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• Get Ready for Earn Our Votes: Questions and conversation starters

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Amp 039 07 Conference News, Amp 039 07 Sessions Speakers, Blogher Conferences, Bloghers Act, Politics Amp Amp News, Blogher07

  kicked off our spirit of activism with the unveiling of BlogHers Act's global issue, I want to remind both BlogHer conference attendees and site visitors that tomorrow at 10:30 am, the BlogHer community begins to develop its voter manifesto for 2008. If you're planning to attend the session, here are some "thought starters": questions from

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• Liveblog: Earn Our Votes: What Questions Do Women Bloggers Want Candidates to Answer in Election 2008?

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:34 pm

  Tags: Amp 039 07 Sessions Speakers, Blogher Conferences, Politics Amp Amp News, Blogher, Blogher07, Bloghers Act, Politics

  Note: This session moved really fast, but I found it important enough to cover this that I'm willing to post this liveblog in its fully imperfect glory. I'll be cleaning it up today, with links, so you'll all have access to some great perspectives from smart women on some of our most pressing issues related to the upcoming election. Lisa Stone

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• Half-Life 2 Mod: Riot Act

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:22 pm

  Tags: Mods, Half Life, Computer, Half Life 2, Riot Act

  time to start my own riot act. You can download Riot Act and some accompanying screenshots from Half-Life Files, ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Valve Speaks on Half-Life 2: Episode 3Half-Life 2: Black Box CancelledHalf-Life 2 Episode 2 Release Date Confirmed; October 9Tournament.com Gets Official Status for Counter-Strike and Half-Life

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• 41 House Dems Tremble Before the Mighty Bush

  Published: August 5, 2007, 1:19 am

  Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  Intelligence Surveillance Act, 26 were Blue Dogs. The bill, Orwellianly named the Protect America Act, passed 227-183, with 181 Democrats and two Republicans opposed. These are the Dems who ... failed us. Who failed our country. Jason Altmire (4th Pennsylvania) Melissa Bean  (8th Illinois) Blue Dog Dan Boren  (2nd Oklahoma) Blue

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• Enough Already with the Pathetic Excuses

  Published: August 5, 2007, 9:50 am

  Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of the tactics of totalitarian regimes. We have seen a consistent pattern in which programs initiated with limited goals, such as preventing criminal violence or identifying foreign spies, were expanded to what witnesses characterized as

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• ‘An onerous Austrian legacy’

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: Pcij Image Galleries, Public Health, In The News, Austrian Government, Clean Air Act, Department Of Health, Hoval Incinerators, Philippines, Vamed Engineering

  technology, were manufactured by Liechtenstein-based Hoval and were supplied by an Austrian company, Vamed Engineering, whose

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• Filipinos paying P90M a year for junked hospital waste incinerators

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Public Health, Governance, Science Technology, In The News, Austrian Government, Bank Austria, Clean Air Act, Department Of Health, Hoval Incinerators, Philippines, Vamed Engineering

  REMEMBER the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant? As the biggest power generation project ever undertaken in Philippine history during the time of Marcos, the nuclear plant occupying a 370-hectare complex in Morong, Bataan remains the country’s biggest white elephant. Built at an original cost of US$1.109 billion by Westinghouse through a loan from

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• Cnet Speaks Out Against ICE Raids

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:44 am

  Tags: Gamer Life, Business Environment, Cnet, Criminality, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Enforcement Division, Folks Need, Games, Government Claims, Highest Bidder, Immigration Customs Enforcement, John Doe, Lesson In Logic, Modded Xbox 360, Modding, Money Laundering, Ploy

  very logical to me. In fact, customizing your system so you can play overseas games may in fact bring more business to the companies who are so strongly against modifications. I completely understand why companies want to have complete control over their systems, but perhaps they need to take the consumer’s point of view into

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• Autism Discrimination Complaint 'at the YMCA' Settled

  Published: August 7, 2007, 5:38 am

  Tags: Autism Disorder, Autism Awareness, Ymca, Discrimination, Americans Disabilities Act

  Americans with Disabilities Act against the West End YMCA in Ontario, California has been settled with payment of compensation and with changes in policies by the YMCA. The complaint was brought after the West End YMCA terminated a child from its after-school child care program, according to the DOJ Press Release, because the child has autism.

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• JI-trained bombmaker or HSA victim?

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:52 am

  Tags: Human Rights, In The News, Human Rights, Human Security Act, Jemaah Islamiyah, Karahudin Usman Talib, Philippines

  IS Karahudin Usman Talib a bombmaker trained by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) or the first victim of the Human Security Act of 2007 (HSA or R.A. 9372)? Southern Police District (SPD) Chief Supt. Roberto Rosales said that Talib was the right-hand man of JI leader Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and “Filipino extremist” Basit Usman, [...]

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• Fab Flash: Senate Bill Targets Knockoffs

  Published: August 9, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: Fab Flash, Forever 21, Copyright, Fashion, Design Piracy Prohibition Act

  Design Piracy Prohibition Act, which aims to protect original fashion designs for three years after they are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Current law only protects creative [...] Related Entries: Canada’s Kyoto constitutional crisisFashion Targets Breast Cancer tees from top designers at ASOS.comKangaru's Firewire

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• The 4400: Daddy's Little Girl

  Published: August 12, 2007, 8:28 pm

  Tags: 4400, Abilties, Discrimination, Patriot Act, Patriotact, Usa Network, Usanetwork

  Filed under: OpEd, The 4400, Episode Reviews(S04E09) Have you ever wondered what ability you might have if you took the shot? I think I would be curious enough to think about taking it, but chicken enough not to take it. Maybe if I didn't have kids. We saw some seriously cool abilities in this episode (some of which we have seen before), and some

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• Mary-Kate Olsen's BiCoastal Party Hopping

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:19 am

  Tags: Mary Kate Olsen, Gossip, News, Caught In The Act, Mary Kate Olsen, Mary Kate Olsen News

  with Ashley! Caught in the Act: Mary-Kate Olsen, making the bicoastal party rounds with a recent stop at Hampton Social in New York. Days later, the actress jetted back to L.A. where she partied at West Hollywood hotspot Guy’s on Tuesday. Taking in the club scene from her perch on top of a couch, legs crossed, with her feet up!

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• Best Law Firms?

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:04 pm

  Tags: Balancing Act

  So, how to choose a good law firm? Working mothers and lawyers now have a new tool: the first survey of the nation's 50 best law firms for women. The survey, conducted by Working Mother magazine and the Philadelphia-based group,...

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• Rejoice in Gonzo's new Grim Reaper powers

  Published: August 15, 2007, 12:16 pm

  Tags: Patriot Act, Alberto Gonzales, Bush Admin

  the reauthorized Patriot Act for this bit of news:Gonzales set to get new power to oversee death penalty.Attorney General Alberto Gonzales could see his influence over death penalty decisions increase under new regulations expected to be approved soon by the Justice Department, the Los Angeles Times reports.Implementing a "little-noticed

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