neonz hot linkz - support your local revolution: March 2007

Presenting: a Lego NXT Wii Playing Robot that can bowl a perfect game!

You are looking at a Wii Remote mounted on a robotically controlled swing. A second motor is used to trigger the bowling, by first Pressing the A button and left arrow, and then holding down the B button, swinging, and finally releasing the B button. (video included!)

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Top 100 April Fools Jokes

Only 2 days until April Fools. What are you planning? Can you make it into the April Fools hall of fame?

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the age of morons is upon us!

Illegal Employers use illegal workers

Mission Statement: To Assist Businesses Harmed as a Result of Unfair Competition and to Locate, Investigate and Prosecute Employers of IIIegal Aliens.

Illegal Employers use illegal workers and do not pay them prevailing wages or other benefits in order to sell their products or services at a lower price, or earn more profit, than Employers who obey the law. These Illegal Employers Unfairly Compete in the Marketplace of the American Economy and cause taxpayers to pay more.

By choosing to hire Illegal Aliens so they can avoid paying minimum wage, payroll taxes, worker's compensation insurance, overtime and other legally mandated employee benefits, these Illegal Employers profit at the expense of taxpayers and honest Business owners. The Illegal Employers contribute to the massive influx of Illegal aliens into our country. Illegal Employers force those who do pay taxes to also pay for the health care, education and welfare of the Illegal aliens they hire.

We support the right of any immigrant to enter the United States legally. America was built on the blood and sweat of immigrants seeking a better life. But those immigrants, who many of us call our ancestors, came here legally and complied with the immigration policies in existence at the time. They also did not expect or receive free health care and other social services that most hard working Americans have to pay for.

We recognize our country's borders are not secure. We also recognize that, for whatever reason, the Federal government is not adequately enforcing the immigration laws. Therefore, the Illegal Employers do not think they have to obey these laws and so are willing to hire those they know to be illegal aliens because they can profit at others' expense.

We look forward to hearing from you if your company has lost business because your competitor uses illegal aliens for cheap labor. Also, if you have been terminated from your job because you inquired about your employer's illegal hiring practices please contact us. You can reach us at 1-800-377-9122. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: illegalemployers@hotmail.com

Thank you for your support and interest in our cause and our Country.

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Save Sano, Hold La Hueso

After keeping seven finalists in suspense for more than three months, state Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez chose a buddy from his boyhood barrio in San Diego yesterday to be the newest member of the California Coastal Commission....

San Diego Councilwhore Ben Hueso you are a KOOK!

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How To Make Big Money

"An unprecedented number of Americans have received unprecedented incomes and accumulated unprecedented net worth in recent years. Sure, the gains are tempered by the reality that while the top tier is gaining, the income shares of the rest are falling. Many Americans have seen no purchasing power gains in decades..." 11 Ways to Make Big $.

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Anti-marijuna Republican ex-congressman becomes pro-marijuana

Bob Barr, who as a Georgia congressman authored a successful amendment that blocked D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana initiative, has switched sides and become a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project.But that doesn’t mean he has become a bong-ripping hippie. He isn’t pro-drug, he said, just against government intrusion.

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How tough is it to install Linux, really?

so easy even a caveman can do it...

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How to look good when your recruiter googles you

"You were qualified, they could afford you, and they needed you. So why didn't they hire you? They didn't want to tell you, but your boss-to-be rejected you because of the best kegger of your senior year. She saw the photo with the sorority girl with -- is that a tattoo or a third nipple? -..."

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Should I Kill My Neighbor?

PICTURES: MRI Porn (Possibly NSFW)

Dutch researchers recruited several couples (including a pair of street acrobats) to have sex in an MRI. They produced highly detailed pictures of human anatomy during coitus, and found that Da Vinci's early illustrations of coitus in cross-section made some critical mistakes.

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9-11 Research: Tower Blueprints

The detailed architectural drawings make clear what official reports have apparently attempted to hide: that the Twin Towers had massive core columns, and those columns ran most of the height of each Tower before transitioning to columns with smaller cross-sections.

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Alcohol As A Drug: A Moral Revolution

"In terms of its effects on the human body and psyche, alcohol is simply another psychoactive substance." This sentence, with which Cook and Reuter begin their very able essay, embodies a proposition that will be taken as a truism by most readers of this journal, but would be regarded as a fallacy, an outrage, and an insult by many, if not most...

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Laid-back, rootsy country-rock with witty lyrics was the order of the day for Scruffy the Cat

a Boston quintet led by singer Charlie Chesterman; however, all bandmembers contributed material. Their debut EP, 1986's High Octane Revival, was produced by the Neighborhoods' Dave Minehan, and their first full-length effort, Tiny Days, found Chris Butler, late of the Waitresses, in the producer's chair. Following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Stona Fitch, the band recorded another EP, Boom Boom Boom Bingo, in 1987, and their final LP offering, Moons of Jupiter, arrived the next year. Chesterman embarked on a solo career after the band's dissolution. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide, Part of the fertile late-'80s Boston music scene that included the Blake Babies, the Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom, when it came to making a clang, Scruffy the Cat favored traditional instruments such as harmonicas and banjos to the wall of distortion of their contemporaries. That's not to say the songs on Tiny Days don't rock, however. Using great sing-song melodies and a relentless backbeat, Scruffy transform basic pop songs like "Time Never Forgets" and "Thomas Doubter" into roots rock workouts; a New England, clam chowdery version of Jason the Scorchers or Steve Earle. - Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide

Scruffy The Cat are:
Charlie Chesterman (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Stephen Fredette (guitar, vox), Mac Paul Stanfield (bass), Randall Lee Gibson IV (drums), Stona Fitch (banjo, mandolin, accordion, piano)

the trax:
1. My Baby She's Allright 2. Shadow Boy 3. Upside Down 4. Time Never Forgets 5. Thomas Doubter 6. Never, Never 7. Hello Angel 8. Momma Killed Hate 9. When Your Ship Comes In 10. My Fate Was Sealed With a Kiss 11. Tiny Days

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Subprime Mortgage Collapse Eviscerates California Headquarters

The words ``New Century'' used to flash several times a day on caller ID at Taleo Mexican Grill in Irvine, California, where diners wash down Salmon Veracruz with $7 hand-shaken margaritas. Reservations were often for 10 or more.

Not anymore...

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O'Reilly right on medical marijuana

Bill O'Reilly is right. If you remove the digs on George Soros, fear mongering, and disinformation veiled as fact, his Op-Ed, High on Compassion, hits the mark on these important points..

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Joe Rogan talks about UFOs

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'Pods' as new transit system

The Fountain Valley resident created his company, PRT Strategies, two years ago to try to propel the idea forward.

Q:What is PRT?

A: The idea behind the system is that it's personal rapid transit … meaning you walk up to a station, you do a card swipe and tell it where you want to go.

The car, the ride is yours alone. You're not sharing with anyone else. If you're traveling with a companion or a child, that's fine, or a wheelchair.

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wambo.com

[18:12:13] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] Hello
[18:13:01] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] I'm Anne-Laure, I work in the Silicon Valley for a company called Wambo
[18:13:49] NeoN says:
cool
[18:14:19] NeoN says:
whats up Anne?
[18:15:31] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] I saw your blog and it looks like you're interested in new high-tech gadgets so I was wondering if you would like to check out what we do at Wambo and give us feedback about what you think :)
[18:15:43] NeoN says:
k
[18:16:06] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] we haven't launched our messenger yet, but we're looking for people to try it before
[18:16:18] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] to make sure it's perfect when we launch
[18:16:20] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] it
[18:17:05] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] (and usually bloggers like you bring valuable feedback)
[18:17:07] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] :)
[18:17:07] NeoN says:
ok
[18:17:20] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] yeah?
[18:17:47] NeoN says:
yeah
[18:18:59] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] ok, well, it's www.wambo.com, the website explains what it is very well. We're making a free group messenger with chat, file sharing and video-messaging
[18:19:39] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] so if you get a chance, take a look. You can reach me at iam@wambo.com
[18:20:32] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] or msn: iam@hotmail.com
[18:21:17] NeoN says:
Ok will check it out thanks.
[18:21:43] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] anyway, I don't want to take too much of your time, you seem busy, but shoot me an email if you have feedback, comments, suggestions, anything!
[18:21:54] Plugoo - My Website says:
[AnneLaure] I'll talk to you soon
[18:23:50] Plugoo - My Website says:
[INFO] Visitor [AnneLaure] has left the conversation.

aww Anne, no linux install!!

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Immigration: The Human Cost

Jabbits

ask questions, watch answers!

jamendo

On jamendo, artists allow everyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited.

Like some artists? Pay them directly or just spread the word about them.

Welcome to our free music world.

ALEX JONES - The eye is watching you!

Here's an interesting clip from Alex Jones' documentary - Police State 3: Total Enslavement. You'll learn about the satanic mark of the new world order and the psychotic, Luciferian, Illuminati secret society that controls the American government and much of the world via a cashless society control grid which started around 640AD and orchestrate...

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Meow can I help you? Tech slips five meows into a help desk call.

One of my insane coworkers was taped doing what he did best, making our subscribers days just a little more surreal. He slips five meows into a help desk call. The guy taping him usually paid him a dollar per meow, so he got of light today with just five meows. Worth very penny.

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Channel G - Owens Lake: A Sanctuary Coming Back to Wild Life

Wildlife is once again flocking to Owens Lake. A mantra of, “May the birds as well as the dust settle”. Will Los Angeles allow it to remain? Come watch the video and learn more about this great project at http://www.channelg.tv

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Channel G - N.R.D.C: Lethal Sound

Deafeningly loud sonar is a proven danger to marine life. This powerful movie, brought to you by NRDC and narrated by Pierce Brosnan, shows what sonar does to whales caught within its range. Watch the film at http://www.channelg.tv

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Scientology

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Remove Car Dents With Dry Ice

Place the Dry Ice on the inside of the dent if possible. Use heavy gloves and press flat sheet against dent. If it is not possible to get on the inside concave part of the dent, then using heavy gloves hold the Dry Ice so a corner can fit into the bottom lowest part of the cratered dent. Hold the Dry Ice until the metal is frosted at least 2 inches beyond the dent. Let the metal warm up (in the sun is the best) and repeat the procedure. http://www.amer-rest-equip.com/usare_other_uses_dry_ice.html

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O Bike

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More Pork for More War - by Ron Paul

Last week the House passed an emergency supplemental spending bill that was the worst of all worlds.

