Liveblogging

TDP Chair Boyd Ritchie is calling the convention to order right now. The blogger area is actually to the far left of the stage, so the view isn’t too bad but it isn’t that great either. We do have a huge JumboTron right in front of us, though. The Chairman is explaining the rules process, etc.

At long last Capitol Annex is beginning our liveblogging of the Texas Democratic Convention. Nate Nance from Common Sense is sitting over my shoulder to make witty comments. Chelsea Clinton will be speaking later, as will Tom Caine. We’ll bring you coverage of all that–and more–live. In addition, if you need a log-in to the Caucus Blog to blog, please email me at vince.leibowitz@

5 days since my last post may look like a long time considering I have been publishing new posts every alternate day so far. Have lots of stuff to blog about but running on a very tight schedule. So compromising a bit and giving quick updates.Quick Jump: Pondy Trip | Questnet Scam update | Live blogging @ webinnovation.in |Enjoyed a one day trip to Pondy and surrounding areas covering MatriMandir at Auroville (an under construction spiritual township some 15-20 kms north of Pondicheri (130 kms from Chennai)), Puducheri (Pondy) and Mahabalipuram last Saturday with Krishna Shastry, Gulshan Raj and other classmates from JNVC. [Related: JNVC memory snaps] The places we visited were nothing great (in fact many were disappointed as Pondy and Auroville had nothing exiting to offer and it was eve

Nuovo appuntamento con le primarie americane e la eterna sfida fra Hillary e Barack. Al momento i sondaggi in Indiana danno vincente la Clinton di cinque punti, mentre in North Carolina Obama risulterebbe davanti di otto punti. Anche stasera quindi, non si saprà chi riuscirà a spuntarla fra i due, salvo enormi colpi di scena, cioè di una vittoria in larga misura, ed in tutti due gli Stati, di un

Nuovo appuntamento con le primarie americane e la eterna sfida fra Hillary e Barack. Al momento i sondaggi in Indiana danno vincente la Clinton di cinque punti, mentre in North Carolina Obama risulterebbe davanti di otto punti. Anche stasera quindi,... (continua su RDM20)

Chiedo scusa per il ritardo, ma come l’altra volta ho dovuto fare un rituale scaramantico: in questo caso, ho avuto un incontro ravvicinato del terzo tipo con tre svedesi (meglio le brasiliane, senza dubbio!).           Arriviamo al dunque. Qui si seguirà lo spoglio relativo al ballottaggio romano. Anche se, e sempre facendo gli scongiuri, a quanto pare non c’è [...]

Traditionally, I’ve live blogged Gossip Girl episodes in Word Press and posted my summary after the episode ended. Tonight, I’m doing something a little different… If all goes well, I’ll be live blogging in real time. You can comment while it’s all going on. It should be lots of fun! I hope [...]

Chiedo scusa per il ritardo, ma ho dovuto fare un rituale scaramantico.                               Torno adesso, infatti, da un “incontro ravvicinato” del terzo tipo con tre brasiliane: cui ho dovuto spiegare - per filo e per segno - il significato dell’espressione “italians do it better“. Ciò detto, veniamo al dunque. Qui si farà - o almeno si proverà a fare [...]

50 milioni di italiani al voto, 630 seggi alla Camera e 315 al Senato da assegnare, decine di province e comuni da ripartire. Ecco in breve i numeri che oggi interessano gli italiani, e che interessano noi di PoliticaLive. Si, perchè oggi, per l’occasione, proprio su PoliticaLive, abbiamo organizzato un EVENTO LIVE dove condividere dati, impressioni, [...]

