Syrian capital 'rocked by blasts'

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US Kirkuk base 'rocked by blasts'

US Kirkuk base 'rocked by blasts' 06/02/2004 02:55 PM
A series of explosions is heard near an ammunition store in the US base in the northern Iraqi city.

Explosions Reported in Syrian Capital
(AP)

Explosions Reported in Syrian Capital
(AP) 04/27/2004 01:11 PM
AP - Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard Tuesday near the British ambassador's residence and the Saudi Embassy in Damascus, two Arab TV stations reported.

Blasts Reported Near Embassies in Syrian
Capital

Blasts Reported Near Embassies in Syrian
Capital 04/27/2004 02:43 PM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Explosions and heavy exchanges of gunfire were heard Tuesday near the British ambassador's residence and Saudi Embassy in Damascus, two Arab TV stations reported.

Militants Attack Diplomatic Area in
Syrian Capital (Los Angeles Times)

Militants Attack Diplomatic Area in
Syrian Capital (Los Angeles Times) 04/28/2004 04:34 AM
Los Angeles Times - DAMASCUS, Syria — Explosions and gunfire roared in this city's diplomatic quarter Tuesday night as militants damaged a onetime United Nations building and battled security forces in a rare burst of violence in this tightly controlled country.

Human Capital Institute and Human
Capital Magazine Announce Agreement

Human Capital Institute and Human
Capital Magazine Announce Agreement 06/22/2005 03:00 AM
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a non-profit think tank, educator and professional association, and Human Capital, a leading talent management magazine, announced today an agreement to bring HCI's game-changing research and information to readers of Human Capital. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Syrian surfer jailed

Syrian surfer jailed 06/21/2004 07:27 AM
The Register Jun 21 2004 11:43AM GMT

Lebanon names pro-Syrian as PM

Lebanon names pro-Syrian as PM 04/15/2005 06:44 PM
Moderate pro-Syrian MP Najib Mikati is named as Lebanon's new prime minister by the country's president.

Syrian jailed for internet usage

Syrian jailed for internet usage 06/20/2004 08:41 PM
A man who distributed material from an emigre website gets two-and-a-half years, as others await trial.

Syrian president rejects U.S. sanctions

Syrian president rejects U.S. sanctions 05/13/2004 12:40 PM

U.S. Drops Spy Rap Against
Syrian-American Airman

U.S. Drops Spy Rap Against
Syrian-American Airman 09/23/2004 12:41 AM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 23 2004 4:33AM GMT

Another Charge Against U.S.-Syrian
Airman Dropped

Another Charge Against U.S.-Syrian
Airman Dropped 07/27/2004 09:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 28 2004 1:41AM GMT

Lebanese Troops Take Over Key Syrian
Checkpoint (Reuters)

Lebanese Troops Take Over Key Syrian
Checkpoint (Reuters) 04/04/2005 06:31 AM
Reuters - Lebanese troops took over a key Syrian checkpoint on the Beirut-Damascus highway on Monday and the Syrians, now committed to leaving Lebanon by April 30, prepared to abandon a nearby intelligence building.

Syrian Minister Sees No Basis for U.S.
Sanctions Law

Syrian Minister Sees No Basis for U.S.
Sanctions Law 12/13/2003 11:35 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 13 2003 9:36AM ET

Sudan orders the removal of Syrian
missiles and WMD out

Sudan orders the removal of Syrian
missiles and WMD out 04/27/2004 12:24 AM
HMM:

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Syrian president rejects U.S. sanctions
(USATODAY.com)

Syrian president rejects U.S. sanctions
(USATODAY.com) 05/14/2004 06:23 AM
USATODAY.com - A defiant President Bashar Assad said Thursday he wouldn't bow to U.S. demands to expel Palestinian militant groups and criticized new U.S. sanctions against Syria, disputing Bush administration charges that his country has weapons of mass destruction and is allowing foreign fighters to move across the border into Iraq.

