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POPSScientists create solar cells with a twist. I suppose it won't be hard to have the power to at least power a Laptop. Perhaps a Solar powered tent for camping. We are finding new ways to transform energy into media we can use, and it, with the open information on the web is only bound to improve dramatically
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POPSThe Economics Of Democracy In Muslim Countries
The Status of Democracy Index (SDI) measures each country's progress toward democratic governance through multiple variables. First, it measures governance through four variables: how heads of state and members of the legislature are selected; political party development; suffrage; and the maturity of civil liberties The Status of Democracy Index rates each of these nine variables on a three-point scale: 0 (nonexistent), 1 (emerging), or 2 (fully present). Some of the variables, such as media freedom, religious liberty, and respect for human rights, are easy to quantify, whereas measuring human development is more subjective. Economic freedom can be scored on the level of governmental interference in the economy: 0 (strong), 1 (moderate), and 2 (low). It is then possible to convert the totals to a percentage for ease of digestion. Only three of these countries—Mali, Guyana, and Suriname —are considered full democracies. http://www.meforum.org/article/1921
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POPSArmy Recruiter Killed - Where’s Obama Outrage? Where is the liberal left? This story of the murder of a soldier has conveniently disappeared from the front page of mainstream news media while the Dr. Tiller killing remains front and center. The Doctor’s murder is being used by liberals to fuel their outrage and desire in conjuring up a story of domestic terrorism and having it spun around blaming political commentary host Bill O’Reilly? Why no outrage when a Muslim man, upset with the military, specifically targets a military recruiting center and kills a U.S. soldier? Judging from the White House comments or lack of comments from these two criminal acts what are we to conclude? It would appear that the death of an abortion doctor performing thousands of life-ending procedures carries more political importance than the death of a soldier assisting with recruiting young Americans to defend freedom and liberty.
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POPSOn News and Humor
Jon Stewart may have a bias to the left. Then again, almost every one in the media has a bias one way or another, although not everyone is honest or civil about it. I've been watching the Daily Show since it began. At first it had some clever work but was not focused on hard news as much as soft news human-interest absurdism. Craig Killborne brought the "Sportcenter" level of analysis, so you couldn't expect too much. But over the years it has steadily moved towards serious commentary. Just because they can do it with a sense of humor doesn't mean they aren't making legitimate points. Jon Stewart's interviews are particularly noteworthy. Every year there are fewer and fewer actors and pop stars, and more and more serious politicians and thinkers on the most relevant issues of the day. I am especially impressed that Jon Stewart can effectively and respectfully engage many of his conservative guests in constructive debate. I agree with Bill Moyers, who called him a modern Mark Twai
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POPSMediaCoder, a Free Video & Audio Converter Downloaded a video from the net (avi, divx, xvid, youtube, FLV) and want to watch it on your device (iPod, PSP, cellphone, PDA, DVD Player)? Got no clue how to do it? Me neither, but MediaCode does. And it is a cinch to use, and the price is right - FREE! Give it a look if you need a video converter .
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POPSAlan Keyes........at his finest. President is "surrounded with like-minded supporters. This is why Van Jones was one of his Czars.......... Maybe the other 36 should be investigated...........
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POPSMedia Monkey I've been using this thing since this morning and I liked it very much. Some very powerful features for maintaining database, editing tags and converting formats of the files (including .flac, .ogg). Best of all, it's free. ;)
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POPSWhen was the last time Bush spoke this straight
1 The media's terming "the speaker" to cast the video's authenticity into doubt is almost laughable - lets face it Osama's not dead - efforts to actually kill him are more laughable. He even name drops Sarkozy's victory and other recent events - its him and scary enough he sounds reasonable 2 Most provocative is his charge against the American people & 'our' democratic system (in USA) seem disturbingly valid. Even now many republicans recognize the corruption which Bush has engaged in and even those who don't accept it, recognize that electioneering has become a game of financing, smear campaigns, talking points, and all around media domination - not individual democratic participation. Is this an indictment of democracy? Or should this be a call to recognize that democracy starts at home? and that America's own corruption is not so remote from the 'backwards' countries it accuses of lacking democracy or frauding elections. I hope we can prove democracy to be better than this
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POPSFossil "Ida" discovery: This changes everything!!! Evolutionary biologist Stephen Wilton added, "Ida has been waiting for us for 47 million years so I'm grateful that the publication of the paper wasn't rushed and that the whole thing didn't turn into some sort of media circus. You never know when that might happen." Businesses around the world are also hoping that demand for Ida merchandise will stimulate an ailing global economy out of recession. Retailer Bud Hornblower said, "We're seeing a massive spike in demand for fainting couches as ordinary lay people fail to cope with the total change brought on by this small, weird-lookin' monkey thing." Scientists and people who actually know a thing or two about evolution warned of hype and exaggeration but were forced to abandon their reason and critical analysis in the face of incontrovertible speculation that Ida could convert base metals into gold and has already led to the invention of flying cars.
