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Publius Project@Berkman
http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/ publius_project_berkmanIn conjunction with the Berkman@10 Conference (where I just returned from spending a fascinating two days), the Berkman Team has launched their Publius Project. (The name is borrowed the writers of the Federalist Papers.
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Local Sunlight
http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/ local_sunlight_19This week I have highlights from Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Hawaii and Louisiana. In Pennsylvania, Above Average Jane has a great post summarizing what bills passed State Legislature during the week. In Mississippi, Y'all Politics posts about ethics reform legislation that passed the state legislature and is on its way to be signed by the governor.
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Selling Sunlight
http://specialspeech.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ selling-sunlight/After reading the title of this article, you may be asking yourself, are they really attempting to profit off of something everyone on Earth has access to? If you take the term selling sunlight in its most literal interpretation, then no, there are no plans to charge people for solar rays.
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Berkman at 10 [LIVE]: Transparency and Government
http://www.techpresident.com/ blog/ entry/ 25440/ berkman_at_10_open_media_is_op…Here's the archived video of the "Transparency and Government" session at the Berkman at 10 conference that I participated in along with Sunlight Foundation head Ellen Miller this morning. (I am a consultant to Sunlight.) It was streamed live to the web by uber-video blogger Steve Garfield, who is the official videographer of the event.
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Eleventh Circuit Case No. 01-13664: The Appeal From Hell
http://teflondonald.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ eleventh-circuit-case-no-01-136…Judge Donald L. Graham, “Teflon Don” A United States Circuit Judge on the Potential Dangers of Unpublished Opinions It was U.S. Circuit Judge Richard S. Arnold, 8th Cir. U.S. Court of Appeal who said: “If, for example, a precedent is cited, and the other side then offers a distinction, and the
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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Breast Cancer
http://mscoach.typepad.com/ the_you_revolution/ 2008/ 05/ vitamin-d-defic.htmlVitamin D has been in the news a lot lately. It is now known that sub-optimal levels of this fat soluble vitamin can pave the way for increases in osteoporosis, lowered immune function, and greater levels of inflammation throughout the body.
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Berkman at 10 [LIVE]: Transparency and Government
http://www.techpresident.com/ blog/ entry/ 25440/ berkman_at_10_open_media_is_op…Here's the archived video of the "Transparency and Government" session at the Berkman at 10 conference that I participated in along with Sunlight Foundation head Ellen Miller this morning. (I am a consultant to Sunlight.) It was streamed live to the web by uber-video blogger Steve Garfield, who is the official videographer of the event.
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Strawhouses
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Smashed Windows=Stupid Kids
http://belleweather.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ smashed-windowsstupid-kids/Seems a bit odd to be saying this on a Thursday because it really ought to be a Friday night story, but then The Belle Weather remembers that young people today start their partying on Thursdays. (Unlike The Belle Weather who starts on Tuesday.
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Caption contest
http://www.bugdreams.com/ archives/ caption-contest/Okay, this finch image from last summer is crying out for a caption, but I can’t think of one. I need some help. So I’m having a caption contest similar to what the New Yorker magazine does on their last page. The best caption gets a free desktop wallpaper. Post your caption as a comment.