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Graphic Designer

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:28:33 GMT

clipped by: briangruss
clipper's remarks: Award Winning Graphic Designer

Clip Source: www.hotgraphicdesigngirl.com

Why use a Graphic Designer?

People often wonder how businesses become truly successful. There are several elements that create success in business. One element is
graphic design and quality advertising. A good graphic designer can be your best friend for marketing and growing your business.

Graphic Design can be a lot of things to many people. A strong identity design – logo and supporting themes – can be the needed edge to push your company to its fullest potential. When you team a strong identity with an advertising campaign you are sure to boost awareness of your company and create additional traffic – whether it be on foot or online. Quality graphic design is the hidden reason for the success of many companies and the downfall of companies that do not take advantage of the experience and expertise of a graphic designer.

Tags: graphic design, graphic designer

Release warns of persecution threat against British Muslim converts

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:11 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT
clipper's remarks: "Converts from a Muslim background may be traumatised, having faced intense pressure, threats, blackmail and the loss of their families and homes. They often have to cope with either secrecy or intimidation, and may need emotional and spiritual counselling.

Clip Source: www.christiantoday.com

July 7

A growing number of Christians in Britain from a Muslim background are facing harassment and persecution, warns Release International.

They include ‘Yasmin’, whose ex-husband planned to kill her. She’s been attacked in the street, driven from her home and was taken under police protection.

A campaign was set up against me; people would come and bang on the door every ten minutes during the night."

The police set up a panic alarm but finally told Yasmin they could no longer protect her and moved her into a women’s refuge.

Yasmin relocated to another part of the country, but her ex-husband tracked her down and demanded custody of their children as he objected to them being brought up by a Christian.

Her son yielded to pressure and went to live with his dad.

"as his dad told him that he had arranged for someone to kill me and was pressing my son for details of the layout of our home - where the alarm was and where I slept."

Tags: muslims, islam, threat, religion, persecution, islamofascism

Canadian Put on 6-Month Waiting List for Emergency Surgery

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:58:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: As part of its campaign, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest has created BigGovHealth.org, a website full of stories from people who have faced health care problems in Europe and Canada. The nonprofit advocates a free-market approach to health care, and its biggest contributors in 2006 were drug maker Pfizer and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, according to tax filings.

Peter Pitts, the center’s president, said that the campaign was meant to counterbalance what he called the mainstream media’s one-sided reporting on the benefits of government-run systems. The media have yet to show him, he said, “one single example of how the system does not work, not one.”

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Shona Robertson-Holmes was a mess. She had crushing headaches, insomnia and adrenaline levels so high that she constantly felt as if she had just stepped in front of a speeding bus. And that’s not to mention her rapidly deteriorating eyesight.

She headed to her family doctor, who recommended that she see two specialists.

But Robertson-Holmes is Canadian, and her state-provided health care gave her a wait time of four months to see a neurologist and six months to see an endocrinologist. Unable to get an expedited appointment, and with her eyesight worsening, Robertson-Holmes called the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and went in for tests and a diagnosis within a week.

The doctors there told her she had a four-to-six-week window to have a marble-sized tumor on her pituitary gland removed before her vision loss would be irreversible.

Returning home with the diagnosis, the Ontario native was still unable to expedite the surgery. Three weeks later, she came back to Mayo for brain surgery.

7/8/08

Tags: healthcare, government, socialism

Pelosi finally reveals her "common sense" energy plan

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:16:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Increase supply.

Finally, after 2 years, Pelosi has revealed the plan she promised in the 2006 campaign season. Apparently she agrees that more supply would lower prices.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Bush on Tuesday to draw down a portion of the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a way to reduce crude prices and help motorists who are suffering from the rising cost of gasoline.

The House Republican leadership responded to Pelosi's proposal by noting that she was supporting a supply increase — something the Republicans have rallied behind in the form of increased offshore drilling, which the Democrats oppose.

Befriending Iraqi children is crucial, major says

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:59:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.bpnews.net

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (BP)--During his deployment in Iraq, Air Force Maj. Chris Gay learned firsthand that a key component of succeeding in the war is befriending Iraq's youth and showing them a level of kindness and goodwill they may never encounter otherwise.

During that time, he visited the largest of eight internally displaced persons camps in Iraq. The camp housed more than 2,500 Iraqis who fled their homes during terrorist and sectarian violence.

Clip Source: www.bpnews.net

When he discovered the children there didn't have sufficient clothing and blankets to cope with the winter weather, Gay organized a campaign to have his Sunday School class at Mountain View Baptist send boxes of garments that he could pass out to the children.

"I have two kids myself, so I had compassion for the kids," he told Baptist Press.

