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    <title>Tim Ney</title>
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            <dc:title>Tim Ney</dc:title>
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        <dc:subject>The Big Dogs</dc:subject>
        <title>The Big Dogs</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/the-big-dogs.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:20:03 +0200</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Take up the executive's burden.
    
    


    
        &quot;There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets
        flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them
        with tin cups in their hands. It's almost like seeing a guy
        show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo. . . . I
        mean, couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or
        jet-pooled or something to get here?&quot;
        
        
        - Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
    


    


    We're not going to follow the red herring and start barking
    about executive compensation for the big dogs, but 
    these guys need a good image consultant.
    


    


    Should The Government Stop
    Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
    


    

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    <b>Take up the executive's burden.</b>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p>
        <i>"There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets
        flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them
        with tin cups in their hands. It's almost like seeing a guy
        show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo. . . . I
        mean, couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or
        jet-pooled or something to get here?"</i>
        <br />
        <br />
        - <b>Rep. Gary L. Ackerman</b> (D-N.Y.)
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<p>
    <br />
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<p>
    We're not going to follow the red herring and start barking
    about executive compensation for the big dogs, but <a href=
    "http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111903669.html">
    these guys</a> need a good image consultant.
    <br />
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    <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>
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    <span style="font-weight: bold;">Should The Government Stop
    Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?</span>
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        <dc:subject>Bullish on Innovation</dc:subject>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:12:39 +0200</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
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    Houston Street
    
    
    
        
            The information is laughing at us
            
            The ticker tape feeds the night
            
            Looking for a lost transmission
            
            A heaven that we left behind
            
            
            When the information comes
            
            We'll know what we're made from
            
            
            - Beck
        
    


    


    We put a damper on more than one dinner party conversation a
    couple of years ago when asked for our opinion on the future of
    The Economy. These days, of course, it is hard to tune
    into any media without being bombarded with 
    doomsday information 24/7. Our favorite financial news
    source continues to be Bloomberg which offers up the
    stuff that trades are
    made on.
    
    
    While news reports focus on the global financial crisis and the
    U.S. debate on bailing out dinosaurs, we remain bullish on
    innovation and entrepreneurship.
    
    
    It's Global Entrepreneurship Week
    
    A series of events promoting entrepreneurship is taking place
    around the globe this week. Details on Global Entrepreneurship
    Week are at unleashingideas.org.
    
    

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    <b>Houston Street</b>
    <br />
    <br />
    <blockquote>
        <p>
            <i>The information is laughing at us
            <br />
            The ticker tape feeds the night
            <br />
            Looking for a lost transmission
            <br />
            A heaven that we left behind
            <br />
            <br />
            When the information comes
            <br />
            We'll know what we're made from</i>
            <br />
            <br />
            - <b>Beck</b>
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    <br />
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<p>
    We put a damper on more than one dinner party conversation a
    couple of years ago when asked for our opinion on the future of
    <u>The Economy</u>. These days, of course, it is hard to tune
    into any media without being bombarded with <a href=
    "http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Well-Great-Depression-2-2011/story.aspx?guid=%7BB28B49B5%2DEFD1%2D4941%2DB57E%2DA2BA1545BA09%7D&amp;dist">
    doomsday</a> information 24/7. Our favorite financial news
    source continues to be <b>Bloomberg</b> which offers up the
    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com">stuff</a> that trades are
    made on.
    <br />
    <br />
    While news reports focus on the global financial crisis and the
    U.S. debate on bailing out dinosaurs, we remain bullish on
    <i>innovation</i> and <i>entrepreneurship</i>.
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>It's Global Entrepreneurship Week</b>
    <br />
    A series of events promoting entrepreneurship is taking place
    around the globe this week. Details on Global Entrepreneurship
    Week are at <a href=
    "http://unleashingideas.org/blog">unleashingideas.org</a>.
    <br />
    <br />
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        <dc:subject>Global Dialogue on the Impact of Open Source Software in Transforming Government</dc:subject>
        <title>Global Dialogue on the Impact of Open Source Software in Transforming Government</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:12:31 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
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    This year's GOSCON in Portland, Oregon opens
    with an international panel and videoconference on open source
    and government.
    
    
    When: October 20th, 12 - 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
    
    Where: via videoconference and live webcast, see details at:


    World Bank Live Webcast
    
    
    Participating countries include Brazil, Ghana, Senegal, Russia,
    Rwanda, Sri Lanka and the United States.
    
    
    The participants in Ghana include a group of students and


    1.Ministries


    2.Bank of Ghana


    3.Ghana Armed Forces


    4.Forestry Commission


    5.Ghana Atomic Energy Commission


    6.Ghana Civil Aviation


    7.Ghana Public Services Commission


    8.Ghana Public Enterprises Commission


    9.Volta River Authority


    10.Parliament House


    11.Ghana Fire Service


    12. Imigration Service


    13.Ghana Customs and Excise


    14.Ghana Procurement Authority


    15.National Communication Authority


    16.Meteorology Department


    17.Ministry of Transport, Department of Feeder Roads

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    <br />
    This year's <strong>GOSCON</strong> in Portland, Oregon opens
    with an international panel and videoconference on open source
    and government.
    <br />
    <br />
    When: <b>October 20th, 12 - 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time</b>
    <br />
    Where: via videoconference and live webcast, see details at:
</p>
<p>
    World Bank <a href=
    "http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live">Live Webcast</a>
    <br />
    <br />
    Participating countries include Brazil, Ghana, Senegal, Russia,
    Rwanda, Sri Lanka and the United States.
    <br />
    <br />
    The participants in Ghana include a group of students and
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    1.Ministries
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    3.Ghana Armed Forces
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    4.Forestry Commission
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    5.Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
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    6.Ghana Civil Aviation
</div>
<div>
    7.Ghana Public Services Commission
</div>
<div>
    8.Ghana Public Enterprises Commission
</div>
<div>
    9.Volta River Authority
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<div>
    10.Parliament House
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    11.Ghana Fire Service
</div>
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    12. Imigration Service
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    13.Ghana Customs and Excise
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    14.Ghana Procurement Authority
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    15.National Communication Authority
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    16.Meteorology Department
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    17.Ministry of Transport, Department of Feeder Roads
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        <category>technocracy</category>
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        <dc:subject>The Passing of Paul Newman</dc:subject>
        <title>The Passing of Paul Newman</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:22:46 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
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    Paul Leonard Newman, 1925 - 2008
    
