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5 Mar, 2007 9:36 pm
... folk. Commenting on the resignation, NAACP Chair Julian Bond explained that the NAACP is a social-justice organization, and Gordon wanted
to remake it into a social-services organization. Said Mr. Bond, [W]e fight racial discrimination and ... is disinterested. And that, if nothing else, signals the organization's
contemporary irrelevance. For these reasons, the resignation of Bruce Gordon, who sought to adapt the
NAACP to the current needs of Black folk, should be unsurprising. In fact, the NAACP's ...
12 Mar, 2007 8:18 pm
Courtesy of Afro-Netizen, an apparently authenticated copy of a memorandum Bruce Gordon wrote to the
NAACP board about the circumstances of his departure. The entire memo is here. Below is Gordon's discussion of the disconnect between his view
of his role as CEO and that of a critical mass of the board: Some Executive Committee members want to be directly involved in how I manage the staff. They want to ...
5 Mar, 2007 9:17 pm
... Gordon recently announced his resignation as NAACP president after serving in the position for 19 months. Apparently, Gordon had a different vision from the board. Gordon had a "post-civil rights" vision that focused on eliminating
racial disparities in education, economics, ... that the civil rights struggle continues, and that the NAACP needs to focus on present day discrimination. Here's Bruce Gordon's take: "There has to be an acceptance, a willingness to change. You can't do the same thing for ...
18 Sep 7:07 am
... and DUI Alcohol or Drugs. On August 28th, Cape Police charged Patrina Gordon with DUI Alcohol or Drugs and DUI with Serious Bodily Injury
involving a traffic ... February 4th at the intersection of Pine Island Road and Santa Barbara Boulevard. Gordon was driving southbound on
Santa Barbara and was struck by another vehicle traveling northbound ... occurring in Cape Coral", says Attorney P.J. Scheiner of Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner Personal Injury Lawyers, P.A. "DUI crashes are always an unnecessary ...
10 Aug 9:19 am
... of between $25 and $300, and, of course, attorneys' fees. The Plainitff, James Gordon, and his company, Omni Innovations LLC, registered
the Internet domain "gordonworks. ... unlawful commercial e-mail messages to accounts hosted through gordonworks.com. Of course, Gordon sought
several millions of dollars in statutory and treble damages, attorneys' fees ... summary judgment in Virtumundo's favor, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed, because Gordon lacked standing. Just setting up e-mail accounts did not ...
15 May, 2007 2:34 pm
... Stoudemire and Diaw would be silly, especially after the league failed to suspend Bruce Bowen for what seems to me unquestionably dirty
(and potentially hazardous) play. The most ... league addressed the play mentioned by Steve Kerr involving Tim Duncan and Bruce Bowen, using
the same reasoning that I suggested it could use to avoid suspending Stoudemire ... and Diaw (ESPN): The Suns countered by saying that Duncan and Bruce Bowen were guilty of a similar leaving-the-bench offense in Game 4's first half ...
12 Apr, 2007 7:09 am
... suspension with his flagship radio station, which is owned by CBS radio (WFAN-AM). CBS Radio, however, continues to investigate the situation. If the words of Bruce Gordon, a CBS director, are any sign, Imus may be terminated from this radio station as well. Gordon stated, "As an African-American, I believe that Imus has crossed the line, a very bright line that divides our country. His remarks are so significant
that I ...
24 Apr, 2007 3:22 pm
Larry Ribstein, Mitt Regan, and Bruce MacEwen are on the case: The correspondence collected here represents an effort to start a conversation.
Pending legislation in the United Kingdom, based on what is known as the Clementi Report, would ... has been that such ownership risks lay interference with lawyers' professional
judgment. The discussion contained in the following pages begins with an inquiry by Bruce MacEwen into whether current United States ethical
rules would permit law firms to issue a ...
16 Jun, 2005 2:39 am
[JURIST] The NAACP [advocacy site], the largest civil rights organization in the United States, has picked Bruce Gordon, formerly an executive with Verizon [retirement press release], to succeed Kweisi Mfume [Wikipedia profile] as its leader. An official announcement is
expected after he is confirmed on June 25. Gordon will become the first NAACP president since 1975 who is not a politician or
17 Dec, 2006 1:15 am
... -home check-in option." Soghoian wanted to "demonstrate that the T.S.A. Boarding Pass/ID check is useless." Indeed. We have been harsh critics of our silly airport security system
(here and here), and Stross offers this suggestion for improvement from Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer at BT Counterpane, a security
consulting firm in Mountain View, California: When I asked Mr. Schneier of BT Counterpane what he would do if he were appointed leader of the T.S.A., he said he would return to ...
