**UPDATE** There’s a lot going on in St. Paul in the way of police raids on protesters gathering before the convention - in homes, in theaters, in public places - and their voices are attemptedly being squelched by local law enforcement. Please stop by www.theuptake.org and watch these stories as they unfold as told [...]

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When I get an itching for the outdoors, fortunately we’ve got the National Arboretum in our backyard here in D.C. Just off of Route 50 in North East Washington, the Arboretum is a great way to get away from the concrete jungle and get back in sync with nature for a bit. This [...]

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Ok, so we all love a good county fair right? This past weekend some friends and I made the trek out of the big city and hit up the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, MD.  It was by far the largest county fair I’ve ever been to.  From a variety of live stock contests [...]

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I started making websites back in the late 90’s. My first major site was Scott’s Ska Haven. I catalogued every band, every fan site, every related piece of content to the music that I loved, that I played in a band called Tanzlokal and later Skacrates (my screen name at the time). [...]

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Have you ever thought about writing a book? If you did, how would you promote it using social media? This week we will have author, Frank Naif, on the show and we are going to help him figure out how to get the word out about his new book: Super Secret Bungling and Crookery: National [...]

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UPDATE August 21: Free the Beijing 6 [from FreeTibet2008.org]
BREAKING NEWS - August 21 - 11PM Beijing: Six foreigners given 10 days’ detention by Beijing Police.
BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in Olympic [...]

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Neighborhood strays too cute to be homeless.
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