Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
David O. Russell Loses it on the Set of I Heart Huckabees
Wow! What a grown-up?!! How have I not seen this?!? What an immature idiot. I hope he had his medication upped or got the help he so desperately seems to need. Who in the world thinks this would be an acceptable way to talk to someone? How did the studio let this obvious ego-maniac continue shooting this film? Only in Hollywood could an asshole like this continue working. I love that movie, but noone should tolerate that from anyone. Especially from a director who seems consumed with his own self-importance.
Canadaville a haven for Katrina survivors who can follow its strict rules
I never heard anything about this??!! Go here to read the whole article.
Newseum----interactive museum of news
What a fun and very informative website. I had no idea this was around. Go here to explore.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Video Killed the Radio Star
An amazing street performance by three high school students known as The Wrong Trousers.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama
Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Underwear For Africa
Their goal will be to collect as many new packs of children's and young adults underwear (ages 3-15) to distribute them throughout Africa. Underwear For Africa.
Are you interested in joining this campaign? There are some great people involoved in this (no not me, but I will do what I can) so if you like to help others and are good at motivating people to help out. Please go here.
Mothers Fighting For Others INC
27943 Seco Canyon RD # 533
Santa Clarita CA 91350
Sunday, September 16, 2007
The National Institute for Play
The National Institute for Play unlocks the human potential through play in all stages of life using science to discover all that play has to teach us about transforming our world.
Go Here.
Go Here.
Friday, September 14, 2007
MAGNETIC REFRIGERATOR NEEDS NO ELECTRICITY
Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have created a refrigerator that cools using magnets instead of electricity
A group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark’s project laboratory in Risø have discovered a cooling method that uses magnetic materials instead of electricity, reported daily free newspaper Nyhedsavisen.
The invention will allow for refrigerators to replace existing electric refrigerators in homes and businesses with a fully environmentally friendly power source. Although the first prototype will not be ready until 2010, the project’s researchers say the appliance’s cooling cycle efficiency will be 60 percent greater than that of conventional refrigerators.
The new method uses opposing magnetic fields to increase the temperature of the materials employed. The heat energy is transported through a non-volatile fluid, such as water, and then thermodynamically reversed to a cold temperature. The scientists have already been able to cool a 20° C room to 11°C using the new technology.
‘It probably isn’t realistic to believe that magnetic cooling technology will be immediately available for consumer use, especially as refrigerator manufacturers have brought prices down so much in the past few years,’ said Christian Bahl, one of DTU’s project researchers.
But Bahl said another of the magnetic refrigerator’s advantages is that it is silent.
‘So it will likely be first used in various niche areas, such as places where a quiet environment is an important factor.’
Although magnetic cooling is not in itself a new research field, the DTU scientists were the first to use the technology in an actual physical setting to cool room temperatures.
The Copenhagen Post
Edited August 27, 2007
http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/News/ScienceAndITNews/MagneticRefrigeratorNeedsNoElectricity.htm
A group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark’s project laboratory in Risø have discovered a cooling method that uses magnetic materials instead of electricity, reported daily free newspaper Nyhedsavisen.
The invention will allow for refrigerators to replace existing electric refrigerators in homes and businesses with a fully environmentally friendly power source. Although the first prototype will not be ready until 2010, the project’s researchers say the appliance’s cooling cycle efficiency will be 60 percent greater than that of conventional refrigerators.
The new method uses opposing magnetic fields to increase the temperature of the materials employed. The heat energy is transported through a non-volatile fluid, such as water, and then thermodynamically reversed to a cold temperature. The scientists have already been able to cool a 20° C room to 11°C using the new technology.
‘It probably isn’t realistic to believe that magnetic cooling technology will be immediately available for consumer use, especially as refrigerator manufacturers have brought prices down so much in the past few years,’ said Christian Bahl, one of DTU’s project researchers.
But Bahl said another of the magnetic refrigerator’s advantages is that it is silent.
‘So it will likely be first used in various niche areas, such as places where a quiet environment is an important factor.’
Although magnetic cooling is not in itself a new research field, the DTU scientists were the first to use the technology in an actual physical setting to cool room temperatures.
The Copenhagen Post
Edited August 27, 2007
http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/News/ScienceAndITNews/MagneticRefrigeratorNeedsNoElectricity.htm
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Nazi's out of Knoxville
FROM THE NEWSWIRE: Knoxville rejects Nazis and Klan.
Saturday May 26th the VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK group attempted to host a hate rally to try to take advantage of the brutal murder of a white couple for media and recruitment purposes. http://www.volunteertv.com/special
Unfortunately for them the 100th ARA (Anti Racist Action) clown block came and handed them their asses by making them appear like the asses they were.
