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Hiroshima Survivors to Visit Israel
The
Hibakusha Peace Boat Project
The Hibakusha Peace Boat Project is a unique, civil society initiative
that enables Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki) to participate in around-the-world voyages to give
personal testimonies about the effects of the atomic bomb ...
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Military and Settler Vandalism Escalates as Co ...
We
continue to follow, report and support the struggle of the Palestinian
residents of the West Bank’s southernmost region, to continue living on
their ancestral lands which they legally own.
One would think that in an enlightened society such a simple request
would be guaranteed beyond do ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Commercial-scale tidal energy now a reality
Credit:
marineturbines.comSeaGen tidal turbines in Northern Ireland are now
producing enough power for 1,500 homes in the world’s first
commercial-scale tidal energy installation. They’ve shown it can be
done. May everyone else join in. All that tidal power is just waiting to
be conv ...
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Romney campaign races on, oblivious
“No
campaign turnaround needed here. Everything is fine, just fine.”Quote
of the day:The wheels are not coming off the Mitt Romney campaign. They
came off some time ago. The press is just beginning to notice.The Romney
campaign is skidding along on its axles and scraping its muffler. ...
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Illinois wants a public pension bailout from t ...
Can
California be far behind in wanting a public pension bailout too?
Apparently Illinois Governor Pat Quinn thinks the federal government
should just go ahead and pony up the $200 billion or so the Illinois
public pension system needs to remain solvent.Zero HedgeMoments ago we
saw the following ...
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GoFoods dehydrated food
We’re
concerned by the direction current events are going, and like many of
our neighbors are striving to become more prepared.Recently, we met some
people selling GoFoods, dehydrated packages of food that are good for
up to 25 years. The price per serving is reasonable, generally under $2
if yo ...
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UC Berkeley researchers map California Proposi ...
UC
Berkeley researchers are studying how people use social media in
politics by mapping California Proposition 30 social media references
onto graphs. They invite users to join in and see how their graphs grow.
[...]
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot:  ...
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
...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Healing Blog
A
new election is coming and thankfully nobody is claiming that they will
lower the ocean level this time. My taxes are still insanely high and
as a business owner, I’m expecting to be hammered in a very impressive
way by the non-paying public for my reprehensible misdeed of trying to
mak ...
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The Pragmatic Skeptic
I
read some of this earlier, and hadn’t intended to post on it but now
that I’ve read the complete version of the interview, this is very much
worth reading. Anthony Watts gave an interview to PBS whereby he made
a very accurate case for what makes myself and others climate skepti
...
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SKS Behind the Scenes – On Deaf Ears
The
below discussion was passed to me by email. It is apparently from the
hacked SKS background discussions. I found it revealing to see the kind
of thinking which went on behind the scenes during the release of the
corrected Antarctic temperature trends. 2011-02-09 04:45:30 Antarctic
Temperatur ...
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Lewandowsky’s Bodge
The
term “conspiracy” is one of the most overused words in climate jargon.
Just using the word conspiracy with a person has become a popular way to
discredit those who question any of the facts presented by an official
body. With so much information available there is only enough tim ...
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The Lewandowsky Incident
I
have avoided critique of Lewandowsky’s paper because I am still
awaiting a reply from Lewandowsky on my demand for removal of a false
citation. He has agreed in part that the citation was inaccurate but due
to some minor sophistry in his reply there is delay in finalizing the
issue. It s ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
...
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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
. ...
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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
...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Dwindling Arctic Ice Signals a Clear Need for ...
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
In Hollywood’s latest cetacean love-fest, Big
Miracle, three gray whales are trapped in the encroaching Arctic ice of
the Chukchi Sea, soon to be part of a heroic rescue attempt ...
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Stop the War on Health
Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Director, La Onda
Verde de NRDC, San Francisco
The House of Representatives approved a bill today that
hits the environment and our health squarely in the face while profiting
the powerful coal industry.
Th ...
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The Clean Water Act: Still Needed in the Real ...
Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.
On my bike ride into work today, I was stopped in my
tracks by the scene pictured below – huge, billowing piles of some kind
of foamy substance flowing out of a storm drain and into Four Mile Run,
...
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Do a home energy check-up this fall
Pierre Bull, Policy Analyst, Air & Energy, New York
City
As the seasons transition from summer to fall, you've
likely put together a running home checklist with to-do's like: (1)
check the batteries and test the smoke alarms, (2) rake the leaves, an
...
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Bill proposed to end tax exemption for tar san ...
Anthony Swift, Attorney, International Program,
Washington, DC
House Members proposed a bill to require tar sands companies to pay into
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF), which is used to pay for
spill response. As NRDC and Oil Change Int ...
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Is a Duke Degree Worth the Paper It’s Pr ...
It’s
hardly surprising that a school full of the douchiest basketball fans
in the world like Duke would also lead the nation in grade inflation. I
mean, when you have worse grade inflation than Harvard, you are really
saying something. Do Duke students just get an 4.0 when they write their
...
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Every time I have this dream I want to kill my ...
Thank
you Louie for the reminder: My nightmare typically ends there. But this
one? Lynch wants to start the interview. Lynch will not stop yelling.
There is no one in that chair. Start the interview. Lynch will not stop
yelling. There is no one in that chair. Lynch will not stop yelling.
Start t ...
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Game of Thrones: “Winter Is Coming” ...
(This
is another one of those visual rhetoric posts that’s born of this
upcoming course.) In the previous post we established that the director
of “Winter Is Coming,” Tim Van Patten, went to great lengths to
transform Will into a sympathetic character. He can choose immediate d
...
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Romney campaign releasing tax information
In
what very much smacks of sheer panic, the Romney campaign is suddenly
releasing a whole bunch of the candidate’s tax information: Romney camp:
In 2011, the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in taxes on $13,696,951 in mostly
investment income. Romney camp: The Romneys’ effective tax rate for 2011
...
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“The 47%
It wasn’t a “gaffe”; if anything, it understates Republican contempt for working people.
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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 ...
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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 [...]
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Interview: Shining a Light on Africa’s Elephan ...
With
the mass killing of African elephants sharply escalating recently as
global prices for ivory have risen, few articles have conveyed the scope
and brutality of
Jeffrey Gettleman
that trade as vividly as the one written earlier this month by Jeffrey
Gettleman, East Africa bureau chief fo ...
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Shining a Bright Light on Africa’s Elephant Sl ...
Fueled
by a rising demand for ivory, the mass killing of African elephants has
reached extraordinary levels. In an interview with Yale Environment
360, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman discusses his in-depth
investigation of the deadly ivory trade, which involves the U.S.-backed
militar ...
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Fuel Consumption in New Cars Can Be Halved by ...
With
advanced technologies and innovative government policies, fuel
consumption in new vehicles can be cut in half by 2030, saving billions
of dollars in fuel costs worldwide and significantly reducing CO2
emissions, a new report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency
says. According to ...
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Video: Debating the Complex Impacts of Shale G ...
At a panel discussion at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies this week, a group of experts tackled the controversial
drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and
questions about its impacts on the environment, human health, and the
U.S.’s energy f ...
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San Francisco Program Would Give Consumers Opt ...
City
officials in San Francisco, Calif. are considering a $19.5 million
program that would give consumers the option of buying 100-percent
renewable power at a higher cost. The so-called CleanPowerSF plan, which
would be done in partnership with Shell Energy North America, would
also invest abou ...
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Aurora theater shooting court documents blows ...
Newly
released court documents in the Aurora, CO theater “Batman massacre”
case reveals startling inside accusations about who may actually be
behind the shootings that left at least 70 people either dead or injured
in the early morning hours of July 20th. Friday’s report by the online
version o ...
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Who Owns Antiquity?
In
1966, curators at the archaeological museum of the University of
Pennsylvania bought a pile of gorgeous Bronze Age jewelry from a
Philadelphia dealer. They couldn’t know their purchase would change how
museums work.
The 24 gold objects had come to Penn with no trace of where they’d been
unear ...
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Canada closes embassy in Iran, expels Iranian ...
Baird
says Iran viewed as world’s ’most significant threat to global peace
and security’ Canada has suspended diplomatic relations with Iran and is
expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister John
Baird announced in a statement today. Speaking to reporters in Russia,
where ...
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Source of Oceanic Mystery Methane Was Under No ...
Researchers
have been seeing methane produced from the world’s oceans for years,
but like methane produced in a crowded elevator, the source was a minor
mystery that annoyed many in the field. But researchers from the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign may have finally cracked the
secret be ...
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Restricting Calories Does Not Necessarily Exte ...
A
calorie-restricted diet can extend the lives of organisms from yeast to
fruit flies to rodents, as well as improving their health and
preventing disease. But just because cutting calories helps animals with
short lifespans doesn’t mean that humans will reap similar benefits. So
the 2009 discov ...
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Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach’s down ...
As
I was listening this AM to Right Wing talk radio on 105.5 today, they
had Colorado Springs mayor telling us in an interview that it was no
secret that he wants a baseball stadium to be built downtown which he
claims will somehow revitalize the center of the city. That’s as
doubtful a cl ...
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Randy Newman dreams of a White President and a ...
“He
won’t be the brightest, but he’ll be the whitest, and I’ll vote for
that!” sings Randy Newman of his dream president, drawing the reaction
he got when he penned “I’m a Redneck” or “Short People.” America needs a
laugh track to know ...
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Still no unions in racist Delano, California a ...
…Despite
having over a 2/3 majority Hispanic population, it is the racist Anglo
community that still runs affairs in Delano, California. For those
youngsters who only dimly know their own country’s history, Delano was
where the Farm Workers Union tried to organize way back in the 
...
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We need better gun control in the US
I
just read that about 6 out of 10 Colorado residents are actually
worried that guns might become better regulated than they are at present
in a poll taken after the Aurora theater shootings! Are these people
crazy just like the parents in the following news story certainly are?
See Woman shot i ...
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Prince Harry the Hedonist shows war for what i ...
A
young prince who can do anything he wants, might go to war for some
noble cause, if he hadn’t already exposed his and its deeply immoral
character. After his Vegas binge, Prince Harry has returned to
Afghanistan, at his request, to be a gunner on an attack helicopter in
the UK squad with ...
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The Good News and the Bad News
The
good news is that physicist Dr. Crockett Grabbe’s ebook National
Swindle of the World Trade Center is now available on Amazon.com. The
book is 7 chapters long, roughly 113 pages in length, and delivers
strong, responsible scientific evidence that the WTC buildings were
brought down with expl ...
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National Swindle of the World Trade Center now ...
Dr. Crockett Grabbe's ebook National Swindle of the World Trade Center is now available on Amazon.com for the Kindle.
Purchase the ebook here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098JOSJS
Related info:
Dr. Crockett Grabbe-National Swindle on the World Trade Center
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Would 2Pac Have Been a 9/11 Truther?
On
this day in 1996 Tupac Amaru Shakur died from gunshot wounds he
suffered 6 days prior. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th
Greatest Artist of All Time and I don't think he would have been a 9/11
debunker. RIP.
Published on Apr 26, 2012 by Aware Awake
Tupac Shakur breaks down the tru ...
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911 Truth and the Mainstream Media's Failure t ...
The
mainstream media has never been any good at explaining the nature of
the War on Terror to the public. Their superficial, 'official
talking-point' based stories almost always omit important documented
facts that could provide real context to the 'war' and point to evidence
showing that 911 wa ...
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RECAP: Fake al-Qaeda> Anwar Al Awlaki PLUS Ada ...
The
following videos are posted in light of recent media reports about the
death of the "international terrorist leader" Anwar Al Awlaki in Yemen.
Please note that Al Awlaki was also reported dead, killed in 2009 by a
US air strike.
Dead or alive, names like Al Awlaki, Zarqawi, and others will ...
