- Interpol Chief Calls for Global Electronic Id ...
"INTERPOL currently helps member countries screen travel documents of international air travelers approximately one-half a billion times a year. It would be a natural extension of this service to assist member countries in determining whether bearers of a globally verified identity card were in ...
- America and EU Agree: Raise Radiation Levels ...
On March 28, 2011, I wrote an article entitled EPA to Help Mainstream Media Obscure The Truth About Radiation Exposure to Americans, in which I discussed the changes to the PAGs (Protective Action Guides) being proposed by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) that would raise the acceptabl ...
- U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuc ...
United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to kee ...
- ‘UN, France global control goals behind Ivory ...
UN and French troops bombarded targets around the residence of Laurent Gbagbo in the city of Abidjan. The UN says its raids were carried out to protect civilians. Forces loyal to the internationally recognised winner of the presidential poll Alassane Ouattara have since claimed to have captured ...
- HBGary DARPA Cyber Insider Threat (CINDER) Pr ...
Like a lie detector detects physical changes in the body based on sensitivities to specific questions, we believe there are physical changes in the body that are represented in observable behavioral changes when committing actions someone knows is wrong.
- New Iran group to press White House on democracy
Summary: With democratic revolutions shaking the Middle East, a Democratic think tank, the Progressive Policy Institute, and the pro-democracy group Freedom House are launching a new task force aimed at shifting American policy on its central regional foe, Iran, toward a more aggressive focu ...
- Four Iranian police killed in border attack: r ...
Summary: The report said the attack happened Friday night in the city of Marivan. "Unidentified armed people threw a grenade into the police office," it said. On March 25, news agencies reported two policemen were shot dead and three other people wounded in two "terrorist" shootings in the ...
- A Package to Resolve the Nuclear Impasse with Iran
Summary: Mousavian Eight years of negotiations between Iran and the P5+ Germany on the nuclear issue have failed and will likely continue to do so, as long as the existing negotiating strategy and the hostilities between Iran and the US persist. After the revolution, despite Western support ...
- Turkey, Iran must form alliance to preserve gl ...
Summary: Speaking to the AA in Tehran where he arrived to attend the "Second International Nevruz Celebrations", Arinc said that Iran was highly pleased to see Turkey's participation in Nevruz celebrations at the level of a deputy prime minister. Stressing that he met Iranian President Mahmu ...
- U.S. court backs Iran in dispute over assets
Summary: PersepolisThe appeals court did not rule on the fate of the antiquities but it said the lower court wrongly denied Iran its sovereign immunity, which it says is presumed and did not need to be asserted in court by Iran. The ruling also voided the lower court's order that all Iranian ...
- Health Freedom victory within reach in North C ...
(NaturalNews) We are on the verge of being able to report a significant health freedom victory in North Carolina. Although we do not yet have a confirmation that this amendment has passed, NaturalNews received the text of an amendment from a North Carolina state Senator who sponsored the bill, a ...
- Congress repeals burdensome 1099 requirement i ...
(NaturalNews) The first signs of a full repeal of the Obama health care overhaul emerged this week when the US Congress finally voted to repeal key portions of the bill that would have imposed significant new tax and paperwork burdens on small businesses. US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) hailed t ...
- Mother on trial for murder after allegedly fai ...
(NaturalNews) Refusing to comply with state-sanctioned protocols for cancer treatment -- even when they cause immense pain and suffering, and possibly even a more rapid death -- can get you tried for murder if a loved-one under your care with cancer ends up dying. A Massachusetts woman currently ...
- Fukushima dumping of radioactive water into Pa ...
(NaturalNews) The mass dumping of highly radioactive water (measured at 7.5 million times the normal allowed levels) into the Pacific Ocean is not just an environmental disaster; it's also a violation of international law. The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes ...
- New EU policy welcomes untested GMOs into food ...
(NaturalNews) After much deliberation, the European Union (EU) Commission has decided to scrap its zero tolerance policy concerning the contamination of its animal feed supply with genetically-modified organisms (GMO). Despite the fact that, year after year, farmers continue to dump GM crops and ...
- Feds, RIAA Ask $22,500 in Damages Per Song
Do federal judges have the power to reduce jury awards in copyright-infringement cases? The Obama administration and the Recording Industry Association of America don’t think so. They argued that point Monday before a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which ha ...
- ‘Collateral Murder’ Soldier Speaks in New Film
Ethan McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb in July 2007, when his platoon, part of Bravo Company, 2-16 Infantry, got orders to investigate the aftermath of a recent firefight on a nearby street. When McCord’s platoon arrived, the ...
- Appeals Court Strengthens Warrantless Searches ...
The authorities may seize laptops, cameras and other digital devices at the U.S. border without a warrant, and scour through them for days hundreds of miles away, a federal appeals court ruled. The 2-1 decision (.pdf) Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes as the government is ...
- Army: Manning Snuck ‘Data-Mining’ Software Ont ...
Accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning installed and used unauthorized "data-mining software" on his SIPRnet workstation during the time he allegedly siphoned hundreds of thousands of documents off that classified network, the Army said Friday in response to inquiries from Threat Level.
- Condé Nast Got Hooked in $8 Million Spear-Phis ...
A spear phisher managed to reel in a prize catch last year with a single hook when media giant Condé Nast took the bait and wired $8 million to his bank account after he posed as a legitimate business, according to a news account. The alleged swindler failed to withdraw any funds before federal ...
- 50 Years Later, Republicans Still Trying to Ki ...
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed the obvious about Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it. The GOP plan to "voucherize" and inevitably ration Medicare would lead to future seniors paying more - much more - for health insurance. Of course, killing the wildly popula ...
- GOP Budget Pits Rich, Elderly Against Everyone ...
Last November, the elderly and the rich powered Republicans to victory in the midterm elections. Voters aged 65 and older backed the GOP by a staggering 59% to 38%, while boosting their share of the turnout to 21% from 16% in 2008. Those with family incomes over $200,000 chose Republicans over ...
- Elections Won, GOP Finally Embraces Ryan Roadmap
If nothing else, the House Republicans' 2012 budget proposal being rolled out this week by Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan offers a never-ending series of ironies. Now touting $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years, Ryan as a member of the Simpson-Bowles commission voted a ...
- GOP Budget Proposal for 2012 to Gut Medicaid
On Sunday, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) previewed his party's 2012 budget proposal due out Tuesday. Needless to say, its target of $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade won't be met by simply letting the Bush tax cuts expire. Instead, Ryan as widely expecte ...
- Beggar Thy Neighbor, Beggar Thyself
Having won one class war, Republicans are starting a second. To perpetuate record levels of income inequality not seen since before the Great Depression, conservatives are agitating for middle class Americans to wage a civil war on each other. Their latest divide-and-conquer tactic is to portr ...
- Hakim Discusses Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers, ...
with Hakim Guest Writer Dandelion Salad April 5, 2011 Kabul, Afghanistan davidcnswanson on Apr 5, 2011 Kabul April 4, 2011 Interviewed by David Swanson Hakim Discusses Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers 1 of 4 Parts 2-4 *** More videos, an article and photos sent to DS by Kathleen Kirwin. Afghanistan ...
- Bookmarks for 2011-04-05
Manipulating morals: scientists target drugs that improve behaviour | Science | The Guardian"A pill to enhance moral behaviour, a treatment for racist thoughts, a therapy to increase your empathy for people in other countries – these may sound like the stuff of science fiction but with medicine ...
- An All-American Retirement System: Building fo ...
by William John Cox Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.thevoters.org April 5, 2011 While Congress bickers and the President dithers, roads are crumbling, bridges are failing, dams are cracking, and water and sewer systems are leaking all across the United States. If that’s not enough to worry a ...
- Despicable Lies, Delusional Recovery by Joel S ...
by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org April 5, 2011 The US government lies. Sure looks like most Americans gobble up false and misleading information that is nothing less than political propaganda. Take the highly hyped unemployment number for March, 2011 of 8.8 per ...
- Michel Serres
A unified theory of mental pollution. From Blackspot Blog Michel Serres, an eccentric French philosopher, has written the first truly philosophical work of the mental environmentalist movement, a radical re-conception of pollution that hones the Adbusters critique. The big idea of his book, ...
- Bill of the Day – SB 655
SB 655 by Hegar, or the Texas Railroad Commission Sunset Bill, suffered a setback in the Senate today. Senate Bill 655 would retire the Texas Railroad Commission and replace it with the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. It would also reorganize the agency and replace three elected commissioners with ...
- TLR has dancing H. Simmons [Flickr]
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- And the landscape of merry and desperate drought
In most years, the dark clouds over the Texas Panhandle in the spring means rain. This year, they’re more likely be an indicator of wildfires which have already burned thousands of acres in March as the state stares once again into the face of a severe drought. Our neighbor, Oklahoma was drier i ...
- HB 2184 – moving forward, but now more questions
HB 2184 was voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee earlier today. HB 2184 is a piece of legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be transported and stored at a West Texas site, and who will pay for it if something goes wrong. While this ...
- HB 2184 – A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste
HB 2184 will probably be voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee later this afternoon and so far, legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be stored at a West Texas site is moving forward in favor of the private operator, giving them the po ...
- Closure in Beit Ommar violates resource rights
4420070025_7d496d4fc5_b.jpg This article, Israel lays Gaza-like siege on West Bank village, highlights many threats to resource rights in Palestine, as the people living there have diminishing access to land, water, and food. These develop ...
- Mourning the death of a colleague, and fearing ...
juliano.jpg Sometimes the work we engage in as people who believe in a just peace in the face of a brutal world is quite simply heart breaking. Today is such a day.read more
- Celebrating Palestinian Land Day
olive_tree_in_field.jpg At the rate the Separation Wall is being built, soon Palestinian Land Day (March 30) will need only a few hours. The Wall and the Israeli mandated buffer zones jut into the Palestinian territories by as much as 300 ...
- Update from farmers in Japan
�Below is an update from Grassroots International�s partner, the Via Campesina, concerning the situation of farmers in Japan. To keep up to date with the� Noumiren blog, visit http://earlybirds.ddo.jp/earlybirds/saigai/?lang=en.read more
- Keeping the Sacred Waters Flowing
women_in_the_narmada_valley_face_drowning_in_rising_dam_waters.jpg � Rivers are sacred in many cultures and central to the World�s early civilizations, from Mesopotamia and Egypt to India and China. Perhaps this was on his mind when Jawaha ...
- Have Pity on the Cherry Blossoms
Pity the cherry blossoms. As congressional negotiators pushed last-ditch efforts to agree on a 2011 federal budget and avoid a federal closedown, the National Cherry Blossom Festival announced that its annual gala parade, scheduled for Saturday along Constitution Avenue, would be canceled in ...
- OK Police Settle Taser Lawsuit by 86 Year old
A while back I posted this story about Lona Varner, an 86 year old grandmother. Ms Varner was a past stroke victim. On December 23, 2009, Ms. Varner, bedridden and on oxygen, after a 911 call was placed for medical assistance, received a visit from ten (10) El Reno, Oklahoma police officers wh ...
- Beck Loses Show on Fox
I don't watch his show and I have only heard him on the radio on a couple of cross-country drives, but I am relieved that Glenn Beck is losing his platform on Fox News. As George Zornick at Think Progress says: Yesterday on his radio show, Beck foreshadowed this announcement by telling hi ...
- Qualifications for President
Michele Bachmann explains why she is qualified to be president: "I have a very broad, extensive background. I'm a student of many years. I've studied a number of, a wide berth of topics. I sit currently on the Intelligence Committee. We deal with the classified secrets and with the unrest ...
- Extremism in the Defense of Ideology
Steve Benen has a warning: Those in the media who are gushing over [Ryan's budget] plan as if it has something to do with fiscal responsibility aren't just wrong, they're missing the point on a fundamental level. For Benen, Rep. Paul Ryan is trying to "repeal the 20th Century." Jackie Cal ...
- Personal Information: episode 24
Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
- Arguments against life extension
Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate ...
- Daddy, where does innovation come from?
Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor th ...
- Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of ye ...
- How to be a futurist
The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Foll ...
- Low Income Linked to Low Moods
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Jitender Sareen, M.D., FRCPC, of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, and colleagues reported a relationship between income levels, mental health, and suicide attempts. “Participants with household income of less than $20,000 per year were at increased ri ...
- Study Reveals Variances in Brains of Boys with ...
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A new study reveals that two areas of the brain that are associated with emotion and empathy are smaller in teen boys with conduct behavior issues. “The disorder has a devastating impact on families and communities, and at the moment, we have few effective treatme ...
- More May Not Always Be Better
By Mark Chidley, LMHC, CAP Click here to contact Mark and/or see his GoodTherapy.org Profile For the past two decades, science has been uncovering some important features of traumatized clients. There is mounting evidence that traumatized individuals vary widely in their ability to adapt to trau ...
- Getting Beneath the Defenses – An Adventure in ...
By Suellen Fagin-Allen, LMHC, Mindfulness Based Approaches/Contemplative Approaches Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Suellen and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile “Mindfulness is a tool to get underneath our defenses. When we can observe ourselves closely, experiencing our feeling ...
- Facing the Facts About Social Anxiety in Children
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Many socially anxious children try to forge strong relationships with their peers unsuccessfully because they are unable to interpret facial expressions correctly, according to a recent study. “If you misread facial expressions, you’re in social trouble, no matter ...
- Report says 2 banks have strongest policies ag ...
Care2.com (blog) Report says 2 banks have strongest policies against funding mountaintop ... CanadianBusiness.com (AP) - Two environmental groups that pressure banks to stop funding mountaintop removal coal mines say Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo & Co. have the strongest lending policies. The R ...
- Banks come under fire for mountain top removal ...
Banks come under fire for mountain top removal ties Business Green UBS, Citi, and PNC banks are the biggest financiers of mountaintop removal (MTR) mining in the USA's Appalachian mountain region, according to a new report issued this week. Only Credit Suisse came away unscathed in the report, ...
- Mountaintop removal ban dies in Tenn. Senate - ...
Mountaintop removal ban dies in Tenn. Senate BusinessWeek This year's effort to ban mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee has failed in a Senate committee. The Senate Environment and Conservation Committee voted 6-2 against the bill sponsored by Sen. Eric Stewart of Winchester after a ne ...
- Is OMB review of EPA water quality guidance le ...
Is OMB review of EPA water quality guidance legal? Charleston Gazette (blog) We reported earlier this week that the Obama administration was going to run its EPA guidance on water pollution from mountaintop removal operations through the White House Office of Management and Budget for its appro ...
- Rein in Rand Paul - Natural Resources Defense ...
Rein in Rand Paul Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) As reported by Details magazine in its profile of the candidate: Paul believes mountaintop removal just needs a little rebranding. "I think they should name it something better," he says. "The top ends up flatter, but we're not talking ...
- Obama: "I Remember What It Was Like Pumping Ga ...
RealClearPolitics Video Log: Obama: “I Remember What It Was Like Pumping Gas” — President Obama, speaking to Al Sharpton's organization, says he is not “out of touch.” “I remember that,” Obama added. “I'm just going to be honest with you. There's not much we can do next week or two weeks ...
- YouTube Will Get Major Revamp (Wall Street Jou ...
Wall Street Journal: YouTube Will Get Major Revamp — Google Inc.'s YouTube video website is working on a major site overhaul to organize its content around “channels” as it positions itself for the rise of Internet-connected televisions that allow people to watch online video in their living ...
- State Supreme Court race headed for likely rec ...
JSOnline: State Supreme Court race headed for likely recount — Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg claims victory in the state Supreme Court race against incumbent Justice David Prosser on Wednesday at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison. Unofficial results Wednesday showed Kloppenburg …
- U.S. Diplomat Sharply Criticizes China on Righ ...
David Barboza / New York Times: U.S. Diplomat Sharply Criticizes China on Rights — SHANGHAI — The departing American ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., criticized this country's human rights record on Wednesday in some of the sharpest public comments here yet by an United States offic ...
- NBC's Brokaw: Saudis 'So Unhappy' With Obama T ...
Susan Jones / CNSNews: NBC's Brokaw: Saudis ‘So Unhappy’ With Obama They Sent Emissaries to China, Russia Seeking Enhanced Ties — (CNSNews.com) - Reporting from Baghdad, Iraq yesterday, NBC's Tom Brokaw said the Saudi Arabian monarchy is “so unhappy with the Obama administration for the way ...
- M 5.1, off the east coast of the South Island ...
Thursday, April 7, 2011 07:16:12 UTCThursday, April 7, 2011 07:16:12 PM at epicenterDepth: 14.10 km (8.76 mi)
- M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 22:01:59 UTCWednesday, April 6, 2011 07:01:59 AM at epicenterDepth: 19.10 km (11.87 mi)
- M 5.0, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 19:47:32 UTCWednesday, April 6, 2011 05:47:32 AM at epicenterDepth: 36.60 km (22.74 mi)
- M 5.1, south of the Fiji Islands
Saturday, April 2, 2011 18:50:19 UTCSunday, April 3, 2011 06:50:19 AM at epicenterDepth: 445.10 km (276.57 mi)
- M 6.0, Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 11:14:15 UTCTuesday, April 5, 2011 07:14:15 PM at epicenterDepth: 17.60 km (10.94 mi)
- In Shanxi, lasting pain (1)
A fatal radiation incident 19 years ago still casts a shadow over the lives of a mother and daughter in north China, reports Cui Zheng in the first instalment of a two-part article.Zhang Jingsheng puts on some light make-up, ties her hair back in a ponytail and leaves the house in a short jacket ...
- In Shanxi, lasting pain (2)
Across China, radiation sources are used in healthcare, agriculture and industry. But sloppy management has led to accidents, writes Cui Zheng, concluding a two-part article.The Zhang family tragedy was the only case of radiation poisoning that Lou Bincheng dealt with in his long career as a doc ...
- Climate crisis on our plates
While speaking up for policy reform, individuals can help provide market demand for climate-friendly foods by following the principles of a climate-friendly diet, writes Anna Lappé.The following extract, published with permission, is from the Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2011: Innov ...
- Building trust in food
Community supported agriculture projects may have started to help address Chinese consumers’ fears about food safety, writes H Frederick Gale.After a string of toxic-food incidents in recent years, some commentators in China describe the nation’s food industry as facing a crisis of consumer conf ...
- China’s tainted rice trail (1)
One tenth of China’s rice yield may carry harmful levels of cadmium, say researchers. In the first section of a three-part article, Gong Jing reports on heavy metals in the food chain.Eighty-four year old Li Wenxiang pulled a small bag of rice out from under a paint-stained table. The grains wer ...
- Feds, RIAA Ask $22,500 in Damages Per Song
Do federal judges have the power to reduce jury awards in copyright-infringement cases? The Obama administration and the Recording Industry Association of America don’t think so. They argued that point Monday before a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which ha ...
- ‘Collateral Murder’ Soldier Speaks in New Film
Ethan McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb in July 2007, when his platoon, part of Bravo Company, 2-16 Infantry, got orders to investigate the aftermath of a recent firefight on a nearby street. When McCord’s platoon arrived, the ...
- Appeals Court Strengthens Warrantless Searches ...
The authorities may seize laptops, cameras and other digital devices at the U.S. border without a warrant, and scour through them for days hundreds of miles away, a federal appeals court ruled. The 2-1 decision (.pdf) Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes as the government is ...
- Army: Manning Snuck ‘Data-Mining’ Software Ont ...
Accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning installed and used unauthorized "data-mining software" on his SIPRnet workstation during the time he allegedly siphoned hundreds of thousands of documents off that classified network, the Army said Friday in response to inquiries from Threat Level.
- Condé Nast Got Hooked in $8 Million Spear-Phis ...
A spear phisher managed to reel in a prize catch last year with a single hook when media giant Condé Nast took the bait and wired $8 million to his bank account after he posed as a legitimate business, according to a news account. The alleged swindler failed to withdraw any funds before federal ...
- Republicans lose Senate vote on EPA, call it a win
by Jess Zimmerman. The riders that would forbid the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases didn’t succeed in the Senate yesterday. (They’re likely to do very well in the House, thanks to the Republican minority and some very disappointing Democrats.) That hasn’t stopped Senate Republicans from ...
- Future of Pennsylvania is dystopian wasteland ...
by Christopher Mims. Time's cover story "Could Shale Gas Power the World?" is all about how we're going to get ourselves out of our current energy crisis by turning the Marcellus shale formation into a hydrocarbon war zone pockmarked with loud, noxious natural gas wells. The reserves i ...
