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Google will be happy to learn your Internet habits, with your permission of course - Web History helps deliver more personalized search results based on what you've searched for on Google and which sites you've visited. While this may prove useful as long as you go along the privacy issues this could raise, it just got me thinking how powerful Google's server infrastructure must be to be able to offer this kind of thing on a per user basis, really impressive. Google Web History. Days numbered for tax-free Net sales: A powerful alliance of politicians is arguing that out-of-state retailers must be required to charge sales taxes on purchases. News.com. The Wal-Mart $299 HD DVD player on the way? Wal-Mart just threw down some serious green for a batch of Chinese-made HD DVD players. Engadget.

Casper Calendar for Tuesday, March 27, 2007

* The Casper Children's Theatre will present performances of Disney's "The Jungle Book" now through April 1 at the theatre's location in the Commissary Mall. Info: 235-8383.* The Fast and Easy Twist on Walls Workshop will be held tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the Casper Recreation Center. Just come dressed to paint for hands-on learning. Required materials fee of $27 plus tax will be collected in class by the instructor. Info: 235-8383.

* The Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People Workshop will be held tonight from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Casper Recreation Center. In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Workshop fees are $30. Info: 235-8383.Natrona County Public Library events* All events are held in the Crawford Room unless otherwise noted.

Life of Christ a Work of Fiction?

This Easter Sunday, a third of the world's population, in solemn communion, marked the resurrection from death of Jesus Christ, and his miraculous breaking forth from the stone tomb where his body had been under guard by Roman Legionnaires.

To many of these multitudes, gathered in every corner of the Earth from Yamoussoukro to the Outer Hebrides, the agony of their Lord in his final days is a pain that has traveled down the centuries, and one that they share with him, and can feel in the very depths of their souls, as if it had happened only yesterday. Imagine then their relief at his triumph over death and the worm; envisage their joy and ecstasy: their Lord has risen from the dead, he is GOD!

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Q&A: RedOctane's Kai Huang

Huang is the man widely lauded as being the person who originally thought up the idea for the Guitar Hero game, thus starting the hugely popular series and generating a series of similar spin-offs. California-based RedOctane was founded in 1999, starting out in the early days as a peripherals manufacturer. The company is now also the publisher of a number of games, including Guitar Hero. RedOctane was bought by Activision in 2006.

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Learn to speak Spanish the fun way

While it can be relatively easy to get by speaking only English in this beautiful archipelago, anyone making the commitment to live or work in the Islands can improve their quality of life greatly by learning Spanish.
Graciela Spanish School, in Los Cristianos, South Tenerife, specialises in teaching Spanish to foreigners. The tutors are native Spanish speakers who can guide you through the learning process in an easy to understand manner.

Garagiola says what's right about baseball

Joe Garagiola, a former major league catcher, is a venerable television commentator and humorist. Released just in time for the start of the baseball season, his book, "Just Play Ball," is said to be an "insightful look at what's right with America's pastime." Hall of Famer and former N.Y. Yankees manager and player Yogi Berra wrote a forward for the book. Berra also happens to be a childhood friend of Garagiola. Garagiola was invited to talk about his book on TODAY. Here is an excerpt from Chapter 2.

Being a catcher is like being a fire hydrant at a dog show. If a catcher were asked to march in a parade they'd make him march behind the elephants. He'd have the same lousy view the whole parade and get dumped on at the same time.