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Monsanto Stops California GMO Food Labeling LawPresident Obama wasn’t the only big winner on Tuesday: the Monsanto Co. and the billion-dollar business behind genetically modified foods were victorious in California, where a measure that would’ve required the labeling of GMOs lost at the polls. Proposition 37, a state-wide initiative th ...
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Voter turnout in 2012 US presidential election ...Latest figures show that 117 million Americans, less than 50 percent of the eligible voters, have taken part in the presidential polls, showing a reduction of about nine percent compared to the 2008 election turnout of 131 million. Preliminary figures indicate only 95 percent of precincts have s ...
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Israeli Government threatens military interven ...The Chief of staff of the army for the defence of Israel, General Benny Gantz, visited the Golan Heights region and pointed out that the operations of the Syrian forces against armed groups could lead to military interference with the Israeli regime. The Israeli regime threatened, this Sunday, t ...
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Barack Obama re-elected as US presidentBarack Obama has been elected to a second term as President of the United States. Republican candidate Mitt Romney has conceded the race, and wished Obama a successful term in his concession speech. “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are. T ...
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United Kingdom openly supports terrorism in SyriaBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed his government’s intentions to get more deeply involved with the civil war in Syria by supplying terrorists fighting the country’s popular government with heavy weaponry. The UK government has already been promoting bloodshed in Syria through its ...
Voiceless Victim
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Heartless Hart at it AgainMelbourne Archbishop Denis Hart just cannot stop insulting victims every time he opens his mouth. He wrote another letter this week, in conjunction with his fellow Victorian bishops and leaders of religious orders, which reached its intended audience, the news media, yesterday. He even started o ...
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True meaning of the word “CATHOLIC”C – Callous A – Arrogant T – Totalitarian H – Hierarchy O – Obstinately L – Lying about I – Indecent assaults against C – Children
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Pope’s butler faces jail, unlike rapists ...In yet a further example of pernicious Vatican hypocrisy, the Pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, faces trial and very likely jail for the crime of revealing the truth about the corruption and infighting endemic amongst the ‘holy’ men who inhabit the Vatican. It is indeed encouragin ...
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Vale John PironaJohn Pirona was farewelled yesterday in a moving, uplifting and beautiful ceremony. A huge number of family, friends, colleagues and well wishers spilled out of the building, filling the surrounds with a sea of people who fervently wished they could somehow undo the events which led to this day. ...
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Letter to politicians demanding Royal Commissi ...In my previous post I called on everyone to write to politicians to demand action to ensure that John Pirona’s tragic death is the last one. I am happy to help make this important job easier. Here’s a draft letter if you don’t have time to write your own. Or use it as a start [...]
WL Central
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2012-08-13 WikiLeaks: 'We're ready to rumble'After being offline since 3 August, wikileaks.org came back tonight under the protection of CloudFlare. The donations channels are again open. read more
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2012-08-12 WLC News Update: Sustained DDoS, Tr ...The WikiLeaks Collateral Murder website is now http://collateralmurder.org and is being protected by CloudFlare. The TrapWire surveillance technology revealed in the Global Intelligence Files continues to make headlines. read more
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2012-08-11 Brazil Torn in Different DirectionsBy Nikolas Kozloff. Due to competing interests, the emerging world power's foreign policy is being pulled between pragmatism and idealism. read more
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2012-08-11 WLC News Update: DDoS continues, Tr ...WikiLeaks News WikiLeaks and related sites continue battling a massive DDoS attack. WL Central provides the latest information on the attack. The WikiLeaks GI Files have revealed the secret, widespread surveillance system TrapWire. Ben Doernberg offers a thorough explanation of what TrapWire is ...
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2012-08-10 WikiLeaks: Paraguay's "Quasi-Coup" ...By Nikolas Kozloff. In the wake of Paraguay's suspicious impeachment of President Fernando Lugo, which observers have likened to a kind of "quasi-coup," some may wonder whether underhanded corporate forces may have played a role in the political crisis. Such suspicions were heightened recently w ...
U N News
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Haiti: UN and authorities seek $74 million to ...The United Nations food relief agency and the Haitian Government are seeking to raise $74 million over the next 12 months to help the country's agricultural sector recover from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Caribbean nation two weeks ago.
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UN relief agency estimates 1.8 million Haitian ...Some 1.8 million Haitians have been affected by Hurricane Sandy, the United Nations relief agency said today after its first assessment of the situation in the region, adding that food security remains an urgent concern in the Caribbean nation.
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Food insecurity major concern after Hurricane ...A senior United Nations humanitarian official said today that over a million people in Haiti are facing food insecurity as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, which ploughed through the Caribbean nation before wreaking havoc along the east coast of the United States earlier th ...
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Secretary-General offers condolences in wake o ...Pledging the full support of the United Nations in rebuilding efforts, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers his condolences to the millions of people who have been severely affected by Hurricane Sandy - above all those who lost loved ones or their homes across a wide arc of destruction encompass ...
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Ban congratulates Argentine Foreign Minister o ...United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman and congratulated Argentina on its accession to the Security Council for the 2013 - 2014 session.
Conspiracy Reality TV
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Aurora Batman Shooting – Many CoincidencesThe trailer for Gangster Squad (shown before the movie) shows a theatre full of people being shot by numerous gunmen. This Batman comic "The Dark Knight Returns" depicts a Batman inspired shooting at a movie theatre.
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CIA Agent Warns: “Never Watch the TV, the Grea ...He'll never give anything away whatsoever, except one bit of advice. He said, never watch the television. Never watch the television. It's the greatest scientific indoctrination tool ever devised.
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The Magic WeedHemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
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Blood ColtanBlood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
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CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the StateSome state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
Rewilding Institute
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Sea Shepherd sheds some light on the recent Sh ...Posted by Marcel Evans on October 17, 2012 in Science News In the past week The Costa Rica Star has published on the shark finning ban that was signed by Laura Chinchilla in the presence of Sir Richard Branson, near Manuel Antonio National Park. Sea Shepherd is not buying it. This is simply smok ...
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Progressives to Launch an Environmental Impact ...(September 4, 2012) The DC-based group Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) recently announced a major new project: an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on U.S. immigration policy. PFIR has also unveiled the website for the new project, and invites public comments on the proper scope ...
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Prairie Dog Preservation & Black-footed Ferret ...Published on Aug 17, 2012 by NewMexicoPBS Why is it important for prairie dogs to be restored to their native habitat? Biologist Dr. Ana Davidson and Petunia (Gunnison’s prairie dog) join us to share insights about the ecology of New Mexico’s grasslands and the importance of reestabl ...
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Upcoming Public Meetings About the Village at ...Please attend these important public meetings about the Village at Wolf Creek access project - The Wolf Creek and Alberta Park – Rio Grande National Forest Land Swap DEIS Comment Period ends September 28th and the Forest Service seems poised to give Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture (LMJV) 204 ...
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Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Natural ...Natural History: the Ground Upon Which Conservation Rests ©2012 Dave Foreman It is a few months later than I would have liked, but the next Rewilding Institute book, Take Back Conservation, is at last with Raven’s Eye Press in Durango. It will roll off the press in time for Yule gifts (hint, h ...
Asia Sentinel
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Malaysian Politicians Hum a Confused Tune• (http://twitter.com/share) Whatever happened to the Hong Kong probe into Malaysian money laundering?
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Filipino Politics is a Family Affair• (http://twitter.com/share) And President Aquino is right at the front
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China Seeks to Join the Consumer Society• (http://twitter.com/share) Major new economic plan seeks to address income disparities
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Burma: Trouble Brewing for China• (http://twitter.com/share) Government tolerates freedom of expression, and the Burmese target Chinese investments
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As Election Nears, Japan's Politics Turn Sour• (http://twitter.com/share) Innuendoes on Osaka mayor's origins set off alarms
We Know the Lies
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ObamaCare... Mandatory Microchips for Humans O ...When President Obama realized the importance and significance of the micro biochip, especially with the development of Nano Technology, he embarked on the development of the biochip into becoming a medical laboratory right inside the human body. ~ Video read more
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The Total Surveillance State... TSA Plans to T ...As the lame-duck session of the 112th Congress begins, millions of Americans are looking to the elected members of the 113th Congress to fix a host of problems ailing the country. The economy and job creation aside, one of the most pressing issues is reining in out-of-control federal bureauc ...
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10 Dire Consequences of Obama's Re-SelectionWhat does an Obama re-selection mean for the next four years in America? Now that he's in his second and last term, of course, Obama no longer needs to restrain his actions according to popularity. He can simply unleash any desirable executive order and rule by decree, bypassing Congress as h ...
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Superbug MRSA Identified In U.S. Wastewater Tr ...A team led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health has found that the “superbug” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent at several U.S. wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). read more
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Before Hurricane Sandy... Across Eastern U.S. ...NASA solar physicist David Hathaway captured the above photo in Huntsville, Alabama two days ago (October 31) after seeing the strange rings surrounding the afternoon sun. ~ Image - Video read more
Tarpley
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The American People Correctly Reject the Wall ...Webster G. Tarpley on Infowars Infowars November 6, 2012 [download audio][download video]
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Beware GOP Vote Fraud to Install Permanent Aus ...Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV November 6, 2012 There are audio-synchronization problems with this video, but hopefully a better source will become available soon. [download video] [download audio]
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The US Republican Election Fraud MachineWebster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV November 5, 2012 On the eve of the US elections, many signs point to a close contest between Wall Street Democrat Barack Obama and plutocratic Republican Mitt Romney, with the fight for control of the US House of Representatives and Senate likely to repeat the s ...
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Many Wives, Many Gods, Many Personalities: Ins ...Webster G. Tarpley McClendon Group: National Press Club TARPLEY.net November 5, 2012 [download video] [download audio]
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Worse Than Bush: Romney’s Baggage Includ ...Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. The Meria Heller Show November 1, 2012 [download audio]
Modern Survivalism
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The Elections: What Has Changed?After 2 billion dollars spent on campaigning, the answer is, nothing has changed. No change in the House and Senate. No change in the presidency. No change in the policies of the past four years. The 51% to 49% voting results, tells us how closely America is divided. When you look deeper beyond ...
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The U.S. Electoral College Voting SystemWhat is the Electoral College and what does it have to do with the presidential election? In the United States, the president is not chosen by democratic popular vote. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President and Vice-President of the United States. ...
