How to be a quite good bird photographer

I’ve been very fortunate in the four years I’ve been blogging to have received a fair few comments congratulating me on the photographs I’ve taken ... photographer. My dear old mother used to tell me I “had a good eye for a picture”, but most mothers don’t tell ... of photography I do actually requires a “good eye”. I don’t usually have the time to worry [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 10:00:19
Blog: 10,000 Birds — Birding,...

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So much wealth in so few hands

Statistics on world distribution of wealth make for interesting reading. 2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth ... the poorest people in the world in terms of household wealth’. So what makes me think of this? The answer [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 21:27:45
Blog: anja merret - chatting...

Casual Fridays

I had the chance to finish Professor Barry Kellman's "Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime" this week ... ; this is a common suggestion, but Kellman goes further by discussing biosurveillance, vaccination [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 10:31:00
Blog: Armchair Generalist...

Lingam Tape - all three members of Haidar Panel unanimous in separately recommending Royal Commission of Inquiry?

Lingam Tape - all three members of Haidar Panel unanimous in separately recommending Royal Commission of Inquiry? ... had one common recommendation – to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry. If this is true ... Minister. Then the questions are the terms of reference and composition of the Royal Commission [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 06:29:35
Blog: Lim Kit Siang ...

How to Avoid Extinction

How much impact does your daily activity have on the environment? ... in June of this year and their mission is to “Enable any climate campaign to use a common standard ... have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 06:05:57
Blog: ProgrammableWeb.com - ...

Art and Elitism: A Form of Pattern Recognition

Can you tell a dog from a cat by just looking at photographs? I am sure you can – even a four-year-old can. You can do it even when some dog breeds may have lot more in common to a cat than other kinds of dogs. Take a pekingese, for example. Compare [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 07:00:04
Blog: Britannica Blog...

BriefingsDirect SOA Insights analysts examine ‘Microsoft-Oriented Architecture’ and evaluate SOA’s role in ‘Green IT’

Read a full transcript. The latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition, Vol. 27, provides a roundtable discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)-related news and events with a panel of IT analysts and experts. Please join noted IT industry analysts and experts Jim Kobielus, principal analyst at Current Analysis; [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 15:15:18
Blog: | Dana Gardner’s Brief...

Blinded By The Hate

Blinded By The Hate Published by Gaius under Civilization, Politics Peter Berkowitz, writing in the Opinion Journal, points out that blind hatred of George Bush is not a good plan for going through life. Berkowitz, a fellow at the Hoover Institute and a professor at George Mason University School of Law, [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 13:47:04
Blog: Blue Crab Boulevard...

Free speech party and a 3000 year old house

What have I been doing since coming back from the successful USA trip? First a day and a half off (wouldn’t be much use anyway without that, this thing has to be paced – people who don’t take a break, at every level of the party, ‘burn out’ way too soon). Then a mountain range of emails and phone calls and even some snail mail ( [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 18:31:05
Blog: Chairman's Column...

CNU: 2007 London Transport Summit (Day 2--Afternoon)

During the afternoon of the second day we listened to several excellent presentations. Lucinda Gibson (VP, Smart Mobility) ... the reasons for model failure; these can be placed in two categories, both of which are common place ... way. Secondly, the real errors of models that do not capture the traffic system accurately. In terms [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 19:31:11
Blog: Climate Change Action...

Changing Times LinkBlogging

Slush Pile Follies Slave Labor Editor-in-Chief Jennifer de Guzman lists how to get stuck in the slush pile ... ) and Rex Libris. The other series are Disney-licensed comics. You should think of projects in terms ... Secrets= Disaster, a common ailment of his work that he only recently shook off. Fair analysis? My first [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 13:15:09
Blog: Comics Worth Reading...

State of Georgia turns to God

Out of answers and out of water, the Governor of Georgia, ... shrugged off in the Bible Belt, where turning to the heavens for help is common and sometimes even [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 19:36:23
Blog: CommonSenseAmerica - I...

