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5 Drinks for a Bartending Bear

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:13:36 GMT

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Five Drinks Bartenders Hate To Make

Drink #1: The Lemon Drop

Drink #2: The Manhattan

Drink #3: The Cosmopolitan

Drink #4: The Mojito

Drink #5: More of the same.

If I’m paying for a meal, at a restaurant, and I don’t want onions on my sandwich, then I expect to get my food the way I want. Otherwise, I’ll never go back and I’ll tell more than ten people that the service at restaurant x is shoddy and don’t eat there. I expect to be “served” in a bar and restaurant, hence the name “service industry”.

I just don’t have any tolerance for lazy bartenders. Our income can surpass that of Molecular Biologists, Engineers and many chefs and cooks, so all bartenders need to take some responsibility and pride in their jobs. Sadly, I am aware, and work with bartenders, who have these attitudes.

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Buzzle.com

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:49:50 GMT

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Yuwanda Black is one of the many authors on Buzzle.com who creates interesting and thought-provoking content for your enjoyment. With categories covering everything from animals to tourism, Buzzle.com is your complete source for news, articles and information. Get the latest buzz, interact with our authors and other readers on our message boards, or add to the buzz by becoming a Buzzle.com author. For intelligent life on the Web, it's Buzzle.com.

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what copyrights should we buy with $100MM?

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:07:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Scientific papers, documentary films, Educational resources, voip, etc...

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Wikipedia founder: what copyrights should we buy with $100MM?

I would like to gather from the community some examples of works you would like to see made free, works that we are not doing a good job of generating free replacements for, works that could in theory be purchased and freed.
Dream big. Imagine there existed a budget of $100 million to purchase copyrights to be made available under a free license. What would you like to see purchased and released under a free license?
Photos libraries? textbooks? newspaper archives? Be bold, be specific, be general, brainstorm, have fun with it.
I was recently asked this question by someone who is potentially in a position to make this happen, and he wanted to know what we need, what we dream of, that we can't accomplish on our own, or that we would expect to take a long time to accomplish on our own.

Tags: copyrights, buy, $100mm, wiki, questions, available, photos, videos, trailers, web

Tips on How to Oppose Corporate Rule

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:43:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sustainable-city.org

Tips on How to Oppose Corporate Rule

One of the strong critics of the corporate agenda is Dr. Jane Kelsey of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her work on �Economic Fundamentalism� describes the corporate takeover of New Zealand.

Dr. Kelsey has devised what she calls �A Manual for Counter-Technopols� -- suggestions and ideas for actions that challenge corporate rule.

The following is a list of some of her proposed tactics and strategies that could be adopted elsewhere.

Be skeptical about fiscal and other �crises.�

Don�t cling to a political party that has been converted to neoconservatism

Take economics seriously

Expose the weaknesses of their theory

Challenge hypocrisy

Expose the masterminds

Maximize every obstacle

Work hard to maintain solidarity

Do not compromise the labour movement

Maintain the concept of an efficient public service

Encourage community leaders to speak out

Avoid anti-intellectualism

Establish an alternative think-tank

Invest in the future

Support those who speak out

Promote ethical investment

Think global, act local

Think local, act global

Develop alternative media outlets

Raise the levels of popular economic literacy

Resist market-speak

Be realistic

Be pro-active

Challenge the TINA (�there is no alternative�) claim

Promote participatory democracy

Hold the line

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The Department of Social Scrutiny

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:36:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Remarkable

Clip Source: www.socialscrutiny.org

Ethical values - what you must tell the Government.

Introducing the Red Tape Recorder [Read more]

Ministry of Truth and Other Information Takes Over Education [Read more]

Identity Cards: Part 3 - Biometric data. [Read more]

Your Money and Your Life - Part 2 [Read more]

The Notwork Rail guide to your railway station. [Read more]

"Keep All Your Old Skin in a Jar", Says Biometric Fraud Tsar. [Read more]

About Your Habitat - Identity Card Application Part 6 [Read more]

Highway Code or Myway Code? [Read more]

New magazine goes on sale to encourage "self-expression" [Read more]

K-ID Cards. [Read more]

Child Identity Theft Proposals Outlined [Read more]

You'll be laughing on the other side of your face. [Read more]

The DoSS Guide to the National Health Service [Read more]

The DoSS Local Election Guide [Read more]

The Pensioner Appraisal Programme [Read more]

Habeas Corpus 2006 [Read more]

Kids' Identity Theft Counter-Measures Roll Out. [Read more]

Child Identity Theft Prompts New ID Strategy [Read more]

In Felicity Benefit [Read more]

About You: Your brand new Identity Card form. [Read more]

New Year ushers in new flag to stir youth patriotism. [Read more]

Merry Christmas: You're Fired. [Read more]

Bureauchristmacy [Read more]

New Government Logo Makes Everything "Alright" Again [Read more]

Government open new Jobcentrehassleplus centres. [Read more]

Friendly Guide to Britain Now "Mandatory". [Read more]

New tax leaflet issued as deadlines approach. [Read more]

Application to Buy Book Issued [Read more]

British Table Manners - Part I: The Specialist Cutlery Guide [Read more]

For a complete listing of DoSS, all the way back to 2004, visit The Archive.

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Quoting Albert Einstein

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:59:43 GMT

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Albert Einstein

Displaying 31 through 40 of 41 Quotes

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." (Albert Einstein)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." (Albert Einstein)

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." (Albert Einstein)

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." (Albert Einstein)

"Things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." (Albert Einstein)

"Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves." (Albert Einstein)

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." (Albert Einstein)

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." (Albert Einstein)

"World War Three will be fought with weapons of mass destruction. World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones." (Albert Einstein)

"You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time." (Albert Einstein)

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Accelerating Future

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:58:05 GMT

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Accelerating Future

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