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1803: Johannes Bückler, “Schinderhannes”
Executed Today | November 21st 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1803, the famous German bandit “Schinderhannes” and 19 others of his gang were efficiently guillotined in French-occupied Rhineland. Schinderhannes with mistress Juliana Blasius and their child. As low-born as they come, read more
A Different Shade of Beige
The Pipeline | November 20th 2009 by Tibor Shanto
Few in sales will argue that the Stats Quo is you biggest barrier to entry, why change if it is working. Yet sales people continue to do the same thing over and over, sell the same way over and over to try and overcome the Status Quo. The end re read more
1676: Johan Johansson Griis, the Gävle Boy
Executed Today | November 20th 2009 by Executed Today
On an uncertain date in November 1676, the Gävle Boy paid the penalty for his elders’ credulity. Only 13 years old at his death, he’d spent the foregoing months as the star witness in Stockholm’s witch trials. Like the hysteria its read more
2002: Craig Neil Ogan, drug war informant
Executed Today | November 19th 2009 by Executed Today
(Thanks to David Carson of the informative Texas Execution Information Center for the guest post, originally run on his site. -ed.) Craig Neil Ogan, 47, was executed by lethal injection on 19 November 2002 in Huntsville, Texas for the murder of a pol read more
Update on scheduled execution of Robert Lee Thompson in TX
on the Wilder Side | November 18th 2009 by iwilder
Update/Sad news on Thursday evening: Robert Lee Thompson is dead. He was executed today. Perry rejects clemency in death penalty case Accomplice executed for 1996 convenience store slaying. By Mike Ward / Friday, November 20, 2009 “Rejecting a read more
Meteor Shower and New Moon Lead to FAKEAV
Virus DB | November 18th 2009 by mila louis
TrendLabs threat analysts found another FAKEAV campaign piggybacking on the Leonid meteor shower and the much-anticipated sequel to the Twilight saga, New Moon. Use read more
Ghost Adventures – Haunted Cells of the Ohio Reformatory
Adventure Art Travel | November 18th 2009 by Adventure Art Travel
The Ghost Adventures crew use night vision to explore the decrepit cells of the long-abandoned Ohio Reformatory. All-new episodes of Ghost Adventures air Fridays at 10PM e/p only on Travel Channel. www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Ghost_Adventures Rel read more
No Decision
The Pipeline | November 18th 2009 by Tibor Shanto
One trend that has grown in 2009 is the growth in sales ending in “No Decision” (ND). While most sales people will tell you that they hat loosing opportunities most, for me the worst is the ND. Having said that, ND’s do have one a read more
1864: Hong Tianguifu, in the Taiping Rebellion
Executed Today | November 18th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1864, the sins of the father were visited upon the son when the Qing Dynasty dealt a coup de grace in what is perhaps history’s bloodiest civil war, executing the luckless teenager to whom leadership of the Taiping Rebellion had read more
1864: Hong Tianguifu, in the Taiping Rebellion
Executed Today | November 18th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1864, the sins of the father were visited upon the son when the Qing Dynasty dealt a coup de grace in what is perhaps history’s bloodiest civil war, executing the luckless teenager to whom leadership of the Taiping Rebellion had read more
Prisoners’ last words: ‘Let’s give them what they want’
Free Market Mojo | November 17th 2009 by Ariel Goldring
The Guardian has collected a series of last words from prisoners prior to their execution. I found it intriguing: “I am sorry, I never wanted to kill your family. I never wanted to kill your family or these people. I am sorry for the way I ta read more
1909: Leonard Groce and Lee Roy Cannon, American mercenaries in N…
Executed Today | November 17th 2009 by Executed Today
In few countries is it possible to trace the development of anti-American sentiment as clearly as in Nicaragua. A century of trouble between the two nations, which led to the death of thousands and great suffering for generations of Nicaraguans, beg read more
1909: Leonard Groce and Lee Roy Cannon, American mercenaries in N…
Executed Today | November 17th 2009 by Executed Today
In few countries is it possible to trace the development of anti-American sentiment as clearly as in Nicaragua. A century of trouble between the two nations, which led to the death of thousands and great suffering for generations of Nicaraguans, beg read more
A Random Walk Up Sales Street – 21
The Pipeline | November 16th 2009 by Tibor Shanto
Ends versus Means The age old moral dilemma, “does the end justify the means?”; who knows, who cares, and frankly does it matter most of the time? Well in B2B sales it does but in a different context. Specifically, it appears that in B2B sal read more
1885: Louis Riel, Metis leader