I begin here the live-blogging of the General Spanish Elections 2008. We will have to wait for around two hours to reach the final results.The preliminary polls indicate that Socialists are very near an absolute majority so they could get to the Government with no need to pact with any other political force... But those haven't any basis on real data so we must wait till the first results.20:48: First results will be available around 22:30 (Spanish time).21:11: With 9% of the vote examined: 164 Socialists, 136 Popular Party according to the Interior Ministry's website.21:27: 172 PSOE, 144 PP. 21:31: 170: PSOE, 150: PP (33% considered).21:44: 171: PSOE, 150:PP (38,70% of the vote considered).21:57: 171: PSOE; 150:PP (56,9% of the vote considered).There is a tendency of PSOE lowering its per

Ever since I read my first Engadget liveblog, it’s something I’ve always wanted to try out for myself. Unfortunately it never seemed like the right time, nor did I have the right tools. Of course, I’m not alone in the liveblogging craze. Today, Rafael Rivera and I tried for the first time a Rube Goldberg-inspired process [...]

After driving all around the county putting up signs last night, and then rushing off to be a relief election judge in another precinct, we at Capitol Annex are…exhausted! However, we will be liveblogging the results tonight. Please keep in mind, however, we won’t be able to do that until we complete our “Texas Two Step” and go to our caucus tonight. I wonder, in fact, how many “liveblogging” efforts that would normally start at 7 p.m. on election night are being thwarted by the precinct conventions tonight? I know mine is….

Siamo alla resa dei conti per Hillary Rodham Clinton? E’ probabile. Tra qualche ora sapremo se il Texas e l’Ohio diverranno la sua tomba politica o la rilanceranno nella corsa alla sala ovale. Mentre John McCain dorme sonni tranquilli, Obama e... (continua su RDM20)

Siamo alla resa dei conti per Hillary Rodham Clinton? E’ probabile. Tra qualche ora sapremo se il Texas e l’Ohio diverranno la sua tomba politica o la rilanceranno nella corsa alla sala ovale. Mentre John McCain dorme sonni tranquilli, Obama e Hillary si giocano il tutto per tutto. La Clinton per rimanere “viva” ha il dovere di bloccare l’inarrestabile ascesa del leader nero ormai in striscia

Ormai è tutto pronto. Fra qualche ora (domani mattina) tutti noi sapremo i risultati di queste primarie, ormai ribattezzate "Potomac primaries". Perchè Potomac mi chiederete? Semplicemente perchè è il fiume (quello della foto) che scorre in mezzo... (continua su RDM20)

Ormai è tutto pronto. Fra qualche ora (domani mattina) tutti noi sapremo i risultati di queste primarie, ormai ribattezzate "Potomac primaries". Perchè Potomac mi chiederete? Semplicemente perchè è il fiume (quello della foto) che scorre in mezzo alle due città (Virginia e Maryland) oltre al District Of Columbia (stasera ci sono le primarie anche li), che in origine era un quadrato di 159 km²

A punto de actualizar a Wordpress 2.3.1 ahora, en la hora en que menos tráfico tiene el site…. Esperemos que todo vaya bien (estaba esperando el fix para Live Writer, programa que utilizo para postear, antes de actualizar, así que todavía estaba con la versión 2.2.3). Si todo va bien, nos vemos en unos instantes :). Si no, chau página por algunas horas… 5 minutos después: Wow, este Wordpress automatic upgrade realmente hace maravillas. Ya está lista la actualización.. 10 minutos después: Todo parece estar andando perfecto. Si encuentran algún error, por favor dejarlo en los comentarios. Ahora, falta convertir categorías a tags… y buscar un buen theme de reemplazo. Compártelo!

A punto de actualizar a Wordpress 2.3.1 ahora, en la hora en que menos tráfico tiene el site…. Esperemos que todo vaya bien (estaba esperando el fix para Live Writer, programa que utilizo para postear, antes de actualizar, así que todavía estaba con la versión 2.2.3). Si todo va bien, nos vemos en unos instantes :). Si no, chau página por algunas horas… 5 minutos después: Wow, este Wordpress automatic upgrade realmente hace maravillas. Ya está lista la actualización.. 10 minutos después: Todo parece estar andando perfecto. Si encuentran algún error, por favor dejarlo en los comentarios. Ahora, falta convertir categorías a tags… y buscar un buen theme de reemplazo. Compártelo!

