via BBC
One of the biggest insurance companies in the world held a party for salesmen where they were rewarded with the services of prostitutes. Munich Re is the world's biggest re-insurer - in other...
May 20, 2011
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7:50 PM
Hey, if by the time you have read this, the apocalypse has already happened… you’re in Luck! New York’s Mayor Bloomberg has suspended alternate side parking for residents and visitors of New...
May 20, 2011
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7:04 PM
Al Qaeda Aiming for Them
Al Qaeda seeks to attack oil tankers and drilling platforms to punish Western nations and disrupt the global economy. There was also interest in attacking the U.S. rail system. These plans and...
May 20, 2011
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2:20 PM
The Great Escape!
Looks like states are seeking to close down prisons. The US, after all, has the highest incarceration rate, and keeping prisoners in prisons is very costly. The states seek to reduce the...
May 20, 2011
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2:04 PM
No More Excessive Jargon!
The federal government has rolled up a new official language: plain English (thank goodness for that!). Pressure from grammarians in the civil service coerced President Obama to sign the Plain...
May 20, 2011
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1:52 PM
To Cut or not to Cut?
So, the NYC mayor defends his plan to close 20 city fire companies as a budget-cutting measure. He has said that today's houses are far less flammable than those before the 1940s. He also said...
May 20, 2011
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1:46 PM
China the Opportunist
So, Pakistan-US relations suffered after Obama commanded a precision attack (Navy Seals) on Osama Bin Laden's compound. To the Pakistanis, this is a breach of sovereignty (for lack of consent and...
May 20, 2011
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1:33 PM
Pakistani Taliban Strikes Back
So, three weeks after the death of Osama Bin Laden, the Pakistani Taliban sought revenge using a car bomb to attack U.S. vehicles. One Pakistani bystander is dead, and Americans within the two...
May 20, 2011
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1:15 PM
Full Title: AASHE Interview Series: Kent Blumenthal, Executive Director, NIRSA This week’s interview is with Kent Blumenthal, the Executive Director of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports...
May 20, 2011
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12:42 PM
They're Here!!!
Hi Everyone! The QUMBC graduation stoles arrived today! I'll have them with me on campus until 2:30 pm and then again at 5:30pm. If you're walking in the Commencement ceremony on Monday and...
May 20, 2011
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10:52 AM
