Policeman Mugged Outside Of
Police Station A policeman was mugged by a
man right outside the police
station
in Hong Kong. The policeman was
shown a knife and the man took
the officers gun and twelve
rounds of ammunition. A
statement
made by the police said that the
officer was on guard duty
outside of the police station
when the man approached him. He
also took his police radio. The
attacker is trying to be
located by the police officers.
The police officers was not
hurt during the mugging.
Window
Cleaners Dressed As Spider-Man
In Hampshire, window
cleaners are dressing up like
Spider-Man to
clean building windows. The idea
came from Jon Balch, who runs
Dorset Property Maintenance, and
says the business has been
booming ever since he thought of
this idea. John Balch told the
Sun, "The customers just love
it. And the phones are red-hot
because now everyone wants
Spider-Man." Many of the
customers
also ask if they can get a
picture taken with the window
cleaners. Balch also added, "The
Lycra suits give the lads so
much freedom, so they're running
all over the roofs and ladders
in double quick time."
Bandits Serve Customers While
Robbing Coffee Shop A man and a woman robbed a
Starbucks coffee shop in Monroe,
Washington but were disappointed
when they noticed that there
was not much cash to be taken.
They decided to stay and serve
customers through the drive-thru
to make some more money. The
bandits came in when a employee
of the store let a young woman
come inside to use the bathrooom
in the early morning before the
store opened. However a man and
a woman both came in and
demanded that the employees give
them access to the safe. The
employees were then ordered to
make beverages for the customers
while the bandits served the
customers. They did this for
about
half an hour and then left and
then left witht the cash. A
spokeswoman for Starbucks is
offering a $1,000 reward to
anyone
that can help them find who the
suspects are.
Co-Worker From Hell A New York State man, a
supervisor with the Onondaga
County
Department of Social Services,
has been arrested and suspended
without pay, who, for more than
30 years, has been masturbating
into the coffee cups of
coworkers. His targets were six
women.
He and all coworkers will be
tested for diseases and
counseling
is being provided.
London
To Install Pop-Up Toilets In a bid to dissuade
lat-night males from urinating
on walls and
doorways, the coty of London
plans to install pop-up toilets
that will rise from the ground.
The city plans to have these
self-cleaning telescopic
urinals, in place by autumn.
They will
emerge from under the ground and
be retracted in the day via
remote control.
Government agencies, corporations, industry groups, and other large
organizations contaminate the airwaves with fake news. These organizations
produce pre-packaged news segments called VNRs, or Video News Releases. These
segments look like real news. In fact, VNRs are little more that propaganda
pieces for their producers. Stations have routinely used these fake news
segments since at least the 1980s, usually without disclosing their source.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the government and other social actors
creating interesting audio or video pieces to communicate with the public. The
problem is that these propaganda pieces do not properly identify the source.
They are made to look and feel like independent news casts with
government/corporate actors pretending to be reporters.
Government attempts to regulate fake news
There have been a few efforts to control this phenomenon. The Government
Accountability Office ruled in February 2005 that government-sponsored TV "news"
reports are covert propaganda, unless their source is apparent to viewers. The
Senate introduced the Truth in Broadcasting Act (S. 967) in 2005 into committee.
This act would require all pre-packaged, government-produced audio and video
news releases to include a clear disclaimer that the government was the original
source. This act would not apply to VNRs produced by corporations, industry
groups, or charitable foundations. As of this writing, the full Senate has yet
to vote on the bill and the no one has introduced a companion bill in the House
of Representatives.
Media is controlled by only FIVE corporations
Looking at the amount of programming available, you might think that there is a
wide variety of choice. There are literally hundreds of TV stations with options
to choose from sports, news, cartoons, history, painting, and more. On the
surface, the amount of options appears staggering. However, only five major
corporations control the majority of the media. These five huge
corporations—Disney, Time Warner, Bertelsmann of Germany, Murdoch's News
Corporation, and Viacom (formerly CBS)—own not only most of the television
stations, but now own most of the newspapers, magazines, books, and radio
stations in the United States as well.
Television puts your logical brain to sleep
There is a reason people's eyes glaze over and they assume a zombie-like stare,
when they are watching TV. Their brains are in a hynotic, alpha brainwave state.
In the Mulholland experiment, 10 children watched their favorite television
program, while the researchers monitored their brainwave patterns. The
researchers expected that the children would show a preponderance of beta waves.
This would indicate that they were involved and responding to their favorite
programs. Instead, they stayed in alpha. "They just sat back. They stayed almost
the whole time in alpha. That meant that while they were watching they were not
reacting, not orienting, not focusing, just spaced out," said Dr. Eric Peper.
Similarly, in the early 1980’s, researchers in Australia found that the
left-brain "sort of went to sleep" once TV was switched on, but the right brain
was busy "storing information in its memory bank."
What these studies show is that the right side of the brain may be dutifully
absorbing all the images from your television screen, but the left side is
lulled into a stupor by the television’s flicker. This makes analysis of the
images difficult. It also makes it difficult to remember exactly what you have
been watching. Furthermore, the research suggests that the left side of the
brain may remain in a stupor even after you turn the TV off.
