Saturday, December 8, 2007
Learn About The Evils of Consumerism in 20 Minutes!
The Story of Stuff is an amazingly well-done video about the state of our consumer culture and how it's leading to the gory end of our planet. It takes 20 minutes to watch, and it's guaranteed to enlighten, enrage and empower you to make a change for the sustainability of our society. I know it's finals time for many of you and the last thing you want to watch is a depressing lecture about how we're slowly killing ourselves off, but it's very important that we keep climate change fresh in our minds as we move forward into a more crowded and corporate-dominated future.It's crucial that we take steps in our daily lives to limit the amount of goods and energy that we consume. Take a moment while you're eating a meal or getting ready in the morning. Open your mind to this incredible short film about the linear consumer system we've adopted and think about the ways we can put a stop to our wasteful habits before it's too late.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Time to Shred
............ 24hrs 72hrs
A basin 7" 7"
Breck 7" 14"
Copper 8" 14"
Keystone 9" 18"
Wint Prk 10" 22"
Vail 10" 14"
A basin 7" 7"
Breck 7" 14"
Copper 8" 14"
Keystone 9" 18"
Wint Prk 10" 22"
Vail 10" 14"
Thursday, December 6, 2007
our underwater allies
zabba says dolphins are our next evolutionary step and they have been mind controlling us to increase global warming so that they will have MORE DANCING ROOM in the ocean...
Dolphins Save Swimmers From Shark Attack
The Guardian - UK
A pod of dolphins saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark off the northern coast of New Zealand, it was reported today.
The incident happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his 15-year-old daughter Niccy and two of her friends swimming near the town of Whangarei, according to the Northern Advocate newspaper.
Mr Howes told the newspaper that the dolphins "started to herd us up, they pushed all four of us together by doing tight circles around us". He explained that, when he had attempted to break away from the protective group, two of the bigger dolphins herded him back.
He then saw what he described as a three-metre great white shark cruising toward them - but it appeared to be repelled by the ring of dolphins and swam away.
"It was only about two metres away from me, the water was crystal clear, and it was as clear as the nose on my face," he said. At that point, he realised that the dolphins "had corralled us up to protect us".
Another lifeguard, Matt Fleet, who was on patrol in a lifeboat, saw the dolphins circling the swimmers and slapping their tails on the water to keep them in place. He told the newspaper he also had a clear sighting of the shark.
"Some of the people later on the beach tried to tell me it was just another dolphin - but I knew what I saw," he said.
Expert Ingrid Visser, who has been studying marine mammals for 14 years, told the Northern Advocate that there had been reports from around the world about dolphins protecting swimmers.
She said that, in this case, the dolphins probably sensed the humans were in danger and took action to protect them.
DR Visser, of the group Orca Research, said dolphins would attack sharks to protect themselves and their young.
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
international/story/0,3604,1357888,00.html
Choose Love
The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride... And we... kill those people. Ha haShut him up.We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real. Just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love . The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace. =bill hicks=
GenGreen
some of you may know my friend julie de la la. she just started working at a new networking site in fort collins that is expanding daily and attempting to connect environmentally friendly people, businesses, organizations and events. they have jobs, ideas, products and connections. i think this is a really cool idea and is helpful in finding green stuff.
check it ya wanna:
GenGreen
20 Grams of LSD Seized
Thanks for keeping me informed PT....
Thanks for keeping me safe DEA......
Two Watsonville residents and a couple from Hawaii are in custody on drug charges after Drug Enforcement Administration agents found one of the largest caches of LSD in recent memory at a Watsonville home that had allegedly been converted into a drug lab. Taken into custody were John Lagace, 35, and Tara Bergstrand, 25, of Watsonville, and David Behar, 33, and Lindsay Hogue, 30, of Hawaii. All four were arraigned Friday in federal court in San Jose and charged with possession with intent to sell LSD and conspiracy to possess the drug with intent to sell. Agents seized about 20 grams of LSD - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - enough to make 200,000 dosage. Also seized were five pounds of marijuana, three silver bars, nine gold coins and $13,000 in cash. The estimated street value of the LSD is $2 million. Street value of the marijuana is about $17,500.
