Slacker? Of course not
You are anything but a slacker. You're truly a go getter.
You never let laziness get in the way of living your life - and you can't stand to see it in others.
Are You a Slacker?
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The Doctor of Running lends his advice. Ask away.
You are anything but a slacker. You're truly a go getter.
You never let laziness get in the way of living your life - and you can't stand to see it in others.
Are You a Slacker?
Make Your Own Quiz
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O and that stupid President Bush :
http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/Bush%20-%20Troopsâ%20Hard%20Work%20in%20Iraq%20Will%20Impact%20the%20World.aspxThe hard work U.S. troops are doing in Iraq is “laying the foundations of peace for generations to come,” President Bush told soldiers and family members today at Fort Irwin, Calif. “The work that you have volunteered to do will have a lasting impact on the world in which we live,” the president told the troops.
In the words of the great republican Abraham Lincoln:
"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
As Lincoln also said so elequently as he refered to Matthew 12:25 (Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand'. ) A HOUSE DIVED AGAINST ITSELF CAN NOT STAND. Stand with our troops, support the fight they choose to win. They want to win, LET THEM WIN and then and only then allow them to depart for America the beautiful.
To those who not believe in this war let me make sure you at least know a little American history about wars that we have faught and won against Muslims.
For instance the First Barbary War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates
In 1786, Thomas Jefferson, then the ambassador to France, and John Adams, then the ambassador to Britain, met in London with Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, the ambassador to Britain from Tripoli. The Americans asked Adja why his government was hostile to American ships, even though there had been no provocation. The ambassador's response was reported to the Continental Congress:
That it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.[3]
From 1784 to 1805 and then again in 1815 we faught the Muslim pirates and won both versus the infamous North African city-states of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, known collectively as the Barbary States.
Lets hope Lincoln is just as right today as he was in the 1800's: "I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided."
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Hello I just figured out a monumental problem and I was hoping you could help me solve it. You see you tube keeps deleting videos for copyright infringement. So the creation of a new site without copyright limitation laws is neccesitated. Like China this site would have no patents or free ownership of ideas, but rather everything would be completely shared.
For instance 3 weeks ago I was able to download whatever Dr. Who episode I wanted, however the BBC got involved with youtube and now the material is non-existant on you tube. I'd like to create a new site and I want you to be a part. To kick start the party I will post a great prank (see my 2nd post) on Friday.
The only way to currently get around this is to host outside of America. I really hate taking bussiness out of America, but sometimes I'm selfish.
So what are your ideas? Agree or disagree with intellectual property?
And are there any other options besides outsourcing outside of the jurisdiction of America?
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So I have to get ready for my Organic Chem. Final. Just had my last Orgo Lab of my life. I liked the course, and actually I learned a lot. I had the coolest thought when I had to write a paper on chemioluminescene so I thought I'd share.
Now I realize a lot of this might not make sense, but I will do my best. The pauli exclusion principle is the reason why matter can not occupy the same space as other matter yet radiation and light can be absorbed by it. ISN'T THAT REVOLUTIONARY? Now I'll try to explain it. Every electron that orbits an atom, orbits in a predicable pattern. Using three quantum numbers to specify how the orbital is arranged determining the distance from the center of the atom and the shape of the orbital. The fourth quantum number is what is important though.
This tells whether the atom spins right or left. Why so important you ask? Well due to the laws of physics a rotation causes a magnetic field, that attracts 1 other electron spining the oppostie direction. These are called a lone electron pair.
Now back to the Pauli exclusion principle. It states that no two electrons can share the same space. (I can't have two right spining electrons in the same space, but I can have a right and left spinning electron in the same space.) Radiation causes the excitation of electrons into a higher energy, but still the electron is spining either to the right or left and thus can not be next to another electron with the same spin state (as would occur if you tried to fit two tables into the same space of matter.
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Don't be in a hurry though because eventually they will be mandatory, not in Hampshire though. http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=304244
70 to 80% of Americans think immigration should be cut. The other 20% are illegals. I mean seriously how could you be against a reduction in immigration? Immigrants aren't the problem. The problem is the quantity that are coming across the border, most of them illegally.
Immigration implies long-term permanent residence (and often eventual citizenship) by the immigrants. Which is fine but there is a specific reason for immigration and a specific limit. The 1960's are usually used for the standard comparison. Americans like videos, so look at the one above. I can't explain the situation perfectly. The video above can.