- World Bank to the poor: ‘Coal’s go ...
by Christopher Mims. The World Bank -- famous for funding gobsmackingly huge, planet-killing coal-fired power plants -- is changing its tune, sort of. Under a new set of proposed rules, the Bank would only be allowed to fund gobsmackingly huge, planet-killing coal-fired power plants in th ...
- Sen. Jim Inhofe hates planet, loves dictators
by Jess Zimmerman. Okay, sit down for this one, because it’s just twisted. Jim Inhofe, the Oklahoma senator who called global warming “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people” and who was most recently seen trying to castrate the EPA, is practically besties with Ivory Co ...
- How does your supermarket stack up to the worl ...
by Jess Zimmerman. The Whole Foods in Dedham, Mass. is bringing new meaning to the word “greengrocer.” It’s a showcase facility, which means it basically tries out all the company’s environmental best practices to see how they work in the wild. The result is a store with an inspiring comb ...
- The Born Identity
With Richard Kock and Robyn Alders I co-authored the following review of food and forest crises. Richard presented an earlier version at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Global Conference on Wildlife held in Paris in February. Over the next few days we will publish three slightly e ...
- From Reactor to Plate
âJapan’s PM vows to win battle against nuke plantâ reads one recent headline. It is unclear which possibility is worse, that Naoto Kan has failed to grasp the plant at Fukushima Dai-ichi has already defeated Japan, or that he knows full well and broadcasts a ânecessary lieâ protecting an industr ...
- Evolutionary Investigations
1.1 A particular kind of evolutionary biology—lost in its capitalist devotionals—uses the failures of its mortal enemies—say, creationist science—to defend itself against all other kinds of critiques. 1.1.1 “But you are giving aid and comfort to the enemy…” is a common refrain, devoid of substan ...
- Red River
It is the height of hubris to think we could [destroy the planet]…God is not capricious. He’s given us a creation that is dynamically stable. We are not going to run out of anything. –Minnesota State Representative Mike Beard (R-Shakopee) Sims Reeves: Plantin’ and readin’, plantin’ and readin’. ...
- Egypt’s Food Pyramids
A million minds momentarily magnetizing themselves along the same axis can turn a country’s deepest despair into an ecstatic sprint for freedom. What a people find revolting–a dictator decorated in American apologia–can be turned by a people’s revolt ridiculous. No wonder so much effort (and mon ...
- Is the Shadowy World of ALEC and the Koch Brot ...
Is the Shadowy World of ALEC and the Koch Brothers Leading the GOP’s Charge to Suppress the Youth Vote? Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 04/04/2011 – 11:55am. BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT BuzzFlash at Truthout suggests you read the well-received first column on ALEC, “Smart ALEC: Dragg ...
- Militarized Conservatism and End(s) of Higher ...
Militarized Conservatism and End(s) of Higher Education Tuesday 5 April 2011 by: Henry A. Giroux, Truthout The Pathologies of War There can be little doubt that America has become a permanent warfare state.(1) Not only is it waging a war in three countries, but its investment in military power i ...
- Winning? Destroying Medicare So The Rich Can K ...
We must destroy Medicare so Charlie Sheen can keep his tax cut Crooks and Liars- By Brad Reed April 05, 2011 08:00 AM So Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who best exemplifies the soulless Randroid bean-counting dweeb demographic, has decided to release his plan to “reform” entitlements t ...
- Afternoon Jukebox- Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
- Holder On KSM Trial: ‘I Know This Case I ...
Holder On KSM Trial: ‘I Know This Case In A Way That Members Of Congress Do Not’ TPM Muckraker Ryan J. Reilly | April 4, 2011, 4:15PM Despite his announcement today [yesterday] that the trials of five alleged Sept. 11 co-conspirators will be held in a military court, Attorney General Eric Holder ...
- Chile, Colombia, Peru Launch Integrate Stock M ...
Operations of a joint stock market linking Chile, Colombia and Peru are scheduled to begin May 30. The group, known as the Integrated Latin American Market, or Mila, said Tuesday that the decision was taken following two rounds of successful testing. On April 15, the companies that will trade o ...
- Gold Holdings - Still Small
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- 1st Quarter 2011: Looking Back
This Thursday night on The Solari Report is our 1st Quarter Wrap Up. In our year-end wrap up, 2010: The Road Turns East, I said that in 2011 the economy would continue in a Slow Burn. As currency debasement eats through household savings, however, the squeeze is more challenging. Many of us ar ...
- Libya Can Tap $7 Billion in Gold Reserves for War
By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Caroline Alexander Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi can tap gold reserves worth $7 billion, equivalent to a 10th of the size of his country’s economy, as he fights a civil war and resists air strikes from a western-led coalition. [click on the image for a larger vers ...
- Why is the Fed Bailing Out Qaddafi?
By Matt Taibbi Barack Obama recently issued an executive order imposing a wave of sanctions against Libya, not only freezing Libyan assets, but barring Americans from having business dealings with Libyan banks. So raise your hand if you knew that the United States has been extending billions of ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lank ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��
- Money as a weapon in Afghanistan. Like strate ...
Summary: Money, provided by CIA bagmen to tribal leaders was our secret weapon to defeat the Taliban in 2001. Money was supposed to be our decisive weapon in the forging of a new Afghanistan, but the results so far appear disappointing. This article in the current LRB explains why. “Mon ...
- Tearing the Constitution is a bipartisan sport!
Summary: There is no Constitutional Party in America. The Left and Right take turns shredding the Constitution. Sometimes they take turns. Sometimes they work together. Domestic surveillance withour warrant, quotas for hiring (ignoring that “equal protection” nonsense), administrati ...
- Can the UN give Obama the authority to send US ...
Summary: Many advocates for the war in Libya cite the UN Security Council resolution as giving Obama authority to start a war. That’s easily shown to be totally false. The Constitution has died of a thousand cuts. Small cuts. Each accompanied by rationalizations and soothing words.  ...
- Does al Qaeda still exist?
Summary: As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9-11, we should ask if al Qaeda still exists. There is little public evidence that it does. But dead or alive, it remains useful to our intelligence and military apparatus. At the end are links to other posts about AQ. In the five years followi ...
- In America, both Left and Right love the long war
Summary: Our new standard to determine which wars we fight:  middle aged guys declare if they would go fight — in the unlikely event anyone asked them. Really bogus, showing the decayed state of American geopolitical thinking. Perhaps petitions to fight wars should require that they e ...
- Iran asks UN to indict Qur’an burners
PressTV – Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei has called for the prosecution of those behind the recent burning of a copy of the Holy Qur’an. Read article
- Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo still defiant
PressTV – Ivory Coast’s embattled ruler Laurent Gbagbo has denied reports that he wants to surrender although his presidential palace is surrounded by opposition forces. Read article
- Blasts, gunfire take toll in Iraq
UPI - A suicide bombing and roadside explosions in several locations in Iraq killed at least nine people and wounded 14, officials said Wednesday. In Baaj, west Mosul, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest in a car shop, killing three people and wounding seven, al-Sumaria reported. Auth ...
- Four children killed in north-western Pakistan ...
BBC - Four children have been killed and three others injured in a blast in north-west Pakistan, police say. An investigation into the cause of the explosion is under way. Local reports say the children may have been playing with a shell or had trod on a mine. Police say the victims, aged betwee ...
- Chaos in energy sector drives gains in clean e ...
USA Today – Funds that invest all their cash in companies tied to alternative energy, clean technology, the oil industry and other natural resources soared 13.7% in the first three months of the year, benefiting from turmoil in the oil-rich Middle East and the anti-nuclear sentiment after the ac ...
- The Century Foundation Report on Negotiations ...
The Century Foundation International Taskforce on Afghanistan has produced the most comprehensive document yet on the prospects of reconciliation in Afghanistan. Their conclusion: a political process should be implemented immediately to end the conflict. In order to sustain this peace process ...
- What Next in Ivory Coast?
As the Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, stubbornly clings to power, his writ confined to a bunker under his house in the commercial capital of Abidjan and surrounded only by his combative wife Simone and a coterie of diehard supporters, the relevant questions are less about the fa ...
- Arming Libyan Rebels Is a Dangerous Proposition
Amid criticism from Congressional Republicans that the United States "dithered" in Libya, as well as complaints from his own party, President Barack Obama addressed the nation a week ago Monday in an attempt to address those concerns and put them to rest. And while questions remain as to when t ...
- Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis F ...
The latest information about the epic earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear crisis in Japan, culled from Relief Web. Causalities: From Reuters: A total of 12,009 people were confirmed dead by Japan’s National Police Agency as of 0100 GMT on Sunday, while 15,472 were missing. International R ...
- The White House, Gitmo and the 9/11 Trials
Congress deserves some of the blame for the failure to close Gitmo and the surrender on the 9/11 trials. But it doesn't bear all of it, and in my column today, I argue that the real problem was embracing the basic Bush post-2006 framework in the first place: But in the end, the 9/11 trials wer ...
- Beck Pushed From Fox By Soros/Ailes/ACORN Cabal
Oh, Glenn. We hardly knew ya. In case you haven't heard, Glenn Beck will be giving up his Fox program later this year. His ratings had fallen dramatically in recent months (though he still beats his rivals on CNN and MSNBC), he lost hundreds of advertisers because of his more controversial st ...
- The Little Picture: Glenn Beck, Stopped
Fox News announced today that Glenn Beck would be transitioning away from his daily Fox program. Above is the group StopBeck's Twitter response to the news.
- How Men Need Feminism
At Newsweek, Jesse Ellison has a harrowing story on sexual assault against men in the military. I highly recommend the whole thing, but I found these tidbits particularly interesting: t is the high victimization rate of female soldiers—women in the armed forces are now more likely to be assault ...
- Cutting Medicaid will hurt at the polls, event ...
It is widely believed that Paul Ryan chose to exact his most severe spending cuts on Medicaid because its low-income beneficiaries vote Democrat if they even turn out for elections, so cutting a program that benefits them won�t hurt the GOP too much at the polls. Unfortunately eliminating $207 b ...
- Ryan and His Budget Get Major Airtime
An indicator of how powerful Paul Ryan and his budget proposal have become- all three evening newscasts did a separate piece on Paul Ryan last night averaging more than 2 minutes each - significant in newscasts that are under 28 minutes long. On the other hand President Obama came on the air ...
- Yes, They Are Outlawing Unions for Public Univ ...
BOB FRITAKRIS AND HARVEY WASSERMAN FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT An obscure clause that was slipped into Ohio's infamous anti-union Senate Bill 5 may spell the end of collective bargaining for the state's public college teachers. SB-5 was passed in the face of bitter controversy and mass public ...
- If You Are Black or Young in America, the Econ ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT If you are black or young in America, the economy is not getting better. According to the April 1st AFL-CIO blog, Young people and people of color continue to experience the worst jobless rates which have remained high, with 24.5 percent of teena ...
- The Political War In Washington Threatens a Go ...
DANNY SCHECHTER, AUTHOR OF THE CRIME IN OUR TIME, FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable"... George Orwell Forget Libya; the real bombing is not underway there. Pay less attention to Pakistan; the drone attacks there pale in co ...
- Smart ALEC: Dragging the Secretive Conservativ ...
For nearly forty years the American Legislative Exchange Council has been providing conservative legislators with the tools to undo the New Deal piece by piece. Now, in the Year of the Cold-Blooded Republican Governor, ALEC is achieving an unprecedented level of success. BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZ ...
- JoAnne Kloppenburg Elected to Wisconsin Suprem ...
NEWS ALERT FROM BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The following is an April 6th news release from "The Kloppenburg for Justice Committee," the campaign organization for JoAnne Kloppenburg: With 100% of Wisconsin precincts reporting according to the Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppe ...
- A year of Materials Today
I contribute materials science news and editorials to most issues of the journal Materials Today and usually bookmark each item on Sciencebase and Delicious. But, you can subscribe to the electronic edition of Elsevier journal Materials Today for free if you're in the USA. Just fill in the form ...
- Five more science stories
Sperm condensation – Protamines are small basic proteins that condense the genetic material, the DNA, in mature sperm helping to form the head of the sperm. They are rich in the amino acid arginine whose residues are distributed in a number of stretches separated by neutral amino acids. The amin ...
- A fix of five fresh science stories
Incognito – If the conscious mind – the part you consider you – is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries. (97818476 ...
- A fix of five fresh science stories
Free complete works of H.P. Lovecraft for Nook and Kindle (and Calibre) – You can now download the complete works of HP Lovecraft as an ebook for your Kindle (or if you haven't wasted your money on that device you can read it with the Calibre software for Windows, Mac and Linux. FYI: OMG, tinfoi ...
- The fraudulent invention debunkifier
Debunking crackpot and fraudulent inventions has never been easier than now thanks to the world-shattering invention of the Crackpot Flowchart(TM) from Sciencebase. Based on the 13 unlucky-for-crackpots warning signs published some time ago on ka9q.net, this handy multicoloured flow chart lets y ...
- Personal Information: episode 24
Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
- Arguments against life extension
Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate ...
- Daddy, where does innovation come from?
Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor th ...
- Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of ye ...
- How to be a futurist
The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Foll ...
- Pension Stripping Bill Passes Senate Committee
TAKE ACTION! We previously reported about the Senate Intelligence Committee's plan to include a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Bill (S. 719) requiring federal employees working at intelligence agencies to sign a contract stipulating that they would forfeit their federal pensions if ...
- NWC Asks Plaintiffs Not To Appeal ACLU v. Hold ...
The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) today asked the three plaintiffs in the court case ACLU et al. v. Holder not to appeal the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing their challenge to a key provision of the False Claims Act (FCA).�� The American Civil Liber ...
- ARB holds that SOX covers subsidiaries
The U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) (shown in a file photo) yesterday decided that the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) protects the employees of subsidiaries of publicly traded companies. The case is Carri Johnson v. Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., ARB Case No. ...
- Iowa House votes to put animal rights whistleb ...
The Iowa House of Representatives has voted to put animal rights whistleblowers in jail.� On March 17, 2011, the House voted 66 to 27 to pass House File 589, "A bill for an act relating to offenses involving agricultural operations, and providing penalties and remedies." If enacted, the bill wou ...
- Former Special Counsel Sentenced to One Month ...
Scott Bloch, the former head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), was sentenced to one month in prison, twelve months probation and 200 hours of community service yesterday, after he pled guilty to criminal charges for his misconduct during is tenure at OSC.� During FY 2008, of the 530 new w ...
- Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...
- Australian Trade Minister Says That Releasing ...
We've pointed out how the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is shaping up to be the son of ACTA, but worse. And one area where negotiators seem to be following the ACTA blueprint is on near total secrecy about the negotiations (even as some are leaking). This is really stunningly stupi ...
- Proposal For UK Libel Reform Fixes Many Proble ...
For years, we've covered the ridiculous libel laws in the UK that create a massive chilling of certain forms of speech. Thankfully, there's been a push to reform the law over the past couple years, and a draft bill has finally been introduced which appears to solve a lot of the problems with UK ...
- More Data And Thoughts On The Pay What You Wan ...
We already covered the interesting "pay what you want" experiment done by the two guys who developed a nicer stylus for the iPad. As we noted at the time, "pay what you want" seems like a risky way to do tangible goods offerings, but with the Kickstarter model, it was possible to set it up with ...
- DailyDirt: Making Lightweight Cars
Only about 15% of a car's fuel actually goes towards propulsion, but making cars lighter would still significantly improve fuel efficiency. The trick will be maintaining the safety (or perceived safety) of lightweight cars... which also need to share the roads with trucks and cars that haven't ...
- Newspaper Tells Reporters Not To Engage With C ...
We've pointed out over and over again that one of the main things that legacy newspapers get wrong today is this idea that they're in the "news" business, rather than the "community" business. They've always been in the community business, and then they take that community -- which they build u ...
- Things You Might Have Missed
Any of you going to be at the New York City Anarchist Book Fair this weekend? Â I’ll be there. So here is some info from the Government Accountability Office. Â In short, the DOD’s 1.68 trillion dollar weapons acquisitions programs are out of control and billions of dollars over budget. Â Ahem. ...
- Clarity Through Microcosm
I used to work for a hotel in Miami called the SeaView. It was owned by stockholders who had condos in the building. In a crunch, some of the condos were rented out. But generally only the parts of the building that were purely hotel rooms were for the public. The interesting part is who [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
Sorry for skipping my usual Thursday post last week. My social life seems to be getting in the way of writing and the next couple weeks are busy. Guess I’ll have to skip work or something. Thanks to @db0 for the heads up on this post about the men’s rights people. You have probably already [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
I didn’t make it to the Manning protest at Quantico this weekend, but I did make it to the Iraq war anniversary thingamawhosit. The first (Code Pink) hour was pretty bad. I spent most of it texting snarky comments to the bfriend, who wisely stayed in bed. But it got better. Couple of the speeche ...
- Don’t Be Like Che
Che Guevara is everywhere. Â He is on t-shirts, sneakers, bags, bedazzled boots, and even children’s books. The bedazzled boots don’t really bother me so much. Â Not likely that the person wearing those has actually read any Che and they probably won’t be mistaken for someone who is about to go ...
- Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
- Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...
- In Yemen, Many Protests, One Villain
It was only sheer chance or serendipity perhaps that southern Yemen’s “Day of Rage” was scheduled for Friday, earning the #Feb11 hashtag on Twitter. The Southern Uprising Facebook page drew nearly two thousand members since its founding two weeks ago in a nation with 2 percent Internet penetrati ...
- Novak: The Southern Leaders Don’t Practi ...
My interview with the Aden News Agency Jane Novak⦠a name that has become coupled with Yemen, not Yemen that is known as it is known by those who doesn’t know it, but Yemen as it known by its people, with all its sorrows and economical, political and humanitarian setbacks, that are recognized b ...
- Jane Novak Interview with Aden News Agency Arabic
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- Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To ...
- Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming ...
Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace fo ...
- Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Op ...
Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircra ...
- NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have ...
John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve ...
- Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal governmen ...
Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll f ...
- Endangered Leopard Kittens Offer Hope to Species
Photo: Christian Sperka For a species of big cat as endangered and facing as many threats as the clouded leopard -- every little kitten counts. Recently, two female cats from Nashville Zoo's leopard conservation program each gave birth to a small litter of newborns, offering hope that the ra ...
- Can Wind Pioneer Play Alongside the Big Utilities?
From his 'wind-powered' electric sports car via his red-meat-free football stadium to becoming one of the UK's richest people through renewable energy, wind pioneer Dale Vince usually attracts both headlines and controversy. Now The Independent newspaper has an
- Sin City Hotel Sponsors Sustainable Artist
"Trash = Art" exhibit. Photo: Steven Spann. Making art out of recycled materials is nothing new, but Las Vegas-based artist Steven Spann is putting a new twist on the idea by using in his work whatever is collected for him by employees and customers of a most unlikely venue: a hotel/casino ...
- P.J. O'Rourke Tells Cyclists To "Go Play In Tr ...
Photo sashafatcat via flickr. He doesn't mean it in a nice way, and he never did. P.J. O'Rourke is a satirist, using wit as a way to deliver social criticism, and in this week's Wall Street Journal he skewers cyclists, inviting them to "Go Play in Traffic." While it's a little sad that a re ...
- Green Baby Boom? 7 Celebrities Pregnant With F ...
Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images If the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, then these seven pregnant celebrities are likely carrying the next generation of green activists. From Alicia Silverstone to Natalie Portman to Pink, it seems this year's due dates -- which range from " ...
- Nuclear safety: Reactors that can't meltdown
Nuclear power remains a vital power source for the future. The crisis in Japan underscores the needs to make these reactors as safe as possible. New technology shows us the way to reactors that remain stable even under a scenario as extreme as Japan's.
- Welcome to the Third World
Develop American energy - or say good-bye to jobs, revenue and modern living standards.
- Fearing EPA's carbon tax
The EPA is moving to impose tough limits on carbon emissions from the big power plants across the country - and then plans to screw the new carbon limits down tighter and tighter. Farmers’ fuel and electricity costs would go through the roof, along with everybody else’s.
- More biofuels, more greenhouse gases
A new study estimates that the world has more than 702 million hectares of marginal land suitable for growing biofuels, while another finds that plowing would release massive amounts of soil carbon - mostly as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times as powerful as CO2.
