18 August - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

Yemen (Photo credit: 350.org)

English: Ali Abdullah Saleh (a snake and a liar) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Yemen IDPs 8 (Photo credit: IRIN Photos)

Kevin Trudeau Show

• The Correct, Easy Way To Make Green Smoothies ...
  April 3, 2012 Natural News By Paul Fassa “Adding green super food smoothies to your diet is a great thing to do for your health. There are many amazing benefits of adding more green vegetables in your diet and making smoothies is an easy way to get them in your tummy.” –KTRN Du ...
• Pfizer Execs To Stand Trial For Cover-Up Of Dr ...
  April 3, 2012 Natural News By Ethan A. Huff “Here is more proof that drug companies are evil to the core.”  –KTRN Four former executives at Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company. — Henry McKinnell, John LaMattina, Karen Katen, Joseph Feczko — as well a ...
• Three Benefits Of Dark Chocolate That Will Hel ...
  April 3, 2012 Natural News By Celeste M. Smucker, MPH, PhD “More evidence that chocolate is quite healthy. But don’t confuse real chocolate over the garbage called Hershey’s.” –KTRN The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 68 percent of adults over the age ...
• McDonald’s Stock Slides As More Consumers Turn ...
  April 3, 2012 The Onion By The Onion “Even though this is satire, The Onion nailed it – McDonald’s does not serve real food.” –KTRN The McDonald’s Corporation announced Tuesday that it will close 175 restaurants and cut nearly 600 corporate jobs, responding to ...
• Ron Paul Is Trying To Save GOP From Themselves
  April 3, 2012 RT By RT “Ron Paul may be the only one who can save the GOP. The party is in complete turmoil these days.” –KTRN Presidential hopeful Ron Paul might not represent what his Republican rivals are touting this election year, but the Texas congressman says that he won ...

Armies of Liberation

• State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
  Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
• Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
  Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
• Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
  Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...
• Obama’s strategic blunder in Yemen may shield ...
  A law passed by Yemen’s cabinet on Sunday provides blanket immunity to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and all those who served in his governments over the last 33 years. One unintended consequence may be to also immunize those al Qaeda operatives on the payroll of the Yemeni military and se ...
• Former Yemen president’s intended US tri ...
  As pressure builds on the Obama administration to deny a diplomatic visa to ousted Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the family of a sailor killed in the al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole urged that Saleh be denied entry to the United States. In a public plea, Gary and Deborah Swenchonis are c ...

Dark Politricks

• Ask Alex Jones #9
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comPrisonplanet.com Aug 11, 2012 Alex answers Planet Infowars members’ questions.Check out all the best #altnews at DarkPolitricks.com
• Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be Mitt Romney’s V ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.com Following information that former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) would announce his choice for Vice President outside the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virgina, sources have confirmed that the nominee will be Rep. ...
• American Values
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy William Blum The United States and its comrade-in-arms, Al Qaeda. And other tales of an empire gone mad. Afghanistan in the 1980s and 90s … Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990 ...
• U.S. Army tests football field-sized super spy ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comRawStory.com The U.S. Army’s Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) — a high-tech robotic spy blimp — was launched for its 90-minute maiden voyage on Tuesday from a military base in Lakehurst, ...
• Historic Hypocrisy: UN-Backed Rogue States Pla ...
  Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comDissident Voice Article dissidentvoice.orgBy Felicity Arbuthnot The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. ” Former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark On May 4th, 2012, UN Secretary General ...

Dandelion Salad

• Chris Hedges: We’ve Betrayed Our Neighbo ...
  “But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.” — Howard Zinn with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad August 14, 2012 Aug 14, 2012 by DeepDishTV “It challenged this corpo ...
• Ecuador’s Decision on Julian Assange&#82 ...
  Dandelion Salad Listened to the live report via Russia TV and just heard the news. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said, “Asylum is a fundamental right to all, held over local law.” Aug 16, 2012 by RussiaToday Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julia ...
• Chatting with Chomsky — The Occupy Movem ...
  Dandelion Salad An interview with Noam Chomsky by Sebastian Meyer inthesetimes.com August 14, 2012 [...] The social movement of the day camps at public spaces and calls itself Occupy. You’ve called it the first major popular response to 30 years of class war in the United States. What do y ...
• TrapWire: American cities under total surveill ...
  Dandelion Salad Aug 14, 2012 by RussiaToday It’s been revealed that the U.S. government is secretly spying on its citizens using an advanced surveillance programme. Software called TrapWire allegedly has access to all security cameras across the country. Documents revealed through Wikileak ...
• NDAA on trial: Obama Administration fights ban ...
  Dandelion Salad Aug 13, 2012 by RTAmerica White House lawyers have been recently defending the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA. They have been arguing that jailing Americans indefinitely without trial in some instances is necessary for the safety and security of the country.Tangerine ...

Your New Reality

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  This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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  Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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  Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.
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  Normal blogging output will return soon. Making some movies. In the meantime, enjoy :
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  Best. Christmas. Ever A Short Story By Darryl Mason "Is your father okay?" He waited for her to answer. He couldn't tell her what happened while she was away... "He's not getting better, if that's what you mean." How could he tell her, right now? She had more than enough on her mind alread ...

Wired - Science

• Watch Live: Rare Cluster of Comets Enters the ...
  Nine rare comets will be invading the inner solar system and you can watch them shoot through space live during a Slooh Space Camera collaboration show starting at 3 p.m. PDT/6 p.m. EDT.
• Sure, We Can Build a Better Toilet. But Will P ...
  The Gates Foundation wants to build a better toilet for the developing world, but good intentions and clever engineering aren't enough. Would-be designers of post-porcelain thrones don't just need to account for water use and material costs, but sociology and psychology.
• Curiosity Prepares to Rove and Shoot Lasers
  Things are moving along nicely for the Curiosity rover team. Less than two weeks after a pitch-perfect landing on Mars, the rover is getting ready to roll along the Martian soil and pull out it rock-shooting laser for the first time.
• Meet Trogloraptor: America’s Newest Cave Spider
  A cave-dwelling creature named Trogloraptor sounds like the villain of a B-horror film, but it’s actually a newly discovered type of spider.
• Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Colorful ...
  If you're like us, you could look at photos of galaxies, planets, moons and nebulas all day. But you don't have all day, so let Wired Science bring you the most intriguing, beautiful or mysterious view of space we can find. We promise they will be mind-blowing and tempt you to replace your deskt ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Petition calls for IDF combat pilots to refuse ...
  The petition cautioned that in the event an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities caused the dispersal of radioactive materials among civilian populations "Israel as a country, as well as those... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• Amid talk of Iran strike, IDF set to reactivat ...
  The "Eitan" drone can take off and land automatically, is able to stay in the air for 36 straight hours and reach a maximum flight height of 45,000 feet. In addition, the craft can carry cargo... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• Reaffirming the legality of the Occupation: Ha ...
  One can conclude from Grossman's article, probably contrary to his intent, that in theory things could have been different. In theory the occupation could have been sustained with the upholding of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
• Simon Tzabar: A dialogue on the nature of security
  A brilliant work by Shimon Tzabar (1926, Palestine – 2007, London), an artist, writer, poet, satirist, amateur mycologist, and a vocal fighter against the occupation of Palestinian land by Israel. As... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• IDF raids Hebron-area village; residents fear ...
  An unusual operation by the Israel Defense Forces in the South Hebron Hills region has intensified suspicions among Palestinian residents that Israel is moving forward with its plan to demolish... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Russian Navy Med Sea Group to Split After Drills
  A combined-fleet group of Russian Navy ships in the Mediterranean Seawill split into two groups following completion of its duties, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• New Ballistic Missile Sub to Join Fleet in Sep ...
  Russia's newest ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the Project 955 Borey class boat Yury Dolgoruky, will be handed over to the fleet in September, a source in United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Friday.
• Russia to Lay Down New Diesel Sub for Black Se ...
  The Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg will lay down on Friday a new Varshavyanka class diesel-electric submarine for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
• Pentagon Denies Reports of Russian Sub near U.S.
  Pentagon denied on Thursday media reports that a Russian nuclear powered submarine cruised unnoticed for several weeks in the Gulf of Mexico near the shores of the United States.
• Russian Mi-28 Helicopter Gunship Crashes
  A Russian Army Mil Mi-28N, one of the force's newest machines, crashed on Thursday at its base in Mozdok, North Ossetia.

NewsWise

• Sociologist Examines the Challenges of Women i ...
  Women playing full-contact tackle football face challenges beyond the playing field--yet there's little research about this niche in athletics.
• Weight-Loss Surgery Results in Positive Change ...
  New research shows that people who have bariatric surgery to treat obesity report an overall improvement in quality of life issues after surgery, from their relationships to their medical conditions.
• Study Examines the Relationship Between Marria ...
  New research examining relationships and the use of alcohol finds that while a long-term marriage appears to curb men's drinking, it's associated with a slightly higher level of alcohol use among women.
• As Smart Electric Grid Evolves, Virginia Tech ...
  An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia Tech electrical engineers and presented at an international conference.
• Tennessee Effort Seeks to Remove Barriers to B ...
  Vanderbilt University has signed on for a statewide project to increase exclusive breast-feeding in hospitals and delivery centers. The Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) kicked off the project recently at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with 16 hospital teams from arou ...

Natural Health News

• The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep Up
  Bird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
• 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...
  A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
• NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...
  A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
• Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...
  A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
• Study Says More Vitamin D = Less Lbs
  If you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• [Kevin Bangs Head Repeatedly on Table]
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller For the love of God, is it really too much to ask for reporters to do five minutes of research before they write about international law?  See if you can spot the mistake in this article about Britain’s silly threat to invade the Ecuadorian embassy ...
• [Kevin Bangs Head Repeatedly on Table]
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller For the love of God, is it really too much to ask for reporters to do five minutes of research before they write about international law?  See if you can spot the mistake in this article about Britain’s silly threat to invade the Ecuadorian embassy ...
• Was the Pussy Riot Sentence Excessive?
  by Peggy McGuinness by Peggy McGuinness News sites and blogs are full of condemnation for what appears to be an excessive sentence for the political protest/stunt pulled by the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in an Orthodox church earlier this year. (Even President Putin had hoped the group would ...
• Was the Pussy Riot Sentence Excessive?
  by Peggy McGuinness by Peggy McGuinness News sites and blogs are full of condemnation for what appears to be an excessive sentence for the political protest/stunt pulled by the Russian punk band Pussy Riot in an Orthodox church earlier this year. (Even President Putin had hoped the group would ...
• Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 17, 2012
  by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey The big news yesterday was that Ecuador granted WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, political asylum, angering Britain. Swedish and British authorities are critical of the decision, while UK authorities are refusing to grant Assange safe passage out of ...

Public News Service

• Study: Housing Woes Connected to Child Abuse
  Study: Housing Woes Connected to Child Abuse PHOENIX - Housing woes appear to open the door to child abuse, according to a new study based on data from children's hospitals and the real estate market. Housing stress is persistent in Arizona, with counties such as Maricopa, Pinal, Mohave and Sant ...
• Who Really Benefits from Higher Defense Spending?
  Who Really Benefits from Higher Defense Spending? PHOENIX - Arizona's John McCain and two other Republican U.S. senators this week went on a multi-state tour to rally support for sparing the Defense Department from budget cuts. The cuts are set to kick in next year because the congressional "su ...
• Will Walmart Make Its Suppliers Stop Using Ges ...
  Will Walmart Make Its Suppliers Stop Using Gestation Crates? PHOENIX - An animal-advocacy group says Walmart is quickly becoming the lone major corporation that still allows its pork suppliers to use gestation crates. Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, says the video the gr ...
• New Study: Spanked Kids = Messed-Up Grownups
  New Study: Spanked Kids = Messed-Up Grownups PHOENIX - Physical punishment of children increases the chances of mood, anxiety and personality disorders, and of alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, according to a study in the latest Journal of Pediatrics. Canadian researchers using data from near ...
• Report: Profit Motive May Be Influencing Immig ...
  Report: Profit Motive May Be Influencing Immigration Policies PHOENIX, Ariz. - The for-profit prison sector would have been hit hard by the Great Recession had it not been for expanded federal immigration enforcement. That's according to a just-released report by The Sentencing Project. ...(Read ...

Center for Food Safety

• Center for Food Safety Statement on the Oregon ...
  The Center for Food Safety (‘The Center’) is pleased to announce that the legal action filed yesterday at the State of Oregon’s Court of Appeals requesting an immediate stay on illegal planting of genetically engineered (GE) canola in the Willamette Valley was successful. The Court found suffici ...
• Oregon Farmers File Suit to Prevent Destructiv ...
  Groups and producers take action to halt threat to the state’s vital seed production and organic industry Today, in an effort to stop the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) from an unprecedented expansion of industrial, genetically engineered canola production into the boundaries in the Will ...
• Food Safety Update: Center for Food Safety Com ...
  By Michele Simon Last week I had the pleasure of lending my support, on behalf of the Center for Food Safety, to New York City’s proposal to limit the size of sugary beverages sold at food service outlets. (I wrote previously about why this policy makes sense.) The hearing room at New York’s hea ...
• EPA to Beekeepers: Buzz Off
  Agency denies “imminent hazard” exists, fails to take immediate steps to protect bees from pesticides Earlier today the Environmental Protection Agency announced it formally refused to recognize that honey bees face an “imminent hazard” and denied a request by beekeepers to immediately suspend t ...
• Statement by Center for Food Safety at Nationa ...
  The Center for Food Safety (‘The Center’) joined a collection of top public interest groups today at the National Press Club to voice collective concern over the recently passed House Agriculture Committee 2012 farm bill, which reported out of committee with several agricultural biotech industry ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Pensieve

• Disney-Pixar Pollution
  For a movie titled “Brave” Pixar are behaving like cowards. I knew it the moment Princess Merida rode her horse out of her castle. A character song. A musical cue. Suddenly I wasn’t watching a Pixar movie, I was watching Mulan or Pocahontas. The very thought of another Disney princess is bad eno ...
• Grain
  I feel like sand crumbling in the wind. I try to take a step only to find my feet are no longer there. I am a particle, speeding away to nothingness. I was once a rock, solid, assailed by waves, broken by none. But one day I fell from the lofty cliff that was my [...] Related posts: Hurricane Al ...
• Thermodynamics and Jenga Towers
  I imagine one type of probability space as an extremely wide and extremely high tower of Jenga blocks under bombardment from an arbitrarily large number of bored children wearing jetpacks. The vertical, y axis represents the passage of time. The higher you go up that axis, the further you travel ...
• The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
  An article on the blog “Shake Off the Grind“, titled “You Only Live Once so Make it Meaningful“,  asks the questions below. Here are my answers: Who am I: A semi-aware bundle of perceptions, habits, and quirks. My personality is simply the structure of the relationships b ...
• Magic Wands Almost Possible
  “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic” –Arthur C. Clarke Perhaps none of us will ever see straw being converted to gold, or water to wine, but the technology to power a wand-like instrument by waving it around has arrived. The electronics of the d ...

Green Times

• Kangaroo cull
  Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
• Environmental News 01/06/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
• Green Capital Australia
  Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
• Environmental News 31/05/2012
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
• Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
  Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...
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• Chemical linked to low IQ found in sunscreens
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• A New Bio-Gas System in Palestinian Susya
  in May 2010, the Bio-Gas project was launched to install systems for producing gas from sheep and goat dung for the domestic energy needs of the Palestinian hamlet of Susya (Susiya). This project was the initiative of Yair Teller, together with The Villages Group and Arava Institute. The first s ...
• Susya
  June 22, 2012: Susya I doubt if Palestinian Susya has ever seen so many people. Some 500, maybe more, have arrived from Jerusalem (including a large Palestinian delegation from East Jerusalem), Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva, and various sites in the occupied territories: Beit Umar, Mufagara, and the ...
• My Home is Everything: the People of Susiya Sp ...
  Dear Friends and supporters, The latest news from Qamar, the lawyer from Rabbis for Human Rights representing Palestinian Susiya: the occupation’s “Civil Administration” agreed to extend the period for the submission of the juridical objections to the demolition orders issued f ...
• Urgent alert to save Susya village from destru ...
  Dear Friends, Please have a look at the announcement below. For the last twelve years we have worked closely with our Palestinian friends in Susya, protected them to the best of our abilities from continuous violent harassment by Israeli settlers and by the army, fought the legal battle to keep ...
• “Civil Administration” and Settler ...
  In March, we reported here about an unusual Israel High Court petition by Israeli settler-run groups, demanding that the (fraudulently named) “Civil Administration” carry out demolition orders in Palestinian Susya. Settler pressure upon the government to make Palestinian life more di ...

Politics in the Zeros

• The Yankee Therapist on Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand
  We all have our contradictions. Or we lie.Perhaps that’s a distinction without a difference.Paul Ryan has called Ayn Rand the most influential person in his life, shaping the way he thinks, motivating him to go into government.Yet none of Ayn Rand’s heroes have anything but disdain f ...
• What Pussy Riot did probably wouldn’t even be ...
  In my latest IVN article I explore why what Pussy Riot did probably wouldn’t have gotten them arrested, much less imprisoned, in the US.This YouTube video shows the performance by Pussy Riot on the steps of the cathedral, with lyrics. Yes, they are sending a political message too, one that ...
• Facebook and its stock price
  Facebook stock is now worth about half its IPO price, less than the price many employees were vested at.Henry Blodget details what holders of the stock can expect, which is a long wait, among other things. Just be thankful you weren’t one of the poor schlubs who bought Facebook at 38 when ...
• Two cops killed by alleged anti-government gro ...
  I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here, but I’m going to go on the record that a Posse Comitatus presence among the refineries and petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans would be a bad thing.And I’m going on the record saying t ...
• World’s largest rooftop wind farm has omni-dir ...
  Eighteen vertical axis wind turbines now make up the world’s largest rooftop wind farm at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. They can generate energy from wind coming in from direction at as little as 8.9 mph and output 4.5 KW each, all part of their plan to be a zero emissions buil ...

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

• The Jack Blood Show – August 15 2012
  Chris Maple joins us to discuss his documentary film series “THE GREAT CULLING” www.thegreatculling.org – the first edition is about our poison water (Fluoride)! Facts fly like crazy in this 60 min interview. The same director made “What in the world are the Spraying&#822 ...
• Gunman Opens Fire At Conservative Family Resea ...
  What were we saying about Civil war? Sectarian violence is way up in 2012!     The conservative Family Research Council was the site of a shooting by someone who obviously demonstrates the “radical hatred” of the left. The gunman entered the lobby of the Chinatown headquart ...
• More Federal Agencies Caught Ordering Huge Amo ...
  What does the Social Security Administration National weather service need with this kind of ammo? It appears our calculation a few months back could be right after all. Getting ammo off the market before it is banned or highly restricted  / regulated.  By the time regular folks find out it will ...
• “The Great Culling” Official Water ...
  Chris Maple will be our guest ON “The Jack Blood Show” Wednesday August 15th 2012 (find it in our archives) SHARE THIS!!!!!!! “The Great Culling” Official Water Trailer 2 Donate Today! http://www.thegreatculling.org Hello Everyone - Chris and Paul here, we just wanted to ...
• Gen Wesley Clarke hosts Military meets d list ...
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The Air Vent

• Simulated Universe
  Calculated galactic formation. This is just way too good to miss: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/17/scientists-create-universe-simulation/ http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itc/research/movingmeshcosmology/index.html
• NH Sea Ice Heading for Record Minimum?
  From Cryosphere Today: Seeing the yellow line drop so far below the historic curves with much of the melt season ahead of us means we are probably on the way to a new record minimum for the Northern hemisphere.   Correspondingly, NH Sea ice anomaly is approaching the second lowest value in histo ...
• Surface Stations Project Hits Paydirt
  It seems as always, I don’t have much time.   I have been waiting for this to break for a long time now, holding my tongue through a lot of critique from the usual advocate trolls.  This extraordinary moment in climate science is FAR to important not to call attention to and I will absolut ...
• Surface Stations Project Hits Paydirt
  It seems as always, I don’t have much time.   I have been waiting for this to break for a long time now, holding my tongue through a lot of critique from the usual advocate trolls.  This extraordinary moment in climate science is FAR to important not to call attention to and I will absolut ...
• CG File Date Timeline
  An interesting Climategate timeline discussion has started in a recent Blackboard thread.

