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Should We Care WHY? (US)

Photo courtesy of Logos School website Something that seems irritating to me is that some people refuse to accept historical events and get on with their lives. What am I talking about? Well…take the war in Iraq, for example. By the way, regardless whether you have Republican or Democratic (political party) ...

Jolie-Pitt Foundation Donates $1 Million to Three Groups Working in the Darfur Region

Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt have donated one million dollars towards the humanitarian effort assisting more than four million people affected by the crisis in Darfur. The donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to three agencies playing key roles in Darfur and neighboring Chad: the UN Refugee Agency; the ...

VCs and Serial Entrepreneurs to Mentor TechStars Start-ups

Over 40 of the United States' most prominent venture capitalists, "serial entrepreneurs", and business leaders are lining up to serve as mentors to ten business start-up teams. Ten will be chosen in early April for the TechStars entrepreneur program. About 300 new company founders are vying for the chance to get ...

Indonesian Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Haji Subandi, a citizen of the Republic of Indonesia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, two counts of money laundering and attempted exportation of arms and munitions. He aided Tamil Tiger terrorists in the attempted purchase of surface to air missiles, ...

Alchemy World Charitable Foundation Launches, Focused on Improving Ethiopian Economy through Information Technology

Poverty alleviation through social entrepreneurship and focusing on Information Technology. This is the idea behind Alchemy World, a new Charitable Foundation based in Addis Ababa and Oxford. Launched today, the concept behind this Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is to try to alter the economic situation in the Ethiopia via Information ...

Compu-Sketch Helps Solve Crime - Featured on Forensic Files TV Show

Compu-Sketch is computer software that contains a library of more than 40,000 artist-rendered physical features and uses pull-down menus to simply define specific features and accessories. A built-in witness module helps stimulate memory, assuring a most accurate sketch. Compu-Sketch is going to be featured on Court TV's "Forensic Files," 9 pm ...

Dave Pasternack Last Chance for Links

As Graywolf points out, there are about 3 weeks left for the Dave Pasternack SEO contest. So, you need to start deciding what to do with your Dave Pasternack pages that you might have created. You might consider redirecting them. And if you redirect them to Graywolf or me and ...

DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

MAPS, the ACLU, and a broad array of medical and public policy groups nationwide are commending the recent official recommendation by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner that University of Massachusetts- Amherst Professor Lyle Craker be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana for use in privately-funded government-approved ...

Judicial Watch Releases US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Figures on Non-Immigration Saudi Visas

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, has released records from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detailing the number of Saudis living in the United States on student visas. The records report that, as of January 25, 2007, there were 9,952 "active Saudi Arabian ...

New Research Says that Fashion Models Report Feeling Less Happy and Fulfilled Than Others

Researchers at The City University, London, have found that fashion models experience lower psychological need satisfaction and well-being than those not in the modeling profession. After questioning a group of models and non-models of the same age range on their need satisfaction, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, self-actualisation and general mental ...


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U.S. House Speakers Pelosi and Gingrich Urge Immediate Action on Climate Change

Emblem courtesy of "JudyGr" on Flickr website Second 'Unlikely Alliances' Ad Launched by the We Campaign The We campaign announced today that the "Unlikely Alliances" ads launched the second in its series. This ad contained House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) discussing their shared interest in seeing ...
April 4th 2008
Tags: American Ideals No Comments

Statement on Fortieth Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination and Reaffirmation of Principles

Photo courtesy of Dee Finney What is Patriotism website Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean released his following statement on the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
March 31st 2008
Tags: Attitudes - Online Media No Comments

Politics, Organizations, and Communities Need to Adjust to New Media

Screen Shot courtesy of J.D. Lasica website The following was issued today by Group Jazz: A conversation with author, Brian Reich, and online pioneer, Lisa Kimball, about how new media figures into business, politics and culture today will be held:

Important Campaign Issue for 2008 Presidential Candidates is Energy

Photo courtesy of "My Little Planet!!" on Flickr website The 2008 U.S. presidential candidates most common themes are the high cost of crude oil, gasoline, and home heating oil. In other words, the themes may be boiled down to "energy security." Even though their plans vary widely, Democratic and Republican candidates ...
February 22nd 2008
Tags: Surveys - Political No Comments

New Survey Determines Effectiveness of Presidential Candidates’ Websites

Photo courtesy of "iFOCOS" on Flickr website The "Shopping Online for a President" report, which assesses the impact of the five main presidential candidates' websites, was announced today from RelevantView, a leading technology provider of Web-based market research solutions. One kiss on a baby's cheek at a time was the way ...

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