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Kurtz: Post Layoffs "Painful To Watch From The Inside."
From Howard Kurtz's Monday piece in the Washington Post about the recent round of layoffs: No one need shed any tears for the people leaving this building. The more than 100 journalists who have just taken early-retirement packages are voluntarily accepting a generous offer as the company trims…
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A Dominican Pilgrim, Part 1
Holy Land 2008 036 Originally uploaded by Dominic Legge A few months ago, I had the pleasure of leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This is the first in an occasional series of posts reporting the highlights from that trip. After a (very) long day of travel nearly halfway around…
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Aravind Wins $1M from Gates Foundation
Aravind Wins $1M from Gates Foundation May 27, 2008 by rahulbrown Dr. Namperumalsamy (Dr. Nam), Chairman of the Aravind Eye Care System, and Dr. Ravindran (Dr. Ravi), Chief Medical Officer of Aravind Eye Hospital - Pondicherry, will be on hand on Wednesday, May 29th, to receive the award from…
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D.C. hits the streets in DC
I woke up early this morning in an extremely foul mood. I was not looking forward to leaving the beautiful state of Colorado today. I woke up, packed, ate my last home cooked breakfast and headed to DIA. The car ride was quiet, i didn't say much. I was nervous and honestly I didn't want to go. I…
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Nutella ... and guilt....
See this image from Mr. Toledano. Mmmmmmmm, Nutella Nutella - from Wikipedia Super Simple Nutella Ice Cream, Chocolate & Zucchini, February 13, 2008 What Nutella (and I) Can Teach You About Blog Marketing . . . . . . . . .
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More Middle East flights for Delta
More Middle East flights for Delta By Unal Basusta ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - Delta Air Lines is to launch new nonstop services from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Kuwait beginning November 7, 2008.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Take me out to the crowd! Buy me a brewer hat and Wisconsin Society tailgate ticket. I don't care if I never get back. Let me root root root for the Brewers (in DC). If they don't win it's a shame. For it's a new stadium in DC, lots of Brewers fans, and Memorial Day weekend at the old ball…
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Polishing for the Inauguration
A half dozen or so hotels in Washington are undergoing extensive renovations, in part to take advantage of business related to Inauguration Day.
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grass, or not
No grass on the National Mall Even after a year in D.C. I still love heading down to the National Mall on a sunny afternoon. The wide lawn is the gathering spot for tourists and summer festivals, and even before the summer starts it's showing the effects of those who have gathered so far. Last…
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"This is just a fantastic thing they've done for us,"
On this Memorial Day, consider a contribution to HonorFlight.org Who is Honor Flight? Honor Flight Network (honorflight.org), whose mission is to bring 12,000 World War II vets to Washington, D.C., this summer. That's double the number last year. You may recall that my brothers and I took my…
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New photography website….
This post is for the intention of directing anyone who visits to my new photography site, which is here. It’s a smash, most definitely. If you’re using stumbleupon, visit all the images and give them a thumbs up? This pilot is in desperate need of some flying money. Heh heh.
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The Memories Are Important
Even Though Sara Kohler of Sarver Pennsylvania never met her Great Grandfather, Sara learned that her Great Grandfather was in World War One, Her Grandfather in Vietnam, her Father in the First Golf War, as she visited her grand fathers grave site only a few days ago in Arlington national…
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«Untitled»
President Bush has paid tribute to America’s fallen soldiers, marking the U.S. Memorial Day, when Americans remember servicemen who gave their lives to defend the United States. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports.President Bush traveled to Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, where about…
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Warns Military to Stay Out of Politics
Admiral Mike Mullen says members of the military should refrain from political activity.
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Loudoun County Blaze Ruled An Accident
Two firefighters still recovering in the hospital.
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A Mom Remembers As Her Twins Prepare to Deploy
A Vienna mother goes to Arlington Cemetery every week to honor her oldest son. He was killed in Iraq and his twin brothers will soon go to Afghanistan.
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Hate and Grief: That's what CNN thinks our soldiers are fighting for
CNN has a rather bizarre way of honoring our troops today. Here is a screenshot of the left column of CNN.com from just a few minute ago. Note the bottom link: "Hate, grief keep soldiers alive and fighting". That link had been more prominent earlier today. It goes to this article. Read it. You'll…
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Lawmaking in Washington DC
After a full day visiting my congressional delegation offices in Washington DC, which I do once each year, I marveled at how simple it is to schedule 10-minute appointments with either the representative or senator. During this day, I met with 4 congressmen and with 4 aides to my congressmen. …
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Dewey Beach Truman
From today’s Washington Post, a timely article on Dewey Beach’s rebranding efforts: “Although some businesses in Dewey — particularly the Starboard and the Bottle and Cork nightclub — have made major efforts to sell themselves in the Washington, Philadelphia and New York regions, the…
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Wale~The Crazy x Hacksaw Jim Dugan ft. Skyzoo
Mr. 202 has some new quality jams out gearing up for his new mixtape which drops on Friday. All of the links are courtesy of Meka and Shake, getcha download on pimps. Wale~The Crazy (CDQ) | Zshare Wale ft. Skyzoo~The Hacksaw Jim Duggan (Not on Mixtape) (CDQ) | Zshare
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friday my:dc : ballpark
There’s really nothing more to say about it: Nationals Park can be lovely.
