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Reason Reasoning
I missed last Friday's Wall road Journal op-ed piece by two policy analysts for the libertarian Reason Foundation that was headlined "Protect Our Kids from Preschool." But it's getting every sorts of attention in the blogosphere. (Sara Mead at Early Ed Watch hasn't weighed in yet. Like the relax of the world, she must be on vacation.) Just Google the headline and you'll receive dozens of hits. I'm trying to track down the research the Reasoners cite that they say shows preschool can be harmful for ki
27 Aug 2008, 10:09 am | click here for more
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Royal Dutch Shell exec moves to Genesis Energy
Royal Dutch Shell exec moves to Genesis Energy Posted on by John Donovan. Categories: The Wall road Journal. NOTED… August 27, 2008; Page B11 GENESIS ENERGY LP (Houston) — Robert Deere was named executive vice president and chief financial officer for this pipeline operator, effective on or about Oct. 1. Mr. Deere will succeed Ross Benavides, 54, who will remain general counsel and will be named senior vice president. Mr. Deere, 53, is vice president of accounting and reporting for Royal
27 Aug 2008, 3:51 am | click here for more
The New Spartans
Dealing with the results of a militarized America… Here I am — once again stating the obvious. I keep going over this same PowerPoint presentation again and again and again — but nobody seems to be getting it. “America can’t afford any more war.” So what has got my knickers in a twist this time? Well. Recently, the Taliban (yes, that Taliban) attacked an American military base in Afghanistan and apparently kept our guys below siege from 4:00 am in the morning through most of the relax of
26 Aug 2008, 6:17 am | click here for more
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Glimmers Of Hope In Housing, Consumer Confidence
Glimmers Of wish In Housing, Consumer Confidence Topix - Business News Wed, 08/27/2008 - 03:14 Moderating declines in home sales offered a measure of wish to Wall road on Tuesday, as did a rise in consumer confidence in August.
27 Aug 2008, 4:14 am | click here for more
'Independence' Day in the Caucasus - Wall Street Journal
'Independence' Day in the Caucasus - Wall road Journal August 27, 2008 – 6:21 am BBC News 'Independence' Day in the Caucasus Wall road Journal - 57 minutes ago We're about to find out who sides with Russia over its assault and now partition of Georgia. Expect it to be a short and undistinguished list. Video: Al Jazeera talks to Dmitry Medvedev - 26 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglish Russia backs independence of Georgian enclaves International Herald Tribune Voice of America - Xinhua - Reuters - The A
26 Aug 2008, 11:21 pm | click here for more
Tech Medicine Links for 8.26.8
Lots of new health care apps for the iPhone. Among them is "Quitter," an app designed to help smokers quit. Should the medical profession regulate medical bloggers? Dr. R. W. Donnell weighs in here. American Medical News discusses the issue here. A paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine sparked the controvery with these conclusions:Blogs are a growing part of the public face of the...
26 Aug 2008, 10:40 pm | click here for more
Another TNK-BP Executive Leaves
Another TNK-BP Executive Leaves Posted on by John Donovan. Categories: BP, Russia, The Wall road Journal. MOSCOW — BP PLC’s Russian joint venture, TNK-BP Ltd., said the head of its downstream business had resigned, becoming the second senior manager to leave the troubled oil firm this month.
26 Aug 2008, 2:28 am | click here for more
China Unicom Profits Spike Ahead of Netcom Merger
China Unicom Profits Spike Ahead of Netcom Merger August 26th, 2008 China Unicom, the smaller of the country’s two mobile operators, beat forecasts with a sharp rise in quarterly earnings on Monday as a result of improved margins at its GSM-standard network and Internet businesses. The company is set to take over the fixed-line operator China Netcom to create a national full-service telecommunications carrier below Beijing’s blueprint to restructure the telecommunications sector. Unicom wi
26 Aug 2008, 8:21 am | click here for more
FDIC to consider tapping Treasury to shore up funding needs - MarketWatch
FDIC to consider tapping Treasury to shore up funding needs - MarketWatch August 27, 2008 – 6:24 am ABC News FDIC to consider tapping Treasury to shore up funding needs MarketWatch - 54 minutes ago By Chris Oliver HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is considering a plan to borrow funds from the US Treasury Department, as its seeks to shore up its finances amid an expected wave of bank failures, according to a published ... US Says Banks on `Problem List' Rose 30% in
26 Aug 2008, 11:24 pm | click here for more
Art Investment
Art InvestmentArt Investment FundsI have always been curious to look more closely how art hedge funds operate and make their money. I've recently completed some research on this topic and the results are below.Interview with fine art hedge fund manager Justin Williams.He is unconventional short-term art trader (maximum holding of three yrs, Avg. holding only three and a half months), and he believes art market has enough depth and liquidity to enable him to use that strategy. For quick sell bac
