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1. new war news now posted at http://domystic.wildhunt.org/warnews/index.html here's a sample:
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DENVER - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm.
2. new cold, dark pandemic news now posted at the_long_winter here's a sample:
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Penny Salm, an AmeriCorps emergency medical volunteer in Phillips, [Maine,] is organizing an innovative project to keep people warm this winter. She hopes to bring three or four people to live together in one participant's heated house for perhaps a week. All participants then would rotate to another house, and so on, while the heat is lowered in the unoccupied homes. The effort could cut fuel costs for participants by as much as two-thirds, she said.
Salm's idea is being touted by state planners who are still somewhat at a loss as to what they can do for Mainers expected to be hurt by historically high heating oil prices, possible shortages and a Congress reluctant to boost heating subsidies... State officials are looking at the possibility of establishing a system of shelters where people who cannot pay for home-heating fuel can be housed.
3. i am leaving, with my glamorous S.O., for mil-wau-kee ("the good land") in the morning. so if i don't comment on your witty, yet somehow poignant posts, that's why. nothing personal! in the meantime...
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DENVER - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm.
2. new cold, dark pandemic news now posted at the_long_winter here's a sample:
link
Penny Salm, an AmeriCorps emergency medical volunteer in Phillips, [Maine,] is organizing an innovative project to keep people warm this winter. She hopes to bring three or four people to live together in one participant's heated house for perhaps a week. All participants then would rotate to another house, and so on, while the heat is lowered in the unoccupied homes. The effort could cut fuel costs for participants by as much as two-thirds, she said.
Salm's idea is being touted by state planners who are still somewhat at a loss as to what they can do for Mainers expected to be hurt by historically high heating oil prices, possible shortages and a Congress reluctant to boost heating subsidies... State officials are looking at the possibility of establishing a system of shelters where people who cannot pay for home-heating fuel can be housed.
3. i am leaving, with my glamorous S.O., for mil-wau-kee ("the good land") in the morning. so if i don't comment on your witty, yet somehow poignant posts, that's why. nothing personal! in the meantime...