United Nations-Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Digg Post: "With all the talk of freedoms and rights these days, maybe we should take a look at the rights and freedoms of every single human being, no matter of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status."

At least one Digg user has it right here -- let's definitely support the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, which is the essence of the Scientology Human Rights campaign.

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Rescuers find more than 150 survivors from Indonesian ferry

From the Digg post:
"Rescue boats picked up scores of exhausted survivors Sunday from an Indonesian ferry that sank in the Java Sea, but they also recovered dozens of bodies and around 400 people remained missing."

Does anyone know if any Scientology Volunteer Minsters are up there, able to help out?

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Viral Marketing Vs Search Engine Optimization.

Viral Marketing and Search Engine Optimization have the same motive- and that is to bring traffic to your website/blog. Both work on the same goal but have a slight variation in their strategies. This article is a well-written one that, I feel, is thought-provoking on the subject as one tries to draw the line between what is "spam" and what is "viral marketing".

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Scientology Disaster Relief in the Philippines - Scientology Today

Relief actions being taken in the Philippines to clean up and help the 10s of thousands displaced by the natural distruction.

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The North Korea they don't want you to see.

North Korea spends money on nuclear advancement, but yet there are many children starving. This brave man, known only as Ahn Chol uses his hidden camera to show the world what they don't want you to see.

Just one more reason why broad promotion of human rights needs to happen, and why the Church of Scientology's Youth for Human Rights movement is so important. Many people aren't impinged upon by human rights violations, and as such don't see the need for such a campaign. I hope watching this makes it a bit more real.

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Scientology Volunteer Minister Jack Farmer

Jack Farmer discovered Scientology in 1974 in Bedford, Indiana where he picked up a copy of Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health and began applying it. He began auditing as outlined in the book (hence the name book auditor) and soon had a thriving field practice.

He audited a person who subsequently had his glasses changed 3 times in 3 weeks for the better after 15 hours of Dianetics Auditing. Another person after 2 hours of Dianetics auditing had a lifetime problem with a limp from Polio improve dramatically and was walking 50% better because of Dianetics.

Jack grew from a skeptic to a Dianetics practitioner and he knows the power of Scientology and Dianetics technology to change life for the better.

In July of 1974 he heard about Scientology and took his Field Group to Detroit, Michigan for professional training, then moved to Los Angeles to be nearer the Church in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles he again built up a Field Practice as a Volunteer Minister where he did book auditing, ethics handling and assists.

In 1985 he started a Computer Bulletin Board Service (BBS) called the Crusader BBS where he disseminated Scientology. He and his BBS became known worldwide for their Anti-Piracy Stance. This BBS is now Crusader Services, a web based software and survey company. And by the way, he met his future wife on the BBS, brought her into Scientology and the two now run Crusader Services.The name Crusader comes from the Portland Oregon Crusade For Religious Freedom. Jack's BBS and now the company are named in honor of that Crusade and those who participated in that Crusade.

Jack has been a field auditor for 30 years with over 10,000 hours of auditing experience with book auditing and assists. Jack and his wife are also Founding Patrons of the IAS (International Association of Scientologists) and members of IHELP (International Hubbard Ecclesiastic League Of Pastors).

The one thing Jack loves most is using Scientology auditing to help others, as he knows Scientology saved his life and sanity and he knows what it can do for you.

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Virtual world may revive outlawed shock treatment experiments

This is the most revolting use of a digital virtual world I think I've yet seen.

I think I would think it much less revolting if I didn't know that such experiments weren't still happening in the real world, today. Just see the DVD at cchr.org -- this stuff is real, and most people just can't confront it. Psychiatrists are experimenting on patients in this manner, with high-voltage shocks enough to kill them, all the way to present time.

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Images of the Bushfires near Dargo (Aust.)

Images of the bushfires that are currently raging in Victoria. The most recent images were received via email and show the fire front in Howitville near Dargo in the states east.

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15,000 evacuated as typhoon Utor heads towards central Philippines

LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP) - Thousands of people living around Mayon volcano in the eastern Philippine province of Albay have been evacuated amid fears that an approaching storm could trigger fresh mudslides, officials said. Last week, super typhoon Durian triggered slides of volcanic debris, leaving over 1,200 people dead or missing.

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Using Dreamweaver on Linux

How do we get Dreamweaver ported to Linux? There is Aptana, Quanta, Kompozer, and Bluefish, but not much else in the way of actual, usable web development platforms for Linux. The Linux platform is so compelling for everything else, and there aren't many web developers left who haven't fired up a Linux workstation. So what gives?

