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Panda Express Commits $1 Million to Disaster Relief Efforts in China and Myanmar (Business Wire)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:20:00 GMT

ROSEMEAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. announces Panda Express will donate $1 from the sale of every 3-entrée plate at all locations

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Katie Holmes' Attempt To Flee The Scientology Kingdom: A Tragedy In Three Parts [Defamer Photo Essay] (Defamer)

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT

Looks like it's time to reopen the case of Suri Cruise and the Toxic Scientology Bottles. After seeing this photo of Katie Holmes and her tiny dancer, we couldn't help but notice the presence of an...

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Be a “Master of Disaster”: Another neighborhood check-in Sunday (West Seattle Blog...)

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:03:51 GMT

View Larger Map Tthe West Seattle neighborhood readiness campaign we’ve been telling you about is still under way: To refresh your memory, the map above shows the West Seattle locations already designated as neighborhood gathering places for information and help in case of disaster — somewhere you'd be able to go, if the regular lines of [...]

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Amid disaster, China races onward (Chicago Tribune)

Fri, 16 May 2008 21:24:00 GMT

As strange as it sounds, the streets of Chengdu are normal today. This city barely 40 miles from devastated schools and apartments and hospitals is operating virtually as it was before the earthquake struck this patch of southwest China. Stores are open, tire shops are changing tires, the computer market is busy.

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Stunning Disaster Relief Robot can pull me out of the rubble any day (DVICE)

Fri, 16 May 2008 21:13:31 GMT

Daniel Shankland II loves him some giant robots, and his amazing Disaster Relief Robot may just be a model, but, oh, do we ever wish it was real. Part of an independent study during Shankland's senior year at the...

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'Third Phase' of Disaster Recovery: We're On It (JSpot.org)

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:53:32 GMT

I was down in New Orleans this week working on the launch of The Isaiah Funds , which help faith-based institutional investors provide affordable capital for post-disaster rebuilding efforts. The Times Picayune has a nice summary: A diverse group of faith-based organizations has raised $4.5 million to create two disaster relief funds that will help affordable-housing projects close financing...

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World Briefs | Americas: Chile: New Disaster Hits Patagonian Town (New York Times)

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:09:23 GMT

Chaitén, the town in the Patagonia region abandoned by residents after a volcano erupted, has been almost entirely flooded by a rain- and mud-swollen river.

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Hollywood's latest disaster story (LSJ Blogs: Capitol Journal)

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:02:31 GMT

The state's film incentive package, combined with a business depreciation allowance in the federal economic stimulus package and continuing economic woes have opened a massive hole in the state's budget.

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SBA Remains in Norwich Until May 22, Urges Return of Disaster Loan Applications (PR News Wire )

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:19:00 GMT

ATLANTA, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The U. S. Small Business Administration announced today that due to the level of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Norwich will remain open until May 22. The Center will be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and from 8:30 to 12 noon on Thursday at which time the Center will close. Frank Skaggs, Director of Disaster...

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Court: City not liable in E2 disaster that killed 21 (Chicago Tribune)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:44:00 GMT

In a key legal win for city officials, a state appellate court ruled Friday that the city cannot be held liable for its role in the fatal E2 nightclub disaster that killed 21 people and injured dozens more in 2003.

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DRT was a disaster in the making for two years; Inventor’s Observations (nandigramunited)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:35:00 GMT

DRT was a disaster in the making for two years; Inventor’s Observations It is to the credit of all three foreign experts for unanimously admitting to worst congestion on Delhi BRT and slowest speed. I have special interest in transport technologies as an inventor & mechanical engineer besides familiar with this section as in 1980 my sub division was responsible for construction and maintenance...

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Myanmar disaster spikes to 77K dead. (Archinect)

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:28:04 GMT

While the worlds attention has been shifted to the earthquake in China the ruling junta of Myanmar has released new numbers. 130,000+ are either dead or missing putting on par with one of the worst disasters to hit South Asia. Our contacts on the ground are confirming the chaos surrounding the relief effort.

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Amazon.com joins tech companies in China, Myanmar disaster relief (Brier Dudley's blog)

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:41:29 GMT

Along with Microsoft and other local organizations rallying to support Asian disasters , the Seattle ecommerce giant is donating premium real estate on its home page to solicit donations to the Red Cross disaster relief efforts. Amazon's letting the Red Cross figure out how to allocate the donations between China and Myanmar.

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Disaster Relief - Myanmar And China (JustOneMinute)

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:24:13 GMT

Americares is a terrific international and domestic aid organization currently focused on Myanmar and China. If you have not heard of them, they are highly regarded for their good work and low expense ratio - less than 2% of donor...

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America's decline: a self made disaster (VoIP)

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:32:00 GMT

... there was a similar abdication of responsible governance related to deficits and the mortgage disaster. Imbued with the simplistic idea that free markets meant unregulated markets, national and state regulators paid almost no attention to the rampant selling and securitization of bad loans since 2000—chief among them the once sainted Fed chairman Alan Greenspan—despite pleas for help from...

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JIHAD: NAKBA ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD THE DISASTER OF APPEASEMENT (Atlas Shrugs)

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:46:53 GMT

Feeding the monster lie Images from across the Muslim world. The face of th global jihad The women (below too) Jordan Check out the statue (!) of the PPalestinian at Palestine Square, Tehran Pakistan (below) West Bank (below) Cairo, Egypt (below) Moroccans hold a portrait of late Hamas movement founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, during Nabka abomination Prague (check out the poor boy's face) GAZA Hamas supporter...

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Do Great Stuff Supports China and Burma Disaster Relief Efforts (PR News Wire )

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:00 GMT

Portions of proceeds going to health and rescue agencies BOSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Purchases made through can generate financial contributions for relief agencies assisting the hundreds of thousands of people affected by recent natural disasters in China and Burma. The online shopping portal will donate a portion of all sales to relief organizations specified by customers who purchase...

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SBA Disaster Loan Deadline is June 18 (PR News Wire )

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:20:00 GMT

Small Business Owners Still Have Time to Apply ATLANTA, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses that June 18 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans that are available to small businesses located in the State of Georgia as a result of drought that occurred January 1, 2007 and continuing. Small businesses in...

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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Alabama Residents Affected by Severe Storms and Tornadoes (PR News Wire )

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alabama residents and businesses affected by severe storms and tornadoes May 11 can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Steve Preston announced today. Administrator Preston took this action following a May 14 letter from Alabama Governor Bob Riley requesting a disaster declaration...

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Jeffrey Sachs's call to arms to avert global disaster (International Herald Tribune)

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:38:57 GMT

In his new book, "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet," Sachs argues that our "global society will flourish or perish according to our ability to find common ground across the world on a set of shared objectives and on the practical means to achieve them."

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