Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 December 2011

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Unclear on the Concept

a student in UK has actually converted 0.01% of the Wikipedia encyclopedia into a printed book [um... huh?]

8:05pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW
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Lost and Found

A girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago said Friday she broke down in tears this week after tracking down her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her alive. The 15-year-old showed up in Aceh province’s hard-hit town of Meulaboh earlier this week, saying that not long after the wave hit she was “adopted” by a woman who called her Wati and forced her to beg, sometimes beating her and keeping her in the streets until 1 a.m. When the teen stopped bringing in money, she was told, “Go ahead, leave ... go find your parents then, they’re in Meulaboh.”

6:34pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW

People Live

Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just hours before doctors were considering taking him off life support.

6:31pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW
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Human Right

...check out this speech [Newt Gingrich] gave to the NRA convention back in April. If you don’t have time for the full 26-minute speech, watch from around the 5:18 mark to about the 14:30 mark

6:36pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW

Defending Ourselves

‘He's talking to me just as calmly as I'm sitting here talking. ‘He told me: “I've been shot three times, my fingers are in the bullet holes, the police are going to take care of the kids...."'
[via Daily Caller, h/t to Vic at Ace of Spades

6:41pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW

Free Expression

An effort by GoDaddy customers to boycott the domain registrar over its support for Hollywood-backed copyright legislation has sparked allegations of foul play.... technical barriers to prevent its customers from leaving. GoDaddy lost over 70,000 domains last week.... denies any wrongdoing... On December 23, GoDaddy partially caved, announcing that it was no longer backing SOPA, but stopping short of saying it will oppose the legislation.... [Note: This site is hosted on GoDaddy. For now.]

6:39pm CST Thu 2011 Dec 29 :MW