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For New Journalists, All Bets, but Not Mikes, Are Off By JACQUES STEINBERG Published: June 8, 2008 A 61-year-old woman elbows her 5-foot-2-inch frame to the front of the crowd mobbing Bill Clinton after a campaign event in South Dakota. As Mr. Clinton shakes her hand and holds it tight, she deftly draws him into a response to an article on the Vanity Fair Web site that examines his post-presidential life. “Sleazy” and “slimy” are among the words that issue from the former president’s mouth. Within hours, audio of the three-minute exchange — including the woman’s description of the article as a “hatchet job,” and Mr. Clinton’s description of Todd Purdum, the author and a former reporter for The New York Times, as “dishonest” — is available for the world to hear on the Huffington Post Web site.
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Microsoft switches from the Web Structured, Schema’d & Searchable (Web3S) protocol to Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) for services offered by Microsoft's Live Platform on the Web.
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"DP World has decided to transfer fully U.S. operation of P&O Ports North America to a United States entity," Warner, R-Va., said, reading from a statement provided by DP World. Details regarding the entity that would be taking over the operations weren't immediately available. ()() Anyone want to take bets that the "American entity" will have ties to Halliburton and Dick Cheney?
Our rulers have insisted . . . that the laws of physics and chemistry do not apply to us. That delusion will now start to vanish. Katrina marks Year One of our new calendar, the start of an age in which the physical world has flipped from sure and secure
Jason Santa Maria is a Graphic Designer living in sunny Philadelphia, PA with his fiance Liz and three cats. Someday he hopes to join the circus as the resident geek, but would settle on being a roustabout for a time. Jason is most certainly available for work. If you are looking to merely win his favor or to persuade him, he is easily won over by candied offerings. Though he is purportedly open to bartering, wild bets, and challenges involving feats of strength, Jason survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire him. Jason is a card carrying member of Happy Cog Studios. This status grants him access to most black-tie galas and groundbreaking ceremonies.
In this audio interview, I talk with Eileen Shapiro and Howard Stevenson, author of Make Your Own Luck: 12 Practical Steps To Taking Smarter Risks In Business. We talk about making bets, Martha Stewart, Jack Welch and how companies can use the principle
"The topic suddenly had long threads with men nominating their bets, and women furious over men's primitive nature."