Monthly Archives: August 2010

>Update: Love Parade

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Chris Durso

>The organizers of the 2010 Love Parade music festival, where 21 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a human stampede last month, have created a website that seeks to analyze and explain how the catastrophe happened: “Just … Continue reading →

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Update: Love Parade

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Chris Durso

The organizers of the 2010 Love Parade music festival, where 21 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a human stampede last month, have created a website that seeks to analyze and explain how the catastrophe happened: “Just … Continue reading →

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>Extra, Extra!: Convene Newsstand

Posted on August 31, 2010 by hslaton

>Welcome to this week’s Extra, Extra! — all the news that wasn’t fit to print in our weekly ThisWeek newsletter. Let’s get right into it: We all know that cell phones are great for killing time during meetings. That’s a … Continue reading →

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Extra, Extra!: Convene Newsstand

Posted on August 31, 2010 by hslaton

Welcome to this week’s Extra, Extra! — all the news that wasn’t fit to print in our weekly ThisWeek newsletter. Let’s get right into it: We all know that cell phones are great for killing time during meetings. That’s a … Continue reading →

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>The Emmys Love ‘Temple Grandin’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Chris Durso

> A big winner at last night’s Emmy Awards was HBO’s “Temple Grandin,” which picked up seven honors in the “Miniseries or Movie” category — for best TV movie, lead actress (Claire Danes), supporting actress (Julia Ormond), supporting actor (David … Continue reading →

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The Emmys Love ‘Temple Grandin’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Chris Durso

A big winner at last night’s Emmy Awards was HBO’s “Temple Grandin,” which picked up seven honors in the “Miniseries or Movie” category — for best TV movie, lead actress (Claire Danes), supporting actress (Julia Ormond), supporting actor (David Strathairn), … Continue reading →

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>Convene Reads: The Big Short

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Chris Durso

> Don’t read The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis, if you’re trying to keep your blood pressure down, because what this book makes clear about the economic meltdown of 2007-2008 is that it was triggered by … Continue reading →

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Convene Reads: The Big Short

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Chris Durso

Don’t read The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis, if you’re trying to keep your blood pressure down, because what this book makes clear about the economic meltdown of 2007-2008 is that it was triggered by Wall … Continue reading →

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>Finishing Strong in New Orleans

Posted on August 27, 2010 by bpalmer

>When I talked to St. Bernard Project founders Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg in early 2009, I got the sense they hoped that they would be out of a job by now. After Katrina hit the Gulf Coast five years … Continue reading →

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Finishing Strong in New Orleans

Posted on August 27, 2010 by bpalmer

When I talked to St. Bernard Project founders Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg in early 2009, I got the sense they hoped that they would be out of a job by now. After Katrina hit the Gulf Coast five years … Continue reading →

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