Focal Point

• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

• Facebook roundup: shares close at $19.05, Inst ...
  Facebook shares sink further – Facebook shares closed at $19.05 today, dropping more than 4 percent as the lock-out period ended and large investors were able to begin selling their shares. The number of shares available for trading increased 60 … Continue reading →
• Olympic Games City, Victoria’s Secret, Waze, A ...
  Olympic Games City led our list of emerging Facebook applications by monthly active users this week with 36 percent gain. Last week the game was No. 2 on our list. We define emerging applications as those that ended with between 100,000 and … Continue reading →
• Social reader apps grow as Facebook tests larg ...
  A number of news apps are experiencing new growth or a resurgence in monthly active users likely attributable to tests Facebook is conducting in News Feed. As we’ve seen earlier this year, tweaks in Facebook’s algorithms or changes in design … Continue reading →
• Facebook returns to No. 2 spot among U.S. vide ...
  Facebook is once again the second largest video site in the U.S., according to ComScore. The social network saw 53 million unique video viewers in July. That’s about a third of Google’s audience, but higher than the number of unique … Continue reading →
• What Payvment learned about F-commerce that le ...
  Facebook e-commerce platform Payvment launched social discovery and shopping site Lish.com in beta this week. Lish.com surfaces the top trending products among the more than 4 million products across Payvment’s seller network of more than 175,000 merchants. The Pinterest-esque site optimizes &#8 ...

Truthout - Tweets

• truthout: The Rising Tide - Environmental Refu ...
  truthout: The Rising Tide - Environmental Refugees http://t.co/pmJI7hgz
• truthout: Midwives Say Limiting Their Freedom ...
  truthout: Midwives Say Limiting Their Freedom to Practice Hurts Mothers, Children, Low-Income Families http://t.co/tfZ7zcFm
• truthout: Amidst Protest, Construction Begins ...
  truthout: Amidst Protest, Construction Begins on Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas #Keystone XL #TarSands #350 http://t.co/P8F0Zqng
• truthout: Raids, Harassment at #Occupy Tent Ci ...
  truthout: Raids, Harassment at #Occupy Tent Cities Start Broader Conversation About Criminalizing #Homelessness http://t.co/Liry2O8v #OWS
• truthout: The takeover of the #Republican Part ...
  truthout: The takeover of the #Republican Party by the forces of reaction is nearly complete. http://t.co/Q2Lbro4J #Koch

ReDress News

• Seven simple rules to ensure politicians repre ...
  Stuart Littlewood argues that basic rules of conduct for public officials, such as Britain's "Seven Principles of Public Life", should guard against politicians acting on behalf of foreign interests, whether Mitt Romney in the US or David Cameron and William Hague in the UK. But sadly, he lament ...
• Netanyahu versus Obama and Iran
  Alan Hart argues that, for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a second term in the White House for Barack Obama is a far more serious concern than the illusory Iranian "nuclear threat" and that, if it appears that Obama is poised to win the upcoming presidential election, Netanyahu may o ...
• Why Israel will not attack Iran
  Uri Avnery explains why he believes Israel will not attack Iran, highlighting in particular Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's own words as well as the risks to the world economy and the perception of blackmailing the US president on the eve of elections - both of which could backfire b ...
• Has anyone seen Ethiopia's Prime Minister Mele ...
  Graham Peebles explores the mysterious absence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has not been seen since June. He argues that Meles's absence is unlikely to lead to freedom and democracy in Ethiopia, for without a credible, well-organized and coherent opposition the ruling party will ...
• Mitt Romney: the know-nothing candidate
  Lawrence Davidson traces the roots of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to the American Party of the 19th century whose hallmarks were ignorance, prejudice and fear of - and aggressiveness towards - what is not local

Amazon Rainforest

• Peru police clashes with illegal gold miners: ...
  Thousands of illegal gold miners battled police for control of a regional capital in the Amazon basin on Wednesday and at least three people were killed by gunfire.  Outnumbered riot police fired tear gas against miners who wielded clubs and rocks and tried to seize strategic facilities in Puert ...
• Brazil to Dilma: Fulfill campaign promise!
    The Forest Code is dwindling, and with it the Brazilian forests. Soon to be voted in the House, the text that distorts the country’s main environmental law was the target of a demonstration today in Brasilia, which brought together social movements and environmental groups, asking the Pr ...
• European energy corporation plans to flood Rai ...
  Spanish energy cooperation Endesa (subsidiary enterprise of the Italian Enel cooperation) is builiding a giant hydro-electric power plant next to the River Magdalena, Colombia- The construction work has started today- the protest camps of the local farmers and fishermen have been evacuated by fo ...
• Plastic eating Fungi discovered in Amazon Rain ...
  The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.&#8 ...
• Justice for 8year girl burned alive by loggers ...
  Loggers in Brazil captured an eight-year-old girl from one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes and burned her alive as part of a ‘campaign’ to force the indigenous population from its land! Sign Petition and share: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/288/541/ The ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
  From Indignados to Occupy The Indignados movement was sparked in Spain on May 15, 2011. In part inspired by the Arab Spring, young Spaniards, who face a 46% unemployment rate, occupied the Puerta del Sol in Madrid for several weeks, protesting against the socio-political and economic system that ...
• The Template: NATO Consolidates Grip on Former ...
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization chieftain Anders Fogh Rasmussen has spent much of the past week in the former Yugoslavia, visiting Slovenia and Croatia on July 5 and 6, respectively, then arriving in Kosovo with the 28 members of the North Atlantic Council on July 11. Twenty years after NATO ...
• Stop Imperialism Podcast – Covering Syri ...
  In this episode Eric Draitser covers recent developments and their implications in several regions including: Syria & Assad’s rejection of comparison with Libya-Egypt, Russia & Putin’s statement on the West clinging to Arab influence with airstrike democracy, Iran-China trade, CIA Dire ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- July 12, ...
  Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
• FDL’s Gosztola on the Institutional & Politica ...
  As always Fire Dog Lake’s Kevin Gosztola is on top of the latest news, developments and implications involving government whistleblowers and transparency. Here are a few excerpts from Mr. Gosztola’s latest article: For over a month now, members of Congress have been engaged in a bipartisan offen ...

Afro Spear

• Caster Semenya Wins Olympic Silver!
  Congrats and much love to Sister Caster (yes I said “Sister”) for overcoming all the haters and doubters and winning a silver medal in her first Olympics!
• sat’day riddymz
• “Eric Holder’s Plantation” by Derr ...
  Op-ed submission by Project 21 It’s said Lyndon Baines Johnson used voter fraud to win his 1948 Senate primary campaign. In 1954, then-Senator Johnson orchestrated a law prohibiting church involvement in electoral politics. Yet it was LBJ’s presidential library where Attorney General Eric Holder ...
• sat’day riddymz
• Byts and Bytes
  Two Classes, Divided by “I Do” The Morehouse Male Initiative: Black Male Statistics Obama’s Scramble for Africa Mauritania: Slavery’s Last Stronghold Echwalu Photography

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• Bailing Out the "Bailout"
  There's a new message on the WEB: "The Must Read Book of 2012: Bailout". The author's gist is that fervent partisanship will not save the "republic" from a government bipartisanly indentured to greed interests.
• The Vatican vs. the LCWR = Theory (Doctrine) v ...
  The Vatican's nutty critique of the LCWR is best understood as a conflict between theory (Catholic doctrine) and practice (spirituality). Now, Anthony de Mello, S.J. (1931-1987) from India deeply influenced spirituality in Catholic circles, including of course many women in the Catholic religiou ...
• Reading Time: The New New Deal
  A book signing and discussion of "The New New Deal" by Michael Grunwald, Time magazine's Senior National Correspondent.
• Ecuador to Washington and Britain: Go to Hell
  For around two months, Julian Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy after requesting political asylum.
• We Don't Need No Bloody Treaties: Britain Blow ...
  Why is Britain threatening to blow up a 50-year-old treaty that has protected embassies and the right to asylum the world over? Look to Washington for an answer, says TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff

Switchboard

• Summer may be winding down but that isn't stop ...
  Pierre Bull, Policy Analyst, Air & Energy, New York City While most of us are off doing some form of R&R in the waning days of summer, New York Governor Cuomo is hard at work putting the sun's energy to greater use for the benefit of all New Yor ...
• Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile With 70 votes in favor, Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approved the creation a Commission for Hydro Resources, Desertification and Drought this week to oversee legislative proposals re ...
• 61 Members of Congress Urge DOI to Defer Arcti ...
  Chuck Clusen, Director, National Parks and Alaska Projects, Washington, DC This week, 61 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Department of the Interior’s Secretary Ken Salazar urging protection of America’s Arcti ...
• Massachusetts Restricts Dirty Biopower
  Sami Yassa, Senior Scientist, Director of NRDC’s Markets Initiative, San Francisco It’s been a busy few weeks in the biomass world.  Today in Massachusetts, the Patrick administration released its final rules governing eligible biomass un ...
• Momentum builds to restore local energy effici ...
  Kit Kennedy, Counsel, Air and Energy Program, New York Thanks to a legal victory, there’s one more chance for supporters of energy efficiency and solar power to tell the Obama administration to bring back the popular clean energy finance progr ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Silent Film Notes
  I had a bit of a silent comedy fest last night. I watched Just Neighbors with Harold Lloyd, Hustling for Health with Stan Laurel, and Kid Auto Races at Venice, Calif., with Charlie Chaplin. A few notes: 1. I liked Just Neighbors the least and have always found Lloyd a bit hard to warm up [...]
• South African Mine Massacre
  By now you’ve probably heard that South African police opened fire on striking platinum miners, killing 34 and wounding 78. The miners were renegades from the corporatist National Union of Mineworkers and were attempting to gain rights for a new, more militant union called the Association ...
• One-Trick Pony Hack of the Day
  Bill Galston. See also. In addition to the foolish idea that it would be possible to reach a grand bargain if only the Obama campaign would unilaterally disarm and refuse to tell the truth about “demagogue” the Ryan/Romney budget, it’s important to ask the question of whether s ...
• Valsetz
  For this week’s Forestry Friday, I want to talk about the town of Valsetz, Oregon. Valsetz was a tiny company town in the Oregon coast range founded in 1919. It was owned by the Boise Cascade corporation (after a couple of earlier owners). Company towns aren’t as well known in the ti ...
• Foreign Entanglements: The Meaning of Paul Ryan
  On this week’s Foreign Entanglements, Matt and I jabber about Paul Ryan’s foreign policy, among other things:

Desert Research Institute

• DRI attaining renewable energy power sources f ...
  Significant progress has been made on two renewable energy projects that is not only cost effective, but ultimately will contribute to the long-term efforts in sustainability by reducing the amount of electricity the Desert Research Institute needs from the utility grid.
• Hallar Named Regents' Rising Researcher
  The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents presented Gannet Hallar, Ph.D. of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) with the 2012 Rising Researcher Award in acknowledgment of her contributions to the field of atmospheric science and her potential for future accomplishments.  
• DRI scientists conduct climate change research ...
  Dr. Eric Wilcox and graduate student Nic Beres research pollution’s effects on clouds in the island nation most threatened by climate change.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.
• Governor praises DRI’s METRIC program
  Speaking at an important state-wide water summit in March, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval lauded DRI’s METRIC program calling its Landsat satellite technology an important tool in monitoring water usage.

Earth Techling

• Solar-Powered Still Turns Salty Ocean Water Fresh
• Country Living With A Tiny Eco Footprint And A ...
• Solar Panels Seeing The Light In Community Sol ...
• Strong Wind Industry Growth Threatened By Poli ...
• Path To Better Offshore Wind Turbines: ‘Embarr ...

National Law Journal | U.S.

• THE 2012 SURVEY OF LAW FIRM ECONOMICS
  Law firms, particularly midsize and smaller players, continued to face a challenging revenue picture during the last year, our latest survey of firm finances shows. But they appear to have done a better job of managing expenses to keep profitability and partner compensation high.
• The Equity Gap: A Special Report on Women in t ...
  Are big firms committed to promoting women into the equity partnership? Our study of the largest U.S. firms shows that women represent just 15 percent of equity partners. At just five firms surveyed, women make up more than 25 percent of equity partners.
• OPINION: Leaks at the Supreme Court
  It would be an ethical violation for a law clerk to divulge court secrets to the press, even at the behest of a justice.
• OPINION: Defining pro bono
  Limiting the definition to legal services to the poor, as some commentators have urged, would not result in more low-income clients being served and might deter some lawyers from engaging in any pro bono work.
• THE PRACTICE: High court may rule on computer ...
  At issue is whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to data theft by employees; the circuits are split.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
  The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...
• New State Impact PA App
  Since I now live in south central PA (I moved south from Tioga County; north central PA) and have less access to the center of the gas drilling, I frequently use State Impact PA as a resource as well as tune in to WITF radio on my commutes to work, when I’m not pedaling my [...]
• OilandGasHelp.com
  I happen to be looking for the location of a specific Northwest Savings Bank in PA and when I pulled up their website I found the below link. http://www.oilandgashelp.com/ It looks like Northwest Savings Bank has put together a section of their website to answer questions or help folks who are c ...
• The Passage of House Bill 1950…
  I thought I’d highlight a few of the items that I find horrifying that passed with house bill 1950 during yesterdays vote. Municipalities will no longer be safe from drilling and the acceptable distances of drilling pads and compressor stations from homes or public spaces, such as schools, ...
• Update on PA Roads Effected by Gas Drilling fr ...
  From the DCNR website: In recent years there has been a marked increase in natural gas activity in state forests in north central Pennsylvania . Visitor experiences and road usage can be impacted by this activity. Loyalsock State Forest Bodine Mountain Road: Heavy gas activity is to be expected ...

News Blaze

• Makira Natural Park Represents Important Miles ...
  Makira Natural Park represents an important milestone toward achieving the country's Durban Vision, a plan formulated by Madagascar in 2003 to safeguard 10 percent of Madagascar's natural lands.
• Is Congress Unwilling to Support Obama's Jobs ...
  The White House has taken steps including investing in science and math, giving states more flexibility on No Child Left Behind, and increasing financial aid for millions of young people,
• Bahraini Activist Sentenced to Three Years for ...
  Mr. Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
• Unidentified Gunmen Kills 22 Shia Muslims in P ...
  Mr. Ban has expressed his outrage over such deliberate attacks on people due to their religious beliefs in Pakistan.
• Priorities for Rebuilding The Economy
  Langevin made his first stop at Ametek SCP, a manufacturer of underwater electrical and optical connectors and cable assemblies for military and commercial use.

environment 360

• Large Utah Tar Sands Mine a Threat to Region’s ...
  Two environmental organizations are fighting a Canadian company’s plan to mine a massive reserve of oil sands in eastern Utah, saying the project would tax water supplies in what is already the U.S.’s second-driest state. In what would be the U.S.'s first large-scale oil sands mining operation, ...
• Ocean Health Index Evaluates State of Waters A ...
  An international team of researchers has released a new tool that evaluates the state of the world’s oceans, a so-called Ocean Health Index that its creators say provides the first comprehensive assessment of the relationship Click to enlarge Ben Halpern, et al/Nature The Ocean Health Index ...
• In Ghana’s Forests, Should Chainsaw Loggers be ...
  The West African nation of Ghana prohibits small operators using chainsaws from logging its forests, but it permits the export of timber cut at large sawmills. Now, some analysts are questioning whether such laws simply benefit powerful business interests without helping local communities or the ...
• Brazilian Judge Halts Belo Monte Dam Project O ...
  A Brazilian judge has ordered a suspension of the controversial Belo Monte dam project, saying that local indigenous people who will be affected by the massive hydroelectric project were not sufficiently consulted Divulgação/Norte Energia Illustration of the Belo Monte proposal during the e ...
• Wildlife Vanishing in Brazil’s Fragmented Atla ...
  The fragmentation of tropical forests in eastern Brazil as a result of agricultural expansion and other human activities has decimated biodiversity even within the pockets of forest that still remain, a new study has found. Using wildlife surveys and interviews conducted at 196 forest fragments ...

Red Ice Creations

• Thousands of fish die as Midwest streams heat up
  Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees. About 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon were killed in Iowa last week as water temperatures reached 97 degrees. Nebraska fishery officials said t ...
• Possible da Vinci painting found in Scottish f ...
  Fiona McLaren, 59, had kept an old painting in her Scottish farmhouse for decades. She reportedly didn’t think much of the painting, which had been given to her as a gift by her father. But after she finally decided to have the painting appraised, some experts are speculating that it may in fact ...
• NASA welcomes striking new views from Mars
  NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted a low-resolution video showing the last 2½ minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world. As thumbnails of the video flashed on a big screen on Monday, scientists an ...
• New Zealand volcano erupts after century of quiet
  A volcano quiet for more than a century erupted in a New Zealand national park, spreading thick ash for several kilometres and causing some residents to evacuate their homes. Some domestic flights were cancelled Tuesday. Mount Tongariro spewed ash and rocks for about 30 minutes late Monday night ...
• Curiosity lands on Mars
  The most challenging robotic mission ever attempted is a success so far. Mars Science Laboratory arrived at its destination Sunday night at 10:31pm Pacific Time. The MSL team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s control center in Pasadena was ecstatic; the mission control room was flooded with ...

Russia Today

• Pussy Riot spotlight takes focus off Western-b ...
  As the Pussy Riot sentence has creates a global outcry, with governments slamming it as “disproportionate” and the public rallying in “We are all Pussy Riot” demonstrations, Robert Naiman from Just Foreign Policy tells... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Bombing follows shooting at southern Russia mosque
  A bomb has exploded in a mosque in the town of Khasavyurt in Russia’s southern Republic of Dagestan, injuring several people. The blast came after two gunmen opened fire in the mosque, wounding eight. Read Full Article at RT.com
• Australia prepping 'contingency plan' for Assa ...
  Australian officials have confirmed that the country's diplomatic mission in Washington has been prepareing for Julian Assange's possible extradition to the US, but called it "contingency planning." Read Full Article at RT.com
• Pregnant Dominican girl dies as abortion ban d ...
  The mother of a Dominican teenage girl is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter’s health first after the girl died when her body failed to respond to chemotherapy. The treatment was delayed over fears it would... Read Full Article at RT.com
• Thousands of S. Africans protest 'Apartheid'-l ...
  Thousands of protesters gathered at the South African Marikana platinum mine to demand justice after police shot and killed 34 miners. Many demonstrators said the shootings recalled violence from the country's Apartheid... Read Full Article at RT.com

Not My Tribe

• One man’s war hero is another’s sn ...
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– Haha. Iraqi “war hero” Jasim Mohammed “Steve-O” Ramadon was granted asylum in the US after snitching on his countrymen, his tribe, and own father, as a youth informer for the US Army. An American soldier brought Ramadon back to Ft. Carson, w ...
• Good for Ecuador! Ecuador grants asylum to J ...
  Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum Setting Up Standoff With U.K. …It is pretty clear now that all the sex accusations made against him were always merely attempts to frame the US government up a new political prisoner.
• Kill them Injuns ads put out by the racist Fri ...
  Hate speech is now being allowed by a tax payers funded city government in the US? Why YES, that is so. And it is absolutely disgusting, too. (San Francisco) Muni Bus Ads Call Israel's Enemies 'Savages' Perhaps San Francisco is not so liberal after all? A group calling itself &#82 ...
• What type of creep helps out the US military i ...
  PROFILE OF AN IRAQI FRIEND OF THE PENTAGON- ‘(Jasim Mohammed Hassin) Ramadon was featured in “A Soldier’s Promise,” a combat memoir by Army First Sgt. Daniel Hendrex, published in 2009, that detailed his relationship with Ramadon as a teenager who risked his life to provide information to ...
• University of Colorado lease does not guarante ...
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– Local voters have until next week to decide whether to accept the offer to lease the city’s Memorial Hospital to a University of Colorado non-profit entity, but there is no guarantee that the community health needs will continue to be met, in particular, that ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• "9/11: Experts Speak Out" Premieres in Texas T ...
  When: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 7:00pm (MDT), with encore airings on Channel 12.1. Live Streaming and Details: Of special interest, CPT12 will be streaming this important event over the internet through Sunday, September 2, 2012 at: www.cpt12.org/911ExplosiveEvidence. Details of encore airings ...
• Freeway blogging with the cooperation of CHP
  Published on Aug 15, 2012 by UhMark Police can and often do harass and intimidate citizens exercising their First Amendment rights of free speech. Especially in the post 9/11 era when the federal government and mass media are literally on the warpath, encouraging police to go on the warpath, v ...
• Statement For 9/11 Justice Off To A Great Start
  Jon Gold CindySheehanSoapbox.blogspot.com 8/9/2012 Recently, I wrote a petition for people to sign called a "Statement For 9/11 Justice." As of right now, there are 278 signatures. Not bad considering it was posted 5 days ago. Some of the people that have signed it that you may have heard o ...
• Noam Chomsky debunked on 9/11 Truth!
  Far too often I've had people tell me that they refuse to discuss 9/11 Truth because Noam Chomsky rejects it. So here is my rebuttal to Chomsky's misinformed, fallacious, and downright bizarre statements about 9/11 conspiracies.
• New York City 9/11/2012
  The goal of this website is to hopefully encourage activists, politicians, celebrities, whistleblowers, alternative media, truthers, infowarriors, and anyone that believes we need a new investigation into the events surrounding September 11th, 2001 to come to New York this coming September. ...

