharmacy with his credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:33:55

You Take It With You

The kids fight. All the time. DrC isn’t Mr. Happy Pants. I still want to rule the world. ... some sort of critical beaufort rating where the waves are flattened and the wind spume is hissing across ... . They are such monsters that it is easy to credit them with converting an otherwise happy, loving family [more...]

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

Propagandists at it again on CNN...

And they got squished.... Confederate Yankee has a GREAT PIECE up on this, and links to Little Green Footballs is worth noting ... . If they need footage that bad, they can account for blatant propaganda. But to just post it and use ... over the wall and did this; if you take into account that the pock marks are not 'fresh [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:50:46

Behind on the posting

On January 12th me and Jolynn hit 6 months of being a couple. It is very exciting to be in a great relasonship ... and the 1 bill I left her I am now stuck with paying. The bad thing with it all is that it was a credit ... out of my comfort bubble and do some things I would just say no, no it is to hard or there is to much bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:47:11

EYEWITNESSES CORROBORATE: DRUNKENNESS CAN LEAD TO BAD THINGS

We have an anonymous account of the poor, wretched sorority girl who beshat herself at the national title game, ... the italicized account. Remember: drinking is an adventure. Some adventures end with you holding the Crystal ... kinder image that the one we could have used here. The account: My buddies and I were tailgating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:56:14

Free lunch? - What does UK government funding mean to startups?

This is a guest post by Nick Halstead, CEO and founder of fav.or.it As I am in the midst of raising another round of funding for fav.or ... funding for business that is meant to help SME’s survive through the credit crunch. The question ... SCHEME This is just a fancy new name for what you probably know as the SFLG (Small Firm Loan Guarantee [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:25:59

Interesting Reads - 17th Jan 2009

I read a lot of interesting stuff during the week, but most of it was discouraging and sombre. However, such are the times ... Card Savings by The Digerati Life: Smarter Ways to use your credit card in this intensive post ... about the signs that come with a bottoming market. 10. Credit Card losses at Citibank by Plugged In Finance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:25:10

No end in sight

I feel bad for the next President with respect to our current economic prospective ... that it would “fix our economic woes” - a bailout that gave these financial institutions approximately 50% of the United States GDP, without any strings attached or requirements supposedly to “free up credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:31:00

Tourism and Bailouts

Halfpriceland - “Are you here for the nature or the exchange rate?” I won’t bore you with too much news or a bunch of statistics ... to when in need of CASH - tourism.  I hate subsidies and bailouts because they distort free-market forces.  However, we must differentiate between those and the need to recognize and operate tourism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:20:40

Mecom - whoops

The news came in yesterday that mecom finance director and all its five independent directors had resigned en masseThats en mass alright ... in a crisis. Well John is no more and that's bad for business.Its hard to blame the credit crunch ... , just about acceptable if the independent directors remain (to ensure fair play) and conversely its probably ok [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:14:00

The United Socialist States Of America

I can't imagine any politician arguing against this on principle, can you? ... . And then there's this at Instapundit right now. Just as they want to do with bad mortgages, these GM vehicles sold ... from the government’s $17.9 billion bailout of the domestic auto industry, which Sen. Dodd supported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:19:28

Hold On, It's Worse Than You Thought

According to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, everything is "faster, heavier and more likely to collide ... the rise in unemployment, but things are still pretty bad, with the rate peaking at something ... credit for what they argue were the stimulative effects of the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:22:55

The Endgame

The Endgame Employment Numbers Are Worse Than Posted Aye, Captain, I'm Giving Her All I've Got! Problem #1: Deflation Problem #2: Pushing on a String The Muddle Through Middle Conversations With John Deflation? Stimulus? Deleveraging? Recession? A soft depression? A return to a bull market? With all that is going on, how does it all end up? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:29:29

Where were you when the world ended?

Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10

Man loses $150,000 in Nigerian scam

A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the ... . Rempel said he borrowed $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit ... things will work out, but it doesn’t. It’s a very bad feeling. I had lots of friends. “I never [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:25:04

Insurance Companies Are Not All Equal

by Ethan Kalvin You can get Insurance Coverage on just about anything you can think of ... on age, gender, total annual miles, credit history and driving record. There are also other ... to be safe in case something bad happens. In case of emergencies, people need for their possessions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:39:04

Ohio School Funding Has Me Seeing Red Today, Literally

It’s no wonder school funding in Ohio makes folks see red. What I got in my mailbox today, did, literally ... . We’re just trying to get the credit card balance back to zero after Christmas. The Four Horseman ... today from the Ohio Department of Taxation. This bad boy is all orange, red and scary. One minute you’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 20:24:00

Kids In The Factory

Kids In The Factory January 17th, 2009 I have to credit to a liberal when he acknowledges reality: ... , as is the life of a third world subsistence farmer. If you want to improve things, you need to actually ... more prosperity and more economic opportunity not just say “no” to particular forms of bad conditions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:10:02

ROUNDUP: Can’t stop talking about the crisis

Sometimes, I wonder when the global financial crunch will no longer be in the headlines…or when a day will pass when we won’t talk about it…or when ... , whether a medical insurance or health card from an HMO. While you keep pouring your juice ... , UITFs and mutual funds, check out this article. Yes, there’s good debt and bad debt and it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:29:37

Bush Economic Miracle: International Art Market Collapsing-- Along With Every Other Market

Damien Hirst's "Adam & Eve Under the Table." The seated lady isn't part of the exhibitionSunday I was laughing about some of the Times'top 44 tourist ... has some bad news for all Damien Hirst purchasers. His edgy art may have been a better investment ... boom in the art market that was buoyed by record bonuses paid to financial executives.Lehman plans [more...]

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

Golden Globin’ It

It’s common knowledge that the Golden Globes rank just ahead of the People’s Choice Awards as one of Hollywood’s biggest scams ... entertainment “journalists” that hand out these awards–credit for carving out a niche for themselves ... the Oscar in the bag or he doesn’t care because he’s already got one at home.) Despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:35:28

Advice To Pres. Obama (#2): Yes We Can, But Will We?

The below post/letter is very important to me, and brings together much of what I have worked on the past few years ... particular issue runs the risk of creating more long term harm than good. In this letter, I attempt ... . In this letter, I would like to explain what some of these things are. In addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:49:43

Taxpayers Vs Shareholders

We'll be paying good maney for thisOn this one, Tyler is stuffed either way. He's a taxpayer, but he's also a bank shareholder* ... propped up courtesy of their governments (see here for summary). Total admitted loan losses ... at the stink.Hence the latest plan - the so-called Bad Bank.The Bad Bank will be a toxic waste dump. Our banks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:01:00

Green Your City Breaks

When you think of eco-travel, visiting the world’s biggest cities is not usually what springs to mind. You might think of volunteering on an organic farm, camping in a yurt or tipi in the Welsh valleys, or staying in an eco-lodge in Australia’s Daintree rainforest. But a weekend trip to New York, Paris or Melbourne? Not so much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:00:54

God is in the Detail

I have a friend who has just received mistletoe injections to help treat cancer and she has written so clearly and movingly about this I asked if I could share this with you. She kindly agreed and here is what she said, first for our local online magazine ‘Viva Lewes’ and then from her own blog ‘100 Monkeys’: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:32:57

Deals of the Day: Citi’s Split Personality

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... of America’s credit-loss provisions surged, while a preliminary loss of $15.31 billion at Merrill Lynch ... to Citigroup on business cards, brochures and marketing materials, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg Today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:02:58

Home Stinker: Calgary 3 - Phoenix 4

An eight game home winning streak came to an end as the Calgary Flames struggled to play against a team they should have dominated ... : inconsistent play. Star players aren't star players, defensive breakdown, bad goaltending. Elite ... junky teams. Albeit credit to a much improved Phoenix squad, Calgary still dropped their gameplay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:35:11

