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Politics in the Zeros
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Huge companies like Walmart can help in catast ...Walmart is renown for the efficiency of their logistics and shipping. Sometimes that is what is needed to get supplies to the people who need them during emergencies. Small stores can’t re-route hundreds of trucks quickly, load them with what people need, then get the supplies to them. Wal ...
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Obama ignored economists, bailed out banks not ...Instead of doing what actual capitalism demands, and letting corrupt, insolvent entities fail, Obama instead ignored the advice of top economists and bailed out big banks to the huge detriment of the economy at large and everyone but the 1%. This was no a mistake. This was not a tragic oversight ...
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Imagine there’s no frackingSign the petition at Artists Against Fracking asking Gov. Cuomo not approve a fracking bill that will allow 50,000-100,000 gas wells in New York, something which will almost certainly harm the water supply.Why is fracking dangerous?Aquifer. To drill down to the shale, one must drill through the ...
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Calderon says US bears huge responsibility for ...“[E]ither the United States and its society, its government and its congress decide to drastically reduce their consumption of drugs, or if they are not going to reduce it they at least have the moral responsibility to reduce the flow of money towards Mexico, which goes into the hands of c ...
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The behemoth that is Walmart. Maybe it is evilDoug Henwood continues the discussion, making the cogent point that while Walmart wages may be average for retail, that Walmart has played a major role in lowering wages and cutting benefits. Because of their size, they set wages as well as prices.By lowering the cost of the bare minimum, Walmar ...
Coteret
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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 ...
Deadline Live
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The Jack Blood Show – August 15 2012Chris Maple joins us to discuss his documentary film series “THE GREAT CULLING” www.thegreatculling.org – the first edition is about our poison water (Fluoride)! Facts fly like crazy in this 60 min interview. The same director made “What in the world are the Spraying̶ ...
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Gunman Opens Fire At Conservative Family Resea ...What were we saying about Civil war? Sectarian violence is way up in 2012! The conservative Family Research Council was the site of a shooting by someone who obviously demonstrates the “radical hatred” of the left. The gunman entered the lobby of the Chinatown headquart ...
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More Federal Agencies Caught Ordering Huge Amo ...What does the Social Security Administration National weather service need with this kind of ammo? It appears our calculation a few months back could be right after all. Getting ammo off the market before it is banned or highly restricted / regulated. By the time regular folks find out it will ...
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“The Great Culling” Official Water ...Chris Maple will be our guest ON “The Jack Blood Show” Wednesday August 15th 2012 (find it in our archives) SHARE THIS!!!!!!! “The Great Culling” Official Water Trailer 2 Donate Today! http://www.thegreatculling.org Hello Everyone - Chris and Paul here, we just wanted to ...
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Gen Wesley Clarke hosts Military meets d list ...Gag…. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
The Air Vent
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Camp 2012Another deer season gone, I didn’t get any. This time I did see several doe and maybe a spike buck in the morning of the first day but it was too dark to tell. Camp is a special place and I have a few minutes so here are some of my favorite images and videos [...]
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Climategate Season!Gone hunting for invisible deer again. It is climategate season!! The week will probably end with nothing new (including deer-s) but the UK police managed to leak (publish) that nobody involved in Climategate could be prosecuted after three years. Hopefully, the boys/(manly girls) aren’t s ...
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Left BehindThe media complain that Blogs are too powerful for their own good, but when a story of serious consequence has negative political implications to the left, the media reactions are universal. Ignore it! This time they have gone too far. I wouldn’t vote for anyone involved in this situation ...
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Required ReadingFor those seriously interested in climate sensitivity, Paul K has a very interesting post up at Lucia’s. Pinatubo Climate Sensitivity and Two Dogs that didn’t bark in the night
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Will Penn State Ever Learn?Michael Mann has decided to sue for defamation because someone compared him to Sandusky. Besides the general disgust for the Penn State sexual scandal, there was a certain irony for me in that brought about an article discussing what is a solidly apparent cultural deficiency in the university ...
Focal Point
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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 . ...
Inside Facebook
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Facebook adds iTunes gift cards to Gifts produ ...Facebook today announced that it is now selling iTunes digital gift cards through its Gifts product. The feature includes iTunes catalogue integration so users can search for music, movies, apps and other content through Facebook and then send recommendations along … Continue reading →
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Fake Facebook copyright notice goes viral as a ...Some Facebook users have been posting status updates that include legal language they believe will protect their copyright and privacy. The meme is a hoax that began in May and is going viral again. Facebook’s actual governing documents, including its … Continue reading →
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This week’s headlines from across Inside NetworkA roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between Nov. 19 and Nov. 24. Inside Mobile Apps Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods. Monday, Nov. 19 Present and share with SlideShark GREE to … Continue reading →
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The Inside Network Job Board: King.com, Tetris ...The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best social media job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at: Aarki, BrightRoll, King.com … Continue reading ...
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Facebook careers: investigator, executive prot ...Facebook added 22 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the data analysis, business intelligence, recruiting, data center operations, sales and security teams. The company added listings for an Executive Protection Detail Leader to manage … Continue ...
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Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
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What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
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Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
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Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...
Amazon Rainforest
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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 ...
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
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BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...Please help us continue this work. We do not have foundation bosses or fund-ers. We do not serve the corporate fund-ers by being their advertisement platform-stage. We solely depend on you and your direct support. Please support this home of the irate minority, and thank you for all you do: Supp ...
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The Osama bin Laden Myth“American “Free Press”: A Press Free to Lie for the Government but Not to Tell the Truth” The interview below with Osama bin Laden was conducted by the Karachi, Pakistan, daily newspaper, Ummat and published on September 28, 2001, 17 days after the alleged, but unsubstantiated, al Qaeda attack o ...
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Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson- Episode 3: Behin ...Ryan Dawson Presents Michael Rivero Michael Rivero joins us to discuss Israeli aggression against Gaza, propaganda against Iran, and the larger picture of the US-Israel relationship in the geopolitics of the Middle East. How is some of the unrest in the Middle East related to the economic fallou ...
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Help Us Counter the ‘Dumb-ification of the Mas ...We are $1900 short in meeting this quarter’s budget! We can’t have it both ways: On one hand moan and complain about the ‘dependent’ mainstream and pseudo alternative propaganda machine, but on the other hand not back and support the very few independent alternative mediums. We can’t; pure and ...
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Podcast Show #99: The “Surge” in Iraq & the “R ...The Boiling Frogs Show Presents Pepe Escobar Globetrotting reporter Pepe Escobar returns for a debrief on his recent adventure in the US, talks about the real Petraeus, Benghazi and Gaza and offers us his colorful, informed comments and observations. We start with his recent road trip in the Ame ...
Afro Spear
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“Miseducation of Africans About Their Hi ...In order to put this article into its proper perspective, Chinweizu informs us thus: “It was miseducation which sought to withold from me the memory of our true African past and to substitute instead an ignorant shame for whatever travesties Europe chose to represent as African Past. It wa ...
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Obama and the JewsVery insightful and telling article from 2008 on then Presidential candidate Obama and the dynamics of his long standing relationship with pro-Israeli Jews. Click on image below for article.
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The Silence of America on the Murder in GazaThanks to Sis. Deb. for introducing me to this powerful piece by Chris Hedges of Truthdig.
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Expose the BNP
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Expose the BNP: activists’ meetingOver 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 lifeA 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 defeatThe 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 GriffinOn 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 pennilessOn yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...
Ode Magazine
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Sonic boonA 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 sauceWhat 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 energyIn 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 malariaMosquitoes 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 taleCelebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...
OpEd News
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Democrats Battling the War Against Government ...There's been a war going strong all right, except there's only been on combatant. In politics, with good enough propaganda, you can magically have a war without two combatants. That must change or the GOP has a reason to obstruct what it sees as evil.
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Saying 'Fiscal Cliff' Is Taking SidesThe very term "fiscal cliff" misinforms and scares people. Some media outlets, like FOX News, exist to misinform and scare people. But responsible media outlets should try to help the public understand complicated issues, not help scare and misinform. Any journalist using the propaganda phras ...
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An American Fukushima PossibleWhistleblower says Nuclear Regulatory Commission broke law by suppressing staff report that points to danger of as many as 34 "American Fukushimas"
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Sam Pizzigati and Too Much, the Online Weekly ...Back then, even some economic justice organizers dismissed our concentration on the wealth of our wealthiest: By talking about the rich we were distracting attention from the struggle to help the poor. But today we have a much greater understanding that the two go hand in hand. Those nations tha ...
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Offshore Sea Colonies - An Alternative To "Sec ...A progressive solution to an unthinkable problem; "Secession"
Switchboard
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Newly Elected State Governors and Legislators: ...Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Looking beyond the top of the ticket, we see big changes in states with 11 new governors elected and (according to Governing magazine) a dozen legislatures moving either rightwar ...
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Let Them Eat Lead (and Drink Whatever Replaces ...Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Washington DC As the Senate prepares to vote on Senator Tester’s “Sportsmen’s Bill” this afternoon – and the issue had some coverage in today’s Washington Post -- I’ll take ...
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Stranded Seniors Need Public TransportationPeter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City My parents are among the 8 million senior citizens in this country who are stranded by a lack of public transportation. If we want to spend time together over the holidays, I, or one of my daughters, w ...
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Less is More: A "How-To" Guide to Saving Ener ...Wendy Fok, Project Director, High Performance Tenant Demonstration Project, Center for Market Innovation, New York In the U.S., over $20 billion a year is spent on energy use in commercial office buildings. With tenant spaces responsible for m ...
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Mitigating the environmental paradox of smart ...Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC To move more deliberately toward anything resembling a sustainable future, we need to use land more efficiently, building more compactly, with significantly higher densities o ...
Lawyers,Guns,& Money
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Black People Can’t SwimIn the summer of 1968, Charles Schulz—born today in 1922—decided not to take the path of least resistance. In the first months of the Presidential race, the politics of Peanuts were as inscrutable as ever: The political positions of the birds—one of whom Schulz would christen “Woodstock” two ye ...
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Triangle Repeated in BangladeshWithin American labor history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is a touchstone moment. That tragedy led directly to a spate of workplace safety laws and building regulations. In the longer term, it helped spur the union movement that changed the lives of the American working class. Of course, capit ...
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Conflict, Self-Interest, and Disaggregating th ...The following is a guest post by Jonathan Powell. Dr. Powell is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. His research focuses on conflict processes, particularly aspects related to civil-military relations. He recently received his Ph.D. ...
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The Zombie Dunning SchoolI haven’t seen Lincoln and hence won’t comment on it directly for now, but I can say that this Kushner quote that Aaron Bady [via Corey Robin] found is…not encouraging: The inability to forgive and to reconcile with the South in a really decent and humane way, without any quest ...
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Alcoholic OriginalismYou may have seen this study that came out a week or so ago showing that American adults consume almost as many “empty calories” through alcohol as through soda. In a world of “facts,” this study might be “correct.” Yet, this is outrageous on two levels. First ...
Desert Research Institute
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Tom Malamakal, Nov. 2012 Featured DRI Graduate ...Meet Tom Malamakal, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, whose focus has been on monitoring the influence of wildfires and prescribed burns in and around the Lake Tahoe basin.
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DRI Announces 2013 DRI Nevada Medalist Dr. Nin ...DRI will proudly present Dr. Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and molecular biologist who is a pioneering researcher in the field of plant genetics, with the 2013 DRI Nevada Medal during a special event scheduled for early next spring in Reno and Las Vegas.