Fooducate

• Top Potato Varieties in the US ;-)
  Because we had to… Get Fooducated: iPhone App Android AppWeb App  RSS or  Email Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/fooducate on facebook: facebook.com/fooducate
• Back to Diet Simplicity
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! This is a guest blog post by Beth Warren and was originally posted here. When navigating through the world of health and wellness, you desperately seek nutrition advice from newspapers, ...
• Gluten, Food Allergies and Intolerances in the ...
  - click to enlarge - We recently released our Allergy & Gluten Free Scanner app, and you were the first to hear about it here on the blog. Yesterday, we formally announced the app in a press release: Based on a user’s allergy and intolerance preferences, the app analyzes the product ingredie ...
• Exclusive Posthumous Interview with Julia Chil ...
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! Julia Child, who brought the love of high dining and French cooking to the masses here in America in the 1960′s, was born exactly 100 years ago. She is honored today by a Google D ...
• Fun Nutrition Worksheets for Kids
  New here?  Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries!  Or try Fooducate on the Web! How do we get kids to think about healthy eating? How do we teach them critical thinking when it comes to choosing food? A few weeks ago, we asked for your ideas, just as the new school ...

Traffikd

• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
• How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
  Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...

Survival International

• Nasa spiritual leader shot dead at point blank ...
  Nasa Indians in Colombia have been caught in the violent crossfire of Colombia's military and illegal armed groups© Francisco PedroA 74-year-old Nasa Indian leader has been shot dead following protests against the militarization of his land in Cauca, south-west Colombia. Lisandro Tenorio, ...
• Proof ‘Death Road’ will destroy Peru’s unconta ...
  Tomas was contacted over ten years ago. He lives close to the proposed ‘Road of Death.’© David Hill/SurvivalControversial plans to build a ‘Road of Death’ through Peru’s Amazon have been dealt a severe blow after authorities confirmed uncontacted tribes do live along its proposed route. This la ...
• Brazilian judge halts illegal and controversia ...
  Widespread protests have made the Belo Monte dam notorious.© Atossa Soltani/ Amazon WatchA Brazilian judge has ordered work to be suspended on a highly controversial dam in the Amazon, describing the project’s failure to properly consult the indigenous population affected as ‘illegal’. Followin ...
• Exposed: Spanish tycoon’s role in destruction ...
  Jacinto Rey González is one of Spain's richest men – and President of a ranching firm implicated in the illegal destruction of the Ayoreo's land.© AnonOne of Spain’s richest men has been implicated in the illegal bulldozing of a South American forest where the last uncontacted Indians ...
• Full-scale gun attack on Brazilian Indians end ...
  The violent attack has left the Guarani afraid and angry, but determined to remain on their land.© Aty Guasu/SurvivalMore than 50 gunmen have launched a full-scale attack on an Indian community in southwest Brazil, shooting, threatening and then reportedly kidnapping one of their leaders. The v ...

Greg Palast

• Fukushima: They Knew
  "Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" The Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN by Greg Palast for FreePress.org I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level. Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the nuclear power plant: Wiesel w ...
• Why We Occupy - Greg Palast Live!
  Get the DVD of Greg Palast LIVE from the Vultures' Picnic speaking tour. Undercover at the Vultures' Picnic, Greg Palast rips the sheets off the One Percent. Palast shows you the documents marked "secret" and "confidential" from the files of Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Koch Industries, the IMF, WTO ...
• 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits
  Print me out, use me, spread me around! 7 Ways to Beat the Ballot Bandits 1. Don’t Don’t DON’T Mail In Your Ballot For those of you who mailed in your ballot, please tell me, what happened to it? You don’t know, do you? I can tell you that in the last election, half a million absentee ballots ...
• Congo Vultures Bagged
  Vulture fund's $100m DR Congo claim blocked By Meirion Jones BBC Newsnight Bid to block $100m 'vulture' debt The Privy Council has ruled that a "vulture fund" cannot collect $100m from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The award was against Congo's state-owned mining company Gecamines who su ...
• Can we list your Group in our Election Guide?A ...
  We need you to join Operation PUSH, Rock the Vote, People for the American Way, League of United Latin American Citizens, Bobby Kennedy Jr., Thom Hartmann Show, Occupy.com and 150 other organizations.  Add your group's name to our book, website and film, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle large (catering siz ...
  Sam has emailed asking about large food cans: I have a number of large metal food cans, some zinc lined, which are called #10 size. They hold about 5 or 6 lbs (just under 3kg) of beans, or other foods. Now that they’re empty, they are open on one end, with no plastic lid to [...]
• She recycled that! Upcycling novelty hats into ...
  Last September, Karen emailed us about the vast collection of novelty jester hats that her boyfriend had collected at various carnivals and festivals over the years. She wanted to know how she could reuse or recycle them as she hadn’t had much success giving them away. Lots of people made ...
• How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
  Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the samples were to check out ideas/colours/designs in-situ. Some of them were torn from rol ...

Age of Autism

• Age of Autism Weekly Wrap: Here Come the Bugs
  By Dan Olmsted Welcome to the new Weekly Wrap, a column highlighting issues in the news and wrapping in the week's From the Editor posts (which, for some glitchy reason, do not get picked up in Google News unless they...
• We Can't Unfriend our Lives
  By LJ Goes Welcome Friday: Noah up since about 1:00 a.m. Just tried to give him his morning medicine. Screamed, threw it. Said, "no mom, please!" Which, is an extraordinary statement and a reason to celebrate. He communicated his feelings...
• Son Burn
  (Editor's note: Please welcome Nancy Hokkanen as Age of Autism's newest Contributing Editor. An astute observer and wonderful writer, she lives in Minnesota with her husband and their much-loved 14-year-old son. For ten years she has volunteered for several autism...
• My, My What a Difference a Month Makes
  By Anne Dachel I recently wrote this about the IACC meeting on July 10, 2012. HERE I included the comments from Chief Science Officer at Autism Speaks, Dr. Geraldine Dawson. She gave a very critical report on the state of...
• A Sibling Voice for Low Verbal Autism: Afraid ...
  By Natalie Palumbo Recently, I spent nearly four hours discussing autism with someone functioning at the high end of the spectrum. This person could not grasp how my older brother Anthony, 21, could have “low verbal” autism with no conversational...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• Pro-GMO Propaganda in California Dismantled by ...
  Opponents of GMO labeling say it will raise food costs by hundreds of dollars per family when in fact it will likely cause NO cost increase at all!
• Mothers To Regulators: We Will Not Comply!
  On August 18, 2012 a group of mothers and others, members of the advocacy groups, the Raw Milk Freedom Riders and Lemonade Freedom Day, will take their raw milk and lemonade to the lawn of the US Capitol to celebrate their right to “voluntary exchange.”
• Jeffrey M. Smith, Roseanne Barr and Cynthia Mc ...
  This weekend please join the former Congresswoman and Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney along with Roseanne Barr – who is running for President this November! Both of these courageous women will be appearing on the 2nd day (Saturday, August 18) of this 3 day historical event.
• They Kill with Smiles on their Faces
  An open letter to GMO pushers, whoever you are… Can you hear the night screams of those independent farmers that have been pushed over by the corporate machine? Do the cries of children writhing in pain from your toxic garbage keep you awake at night, or do you just roll over and snore, obliviou ...
• America – Just Label GMOs Already!!!
  The "it's too expensive to label GMOs" argument is FALSE! American companies already label them for export to other countries. So, why not here?

Open Your Eyes News

• Monsanto spends millions to fight labeling of ...
  RT – Activists in California are fighting to pass Proposition 37, a law that would legally require genetically modified foods to be labeled as such. Biotech giant Monsanto doesn’t like that idea, though, and has donated over $4.2 million to oppose it.If the majority of voters in California ...
• Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70
  Reuters – A series of bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people across Iraq on Thursday in a bloody day of attacks underscoring the country’s struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than half a year after the U.S. military withdrew. In the worst of the blasts that erupted in ...
• Documentaries That Have Influenced Open Your E ...
  A truly scary 3 part documentary by those radicals at the BBC about the psychology of the modern world. (Each episode is in 6 segments on YouTube.) For over 30 other documentaries that will challenge your views on the world visit our Films & Documentaries archive
• FEATURE PAGE – U.S. Military Interventions 189 ...
  It may be “The Land Of The Brave And The Home Of The Free” but damn its military has been very busy over the last 120 years bringing democracy to the world down the barrel of a gun. To find out just how busy CLICK HERE
• News Archive In Focus – Afghanistan and Pakist ...
  The latestwar in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001 as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front (Northern Alliance) launched Operation Enduring Freedom. But Afghanistan and Pakistan has been a hotbed of unrest for many years p ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• UCLA's new transparent solar film could be gam ...
  One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCLA announcing they have created a new organic polymer that produces electricity, is nearly transparent and is more durable and malleable than silicon.
• Controversial Caribbean whaling approved with ...
  Representatives of the International Whaling Commission meeting in Panama this week have approved a controversial proposal extending the Aboriginal and Subsistence Whaling quotas for three countries: the United States, Russia and the Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.  Th ...
• Keystone XL southern leg permitted as early as ...
  As a deadline rapidly approaches that will automatically permit the construction of the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, an increasingly vocal group of landowners, environmentalists and even tea party members are saying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now ramming ...
• EPA proposes more stringent soot rules
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed new regulations Thursday that would further reduce legal limits for fine particle pollution -- otherwise known as soot -- in the nation’s air. Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, made ...
• Diesel exhaust can cause cancer, World Health ...
  Diesel engines power commerce and transportation around the world, but the exhaust they produce can prove deadly. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it now classifies diesel exhaust as a cause of cancer. While major advances in technology have helped clean up some dies ...

water.org

• Urban water collection in Haiti
  No matter how many times one visits the developing world, it seems there is always another shocking image around every corner. Last week in Port-au-Prince we followed several people to collect water. After traversing a trash-lined creek bed and about 300 meters from the road we came across this ...
• Community Latrines in India
  Many slum communities in India have this type of shared, public latrine, which, while helpful when brand new, can deteriorate within a couple of years.
• An Empowered 6th Grader
  Parchurjya Bairagi was elected by his classmates to learn about good hygiene and sanitation, and to share what he'd learned with others. The results have reached far beyond his school walls.
• A Lighter Load in Ethiopia
  Letebrehan Gerezgiher is 24 years old and has three kids; Maytsada village is living in this small village. She says,”I used to travel two hours in the dry season in search of water and then, without taking a rest, prepare food for my children and husband, clean the house yard, and wash the chil ...
• Collecting Water in Majidpur
  A family collects drinking water from a newly installed submersible pump water supply system in the Majidpur slum of Savar in India. The water system was installed through the assistance of DSK and Water.org's WaterCredit program. At present, 19 poor households are using this water system.

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
• ‘I’ve been forward to Shen Yun for years!’ Say ...
• Arkansas Storms: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across ...
• Eats on Feets
• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

• The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
  The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

• Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...
  arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
• "Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...
  Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...
  Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
• Study: 400 Afghan women jailed for "moral crimes"
  In this Jan. 19, 2003 file photo, Zarghona, who is in prison because she left her first husband who abused her and forced her into prostitution, holds her seven-month-old son Balal and looks out through their cell window, at the Kabul Women's Prison in Submitted by Maria V. to World  |&nb ...
• Seizure of Springs by Settlers Greatly Limits ...
  Palestinians have increasingly lost access to water sources in the West Bank as a result of the takeover of springs by Israeli settlers, who have used threats, intimidation and fences to ensure control of water points closed to tne settlements, Submitted by Naoko I. to World  |  &nbs ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• Bill Gates' Latest Tech Development: Turning C ...
• Canadian Solar, Inc. Purchases First American ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. is at it again.  Just one day after signing a 17-megawatt supply agreement with an independent power producer in Ontario, the company announced it had acquired 122 MW of solar projects in the United States. read more
• Canadian Solar, Inc. Purchases First American ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. is at it again.  Just one day after signing a 17-megawatt supply agreement with an independent power producer in Ontario, the company announced it had acquired 122 MW of solar projects in the United States. ...
• Potentia and Canadian Solar Sign Supply Agreem ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. has signed a 17-megawatt supply agreement with Potentia Solar, Inc.  The solar panels will be used to develop more than 100 rooftop solar projects in Ontario. read more
• Potentia and Canadian Solar Sign Supply Agreem ...
  Canadian Solar, Inc. has signed a 17-megawatt supply agreement with Potentia Solar, Inc.  The solar panels will be used to develop more than 100 rooftop solar projects in Ontario. read more

News Blaze

• Makira Natural Park Represents Important Miles ...
  Makira Natural Park represents an important milestone toward achieving the country's Durban Vision, a plan formulated by Madagascar in 2003 to safeguard 10 percent of Madagascar's natural lands.
• Is Congress Unwilling to Support Obama's Jobs ...
  The White House has taken steps including investing in science and math, giving states more flexibility on No Child Left Behind, and increasing financial aid for millions of young people,
• Bahraini Activist Sentenced to Three Years for ...
  Mr. Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
• Unidentified Gunmen Kills 22 Shia Muslims in P ...
  Mr. Ban has expressed his outrage over such deliberate attacks on people due to their religious beliefs in Pakistan.
• Priorities for Rebuilding The Economy
  Langevin made his first stop at Ametek SCP, a manufacturer of underwater electrical and optical connectors and cable assemblies for military and commercial use.

Worldnews

• Derek Jeter smacks 250th career home run ...
  Related topics Derek JeterNew York YankeesYankee StadiumMLBVideo Advertisement Thirty-Eight year old Derek Sanderson Jeter, 18 year veteran of the New York Yankees, hit his 250th home run last night on his home turf at Yankee Stadium, helping the Yankees pick up a win over the Boston Red Sox ...
• Soldado: It is high time I scored at the ...
  The Spain international is in bullish mood ahead of the clash with Los Blancos in La Liga on Sunday, and vowed to end his dry streak in the Spanish capital By Alex...
• Syria denies Assad's deputy tried to defe ...
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad's deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of Aleppo in the north and hitting an insurgent-held town in the oil-producing east. A Free Syrian Army fighter runs f ...
• Prince William Rescues Drowning Teenager, ...
  Prince William helped to save a drowning teenager yesterday, proving that there are such things as knights in shining armor. The Duke of Cambridge, a Royal Air Force pilot, answered a distress call with his team after a 13-year-old girl and her 16-year-old sister were caught in a riptide off ...
• Why Republicans Abhor the New Healthcare ...
  Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." -Adam Smith The Republicans and ultra-conservatives that were up in arms over the recent Cancer Add, which linked presidential ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

MY Daily Apple

• Our Genes Are Not Yet Ready For So Many Wheat- ...
  According to an expert in digestive disorders, the current rise in dietary problems related to gluten could be due to over reliance on wheat-based products...
• Programs Launched To Develop Medical Counterme ...
  Concerns about terrorist attacks, the prospect of a rogue nation using nuclear weapons and the Fukushima power plant accident in Japan are fostering efforts to develop a new family of drugs that everyone hopes will never be used, according to an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engin ...
• ScienceShot: Magnetic Tornadoes Rage on the Sun
  Pervasive swirling vortexes may heat the solar corona
• Eating Vegetables May Protect Pancreas, Study ...
  4 servings a day cut risk of acute pancreatitis by 44% compared to 1 helping, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Nutrition, Pancreatitis
• Phylogeny: Rewriting evolution
  Tiny molecules called microRNAs are tearing apart traditional ideas about the animal family tree.

Common Dreams

• Organization of American States to Meet Over U ...
  The Organization of American States (OAS) is set to meet next week over the UK's threat to storm the Ecuador's embassy in London to seize Julian Assange. read more
• Israel Kicks Out Migrants – By Changing Their ...
  Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel are being issued with documents changing their nationality, allowing them to be removed from the country or imprisoned. The Bureau has identified migrants who have recently been issued with documents labelling them as South Sudanese – despite holding passp ...
• Deadly Week for Afghan Civilians Ends With Mor ...
  A bomb exploded in a crowded market in Afghanistan on Saturday killing four and wounding at least 12, ending a deadly week for civilians in the occupied country. The explosion happened in the Shindand district of the western province of Herat. ...
• U.S. Court Upholds Status Quo on Gene Patents
  Is a gene more like a tree trunk or more like a baseball bat? A federal court Thursday took a stand on the question, ruling that isolated DNA molecules are “not found in nature”, and are therefore more like inventions, such as baseball bats, than natural phenomenon, such as tree trun ...
• Group: Lack of Diversity in Presidential Deba ...
  The lack of any journalist of color moderating any of the presidential debates is "unacceptable," says an advocacy organization. In a statement issued Friday, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) said the Commission on Presidential Debates has ignored the changing elect ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

• ExamineReligion: Are atheists afraid of the cr ...
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• ExamineReligion: The beginning of an in-depth ...
  ExamineReligion: The beginning of an in-depth study of the church Jesus established http://t.co/vjiWR0Xj
• ExamineReligion: Artist Lyn H. Taylor unveils ...
  ExamineReligion: Artist Lyn H. Taylor unveils portrait of Abbot Patrick at St. Joseph's Abbey http://t.co/HisOV8x3
• ExamineReligion: Pussy Riot convicted of the w ...
  ExamineReligion: Pussy Riot convicted of the wrong charge http://t.co/U5zUZyiS
• ExamineReligion: Resources for Building Your O ...
  ExamineReligion: Resources for Building Your Online Presence http://t.co/lFxWYVpZ

Energy Collective

• Manage climate risks with this framework – whe ...
  Whether one believes in the threats of a changing climate, or not, businesses are sticking their heads in the sand if they don’t at least acknowledge some degree of risk and manage it accordingly. I find it almost impossible to believe how corporate officers, policymakers, insurers, many investo ...
• FAA Clears Cape Wind For Takeoff
  Last year, the courts told the Federal Aviation Administration to go back and take a better, longer look at the wind turbine array proposed for Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts. And once again, the FAA has determined that the Cape Wind project — which could well become the nation’s first of ...
• How important is the two degree target?
  In a recent speech, US Lead Climate Negotiator Todd Stern caused some consternation in the media by opening up the subject of the global two degree Celsius target. Bylines such as “US Abandons 2° Target” appeared soon after, But really, he had outlined a negotiating strategy which might bring na ...
• Survey Says: Americans Favor Pro-Climate Candi ...
  Since the defeat of US carbon legislation in 2010, conventional political wisdom has held that climate was a losing issue.
• The intriguing mystery case of PV policy in Au ...
  Many years ago, I recall a debate at a Clean Energy Council conference where we all agreed that a consumer guide to solar PV was an essential and much needed tool.

