ASSOCHAM has surprised Cyber Law observers in India with its strong Press Release dated 4th February 2009,  urging the Government not to enact ITA 2000 amendments since it does not provide “Data Protection”. It has also acted with alacrity calling for a workshop on 5th February 2009 to discuss the issues. This show of commitment to get [...]

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I am always amused at articles aimed at elites on how to live a “green” life. The latest one of these is in the NYTimes discussing how to live without a refrigerator. In some ways, the people in the article are “typical” upper middle class New Yorkers: And they aren’t really living without refrigerators. The [...]

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According to msnbc.com Brad Conway, George and Cindy Anthony’s attorney, has announced that they have set the date for their granddaughter’s funeral to be on February 10 at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Orlando located at 3000 John Young Parkway. The church has a 5000 seat capacity. It isn’t clear to me [...]

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REXANO, www.REXANO.org  Editorial by Tim Cole A congresswoman from Guam just introduced a new federal bill titled “The Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act”, HR 669, that would in effect ban many common household pets and educational animals for no good reason. I oppose HR669. This Bill is not based in science, but in the ideology [...]

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Being smart ought to be a whole lot cooler than it is.  The kids in school who put up consistently good test scores and craft clever and illuminating essays deserve to be the cool ones, not whatever kids happen to be the best looking back in fifth grade when the social order magically coalesced.  Brains [...]

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It has been reported that the dumping of dangerous asbestos waste at three cemeteries in London, UK, has sparked a full scale investigation. The three cemeteries at which the asbestos contaminated building waste was found buried were in South London, and were Camberwell Old, Camberwell New and Nunhead cemeteries. Reports claim that the building waste [...]

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One can’t be too careful about visiting Web sites and running a risk of contracting a computer virus, so there are all kinds of programs out there to protect us. A security measure that Google uses  periodically scans sites for possible infections. They are also quick to act on reports of infected sites, which is [...]

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Unnecessary, If Not Useless Threequel This unnecessary, if not useless threequel, Underworld : Rise Of The Lycans is the third in the uninspired Underworld series serving as a prequel, seeking to explain in greater detail the pointless mythologizing plot turns discussed so endlessly in the very first Underworld movie: How and why vampires and werewolves [...]

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Kim Smith was born in Memphis Tennessee, the youngest of four children. After a short stint in a Northwest Mississippi junior college, during the era of John Grisham’s rise as a lawyer, she gave up educational pursuits to marry and begin family life. She has worked in many fields in her life, from fast food [...]

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Noah is still sleeping when Jack informs Phyllis about Jack being the one that saved Noah. They wonder what he could have been doing at the lake in the middle of a blizzard. Jack says ice fishing maybe, or visiting the cabin perhaps. Noah wakes up and asks where his mom and dad are. Nick [...]

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During Valentine’s week in 1993, I had the pleasure to watch the 3 part mini-series adaptation of the novel Alex Haley’s Queen. Although, I was merely 11 year-old at the time, the impact of this film was profound and still resonates with me today. Set against the back drop of the pre-civil war south, Queen [...]

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An old piano, one neglected for many years is at the heart of this new novel by Patrick Davis. What possible story could involve an old piano? Well let me turn that question around, in fact I will answer the question with another question, I am sure that you either own something old, or know [...]

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