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8) New York Times Initiates New “Fee-based Paradigm” —

Feb 27, 2011 | 0 |

Thanks to our Uganda desk (Lissa) for originally catching the article at… which explains the New York Time’s new approach to funding. Bottom line: There’s no more free...

9) Check Your Email Server for Security (revised) —

Feb 27, 2011 | 1 |

Thanks to a great friend working in North Africa for tipping us off about an online service which checks the security of your email server. Just browse to… http://ismymailsecure.com/ Enter your email address...

10) Having trouble Translating that sign? There’s an app for that —

Feb 27, 2011 | 0 |

Literally. Thanks to our I.T. guy, Greg, for point us to this article: Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really. (That link might wrap. If so, just navigate to this item on the web, using the link...

11) Many thanks to…

Feb 27, 2011 | 0 |

We appreciate the Brigada participants in Tigard, OR, and Wilmore, KY, for sending $50 and $30, respectively, to Brigada this past week. Thanks, too, for the $100 gift from workers in a sensitive country, who wrote,...

12) The BackPage: Perspective on My Visit to Haiti —

Feb 27, 2011 | 2 |

How do *you* define impoverished? In their discussion on the definition of poverty in the Global South in “When Helping Hurts,” Fikkert and Corbett write (pages 51 and following), “While poor people mention...

1) World Religions Resources Wanted —

Feb 20, 2011 | 15 |

Greg just accepted an assignment to teach world religions at a local university and is gathering resources. He would like to hear about favorite films, textbooks, simulations, etc. He plans to cover primal religions, Hinduism,...

2) Free 100% funding webinar —

Feb 20, 2011 | 0 |

Kingdom Come Training is offering a free forty-minute live, interactive webinar to show how any faith ministry worker, anywhere in the world with high-speed internet can add $1000 to their monthly support every month until they...

3) How to Inspire Prayer for a Nation —

Feb 20, 2011 | 2 |

I continue to be impressed with the efforts by the folks behind… Home They are seemingly *relentless* in the pursuit of raising up prayer for their beloved nation. In particular, they seem to have honed in on the concept...

4) Pick up a Masters of Arts in Leadership without Leaving China —

Feb 20, 2011 | 0 |

Here’s a Masters degree in Leadership, taught in cohort format, starting in April. It’s designed especially for folks in Asia and the deadline for registration is March 15. Learn to… * Practice value-based...

5) Big News: Facebook Gets More Secure —

Feb 20, 2011 | 1 |

I know. You’re thinking — “How can you possibly use those two words in the same title???” But the truth is, it was prompted by Facebook’s own CEO getting hacked last month. They probably picked up...