    
    Just the other day we were reminded of The Sting, a film
    carried by the rhythm of its actors. We will miss 
    Paul Newman, husband, father, actor, activist, auto racer
    and generous philanthropist.
    
    
    
        
        
        
    
    
    
    
    Mr. Newman is survived by his wife actress Joanne Woodward
    and their daughters Susan and Nell; he is also survived by
    three other daughters, Stephanie, Melissa (Lissy) and Clea; two
    grandchildren Peter and Henry Elkind; his brother older Arthur;
    and his sons-in-law: Raphe, Kurt and Gary.
    
    

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    <b>Paul Leonard Newman, 1925 - 2008</b>
    <br />
    <br />
    Just the other day we were reminded of <i>The Sting</i>, a film
    carried by the rhythm of its actors. We will miss <a href=
    "http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/09/paul-newmans-of.html">
    Paul Newman</a>, husband, father, actor, activist, auto racer
    and generous <a href=
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    Mr. Newman is survived by his wife actress <a href=
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    and their daughters Susan and Nell; he is also survived by
    three other daughters, Stephanie, Melissa (Lissy) and Clea; two
    grandchildren Peter and Henry Elkind; his brother older Arthur;
    and his sons-in-law: Raphe, Kurt and Gary.
    <br />
    <br />
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        <category>leflick</category>
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        <dc:subject>Netbooks for Children in Portugal</dc:subject>
        <title>Netbooks for Children in Portugal</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/netbooks-for-children-in-portugal.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:59:38 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    The government of Portugal will provide 500,000 Intel Classmate
    PCs to school children under its &quot;Iniciativa Magalhães&quot;
    (Magellan
    Initiative) in the next year.
    


    
    

    


    
    


    
    

    
    Classmate PC
    


    
    
    
    Intel's Classmate PC, which will soon use their new low-power
    Atom processor, runs Windows and varients of the GNU/Linux
    operating system such as 
    Mandriva Linux. Mandriva, formerly Mandrake in France,
    acquired Brazilian Linux company Conectiva in 2005. Mandriva is
    also providing a customized version of Linux for the Gdium
    &quot;netbook&quot; which runs on a USB key.
    
    
    

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    The government of Portugal will provide 500,000 Intel Classmate
    PCs to school children under its "Iniciativa Magalhães"
    (<a href=
    "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan">Magellan</a>
    Initiative) in the next year.
    <br />
</p>
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    <br />
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    <br />
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<p>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
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    <br />
    <img src=
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    <br />
    <b>Classmate PC</b>
    <br />
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<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    Intel's Classmate PC, which will soon use their new low-power
    Atom processor, runs Windows and varients of the GNU/Linux
    operating system such as <a href=
    "http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/partners/classmate-pc-with-mandriva-linux">
    Mandriva Linux</a>. Mandriva, formerly Mandrake in France,
    acquired Brazilian Linux company Conectiva in 2005. Mandriva is
    also providing a customized version of Linux for the Gdium
    "netbook" which runs on a USB key.
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
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        <category>technocracy</category>
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        <dc:subject>Rambo Flight Capsules</dc:subject>
        <title>Rambo Flight Capsules</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/rambo-flight-capsules.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:54:33 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    
    


    
        
        
        
    


    
    
    We're reminded of former executives of a now bankrupt film
    company disagreeing over the color of their new corporate jet's
    leather seats in reading the piece about 
    comfort capsules for U.S. Air Force Generals.


    
        
        One request was that the color of the leather for the seats
        and seat belts in the mobile pallets be changed from brown
        to Air Force blue and that seat pockets be added; another
        was that the color of the table's wood be darkened.
        
        
        Changing the seat color and pockets alone was estimated in
        a March 12 internal document to cost at least $68,240.
    


    
    


    


    Debt certificate issued in 1990 for 14 Percent.


    
    
    Terminator transport?

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    We're reminded of former executives of a now bankrupt film
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        <br />
        One request was that the color of the leather for the seats
        and seat belts in the mobile pallets be changed from brown
        to Air Force blue and that seat pockets be added; another
        was that the color of the table's wood be darkened.
        <br />
        <br />
        Changing the seat color and pockets alone was estimated in
        a March 12 internal document to cost at least $68,240.
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    <br />
    <br />
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    Debt certificate issued in 1990 for 14 Percent.
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    Terminator transport?
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        <category>area51</category>
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        <dc:subject>It's a Wonderful Life: FDIC and IndyMac</dc:subject>
        <title>It's a Wonderful Life: FDIC and IndyMac</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/it-s-a-wonderful-life--fdic-and-indymac.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:14:37 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    When California's failed IndyMac Bank reopened under the
    administration of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    (FDIC) regulators, customers met with confusion.
    
    
    
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    
    
    

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    When California's failed <b>IndyMac Bank</b> reopened under the
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    (FDIC) regulators, customers met with confusion.
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        <category>bodypolitik</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Watch the Parking Meters</dc:subject>
        <title>Watch the Parking Meters</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/watch-the-parking-meters.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/watch-the-parking-meters.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:45:57 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    The Experts
    


    
        Everyone thought these guys were the best in the market
        at evaluating mortgages, so they let them skate by with
        huge debts and tiny financial cushions. But now it’s less
        clear they knew what they were doing, and it’s really
        hard to know who’s right and who’s selling pipe dreams
        and then hoping for the best.
        