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How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico

George W. Bush isn't the first Republican president to face a full-blown immigration crisis on the US-Mexican border.

Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points beyond.

President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents - less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.

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the original WRT54G-GS v5-v6 flashing page

WARNING: Flashing your router with a third-party firmware VOIDs the warranty. You can not rely on a reversion firmware being available. I never have posted the reversion firmwrare for the GS. Do not return routers after you've flashed them, this just encourages the vendors to make sure third party firmwares can not be used.

WARNING: You may brick your router if something goes wrong. You assume full liability for whatever happens and hold nobody responsible for damages, tangible or intangible, resulting from the use or mis-use of information or software found here. You (the user) assumes all liability.

WARNING: At the moment for WRT54GS units this is a one way operation. No reversion back to VxWorks is available. Since DD-WRT is profiting from this project, I believe it is their responsbility to create a reversion firmware for the GS unit. It is an easy chore, I already created the framework in the G reversion firmware and developed utilities to make the process easier.

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the LAST WHITE HOPE

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another Alex Jones and Joe Rogan talk

http://www.sacredcowproductions.com/index.php?pg=media&mid=rogan_alex_bg&fid=7

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Alex Jones and Joe Rogan talk

Joe Rogan's Floatation Tank

10 Strange Facts About Einstein

So you think you know Albert Einstein: the absent-minded genius who gave us the theory of relativity (two of them, in fact, special theory and general theory of relativity), but did you know that Einstein was born with an especially large head that his mother thought he was deformed? Or that Einstein had a secret child before he was married?...

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The Cosmic Plan

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San Clemente Sunset

San Clemente Sunset
Uploaded by desertnut

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Better Human

Based upon the principles found in the book, Meme, by Sean Sinjin, we represent a reality-based philosophy that wishes to educate the world away from the need for a mythological belief system. It is much more than atheism that we promote, we believe in the possibility of a tremendous quality of life for everyone, free from the tyranny and intellectual oppression of religions. Our principles are founded in science, logic, self-development, and empathy, such that when combined, enables people with the best opportunity to find meaning and happiness in their lives.

surf spot

If you tuned in last summer, the mighty forces of government and commerce, which are one and the same, were closing in on poor little San Onofre and its wave-pumping, world-class neighbor known simply as Trestles.

Their instrument of infamy is a toll road poised like a loaded gun in the hills east of Mission Viejo, taking aim at this surfers' mecca.

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Olbermann: Bush Is Using 9/11 to Destroy OUR Constitution

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Bio-Weapons

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Virginie Gervais

Virginie Gervais is a 27 year old Model living in Paris. French glamour model. Virginie is 5ft 4" hight and her measurements are 1M62 44k 95C. She was the winner of France's FHM "High Street Honeys 2005" competition. In 2006 it was revealed that she had used some of the money she had won in the competition to appear in her own explicit adult film. A scar on her leg proved her involvement...

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Bill Maher on Jesus Camp

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Solutions for a Nanoscale World

"The NanoMan II's unique design offers up to six times lower Z sensor noise than any other commercial AFM system," explains Ken Babcock, Ph.D., VP of Research and Development for Veeco Research AFM. "This superior performance sets a new standard for AFM imaging, and also allows true closed-loop in Z for more accurate pulling and nanoindenting. The NanoMan II uses our proven X/Y closed-loop design for the best imaging, lithography, and manipulation. And it is uniquely able to do all of this while maintaining the high bandwidth, scan speed, and noise immunity expected of our world-leading AFMs."

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Gatto Sadomaso

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Stupid in America

Girl flashes Porsche

http://www.toxicjunction.com/vids/player2.swf?myname=8/V1785

Here Comes The Sun

Nuclear Weapons Transparency

Weeds: A Boy's Most Important How-To Lesson

Alaska Town Is Giving Away Land

Anderson, a little town in Alaska's interior, has no gas station, no grocery store and no traffic lights, but it does have plenty of woodsy land — and it's free to anyone willing to put down roots in the often-frozen ground.

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Huge (64MW) Solar Installation About To Be Switched On In Nevada

One of the world's largest solar installation is about to be switched on. The project is called Nevada Solar One, and it is projected to generate 64 megawatts, when it is operational.

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10 Flash Games You Need to Play on Wii

10 of them you'll love.

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The Beatles Cartoon - Paperback Writer

Science, evolution, and creation: Ali G vs Kent Hovind

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Tootie's Bong

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gonzales Lies Under Oath

VIDEO: On 1/18, Alberto Gonzales told the Senate, under oath, that the White House never intended to take advantage of a Patriot Act provision that allows the President to appoint “interim” U.S. attorneys for an indefinite period of time. Recent e-mails prove that the Bush administration always intended to skirt Senate confirmation.

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The Original American Foreign Policy

Make Obama and McCain take Ron Paul's challenge: "How many claim to admire Jefferson and Washington, but conveniently ignore both when it comes to American foreign policy? Since so many apparently now believe Washington and Jefferson were wrong on the critical matter of foreign policy, they should at least have the intellectual honesty to admit it.

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Human Inflatable Beach Ball...That you run in...on the water...

This thing is awesome...run around on the surface of water inside a large beach ball...

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Exercise your brain in 3 minutes!

Here you have the 3-minute clip from the local CBS' Good Day Sacramento program, with a brief Q&A and a couple of brain teasers..

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How-to: Installing Ubuntu Linux on a usb pendrive

This tutorial will show how-to install Ubuntu on a usb stick. Even though this tutorial uses Ubuntu as its base distribution, you could virtually use any type of Linux liveCD distribution.

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Richardson to legalize medical marijuana

Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race.

"So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do," said Richardson, one of the candidates in the crowded 2008 field. "What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them."

The legislation would create a program under which some patients - with a doctor's recommendation - could use marijuana provided by the state health department. Lawmakers approved the bill Wednesday. The governor is expected to sign it in the next few weeks.

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Guru of Ganja

Lots of smiles from a California man who calls himself the "Guru of Ganja."
That's because a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed all the non-drug charges against marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal. He still faces charges that he grew hundreds of plants for a medical marijuana dispensary.

The judge ruled that federal prosecutors were retaliating against Rosenthal because he successfully appealed his earlier conviction on drug charges. After the appeal, prosecutors indicted Rosenthal again over the same marijuana operation, adding four counts of hiding money and five counts of filing false tax returns.

Rosenthal has written books on how to grow marijuana and how to avoid getting caught. He was previously sentenced to a day in prison on three pot-growing felonies in 2003.

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 for Wii

Wii Sports Tennis: Great. Wii Sports Bowling: Like having a bowling alley at your house. Wii Sports Golf: Kinda lame. So is Super Swing Golf, that is unless you have a thing for anime and flying shopping bags being your caddy. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 ($50), however, is not lame. Not only can you play as 15 of the world's top players, but you can play on all-new championship courses, play the World Tour, and further your own game with the enhanced career mode. Golf lovers, this is the Wii game we've been waiting for.

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Last Freeware Version

A site with the last freeware versions of a number of programs that have since turned into shareware....

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How it works, Wiimote

1. The Set-Up
An accelerometer consists of a silicon weight—less than one millionth of a gram—connected to a chip by minuscule springs. When you hold the controller still, the weight sits equidistant between sets of silicon plates. A current running through the weight sends equal voltages to all plates.

2. The Swing
As you move your arm, the weight slides to one side, increasing the voltage at the nearer plates. The accelerometer measures this change in voltage and uses it to calculate the distance the weight has traveled—a matter of no more than five nanometers (hair is around 200 nanometers wide).

3. The Physics
A basic law—force divided by mass—reveals the acceleration. The force depends on the distance the weight moves and the stiffness of the springs holding it. With weights that shift up and down, left and right, and back and forth, the accelerometer measures movement in three dimensions.

4. The Ace
The controller wirelessly sends data about your movement to the main console, which compares your actions with a database of possible swings. If you swing smoothly with a straight follow-through, it corresponds to a perfect shot, and you’re headed for a hole-in-one.

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Sideload.com

Sideload.com is a website that aggregates popular free music tracks on the web that have been sideloaded into Oboe, the online music locker from MP3tunes. Sideload.com is an easy way to find great MP3 files from bands all over the internet. You can quickly preview tracks and store them permanently in your Locker with one click!

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Why Do Guys Fall Asleep After Sex?

For many women, the correlation between sex and snoring is one of those annoying facts of life: no matter when passionate encounters occur, men always seem to fall asleep immediately afterwards. Although women sometimes feel sleepy after sex, the phenomenon does seem more pronounced in men. What is it, then, that spirals them into the land of nod?

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California moves primary to February

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday moved the presidential primary of the nation's most populous state to February, shaking up the 2008 race and making a one-day, mega-primary increasingly likely.

