Archive for September, 2006
I found Criders. Google Earth it and be amazed.
From Monday’s Daily News-Record:
Mock Search Trains Would-Be Rescuers
By Kelly Jasper
CRIDERS — For a girl who was never actually lost, search-and-rescue teams sure did a good job of finding 14-year-old Brandi, rescue workers said.
In a training drill deep in the George Washington National Forest, about 40 officers from area fire departments, rescue teams and [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2006 under work.
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Unreal
In Friday’s San Fransico Chronicle:
Hewlett-Packard Says It Spied On Reporters
An investigator for Hewlett-Packard Co. secretly obtained phone records of nine journalists, including reporters for Cnet Networks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, adding a bizarre twist to a boardroom drama that has transfixed Silicon Valley and has prompted an [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2006 under web, work.
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At 9/11, a journalist makes a tough life choice.
MSNBC.com reporter Martin Wolk published a piece online today about his decision to walk away from 9/11 five years ago. He escaped the south tower, where he was covering a business meeting, just after the first plane hit. The next day he left New York.
I have no idea what I would have done. Some days [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under life, web, work, world.
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In completely unrelated news …
The Associated Press released this Saturday:
MADRID, Spain – Spain’s top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny — an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.
Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under world.
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Cambiar
Aletheia released its new CD tonight at a block party in Harrisonburg. Pretty amazing. They teamed with Du RaG Ministries for a very cool rock/rap fusion show that drew hundreds.
Find more information on the new CD, “Cambiar,” or listen to some clips on the band’s my space page.
End sales pitch!
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under Uncategorized, life, world.
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