        
        - 
        Thomas H. Stanton, John Hopkins University
        
        
    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p>
    <b>The Experts</b>
    <br />
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p>
        <i>Everyone thought these guys were the best in the market
        at evaluating mortgages, so they let them skate by with
        huge debts and tiny financial cushions. But now it’s less
        clear they knew what they were doing, and it’s really
        hard to know who’s right and who’s selling pipe dreams
        and then hoping for the best.</i>
        <br />
        <br />
        - <a href=
        "http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/business/12expense.html">
        Thomas H. Stanton</a>, John Hopkins University
        <br />
        <br />
    </p>
</blockquote>
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        <category>bodypolitik</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Memorial Day, U.S.A.</dc:subject>
        <title>Memorial Day, U.S.A.</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/memorial-day--u-s-a-.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/memorial-day--u-s-a-.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:32 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    
    
    
    White lilacs
    
    
    
         
    
    
        
            Little emerald soul
            
            Little emerald eye
            
            Little emerald bird
            
            We must say goodbye
            
        
    - Memorial Tribute
    
    Patti Smith
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        Memorial Day originated in Greece 2,500 years ago when
        flowers and garlands were laid on the graves of heroes. The
        custom was adopted in the United States and the Confederacy
        during the American Civil War.
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            American flag by
            
            Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
            
            
        
    

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    <br />
    <br />
    <b>White lilacs</b>
    <br />
    <br />
    <p style="text-align: left;">
         
    </p>
    <blockquote>
        <p style="font-style: italic;">
            Little emerald soul
            <br />
            Little emerald eye
            <br />
            Little emerald bird
            <br />
            We must say goodbye
            <br />
        </p>
    </blockquote>- Memorial Tribute
    <br />
    Patti Smith
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-93396/rauschenberg%2Ejpg" />

    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <div style="text-align: left;">
        Memorial Day originated in Greece 2,500 years ago when
        flowers and garlands were laid on the graves of heroes. The
        custom was adopted in the United States and the Confederacy
        during the American Civil War.
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <div style="text-align: right;">
            American flag by
            <br />
            Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
            <br />
            <br />
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
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        <category>bodypolitik</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Donate to China Earthquake Relief</dc:subject>
        <title>Donate to China Earthquake Relief</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/donate-to-china-earthquake-relief.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/donate-to-china-earthquake-relief.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:50:02 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Contributions for China Earthquake Relief may be made to
    MercyCorps, a
    U.S. non-profit organization partnered with the China Foundation for Poverty
    Alleviation (CFPA). Staff from these organizations are on
    the ground in Sichaun Province and will be coordinating
    humanitarian assistance from a temporary office in Chongqing.
    
    
    MercyCorps, which has been active in China since 2001, will
    provide clean water, food and shelter to victims of the
    earthquake. They are also planning a Cash for Work
    program to provide jobs to local people to help with clean up
    work.

</description>
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<p>
    Contributions for China Earthquake Relief may be made to
    <a href=
    "http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/">MercyCorps</a>, a
    U.S. non-profit organization partnered with the <a href=
    "http://www.cfpa.org.cn/index.asp">China Foundation for Poverty
    Alleviation</a> (CFPA). Staff from these organizations are on
    the ground in Sichaun Province and will be coordinating
    humanitarian assistance from a temporary office in Chongqing.
    <br />
    <br />
    MercyCorps, which has been active in China since 2001, will
    provide clean water, food and shelter to victims of the
    earthquake. They are also planning a <i>Cash for Work</i>
    program to provide jobs to local people to help with clean up
    work.
</p>
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        <category>habitat</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Amazing Runners</dc:subject>
        <title>Amazing Runners</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/amazing-runners-.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/amazing-runners-.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:49:54 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Patriot's
    Day in Massachusetts means it's time for the Boston
    Marathon.
    


    
    
    
    Running the last mile of the 2008 Boston Marathon, Ethiopia's
    Dire Tune inches ahead of Alevtina Biktimirova on
    Commonwealth Avenue. Tune won by 2 seconds.
    
    
    
    

    
    
    Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot, at 25013, was a strong lead.
    He won his fourth Boston Marathon despite an interruption in
    his training due to the civil strife in his homeland.
    
    

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    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots'_Day">Patriot's
    Day</a> <a>in Massachusetts means it's time for the Boston
    Marathon.
    <br /></a>
</p>
<p>
    <a><img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-91958/Biktimirova%5FTune%2Epng" />
    <br />
    <br />
    Running the last mile of the 2008 Boston Marathon, Ethiopia's
    <b>Dire Tune</b> inches ahead of <b>Alevtina Biktimirova</b> on
    Commonwealth Avenue. Tune won by 2 seconds.
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-91959/Cheruiyot%2Epng" />

    <br />
    <br />
    Kenya's <b>Robert Cheruiyot</b>, at 25013, was a strong lead.
    He won his fourth Boston Marathon despite an interruption in
    his training due to the civil strife in his homeland.
    <br />
    <br /></a>
</p>
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        <category>habitat</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>NOKIA lures Trolls for $153.3 million</dc:subject>
        <title>NOKIA lures Trolls for $153.3 million</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/nokia-lures-trolls-for--153-3-million.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/nokia-lures-trolls-for--153-3-million.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:17:42 +0200</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    
    
    According to filings with the Oslo Børs, Norway's stock
    exchange, major Trolltech (TROLL.OL) shareholders have
    pre-accepted a tender offer by Nokia.
    
