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• GarCo commissioners vote 2-1 to oppose DeGette’s FRAC Act

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 672
  A grass-roots citizen’s group troubled by air and water pollution from natural gas drilling in Garfield County expressed “extreme disappointment” Monday when the county commissioners voted 2-1 to oppose more federal oversight of the industry. Republican county commissioners Mike Samson and John Martin approved ...
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• My mum was an immigrant: she’s gone now but the love remains

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 120
  [This is the text of the funeral oration I delivered at my mothers funeral] Erika Beckett 1925-2009 My mum was an immigrant. She came to this country out of history. She was born into an age where the car and the phone were still novel. She grew to adulthood through the darkest period of Europe’s recent ...
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• Salazar flooded with support for ban on Grand Canyon uranium mining

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 672
  In 2003, there were a mere 100 mining claims in the million or so acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. Now there are more than 8,500 – mostly for uranium – with more than 1,100 claims less than five miles from arguably America’s most iconic national park . Late last week, Interior ...
  3 days ago

• Colorado reps support Israel war crimes

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 443
  All 7 of Colorado’s US representatives voted to put their congressional stamp of approval on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, joining 337 more yeas for House Resolution 867, Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the “Report of the ...
  4 days ago

• Polis weighs into fray over ‘Hidden Gems’ wilderness proposal

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 672
  U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Boulder) is clearly trying to head off health care town hall-style lynch mobs at the pass by getting out in front of the broiling rhetoric over the proposed “Hidden Gems” wilderness plan . The proposal is still being drafted – and seeking a congressional sponsor – but basically ...
  4 days ago

• Denver Blogs: Sperm + Egg doesnt equal big donations

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 677
  Local blogs for locals like you.Former Colorado Independent staffer Wendy Norris launches Western Citizen, her new online news project, with a story about the tough financial times being ...
  5 days ago

• Unlocking China

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 142
  Polis Charlie Beckett is currently out in Shanghai and writes an interesting post on whether the new media business is changing the politics of China? The media industry here appears to be booming but scratch under the surface and you realise that even the political authorities fear that there are too many ...
  1 week ago

• Journalism Education In A Networked World (Polis in Shanghai)

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 120
  Old to New This is the text of a speech to a gathering of global journalism education leaders at the 80th anniversary conference of Fudan University, Shanghai. J OURNALISM EDUCATION FOR A NETWORKED MEDIA I am a journalist from a traditional TV news background who has made a journey into a University to ...
  1 week ago

• Polis in Shanghai: the joy of the irresistable web

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 120
  Shanghai Is Digital My awesome jetlag reminds me that digital has not eliminated distance. And the fact that I can’t Twitter is a slap in the face of an Internet enthusiast, too. You get a little taste of what it is to be Chinese in the 21st Century when you try to Google a few choice items for a talk I gave ...
  1 week ago

• President Obama’s speech at the hate crimes law reception

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 546
  Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 28, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act. Later that same afternoon, he attended a reception at the White House to commemorate the passage of this historic law that includes special provisions for investigating and prosecuting crimes ...
  1 week ago

• Dakwaan Sivakumar dicekik polis akan disiasat – Hishammuddin

  
  Voice of Malaysian — Authority: 131
  KUALA LUMPUR: Dakwaan pembangkang bahawa wakil rakyat V.Sivakumar diserang dan dicekik polis dalam insiden kekecohan yang berlaku di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak pagi tadi akan disiasat, kata Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. Hishammuddin berkata kekecohan itu bermula apabila polis ...
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• Poll: Almost 80 % angry with police/Culaan laman web polis: 80% marah dengan polis

  
  BlogCkChew - Stand Up, Be Counted; — Authority: 434
  Policemen were once viewed as pillars of society, their standing earning them not just obedience but also respect from the public.However, those days are long gone.That is, if the results of a recent survey by the Home Ministry (better known by its Malay acronym of KDN) are to be believed.The survey which ran from Aug ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jared Polis hosts gay town hall

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 144
  Openly gay Colorado Representative Jared Polis held what is thought to be the first GLBT Town Hall in the country right here in Denver last Saturday night. The purpose of the town hall meeting was to emphasis LGBT issues such as the Healthcare Reform Bill, the federal Hate Crimes Act, ENDA, and Dont Ask, Dont Tell. ...
  2 weeks ago

• News: Donal Og Cusack, Ecuador, Magic Johnson, HPV, Jared Polis

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 740
  Here Media chairman Stephen Jarchow on Gay.com purchase and expanding "empire" : "As the result ofthis deal, we have become a unique company that straddles traditionaldistribution and digital distribution. We own pretty much the entire media for the gaymarketing space." Irish hurler Donal Óg ...
  2 weeks ago

• George Alagiah on Britishness

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 120
  George Alagiah is a brave man. Amidst a backdrop of screaming headlines on the BNP’s Question Time appearance, the BBC news anchor used a POLIS lecture to call for a debate on what it means to be British. It was a very personal and sophisticated argument - we’ll have the podcast up soon, but for now, here’s a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cyprus golf courses at Tersefanou and Limni

  
  Cyprus Property News Magazine — Authority: 118
  It appears that construction work on two of the golf courses planned for Cyprus may get underway before the end of the year as their owners are now at he final stages of securing the necessary approvals.
  2 weeks ago

• Stuff White People Like (no, not the BNP again)

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 120
  White People Like Him The last time I saw the LSE’s main lecture theatre overflowing with 450+ giggling students was when the Queen came here. So what was the attraction of a geeky Canadian blogger who writes about organic coffee and camping? Within a year Christian Lander’s Stuff White People Like blog has ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Life in the Red Zone’ gas drilling film depicts flaming Fort Lupton water

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 672
  The new documentary “Split Estate” is getting all the publicity on Colorado’s Western Slope lately , but a filmmaker from Milanville, Pa., shot a raw, 16-minute documentary called “Life in the Red Zone,” about natural gas contamination in Fort Lupton, that definitely bears watching as well. Josh Fox, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Polis, Perlmutter signed onto Net policy letter meant to serve Verizon

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 672
  Colorado U.S. Reps. Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter signed onto a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week Thursday that was penned by New York Democratic U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks . The letter was signed by 70 other members of Congress and appears to have been crafted by Meeks to cater to Verizon ...
  2 weeks ago

• Denver Blogs: James Dobsons minions focus on another states families

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 677
  Our daily homage to local bloggage.Focus on the Family is spreading its hate in Maine. 5280s on the case.Rep. Jared Polis is speaking out against the what he calls a "sweep of terror" ...
  2 weeks ago

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