No Progress Made Between Mugabe and Tsvangirai

There was no progress after the first day of talks in South Africa.

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The situation in Zimbabwe has now reached the tipping point. Essential services including health, sanitation and education have collapsed completely. There is mass starvation in the country as most people are surviving on one meal or less a day. Deaths due to the cholera and the HIV/ AIDS epidemic are rising rapidly, exacerbated by shortages of clean water, food and medicines. Additionally, the suppression of democratic freedoms through abductions, torture and other sinister forms of intimidation continues unabated, indicating total breakdown of the rule of law.

At this critical juncture, SADC and African governments must act resolutely to protect the people of Zimbabwe who are being subjected to a passive genocide. The suffering of the people of Zimbabwe cannot be ignored any longer. Sign our petition and add your voice to this call for action which will be sent to President Kgalema Motlanthe in his capacity as Chairperson, Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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One for the Saints!

Today's Inauguration for the Saints!

One of those Saints was my grandfather. My grandfather was born in 1900. He grew up in the northwest Florida town of Marianna. And he later moved to central Florida.

I think the death of Martin Luther King was too much for him. He sat and watched Dr. King's funeral in disbelief. His dream was dead!

Later that afternoon, my grandfather had a stroke that left him bedridden for life.

So as I looked at the older people in the crowds today, I think they were over enjoyed to realize that the dream was deferred and had not died with MLK.

Circuit City, From "Good to Great" to Cardiac Arrest

How can you go from one of eleven great US companies identified by Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, to bankruptcy?

After reading and studying the book, I am just a little more than curious as to what happening to Circuit City. I just watched Charlie Rose's show from August 25, 2007 with author Jim Collins.

Clearly, Circuit City had the secret or did they?