Second Life @ the University of Michigan: February 2008 Archives GKCx/Level 3 – SimTeach Quicksearch results: – Monastic Wales – A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources Nice archive on monasteries in Wales, images might make some nice textures if allowed under fair use. My Second Life avatar used to rent a room in a dark old abbey. Wil Wheaton’s Memories of the Futureshop Pam’s House Blend:: Video break #2 – Hoards of Palin fans Go Rogue on her when she doesn’t sign enough books
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Second Life 1.23.5.136262 – Changelog – Softpedia Dark Matter: Default Blank Texture suddenly renders TOTAL BLACK, sucking all life and air out of your parcel. Ayumi Cassini Does Second Life: The ultimate guide to prim twisting [UPDATE] Everything you need to know about WordPress 2.9’s post image feature Second Life Tips and Tricks Useful beginner's tricks for scripters and builders Chicago Sun Times : Slightly better for travel industry
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A Honey Lemon Ginger Infusion – Slashfood Building in Second Life, By Example | Building in Second Life, By Example | Bob SutorClear, useful, drama free Facebook: Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One Lifestream : Help AsRux Estates – Second Life Land at Reasonable PricesThinking about it, must be tier. DocFind SummaryShopping for a new doctor, I’m pissed at mine because he refuses to mark my BP and water pill for refills, and his office practices are old fashioned. They refuse faxed refill requests and require pharmacies to call during office hours… Nippon Airways To Offer…
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Some disturbing facts in this article about an unlicensed adult group home. Meanwhile, the waiting list for a bed in a state-licensed home is 18,000 names long. Parents decry care at Deicke Home in Lombard for disabled adults — chicagotribune.com Disabled care advocates say the Deicke case provides an inside look at the risks of Illinois’ problematic and woefully underfunded adult-care system, where countless small, unlicensed homes provide much-needed housing but offer little relief to worried families. “They exist because the system in Illinois is inadequate and broken,” said Zena Naiditch, president and chief executive of Equip For Equality, a…
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Palin pops the literary pooper Nov. 17th, but a ghostly midwife will probably fade into the background. 400 pages in 4 months? Really? Sarah Palin finishes 400-page memoir, 'Going Rogue,' to be released Nov. 17 — chicagotribune.com Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to…
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I just used their website to highlight the “Max Tax” story for several reporters, including David Brancacchio of NPR’s Marketplace. Emptywheel » MaxTax Is a Plan to Use Our Taxes to Reward Wal-Mart for Keeping Its Workers in Poverty Sent via The Spotlight Project
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Yesterday was, of course, another anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. As I walked into the building, a big United jet flew overhead, and I looked up to watch it climb into the soft morning sky and thought it was a good sight to see. Then I walked into the lobby and saw the big flag that was hung there for months and months after the first 9/11 and teared up, remembering the fear and dread that gripped our country (and still grips some people, apparently). I had dressed more soberly than usual; I wore a dark purple pinwale corduroy overshirt,…
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David Horsey’s political cartoon on the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy is excellent. His blog post goes on to say: Ted Kennedy’s very personal funeral pageant So many of the personal reflections about Sen. Kennedy were similar tales about his dedication to family and friends. It made me resolve to be a more attentive friend — to make the phone calls and send the notes and be present in tough times the way Kennedy apparently was. All these testimonials were verification that the senator’s abundant personal empathy is what inspired his liberalism and infused his public life. One interview after…
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@pourmecoffee Of course we knew crap like this went down. But nobody said a word until they could publish their tell-alls. Tom Ridge on National Security After 9/11 – Washington Whispers (usnews.com) Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was “blindsided” by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something…
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We naive Americans apparently think that’s what they’re for, according to London’s deputy mayor. BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Sex card challenge to phone firms Kit Malthouse, London’s deputy mayor for policing, wants the numbers on sex calling cards found in telephone boxes blocked as soon as they are identified. He said mobile phone numbers were valuable to those behind the sex industry and should be cut off. The deputy mayor has invited Vodafone, Orange, O2, 3, Virgin and T-Mobile to meet him. Mr Malthouse said: “If you are an American tourist and if you walk…