January 2011
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What happens to the homeless when they die?
Four years ago the wrestling team at St. Xavier High School were offered an opportunity by their assistant coach, Ben Kresse, to do something positive for the community that would forever change their lives. The opportunity was to hold memorial services for the unknown, homeless, and those who had no remaining family to ensure a respectful burial. To...
“Congressman John Yarmuth is donating his entire congressional salary for the...”
– Yarmuth Donates Salary For 4th Straight Year
That’s my congressman right there. This makes me so proud.
“As an academic at Oxford university I don’t have an enormous salary, but...”
– Go ahead, give all your money to charity. - By Toby Ord - Slate Magazine
Dude. Inspirational.
“In fact, there are few countries anywhere with all their central Internet...”
– AP News: The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark
“Next up is the claim that “music cannot be ‘for free’ anymore...”
– Yes, Actually, Music Can Be Free | Techdirt
“On a conference call following the Finnish mobile phone giant’s fourth-quarter...”
– Nokia Hints at Switch to Google’s Android - Tech Europe - WSJ
“We do big things.”
– Barack Obama, President of these United States of America. (via misterjt)
“The trick is to entrust employees with enough autonomy and freedom to follow...”
– Un-Manage Your Employees | NFIB
“When I was in middle school, I earned spare money by babysitting for a lot of...”
– post.culture.shock: An open letter to an Iowa State Representative
“For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide...”
– Congress.org - News : More troops lost to suicide
This is an astounding statistic.
“The big story is that the industry is dying, but that’s what the record...”
– Why My Band Left MySpace & Facebook – For Good - hypebot
“Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person...”
– Joyce Brothers (via sibbotery)
Ooooh. This is a lesson that I’ve learned in the past but need to revisit. #badmichelle
“Just like regular debt, you’re going to have to pay it back sooner or later. As...”
– Technical Debt
via Jason
“This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on...”
– Mark Shields (via x0)
“I like my content everywhere across multiple devices with different interaction...”
– The One Where Time Kept On Slippin’ - Jason Toney
“There’s little that’s more annoying than going to a company’s website to try to...”
– Six Simple Steps for More Blog Coverage
“Because in our society, women don’t have sexual needs, desires, drives,...”
– Pakistan’s Lesbians Live In Silence, Love In Secret : NPR
“Debbie Friedman: “They want me to come out. And I feel, hamayvin yaavin...”
– Debbie Friedman Talks About Being Gay | The Jewish Week 