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• Silencing Dissent in America
  by Stephen Lendman Freedom in America is endangered. Bipartisan complicity plans destroying it altogether. America is on a fast track toward tyranny and ruin. Police state laws threaten everyone. Increasingly dissent is marginalized. It's not tolerated. Resistance is called dangerou ...
• Bahrain Imprisons Human Rights Leader
  by Stephen Lendman The Al Khalifa monarchy rules Bahrain despotically. State terror is policy. Activists are targeted, arrested, tortured, and imprisoned. Kangaroo court proceedings deny justice. Nabeel Rajab is one of Bahrain's best. He's a prominent human rights leader. Activism got hi ...
• Is the Sinai Peninsula rejoining the resistance?
  Franklin Lamb Beirut The Sinai Peninsula may be in the process of joining the Arab and Islamic Resistance as this great awakening spreads inexorably across the region toppling Western imposed security states and replacing them with governments of greater popular legitimacy. This despite the f ...
• Netanyahu v Obama and Iran
  By Alan Hart I am sure that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is right when he says that Israel has not yet made up its mind about whether or not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. The question is - What will most likely be the determining factor in the mind of Israeli Prime Minister ...
• The American Way
  by Stephen Lendman Past and present leaders reveal the soul of their nations. Arguably America never had one. Current domestic and foreign policies provide convincing evidence. Police state harshness targets defenders of right over wrong everywhere. National resources go for militarism, ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Next Up: Calling young leaders in Vancouver, E ...
  Next Up taking applications for 2012/13 programs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon Next Up -- A leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice Next Up is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between the ...
• Bargaining Power and Job Quality in the United ...
  The age and educational attainment of the US workforce have increased significantly since 1979.  Since older and better educated workers generally have higher pay and better benefits, one might expect a greater share of workers to be in good jobs today compared to 30 years ago. In a Center ...
• Crime and Declining Unionization
  In an article entitled "Crime and the Decline of Unions," economics professors Robert Baumann and Bryan Engelhardt of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts estimate the elasticity of crime with respect to union membership.  They contend that the drop in US union membersh ...
• Final Report Released on CAW-CEP New Union Project
  The final report of the proposal committee for a new union combining the CAW and CEP contains many intriguing ideas, not least being the 5 regional councils, funded by a separate per capita levy, that give the new union the feel of a labour central.  All local unions in each region will be ...
• Low-income residents face housing challenges i ...
  In addition to the usual challenges of finding affordable, good quality housing that meets their needs, many low-income tenants have trouble maintaining their housing, often because their rents increase sharply or their units are converted to condominiums.  To learn more ...

World Wide Hippies

• CDC to HIPPIES and BABY BOOMERS: Get tested fo ...
• Revolution 99 Updates: We’re All Pussies ...
  Occupy Wall Street Movement not only still exists it must prevail We know that the Occupy Wall Street movement still exists; now it is more necessary than ever before. We haven’t heard much from the media because the movement isn’t entertaining anymore. Working below the radar, the O ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
  Firefighters hold back flames threatening towns in Idaho, California (Reuters) – Firefighters in Idaho’s Boise National Forest held the line on Friday against a week-old blaze closing in on a small mountain resort, while evacuation orders were lifted for two communities menaced by li ...
• Your tax dollars at work: Details General&#82 ...
  By Joe Gould ,chasvoice.blogspot.com- A four-star Army general who was the first head of the new U.S. Africa Command allegedly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars improperly on lavish travel, hotels and other items for himself and his wife, according to a Defense Department report. Gen. Willi ...
• “deeply troubled” my ass… Wh ...
  By REEM KHALIFA – MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A three-year prison sentence handed down Thursday to a prominent Bahraini human rights activist for instigating and participating in several anti-government rallies prompted rare criticism from the United States and sparked clashes in the streets of ...

FourWinds10

• Massive Oil Slick Found At BP's Deepwater Hori ...
  VIEW HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1pe-hvHdEg&feature=youtu.be Aug. 25, 2011
• US Energy Department panel endorses shale frac ...
  (NaturalNews) Hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking," for the purpose of extracting natural gas from the earth involves flooding it with millions of gallons of chemical-laden water, a practice that by all estimates is damaging the environment to some extent. But a US Energy Dep ...
• Industrial waste blamed as millions of fish di ...
  MILLIONS of dead fish have been found floating on the Minjiang River in southeast China's Fujian Province and it has started to stink. A cleanup has begun and authorities are investigating the cause and trying to find out whether there is any danger to drinking water. Local farmers suspect t ...
• Climate 'science' gone wild: UK researchers to ...
  (NaturalNews) Deniers of geo-engineering, or man-made weather manipulation, truly are the real conspiracy theorists, as climate "scientists" have once again openly admitted that they have the technology to alter weather at will. And a recent piece in Scientific American highlights a ne ...
• Is crude oil still gushing in the Gulf? New te ...

Crisis Maven

• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...
  The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
  Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...

Capital Flow Analysis

• 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 ...
• 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 curren ...
• 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 ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• How Ethanol and the Chevron Refinery Fire Impa ...
  In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer two gasoline-related questions. One is on how ethanol is impacting current gasoline prices, and whether that increases the chances of a waiver for this year’s Renewable Fuel Standard. The other is on the impact of the Chevron re ...
• How to Acquire Accurate Energy Data and Statistics
  Note: I am back in Hawaii after a long road trip, so my posting frequency will return to normal. I intend to record new R-Squared Energy TVs in the near future as well. In last week’s Energy Trends Insider our featured stories were How to Acquire Accurate Energy Data and Statistics, Invest ...
• Climate Change and Developing Countries
  This post continues a theme I covered in my book Power Plays. Part 1 covered the impact on oil price and supply in Petroleum Demand in Developing Countries. Here I discuss some of the climate change implications. Climate Change Implications Regardless of one’s beliefs on climate change, it ...
• Why China is Getting Their Feet Wet in the Oil ...
  In last week’s Energy Trends Insider our featured stories were Why China is Dipping Their Feet in the Canadian Oil Sands, CNOOC’s Purchase of Nexen May Signal New Wave of Consolidation, and Subscriber Questions on Lanzatech and Butanol. As we have done previously, we would like to sh ...
• Petroleum Demand in Developing Countries
  Note: I am still traveling, and my posting schedule won’t return to normal until after August 11th. This article was originally written for World Business Magazine in Singapore, and explores one of the themes I covered in my book Power Plays. I am breaking it up into two parts. The first d ...

Discovery Educator Network

• easel.ly | create and share visual ideas online
  Comments:Create infographics with these very helpful tools--backgrounds, objects, shapes, themes, more. - Randy RodgersTags: infographics, visualization, infographic, tools, web2.0, create, web, toolby: Randy Rodgers
• Sketch and doodle your brains out.
  Comments:Ultra simple web-based drawing tool, no account needed, and drawings can be downloaded. - Randy RodgersTags: sketch, draw, art, creativity, web, 2.0by: Randy Rodgers
• How The USA Expanded (In One Mesmerizing Anima ...
  Tags: expansion, history, Westward, US, edudemic, animated_gifby: Dean Mantz
• Tip 110 - Auto Generate QR Codes in Google Spr ...
  Tags: qrcodes, qr codes, google, spreadsheet, resources, qrcodeby: Heather Hurley
• Grazing for Digital Natives - Infographics
  Comments:The great (former DEN Genius) Jennifer Dorman has developed thiis fantastic resource regarding infographics.   - Dean MantzTags: infographic, infographics, digitalfootprint, JenniferDorman, Cliotech, wikispacesby: Dean Mantz

Rodale News

• 3 Back-To-School Staples You Won't Find on Any ...
  If you believe all the hype you read in flyers and hear in TV ads, everything your kids need to head back to school can be picked up at your local big-box store. Well, don't believe the hype because three of the most important things that kids—kindergarteners, middle schoolers, and college stud ...
• Johnson & Johnson Pulling Toxic Chemicals From ...
  Johnson & Johnson ingredients are going to be a lot cleaner in the coming years after the company took a major step this week, announcing its plan to remove toxic chemicals from baby products by the end of 2013. Adult toiletries will be less toxic by 2015, too, the company told the Associat ...
• Swap Your Soap, Save Your Heart?
  Logic would dictate that things that kill germs are supposed to keep you healthy, but that logic doesn't apply when it comes to triclosan, the chemical used in virtually all "antibacterial" products these days, whether it's your dish soap or your toothpaste. Triclosan is known to inte ...
• Plant More Trees, Live Crime-Free
  Over a 50-year lifespan, a tree provides you and everyone around you with $31,250 worth of oxygen, and $62,000 worth of air-pollution control, according to the nonprofit environmental group Delaware Riverkeeper. But its contribution to your public safety? Priceless. Results in a recent study pu ...
• Contaminated Fruit at the Center of Two Huge R ...
  Fruit season is at its height, and this summer, like last, fruit is at the center of two major food-safety recalls affecting dozens of states. Cantaloupe and Honeydew North Carolina–based Burch Farms is recalling cantaloupes and melons grown on its farm because the fruits have the potential ...

big think

• Making a “Male Birth Control” Pill Conceivable
  A “male birth control pill” is now one step closer to technological plausibility—but not much more socially plausible than it was last week. It’s an inconceivable technology, to indulge the irresistible pun. Okay, it’s not entirely inconceivable, but my guess is that the male birth contr ...
• Don’t Write Articles Like This
  I’m looking at Jonathan Jones’ incredibly bizarre article in The Guardian (of all places), which undermines and short-circuits an important moral discussion, about Tony Nicklinson and the right to die. I’ve previously written about Tony Nicklinson and the ethical justifications for his decision. ...
• Men Find Dancing Women More Attractive During ...
  Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development?  According to researchers, men who viewed videos of silhouettes of dancing women were "more likely to describe those who were ovulating at the time as more attractive than women at other stages of their m ...
• Biggest Survey on Global Tobacco Use Gives War ...
  Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? An international survey revealed that in developing countries nearly 50 percent of men and one in 10 women use tobacco. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), examined "smoking trends among people ages 1 ...
• The Godless Constitution and the Ratification ...
  Over the weekend, JT linked to this post on Patheos by Ben Witherington, an evangelical Bible scholar, opining about the legal basis for separation of church and state in America. But what about those founding documents— the Declaration, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. Didn ...

Information Liberation

• Ryan's Hopes: Romney's Veep Pick Proves Electo ...
  The UK*s Guardian*sports a typical *analysis* headline on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney*s selection of US Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate: *[F]irebrand from Wisconsin has built reputation on fiscal frugality.* Ryan, ...
• Peter Schiff: The Estate Tax Needs to Die
  If you add up all the taxes a rich person pays over their life and post death, the government takes over 90%, leaving their kids with a measly 10%. How is this any different from communism?...
• Obama's Latest Bailout Target: U.S. Farmers
  Obama has a brilliant new plan to save U.S. farmers suffering from drought--give them hordes of taxpayer money for their produce, "freeze it," then use it at a later date. Reuters reports: CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama will announce on Monday...
• Obama's 'You Didn't Build It' Canard
  Barack Obama recently proved once again that he is indeed a Proud Marxist (as Yuri Maltsev, former advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev, calls him) when he argued that successful American entrepreneurs "didn*t build" their businesses on their own. Govern...
• The Right's brittle heroes
  The contrast between (a) how Paul Ryan is depicted by worshipful Republicans and media figures alike * as a principled fiscal conservative and advocate of Randian self-sufficiency ** and the reality of what he*s done in his life is as stark as it is ...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• One More Five-Ring Circus
  The Games of the XXX Olympiad kick off in a few hours, and I for one won’t be watching. In another age, another millemium, the Modern Olympic Games were conceived by an aristocratic Frenchman, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, … Continue reading →
• More Of The Shiny Stuff
  A few random jottings on gold while I’m out on the road; back in a week. The other day, I came across this article in the Mises Daily, taken from Joseph T. Salerno’s testimony submitted to the U.S. House Subcommittee … Continue reading →
• Meet The Asylum’s New Management
  The iron ore town of Whyalla on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula is one of the places most threatened by Labor’s Carbon Tax – the tax that Gillard promised before the last Federal election she would never introduce, and which came … Continue reading →
• Gunwalker – What The Hell???
  I don’t know much about this whole Gunwalker episode, beyond the little I’ve read in the news. But it’s now meant the United States’ chief executive law officer has just been held in contempt of Congress. Pretty serious stuff. I … Continue reading →
• Daily Telegraph Delingpole Refugee Camp
  G’day Folks, The DT blogs are down for maintenance for an unusually long period of time. So all regular readers of James Delingpole’s blog are welcome to continue the discussion here. Even the trolls can come in, just to make … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• My Sister Rosalind Franklin
  My Sister Rosalind Franklin: A Family Memoir 9780199699629: Jenifer Glynn – Jenifer Glynn is sister to Rosalind Franklin, whose pioneering X-ray crystallography work provide the key insights needed by Watson and Crick to unravel the double helix of DNA. Much has been written about her role ...
• Gadget in the pan? Just add rice
  While the Gates Foundation is looking to reward new toilet designs, there is a “first-world” problem that afflicts many of us from time to time. The dreaded dropping the phone, iPod, Kindle in the toilet bowl. The whole hygiene and pathogen dissemination issue of using electronic gad ...
• Balls. Sorry…oblate spheroids!
  The sun is just a spinning ball of hot gas, 1.4 million kilometres across. The Deceived Wisdom about spinning balls if of course that they should bulge at their equator because of centrifugal force, the fast moving matter at the equator being flung out more than that at the North or South poles, ...
• Balls
  The sun is just a spinning ball of hot gas, 1.4 million kilometres across. The Deceived Wisdom about spinning balls if of course that they should bulge at their equator because of centrifugal force, the fast moving matter at the equator being flung out more than that at the North or South poles, ...
• Sciencebase new book sampler online
  Did I mention it already? I’m writing a book – Deceived Wisdom. I’ve contributed to, edited and co-authored books before, of course, most recently including “A Brief History of Science” with John Gribbin and Richard Dawkins, Oxford University Press’ “Ato ...

RFF Library

• Energy Technology Perspectives: Pathways to a ...
  International Energy Agency (available to RFFers through OECD iLibrary; username and password on library landing site, left frame) http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/energy-technology-perspectives-2012_energy_tech-2012-en ETP 2012 shows: Current progress on clean energy deployment, and what can ...
• The Political Benefits of Taking a Pro-Climate ...
  Yale Project on Climate Change Communication / by Connie Roser-Renouf, Anthony Leiserowitz and Edward Maibach http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/Political-Benefits-Pro-Climate-Stand.pdf [Via NYT DotEarth] …at the national level and among ten key swing states – taking a proclimate st ...
• 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report
  US Dept. of Energy http://1.usa.gov/Or41du [From Press Release]   …According to the 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report, the United States remained one of the world’s largest and fastest growing wind markets in 2011, with wind power representing a remarkable 32 percent of all new electric ...
• Coastal Fishers’ Livelihood in Peril: S ...
  Center for Participatory Research and Development, Bangladesh | Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries at the University of Chittagong / by Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury, M Shahamat Hossain, MD Shamsuddoha and SM Munjurul Hannan Khan http://bit.ly/TCF79U Bangladesh is one of the most disaste ...
• WISDOM, the Wyoming Interagency Spatial Databa ...
  State of Wyoming http://wisdom.wygisc.org/ [About Page] The Wyoming Interagency Spatial Database & Online Management (WISDOM) System is a user-friendly tool that will allow any interested individual to discover, consider, and assess Wyoming’s wildlife resources. WISDOM has been developed in ...

Scientific American - News

• E. Coli Strain Linked to Cancer in Mice
  From Nature magazine [More]
• Synthetic Biology Book Published in DNA
  From Nature magazine [More]
• First Evidence Found for Photosynthesis in Insects
  From Nature magazine [More]
• Cancer-Fighting Compound Might Double as Rever ...
  From Nature Medicine 's "Spoonful of Medicine" blog : [More]
• First Practical Maser (Microwave Laser) Is Built
  By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine [More]

First Truths

• The Anarchist Lineage
   Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

• Montreal CEGEP Students vote and demo August 13th
  On August 13th 2012 students at Montreal CEGEPs (Quebec senior high schools/colleges) gathered into General assemblies to decide on maintaining the strike or going back to ...
• KI Nation to paddle to Hudson's Bay to protect ...
  From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the KI Indigenous Nation will venture 400 km beyond ...
• Indigenous struggles around the world: Quebec, ...
  In the second installment of reports on indigenous struggles from Intercontinental Cry editor and creator John Scertow, we go in depth on issues facing the Algonquins at Barriere Lake, the Sasmi in Sweden and the The Kalahari Bushmen in Bostwana. The first installment can be heard here- http://c ...
• Update on the Quebec Student Strike
  Colleges vote on continuing the strike in Montreal and environs The first week back at classes has proven to be a crucial time for college students in Quebec, who have begun voting on whether to maintain the strike, which kicked off in Febr ...
• Ramadan Riot 2010, Maplehurst CC
  “No Justice, No Peace” (originally published on Alex Hundert's blog at alexhundert.wordpress.com, Alex is writing from prison as he is incarcerated for involvement in the G20 protests) This piece was originally intended to ...

David Seaton's News Links

• The meaning of this year's election
  This year's presidential election is one of the most important in America's entire history and the reason is simple to the point of stark. It is all about who is going to fill any vacancies in the Supreme Court in the next four years.That simple.The Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ...
• Political poetry... what is it?
  I have been indulging in verse and wondering whether there is a role in the USA for political poetry as there is in South America or in parts of Europe... So I asked myself what a poet is, and this is what I came up with.What is a poet? Master of the liar's art One who has walked the fog into ...
• The Summer of 2012 (a poem)
  As I said in my previous post, at some point prose fails to express what I really feel. And I also begin to observe something that people who have never lived in a dictatorship may be slow to notice: that frank language is actively repressed, that certain truths may no be debated or even mention ...
• A dream called “hope” in the potter’s field
  I’m on vacation and among the books I’m reading is “It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!” by James Carvillle and Stan Greenberg, a book I strongly recommend to anyone of any political leaning, anywhere, who is interested in where the world’s greatest economy is headed and what that journey to has mean ...
• Bibi Netanyahu and Israel's primal fallacy
  David Seaton's News Links (David Grossman) said he feared that Netanyahu and Barak would bomb Iran partly out of a perceived strategic need to back up their threats with action, but also because of what he sees as Netanyahu’s sense of historic responsibility to save the “people of eternity.” ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Friday Cat Blogging - 17 August 2012
  When Marian gets home from work, her shoes are delightfully smelly. Delightful to a cat, anyway, for reasons that are beyond human ken. Last night I tried to snap a pic of Domino rolling around in Marian's shoes as if they were a grove of catnip, but none of them quite turned out. So instead y ...
• A Question for Paul Ryan
  Earlier this morning I wrote a post about the differences between Paul Ryan's 2012 Medicare plan and Paul Ryan's 2013 Medicare plan. My point was simple: the 2013 plan is quite different from the 2012 plan, and if we're going to attack his plan, we should be attacking the current one. So here ...
• Smart Machines Are in Our Future, Whether We L ...
  As the world becomes more complex, it rewards people who can deal effectively with complexity. So does this mean that income inequality is inevitably going to increase, as highly-educated elites gain a bigger and bigger advantage over the less educated? Ryan Avent, responding to Brink Lindsey' ...
• Chart of the Day: Low Global Demand for Oil Pr ...
  Stuart Staniford notes that oil production, which plateaued in early 2012, has since dropped off: OPEC has revised down their numbers for June significantly and both the IEA and OPEC show very slight increases in July relatively to June. The overall effect is now that production appears to ...
• Programming Note: Ryan 2013 Is Not Ryan 2012
  Last night I got this in email from a regular reader: Jennifer Granholm had a chart on Current less than an hour ago that showed that according the CBO in several years seniors would pay an average of $12,000 for their health coverage compared to about $6,000 now, and that the government, w ...

Insanity Report

• IC 342: Land Sharks
  Topics: Ghostwriting You can’t force people to be activists Worse things than Kristen Stewart What Kevin Shouldn’t Do in Europe Shark Week Land Sharks The annoyance of politics Fix-a-Flat butt lifts Share with your friends:
• IC 341: Moral High Horse Olympics
  Topics: Olympic fails Worst Olympic swimmer in history Domestic Violence CAN be funny Beware White Boys Bearing Drugs Shark Week Real Fear Factor The fear of prison rape keeps me out of prison Peeing in the pool Man beats woman with her dead dog Share with your friends:
• IC 340: Double Trouble
  Topics: Olympic Taekwondo sucks Please don’t put MMA in the Olympics How Fox can (but won’t) use Days of Future Past to fix continuity Whedon back Warner Brothers and DC keep fucking up with the Justice League If you marry one conjoined twin…….. Pope says condoms are okay ...
• IC 339: Niggalympics
  Topics: Folks taking things out of hand Did anyone really make fun of Gabby Douglas’ hair? Serena crip walking Rick Ross’ food rapping Cupcake ATM Evander Holyfield broke Fuck the Paterno family The Niggalympics Stabbed over Xbox Share with your friends:
• IC 338: God is an Asshole (with a Special App ...
  Topics: The Chick Fil-A situation is getting out of hand Stop playing 6 Degrees of Separation with where your money is going X-Men First Class Sequel = Days of Future Past? Can Fox make a clean break? Fuck the Total Recall remake Snoop Dogg proves that too much weed isn’t good for you Weez ...

