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  • Baptists Mark 400th Anniversary, Celebrate Religious Freedom on EthicsDaily.com

    By: Andreas Havinga  Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2009 6:19 am   Section: Religion News Service UTRECHT, Netherlands (RNS/ENI) Four hundred years after the first Baptist congregation was established, followers have been challenged to continue championing religious liberty. “We as Baptists must continue to defend religious freedom for all peoples and all religions,” said Denton Lotz,…

  • “An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how …”

    "An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how , at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what." – Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1889 to 1891 and 1895 to 1899 Known for his sharp-tongued wit and distaste for business as…

  • Netflix’ Reference Guide on their Freedom and Responsibility Culture

    Culturehttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=culture9-090801103430-phpapp02&stripped_title=culture-1798664 View more presentations from reed2001. What an amazing opportunity to look behind the scenes of the corporate culture of a successful business.

  • An Open Letter to Conservative C – Brian McLaren

    I have been growing more and more deeply troubled by the way so many from my heritage in conservative Christianity – in its Evangelical, Charismatic, and Roman Catholic streams – have allowed themselves to be spiritually formed by various conservative political and economic ideologies. It's been disturbing to see how many Christians have begun to…

  • This much I know: AC Grayling, philosopher, 60, London | Life and style | The Observer

    I used to be a terrible hypochondriac when I was young and a great reader of medical dictionaries. One day I realised that I was not actually frightened of terminal illness but of not getting done the things I wanted to get done. via www.guardian.co.uk This is not an endorsement, but this guy is a…

  • Twitter’s Blackout: Bad for Business – BusinessWeek

    Starbucks, IBM, and other companies rely on Twitter to reach customers. The site's outage could encourage them to speed up implementation of backup plans By Douglas MacMillan Pitching products and talking to customers on Twitter has become so easy for companies, many may forget how they ever did without it. They got a sharp reminder…

  • E-commerce and Facebook: Friends or foes? – BusinessWeek

    Posted by: Douglas MacMillan on August 05 Last week,1-800-FLOWERS.com became the first retailer to launch a full-service online storefront within the pages of Facebook. Now users can leave birthday wishes for friends, and then order them a bouquet of flowers without ever navigating away from the social network. It’s an early example of online shopping…

  • The Family That Facebooks Together… – BusinessWeek

    Boomers want to connect with their kids and extended families online. Now Facebook and others are making it easier By Douglas MacMillan Forget the breakfast nook—the new family hangout is online. As more baby boomers and older Americans sign up for social networking sites, they're connecting with their kids and other family members to start…

  • “You are the stars and the world is watching you …”

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  • JFK’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88

    (08-11) 06:56 PDT BOSTON (AP) — President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. via www.sfgate.com to READ MORE I once…