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Current News for April 19, 2008
Of Economic Woes, Fears, And Hunger
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:49:51 PDT
In catching up on economic news this week, I've noticed a trend toward real world reports. It's as though a few in the media have awakened to the fact that a large segment of our population is struggling to just get by -- which for regular folks isn't exactly news, but it's a welcome change from the usual indifference.
Guillermo Del Toro Talks Major 'Hobbit' News
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:50:38 PDT
According to Del Toro, he will know in about 4 to 5 days whether or not he's doing The Hobbit. He hopes that he gets to, but every day brings new battles, but he (and the world will) will know within a week whether he's on board.
Parks Appreciation Day and poop
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:16 PDT
MATT DRISCOLL: HOPES YOU'RE NOT EASILY GROSSED OUT >>> As has been noted around the blogosphere many times already, today was Parks Appreciation Day. Hordes of do-gooders showed up from 9 a.m. to noon all over Pierce County to lend a helping hand to the little patches of green in the South Sound that make life just a little bit better. Scott Fontaine of the News Tribune checked in from Bonney Lake and Wapato Park. And my neighbor, Mr. Cole Cosgrove, added his two cents about Parks A
China’s $0.5 Billion Bird Nest
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:17 PDT
China’s $0.5 Billion Bird Nest April 19th, 2008 - Posted by: Steve Shickles 4 years in the making, will it be done? Originally Syndicated via RSS from Digg / World News Posted in Syndication | No Comments »
Innocent Man Free After 26 Years In Prison
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:17 PDT
Innocent Man Free After 26 Years In Prison April 19th, 2008 - Posted by: Steve Shickles A man locked away 26 years for murder was granted a new trial and freed on bond Friday with the help of two attorneys who came forward with a client’s confession after he died in prison. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Digg / World News Posted in Syndication | No Comments »
MEY launches Global Village TV in beta!
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:26:15 PDT
After months of hard work, Mideast Youth, with the enormous help of ByteSense, finally launched Global Village TV (GVTV). I would especially like to thank Umar for making this opportunity for us much easier than it would’ve been without his help and guidance. GVTV is a dynamic, educational platform, co-created by Baha’is and Muslims working hand in hand to cultivate an interfaith community. For the past few months, we have been working diligently on this initiative, in hopes that it would c
British Methodists respond to crisis in Zimbabwe
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:27:17 PDT
British Methodists respond to crisis in Zimbabwe In the face of growing political instability and desperate food shortages in Zimbabwe, The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) is supporting an appeal through ACT International (Action by Churches Together) that will distribute emergency food supplies to vulnerable households. 18 Apr 2008
KWN Kids Witness News
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:29:16 PDT
KWN Kids Witness News Posted by Diane Chen on April 19, 2008 Great colleagues make district meetings fun. It's not the stuff on the agenda that helps you bind more closely, it's great colleagues.. Sam Frey is one such educator you should have sitting in your meeting sometime. Sam inspires his students every year to create videos for the 2008 New Vision Awards contest for Kid Witness News. His teams have won kudos for the past 3 years. This year's entry is a video spoof of all those pharmac
Perform simple surgery, fight simple fires
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:11 PDT
Filed under: News, ImportsIn June, Japan will have two more additions to D3's Simple DS series. One will be a Trauma Center type of game, but with more realistic looking organs. Also, you'll be operating to cure actual conditions, like appendicitis, rather than mysterious, made-up outbreaks. We'll squeamishly take our cartoon organs, thanks, but should you have a stomach for that sort of thing, Simple DS Series Vol. 40: The Gekai might be the game for you. The other simple software, Vol. 39: T
Obama Board Funded Anti-Hand Gun Efforts
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:24 PDT
Lately news stories have focused on Obama’s time on the board of the Woods Foundation with domestic terrorist William Ayers. The foundation gave a $75,000 grant to Rashid Khalidi, a stooge of Yasser Arafat. The latest board in question is from the Joyce Foundation, where Obama served for 8 years in a paid director’s position. While ...]
