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In A Long Time by 46bliss - Listen for free at podsafe music network. There's lots of other good stuff there too but this is my current favorite.

sisters

sisters
Originally uploaded by themexican.

From themexican photostream on Flickr this great entry and lots of other high quality stuff.

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Secret Agent on SomaFM via iTunes radio. Follow the link above for the playlist or if for some odd reason you don't have iTunes yet. They just played Mariguana Cha Cha Cha and the piece before that was a samba. Cool stuff.

Boing Boing: Commercial music in podcasts: the end of free expression?

From Boing Boing in regards to Podshow - PodShow is a new service that talks music labels into licensing their music for free playback on podcasts. So far, so good.

The problem is that in return for access to PodCast music, you agree to a license that prohibits you from referencing "software piracy (warez, cracking, etc.), hacking, phreaking, emulators, ROM's, or illegal MP3 activity" or saying anything "deemed unsuitable or harmful to the reputation of PodShow or the Licensor." .....................

memories, washed away

memories, washed away
Originally uploaded by thebigdurian.

From the cloudburst of Mumbai archive on Flickr. Powerful images from the recent floods. Selections from the larger group are also posted in my flickr Favorites.

Reporters Bribed In China

A coalmine flood took place in Ruzhou on July 31, and while the authorities attempted to keep a lid on the accident, information quickly seeped out through mobile phone SMS. Within a fortnight, a large number of journalists had rushed into the area. A local official surnamed Yang said that 480 reporters received RMB 200,000 (USD 24,660) in hush money.

The mine in question was said to be connected to a senior local official.

Yang was also quoted as saying that the amount was nothing compared with the money offered to reporters for covering up similar coal mine accidents in the cities of Dengfeng and Xinmi, also in Henan Province.

A screen shot

This is what I'm talking about.

iTunes is sending me a podcast I didn't subscribe to

I was surprised to find a podcast from openpodcast.org (Lesley Belle Promo - OpenPodcast.org #2824) on my iTunes this morning. They don't have me listed as a subscriber. I do subscribe to openpodcast but I use Doppler to pull it in and iTunes is only the player. That sub is in it's normal place but for some reason I have an unsolicited download as well. It's located in the iTunes Podcast section not as a single playlist like the other Doppler catches. Most peculiar.

RBS Interactive...

Explosive growth phase???? That's a term used in conjunction with things like use of the internet not a small marketing company.

We're a dynamic company that's growing fast.
Since Rob Schmidt founded RBS Interactive—with just a laptop computer and a good idea—it has grown steadily and inevitably into a home improvement and automotive services company with a nationwide presence. Now we're in our "explosive growth" phase, and looking for exceptional people to join our team and take us to the next level of performance.

Fetal Tissue Heals Burns

From washingtonpost.com:

The treatment led to the regrowth of essentially normal skin on second- and third-degree burns in about two weeks, according to the report by a Swiss research team. The scarring and tissue contraction seen after many burns did not occur, and dressing changes were easier and less painful, the researchers said.

The fetal tissue promotes growth of the patient's own skin cells rather than becoming incorporated into the recipient's skin as a true "graft." Further, it appears that a piece of fetal skin smaller than a postage stamp could be used to produce enough cells to treat hundreds of patients.

"The results were sort of unexpected. ....