Behar and Hogue allegedly tried to sell five grams of LSD to undercover agents at a pre-arranged location in Santa Cruz, where the two were arrested without incident. The investigation connected them to a house on the 800 block of Smith Road in Watsonville, where the large cache was uncovered. Agents began watching the home and zeroed in on Bergstrand and Lagace, whom they followed as they were leaving the house. The couple was stopped in their car and agents found records with "pay/owe" information and dollar amounts ranging from $2,500 to $11,200. Bergstrand had about $900 on her and Lagace was found with $1,300. The two were also taken into custody without incident. "LSD is a drug we have not seen for a while in the Bay Area, however, this sizable seizure proves there still is a market for the substance," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Pena. "This alarming amount, for instance, could provide every citizen of Watsonville with four doses each." In addition to agents from the DEA office in San Jose, the Santa Cruz County Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office also took part in the investigation and arrests.
Here is another huge bust from March 2006....91 pounds of crystal! There's only one thing to say, "somebody for god's sakes dozemay."
Thanks for keeping me safe DEA......
Two Watsonville residents and a couple from Hawaii are in custody on drug charges after Drug Enforcement Administration agents found one of the largest caches of LSD in recent memory at a Watsonville home that had allegedly been converted into a drug lab. Taken into custody were John Lagace, 35, and Tara Bergstrand, 25, of Watsonville, and David Behar, 33, and Lindsay Hogue, 30, of Hawaii. All four were arraigned Friday in federal court in San Jose and charged with possession with intent to sell LSD and conspiracy to possess the drug with intent to sell. Agents seized about 20 grams of LSD - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - enough to make 200,000 dosage. Also seized were five pounds of marijuana, three silver bars, nine gold coins and $13,000 in cash. The estimated street value of the LSD is $2 million. Street value of the marijuana is about $17,500.
Behar and Hogue allegedly tried to sell five grams of LSD to undercover agents at a pre-arranged location in Santa Cruz, where the two were arrested without incident. The investigation connected them to a house on the 800 block of Smith Road in Watsonville, where the large cache was uncovered. Agents began watching the home and zeroed in on Bergstrand and Lagace, whom they followed as they were leaving the house. The couple was stopped in their car and agents found records with "pay/owe" information and dollar amounts ranging from $2,500 to $11,200. Bergstrand had about $900 on her and Lagace was found with $1,300. The two were also taken into custody without incident. "LSD is a drug we have not seen for a while in the Bay Area, however, this sizable seizure proves there still is a market for the substance," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Pena. "This alarming amount, for instance, could provide every citizen of Watsonville with four doses each." In addition to agents from the DEA office in San Jose, the Santa Cruz County Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office also took part in the investigation and arrests.
Here is another huge bust from March 2006....91 pounds of crystal! There's only one thing to say, "somebody for god's sakes dozemay."
RAGE!!!
found this picture of a minor leauge baseball team named the biscuits
i want one of their hats so bad i mean come on its got a cartoon biscuit on it
i want one of their hats so bad i mean come on its got a cartoon biscuit on it
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The Wind of Peace
May the great revolutionary banner
Blow in the wind of peace.
May it blow in the wind of karma.
May it blow in the wind of fearlessness.
One's own mind is revolutionized:
There is no need to conquer others.
Like the warriors of ancient times
Going to way by imperial command,
Like seasoned masters of the martial arts,
We will destroy the fortress of erroneous thinking.
We will no longer tolerate the confused way of life
Controlled by the impersonal forces of materialism,
Since these forces may snatch away
The freedom of human dignity.
One must first give up the ego
And enter the way with one's mind.
That is the first step to freedom.
But we will never be free
By following the voice of desire.
Liberation is only gained
By treading the path of what is.
-Chogyam Trungpa
Blow in the wind of peace.
May it blow in the wind of karma.
May it blow in the wind of fearlessness.
One's own mind is revolutionized:
There is no need to conquer others.
Like the warriors of ancient times
Going to way by imperial command,
Like seasoned masters of the martial arts,
We will destroy the fortress of erroneous thinking.
We will no longer tolerate the confused way of life
Controlled by the impersonal forces of materialism,
Since these forces may snatch away
The freedom of human dignity.
One must first give up the ego
And enter the way with one's mind.
That is the first step to freedom.
But we will never be free
By following the voice of desire.
Liberation is only gained
By treading the path of what is.
-Chogyam Trungpa
New Belgium=Greenwash
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/nov/24/reuteman-colorado-rides-on-fat-tire-to-beer/
There's a guy who has been constantly contesting the validity of New Belgiums claims...He posted a comment on the bottom of a recent Rocky Mountain News article...For all you Fort Collins folk especially, this is something to consider.