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Vote For This…As we were standing in line waiting to vote today, I had an epiphany… for a mandate that all election ballets are to include one particular additional choice… to be displayed FIRST, right above the presidential or other choices… Here it is… 1. Vote everyone out [ ] ...
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High Altitude EMPHigh Altitude EMP (HEMP): Any nuclear detonation above 25 miles will cause a high altitude EMP called HEMP. A nuclear weapon detonated at an altitude of 200 miles could affect all unprotected electrical equipment within the continental United States. Nuclear weapons at that altitude could be det ...
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Effects Of Long Term Power OutagesThe effects of long term power outages will be very severe to our modern way of life. Our human civilization has only existed with the ‘help’ of electricity for a VERY small slice of its overall timeline. It, and other factors, have enabled enormous population growth on the planet ...
Fast Company
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Street Museum Of Art Re-Envisions Brooklyn As ...The urban landscape is now full of artistic expression--if you know where and how to look. What the city needs is a guerrilla museum to go with its guerrilla art.
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2012: The Anti-Data ElectionOur political leaders manipulate data to win over voters and breed confusion in the process. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We can protect ourselves from being manipulated by bad data.
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If Mitt Romney Had Won, Is This What His Websi ...Screenshots of a website look like what a President Mitt Romney had ready to launch, if only the polls had gone his way. "I'm excited about our prospects as a nation. My priority is putting people back to work in America." So says "President-Elect Mitt Romney" in a screenshot now doing the ...
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Turn Easily Forgotten Texts Into A Searchable ...We send out important ideas, critiques, addresses--along with LOLs, BRBs, and KKs--and other things we'd like to recall over text messages. And then they are gone forever. Or are they? Text messages, or SMS, are the most direct, proven way of reaching people when you need them right at a c ...
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Designing Colleges For More Than Just ConnectivityOnce we make sure the settings for higher education are totally wired, what comes next? Educational design that emphasizes connection and collaboration, and also: actual pens and paper.
Jadaliyya
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Syria Media Roundup (November 8)[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com b ...
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الأمة المصرية حين تفقد لغتها : لغة الرب أم لغة ..."اللغة توفر الحرية والقيد، والفهم وسوء الفهم معاً" نيلوفر حائري يتحكم في استخدام اللغة وتقنينها ثالوث الأمة والدين والدولة. وفي مصر تدرس الباحثة الأمريكية نيلوفر حائري (ذات أصل إيراني) الوضع اللغوي العامي وعلاقته بالأبنية الاجتماعية والثقافية والسياسية خلال فترتين (1987-1988 و199 ...
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ملف من الأرشيف: دلال المغربي[”ملف من الأرشيف“ هي سلسة تقوم ”جدلية“ بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات ستكون لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.] الإسم: دلال الشهرة: المغربي إسم الأب: سعيد إسم الأم: أمنة إسماعي ...
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الترابي في الثمانينمن أكتوبر إلى يونيو: إفلاس الرؤية وبؤس السيرة [1] أكمل الدكتور حسن الترابي، الزعيم الإسلامي، عامه الثمانين هذا العام. وإن قلنا إن شخصاً ما في أي مكان في عالمنا اليوم قد أكمل عامه الكذا فإن مثل هذه الجملة لا تثير في الغالب مشكلة، إلا أنها ربما تثير مشكلة في حالة الترابي. فالترابي عندما سئل مرة ...
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Maghreb Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (October ...Chomsky on the Western Sahara and the “Arab Spring” Samia Errazzouki challenges the abstraction of the "Arab Spring," arguing that the term not only de-contextualizes the Western Sahara's protracted struggles for self-representation, but furthermore circumscribes the histories, events, ...
mediagazer
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Book publisher earnings roundup: HarperCollins ...Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: Book publisher earnings roundup: HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster — HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster's parent companies both reported earnings Wednesday. While News Corp shared little about HarperCollins' performance, CBS noted t ...
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Phone hacking: Andy Coulson fights high court ...Josh Halliday / Guardian: Phone hacking: Andy Coulson fights high court ruling over legal fees — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has challenged a high court ruling that News International is not liable to pay his legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal. La ...
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What Nate Silver's success says about the 4th ...Kelly McBride / Poynter: What Nate Silver's success says about the 4th and 5th estates — Many are declaring the 2012 presidential election a victory for Nate Silver and his FiveThirtyEight blog. His success this political season — in both predicting the electoral c ...
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Operation Tutela: Woman arrested in privacy br ...BBC: Operation Tutela: Woman arrested in privacy breach probe — The woman is the 18th arrested in connection with Operation Tuleta — The Metropolitan Police have arrested a woman in connection with their probe into alleged privacy breaches. —  ...
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Rove's On-Air Rebuttal of Fox's Ohio Vote Call ...Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Rove's On-Air Rebuttal of Fox's Ohio Vote Call Raises Questions About His Role — It was 11:13 p.m. on Tuesday, the moment that Fox News had called Ohio for President Obama. Karl Rove stood just off camera, his phone glued to his ear.&nb ...
Chemtrail News
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CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
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Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
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10 mile long chemtrail 1 Videoprobably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
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ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
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Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTubeChemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU
World News - Top Stories
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Gary Numan and Officers collaborate on ne ...Gary Numan and Officers have collaborated on a brand new track, 'PETALS'. Additional re-working's from Numan's right hand man Ade Fenton, uber producer, Jagz Kooner (PrimaScream/Oasis/Kasabian) and remixes by LOSERS - (headed up by XFMs legendary Eddy Temple Morris, Paul Mullen from YourCode ...
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Frightened Rabbit announce new album and ...Critically-acclaimed Scottish quintet Frightened Rabbit are pleased to announce details of their eagerly-awaited fourth studio album Pedestrian Verse, out February 4th through Atlantic Records. The forthcoming release was recorded at the famed Monnow Valley Studio in Rockfield, South Wales, ...
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'American Idol': Nicki Minaj discusses re ...Related topics reality televisionAmerican IdolNicki MinajMariah Carey Advertisement Rapper Nicki Minaj is the topic of a new report that was published today. The "American Idol" judge was asked if she would ever perform with Mariah Carey who is also a judge on the show. Minaj was also asked ...
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Jermaine Jackson petitions to alter famou ...LOS ANGELES (AP) Jermaine Jackson wants to change his name to something a little brighter. He's asking a court to allow him to alter his famous surname and become Jermaine Jacksun. The older brother of Michael Jackson filed a name change petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles, stating the switch ...
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China's Hu calls for sterner measures to ...BEIJING: Preparing to hand over power after a decade in office, China’s President Hu Jintao called Thursday for sterner measures to combat official corruption that has stoked public anger while urging the Communist Party to maintain firm political control. In a 90-minute speech opening a w ...
no frakking consensus
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Celebrating Human LifeA searing critique of environmental thought has emerged from an unlikely source - contemporary French philosophy.
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Logical Conclusion to Scientific Prognostications?Scientists often claim to know what the future holds. In such a milieu, some people will want revenge when science gets it wrong.
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The ‘Screw Science’ Media and Supe ...When science departs from the scary-story script, journalists are the first to dismiss its importance.
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IPCC Author Becomes Green Party ApparatchikA lead author of the IPCC's 'hard science' section is a Green Party candidate and deputy leader.
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‘Climate Rebel’ Reporting InI spoke in Calgary last week, was interviewed on television three times, and attracted some great newspaper coverage.
Anna's News
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10 Best British Open PerformancesRory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
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Tiny snails survive digestion by birdsSnails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World |& ...
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South Sudan becomes an independent nationSouth Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
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Haji Ali: A Popular Pilgrimage for all FaithHaji Ali Dargah in Mumbai is a popular pilgrimage destination for devotees of all faith. Many devotees visit Dargah from different walks of life. It is situated 500 yards off shore in the middle of Worli Bay in Mumbai. The mosque was built in 1431 by a... Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
Medical Marijuana
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11/7/12 - 2012 Election Results2012election.procon.org - 2012 Election Results - President Barack Obama has been elected to a second term in office with 50% of the popular vote. See our election results page for the final popular vote totals as they are updated. Third party results will be added as soon as ...
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11/7/12 - Should gay marriage be legal?gaymarriage.procon.org – Should gay marriage be legal? – Read pro and con quotes from experts, politicians and organizations including Barack Obama (pro), Mike Huckabee (con), Dick Cheney (pro), George W. Bush (con), the American Psychological Association (pro), and the Church of Jesus Christ of ...
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11/7/12 - Maryland and Maine become the first ...gaymarriage.procon.org - Maryland and Maine become the first states to legalize gay marriage by popular vote. Washington state results still pending. As of now, 8 states with legal gay marriage and 39 states with same-sex marriage ban.
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11/7/12 - Massachusetts voters approved medica ...medicalmarijuana.procon.org - Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, which is now legal in 18 states and DC. Arkansas voters rejected medical marijuana, and Montana voters upheld a 2011 law that imposes restrictions on medical marijuana.
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11/2/12 - Controversial Issues Decided on Elec ...2012election.procon.org - Controversial Issues Decided on Election Day
Truth About Our World
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NotificationThis blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
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Gyrovague's Raves
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V. BushVannevar Bush This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. No ...
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The Killing of the Liberal ArtsJOSEPH EPSTEIN In a loose definition, the “liberal arts” denote college study anchored in preponderantly Western literature, philosophy, and history, with science, mathematics, and foreign languages playing a substantial, though less central, role; in more recent times, the social science subjec ...
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Tyrants and ArtCulture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
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Tokyo’s KatsumiJapan’s most volatile politician is making a splash in the South China Sea — and the Chinese are beating the drums of war. MARK MACKINNON "I do what I do because I want to," Shintaro Ishihara wrote in his 1956 novel The Punishment Room. "Do what you please, and sooner or ...
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Women’s MigrainesCarol Cruzan Morton Migraines are a battle of the sexes that women might prefer not winning. Each year, roughly three times more women than men—up to 18% of all women—suffer from the debilitating headaches, as tallied by epidemiological surveys in Europe and the United States. A new brain imagin ...
In Verbena | Royal Society
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Looking forward to a Labour science policyEd Miliband certainly stirred his troops in to a frenzy of enthusiasm last Tuesday in Manchester. Labour party conference last week was quite different to my first visit to party conference world last year; the party in opposition seemed to me to be confident and business-like. At many events we ...
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We need to talk about populationAfter working on the Royal Society’s People and the planet report for almost 2 years, and after attending a number of party conferences, it seemed only natural to me that this year we might have an event at the party conferences on the topic of our report. It seemed particularly relevant given t ...