Simple Climate

• Temperature rises could hamper developing worl ...
  Annual variations show every 1°C temperature increase shaves 1.3 percent off a poor country’s growth, over the course of a given year, according to MIT economist Ben Olken.
• CO2-focused breeding can arm crops for food fight
  Higher CO2 levels could ensure we have enough food in the face of other climate and population changes, says Lewis Ziska from the US Department of Agriculture, if crop breeding programs tailored to take advantage get enough support
• Continued emission growth promises US megadroughts
  2000-2004 western US drought was worst in 800 years, but will become normal in future, reversing the region’s absorption of CO2 and worsening climate change, says Christopher Schwalm from Northern Arizona University
• Developed countries duck warming responsibility
  Rich countries have emitted 2/3 of CO2 through history but their pledges are set to result in just 1/3 of any future warming slowdown, says a study that combines climate, social, economic and ecological science by Xuefeng Cui and John Moore from Beijing Normal University and their colleagues.
• Society must respond 50 times faster to meet l ...
  Using climate-society feedbacks Andrew Jarvis and colleagues from Lancaster University, UK, predict that the world is on course for 6°C of warming, but this could be much lower with even a slightly stronger response, if we make it quickly

e!Science News

• Longer time to find new job, less pay for moms ...
  In a 2010 survey of laid-off workers across the United States, married moms spent more time between jobs and were overall less likely to find new jobs compared with married dads. Once re-employed, married moms experienced a decrease in earnings of $175 more per week compared with married dad ...
• Trust in management key to avoiding correction ...
  Correctional facility employees who trust supervisors and management are less likely to experience job burnout, a Wayne State University researcher has found. read more
• 2 new owls discovered in the Philippines
  Two new species of owls have been discovered in the Philippines, and a Michigan State University researcher played a key role in confirming their existence. read more
• Spider version of Bigfoot emerges from caves i ...
  The forests of the coastal regions from California to British Columbia are renowned for their unique and ancient animals and plants, such as coast redwoods, tailed frogs, mountain beavers and the legendary Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch). Whereas Bigfoot is probably just fiction, a huge, newly ...
• Wild pollinators support farm productivity and ...
  Most people are not aware of the fact that 84% of the European crops are partially or entirely dependent on insect pollination. While managed honeybees pollinate certain crops, wild bees, flies and wasps cover a very broad spectrum of plants, and thus are considered the most important pollinator ...

unEarthed

• Feds About To Toss Wolves To The Hunters
  Wyoming gray wolves may lose endangered species protection The Associated Press reports that the federal government will abandon its protections for Wyoming wolv ...
• Smokey Loves Coal, Not Forests
  Forest Service prefers protecting wildlands, chooses bulldozers anyway The Sunset roadless area. Ted Zukoski photo (c). The Forest Service finally admitted it ...
• Unplugged: Happy Motoring!
  New electric motor standards will save energy and simplify enforcement Earthjustice and a coalition of energy efficiency advocates and motor manufacturers are recommending stronger new effi ...
• Q&A: Frank James, M.D., Whatcom Docs
  Medical professionals concerned about Pacific Northwest coal export projects (Editor's Note: This is the fifth blog post in an ongoing series about proposed coal ...
• Kayford Mountain, Prettiest Lady I've Ever Seen
  Some love stories captured on video She said, “Do you cheat on me?” He said, “Sure I do.” “Do I know her?" “Sure yo ...

Brave New Climate

• Talking turkey on nuclear $$ costs
  This the final article in the SA Mines & Energy Journal series on nuclear energy (issue 24, pg 34), about the economic bottom line for nuclear. Ben Heard, my co-author, has also blogged about this on DecarboniseSA. And if you want a second opinion on, read what Columbia University’s Je ...
• Fit-for-service low-carbon electricity technol ...
  This article (by Barry Brook) was originally published on The Conversation website until the title: “Low-carbon electricity must be fit-for-service (and nuclear power is)“. You can wade through the 224 comments over there (if you dare…) See also the comment here by Keith Orchis ...
• No easy substitutes for fossil fuels
  The following guest post is republished (with permission from the author) from Opinion Online. Tom Biegler, who wrote this piece, worked with Martin Nicholson and me on our 2010 Energy paper, How carbon pricing changes the relative competitiveness of low-carbon baseload generating technologies. ...
• Is the Olympic Dam mine a special case?
  Here is an Op Ed published by Geoff Russell and me in the The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper this week. It was in response to this piece by Jim Green. ———— OLYMPIC Dam uranium can power Australia four times over and close all our coal mines, write Geoff Russell and Barry B ...
• Does energy efficiency reduce emissions and pe ...
  Guest Post by Graham Palmer. Graham is an industrial engineer and energy commenter from Melbourne. For another BNC post featuring his work, see Coal dependence and the renewables paradox. This post summarises the findings of a paper just published in the peer-reviewed journal Sustainability by G ...

Indigenist Opinion

• The Best Sources for Real Estate Listings
  Posting your home into some credible Real Estate Listings are the best way you can do if you want to sell your property right away. It is not expensive either to do real estate listing. Most of home sellers nowadays have got their property listed for a very minimal amount, and most of these sell ...
• House Hopping
  House Hopping Adolescent years are a challenge. For everyone involved. Young individuals searching, yearning for their independence though not yet prepared to manage the cost/benefit scales of life. Crazed parents hurt by their child's sudden rebuttals and scared by both their loss of control ...
• Buying Property
  Buying Property In buying property, you need to know on the things on what you want to do in on your property. It also means that anything you want to wish to have in your property. It can be like a beautiful view in which you can view the sea or the city or an urbanized area. Well, people do ...
• IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing
  IRA Real Estate Investments: Real Estate Investing Aӏmоѕt еνегуtһіng іn tһе world today wіӏӏ nеνег ӏаѕt аnԁ tһаt іѕ а fact. Obviously, tһіngѕ ѕһоυӏԁ change nо matter wһаt еνеn wіtһ tһе assets уоυ аге tгуіng tо invest іn уоυг IRA. If уоυ аге іn tһе field оf investing, уоυ wіӏӏ аn idea tһаt IR ...
• Real Estate Investing Myths
  Real Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...

Republicans are a Disease

• A Republican Didn’t Like The Sign In My ...
  When I roll, I always have one of our RepublicansAreADisease.com sighs taped on the rear window of my car. I went to Office Depot to return some supplies yesterday and what appeared to be a Republican with his wife and teen age daughter were walking up to the car next to me. The Republican saw [...]
• Michele Bachman Lying Again
  On Meet the Press Michele Bachman claims Republicans want women to make their own health care choices. Really? I guess unless their employer disagrees right Michele? Please media. The story is the fact that the Michele Bachman types get to lie repeatedly, and never have to pay a price. Time to d ...
• Wolf Blitzer Owes Hillary Rosen An Apology
  Dear Wolf. You are an asshole. Why should anyone apologize for telling the truth? I know that you think that Marie Antoinette Romney is an “elite” and we are supposed to worship her while she tell us “poor people” how we should live our lives, and what matters to us? Hill ...
• Marie “Ann”toinette Romney You Hav ...
  Dear Marie Antoinette Romney. Please sit down and shut up about economics. It is wonderful that your “family” has been so prosperous that you have never had to work for wages once in your whole life, unlike almost every other woman in America. What you don’t seem to understand ...
• How Many Small Business Owners Did Newt Screw ...
  Come on Newt, who do you owe? You have millions upon millions in loot, and you can’t pay the people that you have contracts with and did business with? You have yours and you are screwing them out of theirs? You are sick man. I know you wanted to be prezzident so you could screw us [...]

Appalachia Rising

• Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense!
  Donate to Appalachia Rising Legal Defense On June 5th, 22 Appalachians were arrested in Washington DC, refusing to leave the offices of their Congresspeople until their representatives committed to taking steps toward ending mountaintop removal. You supported these men and … Continue readi ...
• Judge Says Quaker Pro-Mountain Demonstrators & ...
  PHILADELPHIA – Two Quakers, Vint Deming (78) and Gail Newbold (62), were found guilty on Thursday of Defiant Trespass and Conspiracy to Commit Trespass following their arrest and trial for a nonviolent religious witness at PNC Bank’s Center City headquarters … Continue reading →
• Donations Needed for Legal Support of 22 Arrested
  All 22 Mountain Heroes are out of jail as of late night on Wednesday. However, they will all be making a return trip to Washington DC in July for a court hearing. This trip will be expensive, as well as … Continue reading →
• Shaving Their Heads in Mourning and Protest
  On Memorial Day, nearly 20 people shaved their heads in mourning and protest of mountaintop removal. Today, 5 more people joined them. 1. Shaving their heads in an act of mourning and protest of mountaintop removal., 2. Shaving their heads … Continue reading →
• Video from Rep. Griffith (R-VA) Congressional ...
  West Virginian’s singing “Country Roads Take Me Home” as the police escort them out of Rep. Rahall’s office.

Amped Status

• As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
  By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
• The Evolution of the Butterfly
  Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
• After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
  This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:
• Fault Lines: History of an Occupation
• Wall Street Pirates – Shepard Fairey & J ...
  Shepard Fairey and Jamie Reid print collaboration.

+972

• J14 activists launch political party, radical ...
  The party has been defined the “parliamentarian branch” of the struggle for social justice, and its initial platform includes promotion of direct democracy, public control over natural resources and the financial system, and an end to the military regime in the occupied territories a ...
• Netanyahu reaches out to Abbas to condemn fire ...
  In an atypical move, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted, through an envoy, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Friday to express the severity of Thursday’s firebomb attack on a Palestinian taxi cab that left six people, including two children, injured. According to Haare ...
• NY State Senator’s unbelievable excuse f ...
  Last week, my mother went bird-watching in the north. She called me on the way back – her party was traveling down Mt. Hermon and along the Syrian border – asking about nearby restaurants. Little did I know that they were crossing a dangerous war zone, where hostile snipers are constantly lookin ...
• IDF invokes ‘security risk’ to thw ...
  The  NGO Gisha had reason to believe, some ten days ago, that it won a small victory: The High Court of Justice, which couldn’t stomach the tricks of the security apparatus any longer, ordered it to explain why it rejects requests by four female students from Gaza to move to the West Bank ...
• 13 arrested, beaten during Kufr Qaddoum protes ...
  By The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Some two hundred and fifty residents of Kufr Qaddoum, joined by a handful of Israeli and international activists, protested in the village on Friday against the enclosure of the village and an ongoing land grab policy. The protest was launched in a ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• New Indigenous Protected Area in the Gulf of ...
  The heart of Gulf of Carpentaria country will be protected for future generations with the declaration of the Yanyuwa Indigenous Protected Area.
• Grants for sea country management announced t ...
  The Gillard Government is supporting Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef to undertake projects such as sea country planning, seagrass monitoring, and teaching young people marine science skills.
• $2.7 Million boost for desalination research
  Ten new innovative desalination research projects will share in $2.7 million from the Australian Government funded National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
• New Indigenous Ranger Positions for the North ...
  The Gillard Government today called for expressions of interest for new Indigenous ranger positions to help protect some of the most pristine landscapes in the country.
• Tasmania's largest irrigation scheme ready to ...
  The construction of Tasmania's biggest ever irrigation scheme is ready to start in the Midlands.

Matt Weidner Blog

• I am more afraid of “my” governmen ...
  The government has declared it can lock anyone up forever or kill them without any proof or due process. DHS has placed an order for 450 million rounds of Hollow Point ammo. Obama can now declare martial law during peace time. I think that just about says it all. “We are Preparing for Mass ...
• The American Home Mortgage Appeal, Will The Re ...
  Initial Brief AnswerBrief Trial transcript   Answer Brief appellantBrief Transcript Highlighted Scridb filter
• The Most Important Lawsuit in The History of O ...
  The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 gives the President of the United States of America the power to arrest, detain and try American citizens in secret tribunals with no access to an attorney and with no regard for fundamental American rights that form the very foundation of our natio ...
• AMERIKA 2012, THE RISE OF THE CORPORATE FASCIS ...
  “Fascism should rightly be called corporatism as it is a merger of state and corporate power–Benito Mussolini Americans in every state, from every political persuasion, from every religious and ethnic background and from every social and economic class need to wake up and recognize t ...
• Naranjo v. SBMC and WAMU and JPMorgan Chase
  Which bank is the very worst of the bunch in Amerika? Which one is the sleaziest, the dirtiest, the most abusive and aggressive? In my experience, JPMorgan Chase is hands down the biggest, sleaziest bully on the block.  I won’t disrespect the drug cartels and I certainly will not cast aspe ...

abelard - news

• reporting bias - is it the bbc or is it the gr ...
  With a quarter of this rag of left-wing opinions bought by the BBC, distinguishing press and media rumour from fact is hard.
• imagine there's no countries - the confusions ...
  Have you ever listened to Lennon's words, rather than let them flow over soothingly? abelard helps with a little rewriting to make the lyrics more rooted in the real world.
• think of the children - when a committee of jo ...
  Maybe we should blame 'lawyers for you' encouraging the blame culture.
• 2012 vuelta race favourites | vuelta a espagna ...
  Who could win in this race designed for climbers.
• like school qualifications, sporting achieveme ...
  How to make a false and silly comparison, leading to a daft conclusion.

The Parallel Parliament

• An Open Letter To London’s New City Manager
  My London Free Press article of today – An open letter to City Manager Art Zuidema on his first week …Continue reading »
• Beware the Sciopods and the Blemmyaes
  Prior to more detailed reports returning with people like Christopher Columbus and other explorers of the oceans in the 15th …Continue reading »
• The Human Code (2) – Let’s All Be ...
  As humans, it can be a dangerous thing to permit ourselves to be divided into divisive camps. One of the …Continue reading »
• The Human Code
  I was honoured to host two soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan. One asked if they could view Question …Continue reading »
• Humanity – “Is George Clooney Ther ...
  “Is George Clooney right there, with you? Can you see if we can get an interview with him?” This wasn’t …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

• Doctors Slam Parents for Vaccine Choices & FDA ...
  Posted: 6/26/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher On June 13, 2012, a study conducted by government health employees working at the Oregon Health Authority and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was published in Pediatrics, a medical journal owned by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).[1 ...
• Americans Fight for Vaccine Choices
  Posted: 5/14/2012 Philosophical Exemption To Vaccination Saved in Vermont! by Barbara Loe Fisher “I never thought this would turn into the mess it turned into.” – State Senator Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland), co-sponsor of a failed bill to eliminate philosophical exemption to vaccinat ...
• The Vaccine Injured: Where Has Compassion Gone?
  Posted 12/08/2011 By Barbara Loe Fisher During this season of remembrance and thanksgiving, I am grateful for the blessings that I have had in my life, including the hard times, when I learned that faith and hope can overcome fear and doubt. Adversity can make us stronger but it is also an opp ...
• Vermont Parents Fight to Save Philosophical Ex ...
  Posted: 2/21/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher Informed consent to medical risk taking is a human right.[1] You have the right to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of pharmaceutical products – like vaccines - and be allowed to make a voluntary choice about whether or to take the risk ...
• Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...

2020 Science

• Tenure track faculty positions in risk science ...
  Just thought I’d circulate this on the 2020 Science network – please feel free to pass on the information to anyone who might be interested. We have finally started the process of looking for two junior faculty to join the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of P ...
• Basic research and personal responsibility
  Dan Sarewitz has a rather provocative commentary in Nature this morning, where he suggests that proposals to increase basic research may be good politics, but questionable policy. The headline alone is probably enough to get some science-advocates’ blood boiling, whether they go on to read ...
• Lost in the Maize
  Next week I am being “installed” here at the University of Michigan.  Not in the sense of installing a carpet – as one friend suggested – but in the sense of being installed as an endowed professor.  The Charles and Rita Gelman Risk Science Professor to be precise. To mar ...
• Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heate ...
  Friends of the Earth have just released a new report challenging claims that nanotechnology will lead to greener, more energy-efficient technologies, lower-impact technologies. I’ve only had the chance to skim through the report so far, and so don’t have detailed comments on it.  But ...
• Lost in the Maize
  Here’s something that keeps me awake at night (seriously): why, in this age of super-slick graphics and innovative multimedia resources, is it nearly impossible to give presentation that looks as good as they should? How come I can guarantee that when I give a presentation, the slides will ...

Reader Supported News

• The Good of WikiLeaks
  Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais Hospital, Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a US helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night, 10/13/09. (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)     Reader Supported ...
• Race War in Arizona
  Three Points Arizona Minuteman Pete Petruccione, 88, checks out the range before nightfall with the unit from a $1,800 US Nightvision Starlight, 10/10/06. (photo: Gary Williams/Getty Images)     Reader Supported News Perspective n August 20, 1914, the Los Angeles Times ran an article title ...
• Are We Replaying Iraq ... In Iran?
  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates attends graduation ceremonies at West Point, 05/23/09. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty)     Reader Supported News Perspective n July 15, 2010, Time Magazine carried an article entitled, "An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table." According to the piece, the point ...
• Rachel Takes Us Back to the Future
  Rachel Maddow on assignment in Afghanistan, 07/05/10. (photo: Rachel Maddow Show/MSNBC)     Reader Supported News Perspective very June, I leave my Northern California home and head south to our annual Gulf Coast family reunion. I might as well be an alien visiting from another planet. My ...
• Corporate Election Machine Fires Up
  Future Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts meets with George W. Bush in the Oval Office, 06/15/05. (photo: Eric Draper)     Reader Supported News Perspective The corporate financial steamroller is heading into the election arena much faster than many folks thought possible. I was one of ...

War Resisters League

• The Québec Strike Continues and Defense Techno ...
  “On the fourth of May 2012, in Victoriaville, Québec during the congress of the corrupted Liberal party of Jean Charest, several dozens of gas bombs were thrown on families, activists, old people, and students that were protesting against high tuition … Continue reading →
• The Unfinished Story of Iraq’s Oil Law: ...
  [Originally published on July 24th, 2012 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa “No Blood For Oil” was a slogan featured on many a sign in demonstrations during the run up to the US-led invasion of Iraq, and throughout the early years … Continue reading →
• Saying No To Tear Gas
  [An excerpt from an article of the same name by Frida Berrigan, originally published on Waging Nonviolence, June 22nd, 2012.] I have an assignment for you. Have you ever been tear gassed? I have not. It does not sound like … Continue reading →
• Peace and Global Justice Groups: “End St ...
  On Father’s Day, June 17th , Peace and Global Justice groups walk together with New Yorkers in a Silent March to End Stop & Frisk We are a diverse gathering of groups working for global justice and peace around the … Continue reading →
• On the Ground in Basra: An Interview with Hash ...
  Originally published on May 2nd, 2012 on Jadaliyya. by Ali Issa Iraqi unions demonstrated yesterday on May Day 2012 at a difficult historical moment. Still operating without a labor law that sanctions their organizing, and under the consolidation of Prime … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• “Project Corner Store:” Youth Make Muscle Broccoli
  Just another day in the office? We wish!
• The 2012 Farm Bill: Evolution or Devolution?
  With no agreement between the two branches of Congress, farmers suffering from the severe drought will not receive the aid they desperately need any time soon. And, with Congress officially away on summer recess, no further forward momentum will occur until they return in September. And so, we c ...
• An Interesting Eggs-perience
  I thought it was particularly intriguing that the discussion in the hearing, while under the guise of improving animal welfare standards, focused primarily on the complex economics of egg production.
• Why Must the USDA Flip-Flop on Meatless Monday?
  The really sobering piece is the hypocrisy. Within the last two years, USDA issued a very clear set of recommendations for a healthy diet. These dietary guidelines suggest increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables in a weekly diet, and the guidelines are designed to improve public health an ...
• Disappointment with USDA’s Decision on Meatles ...
  From a statement issued today by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. On Friday, Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote to Secretary Vilsack of USDA to express his disappointment with his agency’s recent retraction of a Meatle ...

k2p blog

• Lurid Julia Gillard story reaches the main str ...
  It is a lurid tale involving an old political cartoonist, a retired lawyer, the Prime Minister and her former boyfriend, an alleged fraudster.
• Apocalypse Not!
  I have a theory that within a hundred years we will be bemoaning the lack of world population. The collapse of society will be forecast as the total world population stabilises at less than 10billion and the numbers of the young working population decrease in proportion to the increasing numbers ...
• India tops the list of Olympics underachievers
  India tops the list of underachieving Olympic nations based on how many medals they should have won according to poulation and GDP.
• Unions+con-men+lawyers+sleaze = Julia Gillard?
  "Julia Gillard was in tears when she called Bruce Wilson to tell him she had been sacked from Slater & Gordon."
• The “luminiferous aether” has morp ...
  Why there should be interaction between masses at a distance is still a mystery. We can observe and describe and even predict such gravitic effects but we still do not know what causes gravity. We still do not know how distant bodies communicate their mass to each other and the idea of some form ...

