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Current News for June 30, 2008
Whitehall Jewelers files for Chapter 11
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:03:05 PDT
Whitehall Jewelers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday with an $80 million financing package that requires it to put its assets on the auction block in less than a month. Whitehall, which recently acquired nearly 80 stores from another jeweler in Chapter 11 proceedings, said the terms of its $80 million bankruptcy loan require it to win bankruptcy court approval of a deal to sell its assets by July 18. The Chicago company is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington,
You might fool them once, but...
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:33 PDT
A strange story in today's New York Times talks about ways public relations people try to get attention for their news releases. With thousands of p.r. agencies and company p.r. departments cranking out thousands of news releases every day, it's a real challenge to get a news release notice, much less picked up for coverage by the media. The Times article quotes some p.r. people who advise use of key attention-getting words like "first," "biggest,""fastest," or "tallest." Or, they say, use bu
Top Tech Trends ALA 2008
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:31:47 PDT
Sarah Houghton-Jan (see her summary and trends) and I participated in Top Tech Trends virtually this past Sunday. It was a blast. I had a little easier time hearing than Sarah, although hearing myself speak was slightly disconcerting. I really enjoyed talking with people in the back channel Meebo chat room. Though some people pointed out that that was distracting from the panelist present in person. APIs Galore Let’s be realistic APIs have hit their stride on the web at large. In libraries th
AllHeadlineNews.com Debuts New“Happy and Upbeat News” Category
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:01 PST
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- All Headline News Corp., a leading news and content syndicator, today announced the launch of its“Upbeat and Happy” News content and...
Gay social networking site launched in Jamaica
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:42:33 PDT
Gay discrimination law passes Lithuanian parliament Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been included in a new Law on Equal Treatment passed by the Lithuanian parliament. Californian voters split over gay marriage With the arrival of legal gay and lesbian marriages in California, same-sex marriage opponents are working feverishly to render those same marriages illegal. Carly Simon comments on lesbian rumours She’s back with a brand new album—the highest deb
Former minister facing another sodomy accusation
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:35:06 PDT
20 Pride marchers hurt in Czech attacks Tear gas and fireworks were used by a mob of 150 homophobes, among them nationalist extremists, at a Pride event in the Czech city of Brno. opinionuk-newsworld-newspoliticslawhealthfinanceentertainment COMMENT: Genetic explanations of homosexuality are crude, simplistic and doomed to failure A few years ago, Dr James Watson, the Noble Prize winner who co-discovered DNA, reopened the controversy over the so-called gay gene when he defended a wom
PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - June 30 - Reuters
Virtual Karen’s Top Tech Trends
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:37:44 PDT
Sarah Houghton-Jan (see her summary and trends) and I participated in Top Tech Trends virtually this past Sunday. It was a blast. I had a little easier time hearing than Sarah, although hearing myself speak was slightly disconcerting. I really enjoyed talking with people in the back channel Meebo chat room. Though some people pointed out that that was distracting from the panelist present in person. APIs Galore Let’s be realistic APIs have hit their stride on the web at large. In libraries th
Other Items
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:49 PDT
Dear friends; the two things that we need help with most right now in Vancouver are housing for war resisters and your participation in our outreach and lobbying in Conservative ridings and keeping up the media visibility. Below is a housing appeal, please pass it on freely. Also in Vancouver we will be doing another visit to a Conservative riding, probably either Emerson's in Vancouver or Nina Grewal in Fleetwood-Port Kells. That is tentatively planned for Saturday June 28. War Resister Housing
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Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:03:05 PDT
Whitehall Jewelers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday with an $80 million financing package that requires it to put its assets on the auction block in less than a month. Whitehall, which recently acquired nearly 80 stores from another jeweler in Chapter 11 proceedings, said the terms of its $80 million bankruptcy loan require it to win bankruptcy court approval of a deal to sell its assets by July 18. The Chicago company is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington,
You might fool them once, but...
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:33 PDT
A strange story in today's New York Times talks about ways public relations people try to get attention for their news releases. With thousands of p.r. agencies and company p.r. departments cranking out thousands of news releases every day, it's a real challenge to get a news release notice, much less picked up for coverage by the media. The Times article quotes some p.r. people who advise use of key attention-getting words like "first," "biggest,""fastest," or "tallest." Or, they say, use bu
Top Tech Trends ALA 2008
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:31:47 PDT
Sarah Houghton-Jan (see her summary and trends) and I participated in Top Tech Trends virtually this past Sunday. It was a blast. I had a little easier time hearing than Sarah, although hearing myself speak was slightly disconcerting. I really enjoyed talking with people in the back channel Meebo chat room. Though some people pointed out that that was distracting from the panelist present in person. APIs Galore Let’s be realistic APIs have hit their stride on the web at large. In libraries th
AllHeadlineNews.com Debuts New“Happy and Upbeat News” Category
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:01 PST
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (PRWEB) January 16, 2006 -- All Headline News Corp., a leading news and content syndicator, today announced the launch of its“Upbeat and Happy” News content and...
Gay social networking site launched in Jamaica
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:42:33 PDT
Gay discrimination law passes Lithuanian parliament Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been included in a new Law on Equal Treatment passed by the Lithuanian parliament. Californian voters split over gay marriage With the arrival of legal gay and lesbian marriages in California, same-sex marriage opponents are working feverishly to render those same marriages illegal. Carly Simon comments on lesbian rumours She’s back with a brand new album—the highest deb
Former minister facing another sodomy accusation
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:35:06 PDT
20 Pride marchers hurt in Czech attacks Tear gas and fireworks were used by a mob of 150 homophobes, among them nationalist extremists, at a Pride event in the Czech city of Brno. opinionuk-newsworld-newspoliticslawhealthfinanceentertainment COMMENT: Genetic explanations of homosexuality are crude, simplistic and doomed to failure A few years ago, Dr James Watson, the Noble Prize winner who co-discovered DNA, reopened the controversy over the so-called gay gene when he defended a wom
PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - June 30 - Reuters
PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - June 30 Reuters - 9 hours ago June 30 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in the New York Times business pages on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not ... |
Virtual Karen’s Top Tech Trends
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:37:44 PDT
Sarah Houghton-Jan (see her summary and trends) and I participated in Top Tech Trends virtually this past Sunday. It was a blast. I had a little easier time hearing than Sarah, although hearing myself speak was slightly disconcerting. I really enjoyed talking with people in the back channel Meebo chat room. Though some people pointed out that that was distracting from the panelist present in person. APIs Galore Let’s be realistic APIs have hit their stride on the web at large. In libraries th
Other Items
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:49 PDT
Dear friends; the two things that we need help with most right now in Vancouver are housing for war resisters and your participation in our outreach and lobbying in Conservative ridings and keeping up the media visibility. Below is a housing appeal, please pass it on freely. Also in Vancouver we will be doing another visit to a Conservative riding, probably either Emerson's in Vancouver or Nina Grewal in Fleetwood-Port Kells. That is tentatively planned for Saturday June 28. War Resister Housing
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