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Brighton rock and cupcake campaigningStrolling along the Brighton seafront in neon FRACK OR NOT? t-shirts, my colleague and I drew the attention of a local member of Frack Off, an organisation campaigning against shale gas extraction in the UK. Our seaside location was on account of the Liberal Democrats’ annual party conference. A ...
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An ecosystems approach: the holy grail for inn ...From Monday 24 September 2012 Yesterday evening I attended the Big Innovation Centre’s Lib Dem Fringe event: It’s innovation stupid: Is the strategy for growth working? This was by far the liveliest event I’ve attended during the Lib Dem conference so far. Although Will Hutton only used the F wo ...
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Lib Dems pass motion for sensible vs stop-star ...From Monday 24 September 2012 I’m new to party conferences, but I felt remarkably at home during Julian Huppert’s policy motion: Developing a future – policies for science and research. The science-savvy Lib Dems, voted unanimously to pass a motion (available here) for a ring-fenced science budg ...
NAU Resistance
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End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
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Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ..."On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
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The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ..."Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
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Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase OneWe knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
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Paving The Way For A North American UnionBy: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...
Gaea Times
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Now, hairbrush that reads your mindWASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
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Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
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Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
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Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: StudyWASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
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How sex hormones influence right heart functionWASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
TruthNews Australia
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Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 2Part 2 of Halloween Special with Josh Jackson
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Halloween Special with Josh Jackson - Part 1In tonight's show we bring you a menagerie of weirdness as we plough through the many bizarre themes which dominate the news on this Halloween night. We look at recent developments in the Julian Assange case, with a Parliamentary Briefing on the case now in progress. In the 2nd hour am joine ...
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Chemtrails Revisited - Part 1In today's show I spend a good deal of time talking about why I don't subscribe to the theory that there is a global campaign of aerosol spraying (aka chemtrails) going on. In the 2nd hour I am joined by Josh Jackson, who chimes in with his views regarding the alleged spraying. This discussi ...
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World Roundup with Damon Crowe - Part 1Our first hour guest in today's show is Damon Crowe. Our discussion ranges through many issues affecting the world today, with an emphasis on the warped psychology of the manipulators who run our global financial systems. In hour 2 we bring you a shocking story of medical tyranny from Australi ...
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Beacon
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In Panama, A Sad Retreat from the Rising SeaRising seas make San Blas Islands uninhabitable ©Wikimedia Commons While the retreat from rising seas may seem like a distant, if abysmal, end-of-the-century scenario, it is in fact already taking place in some low-lying island communities. For the Guna (pronounced “Kuna”) people of Panama th ...
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Regulators Push West Coast Sardines Towards Co ...Sardine population dropped 33% from last year ©Wikimedia Commons Shortly after John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row was published in 1945 the sardine fishery he immortalized collapsed, taking with it the ramshackle seaside villages of canners that sprouted up in Monterey to accommodate the once boomi ...
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CEO Note: Health of the Oceans a Non-partisan ...©Wikimedia Commons Election Day in the United States is here, and I often get asked – what are the politics of the ocean? Is one side better at protecting the oceans than the other? Where does Oceana stand? The answer may surprise you: The oceans are truly a non-partisan issue and Oceana is, ...
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Google Earth Tour of a More Acidic WorldAbove is a good primer on ocean acidification narrated by Dan Laffoley of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The video spans the vulnerable corals of Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the equally vulnerable shellfish industry of the Pacific Northwest, detailing the potent ...
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What is that animal?Carlos Minguell © Oceana Click "read more" to find out
Civilian Military Intelligence Group
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Shiloh Was A Perfect Storm Of Missed Communica ...Shiloh. It shares the same etymology as the Hebrew word “Shalom”. Shiloh was a small Methodist Church near the battlefield that gave its name as the Moniker for the first real battle of the American Civil War after Manassas. It means “Place of Peace” Elsie Duncan Hurt’s slave nurse return ...
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Vintage Navy Recruitment PostersSources: Google Images, us.nav.mil
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Yes, Even More Airline Poster Art.sources: www.airlineposterart.com, wikipedia, Google Images
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Political Season Facebook Political Posters.
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United States Navy Recruitment Posters, Some W ...Sources: Google Images, us.navy.mil/photos
Taylor Marsh
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Women Must Build on Banner YearWomen also helped elect the country’s first pro-choice governor, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who was voted in with 60 percent of women supporting her. New Hampshire, in fact, is national headquarters for the Year of the Woman, with an all-female Congressional delegation, a female governor, a ...
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News Desk: Boeing Cuts 30% of Management Jobs ...THE SECOND-BIGGEST Pentagon supplier intends to expand the $2 billion cuts already made since 2010, expecting the total to be $4 billion by the time it’s completed. Boeing announced a major restructuring of its defense division on Wednesday that will cut 30 percent of management jobs from ...
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Fox Executives Respond About Karl Rove’s Role ...What role was Karl Rove playing when he heatedly contradicted Fox News? – New York Times THIS IS the question that reverberates after what played out on the evening of Election Day. Chris Wallace kicked it off by saying he’d talked with the Romney campaign, who was challenging the re ...
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Ronald Reagan: “Social Security has Nothing to ...FOR ALL those people who worship at the feet of Ronald Reagan. As grand bargain fever whips up, keeping Social Security out of the mix should be a priority, something Senator Bernie Sanders and others have been preaching for a long time. The numbers are on the side of Democrats and progressives. ...
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News Desk — Sen. Schumer: Social Security Shou ...Schumer says Social Security should not be part of the grand bargain…can be considered on the side — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 8, 2012 A REPORT from Sam Stein via Twitter lays it out from Senator Schumer. There’s a lot of pressure from many quarters, with people going to ...
Hudson New York
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Where Would Hezbollah Be Without the EU?However bad many Americans think that the Obama administration is on security matters, at least one thing can be said in their favor: they are not Europeans. An advisor to President Obama last week condemned the European Union's weakness on security
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Secessions That Will Redraw EuropeOn November 25, Catalonia, the richest region of Spain, will hold regional elections. Artur Mas, the leader of the regional government, is campaigning on a platform demanding more autonomy for Catalonia. Mr. Mas's government in Barcelona called early
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Jordan's King Abdullah "Playing With Fire"Muslim thugs in Jordan last weekend attacked a large group of young men and women who had gathered at a coffee shop in Amman to celebrate Halloween. The thugs were members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization and the Salafi group. The assailants
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Voter Fraud: "Plan B"The basic trajectory of this race was set months ago. We have a very weak economy. We have an unstable foreign situation. Now, history is not determinative, but the White House is very, nervous: they cannot break through 50. There is one major fly in
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Mob Rule Replaces Rule of LawThe ordeal of Rimsha Masih, a Pakistani Christian arrested on charges of blasphemy, is far from over. In Pakistan, an allegation of blasphemy can be enough to result in the accused being killed even in the absence of a trial or evidence. Masih, age
Urban Survival
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Markets and QuakesWe have two major topics to discuss this morning. In the “Coping” section (below) we’re going to talk about 2012 researcher Patrick Geryl’s amazing 10-hits running with the 7.4 quake off Guatemala on Wednesday (and the Vancouver Island quake, too, … Continue r ...
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Coping: With Our Worst NightmaresLooks like they are arriving: The market is signaling that Ure’s truly was (won’t say I told you so but…) right about how the dollar would go up sky-high and with it, the price of stocks would come tumbling down … Continue reading →
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Votes! Oh, and turn off your emailAlthough most polls seem to indicate that this election could end in a tie, head to court …it’s still important to get out and vote today. Meantime the military is being called out on thousands of ballots which won’t make … Continue reading →
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Coping: Work on the SubstrateSince Clif – and another couple of folks I know of – are having various challenges to their health come along, I thought it would be useful (to some) to share some learnings which have jumped onto my path over … Continue reading →
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The “Sandylution” BeginsAlthough I was half-inclined to begin this morning’s column with a recitation of how the unemployment numbers of October 2012 compare with those of October 2008 (which we will in a moment) the most important data point in terms of … Continue reading →
Trends & Forecasts
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Jesse Ventura: Abolish The Electorial College There is nothing in the US Constitution about how... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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The very definition of Government is the Mono ...All forms of Governments are against Liberty ,... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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4 MORE Years of Deception & PainThe puppet master on the left doesn't believe the... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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Pepe Escobar: Billion-dollar, One-party machin ...Presidents are not elected they are... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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Liberty vs. Tyranny ~ Choose wisely : Stefan M ...Who Really Enslaves You? by Stefan... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
Radical Chic
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NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLANDOnce you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
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AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses̵ ...I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
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AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
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RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
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FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle̵ ...Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...
Boston Blog ( Nature Network)
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Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
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Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
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New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
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BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
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Sunday's Chef Adrià talk at Harvard' sells outMost of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...
NRDC Switchboard
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China Environmental News AlertGreenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China ...
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Why a Revolutionary Approach for Electrical Tr ...Carl Zichella, Director of Western Energy Transmission, San Francisco A new rule promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Order 1000, will change the face of America when it comes to moving energy to our homes and bu ...
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Of Fracking and FrankenstormsKate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City More than a week has passed since Sandy ravaged the Northeast. Though far too many remain without power, shelter and other basic necessities throughout the tri-state area, most of us in Manhattan are res ...
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Canada's push for dirty tar sands oil is out o ...Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C. Immediately after the U.S. election, Canadian Minister Joe Oliver said that he fully expected the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be approved by the reelected Obama administration. This ...
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A modest set of community principles for the P ...Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC Finally, finally, the US election is behind us. Voters have spoken in national, state, and local races, and it is time for those who lead and govern to return to the bus ...
Injustice Everywhere
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National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, November 7, 2012: Orlando, Florida: A police officer was arrested for the second time this year on charges of domestic violence. Apopka, FL police said they arrested him on … Continue reading →National Police Mi ...
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National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...*Note* There were some technical difficulties connecting to the blog yesterday, so the following recap includes Saturday through Tuesday. Here are the 16 reports of police misconduct tracked for Saturday, November 3 to Tuesday, November 6, 2012: Oxford, Mississippi: A … Continue reading &# ...
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Nothing Better to Do?Nothing Better to Do? is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
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National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, November 2, 2012: Muskego, Wisconsin: After he was arrested on domestic abuse violations, an officer was suspended. He is now on administrative leave. http://ow.ly/eYUe5 Fullerton, California: A police officer … Continue read ...
