Archive for April 1st, 2004

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From Here to Timbuktu

A Tuareg nomad stands near the 13th century mosque at Timbuktu, Mali, where U.S. Special Forces have been training the Malian army to better police the Sahara Desert, March 19, 2004. The Tuaregs, many of whom make their living from tourism, fear the presence of U.S. troops will damage their livelihoods.
The elite U.S. Special Forces [...]

School Blogs

Several of the participants in my Blogging demos yesterday at the TESOL Conference here in Long Beach asked for the address of SchoolBlogs.com, the Adam Curry sponsored site where educators can start a free, Manilla-based blog. Of course, in the heat of action we couldn’t remember the URL and so promised to post it to [...]

Highway Haute Cuisine from BMW

Always
on the lookout for new recipes, time-saving innovative applications of
modern technology and reasons that we need a beamer, the Dowbrigade was
delighted to learn that the austere German automaker has unveiled a [...]


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