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TRAFFIC JAM ondergronds
Event
Friday 30th May 2008

Basement 27 Russell Street (Cnr Flinders Ln and Russell St)


Corporate Networking - Drink Specials DJ ADRIAN V Come early, Drink Special every Friday

Every 15 minutes from 5pm - 9pm, 2 for 1 drink special (Heineken, Becks, House Wine incl: Champagne)

Corporate Networking followed up by Tequila Limbo....

DJ Adrian V - 7pm onwards

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Cloud Cult .
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Saturday 12th April 2008

, Indianapolis, 46203, IN, United States


My Old Kentucky Blog & The Monolith Music Festival present Cloud Cult + The Forms + Sisters. The environmentally conscious Cloud Cult began in the early '90s in Minneapolis, MN, as a solo project for Craig Minowa, who at the time was pursuing a degree in environmental science while shining shoes and driving an ice cream truck, among other jobs.


In 1995, Minowa spent the year recording The Shade Project, which included sounds produced by buckets, pans, and couch cushions. In early 2000, he followed up with Who Killed Puck? After the birth of his son, Minowa kept Cloud Cult as a studio project, with the next two years focusing on family, recording, writing grants, and working as an environmental activist. He also formed Earthology Records on his organic farm, powered by geothermal energy and built partially from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic.


With the sudden death of his son in February 2002, Minowa became reclusive while writing a large volume of songs. They Live on the Sun eventually was finished

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DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation - hosted by Ab .
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Wednesday 19th March 2008

Redfern Community Ctr, 29-53 Hugo St Redfern


DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation - Founder of the ZULU NATION Recognised by Life magazine as one of the "Most Important Americans of the 20th Century" , DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA has been inducted into the HIP HOP [rock & roll] Hall of Fame and awarded by both Billboard and the Source Magazine the status of Pioneer of HIP HOP and ELECTRO FUNK. With over 30 years trailblazin' around the world, DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA can almost singlehandedly be credited for the urban music revolution - redefining music and culture as we know it today. Running alongside the advertised club tour, there is a NEVER TO BE REPEATED CONVERSATION SERIES in which AFRIKA BAMBAATAA will speak and engage in a Q and A session with the audience. This is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to be up close and personal to the ICON that is DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA and hear the knowledge of the Amen Ra of HIP HOP and Father of ELECTRO FUNK. ALL BOOKINGS FOR THE CONVERSATION SERIES are only available from http://w


ww.afrikabambaata.com Tix $44 gst inc -

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Super Living Expo .
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Sunday 24th February 2008

Come join in the fun at Melbourne's own all vegan expo The Super Living Expo (previously known as Cruelty Free Lifestyle Expo) Join Lara Crop, Superfoods Man, Wasabi Woman & Wolverbean in their quest to save the animals, the environment & the people of planet earth! Try some delicious food, drinks, wine and beer!Have the opportunity to buy Vegan cosmetics, household products, organic fruit & vegies. Take part in free workshops! Learn from our free talks! Dance to live music ( extra special guest Steve Kilby - from The Church) Have a massage. Fun activites for the kids! Raffle prizes and lots more! Fun for all! An event not to be missed. $5 admission or $10 to get a green showbag filled with goodies. Children - free. http://www.superlivingexpo.org.au


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DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - LIVE ON TOUR KISSmyBLAKarts
Event
Tuesday 25th March 2008

ABMUSIC - www.abmusic.com.au - 295 Manning Rd Waterford [across from Curtin University]WA


AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation is ESSENTIAL for those who want to foster a greater knowledge of the roots of the most influential man in contemporary music and Black history. DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - Amen Ra of HIP, Father of ELECTRO FUNK DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation


Running alongside the advertised club tour, there is a NEVER TO BE REPEATED CONVERSATION SERIES in which AFRIKA BAMBAATAA will speak and engage in a Q and A session with the audience. This is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to be up close and personal to the ICON that is DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA and hear the knowledge of the Amen Ra of HIP HOP and Father of ELECTRO FUNK.