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Agents: No confidence in border chief
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 23, 2007
The leaders of the U.S. Border Patrol's rank-and-file agents have unanimously voted a no-confidence resolution against Chief David V. Aguilar, citing, among other things, his willingness to believe the "perjured allegations" of criminal aliens over his own agents. The resolution won endorsement from all 100 top leaders of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), which represents all 11,000 of the U.S. Border Patrol's nonsupervisory field agents, and targeted Chief Aguilar's lack of support for field agents, several of whom have been prosecuted on civil rights grounds involving arrests of illegal aliens and drug-smuggling suspects. "Front-line Border Patrol agents who risk their lives protecting our borders have every reason to expect that the leadership of their own agency will support them," T.J. Bonner, NBPC president, told The Washington Times yesterday. "When this does not occur, and instead they are undermined by their so-called leaders, no one should be surprised when they express a loss of confidence in those managers." The group will release the resolution to the public today. The NBPC leadership and rank-and-file agents have criticized the chief for failing to publicly support Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, convicted in Texas and sentenced to lengthy prison terms for violating the civil rights of a drug-smuggling suspect they shot in the buttocks as he fled back into Mexico after abandoning 743 pounds of marijuana. Ramos, 37, and Compean, 28, were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively, after shooting Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, a Mexican national who was located in Mexico by Department of Homeland Security officials and returned to the U.S. under a grant of immunity to testify against the two agents. The agents said they fired at the man after he pointed what they thought was a gun at them. While Chief Aguilar has been publicly silent on the incident, the prosecution and convictions have drawn widespread criticism, including from some members of Congress 90 of whom are co-sponsors of a bill by Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, calling for a congressional pardon. Border Patrol spokesman Xavier Rios challenged the justification for the no-confidence vote, saying there was "no greater advocate than Chief Aguilar for the agents in the field." "Chief Aguilar is required to make decisions every day and to make some very tough decisions, some of which are not always popular," Agent Rios said. "But I've been in the Border Patrol for 20 years, starting at the bottom, and I can assure you the chief is committed to carrying out his assignment to the best of his ability." Agent Rios also noted that the agency is "better staffed and better funded" than at any other time in its history. He also said that many agents have been angered over the sentencing on Ramos and Compean but Chief Aguilar "was not in a position to make a statement that would have made a difference." He said the two agents "shot a man and made an effort to cover it up." The unanimous no-confidence vote was cast during a recent meeting of the NBPC leadership in Corpus Christi, Texas. Of the top 100 leaders, including the nine-member NBPC board and its constituent locals, the vast majority are active senior Border Patrol agents, including Mr. Bonner, a 29-year agency veteran. "This vote of no confidence has nothing to do with the normal tensions between labor and management; those have existed for decades and have involved a number of other Border Patrol chiefs," Mr. Bonner said. "Despite those occasional differences of opinion, the front-line agents respected those leaders. Sadly, that is no longer the case. "This lack of leadership has caused morale to plummet, which in turn has accelerated the attrition rate among experienced agents," he said. "Unless drastic changes are made soon, the goal of securing our borders will remain as elusive as ever." The resolution outlined a growing "disconnect" between Chief Aguilar and the agency's front-line agents, who have been asked by President Bush to play an increasingly larger role in defending the country from terrorists, illegal aliens and drug smugglers. It cited a "growing frustration" among the field agents over the "misguided policies and politics" of the agency and the refusal of its top managers to speak out against them. It accused the chief of "shamelessly promoting amnesty and a greatly expanded guest-worker program as key elements of the solution to the illegal immigration crisis" despite intense opposition from front-line agents "who risk their lives enforcing our nation's immigration laws." "Instead of maintaining their traditional neutral advisory role, these high-level managers have become advocates for the administration's ill-conceived political agenda that includes amnesty for millions of illegal aliens," Mr. Bonner said. The resolution was critical of efforts to "cut corners in the hiring and training processes" to meet a recruiting goal of 6,000 new agents by the end of Mr. Bush's term and an order prohibiting agents from enforcing immigration laws in "interior" towns and cities, including many a short distance from the border.
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Border Patrol Union Votes No Confidence in Agency Chief
Monday, April 23, 2007
Foxnews.com
WASHINGTON — The 100 leaders of the nation's 11,000 U.S. Border Patrol's rank-and-file agents on Monday are releasing a no-confidence resolution against Chief David V. Aguilar for his failure to back up two agents now serving time for shooting a drug-smuggling illegal alien.
