Philosophy? Nicol won't bend it
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Revolution coach Steve Nicol is probably the only person in MLS to have coached and played against David Beckham, and he is on a first-name basis with the Real Madrid midfielder. But that does not place the Revolution on the inside track should the MLS "Beckham Rule" actually attract the player it has been nicknamed for.
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The company is far from resting on its laurels.
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Guides to self-improvement can't agree on whether to go faster or slower on the road to happiness.
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In response to a previous article from the Symfony blog, Paul Jones has pulled together some thoughts to some of the comments they made.   As the author of a relatively popular benchmarking article, I feel compelled to respond to this bit of misguided analysis from the Symfony camp about benchmarks.   Paul talks about the "straw-man arguments" presented in the Symfony article, including some references to Paul's previous benchmarks. He's even broken it down into a point-by-point response to make each point clear.
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There's no reason that it can't happen for you.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The time-honoured debate about a Labour-Lib Dem pact will not go away. But does the idea still make political sense?
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By Anonymous  Real networks (of computers, phones or people) can and will go wrong, but the word itself won't let you down.
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Today Jonathan Moore  and I headed over to LinuxWorld after lunch to see what kind of cool hardware and Linux hacks they had on the expo floor.  Only $15 to get in the door so I figure why not.  I'm a bit of a privacy freak.  When you're trading some security for liberty there are situations where it *might* be worth it.  In situations of extreme violence having the police by your side might be a good idea.    I think we can all agree that trading liberty for *nothing* isn't worth it. This country was *founded* on liberty after the British were abusing their colonial powers.  Every true American should cherish their liberty and think long and hard about just turning them over for no reason.  ...
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s central bank is unlikely to alter its neutral monetary policy stance, and almost certainly won&#39;t hike interest rates
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The Lab judging panel will be busy this weekend picking a winner in the speak-to-the-Prime-Designer contest. (You can still enter today.) As they toil tirelessly, let us ponder this designerâs ethics, and whether it&#8217;s better to live in simulated joy or be really miserable. The posthuman Prime Designer may not care much what our puny [...].
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: Gordon Brown is one of many using religious shorthand to show moral purpose. Can he square it with his faith in markets?.
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All or nothing isn't the only way to approach retirement.
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Management has something to say about the future but won't tell us what it is.
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Comment is free: Henry Porter: Even with all his well-argued policies, the Tory leader can't dislodge Gordon Brown. This failure could be disastrous for the country.
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By Thomas Ginsberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 9--Pleading hasn't worked. Freebies ultimately fail. Outright pressure can backfire.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: His ideas for modernising our democracy are both exciting and risky. Politicians can never be sure where reform will take them.
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By Lau, Andrew  An engineering professor confronts his conflicts with technology.  I AM A NEO-LUDDITE. Like the Luddites of early 19th-century England, I question and resist new technologies that will supposedly make life better and easier.