Left Foot Forward

• Comment: The media is failing in its coverage ...
  Why are so few of the seasoned war correspondents uwilling to stick their necks out and reveal the West’s failing efforts in Afghanistan?
• Tymoshenko – the case against democratic Ukrai ...
  Only when the conditions exist for a transparent legislature and judiciary can fruitful democracies develop.
• Petition to protect school playing fields step ...
  The fight to save school playing fields received renewed impetus today following the revelations Michael Gove overruled experts five timesto approve sell-offs.
• What next for rail fares?
  We already pay significantly more for rail travel than anyone else in Europe – 75% more than the next most expensive country
• Reshuffle fever is all about the boys
  Given the impact coalition cuts are having on women’s lives, Cameron’s seemingly blasé approach to promoting women into ministerial jobs is surprising.

Consumerist

• Someone Fails Miserably At Trying To Pull The ...
  Lest you think that the Consumerist batcave is somehow immune from cold-calling scammers, here's a little story about the utter failure of a scammer who just attempted to defraud me out of a "processing fee," in order to claim my Mega Millions winnings. Calling from an 876 area code -- not usual ...
• Woman Files Claim Against City For $1.7 Billio ...
  Wireless signals are bouncing around us all day and all night — from mobile phones, Internet services and now in Santa Monica, Calif., new city parking meters. One woman who apparently is known for submitting detailed reports during public comment periods with the City Council claims all those w ...
• Student Group Tells Santa Fe To Ban Plastic Ba ...
  Santa Fe believes the children are its future, and as such, its leaders say they are listening very seriously to a group of students who are urging the city to ban plastic bags in grocery stores and other places that use them. The kids have solid reasoning — as one fifth-grader said, "Stop using ...
• Sunbelt Brags About Adding More Granola Bars P ...
  The bane of loyal customers everywhere has struck again, and this time the Grocery Shrink Ray fixed its beady glare on reader Chuck's favorite granola bars — Sunbelt chocolate chip. At first, he was pleased about the "new" number of bars in a bigger box. There were now 10 bars to be enjoyed inst ...
• Dear Best Buy: This Is Why You Are Failing Online
  The folks at Best Buy HQ may not be quite sure who should be running the company, but they all seem to agree that Amazon and other online retailers are the reason behind the company's dwindling market share. Yes, that's partly true, but there is no reason the nation's largest electronics retaile ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• GAP's Radack on Assange Asylum Decision: Daily ...
  The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann: Assange Granted Asylum Summary: GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack appeared on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann yesterday to talk about the ongoing Julian Assange saga. After holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy in L ...
• Surveillance Creep: Invasive Software Used to ...
  The Washington Post reported today on the spy software (sold by SpectorSoft) dozens of federal agencies have purchases to monitor their employees' electronic activities: Government workers have long known their bosses can look over their shoulder to monitor their computer activity. Bu ...
• Ecuador Grants Asylum to Julian Assange: Daily ...
  The New York Times: Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain Summary: Earlier today, Ecuador announced its decision to grant political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for two months. Assange lost his appeal against ...
• Anti-Leak Proposal Harms Whistleblowers: Daily ...
  Al Jazeera: A Revolution Against ‘the Culture of Leaks’? Summary: A new anti-leaks measure (to be amended to the Intelligence Authorisation Act for fiscal year 2013) is aimed at rooting out not just 'leakers' (aka whistleblowers), but potential 'leakers.' The proposal would essential ...
• Whistleblower Retaliation Creep
  Glenn Greenwald wrote yesterday about "secrecy creep"  – the retaliation against whistleblowers that has crept down from the White House into Executive branch agencies. Whistleblowers have always been subjected to retaliation, but the retaliation used to be focused on marginalizi ...

UK Progressive

• Statist Capitalism
  by Robert Hunziker When the elite of capitalism met in Davos for the 2012 World Economic Forum, the world did not stand still, tongue-in-cheek, but a vision or special revelation of some kind was expected if only because of their self-elevated status. However, the accolades for the event go to t ...
• Why Romney’s Choice of Ryan Won’t Help America ...
  by Robert Reich I keep hearing that Mitt Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan “enables the country to have the debate it needs to have,” or “permits us to have a grownup discussion,” or “finally presents America with a real choice.” The New York Times oped page proclaims: “Let the Real Debate Begin!” Deba ...
• Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin – An Unfair Comparison
  by Tina Dupuy The charm of Sarah Palin as a veep pick is, she set the bar incredibly low for her successors. As long as a nominee can name a newspaper and their foreign policy experience isn’t living next to a foreign country, the press can dub them better than Sarah Palin. More qualified. More ...
• A North Carolina Student is Fired Up and Ready ...
  Only to Encounter Obstacle After Obstacle By Kassondra Cloos iWatch News ELON, N.C. — With just a couple of weeks to go until the North Carolina primary, I was fired up and eager to vote. Amendment One was on the ballot. If passed, it would amend the state constitution to define marriage as one ...
• The GOP Wants Fewer People to Vote for Them
  by Tina Dupuy The Republican primary has been over for months now but it’s hard to tell. The presumptive nominee (I’ll get to stop writing that phrase in a couple of weeks … hopefully), Mitt Romney, is still campaigning like he’s trying to convince his own party he’s Mr. Right, Mr. Right-Enough— ...

NewsAlert

• Disney And Marvel Do Damage Control After Medi ...
  Deadline Hollywood
• Retirement costs will take a larger share of L ...
  The L.A. Times
• Unconventional problems for Illinois congressm ...
  WLS-TV
• Ryan was a voice for Fannie Mae reform while O ...
  The Wall Street Journal reports on Paul Ryan and "un-reformer" Barack Obama:Mr. Ryan's embrace of reform in his first term in Congress compares favorably to the efforts of a freshman Senator from Illinois in 2005. President Obama likes to pretend he was a warning voice in the wilderness because ...
• Anarcho-Farming in Detroit
  LRC Blog Watch Pilot: Urban Farming on PBS. See more from Food Forward.

JoNova

• Compulsive namecallers: nutter, conspiracy the ...
  Got no evidence? Can’t hold a rational discussion? Just call people names. Go the smear. David Evans (my other half) pointed out that anyone who opposed the regulating class gets called a racist sooner or later (see those quotes at the end). Now it’s happened to him. Two weeks after ...
• How much electricity do solar and wind make on ...
  Simple numbers are hard to get, so when Anton Lang pointed me at the EIA site (U.S. Energy Information Administration), I wanted to give everyone the straight answer to the question: just how much electricity do renewables make on a global scale? The EIA has the only database in the world with a ...
• Climate Evangelism: The Priestess Oreskes warn ...
  Naomi Oreskes visited Curtin University in Perth last week. Blessed are those who came to bear witness to the true prophecies! Dr Roberto Soria from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, was there at what he so aptly describes as an evangelistic event. His dry satirical report o ...
• Thompsons Update – looking for work in t ...
  Matt Thompson was asked for an update from a local reporter in West Australia, and sent this today: Thank you for your enquiry. We believe that we were treated extremely unfairly by DEC. Through draconian licence restrictions, they made it impossible for us to continue operating Narrogin Beef Pr ...
• Zebra Fish like it warm – they swim fast ...
  Experiments with Zebra Fish show that if their embryo’s develop in warmer water, they not only are able to swim faster but they cope better in both warmer and colder water. (How catastrophic can that be, I ask you?) ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2012) — New research by McMaster University biologi ...

ReNew America

• Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
• From preserving liberty to destroying it
  (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
• Building the free-market case against big business
  (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
• New hope for life worldwide
  (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
• Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
  (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

Truth Offering

• 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" - R ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• DNA as a Storage Medium
  I’m always on the lookout for new forms of data storage, because it is important that knowledge is retained beyond any global disaster. Not only is this a marvelous new method, but it also suggests either in the past (alien intervention anyone?) or the future knowledge might be stored in l ...
• The Electric Universe @ Thunderbolts.info
  An “electric universe” makes for an interesting alternative to standard theories. It has a lot of followers and few debunkers, and I really want to study it one day, although it is currently in my too hard basket. Not too hard for me to understand, but more too hard for me to find so ...
• Belize 2012 Festival… with a twist!
  If you haven’t come across KickStarter yet, the concept is simple – people pledge $$ towards a project. If it reaches its funding goal, the project goes ahead, they take your money, and you get a predetermined gift or product. Sometimes it works amazingly well. I’ve actually he ...
• SuperVolcanoes, Evolution and You!
  Last night I watched yet another cable TV doco on supervolcanoes – this one focused on the Toba eruption 70,000 years ago. I didn’t learn anything new, but a new thought crossed my mind: Could global catastrophes be the secret ingredient that made us who we are? According to the docu ...
• Survival Kit (in a Bottle)
  A serious survivalist has spent a lot of time working out exactly what they need in their go bag. But it is unlikely that everyone you know is a hardcore survivalist.  Rather than testing the patience of friends and family with long-winded scenarios that probably won’t happen – just ...

Facing South

• Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill d ...
  The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in hopes of spurring regulatory action. read more
• Lacking contracts, New Orleans teachers use ol ...
  After Katrina, New Orleans fired all 7,500 of its teachers. The firings were recently ruled illegal, but teachers won't get their jobs back. Instead, the union is fighting for teachers and students through a grassroots, social justice approach. read more
• Southern leaders fiddle while coasts threatene ...
  As sea levels rise due to global warming, politicians across the hard-hit South are blocking efforts to address the problem. read more
• Sikh temple shooter was an Army veteran, white ...
  Reportedly a psy ops specialist, Wade Michael Page was also a frustrated neo-Nazi and the leader of a racist white-power band based in North Carolina. read more
• The risks of being employed
  The number of workplaces with egregiously bad safety records has doubled in the past year. OSHA's effort to focus on these employers is laudable -- but is it enough? read more

One News Page

• Top navigators for National TSD Rally
  Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) Some of country's top navigators will be seen in action in the first round of the inaugural JK Tyre-FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship, promoted by Berunda Adventure Sports Club that will be flagged-off at the Golden Gate Properties, here Sunday. Reported by F ...
• Mamata to attend UPA co-ordination committee m ...
  Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has agreed to attend the second meeting of the UPA co-ordination committee to be held on August 22, sources said. Reported by Rediff.com 1 hour ago
• Pakistan's 'perfect ploy' led to NE exodus
  With the government confirming that the majority of messages which led to the huge exodus of North Easterners from south Indian states being generated out of Pakistan, it seems to be the perfect ploy that worked very well. Reported by Rediff.com 1 hour ago
• Yettinahole project will begin in four months, ...
  *Foundation work for the Yettinahole project, which will provide dryland districts including Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Rural and Tumkur with water, will start in four months, said Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa.* 'The State government is also ready to implement the ... Reported ...
• Kolar abuzz with Ramzan rituals
  *The month of Ramzan is so holy to us that even those who intend to do us harm, retreat when they discovr that we are observing a fast, says Mohammed Usmal Sharief.* 'The month of Ramzan is a time for repenting sins which have been committed, reading the Quran, giving charity and remembering ...

Global Research TV

• Yellow Brick Road: The Fed and A New Path to D ...
• West Attempts to Destabilize Syrian Government
• We are the Media Revolution: The Battle for Tr ...
• Putting a Stop to Radiation Exposure Practices
• Big Money Buys US Elections and Elected Officials

Daily Tech

• AT&T Enables FaceTime Over 3G/4G, Limits It to ...
  AT&T opens one door, and closes another
• Want an Intel-Based Windows 8 Tablet? Prepare ...
  Lenovo says Windows RT tablets will be only $300-$400 USD; Lenovo also doubtful of Intel's Ultrabook forecast
• Canada's Gov't is Ready to Lay Out Rules if RI ...
  Ministers first prepped for a sale in March
• Report: Apple to Release Set-Top Box with Live ...
  The Wall Street Journal also suspects features like social media tools
• 8/17/2012 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday

Oriental Review

• «Independent Kosovo»: Pathological Criminal Ca ...
  The Western power centers use the «Republic of Kosovo» as a testing ground for working out the ways to create a quasi-state that could be defined as an «abnormal criminal case of global scope». The goal is reshaping South East Europe. The states below the «first echelon» are subject to the formu ...
• Egypt’s Brothers Stage Pre-Emptive Coup
  Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has done the unthinkable – asserting civilian supremacy over the military. This was an act that was supposed to be way beyond the capacity of the Muslim Brotherhood for quite a while. Something precipitated it. Six decades of Egypt’s political history have been pu ...
• Who Will Replace Kofi Annan?
  Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the UN and the League of Arab States joint peace envoy to Syria, announced his resignation before his tenure expires on August 31. The decision raised the issue of replacement. It’s already clear Annan didn’t fully comply with the instructions from Washing ...
• Syrian Tragedy: Continued
  The armed anti-government groupings in Syria come out in the open trying to topple the county’s leadership and get hold of power. It is said that the operation is masterminded by special services of the USA, Turkey, other NATO member countries and the monarchies of Persian Gulf. The terror act c ...
• Afghan’s Narco-Jihad and Pentagon’ ...
  Curious information surfaced in the media last month – based on space reconnaissance, the US Department of Defense put together a map of Afghanistan showing in detail the country’s mineral riches which, as it transpired, may be quite impressive. The fact that Afghanistan sits on lucrative ...

BlogHer

• Pineapple + Cashew Quinoa Curry Bowls
  Looking for something to spice up your week? This curry bowl is your answer! *hehe* A delicious bowlful of fresh veggies and healthy quinoa infused with mildly spicy curry topped with crunchy cashews and fresh pineapple. Mmm! This is seriously one of the yummiest dishes I have tried in a long ...
• At the Museum: Socio-Psychological Look at Sta ...
  The Star Wars: Identities museum exhibit making the rounds in Canada sounds like so much fun for you and the kids! Either it must come to the U.S., or we all need to head to the closest Canadian city to host the exhibit. Spydergrrl tells you all about the exhibit and the fun you can have playing ...
• What Will You Miss When the Kids Go Back to Sc ...
  With school approaching, what is the one thing you will miss most with the children gone for the day? I'm going to really miss the freedom to do anything whenever we want! Your turn: Tell me what you'll miss this year. I want to know!
• Sitting Too Much for Work? It Might Kill You
  Do you sit all day long in a cubicle? Perhaps in your home office? If you are, it could be killing you. At least that is what some recent studies say. I can remember a few months back seeing a cool infographic about this from a friend on Facebook. Then it seemed wherever I went, there I saw anot ...
• Sweet Summer Treat: Mango 'Lassi' Creamsicles
  [Editor's Note: Creamsicles were my very favorite frozen treat on a stick as a kid, and this Indian-influenced version sounds like a delicious, grown-up version. It's great for adults and kids alike, especially on a late-summer afternoon. --Genie] Mango 'Lassi' Creamsicles The recipe came abo ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Dr. Lynne Fenton, The Batman Killer, Drugs And ...
  People don’t get it. The media don’t get it and they don’t want to get it. Billions of dollars are riding on the drugs Dr. Lynne Fenton may have prescribed to her patient, James Holmes, ...
• You Think GMO Is Scary? Nano Tech is Here, In ...
  Nanotechnology is measured in billionths of a meter, encompassing all aspects of life from food to medicine, clothing, to space. Imagine hundreds of microcomputers on the width of a strand of hair programmed for specific ...
• Will Congress Let Monsanto Write Its Own Rules?
  The agricultural biotech industry — well, let’s call it what it really is: the chemical industry — has gone on the offensive as never before with a set of slippery policy riders to the House ...
• Battling the Dogma of Big Ag
  I just read an article at the Hobby Farms website, Grow Smart: Keep Food Safe. I was frustrated with it for a number of reasons, but the underlying theme of this article was that we should be scared ...
• Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Co ...
  A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington of Eagle Point, Ore., ...

Live News Wire

• 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 ...

Coal Tattoo

• Friday roundup, Aug. 17, 2012
  Hundreds of coal miners and their families stand in line while waiting to attend a rally at the Century Mine near Beallsville, Ohio, for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/The Intelligencer, Scott Mccloskey) Out today is a p ...
• GAO report supports MSHA black lung proposal
  The much anticipated U.S. Government Accountability Office report on the Obama administration’s proposed rules aimed at ending black lung disease is due out today, and the preliminary findings indicate GAO’s review supports the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s effor ...
• About that coal deal with India …
  About two dozen protesters opposed to coal development in Montana occupy the state Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Helena, Mont. Protesters plan a week-long sit-in at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras) This week’s announcement of a deal to ship about 9 million tons of Appalac ...
• Rockefeller touts GAO report on pollution stan ...
  Frankly, I’m not sure there was that much new in the GAO report that came out today on power plants, pollution and electrical system reliability. We already knew, for example, that the EPA rules did not threaten to cause widespread reliability problems. And we knew that many power plants c ...
• Good news on global warming — kinda
  That’s one of the interesting charts included in a recent U.S. Energy Information Administration report that concludes: U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from energy use during the first quarter of 2012 were the lowest in two decades for any January-March period. Normally, CO2 ...

Daniel Miessler

• Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised As A Man
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/mar/18/gender.bookextracts Sent from my mobile device; please forgive any brevity or errors. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related Content83% of repubilcans voted for cispa while only 23% of democracts voted for CISPAReligious Webs ...
• Romney Flip-flops Captured on Tape
  via youtube.com But at this point he’s a straw man. It’s still important to show how different he is than say, Kucinich or Paul, when it comes to consistency of position. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related ContentA Creative SongSeriously Fast Lyrics&#82 ...
• Paul Ryan’s Mentor Fail(s)
  So Paul Ryan has “shrugged off” Ayn Rand in favor of Thomas Aquinas. Maybe he should read what Aquinas said about the poor: “…whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. via reddit.com From Rand to Aquinas, but taking ...
• Thoughts on Being a Programmer | Yelsew
  Thoughts on being a programmer Don’t be an asshole. Simple code is hard to write. Exquisitely simple code is exquisitely hard to write. Just because it’s easy to understand doesn’t mean it was easy to write. In fact, the easier it is to understand, the harder it probably was to ...
• A Tale of Two Moralities – NYTimes.com
  One side of American politics considers the modern welfare state — a private-enterprise economy, but one in which society’s winners are taxed to pay for a social safety net — morally superior to the capitalism red in tooth and claw we had before the New Deal. It’s only right, this side believes, ...

Fitwatch

• Spycops practices circumvent the law says Surv ...
  The Surveillance Commissioner has attacked police for circumventing the law on covert surveillance by building personal profiles of targets from ‘open’ internet sources. In a report published last month, the Surveillance Commission said that the increasingly used practice of processing internet ...
• Welcome to the Future, Today.
  For those of us who have watched London 2012 with a keen eye from its inception, we have been alarmed by the extent to which it appeared to be just a 'festival of social control'. Yesterday's heavy-handed policing of the monthly Critical Mass bike ride  was a chilling confirmation of this. Cycli ...
• The Most Dangerous Armed Gang in the Country
  A mini-rant from a few FITwatchers - not necessarily representative of the views of the organisation as whole. On Thursday, 19th July, killer cop PC Simon Harwood was acquitted of manslaughter at Southwark Crown Court for his role in the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in 2009. Despit ...
• A call to kettle FIT and Police Liaison in Bri ...
  Fitwatch are heading to the Smash EDO demo in Brighton on Monday 16th July, and we'd love you to join us. Smash EDO protests have historically been heavily hit by snoopers from the FIT, Police Liaison and the National Domestic Extremism Unit. These are all dangerous, vindictive and untrustworthy ...
• Sussex police unleash new weapon – crowd ...
  Sussex police have recently started to use new forms of repressive tactics for policing demonstrations. They seem to have taken a break from head cracking to trial what they have termed 'Police Liaison Officers' or PLOs at the recent Smash EDO demonstration on June 4th. This may not be simply a ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Media Give Cold Shoulder To Record Greenland I ...
  By JILL FITZSIMMONS,mediamatters.org – On Wednesday, scientists announced that melting over the Greenland ice sheet has already “shattered the seasonal record” set in 2010, with four weeks left before the end of the melting season. Scientists say this record melting is driven b ...
• CDC to HIPPIES and BABY BOOMERS: Get tested fo ...
• Revolution 99 Updates: We’re All Pussies ...
  Occupy Wall Street Movement not only still exists it must prevail We know that the Occupy Wall Street movement still exists; now it is more necessary than ever before. We haven’t heard much from the media because the movement isn’t entertaining anymore. Working below the radar, the O ...
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
  Firefighters hold back flames threatening towns in Idaho, California (Reuters) – Firefighters in Idaho’s Boise National Forest held the line on Friday against a week-old blaze closing in on a small mountain resort, while evacuation orders were lifted for two communities menaced by li ...
• Your tax dollars at work: Details General&#82 ...
  By Joe Gould ,chasvoice.blogspot.com- A four-star Army general who was the first head of the new U.S. Africa Command allegedly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars improperly on lavish travel, hotels and other items for himself and his wife, according to a Defense Department report. Gen. Willi ...

reference frame

• Hard work vs groundbreaking discoveries in HE ...
  I want to focus on one important aspect of the Milner Prize, namely the recognition of unexpected and original, creative research that goes beyond hard work. Matt Strassler has been trying hard to make the boundary look more fuzzy or non-existent. But the boundary is still there. T ...
• Freeman Dyson and William Press' minirevolutio ...
  Prisoners facing a dilemma recommended not to cooperate any longer Fred Singer (*1924) has pointed out an interesting Physics arXiv Blog's review of a new preprint by Adami and Hintze that mainly builds on the important March 2012 paper Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma contains strategies t ...
• String theory is underestimated even by the en ...
  Matt Strassler has written a rant attacking the core of the state-of-the-art theoretical physics as well as the Milner Prize and its inaugural winners: From String Theory to the Large Hadron ColliderHe claims that the Milner Prize has generated a "controversy". What is it exactly suppo ...
• Two-state systems: MASERs
  The Feynman lectures on physics are special for many reasons. Feynman delineates the big picture rather clearly; is able to be very concise about various points that make many other authors excessively talkative; isn't afraid to address questions that some people incorrectly consider a d ...
• Israeli plans to strike Iran
  Grid, Internet will go out of business; satellite, automatic invisible airplanes will complete the job; automatized shock-and-awe conflict could take 30 days and lead to 500-5,000 casualties only Let me admit that in the recent week, I was spending at least one hour every day by re ...

