Category: World
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Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2006
The Wikimedia Foundation needs your help to cover their expected costs for the coming year. Please keep in mind that the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates several multilingual and free-content projects. Please donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to keep Wikipedia and the rest of their free services alive and online for us,…
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Free WordPress Blogs for Hurricane Katrina Survivors
911 Blogs is the result of [Jason Bainbridge] wanting to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina in a geeky sort of way in addition to the traditional ways we have already contributed. It is a way that anyone affected in anyway by any sort of emergency situation can obtain a free hosted WordPress blog. Disclaimer:…
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A Hurricane Katrina Survivor Database
Update: HurricaneHelp is now located at http://katrina.earthlink.net/ HurricaneHelp is a searchable database created to “help connect Hurricane Katrina victims with their friends and family.” If you have any information on a Hurricane Katrina survivor, please share your information with the database. If you know of any relatives or friends who have lost their homes, please…
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Donate to Support Hurricane Katrina Relief
Donations are being requested by the American Red Cross to support relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The impact of this disaster is immense. There are currently between 299 and 349 confirmed fatalities as a result of the hurricane, but that number is estimated to reach into the thousands over the next few…
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The World: An Artificial Island Paradise
Have you ever dreamt about living on your own island paradise? In the not too distant future (approx. 2008), Dubai’s Al Nakheel Properties (the creators of the famous Palm Islands) will complete The World, a collection of 300 private artificial islands arranged to appear like the continents of the Earth. Each island will be about…