Stunning photos reveal what life was like in Kowloon Walled City, an urban society without law, order or even infrastructure. Via Paulo Furtado 
The CIA pressures Obama to step up indiscriminate attacks in Yemen... 
Since the Trayvon Martin story has received national attention, Sanford, Fla. has gone from a virtually unknown city to the center of the spotlight. 
Whenever conservative bloggers try to be clever and 'expose' liberal myths, you just know it's time to pull out the rain coat, 'cause there's gonna be a whole lot of bullshit flying around. 
Fox News host Eric Bolling speculated on Tuesday that Sandra Fluke, the law student who has become famous for being attacked by Rush Limbaugh, was part of an elaborate White House plan to distract voters from the economy. 
TwitLonger is the easy way to post more than 140 characters to Twitter... 
CNN is earning its nickname as 'Fox Lite' more and more every single day. 
UPDATE: The strange sounds phenomenon continues to spread, with videos popping up from Canada and around the world featuring similar noises. The weird sounds have allegedly been recorded in a number of cities, including Winnipeg, Chicago and Glasgow. 
Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. 
Our Psychometer scientists finally slogged into work in a Super Bowl-induced hangover, and handed over the findings of their weekly report on who went the craziest in the news this week. Do you agree with their findings? 
Caroline's story is not unique. Tragedies like her's occur so often, in fact, that they rarely make the news anymore. But it is precisely because they are an everyday occurrence that health care reform was so urgently needed. 
At the end of a long and bloody week for the former House speaker comes a Saturday night surprise... |
The first three posts in this series were designed to be a unit and help you get set up as an indie publisher. You should have a business name picked out with a web site domain reserved, understand your upfront costs and have made decisions on how to deal with those costs. Then you should have done a rough guess on income and when each project might break even.
If I had to summarize those first three chapters, I would say this: “Be prepared, set up correctly, keep your costs down, and understand the possible cash flow.”
So the next logical step is the question: “How Do I Get My Books Out To Readers?” In other words, how do I produce and distribute my book? You can’t have distribution without production, so I am starting with production right now.
The first major steps in production are inventory and scheduling.
So to really think like a publisher, you need to understand publishing lists, deadlines, and how distribution must be planned far, far ahead of the actual launching of books. Via Nathalie Hamidi 
WWF Living Planet Report gives stark warning of the Earth’s diminishing resources. Via Paulo Furtado 
Kodak may be going under, but apparently they could have started their own nuclear war if they wanted, just six years ago. 
MONTREAL - A Montreal university student was detained at the U.S. border, held for several hours, interrogated, had his personal belongings searched and saw his computer confiscated for over a week.What caught the authorities' attention? 
A revolutionary new armor relies on a liquid that hardens when something hits it, promising unprecedented protection while letting soldiers move freely, unrestricted by bulk and weight. Via Paulo Furtado 
Of the two, Abramoff calling for more drastic reforms of money in Congress (Gov. 
This was a big bucket of fun. RaeBeth McGee over at The Writing World interviews me on my weaknesses (carefully hidden), my books (mostly obscure but gaining ground) and the bodies (corporate and otherwise) strewn behind me. 
Wyoming lawmakers pushed forward legislation to explore how the state would respond if the country fell into economic and political turmoil. 
The Sun family of newspapers have always been a joke. 
CHICHIGALPA, Nicaragua -- Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation. 
(My God this might be the silliest thing I've seen in a week. ~ Chazz)
"Do digital books threaten our democracy? Depends on who you ask. eBooks are on trial once again. This time, they represent nothing short of an existential threat to democracy itself. Via SecondoMe 
Al Sharpton and Rachel Maddow had an explosively caustic argument with former Newt Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler about the candidate's approach to race on Tuesday night, in which Tyler himself used some very dicey rhetoric about African Americans. 
We know what you're thinking: You're far too cynical to fall for the ads you fast forward through on your DVR or the little tricks employed by marketers and politicians to push your subconscious buttons. |
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