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          <author><![CDATA[Dones en xarxa, Barcelona, Spain]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Campanya "M&#233;s dones als mitjans, m&#233;s dones opinant"]]></title>
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          <author><![CDATA[The South Asian Forum, San Francisco, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[History of Struggles & Transnational Movement Building]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:18:09 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The Continuous Journey (http://www.socialdoc.net/kazimi/ali_html_pages2/1AK2Cont.html) filmmaker Ali Kazimi chronicles the story of the Komagata Maru, a ship docked in a Canadian...]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[SAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection, New York, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Stories of Joy, Sorrow, and Transformation]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Andolan members creatively organize around the exploitation of South Asian low-wage women workers through theatre.  Through five poignant monologues, Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani transforms the portrayal of domestic workers as passive victims into agents of change through storytelling.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[One at All - Project, Guarulhos, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[The beauty of colors together - find your soulmate]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[One of the most amazing things on the mankind is the power of mixing. The variety of the colors of our people is so big, that in some countries this become its differential - and here Brazil is the biggest example.For those who loves this mix, there is a relationship website called Interracial Romance, where you can find the perfect partner for you. The site is very easy to use, and the subscription is very simple. After this process, you will be able to find your soulmate. To find a interracial dating have never been so easy.Also, you can see who is online, so you won't have to wait to long to interact with that special person. And at Interracial Romance you can find the person that is looking to someone like you. Try to do a "search", using the filters to find your perfect partner: you can search by age, sex, body type, eye color, ethnicity, if the person smokes, have pets, work, drink, have kids, have photos, by religion, and lots of other filters. All these is made to make your search more precisely, so you can the your perfect match, just like this!What are you waiting for? Go on, and find your soulmate at Interracial Romance!<br />
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          <author><![CDATA[white male consumer, Ithaca, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Brakes and Event #1]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:23:37 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[I had my brakes replaced under warranty at about this time last year, after getting the car inspected and told the brakes were barely legal. Apparently Keeler only replaced the front pads, as about two months ago my idiot brake light came on. Determined to do the job myself and avoid expensive OE mark-up, I [...]]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[JanOS Blog, Talagante, Chile]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Las movidas de Yahoo]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:44:43 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Después de mandar a la mierda rechazar la oferta de Microsoft, Yahoo esta vuelto una maquina de desarrollo de diferentes alternativas, por lo tanto podríamos llegar a pensar que está dispuesto a darle otra vez una batalla a Google en tema de buscadores, nuevos servicios gratis y populares, en un par de días recopile un [...]]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.garciarodriguez.cl/blog/2008/05/13/las-movidas-de-yahoo/]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[briarpatch magazine, Regina, Canada]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[November 2007: Precarious work]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:10:26 +0100</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The concept of precarity has emerged in recent years as a useful description of daily life under neo-liberal globalization, as well as a potential banner for uniting various movements in the fight against it. This issue of Briarpatch dives into the shallow end of the labour pool to investigate the increasingly precarious nature of [...]]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Blogreisen, Sillenstede, Germany]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[8 Jahre Blogger.com]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Blogger. Gestern vor acht Jahren öffneten die Schöpfer von Blogger ihre Tore. Ich glaube nicht das Evan Williams  &#38; Meg Hourihan  damit gerechnet haben. Das sie sie damit eine Bloggermania damit auslösen. Seit 2003 gehört Blogger zu Google  und wurde damit noch mehr verbreitet. Weiter so!]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://blogreisen.de/?p=9]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Support For Doug, Sarasota, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Possible Campus Job Opportunity]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:04:06 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Before departing we over hear Doug speaking with the admissions counselor about what the work situation is while he’ll be in the 12 month program. The counselor mentions some of the various jobs such as grounds maintenance, janitorial, and administrative work that are available. Then he asks Doug if he is a mechanic. Doug kind [...]]