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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

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  • U.S.: Homeless "Tent City" in Harlem Ends in Arre ...

    NEW YORK, Aug 2 (IPS) - New York City police arrested 10 people who refused to leave a vacant lot in a demonstration for homeless people's rights in East Harlem on Thursday. Early in the day, dozens of homeless people had occupied the lot, which is currently not being used, setting up tents and ...

  • HAITI: Aid Flowing, But Food Crisis Drags On

    UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2 (IPS) - Though beleaguered with their own financial problems, donor countries say they are not planning to withdraw financial support for cash-strapped Haiti.

  • PARAGUAY: Indigenous Squatter Communities Organis ...

    ASUNCIÓN, Aug 2 (IPS) - Indigenous families living in a squatter settlement on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital are organising themselves, and now have a community soup kitchen and are producing and selling handicrafts. They don't want to return to panhandling on the streets of Asunción ...

  • RELIGION-NIGERIA: Poverty, Frustration Fuel Secta ...

    LAGOS, Aug 2 (IPS) - The sectarian violence which broke out in several parts of northern Nigeria at the end of July has more to do with popular anger and frustration with prevailing economic conditions than religion, say religious experts and Muslim groups. Concerns have also been raised about t ...

  • TANZANIA: Solutions to Dar's Water Problems in th ...

    DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 2 (IPS) - In the nine months since she moved to the Dar es Salaam neighbourhood of Kinondoni, Anna Christopher has only seen water running from her taps once.

The Intelligence Daily

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Innovation Canada

  • Filling the glass

    Walkerton, Ont., North Battleford, Sask., and the Kashechewan First Nation Reserve, in Northern Ontario, have all become high-profile — and tragic — examples of what can go wrong when a community’s drinking water becomes contaminated. Surprisingly, they are not alone. At any given time, 1,700 ...

  • i2eye with Bartha Maria Knoppers

    “Don’t plan your career — be curious.” That’s the credo that Bartha Maria Knoppers, the new director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, espouses — and one she lives by. Knoppers turned her love of books into a master’s in c ...

  • Environmental legacy

    (Article courtesy of University of Regina) University of Regina biologist Chris Somers is fascinated by how humans and wildlife interact and how animals respond to human-modified environments. “My research often combines animal ecology in the field, environmental chemistry and genetics,” explain ...

  • Rebooting the search for dark matter

    “This is just a regular day at the office,” says researcher Chris Jillings as a two-kilometre-long cable lowers an elevator down into a maze of sweltering passageways leading to the “clean rooms” at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, or SNOLAB. “But every so often, I realize this is all rea ...

  • Seeking the perfect storm

    Mother Nature always has the upper hand — and sometimes the last laugh. John Hanesiak knows this well. When asked about the most memorable weather he’s tracked, the University of Manitoba atmospheric scientist and storm chaser points out that he’s witnessed several tornadoes, but the event t ...

Signs of the times

  • Temperature directly proportional to lifespan in c ...

    Warmer temperatures make cold-blooded organisms like fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and lizards live longer at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes, according to a study. Led by Stephan Munch and Santiago Salinas, from Stony Brook University, the study focussed on a diverse range of species who ...

  • Protein may clump in brain years before memory pro ...

    Amyloid protein deposits in the brain play a role in disrupting the memory formation process long before a person shows symptoms of the memory impairment of Alzheimer's disease, a new study contends. Previous research had suggested that clumps of amyloid protein, which damage neurons and are charac ...

  • With Every High-Tech Gadget We Buy, We Give up a L ...

    Don't look now, but no matter where you go, you're connected. We -- or most of us, at least -- have opened our front doors to large corporations, hardware manufacturers, software firms and search engines. We have allowed them to rifle through our jacket pockets and handbags. And now they can do as t ...

  • Is The FDIC Broke And Covering It Up?

    I have to wonder. First, we have Corus, which reported a negative Tier 1 Ratio. That is, they are formally "in the hole" in terms of assets .vs. liabilities. This is never supposed to happen - but it did, "Prompt Corrective Action" be damned. Next, we have Guaranty Bank, which also has a negativ ...

  • Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out

    Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark against foreclosures and destitution. Because of emergency extensions already enacted by Congress, laid-off workers in nearly half the s ...

Threat Level

  • Malicious ATM Catches Hackers

    LAS VEGAS — There’s no honor among thieves, nor apparently among hackers. A fake ATM kiosk was positioned in the conference center of the Riviera Hotel Casino capturing data from an unknown number of hackers attending the DefCon hacker conference before someone noticed something suspicious about ...

  • Electronic High-Security Locks Easily Defeated at ...

    LAS VEGAS — World-renowned lock experts Marc Weber Tobias, Toby Bluzmanis and Matt Fiddler are at it again. The three, who have made numerous headlines for bumping and picking Medeco high-security locks and other brands, have now succeeded to crack state-of-the-art, CLIQ technology electro-mechan ...

  • Researcher’s “Open Sesame” Hack Bypasses Doo ...

    LAS VEGAS — Security researchers have spent a lot of time the last couple of years cracking building access systems from the level of the user device — RFID and smartcards, for example. But a researcher in Texas found that he could crack one electronic access system at the network control level ...

  • DefCon: ‘Credit Hackers’ Win the Credit Card G ...

    Hundreds of “credit hackers” are legally gaming financial institutions by taking advantage of loopholes in the U.S. credit-reporting system, a security researcher says — warning that identity thieves could follow suit. Christopher Soghoian, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center, took a secur ...

  • Jury Dings File Sharer $675,000, RIAA Prevails

    A federal jury on Friday concluded that a 25-year-old college student must pay $675,000 — or $22,500 for each of the 30 songs he was found liable of infringing, Ben Sheffner reports from the courthouse. After a week-long trial and nearly three hours of deliberations, the Massachusetts jury con ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Owner of 13 Cars, McCain Aims to Block Cash for Cl ...

    Moments after the House passed a $2 billion extension to the wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program, John McCain in a double-irony announced he would oppose the bill in the Senate. Ironic, it turns out, not merely because the Arizona...

  • The Selective Amnesia of John McCain

    Saturday's Wall Street Journal features a fascinating interview with John McCain by editor Stephen Moore. Fascinating, that is, as a study of revisionist history and selective amnesia by both men. While Moore now praises McCain as "one of the lead...

  • Birther Movement Just the Latest Southern Patholog ...

    In a jaw-dropping DaliyKos/Research 2000 poll released today, a stunning 58% of Republicans did not believe (28%) or were unsure (30%) that President Barack Obama was in fact born in the United States. To be sure, this is a Southern...

  • GOP Turns to Scare Tactics, Double-Talk on Medicar ...

    In his latest fear-mongering on health care reform, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that Democrats are intent on "sticking it to seniors with cuts to Medicare." Of course, McConnell's statement isn't merely false, it is comically so. After all,...

  • The Perpetual Republican War on Medicare

    Even as Republicans wage their new war against the latest efforts at health care reform, they are still fighting the last one. 44 years after the passage of Medicare, Republicans leaders like Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) are attacking Democratic proposals...

Blackspot News Feed

  • Hanoi City Coal Breaker

    Deep in the mountains of coal country lies this rusting hulk. Once the largest coal breaker in the world it could process raw coal through the entire facility in an amazing 12 minutes. Some information states it opened around 1932 and closed in either 1964 or 1978. Just two of many awesome pix in Ho ...

  • Six US Troops Killed in Afghanistan

    A US soldier uses a mine detector near Shah Wali Zarat in Khost province, Afghanistan. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith / US Army) read more

  • US Terror Prison Eyed for Gitmo Detainees

    Obama administration eyes Michigan or Kansas prisons for Gitmo detainees. Washington - The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-secu ...

  • West sought to prompt color revolution after June ...

    PressTVSun, 02 Aug 2009 01:17:02 GMTThe Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Political Bureau, Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, says certain Western states are seeking to turn the ongoing political milieu in Iran to their advantage.In an exclusive interview with Press TV, he stated that the ...

  • Remains of First US Gulf War Casualty Solve 18 Yea ...

    The Pentagon once took the unprecedented step of switching Capt. "Scott" Speicher's status from "killed in action" to "missing-captured," thinking he was alive. Washington - The confirmation Sunday that remains found in Iraq are those of Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher – the first America ...