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Philippines Typhoons Leave Thousands Homeless

The four typhoons that have struck the Philippines over two months have left more than 190,000 people homeless and 100,000 in need of urgent food aid, the United Nations said.

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Human Rights Day 2006 - Formation of Coalition for Human Rights and Peace

This is a Digg story on the Coalition for Human Rights and Peace was formed at an event hosted by the Church of Scientology of London. It's a subject that seems to get a "hardy har har" from all too many people, as opposed to looking at the real truth of what's happening with Human Rights around the world. As an example, a lot of the posts that many Digg users throw around would land them in jail in some foreign countries.

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Tom Cruise is the most talked about celeb of 2006 (List inside)

Washington, Dec 13: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has displaced TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey as Entertainment Tonight
’s biggest TV news celebrity headline grabber of 2006.The actor has been making the headlines throughout the year, be it his wedding to girlfriend Katie Holmes, his support of Scientology, his related criticism of psychiatry.

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Yahoo! News Photos Dissappear!

Blast.

I just found that Yahoo! news photos expire after a little while and cease to exist.  An item that I blogged about last week on Scientology Volunteer Ministers is no longer there.  Now, my blog looks all disjointed and out-of-whack.  Guess I'll need to d/l these from now on, or else they're gone!

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Senate passes bill touting energy-efficient servers - CNET News.com

It's about time! Now that I have all sorts of Opteron boxes that supposedly use less power, the US Senate passes a bill to push energy effecient servers.

Check it.

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Torn Apart: Typhoon Utor leaves Philippines needing Aid

Residents cross a makeshift bridge as they relocate to a safer place in Binitayan village Daraga town due to typhoon Otur. Utor departed the central Philippines overnight leaving three people dead, four missing, nearly 90,000 evacuated and two key regional summits in disarray, officials have said.

They need help.  Contact the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Coordinater if you want to help.  A few bucks, a link on a website, or going there yourself and pitching in -- everything helps.

• Scientology Volunteer Minister Disaster Relief Site
  
• David Miscavige on Scientology Volunteer Ministers
• Scientology - Main Australia Site
• Scientology Handbook - Scientology Volunteer Ministers Technology

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Australia Brushfires : Volunteer Ministers working with firefighters

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers are working at a base camp providing support to the firefighters. They set up tents for firemen, unload food trucks, prepare and pack hundreds of firemen lunches and organize the other volunteers in the area.

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Scientology Celebrity Centre hosts Christmas Party

In this photo provided by the Scientology Celebrity Centre, Kelly Preston, Denice Duff and Jennifer Aspen, left to right, perform as a reindeer during 'Christmas Stories XIV,' a collection of skits and music to benefit the Hollywood Police Activities League, at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre/Rene Macura)

• Mr. David Miscavige's Presentation at Scientology Celebrity Centre
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• Scientology in Los Angeles
• The Scientology Religion
  

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Antidepressants to get new suicide warnings

Antidepressants can increase the risk of suicidal behaviors in people up to age 24, federal public health officials warned Wednesday as they decided to expand a drug warning label that now applies only to children and adolescents.

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australia faces monster bushfires this weekend

as i sit here in melbourne victoria,the skys are dark from smoke 200 miles away and i can smell the burning trees..this weekend is set for the worst fires in australias history..temps are approaching 40 degrees c,with strong wind from the north..we are in trouble

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Scientology Volunteer Minister Disaster Relief in the Philippines

Typhoon Durian has strained the resources of the country past capacity, with a quarter of a million families displaced from their homes.

Durian hit late in typhoon season, which usually ends in December. But if locals had hoped this would be the last typhoon of the year, they were disappointed when the nation was blasted by another one today.

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Fears rise as bushfires merge

Tasmanian firefighters still assessing damage to the town of Scamander after fire ripped through it last night. Bushfires burning in Gippsland and Victoria's north-east have joined overnight, forming one massive firefront.

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Mass evacuation ordered in Philippines because of Typhoon

The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in two weeks made landfall Saturday, forcing the evacuation of 15,000 in an eastern province where hundreds died in the last storm.

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Amazing Typhoon from the philippines pics

These Typhoon Utar / Typhoon Durian photos are absolutely jaw-dropping. It's unbelievable the sort of destruction that can wreak. We have got to get some serious Scientology Volunteer Ministers out there.

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Volunteers REALLY Needed to Combat Australia Brushfire

Apparently these brushfires that they're having in Victoria, Australia are only getting worse right now, and they need all the help they can get to get these under control. Contact the Volunteer Ministers hotline (www.volunteerministers.org/contact) for how you can help.