    
    The Deal
    
    Trolltech CEO and co-founder Haavard Nord (7,250,120
    shares), board member Eirik Chambe-Eng through his
    Vuonislahti Invest AS (7,188,120 shares), Teknoinvest
    and funds managed by Index Ventures,
    (9,693,018 shares) have agreed to tender their shares. An
    aside: Index Ventures is also a shareholder in MySQL which
    is being acquired by Sun for 1 billion USD.
    
    
    Lars Knoll, VP of Engineering (75,200 shares) and
    Volker Hilsheimer, employee representative on the board
    of Trolltech, (56,500 shares) have also pre-accepted Nokia's
    offer.
    
    
    According to Thompson Financial, Nokia's cash bid of 16
    Norwegian Kroner per share values Trolletech at around 843
    million Norwegian Kroner, or 105 million Euro, and represents a
    premium of 6 NKR per share to Trolltech's closing price in Oslo
    on Friday. TROLL closed Friday's regular trade at $35.08, down
    $1.4, on a volume of 31.28 million shares. It's shares were up
    57% on Monday after the announcement. The company operated at a
    loss in 2006 and 2007.
    
    
    Some Background
    
    Looking beyond the Symbian and Windows CE mobile operating
    systems, Nokia was first attracted to Linux desktop GNOME's
    GTK+ library, in part because its rival desktop KDE library Qt
    was maintained by a sole company, Trolltech, rather than a
    distributed group. GNOME's origin ten years ago was as a freely
    licensed alternative to KDE. This distinction helped founder
    Miguel de Icaza attract a sizeable and energetic young
    base of developers.
    
    
    After heated discussion in the
    developer community, Trolltech eventually released its Qt
    toolkit under the GPL 2, dual licensing the code in 2000 and
    removing most of the license distinction which GNOME held.
    Recently, Trolltech announced that its Qt cross-platform
    development framework was now licensed under the GNU General
    Public License version 3 (GPL v3.)
    
    
    Quick Analysis
    
    Nokia's strategy to broaden its revenue model to services such
    as Ovi,
    makes cross platform delivery and developer mindshare a key
    dependency to its future. With Trolltech's Ot in hand (and on
    its line of mobile handsets) together with GTK+ based Maemo on
    its Linux Internet WiFi tablets,) the former rubber boot
    manufacturer musters a new challenge to other players in the
    wireless and WiMax market. Simultaneously, the company
    strenghtens its corporate leadership role in open source
    technology.
    
    
    Dean Bubley writes in his Disruptive
    Wireless blog:


    
        This isn't a battle for the smartphone space, but
        featurephones.
        
    


    
    

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<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    According to filings with the Oslo Børs, Norway's stock
    exchange, major <b>Trolltech</b> (TROLL.OL) shareholders have
    pre-accepted a tender offer by <b>Nokia</b>.
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>The Deal</b>
    <br />
    Trolltech CEO and co-founder <b>Haavard Nord</b> (7,250,120
    shares), board member <b>Eirik Chambe-Eng</b> through his
    <i>Vuonislahti Invest AS</i> (7,188,120 shares), <a href=
    "http://www.teknoinvest.no/xp/pub/topp/intro/">Teknoinvest</a>
    and funds managed by <a href=
    "http://www.indexventures.com/portfolio">Index Ventures</a>,
    (9,693,018 shares) have agreed to tender their shares. An
    aside: <i>Index Ventures is also a shareholder in MySQL which
    is being acquired by Sun for 1 billion USD.</i>
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Lars Knoll</b>, VP of Engineering (75,200 shares) and
    <b>Volker Hilsheimer</b>, employee representative on the board
    of Trolltech, (56,500 shares) have also pre-accepted Nokia's
    offer.
    <br />
    <br />
    According to Thompson Financial, Nokia's cash bid of 16
    Norwegian Kroner per share values Trolletech at around 843
    million Norwegian Kroner, or 105 million Euro, and represents a
    premium of 6 NKR per share to Trolltech's closing price in Oslo
    on Friday. TROLL closed Friday's regular trade at $35.08, down
    $1.4, on a volume of 31.28 million shares. It's shares were up
    57% on Monday after the announcement. The company operated at a
    loss in 2006 and 2007.
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Some Background</b>
    <br />
    Looking beyond the Symbian and Windows CE mobile operating
    systems, Nokia was first attracted to Linux desktop GNOME's
    GTK+ library, in part because its rival desktop KDE library Qt
    was maintained by a sole company, Trolltech, rather than a
    distributed group. GNOME's origin ten years ago was as a freely
    licensed alternative to KDE. This distinction helped founder
    <b>Miguel de Icaza</b> attract a sizeable and energetic young
    base of developers.
    <br />
    <br />
    After heated <a href=
    "http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/180/">discussion</a> in the
    developer community, Trolltech eventually released its Qt
    toolkit under the GPL 2, dual licensing the code in 2000 and
    removing most of the license distinction which GNOME held.
    Recently, Trolltech announced that its Qt cross-platform
    development framework was now licensed under the GNU General
    Public License version 3 (GPL v3.)
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Quick Analysis</b>
    <br />
    Nokia's strategy to broaden its revenue model to services such
    as <a href="http://ovi.nokia.com/ovi/app/ovi/flash/">Ovi</a>,
    makes cross platform delivery and developer mindshare a key
    dependency to its future. With Trolltech's Ot in hand (and on
    its line of mobile handsets) together with GTK+ based Maemo on
    its Linux Internet WiFi tablets,) the former rubber boot
    manufacturer musters a new challenge to other players in the
    wireless and WiMax market. Simultaneously, the company
    strenghtens its corporate leadership <a href=
    "http://www.opensource.nokia.com">role</a> in open source
    technology.
    <br />
    <br />
    Dean Bubley writes in his <a href=
    "http://disruptivewireless.blogspot.com/">Disruptive
    Wireless</a> blog:
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        This isn't a battle for the smartphone space, but
        featurephones.
        <br />
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
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    <item>
        <dc:subject>Friends With Benefits</dc:subject>
        <title>Friends With Benefits</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/friends-with-benefits.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/friends-with-benefits.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:41:20 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    While Microsoft may have surrendered this week to the European
    Union's 2004 anti-trust
    order to share Windows proprietary code with its competition,
    the company was already shifting to incorporate another realm
    of revenue from computing. Beating rivals Google and Yahoo,
    Microsoft paid $240 million to Facebook garnering 1.6% equity
    in the social network and the right to deliver ads on the
    social network now valued at $15 billion.
    