Consortium News

  • Panetta Pleads for No CIA Punishment

    CIA Director Leon Panetta pens an op-ed that urges no "retribution" for Bush-era CIA crimes, notes Melvin A. Goodman. August 2, 2009

  • How Pay-to-Play Corrupts Washington

    From Washington Post "salons" to a conservative group's for-sale sign, it's all about pay-to-play in DC, writes Michael Winship. August 2, 2009

  • Why Obama's Health Plan Falters

    The American Left failed to fight for "single-payer" and ended up pushing for an inadequate "public option," says Jeff Cohen. August 2, 2009

  • Christians Largely Mum on Torture

    A poll shows American Christians tolerant of U.S. torturing detainees, a failure of church leadership, says Ray McGovern. July 31, 2009

  • US Judge Orders Afghan Youth Freed

    A federal judge ordered freedom for a young Afghani at Guantanamo, but his future remains in doubt, reports Jason Leopold. July 31, 2009

CounterPunch

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Planetsave

  • Popular Gator Killed by Poachers in Texas

    A 13-foot, 600-pound alligator was killed in a state-managed coastal preserve just north of the Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) in Pasadena, Texas. The alligator, estimated to be 50-years-old, was a popular tourist attraction at the Center and possibly one of the largest ‘gators in the state ...

  • Spider Monkeys Invent Medicinal Tools.

    For years and years, humans considered themselves the one and only makers of tools. Homo sapien literally means “wise man” because we were so intelligent that it was us humans, and us humans alone, who could even have the brain capacity to create a tool. It was considered the key feature of th ...

  • Horses Stolen and Brutally Butchered for Meat in F ...

    Since January, nearly 20 horses have been stolen and brutally killed in Florida. The latest horse was stabbed in the neck and most likely still alive when butchered. Officials believe the mutilated horses are being killed for their meat which is being sold on the black market. Buying or selling ...

  • Waste Water Mud the New ‘Green’ Fuel

    Wastewater treatment facilities end up dumping a lot of mud that is extracted from the in-flowing water. And, like everything else, that mud takes up space. Space that could be used for other things, even at the dumping yards. But researchers from the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) have suggest ...

  • Abandoned Mines Could Be Used for Other Purposes: ...

    Coal power supplies most of the electricity that we use here in America. It’s been that way for a long time. Because of coal’s popularity as a source of power, mines, both active and abandoned, lay scattered across the nation. And now, with coal’s popularity waning, the number of abandoned mi ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Public Citizen Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Campa ...

    Overturning Campaign Finance Restrictions Would Allow Corporations to Dominate Elections WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen joined a team of other attorneys in submitting a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging the court to adhere to its precedents and reaffirm the longs ...

  • Local Power/Energia Mia Update

    Here is the latest update from the Local Power/Energia Mia Coalition: CPS has a meeting today at Firefighters Union Hall (8925-IH10 WEST) from 6:00-8:00 pm. Anyone from District 8 is encouraged to attend and speak for the cause. Each person gets three minutes of talk time and the Local Power/Energ ...

  • Nuclear plans hurting Texas power companies’ (al ...

    Power companies’ plans to pursue new nuclear projects are damaging their credit ratings, which may mean higher costs will be shifted onto ratepayers. In a new report by Moody’s Investors Service titled “New Nuclear Generation: Ratings Pressure Increasing”, the firm raises concerns ...

  • Good Day, (for Texas) Sunshine [Flickr]

    Public Citizen Texas posted a photo: This morning marks a good day for Texas sunshine! Public Citizen Texas gives you the early morning scoop -- late last night the Texas Senate passed through HB 1423, a net metering bill to provide owners of solar installations with fair buy-back rates for the ex ...

  • Jon Stewart gets ACES Right!

    If you missed Tuesday night’s episode of The Daily Show, you did not get to see John Stewart and guest Steven Chu (Obama’s Nobel Prize winning Secretary of Energy) discuss the Waxman-Markey climate bill and America’s energy future. For those who missed it here are some highlights: Jon S ...

Press TV

Axis of Logic

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Nightowl Newswrap

    Never trust a person - or a government - that mistreats animals Yet another piece of evidence that Pakistan does not boast the kind of well-run operation we prefer in our allies is the horrific condition of the zoo in the major city of Lahore. Why there will always be a Chicago Federal authorities ...

  • The Way to Win

    Via Digby , an example of how easy it really is to beat the repugs on legislation, if you're just willing to stand up and call their bluff. After Matt Yglesias posted a short piece on the House agreeing to hold a floor vote on single-payer, commenter Henry B (a fan of the late, great and much-lament ...

  • Full Blown Class War...

    Tony Auth Cartoons

  • Has the NRA lost it's mojo?

    Wow. Haven't seen this for a while. In fact, I haven't seen this in my entire adult life, which commenced in the days between the election and inauguration of Reagan. For the first time in three decades, the NRA wants the Senate to do something, and Senators are just blowing them off, ignoring them ...

  • Now his mother can have peace of mind

    The remains of Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher, the only American service member classified as "Missing" from the first gulf war in 1991, have been recovered in a remote area of Anbar province. His F/A-18 Hornet came under heavy ground fire in the early hours of the invasion, and his unknown f ...

Care 2

  • Camera-loving duck killers hunted

    After posting video of themselves showing off their shooting skills on YouTube, three men with a penchant for killing ducks are being hunted by the law. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment

  • Please, President, refuse to sign weak climate bil ...

    House "Climate Bill" is a disaster for American people and the world- another victory for coal, oil, agriculture and other industry lobbyists; no nuclear can be allowed! The American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) includes only a 4% reduction Submitted by Cher C. to Environment | Note- ...

  • Cat- a dear friend but for doors - Kansas City Sta ...

    Our orange cat, Mickey, is the dearest kind of friend. But the friendship, like any other, is not without certain trials. I do not mind waking in the night to find him asleep with his head on the pillow between us. I do rather object to his desire Submitted by Rafael Apollo Lido to Animals | ...

  • Unique Australian Animals-Quokka

    The Quokka is a small marsupial like the forest wallabies and tree kangaroo's of eastern Australia. Very active at night, the Quokka sleep (often in small groups) during the day in the shelter of dense vegetation, and at night time Submitted by Rafael Apollo Lido to Animals | Note-it! | Add a ...

  • Project Pasado's: Exceeding Expectations

    Here at Pasado's Safe Haven, there are always stalls to clean, coats to brush, paths to clear, and mouths to feed. It's joyous work, but there's a lot of it - and that's where our wonderful volunteers step in! We were delighted to have a group from Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat | Note-it ...

GreenBiz

  • Green Wineries Embrace Innovation from the Fields ...

    Solar-powered vineyards, biodynamic farming, organically grown grapes and innovative packaging put several California wineries on the leading edge of sustainable wine production. Their remarkable results offer valuable lessons for green leaders in any industry.

  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Emissions Reductions, Recycl ...

    The bottling, marketing and distribution arm of the beverage giant has set a goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 15 percent before 2020, as well as to recover 100 percent of its bottles for recycling.

  • Report Urges Efficiency as a Solution to Californi ...

    A new study by the Pacific Institute shows ways that California farmers can cut their water use by as much as 17 percent without cutting the productivity of the nation's most productive agricultural region.

  • Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain ...

    This report from the Pacific Institute details the ways that California farmers can implement water efficiency practices to reduce water use by 17 percent while maintaining current levels of productivity.

  • Cash for Killing Your Lawn: Cities Get Creative on ...

    In Las Vegas, the biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns with drought-resistant landscapes.

Reuters Global

Ezra Klein

  • Tab Dump

    • Did the Supreme Court create the health-care mess? • What lessons does the Clean Air Act hold for cap-and-trade? • Mark Schmitt examines Barack Obama's "cockeyed optimism" about American government. • What would a "common sense" health-care reform look like? • Good beer is bad politi ...

  • How Do You Decide to Run for President?

    The Post has published an excerpt from Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson's new book, " The Battle for America 2008 ," which has some extended ruminations from the winner of that battle. In particular, I'm always interested in the decision-making process that candidates go through when they choose to run ...

  • Am I a Radical?

    To make a related point to the previous post, I'm not sure I'd term calls for procedural reform "radical," much less " revolutionary ." The history of Congress is, in part, a history of procedural reforms. Newt Gingrich made a bunch of changes in 1994. Democrats made a bunch of changes in 1975. John ...

  • Misremembering the Filibuster

    Conor Friedersdorf mounts a very standard attack on those of us advocating procedural reforms in the Congress: What is most striking is the short memory of progressive bloggers on these matters. Isn’t Social Security a “serious, foreseeable and solvable” threat to America’s fiscal health? D ...

  • Klein Smackdown Watch

    A reader who seems to know what he's talking about e-mails: I enjoy reading your blog and think you are one of the more responsible and honest journalist I have read recently. But this is why I was so surprised by today's blog post on AIG and the approving link to Mary Williams Walsh's article. I ...

Booman Tribune

  • RIP Thurman Munson

    Thurman Munson died thirty years ago today. Any boy with an interest in sports who lived in the New York Metropolitan area during the 1970's knows what it meant when Thurman's Cessna crashed at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport and he burned to death. I will never forget how I leaned of the traged ...