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Nicholas Beres, Oct. 2012 Featured DRI Graduat ...Meet Nicholas Beres, a second year student of the Atmospheric Sciences graduate program, working in the Laboratory for Aerosol Science, Spectroscopy, and Optics (LASSO) at DRI.
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2012 Tahoe Summit ReportThe Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno have worked together for decades to provide comprehensive studies that have led to a better understanding of threats to Lake Tahoe’s air and water quality and the health of the forest.
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DRI Demonstrates Lake Tahoe Research to Senato ...The 2012 Lake Tahoe Summit provided an opportunity for Desert Research Institute (DRI) reaseachers to demonstrate to Sen. Dean Heller methods used to study changes in water clarity and invasive species.
Earth Techling
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National Law Journal | U.S.
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New Vermont Law School dean taking on $3.3M bu ...Marc Mihaly has spent the past four months since he became dean of Vermont Law School in a flurry of meetings to address a looming $3.3 million budget shortfall brought on by declining enrollment. At the same time, he's contemplating longer-term changes in how law is taught.
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MIDSIZE MATTERS: Midsize law firm leader sets ...Buchalter Nemer's Rick Cohen talks to NLJ about his impending retirement and what he'll do next.
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Financial industry lawyers praise Schapiro for ...Mary Schapiro, the chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has announced that she will be stepping down from her post and leaving the agency on December 14.
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Judge attaches millions in assets of pharmacy ...A Boston federal judge has attached $5 million of assets belonging to New England Compounding Pharmacy Inc., a company linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that caused 36 deaths.
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THE CAREERIST: Do men care about balance?I keep hearing that men secretly crave work/life balance, but I'm not sure that I buy it.
How Shall We Do The Mountain ?
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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 AppSince 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.comI 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 ...
News Blaze
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Weinberg Foundation Donates $1 Million to Vict ...After talking to organizations on the front lines of the recovery attempt, the Weinberg Foundation is awarding several distinct grants to a number of diverse organizations operating directly with hurricane victims.
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Larry Hagman Dies on 'Black Friday' at 81 Year ...Now comes the next question on everyone's mind: Will there ever be a Dallas without J.R. Ewing?
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Popular Sleeping Pill Linked to Accidents and ...Law enforcement officials reported traffic accidents increasing under Ambien's popularity with some drivers not even recognizing police officers there to arrest them.
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Calling All Bluffs in NepalHas Nepal's President Yadav taken steps towards resolving the country's political deadlock? PM Bhatterai said that he intends to be prime minister for the next decade.
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Sierra Leone Re-Elects Ernest Bai Koroma as Pr ...President Ernest Bai Koroma's closest rival, the opposition leader Julius Maada Bio came in second with 37.4% of the wote.
environment 360
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Snails in Southern Ocean Showing Effects of Oc ...The shells of some sea snails in the Southern Ocean are already dissolving as a result of ocean acidification, according to a new study. In an analysis of free-swimming pteperods collected from Antarctic waters in 2008, scientists found that the outer layers of the animals’ shells showed s ...
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Giant Galapagos Tortoise Species May Not Be Ex ...The death of an iconic, century-old giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands earlier this year may not have meant the end of his species, an upcoming study suggests. In Galapagos National Park ‘Lonesome George’ an analysis of more than 1,600 DNA samples, scientists from Galapagos National Pa ...
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Solar-Equipped ‘iShacks’ Offer Cheap, Sustaina ...South African researchers say they have developed a low-cost and sustainable housing alternative to the flimsy corrugated iron shacks found in the country’s growing settlements. Developed by an interdisciplinary Click to enlarge Hope Project/iShack An iShack team at Stellenbosch Universit ...
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Interview: UN Climate Chief Says Talks are Ste ...Few jobs on the international stage are more daunting than that held by Christiana Figueres, the woman in UNFCCC Christiana Figueres charge of the UN talks aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Figueres is executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
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U.S.-Mexico Reach Accord On Sharing Colorado R ...The U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement on how to share water from the Colorado River, a five-year deal crafted to help both nations prepare for future droughts. Under the agreement, regional water agencies in California, Arizona, and Nevada will purchase nearly 100,000 acre-feet of water ...
Red Ice Creations
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Bible Wrong? Jesus was born years earlier than ...The entire Christian calendar is based on a miscalculation, the Pope has declared, as he claims in a new book that Jesus was born several years earlier than commonly believed. The assertion that the Christian calendar is based on a false premise is not new – But the fact that doubts over one of ...
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Lucid Dreaming and Mental IllnessI got the weirdest phone call last week. The editor of Gawker, A.J. Daulerio, contacted me, requesting information on lucid dreaming. (Lucid dreaming is knowing you’re dreaming while firmly in the dreamstate). He said he’s doing a new piece on lucid dreaming and Jared Loughner, who was sentenced ...
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Elite Intrigues and Military Purges: It’s Not ...The headline stories claim that CIA Director General David Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA because of an adulterous relation with his young biographer and that General John Allen, Supreme Commander of US troops in Afghanistan, was under investigation and his promotion to top commander of US ...
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No Sailors Saw Osama Bin Laden’s Alleged Buria ...More than a year after Navy SEALs supposedly killed former CIA asset Osama bin Laden, a FOIA by the Associated Press has produced emails revealing that no American sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinton witnessed the terrorist’s burial at sea. The heavily redacted emails are said to be the first pub ...
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’Titan’ supercomputer is world’s most powerfulThe top two spots on the list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers have both been captured by the US. The machine, built by Cray at the US government’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has seized the top spot in the Top500, a closely-watched global league of the fastest superco ...
Russia Today
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Siberian prison riot: Governor blames 'corrupt ...After a two-day riot in a Russian prison ended with injuries and arrests, the local governor has confirmed inmate claims of torture and extortion at the penal colony in the Urals region. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Iran set to unveil new missile-launching warshipIran will unveil a domestically manufactured missile-launching warship in the coming days, the country’s navy chief said. It comes days after Tehran accused the US Navy of conducting “illegal and provocative acts” in... Read Full Article at RT.com
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Milky day: Farmers dump thousands of liters of ...Dairy farmers poured 15,000 liters of milk on the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, in a protest against plummeting food prices. Police resorted to tear gas and water cannons to disperse the... Read Full Article at RT.com
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Not good enough: UN says Japan is underestimat ...A UN official charged with investigating Japan’s handling of the health risks from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 says the authorities are not doing enough to protect the population from effects of the accident. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Morsi meeting with top judges as Cairo protest ...Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is meeting with the country’s top judges. The talks come as demonstrators in Cairo continue a week-long sit-in protesting against a decree granting Morsi near-absolute powers. Read Full Article at RT.com
Not My Tribe
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The US Right Wing constantly pushes their mili ...???— ‘When militarism is squeezed into the small cultural spaces of everyday life, we are subtly reminded, again and again, that war and violence and soldiering are normal. We are thus being taught that war and violence and soldiering are not political matters subject to contention o ...
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The racist religion of the IDF soldiersCopycatting the racist Christian soldiers of Nazi Germany in the past and the Far Right Christians in the US military of the present, the so-called Israeli Defense Forces sing and dance religious songs as they murder others of another race and culture. From the Israeli press comes this scene of ...
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Walmart Black Friday Strike ProtestsCHICAGO, ILLINOIS- Walmart Express, 3636 N. Broadway, Lakeview
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Egyptians rally to reject Muslim Brotherhood e ...The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘President Mursi’ has pretty much made his personal peace with the US government, the US Pentagon funded Egyptian military, and the US backed Apartheid State of Israel and is trying to establish a Far Right, ‘Islamic’ clergy dictato ...
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The working class Monterrey, Mexico fans of Co ...—Looking to see some working class rebellion close to home? Check out the story of the THE CHOLOMBIANS- STONER CUMBIA IN NORTHERN MEXICO …Colombian musicians migrating out from Colombia to San Antonio and Monterrey, Mexico spread their music to North America. Thus they spread some pa ...
Debunking the Debunkers
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Two Remixes Further Confirming My Thoughts Tha ...Lowkey - Obama Nation Part 3 (Ft. Malcolm X, 2pac, Lupe Fiasco, M1 & Black the Ripper) 2Pac feat. Lupe Fiasco & Lowkey - Terrorist (DJ Nabz Remix) Related: Would 2Pac Have Been a 9/11 Truther?
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9/11 Free Fall 11/22/12-- Abolitionists and 9/ ...Published on Nov 25, 2012 by Free Fall On the Thanksgiving day episode Andy Steele goes over the latest 9/11 related news and headlines and discuss the fairy tales children believe in like Santa Claus, and the fairy tales adults believe in...such as the lies their government tells them. As wel ...
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Joe Rogan - The JFK Magic Bullet and Assessing ...[Language Warning] Joe Rogan points out the ridiculousness of the official story of the JFK "magic bullet" theory as described by the Warren Commission: _____________________________________ Joe Rogan's very sensible recommendation in regard to evaluating evidence in difficult-to-follow crime ...
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Israel Started The Conflict Not Hamas Debunking the propaganda that Hamas started the fighting with rocket attacks. The Israelis also broke the truce in November 2008: Remember, when you can't find the source of your troubles, or mis-identify it, finding a solution becomes very difficult.
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What? No collapse? Here's another towering inferno, a 34 story apartment building in Dubai, with pretty severe fires yet remained standing. These flames poured out of the building and were obviously more severe than what was observed with the 2 WTC towers and WTC 7. Guess the "anomaly" of fire collapsing and ...
Fooducate
- How Many Carbs Should I Eat Today?
- 3 Feeding Interactions and How They Influence ...
- Dangerous Trend? Caffeine Laced Snacks
- Black Friday, Consumerism, and Obesity
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Traffikd
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How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO CampaignPeople who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
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Twitter Step by StepTwitter 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 BusinessWhen 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 KeywordsEvery 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 YouSo 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 ...
Survival International
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Russian indigenous peoples’ organization order ...A Khanty man in Siberia© Jon SpaullAn organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs. The Ministry of Justice said it was suspending RAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North) for six months b ...
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Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter ...Guarani Indians of Ypo’i community in Brazil.© MPFA community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by one of the state’s most controversial ranches. The Guarani from Ypo’i community in Mato Grosso do Sul state used a mobile phone to film the contamination, which ...
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Brazilian mining giant given green light for p ...Awá man. The Awá are warning the expansion of the Carajás railway could bring disastrous consequences© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Brazilian government has given the go-ahead for a railway project that severely endangers Earth’s most threatened tribe. Mining giant Vale announced it has obtained an ...
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Penan set deadline for dam demands Penan man, Sarawak, Malaysia.© Robin Hanbury-Tenison/SurvivalMembers of Malaysia’s Penan tribe have suspended their lengthy blockade of the Murum dam site, and given the Sarawak government an ultimatum. They say authorities have a month to guarantee sufficient compensation for the dam’s ne ...
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US food giant accused over biofuel 'tainted wi ...A Guarani man in front of sugarcane crops, grown where the tribe’s forests once stood.© SurvivalA US food giant has been implicated in a sugarcane scandal in Brazil that has kept an entire indigenous community off its land, polluted streams and inflicted illness and death on Guarani Indians. He ...
