Texas schools saying auf Wiedersehen to German programs

Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:55 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Posters of snow-capped castles, Oktoberfest revelry and Albert Einstein decorate the walls of Claudia Keller's classroom in Frisco. She's only missing students. Six attend her AP German class, the only one in the school district.

texas, education, language, german

Sean Parnell: Alaska Can Meet U.S. Energy Needs - WSJ.com

Seeded on Sun Oct 4, 2009 11:15 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

The United States is now facing a decision on how to meet its future energy needs. In the coming months, the U.S. Department of the Interior will weigh whether to allow oil and gas exploration on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to be expanded.

oil, alaska, natural-gas, politics, energy-policy

A Little Less Hypocrisy Please

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:25 AM EDT ()

As the debate on health care reform heats up, a familiar tactic is once again at the forefront.

politics, republican, democrat, health-care-debate

The Supreme Court's Chance To Limit Special Taxes

Seeded on Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:26 PM EST (Forbes)

In 1819, John Marshall penned this famous warning in McCulloch v.

tax, illinois, politics, supreme-court

Why Uncle Sam's Help So Often Hurts

Seeded on Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:19 PM EDT (fool.com)

A frightening pattern has emerged in the financial world. It goes something like this: a bad event happens; the government swoops in to help; and then things wind up getting worse.

business, dow, fed, stocks, recession, motley-fool

Small Texas Garden

Sat Jun 7, 2008 5:11 PM EDT

Having talked a bit recently on Newsvine about gardening I wanted to share a couple of pictures of my little garden.

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texas, fruit, vegetables, gardening, peppers, home-garden, tomatos, marigolds

Writers Guild Agreement Summary

Seeded on Sat Feb 9, 2008 10:11 PM EST (wgaeast.org)

Term of Agreement From resumption of work through May 1, 2011.

business, labor, strike, writers-guild

Dallas-area planners boosting bicycle commuting with new projects

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:37 AM EST (The Dallas Morning News)

Urban planners are looking to enlist more mild-mannered Clark Kent-like bicycle commuters to help battle Dallas-Fort Worth's air-pollution and traffic congestion woes.

fort, health, dallas, bicycle, worth, dfw

Subprime: The Ugly American Hits Europe

Seeded on Thu Aug 9, 2007 4:20 PM EDT (Business Week)

Financial markets' tentative optimism on Aug. 8—when investors appeared to be less worried about the effects of credit-market contagion from the U.S. subprime crisis on the global economy—vanished quickly one day later.

wall-street-journal, federal-reserve, goldman-sachs, businessweek-action-economics, european-subprime-proxy

Stockings: sex, power and sheer seduction

Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:06 AM EDT (Telegraph)

As stockings sales plummet, Rowan Pelling says you can't beat suspenders in the boudoir or the boardroom

stockings

Eight Things About Me

Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:50 PM EDT

I was honored recently to be 'tagged' by DAWeb so here are a few facts about me after the rules of the game.

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friends, about-me, eight-things, 8-things

SCOTUS: Affirmative Action Unchanged

Sun Jul 1, 2007 10:38 PM EDT

The United States Supreme Court ruled on two cases dealing with race in public schools on June 28, 2007. The full ruling can be found here (pdf).

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scotus, us, politics, civil-rights, supreme-court, affirmative-action

America's economy | Sunny outlook

Seeded on Sun Jun 3, 2007 3:23 PM EDT (The Economist)

THE primary job of any pundit is to forecast all the ways in which things could go wrong. So far, however, the American economy has stubbornly defied the dire prognostications of those expecting bad weather. Economic growth has swayed and faltered.

business, unions, federal-reserve, economist, economic-co-operation, conference-boards

How Long Can Ford Lose $5,000 a Car?

Seeded on Sun Jun 3, 2007 3:14 PM EDT (Business Week)

First, the good news: Detroit's Big Three carmakers continue to narrow the gap with the Japanese when it comes to how long their factories need to build a car.

business, union, honda-motor, businessweek, toyota-motors, winning-concessions

Republicans Outnumber Democrats Online, According to Nielsen/NetRatings

Seeded on Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:03 PM EST (Market Wire)

Nielsen//NetRatings (NASDAQ: NTRT), a global leader in Internet media and market research, announced today that 36.6 percent of U.S. adults online are Republicans, 30.8 percent are Democrats and 17.3 percent are Independents.

politics, republican, democrat, demographics, drudge-report, online-population, release-newspaper

Oil Traders Testing the OPEC Cartel

Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:43 PM EDT (Energy Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)

An interesting take on the relationship between oil trading and global politics. This is a sentiment I share, and see as a repeat of the 1990s in relation to Iraq.

business, oil, iran, politics, opec

European leveraged buy-outs

Seeded on Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:24 PM EDT (The Economist)

American private-equity funds are increasingly attracted to the old world

business, europe, economist, private-equity, buy-out

Van Allen was the discoverer of radiation belts

Seeded on Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:34 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

James Van Allen, one of the pioneers of America's space program who gave his name to the belts of radiation that encircle Earth, died Wednesday. He was 91.

space, science, van-allen

IBM buys FileNet for $1.6bn

Seeded on Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:30 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

IBM threw down a challenge to database rival Oracle on Thursday with a $1.6bn acquisition that marks its biggest software purchase in three years.

business, us, ibm, software, oracle, content-management, filenet

Bush Creates World's Largest Marine Reserve

Seeded on Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:59 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

President Bush has created the world's largest marine reserve. Mr. Bush acted to protect an area of the Pacific Ocean that is roughly the size of California.

us, bush, environment, science, ocean, wildlife, marine, environmentalism

Moore meets his match

Seeded on Fri Jun 2, 2006 7:57 AM EDT (The Boston Herald)

Damon, a National Guardsman from Middleborough, has filed an $85 million lawsuit against film-maker/propagandist Michael Moore, charging Moore used film clips of an interview he did with NBC without his permission - and distorted his message by including the clips in his anti-Bus …

us, iraq, lawsuit, politics, war, moore, michael-moore

Engagement or confrontation?

Seeded on Tue May 30, 2006 3:59 PM EDT (The Washington Times)

Engage or confront? It's the eternal divide in foreign affairs when dealing with a dangerous state on a troublesome course. The question has been asked variously of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Pakistan and now Iran over its nuclear program.

un, middle-east, iran, politics, us-policy

Why the Chinese love Seattle

Seeded on Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:06 PM EDT (atimes.com)

HUA HIN, Thailand - It is no coincidence that Chinese President Hu Jintao is to make Seattle the maiden stop on his first visit to the United States as president.

business, china, boeing, microsoft, seattle, gates, jintao

Thank you, from Little Miss Sunshine

Seeded on Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:45 PM EDT (Telegraph)

A girl who made medical history when her heart transplant was reversed after 10 years paid tribute yesterday to the "very nice man" who saved her life.

health, heart, uk

France faces the future

Seeded on Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:58 PM EST (The Economist)

"This is the failure of the French political class over the past 20 years to tell it straight: to explain to the electorate what is at stake, why France needs to adapt, and why change need not bring only discomfort.

eu, france, world-news

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