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Having been bottled up for a week by the Japanese and Chinese, the Prez -- in this otherwise tongue-in-cheek Korean Taekwon-Do photo-op -- offers himself as powerful action figure (see Myung-bak's hand) about to re-ingage in the homeland political martial [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/21/is-kurt-greenbaum-laughing-at-himself/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:08:06 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/21/is-kurt-greenbaum-laughing-at-himself/

By Carlos Miller
While Kurt Greenbaum at first came across as an anal-retentive nitpicker when it came to profanity, we are now seeing he is more of a hypocrite than anything else.

Aren’t all snitches hypocrites?

On September 17, two months before he got a man fired for writing the word [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/bTSCl4mQVK8/your-turn-dot-biz.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:49:24 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/bTSCl4mQVK8/your-turn-dot-biz.html

I am of the opinion that this photograph, released by the North Korean news agency and passed on without comment by the uncritical lunkheads at Reuters, is a complete fabrication.

Look at the difference in perspective between the light brown foreground and the dark brown background, where the cattle [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/xh0HoRPXfuk/824-Guess-What-Happens-When-One-Reads-The-ObamaCare-Bill.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:50:08 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/xh0HoRPXfuk/824-Guess-What-Happens-When-One-Reads-The-ObamaCare-Bill.html What happens when you read the ObamaCare bill, specifically the one coming out of the USSA Senate? 

We learn just how bad it really is.

It isn't just that this bill will create new citizenship mandates, eliminate freedom of choice and liberty, or even jail people for making personal legal choices, [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/20/st-louis-news-station-reports-on-the-kurt-greenbaum-affair/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:34 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/20/st-louis-news-station-reports-on-the-kurt-greenbaum-affair/

By Carlos Miller
A St. Louis news station is the first mainstream media company to report on the Kurt Greenbaum affair.

The station, 4KMOV, did a good job on the story, interviewing Post-Dispatch deputy editor Bob Rose, who is supporting Greenbaum.

They also said it was unlikely that Greenbaum will resign.

And [...] ]]> http://snappedshot.com/turbo/823-Specter-Now-With-Full-Fledged-Socialist-Goodness.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:08 -0500 http://snappedshot.com/turbo/823-Specter-Now-With-Full-Fledged-Socialist-Goodness.html I find it ironic that Sen Arlen Specter claimed that the Republican party left him, thus forcing him to become a Democrat.

But yet, when one looks at his career, voting record, and his statements on American values, a person can't come to any other conclusion but that this man [...] ]]> http://snappedshot.com/turbo/822-What-Evil-Could-Replicans-Do-If-They-Were-Ever-In-Power.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:23 -0500 http://snappedshot.com/turbo/822-What-Evil-Could-Replicans-Do-If-They-Were-Ever-In-Power.html According to the left, the most atrocious thing that could ever happen, besides the warming of the planet and the sight of polar bears resting on ice caps, would be if the Republicans gained power in the People's Congress of the USSA.

How bad [...] ]]> http://snappedshot.com/turbo/821-Shocking-Truth-Behind-Israeli-Atrrocities.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:39 -0500 http://snappedshot.com/turbo/821-Shocking-Truth-Behind-Israeli-Atrrocities.html Elder over at EOZ has the scoopage.  Israel has been proven once again to inflict unecessary evil and carnage on to the Palestinian Arab peoples.

It wasn't bad enough that Israel built their suicide-bombing-Apartheid wall, or that they put up homicide-bombing-blockades around the city, or that they forcibly removed the residents [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/7Vs8KPy4tSY/820-Friday-Night-Akira.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:25 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/7Vs8KPy4tSY/820-Friday-Night-Akira.html Whoa! What happened to today?

Sorry it's been so quiet over here. Guess this is what I get for actually having to work for a living.

To make up for it, and also to hopefully keep from chasing away the last five of you readers that are still here, I'm gonna just [...] ]]> http://update.snd.org/update/entry/youre-invited-to-a-meetup-in-north-carolina-dec.-12/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:08 -0500 http://update.snd.org/update/entry/youre-invited-to-a-meetup-in-north-carolina-dec.-12/ Join us for a Saturday of presentations AND conversations, Dec. 12, 2009 from 9:30 until 1:30 at the Hickory Daily Record, 1100 Park Place, Hickory, N.C. 28603. An optional, informal lunch will follow with plenty of time for more conversation, networking and Q&A.

