September 2009
Virtual Ukulele Concerts in Second Life « Ukulele... →
Rethink on 'illegal' childcaring | BBC News →
shadowfirebird:
‘Two mothers had been told it was illegal to look after each others’ children without being registered.’
‘Ms Shepherd said: “A lady came to the front door and she identified herself as being from Ofsted. She said a complaint had been made that I was illegally childminding.
“I was just shocked - I thought they were a bit confused about the arrangement between us.
“So I invited...
Home Office starts advertising ID card | Kable →
shadowfirebird:
‘The campaign, one advert for which features a cartoon fingerprint unveiling the identity card to an admiring audience of other fingerprints, is expected to cost £544,000 between September and December.’
Via The Guardian’s On Our Radar feature.
Why oh why oh why
…do so many of the amazing websites I regularly stumble across still not have an RSS feed so I can go back there???
This is unacceptable.
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009/2010 →
buffleheadcabin: ledgergermane:
1. US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street
2. US Schools are More Segregated Today than in the 1950s
3. Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates
4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina
5. Europe Blocks US Toxic Products
6. Lobbyists Buy Congress
7. Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past
8. Bailed out Banks and America’s Wealthiest Cheat IRS Out of...
"School seeks dinner lady. Humans need not apply"... →
shadowfirebird:
‘This week a dinner lady at a village primary school was sacked for telling a child’s parents that she was sorry their daughter had been attacked in the playground at school. Carol Hill had found seven-year-old Chloe David tied up by her wrists and ankles, surrounded by four boys, having been whipped with a skipping rope across her legs. Hill had rescued the child and taken the...
Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV Series on YouTube →
buffleheadcabin:
Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest had a short run (38 episodes) in the mid ’60s, but it included many great folk artists.