Greg Palast
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Greg Palast at Los Angeles GreenFestival This ...Greg Palast will be the featured speaker at this Sunday's GreenFestival in Los Angeles. The presentation will be: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits A post-Election Analysis When and Where: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3 PM Main Stage Los Angeles Convention Center SOUTH KENTIA HALL 1201 South Figue ...
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Democracy Now: Ohio – Wrong Ballots for Black ...A special report by Greg Palast for Democracy Now! Watch the Report [Dayton, Ohio. Tuesday November 6, 2012] Several thousand African-American voters in Dayton, Ohio, may find their ballots left uncounted, and they, and America, won’t know it––even if the lost votes change the presidency. First, ...
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Starting Today: No Charge for my Bestselling B ...Palast Fund to give away FREE copies of Bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps A personal note from Greg Palast Call me crazy. The Palast Investigative Fund is dead broke and our office in New York is under water. No kidding. But America is drown ...
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Did The Romneys’ Auto Bailout Bonanza Violate ...By Greg Palast for The National Memo At the same time, taxpayer-subsidized Delphi expanded its workforce in China to 25,000. Today, Delphi supplies GM and Chrysler parts from Mexico and China. This week, Republican vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan arrived in Ohio to accuse the Obama admi ...
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UAW Files Charges Against Romney on his Auto ...Broke ethics law hiding millions, say good government groups by Greg Palast Toledo, Ohio For Mitt Romney, it's one scary Halloween. The Presidential candidate has just learned that tomorrow afternoon he will charged with violating the federal Ethics in Government law by improperly concealing hi ...
How Can I Recycle This ?
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How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
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How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
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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 [...]
Age of Autism
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BRAIN ON FIRE - From Autoimmunity To MadnessBy Teresa Conrick I just finished Susannah Cahalan's superb book, BRAIN ON FIRE - MY MONTH OF MADNESS, chronicling her bizarre and frightening trip into, and then out of the disease, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. I have been writing about Anti-NMDA...
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Lord Leveson’s Inquiry: Trashing Ordinary PeopleThe UK’s Leveson Inquiry into media abuse reports on Thursday. By John Stone One of my memories of the UK’s Leveson Inquiry, the hearings of which could be viewed on the web, was of the good lord grumbling that people...
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Autism Reflections, Random Musings and Regurgi ...By Cathy Jameson Some days I speak only for myself and of my own experiences. Other days it is my hope to speak up for others. I believe that our children’s vaccine-induced autism has given us a lot in life....
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Age of Autism Weekly Wrap: Betraying the Ameri ...By Dan Olmsted I try not to comment on the choices and difficulties faced by families dealing with autism -- mainly, because mine is not one. But after nearly a decade (yes, I first edited an investigation of the CDC...
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Can't Get to DC Autism Hearings? Send a Messag ...Want to attend the Federal Response to Autism Hearing on November 29th but can't? We know that many of you are writing letters and calling your Representatives and sending thank you faxes to Representative Burton and kicking yourselves that you...
Global BDS Movement
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G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
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Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
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BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
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Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
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Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDSDocuments obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government
Farm Wars
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GM woes: no water, no birds, no butterflies, a ...There's plenty of water here. And there are no birds. Again, the only thing that's changed is we’re surrounded by GM fields.
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Coast to Coast AM – Nov 15 2012 – GMO Dangers ...Barb and George talk about the dangers GMOs pose to our health.
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GMO Dangers on Coast to Coast AM with George N ...Joins us on Coast to Coast AM radio as we discuss the dangers of genetic engineering from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am Pacific Time on Thursday, November 15, 2012!
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The Little Government that CouldThe poor American government just wanted to grow up to be big and strong like the governments in Europe, but his mean Fathers wouldn't let him. Follow this happy tale of how a little government made his dreams come true...
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Yes on 37 says Rappoport is “disrupting the he ...The “experts” who are advising YES ON 37 make their living by accepting all vote-counts as real and honest and correct.
Open Your Eyes News
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Fresh protests in Japan-China island rowAljazeera – Hundreds have gathered in the Japanese capital to protest China’s claims over a string of islands in the South China Sea. According to organisers, over a thousand people attended Saturday’s march in protest against Chinese claims over the disputed islands, called Se ...
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Washington State Makes It Harder to Opt Out of ...NY Times – Washington State is home to Bill and Melinda Gates, champions of childhood vaccines across the globe. Its university boasts cutting-edge vaccine research. But when it comes to getting children immunized, until recently, the state was dead last. “You think we’re a cut above the r ...
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Deaths reported in Pakistan drone attackAl Jazeera – At least three people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan’s northwestern region along the Afghan border, according to a Pakistani security official. The target of Saturday’s attack was a vehicle in Dattakhel area in North Waziristan, one of seven ...
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Ivory Coast closes Ghana border after deadly a ...BBC – Ivory Coast has closed its border with Ghana after several people were killed in an attack on an army checkpoint. Ivorian Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said “armed elements from Ghana” carried out the attack in the border town of Noe. At least five attackers died and ...
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Open Your Eyes News recommends – The Tra ...A truly scary 3 part documentary by those radicals at the BBC about the psychology of the modern world. (Each episode is in 6 segments on YouTube.) For over 30 other documentaries that will challenge your views on the world visit our Films & Documentaries archive
L.A. Times - Greenspace
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Solar prominences erupt -- and the best is yet ...A solar prominence can be a thing of beauty -- a glowing red, looping structure that can twist and turn hundreds of thousands of miles into space from the surface of the sun and last up to several months.
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New Mexico coyote hunt this weekend sparks pub ...A New Mexico gun store owner’s plan to hold a competitive two-day coyote hunt this weekend has been blasted by critics and generated protests from as far away as Europe.
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Australian scientists find excess greenhouse g ...Environmental researchers have detected excess greenhouse gas levels near the site of Australia's biggest coal seam gas field, prompting calls for halting expansion of hydraulic fracturing until scientists can determine whether it might be contributing to climate change.
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Even after $4.5-billion oil spill fines, civil ...WASHINGTON -- BP has accepted criminal responsibility for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a move that it said has put the criminal part of one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters in the rear-view mirror.
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'BP lied to me' and the nation about the oil s ...WASHINGTON — As a dramatic, 24-7 webcast showed oil gushing from BP’s blown-out well during the spring and summer of 2010, Rep. Edward J. Markey suspected the oil giant was underestimating the amount of the spill.
water.org
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Celebrate World Toilet DayNo invention has saved more lives than a toilet. More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. All because there is no infrastructure - a toilet, or city utilities - to flush away yesterday's meal. But that's not all. Toilets ...
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East African Water ForumWater.org and The MasterCard Foundation convene the East African WaterCredit Forum to accelerate access to microloans designed to reach over 180,000 with safe water and sanitation in Kenya and Uganda by 2015.
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Regaining Trust In HaitiThe Logalit water and sanitation committee is tenacious, resilient and serves as a model to others. Like citizens of most countries, households in Logalit pay for water. Several months ago, the number of households that were paying to get water in Logalit started to decline.
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Farmville 2 and Safe WaterFor the next month, Zynga and Water.org are partnering to help people get access to safe water. Players of FarmVille 2 are now able to purchase water-themed items that help in-game farms and benefit those struggling around the world without water.
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Water Brings PeaceMrs. Pramila Chichore lives in the Raipur area of Hingna with her five family members. Before she applied for a water loan, she spent at least two hours a day fetching water from a distant public tap.
Before It's News
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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform
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The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...
Margaret's News
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Reinstate Teacher Who Supported Trayvon Martin ...arget: Superintendent Jacqueline Cassell Goal: To reinstate Brooke Harris, an eighth grade teacher who was fired after supporting a fundraiser benefitting Trayvon Martins family. The Trayvon Martin case has already caused a storm of controversy, Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World &n ...
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"Ive Been Duped" - Reflections on Israel and P ...Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? Submitted by Ken D. to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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What people will do for beauty: 8 Grossest Spa ...uh..the title says it all :) Submitted by Vicky P. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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White House sees more pain for Iran as it clea ...Aggressive war is illegal, immoral against nations that are no threat, is nonbelligerent & it is insane! Call your Reps. Tell your friends, rouse up the good folk in your church,mosque and synagouge. We must stop this exported violence or we are screwed. Submitted by michael hall to World &nbs ...
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Iran Bashing, Terrorism, and Who Chose the Cho ...Dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the United Nations in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known Submitted by Ken D. to World |&nb ...
Solar Energy / Energy Boom
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Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more
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Meet Uttar Pradesh, India's Next Distributed S ...Much attention has been paid to the distributed clean energy revolution brewing in Bihar. But for all the hype generated by Minister Kumar, what's happening next door in Uttar Pradesh may be even more exciting. read more
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Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flo ...
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Chinese oversupply sees cost of solar panels d ...Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flood of ...
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India’s Solar Revolution, Small is BigA while back I wrote a post on the need to get India’s solar boom right solar boom right. read more
News Blaze
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Weinberg Foundation Donates $1 Million to Vict ...After talking to organizations on the front lines of the recovery attempt, the Weinberg Foundation is awarding several distinct grants to a number of diverse organizations operating directly with hurricane victims.
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Larry Hagman Dies on 'Black Friday' at 81 Year ...Now comes the next question on everyone's mind: Will there ever be a Dallas without J.R. Ewing?
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Popular Sleeping Pill Linked to Accidents and ...Law enforcement officials reported traffic accidents increasing under Ambien's popularity with some drivers not even recognizing police officers there to arrest them.
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Calling All Bluffs in NepalHas Nepal's President Yadav taken steps towards resolving the country's political deadlock? PM Bhatterai said that he intends to be prime minister for the next decade.
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Sierra Leone Re-Elects Ernest Bai Koroma as Pr ...President Ernest Bai Koroma's closest rival, the opposition leader Julius Maada Bio came in second with 37.4% of the wote.
Worldnews
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European Stock Futures Little Changed; Sw ...European stock futures were little changed, after the Stoxx Europe 600 Index posted its biggest weekly rally this year, as euro-area finance ministers prepared to meet on Greece’s finances. U.S. index futures fell, while Asian shares rose. Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, ...
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Broccoli boosts your immunity From optimal brain function to muscle growth, broccoli is a power-packed vegetable. Broccoli contains a high amount of potassium, which helps maintain a healthy nervous...
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Zeenat Aman to walk the ramp at IRFW Tweet New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Yesteryears glamorous actress Zeenat Aman is all set to walk for designer Riyaz Gangji at the India Resort Fashion Week (IRFW), starting Nov 28. Titled Shimmering Sand, Gangji's collection takes inspiration from Japanese author Yukio Mishima's book "The Sound o ...
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Baggies streak no fluke, says Clarke London – Before Saturday, the last time West Bromwich Albion had won four top flight matches on the bounce, Bryan Robson was marshalling their midfield and Cyrille Regis was banging the goals in up front. Margaret Thatcher was British prime minister, best-selling arcade game Pac-Man wa ...
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Turkey confronts a resurgent Kurdish thre ...This town of 19,000 nestled in an idyllic mountain pass of impossibly green pastures and golden autumn trees is on the front lines of Turkey's rapidly escalating guerrilla war. In a struggle for autonomy as well as independent language and education rights, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Pa ...
Alex in Wonderland
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Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
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Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
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Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
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Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
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U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.
MY Daily Apple
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MIDAZOLAM HCLinjection, Solution [Cantrell Dru ...Updated Date: Nov 19, 2012 EST
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HEPARIN SODIUMinjection, Solution [Cantrell Dr ...Updated Date: Nov 19, 2012 EST
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Reading, writing and playing games may help ag ...Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study.