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Advice to Young Men from an Old Man

Advice to Young Men from an Old Man
1. Don’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.
2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don’t join the military, unless you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other people’s economic or political interests.
6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual or a class of people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to everybody else, realize that the proponent’s intentions are to benefit the former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try to feed you.
7. Don’t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense of honor or patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a Republican, don’t be a “conservative.” They are whining, bitching, complaining, simple-minded self-righteous idiots who think they’re perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio for a while, you’ll see what I mean.
8. Don’t take proffered advice without a critical analysis. 90% of all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not the recipient. Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don’t want to come off as cynical.
9. You’ll spend your entire life listening to people tell you how much you owe them. You don’t owe the vast majority of people shit.
10. Don’t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be the most power force in society. It scares them. Society does not find young men sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually and collectively. Law enforcement’s primary purpose is to suppress you.
11. As a young man, you’re on your own. Society divides and conquers. Unlike women who have advocates looking out for them (NOW, Women’s Study Departments, government, non-profit organizations, political advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for you.
12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men or women that created the revolution we live. Realize that society steals your contributions, secures it with our intellectual property laws, and then takes credit and the rewards where none is due.
13. Know that few people have your best interests at heart. Your mother does. Your father probably does (if he stuck around). Your siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about themselves.
14. Don’t be afraid to tell people to “Fuck off” when need be. It is an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if your voice shakes.
15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence. Learn to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don’t just concentrate on your vocational or technical skills, or you’ll find your wife fucking somebody else.
16. Keep fit.
17. Don’t speak ill of your wife/girlfriend. Back her up against the world, even if she’s wrong. She should know that you have her back. When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you’ll take her part.
18. Don’t cheat on your wife/girlfriend. If you must cheat, don’t humiliate her. Don’t risk having your transgressions come back to her or her friends. Don’t do it where you live. Don’t do it with people in your social circle. Don’t shit in your own back yard.
19. If your girlfriend doesn’t make you feel good about yourself and bring joy to your life, fire her. That’s what girlfriends are for.
20. Don’t bother with “emotional affairs.” They are just a vehicle for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about themselves. That’s the part of a relationship they want. For you it is a lot of work and investment in time. If they are having an emotional affair with you, they’re probably fucking someone else.
21. Becoming a woman’s friend and confidant is not going to get you into an intimate relationship. If you haven’t gotten the girl within a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won’t ever get her. She’ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she’s having with someone else.
22. Have and nurture friendships with women.
23. Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily. You’re going to see some girl and feel like you’ll die if you don’t get her. If she rejects you, move on to the next one. It’s her loss.
24. Don’t be an internet troll. Got out and live life. There is not a cadre of beautiful women advertising on Craigslist to have NSA sex with you. Beautiful women don’t need to advertise. The websites that advertise with attractive women’s photos and claims of loneliness are baloney. All they want is your money and your personal information so that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young “women” seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay troll pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common gay lexicon like “hole” as in “fuck my hole” or seeks “masculine” men, or uses the word cock (except in the context of “Don’t send a cock shot.”) There are women on Craigslist. They are easily recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most are in their 30's or older.
25. When you become a man in full, know that people will get in your way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage to step in your path. Gay guys will give you “the look.” Old people will somehow stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don’t get frustrated. Just step aside and go about your business. Know that these are passive aggressive methods to get you to acknowledge their existence.
26. Don’t gay bash. Don’t mentally or physically abuse people because of who they are, or how they present themselves. It’s none of your business to try to intimidate people into conformity.
27. If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and society at large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If someone threatens you or assaults you, call the cops. Have them arrested. You have no obligation to self sacrifice because of who you are. As a gay person, you’ll have more social freedom than straight men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of Dodge if your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You’ll find a welcoming community there.
28. Don’t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a surfboard on top of their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a powder coated fixed gear bike and a messenger bag, but was never a messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona fides.
29. Don’t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than men. Women outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as likely to be victims of violence, including murder. If you consider sexual assaults in prisons, twice as many men are raped as women (society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets are littered with homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically, women are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys in school. It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and prescribed ritalin for being boys. Real wages for men are falling, while real wages for women are rising. Just because someone says something enough times, doesn’t make it true. You have nothing to feel guilty about.
30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless. Take what you can use, and trash the rest.

Pandora no more?

The RIAA has convinced the Copyright Royalty Board to release a ridiculous fee structure that will kill online radio. Pandora, to name my favorite, and others like it will have to shut down. This Pandora blog post explains and has links to online petitions as well as other ways to contact your local congressional representatives. f u riaa!

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Ubuntu.com Gets a Redesign

Ubuntu.com released a new website design today.

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SPACE BREAKTHROUGH: We can map oceans on other Earths

We’re talking about mapping continents on planets around other stars, using equipment that could be within our capabilities soon. The ‘Rayleigh scattering’ McCullough talks about is what happens when light is scattered off molecules in the air.

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File Sharing, Like Drugs and Dissent, Supports Terrorism

A 2006 report by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was just released to the general public yesterday, and it contains some interesting governmental observations as to the dangers of digital piracy. The general gist of it is that file sharing supports terrorism and corrupts our children.

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Foothill-South delayed until.. forever

By ALEX BRANDT-ZAWADZKI
Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 3:00 pm
The only good toll road is a dead toll road, and the Foothill-South toll road is as good as dead. The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) announced on Feb. 28 that the project will be put off at least two and a half years, until 2011, “since the permitting process is very complicated and will take longer than expected.”

Longer than expected? How can that be?

Since 1996, the TCA has been working with the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Caltrans to make the toll road a reality. No wonder, in early 2006, TCA board member Jim Dahl called the project “the most studied road . . . in the state of California, and probably in the nation.”

And now, 11 years in, we’re supposed to believe they’re still fumbling with the paperwork?

Labels: San Clemente, San Onofre

De La Soul Video Presskit

Here's a great video presskit for De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising LP, circa 1989. Via Soul-Sides and Mo-Ski-Luv.

Labels: rock and roll

How to Find What You Love to Do

This article was inspired by Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University. In it, he says the advice we’ve all heard a thousand times: “You’ve got to find what you love...

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MKULTRA 1950's (#7)

How the mad scientists employed by Sidney Gottlieb and Richard Helms learned from Nazi programmers how to break the mind of a child to control it forever.

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Package Management with Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu

This is simple and very detailed Package Management with Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu with screenshots

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What's your Wii wireless speed?

Using your Wii Opera browser go to www.speedtest.net and pick the server closest to your location. The picture shows the Wii vs. a Dell 640m laptop.

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The Economics Behind Marijuana and Its Illegality

Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illicit substances in the United States. However, the history of the drug is ripe with controversy ranging from its use to its illegalization. To truly understand the situation regarding marijuana it is only proper to look at the root of the controversy surrounding it.

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Turn google into your own free napster

type this {-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "DIGG"}in the search bar and replace DIGG with your favorite band, and you will only find open indexes that contain downloadable music files. This really works.

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A New Direction - The Path of Liberty

In contrast to this bloody mess, the founders envisioned a society that would be protected by militias on the state level. A national defense would only be put together when the nation itself was directly threatened by invasion.

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Rumsfeld 911 Freudian Slip: attacks thatshot down the plane in Pennsylvania

Donald Rumsfeld makes conspiracy theories a little easier to believe when he speaks of 9/11 attacks that 'shot down the play in Pennsylvania'

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How-To: Cheap Ubuntu Media Server

A cool tutorial on how to setup a linux media server on an old computer. Access your files from any computer on the network

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Controversial New Idea: Nerves Transmit Sound, Not Electricity

Nerves transmit sound waves through your body, not electrical pulses, according to a controversial new study that tries to explain the longstanding mystery of how anesthetics work.

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Nintendo team playing with Miis in Twilight Princess

During an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, he was asked: Had Nintendo experimented with using Miis in Zelda: Twilight Princess? Miyamoto answered that, in fact, the developers had in fact been playing with that feature! After completing the game, the team started experimenting with putting Miis into the Twilight Princess engine, just for fun.

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911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions

A hard hitting, in your face, core shaking documentary on the events that took place on September 11th 2001. This documentary explores how the official story of why 3 buildings fell that day, is very inaccurate and misleading. From eyewitness accounts of bombs in the buildings to firefighters describing molten steel to the shocking facts of WTC 7

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Tumor V. Pot... Government Picks Tumor.

Meet Angel Raich, a 41-year-old mother of two from Oakland, California. She is in such bad shape that she needs to smoke pot every couple of hours to ease her pain and encourage her to eat. Her doctor prescribed the marijuana because conventional drugs did not work in “legal” attempts to increase her appetite, Now she will be prosecuted!

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Spin

Is America Headed for a Depression?

Traders are nervous, with the upshot being a swing to cash and gold. Why gold? Under the circumstances that exist today in the financial marketplace, any rise in interest rates will certainly pass the tipping point to where millions of Americans will be forced from their homes and put out on the street.

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1M archived pages removed post-9/11

More than 1 million pages of historical government documents — a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol — have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Some of the papers are more than a century old.

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Things Ubuntu Can Do That Windows Can Only Dream Of

Just a run down on essentially why Windows sucks-- written by a well versed programmer. Made me finally install Ubuntu on one of my machines.

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Improve Your Blog's Reach With These 20 Essential Web Utilities

Here's a great roundup of web tools to improve and promote your blog. Great tools to help with: Optimization, Statistics and Search Engine Optimization, Images, Content, and Syndication.

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cr3ation b3ta - Music Search Plus - Free MP3 Downloads!

Put in the name of any band, and it'll search the net and find valid MP3 downloads. You can listen to a preview on the site and then download with no DRM... and best of all, it's free, with no registration required.

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Opoona Revealed For Wii

Former Dragon Quest art designer Shintaro Majima is heading up...art design, Sachiko Yukimura, who's also worked on Dragon Quest, is "planning director" and Hitoshi Sakimoto is on music duties, which should keep Final Fantasy fans happy.

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Surprising Activity Discovered at Yellowstone Supervolcano

Eventually, this baby will blow. Meanwhile, the valley is bulging and the mountains, oddly, are shrinking.

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Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

A detailed introduction to Search Engine Optimization, and the most common practices that can help you improve your rankings in the search engines!

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Acid morning starts in bathroom (Pics)

Some works from Analia Segal, Studio JSPR and Erika Loqvist...

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Is There A Secret To The 9/11 Insurance Battle?

A major insurance company is holding back from paying Larry Silverstein insurance money he says he is still owed from the destruction of the World Trade Center complex, the question is why?

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Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing

"Speaking to a sold out crowd at the Berkeley Physics Oppenheimer Lecture, Hawking said yesterday that he now believes the universe spontaneously popped into existence from nothing. He said more work is needed to prove this but we have time because 'Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.' There is also a Webcast available (Realplayer or Real Alternative required)."

Labels: universe

New Hydrogen Storage Technique

pwp writes to mention that researchers at the University of New Brunswick are reporting they have found a new method of storing hydrogen gas. The new method is able to condense hydrogen gas into a usable solid under mild conditions. "Hydrogen gas is typically stored under pressure in large metal cylinders, approximately four feet high. These cylinders are heavy and expensive to transport. Since they are under pressure, they also pose a safety hazard. 'We've reached a milestone with our ability to condense hydrogen into a usable solid,' said Dr. McGrady. 'The next step is to produce a safe, compact storage system for the compound that is both lightweight and affordable.' The research is expected to produce reversible hydrogen storage materials that can be processed into a powder for use in limitless commercial applications."