Apple Varieties I’ve Had This Year

Apple Varieties I’ve Had This Year November 15th, 2007 We’re getting to the end of local apple season ... at one blow.  This year has been a good one for me in terms of scouting out varieties of apples.  It started [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 21:07:15
Blog: Corduroy Orange ...

Friday, November 16: Bandersnatches

BANDERSNATCHES by Steve Steinbock Caveat I wanted to write a post-script to this week’s Bandersnatch, ... , if there is a common message in the Venn Diagram of this week’s Tune It and Bandersnatch, it is that manipulating ... and white. Detective fiction’s common motif of corruption (e.g. the crooked cops and decadent rich [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:54:15
Blog: Criminal Brief: The Mys...

Such A Difference...

Perhaps you've noted the journaistic catfight that broke out this week between Paul Krugman, David Brooks and (oy veh!) ... serious economic turbulence, and in need of some common-sense solutions to a whole series of policy [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 04:30:14
Blog: Dennis The Peasant...

Looking to Buy FHA HUD homes

The building houses the former Housing and Urban Development homes, ... If you think of buying home, you might have heard the terms Manufactured homes, modular homes built ... can be considered for the economy Common individual's will to his own house. � Former Housing [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 21:17:34
Blog: Dun Worrybehappy...

UN: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Antarctica

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek visited Chile and Antarctica last week (8-11 November). As first Secretary-General he walked on the frozen continent and inspected Collins Glacier on King George’s Island. I am here today to observe the impact of global warming [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 22:40:03
Blog: Explore Our Planet - it...

Well Groomed?

Well Groomed? Friday, November 16th, 2007 1 Comment Since I only have one more exam to go, ... of all, makeup. I hate the idea of slabbing crap on my face, it’s so damn uncomfortable (and expensive [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 05:31:47
Blog: Viva Forever - Belinda...

AffiliateBOT Forum Rules

Welcome to the AffiliateBOT Forums. The objective of this forum is to facilitate discussions regarding AffiliateBOT programs, ... some common sense), there are some offenses that we deem unacceptable. They are: Spamming ... decisions are final. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our forum. Regards [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 21:16:52
Blog: Affiliate Marketing For...

the greaterIBM connection

One of the many innovations Sam Palmisano has spearheaded at IBM is the idea of reaching out to "alumni" ... and joined IBM in 1967, it was common to look for a job at a company and expect to stay there your entire [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 22:35:54
Blog: The Greater IBM Connect...

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Q&A with:Rosabeth Moss KanterPublished:November 13, 2007Author: ... into antagonistic ideological camps instead of finding common ground upon which to build [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 15:47:17
Blog: HBS Working Knowledge...

Sudden Loss of Page Rank - How to Protect Yours

Last night I got home from work logged into my PC and checked HomeBizBlogger.com; why I checked it I’m not sure as I was online all day at work ... to make money as well and selling reviews, text link ads are a very common method. No wait [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 12:49:45
Blog: Home Business Blog how ...

On Fairness

Thought for the day: “Fairness" is often described in terms of equality of outcomes ... at the start of a fascinating essay which he introduces thus: A wide range of common intuitions about “fairness” cannot ... be easily understood in terms of desires for relatively equal outcomes [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 22:46:00
Blog: India Uncut - published...

Speedlinking 11/15/07

Quote of the day: "First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, ... prevent the third most common form of cancer." ~ Smokers Urged To Make A Plan To Quit During American [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 19:23:36
Blog: Integral Options Cafe...

irreducible complexity

Now that I have set up camp in the town of my origin, every time I drive from Mom and Dad's place into town, I see the little square brick home of my high school science teacher. And every time I see it, I think about parking on the street, making my way to the front door, knocking, and hopefully being able to have a good little chat. Mr [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:48:29
Blog: The Accidental Traveler...

