Convention
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SXSW post #1: the preview, theory, Grynch, and plan
Seattle Times &bull 27 Minutes Ago
In writing about it, I interviewed local artists, managers, and heads of record labels planning on attending, and we talked about the relationship between musicians, fame, money, and what everybody flouted convention and didn't coolly/casually refer to as "South by."… Full Story »
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Rachel Alexandra vs. Zenyatta? Not so fast
Seattle Times &bull 4 Hours Ago
The convention and visitor's bureau said 50,000 trading cards featuring the 4-year-old filly and the 6-year-old mare were being printed, and hotel rooms in the resort area have been booked solid for weeks. Full Story »
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Marc Abeles - The Politics of Survival
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Storm leaves Northeast soggy, windblown and dark
Seattle Times &bull Today
Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed by as many as four hours Saturday, and some flights bound for New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport had to be redirected to Boston's Logan International Airport. Two condominium complexes near… Full Story »
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Sarah Palin & Glenn Beck Rock Tulsa Convention Center (Video)
Gateway Pundit &bull Today
Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck rocked the Tulsa Convention Center tonight. Sarah Palin said Washington was disconnected from the rest America arguing that Congress is ignoring the demands of the people to quit expanding government programs. Full Story »
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New artists making it work amid ComiCon fanfare
Seattle Times &bull Today
Web-based comic-book artists and writers, who are among the many vendors at the annual, two-day Emerald City ComiCon convention in Seattle, are part of a growing niche in the Northwest. Emerald City ComiCon The two-day convention devoted to the comic-book… Full Story »
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What Is Politics?: The Activity and Its Study
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Times Sports section wins Triple Crown honor
Seattle Times &bull Today
Five writing awards is the most for The Times since at least 1998, and tied for the most in its circulation category this year. The top five writing entries will be ranked on April 15. The Times will receive its… Full Story »
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Yes, we Kenco
BBC News - Americas &bull Today
The first national Tea Party convention in February featured former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin as its keynote speaker. Unlike their Tea Party counterparts, who want a smaller government with less influence, coffee partiers believe government can provide solutions, and they… Full Story »
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Innovation on display at Games Conference
Seattle Times &bull Yesterday
Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives. Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the… Full Story »
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Tom Campbell's story still doesn't check out
Redstate &bull Yesterday
At the California Republican Party Convention currently under way, Tom Campbell claimed that he would not have written the 2002 letter for Al-Arian had he known that the man called for "Death to Israel," implying it was not a widely… Full Story »
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Erin Manning - Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty
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GovSec Announces Homeland Security Finance Forum Speakers
www.businesswire.com via @NOMAMONT &bull YesterdayFALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GovSec, produced by 1105 Government Information Group, the leading provider of integrated information and media for the government information technology (IT) market, today announced the panelists for the Homeland Security Finance Forum, taking place during GovSec on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.… Full Story »
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Robbie Gennet: Why the Armenian Genocide Matters
Huffington Post &bull Mar 12, 2010
You may ask yourself why the Armenian Genocide currently matters, or more accurately, why Turkey is so resolute against it being recognized as such. One would think after almost a hundred years, an official apology for killing or displacing 2 million Armenians would be a welcome and long overdue occasion for Turkey to make peace with Armenia. But as we've seen, Turkey… Full Story »
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Hal Donahue: If Tea Parties Can't Here, Where? Healthcare Update
Huffington Post &bull Mar 12, 2010
Pennsylvania Congressman Chris Carney is a special case. He is a Democrat in a district gerrymandered to be a safe Republican seat. In his heavily Republican district, Carney is extremely popular and a pragmatist representing his district's values. As a college professor, Republicans tried to paint Carney as an "ivory tower egghead". They, and what was to… Full Story »
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WIRE WATCH: McCain on Campaign Trail; Calif. GOP Convention; Debating the Filibuster
Washington Wire (Wall Street Journal) &bull Mar 12, 2010
A roundup of the day's notable events. Full Story »
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Religious tests
Ed Cone &bull Mar 12, 2010
The church elects reps every year to go to the national convention. It works a lot like congress. And as you might expect, many people are on many sides of many issues. Every member, and every congregation is not in… Full Story »
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Atsuko Ueda - Concealment of Politics, Politics of Concealment: The Production of "Literature" in Meiji Japan
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Law School Dems Convention in DC This Weekend Features Panels on Voter Protection, CU
Election Law &bull Mar 12, 2010
More Anti-CU Speech that CJ Roberts May Find "Very Troubling" Full Story »
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LaRue Live!: Trying to help Cleveland
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull Mar 12, 2010I applaud his efforts though I believe he will find that change never comes easy for cities like Cleveland, who have had years of the "old style" politics and policies in the government leadership. The city has traditionally followed the… Full Story »
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Bella DePaulo: Seeking Novels with Strong Single Characters, Matrimania Not Included
Huffington Post &bull Mar 11, 2010
Novels that are constructed around romantic love, Gornick believes, are leaning on convention and nostalgia, rather than standing upright on the sturdier and more ennobling ground of reality and discovery. I think that too uncritical an embrace of the mythology… Full Story »
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Sale of elephant tusk stockpiles may encourage poaching, experts worry
Seattle Times &bull Mar 11, 2010
Elephant experts from around the world are joining a University of Washington scientist in calling for a moratorium on legal ivory sales, to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks. Full Story »
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Christian missionaries expelled from Morocco
Redstate &bull Mar 11, 2010
The Moroccan government has begun what amounts to an expulsion of all Christian missionaries. Considering that the speech of a Dutch politician said to be anti-Islamic, or a Swiss law to curtail the building of minarets, is the kind of thing that attracts extensive and often hyperbolic press coverage, one might expect… Full Story »
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America can only be Right: More than 2000 People Show Up to Protest ObamaCare
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull Mar 10, 2010Hours before President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak in St. Charles on reforming the nation's health care system, more than 2,000 people packed a convention ballroom a few miles away to rally against those reforms. The occasion was a… Full Story »
