http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com Citizen Journalists from the Sun Valley area share their thoughts on elections, non-profits, recreation and more Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:27:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Y asked me to give a workshop on blogging. This won't be about any specific blogging site (SunValleyOnline or otherwise). Rather, it will cover the waterfront. Click for more details on the Blogging 101 workshop. In the past, people have asked me to do this and I have done ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/06/blogging-101-workshop/ Israel is an amazing topic, without the history involved it is impossible to understand what their doing in the Middle East, and Palestine specifically. Oil is a tool for leverage and strategy only, this writer has seen energy sources that blow oil use off the map...we don't need it, but ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/06/and-so-all-israel-shall-be-saved/ We had an interesting article get submitted to our site that is pushing for a movement to stop unsolicited delivery of Yellow Pages. I have blogged a couple of times over the last year or two making the point that the Yellow Pages of the 21st century are the Search ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/05/movement-taking-on-yellow-pages-waste-proposing-city-ordinances/ The following is my response to President-elect Obama’s comments regarding Iran on NBC’s Meet the Press less than a month ago.  Feel free to comment.  Peace, thanks. A Response to Obama's "Meet the Press" Comments on Iran President-elect Obama and his newly formed Administration have made it clear that they’re serious about ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/05/a-response-to-obamas-meet-the-press-comments-on-iran/ I wouldn't like to be these guys Life Insurance underwriter wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo. http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/05/its-a-bird-its-a-plane/ Speckles was running loose in Hailey and brought to the shelter for safe keeping. Surprisingly, no one ever came to claim this adorable young lad. He is a very cute and friendly dog who hasn’t received much training yet. This young, strong boy has lots of energy and should ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/05/pet-of-the-week-speckles/ “ASK HR” For anyone that is not familiar with the Wood River Human Resource Group please allow us to once again introduce ourselves. Our group consists of mostly Human Resource specialists, or those that work closely in the human resource field, that live and work here in the Wood River ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/05/ask-hr-an-introduction/ Just had to pull in a line from "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix on this chilly night (actually, it's relevant to the subject matter of this note in an oblique way, I think)... comment-1-final-vesion comment-2-final-version1 comment-3 On Friday, 1/5, I wrote sent off two sets of comments to the P&Z and Editor of the ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/04/jan-7-pz-mtg-is-this-tomorrow-or-just-the-end-of-time/ In ancient times, we nurtured our warriors with special care when they returned from epic battles. We brought them to spas at outskirts of cities, and then cooled them down with compassionate concern for long spells, until we determined that it was safe for them to return into communities; unlike modern ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/04/future-friedman-a-place-for-healing-war-wounds/ A lot of things are happening in Gaza right now.  Some thoughts below. Basic Clarification Israel has made it clear what their objective in the Gaza counterattack is. Their objective is to stop the daily rocket attacks that has victimized hundreds of thousands of Israeli lives for the last three years. ... http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/2009/01/03/united-with-israel/