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With sites going dark all over the Internet today, in protest of the bills going through the United States legislature, we here at SourceForge are going to mostly leave it to our sister site, Slashdot, to keep you informed of the events of the day.

Between an inefficient political system, a struggling K-12 education system, a complicated tax code and persistent pressure from abroad, 71% of nearly 10,000 alumni surveyed around the world said the U.S. will become less competitive over the next three years.

Bill Moyers explores how America’s vast inequality didn’t just happen, it’s been politically engineered.
Bill Moyers’ new show made its debut this past weekend, and it looks like it’s going to be a winner. The first episode was on economic inequality. Here’s how it’s described:

This page features 3 tasty vegetarian recipes using button mushrooms. Try cooking in batches like this to make the most of your resources.

Never mind taking over Wall Street - how about shutting down one of the most used resources on the web.That's what Wikipedia plans to to due in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act.
Just this weekend, new tweeter, Rupert Murdoch attacked President Obama (when the White House expressed concerns about SOPA) and Google for profiting from piracy This fight will pit film studios/media companies/music studios against technology giants like Google/Facebook/Wikipedia.

Follow these links to get the basics of elecrtronics know-how

It doesn't sound like a particularly shimmery compliment, but the best thing that I can say about Microsoft's Metro UI is that after well over a year of using it in various guises, it still feels new. Not like never-breached-my-eyeballs-before new, but new as in the promise of something better, something from the future. But it's here, and I'm touching it with Windows 8. And it's going to redefine how like a bajillion people are going to use their computer over the next couple of years.

Sometimes you come across something that helps so much that you have to share with others. If you are looking for videos, presentations, safety ebooks and other safety-related information this is the site for you. Thanks to Dave Weber, CSP for his work on this site.

I hope that you enjoy David's site. I look for feedback on more of these type of websites that will help our profession forward.

With the immense pressure on India's water supply, the tourism industry is looking to tourists staying in India to conserve their usage.

Good collection of resources to try to understand the impact of SOPA

A nice pearltree of resources to help one understand SOPA.

Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959. We are talking about AlaskaStock on January 3, 2012. Coincidence? Yes.