ALL BOOKINGS FOR THE CONVERSATION SERIES are only available from www.afrikabambaata.com

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18/3 Brisbane - Level 1 Auditorium - Kuril Dhagan Qld State Library, Stanley St South Bank QLD - 07-3842-9887


19/3 Sydney - Redfern Community Ctr - 29-53 Hugo St Redfern NSW - 02-9288-5713


22/3 Melbourne - Aboriginal Advancement League - 2 Watt St, Thornbu

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IN CONVERSATION - DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA KISSmyBLAKarts
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Monday 24th March 2008

Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Centre - www.tandanya.com.au - 253 Grenfell St, Adelaide SA -


AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation is ESSENTIAL for those who want to foster a greater knowledge of the roots of the most influential man in contemporary music and Black history. DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - Amen Ra of HIP, Father of ELECTRO FUNK DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA in conversation


Running alongside the advertised club tour, there is a NEVER TO BE REPEATED CONVERSATION SERIES in which AFRIKA BAMBAATAA will speak and engage in a Q and A session with the audience. This is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to be up close and personal to the ICON that is DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA and hear the knowledge of the Amen Ra of HIP HOP and Father of ELECTRO FUNK.


ALL BOOKINGS FOR THE CONVERSATION SERIES are only available from www.afrikabambaata.com

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18/3 Brisbane - Level 1 Auditorium - Kuril Dhagan Qld State Library, Stanley St South Bank QLD - 07-3842-9887


19/3 Sydney - Redfern Community Ctr - 29-53 Hugo St Redfern NSW - 02-9288-5713


22/3 Melbourne - Aboriginal Advancement League - 2 Watt St, Thornbu

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environmental art @ moomba .
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Saturday 8th March 2008

moomba water festival goes green with special guests Enviro Craft Australia (melb) making all things recycled reclaimed from rubbish with thousands of kids all day over the long weekend


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mooney valley festival .
Event
Monday 25th February 2008

enviro craft aust (melb) making all this recycled and fun with the kids


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ELF TRANZPORTER - WESTERN TOUR! TheCommunity
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Friday 21st December 2007

Best known as a member of pioneering Australian hip-hop group MetaBass'N'Breath and socially conscious dub/hip-hop activist crew Combat Wombat, Marlon Porter AKA Elf Tranzporter has been active as an artist, teacher and mentor to many aspiring young MCs and beatboxers for a long time now. Elf Tranzporter & Dj Wasabi, Mathas & Arms in Motion, Funk Club House band, Diger Rokwell Charlie Bucket, Deph One, Maxabillion, Nashi Per Best known as a member of pioneering Australian hip-hop group MetaBass'N'Breath and socially conscious dub/hip-hop activist crew Combat Wombat, Marlon Porter AKA Elf Tranzporter has been active as an artist, teacher and mentor to many aspiring young MCs and beatboxers for a long time now.

His large contribution to Australian hip-hop culture and the massive respect earnt along his journey is impressive and highly inspirational, making Elf Tranzporter a national hip-hop icon.

Three years in the making, the debut full-length release, 'Ethereal Lotus Fleet' has finally been delivered to t

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Up The Arts Comedy Xmas Ho, Ho, Ho! upthearts
Event
Wednesday 19th December 2007

Miller of Mansfield,


Lots of fun, loads of laughs.

Come and get it, Up The Arts! "audiences go away with a memorable experience they couldn't have got elsewhere." TIME OUT

"Reccommended" CHORTLE

"Reccommended" METRO

"has a charm all of it's own" SAMPLE CLERKENWELL


A stupendous line up for our Xmas knees up.

