How does a good idea take hold? Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis knows the answer. The Brooklyn-born new media bad boy has been stirring up money and attention for his projects ever since he founded The Silicon Alley Reporter in 1996. He followed that with Weblogs, Inc., which he sold to...
Controversy has been raging for more than a decade on the appropriateness, legality, and effectiveness of public agencies selling their digital geodata. Recent discussions among professionals from both government and private sectors, representing a wide spectrum of opinion on whether public geodata should be sold or given away freely, have...
Evidence-Based Practice EBP is the subject of vigorous controversy in the field of mental health. This paper discusses three distinct but interrelated controversies: how inclusive the mental health evidence base should be; whether mental health practice is a variety of applied science; and when and how the effectiveness goal in...
The United States and Canada have the worst fire death rate of all industrialized countries for which we have comparable data, according to a study conducted by United States Fire Administration USFA. A strong controversy has developed among fire-protection, building-design and construction interests over the past several years on the...
When giving a speech it's not always necessary or wise to make waves. However, sometimes a little controversy can spice up the dullest of subjects and turn what could otherwise be a tedious lecture into a rousing discussion. The trick is to know when and how to use controversy& and...
Two-time champ Jay Cutler entered the 2008 Olympia threatening to match the conditioning level he reached in 2001, when he lost a controversial decision to Ronnie Coleman. By all accounts leading up to the show, he was on track to match that performance. But over the last few days--despite pulling...
Talk about the secret life of food! Three new books dish on what happens to your favorite fare before it appears in your supermarket or on your plate. America's Food by Harvey Blatt MIT Press Did you know one-third of all edible produce is tossed out...
The Chelsea striker Didier Drogba courted more controversy before last night's Champions League game against Bordeaux by claiming that the last six months had been the "toughest" of his career. The striker, who was alleged to have met with officials of Internazionale in London on Monday, also admitted that he...
Thai airport blockade THE NATION THAILAND The People's Alliance for Democracy's latest, most provocative and controversial strategy may prove effective. With the military caught in the middle and reluctant to use force, either to end the airport blockade or remove the government, Somchai Wongsawat's...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran announced Wednesday it now has 5,000 centrifuges operating and enriching uranium, the country's latest defiance of U.N. demands to halt is controversial nuclear program. Vice President Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said Iran will continue to install more centrifuges and enrich uranium to produce nuclear...
WASHINGTON — In 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a policeman's speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers. State Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan's lower house of Parliament approved controversial legislation Wednesday to increase government control over religious groups, drawing criticism from a major international group Kazakhstan is to lead in 2010. Rights groups say the amendments to the country's law on religion will hinder religious minorities...
The Labour Party shook off the spectre of financial collapse yesterday by agreeing a two-year "interest rate holiday" with seven millionaire businessmen who extended the terms of their controversial loans. Labour agreed to repay the 9.2m in loans from its wealthy backers by 2015. Other supporters converted...
ON THE WEB TODAY... Ringing true In case the recession hadn't made you Scrooge-ian enough, here comes the Archbishop of Canterbury to complain that the festive season comes too early. The ever-controversial Dr Rowan Williams has posted his advent rant on WhyAreWeWaiting.com. ...
His career's already on the wane. And on Christmas Day, he'll ask people to go see him on the big screen -- in a Nazi uniform. But Tom Cruise, as always, is unfazed by the controversy surrounding his film "Valkyrie," which centers on a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler...
RESULTS, PAGE 67 ARSENAL 1 DYNAMO KIEV 0 Arsenal started the day in the blackest of moods but ended it in the pink. Yes, Nicklas Bendtner - one man at the club who can astonishingly claim the dubious honour of probably being less popular than William...
Scheme unveiled as David Miliband makes surprise visit 'Afghan Awakening' inspired by success in Iraq BRITAIN PLANS to pay tribal elders in Helmand province monthly cash "bribes" as part of a controversial "Afghan Awakening" scheme to raise the tribes against the Taliban. ...
CRICKET Former England captain desperate for Test return after break from the side When the name Michael Vaughan is mentioned what images come to mind? Is it the sight of the former England captain being soaked in champagne as he triumphantly lifted the Ashes at...
CRICKET Former England captain desperate for Test return after break from the side When the name Michael Vaughan is mentioned what images come to mind? Is it the sight of the former England captain being soaked in champagne as he triumphantly lifted the Ashes at...
CRICKET Former England captain desperate for Test return after break from the side When the name Michael Vaughan is mentioned what images come to mind? Is it the sight of the former England captain being soaked in champagne as he triumphantly lifted the Ashes at...
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