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Author: seeprogress Added: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:55:29 -0800 Duration: 402http://www.americanprogress.org/projects/americas/index.html On July 2, Colombian military intelligence and Special Forces liberated 3 U.S. hostages, former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and 11 Colombian police and soldiers who had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for as many as 11 years. The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress hosted Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos for a discussion of the hostage rescue mission and other recent severe blows against the FARC and their implications for efforts to bring Colombia's long history of illegal armed conflict to a close. Introduction by: Dan Restrepo, Director, The Americas Project, at the Center for American Progress Distinguished Speaker: Juan Manuel Santos, Minister of National Defense of Colombia

http://www.americanprogress.org/projects/americas/index.html On July 2, Colombian military intelligence and Special Forces liberated 3 U.S. hostages, former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and 11 Colombian police and soldiers who had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for as many as 11 years. The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress hosted Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos for a discussion of the hostage rescue mission and other recent severe blows against the FARC and their implications for efforts to bring Colombia's long history of illegal armed conflict to a close. Introduction by: Dan Restrepo, Director, The Americas Project, at the Center for American Progress Distinguished Speaker: Juan Manuel Santos, Minister of National Defense of Colombia

Originally broadcast July 22, 2008. DJNewStyle and GermFreak talk to Streeter Seidell from CollegeHumor about Menudo, mustard costumes, MTV, and other topics that don t necessarily start with the letter M . A brief rundown of a few highlights: Frank is sick, loves New Jersey, and mourns Estelle Getty. Streeter Seidell: Phantom of the Office, Overgrown Guy Girlfriend. Birthdays: Sharing them, ignoring them, not caring. Listeners pledge calls from celebrities to be named later. Download: Episode: 174 (07-22-2008) Download audio file (the-djnewstyle-show-07222008.mp3)

Author: seeprogress Added: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:40:14 -0800 Duration: 376http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/elt_report1.html What do we really know about the expansion of learning time? While research has long supported a correlation between time and learning, we must ask what more we know today than we did in 1983 when A Nation At Risk was released. Are schools and districts really implementing a longer school day or year, and if so, how is the time being used? What funding structures exist to support the expansion of learning time? And what policies can support expansion of effective efforts? Featured Panelists: Gretchen Bueter, Principal, Grove Patterson Elementary School, Toledo, Ohio Carmel Martin, General Counsel and Chief Education Advisor, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Elena Rocha, Education Consultant Marguerite Roza, Research Associate Professor, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington Moderated by: Cynthia G. Brown, Director of Education Policy, ...

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/elt_report1.html What do we really know about the expansion of learning time? While research has long supported a correlation between time and learning, we must ask what more we know today than we did in 1983 when A Nation At Risk was released. Are schools and districts really implementing a longer school day or year, and if so, how is the time being used? What funding structures exist to support the expansion of learning time? And what policies can support expansion of effective efforts? Featured Panelists: Gretchen Bueter, Principal, Grove Patterson Elementary School, Toledo, Ohio Carmel Martin, General Counsel and Chief Education Advisor, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Elena Rocha, Education Consultant Marguerite Roza, Research Associate Professor, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington Moderated by: Cynthia G. Brown, Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress

Author: seeprogress Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:55:04 -0800 Duration: 463http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/sustainable_security2.html "Humanity as a Weapon of War" is a new report from the Center for American Progress that looks at the U.S. military's emerging trend of using humanitarian assistance to achieve strategic objectives. It examines the U.S. Defense Department's efforts to counter threats such as extremism, poor governance and human suffering by aiding indigenous populations, and considers the use of development activities performed by civilian agencies to achieve the same goal. Based on original research conducted on the ground in East Africa and at US military commands around the world, this report argues that the military's efforts to achieve security through development can only be successful if they are rooted in a global strategy that puts development priorities, or "human security," first.

