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Good article about why splash / Intro screens must die., blogmarks.net

The German government is to bail out the troubled IKB bank to the tune of 1 billion euros. It is the second cash injection for IKB, one of the many German casualties of the US subprime crisis., blogmarks.net

Paulson's dreadful scheme will become law, because Americans love their bankers. The bankers enable their collective gambling habit. Think of America as a town with one casino, in which the only economic activity is gambling. Most people lose, but the casino keeps lending them more money to play. Eventually, of course, the casino must go bankrupt. At this point, the townspeople people vote to tax themselves in order to bail out the casino. Collectively, the gamblers cannot help but lose; individually they nonetheless hope to win their way out of the hole. Americans are so deep in the hole that they might as well keep putting borrowed quarters into the one-armed bandit. They have hardly saved anything for the past 10 years. Instead, they counted on capital gains to replace the retirement savings they never put aside, first in tech stocks, then in houses. That hasn't worked out., delicious.com

One of the biggest issues in developing countries is the lack of clean water. More than a dozen non-government organizations have seen this problem and want to help solve it. The group being called the ?Global Health Mega-Commitment on Water and Sanitation? for the Clinton Global Initiative have pledged to donate $400 million to help provide clean water for 8.5 million people and provide a billion liters of clean water. The most notable donors are Matt Damon who pledged $1 million, Procter & Gamble with $18.5 million, and Pepsi with $4 million. This initiative is also being used to promote micro-financing. Are you aware of how big of a problem dirty water is? If you?d like to learn more about providing clean water and micro-financing please see: http://causecast.org/org/kiva http://causecast.org/or g/charity-water For the full story see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122244674302979203.html, delicious.com