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Fetal alcohol exposure affects brain structure ...Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure and metabolism that are visible using various imaging techniques, according to a new study.
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Problem Gambling In Late Teen Years For Urban ...Results of a new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health indicate that a developmental pattern of impulsiveness in young males is linked with gambling problems in late adolescence. Respondents considered to be in the high impulsivity track as early as first ...
Common Dreams
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Lawyers: Bradley Manning Already Punished for ...Three months before Bradley Manning is scheduled to face a court martial, and more than two years after his arrest, lawyers for 24-year-old Army Private First Class say the intelligence analyst accused of releasing classified documents to Wikileaks has already been punished for yet unproven char ...
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Florida GOP Admission: Voter Fraud 'Just a Mar ...Two former Florida GOP leaders and current party strategists are blowing the whistle on early voting law HB 1355, which—they admit—was designed by Republicans to limit Democratic turnout, specifically targetting minorities. ...
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First Amendment Win: Supreme Court Rejects Att ...The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Illinois that allows the enforcement of a law that blocks recording of police officers on duty. read more
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Thousands Protest in Morocco Condemning Israel ...On the eve of Monday's cease-fire talks in Egypt, tens of thousands of Moroccans marched in support of Palestinians condemning Israel's "crimes against humanity" during the eight-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip. read more
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Polarized Protests Grow as Morsi Meets over Po ...Protests continued to rage throughout Egypt on Monday as President Mohamed Morsi was due to meet with senior judges over Morsi's decree last week, which gave sweeping powers to the executive branch and rendered legal challenges to Morsi's rule powerless -- causing national unrest and pol ...
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
Examine Religion - Tweets
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Energy Collective
- Energy Policy Post-Election: A Chance to “Get ...
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UK vs Europe – The Energy ShowdownGiven all the discussion in the media with regards to energy prices in the UK. SO where do our European neighbours come in terms of expense?
- Oceans ’13: The Post-Election Future Of Ocean ...
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Is California’s Cap-and-Trade Program the Solu ...Cap-and-trade is strongly advocated as an ultimate solution to reducing U.S. carbon emissions. California led the country by passing the Global Warming Solution Act (AB32), which creates an instate carbon cap-and-trade program. AB32 enforcement begins next year by capping Power and Industrial ...
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The Carbon Cost of Coal TrainsThe debate is heating up over the transport of coal from mines in Wyoming and Colorado to West Coast ports, where the coal will be shipped to Asian markets. Combining the vast appetite for coal in Asia with the vast stores of underground carbon in the US will accelerate the already rapid rise in ...
Green House - USA Today
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Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
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What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
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U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
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Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
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Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hikePresident Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.
Prior Art
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With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...HASH(0xa1dc540)
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Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...HASH(0x4aa6940)
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This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...HASH(0x5fdc098)
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Peoples Voice
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Ominous Forewarning from Prof. Norman Finkelst ...by chycho In November 2010, Professor Norman Finkelstein and Hamza Andreas Tzortzis spoke at a likeMEDIA.tv hosted event to address the question: “What Will Bring Peace to the Middle East?” This was an excellent discussion where Prof. Finkelstein provided a secular perspective ...
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Netanyahu Plans More Warby Stephen Lendman He admitted it. He's not finished. He has lots more killing and destruction to do. He "will not hesitate to do what is necessary to defend our people," he said. In other words, he'll ignore memorandum of understanding ceasefire terms, maintain Gaza's siege, manufactur ...
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American excess in perspectiveMary Shaw Thursday, November 22, was the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. In addition to giving thanks for the good people and good things in our lives, we use the Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate gluttony, over huge turkey dinners with all the trimmings. We go into it planning to eat too mu ...
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American excess in perspectiveMary Shaw Thursday, November 22, was the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. In addition to giving thanks for the good people and good things in our lives, we use the Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate gluttony, over huge turkey dinners with all the trimmings. We go into it planning to eat too mu ...
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Drums of More Warby Stephen Lendman Cast Lead and Pillar of Cloud represent skirmishes. Syria's one on a higher boil. Expect full-scale war ahead. It could happen any time or perhaps next year. These conflicts portend more to come. Washington, Israel, and NATO plan them. Regional collaborators go along ...
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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BC's water and hydroelectricity: more fragile ...It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources, particularly from industrial use, and calls for a new policy approach to protect and manage them. This is th ...
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CETA and the implications for health careThe CCPA’s Scott Sinclair and Teresa Healy from the Canadian Labour Congress recently presented on the implications of the proposed Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) for healthcare in Canada. The webinar was hosted by the Canadian Fede ...
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Impaired Judgement: The Economic and Social Co ...In Alberta and British Columbia, liquor retail privatization has meant higher liquor prices but lower government revenue. Moreover, the increased availability of alcohol brought on by privatization and its lax regulation contravene recognized methods for protecting public health. In light of Pre ...
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CETA and Nova Scotia: Who Pays for 'Free' Trade?As the federal government continues to move forward with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) our research finds that the benefits are being oversold while the costs and consequences are being minimized and even ignored. CETA could result in between 510 and 2587 net job loss ...
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Striking shifts in education and community act ...The Fall 2012 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is about the links between education and activism, but it focuses extensively on issues raised before, during and since the Québec student strike. The strike provides us with a superb case study of how the Charest government labeled student resistanc ...
World Wide Hippies
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HO HO HO And all that stuffBy Sherry Pasquarello,WWH/CJE – Thanksgiving is over. My nephew made dinner at his house this year. He cooked the turkey with a lattice of thick sliced peppered bacon over the breast. It was excellent, very moist and juicy. I made the pies. I’m the baker in the family. There were only four ...
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Contractors Abuse Alcohol, Drugs, Guns at Part ...by Puck Lo, CorpWatch Blog - Jorge Scientific Corporation, a military contractor with nearly a billion dollars in U.S. government contracts, is being sued by former employees for “shocking misconduct” in Afghanistan. The charges include illegal and reckless use of firearms, abusing alcohol and d ...
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“UTOPIA ON THE HORIZON”; A docume ...ROARMAG.org presents: ‘Utopia on the Horizon’, a documentary for those who chose to struggle. In May 2011, hundreds of thousands of Greeks swarmed into Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the firesale of their country, their labor rights and their livelihoods to corrupt dome ...
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Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnershi ...By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com | News Analysis – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most secretive and “least transparent” trade negotiations in history. Luckily for the populations and societies that will be affected by the agreement, there are public research organizations a ...
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WWH/CJE Monday News BriefsA grand bargain is a grand betrayal: The forgotten, lonely world of facts That the United States is centre-right and Obama must needs compromise on slashing the welfare state is a myth. “Shared Sacrifice” Translation; You voted me in. You knew I tried to give away Social Security and ...
FourWinds10
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The Alabama Department of Conservation and Nat ...April 29, 2012 Alabama - The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has temporarily closed some local waterways to shrimping. The waters were closed to shrimping on Monday. The areas include all waters in the Mississippi Sound, Mobile Bay, areas of Bon Secour, Wolf ...
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The ONE woman who refuses to leave her toxic K ...June 3, 2012 Treece, Kansas, is a poisoned town. Only one house remains. Tim and Della Busby are the lone residents of the community today. And they say they're staying put. Even if it's toxic, Treece is still their home.
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Michigan Oil Spill Compounded by Poor Safety P ...June 7, 2012 Canadian pipeline company Enbridge is in the hot seat for an oil spill from a ruptured line in southern Michigan. Crews in Marshall, Mich., are still working to clean up contaminated areas nearly two years after Line 6B burst open, dumping about 20,000 barrels of so-called tar sands ...
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Great Barrier Reef at a CrossroadsCAIRNS, Australia, Jul 18 2012 (IPS) - The world’s largest and best protected coral reef will be doomed by Australia’s unprecedented scale of planned coal and gas development, experts say. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system, with 3,000 reefs running 2,300 ...
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Special Investigation: The Earthquakes and Tox ...July 31, 2012 Fracking is facilitating an oil and gas boom in the Buckeye State, and Ohioans have reason to be shaken up about the issue. Between the spring of 2011 and early 2012, a fracking waste injection well known as Northstar 1 caused more than a dozen minor earthquakes near Youngstown, Oh ...
Crisis Maven
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The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
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The End Game or: How the Dupes were Duped or: ...The Euro was probably the most hyped-in currency the world may have ever known. That fact alone should have been reason for suspicion. In this article we contrast some of the eulogies heaped on the Euro back in around 2001/2002 when it was introduced as a tangible currency with these past weeks& ...
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Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
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Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
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Archaeology, the Internet and NeutrinosOr: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...
Capital Flow Analysis
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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 2009No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...
R-Squared Energy Blog
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President Obama Has Little Impact on Oil and G ...Following President Obama's reelection, a number of fossil fuel stocks sold off based on the belief that Obama's policies would prove harmful to the fossil fuel industry. But will the President manage to push through tough new regulations that raise the cost of production for fossil fuel companies?
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What Happens After the Long Recession?In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I answer a question from a reader about what happens as The Long Recession plays out. Readers who have specific questions can send them to ask [at] consumerenergyreport [dot] com or leave the question after this post (at the original source). ...
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Hofmeister: Surging Demand and Flat Production ...John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, discusses the events responsible for the explosion in the price of oil over the past decade.
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Guest Post: US Energy Independence Can Be CreatedFirst thing, on this day after the U.S. presidential elections I would like to congratulate President Obama on his reelection. My top prediction for 2012 – made nearly a year ago and reiterated many times since — was that Obama would easily win reelection, primarily because all of th ...
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“As Important as Food and Water”When Hurricane Sandy was forecast to make landfall on the East Coast, I advised people to top off their automobiles with fuel. There were a number of reasons for that, and some people in New York and New Jersey are learning those reasons the hard way. When a hurricane hits an area, it can damage ...
Discovery Educator Network
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Using Doink and Green Screen in iMovie - Dryde ...Comments:Using the DoInk animation & drawing app to add animation to a green screen movie project. - Dean MantzTags: Doink, animation, tutorial, art, drydenby: Dean Mantz
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Free Technology for Teachers: Create Your Own ...Tags: primarysources, interactive, freetech4teachers, nationalarchivesby: Dean Mantz
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#globaled12 session ICT4eTwinners project Smil ...Comments: See presentations, recordings and a web tour and if you like leave a comment or rt https://twitter.com/LucianeCurator/status/269887968074936320 - LUCIAN DUMATags: ict4eTwinners, smile, curation, social, mediaby: LUCIAN DUMA
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8 Simple Ways To Start Using Video In Your Cla ...Comments:Great infographic supporting why we all love using DE videos within our classrooms. - Dean MantzTags: classroom, edudemic, infographic, video, education, lessonby: Dean Mantz
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Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCE ...Tags: utah, coalition, videos, tutorials, ibooksauthor, technology, educationby: Dean Mantz
Rodale News
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Why You Still Shouldn't Visit Fast Food JointsHere's some shocking news just in time for holiday travel season: Fast-food contains as many calories as ever, despite the increasing number of healthy items like oatmeal, salads, and other menu items with a healthy halo now appearing on menus. "Clearly restaurants are adding some healthy ...
