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Think you might like to check this - histories and such. The law forms an incredible basis for how our interactions are structured. Art being an important component, that through the use of sampling has had a definite interaction with Intellectual Property Law. Thankyou Wikipedia!

Modern usage of the term intellectual property goes back at least as far as 1867 with the founding of the North German Confederation whose constitution granted legislative power over the protection of intellectual property (Schutz des geistigen Eigentums) to the confederation.^[4] When the administrative secretariats established by the Paris Convention (1883) and the Berne Convention (1886) merged in 1893, they located in Berne, and also adopted the term intellectual property in their new combined title, the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

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Quinoa: the Super Protein

It was naturally at a festival this year that I was first introduced to quinoa - mixed with fresh raspberries (delicious!). The texture was... unusual, though not unappreciated; while the taste was nutrious yet addictingly pleasant. Called a psudo-cereal, it has grown in popularity as an excellent source protein for those allergic to gluten. Though what seems to make it such a cross-over success being that it is also 'complete' protein, having a balanced set of amino acids. As well as a bunch of other vitamins and minerals, yada yada yada: what about other recipes?!?

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[video] SeanAnonymous: FastForward

Official music video for the song "Fast Forward" off of Sean Anonymous' upcoming e.p. Anonymo. Directed by: Dave Wilson Produced by: DJ Corbett 2011

Quickly becoming a staple of the Minneapolis, and perhaps regional, music and arts scene SeanAnonymous unveiled a new video for a song from his upcoming debut Anonymo. (This is only a suggestion:) Press play to enjoy above, then perhaps continue reading this paragraph. Though honestly I don't think there is much left to say... have you pressed play yet?

Security on Chrome & Firefox

In the past 3 months I switched over to using GoogleChrome. And it was nice, the latest and sleekest web browser to date; what I wasn’t aware of is how few security extentions available. I’ve gone back to FireFox – Google’s Extensions just don’t seem to have the reach of the Mozilla Community yet. Not to mention it is tremendously fun to learn more about how the internet is evolving!

There being a few add-ons for Firefox = that do just that:

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