http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lations/ en-us Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:04:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993339/posts In the climactic scene of the Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood," Daniel Day-Lewis's ruthless oil tycoon explains that he has drained all the valuable oil off a neighbor's land. "If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw ... and my straw reaches across the room ... I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!" There could be no more apt analogy for the looming threat now facing our broadband infrastructure. Today, a few savvy Internet users - the bandwidth tycoons in this broadband Wild West - are effectively draining everyone else's Internet... The Daily Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993339/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:04:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495281/posts UNION CITY, N.J. — On a hot summer day, Stefani Perada took a break from her job in West New York, N.J., and stepped outside in her long jilbab, the flowing clothes clothes worn by many Muslim women. Meanwhile, other Latinas in the mostly Hispanic neighborhood were taking advantage of the warm day, walking around in shorts and midriff-exposing halter tops. Perada, 19, who converted to Islam just over a year ago, is still trying to become acclimated to certain customs, such as the jilbab and the hijab, which covers her head and hair. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495281/posts#comment Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:52:23 GMT