Dani Rodrik: Guns, Drugs, and Financial Markets
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:45 PDT
CAMBRIDGE – The sub-prime mortgage crisis has demonstrated once again how hard it is to tame finance, an industry that is both the lifeline of modern economies and their gravest threat. While this is not news to emerging markets, which have experienced many financial crises in the last quarter-century, a half-century of financial stability lulled advanced economies into complacency.
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:14 PDT
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Ask tough questions about religion, says Vatican cardinal
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:32:45 PDT
Ask tough questions about religion, says Vatican cardinal Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, from the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has said religions should be prepared to ask tough questions. He says it is unrealistic to pretend there is only one global faith. 18 Apr 2008
links for 2008-04-19
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:33:23 PDT
A world of witnesses | Economist.com "Instead of surveillance, watching from above, society will rely on a new and opposite concept, sousveillance, watching from below." (tags: mobile social technology trends sensors) The Mire: Namings As Portals "... construing these allusions as 'portals' that led somewhere ? rather than as citations in a seamless postmodern circuit ? is highly suggestive." (tags: naming portals joydivision thewire) Drowned in Sound - Features - The Weekly DiScussion: pr
Silence on AT&T Aspire an "Ed in '08" parallel?
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:07 PDT
Is it my imagination, or has there been a deafening silence in both news outlets and the blogosphere after the AT&T Foundation's announcement Wednesday of a $100 Million Dropout Prevention Program? I wrote about the initiative Thursday, but given the lead-in publicity (the America's Promise report with Ed Week about low graduation rates?), I expected more commentary than just my note about the history of outcries about and responses to dropping out. I know that $100 million is a drop in th
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:49:51 PDT
In catching up on economic news this week, I've noticed a trend toward real world reports. It's as though a few in the media have awakened to the fact that a large segment of our population is struggling to just get by -- which for regular folks isn't exactly news, but it's a welcome change from the usual indifference.
Guillermo Del Toro Talks Major 'Hobbit' News
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:50:38 PDT
According to Del Toro, he will know in about 4 to 5 days whether or not he's doing The Hobbit. He hopes that he gets to, but every day brings new battles, but he (and the world will) will know within a week whether he's on board.
Parks Appreciation Day and poop
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:16 PDT
MATT DRISCOLL: HOPES YOU'RE NOT EASILY GROSSED OUT >>> As has been noted around the blogosphere many times already, today was Parks Appreciation Day. Hordes of do-gooders showed up from 9 a.m. to noon all over Pierce County to lend a helping hand to the little patches of green in the South Sound that make life just a little bit better. Scott Fontaine of the News Tribune checked in from Bonney Lake and Wapato Park. And my neighbor, Mr. Cole Cosgrove, added his two cents about Parks A
China’s $0.5 Billion Bird Nest
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:17 PDT
China’s $0.5 Billion Bird Nest April 19th, 2008 - Posted by: Steve Shickles 4 years in the making, will it be done? Originally Syndicated via RSS from Digg / World News Posted in Syndication | No Comments »
Innocent Man Free After 26 Years In Prison
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:25:17 PDT
Innocent Man Free After 26 Years In Prison April 19th, 2008 - Posted by: Steve Shickles A man locked away 26 years for murder was granted a new trial and freed on bond Friday with the help of two attorneys who came forward with a client’s confession after he died in prison. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Digg / World News Posted in Syndication | No Comments »
MEY launches Global Village TV in beta!