7:56 amFirst and foremost, a big, friendly HOWDY to RICH from MICHIGAN!!!  (Just a quick shoutout to one of the most regular readers of the blog.)Now, on to business.I get to go home today.  Yaaay!  This has been a long week.  But in a way, I think it's a good thing -- not just for the fact that the researchers need this week to measure our progress.  I think it's good for each of us to know how bad the disease is, unmedicated or unstimulated.  It can't help but make us appreciate how good we have it when the devices are turned on and the meds are working.Dwayne, Wayne, Ronnie and I will go our separate ways today after we each get our final UPDRS check on videotape.  Then we can take our pills and (except for Wayne, who's in the control group, God l

10:29 amIt occurs to me that this would be far more interesting to "liveblog" if there were more interesting things HAPPENING!Sadly, it's just another day at the GCRC.  Had my breakfast (spilled my cup of coffee all over the floor, thanks), had my visit with Dr. C, had my Arm Purpling Blood Pressure Torture, and now I'm sitting in my bedside chair, getting caught up on some work, and deciding to write something in the blog about how there's really nothing interesting going on.Let's face it.  This has been like watching paint dry.I'm entirely washed out.  I feel slow and stiff, my typing sucks (I'm correcting it as I go, because otherwise you wouldn't be able to understand it...) but I don't know how this compares to the LAST droolfest in April.  I guess we'll see tomorr

7:43 amWhew!  That's a load off of my mind.  Joe got in touh with me last night amd will be here with the Blackberry around 9-ish.  I'll take him out to breakfast for his trouble.  I knew that the blackberry was in his car, but still there's that little bit of uncertainty...what if it isn;t?Yes, I am typing wihtout correcting my mistakes this morning.  Just want to see how far the hand coordination has gone.  Not too bac, actually.  Dr. Charles will be in around 8:30-ish to do the daily UPDRS thing, then my breakfast with Joe.  The other fellas are heading off to church and then for lumnch over at Wayne;'s place.  I'd go alonmg, but I really, really meed my Blackberry back -- it's government-issue, and hey don't look kindly on little boys who lo

7:39 amIt sure is hard liveblogging ANYTHING when you just don't feel like writing...I passed on taking the Ambien last night because I had a drink with dinner.  So the night was spent flipping and tossing and having wild dreams about driving a tanker truck and getting it stuck in sand and having minor accidents banging the trailer into things and getting dispatched to far off odd locations...I think I'll have the Ambien tonight.In about 20 minutes, the lads and I will toddle over to the PD Symposium being put on by the VUMC Neurology Department today.  Should be interesting.  Maybe I'll feel like writing something about it.  -----4:40 pmWell, right now the lads are off enjoying themselves with one of the original DBS guys... and I'm sitting here in the room waiting for

8:34 amWe're halfway through.  Huzzah!Actually feeling slightly peppier this morning than I did yesterday.  Maybe that was the low point and it gets better from here.  We shall see.Slept great, thanks again to Mr. Ambien.  I understand there were severe storms that rolled through Nashville last night.  Couldn't tell by me.  Closed my eyes at around 10:30 and didn't open them until about 7.Just had a shower, followed by breakfast.  Not quite feeling "energetic" or anything like that, but I do feel like I'm in a better mental place today than I was yesterday.So... we await the "Arm Purpling Blood Pressure Torture," the visit from Dr. C, and then a visit with my little brother tonight.-----8:18 pmI think I've figured out why my BP has been trending high duri

8:47 amSlept like a lord last night.  Two Ambien before bed did the trick.  I don't think there was any construction going on, but really they could have torn down the hospital and built a new one around me and I probably wouldn't have noticed.Just had brekky... bacon, omelet, a tiny danish, cereal and coffee.Typing is beginning to get challenging.  Perhaps it would be instructive in one of these posts to just leave up what I originally type without going back to correct it.  Maybe by Sunday or Monday I'll give that a try.Other than my morning visit with Dr. Charles and the "Arm Purpling Blood Pressure Torture," really not much on the agenda today.------7:30 pmMan, I really have been out of it today.Really nothing to write about today.  I took a 45-minute stroll ar

