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You're in the right place! This is the link for just this one feature. But this one is more than an archived "stand alone." It's essential orientation, and your invitation to play! This appears in the FULL EDITION, with all the other stories published on the same date, and a TABLE OF CONTENTS of that edition, at: https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/news-events-perspectives-associated.html ___ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.  (The longest thing in this edition.) W elcome!  In the changing world of journalism, many experienced writers, investigative journalists, and print media reporters have lost their jobs due to corporate mega-mergers and the inevitable downsizing that follows. That's also true in television and radio newsrooms, though it's far worse in print-and-web "printed word" reporting. Over 2,400 journalists -- many of them investigative repor

You're in the right place! This is the link for just this story, as an archived "stand alone." This feature appears in the FULL EDITION, with all the other stories published on the same date, and a TABLE OF CONTENTS of that edition, at: https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/news-events-perspectives-associated.html ___ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ # 1 feature...  -- From the section: ☆  "The Main News -- though you might not find it any place but here..." -- GETTING MUELLER-FIED AIN'T GETTING MOLLIFIED  (a very short feature) M erriam-Webster, the dictionary people, tell us, "Mollify, pacify, appease, and placate all mean 'to ease the anger or disturbance of,' although each implies a slightly different way of pouring oil on troubled waters." The oil on those waters is about to burn. Our advice is, everybody outta the pool. Go find some rejuvenating tuneage. Besides,

You're in the right place! This is the link for just this story, as an archived "stand alone." This feature appears in the FULL EDITION, with all the other stories published on the same date, and a TABLE OF CONTENTS of that edition, at: https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/news-events-perspectives-associated.html ___ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ # 2 feature...  -- From the section: ☆  "The Main News -- though you might not find it any place but here..." -- APRIL 19th IN HISTORY AND THE LEGACY THAT COULD RESURFACE ANY TIME T oday marks the 24th anniversary of the OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. On April 19, 1995, a former soldier deeply influenced by the literature and ideas of the radical right detonated a truck bomb on a delayed timer that allowed him to escape. (We avoid publishing the names of heinous criminals, so as not to memorialize them.) The resulting explosion destroyed the Alfred P. M

You're in the right place! This is the link for just this story, as an archived "stand alone." This feature appears in the FULL EDITION, with all the other stories published on the same date, and a TABLE OF CONTENTS of that edition, at: https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/news-events-perspectives-associated.html ___ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ # 3 feature...  -- From the section: ☆  "The Main News -- though you might not find it any place but here..." -- YOUR INNOVATIVE IDEAS ARE NEEDED FOR "SPACE FOR THE OCEANS" ESA  -- the European Space Agency -- wants your ideas for applying space technology to Earth-based problems.  Really and truly, they do.  Pause a second and think: who, among our blue planet's infestation of human presence, is more passionately creative than our artists? See why they're asking You? History provides plenty of examples of artists with bo

You're in the right place! This is the link for just this story, as an archived "stand alone." This feature appears in the FULL EDITION, with all the other stories published on the same date, and a TABLE OF CONTENTS of that edition, at: https://news-events-perspectives.blogspot.com/2019/04/news-events-perspectives-associated.html ___ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ # 4 feature...  -- From the section: ☆  "The Main News -- though you might not find it any place but here..." -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUBBLE! T his incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the Hubble Space Telescope’s 29th anniversary in space.  Each year the telescope dedicates a small portion of its precious observing time to take a special anniversary image, focused on capturing particularly beautiful and meaningful objects.  Click to enlarge. Launched April 24, 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery,