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Why do men buy sex?
The guys who buy it aren't who you think. Nor are their reasons for doing so.
According to Dr. Teela Sanders, a senior lecturer at the University of Leeds, and the author of Paying For Pleasure: Men Who Buy Sex, nearly one in three men will buy sex at some point in his life. . .and we’re not talking porn. Below, Sanders offers some provocative ideas on why that’s the case—and what you need to know about it. The guys who buy it aren't who you think. Nor are their reasons for doing so. ... more -
What Are Community Values?
We're all in it together. It's always been that way, worldwide, and it always will be. Don't believe the right wing hype that we have to fear and hate each other. We all do better when we ALL do better! We're all in it together. It's always been that way, worldwide, and it always will be. Don't believe the right wing hyp... more
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Going Big box vs. Going Local
What are the effects of our shopping? That big box chain may seem convenient, but is it? How much is all of our shopping costing us ? and the planet? This great new film by Amy Wolf, a film fellow for the Movement Vision Lab, gives us the chance to step back and re-think how we buy what we buy and why! What are the effects of our shopping? That big box chain may seem convenient, but is it? How much is all of our shopping costing us ? ... more
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High-Tech Trash
People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, noxious kind of clutter exploded across the landscape: the digital detritus that has come to be called e-waste. People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, n... more
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Motorhead Messiah / Fuel Efficient Cars - Biodiesel - Hybrids
?Check it out. It's actually a jet engine," says Johnathan Goodwin, with a low whistle. "This thing is gonna be even cooler than I thought." We're hunched on the floor of Goodwin's gleaming workshop in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by the shards of a wooden packing crate. Inside the wreckage sits his latest toy--a 1985-issue turbine engine originally designed for the military. It can spin at a blistering 60,000 rpm and burn almost any fuel. And Goodwin has some startling plans for this esoteric piece of hardware: He's going to use it to create the most fuel-efficient Hummer in history.
Goodwin, a 37-year-old who looks like Kevin Costner with better hair, is a professional car hacker. The spic-and-span shop is filled with eight monstrous trucks and cars--Hummers, Yukon XLs, Jeeps--in various states of undress. His four tattooed, twentysomething grease monkeys crawl all over them with wrenches and welding torches.
Johnathan Goodwin is a 37-year-old professional car hacker out of Kansas that's making a name for himself by taking muscle cars and doubling their horsepower, and at the same time quadrupling their mileage and cutting emissions by 80 percent.
His latest project: creating a super-efficient electric hybrid Hummer H3 by putting in an electric motor plus a military-grade 60,000 rpm turbine modified to run on biodiesel, doubling horsepower from 300 to 600, getting 60 miles per gallon, and doing zero to 60 in five seconds. It'll also have a hydrogen-injection system that will cut the already low emissions by half.
He's currently converting a 1987 Jeep Wagoneer to biodiesel for Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a 1960 Lincoln Continental into a biodiesel-electric hybrid for Neil Young. ?Check it out. It's actually a jet engine," says Johnathan Goodwin, with a low whistle. "This thing is gonna be even co... more -
Neil Young turns car GREEN
Neil Young talks about retro-fitting his antique car with a bio-diesel engine to make it environmentally friendly.
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Clean, Carbon-Neutral Hydrogen on the Horizon
Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think, according to Penn State researchers.
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Brew Not Bombs
Brew Not Bombs was built on the idea that we can create a free society based upon cooperation, self-sufficiency, and equality. We believe in living in harmony with each other while avoiding unnecessary waste and harm to our ecosystem. In BNB Baltimore, we brew all our beer, wine, and cider ourselves using all natural, vegan/vegatarian ingredients. Brew Not Bombs was built on the idea that we can create a free society based upon cooperation, self-sufficiency, and equality. We beli... more
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Sarah McLachlan - World On Fire
Sarah explains where all the money went. If I were to have a celebrity crush, I think it would be Sarah Mclachlan. I love your music Sarah, thank you wherever you are. The world is a better place with you in it. Peace. Sarah explains where all the money went. If I were to have a celebrity crush, I think it would be Sarah Mclachlan. I love your music... more
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Toxics
The production, trade, use, and release of many synthetic chemicals is now widely recognized as a global threat to human health and the environment.
Laura Ling's Current POD.
http://current.com/items/76355482_toxic_villages The production, trade, use, and release of many synthetic chemicals is now widely recognized as a global threat to human health and th... more
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