Mostra Utente: " La storia di Luca K, Ciro Milani, era nota da mesi e mesi. Ma nessuno ha voluto, saputo o potuto impedire che questo giovane di 26 anni si togliesse la vita. Forse, per� non sarebbe servito, nulla. In una delle innumerevoli corrispondenze interattive un navigatore mette in rete l�articolo che racconta come sia stato sventato un suicidio proprio grazie alla lettura di messaggi simili. Ciro aveva risposto: �Provate a farlo a me e vi uccido�. L�11 luglio 2004 V.D. 25 anni di Lecco si era gettato dal san Michele. "

Mostra Utente: "Da Trezzo d�Adda i sub hanno raggiunto il San Michele e si sono immersi nelle acque del fiume, in tarda mattinata. Le ricerche hanno dato esito positivo solamente alle 15.30 quando, circa al centro del fiume, proprio sotto il punto da cui li giovane si era gettato, � stato rinvenuto il cadavere. "

This is the link postdated for the suicide of Ciro MilaniAzim, re-re-re-re-reloaded.: "Me ne sono andato."

Mostra Utente: "INCREDIBILE, CIRO AVEVA SCRITTO IN UN BLOG: ``IL MIO FUTURO E` INUTILE NON HA PIU` SENSO VIVERLO. MEGLIO ANDARSENE ORA``"

Sara's Blog: "Non ce mai limite la peggio.
beccatevi questi due link.
questa storia (purtroppo vera) me la sono persa.
Mi meraviglio che i media nn ne abbiano parlato..
allora dunque:
http://primadipartire.weblogs.us/
ma,vi metto solo questo,poi voi sceglierete il vs eventuale percorso.
A me ha sconvolto parecchio.
inutile dire che a mio parere � assolutamente un gesto folle,sia il prima che il dopo"

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: "As Rich says, this isn't about Valerie Plame or Joe Wilson or even Karl Rove. It's not about exposing a CIA agent. That's merely the tear in the fabric, the third-rate burglary, if you will. This is about a president who knowingly took his country to war on the basis of lies and the war on the homefront against anyone and everyone who's tried to peel back the lies and expose the truth."

JAMA -- Abstract: Contradicted and Initially Stronger Effects in Highly Cited Clinical Research, July 13, 2005, Ioannidis 294 (2): 218: "Of 49 highly cited original clinical research studies, 45 claimed that the intervention was effective. Of these, 7 (16%) were contradicted by subsequent studies, 7 others (16%) had found effects that were stronger than those of subsequent studies, 20 (44%) were replicated, and 11 (24%) remained largely unchallenged. Five of 6 highly-cited nonrandomized studies had been contradicted or had found stronger effects vs 9 of 39 randomized controlled trials (P = .008). Among randomized trials, studies with contradicted or stronger effects were smaller (P = .009) than replicated or unchallenged studies although there was no statistically significant difference in their early or overall citation impact. Matched control studies did not have a significantly different share of refuted results than highly cited studies, but they included more studies with 'negative' results. "

Abu Ghraib Tactics Were First Used at Guantanamo: "The report's findings are the strongest indication yet that the abusive practices seen in photographs at Abu Ghraib were not the invention of a small group of thrill-seeking military police officers. The report shows that they were used on Qahtani several months before the United States invaded Iraq."

FT.com / Home UK - Clinton slams Guantanamo: "In an interview with the Financial Times, the former president called for the camp, set up to hold suspected terrorists, to 'be closed down or cleaned up'.
Mr Clinton joined critics at home and abroad who have singled out the indefinite detention of prisoners without trial and widespread reports of human rights violations at Guant�namo.
He said: 'It is time that there are no more stories coming out of there about people being abused.'
Mr Clinton said the test for judging whether harsh treatment of terrorist suspects was justified was whether it challenged the 'fundamental nature' of American society. 'If the answer is Yes, you have already given the terrorists a profound victory.'"

hnk's blog: yes, I am blaming again: "Bad electricity service that we have here in Iraq couldn't give us more than 4 hours in the day. In lucky days, we have 7 hours of electricity at the most level.

That pushed my dad to buy us a light that works on battery, so we can continue our homework after the generators turn off. Every one in the family has his own torch."

Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable: "Young Iraqi soldiers, ill-equipped and drawn from a disenchanted Sunni Arab minority, say they are not even sure what they are fighting for. They complain bitterly that their American mentors don't respect them.
In fact, the Americans don't: Frustrated U.S. soldiers question the Iraqis' courage, discipline and dedication and wonder whether they will ever be able to fight on their own, much less reach the U.S. military's goal of operating independently by the fall."

Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming - New York Times: "A White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal documents. "

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Democratic Peace: The End of War?: "Global military spending is also in decline. Stated in current dollars, annual global military spending peaked in 1985, at $1.3 trillion, and has been falling since, to slightly over $1 trillion in 2004, according to the Center for Defense Information, a nonpartisan Washington research organization."

Democratic Peace: The End of War?: "the fact that we now see so many visuals of combat and conflict creates the impression that these problems are increasing: Actually, it is the reporting of the problems that is increasing, while the problems themselves are in decline. Television, especially, likes to emphasize war because pictures of fighting, soldiers, and military hardware are inherently more compelling to viewers than images of, say, water-purification projects. Reports of violence and destruction are rarely balanced with reports about the overwhelming majority of the Earth's population not being harmed. "

And this was in Date: 23 July 2002

The secret Downing Street memo - Sunday Times - Times Online: "The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun 'spikes of activity' to put pressure on the regime."

This record is extremely sensitive. No further copies should be made. It should be shown only to those with a genuine need to know its contents.

The secret Downing Street memo - Sunday Times - Times Online: " Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

Friendly fire. || kuro5hin.org: "Writing in an army report, Brigadier General Gary Jones admits that the official cover-up even included 'the destruction of evidence'. Did the Army burn Tillman's Ranger uniform and body armor to hide the fact that he had died in a hail of American bullets? Why burn the body armor and clothes? A routine procedure in a combat zone?
It doesn't really matter, friendly-fire is a part of war. What matters is the government of the United States covered up the true events to score points with the public. A few more points, just like the winning field goal kick. In the game of propaganda, every point matters. We are the unsuspecting patrons of the propaganda game, paying our tickets with our taxes, allowing the government to wage an unpopular war. "

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Original web site that Adam Curry started to centralize information about podcasting. This site continues to be one of the central points to which new podcasters go to have their shows added to the primary directory others build from. The iPodder.org directory is maintained by podcasters, but is owned by Adam's commercial company; Adam assigns volunteers to specific categories to maintain the site listings, ensuring that links stay up-to-date and that new podcasts are categorized correctly. The number of people dedicated to maintaining the site is amazing.
iPodder.org :

WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.

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Bore Me Away

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Quote-O-Matic: "My one regret in life is that I am not someone else"

Patridiot Watch - A Look At Today's News: "If the plane flying at the White House were really a terrorist attack and not a stupid student pilot, the President should know as early as possible. There could have been other attacks ongoing elsewhere like the Somerset, PA attack in 2001. The sooner the President is aware of a problem the sooner he gets over shock, gets briefed on the current situation and options, and can lead our nation's response.
The only reason that the President was allowed to ride happily in oblivion as Washington DC was evacuated is because the President is not involved in decision-making if we are under attack. That's scary."

After the evacuation of the White House and Congress a few days ago, we learned President Bush was off mountain biking

NAMES & FACES: "In a photo taken just after the ride, Bush is holding what appears to be a copy of 'I Am Charlotte Simmons,' the Tom Wolfe novel about debauchery on a college campus. In early February, Bush told reporters he was reading that same book -- which, if he is almost done, averages to about seven pages a day."

Opinions You Should Have: "Secretary of Health and Human Resources Tommy Thompson said today that the flu vaccine shortage thus demonstrated the kind of 'careful, long-range planning' that the Bush Administration brings to bear on difficult problems. 'One or two more vaccine shortages, and we'll be able to put away that so-called lockbox,' Thompson boasted."

Opinions You Should Have: "McCelllan explained that the President thought that the recent Newsweek debacle required the Administration to reexamine its own poorly sourced actions. 'We couldn't really ask Newsweek for an apology and not admit our own mistake,' said McClellan. 'We're not hypocrites.'"

