NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC News, Sep 16, 2011

9/11 stories: Second Skull by Rob Magnuson Smith The Guardian Tom chose a 1961 National Geographic and sat in the dilapidated leather armchair, sinking into the chair so that the wings encircled him. He kept as quiet as he could and held his breath as he turned the pages. The main articles were on New Guinea, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

$2 a Word? Chump Change! With Byliner and Atavist, Hungry Freelance Writers ... New York Observer But it soon became clear that there were business advantages as well. Like most magazines, The Atavist pays a fee up front when a story arrives in decent shape. Mr. Dobbs called The Atavist's fee “modest” when compared to the top-tier magazines. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Observer

Print is Dead Patch.com I read The New Yorker and National Geographic on the iPad, so why read the clunky, ad-filled print editions? I can read books late at night without a book light, and easily highlight text for future reference, so why read a paperbound book? ... See all stories on this topic »

Invisible Heroes of 9/11: Absence of African-American Stories Prolongs Sense ... Black Voice News They were each traveling with a teacher, and two National Geographic staff members accompanied the group. All perished. But in November 2001, the then-mayor of Washington, DC, in conjunction with the DC public schools, the Department of Parks and ... See all stories on this topic »

Local kids, educator in webcast from Mediterranean South Bend Tribune It's part of a two-year internship with The JASON Project, a science program run by the National Geographic Society and the Sea Research Foundation Inc. The three locals are among 13 students and educators chosen from hundreds of applicants for JASON's ... See all stories on this topic »

Mariel sending feelers to TV5; fake Marian account gains following Manila Bulletin PLDT Watchpad comes free with any myDSL subscription, and features special events like the Pacquiao Boxing Matches, plus 18 TV channels like CNN, National Geographic, Cartoon Network and more. Log on to www.pldtwatchpad.com to get your free account. See all stories on this topic »

Travel Troubleshooter | Do today's flight attendants really care? Kansas City Star Christopher Elliott is the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine and the co-founder of the Consumer Travel Alliance, a nonprofit organization that advocates for travelers. You can read more travel tips on his blog, Elliott.org, ... See all stories on this topic »

Iron Horse Hotel Wins Boutique Hotel of the Year, Tim Dixon Wins Hotelier of ... Sacramento Bee In addition to being an AAA Four Diamond Hotel, the hotel has also been named to Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List, National Geographic Traveler's Stay List and Tablet10, the Top Ten Best Hotels in the Americas. For more information on The Iron Horse ... See all stories on this topic »

Freedom Tower - Rising, Along With U.S., New York International Business Times At the time of Sunday's service, at which the National September 11 Memorial was opened, its steel frame was 80 stories high, and on its way to 105 stories, and a very symbolic 1776 feet in height. Further, the Freedom Tower's 80-story frame is now ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Publishers Note - September 2011 Leadership Magazine Services bring in R9 billion; book publishing R9.2bn; satellite TV R26.6bn; network TV R29.5bn; newspapers (The Times, The New York Times, Sun, The Australian, The Wall Street Journal and many more) R42.7bn; cable TV (Fox News, National Geographic) ... See all stories on this topic »

San Diego, California Talk Radio Station - 760 KFMB AM - 760kfmbLocal fireman ... KFMB It took on geographic symbolism. It was a landscape unto its own." To Finnerty and other team members assigned to night shifts at Ground Zero, the nightmarish scene was particularly eerie, since they experienced it almost exclusively under the glare of ... See all stories on this topic »

Durango is the 'next big thing' The Durango Herald The mountain town won the title while being awarded a coveted top-10 spot in Outside Magazine's “Life is Better Here” article in the October issue. “Think of it as a border town .... It serves as thegeographic and cultural link between high desert and ... See all stories on this topic »

FHO Partners Joins Cassidy Turley Sacramento Bee With the acquisition of FHO, Cassidy Turley gains a presence in a premier market where we can provide clients with the geographic reach, critical market knowledge and complete services they require to remain successful." Founded in 2007, FHO Partners ... See all stories on this topic »