NORMAN LOVETT is best known for "Holly" in BBC's Red Dwarf. "He's funnier than ever" EVENING STANDARD

HENNING WEHN "stand-up glory lies ahead" TIME OUT

LOUIS SCHAFFER "Arrive early to catch the London-based quick-fire wit of US stand-up Lewis Schaffer" EVENING STANDARD

RICHARD COUGHLAN "lord of filth, Richard Coughlan, is on a mission; it's political correctness gone mad!" THREE WEEKS

HARRIET BOWDEN "Definitely a name to look out for." DAILY EXPRESS

Plus VERITY WELCH, PAUL RICKETTS and PETER TENNANT (MC). Also mince pie and Egg Nog challenge and Punch line Competition - win a bottle of wine.

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LOST FILM FESTIVAL liege! .
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Thursday 6th December 2007

L'Atelier M.A.O. de la zOne prsente LE LOST FILM FESTIVAL prsent par Scott Beibin (Philadelphia, US) Le Lost Film Festival est une programmation itinrante de court mtrages indpendants (le plus souvent contestataires) prsente par Scott Beibin, joyeux activiste punk de longue date, crateur du festival. Il performera cette soire de projection la manire d'un DJ. Scott Beibin est la base de la cration de la Evil Twin Agency, une agence de booking qui propose un catalogue d'artistes, performeurs et auteurs comme le Lost Film Fest, les Yes Men, Who Killed the Electric Car, Bernardine Dohrn (des "Weather Underground ") etc.. C'est une rbellion festive avec l'accent mis autant sur le festif que sur la rbellion. Cette tourne europenne d'un mois passe par la zOne et propose trois heures de vidos drles et cinglantes sur le mode du commentaire social en provenance d'Amrique du Nord et au-del : courts-mtrages, fictions low-budget, tournages amateurs, performances filmes

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Cinclub Un autre monde est possible K. Arkana .
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Monday 3rd December 2007

Cette soire est organise conjointement par le Cercle des Cins et le GTS. Un cin dbat sur le film de Keny Arkana Un autre monde est possible et de la place des mdias alternatifs dans les luttes contemporaines. Avec prsentation du GTS et des ces diffrents groupes. Cette soire promet d'tre engage ! Venez y nombreux !


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The New Honeys Night Club Tswang
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Saturday 24th November 2007

Niles, MI


Tswang Live At The New Honeys Night Club Tswang, Thad Tko, & Young General Tswang Live At The New Honeys Night Club

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Anti-Authoritarian Contingent at the School of the Americas (SOA) Vigil &am .
Event
Saturday 17th November 2007

Fort Benning

(Columbus, Georgia)


CALLING ALL ANTI-AUTHORITARIANS AND ANARCHISTS for an anti-authoritarian


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Loophole Garden Day .
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Sunday 25th November 2007

Yet another garden permablitz day at Loophole. On this day we'll be putting in another big garden bed in the backyard, planting a couple more fruit trees, finally getting the rainwater water systems going.. Bring along any seedlings, food to share (we'll make a big lunch too), musical instruments, knowledge to share.. Twill be a fun day! Loophole is at 834 High St, Thornbury, just before the corner of Plenty Rd. Loophole is a collectively run community centre. It is a shared space where we can exchange skills, resources and knowledge, and where we can find inspiration and support as we develop our ideas, our projects and ourselves. Loophole runs on a not-for profit basis. It is a space where people's talents can be appreciated and developed, no matter how much wealth they do or do not have. Everything at Loophole is provided by donation and by the support of people who volunteer their energy and their time. We hope that at Loophole we can learn, collectively, how to minimize our negative impact on people and

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Oroberous - Artist's Co-op Fundraiser .
Event
Saturday 24th November 2007

Food not Bombs Suse Scholem Genievieve and Jezebel Rapskallion Barons of Tang Fiammella with fire DJ Bodymelt DJ Brewster $4 entry