Labels: clean energy

Kona Deep

Kona Deep®, a new premier brand of 100% Hawaii deep-sea drinking water produced by Big Island-based Deep SeaWater International, Inc. (DSWI), debuts in stores across the United States and Hawaii beginning March 16th. The product is sourced from the Global Conveyor Belt, a pristine undersea current that circles the world for millennia and accessed off the Kona coast at a depth of 915 meters (3,000 feet). Kona Deep® is pathogen free and rich in natural electrolytes, part of a new trend in the billion dollar bottled water industry.

Want a free copy of TMNT for the Wii? - Joystiq

Get a free copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the Wii. All you have to do is join WiiTube (it's free) and upload a ANY video (that's free too). Good luck, party machines.

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Wii Mic Rumored- Harry Potter will use it.

...breaking rumor has EA working on a Harry Potter game using the mic in conjunction with gestures to cast spells. Now that's the type of Wii title we're talking about! "Wingardium Leviosah" FTW!

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Court rules against dying woman in medical marijuana case

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges.

What a crock of shit, go find fucking Bin Laden, leave sick people alone!

Labels: medical marijuana

Spacecraft may surf the solar system on magnetic fields

Bizarre-looking spacecraft may one day ride the magnetic fields of Earth and other planets to take previously unfeasible routes through the solar system

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9/11 - Suspicious Evacuations and PowerDowns prior to 9/11

Labels: 9/11

Medical Marijuana and the Feds

A decade ago, California was the first of 12 states where voters approved the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

And - probably because voters bypassed the Legislature and its special-interest lobbyists - Californians declined to set up a strict regulatory regime. Who can open a clinic and who can grow and supply marijuana are thus open to broad interpretation.

It took awhile - continuing federal drug raids and prosecutions slowed the impetus - but over time, about 400 known medical marijuana suppliers have surfaced, statewide. Los Angeles has about 100.

Under California law, clinics are supposed to dispense marijuana only to seriously ill people and clinic owners are to get only "reasonable compensation."

That's allowed the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to adopt an odd new stance on the California law. On the one hand, the DEA and Justice Department continue to insist in court that the state law has no validity at all - routinely arguing not only that voters have no power to overrule the federal ban on marijuana, but that juries need not even be told that clinic operators have been operating legally under state law.

On the other hand, the DEA has now undertaken what appears to be selective enforcement of that very same California state law, arguing some clinic owners are taking home more than "reasonable compensation."

Many folks in law enforcement have long fallen back on the mantra, "If you don't like the law, go to the polls and change it."

Californians did just that, by an overwhelming 56-44 majority. So when is the DEA going to say, "OK, OK. The people of California changed the law, just as we told them they'd have to do. What's more, the 10th Amendment makes it clear this is indeed a matter left to 'the states, or to the people.' So we're moving on. Have a nice day."?

We're all waiting.

Labels: medical marijuana

Vacaville close to green car goal

The city is halfway to its goal of having 100 natural gas vehicles on the road officials say.

There are 46 Honda Civic GXs, a fueling station at the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. facility on Peabody Road and incentives for the public to buy the alternative fuel vehicles, city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said.

The city also has the highest number of electric powered vehicles per capita in the United States, earning it the moniker of "Voltageville," Mazzaferro said.

"We're doing all we can to keep the public informed of the program and keep the momentum going," said Ed Huestis, manager of the city's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program. "I think as the county's focus remains on green, environmentally-friendly efforts and products, these vehicles will become more and more popular."

Huestis said Honda dealers are offering $1,000 off on a Civic GX and the city deducts another $6,800, cutting the cost of a $25,185 vehicle to $17,400. "Add to that a $4,000 federal tax credit, and the savings are almost too hard to pass up,' he said.

With gas prices in the region head around $3 a gallon, city officials said natural gas prices at 30 PG&E public refueling stations are a deal at $2 a gallon.

Installing a filling station at home reduces a Honda GX driver's price to about $1.25 a gallon, and Vacaville is offering a $2,000 incentive on the purchase and installation of the Phill Home Refueling Appliance that also carries a $1,000 tax credit. The unit is fed by the natural gas line that supplies homes with gas for stoves and heating.

Refilling the empty tank on a Civic GX takes about 12 hours, of four hours for every 50 miles of driving, and the driving range on a full tank is 220 to 240 miles.

FuelMaker of Toronto, Canada, sells the units for $3,400 plus $150 shipping, marketing manager Jeff Harju said. There is a $120 charge for a remote gas detector if the unit is installed indoors. Installation of the unit in California costs between $1,000 and $1,500, Harju said.

FuelMaker has sold 230 units in the United States since 1995, 90 percent of them in California, Harju said.

Huestis said natural gas vehicles can use high occupancy vehicle lanes and merit free trips across the region's bridge during commute hours.

Anyone interested in thee city's Natural Gas Vehicle Incentive Program should contact Huestis at (707) 449-5424.

Labels: clean energy, CNG, NGV

2007 CDP Convention: Can I Count on YOU to Save Trestles?

Yes, you heard me right... WE NEED YOUR HELP! Most likely, Democratic State Central Committee Delegates will be voting a resolution opposing the extension of the 241 Toll Road through San Onofre to Trestles (similar to the one that the OC Democratic Party approved) at the State Convention in San Diego next month. We know that we're fighting for a good cause in saving Trestles for future generations to enjoy and to cherish. However, THAT WON'T STOP TCA AND ITS BIG MONEY FRIENDS FROM TRYING TO STOP CALIFORNIA'S DEMOCRATS FROM SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS BOONDOGGLE!!!!

Unfortunately, TCA has been able to "convince" the LA/OC Building & Construction Trades Council into supporting the 241 Extension to Trestles by promising them "good, union jobs". In turn, some (BUT NOT ALL!) of the unions are not only supporting the 241 Extension to Trestles, but they are also doing TCA's dirty work in trying to silence the Democratic Party on this issue. And yes, I just have a terrible feeling that some of the unions will try to silence the state party into doing nothing as Trestles is ruined forever...

THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP! Follow me after the flip to find all the resources you'll need to get informed as a delegate voting on this important issue. And if you're not a delegate yourself, but you have family and friends who are, PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO THEM!!

(Cross-posted at Calitics)

First off, we have Alex Brant-Zawadzki's excellent series on the 241 Extension over at OC Weekly's blog, The Blotter. Please read it, and see for yourself why this toll road truly is good for nothing.

And oh yes, if you want to stay right here at Calitics, then here's a recap of my own "Speeding Our Way to Trestles" series. Please go ahead and check them out for yourself:

Part 1: "Speeding Our Way to Trestles on the 241: A Surreal OC Special Report"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1983

Part 2: "Can Conservatives Turn Against the 241 Extension to Trestles?"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1994

Part 3: "Speeding Our Way on the 241? "Not So Fast!" Says the Law"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2003

Part 4: "Will We Really Be Speeding Our Way to Trestles on the 241?"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2027

Part 5: "Speeding Our Way on the 241... And Bypassing San Diego"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2038

Part 6: "Speeding Our Way to Wasteland on the 241"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2052

Part 7: "Can Trestles Be Saved? OC History Gives Us a Good Clue"
http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2095

And finally, if you'd like to get active in saving San Onofre State Park and Trestles beach for all to enjoy, or just hear directly from local environmental activists about what's happening in their own backyard, then please check out these fine organizations:

- Save San Onofre

- Save Trestles

- Save Trestles Blog

Thanks to all of you for all your help and concern. If you have any more questions about the 241, Trestles, and/or the resolution, please email me at atdnext@gmail.com. I'll respond as soon as I can, and if I cannot answer your question myself, then I'll be sure to forward it to someone who can.

Labels: San Onofre

2007 SAN ONOFRE SURF BEACH ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

The following are state approved events, club and other, for San Onofre Surf Beach. Updates will be posted on this site. Basically, all are weekend events when beach access is in high demand, so plan accordingly. The Pro contest in September at Lower’s is shown because there is a lot of parking spillover from that event.

All current club members will receive an entry form for the main surf contest and a Luau ticket application form. Both events are subject to first come, first served, so be sure to sign up early if you're interested.

If you are interested in the Volleyball events, please see Val Hying at the south volleyball courts. For the horseshoe tournament, contact John Vetter at Old Mans. And for the team challenge, look for Charlie Z just about any day between bathrooms 4 and 5. Any of the club board members will be happy to point you in the right direction if need be. (A list of the 2007 board will be posted soon along with the general area where they park)

May 5/6 Quicksilver San Onofre Classic *
June 16 SOSC Annual Horseshoe Tournament @ Old Mans
July 7 SOSC Annual Luau @ Old Man’s Palapa
July 15 SOSC 21st ‘Golden Years’ Volleyball Tournament
Aug 25/26 SOSC 38th Annual Volleyball Tournament
Sep 2 SOSC/Windansea 32nd Annual Invitational Volleyball Tournament
Sep 8/9 SOSC 60th Annual Surfing Contest @ Old Man’s
Sep 10-15 Boost Mobil Pro of Surf/WCT contest @ Lowers *
Oct 6/7 Roxy Wahine Surf Contest *
Nov 17 SOSC Annual Longboard Team Challenge

* These events are not affiliated with the San Onofre Surfing Club.

Also, please remember that any events or group gatherings of 20 or more people do require a permit from the state parks dept. Contact any of the Park Rangers if you have any questions or are planning an event.

Labels: San Onofre, surf

Partitioning Schemes

Many newcomers to Linux learn of partitions, yet don't know how to fully utilize them. Here's my short guide into the wonderful world of Linux partitions.

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Revolution OS

Labels: linux

The Missing Link of the 9/11 Coup De'Tat

Angel is Next - Evidence of Illuminoid Mafia Wars

Webster Tarpley... [www.tarpley.net] wrote "The Unauthorized Biography of George W. Bush" in 1992. It sold out 25,000 copies right away. In it he writes about the connections between the Bush family and the Nazi movement back in the 1920's and 1930's. Prescott Bush, George W's grandfather, was a member of the Board of Directors of and stockholder with the Bank that was the principal financier of Hitler. The book also contained a chapter on the Bush family drug links and Bush's blatent launch of a diversionary drug war.

