| About this project
The voices of regular people are not often heard. This unique blogging experiment from spokesmanreview.com is an attempt to address these problems. At left you'll find the latest post from each of our eight writers for this project. Two of them work for The Spokesman-Review; they'll be a vehicle for people throughout our area to share their stories, in their own words. The other six bloggers are readers who have agreed to share their thoughts on politics and this election season, in real time. Click through to follow the voices that interest you most. Your America Gaining insight from ordinary citizens New To America Giving a voice to first-time, immigrant voters Young America Reaching out to young adults Tomorrow's America Listening to those too young to vote Reader View: Ron Reed Seeking common-ground platforms for positive change Reader View: Scott Schmidtman Countering the liberal bias of the "mainstream media" Reader View: Lynn O'Connor Looking for information with many perspectives Reader View: Roger Benedict Deconstructing both sides of the debate Together, we think our eight bloggers represent the breadth of opinion, values and experience that make up the constituency that we call home.
LogMeIn plans initial public offering
The company's customer base has grown to about 92,000 premium accounts as of November 2007 from 48,000 premium accounts in November 2006. The company also offers two free services. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Michael K. Simon, who founded LogMeIn in February 2003, has a history of leading technology firms. Prior to founding LogMeIn, Simon served as chairman of Red Dot Ltd., a digital content provider, and Fathom Technology ApS, a software outsourcing company that was sold to EPAM Systems Inc. in 2004. Simon also founded online and interactive game creator Uproar Inc., which was acquired by Vivendi Universal Games Inc. in 2001. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, the company reported a loss of $6.5 million, compared with a loss of $4.4 million in the year-ago period.
Kos Defends Coulter
Can a cheap headline featuring hot-button words "Kos" and "Coulter" goose a blogger's hit count? The stats are in and the answer is ... unfortunately ... yes. ... P.S.: But the hed does refer to an actual item, which is here. 11:55 A.M. Kos mocks Sen. Lieberman for naming his ad hoc independent party "Connecticut for Lieberman:" It's still about him. It's always about him. Hmm. What's the name of Kos's site again? Daily Netroots? Daily People Power? ... [Stolen from reader C.] 5:39 P.M. The Atlantic's editors have hit on a way to make you hate them: Blogging to let you know what a challenging, "thought-provoking" time they're having at the Aspen Ideas Festival listening to E.O. Wilson, Alan Greenspan, Bill Clinton and Karl Rove, among others: .
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal and Omm Kolthoum celebra
The death of a writer means only one thing to his readers: a spring run dry. The death of a writer means an end to a font of imagination, emotions and knowledge. But the death of Naguib Mahfouz is something else. To his readers and professional disciples, Mahfouz was more than just a writer: He was, and is, the Arab novel itself. Before him, there was nothing called the Arab novel; today, thanks to him, there exists a genre to speak of. Writing the novel was a conscious decision for the young Mahfouz. .
Why schools aren't safe
I made a brief announcement before lunch (about the report) and the fact that the media was at Jefferys, and I urged students to continue to focus on the future and to try and move this momentum that we've gained to a higher level.Jim Spyropoulos, principal, C.W. Jefferys If there are people who are experiencing violence, or are afraid to talk about violence that they are experiencing, that's unacceptable. Is it my experience that there's a pervasive culture of fear or violence in the Toronto board? No, that is not my personal experience.Education Minister Kathleen Wynne, involved in the Toronto board as parent and trustee The big picture is not that schools are going into the ditch – because they're not. But are there kids who need assistance? Of course, and the Ontario government should cut a cheque right away for more social workers, psychologists, more adults supervising in schools.Stu Auty, chair, Canadian Safe School Network I'm not disagreeing there is some culture of fear in schools – some scary things happen and there are certain places in some schools where teachers don't want to go, even in pairs, even with walkie-talkies.
13 tips to save money on your next cruise
Wave season — the time of year when most cruises are booked — is just ahead. It runs from January to about mid-March, and because everyone's out there buying a floating vacation, there are lots of deals to be had. But the 2008 wave season promises to be a little different than past ones. Coming off a year in which the industry trade group Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) expected to welcome a record 12.62 million cruise passengers, an increase of about a half-million guests over 2006, there's trouble on the horizon. .
New top cop 'on point all the time'
Matens said he and Weis worked together on bomb analysis in New York after the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, and Weis seemed to work at least some part of every shift around the clock. He is a workaholic -- something he acknowledges. It's one of the reasons he and his wife, Janice, a personal trainer, opted not to have children, he said. He and his wife met 13 years ago on a blind date set up by one of her sisters. "I love kids. They're fun. But I also feel a strong sense of dedication to anything I do," Weis said. "I don't want to be an absentee dad -- missing Pee-Wee football games and baseball games and dances. There's no way to recover that. And I would be very torn between being there for my children and also being there for what I call my 'other children' -- the men and women of the Philadelphia FBI office." He and his wife dote on her cat, who is chunky and "pampered beyond belief," Weis said.
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