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Well Said! "The wheelchair is freedom"

From the Washington Post (Dec. 2, 2008): 50 Years in a Wheelchair: No Time for Pity An Invalid? That's Not My Stance. By Gary Presley This month I began my 50th year of riding a wheelchair through life. In case you're wondering, everything is all right down here. That's what I found myself thinking recently as I sailed through a shopping mall. "Look, Mikey! It's magic!" a tiny girl exclaimed to an even tinier boy as she spotted me. It was a reminder that most of the creatu

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Cheated by 'Religulous,' He Wonders, Why the Double Standard in U.S. Culture for Israel?

A few weeks back I ran a friend's review of "Religulous" that pointed out Bill Maher's double-standard for Christian evangelicals and Jews. A man who just saw the film--"Rand Meko"--found that review online, and sent me the following note:I felt cheated by Religulous. I thought a number of groups not only got off free, but there was a very distinct melding of specific politics and religion - something Bill Maher seemed to be vehemently against. I appreciated you opening up the discussion.  It s

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Be bold and get on with it!

That was Lord Drayson's closing remark at a packed event where a broad cross-section of people from universities, business, government and the 'connected' generation came together to listen to a precis of our discussion paper 'Attacking the recession' and also from Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Science and Innovation. There were echoes from various speakers and contributions from the floor on the need for government and wider society to accept risk and learn and make decisions quickly if

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Since When Does Agi Have An "Ever Present Smile"?

Matt Cronin previews 2009 for the ladies: Jelena Jankovic: Let's begin with the positives: Jankovic became the first Serbian in history to end the year at No. 1 and really went hard after the top ranking following Wimbledon. Even though she frequently complains about nagging injuries, she shows up week after week and punches the time clock, mostly with a positive attitude. She is by no means a standout No. 1, but she's a terrific defensive player who can capably mix in high-octane offense. Jan

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Harrison: Entertainment 2.0 is made of bits, not atoms

“There’s a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I’m pretty confident will never buy a physical media product. They will never buy a DVD, they will never buy a CD, and they will never buy a game in a box.” (Phil Harrison, Atari, talks to EDGE) Exactly. Read more

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T-shirt start-up i/denti/fies a new fashion model

The music and fashion have long provided people with important means of self-expression.  A new company called i/denti/tee, conceived and launched by non-traditional-agency-like-object Anomoly, aims to aims to monetize the space where music and fashion meet.  I like their model, which sits at the intersection of three key trends -- mass customization, crowdsourcing and eco/social consciousness -- to produce a unique line of music t-shirts that are ready-made for the 'net generation.  I know

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2010 Audi A5 and S5 Cabriolet Quick Reference Data (USA)

HERNDON, Va., Dec 2, 2008 - INFO IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE EMBARGOED UNTIL December 2, 2008 at 6pm ET / 3pm WT Key Points Summary • The A5 product line is now expanded to include Cabriolet models with three powerful and fuel-efficient powertrains (2.0 TFSI 4 cylinder, 3.2 FSI V6, 3.0 TFSI V6 with supercharged technology). • A5 Cabriolet features ground-breaking soft top technology for elegant styling, superior room and storage space,

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War In Afghanistan Daily News - December 4, 2008

Coalition, Afghan Forces Kill 10, Detain SevenAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 – Afghan and coalition troops today detained three militants in Afghanistan’s westernmost province, a day after troops killed 10 and detained four others in separate battles with insurgents, military officials reported. In today’s operation, three men were detained in the Shindand district of Herat province near the Iranian border. Afghan army commandos, assisted by coalition troops

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Future of Publishing? Hit Factory Launches iPhone-Based Fashion Magazine 'PMc'

Ready for a little bit of reading - as in very little? The iPhone's already our phone, our iPod, our camera, our calendar, our game console, our photo album, our handheld calculator, our weather report and so many other applications. You can already download books - why not iPhone-only magazines, too? The Hot Phone Hit Factory is a new, self-proclaimed "iPhone media company" that is setting out to poroduce high-end magazines, music and books, with a focus on luxury brand advertising channels

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NASA delays Mars Science Lab launch

The long-anticipated launch of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory has been delayed by two years until the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with new research tools to hunt for evidence of whether ancient Mars supported microbial life. NASA officials told a news conference on Thursday that the scheduled October 2009 launch date is no longer is feasible because of testing and hardware issues that must be resolved to ensure mission success. The window for a 2009 launch end

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Intel is betting on Moblin and the MID

I just had an interesting briefing on the Mobile Internet Device (MID) outlook that is driving Intel's strategy for their Ultra Mobility Group. Intel is certainly enjoying the explosion in sales of the Atom processor that have come with the current netbook craze. They are expecting netbooks to continue to be the hot sellers next year. Intel is the one firm that has promoted the concept of the MID long before we began seeing any of these little computers. They took great pains to explain th

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Felipe Korzenny: Hispanic Marketing - What’s Next?