Tatumba 2.0

• The James Holmes Conspiracy (2012 Full Documen ...
  For those who do not believe the story we are being told by the government and media. The James Holmes Conspiracy. Several witness testimonies, news reports, theories and ideas behind the motives of the crime. Topics discussed include the second suspect, weapons, police audio analysis, James Hol ...
• Latest Keiser Report “Where Money Goes To Die”
  Further informations about topics addressed are available in favourites, play lists on my channel and complementary video responses. RT “In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the Irish government being so terribly ‘embarrassed’ that they hired two dirt ...
• FPS Russia Jr: TDM 32-5 on Highrise
  please listen to if you don’t watch Video Rating: 2 / 5 FPS Russia Shirts – fpsrussia.spreadshirt.com My Twitter: twitter.com My Lets Plays: www.youtube.com Woody’s “How to make a successful youtube channel” : www.youtube.com Wanna help me pay for guns and ammo? Pay ...
• Down-the-drain trading: Self-destroying cyber- ...
  Watch the full Keiser Report 306 here on.rt.com In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the world looking for people looking for economic salvation in gold, the eurozone and emerging markets and ask “what kind of stupid people put precious money into messy banks?&#8 ...
• Martial law is being prepared for a staged ban ...
  This is a Red Alert! Only exposing the fact that this is staged will make them back off. Let’s get to work exposing the Banksters. Don’t sit around with a bunch of guns talking about some physical confrontation. We don’t want it to go to that. The pen is mightier than the sword. Use It! [...] R ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
  Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
• Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
  The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• At Motorola, "a Hop in Everybody's Step"
  CEO Ed Zander admits he hasn't checked every box on his to-do list. But he's happy to take credit for kick-starting innovation

Enviroblog

• EWG, NRDC Sue California for Failing to Act on ...
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• Johnson & Johnson Takes a Big Step in the Righ ...
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• Ham and Cheese Again? Revamp your Lunch, Rethi ...
  By Altelisha Taylor, EWG food and nutrition intern Let me guess. You, like most Americans, usually have a sandwich for lunch. Or maybe it's a panini or a wrap, if you want to get technical. Regardless, it's what you eat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...
• Always Faithful: President Signs Bill Expandin ...
  "Times New Roman"">By Heather White, Chief of Staff We walked up to the White House Appointments Desk at 17th Street and State Place NW, headed for the West Wing. The security officer examined Jerry Ensminger's military... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web ...
• Why I decided to cut back on processed meat, g ...
  By Altelisha Taylor, EWG food and nutrition intern As a kid, I was taught that a decent meal has carbs, veggies and meat. Tacos and burgers were my favorites. I have absolutely no interest in becoming a vegetarian. I'm pretty... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• See 'The Searchers,' and the making of Travis ...
• Judge declares Bloomberg's borough taxi law 'n ...
• Bragg out at 'City and State'
• Loeser departs, and Lowey challenger goes up o ...
• What would a soccer team in Queens mean for th ...

Views & News from Norway

• Norwegians tops in streaming
  The international music industry is looking to Norway to learn the secrets of streaming, a technology that lets the user listen to music directly from online libraries. According to recent research, Norwegian consumers stream music more eagerly than anyone else. A new report found that 48 percen ...
• Ministry tunes out Flagstad prize
  Organizers of an annual festival in honor of Norway’s pioneering opera singer Kirsten Flagstad wanted to draw extra attention to it by awarding a NOK 2.5 million prize in her name to opera superstar Placido Domingo. But there’s a problem: They don’t have the money, and the gove ...
• Lawyer loses license over alleged Breivik leaks
  Norwegian lawyer Sigurd Klomsæt says he’s “shocked and incredulous” that he’s lost his right to practice law in Norway, after allegedly leaking documents about the state’s case against confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik to the media. Klomsæt has claimed inno ...
• Police chief quits, ‘lacked support’
  State Police Director Øystein Mæland has become the first casualty of this week’s scathingly critical report on how Norwegian police failed to efficiently respond to last year’s terrorist attacks in Norway. Mæland announced his resignation just as leaders of Norway’s political ...
• Sami Parliament hit by rotting wood
  There’s something rotten in the Sami Parliament building (Sametinget) and it’s threatening the very existence of the architectural landmark in Northern Norway that was constructed just 12 years ago. Debate is flying over whether the building, or at least parts of it, should be replac ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• Insights into Nitrogen Fixation from Higher-Or ...
  Nitrogen fixation is an important ecological phenomenon and a critical element of agroecological systems. Nitrogen fixing plants, through a symbiosis with various microorganisms, can convert atmospheric nitrogen to essential nitrogen fertilizer. A great diversity of species from many widely-sepa ...
• Low Cost Raised Beds
  by Joel Dunn Raised beds are great for deep, friable soil and good drainage, and also provide a nice structure for annual veggie rotations. However, the set-up costs for both the raised edging and imported soil to fill the beds can be a turn-off. This little photo journal illustrates a couple o ...
• Kay Baxter’s Back-to-Back Workshops at the PRI ...
  Kay Baxter at PRI New Zealand Photo © Craig Mackintosh Zaytuna Farm is playing host to two of Kay Baxter’s (from PRI New Zealand) intensive workshops. First there is a 2-day workshop named Bio Intensive Gardening which will start on the 25th of August. Bio Intensive Growing is a sys ...
• Canberra PDC Early Bird Offer Extended to 7th ...
  We’ve had an overwhelming response in bookings for the PDC starting in Canberra, Australia on 21 September, with Nick Huggins, Martyn Noakes and Colin Mclean. This course is staggered over four weekends, to make it more accessible. We have only a few places left, so we have decided to exte ...
• Report on Implementation Activities in Konso S ...
  In May 2012 we ran a PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge on which we trained four local teachers, along with other participants, two from each of two local schools in Konso, South Ethiopia, where we are based. The selected teachers from the two schools, Konso Secondary and Jarso Primary, are scie ...

Pointman's

• Butt wiggling and the science of uncertainty.
  Being a climate realist, I’m used to a certain underdog status. I’ve learnt that it’s our advantage. We don’t have many of those, so you learn to work them hard. While they yap a lot, we get told to shut up but we watch them carefully while they’re yapping. We don&# ...
• Announcing the inaugural Climate Prat of the Y ...
  I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but notables of the green persuasion seem to win a lot of awards from various green organisations. They give prizes to each other, occasionally with a nice bit of money as well; sometimes with a very very nice bit of money. You may also have noticed, t ...
• Legislation by regulation.
  What is now called the European Union (EU), grew out of the aftermath of WWII, which had devastated both the economies and infrastructures of most countries in Europe. It was really the product of several treaties but the first big one was the 1957 treaty of Rome, which created a common market a ...
• What’s the Watts paper actually mean, Dude?
  As a young man, my first mode of powered transport was motorbikes. Like all bikers, there was this thing you noticed about passing from the open countryside into a built up area. Basically, cities were warmer than the countryside, and exposed as you are to the elements on a bike, that was always ...
• So, was climategate a hack after all?
  This is going to be one of those difficult articles to write, just to make it easy to read. It’s going to get technical at points, because it has to, so there’s going to be more than a few detours to explain things, but bear with me. It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m wearing sun ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• Baby Steps in Data Journalism
  This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
• 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 vid ...
• 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 vers ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Is It Time For The Bounce Vote?
  New Orleans hip-hop artist Tenth Ward Buck, a legendary New Orleans bounce music artist, announced today that he has qualified for a spot on the ballot for the city council election in District B, the seat formerly held by Stacy Head. He is one of several candidates who have declared their inten ...
• Unprecedented, Massive Cuts Devastate Universi ...
  While barely covered in the local media, the University of New Orleans is facing another round of brutal and devastating cuts, quickly transforming an already-under-resourced school into a shadow of its former self. Below is a letter from UNO President Peter Fos outlining some of the cuts. While ...
• Coalition of Black and Latina Women, Women fro ...
  From our friends at the Congress of Day Laborers: A delegation of undocumented women from Arizona will join local immigrants and civil rights leaders from Women United for Justice, in demanding that Sheriff Gusman stop holding undocumented immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC ...
• New Policy at Charter School in Delhi Louisian ...
  From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana: The ACLU issued a letter today to the administration at Delhi Charter School in Delhi, Louisiana in response to its Student Pregnancy Policy. The policy requires female students even suspected of being pregnant to submit to a pregnancy exam – and if ...
• Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute C ...
  Urban Bush Women have returned to New Orleans for another of their legendary Summer Leadership Institutes. This summer's theme is centered around the question, "Why are people poor?" You can catch some of their work this Saturday at a series of performances they are hosting. Below are the detail ...

Information Underground

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TVNZ

• Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes Indonesia
  A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Indonesia today.
• Madonna pleads 'let Pussy Riot go free'
  Madonna has joined other celebrities slamming the treatment of three Russian punk activists.
• Philippine interior minister missing in light ...
  A Philippine minister and two others are missing after the plane they were in plunged into the sea.
• At least 14 killed in Yemen attack on intellig ...
  At least 14 Yemeni soldiers and security guards have been killed in a in a grenade attack.
• Outrage at Pussy Riot prison sentence
  Three women have been sentenced to jail for their protest against Vladimir Putin.

environment 360

• Large Utah Tar Sands Mine a Threat to Region’s ...
  Two environmental organizations are fighting a Canadian company’s plan to mine a massive reserve of oil sands in eastern Utah, saying the project would tax water supplies in what is already the U.S.’s second-driest state. In what would be the U.S.'s first large-scale oil sands mining operation, ...
• Ocean Health Index Evaluates State of Waters A ...
  An international team of researchers has released a new tool that evaluates the state of the world’s oceans, a so-called Ocean Health Index that its creators say provides the first comprehensive assessment of the relationship Click to enlarge Ben Halpern, et al/Nature The Ocean Health Index ...
• In Ghana’s Forests, Should Chainsaw Loggers be ...
  The West African nation of Ghana prohibits small operators using chainsaws from logging its forests, but it permits the export of timber cut at large sawmills. Now, some analysts are questioning whether such laws simply benefit powerful business interests without helping local communities or the ...
• Brazilian Judge Halts Belo Monte Dam Project O ...
  A Brazilian judge has ordered a suspension of the controversial Belo Monte dam project, saying that local indigenous people who will be affected by the massive hydroelectric project were not sufficiently consulted Divulgação/Norte Energia Illustration of the Belo Monte proposal during the e ...
• Wildlife Vanishing in Brazil’s Fragmented Atla ...
  The fragmentation of tropical forests in eastern Brazil as a result of agricultural expansion and other human activities has decimated biodiversity even within the pockets of forest that still remain, a new study has found. Using wildlife surveys and interviews conducted at 196 forest fragments ...

oldephartte/Diigo

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• FracFocus Chemical Disclosure Registry
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• CHEMICALS USED ON SPILLS
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• Hands Off the People of Iran
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• Food Freedom News | Decentralize – Grow Your O ...
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backofthebook

• That’s Canada Shop
  We’re delighted to introduce backofthebook.ca‘s new That’s Canada Shop, featuring Canadian books and music in all categories, with more products on their way. Get your Canada on, while you support independent journalism.
• The Plan, Part Deux
  By Frank Moher Previously on The Plan, I explained why, despite the depredations of the current federal government, the Canadian political universe is unfolding as it should — or at least as I’d hoped it might when I was a young journalist lost in the conservative wilderness in the 1 ...
• The Plan
  By Frank Moher As we enjoy, if that’s the word, the second summer of the Harper majority, I’m pleased to say The Plan is working. The Plan, of course, is the one I hatched back when I was working at Alberta Report in the 1980s. AR, some of you will know, was the conservative newsweek ...
• McDonald’s: Some secrets should be kept
  By Mark Leiren-Young Did McDonald’s have to tell us what they put in their special sauce? Couldn’t they have just said, “May contain nuts, chlorine and anything else that may set off your allergies” and keep us guessing? Unless someone posted the recipe on Wikileaks, did they have to tell us abo ...
• A Modest Opinion – Nathaniel Moher&#8217 ...
  By Nathaniel Moher Welcome to part three of Nathaniel Moher’s Guide to Fixing the World! As any good trilogy does, Nathaniel Moher’s Guide to Fixing the World will have six parts . . . three of which will be completely unreadable and will mostly be done as a money grab. (Well, if we’re being hon ...

Daily Beast

• The Week’s Best Reads
  The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions.
• Take Your Mom to Campaign Day
  Paul Ryan’s mother will campaign with him in Florida, the latest in the GOP trend, says Patricia Murphy.
• Occupy’s Pussy Riot Outrage
  Remnants of the Zuccotti Park masses hit Times Square to add Putin to their grievances. By Eliza Shapiro.
• Outgunned but Unbroken
  Near Aleppo, Syrian rebels gear up to hold off Assad’s men—with or without enough weapons. By Erin Banco.
• The Week in Viral Videos
  From R-Patz’s first post-KStew interview to the Spice Girls’ Olympic reunion, watch our countdown of this week’s buzziest videos.

Loonwatch

• Forget Stealth: Bold, Brash Graffiti Jihad Com ...
  When The Giant of Boston was recently revealed in Dewey Square, some keen observers recognized a threat to public order: Graffiti Jihad!
• Persistent Dialogue: A Tale of Two Women by Ka ...
  We all have to persist in dialogue with others outside of our "group" because only God knows whose path we may alter away from hatred or violence.
• US Synagogue Welcomes Muslims Seeking a Place ...
  Muslims around the world are gathering for Friday prayers, and in one neighbourhood in the US state of Virginia, the worshippers will enter a building that could hardly be further from a traditional mosque.
• Spencer-Geller Allied Group, “Pro-Deutsc ...
  Pro-Deutschland to protest mosques with the message, “Islam does not belong to Germany – stop Islamisation.” They also plan to protest "left-wing hot spots."
• Yousef Munayyer: An Illusion of Security
  Islamophobia and disproportionate crackdown on Muslims curtail Muslim-Americans' rights and make America less safe.

Energy News

• Radio: Nuclear test site in danger of collapsi ...
• Tepco Manager: “I thought situation could end ...
• NHK: “The unimaginable was happening” — Worker ...
• Officials: Sinkhole growing in direction of dr ...
• Time: A positive way to spin mutant butterflie ...

Japan Times

• Citizens' groups propel rising wave of antinuc ...
  Japanese summers are not kind to protesters. Under the scorching afternoon sun and into the humid evenings, however, tens of thousands of citizens have continued to chant against the restart of Japan's nuclear reactors. On June 16, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda decided to restart the Oi nuclea ...
• Bon overseas return rush jams Narita
  Narita airport was flooded with travelers Saturday as people began returning home from summer holidays abroad, with around 50,000 foreign and domestic travelers expected to enter Japan through the airport over the weekend, its operator said. This summer, travelers were drawn mainly to Europe a ...
• Nagasaki kicks off bullet-train work
  Work on a new bullet-train section began Saturday in Nagasaki Prefecture. The 21-km Isahaya-Nagasaki stretch will eventually connect to the 45-km Takeo Onsen-Isahaya segment currently under construction, with combined services expected to start around the end of fiscal 2021.
• Lack of offensive firepower continues to hampe ...
  What is wrong with the Hanshin Tigers? Seemingly a group of players with the ability to succeed and be a pennant contender, the popular team has obviously underachieved offensively this season and is very unlikely to make postseason play while concluding an eight-game losing streak.
• Politics taint Ahn Sehong's 'comfort women' ph ...
  Visitors to a photo exhibition would not typically be asked to open their bags or walk through a metal detector before entering the exhibition site. Nor would they expect to catch the inquisitive gazes of various plainclothes police officers lurking in the crowd once inside. But that's exactly ...

Alexander Higgins

• Finland Preparing End Of Euro, Deeply Suspicio ...
  Finland breaks stride with other nations claiming they aren't even contemplating the end of Euro by telling the Telegraph it is only a matter of time.
• Syrian Deputy Health Minister Assassinated By ...
  Syria's deputy health minister is assassinated in the country's southwestern city of Dara'a by armed militants.
• 41 Years Ago The Gold Standard Died Spawning E ...
  As we mark the 41st birthday since Tricky Dick sentenced the Gold Standard to death here is a look at how it resulted in our Economic Purgatory.
• The Truth About How The Fed Has Destroyed The ...
  How the Feds endless and catastrophic central planning hands have prohibited the fair clearing of distressed mortgages and destroyed the US housing market.
• How To Defeat Tyranny
  There comes a critical moment in the development of cesspool of tyranny in which the generation chosen by fate must stand up and fight and this is how.

Macleans - Central

• Fund Syria’s rebels — but be honest about it
  Canada probably wants to help the insurgency but is afraid to say so openly
• With friends like these, does Pussy Riot need ...
  The verdict in Russia’s trial of feminist punk group Pussy Riot is expected this...
• Iran seeks to open religious school in Montreal
  An Iranian religious education organization under the ultimate supervision of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah...
• 5 high-profile Montreal mob murders
  The city's crime families have made numerous hits over the years
• Is there a market for diet beer? Survey says, ...
  Women are a big, untapped market for North American beer brewers as they face more competition from wine and spirits and specialty craft brewers, says a Bank of Montreal report.

Making It Count - CCPA

• The Right Response To “No Job Is A Bad Job”
  Last May federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said there was no such thing as a bad job. The Law Commission of Ontario may disagree. This week it put out a report about the rise in vulnerable workers and precarious jobs. Now that he’s heard from executives who think Canadians are paid too ...
• Prices Decline Yet Again
  Statistics Canada reported today that, for a third consecutive month, consumer prices declined and the inflation rate fell below 2%. In July, the inflation rate was 1.3% and the Bank of Canada’s core rate was 1.7%. Gasoline and natural gas prices, which have been lower this summer than last, dra ...
• Canada’s Economic Problem is NOT High Wages
  Bill Curry reports in today’s Globe that, at last year’s economic policy retreat, business leaders urged Finance Minister Flaherty to reduce the pay of “overpriced” Canadian workers, including through anti union right to work legislation. Coincidentally, or not, the subse ...
• Canada’s Emissions Deception
  The federal government released an updated Canada’s Emission Trends 2012 report today. In a remarkable shift in federal rhetoric just this past week, the Harperites now appear to be more sensitive to concerns about the Enbridge pipeline and climate change more generally. But appearances ca ...
• “Right to Work” Laws and Jobs
  Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak claims that passage of an anti union “right to work” (RTW) law (making mandatory union dues illegal) would create jobs, especially in hard-hit manufacturing. With companies like Caterpillar moving to get ever cheaper labour, it seems semi plausib ...

