Richmond Virginia News Time Capsule November 2008 

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November 24, 2008 to November 30, 2008

Brooke Smith: Letting go, letting God

Chesapeake pastor answers his calling, day or night
Lynchburg News and Advance's Pulitzer Play: Season of Sacrifice
-Part one: Guest workers hope for better life 
-Part two: Guest workers send money back home 
-Part three: Workers struggle to fill the time 
-Part four: Heading back home 
-Slide Show 
Startup firms on the rise
-Oyster Consulting LLC
-Dominion Payroll Services 
House worth less? Too bad, pay up.
  
Deals with Beach company put some owners out of homes 
From The Depths Of Despair Fredericksburg Dodged Worst Of The Depression
In down economy, what will happen to corporate giving?...The price tag of a helping hand 
Penny pinching: Businesses trying to cut costs
All The Talk Of A Depression Is, Um, Depressing 
Obama's Not Black
  
Thompson: I'm Not Post-Racial 
Smart growth in Blacksburg?
Hero:
A lifesaving attempt leaves man in need of his own savior
Holiday Shopping Tips from the Richmond Police Department
 
Fire risk peaks during holiday 
-House Fire in Chesterfield 
Obama win drives interest in Electoral College vote
Chesterfield Board gives moral support for regional transportation approach
 
Henrico Officials Review Draft of 2026 Plan
-Local Press exposes Henrico planning shortcomings
   
Hanover Retreat expense heats county meeting
Missing Richmond Woman's Casket Possibly Found
Beyond the Ivied Halls, Endowments Suffer 
-UVA endowment woes highlighted in NY Times
-NY Times weighs in on endowment...Rewind: Hook Cover: Missing billion: how UVA's investment strategy worked  
 
Darden grads find success in hard times 
Take a Chance on Rhee? 
-Rewind: The Iron Chancellor
Chesterfield Holds Fast in Shaky Economy
Database: Layoffs in Virginia
AirTran will end RIC-NYC flights in Jan
LandAmerica files for bankruptcy & sells underwriting units | Times Dispatch
Style Cover: Broken Circuit...How Circuit City Lost Its Way
 
Salinas' Inscrutable Circuit City Strategy
-Special Report: Circuit City
Virginia Union President Anderson to resign | CBS6...Wilder??
 
Dr. Belinda C. Anderson to leave the presidency of VUU 
Virginia Governor Mandates Time to Run: Tim Kaine Installed Extra Gym Equipment in the Governor's Mansion to Allow for More Consistent Workouts
 
Going to the Dogs
Va. Panel on Immigration Steps Back From Hard Line | UPI
-Voces altas a favor de los inmigrantes
2008-09 Downtown Development Forum on Dec.4
 
Mayor Joe Riley, Unrestricted 
Innsbrook Empties Out: Vacancy Rate Poised to Double
Dumping Ground (Brookland Park Boulevard to Valley Road)
Young Americans learn budget basics at theme parks
New UVa Study Shows Millions May Have Gone to Wrong Schools
Albemarle County vet offers a kind of pet hospice
Bad news, bears: Home invasions lead to kill permit
Where Have the Acorns Gone?
PETA Responds To Tiger Bite At Luray Zoo
No cruelty charges in pig wreck
Martial-arts expert gets kicks sharing skill
Diners give thanks in Richmond
Kaine accepts deer tribute, vows support
Cornucopia of claimants vie for title of 'First Thanksgiving' site 
NBC12 talks with author John Grisham
Wilson’s success has benefits for father...also see Wilson perfect fit with Pack
Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies
 
Free drinks dry up as business media meets Wall St 
 
The End of Hubris 
To follow a renovation on Broad Street 
-A Renovation Story...crazy or visionary?! 
-More Richmond house blogs: This Decrepit Victorian | The Unseemly House | This young house 
What Pete Humes is Thankful For
Tao sends pingpong balls flying at Richmond Table Tennis Club
Philanthropy and Civic Leadership
 
