The bailout that the US federal government pledged for the US financial institutions amounts to $8.5 trillion so far. This is due to the ever worsening credit crisis. The federal government is just trying to help boost the financial condition of the weakening institutions that was hit hard by such deadly assets. The federal government seems to change the figure needed drastically as the pledge now
Ridgewood Schools Recognize that Cyberbullying is an Epidemic that Needs to be Addressed
See the video below about the cyberbullying related suicide of Megan Meir. It will help you understand how truly serious this issue is. In fact, during the program Ridgewood Parents will be asked to take the Megan Pledge.
This event will take place at Ridgewood
If you didn’t see the “handmade pledge” button last holiday season, here’s your chance to be a part of it for this year. Instead of adding to the commercialism of the season and spending extra money, why not try to make your gifts, or purchase them from those who do?Why buy handmade? Buying handmade is better for the environment.The accumulating environmental effects of mass production
By William Maclean, Reuters, Nov 19, 2008 2:44pm EST 1 of 1Full Size ALGIERS (Reuters) - Barack Obama's pledge to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020 is a "huge signal" of encouragement to countries negotiating a new climate pact, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Wednesday. The U.S. president-elect said on Tuesday the United States would engage vigorously
The long shadow of George Bush is being replaced by a new burst of sunshine as leaders of both major parties meet to discuss cooperation and mutual respect for the integrity of one another. After 9/11, George Bush never made a single effort to reach out to his defeated rival, Al Gore, and offer him [...]
In Woodbury, VT, the Pledge of Allegiance, something that students have said for years, was not being recited for reasons unknown. Efforts to have the Pledge restored have brought controversy. In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schoolchildren could opt out of saying the Pledge for religious reasons (…one nation under God). I was unaware of that ruling…and in the middle of WWII, no
Global leaders at the G20 financial summit in Washington have pledged to work together to restore global growth. President George Bush said that he assumed these small children would grow taller with age but it looks like the world will have to step in and help. Mr Bush confirmed that the United States would be in it for the long stretch.
Barack Obama has indeed made Golden Glass Rewards the exclusive rewards provider for his upcoming term as President. Just minutes after news networks across the world announced he had been elected, Obama called GGI President Miles Tappish and said, “Miles, let’s make history”. With this partnership, the president-elect ushers in a new era of Golden [...]
World champion Lewis Hamilton says he intends to drive for the McLaren team for the rest of his Formula One career. Hamilton made the pledge at a "welcome home" event staged by McLaren at their base in Woking, Surrey, on Wednesday. "I'm with the team I've always dreamt of driving for, and I've got the car I always wanted - so why change?" said 23-year-old Hamilton. "I don't know how long I'll be i
The holiday season is almost here. Can you believe that? I'm already behind. Usually I try to have all the Christmas gifts, Christmas cards, and other stuff like that completed by the end of October so I can sit back and enjoy the holidays without most of the stress.This year we are doing everything handmade - well almost, I decided about the handmade pledge several weeks after buying Scentsy Warm
The first £1m towards the campaign to save one of the National Galleries of Scotland's greatest paintings for the nation has been pledged by the Art Fund Diana and Actaeon, which belongs to the Duke of Sutherland, is likely to be sold on the open market if the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery in London cannot raise £50m to keep it on public view.4 Vote(s)
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The DOW had a better day posting a record gain of 938 points:
Wall Street has stormed back from last week’s devastating losses, sending the Dow Jones industrials soaring a nearly inconceivable 938 points after major governments’ plans to support the global banking system reassured distraught investors.
The Dow by far outstripped its previous [...]
World powers pledge to combat credit crisis AP - Financial officials from the world's wealthiest industrial countries are pledging decisive acti ...Report stings Palin over Troopergate flap AP - The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions ...Reports: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition (AP)AP - General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have
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Finance officials from the G7 countries announced a series of measures Friday to try to slow the effects of a financial crisis that is crippling markets around the globe.
Finance ministers, as well as bank heads from the Group of Seven countries — the most powerful economic nations in the Western world — [...]
Indoctrination of our youth is wrong and it happens every day in our public school system.
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Exploiting children for political gain. Sad. Please watch the entire video.