This video/presentation is one of a kind, even within the 9/11 "truth" collectives. Tarpley gives an amazing run-down of what occurred and includes his ideas on the Angel is Next scenario which he developed in his book. This gives 9/11 a whole new take as a coup d'tat which essentially sets the bush mafia against some new pretenders to the throne. There is significant evidence of an assassination attempt the day before Bush sat reading 'My Pet Goat' at the school. Amazing stuff - very few people have grasped this part of the history and yet Websters unique historical research background makes him a main commentator on this area. Utopiated were pushing Tarpley's take way ahead of most in the synthetic terror investigation area some time before the current surge in his popularity. Stick with this video - it's worth it.

Labels: 9/11

LegendarySurfers.com, The surf history site on the net.

Surfing from an Historical and Cultural Viewpoint, 2500 B.C. to Present Day.

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Illegal drugs can be harmless, report says

Illegal drugs can be "harmless" and should no longer be "demonised", a wide-ranging two-year study concluded today.

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Big Brother State -- GENIUS animation about surveillance society

Big Brother State' is a nice animation about surveillance society with examples of trusted computing and CCTV. This is brilliant -- some of the best work on the subject I've ever seen. Watch it NOW. http://youtube.com/watch?v=jJTLL1UjvfU

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Matricula card NOT accepted in Mexican banks

Labels: illegal immigration

Robin williams on Golf (full version)

this man is hilarious, and this is one of his best skits ever

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Balancing One-Wheeled Scooter

I've put together this page to document a one-wheeled balancing scooter / skateboard that I've just finished. It's the culmination of several iterations over the last few years, and definitely my favourite.

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Famous Pot Smokers

I had absolutely no idea how many celebrities are regular cannabis users - This collaborative list has really helped put into perspective the wide variety of people who enjoy this harmless, pleasant, non-addictive herb. Legalize it!

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The Truth Behind Marijuana

Very interesting read. Everyone should take the time to read this if they havent already. "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer. Some things about Hemp that many of you probably don't know.

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San Onofre

San Onofre

Nestled between the sprawling Camp Pendleton Marine base and the charming surf-centered town of San Clemente, the San Onofre State Beach park runs roughly four miles from Cotton’s Point, the site of the Western White House of President Richard M. Nixon, southward through a series of famed surfing breaks known as the Trestles before reaching the mile-long, palm-lined, thatched-hut paradise at the San Onofre Surfing Beach. Its wild strand is interrupted only by the ominous domes of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station before continuing south through a long stretch of untamed but easily accessible beaches known as the Trails.

We reached the surfing beach in midafternoon on a Sunday. The crowd was sparse and the sky sunny. I threw on my wetsuit and paddled out in 60-degree water. I dropped into my first wave, and a dolphin rocketed through the water alongside me. A couple of hours later, Quinn and I were toasting the setting sun with chardonnay.

The San Mateo campground, one of two at this park, is tucked into an unspoiled, oak-lined river valley. Though little more than a mile from the beach, and separated from it by Interstate 5, it seems a world away. On a peaceful Sunday night, the distant hum of traffic was drowned out by guitar strumming from a neighboring campsite and regular howls from a distant pack of coyotes.

I crept out of the van before sunrise the next morning, eager to surf in front of the former Nixon estate. I shared the mile-and-a-half-long chaparral-lined trail to the beach (it crosses under the freeway along the banks of San Mateo Creek) with scores of rabbits, an owl and a coyote. After an hour of flawless waves, I hiked back, spotting a bobcat and a covey of startled quail.

San Onofre is California’s fifth-most-popular state park, but a proposed six-lane toll road would cross near the campground. If it is approved, opponents say, the landscape will be irrevocably altered. We were glad to have seen it before that happens.

Labels: San Onofre

Envy, a great installer for ATI and Nvidia graphic drivers in Ubuntu

I use Envy to install the Nvidia-driver for me, and I like it from the moment I tried it.

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Los Angeles/L.A.'s Top 25 Urban Legends

A blogging.la story on a series called "The Top Los Angeles Urban Legends". It counts down the top 25, as voted on by a top secret cabal of blogging.la-affiliated people. It shows the top urban legends, hoaxes, rumors, and tall tales associated with the city of Los Angeles (L.A.). There are currently only 14 listed, but the remaining 11 should...

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Digg has Added a Jobs Page... and We're Hiring

We've now added a jobs page as a central place to find what positions are available at Digg. Currently, there are three listings in the jobs section, but there will be more in the near future so keep checking periodically. For Operations we're looking to find a DBA and a Senior Systems Engineer. And, we're looking for a great graphic designer too.

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Upcoming Mii Channel Silently Announced

During the Nintendo Keynote, Nintendo's Miyamoto quietly slipped in a tidbit about an upcoming Wii channel. He said this new channel—as yet unnamed—is going to be a popularity channel where you can compare your Miis to other users and hold popularity contests and vote on the best Mii.

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Where are the Linux admins?

In the battle to spread the use of GNU/Linux, it is often forgotten that education has to be the starting point. People need to be educated to the point where they come to demand decent behaviour from an operating system; companies need educated admins to keep GNU/Linux systems running.

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How to Develop Your IT Skills and Raise Your Standard of Living

The information technology field is highly competitive, and it’s only getting worse. As more fresh-faced college kids flood into the employment pool, getting a good paying job has become an upstream swim. Here is a comprehensive overview on how to make more money in IT and learn valuable skills in the process.

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First Wii Online Title Confirmed!!

The upcoming Pokemon Battle Revolution has been confirmed to include online play, and the first Wii title to include DS and Wii capabilities.

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Wii Games: The best and worst so far

We've had enough time now with the Wii to discover some real gems (how many hours have you put into just Wii Sports so far?) ... but like any system, there are also a few duds, particularly within the launch window. If you're looking to expand your collection, or if you're one of the Wii-less trying to figure out how to budget when your day comes

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Meet EZTV, The Leading TV-torrent Distribution Group

EZTV has been the leading TV-torrent distribution group for over a year now. They collect and distribute the TV-torrents, that find their way to millions of people every week. Time to have a chat with one of the EZTV crew members, to find out a little more about them.

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Terence McKenna Talks About His DMT Trip

WANT YOUR PLUGOO?

What is Plugoo ?

Thanks to Plugoo, visitors on your webpage, friends or family, can easily chat with you while visiting your website!

Plugoo enables you to chat directly from your Instant Messenger with any visitor of your blog, personal webpage or e-sales site.

When you’re logged into your Instant Messenger (Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, GoogleTalk, Jabber or ICQ), you can receive in real time all the comments of your visitors or any question they might ask, and answer instantly!

How does it work ?

On your blog, personal webpage or e-sales site, you set up a Plugoo (very easy to do, by the way!). Visitors on your site can see the Plugoo and type a message in it to send it to you!

This Plugoo is directly connected to your Instant Messenger and forward you in real time all the messages your visitors send you. You answer to the visitor directly from your Instant Messenger, LIVE!

How do I subscribe to get my Plugoo ?

All you have to do is to go to www.plugoo.com and create your own Plugoo account, following the few very simple steps.

Your Instant Messaging Account Address will be requested (put the one you use everyday to chat with your friends on your Instant Messenger (Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, GoogleTalk, Jabber or ICQ)).

Another valid email address is necessary to get your Plugoo account (but it might be the same address of your instant messaging account, if you can receive and read emails with it!). You will only receive Plugoo service emails.

You also have to choose a password, dedicated to Plugoo. This password will enable you to access your personal space within the Plugoo Community! We will never ask you your Instant Messaging Account Password.

An email will be sent to your email address you gave us. Click on the link inside this email, to validate your Plugoo account. You should then soon receive a new buddy’s invitation on your Instant Messenger : this is the Plugoo Buddy! This is the way communications with your visitors on your webpage will come from! You have to accept the invitation!

What to do if I declined or did not receive the Plugoo Buddy’s invitation on my Instant Messenger ?

This invitation is automatically generated within one minute after clicking on the link inside the confirmation email.

If you made a mistake and declined this invitation, or if a few minutes later you have not received any kind of invitation yet, you can manually add the Plugoo Buddy to your buddies list. To get the Plugoo Buddy address to add it to your list, check your registration email.

How do I set up my Plugoo on my website ?

Once you validated your Plugoo account, and accepted the Plugoo Buddy’s invitation on your Instant Messenger, you only have to copy the HTML code line you can see on your personal Plugoo space, in the box “The HTML code line of my Plugoo”.

On your website, paste this line in a new note, a new article, and publish it!

Your Plugoo will be on your website and will let all your visitors contact you very easily! Don’t forget to log into your Instant Messenger to appear “online”.

Do my visitors have to set up something ?

Your visitors don’t have to install anything! They don’t need an Instant Messenger to chat with you, and don’t see your Instant Messaging Account Address. All they have to do is use your Plugoo!

What happen when I am logged into my Instant Messenger ?

Visitors on your webpage can see your status on your Plugoo : “online”, “busy” or “offline”.

“Online” means that you’re available for immediate chat and that you’re not already chatting with one of your website’s visitors.

What happen if I am already chatting with a visitor and a second one wants to chat with me too ?

“Busy” appears when you’re online, but already chatting with a visitor. New visitors willing to chat with you can wait a bit by enqueuing or send you a message you’ll receive on your Instant Messenger once you finished your first conversation, or on your email box.

You can choose the option you prefer under your personal Plugoo space at www.plugoo.com.

What happen if I am not logged into my Instant Messenger ?

“Offline” status means you’re not logged into your Instant Messenger. Visitors can however send you a message if you want, as they can do it when your status is “busy”.

You will receive this message at your next login on your Instant Messenger (in a standard conversation window), or by email, as you want! (choose your preference in your personal Plugoo space at www.plugoo.com).

Can I chat with several visitors at a time ?

At the moment, Plugoo offers you to chat with one single visitor.

Can I customize my Plugoo ?

Sure! With your Plugoo account, you have access to all the parameters of your Plugoo. You can change colors, title of your Plugoo, and visitors can choose a nickname to contact you...

I changed the size of my Plugoo inside my Plugoo personal space, but size did not change on my Website ?

When you change the size of your Plugoo, and save the modifications, you also have to update your Plugoo HTML code within your Webpage. Make sure you did it.

Can I disable my Plugoo ?

The best way to temporarily disable your Plugoo (to appear “offline”) is by blocking (without deleting) the Plugoo Buddy in your buddies list on your Instant Messenger. You will then be able to unblock it to reappear “online”.

I can’t see the Plugoo on a friend’s webpage...

