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• Geeks of the Week:Onezumi and Harknell

  
  Geekadelphia — Authority: 531
  I know it’s been a while since we have had a Geek of the week, but we are back and to make up for that I give you our first couple to proudly have the title! I have been a fan of Onezumi’s work for years and not just because of her style and humor but, because of how she also gives back to the community of ...
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• Message for All Human Rights Defenders NLD LA-en

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 157
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  7 hours ago

• I do need to get around to reading some of his works

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 518
  Oh how we burned in the prison camps, later thinking: what would things have been like if every police operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive? If, during periods of mass arrests, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at ...
  21 hours ago

• Gay Inc. Declares Defeat on ENDA. Face It: Their Strategy Is Not Working

  
  Queerty — Authority: 703
  Organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Family Equality Council, American Civil Liberties Unions, Lambda Legal, the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have been, ostensibly, lobbying lawmakers and making the case ...
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• Taking the Tesla for a spin

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...
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• U.S. says no to Arctic fishing

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  (Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...
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• Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...
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• Important Stuff! Also: Crime Officers

  
  The Meekrat Entertainment Group — Authority: 129
  Okay readers, listen up, because this is pretty important. One of my entires won the Friday Night Fights and if it wins this final round, then I win five dollars and prestige. So I’d really appreciate it if you could go over to SpaceBooger’s around 6PM tonight and vote for my thing. Here is the [...]
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• What to do while the world burns

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...
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• What Is Conservation? Who Are Conservationists?

  
  Black Bear Blog — Authority: 527
  Republished with permission from Hunter’s Alert . There are many words that have double meanings, like “gay”, “coke” and “conservation”. Most people would argue that conservation only has one meaning. Through language deception perfected by government agencies and environmentalists (which has been so ...
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• Deputy Who Took PD’s Document Is in Jail, But Is He in a Cell?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 650
  A Phoenix-area courtroom officer who took a public defender’s document is in jail for refusing to apologize, but it’s not clear if he is in a jail cell. Adam Stoddard was ordered to publicly apologize for taking the document or to report to jail. He chose the second option. Stoddard said he took the document ...
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• Help a Soldier in Need

  
  BLACKFIVE — Authority: 674
  My friend and fellow MARNE soldier, CJ Grisham, needs some assistance .  He is an enlisted soldier and combat veteran.  And hes done more for the troops by his words and actions than just about anyone I know.  Please read this and help CJ if you can.  THANK YOU! While I have no problem asking for money to ...
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• Sailing into an icy cauldron

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic  for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...
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• Write-a-Thon Series: Alisher Karamatov and Azam Farmonov

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 130
  This posting is part of our Write-a-Thon Cases Series . For more information visit www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/ © AI - Alisher Karamatov Human rights defenders Alisher Karamatov (aged 41), and Azam Farmonov (aged 30), were detained on 29 April 2006 as they defended the rights of local farmers who had ...
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• Capital Defense Lawyer Explains Missed Appeal Deadline

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 650
  A Texas death-penalty lawyer, called on yesterday to explain why he blew a deadline for filing an appeal, blamed a lack of time to prepare and his client’s increasingly erratic behavior. It was the second time that lawyer David Dow was in the news for filing a late appeal. The first time, Dow criticized the chief ...
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• Rumble With A Cause

  
  BLACKFIVE — Authority: 674
  Oshkosh Defense is hold a raffle to benefit the Armed Forces Foundation .  The raffles are two completely badass Harleys, one Marine-style and one Army-style.    Army Harley Marine Harley   The bikes will be at Lambeau Field for viewing at the Packers game on Monday night football... And, I ...
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• After 25 years impact of Bhopal leak lingers

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Controversy still surrounds one of the worlds worst industrial accidents 25 years after an estimated 8,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India. At around midnight on December 3, 1984, a leak at a Union Carbide plant of methyl isocyanate gas -- a chemical compound used ...
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• Freep: Public defender system should be fixed

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 604
  The Detroit Free Press has joined the fight to fix the constitutional crisis in Michigan’s public defender system with an editorial calling for legislative action. Noting that Michigan currently ranks 44th in the nation in spending on indigent defense, the editorial rightly declares, “Even in tough times, ...
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• Deputy Who Took Lawyer’s Paperwork Ordered to Jail

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 650
  A deputy sheriffs officer in Maricopa County must report to jail today or a bench warrant will be issued for his arrest. Maricopa County Superior Court spokeswoman Karen Arra told ABC 15 that Adam Stoddard must report to the jail in downtown Phoenix. Stoddard had been ordered to hold a public press conference and ...
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• More Fort Hood Support from Soldiers Angels and Rudys!!!

  
  BLACKFIVE — Authority: 674
  Below is a press release (full disclosure that Im a trustee of Soldiers Angels) about how we can continue to support the families at Fort Hood. Please note the easy (and free!) way to help by signing up on Facebook and Twitter as fans of Rudys Country Store and BBQ! RUDY’S “COUNTRY STORE” AND BAR-B-Q ® ...
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