In the process of completing what he dubbed Operation Warm Winter, Gay said he gained a better understanding of the Iraqis living in the camp.

"We are making a tremendous difference," he said

Clip: Health & Medicine

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:43:14 GMT

clipped by: altaloman

Clip Source: blogs.abcnews.com

$40 Mill Health Care Reform Campaign Launches

ABC News' Molly Hunter Reports: Health Care For America NOW, a new grassroots movement working to bring affordable healthcare to Americans, announced its launch at the National Press Club in Washington Tuesday.

The $40 million campaign will spend $1.5 million on their first round of national TV, print and online advertising and an additional $25 million in paid media over the next five months.

"We are here today to announce the beginning of a new movement in the United States," Campaign Director Richard Kirsch said in an announcement made simultaneously in 52 U.S. cities.

Obama should remember Kerry campaign

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ran to the middle, and his formerly enthusiastic supporters stayed home in November.

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?

It may be the strategy of the Obama campaign to run to the middle, to attract the independents, the undecided. But he should look carefully at the lessons of the 2004 Kerry campaign. John Kerry made similar calculations, not wanting to appear weak on the war in Iraq. Uninspired, people stayed home. There are millions who care about the issues from which Obama is distancing himself, from FISA to gun control to gay rights to free trade to the death penalty. Rather than staying home, they should recall the words of Frederick Douglass: “Power concedes nothing without a demand.”

Tags: politics

Barack Obama's Berlin visit sparks German diplomatic row

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:17:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Berlin, a city torn apart by war, is the perfect setting for an American president preaching peace. Ronald Reagan famously stood metres away from the Brandenburg Gate and called on the Soviet Union to tear down the Wall dividing Europe. And President Kennedy used a Cold War visit to the once and future German capital to declare: “ich bin ein Berliner!”

The plan, Obama advisers have told Der Spiegel magazine, is to use the visit on July 24 to signal an imminent improvement in the transatlantic relationship.

But, say advisers to Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, it would be tantamount to giving the German stamp of approval to Mr Obama, an undue interference in the election campaign.

Technically the decision lies with the Berlin Mayor, a flamboyant, openly gay Social Democrat, who quite relishes the idea of irritating the conservative Chancellor. The toing and froing between the various seats of power in Berlin is thus likely to continue until the last minute.

the Group of Eight leaders :" on the way to a "shared vision" for 2050 "

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:11:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "G8 nations, papering over deep differences, said today they would work toward a target of at least halving global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but emphasised they would not be able to do it alone."

Clip Source: images.aad.gov.au

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

In a communique released during a summit in northern Japan, the Group of Eight leaders agreed that they would need to set interim goals on the way to a "shared vision" for 2050 although it gave no numerical targets.

Mention of mid-term goals was an advance from last year when the G8 agreed only to "seriously consider" a goal of halving emissions by mid-century.

Critics outside the rich nations' club slammed the deal. Environmental campaign group WWF said the leaders had ducked their responsibilities

The G8 are responsible for 62 per cent of the carbon dioxide accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere, which makes them the main culprit of climate change and the biggest part of the problem," WWF said shortly after the statement was issued.

The European Union and Japan had been pressing for this year's summit to go beyond just "considering" the 2050 goal, and Brussels had wanted clear interim targets as well.

Pet owners prefer McCain

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:17:54 GMT

clipped by: katknit
clipper's remarks: I'm a pet owner, and prefer Obama

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show.

On the other hand, the poll found that among people who don't have pets, Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 34 percent.

While he doesn't currently have a pet, Obama has reportedly promised his daughters a dog once the campaign is over.

Will pet owners decide the election?

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:15:55 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show.

The apparent Democratic nominee Barack Obama, on the other hand, doesn't have a pet at home.

"I think a person who owns a pet is a more compassionate person — caring, giving, trustworthy. I like pet owners," said Janet Taylor of Plymouth, Mass.

On the other hand, the poll found that among people who don't have pets, Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 34 percent.

But that still leaves McCain looking strong, since the majority of homes have a pet.

While he doesn't currently have a pet, Obama has reportedly promised his daughters a dog once the campaign is over.

In a spirit of helpfulness, the American Kennel Club is collecting opinions as to what kind of dog Obama should get.

So the AKC has narrowed the choices down to five breeds and is asking the public to vote at www.presidentialpup.com with voting to continue until mid-August.

Tags: politics, animals

Bush "Murder" Best Seller

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:38:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newser.com

(Newser) – When he served as a prosecutor in Los Angeles, Vincent Bugliosi racked up a perfect record in 21 murder trials, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As a writer, he's scored three No. 1 bestsellers; his last, about the Kennedy assassination, is being made into an HBO miniseries. But Bugliosi's newest book has been oddly bereft of mainstream media coverage, the New York Times reports. Could it be because it's called The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder?