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DALLAS - From donations urging violence to advertisements and videos lauding one of the fathers of global jihad, evidence in the Hamas-support trial against former officials at the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) Thursday took a decidedly bloody tone. The five defendants are accused of illegally funneling $12 million to Hamas through a series of charities, or zakat committees
These 2 numb nuts have admitted to monitoring customer usage, in an effort to tailor advertising to consumers. AT&T and Verizon admitted this at a Senate committee hearing. I don't believe it. Oh, and I'm sure they would never ever turn this information over to the feds, if asked. Patriot Act anyone? This bothers me simply because I look at an exorbitant amount of internet porn. Like most norm
Kota Kinabalu: The two Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Members of Parliament said they will continue to speak up on behalf of the Sabah people even though the party is no longer in Barisan Nasional (BN). Tawau MP Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui said her decision to support SAPP's decision to leave the BN on Wednesday was based on the response she received from her constituency.
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Hope you folks are having a great weekend! I'm typing this up as I leave for a long-awaited vacation in a couple of hours, but I needed to inform you about 2 things before I leave!
The first is a pledge for help, where I request you to be generous and donate for a life of a young mother Lakshmi, who needs to be operated within 5-6 months. She is currently prescribed heavy dosage of medicines to s
Father sells motorbike in pledge to dead sonReading Chronicle, UK - Aug 22, 2008... Trophy in their son’s honour to the winner of the best international category at the annual Berkshire Triumph Motorcycle Club convention in Emmer Green.
In the spirit of the stupid list by the NEA and upcoming Banned Books Week (September 27 - October 4), I’m going to commit to reading three of the 100 most challenged books (I've read 16 of those, of which several are also on the aforementioned stupid list by the NEA).Won’t you join me? My choices:The Valley of Horses (Part 2 in Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series)Harry Potter and the Deat
In the spirit of the stupid list by the NEA and upcoming Banned Books Week (September 27 - October 4), I’m going to commit to reading three of the 100 most challenged books (I've read 16 of those, of which several are also on the aforementioned stupid list by the NEA).Won’t you join me? My choices:The Valley of Horses (Part 2 in Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series)Harry Potter and the Deat
International Herald Tribune: Shiite Iraqi cleric asks his followers to sign a blood pledge of loyaltyMoktada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shiite cleric, on Friday called on his followers to sign in blood a pledge of loyalty to the Shiite saint after whom he named the Mahdi army, and to affirm their commitment to ridding Iraq of U.S. troops.The blood pledge was announced during Friday prayers at cities acr
Bro!—not everyone is Alpha Tau Omega material. You gotta, like, earn it. [Adjust baseball cap and spits chew into cup]Prove your loyalty by taunting baby tigers, endure paddling by your Big Brother, successfully wrestle Brother Tacker naked in the jello kiddie pool and come back to the House with a girl's panties by midnight TONIGHT! [Secret handshake] Ple
Today I got an email from a future dental hygienist in New Brunswick. Having read my rant on the subject, she writes:I pledge to you, Angela, that I shall not be too perky. I shall not make idle conversation that prolongs the experience for those in my chair. I will not talk down to my patients (and no, I do not have children). Every time I feel the perkiness welling up inside me, I shall channe
HA! I fucking knew it. He's cleaning up that's right, all the way to the bank. It is all a scam so he can redirect profits and get into the bio-fuel business which is now discredited. Read the article here. Richard Branson's Golbal Warming Pledge Called Bogus...Below is a reprint of my blog post from 2006. I'm a fucking philosopher.---------------------------------------------------------------
Kristen over at Motherhood Uncensored has started "Blog the Recession".
It is pretty simple really. It helps bloggers out when you actually click through your reader to their blogs. The more traffic we have the cooler things we can do. (Take giveaways for example). So the basic idea is that you, the reader, make a pledge to actually click through the reader onto the blog itself for the month o
Gordon Brown yesterday pledged to cut the recent spate of stabbings in the London area in a press call. However, it was quickly explained to Mr Brown the stabbings referred to the murder of teenagers on the streets of the capital and not the persistent back stabbings he has endured within his own party in his first year as prime minister.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Indonesian counterpart pledged cooperation on biofuels during talks here Saturday in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices.Lula and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed off on an agreement to share knowledge on biofuel technology after meeting at Jakarta's presidential palace.The Brazilian leader called spiralling global commodity
Mothers for jihad.A burqa-clad woman attends a gathering with her children at the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad July 9, 2008. About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a [...]
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We've long known there was audio of Sen. Collins making her two-term pledge. But until a couple minutes ago, we weren't sure that any video existed: The language here, it's worth adding, is about as categorical as you can get.