You have to download a Flash player. Go to http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash. Downloading should start automatically. Set it up and go back to your friend’s webpage.

Can visitors on my website read my conversation with another visitor ?

No, these conversations are strictly private. Only your interlocutor can access the conversation content.

Others visitors can see you’re online and already chatting. They can send you a “deferred” message or wait a bit for you to finish your current conversation.

Can visitors see my Instant Messaging Account Address or my email address ?

No, visitors never have access to these informations, and Plugoo is committed to respect your privacy.

According to the French Law, you have right to get access, modify or delete all the data about you. For more information, write us at contact [at] plugoo.com.

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Operation Julie - Psychedelic Cottage Industry

When members of the Utopiated InterWeb™ Collective were still drinking free school milk we were aware of some 'different' sort of news hitting the headlines. The Operation Julie saga represented a signifier of what was to come.

From a few small properties in Wales, Richard Kemp and Elizabeth Bott had become the British node to the Tim Leary's Brotherhood of Eternal Love. They produced millions of hits of LSD and distributed it globally. Wales had certainly seen nothing like it before and probably since....

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The U.S. Marijuana Party

Is a motivated group of Americans who are tired of living in fear of their government because of marijuana prohibition. We are fed up with the intrusion into our personal lives, with urine testing at work and at school, with armed home invasions, and with the possibility of prison because of a plant.

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Southpark uses the N Word

Southpark goes one step further than usual.....suprised? Here, Randy uses the N word.

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Brighton Police Helicopter Chases UFO

The images captured over the south coast were filmed by a police helicopter. The UFO was spotted travelling across the coast and was followed for about 10 miles. None of the crew members on board the helicopter had seen anything like it before or since. The helicopter was fitted with the FLIR system that detects heat, when the camera switches to F

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MIT Engineer Jeff King Says WTC Collapse Was Controlled Demolition (video)

MIT Engineer Jeff King presents the evidence that the WTC towers were brought down by a controlled demolition using pre-planted explosives, directly implying that 9/11 was an inside job. This speech was filmed in 2004, 2 years before Dr. Steven Jones proved that the mechanism used to cut the steel beams of the WTC was thermate cutter charges.

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NYC Fire Fighters testimony about 9/11 - talk of timed demolitions

DIGG COMMUNITY: PLEASE help compile data about the 9/11 attacks on this site. We have TONS of comments, but need your HELP. Please help the families, please help us, please help AMERICA.

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Irrefutable proof that marijuana is a drug with many benefits

The pot used in the study is of the poorest quality and the beneficial effects may be greater than stated. The strange thing is that people in medicine have known of the beneficial results of smoking pot for a long time. During the 19th century American and European medical journals published over 100 papers on the beneficial uses of cannabis.

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Setting Up A DNS Server On Ubuntu Edgy Eft With MyDNS AND MyDNSConfig

This guide shows how to create your own DNS server on Ubuntu Edgy Eft with MyDNS and the MyDNSConfig control panel. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database and doesn't have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records are modified.

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Illegal aliens eroding U.S. election integrity

"With many states making driver's licenses available to legal noncitizens and illegal aliens, it is probable voter rolls contain large numbers of noncitizens and illegal aliens," Mr. King said. But several Democrats said the intimidation of immigrant voters -- not the voting of illegal aliens -- is the biggest election-reform priority.

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Skype: now you, too, can run a phone sex line (or even tech support!)

Skype believes that the pay-to-chat service will spur new business models, including fee-based help services online. A sex line or two wouldn't be too hard to imagine, either.

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Finally Video Ipods Can Run Linux - Make

Thanks to the hard work of DataGhost you can now run Linux on your 5.5 gen ipod. Nice!

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Known unknowns: rats are capable of metacognition

A new study shows that rats are capable of checking their knowledge before a test, a skill previously thought to be exclusive to primates.

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Metisse — you thought you knew what 3D was?

On Tuesday, January 25th Mandriva introduced a new project: Metisse LiveCD. In this article we are going to investigate the features offered by this promising project and see if Metisse can compete with the popular desktops in terms of ergonomics and ease of use.

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Rudy Giuliani & The Federal Government Destroyed the 9/11 WTC Evidence

Despite the protests of the victims' families as well as many scientists and engineers, Rudy Giuliani's administration worked hand in hand with the Bush Administration to immediately ship the 200 thousand tons of twisted, melted, demolished World Trade Center steel off to India and China as scrap metal before anyone had a chance to analyze it.

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Flash Version of Tron - FLTRON

Online version of Tron. Play against the computer in six levels of varying difficulty. If you beat the game, you have a chance to unlock the secret level! Very fun!

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'Impeach Bush' Movement 'Spreading Like Wildfire'

"The Impeachment effort in Vermont is making the news:US towns seek Bush's impeachment (BBC)Vermont Towns Debate Impeaching Bush(AOL Wire Services)Vermont's 'Impeach Bush' Movement That's 'Spreading Like Wildfire' (CNN)Vermont Towns Seek to Impeach Bush (ABC News)In Vermont, "Impeach Bush" talk doinates Town Meeting Day (AP)In Vermont

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GDC 07: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports take awards

The awards continue to pile up for Nintendo. Both Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Wii Sports have taken awards at the GDC Choice Awards. Twilight Princess nabbed a writing for Best Writing, beating out top contenders like Sam & Max, Oblivion, Dreamfall and Bully.

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Hacking The Urban Forest

The Urban Forest Mapping Project, an open-source database that maps every public tree in San Francisco, goes online. Squirrels are worried, but the project's engineers hope their code spreads.

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Backup and Restore Ubuntu System using Sbackup

SBackup is a simple backup solution intended for desktop use. It can backup any subset of files and directories. Exclusions can be defined by regular expressions. A maximum individual file size limit can be defined. Backups may be saved to any local and remote directories that are supported by gnome-vfs.

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Report: Some Options Backdating Took Advantage of 9/11 Plunge

Several public companies have acknowledged backdating of stock options granted after Sept. 11, 2001, in the latest twist in the options-timing scandal that suggests some executives may have profited from Wall Street's plunge following the terror attacks

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New NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers Version 1.0-9755 Released

The latest Version, 1.0-9755, of NVIDIA graphic drivers for linux was released today, March 7, 2007. Highlights inlcude: * Added support for Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 and * Added initial support for NVIDIA SLI with GeForce 8800, Quadro FX 4600, and Quadro FX 5600

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CNN: Explaining Daylight-Saving Time

The history of daylight-saving time

1784 - Benjamin Franklin is thought to have come up with the idea for daylight-saving time. In a whimsical letter to a French journal, he said that Parisians could save thousands of francs a years by waking up earlier during the summer because it would prevent them from having to buy so many candles to light the evening hours.

1918 - The U.S. first adopts daylight-saving time, in the same act that created standard time zones, in an effort to save energy during World War I. It didn't prove popular, and, as a result, it was repealed the following year.

1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted "war-time," a year-round daylight-saving time to save energy during World War II. After the year-round shift ended in 1945, many states adopted their own summer time changes.

1966 - Congress established a national pattern for summer time changes with the Uniform Time Act. The act came in response from the transportation industry, which demanded consistency across time zones. The U.S. Department of Transportation now oversees time changes in the United States.

1973 - An oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries led Congress to enact a test period of year-round daylight-saving time in 1974 and 1975. The test period was controversial; it ended after complaints that the dark winter mornings endangered children traveling to school. The U.S. returned to summer daylight-saving time in 1975.

1986 - The Federal law is amended to start daylight-saving time on the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight-saving time was never changed, and remained the last Sunday in October through 2006.

2005 - On August 8, President Bush signs the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law. Part of the act will extend daylight-saving time starting in 2007, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

2007 - Daylight-saving time begins on Sunday, March 11 and ends on Sunday, November 4.

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Re-imaging History: Altered photos you thought were real

A picture is worth a thousand words, and Photoshop and similar tools have made it easier than ever to make those words fib. But while computers enable easier and better photo manipulation, it is hardly a new phenomenon. Here is a sampling of some of the more famous altered photographs from the last century.

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Abosultely Stunning Graffiti Art

Check it out. This is great stuff.

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Nintendo formally announces Wii release schedule for 2007

# April 9 - Super Paper Mario - Nintendo# April - Prince of Persia Rival Swords - Ubisoft# April - Bust-A-Move Bash - Majesco# April - Bioncle Heroes - Eidos

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Free Starbucks Next Week

Starbucks across the country will be giving away a free 12 oz or "tall" cup of coffee next Thursday, March 15th, from 10am to noon.

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HOWTO: Ubuntu Customization Guide Part I

In this guide we're gonna talk about customization, we're gonna make Ubuntu look and feel the way we want, so lets start!

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L.A.'s marijuana stores take root

It all started in 1996 when California voters passed Proposition 215, which legalized the growing and possession of marijuana for medical use. Supporters such as the marijuana-legalization group NORML pushed for the law, saying smoking pot lessens pain and alleviates nausea of serious illnesses.

Cooperatives sprung up, permitted under the law to receive "reasonable compensation" for the distribution of their product. Then stores opened, which in Los Angeles can sell up to a half-pound of pot to an individual.

Labels: medical marijuana

Island surfers waiting for Mavericks contest

Four big-wave riders from Hawaii have been selected for the Mavericks Surf Contest in California.

Brock Little, Garrett McNamara, Ross Clarke-Jones and Jamie Sterling join 20 other surfers for the contest with a waiting period that runs until March 31st.

Once the contest is called, the 24 surfers will have just 24 hours to reach at Half Moon Bay for a chance to ride what promoters call ``the most dangerous waves in the world.''

Another Hawaii surfer -- Noah Johnson -- is on the alternates list.

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Wii got your dock right here, buddy!

And charging the small sum of $17 USD, it's probably going to be the cheapest solution for your Wiimote-battery-charging needs. In this package, you get an extra battery, the cradle (pictured) and ... well, nothing else. Still though. this is the kind of no-frills setup any frugal gamer can appreciate.

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High School Musical brings karaoke, microphone to Wii

The first Wii game likely to ship with a peripheral in the US (not counting foam doodads) is not a Nintendo first party game. It is a licensed game. From Disney. Based on a made-for-TV movie.

