...more recent posts
catch up on shelly berman, pat carroll and other tv game show giants
"On September 30, the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) will expire – unless Congress reauthorizes it. For over a decade, VAWA has saved lives, delivered justice to rapists, stalkers and abusers and has played a critical role in the programs of many NYWF grantees.
The New York Women’s Foundation is calling on you to add your voice and help preserve this crucial legislation now.
Read more about VAWA 2005 and how you can help save it by clicking on the link below:
link
The New York Women's Foundation was established in 1987 as a public philanthropy to be a voice for women and a force for change. We are a cross-cultural alliance of women helping low-income women and girls in the five boroughs to achieve sustained economic security through expanded opportunities"
etymology request: "...some guy named lenny."
use : you wouldnt eat that just cause some guy named lenny told you to would you ?
interchangeable with joe schmoe. any body got anything on this ?
Interestingness. Flickr now has a photo stream of interesting images from the last 24 hours. Nice page. I'd be interested to know about the algorithm. Is it like page rank?
Iraq Affecting Mental Health of Troops
- By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer
Friday, July 29, 2005
(07-29) 04:32 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Thirty percent of U.S. troops surveyed have developed stress-related mental health problems three to four months after coming home from the Iraq war, the Army's surgeon general said Thursday.
The survey of 1,000 troops found problems including anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger and an inability to concentrate, said Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley and other military medical officials. A smaller number of troops, often with more severe symptoms, were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, a serious mental illness.
The 30 percent figure is in contrast to the 3 percent to 5 percent diagnosed with a significant mental health issues immediately after they leave the war theater, according to Col. Elspeth Ritchie, a military psychiatrist on Kiley's staff. A study of troops who were still in the combat zone in 2004 found 13 percent experienced significant mental health problems.
via dailywarnewsblog
wish i'd have seen this when i was shopping for highchairs
In the era of the Warren Court, in the nineteen-sixties, the concept of judicial restraint was largely associated with the political right—with resisting judicial interference in the governance of sovereign states. In recent years, though, the political right has tried to use the courts to push its own agenda. If a newly constituted Court establishes an abiding commitment to judicial restraint, the right as well as the left is likely to suffer disappointments. Two years ago, in his Senate testimony, Roberts said, “My clients and their positions are liberal and conservative across the board.” He was speaking, of course, about his work as an advocate, not his future as a final arbiter of the nation’s laws.
flipbook
a bridged
Last month, though, the American Library Association found at least 200 instances since late 2001 in which police targeted libraries in a hunt for information.
In one case, the names of people checking out books on Osama bin Laden were requested.
Because Section 215 makes it illegal for anyone involved in a search to make it public, there was no way the ALA study could determine if the actions were Patriot Act-approved.
The responses were anonymous to protect librarians.
sounds like a power shift at todays wh press breifing
My own opinion, expressed in this post last March, was that both the FCC and Congress overplayed their cards in 2004, inviting constitutional challenges they might have lost (in the FCC's case) and tacking on extra censorship baggage which might have doomed the new legislation (in the case of Congress).
Who supports prostitution?
Hello you pioneers who went westward ho. We need to know what happended next.
Okay, so those commencement speeches weren't very interesting, but this is a good story. Honest. To Cuba (almost) by Outrigger Sailing Canoe.
whats in a......brand-naming quiz?
Two commencement addresses if you're bored:
Senator Barack Obama at Knox College and Steve Jobs at Stanford.
Google maps has international satellite imagery. The detail of this image of Buckingham Palace is stunning.
coo coo ca-choo
Downing St. memo daily media targets
"it's J.R.R. Tolkien reading and Singing his Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers/The Return of the King it's a magnificent piece of audio and was recorded before the books publication.On this Lp Prof. Tolkien reads from his notes for the books as well as sings and chants verses of prose in elfish!, read the books in High School but I'm not a big LOTR fan boy by any stretch yet this recording always amazes me. "