Journalists Against Bush's B.S. (JABBS): "During its May 11 coverage of a small plane coming within three miles of Capitol Hill, Fox News Channel ran a 'Fox News Alert' banner, which included the following messages*:

-- 'White House and Capitol evacuated'
-- 'U.S fighter jets over White House'
-- 'Capitol Building evacuation ordered'
-- 'Fighter jets tracking small plane 3 miles from Capitol'
-- 'RNC headquarters evacuated'

The fifth alert item, about the Republican National Committee headquarters, is interesting. Seems the 'Fair and Balanced' network failed to note that the Democratic National Committee headquarters was also evacuated."

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NEW-LIFESTYLES NL-2000 Activity Monitor: "The NL-2000 is not your ordinary pedometer. More accurately called an accelerometer (some refer to it as a piezoelectric pedometer), the NL-2000 provides users with an accurate estimate of the calories they burn throughout the day or week. You input your age, gender, height and weight, and the monitor determines your basal metabolic rate (BMR)."

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"

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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."

It is even worse.: "British Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith was at the meeting. He had to think up a justification for the war in international law. Britain is in Europe, and Europe takes international law seriously. You could have war crimes trials. (Remember that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet almost got tried in Spain for killing 5000 people in the 1970s).

Goldsmith was as nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs: 'The Attorney-General said that the desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: self-defence, humanitarian intervention, or UNSC authorisation. The first and second could not be the base in this case. Relying on UNSCR 1205 of three years ago would be difficult. The situation might of course change.'"

But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.
: "British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw admitted it at the meeting: 'It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran.'"

Bush was lying to the American people at the time and saying that no final decision had been made on the war: "Godfrey Sperling of the Christian Science Monitor could write on August 27, 2002, 'Indeed, Bush has said he welcomes a 'debate' on Iraq from those in Congress and from the public. But he has made it clear that he will make his decision based on what his intelligence people are telling him.'"

Secret British Memo Shows Bush Tampered with Iraq Intelligence
: "The head of MI6, or the foreign intelligence service of the UK, is known as 'C.'

Here is the smoking gun:


'C [Dearlove] reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

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THERMOACOUSTIC RESONATOR - Thermoacoustic Cycle engine: "A Thermoacoustic Cycle engine is typically comprised of a resonant cavity in the approximate shape of a cylinder, tube or torus, in which a working fluid resides, and in which an applied difference in thermal potential, across internal isothermal heat exchangers that are separated by a regenerative heat exchanger (stack) and spaced along the length of the resonant cavity by a nominal wavelength or fraction thereof, produce and amplify acoustic waves which transport thermal energy from one heat exchanger to another, and maintain a state of oscillation, or periodic thermal and acoustic flux, in the working fluid. To extract useful work from the engine, the oscillating pressure component can be applied to a mechanical member, such as a piston, in order to perform reciprocating work, and thereby used to perform tasks such as pumping fluids or generating electrical energy. The maxima, or peak pressure points in the traveling thermoacoustic wave train, also transport thermal energy in accordance with the pressure-temperature relationship in a gas, as described in Charles Law, and this property can be employed in a reverse entropy cycle to produce refrigeration."

Two U.S. Soldiers Detained in Colombia - Yahoo! News: "Colombian police have detained two U.S. Army soldiers near a huge military base southwest of the capital in an alleged arms smuggling plot, Colombian and U.S. officials said Wednesday."

CNN.com Specials: "There have been 1,768 coalition troop deaths, 1,589 Americans, 88 Britons, 10 Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 21 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of May 4, 2005. "

Time Warner says data on 600,000 workers lost | InfoWorld | News | 2005-05-03 | By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld: "Time Warner reported Monday that a shipment of backup tapes with personal information of about 600,000 current and former employees went missing more than a month ago during a routine shipment to an offsite storage site. "

High Court to Review Ban on Campus Recruiters: "The Supreme Court today stepped into a major dispute over the rights of colleges and universities to deny Pentagon recruiters equal access to campuses because of the military's discriminatory policy toward gays and lesbians"

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank: "THE ONLINE SPEECH BANK is an index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. There are currently [453] active links in this site area. Links are arranged alphabetically by first name and checked for errors at least once every two weeks."

The Top 100 American Speeches in the 20th Century: "THE TOP 100 SPEECHES is an index to and partial database of full text transcriptions of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to a list compiled by Professors Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst. Dr. Lucas is Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Medhurst is Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Baylor University (Texas). 137 leading scholars of American public address were asked to recommend speeches on the basis of social and political impact, and rhetorical artistry."

