Hmm, this is a change, there’s actually seems to be something worth surfing over to whitehouse.gov for.
One of my assignments at work is to coordinate recruiting for IBM at the ACM ICPC, mostly in the US, but we recruit from the World Finals for IBM globally. Anyway, check out this podcast over at Battle of the Brains, it features Adam Gashlin who I met at the Greater New York Regional contest, and now works for IBM full time in Austin.
IBMer Adam Gashlin Reflects on 2007 World Finals Experience
February 26th, 2009IBM special guest host, Jim Angstadt, sat down with Adam Gashlin, 2007 ICPC Rutgers World Finals team member and current IBM employee. He carved out a few minutes from his busy schedule to talk about his experience at the 2007 World Finals, offer tips for this year’s class and share how he came to work for IBM from Extreme Blue intern to full-time employee.
Senate approves Solis 80-17, and of course Texas Senator John Cornyn votes with the minority. Wrong again John!
One of the final members of President Obama’s Cabinet, his nominee for Labor Secretary, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 80 to 17.
Hilda Solis will take over the reins of the Labor Department at a time of great challenges and optimism within the labor community. Her nomination represents a major victory for labor unions, which had hailed her candidacy as a boon for their legislative priorities — specifically the Employee Free Choice Act. It also represents a win for the Obama administration, which had watched as Republicans in the Senate held up the nomination over opposition to Solis’ position on EFCA and revelations that her husband had not paid taxes on a business he owned some time ago.
Full story at Huffington Post
According to the new Malkin math and calendar Obama has been in office for months, and so she calculates a 2000 point drop in the DJIA as being attributable to the Obama presidency.
um, the ad doesn’t quite fit in my theme, and I’m not sure there are any samples available, but…
The Zilker Park Kite Festival is coming up on Sunday March 1st… We went last year and enjoyed seeing all the kites. We picked up a new kite in Shanghai while we were in China in May to fly at the festival this year.
I just got an email from MoveOn about Texas senator John Cornyn… check out the radio ad they’ve put together, click here to donate to get it on the air.
In the midst of an economic crisis caused largely by Wall Street greed, our senator skipped this week’s vote on the stimulus plan so he could meet with Republican donors from Wall Street.
He showed us that congressional Republicans aren’t fighting for their constituents who got laid off or watched their retirement savings disappear or lost their health coverage. They’re just looking out for their big-money corporate friends.
Released earlier today, available here.
I was in the DD on Research this morning, and there was a new number on the whiteboard, just like the last time I was in there, but this time for Lakeway. So, after I got back, I checked it out, and sure enough, there’s a Dunkin’ Donuts in Lakeway now too. The Franchisee has a web site that lists their locations in Texas, including the three in the Austin market.
BREAKING NEWS!
California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments
in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5
The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge.
On November 19, 2008, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear the legal challenges to Proposition 8 and set an expedited schedule. Briefing in the case was completed on January 21, 2009.
The California Supreme Court must issue its decisions within 90 days of oral argument.