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dc photographers washington tango project video 1
washington photographers dc photography in outdoor tango dance video: http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=662B4E582AFF11DDA43 0000423CF4092
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Nymph of the Fields
Nymph of the Fields Displayed at the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. May 20, 2008
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Memorial Day - With May Lin
I couldn't help but think about Maya Lin today on Memorial Day. My mom and I visited her work and were both taken away by here Vietnam Memorial Monument. This simple monument has the names of thousands of Veterans who died during the war. When walking up to the wall, which is all marble, there…
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Washington, D.C. architecture in situations
Washington, D.C. architecture in situations Posted on May 26, 2008 by Valery Dzutsev As a part of my celebration of the end of the school I went to downtown Washington, D.C. to take a few pictures. I was amazed by how coinable the Capitol is, judge for yourself But this one is the most…
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Set the Stage with Vignettes
Staging with Vignettes There are a variety of staging solutions for every home and budget. An experienced stager will be able to work with sellers to find the appropriate balance between the cost to the home seller and the impressions of the house created for the home buyer. When staging…
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The National Mall (Washington, D.C.)
The National Mall * Washington, D.C. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mall In the heart of D.C. connecting the Capital building, Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial is a green open-are National Park and recreational strip called “The National Mall”. It was originally…
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O’Reilly’s Graphing Social Patterns Conference in Washington DC on June 9-11, 2008
Here in the DC area, we have a really sweet upcoming opportunity. The O’Reilly Graphing Social Patterns Conference will be in Washington DC from June 9-11th. It’s organized by the Web 2.0 guru Dave McClure. There will be social networking luminaries there such as Facebook’s Dave…
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Twice In One Week: The White House Goes After The Media
First, the White House spoke out against NBC News and its editing of Richard Engel's interview with President George Bush. And, today, the White House takes on the New York Times editorial page for its editorial, "Mr. Bush and the GI Bill." From the White House statement: Once again, the…
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day honors all those who have given their lives protecting our country. We’d like to thank all those who have served our country for their service, especially those who gave their lives for our freedom. Marine Memorial (c) 2004 Patty Hankins Lone Sailor (c) 2008 William Lawrence…
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Weekly Music Agenda
MONDAY >> Happy Memorial Day! Assuming you're not exhausted from all the pool splashing and hot dog eating, you can head to Iota for a rare show from Ida (pictured right), who have been singing gorgeous indie folk-rock harmonies since the mid-1990s, and have the particular distinction of being…
University of Indonesia and Jessup 2008
The University of Indonesia (UI) and their participation in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition for 2008 was a revelation in a number of truly positive ways. I have been on the record before saying that I did not think that this was the best team that UI had produced. I had…
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What's That You Say?
Happy Memorial Day from What's That You Say? headquarters - we hope you're enjoying whatever it is today that's not working. But of course, we're still here, providing the most interesting of your contributions to the world of DCist. On Wednesday, we brought you the story of Noah Meyerson,…
Late Morning Roundup: Sleeping in Edition
Happy Memorial Day, D.C.! We really hope you're out celebrating the holiday and not at work today. Here's just a few of this weekend's local headlines for those of you who can't go more than two days without your news fix. Theft Scandal in City Finance Office: Nothing like this should…
America Betrayed
For those of you having problems reading this text, please place your cursor over the text and hold down the control key on your keyboard, (CTRL), and with the wheel of your mouse, roll the wheel towards yourself. This will increase the text size. Since 1962 every president, every Congresswoman…
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Reflection
View from Enid A. Haupt Garden, Washington, DC Wishing you a peaceful Memorial Day with your loved ones... Potomac River, Harper's Ferry, WV A bit of time to reflect, with gratitude... And a few hours to enjoy your favorite quiet pursuits... BTW: We now have some chairs in place of the…
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Fidel on Obama's speech: Ho-hum
Fidel Castro apparently was not impressed by Barack Obama's speech Friday to the Cuban American National Foundation. In an article published Monday in the official daily Granma, Castro said he had "no reservations about criticizing him and about expressing my points of view on his words…
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Memorial Day 2008
Please join in the Valley of the Shadow Annual Fundraiser. We are raising $7,700. Please hit the Tip Jar here to contribute. Thank you -------------------------------------------------- --- Even during Presidential Election years, Memorial Day occurs. Here is last year's post. If you are in the…
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Show Title Suggestions Anyone?
Word has been floating around since early this year about a show a la The Hills, but based in D.C. and focused on my favorite exclusive yuppie club LNS. Perez Hilton has now gotten wind of it: So, is this show really happening? How come I haven’t seen any camera crews? Oh, right, that’s…
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Week Around the Ists
Gothamist was enraptured by the Telectroscope, supposedly developed from a "forgotten tunnel connecting New York to London."SFist, after providing a practical map of liquor stores near the historically naked/tipsy Bay to Breakers marathon route last week, saw itself this week get blamed by…
Come to the Greener by Design Conference
Come to the Greener by Design Conference Attention green business gurus, product development pros, supply chain experts and product designers and engineers: the Greener by Design conference is coming to Alexandria, VA (just across the river from Washington, D.C.). On June 12 & 13, the…
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Rolling Thunder Storms Into Washington, D.C.
Riding past the U.S. Capitol, bikers from across the country take part in Rolling Thunder 21 along The National Mall, Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Washington, D.C. News in Balance: WASHINGTON, May 25, 2008 -- A chain of about 750,000 motorcycles ridden by Vietnam veterans and military supporters…
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Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan
Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan May 26th, 2008 Hillary politico and All the King’s Men couldn’t do it but the State of Colony did it with discover likewise such fuss. I’m conversation most the newborn upbeat shelter organisation of course. Congress sometimes acts same a…
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