Local Hampton Roads arts organizations are weathering the economic storm by making tough choices and getting creative 
James River wrestling standouts go mano a mano  
 
When D.C. Was the Center of the Pro Wrestling Universe 
-Pro wrestler takes over MMA 
Ashland Theater to reopen in early 2009 
Scarring disease also deadly to bay rockfish
Kabbalah Comes to Richmond! January 11, 2009 
The very first Gibson's Grill Review! (ivv addendum)...The Second One  
Take a Gander at the New Bass Pro Shop (from a "chic's" pov)
 
Hanover Lifestyle Review 
Richmond.com's Eateries near Malls Guide
GotoBus Partners with New Century Travel, Largest Independent Chinatown Bus Operator
Kings Dominion Adding New Stuff For 2009
New York Mets star is doing things Wright
-David Wright Foundation
Weather cited in dozens of N.C. sea turtle strandings
N.C. boat rescued, repaired, beached now abandoned
NBC12 behind the scenes: "Lucky shot" -- neighborhood with a deer problem
Doh! Meh Makes Its Mark
Highwoods pitches plan to Shockoe Bottom
-Special Report: Richmond Baseball
The Bopst Show XXXI

Jenna Bush-Hager Sighting at City Limit: Times Dispatch | WSLS 
Style Weekly Interviews Lamb of God’s Chris Adler...RVA Magazine: Interview With Lamb of God's Chris Adler
 
Richmond Magazine: Interview with Avail's Tim Barry
More Mountain Lion Sightings In Central VA
Bad in So Many Ways
  
Craigslist or the Economy? Where are the Jobs 
Energy technology a new cash crop for Va.?
Why The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan Blogs
  
Why Tim O'Reilly Loves Twitter 
-Twitter Evolution 
Hook Cover: Minor mishaps: He built an Internet giant, so why is Halsey hurting? 
-Rewind: CNET Founder Halsey Minor...Halsey Minor for governor.com.com! 
Newspaper sales fell almost $2B in one quarter
-Stats  
-Yes, It is Bad 
Ten Ways to Keep a Newspaper Strong
The First-Time CEO’s Recession Survival Guide
 
Voices on Leadership
Microsoft’s Personal Reboot: Web-Centric, But Beyond “The Cloud”
Obama Names Team To Create "Innovation Agenda"...Telecom, Google Vets to Write Obama Tech Policy Priorities 
10SBoulevard Universally Praised! 
-Why The Richmond Times-Dispatch is Dying 
-Tobacco Avenue
Times-Dispatch Print Circulation Increasing With Launch Of Shit-Awful New Web Site Spit out your coffee funny! 
Chesterfield Observer circulation tops 54,00...a 15.3 percent increase 
Quadrangle Foursquare Conference
-As Media Shatters, Jeff Jarvis Is Ideologue Seer of New Age; ‘Journalists? They’re Community Organizers!’ Says Professor; ‘He and I Edged Closer,’ Says Bill Keller; ‘Bullshit,’ Says Jarvis
-Sam Zell's Sell: The former real estate mogul discusses his approach to newspapers
-Want To Hear What Katie Couric Said Yesterday?...Shhhhhh! Media, Tech Moguls Meeting Today. Don’t Tell Anyone 
-Quadrangle to Close Media-Focused Fund
-2007 Conference
Media General fills key leadership roles
Newspapers and many magazines, lusting after younger readers, seem to have adopted a take-it-or-leave-it attitude toward older readers
Here it is, the new RichmondMagazine.com
-What's New for Richmond Magazine
Why can't Microsoft make money online?
GizMine: All the crazy Japanese crap you could want in one sexy website
How to grow your e-commerce site in the economic downturn
Print Media Deathwatch?
-Blood in the Water 
 
Watching the Times struggle (and what you can learn)
Editorial page editor of The Virginian-Pilot to retire 
 
