The Beanie of Power

So there I was, in one of my more reflective moods, wondering where the site traffic went.

Senator Maria Cantwell(D-WA)

Senator Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington State, in partnership with Robert McCullough of McCullough Research, today released a report that the senator's press release says " shows that the dramatic rise in oil prices in June, and the subsequent fall in price in July, can't be explained by any of the fundamentals of supply and demand. Instead, it could be a result of the trading strategies of major market players. Cantwell and McCullough said new data collection tools are needed so that federal agencies can identify the culprits and stop any market manipulation."

For those who have been long-time readers of WNT, we have been through two iterations already: our original site used the Xoops content management system and v2.0 was, of course, our move to the Joomla! CMS. Now, with the release of Joomla! 1.5.1, we are well on our way to WNT v3.0.

  Heroic technicians swooped into our host's San Francisco data center, performing emergency repairs!

William Chirolas

  William Chirolas -- World News Trust

  Dec. 13, 2006 -- Health via tax collection payments to Insurers, as with Romney’s Massachusetts Universal Coverage plan, is the insurance company approved "variation" on single payer universal health that is the proposal by the Oregon Senate Interim Commission on Health Care Access and Affordability.

Kathlyn Stone

   Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust

  Nov. 30, 2006 -- Bob Fitch has been photographing peace activities and social justice movements since the mid-1960s. In 2005, Fitch traveled to Sri Lanka to document the effects of that country's long civil war and also the impact of Nonviolent Peaceforce field work to protect peacemakers and promote grassroots peacemaking there.

  Fitch and Linda Sartor, a member of the first group of Nonviolent Peaceforce teams who entered Sri Lanka in 2003, are visiting 10 U.S. cities Nov. 28-Dec. 8. (Schedule) The two-week tour began Nov. 28 in Eugene, OR. Other stops include Boston; Bucks County, Gwynedd, Warthmore and Scranton, PA; Medford Leas, NJ; Seattle; Santa Rosa, CA; and  Boulder, CO. Over a month in Sri Lanka, Fitch traveled to all parts of the country and will present a photo essay that captures the impact of war on Sri Lankans and also the impact of nonviolent intervention by the international teams of Nonviolent Peaceforce.  Sartor continues her work in Sri Lanka and will discuss her experiences there.

   Fitch and Sartor will speak at schools, universities and other public venues.