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YouTube - A Bit of Fry&Laurie: If Rupert Murdoch hadn't been born

TED | Talks | Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma (video)
Michael Pollan gives a wonderful, hopeful presentation on the benefits of leaving behind Descarte's subject/object relationship with nature, and embracing...something else. Last 5 minutes are the payoff.

Amazon.com: Building a Low Impact Roundhouse (Simple Living): Tony Wrench: Books
Tony Wrench Roundhouse Project
FSU Editorial: "The Dow is Crashing" by Mike Maloney 04/16/2007
Quite interesting case for commodities investment, though I expect it's also a case of "reader beware" -- what is this guy's motivation?
So, what has Europe ever done for us? Apart from... - Europe, News - Independent.co.uk
What to do if you're laid off in 2008 recession
FRONTLINE: bush's war | PBS
Pharyngula: Quote of the week
heic0601a.jpg (JPEG Image, 1600x1200 pixels) - Scaled (47%)
Paint on Solar Power!
Feature: Turn Your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster
Camp Quest West
Homer Converts to Catholicism: The Simpsons On Christianity | Yoism
Desperate for cash, many in U.S. taking high-interest 'payday' loans - International Herald Tribune
"A payday loan is typically for a few hundred dollars, with a term of two weeks, and an interest rate as high as 800 percent. The average borrower ends up paying back $793 for a $325 loan, according to the center."
Bee plague worsening, anxious keepers say
"It's been 16 months since Dave Hackenberg of Dade City became the first beekeeper in the country to say publicly that something was terribly wrong with his insects. In the intervening time following the identification of the malady now known as Colony Collapse Disorder, things haven't gotten any better for the nation's bees, which pollinate about one-third of U.S. crops -- some $15 billion worth."
Top 15 Science Fiction Book Series - The List Universe
Hillary Clinton - Audacity of Hopelessness - David Brooks - New York Times
Great article that sums up the democratic party's situation.
Erika Christensen - The Upside of Anger,Traffic, Flight Plan, Swimfan, The Perfect Score
Erika is a wonderful actress. Her performance in Traffic blew me away. Would like to see more of her work.
Storm image
Wiki Feeds : Cole Camplese: Learning & Innovation
Lost in the Light of Your Eyes ~ EarOfMyHeart.com
My wife's blog...Here she writes a post about a wonderful moment in our lives...simple but meaningful.
YouTube - Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (Live) (Video Version)

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I like this game.
Six Organs Removed - Medical - an eLab Article at Scientist Live
"Dr. Tomoaki Kato had to remove a lot more than a cancerous tumor during an unprecedented operation on a 63-year-old Florida woman earlier this month. To get to the tumor, which was buried deep in Brooke Zepp's abdomen and threatened to kill her within months, the organ transplant specialist said he first had to remove her stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver and small and large intestines. The organs were chilled and preserved outside Zepp's body during a painstaking 15-hour operation at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. They were re-implanted in their normal position after the tumor -- which was about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter and wrapped around Zepp's aorta and the base of two other arteries -- was removed." Unbelievable!
10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone | Marc and Angel Hack Life
What Conditions (Exceptions) are Really About
YouTube - Who's on First? Typography
I LOVE this classic Abbott and Costello bit.

APOD: 2001 October 22 - The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
Taxpayers will use "economic stimulus" rebate to pay off debt/bills or save
"A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that 41% of respondents plan to use their rebates to pay off bills, and 32% will put the money in savings. Just 21% of those polled intend to spend the money, while 3% said they will donate the extra money to charity."

Very sensible, if true, though not what the government intended.
South Park Studios
All episodes online for free?
PIMCO Bonds - Investment Outlook- January 2008 "Pyramids Crumbling"
Change Congress
"Stanford law professor Larry Lessig plans to use collaborative software to change Congress."
Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig Bets 'Wikipedia' Approach Will Transform Congress | Threat Level from Wired.com
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor at TED - Video & Transcript
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, the Singin' Scientist - Home
TED | TEDBlog: Stroke of insight: Jill Bolte Taylor on TED.com

TED | TEDBlog: Help bring compassion back to religion: Karen Armstrong

Creative Food Sculptures : Wacky Archives
Consumer Vigilantes
The world according to americans
Pastor Jeremiah Wright - In Context
YouTube - Tell the Whole Story FOX! Barack Obama
THIS is the clip that must be causing all the controversy...but again, in context, I understand why the Pastor used the words "God damn America!" It's the crescendo of his oration that cites how the American government has failed black people, American Indian people, Japanese people, Japanese American people, and so on. In the context of the many grievous sins of the American government to its people of color (as well as others like Japanese, Iraqi, etc.), I can understand why the Pastor said what he did.

When we adopt the opinions of the media, accepting as proof a soundbite, we risk being mislead. We risk public opinion being corralled by a minority with an agenda. Again, we've been fooled.

YouTube - FOX Lies!! Barack Obama Pastor Wright
I haven't seen the stuff Fox and others have been showing, but if the "America's chickens have come home to roost" is the worst, we've been fooled again by our media. In context, the statement makes perfect sense. What else did the Pastor say?

