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Rothenberg’s End of the Year Awards for 2008 Campaigns

by stuart rothenbergafter each election, i offer my selections in the service of the “best” and the “worst” of the cycle. as in past years, i’ll offer up a few matchless nominees for each category before i make my selections.if you don’t agree with these choices, feel free to send your ideas to my editors or to your favorite blogger (but not to me).master of self-destructionnominees:michele bachmann (r-minn.)tim mahoney (d-fla.)ted stevens (r-alaska)tom feeney (r-fla.)jon powers (d-n.y.)bill sali (r-idaho)this list is scary. all of them strongly undermined their own appeal. but bachmann won her the track, so i’ll disconnect her from consideration. stevens, who would have been a shoo-in for re-election without his ethics problems (democrat mark begich almost certainly would not have run), is all through 80 years old and i’m headed in that direction myself, so i’ll remove him from consideration.it’s a hard cry. powers misrepresented himself to voters by puffing up his r

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HECK? Really? HECK? That’s the best they could come up with? What exactly does kid mean in this context? Baby goat?

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HOW RCA IS PLANNING…. YOUR WORLD OF TOMORROW

By James C. G. Conniff

RADIOS as small as sugar cubes. Typewriters that print letters as fast as you can dictate them.

A memory storage plate smaller and thinner than a postage stamp?a shoe-box full of them will store and produce any one of a million facts in seconds.

An automated house with electronic devices that awaken you in the morning, make your bed, prepare your breakfast, clean house and make it burglar-proof while you are out.

All of these electronic miracles are in existence. They are products of the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, N. J., and scientists of the Radio Corporation of America are working today to make them available to you tomorrow.Let’s examine the automated house and its amazing Home Electronic Center, which consists of a miniaturized system of all-electronic mechanisms already lab-tested at Princeton. This system will let your wife run her home by push-buttons in a few short years. For example, with this Home Electronic Center setup your wife will dial the electronic controls the night before to wake you gently to music in the morning. The system will shut the window when you get up or turn up the heat or air conditioning. In the bathroom you’ll put your chin into what looks like the lower half of a catcher’s mask upholstered in flexible, multi- perforated metal. It is a soundless electronic abrasion shaver which will adapt to the contours of your face for a fast, clean, sting-free shave. Meanwhile your shower is running at your preferred temperature.

RCA engineers call this wonder system the Home Electronic Center Kid, or HECK. While your wife snoozes on, silent HECK is busy preparing your breakfast?chilled juice, hot coffee, eggs and toast?which will be served by HECK as you approach the kitchen table.

You eat in a room suffused with electronic sunshine, even in the coldest weather. A tilt-up, table-top Telefax reports world news in text and pictures while HECK clears the outside walks of snow via buried heat grids. An electronically-activated servo mechanism opens the garage doors and warms up the car.

When your wife finally gets up, HECK has already done your dishes and tidied up and will do the same for her. While she enjoys a breakfast, HECK silently sorts and washes the laundry, dries it and folds it before dusting the house by electronic precipitation.

HECK will make the beds and quietly dispose of all garbage via machinery and deep underground tanks download drama movie. All your wife has to do, besides keeping pantry and freezer loaded, is insert punched menu cards to have HECK come up with a simple snack or an elaborate dinner at a pre-set time. An ingenious delayed-transmission unit stores current to run this automatic household for 24 hours in case of power failure.

HECK will record telephone messages while you’re out and turn up the electroluminescent panel-lighting to welcome you home after dark. A simple but thief-proof key-and-IBM-card arrangement permits HECK to receive goods and pay de-liverymen by check during your absence. HECK will instantly signal for police if burglars try to break in when you are out or sound an alarm in case of fire.

A mobile radio-controlled unit to trim grass and hedges, powered by wafer-thin atomic batteries and responsive to HECK’s command, is also planned for this dream house.

There are also a host of other startling electronic wonders designed to make life easier and more pleasant for you in the future.

Video cameras, for example, are already being miniaturized to the size of a package of frozen food for widespread home and industry use: nursery-watching, quality control in mass production, detection of pilferers, on-the-job training, etc.

To speed up the working of electronic computers which assist in such discoveries, the RCA lab recently devised a memory storage plate smaller and thinner than a four-cent postage stamp. It has 256 tiny holes in it and can keep a million facts on file and produce them in any combination or alone in milli-seconds.