Executed Today | November 16th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1885, Louis Riel, “the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history,” was hanged in Regina for treason. We have already met in these pages the magnetic, controversial figure of Louis Riel when his Red River Rebellion caus read more
1885: Louis Riel, Metis leader
Executed Today | November 16th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1885, Louis Riel, “the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history,” was hanged in Regina for treason. We have already met in these pages the magnetic, controversial figure of Louis Riel when his Red River Rebellion caus read more
1539: Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury
Executed Today | November 15th 2009 by Executed Today
Letter to Thomas Cromwell from his man in Somerset,* Richard Pollard, a local gentry type making out well under the Dissolution of the Monasteries: Pleaseth it your lordship to be advertised, that … the same 15th day [of November] the late abbo read more
1539: Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury
Executed Today | November 15th 2009 by Executed Today
Letter to Thomas Cromwell from his man in Somerset,* Richard Pollard, a local gentry type making out well under the Dissolution of the Monasteries: Pleaseth it your lordship to be advertised, that … the same 15th day [of November] the late abbo read more
1726: The Gypsy outlaws of Hesse-Darmstadt
Executed Today | November 14th 2009 by Executed Today
On November 14 and 15, 1726, more than 20 Gypsy outlaws of Hesse-Darmstadt Detail view (click for full image) of the execution of the Gypsies at Giessen. Gypsies in Europe still suffer ample discrimination today, so it’s little surprise to f read more
Damascus Road – The Storm
Story South: Fiction with a Southern Drawl | November 13th 2009 by Jason
By Jason Brooks Carlson threw a mini-bottle of whiskey across the room, while Wheaton punched a hole in the room’s sheetrock. Solomon merely scratched his chin and nodded. “Well, if that’s what he wants, that’s what we do,” Solomon said, no read more
Find The Best Forex Trading Platform
Day Trading for Beginners | November 13th 2009 by Barry Friedmann
The best forex trading platform must have the special features which we will discuss in this article. You have to know the good and essential aspects that a trading platform must posses or else becoming successful in the forex trading will be difficu read more
6 Ways to Get More Sales Appointments
The Pipeline | November 13th 2009 by Tibor Shanto
And Then Some! Jan Visser, founder of SalesMarks.com has put together a great e-booklet highlighting how to get more appointments consistently in a competitive B2B market place. I know it is great because I wrote the content, but more importantly read more
1534: Barthélemi Milon, for the Affair of the Placards
Executed Today | November 13th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date* in 1534, a crippled shoemaker’s son went to the stake … the harbinger of many a pyre that would swallow many a French soul in the internecine struggle over religion that lay ahead. A relatively chilled-out start to the Prote read more
Leadership – Executer
Young Millionaire Group | November 12th 2009 by Robert Wheeler
The leader must get things done if he or she is to be affective. They must be an executor. Now, I know some of you are thinking "executor"? That sounds like someone is using a guillotine to eliminate the competition as well read more
Content Strategy – Required for B2B Success
acSellerant - Profitable Growth for IT Providers | November 12th 2009 by Bob Leonard
Years ago your Sales department controlled every step of a prospect’s movement through the sales cycle – from initial interest to closing the deal. Your salespeople managed the prospect’s access to information about your products and servic read more
1679: The hot-blooded Lady Christian Nimmo
Executed Today | November 12th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1679, a spurned lover laid her head on the block in Edinburgh and began her career as a spook. Decadent widower James Forrester (or Forester), having run through his cash, was marking his time at the pub and in the arms of Lady Christ read more
United Arrows x Billionaire Boys Club Denim Release
World Class Streetwear Fashion X Hip Hop Music Culture Blog | November 11th 2009 by LUXLIVIN ENTERTAINMENT
Put United Arrows and Billionaire Boys Club together, and this is what you get. Intriguing execution on the paint splash, but this seems a tad tacky. Mail this post Technorati Tags: billionaire boys club, Denim, Execution, Paint, United Arro read more
Execution of the Day – 2009 (part 46)
Execution of the day | November 11th 2009 by Old Sparky
12 November 1660 – Thomas HarrisonGeneral Thomas Harrison lost his life and a lot more for being a staunch roundhead, during the 17th century Civil War. It was his duties of taking the deposed King Charles I to trial and incriminatingly signing his read more
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