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How Your Breakfast Can Save the EconomyWant to help stimulate your local economy? Pick up a glass of organic dairy milk or drizzle some over your cereal. While presidential candidates fought over job creation tactics over the last few months, it turns out your neighborhood heifers were the ones actually stimulating growth in rural c ...
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The Worst Turkey Statistic EverThe amount of perfectly edible turkey meat Americans will throw into the garbage can this Thanksgiving is enough to make you lose your appetite. Of the nearly 248 million turkeys raised for slaughter in the United States, a whopping $282 million worth of perfectly edible meat will be wasted, en ...
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Could Your Kitchen Pass a Public Health Inspec ...You’re a clean cook: You keep meats and vegetables separate and you wash your hands obsessively. But that may not be enough to "pass inspection," according to the Los Angeles Department of Public Health. The agency polled home chefs to see how they would fare if their kitchens were scrutinized ...
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How to Ensure a Hotel Crib Is Baby-SafeBooking a hotel or vacation rental that provides a crib sounds like a no-brainer for parents with babies in tow. Why cram a portable crib into your trunk or pay the airlines for the privilege of lugging one around an airport when you can just show up and have a roomier, comfier bed for your bam ...
big think
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Watch More TV!We're having a conference--sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute--at Berry College next Friday and Saturday on POP CULTURE and REAL CULTURE. All the details can be found here. YOU are certainly invited. The conference will be attended by and directed toward students from a variet ...
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“Extremely Thin and Very Well-Dressed:” The Mo ...I was touring a tony private school the other day and came home impressed but disquieted. The teachers and parents were welcoming, genuinely pleasant and unfailingly polite, yet I felt ill at ease. In talking over my visit with my husband I summarized the source of my discomfort this ...
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In Asia, Breaking The Masculinity/Violence LinkWhat's the Latest Development? "How are you supposed to be a man in society?" was one of the central questions at a recent conference held in Bangkok by Partners for Prevention, a United Nations interagency program that focuses on ending gender-based violence. The event drew mostly male ...
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Don’t Blame Religion for the Israel-Palestine ...In his recent post, fellow Big Think blogger Adam Lee blames the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict on competing religious fundamentalisms. The recent renewal of fighting on the Gaza border, he writes, is being inflamed and prolonged by religious zealotry on both sides. Wh ...
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Should Germany Save the World?For those of us who are committed to creating a better world how do we respond to the evil and heinous acts of our violent past? I just got back from Germany where, being Jewish, I always find this question to be particularly relevant. I was born into a secular Jewish family fifty-seven ...
Information Liberation
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"Move And F**king DIE!" -- Video Shows Texas C ...In this video reportedly out of Hurst, Texas, Officer "Arnold 654," violently knees a subdued 17-year-old suspect while he is on the ground, then screams threats at the boy begging him to "move" so that he has an excuse to kill him. This is an...
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California Man Jailed Four Days for Recording CopsA California man was jailed for four days for attempting to record police officers on a public street. Daniel J. Saulmon was charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer but the video shows he was standing well out the way of a tr...
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NYPD Cops Caught Hunting Citizens During Thank ...NYC Resistance scopes out a gang of police officers as they go hunting for people to extort and jail. Will they catch their pray and meet their quotas? Watch and find out! Description: On the day before Thanksgiving I spot 3 NYPD officers vio...
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Hating the RichIn the midst of the extramarital affair scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, the mansion which mistress-turned-media target Paula Broadwell is hiding out in was revealed by the Daily Mail. This $2.3 mansion contains seven bedrooms an...
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The Skill Set of the Young and SmartThe unemployment rate for 19-24 year olds hasn't moved much since 2008, and the reality of the tight job market has fully dawned on the young people I've spoken with about this. They know that odds are against them and that it takes extra effort to m...
Be Responsible - Be Free!
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The Liberals Have Taken Over CaliforniaAn act of madness. Yet seemingly inevitable. Lost somewhere amid the circus of this month’s U.S. Presidential election was a potentially far more significant and historic poll result: that of the Californian state legislature. With a known population of 37.6 million, … Continue readi ...
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A Necessity Disguised As A VirtueEvents in Australia have overtaken my plans for two upcoming LibertyGibbert articles, one on Liberty and children, and the other on the Catholic Church. Yet the Gillard government’s announcement on Monday of a Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse … Continue reading ...
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America On A Collision Course With RealityAfter Ron Paul was unsuccessful in his bid for the Republican nomination for President, I lost particular interest in the White House race this year. If the American electorate are daft enough to re-elect the man who has racked up … Continue reading →
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The Principles Of Freedom – Some Bedtime ...I’m still drowning in work down here, and will be doing so for at least another three weeks. The thread on children looks likely to happen probably around the second week of November. Sorry about the delay, but I know … Continue reading →
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Clutching At StrawsI’m swamped with work right now, so the promised thread on children will be some time off yet. Meantime, I thought I’d briefly share my amusement at the recent obsessions of the Australian mainstream media. Nothing much has changed in … Continue reading →
Sciencebase - Breaking Science News
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You don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle booksThere seems to be an assumption out there that you need an actual Kindle, the device itself, to read Kindle books. Well, that’s deceived wisdom. You don’t, you just need to link your amazon Kindle account to a Kindle app on almost any device you happen to use: Android phone or tablet ...
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Deceived Wisdom goes electronic StatesideYou can download a DRM-free copy of my new book in PDF, ePub or mobi format for your e-reader, iPad, mobile phone, laptop etc for £7.50 (approx US$12, might be slightly more or slightly less depending on the US-UK exchange rate at the time you place your order). It’s in all good book shops in [. ...
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Protected: Deceived Wisdom goes Stateside for $5There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.Protected: Deceived Wisdom goes Stateside for $5 is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog
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Science book prize shortlistThe shortlist for the 2012 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books is out. The winning book will be announced at a public event on 26 November 2012. The judging panel comprises: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Visiting Professor at the Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Jasper Fforde, ...
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Science book prize shortlistThe shortlist for the 2012 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books is out. The winning book will be announced at a public event on 26 November 2012. The judging panel comprises: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Visiting Professor at the Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Jasper Fforde, ...
RFF Library
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The Carbon Market: A Primer for AirportsTransportation Research Board http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=14607 [Description] TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 57: The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports provides information on carbon and other environmental credit trading markets, and highlights th ...
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Oil Sands, Greenhouse Gases, and U.S. Oil Supp ...IHS http://bit.ly/TSw8yR [From Press Release] The IHS Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue has released an update to its 2010 report comparing the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from fuels made from Canadian oil sands to those from other crude sources. The new analysis—updated to include more current dat ...
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Regional Investment of RGGI CO2 Allowance Proc ...Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) http://www.rggi.org/docs/Documents/2011-Investment-Report.pdf [From Press Release] The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states today released a report summarizing the consumer, economic, and environmental impact of investments made using procee ...
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Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4 Degree Warmer Worl ...Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics for the World Bank http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/11/turndown-20121119.html [Green Car Congress] A new report…provides a snapshot of …risks that would be associated with a 4 °C global warming within this ...
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Understanding Relationships between Biodiversi ...International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) / by Editors: John A. Parrotta, Christoph Wildburger, Stephanie Mansourian http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5303 [From Press Release] The report is the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date of the relationship between biodive ...
Scientific American - News
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Dryland Farmers Work Wonders without Water in ...SEATTLE – In the long rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains, where dryland wheat farmers have eked out livings for more than a century, climate change is very much an issue of the present. [More]
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Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses Are Becoming ...New diagnostic tests for common foodborne pathogens such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli may hinder the ability of public health officials to detect multistate outbreaks. The problem is an inability to trace contamination to its source. [More]
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Auto-Immune: "Symbiotes" Could Be Deployed to ...Anti-hacker defenses have long focused mainly on protecting personal computers and servers in homes and offices. However, as microchips grow smaller and more powerful, new targets for hackers are becoming widespread--embedded computers such as the electronics handling car engines, brakes and do ...
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Rare Apparition of Dwarf Planet Makemake Revea ...A new look at the dwarf planet Makemake , one of the more recent additions to the known solar system, has pinned down some of the object's most basic--and important--attributes. [More]
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Hunt for Life under Antarctic Ice Heats UpNestled in a steep fjord beneath three kilometers of Antarctic ice, the lost world of Lake Ellsworth has haunted Martin Siegert’s dreams ever since he got involved in subglacial research a dozen years ago. Finally, the time has come for him to explore its mysterious waters. [More] ...
First Truths
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The Anarchist LineageInteresting 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 AtheistsI enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...
Media Co-Op
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Youth demand action as the climate negotiation ...Youth from across the world are demanding meaningful action to combat climate change, as representatives of nearly 200 governments are meeting for the UNFCCC climate conference. The 18th Conference of the Parties COP18 started in Doha, Tod ...
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Greece: The "Invisible March" against Gold MiningThousands march against Vancouver mining company in Thessaloniki and Athens ...
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Rob Ford removed from officeToronto Mayor found guilty in landmark conflict of interest case Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was ordered removed from office today, after being found guilty of breaching the cit ...
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New Report: Tar sands, from Canada to Trinidad ...New report looks at the impacts of Canada's push to bring tar sands to the island nation As communities in Canada and the US prepare to respond to a call for solidarity from Unist’ot’en and Grassroots Wet’suwet&r ...
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Appel à des actions de solidarité le mardi 27 ...Intensifions la résistance : solidarité avec les Unist’ot’en! (Vous trouverez la version originale à http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/solidarity-actions/ ) La semaine passée, dans un geste inspirant de résistance, les membre ...
David Seaton's News Links
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The American religious + economic right fracturesDavid Seaton's News LinksLosing the election seems to have really shaken the American conservative movement deeply and the most significant long term effect, that I perceive, is watching some important, born again, wooly-evangelicals slowly morphing into what, in Europe, would be classified as C ...
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The wacky Petraeus tacky attack tacticWith Gen Petraeus' public downfall, the American public can begin to grapple with why after 11 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan "we haven't won anything", (Andrew) Bacevich says. The consequences of the myth of "the great heroic general" have been dire, he says. "It's an excuse to not think ...
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What Romney has taught the American left"The president was elected on the basis that he was not Romney and that Romney was a poopy-head." - Grover Norquist (ht:Doonesbury)Just for argument's sake let us accept that Romney was right and that 47% of Americans will always vote against the Republicans because, as "dependent" parasites, t ...
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Whew!At least the sinuous Romney isn't going to be president... At least the first African-American president gets to serve two terms... At least the Tea Party wont get to name any justices of the Supreme Court... and at least a hundred "at leasts" that we might not even imagine till they happened, b ...
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Dear God, will it ever end?Abbie has nailed it.... If anything defines the period we live in, it is the sight of a nation of over 300M people, with historically unsurpassed military and economic power in a state of sluggish political and social paralysis... and managing to make such a crisis, one so objectively earth ...
MoJo - Kevin Drum
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Why Social Security Reform Would Be Good For L ...As Atrios notes, he and I have disagreed about the merits of Social Security reform for many years. Today he explains why he doesn't think that fixing Social Security's finances would do any good: Nothing will take Social Security off the table for decades. They could cut benefits in half a ...
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The Republican Tap Dance on Entitlement ReformIt's a slow news day today, as everyone shakes off their tryptophan-induced comas, and this means that we have to invent things to talk about. Today's invention is about all the Republicans who have bravely suggested they might be willing to raise taxes ("a mob of three or four, at this point, ...
