India TV 'exclusive': Pigeons Fall To Mumbai Terror
India TV's brand of crusading journalism. An exclusive report on victims of the Mumbai blasts: Pigeons outside the Taj Mahal hotel.
While all life is precious and the poor pigeons were definitely innocent, the way the story is done explains why someone has gone to the trouble to create http://stupidindiatv.blogspot.com
Author: abhi2point0
Keywords: indiatv stupidindiatv india tv mumbai
Added: December 2, 2008
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Neighborhood Watch Screencast
I created this screencast of the Neighborhood Watch application from the St. Petersburg Times. http://watch.tampabay.com/homes/
Author: selfmadepsyche
Keywords: database journalism
Added: December 2, 2008
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MPACUK Media Workshop Manchester
Expert speakers from Journalism and New Media will share their experience and advice.
Experienced activists will provide simple practical solutions.
Muslims and the Media
Saturday 6th December 2008
4-7pm
Dar Al-Islam
2A Higher Ardwick, Manchester, M12 6BZ
Admission Free (advance registration preferred)
All welcome
Dinner will be served
To Register email: info@mpacuk.org
More Details visit: www.mpacuk.org
All Muslims who want to make a difference to their community and the Ummah will benefit from the workshop insha'Allah.
Author: mpacuk
Keywords: mpac mpacuk muslim public affairs committee ius islamic unity society media workshop lobby islamophobia
Added: December 2, 2008
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Oil Story has Emotions and Twists like Opera, part 2 of 2.MPG
Oil Story has Twists like Opera, part 2 of 2
Early in George W. Bushs first term the US government commissioned the Hirsch Report, which in the meantime became public and which emphasized these aspects. Independent analysts like Colin Campbell who has an oil industry and geology background, like Richard Heinberg who has an ecological and journalism background, like Matthew Simmons who has an oil industry and banking background, and who include into their analysis the geological reality of oil as the most vital, non renewable resource, concur. To me it looks like there is not much disagreement in the public, more so a lack of reflection partly because a momentous game changer of this kind might also invoke underlying fear.
Oil is the greatest resource in history (quote from the Syriana movie), its unique energy density, mobility and versatility are not trivial. One liter of gas equals more combustive power than what can be found in one kilogram of military high explosives. It is equivalent to more than one week of physical human labour, one can check that with a chainsaw in comparison to using a Swede saw or by hand pushing a truck on the road for example.
Two historical references are telling. Oil acquired strategic significance when before WW1 the Royal Navy converted all fleets from coal to oil burners. The time it took to fuel up the very same battleships came down from 2 - 3 weeks to 1 or 2 days while the effective range before refueling improved 3 - 4 times. At the same time ship to ship refueling was much improved. Of course the political and military geography changed as well, Basra became as important as Cardiff.
The average Western individual of today commands 300 times more physical power than a Western individual had at their disposal around the time of the War of 1812. Giving up power or even considering to receive it from different and less well established sources has to be scary after having so much of it for such a long time and taking it for granted as much as air to breathe all along.
Lack of democracy, lack of humanism, neo-feudal ideologies guide the economy like the revival of the 18th century South Sea Bubble, a deep crisis has many dimensions. Its not helpful for the broader conversation to neglect an overdue reform of industrial technologies and a comprehensive set of motivations for it.
Author: defendconstitution
Keywords: Peak Oil Climate Crisis Financial Free Trade Globalization Whitehorse Star Yukon News Canadian media Newspaper
Added: December 2, 2008
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