In a unanimous decision agreed to on Sunday, the top leadership of the National Border Patrol Council lambasted Aguilar for his silence on behalf of Ignacio Ramos, 37, and Jose Alonso Compean, 28. The two are serving 11 and 12 year prison sentences, respectively, as a result of testimony given by a a drug-smuggler who claimed his civil rights were violated when he was shot in the buttocks trying to run across the Mexico border after dropping 743 pounds of marijuana during their pursuit of him.
According to The Washington Times, which first reported the no-confidence vote, NBPC President T.J. Bonner said Aguilar's lack of support for field agents has caused attrition among the ranks, plummeting morale and a growing disconnect between field agents and leadership.
"Front-line Border Patrol agents who risk their lives protecting our borders have every reason
to expect that the leadership of their own agency will support them," Bonner told the newspaper. "When this does not occur, and instead they are undermined by their so-called leaders, no one should be surprised when they express a loss of confidence in those managers."
Among other clauses, the resolution accuses the chief of "shamelessly promoting amnesty and a greatly expanded guest-worker program as key elements of the solution to the illegal immigration crisis" despite intense opposition from front-line agents "who risk their lives enforcing our nation's immigration laws." It also criticizes the agency's willingness "to cut corners in the hiring and training" of new agents.
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So does anyone know how I can add a question with radio buttons on my site to get public opinion. My first question would be what do you seriously think about Hillary Clinton?
Does she even have a chance? The second would have to be about global warming. I mean who actually belives this stuff?
I'm sure that you already know Sheryl Crow wants to limit the amount of toilet paper you can use to help WIPE OUT global warming. She wants to use"only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required". (drudgereport.com)
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I mean who actually believes global warming? I'm sure that you already know Sheryl Crow wants to limit the amount of toilet paper you can use to help WIPE OUT global warming. She wants to use"only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required". (drudgereport.com)
Some of us know that global warming is caused by the sun and weather is a direct effect of sunspots on the sun. (See video above)
"However there is another form of energy carried from the sun to the earth, and it does vary with sunspot activity. This is the energy carried by moving particles, mostly electrons and protons, in what is called the solar wind.
The solar wind flows outward from the sun just as sunlight does, but at a much slower pace. It takes sunlight about eight minutes to reach the earth whereas particles in the solar wind take a day or two.
Sunspots come into play because from or near them emerge streams of particles which enhance the solar wind, sometimes rather drastically. When these enhanced solar wind flows strike the earth, we see more aurora and there are other related effects. The aurora and the related effects clearly demonstrate that the earth is receiving energy other than light from the sun."http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF4/425.html
http://www.weatheraction.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=38
"Our long-range forecasts are produced using Piers Corbyn's Solar Weather Technique.
The technique uses predictable aspects of solar activity - particle and magnetic effects from the Sun - as the basis for forecasting weather many months ... and even years ... in advance. Weatheraction forecasts are the only long-range forecasts with proven skill verified by independent academic statisticians with their findings published in scientific peer-reviewed literature (see Forecast Accuracy).
The forecasts for each month are constructed in time windows of just a few days, and include:
" Weather Action forecasts are the only long-range weather forecasts that have proven skill verified by independent academic statisticians and published in scientific literature.
Weather Action skill has been independently verified in a peer-reviewed paper by Dr Dennis Wheeler, University of Sunderland, in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Vol 63 (2001) p29-34. The unique power of the forecasts has also been proven by the profits on Scientific Weather Bets with William Hill at odds and verification organized independently by the UK Met Office.
In 4,000 Weather Test Bets over 12 years with William Hill, Weather Action forecasts made a profit of some 40% (£20,000). The Odds were statistically fair and set by the Met Office before being shortened by W.Hill by a standard 20%; the results were then provided by the Met Office for William Hill to settle each bet (Piers Corbyn is now excluded from such account betting).
Solar Factor Warnings of how forecasts produced using Numerical Models will need correction before the forecast period is reached.
Warning of weather extremes, e.g. when the wettest, windiest, and coldest periods will occur.
"
I'm not here to promote weather action, but I do believe they are using the right idea. The number of sunspots is irreversibly proportional to the temperature of the earth. Global warming is such a ludicrous idea I don't know why I should even attempt to argue my point. If you can't see the fallacy you really are delusional and focused only on one mindset.
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I stated in my last post that I should have the right to bear arms because the constitution says so. I AM 100% WRONG! In the declaration of independence it was stated that men are endowed with rights from their Creator ie I have rights because I am created by God as a human being no matter what the government says or whose control I am under. My rights preexist government, are independent of government, AND ARE NOT a result of government. Government is called into existence to protect these rights, notably Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The absence of government is anarchy and therefore the government has the job of punishing murderers, thiefs etc.