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:26:15 PDT
After months of hard work, Mideast Youth, with the enormous help of ByteSense, finally launched Global Village TV (GVTV). I would especially like to thank Umar for making this opportunity for us much easier than it would’ve been without his help and guidance. GVTV is a dynamic, educational platform, co-created by Baha’is and Muslims working hand in hand to cultivate an interfaith community. For the past few months, we have been working diligently on this initiative, in hopes that it would c
British Methodists respond to crisis in Zimbabwe
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:27:17 PDT
British Methodists respond to crisis in Zimbabwe In the face of growing political instability and desperate food shortages in Zimbabwe, The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) is supporting an appeal through ACT International (Action by Churches Together) that will distribute emergency food supplies to vulnerable households. 18 Apr 2008
KWN Kids Witness News
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:29:16 PDT
KWN Kids Witness News Posted by Diane Chen on April 19, 2008 Great colleagues make district meetings fun. It's not the stuff on the agenda that helps you bind more closely, it's great colleagues.. Sam Frey is one such educator you should have sitting in your meeting sometime. Sam inspires his students every year to create videos for the 2008 New Vision Awards contest for Kid Witness News. His teams have won kudos for the past 3 years. This year's entry is a video spoof of all those pharmac
Perform simple surgery, fight simple fires
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:11 PDT
Filed under: News, ImportsIn June, Japan will have two more additions to D3's Simple DS series. One will be a Trauma Center type of game, but with more realistic looking organs. Also, you'll be operating to cure actual conditions, like appendicitis, rather than mysterious, made-up outbreaks. We'll squeamishly take our cartoon organs, thanks, but should you have a stomach for that sort of thing, Simple DS Series Vol. 40: The Gekai might be the game for you. The other simple software, Vol. 39: T
Obama Board Funded Anti-Hand Gun Efforts
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:24 PDT
Lately news stories have focused on Obama’s time on the board of the Woods Foundation with domestic terrorist William Ayers. The foundation gave a $75,000 grant to Rashid Khalidi, a stooge of Yasser Arafat. The latest board in question is from the Joyce Foundation, where Obama served for 8 years in a paid director’s position. While ...]
Dani Rodrik: Guns, Drugs, and Financial Markets
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:30:45 PDT
CAMBRIDGE – The sub-prime mortgage crisis has demonstrated once again how hard it is to tame finance, an industry that is both the lifeline of modern economies and their gravest threat. While this is not news to emerging markets, which have experienced many financial crises in the last quarter-century, a half-century of financial stability lulled advanced economies into complacency.
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:14 PDT
leather hides,pelts,upholstery leather,foil,leather hides ...Source: www.justleather.comChemical & Engineering News: Science & Technology - What's That ...Source: pubs.acs.orgLeather Credit Card Holder --> Best Credit Card Online At WWW.Wtec ...Source: wtec.orgGenuine LeatherSource: www.virtualkhan.comLeather Pride NightSource: www.leatherpridenight.orgHanson's Leather & Supply Co. Home PageSource: www.hansons.netEdelman LeatherSource: www.edelmanleather.comLeather
Ask tough questions about religion, says Vatican cardinal
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:32:45 PDT
Ask tough questions about religion, says Vatican cardinal Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, from the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has said religions should be prepared to ask tough questions. He says it is unrealistic to pretend there is only one global faith. 18 Apr 2008
links for 2008-04-19
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:33:23 PDT
A world of witnesses | Economist.com "Instead of surveillance, watching from above, society will rely on a new and opposite concept, sousveillance, watching from below." (tags: mobile social technology trends sensors) The Mire: Namings As Portals "... construing these allusions as 'portals' that led somewhere ? rather than as citations in a seamless postmodern circuit ? is highly suggestive." (tags: naming portals joydivision thewire) Drowned in Sound - Features - The Weekly DiScussion: pr
Silence on AT&T Aspire an "Ed in '08" parallel?
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:07 PDT
Is it my imagination, or has there been a deafening silence in both news outlets and the blogosphere after the AT&T Foundation's announcement Wednesday of a $100 Million Dropout Prevention Program? I wrote about the initiative Thursday, but given the lead-in publicity (the America's Promise report with Ed Week about low graduation rates?), I expected more commentary than just my note about the history of outcries about and responses to dropping out. I know that $100 million is a drop in th
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