25 Aug 2008, 1:58 pm | click here for more
FDIC to consider tapping Treasury to shore up funding needs
FDIC to consider tapping Treasury to shore up funding needs 0 “HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is considering a plan to borrow funds from the U.S. Treasury Department, as its seeks to shore up its finances amid an expected wave of bank failures, according to a published report Tuesday. Funds borrowed from the Treasury would used to cover short-term cash-flow needs related to reimbursing depositors in the aftermath of bank failure, the Wall road Journal report
27 Aug 2008, 12:23 am | click here for more
Un-Conventional Transport in Mile-High City
Pedicab drivers are doing brisk business at the Democratic Convention, reports the Wall road Journal. Steve Meyer, owner of one of Denver’s largest fleets of pedicabs and a manufacturer of the vehicles, wants the convention’s national audience to look bike taxis as a dynamic part of the urban fabric and the ultimate in green transportation. [IMG [Pedicab]] Stephanie Simon/The Wall road Journal Matt Chimes says he’s been preparing for a jump in pedicab business. “People look pedicab
26 Aug 2008, 8:37 am | click here for more
Steve Barnett's Rebuttal to Reason's Reasoning
The anti pre-k arguments Lisa Snell and Shikha Dalmia of the Reason foundation made in the Journal last Friday were based on a paper they published two years earlier. When the first paper came out Steve Barnett of the National Institute of Early Education Research at Rutgers rebutted both that paper and also one by the libertarian Lexington Institute in a 2008 paper. Roy Bishop, the president of the Oklahoma Education Association, linked to Steve's rebuttals on his blog.
27 Aug 2008, 5:21 pm | click here for more
Pakistan's Priorities - Wall Street Journal
Pakistan's Priorities - Wall road Journal August 27, 2008 – 6:21 am Pakistan's Priorities Wall road Journal - 57 minutes ago Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N) resigned from the governing coalition Monday, the same day that Asif Ali Zardari's ruling Pakistan People's Party outlawed the Taliban and vowed to battle terror harder. Pakistani stability wish fades with coalition split International Herald Tribune Fit for office? The big question for Asif Ali Zardari Times Online Bloomberg
26 Aug 2008, 11:21 pm | click here for more
Et tu Hillary?
Tonight - Sen. Hillary Clinton will address the Democratic National Committee. Senator Clinton will seek to convince her ardent primary supporters to fall in line behind presumptive nominee Barack Obama. After an emotional first night of speeches by ailing Senate veteran Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic candidate, Tuesday’s focus will be on attempting to “unify” the party, end the Hillary “faction” discord, and convince Democrats that they will march forward into the nomin
26 Aug 2008, 3:58 pm | click here for more
Stupid email tricks: Hold the Democrats, add the salami
You'd think that by now major political parties, national newspapers, and food franchises would have a handle on email. Of course, you'd be wrong. Cringely details how the Democratic Party, the Wall road Journal, and Pizza Hut are pulling stupid email tricks out of their, umm, hats.
27 Aug 2008, 7:53 am | click here for more
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY More rumors about the new Kindle are emerging, which we first wrote about on July 15. The first device will have a similar sized screen as the existing model but will have a much enhanced form factor. The second will be a big screen device aimed at students and will arrive later. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/26/if-amazon-really-wants-to-receive-serious-about-the-kindle 8/26) Some PC makers are trying to improve speed and reduce glitches from Microsoft’s Vista operating syst
26 Aug 2008, 5:40 pm | click here for more
BP to Increase Energy Output in Norway
BP to Increase Energy Output in Norway Posted on by John Donovan. Categories: BP, Exxon Mobil, The Wall road Journal. At Skarv, BP is partnering with E.ON Ruhrgas AG of Germany and PGNiG SA of Poland. E.ON Ruhrgas and PGNiG bought their stakes from Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp., respectively. “They’re new sets of eyes, bringing fresh ideas from a midstream perspective,” Mr. Garlick said.
27 Aug 2008, 3:57 am | click here for more
The Most Common Social Networking Mistakes (WSJ)
The Most Common Social Networking Mistakes (WSJ) Digg - Business & Finance Wed, 08/27/2008 - 04:41 The Wall road Journal lists the 4 most common mistakes individuals and businesses make when trying to use sites like Twitter and Facebook.
27 Aug 2008, 5:41 am | click here for more
Dead Men Walking
This post is a guest contribution by Bennet Sedacca*, President of Atlantic Advisors Asset Management Dead Man Walking – Originally, a phrase in a poem by Thomas Hardy in 1909, but later in a work of non-fiction by Sister Helen Prejean, A Roman catholic nun and one of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille. Prejean later wrote ‘Dead Man Walking’, which became a hit movie in 1995. The title comes from the traditional exclamation “dead man walking, dead man walking here” used by prison guards a
27 Aug 2008, 12:23 am | click here for more