    
    Brad Stone observes in the NY Times


    
        The high valuation also represents a belief that Facebook
        is creating an important new operating system — one that
        exists on the Web instead of on personal computers.
    


    Stone's 
    article illustrates the fascination some in Silicon Valley
    have with the geography of social networks.


    
        “Once a social operating system takes over a country
        it’s like it becomes the native language of that
        country,” said Lee Lorenzen, a venture capitalist who is
        bullish on Facebook and notes that Google’s Orkut
        dominates Brazil, Friendster dominates the Philippines and
        Facebook is becoming the dominant forum in the United
        States, Canada and Western Europe.
    


    To some observers, like British developer Ben Metcalfe,
    the $15 billion valuation is a piece of 
    crafty theatre.
    
    
    With $40 billion in current assets, Microsoft seems for now not
    to want to launch its own social network war to reap benefits
    from the digitally connected, as it did with Internet Explorer
    when faced with the Netscape browser's 85% market domination in
    1995.
    
    
    By way of comparison, Novell paid $210 million to acquire
    German Linux company SuSE and $40 million for Ximian to enter
    the open source arena in 2003.

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    While Microsoft may have surrendered this week to the European
    Union's 2004 <a href=
    "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/plotsummary">anti-trust</a>
    order to share Windows proprietary code with its competition,
    the company was already shifting to incorporate another realm
    of revenue from computing. Beating rivals Google and Yahoo,
    Microsoft paid $240 million to Facebook garnering 1.6% equity
    in the social network and the right to deliver ads on the
    social network now valued at $15 billion.
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Brad Stone</b> observes in the NY Times
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        The high valuation also represents a belief that Facebook
        is creating an important new operating system — one that
        exists on the Web instead of on personal computers.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    Stone's <a href=
    "http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/technology/24cnd-facebook.html">
    article</a> illustrates the fascination some in Silicon Valley
    have with the geography of social networks.
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        “Once a social operating system takes over a country
        it’s like it becomes the native language of that
        country,” said Lee Lorenzen, a venture capitalist who is
        bullish on Facebook and notes that Google’s Orkut
        dominates Brazil, Friendster dominates the Philippines and
        Facebook is becoming the dominant forum in the United
        States, Canada and Western Europe.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    To some observers, like British developer <b>Ben Metcalfe</b>,
    the $15 billion valuation is a piece of <a href=
    "http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/facebooks-crafty-theatre-over-that-15bn-valuation/">
    crafty theatre</a>.
    <br />
    <br />
    With $40 billion in current assets, Microsoft seems for now not
    to want to launch its own social network war to reap benefits
    from the digitally connected, as it did with Internet Explorer
    when faced with the Netscape browser's 85% market domination in
    1995.
    <br />
    <br />
    By way of comparison, Novell paid $210 million to acquire
    German Linux company SuSE and $40 million for Ximian to enter
    the open source arena in 2003.
</p>
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            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>A Bad Week for Apple</dc:subject>
        <title>A Bad Week for Apple</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/a-bad-week-for-apple.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/a-bad-week-for-apple.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:15:21 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Think Different
    
    We weren't surprised to hear Steve Jobs announced a new WiFi
    iPod that will connect to a chain of coffee shops with songs
    for sale, but not to your home wireless network. Such closed
    system thinking at Apple (AAPL) is all co-branding and ROI
    thinking. It's quick and easy retail - a fast food
    mentality perfect for shareholders and convenient, if limiting,
    for customers.
    
    


    


    
        Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.
        
        The troublemakers.
    
    
        - &quot;Think Different&quot; campaign
    


    
    Speaking of Apple customers, those well-heeled early
    adopters of the iPhone, some of whom stood in line for
    hours to spend $599 plus tax were surprised at a $200
    price drop two months after the device went on sale. The 33%
    drop fired up an electronic hailstorm of complaints which
    overshadowed the new iPod announcement and quickly prodded a
    mea culpa of sorts and a $100 Apple store credit for The
    Troublemakers from Jobs:


    
        even though we are making the right decision to lower the
        price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is
        bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early
        iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with
        a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must
        live up to that trust with our actions in moments like
        these.
    


    
    Good Will
    
    Last month, technology writer-videographer David Pogue
    
    complained about how iMovie '08 had removed
    important audio and video editing functions as well as the
    plug-in capability that earlier versions contain. Different
    code, inferior product. Same name, new version. Proprietary, of
    course.
    
    


    
        Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot
        undersell or destroy.
    


    - Marshall Field, American department store owner
    
    (1834-1906)


    
    Despite a dip this week, shares in AAPL have skyrocketed
    
    (Chart) since the company started selling its iProducts. If
    customer relationships with users take a backseat in Cupertino,
    the company will be hardpressed to extend their market postion,
    particularly in a declining economic climate.
    
