Nearly $4 billion dollars could be made available to ACORN or other similar organizations in President Obama's 2011 fiscal year budget proposal,

Superb article in the Washington Post about the puzzling way the human mind approaches human need: Beyond Comprehension: We know that genocide and famine are greater tragedies than a lost dog. At least, we think we do. Here's the key point for fundraisers: The reason human beings seem to care so lit ...

We had one of the best dinners I ever had at The Wild Olive in Crestview last night. There were 4 of us and we all raved about it. What a treat. Much more than we usually spend, but it was worth it. The service was great, and everything was just a treat. Getting ready to walk dogs, and not much else ...

I learnt to play 'Piazza, new york catcher' on guitar, and also 'for baby (for bobby)'. Tomorrow I am going to the market to buy food, because I am going to go on a health kick, and the market is the best place to inspire you to keep at it. I am spending far too much money buying my lunch every day, ...

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Today, I have an important question for you. A question so important that it could change the future of your business, or better transform the path of your industry. This post isn’t as much about marketing as it is about opportunity, though both are closely related. What is your platform? This simpl ...

It occurs to me that I've ranted almost everywhere but here about the Google Book Settlement - nor has it been much discussed on my friends list. Has anyone else been wondering what it's all about, and whether to opt in or out? Have I just missed out on all the LJ discussions, somehow? To me it seem ...

Nice timing, Acacia Research Corporation . The mother of all patent trolls patent acquisition, development and licensing company, which was profiled in depth by BusinessWeek just two days ago, this morning announced that it has been awarded a total of $12.4 million in a patent infringement case against Yahoo . On May 15th, 2009, a federal court jury decided that Yahoo's messenger program with ...

Matt Idema, Yahoo country manager for Canada, says there’s a lot of information available about the Olympics. “Delivering a point of view on it is one way we can differentiate.”