• Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Day

    August 31, 2005 /



    N.Z. Bear has Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Day Thursday, September 1.

    A day of blogging focused on raising awareness of and funds for relief efforts to aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina. See here for more information, and here for the TTLB Katrina topic page.

    Jump to Charities

    Participating Blogs
    634 blogs from 8 countries so far
    Add your blog

    Flap will resume blogging on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina after a night’s rest.

    If you beat me up in the morning – all of you European and East Coast folks, go over to my charity, Catholic Charities and contribute a few bucks.

    Flap knows you will be glad you did.

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  • Hurricane Katrina

    Katrina Aftermath Watch: Blog Relief Day

    August 31, 2005 /

    New Orleans residents are rescued by helicopter from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 in New Orleans.

    A few days ago Hugh Hewitt and Glenn Reynolds suggested a day when bloggers could support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

    Although the loss of life appears to have been low, the scale of the misery that will follow Katrina is almost unimaginable.

    The miles and miles of submerged homes, sunken cars and damaged businesses are astonsihing to see. I am sure that among those businesses are scores if not hundreds that just opened, were just getting their momentum, just reaching the black and then this happens.

    I hope the Hollywood/Nashville types get their act tgether on a relief effort that could be telecast, as with the 9/11 concert.

    And perhaps the bloggers could agree to set a day for a unified blog beg, and I am open to suggestions on the recipient organization, though I hope it would be an organization that makes loans/grants to people to get houses and businesses repaired. The relief groups like Samaritan’s Purse will help with immediate shelter and food needs, but rebuilding will be a long and expensive process. Let me know if you have ideas on a recipient, or if you are a blogger willing to coordinate some fund-raising.

    N.Z. Bear at TTLB stood up and has agreed to coordinate the event.

    Hugh Hewitt suggests “perhaps the bloggers could agree to set a day for a unified blog beg” and Glenn suggests this Thursday, September 1.

    I’m in. Here’s what I’ll do here at TTLB:

    1) Set up a registration page where bloggers planning to join in can say so, including providing information (if they like) about where they are blogging from and the charity they suggest donations to.

    2) Make the database as publicly accessible and available as I can, so that anybody else who wants to create an aggregation page or otherwise use the list can do so.

    3) On the day of the event, I’ll create a dedicated community page for it, and run that as TTLB’s front page.

    Other suggestions are welcome, and I’ll try to think of how else I can help during the day today. I should have the registration page up and running tonight…

    Update: The registration page is now available…

    Flap has registered and has chosen Catholic Charities as his Bleg partner.

    Michelle Malkin has KATRINA: GETTING THINGS DONE

    Read it all here.

    Glenn Reynolds is compiling a list of bloggers and their charities here.

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  • Hurricane Katrina

    Katrina Aftermath Watch: Coast Guard Emergency Number

    August 31, 2005 /

    A church with a steeple knocked over by Hurricane Katrina sits in the floodwaters surrounding New Orleans, Louisiana August 31, 2005. Authorities struggled on Wednesday to evacuate thousands of people from hurricane-battered New Orleans as food and water grew scarce and looters raided stores, while U.S. President George W. Bush said it would take years to recover from the devastation.

    From the California Office of Emergency Services (via private e-mail to Flap):

    Subject: Rescue Line for Victims

    State OES has learned that trapped victims on the Gulf Coast are calling family, friends, loved-ones, or anyone they can get a call out to in California asking for someone to rescue them. These requests need to go immediately to the US Coast Guard’s Rescue Line at 800-323-7233 and immediate assistance will be sent.

    Please distribute this information as widely as possible.

    Flap would appreciate your distribution.

    H/T Darleen’s Place

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  • Hurricane Katrina

    Blog for Katrina Relief Tomorrow

    August 31, 2005 /

    Flap is just back from Nevada….

    Tomorrow is Blog for Katrina Relief.

    Thanks to Hugh Hewitt and Caltechgirl for reminding Flap of tomorrow’s event.

    Evil Glenn and TTLB have joined forces to promote a blogswarm for donations to Katrina.

    Not Exactly Rocket Science is participating tomorrow, and is pleased to recommend the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a fine charity that we’ve been supporting all of our lives over here. UMCOR is unique in that it’s major distribution center is already in the area, so they’re able to mobilize quickly. Also, since UMCOR is a subsidiary of the United Methodist Church, 100% of your donation goes directly to the area you choose.

    More soon on a list of Katrina relief charities……..

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,  California,  Politics,  Special Election 2005

    Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Unions Continue to Stalk the Governor

    August 31, 2005 /

    FAN INVOLVEMENT: Michael Lighty of Oakland, right, participates in a wave Tuesday protesting Gov. Schwarzenegger as he held a fundraiser at Angel Stadium. Fire, nurse and teacher union members offered anti-governor trading cards.

    The Orange County Register has Unions boo the governor, Schwarzenegger’s Anaheim fundraiser attracts protesters of what they call anti-labor propositions.

    It was a game within a game at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger holding a political fundraiser at the park while labor union members pulled out the stops to attack the governor – including satirical trading cards given to fans.

    Needing to improve sliding approval ratings and to reverse voter disinterest for his three November ballot measures, Schwarzenegger showed up for campaign money – with Angel owner Arte Moreno and Emulex Chairman Paul Folino hosting the luxury-box fundraiser.

    But as with other recent appearances in Orange County and throughout the state, the governor’s trip again provided a stage for labor unions upset with Schwarzenegger’s efforts to undermine them with his ballot measures.

    Flap wonders who is running the Governor’s political organization.

    Here are some recommendations.

    And….. the Governor is not attending the Labor Day dedication of the new University of California, Merced.