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POPSClimate of Hate, World of Double Standards FTA: "But Obama said nothing. The Justice Department was mum. And so were the legions of finger-pointing pundits happily convicting the pro-life movement and every right-leaning writer on the planet of contributing to the murder of Tiller. Obama's omission, it should be noted, comes just a few weeks after he failed to mention the Bronx jihadi plot to bomb synagogues and a National Guard airbase..." "Why the hesitancy to talk about the motivations of the man who allegedly killed Pvt. William Long?"
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POPSFBI New Jersey Arrests Focus on Syrian Jewish Rabbis The article details this insulated and tightly regulated Syrian Jewish community, along with their financial enterprises, their interesting history and strict adherence to their religious leaders teachings: The Syrian Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Deal are known for their ability to flourish financially in the secular world , particularly in the garment and electronics industries, while retaining centuries-old religious customs and traditions .....The Syrian Jewish community is also noted for adherence to the absolute authority of its religious leaders , and nowhere is this more evident than in a 1935 ban by Syrian rabbis against intermarriage, including people who converted to Judaism ... The penalty imposed for marrying outside the faith or to a convert is severe: excommunication. One wonders if this was a Christian community with similar traits, how it would be portrayed in the mainstream media, particularly upon such arrests.
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POPSEverything Forgets Continuing: At a computer museum, you can't miss the point that, sooner or later, every recording format eventually gets left in the dust. In fact, these days, new formats are coming faster and faster, and each one expires faster than what came before it. "There's a consensus that as the ability to store more and more data , the data itself has become less and less reliable," said Don Mennerich, an archivist at the New York Public Library. He's been working on preserving some historic 1968 audio interviews with rock stars: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Phil Everly. In 1996 the library tried to rescue those 30-year-old recordings by transferring them to fresh, brand-new tapes. But Mannerich says now, less than 12 years later, "those tapes are already significantly degraded. "The tape actually, physically will shed against the head of the tape player, u
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POPSAn al-Qaeda "homegrown": Adam Gadahn The New Yorker profiles "Azzam al-Amriki" (Adam the American), a high-ranking media officer inside al-Qaeda. He's a Jewish convert to Islam from Orange County, CA.
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POPSXconv - Free Online File Conversion:Convert WAV to MP3,WMA to MP3,DOS to UNIX,BMP to JPG,WORD to PDF Xconv(http://www.xconv.com)'s free online file conversion is the easiest way to convert text,video and audio files. You simply select the files to convert, choose an command, and click a button to start the process. Everything happens automatically. Major features in this release include dos2unix,unix2dos,wma2mp3,wma2aac,mp32aac,wma2wav,wav2mp3,doc2pdf,ppt2pdf,ps2pdf,image format conversion.
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POPSRM to MP3 Converter 1.48 Convert your RM files into MP3, this software is useful for mobile users. RM format files (Songs or Audio) is usually down loadable because size is compressed or too short mostly in KBs. various mobiles dont support RM format to play. Convert your files in MP3 and enjoy music.
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POPSRyan Rasmussen - "An Interview with an Innovator" [Stephen Smith - HDBizBlog] Stephen Smith, of the HDBizBlog, interviews Ryan Rasmussen, emergent media specialist at Levenger. "Weave inspiring narratives throughout the net that will compel future customers to fall in love with your own unique customer experience. Through persistent, genuine interaction, passionate customers convert from 'talkers' into 'teachers,' "
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