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The business of the bike commute is Oregon Business magazine's cover story this month. The magazine offers up one of the best two-sentence sub-headline about the state's bicycle culture that I've read: "From businesses such as Nutcase Helmets to Bike ... (more...)

When developing software, you must test your programs to ensure that all the business logic works correctly, and that it meets customer requirements. Such testing is generally known as "unit testing" because the tests are supposed to exercise the ... (more...)

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Fueled by easy credit, the real-estate market had been rising swiftly for some years. Members of Congress were determined to assure the continuation of that easy credit. Suddenly, the party came to a devastating halt. Defaults multiplied, banks began ... (more...)

In 1999, two psychologists named Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris conducted a Harvard University study to test the limits of human perception. They created a video that showed six young men and women standing in a small circle passing a ... (more...)

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While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise ? that God would "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life ? had developed an additional, toxic expression during sub-prime boom. Walton says that this encouraged congregants who got dicey mortgages to believe "God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house." The results, he says, "were disastrous, because they pretty much turned parishioners into prey for greedy brokers." Adds J. Lee Grady, editor of the magazine Charisma, "It definitely goes on, that a preacher might say, 'if you give this offering, God will give you a house. And if they did get the house, people did think that it was an answer to prayer, when in fact it was really bad banking policy." If so, the situation offers a look at how an native-born faith built partially on American economic optimism entered into a toxic symbiosis with a pathological market. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1847053,00.html?cnn=yes What do you think about this? (more...)

First, the background: An independent clothing store in my town had a small, second floor apartment that they couldn't rent, and since the owner was active in the bondage/fetish community she decided to open a discreet bondage boutique selling leather clothing and restraints (no sex toys, movies, magazines or anything like that). It was never intended to make a huge profit--just something to fill otherwise empty space and cater to a small sub-group in the community. As it was the first business of this type in our city, the local paper did a short story on it. The local churches went beserk. In addition to letters to the newspaper and rants by a local pastor on a Sunday-night radio show, members of a local Pentecostal church started picketting outside the business (from 3 to 20 depending on the day). They "witnessed" to people walking past the store (the regular clothing store, that is) and tried to intimidate and/or embarass anyone who entered. They also phoned her business constantly to "witness" to her, tying up her business line and driving her staff crazy. The radio-pastor praised and encouraged them on his show, while denying any direct involvement. After a month of this treatment, the owner closed the bondage boutique, but the harassment (minus picketing) continued and she was eventually forced to close her other store also because even her regular customers had been driven away and her staff had quit. Freedom of speech aside (I'm not suggesting that these people should not have been allowed to criticize the business), were these people entitled to behave the way they did? Does their religious belief trump the business owner's right to run a legal business and her customer's right to privacy? Thanks for you thoughts. Lest anything think that the campaign was not the reason for the owner going out of business (which the church later claimed), the original store had been established for many years and had a large, steady clientele and was very popular among the local University students. scotgirl: in a city of 150,000 people, there were never more than about 20 people picketing. Doesn't sound like a majority to me. Let me stress again that this was NOT a "sex store". It was an extension of the established clothing business, but sold leather and latex clothing, along with restraints, blindfords, whips etc. It was completely legal and the owner had all the necessary permits. (more...)

What is punk you ask? Well punk is a style, attitude, and a type of music. The punk style mainly consists of DIY and whatever else YOU want to do. The attitude is mainly a i don't care, anarchist, type of attitude, but that can also have whatever your attitude is in there. The music...who the hell knows how to explain the music, its basically every type of rock that doesnt fit into the "main" categories of rock. What i'm trying to say is that punk is basically whatever you want it to be, with a little of the things that i said mixed in....but mainly what YOU are not anyone else.Heres some bands:Abrasive Wheels,The Adicts,The Adolescents,The Adverts,Anti-Nowhere League,The Avengers,Bad Brains,Black Flag,The Boys,Buzzcocks,Chelsea,Circle Jerks,The Clash,Cock Sparrer,The Cramps,Crass,The Damned,The Dead Boys,Dead Kennedys,The Descendents,The Diodes,DOA,The Drones,Generation X,The Heartbreakers,Iggy Pop,The Jerks,London SS,Minor Threat,Minutemen,The Misfits,Offspring,The Plasmatics,The Ramones,Reagan Youth,Richard Hell & The Voidoids,The Screamers,Sex Pistols,Sham 69,The Skids,Social Distortion,Stiff Little Fingers,The Subhumans,Toy Dolls,UK Subs,The Vibrators,Vice Squad,The Varukers,X-Ray Spex,999,7 Seconds,Anti-Flag,Bad Religion,Blitz,The Casualties,Cheap Sex,Cro-Mags,Crucifucks,Discharge,The Distillers,Dropkick Murphys,The Exploited,Flogging Molly,Goldfinger,Horrorpops,Leftover Crack,Lower Class Brats,MDC ,Operation Ivy,Osaka Popstar,Pennywise,The Queers,Rancid,Raid,Rise Against,Suicidal Tendencies,Teen Idols,Toxic Waste,TSOL,UK Bombs,The Unseen,The Vandals,The Virus,The 4-Skins,88 Fingers Louie,Adam & The Ants,A Global Threat,Agnostic Front,Aus-Rotten,The Briggs,The Business,Buzzcocks,Capitalist Casualties,Clit 45,Cockney Rejects,Conflict,Crucifix,Dead Milkmen,The Devotchkas,The Diodes,Flatfoot 56,Flipper,Gang Green,GBH,The Germs,Gorilla Biscuits,Joey Ramone,Johnny Thunders,Naked Raygun,Negative FX,Nekromantix,Oi Polloi,The Outkasts,Peter and The Test Tube Babies,The Raincoats,Scholastic Deth,Sid Vicious,Sonic Youth,SSD,The Vandals,Wasted Youth,Youth Brigade,Agent Orange,Angry Samoans,The Dictators, Fugazi,Alien Sex Fiend,Dr. Know, Biohazard,Allies,Butthole Surfers,Discharge,Chaotic Discord, D4, Descendents, Funeral Dress, Middle Finger Salute, Punk Core, The Explosion, The Disasters, Raw Power, The Heat, The Rubies, The Shakers, Deeno's Marvels,The Machines, The Vicars, The Sinyx, Kronstadt Uprising, The Prey, Anorexic Dead, Allegiance to no one, the icons captain strange, the spurts, deciballs, the school bullies,the convicted, stax century,idiot,decibels,the shocks,autumn poison,armless teddies,the psychopaths,the objects,rollins band,bleeding pyles,closedown,burning idols,the leepers, speedball, the cards,taming the outback, the get, grinder, stripey zebras,the jam, steve hooker and the heat,whizz kids, the drill, penetration, small town rumor,advertising,the opposition,vinyl degenerates,kapt. anorak,deep throats,mongrel,mik bostik,sleeper,frenzee,gilmartin,tall story,norman and the worms, the vicars, jukes,urban disturbance,social unrest,mission of burma,government issue,BGK,killdozer,III Repute, Fear,Channel 3,Alternative TV,The Carpettes,The Cortinas,The Crabs,Crime,The Crowd,The Cure,Devo,Dickies,the drones, the dwarves,eater,forgotten rebels,gun club,the hollywood brats, jack & the ribbers, the jam, johnny & the self abusers,johnny moped,killing joke,king,lightning raiders,london,lords of the new church,magazine,mc5,metal urbain,the models,the modern lovers,the neon boys,new york dolls,newton neurotics,the patti smith group,protex,pure hell,the radiators from space,radio stars,sublime,the rezillos,the rich kids,rocket from the tombs,rudi,the ruts, the scars, the scavengers,siouxsie & the banshees,skrewdriver,slaughter & the dogs,some chicken,stark naked & the fleshtones,the subs,subway sect,suicide,talking heads,teenage head,television,tenpole tudor, the tights,the white cats,wire,x,the zeros,balzac,american steel,bouncing souls, and many more (more...)

I'm running a SME (small medium entreprise) in KL and I'm looking for someone to build a simple yet very afforadable website. I was thinking of expanding my business and safe on endless marketing via magazine and newspaper.. Any suggestion? Best is sub-RM100.. (more...)

There is an electric vehicle running around Vancouver, Canada on nearly zero-cost batteries. It has been on newspapers, TV, and at least one magazine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymFIVX9VgA There at least three battery breakthoughs in this vehicle. Its cost to operate is 30 cents a day, including the cost of battery replacement. http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1091 This is the world's first licensed vehicle that runs off discarded batteries. http://electric-vehicle-article.blogspot.com/ The sub-title of one news article says that this technology "could make electric vehicles economical to run." (Newsleader) http://revived-batteries-news.blogspot.com/ Given the current issue of Scientific American now on the newstands blaming greenhouse gases and the dire consequences of gasoline use, how much is this information worth to a business that can take it to the "next stage", and slow down global warming? Note that the batteries used in this vehicle were rescued recycling. ..sorry, typo correction: The last sentence should have ended with, "..rescued from industrial recycling. Batteries can be revived (not referring to "recharging" here) four to five times. For example, a deep-cycle lead acid battery that is rated for 500 discharge cycles can be recharged 2,500 cycles -- if you know how." Additional details in reply to the second Answer: According to statistics on the 'net, there are 120 million batteries recycled every year. New batteries may last between 5,000-15,000 miles on a vehicle, according to a survey in a Yahoo Group. Then, they can still be revived. A typical car in Canada is driven 12,000 miles (or 20,000 kilometers.) I know for a fact that the red Ego-II electric scooter's (surf the EV Album further) original 2002 factory-installed batteries are still in use (not on the scooter) and register over 30Ah on a load tester. These batteries are rated ~34AH by the battery manufacturer or egovehicles.com, the scooter maker. There is an incredibly simple solution to the general public's view that electric cars have a so-called "short range". The solution is so simple that you'll wonder why you didn't think of it yourself: When you need to drive more than the battery pack's range (say 40 miles), simply load and run a genset (propane or gas powered) for the infrequent long trip (say 80 miles.) That does not include "opportunity charging" that is possible with a 150' extension cord. If you've never had an electric scooter, ebike, or car, you don't know how nice people can be when you ask to charge an EV -- they love it! Anywhere, including churches, cinema, gas stations, homes of strangers, retail stores. The biggest hurdle to an EV's may be that many people are "afraid" to try until they see someone in their street having fun with one. This is a reply to "Kemperk": The electric vehicle (exampled in this question) is a used electric pickup. Electric cars and trucks can be purchase easily today, for as low as $1,000 and are insured (in the example) in BC, just like any other vehicle. If the electrical system "shorts out", it can be repaired by an electrician or electronics technician -- much simplier and easier than a gasoline vehicle, as you may have seen in the famour movie, "Who Killed The Electric Car". Culturally acceptable? Actually, people love you when they seen you driving an EV. Certainly no one (in Vancouver) says that an electric vehicle is "culturally unaccepted" -- people often ask, 'Where can I get one?' Does this answer all your questions? Kemperk had two more questions that I failed to comment on. These questions are.. (1) where do I get electricity if I am away from home? (2) Are the cars safe otherwise? If you are 150 feet further away than an electric outlet, you could also bring (or carry on the pickup's flatbed) a 55lb. Yamaha or Honda genset (generator) to turn an EV effectively into a "temporary hybrid" -- you can even charge the vehicle while driving it, and double the range of the EV, when you need the extra distance. In my experience the so-called "range limitation" of electric vehicles is nothing more than a fear, that is the result of brainwashing by writers who never had an electric vehicle. Because people who have electric bikes, electric scooters, or electric cars know that driving range is *not* a hurdle to owning an EV. One hurdle that you didn't mention is that most apartment underground parking stalls do not as yet have electric outlets. That is being addressed by LEEDS standards. (more...)