Virginian-Pilot cuts 125 jobs, plans to reduce paper's size
 -'Virginian-Pilot' Cutting 10% of Work Force...Dear readers, Link is closing 
Fight the Power
Is the video game industry recession-proof?
Spatial Computing, Sci-Fi Style
Cindy Woods 1956-2008
-Learning Daily
Children, Incoporated Takes New Approach With YouTube Video 
-Children, Incorporated
Going Green? The Inconvenient Truth about U.Va.'s Carbon Neutrality Initiative
Virginia's recycling rate up slightly last year, state report says
-Department of Environmental Quality 
'USA Today' to Cut 20 Positions
For Laid-Off Journalists, Free Blog Accounts
Style Weekly on Twitter
The Washington Post Giveth and Taketh Away in the Same Day
-Where's Firing Fenty When You Need Him?...District's CTO Gets Award 
-The Download: Navigating the Downturn
Startup Stuff
-Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode  
-After Disney, Eisner Finds a Home Online 
-Puppies Power a Web Video Start-Up 
-Lessons of Survival, From the Dot-Com Attic 
Search Engine Stuff
-Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search
-LinkedIn Launches Streamlined People Search
-Small is the New Big on the Way to Hyper Local 
-Microsoft To Rebrand Search. Will It Be Kumo? 
-Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash? 
-The Online Search Party: A Way to Share the Load 
The Rites of Life: Generation Gap
Roanoke businesses celebrate their 'green' initiatives
The New TimesDispatch.com
-Livejournal: Local online media
-The Times-Dispatch's Trifecta of Confusion
-Rederederederedesign 
-Also see Special Report: Richmond Media
Media Roundup: 
-WaPo Appoints Ravindran As New Chief Digital Officer; Leading New R&D Team
-Wall Street Journal Invades News York Times' Ad Turf
-New York Times cuts dividend, 'reevaluates' assets
-HuffPo Raises $15 Million Third Round From Oak Investment Partners; $100 Million Valuation Ballpark
-Revenue Drop, Cut Fees Cited for AP's 10% Staff Reduction | Reuters 
VibeAgent books $3M round for hotel search engine
-VibeAgent
U.S. Retail E-Commerce Growth Slows to 1 Percent in October as Concerns about Inflation, Jobs and the Financial Markets Cause Consumers to Curb Spending
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
Charlottesville Photographer Matt Rosenberg Threatens Spicy Bear Media and Demands $2,500
Venerable Style Editor, Rozanne Epps, Dies
-Remembering Rozanne Epps 
-My Secret Mentor 
-Brave Engagement 
R.I.P., Richmond.com
-Former Editor Mourns the Rebirth of Richmond.com
-Thumbs Down
-Special Report: Richmond.com Sold!
If your website doesn't suck...press here
RICHMONDWIKI.ORG ANNOUNCES FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR RICHMOND
The University of Richmond's Groups David stares down Facebook Goliath...Joins micro-blogging Web site Twitter.com 
VCU Brandcenter Introduces World’s First Creative Technology Degree Track
Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing
Ziff Davis To Close Print PCMag, Focus On Online; Still Looking For Options For Gaming Division
Want In The Obama Administration? Get A Blog
Web Sites Wage Holiday Price Wars
How to make money from blogging in 7 steps
Sustainability Story Will Be Written By Technologists
South of the James: Rebooted Wants You 
  
