Obama institutes ethics rules, freezes salaries
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to formalize strict new limits on lobbyists operating in his White House and peel back presidential decision-making...
View ArticleFacebook's New Privacy Controls Encourage Openness
Today, Facebook announced new privacy settings which let you selectively open up portions of your personal profile to everyone on the Facebook social network. As an alternative to the new "Public...
View ArticlePorn star, theater director Jack Wrangler dies, NA
NEW YORK (AP) - NEW YORK (AP) ? Jack Wrangler, a ruggedly handsome 1970s porn star whose openness about his homosexuality made him a symbol of self-confidence for many gay men, has died. He was 62....
View ArticleOn the singing of birds
.iconpanel a { text-decoration:none; color:#006699}; .iconpanel a:hover { text-decoration:none; color:#006699} Add a Comment Feed At the Audobon Zoo in NOLA. Kevin Liner. About a week ago, as I was...
View ArticleGoogle openness is a closed door
Comment When Google meets with Congressional staffers, hoping to convince US lawmakers that it's...
View ArticleOpenness key in mom's drug use
Communication is key to whether a child of an addicted mother dabbles into drugs, a survey finds. Photograph by: Christopher Furlong, Getty Images Research done at the University of Alberta suggests...
View ArticleAppearance tips off strangers to self-esteem, religion, openness: Study
People can judge the personality traits of strangers — right down to their self-esteem and religious faith — based solely on their appearance in photos, new research demonstrates. Photograph by:...
View ArticlePelosi at e-Parliament Conference: 'Let Us Come Together to Foster...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Brendan Daly, Nadeam Elshami or Drew Hammill of the Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616 WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Pelosi...
View ArticleChurch relationship with Irish society has itself been abusive
OPINION:�The Roman Catholic Church's great achievement in Ireland has been to so disable our capacity to think about right and wrong that parents of abused children apologised for the abusing priest...
View ArticleUS diplomat airs Internet freedom with Chinese
LONDON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has told China the United States is concerned about Chinese action that could infringe on Internet freedoms. Clinton told reporters...
View ArticleFed to give update on plan to ease Europe's woes
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will provide more details about its role in trying to help ease the financial crisis in Europe. The information involves the Fed's so-called...
View ArticleNow over to Roo
Sam Wallace says it's time for Wayne Rooney to publically explain what went wrong at the World Cup. Rooney cut a frustrated figure in South Africa, failing to score a goal as England struggled through...
View ArticleVideo-Game Review: Latest mission liberates player
In some ways, Nintendo's hand-held DS game console represents the last vestige of the old identity of video games as playthings for children. Adults don't seem to be using the Nintendo DS in quite the...
View ArticleNew Yorker's Mark Zuckerberg Profile Gets Facebook CEO (And His Girlfriend)...
Press-shy Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is the subject of a New Yorker profile by Huffington Post senior contributing editor Jose Antonio Vargas that probes the love life, ambitions, and...
View ArticleBible access expands in China with 80 million copies printed
The sole authorized Bible printer in China announced this week the milestone of 80 million copies printed and distributed in the atheism-mandated communist state. Marking an emerging openness by the...
View ArticleDesktop Strategy
Open...and Shut Open source has a tendency to cannibalize and commoditize – and not just surrounding proprietary...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake, Mila Kunis On Sex, Dating In Elle
While most people have, in large part, rolled their eyes at the obviously titled romantic comedy, "Friends with Benefits," calling it, more or less, the exact same movie as January's "No Strings...
View ArticleWar on terror 'not over' says Blair
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted "significant blows" have been struck in the war on terror, but he admitted: "It's not over." Speaking from his London home on the eve of the 10th...
View ArticleMusical artist Chris Brown drops several c-notes for LA pad
Chris Brown is one of those talents who can charm the socks right off of you. Yes he has had run ins with the law (pleaded guilty in 2009 to assaulting former girlfriend, Rihanna), but no one can deny...
View ArticleMarital Partners Usually Share Religious Beliefs
New research suggests we tend to marry people with similar religious or non-religious beliefs because we perceive they will have similar personality traits. Investigators from New Zealand’s University...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia assembly speaker
The speaker of Saudi Arabia's consultative parliament on Monday stressed the importance of openness and transparency in fighting against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus. "It's important that...
View ArticleOvercoming Fear
We often hear how magic happens outside of our comfort zone. Sometimes, fear can hold us back, paralyzing us from pursuing certain ventures. Overcoming these fears and pushing personal boundaries can...
View ArticleGov. Brown, veto these 5 bills!
The Legislature sent a pile of bills to Gov. Jerry Brown for his blessing this month, when it wrapped up its regular session for the year. If history is any guide, Brown will sign most of them,...
