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i cudn’t sleep
via Loldogs 'n' Cute Puppy Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! by tofuburger on May 15, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!i cudn’t sleepi needz sumwun 2 cuddel wif.picture: dunno source, via our loldog builder. lol caption: Ashleybobashley » Recaption This
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Eskimos, Polar Bears, and Environmentalists
via Significant Pursuit by Renaissance Guy by renaissanceguy on May 15, 2008
... and future drilling for oil (Source: Neal Boortz, “The Truth About Polar Bears“) So now they’ve done it. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added the polar bear to the list of threatened species. They have classified a species whose population has grown as a threatened species. Why? Because their crystal ball, also known as a computer model, tells them that the A...
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A Few Sassy Questions About Global Warming
via Significant Pursuit by Renaissance Guy by renaissanceguy on May 15, 2008
... that industrialization has been around since at least the Clinton administration.)If the balance of nature is so delicate, then why has the earth managed to survive through the extinction of many animal and plant species before?Assuming that at least one species of living thing survives the global warming disaster (will it be the cockroach?), won’t evolution recreate a thriving biosphere?
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America's wise defence secretary
via Democracy in America by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by spavis i'm impressed with Gates standing up to the military-industrial complex. It's a hard establishment to buck. but if we're going to be serious about reforming the way we interact with the world and reduce the $5,000 a second that we're spending in Iraq, we're going to need to push back against our overwhelming industry of war.THE next president, whether a...
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Flash Player 10 beta available now
via Download Squad by Christina Warren on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, AdobeAdobe has just made the prerelease version of Flash Player 10 available for download. Almost as impressive as the player itself is the fact that the beta is available for Windows, OS X AND Linux (including Ubuntu support)!For the full list of features and known issues, check out the release notes, but some of the highlights are:New text engine Ubuntu OS...
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California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage
via NYT > NYTimes.com Home by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
The ruling paves the way for California to become the second state where gay men and lesbians can marry.
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Gay Marriage Ban Overturned By California Supreme Court
via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed by The Huffington Post News Editors on May 15, 2008
... lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's monthlong same-sex wedding march."Today the California Supreme Court took a giant leap to ensure that everybody _ not just in the state of California, but throughout the country _ will have equal treatment under the law," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who argued the case for San Francisco.
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FOX releases official information about the 24 prequel
via TV Squad by Isabelle Carreau on May 15, 2008
Filed under: 24, Reality-FreeIn early March, FOX announced that a 24two-hour Season 7 prequel would air this fall. At that time, not much was known about this special event expect that the action would take place after the Season 6 finale and before the Season 7 premiere. Eventually, we got wind that Jack Bauer would be heading to Africa even if the idea was scrapped in September because of...
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Distributed Journalism
via Innovation in College Media by Bryan on May 15, 2008
Paul Bradshaw does a good job of explaining how journalism differs in a distributed world. Here’s a vodcast (video podcast) in which he explains what he’s talking about by “distributed journalism”:UPDATE: I embedded the wrong video, now I can’t find a way to embed the right video. Here’s a link. Go listen to it NOW!Now, the question is: Do you have someone on staff who is pushing your...
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Beware the digital native.
via AndyDickinson.net by Andy on May 15, 2008
... (mostly younger) is to have people in those demographics in management and actively consult younger staffers about what they want. No more guessing.Honestly, how else are newspapers going to expand their audience if they don’t have people they are trying to court making decisions?It’s a good post and I have swapped a couple of comments with Pat about the problems I have with his point. OK...
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