Rhetorical Devices in Sound: "Rhetorical Figures in Sound is a compendium of 200+ brief audio (mp3) clips illustrating 37 different figures of speech. Most of these figures were constructed, identified, and classified by Greek and Roman teachers of rhetoric in the Classical period. For each rhetorical device, definitions and examples, written and audio, are provided. Audio examples are taken from public speeches and sermons, movies, songs, lectures, oral interpretations of literature, and other media events. Some artifacts have been edited further to make the devices easier to detect. In the interest of diversity, "

A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples:

"Socrates: The fact is, as we said at the beginning of our discussion, that the aspiring speaker needs no knowledge of the truth about what is right or good... In courts of justice no attention is paid whatever to the truth about such topics; all that matters is plausibility... There are even some occasions when both prosecution and defence should positively suppress the facts in favor of probability, if the facts are improbable. Never mind the truth -- pursue probability through thick and thin in every kind of speech; the whole secret of the art of speaking lies in consistent adherence to this principle.
Phaedrus: That is what those who claim to be professional teachers of rhetoric actually say, Socrates.
--Plato, Phaedrus 272"

Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric: "Figures of Speech"

You gotta read what high school seniors and college freshmen from across the United States and Britain are writing...
It's at least astonishing.

Awful Ethos:

"(1) Ancient Egyptians wrote in hydraulics; they lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot.

(2) The pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.

(3) Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led the Hebrews to Mount Cyanide, but he died before he ever reached Canada.

(4) The Greeks invented three kinds of columns: corinthian, ironic, and dorc. They also built the Apocalypse.

(5) In Greek mythology, the mother of Achilles dipped him in the River Stynx until he became intolerable. Achilles appears in The Iliad, by Homer. Homer also wrote The Oddity.

(6) Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. He died from an overdose of wedlock.

(7) Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. He was killed by his friend Brutus and a group of senators. Dying he gasped out the words, 'Tee hee, Brutus.'

(8) The Middle Ages came next, and King Alfred conquered the Dames. King Arthur lived in the age of shivery. King Harold mustarded his troops before the Battle of Hastings. Victims of the blue-bonnet plague grew boobs on their necks.

(9) In mid-evil times, most people were alliterate. The greatest writer of the futile ages was Chaucer.

(10) The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt their value as human beings. Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenberg for selling papal indulgences. He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull.

(11) When Henry VIII ruled England, he had difficulty walking because he had an abbess on his knee.

(12) Queen Elizabeth's navy went out and defeated the Spanish Armadillo.

(13) Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world "

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Un sito davvero molto utile per discutere il celibato ecclesiasticoAlternative nella Chiesa - Introduzione

donne COntro il SIlenzio

Culture of Conversation: Home: "Silence will not rebuild trust or contribute to the effective proclamation of the Gospel...Let us work together to create a culture of conversation, consultation, and collaboration among ourselves, within our organizations, and with the official structures of our Church"

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0.21% for residential solar.
4.82% for home energy efficiency improvements.
Those are the numbers allocated by the new Energy Bill!!!
RenewableEnergyAccess.com | Free Market in Energy - Check the Math: "The real 'meat' of HR 6 is in the $8.09 billion of energy tax provisions, and according to the April 12th Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Tax analysis, the bill is weighted towards 'business as usual.'

The glimmer of hope, of course, is the $415 million of clean energy provisions; including, residential fuel cells for $6 million, residential solar for $18 million, and existing home energy efficiency improvements for $391 million. Please note that all these numbers calculated by CBO represents the 'loss' to the US Treasury for ten years, from 2005 - 2015.

So where did the other $7.675 billion go to? To the traditional energy industries, of course. The United States imported over $160 billion of oil and natural gas in 2004, and nothing in this Bill would change that. In fact, the tax provisions dump money into a set of petroleum and gas industries that have record profits.

Nuclear energy received a $1.313 billion benefit for decommissioning costs. The National Academy of Sciences just released its findings that the nuclear storage of waste in 'pools' was not the safest approach in the post-September 11th world, and press reports regarding cover-ups on the safety of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Test Site are being aired frequently."

Il Dialogo - Preti sposati? Si grazie!, Sono oltre centomila i preti sposati nel mondo.: "Discutiamo di una questione che sta facendo soffrire inutilmente moltissime persone."

