All Global News on One Page

I went to three Dunkin’ Donuts locations this morning on a mission to find their new breakfast sandwich, the Big N’ Toasty. Sold out at the first two, there was nothing stopping me from the task at hand: Hunting down Dunkin’s biggest breakfast sandwich to date.
When I finally found it at my third stop, I rejoiced a little on the inside and skipped down the street to my office (OK, so maybe skipping is a little eccentric), anxious to dive into all $4.34 of breakfasty goodness.
Comprised of two peppered fried eggs, four slices of cherrywood smoked bacon, a slice of American cheese and two thick (and I mean thick) slices of Texas toast, the sandwich ranks in at 580 calories and 24 grams of fat.
Who’s ready for 54 percent of their daily value of fat in one sitting? Ooooh, pick me!!
I’m not the biggest fast food breakfast person. Something about pre-made egg makes me a little queasy. But, well, for the sake of excellent journalism, I proceeded to unwrap the Big N’ Toasty.
The sandwich itself looked pretty

Whatever you may think of how Anne Hathaway and her co-host James Franco did as hosts of the newer, younger, hipper Oscars, one thing appears to be certain: When Anne Hathaway makes headlines, the stock for Warren Buffet’s Berkshire-Hathaway goes up. Think of Berkshire-Hathaway shares (BRK.A) as a really expensive version of the IMDb’s StarMeter (which actually is designed to go up and down as actors make the news). But a bedrock member of the New York Stock Exchange? The evidence would indicate as much.
On the Friday before the Oscars, Berkshire shares rose a whopping 2.02%. And on the Monday just after the Academy Awards, they rose again, this time

OK, everyone — time to take a breath and consider a new idea. Well, not really a new idea. It is called the Fair Tax plan and was conceived in 1998 by a nonpartisan group out of Houston called Americans for Fair Taxation.
The simple proposal: Apply a 23 percent consumption tax paid once at the point of purchase of all new retail goods and services, while eliminating all other taxes in America — that’s right,

This Blogger’s Books from
Chaos for the Weary
Lee Camp
Satiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs & Vulgarians
by Paul Provenza, Dan Dion

Follow Lee Camp on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/LeeCamp
.

read full news from www.huffingtonpost.com

Many activists in Palestine believe that they are the inventors of the concept of popular uprisings in the modern Arab history. After all, many say, the Palestinian Intifada has been hailed as a shining example of an entire people rising up in unison against a ruthless aggressor.
Palestinians know very well what it means to break the barrier of fear and what it means to expose the bare chest to the live ammunition of an aggressive security regime. Clandestine youth leadership that works behind the scenes to organize and energize an entire population is something that has the signature of Palestine all over it.
Every country and every situation is different and the fight against the Tunisian dictatorship or the 30-year-old Mubarak regime is different from Palestine’s fight against a foreign military occupier which is also planting colonies and colonizers on Palestinians’ land. But despite their successes, which no doubt influenced the young leaders of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, Palestinians and many other peoples can learn a lot from their fellow Arab revolutionaries.
One of the first lessons Palestinians can learn from the North African uprisings is the need to keep the uprisings united in purpose, not lacking in ideological debate and without a clear individual or party

Anyone who has followed my writings here knows that I do NOT consider music to be a universal language. On the contrary, as we grow, we learn to process music as our culture dictates. In the west, music systematizes harmony, melody and rhythm into what we recognize as our classical and popular music. Yet even those wonderful elements absorbed too specifically can limit the way we perceive

Talk about connecting seemingly irrelevant things together and seeing things from different angles! Last week it was my privilege to lead two workshops for children at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. They were titled “Toying with Transformation” and inspired by the current exhibition “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels.” The premise was to “teach” kids how to design toys that transform while cultivating creative cognition.
My explanation of the project was laconic by design; since there were no set expectations or right answers, there was no need for lengthy descriptions. I said: “Imagine a cardboard box that is a rocket ship today, a hospital tomorrow, and a workshop or a restaurant or a theater the following day.” The concept seemed very clear to them; they knew exactly what I was talking about. To tie it back to the exhibition, as the kids had already done a scavenger hunt and were familiar with the show, Caroline Payson, director of Education Department at the Museum explained: “The Zip necklace by Van Cleef and Arpels has a zipper that really works! And depending on whether it is zipped or unzipped, it can be worn as a necklace or a bracelet.”
Most of the kids in attendance engaged