Author: seeprogress Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:55:04 -0800 Duration: 186http://www.scienceprogress.org/ Why is direct-to-consumer genetic testing an important issue right now? Why have come states clamped down on new companies offering personalized genetic testing? And what policies can ensure that consumers benefit from safe and accurate genetic testing? CAP's Rick Weiss answers these questions in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series. www.americanprogress.org

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/sustainable_security2.html The increasing involvement of the U.S. armed forces in addressing the basic human needs of civilians abroad represents one of the most profound changes in U.S. strategic thought and practice in at least a generation. The Pentagon is recognizing that conventional kinetic military operations, which utilize armed force through direct action to kill or capture the enemy, have limited utility in countering the threats posed by militant extremism. Therefore, they are searching for and finding non-kinetic options other than the use of force to tackle the non-violent components of pressing security problems, both in and out of warzones. This may seem like an appropriate approach to America s new security challenges in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but it is not without controversy. The increasing involvement of the U.S. military in civilian assistance activities has launched a contentious debate about the role of the military in global development, and the relevance of global development to American national security. Non-governmental organizations argue that the militarization of development assistance threatens to undermine the moral imperatives of poverty reduction, the neutral provision of emergency relief, and the security of civilian aid workers in the field. Non-military government agencies, most prominently the U.S. State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development, have demonstrated a complex ambivalence about the subject. Even as their bureaucracies have changed to accommodate the military s growing role in providing assistance, some rank-and-file staff at USAID have argued that the military s programs do not constitute real development work, while a vocal minority of foreign service officers in the State Department have protested their deployment to promote political reconciliation in active warzones as hazardous assignments inappropriate for professional diplomats. Although the Pentagon is not of one mind on this issue, many Defense Department officials argue that these criticisms from NGOs and other parts of the government are overblown, and that these non-kinetic operations have the dual benefit of helping people in need while serving American interests, which is something that both the military, other government agencies, and the NGO community should welcome. The Pentagon has called on the State Department and the USAID to undertake more activities in direct support of American national security objectives, even as these agencies counter that their ability is constrained by years of chronic under-funding and staff reductions

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/sustainable_security2.html "Humanity as a Weapon of War" is a new report from the Center for American Progress that looks at the U.S. military's emerging trend of using humanitarian assistance to achieve strategic objectives. It examines the U.S. Defense Department's efforts to counter threats such as extremism, poor governance and human suffering by aiding indigenous populations, and considers the use of development activities performed by civilian agencies to achieve the same goal. Based on original research conducted on the ground in East Africa and at US military commands around the world, this report argues that the military's efforts to achieve security through development can only be successful if they are rooted in a global strategy that puts development priorities, or "human security," first.

http://www.scienceprogress.org/ Why is direct-to-consumer genetic testing an important issue right now? Why have come states clamped down on new companies offering personalized genetic testing? And what policies can ensure that consumers benefit from safe and accurate genetic testing? CAP's Rick Weiss answers these questions in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series. www.americanprogress.org

Further progress in Iraq may now be a political matter, not a military one.

Author: seeprogress Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:08:35 -0800 Duration: 463http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/lambrew_budget_testimony.html With health care costs escalating at rates that dramatically exceed wage growth and inflation, future health care spending poses a significant challenge for the Federal budget, for employers, and for families. Health care spending in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2006, and is expected to double again in the next decade. Policymakers and political candidates of all philosophical stripes have offered dramatically different strategies for controlling health care spending. These approaches range from placing the locus of health care spending decisions and risk for health care costs - with individuals and families, to making long-term investments in prevention, better information and better health care quality that will be best realized if all Americans have health care coverage.

Author: seeprogress Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:08:35 -0800 Duration: 463http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/lambrew_budget_testimony.html With health care costs escalating at rates that dramatically exceed wage growth and inflation, future health care spending poses a significant challenge for the Federal budget, for employers, and for families. Health care spending in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2006, and is expected to double again in the next decade. Policymakers and political candidates of all philosophical stripes have offered dramatically different strategies for controlling health care spending. These approaches range from placing the locus of health care spending decisions and risk for health care costs - with individuals and families, to making long-term investments in prevention, better information and better health care quality that will be best realized if all Americans have health care coverage.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/lambrew_budget_testimony.html With health care costs escalating at rates that dramatically exceed wage growth and inflation, future health care spending poses a significant challenge for the Federal budget, for employers, and for families. Health care spending in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2006, and is expected to double again in the next decade. Policymakers and political candidates of all philosophical stripes have offered dramatically different strategies for controlling health care spending. These approaches range from placing the locus of health care spending decisions and risk for health care costs - with individuals and families, to making long-term investments in prevention, better information and better health care quality that will be best realized if all Americans have health care coverage.