View ArticleA guide to living a decent life today, courtesy of Walt Whitman
A guide to living a decent life today, courtesy of Walt Whitman Associated Press American poet Walt Whitman, in an undated portrait. (Associated Press) Mark Edmundson Everyone is afraid of being sexist...
View ArticleWEF report
The issues that dominated the discussion include emerging fragmentation of the Internet, along multiple lines, due to developments in technical, governmental and commercial realm. ......
View ArticleObama Reiterates Pledge To Bring In 100,000 Muslim Refugees
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View ArticleTop US human rights groups fare poorly on openness about funds: Watchdog
United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Source: Wikimedia Three top US human rights groups scored at the bottom among think tanks as to their openness about the sources of their funding, a watchdog...
View ArticleInnovation thrives on openness and freedom: Aussie PM
International cooperation to help drive innovation is a key theme that all G-20 leaders will likely affirm, says Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull. ......
View ArticleEurope must remain committed to openness: Draghi
FRANKFURT, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Europe needs to fix its mistakes and reinforce its commitment to economic openness to protect wealth and political security, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi...
View ArticleCosta Mesa may swap out COIN employee-negotiations ordinance
Costa Mesa City Council members will discuss Tuesday whether to...
View ArticleTSA & Openness: ‘T’ not for ‘transparency’
Testimony about the Transportation Security Administration’s lack of transparency and its treatment of whistleblowers at a March 2 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing ... ......
View ArticleLooking for continuity and openness in trade: IFC's Kats
Viktor Kats, co-head of the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund at IFC Asset Management Company, speaks about the importance of trade and investing in emerging markets. ......
View ArticleTrust & openness: Another bad police-ID bill
The Republican-controlled Legislature is still trying to deny the public timely release of essential information when police use of force causes serious injury or death: ... ......
View ArticleOpenness does not come naturally to central banks: Citi
Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citi, speaks about monetary policy at the European Central Bank. ......
View ArticleOpenness Key to Growth and Development: US Ambassador
The United States ambassador to Indonesia, Joseph Donovan, on Wednesday (10/05) emphasized on the importance of openness to the rest of the world in the effort to drive economic growth and development,...
View ArticleBeing Drunk Doesn’t Change Your Personality, Study Finds
CBS Local – Blaming last night’s actions or decisions on excessive alcohol consumption is commonplace and a moderately forgivable offense. However, there isn’t much science to back up this conventional...
View ArticleThe Complex Relationship Between Personality and Happiness
Extraverts are happier, and so are the emotionally stable, personality researchers tell us. It also pays to be more open to new experiences, more agreeable, and more conscientious. What does that mean...
View ArticleGovernment uses Access to Information Act as 'shield' against openness: czar
The federal information czar says the Access to Information Act is being used as a shield against government transparency. ......
View ArticleHiding True Self at Work Reduces Job Satisfaction, Sense of Belonging
Hiding your true self at work can harm your career and reduce your sense of belonging among co-workers, according to a new study led by the University of Exeter in England. Researchers investigated...
View ArticleOpenness to Experience: The Gates of the Mind
People who are “open to experience” literally see the world differently -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ......
View ArticleOpenness and cooperation vital for solution of IP issues: WIPO official
History tells us that maintaining an open and cooperative attitude toward difficulties in the China-US relationship regarding intellectual property rights plays a crucial role in achieving win-win...
View ArticleAli Kirker: We need to be even more open about tackling the scourge of...
Register for our free newsletter MENTAL health is rarely out of the news nowadays and the past couple of weeks have been no exception. A quick look through the headlines reveals Scotland’s paramedics...
View ArticleIndia`s tolerance, openness its biggest economic strength: Rajan
India's diverse multicultural society and tradition of tolerance is its greatest strength, Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday. ......
View ArticleIndia's tolerance, openness its biggest economic strength: Rajan
New Delhi: India's diverse multicultural society and tradition of tolerance is its greatest strength, and will be the basis of the country's economic strength in future, former RBI Governor Raghuram...
View ArticleInclusiveness and Openness: The Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road...
DONGGUAN, China, Sept. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo 2017 kicked off in Dongguan on September 21. On the same day it was announced that the...
View ArticleProposed Costa Mesa firefighters contract is praised as ‘fair’ but panned as...
A proposed new contract for the Costa Mesa...
View ArticleIn Theory: Is permissive ideology to blame for campus sexual assaults?
“All around, the message is the same,” writes senior writer David French...
View ArticleRecording court proceedings would aid openness: Delhi High Court
Recently, in a bid to ensure transparency, the Supreme Court had favoured the installation of CCTV cameras with audio recording of all court proceedings. ......
View ArticleMuhyiddin's ultimatum to Zaid: rise of exclusive, intolerant and...
Muhyiddin's threat against Zaid Ibrahim proof that exclusive, intolerant and petty-mindedness displacing inclusive thinking and greater openness and tolerance in the mindset of Umno leaders - major...
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