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Harun Yahya_Global Impact, Istanbul, Turkey]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Impact of Atlas of Creation]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:59:59 +0100</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Adnan Oktar&rsquo;s Atlas of Creation was again mentioned by the 150,000-circulation Spanish daily El Periodico on 11 May, 2008:&hellip; Adnan Oktar, author of the 700-page, 5-kilo Atlas of Creation under the pen-name Harun Yahya, had inspired fierce debates by sending the book, which strongly opposes Darwinism and evolution, to a wide range of Spanish universities last year&hellip;No creationist voices had hitherto been much heard in Europe, but the way that Atlas of Creation has appeared in the European press just about every day for the last year, reveals the book&rsquo;s huge impact.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[International Christian Concern, Washington City, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Christians in the Middle East "as in a cage", amid slight signs of openness]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:46:44 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The Middle East has become one of the most hostile places for Christians to live. Christians are routinely persecuted in most of the countries in the Middle East, resulting in the exodus of Christians from that region.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[V L O G ~ F L U X, Earth, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Oglala Veterans Day Pow Wow]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:07:44 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[6 min. ~ Download iPod ~ Bandwidth Challengedembedding options @ RevverThis video DOES NOT represent the views of FluxRostrum or Mobile Broadcast News.  This is NOT the story that we have come to the Lakota to hear but it is a story that they want told; and that is as important as our agenda.Related Links :::  IVAW, Oglala Veterans Pow Wow ~ Sustainability would be nice. ~<br />
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          <author><![CDATA[uprisingradio.org, Los Angeles, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Weekly Digest - 06/27/08]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:25:29 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Our weekly edition is a nationally syndicated one-hour digest of the best of our daily coverage.<br />
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* Dissecting the Doublespeak on Domestic Drilling<br />
* Empire Notes on Afghanistan <br />
* Tim Robbins on Orwell's 1984 and It's Relevance Today<br />
* Black Agenda ...]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=2825]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Mujeres en red - El periodico feminista, Madrid, Spain]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Las mujeres socialistas exigen a su partido la reforma de la ley del aborto]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:08:51 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Varias Federaciones Socialistas, entre las que figuran las de Madrid, Asturias, Valencia, Castilla-La Mancha y Galicia, llevar&#225;n al Congreso Federal que se celebrara los d&#237;as 4 y 5 de julio, enmiendas en las que se exige que la ponencia pol&#237;tica incorpore la reforma de la actual legislaci&#243;n del aborto.<br />
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          <link><![CDATA[http://www.mujeresenred.net/spip.php?article1508]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Yelah.net, Malmo, Sweden]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Kampanj mot indragning av reklam efter homofobisk protest]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:55:41 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[I en av företaget Heinz reklamfilmer i Storbritannien gör en man gör frukostpaket till sina barn och när hans man ger sig av till jobbet ber han om en kyss. Det har upprört några tittare och företaget Heinz har valt att dra tillbaka filmen. En kampanj mot att gå homofober till mötes satte igång direkt efter borttagningen.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Gartentage, Kingston, Canada]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Nach dem Regen]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:14:22 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Wir haben einen sehr gewittrigen Sommeranfang. Immer wieder regnet es. Silo konnten wir gut und sehr viel machen, da das Gras sehr schön gewachsen ist. Nun warten wir auf einige Tage stabiles Wetter, damit wir auch das Heu dörren können.<br />
Ich geniesse es sehr, wieder ohne Schmerzen im Garten arbeiten zu können, natürlich habe [...]]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://franziskas.net/gartentage/?p=574]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Tricia Harris | HeadChatter, Atlanta, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Starting with the Mexicans]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:29:39 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The issue<br />
of immigration in America<br />
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What am I missing? Am I far too liberal in my thinking to find<br />