- Krugman flunks food and history
Krugman is trying to frighten us about what’s very likely the finest weather humanity has ever seen. We’re still getting heat waves, blizzards and some hurricanes, but fewer of them. Still, you are three times as likely to read about the severe weather we do get because the media is seeking ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Pfc. Dustin J. Feldhaus, 20, of Glendale, AZ.Pfc. Michael C. Mahr, 26, of Homosassa, FL.Pvt. Jeremy P. ...
- Tuesday, April 5 - Invest in Ohio's Future Rally
12:00 - 5:00 pmColumbusOne Ohio Now is holding an “Invest in Ohio’s Future Rally” rally at the Ohio StatehouseWhere: North Plaza: Broad St., 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 43215.Contact: Andrea Fejes at andrea (at) oneohionow.org or RSVP Online.Due to the large turnout expected, we are moving to ...
- 'No On SB 5': Upcoming events, 31-Mar-2011
Thursday, March 3110:00 AM - 6:00 PMColumbusSenate Bill 5 Rally at the StatehouseWhere: 225 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215OEA Building & Ohio StatehouseOEA will open at 10:00 a.m. so you can pick up signs, water and snacks. RSVPs are not required, but are helpful and appreciated. By letti ...
- 'No On SB 5': What's next if it passes
Below is from an email sent by the state Democratic party.More news is developing by the minute on Senate Bill 5. After the Republicans shut down public hearings and hashed out backroom deals all last week, the House Commerce and Labor Committee meets at 9:00 a.m. this morning to vote this bill ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Similarly, here are a few things that have been ignored or greatly downplayed by American media:Ray Davis sprung.Trophy photos with murdere ...
- GM Crops Still a Tiny Part of World Farming
The annual report by pro-GM group ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications) notes a 10% gain in genetically modified crop acreage from 2009 to 2010, yet that amounts to just 3% of global agricultural land.Click here to read this article
- Huge Majority Wants GM Food Labeling
Several recent polls have come to a resounding conclusion: the vast majority of consumers want GM foods labeled.Click here to read this article
- Green Consumers Skeptical of Products Labeled ...
Eco-consumers are as committed as ever to shopping organic in 2011, but they're not "buying" those all natural product labels according to a recent MamboTrack survey by Collingswood, NJ-based Mambo Sprouts Marketing, the leader in natural and organic product marketing and promotions.Click here t ...
- Nuclear Meltdown: What's Really Happening
In the interview linked below, a former nuclear engineer explains that Reactor 2's fuel has probably partially eaten its way out of the reactor and molten fuel is likely eating its way through the concrete floor of the reactor building. This interview is the clearest explanation that I have rea ...
- Peak Electricity: March 11, 2011?
Peak Electricity, globally, was probably March 11, 2011, when the earthquake and tsunami wrecked the Fukushima nuclear reactors. Several countries have already announced a pull back from more nuclear power, a number of older reactors and reactors near earthquake faults are likely to be closed fo ...
- David Bernstein Misrepresents Human Rights Wat ...
by Kevin Jon Heller This time concerning the Goldstone Report and whether Israel intentionally targeted civilians during Operation Cast Lead as a matter of policy. You know a post is in trouble when it's entitled "Human Rights Watch Lies re: Goldstone Retraction" but then states, three para ...
- Call for Proposals, International Law Weekend 2011
by Peggy McGuinness by Peggy McGuinness The American Branch of the International Law Association has a call for panel proposals for International Law Weekend 2011, which takes place October 20-22 in New York City. The theme of this year’s ILW is “International Law and National Politics.” Th ...
- David Bernstein Misrepresents Human Rights Wat ...
by Kevin Jon Heller This time concerning the Goldstone Report and whether Israel intentionally targeted civilians during Operation Cast Lead as a matter of policy. You know a post is in trouble when it's entitled "Human Rights Watch Lies re: Goldstone Retraction" but then states, three para ...
- Call for Proposals, International Law Weekend 2011
by Peggy McGuinness by Peggy McGuinness The American Branch of the International Law Association has a call for panel proposals for International Law Weekend 2011, which takes place October 20-22 in New York City. The theme of this year’s ILW is “International Law and National Politics.” Th ...
- How the Laws of War Helped to End American Slavery
by Roger Alford by Roger Alford There’s a great article by Professor Adam Goodheart in the New York Times describing how Union Major General Benjamin Butler, a lawyer by training, used the laws of war to help end slavery in America. When three fugitive slaves presented themselves to Butler a ...
- Two Asteroids Passed Close to Earth Wednesday
Earth got a double dose of close asteroid flybys on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Two newly discovered small asteroids both passed within the distance of the Moon. 2011 GW9 (10 meters wide) came within half the distance to the Moon, Submitted by Nancy Bridget to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Ad ...
- Weapons of Mass Construction: How Redditors Im ...
Reddit users aren�t just known for being witty; they�re also known for putting together some amazing fundraisers from time to time. See how their hard work has changed many people's lives.Submitted by Frank W. to Green Lifestyle �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- New aerial images deepen concerns about Gulf s ...
Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen of Alabama flew over the Gulf on March 19 and 20 on a flight provided by On Wings of Care and videotaped what he saw. "nothing that's being caught in these waters today is safe for human consumption."Submitted by John Farnham to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �A ...
- Why Western meddling in Deathistan needs to en ...
Suppose really something bad were happening in America. Suppose George W. Bush refused to leave office: was barricaded in the White House, and attempting to cancel civil liberties. Now suppose Libya or Iraq possessed super-carrier strike groups...Submitted by Robert S. to US Politics & Gov't �| ...
- The CIAs Libya Rebels
Mystery surrounds the anti-Qaddafi transitional government which emerged at the beginning of March in the city of Benghazi, located in the Cyrenaica district : mujahedin,Submitted by John Farnham to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Senate Rejects Proposals to Block EPA Emission ...
ShareThisSenate Rejects Proposals to Block EPA Emissions Rules 06 Apr 2011 The Senate has voted down a handful of [insane] proposals that sought to restrict or altogether block the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, setting up a showdown with the House of Representati ...
- 2 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq action
ShareThis2 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq action 06 Apr 2011 Two Fort Hood soldiers have died in an insurgent attack in Iraq. A Defense Department statement issued Wednesday says 26-year-old Staff Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins of New Orleans and 30-year-old Sgt. Christian A.S. Garcia of Goodyear, Ari ...
- Militants torch two NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan
ShareThisMilitants torch two NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan 06 Apr 2011 Suspected militants attacked and torched two tankers in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, security officials said. ix militants on motorcycles attacked the tankers on the ...
- Walker Reverses Appointment Dems Called Cronyism
ShareThisWalker Reverses Appointment Dems Called Cronyism 05 Apr 2011 Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker has reversed the promotion of a 27-year-old son of a veteran lobbyist whose appointment to an $81,500-a-year administration job sparked cronyism claims by Democrats... Deschane had been ...
- Japan's ocean radiation hits 7.5 million times ...
ShareThisJapan's ocean radiation hits 7.5 million times legal limit 05 Apr 2011 The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it had found radioactive iodine at 7.5 million times the legal limit in a seawater sample taken near the facility, and government officials i ...
- New Florida poll shows Obama down, Nelson up; ...
As we all wait to see what happens with the budget showdown in Washington D.C., a new Quinnipiac poll released today is an important one for those who hope Barack Obama is re-elected in 2012. Surveying Florida voters a year and a half or so before the election, Barack Obama is more unpopular t ...
- Book Review: Under the Small Lights, by John C ...
Every generation writes books like this: coming-of-age stories of characters trying desperately to align themselves as they look for a bridge between youth and maturity. Cotter treats these themes with a rare intelligence and subtlety and a certain warmth for these characters who are charming ...
- Joe Biden off his prediction? New poll says Ne ...
Floridians do support the controversial bill moving through the Legislature that would require that a woman seeking an abortion first undergo an ultrasound procedure and be offered a chance to view the results - by a 51-44 percent margin.
- Lauren Book-Lim walks her way through Tampa on ...
Lauren Book-Lim continued her journey to raise awareness of sexual abuse on Wednesday, as she walked her way through Tampa as part of her 1,000-mile journey across the state of Florida that will end in Tallahassee later this month with a rally to support pending legislation. That would be SB 4 ...
- How condoms are tested (video)
As the beginning of spring and a month that fuses the Christian concept of rebirth with pagan fertility holidays, April is perfect for STD Awareness Month. Having grown up with a deathly fear of STDs and unplanned pregnancies, I’ve always been somewhat skeptical about just how rigorously con ...
- VRM: L-Histidine, Squaline, & Human Chorionic ...
“Vaccination is a monstrosity, a misbegotten offspring of error and ignorance; it should have no place in either hygiene or medicine. Believe not in vaccination, it is a world wide delusion, an unscientific practice, a fatal superstition with consequences measured today by tears and sorrow ...
- VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix – A Legacy Of Shame
The headlines alone tell the whole story. ‘Teenage girl left brain-damaged after receiving cervical cancer jab‘, ‘Thousands of UK schoolgirls have suffered adverse reactions…several reported multiple reactions’, ‘20,575 adverse reactions, 352 reports of abnormal pap smears post vaccinati ...
- VRM: Dr. Wakefield’s Imminent Vindicatio ...
Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Study demonstrated “anti-myelin antibodies and digestive tract pathologies in children with autism after being given the Urabi strain triple live virus MMR vaccine. All 12 children in the Study had intestinal abnormalities (known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease), with c ...
- VRM: A Concise Compendium The Problem With Vac ...
The advent of cloned DNA vaccines & Synthetic Genomics, backed by proponents of the Trans-humanist & Bioethics movements (this is a post-Darwinian view, in which the species has the power to direct its own evolution), has opened a Pandora’s Box spelling the inevitable death of natural immunity. ...
- VRM: Medical Industry Data Proves Influenza Va ...
The Influenza virus itself is constantly mutating from year to year. While mainstream doctors are traditionally divided, several prominent Studies have come forward in recent years challenging the Status Quo on the efficacy of the sacrosanct Flu shot & awakened an increasingly distrustf ...
- You Know You're Getting Old When...
A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.� A cute little luxury fe ...
- Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for.�If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditioner ...
- Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
- Strawberry Picking
Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
- Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal f ...
- Last Man Standing
Kuchi Girl in Farah 05 April 2011 Many Provinces, Afghanistan As the Afghan war wears on and politicians, diplomats and generals thrust and parry about an endgame, one thing is clear: The outcome of this war will be decided by the last man standing. Who that will be, and what has to happen be ...
- There is a Right, and a Wrong
Mark Bieger with Farah 04 April 2011 In war, the closer you get to blood, the closer you get to truth.� One day in Iraq there was a car bomb. It was like any other day at that time.� Several American Soldiers were wounded. In addition to hitting American Soldiers, this bomb hit children.� ...
- Rolling Stone: Boycotting Advertisers
31 March 2011 In 2006, I launched a boycott against a magazine owned by a huge conglomerate.� The Boycott damaged the magazine but the extent was unknown.� Eight months later, the press reported that the magazine had died.� (Early Christmas Present for Michael Yon.) The boycott was not done on ...
- Calling BULLSHIT on Rolling Stone
29 March 2011 Seldom do I waste time with rebutting articles, and especially not from publications like Rolling Stone.� Today, numerous people sent links to the latest Rolling Stone tripe.� The story is titled �THE KILL TEAM, THE FULL STORY.�� It should be titled: �BULLSHIT, from Rolling Stone. ...
- Statement regarding Today's Attacks in Afghanistan
28 March 2011
- Harper's Foreign Policy
Lawrence Martin's "Harperland" discusses Harper's foreign policy. It isn't really distinguishable from Liberal foreign policy, except that it is a little more paranoid and secretive. Throughout the West, there is fairly unconditional support for Israel. Some explain this with lobbies, etc. For t ...
- Stephen Harper, Bruce Carson, and the Environment
The quote of the day is definitely from Stephen Harper about Bruce Carson's fraud convictions: "I did not know about these revelations that we're finding out today. I don't know why I did not know." Anyone who doubts Carson's importance in Harper's team should definitely read Lawrence Martin's " ...
- Harper and the Press
In Harperland, Lawrence Martin points out how Harper hates the press (you can see it in this campaign, with the 19th century schoolmaster's Five Questions policy). In a chapter on Harper's press policy, called "the Control Fixation", Martin relates this story (pg. 65): read more
- Incrementalism
Calgary academic and Harper advisor Tom Flanagan has more influence on Canadian politics than most people in this country realize. He was an important informant in Lawrence Martin's imporant book, "Harperland". A good quote from Flanagan, on pg. 47 of Harperland: read more
- Blogging the Canadian election
To go with Canadian election season, I am reading books about Stephen Harper, his party, and his movement. I have got Lawrence Martin's "Harperland", Marci McDonald's "The Armageddon Factor", and I have ordered Christian Nadeau's "Rogue in Power". I thought I might put some of the interesting qu ...
- Endangered Leopard Kittens Offer Hope to Species
Photo: Christian Sperka For a species of big cat as endangered and facing as many threats as the clouded leopard -- every little kitten counts. Recently, two female cats from Nashville Zoo's leopard conservation program each gave birth to a small litter of newborns, offering hope that the ra ...
- Can Wind Pioneer Play Alongside the Big Utilities?
From his 'wind-powered' electric sports car via his red-meat-free football stadium to becoming one of the UK's richest people through renewable energy, wind pioneer Dale Vince usually attracts both headlines and controversy. Now The Independent newspaper has an
- Sin City Hotel Sponsors Sustainable Artist
"Trash = Art" exhibit. Photo: Steven Spann. Making art out of recycled materials is nothing new, but Las Vegas-based artist Steven Spann is putting a new twist on the idea by using in his work whatever is collected for him by employees and customers of a most unlikely venue: a hotel/casino ...
- P.J. O'Rourke Tells Cyclists To "Go Play In Tr ...
Photo sashafatcat via flickr. He doesn't mean it in a nice way, and he never did. P.J. O'Rourke is a satirist, using wit as a way to deliver social criticism, and in this week's Wall Street Journal he skewers cyclists, inviting them to "Go Play in Traffic." While it's a little sad that a re ...
- Green Baby Boom? 7 Celebrities Pregnant With F ...
Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images If the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, then these seven pregnant celebrities are likely carrying the next generation of green activists. From Alicia Silverstone to Natalie Portman to Pink, it seems this year's due dates -- which range from " ...
- Oregon House of Representatives Rick Rolls Itself
Neotorama offers "four hypotheses to explain the awesomeness of this video: 1. A video editor carefully sifted through hours of floor speeches and spliced together the lyrics to Rick Astley's song. 2. The clerks working for the legislators are pulling a huge, well-orchestrated prank. 3. T ...
- What's Next for Glenn Beck?
An imagined memo from a staffer in his company counseling a strategic break with the conservative movement. Glenn Beck's nightly Fox News show is ending. Is he going to get any attention beyond his core fan base once he lacks a regular televised platform? If so, he'll have to show us somethi ...
- Independent Obama Group Will Try to Raise $100 ...
Having failed to reform campaign finance disclosure rules as Republicans sailed to midterm victory on outside spending, President Obama will rely on some help from an independent group in 2012. The Center for Public Integrity's Peter Stone reports today that the still-unnamed Obama-backing money ...
- Kloppenburg Declares Victory in Wisconsin Race ...
An obscure local race became a nationally-watched referendum on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's anti-collective bargaining bill What should have been an obscure regional judicial run-off election Tuesday turned into a dramatic referendum on Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his con ...
- Pawlenty Campaign Worker Put on Leave After Pa ...
It's probably safe to assume the Steward family will not be voting for Tim Pawlenty. A worker for his presidential exploratory committee was arrested after being found, by the family's 15-year-old daughter, passed out in their backyard at 3 a.m.: "His arm was in my back door, trying to get in ...
- Juliano Mer-Khamis: The Death of Hope
Juliano Mer-Khamis, the noted Israeli actor-director, was assassinated in Jenin on Monday. The PA has arrested Mujahed Qaniri, a Palestinian suspected of the crime.  The shooter has alleged connections to Hamas. Mer-Khamis was a living, breathing representative of what an Israeli, and Israe ...
- Abusisi Confession Blatant Fraud
After consulting with Dirar Abusisi’s attorney and brother and checking the facts regarding the Shabak accusations, I can say with absolute certainty that they are a fraud. They are a fraud in large part because Abusisi, likely under torture or extreme duress gave an account to his interrogators ...
- Israel Files Charges Against Abusisi, Accuses ...
Earlier today, the Israeli State prosecutor released its charges (full Hebrew version, this is a partial English translation prepared by Dena Shunra) against Dirar Abusisi. And to read it, you’d think he was the Werner von Braun of Hamas, it’s chief rocket designer and the brains behind the mo ...
- Abusisi’s Co-Workers: Shocked at Israeli Kidna ...
Walla publishes a persuasive article interviewing two of Dirar Abusisi’s long-time colleagues at the Gaza power plant where he served as deputy director, who deny emphatically the claims of Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu that the engineer was affiliated with Hamas: “It’s easy to iden ...
- Shabak Strikes Again, Israeli Palestinian Boy ...
I reported a few days ago that the Shabak has arrested an 18 year old Nazareth resident, Ahmad Khaled Ghanem under gag order. Â He is suspected of alleged security offenses. Â I contacted a staff member of the I’lam Media Center in Nazareth who helped me reach his parents and lawyer. Â The famil ...
- Shaking it up for charity
By: Ode Very few good stories end with the characters grungy and exhausted, outdoors in Times Square at 5:18 a.m. in freezing weather, but this is one of them. After months of training and preparation, two hardy teams were the last men standing in a re ...
- Make your own money
Local currencies can help create sustainable growth and healthy communities. In Detroit, cheer dollars are helping restore local economic confidence.Photo: AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates Communities have long needed a more sensible means to create money. To dat ...
- Finding your way back to life
Photo by Seyed Mostafa Zamani “A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.” Believing in the wisdom of this old proverb, German tour operator TUI partnered with Private Trauer Akademie, a German “mourning academy” founded by undertaker and grief counselor Fritz Roth, to off ...
- Management as meditation
How meditation helps managers make better business decisionsâand why itâs good for the bottom line. Your mind is like a wild buffalo.” This comment from a Buddhist meditation leader in Sri Lanka struck a chord. When I first heard it years ago, though, it didn’t work fo ...
- The age of endarkenment
Donât leave your shadow behind when pursuing enlightenment. It’s been commonplace in the Far East for millennia, but the search for enlightenment has been snowballing recently in the West. Since “flower power” in the 1960s and the New Age movement that followed, we’ve been ...
- California Making Progress Restoring Salmon an ...
Doug Obegi, Staff Attorney, Western Water Project, San Francisco In 2008 and 2009, for the first time in California’s history, our state’s salmon fishery was completely closed. Fishery managers implemented the closure because alarmingly low numbe ...
- Clark admits corn ethanol doesn't need subsidi ...
Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York In early 2010, to listen to corn ethanol proponents was to believe that ending the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit—the main corn ethanol tax credit known as the “VEETC”—would spell the demise of the dome ...
- Ryan's Budget Cuts Fail to Fix Bankrupt Transp ...
Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal is full of the usual dogmatic drivel you hear in Washington – the thing is actually called “The Path to Prosperity,” if you can believe that. And gi ...
- Rein in Rand Paul
Rob Perks, Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns, Washington, D.C. In the middle of his campaign for U.S. Senate last summer, Rand Paul expressed in blunt terms his view of the controversial coal mining practice that has made mountain lovers unl ...
- Air Pollution and the Federal Budget
Pete Altman, Climate Campaign Director, Washington, D.C. One of the big debates in Washington this week is what kind of agreement the House, Senate and White House will reach on the federal budget and the next spending bill. And one of the big co ...
- “But what I DOOOO want to know is, what ...
SEK is substituting for his co-author/course director, so he when he walks into class, he doesn’t know which students are supposed to be there and which aren’t … and there’s one that certainly isn’t. Â SEK doesn’t know that yet. Â It is imperative for the reader to read said student’s voice like ...
- We Haz Champion!
Congratulations to L. Peters of Luke8398 1 for being the only entrant in the LGM Tourney Challenge to pick UConn to win! RNK ENTRY, OWNER R64 R32 S16 E8 FF NCG CHAMPION PPR TOTAL PCT 1 Luke8398 1, L. Peters 230 120 80 80 160 320 UConn 0 990 95.9 2 wasserst 1, I. Wasserstein 260 200 16 ...