::CHIF:: CHRISTIAN HOME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: "se il celibato obbligatorio avesse la stessa essenzialit� del sacramento dell'Ordine, la mancanza di tale requisito menomerebbe il sacerdozio non celibatario, come � in uso in Oriente e, per alcuni casi significativi, nello stesso Occidente"

potete già intuire quanto mi abbia amato allora ( dico allora perché adesso non c’è più clinicamente) colei che dopo quindici ore di lavoro accoglieva il mio corpo stanco, distrutto dalla fatica; (non visto crollavo addormentato abusivamente alcuni minuti, accovacciato per terra sul pavimento del "cesso" col capo reclinato sul water-closed );.. quanto mi abbia accudito colei che gestiva il mio corpo solo vegetativo che non mangiava se prima la fatica od il sonno fossero scesi a livelli sopportabili. Vogliate pensare con simpatia a chi buttava ogni due giorni nella lavatrice una tuta lurida; a chi accarezzava senza parlarmi, senza dire che sarei stato un pulito " elegante" professore di religione, bastava solo che lo avessi voluto….Mi sarebbero bastati alcuni gesti semplici esterni di pentimento e qualche vescovo "progressista" in zone neutre in cui non fossi conosciuto, avrebbe addirittura permesso di farmi vivere economicamente insegnando religione……..

La Chiesa che perdona e non comprende…i preti sposati: "Ottomila preti sposati in Italia e centomila nel mondo: forse sono piccoli numeri rispetto al totale dei sacerdoti cattolici ma, se si considera la grande quantit� di quelli che preferiscono vivere in segreto una storia d'amore, ci si render� conto che siamo di fronte a un fenomeno le cui proporzioni vanno oltre ogni aspettativa.
Questa inchiesta sul celibato ecclesiastico � basata su una serie di testimonianze di preti, e delle loro donne, che si sono trovati e si trovano a vivere prima la fase dell'innamoramento e poi la scelta di andare fino in fondo: sposarsi nonostante la contrariet� della gerarchia e della legge ecclesiastica. Molti i risvolti teneri e drammatici delle loro esperienze, che non possono non colpire profondamente l'animo di chi legge, perch� quello di preti sposati � un vero e proprio fenomeno sociale."

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DLL-files.com - Download all your missing dll-files.: "Everyone has received a 'Couldn't find ****.dll...' pop-up message at some time.
Well folks, your problems are over!
Here you will find the most common files that may be missing or corrupted on your computer."

The CAIDA Web Site - CAIDA : HOME: "CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, provides tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure."

Computer History Museum - Exhibits - Internet History: "'In the Beginning, ARPA created the ARPANET.
And the ARPANET was without form and void.
And darkness was upon the deep.
And the spirit of ARPA moved upon the face of the network and ARPA said, 'Let there be a protocol,' and there was a protocol. And ARPA saw that it was good.
And ARPA said, 'Let there be more protocols,' and it was so. And ARPA saw that it was good.
And ARPA said, 'Let there be more networks,' and it was so.'
-- Danny Cohen"

Continental Automotive Systems USA - Electro Mechanical Brake: "Advantages of the Electro Mechanical Brake
Shorter stopping distances and optimized stability
More comfort and safety due to adjustable pedals
No pedal vibration in ABS mode
Virtually silent
Environmentally friendly no brake fluid
Improved crash worthiness
Space saving, using less parts
Simple assembly
Capable of analyzing all required braking and stability functions
Can be easily networked with future traffic management systems
Additional functions such as an electric parking brake can be integrated easily"

RF Cafe - An Engineer, a Theologian, and Psychologist Go Hunting...

Vatican: the Holy See: "HABEMVS PAPAM
BENEDICTVM XVI"

Journal of Roger Pink (16): "Divergence tells you how quickly or slowly the lines from the point charge are spreading out (diverging) in the space around that point charge."

“Is it right to sedate children with ADHD so they fit in? Are we not ready to accept these children as they are? Can’t we find creative ways of channeling their unique energy and force?”
: "Rx: Ritalin or Relationship?
Why I Stopped Drugging My Hyperactive Child"

Wonderful website with many many FREE E-books: "Dozens of free e-books in PDF and Palm Reader formats."