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‘This is the most disgusting, disgraceful, des ...From the Miami Herald: The U.S. Justice Department shut down Bal Harbour’s celebrated federal forfeiture program and ordered the police to return more than $4 million, slapping the agency with crushing sanctions for tapping into drug money to pay for … Continue reading →‘ ...
Total Collapse
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Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘ready’ to order strike o ...The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he is ready to order a strike on Iran if international sanctions do not stop its nuclear programme. “I am, of course, ready to press the button if necessary,” he said. Speaking on Israeli television, Mr Netanyahu also indicated ...
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Israel halts war games to deploy troops, resou ...Defense minister Ehud Barak and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz decided Wednesday, Oct. 24, that the heavy Palestinian missile assault from the Gaza Strip, which escalated to 60 rockets on Israeli civilian locations, in a few hours, must be stopped. The bulk of the personnel taking part in t ...
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US Deploys 70 Nuclear Bombs in TurkeyThe United States of America deploys around 70 B61 nuclear bombs in Turkey to use them in case of necessary. According to a Turkish news agency citing well informed sources, all of the bombs are deployed in the Turkish Incirlik air base in Adana, south of the country. The greater part of these b ...
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Russian Nuclear Forces Ordered On “High Alert” ...A grim report issued today by Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov states that all Russian nuclear forces and Airborne Troops (VDV) have been ordered by President Putin to extend their full combat alert status put into place by former President Medvedev last November (2011) [watch video HERE] to c ...
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Largest ever US, Israeli air defense exercise ...The Israeli military says its largest ever exercise with the United States has begun. A major air defense drill called Austere Challenge 2012 started Sunday and includes more than 3,500 Americans and 1,000 Israelis. The militaries are practicing their ability to work together against a range of ...
Daily Dose
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TNW’s Daily Dose: Office for iOS, AT&T&# ...Today on the Daily Dose: Microsoft is hard at work on Office for iOS and Android, AT&T is investing $14 billion, Yahoo can’t make up its mind, and more. You... Keep reading →
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TNW’s Daily Dose: Sergey Brin wants to c ...Sergey Brin calls for an end to party politics, Yandex rolls out its maps service and Microsoft might be planning a gaming tablet. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You... Keep reading →
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TNW’s Daily Dose: Apple’s launch w ...Apple’s record-breaking weekend sales, Belkin’s Lightning accessories and disappearing dictionaries. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The... Keep reading →
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TNW’s Daily Dose: Microsoft and Facebook phone ...Rumors of a Microsoft smartphone – and a Facebook phone made by HTC – are back. Meanwhile, Facebook is trying out a ‘Free WiFi for check-ins’ program. It’s all in... Keep reading →
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TNW’s Daily Dose: Apple to apologise aga ...In today’s Daily Dose, Apple’s apology is deemed non-compliant, AT&T launches Locker for iOS and Kim Dotcom prepares to change the world. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday... Keep reading →
Beyond Zero Emissions
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Alinta seeks $65m from Federal Governmet for s ...By Cameron England. Source: Adelaide Advertiser ALINTA Energy wants the Federal Government to stump up $65 million for a solar thermal plant in South Australia to secure electricity generation for the next 15-20 years. Alinta chief executive Jeff Dimery said the company wants to press ahead ...
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Wind farms lower power bills: authoritiesBy Samantha Landy. Source: Weekly Times Mt Millar wind farm, SA. Photo by David Clarke. WIND energy is helping decrease South Australian energy bills, not increase them, clean energy authorities say. Climate and energy think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions said the suggestion wind farms upped power ...
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Coal industry thriving, but at what social and ...Coal mining in NSW’s Hunter region co-exists with wine growing, racehorse breeding, dairy and other pastoral industries. Jo Schmaltz By Ruth Colagiuri and Emily Morrice. Source: The Conversation If you believe industry propaganda, coal mining is a panacea not only for economic ills b ...
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Mine dust danger warning By Matthew Kelly, Oct. 29. Source: Newcastle Herald THE health effects of coalmining on Upper Hunter communities has been significantly under-represented, probably due to a lack of research, a new study says. The study, commissioned by the Zero Emissions Group, coincides with an unprecedented ...
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Research needed into Hunter’s coalminesBy Ian Olver. Source: Newcastle Herald I DID not expect the lecture room at the University of Sydney to be overflowing for the release of a report on the impact of coalmining. But it was. The group Beyond Zero Emissions had commissioned Ruth Colaguiri’s group at the university to review all ...
Monga Bay ( News )
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Foreign loggers and corrupt officials flouting ...In 2002 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced a moratorium on commercial logging in a bid to save rapidly falling forests, however a new report by Global Witness alleges that industrial loggers are finding away around the logging freeze. Through unscrupulous officials, foreign compani ...
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Meet Cape Town's volunteer 'toad shepherds'August marks the last month of winter in South Africa, and, as temperatures begin to rise, activists in Cape Town prepare for a truly unique conservation event. Every year at this time western leopard toads (Amietophrynus pantherinus) endemic to the region and Critically Endangered, embark on a ...
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Day after Obama re-elected, group plans massiv ...Hours after President Obama's historic re-election, climate group 350.org announced a massive rally to apply pressure on the administration to reject the Keystone Pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Alberta to an international market. In 2011 the group and its partners carried out massive ...
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Development halted in crucial wildlife corrido ...Kenyir Wildlife Corridor in northeast Malaysia is teeming with wildlife: elephants, gibbons, tigers, tapirs, and even black panthers (melanistic leopards) have been recorded in the 60 kilometer (37 mile) stretch of forest. In fact, researchers have recorded over 40 mammal species (see species li ...
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Threatened Galapagos coral may predict the fut ...The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin thought the archipelago’s list of living wonders didn’t include coral reefs. It took until the 1970s before scientists realized the islands did in fact have coral, but in 1983, the year the f ...
Sierra Express
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Politicians boycott debates in Sierra LeoneFreetown. November 6, 2012 – nine nominated Presidential candidates have created a last minute shocker by deliberately reneging on their acceptance to honour a debate organized by Patriotic Sierra Leoneans (P-SL) organization scheduled to have taken place on Monday November 5, 2012, at the ...
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Drivers’ Union in Disarray – Chairman in Polic ...As tension continues to mount within the Sierra Leone Motor Drivers Union and General Transport Workers Union and the Western Area Regional Chairman is confirmed to be in police custody. (Photo: Ibrahim Sesay, Acting President, Drivers Union) Local Unit Commander “D” division Kissy Superintende ...
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As Elections are around the Conner…PMDC Parlia ...A gruesome motor bike accident has claimed the life of People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) parliamentary candidate for Constituency 92, Mr. Abubakarr Marrah. PMDC’s Western Regional Head Mr. Inglan B. Carew confirmed to this press that the party is mourning the death of one of their c ...
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23 Fullahs bag SLPP symbolsThe opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) awarded a total of 23 symbols to candidates belonging to the Fullah ethnic group to contest the November 17th general elections in the Republic of Sierra Leone; unlike the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) which has given 3 symbols to Fullah candi ...
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In Preparation for Senegal Trip…Retired Footba ...The West African Veteran Runners-Up, Retired National Football heroes, will engage African Minerals FC in a peaceful friendly match on Saturday 10th November 2012 at the National Stadium Practice Field. The Retired National Football Heroes have not been battle tested since they arrived from Mali ...
Dairy Industry - NZ Herald
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High debts a risk to dairy farmersHigh levels of debt among some dairy farmers make them vulnerable should export prices fall significantly, warns the Reserve Bank. In its six-monthly financial stability report released yesterday the bank said that overall the financial...
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Live Chat tomorrow: Fonterra and NZ dairy industryFonterra's Trading Among Farmers scheme has been one of the most hotly debated topics in New Zealand's dairy sector over the past year. There are two main components to TAF - the Fonterra Shareholders' Market and the Fonterra Shareholders'...
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Dairy prices up 1.1pc overnight (+graphic)Prices of dairy products rose in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the second straight gain on the sales platform.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 1.1 per cent compared to the last sale two weeks ago. The average winning...
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Fonterra completes five-farm 'hub' in ChinaFonterra is set to increase its milk production in China after signing an agreement today to develop two more large-scale dairy farms.The investment agreement with Yutian County completes Fonterra's 'hub' of five farms in Hebei...
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Fernbaby tones down web claimsFernbaby, the infant formula firm that became a sponsor of the Vodafone Warriors this week, is distancing itself from claims made on a Chinese website that it is the world's "number two" baby formula brand.The statement, made in...
Hit & Run | Reason
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Will We Have Economic Recovery in 2013Where is the economy heading in 2013? This question was a much discussed topic during the presidential race, but it was always framed in electoral politics. Now that we finally have the election behind us we can consider the question on its own terms. There are long-term challenges f ...
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Three Weeks Before U.N. Climate Meeting: It's ...Here's a consistent trend - just before the annual United Nations Climate Conference convenes, climate researchers take the opportunity to publish their more alarming findings. On November 26, the 18th Confererence of the Parties (COP-18) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate ...
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The Fallacy of Net Neutrality: Thomas Hazlett ..."I’m very confident a hundred years from now we won’t have an FCC," says Thomas Hazlett, Reason contributor and George Mason economics professor. 'The Fallacy of Net Neutrality: Thomas Hazlett on the FCC & Consumer Protection' is the latest from Reason TV. Watch above ...
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Reason Writers at the Movies: Peter S ...Reason Senior Editor Peter Suderman reviews Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond film, in today's Washington Times: When I first heard that “American Beauty” director Sam Mendes had been tapped to make the newest James Bond film, I wondered how the choice might tra ...
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Tim Carney's Memo to the GOP: Try Free-Market ...Tim Carney has a suggestion for the GOP: Republicans need a new coalition and a new message. The heart of that coalition should be the working class. The message should be populism. Populist movements in the past have often been ugly because they scapegoated vulnerable minoritie ...
Mercury Rising
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New York Daily News Says Nice Things About Occ ...Yeah, you read that right. The New York Daily News, which spent much of the past year hating on OWS, just did a favorable article, without a trace of snideness or hippie-bashing, on the Occupy Sandy movement: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Occupy Wall Street has occupied itself with a humanitar ...
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The LDS LSDI don’t know Mormon theology well enough to know how accurate this is. But it’s an interesting presentation and very specific in providing a basis for its statements: Anyone able to comment on the theology?