the issue of “illegals” from Mexico<br />
utterly ridiculous? <br />
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<br />
Why aren’t<br />
we insistent that America<br />
find a way to legalize all of the men, women, children – families of Mexican descent residing in America without "papers"? Why don’t we “Americanize” them? Am I trippin’?<br />
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Folks<br />
estimate that approx. 60% of non-American citizens who live in America without “papers”, are from Mexico (with<br />
about 25% from other Latin American countries).<br />
12 million "undocumented" people. They are productive citizens in our community. They are our neighbors,<br />
they care for our families, homes and grow our businesses. They<br />
are, in majority, God fearing, people of goodwill. And even if they weren’t, they are human<br />
beings that are rooted here. Just like us.<br />
And I use the word “us” in the broadest possible terms.  And from an economic perspective, American<br />
citizens are tax payers. The more tax<br />
payers you have, the more money you have to fix some of the problems in this<br />
country. That’s the way it works.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I saw the<br />
best cartoon – (which may offend some, but it makes the irony of immigration no less true.)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Illustrates a bigger point – America<br />
is Imperialistic with a capital “I”. We are a forgetful, self-serving nation. Ask the Pilgrims! What is our great fear? That we will have an immigration tsunami? <br />
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<br />
Come on. That’s already a problem. Why don’t we create some strategic jobs to<br />
overhaul the immigration system into something effective? There’s an idea. Our nation is just being embarrassingly<br />
stupid about this whole situation.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
LEGALIZE!! <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
And then<br />
American capitalism can do what it does best – invest in Mexico’s<br />
infrastructure to serve our greed & money hunger. Invest in their prosperity – they are forever<br />
linked to our land. I hear Disney in mind, “this land is my land, this land is<br />
your land…this land was made for you and me.”<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
If Mexico’s<br />
economy grows and the country advances – so will its citizens and their quality<br />
of life. So ultimately there won’t be a<br />
need for mass exodus to America<br />
– the great country that treats them as some sort of lower life species. It’s such bizarre behavior. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
And shame<br />
on the black community for not being in an uproar about it. If I were in their shoes, I’d be hostile about<br />
our silence too. Shame on us. Hip hop needs to be talking about this – in the<br />
lyrics, in the images, in the clothes – in the lifestyle. Resist – be defiant about it…bridge the gap in<br />
the black-brown community. Let's end the minority wars.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
We can do<br />
it. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Faith, Hope<br />
& Love,<br />
<br />
Onward,<br />
ever Upward,<br />
<br />
Every Which<br />
Way Right,<br />
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Tricia<br />
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          <link><![CDATA[http://triciaharris.com/2008/02/21/starting-with-the-mexicans.aspx]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[pass the roti on the left hand side, San Francisco, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Diversity and Ethnic Minorities in University Faculty]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:25:14 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[This is just one of those things that I still don&#8217;t completely understand from when I came to the US and into university life 10 years ago: tokenism / diversity in faculty representation. I know we&#8217;ve done the race-vs-class thing a million times on this blog, but I really want to find out what anyone [...]]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[GenderIT: Articulos (Version en Español), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Gen(d)erando los presupuestos públicos: una cuestión de ciudadanía]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Este artículo se propone retratar un entretejido de experiencias vinculadas con presupuestos de género que tiene como protagonistas a grupos de mujeres organizadas de los barrios de Montevideo, Uruguay. Participantes recientes de talleres de capacitación en el uso de internet, estas mujeres de diversos perfiles socioeconómicos incorporan el espacio virtual a su ejercicio ciudadano de discusión del Presupuesto Municipal Participativo. Su interacción es resultado de políticas de compromiso con la comunidad, del entusiasmo por incorporar las herramientas informáticas para empoderarse, así como de esfuerzos institucionales de coordinación entre actoras municipales, organizaciones sociales, feministas y organismos de cooperación internacional que, también presupuesto de por medio, habilitan la experiencia.]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.genderit.org/esp/index.shtml?apc=a--s--1&x=95548]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[squaringoff's show, New York, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[New Year, New Tricks: Dismantling the Fountain]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:24:02 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[<br />
