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HOW INTERNET RADIO CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD:
AN ACTIVIST'S HANDBOOK
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=059534965X/progressiverevieA/

Author Eric Lee has pioneered the use of the Internet by unions around
the globe, and the website he established in 1998, Labour Start, now
appears in 19 languages and is used by thousands of activists every day.
In early 2004, the author launched the first online labor radio station
and this book tells what was involved in setting it up. It also delves
into the history of Internet radio, revealing how what began as a
radical project to reinvigorate the liberal wing of the Democratic Party
was turned into a commercial success -- and yet remains a vital tool for
activists. The book clearly explains both how to listen to Internet
radio -- and how to set up your own station.

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CHOCOLATE FIGHTS CANCER
http://gumc.georgetown.edu/communications/
releases/release.cfm?ObjectID=4477

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BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD TIPPERS
http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?IDLink=
1444898&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.startribune.
com%2Fstories%2F389%2F5350344.html

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WONDERFUL SLIDE SHOW OF PHOTOS HIDDEN IN THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/flash/photo/
visitorsguide/2005-04-15_nmoah/index_frames.htm?
startat=1&indexFile=visitorsguide_2005-04-15_nmoah



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RISK TAKING MEN DON'T DO WELL WITH WOMEN
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624955.400

NEW SCIENTIST - Whether it's driving too fast, bungee-jumping or
reckless skateboarding, young men will try almost anything to be noticed
by the opposite sex. But a study of attitudes to risk suggests that the
only people impressed by their stunts are other men. Futile risk-taking
might seem to have little going for it in Darwinian terms. So why were
our rash ancestors not replaced by more cautious contemporaries?

One idea is that risk-takers are advertising their fitness to potential
mates by showing off their strength and bravery. This fits with the fact
that men in their prime reproductive years take more risks. To test this
idea, William Farthing of the University of Maine in Orono surveyed 48
young men and 52 young women on their attitudes to risky scenarios. Men
thought women would be impressed by pointless gambles, but women in fact
preferred cautious men.




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Since 1950, the average new house has increased by 1,247 sq. ft.
Meanwhile, the average household has shrunk by 1 person.

1 in 4 Americans want at least a 3-car garage.

88% of American commuters drive to work.

76% of those drivers commute alone.

Since 1982, 35 million acres - an area the equivalent of New York
state—have been developed.

Americans spend more to power home audio and video equipment that is
"off" but still plugged in than they do to power such devices while
actually in use.

[Mother Jones]

http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2005/03/exhibit.html


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DINOSAUR EGGS FOUND WHOLE IN MOTHER'S BELLY
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7267

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IF SEX IS A COMMODITY, PUT IT IN A MALL
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-4-2005_pg9_3

DAILY TIMES, PAKISTAN - The Hungarian Interior Ministry looks set to
allow prostitutes to tout for business in shopping malls, local media
reported Tuesday. The ministry is thinking of allowing dedicated
shopping centers where prostitutes could strike deals for sex as long as
they move to a place of their own to carry out the transaction, the
daily Nepszabadsag said.




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15% OF CELL PHONE USERS REPORT INTERRUPTING SEX FOR CALL
http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?IDLink=1437237&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.consumeraffairs.com%2Fnews04%2F2005%2Fcell_sex.html


CONSUMER AFFAIRS - Fourteen percent of the world's cell phone users
report that they have stopped in the middle of a sex act to answer a
ringing wireless device, Ad Age reported. The highest incidence of
cellular interruptus was found in Germany and Spain, where 22 percent of
users interrupted sex to answer their cell phones; the lowest was in
Italy, where only 7 percent reported doing so. In the U.S., the figure
was 15 percent, the magazine said, citing a study conducted by BBDO
Worldwide and Proximity Worldwide.



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FLORENCE REESE
http://athena.english.vt.edu/~appalach/writersM/protestsongs.html#reece

DEANA MARTIN - Born April 12, 1900, in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee,
Florence Reece, a social activist, poet and songwriter, grew up in a
coal camp at Fork Ridge, Tenn. Florence met her husband-to-be, Sam
Reece, at the young age of fifteen. . . Reece is perhaps best known for
her song "Which Side are You On?," which soon became the anthem for the
labor movement. The song was written in 1931 during a strike by the
United Mine Workers of America. . .  During this strike, the sheriff,
J.H. Blair, led his gang of thugs on a violent rampage, beating and
murdering union leaders. They found themselves at the Reece's home,
where Reece was alone with the children. She held her ground, asking the
sheriff, "What are you here for? You know there's nothing but a lot of
little hungry children here." Then she somehow got word to her husband
not to come home, while the sheriff and his thugs kept watch at he door.
The men ransacked the house in search of Sam, to no avail. While
Florence waited inside for her husband, she wrote the song on an old
wall calendar, to the tune of "Lay the Lily Low".

About 1940, Pete Seeger, an "eager young college dropout wanting to
learn union songs," learned the song from Tillman Cadle, a coal miner.
In 1941 it was recorded by the Almanac Singers. This version made the
song famous. The song continues to be sung at gatherings for labor
workers and many other social causes throughout the world.