Alex Linder the founder of VNN and the lead organizer of the rally kicked off events by rushing the clowns in a fit of rage, and was promptly arrested by 4 Knoxville police officers who dropped him to the ground when he resisted and dragged him off past the red shiny shoes of the clowns. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/7704982.html
“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!” the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!” and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan’s directions.
At this point several of the Nazi’s and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed “White Power!”
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”
It was at this point that several observers reported seeing several Klan members heads exploding in rage and they stopped trying to explain to the clowns what they wanted.
Apparently the clowns fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the rally, they believed it was a clown rally and came in force to support their pointy hated brethren. To their dismay, despite their best jokes and stunts and pratfalls the Nazis and Klan refused to laugh, and indeed became enraged at the clowns misunderstanding and constant attempts to interpret the clowns instruction.
The clowns on the other hand had a great time and thought the Nazis were the funniest thing they had ever seen and the loud laughter of over 100 counter protesters greeted every attempt of the Nazis and Klan to get their message out, whatever that was.
Many of the local Knoxvillians that came to counter demonstrate had no illusions about why these out of state bad clowns with swastikas were doing in their town.
“KKK YOU CAN’T HIDE, WE CHARGE YOU WITH GENOCIDE!”
“GAY, STRAIGHT, BLACK, WHITE ONE STRUGGLE ONE FIGHT!”
“U.G.L.Y. KLAN YOU AIN’T GOT NO ALIBI, YOU UGLY, YOU UGLY”
Were just a few of the chants that the non clown counter protesters rained down upon the Nazis. The clowns interacted with the non clown protesters with glee and even participated in a chant or two, though apparently with no idea that the Nazis were indeed not clowns thinking it was just part of the show.
In the end the 20 or so sad VNNers left with their tails between their legs. At this point over 150 counter demonstraters were present. The clowns seeing how dejected and sad the Nazi’s looked began singing to cheer them up.
“hey hey hey hey, ho ho ho ho—good bye, good bye” everyone sang waving their arms in the air in unison.
After the VNNers left in their shiny SUVs to go back to Alabama and all the other states that they were from the clowns and counter demonstrators began to march out of the area chanting ‘WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS!”
But the cops stopped the clowns and counter protestors. “Hey, do you want an escort” an African-American police officer on a motorcycle asked. “Yes” a clown replied. “We are walking to Market Square in the center of town to celebrate.”
The police officers got in front of the now anti racist parade and blocked the entire road for the march through the heart of Knoxville. An event called imagination station was taking place and over 15,000 thousand students and their parents were in town that weekend. Many of them cheered as the clowns, Knoxvillians and counter protestors marched through the heart of Knoxville singing and laughing at the end of the Nazi’s first attempt at having a rally in Knoxville.
On June 16th the Stormfront Nazis are trying to have a second rally in Knoxville. Clowns, anarchist, activist and others are all invited to come and creatively and nonviolently help us confront these Nazis and give them an even bigger counter rally than the first. If you can come, or can help email.
knoxvilleantiracistaction@yahoo.com
or join our myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/knoxvilleantiracistaction
Thanks to Three Rivers Earth First!, Mountain Justice Summer, Katuah Earth First!, Knoxville Anti Racist Action, Katuah Anti Racist Action and the clown block for utterly wrecking the failed attempt of the Nazis to get a foothold in Knoxville. In one day Three Rivers Earth First!ers posted over 1000 anti racist fliers all over Knoxville recruiting people to come, this is just one example of all the work and effort that went in to creatively and nonviolently rejecting the VNNers out of Knoxville.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
god
To: People of Earth
From: God
Date: 11/17/2004
Subject: stop
knock it off, all of you
seriously, what the hell
--
God
From: God
Date: 11/17/2004
Subject: stop
knock it off, all of you
seriously, what the hell
--
God
Friday, September 7, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monster spider web spun in Texas
WILLS POINT, Texas (AP) -- Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.
Lake Tawokoni State Park rangers Mike McCord, left, and Freddie Gowin check out a giant spider web at the park.
Officials at Lake Tawakoni State Park say the massive mosquito trap is a big attraction for some visitors, while others won't go anywhere near it.
"At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland," said Donna Garde, superintendent of the park about 45 miles east of Dallas. "Now it's filled with so many mosquitoes that it's turned a little brown. There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs."
Spider experts say the web may have been constructed by social cobweb spiders, which work together, or could be the result of a mass dispersal in which the arachnids spin webs to spread out from one another.
"I've been hearing from entomologists from Ohio, Kansas, British Columbia -- all over the place," said Mike Quinn, an invertebrate biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department who first posted photos online.
Herbert A. "Joe" Pase, a Texas Forest Service entomologist, said the massive web is very unusual.
"From what I'm hearing it could be a once-in-a-lifetime event," he said.
But John Jackman, a professor and extension entomologist for Texas A&M University, said he hears reports of similar webs every couple of years.
