Star Trek Pon Farr Perfume (From Entertainment Earth) Star Trek Pon Farr Perfume: With "Star Trek: The Movie" sweeping the nation's theaters and topping search spikes this week, I suppose we were all just waiting for "Star Trek: The Perfume" to come out. And so it has! Now all you sci-fi loving ladies can wow all the special Spocks and Kirks in your life with "light, clean notes of citrus, blackcurrant, lotus blossom, and water lily." Because nothing spells romance more than smelling like a desperate Vulcan. Opportunity.gov: Meanwhile, as we humans struggle with our economic crisis, our own Federation is coming to the rescue with Opportunity.gov: a site that provides new educational opportunities to unemployed workers. Homes for our Troops: In all my years of watching "Star Trek," I can remember only one member of Starfleet ever sustaining a major injury that left him permanently disabled. Even when Spock exposed himself to terrible radiation in order to save the Enterprise's crew at the end of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn," he still bounced back from his "death" with nary a scratch in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock." Unfortunately, real life hasn't been as kind to many of our troops returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, or any of our many overseas conflicts. HomesForOurTroops.org raises money and organizes volunteers to help build specially adapted homes for our severely-injured veterans. This is truly a good cause. GradeGov.com: If you're tired of the government making decisions that you don't agree with, let your voice be heard on GradeGov.com. You can give your elected representatives a letter grade, write them a letter, and read other letters and grades from concerned citizens like yourself. Currently, Louie Gohmert (R. - TX) has garnered a grade of "A-" from his loving constituents, while Bennie G. Thompson (D. - LA) is evidently not feeling so loved with his grade of "F." Cars for a Grand: Even if we lose our jobs and the government fails us, there's one thing we can be sure will always be around in abundance: used cars. Capitalizing on this fact, CarsForAGrand.com offers exactly what their web address implies: used cars for $1000 or less. You can search by zip code for used, crashed, parts, or restoration project cars, or you can post your own used car listing. Suggested Sites... Issuu - a free magazine-publishing platform that allows users to publish online magazines that are easy and fun to read and interact with. Tweetmeme - tracks the most popular and most re-tweeted posts on Twitter. Antipodes Map - kind of useless, but kind of fun. Shows you the exact global opposite of any place on Earth. Map Your Name - shows on a map the popularity of personal names and family names in the USA, Europe, or Australia. Extreme Ice Survey - features photos and time-lapse videos of glaciers and ice caps melting. As featured on Nova.

Directory categories: Star Trek Collectibles, U.S. Politics: Surveys and Polls, Automotive Classifieds, Support the Troops, Twitter

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Free Napkins It's a bright and lovely Springtime for the Internet. The lines are a-buzzin', the keyboards are a-clickin', and the engineers are a-innovatin'. Here are a few of my favorite websites to recently emerge... FreeNapkins.com is the introductory page for an ad network called NapAds owned by JI Worldwide, Inc. They offer free napkins to their network of bars and nightclubs with their clients' logos and advertisements featured in beautiful, full color, "high-definition" graphics. While advertising on napkins is nothing new, creating an ad network which utilizes napkin-space as real estate to be bid on by a variety of different advertisers takes the former Budweiser-logo-on-bar-napkins model to the next level. So, if you happen to be (or know) a bar owner, get in touch with NapAds for some beautiful, free napkins. I wonder what the next commonplace object to be utilized by advertising networks will be ... Dishware? Cigarettes? Condoms (yikes!)? People? Face.com: Although Face.com is still in alpha testing, I had to give you a little preview of this remarkable new digital image recognition technology. Face.com's Facebook application scans all of the photos in your Facebook account, detects all the faces in them, and then learns to recognize all of the people in those photos so that it can automatically tag those faces with the names of the individuals in the photos. The end result is that you can find your friends in pictures that you didn't know your friends were in. As a Facebook application, it's a fun little novelty, because you don't have to rely on someone hand-tagging a face in a photo in order to know that you or your friend (or even your mother) is in that photo. The image recognition technology used to power this app is pretty astonishing. Imagine what image search engines will be like once the engine is no longer relying on uncertain metadata and can start actually recognizing people, places, and things within the photos. Wow. For more info on this developing technology, check out the Facial Recognition Systems category in the Yahoo! Directory. Continue reading below for more of my favorite new websites... Suggested Sites... ZooBorns - blog showcasing pictures and video clips of the newest and cutest exotic animal babies from zoos and aquariums around the world. Topics - BBC - a full list of topics, nations, people, and subjects from current events and news from the BBC. Garden - Sunset.com - online version of the "Sunset Western Garden Book." Includes articles about gardening in the western United States, recipes, and a searchable guide to what plants grow best in your area. Watch TED 2009 - watch some really fascinating lectures by some really smart people on all kinds of different fun topics from the 2009 TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) Conference. Making Home Affordable - program from the Federal Government to help homeowners obtain loans and refinance their current home loans into more affordable monthly payments.