What is a concerned citizen to do? How to dig for real news
1) The first step is to start reading, instead of watching, your news.
Television generally takes a lot of time to get across a little bit of
information. With reading you can absorb information much faster. A five minute
story on the news can be read online or in the newspaper generally in less than
a minute. The spare time can be used to analyze the story.
2) The next step in developing a good picture of the world is to get several
good news sources. Begin with a mainstream newspaper or website to simply get an
idea of the basic issues that are at stake.
Then, select a couple of alternative news sources outside the mainstream. I am
not going to recommend a particular source, because I do not wish to become
engaged in liberal/conservative partisan discussions. These distinctions start
to fall away once you start to analyze the news for yourself anyway.
3) The next step is simply to start critically viewing the material that you
read. Does it make logical sense? Are there inconsistencies? Does the story
change from one day to the next? Are there any patterns to events? This step is
essential. Put that left brain into hyper-drive. Question the news you read,
whatever the source.
4) Finally, if there are inconsistencies or notable patterns, it is time to
start researching. Whenever possible it is best to go to the source of an issue.
For example, if the government passes a new law about security, don’t waste time
watching or reading the petty analyses of pundits. Find a copy of the law! Do
not rely on someone else to give an interpretation. The internet makes it much
easier to find source documents.
In short, the good news is that you do not need TV news to become informed about
the world.
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Broadband Tax to
Phone Land-Line
Owners
Landline
owners will pay £6 a year to fund the
rollout of superfast broadband across
the country, communications minister
Lord Carter said today as he launched
the government's Digital Britain report.
In his long-awaited blueprint for the
future of the UK's communications
infrastructure, Carter also said the
surplus from the BBC's digital
switchover help scheme would help to
fund the £200m cost of providing
universal access to broadband.
The government wants everyone to be able
to receive broadband of at least 2Mbps
by 2012 as it puts more public services
online.
It is also anxious that remote or
underserved parts of the country are not
left behind when the "next generation"
of superfast broadband is built.
"True superfast broadband will be
concentrated in the first two-thirds of
the market in the next decade, leaving
the 'final third' served only with
current generation broadband," today's
report said. "This would be
undesirable."
The report proposed a charge of 50p a
month on the UK's copper lines to help
upgrade the country's fixed-line
network, a project on which BT and
Virgin Media have already embarked.
This levy will raise between £150m and
£175m a year to extend next-generation
broadband to the "final third" of the
country that will not be reached by the
market.
It will act as "seedcorn funding" – to
attract commercial operators to roll out
networks further – rather than attempts
to cover the total costs of the project.
Carter acknowledged that the levy would
hit consumers in the pocket at a time
when many households were feeling the
pinch.
"How will the public react? We will find
out," he said. "Our view as a government
is that it's a good exercise of
judgment."
He said the decision should be seen in
the context of a real-terms decline in
telecoms prices over recent years.
The move would require legislation,
Carter said. "We are consulting on it,
but it's a firm proposal," he added.
The report gave more details about how
the government aims to achieve its goal
of providing universal access to a
minimum 2Mb broadband connection, the
so-called Universal Service Commitment.
Part of it will come from money left
over from the BBC's fund to help people
switch to digital television by 2012,
with contributions from private partners
and public sector bodies also among the
other sources of funding.
An estimated 2.75m homes, around 11% of
the UK's households, are unable to
receive a connection of at least this
speed at the moment.
The report said that 1.5m households
with little or no broadband connection
might be able to get access to
next-generation broadband as a result of
the commitment.
Carter said the 2Mb speed was like a
"technological minimum wage". "We are
not specifying a ceiling, we are
specifying a floor," he added.
The commitment is expected to be
achieved through a combination of
upgrades to BT's fixed-line network,
mobile broadband and satellite
broadband.
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In my mind
I feel smoke and mirrors is in this situation
with the 50p charge! how long would it be before
they would start to increase the price like they
do with TV Licence, we will be paying yet
another debt that the government has produced or
help companies rip us off further -
yet again ... how much more can we cope with?
The truth
behind
marijuana
This is just a section
from the link:
Where did the word
‘marijuana’ come from? In the mid 1930s, the
M-word was created to tarnish the good image and
phenomenal history of the hemp plant – as you
will read. The facts cited here, with
references, are generally verifiable in the
Encyclopedia Britannica which was printed
on hemp paper for 150 years
Do you want to
know the truth about the plant?
click here - the truth is a click
away.
m our eyes?, the truths out
there and its not in the TV news or in the news
papers, they only tell you what they think you
should know!, the life you live the job you do is it
to support you and your family or to for the money
you owe someone else?
Do we really have to pay for
the licence? well the link may bring some light on
the truth about the BBC and the way they manipulate
and control the way we live and watch. We are
the only country that has to pay to watch the
channels, nowhere else in the world DO NOT pay to
have a TV licence but we have to we got to stand up
to these money hungry corporations and say no more
we had enough..