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Republicans Threaten Senate Meltdown If Filibu ...After noting that Senate Republicans are threatening dire revenge if Harry Reid succeeds in passing filibuster reform, Ed Kilgore asks: This raises the rather obvious question of exactly what Republicans could do to make the Senate less functional than it already is under the de facto 60-vo ...
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The Bizarre Apocalyptic Vision of Right-Wing F ...Over the years, I've ended up on mailing lists for a variety of liberal and conservative organizations. These are folks who want my money, and I've long been intrigued by the difference between the two. There is, of course, hyperbole on both sides. Liberal pitches, for example, occasionally i ...
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It's a Great Time To Be a Banker in AmericaMatt Yglesias passes along this remarkable chart from Morgan Stanley's Adam Parker showing that 88 percent of all the profit growth in the S&P 500 this year has been concentrated in ten firms in a grand total of two industries: technology and finance. In particular, seven of the ten firms ...
Insanity Report
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IC 362: Big Endians vs Little EndiansTopics: Jesus is Master Chief What We’re thankful for More Black Friday Bullshit the Great BBQ Debate Your Preference != The Only Way Grits are nasty Elmo Getting Skinny on Food Stamps Chris Christie is Fat Share with your friends:
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IC 361: God is Chris BrownTopics: Door-to-Door Jesus Salesmen God doesn’t care about your problem God is Chris Brown, You are Rihanna Why Christmas seems to come so early Black Friday Star Wars Episode 7 Twinkies gone Republicans lack empathy & just don’t get it Your dick is an asshole what you have to s ...
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IC 360: Fox News TearsTopics: Run for Your Lives Drunk White Girls Drunk Black People vs Drunk White People Taking things out of context Our political system balances out Fox News Tears Black Republicans are full of shit Papa Johns vs Obamacare Share with your friends:
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IC 359: DrunkishTopics: Kev gets White Boy Wasted Kriss & Rodimus decipher Kev’s drunk tweets Can’t wait for the election to be over “I don’t see color” Covering the election like sports The world won’t end on November 7th Jamie Foxx as Electro George Lucas sells LucasFi ...
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IC 358: The Awesomeness of White PrivilegeTopics: Overboard doomsday storm prepping the DMV’s reaction to natural storms Black people react to Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone We just don’t care enough Apparently America isn’t post racial after all White privilege is awesome Joss Whedon for Romney Phenom & Kriss as reve ...
Simple Climate
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Carbon conundrum could push firmer emission actionClimate models might be wrong in assuming plants and soil will absorb more CO2 as the world warms, meaning that more aggressive action might be needed to keep climate change at ‘safe levels’, finds Paul Higgins from the American Meteorological Society
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Australians overestimate climate change rejectionActual opinions on climate change in Australia are very different from what people estimate, thanks mainly to our tendency to think more people agree with us than really do, but possibly also to how the issue has been debated, shows a survey run by Zoe Leviston from CSIRO.
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Monsoon instability raises food questions for ...An unstable balance between dry and wet monsoon rain seasons could become important for farming in South Asia as the world warms into the 22nd century, find Jacob Schewe and Anders Levermann from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
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Butterfly effect limits climate modelsTiny changes in climate simulations otherwise held constant can lead to a wide range of outcomes, Clara Deser from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and her team find, showing uncertainty we can’t eliminate.
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Climate provides weak power to predict African ...Though there is a modest link between conflict and rainfall and temperature changes, this has been overplayed in political discussions, according to a detailed analysis by John O’Loughlin from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his team-mates.
e!Science News
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Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy ...This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada's Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a ...
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Shrubs lend an insight into a glacier's pastThe stems of shrubs have given researchers a window into a glacier's past, potentially allowing them to more accurately assess how they're set to change in the future. read more
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American University biologist discovers new cr ...Areopaguristes tudgei. That's the name of a new species of hermit crab recently discovered on the barrier reef off the coast of Belize by Christopher Tudge, a biology professor at American University in Washington, D.C. read more
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IU-led team uncovers process for chameleon-lik ...An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process that allows one of the world's most abundant ocean phytoplankton, once known as blue-green algae, to maximize li ...
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Genome decoded: Scientists find clues to more ...Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) -- information that could dramatically accelerate watermelon b ...
unEarthed
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The Shiny Scary Truth About Chromium Cancer-causing chemical threatens lungs of many Chromium plating facilities emit high levels of the carcinogen into local communities. (Neal Sanche) Chr ...
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Your Lungs Will Thank UsClean air champions go to court on "fracking" and other drilling air rules Heavy smoke caused by flaring operations at natural gas well located on state land near Pinedale, WY. &n ...
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Climate Change Re-elected As Political Issue It's back on Obama's agenda, along with "all of the above" President Obama, on election night. (Christopher Dilts) Life doesn’ ...
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180 Seconds Of Coal Ash Pollution4 years after the Tennessee coal ash spill, problems continue to grow Aerial view of the devastating 2008 coal ash disaster in Tennessee. (TVA) Four years ago ...
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Patriot Agrees To End Mountaintop Removal MiningHistoric agreement signals beginning of end for tragic mining practice Yesterday, one of the nation’s top coal companies, Patriot Coal, announced that it i ...
Brave New Climate
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Energy White Paper is hazy on future vision fo ...The Energy White Paper 2012 (EWP2012), released by the Australian Government last week, seeks to map out a strategic policy framework for future energy supply. One of the major goals of EWP2012 is to provide a “clear vision” of how Australia should set about the long-term task of decarbonising o ...
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CSIRO Energy Future 2050 toolCSIRO eFuture have built a new tool for exploring scenarios of Australia’s electricity future. It gives great flexibility to ‘build your own future’ and is a wonderful point of reference for debates on clean energy pathways from today through to 2050. It’s based, among ot ...
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Objective analysis of nuclear and wind-solar o ...I’ve never asked the BNC community for any financial contribution. There’s no tip jar on the site; indeed I happily fund the website costs out of my pocket and give my time freely, because I think it’s a worthwhile pursuit. But now, I’d like to ask you to give a little, t ...
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The Case for Near-term Commercial Demonstratio ...I’m currently in Dubai at the 2012 World Energy Forum, as part of a delegation from the Science Council for Global Initiatives. Tomorrow (24 Oct) we will run symposium on “New Nuclear”, which will be chaired by Tom Blees and feature talks from Dr Eric Loewen (GE), Dr Alexander ...
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Is Japan’s nuclear-free pathway an envir ...Below is an essay I co-wrote with one of my current Ph.D. students, Sanghuyn Hong. In it, we take a critical look at the current national energy policy of Japan, and highlight the unfortunate implications of a strategy that preferences fossil fuels over nuclear energy. San, in the first year of ...
Indigenist Opinion
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The Best Sources for Real Estate ListingsPosting 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 HoppingHouse 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 PropertyBuying 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 InvestingIRA 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 MythsReal Estate Investing Myths Myth #1 - Real estate investing requires money to invest. Yes, money is required for you to invest in real estate. It just does not have to be your own. Some of the options that are available are co-ownership, financing from moneylenders and the seller financing t ...
Republicans are a Disease
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Today We Honor All VeteransNo trashing Republicans today. Some of them may be Republicans, and for one day I can go easy on them out of respect for their service.
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Tax Debate Time – Fiscal Cliff – T ...Just remember to start all conversations with the fact that the richest 200 families in America have more wealth than 50% of Americans combined. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail to keep these wealthy folks from being taxed more, even though they make most of the money, and own almost ev ...
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Get The Tar And FeathersIf anyone sees Grover, grab him. It is tar and feather time. America’s wealthy have so much money, they could pay a little (or lot) more in taxes. Sorry Grover. We could balance the budget without cutting one single program that helps struggling Americans. We could tax America’s weal ...
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PshewwwwwwGreat night for Dems. Now for the house in 2014.
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Any Mother Fucker That Votes For Any Republica ...I call Republicans Mother Fuckers because they support policies that fuck their mothers, and their fathers, and their children, workers, and all Americans that are not wealthy. After watching all the voter suppression it is amazing some patriotic American doesn’t make things right and give ...
Appalachia Rising
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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 ArrestedAll 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 ProtestOn 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.
Amped Status
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‘Another World Is Happening’ ̵ ...Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
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As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
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The Evolution of the ButterflyRenowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
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After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:
- Fault Lines: History of an Occupation
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The Likud presents: The craziest, most radical ...Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset. The Likud, Israel’s ruling party the last four years, and the one expected to win th ...
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WATCH: Hamas rocket brings out best – bu ...I remember breathing a sigh of relief last week as I heard the news about the ceasefire. But that feeling was immediately followed by despair, knowing that nothing has changed and nothing will. I think that feeling really hit me hard after watching this item by Shai Gal, on Channel 2, last Frida ...
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Misspokesman: IDF New Media officer poses R ...The IDF Spokesman is caught in a snafu, which paints him either as a racist or an ignoramus. As a rule, junior or mid-level officers and officials, particularly spokesmen, prefer to stay behind the wall of anonymity of their office. They are termed “IDF spokesman” or an “office ...
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Ehud Barak to step down: On his de-evolution, ...The defense minister symbolizes the 21st-century failure of the Israeli ‘warrior for peace.’ Ehud Barak, who announced his retirement from politics today, said a couple of very brave things in his political career. “If I were a Palestinian at the right age, I would have joined ...
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What Palestinians really want (A Western-Israe ...If you follow Israeli and American mainstream logic, all it takes for the occupation to end are a few nice words from Palestinian leaders. We have been asking the wrong questions: A popular debate in the days following the military escalation between Israel and Hamas had to do with the prospec ...
Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't
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New floodplain projects to bring boost for riv ...The Murray's mighty river red gums and native fish populations will be rejuvenated under a major new environmental infrastructure program.
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Indigenous grants program supports sustainable ...Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and groups involved in the sustainable use of dugong, turtle and marine resources have been invited to apply for a range of grants.
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Gillard Government delivers historic water reformAfter more than 100 years of disagreement, the Gillard Government will today present a final Murray Darling Basin Plan.
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Super trawler banned while expert assessment i ...The super trawler FV Abel Tasman, (formerly FV Margiris), will not be able to operate in Australia's Small Pelagic Fishery following a decision by the Australian Government to prohibit large mid-water trawl freezer vessels from operating in this fishery under national environment law.
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$10.3 million wastewater recycling upgrades in ...Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, today joined Member for Wakefield, Nick Champion, to mark the completion of the Riverton and Clare Integrated Community Water Supply and Re-use Schemes.
Matt Weidner Blog
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Attorney General (of course not florida attorn ...LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced he charged Lorraine Brown, former president of mortgage document processor DocX, with racketeering for her alleged role in authorizing the fraudulent signing of mortgage documents filed in Michigan. The felony charge comes ...
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Law Review Article: Lost Notes, Fraud in Mortg ...Okay, that’s not exactly the headline, but it should be…. In this article, I survey the state of the mortgage loan transfer system, the legal rules that govern it, and the widening gap between those rules and the practices in the secondary mortgage market just prior to the 2008 crisi ...
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We’ve Entered The Most Dangerous Period ...I began my day with an article wherein Goldman Sachs CEO and war criminal Lloyd Blankfein argues that his subjects (he’s the Lord, the taxpayers are his reluctant subjects) will need to accept dramatic new reductions in the safety nets and other programs that they have already paid for. (H ...
