] An American citizen detained for more than a month as a
] material witness in a terrorism case in Oregon was
] charged today with plotting to fight against American
] soldiers in Afghanistan.
]
] The American, Maher Hawash, a 38-year-old software
] designer in Portland, was accused of conspiring with a
] group of six others who had already been charged with
] trying to provide material support to Al Qaeda and the
] Taliban.

Hawash Charged With Plotting to Fight U.S. in Afghanistan

] A light, rare earthquake measuring magnitude 4.9 shook
] the South in the early morning hours, waking up people
] from Mississippi to North Carolina, but the tremor failed
] to inflict significant damage, bleary-eyed residents and
] officials told CNN.

This woke up a bunch of my co-workers but I slept right through it...

CNN.com - Small earthquake shakes the South - Apr. 29, 2003

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| The Dixie Chicks have taken a big hit lately for
| exercising their basic right to express themselves. To me,
| they're terrific American artists expressing American
| values by using their American right to free speech. For
| them to be banished wholesale from radio stations, and
| even entire radio networks, for speaking out is
| un-American.
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Bruce Springsteen News: brucespringsteen.net

My post on the Super DMCA after amendment. Registration Required.

Tennessee Digital Freedom Forum - Post Amendment, problems linger

This is a fairly extreme example, but Atlanta has really taken to "new urbanism." The idea is that in typical suburban "zoning" you work, live, shop, and go to school in different places, and the result is that you interact with different people in each place. Therefore you tend not to care about them. By doing all of these things in the same place you form stronger bonds with the other people in your community.

INFOTO : Mega City Pyramid TRY 2004

] We are a group of Tennesseans who are dedicated to
] preserving your online freedoms. We are specifically
] trying to counteract the new "Super-DMCA" legislation
] proposed by the MPAA. In TN, this legislation has
] been proposed through two bills, namely SB213, and HB457.
]
] Our organization has taken shape very (very) quickly,
] and there is still a lot to be done. We need your help
] if we are going to be able to fight this successfully!

TN Digital Freedom - Down With The TN Super-DMCA Bill

flynn23 wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] This is a complete Super-DMCA page with the text of the laws
]
] ] in various states and detailed information. Who can fight
] this
] ] in Tennessee??
]
] There is currently an effort underway to combat this bill. You
] can find much more information at www.tndigitalfreedom.org
]
] also, there is a meeting on Saturday, April 26th at my house
] to help organize our efforts. Info is available here:
] http://tonyc.com/digitalforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20
]
] Feel free to come and bring your concerned friends.

Thank you! You guys kick ass!

RE: Freedom to Tinker: Status of State Super-DMCA Bills

The Washington Post gives Billy Hoffman the Quote of the Day.

DID YOU HEAR? . . . (washingtonpost.com)

The statement put up by blackboard about Interz0ne

The "careful and measured" language is used again. My ass...

BlackBoard Inc.

] But today Galton's beautiful form might not be so
] regular. Although bell curve distribution is still
] considered normal, a surprising number of economic and
] social phenomena now seem to follow a different arc.
] Instead of being high in the center and low on the sides,
] this new distribution is low in the center and high on
] the sides. Call it the well curve.

Death of the middle class