Republicans lie to us about security and want to make us live trapped in a constant fear and eternal war. I resent this, how about you? Action item: United for Peace and Justice, NO WAR ON IRAN (click here) Ominous signs: the Terrorist Watch List is at one million names. Bush wants to [...]

Originally broadcast July 15, 2008. DJNewStyle and GermFreak receive medical advice from professionals and discuss a porn video frank saw, things that creep us out, and a few other things that might be gay. A brief rundown of a few highlights: Doctor Steve explains a few of Frank s ailments. Tidbit calls in to discuss some creepy things. Frank s disgusting porn video. Is It Gay? with FMJeff. Gay shampoo, deodorant, and musical instruments. Download: Episode: 173 (7-15-2008) Download audio file (the-djnewstyle-show-07152008.mp3)

PlusProgress Cited in Fight Against WildfiresProgress Cited in Fight Against WildfiresThe Associated PressThousands of residents have begun returning to their homes as firefighters have made strides fighting wildfires in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Northern California. (July 12)BETTER WEATHER -- AND IMPROVED WIND CONDITIONS ARE HELPING FIREFIGHTERS TURN THE CORNER IN A COUNTY WHERE 50 HOMES WERE DESTROYED EARLIER THIS WEEK. [Notes:SOT -- MIKE MOHLER/SPOKESMAN] last night...we didn't get any of the winds...the weather that's really been hampering our efforts...crews were in there...did a lot of work....today we have aircraft up...as residents can see...really cleared up....we're making headway today. [Notes:VO--EVACUEES AND FIREFIGHTING]RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN STAYING IN SHELTERS LIKE THIS ONE HAVE BEGUN RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES IN PARADISE, -- WHERE OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE THAT'S BEEN THREATENING THE COMMUNITY IS NOW MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT CONTAINED. [Notes:VO --FIREFIGHTING] HOWEVER AN EVACUATION ORDER REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEARBY CONCOW -- WHERE ONE PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD IN A BURNED OUT HOME FRIDAY. [Notes:VO--FIREFIGHTING]AUTHORITIES ARE STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM THE PERSON'S IDENTITY -- AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH. [Notes:SOT -- MIKE MOHLER/SPOKESMAN] We think it is fire related....we don't know if the resident left and came back into the area...we just don't know...but we're thinking it's fire related. [Notes:VO--FIREFIGHTING]STATEWIDE -- THERE ARE MORE THAN MORE THAN 300 ACTIVE FIRES -- AND 20 THOUSAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING THE BLAZES.OFFICIALS SAY MORE FIRES HAVE BEEN BURNING AT THE SAME TIME IN CALIFORNIA THAN DURING ANY OTHER PERIOD IN THE STATE'S RECORDED HISTORY. [Notes:VO--FIREFIGHTING] AND THE STATE FIRE AGENCY IS DESCRIBING SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA AS A 'NATIONAL DISASTER.' ___ ___, The Associated Press. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: california wildfires progress cited fight against Added: July 12, 2008