Syrian Trucker Held Captive in Iraq
-Former Hostage

Syrian Trucker Held Captive in Iraq
-Former Hostage 08/12/2004 05:43 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 12 2004 10:31AM GMT

Report: Zarqawi captured on Syrian-Iraq
border -

Report: Zarqawi captured on Syrian-Iraq
border - 07/30/2004 08:59 PM
Report: Zarqawi captured on Syrian-Iraq border - .. Aljazeera

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Plan to bring internet to ''every Syrian
house''

Plan to bring internet to ''every Syrian
house'' 05/03/2004 06:33 AM
Mena Report May 3 2004 11:13AM GMT

Syrian Troops Quit Lebanon as U.N. Backs
New Probe (Reuters)

Syrian Troops Quit Lebanon as U.N. Backs
New Probe (Reuters) 04/08/2005 06:50 AM
Reuters - More than 70 Syrian military trucks left Lebanon overnight, witnesses said on Friday, carrying tanks, mortars and anti-aircraft guns as Damascus raced to complete its withdrawal by the end of the month.

Blast Kills Anti-Syrian Journalist In
Lebanon (washingtonpost.com)

Blast Kills Anti-Syrian Journalist In
Lebanon (washingtonpost.com) 06/06/2005 12:12 AM
washingtonpost.com - BEIRUT, June 2 -- A Lebanese journalist who championed a years-long crusade against Syrian influence in Lebanon through both writing and activism was assassinated Thursday by a bomb placed in his car near his home in the capital. The attack, which his supporters and some Lebanese politicians blamed on Syria and its lingering presence here, elicited cries of outrage throughout the country.

Michelle Malkin has continued to
research the story about the Syrian
terrorists/musicians

Michelle Malkin has continued to
research the story about the Syrian
terrorists/musicians 07/16/2004 03:32 PM

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"Sudan has ordered the removal of Syrian
missiles and weapons of mass destruction
out of the African country."

"Sudan has ordered the removal of Syrian
missiles and weapons of mass destruction
out of the African country." 04/28/2004 08:46 AM

Is Venture Capital Over?

Is Venture Capital Over? 04/14/2005 04:52 AM
A well known venture capitalist is apparently claiming that the age of the VC is over, and is getting out of the business. The specifics of his claim are that VCs won't be able to earn the same sorts of returns they did in the 90s, which he chalks up to "systemic change." If anything, it sounds like he's channeling Nicho las Carr, who believes the tech industry is becoming commoditized and boring (misunderstanding that things first get interesting when stuff gets commoditized). Of course, the silly thing is that he seems to be comparing today's VC returns to what you could get in the 90s. He claims that "the eye-popping returns that make venture capital famous are history." Of course, the easy response to that is that perhaps most of the "eye-popping returns" were the aberration in the first place, built on the bubble of hype-cycles past. That means there's still plenty of opportunity in real innovation -- and even without that, you can bet that there will be more hype cycles and bubbles. History< /a> practically guarantees it. While bubbles aren't good for everyone, good VCs generally are able to make out quite well (since they bail out early enough) -- and we've already explained why bubbl es eventually are good for most people. While it's bad for those who get sucked up in the hype, it does accelerate innovation by allowing a lot of companies to quickly test (and discard!) many different ideas.

Capital Games

Capital Games 12/16/2003 04:05 PM
had something interesting .. does not justify the war .. Link to Opinion .. SADDAM GONE .. David Corn

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Venture capital up

Venture capital up 12/30/2004 06:51 AM
USA Today Dec 30 2004 10:58AM GMT

Venture capital goes up

Venture capital goes up 12/30/2004 12:21 AM
USA Today Dec 30 2004 3:34AM GMT

That's "Vacation" with a Capital "V"

That's "Vacation" with a Capital "V" 04/09/2004 04:13 PM

So, my site is on the new LISHost server, just in time to sit idle for a while. I'm heading off to a much anticipated vacation, sans laptop, so things will be even quieter around here than they have been lately (at least until the 19th, maybe later). Please also note that I won't be reading any news during that time, and I'm already so far behind in my email it's no longer a joke, so responses will be delayed even longer than usual. Sorry, but it's vacation, don't you know.

One last pointer that I've been quite remiss in posting until now. Library Journal's 2004 Movers & Shakers list is out, and I'm beyond pleased to see Steven M. Cohen and Lori Bell on it! Congratulations to both of them, as well as to all of the folks included on this year's list! I'm looking forward to reading through all of the write-ups and learning lots of great new things!

