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flickr war: the real enemies [Updated]

UPDATE 10-13-2009: i hold no grudge against Mr. Dave Sewel. We made friends in the end and that's most important. As humans, we conflict. i forgive that conflict. i do NOT forgive flickr.This is partially a...

Best U.S. Companies For Working Mothers Listed

Working mother magazine has made a list of the best companies to work for while building a family. Companies deemed the best by the magazine are ones that offer programs for health care, child care and other benefits, as well as flexible schedules and compressed work weeks,...

Prisons + Tshirts = Jobs

Michael Norburyhttp://bringhomethepoliticians.comThe following is a comment I posted to a California newspaper's online Op-Ed complaining that the idea being considered to release 27,000 low risk and elderly prisoners was being unfairly opposed citing that just because the...

On the Road to Recovery – Cheer on the Springtime Market Rally

" On the Road to Recovery – Cheer on the Springtime Market Rally ( Public ) Written by Rob Guerriere    Mar 04, 2009 at 11:37 AM  I am officially back on the road working on the next...

Telecoms oppose Net neutrality rules for stimulus money

" Representatives from Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon were in agreement at Thursday's conference, however, that more Net neutrality regulation would do more harm than good. "I still don't know that there's a problem out there that anyone is citing that compels...

B.C. is Now a "World Crime Superpower"

Barry Artiste, Op/EdYou know, I was tempted to include my No Shit Sherlock Photo into this story, but decided against it, as it is far from humorous.With Attorney General Wally Oppal, our Head Judge announcing this...

Is Bell Canada trying to kill NowPublic?

Steve Anderson of Save Our Internet, asks: "Will the next NowPublic, Rabble.ca, or Raincity Studios be scared away by the impending ISP gatekeepers?"" He's talking about Bell and other carriers are controlling...

Vietnam: Phu Quoc tops tourism poll in 2009

Phu Quoc Island has beaten Ha Long Bay, the most popular destination in 2007, to top the 2008 – 2009 tourism list, according to an SGGP survey of 1,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City." A view on Phu Quoc Island's beach. (Photo: SGGP) Phu Quoc heads the Top Ten and...

Jobless rate 7.6 pct; 598K job cuts most since '74

"Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job...

10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009

'social media today is a pure mess.' ""Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media...

Big solar power plant planned for northwest China

Two companies in China announced yesterday that they plan to build a huge solar power plant in the northwest, that could be the world's largest photovoltaic project. China Technology Development Group Corp will...

NBCs Tim Russert Funeral will be closed to the public.

 NBC Tim Russert Funeral will be closed to the public. According to an unidentified source inside the NBC newsroom in DC.  Tim Russert's funeral is going to be the closed to the Public  The...

Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today,...

Job Draugt in US: 533,000 job Cut , biggest since 1974

The job drought story has lost its impact, this is normal human tendency to ignore the generality, it is very repititive in nature.We always want to shut our cognitive gate when any thing that hurts comes in...

Vale: The World's Largest Iron Ore Miner Laying off 1,300 Workers

" Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Wednesday it is laying off 1,300 workers and putting 5,500 more on paid leave, the latest sign of Brazil's...

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