What's hard to understand about that? And what's wrong about that?
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Mobile, Alabama is one of the oldest cities in the United States. While there is a diversity of opinion in our city, the conversation tends to be sentimental and traditional.
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President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.
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Immigration reform has been a hot topic for a long time now, and most of us have chosen our sides. However, the propaganda machine still churns out a heavy amount of garbage to undermine and countermand the ideas most of us have already formed.
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The sheer hypocrisy of those who earn online reputations and readerships – and, let it be said, advertising revenue - on the back of the work of others is breathtaking to behold. It is in the area of social bookmarking of news content that this hypocrisy is most evident.
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It is easy to wield our principles against opponents and enemies, and the curious blend of relish and righteousness we feel when we find them wanting is satisfying.
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Environmentalism has quite a few followers and those followers have quite a bit of power. With that power, they are able to suggest and enact programs and legislation they feel is best for the world.
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Reading an excerpt from Andrei Markovits's Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America in the latest issue of Democratiya, I find myself instantly struck.
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"by Sandy Frost" and Newsvine.com were honored by the Society of Professional Journalists at their annual Excellence in Journalism awards banquet held last Saturday night at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington. The results are:
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Introduction: I'm publishing this at Newsvine, having written it some time ago, at the urging of fellow writers and memoirists, specifically sbutki (thank you, sir).
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A source close to the conversation below claims that the Democratic leadership coordinated the statements made by Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius regarding the National Guard's response to the recent Kansas F5 tornado.
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Recently on Newsvine, several columnists engaged in "soul bearing" only to have small groups of people bash what they revealed. One crass, condescending comment tears down nine heartfelt congratulations. We are scared back into our fox holes.
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Rescue crews have twice searched the debris-strewn yards and splintered homes that once held Greensburg's 1,500 residents. They began a third sweep Monday to secure the area before families who lost almost everything were to be allowed back in.
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Suffering is a pervasive norm for humanity. We have all experienced the sting of emotional pain. The "wounds" inflicted by emotional pain seem to be the most influential factor in how we shape our persona.
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"I'll have those n---ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years." - Lyndon JohnsonPerhaps nothing is more interesting, nor more misconstrued than the collision between race and politics and it's history. The Republican Party was founded on an a …
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A recent study by the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School indicates that more females than males go online in the United States, defying the perception of the Internet as a male-dominated realm.
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Tomorrow is Free Panchen Lama Day. Who??? Imagine, as a six-year-old, being recognized by the Dalai Lama as the incarnation of a revered Tibetan lama.
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First Step: On the front page of Newsvine you'll find a Seed Newsvine button. You need to drag that up to your Bookmarks Toolbar in your browser.
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By now we all know what happened. If we weren't glued to the television yesterday, then we were absorbed by our newspapers this morning, or wrapped up in the online coverage today.
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A leader represents his country and embodies it. In a country like Belgium the King is the very symbol of the nation , and a major part of its identity. In the television age, the image of the world leader is even more important than ever.
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Last week it was a pet food scare that had pet owners worrying for the best friends. Monday, the Washington Post reported that food contaminate with Aminopterin, or rat poison, might have resulted in at least 15 cat and one dog death.
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Max Crumm and Laura Osnes are the ones America's television viewers want. Crumm will play Danny Zuko and Osnes will be Sandy Dumbrowski, the lead roles in the $10 million revival of "Grease," opening on Broadway this summer.
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Walking gingerly across the translucent surface, visitors hear the glass layers creak. Far below, directly underfoot, they see the Colorado River as a pea-green ribbon.
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Ardith:
Your writing is so real.
Your presentation is clear, your facts impeccable, your journalism background evident.
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Having been given the name Ardith Webber at birth and finally shuffling it off in favor of the back half of my family nickname, Ardie Pepper, I am strangely thrilled to find this Ardith who bestows such honor to the name with her writing. Write on, girl.
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Ardith is one of my favorites here on the vine, and one of the big reasons I keep coming back for more. I enjoy her writing, as well as her wisdom. It would do all of us a lot of good to listen to her wisdom. Keep up the good work my friend and don't ever change.
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You are joy to behold.
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Ardith, you are clearly one of the most independent thinkers on newsvine. I have never seen you follow for the sake of following and you always seem to choose your own path.
Keep it up!
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Ardith is what newsvine is about. Respectful, inquisitive, and a community builder. Thanks Ardith for getting me started in Newsvine.
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Ardith, you were the best mentor a newbie could ever ask for! Thank you so very much for lending your wisdom along with a basket full of patience!
KANTN!!! Nance
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Hard to believe I'm the first to leave a comment for Ardith. I respect her intelligence, her experience, her journalistic talents, and feel that Newsvine is blessed by her presence. Tee hee to you, Ardith!
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Ardith, I'm sure you'll understand me when I say I've found you to be one of the most human and humane members of the Vine.
Thanks.
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