But it is probably in the field of human health that the David Sarnoff Research Center will make its greatest contributions. General Sarnoff, Board Chairman of RCA, fully expects increased use of television to give any patient ser …

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Exclusive Burn After mejores erecciones Reading DVD Clip

comingsoon.net has your closed blue ribbon look at a clip from the burn after reading dvd and blu-flash disc, coming to stores on december 21st. the clip features writers/directors joel and ethan coen talking about john malkovich’s role of osbourne cox in the film. in burn after reading , an ousted cia official’s (malkovich) history accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. the skin co-stars george clooney, frances mcdormand, tilda Viagra swinton, richard jenkins and brad pitt. watch the smack

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Premium and Free Fable 2 DLC Set for December 22

while word erroneously spread here the internet recently that the premium knothole isle dlc would be present for fable 2 this week, a lionhead spokesperson has explained to eurogamer that it’s as a matter of fact set on the side of release on december 22.

The spokesperson said that the original date of December 12 was a “mistake,” and confirmed that it’s now set for Monday, the 22nd. As previously revealed, the Knothole Island DLC will (obviously) add a new area called Knothole Island for players to explore, which will provide “new quests, wondrous items, and bizarre characters.” It’ll cost 800 Microsoft Points, or $10.

Along with the premium DLC, Lionhead will also release a patch that’ll allow Fable 2 players without Knothole Island to play with those who do download it (although those without the premium content, naturally, will not have that content available to them in co-op). And as was also previously revealed, anyone who downloads the DLC or the free patch will get a few new in-game items, including “Knight’s Boots, Assassin’s Gloves, a special Weight Loss Potion, collectible silver book, and more.”

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Hugh Jackman Hosting the Oscars

i like this, a tidy change of determine from flustered and not-so-unconventional comedians. what do you think, mate?

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T cialis-Mobile and Google officially announced Android G1

T-Mobile and Google officially announced the Google’s first Android based smartphone G1, developed by HTC, in the press conference at Guastavino’s, a cavernous banquet and wedding space on Upper East Side of New York City. The Android G1 will be available for $179 on contract with a voice and data plan. The G1 will be available in UK in November, and across Europe in 1st Quarter 2009 including Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The G1 will be SIM-locked to T-Mobile. Check out the Key Features and Specs below.

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New York Times Shops Headquarters Building for Loan

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Mainstream Media Financial Woes The New York Hard Times?

NY Times Stock: Grey Bag Lady?

The New York Times is trying to drum up some cash and is shopping its building on Eighth Avenue. It would like to secure a $225 million loan, with the NY Times Tower as collateral.

The New York Times Company plans to borrow up to $225 million against its mid-Manhattan headquarters building, to ease a potential cash flow squeeze as the company grapples with tighter credit and shrinking profits. … The Times Company owns 58 percent of the 52-story, 1.5 million-square-foot tower on Eighth Avenue, which was designed by the architect Renzo Piano, and completed last year. The developer Forest City Ratner owns the rest of the building. The Times Company’s portion of the building is not currently mortgaged, and some investors have complained that the company has too much of its capital tied up in that real estate.

Regardless of how decrepit the NY Times (the newspaper) is, the building is pretty snazzy.

“The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of the The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, as well as other regional papers. Construction was a joint venture of The Times Company, Forest City Ratner Companies - the Cleveland-based real estate firm redeveloping the Brooklyn Atlantic rail yards - and ING Real Estate.”

The NYT’s stock price has steadily declined over the past 15 months. Friday, the Times’ stock closed at $7.64. It was over compra cialis $24 in 2007.

Standard & Poor’s recently lowered its credit rating on the Times Company below investment grade, and Moody’s Investors Service has said it was considering a similar move. Times Company stock, which has lost more than half its value this year, closed on Friday at $7.64, down 30 cents.

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The New York Times is the fourth-bestselling newspaper in the New York metro area.

Most businesses would change their product when customers aren’t buying, but the NY Times keeps dishing up a paper filled with an ultra-liberal pap–in spite of the down spiral of their numbers.

One would guess that there’s not much demand for “news” with a decidedly left slant.