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Folding@home - Main
Distributed computing for calculating protein folding...website on PmWiki install.
Health | UW researchers say comprehensive sex ed cuts teen pregnancies | Seattle Times Newspaper
"Students who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become teen parents as those who get none or abstinence-only sex education."
Nice guys do finish first, study confirms - Behavior- msnbc.com
How to Design Programs
Computer Science at Waterloo: the new Scheme of things
Why men should pair off with younger women - sex - 19 March 2008 - New Scientist
"Last year, a study of Swedish census information suggested a 4 to 6-year age gap is best, but new research has found that in some circumstances a surprisingly large gap, 15 years is the optimum." Optimum in terms of progeny.
How to Avoid Penalty - Withdrawal from IRA
When-It's-OK-to-Tap-Your-IRA: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Calloftheday.net » That lamp (semi NSFW)
Top 5 reasons why "The customer is Always Right" is wrong
As an employee, I hope this attitude is adopted more widely. I like the point that by giving the employee the message that the employee comes first, customer comes second, the employees feel empowered and work with more enthusiasm. I think that's true. But it's always a practical balance.
A conversation with Samantha Power - Charlie Rose
Samantha Power is a brilliant woman. I hope Obama reinstates her as an adviser, should he win the race for President.
Binary marble adding machine
Very clever design for adding binaries mechanically.
"A More Perfect Union" - Barack Obama Speech - Video & Transcript
Obama delivers a brilliant, no-BS speech on race in the America.

Positive Atheism (since 1995) Join the Struggle Against Anti-Atheist Bigotry!
NPR: Obama Campaign Skewers Clinton E-mail Statement
Jim Rogers: 'Abolish the Fed' - CNBC.com
"Listen, investment banks have been going bankrupt since the beginning of time. If people make mistakes -- if you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that's not capitalism, that's socialism for the rich," he said.
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YouTube - Shotgun Tank Round - XM1028 120mm Canister Tank Cartridge

Oklahoma: One Step from Doom
"A school district shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the district treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject."

In other words, if, due to religious beliefs, a person says the earth is 6000 years old, she/he/it cannot be graded down for expressing his/her/its beliefs.

If an engineering student, due to religious beliefs, says the force of gravity does not exist, she/he/it could not be marked down on gravity-related exam question.

Should we let a person with such a belief design or build our buildings and bridges?
If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma | Wintrest.com
Fantastic! Take a look!
Reason is Greatest Enemy of Faith - On Baptist Church Sign
Photoshopped? One can only hope.
School Rankings for Writing OpenCourseWare
Assignment America: Keep juries dumb - UPI.com
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in 1920: "The judge cannot direct a verdict, it is true, and the jury has the power to bring in a verdict in the teeth of both law and facts." In more recent years, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote: "If the jury feels the law is unjust, we recognize the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by a judge, and contrary to the evidence."
Is Tooth Cleaning a Scam? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has an STD - CNN.com
"At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group."
How to save 150 dollars on your cable and internet bill | The Dividend Pirate
Full Version: Hitchens and Boteach Debate on God
One the better debates, Boteach is empassioned and takes the debate seriously with Atheist Christopher Hitchens.

50 people looking for solar image of Mary lose sight - Daily News & Analysis
Very sad.
Sharpton / Hitchens Debate - Can Morality Exist Without God?

Geek Love - New York Times
"GARY GYGAX died last week and the universe did not collapse. This surprises me a little bit, because he built it."
Open_Exchange_Complete_Show.wmv
This guy knows his stuff when it comes to the money supply, inflation, and the U.S. recession. Scary stuff. I know he's right, but I'm not sure what to do about it.

Euro Pacific Capital : Because there
Warlock : Oakley Hall & Robert (INT) Stone
Homeschoolers
"A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution."
Sam Harris at Atheist Alliance International 2007
Sam Harris, author of End of Faith, argues against the use of the word or identity of "atheism" or "atheist" and, instead, argues for using the terms and methods of "reason" and "evidence."

M.G.L. - Chapter 272, Section 36
"Section 36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior."
Dark Roasted Blend: Rarely Seen Shuttle Pre-Flight Activities
Best sex lasts for seven to thirteen minutes
"According to sex experts the best sex lasts for between seven and thirteen minutes and even a three minute quickie can be satisfying."
Diabetes May Be Disorder Of Upper Intestine: Surgery May Correct It
Experiments have shown that surgically bypassing the upper small intestine can "cure" type-2 diabetes. Researchers theorize that the upper small intestine secretes an as yet undiscovered "anti-incretin" factor. When secreted, this factor makes the body resist the effects of insulin (insulin resistance, the definition of type 2 diabetes). By surgically by-passing the upper small intestine, the body does not produce the anti-incretin factor, thus allowing the body to respond to insulin more normally....It's a theory.
reddit.com: Officer who lied about checking on a 4 yr-old girl who later died from abuse requests to have perjury conviction reduced to misdemeanor because the felony is making it tough for him to find employment
Read the first comment...
Photo Basement » Cheap Calories
YouTube - Ford F150 Pickup Truck
The Brits don't think much of our Ford F150, and for good reason.

