Beautiful...

If this is real....wow, if not, still pretty to look at!

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Words that Ring True

As corny as it may sound, and believe me I sound F*%king corny, but this is America behaving like the way I was propagated to believe when I was a young child. I hope with all my heart that this turns into a reality
Read this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/16/pentagon_in_solar_power_peace_plan/page2.html

clipped from www.theregister.co.uk Military techno-hippies: make 'leccy not war, man

Harsh Realities of the 21st Century

Yes, this is our president, representing our country, ruining our world (by world, I am including all sentient beings).

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Words that Ring True

Found this little tidbit to be interesting. Read over at the official blog for the US Department of State. To read more click here:
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/iran_engage_or_not/

clipped from www.google.com I’ll start with a simple premise: diplomacy without incentives and disincentives (carrots and sticks) is just talking. Put another way, diplomacy without the proper mix will accomplish nothing when dealing with an adversary. The question then becomes one of establishing both sides of the equation – incentives and disincentives -- before any negotiation. So those who want to divide the world into engage vs. isolate camps are missing the point. In fact, it is not a binary choice. Instead engagement and isolation are two different sides of the same coin.

Harsh Realities of the 21st Century

I normally dislike this man, but it seems that he is really starting to face the facts...
Read the rest of the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/opinion/10friedman.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

clipped from www.nytimes.com It’s for all these reasons that I’ve been calling them “Generation Q” — the Quiet Americans, in the best sense of that term, quietly pursuing their idealism, at home and abroad. But Generation Q may be too quiet, too online, for its own good, and for the country’s own good. When I think of the huge budget deficit, Social Security deficit and ecological deficit that our generation is leaving this generation, if they are not spitting mad, well, then they’re just not paying attention. And we’ll just keep piling it on them. There is a good chance that members of Generation Q will spend their entire adult lives digging out from the deficits that we — the “Greediest Generation,” epitomized by George W. Bush — are leaving them. Generation Q

Beautiful...

Still listening...

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Beautiful...

In the library. Should be writing a review. But instead I'm listening to the sounds of my imagination while I stare at this....

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Words that Ring True

Really Cool post I ran into. Click the link below to read the rest of the article:

http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/07/17/the-new-values-of-the-21st-century-citizen/

clipped from www.21st-century-citizen.com While there are really many, many values that people need — including those that revolve around family, community and faith — here is a set of fundamental values that the 21st Century Citizen will find valuable as we work to face the challenges of this new century: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse The Individual is more important than the corporation Those who make the mess, should clean it up. Collaboration between people is more important than government efforts. And more effective. You can make an impact. To magnify your impact, collaborate with others. Don’t blindly trust your leaders. Don’t blindly believe the media.

Learn Something New

Exercises for your mouth...no, don't let your mind go there.

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/

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Thirst for Life

Damn...I'm so far behind!!!

http://www.trifter.com/Practical-Travel/Adventure-Travel/Ten-Most-Incredible-Things-to-Do-Before-You-Die.50475

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Thinking on the Mind

These articles are definitely of a high academic caliber, but with a little patience and a dictionary on hand you should be able to take some really fascinating ideas about the mind with you.
http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/rgoldsto/cogsci/classics.html

clipped from cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu The editorial board of Cognitive Science has identified several classic articles that appeared in our journal over the last couple of decades.  With the permission of the Cognitive Science Society, the full text for these articles is available here.  Members of our editorial board have also provided descriptions for why these articles were selected as classics.  Although many other articles could have been selected and may be added in future lists, these articles were chosen because of their impact, innovation, and importance in furthering theoretical development in the field of cognitive science.  Here is another group's list of 100 classics of cognitive science.  Visit Lawrence Erlbaum's web page for Cognitive Science for on-line access to back-issues.  This access is limited to members of the Cognitive Science Society.  To join the society, visit here. 10 Classics from Cognitive Science

Wow!!

Check this video out, simply and utterly one of a kind!

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Harsh Realities of the 21st Century

I guess safety from (fill in the blank) is more important than freedom.

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Words that Ring True

David Allen...GTD

clipped from www.google.com Just because we think of something, that doesn’t mean that we are being productive or constructive about or with it, or that it will be fulfilled. We have to realize that the thought itself is just a beginning, and if we care at all that it brings value or improvement, we probably need to capture it, clarify what it means to us, and organize the actions and information embedded or associated with it.

Harsh Realities of the 21st Century

Sorry for the downer posts, but hey, I got post what catches my eye

clipped from www.sourcewatch.org More Nuclear Spin, in the U.S. and UK: "If we are going to seriously address our energy needs as well as our concerns about global climate change, one source stands out -- nuclear," writes Christine Todd Whitman in the San Francisco Chronicle. It's one of two recent op/eds by the former EPA administrator (the other was in BusinessWeek) that fail to disclose that Whitman is a paid consultant for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Meanwhile, in Britain, environmental groups have dismissed a public consultation on nuclear power as a "public relations stitch-up" by the pro-nuclear government. This is the second consultation on the issue; Greenpeace won a legal challenge against the first.

Harsh Realities of the 21st Century

Yes, it brings me to tears as well.....This why net neutrality is important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Words to Make You Think

Found this on a blog I follow...if you want to read the rest click this link: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog by Steve Pavlina

clipped from www.google.com Subjective accuracy The subjective version of accuracy is rooted in creation.  This lens assumes that consciousness is the container in which objective reality occurs.  This is not the limited consciousness of your own ego (that would be solipsism), but the larger God-consciousness or Source-level consciousness in which all of reality occurs.  You naturally experience this level of consciousness when having a lucid dream — you know that you’re the dreamer and everything in the dream is taking place within your consciousness.  Subjective reality recognizes that there’s no such thing as strictly objective perception without creation.  To observe reality is to create it.  Consequently, the more accurate your subjective beliefs are, the more empowered you become as a creator.  Simply put, this means you get better at creating what you intend to create.

The Underground Economy

At least the sushi is cheap...right?

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Read...it's always good to read.

Sharpen your teeth with some Beat...
http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/index.html

clipped from www.rooknet.com "The Beat Generation" [ Site Map ] The history of literature has been "landmarked" by countless movements of varying styles and direction. The Beat Page is dedicated to the movement that began in the early 1950's with a small and tightly connected group of young writers who demonstrated a care-free, often reckless and unquestionably fresh approach to literature as well as a demonstrative social stance toward what was sometimes referred to as "The Establishment". The term "Beat" was reportedly coined by Jack Kerouac in the late 1940's, but became more common at about the time that writers like himself, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti were beginning to get noticed. It was quickly becoming a slang term in America after World War II, meaning "exhausted" or "beat down" and provided this generation with a definitive label for their personal and social positions and perspectives.

Words that Ring True

The grand duel of all consciousness...

clipped from www.mindhacks.com September 11, 2007 The perpetual duel with external forces: To know the brain...is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of life in its perpetual duel with external forces. A quote from pioneering Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal. From his autobiography Recollections of My Life. —Vaughan.