"There are a lot of folks that don't realize spiders do that," said Jackman, author of "A Field Guide to the Spiders and Scorpions of Texas."
"Until we get some samples sent to us, we really won't know what species of spider we're talking about," Jackman said.
Garde invited the entomologists out to the park to get a firsthand look at the giant web.
"Somebody needs to come out that's an expert. I would love to see some entomology intern come out and study this," she said.
Park rangers said they expect the web to last until fall, when the spiders will start dying
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
a real juke joint
Down in the Woods
Every Sunday night Betties Place, a little ramshackle juke joint in Mississippi, transforms in a hot and steaming dancehall. Willie King is preaching the blues and the crowd dances wildly. Cotton picker, moon shiner, juke joint owner, civil rights activist and social worker, Willie King has done them all. Now he is one of the most popular blues musicians around.
Here
Every Sunday night Betties Place, a little ramshackle juke joint in Mississippi, transforms in a hot and steaming dancehall. Willie King is preaching the blues and the crowd dances wildly. Cotton picker, moon shiner, juke joint owner, civil rights activist and social worker, Willie King has done them all. Now he is one of the most popular blues musicians around.
Here
Real life Kwik-E-Mart
If you don't know what Kwik-E-Mart is then you don't watch the Simpsons and probably won't find this amusing.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
You know the books, CDs, DVDs, and other stuff you’re finished with?
Wanna trade books? Cd's? Other stuff? Go here.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
CG Jung: The Wisdom of the Dream: Vol.1 "A Life of Dreams"---Carl Jung
If you like the first part the rest can be found on youtube.com
Monday, August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
it IS easy being green
just a few ways to make a big difference!
http://www.cristina.org/
The above organization will pick up your old computer and deliver it to the doorstep of an economically disadvantaged person in your community!! How great is that!
Whenever possible choose products and packaging labeled biodegradable, which indicates that they were designed to break down into the raw materials of nature without clogging landfills. Also a great website is www.freecycle.org
Please buy compact fluorescent lightbulbs. replace just one 100-watt incandescent bulb with cfl and you'll save $30 in energy costs over the life of the bulb.
12 million-barrels of oil used each year to produce plastic shopping bags.
Eugene, Oregon--Recently voted America's most eco-friendly city. Go Eugene!!!!
Fair trade coffee---If your grind isn't labeled "fair trade ceetified", consider finding one that is. This certification ensures that the farmers who harvested your coffee beans were compensated fairly and worked under humane conditions. Some brands to seek out: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Equal Exchange, Caffee Ibis Coffee Roasters.
Buy Hemp!! Forget its hippie associations. This plant produces more paper per acre than trees do (and can be recycled more times) and is being used to create everything from bedspreads to t-shirts.
keep america beautiful--- www.kab.org
buy a hybrid car----- www.hybridcars.com
Unplugging appliances and electronics when they're not in use can slash your energy bill by 26 percent annually!
http://www.cristina.org/
The above organization will pick up your old computer and deliver it to the doorstep of an economically disadvantaged person in your community!! How great is that!
Whenever possible choose products and packaging labeled biodegradable, which indicates that they were designed to break down into the raw materials of nature without clogging landfills. Also a great website is www.freecycle.org
Please buy compact fluorescent lightbulbs. replace just one 100-watt incandescent bulb with cfl and you'll save $30 in energy costs over the life of the bulb.
12 million-barrels of oil used each year to produce plastic shopping bags.
Eugene, Oregon--Recently voted America's most eco-friendly city. Go Eugene!!!!
Fair trade coffee---If your grind isn't labeled "fair trade ceetified", consider finding one that is. This certification ensures that the farmers who harvested your coffee beans were compensated fairly and worked under humane conditions. Some brands to seek out: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Equal Exchange, Caffee Ibis Coffee Roasters.
Buy Hemp!! Forget its hippie associations. This plant produces more paper per acre than trees do (and can be recycled more times) and is being used to create everything from bedspreads to t-shirts.
keep america beautiful--- www.kab.org
buy a hybrid car----- www.hybridcars.com
Unplugging appliances and electronics when they're not in use can slash your energy bill by 26 percent annually!
Thats wallpaper?? I like
I used to have a serious problem with wallpaper, but there are some fabulous patterns out there now. Wallpaper is something to be considered again. Enjoy this website. They also have a gallery...yeah!!
wallpaper
wallpaper
Now it's your turn. If you want to.....
Protect the earth animals-----Natural resources defense council nrdc.org. Humane society of the united states----hsus.org
Help the homeless---salvation army salvationarmyusa.org National alliance to end homelessness----- endhomelessness.org
Prevent HIV/AIDS----- International Aids vacine initiative iavi.org Camp Heartland---campheartland.org
Visit the elderly, critically ill-------Meals on wheels association of america------mowaa.org Starlight starbright childrens foundation-----starlight.org
Support disaster aid------International relief teams------irteams.org International rescue committee-------------theirc.org
Reach at-risk children-----------Boys and girls club of america------bgca.org Childrens Hunger fund--------childrenshungerfund.org
other ways to help and be an amazing example!!!!
