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EAT.DRINK.THINK. (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The much anticipated reopening of Genoa is happening December 1st, according to a press release I just received. The space is in the finishing stages. Executive Chef David Anderson spent a month traveling through Italy to gain inspiration, which in layman's terms means eating and drinking as much as he possibly could. The following is what was listed as a sample winter menu. A five course prix-fixe...
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Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
An interesting Parliamentary Question from Blaydon MP David Anderson ... To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1103W on railways; franchises, which franchise operator received a payment from his Department in October 2006; and how much that payment was. To which Chris Mole (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department...
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Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Another day, another feeble attack on the BBC by the Daily Mail. This morning, this particular story was third on the Mail's website, suggesting that there are only two more important stories around. Paul Revoir's BBC apologises after broadcast of wrong shipping forecast leaves listeners all at sea reveals: the BBC is in hot water after it broadcast the wrong shipping forecast and ended up frightening...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Houston WR David Anderson set a new season high for receiving yards on Monday night of Week 11 in a loss to Tennessee. Anderson made a few late grabs on the Texans' final last-ditch drive and ended up with five receptions -- to tie for the team lead -- for 52 yards. He did not score in the game.
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Health Care Renewal (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Continuing with our annals of health care crime, Bloomberg.com reported a new verdict on a very old case: Former McKesson Corp. Chairman Charles McCall was convicted in a second trial of participating in a fraud 10 years ago that cost investors $8.6 billion, one of the largest white-collar crimes at the time. A federal jury in San Francisco yesterday found McCall guilty of five of six counts of securities...
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The Hankster (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Thanksgiving is this week. Time to clear out the leftover stalks from the harvest. All those dried leaves from the NJ and VA gov races and the NY-23 congressional race... And the pods from the NYC mayoral (by the way, the final count including paper ballots is 150,000 votes on the Independence Party line). Do we pile them up, burn the field, or mulch and wait? Some of the most interesting things in...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As an example, the Episcopal Church (TEC) has vastly overstated their membership strength, withheld the really bad financial news, degraded their theology, lost membership, and their members' souls are in peril. A few orthodox dioceses hold out as exceptions, but in most of TEC the misinformation attempts to hide the interior collapse of what was [...]
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The Fifth Down (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Ron Jaworski's distinctive cadence and chalk talk are imitated by Houston receiver David Anderson.
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Battle Red Blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Let's turn our attention to the other side of the ball. Through nine games, who has been the most outstanding offensive player for your Houston Texans ? Once again, note that I said "most outstanding" as opposed to "most valuable." In other words, who's been the absolute best on that side of the ball so far? The " Brian Cushing of the Offense ," if you will? Vote in the...
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Agile Design (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Take-away #2 from David Anderson’s Kanban Coaching workshop. This post will be short and sweet. It’s not a revelation but it is a simple pattern that can support us in making the right decisions as we evolve and improve development processes. Value trumps Flow Flow trumps Waste reduction Eliminate waste to improve efficiency This mantra might be deceptively simple. We [...]
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Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Blaydon Labour MP David Anderson should have a motto of “Better late than never!” He called on MPs to visit pubs in the summer recess. The only problem was he made the call in October, a month after summer officially ended and with the long nights of autumn drawing in!Mr Anderson also announced he was looking forward to the publication of a report on the blacklisting of trade unions, a...
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Money Prophet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Financial advice is now rated as the most valuable employee benefit, particularly among people over 50, according to Mercer's David Anderson. Meanwhile, FPA chief Jo-Anne Bloch has called for an end to the remuneration debate.
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Money Prophet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Financial advice is now rated as the most valuable employee benefit, particularly among people over 50, according to Mercer’s David Anderson. Meanwhile, FPA chief Jo-Anne Bloch calls for an end to the remuneration debate.
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Dickiebo (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
David ANDERSON NuLabour MP for Blaydon since 2005. Born: Sunderland School: Maltby Grammar, Rotherham University: Durham, Doncaster Tech, Moscow Higher Trade Union School Former career: Miner/care worker Career history: Coal miner 1969-89; Care worker 1989-2005 Long term trade union lay activist at all levels. Expenses; Claimed for furniture, washing machine and microwave. Claimed between £200...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
In the Texans' Week 9 loss at the Colts, WR David Anderson caught three passes for 19 yards.