- Adios, Glenn!
I for one think this has left-wing conspiracy written all over it.
- Very, Very Serious
Somebody said something accurate at Judy Miller Media! That is why I almost fell off my chair when I read the very liberal [that should be eventheliberal -- ed.] Jacob Weisberg, editor of the Slate group, respond with a thoughtful article titled “Good Plan!” and that states in the heading sub-ti ...
- The Free Market
…has nothing to do with Ryan’s Contract On Non-Plutocratic America. But don’t kid yourself, he’s a bold, honest truth-teller positively dripping with seriousity!
- DRI Scientist Featured in Changing Planet Series
NBC Learn's latest "Changing Planet" video features DRI's Dr. Joe McConnell and black carbon. Black carbon –small soot-like particles that are produced whenever fossil fuels or other organic substances are incompletely burned– is one of the leading contributors to global warming.
- Rina Schumer Named 2011 Rising Researcher
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents named Dr. Rina Schumer as one of the 2011 Rising Researchers, in recognition of her early-career accomplishments and potential for future advancement. A faculty member in DHS, her current research at DR is focused on the science of s ...
- Storm Peak Laboratory Cloud Property Validatio ...
Scientists are busy working at DRI’s Storm Peak Lab at Steamboat Springs, Colo. gathering in-cloud measurements and also verifying the data from radars and other instrumentation that is measuring clouds at four different elevations; one site in town and three within the Steamboat Springs ...
- Kendrick Taylor Interviewed by NPR About West ...
By improving our understanding of how natural changes in greenhouse gas influenced climate in the past, the science community will be able to do a better job of predicting future climate changes caused by the emissions of greenhouse gases by human activity.
- DRI is a Nevada Asset
Nevada’s legislature was visionary in 1959 when it created DRI as the environmental research campus of the state’s university system. DRI has flourished as an entrepreneurial campus of 500 scientists, engineers and technicians who leveraged the state’s $8.2 million allocation last year into ...
- PennFuture workshop: Gas and Our Water
Gas and Our Water: Legal tools for watershed advocates dealing with drilling in the Marcellus Shale Saturday, April 16 King’s College, Wilkes-Barre This workshop will give grassroots conservation and watershed groups, concerned citizens and volunteers the legal tools necessary to protect our wat ...
- Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission challenged ...
Alright, I apologize up front for this being rather lengthy but I really feel that the information being provided here and the comments below are worth reading through slowly and considering carefully when trying to figure out which side of this debate you want to fall on. I know many of you alr ...
- Corbett names pick for Conservation and Natura ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Laura Olson and Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett announced his pick for one of two remaining cabinet posts this afternoon, selecting Richard J. Allan to head the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Mr. Allan, 57, has spen ...
- Governor’s Marcellus Commission Meeting ...
Hi All, A notice in the PA Bulletin announced the first meeting of the Governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. Scheduled for Friday, March 25, 2011, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., It will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA. Th ...
- Senator Casey Introduces Three Natural Gas Bills
The following is a press release from Senator Robert Casey regarding three bills he has reintroduced. (1) S1215: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (aka: The Frac Act) (2) S S3964: Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act (aka: FASTER) (3) S3720: Marcellus Shale On- ...
- New Robot Can Identify and Sort Recyclables fr ...
A Finnish company says it has developed robot technology programmed to identify and sort recyclable materials from construction and demolition debris, an innovation it says could cut industrial recycling costs Click to enlarge ZenRoboticsThe Recycler and keep large amounts of recyclable mater ...
- A Scientist Extols the Value Of Forests Shaped ...
Political ecologist Susanna Hecht has incurred the wrath of some conservationists by arguing that the notion of the primeval forest is largely a myth and that disturbed forests play a vital ecological function. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, she makes the case for a “new rurality” th ...
- Ocean Surrounding Antarctica Facing Growing Hu ...
The world’s most pristine ocean — the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica — is facing increasing threats from human activity, including rising sea temperatures, ocean acidification, overfishing, pollution, and introduction of alien species, according to a new study by British and American scie ...
- As Larger Animals Decline, Forests Feel Their ...
With giant tortoises, elephants, and other fruit-eating animals disappearing from many of the world’s tropical woodlands, forests are suffering from the loss of a key function performed by these creatures: the dispersal of tree seeds. But a new experiment shows that introduced species may be abl ...
- New Battery Uses Seawater and Freshwater to Pr ...
Stanford University researchers have designed a rechargeable battery that uses the contrast in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce an electric current, an innovation they say could potentially be used wherever a river meets the ocean. The battery contains two electrodes — one pos ...
- Operation Odyssey Dawn; An Illuminati Mega Hum ...
As I watch in disgust the UN and Barack Insane Obama have declared war on Libya creating yet another unjustified war. But as most feel angry about this war most will not realize that this is another sacrificial ritual that the psychotic Killuminati are celebrating. In this analysis I will connec ...
- First pictures emerge of the Fukushima Fifty
These first images of inside the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant reveal the terrifying conditions under which the brave men work to save their nation from full nuclear meltdown. The Fukushima Fifty - an anonymous band of lower and mid-level managers - have battled around the clock to coo ...
- While Libya War Grows, Obama Team Denies It’s ...
It’s one thing to say that the U.S. is right to take action against Moammar Gadhafi. It’s quite another to insist that it’s not even a war. And it’s simply dishonest to do so while escalating the war. But that’s the spin from the Obama White House. While the president travelled through Latin Ame ...
- India says Monsanto covertly, illegally conduc ...
Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, recently wrote a letter to ...
- Jerusalem bus bomb victim was British
The woman killed when a suitcase bomb exploded in Jerusalem on Wednesday was British, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The bombing, the first in the city for seven years, left the 60-year-old dead and injured dozens of others. The 1-2kg suitcase bomb detonated close to the main bus station and ...
- WikiLeaks, Allnewsweb and the TEA Party
When one looks at the above title, the individual has to ask, WTF? What could these three things have in common? Well, according to ‘Mirage Men‘ author, Mark Pilkington, not really a whole hell of a lot, just rampant opportunism: When the first mention of UFOs in the tranche of diplomatic paper ...
- Even Gary Bekkum is skeptical
Gary Bekkum’s STARpod.org’s site is usually replete with government conspiracies, psychic spies, hamsters, Bigelow’s Skinwalker Ranch, Laura Eisenhower’s Mars Colony and other wondrous esoteric oddities that it’s hard to believe that Gary could be skeptical of anything. But he is. He is very s ...
- More Paracast: George Filer
Yeah I know I’ve been lazy lately (or so it seems), but trust me on this one. You won’t be disappointed with this interview Gene Steinberg and co-host Chris O’Brien of the Paracast had with Eastern MUFON Director George Filer, who also has the website Filer’s Files (which caters to guess what? Y ...
- The Paracast: Clifford Clift of MUFON
This week’s Paracast with Gene Steinberg and Chris O’Brien is a conversation with MUFON International’s Clifford Clift. Subjects range from the nuts and bolts aspects of UFOs to the possible paranormal links with ghosts, angels, demons and Sasquatch. This was a down to earth and civil interview, ...
- Bizarre Beachcoming: Review of the Codex Serap ...
Dr. Beachcoming, that eccentric collector of all things of an exotic historical nature, reviews The Codex Seraphinianus, a book written by Luigi Serafini that is purportedly about an alien world complete with language, customs, architecture, flora and fauna. Luigi Serafini, Codex Seraphinianus ...
- A great Flash infographic
This might be the best interactive information graphic ever. What do you think? I love the simplicity of the rollovers. The multiple information (timeline, map) delivered in the top image below is delightful. Tapuiassauro, o novo dinossauro do Brasil won a gold medal at this year’s Malofiej (se ...
- 10 useful resources about data visualization
These will be useful to introduce students, journalists, or yourself to the concepts of data visualization. Bonus: There’s an interesting discussion on Quora about the difference between information graphics and data visualization. (1) When the Data Struts Its Stuff (April 2, 2011): A 1,000-wor ...
- Timelines in journalism: A closer look
You’re not going to create one every week, but a timeline is a useful — and helpful — type of information graphic, and fairly common in journalism. When teaching students about timelines, here are some ideas to consider and discuss: Chronology or timeline? Sometimes a timeline is not a timelin ...
- Teaching about storytelling
As a follow-up to Tuesday’s post about getting a story (and teaching students about stories), I’m going to refer to three earlier posts here: The elements of storytelling RGMP 11: Tell a good story with images and sound Storytelling 101 with âThe Annoying Orangeâ What I learned from Ken ...
- Is your story actually a story?
“The problem with many news stories is that theyâre not really stories at all.” (Source: Advancing the Story, an excellent blog about broadcast journalism and multimedia.) This is true not only in TV news but across the board — and not only for student work! Sometimes the material is new (or at ...
- Legal action seeks to slow rush to build new n ...
A coalition of public-interest groups filed a legal challenge today with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking to halt the fast-track approval process for the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor that utilities are planning to build across the South. Filed directly with the NRC's five ...
- Latino South Rising
It's official: The South's Latino communities are the fastest-growing in the country. On March 24, the final batch of 2010 Census data was released, and the results were striking: The number of U.S. residents identifying as Hispanic rose 43 percent over the past decade, accounting for 56 perc ...
- EPA plan to raise radiation exposure limits sp ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering dramatically increasing the allowable level of radioactive contamination in water, food and soil after radiological incidents such as spills or "dirty bomb" attacks. The move preceded the nuclear disaster now unfolding in Japan in the wake ...
- Judge hands out tough sentences in post-Katrin ...
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica A federal judge last week sentenced two former New Orleans police officers for killing Henry Glover and incinerating his body during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Judge Lance Africk sentenced ex-officer David Warren to 25 years for shooting Glover with an assa ...
- VOICES: Finding King's economic promised land
Martin Luther King's final public remarks, delivered 43 years ago yesterday, are often called his darkest, because he appears to foreshadow his assassination the following day. He was in Memphis, Tenn., urging supporters of 1,300 striking sanitation workers to double-down at a critical junc ...
- The Uncertain Future of Libya
Removing Gaddafi is proving harder than expected. But what will be even harder for Libyans who have never known democracy is putting together a viable government after the rebellion is over.
- The Jasmine Revolution
Tunisians proved that an oppressed Arab society can rise up against a dictatorship and demand democracy. With any luck, the statement will be heard, maybe even emulated, around the region.
- Ivory Coast's Election Quagmire
In resolving Ivory Coast's disputed election runoff, recognizing the rightful president is merely the first step in edifying a governance model that evenly represents the country's diverse and divided population.
- U.S. Dual-Track Policy in Somalia
In a country with layers of complexity, clan warfare and a broken state, the Obama administration is taking an appropriately complex approach to stabilizing Somalia, one that may or may not bear fruit.
- Zimbabweans Still Suffering
On a daily basis, the people of Zimbabwe face starvation, poverty, corruption and oppression, and their government is highly unlikely to bail them out anytime soon.
- When Medicare is destroyed is only a matter of ...
Folks, this won’t pass this year, but a version of it will pass: That plan would transform Medicare from a government insurance program to one in which seniors would chose from private, federally subsidized coverage. Americans 55 and older would stay in the current system. Remember, Obama’s heal ...
- When Medicare is destroyed is only a matter of ...
Folks, this won’t pass this year, but a version of it will pass: That plan would transform Medicare from a government insurance program to one in which seniors would chose from private, federally subsidized coverage. Americans 55 and older would stay in the current system. Remember, Obama’s heal ...
- What Next in Libya
So now what? In Libya as there appears to be a highly predictable stalemate as the pro-Quaddafi forces cannot move en masse due to the threat of NATO airpower hitting mobile columns strung out on exposed road marches. The anti-Quaddafi forces are unable to effectively maneuver because they have ...
- 1984 Was Not A Manual
But the people running England, or at least London, certainly think it is. CCTV cameras are everywhere you go, in large numbers. On one Underground platform today I counted 13. Of course, with that many CCTV cameras there is no way they can actually effectively be monitored in real time, so ...
- No Free Lunch
I haven’t had much to say about the Japanese Tsunami and the nuclear mess there, but here’s the short and to the point. First: the reactors in question were not properly built and tested. It is very clear now that the Japanese nuclear industry, as with the American, has been cutting corners to ...
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become such a phenome ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will claim many, many mo ...
- China and the end of the end of history
Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and world po ...
- EPA takes a bashing - but prevails - on Capito ...
The votes are in, and the US Senate has rejected multiple attempts to prevent the US Environmental Protection Agency from implementing greenhouse gas regulations (Politico). Meanwhile, on the other side of the Capitol, the Republican-controlled House has gone the other way by rejecting a simple ...
- EPA takes a bashing - but prevails - on Capito ...
The votes are in, and the US Senate has rejected multiple attempts to prevent the US Environmental Protection Agency from implementing greenhouse gas regulations (Politico). Meanwhile, on the other side of the Capitol, the Republican-controlled House has gone the other way by rejecting a simple ...
- Ireland will stay focused on science, says new ...
Posted on behalf of Dick Ahlstrom. Science will remain a core element of enterprise and research policy under the new Irish administration, according to the minister for enterprise. It will take on a more commercial edge however and will also have a stronger jobs element. In his first sub ...
- China announces 20-year plan to protect the Ti ...
Posted on behalf of Jane Qiu. China’s State Council, the country’s top government body, last week approved a 20-year plan to protect ecosystems of the Tibetan plateau, according to the website of the Environmental Protection Ministry. “The Tibetan plateau is important not only to China but ...
- UK advisory group recommends preconception gen ...
More potential parents should be able to access genetic tests that would tell them if their offspring could develop hereditary health issues, according to the UK’s Human Genetics Commission. “In our view, there are no specific ethical, legal or social principles that would make preconception ...
- Cities and the Census: Cities Neither Booming ...
For many mayors across the country, including New York City’s Michael Bloomberg, the recently announced results of the 2010 census were a downer. In a host of cities, the population turned out to be substantially lower than the U.S. Census Bureau had estimated for 2010—in New York’s case, by ...
- The Evolving Urban Form: Mumbai
The continuing dispersion of international metropolitan areas is illustrated by recently released 2011 Census of India preliminary data for the Mumbai "larger" metropolitan area. The historical core, the "island" district of Mumbai (Inner Mumbai) lost population between 2001 and 2011, while ...
- The Problem With Megacities
The triumphalism surrounding the slums and megacities frankly disturbs me. It is, of course, right to celebrate the amazing resilience of residents living in these cities� massive slums. But many of the megacity boosters miss a more important point: that the proliferation of these sorts of commu ...
- California: Club Med Meets Third World?
On March 25th, the Bureau of Labor statistics released a report that showed that California jobs had increased by 96,000 in February. The state’s cheerleaders jumped into action. Never mind that the state still has a 12.2 percent unemployment rate, and part of the decline from 12.4 percent i ...
- Bicycle Commuting: A US System and A World-Wi ...
To my pleasure, there is now a United States Bicycle Route System that goes more places than Amtrak and Greyhound do. Have a look at the proposed map of the national corridor plan. The goal is to create clearly marked north-south and east-west routes, as romantic as the Oregon Trail or as fun ...
- PORTUGAL NEEDS EMERGENCY BAILOUT
Via: Washington Post: Portugal asked for a bailout from Europe’s trillion-dollar rescue fund Wednesday, becoming the third European nation in a year to need outside financial help to overcome a crisis driven by high public debt, weak banks and slow growth. The request to the European Commission ...
- Screen Based Public Education
Public education in the U.S. is a weapon of mass mental destruction that has resulted in a sort of national lobotomy. Increasingly, the screens are being used to deliver the payload with greater efficiency. Via: Los Angeles Times: Jack London was the subject in Daterrius Hamilton’s online Englis ...
- Fukushima: Dealing with Highly Radioactive Wat ...
Via: Los Angeles Times: For nearly four weeks, Japanese emergency crews have been spraying water on the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, a desperate attempt to avert the calamity of a full meltdown. Now, that improvised solution to one nuclear nightmare is spawning another: what to do ...
- Interpol Chief Calls for Global Electronic Ide ...
Papelles. Via: Help Net Security: The head of INTERPOL has emphasized the need for a globally verifiable electronic identity card (e-ID) system for migrant workers at an international forum on citizen ID projects, e-passports, and border control management. Speaking at the fourth Annual EMEA ID ...
- Solar Costs May Already Rival Coal, Spurring I ...
Barring a major wildcard event (global nuclear war, massive asteroid impact, etc.), the horror show will grind on, now with even more Clean and Green. Via: Bloomberg: Solar panel installations may surge in the next two years as the cost of generating electricity from the sun rivals coal-fueled p ...
- The Japanese Economy Is In Much Bigger Trouble ...
Now that nearly a month has gone by since the horrific tsunami in Japan on March 11th, it is starting to become clear just how much economic damage has been done. The truth is that the Japanese economy is in much bigger trouble than most people think. This is almost certainly ...
- How To Find A Job: Just Be Willing To Flip Bur ...
Do you want to know how to find a job in America today? It's easy. Just be willing to flip burgers, wait tables or welcome people to Wal-Mart. You must also be willing to work for close to minimum wage with no health benefits. It's not that complicated. On April 19th, McDon ...
- Feeling Depressed? 27 Depressing Statistics Ab ...
If you know someone that believes that the U.S. economy is in great shape, just show that person the following statistics. But please don't show these statistics to anyone that is feeling depressed or that has just lost a job - it might push such a person over the edge. The sa ...
- Wow That Was Fast! Libyan Rebels Have Already ...
The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company. Perhaps when this conflict is over those ...
- Will Financial Problems In Portugal Cause The ...
Most Americans have no idea just how bad the financial problems over in Europe are right now. The truth is that the entire European financial system is teetering on the brink of disaster. Ireland and Greece have already received bailouts and Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and ...
- Spring garden beauty (Willem Van Cotthem)
Anywhere on this planet, the beauty of plants and animals in a garden is food for the soul. Therefore, from time to time, I post pictures of plants and animals in my own garden and house. I like to share … Continue reading →
- UNDDD Success Stories – Brazil (UNDDD / ...
Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Brazil Success_story_Brazil Greening a grey land Naelson Medeiros was born about 30 years ago in Sombras Grandes, a small community in the vast âgrey landâ of the Caatigna forest in north-eastern Brazil. The forest … Continue r ...
- UNDDD Success Stories – Turkey 2 (UNDDD ...
Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Turkey Success Story Turkey The Kop and Burnazdere Microcatchments in Bayburt region â Turkey Hot and short summers that are followed by cold winters are not the best preconditions for a healthy vegetation. Thus, … Continue rea ...
- UNDDD Success Stories Turkey 1 (UNDDD / UNCCD ...
Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm Turkey Success Story Saffron Turkey Flowers to combat desertification and protect biological diversity in Turkey For a long time, cotton dominated agricultural production in the Harran Plateau of Turkey, despite this crops acco ...
- UNDDD Success Stories – India 2 (UNDDD / ...
Read at : SUCCESS STORIES http://unddd.unccd.int/success-stories.htm India Success Story watershed India Adarsha Watershed in Kothapally Leads to Inward Migration Flows One of the main obstacles to combating desertification and drought is the failure to provide local communities with the knowled ...
- Harper’s Facebook police
By Montreal Simon Uh oh. Talk about poking our privacy. The bitter nerd Stephen Harper has been caught with his pants down reading our Facebook pages. And looking like a creeper. From The Vancouver Sun: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper is suddenly on the defensive for running a closed and 'u ...
- Canada’s startup scene gains traction
By Mark Evans In many ways, the sale of Radian6 was just a matter of time. As a leading player in the fast-growing social media monitoring business, Radian6 was a big target for anyone looking to quickly establish a strong foothold. So when Salesforce.com rolled in with a $326-million offer, ...
- Stephen Harper, funny guy
By Alison@Creekside In every election now, Stephen Harper's June 1997 speech to a right-wing U.S. think tank in Montreal comes up. You know the one: "Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term" "the NDP is simply the left-wing agenda to basically disintegra ...
- CBC’s Compass: Voting for Dummies
By Dave Brindle It's so damn hard following the daily romper room in the House of Commons, you know? It’s so, like, boring to form an opinion that isn’t about head-shots in hockey. And then, as if that isn’t too much to expect, you're prodded and goaded to a polling station ...