Directory categories: Advertising and Promotional Items, Facial Recognition Systems, News and Media Web Directories, Lawn and Garden Information, Buying a Home

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe Twenty-nine years ago, Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first Black prime minister and has retained power ever since. Throughout the years he has been called everything from a despot and a racist to "Frankenstein." Mugabe, not one to stand silently under a barrage of insults, countered with his very own comparison by singing the praises of a certain German dictator of the mid-twentieth century. He said: "Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources ... If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold." Maybe Mugabe, in his infallible wisdom, hit the nail on the head. He's got that stylish Hitler mustache down, that much is for sure, but has he got the same qualities of leadership we've all come to admire in that most famous of fascists? Lets take a look. Opponents to Mugabe and his ZANU PF party can expect murder and torture to keep them in line. When election time rolls around every few years, voter intimidation and fraudulent ballot-counting are Mugabe's campaign strategies of choice. And, just like Adolf, he's targeted specific ethnic groups for human rights violations. However, it seems that Robert Mugabe's glorious, if slightly -- just slightly -- iron-fisted, merciless, and violent rule is coming to an end, as his power has been diminished with a recent power-sharing deal. As we reflect on the reign of this great student of Hitler, we should salute his amazing ability to bring radical transformation to the nation of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe today is rife with frightening difficulties including a devastating cholera epidemic and record-breaking hyperinflation. (The best economic estimates place it around 90 sextillion percent. This doesn't mean much until you consider that the official count for all the stars in the universe is only 70 sextillion!) In the last three decades, the country has gone from being the breadbasket of Southern Africa to a country that cannot feed itself. Way to go, Mugabe! Suggested Sites... Sokwanele - sokwanele or "Enough is Enough:" an underground protest movement. Sky News: Robert Mugabe In Depth - current news on Mugabe and ongoing developments in Zimbabwe. Movement for Democratic Change - official website of the opposition party (MDC). The Zimbabwe Independent - independent newspaper based in Harare.

Directory categories: Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Government Officials, Zimbabwe Issues and Causes, Human Rights Organizations, Adolf Hitler

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Frances Coralie Perkins Before Hillary Clinton or Condoleezza Rice; before Madeleine Albright, Janet Reno, or Patricia Harris, there was Francis Perkins. Born on April 10, 1882, Perkins was appointed to Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet as Secretary of Labor in March 1933, making her the first woman to hold a cabinet level position in the United States. Known for her dry wit and pragmatic approach, Perkins was described as someone who was "intent on beating sense into the heads of those foolish people who resisted progress." At age 28, Perkins witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, a tragic event in which 146 workers (most of them women) died after being locked inside their sweatshop by their employer to prevent them from leaving early. The fire left an indelible image on her. She called it "a horrifying spectacle," and credited it as the catalyst that led her to fight for the kinds of broad and sweeping labor reforms that are often taken for granted today. Perkins was Secretary of Labor for 12 years, the longest term of any person to hold that post, and she pushed for such groundbreaking legislation as minimum wage laws and worker safety and occupational health in the workplace. Her most significant impact during F.D.R.'s presidency however, was her involvement with the Social Security Act of 1935. Many years after the legislation had been enacted, she noted that the program had become "so firmly embedded in the American psychology today that no politician, no political party, no political group could possibly destroy this Act and still maintain our democratic system." Say what you will about the state of the Social Security system as it exists today, it was undoubtedly a historic piece of legislation that radically changed the way Americans approached the concept of social welfare. It would be another 30 years before another woman was appointed to the United States Cabinet (under President Gerald Ford), but Francis Perkins was a pioneer in U.S. politics, opening doors for women of such diverse views as Elizabeth Dole and Janet Napolitano. And lest we forget, the star of "Janet Reno's Dance Party." Suggested Sites... The U.S. Cabinet - current Cabinet members and secretaries. The Triangle Factory Fire - excerpts, historical accounts, pictures, and news items about the tragedy. Center for American Women in Politics - research and statistics on women in politics in the U.S. iKNOW Politics - dedicated to advancing women politically around the world. U.S. Labor History - links to women who made a difference in the workforce.

Directory categories: Women’s History, Women and Politics, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Labor History, U.S. Departments and Agencies

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President Obama Since Election Day, people across the United States and around the world have been hailing today, January 20, 2009, as a "Day of Change." They're waiting to see what Barack Obama does when he takes over the presidency of the United States from George W. Bush. They're wondering what policies will change, how Washington will change, and how the world will change. Other Americans, however, are preoccupied with one really important question: What will Obama wear? This is not a trivial preoccupation. President William Henry Harrison, the nation's ninth chief executive, died after only 31 days in office, probably as the result of what he didn't wear -- an overcoat. After delivering a two hour inaugural address in inclement weather, the jacketless Harrison proceeded to the White House, where he later developed a cold and succumbed to pneumonia and septicemia. At least one journalist wishes that Obama would bring back the top hat, an elegant accessory sported by presidents assuming office right up through John F. Kennedy in 1961. Franklin Roosevelt wore one and, of course, Lincoln was famous for his own stovepipe hat. For Obama to be properly compared with these great men, the argument goes, he needs to be seen sporting formal head attire. A good suit is also a must. Women's Wear Daily solicited looks for Obama and received a slew of submissions, though the results sparked some controversy. These outfits go along with Obama's previously announced Inauguration eve celebratory duds: a black single-button, notch lapel tuxedo from Illinois-based designer Hart Schaffner Marx. WWD's sketched suggestions from designers like Paul Smith, DSquared2, and Salvatore Ferragamo include bow ties, brollys, waving flags, and very strong, square shoulders. After all, a lot is riding on those shoulders, and the whole world is watching. Suggested Sites... Inauguration Day 2009 - Washington DC's official inauguration site. Inauguration Day Clothing - clothes for Inauguration Day from inspired designers and Cafe Press. Michelle Obama: What Should She Wear? - collection of looks for Michelle Obama, from top designers and Women's Wear Daily. What Laura Bush Wore - slide show of Laura Bush's looks from the 2005 inauguration. Tall Lincoln Top Hat - get your own head topper in the style of Honest Abe.

Directory categories: Barack Obama, Men's Apparel, The United States Presidency, Hats and Caps

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