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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
...
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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
[...]
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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European poll shows overwhelming support for J ...
Voters
in the Italian poll overwhelmingly supported a buffer zone to
‘safeguard’ the Jarawa’s future.© SurvivalAn opinion poll in a leading
European newspaper has shown overwhelming support for a buffer zone, to
protect India’s Jarawa tribe from ‘human safaris’.
Published in Italy’s most ...
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Victory: Vedanta to close Orissa refinery
The
Dongria Kondh have fought a David and Goliath battle against Vedanta©
Lewis Davids/SurvivalSupporters of India’s Dongria Kondh tribe are
celebrating after controversial British mining company Vedanta Resources
declared it will close its bauxite refinery in the state of Orissa,
this December. ...
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Alleged Yanomami massacre: Survival's reaction
Illegal
goldmining threatens Yanomami communities in both Brazil and
Venezuela.© SurvivalSurvival International has been accused of a
‘climbdown’ over its announcement that, apparently contrary to earlier
reports, a Yanomami settlement in Venezuela has not been destroyed in an
attack by goldmine ...
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Venezuela: miners' invasion continues, but no ...
Illegal
goldminers have been occupying the Yanomami territory for years.©
SurvivalHaving received its own testimony from confidential sources,
Survival now believes there was no attack by miners on the Yanomami
community of Irotatheri. Yanomami from the area – in which many illegal
gold miners a ...
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Countdown: Brazil has three months to evict in ...
Brazil
has three months to evict illegal loggers from Awá land.©
SurvivalBrazil has just three months to evict illegal loggers from land
belonging to Earth’s most threatened tribe before it will be in breach
of a court order, but Survival International can reveal that logging is
still rife insid ...
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Palast in San Fran, Santa Rosa, Portaland, Sea ...
This
weeks Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Tour stops. Bring you copy of
Billionaires & Ballot Bandits - or get it there and I'll sign 'em.
Please - bring your friends, spread the word and once you've read it -
review it on Amazon, B&N and Goodreads. Monday, September 24
BERKELEY KPFA ...
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: 2012
by
Greg Palast I can't believe that I had to write the sequel. When I
wrote The Best Democracy Money Can Buy after the 2000 swipe by Bush and
his Ballot Bandits, I thought America would clean up its damn act and
start counting ALL the votes. Boy, am I a schmuck. Just when you [...]
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Romney's Breakfast of Billionaires
by
Greg Palast - Dollars & Sense Magazine On Friday, Governor Mitt
Romney had breakfast with billionaires. JOHN PAULSON, Paul Singer and
Ken Langone have dropped more than a million dollars each into the
Romney “Super-PAC” Restore Our Future. As Butch said to Sundance, “Who
ARE these guys?” ...
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This is it, folks...
A
personal request from Greg Palast Saturday, September 16, 2012 Today,
our foundation releases my investigation/comic book, Billionaires &
Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps. I am asking
you to order it today, right now, on Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble or
Indiebound. ...
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“Why Obama Is Likely to Lose in 2012”
Greg
Palast, The Nation of Change An excerpt from Billionaires & Ballot
Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps “Why Obama Is Likely
to Lose in 2012” is the title of a column Karl Rove wrote in the Wall
Street Journal in June 2011. It’s not Rove’s prediction: this is his
plan [...]
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How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
(Hi!
Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve
been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting
any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and
laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
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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 ...
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 ...
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Age of Autism Weekly Wrap: Poison, Apples, Pol ...
By
Dan Olmsted The drumbeat is especially loud this fall -- get
vaccinated, get your kids vaccinated, and protect yourself from the
modern plagues. You know, chickenpox, mumps, hepatitis B in infancy. Not
to mention the mercury, I mean flu,...
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Polly Tommey Launches "Polly's Place" For Youn ...
(London,
England) Polly Tommey launches ‘Polly’s Place’: supporting Real World
Living for young adults with Autism Polly Tommey, a mother from London
with a son with autism and Founder of The Autism Trust will be opening
Polly’s Place in Sunninghill,...
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NVIC Reports: Doctors Engaging in Class Warfar ...
It
is getting uglier and uglier out there, as angry, frustrated doctors
inside and outside of government work overtime to foster fear and hatred
of parents making conscious vaccine choices for their children. The
latest political dirty trick is to...
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University College London Pulls out of Holding ...
By
John Stone Eighteen months after University College London, the parent
institution of the Royal Free Hospital, announced their intention of
holding an inquiry into the “Wakefield affair” in a controversial BBC
radio documentary they have finally backed down according...
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Reporters -The Next Generation
By
Anne Dachel On Sept 9, 2012, I found the news report, CARLSBAD:
Award-winning broadcast class tackles documentary on vaccines, from the
North County Times in Escondido, CA. HERE Award-winning broadcast class
tackles documentary on vaccines, from the North County...
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Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorg ...
Reuters
– Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp,
JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc over the past year as part of a
broad cyber campaign targeting the United States, according to people
familiar with the situation. The attacks, which began in late 2011 and
es ...
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Greek economy set to shrink by 25pc
Telegraph
– Greece’s economy will have shrunk by a quarter by the time the
recession ends, according to the country’s finance minister, as pressure
grew on international creditors to give Athens more time to catch up.
Yiannis Stournaras forecast on Tuesday that by 2014, the Gre ...
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British Army ‘should be first choiceR ...
Independent
– Britain’s armed forces, rather than private companies, should be used
to protect future major public events in the wake of the G4S Olympic
security fiasco, MPs suggest today. In a report examining the failure of
G4S to recruit and train enough security guards, the Home ...
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West Nile virus kills 5 in Balkans, dozens in ...
Reuters
– At least five people in the Balkans have died from West Nile virus
and several dozen others have been hospitalized in the past four weeks,
according to health authorities in Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and
Croatia. West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease usually found in
temper ...
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Would YOU like to become part of the Open Your ...
There
are currently six volunteers based worldwide who bring you Open Your
Eyes News. As we continue to expand, and in advance of our new website
launch, we are seeking one additional member to join our team to become a
category editor, taking responsibility for publishing articles in one
of our ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Power of a Smile
Why
are these women smiling? You'd be smiling to if you and your family
have access to clean drinking water and a toilet in your own home for
the very first time.
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Water Changes Lives: VIDEO
Access
to clean water or a safe toilet doesn't just make people healthier, it
affords women time to learn a trade, and allows them to spend more time
caring for their families. Change ten lives by taking our challenge, and
you will be entered to win a trip to visit our work in the field!*
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Change Ten Lives
It
seems like with each passing day, our lives become busier with work,
school, raising our families, and a little entertainment thrown in for
good measure. As the calendar turns, our good intentions to make a
difference can give way to the obligations we’ve made and remain
unrealized.
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Recognition for Impact in Social Innovation
Gary
White, Water.org CEO and Co-founder, has been honored by the Schwab
Foundation as a 2012 Social Entrepreneur. Each year, the Foundation
identifies the world’s leading social entrepreneurs from around the
globe for its Social Entrepreneur award. Awardees are selected for
implementing innovat ...
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Stop the Crisis, Share our Stories!
Subscribe
to the official Water.org YouTube channel to be among the first to see
our weekly videos. These shorts, which provide a glimpse of life in the
heart of the water crisis, can help give a face to a world-wide
struggle.
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Valsecchi takes GP2 title
Max Chilton underlined his F1 credentials with a commanding win in
Singapore, but the day belonged to Davide Valsecchi who claimed the GP2
Series title. A fourth-place finish was enough for the Italian to claim
DAMS' second title in as many years - Romain Grosjean took the 2011
title for the ...
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Vettel maintains practice dominance
Singapore: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel made it a
clean sweep of practice domination for the Singapore Grand Prix,
clocking the fastest time for the third straight session hours ahead of
qualifying on Saturday. The 60-minute session was red-flagged with three
minutes remaining ...
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Su-wei beats Robson in 3 sets to win in G ...
GUANGZHOU, China — Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan scored beat Laura Robson
of Britain 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Saturday to win the Guangzhou Open. Robson had
nine aces but was let down by her serve, offering 22 break opportunities
to Hsieh and hitting 11 double faults. Hsieh, who made the third round
at ...
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Di Matteo rebuts ex-Chelsea manager Gulli ...
Tweet London, Sep 22(ANI): Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has
refuted one of his predecessors at Stamford Bridge, Ruud Gullit's
criticism of Fernando Torres, who had claimed the striker is not good
enough for the club. Gullit had said the current team often appears to
be playing with only ...
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Fognini advances to St. Petersburg Open f ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Fabio Fognini of Italy beat Daniel
Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to the final of the
St. Petersburg Open. Fognini will play in his second career final after
winning his maiden title in April in Bucharest, Romania. The 53rd-ranked
Fognini r ...
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[Editorial] NCDs and the UN: danger of a misse ...
The
global health movement to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is at
a pivotal point. This week is the first anniversary of the watershed
high-level UN meeting on NCDs. The meeting was a crucial step for
putting diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease high on the
global health ...
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[News of the Week] Newsmakers
This
week's Newsmakers are developmental neurogeneticist Christopher Austin,
who has been chosen to direct the National Center for Advancing
Translational Sciences, and mechanical engineer C. Daniel Mote Jr., who
has been nominated as the next president of the National Academy of
Engineering.
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[Report] Specifying and Sustaining Pigmentatio ...
The genes specifying tabby cat coat patterns also affect big cats,
including king cheetahs.
Authors: Christopher B. Kaelin, Xiao Xu, Lewis Z. Hong,
Victor A. David, Kelly A. McGowan, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel, Melody E.
Roelke, Javier Pino, Joan Pontius, Gregory M. Cooper, Hermogenes
Manuel, ...
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Seal calf season prompts warning
Wildlife experts in the Isle of Man issue a seal pup warning ahead of the annual breeding season.
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LOPERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDEtablet [Chain Drug Mar ...
Updated Date: Sep 20, 2012 EST
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A View From 47%-land
by
Kentw007
I've never written a letter to an elected official before, but I
couldn't let a man running for President get away with personally
insulting my family so I sent him the following letter. The sad thing is
that he would have actually had an outside chance at getting my vote if
he had ...
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Wake Up: Reject the Two-Party Plutocracy
Joel
S. Hirschhorn
Here we go again. Millions of Americans will soon vote for either the
Republican or Democratic presidential candidate not because they deeply
believe that he is absolutely the best possible president the country
needs and can have. No, they will know that they are compro ...
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Hypocrisy Not Democracy in America
by
Stephen Lendman
US elections are farcical. Obama and Romney represent two sides of the
same coin. Neither offers choice. Democracy never existed and doesn't
now. Rhetoric substitutes for reality.
Republicans and Democrats offer the worst of all possible worlds.
Ordinary people are ent ...
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Unconditional Surrender in Chicago
by
Stephen Lendman
September 18, 2012 will be remembered in Chicago as a day of infamy.
Corrupt city officials and union bosses won. Teachers, parents, and kids
lost.
On September 10, teachers walked out. Core issues were at stake. Most
important is saving public education. An American ...
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One Place to Cut Spending: Kidnapping and Torture
By
David Swanson
I know it seems like more of a noble sacrifice to cut spending on things
people less fortunate than ourselves need, but can somebody explain to
me why it wouldn't be at least that noble to eliminate the budget of the
CIA, which serves no one?
The Washington Post and the Obama ...
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Ontario could be hard hit by new trade deal
A
trade deal between Canada and the EU that's being negotiated in Ottawa
this week could have devastating effects on Ontario. The CCPA's new
report, Straightjacket: CETA’s Constraining Effects on Ontario, details
the ways in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
could accel ...