- The Pacioretty effect
By David Bitonti Hockey has been a huge part of my family for generations. When I was a kid, back in the ‘80s, every Saturday evening after my brother and I played our own minor league game, we'd all pile up in the living room to watch the Montreal Canadiens on ...
- Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny ...
Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile cabins and the plan ...
- Air powered environmentally friendly car being ...
Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’m guessing really comfortable, but they’re ...
- Deforestation – environmental & human ef ...
There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen. In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain te ...
- Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here̵ ...
Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing t ...
- Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the AAEM sa ...
- All Inclusive American made Solar Photovoltaic Kit
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Scotts Contracting wrote: We have some new all inclusive American made Clean Energy Solar Photovoltaic kits that are available 5- 7KW at $4.00/W Everything down to the wire! All you need is conduit. Convenience at its best. Kit includes: Your c ...
- Jokes …
Enjoy the Jokes I hope they make you smile as much as they did me! I can’t decide which one is my favorite!!
- Matchmaking Sessions- 12th Annual Small Bus Co ...
ONE-ON-ONE MATCHMAKING SESSIONS Form possible lucrative connections during our one-on-one business Matchmaking Sessions at the 12th Annual U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Conference & Expo in Kansas City, Missouri, May 10-12, 2011. Sign up for Matchmaking Sessions opens on April 18, 201 ...
- Nuclear Vs. Coal-
I propose we throw down the gauntlet to anyone advocating expansion of nuclear, coal, petroleum-based or other hazardous energy technologies: would you send your son or daughter to work in the coal mines or to clean up after an accident at a nuclear power plant? Would you accept the siting of su ...
- Study: Global Solar Transition Achievable in 2 ...
A new peer-reviewed scientific report published by the Institute for Policy Research & Development (IPRD) in London concludes that the world can undergo a rapid transition to a completely renewable energy infrastructure by 2030. The report argues that such a transition is necessary to respond to ...
- Iran Feature: The List of 1900 Political Prisoners
A database of political prisoners --- some detained, some released on heavy bail --- has now grown to 1900 names. Many of the files have details, and there are more than 400 photographs. � http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html
- Iran arrests militants in restive province
(Reuters) - Iran has arrested members of a rebel group in Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday, after several attacks on security forces in the restive border province in recent days. IRNA quoted an unidentified informed source as saying "about eight" Salafis -- Sun ...
- Gauguin painting in Washington DC attacked by ...
A woman who attacked a painting by Paul Gauguin hanging in the National Gallery in Washington DC said the French artist was "evil", court records show. Susan Burns pounded Two Tahitian Women and tried to rip it from a gallery wall on Friday, officials said. The 1899 painting, which depicts ...
- Buy Cable TV, Get a Free Gun: Welcome to the N ...
Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue. American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Min ...
- 13 سال نامگذاری سالها در ایران
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- The President with No Past – Part III
Obama’s Fictional Autobiography The scenario Obama lays out in Dreams from My Father about his parents’ background differs markedly from limited information available from school and other public school records. Some commentators attribute this to his embarrassment over his father’s multiple mar ...
- The President with No Past: Part II
Obama’s secrecy and evasiveness about his early life has only fueled speculation about his alleged links to the CIA. Sherman Skolnick, the late Chicago based court reformer, journalist and conspiracy buff, first raised the issue when the Russians detained Senator Obama in 2004. Any evidence Skol ...
- The President with No Past: Obama’s Ele ...
Implications of Executive Order 13489 What are the chances of a president who has all his pre-presidential records sealed winning re-election to a second term? At the moment, because of Executive Order 13489, the public and press have virtually no way to independently verify much of what Obama ...
- Wyeth Losing in Court
As I blogged previously, the National Institutes of Health Women’s Health Initiative Study (launched in 1993-95) had to be shut down in 2002, when it became clear the women in the Premarin/Prempro arm of the study were experiencing an unacceptably high rate of breast cancer, strokes, heart disea ...
- Wyeth Stocks Soar While Women Die
Six Decades of False and Misleading Marketing Estrogen, a hormone regulating the development and function of the female reproductive system, was first discovered in 1925. In the 1930s, the drug company Wyeth developed a process (viewed as barbaric by animal rights activists) to extract conjugate ...
- The Libyan Army Changes the Rules of the Game
Well, I was wrong. I’d feel stupid, but since many other people including high ranking military professionals were also wrong, I don’t feel too bad about it. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of Mr Qaddafi, and the last time I thought war was glorious was when I was ten years old, [...]
- The Libyan Uprising, a Tactical Analysis
OK, thought I’d have some fun with this looking at it purely from a tactical or wargaming perspective. I’ve done a lot of wargaming, too much really. And Libya is a classic battlefield so to speak for wargames. That’s because some classic battles were fought there during World War Two, Libya was ...
- NATO and the USA Charge Into Libya With Our Al ...
Oh my. The situation in Libya has been progressing dramatically, so on the one hand I have been loathe to write about it. Anything I write could be superseded by developments on the ground so to speak even as I type. Granted that’s always true no matter what the topic to some extent, but when [...]
- “Oh, meltdown. It’s one of those a ...
Sigh. Nuclear power. One can read opinion pieces all over the map about nuclear power, from Ann Coulter’s “radiation is good for you” to more sober analysis. Basically, if someone wants to believe this accident is no big deal, there’s plenty on the web to reinforce their beliefs. If one wants to ...
- BATTLE: LOS ANGELES, WARNING, SEEING THIS MOVI ...
A TV commercial just came on saying “Battle: Los Angeles” was the world’s number one movie. I’ve seen it. If it’s the world’s number one movie, it’s because it doesn’t have much competition. Not that it’s a bad movie. If one likes alien invasion movies, say Aliens crossed with Independence Day, ...
- How to protect your garden patch or field agai ...
Do you own a garden, a patch of land, a field where you plant, esp. for human food or animal feed? Then you should prepare against letting the radioactive fall-out from Japan into your soil, where it will remain and contaminate your plants and e.g. livestock for probably decades. Here’s the advi ...
- Politicians of all countries, recollect yourse ...
Dear politicians, there’s no alternative to forever turning our backs on nuclear energy and fast. Sure, the nuclear industry will protest vigorously and will see profits dwindle but they will survive without much problem – as opposed to many Japanese. It is but a question of time until another c ...
- Survival tips: Out of bottled water? Drinking ...
Let’s assume you went to several stores and all of them are out of bottled water – what you can do to still lower the radiotoxicity from your drinking water by a simple trick that costs nothing. Here is what you need to know and what you can do even if you can’t buy bottled [...]
- To our good and loyal subjects: After ponderin ...
… We have understood that to effect a settlement of the present situation We need to resort to an extraordinary measure. We should have ordered Our Government long ago to communicate to the people of Japan and to the world that Our Empire should not embark on a scheme of using nuclear energy for ...
- How I brought down the Nuclear Industry in my ...
The nineteen-seventies were the hey-day of nuclear power. Almost every country, big or small, super-power or developing country, thought they should build as many atomic reactors as possible. And then, all of a sudden, or so it seems, most of these ambitious projects came to a screeching halt. W ...
- Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted. The follo ...
- Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
- How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
- Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the current crisis. This ar ...
- Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...
- Contradicting Goals: Cheap Gas and Lower Carbo ...
Join the forum discussion on this post The Phenomenon of Political Contradictions Energy policy frequently highlights some glaring contradictions among lawmakers. Some politicians who have railed against our dependence on petroleum and who insist we must reduce carbon emissions turn around a ...
- Debunking Five Myths about Gas Prices
Join the forum discussion on this post An Expanded Look at Five Myths about Gas Prices This past week I had an article published in the Washington Post called Five Myths about Gas Prices. I will discuss each particular myth in detail below, but the five myths I addressed were: Fighting in ...
- Will Range Anxiety Impact Electric Car Sales?
Join the forum discussion on this post I have always liked the concept of electric cars. I could imagine a future in which fleets of electric cars are being charged by electricity from clean sources, and where the impact of peak oil won’t be especially burdensome. In a story I did last year cov ...
- Modes of Transportation
Join the forum discussion on this post Because of my interest in energy, I have a long-standing interest in different modes of transportation. One of the reasons that I am not overly pessimistic about a future in which I foresee even higher long-term oil prices is that I believe we can make a s ...
- Clarifying Misconceptions on Taxpayer-Subsidiz ...
Join the forum discussion on this post Last November, the Financial Times published an article charging that ethanol from the U.S. is collecting U.S. tax credits before being shipped to Europe, where it also qualifies for favorable tax treatment. I wrote an article about this called Taxpayer Su ...
- Brad Flickinger
Comments:Great use of podcasting in an elementary classroom. - Dean MantzTags: bradflickinger, journals, podcasts, elementary, technology, educationby: Dean Mantz
- Teach Number Patterns & Relationships Using K- ...
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- Mrs. McKay's Algebra I
Comments:Great use of Google site for classroom instruction and curriculum resources. - Dean MantzTags: algebra, mathematics, googlesites, lessonplans, projects, notes, videos, webdesign, Algebra1by: Dean Mantz
- Poetry Power - Collaboration Project
Comments:Poetry provides students with power. The power to express their feelings, their point of view, demonstrate creativity, share their hopes & dreams, provide opinions, etc. Writing poetry can prove to be very motivational for students and less intimidating for some, as it allows them the f ...
- My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Comments:"My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. You cannot go back and edit a story once you have ended it but, if you click "yes" when asked to share it with others, you can print it out ag ...
- Ocean Week on Rodale.com!
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- Jellyfish Soup? Get Used to It, Or Act Now Sav ...
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—"It's a little weird that Sam Malone is talking to you about oceans," Ted Danson told a crowd of editors at Rodale's headquarters last week on a tour promoting his new book Oceana (Rodale, 2011). And it would be weird, if not for his obvious dedication to the cause. Da ...
- Rodale.com Ocean Week Giveaway
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- Seafood Lovers, Fishermen, and All of Us Can H ...
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Large-scale disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and last year's BP oil rig explosion, remind us of the ocean's power and vulnerability. But the truth is, the world's oceans have been in crisis for decades. As one example, consider that 90% of the ...
- Save Money, Stay Healthy: Create a Nontoxic Gr ...
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Just because a store-bought green cleaner label makes claims of being natural or ecofriendly doesn't mean the contents match the message. New research presented at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting in California last week confirms that the truth about green ...
- Additional monitoring proposed for Newberry Ca ...
If you could pick as close to an anonymous volcano in the Pacific Northwest, you might be tempted to pick Newberry Caldera�in Oregon (I might also take partial credit for picking Medicine Lake in California). Newberry is a caldera volcano (and National Volcanic Monument) surrounded by smaller sc ...
- G.E. to Build Largest Solar Panel Plant
General Electric will use its massive resources to build the nation's largest solar panel plant, The New York Times reports. A company that already invests heavily in nuclear power and natural gas, G.E. wants to scale up production of solar panels and take its share of the renewable energy marke ...
- I.B.M. Stakes Claim to Cloud Computing
Many of today's cloud computing companies, like Amazon, Microsoft and Google, focus on attracting�mid-size�companies or the individual consumer with their cloud computing products. I.B.M., however, has decided to go after the big fish. By 2015, the world's largest computer company wants to bring ...
- New Orleans: America's Startup City
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, an entrepreneurial spirit rose that has given new meaning to the city of New Orleans and taken its businesses onto global success. One such success story is the Idea Village, a startup that organizes�workshops and competitions involving M.B.A. students from the ...
- Stem Cells Grow Artificial Eyeballs
"A clump of mouse embryonic stem cells can self-organize into three-dimensional structures reminiscent of the retina in the early stages of embryonic development," according to a new study published in�Nature. What was especially astounding about the research is that the cells were not manipulat ...
- Cop unleashes dog to catch suspect -- Dog atta ...
A Fort Wayne police officer unleashed his dog on some supposed crime suspect (probably a non-crime like drugs, of course) and instead of the dog attacking the supposed criminal, it went and attacked a two year old boy, allegedly leaving the boy suffe...
- Cops arrest security guard and brake her ankle ...
Despite police officers saying they have absolutely no obligation to protect the citizenry, they seem to feel mere commoners have an obligation to protect them. The NY Daily News reports: A security guard says she suffered a broken ankle after be...
- Criminal Justice Is No Job for the State
The local paper had a brief news item recently quoting Alabama's state finance director as saying 3,000 nonviolent prisoners would have to be released if the state legislature adopts the budget proposed by the new governor. "[David] Perry made the...
- Federal Agents Prevail in the War on Lawn Darts
Some folks know my penchant for the lawn darts issue. Yes, I even wrote about them. And yes, I have a few sets of the real thing stashed away. In fact, when I wrote that piece on lawn darts, I came across a website that sold parts * and what a great ...
- Is Humanitarian War the Exception?
Many people who otherwise oppose war in general terms make an exception for a so-called humanitarian war, such as the war in Libya. The idea is that this kind of war is waged for disinterested, altruistic reasons. These people are in urgent need of a...
- Inferno
The scene: a desolate, barren moonscape. Lightning bolts flash occasionally across a blackened sky. Boiling, bubbling lava pools dot the ground as far as the eye can see, sending plumes of reeking smoke into the gloom. The only sounds are … Continue reading →
- What Is Libertarianism Part II
Since I published my original short article on this subject, a number of you have asked me to make some clarifications and extensions. I thought it appropriate to deal with some of those today. Last August on this site, Dr … Continue reading →
- It’s Just A Jump To The Left
…followed by the inevitable step to the right. Am I the only one here to notice that electoral political sentiment has a certain uniformity across the Anglosphere? Centre-left and centre-right administrations tend to follow each other in the UK, the … Continue reading →
- McLurg’s Law
I wasn’t planning to comment on the Japanese earthquake, as it’s being fully covered elsewhere. But last night’s hysterical treatment of the relatively minor damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the local current affairs TV program Four … Continue reading →
- Cactoblastis
Yet another grab for power by the state over the citizen, in ways never mentioned in the constitution. Today’s story is set here in Australia, but all readers around the world take note, because if this law succeeds here, its … Continue reading →
- A year of Materials Today
I contribute materials science news and editorials to most issues of the journal Materials Today and usually bookmark each item on Sciencebase and Delicious. But, you can subscribe to the electronic edition of Elsevier journal Materials Today for free if you're in the USA. Just fill in the form ...
- Five more science stories
Sperm condensation – Protamines are small basic proteins that condense the genetic material, the DNA, in mature sperm helping to form the head of the sperm. They are rich in the amino acid arginine whose residues are distributed in a number of stretches separated by neutral amino acids. The amin ...
- A fix of five fresh science stories
Incognito – If the conscious mind – the part you consider you – is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries. (97818476 ...
- A fix of five fresh science stories
Free complete works of H.P. Lovecraft for Nook and Kindle (and Calibre) – You can now download the complete works of HP Lovecraft as an ebook for your Kindle (or if you haven't wasted your money on that device you can read it with the Calibre software for Windows, Mac and Linux. FYI: OMG, tinfoi ...
- The fraudulent invention debunkifier
Debunking crackpot and fraudulent inventions has never been easier than now thanks to the world-shattering invention of the Crackpot Flowchart(TM) from Sciencebase. Based on the 13 unlucky-for-crackpots warning signs published some time ago on ka9q.net, this handy multicoloured flow chart lets y ...
- Sense and Sustainability Study
Gibbs & Soell http://www.gibbs-soell.com/home/pulse-check/2011-gibbs-soell-sense-sustainability-study/ [GreenBiz.com] Most Fortune 1000 executives say their companies are going green, but fewer think many other companies are committed to sustainable practices and products, says a survey of consu ...
- Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other ...
Center for Global Development / by Nancy Birdsall and Benjamin Leo www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424979/ In this paper, we examine four categories of existing resource-mobilization options [and recommend which might best be used to finance global public goods. These options include] ...
- World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessme ...
Energy Information Administration, US DOE http://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/ Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to U.S. natural gas production, are also available in other world r ...
- Destination Sustainability: Reducing Greenhous ...
Commission for Environmental Cooperation http://www.cec.org/Storage/99/9783_CEC-FreightTransport-finalweb_en.pdf [Green Car Congress] Cross-border cooperation to improve environmental performance of the North American freight system is urgently needed not just to enhance environmental sustainabi ...
- Role of Fuel Carbon Intensity in Achieving 205 ...
Environmental Science & Technology (April 1, 2011) DOI: 10.1021/es1037707 / by M. Melain and K. Webster http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es1037707 [Abstract] Recent U.S. climate change policy developments include aggressive proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including cap-and-trade ...
- Lofting Aspirations: SpaceX Plans to Launch Wo ...
Come 2013, the burliest rocket in the world may belong not to NASA, Boeing or any of the other traditional heavy-hitters in the aerospace field. It will belong to a relative newcomer, if start-up spaceflight firm SpaceX has its way. [More]
- Radioactive Omission: Where Are the Anti-Radia ...
Despite the wide availability of potassium iodine to mitigate ingestion exposure to radioactive iodine in the air, food or beverages, there is still no magic medicine to give to people who have been--or will be--exposed to high levels of direct radiation. [More]
- Deteriorating Oil and Gas Wells Threaten Drink ...
A version of this story was co-published with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In the last 150 years, prospectors and energy companies have drilled as many as 12 million holes across the United States in search of oil and gas. Many of those holes were plugged after they dried up. But hundreds of ...
- Bursting MRSA's Bubble: Using Nanotech to Figh ...
Antibiotics have proved to be a valuable weapon in the fight against infection, but their popularity has also become their undoing. Although the drugs cripple harmful microbes from within, bacteria that survive such sabotage tend to develop resistance that makes them even more dangerous . To co ...
- Gateway Disorder?: Kids with ADHD Show Higher ...
One of the top worries for parents of kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the long-term consequences of this condition. "Families want to know, 'So what does this mean?'" says Alice Charach , head of the neuropsychiatry team at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. ...
- The Free Market's Regulatory Model
For the Center for a Stateless Society, I argue that a truly free market doesn't require an EPA to protect the environment, that in fact Big Business welcomes the state's regulations: And companies that are, due to the lack of competitive pressures, unwieldy in their largeness are inherently acc ...
- The Foreclosure Mess: Another Crisis of State ...
My take on the ongoing housing disaster: Where everything the banks lost was recouped through bailouts and the Fed’s consumption of bad debt with play money, the common man gets to watch his home — probably the only real wealth he had — become another corporate welfare payment. There’s nothing r ...
- Self-Determination and Ivory Coast
On the violence in�Côte d'Ivoire: Naturally it hasn�t occurred to the international consortium of criminal bands we call the UN that the people of Ivory Coast might wish to escape Africa�s arbitrary political boundaries themselves. It certainly doesn�t comport with the statist worldview that �se ...
- Syria's Old Boy Network
On events in Syria, I wrote: Whether the ties are rooted in blood or class interests, the state, everywhere and at all times, is characterized and defined by nepotism; its rules are geared to wring the rewards out of the productive and to wall in certain industries, allowing a chosen few to domi ...
- Fannie and Freddie Reform: Too Little, Too Late
In an article for the Ludwig von Mises Institute, I wrote: In a genuine free market, investors would have recognized the mortgages devoured by Fannie and Freddie for what they were, and their prices would have reflected those judgments. The assumption underpinning Fannie and Freddie's involvemen ...
- Leadership of Little Buffalo Struggle for Reco ...
On June 5th of 2009 the community of Little Buffalo, the home of the Lubicon Cree First Nation, elected a new chief and council, ousting the long standing chief and council of the community. The chief of 30 years-- Bernard Ominayak did n ...
- Fighting Chinatown Towers - By the Numbers
VANCOUVER - City Council plowed through more speakers tonight on its plan to lift height restrictions in the historic Chinatown district. This was the second Council meeting on the plan and a third has been called for Thursday. The vast majority speaking tonight were opposed to lifting the restr ...
- Sisters In Struggle Part One
An Interview with Artist and Revolutionary Faith Nolan Faith Nolan is an Artist, Revolutionary, Queer, Women of Colour originally hailing from Nova Scotia and now living and agitating in Toronto, Ont. In this interview we hear Faith talk a ...
- Will You Vote? We Want to Know
The federal election campaign is in full swing. 3 middle-aged white men (4 in Quebec) are criss-crossing the land vying for your vote, as the press scrutinizes every word, tweet, and handshake (sometimes standing behind a steel fence). ...
- Peace Arch Rally Disappointing
Rally small, lively, and rhetorical Banners and flags a-waving, between 1,200 and 1,500 trade unionists from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon�rallied for a couple of hours�Saturday (April 2) at the Canada-US border to show solidari ...