Carnival of 20 Something Finances

Welcome to the November 15, 2007 edition of twenty something finances ... , saying, “Thanks to decades of promulgation by the financial services industry, it is now common for many people not unlike Mr. Authers to mistakenly use the terms “value” and “growth” to describe two [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:09:36
Blog: Millionster.com - Money...

Common Mistakes in Setting Salary for Church Staff

Dan Reiland writes, "In my first full time job out of seminary, as a pastor in a local church, I made an annual salary of $18,000 ... . In this first part of the series, let’s start with: “Common mistakes in salary setting” Lack [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 13:05:10
Blog: MondayMorningInsight.co...

World community's complacency will embolden Israel to continue to violate human rights with impunity

Source: United Nations General Assembly Date: 12 Nov 2007 Palestine's observer warns Fourth Committee that world community's complacency will embolden Israel to continue to violate human rights with impunity As Report of Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Taken Up, Israel's Speaker Says Text Is Replete with Duplication, [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 18:20:11
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Systematising Systems Management

Last year I wrote a review of the open source systems management sector ... on the development of a common systems management platform. Development will continue under an open source model ... of services around open source IT monitoring and management. ... Under the terms of the joint partnership [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 10:10:53
Blog: open......

Anti-Mormon calls in Iowa

Anti-Mormon calls in Iowa Posted by Jim Addison Published: Nov 16, 07 02:33 AM Somebody is "push-polling" in Iowa, ... them "common criticisms of Mormonism." * * * * * UPDATE II: AP's Phil Elliott has a story ... terms, and they are not subject, in my understanding, to additions or revisions. That said, every [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 07:33:20
Blog: Wizbang Politics...

10 Most Overused Terms In Project Management

gannthead has a great article for project managers - The Most Overused Terms In Project Management. It outlines 10 common project management terms with detail on how the term is overused or even used incorrectly at times. Here are the ten most overused terms in project management: Critical Path [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 18:03:31
Blog: Raven's Brain...

White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 11/14/07 VIDEO PODCAST

Press Briefing by Dana Perino, FULL STREAMING VIDEO, PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE White House Conference Center Briefing Room, Dana M. Perino Biography, 12:43 P.M. EDT.MS. PERINO: Hello. I have two announcements [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 01:16:59
Blog: Republican National Con...

Leading News Stories For November 16, 2007

Winston Churchill famously said that "democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried ... , I think that "democracy-promotion"—or rather, in my terms, the promotion of representative government ... . Benazir Bhutto is trying to unite the political opposition to Musharraf behind a narrow common goal [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 09:50:26
Blog: The Freedom Fighter's J...

Permanent link to Articles of Interest, November 13th, 2007

Articles of Interest, November 13th, 2007 Posted in Articles of Interest on November 13, 2007 by Robert Salaam Shooting Spree at Swiss Islamic Center ZURICH — A gunman used a military assault rifle to fire on a dozen worshipers at an Islamic centre at the Swiss city of Lausanne late on Monday, injuring one seriously, police said on Tuesday, [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 17:16:13
Blog: The American Muslim...

here, the Sixth Circuit is currently considering en banc review of the continuing use of acquitted conduct as a sentencing enhancement after Booker ... as confusing, the practice is not only quite common, but was specifically sanctioned by the Supreme [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 02:24:13
Blog: Sentencing Law and Poli...

Halitosis - Science To The Rescue

Halitosis - Science To The Rescue Tuesday 13 November 2007 @ 5:44 pm Halitosis, also known as plain old bad breath, ... that they suffer from it. Sometimes it takes an embarrassing social episode to come to terms about having bad [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 17:36:16
Blog: http://theworldsbesthom...

Halitosis - Placing You at Risk

Halitosis - Placing You at Risk Thursday 15 November 2007 @ 6:38 pm Are you the type of person that the bad breath germs just adore? There are many risk factors for halitosis—that’s bad breath in lay terms— ... breath that may affect some individuals more than others. Although it is less common, there is also [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 18:36:13
Blog: http://theworldsbesthom...