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Reasons to keep faith that we will weather thi ...1. Mitt Romney did not heed Donald Trump’s call for revolution (though not everyone has heeded Romney’s call to stand down.) 2. new: Elizabeth Warren! In the Senate! 3. Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson are no longer in the Senate. 4. Alan Grayson is back in Congress to keep them honest. ...
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Vote theft 2012I’m going to use this post to link to stories about how the right is trying to block voting. Please feel free to add your own. Florida: In Hillsborough Co., Republicans file last-minute challenges against a list of (mostly black Democrats to force their ballots to be filed provisionally. I ...
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Lying for Jesus, True-the-vote styleJoseph Mismas, Plunderbund, via War on Error: Yesterday we reported that True the Vote was attempting to place observers at precincts in Central Ohio, focusing on African American districts. We also noted that there might be some problems with the forms they submitted to the Franklin County Boar ...
Reality Sandwich
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Food Myths Debunked!Foodmyths.org is a one-stop shop to answer ALL of our burning questions about food. The first animated film in the series will debunk the myth that “we need industrial agriculture to feed the world." read more
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Evolver SF Presents Hivemind!Join the Evolver Bay Area community for Hivemind, a consciousness party with music, learning, connecting, and being. Saturday, November 10, 7pm-1am ClouD9, 1320 9th St, Berkeley (near north Berkeley or El Cerrito BART) $15 or one hour of your Time Bank balance (see below) Announcing ...
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Psi in the NewsGhost hunting, psychic challenges, the intricacies of OOBE, and reflections on the iconography of sleep paralysis, in this edition of Reality Sandwich’s Psi in the News. What makes people think popular ‘ghost hunting’ shows have any credibility? A study by Paul Brewer, professor of communic ...
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The Meaning of Sacred GeometryThe following originally appeared at Sacred Geometry International read more
Desertification
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Worms, Termites, Microbes Offer Food SecurityWorms and termites are not likely to win hearts and minds, but they, along with lichens and microbes, are vital to food security, say biodiversity specialists who attended this month’s United Nations conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in this south Indian city. “Worms, ...
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Shadow Over Aichi Biodiversity TargetsWith negotiations to mobilise resources for preservation of biodiversity at a major United Nations conference going nowhere, the Group of 77 and China have hinted at possible suspension of the ‘Aichi targets’ under the Nagoya Protocol. Algeria, current G 77 chair, stressed in a statement at ...
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Funds Crunch Skews Aichi Targets on BiodiversityThe United Nations 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Biodiversity (COP 11 CBD), underway in this southern Indian city, is lost on where to garner the billions of dollars needed to implement the ‘Aichi targets,’ due to be met by 2020. “Decisions made here will lay th ...
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Donors Must Seize 2013 Opportunity in Sahel, U ...Reporting that the worst of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa appears to have been averted, the United Nations’ top official on the area, David Gressley, warned on Wednesday that the potential passing of the immediate emergency should not divert international attention from what need ...
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Climate Change Takes a Bite Out of Global Food ...Humanity’s ability to feed itself is in serious doubt as climate change takes hold on land in the form of droughts and extreme weather, as well as on the world’s oceans. Less well known to many is the fact that emissions from burning oil, coal and gas are both heating up the oceans a ...
Blogging Canadians
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Press TV - Middle East
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‘Syria invasion not affordable by world’Syrian President Bashar Assad has dismissed the likelihood of any Western-led military intervention against his country, saying the domino effect of such adventurism will be unbearable for the global community.
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Turkish troops kill three PKK members Three members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in a Turkish military operation against the group in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari.
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Gazan teen killed in Israeli air raidA Palestinian teenager has been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the besieged territory continues unabated.
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Mortar shells kill two civilians in SyriaAt least two civilians have been killed and two others injured after a number of mortar shells hit a residential neighborhood in the violence-plagued Syrian capital Damascus.
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Turkey entitled to arm against Syria: GulTurkish President Abdullah Gul says his country is entitled to arm itself against Syria as Turkey considers the deployment of US Patriot missiles along its border with the violence-plagued Arab state.
CUNY SPS Community Blog
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American Red Cross VolunteerHello friends, Some of you know already that I volunteered at a Red Cross shelter on Long Island as part of the disaster relief efforts after the Hurricane Sandy (Monday, 10/29/2012). I’d like to share some of these experiences with you. You would hardly believe the pace of work at these p ...
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A Message From Dean MogulescuTo the students, faculty, and staff of the SPS community: Much of this week we have been reaching out and hearing back. The stories of lives disrupted make it impossible to deny the enormous impact of the storm, even as it feels impossible to reckon fully with that impact. But we have also been ...
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Powering Up and Coming Back TogetherThe message below is posted on behalf of Dean Brian A. Peterson: The City, the University, and everyone at SPS are diligently working to cope with the aftermath of the many challenges associated with Hurricane Sandy. I want to express our deepest concerns and support for those who may have suff ...
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SPS Supports NYC Office of Emergency ManagementThe message below is posted on behalf of Dean Brian A. Peterson: My usual flurry of associate deanery was interrupted late Wednesday afternoon by a call from the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Not that I minded the interruption, I love the OEM, but I knew the call could only ...
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CUNY SPS Students Making Strides Against Breas ...The following message is posted on behalf of David Mordkofsky, SPS student in the Project Management (PROM 210) course. Hello SPS Community! We wanted to let you know that a group of SPS students will be taking part in a worthy event on Oct 21st, and we invite you to join us! As part of [...]
Dissident Voice
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Veterans For Peace Supports U.N. Committee in ...Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, applauded a United Nations Committee this week for raising concerns about the recruitment of children into the U.S. military, the U.S. killing of children in Afghanistan, the U.S. detention and torture of children labeled “combatants,” an ...
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The Dawn of MedicareA highly risible tactic of the Tea Partyers in the United States has been criticism of president Barack Obama as a “socialist”1 (insulting to Obama but more so to socialists), particularly since he attempted to reform a medical care system in a country where over 50 million were without medical ...
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Hope is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dea ...In 2005, I preached on the ecological crisis in a sermon I titled “Hope is for the Weak: The Challenge of a Broken World.” Looking back, I realize that I had been far too upbeat and optimistic, probably trying too hard to be liked. Today I want to correct that. Hence, my updated title: “Hope [...]
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Inflation of the University DegreeCatch 22s Well it seems now that college graduates are up in arms about the student loan payments that they will have to make after graduation, and while Congress and the President have taken the necessary measures to keep student loan rates from increasing, college graduates still must confront ...
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After The Fireworks Have FadedOn July 4, the people of the U.S. marked the passing of another year’s perfunctory Independence Day festivities. The date, also, was occasioned by the formal announcement from physicists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) that, according to the banner headline at CERNR ...
Destructionist
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Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
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Monsanto Launches Damage Control Over GMO/Canc ...Biotech giant Monsanto has launched a desperate damage control effort in the aftermath of a French study which found that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically-engineered corn were far more likely to suffer tumors, organ failure and premature death. Aside from the details of the study, a wider q ...
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Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
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Monsanto Apologists Attempt to Spin Shocking G ...A shocking new study conducted by French scientists which shows that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn suffered cancer and premature death has been met with a furious response from GMO apologists, who are desperately trying to cast doubt on the the study in an effort to discredit ...
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Obama Appeals Court Ruling That Strikes Down I ...On Wednesday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest issued a ruling which blocked provisions of the NDAA that could have seen American citizens kidnapped and held indefinitely without charge. In “permanently” halting the enforcement of the law, Forrest noted how the plaintiffs presented “evi ...
IPS - Inter Press Services
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Brazil Emerging as Key Player at U.N.When a U.N. member state agrees to hold an international conference in its capital, the host country is not only offered the privilege of chairing the mega meeting but also given pride of place as the keynote opening speaker. But for the last 67 years, since the inception of the United Nations, ...
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The Sun Rescues Rural Cameroonians from “Inces ...In the small farming village of Sabongari, in Cameroon’s North West Region, the need for kerosene to light bush lamps and petrol to run electric generators has been replaced by the need for something much cheaper and cleaner: sunshine. In an open corner in the village of about 2,000 people, larg ...
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India Poised to Supply Free Drugs to 1.2 Billi ...As the northern Indian state of Rajasthan rolls out an ambitious universal healthcare plan, the discontent of the state’s doctors stands in stark contrast to the joys of the 68 million people who will benefit from the scheme. Just a little over a year ago, the state government began supplying fr ...
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Bolder Obama on Middle East, Climate in Second ...With President Barack Obama winning re-election, foreign policy analysts here are pondering whether his victory will translate into major changes from the rather cautious approach he followed overseas in his first term. For now, speculation is focused primarily on the Middle East, the region tha ...
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Christian Right’s Influence Shaken by U. ...For decades, right-leaning white Christian evangelicals, currently at least 25 percent of the U.S. electorate, have been a significant and influential voting demographic. During Tuesday’s highly anticipated presidential election, however, the evangelical movement suffered a huge loss of candidat ...
My AntiWar
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CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
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US election results: Barack Obama victory spel ...Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energized critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the US presidential election. source: Times of Indiaread more
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Iran slams IAEA report on nuclear energy programSummary: The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has slammed the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tehran’s nuclear energy program. source: PressTVread more
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The Dogs of War Are BarkingSummary: It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt Romney has more or less parroted President Barack Obama on just about everything other than military spending and tough talk about anoth ...
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20% enrichment not halted in Iran: LawmakerSummary: An Iranian lawmaker has dismissed reports about the suspension of the enrichment of uranium to the 20% degree in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic has made no changes in its nuclear energy policies, Press TV reports. source: Press TVread more
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Iran suspends 20% enrichment: sign of a secret ...Summary: Reports are saying that Iran unilaterally suspended 20% enrichment as a gesture of good faith prior to the coming nuclear negotiations. If true, this is a gambit by Iran. Having already accumulated the necessary 20% enriched uranium it needs for powering its reactors (and having star ...
The Daily Galaxy
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Image of the Day: Curiosity Robot Studies Mars ...On Mars day Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), NASA's Curiosity rover used the Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were put together to create this full-color self-portrait. After three months working on "Mars time," the team oper ...
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"Has Star Creation and the Potential for Life ...The Universe is passing through the stelliferous era --its peak of star formation--but appears to be still peaking in its formation of planets, according to Dimitar Sasselov, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiat ...
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Mystery of Earth's Missing Moon --Will NASA So ...NASA's GRAIL mission started its lunar probe late in 2011 to uncover some of the mysteries buried beneath the surface of the Moon --even, perhaps, a long-lost companion. According to recent scientific speculation, the Earth once had two moons gracing our night skies. ...
