U.S. Armed Forces on Guard Everywhere Except on America's Border -- Freedom Underground: "Of the 192 countries in the world, the United States currently has military units stationed in 135 of them. "

Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide: "This book is a tutorial and reference for the Ruby programming language"

What's Ruby - Ruby Home Page: "Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and portable.
Oh, I need to mention, it's totally free, which means not only free of charge, but also freedom to use, copy, modify, and distribute it."

Voinovich Slams Bolton but OKs Senate Vote - Yahoo! News: "Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, last year's Democratic presidential nominee, portrayed Bolton as a loose cannon whose pronouncements would prompt other diplomats to ask, 'Who is he speaking for?'
'What is at stake here is our national interest, our security interests, our ability to advance our interests within the United Nations,' Kerry said. "

Voinovich Slams Bolton but OKs Senate Vote - Yahoo! News: "'After hours of deliberation, telephone calls, personal conversations, reading hundreds of pages of transcripts, and asking for guidance from Above, I have come to the determination that the United States can do better than John Bolton,' Voinovich said"

Lord Kelvin's Water Dropper: "Generating electricity with water might seem like a strange idea, but this experiment is designed to do just that."

SMART Recovery : "SMART (Self-Management And Recovery Training) helps people recover from all types of addictive behaviors, including: alcoholism, drug abuse, substance abuse, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, cocaine addiction, and addiction to other substances and activities. SMART is an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous."

US Backing for Colombia Drug War Criticized: "On Wednesday, Colombian police announced the arrest of two U.S. Army soldiers for allegedly attempting to sell thousands of rounds of stolen U.S. ammunition to right-wing paramilitary death squads. They are in custody of U.S. officials and face court-martial in the United States.

In April, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, launched an offensive in the Andes Mountains of southwest Colombia. It followed a string of rebel attacks across Colombia that killed dozens of Colombian troops. 'The intensity of the attacks are clearly a concern,' Wood said.

In March, five American soldiers in Colombia were accused of smuggling cocaine to the United States aboard a U.S. military plane. They were whisked off to the United States, where they were arrested. Some Colombian lawmakers called for their extradition to Colombia.

The White House reported in March that, despite a massive aerial fumigation offensive against cocaine-producing plantations in 2004, coca cultivation increased slightly to 281,323 acres as farmers quickly replanted."