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• Discouraged ex-LATers, part 3

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  In the last installment of their survey of each other, most former Los Angeles Times newsroom staffers polled say they expect their old paper to fold — just 16% expect it to survive. Well see what the new members of the Ex club think in a week or so: newsroom talk says the next layoffs will come down on December ...
  16 hours ago

• Liquid Galaxy takes Google Earth to the next level

  
  Coolest Gadgets — Authority: 685
  When Google isn’t developing Android or improving their legendary search engine, they have a pet project to improve Google Earth. This project, also known as Liquid Galaxy, is based on another project known as Street View Holodeck, which is a way of perceiving the Earth from all angles, not just a birds-eye view. ...
  17 hours ago

• Daily Credit Summary: December 8 - Greeced Darkening

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  Commentary compliments of www.creditresearch.com Spreads ended the day mixed in the US today with very low intraday ranges and only marginal moves as HY just outperformed IG. Breadth was modestly negative as TMT and CONSumer names underperformed. We note that credit has outperformed equity in the last couple of ...
  19 hours ago

• Leo Wolinsky named editor of Daily Variety

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Leo Wolinsky, an editor and reporter at the Los Angeles Times for 31 years, has been named editor of Daily Variety, "encompassing both the L.A. and Gotham editions," the trade says . He begins in January, will be responsible "for all editorial content for the print edition" and will report to Variety Group editor Tim ...
  20 hours ago

• The latest online shopping scam

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 167
  Bah humbug! Before you tackle your gift list or book your holiday flight online, be sure to read the fine print to avoid the latest web scheme targeting online consumers.This massive web scam has already cost online shoppers more than $1.4 billion, ac
  4 days ago

• Address To Longitude & Lat 2

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 183
  I need a script that will convert an address to be placed in my mysql database and b used by a google map on the website. I believe I need a converter to convert address to longitude and Latitude but not sure, bidders can advise.
  5 days ago

• "Running, Blogging, Taking Risks -- and Watching The Devil Wears Prada."

  
  The Happiness Project — Authority: 127
  I started my career as a lawyer -- I was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when I realized that I really wanted to be a writer – and I’m still very interested in lawyerly concerns. One way I stay abreast of what’s happening in the world of law...( read more )
  6 days ago

• Times Claudia Eller shifts jobs

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Yes, Claudia Eller will still be digging for scoops in Hollywood. But shes shifting to also help manage the other reporters for Company Town, the L.A. Times entertainment news operation. Memo this afternoon from Sallie Hofmeister: From: Hofmeister, Sallie Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:41 PM To: yyEntertainAll ...
  6 days ago

• 27% of ex-LATers report health problems

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  In the second part of a survey of recently formered newsroom staffers at the Los Angeles Times, almost all say they have health insurance — but mostly due to COBRA benefits, which expire. From The Journalism Shop : While former Times employees struggle with their own careers, 65 percent report spouses working ...
  6 days ago

• Buy a House in Lat Phrao Bangkok?

  
  Personal Thailand — Authority: 129
  Buy a house in Lat Phrao in Bangkok?Lat Phrao is not really a tourist area but it is full with students and young people. The Lat Phrao road is very long and Thai people tend to know on what part you should live on and what part you should not buy a house.The Thai Police [...]Related posts: Buy house in Sweden rent ...
  1 week ago

• Bad tidings for LAT refugees

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  This wont come as good news for the Los Angeles Times staffers who are worried about losing their jobs in the coming cutbacks. The ex-staffers behind The Journalism Shop did an informal survey of 75 recently departed newsroom employees and say they "continue to struggle with severe underemployment, soon-to-expire ...
  1 week ago

• The Latin Lefts Attack on the Media

  
  Wealth of Nations — Authority: 496
  Latin America is more democratic than ever: free elections are the norm, and 57 percent of Latin Americans support democracy over authoritarian government, up from 54 percent five years ago, according to Latinobarómetro, a polling firm. Yet across the region, the media are under assault from autocrats who are ...
  1 week ago

• Another new hire at LAT Calendar

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Assistant Managing Editor for Arts and Entertainment Sallie Hofmeister tonight announced the second recent hire to fill openings on the L.A. Times entertainment team. We told you about Steven Zeitchik last week; now Amy Kaufman joins the Times from the Daily Beast, after a brief stint at The Wrap. The memo to staff: ...
  1 week ago

• RIP Mike Penner/Christine Daniels, Transgender LAT Sportswriter

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 788
  “We are born with this, we fight it as long as we can, and in the end it wins.” — LAT Sportswriter Mike Penner , explaining to his readers that he was transgendered and was embarking on the process to transition to a woman, Christine Daniels . Penner went through that surgery and wrote under the ...
  1 week ago

• LATs "readers rep" is leaving paper

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Jamie Gold worked in the Readers Representatives office at the L.A. Times for ten years, since 2001 as the main liaison between readers and the newsroom "on questions of accuracy, fairness and bias." Editor Russ Stanton explains what he is looking for in a replacement. He says Gold decided to leave the paper, so its ...
  1 week ago

• Thailands High Risk Areas in Bangkok

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 150
  RISK AREAS IN BANGKOKLat Phrao 101: RISKIEST areaSecond on the list is Lat Phrao 107, followed by Soi Supapong, Sukhumvit 105 and Soi Phaholyothin 52, police sayThe riskiest area in Bangkok is Soi Lat Phrao 101, according to a list compiled by the Metropolitan Police Bureau.“We have prepared the list based on crime ...
  1 week ago

• Da Lat-the Kingdom of Flowers celebrate Hanoi’s 1000 anniversary

  
  NEAAT! — Authority: 141
  The festival, named “Da Lat-the Kingdom of Flowers”, will run from January 1-4, 2010. According to the organising board, there will be a giant flower vase styled from bronze drums to be carried by 1,000 Da Lat citizens and tourists.       more here: ...
  1 week ago

• Mike Penner, 52, believed to be suicide

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Sad news at the Los Angeles Times website about one of their own . Mike Penner, the veteran sportswriter who in 2007 and 08 was known publicly as Christine Daniels, was found dead at home. "Suicide was the suspected cause of death," the Times reports. Penner wrote revealingly about his personal transformation into ...
  1 week ago

• Wanted: one film critic

  
  LA Observed — Authority: 660
  Heres a hire that will be closely scrutinized and dissected, no matter who gets it: the LA Weekly is looking for a replacement for Scott Foundas . The L.A. Weekly is looking for a film critic/editor. Candidate must have deep knowledge and appreciation of contemporary film and film history, both international and ...
  1 week ago

• Google Coupons go Mobile – will you use it?

  
  TechBurgh Blog and PodCast — Authority: 531
  Coupons work – there’s no doubt about it. Now more than ever people are clipping coupons and looking for a better deal. Just this morning, before I left the house I printed a $5 off coupon for an Oil Change . Well Google is pushing the online coupon market a little further by making their already popular local ...
  2 weeks ago

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