The Importance of Keywording Your Photos

Over the course of the past few years I've become increasingly aware of the importance of keywording. By keywording I mean the act of using software to add identification words i.e. keywords to individual digital photographs. Keywording is often confused with tagging as in when you tag your photos with identifying words on photo [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 21:55:34
Blog: Thomas Hawk's Digital C...

Retro-Journal: The Wall Falls, 1989

How could one not turn into a libertarian under the circumstances I faced in the second half of 1989? ... , individual-liberty ideas they were always meant to safeguard. Seeing a common theme in these works [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:54:56
Blog: ToddSeavey.com ...

Nationalism and patriotism

I suppose essays like this one, called Patriots, Not Haters, ... mean. I've been doing more than the usual amount of pondering what terms like nationalist ... on the meaning of these various terms, it seems. The following passage starts out promisingly, expressing [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 09:42:25
Blog: Vanishing American...

Unite on the right?

Yesterday I posted about 'recognizing enemies,' in the context of the partisan politics of the right ... European conservatism (Ali) the fact is that all share a common platform. At all costs, Islamism must ... they recognized that they all had much more in common with each other than that of the enemy [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 05:45:24
Blog: Vanishing American...

Freeing Legal Code

A cool development from Public Resource: WASHINGTON, D.C. / SEBASTOPOL, CA—November 14, 2007—Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc ... star” markers, as well as add summaries, classifications, keywords, alternate numbering systems [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 22:20:11
Blog: Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tag...

Guest Blogger: Concerns about Impartiality and Access to Evidence Arise at Military Commission Hearing

by Devon Chaffee, an attorney with Human Rights First, who is monitoring trials at Guantanamo Bay (written on November 9) ... for life terms for precisely this reason – to insulate them from undue political influence [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 21:23:20
Blog: American Constitution S...

Things I have learned from contest judging

I don’t judge writing contests any longer. I don’t have time, or the inclination. I much prefer talking writing in general terms or even getting specific at times here on the blog ... named Eli. Mick isn’t too far out there, and Harry is as common as it gets. Ezra, not so much. Jack [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 17:46:53
Blog: Alison Kent - Blah Blog...

JOHN HAGEE DENIES THAT CHRIST (means MESSIAH) JESUS IS THE...MESSIAH!

Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you? ... adjustment to make. Until then, let’s work in common cause for the State of Israel to help them secure [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 22:26:58
Blog: Apprising Ministries...

Access Cheap Loans Online

Access Cheap Loans Online Posted on November 14, 2007 Filed Under The Yard | Leave a Comment The current loan market is flooded with several offers from mainstream banks which would have otherwise ordinarily have ignored the common man ... leverage they have been given in terms of being able to take out secured loans. A secured loan is a loan [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 14:15:19
Blog: Blackyard Technologies...

Anthrax, Al Qaeda and Ali Al-Timimi

When the man speaking is the one with white hair, red tie and suspenders and is a man of few words — and especially when he’s the one with access to all the classified information and the bagful [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 19:24:15
Blog: Blogger News Network ...

Children of a common mother

Image: Andrew Cusack The Peace Arch stands between the city of Blaine, Washington, and Surrey, British Columbia, ... the words on the arch remind both countries of their connections. In terms of their constitution, language, common law and freedoms, they are children of a common mother – Britain. [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 06:01:58
Blog: Brits at their Best...

OK, Exactly What Are ‘Fake Clothes’ Anyway?

OK, Exactly What Are ‘Fake Clothes’ Anyway? November 16th, 2007 I started reading the below article because it is about IP infringement, ... labels" and "fake clothing". I have been guilty of this common usage in the past; it’s pervasive [more...]

Date: 2007-11-16 04:16:11
Blog: China Hearsay: China la...

EIF Week 30 - Gold mining and sustainability

Dr. Gavin M. Mudd has been an active researcher and advocate on the environmental impacts and management of mining for over a decade. He has been involved with many aspects of industry with a particular specialty in brown coal wastes, uranium mining and environmental management [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 21:59:13
Blog: EarthPortal » Home...

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