Event promotes healthy kids
April 30th, 2008
More than 5,000 people attended the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation’s Dia del Nino celebration Saturday.The center, in partnership with New Mexico Children, Youth and Families, sponsored the event to promote healthy, literate children and families in New Mexico.According to the center’s Web site, about 400,000 New Mexicans don’t have health insurance.Maggie Smith, owner of […]
Washington Post Columnist
April 30th, 2008
The Post’s Stephen Barr is the author of The , which runs Monday through Friday in the Business news section. Steve has been a reporter and editor at The Post since 1979, including stints as Federal Page editor, congressional editor and a National staff writer covering federal management and workplace issues. He began writing the […]
Film Clips
April 30th, 2008
Downsizing your carbon footprintShelter from an empty cupCreative Loafing’s SideshowView and post ads in other cities.BILL (R) A doormat of a man, Bill (Aaron Eckhart) works an unsatisfying job and stays married to his cheating wife. But once he begins mentoring a rebellious and self-confident teen (Logan Lerman), his life starts to turn around.THE GRAND […]
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April 30th, 2008
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Packed to the Gills
April 30th, 2008
29 April 2008 By John Wendle / Staff Writer The blue shadows of sharks circled ominously round and round the child. Then the toddler reached out and banged her hand on the glass. Her dad smiled.On another recent day, the doctors at a local trauma center asked, “How the hell did you get bitten […]
WHAT WE DON’T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVIES
April 30th, 2008
Recently, professional critics have felt a backlash from this Internet frenzy. Print publications restructuring to keep up with the web have dismissed or offered buyouts to noticeable numbers of employees, including critics. Trimming these fatted ranks is a result of basic disrespect for criticism as both a true journalistic profession and a necessary intellectual practice.This […]
Managing the change in Turkey: the contribution of the World Bank
April 30th, 2008
Turkey has been passing through a deep structural transformation from a state-based society and economy model to an individual and free market economy model.As the cultural, institutional, organizational and human capital is not yet well-equipped for such a radical change, this process has already created deep anxieties in the complicated social strata. For the mentioned […]
Strike a pose: Avery set to intern at Vogue
April 30th, 2008
Photos: They’re Stanley Cup winners that are easy on the eyes. Here are some of the NHL’s players that are hot both on and off the ice.Avery, who helped the Rangers, get into the second round of the playoffs, will join Vogue magazine as an intern some time after the team’s run ends. He hopes […]
AmLaw 100 Rankings: Is the Golden Age of Growth Over?
April 30th, 2008
For a lot of law-firm managing-partner types, today is a big day, as the AmLaw 100 hits their in-boxes. The AmLaw 100, or the American Lawyer magazine’s annual list of the top-grossing law firms for the year previous, represents not only a boatload of work for AmLaw staffers. For law firm heads, it’s a report […]
Unexpected Slashdot Downtime
April 30th, 2008
You’ll be targeted by the sharpshooters either way. Upgrade the system and they’ll complain that you should cater to the lynx-using crowd (all five of ‘em), and so avoid the necessity of an upgrade. Don’t upgrade it and they’ll complain that the site doesn’t load like greased lightning. Again, a pure text, no graphics site […]