Donnie Walsh had a vision when he took over the Knicks as General Manager and President of Basketball Operations. That vision was not limited to bringing the Knicks back to relevancy, but also to bring New York back to basketball supremacy. In looking at the NBA over the past few years, there isn’t another President of Basketball Operations that has done a better job constructing a team than Donnie Walsh. You could throw Sam Presti of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s name into that ring as well, but there is no argument that Donnie Walsh has revitalized New York basketball in his short time running the

I have a confession: I’m obsessed, and it would comfort me to know that I’m not alone. I’m ridiculously fanatical about my kitchen stuff: pots and pans, skillets and Mokas, kettles and ladles, all that is metal and can be made to shine. I need my cooking implements to glitter and only then will I use them — or I’ll immediately get down to work with detergents and sponges until I’m satisfied.
It all started in the early ’70s, on the Greek island of Patmos where I spent many long, wonderful summers. Our neighbors, Yannis and Maria, lived in a house composed of three white-washed cubes framed by a profusion of flowers and green

No one interests us more than ourselves. It’s true, I suppose. Writers, writing on writing, then, is my genre and perhaps yours, too. On occasion we’re treated to a category killer anthology that captures the best work of the year entitled The Best American

Over the last two weeks, tens of thousands of workers and their supporters have flooded the Wisconsin and Ohio state capitols, pushing back on their newly-elected Republican Governors’ attempts to revoke collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Other than the flashes of anger Ohio crowds showed when they were curiously shut out of their statehouse, the protests have been entirely peaceful, even jovial, with the Wisconsin capitol having an atmosphere similar to a pep rally.
WI Gov. Scott Walker and OH Gov. John Kasich have claimed budget crisis as the impetus for their efforts, but their accounting is spurious, and unions have already agreed to reductions in pay and benefits.

read full news from www.huffingtonpost.com

Editor’s Note: Michelle Weber of Thursday Night Smackdown is liveblogging Top Chef with HuffPost Food tonight.

read full news from www.huffingtonpost.com

I first met Nicole last year when she was the key speaker at Diabetes Sisters’ “Weekend for Women.” I was then, and continue to be, impressed by her passion for better serving people with chronic illness.
This is the sixth in my series of profiles on diabetes change leaders.
Q: Tell me about the project you’re heading, “Bringing Science Home?”
Nicole Johnson: First, it’s a dream come true for me. It’s a four-year funded project where we’re looking at how we can provide the support and tools people who live with a chronic illness really want and need. That means educating patients, families and health students

Lately I’ve been getting the vibe that a lot of people out there are feeling newly inspired about their writing. Maybe it’s just spring coming on. I dunno. But I do know that the subject of writing and writers is near to my heart (not to mention my everyday work

The first half of the 20th century was filled with changes for women in the United States, not the least of which was the right to vote, granted by a constitutional amendment in 1920.
The rise of manufacturing created factories and industries that provided new jobs for women, and the opportunity to gain financial independence and pursue jobs outside domestic confines.
The mobilization of troops in both of the World Wars opened up job prospects for women in fields formerly dominated by men. Women also served in record numbers in many roles in the United States military during World War II.
The Museum of the City of New York is committed to digitizing its photographic holdings and has put more than 52,000 historic images of the city online so far, with more to come in the near

I’m referencing the one nightstand that sits next to your bed. The stand that you dump the contents of your day onto before you drift off to sleep. The stand that holds your eyeglasses, your meds, your alarm clock, the book(s) you are reading, maybe your laptop, your cell phone, your landline, a pad, a pen or two, your watch, your rings, a glass of water, a glass of wine, your peace pipe, your sex toys, sugary snacks, crunchy snacks, full meals, and maybe a statue of the Buddha. And let’s not forget all our sleep paraphernalia, including eye masks, aromatherapy candles, sound machines, sleeping potions and sleeping pills.
What does your one nigh-stand say about you and about your quality of sleep?
As