  • Panetta's CIA

    There used to be a character on the Ally McBeal show who would do phenomenally inappropriate and inconsiderate things. When people would call him on his actions, he’d shrug and say, “Bygones,” as if the injured party was harping on the distant past and all should be forgiven. That’s roughly h ...

  • War Wounds That Never Heal

    From the NY Times: The number of suicides reported by the Army has risen to the highest level since record-keeping began three decades ago. Last year, there were 192 among active-duty soldiers and soldiers on inactive reserve status, twice as many as in 2003, when the war began. (Five more suspe ...

  • YouTube Open Thread

    You should have no problem embedding YouTubes now. I fixed the problem a few weeks ago. Can you top that?

  • Millions May Lose Unemployment Benefits

    That recession may be coming to an end for Wall Street, but for millions of Americans it is about to get much worse: Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark against foreclosur ...

European Tribune

Futurismic

  • Humour

    Does Not Equal is a webcomic by Sarah Ennals – check out the pre-Futurismic archives, and the strips that have been published here previously. [ Be sure to check out the Does Not Equal Cafepress store for webcomic merchandise featuring Canadians with geometrically-shaped heads! ] Project Wonderf ...

  • Humour

    Does Not Equal is a webcomic by Sarah Ennals – check out the pre-Futurismic archives, and the strips that have been published here previously. [ Be sure to check out the Does Not Equal Cafepress store for webcomic merchandise featuring Canadians with geometrically-shaped heads! ] Project Wonderf ...

  • Your vat-grown burger will be ready in a decade, s ...

    We’ve mentioned the potential of vat-grown meat here before, but I thought it worth bringing up again in light of an article at Wired UK that goes into more technical detail about the processes involved in growing cultured muscle for human consumption. [image by Marshall Astor] “We’re developi ...

  • Your vat-grown burger will be ready in a decade, s ...

    We’ve mentioned the potential of vat-grown meat here before, but I thought it worth bringing up again in light of an article at Wired UK that goes into more technical detail about the processes involved in growing cultured muscle for human consumption. [image by Marshall Astor] “We’re developi ...

  • Re-engineering biology

    As I’ve mentioned before, we’re entering a new phase of technological progress: engineers and technologists are not just seeking inspiration in the mechanisms of the natural world, but are actually reverse- and re-engineering biology to improve synthetic technology. In this case researchers in G ...

Yahoo! Canada News

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • The Food, Energy and Environment 'Trilemma'

    While advances in genetic engineering and biotechnology could expand the market for "second-generation biofuels," scientists warn of hurting the environment and of diverting vast tracks of arable land.

  • 'Cash for Clunkers': One Dealer's Tale

    After the popular auto trade-in program burned quickly through its cash, one auto dealer reports "all sorts of problems," and also questions whether the program's environmental goals were sufficient.

  • For Wind Turbines Trucks, Trains Pose Hazard

    In Nebraska this week, a train traveling at 60 miles per hour hit a semi carrying part of a wind turbine tower -- and this is not the first time trains have posed hazards to the transportation of wind turbines.

  • For Community Colleges, Wind Technician Training I ...

    Wind turbine technicians and solar installers are strongly in demand - and community colleges are moving quickly to fill the need.

  • New Jersey Plans Doubling of Solar Power

    PSE&G Solar, a subsidiary of a big New Jersey utility, plans a large solar power push that will maintain New Jersey's position as the nation's second-ranked solar state.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Hat tip for Joaquin Phoenix conspiracy

    Not a bad idea! Which makes this potentially one of the greatest performances any modern actor has ever given -- or at least one of the most baldly courageous. The closest comparison would have to be Andy Kaufman's utter commitment to his obnoxious Tony Clifton persona, but Phoenix is going Kaufman ...

  • Tough times south of the border

    Duly noted: Mexican TV reporter ducking stray bullets: Hat tip to the thoughtful Texas farmer Don , who knows what you ought to know about the War On Drugs. This video was recently the #1 most discussed from Mexico on YooToob... Plus, don't miss the five stages of complete social collapse! http://c ...

  • Pirate Bay Trial and Kopimi: The Kopimi Manifesto

    I can't say I get it. But I like it. In these apocalyptic and bitchy times, it is high time to get some sarcastic Swedish hacker philsophy out there. Now is the time. The spectrial is apparently the place. How could we forget the Pirate Bay Spectrial?! They released a Pirate Bay Manifesto - POwr, Br ...

  • Some notes from the Abyss; Fusion Centers going to ...

    We're on the brink of disaster | Salon! As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, they are likely to erupt into violent protests or to assault others they deem responsible for their plight, including government officials, plant managers, landl ...

  • From ADD to Virtual Eschatonism: Twitter and rando ...

    First up! Fargo flood. 'We will beat this challenge,' flood battle continues as officials plead for help | INFORUM | Fargo, ND Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Eastern North Dakota/Grand Forks: Red River of the North at Fargo One of my stronger memories from back in school was cleaning up in ...

AlterNet Top Stories

Threat Level

  • Malicious ATM Catches Hackers

    LAS VEGAS — There’s no honor among thieves, nor apparently among hackers. A fake ATM kiosk was positioned in the conference center of the Riviera Hotel Casino capturing data from an unknown number of hackers attending the DefCon hacker conference before someone noticed something suspicious about ...

  • Electronic High-Security Locks Easily Defeated at ...

    LAS VEGAS — World-renowned lock experts Marc Weber Tobias, Toby Bluzmanis and Matt Fiddler are at it again. The three, who have made numerous headlines for bumping and picking Medeco high-security locks and other brands, have now succeeded to crack state-of-the-art, CLIQ technology electro-mechan ...

  • Researcher’s “Open Sesame” Hack Bypasses Doo ...

    LAS VEGAS — Security researchers have spent a lot of time the last couple of years cracking building access systems from the level of the user device — RFID and smartcards, for example. But a researcher in Texas found that he could crack one electronic access system at the network control level ...

  • DefCon: ‘Credit Hackers’ Win the Credit Card G ...

    Hundreds of “credit hackers” are legally gaming financial institutions by taking advantage of loopholes in the U.S. credit-reporting system, a security researcher says — warning that identity thieves could follow suit. Christopher Soghoian, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center, took a secur ...

  • Jury Dings File Sharer $675,000, RIAA Prevails

    A federal jury on Friday concluded that a 25-year-old college student must pay $675,000 — or $22,500 for each of the 30 songs he was found liable of infringing, Ben Sheffner reports from the courthouse. After a week-long trial and nearly three hours of deliberations, the Massachusetts jury con ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

  • UPDATE 1-No joke: 'Funny People' falls flat at box ...

    LOS ANGELES, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Adam Sandler suffered his worst opening at the North American box office in almost five years on Sunday with "Funny People," a chart-topping comedy darker than the low-brow fare beloved by his young fans.

  • Obama officials eye more jobless aid, weigh taxes

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials said on Sunday it may be necessary to extend jobless benefits to firm up an economic recovery unlikely to create jobs until next year and declined to rule out future tax increases to tame massive budget deficits.

  • No joke: "Funny People" falls flat at box office

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Sandler suffered his worst opening at the North American box office in almost five years on Sunday with "Funny People," a chart-topping comedy darker than the low-brow fare beloved by his young fans.

  • Khatami condemns Iran's "show trial" of reformists

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have tightened pressure on their opponents by staging what former president Mohammad Khatami condemned on Sunday as a "show trial" of 100 reformists accused of trying to instigate a "velvet revolution."

  • Housing could take another turn downward: Greenspa ...

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday that signs of stabilization and increased confidence in the economy could be dashed if home prices were to take another turn downward.

Godspace

  • Driving as Spiritual Practice

    The weather has cooled down considerably here in Seattle and everyone feels that things are back to normal. Â A little rain would be appreciated – yes we do have days and in this case months without rain in the Pacific NW. Â The garden is flourishing but definitely crying out for a good soakin ...

  • Yoga & Jesus: This is a spiritual practice

    I continue to be challenged and stretched by the ways that people connect to God and to Jesus Christ. The posts below are by Christina Whitehouse-Sugg. I found them particularly intriguing because of my growing interest in Christian meditation and as you know I am also passionate about Henri Nou ...

  • Spiritual Discipline – Serving At the Pantry

    Well yesterday afternoon all my good intentions went out the window. I had expected to post another of the excellent articles still being submitted for the series on What is a Spiritual Discipline but two things happened to change all that. First the temperature in Seattle climbed to an all time ...

  • Making Space for the Rabbi

    Today is likely to be a busy day on my blog – not because of those who read it but primarily because I am going away for a couple of days tomorrow and there is so much that I want to post before that – including book reviews, thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s statement about leaving [...]

