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It's a happy day if you are a gorilla lover today. Over 100,000 gorillas thought to be endangered were found hanging around a remote part of Africa.
Comcast, the largest cable company in the U.S., had claimed that BitTorrent traffic consumed a disproportionate amount of its network's bandwidth, degrading the Internet access of other customers. To 'fix' this, Comcast had installed equipment that slowed down, not block -- file transfers using BitTorrent. This move led public advocacy groups Free Press and Public Knowledge to file a complaint against the network provider, a complaint that the Federal Communications Commission upheld against Comcast.
I wonder if some people took this and believed that they could trick their bank accounts and credit lines into thinking they had more money than it did.
Donate $5.50 and have a tree planted in Indonesia, and watch it grow on Google Earth: www.mybabytree.org
Buy a Tree for the Rainforest - Get a KML
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offers you the opportunity to buy a tree which will be planted in a rainforest in Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. In return, they not only plant the tree, but give you a Google Earth KML file in return with the location coordinates of your tree. Theoretically, as Google continues to update with higher resolution satellite and aerial imagery, you should be able to watch the growth of your tree (and the others who donate trees) over the coming years. To get started, you simply go to the web site mybabytree.org. They have a very cute animation that will guide you through the process, and you can use Paypal to make your donation. You can see the location and list of trees purchased so far here . Borneo is another location, like the Amazon, where rain forests are disappearing due to logging at a frightening pace.
Buy a Tree for the Rainforest - Get a KML
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offers you the opportunity to buy a tree which will be planted in a rainforest in Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. In return, they not only plant the tree, but give you a Google Earth KML file in return with the location coordinates of your tree. Theoretically, as Google continues to update with higher resolution satellite and aerial imagery, you should be able to watch the growth of your tree (and the others who donate trees) over the coming years. To get started, you simply go to the web site mybabytree.org. They have a very cute animation that will guide you through the process, and you can use Paypal to make your donation. You can see the location and list of trees purchased so far here . Borneo is another location, like the Amazon, where rain forests are disappearing due to logging at a frightening pace.
When I was young I used to go to my Uncle's house in Far Rockaway, Queens for weeks at a time. He had an indirect positive influence on me - his books! They were everywhere: on the floors, on shelves, book cases, in boxes, in closets. My fondest memory is of these two towering book shelves on each side of the living room entrance he had filled with books. I would stare at them sometimes in awe thinking that there were secrets in them.
In a time when the environment is a hot topic books these days may be getting a bad wrap. We know they are the product of processed timber and thus must take some toll on our forests, but if you think about all sides of the environment you would line your walls with them!
In a time when the environment is a hot topic books these days may be getting a bad wrap. We know they are the product of processed timber and thus must take some toll on our forests, but if you think about all sides of the environment you would line your walls with them!
MySpace is a winner in any demographic, which I guess leaves some wondering why it would go after a specific demographic and cater to it thus so...in this case Spanish speaking Latinos. I think I could understand the surface argument of what the writer is saying: why not have a universal MySpace. But...in what Language? Assuming that the same strokes are for all folks is ignorant and plain wrong, in other words you are living in a dream world. Reality is there are many Latinos in the US who prefer to speak Spanish (not to say anything of those in the islands, South and Central America).
So why not a Myspace Latino, and a MySpace Korean...why not a MySpace in every language? A true social network appreciates our differences and seeks to unite them, not wipe them out.
Sidenote: Isn't it strange that computer applications such as MySpace is now part of our Culture?
So why not a Myspace Latino, and a MySpace Korean...why not a MySpace in every language? A true social network appreciates our differences and seeks to unite them, not wipe them out.
Sidenote: Isn't it strange that computer applications such as MySpace is now part of our Culture?
From BreakThrough: ICED - I Can End Deportation, Video game.
Digital TV is the wave of the future and now is the Law. Old 'rabbit-ears' television are a goner as the analog signal will be shut down.
It feels like friday today, as there is a company party later. Anyway, check out this little guy.
Marketers are trying to reach this young mobile group that has only cell phones and no traditional landlines. Although my initial notion was that the trend may be due to lack of funds, I never seriously thought that to be true. I myself had no need for a landline, except for maybe a backup to my internet connection, because my cell phone was just fine.
Do be careful: The 41 million Latinos living in the United States are among this country's first "wired immigrants."
Remember Facebook and their plan to hand over user's purchasing habits to companies? Well, enough people have stood against this and Facebook now is retreating from its original plans.
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