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January 2, 2008--After ripping up the asphalt from the walkway around the sitting wall with a bobcat, today the operatives got serious and started dismantling Washington Square fountain with crowbars and a hammer. As the tarpaulin went up, blocking the view, a few foreign visitors began to pay attention--unlike the local population--and an explanation of the goings-on seemed called for. Segment includes an image of the (so far) doomed sephora trees in full summer regalia for contrast. Other minifilms by Liza Bear on Washington Square are at http://squaringoff.blip.tv and at http://www.youtube.com/nothing official; an extensive history of the last two and half years' hearings and lawsuits is at http://preservewashingtonsquarepark; For an article about the planned rape of Washington Sq by Robert Moses in 1957http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2008/02/clip_job_the_ra.php]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://blip.tv/file/575584]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Френдлента пользователя chakee@mail.ru, Moscow, Russian Federation]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[моя собачка]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:44:50 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[ <br />
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          <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.mail.ru/community/photoshop/1061160B88F204F4.html]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[Shopblogger, Bremen, Germany]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Gegenüber in der Einfahrt]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Ich sehe gerade, dass der "Einkaufswagen eines Mittbewerbers", den der betrunkene Flaschensammler heute Morgen hier herein- und zu meiner Freude auch wieder herausgefahren hatte, nun schräg gegenüber in einer Grundstückseinfahrt steht.<br />
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Asozial. Und es wird immer schlimmer.]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.shopblogger.de/blog/archives/7089-Gegenueber-in-der-Einfahrt.html]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[sport-webtempale.com news, New York, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[golf club flash header site templates by www.sport-webtemplate.com # 121]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:05:51 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[golf club flash header site templates by www.sport-webtemplate.com]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.sport-webtemplate.com/index.php?productID=279]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[911Blogger.com, Chicago, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Reflecting Pool film-makers on WBAI - this moring - 8:10 EST]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:04:14 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[<br />
http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=338&Itemid=142<br />
Jarek Kupsc and Joseph Culp, makers of "the Reflecting Pool" will be interviewed shortly on WBAI<br />
Listen to WBAI streams here;<br />
http://stream.wbai.org/<br />
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          <link><![CDATA[http://www.911blogger.com/node/16405]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[GNN Blogs, New York, United States]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Balmy Chad Siesta]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:46:24 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Its hot here. So hot that by 11:00 in the morning its getting hard to move. I lie in my cot in my tent, snoozing in brief spurts  and, between naps, pouring bottled water on my head. Its the temperature of half-hour-old coffee, but its cool as it evaporates, which it does in seconds. <br />
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	By noon, the sun is directly overhead, blazing through a clear blue sky, and even sleeping is impossible. I lie half-awake, feeling sweat roll down my neck, chest, legs. In a million years or so, itll be 4:00, the sun will slink towards the horizon, and itll be cool enough to sit up, stand up, put on some pants and maybe get some work done.<br />
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	Just existing in Chad is tough  never mind deploying and sustaining a hard-working military force. At Abeche, an Italian military doctor told me to drink six liters of water a day. Here in Iriba, Polish commander Marc Gryga says his troops work in two shifts: 6:00 to noon, 4:00 to 6:00 PM, with the four hours in between for napping, hydrating, cooling off. Gryga compares Chad to Congo, where he last deployed. Congos hot. But Chad is HOT.<br />
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	Theyre still just setting up here at North Star Camp. The main body of Polish troops isnt due until August. Its then that life will get really hard. For instead of just knocking around the base building stuff, the battalion will be patrolling, often for days at a time, living out of their trucks and sleeping when and where they can. Poor bastards.<br />
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	But then there are the Chadian nights: cool, breezy, alive with the songs of crickets. Almost makes you forget the days.<br />