Disney Interactive is bringing an adaptation of their hit movie High School Musical to the Wii as a karaoke game. The story of the game will follow the first movie, while also affording players the chance to sing the songs from the second. We weren't really aware karaoke games needed or could support stories, but we'll accept it. High School Musical is set to ship this August with an included microphone.

High School Musical is facing competition only from Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party in the race to be the first US-released Wii game with a special controller as well as the first full music game for the system. That's pretty progressive for Disney!

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Havana Steel: The Cars that Time Forgot

Click over for a plethora of amazing photos of awesome cars from a nation caught somewhere in time, automotively speaking. Best argument we've seen for Communism since the T-34.

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Dick Cheney was in Direct Command of NORAD on 9/11 (video)

The first time in history that NORAD was under the direct command of a vice president was the first time in history that four hijacked jetliners were allowed to fly around the east coast for 2 hours without being intercepted. What an odd coincidence.

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Put Some Algae in Your Tank

The idea of replacing crude oil with algae may seem like a harebrained way to clean up the planet and bolster national security.

But Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones and her husband, David Jones, are betting their careers and personal fortunes that they can grow masses of the slimy organism and use its natural photosynthesis process to produce a plentiful supply of biofuel...

Labels: biofuel

What Did Israel Know in Advance of the 9/11 Attacks?

On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, an FBI bulletin known as a BOLO - "be on lookout" -- was issued with regard to three suspicious men who that morning were seen leaving the New Jersey waterfront minutes after the first plane hit World Trade Center 1. Law enforcement officers across the New York-New Jersey area were warned in the radio dispatch to watch for a "vehicle possibly related to New York terrorist attack"...

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Technology, Internet Services, Call-Center in India about to turn sour?

India have begged enough International investment through ITES – BPOs, Call Centers and have reached a stage where stagnation have set in. Study revealed that the attrition rate have reached around 50%. The salary of the BPO, Call-Center workers have increased. The demand for skilled workforce in this sector is not being met by enough supply.

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Military Contractor Raided For Employing Illegals

Michael Bianco Inc.Hired Illegal Immigrants to Keep Up With Military Contracts, Feds Say BOSTON (AP) -- The owner and three managers of a New Bedford leather manufacturer that's won more than $91 million in U.S. military contracts were arrested Tuesday for allegedly hiring illegal immigran

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France Bans Citizen Journalists from Reporting Violence, Makes US Look Good

This news disturbs me greatly. I hope you all will publicize this action by the French government to your respective friends and associates so that making laws like this doesn't go unnoticed. The grounds for the law are based on the government's assertion that people are committing violent crimes so that their friends can film it. Right!

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Ground Zero Ironworkers Describe WTC Steel Anomalies During 9/11 Cleanup

In these clips from the documentary Metal of Honor, ironworkers who cleaned up Ground Zero talk about the bizarre collapse and disintegration of the twin towers and how it resembled a controlled demolition, as well as the health effects of working in the toxic dust.

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A New Battleground for Computer Security

For years, computer viruses were typically spread through old-school email programs, usually using attachments. Now, Web-based apps increasingly are in the crosshairs of hackers. And Web technology (often poorly guarded) is providing ample opportunity for mischief, putting major players like Google & Yahoo in the security spotlight...

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The Bush Administration Flat-Out Lied About Iraq Ties to 9/11

There's enough evidence presented in this short video to bring the administration up on charges for criminal conspiracy with regard to the way the Iraq war was fraudulently sold to the American people (and the world) in the wake of 9/11.

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Multimedia Codecs For Ubuntu

If you don't already know: Ubuntu doesn’t come with all the audio/visual codecs needed to listen and watch music and DVD’s so here is what you need to get all the useful codecs

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Oklahoma city bombing: startling evidence proves cover-up

News story of other bombs at OKC bombing. Strange that we only heard of the Ryder truck in the governments "official" version. Recently FBI agent in charge has requested reopening this case due to others involved and sealed information from the original case investigation and prosecution.

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9/11 Truth: The War on Terror is a Fraud

Is the war on terror for real? Or are we being fed an elaborate fraud that keeps us afraid, keeps the TV ratings up, and keeps our government powerful? Watch this if you're not afraid to learn the answer.

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911 pentagon flight path debunked pentagon police set record straight

You have reached the website hosting a documentary with groundbreaking testimony that sufficiently proves the 9/11 official story false. There are many aspects of 9/11 but this movie focuses specifically on the events as they happened at the Pentagon.

This testimony was obtained by Citizen Investigation Team in a persistent effort to find the truth in light of a myriad of questions. We contacted as many previously published eyewitnesses we could obtain numbers for and we canvassed the neighborhoods of Arlington on foot in a quest to find unpublished eyewitnesses. Our goal was to establish the final flight path of the plane before it reached the pentagon as seen by the eyewitnesses.

The results are devastating as we now know for sure that the plane could not be what damaged the Pentagon.

We first present the “Smoking Gun Version” featuring quadruple corroborated testimony showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the plane flew on the north side of the CITGO station completely contradicting the official story. This simple fact makes it impossible for the plane to have toppled the light poles and damage the building as outlined in the ASCE report.

We will soon release the much longer “Researcher’s Edition” which will feature many more eyewitnesses and take a comprehensive look at the many other dubious circumstances surrounding the Pentagon attack.

This evidence will be taken to the authorities and the media but in light of how these institutions have ignored, marginalized, and demonized questions about 9/11 in the past; we have chosen to simultaneously release it to the public.

So without further ado……..Citizen Investigation Team presents:

The PentaCon: Eyewitnesses Speak, Conspiracy Revealed.

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BIN LADEN FOUND! well no....

For the second time this year, federal agents have raided a West Hollywood medical marijuana facility.

Labels: cannabis

Guy has saved Big Macs from McDonalds for over 18 years...

True story about a man who's been saving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and Big Macs from McDonalds for over 18 years... and they look EXACTLY the same!

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Milton Friedman: interviewed on America's Drug Forum

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History Of Marijuana In A Clever Animation

Quick animation shows the true history of Marijuana.

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Say What?

Labels: cool shit

Losing Weight With the Nintendo Wii!

Almost 2 weeks ago I've started on a mission to lose weight using the Nintendo Wii as an exercise utility - along with changing my diet habits and other areas of health. I call it the Wii Weight Loss Plan and so far these are my current results I've recorded every day. My ultimate goal is to lose 80 pounds (and maybe more once I reach that).

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Homemade Laundry Detergent

I wanted to
A. Save money
B. Be ecologically phosphate free

If you learn from my mistakes your results will surpass mine in both respects, I am sure.In addition to my clothes coming out "so fresh and so clean, clean" it was a very satisfying and aesthetic making process!

You will need:

* Food processor
* 1 bar laundry soap like Fels Naptha "or" Zote, "or" Ivory - Zote can be found in hispanic grocery stores
* 1 Box Borax - found in the laundry aisle
* 1 box Washing Soda or Oxi Clean, or Baking soda - (Washing Soda AKA soda ash AKA sodium carbonate available in some grocery stores made by Arm and Hammer or you may find it art supply stores in the dyeing section)
* OPTIONAL- essential oil of your choice, I didnt do it but I think tea tree might be nice

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How MP3 Was Born

Karlheinz Brandenburg doesn't like being labeled the "inventor" of MP3. He points out that the most popular format for digital music on the Internet is the work of at least a half-dozen core developers and many others who made important contributions. Even folk-rock singer Suzanne Vega inadvertently played a walk-on role in the creation of MP3. "I know on whose shoulders I stand and who else contributed a lot," says Brandenburg, now director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology in Ilmenau, Germany....

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State makes big fuss over local couple's vegetable oil car fuel

Wetzel uses recycled vegetable oil, which he picks up weekly from an organization that uses it for frying food at its dining facility.

"They told me I am required to have a license and am obligated to pay a motor fuel tax," David Wetzel recalled. "Mr. May also told me the tax would be retroactive."

Since the initial visit by the agents on Jan. 4, the Wetzels have been involved in a struggle with the Illinois Department of Revenue. The couple, who live on a fixed budget, have been asked to post a $2,500 bond and threatened with felony charges.

Labels: wtf

Court Orders Police to Return Medicinal Marijuana

Police in the Northern California city of Santa Rosa will find themselves in an odd position Tuesday — in front of a Superior Court judge, defending themselves on contempt of court charges.

It all stems from the police department's refusal to give up 19 pounds of confiscated marijuana. And it highlights an interesting question: What are police supposed to do, when the California medicinal marijuana law conflicts with federal drug laws?

The case started when Shashon Jenkins was standing one day on the back balcony at his old apartment building, when the calm and quiet of one morning in suburban Santa Rosa was harshly interrupted.

"When I looked over, and peered over the balcony, officers were running into the next apartment, guns drawn," he said. "Officers ordered me back inside my house."

Police were raiding Jenkins' neighbor for narcotics. They caught sight of Jenkins on the balcony, holding a stem of marijuana in his hand. So after their raid next door, the officers crowded onto the stairwell outside Jenkins' apartment, and came knocking.

"It was very tense, seven firearms, very intense," Jenkins said.

Police raided Jenkins' home, arrested him, seized a number of lights for growing plants and 45 full-grown plants. In all, it was more than 19 pounds of pot. Later, at Jenkins' hearing, he produced witnesses and paperwork to confirm that he legally uses medicinal marijuana to treat chronic back pain. He also has caregiver status — that means he grows medical marijuana for those patients unable to grow it themselves — and so the district attorney dropped the case.

The judge ordered police to return Jenkins' belongings, including the armload of marijuana. Police said no.

One of these policemen is Sgt. Eric Litchfield. Litchfield said it's galling to hand back such a large supply of pot. He said the medical marijuana law is "vague and poorly written, at best, and is in complete conflict with federal law, which we're also bound to uphold and maintain as well."

Under federal law, marijuana is illegal to possess under any circumstances. But in California and 10 other states, it's legal for some medical patients to smoke it.

Marsha Cohen, a law professor at University of California Hastings Law School, says the one big uncertainty in California's measure is that it's unclear on the economics of medical marijuana — who can possess large quantities of marijuana, how large those quantities can be and all the details of how pot should be bought and sold.

"So instead of dealing with the question of where this marijuana would magically come from, they simply finessed that and did not provide for either the purchase or the sale of marijuana in the original proposition," she said.