Monument to Benedict XV: "Benedict XV died unexpectedly early, at the age of 67, of influenza which developed into pneumonia. Two years before, the Turks had erected a statue of him (by Canarica) in Istanbul which saluted him as 'the great pope of the world tragedy ... the benefactor of all people, irrespective of nationality or religion'"

Monument to Benedict XV: "The election of Benedict XV coincided with a terrible moment in history. The pope was unhesitating in his condemnation of the First World War, against which he courageously made eight pronouncements and which he declared to be 'degrading' to mankind. He demanded a league of all nations, and disarmament. When these were not forthcoming, he organized relief work on a wide scale. He denounced the Versailles peace terms as a 'consecration of hatred'."

The Future and the Popes: "Pope Benedict XVI will die prior to, or at the very beginning of, World War III. Therefore, he will die in either 2009 or 2010. His reign will be short, like the reign of the holy Pope who reigns after him."

The Future and the Popes: "The next Pope after John Paul II will take the name Pope Benedict XVI, in imitation of Saint Benedict and also of Pope Benedict XV. Just as Pope Benedict XV was an emissary of peace, so will Pope Benedict XVI be an emissary of peace. Just as Pope Benedict XV sought peace and spoke of peace and wrote papal documents seeking peace, so will Pope Benedict XVI do also. Just as Pope Benedict XV failed to achieve peace in the world, so will Pope Benedict XVI fail to achieve peace in the world. Just as the Pontificate of Benedict XV began prior to World War I, so will the Pontificate of Benedict XVI occur prior to World War III. After the Pontificate of Benedict XVI, World War III will begin. The Arab nations will threaten and attack the United States; they will threaten, attack, invade and conquer Europe; they will threaten, attack, invade and conquer the northern part of Africa. It is God's will. "

Finally Opera 8 came out. The built-in RSS reader is no longer categorised as mail: thanks guys. The mail client itself is largely hidden until you create an account.
Opera Features

Many times we make a terrible confusion bewteen Worship and worship. I call Worship with a capital letter what St. Paul meant: Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
I found this beatiful and funny articles about this common confusion.

The Internet Monk

Stirling Engine a>: "The Stirling engine was invented in 1816, before the gasoline and Diesel engines. A Stirling engine can use any type of fuel, as well as solar energy and hot spring heat."

This is an owesome site about Non Destructive Tests. Well worthy to be studied.Community College Magnetic Particle Inspection

The Gutless Pacifist: "Do we really have a culture of life when single mothers are forced to choose between an abortion and a life of poverty?
Do we really have a culture of life when war becomes our tool of choice rather than our last resort?
Do we really have a culture of life when hundreds of thousands of our people do not even have a bed to sleep in at night and a warm meal to eat in the morning?
Do we really have a culture of life when a poor child born in our country has a greater chance of winding up in prison than going to college?
Do we really have a culture of life when we cut off any opportunity for repentence by executing our murderers?
Do we really have a culture of life when millions of Americans cannot afford health insurance and therefore would not even have Terri Schiavo's OPTION to stay alive for 15 years in a vegetative state?
Do we really have a culture of life when we continue to ignore the cries of the poorest of the poor - those who live on less than $1 a day?
Do we really have a culture of life when we continue to be the leader in the international arms trade?
The problem I have with Mr. Bush's 'culture of life' is not that it is asking too much, but rather that it is satisfied with far, FAR too little."

iPodder, the cross-platform podcast receiver.: "If you want to listen to internet audio programs (podcasts) music and shows but can't listen to them when they are scheduled this program is for you.

iPodder is the premier Podcasting application, allowing users to capture and listen to Internet audio programs anytime, anywhere.

It allows users to select and download shows and music and to play whenever they want on their iPods, portable digital media players, or computers automatically, after specifying which music or shows they want to listen to. "

iPodder, the cross-platform podcast receiver.: "Want to listen to internet audio programs but can't when they are scheduled? This program lets you create your own custom online audio anytime, anywhere. Really. "

Wired News: Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio: "For anyone who loves listening to the wide variety of internet audio programming, but can't always listen to their favorite shows when they're scheduled or take the time to download them manually, help has arrived.
Known as podcasting, the technology is a new take on syndicated content feeds like RSS and Atom. But instead of pushing text from blogs and news sites to various content aggregators like FeedDemon and Bloglines, podcasting sends audio content directly to an iPod or other MP3 player."

Podcasting seems the way to go for busy people... like me. Many times I don't have the time to listen some interesting programs on NPR. I could hear them podcasted!PodCasters.org