Learn ?How People Learn In Different [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/LfdNGTek2is/university-of-california-adding-injury-to-injury.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:41 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/LfdNGTek2is/university-of-california-adding-injury-to-injury.html

The dirty shame, yet standard operating procedure of America Inc. -- especially after screwing it up -- has simply been to turn around and dump as much of it as possible -- in the abstracted form of paperwork, leg work, extra fees and surcharges, etc. [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/friday_photo/friday_photo_bend_it_like_khadija_143851.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:01:22 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/friday_photo/friday_photo_bend_it_like_khadija_143851.asp?c=rss
(Courtesy The Empty Quarter, Dubai)

'Tis the season for Paris Photo, where 102 galleries and publishers from 23 countries are taking part in the world's leading photography fair. This year's fair, which runs through Sunday at the Carrousel du Louvre, spotlights Arab and [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/laura_bush_unveils_design_plans_for_the_george_w_bush_presidential_center_143772.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:59 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/laura_bush_unveils_design_plans_for_the_george_w_bush_presidential_center_143772.asp?c=rss

Way back when in 2007, we were one of the first outlets to tell you that Robert A.M. Stern had been hired to design the George W. Bush Presidential Center, then again earlier this year about its sudden increase in size and Laura Bush finding [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/AxbDabadY5k/818-Warmists-Caught-Faking-Data-Charles-Johnson-Deeply-Hurt-Confused.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:52:50 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/AxbDabadY5k/818-Warmists-Caught-Faking-Data-Charles-Johnson-Deeply-Hurt-Confused.html Apparently a prestigious global warming research institute in Jolly Old England had its e-mail server hacked, which has revealed a rather startling pattern of abject data manipulation.

Which, last I checked, wasn't part of the "pure" process of Scientific Inquiry which lie-b'ruls always say we Conservatives are destroying.

One wonders what [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/people/zaha_hadid_joins_forces_with_f_murray_abraham_to_meet_the_pope_143771.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:40 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/people/zaha_hadid_joins_forces_with_f_murray_abraham_to_meet_the_pope_143771.asp?c=rss

Last week marked the opening of starchitect Zaha Hadid's Maxxi, a museum housing contemporary art, in Rome. The NY Times resident critic, Nicolai Ouroussoff decided to open his recent (and glowing) review of the new building, "What would Pope Urban VIII have made of Maxxi....? [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/3oL7wRiQnAw/817-Happy-Friday-Yall.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:59:17 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/3oL7wRiQnAw/817-Happy-Friday-Yall.html I've got a bit of morning madness to deal with over here, and after that, I will proceed to work on my Fairfax story that I mentioned last night.

Until then, here's a brutally honest commercial from someone who could possibly be the best salesman, ever:

Update: [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/people/artist_jeanneclaude_passes_away_husband_christo_vows_to_continue_their_work_143770.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:25 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/people/artist_jeanneclaude_passes_away_husband_christo_vows_to_continue_their_work_143770.asp?c=rss

Sad news to start off the day with. Late yesterday, it was reported that Jeanne-Claude, the French artist who was married to and collaborated with Christo on a wide-variety of massive projects that largely involved huge installations, like "The Umbrellas" in Japan and "The Gates" in [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/WM5w8xCvsKo/when-is-piper-next-going-to-have-a-normal-halloween.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:43 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/WM5w8xCvsKo/when-is-piper-next-going-to-have-a-normal-halloween.html

2008

I promised Piper that this time, I would keep my distance so I wouldn't disrupt the fun she has planned for herself and her friends. She's so good and accommodating. She puts [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoCaptionNeeded/~3/nDCHHEURt4Y/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:03 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoCaptionNeeded/~3/nDCHHEURt4Y/ This week we feature a CBS report that celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall by drawing upon the work and reminiscences of photojournalist (and longtime friend of NCN) Peter Turnley.  Click on the image to view the video, or click here to read [...] ]]> http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/nov/20/curiosity-rewarded-cat/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:07:04 -0500 http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/nov/20/curiosity-rewarded-cat/ Good user experience is often found in the most unassuming places. We have a new restaurant opening in my neighborhood this week and I’ve been anticipating their arrival for a few weeks now. They officially open today but two days ago revealed a very important lesson in user experience.

Two [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/20/is-the-mainstream-media-going-to-touch-the-kurt-greenbaum-story/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:21:26 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/20/is-the-mainstream-media-going-to-touch-the-kurt-greenbaum-story/

By Carlos Miller
Not a word has been heard from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch since social media editor Kurt Greenbaum penned his explanatory post Wednesday afternoon where he tried to justify getting a man fired for writing the word “pussy” on the newspaper’s blog.