    

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<p>
    <b>Think Different</b>
    <br />
    We weren't surprised to hear Steve Jobs announced a new WiFi
    iPod that will connect to a chain of coffee shops with songs
    for sale, but not to your home wireless network. Such closed
    system thinking at Apple (AAPL) is all co-branding and <a href=
    "http://www.solutionmatrix.com/return-on-investment.html">ROI
    thinking</a>. It's quick and easy retail - a fast food
    mentality perfect for shareholders and convenient, if limiting,
    for customers.
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-81613/Think_Different.jpg" />
</div>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-weight: bold">
        Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.
        <br />
        The troublemakers.
    </p>
    <div style="text-align: right">
        - "Think Different" campaign
    </div>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    Speaking of Apple customers, those well-heeled <i>early
    adopters</i> of the iPhone, some of whom stood in line for
    hours to spend $599 plus tax <u>were surprised</u> at a $200
    price drop two months after the device went on sale. The 33%
    drop fired up an electronic hailstorm of complaints which
    overshadowed the new iPod announcement and quickly prodded a
    <i>mea culpa</i> of sorts and a $100 Apple store credit for The
    Troublemakers from Jobs:
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        even though we are making the right decision to lower the
        price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is
        bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early
        iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with
        a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must
        live up to that trust with our actions in moments like
        these.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Good Will</b>
    <br />
    Last month, technology writer-videographer <b>David Pogue</b>
    <a href=
    "http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/apple-takes-a-step-back-with-imovie-08/">
    complained</a> about how <i>iMovie '08</i> had <u>removed</u>
    important audio and video editing functions as well as the
    plug-in capability that earlier versions contain. Different
    code, inferior product. Same name, new version. Proprietary, of
    course.
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot
        undersell or destroy.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<div style="text-align: right">
    - Marshall Field, American department store owner
    <br />
    (1834-1906)
</div>
<p>
    <br />
    Despite a dip this week, shares in <b>AAPL</b> have skyrocketed
    <a href=
    "http://finance.aol.com/quotes/apple-inc/aapl/nas/charts?dr=60&amp;symbs=&amp;ag=&amp;index=&amp;te=mountain&amp;se=default&amp;vl=on&amp;ss=on&amp;hs=on&amp;vs=on&amp;sym=AAPL&amp;exch=USA&amp;state=1&amp;settings=1&amp;vl1=on&amp;ss1=on&amp;dv1=off&amp;hs1=on&amp;vs1=on&amp;scs=0&amp;daysb4=0&amp;fromdate=&amp;todate=&amp;freq=1&amp;timeframe=0">
    (Chart)</a> since the company started selling its iProducts. If
    customer relationships with users take a backseat in Cupertino,
    the company will be hardpressed to extend their market postion,
    particularly in a declining economic climate.
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
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        <category>technocracy</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Independence Day Fireworks, Boston 2007</dc:subject>
        <title>Independence Day Fireworks, Boston 2007</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/independence-day--boston-2007.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/independence-day--boston-2007.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:48:13 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Big Bang over the Charles River on the Fourth


    


    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p style="font-weight: bold">
    Big Bang over the Charles River on the Fourth
</p>
<p>
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-79719/Big_Bang070407.jpg" />
</div>
]]></content:encoded>
        <category>area51</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Conferring on a Proprietary Digital Future</dc:subject>
        <title>Conferring on a Proprietary Digital Future</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/conferring-on-a-proprietary-digital-future.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/conferring-on-a-proprietary-digital-future.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 20:37:45 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    The son of a door-to-door salesman of household goods, Walt
    Mossberg, targets his Wall Street Journal column on
    technology to &quot;the individual person actually faced with buying
    and using the core hi-tech devices—the customer whom industry
    calls the “end user.” His 
    profile, written by Ken Auletta in The New
    Yorker magazine, highlights how valued (and feared)
    Mossberg's product reviews are by corporate executives and
    their public relations representatives.
    
    
    It is these corporate executives, investors and technorati, not
    the consumers on the street, who are the attendees at D5:
    All Things Digital conference organized by the
    Journal. This year's conference, held at a resort in southern
    California, featured notables such as George Lucas who
    spoke about the future of his proprietary technology and
    warned hedge funds to find investments other than the movie
    business.
    
    
    Mossberg and fellow journalist Kara Swisher (seen in the
    following video clip) interviewed Bill Gates with
    Steve Jobs and the two moguls provided some of their
    ideas on the Internet as an entertainment distribution system,
    3D, user interface and how good things will be for those who
    own content in the technological future.
    
    
    

    
    Bill Gates &amp;amp; Steve Jobs together again at Wall Street
    Journal Conference
    
    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p>
    The son of a door-to-door salesman of household goods, <b>Walt
    Mossberg</b>, targets his <i>Wall Street Journal</i> column on
    technology to "the individual person actually faced with buying
    and using the core hi-tech devices—the customer whom industry
    calls the “end user.” His <a href=
    "http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all">
    profile,</a> written by <b>Ken Auletta</b> in <i>The New
    Yorker</i> magazine, highlights how valued (and feared)
    Mossberg's product reviews are by corporate executives and
    their public relations representatives.
    <br />
    <br />
    It is these corporate executives, investors and technorati, not
    the consumers on the street, who are the attendees at <b>D5:
    All Things Digital</b> conference organized by the
    <i>Journal</i>. This year's conference, held at a <a href=
    "http://www.fourseasons.com/aviara/">resort</a> in southern
    California, featured notables such as <b>George Lucas</b> who
    spoke about the future of <i>his</i> proprietary technology and
    warned hedge funds to find investments other than the movie
    business.
    <br />
    <br />
    Mossberg and fellow journalist <b>Kara Swisher</b> (seen in the
    following video clip) interviewed <b>Bill Gates</b> with
    <b>Steve Jobs</b> and the two moguls provided some of their
    ideas on the Internet as an entertainment distribution system,
    3D, user interface and how good things will be for those who
    own content in the technological future.
    <br />
    <br />
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    <br />
    <b>Bill Gates &amp; Steve Jobs together again at <i>Wall Street
    Journal</i> Conference</b>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
]]></content:encoded>
        <category>technocracy</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Good Dogs and Senators</dc:subject>
        <title>Good Dogs and Senators</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/good-dogs-and-senators.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/good-dogs-and-senators.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:58:52 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    A visit to Washington


    
    
    
    
    We always enjoy a trip to the seat of American democracy,
    particularly in Spring.
    