December 3, 2008 By: Dr. Felipe Korzenny Having spent over 30 years in Hispanic marketing, I have been fortunate to see the evolution of this fascinating market. I founded one of the first multicultural market research companies, Hispanic and Asian Marketing Communication Research, and experienced first hand the explosive growth of a market and an industry. Now, as the Founder and Director of Florida State University’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, I am training the next generat

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FCF 7

or monstrous I whose wind blows long grass, who! whoot! jungle not Amazonian swamp, but thick green leafage surrounds, hear everything, no one knows how these massive rectangular structures were used, now birds screech in the little rooms of the buildings, fly away, long iguanas run under rock, tiny bright green and red lizards run down paths past one tiny statue, on lowish ground, on a small concrete block, two funny-monkey- hideous- dog-jaguar faces and p

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Obama and Europe, Cont.

Dan Drezner politely suggests I'm talking (or writing, rather) through my hat in this gloomy assessment of the transformational potential of the Obama presidency. Dan prefers to see the potential rather than the pitfalls. And he may be correct. It would probably be better for all if he were. As it happens, I do think he's right to argue that many european policy elites - and certainly much of the think tank world - do believe that Afghanistan must and can be saved. And it is certainly possibl

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BlogTalk Radio Guest: Gregg Fraley

Gregg Fraley was my guest yesterday on my BlogTalk Radio show. You can listen to the  show at this link.  Gregg has a site, a blog, a great book titled Jack's Notebook, a new enterprise looking for 1000 partners (with no cash investment required). Besides his expertise in innovation and creative problem-solving, I found gregg to be humble, smart, talented, appreciative, gracious, alert/aware, curious, generous. How generous? Well, his book, Jack's Notebook, can save you a few thousands of dol

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Power generation conference draws record attendance

POWER-GEN International announced that it drew a record-breaking 16,500 attendees during the show's opening day Tuesday at the Orange County Convention Center. In its 20th year, POWER-GEN bills itself as the largest power generation event in the world. The conference addresses business and technical issues in the power industry. On Wednesday, the show's owner, Oklahoma-based PennWell Corp. projected a total attendance of about 19,000 by the event's close today. That would be an increase of

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Why I Can't Stand Consumer Christianity

I like to make this blog about positive things, but once in a while I'll divert.  I think today is one of those days.  Revolutionary Love is stirring something in me.  I am so amazed to see hundreds of people give away so self-lessly.  Love that! There is a growing distaste...dislike...revulsion (yeah) inside me toward consumer Christianity. I think it's there because God is still beating the remains of consumer Christianity out of me.  It's easy to build a church on being cool or by promising

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Underconstrained Abstractions

Followup to: The Weak Inside View Saith Robin: It is easy, way too easy, to generate new mechanisms, accounts, theories, and abstractions. To see if such things are useful, we need to vet them, and that is easiest "nearby", where we know a lot. When we want to deal with or understand things "far", where we know little, we have little choice other than to rely on mechanisms, theories, and concepts that have worked well near. Far is just the wrong place to try new things. Well... I understan

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Articles of Interest 12-4-08

698 Days until Election Day December 4, 2008 QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The greatest danger they (Obama's national security team) will face is in their own belief that hard work and methodical pragmatic decision making can substitute for strategic planning and institutional reform." - Newt Gingrich MORNING UPDATE: ATR & ACU CONFERENCE...yesterday we had "center-right" representatives from across the country gather for a discussion about the elections and share best practices

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Examine the World Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Market - MarketWatch

Examine the World Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Market MarketWatch - 20 minutes ago Fuel Cells: A Technology Freeze Frame II-19 Fuel Cells Enter the Lexicon of Modern Energy Generation II-19 Fuel Cell Technologies II-20 Technical Features ...

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