2:19 amWhat I want to know is, who's brilliant idea was it to conduct overnight construction projects here in the Medical Center North area?  Since about 10 pm last night, someone (it sounds like he's one floor below me) has been running what sounds like a pneumatic paint chipper.  Forget getting any sleep.  The grinding, grinding, grinding and grinding have put an end to all hopes of that!  I have to wonder... did whoever authorized this overnight work realize that there is a Clinical Research Center here on the third floor, with PATIENTS, some of whom might want to actually get some SLEEP at some point during the night?I'm sure it seemed like a great idea to someone.  We'll chip paint, or remove plaster, or grind up drywall or whatever the bloody @($#! they're do

7:40 amGot up about an hour ago.  Felt a keen desire to take a Stalevo.  May as well take them while I still can, right?We're about 20 minutes away from the first appearance of our old friend, "Lump o' Egg."  That is, if they don't cross me up and put an OMELET on there today.  That could happen.  I won't know until it gets here.Met the other three DBS dudes here for their own 8-day assessment.  Two have had the surgery, one is in the control group.  Those guys are the real heroes, I think.  They devote themselves to coming here and taking part in the study, even though they haven't had the surgery.  But without them to compare the surgery patients to, this whole thing is a waste of time from a research point of view.  Oooooh.  The CNN

5 pm (Central Time)Well, here I am -- same room as last time I was here for an 8-day stint.  I'm all checked in.  Nurse Eunice has strapped the wrist band on.  I have officially begun the 8-Day Droolfest II.I'll write more in a bit.  Dinner just got here.  And it's meatloaf.  Mmmmmm.  Meatloaf.----Well, I made quick work of that.  Wasn't really hungry... pigged out at McDonalds at BWI before getting on the plane.Ah, the plane.  There's usually at least one major annoyance per plane trip.  This time it was the yammering, nattering old lady in the seat behind me.  This easily offset the bonus of having an empty middle seat next to me.  I employed one of the "How to Get an Empty Seat" techniques I defined in a recent blog entry

Ecco la novità politica del centrodestra. In questo momento a Roma, Michela Vittoria Brambilla incontra il suo popolo, quello dei Circoli della Libertà. Il padiglione 8 della nuova fiera di Roma è gremito all’inverosimile per uno degli eventi mediatici e politici che tanto hanno fatto e fanno storcere il naso al centrosinistra, ma non solo. In pochissimo tempo “la macchina di MVB” coadiuvata

Bella l’atmosfersa qui ad Atreju ’07. Tanta gente sorridente, tanti giovani e Silvio Berlusconi che fra poco parlerà dal vivo, qui al Parco del Celio davanti ad una buona fetta dell’elettorato del centrodestra. RDM20 è presente a questo incontro e sarà probabilmente anche presente sabato per seguire l’incontro/dibattito tra Veltroni e Fini. Buona diretta. 20:10 Finisce qui il dibattito, con un

The leadership forum has just ended and John Edwards is sitting down with about 200 people to take questions and speak his mind. I will be live blogging the event in the comment section. Keep refreshing the page to see new updates, and if you have a question feel free to ask it and I’ll see if I can get it in. Email this post...

A picture says a thousand words, doesn’t it? Here is an actual in-store flier from Wal-Mart, and you can plainly see the Xbox 360 console with the big numbers “$349″ above it. That is, in fact, an Xbox 360 Premium Console selling for $349 at Wal-Mart. But this is no sale, oh no. See the red? That’s the famous Wal-Mart “Rollback” logo, meaning that this is the NEW price of the Xbox 360 Premium! But as of now, Microsoft hasn’t returned my many e-mails regarding the matter, so I, JW, have taken the news into my own hands, and have begun calling EVERY SUPER WAL-MART I CAN FIND, searching for answers. Little by little, the puzzle is starting to come together! INFO GATHERED (All info gathered is subject to change with more inquiry) Xbox 360 Elite will rollback to $399, Xbox 360 Premium to $349, and Xbox 360 Core to $299 Rollback will take effect “sometime this week”, possibly as early as Sunday. —————&mdash

