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Mobile phones keeping elections honest in Africa?
http://www.smartmobs.com/ 2008/ 08/ 26/ mobile-phones-keeping-elections-honest-i…(Tweeted by ckreutz) CNN reports that the use of mobile telephones to monitor elections has been effective in countering electoral manipulation and corruption in Africa: LONDON, England (CNN) — The humble mobile phone is driving a new revolution which some experts hope could bring fairer elections and democracy to some African states.
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Text messaging bridges the Digital Divide
http://www.smartmobs.com/ 2008/ 08/ 26/ text-messaging-bridges-the-digital-divid…Jim Witkin wrote on Triplepundit a very interesting story about social ecology as one of the five pillars of sustainability. Jim refers to work of Walter Stahel — one of the founders of the sustainability movement.
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Luxury Fitting Rooms For Japanese School Girls
http://thedailydairy.com/ 2008/ 08/ luxury-fitting-rooms-for-japanese-school-gir…A young lady in Japan has a reputation and image to uphold while living in a land notorious for the world’s most eclectic fashioned youth. At the same time, a young lady in Japan has a responsibility to uphold by respecting her school’s dress code and wearing her uniform.
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Trip Day Five & Six: Shopping Areas
http://www.siuyee.com/ 2008/ 08/ 24/ trip-day-five-six-shopping-areas/Jon and Larry were up on Mt. Fuji on Day Five and Six, so I just went shopping. There is a Starbucks in Shibuya near the Hachiko intersection that is popular among photographers. After an Iced Coffee Jello drink and a little bit of Photoshop effort, here’s the tilt-shifted Shibuya miniature.
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79-Year-Old Lady in Shibuya Stabbing Frenzy
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/ 2008/ 08/ 23/ 79-year-old-lady%e2%80%99s-shibuya-…An elderly lady (79) was arrested after randomly stabbing two female passersby, at Shibuya station in the heart of Tokyo, we hear. The crazed women’s admission and justification is unusual to say the least: “I was hanging around after getting out of the institution this week.
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Tokyo monkey chaos: The shirt
http://xorsyst.com/ japan/ tokyo-monkey-subway-shirt/Well by now I’m sure you have heard about the monkey found walking the train tracks in Tokyo. If not, take your pick from here, here, here, here, or here to read about it. By the amount of fuss about it, its one of those stories that everyone has got to talk about.
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Monkey Eludes Dragnet At Tokyo Train Station
http://www.kittymowmow.com/ 2008/ 08/ 21/ monkey-eludes-dragnet-at-tokyo-train-s…Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey. A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masui, a spokesman for train operator Tokyu Corp.
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Monkey Business (1!) At Shibuya Station
http://giapet.net/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ monkey-business-1-at-shibuya-station/That number in the title is for me to keep track of the number of monkey-themed cliches and puns I make throughout this article. Have you ever been at a con dealer hall, or an airport, or anywhere at all, and spotted some poor bird that managed to get stuck inside?
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Monkey spotted at Shibuya station
http://www.japanprobe.com/ ?p=5788A wild monkey was spotted inside Shibuya station this morning, but police failed to capture the beast: “It’s a monkey - it’s not like it did anything bad,” a police spokesman said, adding that the animal was still on the loose.
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Carnival of the Mobilists includes Olympic evicted Twitterer
http://www.smartmobs.com/ 2008/ 08/ 19/ carnival-of-the-mobilists-includes-olymp…The blogging tents of this week’s Carnival at mobilejones feature the hot buzz of the rest of the blogosphere and media of all types: the topics dominating conversation are Twitter and the iPhone. The Carnival includes Howard’s post about an intrepid fellow he met in Copenhagen: Twitterer/streaming video broadcaster evicted from Olympics.
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