  • Jimmy Carter – Losing My Faith For Equality

    Jimmy Carter, president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 has just left the Southern Baptist Convention because of their discrimination against women. I have always admired him for his involvement in peacemaking and concern for the poor. This stand has increased my estimation of him 10 fold ...

Pine River World News

  • Intelligence sources of Caucasus Emirate report 30 ...

    The following article is reprinted with permission from Kavkaz Center, Caucasus mujahideen news agency. A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moving towards Georgia © Kavkaz Center Publication time: 2 August 2009, 17:40 Intelligence sources of Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate reported that a ...

  • South Sudan threatened Uganda with war if Omar Al- ...

    The following article is reprinted with permission from the Sunday Monitor, Kampala. 'Uganda came close to war with Sudan' © Sunday Monitor By Angelo Izama August 2, 2009 KAMPALA - Uganda was warned by its neighbour, the semi-autonomous South Sudan, of grave consequences including war and instab ...

  • JIHAD IN NIGERIA: Many Boko Haram fighters were ci ...

    Pine River World News / IntelTrends August 2, 2009 Checking the Nigerian newspapers today I note a commentary in the Tribune titled "Boko Haram and ECOWAS protocol" that reads, in part: "I guess it was possible for our security operatives to be so caught unawares because these crazy and misdirected ...

  • Pentagon's 21st Century Counterinsurgency Wars: La ...

    The following commentary is reprinted with permission from Global Research. Pentagon's 21st Century Counterinsurgency Wars: Latin America and South Asia © Global Research By Rick Rozoff August 1, 2009 More than half a year after the departure of the George W. Bush administration the United Stat ...

  • JIHAD IN NIGERIA: Boko Haram financier reportedly ...

    Pine River World News / IntelTrends August 1, 2009 As reported yesterday, Bokok Haram sect leader Muhammed Yusuf was killed in police custoday hours after his arrest. The organization Human Rights Watch , in an article titled Violence Between Security Forces and Islamist Group in Northern Nigeria , ...

Blacklisted News

  • Market Review: Weakening Dollar, Rising Urban Unem ...

    This is an early appraisal of the Chinese visit to Washington. There is no question the Chinese have the Illuminists stymied. The big question is has China demanded the rest of our high technology expertise that Bill Clinton was unable to deliver to them? Or have they pledged government properties t ...

  • Geithner Won’t Rule Out New Taxes for Middle Cla ...

    To get the economy back on track, will President Barack Obama have to break his pledge not to raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans? In a “This Week” exclusive, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told me, "We’re going to have to do what’s necessary.”

  • Could the great recession lead to a great revoluti ...

    Proponents of neoliberalism are indifferent to this history and dismiss the notion that "another world is possible" that could alleviate grinding misery and poverty around the world. But in opposition to the contemporary individualistic system of capitalism, evidence of a new global movement dedicat ...

  • MI5 says it was infiltrated by al-Qaeda

    Sky News , the British version of Fox News, expects us to believe al-Qaeda infiltrated MI5, the Brit secret service.

  • Obama Considers “Military-civilian” Prison Sys ...

    The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison.

Project Censored

  • WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 20 ...

    WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 2009 The end of an era is a term too often over-used. But it is a term that is properly used when discussing the passing of Walter Cronkite. It is truly the end of an era in journalism. No other journalist could do what Walter did. He could cal ...

  • You Can Now Find Our Investigative Research at the ...

    You can now find all of the investigative research that we have done over the years at our new and exciting Media Freedom International Website Please check the website often for news and updates.

  • Analysis of Project Censored: Are We a Left-Leanin ...

    By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” –Frederick Douglass ...

  • Infotainment Society: Junk Food News and New ...

    By Mickey Huff and Frances A. Capell We can do the innuendo We can dance and sing When it’s said and done We haven’t told you a thing We all know that crap is king Give us dirty laundry! Don Henley, Dirty Laundry, 1982 The late New York University media scholar Neil Postma ...

  • A Black President Doesn’t Mean Racism is gone in ...

    By Peter Phillips Racial inequality remains in the US. People of color continue to experience high rates of poverty, significant unemployment, police profiling and repressive incarceration. School segregation is a continuing concern among race scholars as well. According to a new Civil Rights re ...

Scoop - NZ

  • Power companies "profiteering"

    Power companies have been increasing their charges at a higher rate than inflation and continue to do so. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • Vodafone plans faster network

    In what looks like a reaction the Telecom's XT network, which brought Telecom's network up to the standard of Vodafone's, Vodafone are planning a new upgrade as soon as trials are finished which will bring speeds of about 21Mbit/s. Telecom plans to do the same at Christmas. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_Orig ...

  • Scammers charging for non existant advertising

    Some company has been calling various businesses and demanding payment for advertising which never happened. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • US Loan Approvals Dropping

    A new survey shows American banks cutting down on lending, as concerns over the health of the country's economy remain.The study conducted by The Wall Street Journal found that the total loans held by 15 large US banks plunged by 2.8 percent in the second three months of the year.Financial giants su ...

  • The Incredible Shrinking Boomer Economy

    Mercedes is the quintessential boomer brand. Drive down an American highway, and odds are good that the person piloting the Benz in the next lane was born between 1946 and 1962. And Mercedes-Benz (DAI) has prospered right along with America's huge postwar generation. Back in 1986, when the first bab ...

Independent ( London )

  • Burma's ruler: brutal, reclusive – and a skilled ...

    The man behind Burma's secret nuclear plans, Senior General Than Shwe,is one of the world's most brutal and reclusive dictators. Hidden in his bunker in the newly built capital, Naypyidaw (which means "seat of kings"), his appearances in public are rare and his interactions with the international co ...

  • Protests greet moves by Chavez to crush media

    The Government of Hugo Chavez closed down 34 radio stations across Venezuela over the weekend, prompting claims by opposition critics that he was trampling freedom of expression rights and triggering angry street protests in Caracas and other cities across the country.

  • Khatami hits back over Iran 'show' trial

    Mohammad Khatami, the former Iranian president, has attacked the "show trial" of dissidents in Tehran as unlawful and unconstitutional.

  • First Gulf War casualty found

    The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War nearly two decades ago have been found in Iraq. The Pentagon said the remains were positively identified as Navy Captain Michael "Scott" Speicher.

  • Tel Aviv left stunned after lone gunman kills two ...

    Anger and grief shook Tel Aviv's normally thriving gay community yesterday after a gunman shot two people dead and wounded 11 others in the worst ever attack against homosexuals in Israel.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • U.S. briefs Israel on new Iran nuke sanctions

    Summary: American officials briefed Israel this week on the administration's ideas for intensifying sanctions against Iran if it fails to respond to President Barack Obama's offer of dialogue China soon to try to enlist Beijing to join the coalition. source: Haaretz read more

  • US ‘Not Happy’ as Iraq Announces Plans to Clos ...

    Summary: Camp Ashraf US officials are reportedly “not happy” with the situation unfolding in the MEK’s Camp Ashraf, following yesterday’s deadly raids by Iraqi forces. Today, the Iraqi government says that it plans to close the camp down entirely. source: Anti War.Com read more

  • Iraqi forces raid Iran exile camp

    Summary: Iraqi forces have raided a camp north of Baghdad which for years has housed an exiled Iranian opposition group. source: BBC read more

  • Middle East Show of Farce

    Summary: Bush/Cheney foreign policy turned the Middle East into an analog of Cold War Europe, and incredibly, they managed to cast pismire Iran as the second coming of the Soviet Union. That the Obama administration is conducting the same clownish statecraft is a sure sign that the American Empi ...

  • Gates Threatens ‘Tough Sanctions’ Against Iran

    Summary: Gates Following meetings with top Israeli officials, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the US would seek tough new sanctions against the Iranian government if it rejected the US offer for talks. Gates vowed that such measures would not be incremental. source: Anti War.Com read mo ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Peter Jackson's "District 9": The SciFi Hit's High ...

    At Diego's Comic-Con, "District 9" wowed its fanboy premiere and set Twitter afire with reports that the movie is one of the most original sci-fi films to come along in years. Filmed in a quasi-documentary style by South African newcomer...

  • Will Amazon's Kindle Will Replace the Book -Pundit ...

    The Kindle 2 is a “fundamentally better experience than inked paper. Jeff Bezos—Amazon’s founder and C.E.O.—has built a machine that marks a cultural revolution. Printed books, the most important artifacts of human civilization, are going to join newspapers and magazines...

  • Will Ridley Scott's New "Alien" Prequel Mimic Will ...

    FADE IN: DEEP SPACE - THE FUTURE: The silent field of stars -- eclipsed by the dark bulk of an approaching ship. CLOSER... William Gibson's "Alien 3" Screenplay 20th Century Fox is rebooting its "Alien" franchise with Jon Spaihts to...

  • Galaxy Fans - You Can Now Follow Us Daily on Faceb ...

    I've started posting our daily editorial content on our Facebook Wall, which makes it much easier to share posts you like with your friend list. Our best, Casey Kazan, editor. The Daily Galaxy/Facebook Page

  • Mars Climate-Change Cycles in 3-D

    Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers, revealed in three-dimensional detail by a telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Researchers using the High...

Natural News

  • Should We Tax Sodas and Junk Food to Pay for Healt ...

    (NaturalNews) Mr. Johnson weighed nearly a ton. And drank pop 'til his health came undone. His kidneys turned blue But he said, "I've got two." "So I'll drink 'til I only lose one." The debate over health care reform has run smack into a brick wall of economic reality. There's just not enough money ...

  • Human Heart Regenerates Cells Automatically: One P ...

    (NaturalNews) In a groundbreaking new study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have demonstrated that heart cells are able to regenerate themselves, overturning the conventional wisdom that the body cannot replace damaged heart cells. Researchers immediately hailed the study as pro ...

  • Caffeine May Prevent and Help Reverse Alzheimer's ...

    (NaturalNews) There is probably no more dreaded and feared disease than memory-destroying and life-robbing Alzheimer's. According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), as many as 2.4 to 4.5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and, as Baby Boomers age, those numbe ...

  • How a Simple Sugar can Stop a Urinary Tract Infect ...

    (NaturalNews) Urinary tract infections are not only painful, but with a trip to the doctor's office and a regimen of antibiotics (the usual treatment), it ends up being expensive and inconvenient as well. But it doesn't have to be that way. Taken at the first signs of a urinary tract infection, a sp ...

  • Omega-3s From Fish Oil Protect Against Prostate Ca ...

    (NaturalNews) A higher dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may protect men from prostate cancer even if they have a genetic predisposition to the disease, researchers have found. "We detected strong protective associations between increasing intake of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ...


TheGallopingBeaver

  • Brits in Afghanistan

    MICHAEL YON HAS AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF PICTURES , well worth a look. He's a former Green Beret, native of Winter Haven, Fl. who has been reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan since December 2004. This report, from July 27-29 is from his experiences with the Welsh Guards. Great pictures, check it ...

  • Thin Man?

    Riding home from work, I was listening to the lawyer of alleged disgraced moneyjuggler Earl Jones, discussing how Jones has been in Canada for 10 days, how he is suicidal, depressed, and afraid of being attacked or killed. What I did not hear was anyone else stating, much less proving, that Jones i ...

  • Kornkob Kory's election prediction.

    Isn't it funny how they always put it on "The Family". If I may project... Little Kory sees an election being triggered this Fall. He's looked at the polling numbers and the "best scenario" stuff. He's been the front-man for a series of attack ads which have put this country into an endless electi ...

  • Sweating one's (fill in appropriate body part) off

    Right now, in British Columbia, it's hotter than the right element of my barbeque. When the temperature difference in Victoria is a mere 2 degrees C lower than a typically hot Kamloops, things are cooking. In fact, inland Vancouver Island is actually hotter at the time of writing than the BC souther ...

  • Pomp and stomp on the Radcliffe Line

    When the Border Commissions of Cyril Radcliffe decided on the border between Pakistan and India in 1947, he and his group of lawyers proceeded in true British colonial fashion - without a thought or care for the actual outcome. The commission was comprised of lawyers, not boundary experts; the comm ...

Media Matters for America

  • CNN's Kurtz, CNN president at odds over whether ...

    On CNN's Reliable Sources , host and media critic Howard Kurtz said that he doesn't "think there's any question that [CNN host Lou] Dobbs is in the opinion business." Yet the Associated Press reported in an August 1 article that Kurtz's boss, CNN President Jonathan Klein, said, in the AP's wor ...

  • Stephanopoulos falsely suggests report says TARP ...

    On This Week , purporting to ask Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner "about the TARP," host George Stephanopoulos claimed that TARP inspector general Neil Barofsky "said that the taxpayers could be on the hook for $23 trillion in liabilities." In fact, as Barofsky has repeatedly stated, that figure ...

  • Claiming Obama "lost control of the narrative," L ...

    While discussing whether President Obama "lost control of the narrative of health care," NPR's Mara Liasson and Fox News' Chris Wallace advanced the falsehoods that health-care reform is estimated to cost $1 trillion over 10 years and would be funded by broad-based tax increases. In fact, the ...

  • Malkin distorts Michelle Obama biography to attac ...

    In her new book, Culture of Corruption , conservative columnist Michelle Malkin claims that first lady Michelle Obama "was literally born into the Chicago political corruptocracy," suggesting that because her father was a volunteer precinct captain and held a city job, she was a party to crony ...

  • Media echo serial misinformer McCaughey's false ...

    On July 16, Betsy McCaughey falsely claimed that the House health care reform bill would "absolutely require" end-of-life counseling for seniors "that will tell them how to end their life sooner." Since then, numerous media figures have echoed McCaughey's claim -- even after the falsehood was d ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Being There

    Kid: "He had it coming, right, Will?" Munny: "We've all got it coming, Kid." To understand health care reform, it is helpful to have faced Death. The near-death experience brings into sharper relief the reality underlying assorted canards surrounding reform.... Sponsored Topics: Healthcare reform ...

  • Heritage Foundation: House Plan will Cut Health Co ...

    Okay, that's not their headline, but the Heritage Foundation is promoting this study that does state-by-state analysis of the reduced revenue for hospitals and doctors due to the House health care plan,the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R.... Sponsored Topics: Heritage Founda ...

  • Decline of the American Empire

    f ever we needed evidence of the Cost of Empire, Floyd Norris's scary chart of Durable Goods Production from the U.S. Economy is it. We have so hollowed out our industrial plant that the only thing we are now producing... Sponsored Topics: Floyd Norris - United States Economy - United State ...

  • Culture and Race in New Orleans

    Cheryl asks for comments on rebuilding the culture of the city. My experience here, knowing a lot of musicians, some writers, an artist or two, and some filmmakers, is that the culture of this place is rebuilding itself even better... Sponsored Topics: NewOrleans - HurricaneKatrina - Mardi Gras - ...

  • The Ones That Got Away

    Once upon a time, TPMCafe collected the best reader posts of the week and put them together in an easily digestible round-up. Today, we're reviving that age-old tradition. For people who like beer -- and beer puns -- this was... Sponsored Topics: Beer - TPMCafe - Iraq - Drink - Food

TruthOut

  • Six US Troops Killed in Afghanistan

    A US soldier uses a mine detector near Shah Wali Zarat in Khost province, Afghanistan. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith / US Army) read more

  • Thirteen in Congress Control Health Care Debate

    For those still clinging to quaint notions of the American ideal, these have been a faith-shaking 10 years. Just as evolutionary science once got in the way of creationists' catechism, so has politics now undermined patriots' naive belief that the United States is a functioning democracy. T ...

  • US Terror Prison Eyed for Gitmo Detainees

    Obama administration eyes Michigan or Kansas prisons for Gitmo detainees. Washington - The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-sec ...

  • Remains of First US Gulf War Casualty Solve 18 Yea ...

    The Pentagon once took the unprecedented step of switching Capt. "Scott" Speicher's status from "killed in action" to "missing-captured," thinking he was alive. Washington - The confirmation Sunday that remains found in Iraq are those of Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher – the first Americ ...

  • Tensions Grow in Afghanistan as Villagers Get Rid ...

    Shahran, Afghanistan - For as long as anyone can remember, there was no need for paper money in this remote corner of the Hindu Kush. The common currency was what grew in everyone's backyard - opium. When children felt like buying candy, they ran into their father's fields and returned with ...

The Heathlander

  • The latest anti-Hamas meme: “child brides”

    Last week, Hamas sponsored a mass wedding celebration in Gaza, perhaps in an attempt to reverse its flagging poll ratings: ‘Nearly a thousand Palestinians celebrated marriage on Thursday night in a ceremony organised by Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip. Hamas dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar ...

  • Chomsky on the ‘Responsibility to Protect’

    Earlier this week Noam Chomsky participated, along with Jean Bricmont, Gareth Evans (former Australian FM and long-time President of the International Crisis Group) and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a UN panel on the doctrine of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P). You can watch the three hour discussio ...

  • How to lose friends and alienate people

    Hiring paid hasbaratchiks to “spew forth bullshit” online, parading out Ehud Olmert to convince Americans that opposing settlement construction is like opposing rainbows and kittens, launching a smear campaign against Human Rights Watch, one of the most conservative human rights organisations ar ...

  • Breaking the Spin

    The BBC’s report on the ‘Breaking the Silence’ testimonies of IDF soldiers describing the commission of serious war crimes during Operation Cast Lead is pretty representative of its output on the topic: there’s nothing outrageous, but there is nonetheless a systematic bias that underplays or ...

  • Global march on Gaza

    When Gandhi’s doctrine of non-violent resistance (satyagraha) is invoked in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, it is invariably as a propaganda weapon intended to undermine the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance and shift the blame for the continuing occupation on to its principal vic ...

Water - AlterNet

TruthHugger

  • Republicans Have Government Insurance, Why Can’t ...

    For weeks I have been listening to all the BS Republicans have spewed about health care reform. Republicans shouted it was socialized medicine and when that didn’t work they came up with other untruths. The fact of the matter is all members of Congress use the public option plan. Republicans are w ...

  • Retire Early In Self Defense Could Be A Mistake †...

    /h3> Collect Now, or Later? Timing Your Social Security Benefits With the current state of US and world economy, the alternative to jumping out a window, committing a heinous crime or planting your pup tent under an overpass, is retire early and collect your meager social security check at gene ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 13, 2009

    It’s Monday and it’s time for another version of the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly highlight reel. Off the Kuff suggests that a pro-science PAC could do a lot of good, nationally and in Texas. WCNews at Eye On Williamson reminds us that despite the brouhaha over transportation during the rec ...

  • Protect Us From Another Celebrity Death and Networ ...

    The world is reeling from political upheaval, economic meltdown and environmental catastrophe. What does the national media focus on for two weeks? The high drama of a controversial musical artist who has the audacity of dying. News that effects each and every person on this planet is buried un ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 6, 2009

    Now that we’ve celebrated another birthday for America, it’s time for the weekly Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Here are your highlights from the holiday week. The loss of Ron Artest from the Rockets to the Lakers (essentially a trade for Trevor Arista) is a bad deal, writes PDiddie a ...

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Amelia Earhart mystery solved ?

    Researchers believe they are on the verge of solving one of aviation's greatest mysteries - the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. DNA evidence to b...

  • Evidence of liquid water in comets

    During the first million years of their formation comets would have contained large amounts of liquid water it has been claimed. Coupled with the orga...

  • Research hails yoga health benefits

    New research in to the practices of yoga, meditation and deep relaxation have shown them to have a profound effect on medical conditions, with long-te...

  • Mystery object crashes in Ottawa river

    A mystery object was seen by dozens of witnesses in Canada's capital city this week, the object smashed in to the Ottawa River with a 'thunderous boom...

  • Jellyfish may help keep planet cool

    Jellyfish and other similar marine creatures could be helping to curb the effects of global warming by stirring up the oceans, mixing the warmer surfa...

Grassroots

  • Honduras Crisis Exposes the Weakness of US Democra ...

    While Honduras is on the brink of a civil war, politics-as-usual in Washington, D.C. threaten, quite literally, to block US support for democracy in that country. It also threatens to squelch democracy here as well. On Thursday, the office of Sen. Richard Lugar sent a letter to Secretary of State ...

  • No, We Can't: Latin America Must Take the Lead

    The junta in Honduras is still in power and shows little real sign of budging. And the human rights situation has only gotten worse with the military and police cracking down on peaceful protestors, arrests, alleged torture and forced exile of social movement leaders who have had to flee the repress ...

  • "Generation 3.0" of Intervention in Haiti: What Is ...

    trinidadandtobago200904-132.jpg Below is a blog by Salena Tramel, Grassroots International Program Coordinator for the Middle East and Haiti. It originally appeared on Huffington Post . Here in Haiti, a country all too often characterized by ...

  • [Cassava] Bread and Roses: Brazilian Farmers Seek ...

    brazil200907-300.jpg During our visit to Brazil earlier this month, Saulo Araujo and I met with Grassroots International’s partners and the communities in which they work. I had prepared myself to talk about a range of issues, from Creole se ...

  • Call to Action for the International Community

    Below is a letter received from one of our Honduran colleagues asking for support to end human rights violations in the country. As she describes, the situation is worsening. Please visit our action page now to send a letter to President Obama. Thank you. By Wendy Cruz read more

Climate

  • August 1-2, 2009

    India Rejects Emissions Cuts for a Decade (Financial Times) India will not discuss signing up to legally binding obligations to make absolute cuts in CO2 emissions for at least 10 years, the country's environment minister has said. Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee (New York Times) T ...

  • July 31, 2009

    Koch Industries Fueling K St. Lobbying Boom - And Some Dems (Wonk Room) Oil and natural gas interests are pumping money into lobbying firms to influence climate change legislation at a furious pace, $82.2 million in just the first half of 2009 compared to $132.2 million in all of 2008, and that†...

  • July 30, 2009

    Analysis: Green States See Fewer Rewards in Climate Bill (Reuters) The U.S. climate bill would give states that are heavily reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting fuels, like coal, more carbon credits on a per capita basis than those that use clean fuels, an analysis from the Georgetown Climate Cen ...

  • July 30, 2009

    Analysis: Green States See Fewer Rewards in Climate Bill (Reuters) The U.S. climate bill would give states that are heavily reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting fuels, like coal, more carbon credits on a per capita basis than those that use clean fuels, an analysis from the Georgetown Climate Cen ...

  • July 29, 2009

    Federal Court Approves Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Plan (Reuters) In a big win for oil companies, a U.S. appeals court said it will allow the Interior Department to move forward with oil and natural gas leasing plans for the Gulf of Mexico created by the Bush administration. US-China Talks En ...

TomDispatch

  • Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the Empire

    The Obama administration's plan to end production of the F-22 Raptor has received plenty of press coverage , but the Pentagon budget itself, even though it's again on the rise, hardly rates a bit of notice. In fact, amid the plethora of issues large and small -- from health care reform to Gates-g ...

  • Tomgram: Juan Cole, Empire's Paranoia About the P ...

    These days, it seems as though the United States is conducting its wars in places remarkably unfamiliar to most Americans. Its CIA-operated drone aircraft, for instance, have been regularly firing missiles into Waziristan , where, in one strike in June, an estimated 80 tribespeople were killed wh ...

  • Tomgram: An American Hell

    Don't Turn the Page on History Facing the American World We Created By Tom Engelhardt We've just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major newspapers , here's how the story goes: the Agency, evi ...

  • Tomgram: David Bromwich, America's Serial Warrior ...

    Here's part of the way that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently defended his decision to stop production of the F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force's giant boondoggle of a fighter jet. "Consider," the secretary of defense said, "that by 2020, the United States is projected to have nearly 2, ...

  • Tomgram: The Face in the Mirror

    b[ Note for TomDispatch readers: Last year, at my birthday, I wrote "When I'm 64...," a post about war and (lack of) peace in my time. Another year has rolled around, as it tends to do, so think of what follows as further scribbled notes, stuffed in an e-bottle, and set afloat, all part of a fut ...

Smirking Chimp

  • The Bastards Never Die

    A short history of why we eat oil, can't smoke pot, and why assault weapons are so expensive in our hour of need (With running commentary by THE SCREAMING MAN) Well, for starters, the above title is a damned lie, since this little screed is not a history. It's just rumination on the tilting point at ...

  • President While Black

    Sometimes I depart from writing fake news when the real news is too ridiculous to top. This is one of those times. Barack Obama sure knows how to throw a bad party. Last night's Rose Garden get-together was the most awkward beer bash in history. It was as if Obama invited a couple over and didn't kn ...

  • Of Blue Dogs and Pink Jellyfish

    What's the difference between a Blue Dog Democrat and a progressive Democrat? One is a vertebrate with a spine and a willingness to bite. The other is a jellyfish with no spine and no teeth. This difference has been glaringly apparent in the current fight over health care reform. The Blue Dogs in Ho ...

  • Obama gets C-plus at six-month mark

    It was just more than six months ago, on Jan. 20, when I stood in the cold of Washington with a ringside seat to history as Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as this nation's 44th president. When President Obama finally said the words of the oath of office after a botched rendition by Chief Justice ...

  • Declaring Victory, Going Home

    Decades ago, while a callow young reporter, I noted favorably that "the late, great Senator George Aiken" had once famously and wisely offered a solution to America's Vietnam quagmire: "Declare victory and go home." I was wrong on two counts: first, what Aiken -- a conservative Republican who was V ...

Ten Percent

  • Patriotism, War Criminal’s Fan Club

    Immigrants who take part in protests against British troops could be denied citizenship of this country under controversial new Home Office rules. The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, will launch a consultation tomorrow on a new points-based system for would-be migrants according to their behaviour, as ...

  • Aung San Suu Kyi, Verdict Delayed

    Now would be a good time to contact the Myanmar Mission in your country and let them know of your concerns, here is the list. (note the London email link creates a faulty address, try- melondon at btconnect.com) (IPS) – A political trial in Burma that could prolong its pro-democracy icon’ ...