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Time for Ontario to go public with child care
The
Ontario government is in a consultation phase over how to modernize the
province's child care system. Child care expert Martha Friendly and
CCPA Ontario Director Trish Hennessy have co-authored a primer on child
care in Ontario, making the case for the government to take leadership
and commi ...
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The New Saskatchewan or Oklahoma North?
Of
the litany of proposed changes contained in the Saskatchewan
government’s Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in
Saskatchewan, the most pernicious is the suggestion that employees be
allowed to opt out of paying union dues, yet still recieve the full
benefits o ...
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How affordable is a university education in yo ...
A
new report from the CCPA’s Education Project tracks the affordability
of university education across Canadian provinces. The study looks at
trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects
fees for each province for the next four years, and examines the impact
on affordabil ...
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A Sustainable Vision for Our Community: Altern ...
A
Sustainable Vision for our Community: Alternative Municipal Budget for
the Halifax Regional Municipality is the culmination of a collaborative
effort involving more than 20 individuals from academia, the non-profit
sector and labour organizations.
The Alternative Budget contains 65 action item ...
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WWH/CJE Hippie Digest: Lennon’s Island & ...
What
Happens If Colorado Legalizes Marijuana? By Scot Kersgaard If Amendment
64 passes, it will become almost immediately legal under Colorado law
for adults to possess, grow, consume and give away (to another adult) up
to an ounce of marijuana. It may take more than a year, however, before
adul ...
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Global protests Today over “FrackingR ...
By
KEVIN BEGOS,AP - PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 100 protests against the
natural gas drilling process known as fracking are scheduled to take
place around the world on Saturday, building on public concerns but also
using an overly simplified message to spur outrage. The GlobalFrackdown
website a ...
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WWH/CJE Saturday News Briefs
Standard
Chartered inks $340 million deal with NY regulator. No jail! How’s that
for in your face corruption? (Reuters) – Standard Chartered Bank signed
a final agreement with New York’s banking regulator to pay $340 million
to settle allegations that it hid transactions with I ...
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A Hippies Guide To The Law of Attraction: So w ...
Previous
Chapters: A Hippies Guide To The Law of Attraction Enough with the
Preliminaries – What IS it? So what is The Law of Attraction? The Law of
Attraction states, quite simply, that in all of the universe, across
all dimensions, vibrations that are alike are drawn together. Huh? That’
...
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Where is the Radioactive Rod? How Halliburton ...
BY TERRENCE
HENRY,stateimpact.npr.org - Somebody call Radioactive Man and Fallout
Boy. A radioactive rod is missing in the West Texas desert. Sometime
last Monday, September 11, a three-man team of Halliburton oilfield
workers lost a radioactive rod used in hydraulic fracturing, or
“fracking.” ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
[...]
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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
...
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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 ...
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Ethanol Policy: How to Grow Production Sustain ...
In
this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I discuss potential
improvements to U.S. ethanol policy. I explain the fundamental
principles that guide my thoughts on energy policy, which primarily
involve moving toward more sustainable and locally-sourced energy, but
understanding the tra ...
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Gasoline Prices Doubled Under Obama: True or F ...
The
Claim: President Obama Has Doubled Gasoline Prices During the
Republican primaries, a number of candidates made a claim that at first
glance seems improbable: That under President Obama, gasoline prices
have doubled. A current advertising campaign by the American Energy
Alliance repeats that ...
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Mitigating the Long Recession; and CNG Vehicle ...
In
this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer two viewer
questions. The first question is whether I believe that nuclear energy
or hydraulic fracturing will offset the impacts of my “Long Recession”
scenario. The second is about the EPA licensing requirements for comp
...
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Responses to Thorium Reactor Story
Following
last week’s R-Squared Energy TV episode that discussed thorium nuclear
reactors, there were a number of comments and emails from readers that
added a lot of clarity to the discussion. I want to highlight some of
those comments, because as I had indicated that was definitely outsi ...
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Are Democrats More Likely to Release Strategic ...
If
the Obama Administration orders a release, it would be the 2nd time the
administration had tapped the SPR. In 2011 the Obama Administration
ordered a release of 30 million barrels of oil in conjunction with a 30
million barrel release from other members of the International Energy
Agency.
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FDA Moves to Limit Arsenic in Food
Most people don't ask for a side of arsenic with their California
rolls, but the heavy metal is pervasive in the world's rice supply. And
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it is
finally looking into whether the presence of arsenic in the food we eat
poses as big a ...
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GMOs Cause Tumors and Early Death in Rat Study
Part of the problem with genetically engineered food, or GMOs, in the
food system is that there aren't a whole lot of GMO studies
investigating their safety. That reason alone has sparked dozens of
health experts to call for a GMO ban or, at the very least, labeling of
foods containing the ques ...
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Whole Foods Officially Endorses GMO Labeling
Should genetically modified (GM) foods be labeled? Yes, says the
nation's largest natural and organic food retailer, Whole Foods. The
store's owners officially came out in support of California's GM-foods
labeling initiative, Proposition 37, a law that would require any food
containing ingredie ...
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Meat Industry Sues ABC Over "Pink Slime"
The meat industry is suing ABC for $1.2 billion in a pink slime
lawsuit, claiming the news network's coverage of the meat industry's
"pink slime" (otherwise known as "lean finely textured beef") product
was untrue, costing the industry hundreds of millions in profits.
The defamation lawsuit fi ...
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The 15 Worst Things In Your Lunch Bag
what
to eat for lunch
"Convenience" Foods That Aren't
The healthiest lunch you can eat is the one you make for yourself. It'll
also save you a bundle over restaurant food, and the landfills will
thank you for leaving all the disposable wrapp ...
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Nanotechnology Ready to Treat Cancer, Alzheime ...
What's
the Latest Development?
University of Georgia researchers have refined how nanoparticles are
used to deliver drugs to parts of individual cells, specifically
mitochondria, the powerhouse of cells. During their experiments,
scientists tested treatments currently underway against ca ...
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Global Health Objective #1: Prevent Non-Commun ...
What's
the Latest Development?
Given the increasing threat that non-communicable diseases pose to
global health, as well as to the global economy, health experts have
called for a series of global studies to examine strategies for
preventing conditions like diabetes and obesity. "With in ...
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Genetically Modified Foods Cause Tumors, Says ...
What's
the Latest Development?
A new study out of France concludes that a diet of genetically modified
corn, specifically Monsanto's Roundup-resistant corn, gave rats who ate
it a series of tumors, as well as trouble with their livers and
kidneys. "During the two-year study, the scientis ...
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Romney and Obama: Separately But Equally Elitist?
So
Romney is taking a big and deserved hit for his stupid and arrogant
remark that 47% of Americans won't vote for him because they don't pay
income taxes and, because of government hand-outs, lack personal
responsibility.
Last campaign, Obama took a not-as-big-as-he-deserved hit for his ...
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Obesity is an Addiction, Just Like Smoking
What's
the Latest Development?
While nutritionists and addiction specialists have long drawn a line
between drug addiction and obesity, government health authorities now
believe they are essentially the same conditions for some people.
Earlier this year, secretary of health Kathleen Sebe ...
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Violence An Inch Beneath The Surface
What
are we to make of this lot? A comically amateurish anti-Islam
propaganda film, made by some bloke in America who claimed to be Jewish
and have financial backing from the Jewish business community, but who
in fact turned out … Continue reading →
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The Rainbow Connection
Last
Thursday, Tasmania’s Lower House of parliament passed a bill which, if
ratified by the Upper House next month, will make the Apple Isle the
first state of Australia to legalize gay marriage. It’s not going to
happen: for one … Continue reading →
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Parliament On A Knife Edge Part VII – Th ...
Well,
it’s happened at last. The festering stink of corruption within the
Australian Workers’ Union in the 1990s is now front-page news on every
paper in the country. This is despite the best efforts of Gillard and
others to shut … Continue reading →
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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 →
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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 →
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Pearls of wisdom
Various
people have been leaving a trail of pearls regarding my forthcoming
book Deceived Wisdom. You can get a free sampler here or of you’re in
the UK pre-order the print edition in plenty of time for Christmas.
Ahaargh! Francis Wheen – Judging by the sampler, it’s my dream b ...
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Faecal matters
One
of the most trivial ethical debates raged on my Facebook page after I
posted about whether one should hang a toilet roll “over” or “under”. Of
course, for those with a vertical toilet roll holder, it’s a moot
point. But, silliness aside, there is an important mo ...
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Faecal matters
One
of the most trivial ethical debates raged on my Facebook page after I
posted about whether one should hang a toilet roll “over” or “under”. Of
course, for those with a vertical toilet roll holder, it’s a moot
point. But, silliness aside, there is an important mo ...
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Toilet paper orientation
Whoever
said Wikipedia, or Sciencebase come to that, was trivial? This is
meaning-of-life stuff: Toilet paper when used with a toilet roll holder
with a horizontal axle parallel to the wall has two possible
orientations: the toilet paper may hang over (in front of) or under
(behind) the roll. Th ...
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Toilet paper orientation
Whoever
said Wikipedia, or Sciencebase come to that, was trivial? This is
meaning-of-life stuff: Toilet paper when used with a toilet roll holder
with a horizontal axle parallel to the wall has two possible
orientations: the toilet paper may hang over (in front of) or under
(behind) the roll. Th ...
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Climate Negotiations Open a Window: Key Implic ...
Harvard
Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Centers, Kennedy School, Harvard
Univ. / This policy brief expands upon the Science article, “Climate
Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars” by Joseph E. Aldy and
Robert N. Stavins. http://bit.ly/R85dld [Abstract] A key outcome ...
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The Costs of Fracking: The Price Tag of Dirty ...
Environment
America http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/costs-fracking
[From Press Release] …The report’s documented examples of fracking costs
include the following: Drinking water contamination: In Dimock,
Pennsylvania, permanently replacing residents’ contaminated drinking
water w ...
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Cooling the Planet, Clearing the Air: Should C ...
Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies | Ecotrust / by James Boyce
and Manuel Pastor
http://www.jointcenter.org/events/cooling-the-planet-clearing-the-air
http://bit.ly/UyOt86 (executive summary) [From Press Release]
Expanding climate change mitigation approaches beyond greenhous ...
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Stormy Future for U.S. Property/Casualty Insur ...
A
Ceres report / by Cynthia McHale & Sharlene Leurig
http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/stormy-futures
[BusinessInsurance.com] …Among other things, the report recommends that
insurers and reinsurers update pricing and underwriting to reflect
changes in extreme weather impacts and p ...
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Technology Roadmap: Fuel Economy of Road Vehicles
International
Energy Agency
http://www.iea.org/publications/fueleconomy_2012_final_web.pdf [From a
Climate Wire article by Julia Pyper, sub. req'd] …with the right mix of
policies, conventional vehicles can cut fuel consumption in half in the
next 20 years. According to IEA’s “ ...
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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. ...
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"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 ...
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"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 ...
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"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 ...
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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 ...
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Losing Frequencies #1: OpenMedia.ca on the Big ...
88.1FM CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN: An interview
with OpenMedia.ca's Lindsay Pinto on Bell's Proposed Acquisition of
Astral Media and OpenMedia's Stop the Takeover Campaign
CKUT speaks with OpenMedia.ca's Lindsay Pinto to ...
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Losing Frequencies #2: National Campus/Communi ...
88.1FM CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN: An interview
with Shelley Robinson, Director of the National Campus and Community
Radio Association
This is Losing Frequencies: the CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN 88.1FM. A
special broadcast in honour of CKL ...
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Letting Earth Speak
Nova Scotian wine reveals its source, and its competitive edge, in a
climatically-changing world
In the midst of a national wine event that is less about wine and more
about its stewards, the competitors, judges, volunteers and fans of Can
...
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An Inside Look: Submit your Investigative Stor ...