Richmond Bizsense Wants You
Yang Steps Down As Yahoo CEO, Search For Successor Begins | Memo to Employees | Yang's blog
Newspapers Jettisoning Top Talent to Cut Costs NY Times columnist able to weave Circuit City case study to Media General
American Press Institute CEO Summit on Saving an Industry in Crisis Reston, Va.
-API Summit Concludes: Industry in 'Crisis,' Needs Outside Help 
-List of API "Crisis Summit" Attendees (Locals: Michael G. Abernathy, president Landmark Community Newspapers, Reid Ashe, EVP, COO Media General, Robert Dickey, president U.S. community publishing, Gannett, Maurice Jones, publisher, The Virginian-Pilot, Michelle Krans, SVP, strategy, development, Gannett, Thomas McDevitt, president The Washington Times, Thomas Silvestri, president and publisher Richmond Times-Dispatch)  
-Rewind: The Push for Innovation in Richmond, Va. 
-Related: How Industries Survive Change. If They Do 
Murdoch Boyer Lecture: The Golden Age of Freedom 
-WSJ.com’s Third Super-Premium Tier Coming? 
-Murdoch to media: You dug yourself a huge hole 
-Murdoch to 'Cynics': Newspapers Will Survive  
-Complacency rather than competition hurts media 
-Murdoch to Aussies: embrace technology 
-Murdoch To Hacks: Quit Whining 
 
More in this Lecture series:
Antony Loewenstein: The Blogging Revolution
Cowabunga! Local firm gets Ninja Turtles site 
-CRT/tanaka
Richmond PC maker humming along
-Velocity Micro
Why Yahoo Still Matters for You
A Computing Pioneer Has a New Idea 
Motrin learns there's a downside to viral advertising
RVA, WINNER of 2 AGD AWARDS for 2008
-Three Cheers (and a Couple of Awards) for RVA Magazine! 
Local NFL star will turn himself in to police 
Man, woman and teen charged in cabbie's death
For many parents of missing children grief is extreme, prolonged   
Gps Units Tempting Targets
Employee thefts
12 nabbed at alleged Newport News brothel...followup
-Virginia Gazette | WAVY | The Flat
RCPD Busts Smash & Grab Thief
David Kerstetter Was Killed by D.C. Police in His Own Bathroom
Man refuses robber
Citizens help police catch Suffolk robbery suspects
Yeyo
Charlottesville (and, probably, Richmond) Cocaine Coming from Mexican Cartels
Michael Vick enters guilty plea at the Sussex County courthouse, receives suspended sentence...gets no new time
-AP
-BBC
-Bloomberg
-ESPN
-NY Times
-Reuters
-Richmond Times Dispatch
-Smoking Gun
-Virginia Pilot
-Washington Post
-Washington Times
 
Will Vick get another chance?| Multimedia archive: Michael Vick and dogfighting charges 
 
Vick Knows Death, Not Taxes | Michael Vick: Harkening Back to Gladiatorial Rome

Kaine: Vick shouldn't have a future in the NFL | Vick will not play in the NFL again 
 
Michael Vick plea opens halfway house door | After deal on state charge, Vick is closer to NFL return
 
Falcons Fans, Who Left With Vick, Are Returning
 
Was Vick's sentence just? | Vick hoping to move closer to freedom with plea...Expected to plead guilty
  
Vick’s Va. house up for auction again | Vick house goes on the block again | Vick's former home on block at real-estate auction
   
More details of Michael Vick's abuse of dogs revealed | Vick put family pets in ring with pit bulls | Michael Vick thought watching dogs kill other dogs was funny | TMZ even chimes in
   
Bankruptcy records detail Vick's lavish spending | Bankruptcy records detail Vick’s lavish spending | Vick gone broke 
  
Vick, held in Hopewell, to plead guilty Tuesday to state dogfighting charges |  Vick back in Virginia to face state charges | Vick to appear in court Tuesday | Vick, escorted by police, arrives for hearing
CQ Press: City Crime Rankings 2008 
-Be thankful—Richmond has grown safer
-Richmond drops to #49! 
-Richmond drops down list of most dangerous cities | WAVY 
Kaine Says He'll Consider Correcting Slayings Report | Head of Tech panel says he’s willing to correct errors in report (followup)| Fire Va. Tech’s president, some shooting victims’ families say
  
