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The Mom’s Choice Awards® will feature humanitarian Greg Mortenson, coauthor of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time. Mr. Mortenson will deliver a speech and multi-media presentation, Peace Through Education, on Thursday evening, May 28, 2009, at the Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York. Mr. Mortenson, whose book has been a New York Times bestseller for more than 119 weeks and is currently ranked #1, is known internationally for building schools in some of the most remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Today, through the Central Asia Institute (CAI) that he co-founded, Mortenson has built nearly 90 schools — all without government assistance.

Four by Four rasterized image of Aiko now hanging on the PC Room wall above the loveseat. Rasterized image created using The Rasterbator (Standalone version) from the color image in the lower left corner of the above image.

New findings predict that global temperature increases will be twice as high by the end of the century as previously forecast, unless international policy action is taken. That is the prediction of scientists using the Integrated Global Systems Model (IGSM), a project funded in part by the US Department of Energy.

And then came the swell tale of sweet Judy Blume, she of tender, coming-of-age “Are you there, God?” ‘tween lit fame, sending out a letter on behalf of Planned Parenthood that dared to suggest that Mother’s Day might be a terrific time to make a donation.

Wordpress is a great blogging platform and its ease of use means its use has become very widely used by both blogging pros and amateurs alike. If you are using Wordpress.com as your blogging platform this post does not apply to you, but if you have your own self-hosted installation of Wordpress you may want to read onward in order to see how your blog may be showing its backside like a patient in a cheap hospital gown.