Daily Archives: December 23, 2013

Five digital journalism predictions for 2014

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Digital storytelling is evolving as the device we’re telling the story on expands and evolves rapidly. Continue reading →

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What the Middle East would be like without Christians

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

What the Middle East would be like without Christians
From Iraq to Syria to Egypt, Christians are under siege. How their faith – including at a Bethlehem church – sustains them and how their decline is altering the region: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/1222/What-the-Middle-East-would-be-like-without-Christians Continue reading →

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, Creator of AK-47, Dies at 94

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Lt. Gen. Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, holding a prototype of his famous assault rifle in 2007. The arms designer credited by the Soviet Union with creating the AK-47, the first in a series of rifles and … Continue reading →

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WHEN OUGHT YOU HAVE A COURT ROOM CHRISTMAS PARTY … or other

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Review Photo/Kevin Graff The John Hampu Band performs at the annual Christmas party hosted by Alliance Municipal Court Judge Robert G. Lavery on Tuesday. WHEN OUGHT YOU HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY IN A COURT ROOM Following the local story, about … Continue reading →

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This is in Great Britain, not Saudi Arabia!

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

M&S TELLS MUSLIM STAFF THEY CAN REFUSE TO SERVE CUSTOMERS BUYING ALCOHOL OR PORK This is in Great Britain, not Saudi Arabia! Marks & Spencers (M&S), an old British firm on the UK’s retailing market, has told its Muslim staff … Continue reading →

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