1 Corinthians 15:30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?The First Christians were incredible people. They came from all walks of life. Some were slaves and others were slave owners. Some were fishermen and others were merchants. Some were Jews and still others were Gentiles. Most were common folk who just wanted to get through life as peacefully and quietly as they could. But wh
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If you are an American atheist and it does not bother you that the words "under god" are in the pledge of allegiance or that "in god we trust" is on our currency, you might want to read this before continuing with this post. In a nutshell, the issue is that the addition of these phrases have never been about allowing god(s) in the public square. Rather, they have always been about excluding non-be
[...] you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My buddy Jen over at Boutiques Bargain challenged us to take a pledge to help others in need. I won’t sit and explain too much, just [...]
This is a cause that I have wanted to get involved with for some time and your post has reignited that flame. I am emailing all my lists now and adding this to my site as well.
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Mozilla Firefox, theysaY's browser of choice and that of many other people worldwide, has certainly come a long way since it's initial conception.First to offer features like multi-tabbed browsing, popup blocking and downloadable add ons, Mozilla Firefox has certainly managed to hold its own against the Microsoft juggernaut, achieving a market adoption rate of up to 18.41% worldwide.Now, an offici
What a wonderful cause, Jenn.
I tried to find a location near me, but it seems to apply only for US and not Canada. Maybe in the future there'll be drop-off locations in Canada too.
Thanks for sharing.
Diana
in the fear that Muslims might be insulted by a pledge of allegiance to our flag, in the fear that Muslims might be offended by a pledge of Allegiance to our country, we have submitted to the Will of Allah as dhimmis in Muslim countries do.
This is awesome Jenn! I'll spread the word on my blog too. Thanks for posting.
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I say “Change is Good” and most of the times change is in our Hands….whether good or bad.
History proves whenever a change has been noticed in a normal (or even an abnormal one) phenomena…from somewhere or the other, we humans can be linked up as the reason. Take the high amount of pollution leading to global [...]
The Human Shield Movement to Iran today claimed its 10,000th pledge volunteer and warned President Bush that any attempt at military intervention against Iran would be met by a massive mobilization of human shields. The human shield movement to Iran has been mobilizing for over three years now using online mechanisms such as Pledge Bank to secure volunteers willing to travel to Iran to posit
Factory Farming: Mechanised MadnessTry being vegetarian for them. For the first day of our pledge we are going to take a look at current factory farming practices and why you should choose not to eat meat. You can click on the link above to view the original article.Deprivation and DiseaseIn modern culture the goal of farms is to produce the most meat, milk, and eggs as quickly as possible for the
Making the decision to be vegetarian not only impacts the lives of animals, but impacts your very health.It is common advice to cut back on or completely cut out animal products to promote better health. But somehow people disregard this all while tempting fate. A Few Health BenefitsHeart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity and other diseases have all been linked to meat and
It's day three of the Vegetarian Pledge and I can say that I am starting to struggle. I was never a red meat eater, but giving up chicken has been hard. It was the only meat I ate. I think I need to try a recipe with tofu so I can get the meaty texture.In addition to giving up meat I also have been buying Silk Soymilk. And I just entered my first green cap for green energy!Let's look at some impac
You made it over half way of the Pledge to Be Veg For Seven Days! Yay!Let's look at how meat effects world hunger.World Hunger and MeatMore than 840 million people go hungry in the world.Resources such as land, water, and other resources that could be used to grow food for human beings are being used to grow crops for farmed animals instead.It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound
Congratulations you have made it to day five of the Veg Pledge.Let's look at government regulation and its role.How the Government Fails to Protect Animals, Workers, the Environment, and the PublicThe government agencies that we count on to keep massive factory-farming businesses in line are being bought and sold by the very corporations that they’re supposed to be monitoring.Between the years 2
Only one more day left in the Pledge to be Veg for Seven Days. Don't let that stop you from adopting a meat free diet for life.Please be warned that the following images are a bit gruesome.I did try to pick not so violent images due to readership just be careful.ChickensChickens are kept in broilersheds whichhouse tens of thousands of the birds.A chicken being debeaked to keep the birds from pecki
Congratulations! We've made it to the final day of the pledge. How did you do?Since yesterday's post was a bit alarming I decided to post a list of famous vegetarians and quotes. (from the Go Veg website) Alec Baldwin: "Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for … animals. Do it for the environment, and do it for your healt
Alonzo Frye at Atheist Ethicist has been championing something called the Pledge Project in a series of posts. I'd like to tell you about it here and announce my support for this important call to action. This is simply too important to ignore.In his initial post on the topic, Alonzo described the Pledge Project as follows:I consider 'under God' in the pledge, and the national motto of "In God We
Aid agencies have given a cautious welcome to the announcement that Burma's leaders will allow all foreign relief workers into cyclone-hit areas.The UN's World Food Programme said the real test was whether its workers would be allowed to leave Rangoon for the devastated southern Irrawaddy Delta.About 78,000 people died and 56,000 are missing after the 2 May cyclone.Meanwhile, the polls have opened
Everyone knows Nokia; they are not only the cream of the crop when it comes to mobile phones but are also innovators in the mobile phone market.
