Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Video: Green Narrows Freedom Laps
Here’s a sweet video Dan Patrinellis took on the Green�Narrows in North Carolina over Fourth of July weekend,�2011.��Tight, technical stuff – much harder than these boaters make it look, I think.� Now I’m waiting for him to cough up some footage from the Chelan Gorge releases that are happening right now, it sounds like the [...]
Feds sue mortgage broker, alleging lending fraud (Providence Journal)
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Starbucks Hopes To Kick-Start Job Creation
The company is teaming up with a network of community-based financial institutions, and beginning Tuesday anyone can make a tax-deductable contribution at a Starbucks store or online to the Create Jobs for USA Fund. The money will go to companies so they can hire or retain American workers.
Martin Litton Interview
Click here to view the video version of this interview. If you have a soft spot in your heart for rivers, then chances are Martin Litton is on your list of heroes. He first floated the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1955—the 185th known person to follow in explorer John Wesley Powell’s footsteps. [...]
In The Hills Of Rio, Shantytowns Get A Makeover
Rio de Janeiro, which is hosting soccer's World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, is trying to remake its hundreds of favelas. The hillside slums were in the grip of drug traffickers just two years ago, but now new services and companies looking for opportunities are arriving ? along with some middle-class Brazilians.
Jimmy Kimmel to host White House press dinner (reuters)
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Foreign Policy: What Was Achieved In Libya?
Involvement in Libya has been a controversial move from Day One. Foreign Policy's Marc Lynch explains why criticisms of the international intervention seem excessive.
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