Banks -- can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em

... That initial recapitalization was necessary. Without that government-financed capital, many more banks would have been insolvent, ... getting worse by the day, other assets, like commercial real estate and credit card loans, are going ... with the bad assets, once and for all. They need to be properly valued and they need to be isolated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:55:18

weight loss tips: All about Weight Watchers Online

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I recently lost that pesky last 10 pounds I was carrying around. It took just shy of 2 months, but as of this week, I am officially at my goal weight: 120 pounds. (which also means that my Points Tracker on the Weight Watchers website added another THREE WHOLE POINTS for me. EVERY DAY! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:20:34

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009

Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00

OA at TACD IP

I previously liveblogged the sessions from Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance: The Next Four Years, ... mining) OA to data: cultural attitudes (e.g. how to give credit/attribution, adjusting to new ... load programs onto a trusted broker’s computer, which would execute the algorithm and provide [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:42:22

America Has Lost Focus

I worked 34 years for the same corporation. We had a CEO who grew the corporation from a Mid-West based refiner marketer to an international production, refining, chemical and marketing company. He selected his successor more than ten years before he retired. The successor was anointed. He was told he would be the CEO when the current CEO retired [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:48:49

FICTION - BIONIC BOYFRIEND - AMOR PRIMO

           "Last call for flight 714 with non stop service to Las Vegas," the voice of the effeminate flight attendant crackled over the sound system.     With a sigh Twenty-one year old Justus Montgomery lifted his satchel and laptop case, swinging them both over his shoulder. "Well," he swallowed hard. "I guess this is it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:48:50

Is overreaction going to prolong the recession?

Axel Merk believes it likely:'Actively participating in credit allocation within the private sector, ... case).'Generally, they all influence credit creation by managing the cost of borrowing. Central banks ... ; but the government's role should have been limited to allowing an orderly adjustment of the excesses of the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:45:00

E-Prescriptions and Comparative Effectiveness - $500 billion savings

This post at The Seminal (where I also post) by Jason Rosenbaum contained so much information that is good, I just copied it here: A new report from the consulting firm Deloitte LLP shows that health care reform can indeed save money. A lot of money. Like half a trillion dollars: U.S. health care spending could drop by half [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:00:00

The retail crash bodes ill for services

This is bad any way you slice it: Retail sales plunged far more than expected in December, a record sixth straight monthly decline as consumers were battered by a recession, a severe credit ... percent decline that Wall Street expected. And it’s especially bad for a border county. Retail sales [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:06:15

Cops: Runners And Liars

In two back-to-back episodes of Cops, officers get involved in some heated pursuits and deal with some dishonest suspects ... join us on the new Reality TV Magazine message boards and talk about your favorite show! Photo Credit: FOX ShareThis Related posts:Cops Airs Liars And Bad Girls SpecialsCops: Christmas EpisodeCops [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:00:06

Novak Djokovic - Sydney 16. January Interview

#fullpost{display:inline;}Q. Just your general feelings on the match.NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, obviously disappointed, you know, whenever I lose ... and I couldn't put the ball in.Just a bad day.Q. People are always going to bring up the racquet ... great to win a tournament prior to a Grand Slam, but he was better today. You have to give him credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:37:00

Travel Money Belts

What is a Travel Money Belt? Basically it’s a slim line, usually flesh coloured cloth pouch around 8-10 inches wide and about 4 inches high, and is just large enough to accommodate your passport, tickets and other valuable documents. They have a strap and fastening arrangement so you can sit the main money belt pouch on your belly, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:28:42

Buying a House - Can Anybody Do It?

Anybody can buy a house. There are several ways: you may need to fix your credit to get financing, or find a real estate investor to buy a house ... that there is no way you can afford it. It could be crushing blow. This could lead to bad feelings ... and bills. You need to know the amount of money you have to make payments on a home. Remember [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:30:29

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