Next round of pitching to The Media Co-op
Investigative Fund is now open
The Media Co-op has broken critical stories and probed issues glossed by
the mainstream media. We've published exposés of unchecked racism in
the Canadian mi ...
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The indictments of Pam Palmater
An interview
On Sept. 13, Dr. Pamela Palmater addressed the Ottawa community at
Carleton University. She spoke about the assimilation – which she
refers to as elimination – of First Nations peoples, and about
Harper&rsquo ...
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Mitt Romney or "Class Struggle for Dummies"
We
thought Romney was secretly moderate, but it turns out that he’s
secretly cruel, a social Darwinist just like his running mate. Maureen
Dowd - New York Times
What these comments definitely tell us, though, is what Mitt Romney,
master consultant, feels his “clients” in the Republican donor b ...
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9/11... on the record
”fae
ghosties & ghoulies & lang-legged beasties & things that go
bump in the nicht...guid lord, deliver us” (traditional scottish
prayer)David Seaton's News Links Today is the anniversary... a time to
remember where you were, and what happened that day.September eleventh,
2001, at 9A ...
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Democrats and the vanishing American middle class
It seems that the Democrats have had the modicum of mother wit to make
the middle class the framework and theme of their 2012 campaign. We know
that the Democrats can't really walk the walk, but it is nice to hear
somebody at least talk the talk for a change. For the sad truth is that
the Am ...
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Clint Eastwood and his contempt for America
"This
is a perfect representation of the campaign: an old white man arguing
with an imaginary Barack Obama." @jabouie tweet re Eastwood's speech (ht
Doonesbury)Clint Eastwood’s performance was the most decadent, self
indulgent thing I have ever seen. Watching him wank for 12 minutes to
wild ap ...
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Mooned... with aplogies to Neil Armstrong
Mother of tidesThe great white kiteFloats gently cross the breathless nightGiant leaps are soon forgotten.
David Seaton
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Football in Lo-Def Really Sucks
For the first time in a couple of years I'm watching a football game in
lo-def. It's like a big blur of colorful blobs moving randomly around
the screen. It's hard to believe we used to watch games like this all
the time.
And why am I watching a game in lo-def? Because the Pac-12, like every
...
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One More Round on the YouTube Bleg
I'm going to test everyone's patience by taking one last shot at seeing
if anyone can solve my YouTube problem. To recap: several weeks ago
YouTube videos stopped playing on my computer. I've uninstalled Flash
completely and reinstalled it. I've tried going back to a previous
version of Flash ...
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Mitt Romney's Cynical Tax Ruse
So this afternoon's big news is that Mitt Romney finally released his
2011 taxes. He paid $1.9 million on $13.7 million in income, for an
effective tax rate of 14.1%.
But there's more! His tax rate would have been about 9% or so, but he
decided not to deduct all of his charitable contribution ...
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Friday Cat Blogging - 21 September 2012
Domino would like everyone to know that she's even more of a moocher
than the 47%. Not only does she pay no federal income tax, but she also
pays no sales taxes, no property taxes, no payroll taxes, and no excise
taxes. She's part of the 1% that pays no taxes at all, and she thinks
all of you ...
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The Generic Congressional Ballot: Take 2
Yesterday I asked whether the results of generic congressional polling
were a good predictor of the actual national House vote. I was skeptical
because conventional wisdom says that Republicans usually outperform
the generic ballot. Today, Sam Wang produces the following historical
numbers fro ...
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Warming cost estimates cheat our children
Economic
analysis of the social cost of carbon that treats future generations as
less important is close to insanity, according to economist Laurie
Johnson of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington.
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Could pollution be stopping warming’s impact o ...
Considering
both space and time in climate records shows predictions for how
rainfall will change are wrong, say Michael Roderick and his teammates
from Australian National University, Canberra, who speculate that
atmospheric aerosols are to blame.
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Sun loses grip on Earth’s temperature changes
Patterns
in the heat we feel stopped being caused by the Sun since the 1970s,
mathematical tests done by Antonello Pasini from the Institute of
Atmospheric Pollution Research in Rome and his teammates show, with
greenhouse gases and other human influences likely to be drowning its
influence out.
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More bird flu over the horseshoe crabs’ nests?
Climate-driven
timing changes and human pressures on their favoured horseshoe crab egg
food could make ruddy turnstones more of a bird flu carrier than they
already are, say Pej Rohani and Vicki Brown at the University of
Michigan
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Finding nature’s part in Arctic ice loss puts ...
With
Arctic ice heading for reaching its smallest area yet, Jonny Day from
the University of Reading, UK and his colleagues have found an ocean
circulation pattern could be responsible for up to three-tenths of the
ice loss since the 1970s – but that humans remain most responsible.
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Cell death discovery suggests new ways to prot ...
Melbourne
researchers have identified a new way of protecting female fertility,
offering hope to women whose fertility may be compromised by the
side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause.
read more
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Naked mole-rats may hold clues to pain relief
Naked
mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other
mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers at the
University of Illinois at Chicago report new findings as to how these
rodents have adapted to this environment.
read more
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Professor publishes on first-ever imaging of c ...
Shengyuan
Yang, Florida Institute of Technology assistant professor of mechanical
and aerospace engineering, with graduate student Sang Joo Lee, has
published a paper on the first-ever imaging of cells growing on
spherical surfaces. The paper is published in the online journal Review
of Scientif ...
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Growing corn to treat rare disease
The
seeds of greenhouse-grown corn could hold the key to treating a rare,
life-threatening childhood genetic disease, according to researchers
from Simon Fraser University.
read more
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Researchers examine how characteristics of aut ...
The
personality and gender of the automated voices you hear when calling
your credit card company or receiving directions from your GPS
navigational system may have an unconscious effect on your perception of
the technology. Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how
the gender and to ...
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Critique of Lovins book ‘Reinventing Fir ...
The
following is a critique, by Ted Trainer, of the energy chapters in
Amory Lovins’ new book, Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for
the New Energy Era. Ted is seeking feedback, so please head over to the
BNC Discussion forum and leave your comments — on his appraisal, or on
...
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21st century nuclear… for beginners
SACOME
has put published a glossy portfolio edition of the 6-part series (9
pages in total) was done by me and Ben Heard for the SA Mines &
Energy Journal – you may find this useful for family and friends! (some
of these individual articles were already published on BNC and
DecarboniseSA). T ...
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Two books on sustainable nuclear energy
This
is a short post to alert BNC readers to a couple of important things.
First, Tom Blees has now generously released the full text of his book
“Prescription for the Planet” — it is available for free download here
(or click image). So, if you own an iPad or other tablet, or ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How Does Voter Suppression Feel?
I
have a great idea. Tell all your Republican friends and relatives there
is new voting rules in your town. All Republicans will have to share
one voting machine, and all Democrats will have all the rest of the
machines. All registered Democrats will also get a free taxi ride to the
polls and th ...
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Ken Williamson – National Review – ...
On
Up With Chris Hayes Mr. Williamson stated: “I have always sort of of
disliked the kind of right wing talking point about people that don’t
pay federal income taxes because of course even very poor people tend to
pay a lot of taxes in the form of payroll taxes, sales taxes, things
...
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Sorry Mitt (Laughing)
You
know you are in trouble when your campaign sucks so bad that your
opponents supporters are laughing at you. I just watched Up With Chris
Hayes, and it was all they could do to keep from laughing. It looks like
running a campaign based on lies, distortions, out of context quotes,
and more lie ...
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Mitt Wants To Run America
After
the disaster they call the Mitt Romney for President campaign, Mitt
thinks he can run America. He can’t even run a decent campaign, how
could he possibly lead the free world. Sure he was great at private
equity. How hard is it to steal workers pensions and outsource their
jobs in tod ...
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Jesus Joe – Give It Up
Joe,
I am sick of you trashing the “47%” that pays no federal income tax. I
have a friend that works for Boeing. He makes good money, but since they
like to move him between Everett and Renton, he rents, instead of
owning a home. He says he doesn’t want to spend 1 to 2 [...]
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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 ...
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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.
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Sifting through the propaganda while touring I ...
Tour
companies operating in Israel often have a very specific political
agenda and a deep impact on the perspectives of their participants. A
critical approach is necessary to resist the propaganda that so often
accompanies such tours. By Gary Spedding Quite often we hear Israel
advocacy groups ...
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Spotlight: The Paris Protocol and the Palestin ...
‘There
is no denying that we are a part of Israel’s economy. If Israel raises
the price of cigarettes, our cigarette prices go up. If the price of gas
goes up, so does ours. If things are expensive in Israel, they are
expensive here too.’ In April 1994, Israeli and Palestinian negoti ...
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Racist ‘Kodak moment’ with African ...
The
first time I “met” Ayala Ben-Naftali was just before I was about to
interview Hagai Amir. She posted the following picture on Amir’s wall,
apparently a blessing she received before or after a certain celebration
– I think it might have been her wedding. Yigal Amir, Yi ...
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‘Nothing will happen. Maybe some more te ...
Declassified
documents from meetings held before and during the Sabra and Shatila
massacre in 1982 reveal Ariel Sharon’s contempt for Palestinian lives.
Published last week by the New York Times, the documents demonstrate the
arrogance of Sharon and a young Benjamin Netanyahu in their deal ...
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Asylum seeker to Israel: Probe claims Eritrean ...
By Isayas
Teklebrhan I traveled to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Jerusalem on September 3, 2012 in order to submit the following letter,
designed to expose the Eritrean dictatorial regime. When I arrived at
the building, I explained to the security guards, that I am an Eritrean
asyl ...
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THE GMAC/RESCAP BANKRUPTCY OBJECTION- THE CORP ...
The
goal of our nation’s bankruptcy laws is to ensure the efficient
disposition and wind down of failed companies. But these objectives
must be carefully balanced against the needs of all stakeholders, and in
the case of foreclosure cases, the rights of homeowners living in
properties sec ...
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Wall Street Hedge Funds Will Spend $1 Billion ...
St.
Pete Times is today is reporting: A Wall Street behemoth plans to spend
$1 billion on Tampa Bay’s hobbled housing market, dispatching teams of
brokers to scour neighborhoods and buy hundreds of homes a month. But
rather than resell the homes, the Blackstone Group is opting to become a
...
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The GMAC Bankruptcy/Residential Capital Advers ...
These
are must read pleadings just for their interesting content… (Take a
look under “adversary proceedings” tab) GMAC BANKRUPTCY Scridb filter
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FASCISM ALERT! States That Protect Consumers i ...
The
Federal Housing Finance Administration, working in cooperation with the
banks that are robbing Amerikans, sucking every bit of wealth out of
the middle class and destroying our economy, just announced that they
have drawn a new battle line in their strategic alliance that has
successfully lo ...
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URGENT HELP NEEDED…..THE GMAC BANKRUPTCY ...
ATTEN:
If you have a GMAC originated or serviced loan – A RALI, RASC, RAMP,
RFC TRUST – or a foreclosure that was conducted by ETS – PLEASE assist
us in the formation of an Official Homeowner Committee in the
RESCAP-GMAC case in NY. One of the assertions in the objection to our
...
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Turning Vaccine Exemptions Into Class Warfare
Posted
9/14/2012
by Barbara Loe Fisher
It is getting uglier and uglier out there, as angry, frustrated doctors
inside and outside of government work overtime to foster fear and
hatred of parents making conscious vaccine choices for their children.
The latest political dirty tri ...
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Find A Compassionate Doctor To Help You Preven ...
August
28, 2012
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Ever since the first vaccines – smallpox and rabies vaccines - one of
the most serious complications of vaccination has been brain
inflammation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Brain inflammation can cause
convulsions, also known as seizures.[8] Continuing seizures can ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
...
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Risk Science – A personal perspective
As
Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s
probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth
is risk science?” What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a
clear and concise answer. Which is why I decided to spend ...