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Watertown Community Calendar

friday, dec. 5 open house at the atrium school

The Atrium School is hosting winter admissions open houses from 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5 and Tuesday, Jan. 13. Parents are invited to visit classrooms and speak with students, teachers and administrators. Families from 15 greater Boston communities send their children to the Atrium School, off Soldiers Field Road, Storrow and Memorial drives. This free event is open to all. Information: www.atrium.org. RSVP to admissions@atrium.org.

  tea and sightsee at gore place

Gore Place, 52 Gore St., Waltham, offers “A Jane Austen Holiday Tea & Tour” of Gore Mansion Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 5, 6 and 12 and 13. Seating for teas: 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Children’s Tea 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 13. Admission for teas: $40 per person, $38 with six or more; $35, members (tour included). Purchase tickets at least one week prior to event: 781-894-2798. Information: 781-894-2798 or www.goreplace.org.

  children’s Thespian presents ‘pinocchio’

The Charles Mosesian Theater, in the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., presents “Pinocchio,” the marionette who dreams of being a real boy and faces temptation, tricks and adventure as he learns that family and friends are more important than the easy road to success. On stage Dec. 5, 6, and 7. Tickets available at www.BrownPaperTickets.com or at 1-800-838-3006. Information: www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or 617-926-ARTS.

  dance friday

Dance Friday is an ongoing participatory dance sponsored by the Movement Collective taking place every Friday, 30 Common St., 8 p.m.-midnight, with music by DJs. All ages may dance barefoot, with or without a partner, in a smoke-free and alcohol-free environment. Children welcome. Donations accepted. Information: www.dancefriday.org or 617-997-0948.

  friday swing dancing

Swing dancing takes place Friday nights at the Hellenic Cultural Center, Greek Orthodox Church, 25 Bigelow Ave. Live music. Admission: $13 at the door, $10 with current student ID. Full service bar; air-conditioned; free parking. Information: www.swingdancedepot.com.

  saturday, dec. 6 gore place children’s tea

Gore Place, 52 Gore St., Waltham, will offer a children’s tea Saturdays, Dec. 6 and 13. For this event, the Great Hall will be transformed into a 19th century tea room offering a special children’s menu, entertainments and a visit from Santa. There will be one seating each day at 10:30 a.m. Admission: $25 per person. Tickets must be purchased at least one week in advance. Tickets: 781-894-2798. Information: www.goreplace.org.

  breakfast with santa

Santa Claus will visit St. James Cultural Center, Keljik Hall, 465 Mount Auburn St., Saturday, Dec. 6. The morning includes photographs and visits with Santa, breakfast, storytelling, carols and gifts for the children. Tickets: $25 adults, $20 children age 1 to 12 years old, $15 for children younger than 1 year. Tickets must be purchased in advance. E-mail stjamesbreakfastwsanta@yahoo.com or call 781-538-6265 to place an advertisement/greeting in the Christmas booklet or to purchase tickets.

  primary street stray

Watertown Walks hosts a Main Street Stroll at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6; meet at the Town Dock in Watertown Square. The walk will proceed to Gore Place. Those interested in participating in the Gore Place Holiday Tea and Tour at 2:30 p.m. may purchase tickets at www.goreplace.org/events.htm. Watertown Walks sponsors regular walks in and around Watertown to promote walking for fun, health and a healthier community and is sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety.

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  concert at st. john’s

St. John’s Methodist Church, 80 Mount Auburn St., in conjunction with Revels Inc., presents Sheila Kay Adams in concert 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Adams is a ballad singer, musician, Appalachian humorist, author, storyteller. Admission: $15; $10 for FSSGB members and students; $5 for children age 7 to 15; free for children younger than 6. Members’ childre

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Domainfest Global Agenda Features Industry Change, Moniker Live Auctions and Networking

control have announced the third domainfest, domainfest global 2009, make take locus from january 28-30, 2008 in hollywood, california. according to the news release below, there make be instructional sessions and networking activities designed to help all attendees understand the changes under way in the internet advertising and domain cite energy and provide strategies to lodge a step ahead. keynote speakers purpose classify apple co-founder steve wozniak.

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US acheter cialis Auto Bailout - Big Three to Drop Brands & Dealers

the recession in the auto industriousness is also affecting other major industries. media is one of these industries that will have to suffer huge losses a moment. the new restructuring plans that were announced by the detroit’s big three stromectol automakers have revealed that they will be reducing different advertising brands and dealers. this step has sink in fare in disposal to win pecuniary help from the congress.restructuring plans signaled that the advertising industry have bad days ahead. in its restructuring expect, gm has indicated that the notable saab brand would be sold or closed swiftly. whereas, on the brand saturn, the speculations are going on. presenting the envisage on 03rd nov, 2008, gm has requested congress to approve auto loans up to $12 billion as speedily as viable. the dropping of saturn is being taken as a complete knock someone for six by the auto bustle. but if gm is to be believed, it is looking for ”alternatives” for saturn.according to latest automotive industry news, different ad agencies like interpublic class (ipg), omnicom guild (omc), etc. till now received 14% of sales from the auto industry. now, if kind reductions are new plans of the automakers, media diligence conspicuously advertising agencies choose surely have major impact on their revenue.

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