ReDress

• Seven simple rules to ensure politicians repre ...
  Stuart Littlewood argues that basic rules of conduct for public officials, such as Britain's "Seven Principles of Public Life", should guard against politicians acting on behalf of foreign interests, whether Mitt Romney in the US or David Cameron and William Hague in the UK. But sadly, he lament ...
• Netanyahu versus Obama and Iran
  Alan Hart argues that, for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a second term in the White House for Barack Obama is a far more serious concern than the illusory Iranian "nuclear threat" and that, if it appears that Obama is poised to win the upcoming presidential election, Netanyahu may o ...
• Why Israel will not attack Iran
  Uri Avnery explains why he believes Israel will not attack Iran, highlighting in particular Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's own words as well as the risks to the world economy and the perception of blackmailing the US president on the eve of elections - both of which could backfire b ...
• Has anyone seen Ethiopia's Prime Minister Mele ...
  Graham Peebles explores the mysterious absence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has not been seen since June. He argues that Meles's absence is unlikely to lead to freedom and democracy in Ethiopia, for without a credible, well-organized and coherent opposition the ruling party will ...
• Mitt Romney: the know-nothing candidate
  Lawrence Davidson traces the roots of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to the American Party of the 19th century whose hallmarks were ignorance, prejudice and fear of - and aggressiveness towards - what is not local

Physics Today

• Graphene offers clear window on liquids
  BBC: Until now, liquids have been difficult to view at the same resolution as solids using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), which require liquids to be placed in some sort of container. Silicon nitride or silicon oxide capsules are traditionally used, but they don't provide a clear view ...
• Rival teams shared in Nobel celebration
  Science: In 2011, Brian Schmidt, Adam Riess, and Saul Perlmutter were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". The Nobel may not be shared among more than three people, and the three men wante ...
• No title
  Talking Points Memo: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after a four-month long maintenance period. On Thursday, CERN announced that it had achieved the highest-energy level for proton collisions yet recorded in history: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV).
• Wind energy growth tops renewable energy sector
  Earth Policy Institute: Renewable energy makes up only a small section of the energy market but since 2007 hydropower grew by 7 percent and wind power grew by 36 percent while coal declined slightly says a new report from the Earth Policy Institute. In fact in five US states more than 10 percent ...
• Smaller accelerators continue the search for d ...
  Nature: In the wake of the null results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, some physicists are turning from larger, more powerful particle accelerators to smaller, less expensive ones. At the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, a continuous dense beam of electr ...

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• The Charts That Show Why the U.S. Is ‘Screwed’
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Peakwater

• Shell Nigeria says leak contained, locals repo ...
  “Shell said on Friday it had contained oil leaked from a failed pump within a flowstation on Nigeria’s Nembe Creek though local residents disputed this, saying it had spread to mangrove swamps. “There was no oil spill, and there was no impact on the environment,” said Pre ...
• Fracking, Coal and Nukes Wreak Havoc on Fresh ...
  “The undisputed champion of the current U.S. energy debate is  hydraulic fracturing or fracking. As conventional oil and gas resources become more difficult to come by, energy companies now have to dig deeper than ever to unearth the rich deposits of fossil fuels still available. In order ...
• Bacteria Make Wastewater A Wanted Commodity
  “Nobody likes to think about what happens to wastewater once its gone down the drain, and it’s not often that sewers capture the imagination of researchers. But a new technology being developed by Oregon State University could turn sewage treatment plants from a major drain on the co ...
• Contract awarded to build saltwater barrier pr ...
  “Construction could begin as early as Wednesday on a $5.8 million underwater barrier to block the upriver flow of saltwater in the Mississippi River that is threatening area water supplies. The 1,700-foot-long underwater dam will be built at Alliance in Plaquemines Parish, using sediment d ...
• People of the Lake
  “The Aral Sea, located between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, was once the fourth-largest lake in the world – an immense body of fresh water covering a surface area of 68,000 square kilometres. Two port cities were located on it – Aralsk in Kazakhstan and Moynaq in Uzbekistan. Both ...

D. Kucinich

• Kucinich Leads Fourteen Members of Congress to ...
  Washington D.C. (August 16, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) led 14 Members of Congress in requesting that President Obama allow U.S. non-governmental organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of the recent earthquake in Iran which has left more 300 dead and thous ...
• Inspector General Probing Nuclear Regulatory C ...
  Washington D.C. (August 16, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today issued the following statement concerning an investigation by the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission examining the possibility that a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner undermined a pro ...
• Kucinich asks NBC to Reconsider “Stars Earn St ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today wrote to the Chairman of NBC Entertainment asking that NBC reconsider “Stars Earn Stripes,” a TV show that puts celebrities in simulated combat situations. The program has been criticized by peace activists and veterans alike. The full text of Kucinich’s ...
• Kucinich Demands Investigation of Nuclear Safe ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today demanding the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees safety at our nation’s nuclear power plants, investigate the agency’s handling of the reopening of Davis-Besse in northern Ohio after cracks were discovered in the shi ...
• Kucinich Calls Upon U.S. Attorney General to P ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is calling upon the U.S. Attorney General to step in to protect the Constitutional rights of Ohioans under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. The Secretary of State in Ohio has ruled that four counties in Ohio, including Hamilton and Cuyahoga Co ...

Authentically Wired

• “milk of human kindness”
  … Arizona extends it’s “milk of human kindness” …   AZ Gov. bars public benefits for illegal immigrants 08-15-2012  •  Arizona Republic Republican Gov. Jan Brewer reiterated to state agencies today that they must deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to undo ...
• Trust us…? … Hell NO I don’t
  Eli Lilly admits to more than $200 million dollars worth of doctor payoffs 08-15-2012  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/  Prozac. Cialis. Cymbalta. If you have a television or read magazines, you’ve heard of their drugs. Eli Lilly, out of Indiana, makes billions of dollars every yea ...
• we choose NOT to hold them accountable
  …Hey … that’s what “we” get when we choose NOT to hold them accountable to us … 08-15-2012  •  http://www.foxnews.com, Associated Press A Democratic committee chairman overrode his own subpoena three years ago in an investigation of former subprime mortgage lender Countrywide to ...
• FOR WHAT PURPOSE…?
  … AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE…? Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets 08-15-2012  •  http://www.infowars.com, Paul Joseph Watson Preparing for civil unrest?   Ammunition to be delivered to 41 locations across U.S.  Filed under: ...
• Dominate Our Economy
  Corporatism Is Not Capitalism: 7 Things About The Monolithic Predator Corporations That Dominate Our Economy That Every American Should Know   By Michael, on October 21st, 2011 … http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/corporatism-is-not-capitalism-7-things-about-the-monolithic-predator-c ...

Popular Technology

• The Truth about Richard Muller
  "I was never a skeptic" - Richard Muller, 2011 Richard Muller has never been a skeptic, at best he had a moment of intellectual honesty towards skeptics when he acknowledged Steve McIntyre's debunking of Mann's Hockey Stick, only to later dismiss this as irrelevant to the global warming debate ...
• The Truth about Judith Curry
  Judith Curry is not a skeptic but a hurricane alarmist who had an alleged epiphany after Climategate and now seeks to be some sort of arbiter of scientific integrity. Her history of trust building includes accusing world leading hurricane expert, Dr. William Gray of "brain fossilization" and t ...
• The Truth about Skeptical Science
  Skeptical Science is a climate alarmist website founded and run by a self-employed cartoonist, John Cook. It is moderated by zealots who ruthlessly censor any and all form of dissent from their alarmist position. This way they can pretend to win arguments, when in reality they have all been refu ...
• Mastering the Firefox Search Bar
  As a veteran online searcher, data miner, researcher, and computer scientist, I have in the past shied away from using in-browser search bars... instead preferring to use the search tools available on individual sites. This is for practical and functional purposes, as: [1] in-site searches t ...
• The Truth about SourceWatch
  SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• WWF: Asia Pulp & Paper misleads public about i ...
  Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) continues to mislead the public about its role in destroying rainforests and critical tiger habitat across the Indonesian island of Sumatra, alleges a new report from Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups including WWF-Indonesia. The report, t ...
• Indonesia revises moratorium map; makes contes ...
  Indonesia is making 'encouraging' progress on its push to reduce deforestation by improving governance over its forests and peatlands, but still needs to do more to enforce environmental laws, said the head of the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) task force ...
• Can loggers be conservationists?
  Last year researchers took the first ever publicly-released video of an African golden cat (Profelis aurata) in a Gabon rainforest. This beautiful, but elusive, feline was filmed sitting docilely for the camera and chasing a bat. The least-known of Africa's wild cat species, the African golden c ...
• The month in environmental news for April 2012
  Mongabay.com provides a quick review of forest-related news for April 2012.
• Does the Tasmanian tiger exist? Is the saola e ...
  The use of remote camera traps, which photograph animals as they pass, has revolutionized research on endangered and cryptic species. The tool has even allowed scientists to document animals new to science or feared extinct. But as important as camera traps have become, they are still prohibitiv ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Dame Anne Salmond: Shifting New Zealand's mindset
  In this first Sir Paul Reeves Memorial Lecture, I wish to honour a great New Zealander. Thoughtful, robust and astute, Sir Paul lived a passionate life, inspired by a quest for the shared good and the common ground, and a deep and...
• Valerie Adams: A clean champ in a dirty sport
  Could it be that Valerie Adams is the only clean winner of the women's Olympic shot-put? And, could it be that she is the best natural female shot-putter there ever was?She certainly isn't the longest. Her throws are not even in...
• One more on the way to Mars
  India's Prime Minister says his country will launch a space mission to Mars next year.Manmohan Singh said the mission would be a huge leap forward for science and technology, but critics said the nearly $100 million needed for it...
• Tanning sharks resistant to melanoma
  Sharks may hold the key to preventing skin diseases in humans, according to new research.Michael Sweet, a researcher in the School of Biology at Newcastle University's Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, has found...
• Science-fiction author Harry Harrison dies
  American author Harry Harrison, whose space-age spoofs delighted generations of science fiction fans, has died, a friend said Wednesday. He was 87.Irish sci-fi writer Michael Carroll said in a telephone interview that he learned...

The Bovine

• You have the right to remain silent, and film ...
  Canadian Constitution Foundation litigation director Karen Selick, writing in the National Post: What have cops got against cameras these days? Increasingly, people are getting arrested, charged or even assaulted by police officers, merely for attempting to take photos or videos … Continue ...
• The mutant butterflies of Fukushima
  From Fox News via DProgram: (AJC) – One legacy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year has already become apparent through a study of butterflies in Japan: Their rate of genetic mutations and deformities has increased with succeeding generations. “Nature … Continue reading →
• Liz Reitzig talks raw milk on Infowars
• “Victory” gardens in Drummondville
  From Roger at Kitchen Gardeners: “Dear Kitchen Gardener, At the risk of sounding immodest, let me say just this: we ROCK! By “we” I mean the over 30,000 gardeners who took action over the past three weeks in support of the … Continue reading →
• Karen Selick on TV tonight — talking she ...
  Sheep? Scrapie? Subsidies? How much are taxpayers paying for that they’ve never heard of? Where’s the cost-benefit analysis? Canadian Constitution Foundation litigation director Karen Selick will be discussing all this and more tonight on the Charles Adler show on Sun … Continu ...

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• "Break-Up Could Make EU Function Better" Says ...
  Yesterday, Finland's foreign minister said "Finland must face openly the possibility of a euro-break up"“We have to face openly the possibility of a euro-break up,” said Erkki Tuomioja, the country’s veteran foreign minister and a member of the Social Democratic Party, one of six that make up th ...
• Unemployment Up in 44 States; New York Unemplo ...
  Unemployment was up in 44 States, down in two states, down in D.C, and unchanged in four others. There has been no improvement nationally this year. Bloomberg reports U.S. Joblessness Rise Broad-Based as 44 States Show Gain The jobless rate climbed in 44 U.S. states in July, showing la ...
• New Jersey Unemployment Hits 35-Year High of 9 ...
  As I continue to ponder reported rising retail sales, I note that Bloomberg reports New Jersey Jobless Rate Increases to 35-Year High of 9.8%New Jersey’s unemployment rate jumped to a 35-year high of 9.8 percent in July, the state Labor Department said. The rate climbed from 9.6 percent in ...
• Labor Department $100 Million Giveaway to Stop ...
  $100 million sounds like a lot of money, but it does not go very far these days. It is less than .01% of the deficit. The problem with such thinking is government programs start out "small" then end up costing tens of billions of dollars as each party tries to outdo the other in an attempt ...
• Pettis on Debt, Currency Wars, Commodity Price ...
  The much-denied hard landing in China is now underway with weakening data everywhere one looks. Today there is More Bad News For China as FDI Falls. Foreign direct investment in China fell to the lowest level in two years in July, fueling concern that waning confidence in the nation’s grow ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Mali, Al Qaeda, and the US Neo-Colonial Agenda
  Recent developments in Mali illustrate both the way in which the Unites States and its Western allies directly project military and political power, as well as the role of terrorism as a necessary pretext for imperialist, neo-colonial domination. Beginning with the establishment of AFRICOM (US A ...
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Smokey Robinson- “Quiet Storm” It’s been over a half year now of Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol Music Pick. A lot of Saturday-night listening to an eclectic selection of music here at BFP. I hope you have enjoyed my selections (and the requests) so far. This weeks pick is al ...
• Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Ma ...
  From Indignados to Occupy The Indignados movement was sparked in Spain on May 15, 2011. In part inspired by the Arab Spring, young Spaniards, who face a 46% unemployment rate, occupied the Puerta del Sol in Madrid for several weeks, protesting against the socio-political and economic system that ...
• The Template: NATO Consolidates Grip on Former ...
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization chieftain Anders Fogh Rasmussen has spent much of the past week in the former Yugoslavia, visiting Slovenia and Croatia on July 5 and 6, respectively, then arriving in Kosovo with the 28 members of the North Atlantic Council on July 11. Twenty years after NATO ...
• Stop Imperialism Podcast – Covering Syri ...
  In this episode Eric Draitser covers recent developments and their implications in several regions including: Syria & Assad’s rejection of comparison with Libya-Egypt, Russia & Putin’s statement on the West clinging to Arab influence with airstrike democracy, Iran-China trade, CIA Dire ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• ExxonMobil and Qatar Submit $10 Billion Reques ...
  HOUSTON–Golden Pass Products LLC, a joint venture between Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Qatar Petroleum, is asking federal authorities for permission to export large quantities of liquefied natural gas made in the [...]
• You’re Fired – King’s Point Superintendant Wad ...
  In the heat and sunshine of a clear summer day, hundreds of cadets stood at attention to welcome the new superintendent, Rear Admiral James A. Helis, to the campus of [...]
• Appeals Court Defines Course and Scope of Jone ...
  Jones Act Employers Will Not Be Held Responsible for Acts of Its Employees Which Are Not in Furtherance of the Employer’s Business Interests An important decision affecting vicarious liability for [...]
• Wärtsilä To Power Four Hybrid Tugs For Svitzer ...
  Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply the power system for four new diesel-electric powered tugs being built for Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd. [...]
• Hapag-Lloyd Names New 13,200 TEU Flagship
  Hapag-Lloyd on Friday held a naming ceremony for what is now officially the “Hamburg Express”, the first of ten new 13,200 TEU vessels and currently the largest ship in the [...]

Press TV

• UK police polls warned of low turnout
  The number of people taking part in winter police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections in England and Wales is expected to be only 18.5 percent, which is the lowest turnout for British national elections, a new research shows.
• Americans tired of Netanyahu Iran threat
  We have one thing in our news every day now, secret plans Israel leaks about their upcoming “shock and awe” attack on Iran. We don’t get it once a week, it’s a new story every 2 hours on every network, every paper.
• Mexico drug violence leaves 5 dead
  Officials in the northern Mexican state of Durango have found the tortured remains of four men and a woman in the latest gruesome drug-related crime wave gripping the country.
• US university to let students carry guns
  The University of Colorado (CU) has announced that it will allow students with concealed-carry weapons permits to keep guns at some off-campus housing but students cannot have them in dormitories.
• 'Taliban to hold talks after US pullout'
  Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar has announced his readiness to hold negotiation with Afghan factions after the pullout of US-led foreign forces from the war-torn country.

SciDev.net

• Agriculture and environment projects win Asian ...
  Specialists working in agricultural science, water and pollution projects are among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay awards.
• Wanted: better bridges between science and aid ...
  Aid innovators are calling for more interaction with research and development communities, ahead of World Humanitarian Day, reports Imogen Mathers.
• Panel to review Africa's science and technolog ...
  Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action will be reviewed by a panel ahead of a November science ministers' meeting.
• Peru issues incentives to companies that inves ...
  The Peruvian government has established tax incentives to promote private investment in science, but analysts say they are not enough.
• Science education 'key to maintain development'
  Para sostener el desarrollo científico iberoamericano hay que cultivar el interés por la ciencia y mejorar su enseñanza en la escuela, dice Carmelo Polino.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

• The United States is Experiencing the Longest ...
  The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. CBO projects that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014. The share of ...
• Models Used by the Military Services to Develo ...
  The military services—the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps—use modeling techniques to inform parts of their annual budget requests. As directed by the Congress in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, today’s CBO study provides information on the models used ...
• Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury b ...
  More than 2 million service members have deployed in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) in Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Two combat-related conditions that affect some OCO veterans and that have generated widespread concern among policymakers are post-traumatic stress di ...
• Presentation to the National Economists Club
  Yesterday I spoke to the National Economists Club on our recently released Budget and Economic Outlook. My remarks reiterated much of what I said in several of last week’s blog posts: CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 Fundamental Fiscal Challenge How ...
• Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $349 Billion fo ...
  The federal government accumulated a budget deficit of $349 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review, $70 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments, howe ...

Naked Scientists - News

• Life's building blocks found in a ring around ...
  Complex carbon-based molecules, including many that are important for life on Earth, could have formed in the early solar system. That's according to a paper by Fred Ciesla and Scott Sandford in this ...
• Pint sized rocket
  A rocket has been developed that could get a spaceprobe to the moon on just 100g of fuel Some tasks can only be done by a large satellite, but there are many others which can be done as well if not b...
• Seeing Around the Corner
  Using a laser, a super fast camera and a clever algorithm, researchers at MIT have developed the ability to see, in 3D, around a corner. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, Andreas Velten a...
• Drugs in sewage
  Drug use in populations, both legal and illegal, is important to know about for health and law and order reasons. Whilst it is relatively easy to keep tabs on the amount of legal drug use by asking ph...
• Messages from Mercury
  The MESSENGER spacecraft completed one Earth year of orbiting Mercury this month, and two papers published in the journal Science highlight some of the surprising scientific results from our solar sys...

Nick Turse

• nationalgeographicmagazine:Big Ben, London P ...
  nationalgeographicmagazine: Big Ben, London Photograph by Vaibhav Dubey, My Shot I took this picture while I was playing with my camera at Westminster Bridge. What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I like the way the photographer used the blur of the passing traffic to create a fresh take on an ...
• newyorker:Since 1925, when we published our ...
  newyorker: Since 1925, when we published our first magazine cover featuring swimmers wearing swimwear, The New Yorker has been renowned for its coverage of swimsuits and everything that goes into them. High-water marks include John Cheever’s classic story “The Swimmer,” William Finnegan’s cele ...
• theatlantic:Why Long-Term Unemployment Is Mu ...
  theatlantic: Why Long-Term Unemployment Is Much, Much Worse Than You Think Pop quiz: What’s the biggest menace to the economy right now? Is it: (1) the budget deficit, (2) inflation, or (3) long-term unemployment? The presidential campaigns will tell you it’s the deficit. The Federal Reserve m ...
• theparisreview:Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
  theparisreview: Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
• newsweek:theswinginsixties:A 1960s Brookly ...
  newsweek: theswinginsixties: A 1960s Brooklyn street scene. It still rings true today: no other ketchup tastes like Heinz.

Wayne Madsen

• August 21-22, 2012, Key West, FL (WMR) -- Moha ...
  The FBI and INS ensured that nothing interfered with the "official" 9/11 tale, including facts on the ground.
• August 19-20, 2012 -- OAS votes to take up UK- ...
  The neocon allies emerge in embassy rift
• August 18-20, 2012, Key West, FL (WMR) -- Moha ...
  Getting to the bottom of the hijacker's passport "found" in pristine condition on a New York street.
• August 18-20, 2012 -- Note on one of our long ...
• August 18-20, 2012 -- OFF-TOPIC WEEKEND FORUM

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