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Emerging technologies at the World Economic Fo ...
In
an interconnected world, global issues demand integrative solutions.
It’s a statement that many people would agree with – in systems where
associations between cause and effect are complex, you ignore
synergistic inter-relationships between factors at your peril. But when
it come ...
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Lost in the Maize
As
you’ll have gathered from last week’s Lost in the Maize, I’ve been on
the road this week. In fact, I am writing this on the plane back to
Detroit, looking forward to a quick wash, shave, sleep, and catch-up
with family, before heading off to the Society for Risk Analysis annual
meeting in Sa ...
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Small gods and the art of technology innovation
There’s
something rather liberating about being asked to give a no-holds talk
on your perspective on life, the universe and everything. So when the
Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center asked if I would speak as part of
their “Where do we go from here?” series, I jumped at it. N ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A.J. Muste Peace Mural Dedication
By
Sachio Ko-yin*One Painter. One pacifist folk hero. And location
location location.These were among the ingredients of a remarkable
gathering on Thursday, August 9, the unveiling and dedication of the
A.J. Muste Peace Mural by artist Christopher Cardinale.The subject of
the … Continue re ...
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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Momentum for shale gas builds in Europe
The
momentum is now growing fast and it is difficult to keep up with the
number of parties coming out in favour of the exploitation of shale gas
in Europe. However the self-righteousness behind the "environmental
correctness" of the European political establishment will not be
overcome without ...
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In Europe, coal now offers both lower prices f ...
European
utilities are poised to add more coal-fired power capacity than natural
gas in the next four years, boosting emissions just as the era of free
carbon permits ends.
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22nd IgNobel awards – 2012
This
year's Ig Nobels were handed out by five Nobel laureates including the
2009 physics laureate Roy Glauber, 2009 physiology or medicine winner
Jack Szostak, and 2007 economics winner Eric Maskin. Researchers who
worked on statistics which show brain activity in dead salmon, changed
height per ...
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Solar Energy is in crisis
The real cause of the solar industry’s malaise runs deeper, rooted, as
it is, in the inescapable fact that, in terms of current technology,
commercial scale solar energy remains a non-viable proposition.
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Tax on income is easy to levy but fundamentall ...
It
is unfortunate that income tax often becomes a class-debate where the
possession of great wealth is seen by some - usually those without - as
being immoral. The possession of wealth should not however be confused
with the creation of wealth. Taxation as a means of getting resources
for helpin ...
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Best Of Comments: Confusion, Chaos, Comcast
dangermike:
I can’t be the only here who uses [surveys given by retailers] to
spread just a enough chaos and misinformation to feel good about myself
when I lay down my head at night. Most recent example, one of my
favorite online shooting supply stores offers entry into a daily drawing
for a $2 ...
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Enough People Take Surveys For Us To Know That ...
Whether
you personally are sick of taking surveys or not, we can thank the
people who were asked about their burger preferences for filling us all
in on which chains we like best. Relative newcomer Five Guys Burgers and
Fries won the day in every region, coming in at No. 1 out of 16
restaurants. ...
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Facebook’s New Mobile Ad Network Uses Yo ...
Yesterday,
Facebook announced that it's new mobile ad network (the one that
analysts are counting on to rescue the company's stock price) would
allow advertisers to pay to use your Facebook data to target you with
ads outside the Facebook environment. So, for example, if you've
authorized Facebo ...
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Kroger Recalls Spinach In 15 States Because No ...
It's
baaaack and this time it could be plaguing Kroger stores supply of
spinach — our old foe Listeria has returned and is once again triggering
a recall. Kroger is alerting customers in 15 states that its Fresh
Selections Tender Spinach might be contaminated with Listeria. The
affected spinach ...
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Net Worth Of 400 Richest Americans Hits $1.7 T ...
First
of all — yes, rich people also might enjoy cereal for dinner. The point
is that the 400 richest Americans don't have to opt for a bowl of corn
flakes for four straight meals in a row because all together they're
worth $1.7 trillion. Impressive, right? And that's a 13% bump from last
year's ...
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Fed Officials Take Over ND Tribe's Social Serv ...
The
New York Times: A Tribe’s Epidemic of Child Sex Abuse, Minimized for
Years
Summary: Federal officials are now taking over the social service
programs of the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in North Dakota, after
revelations this past summer from a federal employee whistleblower in
the Burea ...
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صفقة أخرى من صفقات الخصخصة الفاسدة يتم إبطالها ...
مايكل
ترميني، 20 سبتمبر/أيلول 2012
إقرأ المقال مترجماً هنا الى اللغة العربية
في الثالث عشر من سبتمبر/ايلول 2012 أصدرت محكمة القضاء الاداري باسيوط
حكمها التي أبطلت بموجبه صفقة بيع حوالي 96% من أسهم شركة اسمنت اسيوط
التي بيعت للشركة العالمية المكسيكية المنشأ "سيمكس" و المتهمة س ...
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صفقة أخرى من صفقات الخصخصة الفاسدة يتم إبطالها ...
مايكل
ترميني، 20 سبتمبر/أيلول 2012
إقرأ المقال مترجماً هنا الى اللغة العربية
في الثالث عشر من سبتمبر/ايلول 2012 أصدرت محكمة القضاء الاداري باسيوط
حكمها التي أبطلت بموجبه صفقة بيع حوالي 96% من أسهم شركة اسمنت اسيوط
التي بيعت للشركة العالمية المكسيكية المنشأ "سيمكس" و المتهمة س ...
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Another Corrupt Privatization Deal in Egypt An ...
في
نهاية هذا التقرير تجد ترجمة له باللغة العربية
On September 13, 2012, Egypt’s Administrative Court ruled that the
selling of nearly 96% of the stake of Assiut Cement to a foreign
investor (CEMEX, a global building materials firm based in Mexico
accused of violating environmental laws in the U ...
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Another Corrupt Privatization Deal in Egypt An ...
في
نهاية هذا التقرير تجد ترجمة له باللغة العربية
On September 13, 2012, Egypt’s Administrative Court ruled that the
selling of nearly 96% of the stake of Assiut Cement to a foreign
investor (CEMEX, a global building materials firm based in Mexico
accused of violating environmental laws in the U ...
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What Mitt Romney Really Represents
by
Robert Reich It’s not just his giant income or the low tax rates he
pays on it. And it’s not just the videotape of him berating almost half
of America, or his endless gaffes, or his regressive budget policies.
It’s something that unites all of this, and connects it to the biggest
underlying p ...
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The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Dr ...
by Abrahm
Lustgarten ProPublica On a cold, overcast afternoon in January 2003,
two tanker trucks backed up to an injection well site in a pasture
outside Rosharon, Texas. There, under a steel shed, they began to unload
thousands of gallons of wastewater for burial deep beneath the earth.
The was ...
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Four Reasons Why Romney Might Still Win
by
Robert Reich Can Romney possibly recover? A survey conducted between
Sept. 12 and Sept. 16 by the Pew Research Center — before the “47
percent victim” video came to light – showed Obama ahead of Romney 51%
to 43% among likely voters. That’s the biggest margin in the September
survey prior to ...
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Escobar Shocked “Fag” is a Slur
by Rev.
Irene Monroe Homophobia is part and parcel of male professional sports.
Gay epithets are so pervasive among players that they are sadly totally
unaware of the weight and meaning of the terms. “It didn’t have
significance to the way that’s being interpreted right now,” Toronto
Blue Jays s ...
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President Obama Univision Town Hall – Miami
Context
and nuance are frequently missing from political discourse today. The
Mainstream Media provide short sound bytes to build their narrative. At
UK Progressive we pride ourselves on depth and an audience sophisticated
enough to read and formulate their own opinion based on fact vs.
commenta ...
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Massive Eltanin Meteor 2.5 million years ago s ...
From
the file of “Things that would really be catastrophic”. Did a meteor
have a role in a major shift in Earth’s Climate? The start of the
Quaternary period (2.588 million years ago, where the Pliocene became
Pleistocene) coincides with evidence of a mega tsunami in the South ...
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McIntyre v Lewandowsky — Can we call in ...
The
Lewandowsky view is Drilling into noise. The McIntyre response:
Lewandowsky’s Fake Correlation My favourite Lewandowsky line is: “We
cannot get into the details here…” McIntyre can and does in gory depth.
He posts the equations, the code, the tables, everything. He graphs t
...
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Antarctic sea ice trends at record highs. Fear ...
While
stories of the Arctic record fall in sea-ice have been all over the
news, all over the world, it’s almost as if the Southern Hemisphere
didn’t exist. Right now, this week apparently, the sea ice is at or near
record highs (bearing in mind that we’re still only talking 30 ...
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Lewandowksy, Oberauer, Gignac – Is the p ...
Stephan Lewandowsky, Gilles Gignac, Klaus Oberauer The scathing blog
posts are popping up everywhere. From William Briggs we get a sense of
the historical importance of the Lewandowsky et al effort. One day a
terrific psychological study is going to be written on the madness and
mass lunacy whi ...
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Government burn $70 billion a year subsidizing ...
When
activists protest about “fossil fuel” subsidies, it is a case of
extreme-wordsmithing. Like chinese-whispers, the truth gets turned 180
degrees. It takes a string of half truths stacked in a series to come up
with something which is so completely counter to reality it is meaning
...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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:
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Lapka Environment Monitor
Years
ago I imagined I’d be spending Dec 25 deep in a bunker, surrounded by
monitoring equipment, and a periscope. I want to safe, but I also want
to know what it happening.
Now I expect to be at my safe spot (but not in a bunker), and using
online resources to monitor the world. But if th ...
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Is This A Real Dragon?
This
image is doing the rounds. It doesn’t look photoshopped (check out what
the puppy is doing…), but it could be a model. But if it is real, well
I’m glad it is so small!
Source: http://tt.mop.com/read_12716265_1_0.html
Your're reading Is This A Real Dragon? by Robert Bast, ...
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How Easy Could It Be: Start World War 3
One
of my key concerns regarding Dec 21, 2012 is that some crazy religious
leader might believe it is a good time for Armageddon to occur. A
Biblical apocalypse involves all sorts of strife, but especially wars –
lots of wars. A third World War kicking off in the Middle East could be
the b ...
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Man Builds Stolen Truck Bunker
There are many lessons to be learned from this, although I presume that nobody reading this would be so foolish and ignorant…
A conspiracy theorist ‘preparing for the worst’ stole a truck and trailer to build a doomsday bunker in his garden.
Police tracked down a stolen food truck to the ...
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A David Wilcock Fact Checker
I
saw David Wilcock give a long talk promoting his new book The Source
Field Investigations. During that talk he proudly mentioned how many
references his book had – linking his ideas to legitimate scientific
studies and news items. His talk was good, but some of the scientific
studies he ...
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Report: Extending insurance coverage could red ...
Under
the Affordable Care Act, racial and ethnic differentials in health
insurance coverage are poised to shrink due to the extension of coverage
to hundreds of thousands of individuals and families, particularly
through the Medicaid expansion.
read more
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INSTITUTE INDEX: The reality behind Romney's t ...
In
a speech to wealthy donors, Republican presidential candidate Mitt
Romney said 47 percent of Americans "pay no income tax," are "dependent
upon government," and "will vote for the president no matter what." A
look at the numbers behind those claims.
read more
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University of Virginia prevails against climat ...
A
Virginia circuit court judge rules that the school does not have to
turn over former professor Michael Mann's e-mails to the American
Tradition Institute, a fossil-fuel-funded think tank that works to
discredit climate scientists. The case is now expected to move on to the
state Supreme Court. ...