    
    
    
    
    The Honorable Gentleman Brussels Griffon


    
    
    
    


    
    
    
    
    Cherry blossoms and daffodils outside U.S. Capitol


    
    
    
    Pollen and politics in the air
    
    Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has seen a lot of cherry blossoms
    in his day and his senority in the United States Senate excuses
    him for waxing all warm and fuzzy in the Spring.
    


    
        &quot;She sleeps on my bed,'' said Byrd, in his 90th year and
        prone to meandering. &quot;She goes with me to the Senate, rides
        in the car with me. She stays in my office. When somebody
        comes into the office, she rises and comes over and greets
        them, goes on about her business and gets back on the
        couch.''
    


    The beloved female companion Sen. Byrd spoke about at a recent
    Appropriations Subcommittee 
    hearing was his dog. The subcommittee,
    which oversees the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) budget,
    is looking into the how numerous pet foods have recently been
    poisoning thousands of dogs and cats causing kidney failure.
    
    
    Video of hearing here.
    
    


    
    
    
    D.C. Spring
    
    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p style="font-weight: bold">
    A visit to Washington
</p>
<p style="text-align: left">
    <br />
    <img border="0" src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-77559/gentleman%5Fgriffon%2Ejpg"
    width="207" height="197" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4" />
    <br />
    <br />
    We always enjoy a trip to the seat of American democracy,
    particularly in Spring.
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>The Honorable Gentleman Brussels Griffon</b>
</p>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-79720/Capitol_DC.jpg" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Cherry blossoms and daffodils outside U.S. Capitol</b>
</div>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Pollen and politics in the air</b>
    <br />
    Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has seen a lot of cherry blossoms
    in his day and his senority in the United States Senate excuses
    him for waxing all warm and fuzzy in the Spring.
    <br />
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        "She sleeps on my bed,'' said Byrd, in his 90th year and
        prone to meandering. "She goes with me to the Senate, rides
        in the car with me. She stays in my office. When somebody
        comes into the office, she rises and comes over and greets
        them, goes on about her business and gets back on the
        couch.''
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    The beloved female companion Sen. Byrd spoke about at a recent
    Appropriations Subcommittee <a href=
    "http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007041633/Pet-food-hearing-has-Byrd-rhapsodizing-about-his-little-Shih-Tzu/">
    hearing</a> was his dog. The <a href=
    "http://appropriations.senate.gov/agriculture.cfm">subcommittee</a>,
    which oversees the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) budget,
    is looking into the how numerous pet foods have recently been
    poisoning thousands of dogs and cats causing kidney failure.
    <br />
    <br />
    Video of hearing <a href=
    "http://www.c-span.org/rss/video.asp?MediaID=30500">here</a>.
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-77561/DC%5FSpring%2Ejpg" />
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>D.C. Spring
    <br />
    <br /></b>
</div>
]]></content:encoded>
        <category>bodypolitik</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>You Say it's your Birthday</dc:subject>
        <title>You Say it's your Birthday</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/you-say-it-s-your-birthday.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/you-say-it-s-your-birthday.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:37:22 +0300</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Happy Birthday, Jean-Paul et al


    
    
    We were wondering what sort of conversation might take place if
    some people who share a birthday today came to the same party.


    
    
    Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor, born on April 9, 1933


    
        Women over thirty are at their best, but men over thirty
        are too old to recognize it.
    


    
    


    
        
        
        
    
    
    Jean-Paul Belmondo &amp;amp; Jean Seberg
    
    A bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard)
    


    
    
    Charles Baudelaire, poet, was born on April 9, 1821


    
        It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred
        slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry,
        or on virtue, as you wish.
    


    
    Sol Hurok, impresario, was born on April 9, 1888


    
        If I would be in this business for business, I wouldn't be
        in this business.
    


    
    Paul Robeson, singer. was born on April 9, 1898


    
        As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will
        always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
    


    
    Hugh Hefner, publisher, was born on April 9, 1926.


    
        My life is an open book. With illustrations.
    


    
    Jeff Zucker, television executive, was born on April 9,
    1965.


    
        Sometimes when you're down a little, you see things more
        clearly.
    


    
    Sacha de Boer, photographer, was born on
    April 9, 1967.
    
    


    
        
        
        
    
    
    Paul McCartney - &quot;For anybody in the audience who's got
    a birthday today.&quot;


    
    