So when Nokia pledged that by 2010-2012 they will have 50% of their handsets with GPS as standard, was this claim a step too far?
Hardly! With already people wanting [...]
People take out loans overcome their financial problems. And of course, needs too for the betterment of the personal requirements, people dare to obtain financial assistances. Having asset to produce before a lender is just a plus point to the borrower since most of the loan provisions contain collateral placing so that that may ascertain the liability of the borrower. Accessibility to these loans
*from the PETA2 website. I received this in an email and thought I should forward it to you all. With World Vegetarian Week (May 19 to 25) practically upon us, there's no better time than now to leave meat off your plate and say hello to a healthier and happier you. Give it a shot by taking the Pledge to Be Veg for Seven Days! If you're already vegetarian, you can still help animals by becoming a
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The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) on May 15 signed a commitment with six banks to implement the Prime Minister’s decision No 48/2008/QĐ-TTg on ODA capital use, in Hanoi.
The six banks include the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), the French Agency for Development (AFD), Germany’s KfW Bank, the Japan Bank for International Corporation (JBIC) and the Korea Export
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Panatang Makabayan,
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas
Aking lupang sinilangan,
Tahanan ng aking lahi,
Kinukupkop ako at
Tinutulungang maging malakas,
masipag at marangal
Dahil mahal ko ang Pilipinas,
diringgin ko ang payo ng
aking magulang,
Susundin ko ang tuntunin ng paaralan,
tutuparin ko ang mga
tungkulin ng isang
Mamamayang makabayan,naglilingkod,
nag-aaral at nagdarasal
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Unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit sind es die Illuminaten, die seit jeher ihre Drogen in’s Trinkwasser der Kreisstadt Aachen mischen. Ziel des Vereins ist es, wie könnte es auch anders sein, die Weltherrschaft an sich zu reißen. Doof nur, dass die Nebenwirkungen dieser Psychostimulantien zunächst zu außerordentlicher Hirnkapazität führen (”64k brain in a 128m world”) [.
As JackP rightly states:
If everyone followed this pledge, there would be no financial benefit to anyone sending spam and so we’d get an awful lot less…And just as importantly, buying anything from any of the spammers continues to fund their spamming activities
So I’m going to second this call to arms for the Sophos’ pledge [...]
How many Human Shields does it take to screw in a light bulb or to guard civil infrastructure in Iran against an attack by the United States?
While we don't know how many it takes to screw in a light bulb we do know how many have signed on as "Human Shields" and plan to travel to Iran to protect against the evil warmonger, President George Bush.
At Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High School in northwestern Minnesota, three eighth grade students were suspended by their principal for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance. Although students can choose not to recite the pledge, they are required to stand for it.It seems indicative of the school system to always punish those who don't conform. It starts getting dangerous when a certain behavior is required of someone that should be an individual's choice.Of course, some of the more insecure people in our country will be offended that these teenagers didn't properly show their patriotism for this country. Personally, I think patriotism is demonstrated by your actions and not reciting pledges, singing anthems or hanging American flags up. Those things are really easy to do and do
General Motors Corp. and Cerberus Capital Management LP may agree to guarantee part of a $3.5 billion debt package designed to help GMAC LLC's Residential Capital unit avert bankruptcy. ... The accord would mark a reversal for GM, which has said it has no obligation to support ResCap after the GMAC unit was battered by subprime mortgage losses. ResCap ranked among the 10 biggest U.S. mortgage lenders last year. The new arrangement is part of a financial plan that should provide enough liquidity for 12 months, GMAC said. And thus more shadow liabilities appear on corporate parent balance sheets.
