K 2007 Preview: Back to the future (Modern Plastics)
Three tumultuous years have passed since K 2004. The themes are familiar: worldwide competition, rising resin prices, added value, industry consolidation, and offshoring, to name just a few. At K, though, the focus is squarely on the future. And as you might have guessed, the future is now....more...A capital affair (Princeton Packet)
Haven?t visited Washington lately? A new vitality awaits you Washington ? again? My sophisticated friends pounced on me with their ?But you?ve been there so many times? look. Hadn?t I seen all the tourist sights before? Wasn?t standing in line for another guided tour just too tedious?...more... A big tab for aging campuses (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By SCOTT STREATER FORT WORTH -- Anyone can see that Wedgwood Middle School needs a lot of work. When the sixth-period bell rings, students walk through poorly lit hallways, under dingy ceiling tiles that are damaged and in some places appear ready to drop. In the large band hall, what's left of the brown carpet is old and faded. The carpet is gone along a side wall, where an old storage cabinet ......more... Grandich Letter Special Alert: Man Your Battle Stations (Kitco.com)
"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that?s no reason not to give it." - Agatha Christie...more... Iraq War may be cheap compared to peace deal with North Koreans CHAT UP businesspeople and policy makers in Seoul and ... (Inside Bay Area)
The summit was mostly useful because it offered the tantalizing possibility that a thaw in relations will lead to a reunification of the two Koreas....more... William Pesek: South Korea's big thorn: the North (Asbury Park Press)
Chat up businesspeople and policy makers in Seoul and the conversation inevitably turns to how South Korea's economy is becoming "normal."...more... Survey: Sandpiper on Brink of Extinction (The San Francisco Examiner)
BANGKOK, Thailand ( Map , News ) - One of the rarest birds in the world is on the brink of extinction, conservationists warned Friday, after a survey found that the population of spoon-billed sandpiper dropped dramatically at a key breeding site in Russia....more... Eat This! (Las Vegas CityLife)
Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that crème brûlée. Hard Rock Hotel, 693-5500. Meat is still king at this whimsically nostalgic, old-school Vegas supper club with summertime pool views. Dress like the Rat Pack....more... Kenya: Scholar Makes Strides in Anti-Aids Battle (AllAfrica.com)
A Kenyan researcher has developed a product that kills the Aids causing virus, prevents pregnancy and acts as a lubricant - firmly putting the country on a crowded international search for an effective but so far elusive microbicide....more... |