In capital letters...

In capital letters... 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Ok, I've decided to switch to using proper caps again. Got tired of all lower case. Hope you don't mind....

Capital Irrelevance

Capital Irrelevance 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
Internet Capital Group continues to issue press releases, despite never being profitable.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital 101 01/06/2005 06:55 AM

In all the speculation about the deal I haven't seen what surely is the motivator. Six Apart plans to go public. The market will value SA based on it's ability to generate profits, and it will likely do so in proportion to the number of users, the theory being that they can sell things to the users, so the more users, the more they can sell. They might value each user at $100. Anyway, the more users the more value. LJ has a lot of users. So the founders of LJ get SA stock, and the shareholders in SA get more users, and value of the combined companies goes up and the day of the IPO gets closer.

Marathon's capital day

Marathon's capital day 04/18/2004 01:46 AM
London is all set for another memorable marathon on Sunday.

Capital for Mac development

Capital for Mac development 11/14/2003 11:59 PM
A few days ago I said that there is no capital for Mac development, that if you want to be a Mac developer you have to fund the effort yourself.

Then on Thursday Robb Beal linked to a press release about You Software. You Software is founded by Craig Barnes, who also founded Extensis and Now Software.

You Software, according to the press release, “has secured a first round of financing from SmartForest Ventures of Portland, Oregon.”

More: “‘Our investment in You Software reflects our excitement about Craig and his team coming back to the Macintosh market,’ said Debi Coleman, SmartForest Ventures Partner and former CIO, CFO, and VP, Worldwide Operations for Apple Computer.”

Okay—so here’s a counter-example, here’s a Mac developer with funding.

This is a sign of growing health, I think. Health in the Mac market and general economic health. (“Growing” health, yes, but neither are really healthy, yet.)

However, my advice to any developer who wants to do Mac software is to act as if you’ve never heard this. My advice is to plan to build a business the old-fashioned way, by creating something of value that people like and will buy. Being an honest, small, independent developer is tons of fun; chasing after capital is tons of pain. (And when you’re chasing you’re not working on your software.)

P.S. Since writing my advice to Mac developers the other day, I was pointed several times to Rogue Amoeba’s Good Ideas. Good stuff, worth reading.

Capital punishment was never so much
fun!

Capital punishment was never so much
fun! 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates are very pleased to announce the release of a new Macintosh word game called Hangman Pro.

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Visiting the old capital

Visiting the old capital 06/17/2005 05:09 PM
Ever since I blogged about the anti-Japanese protests in China, I have been having a dialog with a number of people about Japanese history. One of my Chinese friends recommended "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" (Herbert P. Bix) for a more objective and critical view of the Emperor's role in the War. I am reading the book now. I believe this book does a great job of uncovering a fairly systematic coverup by the US occupation and the Japanese media of the role of the Emperor in World War II. However, I do think that Bix tends to makes some conclusions based on the facts he uncovers that I would not necessarily agree with. It is, in any case, a very good book for anyone interested in Japan to read.

With this fresh in my mind, I visited Kyoto, my home town, and was amazed at just how much Japanese tradition is organized around the Emperor. The Emperor went though various levels of influence in the governing of the nation, but has remained in place for 125 generations. Regardless of his level of influence, the Emperor has been the center of most of Japanese culture. Kyoto, for instance, is divided into the "Right Kyoto" and the "Left Kyoto". This has nothing to do with East or West, but is the right or left side of the city when viewed from the Emperor. The bullet train "climbs" from Kyoto to Tokyo (the new capital) toward the Emperor and any road that points away from the Emperor is pointed "down". All kinds of symbols and names allow you to understand exactly what each Temple's relationship to the royal family is. Maybe it was just our guide, or maybe it was that I was sensitized, but I think he talked about the Emperor in almost every explanation he made.

I question whether we should still have an Emperor in Japan and I believe that the facts about the Emperor's involvement in the war should be more publicly known. However, I wonder how the cultural foundation of Japan will change if the Emperor and the royal family were removed.

I　have Flickr'ed the trip.

UPDATE: Movie of geisha dance uploaded to archive.org and part 2. (And an older one from a previous trip...)