  • Instant Show Trials

    From Naj- The parliament was not informed of this trial. Even the accused were not aware of this; their families and lawyers were unaware, although they were not even given a chance to seek counsel regarding their charges. This is a rare display that can only find parallel in the forgotten medival t ...

  • Friday! The Cure- Boys Don’t Cry

    Goff! Could post GerBillions of Cure songs but this one worked with the poster below which I liked, it’s Friday, relax everybody. From CrimethInc. (ht2 Earwicga)

  • Shock Doctrine: The Motive

    Money. (CBS) Several financial giants that received federal bailout money in the last year paid out bonuses to employees in 2008 that greatly exceeded the amount of profit generated by the banks, according to a study on executive compensation released by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ...

Paul Krugman

  • Dimensionality

    A number of commenters on my Michelle Malkin post objected that it's not possible to reduce political views to a one-dimensional, left-right scale. That's what I would have thought a few years ago. But then I became familiar with the Poole-Rosenthal work on Congressional voting. They use a clever al ...

  • Beyond 101

    A lot of people think economics is completely summed up by "Yay free markets! Greed is good!" But there's a lot more to it - and once you get past the simplest stories, far more nuance. I've just been reading Jack Hishleifer on the private and social value of information, and a related, more readab ...

  • Even-handedness

    AP: FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate: Opponents of proposals by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats falsely claim that government agents will force elderly people to discuss end-of-life wishes. Obama has played down the possibility that a health care overhaul would c ...

  • Health reform made simple

    Kudos to the Times for a story that, for once, emphasizes the remarkable unity of vision health reformers are showing, rather than the squabbles that are an inevitable part of passing major legislation. The essence is really quite simple: regulation of insurers, so that they can't cherry-pick only t ...

  • Scaling Michelle Malkin

    When I saw that Michelle Malkin will be on the Stephanopoulos panel this week, my first thought was that nobody as far to the left as she is to the right would ever appear on such a panel. But then I started to wonder (a) what I mean by that (b) if it's true. I don't [...]

No Quarter

  • It’s Time: Tune In to John Batchelor’s Radio S ...

    Click here to hear John Batchelor’s West Coast show at 11 p.m. EDT. According to the schedule, Larry Johnson joins the panel at 11:20 but, last week, Larry was on the air earlier, so begin listening at @ 11:05 p.m. via KFI 640 AM. Besides Larry Johnson, the panel includes John Avlon of The Daily B ...

  • In 15 Minutes, Join NoQuarter Radio’s Sense on C ...

    August 2nd radio show concluded and promo bumped down . LISTEN to the archived show audio at any time. High frequency program trading is the single hottest topic on Wall Street today. No individual has generated greater focus on this topic than Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading. I look forward to interv ...

  • NoQuarter Radio’s Sense on Cents with Larry Doyl ...

    August 2nd radio show concluded and promo bumped down . LISTEN to the archived show audio at any time. High frequency program trading is the single hottest topic on Wall Street today. No individual has generated greater focus on this topic than Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading. I look forward to interv ...

  • A Different Kind Of Happy Hour **Open Thread**

    There’s been a whole lot in the news of late about the “Happy Hour Heard ‘Round The World.” You know the one - Sgt. Crowley, Prof. Henry Gates, President Obama, and the party-crashed Joe Biden, sitting down like some regular Joes, just having a brew. Oh, yeah, just hanging out, tossing bac ...

  • In 15 Minutes, Join NoQuarter Radio’s Sense on C ...

    High frequency program trading is the single hottest topic on Wall Street today. No individual has generated greater focus on this topic than Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading. I look forward to interviewing Mr. Saluzzi tonight from 8-9pm on NoQuarter Radio’s Sense on Cents with Larry Doyle. This show ...

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  • Stress-Free Spaces are Created through Fragrance

    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline While not everybody subscribes to the idea that aromatherapy is all it’s cracked up to be, a study recently performed in Japan has revealed that fragrances can indeed result in lower levels of stress. Working with laboratory mice, the research team tested the effica ...

  • GoodTherapy.org Considers Petitioning State Licens ...

    A GoodTherapy.org News Update As most GoodTherapy.org members and frequent visitors know, our organization was born out of the desire to reduce harm to consumers of therapy. The more training, consultation, and personal work therapists do, the less likely clients will suffer an abuse of power or a b ...

  • Analysis Shows General Practice Doctors Botch Depr ...

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary In the medical professions, making an exact diagnosis can sometimes be a difficult task. But a team of researchers from the University of Leicester has recently stumbled upon a remarkable fact: general practice doctors mis-diagnose cases of depression more frequently t ...

  • A Triumph for Positive Reinforcement

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary It’s generally agreed among most teachers, coaches, mentors, therapist and related mental health professionals that the benefits and results of positive reinforcement are far more effective than punishment. However, there are clearly some influential circles of profe ...

  • Short-Term Lack of Sunlight May Hinder Ability to ...

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary A short period, such as a few days or weeks, without a natural amount of sunlight and exposure can produce a gloomy mood in many people, and some may experience especially low thoughts and feelings during the winter months. But while feeling a little blue when the weat ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Samples Mine future in doubt as workers warned of ...

    CHARLESTON, W.VA. -- A statement is expected Monday morning regarding the future of the Samples Mine, one of the states largest mountaintop-removal mining operations.Janine Orf, director of investor relations for Patriot Coal, the mines owner, confirmed th...

  • Jeff Biggers: This Little (Coal-Fired) Light of Mi ...

    As the brilliant lights of the White House shine across Pennsylvania Avenue Monday evening, generated by a coal-fired plant that uses coal stripmined from devastating...

  • Fight to save Jesse Morrow mountain still alive an ...

    This drawing shows the area of Jesse Morrow Mountain that will be impacted if Cemex is granted permission to build a gravel mining operation. The environmental impact report is scheduled to come before the Fresno County Board of Supervisors next month.

  • Miners Boycott Tenn. Over Bid to Stop Mountaintop ...

    The lush, rolling contours of the Great Smoky Mountains are Tennessee's pride and joy, and a major source of tourism revenue. But Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says he is afraid of seeing those mountains transformed by the region's coal industry -- their tops blasted off for mining, rivers clogg... ...

  • Film features Meigs segment (Gallipolis Daily Trib ...

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The documentary “Coal Country,” which recently made its premiere at the West Virginia Cultural Center in Charleston, contained a segment filmed in Meigs County. The documentary...

Memeorandum

  • JOBLESS GRAD SUES COLLEGE FOR 70G TUITION (Kathian ...

    Kathianne Boniello / New York Post : JOBLESS GRAD SUES COLLEGE FOR 70G TUITION — She has given new meaning to a class-action lawsuit. — Trina Thompson gave it the old college try, but couldn't find work. Now she thinks her sheepskin wasn't worth her time, and is suing her alma mater ...

  • 'Mommy, Why Does My Kindergarten Teacher Lie About ...

    Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain : ‘Mommy, Why Does My Kindergarten Teacher Lie About Sarah Palin?’ — (BUMPED; SEE UPDATE BELOW) — UPDATE 10:53 p.m.: The identification of “Gryphen” as Jesse Griffin, part-time kindergarten teacher at Trailside Elementary in Anchorage, is ...

  • Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses ...

    Laura Donnelly / Telegraph : Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses to pay for painkilling injections — Tens of thousands with chronic back pain will be forced to live in agony after a decision to slash the number of painkilling injections issued on the NHS, doctors have warned. ...

  • How Did This Happen? - THE TIMES published an espe ...

    Clark Hoyt / New York Times : How Did This Happen? — THE TIMES published an especially embarrassing correction on July 22, fixing seven errors in a single article — an appraisal of Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman famed for his meticulous reporting. The newspaper had wrong dates for hi ...

  • Is this really smoking gun of Obama's Kenyan birth ...

    WorldNetDaily : Is this really smoking gun of Obama's Kenyan birth? — Attorney files motion for authentication of alleged 1960s certificate from Africa — WASHINGTON - California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to se ...

Energy & Environment News

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  • M 5.1, Guam region

    Monday, August 3, 2009 01:47:56 UTC Monday, August 3, 2009 11:47:56 AM at epicenter Depth : 35.00 km (21.75 mi)

  • M 5.2, Solomon Islands

    Monday, August 3, 2009 01:31:01 UTC Monday, August 3, 2009 12:31:01 PM at epicenter Depth : 79.40 km (49.34 mi)

  • M 6.1, near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia

    Sunday, August 2, 2009 08:54:35 UTC Sunday, August 2, 2009 05:54:35 PM at epicenter Depth : 35.00 km (21.75 mi)

  • M 5.7, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

    Friday, July 31, 2009 10:09:46 UTC Friday, July 31, 2009 12:09:46 AM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

  • M 5.4, Taiwan region

    Wednesday, July 29, 2009 16:53:04 UTC Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:53:04 AM at epicenter Depth : 15.60 km (9.69 mi)

China Dialogue

  • Green growth in the Himalayas

    In the cold desert valleys of Ladakh, simple greenhouses provide fresh vegetables year round, writes Maryann Bird. For its innovative work in India, France’s GERES has won an Ashden Award for sustainability. When winter comes and the temperatures plummet to -25º Celsius in Ladakh , in the dry, re ...