How could a newspaper editor, let alone a business editor, provide erroneous information about New Belgium's energy use? Could it be that the company continues to mislead the public when they think the coast is clear? This seems to be the case. Mr. Reuteman is not the only recent vistor to the brewery to come away with a false impression.
Climate change and resource depletion are difficult, serious problems to deal with. Insincerity is not going to be effective.
Here are a few facts we wish Mr. Reuteman had considered in his hyperbolic editorializing.
- New Belgium uses more that just a "small amount" of natural gas as an energy source for the brewery. As much as 50%, although media disinformation experts like Mr. Simpson will not produce an accurate estimate.
- Only 15% of the electricity that the company purchases comes from renewable sources. Renewable Energy Credit (REC)purchases "offset" the remainder. Nothing speaks to the insincerity of the greenwashing like the contrived functional equivalencies that REC purchasers claim.
- The overwelming majority of the embodied energy in a six pack is in the packaging.
- New Beligium's largest competitor, Sierra Nevada Brewing of Chico, California, will actually be 100% self powered electrically as soon as they complete the last installment of their photovoltaic installation. Sierra Nevada does the real thing, and they don't greenwash.
http://www.denverpost.com/allewis/ci_619...
http://blogs.denverpost.com/lewis/2007/0...
education?
the US recently was ranked "below average" in the world scope of mathematics testing for 15 year olds and didn't make the list for Reading. we are ranked between Croatia and Azerbaijan.... is our education funding tied up in some other government department?
Langerado
Torrey and I purchased tickets and booked flights in hopes of motivating all our awesome friends to do the same. Getting out of Colorado in the beginning of March at the onset of spring fever is an amazingly rejuvinating breath of fresh tropical air. Not to mention we get to hang out at Big Cypress reservation where anything goes. Here is the flight info if you wanna book with us...
Frontier airlines:
March 6th
Departs Denver at 7 am
Flight #386
March 10th
Departs Fort Lauderdale at 1:29 pm
Flight #387
By the way: Tickets are $360. Yes that is a lot. But, jesus' birthday is right around the corner and we have four months to save money for the shred. Cmon you know you wanna.
Monday, December 3, 2007
look
My sister sent me this article. Try playing the game for just a minute, it's not very fun, but kind of interesting that rice gets donated to starving people for every answer you get correct.
From: Reuters
Published November 10, 2007 06:14 PM
Click a mouse, feed a mouth in U.N. campaign: http://www.freerice.com
LONDON (Reuters) - A food-linked word game put on the Internet a month ago has
proved a runaway success and has already generated enough rice to feed 50,000
people, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday.
FreeRice offers participants multiple choice definitions to the meaning of a
word, with each correct click generating 10 grains of rice for the WFP.
The brainchild of American online fundraising pioneer John Breen, the Web site
(www.freerice.com) relies on advertising revenue to underwrite its
rice campaign.
"FreeRice really hits home how the Web can be harnessed to raise awareness and
funds for the world's number one emergency," said Josette Sheeran, executive
director of the Rome-based WFP.
"The site is a viral marketing success story with more than one billion grains
of rice donated in just one month to help tackle hunger worldwide," she added.
The day it was launched on October 7 just 830 grains of rice were donated.
But the Internet community quickly caught on, and on November 8 alone 77 million
grains were donated -- equivalent to more than seven million correct clicks.
(Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Richard Williams)
(c) Reuters2007All rights reserved
From: Reuters
Published November 10, 2007 06:14 PM
Click a mouse, feed a mouth in U.N. campaign: http://www.freerice.com
LONDON (Reuters) - A food-linked word game put on the Internet a month ago has
proved a runaway success and has already generated enough rice to feed 50,000
people, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday.
FreeRice offers participants multiple choice definitions to the meaning of a
word, with each correct click generating 10 grains of rice for the WFP.
The brainchild of American online fundraising pioneer John Breen, the Web site
(www.freerice.com) relies on advertising revenue to underwrite its
rice campaign.
"FreeRice really hits home how the Web can be harnessed to raise awareness and
funds for the world's number one emergency," said Josette Sheeran, executive
director of the Rome-based WFP.
"The site is a viral marketing success story with more than one billion grains
of rice donated in just one month to help tackle hunger worldwide," she added.
The day it was launched on October 7 just 830 grains of rice were donated.
But the Internet community quickly caught on, and on November 8 alone 77 million
grains were donated -- equivalent to more than seven million correct clicks.
(Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Richard Williams)
(c) Reuters2007All rights reserved
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