Hot to Trot at Venue 44 in Mansfield (Saturday 28th Febuary 1994) Part 1 Hot To Trot was a regular monthly event organised by Russell Davison & Pete Wye. They hit on the idea of transferring the unique atmosphere of their weekly run Progress at Derby to an all-nighter. The logos for the events famously featured a happy pig! To celebrate 18 months of success they commissioned the makers of spitting image puppets to make a large red House (Progress) and a pink pig (Hot to Trot). The pig was duly hung up over the dance floor at Hot to Trot and the House was positioned over the stairs on the entrance to Progress. Apparently nobody say a thing, as person or persons unknown lifted this 5 foot monolith off the ceiling, carried it downstairs past security and out into the street. No doubt there were a few punters muttering about messy E's as they watch the mascot wandering off down the road. A £100 reward was offered for its safe return - no questions asked! Review from 1993: As one of the Midlands premier clubs in it's various guises (Renaissance, Zest Vibelite and at present Arcana). I'm sure there will be many of you reading this that have been to the Venue 44. We were inside by 23.30pm and for the first half an hour everybody was confined to the downstairs area, the buzz of anticipation in that time was something that I've never sampled before. Nothing particular was happening (apart from some good tunes being spun), but everybody seemed to have a smile on their face and a spring in their step. At midnight upstairs was opened and Jools took the decks. For those of you that have not been their before, the main room is a longish rectangular shape with dance platforms all over the place (one guy even managed to get on top of the Coke machine), at the front is a stage with the DJ box to one side high above the crowd. The sound system is truly monstrous and works in a tandem with a laser than Pink Floyd would kill for. In short it is an unpretentious room (apart from the odd pink pig hanging from the ceiling) designed to let you dance yourself into oblivion. Round about 01.00am that fine purveyor of House music Jim "Shaft" Ryan took over and played his usual solid set winding up the crowd for the arrival of Alister Whitehead. About the same time as Whitehead took control there was a massive influx of people coming in from Derby and Nottingham, the stairway resembled a tube station at rush hour and upstairs started to bounce harder than Dolly Parton's tits in an earthquake. By the time Graeme Parks arrival the place was mad and he kept the whole thing flowing along with a seamless mix of upbeat Garage and pure House. By 07.00am the upstairs was thinning out (although the chill out room still looked like Benidorm airport during an air traffic controllers strike) and Pete and Russell took over for the last hour with a bunch of anthems for the die hard party animals. What a night. Definitely the best of the year and one of the best ever. If you've even the slightest inclination towards House music make sure you're at the next Hot To Trot, it could be the best £11 you ever spend. Author: venue44mansfield Keywords: Progress Derby DJ Lisa Loud Alister Whitehead Belvedere Street Mansfield Zest Venue 44 Added: July 11, 2008

Creeping militarism describes the insidious insertion of the military, extreme patriotism, and constant war into American life. It permeates our culture and shapes our view of the rest of the world, and we probably barely notice it. It shapes our domestic policies too, from our feelings on the death penalty to gun control. The [...]

This was the shot from The UpTake's camera vantage as a group, complete with costumes and signs, took their message to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Plaza, where supporters were lining up for a town hall meeting with John McCain.

SelectPlusG-8 Summit Ends, Bush Claims ProgressG-8 Summit Ends, Bush Claims ProgressThe Associated PressAt his last G-8 summit as U.S. president, George Bush says G-8 leaders made 'significant progress' on the goals addressed, including global warming and poverty in Africa. (July 9)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:group photo op]It was an unprecedented meeting on global warming -- but apparently NOT a meeting of the minds.At the G8 summit in Japan's northern mountains, rich-world and developing-country leaders came together to pledge an assault on rising temperatures. [Notes:file pollution] But China, India and other developing countries would NOT sign up to specific targets for curbing heat- trapping pollution, not even the cautious G8 goal of halving it by mid-century. [Notes:Bush at G8]Yet President Bush was pleased with the summit's outcomeBUSH SOT: "We made progress, significant progress, toward a comprehensive approach." [Notes:Hu Jintao at G8]But China's Hu Jintao says it's STILL up to the RICH world to take the lead on global warming -- and HIS country must STILL make its economy job one. [Notes:Protestors in Sapporo, Japan] To protesters, the result was yet more evidence these leaders don't get it -- and they might as well have been here on vacation.SOT: Stuart McWilliam, spokesman of Oxfam International: "what we have got here today is people dress up as G8 leaders on holiday in Japan because we believe that the G8 has failed to take decisive action on the issues of climate change and poverty." [Notes:Bush at G8]However, the president thinks this summit did well on poverty in Africa, too ... [Notes:Africa poverty file, disease file] ...bolstering previous aid programs and launching new initiatives to fight malaria and AIDS.BUSH SOT: (near end of statement) "Lot of meetings on importnat subjects and we accomplishd a lot." [Notes:Bush walkoff, group photo pan]It was Bush's last word - on his last G8 summit. By the time the G8 gathers next year on an island off Italy, there'll be a new leader in America's seat at the table of the world's most exclusive political club.MS, The Associated Press, at the G8 summit, Toyako, Japan ___ ___, The Associated Press Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: bush g8 g-8 summit ends claims progress Added: July 9, 2008