  • Facing Asia’s water woes

    Concerns over water scarcity are particularly acute in Asia, writes Saleem H Ali. But despite the potential for conflict, there are also prospects for ecological cooperation. As countries prepare for the climate change conference in Copenhagen later this year, water scarcity concerns that are likely ...

  • Geoengineering: mirror, mirror

    Firing trillions of reflective discs into space sounds like science fiction, but some people think it could protect the earth. chinadialogue reports. What’s the big idea? Shooting 16 trillion glass discs into space. It sounds like a giant disco ball, but it’s actually supposed to create a 10 ...

  • Rumble in the jungle

    Could uncontacted Amazonian tribes in Peru be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don’t exist. If they do, they could impede the country’s quest for a windfall. Rory Carroll reports. Stand on the muddy riverbank at Copal Urco just before dawn and it is easy to see why the Amazon breeds legends. ...

  • Designing a greener China

    Hu Jie is the landscape architect of the 680-hectare Olympic Forest Park in Beijing. In an interview with Jared Green, Hu explains the philosophy behind its design and discusses the importance of ecological ideas and Chinese tradition. [This interview was first published by the American Society of L ...

Daily Censored

  • NAACP-Forgery Group, Bonner & Associates, Has A De ...

    A DC-based consulting firm has been exposed for forging letters in opposition to the American Clean Energy and Security Act. The letters, replete with letterhead and made-up identities, purported to be from Virginian minority organizations including the NAACP. Rep. Tom Periello (D-VA) received multi ...

  • “America-Loving” Glenn Beck Makes Stuff Up To ...

    Read the full story at News Hounds Glenn Beck, who loves his country so much he’d cry for it and accuse the president of being a racist, has a new “patriotic” feather in his cap: Making up scary stories about the Obama administration and calling it “news.” Last week, Beck ...

  • Colbert Skewers Tucker ("dick") Carlson

    Read the full story at News Hounds One assumes that Stephen Colbert's writers, like News Hounds, monitor Fox News programs as the pieces of populist pablum on the "F word network" provide an abundance of riches for the stunning satire that is featured on "The Colbert Report." Or perhaps the ...

  • “America-Loving” Glenn Beck Makes Stuff Up To ...

    Read the full story at News Hounds Glenn Beck, who loves his country so much he’d cry for it and accuse the president of being a racist, has a new “patriotic” feather in his cap: Making up scary stories about the Obama administration and calling it “news.” Last week, Beck ...

  • Colbert Skewers Tucker ("dick") Carlson

    Read the full story at News Hounds One assumes that Stephen Colbert's writers, like News Hounds, monitor Fox News programs as the pieces of populist pablum on the "F word network" provide an abundance of riches for the stunning satire that is featured on "The Colbert Report." Or perhaps the ...

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  • UPDATE 1-No joke: 'Funny People' falls flat at box ...

    LOS ANGELES, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Adam Sandler suffered his worst opening at the North American box office in almost five years on Sunday with "Funny People," a chart-topping comedy darker than the low-brow fare beloved by his young fans.

  • Obama officials eye more jobless aid, weigh taxes

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials said on Sunday it may be necessary to extend jobless benefits to firm up an economic recovery unlikely to create jobs until next year and declined to rule out future tax increases to tame massive budget deficits.

  • No joke: "Funny People" falls flat at box office

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Sandler suffered his worst opening at the North American box office in almost five years on Sunday with "Funny People," a chart-topping comedy darker than the low-brow fare beloved by his young fans.

  • Khatami condemns Iran's "show trial" of reformists

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have tightened pressure on their opponents by staging what former president Mohammad Khatami condemned on Sunday as a "show trial" of 100 reformists accused of trying to instigate a "velvet revolution."

  • Housing could take another turn downward: Greenspa ...

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday that signs of stabilization and increased confidence in the economy could be dashed if home prices were to take another turn downward.

Godspace

  • Driving as Spiritual Practice

    The weather has cooled down considerably here in Seattle and everyone feels that things are back to normal. Â A little rain would be appreciated – yes we do have days and in this case months without rain in the Pacific NW. Â The garden is flourishing but definitely crying out for a good soakin ...

  • Yoga & Jesus: This is a spiritual practice

    I continue to be challenged and stretched by the ways that people connect to God and to Jesus Christ. The posts below are by Christina Whitehouse-Sugg. I found them particularly intriguing because of my growing interest in Christian meditation and as you know I am also passionate about Henri Nou ...

  • Spiritual Discipline – Serving At the Pantry

    Well yesterday afternoon all my good intentions went out the window. I had expected to post another of the excellent articles still being submitted for the series on What is a Spiritual Discipline but two things happened to change all that. First the temperature in Seattle climbed to an all time ...

  • Making Space for the Rabbi

    Today is likely to be a busy day on my blog – not because of those who read it but primarily because I am going away for a couple of days tomorrow and there is so much that I want to post before that – including book reviews, thoughts on Jimmy Carter’s statement about leaving [...]

  • Jimmy Carter – Losing My Faith For Equality

    Jimmy Carter, president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 has just left the Southern Baptist Convention because of their discrimination against women. I have always admired him for his involvement in peacemaking and concern for the poor. This stand has increased my estimation of him 10 fold ...

Equality Trust


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DOE Makes $30B Available to Jumpstart Renewable Energy,' Smart ...
New York Times
- Jul 30, 2009
- Jul 30, 2009
By KATHERINE LING of Greenwire The Energy Department is making up to $30 billion in loan guarantee authority available for renewable energy and electric ...
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Cash for Clunkers could raid renewable-energy loans
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- Jul 31, 2009
- Jul 31, 2009
by Martin LaMonica The money to fund an extended Cash for Clunkers program could come at the expense of renewable energy companies. ...
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Zoo poop may hold renewable fuel secret
Newsday
- Jul 31, 2009
- Jul 31, 2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hippos and other plant-eaters in the zoo may hold the secret to renewable fuel, say researchers at Tulane University. ...
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Renewable energy source takes off: BlackLight Power
Examiner.com
- Aug 02, 2009
- 7 hours ago
There's lots of talk these days about renewable energy sources. Yet few have heard of BlackLight Power – the $60 million dollar company which has come up ...
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With city approval of new cell towers near Ecology House, Marin ...
Contra Costa Times
- Aug 02, 2009
- 1 hour ago
The vice president of Ecology House doesn't suffer from electrical sensitivity, and isn't affected by a recent decision to allow cellular antennas less than ...
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The Rise of Restoration Ecology
Science Magazine
- Jul 30, 2009
- Jul 30, 2009
In ecology, the stakes are arguably much higher: Our planet's future may depend on the maturation of the young discipline of ecological restoration. ...
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Pitt operates a rural research treasure
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Aug 01, 2009
- Aug 01, 2009
"Welcome to the Farm," says Rick Relyea, director of the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, Linesville, as he hops from a white university-issued van and ...
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Russia PM discusses Baikal ecology problems with writer Rasputin
ITAR-TASS
- Aug 02, 2009
- 20 hours ago
During the conversation they discussed issues of ecology of Lake Baikal that on Saturday were considered at a meeting on the environment protection the ...
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Shark Week Begins with "Blood in the Water"
Associated Content
- Aug 02, 2009
- 9 hours ago
Shark week began Sunday at 9:00 pm EST with "Blood In The Water," a new shark documentary-drama set on the beaches of New Jersey during the first multiple ...
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Phelps Wins 5 Golds as Swimsuits Muddy World Championship Water
Bloomberg
- Aug 02, 2009
- 1 hour ago
Phelps roared with delight, slapped the water and pulled at the sides of his swimsuit following his win. 'I don't think I have ever been that emotional or ...
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Perdue plots a water strategy
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Aug 02, 2009
- 18 hours ago
Interviews with Perdue, business leaders, attorneys and others fighting the water war reveal a more ambitious, longer-term plan to ensure water flows across ...
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Counties fear Utah selling out Snake Valley water.
Salt Lake Tribune
- Aug 02, 2009
- 16 hours ago
By Brandon Loomis Counties from the west desert to the Wasatch Front want Utah to back away from an imminent Snake Valley water deal with Nevada. ...
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