Four influential members of Congress, fed up with the Google/Verizon “industry-centered net neutrality policy framework,” are now demanding that the government act in the public interest to enforce real network neutrality. More specifically, they want the FCC to act. Even though passing legislation through Congress would be cleaner and less legally fraught than implementing new rules at the FCC, current political realities make that impossible.

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Google, Verizon warned not to "cable-ize" the Internet

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Because the question comes up from time to time, I thought I’d answer some questions about making substitutions in my recipes and swapping out ingredients. The short answer is: When you substitute or swap out ingredients, results will vary and won’t be the same as mine. Some will work, and others won’t.

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Baking Ingredients and Substitutions

Science fiction movies and TV shows are perpetually trying to see through things: Everyone from Superman to last year’s KITT reboot were all using some method or other to see through walls and clothing. Since we already live in the future, see through technology exists in myriad forms, not the least of which is airport full-body scanning. These scanners are so good at seeing past clothing that they might violate child porn laws in the United Kingdom.

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Using Terhertz Radiation to Blur Our See-Through Vision | Science Not Fiction

photo credit: TheTruthAbout… Certain things you can just count on. Open houses are a quirky piece of Americana we just can’t seem to shake. You may think they’re a stupid waste of time, or you may think that your home’s salability depends entirely on the curious, time-worn Sunday ritual

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Death, taxes, and the open house

“Critical thinking always, or your patient’s dead” – Victor Satinsky, MD, NSF-funded summer science training program (SSTP) for high school students, Hahnemann Medical College, early 1970′s. Health IT projects are incredibly complex undertakings in equally complex, mission-critical medical environments.

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EPIC’s outrageous recommendations on healthcare IT project staffing

Metro Group is seeking work-at-home Verizon customer support agents in the Fort Lauderdale, Fl area. You must live within driving distance of Fort Lauderdale, because training will take place there

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Work-at-Home: Verizon Customer Support Agents

In late 2009, we posted about problems at a Genzyme plant that manufactured some fabulously expensive drugs, e.g. Cerezyme whose cost to patients approximated $160,000 a year. We thought then that for a drug costing that much, the company ought to have figured out a conservative process to provide pure and unadulterated product.

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A Golden Parachute for Making Contaminated Drugs?

No one wants to be #2. photo credit: a loves dc I had to scratch my head on this one for a minute. Who needs a liquid pencil?

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Latent demand – The importance of getting it right the first time when offering your home for sale.

The terms ÁÖnderwriting’ and ÁÖnderwriter’ as provided in the Finance Act, 1994 and further defined in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Underwriters) Rules, 1993, pertain to dealing in securities of a body corporate.

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Underwriting commission received by the Primary Dealers for the auction of Government Securities not liable to service tax

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The Easiest Way To Get Free Unique Articles For Your Blog

Friday – August 13 12:15 – 1:00 Century Ballroom 915 East Pine Street Seattle, WA 98122-3849 www.centuryballroom.com Oh how I love Seattle and I couldn’t be more thrilled and proud to be speaking with lots of creative and entrepreneurial minded friends and colleagues at The Creative Conference of Entrepreneurs .

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Seattle Friends – come see me Friday August 13th!

In the 16 years since a 1994 ceasefire agreement put the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed mainly-Armenian populated territory of Nagorno Karabakh on hold, peace remains as elusive as ever. The war fought in the early 1990s left over 25,000 dead and forced a million to flee their homes, leaving ethnic Armenian forces, backed by Armenia proper, in control of over 16 percent of what the international community considers sovereign Azerbaijani territory

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Overcoming Negative Stereotypes in the South Caucasus

Since the last post about Wikileaks on this blog , the site has drawn the world’s attention with its release of nearly 100,000 classified military documents from the U.S.

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A New Media Model for the Developing World?

I didn’t really grasp the concept of elevation until I moved to the West. I understood intellectually that higher elevations meant cooler temperatures and different topography, flora and fauna, but knowing something like that intellectually and experiencing several different elevations in the course of one afternoon are two very distinct ways to comprehend. Our travels today took us from 2500 feet above sea level to over 7200 feet, then down to around 5,000 feet

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♫ "A-standin’ on the corner in Winslow, Arizona…"*

As Jim said in his email today: “The Deficit Commission is the most dangerous threat Social Security has ever faced. Republicans stacked the bipartisan commission with right-wingers who’ve spent their careers trying to kill Social Security — and Congress has promised to fast-track the Commission’s recommendations.

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Republicans are at it again

Ok, a lot of dust and cobwebs around here, not to mention all the spam my last post is attracting. Better clean up and put new stuff here! Some time ago I did this painting for a friend: I used some custom brushes made during Schoolism classes, worked with textures, multiply, overlay and color…You know, good ol’ teacher Bobby’s way! Hope you enjoy it! And with “you” I mean you evil spammers, of course.

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Long time no see

Tattered Fabric Silk Flowers I am so excited about one of my new items at my etsy shop . These stunning silk flowers can be used to embellish altered fashions, making accessories or home decorating.

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New Tattered Silk Flower Embellishments

I’m getting ready for our trip to explore the Rio Grande Rift . Like the Rift, our route will bisect New Mexico, from north of Santa Fe all the way down to Las Cruces. There will be geologic glories galore, including calderas (volcanic craters), lava frozen in place by millions of years of time, mountains (ditto), and the sparkling water of the Rio Grande itself.

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Rift

Every once and a while I like to take a look back at my marketing initiatives to see what can be improved or simply get a good laugh. This morning I was going through some of my old files and found a marketing piece that I created over a dozen years ago.

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Marketing Faux Pas