The vision for the artist co-op is to pool our resources to create a common space. A place to promote creativity and share resources. Ideas for shared equipment and resources include a darkroom, jewellery workshop, graphics computers and screen-printing equipment. It's hard to say because it is yet to come into being. It's up to you what we'll have there... The co-op will also need a way to pay for the space it's renting, some ideas are: membership fees, renting studio spaces to artists and possibly commissions on sales of works produced in the space. It will be important to ensure there are a variety of ways people can contribute according to their skills and ability. Members should get involved in helping keep the place clean and usable, cooking communal meals (and sourcing food), childcare would be good too, organising collective art exhibitions, gigs and market stalls,

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Earthdance 2007 2nd Launch Party .
Event
Friday 17th August 2007

The Cross Hotel, 24 Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross


Dust Tones stage: Q45 feat Amy B, Typhonic, Special Ed, The Cartel, Kundalini, bentley


Wamp Wamp stage: Captain Franco, Anna Lunoe, Kato, Moriarty, Radge


Reckless Republic stage: Matt Nugent, Telefunken, Potbelleez, Trinity, Claire Morgan, Frisco, Brynstar, Emerson Todd


Deep As Fu*k stage: Minimal Fuss Dj's, Bump DJ's, Deep As Fu*k Dj's, Joe Le Fro, George Sadlik (Junkbeats) To kick start this year's funkiest and largest charity event, grab your mates and join us for the second massive fundraising night at THE CROSS Hotel with than 4 pumping dance floors.

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Friends of the Earth Anti Nuclear Benefit Gig .
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Thursday 9th August 2007

Come along and enjoy a fun night of music and dancing with some great local artists. All money raised will go to Friends of the Earth's Anti-Nuclear Collective so they can continue to actively campaign against uranium mining, the dumping of radioactive wastes, a new nuclear reactor for Sydney, proliferation of nuclear weapons and the irradiation of food. WHEN: Thursday 9th August 8PM - LATE WHERE: Northcote Social Club 301 High St NORTHCOTE HOW MUCH: $20 FULL / $15 CONC & PRE-BOOK Pre-Bookings Ph NSC Box Office - 9486 1677 or online via http://www.northcotesocialclub.com WHO: KHANCOBAN, Too Many Cars, La Colombi, Milk, Fly South and Dulcet Ruse MORE INFO: Contact Nadia - 0438 508 894 or Rachel - 0432 506 710 or phone the FOE office and speak to Michaela on 9419 8700


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CPJ Documentary Film Showing Vol.12 .
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Thursday 9th August 2007

Coalition for Peace and Justice Documentary Showing Vol.12 will view "The Revolution will not be Televised." On 12th of April 2002, the world awoke to the news that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been removed from office and had been replaced by a new interim government. What had in fact taken place was the first Latin American coup of the 21st century, plotted and conducted by CIA!? Aaron Russo told Alex Jones that the big bosses behind the scene did want to get Chavez after 9/11, but they failed in front of PEOPLE POWER. Showing will take place at the Multicultural Services in Morwell from 7pm on Thursday 9th of August. Film is 74min long, in English/Spanish with English subtitles. Entry by donation. Any inquiry, please write to kisshoten12@hotmail.com


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World Music Peace Concert: Remembering Hiroshima .
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Sunday 5th August 2007

Performers: David Jones - Tibetan/Japanese Meditation Music, Ajak Kwai - Sudanese Singer, Kate Tempany & Friends - Indian Tabla, Noriko Tadano - Shamisen, Rindo Daiko - Japanese Drums Speaker: Professor Joseph A. Camilleri - La Trobe University Tickets $15 / $10 Proceeds will go towards the Non-Governmental Organisation, Darfur Australia Network. http://www.darfuraustralia.org.au For interviews or more information, contact Anna at info@jfp.org.au or 0421-981-961, or visit our website at http://www.jfp.org.au


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Millimetric & Yannick Baudino - Kabricot OUT NOW!!! Toyfriend_Music
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"Toyfriend Music" is a digital record label based in Odessa, Ukraine.

Our aim is to bring hi quality electro & techno crossover stuff from worldwide producers varying from groovy tech-house, groovy and funky techno to electro-techno.

