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History Maker

digging this song today… (especially the Plumb version)…

Is it true today that when people pray
Cloudless skies will break
Kings and queens will shake
Yes it’s true and I believe it
I’m living for you

Is it true today that when people pray
We’ll see dead men rise
And the blind set free
Yes it’s true and I believe it
I’m living for you

I’m gonna be a history maker in this land
I’m gonna be a speaker of truth to all mankind
I’m gonna stand, I’m gonna run
Into your arms, into your arms again
Into your arms, into your arms again

Well it’s true today that when people stand
With the fire of God, and the truth in hand
We’ll see miracles, we’ll see angels sing
We’ll see broken hearts making history
Yes it’s true and I believe it
We’re living for you

Billy Graham undergoes further treatment

The latest from USA Today:

Evangelist Billy Graham underwent a colonoscopy Wednesday night and received additional treatment for an intestinal bleeding condition, according to a statement from Mission Health & Hospitals in Asheville, N.C.
A gastroenterologist located an area of active bleeding and treated it with cauterization, the hospital said. Graham reportedly was alert during the procedure.
Graham will continue to rest and be under observation for the next 72 hours. He has been visiting with family and will soon return to his routine of walking in the nursing unit, the hospital reported.

WTF!?!

Sorry… hope you don’t know what that means.

That’s all I could think of when I saw this.
Where was this the rest of the season!?

In case you’re wondering: THE RANGERS’ 30 RUNS SCORED SETS A MODERN MLB RECORD (SINCE 1900).

Hear the call thanks to the DMN

The power of Wikipedia

To quote Eric Lidji (speaking of – that guy needs to start blogging again) again, “Ah the blogosphere, the place of no accountability.”
Some might suggest we could apply that same quote to Wikipedia – although I’ve found that there are a NUMBER of folks out there who are Wikipedia sticklers for content, sources and edits (which while I may disagree with them at times – is a good thing).
But Virgil Griffith wanted to find out just how reliable the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit really was.
He created software that examined Wikipedia entries and the source of their edits, and found some interesting things.
For example:

  • Microsoft tried to cover up the XBOX 360 failure rate

  • In the 9/11 Wikipedia article, the NRA added that “Iraq was involved in 9/11”

  • Exxon Mobil edits spillages and eco-system destruction from oil spillages article

  • Scientology removes criticism and negatives article from Scientology page

  • Dog breeding association deletes whole paragraphs about fatal attacks by dogs on humans

  • Fox News removes all controversial topics against the network from the Fox News page

  • Walmart removes criticism of outsourcing work. The retailer also changes negative paragraphs of underpaid workforce

  • Someone at Reuters calls Bush “a mass murderer”

  • Coca Cola removes negative content about its effects

  • US University adds the “prestigious” adjective to its page

It just goes to remind us that we’ve always got to examine and consider the source of the information we get online, on TV, in print or anywhere else. Then take it for what it’s worth.

Thanks to Wisebread for the heads-up

(ourkidsname)blundell.com

Yahoo News reports that a growing number of parents are already buying domains for their kids to protect their online identity in the future.
Sounds like something I’d want to do and then get laughed at for ;-).

“One of the criteria was, if we liked the name, the domain had to be available,” Pankow said. It was, and Pankow quickly grabbed Bennett’s online identity.
A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, long before they can do more than peck aimlessly at a keyboard.
It’s not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to parents in Web design or information technology.
They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the time their babies become teens or adults, just as someone claimed the “.com” for Britney Spears’ 11-month-old son before she could.
The trend hints at the potential importance of domain names in establishing one’s future digital identity.
Think of how much a typical teen’s online life now revolves around Facebook or News Corp.’s MySpace. Imagine if one day the domain could take you directly to those social-networking profiles, blogs, photo albums and more.

Thanks to Lifehacker for the heads-up