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[?]Submitted by Law of the Game
I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that the big debate between Jack Thompson and me is this coming Saturday, July 4, 2009, at 4 pm in Dallas, TX, at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention. The convention is at the Westin Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, […]
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The Art Of Survivorship on Stu…
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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
The Art Of Survivorship on Stupid Cancer Show will air 07/20. http://tobtr.com/s/591178 #BlogTalkRadio
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http://tr.im/qkWR Next Week’s Stupid Cancer Show: “Music Makes The People Stupid Cancer” w/Tom Willner, Andy Dumiak & author @cindypapale
Why Should Danica Patrick Just Jump From INDY To NASCAR
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[?] Submitted by RACING NEWS DIGEST
Maybe my thinking is off here. I know, that is rare, but I am wondering why Danica Patrick is expected to either run INDY or NASCAR? Why not do both?
And that really goes for any driver in any different series.
If she has an interest in NASCAR, why […]
Tony George Out As Indy President/CEO
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[?]Submitted by The Motorsports Soapbox
The Board of Directors of Hulman & Company and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Tuesday that a new management team comprised of veteran IMS executives W. Curtis Brighton and Jeffrey G. Belskus will head the Hulman-George companies
effective July 1. They will replace Tony George, who will no […]
Mayfield Failed Independent Test
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[?]Submitted by The Motorsports Soapbox
ESPN.com is reporting today that tests performed by an independent laboratory support the original findings that led to Jeremy Mayfield’s indefinite suspension from NASCAR.
The name of the individual and the specific test results were blacked out in court documents, but a spokesman for NASCAR confirmed to ESPN […]
More Esbjörn Svensson
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[?]Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
As if you’re interested, I have spent the last several weeks recording lectures onto computer files. I am teaching two classes in July: Intro to Philosophy, and Human Nature and Human Values (a course on the biological origins of political behavior). But I am going to […]
The art of Lawrence Williams
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
The last few years of Lawrence Williams’ life were fraught with health problems and financial setbacks, but he never let himself get discouraged or depressed by them. Even when he lost his leg and couldn’t play the drums anymore he treated it as a minor setback […]
Two horn chart of Warne Marsh’s Background Music
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Background Music
More Konitz/Tristano charts
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Lead sheets in concert key
Afternoon just before sunset- by Lawrence Williams (arranged for 3-horns by Dan Gaynor)
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Afternoon just before sunset- 3-horn chart
Desert Flower- by Lawrence Williams (arranged for 3-horns by Dan Gaynor)
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Desert Flower
Inner Strength- by Lawrence Williams (arranged for 3-horns by Dan Gaynor)
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Inner Strength- 3-horn arrangement
401k Investment Education
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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
In my spare time I’ve been working on a start-up business in investment education, initially focusing on helping employees learn about their 401k plans. Our new website is now up and running: www.abcInvesting.com. (Some features are not yet operational.) Take a look and let me […]
The Newest Data on Foreign Exchange Reserves
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
The IMF has released its estimates for 2009Q1 reserves (COFER data). Below I update and extend my recent post on the dollar as a reserve currency.
Figure 1: US dollar (blue, right scale), US dollar plus 60% of unallocated reserves (green, right scale), and log nominal value of US dollar […]
Housing Affordabilty Index: 7.2 Point Drop in May From Rising Home Prices: Market Reached Bottom?
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The National Association of Realtors’ Housing Affordability Index remained high in May (171.6%) by historical standards (see chart above, data here), but fell by 7.2 percentage points from April’s record high of 178.8%, mostly because of the increase in the median home price from $166,000 in April to […]
Banking Fact of the Day
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Number of bank failures this year so far: 45 (FDIC data here, click on “Produce Report”).
Total Assets of the 45 failed banks: $36.965 billion
Total Bank Assets of All 8,246 FDIC-insured banks: $13.542 trillion (data here)
Failed Bank Assets as a Percent of Total Bank Assets: .27% (or about 1/4 […]
New Vanguard Economic Momentum Index: Economic Recovery is Near, Recession May Be Over
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The general improvement in global financial conditions since March has fostered a marked improvement in investor sentiment and led many to inquire when (rather than if) the current U.S. recession will end. Increasingly, market commentary has focused on evidence of “green shoots” that would suggest the rate of […]
Markets in Everything: Backyard Urban Farming
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
MyFarm was started by Trevor Paque, a young mortgage broker, who decided in 2007 to get out of the office and take up farming. Hardly a new idea, but Paque took a new approach. His business plan called for building, planting, and harvesting vegetable gardens in small overgrown, […]
Persistent Myths and Fictions in Feminist Scholarship: The “Scholarly” Merchants of Hype
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Over the years, the feminist fictions have made their way into public policy. They travel from the women’s-studies textbooks to women’s advocacy groups and then into news stories. Soon after, they are cited by concerned political leaders. President Obama recently issued an executive order establishing a White House […]
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; One Year Later
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Sorry for the light posting over the last few days - I’ve been on a road trip since Saturday, and for the last 24 hours or so many of the Blogger blogs have been unable to accept new posts (it’s still not fixed yet, I found a way […]
Quote of the Day
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.
~Margaret Thatcher
Men and Skin Care by Wild Natural Beauty
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[?]Submitted by Health Foods Blog
Besides all the excitement that begins with June; graduations, vacations, weddings, we also remember Dad and the men in our lives. This had me thinking about other ways to show him love as well as encouraging him to take care of his skin and use healthy products […]
Can Whites be discriminated against? Was Judge Sotomayor wrong?
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[?]Submitted by Black and White Blog
Written by Michael Vass
Since almost the moment that Judge Sotomayor had been named as a Supreme Court nominee, I have been asked my thoughts on the 19 firemen in the “reverse discrimination” case. Now that the Supreme Court has responded, I will further clarify my thoughts.
First, […]