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"Earth-like Planets More Widespread in Univers ...“In general, we have shown that we are not quite as unique as we once thought. Our solar system closely resembles other observable planetary systems within our galaxy. In this way, our results serve to corroborate other research results which indicate that earth-like ...
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Image of the Day: Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse ...Superman's home planet revealed in a new Superman book titled, ‘Star Light, Star Bright’: Prominent astrophysicist, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, pinpoints location of Krypton on a red dwarf star called LHS 2520 some 27.1 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Corvus, ...
Natural News
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Obama decision puts America on trajectory towa ...The re-election of Obama was more than the mere selection of one man over another; it was an endorsement of a set of economic policies that are now launching America into a trajectory that can only end in economic disaster. With the election now etched in the history...
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Why is my lower back so angry?Whenever an episode of lower back pain strikes, we question, "What brought this on?" Our mind wanders to the physical things we have done over the last few days, which many times are not out of the ordinary, and in fact, frankly innocent sounding when that sharp, shooting...
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The real takeaway from last night's election(NaturalNews)People voted for two symbols. They voted for what they thought the candidates stood for. They voted for what they hoped the candidates stood for. The candidate, Obama, was perceived as representing what the government can do f ...
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Oregon court temporarily halts GM canola plant ...Efforts by the biotechnology industry to begin planting genetically-modified (GM) canola, also known as rapeseed, in Oregon's prized Willamette Valley have been thwarted, at least temporarily, thanks to persistent opposition from farmers and farmer advocacy groups. The...
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Curcumin slays cancer cells in their tracksCurcumin is the active anti-inflammatory ingredient of turmeric. It has been used traditionally for centuries by Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Currently, it may be western medicine's most researched ancient medicinal herb. Curcumin has been under scrutiny in clinical...
Threat Level
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Portrait of a Full-Time Bug Hunter — Abdul-Azi ...Abdul-Aziz Hariri earned more than enough to live on doing freelance bug hunting, during a period when he couldn’t find a job. Hariri, a 27-year-old Lebanese-Canadian, began submitting bugs full-time after he emigrated from Lebanon to Canada in January 2010 ...
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In Bounties They Trust, But Does Paying for Se ...Ever since Mozilla launched its bug bounty program eight years ago to pay researchers for finding and disclosing security holes in its software, Google and others have followed suit with their own bug bounty programs, paying out millions of dollars ...
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Bradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty to Part ...In a surprising turn of events, WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning offered on Wednesday to plead guilty to some of the charges he is facing, in exchange for the government pursuing lesser charges.
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U.S. WikiLeaks Criminal Probe ‘Ongoing,’ Judge ...The government's probe into possibly charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange or others connected to the whistle-blowing site is "ongoing," a federal judge said Wednesday in a brief ruling.
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EFF Sues to Block New California Internet Sex- ...Civil rights groups sued Wednesday to block parts of a voter-approved California measure they say dramatically limits the online, First Amendment rights of registered sex offenders. The Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act requires offenders to provide to law enforcement their ...
PERRspectives : Blog
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Please Proceed, GovernorWith his gracious concession speech Tuesday, Mitt Romney ended his decades-long quest for the presidency. But that moment of dignity and decency can't obscure a campaign in which Romney showed utter disrespect for the President, obvious contempt for the voters and a cynical disregard for the tr ...
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72 Billion Reasons Not to Vote for Mitt RomneyThere are plenty of reasons not to vote for Mitt Romney, but here are 72 billion more. If President Romney gets his way, his massive tax cut for the wealthy would not only produce a huge payday each year for the richest living Americans. As it turns out, Romney's plan to eliminate the estate t ...
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Mitt Romney: Ann's Positions Not "Terribly Rel ...For the better part of a year, Mitt Romney has been frantically trying to narrow his persistent gap with President Obama among women voters. (In recent polling, Romney's disadvantage remains in the range of 8 to 13 points.) As a show of his commitment, Romney announced in March that his wife A ...
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Mitt Romney by the NumbersFor years, Mitt Romney has been telling Americans "I love data." As he bragged to the Wall Street Journal: "I used to call it 'wallowing in the data.' Let me see the data. I want to see the client's data, the competitors' data. I want to see all the data." But the man who would be America's 4 ...
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To the End, Romney Insists "I Don't Have a Pol ...Whatever happens on Election Day, Mitt Romney's quest for the White House will have been an expensive one. After all, in 2008 Romney spent $45,000,000 of his own money in his first failed bid to secure the Republican nomination. And as Forbes suggested two weeks ago, CEO Romney's departure fro ...
Blackspot News Feed
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The Complete DEEP MAP PILOTS by Eliza Gauger & ...All of these are available as prints and postcard sets from Eliza. You can find Eliza at @3liza and tumblr. DEEP MAP PILOTS: A Series Of Five Pictures From Words MARENKA flies the sailplane service that skims the Neptune atmosphere on a loop that brings it back to the thaw station on Trito ...
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Bradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty to Wiki ...Accused U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning has offered to submit a partial guilty plea on charges of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks in return for the government agreeing to pursue lesser charges. Manning's attorney David Coombs says he is prepared to plead guilty to some of the c ...
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John Nichols: Overwhelming Obama Victory Not J ...With President Obama scoring a decisive re-election and progressive-backed ballot measures and candidates faring generally well nationwide, journalist John Nichols argues that the 2012 election provided not just a mandate for the Obama administration and the Democrats, but for progressive polici ...
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Puerto Rico Referendum Approves U.S. Statehood ...For the first time in Puerto Rico's history, a majority of the island's voters have supported a non-binding referendum to become a full U.S. state. The measure will require approval from the U.S. Congress, but President Obama has said he will respect the vote. Obama made the same promise last ye ...
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Juan González: Critical Role in Obama's Re-Ele ...As Latino voters turn out in record numbers to help President Obama win re-election, we speak to Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about the Latino vote and the nation's changing demographics. Obama had foreseen the importance of a strong Latino turnout to his candidacy, telling the Des Moine ...
Consortium News
- Last Call for Consortiumnews’ Fund Drive
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- Hopeful Signs in US Election
- A Great Night for US Democracy
- A New Day for Mideast Negotiations
TruthOut
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Congress Must Debate the Libya WarThe US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
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News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
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In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
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Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)read more
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Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...
Planetsave
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Trillions Possible From Green Revolution In EU ...According to Reuters, a report commissioned by Greenpeace finds that the entire exercise of making EU energy entirely free from carbon (through the mission of the green revolution) will enable the EU to reap some sweet economic fruits, the tune of €3 trillion by 2050. But that’s not ...
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Top Tips For Preserving Heat In The Winter MonthsDid you know that one third of the heat your house produces through your central heating system is rapidly lost? There are five main areas that heat is lost and these include the roof, walls, floors, windows and ceilings. But you can save your pennies and preserve the heat to make sure yo ...
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Obama Wins Election, Full Victory Speech (Vide ...I imagine you aren’t just hearing from me that Obama won the election, but if you are, I’m happy to be the one bringing you the news!! If you’d like to read or watch Obama’s full victory speech, here it is in text (courtesy Red, Green, and Blue) and video (courtesy ...
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Rarest Whale In The World Seen For The First TimeA five-meter-long whale that has remained almost unknown by science has recently been seen for the first time. Previously, these whales had only been known from a handful of bones collected over the past few hundred years. Two individuals have actually been found, a mother and her male ca ...
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Yes, There’s A HUGE Difference Between Democra ...To my friends, family, acquaintances, and readers who think that there isn’t enough of a difference between Democrats and Republicans to bother voting (i.e. for the Democrats), let me be absolutely 100% clear — actually, there are HUGE, HUGE differences between these two parties thes ...
Water Quality - WordPress
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Comments from Rob Karner, GLA BiologistI would like to report to you that as our fall season approaches, we will be busy with our Common Me
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Marine Debris is Killing WildlifeDiscarded ghost nets from illegal fishing boats are responsible for many marine turtle deaths. Zoolo
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Volunteers Cleaning Up Inner Harbor To Make It ...BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s an ambitious goal: Make the Inner Harbor a place for swimming and
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Video - Low Water Threaten to Cut Off Saginaw ...Low water levels in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan threaten shore marinas. This video sho
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Effect of Watershed Configuration and Composit ...Gemesi, Z., Downing, J. A., Cruse, R. M., Anderson, P. F.. Effects of Watershed Configuration and Co
Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts
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Chris Hedges: Hear the 99% Roarwith Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad August 30, 2012 Image by stevelyon via Flickr Aug
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“The 15% Solution,” Serialization, 28th Instal ...Note: The Preface and Chapters One through Twenty can be found here: The 15% Solution. by Jonathan W
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Michael Hudson: Who Should Get Priority: The 1 ...Image by Truthout.org via Flickr by Michael Hudson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://michael-hu
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Sibel Edmonds: The United States of Terrorismby Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post Aug. 22,
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The Road Ahead Is Not An Easy One -- Europe 20 ...by Gaither Stewart Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Rome, Italy August 27, 2012 Image by Abode of Cha
Axis of Logic
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Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ..."The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
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CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
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UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
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The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...
They Gave Us a Republic
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We Won! (Didn't We?)By @TomBales1 Well here it finally flipping is, the day after the most important election in US history. What's changed? Not much really although what has changed is largely for the good. Grayson's back, Baldwin, Duckworth and Warren are in. Allen West got his secon ...
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Is another Tip O'Neill, Ronald Reagan Grand Ba ...By @TedFrier The hidden winner in last night's historic election may be Republican House Speaker John Boehner whose home state of Ohio put President Barack Obama over the top for a second term. If Boehner plays his cards right he may be able to reprieve the role made famous by Democratic Speaker ...
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Reflections On The Election: 'Get Over It'I'm going to try to restrain myself from being ugly to the vanquished, but only up to a point. For one thing, the defeat is not complete. They still have control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Orange Julius will remain Weeper of the House, and therefore it's not likely that much will be d ...
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Hate Will Be The WinnerWell, the day has finally come and there's nothing to do now but wait for the outcome. Or possibly the Supreme Court deliberations that will once again award the presidency to a loser that the majority of us didn't want. I suppose that If I were a true moderate but left leaning blogg ...
