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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Current Events

  • UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds ‘Smoke Alarm’ for Florida E-Vote Count

    UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds ‘Smoke Alarm’ for Florida E-Vote Count Today the University of California’s Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study – the sole method available to monitor the accuracy of e- voting – reporting irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000-260,000 or more excess votes to President…

  • Iraq charity worker feared killed – Nov 16, 2004

    CNN.com – Iraq charity worker feared killed – Nov 16, 2004 The director of CARE International in Iraq, who was kidnapped last month, has apparently been killed, the humanitarian organization says. I am saddened to read about the death of Margaret Hassan. This is really awful. It’s all awful, really. But this story, for some…

  • San Francisco: No Mood for Tolerance After Bush Win

    Yahoo! News – San Francisco: No Mood for Tolerance After Bush Win Peace and tolerance have long been the words to live by in San Francisco, known for its large gay community, broad ethnic mix and frequent anti-war protests. But days after the election, many residents said they were so worried about an erosion of…

  • Military hospital preparing for Fallujah battle

    HoustonChronicle.com – Military hospital preparing for Fallujah battle My prayers are with the troops….I hope all of you Bush voters feel this is worth it.

  • CARE Hostage Faces Transfer to Al-Zarqawi

    Yahoo! News – CARE Hostage Faces Transfer to Al-Zarqawi The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull its troops from Iraq (news – web sites), Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday. I was wondering what was going on…