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2006-05-22T04:15:00.000-07:00

2006-05-18T17:04:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest podcast. Let me know if you knew about most of these things already and want more detail. Eventually, I'd like this blog to introduce new ideas and concepts, but if they are not new, then what's the point?
Feedback is always good!

Episode 2--Spring Break Hodge-Podge

Here are the links I referred to during the podcast:

**Google Earth
**Sourceforge.net An site dedicated to the propogation of open-source software.
**Lutheran School Portal
**Miguel Guhlin's podcast on Gimp
**Wes Fryers podcast on Google Earth It is Episode 51--Discovering Google Earth.

CHRIST IS RISEN!!

He is Risen Indeed!!

Have a great week!

2006-02-26T05:02:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON - More than 100 lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday to outlaw the $12 billion Internet gambling industry.

"The explosive growth of the Internet has provided a means for gambling operations to evade existing anti-gambling laws," said Rep. Rick Boucher, a Virginia Democrat. "These Internet gambling Web sites typically operate offshore and often serve as a prime vehicle for money laundering and other criminal enterprises."

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chief sponsor of the bill, said Internet gambling has mushroomed into a $12 billion industry that also threatens minors.

The bill would update an existing ban against interstate gambling over telephone lines to also outlaw use of the Internet and related technology, Goodlatte said.

A total of 115 House lawmakers co-sponsored the bill.

The legislation would specifically prohibit a gambling business from accepting credit cards, checks, wire and Internet transfers in illegal gambling transactions. It also would set a maximum prison sentence of five years for violations.

Goodlatte and Boucher previously introduced similar legislation but the bill was defeated in 2000 due in part to efforts by Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who represented gambling interests, according to both lawmakers.

Abramoff pleaded guilty to fraud charges in early January and is cooperating with prosecutors in a corruption probe that could implicate lawmakers and officials across Washington.
No companion bill has yet been introduced in the Senate, a Goodlatte spokeswoman said.

2005-12-01T00:32:00.000-08:00

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