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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mac Slavo submits: Friday’s unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics is anything but a green shoot. The official U-3 unemployment number is 10.2%. The broader and more comprehensive official unemployment number, the U-6, is at 17.5%. The U-6 counts all the people that want a job but gave up, all the people with part-time jobs that want a full-time job, and all the people who...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
John Williams reviews The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by John Ortved: Disclaimer: Like many people born in 1974, I’m incapable of writing a purely objective review of anything related to The Simpsons. The 1990s may have been a decade...
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Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Via John Williams Phd LOS ANGELES : Don't forget to leave your comments/opinions/crazy rants on the post concerning The Most Important New Buildings of the 2000 s. The deadline is Monday 12 pm . And the responses are already coming in. At our request, City Councilman Eric Garcetti dutifully sent in a list. In addition to numerous Hollywood projects, he included this downtown building: "City Hall....
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SLSO Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
David Robertson gave the downbeat and the orchestra leapt into John Williams' famous Olympic fanfare--and then Robertson abruptly stopped them. A colleague said, "Oops. The skater must have fallen."...
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The 5 Min. Forecast (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Unemployment scene gets worse by all measures… The 5, John Williams share favorite job metrics. It’s possible -- Fannie Mae gets even worse… more big losses, another bailout and a new foreclosure scheme. Commercial real estate poll sees no recovery till 2011… Dan Amoss’ CRE forecast, below Market wavers, but should you sell? Marc Faber on the dangers of fleeing to cash....
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The Gong Show (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Does anyone else see the Droid eye as a cross between the Eye of Sauron and Hal 9000? Why so evil, Verizon? I’m not saying I want my phone to look like a cute puppy, but the Droid Red Eye looks like the opposite of a simple, inviting experience. It looks more like a device I will combat in an intense final battle, possibly to a John Williams score blasting in the background. + =
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A Different League (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
May 14, 1995. The Blackburn Rovers fans in the away end at Anfield are celebrating. Rovers, so long an archaic throwback clogging up the lower divisions, a club with a stadium as outdated as its honour-roll and a chairman who, by necessity, blagged his way out of paying the milkman each week, have just won the Premier League. The Blackburn fans, basking in both the May sunshine and this unlikely triumph,...
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LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Obama and the Aqueduct Mises Daily: by Doug French "Italian Landscape with the Ruins of a Roman Bridge and Aqueduct," Jan Asselijn (1610–1652) The statisticians at the Commerce Department have determined that the US economy has turned around with the benefit of government incentives prodding consumers to spend money on cars and homes. On the surface, the New New Deal is working just...
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Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama Exactly a year ago, we were jumping up and down with excitement that we had elected the first African-American president. Not only that, the Republicans had their butts handed to them in the Congressional races. All was right with the world: Bush was on his way out and Reagan was finally dead. Not so fast: The Empire Strikes Back (cue John Williams' Imperial...
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The Gryffindor Gazette (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In a poll for radio station Classic FM (UK), children voted for the John Williams’ penned Harry Potter theme as their favorite orchestral theme. Here are the rest of the picks: Classic FM’s Children’s Hall Of Fame top 20: 1. Harry Potter theme by Williams 2. Walking in the Air from The Snowman by Blake 3. Peter and the Wolf (main theme) by Prokofiev 4. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy...
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Fernando's Desk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
There was a moment, in last night’s concert, which really summed up the evening. John Williams, one of my childhood musical heroes was in town for a one off performance at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. It was a sellout show featuring a musician who has many fans in this city. Williams [...]
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1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Shop locally and start your holiday shopping early with the Country Roads Holiday Tour! The tour takes place in and around the Bradford, Pa area on Saturday, November 7. Maps are available at these participating businesses: Main Street Mercantile, Roseart Gifts, Tin Ceiling Gift Shoppe, Kimberly’s Cool Beans Café, Grandma’s House Tea and Gifts, Orris Jewelers, Graham Florist, John...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
In two weeks time, the national rugby team faces north African rivals Tunisia in the first leg of a world cup play-off final in Tunis. The pressure is on John Williams' men to perform well away from home and build a solid foundation when Tunisia visit Windhoek at the end of November.
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Conversational Reading (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
For a long time now I've meant to read the mid-century American novel Stoner by John Williams. NYRB Classics publishes two of Williams' books (Stoner and the National Book Award winner Butcher's Crossing ), and Scott Bryan Wilson, a very trusted fellow reader, has long recommended the book. I finally got around to Stoner while in Canada, and it was an absolute pleasure. Simply put, the book is about...
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