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NY TIMES: NATION’S BANKS STILL ABUSING T ...Maybe the New And Improved President of the United States of Amerika will stand up and hold Wall Street and The Banks accountable. Kinda hard to imagine that though when he’s the president they bought. But if the political pressure were strong enough, maybe the Monitor of the National Mo ...
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The National Mortgage Settlement….REPORT ...I will remain critical of the National Mortgage Sellout until consumers get treated fairly…which is to say that I will always be critical of this deal that sold out consumers and was a gift to the banks…a reward for their wrongdoing. It drives me nuts that reporters fail to report th ...
abelard - news
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freedom of religion, 1220 | behaviour and inte ...Clearly, being a Christin missionary in an Islamic land was equivalent to sedition - severely not on.
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the classification jerseys for the 2013 giro | ...Much more romantic reasons behind the Giro d'Italia next year than the French - like Italy and Italians!
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multiculturalism generates foolish factionalis ...Compulsory affirmative action encourages those compelled to dig in their heels, making differences worse not better.
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leveson, gove, boris and press freedom | polit ...Sharp Conservative politicians rail against socialist curbs on liberty - this time on freedom of expression.
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give and take | behaviour and intelligence new ...Do turkeys vote for Christmas, or Thanksgiving?
The Parallel Parliament
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Dignitas, Gravitas, VeritasGeneral Romeo Dallaire was in town last week to deliver the Claude and Elaine Pensa Lecture on Human Rights at …Continue reading »
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A Time For “Honest Abes”Jane and I came out of the movie “Lincoln” deeply moved. I had written a book on perhaps America’s favourite …Continue reading »
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Call of DutyIt had been a good session – lots of talk and ideas about the need for a renewed sense of …Continue reading »
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Negatives and PositivesIllustration by Jane Roy There are those in London – the city I live in – who say that we …Continue reading »
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The Scarlet LettersIt wasn’t the kind of visit I expected on a Sunday afternoon. A well-dressed gentleman knocked on our door on …Continue reading »
Vaccine Awakening
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Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5 ...
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Turning Vaccine Exemptions Into Class WarfarePosted 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 ChoicesPosted: 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 ...
2020 Science
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The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
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Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
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Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole? Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
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What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK. Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
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Want to know about teens and social media from ...If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...
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War Resisters League
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منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012 للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968 اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →
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Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Moha ...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26th, 2012 Contact: Ali Issa, 718.310.9968, ali@warresisters .org, New York City, U.S.A. Asma Mohammed, 012-680-9980 – Suez, Egypt Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed, Who Said No to Tear Gas, to be honored with War Resisters … Continue ...
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Celebrations, Resistance, and Usby Matt Meyer This week, a project six years in the making – and which many of us hope will have a significant positive impact on US movements for social change – finally shot off the presses. We Have Not … Continue reading →
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A.J. Muste Peace Mural DedicationBy 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 →
Center for a Livable Future
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What We’re Reading: HIGH STEAKS Strikes at Hea ...In High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat, author Eleanor Boyle addresses these reasons and many more for why America should steer away from industrial meat production in both its policy priorities and consumption habits.
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Improved Agriculture—It’s About Energy, Soil, ...How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient? The answer to all these questions is “ecological agriculture.”
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FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reve ...Now, after careful review of FDA reports and correspondence, I can publish a number that neither FDA nor these industries want you to know: 706,530 kilograms (kg) of arsenicals were sold for use in food animals in 2010, the most recent year for which we can determine arsenical sales.
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Pesticide database would be a boost, not a bur ...If pesticides are going to be released into our environment, the least we can do is track who’s releasing what, when, where and how much, so we can monitor whatever unintended consequences these substances might be causing.
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Nutrition Conference or Junk Food Expo? Reflec ...Little did I know that those few days I spent in Philadelphia would be some of the most confusing, inspiring, revolting, enlightening, and motivating days of my professional career to date.
k2p blog
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Was European colonialism the force that spread ...European colonialism was the key driver in establishing democratic systems of government around the world. Only states which had strong established political structures managed to resist both colonial rule and the establishment of democratic European institutions. But, Is a state a democracy if ...
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Humans may have started selective breeding 50- ...It is not implausible that the first exercise of artificial selection is connected with the domestication of the dog and happened 50- 60,000 years ago.
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COP18 in Doha and “hot air”Hot air will be plentiful with 17000 participants at the Doha COP18 climate conference.
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Lula’s legacy in Brazil being badly tarn ...Further revelations and arrests have been made regarding corruption in Brazil during the time of President Lula.
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“Green” subsidies increase energy ...Further job losses in the UK were announced by Tata Steel just as the government announced plans to triple the burden on consumers for further nonsense subsidies for "green" power.
Left Foot Forward
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“Grossly distorting the facts”  ...Alex Salmond has come under fresh criticism for his handling of the arrest of 'Trump golf course' film maker Anthony Baxter, having made some untrue statements.
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Devolution: The future of the UK is under the ...After an eventful few weeks for devolution, Ed Jacobs looks at what the future of the UK may well be.
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The UK needs to get a grip on legal loan sharksThe UK has fallen behind the rest of Europe in the battle to purge the scourge of payday lenders and violent loan sharks.
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Syria: Assad jets bomb playground and “k ...Footage has emerged of the wreckage of an attack by Syrian fighter jets on a playground in a village near Damascus. Reports say ten children were killed.
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The government’s manufacturing and indus ...The lack of any coherent manufacturing and industrial strategy from the current government is proving to be a disaster for the UK economy, writes Tony Burke.
Consumerist
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Bank Of America Is Really Good At Losing Docum ...Picking up the pieces of a late loved one’s life is something no one looks forward to. Many businesses know this and will do what they can to ease you through the process. Then there’s Bank of America. Consumerist reader Matt is still in college but he’s already having to deal ...
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Salvation Army Exec Charged With Being Real-Li ...A former executive director of the Salvation Army in Canada has turned himself in to authorities to face charges that he was allegedly behind the theft of $2 million worth of toys from the charity. Toronto police say that the toys were given to the Salvation Army but that they were stolen over a ...
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Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Uncover Ancient, I ...Do you ever get nostalgic for old technology, missing your Nokia dumbphone from 2001 or your Sony Mavica camera that saved photos to 3.5-inch floppy disks? Thanks to hidden caches of treasure in Walmart’s vast warehouses, you don’t have to. Wally World puts these items, brand-new and ...
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Charter Admits It Shouldn’t Charge Custo ...When your cable company owns up to its own billing error, it should be a good thing. But there’s no point in admitting to the error if the company isn’t going to stop making that same error every month until you finally file a lawsuit. Ask the Charter customer in Missouri, who paid a ...
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Walmart Offers Rain Checks, Doesn’t Know ...In theory, if Walmart doesn’t have a sale item in stock when you’re at the store, they offer rain checks. Here in the real world, no one at David’s local store seems to know what a rain check is, let alone how to issue one. A rain check is a document that allows you to get the ...
Whistleblogger - GAP
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A Thanksgiving Message to Whistleblowers: Of A ...This year the whistleblower community has something special to be thankful for – the House and Senate’s unanimous approval of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). After a 13-year campaign, federal whistleblowers will now have a fighting chance when depending on free speech rights ...
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For-Profit Schools Inflating Postgrad Job Pros ...ABC News: For-Profit College Whistleblower – Colleges Deceive Students, Parents about Job Prospects Summary: A former Education Management Corporation admissions officer has filed a whistleblower suit, alleging the company deceives students in marketing materials by inflating postgrad job stat ...
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Another Whistleblower Killed in India: Daily W ...Deccan Herald (India): Whistleblower Hacked to Death Summary: A Right to Information (ability of citizens to get information from the government) activist and corruption whistleblower was killed earlier this week in India. Three men attacked him with “lethal weapons” in his village in front of ...
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Sex Scandal at the SEC: Daily Whistleblower NewsRolling Stone: SEC Rocked by Lurid Sex-and-Corruption Lawsuit Summary: The former chief investigator for the SEC Inspector General’s (IG) office has filed a whistleblower suit, accusing the agency of retaliating against him for being a whistleblower. Allegedly, the agency’s IG and his successo ...
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Hanford Nuclear Whistleblower to Speak at Whit ...Tri-City Herald: Hanford Whistleblower to Speak at Whitman Summary: Hanford nuclear site whistleblower Walt Tamosaitis will speak next week at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington as a part of GAP’s American Whistleblower Tour. Whitman is the second stop of the 2012-2013 Tour. You ...
UK Progressive
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Why You Shouldn’t Have Shopped at Walmart on F ...by Robert Reich A half century ago America’s largest private-sector employer was General Motors, whose full-time workers earned an average hourly wage of around $50, in today’s dollars, including health and pension benefits. Today, America’s largest employer is Walmart, whose average employee ea ...
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Pharaoh Morsi Who Betrayed Democracyby Adel El-Adawy Many warned that the Muslim Brotherhood would only use “democracy” as a tool to rise to power. It seems that these people were right. Yesterday, President Mohamed Morsi granted himself absolute powers by disallowing any state-institution or individual to appeal or ca ...
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Egypt Is Becoming Itself. Now What? Take a Ste ...This is The Monday Line by Denis G. Campbell Overthrowing the tyrant is the ‘easy’ part of change. It’s easier to foment revolution. The indecencies and tyranny are felt by all. Passionate, articulate leaders come to the fore (often at great personal risk) and motivate enough people through thei ...
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Happy Thanksgiving!In celebration of the holiday, we’ll be taking a few days off here as well. Unless news really breaks, we’ll be back next Mondaymorning! All of us here wish you and yours a blessed and safe holiday weekend. If you are travelling please be careful out there. Please pray with us for co ...
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Why We Should Stop Obsessing About The Federal ...by Robert Reich I wish President Obama and the Democrats would explain to the nation that the federal budget deficit isn’t the nation’s major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn’t be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good jobs and sufficient growth, and our goal must be to revive ...
NewsAlert
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Brzezinski: “Populist Resistance” is Derailing ...Info Wars
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Unions have a new enemy: Their own membersCrain's Chicago Business reports:Multinational corporations have a new ally in their battles with organized labor: unionized workers. There's more:As organized labor loses leverage in a race-to-the-bottom global market, some workers are becoming so disillusioned by what their unions can, or rath ...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal on taping Il ...The Chicago Sun-Times reports:The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s plea to allow enforcement of a law aimed at stopping people from recording police officers on the job. The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that found that the sta ...
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Team Obama’s Secret Emails: Regulators Hiding ...Instapundit
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UDC Asks for $4 Million to Finance LayoffsNBC Washington reports:The University of the District of Columbia is asking the city for $4 million to pay for the severance packages of dozens of professors and staff members it wants to lay off.The struggles of the Obama regime coalition.
JoNova
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The message from boreholesThere have been suggestions that Jo Nova might be trying to hide or ignore the most recent boreholes graph from Huang et al. So here it is. This is the last 2,000 years according to 6000 boreholes, with the last 100 years also using the “instrumental record” which gives us that hocke ...
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BREAKING: Skeptics equated to pedophiles ̵ ...Hat tip to Graham Young editor of Online Opinion. “That is worse than anything Alan Jones said. ” Follow Graham Young on twitter. A bad-taste joke by Alan Jones in October created a national storm. These comments in the “science” show were supposedly considered, delibera ...