The label catalogue is divided in two parts: regular releases from worldwide techno producers ("Toyfriend") and set of special releases ("Toyfriend Special").

First regular release on Toyfriend Music comes from French electro & techno artists Millimetric & Yannick Baudino (Human Body). This very strong duo appears on Toyfriend with something special called 'Kabricot';.

Rave activist since the beginning, Yannick Baudino started his artistic carrier in 1997. He sat up a live act with Ginos's with the name Human Body, a mix of techno, house and electro. They produced a large amount of EPs, made a European tour and received a warm welcome each time they played.

After several releases on labels like Goodlife, Properproud or Notorious

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SECRET MIND - MOVEMENT CD - OUT NOW - SPECTRUM RECORDS homsy
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1. Into the system

2. The move

3. Freeze

4. 10 years after

5. Movement

6. Mutation

7. Who are we?

8. Sunrise in Tel Aviv

9. Zion trainSOUND ENHANCED RELEASE PAGE:

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SPECTRUM RECORDS presents Secret Mind, project of artist and longtime trance activist Eli Buzaglo.

Movement is Secret Minds debut album, a personal journey through the Spectrum of direction Trance takes.

A Think & Powerful, Groovy & Emotional set of tracks, featuring 9 previously unreleased hits.

Artist Eli Buzaglo, the creator of this ri

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BOA DISTRIBUTION RELEASE NEWS 2006 homsy
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BOA ONLINE WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH LOTS OF NEW KILLER SOUND>>>www.boadistribution.com

WHEN BROWSING CLICK ON THE COVERS & BANNERS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & SOUND SAMPLES

MEGA RELEASES FOR 2006

MGMAL003 - DRUGON - PERFECT HALLUCINATION CD - OUT 18.01.2006

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MGMAL003 - DRUGON - PERFECT HALLUCINATION CD - OUT 18.01.2006

MAGMA Records, Italy's pioneering psychedelic progressive/full on label is back with a brand new dancefloor lifter by Drugon.Drugon are Assaf Arzi & Navot Uriel ba

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Congress Must Investigate Privacy Violations at U.S. Borders EFF.org Updates
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This morning, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien testified in a Senate hearing on laptop searches and other privacy violations faced by Americans at the U.S. border. Lee's testimony [PDF] outlined the dangers of random and invasive searches of travelers' digital devices, and urged more congressional investigation and oversight. Today's hearing comes as Americans are increasingly complaining about how the Department of Homeland Security searches laptops, cell phones, and other digital devices as they come home from overseas travel. Agents often confiscate the devices, copy the contents, and sometimes even provide a copy of the data to the Department of Justice -- even when the traveler is not suspected of criminal activity. EFF is deeply concerned about this blanket search and seizure power. We've participated as amicus in US v. Arnold, an important case concerning suspicionless searches at the border. We've also teamed up with other privacy and professional associations to ask lawmakers for answers, and w

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Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law Freedom to Tinker
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James Grimmelmann has an interesting new essay, “Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law,” on the challenges of ensuring that the public has effective knowledge of the laws. This might sound like an easy problem, but Grimmelmann combines history and explanation to show why it can be difficult. The law — which [...]

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Wanted: Prior Art to Bust Seer Patent EFF.org Updates
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The Patent Busting Project fights back against bogus patents by filing requests for reexamination against the worst offenders. We've successfully pushed the Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine five of the ten patents on our Most Wanted list. We're proud to have tackled half of the list, but now we need your help to bust another. A company called Seer Systems has a patent on a system for joining different musical data types together in a file, distributing them over the internet, and then playing that file. We are especially interested in prior art relating to downloading and playing parts of "musical work files" in real time. One such example might be a system for streaming media files by taking the file one piece at a time and downloading the necessary sound files and musical data for that part before playing it and moving on to another section. The Seer Systems patent was filed on July 11, 1997. We need to show that information on how to make the system described in the patent was publicly availabl

