Reflections: Connecting Park Restoration to Malaria | The Tony Blair Faith Foundation (tags: malaria faithsact religion interfaith africa tonyblairfaithfoundation) Blackburn statue covered to highlight killer disease (From Lancashire Telegraph) (tags: malaria faithsact interfaith) Mosquito Screens Found To Be Cheap And Effective In Malaria Prevention (tags: malaria) 100 Twitter Feeds to Help You Change the World [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Hotels.com drops the ball
November 30th, 2009
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AWESOME UPDATE: I posted this entry at 12:07 pm. At 1:34 pm I received a phone call from Hotels.com saying that they had tracked down the booking agent who processed my bad booking and were refunding the money immediately. I’m not going to accuse Twitter, Facebook, and a blog of ensuring the abnormally quick turnaround, [...]
Del.icio.us Links for November 15-21
November 21st, 2009
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Our Team « United 2 Heal (formerly known as Children of Abraham) (tags: interfaith) Malaria Drugs: Artemisinin-Resistant Strain Appears – TIME (tags: malaria) Interfaith Leaders Call For Peace – Sacramento News Story – KCRA Sacramento (tags: interfaith) Jews, Muslims, Christians gather to learn more about one another's faiths and traditions (tags: interfaith) Interfaith response to [...]
Del.icio.us Links for November 8-14
November 14th, 2009
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Mapping the ecosystem — Social Edge (tags: philanthropy technology social) Interfaith Call for Unity in Response to Ft. Hood Atrocity « News & Notes Interfaith Call for Unity in Response to Ft. Hood Atrocity (tags: interfaith) Bill Gates’ Plan for Fixing the World (tags: malaria billgates entrepreneur) Faith-based group tries to pit Exxon, AT&T against [...]
Physical insanity
November 13th, 2009
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When I was training earlier in the summer in London, I went out for a walk with some of my Faiths Act companions. While returning to base, I spotted some stone pillars on the street in Southbank. I couldn’t just leave them there and not hop around on them. I was triple-dog-dared to leap from [...]
Proof of Mozart
November 10th, 2009
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I needed to learn a bit more about Meister Eckhart, so I Googled him last night. That led me to Eckhart Tolle, and to Paul Tillich, and then finally to Karl Barth this morning. I guess you could call it a theologian binge. In my readings, I happened upon this interesting quotation by Barth: It [...]
Stanford University Day of Interfaith Youth Service
November 9th, 2009
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Stanford University has a brand new and highly-motivated interfaith group. It’s called Faiths Acting In Togetherness and Hope, otherwise known by its acronym FAITH. On Saturday, November 7, the group organized its first Day of Interfaith Youth Service (DIYS). The Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core (led by Obama advisor and well-recognized American leader Eboo Patel) has [...]
Health care debate actually making Americans sicker
November 7th, 2009
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New research shows that the past few months of debate (often more like shouting) over the reform of the health insurance process has actually worsened our nation’s already-fragile health. I should probably disclaim what I just wrote and what I’m about to write by saying that this research was conducted by me. Let’s put some [...]
Del.icio.us Links November 1-7
November 7th, 2009
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Avocado Fries Recipe – MyRecipes.com (tags: recipe) Tofu Tacos Recipe – MyRecipes.com (tags: recipe) Do You Recognize The New Wine Consumer? : PALATE PRESS (tags: wine) Why Twitter lists are huge for your non-profit or small business [video tutorial] | Powered by John Haydon (tags: johnhaydon twitter socialmedia) YouTube – IFYC – Leadership for a [...]