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Akin's Bromance
Care 2
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Prop 37 DefeatedCalifornia voters rejected Prop 37, which would have required retailers and food companies to label products made with genetically modified ingredients. Submitted by Nancy C. to Health & Wellness | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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An energy plan for the climate ACTION USThat is, until Superstorm Sandy thrust global warming back into the national discussion. The devastation brought by this unprecedented storm is impossible to ignore, and the links to climate change are compelling. Submitted by Nancy C. to Environment | Note-it! | ...
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Fight for Starving Polar Bears ACTION LINKHelp create a better future for polar bears by sending a message to the Environmental Protection Agency in support of limiting carbon pollution from coal-burning power plants. Submitted by Nancy C. to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Defra: ABOLISH THE USE OF THE CAPTIVE BOLT GUN ...Destruction of greyhounds should only be performed by use of intravenous euthanasia, administered by qualified Veterinary Surgeons. Each year around 10,000 greyhounds remain unaccounted for, puppies that dont make the grade, dogs that sustain injuries, a Submitted by Harshiita Sharma to Animals ...
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Study finds exercise adds to life expectancy, ...Researchers call the study a wake-up call for 'healthy weight' couch potatoes who believe their good BMIs will ensure them a long life. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Health & Wellness | Note-it! | Add a Comment
Smirking Chimp
- The Romney 'Landslide' That Wasn't
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- Winning the Outside Chance
Paul Krugman
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Power-Mad ConservativesWhat we learned from poll rage.
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Wall Street's Bad Investment DecisionWhining because Obama didn't seem to like you enough was not a smart move.
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The Real Real AmericaFrom many, one.
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Trivial StakesThings only a nerd could care about.
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Macro MannersHow rude should we be?
No Quarter
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Obama’s Second Bite at the AppleNot going to spend anytime trying to explain the decisions of the morons who voted for Obama. If he had an actual record of positive accomplishment, I could buy it. But he does not and, during his first term, proved remarkably uninterested in the task of governing and actually being President. S ...
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“I’m Mitt Romney”I am making this five-minute video so that you know why I invested my money in Switzerland and in Caribbean nations. The Democrats have attacked me for that, Republicans too. We’ve patched things up, and I am making this video BEFORE my official campaign begins, early this summer, because ...
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No titleBarack Obama isn’t a socialist. He only plays one to get liberals’ votes. A real bleeding-heart socialist knows food stamps won’t help without a home in which to cook and refrigerate food. This hard-working lady has been waiting 37 years. Obama, Pelosi and Reid could’ve a ...
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991 Votes in Ohio at this momentMitt Romney’s concession speech was excellent. I pray that he and Ann sleep. “Give their all?” Oh they did. He and Paul Ryan, and their families. Did you notice, ALL of you, that Mitt made sure to thank every single one in the audience as well as his big family? He is a class a ...
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The Delusion and Denial of Obama and His FollowersObama is a tragic figure. If only he had kept his promise to offer a new tone and be above partisan politics. If only he had made a genuine effort to reach out to and embrace some key Republicans, tonight would have been a no contest and Obama a triumphant victor. But he succumbed to [...]
Futurismic
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Hope for a Global Spring?Perhaps it’s because of the economy is beginning – finally – to pick up in the US. Perhaps it is because I’m sick to death of bad election-year politics, so I’m looking at anything else that comes along of interest. Maybe it’s even because I wrote about creative destruction the last time I did a ...
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The only way to change your past is to steal s ...I get a fairly regular flow of emails about independent film projects. Most of them, to be honest, bounce straight off me – which says less about their quality than it does about my own taste in cinema. Independent cinema – like independent music and literature – has lots of pr ...
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Censorship: I’m guilty as chargedSo, I stand accused of censorship by someone whose comment I declined to approve on this post. I figure anyone willing to throw around accusations of censorship is probably a big fan of radical transparency; hence, by way of amelioration, here is the digital papertrail for the full exchange. (Em ...
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The Future Always WinsSoooooo, yeah – I’ve been busy. Did you miss me? New job, Masters degree… doesn’t leave a lot of spare time, so it doesn’t. But it’s been quiet here too long, so it’s time to dust down the soapbox and run a mic-check. One-two, one-two. The Future Always ...
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New EconomiesLast month I pondered the extent to which the Arab Spring and Occupy Everything are socially-driven acts of creative destruction. Creative destruction is defined as a “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying ...
Therapy News
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Do People Misestimate Their Future Reactions?When someone is asked to predict their emotional reaction to a future, hypothetical event, they usually underestimate how they will respond, according to previous research. However, a new study, led by Heather C. Lench of the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University, suggests otherwi ...
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Therapist Self-Disclosure Decreases Stigma of ...One of the primary reasons people neglect to seek treatment for their mental health problems is because they are concerned about the external and internal stigmas associated with mental illness. Public stigma is the external belief that one is defective if they receive therapy for their problems ...
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GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational ThoughtsNovember 23, 2011 – As we approach Thanksgiving, the day that reminds us to be thankful for those around us, we present Ghandi’s belief in the unity of all living things. Keep this in mind as you care for your loved ones this weekend and for those who are less fortunate. Happy Thanks ...
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Can Negative Attributions Predict Marital Diss ...Engaged couples form patterns of positive and negative behavior that can predict their marital satisfaction. “Serious marital dissatisfaction predicts increased risk for a major depressive episode, even when controlling for history of depression,” said Rebecca E. Osterhout of the New Mexico Vete ...
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Three Steps for Dealing with Panic AttacksPanic attacks are usually initiated by a triggering thought or collection of thoughts that are anxiety-provoking in nature. These thoughts then cause an overly exaggerated anxiety response in the body (choking sensations, dizziness, tightness, tingling, etc). These physical sensations are then o ...
Mountaintop Removal
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Alumni Join Mountain Justice - Swarthmore Coll ...Swarthmore College The Phoenix Online Alumni Join Mountain Justice Swarthmore College The Phoenix Online Started by Swarthmore Mountain Justice, a student organization working on ending various forms of fossil fuel extraction, especially mountaintop removal coal mining, the petition aims to pers ...
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Letter: Stop toxic mining - Topeka Capital JournalLetter: Stop toxic mining Topeka Capital Journal Mountaintop removal pollutes waterways and also allows such toxic heavy metals as cadmium, selenium and arsenic to leach into local water supplies. Mountaintop removal also causes air pollution that affects communities for miles around. Furthermor ...
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State opposed permit deal accepted by company ...State opposed permit deal accepted by company Charleston Gazette Earl Ray Tomblin's environmental regulators threatened to sue the Obama administration over tougher language in a mountaintop removal permit, even though the company seeking the permit accepted the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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"The Last Mountain" showing free at Bagdad - P ..."The Last Mountain" showing free at Bagdad Portland Tribune Multnomah County's Sustainability Film Series presents “The Last Mountain,” a documentary about the fight against mountain-top removal techniques to extract coal, on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m.. The film is being offered at ...
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The battle against Big Energy's rush to ruin o ...The Guardian The battle against Big Energy's rush to ruin our planet The Guardian To mine coal more inexpensively, the industry has taken to simply blowing up entire mountains in a mind-boggling practice called mountain top removal. Over 500 mountains of the United States' oldest mountai ...
Memeorandum
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Source: Giffords to attend sentencing (CNN)CNN: Source: Giffords to attend sentencing — (CNN) — Jared Loughner, the Arizona man who pleaded guilty to the attempted assassination of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will be sentenced Thursday. — Federal prosecutors have said Loughner will be sen ...
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Focus Shifts to 'Fiscal Cliff' (Wall Street Jo ...Wall Street Journal: Focus Shifts to ‘Fiscal Cliff’ — After Obama Victory, Political Leaders Strike Conciliatory Tone; Dow Falls 312 — The day after a hard-fought election that left Barack Obama in the White House and control of Congress divided b ...
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Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney ...ABCNEWS: Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, speaks at the podium as he concedes the presidency, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Nov. 7, 2012 in Boston, Mass. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) — “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Tha ...
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The next election already: Bill Daley serious ...John Kass / Chicago Tribune: The next election already: Bill Daley serious about running for governor — In radio talk, he makes compelling case for tough times … Illinois Gov. William Daley. — Get used to it. Because he wants it. And he's r ...
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President Obama Begins Work on Second Term (Ne ...New York Times: President Obama Begins Work on Second Term — Newly re-elected, President Obama moved quickly on Wednesday to open negotiations with Congressional Republican leaders over the main unfinished business of his term — a major deficit-reduction deal to avert a ...
Energy & Environment News
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Green Blog: First Things First: An Efficient AbodeEven solar power advocates say that using solar panels to make electricity is actually the least important part of making a home less dependent on fossil fuels. But "passive" solar performance counts.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Argentina: Chev ...A civil court judge for the city of Buenos Aires ordered nearly all the assets of a local subsidiary of Chevron frozen.
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Solar Tariffs Upheld, but May Not Help in U.S.American panel producers applauded a trade decision, but Chinese solar companies have already started to circumvent it.
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Pennsylvania Omitted Poison Data in Water ReportA state scientist says that a department involved in a lawsuit over the effects of fracking on drinking water did not request full test results.
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Green Blog: Where Do the Wild Ones Go?After a severe storm hits, New York City's wild animals seem to bounce right back, and some even benefit from the damage.
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M 5.1, VanuatuThursday, November 8, 2012 07:39:44 UTC Thursday, November 8, 2012 06:39:44 PM at epicenterDepth: 114.10 km (70.90 mi)
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M 5.1, South Indian OceanThursday, November 8, 2012 03:24:29 UTC Thursday, November 8, 2012 07:24:29 AM at epicenterDepth: 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
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M 6.3, Vancouver Island, Canada regionThursday, November 8, 2012 02:01:51 UTC Wednesday, November 7, 2012 06:01:51 PM at epicenterDepth: 16.60 km (10.31 mi)
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M 5.6, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New GuineaWednesday, November 7, 2012 23:42:17 UTC Thursday, November 8, 2012 09:42:17 AM at epicenterDepth: 96.50 km (59.96 mi)
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M 5.1, offshore GuatemalaWednesday, November 7, 2012 22:42:48 UTC Wednesday, November 7, 2012 04:42:48 PM at epicenterDepth: 35.10 km (21.81 mi)
China Dialogue
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儒家思想的ࣧ ...清华大学政治哲学教授贝淡宁(丹尼尔·贝尔)表示,儒家思想由于环保意识的提高 ...
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我为什么一௥ ...英国的绿色运动在核电问题上分歧依旧,而一些坚定的反核人士正在抗议,反对在西 ...