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          <title><![CDATA[Beating Battle-Tested Republicans]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:05:40 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom holds - and for good reason - that incumbent Representatives or Senators who have survived a few decent challenges will be better equipped to fend off further challenges in the future.  On the face of it, this conventional wisdom makes sense. It seems logical that out of the candidates targeted for defeat by an opposing party, those who were superior campaigners would be the ones more likely to survive - and that, conversely, the weaker campaigners might be weeded out after a few cycles.  It seems logical, too, that the incumbents who were better fits for their districts would tend to win reelection more often than those who were not.  And it seems likely that an incumbent who has survived a couple of tough challenges may have learned how to handle them - the most effective advertising strategy in the district, how best to neutralize an opponent's strength on key issues, etc.  That said, this conventional wisdom is generally accepted for elections held in a relatively neutral political environment. Does it hold in a political environment which dramatically favors one political party? And if so, will it be enough to save a few Republican veterans currently facing the stiffest challenges of their careers?  Amy Walter in the National Journal Online:   I'm the first to admit to a "survivor" bias. If an incumbent has survived a serious challenge or two -- especially in an unfavorable political environment -- I assume no challenge is too tough. But that's a dangerous assumption to make about even the hardiest Republican House incumbents this year.  On top of the obvious troubles -- such as a serious fundraising disadvantage for the National Republican Congressional Committee and the unprecedented number of voters who say they want Democrats in charge of Congress -- they also face new and unforeseen dangers.  Here's the big one: No one can figure out just how many new or non-chronic voters are going to show up on Election Day.   She goes on to identify several key factors favoring Democratic candidates across the board in this election. Beyond simply the unpopularity of President Bush and the Republican brand, we have:  - voter enthusiasm. As DemFromCT notes, not only are Democratic voters generally far more enthusiastic about voting for Obama than Republican voters are (a Diageo/Hotline poll indicates 60% of Dems will vote "enthusiastically" for Obama, while 46% of Republicans feel the same way about McCain), but the generic support for Democrats across the board is significantly higher than it is for Republicans (a CNN poll has a generic Congressional ballot at 54% D, 44% R%).  - the youth vote. Even more than usual, the youth vote overwhelmingly favors Democrats this year, and substantially increased voter registration numbers have indicated that it may be an exceptionally significant factor this fall. Walter notes that these voters belong to the "cell-phone" generation, and frequently aren't polled; I don't know how significant I personally think that is, but I do agree that a potential increase in youth turnout is bad news for Republican incumbents.  In 2006, of course, Republicans also faced an adverse political climate...and in fact, several of their incumbents who had survived strong challenges in the past, or were considered nearly invulnerable, did go down. Charlie Bass in New Hampshire, Nancy Johnson in Connecticut, Anne Northup in Kentucky, and Jim Leach in Iowa all fit this profile, and all of them were defeated. So were Clay Shaw, Rob Simmons, J.D. Hayworth and Chris Chocola.   Naturally, a number of Republican veterans of repeated challenges did survive 2006, if just barely. Many of them are on the target list for this year, such as:  - Chris Shays in CT-04. Shays is sort of the prototypical Republican survivor; he has held office since 1987, represents the most Democratic district in the country currently held by a Republican, and his last two races have been by far the closest of his political career. He's opposed by Orange to Blue candidate Jim Himes.  Dave Reichert in WA-08. Both of Reichert's races for Congress have been nailbiters; he first won election over Dave Ross in 2004, 52%-47%, and squeaked by Darcy Burner in 2006, 51%-49%. As you know, Burner is back for a second go-round this fall (and we are proud to have her on Orange to Blue as well). Reichert's district went for Kerry by three points, so with 2008 looking far more favorable for Democrats than 2004, his number may have come up.  Steve Chabot of OH-01. Chabot represents a Cincinnati-based swing district with one of the largest black populations of any district represented by a Republican - nearly one-third of the district's population. Despite his sterling electoral record, Chabot must be seriously concerned about the prospect of an Obama candidacy, particularly given the other difficulties Republican candidates face this cycle.  Two other notable "survivors" face tough races from Orange to Blue candidates this cycle. They are Mark Kirk in Illinois, who faces off against the impressive Dan Seals, and Randy Kuhl in New York, who faces the beloved Eric Massa. As we come to our end-of quarter push, please help these fine candidates, along with Burner and Himes, as they try to take on the toughest and most seasoned of Republican candidates.  