Predicting Black Swans Zawya (subscription) Applying tone and geographic analysis to a 30-year worldwide news archive, global news tone is found to have forecasted the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, including the removal of Egyptian President Mubarak, predicted the stability of Saudi ... See all stories on this topic » Zawya (subscription)

Hilton HHonors Launches "Stories Without Words ... - News Blaze One lucky grand prize winner will receive a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two ... Help NewsBlaze provide daily news, including top stories, Home and ... newsblaze.com/story/2011091411202700001.../topstory.html

Montana law enforcement featured in National ... - KTVQ News BILLINGS, MONTANA | CONTINUOUS NEWS COVERAGE ... A new National Geographictelevision series called Frontier Force allows ... Recent Top Stories ... www1.ktvq.com/.../montana-law-enforcement-featured-in-nati...

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FBI Investigating NBC Twitter Hack PC Magazine ... TPM's server array "because the scope of the attack was affecting their ability to service and keep online their other clients." For more from Chloe, follow her on Twitter @ChloeAlbanesius. For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. See all stories on this topic »

FORBES News, Sep 16, 2011

The South Forbes universe Philippine Star Presently, within easy walking or traveling distance from every South Forbes home are the Learning Links Academy of Sta. Rosa offering pre-school to secondary levels with a day care center to boot, and the South Forbes City Colleges for global tertiary ... See all stories on this topic »

Malema among Africa's most powerful young men: Forbes Times LIVE Naidoo is president of the SA Chamber of Commerce in America and "one of the most renowned advocates for western investments in Africa", according to Forbes. Munro, 38, was selected by the World Economic Forum as the 2009 Young Global Leader.... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

JSE follows world markets higher Fin24 Business magazine Forbes has named ANC Youth League president Julius Malema as one of Africa's 10 most powerful young men. Johannesburg - The JSE opened higher on Thursday in line with most global stocks amid some positive news out of Europe. ... See all stories on this topic »

RIM: It Could Be Worse (No, Really) Forbes I joined Forbes' Silicon Valley bureau in 2007. I've fed a laptop to a tiger, staked out a warehouse filled with Apple computers, outsourced my job so I could spend more time writing titles for porn flicks, raced cupcake cars, tried to shoot a laptop ... See all stories on this topic »

The Magician King and Borrowed Time Forbes I've written about fantasy literature at The Atlantic, and I write about criminal justice policy at Forbes. Email me at edkainblog@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/erikkain The author is a Forbes contributor. ... See all stories on this topic »

Forbes Names Tyler Perry the Richest Man in Entertainment Afro American His film On Stranger Tides also earned him $1 billion in the global box office. The only other actor featured on the list was DiCaprio, who earned $77 million for his films Shutter Island and Inception. Producer Steven Spielberg, talent judge Simon ... See all stories on this topic » Afro American

Ocean Robot Startup Hires NASA Veteran From Google Forbes As I wrote in a feature story on Liquid Robotics in the current issue of Forbes Magazine, Wave Gliders can operate autonomously at sea for months at time, collecting data on ocean conditions, marine mammals and global warming for scientists, ... See all stories on this topic »

Albania's WikiGate: The Political Earthquake that Wasn't! Forbes Based out of Washington, DC I continue to work on political engagements in the NEDs and around the world. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The publication by WikiLeaks, the whistleblower site, ... See all stories on this topic »

Smartphones As "Digital Keys" Coming To Doors Near You Treehugger Forbes reports, "HID Global, a California-based division of Sweden's Assa Abloy, is testing software that acts as a digital key when loaded onto a smartphone. The software, which interacts with physical ID card readers via an application or by swiping... See all stories on this topic » Treehugger

Virgin Atlantic alliance decision likely to reset 'balance of power' Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation In a recent interview with Forbes, Virgin Atlantic's flamboyant CEO, Richard Branson revealed the carrier is near a decision on joining one of the three global alliances. Virgin is one of the largest airlines still unaligned and its home base at ... See all stories on this topic » Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation

Climate Quitters: Sorry You Lose Discovery News In a blog that was published by Forbes and picked up by Yahoo!, James Taylor of the Heartland Institute ululated that "New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism." He summed up the conclusions of the paper thus: In short, ... See all stories on this topic »

China fast forward to digital age China Daily "China is still primarily print based but it is moving rapidly into the digital world, not just using online products but tablets and smart phones as a way of accessing information," she says. McKinstry, who was ranked by Forbes as one of the 100 Most... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Pepsi Shake-up: Carey Named CEO In Americas Mediapost.com by Thom Forbes, Today, 7:47 AM "PepsiCo Inc. announced a shake-up of its beverages unit on Wednesday, appointing a new head to try to turn around the business, which has lagged behind Coca-Cola Co in North America," writes Martinne Geller. ... See all stories on this topic »

Local Drummer: Africa – A continent in crisis? NewsDay In another couple of weeks Forbes magazine will be launching an African edition. As one of the world’s most renowned business lifestyle magazines, Forbes delivers the stories behind the stories of successful businesses all around the world. ... See all stories on this topic »

Swaziland's King Mswati III has no clothes Zimbabwe Independent To contextualise the king's wealth, Mswati's net worth is US$100 million (excluding a US $10 billion trusteeship) which, according to Forbes, makes him the 15th richest royal in the world, one spot behind Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ghanain-Born, Rogue Trader Allegedly Cost Swiss Bank $2 Billion The Atlanta Post According to Forbes, the banking giant cautioned that this loss could result in a huge setback for the entire third quarter. “From the scale of this case you can be sure that it's the biggest we've ever seen for a Swiss bank,” Tobias Lux, ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlanta Post

Dell chief 'thrilled' at Irish transition Irish Times The Texas native, worth $14.6 billion according to the latest Forbes rich list, said he had no plans to retire but had an annual discussion with his board about what should be done if he was “hit by a bus”. “Obviously they are the board, ... See all stories on this topic »

Online science project at CU-Boulder receives international award CU Boulder News & Events The PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder today was named as a laureate of The Tech Awards 2011, one of 15 global innovators recognized each year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark globalchange. ... See all stories on this topic » CU Boulder News & Events

Biggest threat to the gold mining industry Stockhouse Geologist Forbes Wilson found the world's largest gold mine, Grasberg, in 1960 in Papua, Indonesia. Geologists John Livermore and Alan Coope discovered the largest gold producing region in the United States, Nevada's Carlin Trend, in 1965. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sun Hung Kai's Lower Target Underscores Slowing Hong Kong Market San Francisco Chronicle The Kwok family's combined wealth of $20 billion is second on Forbes Magazine's list of Hong Kong's richest. --Kelvin Wong, with assistance from Bonnie Cao in Shanghai. Editors: Mohammed Hadi, Joshua Fellman. See all stories on this topic »

QPR sponsorship a 'good deal' for MAS The Edge Malaysia I think all the numbers are there, we (just need to) add value,” Azman told newsmen at the sidelines of Forbes Global CEO Conference yesterday. Khazanah owns a 69.5% stake in MAS. In a statement yesterday, MAS' top official said the latest sponsorship ... See all stories on this topic »

The Woman in Charge Daily Beast Crisply organized in both her appearance (tailored navy suit) and her thinking (four policy guidelines, all starting with the letter “r”), she is likely the only human being to appear on the cover of Forbes and in the pages of Vogue the same month. ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Hospital operator HCA to buy back about $1.5 billion in shares from Bank of ... Washington Post Three HCA board members designated by the bank — Chris Birosak, James Forbes and Nathan Thorne — then will step down. That will leave HCA with a 12-member board. HCA is the largest US hospital chain. It owned 164 hospitals and 111 freestanding ... See all stories on this topic »

Photo: Forbes Conference ended Pangoo talk about appliance ... The Forbes Global CEO Conference theme of 'crossroads': the current global ... industry, 'Crossroads' is located(Technology News http://www.f-paper.com/). ... www.f-paper.com/?i937983-Photo:-Forbes-Conference...

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