    Arnold, some reorganization of your political staff is in order and change your schedule.

    QUICK!

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    Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page

  • Dentistry

    Dental Town Watch: Ad Traffic Down

    August 31, 2005 /

    Flap previously reported Dental Town: How Does Blog Traffic Compare.

    Flap was discussing with a colleague today about the immense growth of the blogosphere and what it means for dental bulletin boards and web sites. So, I started to compare.

    Here is the Dental Town site probably the largest (at least by Howard Farran’s claims) dental bulletin board site. It boasts over 56,000 members (unverifiable and likely a grossly inflated number since so-called Townies can join with more than one name and/or identity). There are no sitemeter counters that Flap can see on the site.

    It appears that participation in their annual Townie Choice Awards is down.

    The downloadable ballot is here.

    After 9 days of the Survey their traffic was:

    Today’s numbers are:

    2005 Stats:
    2162 participants
    Voting Aug 1 – Aug 31

    2004 Stats:
    2483 participants
    Voting Aug 24 – Sept 30

    But, voting has been extended apparently for another 7 days.

    Have dentists abandoned Dental Town or are they just refusing to complete a commercial survey?

    Or do dentists prefer the non-commercial dental discussion sites like Sci.Med. Dentistry or the Internet Dental Forum.

    Stay tuned.

  • Dentistry,  Socialized Dentistry

    University Pays Dental Students to Stay Away: Redux

    August 30, 2005 /

    The Evening Telegraph has Dental school crisis: Kerr to intervene, Health Minister Andy Kerr today pledged his urgent intervention in the over-subscription crisis at Dundee University’s dental school.

    Visiting Angus, Mr Kerr said he would be speaking to the country’s chief dental officer, Ray Watkins, who yesterday met with the dean of the university’s School of Dentistry to discuss the problem which has led to would-be students being offered £2000 to delay the start of their dental course for a year.

    The situation has arisen after a surge in demand for dental school places led to a rise in applications for the soon to start academic year of 40%, and a course acceptance jump of 30%.

    Following the city meeting, Mr Watkins said he would be reporting his findings to Deputy Health Minister Lewis Macdonald, and Mr Kerr said today he too would be looking at the issue, but not solely in the context of the immediate-term Dundee debacle.

    “We need to reflect on the conversations we had yesterday and I will be speaking to the chief dental officer,” said Mr Kerr.

    “The key issue is what to do about the over-subscription, but this is not just about university places.

    “These are complicated things and we need to work through all the implications, as well as the funding issues,” added Mr Kerr.

    “It is in our interests that we have dentistry students trained here in Scotland but let us work it through and we will deal with the situation.

    “We don’t want to go into this not knowing the consequences, and that’s why I want to respond properly once I have gone through this.

    “I will be dealing with it as a matter of urgency of course, but we need to look at the whole situation,” Mr Kerr said.

    Flap previously had University Pays Dental Students to Stay Away.

    No real solutions here.

    The health bureaucrats have agreed to talk.

    How about some privitization? Or Educational Vouchers so that these students could be accomodated at other schools in the U.K.?

    Nahhhh……this solution is too simple.

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  • Liberal Morons,  Media,  Media Bias,  Morons,  Politics

    Cindy Sheehan Watch: Glad Bush Did Not Meet With Her

    August 30, 2005 /

    The ASSociated Press has Sheehan Glad Bush Didn’t Meet With Her.

    A woman who led an anti-war protest for nearly a month near President Bush’s ranch said Tuesday that she’s glad Bush never showed up to discuss her son’s death in Iraq, saying the president’s absence “galvanized the peace movement.”

    Cindy Sheehan’s comments came as war protesters packed up their campsite near the ranch and prepared to leave Tuesday for a three-week bus tour.

    “I look back on it, and I am very, very, very grateful he did not meet with me, because we have sparked and galvanized the peace movement,” Sheehan told The Associated Press. “If he’d met with me, then I would have gone home, and it would have ended there.”

    Yeah, right!

    She would have created a scene, called him a LIAR and made an even bigger ASS out of herself.

    After leaving Crawford, protesters will spread their message on a three-week “Bring Them Home Now Tour” with stops in 25 states. Buses on three routes will meet in Washington, D.C., for a Sept. 24 anti-war march.

    Sheehan will leave the tour next week to spend time with her family, including her mother who recently suffered a stroke, which caused Sheehan to miss a week of the protest. She plans to attend the march in the nation’s capital, hoping to reunite with people who converged on the Texas roadside that came to be known as “Camp Casey.”

    “When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, `What the heck did I do? Texas in August, the chiggers, fire ants, rattlesnakes, uncomfortable accommodations’ _ but I’m going to be sad leaving here,” Sheehan said. “I hope people will say that the Camp Casey movement sparked a peace movement that ended the war in Iraq.”

    Not a chance Cindy. The anti-war leftie fringe will continue with or without you.

    You are a legend in your own mind.

    Flap continues to wonder: Why was not one Democrat elected anti-war official present themselves in Crawford to lend Cindy moral support? Where was Howard Dean?

    HUMMMMMMM……..

    Michelle Malkin has MEANWHILE, BACK IN CRAWFORD II.

    Via Lucianne.com, Cindy “Support the Troops, Not the War” Sheehan will be protesting a Blue Angels air show in Brunswick, Maine, next month.

    Bashing the Blue Angels is a staple of the moonbat Left.

    Via Red State Rant, Mrs. Sheehan is also taking shots at Gold Star Moms who support their sons and daughters who support their president and the mission.

    Eric Pfeiffer is still reporting live from Camp Casey. So is Andrew Marcus.

    Then it’s on to the anti-war bus tour. Wonder if there’s a seat reserved for Baghdad Jane?

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