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Art Pope translates dollars into influence at UNC
Conservative
donor Art Pope has given millions to North Carolina's public
universities, often to have his offers rejected over political
controversies. Now he has a seat at the table in deciding the UNC
system's future.
read more
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Preaching Koch Brothers gospel on public education
Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration's school leaders have come
perilously close to sounding like one of those Mississippi legislators
back in 1985 who dealt with a statewide teachers' strike by giving them a
pay raise -- but at the cost of a provision that prevented them from
ever ...
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Fine for spitting, urinating in public places ...
People spitting, urinating, defecating or dumping garbage in public places will attract a fine under stringent norms.
Reported by Zee News 52 minutes ago
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World Twenty20: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by ...
Rain
played spoilsport but failed to dampen the spirit of the 34,000
spectators, who had turned up for the first Twenty20 international
between SL and SA. The start of the match was delayed by
two-and-a-half-hours and when rain stopped only seven overs per side
were possible.
Reported by Firstp ...
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says expects Israel ...
DUBAI
(Reuters) - Israel will eventually go beyond threats and will attack
Iran, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying
on Saturday.
Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
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‘Barfi’ chosen as India’s entry for the Oscars
The
movie, starring Ranbir Kapoor as Murphy aka Barfi, and Priyanka Chopra
as Jhilmil, has been lauded in film circles for its simplistic and
moving narrative that has managed to tug at the heartstrings of
audiences which equally enjoy commercial potboilers.
Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
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FDI in retail: Political doublespeak
There
is something terribly ironic about the current political storm over the
decision to allow FDI into multi-brand retail. Ironic because , as we
found out when we first reported this a year ago, bi...
Related Stories
Reported by NDTV.com 1 hour ago
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Taliban Perspectives on Reconciliation
One
of the most important events related to the war in Afghanistan to occur
over the past few weeks was the publication of a report by a group of
British experts concerning an inclination towards compromise among the
Taliban. The authors interviewed several informed sources to prepare a
report a ...
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The Eastern Sector of the US Missile Defense S ...
The
issue of establishing an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system in Europe
recently received a lot of attention both in Russia and in the West. The
positions of the two nuclear superpowers — Russia and the United States
— differ greatly, and that is hindering the process of further reducing
thei ...
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Death of US Ambassador in Libya Marks the Coll ...
‘They
that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind…’ The recent tragedy
provoked by the release of the movie “Innocence of Muslims” – the
killing of US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three members of the US
consulate staff – in Benghazi, the city which became famous as the e
...
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Libya: Permanent Chaos a.k.a. Permanent Revolution
In
Libya, the US consulate in Benghazi came under attack which took the
lives of the US ambassador and other mission staff. While the unrest was
immediately sparked by the release of an anti-Muslim film on YouTube,
an overview of the developments during the past several months should
place the c ...
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Secrets Behind September 11
Surveys
conducted across the US show that the majority of Americans, including
senior citizens old enough to remember the US entry into World War II,
regard the September, 11, 2001 drama as exceeding in historical
importance the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Speaking of the latter, these
days it is ...
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Get Emergency Help with This App
Sarah
Kimmel from Technology for Moms reviews an app called iHelp+ that is
meant to increase your personal safety. Sarah explains,
There are a lot of apps out there that claim to help you in a jam or an
emergency. Many of them are very capable of doing just that. What sets
iHelp+ apart from th ...
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Cupcakes Made In Coffee Filters
[Editor's
Note: I love it when food bloggers find new ways to use items that can
be found in almost any kitchen. This particular idea, baking cupcakes
(quite oversized ones, to be sure) in coffee filter liners, caught my
attention for its inventiveness. It's a lot of fun in an unexpected
package ...
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Do Extroverts Make More Money than Introverts?
There
is an assumption out there that extroverts make more money than
introverts. But is that really so?
We tend to get this picture of leaders as extroverts because many are
outspoken, visible, and share their ideas openly. We see the polished
well-spoken, well-connected CEO and think he must ...
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How to Make and Use Compound Butter
Though
butter by itself is certainly lovely (particularly if it's a good,
European-style variety), it's fun and simple to jazz it up by turning it
into a compound butter. A compound butter, or Beurre composé in French,
is simply butter that has been softened, then mixed with a variety of
delicio ...
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Should I Give My Boyfriend a Marriage Ultimatum?
This
post is dedicated to all of the hopeful couples out there who are
hoping to someday get a ring. I know that a lot of women hope to be in a
long-term relationship some day, but take it from somone who is on the
other side of the relationship fence -- the grass is not always greener.
I recent ...
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How Long is a Good Nap?
THE
NANO-NAP: 10 to 20 seconds. Sleep studies haven’t yet concluded whether
there are benefits to these brief intervals, like when you nod off on
someone’s shoulder on the train.
THE MICRO-NAP: two to five minutes. ...
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UPDATE 1-US needs arsenic limits in rice-Consu ...
* Group tests more than 60 popular rice products
* Finds nearly all contained some level of inorganic arsenic
* Recommends consumers limit weekly intake of such products
* Food industry groups argue against singling out one source ...
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Scientists: Overuse of Antibiotics in Animal A ...
Former
FDA commissioner is among 150 scientists and 50 farmers calling on
Congress to regulate antibiotic use.
The overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture and medicine is putting
human lives at unnecessary risk and driving up medical costs, according
to ...
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Vitamin D in Pregnancy Critical for Brain Deve ...
Vitamin
D deficiency during pregnancy could hinder babies’ brain development,
impeding their mental and motor skills, a new study suggests.
Researchers in Spain measured the level of vitamin D in the blood of
almost 2,000 women ...
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New York Probes Energy-Drink Makers
New
York’s attorney general is investigating whether the
multibillion-dollar energy-drink industry is deceiving consumers with
misstatements about the ingredients and health value of its products.
Eric T. Schneiderman issued subpoenas in July to PepsiCo Inc., maker of
AMP, Monster Beverage ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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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 ...
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Friday roundup, Sept. 21, 2012
A
conveyor belt that takes coal from the storage pile at Consumer
Energy’s B.C. Cobb Plant in Muskegon on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Before
the coal will be burned it will be ground into a talcum powder
consistency. This increases the surface area and burning speed of the
coal. (AP Photo/T ...
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Coal is changing, so when will W.Va. catch up?
In
their announcement earlier this week of a “strategic repositioning
plan,” Alpha Natural Resources officials spoke some real truths about
what’s happening with the coal industry in general and the Appalachian
region’s coalfields in particular. Kevin Crutchfield, Alpha&# ...
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Alpha announces ‘strategic repositioning ...
Here’s
the announcement just out early this morning from Alpha Natural
Resources: Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S.-based
coal supplier, today outlined plans to reshape its portfolio of
operations to meet the evolving demands of a changing global coal
market. By early 201 ...
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Sen. Rockefeller to Patriot Coal CEO: Strippin ...
In
this Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011 file photo, Senate Commerce Committee
Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., gestures during a committee
hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,
File) Finally, another of our state’s elected officials has stepped
forward to exp ...
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Friday roundup, Sept. 14, 2012
In
this image made out of film “Comrade Kim Goes Flying” released by
Another Dimension of An Idea/Koryo Group, Comrade Kim Yong Mi played by
Han Jong Sim smiles as she wears a coal miner’s helmet. It’s a classic
tale of a small town girl who follows her dreams to the big ...
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A Flower at the Apple Store
Posted
via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related Content4S
FlowerFlower at COIT TowerA Grey Wolf in the Apple StoreStudent
FailFlowers and Stone
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Why I’m Camping for the iPhone 5
When
things are roughly similar, I value form over function. It’s that
simple. Elegance, beauty, and design are all magnifiers of experience
for me, and my daily device is the place where this matters most. But I
also see the other side. Google Now is overwhelmingly superior to Siri.
Googl ...
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The Merits of Admitting When You’re Wrong | Aa ...
When
Oprah started defending fabulist James Frey, she was savaged by the
press. So she invited her critics on the show and apologized, saying
“You were right, I was wrong.” It didn’t destroy her reputation; it
rescued it. When the space shuttle Columbia exploded, launch manager
Wayne Hale took f ...
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On Cognitive Dissonance | Arronsw
We
all know people don’t like to hear bad news about themselves. Indeed,
we go out of our way to avoid it — and when we do confront it, we try to
downplay it or explain it away. Cognitive dissonance psychologists have
proven it in dozens of experiments: Force students through an
embarrassing ini ...
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Fixies vs. Grothers | Aaronsw
Fixed-mindset
people feel smart when they don’t make mistakes, growth-mindset people
feel smart when they struggle with something for a long time and then
finally figure it out. Fixies try to blame the world when things go bad,
growthers look to see what they can change about themselves. Fixies
...
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Extremism cop covered up at Hillsborough
This
man, Norman Bettison headed up the liaison unit responsible for
orchestrating the lies and black propaganda that was the police response
to the deaths of 96 people at Hillsborough. Attempting to cover up the
police's role in causing the tragedy, the liaison unit perpetuated false
stories of ...
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Police Liaison Officers – the new FIT
Police
Liaison Officers are everywhere these days, constantly hanging around
‘engaging’ with protesters. They are being hailed as a new invention,
but the role they carry out is not new at all. It’s just that it used to
be done by cops in blue bibs called ‘FIT teams’ Back before FIT got a
bad na ...
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Police use anti-terror powers to detain anarch ...
The
following article is reproduced from Statewatch British
counter-terrorist police at Heathrow airport last week (13 August)
detained two anarchists returning from a conference in Switzerland,
asked them a number of "inflammatory, irrelevant and offensive
questions," and copied information fro ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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When Grandma Gets Raped
by Noelle
Howey,thedailybeast.com – The rape of a 73-year-old bird-watcher in
Central Park this week ignited shock around the world. But why? Rape
isn’t about sex but violence—and in this case, possibly revenge. Noelle
Howey reports. The suspect, 42-year-old David Albert Mitchell, was arre
...
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WWH/CJE Hippie Digest: Lennon’s Island & ...
What
Happens If Colorado Legalizes Marijuana? By Scot Kersgaard If Amendment
64 passes, it will become almost immediately legal under Colorado law
for adults to possess, grow, consume and give away (to another adult) up
to an ounce of marijuana. It may take more than a year, however, before
adul ...
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Global protests Today over “FrackingR ...
By
KEVIN BEGOS,AP - PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 100 protests against the
natural gas drilling process known as fracking are scheduled to take
place around the world on Saturday, building on public concerns but also
using an overly simplified message to spur outrage. The GlobalFrackdown
website a ...
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WWH/CJE Saturday News Briefs
Standard
Chartered inks $340 million deal with NY regulator. No jail! How’s that
for in your face corruption? (Reuters) – Standard Chartered Bank signed
a final agreement with New York’s banking regulator to pay $340 million
to settle allegations that it hid transactions with I ...
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A Hippies Guide To The Law of Attraction: So w ...
Previous
Chapters: A Hippies Guide To The Law of Attraction Enough with the
Preliminaries – What IS it? So what is The Law of Attraction? The Law of
Attraction states, quite simply, that in all of the universe, across
all dimensions, vibrations that are alike are drawn together. Huh? That’
...
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Are black holes surrounded by firewalls?
Dilaton has noticed a new, extremely provocative concept that was
introduced among the quantum gravity researchers two months ago: the
firewall.
For decades, people teaching general relativity – including your humble
correspondent (e.g. here) – have been explaining that nothing spe ...
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Australia: qubit as a single silicon atom
Peter F. has pointed out the following intriguing experimental advance in quantum computing:
Australians Create 1-Atom Silicon Quantum Computing Bit (quBit) (Daily Tech)
How does it work?
Well, they take an ordinary single silicon atom, rotate its electron spin (bound to a ...
