July 2010
Nature Photo of the Week: Dragonfly →
Nature is full of delicate balancing acts! Flickr user rattgrrrl took this lovely photo of a dragonfly and shared it through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group.
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Tiffany Ueda Kelly of Greater Sacramento Urban... →
The Northern California Planned Giving Council featured Tiffany Ueda Kelly, Development Director of Greater Sacramento Urban League in their latest newsletter.
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Taiwan: Build a home for bats →
By Portnoy Zheng
Green architect, book author, and blogger Alin(阿羚) introduces how to build a home for bats and decrease the rampant trouble of mosquitoes in Taiwan[zht] because each bat…
Taiwan: Threatened by Microsoft →
By Portnoy Zheng
Tetralet complains about his recent experience with Microsoft [zht] about how the software giant emailed and called to threaten that if Tetralet does not welcome…
Update on Feed the Future and the Roadmap to End... →
Kayla Auletto of the World Food Program USA recently provided an update on President Obama’s Feed the Future initiative, a plan to increase agricultural production in…
College student starts Plumpy'nut Press to fight... →
During the American Revolution, Thomas Paine spent time in York, Pennsylvania writing The Crisis. This pamphlet series opened with the famous line …”These are the times that try men’s…
No notice removals case →
R (on the application of Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 1925 (Admin) should be a wake up call to civil servants at UKBA and Ministers in…
Israel Speeds Up Work On APARTHEID Wall →
Palestine Video: israel Speeds Up Work On APARTHEID WallIsrael speeds up the building of its West Bank separation barrier despite Palestinian protests against the project that devours hectares of…
Anti-Semitism in California on the rise,... →
Anti-Semitism in California on the rise, Anti-Defamation League says - latimes.com: ‘The Anti-Defamation League reported a sharp uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in California last year, many of…
Cuba and twisted logic, double standards →
Cuba and twisted logic, double standards | Analysis & Opinion |It is time for the United States to stop trading with China and ban Americans from travelling there. Why? Look at the U.S…. …
Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup →
Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup | ReutersMexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President…
Fallen Soldiers' Families Denied Cash as Insurers... →
Fallen Soldiers’ Families Denied Cash as Insurers Profit - Bloomberg: ‘The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a…
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Lindsey Graham: Birthright Citizenship Is A... →
Lindsey Graham: Birthright Citizenship Is A Mistake (VIDEO) | TPMDC: ‘Is Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) starting to step away from his image as a relative GOP moderate? He’s now calling for a… …
Fifth Man Charged in Shooting of Former Rwandan... →
Pan-African News Wire: Fifth Man Charged in Shooting of Former Rwandan General in South Africa: ‘(AFP) - JOHANNESBURG — A fifth person has been charged in a South African court for attempting to…
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Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep →
Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep - Yahoo! News: ‘PHOENIX - The showdown over Arizona’s immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix’s sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the…
Why Black Police Group Opposes S1070: 'It's Crazy' →
Why Black Police Group Opposes SB 1070: ‘It’s Crazy’ - New America MediaEditor’s note: The National Black Police Association is no stranger to dealing with controversies around racial profiling….
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Dem Rep Fires Aide After Distribution Of 'Jewish... →
Dem Rep Fires Aide After Distribution Of ‘Jewish Money’ List | TPMDC: ‘Rep. Mike McMahon (D-NY) is in full-on damage control mode this evening after the New York Observer revealed that an aide to…
Neo-Nazi Official Patrolling Arizona Border Lauds... →
neoNeo-Nazi Official Patrolling Arizona Border Lauds Violence | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center: As if Arizona wasn’t already unfriendly enough territory for immigrants, now they have to…
Buffalo bleg →
What to do in Buffalo? Yes, we are going there voluntarily. Please feel free to include the Canadian side of Niagara Falls in your answer. Furthermore, how long does the drive take, crossing the…
Tiger Population increases in Nepal →
Tigers amaze tourists and scare villagers in Nepal, but maybe the incense burned and the diyos lit for the tiger god Bag Bhairav are working.
The tiger population in Nepal has increased this…
Wikileaks confirmed? A plan to kill American... →
Wikileaks confirmed? A plan to kill American geologist with poison beer - CSMonitor.com: ‘New Delhi-An attempt was made to poison a key American adviser involved in the bidding for a multibillion…
Neo-Confederates Play Indian To Avoid Taxes →
Tribal claims causing Charlotte controversy | HeraldTribune.comCharlotte County attorneys plan to seek an injunction to force Robert Chancey Sumner to correct building and zoning violations at his…
ACLU blasts conditions in Men's Central Jail... →
ACLU blasts conditions in Men’s Central Jail following scanner scam | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday blasted the ‘horrific conditions and abuses’ at… …
White House proposal would ease FBI access to... →
White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity-washingtonpost.com: ‘The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over…
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Obama seeks to expand arms exports by trimming... →
Obama seeks to expand arms exports by trimming approval process | McClatchy: ‘WASHINGTON — The United States is currently the world biggest weapons supplier — holding 30 per cent of the market —…
YAP giving away tickets to the movie Step Up in 3D →
YAP is giving away complimentary tickets to the premier movie Step Up in 3D on Wednesday, August 4 at 7:30 PM located at 845 Market Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco.
