BREVITAS

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OUTLYING PRECINCTS

JEANNE PALFREY - Why am I the only person being prosecuted? Sen. Vitter
should be prosecuted A. . .

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ECOLOGY

ORGANIC CONSUMERS - The National Academy of Sciences has published a
study indicating that pesticides are actually decreasing crop yields by
one-third. Specifically, pesticides are killing important bacteria in
the soil that naturally produce a useable form of nitrogen for plants, a
necessary fertilizer. As the use of chemical pesticides has increased in
the U.S., soil bacteria have been dramatically reduced, thereby creating
an insatiable demand for petroleum-based fertilizers.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5995.cfm

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ARTS

SLASHDOT - According to a survey reported at the NY Times, very few
people actually have and use DVD copying software. The survey reports
that only 1.5 percent of computer users have DVD copying software, and
of those 1.5%, 2/3rds of them don't even use it. The survey also
revealed that users were more likely to download DVDs than copy DVDs
that they borrowed or rented, and that about half of all downloaded DVDs
are pornography.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/12/192243&from=rss

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FURTHERMORE. . . .

KIRCHEER SOCIETY - A light bulb, located in a firehouse in Livermore,
California, has been running almost continuously for 106 years.
Wikipedia also keeps track of the second, third, fourth, and fifth
longest burning bulbs.

http://www.kirchersociety.org/

CENTENNIAL BULB SITE
http://www.centennialbulb.org/

MORE OLD LIGHTBULBS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

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