I will be liveblogging tonight...and I hope for my sake that the Ducks win because if they don't...I have to deal with Dave and Derrick...and quite frankly that's just not something I want to do! GO DUCKS FIRST PERIOD 20:00 Here we go Western Conference Final...Ducks and Wings!! Let's go Ducks! 18:45 Both teams are having long shifts and matching line for line. 18:30 Pronger just had a

Sono in giro in maccchina di ritorno da un weekend lavorativo. La connessione umts è "ballerina", ma RDM20 ci prova lo stesso e in diretta cercherà di riferirvi i risultati finali di queste imporantissime presidenziali francesi che non hanno solo bloccato l'attenzione dei media transalpini ma anche quelli di tutta Europa dato che la scelta tra Sarkò e la Royal potrebbe segnare un nuovo cammino

One of my most popular blog articles was a recap of a Question and Answer call with the formulator of HealthyPetNet’s Life’s Abundance and Instinctive Choice, Dr. Jane Bicks, DVM.  I was on a call again tonight with her where she answered questions from customers  so I will share a few highlights. There were very specific questions about hepatitis and kidney problems.  Dr. Jane does not practice medicine over the phone and I don’t want to do it here.  She just gives good foundational principles and says whether or not that animal can be on our food. 1.  How should you switch a pet over to a new food? Dr. Jane recommends going by the textbook, which is to literally take 7-9 days.  Put just a couple of new kibble in with the old food.  If there are no loose stools or diarrhea, add another couple the next day.  Check the stool.  If all is well, double the kibble.  Continue this process until the pet is entirely switched over. She pointed out that the AVMA says

PREGAME 10 minutes until coverage starts. I am pissed that my Marty lost on a flukey goal that really should have been an interference call. I love Lou! He has to be one of the smartest men in the game. Now, if only Columbus could get a GM like that....we already have the BEST coach in the league. Anyway, get some food sit back and enjoy the game! OHH and goooooooooooo Sharks! Also, any

Well here I am...liveblogging...hopefully this game is alright. We'll see. They are showing the highlights from the Jersey game. Gotta love Marty...so wonderful. The Flames game is on after these commercials so yay! FIRST PERIOD 19:30 The chants are already starting HAAAAASEK HAAAAAASEK!! Let's Go Flames!! 17:00 Well nothing really too exciting Hasek about made an idiot of himself...but

Inizia adesso su RDM20 il Liveblogging per seguire passo passo (da qui fino almeno alle 23:00 circa) queste importantissime Presidenziali francesi L’aggiornamento del Liveblogging avverrà in ordine cronologico inverso (l’update più recente in cima) 23:10 - Chiudo qui questo liveblogging estenuante iniziato alle 15:00. Ringrazio tutti i lettori e le persone (stando al counter) che sono

So I get home from work just in enough time to liveblog the game and what do I see...my MOTHER sitting on the couch watching Lost. So until she gets done....I'm stuck. FIRST PERIOD 16:35 Alright I'm actually on the game... 16:31 SHARKS SCORE!!! Michalek scored from Joe Thornton. 16:03 Clowe is going to the sin bin for hooking...naughty naughty Ryan naughty naughty 15:28 Great save by Nabby

Let's go Sharks!! PREGAME: Freakin announcer guys drive me nuts!! I still love playoff hockey and really these 2 teams are great...and it sucks that one of the teams have to go. And, it really is a shame that it will be the Preds...haha. I am really excited to seee what the Sharks do to Hartnell with what happened to Cheech. But, apparently he skated today so maybe he will be back?? Vince

Yeah check for updates!! I am at the game all up in the press box! 7:01 here they come... Stu Barnes scored for the Dallas Stars. Jackets are having a bit of trouble keeping it out of our zone. Svitov took a penalty for holding. Good times. The Stars are out shooting us 7-1. I feel bad for Norrena on nights like this. At the end of the first period we are down 1-0 and they out shot us 5-8…

So I will be liveblogging tonight...not the Columbus game although I do plan on doing a game recap afer I watch it. I am going to be liveblogging the Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames. I have heard so much about this rivalry and I want to see what it is all about. So that's the plan for the night!