- Repent! The end is near... or maybe not
Administration officials said that nearly 800,000 federal workers would probably be told to stop working if a deal was not reached in the next two days. Small business loans would stop. Tax returns filed on paper would not be processed. Government Web sites would go dark. And federal loan guaran ...
- Freedom in America: as plain as the nose on yo ...
Severe Concomitant Esotropia David Seaton's News LinksThe most obvious things are often the hardest to see: for example, without a mirror it is impossible to see the nose on your face... unless of course you suffer from severe concomitant esotropia, in which case you hardly ...
- Libya for Dummies: the lipstick doctrine
The Lipstick DoctrineIn the Victorian age, the British once sang � �We don�t want to fight, but by Jingo if we do/ We�ve got the ships, we�ve got the men, we�ve got the money too.� The Libyan intervention feels like a last reprise of that old tune, rather than a bold statement for a new age. Gid ...
- The shooting in Tucson: the sound and the fury
A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a federal court hearing Monday on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson shooting rampage that left six people dead. - Associated PressDavid Seaton's News LinksThe obligatory ...
- Without a "Golden Voice" or a "Golden Kidney". ...
David Seaton's News LinksThe story of a homeless beggar with a "golden voice" has caught the world's imagination. The man in question, Ted Williams, is charming and witty, with suffering written all over him, and it is impossible not to wish him well.� From one moment to the next, this poor m ...
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- An Unusual Way of Detecting This Early Stage C ...
Research shows that some dogs have an uncanny ability to detect impending seizures, cancer, and even when people will die. Some examples of these extraordinary animals can be seen in the two videos above. In one new study, a Labrador retriever has been trained to detect colon cancer nearl ...
- How to Turn a $10 Treatment into a $30,000 Dru ...
A synthetic form of progesterone was given FDA approval more than half a century ago, and ever since doctors have been prescribing it for their patients with high-risk pregnancies through compounding pharmacies at about $10 per dose. But recently it was designated an "orphan drug" by the FDA, ...
- Depression is NOT a Chemical Imbalance in Your ...
This powerful video contains interviews with experts, parents and victims. It is the story of the high-income partnership between drug companies and psychiatry which has created an $80 billion profit from the peddling of psychotropic drugs to an unsuspecting public.� How did these drugs, with no ...
- The 7 Germiest Public Places
It is possible for a person to touch about 30 things in one minute from daily and normal activities. This heightens the chance of contracting and spreading germs to and from all these objects if in a public setting. But there are ways to avoid being infected by knowing the more obscure pla ...
- Amazing Liquid
Here’s what happens when you mix cornstarch, water, and science!
- Inter-American Commission orders Brazil govern ...
Indians protesting against the Belo Monte dam © Telma Monteiro/ Survival The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered the Brazilian government to suspend construction of the Belo Monte dam until the rights of the thousands of indigenous people in the area are respected. The B ...
- World Health Day: Uncontacted tribes at risk o ...
The Nukak have been decimated by diseases since contact © Gustavo Pollitis/Survival Survival has warned on the eve of World Health Day (April 7) that uncontacted tribes face massive population loss if their land is not protected. Tribes like the Amazon Indians shown in the incredible aeri ...
- Ecuador’s government under Indian attack
Crossed spears found on a path in northern Peru, in the region where oil company Perenco is working. Crossed spears are a common sign used by uncontacted Indians to warn outsiders to stay away. © Marek Wolodzko/AIDESEP Ecuador’s largest indigenous organization has launched an unprecedented ...
- Gordon Brown condemns ‘wanton destruction’ of ...
The Penan have mounted countless blockades to stop their forest being destroyed. © Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival Ex-British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has issued an urgent call to stop the âwanton destructionâ of Sarawakâs tropical rainforest, before it is too late. Writing in the Briti ...
- Cyber Greenwash – Malaysia Palm Oil on the attack
Oil palms planted on recently-deforested land, Sarawak © M Ross/ Survival Malaysia’s palm oil lobby has launched a new website to counter ‘propaganda’ about the controversial industry, which has faced strong criticism from Borneo tribes and international organizations. The new industry web ...
- Estelle Vallières, 37, suburban mom
A mother of four, Vallières lives in the South Shore town of Ste. Julie. In the 2007 Quebec general election, the Action démocratique du Québec won every single poll in every single polling station in Ste. Julie, thus establishing the suburb of 30,000 as the municipality in Quebec that most want ...
- Campaign signs: in our faces, literally
As of this particular election campaign, people - in Montreal, at least - seem to have found a whole new reason (as if one were needed) to hate campaign signs.
- Behind the posturing on Lower Churchill
You have to figure that Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe had a hard time keeping a straight face as he railed against Conservative leader Stephen Harper's promise of federal aid to develop the Lower Churchill power project in Labrador.
- Subsidies for parties, for and against
Conservative leader Stephen Harper deserves credit for announcing during this election campaign that if his party is elected with a governing majority, he will eliminate the public subsidies for national political parties that are based on the number of votes the parties earned in the preceding ...
- Make our streets safer for pedestrians
Montreal is a typical big city, densely populated, its population older than in the outlying suburbs where young families have installed themselves. And like many big-city dwellers, when Montrealers go out to get bread or buy the newspaper, they walk. This includes the nearly one in seven who ar ...
- the price of food is at the heart of this wave ...
from independent: Revolution is breaking out all over. As Gaddafi marshals his thugs and mercenaries for a last-ditch fight in Tripoli, several died as protests grew more serious in Iraq... And it's not just the Middle East. This is an African crisis: Tunisia, where it started, is an African cou ...
- mouse-pig & super-fish seek approval for human ...
from toronto sun: The federal government is refusing to say whether it is close to approving genetically modified animals for human consumption. But if they do, you may never know it. So far, groups have applied to get approval for fish that grow twice as fast as normal, and pigs with mice ...
- 2/24 binge & purge: suburban survivalists, bio ...
suburban survivalists hoarding food, water & weapons* terror threats rising as fema orders $1b in dehydrated food* monsanto shifts all liability to farmers* uk ice cream parlor launches 'baby gaga' breast milk ice cream* usda raises projection, food costs will increase 4% in '11* ...
- peace cereal illegally misleading consumers?
from cornucopia: The Cornucopia Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that Hearthside Food Solutions, which manufactures Peace Cereal, is misleading consumers by suggesting that its “natural” breakfast cereals are grown and processed without pesticides. The Peac ...
- 2/17 binge & purge: cola wars, polar bears & d ...
video: coca-cola's secret recipe finally spills out into public* cancer causing chemicals found in cola coloring ingredient* docs are wondering if diet soda & strokes are linked* farmers rushing to deposit seeds in arctic doomsday vault where it's -4°f & patrolled by polar bears* bil ...
- Militant Christianity - Evangelical Christiani ...
source: DNA India, March 27, 2011 In his explosive new book The Armies Of God: A Study In Militant Christianity, British-born, Malaysia-based academic Iain Buchanan blows the lid off a subject that most scholars and journalists tend to shy away from: the rise of US evangelism as a f ...
- Suspected religious conversion racket busted i ...
source: DNA India, Apr 4, 2011 Social welfare department officials on Sunday busted an alleged religious conversion racket in Haleyangadi gram panchayat limits in Mangalore city police limits.
- 'Religion' will be the Cause of World War III
source: Blitz weekly, February 23, 2011 by Dirgha Raj Prasai When blind people separately feel the organs and limbs of an elephant they come to varying conjectures. Similarly, the Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and Christian religions are exchanging recriminations for their own persistenc ...
- Our Public Schools Their Mission Field
source: Awaypoint, Feb 4, 2011 The Gospel has been taught freely in public schools all over the world for some time. Now children in the U.S. have that opportunity, too! from the Child Evangelism Fellowship website A fundamentalist Christian organization, Child Evangelism Fe ...
- Caste divide
source: Frontline, Feb 22, 2011 S. DORAIRAJ � � Tensions run high within the Christian community in Thachur village, and the government has adopted a hands-off approach for now. A. MURALITHARAN ...
- Saturday 20th November 2010 - Wake Up Call Con ...
Wake Up Call Edinburgh - Saturday 20th November 2010 The Wake Up Call has been developed as a platform to support those seeking to ascertain Scientific, Political and Spiritual Truth, by providing an information gateway to the Knowledge and Wisdom of the many researchers who have previously exp ...
- Manchester Truth to host BP Population Reducti ...
Rufmouth presents 1st speaker in 3 yrs! Ian R Crane, ex oil industry exec spills the beans in amazing talk ‘BP, population reduction and the end of an Age’ be there! Friends Meeting House 3.33pm start Sunday 12th September 2010. See www.IanRCrane.co.uk or contact daved@wfmradio.org for more i ...
- Heart Attacks And Drinking Hot or Warm Water
This is a very good article… Not only about the warm water with your meal, but about Heart Attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals for generations, not cold water, it is time we adopt their drinking habit especially while eating. For those who like to drink cold water, ...
- Transcendence: The True Awakening From The Matrix
- Jim Corr: March from Wood Quay Dublin to the G ...
‘I am asking that the Irish people unite, as our forefathers did, and take to the streets at 11am Saturday 27th from Wood Quay Dublin, to voice our anger and concern over the actions of our politicians and what is happening to Ireland.’ -Â Jim Corr
- The Japanese Economy Is In Much Bigger Trouble ...
Now that nearly a month has gone by since the horrific tsunami in Japan on March 11th, it is starting to become clear just how much economic damage has been done. The truth is that the Japanese economy is in much bigger trouble than most people think. This is almost certainly ...
- How To Find A Job: Just Be Willing To Flip Bur ...
Do you want to know how to find a job in America today? It's easy. Just be willing to flip burgers, wait tables or welcome people to Wal-Mart. You must also be willing to work for close to minimum wage with no health benefits. It's not that complicated. On April 19th, McDon ...
- Feeling Depressed? 27 Depressing Statistics Ab ...
If you know someone that believes that the U.S. economy is in great shape, just show that person the following statistics. But please don't show these statistics to anyone that is feeling depressed or that has just lost a job - it might push such a person over the edge. The sa ...
- Wow That Was Fast! Libyan Rebels Have Already ...
The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company. Perhaps when this conflict is over those ...
- Will Financial Problems In Portugal Cause The ...
Most Americans have no idea just how bad the financial problems over in Europe are right now. The truth is that the entire European financial system is teetering on the brink of disaster. Ireland and Greece have already received bailouts and Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and ...
- Legal action seeks to slow rush to build new n ...
A coalition of public-interest groups filed a legal challenge today with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking to halt the fast-track approval process for the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor that utilities are planning to build across the South. Filed directly with the NRC's five ...
- Latino South Rising
It's official: The South's Latino communities are the fastest-growing in the country. On March 24, the final batch of 2010 Census data was released, and the results were striking: The number of U.S. residents identifying as Hispanic rose 43 percent over the past decade, accounting for 56 perc ...
- EPA plan to raise radiation exposure limits sp ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering dramatically increasing the allowable level of radioactive contamination in water, food and soil after radiological incidents such as spills or "dirty bomb" attacks. The move preceded the nuclear disaster now unfolding in Japan in the wake ...
- Judge hands out tough sentences in post-Katrin ...
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica A federal judge last week sentenced two former New Orleans police officers for killing Henry Glover and incinerating his body during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Judge Lance Africk sentenced ex-officer David Warren to 25 years for shooting Glover with an assa ...
- VOICES: Finding King's economic promised land
Martin Luther King's final public remarks, delivered 43 years ago yesterday, are often called his darkest, because he appears to foreshadow his assassination the following day. He was in Memphis, Tenn., urging supporters of 1,300 striking sanitation workers to double-down at a critical junc ...
- Today’s Terrorism News
White House Report Suggests Pakistan Making Little Headway Against Militants A semiannual White House report to Congress suggests that Pakistan is making little progress against militants and that the country has âno clear path toward defeating the insurgency,â according to … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Four Accused 9/11 Plotters to Face Military Tribunal Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged 9/11 co-conspirators will be tried at a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Suicide Bombers Kill More Than 40 at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan A pair of suicide bombers killed more than 40 people and wounded 100 others on Sunday when they attacked an important Sufi shrine in Pakistanâs Punjab province, according to … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Scottish Prosecutors Want to Interview Koussa About Lockerbie After Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa defected to Britain late Wednesday, Scottish prosecutors have submitted a request to interview the former intelligence chief about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, according to multiple reports. ...
- Today’s Terrorism News
Canada Arrests Man on Suspicion of Plan to Join al Shabab Canadian authorities arrested a man at Torontoâs Pearson Airport on Tuesday night on suspicion that the man was headed to Somalia to join the militant group al Shabab, according … Continue reading →
- Office 2010 Movie Trailer[LOL]
If Java4Ever movie trailer made you laugh like hell, Office 2010 movie is going to make you laugh even harder. You get the central "characters" of the movie from the name itself, I suppose. Thanks you YouTube yet again. Watch the video below. Hope you enjoyed the Office 2010 movie traile ...
- Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Beta Review
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Beta 1 is released and it brings in some much needed UI(User Interface) improvements. I was impressed by the changes so much that I decided to install this beta release as my new� default operating system instead of Ubuntu 10.10. Ubuntu 11.04 Beta Review, Screensh ...
- Gmail Motion - The Future of Email is Here!
Google has done it again. When Gmail was originally introduced few years ago, it was a revelation of sorts in terms of services and space it offered, for free. Gmail Motion Beta is Google's yet another attempt at re inventing Email technology. Gmail Motion lets you control Gmail with different b ...
- First Nintendo 3DS TV Commercial for US
Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console by Nintendo, which can produce 3D effects without the need for any special glasses. Nintendo 3DS is among the early entrants into the market for devices with glassless 3D capabilities along with the likes of LG Optimus 3D smartphone. Following video is sup ...
- 9 Good CD and DVD Burning Tools for Ubuntu/Linux
There is no dearth of good CD/DVD burning tools for Ubuntu. Brasero Disc Burner comes as default in Ubuntu and it is a good enough tool with almost all functionalities you expect from a basic CD/DVD burning application. But what really are the alternatives. Here is a quick listing of very good C ...
- IRISH DOCTORS ORDERED TO RETURN SWINE FLU VACC ...
 GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy fears Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder By JEROME REILLY, Irish Independent Sunday April 03 2011 The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the Sunday Independent has l ...
- Almost every second doctor in Germany belonged ...
- 45% of doctors in Germany belonged to Nazi Party, says study - Doctors were involved in the murder of 300,000 Germans in hospitals and psychiatric institutions and in a programme of forced sterilisation of 400,000 people from 1934 onwards - Germany’s Robert Koch Institute, which promoted ...
- Boy in UK develops narcolepsy after swine flu jab
Did swine flu vaccine give boy’s sleeping sickness that causes him to lose control of his body? By Lydia Warren, Daily Mail Last updated at 12:04 AM on 2nd April 2011 He used to love nothing more than a giggle with his friends. But now five-year-old Joshua Hadfield is afraid to laugh because, si ...
- Eight people in Ireland now suffering from nar ...
Rise in sleep illness cases linked to swine-flu jab By JEROME REILLY EXCLUSIVE, Irish Independent Sunday March 27 2011 EIGHT Irish people who received the swine-flu vaccine have developed narcolepsy — the potentially devastating ailment that causes sudden daytime sleep attacks, the Sunday Indepe ...
- Elderly ‘given inappropriate drugs’
Wednesday April 06 2011, Irish Independent Seven out of 10 older people in nursing homes across Ireland are getting at least one inappropriately prescribed medicine, it has been claimed. A cross-border study showed the cost of giving elderly patients the wrong drugs is about 356 euro per person ...
- Unprecedented level of violence in Mexico?
Legalization would help with American Jobs, help our balance of trade, reduce the prison population, create state, local and federal revenue. The downside is that the Bible Belt and hypocritical assholes will be just engorged with fear and rage. Like I said, win/win.
- Toben Questions Israel’s “Wrong Be ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Fredrick Toben, a prominent German-born Australian philosopher, praised Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his key role in breaking the taboo on studying the reality of the Jewish holocaust.
- Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
Veterans! Here�s your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources We encourage you to browse our list so that you can take what you want and keep what you need�� � 1.Increasing Access: Reaching Out to Rural Veterans. Director of VA�s Office of Rural Health. Nearly 40 perce ...
- Mike Harris: OBAMA’S SECRET GUN RUNNING ...
Yet another Justification to Impeach Obama, the Usurper, and to Try and Convict Both, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder for Treason, Sedition, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Dereliction of Duty, corruption, and Accessory to Murder. By Mike Harris STAFF W ...
- ALLEN L ROLAND: Obama / The Billion Dollar Can ...
President Obama will become the first Billion dollar candidate running on a Platform of Corporate Welfare You Can Believe In ~ but the hard reality is he has no halo, no base and a raft of broken promises which no amount of money can cover up: Allen L Roland Having run over and all but [...]
- Tell Me About the Future
Nuclear power isn't safe. Oil and gas will run out — sooner, rather than later. Coal is, well, no solution either. Carbon, let's face it, is killing the planet. Realistically, we don't have much choice other than to move to renewable energy, but that move must be facilitated by government. If t ...
- What is Religion Good For?
In international comparisons, poverty is correlated with religiosity while wealth is correlated with secularism. Except in America — where as is true for so many other critical social metrics we are an extreme outlier. But just how out of sync have churches become? To find out I turned to the R ...
- Booker T. Washington
White supremacy was never a good cornerstone upon which to build a union. A pact with the devil, we're still not done dealing with its implications. For a look at how an earlier generation of Black Americans attempted to cope, I turned to Dr. Raymond W. Smock, former official historian of the U ...
- Korea, Korea
Remembering, forgetting, never knowing. Dr. Bruce Cumings, in his recently published book, The Korean War: A History, examines how willingly America intruded into Korea after the Second World War and how difficult it's been for us ever afterward to deny ourselves any real understanding of Korea ...
- The Art of the Unexpected
Useful intelligence is surprisingly difficult to produce, mostly, I think, because it doesn't lend itself to commoditization or assembly line methods. And, as Dr. David B. Kanin suggests, to be useful it must be directed by some rational, higher-level, national security purpose. David recently ...
- In Search Of The Mythical 10% Additional Borde ...
Do you live near a closing Borders store? Did you receive an e-mail last week promising 10% off in addition to rewards-card discount and liquidation markdowns? Devin did, and he and other customers were frustrated when Borders employees wouldn't give him the discount promised in the e-mail. Ex ...
- Costco Sues California Man Picketing Over Gas ...
For the past few months, a man in San Luis Obispo, CA, has been protesting his local Costco, claiming that the store's gas prices are misleading. Now the store has sued the peeved protester, alleging that he's trespassed on store property and made threatening statements. The man, a retired cli ...
- Consumerist On Bloomberg TV's Taking Stock Wit ...
It's Wednesday, which means you can catch Consumerist's own Ben Popken on "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox" tonight on Bloomberg TV, where he'll be talking about the week's biggest stories. Tune in to Bloomberg TV, or watch online at Bloomberg.com/tv, at 5:35 p.m. ET and again at 9:35 p.m. See you t ...
- 'Extreme Couponing' Is Back On TLC, And We Can ...
Consumerist readers are divided on the subject of hardcore couponing: some are dedicated practitioners, and everyone else seems to think that couponers disrupt commerce and are poisoning their families with transfats, high fructose corn syrup, and greed. Last year, TLC made a one-off documentar ...
- Best Buy Manager: We Didn't Sell You A Defecti ...
A few months ago, Consumerist reader Dave picked up a few of the "Saw" movies on Blu-Ray while shopping at his local Best Buy in Georgia. And when he finally got around to popping "Saw IV" into his player last month, it wouldn't play. So, since he still had the receipt it shouldn't have been a ...
- Development Agencies Fail to Take On Corruptio ...
Canadian Press: Darling of Development World, Stung by Corruption Problems, Says Others in Worse Shape The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – a $21.7 billion health fund backed by prominent celebrities – is responding to allegations that the fund has lost up to $34 millio ...
- Feds Subpoena Lawyer in CIA Leak Case: Whistle ...
St. Louis Beacon: Feds Take Unusual Step of Subpoenaing Sterling's Lawyer The lawyer representing Jeffrey Sterling – the former CIA officer charged with leaking national security secrets to the press – was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in order to discuss Sterling’s case. Fed ...
