Corporate Engagement (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Originally posted 12 January I got hooked on the blues back in the late sixties when I discovered my white heroes (eg Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Johhny Winter) had some very cool black heroes (e.g. Robert Johnson,Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker). In fact, I think John Lee Hooker might just be the coolest guy ever. One brief story. When as an old man, and recently ‘re-discovered’ and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I am pleased about Darcus Howe's recovery ( My battle with prostate cancer , G2, 17 November), and his highlighting the higher mortality rates for black men. I am a 56-year-old white man with advanced prostate cancer that was identified two months ago. I will, hopefully, find out in December whether I will be among the 30% of men at my stage of the disease who survive five years after diagnosis. The...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Report finds that rising transaction fees have increased costs for merchants
Geeking with Greg (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
E. Michael Maximilien has a post, " Extreme Agility at Facebook ", on blog@CACM . The post reports on a talk at OOPSLA by Robert Johnson (Director of Engineering at Facebook) titled "Moving Fast at Scale". Here is an interesting excerpt on very frequent development of software and how it reduces downtime: Facebook developers are encouraged to push code often and quickly. Pushes...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This AIN'T Jake and Elwood Robert Johnson Sweet Home Chicago Blind Willie Johnson J ohn the Revelator
CNC CNC Machines Information (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Craftsman Tools has just installed a third Mazak Integrex 400Y turn-mill centre in its main subcontracting cell to increase capacity, reduce costs and give more flexibility. It is also working on an in-process gauging project that will also reduce costs for the customer. Craftsman has a dedicated cell producing pump parts for Sulzer Craftsman’s managing director, Robert Johnson, said: “The...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- Jay Kinney scored 23 points and Ohio defeated North Carolina A&T 93-82 on Tuesday night.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In this week’s New Reviews, John Mayer takes a look at the war-torn landscape of relationships with Battle Studies, an album that finds the singer trying to balance both his serious and comedic sides. “He’s a tabloid fixture who wears his celebrity with a wink… But then Mayer steps into a studio, and the fun [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Photograph by Matt Salacuse As John Mayer strummed the opening riff of his 2003 hit “Why Georgia” at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, last night, he reassured the crowd of several hundred, “If you were afraid of me ever evolving away from you… if you were afraid that I could never be [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Mfantseman West Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected a 14-member executive to manage its affairs for the next two years.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Tyler Wilkerson grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds to lead Marshall to a 79-63 win over North Carolina A&T on Sunday in the Thundering Herd's season opener.
Institutional Financial Derivatives (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
As the financial meltdown demonstrated, derivatives do not reduce risk. They amplify it and spread it around interlocking networks of unwitting investors. That house of cards collapsed worldwide a year ago. It would be tragic to let the bankers build a new one. Some reformers think all but the simplest, most visible forms of derivatives should be prohibited by law. The president prefers instead to...
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
JACKSON, Miss. -- The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Now that the hometown fans are finally taking notice of No. 4 TCU, maybe the rest of the nation will also realize that the BCS-hopeful Horned Frogs are for real.
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Eric Clapton: Chapter 24.
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