That's the sticking point for law enforcement and for the courts. No one is supposed to profit from medicinal marijuana sales, and the fear is that ignoring large growers of pot is tacitly condoning drug trafficking.

The court will try to work out the details and limits of marijuana enforcement, beginning Tuesday afternoon in Sonoma County.

Labels: medical marijuana

What do these guys have to do to get a decent longboard tour?

What do these guys have to do to get a decent longboard tour? The dark cloud sitting over longboarding has parted slightly for the women, while continuing to be gloomy for the men.

The women's world championship in Biarritz, France in July is a location that most surfers say they hate. But for now, it will have to do. The men have the Oxbow Championships in May in France and the mid-summer Rabbit Kekai event in Costa Rica. According to several top surfers, they still prefer the U.S. Open.

And if the sport's two greatest champions, Colin McPhillips (San Clemente) and Joel Tudor (Del Mar) have taken up other day jobs, you know the sport is in trouble.

Labels: surf

Facts that You Would Never Know

If you didn't read this that is. Just some: Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”, Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite., Pearls melt in vinegar.

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HOT Sports Babe Reporter offers 16 yr old beer ON AIR.

This is some must-see material from the Ottawa 67's game on friday. This is a Fan in the Stands segment from an Ottawa London game that's messed up. You have to see it for yourself. On a side note Kitty was disqualified from Your Screen Test for her comments.

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Price is Right: Dude Bids 420 Over and Over Again

stoner on price is right

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San Onofre Surfing Club

The Definitive Information Source for the San Onofre Surfing Club

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Clean Power Show

Labels: clean energy

New startup Scribd "YouTube for documents" - Tons of free ebooks already

These guys have a new embedded flash PDF player. If you upload your docs, they'll show you detailed stats on who's reading them, and a map showing where the viewers are from. There are a ton of free programming ebooks on the site, and since anyone can upload them, there are going to be a lot more.

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9/11 Security Courtesy of Marvin Bush.

Marvin P. Bush, the president’s younger brother, was a principal in a company called Securacom that provided security for the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport.

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Divers Claim Largest Underwater Cave

Bogaerts and Schmittner spent four years swimming the length of the system, making about 500 dives with scuba tanks, linking one sinkhole lake to the next. Some passages were "big enough for a jumbo jet," while others were so narrow divers had to remove their tanks to wiggle through.

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9/11 Project Achilles: Cellphone Experiments on a light aircraft

Conclusion:"It may therefore safely be concluded that cell phone calls from passenger aircraft are physically impossible above 8000 feet abga and statistically unlikely below it."Let's see an experiment that will support the "official" theory now...

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Activating Evolution

This site was maintained by my late father, Chandra Suresh, a noted evolutionist who helped solve the riddles of DNA and protein synthesis through his pioneering work in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Like all sons, I have had my difficulties with my father, but where I once found his theories to be more in the realm of science fiction than of science fact, I now understand that he was onto discoveries that have the potential to create a paradigm shift for the entire world, and that is why I have decided to resurrect this site so his work, at least in some small fashion, can continue.

My father was dedicated to the idea of openness and sharing his research with those around him. In this spirit, I'd like to invite everyone to explore this resource and to share your own theories with me through a wiki that I set up for that purpose.

I hope you find my father's work and research as inspiring and thought provoking as I do.

Mohinder Suresh

Labels: heroes

NASA: No money to track killer asteroids

NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done....

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VMware puts a virtual machine in your pocket

VMware has announced a public beta test for a new version of its enterprise virtual machine program, which will allow IT managers to distribute VMs on USB thumb drives.

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Supervolcano

esearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered what likely triggered the eruption of a “supervolcano” that coated much of the western half of the United States with ash fallout 760,000 years ago.

Using a new technique developed at Rensselaer, the team determined that there was a massive injection of hot magma underneath the surface of what is now the Long Valley Caldera in California some time within 100 years of the gigantic volcano’s eruption. The findings suggest that this introduction of hot melt led to the immense eruption that formed one of the world’s largest volcanic craters or calderas.

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Absinthe

Absinthe liquor is an alcoholic drink made with an extract from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). The power and attraction of absinthe lies in its inherent contradictions. Though fortified with a formidable measure of alcohol, a depressant, it is also infused with powerful herbal stimulants, creating a psychic tug of war in the mind of the imbiber. Alcohol relaxes inhibitions and invites in new ideas, and the stimulants allow you to logically process the new data. It is an emerald green absinthe drink which is very bitter (due to the presence of absinthin) and is therefore traditionally poured over a perforated absinthe spoon full of sugar into a glass of water. But strong absinthe is also becoming well-liked as a base for cocktails.

Absinthe has enjoyed the reputation of being a creativity enhancer and aphrodisiac for over 200 years now. Said to have been popular with the likes of Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso and Hemingway, absinthe is rapidly regaining a wide following. Henri-Louis Pernod's original absinthe recipe included green anise, fennel, angelica, hyssop and wormwood (which contains the neurotoxin thujone). Chlorophyll was then added to give absinthe a green hue thus giving rise to its romantic nickname "La Fée Verte" or the green fairy. Nearly a century after its near global ban, absinthe is making a dramatic comeback. Most members of the European Union now allow the sale of absinthe, with a limit of 35 milligrams of thujone per kilogram.

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The History of the USB Absinthe Spoon

The makers of the USB absinthe spoon have finally released more information about who they are, and why they made their invention.

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Greenest Vehicles of 2007, With Green Score

#1 Honda Civic GX 57

#2 Toyota Prius 55

#3 Honda Civic Hybrid 53

#4 Nissan Altima Hybrid 48

#5 Toyota Yaris 47

#6 Toyota Corolla 46

#7 Toyota Camry Hybrid 46

#8 Honda Fit 45

#9 Kia Rio/Rio5 45

#10 Hyundai Accent 45

#11 Hyundai Elantra 45

#12 Honda Civic 44

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i’m

i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live™ Messenger that shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective social cause organizations. Learn more

It's simple to join the i’m™ initiative if you already have version 8.1 of Windows Live Messenger. Need to download Windows Live Messenger 8.1? Get it free!

From the top of your Windows Live Messenger window, click the arrow next to your name and select "Options".

Next to your name, type one of the following codes, including the asterisk, for the cause you'd like to support.

Text Code Cause
*red+u American Red Cross
*bgca Boys & Girls Club
*naf National AIDS Fund
*mssoc National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*9mil ninemillion.org
*sierra Sierra Club
*help StopGlobalWarming.org
*komen Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*unicef The US fund for UNICEF

Click "OK" to complete the sign-up process.

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AMAZING: 41% Percent of Your Taxes Go to War

For 2007, the US military budget was raised to a total of US$ 626.1 Billion. And that DOES NOT INCLUDE the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, nuclear weapons spending, military health care, training/aid or secret operations. Compare that to the additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in developing countries: 40 billion...

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Kevin Ryan of UL and Prof. Steven Jones Debunk the NIST 9/11 Report (video)

Kevin Ryan of Underwriters Laboratories and BYU Physics Professor Dr. Steven Jones take a critical look at the fraudulent NIST report concerning the collapse the World Trade Center towers on 9/11.

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Bush Admits He Saw 1st Impact Live ~ Before Florida Classroom

This is one of two times that Bush publicly stated he saw the1st impact live before he went into the Florida classroomwhere the official story says he learned of the 9/11

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Sheriff convicted for violating civil rights of fleeing illegal alien

The federal government has recommended a seven-year prison term for Gilmer Hernandez, a Texas deputy sheriff who drew grass-roots support after he was convicted for violating the civil rights of a fleeing illegal alien.

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Illegal alien who dragged border agent gets soft sentence

The driver of a car that dragged a Border Patrol agent into oncoming traffic in North County was sentenced Friday in San Diego to 15 months in federal prison, authorities said.

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monty python and the holy grail

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Mexican Gangs’ Ethnic Cleansing of Black Americans in Los Angeles

It has long been the dream of race hucksters like Jesse Jackson that America’s changing demographics would allow the people of color to join together in a cheerful Rainbow Coalition to advance an anti-white, redistributionist agenda. Once whites were outnumbered by colorful people, the theory was, racism would fade away and paradise would prevail.

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911 Eyewitness Hoboken Highlights 1 Hour TV Special

A staggering documentary whose evidence is avoided by every debunking entity. Simply watch, remember simple science and you will waken.

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How to: Get Your Girlfriend to Play Video Games

Many men, at some point, are forced to part with their beloved game console by supreme order of their female counterparts. This can be avoided using proven game system/girlfriend social activities to gradually introduce gaming culture to your loved ones. You may not get her into Resident Evil, but she might end up playing games you both can enjoy.

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Autistic Children Ride Waves that Heal

More than 100 children diagnosed with autism rode the wave of aloha in Haleiwa Friday, all thanks to the efforts of Hawaii-born former pro longboard surfer Israel Paskowitz and his wife, Danielle. The couple, who has an autistic son, Isaiah, discovered surfing had a therapeutic effect on him. They began to share their experience with other couples until it blossomed into a full-fledged event complete with donors and teams of volunteers.

"We just want to bring more awareness and have people around when they see a family that has a child who's acting different to not judge them and be a little more accepting," said Danielle Paskowitz.

911 And American Empire - Intellectuals Speak Out

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Click here to find out more! Holy Grail - Killer Bunny

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Alcohol As A Drug: A Moral Revolution

O'Reilly right on medical marijuana

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gonzales Lies Under Oath

The Original American Foreign Policy

Human Inflatable Beach Ball...That you run in...on the water...

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

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911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions

Tumor V. Pot... Government Picks Tumor.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Is America Headed for a Depression?

1M archived pages removed post-9/11

Things Ubuntu Can Do That Windows Can Only Dream Of

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Opoona Revealed For Wii

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Is There A Secret To The 9/11 Insurance Battle?

Want a free copy of TMNT for the Wii? - Joystiq

Wii Mic Rumored- Harry Potter will use it.

Spacecraft may surf the solar system on magnetic fields

Monday, March 12, 2007

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LegendarySurfers.com, The surf history site on the net.

Illegal drugs can be harmless, report says

Big Brother State -- GENIUS animation about surveillance society

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The Truth Behind Marijuana

Envy, a great installer for ATI and Nvidia graphic drivers in Ubuntu