- Teresa Chambers Case Highlights Limitations of ...
Last week, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ordered the National Park Service to reinstate whistleblower Teresa Chambers as Chief of the U.S. Park Police, as well as to reimburse her for back pay and legal costs. Her case garnered national attention when she was removed by the Bush ...
- Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator ...
By Wikimedia user Markus Schweiss Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator Killed Whistleblower Bill? This article details how the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) – a bill that would have strengthened protections for federal employees – was killed by one senator’s d ...
- Justice Department Leakers of Classified Info. ...
Three months ago, journalist Michael Isikoff noted the disturbing "Double Standard" in White House Leak Inquiries. But now it's not just the Executive Branch. Josh Gerstein of Politico just published an article on how a judge ruled that the Justice Department can keep secret names of its own ...
- Paul Ryan’s Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and Wha ...
I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department’s 15,600 employees to go home and not return the next day. I also had to tell them I didn’t know when they’d next get a paycheck. There were two shutdowns, actually, rolling [ ...
- Malcolm X Was “Gay-for-Pay”
Rev. Irene Monroe Before any of us in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) communities laud Malcolm X as our new gay icon or castigate him for being a black heterosexist nationalist on the “down low,” we might need to closely examine the recent revelation that for a period in his l ...
- Why We Must Raise Taxes on the Rich
It’s tax time. It’s also a time when right-wing Republicans are setting the agenda for massive spending cuts that will hurt most Americans. Here’s the truth: The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more i ...
- Tax Reform: Close the Bank of America-Size Loo ...
by Tina Dupuy The ravages of the economic downturn have left a series of empty storefronts in my neighborhood. They exist as specters of a former up-and-coming enclave of local businesses. Now they’re home to hurried graffiti, the occasional panhandler and once a year to tax accountants. Yes, th ...
- The United States of Britain?
Why donât we call America the United States of Britain? It may be a separate entity to the UK, politically and geographically, but it truly carries forward the imperial spirit of the old British Empire. There was a span of 70 years â from 1776, when ‘the shot heard round the world’ was fired, to ...
- Greenpeace: witchhunters with $280m dollars to ...
Greenpeace have produced a hit job on the ANZ Bank: a (fairly) slick production designed to seriously hurt the bank’s brand name, and to make it harder for coal miners to raise funds (which ultimately makes it harder for the poorest in society to pay their electricity bills). This is why I insis ...
- Poll Wars: Lying with loaded questions
The Carbon Tax is melting down Australian politics. The spin is running wild and the falsity of “carbon pollution” (sic) preys on yet another political leader. Two polls met head to head today, one showing 59% of Australians don’t want the tax, and other saying that 72% of Australians want gover ...
- Is man-made CO2 different: 1000 years? Try 4 y ...
That CO2 you emitted last Tuesday, is it coming back next month, next year or in March 3011? Tim Flannery makes it clear that CO2 circulates o-so-slowly, circa “a thousand years”. Remember that CO2′s “greenhouse” effect occurs at speed-of-light timescales, so if the temperature is still affected ...
- Is man-made CO2 different: 1000 years? Try 4 y ...
That CO2 you emitted last Tuesday, is it coming back next month, next year or in March 3011? Tim Flannery makes it clear that CO2 circulates o-so-slowly, circa “a thousand years”. Remember that CO2′s “greenhouse” effect occurs at speed-of-light timescales, so if the temperature is still affected ...
- 40% of Australians don’t believe in man- ...
Who knew? CSIRO funded a 5,000 person poll last July and August and then sat on the results for months. Perhaps they were disappointed that only 50% of people thought humans have any role in changing the global climate? Worse, 90% of people acknowledge that the world is warming, and 40% have fig ...
- Marching in lockstep with homosexual agenda
(Robert Knight) - "We used to conform behavior to the military. Now we're conforming the military to behavior." Rep. Allen B. West, Florida Republican, belled the cat neatly during a hearing last Friday on the military's breakneck pace in implementing the new lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgend ...
- Red tape cut in health care law
(Washington Times) - Congress on Tuesday revoked the first significant parts of President Obama's health care initiative when the Senate voted overwhelmingly to eliminate a burdensome tax paperwork requirement the law imposes on businesses. Republicans called the bill "a down payment on total re ...
- Hawaii senator wonders what Obama's concealing
(WorldNetDaily) - The lone Republican in the Hawaii State Senate was interviewed on the radio this morning, explaining that while he believes Barack Obama was born in the Aloha State, he questions what might be on the original, long-form birth certificate that would prompt the president to go to ...
- Parody gets more views than real Obama launch
(Politico) - The National Republican Senatorial Committee's parody of Obama's 2012 campaign, released Friday, now has 665,000 views on YouTube. Obama's real launch video, released yesterday: Just 168,000...
- Is this the first-ever portrait of Jesus?
(London Daily Mail) - The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave in the Holy Land, the fine detail is difficult to determine. But in a certain light it is not difficult to interpret the marks around the figure's ...
- Our Over-Dependence on GPS...and Why That's Bad
Remember when you had to get directions prior to going somewhere? You'd call and ask the person you were visiting, jot them down and pay close attention the entire trip. And because of that close attention to detail, you'd ultimately remember how to get there from then on out. And over time, we ...
- Truth Offering Podcast with Matt Gordon - Jan. ...
Here's our second Podcast, this week featuring TruthOffering.com's Matt Gordon and friend of the show/talented musician, Chris Phenom. Chris teamed up with his producer, Robert Maxwell, and created the brand-new theme song for the TruthOffering.com podcast! I think you guys will appreciate, not ...
- Truth Offering Podcast w/ Matt Gordon - Dec. 1 ...
Check out our first Podcast featuring TruthOffering.com's Matt Gordon. Topics range from WikiLeaks and Internet censorship, to food freedom and the Federal Reserve. Being that it's our first Podcast, it's a work-in-progress. So, please leave any and all feedback. Thanks...and enjoy: �
- A Nation of Cowardly, Morally-Bankrupt Sheep
Sheep are led to slaughter. They are controlled from birth to death. They are oppressed. And once they are controlled, they will never again be free. WE are a nation of SHEEP! Note: this isn't for the faint of heart. I'm frustrated! Why!? Because I care. I care deeply; about this country; about ...
- The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - ...
- Tsunami Underestimation – When Will We L ...
The reason behind the whole Japanese tsunami nuclear disaster is simple – they doubted a tsunami could be that big. Doomsday researchers know that in the distant past tsunamis have been as high as half a mile, yet the Japanese even chose to ignore relatively recent records: In postulating the ma ...
- Chandra Wickramasinghe Dismissed
This totally sucks. Chandra Wickramasinghe is a superstar astronomer (in my opinion) and will most likely be acknowledged (one day) as the most progressive comet researcher of his era. He has given us the concept of dark comets, and greatly helped publicize the study of panspermia, which he co ...
- New 2012 Doco / 2012 Robot Film
According to CNBC (USA): “APOCALYPSE 2012″ will premiere on Thursday, April 7th at 9pm. The documentary will repeat that evening at 10pm, 12am and 1am. Meanwhile, here’s a robot 2012 short film: Don’t Kill Me, Now from Mike Metcalf on Vimeo. Related posts:New 2012 Social Network Great Pyramid Ai ...
- UPDATE: Zahi Hawass Quits?
UPDATE: Mar 30 2011: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed the head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Zahi Hawass, as the new Minister of State for Antiquities. On his blog, Dr Zahi Hawass explains why he has resigned from his position of Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. Whi ...
- Clif High on 2012
Clif High, of Web Bot fame, has written an article on 2012. Specifically he discusses the theories and predictions of Patrick Geryl, and gives us his own take on what will happen to our “expando” planet. Here’s some snippets: So, in the Expando Planet model, the continuous stream of energy from ...
- Legal action seeks to slow rush to build new n ...
A coalition of public-interest groups filed a legal challenge today with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking to halt the fast-track approval process for the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor that utilities are planning to build across the South. Filed directly with the NRC's five ...
- Latino South Rising
It's official: The South's Latino communities are the fastest-growing in the country. On March 24, the final batch of 2010 Census data was released, and the results were striking: The number of U.S. residents identifying as Hispanic rose 43 percent over the past decade, accounting for 56 perc ...
- EPA plan to raise radiation exposure limits sp ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering dramatically increasing the allowable level of radioactive contamination in water, food and soil after radiological incidents such as spills or "dirty bomb" attacks. The move preceded the nuclear disaster now unfolding in Japan in the wake ...
- Judge hands out tough sentences in post-Katrin ...
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica A federal judge last week sentenced two former New Orleans police officers for killing Henry Glover and incinerating his body during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Judge Lance Africk sentenced ex-officer David Warren to 25 years for shooting Glover with an assa ...
- VOICES: Finding King's economic promised land
Martin Luther King's final public remarks, delivered 43 years ago yesterday, are often called his darkest, because he appears to foreshadow his assassination the following day. He was in Memphis, Tenn., urging supporters of 1,300 striking sanitation workers to double-down at a critical junc ...
- Libya: Distractions and Diversions
“This is pure hypocrisy and demagogy, they are already giving weapons to the rebels, and not only that: they are interfering in the struggle of the Libyan people,” he said, adding that âthis action is against international law and the United Nations Charter.â– Miguel D’Escoto One thing should su ...
- A New Protest Movement in Afghanistan
The events of April 1-2, 2011 in Afghanistan suggest that new trends are emerging in Afghan society. We believe they will grew stronger in the near future and influence the formation of a new Afghan political reality. New active protest movements are making themselves heard, and official Kabul h ...
- Gaddafi’s African “Mercenary” Story is a Disin ...
Experts on Africa who have traveled extensively in Libya contend that the stories emanating from the Western media that portray Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi, as engaging the services of black mercenaries from Sahara and sub-Sahara Africa is a disinformation ploy by the CIA to stoke racist fer ...
- Sarkozy’s Libyan Odyssey
By Vitaly Bilan (Russia) A Parisian dove French President Nicolas Sarkozy never tires of repeating that it should be the Libyans themselves who decide Moammar Gadhafi’s political fate in Libya, not the international coalition. “Libya’s future and Libya’s political choice, including what they dec ...
- ”Days of Anger”: New Era of Revolu ...
By Yuri Gavrichenko (Russia) This year started with a wave of social uprising in Maghrib, which later spread to the most part of the Arab North Africa and the Middle East. Though historical significance of these events will become clear only with time, now we still can make some conclusions and ...
- Gourmet Live and BlogHer Road Trip, Austin Rec ...
March 16AUSTIN July 27SAN DIEGO April 27ATLANTA August 31CHICAGO May 25SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 28NEW YORK June 29WASHINGTON DC � Austin recipe Barbecued Pork Burgers with Slaw By Alexis Touchet, Gourmet Photo by Romulo Yanes / Gourmet Serves 4 Active time:30 min Start to finish: 30 ...
- The Robert Morris University Dancers ... in St ...
I should not be offended because I'm not "that type" of crazy person. I mean, it's okay to make fun of lunatics in straight jackets who are locked up psychiatric wards because it's not like they are people like me, the not �as crazy," crazy person. I shouldn't be offended by their gyrations on t ...
- Tips for Adjusting to Stay-at-Home Motherhood
Here you are, a new stay-at-home mom! Has the job knocked you on your rear end yet? No, no, I’m joking! (Uh, sort of.) Stay-at-home motherhood is a rewarding, fulfilling -- even fun! -- job. But initial adjustment to stay-at-home motherhood can be really hard. It’s not often discussed at playgro ...
- The Value of Women's Work Can Change the Workplace
Any idea when this statement was made? OK, a clue: I recently ran across it while reading a speech given by Harriot Stanton Blatch at a suffragist convention–in 1898. There has been a marked change in the estimate of [women's] position as wealth producers. We have never been “supported” ...
- The BlogHer Community Picks Its Favorite Reali ...
Section Editor Dashboard Section Editor Topic:� Entertainment In March 2011, the BlogHer community was invited to select favorite reality television programs on the BlogHer.com weekly research poll. There were 9 choices for televisio ...
- Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
- Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
- Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
- “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
- Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...
- McAteer proposes reforms based on UBB probe
Special investigator Davitt McAteer is revealing some preliminary recommendations based on his investigation at the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, as part of a discussion on the disaster at Wheeling Jesuit University’s International Mining Health and Safety Symposium. These are proposals the M ...
- Is OMB review of EPA water quality guidance legal?
We reported earlier this week that the Obama administration was going to run its EPA guidance on water pollution from mountaintop removal operations through the White House Office of Management and Budget for its approval. But is this maneuver, which is sure to delay the guidance being finalize ...
- Sen. Rockefeller loses again on EPA bill
The U.S. Senate just voted down — by a count of 88-12 — the latest effort by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to delay any EPA action to deal with global warming. Sen. Rockefeller’s office issued this statement just before the vote: Iâm convinced that my approach to stopping the EPA in its tracks ...
- Is the criminal probe of Massey Energy and the ...
Mine helmets and painted crosses sit at the entrance to Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Montcoal, W.Va. The memorial represents the 29 coal miners who were killed in an explosion at the mine one year ago today. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) There was a line in Rep ...
- MSHA, Massey Energy both no shows for panel di ...
The agenda for a Friday morning panel on the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster at Wheeling Jesuit University’s 4th International Mining Health & Safety Symposium here in Charleston. First, the organizers had invited officials from state and federal investigation teams, the United Mine Workers, and ...
- Alone in the Wilderness
via youtube.com This dude is living the Walden way. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsThis Dude is MetalSwords vs. ShadowsJan-Ove Waldner ServesAnd Now I Give You TechnovikingThe China QuestionEuler’s DiskThe Parrot AR.Drone
- Good and Bad Procrastination | Paul Graham
think the way to “solve” the problem of procrastination is to let delight pull you instead of making a to-do list push you. Work on an ambitious project you really enjoy, and sail as close to the wind as you can, and you’ll leave the right things undone. via paulgraham.com Read the whole thing. ...
- Structured Procrastination
Structured procrastination means shaping the structure of the tasks one has to do in a way that exploits this fact. The list of tasks one has in mind will be ordered by importance. Tasks that seem most urgent and important are on top. But there are also worthwhile tasks to perform lower down on ...
- Another Mass SQLi Attack
In this case, the injected SQL is simply updating text fields within the database, to make them include an extra fragment of HTML. This HTML in turn loads a JavaScript from a remote server, typically “http://lizamoon.com/ur.php” or more recently, “http://alisa-carter.com/ur.php.” Both domain nam ...
- The Captain America Trailer
via youtube.com I’m not a Captain America fan, but this looks like another excellent comic book remake. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsSwords vs. ShadowsEuler’s DiskThe GiftJan-Ove Waldner ServesAndrei Arlovski “This is Sparta” KickThe Strange Powers of the Pla ...
- Political Policing, UKUncut and 26 March
Last Saturday the police charged 138 people for peacefully occupying Fortnum and Masons with aggravated trespass. Most were kept for over 24 hours, had their clothing and phones seized, and were given bail conditions preventing them attending the royal wedding or Mayday. Many commentators have c ...
- Violence at TUC demo – EK 148
The following text is taken from Freedom VIOLENCE AT TUC DEMO Published March 27, 2011 Violent thug who seriously injured a girl at yesterday’s protest Freedom exposes one of the known hardcore troublemakers intent on violence at the March 26th demo. Police went on the rampage yesterday as they ...
- Serious violence by police at protest party.
Forget what the mainstream media are saying about the black block, the most serious violence yesterday was probably the attack by police on partying crowd that was gathered in Trafalgar square. Senior police officers had warned in the run up to the March 26 protests that any occupation of Trafal ...
- Surveillance policing and the TUC march
On the eve of what will probably be the biggest demonstration seen in the UK for many years, it is probably a good time to give a little blog space over to looking at the role of Forward Intelligence Teams and the various intelligence gathering strategies that will operate on such massive events ...
- Top Ten Nasty FIT cops – Nos 1&2 Discombe and ...
Unlike many FIT cops, who only take on FIT duties at major events, these two are full time intelligence officers for CO11, the public order unit of the Metropolitan police. For this reason alone they warrant being top of the table. Discombe and Cowlin lead and direct FIT teams, making sure they ...
- Gay Republican For President?
Gay Republican Beats Romney In New Hampshire GOP Presidential Primary Straw Poll | Daily Kos The first candidate to file Federal Election Commission paperwork for the GOP Presidential nomination, Fred Karger, has taken another first and this time it’s in a vote. Karger came in first the St. Anse ...
- Beck’s Leaving Fox News
Beck Out At Fox. What It Means. | Firedoglake Today Fox and Glenn Beck’s production company said that Beck, “will be transitioning off his daily Fox News program.” I’m very happy to hear this (don’t let Bones see me smiling). Beck and Fox are trying to spin this as some kind of “moving on to [...]
- Hippie Parties Have Cops Worried
Hippie parties worrying cops | The West Australian Police are concerned about an increase in dangerous “hippie” parties in bush where revellers aged from their teens into their 50s binge on drugs. Boddington officer in charge Sgt Mick Sears said a bush party in Bannister at the weekend at which ...
- National security: When secrecy is a weapon
By Jameel Jaffer OP-ED | LA Times - U.S. officials hurt our democracy by withholding information from the courts but then disclosing it to the public whenever it suits their needs. In a recent interview with Newsweek magazine, former CIA lawyer John Rizzo spoke with surprising candor about the C ...
- Maine Governor Paul LePage Has To Pay For Mura ...
Department Of Labor steps into battle over Maine mural | Politico The U.S. Department of Labor wants its money back if Maine Gov. Paul LePage won’t return the mural it funded to the state’s Labor Department headquarters. The federal government provided part of a $60,000 grant to pay for the crea ...
- Portugal's bailout: panic is suddenly gone
José Sócrates, an obnoxiously politically correct leader of Portugal with a somewhat arrogant surname, has changed his mind. His country needs a bailout, after all. The European Union, led by an equally Portuguese José Manuel Barroso and similar chaps, is reacting in a typical ...
- The Jewish Community of Prague
I have just returned from the Jewish Community Prague where I gave a talk show, or participated in a discussion with the members. It was a pleasant experience. The audience had a genuine interest in physics or at least philosophy etc. And I was happily surprised that the community was ...
- 2011 MIT feminist women's status report
The Daily Beast has pointed out that after a decade, an MIT committee has released a brand new report on the status of women at the technological institute: A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, 2011The key person behind similar document ...
- Fermilab: CDF "new force" press conference tonight
A new Z' gauge boson near 144 GeV is the most straightforward interpretation of a new bump if it is real Tonight, at 11 p.m. Central European Summer Time or 2 p.m. Californian Daylight Saving Time, there will be a press conference at the Fermilab: Invariant Mass Distribution of ...
- Dan Gardner: Future Babble
Dan Gardner's latest book, Future Babble, was just released in the U.S.: click to buy via amazon.com. It's a whole book about the self-described experts who predict the future and who are almost always wrong - and about the irrationalities and biases that allow these "experts" to maint ...
- Al Qaeda: Pawns of CIA Insurrection from Libya ...
Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net April 3, 2011 After two weeks of imperialist attack, Libya is being mangled by al Qaeda terrorists, civil war, NATO air raids, cruise missiles, Predator drones, and C-130 gunships – all made possible by the CIA-backed al Qaeda rebels of Cyrenaica. US, Briti ...
- خبير أمريكي: ما يجري في ليبيا والعالم العربي م ...
Webster G. Tarpley TARPLEY.net April 1, 2011 English Translation: U.S. Expert: What is happening in the Middle East is pre-planned Tarpley interviewed on Russia Today’s Arabic division http://arabic.rt.com/prg_hadis/66675/video/
- Tarpley on Alex Jones Show: Bush and Cheney us ...
Webster G. Tarpley on The Alex Jones Show Infowars March 31, 2011 download file
- The Libya Rebels: A CIA Secret Army of al Qaed ...
Webster G. Tarpley TARPLEY.net March 30, 2011
- Italiano
English Deutsch Français Italiano Other I ribelli libici della CIA sono gli stessi terroristi che hanno ucciso truppe statunitensi e truppe NATO in Iraq Uno studio di West Point mostra che lâarea di Bengasi, Derna e Tobruk era i leader mondiali nel reclutamento dei bombaroli kamikaze di al ...
- Rural Retreat Location in Oregon?
