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Fuzzy Math Confounds Government Performance Improvement

Insourcing benefits are all smoke and mirrors Accounting mechanisms in use fail to capture the total cost of an employee § By Stan Soloway § Oct 29, 2009 When President Barack Obama’s budget goes to Congress next February, the Defense Department and...

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created by YankeeJim | 5 wks ago
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Mary George Art, Camouflage Party Invades Frieze Art Fair 2009

In the last hours of the Frieze Art Fair, London’s most prestigious venue for edgy artists, Mary George crashed Club Nutz Gallery with Camouflage Party. Just two weeks prior, Camouflage Party opened at Rocksbox...

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created by YankeeJim | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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Local Radio Freedom Act Gains Support

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The Local Radio Freedom Act, introduced in late October by Reps. Gene Green (D-TX) and Mike Conaway (R-TX), is now backed by 148 members of the House of Representatives. "Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge...

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created by CynicalPatriot | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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Luminous - Lighting the Sydney Opera House Sails

Luminous is part of Vivid Sydney, a festival of music, light & ideas, developed by Events NSW in partnership with the City of Sydney, that will be the biggest international music and light festival in the...

created by JC | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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The Cure closes Coachella 2009 with an acoustic set

After their three-hour performance of goth rock songs, The Cure closed their set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California with an acoustic encore. " THE CURE ignored a midnight curfew as...

created by fayala | 34 wks ago
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Natasha Richardson Obituary: a life of acting achievements

Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson, and daughter to Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson, has died in New York today at the age of 45. She was taken off life support after falling on a Mont-Tremblant Quebec ski...

created by Amy Judd | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago
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Joaquin Phoenix get into fight with Heckler; Leaps into crowd at Miami club

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Joaquin Phoenix's Fake Rap Saga Continues, Heckles, Scuffles

Joaquin Phoenix's pseudo-retirement turned pseudo-new career in rap music is quickly becoming little more than a series of performative, on-camera antics being compiled for the inevitability that will be the release...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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ContainR : Solarpowered Mobile Cinema

My friends are doing this project. They've curated a programme of sports art films and are screening them in a custom built solar powered mobile cinema made from reconstituted shipping containers. It will be located...

created by kate | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Online networking 'harms health' ?

Has the rise in the use of social networking had a negative or positive effect on our lives? " Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr...

created by Mrsmission4 | 43 wks ago
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Experience Nature to Improve Mental Process

This is an interesting study. It seemsthat nature is beneficial to people. This makes it even more important topreserve natural areas. It also shows city people need to get outside the...

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created by 158 | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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Ana Desetnica street festival

Every year Ljubljana comes to life when dancers, actors and other performerms take over the streets for 4 days. Shows are free and anyone can stop by and watch. I attended ballet dance show this year and it was...

created by Zlender | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Supercar runs on water

Supercar runs on water - Mark NicholThis is the RMC Scorpion, the American supercar unveiled at SEMA 2008 this week. And though it might look like a run-of-the-mill motor show supercar, with its 20-inch chrome...

created by yul3452 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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IMF playing negative role in global economic crisis

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is playing a ‘negative role’ in the current global economic crisis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday. Aziz also stressed the need for a strategy to deal with future challenges. In an interview with ARY OneWorld,...

created by pakalert | 1 year ago
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Karachi Nazim, Mustafa Kamal placed among top-three world mayors

"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...

created by pakalert | 1 year ago
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A Dog Crossing The Street Chasing A Ball Can Be Disastrous For Bike Riders

Getting injured on a bicycle or motorcycle can easily be compounded when a dog darts out. Check out this very cool article by yours trucly and learn to stay safe when dogs are present." A short ride around the block in...

opinion by panzerlawyer | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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