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U.S. New York Representative Pete King (Republican, Long Island) introduced a new bill in Congress this month H.R.414: “To require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken. ” The short title of the bill is simply, “Camera Phone Predator Alert Act.” As a citizen of the United…
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South Carolina Senator Robert Ford is attempting to outlaw profanity. Under his bill, the penalty for lewd language would be up to 5 years in prison and/or $5000 in fines. Well as a resident of South Carolina I have noticed that we that we have absolutely no crime or any other problems for our…
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My screen with the new Twhirl running: Captured and shared with Jing, by TechSmith
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In my pantheon of writers, “Chip” Delany is at the top of my list… Book Review: Samuel Delany Will Come Into Your House And Shred Your Notebooks
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My favorite picture that I took from the inauguration #inaug09 on TwitPic
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) Elvis Presley (8) Blue Öyster Cult (3) Travel Channel (3) Avenged Sevenfold (3) The Clash (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The quest for personalised cancer treatments has been handed an £8.5 million boost from the Wellcome Trust, which announced a UK-US alliance to find the best treatments for cancers. The study will use some of the world’s pre-eminent cancer genome researchers to use state-of-the-art high throughput techniques to test the sensitivity of 1,000 cancer…
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Final prediction: In no particular order: 1. “Born to Run” 2. “Working on a Dream” 3. “Glory Days” or “The Rising” Sporting News predicts Bruce Springsteen’s Super Bowl setlist. Does Vegas has a future bet on this? via: SportingNews.com – FirstCuts
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http://video.pitchfork.tv/mediaplayer.swf claytoncubitt: If you like Joy Division, watch this now. (9 parts) “Directed by Grant Gee, this detailed look into the origins and growth of monumental post-punk band from Manchester includes interviews from the remaining members (who went on to form New Order) and others close to the band. (via) Joy Division (Their Own…