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《蒙特利尔෷ ...今年已经进入第二十五个年头的《蒙特利尔议定书》不仅拯救了上百万人的生命,更 ...
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科技才是臭ૐ ...在氯氟烃(CFC)替代物方面的技术进步有助于更多政策行动的顺利进行,早在蒙特利ë ...
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《蒙特利尔ࠤ ...今年已经进入第二十五个年头的《蒙特利尔公约》不仅拯救了上百万人的生命,更将 ...
AlterNet Top Stories
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Jon Stewart: There Was an Avalanche on Fox New ...In the leadup to Tuesday's election, Fox News’ poll predictions were laughably wrong, with some claiming that Romney would win by a landslide when, in fact, the sitting President easily won the electoral college.But it wasn’t just that the “news” station made a few ...
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New Weapons Systems Could Give Pentagon Unprec ...To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. It’s 2025 and an American “triple canopy” of advanced surveillance and armed drones fills the heavens from the lower- to the exo-atmosphere. A ...
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Did Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Really Win?Did Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio—the face of Arizona’s anti-immigrant movement—really win a sixth term of office on Tuesday?That is one question that Latino organizers are asking Wednesday after receiving reports that perhaps as many as 300,000 ballots remain uncount ...
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After a Humiliating Election Night, Will Fox N ...On big news nights, when the sort of people who don’t watch Fox News every night are more likely to turn it on, the channel nearly always puts its best face forward. The real crazies aren’t invited. The idiots and most grotesque race-baiters and conspiracy theorists and worst hac ...
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With Two States Legalizing Marijuana, Are the ...Voters in Colorado and Washington made history Tuesday night. The states’ marijuana legalization initiatives, I-502 in Washington and Amendment 64 in Colorado, brought what many marijuana advocates are calling the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition in America. But the power o ...
Threat Level
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Portrait of a Full-Time Bug Hunter — Abdul-Azi ...Abdul-Aziz Hariri earned more than enough to live on doing freelance bug hunting, during a period when he couldn’t find a job. Hariri, a 27-year-old Lebanese-Canadian, began submitting bugs full-time after he emigrated from Lebanon to Canada in January 2010 ...
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In Bounties They Trust, But Does Paying for Se ...Ever since Mozilla launched its bug bounty program eight years ago to pay researchers for finding and disclosing security holes in its software, Google and others have followed suit with their own bug bounty programs, paying out millions of dollars ...
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Bradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty to Part ...In a surprising turn of events, WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning offered on Wednesday to plead guilty to some of the charges he is facing, in exchange for the government pursuing lesser charges.
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U.S. WikiLeaks Criminal Probe ‘Ongoing,’ Judge ...The government's probe into possibly charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange or others connected to the whistle-blowing site is "ongoing," a federal judge said Wednesday in a brief ruling.
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EFF Sues to Block New California Internet Sex- ...Civil rights groups sued Wednesday to block parts of a voter-approved California measure they say dramatically limits the online, First Amendment rights of registered sex offenders. The Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act requires offenders to provide to law enforcement their ...
Equality Trust
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UK Drug Policy Commission Report published todayThe UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
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The Spirit Level Documentary FilmWe're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...
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Act Local = Reduce the GapFind out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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We work in partnership with One SocietyVisit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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PDA AMERICA
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Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
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IOT: Healthcare for All Jan CallCall – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
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PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
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War is a Crime: Join In For JusticeWarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
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An American Suicide TerroristWilliam John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
Marler Blog
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China International Food Safety & Quality (CIF ...“Food is essential, and safety should be a top priority. Food safety is closely related to people’s lives and health, economic development and social harmony. We must create a food... Continue Reading
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Wegmans Spinach and Spring Mix Sickens 19 with ...Food Safety News reports that at least 19 New Yorkers have fallen ill in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to spinach salad mix purchased at Wegmans stores. That number... Continue Reading
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Estrella Family Creamery Barred from Interstat ...The Seattle Times reports this morning that artisan cheesemaker Estrella Family Creamery, in Montesano, Grays Harbor County, has been barred from selling products in interstate commerce until it takes comprehensive... Continue Reading
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Where did the E. coli Spinach & Spring Mix com ...I asked that to a few “leafy green insiders,” and here was the consensus: We are at a transition time for these crops. Yuma has planted – but is unlikely... Continue Reading
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Wegmans State Garden E. coli Outbreak – Roches ...10 of 16 E. coli cases reported in Monroe County. According to Patti Singer of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, three people in Monroe County and one in another county... Continue Reading
AutoblogGreen
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Official: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid rated at 45 mpg, ...Filed under: Hybrid, Lincoln Just how important are all the luxury touches of a Lincoln compared to a Ford? They'd better be worth a two-miles-per-gallon penalty, since that's what buyers will be hit with if they choose the MKZ Hybrid over the 47-mpg Fusion Hybrid. Ford announced today that t ...
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First Drive: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In HybridFiled under: Hybrid, Sedan, Honda, First DrivesThe Accord Gets Friendly With A Volt-esque Powertrain After 30 years, Honda is trying to teach the old Accord new tricks, and they're of the plug-in variety. We've been teased by various prototypes at auto shows and in spy shots, but Honda ...
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Teased: Toyota bugs out, previews Smart INSECT ...Filed under: Concept Cars, Technology, Hatchback, Toyota, Electric Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, the Toyota COMS electric vehicle is becoming the Smart INSECT. Unrelated to Daimler's Smart brand, the INSECT (yes, it's an acronym, one that stands for "Information Network Social ...
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Report: 'King of Lemon Laws' lawyer successful ...Filed under: Hybrid, Fisker, Electric, Luxury Vince Megna certainly has a way with words. In one five-and-a-half minute video, he calls the Fisker Karma a "modern-day Ford electric Pinto." He also says, "This is a beautiful car. It's just too bad it catches on fire." Would we expect anything ...
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Report: Toyota kills plans for widespread iQ E ...Filed under: Hatchback, Toyota, Electric 2012 was supposed to be the year the all-electric version of the Toyota/Scion iQ made a splash. Instead, it appears that while it remains technically true that the iQ EV will launch this year, it will be a much, much smaller splash than previously anti ...
Rafe's Radar
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Gesture control coming to Windows 8 computersPointGrab brings its TV remote-control system to the gesture-friendly Windows 8 user interface. Originally posted at ...
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First Thunderbird, now Sparrow? We need e-mail ...CNET's Rafe Needleman hopes Google's acquisition of Sparrow doesn't spell the end of competition among desktop e-mai ...
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Groupiter makes workflow as simple as DropboxTiny two-person startup brings conversations about shared files up to date. Originally posted at Bootstrap ...
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Highlight 1.2: Is it less creepy or are we jus ...New version of people discovery app adds social engineering tweaks. Originally posted at Bootstrap ...
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Zaarly Anywhere takes projects from blogs to r ...New service lets consumers see a project or product on a Web site and then find someone to make them a custom versio ...
Camera Obscura
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Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
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The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
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Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
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Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...
Democracy Now!
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"Now the Work of Movements Begins""Now the Work of Movements Begins" By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan The election is over, and President Barack Obama will continue as the 44th president of the United States. There will be much attention paid by the pundit class to the mechanics of the campaigns, to the techni ...
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ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL: JOIN DEMOCRACY NOW! 7p ...Tune in Tuesday night from 7pm to 1am ET for Democracy Now!’s live special coverage of the 2012 election. Amy Goodman and Juan González, along with investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, will offer real-time results from presidential and congressional races, and bring you coverage of voter supp ...
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Tonight in NYC: Amy Goodman Speaks on Election ...Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman speaks at the first event at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble since its reopening post-Hurricane Sandy. She links Sandy and other extreme weather events to climate change, and discusses the corporate media’s failure to make the connection. She will also ...
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We Are Not Powerless to Confront Climate ChangeBy Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Millions of victims of Superstorm Sandy remain without power, but they are not powerless to do something about climate change. The media consistently fail to make the link between extreme weather and global warming. Through this catastrophe, people are in ...
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Thousands Held in NYC Jail Will Not Be Evacuat ...New York City authorities promise the island home to 12,000 New York City prisoners sits on land high enough to withstand a Category 4 hurricane. But advocates told Democracy Now! they are still concerned that Rikers Island is not being evacuated, given the size of the Frankenstorm that i ...
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President Obama’s Election Night SpeechThe New York Times Published: November 7, 2012 President Obama spoke in Chicago on Tuesday night after winning re-election. Transcript: Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. (Cheers, applause ...
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Third Presidential Debate- 10/22/2012 – ...PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS., PARTICIPATE IN A CANDIDATES DEBATE, LYNN UNIVERSITY, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA OCTOBER 22, 2012 SPEAKERS: FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS., PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BOB SCHIEFFER, MODERATOR SCHIEFFER: Good evening from the campus of Lynn Univ ...
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President Obama Has A Double Digit Lead In Ohi ...The President has a double digit lead in early voting in Ohio! Alright America! Let’s bring it like no other election before and vote this election straight BLUE! In 2008 I called this Hammer Time and it IS HAMMER TIME!! Let’s Go!
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Presidential Debate President Obama and Mitt R ...PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY PARTICIPATE IN A CANDIDATES DEBATE, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK OCTOBER 16, 2012 SPEAKERS: FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CANDY CROWLEY, MODERATOR CROWLEY: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, ...
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Joe Biden/Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate ( ...Addicting Info October 11, 2012 By Matthew Desmond Here’s the transcript, via the New York Times: MARTHA RADDATZ: Good evening, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. I’m Martha Raddatz of ABC News, and I am honore ...
Solari
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Daniel ROA – Popsicle (English Version)YouTube | 14 October 2012 My name is Daniel ROA. I am a canadian singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. I released my second album almost a year ago (French quirky pop/rock music) on which I penned a song inspired by the concept of the Popsicle Index. I recently finished a translation i ...
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Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, ...[CAF Note: This is not good. If there is one thing worth fighting to the death, it is a carbon tax...] By Mathew Carr Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. A ta ...
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Bon Mot Du JourPeople handling power are like electrical power systems. Too little resistance and they burn out. Too much resistance and nothing happens. ~ Court Skinner
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QE3 – Pay Attention If You Are in the Real Est ...With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money…and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever manner. Monetary inflation is currently being offset by labor deflation. The way you avoid collapse is by printing money and stealing assets. The way ...
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Insurgency Watch - Newswire
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Times ScareISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
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Stepping up - University at Buffalo The SpectrumStepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
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Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
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Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
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Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »
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