Medical checkup: 48-year-old Obama ‘fit for duty’ (Staten Island Advance)

February 28, 2010

WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama is in “excellent health” and “fit for duty,” the White House physician said today after the 48-year-old commander in chief’s first checkup since he took office. Navy Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman said after the 90-minute…

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Medical checkup: 48-year-old Obama `fit for duty’ (AP via Yahoo! News)

February 28, 2010

President Barack Obama is in “excellent health” and “fit for duty,” the White House physician said Sunday after the 48-year-old commander in chief’s first checkup since he took office.

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Falcon pair return to nesting site in Harrisburg (Chambersburg Public Opinion)

February 28, 2010

The Rachel Carson State Office Building s famous peregrine falcon pair is nesting for its sixth year outside the 15th floor ledge of the Department of Environmental Protection building in Harrisburg.

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EU budget enforcer to meet Greek leaders in Athens (Malaysian Mirror)

February 27, 2010

BRUSSELS -The EU’s top budget enforcer will meet Greek leaders in Athens on Monday to inspect the government’s plans to slash its massive public deficit and debt and discuss the way forward, his office said. Read more…

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EU budget enforcer to meet Greek leaders in Athens (AFP via Yahoo! News)

February 27, 2010

The EU’s top budget enforcer will meet Greek leaders in Athens on Monday to inspect the government’s plans to slash its massive public deficit and debt and discuss the way forward, his office said.

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Virtual tenant program is a way to attract business (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

February 26, 2010

The Innovation Center, a business incubator in Biloxi, is offering virtual tenant support and resources for a monthly fee as an option to more costly full-time rent.

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Going Virtual with Matt Mullenweg (Inc Magazine)

February 26, 2010

Recently I had a chance to record a Skype chat from my living room with Matt Mullenweg. Matt is the founder of Automattic, the company that publishes Wordpress.com. Automattic was founded without a central office and has 50 employees spread all over the world. (For this reason he uses the term “distributed company” to describe Automattic’s structure.)I asked Matt how he stumbled on this novel …

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Going Virtual with Matt Mullenweg (Inc Magazine)

February 26, 2010

If you’ve been following this blog for the past month, you’ll know that Inc. has ditched its offices in an attempt to investigate of how virtual companies work. As part of the experiment, I’ve been asking the sharpest entrepreneurs we know how to manage a company without an office. Recently I had a chance to record a Skype chat from my living room with Matt Mullenweg . Matt is the founder of …

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Training of surgeons may take flight into virtual reality (The Buffalo News)

February 26, 2010

Buffalo researchers unveiled a simulator Thursday to train doctors to perform robotic surgery similar to the way pilots use virtual-reality devices for flight training.

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Report Shows Six-Month High for Workstation Costs in Central London

February 26, 2010

UK-based officebroker.com released a report yesterday indicating a six-month high for workstation costs in Central London. According to the report, January revealed a substantial increase

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