Meanwhile, more than 345 comments (as [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/dDXaB8VcTZY/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:20:47 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/dDXaB8VcTZY/

The original context, of course, was the Vietnam War, a storm cloud that, through the last years of the 60s, overarched our daily lives here in America with a terrible weight….What had been general and unbearable became specific and agonizing. At least that?s how I felt as I set out [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/GtT2vvDA_Kk/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:58 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/GtT2vvDA_Kk/

OpenGoo

Pictures are the easy part. A great deal of success as a freelancer is figuring out how to efficiently run one’s business. It’s a constant struggle keeping track of clients and leads and deadlines and tasks and invoices and estimates and late payments. A number of [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/dfby8YeEkR8/816-To-Fairfax-County-and-Beyond.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:06 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/dfby8YeEkR8/816-To-Fairfax-County-and-Beyond.html Finally made it to a Fairfax County Republican Committee meeting again. Hopefully this makes me a Republican in Good Standing(tm) again!

Got plenty to say about the three candidates running for Steve Cuccinelli's Virginia Senate seat, and a nice campaign speech to share with you, but I think I'm [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/A3hhmCYZ1IQ/815-Obama-Save-or-Create-Jobs-With-Stimulus-Fine-But-Where.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:07 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/A3hhmCYZ1IQ/815-Obama-Save-or-Create-Jobs-With-Stimulus-Fine-But-Where.html You will never guess where the latest jobs Obama attempted to "save-or-create" were at.  No, they were not in some fictitious congressional district.  No, they didn't involve a shoe salesman or some processed cheese.

You are going to have to click through to find out the answer....

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[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/collaboration/john_galliano_to_design_claridges_christmas_tree_142962.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:17 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/collaboration/john_galliano_to_design_claridges_christmas_tree_142962.asp?c=rss If we weren't saving up all of our spending money (in a Harry Allen-designed piggy bank, naturally) for Art Basel Miami, we would be snapping up one of those freshly discounted airfares to London. Once deposited across the pond, we'd head straight for the Ed [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/Sw6TI89s1yA/afghanistan-leakers-or-making-obama-clinton-look-like-fools.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:55:26 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/Sw6TI89s1yA/afghanistan-leakers-or-making-obama-clinton-look-like-fools.html

Rather than taking up the right wing's "dithering" or "what's taking SO long" meme when it comes to Obama's Afghan strategy (in a situation that some see as having no practical urgency) perhaps the better question to ask is, what's [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ILoveTypography/~3/OvD9puduXkI/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:50:40 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ILoveTypography/~3/OvD9puduXkI/

By Abi Huynh

Last year Mathieu Christe and Berton Hasebe wrote a very thorough article detailing the general day to day of the Type and Media masters program. With this article we hope to outline an historical overview of the course and provide a brief look at the final project [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/27TbFp7_ChQ/814-Bumper-Sticker-Outrage-of-the-Day.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:28 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/27TbFp7_ChQ/814-Bumper-Sticker-Outrage-of-the-Day.html The New York Times is absolutely bubbling with rage at one of the following bumper stickers. Can you guess which one it is?

The obvious answer is below the fold, of course.

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[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/books/whats_next_for_adland_author_james_othmer_143728.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:49 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/books/whats_next_for_adland_author_james_othmer_143728.asp?c=rss

High-flying advertising executive turned author James Othmer's new book, Adland: Searching for Life on a Branded Planet (Doubleday), offers an inside look at the past, present, and future of the ad industry. His tales of the wild and morally questionable ride from the days of Mad Men to branded [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/MjbK1qY4fbM/813-Intro-to-Google-Chrome-OS.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:49:21 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/MjbK1qY4fbM/813-Intro-to-Google-Chrome-OS.html The most exciting operating system I've seen in years (and keep in mind that this comes from a de-facto OS junkie. Anyone else out there remember OS/2 Warp?)

Plenty of background info (including source code and build instructions) here.

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[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/the_revolving_door/vogue_design_director_danko_steiner_departs_wintour_recruits_ral_martinez_143721.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:34:40 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/the_revolving_door/vogue_design_director_danko_steiner_departs_wintour_recruits_ral_martinez_143721.asp?c=rss A year and a half after he stepped up to replace longtime Vogue design director Charles Churchward, Danko Steiner has decided to leave the magazine. He is concluding his four-year tenure at Vogue to pursue photography, according to a report from WWD. Editor-in-chief Anna [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/w8iZWylCC3A/812-Seriously-Are-We-Supposed-To-Be-Impressed.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:26:05 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/w8iZWylCC3A/812-Seriously-Are-We-Supposed-To-Be-Impressed.html .. or just laugh out loud at their narcissism.