If you've got
one second.....
* visit theanimalrescuesite.com and the breastcancersite.com daily, and advertisers will donate money to help those causes.
five seconds....
* Use the search engine goodsearch.com; organizations like the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit from each search done on its behalf.
* Donate proceeds from your ebay auctions to Prasad Project (prasad.org) which focuses on community development around the world.
* Buy a $50 cloth FEED bag from amazon.com. The sale of a single bag will feed one hungry child for a school year.
FIFTEEN MINUTES.......
* Recycle your used cell phone or printer cartridges at petsmartcharities.org, and money will be donated to help save a homeless pet's life.
* Give any suits you no longer wear to dressforsuccess.org so low-income women can look professional on job interviews.
ONE HOUR..........
* Ship your old bike to pedals for progress (p4p.org) which donates used bikes to people overseas who need cheap, nonpolluting transportation.
* Sign up at volunteersolutions.com to tutor at-risk fifth- and sixth-grade students online through the university of Texas at Austin.
A FEW HOURS A MONTH......
* Be a youth mentor for your local girl scout troup (girlscouts.org)
* Tutor kids through 826 Valencia (826valencia.org) the writing program started by Dave Eggers.
* Walk dogs for your community animal shelter---------also a great way to get or stay in shape!!!
ONE DAY......
* work the phones for your public tv or radio pledge drive
TWO WEEKS........
* Take a Heifer International tour (heifer.org) to Cameroon or Lithuania and learn from farmers who are working to improve the lives of local people.
* Go on a Sierra Club National Outing (sierraclub.org) in Colorado, Alaska, Or Ecuador to build trails and protect those areas for future generations.
THREE MONTHS.......
* Work with the center pole foundation (thecenterpole.org) on the Crow Indian Reservation in Garryowen, Mont.
ONE YEAR.........
* Check out Americorps (americorps.org) for domestic service projects.
* Teach guatemala's poor through Common Hope (commonhope.org)
Mahatma Gandhi---- Be the change you want to see in the world.
Help the homeless---salvation army salvationarmyusa.org National alliance to end homelessness----- endhomelessness.org
Prevent HIV/AIDS----- International Aids vacine initiative iavi.org Camp Heartland---campheartland.org
Visit the elderly, critically ill-------Meals on wheels association of america------mowaa.org Starlight starbright childrens foundation-----starlight.org
Support disaster aid------International relief teams------irteams.org International rescue committee-------------theirc.org
Reach at-risk children-----------Boys and girls club of america------bgca.org Childrens Hunger fund--------childrenshungerfund.org
other ways to help and be an amazing example!!!!
If you've got
one second.....
* visit theanimalrescuesite.com and the breastcancersite.com daily, and advertisers will donate money to help those causes.
five seconds....
* Use the search engine goodsearch.com; organizations like the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit from each search done on its behalf.
* Donate proceeds from your ebay auctions to Prasad Project (prasad.org) which focuses on community development around the world.
* Buy a $50 cloth FEED bag from amazon.com. The sale of a single bag will feed one hungry child for a school year.
FIFTEEN MINUTES.......
* Recycle your used cell phone or printer cartridges at petsmartcharities.org, and money will be donated to help save a homeless pet's life.
* Give any suits you no longer wear to dressforsuccess.org so low-income women can look professional on job interviews.
ONE HOUR..........
* Ship your old bike to pedals for progress (p4p.org) which donates used bikes to people overseas who need cheap, nonpolluting transportation.
* Sign up at volunteersolutions.com to tutor at-risk fifth- and sixth-grade students online through the university of Texas at Austin.
A FEW HOURS A MONTH......
* Be a youth mentor for your local girl scout troup (girlscouts.org)
* Tutor kids through 826 Valencia (826valencia.org) the writing program started by Dave Eggers.
* Walk dogs for your community animal shelter---------also a great way to get or stay in shape!!!
ONE DAY......
* work the phones for your public tv or radio pledge drive
TWO WEEKS........
* Take a Heifer International tour (heifer.org) to Cameroon or Lithuania and learn from farmers who are working to improve the lives of local people.
* Go on a Sierra Club National Outing (sierraclub.org) in Colorado, Alaska, Or Ecuador to build trails and protect those areas for future generations.
THREE MONTHS.......
* Work with the center pole foundation (thecenterpole.org) on the Crow Indian Reservation in Garryowen, Mont.
ONE YEAR.........
* Check out Americorps (americorps.org) for domestic service projects.
* Teach guatemala's poor through Common Hope (commonhope.org)
Mahatma Gandhi---- Be the change you want to see in the world.
Monday, August 6, 2007
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