US military jails Marine for sexual misconduct in Japan

"Tokyo (ANTARA News/afp) - A court martial has sentenced a US Marine to 20 months in prison for sexual misconduct against a woman in Japan, the US military said in a statement.The case was one of a series of alleged crimes by US troops in Japan that have sparked public anger,...

Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary

Mother's Day is so commercial now. I'm stressing about what to get my mum tomorrow and the item that she wanted is all sold out so now I really am stuck.But what happened to the simplicity of giving your mum a...

From the Basement: The Nigel Godrich Show

I heard rumours about this series early last year. What a great concept for music television: compelling intimate performances by compelling artists, recorded and broadcast in high quality sight and sound. No...

Public Warning on this malicious, violent individual

Public service announcement, a dangerous malicious individual named charlotte Jarvis lives amongst us. as one of her victims already, I feel its only right to warn the public about her so that hopefully no one else becomes another one of her victims.

All The News That’s Fit to Free

This is an interesting article for anyone involved with the Web and news. We are all still getting our heads around the notion of providing and getting the news for free. "From World War I to the end of the Cold...

How do YOU get news these days?

Jeff Jarvis writes about this in the Guardian. Jay Rosen asked the question at YearlyKos, Why should YOU be the editor? When I can search for the information I want, your answer to my search better be public, tagged and ready to roll out, or rather roll into my search queue....

We Media: What's the word?

NowPublic is, as we speak, making ourselves known at the We Media conference in Miami. We're reporting live from there, but we wanted to know: What's the buzz about We Media out there in the stratosphere?Well, as...

Are Poles the new victims of racism in Scotland?

"RACISM against new migrant workers must be tackled by politicians immediately, the head of the Commission for Racial Equality has warned after a tripling in complaints about discrimination towards people from eastern Europe. Ali Jarvis, the director of CRE Scotland, said...

Networked journalism

"I think a better term for what I’ve been calling “citizen journalism” might be “networked journalism.” “Networked journalism” takes into account the collaborative nature of journalism now: professionals and amateurs working together to get the real story,...

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