Funky Weird Blog Spot: April 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

Rural Activists: Treat Broadband as Basic Utility

Surely this just makes sense and should not really be considered activism: "high-speed Internet should be treated as a basic utility, as the country historically has done at the arrival of new technologies.

'Many people are thinking and pushing for an understanding that broadband is in that same place as telephone service was 50, 60 years ago - and that it needs to be accessible and affordable for all Americans, no matter where they live.'"

Public News Service

Cinemagraphs: Artists develop pictures with movement that take 'stills' to next level | Mail Online

Thursday, April 28, 2011

� USDA Prime Cuts: Rural Broadband Subsidies - Big Government

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Evangelical Group Sees N.Y.C. as Incubator to Plant Churches - NYTimes.com

Evangelical Group Sees N.Y.C. as Incubator to Plant Churches - NYTimes.com: "Though much attention has been paid to New York’s boom in immigrant churches, in recent decades the number of English-speaking evangelical churches south of Harlem has grown tenfold, to more than 100, said Tony Carnes, a researcher and founder of the online journal A Journey Through NYC Religions, who has studied New York churches since the 1970s. Without fanfare, the newcomers have created networks to pay for new churches and to form church-planting incubators, treating the city as a mission field."

How to License Ministers | StartCHURCH Everything You Need to Start a Ministry

How to License Ministers | StartCHURCH Everything You Need to Start a Ministry: "Becoming a licensed or ordained minister is not a trivial matter. It represents the setting apart of an individual for ministry, but how does one become legally licensed or ordained within the laws that govern our society?"

Universal Life Church

Universal Life Church: "The Universal Life Church believes that all faiths are best served by the freedom and choice to become ordained online. This includes the freedom to perform weddings, perform baptisms or perform funerals for friends and family, regardless of your spiritual or religious denomination."

BAC HOME LOAN SERVICING L.P. Complaints - FORECLOSURE

BAC HOME LOAN SERVICING L.P. Complaints - FORECLOSURE: "Bank of America and their subsidiary 'BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, I think anyone with a problem with this corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries should first contact their state's attorney general, then the BBB, then"

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Rural advocates: Help us work against massive Internet bill increases | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs

Rural advocates: Help us work against massive Internet bill increases | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs: "Internet users in rural areas across Iowa could face massively higher monthly costs under a federal proposal that helps regulates telecommunications, a group of around 150 people at the Capitol protested Wednesday."

Bennet & Bennet, PLLC - RUS Broadband Loan Program Victim of Federal Budget Cuts

Bennet & Bennet, PLLC - RUS Broadband Loan Program Victim of Federal Budget Cuts: "s part of a budget compromise reached to prevent a government shutdown, funding for the Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) rural broadband loan program has been targeted for cancellation."

Light Reading Cable - Cable - NCTA: Some Rural Broadband Subsidies Waste - Telecom News Wire

Light Reading Cable - Cable - NCTA: Some Rural Broadband Subsidies Waste - Telecom News Wire: "A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program's funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households."

Theta Music Trainer | Ear Training for Everyone

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Disclosing Your MS to Others : National MS Society

Disclosing Your MS to Others : National MS Society: "When talking to others about your MS, keep in mind that one size doesn’t fit all. Since you may have very different reasons for disclosing to different people in your life, your explanation needs to be tailored to the situation and the particular person. And because no two people are alike, no two responses to your disclosure are likely to be the same."

Fatigue Severity Scale - multiple sclerosis encyclopaedia: "The Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) is a method of evaluating fatigue in multiple sclerosis and other conditions including Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Systemic Lupus Erythmatosis (SLE)."