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One day in the fall of 1999, there was a Slashdot discussion about the fact that Network Solutions' dictatorial iron grip was beginning to finally be loosened, and that other registrars were now able to register domain names. Among the fun new implications of this development were the fact that a number of these new registrars, unlike Network Solutions, allowed you to have so-called profanities in domain names. Someone participating in that Slashdot thread pointed out that, as of that moment, one could still snap up a domain name starting with an impolite word and ending with Microsoft.com.

With 1 billion tons of coal used per year in the US, that equates to as much as 75 trillion gallons of water wasted on dirty energy each year. August 17, 2010 | We usually give coal the stink eye for the ways it harms the earth's surface when it is extracted, and the way it harms the earth's systems when it is burned.

We Waste How Much Water On Coal?! | Water | AlterNet (Build 20100722155716)

http://www.alternet.org/water/147873/we_waste_how_much_water_on_coal!

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/

NASA satellites give us a global view of what’s happening on our planet.

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The Brazilian government is controlling the ccTLD .br and all the revenue is being used by Lula's workers party.

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uple return from holiday to find plant has shot up to 25ft.... and now towers over their house | Mail Online (Build 20100722155716)

The sky's the limit: Heather Godfrey, 74, was stunned to see that her agave plant had shot up 25ft. It is believed Britain's unpredictable weather and a series of mild winters may have prompted its growth spurt A spiky agave plant, normally found in warmer climates, had sprung to life in their absence for the first time in 23 years, soaring to 25ft and looming over their house.

Tell the Obama Administration and the south Korean Government you want the U.S./south Korean war maneuvers and provocations against the DPRK stopped immediately, the removal of south Korean and U.S. war ships including the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington, an end to the U.S. sponsored sanctions against the DPRK, the signing of a peace treaty NOW to end the state of war that has existed since the Korean war, and the immediate withdrawal of the 30,000 U.S. troops that still occupy south Korea, so that the Korean people can freely decide their own destiny. THESE ARE THE UNDISPUTED FACTS: On Nov. 23, the government of South Korea mobilized 70,000 troops for a week of military maneuvers just off the border of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.