</description>
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    Happy Birthday, Jean-Paul et al
</h3>
<p style="text-align: left">
    <br />
    <img border="0" src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-77149/mad_hatter.jpg"
    width="207" height="197" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4" />
    We were wondering what sort of conversation might take place if
    some people who share a birthday today came to the same party.
</p>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Jean-Paul Belmondo</b>, actor, born on April 9, 1933
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        Women over thirty are at their best, but men over thirty
        are too old to recognize it.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
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        "425" height="350" />
    </object>
    <br />
    Jean-Paul Belmondo &amp; Jean Seberg
    <br />
    <b>A bout de souffle</b> (Jean-Luc Godard)
    <br />
</div>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Charles Baudelaire</b>, poet, was born on April 9, 1821
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred
        slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry,
        or on virtue, as you wish.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Sol Hurok</b>, impresario, was born on April 9, 1888
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        If I would be in this business for business, I wouldn't be
        in this business.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Paul Robeson</b>, singer. was born on April 9, 1898
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will
        always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Hugh Hefner</b>, publisher, was born on April 9, 1926.
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        My life is an open book. With illustrations.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Jeff Zucker</b>, television executive, was born on April 9,
    1965.
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        Sometimes when you're down a little, you see things more
        clearly.
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Sacha de Boer</b>, <a href=
    "http://www.sachadeboer.com/">photographer</a>, was born on
    April 9, 1967.
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <object width="425" height="350">
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        "425" height="350" />
    </object>
    <br />
    <b>Paul McCartney</b> - "For anybody in the audience who's got
    a birthday today."
</div>
<p>
    <br />
    <br />
</p>
]]></content:encoded>
        <category>closeup</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Irish Eyes (and noses)</dc:subject>
        <title>Irish Eyes (and noses)</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/irish-eyes--and-noses-.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/irish-eyes--and-noses-.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:57:15 +0200</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    Irish Eyes (and noses) are smiling


    
    
    Galway Mayor Niall O Brolcháin (center) flanked by
    Connacht Rugby and Galway United captains Andrew Farley
    and Wes Charles promote the Rehab Foundation’s
    Green Nose Day. Photo: Andrew Downes, Galway Advertiser


    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<p style="font-weight: bold">
    Irish Eyes (and noses) are smiling
</p>
<div style="text-align: center">
    <img src=
    "http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-75249/galway_st.patrick.jpg" />
    <br />
    Galway Mayor <b>Niall O Brolcháin</b> (center) flanked by
    Connacht Rugby and Galway United captains <b>Andrew Farley</b>
    and <b>Wes Charles</b> promote the <a href=
    "http://www.rehab.ie/foundation/">Rehab Foundation</a>’s
    Green Nose Day. Photo: Andrew Downes, Galway Advertiser
</div>
<p>
    <br />
</p>
]]></content:encoded>
        <category>area51</category>
            </item>
    <item>
        <dc:subject>Ungdomshuset: What Happens in Denmark Doesn't Stay In Denmark</dc:subject>
        <title>Ungdomshuset: What Happens in Denmark Doesn't Stay In Denmark</title>
        <link>http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/ungdomshuset--what-happens-in-denmark-doesn-t-stay-in-denmark.html</link>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.linuxgreenhouse.org/blog/tim/ungdomshuset--what-happens-in-denmark-doesn-t-stay-in-denmark.html</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:23:35 +0200</pubDate>
                  <author>ten@gnome.org (Tim Ney)</author>
                <description>

    
        &quot;Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.&quot;
        
        --Marcellus in Shakespeare's Hamlet
    


    
    Ungdomshuset
    
    Unique is a building where the footsteps of Lenin and
    Bjork have passed. Yet so goes the history of
    Ungdomshuset built in 1897 as a theater and center for the
    labor movement in Denmark.
    
    


    
        
        
        
    


    Johan Olsen from Magtens Korridorer joined fellow Danish
    singers Anisette, Natasja and the band Ooh
    Sticky when they recorded the song Ungdomshuset
    Blir! by København musician Anne Eltard.
    
    
    Automobiles Burn
    
    After 25 years as a youth house and alternative cultural
    center, the eviction of squatter residents from Ungdomshuset by
    police sparked street rage not seen in the likes of peaceful
    Denmark in many a year. Eyewitness pedestrian video and camera
    phone shots of the rioting on YouTube captured the destruction
    of property by protestors and charges by police vehicles. One
    professional video clip by CBS News, which recently had all its
    video removed from YouTube, ironically was preceded by an
    automobile insurance commercial on its website.
    
    
    Stephen Hand 
    ponders the violence in Denmark:


    
        As I was reading about the present Copenhagen riots my mind
        drifted back to the riots of the 60's---especially and
        ironically after the death of Martin Luther King. Whole
        cities were in turmoil, many parts of each in flames.
    

</description>
        <content:encoded><![CDATA[
<blockquote>
    <p>
        <i>"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."</i>
        <br />
        --Marcellus in Shakespeare's <i>Hamlet</i>
    </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
    <br />
    <b>Ungdomshuset</b>
    <br />
    Unique is a building where the footsteps of <b>Lenin</b> and
    <b>Bjork</b> have passed. Yet so goes the history of
    Ungdomshuset built in 1897 as a theater and center for the
    labor movement in Denmark.
    <br />
    <br />
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    <b>Johan Olsen</b> from Magtens Korridorer joined fellow Danish
    singers <b>Anisette</b>, <b>Natasja</b> and the band <b>Ooh
    Sticky</b> when they recorded the song <i>Ungdomshuset
    Blir!</i> by København musician <b>Anne Eltard</b>.
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>Automobiles Burn</b>
    <br />
    After 25 years as a youth house and alternative cultural
    center, the eviction of squatter residents from <a href=
    "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungdomshuset">Ungdomshuset</a> by
    police sparked street rage not seen in the likes of peaceful
    Denmark in many a year. Eyewitness pedestrian video and camera
    phone shots of the rioting on YouTube captured the destruction
    of property by protestors and charges by police vehicles. One
    professional video clip by CBS News, which recently had all its
    video removed from YouTube, ironically was preceded by an
    automobile insurance commercial on its website.
    <br />
    <br />
    Stephen Hand <a href=
    "http://tcrnewscom.blogspot.com/2007/03/when-lid-blows-off-preemptive.html">
    ponders</a> the violence in Denmark:
</p>
<blockquote>
    <p style="font-style: italic">
        As I was reading about the present Copenhagen riots my mind
        drifted back to the riots of the 60's---especially and
        ironically after the death of Martin Luther King. Whole
        cities were in turmoil, many parts of each in flames.
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