DontMessWithMomma Originally uploaded by MathHippy. That pretty much says what it needs to say.
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Union Jack raised at State Department, Washington DC Originally uploaded by Antarctic Lemur. I may have to email this to Debbie in Washington. I don’t know if the Union Jack is being raised in place of the Stars and Stripes, or if it’s going up on a “guest of honor” type of flagpole. But if it’s the former, the alternate reality folks will get a kick out of it. I approve of the sentiment and hope these guys don’t catch any flak.
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The Flickr 7/7 Community (formerly the London Bomb Blasts group) has got some amazing images from today’s terrorist attack in London. Some are cameraphone shots, some are screenshots showing worldwide coverage, some are pictures of TV coverage from around the globe, some are just images posted in support. This one is by Marvin(PA) and includes lyrics by Peter Gabriel: Fear, Fear, she’s the mother of Violence, Don’t make any sense to watch the way she breed. Fear, she’s the mother of Violence, Making me tense to watch the way she feed. The only way you know she’s there Is the…
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We’re all Londoners today. I’m taking my London Underground mug to work today just to remember the marvel that is the Tube, and to be in solidarity with the people of London. I asked my husband David if he was going to wear his beloved “Mind the Gap” T-shirt to work, but he thought that would be too flippant. I imagine things at work are going to be somewhat hairy until we figure out if we have many travelers in London – I just ran a report of all the international records we currently have yesterday, and from what I…
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The bracelets arrived yesterday – I ordered 5 from MakePovertyHistory early last week, and even with the high demand and last minute nature of the order, the Royal Mail still got them to me just as things are starting to get interesting in Edinburgh. One recent pitched battle between protesters, who sound like an unruly but well-coiffed lot, was described by The Guardian as “The Battle of the Gerania.” The paper’s Backbencher adds some amusing and/or alarming details of conditions in “Auld Reekie,” when the shops were full of people taking advantage of sales while waiting for scruffy activists and…
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I’ve been slowly getting more photos online from the recent trip to Washington State – some more Folk Life pictures are up on my Flickr site. I’ve got a lot more to add to both the gallery page and to Flickr, I hope by the end of this week.
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It’s kind of hard to tell in this photo, but the big jug of “Ausom Aussie” BBQ sauce has a handwritten warning that says says “HOT HOT HOT HOT!”. David and I and our friends Joe, Lisa, and their son Anthony went to Naperville yesterday for Ribfest, a big barbecue and music festival. I didn’t realize when we got on the grounds how big it was and how many different booths there were for different permutations of slow-grilled ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, and lots of other “food booth” fare. It wasn’t actually that hot a day, but there was no…
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Google has added a new search category – in addition to Science, Entertainment, and Health, you can now search for news pertaining to Make Poverty History . Google News – MakePovertyHistory
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I ran across the following via Neat New Stuff: Are rescue workers in your town trained to deal with car crashes that involve hybrid cars? These new “green” cars could endanger untrained rescue workers if they unknowingly cut through electrical lines that could still be hot. A couple of interesting links: 500-volt hybrid vehicles pose electrocution risk to emergency workers A State Farm article, and eventually a link to a safety video is here. We’re enjoying driving the Ford Escape Hybrid, but it’s true that your typical EMT or rescue personnel won’t know very much about the risks and techniques…
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A co-worker who’s trying to fly United today is stuck at O’Hare because she was told she’d checked in juuuuust a couple of minutes too late to check baggage and was bumped from her flight. Then she was told that the next flight she was standing by for was oversold, but the airline is putting 20 flight attendants and pilots on in full uniform so they can go to Denver (her destination). A UA res person I spoke to just now was extremely tactful and careful about how she worded it, but the flight ops record is tagged that employees…