Bugliosi lays out a legal argument that holds the president "criminally responsible" for the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq. While an aggressive Internet campaign has fueled sales of 130,000 copies, all the usual outlets have declined to cover it, including MSNBC and The Daily Show. The author says the blackout "all goes back to fear." But the editor of Newsweek offers another explanation: "I think there’s a kind of Bush-bashing fatigue out there."

Tags: politics, arts

Dow Chemical - the human side

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:32:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: On the day that Sunil died, Dow Chemical’s CEO Andrew Liveris visited the UN to deliver a much-publicised speech. Fireboats hired by Dow’s public relations agency jetted huge sprays aloft over the Hudson River as Liveris told the assembled diplomats “Lack of clean water is the single largest cause of disease in the world and more than 4,500 children die each day because of it … We are determined to win a victory over the problem of access to clean water for every person on earth … we need to bring to the fight the kinds of things companies like Dow do best.”

Stirring words. But when asked if he would clean up Bhopal, where the drinking wells of 20,000 people have been poisoned by chemicals abandoned by Dow’s subsidiary Union Carbide, causing an epidemic of cancers and hundreds of children to be born malformed and with brain damage, Liveris replied, “We don’t feel this is our responsibility”.

Liveris couldn’t be more wrong. Under the “polluter pays” principle enshrined in both Ind

Clip Source: www.indrasinha.com

A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE MASKS OF DOW
Words and pictures by Paul Phare

Paul Phare's series of artworks, A glimpse behind the masks of Dow is a personal response to Dow Chemical's "human element" advertising campaign, on which Dow has spent more than $100 million.

As Dow's victims are some of the poorest people on the planet they can't match this spend, but they have something more valuable than dollars. You.

Please download these posters and spread them widely. Post them on your websites and blogs, email this link to friends, print them out, get them seen by as many people as possible.

Tags: bhopal, india, justice, dow chemical, poison

Conservatives At Odds With McCain

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:24:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: But perhaps more importantly, he has long been an advocate of entitlement reform. He was early an ardent support of personal accounts for Social Security, and has pushed for serious Medicare reform, including means-testing. Almost alone among Republicans, he opposed the disastrous Medicare prescription drug benefit.

"On domestic policy, he has shown a disturbing predilection for elevating every personal pet peeve, from steroids in baseball to airplane service quality, to a federal issue. And, he has embraced heavily regulatory environmental policies and compulsory national service. Like George W. Bush, he tends to support federal power over federalism, executive authority over legislative, and generally leans toward the imperial presidency. For believers in individual liberty and limited government, it's a decidedly mixed bag. But, then again, aren't they all?"

Clip Source: www.cato.org

"Conservative activists are preparing to do battle with allies of Sen. John McCain in advance of September's Republican National Convention, hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party's official declaration of principles," The Washington Post reports. "McCain has not yet signaled the changes he plans to make in the GOP platform, but many conservatives say they fear wholesale revisions could emerge as candidate McCain seeks to put his stamp on a document that currently reflects the policies and principles of President Bush."

In the Cato-at-Liberty blog post "John McCain: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Cato senior fellow Michael Tanner writes: "While Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity sometimes portray McCain as a virtual clone of Ted Kennedy, the fact is that he is a true fiscal conservative. He is well known as an opponent of earmarks and pork barrel spending.

Tags: mccain, rnc, global warming, immigration, stem cell research, campaign finance, fiscal conservative, opponent of earmarks

Uri Avnery: "Every politician has a Satan of his own."

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:17:28 GMT

clipped by: Rasmus
clipper's remarks: Übersetzung ins Deutsche: Uri Avnery über Obamas Dilemma

Clip Source: zope.gush-shalom.org

These days I follow Barack Obama's campaign, follow and understand, follow and get angry, follow and worry.

I listen to what he says, and I understand why he says it.

I look at what he does and often get angry.

I see him walking a tightrope across an abyss, and I worry.

I saw him performing before the Jewish lobby, where he broke all records for fawning, and I asked myself: What, is this the man who will bring about the Great Change?

I heard him speaking enthusiastically about the right of citizens to bear arms, including Uzis and Kalashnikovs, and buried my head. What, Obama?

I heard him supporting the death penalty, a barbaric punishment that positions the US somewhere between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and did not believe my ears. Obama???

I seems that Obama is moving further away from himself with every day that passes - and we are still at the beginning of the main election campaign.

IN GOETHE'S great drama, Faust sells his soul to the devil for success in this world.

Tags: obama