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Los Angeles School Teachers Stage One Hour Walkout Strike http://la.indymedia.org
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Los Angeles School Teachers Stage One Hour Walkout Strike

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June Bride: Wedding Bells are Ringing in California http://la.indymedia.org
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June Bride: Wedding Bells are Ringing in California

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Charges Finally Dropped Against Father Gerard Jean-Juste Narco News
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After Intense International Pressure Haitian Court Dismisses Unsubstantiated Allegations of Criminal Association and Firearms Possession of Popular Haitian Activist By Wadner Pierre and Joe Emersberger

HaitiAnalysis

June22,2008 http://haitianalysis.com/2008/6/19/charges-finally-dropped-against-fr-gerard-jean-juste

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Marriage foes make nice for the mainstream Gay.com News Headlines
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"We wish these same-sex couples well; our beef is not with them, but with the judges," says an activist who, despite his words, fights gays' right to marry.

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House Caves, Approves Fake 'Compromise' on Telecom EFF.org Updates
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Washington, D.C. - Privacy rights and the rule of law took a serious blow today when the House of Representatives passed blanket retroactive immunity for phone companies that participated in the president's warrantless surveillance program. The FISA Amendments Act, H.R. 6304, which House Leadership rushed to the floor today after its introduction yesterday, passed by a vote of 293 to 129. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week. The bill was touted as a bipartisan "compromise" on the issues of electronic surveillance and immunity. But in fact it requires dismissal of lawsuits against companies like AT&T that participated in the program as long as the companies received a piece of paper from the government indicating that the surveillance had been authorized by the president and was determined to be lawful. "Immunity for telecom giants that secretly assisted in the NSA's warrantless surveillance undermines the rule of law and the privacy of every American," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Ban

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EFF Urges Judge to Grant New Trial for Jammie Thomas EFF.org Updates
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San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of consumer and industry groups have asked a judge to grant a new trial to Jammie Thomas, who was hit with a $222,000 judgment in a file-sharing lawsuit based in part on the recording industry's bogus "making available" theory. Thomas' trial and the staggering financial penalty made headlines around the world. In the case, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sought to hold Thomas liable for unauthorized distribution of digital music over the Internet without having to prove that anyone actually downloaded songs from her. The RIAA argued that simply making the songs available in a shared folder on her computer was enough to impose penalties, and a jury found Thomas liable for $220,000 in October of 2007. But earlier this year, the judge in the case said he was concerned that he might have made a mistake when he followed the RIAA's reasoning in his jury instructions and asked for more briefing on whether Thomas deserved a

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Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity EFF.org Updates
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Now the bill moves to the Senate. Passing it would amount to a Congressional seal of approval on illegal surveillance. The bill would destroy our best chance for a judicial ruling on whether the President can grant corporations permission to break the law with impunity. Some have called the bill a balanced compromise between extremes, but this is pure spin. In reality, it's nothing less than a complete cave to the phone companies' and White House's demands. Please contact your Senators, remind them we're watching, and urge them to stand up to the White House and oppose the FISA Amendments Act!

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House Falls Down on the Job EFF.org Updates
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The House of Representatives today has fallen down on the job. By passing the FISA Amendments Act (293-129, with 105 Democrats in favor), they voted to give this lame duck President an undeserved parting gift by passing immunity for telcoms that helped the President violate the Constitution by participating in the NSA's massive and illegal spying program. While Speaker Pelosi and President Bush describe it as a "balanced bill" with "bipartisan support," the millions of Americans whose privacy rights have been violated by the President's illegal spying program seem to have been left out of the equation. Senator Bond's gloating statement to the New York Times showed the true picture: "I think the White House got a better deal than even they had hoped to get." The Washington Post wrote that the bill "hands President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to achieve." And the San Francisco Chronicle, writing from Speaker Pelosi's home district, called the vote "weak, timid, spineless." To s

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EFF Obtains New FISA Bill Containing Telecom Immunity, Vote  EFF.org Updates
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EFF has obtained a copy of the new FISA "compromise", and -- surprise! -- it contains blanket immunity for telecoms that helped the NSA break the law and spy on millions of ordinary Americans, just as we predicted yesterday. House Leadership intends to bring this bill to the floor for a vote tomorrow, so please contact your Congressperson now and tell them to vote NO on H.R.6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. UPDATE: EFF's initial analysis of the bill's immunity provisions.