*SEE PHOTOS BELOW*
I’ve lived on and off in Belgium (with a few years out in China) for ten years now. Most people’s response when I tell them I live here is usually a big fat ‘why’ and sometimes ‘where is Belgium again’?
I’m used to it now. I embrace the obscurity and complexity of the place. Belgium is somewhere you can drive across in two hours yet has three official languages (French, Dutch and German); a place that is meant to be the center of European government, with the European Commission and Parliament based in Brussels, yet Belgium has just broken the record for the longest time to exist without an officially elected government of its

When I tell people that I’m writing about mistakes — and that men and women tend to handle mistakes differently — I usually get a knowing response. Most agree that women are more likely to agonize and blame themselves and men get over their blunders faster and look for others to blame.
But is there any research to back up this common wisdom?
Yup.
Patricia Bryans, when working at the of the Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University in England conducted one of the few studies directly looking at how men and women react to mistakes in the workplace. At first Bryans surveyed 45 men and 45 women from 30 to 50-years-old, in professions ranging from teachers, social workers, managers, police officers, human resources managers, and health professionals. She then talked in-depth with twelve of those

The Apple iPad 2 was launched by the so-called “rockstar CEO” Steve Jobs today in San Francisco to a broad reception of live blogging, tweeting and “cloud” participation online. It will give shareholders a brief moment of comfort to see that Steve is still fit and well despite his medical leave.
While there has been a lot of online coverage of events and conferences in recent time, the live blogging and tweeting around the iPad 2 launch shows that we really are living in a real-time ‘news’ consumption age. The concept that you can have a press release to ‘spin’ an announcement anymore is just ridiculous. You are dealing with real-time assessment of your brand, your products and capability

I did one of those stints as a talking head Saturday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” commenting briefly on Charlie Sheen. You can’t say much in 10 seconds, but I like to think I did a good job countering Deni Carise, who called Charlie a textbook case of addict denial “on steroids.”
There is a lot to critique in Charlie’s recent performances, but I don’t find this critical approach, which Ms. Carise seemed to condone, good therapy.
Instead, I spoke of building bridges in creating a therapeutic alliance with someone like Charlie. This involves reflecting off of his comments to show that I am on his side, while shifting his focus to how he might help

During his interview with ABC News’ Andrea Canning, Charlie Sheen submitted to a urine test and a comprehensive blood test. The urine test showed no anomalies, but the blood work revealed the presence of some tiger DNA.
According to the examination, 22% of Sheen’s DNA comes from the Felidae family, most likely from Panthera tigris, more commonly known as tiger. The results also indicated a copious amount of cocaine in the actor’s system.
“I thought he was being metaphorical,” said Andrea Canning. “We thought it was his creative way of describing his virility and

As we enter March, many colleges and universities are about to — if they haven’t done so already — participate in an event that rivals the sun rising in terms of importance: student government elections.
While the festivities are generally more notable for the litter they generate as opposed to the student empowerment they represent, what’s unquestionable is the entertainment value of a down and dirty election that only 10 percent of the student body votes in — and that’s in a good year.
At the University of Texas alone, the past two student government elections have been wrought with scandal and dramatic story lines worthy of either the West Wing or an early afternoon telenovela, depending on who you ask.
The past few years the Texas Travesty, the official humor publication of the University of Texas, has run a candidate of its own for student government president in order to bring a little levity to the election season — in essence, making a joke of an institution that many students consider, well, a joke.
While running fake candidates is hardly original to the Travesty — in fact, in 2006, Jay Bundy, then a student at Penn State University ran a joke campaign and won, vowing to give “the worst performance to the best of his ability” during his short-lived tenure as student government president — what is notable is the dedication and execution of the students who run.
Last year the Travesty ran Aaron Walther, who played a ruthless Soviet dictator that vowed to gouge out the eyes of students so that they could no longer peer into the inner workings of their