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Chu and CMS' Incandela's DOE Higgs talk
Steve Chu is going to get some positive TRF publicity. ;-)
A week ago, Joe Incandela, the boss of CMS, gave a talk for the
Department of Energy. Nobel prize winner Steven Chu who happens to be a
secretary at the department gave an introduction. In the U.S., you may
become a secreta ...
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May the name legitimately influence the fate o ...
Yes.
Cosmic Variance promotes something that feminists consider to be science, namely this paper in PNAS:
Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
The paper claims that they wrote 127 applications for a lab manager position, attached a random name of the applicant w ...
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German biogeochemistry postdoc proposes to ext ...
Nathaniel Virgo (SE) is a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for
Biochemistry in Jena. His DPhil was about the effect of limited energy
supply on organisms. You may see lots of similar "conventional physics"
topics that are always "tainted by the environmentalist ideology" a
little bit.
...
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Canadian linked to anti-Islam film seeks prote ...
A
Coptic Christian activist say he fears for his family’s safety after
being accused of playing a role in the notorious anti-Islam film that
has sparked violence throughout the Muslim world. CBC | Top Stories News
Related posts:
California man linked to anti-Islamic movie questioned ...
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Canadian Department of Justice Lawyer Commits ...
Murdered
Judges and Suicided Lawyers The mainstream Canadian media is reporting
that a lawyer at Canada’s Department of Justice has committed
suicide. This breaking news comes only a few short months after the
alleged murder of Canadian Justice Carolyn Layde ...
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Dr. Steve Pieczenik: Bin Laden, The Oswald Lik ...
the
critically acclaimed author of psycho-political thrillers and the
co-creator of the best-selling Tom Clancy’s Net Force paperback series,
Steve Pieczenik. Alex covers the latest on the Osama bin Laden
assassination spectacle. www.stevepieczenik.com www.infowars.com
www.prisonplanet.tv ...
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Who or What is News Politics Now AKA Stanley I ...
Here
is a man with a great detective mind who has used meta data embedded in
photos, cache search files, and excellent sleuthing to expose that the
US Government is directly responsible for the ‘Innocence of Muslims’
film. The company, Stanley Incorporated, is a CIA/DHS front and hav ...
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Libyan protesters storm militia bases leaving ...
At
least two protesters were killed in Libya, a hospital official says, as
hundreds of demonstrators attacked militia compounds in Benghazi, angry
at the unchecked excesses of armed groups in the eastern city including
last week’s killing of the U.S. ambassador. CBC | Top Stories News ...
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Getting Arsenic out of Your (and Your Kids') Diet
By
Sonya Lunder, EWG Senior Research Analyst and Dawn Undurraga, EWG
Nutritionist Although scientists and government regulators have long
known about the ever-present threat of arsenic in our diet and water, it
was unsettling when two major reports...
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FDA Warns Leading Cosmetics Maker on Anti-Agin ...
By
Erika Duthely, EWG Stabile Law Fellow The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration recently (Sept. 7) warned Lancôme to stop making grand
claims for several of its anti-aging products -- claims that would
require the agency to approve them...
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Cleaning Industry: Simple Steps to Improve You ...
By
Ken Cook President, The Environmental Working Group Since we released
the new online EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning, with ratings of more
than 2,000 different products, many consumers and several companies have
asked us why some products get...
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EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning: How did we do it?
By
Rebecca Sutton, Ph.D., EWG Senior Scientist What's in those bottles on
top of my washing machine and under my sink? We've been asked that
question thousands of times - especially by fans of EWG's Skin Deep
Cosmetics Database, who...
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Sunscreen - Lessons Learned From a Trip to the ...
By
Jason Rano, Director of Government AffairsIt's fair to say that I'm not
a beach person. My hair is pale blonde and my skin is the
color of a marshmallow, if it had freckles. I have nightmarish
memories of being...
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Another young teen was victim of attempted abd ...
For
the second time in as many days, a young teenage girl was the victim of
an attempted abduction while walking to school in the region north of
Oslo. Police have launched a major investigation to determine whether
the two cases are related. They haven’t found any immediately clear
links ...
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Jens presents his re-election team
Labour
Party leader Jens Stoltenberg wants a third term as Norway’s prime
minister, and on Friday he revealed a new ministerial line-up aimed to
help them all win re-election. At the forefront is Jonas Gahr Støre, who
will leave the foreign ministry after seven years to take over the even
...
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Stoltenberg shakes up government
Prime
Minister Jens Stoltenberg, acutely aware that his government coalition
parties have taken a dive in public opinion polls, was expected to
announce a major shake-up of his own government ministers from the
Labour Party on Friday. Among the many moves: Foreign Minister Jonas
Gahr Støre will ...
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Police braced for demonstrations
UPDATED:
Police in Oslo took up positions around the US and French embassies,
the French school and the central square, Youngstorget, on Friday as
various Muslim organizations protested what they consider to be
insulting characterizations of their prophet Mohammed. US officials had
warned US ci ...
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Terror defendants lose on appeal
Three
men charged with planning terrorist attacks in Norway were found guilty
by an appeals court in Oslo on Thursday. All three men came to Norway
as refugees, were arrested on terror charges in 2010 and now face
several more years in prison. One of the men, Mikael Davud , was
sentenced to seve ...
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First Ever Long Term Study of Monsanto’s Round ...
We,
unfortunately, live in a world where the dollar is king. It takes
priority over everything, and everyone — well, except for those few who
possess a lot of it. Any attempt to regulate profit-centric industry is
proclaimed as ‘communism’ and deemed an injustice and an obstac ...
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Reframing Our Values With the Law of Ecocide ( ...
I
write to you from the UN in NY where I am in meetings and talks about
the law of Ecocide. It’s been a busy few days; I have also been speaking
at various classes in NYU and downtown to a group of students studying
Corporate Governance. On Monday I shared a platform with Jill [...]
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Geoff and Nadia Lawton – Full Day Workshop at ...
What: Full Day Workshop on Desert Agriculture
Where: Cal-Earth, 10177 Baldy Lane, Hesperia, California 92345, U.S.A.
When: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, 9am to 5pm
Cost: $100
Cal-Earth Institute and Midwest Permaculture are proud to announce a special event at the very end of our joint traini ...
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Darren Doherty Speaking at FACETS 2012
On August 24, 2012 Skillset in partnership with Net Balance and ABC
Rural presented FACETS 2012, a TEDx styled event that focused on key
issues for regional Australia: Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy,
Topsoil and Sustainability.
FACETS 2012 consisted of 16 presentations of no more than 18 ...
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Why are the FAO and the EBRD Promoting the Des ...
Editor’s
Note: It is intensely infuriating when people in suits make wholly
inaccurate, ignorant statements about incredibly important issues, and
due to their position get it published in the mainstream media, where
far too many people take it at face value. The rapid conversion of the
wo ...
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The creeping betrayal of democracy in Australia.
For
various reasons, I’ve travelled a lot and had the opportunity to meet
and get to know, people from many different countries and cultures. It’s
one of the pleasures of life and if you’re a gregarious person, which I
am, you find out about each other. Like you and I, they all ...
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The decline of the environmental lobby’s ...
Political
influence is obvious, when you see it being exercised. It’s normally
exerted by politicians, who’ve been elected by the people, and are
simply changing policy in line with the promises they’ve made to their
electorate. Depending on their political persuasion, and your ...
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An assessment of current alarmist propaganda.
It’s
been obvious for some time, that the science behind the most alarming
claims about the effects of any putative global warming, is not only
unsustainable but indefensible. We still of course get the occasional
paper, trying to resurrect an old scare, which has already been
demolished, ...
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Time to cull the prat nominations.
I
think it’s time to close off the first round of voting, since the
viable candidates are by now obvious. People have really stuck to the
letter of the law and voted for prats who’ve been very active this year.
The front-runner, polling twice as many votes as anyone else, is Peter
Gl ...
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The repair man.
He
repaired people. He used a little bit of human insight but mostly
patience and kindness. He was good at it, so all the bad cases nobody
wanted to touch or didn’t quite know how to handle, were referred to him
in the end and he patched them up. Mostly, he got the ugly sex … Re ...
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Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
There
are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are
pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order:
Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please
(not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to
Learn Jav ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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‘We All Count’ Campaign To Combat Historic Lev ...
From
a press release from Project South:
More than 30 million people will be discouraged or prevented from voting
in this election. “This is the highest number since the Voting Rights
Act was passed in 1965. We know that many of those people are
African-Americans, LGBT people, people displaced b ...
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Aramark Uses Hurricane Isaac to Loot the City ...
From
a press release by SEIU Local 21LA:
On August 29, Hurricane Isaac swept through New Orleans and surrounding
areas with raging winds and torrential rains causing widespread flooding
and epic power outages that lasted in some cases as long as a week.
Businesses and schools were closed for up ...
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Lolis Eric Elie And The Connections That Link ...
This article has been reprinted from Bev Bell at Other Worlds:
The Things That Are The Richest Are The Least Valued: New Orleans And Haiti, Post-Catastrophe
Lolis Eric Elie, Interviewed by Beverly Bell
August 28, 2012
Tomorrow, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina dodged New Orlean ...
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Seven Years After Katrina, A Divided City, By ...
A
version of this article originally appeared on TruthOut.org.
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a national
laboratory for government reforms. But the process through which those
experiments have been carried out rarely has been transparent or
democratic. The ...
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Katrina Pain Index 2012: 7 Years After, By Bil ...
1
Rank of New Orleans in fastest growing US cities between 2010
and 2011. Source: Census Bureau.
1 Rank of New Orleans, Louisiana in world prison rate.
Louisiana imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of ...
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Interview: Shining a Light on Africa’s Elephan ...
With
the mass killing of African elephants sharply escalating recently as
global prices for ivory have risen, few articles have conveyed the scope
and brutality of
Jeffrey Gettleman
that trade as vividly as the one written earlier this month by Jeffrey
Gettleman, East Africa bureau chief fo ...
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Shining a Bright Light on Africa’s Elephant Sl ...
Fueled
by a rising demand for ivory, the mass killing of African elephants has
reached extraordinary levels. In an interview with Yale Environment
360, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman discusses his in-depth
investigation of the deadly ivory trade, which involves the U.S.-backed
militar ...
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Fuel Consumption in New Cars Can Be Halved by ...
With
advanced technologies and innovative government policies, fuel
consumption in new vehicles can be cut in half by 2030, saving billions
of dollars in fuel costs worldwide and significantly reducing CO2
emissions, a new report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency
says. According to ...
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Video: Debating the Complex Impacts of Shale G ...
At a panel discussion at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies this week, a group of experts tackled the controversial
drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and
questions about its impacts on the environment, human health, and the
U.S.’s energy f ...
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San Francisco Program Would Give Consumers Opt ...
City
officials in San Francisco, Calif. are considering a $19.5 million
program that would give consumers the option of buying 100-percent
renewable power at a higher cost. The so-called CleanPowerSF plan, which
would be done in partnership with Shell Energy North America, would
also invest abou ...
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Is there an echo in here?
By
Frank Moher The blog Media Culpa has spent the past week coming up with
some breathtaking examples of what appear to be plagiarized passages in
columns by The Globe and Mail‘s Margaret Wente. The examples offered
are so damning that I don’t know why I’m bothering with the &# ...
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As the armadas mass in the Gulf . . .
By
Montreal Simon The other night I accused Stephen Harper of timing his
decision to sever ties with Iran in order to ratchet up tensions, just
before Benjamin Netanyahu went ballistic. From The Atlantic: “Why is he
doing this? “My guess is that he’s saying what he’s sayi ...
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Peter Lougheed delivered
By
Frank Moher To young people living in Alberta in 1971, Peter Lougheed,
who died on Thursday, offered the promise that we were not living in a
provincial backwater after all. What is astonishing, even now, is the
extent to which he delivered on that promise. Lougheed was elected that
year not ...
