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Eyes On Darfur

Eyes On Darfur is a new thing from Amnesty International that will allow you to watch satellite video of 12 specific villages through out Darfur and see what's going on. The site Launches today (6/5/07) at Noon ET.
Here is a minute long video through Yahoo talking about …

New Banner?

Any comments on keeping the new banner or using the old one?
Thanks to Steven from Grey Holiday for the help. Be sure to check out the band, they are great.

Donating To The Cause

Callum Robbins, the son of J. Robbins (Jawbox) was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. There have been many efforts to raise money for treatments for him including benefit shows and a Paypal account at DeSoto Records. Mona Elliott (Victory at Sea) is undergoing …

Poverty Isn't Cheap

UN report highlights economic cost of child hunger
June 03, 2007 + Read Full Article
Child malnutrition costs Central America billions of dollars a year, a burden that undermines its efforts to wipe out poverty, a U.N. report said on Sunday.

Perspective V

Close to half of all people in developing countries suffering at any given time are from a health problem caused by water and sanitation deficits.
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Need?

NEED magazine is an artistic hope-filled publication focusing on life changing humanitarian efforts at home and abroad.
NEED magazine reveals the remarkable stories of people involved throughout the entire humanitarian aid process: survivors, workers, funders, and …

Believe It Or Not, Not Everyone Has Water

Probably the most expensive bottle of water you can buy, but the cheapest way to save a life. Please find out more about Charity:Water and be sure to read through the FAQ.

Whose Your Source?

Does anybody out there have a favorite place they get their news from on the internet? There are a lot of places, what's your favorite?

MySpace Saw Them

Congradulations to Invisible Children for winning the MySpace impact awards which won them a $10k cash prize.
Here's a quote from the IC film makers on winning the award. "We think our generation is dying to be a part of something large, something meaningful. MySpace is …

Work Class Video

Check out Green Day's video for Working Class Hero below. Net proceeds from the purchase of the video goes to Amnesty International.
Itunes Video

Follow Up: Sanctions May Have Little Impact

"'It doesn't have that much effect on the economy. We don't have direct economic or trade relations with the United States,' the Finance Ministry official told Reuters"
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So I guess we will being moving on to plan C?

Perspective IV

Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

Blood Gems

"Global Witness and Amnesty International said a survey of 42 British retailers found more than three-quarters of them had no auditing procedures to curb the trade in illicit gems from conflict areas, known as 'blood diamonds'."
" 'After all the promises the diamond …

New Sanctions on Sudan

President Bush ordered new U.S. economic sanctions Tuesday to pressure Sudan's government to halt the bloodshed in Darfur that the administration has condemned as genocide.
"I promise this to the people of Darfur: the United States will not avert our eyes from a crisis …

Where's Everybody?

I guess everyone is outside on their day off. Anyone listening to any new music that's any good?

Music For Our Troops

"The Daily Chorus will be starting a Music For The Troops campaign, this week.
It will be a continual program where we send CDs, iPods, MP3 players, batteries, Discman's and other music supplies to our troops, fighting on or near the frontlines."
Click below to find out more.

Dealing With Darfur

Here's a link to a page on Alertnet with links to many articles about Darfur in the news. The page also contains a link to a Reuters-sponsored debate, which you can listen to the entire thing.

Perspective III

A mere 12% of the world's population uses 85% of the world's water, and these 12% do not live in the Third World

Green Apples

Here's an Apple web page about what the company is doing to become greener and save the planet. At least "try" to save the planet.