Friday Links Round-Up: Ted Williams. The Green Dragon. Desert Composer.

by Jeannie Choi [2] 01-07-2011 | 10:30pm

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Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:

Ted Williams [6]: the homeless man with the golden voice.

Egyptian Muslim leaders ask followers to stand as "human shields [7]" around Coptic Christians on Christmas Eve mass.

Check out the religious breakdown of each member of the 112th Congress [8].

Why are dead birds [9] falling out of the sky?

Conservative Christian leaders warn about the "green dragon [10]" of environmentalism.

A composer in the desert [11]: An NPR photo essay.

Apple. Canon. Motorola. Sharp. See how these companies rank [12] when it comes to the use of conflict minerals [13] in their products.

Have a lovely weekend.

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[6] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/the-homeless-man-with-the-golden-voice/68904/
[7] http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/95/3216/Egypt/Attack-on-Egypt-Copts/Egypt-Muslims-to-act-as-human-shields-at-Coptic-Ch.aspx
[8] http://pewforum.org/Government/Faith-on-the-Hill--The-Religious-Composition-of-the-112th-Congress.aspx
[9] http://www.good.is/post/five-hundred-more-dead-birds-fall-from-the-sky-what-s-happening/
[10] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/resisting-the-green-dragon_n_798387.html
[11] http://vimeo.com/17306922
[12] http://www.enoughproject.org/publications/getting-conflict-free
[13] http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org/content/conflict-minerals-company-rankings&link=1
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