All you have to do to get…
Secret US spy agency used serial killer and Nazis... →
Secret US spy agency used serial killer and Nazis as sources :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]It was a night in early November during…
Commission on Civil Rights: Protecting America... →
Commission on Civil Rights: Protecting America From (Reverse) Racism | TPMMuckrakerThe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ investigation into the New Black Panthers case — specifically, whether…
African Americans Raise Voices Against Arizona Law →
African Americans Raise Voices Against Arizona Law - NAMThe groundswell against the unpopular Senate Bill 1070 increased to a fever pitch last week with community meetings and demonstrations to… …
Could aid revive business instead of stamping it... →
This post is by Claudia Williamson, a post-doctoral fellow at DRI.
This is a central question of The Aid Trap, by Columbia professors R. Glen Hubbard and William Duggan. Instead…
Niankorodougou library update earlier this year →
I missed this update from Meghan Coughlin’s blog…
It has been awhile since Adelaide or I have posted an update about all of the great things happening at the library. And I am happy to tell…
How To Roll Your Own FAILFaire →
So, you heard about FailFaire. You liked the idea of learning from failure in a not-so-earnest setting and want to have your very own FailFaire, or you think that your organization could benefit…
Mobile Media Toolkit Screencast: How To... →
As a part of the Mobile Media Toolkit, we are producing how-to screencasts that show how to use various mobile tools that have to do with the production and dissemination of content and media.
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Along the Way →
On how the Internet is changing our brains →
“For a long time, even when I was going to school, we were taught that the structure of the human brain was basically fixed by the time we got to our early 20s. But it’s become clear in the last…
Making A Big Fat Bet on this Generation →
I’m at the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder as a mentor this week, and later today I’ll be giving my take on the presentation that has kicked off the stay of each of the several dozen…
The Nonprofit Blog Exchange Has Moved →
The Nonprofit Blog Exchange has moved to Wordpress. This blog will not be updated. Old entries and new roundups are now at the new blog.
Please update your links!
The new URL for the…
Organic beekeeping in Kaoma →
In Kaoma we would meet at the bank. Clearly there was only one bank in Kaoma, so it was easy to find. I met Jonathan Mugandi and Justin Lunda and together we had a meeting at the Maranatha…
Makongwa Primary Suceeds in Choir Competition →
Recently, Makongwa Primary school placed third at the national competition for choral singing for primary schools. This is the second time that Makongwa has been invited to the…
Men-Sector Lunch Fundraiser →
In an effort to raise funds for a pit latrine to be built at the house of Thamalalo Reetsanye and her grandchildren, Men-Sector held a lunch fundraiser at the Nata Primary.
Leaders Starting Now →
Four times a year we get the unique opportunity to pour into hundreds of kids during IMPACT, our student leadership conference. As we teach these 7th, 8th and 9th graders what Godly…
What American Muslims Know All-Too-Well About... →
If anyone understands the plight of Shirley Sherrod - the Georgia Department of Agriculture official who was forced to resign from her post last week, after being falsely accused by the White…
Transparency Through Client Feedback →
By Jeremy Gordon, KF11 and Rachel Brooks, KF10, Kenya ’Esther Keino hopes Juhudi will consider giving loans without requiring solidarity groups in future as group lending is…
A New Dawn for Reproductive, Maternal and... →
DFID unveiled this week a new focus on reproductive, maternal and newborn health by opening a public consultation to help gather views and opinions from across the world and inform…
Interesting links of the day: Freelance Web... →
Is the Title “Freelancer” a Turn-Off? via Freelance Folder
How Web Designers Can Adopt a Global Mindset via Six Revisions
25 Beautiful Travel and Tourism Websites via Vandelay Design
on entrepreneurship and NGOs →
This post is in response to - or rather, a disgression on - Tom’s post a couple of weeks ago on his blog A View from the Cave. These are my thoughts, unadulterated, on the topic of whether ‘one…
How to Mobile-Optimize a Wordpress Website →
Publishing for the mobile web is an important way to reach audiences on mobile phones. This screencast demonstrates an easy-to-use tool that can enable many content producers pubish for the…
Beautiful Destruction? →
Walking home the other day, I was struck by some ads for a photo exhibit now showing at Ottawa City Hall. Called “Beautiful Destruction”, it is a series of aerial photographs of oil development…
Wordpress Mobile Pack →
The Mobile Minute: Your Daily M4Change News →
Today’s Mobile Minute covers how mobiles are improving students’ performance in a North Carolina school, personal data theft from a malicious Android app, a $100 million USAID grant for health…