The Prevail Archive The Prevail Archive is a volunteer Virginia Tech student effort to make internal documents relating to the events of April 16 at Virginia Tech publicly accessible.
Bingo! After 6-year search, police arrest suspect in hall | Daily Press 
Richmond jail inmates to dine on 40 turkeys, 30 gallons of gravy
Break In at Chesterfield School (Bellwood Elementary School)
Police identify Newport News cab driver killed last night...A dangerous job turns deadly 

November 17, 2008 to November 23, 2008

Sunday Morning Newspaper Focus: The Economy
-Public Square: Tough times - the economy (summary) Richmond 
-Blacksburg money-from-the-sky stunt bucks common sense Blacksburg 
-Our economy: The good, the bad and the ugly Charlottesville 
-To Avoid Another Depression, Don't Build Barriers Fredericksburg 
-Retailers prepare for gloomy sales Hampton Roads 
-Weathering the storm Hampton Roads 
-Our economy: The good, the bad and the ugly Hampton Roads 
-The spirit of giving Rockingham County 
-More layoffs may number hundreds Williamsburg 
-Car Dealers fear local economy would be adversely affected Winchester

Inclusion Escapes Henrico
Poquoson Family racked by CIA cover-up
Virginia lawyers brace for boom in bankruptcies
Mad Max and the Meltdown 
Articles cited:
-Anatomy of a Meltdown, Mortgage Banking Magazine, Oct 2007 
-The End of Wall Street's Boom, Portfolio.com, Nov 11, 2008
-France: Laissez-Faire Capitalism is Over, Businessweek, September 29, 2008 
RGL Special Reports Updated
-Richmond Media- MEG's stock price (or dropping like it's hot)
-Circuit City- Empty box conversions, Salinas, More obits
-Chief Monroe- Degree policy changes at VCU
GOP Bloggers Divided?
 
Raising Kaine Must Come to An End 
  
Is it time for a Democratic blog summit? 
Restoration of Rights spearheaded in upcoming GA
Sussex Animal Shelter Investigation
Redevelopment on the Boulevard: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 2.5  

Highland Park communities the center of RRHA Revitalization Plans

Treating cities as ‘precious heirlooms’ 
-The Downtown Plan: And Now a Word from Charleston 
-Mayor Joe Riley, Unrestricted
  
 Former Charlotte mayor: Work as region or lose to us (Final Edition)...Swings for the Fences
-Food for Thought 
A year after Crupi report, what has changed?: Leadership changes and financial crisis hamper regional plan 
-MPW: No vision, no heart, no chance 
-See Buttermilk & Molasses: The Crupi Reports (1992 and 2007)
Homeless In Richmond...Stats
Missing billion: how UVA's investment strategy worked... until it didn't
Second Family Affected By Burial Mistake
RPS to implement Open Enrollment
Ditch School... You'll Get Caught
More students eating breakfast at school
Give Richmond a present! Buy LOCAL!
-Fountain Bookstore
WTVR6 to cover Vanishing Virginia- tonight and tomorrow  
Do blacks hate gays?  
Cuts in GRTC bus routes on table tonight...Rewind: Save Westhampton 16
 -Fate of city bus service to UR to be decided in January 
Hard Times:
-It Sucks to Be You  
-Tough times will touch Richmond | Economy front and center at Public Square forum tonight 
-MeadWestvaco closing packaging plant in NC 
-Talent pool is deep, but who can afford to plunge in?  
-Green jobs are a hot topic of discussion, especially in the renewable energy sector
-Special Report: Circuit City Hope
 
Hard Times in Hampton Roads: Hampton Roads banks start to feel the pain of bad loans | Office space continues to build up as demand teeters
Local Papers Report More Anti-Obama Incidents From Maine to California  
A Brit campaigning for Barack in Richmond 
It's a madhouse outside the gun shops, too 
Obama's picks may shift 4th Circuit 
Don't wait for Obama, your country needs you 
Our New Pop Culture Icons
New database makes lobbying a bit more transparent | Roanoke Times 
-VPAP | VPAP Featuring Lobbyist Disclosures 
Cantor says GOP is no longer 'relevant'
  