Click here for details
Here is another
reason why we should stand up for our selves, we are
being ripped off as consumers, compared to our
European counterparts we pay nearly 75% more for are
consumer products that other countries... but why
should we get ripped off and always be second best,
why should we have to pay such a high VAT premium
rate for stuff more than other countries who have
the same problems and manage to sort there's out in
other ways other than inflation.
Saturday
mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on
February 1, 1969!
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips
of less than 50 minutes!
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal
Crackers cookie zoo!
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince
William never travel on the same airplane as a
precaution!
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood
cells per second!
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache
on a standard playing card!
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight
inhabitants!
Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is
$2,500!
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels
with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and
faces after eating!
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a
restaurant is considered an insult!
One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!
The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye,
Pupeye, and Poopeye!
There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food
a year!
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!
In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an
"Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred
pounds of chocolate
A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair
of pliers in his or her possession.
In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on
an Act of 1760.
Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an
airplane.
In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise
alligators in your home.
In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the
State of Arkansas in that State.
In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with
the steering wheel.
California law prohibits a woman from driving a car
while dressed in a housecoat.
In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car
unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians
by walking in front of the car that is being driven.
In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while
sleeping.
In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to
drive an automobile.
In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby
carriage.
In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the
back or front.
A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of
Georgia.
In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the
State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on
haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the
fence or out of a ballpark.
In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing
in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a
police officer !
In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath
once a year.
In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public
highway.
In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear.
In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of
bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.
In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which
prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person
other than political candidates.
In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to
jump off a bridge.
In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a
buffalo through a street.
In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a
school bus.
In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.
In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run
loose in the street!
In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and
cats to fight.
In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum
in public places.
In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m.,
and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
In New York, it is against the law for children to pick
up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos
in clam chowder.
did you know:!!
In England MIDDLE names were once illegal
Minimum price for a bridge to be build over a river
costs £10 million
Humming birds are the bird that can walk backwards
There are more insects in the world than any other
species on the planet
Dogs sweat through the paws
ABOUT
WINDOWS XP
One considers to upgrade to Windows XP to achieve the
best of two worlds – the versatility
of Windows 9x and the reliability of Windows NT, one
should understand that this will lead
to some dependency on Microsoft.
The reason for this is the product activation which
happens online or by phone. It ties the
installation more or less to the specific hardware
configuration of your PC. Since the
activation can happen via phone (and thus is guaranteed
to be anonymous), it is questioable
if Microsoft really does this to reduce the number of
illegal installations.
But maybe Microsoft’s biggest problem aren’t the users
with illegal installations.
Maybe they worry more about those users who still use
Windows 98 or NT 4.0 (or even Windows 95)
and are satisfied with it.
Even when Microsoft announced to discontinue support for
these old systems, these people
(usually not too technical folks) did not buy news
computers or new operating systems.
(Their old machines would be overwhelmed by Windows XP,
that’s why I mention the purchase of new hardward.)
There are very few reasons to upgrade their PC/ software
for people like my local small
car dealer who still runs a Windows 3.1 installation to
connect to the DMV and register cars.
Now Microsoft found something against these people who
boycott consumerism: Product activation.
As everyone knows, sooner or later you have to reinstall
Windows for some reason. Maybe a new hard disk,
or the installation is damaged. Fast forward to 2008.
Microsoft has been selling „Windows Vista“ – the
successor
of Windows XP – for several years now but you did not
feel like jumping onto that wagon yet. Now you bought a
new
hard disk (since it is supposedly impossible to crash a
Windows XP installation, haha) and want to reinstall
your
Windows XP.
Microsoft’s server can simply reject your product
activation attempt and force you to upgrade to Vista
(or whatever they sell then).
But it gets better. As you know, Windows XP tries to
reject unsigned (not certified) drivers, firewalls,
utilities etc. In the current state it shows you a warning that you’re
about to install possibly dangerous
code that is not certified by Microsoft. With one of the
many Windows security update you may have changed
this behavior from a warning to a flat rejection.
So Microsoft can control what software you are able to
install.
They can very easily render „old installations“ to be
useless, outdated and even dangerous if security patches
cannot be applied. At the least you would not be able to
use your new scanner or digital camera with your
outdated Windows. At the worst, you cannot install a
non-Microsoft virus scanner.
The latest idea is „Windows Genuine Advantage”. Read the
propaganda here:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/whyValidate.aspx
The idea is that urgent security fixes are available for
everyone and the full range of updates only for
validated genuine windows users“. Unfortunately
Microsoft made news this month (September 2005) with a
failure
of their validation servers.
As you can see, the possibilities for power and abuse
are endless and one does not need to be a pessimist
if one prefers to stay away from automated operating
system updates, online activation/ validation and
Windows XP in general.
Famous
Computer Quotes
'I
think there is a world market
for maybe five computers'
- Thomas Watson, IBM, 1943
'32
bits ought to be enough address
space'
- Vint Cerf, 1977
(While IPv4 has survived for 30
years, IPv6 is just around the
corner)
'640K
should be enough for anybody'
- Bill Gates, 1981
In this
world there are 10* types of
people, those that know binary
and those who don't. * (one
zero)
Police
focus on medical treatment in
Jackson death
