Huricane Season

Here’s a live radar loop, and below that, the National Hurricane Center widget. Welcome to late summer . . .

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Bloggers Unite against Hunger

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Earth Hour: Saturday 28 March

Turn out those lights from 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time for Earth Hour!

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Can You Hear It?

Oh, to have the ears of a teenager. How’d you do? Can you hear this?

Created by Train Horns

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Carbon Fast for Lent: 2009

I’ve added an RSS feed in the right sidebar with (easy!) daily actions for reducing one’s carbon footprint during Lent. And here are four little 30-second (silent) films, all form the Carbon Fast’s originators, England’s Tearfund.

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VP Joe Biden to chair new Middle Class Task Force

The Obamarama love fest continues! Today, Pres. Obama announced that Vice President Joe Biden will chair a new Middle Class Task Force, dedicated to “get[ting] the middle class — the backbone of America — up and running again.”

There’s more on the new dedicated web site, including a form for your suggestions, here.

And now, heeeere’s Joe!

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Obamarama - First 100 Days

It’s an Obama–Biden love fest here on Jengaworld. What a relief to finally have Democratic administration back in office.

I’m going to post periodically with cool things happening in the new President’s first 100 days. Let’s start today with the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Named after an Arkansas woman whose blatant pay discrimination case was rejected by the Supreme Court, the new act re-sets the 180-day filing limit each time a discriminatory paycheck is received. This is especially important since many women aren’t aware they’re being paid less than their male coworkers — a fact employers of course try to hide.

This was a wonderful first piece of legislation. Yea, Ms. Ledbetter for fighting the good fight! And, yea to our new President for signing!