Election sends GOP wake-up call on minority vote ...GOP back to square one with Hispanics 
A bipartisan Washington begins with Obama's judicial appointments
Faces of power in Va.: Corporate boardroom diversity is 'moving slowly, but moving,' one director says...At Virginia’s biggest companies, who sits at the table? 
-Double Duty for Va Biz magazine writers
Late Late Night Richmond at the ODC (Old Dominion Club)
Traumatized yet determined, Iraqi refugees adjust to life in Richmond  
 
Haidar Khairallah helps other Iraqi refugees resettle in Roanoke
Family letters add ‘new perspective’ to Civil War
Zachary Taylor's birthday celebrated
Plan reshapes Norfolk for light rail
Surviving the Suffolk tornado
-Part 2: In six months, a home lost and found 
Almost 20 great books about Richmond or specific parts thereof
Missing dog with a past reunited with his owner  

 Lost, found and lost again: adopted dog up to his old tricks
Richmond High School Alumni:
-Wilson perfect fit with Pack (Collegiate) 
-Neon Deon: Never a question (Varina)
Bike Sharing Is Long Overdue in Richmond
Also see
-European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels
-Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S. 
 
While some technology is chained to the past, bicycles are moving ahead with new propulsion 
Confederates in Richmond: Enough, already!
Ferrari-driving former MCV liver surgeon performed unecessary transplants, says WSJ
Kenji and Silver Diner Open Up in the West End
The Hampton Roads Fall Food Issue
Wolf Boy's Hope
Robot Hearts: His Best Friend’s Girl and Her Deadbeat Valentine New RVANews Dating Column featuring Jack Goes Forth and Susan Howson
-Robot Hearts Begins 
-So, a Bartender Walked into a Relationship Column... 
Drinking survey reveals habits (do not usually affect their academics)
The Capshaw Divestiture of Charlottesville Restaurants Imminent? (Blue Light Grill, Enoteca, Mas, Mono Loco, Ten and Three Notch’d)
Message to Westhampton Pastry Shop: Please open earlier
ATO Records signs Paul McCartney
Local flick beat Bond, James Bond
Does paying $20 for a bottle of wine make sense in today’s economy?
Spice up your Thanksgiving (and ease the pain a little) with champagne cocktails
The recession special
Chesterfield is for Hummus 
-Sabra Dipping Co
Former Spider to return to space
Memories of Western Sizzlin
Richmond Cultural Census Results
 
Commentary:  
 -Some reactions...Thoughts on Richmond Cultural Census  (added 12-17-08)
-Cultural Plan: Beware of Data Paralysis...Cultural Plan: Will We Finally Turn a Corner?
-Culture in Richmond: A Progress Report
-Coming Monday, a Report from the Culture Club (Richmond Region Cultural Action Plan)
Schlitz comes to Hampton Roads with a fresh brew 
Brainworms: "Let Be Honest"
The Kanawha Canal is a fine place to fish  
A week after rescue, sailboat runs aground at Hatteras 
The Bopst Show XXX
Wasting away again in Biscuitville... 
Deer takes a tour of Richmond Fan District | CODE RED! DEER ON THE LOOSE IN THE FAN!  
Teen Deaths Linked to Heroin
ODU, Norfolk to 'aggressively' fight crime near campus
FIRST ON SIX: Richmond's Assistant Police Chief
-See Special Report: Monroe Degree Flap  
Virginia Beach man convicted in murder-for-hire plot 
Arrest Made in Hotel Murder 
Like a virgin? How cops pose as kids to catch Internet pervs 
Virginia man nabbed for being fugitive 
Woman Incompetent For Trial In Child's Death 
Arrest made in slayings of elderly sisters in North Carolina
Michael Vick's cousin may face prison for violating probation
Defense cross-examines key witness in Mormon missionary shooting trial
Police investigate 9 break-ins in same Newport News neighborhood
New Police Chief: Martial Art