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Fire smoke causes airport chaos

Flights in and out of Melbourne Airport have been delayed as smoke from bushfires impacted on visibility and triggered alarms.

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Volunteers Needed to Combat Australia Brushfire

A series of bushfires in the mountains of Southeastern Australia are threatening to join and create one vast fire in the state of Victoria. Volunteers are urgently needed to assist the more than three thousand firefighters who are working around the clock to protect townships in and around the Mansfield and Wangaratta areas in Victoria, Australia.

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AMD's fancy new Quad FX chips smeared by single Intel CPU

With as much AMD fanfare as there was leading up to this release, you'd think they would've managed to drum up a bit better showing. After running up against a battery of benchmark tests, AMD's Quad FX dual CPU platform has been throughly trounced by Intel's QX6700 2.66GHz processor.

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Sun puts 16 cores on its 'Rock' chip

Sun Microsystems, already an aggressive advocate of multicore processing, will try to stay a step ahead of the game by putting 16 cores in its high-end Rock chip. We're still waiting urgently for their Niagara 2 chip, or for multi-socket versions of the Niagara 1. However, the chip still looks very promising.

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1,000 feared dead after typhoon

Rescuers in the Philippines all but gave up hope Monday of finding survivors in mudslide-swamped villages on the slopes of the Mayon volcano, five days after Typhoon Durian killed an estimated 1,000 people.

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U.S. Provides Typhoon Assistance to the Philippines

The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that it will provide $250,000 for emergency grants to the Philippine National RedCross Society and other humanitarian organizations working in the area affected by Typhoon Durian (also know as Typhoon Reming).

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GIMP is more powerful than most people think. See complete tutorials here.

Most people under estimate the power of GIMP. Read these tutorials and you will know GIMP is more powerful than most people think.

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Super typhoon "Durian" hits Philippines

Super typhoon Durian slammed into the eastern Philippines, spawning torrential rains and powerful winds that blew away tin roofs and uprooted trees as it swept closer to Manila. Packing winds of 190 kilometers (118 miles) an hour Durian tore through the eastern island of Catanduanes, about 410 kilometers (254 miles) east of Manila...

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Durian is officially a "Super Typhoon"

Typhoon Durian which been classified one notch below a "super typhoon" when it hit the Philippines, is now a Category 1 typhoon as it heads out towards Vietnam, veering past Malaysia. A typhoon is a system with sustained winds of at least 118 kilometres per hour.

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Scientology Disaster Relief Team Forming Up for the Philippines

With as many as 1,000 presumed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Durian, the International Volunteer Ministers Coordinator has put out a call for volunteers and donations to help in the disaster relief effort. Learn how you can join the Scientology Disaster Relief Team.

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Typhoon Durian Kills 109 in Philippines

Typhoon Durian tore through the eastern Philippines on Thursday with winds of up to 139 mph, killing at least 109 people and cutting off power to thousands of homes, officials said.

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Around 500 May be Dead in the Wake of Typhoon Durian

Typhoon Durian, named after an odorous thorny fruit, slammed into the Philippines Thursday. Durian was a category 4 typhoon, one level below a super-typhoon, with winds up to 190 kph and gusts up to 225 kph (140 mph). Philippine officials say that at least 300 people have died, and that the number of dead in the north and east of the country...

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Scientology Volunteer Ministers Needed - Typhoon Durian « Engineering a New

Typhoon Durian just hit in the Philippines, leaving thousands without homes. Volunteers are needed to assist the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Disaster Response team in the area. Find out how you can help.

http://www.volunteerministers.org/

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The World's TALLEST building-to-be timelined construction photos

The Burj Dubai, currently under construction, will overtake the CN Tower for the World's tallest freestanding structure, will have up to 189 floors and be 3,000+ feet tall when completed in 2008. It's still more than a year away from completion and it's already the 3rd tallest building in Dubai. Pretty amazing.

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Spectacular Images of the Guilin Region of China

These are some of the most "holy #@$)(*" images I have EVER seen. New Desktop material!

I came across these spectacular images of the Guilin region of China. They certainly show off the wonders of digital photography. I am not sure that they are manipulated images or not but they are crystal clear and really colorful. Makes me want to find out where this place is so i could visit.

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Tom and Katie head home after honeymoon (picture inside)

Tom and Katie are quite over ... their honeymoon, that is. The Cruise's fairy tale post-nuptial cruise in the Republic of Maldives was ruined by endless thundershowers.

The newlyweds and baby Suri made their getaway from the rain-soaked paradise and jetted back to sunny Beverly Hills -- on Tom's private plane, of course.

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One thing you can say about L.A. is that it definitely doesn't have incessant thundershowers! (more's the pity).

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