UPDATE: Rela ted Article - Sanji-Chion-Ji

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Around the Capital of Magic with the
Bikemob

Around the Capital of Magic with the
Bikemob 08/28/2004 11:59 PM
I had a truly exhilarating experience last night. The beautiful Juliette Powell and I biked over to Union Square and connected up with roughly 5000 bicyclists for tour of the city. In a sense, it was no more organized than a BarlowFrenzy. No one was in charge. There were no speeches. We we independent operators, each of us asserting his belief that the streets belong to us as well. All we had was a place and time to begin. In this, the ride was simply something that Critical Mass has been fomenting for the last 12 years. On the last Friday of every month, bicyclists in over 300 cities world-wide pack up and roam the streets together. Generally, these gatherings are fairly small and have no larger political implications than the assertion of bike rights. Last night was different. For one thing, 5000 bicycles is a lot of bicycles. More, in fact, than it sounds. Moreover, the relationship between this particular Critical Mass ride and the RNC was on everybody's mind. Since a measure of civil disobedience was involved, it was an excellent opportunity to assay the current state of constabulary edginess. I'm pleased to report that everybody behaved gracefully and with restraint. While we did routinely run red lights - YOU try to get 5000 bicycles to stop suddenly - the police were chill and even, it seemed, mildly supportive. Observers on the sidewalks cheered and clapped as we rode past, though there was the very occasional taunt. (My favorite cultural assertion was the guy who yelled at us, "Get a car, you fukkin' tree-huggin' fucks.") The bikers yelled, whooped, and whistled a lot. One guy even had a kind of drum kit on his handlebars that he whacked away on throughout the ride. Occasionally we broke into various chants, most commonly a refrain where some folks would shout, "Bush Sucks," and the larger mass would reply, "FUCK BUSH!" Not terribly intelligent, I admit, but shouted with apparent heartfelt conviction. I couldn't get the grin off my face, and neither, it seemed, could anyone else, biker or spectator. There appeared to be no planned route. We turned an arbitrary new direction whenever we encountered resistance, giving the route a very fractal quality. We ended up riding south to Houston, up 6th to 30th or so, over to Madison and north, across to Broadway on some street in the 50's, and back down Broadway through Times Square, down 7th past Madison Square Garden and then over to the East Village. Finally, after about two hours, the police decided that it was time to put a stop to it, which they did with efficiency and dispassion. Mobilizing suddenly and in force around St. Mark's Place, they created a box canyon of blue, let it fill with about 250 bicyclists and then methodically, if arbitrarily, arrested them all and hauled them off. They were doing their jobs just as, in a sense, we we were doing ours. When one engages in civil disobedience, arrest is a natural consequence that he should expect. I'm just glad they didn't trap me in their noose. And, even if they had, it would have been worth the moment when we cascaded down the long slope of Broadway into the incandescent canyon of Times Square. We felt like an irresistible river of anarchic order. The air was cool and perfect. For a moment, all things seemed possible. It occurred to me that a Bike to The Polls movement would be a useful thing to start......

Two BBC men shot in Saudi capital

Two BBC men shot in Saudi capital 06/06/2004 05:43 PM
A BBC cameraman is killed and a BBC reporter is injured in an attack by gunmen near Riyadh.

Thousands due at capital pop show

Thousands due at capital pop show 07/11/2004 04:02 AM
More than 100,000 pop fans are expected at the annual Party in the Park charity event in London's Hyde Park.

Baseball Capital (washingtonpost.com)

Baseball Capital (washingtonpost.com) 04/15/2005 09:50 AM
washingtonpost.com - Thirty-four long years of waiting for baseball in Washington ended last night at twilight, when nine young men in white Nationals uniforms jogged from the home team's dugout to the field at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium and took their gloves from nine much older men from a bygone era.

Kerry a Fan of Venture Capital

Kerry a Fan of Venture Capital 05/26/2004 06:11 AM
Teresa Heinz Kerry, heiress and wife of John Kerry, has much of her wealth locked up in bonds and blue-chip stocks. But the couple's campaign financial filing also shows a keen interest in the risky world of tech venture capital investing. By Joanna Glasner.
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