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The US Oil Addiction

The Wall Street Journal, John J. Fialka and Jeffrey Ball, 28 Mar 2005 Bipartisan coalition presses Bush to get behind oil-use reduction Lambasting U.S. oil addiction: It’s not just for

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World Bank’s (E)Mission Creep

Critics question World Bank’s role as carbon trader, fossil-fuel funder By Daphne Wysham 25 Mar 2005 For as long as it’s been around, the World Bank has been prone to

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Restaurant Lingo

I thought it might be helpful to put down some definitions to words that we throw around constantly but might mean nothing to the lay-person. The Dictionary of Serving Weeds

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Windows more secure than Linux?

Which server environment is more secure? Windows or Linux? This question has been debated to the nth degree at the various computer forums, blogs, and numerous other places. A study

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Why another Exxon Valdez could happen

Sixteen years ago this week, the Exxon Valdez oil spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and horrified Alaska and the world. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is

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Phishing Attacks up 366%

A recent security threat report issued by Symantec.com detailed a number of the threats facing computer and Internet users in their travels. The most prevalent threats are apparently those that

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Network Security Management

Microsoft says ” Strategic planning, research, product development, marketing data, third-party information, and other corporate secrets are widely distributed on individual computers throughout an enterprise. These workstations, regular desktop computers,

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Italy Massively Taps Its Citizens’ Phones

Italians are known for speaking their minds, pouring out their hearts and just generally speaking loudly, in public. So it would seem hard to keep a secret there. But even

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Former GOP Boss Zings Jeb and George

Former Florida Republican State Chairman Tom Slade’s claim to fame is that he was the key architect of making Florida a solid Republican state. He also played a major role

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Zogby: Iraqis Want U.S. to Leave

U.S. officials were delighted at the turnout of voters for Iraq’s first free elections in more than a generation. But according to an analysis of the demographics of voters by

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