What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage - by Amy Sutherland
What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage - New York Times
"The central lesson I learned from exotic animal trainers is that I should reward behavior I like and ignore behavior I don't."
Rupert Graves Online - The Official Website of Film, Stage, and Television Actor Rupert Graves.
Rupert Graves was part of the cast in one of my favorite movies A Room With a View.
The Wire's War on the Drug War -- TIME
"If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote to acquit, regardless of the evidence presented. Save for a prosecution in which acts of violence or intended violence are alleged...No longer can we collaborate with a government that uses nonviolent drug offenses to fill prisons with its poorest, most damaged and most desperate citizens."
BBC NEWS | "In Pictures | In pictures: Grand Canyon flooded
Water is unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam towards the Grand Canyon in the United States - an experiment to mimic natural floods and recharge the ecosystem."
Bush / McCain Face Transplant

Bush / McCain Face Transplant
Eisenhower Interstate Highway System - by Chris Yates
Brilliant!!!

Eisenhower Interstate Highway System by Chris Yates
ADHD ADD ODD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment
Sutedja Richard I DDS Fremont | Yelp
Brad Piini D.D.S. - Fremont, CA
Firefox 2 Tip: Undo closed tab keyboard shortcut
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, Has Five Weeks to Live
Phun - 2D physics sandbox
Numinous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Retiree couple needs $225K for medical - Yahoo! News
"A couple retiring this year will need about $225,000 in savings to cover medical costs in retirement, according to a study released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments." WTF! I swear, it sounds like most of my retirement money (little that it is) will be going to insurance and health costs. Will I ever really be able to retire?
That Inner Warmth - Self Portrait by Leanne Lim-Walker
I love this image by Leanne Lim-Walker of Leanne Lim-Walker, which was featured in Popular photography on the magazine cover.

That inner warmth
Self portrait by Leanne Lim-Walker
Fats & Cholesterol: Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health
"[T]otal amount of fat in the diet, whether high or low, isn't really linked with disease. What really matters is the type of fat in the diet."
Gamasutra - Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Gary Gygax Dies
Gygax was never an enthusiastic supporter of video games..."There is no intimacy; it's not live," said Gygax of video games...It reminds me of one time where I saw some children talking about whether they liked radio or television, and I asked one little boy why he preferred radio, and he said, 'Because the pictures are so much better.'"
A Word From Ron Paul - Forbes.com
The Christopher Hitchens Web
4 horsemen
The Song of Wandering Aengus, by W.B. Yeats
Beautiful poem.
Penny Arcade! - Bordering On The Semi-Tasteful
Gmail Tips and Tricks - 35 Cool Gmail Hacks
The Golden Rule of Many Religions
That so few actually follow.
mental_floss Blog » 10 Celebrity Tombstones Worth A Laugh (Or At Least A Smile)
Saving Money - 16 Ways to Save $100 | Debt & Credit | Reader
Philosophy And Depression
"[T]he best and truest therapy may consist in examining the condition or state itself, with understanding being the chief goal, not any simple fixes or meliorative expediencies; in locating the etiology somewhere in the ebb and flow of social relationships, realizing that some of the most brilliant people who ever lived were depressed, and that no super drug is effective enough to eradicate the ills of culture and modern society."
Clinton Campaign Sticks Press Corps In The Men's Room - Media on The Huffington Post
Too funny!
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Testosterone link' to depression
"A study of about 4,000 men aged over 70 found those with lowest testosterone were three times more likely to be depressed than those with the most."
OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues
Marc LeRoy Roach - Obituary
BBC NEWS | Health | Breakfast 'keeps teenagers lean'
"In a study of nearly 7,000 middle-aged people in Norfolk, a team from Cambridge University found that those who ate the most in the morning put on the least amount of weight."
Flickr Photo Download: KPMG Building - Munich
Stairway to nowhere

Stairway to nowhere
CUBOCC
Totally odd...This woman's eyes are so bloodshot.
History's Greatest Replies
ContraCostaTimes.com : Contra Costa & Alameda News, Sports, Jobs, Cars and Real Estate
Scrabulous | An amazing word game enjoyed by millions of players!
To maker of Scrabble, online version is piracy - International Herald Tribune
Pope denies genocide of Indigenous peoples of the Americas
"Christianity was not imposed by a foreign culture," said Ratzinger in Aparecida, Brazil. He was ignoring the colonial relationship of the European powers to the Americas that was based on stealing the wealth of Indigenous peoples and extracting wealth from enslaved African peoples—a relationship supported by the church at that time. Under colonial rule, Indigenous and African beliefs were banned and people were forced to adhere to the domination of the church. It was not uncommon for priests to bless conquistadors before a massacre of Native peoples. To add insult to injury, the Pope went on to say that Indigenous peoples wanted to be subjugated by the colonial powers: "Christ was the savior [that Indigenous people] silently yearned for."
Gates Calls For Quick End to Turkey's Iraq Operation - New York Times
"It's very important that the Turks make this operation as short as possible and then leave, and to be mindful of Iraqi sovereignty," Gates told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday before leaving for Ankara...LOL!

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