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Microsoft to MSN Music Customers: Your Music is Still Good  EFF.org Updates
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Last April, Microsoft met with criticism when it announced that it would deactivate all music purchased from MSN Music. Customers rightly protested that the decision to pull the plug on the Digital Rights Management (DRM) servers that allow MSN Music customers to reauthorize music files would render their purchases useless At the time, EFF announced an open letter to Microsoft, urging them to make things right with their customers by giving refunds or replacing DRM-crippled music, and by avoiding use of DRM in the future. Now, Microsoft has responded to their customers concerns with a letter to customers that promises that the earlier deadline of August, 2008 will be not be enforced. Instead, the company will wait until 2011 to make a determination. After careful consideration, the letter reads, Microsoft has decided to continue to support the authorization of new computers and devices, and delivery of new license keys for MSN Music customers through at least the end of 2011. Paying cust

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Rebublican Senators: It's About Immunity EFF.org Updates
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The dangerous and unconstitutional FISA bill coming up before the House Friday appears to have support, with Speaker Pelosi describing it as a "balanced bill". The bill is far from balanced when it comes to immunity for telecoms, as the bill was written to guarantee dismissal -- a fact the Speaker's Republican colleagues are quite up front about: House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., said the only result that could occur from a court review of the lawsuits against the companies would be that plaintiffs would be prevented from pursuing the cases. ... "The lawsuits will be dismissed, and we feel comfortable that the standard of evidence that the law requires will be easily met," Blunt said. In addition to targeting EFF's lawsuit, these two Missouri legislators would also be throwing the State of Missouri out of court. The Missouri Public Utilities Commission was seeking information to determine if the telecoms violated the privacy of Missouri customers. It appears that protec

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Immunity in the News EFF.org Updates
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As Congress gets ready to vote on a new version of the FISA bill -- addressing the crucial question of whether it should pass immunity for telecom lawbreakers that participated in the NSA's illegal spying program -- the New York Times Editorial Board has weighed in. They describe the so-called "compromise" as anything but: The bill is not a compromise. The final details are being worked out, but all indications are that many of its provisions are both unnecessary and a threat to the Bill of Rights. The White House and the Congressional Republicans who support the bill have two real aims. They want to undermine the power of the courts to review the legality of domestic spying programs. And they want to give a legal shield to the telecommunications companies that broke the law by helping Mr. Bush carry out his warrantless wiretapping operation. There's no way around it, even the nation's top paper is facing the facts: The FISA bill before Congress will give the gift of immunity to telecom lawbreakers who willin

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Blogger arrests hit record high BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
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More than 64 people have been arrested for using blogs as a means of protest since 2003, finds a US report.

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The Patent Office Cant Do It All Alone: Public Participat EFF.org Updates
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Its not news that there are patents out there that never should have been granted. Whether its the invention of entertaining a cat with a laser pointer, combining two well-known car features in a manner that offers no unexpected new outcome, or selling CDs of a live concert immediately after the show, the patent office allows some bad patents. Our Patent Busting Project takes this problem on by asking the patent office to reexamine patents " that is, to consider again whether those patents should have been issued in the first place in light of prior art (ideas that existed before the patents) that weve located and brought to the patent offices attention. And in March, while the Patent Reform Act was still on the Senates schedule, we commented on the value of one form of reexamination known as an ex parte reexam (the only form of reexamination available for older patents) and provided some statistics. Dennis Crouch, who maintains a blog on patent law read by much of the p

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