From http://www.bill-of-rights.org/rights.html
What happens when government transgresses its rightful duty of protection and becomes more destructive than what would be the case in the absence of government? The Declaration tells us that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish that government and to implement a new government that is designed to protect, not destroy, the exercise of man's natural or God-given rights.
In 1787, the Founders attempted to solve the problem by writing a Constitution that called the federal government into existence. The result was historically significant: The Constitution made it clear that this government, unlike others in history, would not be one of unlimited powers.
Instead, by the express terms of the Constitution itself, the federal government would be one of limited, enumerated powers. For example, the powers of Congress are limited to those enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Thus the correct question is not "What rights does the Constitution give to the American people?" but rather "What powers does the Constitution grant to the government?" If a certain power is not enumerated, the government is not permitted to exercise it.
Thus the correct question is not "What rights does the Constitution give to the American people?" but rather "What powers does the Constitution grant to the government?" If a certain power is not enumerated, the government is not permitted to exercise it. Not trusting government officials, however--even democratically elected ones--the American people ensured the passage of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. These should more appropriately have been called the "Bill of Prohibitions" than the Bill of Rights. Why? Because a careful examination reveals that they are express restrictions on government powers rather than a grant of rights to the citizenry.
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I visualized this spectacular article about an endearing poem and thought I would pass it along.
The Most Famous Love Poem
Love poems have been written for centuries to inspire lovers and create romance. When you give your special someone a love poem, you can express your feelings through eloquent words in a memorable way. Many famous love poems are written by classical poets, such as Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Shakespeare. But a famous love poem by a modern poet may appeal to a younger person who likes a less formal tone.
The poet e.e. cummings wrote what is probably the most famous love poem currently.
It has been featured in other books and movies, used as inspiration for other writers.
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Trying to figure out how to embed video so this is a test. Here is a great brainiac video about the wonder material thermite.
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okay so no one actually reads this so I can post some pretty cool ideas. I mean who is really going to find out? Its only the whole internet.
Experiment 1:
I know you like pranks so I thought you might want an idea for a new one. Let me know what you think, I don't know how good it would be. So I saw this site where someone used a blender to chop up glow sticks into a liquid. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdVrfOmmqw) Made by the infamous Blendtec of course. I really want to get a competitors belnder and make it chop up a crowbar and post the video, because blentec's blender sure can't. After watching the video I thought what if you could put the flourencent liquid into a pop can? Of course all you would have to do is use a syringe to pull the coke out and insert the glowing juice in. Then you tape up the hole with clear tape. (on bottom where you can't see it). Then either pull it out of your bookbag or buy a pop and switch the cans when no one is looking. So basically when it is opened you pour it out into a clear glass and watch everyone's expresions as the glass is being raised. (A partner would be video tapeing the expressions) Let me know what you think. I'll post the video soon.
Experiment 2:
The hydrogen powered car, but it runs on Browns gas instead. yeah go look it up, it is definately worth it.
Experiment 3: The depolymerization of Polystyrene into styrene and then the repolymerization into a structure (make a guess).
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Okay the real purpose of why I started this was becasue I found this really cool video on the internet on youtube but I don't remember the title of it and I was hoping that someone else had seen it.
Here is a description: It starts with a scene that isnt that funny then it fades to an add where these geeks are in shorts and high ankle socks and are in a store that they "own" and are trying to sell pocket protectors and white socks. They get really into it and are quite dramatic. The real reason why I want the video is because of what comes next though. There is a guy sitting at a piano playing and singing this song that probably has 5 words per second of time. He is complaining because he is so prodigious and is putting all these words into the song yet he is only getting the same royalty rate as other musicians who don't work so hard and only have to say la la la la la la. He is a good musicaian and the song is quite funny. So there is basically no chance at all that someone reading this will find the video, but if you do enjoy and if you think about write a reply about where it is. Thanks.
What I am looking for is input. I realize that to have that though first I have to make this site interesting and worth reading. I'll try my best and if you don't like it just leave. (good song)
So here are some of the best short videos on google video.
Tea partay
Ask a ninja series
Is it windy in here?
Quantum Physics Double Slit Experiment
Rubens Tube physics experiment (visualized sound) w/ FIRE!!!
All Brainiac videos - thermite and alkali metals the top two
resonance (really fresking amazing) shows the resonance frequencies of sound through sand(or sugar) that is moving
Of course you also have the full movies:
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
I do prefer the small movie over the larger movie's because you can watch more and generally you learn more and they are more funny.
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