SelectPlusBush: 'Significant Progress' on Climate ChangeBush: 'Significant Progress' on Climate ChangeThe Associated PressPresident Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad global climate-change strategy, claiming 'significant progress toward a comprehensive approach.' (July 9)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: bush g8 bush: 'significant progress' on climate change Added: July 9, 2008

SelectPlusG-8 Summit Ends, Bush Claims ProgressG-8 Summit Ends, Bush Claims ProgressThe Associated PressAt his last G-8 summit as U.S. president, George Bush says G-8 leaders made 'significant progress' on the goals addressed, including global warming and poverty in Africa. (July 9)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:group photo op] It was an unprecedented meeting on global warming -- but apparently NOT a meeting of the minds.At the G8 summit in Japan's northern mountains, rich-world and developing-country leaders came together to pledge an assault on rising temperatures. [Notes:file pollution]But China, India and other developing countries would NOT sign up to specific targets for curbing heat- trapping pollution, not even the cautious G8 goal of halving it by mid-century. [Notes:Bush at G8] Yet President Bush was pleased with the summit's outcomeBUSH SOT: "We made progress, significant progress, toward a comprehensive approach." [Notes:Hu Jintao at G8]But China's Hu Jintao says it's STILL up to the RICH world to take the lead on global warming -- and HIS country must STILL make its economy job one. [Notes:Protestors in Sapporo, Japan] To protesters, the result was yet more evidence these leaders don't get it -- and they might as well have been here on vacation.SOT: Stuart McWilliam, spokesman of Oxfam International: "what we have got here today is people dress up as G8 leaders on holiday in Japan because we believe that the G8 has failed to take decisive action on the issues of climate change and poverty." [Notes:Bush at G8]However, the president thinks this summit did well on poverty in Africa, too ... [Notes:Africa poverty file, disease file] ...bolstering previous aid programs and launching new initiatives to fight malaria and AIDS.BUSH SOT: (near end of statement) "Lot of meetings on importnat subjects and we accomplishd a lot." [Notes:Bush walkoff, group photo pan]It was Bush's last word - on his last G8 summit. By the time the G8 gathers next year on an island off Italy, there'll be a new leader in America's seat at the table of the world's most exclusive political club.MS, The Associated Press, at the G8 summit, Toyako, Japan Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: bush g8 g-8 summit ends claims progress Added: July 9, 2008

SelectPlusBush: 'Significant Progress' on Climate ChangeBush: 'Significant Progress' on Climate ChangeThe Associated PressPresident Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad global climate-change strategy, claiming 'significant progress toward a comprehensive approach.' (July 9)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: bush g8 bush: 'significant progress' on climate change Added: July 9, 2008

Originally broadcast July 8, 2008. America is a year older, DJNewStyle ate Jamaican food, and Germfreak managed to fuck off around a lake for a week. Enjoy! A brief rundown of a few highlights: Germfreak s process for sterilization. Frank s vacation woes. The dark side of ice cream and amusement parks. Fourth of July, fireworks, parades. Mike Nyce, Jamaican cuisine, ears. Download: Episode: 172 (07-08-2008) Download audio file (the-djnewstyle-show-07082008.mp3)

here's my tennis shot,inspired by Rafa Nadal. The other one is a circus test. Both are in progress ... Author: jrprez Keywords: tennis rafael nadal animation circus tiger cage fire flames cool anime wimbledon ball 3d work in progress jr prez Added: July 8, 2008

Check out Kina: http://www.youtube.com/user/kinagrannis My Website: http://www.davidchoimusic.com My Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/davidchoimusic My holey shirt was hand designed by me. lol. Author: davidchoimusic Keywords: VLog Progress Album Contest Being Public kina grannis starburst david choi music davidchoimusic Added: July 7, 2008

Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, talks about how unpatriotic the Republican leadership is by breaking the record for filibusters in Congress thus hurting many Americans.