Walter cites several other candidates who have been at the top of the national Democratic target list - and the netroots' - for several cycles, as vulnerable again this year. She specifically mentions Jon Porter of Nevada and Marilyn Musgrave of Colorado. I'd submit that several more Republican survivors are at risk this cycle despite surviving difficult races in the past, like Jean Schmidt (OH-02), and Thelma Drake (VA-02).  One could add several more names to that list, in fact, had so many Republican incumbents who barely survived 2006 not retired rather than face another challenge, as Tom Reynolds (NY-26), Deborah Pryce (OH-15), Mike Ferguson (NJ-07), Rick Renzi (AZ-01) and Jim Walsh (NY-25) have done. There have been so many retirements from candidates who narrowly won reelection, in fact, that one has to ask whether they themselves felt their number had come up, despite having won consistently in the past.  Their retirements, I think, serve to underscore the idea that traditional preconceptions may not apply in this election, and proven electoral viability even in the toughest of races may not be enough to save Republicans this time out.  This doesn't necessarily mean, of course, that every Republican incumbent whose seat has been targeted by the DCCC in the past is finally going to go down this year, of course. Republicans faced adverse political circumstances in 2006, as well, and several of their "survivors" did survive (consider all the names above, plus folks like Jim Gerlach in Pennsylvania).  Nevertheless, it appears that the political environment is so toxic for Republicans that even being a superior campaigner and a well-liked Representative does not guarantee electoral success.<br />
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          <title><![CDATA[Rettet die Tagesschau? Nein! Schließt]]></title>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Rettet die Tagesschau? Nein! Schließt den Saftladen!<br />
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Ein Appell von Regisseur Volker Schlöndorff zum Erhalt der "beliebtesten deutschen Nachrichtensendung":<br />
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Sie ist ein Ritual. Eine Institution. Keine Sendung, sondern pure Gewohnheit. Die könnte man auch auf Latein verlesen, sagte einst RTL-Chef Helmut Thoma nicht ohne Neid. Für viele aber ist sie nach wie vor ein Fels in der Brandung des allgegenwärtigen Infotainments: Keine Frage, die 20-Uhr-Tageschau zählt zu den Inkunabeln deutscher Fernsehkultur, seriös bis zur Keimfreiheit, verlässlich wie ein Schweizer Uhrwerk und glaubwürdig wie der Bundespräsident persönlich... CICERO <br />
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Wann hat der die Tagesschau zum letzten Mal gesehen? Oder ist er wirklich so dumm, daß er nicht sieht, daß diese politisch-korrekte Gutmenschenanstalt mit ihrem KorrespondentInnen-Geschwader täglich antiamerikanisch, sozialistisch, EU-kompatibel indoktriniert und Tatsachen verdreht? Schließt diesen GEZ-Saftladen! Das muß das Motto sein!]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://kewil.myblog.de/kewil/art/258895676]]></link>
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          <title><![CDATA[350 ppm, the Video]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:24:21 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Alex SteffenA catchy little video about the need to stabilize atmospheric CO2 at 350 ppm:...]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[Money Talks]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:12:48 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Network anchor stands against unfair campaign spending]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.gnn.tv/articles/3759/Money_Talks]]></link>
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          <title><![CDATA[Mighty Women of Faith and Courage]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:37:33 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[This past weekend I had the privilege of volunteering for the Kids of Courage (KOC) conference which ran concurrent with The Voice of the Martyrs conference on the Oklahoma Wesleyan University Campus here in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was such a...]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[Academia nacional de telecentros de Colombia: primera convocatoria]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[La primera formación virtual de esta academia poco tradicional tendrá lugar del 3 al 28 de marzo. Colnodo, miembro de APC en Colombia, está coordinando esta actividad dirigida a administradores y administradoras de telecentros comunitarios del país. Las inscripciones están abiertas y  son completamente gratuitas.]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://www.telecentros.org.co/index.shtml?apc=&s=e&x=1131]]></link>
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          <author><![CDATA[New Media BC Industry News, Vancouver, Canada]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Sproose: Human Powered Search Meets Digg]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:59:26 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Asking how many ways you can make a search engine is like asking how many ways you can scramble an egg, there are a number of different ways and although it&#8217;s not rocket science you can still end up with something inedible.<br />
People powered search is the trendiest of egg scrambling search engine recipes at the [...]]]></description>
          <link><![CDATA[http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/121371248/]]></link>
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