In the wake of the Fort Hood shooting tragedy, Hollywood actress Camryn Manheim believes its time this country did something about further restricting who can obtain a deadly weapon.

?There should be vast limitations on gun policy and tons of [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/product_design/singer_taylor_swift_gets_into_greeting_card_design_143634.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/product_design/singer_taylor_swift_gets_into_greeting_card_design_143634.asp?c=rss

We've seen celebrities "design" piles upon piles of clothing, shoes, and anything else they can get their grubby little celebrity hands on. But now singer/songwriter Taylor Swift can lay claim to being the first to get into the lucrative greeting card market (those cards with people [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/nbiZ2eKqj40/811-Things-You-Never-Knew-You-Wanted-To-See.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:52:04 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/nbiZ2eKqj40/811-Things-You-Never-Knew-You-Wanted-To-See.html Exhibit A: A 21st-century Korean interpretation of the ancient Australian art of the didgeridoo:

A little bit of early-for-Friday excitement, courtesy our good friend Eddie the Bear!

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[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/uc_berkley_decides_to_scrap_toyo_ito_designed_building_143633.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:01:10 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/uc_berkley_decides_to_scrap_toyo_ito_designed_building_143633.asp?c=rss

We pick you up and then drop you back down. Sorry, but that's just how we roll around here. As positive as that last post was about the Billings Index rise, that doesn't necessarily mean much to a project that's getting shut down. So it is for [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/aias_billing_index_continues_to_rise_reaches_prebust_numbers_143632.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04:16 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/aias_billing_index_continues_to_rise_reaches_prebust_numbers_143632.asp?c=rss

Have we survived? Have we really put these dark days behind us and come out alive? So it might seem when you hear the news that the AIA's Architecture Billing Index is finally back to the levels it was at in August of 2008, right before [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/books/views_from_windows_find_their_way_into_two_books_143631.asp?c=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:49 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/books/views_from_windows_find_their_way_into_two_books_143631.asp?c=rss

If you like interesting or attractive scenery, but particularly if you enjoy looking at it through windows, 2009 is going to be a red letter year for you, given that there are two new books available that provide just that. First up is Matteo Pericoli's The [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/bY0DIwzjwY0/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:04:12 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/bY0DIwzjwY0/

Sohrab Hura - Touch - Joop Swart Masterclass

The 2009 Joop Swart Masterclass has just published the participants’ work on the theme “touch.” Sohrab Hura is a favorite recent discovery, having first seen his work a year [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/70nJnpXKcLU/british-army-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-detainees-in-iraq.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:57:13 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/70nJnpXKcLU/british-army-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-detainees-in-iraq.html BAGnews is pleased to introduce Pete Brook, our newest contributor. This piece is cross-posted from Pete's superb blog, Prison Photography.

Still from video shown to the Baha Mousa public Inquiry showing Corporal Donald Payne,

formerly of the Queen's Lancashire [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/yG2L4izRQiM/are-you-going-to-believe-them-or-your-own-eyes.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:50:07 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/yG2L4izRQiM/are-you-going-to-believe-them-or-your-own-eyes.html

Somehow, this was read as a fireworks show.

And then, even after witnessing this, much of America was spun into buying this.

BAGnews is singularly dedicated to challenging the use of pictures for the purpose of sensationalism, oversimplification, infotainment or collusion by the shockingly over-concentrated corporate media.

You [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/JENTS1gOjQo/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:22:05 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/JENTS1gOjQo/ The Atlanta Photojournalism Contest deadline has been pushed back to Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 11:55pm US Eastern time.

[...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/19/does-kurt-greenbaum-need-to-resign/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:08:56 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/19/does-kurt-greenbaum-need-to-resign/

Kurt Greenbaum

Update: Is the mainstream media going to touch the Kurt Greenbaum story?

By Carlos Miller
It’s been three days since St. Louis Post-Dispatch social media editor Kurt Greenbaum bragged about how he caused a man to lose his job and he has [...] ]]> http://www.sportsdesigner.com/1/2009/11/lazy-designers-guide-to-success.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:33:29 -0500 http://www.sportsdesigner.com/1/2009/11/lazy-designers-guide-to-success.html Pentagram's Michael Bierut and his seven steps to success:

• 1. Keep it simple.
• 2. Don't reinvent the wheel.
• 3. Don't reinvent the wheel, rotate the tires instead.
• 4. Do as you're told.
• 5. Steal.
• 6. Once you've come up with something, never let it go.
• 7. Make other people do the work.
  
  

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