For those that are at a stage of life where you may be considering to move out of the big city or metro area, here is some simple logic that may help in the decision process while trying to find that ‘right’ location. In this example, I’ve arbitrarily chosen the state of Oregon, and plan [...]
- When the Dollar is no longer a Reserve Currency
I believe the U.S. is in the midst of a major currency collapse, and a huge change in our normal way of life. The following is a list of notes that I wrote, as well as statements credited to Stansberry Research as I watched a promotional video that they recently made. Although they were trying [...]
- The EPA may Kill You with Radiation
A very harsh headline, I know. But their current proposed actions will translate to that reality in the longer run. The EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, an agency who’s supposed reason for being is to protect the environment and the people that live within it, are trying to pull a fast ...
- Break in those new Boots
I just read a post over at The Apartment Prepper’s Blog, Breaking in your Walk out of the City Shoes, and it reminded me of something important that I need to do. That is, break in my new hiking boots. During the winter I had bought a nice pair online to replace my old worn [...]
- Heirloom Tomato Seeds, Preserved
Tomatoes are extremely popular in backyard gardens, but unfortunately they are dominated by commercial F1 Hybrids which are bred for industry and economy – high density, thick skinned for mechanical harvesting, to name a few. Heirloom tomatoes can be bred true from seed and are living legacies. ...
- Shoot 'Em Up, Biblical Style: West Bank Settle ...
Israeli settlers on the West Bank have discovered a new way of getting their message across: Violent shoot 'em ups based on the Six Day War and Biblical history.Israeli settlers in the West Bank have stumbled on a new way to get their message across: computer games. An advocacy group for religio ...
- iFive: Twitter's Growth, YouTube Gets "Channel ...
1. Darling of the social media scene Twitter just revealed some stats for its recent performance, and they're pretty eye-popping: Over the first quarter of 2011 Twitter's tweet-per-day count grew 41% globally, and 38% in the U.S. Meanwhile from December to March there was a 52% increase in month ...
- World Health Day
We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't. After presumably running down the list of big-name global health issues like malaria, AIDS, obesity, and childhood mortality, the World Health Organi ...
- Microsoft, Toyota Announce $12 Million Partner ...
Smartphones, MP3 players, tablets, laptops, netbooks--modern consumers never leave the house without more electronics than Robocop. We're addicted to using and spending money on mobile devices, which might explain why automakers lately can't stop trying to capture some of that trillion-dollar ...
- What It's Like To Fly Alongside a Virgin Galac ...
[video_twistage 1] Don't have the $250,000 to secure a spot on one of Virgin Galactic's maiden joyrides into space next year? Here's a look at what you're missing. We flew�in a regular Virgin Air plane over San Francisco right�next to WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo this week. After a short ...
- Essential Readings: Counterinsurgency
[Editors' Note: This is the�second in a series of "Essential Readings,"� in which we ask contributors to choose a list of must-read books, articles, and new media sources on a variety of topics. These are not meant to be comprehensive lists, but rather starting points for readers who�w ...
- Interview with Juliano Mer Khamis (2005)
This is an interview I conducted with Juliano Mer Khamis about his remarkable documentary, Arna's Children, in 2005. It was aired on "Voices of the Middle East and North Africa" on KPFA Radio in Berkeley, California.
- What Wasn't Said at Senator Durbin's Hearing o ...
Senator Dick Durbin, the senior Democrat from Illinois, held a historic hearing last week on “The State of Muslim Civil Rights in the U.S.” The hearing, called by Durbin as the Chair of the Senate’s new Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, took place on March ...
- النقابات العمالية في مصر بين الحزب الوطني والإ ...
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- What Wasn't Said at Senator Durbin’s Hearing o ...
Senator Dick Durbin, the senior Democrat from Illinois, held a historic hearing last week on “The State of Muslim Civil Rights in the U.S.” The hearing, called by Durbin as the Chair of the Senate’s new Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, took place on March ...
- @ AdAgeDigital: Twitter's Bain: Twitter Beats ...
David Kaplan / paidContent: @ AdAgeDigital: Twitter's Bain: Twitter Beats Facebook In Driving Purchases — Six months after Adam Bain was hired by Twitter from News Corp.'s Fox Audience Network, the microblog's president of revenue offered the audience Ad Age Digital conference a little bit o ...
- Source: Matt Lauer Leaving the 'Today' Show (E ...
ETonline: Source: Matt Lauer Leaving the ‘Today’ Show — As headlines have Meredith Vieira leaving the “Today” show, a source tells ET and The Insider that Matt Lauer has notified his NBC bosses that he will be resigning from the “Today” show when his contract expires on December 31, 2012.
- AOL's Huffington Overhauls Online Brands Movie ...
Anne Thompson / Thompson on Hollywood: AOL's Huffington Overhauls Online Brands Moviefone and Cinematical: Moviefone's Chui Loses Job — Online movie brands Moviefone and Cinematical are caught in the chaos brought on by new AOL media mogul Arianna Huffington and her new editorial lieutenant, ...
- Cable TV Tunes In Apps (Nat Worden/Wall Street ...
Nat Worden / Wall Street Journal: Cable TV Tunes In Apps — Executives Look to Tablets to Bolster Audience as More Viewers Turn to Web — A group of high-ranking cable television executives met with Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley last April to discuss how to make mor ...
- Exclusive: YouTube's Tom Pickett and Lance Pod ...
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV: Exclusive: YouTube's Tom Pickett and Lance Podell on YT's Fast Expanding Creator Network — With the acquisition of Next New Networks, YouTube aims to expand its legion of independent content creator by many thousands, creating both short and long form programming in va ...
- Cricket diplomacy part of Mammohan Singh' ...
Union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur today said that 'Cricket Diplomacy' was part of an agenda set by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to build confidence between India and Pakistan. "We...
- Spam, spam, spam: Twitter's arms race
Del Harvey's 'Trust and Safety' team is tasked with stopping spam on Twitter. Is she fighting a losing battle? Dealing with Twitter spam occupies seven people full-time, plus the services of two engineers. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Biz Stone and Ev Williams discovered pretty qu ...
- Heidi Montag signs new reality TV deal
HEAVILY-surgically enhanced Heidi Montag, who rose to fame after having 10 cosmetic operations in one day, has a new TV reality show. The 24-year-old Montag, who...
- PEP URGES BARCA CAUTION
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has warned "this isn't over" despite seeing his side build a 5-1 first leg lead in their Champions League quarter-final tie against Shakhtar Donetsk. Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Seydou Keita and Xavi were the goalscorers for Barca while Shakhtar's ...
- Women should stick together - Reese
Reese Witherspoon thinks actresses aren’t supportive enough of one another. The ‘Water for Elephants’ star – who recently married Hollywood agent Jim Toth - can’t understand why women have to be so competitive and hates the way people are judged on the way they look. She said: “When...
- Living with ghosts.
This is going to be a tough post and Iâm a bit afraid. Itâs personal and important and I really want to get it right for a lot of reasons. Itâs about the crap times of a life. A lot of us go through times in our lives which are difficult or simply horrible and … Read more
- Words, ideas, primary sources, history and a b ...
I write and I read books. Either of those activities will inevitable lead you to think about the nature of the written word. Up until quite recently, it was the only way your thoughts and ideas could survive your death without any sort of distortion. Nobody was half-remembering, interpreting wha ...
- Line of Descent Chapter 23
Chapter 23 Drayton lay prone, squeezed between the other two men at the northern post. In front of them, the lawn stretched out in the moonlight to the treeline. Nothing moved or made a noise, not even his companions whose breathing had become almost inaudible. The moonlight turned the carefully ...
- Internet security 2 : There’s a lot more going ...
In a previous article here, I gave some information about what basic precautions you should take in order to enjoy the web safely. Iâd like to drop down to a slightly lower level and tell you a few more simple things you can do to make surfing the web a lot safer. They wonât be technical … Read ...
- Some thoughts on fanatics and how to fight them.
Iâve always liked Churchillâs definition of a fanatic. âA fanatic is one who canât change his mind and wonât change the subject.â Once you get past the witty aspect of the definition, thereâs a deep truth in it too. They simply canât change their mind. Iâve seen a lot of debates in the blogosphe ...
- The best video export options
How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
- Video Resources updated
The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching video in ...
- Flash Journalism updates
I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
- New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less versatile in several w ...
- Convert WMA files with Switch
Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we can edit them ...
- Family, Supporters, Rally to Bring Justice for ...
By Ada McMahonReposted from Bridge The Gulf Last Saturday in Lucedale, Mississippi, supporters and family of Billey Joe Johnson Jr. called for an end to the “Jim Crow ‘justice’” that left this young black man dead in the hands of the local police department. One December morning in ...
- New Orleans Black Men & Boys Initiative Hosts ...
From our friends at Moving Forward Gulf Coast: Please join the NOLA Black Men & Boys Initiative, Miller McCoy Academy and Washington/Koen Media in presenting the "Beyond the Bricks" film screening and Town Hall event on April 9th @ Miller McCoy Academy from 11am-3pm. The event is free. Refres ...
- Activists Harassed During Vigil at OPP
From our friends at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice: Community Condemns Intimidation of Community Leaders During Prayer Vigil Demand to Gusman: Guarantee Sheriff’s officers will not retaliate against Day Laborers Exercising their First Amendment Rights. Today, members of the ...
- Critics Say Times-Picayune Website Amplifies D ...
New Orleans-based writer and attorney Billy Sothern started a blog last month called NO Comment that highlights the often offensive comments found on nola.com, the online home of the Times-Picayune. NO Comment's mission says, This is a blog to highlight and discuss offensive, irresponsible, and ...
- Mississippi Activists Plan Rally Against Polic ...
The announcement below is adapted from information from our friends at Justice For Billey Joe Johnson, Jr., and Color Of Change: This weekend, activists in George County, Mississippi, will be hosting two days of action to demand justice for Billey Joe Johnson, Jr. and all other victims of polic ...
- Being T.E. Lawrence
by Joseph Bottum He was the best of England and the worst. A wastrel, in many ways, and a triumph, in others. A hero and a clown. A scholar and a soldier. A sophisticate and a naïf. A child and a grown-up. He was an adolescent, all in all: perhaps the greatest lifelong teenager the … Read more
- Free-Market Solutions for Overweight Americans
By MATT RIDLEY Leo Acadia Sometimes we find it easy to identify a problem and impossible to think of a solution. Obesity is a good example. Almost everybody agrees that it is a growing burden on health systems and that it requires urgent attention from policy makers. But almost everybody also ag ...
- Death Anxiety Shapes Views on Evolution
New research suggests people reject evolutionary theory because, as a way to think about life and death, it doesnât provide the emotional solace we seek. By Tom Jacobs Researchers find that people reject the theory of evolution because it doesn’t provide a sense of meaning in the face of absolut ...
- “The sleeping giant of philanthropy”
How artist-endowed foundations are growing in number and financial strength By András Szántó Solid foundations: (left to right) Joan Mitchell, Keith Haring and Willem de Kooning The economic crunch notwithstanding, artists today are more prosperous than ever. For those who are successful, aff ...
- China’s new Age of Enlightenment
National Museum in Beijing looks to 18th-century Europe for its grand reopening By András Szántó Seeing the light: the National Museum of China reopened last month after a four-year renovation Imagine you are a rising global superpower of 1.3bn people. You have spent three decades ramping up ...
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FROM SIR CHRIS LLEWELLYN SMITH FRS, CHAIR OF THE GLOBAL SCIENCE REPORT ADVISORY GROUP Global issues such as climate change, potential pandemics, bio-diversity, and food, water and energy security need global approaches. Science has a crucial role to play in measuring and predicting impacts, ide ...
- Diversity, Distribution and Development throug ...
Professor Melissa Leach, ESRC STEPS Centre The Royal Society’s new report ‘Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st Century’ shows how much and how fast patterns of science and knowledge production are changing. New players, both expected and unexpected, are e ...
- Gr8 expectations
FROM TRACEY ELLIOT, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL I am just back from the annual meeting of the G8+5 science academies, hosted spectacularly this year by the Académie des Sciences in Paris. We meet with our G8 counterparts as well as China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico every year to collective ...
- The legacy of Phineas Gage
FROM SARAH MEE, POLICY ADVISER This rather macabre illustration is of the skull of Phineas Gage, an American railroad construction foreman. In 1845 he was the victim of an explosion that caused a three foot long iron rod to pass through his left cheek and out of the top of his skull. Remarkably, ...
- An Agrarian Renaissance?
FROM DINO MCMAHON IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On Tuesday 15 February, I went along to the launch of the all-party parliamentary group on Agroecology. Agroecology is the science of sustainable agriculture. It studies the interaction between plants, animals, humans and the environment. an incr ...
- Parliamentary Law Bars Harper From Re-Election
By: PAUL W KINCAID March 28, 2011 – 7:27 am Canada Elections Act CANDIDATES â Qualifications http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=loi%2Ffel%2Fcea&document=part06&lang=e Ineligible candidates 65. The following persons are not eligible to be a candidate: (b) a person who is dis-ent ...
- Canada-U.S. Deep Integration Agenda Continues ...
"The Conservative government has maintained that a security perimeter with the U.S. will not impact on sovereignty"
- Harper Cronies Intentionally Misleading Canadians
"Now we've learned that the F-35 stealth fighter deal is connected to Harper's plan to build a security perimeter around Canada and the United States- a Fortress North America!"
- Expanding U.S.-Mexico Economic and Security Co ...
Obama also announced, “we finally have found a clear path to resolving the dispute over trucking between our two countries.” He added, “I look forward to consulting with Congress and moving forward in a way that strengthens the safety of cross-border trucking, lifts tariffs on billions of dollar ...
- Canadian Swan Song
Far too few Canadians noticed the non-sequitur of Emperor Harperius, as first he boasted loudly of how our (sovereign) banking regulations had saved us from the ravages of the global financial debacle of 2009, and then handed our banking sovereignty, and the right to keep those same regulations, ...
- New fluorescent light surface may kill MRSA
WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University of New Mexico are working on a new type of antimicrobial surface which, equipped with fluorescent lights, would be able to fight off prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. The new polymer-type material, “conjugated ...
- It?s official! Booze impairs decision-making
WASHINGTON - It is well known that alcohol alters behaviour, but surprisingly it is not well studied at the brain level. However, a new research shows that certain areas in the brain associated with error processing are significantly affected by the effects of alcohol. According to Beth Anders ...
- Kanye West ?contemplated suicide?
LONDON - American rap star Kanye West has confessed that there were times when he considered killing himself.There were times that I contemplated suicide,” the Sun quoted him as saying. However, soon he vowed that he would not give up on life again. “There are so many people that will never g ...
- Anorexia nervosa ?causes potentially serious e ...
WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder, causes potentially serious eye damage. In developed countries, anorexia nervosa affects up to 3% of affluent women. Although the condition also increasingly affects men, around 10 women will be affected for every ...
- Kristen Stewart ?offered stripper job?
LONDON - ‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart has revealed that she was offered a job as a stripper while she was trying to get accustomed to her role in a new movie. The 20-year-old star made a trip to a strip club accompanied by the director of her latest film ‘Welcome to the Riley’s’. Stewart, ...
- Duelling carbon tax rallies in Sydney - 2nd Ap ...
Hereward Fenton reports on pro and anti carbon tax rallies held in Sydney on 2 April 2011. Some observations about the events: the anti-carbon tax protest was composed of a wide demographic in terms of age, education and occupation, whereas the pro carbon tax group appeared to be mainly co ...
- Goldstone’s shameful U-turn
Judge Richard Goldstone in the Gaza Strip, June 2009. (UN Photo) "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone report would have been a different document." Thus opens Judge Richard Goldstone's much-discussed op-ed in The Washington Post. I have a strong feeling that the editor might ...
- The 9/11 truth movement needs leaders
The 9/11 truth movement in Australia desperately needs YOUR help. We need YOU to take charge, step up and LEAD. The truth is, while a handful have exhausted both their energy and finances, thousands of others have just looked on and done NOTHING to help us. If you are one of those people, th ...
- Scott Grainger, fire protection engineer, blow ...
This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary: "9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out" - AE911truth.org
- The people say NO to the Carbon Tax!
Today I welcome to the show Luke Jenkins, organiser of the Sydney No Carbon Tax Rally, to be held in Hyde Park on Saturday 2nd April 2011. Luke explains why he became an activist in the campaign, and we cover some of the key questions and controversies within the topic of anthropogenic climate ...
- Washington State Passes Shark Fin Trade Ban
Great news from the Evergreen State: Washington State’s legislature has passed a bill banning the illegal trade of shark fins, an extraordinary step toward shark conservation on the U.S. Pacific coast. The legislation now goes to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. While shark finnin ...
- Christie’s Green Auction Raises $1.4 Million ( ...
The Runway to Green fashion show. Photos © Oceana/John Dee Last Tuesday evening, the live component of Christie’s Green Auction raised $1.4 million to benefit four environmental organizations: Oceana, Conservation International, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and The Central Park ...
- Oceana Proposes a Canary Islands MPA
Last week, in a culmination of several years of work, our European colleagues presented a proposal to protect 15% of the marine area around Spain’s Canary Islands. If the proposal is accepted, it would multiply the current protected area by 100. Here’s the back story: In 2009 the Oceana Ranger, ...
- Chilean Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Oceana
The good news just keep coming in Chile. Yesterday the Chilean Supreme Court ruled against a lawsuit filed by the laboratory Veterquímica to prevent the Livestock and Agriculture Bureau (SAG) from disclosing information to Oceana. The case began in 2009, when Oceana submitted a Freedom of Infor ...
- Where Are They Now?: The Shark Finatics
A member of the Shark Finatics. As you know, we are now accepting nominations for our third annual Ocean Heroes Contest. Throughout the nomination period, which ends April 27th, I’ll be featuring a few of the past winners and finalists to get you inspired. First up, the 2010 Junior Ocean He ...
- Obama’s ‘Are You In?’ Question
Democrats are less liberal than Republicans are conservative because there are fewer self-identified liberals in America. Democrats rely more on the votes of moderates, and so they can’t afford to be as strident ideologically. – Adam Sewer The biggest issue facing Obama’s reelection team is wh ...
- A Moment of Zen
One of the many pleasures of living in the Beltway is the Cherry Blossom Festival. As the temperatures hit 74 degrees today in Alexandria, just outside of D.C., the blossoms on these beautiful trees will fall away quickly. The Park Service says there are over 2,000 trees around the Tidal Basin s ...
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammad to Get Military Commission
Oh, the irony. Few things are more representative of the Obama presidency than on the same day Obama announces his reelection campaign Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly going to also announce the Administration’s wholesale cave on civil liberties, as well as their pledge to try KSM in ...
- Couric to Leave News, Targets Daytime
Katie Couric, the news anchor whose interview with Sarah Palin did more to characterize the first female on the Republican ticket than anything she did herself, is leaving her job after her $15 million a year contract expires June 4th. Oprah Winfrey made her mark by doing scads of victim shows, ...
- My $0.02/Saturday: Hillary, Jeannette, and Per ...
Morning, news junkies. Note: You’ll have to read all the way to the bottom of this one for the tie-in to “Jeannette” and “Perditta.” There’s also some comic relief from the Onion waiting there at the end as a reward for making it through. My Saturday reads are often on the ‘heavy’ side I know, ...
- The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse: CNN sports legend readies kin for his death: Former CNN sports anchor Nick Charles (pictured) looks into the camera, as he's done thousands of times before. Except he's not calling a boxing match for sports fa ...
- The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse: CNN sports legend readies kin for his death: Former CNN sports anchor Nick Charles (pictured) looks into the camera, as he's done thousands of times before. Except he's not calling a boxing match for sports fa ...
- The day’s most popular stories
The five most popular stories on CNN.com in the past 24 hours, according to NewsPulse: CNN sports legend readies kin for his death: Former CNN sports anchor Nick Charles (pictured) looks into the camera, as he's done thousands of times before. Except he's not calling a boxing match for sports fa ...
- A look back to 1995, before the last series of ...
As U.S. congressional leaders face a Friday deadline to avert a partial government shutdown, it might be worth looking back at what leaders said during a similar situation less than 16 years ago. Included in this post is video of a CNN report from November 1995, shortly before a similar spending ...
- A look back to 1995, before the last series of ...
As U.S. congressional leaders face a Friday deadline to avert a partial government shutdown, it might be worth looking back at what leaders said during a similar situation less than 16 years ago. Included in this post is video of a CNN report from November 1995, shortly before a similar spending ...
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