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Open season on critics
By
Zoe Grams Fringe, film fest and publishing season is upon us – a time
when the smell of suntan lotion lingers as we push into theatres. But
it’s the critics, not just the performers, who are making headlines.
With 76 events in the Vancouver Fringe, more than 100 in the Toronto
International F ...
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A Modest Opinion – The Art of Getting By
By
Nathaniel Moher I’m sure most of you have heard about the madman Lynden
Dorval, an Edmonton schoolteacher who thought it was okay to give
students a zero on assignments they failed to turn in. Don’t bother
checking your eyes, you read that right! These poor students received a
zero out of 100 ...
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INCJ aims to jointly buy 50% of Renesas
The
state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan is thinking of jointly
acquiring troubled chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. with major
private-sector companies including Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic
Corp., sources said Saturday.
The public-private support initiative is aimed at helpi ...
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Benefits of joint development
When
a conflict of opinion over ownership of something makes it impossible
for either side to give up its claim, why not propose that both sides
share the thing equally? The whole issue with the Senkakus is the value
of the gas reserves, so it's about money.
Continue to call the islands as eit ...
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Cubs rally late, beat Cardinals
It
was all going so well for St. Louis. Chris Carpenter had a solid 2012
debut and Pete Kozma swiped home for the go-ahead run, putting the
Cardinals in position to extend their timely winning streak.
Then it all fell apart in a hurry.
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Panetta should worry about U.S.
Regarding
the Sept. 18 article "Panetta tells Japan, China to resolve Senkaku row
peacefully": U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot of nerve
telling Japan and China what to do.
The United States has failed to withdraw its forces from Okinawa and
remove its air bases from throughout Ja ...
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Harumafuji faces final test against Hakuho
Harumafuji
put one hand up on his fourth career Emperor's Cup with a ransacking of
fellow ozeki Kakuryu on Saturday, setting up a final day showdown
against yokozuna Hakuho for all the marbles at the Autumn Grand Sumo
Tournament.
After Harumafuji blazed through Kakuryu in the day's penultimate ...
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Happy Crashiversary! Are you better off now t ...
Four
years after Lehman Brothers collapsed, it’s time to take stock of
things by asking a stock political question: Are you better off now than
you were four years ago? Where you stand on the answer depends on where
you sit. Many people, businesses and communities are still struggling
to regain ...
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The “New” Saskatchewan: Oklahoma North?
Of
the litany of proposed changes contained in the Saskatchewan
government’s Consultation Paper on the Renewal of Labour Legislation in
Saskatchewan, the most pernicious is the suggestion that employees be
allowed to opt out of paying union dues, yet still receive the full
benefits of unio ...
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There’s Nothing Inevitable About Eduflation
It
might have been my imagination (or perhaps wishful thinking), but in
the midst of this year’s back-to-school media coverage, the issue of
student debt seemed a little more prominent than usual. At least two
surveys identified high levels of debt ($28k on average), and the
stress—more than tha ...
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Electoral campaign in Québec: three parties, t ...
The
elections in Québec are finally behind us. We know the results, the
suspense is over. The point of this blog post is neither to weigh out
its outcome or the degree of satisfaction or despair which its
conclusion generates. It was however a very interesting campaign when
one stops to think of ...
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Do Corporate Tax Cuts Really Pay For Themselves?
A
new paper by Jack Mintz ( with Duanjie Chen) argues that “corporate tax
reductions of more than 30% since 2000 have, contrary to the critics’
cries, failed to make an appreciable dent in tax revenues thanks to
multinationals habit of shifting profits to Canada to take advantage of
...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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).
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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 ...
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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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Desalination And You
“This
Nov. 6, Santa Cruzans will not only cast their votes for a new
president or an incumbent one, but also for local city council
candidates and ballot measures. Citizens may dedicate much of their
political consternation to the presidential election, but there are
important decisions to ...
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5 Crazy Schemes We May Turn to For More Water
“For
decades Canadians have lived with a fear that the U.S. will come for
their plentiful freshwater. Perhaps not in the form of armed soldiers
crossing the border with empty buckets, but through trade agreements and
corporate shenanigans. With each U.S. drought, our northern neighbors
gro ...
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Water shortage sparks ‘crisis’ in ...
“The
lack of clean water in refugee camps in South Sudan has become a “major
humanitarian crisis” with people exposed to diseases due to
contamination, the Red Cross said Thursday. “Severe water shortages in
refugee camps close to the Sudanese border have contributed to a ...
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Water deficit leads to consumption of dirty water
“Local
residents in Kupang, Timor Tengah Selatan and Timor Tengah Utara, are
reportedly consuming unhygienic fecal-contaminated water from nearby
dikes, as sources of fresh water have dried up in the last few weeks.
“We’re using dirty water from a dike for drinking water. We have no
choice ...
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Vanishing Arctic Ice Is the Planet’s Whi ...
“In
2007, a new record was set for the minimum summer sea ice cover in the
Arctic had halved. This furious flag waving attracted attention. That
year, the world’s scientists declared the end of any doubt that our
addiction to burning fossil fuels was changing the face of the planet.
...
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Kucinich Marks 31st International Day of Peace
Washington
D.C. (September 21, 2012) – On the 31st anniversary of the
International Day of Peace, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today
called for reflection and a shared commitment to peace.
...
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The “Surge” is Over. The War is Not
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement following
the announcement that the “surge” in Afghanistan has ended. In 2009,
33,000 additional troops were deployed to Afghanistan. Today, troop
deployment levels have returned to the pre-“surge” levels. Sixty-eight
thou ...
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International Monetary Experts Meet in Chicago
Today
a panel of international monetary policy experts gather in Chicago at
an event sponsored by the American Monetary Institute (AMI) to discuss
major changes in U.S. monetary policy proposed by United States
Congressman Dennis Kucinich. The meeting is occurring on the one year
anniversa ...
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War by Coal Expanded to Include Ratepayers
WASHINGTON,
D.C. (September 21, 2012) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today
spoke out against the so-called “Stop the War on Coal Act” on the House
Floor. He called for an end of coal’s war on the health and safety of
the American people.
See video here.
“The ‘Stop The War on Coal Act’ i ...
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Kucinich Addresses Coalition of Anti Nuclear A ...
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today addressed an overflowing audience of
enthusiastic supporters as he explained the current status of the
nuclear industry in the United States. He cited the problematic
Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Northern Ohio as an example of the
state of the indus ...
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Skeptical Science: The Partnership with Al Gore
In
March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their
forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In a forum thread
titled, "Got a call from Al Gore's people today" John Cook proudly
posted,
"This morning, had a long skype call with a guy working with Al Gore's
Climate ...
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Skeptical Science: From Al Gore to Al Jazeera
In
March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their
forums hacked and the contents posted online. In a forum thread titled,
"From Al Gore to Al Jazeera" John Cook proudly posted,
"Al Jazeera want to feature SkS as the Site of the Week... Am sending
them some info and pics ...
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Skeptical Science: "[W]e're all a bunch of lef ...
In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had
their forums hacked and the contents posted online. In a forum thread
titled, "Political Compass" frequent Skeptical Science commentators and
moderators took a political quiz revealing (much to their surprise) they
all share t ...
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Skeptical Science: "Ding dong, the witch is dead"
In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had
their forums hacked and the contents posted online. In these it is
revealed their lack of humanity for the death of a political adversary.
In a forum thread titled, "Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart is
dead at 43" fre ...
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Skeptical Science: The Censorship of Poptech
"The
impact of that ban on PopTech was to silence him." - Sphaerica (Bob
Lacatena) [Skeptical Science]
In March of 2012, the same computer illiterates at Skeptical Science who
do not know how to use Google Scholar had their forums hacked and the
contents posted online. In these I am mentioned i ...
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An interview with conservation writer David Qu ...
David
Quammen has done consistent and conscientious reporting from the
trenches of ecological and evolutionary research for over thirty years
now. Few in
the world can claim as intimate and broad an understanding of
conservation biology as he can. His books such as The Song of the Dodo
and Mons ...
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Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazi ...
A
high federal court in Brazil has ruled that work on the Belo Monte dam
in the Brazilian Amazon be immediately suspended. Finding that the
government failed to properly consult indigenous people on the dam, the
ruling is the latest in innumerable twists and turns regarding the
massive dam, whic ...
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Chart: Forest loss in Latin America
Latin
America lost nearly 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 square miles) of
forest — an area larger than the state of Oregon — between 2001 and
2010, finds a new study that is the first to assess both net forest loss
and regrowth across the Caribbean, Central and South America. The ...
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Key mammals dying off in rainforest fragments
When
the Portuguese first arrived on the shores of what is now Brazil, a
massive forest waited for them. Not the Amazon, but the Atlantic Forest,
stretching for over 1.2 million kilometers. Here jaguars, the
continent's apex predator, stalked peccaries, while tapirs waded in
rivers and giant ant ...
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Turning gorilla poachers into conservationists ...
Although
founded only four years ago, Endangered Species International-Congo,
has ambitious plans to protect dwindling Western gorilla populations and
aid local people in the Republic of the Congo. The organization, an
offshoot of Endangered Species International (ESI), has been spending
the las ...
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Greek Bailout on Hold Again, Is Obama Partly t ...
Once
again talks between the Troika and Greek politicians broke down. Talks
between the Greek political parties have also broken down.
Meanwhile support for Golden Dawn, a political party with a Nazi-like
symbol is on a huge upswing. For details, please see, Greek State Tries
to Stem Neo-Na ...
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Christine Lagarde, IMF Chief, Warns US About S ...
For
a brief moment, I almost thought Christine Lagarde, head of IMF, gained
control of her senses.
The Telegraph headline IMF chief Christine Lagarde says US needs to rein
in its banks is the illusion that briefly (very briefly) led me astray.
Not to fear, in the end, Lagarde proved i ...
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Davidowitz on QE and the Economy: "Bernanke is ...
Howard
Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., talks about
the performance of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and the
impact of Fed policy on consumer confidence. Davidowitz speaks with Tom
Keene, Sara Eisen and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Television's
"Surveillance."
...
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Spain's Fiscal Deficit 8.56% of GDP in First H ...
Spain's
original deficit target for 2012 was 4.4%, then revised to 5% then
5.3%. The last revision brought the target all the way up to 6.3%. So
how is Spain doing?
Via Google Translate Libre Mercado says Spain recorded a fiscal deficit
of 8.56% of GDP in the first half
The government s ...
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Help Stop Special Interest Groups and Unions F ...
In
general, if union leaders and organizers are raising money for some
political purpose, I am against the proposal (and vice versa).
In the case at hand, public unions are raising money to defeat
proposition 32, so it is nearly automatic that I would be for it. And I
am.
But what is C ...
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Robotic router
Have you have ever spent ages carefully sawing out a complex shape in a
piece of wood only to find it was slightly too big, or worse slightly
too small? This happened to Alec Rivers an electronics Ph...
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Flexible batteries
One of the big reasons that mobile phones and other personal gadgetry
are still simple cuboids, and not more interesting shapes, is that they
need a lot of energy storage, and batteries are simple cub...
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Resistance is fertile: soil bacteria to blame
Soil-dwelling bacteria are the source of the antibiotic resistance
genes that are making many infections hard to treat, researchers have
shown this week.
Writing in Science, Washington University St...
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Gait expectations: genetic basis of horse dres ...
A gene responsible for affecting how the majority of mammals move has
been revealed by studying a group of Icelandic horses with weird walking
patterns.
Although all horses can walk, trot and gallo...
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Nanoparticles poison soil
Nanoparticles in cosmetics and exhaust fumes can accumulate in plants and stunt growth, scientists have warned.
In a paper published this week in PNAS, UC Santa Barbara soil microbiologist Patricia ...
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