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Doha barely begun, and Crikey, someone makes s ...From the Australian report on Doha (coming up next week) Firstly — there is the usual nonsense, the must-have-caveats, the litany, that allows a brave journalist to write something that’s pretty obvious, but political incorrect. So first we-the-reader apparently needs to know (again) ...
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Feelings on the ABC are running strongJust one of the emails that crossed my desktop today. From Eric Fleay to corporate affairs @ the ABC, CC’d to myself, The Bunyip, Catallaxy, MichaelSmith, and Pickering. (Thank you Eric, such praise, for bloggers and commenters) I would not have said things this way myself, but for all tho ...
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Australia managed the mining boom so well we c ...Our award-winning treasurer is forcing the nation to spend $8.9 billion on wind-turbines, to generate electricity which will be3- 4 times more expensive than coal powered electricity, probably won’t reduce CO2 at all, and which definitely won’t change the weather. Victoria’s windfarm ...
ReNew America
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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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2012 Blog
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Rob on The Project Tonight – Australian TVThe Project, on Channel 10, have a feature story tonight about 2012, and they have interviewed myself and Dr Karl presenting the science, a pair of 2012 Forum members who met on the forum (changing their lives) and some New Age nut jobs as well. For those not in Australia, it will be view-able f ...
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These all began circa 3114 BCMany, many people have tried to work out why the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar ends in 2012. Relatively few people have investigated why it began in 3114 BC. This date is long before the existence of the Maya, and even the Olmec. So what sorts of things were happening around the date of 3114 ...
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Nov 28: Lunar Eclipse and Possible MegaQuakeThis is the closest date for an eclipse to the end of the Mayan calendar. And according to my research, lunar eclipses (and a day or so either side) have double the odds of a major earthquake compared to the average. While most earthquake experts will tell you a megaquake of 10+ cannot happen, I ...
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Yet Another Report: U.S. Power Grid At RiskI’ve reported in the past about how vulnerable power grids are – that they could be down for months if a massive solar storm strikes. This isn’t just conspiracy theory or pseudo science. The information has come from reports funded by U.S. government agencies, including NASA. ...
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Airborne Ebola Possible Says ResearchersEbola is one of the most feared diseases in the history of humankind. Once infected your odds of not dying painfully are only 1-in-3. In Africa there have been numerous outbreaks, the worst of which infected 425 Ugandans, with more than half of them dying. There are two key reasons why outbreaks ...
Facing South
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Indian Santa: Garnering support for the United ...The producer of a lighthearted documentary film about a Houma Indian Christmas tradition hopes it will draw attention to the Louisiana tribe's struggle for federal recognition, which has become especially critical in the aftermath of the BP disaster. read more
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Art Pope rides againConservative donor Art Pope's money helped the GOP take control of North Carolina's legislature in 2010. In 2010, Pope's family, business and groups helped fuel even bigger Republican gains in the battleground state. read more
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The unequal burden of coal plant pollutionA new report finds that U.S. coal-fired power plants are disproportionately located in low-income communities and communities of color -- and many of the worst plants and power companies from an environmental justice perspective are located in the South. read more
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What the election means for immigrationLast week's election demonstrated the growing power of Latino voters and the renewed demand for results on immigration policy. read more
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With record criminal settlement reached over G ...The oil giant has agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, and three of its managers were indicted on charges including felony manslaughter. But the company says it plans to "vigorously defend" itself against pending civil claims, even while its spilled oil still washes ashore an ...
One News Page
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Canada’s Carney named as surprise Bank of Engl ...LONDON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Britain named Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney on Monday to head the Bank of England, springing the surprise choice of a foreigner to push reform of its troubled financial system. Reported by Firstpost 16 minutes ago
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Kelkar, Rao create upsets, win titlesMudam, a title-winner in the Nagpur tourney earlier, failed to counter Kelkars aggression and lost meekly. Reported by Indian Express 34 minutes ago
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'Two and a Half Men' star finds religion, call ...LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Angus T. Jones, star of CBS's raunchy television comedy 'Two and a Half Men', has urged viewers to change the channel, saying his new-found religious beliefs are at odds with his job playing a fun-loving teen on the popular show. Reported by Reuters India 1 hour ago
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India to take London lessons in urban planningIndia has shown keen interest to learn from London’s experience in allowing high density and vertical development along major transport corridors. Reported by IndiaTimes 1 hour ago
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Mahindra hopes for quick Aston Martin dealMUMBAI (Reuters) - Aston Martin, purveyors of fast cars to a fictional British spy and to real-life billionaires, could be partly owned by Mahindra and Mahindra ( MAHM.NS ) by the end of the week if the Mumbai tractor moguls have their way. But much is unclear as the British maker of James ... ...
Global Research TV
- Cast Lead 2.0: Gaza is World's Largest Open Prison
- 9/11 Exposed: Confronting the Evidence
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Daily Tech
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With Minesweeper, Microsoft on ARM is Finally ...No Microsoft OS since Windows 3.1 had shipped without minesweeper
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Microsoft Looking to Pay Gov. for Extra H-1B V ...Microsoft wants 20,000 extra green cards per year too
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Apple Aims to Tack on Galaxy Note II and 5 Oth ...Addition would put almost Samsung's entire current lineup in jeopardy
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Ex-Autonomy Owner Blast HP's AccusationsMike Lynch says HP's allegations don't add up, attempts to reconcile some of the allegations
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Samsung Audits, Sets New Rules for Suppliers i ...A recent audit found excessive overtime and a system of fines for tardiness and absences
Oriental Review
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Libyan Scenario for SyriaIn September the Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a L ...
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Anglo-Saxon Troops Should Leave AfghanistanNegotiations began last week in Kabul between Afghanistan and the USA on a security agreement regarding the terms for the presence of American troops in the country following the official withdraw of the foreign contingent in 2014. Evidently, the peacekeeper’s Nobel Laurels already played ...
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The American Gulag Emerging TodayAn interesting paper was recently published on «Democracy in America today», and it commented in particular, on an aspect of the American prison system. It mentioned the so-called «commercial prisons»: «In the U.S. this is a thriving» business, which operates using prison labor. One in 10 prison ...
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The Assads: Washington’s One-Time Favorite Fam ...Archived declassified files from the Central Intelligence Agency point to successive U.S. administrations supporting Syria’s long-serving President Hafez al-Assad, the father of current President Bashar al-Assad, as a bulwark against Arab radicals. Israel also recognized Hafez al-Assad as the “m ...
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Obama Goes to MyanmarOn November 9, the White House Press Office officially confirmed that President Obama “will travel to Bangkok, Thailand; Rangoon, Burma and Phnom Penh, Cambodia from November 17-20. In Thailand, he will meet with Prime Minister Yingluck to mark 180 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the ...
BlogHer
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Puzzle Piece Christmas Ornaments[Editor's Note: If your like me and have kids - you have random puzzle pieces. Somehow we manage to lose at least 2-3 pieces for every puzzle. That being the case I have oodles of large-ish random puzzle pieces laying around that are waiting to be converted into something new and fresh. How abou ...
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NaBloPoMo December 2012 Blogroll The theme for December is WORK. If you're posting every day in December and would like to join the blogroll, fill out the NaBloPoMo Blogroll Form. Make sure you've selected DECEMBER, and only submit your blog once, please. It may take up to 24 hours for your blog to appear on the list. The Dece ...
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Join Us for December's NaBloPoMo and Get to WorkSo what is the NaBloPoMo theme of the month? WORK. December kicks off a new addition to the BlogHer conference family -- BlogHer PRO -- and what better way to celebrate it than to consider how work fits into each of our lives? More and more, the work we do isn't falling into clear-cut, 9-to- ...
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NaBloPoMo December 2012 Prompts If you're participating in NaBloPoMo in December -- or even if you're not! -- here are some prompts to get you going. Writing prompts are posted at the beginning of the month so you can plan ahead, Monday to Friday (weekends are for free-writing!) Monday, December 3, 2012 What do you consider y ...
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What Is Your Status With Holiday Shopping So F ...We've just wrapped up the long Thanksgiving weekend and now the shopping race begins. Will you be running this year? Maybe you joined the crowds looking for the perfect sale on Black Friday. Maybe you've thrown in the towel with brick-and-mortar shopping -- why spend hours searching for a parkin ...
Health Freedom Alliance
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A Dose of ‘Good’ Bacteria Could He ...Some chronic sinus problems may be caused by a depletion of “good” bacteria and the presence of “bad” bacteria in the sinuses, a new study says. The findings suggest adding back some of these good bacteria ...
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5 Health Problems Linked to Energy DrinksConcerns over the potentially harmful effects of energy drinks, especially when they’re combined with alcohol, have been growing in recent years. A story in the New York Times today (Nov. 15) added to that concern, noting that the ...
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Big Rise in Diabetes, Especially Down SouthA breakdown of U.S. diabetes cases shows dramatic increases in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes overall between 1995 and 2010, with especially sharp increases among people in the South and in Appalachian states. According ...
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Food Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks F ...William Beach loved cantaloupe — so much so that starting in June last year he ate it almost every day. By August, the 87-year-old retired tractor mechanic from Mustang, Oklahoma, was complaining to his family ...
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F.D.A. Finds Safety Problems at Company Supply ...A federal inspection has turned up a long list of unsanitary conditions and unsafe practices at Ameridose, a drug supplier with some of the same owners as the pharmacy whose tainted steroid caused a nationwide outbreak of ...
Live News Wire
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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” ProportionsThe worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...
Coal Tattoo
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Coal and Capito: What will Senate run mean?Even before Rep. Shelley Moore Capito had formally announced this morning that she will run in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, some of the more vocal factions in the coal industry were launching their own campaign to support Rep. Capito. Check out the new &# ...
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Friday roundup, Nov. 23, 2012A vessel is seen carrying coal on the river Rhine in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Just after the election, the Herald-Dispatch over in Huntington published an interesting op-ed by Kenova native Cliff Staten headlined, “King Coal politics more complicat ...
- Happy Thanksgiving from Coal Tattoo
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Patriot’s move away from mountaintop rem ...Photo by Vivian Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition West Virginia’s political leaders continue to say very, very little about the major news latest week that one of the region’s largest coal producers is moving away from — and eventually abandoning altogether — ...
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44 years ago: The Farmington Mine DisasterGazette photo by Lawrence Pierce Forty-four years ago today, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at Consolidation Coal Co.’s No. 9 Mine in Farmington, W.Va Here’s how the United States Mine Rescue Association describes the disaster: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 1 ...
Daniel Miessler
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Stellar Dance RoutineRelated Posts:Bike ParkourOn Failure and SuccessThe Onion Obliterates the “Idea Guy”Dinesh D’Souza Doing a Movie About ObamaMister Rogers Defending His Show on Capitol Hill
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What Are Android Users Doing With Their Phones?Apple has a lot to do with that: IBM says the iPhone led as the most popular device driving retail shopping, with 9.6% of traffic coming from it. In a very close second place was the iPad, at 9.3%. IBM aggregates all Android devices together, and collectively they drove 7.3% of all traffic. v ...
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EC2 Now Supporting FreeBSD, Debian, and CentOSYou can now launch three new operating systems from within the AWS Marketplace: FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive security features, and world class performance, and is used by so ...
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Onion Post on Saudi Arabia Electronically Trac ...Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements. Since last week, Saudi women’s male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones info ...
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Tracking Web Visitors Using Cached HTTP Redire ...Here’s how it works, in brief: A user visits the website. The website contains a
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