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Rebranding Africa

July 10th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in Bono, Economy, Education, Election '08, New York Times, News, Obama, Politics, U2, government

Bono, lead singer for the band U2.

By BONO
Published: July 10, 2009 NYT

On his visit to Ghana, President Obama has the chance to lead nations in building on the successes of recent efforts within Africa and to learn from the failures.

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Sea of Red Ink: How It Spread From a Puddle

June 9th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in David Leonhardt, Federal Deficit, New York Times, Obama, Spending, Taxes, government

There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal government will run in the coming years.

The first is that President Obama’s agenda, ambitious as it may be, is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits, despite what many of his Republican critics are saying. The second is that Mr. Obama does not have a realistic plan for eliminating the deficit, despite what his advisers have suggested.

To understand the looming deficits, The New York Times analyzed Congressional Budget Office projections of the budget surplus or deficit for the years 2009-12, President Obama’s current term. The budget office has been making estimates for these years for nearly a decade now. The numbers that appear below are the average annual deficit or surplus for this four-year period.

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All You Need to Know to Twitter

May 9th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in Blogging, Facebook, Internet, Media, MicroBlogging, New York Times, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter
TweetDeck, a Twitter app, breaks out multiple columns for different kinds of tweets and different groups of friends.

TweetDeck, a Twitter app, breaks out multiple columns for different kinds of tweets and different groups of friends.

Assuming you’ve got the basics down, there are many less obvious tips and tweaks to get more from your tweeting.

OPRAH WINFREY granted pop superstardom in April not to another fraudulent memoirist, but to Twitter, the online social network that has lured both Hollywood celebrities and basement amateurs away from their blogs.

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