6 Dec, 2005 10:52 am
NAACP President advocates clemency for Tookie Williams: "'I believe in this individual case. We've got a man who is better off to us alive rather than dead,' NAACP President
Bruce Gordon said of Williams, who he says was convicted on circumstantial evidence and has lived an
exemplary life behind bars. Williams was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to steer kids away...
19 Mar, 2007 2:17 pm
... " mean?" in reference to my recent post on client relationships. BTW, thank you Barbara for the positive comments on the commentary of that post. Let me explain the statement with
an example. I watch a lot of NASCAR and of course have a favorite driver (Jeff Gordon and any other car driving for Rick Hendricks). I also
have drivers I villainize. In fact, I am so loyal to them as villains I can find evil even when they so something good. To be nice the villains will remain nameless. "Loyalty" is a ...
1 May, 2007 4:31 pm
... AT&T. The decision could impact other lawsuits against Microsoft and save the company billions because of the global scope of its operations. Read more here (from
SiliconValley.com). PBL Media's Nine Network and Bruce Gordon's WIN Corp are considering joining
forces to create a powerful national platform for television advertisers, ending hostilities and paving the way for a co-operative bid for Channel Nine in Adelaide. Read more here ...
16 Jun, 2007 4:21 pm
... [of dollars] a year." Read more here (from Reuters). Red Hat Linux has received a new level of security certification that should make the software appealing to government agencies.
Read more here (from PC World). Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation has rejected claims that talks over a
new television affiliation agreement between WIN and the Nine Network owner PBL Media have stalled. Read more here (from The Australian). Facebook ...
4 May, 2008 2:16 pm
Chef Gordon Ramsey hosted a show called Kitchen Nightmares in which he visited failing restaurants and acted as a troubleshooter to help
improve the establishments in just one week. I observed two key issues that appeared to be foundational problems at almost every restaurant he worked to turn around: 1) The restaurant
had far too many offerings on the their menu -- in trying appeal to every taste bud that might possibly walk through the door the menus were bloated and chefs were overwhelmed. 2) ...
22 Jul, 2008 3:00 pm
... Candy," by Julie Salamon "The Box," by Marc Levinson "Indecent Exposure," by David McClintick "The Go-Go Years," by John Brooks "The Kingdom and the Power," by Gay Talese "Titan,"
by Ron Chernow "Do You Sincerely Want To Be Rich," by Godfrey Hodgson, Bruce Page and Charles Raw "Disney Wars," by James Stewart "The
Informant," by Kurt Eichenwald "Father, Son and Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond", by Thomas J. Watson and Peter Petre "When Genius Failed," by Roger Lowenstein "Greed and Glory on Wall
...
5 Oct, 2008 9:10 am
... one resident shut off the living room lights from her bedroom by accident. "Unfortunately the technology is still fairly expensive to incorporate. However, it's a perfect product
for people with these needs, people who are severely handicapped," said Bruce Wrobel, who helped install the system. For the phones, Wrobel
said he took an audio conferencing system and gave the residents the ability to use a handsfree autodial phone system. They can call their six favorite people by hitting the icon ...
7 Dec, 2005 12:03 am
[JURIST] Bruce Gordon [NAACP profile], president and chief executive of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [advocacy website] on Tuesday urged [press release] that death row inmate and convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams [advocacy website
biography] be granted clemency, calling him a secret weapon for helping young African-American men stay out of gangs.
16 Jul, 2006 4:43 am
[JURIST] NAACP [advocacy website] leaders say that at least 1,000 members attending the organization's annual convention [meeting website] now underway in Washington, DC will go to
Capital Hill this Wednesday to urge the Senate to renew portions of the Voting Rights Act [text; DOJ backgrounder] that are soon to expire. NAACP President Bruce Gordon [NAACP profile] stated that "the NAACP is paying
17 Oct, 2006 7:00 am
[JURIST] The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [advocacy website] has said that the organization will monitor polling places [press release] during the upcoming
mid-term elections on November 7 in ten states chosen in part because of a history of problems in those locations. NAACP President Bruce
Gordon [official profile] stated Monday that the organization "will take
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