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Red Skelton was before my time. I do not know much about him but for those of you who are completely unfamiliar with him, Red Skelton was a movie star and comedian on television back in the 1950s. He created a number of characters, and his show was watched by millions. He ended every show by saying, "GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS." Listen to the end of this. It is something he said 39 years ago. It is very important that you listen to the very end! Eerie! Take a moment and listen to it (from 1969). How would he have known that this is what is happening today?Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance
We Are Singapore
Singapore Pledge
We, the citizens of Singapore
pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society,
based on justice and equality,
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and
progress for our nation.
We Share The Singapore Heartbeat
We are Singapore, we are Singapore
We will stand together, hear the lion roar
We are Singapore, we are [...]
Help Lambda Legal make the case for equal workplace rights by signing their petition.
Click here for Pledge-A-Thon petition for Workplace Equality
Here is the pledge you would sign above:
"I believe that workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and people living with HIV is wrong. I pledge to support workplace equality whenever I can and will strive to do one or more of the following:
* Treat LGBT people and people living with HIV with respect in and out of the workplace.
* Get educated about forms of workplace discrimination that LGBT people and people living with HIV experience.
* Help make my workplace LGBT- and HIV- friendly.
* Support my co-workers' (or employees') right to form an LGBT employee resource group.
* Help
As consumers grapple with rising house payments and governments worry about failing housing markets, most are looking to banks to step up to the plate and offer finance loans to those in need. Although the subprime market is tenuous at best, these banks are being called on to provide equity finance loans to help customers [...]
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Now Sakura turn to protect Sasuke and Naruto because she was the only who did not get injured in the previous battle. Unknown to her though there are Sound ninja watching from the trees. Sound ninja try to kill Sasuke as an order from Orochimaru when Sakura falls asleep but fortunately she is awakened [...]
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Now Sakura turn to protect Sasuke and Naruto because she was the only who did not get injured in the previous battle. Unknown to her though there are Sound ninja watching from the trees. Sound ninja try to kill Sasuke as an order from Orochimaru when Sakura falls asleep but fortunately she is awakened [...]
Bush Admin Officials Pledge Tough Antitrust Enforcement
Last Update: 3/28/2008 7:21:22 PM
WASHINGTON (AP)–Bush administration officials vowed Friday to more strictly
enforce antitrust law in their remaining months in office, while their European
counterparts struck a more conciliatory tone.
In remarks to a lawyers’ group, the goal seemed to combat the perception among
many antitrust experts that the European Union enforces [...]
India's cricket board hopes to keep offensive language and rude gestures out of the Indian Premier League by having the eight team captains take a pledge to abide by the "spirit of cricket". The BCCI, which is also campaigning for a ban on sledging, hopes to avoid the same kind of unsavoury incidents that marred their tour of Australia."We (India) are the first to adopt the spirit of cricket," IPL governing council member Inderjit Bindra told Thursday's Hindustan Times."And to ensure players abide by it, the captains of all eight teams in the IPL will take a pledge to play by the spirit of the game before the tournament gets rolling."A preamble on the spirit of cricket was formally added to the laws of the game at the turn of the century on how it should be played and viewed both on and of
Children should swear an oath of allegiance to enhance a shared sense of citizenship, ministers propose. However the government has suffered the wrath of the Queen as the government stated last week that they shouldn't have to necessarily pledge allegiance to the queen. It is felt they should instead pledge allegiance to something they actually believe in, So McDonald's and Burger King it is then.
For some reason, I've recently been thinking much more about my elementary school years. I had gone quite a lot of years without having thought much at all about them. Interesting that I should have recently started remembering bits of childhood that I thought were forgotten. Strange that I've actually been pondering them.I remember that we used to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of every school day. I participated with as much vigor as did each of my classmates. It was a recitation that was learned by rote. Participation was expected, and there was no question as to whether to participate or not. (That came later.)What strikes me as the most interesting aspect of this phenomenon is that, as far as I can recall (and I firmly believe this to be true), we were never taught what
For some reason, I've recently been thinking much more about my elementary school years. I had gone quite a lot of years without having thought much at all about them. Interesting that I should have recently started remembering bits of childhood that I thought were forgotten. Strange that I've actually been pondering them.I remember that we used to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of e
Take the pledge to buy Handmade! Check out the Buyhandmade flickr group of pictures people have taken supporting Handmade.Learn more about why you should buy Handmade.
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